₦airaland Forum

tuale4u:
The five south east state can leave nigeria if they want, nobody cares as long no single south south soil is included.

I know IPOD frauds would soon come and attack me with thier usual boring following lines:

1. Who are you to speak for entire South South or Niger Delta. My question to them who are IPOB to even speak for the entire south east.

2. There is no word like South South in Geography. My answer to them, words are created by man and nations. Nigeria have created the word South South and it has come to stay. Deal with it. The word South South is also used by the United Nation. U can google to get educated.The word google,facebook,IPAD were created in our lifetime.

3. You yoruba and Afonja. My answer to them: i am a full blooded Niger Deltan like Amadi Elechi, Anthony Enahoro, Ken Saro Wiwa, Isaac Adoko Boro , Ateke Tom, Ayiri etc who rejects Biafra. If you dont believe, u can go hug toilet!

4.We will not leave any Igbo thribe in south south. My answer to them: We dont have Igbo in South South. What we have in south south is distinct independent ethnic nationalities like Kwale, igbanke, ikwerre, Anioma, Etc. Cubans are not Mexicans,Texans are not Mexicans, Portuguese are not spanish even though they share border, history and language similarities.

5. We dont want South South because of oil. You can say dat to a one year old infant. There is low oil price today, all the south east states are currently facing strong recession.

6. Your Divide and Rule wont work. My answer to IPOB is that they are the king of Divide and rule. Whenever a Niger Deltan speak on Niger Delta issue, IPOB fraud are quick to tell you how Ijaw cant speak for Urhobo, how edo cant speak for Isoko and Itsekiri cant speak for ndokwa etc. IPOB always want to tell us Niger Deltans how diverse and different we are while downplaying are strong simililarities and history so dat they can easily annex us as small insignificant groups.

This is what you get when contraceptives fail.

tuale4u:
The five south east state can leave nigeria as long no single south south soil is included.

Be rest assured that we'd not leave any Igbo speaking part of Nigeria behind.

aresa:
What is the meaning of indigenous in this context? That was a meaningless and disingenuous claim spewed just to massage some people since there's zero effect or relevance to that claim I'm economic terms.

Lagos is still home to the largest concentration of all manner of industrialization from local, indigenous and foreign industrial activities.


In fact, in what or where are the so called industries? You mind listting them also..

Says someone who has never been to Asaba let alone cross the Niger

leofab:
Igbos giving afonja govt a run for their money

Who are Igbos?

Upper cut from FFK

Royal rumble.

Kudos fearless Nwada Faith Okafor.

The Appeal Court in Lagos has nullified the monthly environmental sanitation in Lagos State, saying it is illegal and ordered the Lagos State Government not to restrict people’s movement on that day.

The court which delivered its judgment at the weekend banned the state government from further restricting anyone’s movement within Lagos State at any time or day whatsoever on the basis of environmental sanitation as there is no written law to that effect.

Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division held that in the absence of a written law prescribing the same, the governor’s directive for people in Lagos State to stay at home and not to move about thereby restricting movement of persons in Lagos State within the hours of 7.00am to 10.00am on the last Saturday of every month was unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional.

The suit was brought before the court by a citizen, Faith Okafor (Appellant) against the Lagos State Government (Respondent).
The court restrained the Lagos State Government and its affiliates from further arresting the
anyone whatsoever on the basis of a purported environmental sanitation offence or trying anyone in the Special Offences Court without conforming to the dictates of the Constitution.
According to Justice Ogakwu, after due consideration of this appeal and the issues raised therein, “I have arrived at the inexorable conclusion that the appeal is meritorious. The same succeeds and is allowed by me. The Ruling of the lower court in Suit No. M/548/2013: FAITH OKAFOR vs. LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT & ANOR. delivered on 1st July 2014 is hereby set aside.
“In its stead and for good order sake, judgment is hereby entered for the Appellant against the Respondents in the following terms: It is hereby declared that the arrest and detention and transportation of the Appellant in the back of a vehicle which is of a metal cage with very little ventilation and light “Black Maria” by officials and/or agents of the 1st Respondent (KAI Brigade) on 25th May 2013 for a purported environmental sanitation offence violates the Appellant’s fundamental rights to respect for the dignity of her person, personal liberty and freedom of movement as provided under Sections 34, 35 and 41 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, and is therefore illegal and unconstitutional.”

