₦airaland Forum

dayokanu:
Dont mind AdeNIKE Ominaju aka Nicki Minaj

We can trade Ganiya Oseni for AdeNIKE Ominaju.

Who else from Oyo State. Biliaminu Agatu aka Bill Gates, Mukaila Jimoh aka Michael Jackson, Wasiu Biobaku aka Warren Buffet

seanet02:
this your signature no go kill person. You must be a home breed YORUBA man. Like that

PhysicsRND:
"Murtala Muhammad initiated a comprehensive review of the Third National Development Plan. Singling out inflation as the greatest danger to the economy, he was determined to reduce the money supply that had been swollen by government expenditures on public works. Muhammad also announced that his government would encourage the rapid expansion of the private sector into areas dominated by public corporations. He reappraised foreign policy, stressing a "Nigeria first" orientation in line with OPEC price guidelines that was to the disadvantage of other African countries. Nigeria became "neutral" rather than "nonaligned" in international affairs. The shift in orientation became apparent with respect to Angola. Nigeria had worked with the OAU to bring about a negotiated reconciliation of the warring factions in the former Portuguese colony, but late in 1975 Murtala Muhammad announced Nigeria's support for the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, citing South Africa's armed intervention on the side of the rival National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola). The realignment strained relations with the United States, which argued for the withdrawal of Cuban troops and Soviet advisers from Angola. In October the Nigerian Air Force took delivery of Soviet-built aircraft that had been ordered under Gowon."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtala_Mohammed



Hmmm, doing it in secrecy might have been better, since it was already diplomatically costly to even declare support for a communist supported movement, let alone send troops. Anyway, the civil war was between Angolans, not the supporters of the different sides, so openly sending soldiers would actually have been looked upon unfavorably as being excessive and out of line.

fstranger3:
Actually, you can have Dele Momodu, we dont want him any longer

fstranger3:
Yorubas, Specifically Osun state, ofcourse.

He was made in the SW, dont let me go further!


As a matter of fact, culturally, he is Yoruba


PS: Why did you skip Sophie Oluwole. I can claim her if you dont want her. She grew up in Ondo state though

what was our motive beside the regular "wanting to rid SA of injustice"?

what kind of relationship did we have with SA during apartheid era? how did this relationship change post apartheid?

when you become less lazy. pls do a more comprehensive post  but you don't have to if you don't want to

sometimes I wish nairaland had experts. people you can learn from/ look up to.
definitely haven't found any semblance of that here yet

loma:
Thanks a lot for your support.

We dropped to 16th now. I dont know where these other teams keep getting their votes from!

Tunmi:
Èyín méjèjì mán npa mí lèrín.
It's been a while since I've been up here.
The only thing I would change is that one does not need to be literate in English. That was where my argument went down. I still believe that literacy is a must when holding a position as a member of a political party.

One of the prominent Nigerians employed by Pfizer, Mr. Gowon, was apparently so determined to get a favourable settlement for Pfizer that he, against what must have been his better judgement, let his tongue loose.

During one of those meetings where terms of settlement were being negotiated, Mr. Gowon, who was representing Pfizer which earns over $18 billion annually in profit, worked hard to secure a paltry settlement. He is quoted as telling negotiators that the worth of the life of a child born and bred in Kano cannot be compared to that of a child born and bred in the United States. This was apparently in response to entreaties that Pfizer should pay the same rate of compensation it would pay had the trial taken place in the United States.

This comment, NEXT gathered, generated deep anger and criticism among those at the meeting and the former head of state, sensing he had overstepped the mark, quickly apologised and begged that the comment not be repeated outside the meeting room.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-582533.0.html

The minister posited that the unfortunate occurrence “reminded us again that sometimes even at the best moments, the enemy is always lurking around.

fstranger3:
Have you had a change of mind since our discussion?

six families of deceased leaders and two families of deceased Vice-Presidents.

