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enigma2007:
Exactly! Very cheeky of them... Nonsense airline!

The most useless airline to ever come out.
They did not realize that all their zero-customer-service shenanigans would eventually bring them down

edudguy:
I disagree First and foremost, Aguiyi Ironsi did not take part in the Coup. He had no idea there was a coup until he got the wind of it. The five Junior Officers otherwise known as The Five Majors with ImNzeogwu as their ring leader also wanted to kill Ironsi as he had killed other officers from other tribefortunately Ironsi got wind of the Coup and botched the Coup, assumed power and decreed a Unitary Constitution. What made the North angry was that after the Coup was botched Ironsi did not Court Martial the Plotters of the Coup instead the Northerners claimed he promoted the Coup Plotters. Ironsi tried to pacify the North by offering the some Northern officers key position in his office and he released some officers who had been thrown in Prison by the Five Majors.. The Northern Officers - humiliated did not care and those released from Prison planned a way to carry out a Counter Coup which was carried out in July 1966.. A very bloody Coup. The Northerners saw the January 15 Coup as an 'Igbo Coup' but in reality Nzeogwu the ring leader of those that carried out the Coup was just an Igbo in paper. Spoke Hausa fluently, dressed like an Hausa when he was not on Uniform had lot of Hausa friends.
Let this be known: Ironsi did not partake in the coup he just got the wind of it as he too would have been killed..
When the Northerners staged a Counter Coup Igbo Officers were killed in hundreds including Ironsi The Northern Officers demanded that Gowon be made Head of State although he was not the most superior officer, a Yoruba Officer - Ogundipe was but the North rejected him and made Gowon Head of State.
After the Coup, Progroms were going on in Major cities in Nigeria, Northerners and even Yorubas were killing the Igbos in large numbers.. Ojukwu, the Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria alerted Gowon. Gowon promised an end to the Progroms but it did not stop it only got worse... Ojukwu, seeing that the safety of the Igbos could not be assured declared the state of Biafra.. The rest is history

One can clearly see that the wounds of days preceding the war and after the war are yet to be healed. That's why when I see tribes insulting each other I kind of feel sorry for them..
To understand the Nigeria 'story' better, read 'There Was A Country' by Chinua Achebe

Firstly, this quote "...even Yorubas were killing the Igbos in large numbers.." is false and an attempt to propagate the "the world against us theory" of the igbos. There was nowhere it was reported that the Yorubas killed Igbos at that time.

secondly, even aside Ironsi, why did the coup plotters missed the prominent Igbo political figures of the time? Azikiwe (President), Michael Okpara (Premier)

So how do we reconcile this with the hadith:
Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (SAW), said: 'The nearest a slave can be to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so invoke (supplicate) Allah (SWT) much in it. [Muslim, abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i and others, Sahih al-Jami #1175]

fkdmods:
Because he's young? I don't get it. You and i know next to nothing about the guy and here you are hailing him. Nigerians are so easily dazzled. Smh.

Oga, please speak for yourself.
This thread has been awash with his profile for those that did not know before.
You guys would stoke a fire, and then turn around to shout 'help, I'm burning'.
You and your likes should be careful, those who ride on the back of a tiger for stunts would eventually end up in it's belly.

apholaryn:
grow up

Unfortunately, he's incapable of doing that.

Sen. Ben Bruce should start by doing actual senate work - moving motions and passing laws that actually benefit Nigerians e.g. the Anti Corruption Bill & the PIB, (rather than self-serving bills like the CCB Amendment bill); then show us transparency by declaring what he earns, which Nigerians have been clamouring for years and tell us what he has impacted positively for his constituency and the Nation at large.
Only then would he have the moral standing to engage in such adventure and be taken serious.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that, on Wednesday 7th December 2016, an airman, Lance Corporal Kamal Usman, left his duty post at about 10pm, and on his way home, when he came across some gathering near a hotel in Simari area; and in an attempt to find out what was wrong, the crowd got scared and took to their heels,” Mr. Ohwo said.

“When the airman decided to check the surroundings to find out what scared the crowd, he entered one room in the hotel and found a woman laying on a bed.

The MTN CEO's name is hereby changed from Moolman to MUMUman.

herzern1:
Nice qesture.


But does it really needs Publication and show-off??

