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No longthing,

You make me laugh. Those guys listed on forbes are gamblers who borrowed my money and your money to bolster their businesses. Now we hear DANGOTE will be declaring bankruptcy soon. How much is Otedola and others so called billionaires owing the banks? EFCC and CBN has helped us know who the real millionaires are.

Nevertheless, that is not even the issue here. The issue is about the masses. How many Yoruba masses are out of poverty compared to the Igbo masses? I do not want to argue with you because apparently, you are ignorant
Poverty levels in Nigeria
Igbo 27%
Niger Delta 36%
Yoruba 43%
North 70-95%
Now which population is richer?
This data is here on NL and I might want to dig it up

puskin:
Which Dubai?
Iv not eaten nd they're busy telling me they want to transform the city I live in to Dubai.
Bollocks, if U ask me.

Please do not transport your hunger here. Some of us have more than enough to eat. Dream big for ones would you?

Who owns my buxom shiny brown Ikebe?

http://huhuonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671:exposed-senator-tokunbo-afikuyomi-wayward-ways&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18

For clarity Tokunbo Afikuyomi was a Senator-turned-Commissioner in Lagos State, he has been in politics for quite a while, precisely from the days of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) in the aborted third republic orchestrated Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida administration. The self styled ‘His Excellency’ was also one of the founding members of the Pro National Conference (PRONACO) which the likes of Femi Fani-Kayode were also part of the course.

Moreover, Afikuyomi gained prominence politically when he was elected senator in 1999 to represent Lagos Central on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). In 2003, the he was imposed on the Lagos West Senatorial district and was used to shatter the dreams of Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon (GOS) of becoming the Senator representing the same Senatorial district in 2003, this development however tore the apart. Although the seat was eventually ceded to GOS in 2007 Senatorial poll and he won under AC platform.

Tokunbo Afikuyomi succeeded in completing 8 consecutive years at the hallowed chamber of the Nigeria House of Senate in Abuja, thereafter he decided to contest as the Governorship candidate for the Action Congress (AC) but Babatunde Fashola was the favoured candidate of the sitting Governor that time (Bola Tinubu). He later cross-carpet to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and picked the Guber ticket, but one shocking thing happened that time, Afikuyomi never engage himself in any publicity, in form of jingles, posters, handbills or any other campaign material(s) that could suggest that he was really running for the Governorship poll under ANPP party. The mother of all surprise that the Senator exhibited that time was at the 11th hour to the April 2007 election in Lagos State, when he surreptitiously betrayed ANPP by decamping to AC his former party that he earlier abandoned due to his over ambitious tendencies. And on the election day, he was made the party agent to monitor the collation of results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office.


After the landslide victory of Governor Fashola in 2007 information available to huhuonline.com shows that Afikuyomi embarrassingly lobbied Bola Tinubu so that he could make the cabinet list. Meanwhile he had condemned Fashola that he does not have the political wherewithal to run the affairs of a complex State like Lagos, and Tinubu and other party stakeholders of their magnanimity granted his quest and he was considered. Afikuyomi who lacks dignity and decorum shamelessly accepted the offer of serving under Governor Fashola as Commissioner for Tourism and Intergovernmental Relations. Investigations conducted by huhuonline.com revealed that he hardly come for cabinet/exco meetings and when he attends he always come late and his contributions are never progress driven. These attitude of Afikuyomi was considered as a way of life for Afikuyomi going by his antecedents while he was in the Senate; he used fleets of flashy cars with Police aides going about with women for merry making and on other missions that had no bearing with law making with total disregard for serving the interest of his constituency or Nigeria at large. An outcome of his sheer recklessness through use of sirens and disrespect to traffic rules by his long convoys, he was often faced with several arrest and embarrassments by the Police and immigration officers in the neighboring countries like, Ghana, Togo, Republic

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Afikuyomi has destroyed many lives of most promising female children both in Nigeria and in diaspora. A typical example of this is what he did to a lady who bears same name with him, Tokunbo Adebanjo (now 40 years old) former staff of British Airways; she (Tokunbo) is also a daughter to the prominent Adebanjo family of Ogun State (of Ijebu extraction). The relationship was said to have lasted for over 10 years. After several abortions, Toxie as fondly called by her friends could no longer bear it, she then traveled to UK and nurtured the pregnancy until she eventually gave birth to a baby boy, who looks exactly like Afikuyomi. The baby was named Oluwatitofunmi Afikuyomi. Anyone who sees the child will know that Afikuyomi’s gene/blood is very potent and dominant in the physical characteristics of the little boy. Tokunbo Adebanjo a.k.a Toxie is still a single mother, and she is still somehow committed to the Tokunbo Afikuyomi. The Senator is frequent to the UK at least on a monthly basis while the lady also visits Nigeria once in a while.

