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dreams77:
A lot of people are just here angry because she is a yoruba woman and most billionaires in Nigeria are from the SW am not saying what she said was right but enough of the Hate it's not like you all read your bible anyway...so let her be!!!.... the funny thing is she could buy all your smart fones and throw them in d lagoon and she won't flinch...Pls if you ever wish or pray to be successful in life... respect the successful ones then If you become successful make your money right...I can bet some people here wld give an arm to be her child but hypocrisy won't let them respect there elders

Don't mind them. Na bad belle dey worry many of them. They are not angry because she is Yoruba, but because she is just a woman. If na Kanuri woman, Itsekiri babe, Ijaw lady or even Igbo chic get the oil block, dem go still dey halla for here.... mtcheew!

My own prayer point be say make all di women for my house get oil block like Alakija, and make dem reap crude in thousands of barrels, without delay. My life don better be dat!

wavemasta:
She has said her own ambition.

Rather than hate and criticize, why not go set your own ambition and let us pray God blesses us all? #justthinking

PS: Psychologists have said we cannot attract what we criticize. If you have hatred or beef towards anyone with money...you will subconsciously repel it. Rather than hate..bless them and move on, and let God do the blessing and judging.

Abi, o! May you live long. I still cannot understand the level of bad belle, envy and antagonism that flows from people's keyboards, whenever they see someone giving a voice to his or her ambition.

Some folks have even come to say that she was dashed an oil block. And so? Even if she was dashed an oil block, (which she wasn't) has she not been able to turn it into a commercial success? It takes wisdom, guts, an ability to take risks, managerial savvy and a whole lot of factors to be able to harness technical and financial resources to turn an oil block, into a commercially viable production field that churns out hundreds or thousands of barrels a day.

Oil exploration and production business no be beans, o! Do you know how many other folks got their own oil blocks at the same time as she got hers, and have not been able to produce one drop of oil from it till today? Their licenses have even expired, sef. Why not give Alakija some credit for her efforts at least? Why do we like to tear people down in this country? If that same oil block had been given to a Mobil, Shell or any other multinational, everyone would keep quiet. But because a Nigerian got it, it is now a big problem for some people. Haba!!

She did not do yahoo-yahoo, prostitution or drug smuggling to make money. She chose to go into a terrain that was not only legitimate but difficult to operate, risky to manage and capital intensive. And she has used part of her wealth to empower the less fortunate through her Rose of Sharon Foundation. In her own little way, she has tried at least to do something.

As for all those saying she was dashed an oil field....it wasn't even true. Her company Famfa Limited applied for an oil block at the time government took a decision to allow indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil sector. The major oil companies had some blocks they were sitting on and were not even keen on exploring, because they felt it was not commercially viable.

Famfa Oil Limited applied, paid for the oil block and started prospecting, only for the same federal govt to turn round and collect it back from them, when they discovered that the oil reserves in the field exceeded what they had originally thought was there. The case was in court for some years, until the Court of Appeal ruled that Famfa Oil should be given back the block, because they had fulfilled all the stipulated guidelines to get it.

Abeg, make una use the woman's case as a prayer point for God to bless your own hustle too, instead of condemning those who have tried to achieve some measure of success in their endeavours.

In The Court of Appeal (Abuja Judicial Division) On Monday, the 10th day of December, 2007 Suit No: CA/A/173/06

Between
FAMFA OIL LIMITED Appelants

And
1. HON. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
2. NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION Respondents

SUMMARY OF JUDGMENT
This appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court, by - Adah, J. sitting at Abuja, delivered on 31st May, 2006. The facts of the case are clear and are not in dispute. Put briefly, they are as follows:-

In May, 1993, the Appellant applied for an allocation of an Oil Prospecting License (OPL). The Appellant made all necessary payments in this respect and the license was granted accordingly. This license, will henceforth he referred to as OPL 216.

In September, 1996, the Appellant entered into an agreement with STAR DEEP WATER PETROLEUM LIMITED(STAR DEEP) as its technical adviser and at the same time transfer 40% interest in OPL 216 to STAR DEEP also later assigned 8% of its 40% interest in OPL 216 to another company called PETROBRAS 8% participation of interest in OPL 216.

In March, 2003, the Appellant applied to the Minister of the Petroleum Resources for conversion of OPL 216 to Oil Mining Lease (OML). The application for the conversion was granted in 2004. The result of this was that OPL 216 was converted to become OML 127.

I think it is important to mention that, before the application to convert OPL 216 to OML 127, the Appellant had to go to the Federal High Court and instituted an action against the 2nd Respondent. What triggered this suit arose from a letter written by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources dated 23rd March, 2000, informing the Appellant that the Government had acquired some 40% interest in OPL 216.

