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good4all40:
Why Is it that Manchester City playing other clubs never made it to Front page except big 5 clubs in EPL and Europe for UEFA Champions League. l even saw Liverpool vs Watford on FP Yesterday. Hope Pep has not done anything wrong to Oga Seun and other Moderators lol. I am a city Fan pls we ask for this favour from Oga Seun to always put our match to FP too thank you sir in advance

gberra:
Go ask your great grandfathers at the corner of the nearest part of the plane. They would recount the selfless efforts & sheer sacrifices of Dr.Tai during the war.
It was a fact that Ojukwu diverted to himself truckloads of food & relief materials meant for the dying civilians... dumbo.

sarrki:
Dr Wale Omole
Twenty-three years after his demise, friends and admirers of the late educationist and critic, Dr Tai Solarin, still speak about him glowingly. One of his staunch apostles and former student, Dr Wale Omole, tells part of the untold story of the life of the activist, in this interview by KUNLE ODEREMI.





WHAT is so remarkable about the life of Dr Tai Solarin, who died 23 years ago?

Tai Solarin lived and died for the Nigerian child, the poor, the uninformed and the downtrodden as a whole. His life was remarkable in words, actions and deeds.He gave Mayflower School to Nigeria with education for self-reliance. The school has produced more scientists in various disciplines than most of its contemporaries as there has been no second Mayflower since 1956. He educated several Biafrans, South Africans and Liberians free in their days of crises without discrimination. During the Biafran Civil War, Dr Solarin went on a hunger strike for weeks to protest against the malnourished children of Biafra, who were dying in their thousands. He starved himself so much that he looked like one of those children. He went to the East several times with lorry loads of food. He took some children out of the war front to educate them from primary school till they became university graduates. Many of them are professionals. Today, these people are blessings to Nigeria. He gave scholarships to indigent but brilliant students.

He wore his battle dress of khaki shirt and a pair of shorts till death and he was buried in his battle dress.

He fought a lost battle on free education for all Nigerian children. Who is fighting for them now? No one. As the Acting Principal of Molusi College Ijebu Igbo in 1955 he promoted himself to the post of full Principal and the Ministry of Education, Western Region approved it. He was the only Nigerian leader who had the gut to resign as a commissioner after being found guilty of driving a car without carrying his licence with him. He resigned his appointment in order to remain honourable. He also resigned his appointment as the Peoples Bank Chairman because of uncontrollable corruption. Only few Nigerians could resign from these exalted offices.

Today, dead bodies litter our streets. In his days, he was the only one picking corpses from the streets to avoid epidemics. No one is being arrested today for drinking or being in possession of locally produced gin called ogogoro. He had to surrender himself to police for arrest and prosecution to prove a point. Today, it is legal to produce or drink ogogoro.

Tai Solarin would also be remembered for his literary work. He maintained columns in Nigerian Tribune and Daily Times for well over 40 years. His work on agriculture, if copied, maintained and sustained by other leaders, would have, by now, bailed Nigerians completely out of hunger. Today, how many social critics have the guts to challenge the civilian government when they misrule? In his days, he challenged the most treacherous military juntas and spit fire to their faces while waiting for the consequences. He was courageous, dogged and rugged. He was arrested and locked up in prisons several times not for crimes but for saying his mind.



What would you consider as the major the missing link in the nation’s education sector today, with the hindsight of the ideas and ideals he propagated on education?

Honest Nigerians know that the quality of education in Nigeria has grossly declined when compared with what we had in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Nigeria had one of the best educational systems in the world. Foreign students were found in our universities like Ibadan, Lagos, Ife (OAU), Benin and Zaria. Only those candidates, who were not qualified for university admission into Nigerian universities were the ones going to foreign universities. Certificates from Nigerian universities then were highly respected. The were gold! Today, our certificates do not qualify for the worth of bronze. Tai Solarin’s preaching on education for self-reliance; education to use hand and brain, education for all, free education for all Nigerian youths at all levels, government grants and scholarships for indigent students in higher institutions, educating parents to bear fewer number of children, and so on, are completely lost. What is the nation’s budgetary vote on education now? Who cares whether or not a Nigerian child goes to school or hawks groundnuts on the streets? Who is going to wear his battle dress to protest that there must be free education at all levels? Who is going to fight the corruption in the education sector and other areas? For a long time to come, Tai Solarin’s crusade on education will be missed.



He wrote the article, The beginning of the end in 1974. Given the subject matter, corruption among public officials, he sounded like a Prophet. What could have been his response now that corruption has almost destroyed the fabrics of Nigeria?

