₦airaland Forum

Ritchiee:
Obiano fall our hands when we thought he was the best governor from the East.He is not even up to Okorocha level with these busted lies...

ikarm17:
A messenger of truth that wants allYirubas dead? Keep deluding yourself.

Bolustic:
FG shouldn't waste our scarce resources in begging for Drug Traffickers in Indonesia and Asian countries. It's always a futile effort.

The convicts were not killed, they only committed SUICIDE.

Bolustic:
Keep deluding yourselves.

Biggest lie of the century.

Same Okah his kinsman(GEJ) refused to release till he left office, na one Fulani man go release am?

As for Nnamdi Kanu, he should wait till Sept 26 when the court would decide his fate, doesn't he believe in the courts and rule of law anymore?

olawalepopoola:
Make dem no stop ooo! Make dem destroy Niger Delta wella! If dem stop dem be Niger Delta bastards. Make dem no stop ooo! Make dem destroy Niger Delta wella! If dem stop dem be Niger Delta bastards.

Abagworo:
If we analyze your points one at a time you hold nothing against the man than probably him being from Imo State and emerging biggest Igbo personality today. If indeed he succeeds in removing Ekweremadu and probably replace him with an Imolite will you agree he is powerful? Let us just wstch events unfold.

Abagworo:
Where and how did Adaure4ever insult Ndigbo other than proposing what she feels us the best way foward? The truth is that you people want all of us to hate Rochas for being prominent but we won't and our opinion stand. Who built the Igbozurume hall Enugu? Who launched the 1st recent Igbo newspaper? Who advised Ndigbo to join APC because power was obviously going to shift hands?

IMHO Okorocha is the only Igbo leader today committed to true Igbo course and stays influential in Nigeria. The rest are fighting for political relevance.

modath:
Anonimi,

I hope the non issue you were labouring over will now be put to rest....you claimed not to understand my point despite my clarification.

Since EU airlines don't use Enugu as their Nigerian hub, it makes neither common nor economic sense to assume that the fresh produce destined for European cities will fly from there!!!

Only Air France has a PH flight, and it's jointly shared with the Abuja route, PH-ABV-CDG , not PH- Paris straight...


Farm produce reach Europe, Anambra is sitting pretty, leave it at that. Route verification is just pettiness and totally unnecessary.

Obiano is doing great on his own, celebrate him, don't try to attach what isn't there. Peace.

haffaze777:
@bold,I think two names will do,pls just name two most popular non igbos dat sing in igbo

oduastates:
Clean out all the ghettos.
Anyone who cannot afford a proper home should go back to their state

bharkarh:
I don't and will never do. Was trained to be satisfied with whatever I have.

So steal a cube of maggi and get shot in the head!

bharkarh:
I don't and will never do. Was trained to be satisfied with whatever I have.

So steal a cube of maggi and get shot in the head!

omenka:
Vanguard always creating storms in tea cups.

They should concentrate on reporting news from Uganda and stories about the Red Albino Bonobo Monkey in Kuje abeg.

They South Westerners can handle their issues themselves.

Meanwhile, the Bonobo Monkey is about to celebrate his one year anniversary of extreme leguminous feeding in Kuje- I hope Vanguard marks it. I'm ready to spare some dead presidents on a full coloured center spread advert in felicitation!! Another great Madiba is in the making!!

1year down, 27 left to go!

omenka:
Vanguard always creating storms in tea cups.

They should concentrate on reporting news from Uganda and stories about the Red Albino Bonobo Monkey in Kuje abeg.

They South Westerners can handle their issues themselves.

Meanwhile, the Bonobo Monkey is about to celebrate his one year anniversary of extreme leguminous feeding in Kuje- I hope Vanguard marks it. I'm ready to spare some dead presidents on a full coloured center spread advert in felicitation!! Another great Madiba is in the making!!

1year down, 27 left to go!