At the Federal High Court, the Appellant sought for two reliefs as follows:-

"(1) A declaration that the purported acquisition by the Federal Government of 40% out of Famfa's 60% interest in the Claimants Oil Producing License (OPL 216) is illegal, unconstitutional and void and of no legal consequence whatsoever, and as such, is not capable of divesting from Famfa the said 40% of its Participating Interest in OPL 216 or any interest whatsoever thereon and cannot confer any right or interest therein in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

2) An Order of perpetual injunction restraining the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from claiming or exercising any right in or over the present interest of the claimant in the said OPL 216 of any portion thereof."

At the end of the trial, the learned trial Judge, Nyako, .J. found in favour of the Appellant

The matter went into full trial, and at the end of the trial, the learned trial Judge dismissed the claims of the Appellant. The Appellant was not happy, and he appealed against the decision.

The court held that :

The decision of the lower Court, Adah J is hereby set aside.

Consequently the following orders are hereby made.

1. The compulsory, and arbitrary acquisition of the interest of the Appellant by the 2nd Respondent as outlined, in letters of acquisition dated 27th January, 2005 and 19th April, 2005 is hereby declared illegal, unlawful, wrongful, unconstitutional and thus null and void.

2. It is hereby declared that the purported acquisition of 50% of the Appellant's interest in OML 127 in as much as it was not done in compliance with the provisions of the law paragraph 35 of Cap 10 of the LFN 2004 and the Constitution is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void and cannot confer any interest whatsoever in OML 127 in the 2nd Respondent, without due process of the law.

3. An Order is hereby made directing the 2nd Respondent to return to the Appellant all his interest in OML 127 illegally acquired.

4. An injunction is hereby granted restraining the 2nd Respondent, its assigns, servants, privies, subsidiaries, whomsoever from interfering with the rights of the Appellant in the said OML 127.

The Appellant is awarded costs in the sum of N50,000.00 against the two Respondents.
http://www.lawpavilionpersonal.com/lawreportsummary_ca.jsp?suite=olabisi@9thfloor&pk=CA/A/173/06&apk=45585

You can all read the rest of the judgement online.

mfm04622:
Aviation fuel was deregulated the same time AGO (Diesel) was deregulated. So you can't blame govt.

Don't mind them. These silly airlines keep using the aviation fuel supply chain, as a cheap excuse for delaying flights. The actual truth is that many of them owe the oil companies a huge backlog of payment for aviation fuel (ATK), which they are yet to settle. If you have your cash ready now, you can get enough ATK to fill your plane in less than 20 minutes. Yeye people!

cejaypriesty:
If you have ever been heartbroken you will understand how awful this girl felt before taking her life coupled with the fact that she was just an innocent girl that's not to say am justifying her action.

See what bad friends and poor counsel can cause! If only she had compassionate older relatives or sensible friends to counsel her appropriately, this nonsense would not have happened. If she had the right family support, she would have pulled through. I blame the aunty that forced her to go and live with the silly man, who impregnated her.

If she was properly counseled to realise her mistakes, and then supported to go back to school and make something of herself, while her aunt took care of the baby, the whole story might have changed. Look at the likes of Genevieve, Waje and even Omawunmi who had kids out of wedlock at a young age. With the proper kind of support, they overcame their challenges and are now successful in their own right.

When life throws lemons at you, make lemonade.

Igboid:
Boohoo! Cry me a river. You remain busted.

And you remain deluded, ignorant and deceitful.

May his soul rest in peace and may the Good Lord comfort his family. He was not just an industrialist, he was also a good writer.

He wrote Behold My Redeemer, which was published in 1978 as well as Trees Grow in the Desert, Sunset in Nairobi etc.

He had a deep love for arts and culture. May his soul find rest in God.

blues2022:
Every time, "deliverance" "you need deliverance...." dude, are you an aladura prophet Can't you make your point without using that word? It obivouse you are running out of steam man. You keep repeating yourself. Time to quit. Advice no be abuse. heheheeee

Yes, you certainly do need deliverance with the way you keep running after me on every single thread I comment on. It shows that your problem is far more more psychological, than physical.

I mean, when someone cannot be bothered about you, and yet you keep jumping into his mentions on every single thread, what is it called? An obsession. And it is so clear that you suffer from it, looking at the way you keep tagging on to my coat tails.

Unfortunately, from what I have read in medical books, there is no single pill that can cure this ailment of yours'. So that is why I suggested you try the spiritual route. Now for the last time, I will repeat my advice - go for deliverance! There really is no reason to give any other response to you.

Igboid:
Is that all

How exactly does the above copious piece of crap change your busted monikers/ identities?

Your stupidity quotient must much higher than I thought, if you believe you bursted monikers that never even belonged to me in the first place. Anyway, we all know that you simply love to wallow in confusion, delusion & falsehood.

Ok, let me repeat this slowly so that it can sink into your brain. Those user names have absolutely nothing to do with me. So what is there to burst? Stop telling lies. And get a life, dude!

Igboid:
Lol! So AkinEgba/ Akinphysics/Laudate finally casts himself here.

