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sisisioge:
Everything about this religion is aggressive! They practically are trying to choke everyone else with their rules and make their prophets seem so helpless. Isn't God the greatest anymore? Isn't God able to move mountains anymore? Aren't we all created in His image? It is well jare. I no dey like join issue with them when they start being fanatical!

etrange:
I don't think presenting "non conforming" scholarly artifacts is tantamount to being stupid. I believe it depends on the origin of the painting and how she presented it. She's in the academia, so if there's a renowned painting in a reputable museum that a certain school of thought believe to be that of the prophet, it's the duty of a scholar to study it, document it and keep the record as "a painting claimed to be that of the prophet". This is regardless of whether she actually believes it herself or not. In some fields, you don't just teach your personal believes but other people's arguments too. After all, many religious people have been made to argue for and against the existence of God in philosophy classes. Our Christian teachers were forced to teach us Charles Darwin's theory of evolution even though they didn't believe it.

It's all a matter how the teacher presented it. If the school had problems with her, it's probably cause she categorically stated and probably insisted that was his real picture. Anyway, she wasn't sacked as reported by the OP. Her contract wasn't terminated. The school just refused to extend her contract (contract workers have thier contracts renewed after a period of 6 to 12 months if the employer still needs them). This will not reflect as a sack on her career profile, so she could easily get another job.

Nursepepeye:
see this bandit wey dey talk

OLAADEGBU:
https://saharareporters.com/2023/01/09/us-professor-fired-showing-paintings-prophet-muhammad-students

Faiththatworks:
I always make my bias very clear before I comment, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Sen Gov Kassim Shettima will be president of Nigeria by February 28 2023.

I don't understand why Seun Osewa should apologize for liking Brymo's tweet,enough of this emotional blackmail,it's very annoying whenever I read some of the comments on Nairaland.

They say those of us who will vote for Asiwaju in 2023 will show the number of mad people in Nigeria,Obi supporters should know that there will be over 10million mad people in this country by February 2023,e ti ri nkankan.

Brymo spoke nothing but the truth,Igbos will never lead Nigeria until they get their acts together, infact the Igbos should go back and have a 16 year plan on how they will produce a Nigerian president.
I always shudder whenever I read comments especially about people voting for Asiwaju being mad,coming from a region where a man in Finland declares sit at home,while another one in a radio station in London was pressing their mumu button and cashing out big time from their mumuness.

Who's madder than the people that actually believe President Buhari was cloned and replaced with a clown called El-Jubril.

Seriously 2023 is the time to stop all these emotional threats, blackmail and put some people in their place in Nigeria.
God bless Nigeria.

envoymedia:
https://igberetvnews.com/1436096/kidnapper-6-year-old-girl-arrested-withdrawing-ransom-money-ondo/

AyeMoJuba:
The Odds Favors Tinubu To Win The 2023 Presidential Election

For those running around focusing on Tinubu’s age, certificates, alleged ill-health, bublubla and Muslim-Muslim ticket, that is an ineffective political tactic.

Here is Atiku’s challenge.

It is in the numbers!

The same applies to Peter Obi or Kwankwanso.

Below are 14 Northern states with APC governors.

Which one do you think Atiku's PDP, or Kwankwanso's NNPP or Peter Obi's Labour Party will win?

1. Borno state: Babagane Zulum
2. Gombe state: Inuwa Yahaya
3. Jigawa state: Badaru Mohammed
4. Kaduna state: Nasir El Rufai
5. Kano state: Umar Ganduje
6. Katsina state: Aminu Masari
7. Kwara state: Yahaya Bello
8. Nasarawa state: Abdulahi Sule
9. Niger state: Abubakar Bello
10. Plateau state: Simon Lalong
11. Zamfara state: Bello Matawalle
12. Kebbi state: Atiku Bagudu
13. Yobe state: Mai Mala Buni
14. Kogi State: Yaya Bello

At the Eagle Square in Abuja, 13 of them campaigned for and got Tinubu elected as the Presidential flagbearer of the APC.

Today, all these governors, including Yaya Bello of Kogi State are supporting Tinubu and there is no crack, in their ranks.

Not a single crack!

Can Atiku or Kwankwanso or Obi peel away any of these governors?

Can any of these opposition candidates win any of these states without the governor's support?

For emphasis I have also included the south-western states under APC control or in Tinubu’s electoral basket:

The South-Western APC state are:
1. Lagos: Sanwo-Olu
2. Ekiti: Abiodun Oyebanji
3. Ogun: Dapo Abiodun
4. Ondo: Rotimi Akeredolu
5. Osun
6. Oyo

Which of these states can Atiku or Kwankwanso or Obi win?

To complicate Atiku’s path to victory is the enthusiasm being generated mostly in some southern cities for Peter Obi's Candidacy.

In the south, the PDP is mostly dominant in the South South and South East.

Even 3 of the governors in these states are APC!

In 2015, the APC won mainly because all the opposition political parties merged and formed a formidable political platform whereas the ruling PDP was enmeshed in an intractable crisis and a political war of attrition with at least 5 sitting governors, the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, several senators and House of Representatives members including serving Ministers leaving the party.

The exact reverse scenario is playing out in 2023.

The APC is intact but the opposition is sinking deeper into opposition and is fragmented with Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwanso leaving the PDP.

The PDP G-5 governors have crossed the rubicon and will not be supporting Atiku’s candidacy in the presidential election.

