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Enjoyment1:
Morons! Where have they all gone too!

You are just a loser and arguing for the sake of it. For someone who cannot even write good English? It is not too but to. You are the true and only slowpoke here.

Enjoyment1:
Yes I will agree with you to an extent, but I will not change the facts, that, water came out of my eyes when I saw the kind of dirt Aba has gathered over the years.

That land is a total write-off. As in the state of roads in South-Eastern Nigerian, you will agree with me, it is the worst in this country. If you fail to mention what Ohakim is doing, then I will. It is very obvious that greed will never die in that part of the land.

Is Ibadan cleaner than Aba? Is Lagos (especially Ajegunle and Okokomaiko) cleaner than Aba? Is Kano cleaner than Aba? No. These are places I know very well. And why Aba? Is that the only city in Igboland? Have you been to Owerri, Enugu and Awka? Are they dirtier than other states?

Are Yoruba and others not greedy for power as well? Look hia, take all this your fake theories to the grave. Ok?

Enjoyment1:
Men!, I thought this was supposed to be a forum, and not a place to learn how to rain abuses. Please put a stop to this and lets continue to educate ourselves, else, I will sign out. . Thanks.

Who is insulting who here? You called Igbos greedy and money worshippers and turn around to cry insult? You must be short-memoried.

becomrich,:
nchara, igbos have the best road network in nigeria. And average igbo village have more road leading to it than even ife or osogbo from satellite . and when i zoom in. it is sometime good. Even in a small village with less than 50 houses.

Please tell that to Enjoyment1. Apparently he has not been to Igboland. Yes erosion might be a problem, but so is desertification in the North and flooding in ND and Yorubaland. Ogunpa River and Bar Beach in Ibadan and Lagos are good examples.

Biafralegend,

Did Biafra get externnal support or not?

Enjoyment1:
You must be a die hard Igbo man, or a realy Igbo-kwenu!. I must confess, the most underveloped area in Nigeria is the Igbo land, but will their nature allow one to sympathise with them?. A typical Igbo man is full of himself. What is happening in Ondo, Ogun, and Ekiti is just an intra-party palava, not as in the one that a whole community wants to be Governor. It is so worse that two blood brothers dont want to see themslves. The facts are they for all to see. During ANPP Primaries in 2003, how many Igbos wanted to be Presido?. You guys can never get it right because of inbulit greed, and worship of money.

You have not been to Igboland. Igboland is not the most underdeveloped in Nigeria. They may lack federal presence, but they have good houses and nice villages. Igbo towns are as bad as other towns: no road no light no water, dirty streets, which is also the case in Yoruba or hausaland. Abi is there NEPA anywhere?

Anambra is just a state in Igboland. There are 4 others. Do they have intractable political problems in all the Igbo states? Yaradua, Atiku and Buhari (among other northerners) contested for the presidency. Till date Buhari and Atiku are still in court. Is that a sign of togetherness in the North?

Now talking of Anambra and Igbos is general, how many people have been killed in politics compared to Yorubaland? We may disagree politically but that is the independent nature of the Igbo having nothing to do with greed. We do not kill over political disagreement like the Yoruba do.

Taking about greed and worship of money, please tell that to the fish in the River: the list of all the political thieves in Nigeria has far more hausa, Yoruba and ND than Igbos. Is this true or false? Check with EFCC and see. If you guys do not worship money, what do you do with all the stolen billions?

Enjoyment1:
I must add here, that one should not be tribalistic, the domineering nature of the Igbos will really not make them have any head-way. A poster is already considering annexing the middle-belt (what a mentality). Why cant you just concentrate on yourself and how to break away. Who told you anyone will like to follow the ever selfish Igbos. Who will ever want to have anything to do with A Nation, that obviously will be divided against itself?. Anambra situation is a typical example. If Nigeria will break today, it will break into pieces. Every tribe will want to be a country. That is why a typical Ikwerre man will never accept to be an Ibo man, because, what the so called Eastern region did to the minorities, will ever make water come out of the eyes of the minorities. Please ask your fathers, if they will tell you the truth (please no intent to insult any). I must say here, check all the events of the war, lack of support by the minorities is what made the igbos lose the war. Nobody wants to go out of one marginalisation and fall into another.

That of the Igbos will be greater than that of the Hausas. That is why no one will ever support them, except another tribe will start it first. Check the South=South, everybody is building an airport, or trying to create a sea port. All these are for a purpose. They all want to be independent. Please fight for yourself and dont look for any support, please.

