₦airaland Forum

Domnick:
cant u be happy that its a Nigerian, instead of being unhappy that he is a yoruba
Igbo people ina dey dissapoint me oo.
Nigeria and tribalism
Thats why we will always remain backwards

aknabob:
leave grammar com make cool money

aknabob:
no worry bro money no dey too much nah

aknabob:
employment opportunities for u. u go help hawk am. big salary. contact me wen u ready

stevnwigw:
Nigeria never won Biafra in that war, go back to your history.

Effiong’s Speech to Gowon | By Nnaemeka L. Aneke |

It was on January 15 few days after the surrender at Dondan Barracks in Lagos, in the presence of General Gowon, Philip Effiong announced the end of the Biafran conflict.

“I, Major-General Philip Effiong, Officer Administrating the Government of the Republic of Biafra, now wish to make the following declaration: that we affirm that we are loyal Nigerian citizens and accept the authority of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria. That we accept the existing administrative and political structure of the Federation of Nigeria, that any future constitutional arrangement will be worked out by representatives of the people of Nigeria. That the Republic of Biafra hereby ceases to exist.

The situation seem hopeless and prolonging the conflict would have only led to further destruction and starvation of the people of Biafra so Effiong believed. “I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end”

“General Effiong’s handling of Biafra’s surrender is one of the most tactical and devoted maneuvers ever seen on the Nigerian scene. Those who do not appreciate the depth of it may not have appreciated what was at stake as Biafra capitulated. Many observers had expected wholesale retribution at war’s end. http://thescroll.reportsafrique.com/2016/09/29/philip-effiong-the-hero-that-ended-the-biafra-war/

aknabob:
form dey if u want become afonja.... yeye child

fkdmods:
And your point is? Non Americans don't go about consulting with the president on Strategic and Policy Forum.

A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth. U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship over another. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality/dual-nationality.html

fkdmods:
Good for you. But remember this; what you see yourself as and what you really are, are two different things. I would seriously advise you to throw away that mentality. There is no way you can be normal and identify with the Nigerian culture. It is a culture that has kept them in the rot they've experienced since independence.

sukkottt:
another personal known fact about him, when he was in boston we the nigerian community called him BAYOSPHERE a play on the word BIOSPHERE because he was larger than life but yet very humble and approachable

MAY YOUR ROAD BE ROUGH | By Tai Solarin, Jan. 1, 1964 |

I am not cursing you; I am wishing you what I wish myself every year. I therefore repeat, may you have a hard time this year, may there be plenty of troubles for you this year! If you are not so sure what you should say back, why not just say, ‘Same to you’? I ask for no more.

Our successes are conditioned by the amount of risk we are ready to take. Earlier on today I visited a local farmer about three miles from where I live. He could not have been more than fifty-five, but he said he was already too old to farm vigorously. He still suffered, he said, from the physical energy he displayed as a farmer in his younger days. Around his hut were two pepper bushes. There were kokoyams growing round him. There were snail shells which had given him meat. There must have been more around the banana trees I saw. He hardly ever went to town to buy things. He was self-sufficient.

The car or the bus, the television or the telephone, the newspaper, Vietnam or Red China were nothing to him. He had no ambitions whatsoever, he told me. I am not sure if you are already envious of him, but were we all to revert to such a life, we would be practically driven back to cave dwelling.

On the other hand, try to put yourself into the position of the Russian or the Americna astronaut. Any moment now the count, 3, 2, 1, is going to go, and you are going to be shot into the atmosphere and soon you will be whirling round our earth at the speed of six miles per second. If you get so fired into the atmosphere and you forget what to do to ensure return to earth, one of the things that might happen to you is that you could become forever satellite, going round the earth until you die of starvation and even then your body would continue the gyration!

When, therefore, you are being dressed up and padded to be shot into the sky, you know only too well that you are going on the roughest road man had ever trodden. The Americans and Russians who have gone were armed with the great belief that they would come back. But I cannot believe that they did not have some slight foreboding on the contingency of their non-return. It is their courage for going in spite of these apprehensions that makes the world hail them so loudly today.

The big fish is never caught in shallow waters. You have to go into the open sea for it. The biggest businessmen make decisions with lighting speed and carry them out with equal celerity. They do not dare delay or dally. Time would pass them by if they did. The biggest successes are preceded by the greatest of heart-burnings. You should read the stories of the bomber pilots of World War II. The Russian pilot, the German pilot, the American or the British pilot suffered exactly the same physical and mental tension the night before a raid on enemy territory. There were no alternative routes for those who most genuinely believed in victory for their side.

You cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs, throughout the world, there is no paean without pain. Jawaharlal Nehru has put it so well. I am paraphrasing him. He wants to meet his troubles in a frontal attack. He wants to see himself tossed into the aperture between the two horns of the bull. Being there, he determines he is going to win and, therefore, such a fight requires all his faculties.

