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What really is the issue here? Is it the amount spent on purchasing the jet or the necessity of the jet itself?

9jaganja:
I don't know anything about the war cause I was born almost 23yrs after the war begin ( assuming it started 1966). The reason I choose not to know about the war is knowing the kind of person that I am, I'll always pick side and there are too many stories about the war that are teller's bias. But I seriously think Ojukwu should've made better preparation. At least he wasn't arrested in a hole like Saddam Husein (That guy na total fuk up). How come Igbo people didn't vote for him? Because I think if it wasn't for that war, the Hausas would've continued killing until foreign governments interfere or the Gowon government overthrown.

By my simple calculation, you were probably born in early nineties, hmmmmmmmmmm, no wonder.
That is not an excuse for your intellectual and historical malnutrition, stagnation and atrophy.
You should endeavour to read historical literatures, because they abound. Without opening that hole you call mouth,
you have already taken side. Nigerians have refused to accept that events leading to the war proper was simply
genocide, massacre of the highest order.
So many enlightened individuals have continually painted the right picture for your likes, but you have simply sworn
to miss the bus to truth, that's your own palaver. The best i can do is to avail you books you ought to read in order to
salvage your lost soul from the torment of ignorance.

WHY WE STRUCK (The story of the first Nigeria coup) - Adewale Ademoyega
BECAUSE I AM INVOLVED - Ojukwu Odumegwu
NIGERIA: THE CHALLENGE OF BIAFRA - Nwankwo Arthur
THE PRINCIPLES OF BIAFRA REVOLUTION - Ojukwu Odumegwu
LET TRUTH BE TOLD: THE COUP D'ETAT OF 1966 - Muffet D.J.M
NZEOGWU - Olusegun Obasanjo
ETHNIC POLITICS IN NIGERIA - Okwudibia Nnoli
AHIARA DECLARATION, OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION ON BIAFRAN CIVIL WAR - Ojukwu Odumegwu
BIAFRA: RANDOM THOUGHTS - Ojukwu Odumegwu

There are so many documented literatures by active participants, all you needed to do since you were born
23 years after the war was to do a little research before making utterance that could easily betray you or expose
your ineptitude.

Bliv me, she does not deserve u 1 bit.
My advice? Open up to new relationships, dat way u can only meet so many oda nice girls out dia-because they are out dia.

From your statement above, i can now reasonably deduce your age and ability to comprehend, meaning i've been wasting my precious time with a toddler. Go on, read nursery ryhmes.
If you could open your mouth and say individuals like Omotosho Kole, Olusegun Obasanjo, Madiebo, Ojukwu, Frederick Forsyth, Achuzia J.O.G, Ademoyega Adewale and many more who actively participated or were alive to tell their story are considered hear-say, then you need to have your head examined, because an unexamined life is not worth living.

@ KunleOshob
Your analysis are sound and well noted.

Really, where does all this leave the poor masses of Nigeria?
Some of this individuals are benefitting from the ills of our past
and present leaders, who gave them soft landing at the expense
of all of us.

She does not deserve you one bit. A girl that loves you and for who you are would never
indulge in such things. Listen, this girl will inflict a major havoc on you sooner or later,
if you continue with her or allow her space for such frivolity, believe me.

mystics:
she needs Jesus, simple.

Infact, more than anything else.

More Troubles For Iwu By Felix Nnamdi /Abuja

A federal high court sitting in Abuja, this morning, cleared the way for the investigation of Prof. Maurice Iwu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who was fingered in a N27 billion fraud at the commission.

This development has compounded the woes of the embattled Iwu, as Nigerians are calling for his removal following the farudulent elections he conducted in 2007, which the courts are upturning all over the country. Alhaji Balarabe Musa, Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and other chieftains of the association had approached the court yesterday, through a motion ex-parte, seeking the leave of the court for an order of mandamus to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the INEC boss.

In his ruling this morning, Justice Adamu Bello granted the CNPP officials leave to file for an order of mandamus as requested. According to the judge: “Having considered the materials placed before me, I feel inclined to grant the application.’’ The judge ordered the CNPP officials to file their documents and serve the parties concerned. He, thereafter, adjourned hearing in the matter till Thursday, 26 March, 2009.

