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Borno State
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Anambra State
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Kwara State (1967-1970)
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Kwara State 2012
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Oyo State

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Ogun State
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Ogun State Anthem

Ise ya a
Ise ya a a
Ise ya a a
Omo Ogun
ise ya a
Olodumare ise ma ya o e e
Ise ya

Enyin omo Ogun e se giri
Ise po fun wa lati se e e
Omo rere ki isa se e
Omo Ogun ki i s’o le e
Ebere gb’eru o o
Olorun mbe fun wa
E tera mose o oIse ya

Omo Ogun ise ya a


Ogun State logo.
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The State of Osun

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Flag

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Coat of Arms of The State of Osun (the coat of arms is adapted from the Western Region Coat of Arms)

Cross River State (1967-1970)
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Cross River State (2005-Present)
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Cross River State logo.

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Bayelsa State

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Ondo State logo
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Ekiti State
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Delta State
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Delta State logo
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Edo State
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Lagos (pre-1960)
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Federal Capital Territory Lagos (1960-1967). Lagos State (1967-1970).
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Lagos State 1970-present
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Can I add the flags?

It was on the front page in January https://www.nairaland.com/1181028/36-states-nigeria-meanings

franchizy: I still condemn the SOE and or military intervention and insist on the Amnesty. The Federal Govt cannot grant Boko Haram Amnesty on the pages of the newspaper.
The Govt would ve first reach the BH through competent and reliable sources, get the Boko Haram views b4 the president will anounce it.
I'm sure dat Boko Haram heard about the Amnesty on the pages of d newspaper hence they rejected the offer.
Can a man or woman here dat he or she is getting married on the pages of d newspaper even wen they ve not met b4 and talk about d marriage.
I think the Federal Govt shud immediately ask the military to pull out of the three affected states and give peace a chance.

What peace are you talking about You make it sound as if it's only the Nigerian military that's attacking targets. Was there peace before the SOE was announced? Who bombed a bus park in Kano? Who killed General Shuwa? Do you think any responsible government would sit back and watch terrorists kill innocent citizens? They should withdraw the troops and allow boko haram to go on a killing spree?

One of the great things about democracy is that each person is free to hold his/her own opinion. We can't all agree and sometimes we have to agree to disagree (one man's meat is another man's poison).

franchizy: The End will justify the means. Let's see if the SOE wil solve the problem. I bet you dat Boko Haram will not surrender except with dialogue

What the government is doing is right (that is applying a multifaceted approach: dialogue and force).

How will you dialogue with a person whose only condition is surrender? The only thing that Boko Haram want is for Nigeria to become an islamic state (note: their own brand of islam) and for the country to be governed by sharia law. Does that sound like a reasonable demand? Would you keep dialoguing while terrorists are killing people everyday? Yes, there are some elements that the government can dialogue with, that is the criminal and political elements, but there's no dialogue with the al-qaeda faction. They must be crushed!

Force alone will not solve the problem, neither will dialogue alone. We need both and that's what the government is doing.

1) The amnesty programme would only have worked with some fringe elements of Boko Haram (I.e the political and criminal elements). The die hard core members of boko haram would prefer to die than surrender and we must give them what they want, i.e. death (for the sake of peace and our safety).

2) The soldiers have been given their rules of engagement and with the recent controversy over Baga, the M.O.D would take extra measures to ensure that they comply with those rules.

3) However, that doesn't change the fact that some targets need to be taken out rather than arrested (eg the case of Osama Bin Ladin). It also doesn't change the fact that collateral damage might occur (eg the wedding party that was attacked by the US Air Force in Afghanistan).

5sigma: I'm just thinking that if civillians could flee via a bush path to safety, the insurgents may well do same. This is guerilla warfare, the enemy wears no uniforms. Kudos to the military tho.

This is my biggest fear, although Jonathan has been in touch with the Chadian, Nigererien and Cameroonian authorities and has urged them to arrest fleeing militants.

Funeral of Sultan Abubakar Siddiqi

O come on! Of course we've also got lots of APCs (Otokars, etc).

This is Blessing Liman

We don't use the Sepecat Jaguars anymore.