They are expected to declare their support for either Tinubu or less likely Peter Obi in the coming days.

This will be fatal to Atiku’s chances and unlikely to shore up Peter Obi's chances in any significant manner.

Until we see a crack in the APC governor's support, Tinubu is sitting pretty well and the odds are clearly in his favour to win.

The opponents of the APC Candidate say the Buhari administration has not done well but this is vehemently contested by APC party stalwarts who insisted that Buhari is the best thing to happen to Nigeria.

Will this count during the 2023 Presidential election?

The answer so far is No using Ekiti Governor election as a barometer, even though it is a very small sample size.

Even the Osun election was won by PDP simply because Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his faction of the APC are alleged to have worked against the candidate of the APC.

Those opposed to Tinubu, rather than hold him to a campaign of issues are wasting their time with his age, alleged ill-health, his Muslim choice as running mate etc. They even want the courts and INEC to disqualify Tinubu. None of these will work or even happen!

Indeed, Tinubu has so far campaigned more hungrily and more comprehensively than any of his challengers.

From the UK to Saudi Arabia, then Kano and Edo states and then back to Kano...all in 4 days! On monday, 9th January, he will be in Adamawa state with President Muhammadu Buhari leading the charge for votes in the state and other core northern states in quick succession putting a lie to the claim by the PDP that Buhari has vowed not to join the Asiwaju campaign train.

The supposedly fitter candidates are all lagging behind Asiwaju.

The only way to defeat Tinubu will be at the ballot by all the opposition candidates stepping down for only one of them but this will also never happen.

Tinubu is still in pole position for now and coasting to victory.

Atiku lacks the bite... majority of southerners are also unlikely to stomach a potential 16 years of a northerner presidency.

In a very commendable display of statesmanship, patriotism and to guarantee national cohesion stability, the political leaders of Northern Nigeria also desire to respect the North-South power rotation on which plank President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated in the North and then eventually nationally in 2015.

It is almost late in the day to upstage the entrenched political system in Nigeria and by the current political and electoral system and in a free and fair contest, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu appears unstoppable and a Jagaban presidency looms large.

Written by Dr. Philip Ugbodaga,
Citizen of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria (CFRN)

*Many analysts predicted a united PDP and a divided APC*

Unfortunately for them, There's a united APC and a divided PDP

Wickedfact:
PDP was in power for donkey years but they couldn't investigate the killers of their own Lagos Guber candidate.

This Obasanjo supporting Obi was the President when the most assassinations took place, he didn't jail 1 person.
Peter Obi his dog supervised the killing of more than 1,000 Igbo youths under his administration in Awkuzu Sars. They invited the fool to panel, he didn't go.

The nest of murderers is Pdp and Labour Party, they will never smell that Presidency.

This is the list of assassinations under PDP which Obasanjo and Obi were under.

Chief Bola Ige
AK Dikibo
Marshall Harry
Capt. Jerry Agbeyegbe
Olakunle Arojo
Dr Ayo Daramola
Dipo Dina
Funsho Williams
Barnabas Igwe
Amaka Igwe
Bayo Ohu
Olaitan Oyerinde

All these people were assassinated under PDP and not 1 single person went to jail.

Of all the bodies dumped in Ezu River in Peter Obi's administration, no one went to jail. In fact, the main butcher James Nwafor is Peter Obi's boy.

muykem:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/gale-of-defections-hit-delta-pdp-as-family-relatives-of-okowas-strongman-askia-defect-to-apc/

HonNL:
https://www.nairaland.com/7515762/brazil-congress-under-siege-ex-president



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1nice:
2023 Presidency for Igbo President is the last fight Of Igbo people for one of their own to represent them as President of Nigeria.

After 2023 General elections in Nigeria and no Igbo man from the south east win the Presidential election. People everywhere will see the other side of the Igbo people they have been keeping in check for tolerance sake: by them all Igbo politicians, Igbo elites, Igbo groups, Igbos that belongs to various security agencies in Nigeria, all igbos agitator groups and other igbos will have an outburst of anger and injustice to igbos and will all say to hell with one Nigeria.

The biggest revolts in the history of the world will begin with the Igbos venting their angers, and by then it will be too late to call the Igbos for negotiation, because the situation will be out of control.

Research have suggested that the next civil war in Nigeria will be fought in the 36 states of Nigeria: the Nigeria military will be stressed out beyond what they expects,not even the Ghanaians and Foreigners will be left alone for the D day resurgence.

By then those who says an Igbo person from the south east can never be the President of Nigeria will then realized that living in peace is better than fighting an unending wars: then they understand the value of peace but it might be too late.

thisweekng:
https://thisweekng.com/2023/01/09/datti-needs-to-cry-again-but-this-timeto-apologize-to-us-ada-anambra/

tensazangetsu20:
Men the UK own is really bad. One guy said he had to join 24 dating apps to find a gf. I asked a few friends who have relocated and they are seriously regretting the sexual tension. These were people having sex up to twenty times a week in Nigeria and not even able to kiss after like 3 months in the UK but then what do you do. Stay back in Nigeria and have all the sex but get bleeped by poverty or go to a society with more opportunities make money and have no sex. You can't have it all.

