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LastMumu:
Naptu2, nairaland only Wikipedia and encyclopedia.


How do you get all this info so easily, I need to learn from you.

Win or lose Obiagelli heads out next year. Too much insults of this forum.

IVORY2009:
Back den when politics was politics, people serve for the passion they have for their people on like now, that every one is after their pocket.

eminikansoso:
while my papa bought his volkswagen santana from volkswagen stallion Lagos at rate of #4790 with insurance paper in 1980.

4wrd9ja:
He is a political illiterate, apologies to obj. He has forgotten that in democracy there is check and balance s he wants to instigate the people against the NAS to help his friend achieved their authoritarian status, not many people will fall for his warped thinking ,he is never on the side of the masses except for cheap political points or when his friends are not involved, he should encourage his friend to sign and then send supplementary appropriation so the economy can move forward,they should stop this ego tripping in the interest of the suffering masses

GworoChewinMaga:
You must not forget that Soyinka feeds from Amaechi's hand.


The man is a disgrace. And as for that integrity challenged charlatan called Falana , I always knew he was nothing but a cheap skate hustler. Falana has defended more corrupt politicians arraigned by the EFCC than any solicitor in town. That man is a typical double speak hypocrite and should never be taken seriously. His latest rants just like Soyinka is to defend this govt and promote despotism . Can you imagine a SAN advocating for military tribunals to be setup to handle corruption cases?


Just leave these two fools to history.

4wrd9ja:
YOU also forgot to add his silence on the humanitarian crisis in agatu, he with femi falana are cash and carry and favour taking activist never objective, that's why obj called him a political illiterate, that his friends are never wrong he is presently aligned with buhari because of asiwaju connection so buhari cannot go wrong for now.

byrron:
He lost his voice on the suffering Nigerians are currently experiencing due to the FG's retrogresive economic policies but suddenly found his voice on lagos- calabar rail project debacle but also lost his voice on the budget when it was padded and later got missing by this same FG he is now singing for.

These are the types of statesmen and profs Nigeria is blessed with.

naptu2:
This article was written by Wole Solanke. It was not written by Professor Wole Soyinka.

The Nigerian Army will from Tue 12 to Wed 20 April 2016 conduct a Nine- day Field Training Exercise (FTX) in Kaduna and Bauchi State as part of the training activities scheduled to mark the 2016 Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL).

The exercise will start with the massing up of troops in Bauchi & Kachia and later culminate in a simulation exercise at the #AFCSC, Jaji.

Consequently, members of the public are hereby urged not to panic on sighting routine convoy of troops along Road Kaduna-Kachia–Bauchi and D general area of Alkaderi Forest in Bauchi state but to go about their normal activities during D period of D field training exercise.

kenny987:
Temporary measure rather than force people on a queue for almost an hour before crossing a mere bridge.

OrlandoOwoh:
One of my worries when Fashola started constructing footbridges that have roofs and other modern facilities is that it makes them attractive to beggers and other physically-challenged people that sit comfortably in them to beg. The population in Ojota is not as the one in Oshodi, yet you don't notice "hold-ups" on the footbridges in Oshodi that don't have roofs. This is the same thing in the "open roof" footbridge in Ikeja Along.

When the Ojoto old footbridge, made with steel without roof was still in use, even when people were forced to use it, it didn't witness "go slow" like this.

The beggers and physically-challenged people on those bridges, who no use wheelchairs to sell goods should be prevented from gaining access to them.

naptu2:
The moment of arrest. I'll paraphrase, but try and get the book, "You must set forth at dawn: Memoirs" by Wole Soyinka (Bookcraft, 2006).


Wole Soyinka was on his way to safety, when he realised that some of his followers might not have gotten the message that they should disband and close down their base (in Ibadan). He became worried that some of them might either proceed on some hare-brained action of their own, or get arrested.

He drove back towards the base, saw a young collaborator and got her to act as a courier.

However, there was an armed policeman waiting near the base. Although he arrested Soyinka, he told the professor that he would escort him wherever Soyinka wanted to go, "in case there are urgent things you wish to take care of-sensitive documents and things like that. They will come and search your house, you know. It's the least I can do for you Mr Soyinka."

naptu2:
Something I wrote last year. Posted it on the legends thread.

