₦airaland Forum

IGBOSON1:
^^^You write off what they did to us during events leading up to the civil war as 'rather unfortunate'; what of what they did to us during the civil war; what of what they did to Akaluka in Kano; what of what they did to those poor youth corpers after the 2011 elections; what of all the countless other evils they've been committing ever since this boko nonsense broke out.......you call all this just 'rather unfortunate'?

You would rather all this is kept swept under the carpet so this fraud of a country can continue stumbling along in the dark! If we don't learn from our past mistakes, but just pretend they didn't happen, then we're bound to repeat them again and again! All that is needed for a truly united country to emerge is for everyone to admit their mistakes and apologize, and with restitution paid where necessary; but we all know that ain't gonna happen!

To get an idea of just what the Hausa/Fulani think of you (since you claim to be Igbo), why don't you see the youtube video on the xenophobic and divisive statements Ahmadu Bello made about Igbos! You also realize there's a documentation of proceedings in the Northern House of Assembly during the first republic in which the members where debating on how to curtail Igbo businesses in the north and stop selling land to them?......When i read this i was horrified! The only reason they're tolerating your 'nyamiri/infidel' arsse in their region is because they want 'one Nigeria' with all the benefits that comes with it!

I don't hate anyone, but i'll be damned if i keep quiet like you while my people are being slaughtered and threatened in any part of this country....a country they asked to leave, yet were forced back into with millions of lives lost in the process! I say it as it is!!

With all due respect, what you narrated is your story from your own angle as it suits you. But you fail to realise that something actually triggered the whole events that led to the civil war which in all honesty i don't want to indulge in it. Don't forget also that a northerner has his own side of the story that probably made him a victim at one point. Moreso, it baffles me when only Igbos claim the most victims in an event of crisis. Other tribes suffers too but chooses to bear the brunt. You can't tell me that northerners in the east prior to the civil war didn't suffer similar fate? This happen and we are not pretending it didn't, but we have to learn from each others mistakes and make correction. By the way, I am Idoma- Igbo from Igbo eze north L.g.a of Enugu state.

Who ever is clamouring for Duke obviously doesn't mean well for Apc. Ideally, he stands as one of those towering quality, track record wise and physical looks offcourse that should easily gain him acceptance across the country. But the hurdle lies with the politics of tribe and region couple with the level of low exposure, illiteracy and mis information among the electorates. Nigerian voters are framed or wired to believe that a presidential candidate most evolve over time to imprint his name on their minds. Antecedents alone are not enough. The party involve also play a greater role if it is the ruling party. Duke may make a good head of state, but the mindset of Nigerians is yet to take the lead and responsibility on who should govern them instead of surrendering th worl for some self seeking politicians, failed politica party and some greedy youths who have turned themselves into a tissue paper fit only to wipe arses. Until then, vibrant, experience persons like Fashola and Duke will remain irrelevant not when bag of money can buy plenty votes and electoral rigging is still a norm and the judiciary has become the chief perpetrators of electoral crime.

IGBOSON1:
^^^Dude, you think all the other misguided and naive Igbos that have been butchered in the north from the 50s to date.....you think they didn't have the same attitude to the place like you have?

I just feel sorry for your type!

What happened was rather unfortunate, but i think we are re-writting history now with the experience on both sides of the divide. You need to imagine being born here to appreciate how homely it is. Being on the other side, it's easy for you to pass judgement, but most people here would have no other place to call home like this place. Religious or ethnic differences and violence can happen any where irrespective of where you are.

asha80:
'everything in his ignorant post suggests he is a southerner'- so southerner automatically means igbo abi?....'then drop your obvious hatred for the north'-you must be having a laugh,did you see any comment of mine in this thread before i quoted you?so what is the obvious hatred?.....'and what other tribe could be more proactive and preoccupied to spite the north'- you are actually the one bigoted here.

I guess i'm a bit informed to exchange banter with you this evening. You subtly jump to the guy's defence with the pretense i mentioned igbo in my response. But i will leave you in yourself delusion to draw conclusion as it suits you.

asha80:
did the person you quoted say he is igbo?why single out igbo for attack here now?