Ednut03:
Lastly, forget about using your money to score a chick. Hypergamy and feminism is crazy, you will fail and you still won't get sex. Same apply to a woman

I'm sorry, but someone needs to debunk some lies we say here about white chick wanting black dick, no they don't want you, and that happen 99% of the time unless you really have the look game, look young, and work out that your chest is basically obvious

Ednut03:
Ohhh yeah I'm sorry. That's true. I forgot to talk about that. White guys detest obsesse women to the point that these women are basically depressed and does not matter in the dating scenes. Go check the "Forever alone women" on Reddit. These women cry all the time because they just don't get attention from white guys.

These are The women Nigerian people score and still treat them like a price,but not even well. We also score black American women that had been damaged with severe baby daddy issue and has like 5kids, smoke like chimney, and speak like thrash

Ednut03:
Yeah. There are Nigerian Men in America who has not had a decent chance at sex for years. The only chance at sex they get is when they visit Naija once in a while. You ain't even getting a white chick to talk to you or give you her number if you ain't ridiculously good looking, dress well and speak really high.

Same apply to a woman and it's even worse. Men are thirsty, unlike Women, and she might get sexed and few attentions until the sex lasts. But she's not going to get any commitment if she doesn't match the beauty standard. So, she will be lonely too. Nigerian Men are still better positioned than her. And her woes even worsen if she's above 30. They rarely get white men. No they don't, because Nigerian women also fall short of the look And beauty standard

And if you're in dating app as an average black man (you're bleeped if you're ugly), you'll, 90% of the time be swept left over.

Hence, many Nigerian guys are frustrated and won't talk about it

Don't believe the stupid lies we peddle on here about white woman loving black for our dick game. It's a lie. If you ain't 100% attractive to her, your dick game doesn't matter. You need to be tall too, because their men are really tall. You can't be 5"9 and be expecting any reasonable result scoring a white chic, it ain't happening

GlobTrotter:
I dont think this is true. Maybe for the UK. But for US I doubt. I have not been there, I live in Brazil, what I know is that it's quite difficult for African ladies to get a guy here.

But I can tell you the women here are on fire and they love black guys.

In Brazil if you don't have sense, the small one you get, sex go comot am. You literally have to hold yourself and be focused. Girls too much and too fine and na them go come meet you self lol

digitalnomad:
Mhen! Sincerely Most people here do not speak English but depends on the region you find yourself. like for example. people speak English in rio de janeiro and sao paulo because of the high number of tourists here. I know of one MBA schools that offer their course in English. Generally, Portuguese is the medium of study in brazil. In all, it's a good country. just avoid the favelas. Nothing Like power Cuts here. 24/7 Electricity. Good Roads etc

sukkot:
yeah brother this him and his father in this picture. a chess master but a destructive gambler as well. i think the man passed on some neurotic obsessive traits to him

sukkot:
very well said brother. i didnt know he was british. i know his pops is an african american chess masters player before he passed. the guy is extremely toxic. i dont know his problem.you would think he would be happy seeing as he has made it at a young age. also he used to be a boxer lol. he is adventurous. gotta give him that lol

sukkot:
well animals are a symbolic representation of mens attributes and characters for example if you are a taurus ( bull ) means you are strong headed and when you smell weakness in people you attack them etc etc and so

as for the science on the sync of the menstrual cycle and luna cycle ? the sync is the time period which is 27.3 days but its more of a symbolic message of letting you know the woman is luna. she is the moon

as far as animals go ? when you have fallen into animal state the situation is reversed and in the animal kingdom the woman is the sun. the woman controls

sukkot:
TATE is the whole usa situation. people like him created the degeneracy in america and he is paying for it. he owns strip clubs and casinos. hardly a model human being. GOD is restricting and curtailing all their excesses is why the demons are crying

walefresh3:
In their oral tradition, Owo traces its origins to the ancient city of Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba culture.

Oral tradition also claims that the founders were the sons of the Yoruba deity Odudua, who was the first ruler of Ile-Ife. The early art-historical and archaeological records reinforce these strong affiliations with Ife culture.
Owo was able to maintain virtual independence from the neighboring kingdom of Benin, but was on occasion required to give tribute.

The transmission of courtly culture flowed in both directions between the Benin and the Owo kingdoms. The skill of Owo’s ivory carvers was also appreciated at the court of Benin. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Benin’s rulers increasingly utilized insignia made from ivory, and imported Owo’s art objects and recruited its artisans for their own royal workshops.
There were other notable artworks that can be evidently supported.

Owo came under British rule in 1893. After Nigeria declared independence in 1960, it was part of the Western Region until 1967 when it became part of the Western State. Owo and its indegenes played significant roles in the politics of the first Republic, in Nigeria. In 1976, it became part of the newly created Ondo State.

The present-day town is an agricultural center involved in the growing and trade of yams, cassava, maize, okra, peppers, cocoa, and cotton. There are however other meaningful commercial activities in the town including but not limited to, timber and sawmilling, Soya beans processing plant and blockmaking industries. The town is dotted with branches of some of the foremost banks like, First Bank Plc,Wema BankPplc, Skye Bank Plc, Enterprise Bank Ltd. (former Omega Bank Plc) etc. The city is now witnessing a dramatic change and beautification due to expansion of its road network,particularly dualization of the main road beginning from Emure junction up to Iyere exit.A new Ultra-modern market is now opened in Owo.

The Religion in Owo Ondo State are Christian, Muslim, and The Local Religion…

Other festivals in Owo, now diminishing in importance, are Egungun,Agwe by the Ulale community and Ogbe celebrated by the Amurin-Elegba community.