Justice Ogakwu declared that the purported trial and conviction of the Appellant for a purported environmental sanitation offence violates the Appellant’s fundamental rights to fair hearing as provided under Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, and is therefore unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional.
The court further declared that in the absence of a written law prescribing the same, the 1st Respondent’s directive for people in Lagos State to stay at home and not to move about thereby restricting movement of persons in Lagos State within the hours of 7.00am to 10.00am on the last Saturday of every month is unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional.
4. The Respondents are hereby restrained from further restricting the Appellant’s or anyone’s movement within Lagos State at any time or day whatsoever on the basis of environmental sanitation without there being a written law prescribing the same.

“The Respondents are restrained from further arresting the Appellant or anyone whatsoever on the basis of a purported environmental sanitation offence or trying anyone in the Special Offences Court without conforming to the dictates of the Constitution. The Appellant is entitled to the costs of this appeal which I assess and fix at N100, 000.00,” he ruled.
-Kazeem Ugbodaga

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/11/08/no-more-environmental-sanitation-in-lagos-appeal-court-orders/

wonlasewonimi:
Like Danny Wilson?

Danny Wilson is balling large at the moment though he is not Igbo.

Why do Yoruba celebrities always go broke? Can't they learn from their Igbo counterparts? No pun intended.

He tried.

AdeniyiA:
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21st century Nigerian youth ,shior!

Says someone who exhumed a 'carcass' and supported him to be president.

This is interesting. Lalasticlala, what's your take?

Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, before I get into my main gist of today, let me quickly apologise for my inability to write this column last week. Truth is I had a mental block, pure and simple. Contrary to speculations that I couldn’t write because my great heroine, Hillary Clinton, lost her election, I was just so physically and mentally fatigued because this is one year that I’ve worked so hard on every project at hand. There was no doubt that I was solely disappointed that Donald Trump won the American presidential election but I was able to adjust quickly. My darling mum had taught me about the wisdom of the ancient. You can put your all into any project but the results ultimately remain the exclusive preserve of God. Only God determines the winner or the outcome.

There is so much to learn from the political trajectory of Nigeria. What happened in America had happened repeatedly in our dear beloved country. I will explain in a jiffy. Who would have expected Alhaji Shehu Usman Shagari to defeat a political colossus like Chief Obafemi Awolowo? Who would have expected a Shagari to beat a political philosopher like Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe so black and blue? Who would have expected a stupendously wealthy man like Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, without any political experience to take on the likes of Baba Gana Kingibe and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and come out victorious?

What Abiola did in Jos at the National Convention of the Social Democratic Party in 1993, when he mesmerised and hypnotised the party chieftains was what Donald Trump did recently in the United States of America when he razzle-dazzled the Republicans and virtually hijacked their party. Trump was lucky that he and Abiola belonged in different realms and climes. Abiola was not able to realise his dreams of running government like a business but Trump is set to take power and display the wizardry he flaunted endlessly before the elections. The world is waiting to see if Trump would plunge America into the abyss or perform the miracle of turning water into wine.

The main reason many of us non-Americans opposed Trump so vehemently was because of his supposed bigotry and divisive rhetoric on all fronts. But on a personal note, I’m not too bothered. I have learnt my lessons. Politicians can tell any ignominious lie just to grab power. Voters can believe obvious scams and vote for artful pretenders out of foolish emotions and live to regret it. There is nothing we have not seen before. It is very obvious even this early that the millions of Americans who voted for Trump may never get a quarter of what he promised. Every man has the right to change his mind or beliefs and no one can hang him for it. Trump obviously knew what the Americans wanted to hear and knew how to sell a dead horse at a premium. That is politics. His message resonated with his core base no matter how retrogressive it sounded. As a matter of fact, it became even more attractive the crazier it sounded. Politics and religion are quite similar in that they thrive on pure faith.

