₦airaland Forum

months:
Let us not decieve ourselves here, we all know the Federal courts will uphold the constitution and the numerous freedom that are enshrined which we all enjoy.

This is an effort in futility.



Yorubas should get this right, I am not fighting with u.

However, i will not be intimidated from claiming my right, in-view that my continued Nigeria status, was by force.

We had already left and abandonded Lagos in the 1960s. It was starvation by Awolowo and War by Gowon that drag us back into this dead marriage.

We are still willing to leave Nigeria today.

With that said, I maintain that Yoruba language should only be compulsory in School for Yoruba children, just like Islam is compulsory for only muslims.

months:
No member of my family and never will my children go to School to waste their time learning a language that is useless in commerce, science and technology.

I sent them to school to develop themselves and contribute to human development.

How is my Igbo son/daughter learning Yoruba useful?

All this yoruba attempt to convert other tribes to yoruba is doomed to fail.

Go and teach your yoruba children their language, culture and heritage, leave other tribes out of it.

We will not hesitate to drag Lagos state government to court and get that Bill by Lagos State Assembly struck out as unconstitutional.


Just leave our children that are not yoruba out of your tribalistic ethnic domination agenda of other tribes residing the the Commercial capital of our Country Nigeria.

My children education is my priority and I am totally vested in wat they learn at School.

I want the best for them. I believe the time they will use to learn Yoruba, is best spent learning French.

There should be an option for non-yorubas in the City of Lagos.

giftq:
Those are full Igbo names.
Even if they spoke Russian, they remain Igbo by birth.

giftq:
Any evidence of his non-Igbo origin ?

uboma:
I have recently noticed that the mints I receive from the Bank are not cut evenly.

I feel ashamed that as a country, Nigeria, we cannot get certain things right.


who is responsible for printing out these one thousand naira notes?


See picture below.


look closely and see that the one thousand naira notes were not cut evenly.



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this is so embarrassing.

The group therefore demanded that security agencies should without delay arrest Ifeanyi Ejiofor for belonging to a terror organization contrary to the laws of Nigeria.

“It beats our imagination that men claiming to be democrats or having democratic credentials are asking the government to ignore an elected parliament in preference to a committee made up of presidential appointees to debate and resolve constitutional issues.

“You are either for democracy or for its opposite. For us in this government, democracy is the country’s chosen system of government and we are determined to deepen and uphold it.

PrecisionFx:
''Nigerians of Southern extraction! "



Yorubas are the ones hoping for a restructure.

IkpuMmadu:
It dawned on me that many Southerners are not aware they cannot get 2/3rd majority needed for constitutional change in fact. No wonder they are against civil disobedience. Many of them are hoping against hope to get it.

Nigerians of Southern extraction are hoping for a restructure but beyond organising a TV speech for it and Ibadan declaration top it up with numerous Facebook updates, they cannot practically tell us how they can get 2/3rd to push a constitutional change.

All the Northern leaders and groups including the president have at one time or the other directed proponents of fiscal federalism to go through the required constitutional means. The Southerners nod in acknowledgement without giving a thought to how they intend to get this.

When I kept asking for reality and practical means on a thread, without getting an answer, it dawned on me that most people do not understand how this works.

Total of Federal House of representatives is 360. 2/3rd of it is 240. You need a total of 240 members of the house if representatives to vote a yes to restructuring.

The constitution asks for a 2/3rd majority. Not a simple majority.

The person I asked this question finally realized there are no practical means. I found it funny when he even suggested that, “the South will devise a means to force the North to come to accept”. He did not state details of these means but I am certain it cannot be a constitutionally recognized means because the law already told us how to change our Constitution.

These unwritten/unspoken ways he has in mind are undoubtedly illegal or at least unconventional ways which majority including himself have condemned.

I have a gift for anyone who is ready to show in practical terms what can be done at the House of Reps. to get 240 members.

I have tried to be magnanimous. Feel free to add Kwara and Kogi to South even though we know that’s not what it is. Both has 18 members in all.

You are free to subtract the Southern representative members from 240 and then tell us how you will make up the 240 from Northern House memebrs. You need at least 45 Northern House members (this is because I added Kwara and Kogi for the South. It should have been more).

https://etimes.com.ng/23-nigeria/

macof:
even Jebba which was founded by Nupe has an Oba. ..

Founded in 1703 by two brothers, Adebola Adebara and Odaso Adebara from Ajasse-Ipo in Irepodun local government area of the state, who were in search of greener pastures, Jebba town, a gateway to the Northern and Southern parts of the country, is bounded in the North by River Niger, in the West by Gata, in the East by River Osin/ Bacita and in the South by Alagbon. It is a distance of 107 kilometers from Ilorin, the state capital

Oral history has it that there was an iron deity called “Bababa” at Oke-Kesa, referred to as Juju Hill in Jebba, being worshipped by the people. To them, Juju hill is a hill with great spiritual powers of healing all sorts of ailments and provision of children for barren women. The hill, it is claimed, is daily thronged by people from near and far seeking solution’s to one problem or another. Canoe or speed boat is used to cross the river to where the hill is located. After worshipping, the people would say “Oje Bababa” to the deity, meaning good or nice father. Thus, it was from the appellation, “Oje Bababa”, that the name of Jebba was formed. Besides, Juju Hill is highly revered for its protective power of making Jebba town and its people invincible to all external aggressors.

psucc:
You misfire.
The percentage swings the other way. How many Obas are there in Kwara State if not Emir of Ilorin, etc.

bullbull2:
hi



The evident will shock you...