A federal high court in Abuja has granted leave to Alhaji Balarabe Musa of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) to pursue an order of mandamus which seeks to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to perform its duty of investigating the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Maurice Iwu for fraud, contract splitting, diversion of public funds and obtaining money by false pretenses.

Counsel to CNPP, Femi Falana told Saharareporters that with the leave granted his client, Maurice Iwu no longer have a hiding place.
See case details:-

IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA
IN THE ABUJA JUDICIAL DIVISION
HOLDEN AT ABUJA

SUIT NO: ………………
BETWEEN:

1. ALHAJI BALARABE MUSA )
2. OSITA OKECHUKWU )
3. WILLIAM EZUGWU )…. APPLICANTS
4. CHIEF CHARLES NWODO )
5. MALAM YINUSA TANKO )

AND

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION )…. RESPONDENT

STATEMENT

1. NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE APPLICANTS

The 1st Applicant is the Chairman of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP); the 2nd Applicant is the Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP); the 3rd Plaintiff is the Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP); the 4th Plaintiff is the Chairman of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC) while the 5th Plaintiff is the National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP).

2. RELIEFS SOUGHT BY THE APPLICANTS

A. A DECLARATION that the failure of the Respondent to prosecute Professor Maurice Iwu for serious economic and financial crimes to wit: FRAUD, CONTRACT SPLITTING, DIVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS and OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES is illegal and unconstitutional as it violates Section 38 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004.

B. AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS compelling the Respondent to charge Professor Maurice Iwu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with the offences of FRAUD, CONTRACT SPLITTING, DIVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS and OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.


3. GROUNDS FOR SEEKING RELIEFS

i. By virtue of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004 the Defendant is statutorily empowered to investigate and prosecute economic and financial crimes committed in Nigeria.

ii. The Respondent has refused to investigate and prosecute Professor Maurice Iwu for sundry economic and financial crimes to wit: FRAUD, CONTRACT SPLITTING, DIVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS and OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.

4. FACTS IN SUPPORT

1. The 1st Applicant is the Chairman of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP).

2. The 2nd Applicant is the Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP).

3. The 3rd Applicant is the Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP).

4. The 4th Applicant is the Chairman of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC).

5. The 5th Applicant is the National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP)

6. The Respondent is an agency of the Federal Government charged with the responsibility to enforce all laws dealing with economic and financial crimes in Nigeria.

7. The Applicants are law abiding citizens who pay their taxes as and when due.

8. The Applicants are leaders of registered political parties in Nigeria.

9. The Applicants are members of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties whose basic objective is the promotion and defence of democracy, rule of law and accountability.

10. By a letter dated 10th December 2007 the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties requested the Respondent to investigate and prosecute Professor Maurice Iwu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission for gross financial and economic crimes.

11. In the petition to the Respondent we requested for investigation into the following allegations of grave economic and financial crimes:

“I. BALLOT PAPERS:

a. On 4th January 2007 INEC awarded a contract for the printing of Ballot papers for the Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and House of Assembly Elections, to the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company, Abuja. At the sum of N6,580,200,000.00 (Six Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only).

b. On 10th March 2007, 80% of the said contract sum of N6,580,200,000.00 was paid by INEC.

c. By the terms of the contract the company was required to deliver the above items within ten weeks from the 4th January 2007 to INEC Headquarters, Abuja.

d. Failure to meet the 10-week deadline was to render the contract null and void.

e. As the Nigerian Security and Minting Company had no facilities to execute the contract INEC re-awarded the contract to some British and South Africa firm to print the same set of Ballot papers at a much higher cost.

@ Dede1
My mistake, thanks for pointing it out.
I was in so much hurry to educate this ofe nmanu guy.

onye_ngbu:
majority of cowards come from the part of Nigeria where the sun sets.

Exactly.

@Knownutinall
Now your glaring ignorance is going Olympic.
It is not a matter of dying with the king, rather, let the truth be told for the benefit of the unborn generation.
Our history cannot be swept under the carpet, because your likes has missed the bus to basic facts of history.

Out of pity for your ignoramus tendencies, let me avail you some books you should busy yourself reading
to take you out of the deep well of ignorance you have decided to bury yourself in.