You mentioned Anambra, I wonder if Anambra's political problems is worse than Ogun, Ekiti and Ondo? What about the North and Boko Haram, the shite fighting other muslims, or the fights between hausa/fulani and Jos indigenes? No part of Nigeria is at peace with itself
On Airport, Igbo have two (Enugu and Owerri) and that is enough for the landmass of Igboland. When they separate, they can build some more airports if the need arises.

Igbo will not be interested in having a country with non-Igbos for reasons of sabotage. A one language country is better than a multi one.

On Ikwerre, lets see how they will prefer to be minority and ''slaves'' under Ijaw than joinning their brothers. We will leave them to decide that. No force

What did anyone expect Soyinka to do?

Let's see a northerner or an easterner of note like Soyinka recommend him too, then we take it from there.

Shey na Yoruba prophet predict say others go bow before Yoruba


Gani is great, but for Nobel price? Hm!

Sjeezy8,

Any how you think it, the day Yoruba refuse to join in fighting Igbo, Nigeria is done. Yoruba may pull out by war or peace that is good for them. But the day that happens (by whatever means), it is over and done with for Nigeria. Igbo will not join the north to try to bring Yoruba back. Never.

Bialegend:
You are talking as if all nigerians put together can fight and win Igbos without the help of external forces. Leave any war between Igbos and the rest of nigerians without any external help and see if we are not going to wipe them of the map of the world.
It happened during the nigerian's aggression against Biafra in 1967 and Biafrans were already matching towards Lagos via ore to take over all nigeria. Their leader Gowon was already preparing to run away from the country due to his fear of the Biafrans until Britain called him to order and promised financial and military assistance to fight the war for them.
USSR, Egypt, Sudan and host of other countries later join in assisting those imbeciles and it still took them a whole three years to get the work of defeating the Biafrans done. So, stop making it as if Yorubas can do anything, after all they are know to be the first to take "Ben Johnson" at the heat of every moment.

My friend, Igbos may not be able to conquer the whole Nigeria even without external help on Naija side. Biafra marched towards Ore, they were stopped. Biafra did not even step into northern Nigeria. The war was lost because ND withdrew their support. So Igbo may only defeat the north if Yoruba and ND stay away. Biafra also got external help, BTW.

sjeezy8:
I said the yorubas will free themselves as the north dont want yorubaland anyways, they want the east.
Yorubas will make their own country and not help igbos gain their own, simply because the North has no business with yorubas.

im not saying its right im saying that what could happen

Still ok for Igbo. If yoruba leave, they wont be fighting the Igbo. So Igbo can face the North alone. ND will also not be fighting the Igbo as they also want out. Fair deal

Onlytruth:
Now that is really twisted logic indeed!
You know (according to you) that Yorubaland has no resources compared to the East, yet you are prepared to leave Nigeria and then work with the north to keep Igbos in "Nigeria". Meaning you are more interested in Igbo bondage than in your own freedom! That is why we are not planning our freedom with you. I pity who does!
Yorubaman!

Really his logic was over-twisted. It is like a dog in a manger

sjeezy8:
Good point but why would yorubas help the igbos in freeing themselves from Nigeria?
The Yorubaland isn't any where as rich in resources as the East. If anything yorubas will have an agreement with the north, for yorubas to leave making the North the majority of the East

Clearly, the Yoruba is also tired of northern domination. It is just for them to get their act together. The Yoruba is not a poor region. They have oil in Ondo and some more have been discovered in Lagos. Plus the Lagos port. If Yoruba agrees with the North to leave (although I wonder why the North will let Yoruba go and not let the East go), then it is good for the East because Yoruba will not be joining to fight the East when they eventually leave.

Onlytruth:
And if the Igbos include parts of the middle belt in Biafra (which I don't see them refusing), it becomes harder for the north. Do you think the Middle belt likes living under the yoke of the Hausa/Fulani?

Igbos will not be INCLUDING anyone forcefully; never. Anyone who wants will join Igbo country willingly. We do not really need another multi-ethnic nation in Igboland.

Sjeezy,

An idle Sea Port makes no economic sense to any nation. The ND will need the money from Igbo merchants. Do not forget that Igbos have no problem with NDs. The new BIAFRA will not include them. We will be economic partners with them.

Sjeezy8,

Nigeria, not the North, will not let the East go. If Yoruba wants to go as do Igbo and ND, then the North has nothing to do. If today Yoruba refuses to get involved as they did in the Biafra war, then the North cannot fight Igbo alone. Moreover, the middle belt is getting tired of northern domination. I predict that they will not be willing to join the core north to fight Igbos. So again, the Yoruba has a role to play in Igbos leaving Nigeria

Enjoyment1,

On what basis will Igbo suffer if they get their own country and how is the Niger Delta (ND) Igbo master?

