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why drive a Lamborghini to a concert

Except to rub your success in people's faces..

Silliness and arrogance, he paid the price..

fk001:
Name the service chiefs pls and stop beating around the Bush.

Let's narrow it to

Chief of Defence staff

Chief of Army staff

Chief of Air staff

Chief of Naval staff


Alex Badeh was the only Northerner in the above position that i listed, and he was also a Christian an extremist for that matter.

Ok lets go...

Of the 4 IGPs under GEJ 3 were Northerners, only 1 was a southerner. Another instance is the Chief of Defense staff was a Northerner. The NSA is a Northerner. All CJN under GEJ were Northerners. CJ Federal high Court was a Northerner. EFCC Head was a Northerner. The INEC Chairman appointed by Jonathan a Northerner. C-G Customs was a Northerner.NECO, NERÐC, FRCN DGs are Northerners appointed by Jonathan.

To be more specific

President (GEJ) appointed Northern Nigerians to important offices of the state. National Security Adviser(SamboDasuki), Defence Minister(Aliyu Mohammed), Principal Private Secretary(AwwalTukur), Foreign Affairs Minister (AminuWali) and Education Minister(Ibrahim Shekarau) are all from Northern Nigeria.

Gbam

Now lets move on to Buharis first cabinet appointments..

It was noted 81 out 100 appointees of President Buhari were from Northern region. Jonathan's by contrast was at best 37 southerners.

Now Sharap.. We all know who the ethno centric people are in this country

One only has to look at a map of Nigeria and focus on the upper section lol..

Pele in advance..

fk001:
Only 2 of the service chiefs are from core North.


A president will only appoint who he trust must.



Gej did thesame he mostly appointed Christians or Southerner's as his service Chiefs.

GEJ did not, a large number of his service chiefs were from the North. In fact it one of the reasons some feel he struggled with Boko Haram as his own generals were relunctant to kill their kin..

Southern leaders have always been more pragmatic on the issue of ethnic balance than Northern leaders.

Buhari's leadership has been heavily biased towards Northerners and is another reason why he must go..

Sadly if the average Nigerian plumps for Atiku I doubt much will change..

prolog2:
sowore is not intelligent, he is dumb and lazy. I would chose a monkey as president over sowore.

Oya Buhari tells me your money is ready..

Go collect am..

EbolaParasite:
Don't mind all these lazy youths. They prefer to just google and read the white mans account of their own history while ignoring everything else. These same people will claim nigerian slaves were docile and never tried to escape yet we know of the "Igbo landing" Even though the west has tried so hard to eradicate it and make it seem like a myth, we know it happened. Same way they are trying to paint africans as demons that we sold slaves as if we were the ones that built ships and loaded slaves aboard looking for buyers.

Amen, I know my brother..

But that is why it is important we speak up. The souls of those who suffered such injustice in the past demand it..

Lucifer66:
Is that not what Africans does to white people?
Ohhhhh why are you people so foolish?
When the prince of Wales came did the Oba of Benin not leave his throne just to see and welcome him thereby breaking tradition?
Africans will always treat foreigners better than their own people.
Buhari will always address national issues when asked by a white person.
If Africans were as good as you claimed then why are we so backwards?
Anyhow you're a dullard so surprise.

Africa's problem is simply poor leadership nothing more. Most Africans dont really understand Democracy and dont appreciate it is on them to choose better leaders.

Look you sound like a person who has never left Nigeria. Google "Nigerian-Americans" they outperform whites academically there despite prejudice against blacks. Again the same story for British Nigerians. There is nothing wrong with our brains, the issue is the wrong people are in power back home.

I like people like Sowore, as he is intelligent and understands what Nigeria needs. He has a vision for this country.

Does the dullard Buhari have a vision beyond saying he isnt corrupt? Does Atiku have a vision? Secondly given his reluctance to condemn rhe herdsmen menace, I question whether he doesnt have tribal loyalties..

It is up to the young to fight for a new future at the ballot box and on the streets if the political elites do not obey..