The same Trump that appeared a rabid hater of President Barack Obama has since visited his “sworn enemy” in the White House. You would have expected both former warriors to exchange some terrible blows but far from it; they came out behaving like two newly joined love birds. Trump now says Obama is actually a nice guy. Obama also reassures a jittery nation and a confused global community that Trump would actually behave decently and that their allies have nothing to fear. The two opponents must have known that it was all a game all along while their followers actually believed and embraced the charade. One of the things I love about America is the ability of its leaders to rise above pettiness. Every leader comes in after a bitterest electioneering campaign to embrace the one who lost. I do not hear sing-songs of wasting too much energy on the past. Who would have thought Obama and Bush would become as close as they are now? American leaders are wise enough to know that we are all actors and must quit the stage after playing our assigned roles. We may have sharp differences but we must be able to calculate the cost of war-war against the price of jaw-jaw.

When tomorrow comes, I’m sure Donald Trump would have calmed down and welcome everyone in the true tradition and character of America. No American leader can ever be allowed to transfigure into an Adolf Hitler or a Benito Mussolini. Americans collectively are stronger than their leaders. This is one of the major reasons I’m not worried about Donald Trump and his tantrums. If he returns to the giddiness of his pre-election period, Americans across party lines would know what to do. That is the power of their democracy.

This now brings me back home. I have been reading about the rising profile of our former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and wish to state without equivocation that no one should rule him out of the 2019 presidential race. I first hinted this possibility about two months ago and wish to reiterate that Nigerians should prepare for the shock that awaits us. The story of Donald Trump should bring us back to our senses. Nothing is impossible. The second coming of Goodluck Jonathan may be so far-fetched or even belong in those categories of impossibilities but I wish to plead with our government and my fellow citizens not to rule it out. As one of those who made our modest and humble contributions to the coming of this Buhari government, I’m pleading with trepidation.

Jonathan’s popularity is rising not because of anything he has done to atone the sins that must have led to his waterloo but as a result of what our change government has failed or refused to do. The obsession of our government with going all out after Jonathan is the main reason the Otuoke man is beginning to smell like roses after the odoriferous position he landed himself last week. Only if our government had succeeded in maintaining the economy it met, Nigerians would have been ready to enter fire with Buhari. But there are just too many unresolved problems and challenges. The excuses that Jonathan and company left this peculiar mess behind has refused to fly. The groans might not be loud enough to reverberate all the way to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, as of now, but trust me it may become deafening, sooner than later. I do not care if men and women of power dismiss my submission with a wave of the hand but they should mark my word, there is a thickening conspiracy in the clouds. It would be a shame if we inadvertently play into the hands of those hovering and ready to pounce on Buhari.

I read about “persecution complex” long ago and I understand how it works. If you beat your own child so ruthlessly as if you want to kill him, the tilt of public opinion would always go against you. Many would wonder why you want to kill your own child. In our anger, let us pick our fights. There is too much tension in the land. I would be delighted if anyone could educate and convince me that Nigeria has gained much more than we’ve lost to this war of attrition. If we haven’t, we may need to retrace our steps urgently.

The BBC reported on Friday how Jonathan caused a stir in Sokoto State during his visit to the state to pay his respects to Ibrahim Dasuki, the late former Sultan of Sokoto. According to the report, Jonathan was received by a large crowd of admirers, some holding banners bearing the words “Come Back Baba Jonathan”. The same voices that chanted “Sai Baba” and “Jonathan Must Go” are now fiddling with the tunes of the possibility of a Jonathan to stage a comeback. Here lies the irony of political triumph and the paradox of high expectations.



The euphoria and momentum that saw the exit of Jonathan and the emergence of the Buhari change administration has since begun to wane following the inability of the new government to hit the ground running with the tenacity of a government in a hurry!



There are many who believe that the poor management of the ensuing economic recession didn’t help matters. Suddenly, Nigerians who had high hopes and voted massively for change are now caught in a limbo between confusion and uncertainty. As it stands today, the average Nigerian is confronted with the reality of an economic recession they never planned for; a situation they did not experience under the Jonathan administration and under previous governments.