When my sisters and I were young and we slept on our small mats round our mother, she always woke up at 6a.m. for morning prayers. She always said prayers on our behalf but always ended with something like this: ‘May we not enter into any dangers or get into any difficulties this day.’ It took me almost thirty years to dislodge the canker-worm in our mother’s sentiments. I found, by hard experience, that all that is noble and laudable was to be achieved only through difficulties and trials and tears and dangers. There are no other roads.

If I was born into a royal family and should one day become a constitutional king, I am inclined to think I should go crazy. How could I, from day to day, go on smiling and nodding approval at somebody else’s successes for an entire lifetime? When Edward the Eighth (now Duke of Windsor) was a young, sprightly Prince of Wales, he went to Canada and shook so many hands that his right arm nearly got pulled out of its socket. It went into a sling and he shook hands thenceforth with his left hand. It would appear he was trying his utmost to make a serious job out of downright sinecurism.

Life, if it is going to be abundant, must have plenty of hills and vales. It must have plenty of sunshine and rough weather. It must be rich in obfuscation and perspicacity. It must be packed with days of danger and of apprehension.

When I walk into the dry but certainly cool morning air of every January 1st, I wish myself plenty of tears and of laughter, plenty of happiness and unhappiness, plenty of failures and successes. Plenty of abuse and praise. It is impossible to win ultimately without a rich measure of intermixture in such a menu. Life would be worthless without the lot. We do not achieve much in this country because we are all so scared of taking risks. We all want the smooth and well-paved roads. While the reason the Americans and others succeeded so well is that they took such great risks.

If, therefore, you are out in this New Year, to win any target you have set for yourself, please accept my prayers and your elixir. May your road be rough! http://www.36ng.com.ng/2012/10/21/may-your-road-be-rough-by-tai-solarin-january-1st-1964/

slimfit1:
Did you listen to her or you just looked at her skin through out. Go back and listen to her properly and please text with common sense please.

Mustay:
Personally, Ondo State is one state I SMH for because it has a lot of tourism potentials. It will take the seriousness of the government first to overcome the major challenge because even when you attempt to take some steps, some people will remind you of the functions (inactions in reality) of government.

Lagos State is a state that's opening up such areas particularly Epe and Badagry - those with grand ideas can sell them to such areas because the SG is actively interested in such for now.

demolaxl:
Buy at 1.6m now or ask grace on 07051216175 for an installment plan

BERNIMOORE:
one after another Dino is just a year plus and he is felt already can't you see the masive sewing machines? That tells you that he's empowering his people with Fashion enterprise' the fertilizers for better farming output, direct your questions to his predecessor Adeyemi smart who did nothing in yrs, NOW SOWOORE also got a senator in his constituency, can you tell us what the senator has done thank you

NotComplaining:
The sister did the right thing. I'm sure if she was any of your sisters you'd commend her response. Naija guys need to rearrange their priorities, either a wife or a slut...

proudly9ja:
You guys hailing the guy, you'll have daughters of and that is if you don't have daughters already.
Will you let your daughter go and visit a man she hardly knows talk less of travelling to another state to see him?

IMO the girl did well in her response. If the guy was serious, he'll go and visit her not the other way round!

Cutestud:
It sickens me when I hear the word "empowerment" in Nigeria. Then it used to be kekenaps and okadas. Now this: indomie and iron corrugated roofing sheets. 21st century Naija sha. Somebody needs to check up the meaning of the word "empowerment".

EgunMogaji:
Absolutely.

But Nigerians at home will sit by and blame His Excellency PMB for bad economy and no jobs instead of taking the bull by the horn.

I'm sure that there would people from Lagos that'll love to get away from all that Lagos nonsense.

judefcc:
the girl no like the guy , she say tanx

if girl tell me tanx i ready break her head , if u no fit say thank you no worry biko wetin be tanx

Olanna45:
Thats a lady with self respect.

EgunMogaji:
Thank you Sir.

I started searching for lands for sale in that area since inception of this thread.

lozanni:
Yes, demand creates supply, but sometime hype through 'media manipulation' can create demand for a product, we only need to look at Apple's iPhone series to know the power of the media: the unexplainable rush to queue for a prodduct that is yet to be released to the market.
I wonder too why nothing has been down to really convert Elegushi beach to a tourist haven, seems they are more interested in hotel development which is very,very lucrative as you are assured of almost 100% occupancy rates; for all the lodging accommodation available in hotels around the VI and Lekki Axis.

BERNIMOORE:
SOWOORE Sahara reporters bobaku,You Get SENATOR for your constituency now, oya kindly tell us what is your senator doing for your people, At Least DINO Has proven himself plus identifying with his people in kogi, sowoore are you there please over to you