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What a relief. After all the noises about those that will never be appreciated no matter their achievement abroad, it is refreshing to see local talents.

But that boy Olalere Yusuf Asamu, who won a total of 12 prizes greedy, no be small.

Nigerians, since the 60s have been more successful inside Africa and outside heading International Agencies, WHO, World Court, doctors, lawyers, Soldiers and Police trainings in most African countries.

Nigerians have been appreciated and these countries were proud and thankful.

What changed? Big celebration over insubstantial positions, chests beating and provocations that have turned Africans and foreign countries OFF.

They are kicking us out of their Countries and noted we cannot be that good if our Country is a mess.

If you come from desolate villages and cities, what is your contribution outside?

No matter your achievement, they hate you and want you out. Stop beating your chest bloody dead. Can't you hear Nigerians Go Home!

One of the Africans elected into Integrationsrat, not the only One.

Other results that have been released show that several African candidates won elections into the Integration Council (Integrationsrat) in their cities and towns, including Kevin Uguru in Essen, Pastor Lumbu in Dortmund and Elizabeth Kaneza in Aachen.


Dr John Emeka Akude and Rahab Njeri the only two candidates of African origin for Cologne’s City Council election on Sunday/Photo: Jeri Cremer

African makes history as first elected member of Cologne’s City Council
September 14, 2020


Dr John Emeka Akude holding his campaign placard during the election campaign, calling for diversity in Cologne’s City Council/Photo: John Emeka Akude


On Sunday 13 September, millions voters went to the polls in towns and cities across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, to vote for Lord Mayors, Mayors, Councillors and the Integration Councils.

Many candidates of African origin participated at the elections. Results are now coming in. Dr John Emeka Akude, a Nigerian-born political scientist, was elected member of the Cologne City Council (Stadtrat). He made history by becoming the first Councillor of African origin in Cologne, Germany’s 4th biggest city with about 1 million inhabitants.

Reacting to Akude’s victory, Rahab Njeri, the only other African-origin candidate who took part in the election in Cologne said though she was not elected but all African-descendant inhabitants of the city were winners with the victory of the Nigerian-born politician. Both ran on the platform of Klima Freunde (Friends of the Climate).

Other results that have been released show that several African candidates won elections into the Integration Council (Integrationsrat) in their cities and towns, including Kevin Uguru in Essen, Pastor Lumbu in Dortmund and Elizabeth Kaneza in Aachen.


Dr John Emeka Akude and Rahab Njeri the only two candidates of African origin for Cologne’s City Council election on Sunday/Photo: Jeri Cremer


Integration Council – in some cities also known as Ausländerrat or Ausländerbeirat (Foreigners’ Advisory Council) – is the official representative organ of the residents of foreign origin in a city, municipality and district.

The main task of the Council is to represent the interests of the foreign-origin population and, above all, to advocate for integration and equality between foreign and German residents at local level.

Comprehensive results of elections into all the Integration Council in the state will be announced on Wednesday.

Sunday’s election in North Rhine-Westphalia is seen as a test for next year’s federal elections. Exit polls suggest the CDU with 36.2% of the popular votes emerged the overall winners in the municipal elections, followed by SPD (23.7%) and Greens (19.1%).

Sola Jolaoso

We can retaliate. Ban their Presidents that lose popular votes.

Rigging is our electoral college.

Since bosicona and other used goods were introduced and glorified in this kontry, foreign loan has become intelligent and rationalize by miseducated Niajarians.

Next Stop: Borrow money from South Africa, then Ghana for National Development.

Good news worth celebrating. This type of news come once in a while. I hope they actualize their dream.

Which country in Africa or anywhere overseas will absorb 200m ravaging mad dog that have already destroyed their own country?

The only dream of many, others claim most Nigerians: want out of the same country they set on fire and will still do more damage.

Yet refused to face their own devils since the 70s. At least we could point to a couple of places before oil income doing well. How many states can we point to now?

South Africa, Ghana and Asia know Nigerians well. If you were them, would you allow Nigerians into your country?

I cannot understand why Nigerians are so narrow minded.

This guy contributes what he can to the problem Black people face all over the world because no country can rise in Africa and fight for justice anywhere in the world since we lack same justice at home.

Well done man.

Naomi Osaka of Japan contributed in her own little way that drew big attention in US Open.

kgr28:
we are going for motherfckres who are destroying S.A. everybody else is good.

