₦airaland Forum

naijaking1:
Don't worry, Fulani terrorists are making the same very point Ojukwu tried to warn Nigerians about 40 years ago.
In as much as you, sons of murderous Othman dan Fodio continue to "use and abandon northern minorities, subjugate southerners so that they will never determine their own future" then the Igbo mans' point have been made by your greed and insatiable taste for blood.

I even believe that short sighted Yorubas like the poster have suddenly woken up from slumber to see that Igbos are not the enemy, they are actually Yoruba's best protection from a guaranteed extermination by the Fulani arabs.

The person you were responding to (i.e. Aufbauh), is actually from Benue. I believe you read him, wrong. He is not one of the 'sons of murderous Othman dan Fodio,' to use your own words. His point was that his people have been fighting back against the Fulani for decades, and their staying power and upper hand in some of these skirmishes have been under-reported by the press. For instance, he implies that for every one of his people killed by the Fula, his own folks kill ten in retaliation, but this has not been picked up by the press.

His grouse is that the Igbo have taken the situation out of context by sounding alarms that his people have been badly dealt with, even when the case is the reverse. I don't agree with this point, just as I do not agree with his diatribe against the Igbo as I believe it is uncalled for, but I must say however that their resilience is appreciated, and they need everyone's support to resolve this issue to the very end, in a firm decisive manner, as quickly as possible.

While I cannot speak for the Yoruba or any other ethnic group, I must say in all honesty that I really think your last statement is rather strange. You believe that "Igbos are not the enemy, they are actually Yoruba's best protection from a guaranteed extermination by the Fulani arabs." This comment left me gobsmacked. How are they the Yoruba's best protection? Pray, do tell.

chuna1985:
The Lagoon commander told d igbos who to vote for n threatened hellfire n brimstone if we do otherwise.

His Yoruba sons were in full support as well so chill.

Finish the story now... why did you stop midway?

You forgot to add that all the Eze Igbos that were in attendance also fully supported the Lagoon commander, too!

Decibel:
The fulanis i know are peace-loving people. These criminal elements masquerading as fulanis are obvious Kanuris.

You are kidding, right??! Jeez!

fulanimafia:
Yes it is called Miyetti Allah (Thank Allah) and they must be pressured to act. I must admit the FG's silence is deafening. Even IG Arase in claiming glory for Falae's rescue made no concrete declarations.

The battle against these criminals must be concerted and resolute, and the first step is in unraveling their real identities because you cannot fight an unknown enemy.

Please stop waiting for the federal govt to act. They are part of the problem. From all indications, those on the receiving end of those attacks know that the Fulani herdsmen have always carried out raids and attacks against the livelihood, properties and farmlands of the Middle belt communities, for the past few decades.

This has always led to violent clashes between those herdsmen and the local communities in the Middle Belt. And the security agencies have either given a half-hearted response, or looked the other way.

Now the clashes are getting worse, because in the past few years, criminal elements among the Fulani herdsmen have colluded with the BH guys, to make the attacks more severe.

OfoIgbo:
When Balewa and Sadauna of Sokoto were destroying the Yorubas, Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna came to your aid only for your people to turn against Ndigbo.

If Fulanis come against Ndigbo, we will not go seeking Yoruba help as we have grown to know that Yorubas will never be there for us.

The SOUTHERN RESISTANCE you wrote of, was needed on 28th march 2015, but yet again, Yorubas teamed up with Fulanis.
At the moment, the SS and SE should stick together. Yorubas should fend for themselves, as much as I sympathise with Yorubas in this issue

Ogbuefi, with all due respect biko nu...stop re-writing history. Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna did not come to the rescue of anybody.

NB: Sorry, I should have allowed them to respond to you first, on this one.

chuna1985:
The Lagoon commander told d igbos who to vote for n threatened hellfire n brimstone if we do otherwise.

His Yoruba sons were in full support as well so chill.

Guy, why are you still peddling this one-sided story, biko nu? Have you forgotten that your own people were in attendance on that day, and they even clapped for the Oba after he made those comments?

In many communities, their brethren who failed to defend their interests before the Oba of Lagos when he made those comments would have been held accountable, or dealt with. How many Yoruba sons were in full support? Well, I will leave the Yoruba people to respond to you o! Even though some folks were in support, all I know is that people like Jimi Agbaje, Bode George & co., were not in support of those comments.

... When the Oba of Lagos was threatening to throw Igbo that did not vote into the lagoon, your Eze Ndi'Igbo in Lagos and other members of your ethnic group were in attendance. What did they do when they heard that threat?? They clapped in merriment, laughed excitedly like schoolkids, and promised to comply with his demands, instead of taking him to task over his remarks. How come you have not visited them with your campaign of hate?

Instead, you guys keep repeating this one-sided story like a mantra, and it is beginning to turn into propaganda.

ThisDay:
“I’m not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. Jimi (Agbaje) is my blood relation and I told him that he cannot be governor in Lagos for now. The future belongs to God. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere, don’t do it here.

