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Big ups, girls.
All the best.

kn23h:
This is the type of flat head Nigeria wants.

He's a proud "Pig".

Fly high bro.

This guy sef...

Anyway, big ups, Nacho.

He will perform greatly in this club. Congrats.

A lot of sense.
SMH on top Joe Igbokwe.

The Ralph Uwazuruike- led Biafra Independence
Movement, BIM, has described
anyone calling for the boycott of
the November 18, Anambra State
governorship poll, as anti-Igbo.

This came as Ohanaeze Ndigbo
President -General, Chief Nnia
Nwodo urged the Igbo to take
the ongoing voters registration
exercise very serious, deploring
the current attitude of some Igbo to the exercise.

He also called on INEC and the
authorities to ensure that nothing
hampers or poses an impediment
to the exercise as is being
reported in some places.

No to boycott of Anambra
polls—BIM

BIM stated that any attempt to
disrupt the Anambra
governorship election would
retard development in the state,
stressing that BIM has embarked
on sensitisation campaign across the 21 council areas of Anambra
State to urge the electorate not
to be deceived by the antics of
those who don’t mean well for
Biafra.

Addressing a press conference in
Aba, BIM Leader, Abia South zone,
Okporie Nkama, said his
members, who are registered
voters in Anambra State, have
been directed to come out en masse and vote a candidate of
their choice, to ensure
continuation of democratic
governance in the state.

He disclosed that BIM had
concluded plans to celebrate the
8th anniversary of the existence
of MASSOB on September 13, in
Anambra State and would engage
in more sensitive campaigns to the electorate.

“BIM is not in support of any
individual or group calling for the
boycott of Anambra
governorship poll on November
18. When you boycott the
election, you are selling your right and giving a chance to those
who don’t want of Biafra to
take over.

“Anambra election cannot affect
the actualization of Biafra.
Anyone calling for boycott is anti-
Igbo. We have embarked on
sensitisation visits to the 21 local
government areas of Anambra State to urge people not to allow
themselves to be deceived.

“There will be anarchy in
Anambra if the election does not
hold. As an organisation that
practises non violence, BIM warns
Ndi Anambra to ensure that they
turn out en masse to support their choice candidates during the
election.”

Igbo should take voters
registration serious — Ohanaeze

According to a statement signed
by Chuks Ibegbu, a high powered
committee to monitor the voter
registration exercise has been set
up.

Further more, Ohanaeze
leadership reiterated that Nigeria
can never move forward unless it
is restructured and built on
equity, justice and fairness.

Ohanaeze also alerted that the
Igbo festival of arts and culture
has been held in Stauton,
Virginia, USA and hundreds of
Igbo from all over the world
witnessed the event, which showcased speeches, traditional
dances, exhibitions and other side
attractions.

Chief Nnia Nwodo was the guest
speaker at the event. Before the
end of the event, he had a town
hall meeting with the attendees
and organisers of the event,”
the statement read.

It will be remembered that
Ndigbo constitute one of the
founding fathers of the USA as the
English, Irish, Germans among
others.

The President of the Igbo World
Assembly , a first class Igbo
Patriot Dr Nwachukwu
Anakwenze provided a fatherly
piloting of the event which the
Council of Igbos in the USA CISA brought into fruition.

www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/anyone-calling-boycott-anambra-poll-anti-igbo-bim/

Two Igbo groups, the Igbo Peoples Congress, IPC, and the
Igbo Aborigines have lambasted
former Abia state Governor, Orji
Uzor Kalu over what they called
his self induced romance and talk
with the Arewa youths coalition which recently asked the Igbo to
quit the North by October 1.

This came as former national
chairman of Ohanaeze youth
wing, Mazi Ikechukwu Bismarck
Oji blasted the Arewa youths,
saying the quit notice to the Igbo
was a plot to cause mayhem in Nigeria in order to prevent
Osinbajo from becoming a
substantive president due to
Buhari’s ill-health.

The groups alleged that its an
insult for the northern youths
who should be showing remorse
for their provocative acts to now
be going from one past and
present governor in the North and the East pretending to be on
top of the matter.