Education is important.. Obasanjo is an illitrate, with no disrespect to his age..
He still can not figure out, why he was charge

Mr Obasanjo, you were charge as an arm robber


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyQBG1hfLa8

MyNewJackeT:
We have ruled this country for so many years and continue to do so,

We have the largest land mass, own all the oil wells.
We have conquered all the tribes in Nigeria, we are the Largest ethnic Tribe in Nigeria etc etc.

KaluAkanu:
I put the picture of Igwe Orizu, because he is the traditional ruler of Nnewi.

And the writer is simply stating his grievances concerning the sorry state that this big city is in. Village or city, Nnewi needs a lot of infrastructural investment.

This is Peter Obi's domain and he needs to invest in infrastructural projects in Anambra state as a whole. People around Alaigbo, are watching him to see the good he will bring for his state.

loabb2:
Forwarded:
This is educative- posted as received :

REMINDER:
Awolowo advocated for secession to be included in our constitution, backed by the North led by The Sardauna. Azikiwe was against it, backed by the colonialist British. Now history and posterity has proven Awo right.

Excerpt: Zik Interview with New Nigeria in 1975
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Again, however, when the 1954 constitution conference started, my good friend, Chief Obafemi Awolowo tabled a motion to the effect that in the new constitution, provision should be made that any state which feels like seceding should do so. I was opposed to it and said ‘no’ and said that once we have a federation, we are indivisible and perpetual. That was when we began to use that expression - ‘The Indivisibility and perpetuity of the federation’ - and that to secede would amount to treason. And so, a debate ensued.
The Secretary of State then was Oliver Littleton, later Lord Chandos and he was very much interested and that was his first time in seeing that people of African descent were people actually debating at a high level. So a full day was given to Chief Awolowo to make his points. He spoke brilliantly as a lawyer. He made his points why secession should be incorporated in the constitution. He cited the case of the Soviet Union which is a federation, and that secession is written there so that any state in the Soviet Union can secede at will.
He also cited the case of Western Australia and eventually he finished his case and was applauded. We adjourned. The next day, I had to reply. I availed myself of the opportunity to, well, demolish the arguments of my friend and I cited the case of United States which based its constitution on that of the Swiss Confederation. That is Switzerland. I pointed out a case, I think, that of Texas versus White, where Mr. Salmon Chase, the Chief Justice laid down the principle - he was really an arbiter - that the union was intended to be perpetual and indivisible and that any attempt to divide the union by secession was treasonable.
The North (NPC) supported Action Group. The question was then: Should we have secession? The Colonial Office came to our rescue. You know, the usual principle of Britain - ‘divide and rule’ (laughs) but this time, it was in our favour. So, the colonial office backed us. Lord Chandos said that on the face of the arguments before him it would be suicidal to incorporate secession in our constitution and that is why we have section 86 in our constitution that if any region or state should secede, then it will be an act of treason and that was what led to this war, because Col. Ojukwu seceded and so violated the constitution.

Posted by: Edwin Ogunbo

naijahut:
The Federal Government has ruled out the use of military might to subdue the attacking force of rampaging Fulani herdsmen.

Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, retd, while featuring on a Channels Television programme, “Question Times” on Sunday night said deployment of the military to combat the Fulani herdsmen menace was not an option because, the situation has not overwhelmed the police yet.


According to the Minister, “We must protect the country which is the main function of the police. The Civil Defence are there to complement them too.

“This is a non-military issue that borders on law and order. It is not every security issue that you call in the military. It is the responsibility of the police to maintain peace. I believe that if we put the police in proper position in terms of discharging its functions, then there would be no need for military option. The police are equal to the task. If you have to deploy the army, then you are going above board. In any case, I do not even have the power to deploy the military for anything. It is only when the situation gets out of hand that you invite the military.”

Recall that Fulani herdsmen have in recent past attacked several villages across the country, killing scores of people

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2016/06/06/we-will-not-use-military-force-against-fulani-herdsmen-fg/#.Wb9pPlI2JHj.facebook

captleonerd:
I guess the omoale claiming to be Yoruba was in coma when kanu insulted awolowo, tinubu, Adeboye, obasanjo, kunmuyi and other notable Yoruba personalities.

where was he when KANU called us betrayers and Hausa slaves simply because we voted a Nigerian of our Choice.

where was this fake Yoruba man when we were labelled parasites and oil thieves?

Narldon:



When She begins to have issues Later


She starts to blame Village People


But she's indirectly creating a covenant with them now