If the oil producing region is not well taken careof under the new dispensation, obviously the ND miltants might turn the bokoharam of the next 4 years, and one thing they wont like to fail at is not to sit and watch.
fashiajones: well ur hero to u But not to me,,,from What I read he's an oxford graduate who was commissioned into the military and therefore not skilled in the art of warfare... I have heard of kings, warriors who leads at the war front But to all d books I have been expose to, none wrote ojukwu leading or fronting the war...all He did was to read prepared speech, execute fellow ibos who never wanted the war, hid n run into bunkers in the east, at the end He ran and left d others for the Nigerian to do them as they like....the real hero is general yakubu Gowon who showed mercy and declared "no victor no vanquish" He came from a little beginning to become the ruler of the republic... #fact He never wanted the war But the arrogance and jealousness of ojukwu brought this...I mean no disrespect
All these kinds of write ups are not new here on nairaland.com. It's always cool to curse and hate people of other tribes. That's what makes us perfect in the eyes of the world.
Op, you better let sleeping dogs lie IF YOU ARE WISE. The Igbos I know have been able to emerge/override the post war financial set back brought about by the then finance minister. Obviously questions like this may end up doing more harm than good.
Keneking: Sore loser... Lost due to greed for power... Lost due to incompetence in tackling insecurity, economic woes and weak leadership. Lost to a supreme candidate Lost to poor campaigns Lost to cluelessness on issues relating to corruption and impunity. Lost to numerical strength in opposition. Lost for postponing the election by 6 weeks. Lost due to poor campaign teams. Lost due to spouse control and influence on your personhood over affairs of the country. Lost due to his inability to power our homes effectively in the last six years...nonsense
Sincerely speaking, I agree with most but not all of these. Pray the general ends up writing his name in gold.
All this reminds me of poor Saro Wiwa. Today's Nigerian youth are just too loose to learn. If the Niger Delta does not get a fair treatment under this new govt, I wonder how there will be peace.
MuguliciousMUGU: The Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that his telephone numbers have been cloned by unknown criminals. This was according to a statement by David Iyofor, Chief Press Secretary to the governor. “This is to inform members of the public that the Telephone numbers of the Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has been cloned and the criminals who did the cloning are using his phone numbers to send out fake text messages to people not to come out and vote. Pls that text message is not from Gov Amaechi. The Governor’s position remains that Rivers voters should come out to vote today. People should disregard that fake text message, ” the statement reads. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/my-telephone-numbers-cloned-amaechi/
Eeyah! Poor Amaechi! Take heart, you may have to change your number if it comes to that. It is a big fight you are fighting.
I don't blame anybody but especially those "wise" Igbos who come out in public to engage in all this vain arguments. It makes no sense trying to attack people whose place you are living in. Choice of voting is a personal thing and does not at all deserve all this cursing and all that, if not that we usually lack in how conduct ourselves.
The wise will ignore the Oba's threat, etc and go vote for whoever they like, and that's it.
I still do wonder how Nigerians who still live together come out on a public forum like this to exhibit so much hatred again one another, simply because it is a faceless forum. We all know we have our issues, but somehow we still have been able to carry on somehow.
People should learn to let sleeping dogs lie!
Many Nigerians especially those on this forum are shameless people!
AndreRose: What circumstances would warrant one to be sexual worker and be proud of it too? This SMS irks me. They don't even have shame. Well, what can say, there are different people in this world. SMH
No big deal my sister, it's that same thing that will make an average woman today come out in public half naked. After all, isnt s*x in itself so sweet?
Crazy Nigerians. Whatever it may be, if the Niger Delta region does not get the treatment of the goose that lay the golden eggs it deserves under this dispensation, apathetic Nigerians should not just think the worst they will do is do nothing.
People easily forgot how Yar adua came about the amnesty stuff.
They will shut down the economy, after all nobody might be interested in anything else but the Niger Deltan oil as source of income.
It wont make any sense for anyone to take them for granted!
tonyx4x44: i don't have an android device currently... had a problem with mine. as such i cannot actually testrun the app. please send screenshots of your problem, so i can try to solve them.
Ouch, my bros! K, will retry and provide you exact feedback, esp screenshot.
But wetin happen to your device? Dont tell me you have left android!