1)Omotosho Kole - Just Before Dawn
2)Madiebo A. Alexander - The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War
3)Mainasara A.M - The Five Majors: Why we struck
4)Ojukwu Odumegwu Emeka - Because i am involved
5)Forsyth Frederick - The making of an African Legend; The Biafran Story
6)Muffet D.J.M - Let Truth Be Told: The coup d'Etat of 1966
7)Obasanjo Olusegun - Nzeogwu
Okwudibia Nnoli - Ethnic Politics in Nigeria
9)Ojukwu Odumegwu Emeka - Ahiara Declaration, Official Government Publication on Biafra Civil War
10)Achuzia J.O.G - Requiem Biafra

I could go on and on, there are so many documented books by active participants during the course of the war
and after the war.

God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual
life of past ages, so my friend try and feed your empty soul with information via books and stop all this rants.

@ poster
Ol'boi, find work do abeg.

How can you single out one out of over thirty lepers?
They have dedicated their lives to run the country down at all means.
Despite the economy meltdown worldwide, their energy has resurrected
to further impoverish the poor masses.

@ knownutinall
You go on with this your coward thing as if you just learnt the word.
All your jabberings about cowardice should be directed at your kith and kin.

Ojukwu might have his fault, but to taint him a coward is unforgivable.

[b]My question now is why Lagos would be number 1 on the list of worst places to work in the world? There are worse countries that lack basic amenities, and many international companies operate here, is CNN saying that nothing works in Lagos? From what I take from their ranking Lagos is the worse city in the world. Presently, I reside and work in Lagos, and I can say confidently that life is relatively ok here, I spend just 10 minutes getting to work, although there is power problem but aside that, there is security, all the roads have security lights, the police patrol is efficient, crime rate is highly reduced compared to previous years. Transportation is not that bad, commuters still go to and fro work without much hassles especially with the new BRT transport that the governor has introduced that has its special lane.

The popular Oshodi, notorious for robberies, a nest for hoodlums is now one of the most fascinating places to visit now, Eko city is another project that is aimed at relieving the housing problems of Lagosians. The rail project is still brewing and many more, Lagos is the fastest growing mega city in the world and the third biggest black city in the world.

Kansas City was ranked the most the most insecure city in the world, Lagos did not make it on the list of 20 most violent cities in the world, so I wonder how it made it as number 1 on the list of worst places you can work in the world. But you would still find many foreigners working here, sapping the juice out without plans to leave; they are so comfortable, and easily accepted in the society.

I feel this ranking is bias and baseless, you cannot compare the crime rate in other countries of the world to Lagos, and there has never been any case of school shooting as you have elsewhere. So how come?

It is easy for them to slam the door on Nigeria, because of the bad record we hold, but never be deceived, the worse of the worse occurs in other big countries and sometimes they are not news.

By Joseph Ekwu[/b]

Need i say more?

bawomolo:
it doesn't seem like Ojukwu lived to fight another day considering he contested for Presidency of the same country he was against. The word opportunist comes to mind

Even with all the fact stated so far you are still bent on straying into the desert of ignorance.
You still can't grasp the simple fact that a race was been wiped out, and a Governor of the
then Eastern region was saddled with millions of this race trooping in daily to avoid total
annihiliation. He had no choice than to secede. The pressure came from all nooks and crannies
of the Eastern region, to declare secession.

After all, the war was declared no victor, no vanquish, therefore he reserve the right to contest
any election in the country.

The Nigeria Judiciary remains the only beacon of hope for the Nigeria masses.
They have shown without fear or fervour their determined desire to rid
the country of lawlessness and arrant individuals who before now think they
could get away with virtually every undesirable actions.

Imagine the effontery of the Navy in challenging the jurisdiction of the court in hearing
a well established case.

I'm tired of talking about this all the time.
Gowon actually reneged on the Aburi conference deal. That actually caused the war.
I mean there was a delibetrate attempt at annihilating the Igbo race, they were all
swarming back to the east to avoid been killed in the other part of Nigeria.

I mean the decision to actually go to war was not a one man show thing, like you guys are insuniating.
The war was inevitable, then Gowon actually bumped a chance on peace at the Aburi conference.

I applaud NL who deem it fit at every point in time to refreshen us with
historical datas and basic fact as to events that took place in the 60's.