The Heading on his facebook page answers that question for you.

passyhansome:
ALL HAIL THE GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR. MAN OF THE PEOPLE. ONYE EZE

HAIL THE FUTURE HEAD OF STATE OF BIAFRA.
Biafra & Fayose. The two would fit like hand in glove.

Kingbuhari:
his 20yrs old wife and children are inconsolable , so he started raping that wife of his @ what age, 9 or 13 ? this oil barren landlocked desert ppl self ...maybe he no won settle the boys well and they decide to get on him...RIP Mr Dangote

Apart from the fact that you failed miserably to correctly interpret the passage, you also displayed a sickening lack of self-awareness. Accept our deepest sympathies.

I stopped reading at this point: "By building 12 new federal universities and 165 almajiri schools and renovating 507 additional secondary schools all over Nigeria"

*in Obama's voice* Com' on!!!

All these claims? very rich coming from a mouthpiece of an administration that it's 2015 was so comical we people didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These people actually forget their are records. well, we can't blame Reno, at least his oga GEJ said he could not believe Dasuki stole all that $2.1Bn (lmao)


SHOCKING: 2015 Budget: National Assembly’s N150billion enough to fund capital votes for 20 Federal MDAs
May 18, 2015
Joshua Olufemi, Ibanga Isine and Richard Akinwumi
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The whopping N150 billion allocated to the National Assembly in the 2015 Appropriation Act, can fund capital votes for 20 Ministries, Departments and Parastatals [MDAs], a PREMIUM TIMES analysis of the budget has shown.

The budget of the 469-member National Assembly consisting of 109 senators, 360 members of the House of Representatives, legislative aides, the National Assembly Commission and the Legislative Institute is about 3.4 percent of the total budget of the federation.

The capital vote for 20 major ministries, departments and parastatals is just about N49 million less than is budgeted for the National Assembly this year.

Under the 2015 capital votes, the Ministry of Youth Development got only N1.12billion Ministry of Police Affairs got N150billion, while Police Formations and Commands got only N17billion.

The Ministry of Women Affairs is allocated N1. 25billion for its capital projects, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development got N7billion and Ministry of Water Resources N6billion.

The defence sector, including the Ministry of Defence, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air Force is allocated only N35billion.

The education sector, including the Federal Ministry of Education and the Universal Basic Education Commission, is allocated N20billion, while the Federal Ministry of Health got N20billion.

The Federal Ministry of Communication Technology got N500million only while the Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Human Rights Commission (N500, 000, 003) received the same allocation for capital projects.

The Ministry of Labour and Productivity is allocated a paltry N200, 000, 000 for its capital projects during the year while the Ministry of Power got N4.24billion.

The Ministry of Science and Technology is given N500 million while the Ministry of Transport got about N4billion and the Petroleum Resources N500million.

With the worsening condition of roads in the country, the Federal Ministry of Works got only about N11billion while with even close to the 15 million housing deficit facing the country, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development got only N500million.

The Federal Ministry of Environment is also allocated about N500million while the office of the National Security Adviser got N20billion.

While getting one of the largest sectoral allocations in the country, the Nigerian lawmakers managed to approve only 106 new laws out of 1,063 brought before them in the last four years.

kjhova:
Two pages into this post and all I'v seen thus far is jolly Buhari haters with little fact checking.

Donald Trump hasn't named his cabinet yet and will likely not until January 20, 2017 and beyond. He is selecting his Transition Team the same way APC named thiers within two weeks of their electoral victory.

What is it with us folks in Nigeria? All of these information is there within easy reach on your mobile phones and you are inundated with it on satelite TV yet you still allow some people to lead you down an inglorious path?

I thought I was the only one who had seen this unfortunate trend amongst our people, but worse still, try to guide them aright and they viciously come after you like a rabid dog. It's pathetic.

Hmmmm.

After this, he should go help this man below

https://www.nairaland.com/3398501/dont-want-die-tunde-alabi

gatiano:
That god is mad and extremely confused, it lacks mathematical, scientific, natural and human reasoning. As you can see, I have qualify that god as a "it". It make a lot of sense that such grammatical jargons would come out from the non-African religious system, since their entire religion is solely based on worshipping greed.

What is their definition of "Truth" and "Falsehood"? If they(greed worshippers can't, you can help them out, now with your own God given intelligence, not from another's greed worshipper's view.


xaxaxaxax god gave himself some self respect and mistakes pronoun rules. The only time such a mistake can happen, that I have personally witnessed is when a Yoruba kid/child speaks english by directly interpreting from the Yoruba language.

وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَامًا
And the true servants of the Gracious God are those who walk on the earth humbly and when the ignorant address them, they avoid them gracefully by saying, `Peace !'
Qur'an 25:63

Have a nice evening bro.

gatiano:
No! That is a wonderful question "Who are the We?", And also a brilliant observation. Plural of respect? come on, is the Quran/Bible Yoruba now?

In the Quran- There is the "WE".
Inthe Bible- Let Us make man in OUR image. Who are the "Us" and "Our" refering to?

Please see response. Courtesy of a simple google search (answers from a christian based site).

Question: "What is the majestic plural, and how is it used in the Bible?"

Answer: The majestic plural, also called the royal plural, is the use of a plural word (such as the pronoun we or us) to refer to a single person. As a type of nosism, the majestic plural emphasizes something or honors someone in a stylistic way. Basically, when a member of royalty, referring to himself, says, “We” instead of “I,” he is using the majestic plural. For example, Queen Victoria, upon hearing a tasteless joke, is said to have replied, “We are not amused.”

The ancient Hebrews used the majestic plural, and some examples are found in the Old Testament. But the construction is not unique to Hebrew. The Latin language also had what the Romans called pluralis maiestatis (“the plural of majesty”), and, as has been noted, English sometimes uses it as well. Other modern languages using the royal plural include Punjabi, Hindustani, Telugu, and Egyptian Arabic (in which the President of Egypt is referred to as “Your Excellencies”).

The effect of the majestic plural is to indicate greatness, power, and prestige. It is normally reserved for use by nobles, kings, popes, and other persons of high rank when speaking in an official capacity or by those of lower rank when speaking of or to their betters.

In the Bible, we find four verses in which God refers to Himself using plural pronouns. The most well-known passage is Genesis 1:26: “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness.’” See also Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:7; and Isaiah 6:8. The One God is speaking of Himself in plural form: us and our. This is a perfect example of the majestic plural. God’s divine greatness and transcendence are emphasized through the simple use of pronouns.

The majestic plural is also found in one of God’s most common names in the Old Testament, Elohim. The word itself is plural (the singular is Eloah), and it is sometimes translated as “gods” (when referring to a plurality of false gods). When it refers to the One True God, Elohim (plural) is correctly translated as “God” (singular).

Source: https://gotquestions.org/majestic-plural.html

uss25dec:
"we created man". Pls who r d "we"?. We christians talk about God d father, God d son n God d holy Spirit ( God appeared to mankind in 3 forms). Dat God has no son n no one gave birth to Him. But out of ignorance n2 mislead people, abt 300yrs later, Islam can n said God has no son, due to lack of understanding n ignorance. at d beginning, the 3 where there dats y d Bible says "lets us create man in our own image". Koran is jst a "photocopy" of d Holy Bible dats y u wud c plenty names n stories of d Bible made their way into d Koran dat came into effect, more than 300yrs after Christianity

Wow. Such ignorance on full display (no offence meant please). My dear, in English language (as in many other languages) there is what is called "plural of respect" as against plural of numbers.

TonyeBarcanista:
But I was buying fuel @65 per litre under Yaradua when the ECA wasn't depleted and fuel price sold lower than it did during Jonathan.

moreover, we buy @87 for 2 weeks, then either you fight/sleep at fuel station or buy @200 for 6 weeks.

But what do wailers know.

RichYoungNigger:
Boko haram demolishes school and put their brothers and sisters out of school

The Northern government rebuilds the school and send the students back to school

The teacher will start teaching them from the holy book that suppoorts terrorism and jihad (the same reason why their school was destroyed)

Smh

Mumu comment. Devoid of any rational thinking whatsoever.
I don't know when "holy book" replaced text books in schools.

shawl:
That is warranted by a condition, darurat.

It is not an intentional coming into contact with it.

I am sure you are well aware of the ahadith prohibiting consumption as well as coming into contact with it. But I can see you are given to argument. It is the disease of the age.

Your last sentence was unnecessary. You don't have to take offence or take digs at others in this type of conversation. Islamic judgements are given based on sufficient evidences, which should be elucidated to the people.