Is it oil? There is enough in Igboland
Is is Gas, there is enough
Is it skilled manpower? There is more than enough
Do not forget that Igbos are the richest (least affected by poverty) in Nigeria of today
And that is after the effect of the civil war that devasted them
The only disadvantage BIAFRA will have is lack of sea port (if Ikwerre decides not to answer their Igboness). But they can negotiate with ND and pay taxes to bring in their goods from ND ports, which ironically ND will still come to buy. Thus they (Igbo) will get their tax money back by inflating the prices of goods sold to ND buyers

Igbos have nothing to lose really, if Nigeria separates.

Kobojunkie:
It is common knowledge that muslims are usually buried on the same day they die. No need to turn this into another INSULT-EXCHANGE

Thanks for this observation and that is the end of the story.

Is it that bad that you now quote yourself? OMG!

udezue:
Like there is something special and befitting about being a real muslim.

That is a story for another day.

mbulela:
typical Nigerian, answering a question with another question.

You are the typical nigerian who always wants to live in self denial and full of unnecessary sentiments. The arabs are the model muslims. How do they bury their dead and how does the case of Gani play in that?

How about Middle eastern muslims? How do they treat their dead, even of kings?

My title was a question, but painfully, the answer seems obvious. You are either a or b and not both. No wonder northern muslims have little regard for their southern brethren

Gani to be Buried with Coffin, Says Family
•Ajibola decries lying-in-state
From Tunde Saani in Ibadan and Charles Ajunwa in Lagos, 09.14.2009

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Saheed, the second son of the late legal icon, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), yesterday disclosed that his father had instructed family members that his remains should be buried with a coffin when he dies.
Gani had lost the spirited battle with lung cancer on Saturday September 5. His remains will be buried tomorrow in Ondo, his hometown, after the lying-in-state ceremonies in Lagos and Benin, Edo State.
Saheed told THISDAY that his late father had said his corpse should not be buried immediately and that his burial should be done in “a modern Islamic way”, which will allow his body to lie in state.
He also said his dad instructed them to continue with the good works he did while alive.
But former Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Prince Bola Ajibola, has said the lying-in-state ceremonies held for the late Gani were anti-Islam.
Ajibola’s position tallied with that of the Executive Secretary of the Muslim Ummah of South-west Nigeria (MUSWEN), Prof. Dawud Noibi. The duo spoke at the body’s First Annual Lecture held in Ibadan.
Saheed said: “He asked not to be buried immediately as they did in the olden days. He instructed us to bury him in a modern Islamic way and he asked for that to be done when he was no more. Also, he said that his body should be buried with a coffin and as you can see we are merely carrying out his instructions. Again, he specially said that everything he did must continue.”
He said the late legal luminary asked the family to continue to give assistance to the disabled in society.
Such assistance, according to him, should include monthly feeding, monetary gifts and legal help to the less-priviledged.
Members of the Arewa United Association, Cripple Anti-beggars Association and the Emir of Lagos for the blind, Seriki Markifi Abdulhamidu Haruna, were at the Ikeja residence of the legal luminary for the muslim Fidau prayers held in his honour.
Leader of the anti-beggars association, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, who was accompanied by other cripples, said the late Gani used to give them monetary assistance which had helped some of then to become self-employed or independent.
He said: “We are here because our father is dead. For Nigeria, we will not get a person like Baba again because any time we have problem we run to him. I think we will never have anybody like Baba again. Our only prayer is for God to help his family.”
In Ibadan, prayers were, however, offered for Gani at the Ramadan lecture with a declaration that his death at the holy month of Ramadan was a ticket to Paradise for him.
According to Ajibola, the good deeds of the deceased social crusader and the post humus encomiums on him even by the less-privileged were enough evidence that he had a blessed life and should be allowed to go back to His Creator without delay.
“In Islam, we are enjoined to bury our dead without any form of delay. I am surprised at this funfare over the burial of Chief Gani Fawehinmi and I think he ought to be accorded speedy burial rites so that he can start to benefit from the favours of Allah in the grave,” he said.
Noibi congratulated Gani’s children and family for the life of their breadwinner, urging them to emulate his virtues.
Like Ajibola, the don, however, picked hole in the funfare trailing his death, saying it was totally against Islam.
“We are happy as muslims that Chief Gani Fawehinmi lived a worthy life. We are however unhappy that at a time he should be given speedy burial to reunite with his Lord, his lifeless corpse is being taken everywhere for the fun of it. This is clearly unIslamic. It is hoped that other persons would draw a lesson and order that their corpse should be buried in record time when they die,” he said.
Clerics at the occasion like the Chief Imam of Owo in Ondo State, Alhaji Ahmed Olagoke Aladesawe, and Prof. Kamaldeen Balogun, in their sermons, called on muslims to allow their ways of life to be guided by the tenets of the religion regardless of their respective status in the society.
"For us to be part of those who will enter Paradise at the end of our sojourn in this world, all we need to do is to see other muslims as our brethrens, give our religious leaders their due respect and shun any act of indiscipline," he said.

