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OnankpaBa:
Jim Nwobodo, Peter Odili, and Metuh should keep denying. They should go and explain that to EFCC.

Let's not confuse the polity. Nwobodo got money from his party National Chairman not from Dasuki. even if it was from NSA, Muazu got the money from, the question is:

is there a crime in Nwobodo receiving 100m from his party chairman for zonal party activities?
Would a Lai Mohammed be held liable receiving money from a John Oyegun or a Bola Ahmed Tinubu for party activities?
Would my President be held liable even if the money for his statutory automobiles came from the NSA?

I thnk the answers to these questions would be one and the same.

aljharem:
For your information, Yoruba are not the most hateful tribe. The most hateful tribe regions would not flourish they way all Yoruba regions are flourishing. The right question should have been; Why Yoruba's are the most jealous tribe? the answer is this; Misrepresentation of facts about Yoruba. We Will educate many by sharing this historical facts . We must reject in total BIGOTRY in any form...We should celebrate our progress. "By 1872 Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading center with a population of over 60,000 people. Colonial Lagos developed into a busy, cosmopolitan port, with an architecture that blended Victorian and Brazilian styles.The
Brazilian element was imparted by skilled builders and masons who had returned from Brazil. The black elite was composed of English-speaking "Saros" from Sierra Leone and other emancipated slaves who had been repatriated from Brazil and Cuba.
By 1872 the population of Lagos was over 60,000, of whom less than 100 were of European origin.
In 1876 imports were valued at £476,813 and exports at £619,260.
Telephone links with Britain were established by 1886, and electric street lighting in 1898.
In August 1896, Charles Joseph George and G.W. Neville,both merchants and both unofficial members of the Legislative Council,
presented a petition urging construction of the railway terminus on Lagos Island rather than at Ido, and also asking for the railway to be extended to Abeokuta. Lagos history is rich in Yoruba tradition,trade and commerce,infrastructural development and cosmopolitanism." -
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With the little facts above, I would like to educate
those making stupid assumption from
blind sentiments that they developed Lagos.

1. Lagosians had telephone presence in 1886, Itu
and Calabar got connected to Telephone in 1923,
while between 1946 and 1952, a three-channel
line carrier system was commissioned between
Lagos and Ibadan and was later extended to Oshogbo, Kaduna, Kano, Benin, and Enugu.

2. Communication technology is a major signifier of civilizations and if Lagosians were already making telephone calls more than 70 years before their
daddies, where then did they get the warped idea that they came to develop Lagos?

3. By 1856 Cable and Wireless Company of the UK
had commissioned a submarine cable link
between Lagos and London and In 1851 a post office was established in Lagos; all these before of the emergence of Nigeria as an amalgamatedvcountry.

4. If I may ask again, where did the funny idea that Igbo developed Lagos came from? OR that Lagos was developed with Nigeria's money when Lagos was not even part of Nigeria until
1914.

5. I always feel embarrassed anytime I read and hear even so-called educated people from the East making these sentimental assertions that has no basis in history or fact.

6. The first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander
Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937.

7.Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr.
Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, graduated
from another Scottish University in 1935.

8. Again I ask, where did the ignorant hypothesis of the
backward Yoruba race who needed development by the superior Igbo race come from?

For the sake of our generation and posterity we need to teach factual history and not just cook up some
cock and bull ego-centric concoctions as facts.
The attitude of recycling long tales steeped in empty arrogance should be discarded before you
miseducate your kids with fictions.

9. Awolowo will continue to be the Yoruba hero not
because of blind followership but because he gave
his people the system of free education, free healthcare and he introduced Television to the Yoruba; making Yorubaland the first region to
have a TV station in Africa and even the Soviet Union all done with revenues from Cocoa. It is crass ignorance and naked buffonery to claim Lagos was built with Nigeria's money.

10. In addition, where did the foolish idea that the Igbo brought civilization to Lagos and Yoruba-land come from?

11. The aim of this post is not to deride any tribe but to correct the dangerous misinformation trending
among some Igbo youths and common in their narratives that Lagos is a no-man's land and that their fathers built and developed Lagos.