The  Government  Statistician  commented  that  there  was  good
reason to  suppose the  census figures to  be  'slightly  defective in  the
Northern Provinces and much in  defect in  the  Southern Provinces'.
He estimated that the figures were probably understated by about five
per cent in  the Northern Provinces, ten per cent in Lagos and in  the
Abeokuta, Benin,  Cameroons, Ijebu,  Ogoja,  Ondo,  Oyo,  and Warri
Provinces of Southern Nigeria,  and  fifteen to  twenty per cent in  the
Onitsha, Owerri, and Calabar Provinces of Eastern Nigeria.

The population of the Southern Provinces was given as 8,37I,000  in
I92I  and only 8,493,000  in  1931,  while that of the Northern Provinces
increased from 9,998,ooo  in  I92I  to  II,435,000  in  I93I;  this tends to
confirm the impression that the 1931 census gave a gross under-estimate
for  Southern Nigeria.

It  seems  obvious  that  all  population  figures
between  I900  and  I93I  were largely inaccurate and may  have  been
consistently under-estimated. It is remarkable, however, that so much
population data should be  available at  all during the period,
in view of the administrative difficulties, the lack of money, and the scarcity of
qualified personnel.

Owing  to  the war,  there was no  further census enumeration until
that of I950-3,  which was conducted at different times throughout the
country. The census of Lagos was conducted in I950-I,  that of Northern
Nigeria between May and July  i952,  Western and Midwestern Nigeria
in  December  1952  and January  I953,  and Eastern Nigeria in  May,
June,  and August 1953

You see, I started posting this satellite picture first on nigeria villagesquare, before moving to nairaland. Nuhu ribadu  uses villagesquare. He saw the pictures. The reason I stop using NVS is that I think the owner has relationship who are northerners and he block information.

cheikh:
ola olabiy

@ola olabiy

Pls because of time and space I can't go  into details.
Do you sincerely think the Chinese, Brazillians, Indians and even Cubans are on the same level with us in terms of 'cultural/historical'  experience/back up which informs, guides and anchors a fully 'developed' human being. How do you negotiate in the market place of ideas such as western education, economy/economics etc The values/culture and history that everything is anchored on negates or does not acknowledge any impute from your kind(race/African). In short you are already in double jeopardy/bind and deficit psychically that is not to say that you'll not be able  excel in your line of study as most of us usually do. It's different from Chinese, Brazillian(white), Indian or Cuban of Fidel Castro's background or East Europeans/ Russian. Fundamentally, they all have a full history and Culture on which to draw from which anchors their world view wherever they may find themselves. We do not have such luxury whatsoever hence I said that we are like 'lost and 'confused' children in the refugee camps(world). Any wonder our so called ruling class are looters and still bank and invest in 'enemy' banks etc? The education did not go through them because it's of no 'meaning' to their existence other than mere certificate for 'meal ticket' in our various 'countries'. There's Education and there's education
We may have been attending/studying in their so called hallowed institutions in the west for decades, as you correctly stated in your quote above.^^, that in itself explains some of our 'lost' and 'confused' state of being.
How can you begin to study in some strange land, language and culture etc if you had no foundation in terms full counterbalancing value system anchoring your good or bad 'judgement', 'choices' or whatever ideas or 'education' you may be bombarded with. The Indians, Chinese, Russians, Cubans(white), Brazilians(white) and other Asians have the cultural Base and Superstructure as an adjunct to whatever so called 'foreign' education some of them may get from the West. In fact besides the Asians, every other person of European descent can be described as 'Western' in values and culture. There's nothing that separates the Russian and the American Anglo-saxon culturally and values. They share the same European Patrimony and world view. I do not think any serious minded African/ Nigerian after the over fifty years of 'in-dependence' , blames or points at the imaginary 'other' or 'foreigners' or 'enemies' etc. The solution and Choice is ours to make whether we like it or not or continue in our usual sad and bumbling ways

k9ine:
@kilode

ola olabiy:
^^ I said we have to stop blaming Westerners, apartheid, colonization, etc.

The West, or any country/bloc for that matter, will always protect their interest. They do this all over the world. It is normal.
But, you don't have to always allow them at the detriment of your own economy and generations unborn.

ola olabiy:
You are right but time is running out. There is capital flight in Africa and the situation is getting worse.
It is sad!