Fashola is probably about half more competent but completely as corrupt as Tinubu

Bilymuse, the internet is really helpful, otherwise people like you will literally run into the bush at the sight of the enigmatic Ojukwu.

Drawing From The Ezenna Example
By Ingram Osigwe

In Nigeria, setting up a business concern is like challenging the unknown. No matter how great your preliminary figures showed a prosperous future for the business, you are soon confronted with a bitter truth of how wrong your prediction was. Hence many businesses failed. Many other intending investors are dead scare to try. But such is not the way of great men; men who dared where others feared; men like Sir Tony Ezenna.

A man of courage and conviction, he neither observes the wind to sow nor regards the cloud to reap. He believes in his country and her potentials.

Ezenna shows a consistent track record of turning failures into success. At a time of deep global recession where companies such as Dunlop are relocating to other countries and banks are in dire straits, Ezenna kept a straight head. As Osen Marden puts it, no man could be ideally successful until he has found his place.

Ezenna is strong on track here in Nigeria; in the manufacturing and health sectors. He is may be weak elsewhere. When asked how his company has coped under intense, stressful and unfriendly business climate in Nigeria, he says: ''Growing a business is usually a very challenging undertaking. Some people here may wonder how we have coped. Honestly, when we set up shop in 1988, little did we realise that within a decade, we would be one of the leaders of the industry.''

In 1988, Ezenna knew that as a citizen of this country, he would work tirelessly towards her development. When he set up Orange Drugs, he felt as if walking with destiny, and that all his past life had been but a preparation for this challenge. He thought he knew a great deal about it all, and was sure he would not fail. Today, the story is a magnificent one. He seems to have surpassed his initial expectation.

His doggedness is reflected in the simplicity and sincerity of his desires to etch the nation's name on the minds of countries that import beauty products. Even when the nation's economy seems to have terribly nosedived, Ezenna remains true to his vision. His vision is subsumed in the nation's vision of becoming one of the greatest economies of the world over the next decade. This is no easy task.

He knew the awesome magnitude of the task before him, one of which is the unrepentant sceptics who see nothing good in the country. Another is the inconsistent economic policies as a result of changes in political power.

These challenges might have daunted the bravest of the brave; they did not daunt Ezenna, and it might be true to say that a man feeling less than the exhilaration and the sense of destiny experienced by Ezenna would have been incapable of prospering Orange Drugs.

It is against this background that Ezenna embarked upon the construction of an ultra-modern factory at a whopping $50 million. The factory, constructed at an austere time as this, and employed many more Nigerians at a period of job cuts and losses, has a stored capacity to manufacture 2.8 billion tablets per year with only one shift, which will double the capacity to 5.6 billion tablets. The cream and gel section is expected to produce 20 million tubes per year per shift.

As the energy problem continues to torment Nigerians, his company, Orange West African Limited, pioneered the biggest revolution in the energy sector of the economy. This new energy revolution was achieved through the introduction of energy-saving bulbs into the Nigerian market. The bulbs, known as Osram, use low voltage electricity thereby saving energy and at the same time reducing heat. A 20-watt Osram bulb shines as brightly as 100-watts bulb with less energy consumption. The import of this revolution is that 500 households using Osram bulbs for a specific period of time would conserve 80 per cent energy more than the same number of households using 100-watt bulbs. Some countries in the world have experimented with the technology and found it to have solved their energy problems. Such countries include Ghana and Cuba.

Speaking recently on the introduction of the Osram bulbs into the Nigerian market, Ezenna said if energy-saving bulbs are used, Nigeria would be better for it, considering the low wattage generated throughout the country. He added that Nigeria generates a paltry 2,500 megawatts of electricity compared to South Africa's 45,000. Egypt, a fellow African country, generates 17,561 megawatts and hopes to increase it to 26,000 MW by 2010. United States generates 900,000 megawatts and since it will take some time for Nigeria to generate more, the best alternative for now would be for the country to resort to use of low wattage bulbs.