A source confirmed that Afikuyomi is doing all that so that the secret would not leak out; little did he know that huhuonline.com searchlight is overwhelming. As at the last count, he is said to have at least three love children outside his marriage. He has three boys from his wife who is the first daughter of the former judge of World Court and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Prince Bola Abimbola who owns an Islamic University in Nigeria. One of these love children is said to be a female. Though names were not revealed to huhuonline.com but a source confirmed that Afikuyomi has had relationships with several female celebrities in Nigeria; a female broadcaster who had a love child for an ex-footballer, a female politician in the House of Assembly who is the daughter of a Lagos High chief, a female furniture company owner in Oregun and countless numbers of actresses in Nollywood.

Huhuonline.com deep accounts of facts show that in 1999 Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo said in 1989 Afikuyomi was involved in a criminal case for which he jumped bail. It was further revealed that Keyamo confirmed that Afikuyomi was involved in Advance Fee Fraud otherwise known as ‘419’ and was charged to court for these offences but allegedly ran away from justice. Keyamo said that due to the poor record system in the country and lack of data bank, the police do not know that this man who worked his way into the Senate and now state commissioner should indeed be on their wanted list. Keyamo further disclosed that he painstakingly went through the records of all four magistrate courts at Apapa before he stumbled upon the court record, which indicated quite interestingly, that it was on June 12, 1989 that Afikuyomi was arraigned on a two-count charge of advance-fee fraud known as ‘419’ and stealing a passport. Keyamo, who attached photocopies of court charges against Afikuyomi’s warrant of arrest with the Senator’s passport photograph, police diary of action, taken among others to buttress his allegation called on the press, Alliance for Democracy (AD) on whose platform the Senator was elected, the National Assembly, the human rights community and the Inspector General of Police to act immediately and let the truth prevail.

Apart from Keyamo’s claims huhuonline.com can also reliably inform the world that Afikuyomi duped Mr. George Ani of an undisclosed millions of naira. Ani gave him the money in trust to procure land for him at a choice area in Lekki and Ikoyi but the unsuspecting George was swindled by Afikuyomi and no compensations or refund was made to his victim.

However the current scandal hanging on the neck of the Senator-turned-Commissioner, Tokunbo Afikuyomi as well as the AC led Lagos Government is the case of the Sunburn

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Yacht Hotel. Initially, at the launch of the vessel, Afikuyomi made public statements that the procurement of the 105-bed floating hotel was a public private partnership (PPP) initiative. But at another event, Fashola, the sitting Governor denied that the state was not in any way involved in the purchase of the vessel. When the vessel was brought down to Lagos, Afikuyomi at the launch stated that, that will be the first of its kind in Africa and it would put the state in the league of the first five leading economies of the world with similar hospitality facility and tourism earnings capabilities. The hopes were that the floating hotel would revive the tourism sector in Lagos State. He also claimed that the hotel would put Lagos on the same pedestal as major tourist melting pot like Paris, New York, Barcelona, and Helsinki, also describing the transfer of the hotel to Lagos as a significant achievement by the Governor Fashola administration.

Afikuyomi has earlier boasted that winning the bid for the yacht, over other cities that bided for it is a reflection of the “combination of talents, assets, resources and potentials” of the state government and private sector. Surprisingly, the earlier promise of the yacht hotel has failed to materialize, instead, what Afikuyomi seems to have managed to do is trigger what may become the worst public relations challenge for Fashola’s administration. Besides the yacht it still a shadow of itself it has not been refurbished the facilities inside are eye-sore, and no clear cut ownership has been defined yet. Though the state government denied being involved in the procurement, but now, some of the opposition parties in the state, the Democratic People’s Alliance (DPA) and Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP recently accused the state government of lack of sincerity and open deception to the good people of Lagos State who have suffered all sort of taxes from the government that is not wearing human face. It was also gathered that Afikuyomi was the one who wrongfully advised the State Government to introduce 5 percent consumption tax to all Hotels in Lagos. Meanwhile about 100 hotels have teamed up and sued Fashola Government to Court over this 5 percent consumption tax and they were lucky enough because the law Court granted them all their prayers.

