₦airaland Forum

Ojiofor: .Mayor why u dey look for trouble na? Leave anambra alone.this is about ala owerre ndi oma ndi oma.

Abagoro, tell my Imo inlaws I say ndewonu.

Imo on my mind!

If I hear one negative word from an Anambra person on this topic I go blow this place up....Im ready to bring war to Anambra!

Yeye criminals.

shaboti: stop trying to sow seeds of discord. All those states u mentioned are all part of igboland, doesnt matter which is better. Focus ur worry on south west

Im coming to chase all you Anambrans out of Iboland.

Mankees going back to their root in bantuland. I guarantee you that!

Compare Imo to that yeye Anambra abeg.....see progress for my in-law state, chei, makes me want visit sef.

Are those Imo girls in the picture? See authentic Ibo woman, no beard, no big biceps...all smooth, soft and feminine...unlike those gorillas they call women in Anambra. In Anambra women look like world wrestling federation belt holder, all muscular and brute looking.

yeye people..

Is the tarmac painted red....or is that the soil?

Shyytte!!

...i forgot to menton, I have savdd this pictures in my archive. Let me hear one bantu mankee talk nonsense about Yorubaland or Yoruba politicians. Una go hear am!

When we tell you Ibo mankees that your politicians dont have your best interest at heart you think we hate you. Look at what Stealer Oduah, your much acclaimed and praised daughter has brought to you.

You made her a Chief and even plan on sending
her to Senate for her contributions in bringing you this shame you call International Airport....sic.."seaport"!

Ibo sufferhead just begin......una go holler!!

COWARDS!

Akanu Ibiam International SEAPORT!

THE five South-East states of Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu leaders, citizens, monarchs and clergies, weekend, converged on Awka in support and call on President Goodluck Jonathan to run for the 2015 presidential election.

The occasion was the first leg of the planned nationwide six geo-political zones rallies organised by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, with South East rally as the kick-off, urging the President to seek the renewal of his mandate.
No fewer than 1.6 million Nigerian electorate from all walks of life had appended their signatures in support of bid to persuade Jonathan to stand for the 2015 general elections. This was disclosed by Mr. Kunle Fagbemi, a director in TAN.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said the President had done more than any of all his predecessors in their first tenure.
The Deputy Speaker of House of Reps, Emeka Ihedioha, noted that 43 senators from the South -East and over 170 lawmakers in the House of Reps have decided to support the President to run for second term.

- See more at: http://news.bestnaira.com/posts/view/2015-seast-leaders-people-ezes-clergies-urge-jonathan-to-run#sthash.W7jBvabO.dpuf

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/175720-enugu-moves-to-check-herdsmen-farmers-clashes

THE Enugu State House of Assembly has commenced moves to end frequent violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state through a bill.

   The bill entitled “A law to make provisions for the control of nomadic cattle rearing in Enugu State and other matters related thereto” is sponsored by Chinedu Nwamba, representing Nsukka East Constituency.

   The lawmaker in an interview with journalists said the bill when passed into law would promote symbiotic relationship between the farmers and the herdsmen.

   Nwamba, who lamented that several lives and property have been lost in different parts of the country as a result of the clashes, urged other states to replicate the law.

   “The main reason behind this bill is to ensure adequate peace between the two parties. Nobody in this country is ignorant of violent clashes, which have occurred as a result of disagreement between the farmers and the herdsmen.”

   The bill provides for the establishment of grazing areas in each of the three senatorial zones of the state and the nomadic cattle rearers shall ensure that the cattle are confined within the grazing areas as provided.

   It further provided that, “any person who permits cattle to graze in an area not designated as grazing area in the state, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to six months imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 (one hundred thousand) or both.

   “As from the commencement of this law, the commissioner shall appoint poundmasters in all the local government areas in the state, whose functions shall include the impounding of cattle found grazing in a non-designated grazing areas.”

   According to the bill, “any cattle impounded under this law, which is not claimed within one week shall be sold in accordance with auction law; the proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the government revenue.”

   Meanwhile, the bill, which was mentioned at the House plenary session on Tuesday, is expected to be debated on Thursday.

PhockPhockMan: If only south west will support the move. The so called north has held the country hostage for long period, and it will never continue. On referendum we stand.

Can South East ever see its own initiative to completion without begging for involvement in West?

West never bring out an initiative hoping South East will piggyback to make it a success.