Pierocash:
thank God another Coward has joined his ancestors.Idiocy raise to power 2.
Even d pix looks fake

I thought I was the only one that noticed.
Do you commit suicide by hanging and your knees or feet remains on the floor?
If the man is really dead, the police need to go investigate murder immediately.

gists:
You have a government that is short of revenue and is not borrowing recklessly like the other admin just to pay salary. And yet PMB is funding projects everywhere and you guys say he has failed. Is it the GEJ gov. that slashed the budget for the entire ministry of work to N11b.
And how on earth can you be singing and dancing because we were told we were the biggest economy in Africa merely after rebasing (recalculated) our economic indices. .

thank you for a bit of reminder. Nigerians suffer from an incredible level of amnesia. That is the major problem, and the major reason politicians take the people for granted.

udatso:
Go and watch the rebuttal of video you are getting your ideas from. Fake ex Muslim Mario Joseph

Could I have the link to the video please.

Drienzia:
We ain't bothered. Because even Koran stated that "if you find anything confusing here, you can ask those who read the bible. The truth is already revealing that"


Jesus was the only person that performed miracles in the koran. Muhammad was busy leading his followers to various wars, till he died.

The only woman mentioned in the koran is Marian"mary(the mother of jesus)
Koran said she went to heaven with her physical body. Meaning the assumption of the blessed virgin is written in the koran.

You people should come down from your high horses let me educate you about the koran you studied and didn't understand since you were kids.

Lots of Muslims converts to Christianity on daily basis, so cut the crap!!!

Koran said Muhammad is dead. And won't rise again.
Same koran said Jesus is the word of God.
And koran said God created the world through the word(Jesus).
They er just confused being. Surely they need our prayers...

Peace!!!

Christians like you be spreading lies since time immemorial.
Do yourself a favour and request for the chapters & verses of the Quran where these your assertions are stated. Then we may begin your enlightenment from there.

ajasbaba:
and you believe this rubbish,

they call their Friends and about 100 came with cutlass.


where they waiting for the call.


hmmmmmmm,

i smell lie somewhere

As you can see my friend, most of the dullards who populate this space have already swallowed the story it hook, line & sinker. They even refute the School proprietor's rebuttal of the story, as if they were present at the incident. It's this kind of things that validate their empty life, but we can't blame them much because the hate campaign sowed especially by the last administration during the campaign has germinated fully. Their afterthought apology of yesterday is like medicine after death. It will be difficult to reverse the damage already done. The irresponsible media outlets too capitalize on this sorry state of affairs to make quick buck through their irresponsible journalism. However, like the Yorubas say "When the heavens fall, it won't be a problem affecting one person (everybody will be affected)".

plaetton:
You're displaying extreme ignorance if you think there is a such a thing as a " SE issue" or a " SW issue" . I thought SE and SW were in Nigeria.

You're a very very small thinker if you demarcate issues into SE issues and SW issues.
I guess the OP was not for small thinkers like you.

Now you see how you've exhibited your hypocrisy. What's the point of the article if not to "demarcate" the issue of "silence" in the SW in the "last one year"? Asking why they've not been up in arms against the present government. All the pro comments (including yours) have only lend credence to the divisive intent of the article. I'm not surprised that someone of your ilk would celebrate such an article, that's what give your life meaning.

And even though I've not insulted you in any of my posts, your insults in your last 2 posts shows the type of character that have. I would resist the provocation to stoop to your level of trading insults. Like BRF quoted "When you wrestle with pigs, you both get dirty but the pig enjoys it". Enjoy.

plaetton:
Obviously your not an objective thinker, otherwise, you wouldn't ask me what concerns me. And herein lies the problem. Your rather bellicose posturing on this simple but very valid issue dovetails entirely with the meat of the OP.
Here is an educated person pretending to be ignorant, pulling out red herrings, rather than address a very vexing topic.
You have unwittingly justified the OP.

And you my friend are very objective, right?
The deafening silence of the SS and the SE during the inglorious 6 years of the past administration was not vexing to you, yet you lot come and spread hate and bile, and when we say thanks but no thanks, you come with insults. Leave the SW and let issues of the SE vex you enough to rally for change in your immediate constituency. Crying more than the bereaved is not a virtue my friend.

plaetton:
Seriously dude, do you honestly think this OP is just another rant against you or your region?
If so, then you have obviously not been reading, or have failed to comprehend the relevant issue.