Reasons for the policy.

1) Security: Some beggars act as lookouts/informants for armed robbers. In 1999 a retired policeman apprehended some armed robbers in Jibowu. Some beggars had come to solicit for money from him. He gave them some money. A few minutes later an armed robber put a gun through his window and asked for his phone (this was before the GSM era). He was able to overpower the armed robber and attract nearby policemen. The retired policeman was curious; how did the robber know that he had a phone in his car? The robber confessed that the beggar was his informant.

Motorists in Lagos traffic jams are often attacked by armed robbers who brandish guns at them and disposes them of their valuables. This is often done without attracting the attention of nearby motorists and policemen. Thus the policy of government is that any pedestrian who weaves through traffic and approaches car windows is a suspect. In order to make it easier for policemen to enforce this policy, beggars, street traders, etc must be cleared from the roads.

2) Child Abuse: It is extremely unsafe to have children wandering between vehicles in Lagos traffic. Such children could easily get knocked down. No responsible government would allow that to happen.

Those children should be in school. It's the only way that they would have a future. What future awaits kids who spend school hours meandering between vehicles in Lagos traffic?

Some women rent children in order to use them to gain sympathy while begging. NTA Newsline has often highlighted this problem. Some women have also been arrested by the police because of this.

3) Safety: Jay-walking (crossing the road instead of using the pedestrian bridge or zebra crossing) is an offence, so why won't wandering between vehicles in traffic be an offence? Pedestrians are expected to use the sidewalk to avoid the danger of being knocked down by cars.

4) Illegal structures: You need town planning permit before building structures in Lagos, but most of these beggars construct illegal structures which block drains and constitute a nuisance and an eyesore.

"You say we should leave them there. You say we are violating their human rights. How many of you that are complaining would like to live like that? How many of you will exchange places with them? How many of you will like to see your parents, your brothers and sisters live like that?" - Major General Abdulkarim Adisa (1996).

[quote author=Dr.C]I have noticed that we Nigerians seem stuck in this traditional belief that the man is solely responsibility to provide for the home financially. While i do understand that this belief is strongly rooted in our traditional family value system in this part of the world, i have however noticed that education and civilisation has enabled us drop a lot from our traditional family system which we perceive to be either obnoxious or unfair.

Let me highlight a few examples here. In the past a man never cooks, it used to be a taboo for a man's hand to be seen in his wifes pot but today men cook for the home as well as the women. In the past a man does no home chores today it is also acceptable that both do them. In the past when travelling, it is the woman that carries on her head the loads and bags for the family, today this has shifted to the man beacause they are physically stronger. Men alone go to work to earn money also in the past while the woman stays home and caters for the family but today it is generally acceptable that a true man is the one that not only allows his wife to work but supports her financial and other dreams. Finally even while performing the act the man alone use to stay on top but these days i need not describe the scene.

So my question comes, why is it that our society has accepted so much of the practices from the foreign value systems but seems adamant on this one? Why this cherry picking? Could it be out of ignorance or could it just be that the woman gender are still so week in our society that they need this protection. From my last count there are more women going to school these days than the men and also it has become somewhat easier for women to gain employment after school than it is for the men. Today's life opportunities are open to all irrespective of gender. While it is possible that most men who still strongly belive in this value system are those who remain stuck in their thinking that it is solely a woman's responsibility to cook, wash nanny the kids and lick their nyashes on all issues, it is also possible that most women in this class are those who lack the understanding that the essence of working wether for the man or the woman is to carter for the family.

As for me, i am a firm believer of equality of all humans. I will not raise my girl child in this generation to grow up believing that there is a man out there who will carter for her needs either in or out of marriage. If the man earns let him provide, if the woman earns let her provide and if both earns let them both provide in love, with understanding and give the family a living standard that is commensurate with the combined earning power of both of them. Let me state categorically that any woman who provides financially either by supporting her husband or by leading in the role, while believing in her head that she is carrying out a role meant for the man, will never truly respect the man nor will she ever be able to provide in love.[/quote]+100. Said everything I wanted to say.

try69: People who have not found true love would always have pre conditions for it.

Love is understanding..Love conquers all

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