Notable People In Owo are :

(Adekola Ogunoye II”The Olowo of Owo.[born 1906]rained 1968-1993.
(Rev. Augustus Adeyeri 1907 – 1977″ Founder of Owo’s first private institution – Adeyeri Grammar School
Olateru Olagbegi II Olowo of Owo, Kt (born August 1910 – 1998
Michael Adekunle Ajasin First Executive Governor of Ondo State
Lawrence Ayo elected Senator for the Ondo North constituency of Ondo State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Comrade Ibidapo Fatogun : Notable Journalist, Philanthropist and Labour Leader
Chief M. B. Ashara an Owo Historian
Professor Daniel Folorunso Adene Professor of Veterinary Medicine and The Fulbright Alumni Association member
Prof. Samuel Aje Director General, Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry and President NITI Lagos Branch
Rowland Biodun Professor. Department of Black Studies; Art and Art Studies Amherst College. Chair, African Scholars Program Executive Committee
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu Immediate Past President of Nigerian Bar Association
Jumoke Anifowoshe Barrister,Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State.
Simeon Moronfolu Olusola Olakunri (SAN)
Johnson.O.O.OLUATA Professional Accountant & Former General Manager, Mitsui & Co Ltd, Nigeria Office,Member of Governing Council, Association of National Accountants of NigeriaANAN[7]
Isaac Sunday Tapere Founder and owner of The Tisco Group of Companies
High chief (Mrs) Winifred Adefolahan Awosika Founder of Crisland Schools, an educationist
Owaduge Steve Bamidele Microsoft Certified Professional
Taiye Haruna, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Enironment

Tokunbo Olateru-Olagbegi former Special Assistant to the Honorable Minister of State, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.
Chief FAMA (Faroumbi Aina Mosunmola Adewale-Somadhi)
Orlando Owoh Ethnomusicologist
Kokoro (musician) Benjamin ‘Kokoro’ Aderounmu (25 February 1925 – 25 January 2009) was a widely-know blind minstrel from Lagos, Nigeria. He was born into a royal family in Owo, Ondo State[8]

Fatima Yusuf Olukoju (born 2 April 1971 in Owo, Ondo) is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career

Kasali D. Obanoyen Former Chairman of the Ondo State owned club, Sunshine Stars
Jibola Dabor[9]

Ramsey Tokunbo Nouah, (born 16 July 1973) is a Nigerian actor. In 2010 he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Nouah was born in Edo, Nigeria to an Israeli father and a Yoruba mother who hails from Owo, Ondo State

Babatunde Onibode
Oluremi Okunrinboye former Senator, former president/chairman of chamber of commerce.
Tunde owadimbola An educationist, apresent chairman owo local government
Olatunde Olalelekan isaac An eminent biochemist and a researcher also a member of the canadian society for biochemistry and molecular biology,USA

walefresh3:
You bought everything Peter Obi, the former Anambra state governor said on 1st October 2016 then you will surely have a rethink after reading this ….

The glowing ovation received by the former governor of Anambra State, Chief Peter Gregory Obi on Independence Day during his address at the Platform may have turned out to be generated based on misinformation on the part of the former governor. Information available to 247ureports.com indicates that the former governor may have lied to the audience about his activities while at the government house in Anambra State.

Revealing the manner Chief Peter Obi governed the State was his kinsman and former top aide, Benji Obi [Mbuze Agulu] and close confident.

He disclosed to 247ureports.com that the address by his former boss and kinsman at the Platform on Independence Day drove him to open up on the skilled hypocrisy exhibited by Peter Obi repeatedly.

Benji Obi who served Peter Obi administration from the inception revealed that Peter Obi told a fable when he claimed to have ran a financially prudent administration.

“Peter Obi increased the money for his private kitchen at the government to N2million monthly and increased the feeding for the Police Officers attached to him to N7million monthly”.

But he pocketed the money. He stated that Peter lied when he said he stopped the buffet-styled dinner being served at the Government House.

“What he did was to sack all the previous cooks and butlers and employed over 30 cooks/butlers/Stewart from Akwa Ibom and expanded the kitchen budget”. He continued, “The bills are still there. It is verifiable… the Akwa Ibom cooks and Stewarts were over 20… so who were they cooking for? Buffet is always there… butlers and others… Prof Emenike Obi – Principal Secretary withdraws the money every month and pays him… and it is verifiable”.

Chief Peter Obi’s reference to his banning of alcoholic beverages such as Champagne at the government house was laughed at by his kinsman who pointed to the Squash Court located inside the government house renovated by the Peter Obi administration – that was utilized by Peter Obi as a makeshift warehouse for alcoholic beverages such as the drinks his company distributes in Nigeria.

The kinsman explained that Peter Obi was storing expensive alcoholic beverages purchased with state resources. The alcoholic beverages would then be sold to outsiders directly from the makeshift warehouse.

During festive periods, Peter Obi will use the beverages as gifts to select personalities across the state. The gifts would be received as coming from the state government. The kinsman revealed that a distant relative of Peter Obi by the name, Amaechi who was brought back from a monastery in Ebonyi State was made in charge of the drinks storage and distribution.

Only drinks that belong to Peter Obi’s distribution company were stored at the makeshift storage facility. Interestingly, immediately Peter Obi stepped away from office, the said Amaechi opened one of the largest alcohol distribution depot in Anambra State.

The depot is located behind the government house in Awka. “Amaechi is now a billionaire – opened a liquor distributorship behind the government house”.