You can ride your own initiative to completion independently of anyone. What are you afraid of?

s3nn2x: The case Mubarak Bala, a Nigerian who renounced Islam and became an atheist is a clear indication of the precarious situation of ex-Muslims in the region. Bala is from the sharia state of Kano where islamic theocracy rules. Bala's renunciation of muslim faith did not go down well with the family members. They thought he was out of his senses and forcefully took him to a mental hospital for treatment.


Fortunately, Bala, from his hospital bed, managed to get out some message asking for help. He drew the attention of his online friends to his predicament. His friends responded by mobilizing local and international support. Bala was eventually released from the hospital. He lives in hiding and continues to fear for his life.

Yes, Bala, we can say to some degree is free but other ex-Muslims in Nigeria, and in other parts of Africa are not. Ex-Muslims in the region live in bondage. Leaving Islam is like passing a death sentence on oneself. Ex-Muslims are invisible thanks to sharia law that rules in the minds and shapes the morals people in muslim communities.

Bala was lucky that some freethought and human rights groups got to know about his situation on time and came to his help. Other ex-Muslims are not that fortunate. They suffer and die in silence without anyone's knowledge. Should we allow this to continue? No, we should not.
Ex-Muslims are tortured and abused with impunity. They are treated as persons without human rights. Ex-Muslims in Africa live anonymous life. They cannot openly identify themselves as ex-Muslims. They live in constant fear of their lives. Ex-Muslims are always worried that friends or family members might get to know that they have abandoned their faith in Islam-that they no longer believe in Allah-or in the prophethood of Muhammed.

Ex-Muslims do not enjoy the right to freedom of religion or belief because there is no freedom of religion under sharia. Instead what obtains in sharia states is 'unfreedom' of religion or rather freedom to profess one religion, and that is Islam. Muslims are compelled to profess islamic faith for life and forever. Renouncing Islam is apostasy. And apostasy is a crime punishable by death.

Also the whole idea of family and community honour is defined on the basis of Islam. So, renouncing Islam is dishonouring the family and community. And dishonouring the family is a serious offence that could lead to the killing of the person who renounces Islam. Simply, any one who renounces Islam deserves no mercy. The person is treated without compassion.

The case Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman born to a Muslim father but raised by her christian mother clearly illustrates this point. Ms Ibrahim married a christian man from South Sudan. She professes Christianity. To avoid incurring 'the wrath of Allah', her family members reported her to the Islamic establishment and she was charged for apostasy. And in April, an islamic court in Khartoum sentenced her to death by hanging.

What this shows is that a person who is born to a Muslim father is bound to profess Islam even if the mother is of another religion. Anyone who is born to a Muslim father cannot change his or her religion, cannot renounce Islam. Renouncing Islam is on the pain of death.
Somebody should tell me again that there is no compulsion in Islam.

There is. If there is no compulsion, people born to Muslim parents should be free to renounce Islam or convert to any religion of their choice without being persecuted.

Strictly speaking, in Muslim countries and communities, there are two places that ex-Muslims can be-in the closet or in the grave. Since the closet is not an actual space, one can say that there is one place an ex-Muslim can be- in the grave. Under sharia, ex-Muslims do not have the rights to freedom of religion, freedom of expression and associations, and freedom of life. This has to change. We need to join efforts and improve the situation of ex-Muslims in Africa

Secularists and human rights campaigners need to rise up to the challenge of promoting the human rights of ex-Muslims in Africa. The time has come for us to break the silence over the rights of apostates in the region. We need to pressure African countries to take measures to uphold freedom of religion or belief as enshrined in their constitution particularly freedom to change one's religion and freedom to renounce a religious belief. African states should be made to understand that freedom of religion makes no sense without respecting the rights of individuals to abandon Islam, profess other religions or no religion. There is no freedom of religion if a person is compelled to profess Islam because the father is a Muslim. There is no freedom of religion in countries where apostasy or blasphemy is a crime.

African states must be made to understand that professing a religion is not inherited. Professing a religion is by choice not by the force of state or family. Professing or not professing a religion is a human right. The true test of states' commitment to freedom of religion or belief
is how they treat ex-Muslims, and whether they recognise the rights of those who renounce Islam or any other religion as human rights.

Let us work and campaign for the protection of the rights and dignity of ex-Muslims in Africa whether they live in sharia states or not. This is what African renaissance is all about.


http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/08/situation-ex-muslims-africa-leo-igwe

Ibos have a simple mind, they reason like little children.

An Iboman is calling out on ex Muslims but not too long ago an Ibo woman who accepted Islam had to go hide in the Etsu Nupe compound because her community in Iboland will kill her if she returned home. Her father disowned her and an Eze put out a curse on her head for bringing shame to Ibo people.