Blaming the present-day corrupt officers without blaming their ‘fathers’ is partiality. The corrupt officers are practising what they inherited. Unless something is done today, the level of corruption tomorrow would be worse. The aim of every Nigerian is to be rich. Unfortunately many people do not believe that they can be rich without being corrupt. In July, 1974, exactly 20years before he died, (he died on July 27 1994), Tai Solarin wrote the article. He believed that the level of corruption in the government then was enormous to crash the country into pieces. The article was prompted by the action of the military regime that it would no longer hand over power to the civilians. That nation infuriated Tai Solarin and other honest Nigerians. They alleged that the military regime was very corrupt. But when events started to unfold after the change of guard, he realised that in comparison, the then administration was more angelic than Satanic they all thought it was. Then he wrote another article The Beginning of the Beginning, meaning that the worst corruption was just beginning. He predicted the current level of corruption in the country. This is what Nigeria is facing today as corruption is now a way of life in Nigeria. Youths see it as normal and they are already warming up for their turn. The whole world acknowledges this fact. In all his years till death, Tai Solarin’s blood pressure never rose above normal. I am sure if he were to be alive today, Solarin would be nursing high blood pressure for the present level of corruption in the country. The quest for money coupled with insatiable wealth is bedeviling the nation. If corruption has to stop in Nigeria, the first place to start the battle is in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.



As one of those that were very close to him and his family, why do you think Dr Tai Solarin chose to be an atheist?

Dr Tai Solarin was born into a good Christian home. He attended Christian schools in Iperu, Ilesa and Ibadan. He lived with his uncle, an Anglican priest, Rev A.S. Solarin, who also trained him. He was trained and partially sponsored by Rev W.F. Mellor, an English missionary, who lived, died and was buried in Sagamu, Nigeria. Tai Solarin was a regular church goer. In fact he was a worker in the church. He studied the Bible. He did some Bible courses and became a qualified Lay Reader. He read the Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation several times. He knew and quoted the Bible passages. He was prayerful. He loved Christian hymns. He was always happy singing Christmas carol with his students in December. I think his atheism began when he started to read books on other religions like Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Grail messages, and so on, and especially when he thought that his prayers were not being answered. He admired natural forces as they control things. He studied books written by great authors on religions. He visited all the continents of the world. He was versatile. He offered prayers for certain things and he believed the prayers were not answered and came to a conclusion that there was no God. But he believed in nature. He noted that there were some forces controlling certain things. He appreciated the chronological sequences of things. He studied animal and plant behaviours. He studied how a grain of corn germinates and gradually grows to fruition. He studied behaviors of termites, bees and ants and gave kudos to the nature for the organized lives these insects live.

When asked if that nature was God, he said people always give different names to nature depending on where they are born in the world. He said all religions are based also on faith; not on what we see or experience alone, but on what we hear, see, experience and believe. He compared the level of development in irreligious nations with religious nations and arrived at the conclusion that many of the irreligious nations were even doing better. He prayed to God to make him pass his Mathematics examination several times but he failed each time. Finally, he prayed to God to abstain from his next Mathematics exam. He said he practised with several past question papers and he passed without God’s involvement. Since then, he regularly prayed to God to remove His hand from whatever he wanted to do, and most of the time, he said he recorded success. All these experiences culminated into his atheism and declaration that “there is no God.” He said in practice, there are many atheists, who go to church not because they are convinced that there is God but to avoid alienation by the people.



http://tribuneonlineng.com/solarin-picked-igbo-kids-warfront-trained-omole/

cato3:
EZE-OGIDI the 2nd is Dead.The self acclaimed Igwe of Uruagu. HRM OBI DR NNAMDI A.C OBI (Ogidi) uruagu ancient Kingdom in uruagu community, Nnewi is dead.He died in USA after a protracted illnesses that took him barely one year ago.His corps is expected back to the country in no distance time.RIP Ogidi till we meet to part no more.

Chauke:
Nothing about these drug dealers/ shitbags infesting our country everywhere.

Sebastine1994:
I am speechless for words to say. This young man with small change in his pocket and internet connection thinks he can start insulting anybody and anyone on a public forum. Sometimes we should uphold courtesy in our dealing with others. We all have ego. I am not Atiku but I am pained by this senseless comment from this nobody. These are the people pulling others down with discouraging comments. Because adult plays with you, automatically you become age mates.

Guilderland1:
My father said Arsenal will be the first club to build church in Nigeria. [color=#006600][/color]
He saw the video sorry vision yesterday night

Omofunaab2:
This is wickedness

WORDWORLD:
"E PAIN AM". What song is that? O! NairaLand popular jingle invented for those who have difficulty in expressing themselves to feel at ease. .

NaijaEfcc:
The Small Town Of The Super Rich
By Forbes Africa 5 min of reading August 7, 2017

Obiajulu Uzodike: Nigeria is one of the foremost cable producers in the world due to many indigenous manufacturers across the southeast. One of the top cable companies is Cutix Nigeria, whose founder, Obiajulu Uzodike, cut his teeth in the business as a staff at a US-based aircraft and military wires and accessories company. By 1982, the Harvard Business School alumna and civil war veteran set up Cutix with N400,000 ($1,200), nurturing it to eventually become the first indigenous firm in the southeast to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.