Your forebears came to Yoruba-land like every other
settlers and we appreciate their contributions but the stupid claim that Igbo built and developed Lagos is a gross display of stupidity because Lagos was already developed before your
forebears came here from their villages and towns.
The first storey building in Nigeria was built in Marina, Badagry in 1845, long before some of hinterland people gave up the idea of conical mud houses with thatched roofs which some boastfully
called 'ancient mansions.' How can you now claim your grand-sires developed Lagos?
Please if you are one of those spreading the fiction, I
expect you to desist from self-delusion and
collective amnesia forthwith.

12. The first Igbo alphabet-character set and Igbo
primer (Isoama-Ibo) was published by Bishop
Samuel Ajayi Crowther (a yoruba man from
Osogbo in now Osun, States) in 1857. The question is jealousy not hatred.

i am neither from Lagos or Yoruba but this is definitely true. I think what some Igbos mean is that after this initial development, the influx of migrants/expats from other parts of the country and Lagos status as a federal capital helped to develop Lagos further.

PentiumPro:
Amen.
I'm a practicing Muslim, but I would not be stupidd to defend foolishness.

Sunni or Shia. lol

just joking and although you might have been objectve in your post, I wanted to point out that a lot of Nigerian muslims do not consider the Shites to be true muslims. I would be more interested if a Shite justifies what the Army did. A lot of Sunni-affliated muslims are rejocing on facebook on the "professionally executed" carnage on the Shites and how their doctrine is not true islam

Realhommie:
Thought d report was somewhat denied that no mosque was torched... Anyways good one, way to go.

a shop in front of the mosque was torched. maybe there was intent to actually burn the mosque. the mosque was not burnt however.

Pheals:
OK Bro but God does not want anything as a symbola for him, it's in the Bible

well. the bible is subject to interpretations. The Holy Spirit is there to teach.

i do not disagree or agree with you. i was just stating facts about the catholic church

VampireeM:
FFK should just shut up his mouth! His own case will soon come up if he aint careful... if the ex nimasa boss had not resisted arrest and complied with them, they wouldnt ve embarassed and bundled him the way they did..

he was granted bail. well he still should not resist arrest though.

modified:

i understand there is a possibility that he was re-arrested on fresh charges.

Pheals:
the Bible does not support graven image... by the way who knows how Jesus look like,what is the statue for? Catholic shaaa

catholics believe in Symbolism. so when they honour or worship, they honor HIM who the symbol symbolises and not the symbol.

and catholics dont take the bible as a sole source of doctrine.

dammytosh:
He said he was not going any where.


They should av damaged him before putting him in the bus.

His Lawyers were there so why didn't they tell him to respect himself, enter the bus and they take it up from there.



At least we have started from Year 1 out of the 5000 years. I wont be surprised if you don't even have data to watch the video.

Mild force is applicable any where in the world if you resist arrest.


Lawyers and their everlasting LIES. "He was thorougly beaten" End time LIARS. Is there another video where he was thouroughly beaten ?

NB : 13Billion was approved for NIMASA University and paid while less than 300Million got to the Owners of the land.

lawyers and their exagerrations of course regarding the "beating him up" but I would also like you to look at the part where it was said he was on bail. he shouldnt have been re-arrested. although he also shouldnt resist arrest even if unlawful. he should rather seek a counter redress

honeywealth75:
Muazu or no yuguda, u sha collect 100 million u are in trouble

from his party chairman for party work? so we should probe monies given to lai mohammed for party work too?

abeg lets allow the EFCC do its job without too much media sentiments.

boman2014:
nice!!!


i just have these feeling that this man is right man for the job!
keep it up SIR

among the ministers chosen, he was one minister i totally agreed with and I am far from being an APC supporter. Fashola's "relative" excellence has nothing to do with political parties or alignment.

PassingShot:
Will true Lagosians have been less than Imolites in population?

i think so. cant prove it though

PassingShot:
Tell us the population of real Lagosians.

i dont know but the lagos census population includes me even if i am not from lagos.

i hope you get my point sha about why the lagos numbers are small. lagosians appear in the ogun ondo osun oyo imo anambra enugu edo delta etc. numbers you see

PassingShot:
Lagos with just 2180 is surprising.
Imo with over 5000 FG civil servants is eye opening.

Generally, more FG civil servants in the South than in the North (averagely speaking). Yet we all brag that those Nortgerners only rely on FG.

If fewer of them work with the government, does it not tell us majority fend for themselves? If anything, it's their politicians and leaders who enjoy the largesse while the commoners bear the brunt of poor leadership, same as majority of Nigerians.