In October 1965, he was arrested and charged with holding up a radio station at gunpoint and replacing the tape of a speech by the premier of Western Nigeria, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, with a different one accusing the premier of election malpractice.

“It all proceeded according to plan. The duty officers responded as any sensible person would under the gun, removed the premier’s tape and replaced it with mine. It ran long enough for the message to the government to be clearly transmitted – drop your stolen mandate, leave town and take your reprobates with you etc. etc. Then a disbelieving senior operator in another control room roused himself from his paralysis, rushed into the studio and cut off the transmission. By that time I had slipped away. My retreat was unhindered”.

Wole Soyinka was declared wanted for stealing the tape of the premier’s speech. He went into hiding, first in Ibadan and later in the Eastern Region. The government of the Eastern Region and the Eastern Region police were sympathetic to his cause. The Federal Police found out that he was in the East and guessed that he would be at Professor Sam Aluko’s house, so they sent a signal to the Eastern Region police to search for him there. The following ensued.

“They arrived as promised, armed with copies of the WANTED notice that was now home to my photograph. A charade ensued. Sam accompanied them as they looked through the rooms, one after the other, passed through the living room where I was seated, looked right through me as through a windowpane. Content with the futility of their mission, they sat down with the Aluko family in the same living room. With a straight face, they enquired of Sam Aluko if he had any news of me. Sam shook his head in the negative. Well, be sure to keep us informed if he makes contact – we’ll leave this WANTED notice with you in case you lay eyes on anyone resembling him – again looking straight through me as I sat sipping my coffee”.

From, "You Must Set Forth At Dawn".


In 1967 Wole Soyinka journeyed to Biafra to meet with Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chinua Achebe, etc. in order to find a solution to the brewing crisis that was to later lead to the civil war. He also met Colonel Victor Banjo, who told him that he did not believe in Biafra, but rather, intended to lead a third force (The Liberation Army of Nigeria) to invade Lagos and overthrow Yakubu Gowon. Victor Banjo asked Soyinka to help him deliver a message to Obafemi Awolowo, Olusegun Obasanjo (General Officer Commanding the troops in the West) and other Western leaders.

Soyinka, with the help of an officer in military intelligence, called Obasanjo. Obasanjo said he had to search for the source of the mysterious ringing that he eventually traced to a phone in a wardrobe in his bedroom. They agreed on a rendezvous and also agreed to attend the meeting alone and unarmed. However, they both arrived at the rendezvous with “lookouts” and escorts. Obasanjo later admitted that he was also armed at the time. They succeeded in losing their lookouts and escorts and Soyinka delivered Banjo’s message. Banjo wanted Obasanjo to stand aside and grant him free passage through the West on his journey to unseat Gowon in Lagos. Obasanjo, in reply, refused to grant free passage to Banjo, stating that he had sworn an oath of loyalty to Lagos and so he was loyal to whoever was in command in Lagos. He suggested that Banjo could get to Lagos through other means, for instance, over water via Okitipupa.

Soyinka was declared wanted by the government (he was even branded a Biafran spy), arrested and detained for two years and four months (he spent a year and ten months of that time in solitary confinement).

SergeAlain:
My brother who knows what was conceived when? Except you were on the conception team?

My point is conception is great and should be commended, as you have rightly done. Execution is also not easy and should be commended. Hence my commendation of GEJ.
Also those who have carried on this commendable practice today (by developing this latest equipment) must be commended as many commenters above me have done.

What we must remember is that govts exist to ensure a continuum. All commendable precedents set by the past administrations must be acknowledged, commended and furthered.

The unfortunate thing is that APC's style of campaigning has made it so difficult for them to acknowledge anything good from the past administration, such that it is now like going back to vomit for them to even admit they inherited any good policies, ideas or projects.

But the saddest thing is when we the 'down trodden' swallow their rubbish and tear ourselves to bits online. Really makes me wonder if this Country can even recover from the consistent decline since 1960!!!

erekoshe:
I understand what I'm saying. I understand your point so well but u really don't get mine. The amount pushed into the army the past few years almost exceed those all thru history.. Most were looted and relooted.. Our generals are super wealthy while the guys down the foodchain roast.


The number of military men during the era you mentioned were not as much and the funds were well utilized.. Now some niggas just share huge chunk of it. Dasukis case is said to be 2.1 billion USD, under 2years.. A billion dollars was borrowed for the military, come on bro. Check figures properly.