Benji Obi did not hold back in pointing out the uncanny inconsistency between Peter Obi’s testament on his refusal to use the state resources voraciously on his personal transportation and unnecessary purchase of vehicles – and the actual reality on the grounds.

He revealed that Peter Obi was the one that built the first Helipad at the government house for his personal use. “Peter Obi used helicopters to travel often while he was the governor – and he usually travels alone or with one trusted aide”.

It was not a secret within the administrative circles in Awka. “When he went to the burial of his wife’s sister, he flew in a helicopter. He took off from the government house”. Benji Obi adds also that, “he uses the Church to trick people… he is not a true Christian… he attends Olumba Olumba Obu with the helicopter… always accompanied by Valentine Obieyem”.

Benji pointed to Ngozi Okoye as the go to person whenever Peter Obi wants to book a private jet or a helicopter for travels. Peter Obi always uses private jets to travel as often as any other state governor in Nigeria. “The records are there and can be made public”.

“Peter Obi purchased a bulletproof BMW for his wife and two bulletproof landcrusiers for himself. He even bought an additional one for his brother, Damian”.

Peter Obi prefers to use Okey Ezeibe to make vehicle purchases – through his Legacy Motors because of a favor granted by Okey Ezeibe when Peter Obi’s aide and man-Friday [Valentine Obieyem] was arrested hauling N250million from government house to his private office in Apapa, Lagos.

In explaining away the reasons he was hauling the cash, he gave Legacy Motors as an alibi – that the money was for the purchase of vehicles from a neighboring country – through Legacy Motors – that the money was being hauled for Legacy Motors.

He told the anti-graft agency that the vehicles being purchased were meant for the various head of service [HOS] and other permanent secretaries [PS]. Peter Obi got the HOS and the PS to play along. Their reward was Peugeot 406 each – he purchased each of the HOS and PS brand new Peugeot 406, as bribe.

The over 150 hummer buses purchased by the state government under the public mass transport bill for use for the ANIDS transport scheme, according to Benji Obi, turned out to be a corruption scheme to benefit an associate of Peter Obi.

At the eve of Peter Obi’s exit from the government house, he gave away the entire hummer buses to his associate by name Benji Uba – who immediately began repainting the buses and selling them off – and pocketing the proceeds. Not minding that the buses were state owned.

“Peter Obi should be careful the way he opens his mouth because we can expose him to the public enough to put him behind bars. Obiano does not want to probe him… he should shut up…” continued the kinsman who revealed that Peter Obi also received part of the controversial campaign funds distributed by the Jonathan campaign team.

“Peter Obi did not even utilize the money given to him for the purpose it was given”. He instead used the money for private business and to sponsor local political campaigns within Anambra such as that of Uche Ekwunife, Chinedu Idigo and others.

“We have information that he is lobbying to avoid being probed. What he does not know is that President Buhari is a no nonsense person. He does not take kindly to hypocrites and corruption”.

Benji Obi particularly pressed heavily that Peter Obi was “very corrupt”. He recalled how the then Governor Peter Obi would pack over 6 suitcases filled with foreign currency [mainly dollar] and then take off to see his blood sister [Matina] who is an ordained Catholic Sister at the Holy Rosary [HRS].

The then Governor Peter Obi would store the suitcases at the Sister’s residence at the Catholic owned premises.

The suitcases would then find another destination. Peter Obi would engage in the practice repeatedly until her dismissal.



According to Benji Obi, “Sister Matina was dismissed from the HRS after she was caught”. She left for the Congo following her dismissal but returned to the government house – where she stayed till the end of Peter Obi’s administration.

Peter Obi’s propensity for primordial corruption and extravagant lifestyle – the type only expected of a military dictator – is shown in his relationship with a one-time girlfriend and colleague by the name Adaeze Idigo – who rose from the position of deputy director to permanent secretary within the span of 2.5years.

According to Benji Obi, Peter Obi and Adaeze Idigo had a lovechild during their young years – a baby girl.

Peter Obi had started his primary school and secondary school education in Anambra north senatorial district – the same area where Adaeze Idigo hails from.

Peter Obi attended St Augustine Umuoba Anam and then Father Josephine memorial grammar school where he met Adaeze. The two conjugated and gave birth to a baby girl in the 70s. She currently resides in Alabama, USA.

When the Peter Obi’s lovechild with Adaeze Idigo wedded in the USA, the state government of Anambra State was represented by Professor Stella Okunna who gave $50,000 on behalf of the State. The wedding took place in Alabama.

Peter Obi’s treatment of Adaeze Idigo was simply extravaganza. She was given a landcruiser sport utility vehicle, her mother was given the same along with a driver paid for by the state government.

Her family [including the mum] were relocated to the suburbs of Enugu – into a new house purchased with the resources of the state. A power generator worth N2million was taken directly from the government house to her new residence.

Her brother, Chuka Idigo who earns a living as a contractor working almost exclusively for Anambra state alone also benefited immensely from Peter Obi’s extravaganza.

“He was given numerous contracts without due process… many of them weren’t executed including the house of assembly headquarters… and others.”

Benji Obi then made a startling revelation as to why Peter Obi had wanted the governorship to be zoned to the north senatorial district following his exist from the government house.

“He wanted to install Chinedu Idigo”, a brother to Adaeze Idigo. “They used Chuka Idigo to raise election money through the many contracts awarded him without due process.”