EMMAUGOH:
there are thousand ways you could pass your message without resorting to insult. Offcourse the white men treated blacks with indignation but do u have any history written about how blacks treated thier before the white man came. The family I mentioned above buried most of his children alive as sacrifice and sold the rest and there is no where history mentioned that.. Till today his direct descendant are faced with madness.

Like I said earlier we all say things from what we hear and see.. You don't need to insult me

Sorry O, but I tire of people repeating the white man's version of history.

I have spent many years reading old texts to see what actually happened. There is nothing wrong with us as a people.

Our history has also been heavily distorted. That is why I have to step in and tell people the truth.

Do people even know that when reports of the treatment of slaves in the west reached some groups like the Ashanti, they stopped trading slaves with Europeans Altogether. The British tried to force their hand by arming their neighbours, inciting conflict as they knew most slaves were prisoners of war..

Not to mention coastal areas where for years locals feared the sea. As Europeans would simply land and snatch up locals. Imagine your wife going to collect crabs and shellfish by the coast never to return..

Some historians have suggested even so called tribal marks became more common as a result of slavery. As an easy means to identify where people were from if they were freed, particularly children..

It is important we know our own history undistorted by foreigners....

Lucifer66:
Another dullard who can't use his brain, You NL people must know anytime you see my moniker quote me unless you're intelligent if not I will drop you like a fly.
If you had a brain you'd know that Africans are generally wicked and selfish, Why do you think this continent is the poorest but yet the richest in terms of resources?
If you read your history well you'd know that the African man I willing to sell his people off for the right price.
You're an African and you have seen what our leaders have done to their own leaders but no you're to stupid to understand that.
You say I worship white people but forget your president only answers national issues when he's a in a white nation.
I don't worship them BUT envy them!
I have a good number as friends and their things a 12 year knows that a moronic fellow like yourself wouldn't even in 2 generations.
Good day.

Africans are generally wicked and foolish? wow someone is really brainwashed..

May I suggest you read some Ibn Battuta an Arab who travelled Africa in the middle ages well before colonialism.

Who remarked of all the lands he had travelled, Africa had least banditry and most open, kind and honest people. He had travelled through all of the middle east, India and even as far as China.

What happened between then and now mumu Colonialism..

Take your head out of your backside..

SPOILT9JAOLOSHO:
He should go for state House of Assembly, if He performs well, He would clinch to Governorship by then it will be time for the Yor. ppl to rule again, there are many tribes in Naija. And He will become politically matured.

Did Mandela have any political experience upon leaving Jail?

But he was the best African leader South Africa has ever had. He even stepped down when he felt too old.

Quiet old man, we dont believe your lies anymore that he needs to do anything before taking the reigns of power..

EMMAUGOH:
I wish the whites stayed more in this country..

All this slave trade story was a farce. Africa has been selling themselves even before the white man came.

Till today Anazodo family in Nnewi has been returning home to thier family after years of being sold to other igbo families and western family.

So when I see people hating whites for buying blacks I will be like white came and continued a trend that has been in existence before they came.

You are a mumu who doesnt know history.

The type of slavery in Africa and the Middle East was very different to Chattel slavery practised in the west.

Do not confuse the two. The former only bound people to a master nothing more, much like serfdom. A slave owner could not beat his slave to death without repercussions. Often slaves could rise up to become generals or even kings. King Jaja of Opobo being a notable example. The Mamluks of Africa/Arabia being another.

Under Chattel Slavery, slaves were merely cattle and property. Slaves could be beaten to death without consequences and mutilated without any issues. The Europeans who were slave owners were very brutal and slave numbers often could only be maintained with constant new arrivals.. No descendant of a slave rose to become a president in the Americas even till to this day. Obama was the son of a middle class Kenyan not a slave descendant.

I would suggest you read the texts by Western slave owners as they explain how you have to torture a few and even kill the odd one so that the slaves do not try to escape. Compare that to the few written texts on slavery in west africa which extoll owners to be kind to their slaves and keep them well..

This is the problem with a lot of you Nigerians you dont even know you own history

Just Sharap..

post=74198193:
The days of slavery.......