Neither here nor there,rabidly Igbophobic and lukewarm Yoruba, never proud of his Yoruba heritage. Not surprised to see him rejected by Yorubas too. No one wants to deal with bats!

Eeyah! The fact that I am neither Yoruba nor Igbo gives you such sleepless nights, that you rushed in here to jerk off on this thread. What a pity! Why are you taking panadol for another man's headache? And why does my ethnicity bother you so much? It just goes to prove that you need serious deliverance. Vultures like you get their kicks from such petty things that sane folks would abhor.

Now tell me, how can Laudate be Yoruba or Igbo when his ancestors come from one of the other 150 different ethnic groups in this country? Are you so clueless??! Anyway, thanks for letting us know that the money spent on your education was wasted. Collect a refund, from your incompetent tutors. You have proven that your education is grossly defective, as your teachers failed to tell you the number of different tribes in Nigeria.

Unlike you, I have just one moniker on NL. It is Laudate. And I am one of a kind. As for those other names you keep chanting - AkinEgba/AkinPhysicist, we all know they are the names of your gay lovers. Now you can come out openly from the closet and admit it. There is no shame in being honest. It is obvious they have starved you of affection, which is why you are crying out their names so loudly. Try not to sink into depression until they respond to your pathetic pleas.

I feel sorry for di girl. Instead of her to support the guy to get a good job, help him save up money so that he can stand on his own two feet, make something of himself and buy that car through his own hardwork, she went out and used her own funds to dash him a car. Not just a car, but a grade-1 tokunboh jeep. Okay, nah...

Hehehe..... trouble dey sleep, yanga go wake am, na wetin he dey find oooh!

realDONmikel:
Introducing Emmanuel Ifeajuna, He is most popular for being the The first Black African Commonwealth gold medalist. He was the pride not just of Nigeria but of a whole continent.

Ifeajuna, a military officer, had co-led a military coup in January 1966 in which, according to an official but disputed police report, he shot and killed Nigeria’s first prime minister. The Olympic Book was designed in honour of Emmanuel Ifeajuna, 1st African to win a Commonwealth Gold,he was executed in Enugu,1967. The next time Ifeajuna appeared before a crowd of thousands he was bare-chested and tied to a stake, facing execution before a seething mob

The coup failed but Ifeajuna escaped to safety in Ghana, dressed as a woman and was driven to freedom by a famous poet. Twenty months later, he was back, fighting for the persecuted Igbo people of eastern Nigeria in a brutal civil war that broke out as a consequence of the coup.

Ifeajuna and three fellow officers were accused by their own leader, General Emeka Ojukwu, of plotting against him and the breakaway Republic of Biafra. They denied charges of treason: they were trying to save lives and their country, they said, by negotiating an early ceasefire with the federal government and reuniting Nigeria. They failed, they died and, in the next two and a half years, so did more than a million Igbo
SOURCE: http://www.lagoslately.com/meet-the-man-who-triggered-the-bullet-that-killed-tafawa-balewa/

https://www.nairaland.com/2595517/meet-man-triggered-bullet-killed

Ifeajuna was said to have fired the shot that killed Tafawa Balewa.

blues2022:
Heheeheehe....... Nemesis catching up with oga laudate. Dude, you've been on this forum since 2006, chineke, you deserve an accolade. You just solidified my postulation about you.....; you breath, dine and drink nairaland. Kudos man.

Nemesis... in what sense? Unlike you, I only pop into NL once in a while to share my views & express my thoughts. I have a lot of work going on outside NL. Now that it is obvious I registered in 2006, I hope you will realise dat am not yah mate!

SirShymexx:
Listen, ballabriggs cum laudate cum 7lives, you're a half-breed and ya blood is contaminated.

When it comes to topics about Yoruba, I only post to folks with full Yoruba blood.

Stop disturbing me and get ya raggedy contaminated arse out of my face.

I asked you last time to provide proof that Laudate is 7 lives. You have failed to do so. Now you are claiming that Laudate is ballabriggs. Who da heck is ballabriggs? How can a person like you be so deluded? Obviously you have a screw loose somewhere. Please provide concrete, incontrovertible evidence to show that Laudate is ballerbriggs, or may it never be well with you in this lifetime & the next!

I don't care if you respond only to full-blooded Yoruba folks. It is no skin off my nose, as you do not even matter one little bit, in the scheme of things. Your responses so far, have been lacking in merit, rational points and objectivity. So why on this blessed earth of ours', should I care about you responding to me? I have been on NL since 2006, and there are over 1.6 million registered members on this platform. So who da heck are you?

The only contamination visible on this thread, is the hate emanating from your soul and the deceit that has clouded your views. Get rid of the hate before it kills you.

SirShymexx:
Oh, shut the fvck up, you're so transparent.

I remember you used to be "ballerbriggs" or some fvcked up name back when I first registered in 2012. You went from that to "laudate" and you're now trolling me with "7lives". Are you nuts, ballerbriggs cum laudate cum 7lives?