But it backfired because the people of the north senatorial district who were aware of the relationship between Peter Obi and Adaeze Idigo rejected the candidacy of Chinedu Idigo immediately it was announced to them by Peter Obi.

The choice of Willie Obiano was forced upon Peter Obi by the people of Anambra north senatorial district.
A source revealed that Peter Obi remains active in hoisting Chinedu Idigo as the governor of Anambra State – talks are ongoing as to which party to join to materialize the goal.

Peter Obi’s administration was typical of what is expected of a corrupt state government. Many of the contract awards were fraudulent and his claim of being financially prudent with state resource is fantasy.

This according to his kinsman and close political aide. “All contractors must have accounts with Fidelity bank… and all checks are collected at his house…”

Peter Obi claims his administration is not owing any contractor but “that is a lie” because “contractors were owed…Obiano is silently paying for works done during Peter Obi’s administration”.

According to Benji Obi, Governor Willie Obiano has asked Chief Peter Obi for forgiveness for any offense known and unknown to him.

He has asked both privately and publicly. “Still Peter Obi goes around talking about the Anambra Governor with disdain. Dr. Chris Ngige did not vilify him the way he is trying to do to Obiano. It is not fair.”

walefresh3:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/01/11/why-does-music-of-yoruba-origin-breakthrough-globally/

fergie001:
Jair Bolsonaro (often referred to as the 'Trump of the Tropics') who was seeking a second term, lost to former President Lula who was sworn-in this week.



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Eriokanmi:
It's ok. We'd come back to this later. For your info, same Ahmed lawan had betrayed tinubu already. Am sure you knew what happened during the primaries and the role played by tinubu in crowning Ahmed lawan senate president in 2015 and 2019? Why didn't he step down for tinubu during primaries before tinubu now outsmarted them all? It's always good to be objective in one's reasoning. Trust fulanis at your own peril.

priceactionx:
This crowd mad oo. Funny thing is that these people with pvc don't make noise in Lagos.

They make actions while some other people or group always expose their next point of actions through chest beating and threatening there by getting counter attack in all ramifications.
Since they have also turned it to tribal cards, everyone go get sense.

To win election in Nigeria, apart from Money, you have to be strategically sound.

BOSSFX:
Today, Monday, March 16th, 2020, major stock indexes all over the world hit record losses. In fact, what happened today had only been recorded in 1929 and 1987 stock market crashes. In both instances, it was blood on the main street and factory floors, because a lot of wealth & savings was wiped off and many companies declared bankruptcies. I hope the financial market will not follow the same patterns this time around.

It is funny to say that just last month, february, 2020, all these stock indexes were trading at an all-time-high, creating the kind of wealth for people the world had never seen before. For example, without lifting a finger, the likes of jeff bezos and co. were adding $10b each to their wealth, all thanks to the bull market ride. The stock market just kept going higher and higher, reaching levels it had never reach in the history of the stock market. March entered, we started talking about recession. Imagine that summersault! What a difference a month can make. The stock market is indeed the grand casino! The market gives, and the market takes away! This is to show that this virus really mean business with us, and every hand must be on deck to fight this common enemy.

Many companies make up all of these indexes, well known companies upon which many of us depended on, like fb, amazon, alibaba etc. The world is one big supply chain. What is produced in China is consumed all over the world. The manority of the oil produced in Nigeria is consumed by Chinese, Turkish and india companies. If these companies shut down, who is going to but the oil from us? All these companies are already shutting down their operations substantially, especially in China, the world number 1 supplier. Abi, wetin no come from china nowadays. Inevitably, these compnies are incuring loses both in sales and shares valuation at an alarming propotion. 12% loss today means, they have lost 12% of their value in just one day! To put that in context, it took the stock market a year to gain that 12% it lost today. If this losses persist, i dont think any company will still be standing come april. And that will be total collapse.

What triggers this precipice is this virus and the manner in which it is gently spreading but very deadly to human race. It is gradually stoping us from doing what we have been doing for centuries and what has made our social progress possible: [/b][/i]relating.[b][i]
Social and economic relations are getting disrupted day after day. Flight getting cancelled, borders getting closed and football leagues have been paused. And the supply chains for goods to reach end users have been affected too. UK govt. announce today for all pubs, bars and other places people gathers should close up. This, indeed, is desperate time. And it calls for desperate measures.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT US IN AFRICA, ESPECIALLY, NIGERIA.

My point is that the cure for coronavirus must be found in time, else, africa wont be speared from this looming economic collapse, even if the virus could not operate much here because of the weather, as people claims. Nigeria is import-dependent nation. Rarely there is anything we dont import. So, if importers couldn't get the goods into the country, the prices for available ones will skyrocket. And the way economic cycle works is that, the effect of what is happening in this quarter, Jan - March, will be felt much more from the next quarter, April - June, and going forward. So, factories and business closing up as stock market indexes is pointing to, like today, really call for serious measures from government agencies concerned to avert the looming economic danger ahead.

MAJOR EFFECTS OF THESE ECONOMIC PANDEMIC (IF) IT HAPPENS.