We will get to our full potentials in few years to come, we are right on track already.

I tell you, with the natives in the photo standing bare chested with letters on theit chests...

While the Europeans relax in lovely colonial white clothing at the front...

And some foolish old readers here will lament "there once was a country"

I would rather have Nigeria like this and be free, than the tyranny of colonialism mtchew..

Instead of looking back, look forward with a leader like Sowore we will get there

I still don’t care, Sowere is my only choice....

Tired of the old cabal Buhari included...

gidgiddy:
Try to be more enlightened. Don't use China as an example here. China is not a democracy like Nigeria. In a democracy, you are accorded certain rights. Amongst these rights is freedom of expression. If in expressing themselves and exercising their right to protest, the Nigerian Army or police kills anyone, particularly unarmed protesters, it is murder. It is the duty of you and I to call out the authorities when they are doing the wrong thing, not find excuses for them to continue with impunity. Kanu cannot be blamed for the death of any protester, these are people killed while exercising rights accorded to them in the constitution. Blame those who shot at them for commiting murder

In the Biafran movement of today, nobody is talking about war any more. What people are asking for is referendum. Britain gave Scotland referendum in 2014. If Britain can give one of its areas referendum, there is no reason why Nigeria which they created, cannot give Kanu's people the same.

It would be very stupid of Kanu to see his enemies coming to kill him and he will just relax and let them slaughter him to prove he is brave. Kanu is prepared to die for his beliefs but that does not mean he will make himself a gift to his enemies. Only a fool presents himself to his enemies to be slaughtered.

Kanu could have stayed back in the comfort of London and continued with his Radio Biafra. But he returned fearlessly to Nigeria in 2015, spent 2 years in jail, was charged with treason, suffered Python dance. Does this really sound to you like a coward?

As for Ojukwu, have you ever wondered why most Igbos love Ojukwu in death despite the fact he led them in war and lost millions of them? This is because Igbos know that Ojukwu fought their freedom and liberation same as George Washington led his fellow Americans to fight for American independence. The only difference is that Ojukwu failed. How can I feel bad towards a man who fought for my freedom? That is one thing you will never understand about Igbos, we treasure freedom fighters like Ojukwu and Kanu because we value freedom.

Today in Nigeria, Boko Haram, killer Herdsmen Aand Niger Delta militants cultists are all armed and killing people everyday. But it is unarmed IPOB that have killed nobody that your government decided to kill in the hundreds. To this day, not one single armed Killer Herdsman has ever been killed, despite the fact that they have killed thousands of Nigerians this year alone. But if it is unarmed Nnamdi Kanu, your government will declare Python dance and invade his house to kill people.

Of course, all this injustice is not what you care about. The only thing you care about is why Kanu will not present himself to be killed so you can carry on with your fraudulent "one Niferia"

This is why I like our people, we like to debate issues and resolve them with reason. You have raised some good points, I will readily admit that.

But on Nigeria, our country is a democracy only in name. I agree with you people should be able to exercise their right to protest, but we know that is not the case here. That is why I feel it was reckless to galvanise young people to protest knowing that means in a country like Nigeria. Yet again you have not lamented their deaths which is surprising to me. Every needless death in Nigeria is a tragedy. Not just the ones you can use as ammunition to further your agenda.

As for a referendum, I have no issue with it. But there are so many open questions? Which regions would be included in the referendum? The original Biafran territories included portions of the Niger Delta, should they be included in the breakaway republic? Would they want to be? Individuals like Asari Dukubo certainly do not regards themselves as Biafrans. Also what happens to Igbo like me in regions like Lagos, post independence we would instantly become foreigners in places we regard as home.


Finally will a more ethnically homogeneous nation be a solution to our ills? Even amongst Igbo groups there are various questions of core and non core igbo? All that will happen were Biafra to emerge, would that these cleavages would become more important. Leading to the same issues except in a smaller nation.

