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PoliticsRe: Col. Achuzia Say Awo And Gowon Were Behind Genocide by ochukoccna: 3:15pm On Oct 14, 2012
1] You must wonder why Joe Achuzia and Chinua Achebe did not tar Awolowo with the tar brush of 'genocide' when he was alive? undecided undecided
I mean he was alive to refute or admit to it then even though his memoirs are replete with his stand on it lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
Why wait when he's long dead and buried to exhume this serious allegation? angry angry
Is it to sell their books? shocked shocked shocked
2] How come the Igbos have always aligned with the Hausa/Fulani& conservative political parties [those who instigated their 'genocide'] in politics since the onset of the 2nd Republic? huh huh I mean always voting for those who killed your people? embarassed embarassed
Did the same Igbos who have always effused with love for Ojukwu denied him representation in the Senate? grin grin
3] How come Igbos have not refuted the fact that the region of man whom they accuse of genocide was the only part of Nigeria where the horrors visited against their race [raping, looting, ethnic cleansing etal] was minimal if at all existent?
4] How come the Igbos are yet to refute the fact that the South West was the only part of the country they came back to lay hold of their properties and investments after the war? sad sad
5] How come the Igbos have NEVER taken Ojukwu& their war leaders to task that they led them into a war which was not well thought out, in which he lacked major allies [Russia's backing of Assad is why the Syrian crisis has no direct Western intervention till now], ammunition to prosecute it nor provision in nutrition, cash and kind? embarassed embarassed embarassed
6] How come Achebe [a civilian] is blaming Awolowo for the a$s whooping Biafra received? Late Ojukwu& Effiong should be the ones who should tackle Gowon and their ilk about such attrocities
7] Why is the Igbo man despite his business acumen ever brash, belligerent or is it bellicose?
Is it something in his genes or is it pride? shocked shocked shocked
Anyone who had spent time on NL or other online sites would not be shocked by Achebe's revisionism tongue tongue
Igbo ethnic online warriors have been at it for eons undecided undecided
After all, Achebe was an official Biafran propagandist during the war shocked shocked
So what do you expect 42 years after the war? huh huh
Any one seen his recent pictures, dude looks senile at best, so what ramblings do you expect from a man who should be in the sanatorium? shocked shocked cool cool cool
PoliticsRe: 3 Killed As Vigilance Group Rescues Osun Speaker’s Wife In Ogun by ochukoccna: 12:37pm On Oct 14, 2012
Standing5: When the police fails us, there is always the O'dua Vigilante group. . . Shame on NPF!
Dudu_Negro: If you all recall back to the communique issued by Yoruba Assembly few weeks ago it clearly stated that the individual state assemblies from Kwara to Lagos should look into forming a cooperative vigilante group to secure the region. This response by the Ogun vigilante group is commendable.
Donalð Genes: Well done boys atleast stepping up to the plate when our own police couldn't
Sijo01: This is soooo good!
What the police can do, the VIGILANTE can do BETTER.
Why I'm not for vigilantes seeing all manner of crimes are committed by them too
Also a lack of discipline as seen by the Aluu case , I'm all out for state police
And this rescue buttresses that viewpoint
You cannot know a territory better than an indigene of that territory
SportsRe: Fans Riot In Dakar Over Senegal's Loss To Ivory Coast by ochukoccna: 12:24pm On Oct 14, 2012
Can't you see the streets of Newcastle littered with bottles of champagne this morning shocked shocked shocked
Can you just see Alan Pardew rubbing his hands in glee wink wink wink
Can't you just see Newcastle FC's backroom staff getting over their hangover this morning still shouting yii pee grin grin grin
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Liberia (6 - 1): AFCON 2013 Qualifier On Saturday October-13-2012 by ochukoccna: 5:19pm On Oct 13, 2012
Score , damn it! angry angry angry
Stop show boating. sad sad
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Liberia (6 - 1): AFCON 2013 Qualifier On Saturday October-13-2012 by ochukoccna: 5:10pm On Oct 13, 2012
Damn!
4-nil already? shocked shocked shocked
Can someone please replay the 3rd goal for me? grin grin grin
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Liberia (6 - 1): AFCON 2013 Qualifier On Saturday October-13-2012 by ochukoccna: 4:44pm On Oct 13, 2012
So Liberians came with their supporters expecting to win? shocked shocked shocked
Anyways enjoy the hospitality of Calabar as a compensation of cheering on you team in Nigeria because the Eageles already dey SA 2013 cheesy cheesy cheesy
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Liberia (6 - 1): AFCON 2013 Qualifier On Saturday October-13-2012 by ochukoccna: 4:38pm On Oct 13, 2012
Na goal sha! shocked shocked shocked grin grin
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Is Not A Failed State - David Mark by ochukoccna:
Stallion77: Na u fail am? How can it be a failed state...I see things getting better o! Get ur eyes & mind checked.
Sorry madam optometrist and psychiatrist all in one grin grin grin
Read up in history books about failed nations& see if Nigeria is not long lost on that road already cool cool
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Liberia (6 - 1): AFCON 2013 Qualifier On Saturday October-13-2012 by ochukoccna: 4:10pm On Oct 13, 2012
All we need do is take the game easy
The first and early goal should stabilize the eagles
Use the speed of Moses , Emenike and Musa to counter attack
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Liberia (6 - 1): AFCON 2013 Qualifier On Saturday October-13-2012 by ochukoccna: 4:07pm On Oct 13, 2012
Moses forget hin boot for Stamford bridge grin grin grin
See as hin shoot undecided undecided
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Is Not A Failed State - David Mark by ochukoccna: 2:12pm On Oct 13, 2012
Nora okon: Lack of political will is prevailent in most African Nations,Which Nigeria is not an exception. So if that is a major indices, then Africa is a failed continent.
And you do not see that lack of political will has domiciled too many African countries in the bottom rung of Human development indexes? embarassed embarassed embarassed
And you do not see Nigeria lurching dangerously towards anarchy and genocide daily because of this lack of political will? undecided undecided undecided
No one prays for anarchy yet everyday life in Nigeria keeps mirroring the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' with tick of the hands of time
Pray to whatever you believe in that those movie characters do not become real cool cool cool
PoliticsRewriting History: Achebe's Biafra Revisionism by ochukoccna(op): 1:25pm On Oct 13, 2012
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/columnists/rewriting-history/