bharkarh:
so we should wait for him to kill Abi? Pathetic

LAGOS—Three persons were shot dead
yesterday, during a shootout between
hoodlums and some officers attached to
the Federal Operations Zone A, Ikeja,of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, at White Sand community in Ijora Badia area of
Lagos State.Three others, among who was a Customs officer, also
sustained gunshot injuries.
Troublestarted, Monday, following a clash between Hausa and Yoruba residents over accusation by the latter that
the former had been terrorising the area.
A resident, Tajudeen Shamsudeen,
explained that a boy, identified as Ojo, said
to be on his way home, was allegedly
stabbed to death by some Hausa boys.
Shamsudeen said: “For long, these Hausa
boys have been attacking people here.
They waylay people, dispose them of cash
and belongings. Even rulers of both ethnic
groups are aware of the issue.”
The attack on Ojo, according to him,
sparked a riot during which dangerous
weapons were freely used by both parties.
But for the timely arrival of policemen
from Ijora Badia, the situation would have
assumed a violent dimension. 10 persons
were said to have been arrested in
connection with the unrest.
Demolition
Vanguard gathered that demolition of
shanties in the troubled community
started yesterday morning.
While unconfirmed reports had it that it
was on the order of the state government,
the Hausa alleged that the demolition was
carried out in their places of abode only.
While the demolition was ongoing, some
Custom officers, who residents alleged
were invited by the Seriki Hausa, stormed
the community in three patrol vehicles at
about 2.30p.m. They were alleged to have
fired sporadically to scare off some
hoodlums, who were roaming the area.
The hoodlums were said to have resisted
the Customs men, who allegedly attempted
to stop the demolition, an action that led
to a shootout, during which three persons
were felled by bullets.
One of the bullets from the hoodlums hit a
Customs officer. The Customs men then
fled the scene, heading towards Apapa.
As at 5p.m., Vanguard gathered that the
injured officer was being treated at the
Lagoon Hospital, Apapa, with two police
patrol vans stationed within the hospital
premises.
One of those hit by a stray bullet was
Azeez Tajudeen. Eyewitnesses said he was
first taken to the police station for a police
report, before being rushed to an
undisclosed hospital.
Police story
Confirming the incident, the state Police
Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, a
Superintendent of Police, however, said
only one person died, while two others
are recuperating in the hospital.
She said:”The community and the police
were on a joint operation of raiding black
spots within the community and arresting
suspected criminals yesterday.
“In the process, some officers of the
Nigerian Customs Service officers, who
were with officials of the National
Emergency Management Agency, NEMA,
had an encounter with some of the
hoodlums.
“They fired some shots and three people
were hit. As a result, one death was
recorded, while two others are receiving
treatment in the hospital. Policemen are
not involved.”

bigfrancis21:
Lagos may be linguistically weak in Yoruba due to urbanization and the presence of other tribes and foreign nationals living in it especially in the high-end expensive areas, however in certain areas of it the language is still there for non-Yorubas to pick up if they are interested. Looking back at history, Yoruba may hold sway in the Nigerian music industry because Lagos is the centre of it all, the very place where early Nigerian-style music started from. Being a Yoruba-speaking state, it was easy to infuse Yoruba elements here and there into songs produced which sold all over Nigeria, which spread the knowledge of those words nationwide. Just as Igbos hold sway in the movie production aspect of Nigeria, movies of which are popular all over Nigeria, Africa, Caribbean etc., it is common to meet other Africans who know words such as Igwe, Nna anyi, biko etc.

One thing I do know about Yorubas is their affinity for their culture and more tendency to hold on to or retain their culture anywhere. A few times I've seen a Yorubas here in the US speaking their language loudly without much care. They take pride in their language. It is a good characteristic. However, the survival of Ifa in Brazil and co. is mainly because Yoruba slaves arrived South America as indentured servants (indentured servants had more rights and were often paid for their work) mostly at the end of the slave trade in the late 18th century after the slave trade had been officially abolished, leaving them much freedom and allowance to practice their culture than the earlier slaves that arrived at the peak of slave trade (when slave masters forcibly eliminated all traces of their culture and they were forced to acculturate to their new environment). Being the last of tribes to arrive, their connection to their culture was the strongest. Yoruba slaves arrived south america to meet other slaves, majority born there compared to the foreign-born Yorubas, who had long been acculturated to their new environment with little or no connection to their African roots. To them, the introduction of Ifa by Yorubas served as a connection to 'mama Africa', which still continues till today.

In all, the Nigerian music industry has been long influenced by Yoruba language. P Square, during an interview, once said that, as an uprising artiste back in the early 2000s, one would have to sing a song or two or add Yoruba words to one's songs for it to sell, and they did sing one or two songs with Yoruba lyrics such as 'ore mi', 'kolo', etc. However, I've noticed that as these musicians rise to fame they switch to their original language and Pidgin as they realize they no longer need to sing in Yoruba for the fame since they are now famous. As P Square became famous, we had Igbo songs from them such as 'Ifunanya', 'Beautiful Onyinye', 'Bunie ya enu', etc. with occasional songs with Yoruba once in a while. This shows how influential Yoruba was back then in the 2000s. However, I do think that in recent times the influence of Yoruba on the Nigerian music industry has waned. With the way things are now, upcoming artistes nowadays do not need to sing in Yoruba to be famous. Artistes such as Flavour, Phyno, Nigga Raw, Zoro etc. from the eastern side are popular artistes in Nigeria who grew to fame by singing mostly in Igbo. Not only Igbo artistes, even some Yoruba ones too. Korede Bello is a Yoruba artiste (correct me if I'm wrong) who grew to fame without the Yoruba influence by singing mostly in pidgin, and especially who grew under the tutelage of Don Jazzy. Adaobi, which Korede Bello featured in, grew the guy to fame.

tosin400:
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Northern APC Governors at a meeting of the Progressive Governor's Forum that took place at Imo State Governor's lodge, Asokoro ahead of a scheduled meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa today.


See Photo below:

Source:http://www.flexygist.com/2016/07/26/photos-of-northern-apc-governors-having-fun-with-rochas-okorocha-in-imo-state/


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