Ezenna is an actor, rehearsing always for the great part that awaits him. It was with remarkable interest that he took hold on the challenge of restoring the nation's football legacy by instituting the Boska/LDFA football champion's cup in 2007.

The Boska Cup championship is today the pivot of grassroots soccer development programme in the country. The competition seeks to discover and nurture hidden talents into international commercial success. Orange Drugs, in partnership with Dexa Medica, has continued to encourage and develop the round leather game in the country. Some of the discovered talents include Philip Asuquo (Plateau United), Ayo Filani (Union Bank FC, Lagos) and Allen Asogba now plays for Ozankoy FC of Cyprus in Europe. This tournament enjoys a sponsorship of N6 million annually.

If other entrepreneurs follow in the footsteps of Ezenna, the standard of our football would record exceptional improvement in a short time and place us on the map of great football leagues in the world as the English Premier League, La liga and Seria A.

That is not all about corporate social responsibility. Ezenna feels a great hunger for social responsibility and he feeds it in many other ways. His capacity for work is prodigious, and his choice of what to do eclectic and non-eccentric. His projection of police image is unique and it underscores his approved cooperation with government agencies. In Lagos State alone, Orange Drugs has constructed over 200 police stands with about N20 million. The stands are branded. Apart from projecting a positive image of the Nigerian Police, it provides shelter from the sun and rain to the traffic wardens on duty. The company is also working on spending N15 million each on the provision of stands in Kano and Onitsha for the police.

Whereas Ezenna's major business is to produce and market goods, his determination to improve the status of his society is his secondary business. His collaboration with the Lagos State Table Tennis Association is geared towards developing that sport. Sponsorship of this tournament, named Procold Championship, is N7 million. The figure is expected to increase at the next competition when, hopefully, it would have secured the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) approval.

Ezenna is a passionate man. His passions are his God, his family, his country and his business. The Orange Drug phenomenon is the result of a strong culture and clear values, sound strategy and vision, outstanding leadership, and disciplined management - necessary ingredients to any great organisation's success.

Orange Drugs is the realisation of a unique vision espoused by Ezenna.

The story of Ezenna shows us how we can be responsible role models in our business and communities. The story is an exciting and encouraging example of the unlimited opportunities available in the nation's free enterprise system.

Church Offering Baskets Move In Reverse

The offering baskets at a North Little Rock church were operating in reverse. Summit Church dished out $5,000 to needy members of its congregation.

Pastor Bill Elliff said worshippers received cash to pay medical and electric bills, buy children's school cloths, make a security deposit for an apartment and replace a broken washing machine.

At the end of the service, Elliff said baskets with small bills were laid out at the front of the sanctuary and he told members to take it.

He added that leaders at the Southern Baptist church decided on the act a few weeks ago as part of a sermon series on giving. The pastor explained that the church had studied first-century Christians in Asia Minor and Jerusalem, who shared money and possessions even as they have their own poverty.

Becomrich= complove

sjeezy8:
lol sure time will tell and im not sure of fashola either

but for the time being your hating on Fashola, with nothing to back your opinions.

AND YOU STILL DIDN'T POST YOU OWN 5

I repeat that I do not hate Fashola. I just do not want to lick anybody's arse. As for my own list, there are more than 5 x50000 Nigerians worthy of mentioning as public enemies and this includes many ordinary Nigerians who are corrupt in their own ways. The server might go down if I list all those. Most of you guys listing names are more corrupt, or would be so if given the opportunity, than the names on your lists.

sjeezy8:
Nchara something against Lagosians lol CLOWN

1)IBB
2)Obasanjo
3)Maurice Iwu
4)Good luck
5)Michael Aondoakaa or Tinubu

yaradua no make my list as hes soooo DUMB he is just a figure head, HE SIMPLY DOESN'T PERFORM.

Nope. Nothing against Lagosians, being one myself, having been born there and raised there substantially. My point is that Fashola is as Nigerian as Tinubu, Soludo or IBB. I doubt if he has not helped himself with Lagos money. Time will tell. I am outta here.

Sagamite, Lagos has a lot of money in billions, and even if half a billion is missing, Fashola can still get things done substantially, compared to say Gombe which might have one billion ONLY and half of that goes missing. The other one half will hardly achieve anything. That Fashola is hardworking is proven. That he is not corrupt is not.