You stated that I believe in one Nigeria. I do reluctantly and for one reason alone. I have had the fortune of travelling and working around the globe. You do realise that the black race which includes the Igbo is either hated (Europeans) or looked down on (Asian). Nigeria as an entity is the only nation capable of being a global power as a black nation. Biafra would be too small and who else would take up the mantle if Nigeria collapsed? Ghana? South Africa? You know no other black nation can do it.

Look I agree with you the Hausa are very regressive in terms of their thinking and practices. I agree with historians who have often said that the Hausa's never really understood democracy. If you look at Hausa states prior to democracy they were largely feudal slave states. As for the Yoruba they are somewhat better than the Hausa, but they too have authoritarian instincts born of the feudal citystate system with power residing in the hands of all powerful Obas. Thus it is on us the Igbo to be beacons of light and show the other groups the way forward. At times Nigeria has worked and we Igbo were at the forefront. We can do it again with political savvynness and skill. Something that is lacking in the current set of political leaders.


I have always said the questions that Nnamdi raised about the failings with modern Nigeria were never wrong. What I took issue with was his ultimate message and approach. Listen to others from the new generation like Sowere, he too raises the same objections. But unlike Nnamdi is doing his best to reform the system from within. For now that is the best way forward in my opnion. I know that we can build a vision of Nigeria with a unified national identity that will work. But it would take great effort and bravery on the part of the young. When I walk around UAE I feel safe, it is muslim country and yet cities like Dubai are advanced and modern. The same goes for Turkey or Iran, why cannot we not do the same in the North? As for the South, the Judeo-Christian character of the region can be maintained, while embracing greater economic development. What say you to that vision?

gidgiddy:
Since the Nigerian Army is a violent and unprofessional force, then the problem isn't Kanu. This is the symbol of a failed state when an Army is shooting those they are paid to protect. Any of us can get killed by the Nigerian Army at any time. Kanu is not sending anyone out to die, he is sending them to exercise their constitutional right to freedom of expression and protest. If the authorities decide to kill people for exercising their right, don't blame Kanu.

As for going to Israel, Kanu was in his house when the Nigerian Army came to murder him. What did you expect Kanu to do? To relax and let his enemies kill him? He made his escape to the country that will keep him safe. There is no point for Kanu to present himself to his enemies to be slaughtered

My brother many armies across the globe are unprofessional and dangerous. Look at China, poised to be the largest economy on the planet. Look what they are doing to the Uighurs (a non han chinese minority). If you question Chinese authority if you arent killed you are reeducated.. Currently a million Uighurs are being forcibly indoctrinated to love their oppressors..

We are not in disagreement about the nature of the Nigerian army and by extension political elite. However, I am not a believer in the Biafran movement as we tried it before and we suffered as a people enormously. My father wont even talk about what he saw or what happened back then!!!

As I have said before and will say again. God bless those young men died face down in the mud for their beliefs, while Nnamdi fled.. He is a coward and nothing more.. You celebrate that clown while you dont spare a thought for the families who lost their sons. They are the real heroes, not this fool enjoying the sun in Tel Aviv.

Also you asked whether he shouldnt have run? I already gave you many examples of men willing to die for their beliefs and some of them did. Any movement that lasted had leaders willing to die for the cause. Kanu was not, so he failed the first test of leadership..

You also did not address why great men are remembered fondly by the men they led. Probably because you know very well you cant.

Add that fool Ojukwu to the list as well, how many great Igbo minds were snuffed out by the war he started. Like Kanu he too fled like a dog...

Men like you are the worst. Willing to shed the blood of others for your beliefs. While you risk nothing. If I ever took up arms in Nigeria, I would be in the trenches with my brothers fighting for a just cause.. Not fleeing at the first sign of danger..

Mtchew..

gidgiddy:
So you remembered the boys who died face down in puddles of mud but you care nothing that your Nigerian Army went about shooting and Killing unarmed boys?

Do you know that even in war, the killing of an unarmed enemy Soldier is a war crime to even talk about killing unarmed civilians in peace time?

Don't spit on Nnamdi Kanu, it is not a crime for one to encourage his people to seek their freedom and independence. Spit on the Nigerian Army for their criminal and cowardly conduct of killing unarmed people.