World acclaimed literary giant and celebrated novelist Professor Chinua Achebe was at his controversial best last week. In his attempt to reopen the debate on the role of Nigeria’s war time leader, General Yakubu Gowon and his Finance Minister Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in the 30-month civil war especially as directed towards Biafra, the literary icon let slip, once again, his hatred for those he perceived to be enemies of Biafra.

His selective perception of events of that unfortunate period in Nigeria’s history and the principal actors that helped shape them left one in no doubt that our dear Prof is more than ever prepared to not only drag us back to those bad and dark old days, but also sow the seed of discord and most likely hatred, between Yoruba and Ndigbo.

To continue to blame Awolowo for some of the policies, (economic and political) of the Gowon Federal Government during and after the war, as they affected Biafra, especially from a jaundiced point of view will do nothing to enhance the policy of reconstruction, rehabilitation and reconsstruction that Nigeria introduced after the war.

History is good to the extent of serving as a useful guide to the future but when those who chose to write history decided to suppress some facts in order to justify their positions, then the generation reading that history will certainly be in trouble. That society, to the extent of relying on that history, is doomed.

It is not in my position to speak for Chief Awolowo. The late sage had answered all allegation relating to his role as a member of the Federal Executive Council during the war, at a town hall meeting he had in Abeokuta in 1983 so those who would like to blame the Yoruba or Chief Awolowo for the misfortune of Ndigbo in Nigeria should look in the mirror. Where else in Nigeria outside Biafra, were Ibos allowed to take back their properties after the war, apart from Yoruba land? Where else have Ibos prospered more outside the south east if not Yoruba land? Of all the ethnic crises that have been bedeviling Nigeria since after the civil war was there a time Ibos were targeted or sent out of Yoruba land? Those fanning the embers of ethnic division in this country or revisiting/rewriting history for selfish purpose had better be careful lest they get consumed in the inferno that could follow.