“It is obvious that their antics
are predicated on fame and
fortune which the ordinary
people in the North and the few
elders they claim to support do
not know. It is an economic game they begun to make money as
events are now showing. Orji Kalu
should tell Nigerians how much
the misled youths extorted from
him and who sent him to
negotiate for Ndigbo.

“Yerima Shettima, the
arrowhead of the infamy is a
Lagos boy that has been
struggling to survive the harsh
economy in Nigeria and he saw
this obnoxious act as the easiest way to make it in life, not
considering the consequences.

“But he failed to note that there
are lots of cannon fodders in
Arewa land that can easily be
deceived and misdirected to
cause social mayhem at their own
risk.”

…Want Northern govs to
caution Shettima

The groups, therefore, called on
Nothern governors and leaders to
call Yerima Shettima to order in
the interest of the nation.

They warned Yerima and his
cohorts to go and hunt for
Abubakar Shekau and the
murderous Boko Haram
elements, who they claimed
have devastated the North and Nigeria over the years instead of
castigating Nnamdi Kanu who has
never hurt a fly and is doing what
he should do lawfully and
legitimately.

They also challenged the Arewa
youths to tackle the killer
herdsmen that have made life
unbearable in Nigeria and
destroyed many communities in
the Middle Belt and Southern Nigeria.

Ex-OYC chairman blasts Arewa youths

According to former OYC leader,
“IPOB was at the forefront of
the sit-at-home but the entire
Igbo race willingly complied and
set that day aside to mourn their
dead.

“All those that have been killed
in the North in various fratricidal
attacks, from 1945 to even Mrs
Bridget Agbahime who was
murdered in cold blood last year
in Kano, the pogroms of 1966 and Biafran war itself were respected
on that day. Ndigbo have great
respect for the dead members of
their community.

“Rather than being jealous of
IPOB for being at the forefront of
the Igbo sit-at-home, I challenge
Yerima and company to organize
theirs, to prove their popularity.

“As the President General of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia
Nwodo said during his first
interview on Channels TV that
you cannot condemn the Biafran
agitators when the root cause of their agitation has not been
addressed. An Igbo adage says
that you cannot beat a child and
ask him not to cry. That is against
the laws of natural justice. How
can any sane human being ask the Biafran agitators to shut up
without addressing their
grievances? How can you
guarantee their security in
Nigeria when there is not a single
Igbo in the 14 man National Security Council.

“Since 1960 till date, Ndigbo
have never had it as bad as this,
not even under Abacha. Yet, this
is supposed to be a democracy! If
the Arewa youths gave Ndigbo
quit notice because they are agitating for Biafra, they should
also give the Yoruba, especially
now that a Yoruba group has
declared Oduduwa Republic. Or is
Yerima afraid of confronting the
Yoruba, knowing that they know him too well since he is a
Lagosian by birth, has lived there
all his life and still has family
members there?”

The former OYC leader further
alleged that the real target of
their so-called quit notice are the
Yoruba, not even Ndigbo.

“In their desperation to stop the
Acting President-Prof Yemi
Osinbajo from becoming the
substantive President due to
President Buhari’s continued ill
health, their intention was to use the Igbo quit notice to cause
enough mayhem so as to bring
back the military,” he said.

The youth leader also praised
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the
Deputy Senate President and
Senator Godswill Akpabio,
chairman, Southern Senators
Forum and Hon. Leo Ogor, the Minority Leader, House of
Representatives for mobilizing
Southern legislators, as well as
some Middle Belt legislators to
vote for devolution of powers
during last week’s National Assembly Constitutional
Amendment voting exercise.

“The outcome was successful
since it justifies the agitation of
concerned Nigerians across the
country for restructuring. In fact,
the issue at the front burner of
national discourse today can be summarized as R, R, B, which
means Restructuring,
Referendum, Break-Up.”

This has brought to the fore, the
position of some patriotic
Nigerians that the issue of
determining Nigeria’s future
political structure is beyond the
National Assembly. The people of Nigeria necessarily have to sit
and resolve the knotty issue of
the country’s political
structure.”

www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/quit-notice-igbo-groups-blast-kalu-hobnobbing-arewa-youths/

Nigeria - the wobbly giant, looking and acting confused at the moment.