“If you do what I want, Lagos will continue to be prosperous for you. If you go against my wish, you will perish in the water.”

The monarch said anybody against Ambode did not wish the state well, adding, “I am for the progress, growth and development of Lagos. Ambode is highly cerebral, he’s a symbol and he is going to deliver the message which I, the Oba of Lagos, have said. And he will govern the state for another eight years.

The monarch said anybody against Ambode did not wish the state well, adding, “I am for the progress, growth and development of Lagos. Ambode is highly cerebral, he’s a symbol and he is going to deliver the message which I, the Oba of Lagos, have said. And he will govern the state for another eight years.

“He is going on a mission and God will give him the wisdom and knowledge to fulfill that mission. Almost a year ago, I declared that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos and it will not change.

“From time immemorial, the previous occupiers of this house will say what they wanted after consultations with other people. And this hasn’t changed and it will not change at this time,” he said.

In a veiled reference to one of Jonathan’s predecessors, Akiolu stated that the crisis Nigeria was facing was not caused by the Jonathan administration but by another person he refused to name.

Continuing with his tirade, he said: “If not for the appeal from Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) and my highly respected maternal father, the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, all what is happening today is not the cause of the present government. The man who caused everything knows himself.”

In his response, the Eze-Ndigbo of Amuwo-Oriade, Dr. Gordian Dimojiaku, promised Akiolu that the Igbos in the state would support Ambode.

“The mistake of last Saturday was caused by everybody, not only the Igbos. It is not only the Igbos that were responsible for the votes. But we have learnt our lesson. Saturday’s election is going to be a different thing and Ambode is going to win.

“Everybody knows that when you fail the first time, you cannot afford to fail again. We are going to tell our people that Ezes from the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas are here and that we have sworn with the Oba that we are going to make sure that Ambode wins next Saturday’s election,” he said.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/vote-for-ambode-or-perish-inside-the-lagoon-oba-akiolu-tells-igbos/206050/

Aufbauh:
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius

....Somehow, they will find a way to tell their contemptuous south south neighbours how there's a grand conspiracy by the hausa-fulani /Yoruba to marginalize them because of their oil, They will alert the Yoruba how the hausa-fulani has orchestrated plan to invade to islamize and colonize them. They will tell the middle beltan how the fulani has been killing their people without Buhari's response.
Haba Igbos, na only una Waka come? Can't you figure out that no Nigerian is telling you something about the so called fulani agenda that you've make us all to dread? I am from benue state and i can confidently tell you not to cry for us as we are known veteran warriors. It is also noteworthy that the media chooses what to report probably because of interest, if not to any one my people that is killed by fulani herdsmen i assured you that they've lost close to ten men and hundreds of cows . this is only verifiable from the locals and not the media. .....

Guy, I understand where you are coming from, but I have chosen to respond only to the highlighted parts of your post. Yes, the minorities in the middle belt from Benue, Kogi, Plateau, Taraba etc., have done thier best over the years, to keep the Fulani herdsmen at bay.

But people are getting tired. Many of these herdsmen are lawless and do not care about the damage and mayhem, caused by their cattle to the farmlands and properties, belonging to communities in the Middle Belt. They should have been called to order, a long time ago. Unfortunately no one is doing anything about it. Should the middle belt have to sleep with one eye closed, because of these marauders? NO!

Every law-abiding Nigerian going about his lawful duties, is entitled to security of life and property, especially in his ancestral home. And the security agencies who are sworn to uphold the law, should be made to provide this security irrespective of whose ox is gored! Unfortunately, this is not happening at the moment.

The question we should ask is why?? Why have our leaders turned a blind eye?? A few people have proffered reasons for this anomaly. Kindly read this excerpt:

THE STRATEGY OF GRAZING RESERVES AS AN EXPANSIONIST TOOL

As earlier stated, it is not a secret that one of the greatest passions of the Fulani is cattle. It is so important that a man’s societal status is largely dependent on the size of his herd. It is unFulani for a Fulani man not to own cattle. One thing that is hardly brought to the fore, though, is that most of the real owners of cattle in present day Nigeria are not really the nomads roaming the wild and our highways driving millions of cattle, but wealthy business barons in the cities and corridors of power. These men hire the nomads to take care of their cattle, while they give attention to issues of religion and politics.

It should, however, be noted that, one of the major and traditional sources of wealth for these people is cattle. The Cattle business is a multi-billion naira business in Nigeria, and it is owned and controlled mainly by a few barons of the Sokoto Caliphate. They have formed themselves into an association known as Miyetti Allah Hore or more popularly Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). It is also worthy of note that the Sultan of Sokoto is said to be the life patron of the MACBAN group.