1. As stated above, if no/less import, prices of available goods will jump.
2. Dollar will get stronger against all currencies, because, real, savvy investors will only buy treasuries bills that are dominated in dollars. Dollar strength will only make no 1. more costlier. How much is dollar to naira now?
3. World economy is inter-connected now. If China sneeze, europe will caugh, eventully, africa economy will catch cold. Nigerian economy is exposed too. Hope you still remember 2008? Sub-prime crises! And, what happened to Nigerian stock market? And still been felt till today.
4. Unemployment. Civil servant should expect half/owed salary. Retrenchment. God forbid bad thing o.
5. The demand for crude has plummeted as Russia and Saudi-Arabia flooded the market with cheap oil. A crude now sells below $30 per barrel. That is far below Nigerian govt $57 per barrel benchmark. How is Nigeria going to fund its budget now? And, mind you, during recession, govt must have money to spend to keep up the economy. Shey naa more taxes dem wan do? During recession? Make den kuku kill us be that. Or go borrow? From which govt or donor agency precisely during recession? All serious govt saves money for situations like this. But, our govt, may God help us o. I just hope they have plans and programs in place to surprise us.

In Conclusion, l believe it is better for us to be enlightened and informed about what lies ahead and make our plans ahead of time, so as not to be caught unawares. This is not to scare anyone, but to lay a possible scenario bare before us, so as to make our choices as we see fit.
As for the korokorovirus(lols), let's pray the cure is found quickly. And, please, my people, let's maintain hygenic practices as long as this stuff last and even beyond. We dont know its end yet.
Lastly, as every other pandenmic has passed us by in history, this one too shall pass!

Peace and Victory!

https://6abc.com/business/stock-market-losses-accelerate-past-10%25-on-coronavirus-fears/6017932/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-15/years-going-past-in-a-day-for-s-p-500-traders-in-history-s-grip

Kindly consider for fp please. Regards!

Okealaaye:
Obasanjo Instigates Youths

Idowu Akinlotan

January 8, 2023

Contrary to what many supporters of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo think, those who chide him for his unusual and intemperate letter endorsing the presidential candidacy of Labour Party’s Peter Obi are not doing so because they regret his refusal to support their own candidates. He has the right and pleasure to support anyone he wishes, regardless of the bad choices he has made over decades. What the complainants quarrel with is the tone of the endorsement letter, its instigation rather than logical persuasion of the youths, and the former president’s unbelievable deployment of mediocre philosophy of leadership. He is free to support anyone he likes, whether his critics like it or not, but it was expected that he would do it with the dignified poise of a leader, the decorum associated with great leadership, and with balanced, even-tempered and unassailable logic. He had all of 85 years to develop and hone that poise and maturity, and over 11 years as head of state and president to acquire the experience needed to set the right example for the nation. Now, all those years seem a horrible waste.

Somehow, as is customary of him, his letter of endorsement was full of hysteria: hysteria against his imaginary foes, hysteria against his successors in office, and hysteria against his compatriots and God whom he sometimes gives the impression is permanently at his beck and call. Mr Obi, a sophist like no other, probably deserves Chief Obasanjo’s support. The two sophists are thus obsessed with specious reasoning, and roundly complement each other. For whatever the endorsement is worth, no one should begrudge the controversial former president from backing Mr Obi’s candidacy. It was perhaps too far-fetched for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to expect Chief Obasanjo’s endorsement. Too much had soured in their relationship to realistically expect even a grin from the ex-president. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) would have been unable to fathom any endorsement from Abeokuta. That left the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and LP’s Mr Obi to vie for the bilious old man’s attention. It would have been incongruous for the APC, as the party knows very well, to receive the nod from their old and unforgiving antagonist and sparring partner.

All the leading candidates for the 2023 presidential election had visited Chief Obasanjo in Abeokuta, more as a courtesy than necessity; but it would be hard to gauge what value they would have attached to his endorsement had he deemed them worthy of the gesture. Even Mr Obi who finally got the nod has remained nonplussed. He is uncertain what to do with the endorsement, especially seeing that the repeated hurrahs he had got from the politicised churches of Nigeria had not given his candidacy the needed boost. The streetwise LP candidate knows by instinct that Chief Obasanjo is long past his expiry date. In fact, much more, he knows that all that is left of the phlegmatic old warhorse from Abeokuta is his nuisance value. But better not to draw the ire of the sleeping bear: if he cannot be for you, at least make him indifferent to you. That was why Alhaji Atiku and Asiwaju Tinubu visited him. Both men were too smart not to know where Chief Obasanjo leaned; but they thought they could lessen the pungency of his vitriol. Alas, the former president remains as incandescent and malignant as ever.

When Chief Obasanjo first gave the solid hint mid-December that he might endorse Mr Obi, this column challenged him to defend his suppositions about the LP candidate. It is unlikely the former president read the challenge, for he is too cocksure of everything to care what anyone writes, and too narcissistic to bother about any interest but his. However, he has finally explained his choice, though the explanations do not do credit to his long years in office, nor to his vaunted statesmanlike ability to see the woods for the trees, to see from the mountaintop, and to light a lamp to the national feet. He rests his support for Mr Obi on two main but leprous legs, one of which is discernible from his attempt to prequalify the candidates. Hear him: “From interaction and experience, and as mentees as most of them claim, I will, without prejudice, fear or ill-will, make bold to say that there are four major factors to watch out for in a leader you will consider to hoist on yourself and on the rest of Nigerians in the coming election and they are what I call TVCP: Track record of ability and performance; Vision that is authentic, honest and realistic; Character and attributes of a lady and a gentleman who are children of God and obedient to God; and Physical and mental capability with soundness of mind as it is a very taxing and tasking assignment at the best of times and more so it is at the most difficult time that we are.”

