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you can not even become a freeking president in your own freeking country and you have the nerve to run mouth about your brain and useless money.

[size=14pt]The argument that an Igbo cannot be the President of Nigeria is an invalid and fallacious argument,  and I equate it to a hit below the belt by some Yoruba enthusiast,  that line of argument is un-neccessary, if the Igbo's give us true patriot in the mould of Soyinka or Ribadu every Nigerian from all the nook and corner of Nigeria would come out and support such a person. After all we all supported JJ Okocha when he was mesimerizing us with his skills in the football pitch.

But please Igbo brother's just don't mention Orji Kalu as a prospective Presidential candidate, the only job good for that scalliwag is to mow the lawns of Aso Rockt, our political sophistication in the west must not be taken for granted by some unscrupulous persons trying to peddle Orji's candidacy our sensibilities and tolerance has a limit.  [/size]

[size=14pt]The re-instating of Fayemi is the best news to come out of Nigeria in 2010. The year has generally been a gloomy year, but for some reason last friday when the news broke, I went out to celebrate  as if I know the man. But then one should recognise a milestone when it happens and this verdit is the best thing to come out of Nigeria, I stand to repeat it for the tenth time, this is a titanic shift in the equation of the SW.

The good thing about the verdit is, it has put a halt to the IBB campaign machinery abrutly. This verdict is a wake-up call to the PDP hagglers, haggling over who would be the flag bearer of the party whilst ignoring the strenght of the opposition, there is a realisation within the PDP that if care is not taking the squabbles within the party would blow all asundry away with no prisoners, no wonder the North Central fell in line and throw there weight behind Jonathan.

The 3 SW votes of Ogun, Oyo, and Osun can no more be guranteed, new and trusted allainace needed to be formed. I am a happy bonny for fayemi.  [/size]

they are definately making more money than fela, but then fela lived a communual life, quite spartan to say the least, but to say these boys are more succesfull than fela is another cup of tea. I think the poster just wanted to post a sensationalist thread, which he unclerverly did[b][/b].  

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-531552.0.html#msg6936959

[size=14pt]Is this a country that is making any progress going to borrow more money see thread above.[/size]


[size=14pt]The FG has not done jerk in the past 12 years, absolutely NO jerk, that is why they are seeking to borrow common $4.5 billion, IBB could have borrowed them that if they are that desperate. A country that is doing well would have enough dollars in reserve. China has in excess of $300 billion in reserve and still counting. They are a country borrowing everyone money.

I once asked a friend,  if the UK is in debt, America is in debt, who is borrowing everyone these money they are owing, it can't be God, and he said China is the one borrowing everyone, that is what I call progress.  [/size]

Andrew Aihomogbe
If I had listened to my wife, I would not have found myself in this difficult situation. My wife told me that she had a dream in which she claimed to have seen me being paraded in handcuffs by the police. She informed me that the case was so serious that I was killed at the end of the day. She warned me to be careful.”

That was the confession of Andrew Aihomogbe, who was a few days ago paraded by the police in Lagos State for allegedly robbing a bureau de change market in the Republic of Benin and killing some people in the process.

Andrew and his gang had successfully carried out the operation and had sporadically shot into different directions to scare away the crowd in Benin Republic and found their way into Nigeria. But men of the Lagos State Police Command Anti Robbery Squad swooped on the gang at the Lagos end of Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

The other arrested suspects were Kingsley Okafor, Njoku Emmanuel, Martins Agbor, Chidibemu Uzigbe, Obinna Amechi Agbor, Chidibemu Uzigbe, Obinna Amechi and Edgar Peter.

The suspects had, on the 30 September, 2010, invaded the market in Krake Village in the Republic of Benin and allegedly killed some of the operators at the market.

The commissioner of police in charge of the Lagos State police command, Marvel Akpoyibo, while speaking with Crime and Security, on the arrest of the trans-border armed robbers, stated that “the arrest was as a result of a massive and well coordinated operation.”

He further explained that the police in the state, on being informed of the armed robbery incident in Benin Republic, cordoned off the entire perimeter of the forest, believed to be harbouring the suspected armed robbers .

He added that “a total of 4 A K 47guns, 99 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition and a sum of N504,430 00 and another sum of one million six hundred and seventy three thousand francs (1 673,000 CFA, were recovered from the gang.

Andrew, who claimed to be a commercial bus driver in Lagos, said that he was induced into the crime by a citizen of the Niger Republic, who he identified as Suleiman Moshood. He stated that Moshood had informed him of the deal and directed him to recruit other members of the gang, which he admitted doing.

“ I was driving on a day when Moshood stopped me and informed me of the vulnerabiltiy of the bureau de change market in Benin Republic. He told me that unlike in Nigeria where operators hide their money, operators at Krake Market openly display cash tables.”

Andrew also confessed to Crime and Security that he had in the past, taken part in several armed robbery operations, in many parts of Nigeria. He, however, claimed to have stopped his engagement in robbery, when he bought a commercial bus, from the over N1,000,000 he received, after a robbery operation in Kogi State.

“We were formerly operating in Lagos and other neighbouring states, but at a point, we discoverd that it would be suicidal for us to operate in Lagos again because of the security measures put in place. It was at that point that a friend informed me about a market in the Republic of Benin. I recruited my boys and we stormed the market.”

The Comptroller in charge of the Benin Police, Celestine Guidime, while speaking during the official handing over of the arrested suspects to him by the Lagos state police boss, stated that capital punishment awaited the armed robbers, if they were convicted of killing some of the traders at the market.