Aside from being the father of all Fulani, and himself an owner of a great herd of cattle, he is a major stakeholder in the cattle business in Nigeria and stands to benefit directly from any profits made from cattle. This is aside of his being the father of all Muslims in Nigeria. Little wonder the Sultan has always been quick to personally wade into anything that concerns cattle herdsmen or Muslims in any part of Nigeria

Global warming resulting in unusual climate change with all its attendant consequences has unavoidably led to a rapid depletion of grazing fields in the traditional Northern home states of the cattle herdsmen. Urbanization, deforestation and desertification have sent panic among the cattle breeding business community, not just in Nigeria, but further north in countries like Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, etc.

Added to this, political upheavals and civil wars have resulted into a gross state of insecurity that has threatened the business of cattle rearing. The consequence of this development is that herdsmen from further north have been compelled to look southwards for pasture for their cattle, which might probably be in millions of heads of cattle.

The resultant influx of these illegal aliens, who are many times well-armed, violent and perhaps, even radicalized, has even been acknowledged by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This unprecedented influx has, predictably, put more pressure on the largely peasant middle belt population with its very attractive hundreds of thousands of acres of green vegetation and fresh springs of water, which are one of the major attractions to the herdsmen and their cattle.

To the herdsmen, taking over these lands means not just salvaging their threatened cattle business but a major, and perhaps, unprecedented leap in their profit margin. Moreover, the increasing population within the region and further south only means a larger market. The closer the supply to the market, the better! And for their aristocratic masters in the glass houses of the Sokoto Caliphate, taking over this region means more than cattle.

So, once again, even if only for economic survival, taking the Middle Belt became an urgent imperative. The politics of grazing reserves had to be driven with all the power and wit they could muster. The advantages were too numerous. If they could manipulate government machinery to appropriate land in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital, it would suddenly give them everything they had been longing for.

They would get the entire middle belt and the rest of the country in one fell swoop. The whole nation will finally be at their feet, and it would be a great centenary anniversary gift to their great ancestor, Uthman dan Fodio.
Read the rest here: https://atiterkula./2015/05/07/the-3rs-of-grazing-viz-rights-routes-and-reserves-the-fulani-invasion-sacking-and-occupation-of-the-middle-belt-states-of-nigeria-from-the-perspective-of-a-continental-islamic-agenda-the/

In the past, there was a clamour for grazing fields to be provided to the Fulani herdsmen, across different parts of nigeria. Those wondering why advocates of creating grazing fields or routes for the Fula have suddenly gone quiet, need to realise that it appears to be an unworkable concept.

The Fulani elites will support the cattle rearers/herdsmen, because they are the greatest owners of cattle in the North. So those expecting Buhari to lock up the cattle rearers or herdsmen guilty of kidnapping and causing mayhem in the middle belt, and other parts of the country will wait for a long time. They are part and parcel of the whole problem.

There is an unwritten code among Northerners that frowns on confrontation with constituted authority. Where the powers of those in authority are to be challenged, it is done carefully with discretion. The stage is set and consensus is built gently, as discontent swells through the ranks.

Any central figure leading the confrontation, also has to be on the same pedestal as those he confronts. That is why some folks will not rush to comment, because the problem is far more intricate and deeper, than it looks. Mere condemnation will achieve nothing, without some measure of action to back it up.

Senator David Mark is from the middle belt. And so are a host of retired army generals and ex-security servicemen. Right now, they are keeping quiet, probably because they are exploring ways of resolving the situation via a diplomatic settlement. When this fails, all fangs will be bared.

Like a blogger recently said:. .".Nigerians are being led to believe that these herdsmen are helpless bush nomads with a few hungry cows, that just need to eat the grass that nobody needs anyway. Since somehow their cattle can’t help wandering off into some farm, with, perhaps, some little destruction, which usually incenses a largely intolerant and hostile farming host community against them..." This is untrue. The attacks by the herdsmen appear to be a coordinated response, to win sympathy from the public, but unfortunately it has backfired against them. May their evil continue to fail!

So kindly spare a thought and a prayer for those middle belt communities, who have borne the brunt of the attacks. In my humble view, the Tiv and other Middle Belt tribes should simply be supported to defend themselves and their ancestral lands, from the herdsmen and invaders.

chilan:
RAID ON DIEZANI- ALLISON MADUEKE's HOUSE: My Opinion

"It is crass abuse of power for EFCC to have gone to raid the house of a former minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the manner they did without any search warrant, no invitation, no nothing and moreso in her absence. They cannot claim to enforce the same law they are breaking. This is not about politics, this is about upholding the rule of law. I am not holding brief for Mrs Madueke but the action of EFCC is very unprofessional and should be condemned by all and sundry regardless of one's political affiliation."

Lawrence.C.Nnoli Esq

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your kind comments dated 3rd of October 2015.

Your concerns have been duly noted, and will be forwarded to the former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison - Madueke, on her return to the country.