We all know the Nigerian army is a violent and largely unprofessional force.. That is no secret..

What I take issue with is asking your people to put their lives on the line. They answer your call in a desire for greater Democracy, rule of law and freedom.

While he takes flight at the first sign of trouble and relaxes in Israel. The only man who I will follow is one who leads from the front.

From Nelson Mandela, Alexander the Great, Spartacus, Shaka Zulu and Hannibal these men's names will echo through history.

Why? because they bled with their men and led by example from the FRONT!!!

Even as a man who is half igbo, I spit on him...

Useless man. I remember those boys who died face down in puddles of mud for the IPOB cause.

As this clown spirited himself to safety in Israel

Mtcheww ...

Pele, but this is Nigeria my brother....

To be honest you didnt stand a chance.

The only candidate I care about is OMOYELE SOWORE

Tinubu, you Sharap..

Nigerians shouldn't vote for either PDP or APC..

We need new younger men who aren't tainted by corruption..

VOTE OMOYELE SOWORE (AAC) FOR PRESIDENT 2019


OMOYELE SOWORE

I wonder where that useless Oba was??

Mtcheww

VOTE OMOYELE SOWORE (AAC) FOR PRESIDENT 2019


OMOYELE SOWORE

StOla:
You mean Buhari was the one in power who refused to pay FG share of counterpart funding for oil JV projects, that amounted to over $6b as at 2015?

How will anything change with Atiku when he is representing the same PDP that refused to pay this owed sum, despite making the highest petrodollar revenue ever from crude oil sales within the same period from 2010 to 2015?

My brother I agree with you both Atiku and Buhari would be a waste of a vote..

Useless men...

Buhuri is the root problem in this case, however nothing will change with Atiku.. Need a new younger face in place..

Sowere actually has ideas and policies.

If he was allowed on, he would destroy the corrupt mainstream politicians..

The other politicians begged channels TV to not let him on

Did you hear that Nigerians..?

Chai, Fashola is officially done..

If the sector is privatized and still doesnt work. Doesnt that mean the approach is in need of reform.. ?

That IS the responsibility of the federal government..

itsdumebi:
@POLITICSNGR

The Senate at plenary on Wednesday, passed the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2018.

PoliticsNGR learned that the proposed commission aims at enhancing the infrastructural development of the South East zone, which is grappling with huge ecological challenges.

The bill also seeks to act as a catalyst for the development of the commercial potentials of the zone.

The proposed legislation requires the concurrence of the House of Representatives to become a bill of the National Assembly, and the president’s assent to become a Law.

Sponsored by two southeast senators, Stella Oduah (PDP-Anambra) and Samuel Anyanwu (PDP-Imo), the bill was first read in the Senate on June 22, 2016.

Its passage in the Red Chamber followed the presentation of the report of the Committee on Establishment and Public Service by its former Chairman, Sen. Emmanuel Paulker (PDP-Bayelsa).

After Paulker’s presentation, the bill was considered clause by clause by the committee of the whole, and amendments made by the lawmakers before it was read for the third time and eventually passed.

Speaking, the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at the sitting, commended his colleagues for a job well done.

“Every morning we pray that God should give us the grace to do only those things that will promote the peace and unity of this country.

“I believe that we have shown today that we are committed to the unity of this country, and it is this unity that will give us faith in this country.

“This faith will in turn help us to pursue peace and progress,” he said.

Addressing newsmen after plenary, members of the South East caucus of the Senate, led by Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP-Abia), thanked their colleagues and members of the committee for their efforts.

Abaribe, who spoke on behalf of the caucus, urged the President to sign the bill into law “as soon as we tidy it up and bring to him, in the interest of the unity and progress of Nigeria”.

“This will put to rest the long-drawn agitation in the South East, and the difficulties in the rehabilitation and reconciliation efforts that started at the end of the civil war.

“All things we see always will end up at the negotiating table, which is what we have done,” he said.
The lawmaker said he hoped the House of Representatives would give concurrence to the bill as it went in the Senate.

When established, the South East Development Commission would be the third zonal interventionist body in the country.