You're not even full Yoruba - you're a half-breed. Your dad is Yoruba and ya mum is either Igbo or one of those SS states. Yet you're brazen enough with the audacity to call me "Ipod", no? Have you lost ya fvcking cotton mind? Just cos ya pops fvcked some non-Yoruba woman to sire, that doesn't you Yoruba. You're a fvcking half-breed, get that into ya thick skull.

This is what I keep saying about this forum: you've got half-breeds and all kinds of useless folks who're not even Yoruba claiming Yoruba everywhere, while attacking Yoruba people. I never lied when I said most of you miscreants roaming this forum aren't full Yoruba.

Listen, this is my last post to you: in ya cyber existence, don't ever quote under this handle and/or ya numerous alternate handle. And get ya raggedy half-Yoruba arse out of Yoruba topics. You're a Nigerian - not Yoruba. Discuss Nigerian issues. Sod off.

Hehehe.... now you have totally lost your mind. Didn't I just warn you never to quote me? So why da heck did you have to quote me again, when my original post on this thread was NOT even directed at you in the first place?

Patriotic9jaboy made a response to a deluded soul. I quoted him. You did NOT even allow him to respond to me, before you jumped in guns blazing that Laudate is 7lives. Oya, provide proof to show that Laudate is 7lives, otherwise it will never be well with you.

You have joined the IPOB band who specialise in hate-filled allegations, by claiming that Laudate is half-Yoruba with an Igbo mum. Hehehe.... . I cracked up in laughter when I read this part, because absolutely nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, Laudate is a half-breed, I have never denied that. But not from the ethnic groups you mentioned. So must you delve into the gutter of deceit to prove your erroneous point? Show me one post I have ever made on NL attacking Yoruba or any other ethnic group! Show me one post where I have ever claimed to be Yoruba, you lousy tout! There was absolutely nothing in all my posts on this thread, that was disrespectful of any ethnic group, yet you have chosen to make unfounded allegations against me, from your hate-ridden myopic view.

Oya, provide concrete, incontrovertible proof that Laudate is half-Yoruba and half-Igbo. May it never be well with you in this lifetime & the next, if you fail to do so.

One last word: I will never get off your mentions, as long as you keep quoting me and accusing me falsely. Now go and hug the nearest transformer & do your worst!

SirShymexx:
I just checked now. So, you're the useless miscreant running around as "7lives", no?

Despicable lout, you don't even claim Yoruba under this useless handle despite the fact that you're always all over Yoruba topics and you spent all ya whole online existence this time last year on a Yoruba thread.

In ya fvcking cyber existence, under this handle, and ya numerous alternate handles, don't ever quote my post again. And fvck you and ya pops, useless raghead.

Come, nah wetin dey bite you? Did I address my post to you, or to someone else? So why did you quote me and jump into my mentions? I am NOT 7lives. Get that into your thick skull. I am the one and only Laudate, with no other handle.

I may not be Yoruba, but that does NOT stop me from contributing to any thread, I wish to make a comment on. Last time I checked NL rules pertaining to posts, I did not see it stated anywhere that I had to take permission from you, to contribute to a Yoruba-related thread.

If you have gone through my posts on this entire forum, you would see that I do not attack ethnic groups. I only attack bigots, trolls, IPOBs and hate-filled myopic individuals who believe in creating strife and spreading bile. Yoruba people are said to be known for their respect, but your response negates that and is devoid of any trace of the characteristics of an Omoluabi, so kindly cut the crap.

I cannot help you with whatever deep-seated neurotic challenges you have, so I suggest you seek professional help to get rid of the hate & pain within your soul. Now please do me a favour - get off my mentions & never quote me again. It is not compulsory that 2 individuals should always agree on the same issues.

That is the exit door. Use it!

Tobitrueman:
Hmmmm, Good man whose character is emulation worthy.

But he abandoned Biafra in the sixties, nah.

Here is an interview granted by one of the late Tafawa Balewa's sons last year.

You can count on me for Jonathan – Tafawa-Balewa

Dr. Abduljhalil Tafawa-Balewa is a son of First Republic Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.

Abduljhalil, a medical doctor, who holds a PhD in Nuclear chemistry and spent 49 of his 56 years outside the country, in this interview asserted that President Goodluck Jonathan has renewed confidence in the country through repair of infrastructure and empathy to northern interests and the dignity of women. He especially commended Dr. Jonathan’s affirmative action on women, which he said has promoted women to the highest level of governance as never before. Excerpts:

What is your assessment of developments in the country?
"I think this government has done wonderfully well. I am not saying that everything this government is doing is optimal. Those who are criticizing this government are those who were in government before. And it seems the way to become relevant in Nigeria is that just leave government so that you can criticize it. These were the people who were in government and nothing worked. They fleeced the government and there was no transparency, nothing worked. Now these sets of people are the ones criticising government.'