Her aides would notify you if she is impressed by your submissions, and wishes to engage your firm on retainership to provide legal services to her, in the on-going case with the office of the Attorney-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Kindly accept the assurances of our highest esteem,

Signed,

NL Press Office of the Former Federal Minister of Petroleum Affairs,
Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke

Abia1son:
1 orji uzor kalu 2 sunday ogar aka energy oil

Guy, the second person is not Sunday Ogar of Energy Oil. The person you are most likely to be referring to is Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, OON, the Oke Oji of Abia, who owns Masters Energy Group, a conglomerate with over 15 subsidiaries and interests spanning across Oil & Gas, Banking, Insurance, Aviation, Shipping, Dredging, Logistics, Construction, Travel Agency, Power, e.t.c.

He owns a petroleum products tank farm or storage facility located in Port Harcourt, with adequate capacity to supply Diesel (30,000 metric Tonnes), Petrol (60,000 Metric Tonnes), and Kerosene (20,000 MT) to the Eastern, Northern, Southern and South –Western markets of the downstream sector. The depot is strategically located outside the existing pipeline network of NNPC/PPMC, to ensure uninterrupted product supply to these regions of the country. http://w3.mastersenergyltd.com/?page_id=745

forgiveness:
The truth is, Ogun state has always produced the richest or one of the richest in the world and i think they have the highest numbers of the richest individual in Nigeria followed by .....

Anyway, does any one know the state Alakija comes from?

Folorunsho Alakija was born in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Folorunsho Alakija was born on July 15 1951 in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She originates from a large family: her dad, Chief L. A. Ogbara, had 8 wives and 52 children in his lifetime. She was the second surviving child, her mom was the first wife.

She and her younger sister were sent to school abroad when she was 7 years old. They went to a school in Wales, a private school for girls in Northern Wales, and they were the only coloured (black) girls in the school.
Read the rest here: https://www.naij.com/tag/folorunsho_alakija.html

creamyzone:
Oga akure does not have an airport. What they have is an airstrip where private jets can land. Have you ever heard or seen any akure airport before. The only functional airport closest to ekiti is in ilorin where commercial flights are operated. Its a good one by fayose as it will create more jobs in the state and boost their tourism industry as foreigners who don't like traveling by road can now fly into ekiti. Tourism will inturn bring more revenue for the state government.

fayose is also planning to build a world class shopping mall where the likes of shoprite and other foreign brands will operate. So consumable goods and cargo will come in through this airport. This will also create many direct and indirect jobs. I am not from ekiti state but will commend this man as the man of the people. Aregbesola and some other governors are busy building religious centres and buying private jets when salaries have not been paid. Other state governors should emulate the giant strides of fayose in a small state with little resources like ekiti. God bless Nigeria

Guy, whether it is airstrip or airport, the fact still remains that the Akure aerodrome can take scheduled and non-scheduled flights.

It has 2.8 kilometers runway, capable of handling Boeing 737 aircraft, Dornier planes, Embraer business jets, Bombardier Challenger, the Dassault Falcon, Hawker Beechcraft and the Cessna etc., with standard fire prevention facilities and operational radar equipment. It is ideal for small cargo planes as well. There are even a few African countries whose airports are not as big as Akure airports, so what is the issue??

The same Akure airport is underutilised, and FAAN is crying out loudly, because it is not earning revenue from it. Someone should advise Fayose to desist from his foolhardy white elephant project.

He should focus on getting Shoprite mall into the city, but should advise them to use Akure airport for their cargo.

Nigerian Manager Decries Low Patronage into Akure Airport
by Oyise Oghene

The airport manager in charge of Akure airport in Ondo state, Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba has decried the state of flight activity into the facility describing it as poor and negatively affecting the revenue generation drive from the aerodrome.

She said the facility is one of the airports under the control of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) only records three weekly flights with an average number of between 20 and 30 passengers traffic operated by Associated airlines on the Akure-Abuja route.

While affirming that discussions are at advanced stage with other airlines on the possibility to kick start shuttle flight operations from Lagos into the state capital, she told reporters that “We need more flights and more airlines to come to Akure airport. There is no life here with the level of operations”.

Also she said the timely completion of the abandoned airport terminal for over six months will help put a breathe new life into the place, and appeals to the federal government to order the contractor back to site with a view to completing the terminal building.....

... She explained that with a 2.8 kilometers runway, the airport was capable of handling a B737 aircraft adding that the airport has a standard fire tender.

On security put in place at the airport, the manager said “We make sure that we are in control of the operational area and try to make sure that we secure it because we have the largest land mass as an airport. I stopped people farming around the airport and demolished all the camps within the operational area.” http://biztellers.com/2012/05/nigerian-manager-decries-low-patronage-into-akure-airport/

When GEJ visited Ondo State in 2011, he landed at Akure airport. When Rotimi Amaechi wanted to monitor the elections in Ekiti in 2014, he landed at Akure airport and went by road to Ado-Ekiti, but was stopped midway by soldiers who asked him to go back.

