₦airaland Forum

zendy:
Who cares about your business? Who cares about a few comfortable Igbos? I'm a relatively comfortable Igbo man who will also be affected by the emergence of Biafra but I still want Biafra because the political and economic emancipation of my people is far greater than any selfish desires I may or may not have. This is about the future not the past and I believe in the ingenuity of my people. I believe that Biafra will be greater than Nigeria ever was.

Well, if you dont care, I care about my business and the businesses of my people.

There are advantages of remaining in a united Nigeria and there are also lots of dissadvantages. However, I believe all the dissadvantages would be eliminated if we return to true federalism and resource control even whilst we would still maintain the advantages of being in a single entity.

In summary, true federalism is the more practical and most convenient option for now not secession and to achieve that, the entire southern Nigeria must unite to make it happen.

zendy:
I want to remind people about something that will be very important in the event of the creation of Biafra. Embossed in front of every Nigerian passport (and any west-African passport) is the acronym "ECOWAS". What this is trying to tell anyone with this on their passport is that they are are entitled to travel, live and settle anywhere in the West-African sub-region without need for any sort of visa. This same sort of system applies in Europe under the "EU" and all member nation can travel at will to each other's countries with no travel restrictions. It is most likely that the Biafra,a west African nation, will become a member of "ECOWAS" and any Igbo man will be able to travel and live to anywhere in Nigeria without any visa.

Are you aware that both Ghana and Nigeria were members of ecowas when Nigeria evicted Ghanaians in the infamous 'Ghana-must-go' saga?

With that in mind, radio biafra proponents think the best way to break away is through the very tasteless hate campaigns they are waging by insulting and inciting hate against every other Nigerian tribe.... and lets just imagine that Biafra finally succeeds through this hate campaigns, for some people to actually still think there would be a rosy diplomatic relationship with Nigeria is absurd.

surefact:
I see fear in you....what do you want the igbos to stay in Nigeria? Are they no longer evil? You lots disgust me....if I am you, I will rejoice and be in the forefront for biafra actualization so that nigeria can be free of evil....diabolical cowards

Sorry what I feel is not fear but rather, rage and embarrassment at the shallowness of my people. You will do yourself a lot of good if you can quit your simple-mindedness; not everyone who opposes biafran secession is a yoruba person as most of your little brains keep assuming. Just like I pointed out earlier in my comment, 'comfortable' Igbos are not crazy about the secession moves and will not be supporting it especially due to the senseless way it's presently being promoted on the silly radio station. I am proudly in this category; I support true federalism and resource control, not the balkanization of Nigeria which will greatly affect my businesses.

I can smell from miles away that you must fall into one of the 2 categories of people I mentioned, i.e. the never-do-wells or the dependant students, else you would have been able to see the big picture instead of allowing yourself to be brainwashed by dubious characters.

ibrahimdoc:
If the igbos happen to get their Biafra, how is it going to affect the economy of lagos? being the highest importer in the country and are paying the highest tax in custom duty, how will this affect the lagos Economy? Some yorubas say they won't feel it, while the igbos say that lagos will be like a grave yard..For me, I think Lagos will feel it in no small measure...The reason multi national companies troop into lagos is because of the population and when lagos is suddenly cut into almost half, what do you think that will happen? Your unbiased contribution will be appreciated..

Do not be misled by what you see and read online, no comfortable Igbo man is willing to risk his massive investments scattered all over Nigeria for a secession today.

The present agitators for Biafra today are mainly the Igbos from the lowest cadre of society, i.e. the never-do-wells and students who are still spoon-fed by their parents.

Even with what's happening in Borno today, we still have thousands of Igbos who reside there. No matter what happens in Nigeria today, the Igbos are not leaving Lagos for anywhere.

OboloMAN:
Is CNN Amanpour also working for PDP ?