Remember that it is the first time that a President will say, “No, there must be no junketing again for ministers and high government officials to mark birthdays and host weddings of their children outside the country at very extravagant ways”. It was President Goodluck Jonathan that put his foot down on that."

What would you say about the state of insecurity in the North-East?
"There is no river without a source. This unrest has many factors to it. Many of our youths lack access to opportunities and jobs. The devil always finds jobs for idle hands. So, we need to start engaging these idle hands."

Prominent Northerners have been agitating for power shift in 2015. What is your position on this?
"Democracy is about education. It is not about right. What the constitution of PDP says is that if the party wins presidential election, other positions will be zoned to people of other geo-political zones. And constitutionally, President Goodluck Jonathan as a citizen of Nigeria has every right to run for a second term."

Against the background of his performance, does he deserve a second term and will you vote for him?
"You can count on me. I will vote for him. There has never been any Nigerian President since independence until now, that has done so well in appointing women who constitute half of our population to (positions) in ministries and embassies across the world. Terrorism as many people don’t seem to notice often takes a long time before it is calmed down.

Take a look at Iraq, Syria, Philippines of old and even Ireland where you can say there were long ethnic crises and you will see that Nigeria’s case is improving. Of course Nigeria is in dire need of peace and not only in the Northeast, but also the South as well. Today, the Nigerian currency is getting stable and stronger and foreign reserve is rising up. I think the President should be given kudos. I will vote for him.

Recently, a group of northern leaders stated unequivocally that the presidency should return to the North by 2015?
In democracy, there is freedom of speech. It is expected of any regional political party or group to state what they want. There is nothing wrong with that. I mean there is nothing wrong with somebody standing up here in Lagos to insist that the next governor of the state should come from Ikeja. So, I really don’t see any reason why we should lay more emphasis on that.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/you-can-count-on-me-for-jonathan-tafawa-balewa/

Here is a speech by Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa on the occasion of the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Addis Abba, Ethiopia, on May 24, 1963.

Your Imperial Majesty, Mr. President, Your Excellencies,

First, I want to express the thanks of my country to your Imperial Majesty, the Imperial Majesty’s Government and the People of Ethiopia for the warm reception which they have given to my delegation and myself. The presence of almost all the Heads of African States and Governments in Addis Ababa is a great tribute to your Imperial Majesty personally. The history of the new Africa will always have your name in the forefront, because the unity which we are trying to build in this conference is going to have quite a lot to do with the name of the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.

Mr. President, His Imperial Majesty sustained a double loss not long ago in the death of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress, and Prince Sahle Sellasie. During your period of sorrow which you have sustained with very great fortitude, our hearts were with you, Mr. President, may I ask all of you, Your Excellencies, to rise and observe two minutes silence in memory of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress, and Prince Sahle Sellasie.

Mr. President, it is very difficult, after so many eloquent speeches which have exhaustively dealt with the subject, for me not to make some repetition of the points made. However, sir, I will try to explain the views and the stand of Nigeria as far as African unity is concerned. I feel that the mere presence of all the Heads of African States and Governments here shows the success of the Conference, and I have no doubt that all of us will leave Addis Ababa satisfied that we have done something.

It has always been our view in Nigeria that personal contacts and the exchange of ideas are the basis of mutual understanding. I am pleased to say that, from now on, there will be no question of the so- called Monrovia and Casablanca Blocs. We all belong to Africa.

There have been quite a lot of views on what we mean by African unity. Some of us have suggested that African unity should be achieved by political fusion of the different states in Africa; some of us feel that African unity could be achieved by taking practical steps in economic, educational, scientific and cultural co—operation, and by trying first to get the Africans to understand themselves before embarking on the more complicated and more difficult arrangement of p0litical union. My country stands for the practical approach to the unity of the African continent. We feel that, if this unity is to last, we must start from the beginning.

Nigeria’s stand is that if we want this unity in Africa we must first agree to certain essential things: The first is that African States must respect one another. There must be acceptance of equality by all the States. No matter whether they are big or small, they are all sovereign and their sovereignty is sovereignty. The size of a state, its population or its wealth should not be the criterion. It has been pointed out many times that the smaller States in Africa have no right to exist because they are too small. We in Nigeria do not agree with this view.

It was unfortunate that the African States have been broken up into different groups by the Colonial powers. In some cases, a single tribe has been broken up into four different States. You might find a section in Guinea, a section in Mali, a section in Sierra Leone and perhaps a section in Liberia. That was not our fault because, for over 6o years, these different units have been existing, and any attempt, on the part of any African country to disregard this fact might bring trouble to this continent. This is the thing we want to avoid and, for this reason, Nigeria recognizes all the existing boundaries in Africa, and recognizes the existence of all the countries in Africa. This I think, Sir, is the basis of the unity which we in Nigeria pray for on our continent.