Stella Oduah had scheduled Akure airport for a facelift and an upgrade of the terminal building, when she was Aviation Minister, but unfortunately she left her seat before the job could be completed.

chuna1985:
U can wail all u like, but what I said stands firm. We don't owe u any shot....Yoruba people really have a problem in their head. So we should behave well n respect the host of lagos by voting in their own choice during elections

U guys need to start going to skol again.

Guy, no one is wailing here. And why is it that anyone who does not share your point of view, automatically gets labelled as a Yoruba person? There are over 150 other tribes in Nigeria, o! Nobody asked you to vote anybody's choice in any election, in my previous post. Kindly go back and re-read my comments all over again very slowly. I hope it will make sense to you now, otherwise you are the one that would need to go back to school.

coolscott:
I honestly cannot reconcile a verbal championing of the fight against corruption with being escorted by Amaechi to the UN on the one hand, while going after Deziani and Saraki on the other.

It is clear that PMB is fighting something, but it is also clear that it is not corruption.

I mean, he has even presented some of these known missappropriators to us for approval as ministers.

Conclusion: You are gullible if you buy the lies if the APC or the PDP. Work on personally developing/improving yourself. At least you are in control of that

All politicians are the same, six and half-dozen. It doesn't matter if they carry a broom or an umbrella. The only language they understand, is the language of self-interest, manipulation and chicanery.

danbrowndmf:
You people should learn how to think for once.building an airport is another means of employment for Ekiti people. Make una dy think sometimes abeg.

Guy, you no suppose talk this kind thing! Why you dey fall my hand now??

Please a client dropped an issue on my desk and I need your advice.

There is an old company which was registered a few years back, but it was not used for over 16 years because my client stopped trading & went back into the corporate world to work as an employee. (Don't ask why...it is a long story). Anyway, he dusted the certificate of incorporation this year and he paid the relevant annual returns and penalty. But there is a need to get the TIN and the FIRS guys are asking some funny questions about taxes. What can be done?

chuna1985:
igbos have always been well behaved n has always respected themselves...There's no need to respect any host in a NO MANS LAND

...And you have just discredited yourself and also shot yourself in the foot, with the last part of your comment. Do carry on.

naptu2:
They once tried to stop the neighbours from parking their cars in front of their own houses, but the neighbours fought back.

I must confess that there are a lot of weird people on Olateju Crescent

Guy, I fear you o! Do you live in A-series too, like Diezani? Have they cleared the 'hashish sellers further down that road?

NICOGRAVITY:
Ekiti like every other states needs an airport. An airport opens up a lot of benefits to the state. I remember vividly when Imo airport was being built, a lots of people complained about it, today that same people and their families fly through it frequently.
it's not an Elephant project, it's called OPENING UP the state to opportunity and modernisation.
I wish Fayose best of luck.

Chai! I become sad, when I hear comments like this one. Have you ever been to Ekiti State before?? If you have, you would realise that their needs are far greater than you can think, and offering them an airport is simply wicked as they have far greater infrastructural needs that their money can be spent on.

What is he opening up in Ekiti?

Do you realise that the neighbouring Ondo State which is next door to Ekiti, has an airport? Do you know that Akure airport to Ekiti State is not very far? Abeg, I feel sorry for Ekiti people.

Ndeewonu:
Sad that when we hate, we cannot acknowledge any good from somebody.
This is a governor who, while other "saintly" states owe their workers months of salary has been able to maintain a clean slate; this is a governor who, out od nothing, wants to build an airport for his people....
And someone is here spewing trash!!!

Guy, abeg visit Akure airport first. Then drive down to Ekiti from Akure. You will see that they do not need an airport in that place.

melzabull:
You keep putting so much effort to mask your ignorance. For the umpteenth time, why did the demolition date shift backward suddenly from oct4 to oct1? The contention here is about the date shifting and not necessarily the demolition, or are you blind to notice?

The iddiots are already giving you the likes while they laugh heartily wherever they are at your idiocy and probably calling you a 'learner' or 'correct guy' who wants to be more Nigerian than the 'N' in 'naira'.

Sorry!

But wait, o! Oct. 1 to Oct 4 is three days difference. It is likely most of the traders would have packed out their wares from those shops, to an alternative place, before the Oct. 1 date.

kpodosky:
Because they know one needs to be a trade hub,transit hub for the project to be any useful.

Ekiti, ke? Trade hub? Or transit hub? Transit from where to where? How? In whose dreams?

Please, just take a trip to Asaba and tell me if their airport has met all the projections that were made a few years ago, when the project commenced. It was meant to act as a gateway to the SE, oh! Just find out what is happening there, now.... and come back to give us your report. If a whole Asaba airport situated in an oil rich state, could not meet the dreams of acting as a transit hub to the SE, is it the civil servant Ekiti state that wants to achieve the feat of being a trade hub or a transit hub? I laugh.... in Greek!

patmaine:
it's onye iberibe.
if u 're Igbo. U 'll kno that I is pronounced as e.

e is pronounced as a.