Amanpour works for CNN, yet she accuses Amaechi of theft and the story is only reported in some Nigerian blogs and not on any CNN site, does that really add up?.

chucky234:
■ Lebanese security forces stand guard outside
the Bilal bin Rabah mosque in Sidon following
deadly clashes between the Lebanese army and
supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad
al-Assir, on June 28, 2013 (AFP Photo/Mahmoud
Zayyat) Nigeria’s new regime of President Muhammadu Buhari may have granted visa to a fleeing ‘ISIS Emir’, and a Lebanese fugitive, Ahmad al-Assir who was arrested Saturday at the airport. He had changed his appearance by shaving his beards, and was trying to escape to Nigeria through Cairo with fake Palestinian travel document that had a valid visa, according to the Lebanese authorities. His arranged Nigeria’s escape has raised questions about a possible collaboration of Assir with the Nigeria’s new regime.
E-media enquires sent to the Nigerian Embassy
in Beirut, Lebanon through the Ambassador
Extra Ordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hon Amos
Oluwole Idowu and his Administrative Attaché
Mr. H. A. Ogunkoya have not been responded to
as of press time.
Ahmad al-Assir a fugitive Sunni Muslim cleric has been wanted over deadly clashes with the army as he tried to flee the country. Assir had
reportedly been on the run since June 2013,
when he led his supporters through a deadly
battle with the army outside the southern city of
Sidon, but Saturday morning, the Lebanese
authorities arrested him. His escape route
through Cairo to Nigeria was being investigated
by the Lebanese authorities and may deface a
global effort to assist Nigeria in its own fight
against Boko Haram, International Guardian
gathered.
AFP reported how the army seized Ahmad al-
Assir’s headquarters after 48 hours of clashes
that killed 18 soldiers, but Assir was able to
escape with several of his followers. As a
fugitive, Assir continued to issue audio
statements threatening further uncertainties.
Lebanese authorities consequently sought death sentences, accusing Assir and 53 others of having formed armed groups that attacked the army, killing officers and soldiers, and
possessing explosive materials to perpetrate
more attacks.
A possible collaboration between Assir and
Nigeria’s new regime of President Muhammadu
Buhari may hurt a regime barely 100 days in the
offing. Buhari it may be recalled, damaged every trust and respect with the western countries in his years as a dictator – especially with his involvement in the 1984 failed kidnap of Umaru Dikko, a former Nigerian civilian government minister living in the United Kingdom. The kidnapping took place, but the transportation was botched - causing a damaged relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
Subsequently, Buhari’s advocacy for a Boko
Haram amnesty has also created doubts over his request for assistance from the United States in fighting terror.
Assir is considered an emir in the Islamic State.
Months ago, there were reports from small
Islamist circles claiming that Assir had become
close to al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front. ISIS, a
deadly Islamist militant group has seized a
chunk of land stretching from northern Syria to
central Iraq, and has proven to be more brutal
and more effective at controlling territory it has
seized.
LINK: www.guardiannewsusa.com/isis-emir-and-fugitive-arrested--linked-to-buhari-s-regime-.html

[size=14pt]www.guardiannewsusa.com[/size]

[size=14pt]Guardian News USA, a supposed American website which publishes only Nigerian news... [/size]
[size=13pt]Meanwhile, the Chief Editor of the site: Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo[/size]
So much for the intelligence of the GEJites/wailers. What an accursed set of people

Horlawoomey:
I got this from Farooq Kperogi's Facebook wall. Its about Tunde Fowler.

After months of delays, ostensibly to properly vet his appointees, President Buhari just appointed somebody that may turn out to be a total fraud. He appointed a certain "Dr." William Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). In a news release signed by Femi Adesina, this red flag appears on the man's qualifications:"Fowler, who holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree [sic] of the Irish International University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and the Business Management Association of the United Kingdom." Well, Irish International University is a fraudulent, non-existent university ( seehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7175730.stm). Second, the Committee of Vice Chancellors in Nigeria has ruled that people with even legitimate honorary doctorates cannot prefix "Dr." to their names, as is the practice globally ( seehttp://www.farooqkperogi.com/.../finally-some-good-news...). I fear that if this Fowler's other qualifications are looked into, a big scandal may break out. His bachelor's degree, for instance, is said to be from the "University of Wisconsin" and his master's degree from "California State University." The trouble is, University of Wisconsin and California State University are multiple-campusuniversities; you can't just say you attended the University of Wisconsin without mentioning the location. The University of Wisconsin has 26 campuses, and California State University has 23 campuses. Something is fishy here!

Wailers are liable to die young!

Even if the man has only primary 6 result, his excellent performance at the Lagos State revenue office precedes him. All you senseless wailers can kindly do us a favour and Gerrarra here!

Kaiiii... Evil people everywhere... Kidnapping goatnapping and selling people's beloved pets for petty profits...