Lagos with 2180 is not surprising. they are talking about state of origin not population. Most Lagosians are not from Lagos hence ogun ondo osun oyo are higher. the average easterner you see is from Imo. notice Enugu is also small just like Lagos.

on your second point, I have been saying it. Northerners get an easier ride into Public service than other regions but that is because there are relatively so few of them qualified/applying compared to the south. in fact if not for a little bit of federal character, you would have had more ridiculously low numbers for the north.

Chrisilo:
May God bless GEJ


In Biafra we stand!!!

just remember that GEJ also opposed Biafra by making discussions about sovereignty of Nigeria no-go area in the last national conference.

GEJ is an ex-president of Nigeria and not of Biafra. he also does not support Biafra

Strahovski:
Hmmm i have read the whole stuff and OP, i think i can reproduce what you are going through. Normally i would make a trash comment and port to the next thread but from what you wrote, i can see some sincerity and willingness to solve the issue. So i would help you

First, Your wife! She is young(She is 22 now) , her emotions are heightened up and this is a big deal for her considering where she is coming from(Her Family). I presume she does everything you want, when you misbehave she would still be the one to apologize and i can also sense that she is in love with you. Trust me, she is a girl, her father is not a problem! Do you think she does not have another bank account where the boys are sending her money? (Another set of "toasters", so if she wants out, she would get out! I have dealt with cases like this during my days. She loves you man, and you are taking advantage of it because it turns you on.. So follow these steps and see how it turns out:

- Communicate with her: Confess your crimes and tell her how it turns you on. Confess you do it intentionally. And observe her response(Dont be surprised she knows already) If you dont fix it, in the future, she might be using the hurt/pain to get things from you because "It brings you closer to her"
- Consult a marriage Counselor or Therapist: You need some counseling! You need to know that she is your wife and not an object of pleasure!
- Start feeling her pain: Make her pain your pain! When you start feeling her pain, you wont be the pain anymore.
- Find another way to please yourself: Yup, it can be a video game(You are a young dude), poker, or a friday night out with your wife every week.
- Make her the boss when it comes to sex: You do it her way! Not your way! At least for now *wink*
- Find out what turns her on: Its time she is the one turning on not you! You have had enough. Because all that is turning on in her is her pain.
- Be closer: Watch movies together, go on weekend time out, attend church programs together.. make her feel loved.

So Op, when you have tried it for about 3 - 6 months you would re-wire out of the idea that you should hurt her first.

Hope i helped

You can update me on the situation and i would be happy to help. Send me a mail, i will give you a call!
hmmm

dude you have a gift less than 0.05% of humans have. The gift of objectivity and unbiased empathy.

ddippset:
See them! They are now yapping and running their lip glossed mouths. When apc was cruising in kogi they were shouting that buhari this buhari that. I thought they said pdp was 99% in bayelsa and south south? Apc is putting up a decent showing considering the incumbent governor is pdp and the Jonathan factor. They said buhari wanted to take the oil Regions by force, if he really wanted to, he could have done worse than mama peace and wike did in rivers 6 months ago. I like this result: it makes rivers state a must grab for APC at the re run. Then we shall see the power of the Centre. For now you fools should at least swallow your words and give the president some credit for allowing votes count and quit running your stinking mouths all day about how buhari wants to take all the oil States!

so PDP should be given credit for the APC states they "allowed" during their time too right

Ayt27:
Ibos are Nigerians first, what happend to biafra republic.

they dont have their Biafran (yet). they pay their taxes to Nigeria and are governed by the laws of the Nigerian State. so they should enjoy the priviledges of a Nigerian.

IPOB protesters are terribly delusional sha. a third dont know why they are protesting, another third are bitter about GEJ lose. the last third actually want out of the country. so the truth is that even if a referendum was done if Igbos want to stay in Nigeria, you will definitely not get a 2/3rds majority.

AshiwajuFoward:
If we are not accommodating then pack your bags and leave!!! Abi Dem swear for Una? We don't find your region habitable enough for us, big deal! Deal with it!

dont help support the misguided IPOB argument. anyone can live anywhere. I am not Igbo but i am also not from Lagos and by the constitution of Nigeria, i have a right to live anywhere and i am also compelled to pay my taxes to Lagos and not my state of origin. in fact after 10 yrs of paying taxes, i can even contest (winning is a different thing) as lagos governor. if you disagree (athough they are facts) with any of the above statements then you help the IPOB argument.