Oh, thanks for the correction.... but if you are going to pronounce 'e is pronounced as a', then you need to put in accent marks. Anyway, I am not Igbo! Don't know what gave you that impression...

remirez07:
a lot of people comments like fooooool....... The air-port project is a federal project not state..... All the 36 states of the federation is to have air-port and train-line of her own... You guys should leave oshokomole alone and know wht is going on in the country. stop been foolish. .... He is the governor of his people.

Please post a link to the federal govt source which states that all the 36 states are to have an airport! I can understand having a train station in each state capital, but an airport?? Chai! Instead of him to look for the nearest river in Ekiti, dredge it and make it a good port for high-calibre ferry services, that would carry 100 passengers at a go from Ekiti to Lagos in one hour using the latest hovercraft!

He would even make more money, sef!

Eeyah! May God Almighty locate him wherever he is and bring him back home, safe and sound. Amen.

wandy4G:
Hey man! We should stop looking at one side of the coin. The social status of the people notwithstanding, the effects and benefits are too enormous. It will surely in the long run turn to a SOP

Am not an Ekiti man, so maybe I should not put my mouth...but abeg, stop misleading Fayose in this macabre dance of failure that he has embarked upon. Which silly benefits and effects are going to accrue to his state, concerning this project?

The benefits that did NOT accrue to Ondo State, despite the presence of an airport on their turf in Akure, since the mid-nineties? The benefits that did not accrue to Ilorin in Kwara State, despite the presence of an airport in their town?

The benefits that did not accrue to Oyo State despite the presence of an airport in Ibadan? Abeg, you guys should stop this ego trip. Ekiti cannot even afford to set up an airport! How much is their IGR?? Jeez!

Abbeyme:
Pls educate us of the benefits...

Ibadan has an airport for many years, how many aircraft land in Ibadan.

There is another airport in Akure, how has that made Akure a mega City.....

Before you venture into a cost-intensive project, you first get the market to sell your products, Haba...

Biko, make una help me tell am, jare! I don't know why the Ekiti people are letting Fayose take them on a ride to a fools' paradise..chai!

mightyhaze:
laudate ewu yorrroba! So ur not only a smelly coward yorroba goat,u can also lie thru ur goat teeth .so ekwensu n oda names u v bin callin me since u first mentioned me are all compliments abi?? Typical ewu yorrroba! I had vowed not 2 com down 2 ur deranged mentions again,but d temptation 2 smash a conehead was too much 2 resist.ok,go bak and resume ur wallowin...dis time am gon try n stick 2 ma resolution

Na so di matter pain you reach?? Hehehe.... this hate in your soul will kill you, eziokwu! As tempting as it is, to call you a flat.head like those Yoruba people often refer to your ilk, I will resist the temptation because I have too many Igbo friends on this board. However, I will only say one prayer for you: may that hate that has possessed your twisted soul cause your downfall, as quickly as possible. Isee!

Go back to your early posts to me on this thread. Did you not kick-start the insults by calling me "ofe mmanu, ewu yorroba, edo man etc etc.?" Did I not tell you to desist? Did you answer me? No, you continued the disrespectful comments, thinking I was going to capitulate.

Oh, at that time, you thought you had the monopoly on offensive words, abi? Why are you now crying that I responded by calling you 'ekwensu?' Continue chanting 'ewu yorroba', and I will continue launching more missiles against you, mightyhaze a.k.a anachy a.k.a osisi!

phazotron:
there wouldnt be an issue with ur pple doing bizness here but ur pple are a bunch of delusional and disrespectful children.

chowlade:
that's if they behave well and learn to respect their host otherwise reverse will be the case

ROFLMAO!! Una no go kill person for here with laughter! Chai! But make una pity them small, nah!
Many of them have lost their source of livelihood. They did not bargain for the demolition. Can you imagine how painful it would have been for those who just took delivery of a fresh consignment of goods, the day before??

charlesucheh:
clap for your self!!!! The resilient adjudicator of the Igbo race. Now, I know you're an idiot with swagger.............. Pls, I'd like to see more of your stupidity. If the east had favour the igbos as you claim, why aren't they staying back to develop the region? Like it or not, they need lagos to grow their industrialized skills no doubt, but at the same time, they should hold on to the power that be.APC!!!!!, not a yoruba though!just speaking from an objective point of view, refute if you care...............,,

The SE governors should just do more to develop their region, and turn it into the hub of industrialisation. This would change the migration pattern of the Igbo traders, hopefully. Anyway, it depends on them.

mightyhaze:
ewu na ebe akwa ,... Na to naked tie banner for head dey roam street remain 4 u.u started d name callin n now its runnin u mad. Ewu yorrroba. Dis is ur last response.cant be doin bak n forth all day wit a droolin lunatic. I gat stuffs 2 do man. Go wallow in a bin or sth

Ewu! Finally, your madness has driven you naked into the market place. In fact, lunacy is your middle name. The name calling started from you, now. Have you forgotten how you were chanting "ewu", "ofe mmanu etc," "yorroba" and up and down, for the past few hours? Why was it when I called you 'anuofia', that you now started crying about name-calling??