OZAOEKPE:
PMB, why the discrimination, look at the second pic, why is that main seat empty, during jonathan era, sambo was allowed to sit there when his "oga" was not around. But our houseboy VP is being denied that right.

I am not doubting you, but I would appreciate if you kindly show me a picture of Sambo sitting on that seat.



Meanwhile, am I the only one seeing Yaradua in this picture?
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[b]...Of interest was the report of an investigation carried out by a security agency on an aide of the former president from who about N1.5 billion had been recovered from.
...
“President Buhari availed Dr. Jonathan of reports of various discreet probes on oil deals, diversion of funds and unwholesome arms deals. From the reports, there is overwhelming evidence of infractions [size=13pt]which the former president could not dispute,”[/size] the source said. Buhari stated that he was not out to humiliate Jonathan in his fight against graft and assured him of his highest regards for the former president.
...
He, however, stated that no sensible person would ignore the spate of impunity that was prevalent in the last administration. The source said Jonathan, in his response, feigned ignorance of many of the infractions. He was said to have mentioned some of his aides, including one of his former chiefs of staff, as one of those who could assist the president to unravel the alleged shady deals committed by some top officials of the previous administration.
...
The source said Jonathan gave assurances of his willingness to cooperate with the government if the need arises. [size=13pt]“From the evidence so far, it is either the former president lacks the capacity to govern or abdicated his responsibilities.[/size][/b]

The truth is, there's really no point telling us what we already know. The people who have chosen to defend and deny the existence of this evil (all for sentiments sake), even if Jesus comes down and reveals it to them, they will never agree that anything was ever wrong with GEJ's leadership.

According to a source privy to the meeting, the president pointedly told his guests that he has no apology about his commitment to fight corruption. He told the committee members that what he expected from them is to talk to those who have plundered the nation’s treasury to return their loots, saying this is the only way there can be peace.

He asked us what we would do if we were in his shoes. “In the end, he told us that the peace panel would do the nation good if they can appeal and persuade some officials of the Goodluck Jonathan administration to return looted funds.

The president said the recovery of the looted funds should be the concern of the committee and not ignoring the infractions by those entrusted with the nation’s commonwealth. The president said nothing would stop him from the recovery of looted funds and prosecuting offenders,” the source confided in New Telegraph.

The quote in RED is what the silly peace committee should be focusing on. I don't think the idea of the whole probes is to send anyone to jail, just return a large chunk of what you have stolen so the funds can be used to bless Nigerians. Is that too much to ask for?

Tkester:
I won't join your drunkard father in drinking rat poison. I'm not the cause of your frustration, your mother should know better.

Idiat!

Hahahaha... wonders shall never end!... make una come help me see oo!

Between the both of us, who sounds like a frustrated soul?... I guess it's your frustration that's twisting your brain to see the world upside down.

I supported Buhari to power and I'm still exceedingly excited about his March 28th victory till date. I am in full support of his govt and have absolutely no problems with his leadership so far. On the other hand, from day 1, you have been weeping and wailing and gnashing your teeth endlessly over PMB's every move. In my magnanimity, I only suggested you go f**k yourself to death so you will be delivered from your misery and here you are accusing me of being frustrated. If the way I feel presently is what you term frustration, may this be my portion forever.

Yujin:
Buhari doing all he can to tarnish GEJ's legacy. If in doubt ask yourself what is buhari's motive for recalling them suddenly?

Look man, stop being annoyingly petty. It's not everything in this life that has to be about GEJ or Buhari.

Stop it!

Tkester:
@ owoboriki,

God bless you. Unfortunately, buhari has got some jackasses as followers, these are people who don't even understand what the responsobilities of the govt are.

Three months into his inauguration he is yet to fulfill any of his campaign promises, and yet the media and his deranged followers are hailing him.

Nwabueze will continue to speak the truth and there's nothing anybody can do about it, though I would love buhari to go after him - maybe he can arrest him, because that will kick the igbos agitation into a higher gear.