And what other tribe could be more proactive and preoccupied to spite the north? Everything in his ignorant post point he's a southerner. And if you pick offence that i mention igbo, then drop your bigoted views and obvious hatred of the north.

trulygirl:
Well spoken! i was born in kaduna got married here. I can proudly say this I CAN'T live in any state is Nigeria as side this state (Kaduna). i see so many people running their fingers typing nonsense about the north. I am a southerner, so dont begin to think if am one aboki. what i expect people living in the south should do is ask your leaders your so called governor, senators and co to stop embezzling your money and put it into developing your states. Mind you only in the north you travel over 200 - 300km and there is no single pothole. .

Our only problem now is this MAD GOVERNOR what's that his name Yer doing nathing well! we are voting him out God help us only if they don't rig the election or APC file the lousy one HELLrufia.

Bless you my sister. I was born and i live here even though originally i am from Enugu state. The state has given me so much comfort and prosperity that any time, any day, i regard myself a kd boy. I looked forward to contribute my quota to the state as God permit and not being an ingrate to speak ill of it. I don't know about other states, but kd remain one state that discrimination remains almost zero. Nobody bothers where you are from as far as you don't indulge in criminality. I fell much at home that i have forgotten about where i came from. I believe, that is the spirit of unity and onesness which the north must be commended for.

ehispapa:
I live in kaduna for 31 years dud and i was born right there at argungu road. we have a house righ in Daura road. i originaly got admission to study at government college Kaduna in abakpa before i went to Haward international in barnawa. just a little to let you know. name one industry in kaduna now?

You talk of Kaduna as one backward state. What is not beautiful or serene about the state? Residentially, you have U rimi, malali, barnawa, u sarki, u dosa and many developed parts presently springing up in the southern part. Business wise, from kakuri, sabo tasha, station market down to the main down is booming. You called it a dream killer, in what sense? That you now probably lived in abroad just made you one out of several millions who had live and studied in various places in abroad and are back living comfortably in the same state. A dream killer, yet a home to tens of thousands of igbos who only remembered the east on 24th and 25th of December. I don't know why the Igbos of all tribes in Nigeria are the most boastful. The state that has given you so much for 31 long years, is now a dream killer. Your bigotry knows no bound. That's why every where people complained about your attitudunal problem. Always trying to show off when you have nothing to show. Is not ingrate like you we need in kd. Kd remains land of the educated and peace irrespective of the unfortunate religious crises which both parties are learning their mistakes from.

anonimi:
Ekiti Court Closure: Document Shows NLC Absolves Presidency, Says Judicial Workers On Strike

Contrary to insinuations in some quarters that President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the closure of courts in Ekiti State, the state’s chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the continued closure is as a result of the ongoing strike embarked upon by public servants in the state over unpaid salaries and allowances.

The NLC was reacting to a statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC), which through its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, accused the President of ordering that the Ado-Ekiti High Court Complex be sealed off until the Governor-Elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose, is inaugurated.

In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, the NLC State Secretary, Comrade Ade Obatoye, warned politicians against reading political meaning to the issue and stop having the impression that the strike and the recalcitrant posture of the workers to resume work was political.

The NLC stated categorically that the ongoing industrial feud between the workers and government also affected the Judiciary Staff Union
of Nigeria, which it said accounted for the closure of courts.

It said, “We want to state categorically that all workers in Ekiti State, which include the members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria could not have resumed when the demand for payment of two months salaries and other arrears and deductions have not been met by government.

“The impression that workers in the judiciary were being locked out due to certain directives from the Presidency was not only a falsehood, but also unfortunate as we have embarked on indefinite strike before the arrival of the security personnel who now manned the court premises.

“It is equally imperative to state clearly that we have never been involved in political drama that is ongoing in the state. What we are concerned about is the welfare of the workers, hence our resolve to embark on the strike after several attempts to make the government understand the plight of our members in the face unpaid salaries and allowances.

“We want to also inform the public that the Chief Justice of Ekiti State had earlier ordered the closure of courts premises for protection of lives and property in and around the court even before the strike commenced, and the CJ has not reopened the courts till date.

“The Chairman of the state chapter of JUSUN, Comrade Niyi Ogundare, has also corroborated our stand that the court premises was actually closed two days before the commencement of the strike, hence, court could not have resumed work under the present situation,”he said.