This prequalification of presidential candidates is clearly pedestrian, and it is hard to imagine that it comes from a former president. How he equated those who visited him – for after all, they also visited other past rulers – as his mentees remains baffling. How could a man whose politics is in constant flux have mentored anyone when he had no identifiable ideology, no private or public principles, and is capable of the most corrosive mendacity any liar anywhere could subscribe to? The simple answer is that it is customary of Chief Obasanjo to exaggerate his recollections and be infatuated with his own tall stories. Having read very little of any serious stuff since he left office, and thus failed to improve himself, it is unsurprising that he embraces flighty ideas and panaceas. Just reading books on Julius and Augustus Caesar, Genghis Khan, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Deng Xiaoping, and Charles de Gaulle, among many other great leaders in Asia, Africa and Europe would have helped sharpened his perspective on leadership. But even using the crude four-way test contained in his letter of endorsement, it is hard to explain why he cannot see that his choice failed all but one of the tests. He then went on whimsically to denounce the emi lokan (my turn) slogan popularised by Asiwaju Tinubu, insisting that leadership does not admit to such principle, but turned round to embrace awon lokan (their turn) to underscore Mr Obi’s bid as an Igbo man. As customary, the contradictions are lost on him.

 But there is an even more pernicious and infinitely more pedestrian, instigative and divisive second leg for Chief Obasanjo to stand his endorsement of Mr Obi: the LP candidate’s youth, a factor embedded in the former president’s four-way test. Why he smothered the third of the four-way test – that of obedience to God – whatever that means, is equally hard to fathom. In any case, he has zeroed in on the youth factor. So, hear him at his sentimental worst: “My dear young men and women, you must come together and bring about a truly meaningful change in your lives. If you fail, you have no one else to blame. Your present and future are in your hands to make or to mar. The future of Nigeria is in the same manner in your hands and literally so. If for any reason you fail to redeem yourself and your country, you will have lost the opportunity for good and you will have no one to blame but yourselves and posterity will not forgive you. Get up, get together, get going and get us to where we should be. And you, the youth, it is your time and your turn. ‘Eyin Lokan’ (Your turn). The power to change is in your hands. Your future, my future, the future of grandchildren and great grandchildren is in your hands. Politics and elections are numbers game. You have the numbers, get up, stand up and make your numbers count.”

To hear a former president instigate this sentimental and comical revolution is truly troubling. He and many others in his generation were heads of state in their youth. What did they do when they were given the opportunity to lead the country? What did they bring into leadership? What constitu tional structure for leadership recruitment did he, in eight years, institute to help produce the right leaders? Both as a youth and elder, he led Nigeria without character, morality and principles. Now, in his infatuations, he is advocating a beguiling and suffocating return to emptiness. Mr Obi whom he touts as competent, but whose errant ears must be continually pulled, supposedly by Chief Obasanjo and his ilk, had the opportunity to lead Anambra for eight years; has the state become a destination for youths and elders, or has it showcased visionary leadership? And how is it possible, even in the closing years of Chief Obasanjo’s life, when he should be wiser and less given to histrionics, that he cannot appreciate that leadership is not about age but about character, discipline, intuition, intellect, and vision etc.? Neither he nor Mr Obi possesses any of the attributes he speaks dreamily about; it was, therefore, a trifle too easy for him to pontificate grandly as the grand mentor of political heavyweights, including, untruthfully, Mr Obi himself.

INEC statistics suggest that Nigerian youths dominate the voting population; it is understandable why Chief Obasanjo has tried to instigate them against the rest of the country without caring what qualities or character the aspirant or candidate possesses, or what the consequences of division might be. Using the age segmentation tool is, however, a mask for the former president’s other insidious objectives, as indicated in this place on December 18. Some analysts have snidely speculated he is not quite the Yoruba man he has all along pretended to be, but given his unbridled narcissism and messianic fervour, the ethnicity or religion a candidate belongs to hardly matters to him. He is neither a federalist nor a democrat, and if he tolerated the rule of law, which as president he treated as an inconvenience, it is because he had encountered a greater force he could not resist. He works hard, but he is incapable of any kind of altruism, and his leadership style has been as self-indulgent and ad hoc as his perspectives have been desultory. How such a man can now pretend to nobility in the selection of the next president, when he more than thrice bastardised that process in the past, is beyond comprehension. After ruling Nigeria for more than a decade, and having done nothing to reform or restructure the system to create a more durable constitution and viable democracy, it is shocking that he still sees nothing wrong in instigating and promoting division.

It is fortuitous that Chief Obasanjo has openly endorsed Mr Obi with the same questionable judgement he openly schemed for third term in 2006. His nose will be put out of joint in the coming weeks, as it was in 2006. Had he offered plausible reasons for endorsing the LP candidate, the country would have had to grudgingly respect his choice, despite his customary self-centredness. The APC is fortunate he did not endorse their candidate, for they would have had to lie in bed with a demanding stranger and cocquet. They gave him the courtesy of a visit, as they gave other past Nigerian rulers. Surely it could not be because he had done stupendously well as president, as he erroneously seemed to believe; yet he tries to constitute himself into a sort of national lodestar from which future leaders must take their reference. Courtesy is nothing more than courtesy, no matter what anyone reads into it. In the years ahead, such courtesies would not be given anyone but the electorate who, hopefully, can acquire the education and judgement needed to discern and vote for leaders with character.