As I have said, we have to start from the beginning. I have listened to speeches in this conference, and there have been only very few members who spoke on the desirability of having a political union. Almost all the speeches indicate that a more practical approach is much preferred by the majority of the delegation. I am glad to say that the stand we have taken right from the beginning is the stand of nearly almost all the countries in this conference.

It appears from the speeches as if we were just sitting idle and doing nothing towards the achievement of this unity. For our part, in Nigeria, we are already co-operating with some of our neighbours. For example, the other day, my friend, the President of Malagasy said he could not contact Lagos by telephone from Cotonou. This is no longer the case. Now he can speak direct.

What we are trying to do is to link up with all our neighbours by means of telecommunications and by exchanging more postal facilities; and we are already entering into bilateral agreements with many of our neighbours. We are discussing this matter with the Republic of the Cameroun, discussing our common problems with Tchad, Congo Leopoldville, with Dahomey, and also we have direct link with Togo.

We hope to continue in this work because we feel that, if we are to unite, it is important that our communications system should be excellent and transport facilities should be such that it would enable us to move freely around, to move not only ourselves but to move our goods to different parts of the continent.

Also, we have been trying in Nigeria to join other states in trying to discuss common problems—educational and scientific problems.

- See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/1963-sir-abubakar-tafawa-balewa-addis-ababa#sthash.wS0cm788.dpuf

Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, KBE (December 1912 – January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and the only prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Originally a trained teacher, he became a vocal leader for Northern interest as one of the few educated Nigerians of his time. He was also an international statesman, widely respected across the African continent as one of the leaders who encouraged the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Nicknamed the Golden Voice of Africa because of his oratory, he stands one of the only three National Heroes of the Nigerian Nation.

Early life and career
In contrast with the largely aristocratic ruling elite in the north, many of whose ancestry derives from royal lineage, Balewa had very humble origins. His father was a slave who rose in service of the Madaki of Bauchi and became a district head.

According to family oral history, Balewa’s paternal grandfather Isa was murdered in front of his family by his rival’s agents. Isa’s widow then took her infant son to Bauchi, where the Madaki of Bauchi took her in. Abubakar was born in December 1912 in the village of Tafawa Balewa, in modern day Bauchi state. He was his father’s only child. The name of his birthplace was appended to Abubakar’s name (Abubakar Tafawa Balewa). Tafawa Balewa village takes its name from two corrupted Fulani words: “Tafari” (rock) and Baleri (black). This may have contributed to the “Black Rock” nickname he acquired in later life. Although it is widely (incorrectly) presumed that he was Hausa, Balewa’s father Yakubu Dan Zala was in fact of Bageri ethnicity, and his mother Fatima Inna was Fulani.

Education
He attended Quaranic school and learnt the first chapter of the Qur’an by heart. For his Western education he attended Bauchi Provincial School. According to his teacher and classmates he was a shy, quiet and not outstanding student. Although reserved by nature, he did commit a disciplinary infraction when he was caught outside school without permission, and smoking with his friends to boot. He was whipped as punishment. One of his juniors at school was Nuhu Bamalli (later Foreign Minister). He later attended Katsina Teacher Training College (1928-1933) and graduated with a third class certificate. His best subject was unsurprisingly, English.

He became a teacher and irritated by a friend’s remark that no Northerner had ever passed the exam for a Senior Teacher’s Certificate, Balewa duly sat the exam, and obtained the Certificate. He became headmaster of the Bauchi Middle School. He reported that the first white woman he ever set eyes on was Dame Margery Perham (a renowned academic on African affairs) when she visited Nigeria on an investigation of native administration.

In 1945 he and other northerners (including Aminu Kano) obtained a scholarship to study at the University of London’s Institute of Education (1945-1946), where he received a teacher’s certificate in history. When he returned to Nigeria he said he now saw the world with “new eyes”. Balewa said he:

“returned to Nigeria with new eyes, because I had seen people who lived without fear, who obeyed the law as part of their nature, who knew individual liberty”

He returned to Nigeria as a Native Authority Education Officer.

He was elected in 1946, to the colony's Northern House of Assembly, and to the Legislative Assembly in 1947. As a legislator, he was a vocal advocate of the rights of northern Nigeria, and together with Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, who held the hereditary title of Sardauna of Sokoto, he founded the Northern People's Congress (NPC).

Politics
Balewa was no firebrand political radical. He may have remained a teacher for the rest of his life had southern politicians such as the flamboyant intellectual Nnamdi Azikiwe not pushed for Nigerian independence. Although not overtly political he founded an organisation named the “Bauchi Discussion Circle” in 1943, and was elected vice president of the Northern Teacher’s Association (the first trade union in Northern Nigeria) in 1948.

Anxious not to be politically upstaged by the southerners, Northern leaders sought educated Northerners to serve in political posts. Balewa helped found the Northern People’s Congress (NPC), which was originally intended as a cultural organisation but by 1951 morphed into a political party due to the need to present a Northern response to the rapid and sophisticated political groupings emerging in the south. Balewa was called into political service as the Bauchi Native Authority’s representative to the Northern House of Assembly. The House of Assembly also selected him to become a member of the Nigerian Legislative Council.