But no sweat, she will yet stand strong.

But sha, this oct 1 go tight wella. It may not be a bad idea to stockpile food and curtail movement on that day. Hope it doesn't get to that.

Well, this is a non-issue. How does her father's opinion about Igbos help our ailing economy? She can marry whomever her dad chooses for her (assuming she can't make up her own mind).

As to her question - there's nothing wrong with Igbo men. We're actually great, just like our women.

This man want do us April fool? But we are in August na.

Pwerry gurl.

Cool, but not all of them are true.

Church leaders and Christians in the North under the aegis of tbe Arewa Christians and Indigenous
Pastors Association (ACIPA) have
said that though they are averse
to any secessionist tendency
from any part of the country,
any attack on the Igbo living in any part of the North is
tantamount to attack on entire
Christians living in the North.

They, however, called on the
leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
to rise up to the occasion and stop Igbo youths from injuring
the psyche and sensibilities of
other Nigerians by their
secessionist agitation.

In a statement in Jos, signed the
President, Rev. Luka Shehu, the group said , “Following the
recent devisive, most
provocating and dissident press
statement by the Arewa
Consultative Youth Forum And
their Allies, The Odua Youth and the Niger Delta position, all
threatening the peaceful co-
existence of Nigeria, we are
therefore compelled to make
our position unequivocally clear
as follows:

“The attack on Igbos in the
North is an attack on Christians
in the north as well. We are
aware of precedents in such
antics. The quit notice to Igbos is
a systematic attack to subdue Christianity and Christians in the
North with a gradual plan to
overrun Nigeria.

“Suffice it to say that the Igbo
leadership should take a bold
step to refrain from provoking the psyche of Nigerians with the
Biafra secession threat, we call
on our Igbo brothers and sisters
who are predominantly
Christians to eschew the
bitterness of never ever producing executive president
either military or democratic
since the first republic.

While agreeing that their demand is legitimate, holding Nigeria to
ransom or threatening Nigeria with another secessionist
agenda is unacceptable as it is
counter productive.

“The Igbo should rather resort
to employing civil democratic
norm of negotiation, lobbying and politics of give and take to
achieve their goals.

The group said that singing
another war song after the
bitter and excruciating civic
war, which lasted from 6th July 1967 to 15th January 1970, a
period of two years, six months,
two weeks and two days, is one
thing the country could ill afford
at this time.

The statement added, “The costly war was regrettable and
avoidable. Between 500,000 to
two million Biafrans died mainly
of starvation and military
casualties on both sides were
over 100,000 officers and men not to mention properties lost.
The trauma as well as the
economic and social implication
of the War on Both Side was
incalculably enormous.

“Perhaps the proponents and pundits of a second Biafra Could
Benefit from Ojukwu’s Counsel
long after the Biafra War, “I
Don’t think the Second one
(War ) is necessary. We should
have learned from the first one, otherwise the dead would have
been to no Avail….”

“Like the Signals today, the
Nigeria Civil War is a result of
Political, Economic ethnic
Cultural and Religious tension and distrust. Those behind the
war never thought of the sad
band wagon effect and
Consequences of their actions.

On true federalism and the Rule
of Law, ACIPA, “Like other true patriots and majority of
Nigerians, we believe true
federalism with a weak Centre
will help Stabilize the Polity and
meet sectarian demands. In the
Same Vain we call on government to ensure Social
justice and rule of law are
applicable norms and practice in
our society. Nothing Short of the
Global Obtainable standard will
be acceptable by Nigerians from this or any future
administration. We are prepared
to encourage negotiation and
dialogue.

www.sundiatapost.com/2017/07/30/attack-on-ndigbo-in-the-north-is-an-attack-on-all-christians-say-arewa-christians/

Africlegend:
Abi o...Thanks

None of your fears will happen. You can take this statement to the bank.

Op, calm down.

But why some people dey fear restructuring sef pass Boko haram?