Pray, what purpose is this Achebe’s history of the Nigeria civil war so to speak, suppose to serve especially now that Ndigbo is trying to court Yoruba in their quest to assume Nigeria’a presidency in 2015. It is possible to want to explain Achebe’s position away as that of a maverick, but if indeed he is, he is one maverick with gravitas. It would be foolish and dangerous to ignore him. If only Biafran leader, Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu had written that book on the civil war that we all expected from him before he died, may be the issue of who did what during the war would have been put to rest and we wouldn’t be having jaundiced history of the war. But come to think of it, would Ojukwu’s account of the war have settled the controversy? I don’t think so. May be is good he took his memoirs to his grave. Sadly, we will never know.

PoliticsRe: Nigeria Is Not A Failed State - David Mark by ochukoccna: 1:17pm On Oct 13, 2012
Nora okon: I strongly agree with Mark. With the right political will, all challenges will be surmounted.
Your opinion but ask is there that political will? huh huh
CrimeRe: Aluu Community Demands Release Of Monarch by ochukoccna: 1:14pm On Oct 13, 2012
“We implore them to allow security agencies to fish out the actual killers of their sons, but also warn strongly that we will no longer fold our arms and watch further destruction of our communities and the infliction of pains and injuries on the good and law-abiding people of Aluu clan.”

Good and law abiding shocked shocked shocked shocked
This got me cracked up angry angry
PoliticsRe: Jonathan, Sambo, Anyim To Spend N1.59bn On Welfare In 2013 by ochukoccna: 12:31pm On Oct 13, 2012
The gas for cooking the President’s food will cost N13, 420,750
13 million naira for cooking gas huh huh
Firewood no dey again undecided undecided
That's 36,769.17 naira per day for cooking gas shocked shocked shocked
Na elephant dem dey roast abi na cassava bread dem dey bake? grin grin
Fat cheeks & slow brains know not what hunger means cry cry cry
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Is Not A Failed State - David Mark by ochukoccna: 12:11pm On Oct 13, 2012
Keep living in delusion Mr Bonaventure Mark shocked shocked angry angry embarassed

PoliticsRe: Mimiko - ACN To Spend Fake Dollars On Election Day by ochukoccna: 11:48am On Oct 13, 2012
Mz nAirA: undecided what a disgusting story!!! I never believed mimiko to descend as low as this.. Nyways they have been tackling themselves from day one so its nt new.. All I can say is dat the best man shld win
My exact thoughts
What is Mimiko afraid of if he believes his performance is outstanding? undecided undecided
I recall Oshi baba encouraging people to collect PDP's money but vote their conscience and defend their votes
Why is Mimiko running scared if truly he's working embarassed embarassed?
PoliticsRe: Chief Justice Caught Driving On BRT Lane by ochukoccna: 11:41am On Oct 13, 2012
BUSH MAN: good point,but there was no need for the swear word
grin grin grin
Noted!
And corrected too. cool cool
PoliticsRe: Chief Justice Caught Driving On BRT Lane by ochukoccna: 11:34am On Oct 13, 2012
ndu_chucks: This post shows the inadequacy of the Lagos traffic law. An exemption should be made for the leader of our Judiciary who chose not to cause more havoc by driving around with sirens and 10 or more car convoy, as the leaders of the legislative wing and executive wings do.
Expecting the chief justice to move around Lagos like the rest of us, is foolish and equivalent to saying that GEJ and David Mark should drive around Lagos like the rest of us. You people should use your brains.
I suppose you all would have preferred her to cause more traffic havoc by driving with police convoy and sirens. SMH
What a dumb post! embarassed embarassed
Is she above the law now? angry angry Was she on medical emergency? undecided undecided Should Nigeria continue to be animal farm? shocked shocked
Fashola who's governor of the state doesn't use the BRT lane {correct me if I'm wrong]
Except for the C-in-C [for whom the roads are closed anyway], who the phuck is she? tongue tongue tongue
Let them feel what other road commuters feel.
The CJN [of a corrupt judicial system shocked shocked] should learn to plan her itienary knowing Lagos has mad traffic tongue tongue or get a waiver from the traffic regulatory authority before hand
Let her drink the same brew Colonel K. I. Yusuf drank grin grin grin
Simples! cool cool