My post, as well as the OP, are full of acknowledgements for the firery spirit and bravery of southwest Intelligentia of the not too distant past.

We are simply wondering what has changed over the last one year ?
It is a very valid and very sincere question.

Perhaps you can answer that question for us ?

But if you have not noticed anything, any changes, if you are not bothered by the very conspicuous silence in the face of national calamities, then kindly sleep on.

Mr Wonderer, have you finished wondering what has happened to/in the SE region in the last forty-one years?
Why take panadol for another man's headache? If the SW decides to be silent at this time, why get your knickers twisted over that? when you guys have a truckload of issues to deal with? The OP's article is nothing but a call to hate and childish tantrums against the government.

Johnnwokolo:
These Yorubas are something else:

2. Did you know that Lagos GDP has exceeded $100 billion, accounting for more than 20% of the total GDP of the biggest economy in Africa.

It is estimated that with the with the $2 billion MAERSK port at Badgry, the Eko Atlantic, The Lagos rail project, The Snake Island Port and Tank and the famous $17 billion Refinery, Fertilizer, Petro Chemical and Power plant, Lagos economy will exceed $200 billion by 2020.

As a matter of fact the SW economy will account for 50% of the nations GDP by 2025.Lets keep wailing and calling them cowards.

Yorubas are not agitating for anything, they carry a begging bowl telling everyone just come and invest in Yoruba land. Ogun state has just been announced as the richest state after Lagos with the largest increase in IGR in 12 months. Ogun state is developing so rapidly and preparing for the spill over from Lagos.

Bros, I suspect you're not really an Ipod yoot.
But why you dey give dem expo na? Please leave them to their idiosyncrasies.

plaetton:
It's been difficult to raise this particular issue in a public forum without being perceived or branded an ethnic bigot.

I am glad that someone finally brought this nagging question to the spotlight without all the accompanying hate speech and derogatory comments.

Yes. Something has definitely happened to the southwest, and whatever it is, it's certainly an ill wind that would bring Nooo good.

In just 4 yrs, between 2011 and 2015 , the the southwest rebranded an erstwhile colorless, unelectable satan into a shinning Messiah in silk robes, and have gone further to WORSHIP this self created Idol far more than any other person in the southwest.

I always stand in astonishment when I hear some of the most ridiculous defenses my very enlightened southwest friends put up their new Messiah.
It completely boggles my mind in no small way.

Their attitudes and behaviors are akin to a religious Cult.

And Bingo!!
That might be.

What I suspect is that apart from the Tinubu factor, the REAL factor that gives them that cult-like tendency is the Redeem Church Factor. The Redeem Church -Pastor Osinbajo- Daddy Adeboye factor.
The choice of A Redeem pastor close to Adeboye was the cleverest political move ever by Tinubu.

You see, this is something I have lamenting for a long long time.
The mentally debilitating influence on IQ and rational thinking by religious cult leaders and charlatans like Adeboye and his army of brain surgeons in Nigeria in general, and the southwest in particular, are now coming home to roost.
As a man thinketh, so he is.

The Adeboyes,the Oyedepos, the TB Joshuas and their likes in the southwest, apostles of magical and irrational thinking, have turned much of the southwest into a big vegetable farm.

Now, I am not insinuating that the southwest has lost their towering brainpower. Not at all. But for some inexplicable reasons, they seem completely subdued for the moment.

I have never in my life seen the southwest Intelligentia so silent, so docile in face of absurdities and evil, after seeing them as the champions of social justice and vigilantes of democracy and the rule of law for much of my adult life.

My dear southwest friends, please wake up. Nigeria and future generations need you to be awake at this trying times.

Gosh! What a rant. and unfortunate it's coming from a people that their adopted son was going from one church to the other in the weeks leading to the election, a people that their adopted son NEVER completed a single project in their region.
Why don't you guys channel your hatred & rants into positive energy to develop your regions, and make it an envy of other regions? right now, the 'silent' southwest is the major destination of choice for investments. If you guys do that, I'm sure the bile in your guts would subside to a manageable level.

But this headline is misleading and does not represent the body of the story. Who does that?

safarigirl:
it covers the legal aspects of those things solely. Knowing how to register a business under CAC doesn't mean knowing how to run one. I study law, tell me something else

You really STUDY law indeed.