Despite political involvement, Balewa remained suspicious of Nigerian unification and feared that the Northern Region would be dominated by the better educated and dynamic south. He said that “the southern tribes who are now pouring into the north in ever increasing numbers…do not mix with the northern people in social matters and we…look upon them as invaders. Since 1914 the British government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs, and do not show themselves any sign of willingness to unite. So what it comes to is that Nigerian unity is only a British intention in the country.”

Balewa administration

Balewa entered the government in 1952 as Minister of Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), led by Nnamdi Azikiwe. He retained the post as Prime Minister when Nigeria gained independence in 1960, and was reelected in 1964.

Prior to Nigeria's independence, a constitutional conference in 1954 had adopted a regional political framework for the country, with all regions given a considerable amount of political freedom. The three regions then were composed of diverse cultural groups. The premiers and some prominent leaders of the regions later took on a policy of guiding their regions against political encroachment from other regional leaders. Later on, this political environment influenced the Balewa administration. His term in office was turbulent, with regional factionalism constantly threatening his government.

However, as Prime Minister of Nigeria, he played important roles in the continent's formative indigenous rule. He was an important leader in the formation of the Organization of African Unity and creating a cooperative relationship with French speaking African Countries. He was also instrumental in negotiations between Moise Tshombe and the Congolese authorities during the Congo Crisis of 1960–1964. He led a vocal protest against the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 and also entered into an alliance with Commonwealth ministers who wanted South Africa to leave the Commonwealth in 1961. However, a treason charge and conviction against one of the western region's leaders, Obafemi Awolowo, led to protest and condemnation from many of his supporters. The 1965 election in the region later produced violent protests. Rioting and violence were soon synchronous with what was perceived as inordinate political encroachment and an over-exuberant election outcome for Awolowo's western opponents.

As Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, from 1960 to 1961, doubled as Foreign Affairs advocate of Nigeria. In 1961, the Balewa government created an official Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations ministerial position in favour of Jaja Wachuku who became, from 1961 to 1965, the First substantive Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs.

In 1963 he gave a spellbinding eloquent speech at the Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) inaugural conference of the Organisation of African Unity. As Prime Minister he maintained a thoroughly dignified comportment. A British acquaintance called him “perhaps the perfect Victorian gentleman”. He gained several awards from the British: OBE in 1952, CBE in 1955, Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in January 1960 and was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Sheffield in May 1960.

Honors
In January 1960, Balewa was knighted by Elizabeth II as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield in May, 1960.

Balewa's Overthrow
On January 15, 1966 he was kidnapped from his official residence by armed soldiers who were executing Nigeria’s first military coup. He was missing for several days and a search for him was ordered by the new military regime headed by Major-General Aguiyi-Ironsi. His family and friends continued to believe he was alive. Rumours claimed the rebel soldiers were holding him alive and that he would be released as part of a prisoner swap involving the imprisoned Chief Awolowo.

However these hopes were dashed when his decomposing corpse was found a few days later, dumped in a roadside bush. His corpse was taken to Ikeja airport in the company of Police Commissioner Hamman Maiduguri, Inspector-General of Police Kam Selem, Maitama Sule and his wives Laraba and Jummai who accompanied it as it was flown to Bauchi where he was buried. His body now lies inside a tomb declared a national monument. The tomb includes a library and a mosque.

The famous race course square in Lagos was renamed “Tafawa Balewa Square” in his memory. His image appears on the 5 Naira note.The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi is named in his honour.

You can read the rest of his life history here: http://logbaby.com/encyclopedia/alhaji-sir-abubakar-tafawa-balewa--biography_11790.html#.WCw71dIrLMx

izombie:
Aboki na aboki, mallam na mallam. See him face.

What is your business with his face? Anyway, you have nothing intelligent to say. That is why I don't blame you. I blame the the unwary person who dashed you a keyboard and allowed you to propagate your lack of intelligence on this forum.

patriotic9jaboy:
Lo ku

Erm... my Yoruba neighbour just translated this phrase you used up here for me. She says it means "...go and die!". But her son says it means, "use part of it & let a little remain". Is that really true? Hehehehe....

Igboid:
The Yorubas don't want Igbo alliance because they care about Southern unity as there is nothing like southern Nigeria.
They are like a jealous girlfriend that was dumped by her abusive boyfriend and is now looking for a way to pay back the boyfriend.
They want to use this alliance to get back to Buhari and the North, to force Buhari hand into yielding to their childish demands.

You will be naive if you don't see this for what it is.

The North on the other hand doesn't need Igbo support to retain power. They just need us not to support the Yorubas. And that is exactly what we will do.
This scenario was exactly what played out in 1979, where our decision not to support Awo or Shagari played into Shagari hands. Who there after sought our help to form a national unity government.