Anambra: Obaino to IPOB: You cannot stop the election
TONY
27 JUL 2017
By Nwabueze Okonkwo

Governor Willie Obiano has vowed not to allow the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB repeat the mistake made by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB who dissuaded the people from coming out during the last national census.

Obiano who spoke during his visit to an erosion site at Odume Layout, Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, while responding to the statement by the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu that there would be no election in the state in particular and in Southeast zone which he described as Biafra land, said:


“there is going to be an election on that day. Whoever says there will be no election is not carrying the interest of the people at heart”.

According to Obiano: “we will not repeat what happened during the national census period in the years back here in the state when those who called themselves MASSOB disrupted the exercise in Igbo land and the consequences of that disruption led to rating our population figure very low which is what we are still suffering today because we were counted less than what we are.”


The governor appealed to the electorate to vote for him on November 18, during the state gubernatorial election in the state for sustaining the good governance he inherited.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/obaino-ipob-cannot-stop-election/amp/

Mujtahida:
Go and write a novel

True. Nice diction from the girl.

Sweet gyal.

Incredible. Really talented girl.

iLoveConductor:
If you remove Northern Nigeria, where will Yoruba muslims see another towel headed sultan of sokoto to slam their head to?

You know Yoruba muslims are not facilitated with the ability to see the moon except when a fulani Sultan in Sokoto who ties his head with bandage sees it first. How will they know its time to stop Ramadan fasting and continue with their skull mining business?

So you see, my dear Annkio Briggs, Northern Nigeria has its own benefits.

Wicked.

Leader of the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi
Kanu yesterday said Igbos
vacating the North was not a
condition for the actualisation of
Biafra.

Kanu spoke in an interview with
journalists in Enugu, where he
received awards from a number
of pan-Igbo groups, including
the Igbo Women Assembly, the
Eastern Consultative Assembly and the Igbo Students Union.

While reacting to the quit notice
issued to Igbos in the
North, Kanu said secession does
not imply that Igbo must leave
any part of Nigeria.

He said, “You are aware that
Scotland is seeking to leave the
United Kingdom? Are you
remotely implying that every
person from Scotland, who lives
in England, should now return to Scotland?

“Britain just left the EU. Are
you now implying that every
British citizen in the EU should
come back to Britain in order to
finalise that process of
extraction of Britain from the EU?”

He described the Arewa Youth
who have the ultimatum as
‘inconsequential’.

Kanu, nonetheless, warned that Igbo, who resided in the North,
were doing so at their own peril.

He stated, “It is up to them.
They have been in the North,
and they (northerners) have
been killing us (Igbo) since 1945.

“If you choose to live in the
North, you choose to be a
sacrificial lamb because one day,
they will kill you. It is a choice
they have made and they will
have to live with it.”

He further insisted that the
governorship poll in Anambra
State, scheduled to hold on
November 18, 2017, would not
hold.

He added, “No, I’m not
(bothered) because the people
are with us. We control the
people 100 per cent and come
Anambra, on the 18th of
November, 2017, the whole world will be amazed.”

Kanu said IPOB did not intend to stop anybody who decided to
vote.

“We are entirely peaceful. We
are not stopping anyone from
voting. If you want to vote, you
can go and vote. We are
democrats,” he said.

The IPOB leader added, “We
are calling for a referendum so
that the people can actually
decide, once and for all, what
they want, for themselves; not
anybody deciding for them.

“I have not argued Biafra from
the standpoint of absolutism. I
am not saying you must vote
for Biafra. I am asking the
powers that be in Nigeria to
allow the people to determine for themselves.”

www.thenewsguru.com/igbos-who-chose-live-in-north-chose-to-be-sacrificial-lamb-says-kanu/

If he needs to go to another club where he can be better seen, why not?

It's not Messi's fault that he's just too good - the real G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time).

CHESTER48:
Well you're wronged here!! Those that knew the truth are dead and decayed. We don't know the truth we are having faith that what we are hearing is the truth

Ok, chief.

You have a right to your view point, though I may not entirely agree with you.

This is nonsense.