Don't make the mistake of mentioning my name again, you this onye ala. Bury your head in shame! mightyhaze a.k.a anachy a.k.a osisi!

kingofabia:
The annoying thing is that the Igbo boys who grew up in Lagos will be forming like they r from Europe and we r nonsense. I stayed in Aba all tru my childhood and i dont regret it one bit..i only left aba cos work/job no dey.. If u see aba ehen, u will cry. y wud yourba people not treat us anyhow....If u see owerri, rochas has killed that city...Enugu is just civil servants..anambra is trying under obiano..ebonyi is the most backward of all....infact i am tired sef

But what da heck are the SE governors doing??

mightyhaze:
hez foolin no one else but himself! I spit on,...no I hack and xpectorate heavily on laudate's daft conehead

mightyhaze:
ewu yorrroba a! So ur still yappin n splatterin foul phlegm all ova d place . Na full blown craze remain,... Mpama

Anuofia! Onye asi. I na-pu ala. Ekwensu, you are still here blabbing...that spit and foul phlegm has landed back on your face, now. Why can't you see it?? Ewu..Ndi akaloogoli, you have forgotten this is cyberspace?? Continue spitting like a pregnant woman. Who knows what you have eaten? It will never be well with you. Since you have made it your mission in life to follow me up and down on NL, because of your hateful antics, that hate will destroy you on all fronts. Isee.

Onye ara. Onye ala! Just like your brother anachy, stupidity personified is your middle name. Why do I keep getting the feeling that you are one and the same person?

THE STRATEGY OF GRAZING RESERVES AS AN EXPANSIONIST TOOL

As earlier stated, it is not a secret that one of the greatest passions of the Fulani is cattle. It is so important that a man’s societal status is largely dependent on the size of his herd. It is unFulani for a Fulani man not to own cattle. One thing that is hardly brought to the fore, though, is that most of the real owners of cattle in present day Nigeria are not really the nomads roaming the wild and our highways driving millions of cattle, but wealthy business barons in the cities and corridors of power. These men hire the nomads to take care of their cattle, while they give attention to issues of religion and politics.

It should, however, be noted that, one of the major and traditional sources of wealth for these people is cattle. The Cattle business is a multi-billion naira business in Nigeria, and it is owned and controlled mainly by a few barons of the Sokoto Caliphate. They have formed themselves into an association known as Miyetti Allah Hore or more popularly Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). It is also worthy of note that the Sultan of Sokoto is said to be the life patron of the MACBAN group.

Aside from being the father of all Fulani, and himself an owner of a great herd of cattle, he is a major stakeholder in the cattle business in Nigeria and stands to benefit directly from any profits made from cattle. This is aside of his being the father of all Muslims in Nigeria. Little wonder the Sultan has always been quick to personally wade into anything that concerns cattle herdsmen or Muslims in any part of Nigeria

Global warming resulting in unusual climate change with all its attendant consequences has unavoidably led to a rapid depletion of grazing fields in the traditional Northern home states of the cattle herdsmen. Urbanization, deforestation and desertification have sent panic among the cattle breeding business community, not just in Nigeria, but further north in countries like Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, etc.

Added to this, political upheavals and civil wars have resulted into a gross state of insecurity that has threatened the business of cattle rearing. The consequence of this development is that herdsmen from further north have been compelled to look southwards for pasture for their cattle, which might probably be in millions of heads of cattle.

The resultant influx of these illegal aliens, who are many times well-armed, violent and perhaps, even radicalized, has even been acknowledged by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This unprecedented influx has, predictably, put more pressure on the largely peasant middle belt population with its very attractive hundreds of thousands of acres of green vegetation and fresh springs of water, which are one of the major attractions to the herdsmen and their cattle.

To the herdsmen, taking over these lands means not just salvaging their threatened cattle business but a major, and perhaps, unprecedented leap in their profit margin. Moreover, the increasing population within the region and further south only means a larger market. The closer the supply to the market, the better! And for their aristocratic masters in the glass houses of the Sokoto Caliphate, taking over this region means more than cattle.

So, once again, even if only for economic survival, taking the Middle Belt became an urgent imperative. The politics of grazing reserves had to be driven with all the power and wit they could muster. The advantages were too numerous. If they could manipulate government machinery to appropriate land in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital, it would suddenly give them everything they had been longing for.

They would get the entire middle belt and the rest of the country in one fell swoop. The whole nation will finally be at their feet, and it would be a great centenary anniversary gift to their great ancestor, Uthman dan Fodio.
Read the rest here: https://atiterkula./2015/05/07/the-3rs-of-grazing-viz-rights-routes-and-reserves-the-fulani-invasion-sacking-and-occupation-of-the-middle-belt-states-of-nigeria-from-the-perspective-of-a-continental-islamic-agenda-the/

Those wondering why advocates of creating grazing fields or routes for the Fula have suddenly gone quiet, need to realise that it appears to be an unworkable concept.