The vessel was designed by Lasse Heikkinen, a Finnish ship architectural company and bought from its former owners Sunburn International, Finland. Before it was brought to Lagos, the yacht was reportedly taken to Brazil for refurbishing for an undisclosed amount. Since the yacht was built without an engine of its own, it has to be towed to whatever destination it is taken to. Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), a yacht logistics company, conveyed the Sunburn Yacht Hotel to the country for N80 million. Could it really be that Afikuyomi is the sole owner of the vessel? Since the state government has denied being involved in the deal, definitely, Multi-Purpose Infrastructural Development Company (MIDC), the company that facilitated the yacht deal can be said to be the owner of the ship. A source who elected anonymity told huhuonline.com that the purchase of the yacht was facilitated by fictitious company flouted by Afikuyomi was actually the the company that bought the sunborn Hotel and that it was facilitated by Diamond Bank. Investigations are still on by huhuonline.com to unveil the name of the company, the supporting documents and names of individuals who ‘fronted’ for Senator Afikuyomi.

citizenY:
Mekuslogan has selected Soludo as governor of Anambra state.

When are we coming for the inauguration?

But seriously, apart from the shoddy manner he was selected, he remains th best candidate from the PDP side. He only has to slug it out with the two other good candidates namely Nigige and Obi. He should resolve the PDP matter so he can move his campaign to the NEXT level.

OPCman:
My friend, the question did not ask if the crime rate is higher in Igboland or Yorubaland. All I am asking is, if someone has arrogance to post the % of Ibo control of land in Nigeria he/she should have courage to tell us the percentage of Ibo involvement in crime

Do you have any data for Yoruba and Igbo comparative involvement in crime? Bring it as a basis for discussion. I do not have any, although it is clear that Yoruba is high on crime. For e.g., Yorubaland is the home of most of the hard drugs that come from Nigeria. Most drug barons are also Yoruba while most of the foot guys (errand boys) are Igbos. Tinubu is one such baron as is Akindele Ikumoloyi aka versace.

This second one na fake. Soludo own na original one

Nolongthing,

Are you sure you know a damn thing about Nigerians and poverty if you said Igbos are poor?
One of the reasons why kidnapping is more in Igboland (that I admit) is because there are rich people to milk. Go read all the CBN, WHO, world bank and other data and come back for this discussion. FOR NOW, I take it that you are a neophyte in these matters.

OPCMAN,

As we have seen on NL, the crime rate is not higher in Igboland than in Yoruba. You only need to read through the posted articles and other Nigerian websites to see this. Have you been to EFCC website. Who are those in prison for corruption; is Bode George now an Igbo?

nolongTing:
ha! ha! unfortunately for 73% or 75% or whatever% of the land owners in Abuja there has been a new development:

Fg Revokes Land Allocated By El-rufai

source: http://www.targetnewsonline.com/component/content/article/35-all-news/138-fg-revokes-lands-allocated-by-el-rufai-.html

thats why its important to invest in your own back yard, its obvious that the Hausa people will want to dominate the land ownership in Abuja in the long run.

El Rufai did not allocate land to Igbos. If anything he tried to reverse the trend. The land revoked are those allocated by El Rufai, and those have little or nothing to do with Igbos. Most of them bought thier land even before El Rufa dreamt of becoming a minister

rhymz:
@JONA,
OBVIOUSLY,U RE BEING BIAS WITH THE WAY U STYLED your HEADLINE AND TIED IT TO THE GOOD PPL OF IMO STATE.WORSE THINGS VE HAPPENED IN LAGOS STATE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY,NOBODY TIED I T TO THE PPL OF SUCH STATE.NEXT TIME ABEG BE MORE DISCREET,A PERSON THAT HAS NOT LIVED IN IMO STATE BEFORE WILL THINK EVERYONE THERE IS A CANNIBAL AND STUFF,I VE LIVED IN BOTH IMO AND LAGOS AND IF WE WERE TO GO BY STATICS OF OCCURENCE OF WEIRD STORIES LIKE THIS ONE,U WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT LAGOS IS WAY AHEAD EVEN THE STORY HAS LAGOS CONNECTIONS BUT STILL U DONT HEAR ANY1 ASSOCIATING THE STATE WITH SUCH,SO NEXT TIME ABEG BE MATURE NOT TO INCITE UNWARRANTED FEELINGS AND RESPONSES KNOWING HOW A MAJORITY OF NL FEED ON TRIBALISM.
Notice I am writing in Caps that's becoz AM YELLING AT U!

Are you new here? You need to know Jona more.

el-Rufai: Igbos Own 73% of Abuja Land
From Chuks Okocha in Abuja, 05.21.2007


The Minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai over the weekend declared that Igbos have acquired about 73 percent of landed property in Abuja.
The Minister, who was addressing a gathering of Southeast elected officials also revealed how the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmadu Ali abused him for demolishing his house in Asokoro District in Abuja.
Speaking on a lighter mood, el-Rufai called on the Igbos to take Abuja as the sixth state of the southeast in view of their dominance of the real estate sector of the FCT.
He pointed out that such dominance explains why the Igbos appear to have been the worst victims of the demolition exercise in the territory.
For instance, he said “68 percent of the land allocations in the FCT belongs to the 19 northern states, but in actual land ownership, 73 percent belongs to the Igbos with the most aggressive in land ownership belonging to the indigenes of Anambra state, while Ebonyi lags behind.”