-Written by Eromo Egbejule
https://www.forbesafrica.com/wealth/2017/08/07/small-town-super-rich/

WORDWORLD:
WHAT IS EPIC ABOUT THE RESPONSE. IT ONLY SHOWS PREJUDICE. DID YOU OPEN THIS THREAD TO ENCOURAGE THE DRINKING OF ALCOHOL? Those pictures says otherwise. Kindly stick to the topic. Its because of such negative bias that keeps making a world without peace. Why support an inciteful response all because you are not a Muslim. Thats immaturiirty.

cosby02:
You can cry me a river over that...we yorubas dont give a f**k about what god u serve. am hearing a yoruba xtian n muslim here on nairaland. Am sure u never left the 4 walls of South East, come to yoruba land and find out whos yoruba muslim and yoruba christian.

NtoAkwaIbom:
your post no get depth.
how do u talk of un-facing without due recourse to ip address.
With your IP. address, someone can not just track u to u, but track you to ur house or workplace and then beat u up (for all those that say I dey my house come and beat me)

on nairaland if someone sends u a DM and u reply, the person will know ur email address, and with ur email address someone can trace ur oda social media accounts and then find u and ur loved ones.

another thing is, some of us will write a post, share it on our social media walls and bring it here to share as well... all it will take will be to take most of ur post, and search, if it keeps turning up on a particular social media handle.. then that's the face.

another way of unearthing a face behind a moniker is to find an email ripper all, and then rip the email from the persons page, and then work on searching up the email on the social media.


WITH THAT BEING SAID AND DONE, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ALL THOSE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO UNEARTH THE PERSON BEHIND MY MONIKER.. ladies and gentlemen... WORK HARDER.

bebe2:
Yea, this scenario sounds more believable.

But the native doctor striking a mirror and the victim dies ? Dats unbelievable.

Nb : pls don't insult. Just an intelligent debate.

And u can agree to disagree.

ProfEinstein:
She did not match any poison ,she either has diabetic foot ulcer or an infection. Africans and our superstitious mentality.mtchewwww

VargasVee:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/ndlea-uncovers-cannabis-deport-lagos-arrests-suspect/


ABUJA – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a deport of illicit cannabis sativa at Iyana-Ira, Ketu in Lagos state.
Cannabis deport
In a sting operation led by the Seme Area Commander in charge of Narcotics, Udotong Noah, a total of 7.5 tons of illicit cannabis sativa was seized.

A statement signed by the Principal staff officer, Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Jonah Achema, in Abuja, confirmed that the operation led to the arrest of one Ms. Timilehin Vincent Iyama.
Achema said the suspect, a JSS3 drop out was known to be dealing in Gaari by neighbours while she also engaged in the clandestine wholesale of cannabis.

He revealed that at the time of her arrest, the husband was said to have travelled back to Ondo state, being the source of their illicit consignment, adding that they had been in the business for a couple of years.

According to him, “Timilehin, mother of four from Ifon, Ondo State claimed that her husband, Vincent Iyama, an indigene of Kwale, Delta State brought the cannabis sativa, known in local parlance as ‘wee-wee’ from Ondo State where the illicit drug crop is predominantly cultivated.

“The drug exhibit was stored in the family’s apartment at No. 40, Kayode Badejo Street, off Chief Tunde Aluko Street, Iyana-Ira, Lagos. A Toyota sienna 2005 model with registration number KTU 737 DZ was also seized from the suspect.
“The seizure which was based on a tip-off and very intense surveillance, is a major breakthrough for the command. Although the Area command has made a cumulative seizure of about six tons since January, this present seizure is the single largest since the command was established about 21 years ago,” he said.

The statement urged the citizens to be vigilant and to come forward with more such hints to help the agency dismantle all the chains of cannabis supply, stressing that given the volume of local production and consumption.

cc: lalasticlala

0b100100111:
What happens when you marry a flat headed dwarf

She must have been lured into the trade cos it is odd for Afonja`s to deal in illicit drugs if not influenced or raised in the land-locked erosion ridden region.

Isoko1stSon:
U mean He Crashlanded In Ife

Obi1kenobi:
Innosson? Because of empty rhetoric like this, the Yorubas on this forum opened their thread on industries owned by Yorubas and you empty chest-beating clowns were thoroughly eviscerated. Some shamed Igbos had to open their own a few days later, but they couldn't keep pace with the Yoruba thread. They were there consoling themselves in their information bubble when any impartial arbiter of both threads could see the Yoruba guys throughly wiped the floor with the Igbo group and shame catch me for una.

GuyWise:
Apart this your stupid egbe bere ugo bere, give me any other ilu igbo within 5mins.

Uchihaitaci:
Wow

@OP

Pls what's the title of the the book and the author ?

Do you have print or digital copies you could share with me ?