The Fulani elites will support the cattle rearers/herdsmen, because they are the greatest owners of cattle in the North. So those expecting Buhari to lock up the cattle rearers or herdsmen guilty of kidnapping and causing mayhem in the middle belt, and other parts of the country will wait for a long time. They are part and parcel of the whole problem.

There is an unwritten code among Northerners that frowns on confrontation with constituted authority. Where the powers of those in authority are to be challenged, it is done carefully with discretion. The stage is set and consensus is built gently, as discontent swells through the ranks.

Any central figure leading the confrontation, also has to be on the same pedestal as those he confronts. That is why some folks will not rush to comment, because the problem is far more intricate and deeper, than it looks. Mere condemnation will achieve nothing, without some measure of action to back it up.

Senator David Mark is from the middle belt. And so are a host of retired army generals and ex-security servicemen. Right now, they are keeping quiet, probably because they are exploring ways of resolving the situation via a diplomatic settlement. When this fails, all fangs will be bared.

Like a blogger recently said:. .".Nigerians are being led to believe that these herdsmen are helpless bush nomads with a few hungry cows, that just need to eat the grass that nobody needs anyway. Since somehow their cattle can’t help wandering off into some farm, with, perhaps, some little destruction, which usually incenses a largely intolerant and hostile farming host community against them..." This is untrue. The attacks by the herdsmen appear to be a coordinated response, to win sympathy from the public, but unfortunately it has backfired against them. May their evil continue to fail!

So kindly spare a thought and a prayer for those middle belt communities, who have borne the brunt of the attacks. In my humble view, the Tiv and other Middle Belt tribes should simply be supported to defend themselves and their ancestral lands, from the herdsmen and invaders.

The 3Rs of Grazing Viz.:- Rights, Routes and Reserves, : the Fulani Invasion, Sacking and Occupation of the Middle Belt States of Nigeria from the Perspective of A Continental Islamic Agenda:

THE BATTLE FOR THE MIDDLE BELT AND A SOUTHWARDS ADVANCE

.... While these insinuations may be debatable, it is obvious that an Islamic campaign to take over Nigeria will not be complete until the Jihadists reach the shores of the Atlantic down south. But to get to this point, their way must pass through the Middle Belt or Central Nigeria, hence the need to overrun the minority tribes in that region.

Curiously, the Middle Belt Region has continuously being relevant and strategic to the agenda of the Islamic Northern Oligarchy, whether those ambitions are religious, economic, political or ethnic, or even when they are harmonized. Needless to say, conquering and subduing this region became a primary project of the Sokoto Caliphate and the expanded Islamic Northern Oligarchy.

As a vast region with multiple minorities, who were themselves heavily polarized, it seemed quite an easy task to be accomplished, considering how even more organized and secure kingdoms and cities in the north had been earlier overran. Contrary to their thinking, however, this seemingly simple task was to become the most perplexing.

It started with the 19th century Jihads. The Jihadists advance was seemingly easy until they hit the region. Some of the tribes were an easy walk over. Some seemingly surrendered at the sight of an intimidating cavalry of bloodthirsty, sword wielding jihadists. Some put up a fight, adopting different strategies of war to no avail.

One tribe, however, did not shrink back and was not subdued. That was the Tiv. They were known for their unrivaled hospitality but also equally fearless in the face of hostilities when attacked. They were not really known for expansionism but would fiercely defend their land and families from external invasion.

They were able to successfully repel the Fulani advance, through their strategy of poisoned arrows against sword-wielding Fulani. Their answer to the snorting war horses was also to dig trenches strategically around their fortes and retreat into the hills from where there well-aimed arrows hardly missed their mark.

Their victory was not just one for the Tiv people nor the other minority tribes in the region alone, it was also a great victory, and a debt owed them by the other tribes south of Tiv country who would have been annihilated by the ravaging Fulani Jihadists.

Having successfully checked the advance of the jihadists, the Fulani vowed to be back. They were yet to return when colonialism interrupted them by checking their activities. It was an interruption they highly resented. For once, they were also subdued and tamed. It seemed from then that their clamour for independence was not so much to build one nation Nigeria, but to have the liberty to resume their campaign. Read the rest here: https://atiterkula./2015/05/07/the-3rs-of-grazing-viz-rights-routes-and-reserves-the-fulani-invasion-sacking-and-occupation-of-the-middle-belt-states-of-nigeria-from-the-perspective-of-a-continental-islamic-agenda-the/

While some folks are just busy belly-aching here, other tribes have been pitting their wits, strength and brawn against the Fulani for ages, in a bid to secure their homelands, and repel the invaders. May their tribe increase.

And may God save us all.

patmaine:
epistle according to laudate.

the more you explain the more obvious your yorubaness become.

And the more you respond, the more obvious your stupidity and attraction to recycling deceit becomes known, you silly Ekwensu! Onye eberibe!