Does this Iboman not know that his own ethnic group is as guilty as the up North people he is pointing accusing fingers at? Well, like I said, Ibo mind process logic same way a child mind does.

Egbere Obiano, like all Ibo first ladies, lack political decorum.

benpuzzy: If this story is true then this woman should toil with caution in order not to spoil the good work of her innocent husband in Anambra State. Mean while, she should go and learn on how First Ladies behaves from our one and only Mummy Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha. (the 1st Lady of Imo State).

what good work is the alcoholic doing in Anambra?

Isn't Uche Ekwunife the Ibo congresswoman caught having illicit sex some time ago?

Government houses in Iboland are brothels. If its not a husband snatcher story its a homosexual scandal.....sex drama one after the other!

abu12: http://www.punchng.com/news/chibok-girls-fashola-faults-parents-invitation-by-jonathan/

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, on Thursday faulted President Goodluck Jonathan, for inviting parents of abducted Chibok schoolgirls to the Presidential Villa for the purpose of sympathising with them.

He described the development as lack of empathy, saying Jonathan’s leadership style “has re-defined empathy by inviting the bereaved parents to the presidential villa for commiseration.

”Fashola stated this in Abuja while delivering a lecture on ‘The challenge of Democratic Governance’ as part of activities to mark the 50th birthday celebration of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva. He insisted that Jonathan’s attitude was

“Truly strange and Truly unAfrican”He asked,

“How does this sound? ‘

Hello neighbour, I heard you lost your child to abductors. Please come and see me at home so I can sympathise with you’.

“This is my paraphrasing of what has so far transpired. As if this was not bad enough, the event had been followed by another round of lies about whether or not they tried to give money to the bereaved parents. For me, it’s a low point for leadership, it suggests lack of empathy.

”According to him,
“The first lie when the news of the abduction broke was that all the abducted girls had been retrieved.

When that was exposed, the next lie was to raise doubts whether they were truly missing.

“When that was not enough, they are now telling us that they know where the children are. We are prayerfully waiting that they will bring the children home.”

Fashola, who had earlier canvassed for the active involvement of the elite in politics in order to provide necessary professional skill to drive the nation’s development, said,

“Until recently, we all used to think that our national development was inhibited by the fact that we never had a university graduate as leader of any national government in an executive capacity.

“This perhaps alludes only faintly to the issue of the elite consensus, but it is not the same.

Thankfully, the myth of graduate leadership as desirable as it is, has been exploded now.“We have two graduates (one zoologist and an architect) and I think the majority of Nigerians will tell you today that their lives are worse off than they were four years ago.

“So there is more to leadership than a university degree and educational qualification.

There is character, vision, courage, empathy, compassion and many more attributes that you simply will not find in a classroom or school.

They are in homes, in communities and also in the value system of society.”Fashola therefore encouraged politicians to make politics interesting and worth being participated in by the professional elite.He said,

“Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is still regrettable that the majority of the members of our political parties and politicians do not yet include the critical elite of our society.

“Whether we like it or not, history has shown that the elite of any society, especially its professional cadre, and the very best of them decide the direction of the nation when they come to a consensus about the pathway for their nation, even if they belong to different political parties.

Where are all the people who have built things with their hands in our society?

Where are the founders of the big banks, businesses, telecoms in our body politic?

Are they just content to finance and yet remain unwilling to take the plunge?

“Are they willing to identify with the ruling party in Abuja, and the party in Government in their states when they get to their bases for fear of reprisals?” he asked.

I want a 21 gun salute for my honorable governor.

I love this guy!

Eko O ni Baje o!! :-)

You morons are blaming black america for police and white men targeting and killing them randomly. I cant believe my eyes!

A black teenager was gunned down by a white man for playing his music loud. Meanwhile every summer white men rev their harley davidson down American streets with higher decibels and ear irritating noise and no one ever kills these rebels for disturbing them with noise.

Where is the justice?

Parallel governments already exist, the notice should not cause an alarm.

Bokoharam control a significant portion of NorthEast with their flag raised and the Nigerian flag taken down. What do you call that?

South West States under the guidance of Afenifere's DAWN have untethered from the center and returned to the doctrines of Awolowo and AG/UPN to move their region forward. What do you call that?

Evergreeen123: I can beat my chest and confidently say that the SouthWest esp Lagos-Ogun-Oyo can survive with their IGR alone without federal allocation from Abuja.

I earnestly long for true federalism, regionalism and resource control

Congrats, You finally earned a kiss from your Mayor.