It would be recalled that workers in Ekiti State have been on strike since last week over the non-payment of their August and September salaries as well as deductions from their July salaries.

Heavily armed security agents, comprising soldiers, police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps had since Tuesday took over the Ado-Ekiti High Court Complex over apprehension that some judicial officers were planning to commence Fayose’s trial secretly, despite the fact that the state CJ has not officially reopened the courts.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) that intervened in the crisis rocking the state judiciary had last week ordered that security be beefed up at the complex.


From: http://newswirengr.com/2014/10/11/ek...ers-on-strike/




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Arewa People's Congress, APC is an assembly of FRAUDSTERS.
QED!!!

Perhaps their "solid ideology and manifestoes" is to owe poor hard pressed workers their salaries & allowances

This incident may be an exception and subject to debate. Nevertheless, the wanton recklessness and impunity at the centre would be ridiculous to place side by side with your unproven offences credited to Ekiti gov't.

Generation of vipers!

Op, i believe you and i pray that God avert any evil or death on our President. God will surely expose and shame his enemies.

nairalife2013:
Since u hav divulged what u saw, it wil not com to pass anymore ijn. I dont doubt u. I usually have dreams dat come to pass myself. It all started when I was 5...playing in d sand alone I saw a very large man hovering above my head. His skin was as white as snow and as smooth as a porcelain china plate. He had a white flowing silk covering around his body. He had very large wings dat flapd peacefully in d air. He just hung mid air above me, smilling beningly as he stared at me! As I made to look closely at him, my head took on a heaviness dat no word till dis day has ever bn able to discribe. Then a soft wind came and I passd out. I woke up on a bed in a hospital ward surrounded by my parents, siblings and neigbours. I was told , maya, our land lady's dota saw me lay still in d sand and alerted my mom. I told them what happen. Till today I cant remember how the apparition vanished, whether it went up or down. After 27 yrs, I still have a feeling it will come bak. I started having REAL dreams since then. Something else happened following dat incidence. My dad droved us home during a certain yuletide. I liked to cut sticks in nearby bushes to construct kiddy trucks. Behold as I was cutting dis particular stick at its stem, I saw I was cutting a man's legs! I rushed out trembling as I noticed it and wid blood stains on my cutlass! Every1 was hit wid bewilderment. Thereafter my dad told me wid great surprise on his face d late owner of dat land was a man not trusted by d community. yet he still refused to attach d scene wid d man's ghost.He confessed as a diehard americana, he never believed stuffs like dat do happen till dat day. He from dat day took on a stronger liking for d church. D world hangs on nothing.

I believe you. Get stronger relationship with the Holy Ghost and He will show you more.

My dream, my reality. Inspiring.

aljharem:
I forbid myself bring bought by money. A party full of disgruntled PDP members is APC and I cannot support such

Strong, grounded ideology and manifestoes followed religiously by members of a given parties make the party what it is and not the members in the said party. Base on that, we can't accuse and lump Apc with pdp whose manifestos has not be tried and tested at the central level. Atleast, at the state level, we can honestly speak on the sterling quality in leadership that Apc has so far demonstrated.

anonimi:
Perhaps they realize that the proposed change from Arewa People's Congress, APC is WORSE than what the Jonathan/Sambo administration has delivered in the last three years plus when compared to the MALADMINISTRATION of the Thief'nubu & Fashola administrations in their supposedly excellent flagship state of Lagos.

Here comes the south east cordinator of TAN. How does the topic in question relate with your post? Same thing just to display your inherent hatred for the opposition. Your post is an irredeemable case of chasing shadow. Why blame anybody but yourself for an agenda that is clearly working against the interest of the masses. Greedy and misinformed persons like you carried out the same campagin of lies and deceits during the Abacha era with songs and praises that Abacha was the best thing to ever happen to us as a nation, this was the effect of money that made respected individuals become bags of gabbage with no national value, pedegree or importance. Money is good and powerful, but it should never replace our self worth.

Anikulhapo:
As D Lord Threw Confusion Into D Midst Of D Tower Of Babel's Builders, He Will Throw More Confusion Into TAN

Hahahahahaha. Baba mi, i had a nice laugh reading this. Everybody, oya say amen. TAN FOR FRAUD. PDP FOR RECKLESSNESS.

aljharem:
TAN was not necessary from the beginning

Jonathan is the preferred candidate among the rest expect fashola is presented

'except' you mean. aljharem, TAN ambassador, i can see you are enjoying part of the loot already. You surely made the right move decamping to the party of fraudsters.