Please this is not sufficient. Can you provide installation guide/steps? Please its just apk, what about the data files, please I seem not to understand after installing.
torhuke: Some are calling GEJS defeat a disgrace. Some say he destroyed the pdp. And I say they are ignorant of Nigeria's configuration and political history. As far as Nigeria is concerned, the north will continue to determine who governs Nigeria. Ask Obasanjo and he will tell you that Alliance For Democracy (AD) was the dominant party in yoruba land when he became president under PDPs umbrella. It was the North that made him president. But for GEJs inroad to the NorthCentral in 2011, he wouldn't have been president. The same north that brought the PdP to power in 1999 is the north that has brought APC to power in 2015. And fact is that apart from those who have reasons why they didn't want GEJ and the PdP, if General Sani Abacha resurrects to contest elections against a southerner, he will still get the kind of massive support and votes buhari got from the north. It's not just at the federal level. In Kogi, the Igala's of Kogi East determines who becomes governor of that state and they have remained in power like forever. In kaduna, the people of northern kaduna determines who governs that state and the same luck that made Goodluck Jonathan president is what made Late Patrick Yakowa, the first governor from southern Kaduna after Namadi sambo was picked as Vice President by GEJ. In Benue, the Tivs determines who becomes governor and that's is why the idoma's are clamoring for Gurara state. In Borno, if you are not kanuri, I doubt if you can be LG chairman. I can go on and on. So as much as majority of NIGERIANS wanted change, it will be ignoble to vilify GEJ for PDPs fall. The Igbo's did very well supporting GEJ and the Niger-Deltans owe them a lot. As long as we remain one Nigeria, they will be supported likewise whenever the need arises. But they will still need the north just as this years elections have shown.
Be That as it may, I still love you Jonathan. You have taught me another class of humility, how to smile in the face of challenges and opposition, how to be a winner, how to rise from grass to grace, how to be a Goodluck charm, how to be calm in the eye of the storm, how not to give up because you never did, how to accept criticism, how to smile with even with the enemy, how not to allow your background determine your future, How to accept defeat no matter how Painful and many more.
Be that as it may, one of Jona's greatest undoing is his inability to deliver/perform. At least conspicous projects that will appeal in the south west, esp Lagos that could make great impressions would have made a lot of difference.
Krak: Nigerians are so used to the idea that an incumbent should win presidential elections that President Goodluck Jonathan's failure to beat Gen Muhammadu Buhari needs some explaining. Here are five reasons why the opposition won:
1: Harder to rig Past elections have been marred by serious irregularities and suspicions of rigging. In 2007 observers said the presidential poll was not "credible". In 2011 the vote was considered to be better run but observers said that rigging and fraud still took place. This time the electoral commission took more steps to prevent rigging, including new biometric voters cards. Also President Jonathan's party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), had lost control of some key states which meant it could not control the electoral process there.
2: Boko Haram and security
The Nigerian army has made some recent gains against Boko Haram, but not enough to convince Nigerians The election took place against the background of an Islamist insurgency in the north-east of the country. The Boko Haram militant group has killed 20,000 people and forced some three million others from their homes and President Jonathan was criticised for not getting to grips with this. The poll was delayed for six weeks to give time for the security situation to improve, but even though most areas controlled by Boko Haram were recaptured, it seems to have come too late for many people.
3: United opposition, crumbling PDP
The extra six weeks of vigorous campaigning by the PDP was not enough to halt the slide in the party's fortunes The PDP has been described as an election-winning machine. When it was created it united a northern elite with leading politicians from the south, but that alliance has broken up and the party lost some key figures. Even former President Olusegun Obasanjo came out against Mr Jonathan. At the same time, the opposition managed to unite under the All Progressives Congress (APC) banner. The last six weeks of desperate and dirty campaigning, in which the APC responded in kind, was not enough to turn the tide.
4: Economy
Nigeria's economy is growing but the wealth is not being spread around Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer and its largest economy, but many fail to feel the benefits with nearly half the population living below the poverty line. Continued corruption is seen as partly being to blame. National income is due to grow by more than 5% this year and next year, but people did not seem in the mood to thank Mr Jonathan for this.
5: Time for a change
APC supporters chanted "change" wherever they went and it seems to have caught the mood. The PDP has been in power since the end of military rule in 1999, and 2015 is the year that Nigerians decided that someone else should have a go at sorting things out.
President-elect Buhari now has to prove he really can change things.
@ Tonyx4x44 tonyx4x44 : download New Super Mario Android v1.0 Apk
Any specific installation instructions. That is just the apk file. What of cache? Did install and run the apk, it aint enough. Please throw more light. Thanks.