He also spoke of how the master plan of the Wuse market was distorted from 1800 lockup stores to a near aberration of 13,500 stores, which made movement in the market to become almost impossible.
He attributed the land ownership by the Igbos in Abuja to a measure of confidence that they have in the FCT project.
The Minister also attributed the rapid transformation of the city of Abuja to the Orkar coup of 1991 which forced the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida to quickly quit Lagos.
He explained that this singular action of the Babangida regime made the dream of Abuja as a seat of government to become real.
However, el-Rufai said that the most drastic decision that affected the total transformation of Abuja as a seat of government was the directive in 1996 by the regime of General Sani Abacha to transfer all federal ministries to the FCT.
Throwing more light on the recent demolition of the PDP chairman's house in Asokoro district of Abuja, el-Rufai stressed, “I did what I did with the best of intentions.”
The Development Control Department of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) had last week rolled its buldozer over the personal house of the PDP Chairman located at Number 6, Abubakar Koko Street for consisting environmental hazards to the neigbhourhood. The house was said to have been built on top of a water line thereby contravening the development control regulations of the FCT as outlined in the Abuja Masterplan.
Even at the PDP retreat in Abuja, the PDP National Chairman refused to acknowledge the greetings of the FCT Minister, it was revealed.
According to el-Rufai who was a guest speaker at the retreat organised by the National Secretary of the PDP, Chief Ojo Maduekwe for the Southeast elected officials “the PDP Chairman abused me for demolishing his house in Asokoro. But I did not take it personal because, I was doing my work. Somebody has to sanitize the city.
“The house was located on top of a water tank that supplies water to Asokoro. The house has to give way because it was a disaster waiting to happen.
“He abused me in front of the National Secretary of our party, Chief Ojo Maduekwe. Why I am saying this is that many people have accused me of demolishing many houses belonging to the southeasterners. It was not a vendetta against Igbos, but it was done to restore Abuja to the original idea of the master plan,” the minister explained.
This, he said made every civil servant working in the federal ministries to hurriedly relocate to Abuja with its attendant consequences.
He identified one of such consequences as “the rise of Abuja wives”, a situation which led to break-up in several homes, because of co-habitation of different married men and women in same flats due to shortage of houses.
However, he apologised to all those whose houses were demolished saying, “we did everything, I swear with the best of intention. I apologise.”
On life in post May 29, he said, “I am looking forward to go. I have not taken a break in the past four years. I will take a break and rest.”
Earlier, the National Secretary of PDP, Chief Ojo Maduekwe said that the party would no longer pay lip service to issues of reforms, explaining “PDP will be ahead of government in ensuring reforms.”
He also called for more interactions among Nigerians, with the aim of sustaining the unity of the nation.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-54751.0.html

^^^^^^^^
75% of Abuja is owned by Igbos says El'Rufai former Abuja minister
This is in addition to 50 of lagos owned by Igbo. Go figure

lol; never accept mistakes

sjeezy8:
These Muslims should return to their land of origin if it no suit them,

What was that? English or oduduwan language?

Ewu ofia is my personal coinage. Choose another. + stop bearing Emeka; you do not deserve it.

^^^^^^
Get death, if your may.

Abuja is more central; it is neither hausa/fulani, Igbo or yoruba. It is located in the minority area. Given what we now know (examplified in NL), do you support the relocation of the nation's capital out of Lagos?

Remove foreign embassy staff and lets see how many Oyinbo remains. In retrospect it was good that the capital was moved to Abuja.

yommyuk:
If not Oyinbo man will not setup office on our land
wake up
Oyinbo man would not have set up office in Lagos if the place was not worth it. - INVESTMENT
Why did the oyinbo man not come to PH or Nnewi
"wherever there is honey, that is where the ants will go"

Fool, there are more Oyinbo men in PH (read River State) than Lagos (State).

^^^
Ewu ofia. Must you type?

UK expats learn Nigerian culture for hubby sake

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UK expats learn Nigerian culture

By Ellen Otzen
BBC News

A tiny restaurant on a north London high street is not where you would expect to go to learn about traditional Nigerian culture.

Sandwiched between coffee shops and bowling alleys, the Nigerian Kitchen is easily missed.