The TAN project hurriedly put together by herds of unemployed, crumb seeking, short sighted tribalist had the semblance of failure tattoed on it right from the word go. We all know it was an avenue to cut a portion of the alleged missing $20b. Now that greed and self centerdness has permeated the whole arrangement, why won't there be chaos and division. After all, the rented supporters merely joined the race to escape momentary hardship, and failure to pay them will draw blood. Now, the whole agenda is becoming clearer. TAN FOR FRAUD. Vote pdp out.

Ushafaiza:
Hmmmmmmmmm, my Gbagyi girls are the well behave and modest in all standard, if you doubt me, ask anyone that has ever dated any Gbagyi girl.

Well behave and stingy.

The many sins and malfunctions of the pdp led gov't are numerious to mention. Just when you thought you have seen it all, another one pop up. I must salute defenders, supporters and sympathisers alike, i don't envy your job at all. It's really not easy coming up with twists and turn stories to counter your perceived opponents. Op, hope you will survive the onslaught when the gang of herd come feasting on you. Wish you luck.

There is neither salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among me, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:32) Jesus the way, the truth and the life. Neglect HIM at your own peril. Me and my house hold, we shall serve the Lord. For He is my fortress from ebola and tower from death and decay.

anonimi:
I guess the highlighted must be a JOKE from you.

As to my "over do" support for this FEDERAL administration, it is based on the FACT that it has done BETTER compared to previous federal administrations and most, if not all state governors and LGA chairmen as well as the DUBIOUS personalities jostling to replace the Jonathan/Sambo team. If you want to debate this fact let me know.

Nevertheless, if you go through my posts here you will find that I criticise the federal administration when I deem necessary, including opening threads to that effect.

"Done better" than previous gov't can be interpreted in several ways: monumental corruption, insecurity, infractural deficits, insensitivity (Inyaya in retrospective), state pardon to criminals, school strikes(the longest in history) et al. But if your 'done better' connote infrascrutural strides which i believe you are alluding to, i will advise that you place side by side the volume of money or revenue accrued to each successive gov't viz a viz their performance. I dare to ask, is there a single project today by this gov't that wasn't started or left uncompleted by previous gov't? So, what's new, Mr. anonimi?The much talk about rail line wasn't exactly a new project, and a country as resource endowed like ours should ordinary have gone beyond a medieval locomotive your gang made a habit to form a chorus with. Same applies to the roads. The Federal universities though commendable, remains largely questionable as to it intent when the existing ones are bereaved with lack of finance. Also on the universities, the few structures i saw with respect to the one in kogi state, for a first time visitor, he will think is a community secondary school. Mr. anonimi are you still there.

anonimi:
Have you dealt with the "hordes of failed promises" by the state governors and LGA chairmen in the region
Did those ones also not make promises and even have BASIC duties to perform?
Or does charity no longer begin from home?

Mr anonimi, you are unequivocally saying in other word that we presently have inherited bad and short sighted leaders at all tiers of government? You must understand that most Nigerians do not reside in their state of origin and as such only sees and feels federal might. Because of this, it become apparent to ask question on areas that directly affects them. I know this news is a bitter pills for you to swallow, knowing your 'over do' support for this administration, i can only imagine you cursing and swearing for the Op under your breath for posting this 'rubbish'. We all can't be blind supporters of the blind. Glad the scale is falling down the eyes of some easterners, who are beginning to realise the fraud and scam that pdp gov't truely is. Somebody just hope people like you who have swore their lives to the pdp project will learn one or two lessons from the thread about the need to forgone personal and sentimental gratification and become more concern about the collective well being of the whole nation. Remember we are all brothers.

MissMeiya:
I agree. Sometimes I get carried away myself, even though I don't mean to generalize (in my head, I would never), but my words come out as a generalization, and it is offensive. OP, don't distract from your message by putting Nigerians on the defensive.

I understand your frustration. I FEEL your frustration. But don't forget that Nigerians are not homogenous. Nairalanders are just a subset of the different kinds of Nigerians. And the most vocal, ignorant ones are a subset again of all Nairalanders. There are many users that choose not to comment on certain issues, and dwell in the back forums, away from the front page.