Many of President Buhari’s supporters are worried that the humongous goodwill that engineered the Buhari change mantra is now being frittered away at the speed of light. The unfolding plot has now thrown up former President Jonathan as a new protagonist in Nigeria’s theatre of the absurd. For many of us who are ardent students of history, we have since learnt that nothing is impossible in the game called politics. Will history repeat itself again? Time is pregnant with answers!

http://thebossnewspapers.com/pendulumthe-second-coming-of-goodluck-jonathan/

TonyeBarcanista:
Is it that some of you are used to aligning with failed projects? How can a sane Nigerian ask for Atiku?

You haven't come up with any alternative, have you?

If the president must come from the North, Atiku is the man.

morbeta:
Joe was the wedding gift to the bride from the groom. how I wish they practiced what he preaches in his songs, things would have gone this bad. "I wanna know what makes you cry" was among the messages.

I remember that.

NafeesaAA:
These guys no look like typical Aboki from Kiru /Bebeji Federal Constituency....... This is how evil our politics has become. Who could be behind this uncoordinated rented crow campaign of calumny?

Where you live and pay your tax is your constituency, isn't it?

Jdesilentkiller:
Op please stop hyping an average person.... I have seen pretty police women than this 42 year old.... She is just good looking because of solidified makeup... Why is she showing sides, show us her passport photograph to confirm.....

My brother, I tire o!

Flirtyjane:
No can say but Badmus Dolapo seems to be the most prettiest female police officer in Nigeria, if not the finest. Add to that, undoubtedly, she got brains.

The Nigeria police force will be so proud of her as she becomes a certified PR personnel. She is now an Associate of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations. Congrat to her!

==> http://www.newsentryportal.com/2016/11/pretty-female-police-officer-becomes.html

How can you call Dolapo Badmus the prettiest police officer when you have Ngozi Braide?

Upritman:
Under which party?
APGA?

The party will soon be announced.

That would be the most viable ticket against the tyrant in Aso Rock now.

stadora:
Gud mornin mamas. Its really been a long time. Have bn off 4 some days now. Have lots of pages to read up.
May God continue to bless us and our los.

Pls I ll like to buy an in original flask 4 pap dat wil keep hot for more dan 24 hrs. I know there s a strategy dat som mamas uses to test a genuine flask. Pls wo knows the method. So I wunt hv to regret after buying.
Cc zionx, onegai, alphahandmaiden, rofemiguwa, helovesme, comtem2011, sabi mamas abeg oo

helovesme:
I use original thermos flask (brand name is thermos) and it keep water hot for about two days. There's no way to test a genuine flask. You just have to buy from a genuine seller.

The way 'mamas' test original vacuum flasks is this;

Open the flask and place the mouth firmly over your ear. You'd hear a sound like that of a whirlwind or rushing water.

Thank me later.

$217,000 @ N465.

investnow2013:
Over 15million worth Casket?

It's $217,000 actually. That is N100,905,000 @N465

waternogetenemy:
no let me wear u slap this evening, and wat did Osita Chidoka achieve for Anambra and Ndiigbo as minister.


u think it is merely being a man and working in government that qualifies u for Governor?


if u reach that level, u must have something to point to that u accomplished 4 Nigeria and ur locality.


Stella Oduah is better placed to be Anambra State Governor, even Bianca Ojukwu.


We have two lovely women to consider for Governor and truly be the light of the nation.

Stop ranting bro. I've just told u what will happen. Just sit down and watch

wheredemdey:
That guy should as a matter of urgency contest for governorship and send that joke Willie to aguleri come March 2018

He doesn't need to contest for governorship. Osita Chidoka is the next governor of Anambra state.

jadina:
All these for burial of a dead man yet he hasnt paid salaries to his staff for more than a year . Wastefulness. I think its more of a carnival than a solemn ceremony.

Are you working for Sahara Reporters or you are Emeka Offor's staff?

Osita Chidoka is the next governor of Anambra state. Bookmark this space.

post=51059251:
On my way to Onitsha, I realized state government have started rehabilitating Enugu/'Onitsha express road from Umunya

How do you know it's the state government that is doing it?

jeeqaa7:
and he is not wearing the watch? bad PR and advert team

Looks like it's way h and tablet for kids.