Why should I believe this so-called ancient bible? Because it says what is contradictory to what my Bible says? This so-called bible proves nothing.

So much time has been spent trying to discredit Jesus Christ. Meanwhile, there are other people that founded religions. Yet, not half that time is spent analyzing them.

Another so-called ancient script supposedly stated that Jesus Christ married, had kids and died at sixty-something yrs of age.

Pure waste of time. Those that know the Truth know the Truth.

Congrats to Abia. Anambra sixth? How the mighty have fallen.

But no sweat. We'll rise again.

Big ups to the South-south. More engine oil to their respective elbows.

TheKingIsHere:
@Masterclass32 arrange the write up well na.

Lalasticlala for is ready ooo

Ok....

- Annkio Briggs called for a
change of Nigeria's current
structure

- The activist said the north was
benefiting than the rest of the
country

- She noted that the northern
region was contributing nothing to the country

Annkio Briggs who is an environmental activist from the Niger Delta has lashed out at the current Nigeria structure that sees the north benefit more from allocation sharing.

In an interview with The Punch, Briggs noted that the north was at an advantage over the rest of the country due to having more states and local government.

She said: “Today, we have a 36-
state country with six geopolitical zones. The North has 19 states; the South has 17 states. Looking at that, you have a situation where the North has more senators in the Senate and the South has less.

“What that means is that, if there is a bill that will be in the favour of the South, like what happened with the Petroleum Industry Bill – there is no way that PIB would have been passed if the North said it should not be passed. In the North, you have 19 states, 419 local government areas, 58 senatorial seats and 191 House of Representatives seats.

'' The South has 17 states, 357 local government areas, 51 senatorial seats and 169 House of Representatives seats. So, if the Yoruba, all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta, and the Igbo who are members of the National Assembly agree on anything that would benefit their people, and the North say no, the North’s
position would be upheld.

“We have six zones; all the zones must have equal number of states. You cannot have a situation where census was done and a state like Kano insists that it is more in population and therefore it must have 44 local government areas, but Bayelsa has only eight local government areas.

“When you have allocation that is shared based on the number of local government councils, you would find how unjust the sharing is. The North, in terms of oil and gas, produces zero.

“Yet, when we share based on local government allocation, the North gets 54.9 (per cent) of what we bring to the table. We (South-South) that bring 100 per cent get 45.1 per cent. Of course, it is injustice. When you go by state allocation, the North gets 57 per cent of 100 per cent that they are bringing zero per cent of, but the entire South is getting 43 per cent.

“In the allocation of oil and gas,
the South-South brings 91.54 per
cent, the South-West, that is, the
oil in Ondo State is 3.97 per cent.
The oil in the South-East is 2.75 per cent. The North-Central, North-East and North-West brings 0.00 per cent, and yet, they take home
more.

“Somehow, people are able to
overlook this and focus on the
Niger Delta Development Commission that the government
owes, and focus on Amnesty and
the Ministry of Niger Delta.

“We are saying, ‘Let go of the
amnesty. Let go of the NDDC. The
Ministry of Niger Delta, let go off it. The North-East Development Fund, let go of it. Let go of every
palliative. Let everybody use what it has.’ That is the only justice that we will entertain now and pay tax to the Federal Government”

https://www.naij.com/1116421-the-north-enjoying-lion-share-providing-briggs.html

Sheer foolishness.

And, they make it sound as if Igbos are begging to remain in Nigeria. That's not entirely true. What the Igbo are saying is - ''In the event we secede from Nigeria, how do we get access to and retain our investments scattered all over northern and sw Nigeria''. What will be the terms and conditions? . This is not entirely out of place cos people own and manage businesses in foreign lands. One must't be from a country to own businesses there.

Then again, do these northerns ''youths'' actually understand what restructuring really means? Their baseless fear of it seems due to lack of info.

God bless the Igbos.

They should tarry a while longer.
Their travails (actually travails of the Igbo, in general) are about to end.

Agumbankembu:
Ohaneze is looking for Nnamdi Kanu to condemn.

Very sad.
The plight of our kith and kin over there is really heart-wrenching.