Enough of all these senseless and distracting rants about appointment of ministers; I thought we had gone past this discussion a long time ago. If you are not happy, go kill yourself.

prof17:
The truth is that buhari's delay tactics is to empower the permenant secretaries in their respective ministries whereas majority of them are northners! But in nairaland whenever you say the truth, the foolish APC slaves here will call you names but I don't care cos am not partisan politician

Do you know the meaning of the word 'TRUTH' or are you just trying hard to be a clown here?.... This is a very baseless comment.... kindly provide the named of just 3 northern perm secs.

phyllosilicate:
I could remember how Okonjo Iweala was shouting how Nigeria was broke, how Nigerians should tighten their belt because of the falling price of crude oil and that Nigeria would borrow to be able to finance the 2015 budget. But in just 3 months almost 60% of the Budget has been generate just from petroleum products alone, not including revenues generated internally and other export.
IF THIS MUCH COULD BE GENERATED WITHIN 3 MONTHS WHEN OIL PRICE IS ABOUT $50 PER BARREL, WHERE WAS OUR MONEY GOING TO WHEN IT WAS $110 PER BARREL?

You need to understand something here, NOI is a very intelligent woman and by her very presence in the govt of GEJ, she understood more than everyone else, the magnetude of looting going on under GEJ's nose. When she prepared the 2015 budget, she never expected GEJ to lose the election so her 2015 budget factored in the obscene lootocracy that was prevalent at the time.

Now what I can deduce from this is that we now have a govt that cares about transparency. Henceforth, all these figures would be published to Nigerians and we would be able to appreciate what comes un and what goes out. For all those still asking for the CHANGE Buhari promised, if you can't recognise this as change, then I'm sorry.

The annoying part of this sorry situation is that this particular road was also listed and celebrated during the elections as one of the achievements of GEJ in the south east.

Up till now I cant still understand how people would lie and lie to themselves and then get to believe their own lie. Igbos lying to fellow Igbos about a development that never happened, and at the end of the day, it is fellow Igbos that get to suffer the discomfort.

May God save us!

Succour at last to the wailers!

Although, the title of the thread is deliberately misleading. The court did not strike out APC's challenge, rather they only struck out the application to have the election materials inspected in Abuja.

Anyway, I dont see APC winning Rivers state even in a free and fair election, but that phantom votes gap has to be closed.

mekaboy:
As an igbo man when i see threads about igbos competing and comparing with other tribes, i become embarrassed.


What do you gain if other tribes accept you are superior?

Will it fix the roads in the east or create employment or improve security or stop governors from looting?

Why not focus this energy u use for biafra madness and competition online on solving problems in the east and developing the region?

I used to think it was children and teenagers that were involved in most of the childish tribal fights here, but this last election opened my eyes. Even fathers and grandfathers are involved in the game. Anyway, when an adult does what isn't even expected of a child, that's a clear case of lunacy. The yoruba and igbo tribal fighters association of nairaland are lunatics.

Re-branding the business

Packaging

CHANGE!!!

deadZONE:
Weapons GEJ bought
and PMB after generating
funds to pocket in the name
of buying arms, he stupidly
came out to take glory of
GEJ project.

Mumu wailers..

What does this have to do with politics?... Your shiit brain would soon claim jonathan formed the nigerian army.

This sounds very funny, it must have been a very interesting day in the courtroom. Reminds me of a popular saying from 'The Last Don' movie, "Spread some cash, memories could be lost..."

I can only imagine the faces of Almakura's legal team and Almakura himself upon hearing this
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Would be quite interesting seeing APGA winning an election in the north though

olokfor:
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Wife of Edo state governor, Iara Oshiomole was yesterday August 18th decorated by members of the Nigerian Girls Guide Association during the group's National Camp Meeting which held in Benin City, the Edo state capital.


http://www.metronaija.com/2015/08/photo-iara-oshiomole-decorated-by.html

Wait oo... Looking at the people decorating Iara, is this girls guide or mamas guide?

asha80:
hope you know the bridge is not only the bridge over the river niger but it also encompasses a stretch of road that passes through mash land in ogbaru to connect Onitsha owerri expressway and also passes through mash land on another direction to connect to Onitsha Enugu expressway including approach road off benin asaba road towards the bridge at the asaba end...by the way give me an example of a state that has built project in its state that overlaps into another state? I don't know why you are ignoring delta state in which a substantial construction is going to go on too

Haba asha80, I'm sure you are brighter than this. I was only giving an instance that the anambra state government is capable of building the bridge alone if it wants to. That is not to say the anambra state govt should build the bridge alone.