The British particularly laid a time bomb after independence through a
British borrowed parliamentry system of Government, which was designed
and tailored by the british authority to trigger off at least provocation.
The almagamation of the southern and northern Nigeria had brought two
inconsistent socio cultural groups to form an entity called Nigeria. These
incompatible groups had through their utterances and actions expressed
an unwillingness to be together. But the design of the erstwhile colonial
master was to sow a seed of discord in order to reap from the confusion that will ensue.
Therefore, the foisting of an entity called Nigeria on these incompatible groups was
for the purpose of economic and political interest of the British, which they intended to
benefit from the spill of blood.

It was to remove this unwelcomed threat that the British introduced the ''divide and rule''
system of governance for the country - the country was divided into three regions.

Lagosboy:
rather than concentrate our energies on what happened abt 30/40 years ago, that man is gone and gone. Lets loot at our future and how we would learn from history and move forward.

My brother, the actions of this men shaped and fashioned out what we are experiencing today.
It simply cannot be ignored. The chaos created in the western part of Nigeria after the 1964
election paved way for the first military coup in Nigeria, it was the aftermath of the coup and
the resultant killings thereafter that led to the civil war. The effect of the war is still apparent in Nigeria till date.

Actions of Awolowo in the then Western House of Assembly marked the turning point
in the political development in Nigeria. It introduced full fledged tribal politics of hate, bitterness
and ethnicism. That singular action of his, eclipsed the political processes based on National isssues
and the political development.

Post reply ( Re: Finally Ait Gbenga Arulegba Focus Nigeria Invites Anenih,obj , Ibori Etc )

How does this topic have bearing with the reply so far?
The poster led us to believe that Gbenga has already invited the above named individuals.

This individuals can never heed such invitation, never. On a National TV? It can't happen.

Going through the eko atlantic site, basically, this project from what i could deduce
would be largely funded by the private sector. I think we should give this man a chance
to really execute most of this project as highlighted so far. Political will is paramount in
executing projects like this.

@ Skilz4

skillz4eva:
@ meexteriox
dude all ur rhymes are wack
luks lyk u jst took a crack
or maybe u've had 2 much 2 drink?
I'll recommend u see a shrink
I tink i'ts calld amnesia
wat u've got dat's makin u crazier
u can't even rhyme well
we xperiencd poets can tell
wat's 'u pant' 'U PANT'?
U make me wanna rant
dude place ur rhymes to fit
& then maybe p'raps in a million yrs u'll be a hit
meexteriox??
get ur act 2geda
n then maybe we mite take u serious.
P.S we are into cool rhymes now pal,so please dn't make me do dis,else i'll thrash u so hard ur descendants will be feelin d pain ages 4rm now.(that was a joke man,but nevertheless heed my warning)
@ maedan
Tnxs a lot.
Gud 2 b back.i know u missd u X-Nemesis huh!!! peace out.

See who's talking about wack rhymes
Stop tripping or you will step on land mines
Who cares wat u think about my lines
Wat u write is so dense, it taste like brines

Experienced poet? Pls gimme a break
U must be feeling like a real drake
Surely, crack remains ur solitude
Read ur lines, i see it in ur attitude.

Don't make u do wat, loser?
By now, i thot u wud be wiser
Bring it on, i can take all ur trash
By the tyme i'm thru, u wud look like a mash.

P.S we are into cool rhymes now pal,so please dn't make me do dis,else i'll thrash u so hard ur descendants will be feelin d pain ages 4rm now.(that was a joke man,but nevertheless heed my warning)

maedan:
meex! mr. undercover toaster!
u're sending me on a rollercoaster!!

such flowery lines - ur poetry shd be a crime!

wherez d police, to lock u up
b4 u steal my heart n make me drop!

ur rhymes are sweet and so theatric . . .
but u can't fool me tho' u're quite romantrick!

Come, my Maedan, let's prove
While we may, the sports of love
Time will not be ours forever
At lenght, our good may sever
Spend not then my gifts in vain
Sun that set may rise again
But if once we lose this light
'Tis with us perpetual night.

@ skilz4noweva
Me? Phoney trick?
Is it me or u're just a prick?

Bro, go dig a well n if u can't
Get someone to help u - u pant.
Then take a dive
Or take a nap in a beehive.

Nigeria problem is beyond the picture this individuals are painting - whether Bakare or Goodluck.