But on Saturday mornings it is turned into a training school in the customs of one of Nigeria's largest ethnic groups - the Igbo.

“ We were the victims of a 'pro-education' drive ”
Ebere Nwosu School's founder
In one corner of the room, a bespectacled teacher, Alex Tetenta, talks lengthily about Igbo political customs.

Mr Tetenta is a radio presenter and politics graduate currently writing a book on Nigerian democracy.

He is surrounded by a handful of attentive young men, all Igbo, who have grown up in London.

Michael's family hails from Abia state in south-eastern Nigeria.

He is here, he says "because learning about my own culture gives me a sense of pride, something to hold on to, instead of just the Western stuff".

At the other end of the room, the school's founder Ebere Nwosu instructs a group of women in cooking egusi soup.

Dried chicken bones sizzle in a pan of palm oil. Red pepper, bitterleaf, and ground crayfish are laid out on a large steel table.

Lack of pride

Ms Nwosu, dressed in a striking yellow traditional dress, is a legal practitioner.

She grew up in north London and says she set up the school to resolve a lack of pride in African culture.

"I think a lot of us who have migrated from Africa to the UK or the United States tend to neglect our culture and adopt that of where we are, which is wrong."


“ If you want to marry an Igbo man, you've got to know how to cook egusi soup ”
Ebere Nwosu
Does she think the neglect happened as newly arrived immigrants tried to assimilate?

"My father is a solicitor and my mother a social worker. Not an ounce of Igbo was spoken to us as we were growing up. They spoke it between themselves, but never spoke it to us children. We were the victims of a 'pro-education' drive," she says.

Igbo culture and what sets it apart from the surrounding Nigerian culture is stressed again and again on the course.

"Egusi soup is a very common soup amongst Nigerians. There's a way in which the Igbos prepare it in comparison to the Yoruba - we don't put as much oil in our food, and we use more vegetables," Ms Nwosu explains to her students.

Each course lasts six weeks and comprises Igbo custom, history, arts and crafts and, of course, cuisine.

"If you want to marry an Igbo man, you've got to know how to cook egusi soup. If you can't cook anything else, at least have that under your belt and you're through the door," laughs Ms Nwosu.

Roots

Igbo culture has given rise to many great names.


Olaudah Equiano, one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade, was believed to be an Igbo.

Other famous Igbos include Nigerian writers Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, as well as British athlete Christine Ohuruogu.

Kate Njoku has been following the course for six weeks.

"I wanted to learn more about my roots and my culture. I grew up in London and I've only been to the village in Nigeria where my family comes from once, when I was very young. It's a full course that teaches the language, the arts and the history - so I thought it would be perfect for me."

But not everyone here is Nigerian. Students come from the Caribbean and southern Africa as well.

Diana is from Zimbabwe but is going out with an Igbo man.

"It's time I learned how to cook Igbo food. That's the food my boyfriend eats. We've been coming to this restaurant for two years, buying take-aways. It's best I cook from home," she says.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h, ca/8303438.stm

Nope. Reason why they get caught

The man was transported to higher realms. Bunch of stupid journalists.

There are cannibals everywhere. I was almost eaten up by a German man. But because I  am a hard core Okoro man, I managed to escape.

Man Bites Off Wife’s Finger, Swallows It
November 04, 2009 15:04, 1,684 views

Ubong George/Makurdi

A 70-year old farmer, Tsehemba Gabu of Mbaikonade, who lives in Konshisha Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State has been convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment for biting off one of his wife’s fingers, which he also swallowed.

The man charged with beating his wife and inflicting bodily harm on her by biting off her finger when they engaged in a fight at night over sex.

The wife was said to have rejected her husband sex advances on the ground that she was tired.

Tsehemba was not satisfied with his wife’s excuse, claiming that she had denied him sex for one month. A fight ensued, during which the 70-year old convict bit off his wife’s finger and swallowed it.

When the charge was read to the accused at Konshisha Customary Court in Konshisha LGA of Benue State, he pleaded guilty to the charge.

In his alloctus, Tsehemba begged the court for leniency, stating that he was forced to engage his wife in the fight because of frustration. He expressed his anger that his legal wife could deny him sex.

Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Mr. I.N. Ajon, found the accused guilty as charged.

He condemned Tsehemba, stating that he should have shown fatherly care to his 28-year old wife instead of chopping off her finger.

Mr. Ajon expressed dismay that even a slave woman should not have been treated in such a cruel manner as Mrs. Tsehemba was treated.

The judge then pronounced the sentence. Upon conviction, Tsehemba was jailed one year but he was given an option of N5,000 fine.

Shortly after the sentence, Tsehemba paid the N5,000 fine and he was let off the hook.