Guidme stated that the law of Benin Republic stipulated death penalty for armed robbers who killed during robbery operations and that preliminary investigations by the Benin Police on the operation revealed that some people were killed during the infamous robbery operation.

The Benin Police boss also added that further investigations, which would not last for more than one month, would be conducted, so as to ascertain the roles of the arrested robbers as well as to capture their Benin Republic collaborators.

Andrew lamented to Crime and Security that he regretted not listening to his wife, who apparently saw a vision of his arrest and duly warned him. ”My wife did not know that I am into armed robbery and when she had the dream, she warned me about the kind of bus conductors that I employed to work with me, “the suspect bemoaned his fate.

A female accomplice identified as Nkiru Igboatu, who had attempted to rescue a stranded member of the gang , whowas identified as her boyfriend, was also arrested by the policemen.

The police boss also stated that follow up investigations conducted by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad of the state police command led to the arrest of another member of the gang, identified as Arinze Oyiloha.

Arinze has since reportedly confessed to being a member of the gang while he also admitted participating in several armed robbery operations by the gang in several parts of Nigeria.

Olurin would probably there for one term, then OBJ's daughter would get the job afterwards. obj trying to be a Saraki in Ogun.

[size=14pt]What we need in Odua is to start a Super Conglomerate Company, the Government has failed us, both State and FG,  we have the largest enlightened people in the country and beyond the shores of this nation. The Company would be owned by all Yorubas at home and abroad, all that is required by individuals is donate a token for the realisation of this gem of an idea. A national convention for the company would be held annually, with pomp and pageantry to the awe of other nations and tribes, this should be our focus, for the foreseeable future.

At the moment the SW is relatively peaceful, the 7.4% growth experience by the Nigerian nation,  I can guarantee you 5% of that growth emanates from the peaceful co-existence of the citizens of this zone of the nation. Economics like everything else thrives where there is peace.( we only need to look at Iraq and Afghanistan to no this is true.)

The SE is overwhelmed with kidnappers and armed robbers, the SS has been over-run by militant, who even dare and embarrass our poor President by bombing an area hundreds of miles from their traditional domain.

The North-west is ruled like a fiefdom by some mad mullahs who deliberately suppress their citizen by choosing a strange Islamic penal code(even Saudi Arabia they claim to follow has modern buildings, roads, hotels, and airports) Jeddah and Ryyad are one the most modern cities in the world.

The North central is enmeshed in religious riot, I would not rule out a pogrom similar to those of Rwanda happening there. Even some of those mad mullahs in the NW has promised us the Rawanda genocide would look like child’s play when it commences.

The North East IS Boko-Haram  territory, they have even change tact now, rather than confront the authorities head-on, they have chosen the Muhammad approach, John Allen Muhammad was the gentleman killing people randomly with a high powered rifle in the Washington DC area, thank God he has been caught.

But God help us in Nigeria, our security personnel  are a joke, the Boko-horam would have a field day, they would easily get away with murder in this dis-jointed nation of ours, I only feel for the unfortunate souls whose name has been pencilled down for summarily execution in that region, I hope they have written there wills and say their good-byes to their loved ones.

The SW is the Mecca of Nigeria, it is time all Yoruba Sons and Daughters all over the world put their money where there mouth is,   by creating a Super Company which would build our roads,  railways, ports and other infrastructures which would traverse every nook and cranny of Yorubaland, this is what our people desire.

BecomeRich’s idea is good but I think this idea of mine is achievable, as we would not the undermining the authority of the FG but rather supplementing it.[/size]

I am telling u joe public lasisi got his money back in Saraki's bank, becos the bank had to follow CBN supposedly guidelins and regulations

that is a statement informing u of the contrary rather than the obvious it is common knowledge "joe public lasisi" did not see his deposit again.[/size]

What I am trying to tell you is that there are rules and regulations that applies to ALL banks that take public peoples money as deposit irrespective of the bank being public OR PRIVATE.

Under those rules and regulations, Ibru would have broken them even if the bank was private.

You don't open a bank and do as you wish under the excuse "it is a private bank".

But Saraki broke this same rule, what came of it.  

I disagree with this opinion cos she still kept some properties running into billions of naira still. Some poor folks have gone to 8 years jail for less than one million naira and we are talking of billions here. FYI, do you know you can start six universal banks with (#25 billion each) in Nigeria with the amount siezed from this convict and to add salt to injury, she's an 'elder' in the church. She deserve to rot in jail

She is entitled to keep some houses which include her main residence in Lagos no matter d price plus one in her home town, probably one in Abuja and one abroad. As a chief executive of a bank she would be entitted to favaroble interest rates which d general public does not have accesss to, secondly she would be entitled to huge bonuses for expanding d bank over d years.

The seizure of all these propertise and shares is more painful than some useless long jail term where does this woman want to start from. But let us call a spade a spade no human being should own this much in a country where there is so much poverty. This is classical greed in all it's ramifications

@homerac7

I know dede, he would not come to the defence of the COAS , if it was Dambazzau there now u would not see a comment like this from dede, but been an Igbo COAS he was quick like a fox to jump in defence of d Nigerian Chief of Army staff. I thought dede is not interested in anything Nigeria, for crying out loud we are not talking the chief of army staff for Biafra.

When did DeDe become a concerned and a patriotic Nigerian, left for people like Dede, if every post in d federal cabinet are not manned by Igbo's Nigeria would remain a cesspit his favourite word.