This present IPOB protest is so misguided and delusional. the problem is because of a lack of education in the country, this thing can degenrate into something very ugly and truth be told, the IPOB people will be worse off. they dont even have up to 60% support amongst their kinsmen. their struggle (at least he way they want to go about it) is diffcult to justify. Nnamd Kanu has been made so popular that if he is ever discharged wihout conviction, he would easily win an election in any of the south east states.

“Dasuki, who was shocked by Salisu’s confessions, repeatedly asked: ‘You mean Salisu wrote all these! You mean he said these! Give me a pen and paper’.

the statement above is laughable. And this is supposed to be a reputable newspaper o.

So a former DSS director fell for the cheapest of blackmail in such a miraculously comical manner.


Abeg lets allow the DSS finish its investigation rather than spewing up media gibberish that could hurt their investigation

it is morally wrong (in the context of many popular religions) and it is also ethically wrong (in context of business and work ethics- it is misappropriation) . finally as some have said, this screams setup. your boss rewards you but culpability of the fraud (that's what it is) is on you as you will fill a travel voucher for a non existent travel assignment.

honeywealth75:
Since joining nairaland this is d first tym i will see a thread by Tonye written with unbias mind.

Or the guy wan decamp cum APC.?

he was a diehard APC and anti-PDP before he decamped to PDP

ritababe:
like seriously are you really asking that question? Go see for yourself enter benin, auchi and conclude.

i lived in benin at a time and i go regularly. and i am yet to see what you want me to see.

the major express from ugbowo to uselu shell is a federal govt project.

the few poorly done roads were done in his first term. i personally felt he didn't do bad in his first term. however, in my opinion, he has done absolutely nothing save pay recurrent bills in his second term.

StOla:
"How much did Jim Nwobodo stole that Buhari regime jailed him?"

-Goodluck Jonathan, 2015.


“Over 70% of what are called corruption (cases), even by EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but common stealing.”

-Goodluck Jonathan, May 2014.


Someone who cares about the fight against corruption should please answer the above question posed by the dunce, as a birthday gift.

he never said the first statement about Jim Nwobodo. i hope you know that

Money40:
thank God you know your country is not a SANE country Nigeria is zoo

then tear your passport na. lol

PassingShot:
Where are the Biafran soldiers?

Tell us their capacity in terms of weapons, number of soldiers and other logistics.

dont mind those (Igbos who support Biafra via violence) misguided ones. delusions of grandeur

donphilopus:
I never said they're lying. I just wanna let people know how hypocritical the PDPians can be.

and the APCians. like I said earlier speak for yourself.

donphilopus:
Noted. I believe the defence headquarters and the President would take the necessary action. What baffles me is that those people who castigated PremiumTimes and said they were lying for breaking/publishing this kinda news when Jonathan was President would still be the ones who would come here and start calling Buhari names. Hadn't been it was under Jonathan, they wouldn't have believed such news. But since it's Buhari, they wouldn't even bother to verify it.

May they be found alive. Amen!

both the PDP and APC sides are guilty of what you are saying there.

there are APC peeps who believed this kinda news during GEJ but are now discrediting Premium times.

you might just speak for yourself. I don't even believe this premium times news. No reputable news is carrying it. Only premium and blogs. I pray the news isn't true

OkaOme:
I just pray the only victims are Muslims. Useless religion

The Lord Jesus will not answer such prayers

Ioannes:
Biafra fanatics, suffering from mass hallucinations and delusions.

how has the match translated to anything tangible or concrete.

the government is actively ignoring you while you waste away screaming freedom on the streets... even your kinsmen across the country are wondering when you guys will stop disgracing them.

abi o. my igbo friends in the office are against Biafra (at least the NNamdi KANU Biafra struggle). they see it as misguided

Readonee35L:
Welcome Brother
Dodge Charger is a nice vehicle,
What year and what Trim do you want?
Does two infos will help alot
because i was able to get parts for my 2010 model and dont forget it shares part with some Gm vehicles too...


i had a guy that fixes mine, he works on Dodge and Gm vehicles

Dodge Charger 2014 V6

buying it next year though - about april

i need to be sure there is a Dodge specialist in lagos and that there are peeps who import the original parts in lagos

also a secondary concern, the ground clearance is really small (5 inch). wont this be a problem for the nigerian road?