You sound like Nigerians against Ghanaians during Ghana Must Go.

Be careful and remember what you were and may turn out worse than Nigerians today.

Look at what you are doing against Zimbabweans in your country.

Some of us still remember Zulus against fellows S. Africans. Be careful now.

The first rule is you do not support criminals no matter where they belong or where they practice.

When Nigerians wanted to drive Ghanaians out, we labelled them with all types of crimes including prostitution. Not because we did not have more Nigerians doing worse but wanted scapegoat them as S. Africa is doing to us now.

Since Ghanaians left, has crime gotten better or worse? Some Nigerians cried out against deportation of the children of Nkrumah from Zip to school children Ghanaians taught.

My buroda Rugaria,

You funny no be small. Wetin be your own interest for Awori wey dey all over the West and Lagos?

So you love the Oba of Lagos so much after he was going to throw you into the Sea. If not say good grateful people from your side wey go prostrate for his Palace, una for don drown in Atlantic Ocean.

Na soso beg una dey do when you get quit notice. Na so una beg and get flocked at Akure, go beg Olubadan make he settle matter for una, go beg for North.

Wetin be your love for Oba of Lagos? You want Sanyaolu make he round you up and deport una over the border again.

Rugaria:
Are they going to walk away with the Aworis, Egun and co? The oba of Lagos himself has said it loud and clear that they are not Yorubas. So are these matchers going to walk away from Nigeria with only their Oshogbo or are they trying to attache Lagos by force to their new MURIC country?

Rugaria:
The oba of Lagos has already made his stand on this very clear.... How else do you want it?

Rugaria:
My worry is that the bigger Yoruba may end up swallowing the smaller groups thereby making their culture/languages go extinct. That will give them the same experience they are trying to run away from in a bigger Nigeria. I will suggest the core Yoruba nation go it alone so as to form a harmonious grouping. Let the Aworis take their Lagos. That way, there won't be much misunderstanding in the future.

Another one looking for Foreign Portfolio Investors to invest millions while they are laundering billions overseas.

Please convince your Loot Nigeria To Death colleagues to stop and invest at home.

Naomi Osaka, Tennis Champion came out to remind the World she is African Asian in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

Osaka has worn masks bearing the names of Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and Ahmaud Arbery onto court for her three matches at the US Open so far to highlight racial injustice in the United States to a wider audience.

Igbochief001:
It's by geopolitical zone ...it's not igbos fault only them are in south east

Igala too!

Is this by merit, right, fairness, bullying, federal character or what?

Are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba the only ones in Nigeria?

Let everyone wait for their turn until federal character is achieved.

By the way, the last President before Buhari was a Biafran with Biafran Power House Appointees

What is wrong with these type of Nigerians giving other Nigerians bad names, even your own hard working conscious people? Is there any country that got Independence that never instituted Indigenization?

If you want to find out the beginning of decay, you can still see it today. Anything Foreign.

It started with foreign used clothes, shoes, food and even importation of Garbage in the name of liberation of the market. When Nigeria realized its folly and slammed brake on imports, guess who cried that they were targeted?

Now Buhari who sent people to jail when he came to power is also "enjoying" Liberalized Market.

Let us agree that no man is totally Alpha or Beta.

Woman can still bring down the man that is mostly Alpha. Otherwise, why do Alpha Men fall for a prostitute?

Prostitute in the sense that she got paid for her comfort and wife because she gave it for free.

Who is your favorite President married to? Unless you think Sampson is a Beta male. ZsaZsa Gabor said it best that only a foolish woman lets a man know she is smarter.

This is why some Canadian and other young men refuse to marry. There are foolish women blinded by hate and scorn. They think divorce lawyers are free. Lawyers love cases where money and if your are not rich, houses are involved.

By the time you pay lawyers and real estate agent, most women can never buy a similar house or a smaller house for the money they get.

More important, they leave their children without a house. How many more single parent households compare to two parents bring up good kids? Do you blame their son for avoiding marriage no matter how old?

Apart from high schools leavers, the more educated you are the better your prospects for a job or starting your own business.

Education is not a ticket to a job but a ticket to expand your horizon.

Do not get carried away with Nigerian chest beaters contesting which ethic group has a job abroad. Even some white Europeans and Americans are underemployed.

It is worse for Black graduates in the Ivy League colleges, when after interviews with big corporations, most of those left without jobs are Blacks like you. Only a token few are offered jobs and they never last on those jobs either.