Owiii:
I was in auchi, Edo state during the weekend and I was amazed at the deplorable state of the auchi - okene expressway. This section of the road that stretches from Benin to okene was awarded to three contractors, RCC, Dantata and mothercat. The auchi to okene section is been handled by mothercat and the quality of job done is sub standard to a federal road. This road leads to the famous Edo cement company that was bought over from the government by the bua group and stretches to obajana junction that leads to dangote cement company at obajana, kogi state. Work on the road have been abandoned by the three contractors and there is virtually nothing happening on the road dualization

The dualisation of that road was listed and celebrated as one of the many wonderful achievements of Jonathan during the elections.

All these Jonathanians of Igbo extraction have succeeded in polluting the politics section of Nairaland with senseless bigotry and wailings.

Half of the topics on the nairaland politics section have either 'Igbo, SouthEast/SE or Biafra' in their titles.

asha80:
pls anambra state should not and cannot build that bridge alone if you know the whole length of that bridge and its components..why ignore delta state? Why not tell t Lagos alone to build Lagos ibadan expressway or even fourth mainland bridge? Sometimes we Igbos or both divides of ideologies make extremist views

Well I'm not saying Anambra should build it alone, I'm just saying Anambra state can build the bridge alone if it wants to.

Remember that over 75% of the project is going to be funded by the private sector.

AustineE1:
Agreed!but dont you wonder why these assumed messiahs from the north never deemed it fit to build a single refinery in the East,a single international airport in the east,a seaport or even appoint an Igbo-man as an Army chief etc the answer is simply because,they are too strategic for a former break away republic and they Igbos should be made to remain apologetic for ever. But you will agree with me that GEJ offered a sense of belonging to the ndigbo....he started the second niger bridge,upgraded Enugu Airport to an international one,appointed the first ever igbo Army chief(which today the powers that be,wishes he ends up in ICJ),it goes on and on.

Bro, I am surprised the scale still hasn't fallen off the eyes of some brethren concerning GEJ and the SE. Stop deluding yourself, elections are over and you should now tell yourself the truth, "Jonathan did absolutely nothing for the south-east or Igbos." Appointing one or two people into positions to go and enrich their private pockets is not an achievement worth celebrating.

Show me the roads or bridges or schools or industries which Jonathan started and finished in the south east?... The 2nd Niger bridge which is the biggest request which Igbos have been begging successive administration for, what did jonathan do about it?.... Just like his predecessors, he left the project untouched for 4 years until elections and he used it once again (just like his predecessors) to deceive Igbos to vote for him a second time. Even at that, the project was finally arranged as a public-private partnership in which Igbos would have been made to pay for it for the next 25 years from toll gates. This is the same GEJ that built the longer Lokoja-oweto bridge over the river benue for FREE, yet he intended to charge Igbos for 25 years because he saw us as desperate mumus. With the PPP arrangement for the 2nd Niger bridge, even the Anambra state govt could have simply built that bridge decades ago. Yet we are her killing ourselves for GEJ GEJ GEJ.

Elections are now over, it is now time we stop lying to ourselves; the main reason a large mass of Igbos supported jonathan isn't because he was wonderful or because he did anything for the SE. Igbos supported GEJ because we loathe the northern born-to-rule mentality. Lets stop deceiving ourselves before we lose our sense of objectivity.

Like I said earlier, if you still doubt me, kindly point out for me, the roads or bridges or schools or industries which Jonathan started and finished in the south east?

abagoro:
Only a fool will write this nonsense or it could be that you are jealous of the investment being in Imo State. Igboland needs investment from other Nigerians to balance ours in their land.

Dont mind the ediot.... That is what they preach to them in radio biafra and unfortunately, there are many goat brains like himself out there being brainwashed every day. Just watch out, very soon some ediot would raise this up as another toxic propaganda by claiming that onye awusa has come to steal our resources. And you will be shocked at the protests that would arise due to this project.

badassProdigy:
Popular OAP, Toolz and her fiancee Tunde Demurun attended a wedding in Canada in a matching red and black outfit...


https://instagram.com/p/6fBwQWk3cq/?taken-by=toolzo

But just thinking aloud, I hope we are not mixing BF/GF with engagement?.... For as long as I can remember, blogs have always labelled this dude as Toolz' fiancée. Abeg for how many years dem dey do fiancé and fiancée without marriage?

God help us... Everything in this country has been upside down from day 1.... and we keep wondering why Nigeria is still in the league of 3rd world underdeveloped countries.

Now this is just simply a summon for clarifications / explanations. But you will soon see the brainless lot pour into this thread claiming their person is being persecuted by just asking her for explanations.