Currently, there is the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the North East Development Commission established recently.

https://politicsngr.com/just-senate-passes-south-east-development-commission-bill/

Hmm The South-East Bribery Bill don pass. Election Time I think..

Mtcheww

Opinionated:
Thanks.

Yes great research.. Thanks

uuzba:
Long French.
Plant trees in your compound. I have trees in my compound because they do their usual Oxygen release. Plus filter out dust and smoke from vehicles on the road.

I cannot stop the vehicles on the road.
Nigerians buy one plot of land and cover the whole place with cement and paving stones. Now you are complaining about bad air.

Better knock down part of your house and plant a tree there. Sidon be waiting for government to give a damn about anything .

Yes you can change Policy on pollution, dont vote in dumb leaders like Buhari or Atiku..

Opinionated:
We are in the harmattan season when visibility and air quality tend to drop. This often accompanied by bouts of catarrh and cough for many people in Nigeria. What many people may not know is the degree to which the air they breathe is polluted or hazardous.

We did some research and discovered that air quality is measure globally through a standard called Air Quality Index (AQI).

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, AQI can be defined: …”as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 represents good air quality with little potential to affect public health, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.

“An AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national air quality standard for the pollutant, which is the level EPA has set to protect public health. AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory. When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy-at first for certain sensitive groups of people, then for everyone as AQI values get higher.”

This chart explains it more:

https://i1.wp.com/www.opinions.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Air-Quality-Index-values.png?w=650

Each category corresponds to a different level of health concern. The six levels of health concern and what they mean are:
• “Good” AQI is 0 to 50. Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

• “Moderate” AQI is 51 to 100. Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people. For example, people who are unusually sensitive to ozone may experience respiratory symptoms.

• “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” AQI is 101 to 150. Although general public is not likely to be affected at this AQI range, people with lung disease, older adults and children are at a greater risk from exposure to ozone, whereas persons with heart and lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from the presence of particles in the air.

• “Unhealthy” AQI is 151 to 200. Everyone may begin to experience some adverse health effects, and members of the sensitive groups may experience more serious effects.

• “Very Unhealthy” AQI is 201 to 300. This would trigger a health alert signifying that everyone may experience more serious health effects.

• “Hazardous” AQI greater than 300. This would trigger a health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

Now, having understood the different categories of AQI, we decided to check the AQI for Lagos today via AirVisual which provides daily AQI measurements and this is what we found.

https://i2.wp.com/www.opinions.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Lagos-Air-Quality-Index.png?fit=650%2C258

For today, Lagos falls in the purple region of AQI with a score of 210 making the air residents of the city breathing today to be very unhealthy.
The government needs to do more to provide a cleaner and healthier envirionment. Yes, the harmattan has contributed to low air quality today but it can be better with better regulation and less pollution.

Source: Discovered: How Lagos Air Quality is ‘Very Unhealthy’

Well when the Lagos state government doesnt monitor the state of vehicles that ply the road what do you expect?

Only in Lagos would you see an old 1960s British Leyland truck belching black smoke still allowed to be on the road. In Singapore or London, such vehicles would immediately be taken off the road.

Ahh Nigeria when will you learn..

The church always says its wants to support the institution of marriage.


If both partners are sexually satisfied by the marriage doesnt that mean they are less likely to stray?

Mtcheww...

For those who dont know, in some communities like the very religious orthodox Jewish one (black hats etc).. Their women merely need to cite lack of sexual satisfaction in front of the Rabbi as a reason for Divorce..

So I think the pastor is very smart in this regard..

deboysben:
Atiku Obi is a goal


Nollywood are atikulating obidently

Mtchew... Ha Nigeria and lack of real choices..

The dullard or this MUMU..

NigerDeltan:
sea of heads

sea of idiots more like...

The same for anyone supporting the Daura President...

Nnamdi can shut his trap.

He left his followers to die for hid foolish beliefs while he fled to safety..

After relaxing god knows where he raises his head to sprout more nonsense..

While I wont deny the south east doesnt do well out of the current economic union, this charlatan has nothing to offer.....