The good news is, the most successful graduates in Nigeria or outside are those into business. They do not beat their chests, mugus and losers do that for them.

To the point of indulging his wife and children?

If it wasn't that he meets other people, we could say he has lost his mind.

Nigeria as a country has been so unlucky. Think about the brain, intelligence, support from North and South Jonathan brought to the Presidency. He still messed up big time pushed by vultures.

daddytime:
Idiagbon was the henchman of that military regime. Buhari had always been in shock and allowing his lieutenants to take the lead.

Sometimes, many people wonder if this Buhari is the same one that led Buhari/Idiagbon Regime.

We saw OBJ as a military leader and as a civilian leader with the same tendencies but curbed by both Houses to some extent. Even the threat of Impeachment.

Jonathan apologists should go to blazes. Jonathan brought this on us.

When they say Nigerians will do anything for money not many people believed it until US start paying them to fight in Iraq.

Some lost their lives, some disabled but some survived. They were given immigration papers. Now there are preparation to take that away.

Nobody heard about those that died or disable.

NIGERIA is bad but not that bad. This is not about Nigeria. It is about self hate.

Your name says it all.

Chi - as in chi-mpanzee from the zoo village

Chimok:
Nigeria is peopled by very foolish citizenry whose faculties are lower than that of the animals.
Which other African country that is not better than nigeria.
Allowed a minor ethnic group tossing others about as that want

Finally, Africans like how Nigerians kicked Ebola, must be doing something right.

Unfortunately, not even Africans believe in Africans.

It seems some of you were born since Jonathan was in power when Nigeria reputation was crystal clean or since Hushppupi was caught in what Yahoo or 419 boys practiced.

It makes most of you around 17 years old or your brains are just developing.

After you mess up your villages, others must accommodate you so that you can mess up their countries.

I have never heard that. Please keep it to yourself.

Akata has intentionally use to create problems between AA and Africans unnecessarily.

While it means wild cat v. domesticated cat, Yoruba also use it for Yoruba coming from abroad. As someone explained, it has no bitterness. Actually, some Nigerians like being referred to as Akata.

gunther6:
Akata is derogatory, an ethnic slur. If you’re asking about the etymology of the word, Akata is Gan( Ghanaian) language for Hyena.

Ada, you nor dey taya with your hatred since your Yoruba man scorned you. Find another one na.

Are talking about Igbo that have voted and installed Fulani as President or Prime Minister all their life or Yoruba that did the same once?

Even this Buhari/Okadigbo, you voted for. The last President before this is a Biafran with Biafran Cabinet.

Na only Biafran dey for Nigeria? What about others like Edo, Beroni, Gbayi etc.

Una nar dey shame with your obsession for POWER which we saw over and over again including recently under Ebele Azikiwe.

Odingo1:
It is just a natural hatred, other Nigerians will vote for Buhari for third term than vote for Igbo man. Even if Fulani gather all of them and burn them to death those that will survive will still vote for Fulani with their burnt body. The sin of Igbos is progressing more than them.

They will say Igbos are greedy that this, Hausa-Fulani have massacred Nigerians in thousands from Yorubaland to Benue to Kaduna to East. Yet nobody talk about it. If you mention Igbo all them will jump from comma.

comos:
he is the next president of Nigeria.

people are already calling for his return from all corners of Nigeria

Yes o. Nigeria was the best country in the world during his time managed by the most intelligent people in the world. They turned Nigeria to rich-hole country and Nigeria broke all economic records in the world.

If and only if Biafra was allowed to reach it pinnacle before the war, Jonathan could have done it in the second term.

Anyway, Jonathan the Biafran President before Buhari will do it again once all Biafrans return home.

God saved Save Ebele Azikiwe.

Since Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan was prevented by envy and jealousy from turning Nigeria into Promised Land in the second term with his able and capable cabinet from the first term,

by the Grace of God, he will lead and rule Biafra!

I never read every comment but I am sure Tinubu name came up.

Yoruba are divided on Tinubu for and against. How many Igbo have come out against Igbo crooks without losing his life?

You think by claiming to be members of the right wingers, they will make one of you minister in Italy or Alberta Canada.

So that they can use you to send your people home or make you dog catchers in Libya.

Dikebuka:
People should stop watching only CNN and left wing media. Try and get facts from other media handle