Just remember to use words like "some" and "many".

Thanks Meiya, you got the drift.

BluIvy:
I will leave it to our learned friends to answer you on your accusation. Please re-read carefully from the heading to each paragraph and pleas outline where I " lumped the whole Nigerian".

When you say "S.Africa is light years ahead of Nigeria even in brain", i suppose you are refering to some selected few, aren't you? This doesn't call for a debate. You made a fantastic analysis and i applauded you for it, but my exception is your last statement which i humbly ask you to appology or better still modify. I am not accusing you of anything except perhaps you feel other wise.

peziz:
So this writeup is thought provoking, however I still do not understand the basis for saying Nigerians as if the whole populace air thier opinion on Nairaland. I understand your article came forth as a result of the nonsense and gibberish you have read here on Nairaland concerning the seized money and what not.

My thoughts :

Yes! Some Nigerians have shown disgust and unpleasantness towards the actions of our government.

Some Nigerians are terribly irritated with scoan saga.

Some Nigerians will forever see blue and call it red.

Some Nigerians will sheepishly support a terrible government.

Infact it's a shame and I mean a stupid shame we have been reduced to this.

I as a right thinking Nigerian feel insulted with this exact words of yours, "Nigeria is light years behind SA in everything, including brains!"

Thanks girl. The op made lot of sense but obviously goofed in her closing remark, abusing the sensitivity of a whole people, like seriously. We have our challenges like the ones you collaborated with the op which i believe we are hoping will decimate some day, but not to the length she actually went. Quite hurtful and uncalled of.

Yet, we can't convincely say that the opinion and views of some folks here reflect the entire perception of all Nigerians. That being said, in every government, you can't wave aside the possibilies of moles, illiterates, misinformed and outright tribalists who will counter facts and truth that oppose their pre-conceive interest. Without fear, judging from recent events politically and how it affects us as people, it is glaring the section of the country that has thrown caution and objectivity to the dog on issues of importance like the ones you mentioned. I follow comments here, and it is quite embarrassing how someone in a bid to sound defensively intelligent, actually shows up the true intent that characterised the region he comes from. Whether we like it or not, this forum captures the mindset of what average Nigerian thinks. The trending rhetoric now is to tag any contrary opinion to the suppose way of thinking as Apc. I don't know where they got that from but obviously, it isn't funny. Op, once again, i appreciate your analytic commentary, but the idea of lumping the whole Nigerian into what you described above is unacceptable and i request you tender an unreserved appology. Thanks in advance.

Curlieweed:
The fact that you apparently have reasons to believe that GEJ may lose the elections next year is yet another feather to Johny Boy's already brimming hat.

His efforts in designing an environment where elections are meaningful and where the "I" in INEC actually means independent is even more important than his already monumental economic and infractural achievements.

I am happy that the vast majority of Nigerians realize these unassailable achievements and recent polls indicate that a landslide victory is a forgone conclusion.

A case study of deploying battalion of gun tauted mask men, i suppose is your idea of a free election? An election with an appearance of intimidation on all front cannot be adjudged as fair. Maybe you were not informed what the Apc chiftains went through in the hands of security operatives in Osun. Example of this reckless display of power and might by the pdp abounds.

Insightful! Most unfortunate is the sharp tribal and religious divide this gov't has engineered among Nigerians which to me stand as the only legacy of this gov't and ultimately, the all powerful instrument for pulling the string, even when the element of a failed party(pdp) is there staring at us. What is there to celebrate? Is it the said projects that does not justify or near what we generate as a nation? Those shamelessly clamouring for his second term are doing so on the basis of tribal or regional reasons, not necessary because the gov't has performed some kind of wonders in their dormain. Pity is how the supporters justify the corruption indices of this government and that of the past gov't as the reason for re election, and i ask, are they not the same pdp gov't?

Wish i never i have to read about this any more. Monsterious people! Wish the whole community could be razed down.

EroticAngelina:
Omg, thats quite scary, but the boy is so cute with beauriful eyes its okay, as lng as its not affecting him negatively..

sorry, the boy is under age.

echobee:
Handsome boy

Lusting after a child i suppose *winks*