That's exactly what we will do again. We won't support the North or their bitter used and dumped girlfriend looking to use us to get back to the North and Buhari.
We should let them both sort themselves out. We should float an Igbo presidential candidate and support as a block,while few of us Vote for Northern and Yoruba candidates.

It's a simple matter.

Let me share one little fact with you, that those of us from minority groups know too well. There is strength in numbers, which is why you see people creating alliances. Even if you float an Igbo candidate, if such a candidate does NOT have the clout or support to get enough votes from the North or the West, he will NEVER become president of this country, even if all the Igbo in Nigeria vote for him. It is all about numbers.

Start learning how to build alliances, instead of creating enemies like your people often do. Don't try to adopt Donald Trump's tactics in Nigeria, because it won't work. Down here, you cannot insult a person, group or community to get them to support your cause. Look, listen and learn.

@benjamytes, would it go for 2.2mill? Kindly confirm. Thanks.

chigoizie7:
No she is not.
At 22, she should be concerned about her studies , it does not in anyway make students that are into relationships are not responsible, no, nothing of such.
But in her case, it shows that she is not ready yet.
And what has she been contributing? Unless she modified her post, otherwise what she mentioned as her contributions is the same thing that she needs as a woman. Her only complains here is that she takes care of herself. And my question is, who was suppose to take care of her b4? My ass?

No, she is not... what? A student? Read the OP's post again. Part of it is reproduced below. She clearly stated that she is a final year student. And while I do not support the fact that the guy should be solely responsible for her upkeep, I am also vehemently against the fact that as a student, she is supporting a guy who is earning a salary and is 10 years older than her, for 4 months. He should know better.

I am not against a babe chipping in some funds from time to time to help out her guy when he runs short of cash, but it should be reciprocal. From the little I can see here, this medical doctor guy is just taking advantage of her. Period!

Talk2Bella:
Hello Bella. Pls I need ur advice am dating a medical doctor he is 32 years while am 22. although he just finished his internship about going for another internship b4 going service we av been dating for upto 4months now. D Problem is he doesn't av money for My upkeep neither his own upkeep. He is so broke. He told me he has been using his salaries from d internship to settle debt he incurred while in school.

He can't provide one square of meal. Since I met him av been providing stuffs for feeding anytime am around. Am just a final year student .Pls I don't kn if I should continuos dis relationship. Cos I don't want to spend for a guy who might end up leaving me tomorrow.

Talk2Bella

http://www.talk2bella.com/2016/11/i-am-dating-medical-doctor-who-cant.html

chigoizie7:
And then when someone ask a question of why "women, has that mentality that they must be taken care of by a man".

All those oloshos will call him broke ass nigga.

For me, if u are not bringing anything to the table aside ur pussy, u can go to hell.

U must work, not just working, u must contribute to the upkeep of the family, even I am richer than Donald trump. I want that sense of commitment.

As for my own contributions both on our kids and u? Don't worry, our kids will always choose daddy over mummy, I know how to achieve that, I will be the best.

I am not concerned about this very story.

@least, he earns something, just that he is settling a debt he incurred while in school, probably part of his school fees, and in just 4months u can't cope?

God will not give me someone like u to marry. This very debt will not last for long b4 he settles it.

The girl herself is just a 22 year old student, for crying out loud. She is probably using the small pocket money given to her by her parents, to support the guy for 4 good months! Haba! The girl dey try now. Even the guy she is supporting has NOT brought anything to the table, despite the fact that he is working and earning a salary. His excuse is that he is paying off debts incurred in school. Does he use 100% of his salary to service debts?

The guy is not being practical, in my opinion..

abdulkayus:
guy, most medical students on internshipp do earn close to 150k if nt more than that every month, and he cant feed himself even with that amount, habaaaa, let reason well na. No matter d debt, he shld be atleast be able to feed for himself.
And most of them even earn more durin internship than wen actually workin except if dey are lucky to get a job with FG hospital which isnt easy to come by.

Thank you, o! And in 4 months of earning a salary, he cannot even afford 1 square meal a day? Common! Who is he fooling? The girl is right to start asking questions. She probably senses that something isn't quite right. Any man with any atom of self-respect would NOT let a babe pick up his bills single-handedly for 4 months, without bringing something to the table when he is earning a salary.

I have seen babes spend their time, money and effort to support a broke-ass guy, only for the guy to turn round and dump them stylishly when fortune smiles on him. You see such guys going for a younger, finer lady who may never have weathered a single storm with him, like his -ex babe. That is when they drop all kinds of silly excuses like "she is too old, she does not come from my place" and other ridiculous jargons. Didn't they know that before collecting free money and intimacy from the babe?

Abeg, make person hear word, jare...

I have seen the same plots advertised for =N=2 million.

Tadeus:
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benjamytes:
Very sharp and gallant Lr3 upgraded with Lr5 rear lights.
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Owner got the 2011 Lr4 and so wanna let this go.
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