Phone/Internet MarketRe: Samsung SIII Galaxy For Sale by ochukoccna: 6:24pm On Oct 12, 2012
Three weeks or three months? undecided undecided undecided
Isn't that the top part of the phone chassis peeling off already shocked shocked shocked [see the red arrow]

PhonesRe: Samsung-Galaxy Nexus Ban Overturned In US by ochukoccna(op): 6:17pm On Oct 12, 2012
adewaleafolabi: It was never about the consumer or you either, its all about the MONEY.
True that cool cool cool
Only apple is barking up the wrong tree [going at it the wrong way]
PhonesSamsung-Galaxy Nexus Ban Overturned In US by ochukoccna(op): 9:01am On Oct 12, 2012
Samsung Galaxy Nexus ban overturned by US appeals court
The US Court of Appeals has overturned a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, in a blow to Apple in the ongoing battle between the two rivals.
It said the district court in California, which had issued the ban in June, had "abused its discretion in entering an injunction".
Earlier this month, a sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the US was also lifted.
The two firms are involved in a legal tussle over patent infringement claims.
Samsung welcomed the latest decision saying it "confirms that the role of patent law is to protect innovation and not to unreasonably stifle competition and restrict consumer choice".
"We will continue to take all appropriate measures to ensure the availability of our innovative products," the South Korean manufacturer said.

Slowing the competition?

The smartphone segment is one of the fastest growing sectors for phone manufacturers and Apple and Samsung are among the biggest players in the arena.
Apple, which makes the iPhone, was one of the early pioneers in the segment, while Samsung, which manufactures the Galaxy range of smartphones, has made rapid strides in the sector gaining a strong share of key global markets in recent years
.
However, its success has coincided with a growing legal battle with Apple, spread across various countries.
Earlier this year, a California court awarded Apple $1.05bn (£652m) in damages, after ruling several of its software and design technologies had been infringed by Samsung.
Samsung has since challenged that verdict and called for a retrial.
Analysts said that given the tremendous growth potential of the sector, the legal battle between the two firms was likely to continue.
"The intensity of the competition is so high, that it is less about billions of dollars in fines but more about slowing the competition," Manoj Menon, managing director of Frost & Sullivan, told the BBC.
He explained that Apple feels that Samsung has infringed its patents, which it believes has played a role in Samsung's success.
"Apple will try and slow the rapid growth trajectory of Samsung," he said.


http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19919298

I believe the highlighted in red is the crux of the matter
Sour grapes from Apple shocked shocked shocked tongue tongue tongue

PhonesRe: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini by ochukoccna: 8:50am On Oct 12, 2012
Horayce: I had a samsung s3. I sold it today. That is exactly what the media machine made me believe--that the s3 is the iphone5 killer. I did my research and discovered another phone, the htc one x. I was impressed by its reviews on youtube, but I still wanted to buy an s3. I went to slot two weeks ago and bought the s3 and htconex cos I could not choose between the two, even after my research. But two days into my new life as an s3/htc owner, the htc became my preferred child. It is just a more elegant phone all around. I'm not into the techie side of things but experts say they are pretty even on that score. For me I wanted a phone that feels robust and elegant. and that is what the htc is. On the other hand, the s3 is a beauty! But I couldn't help thinking it somehow looked like an inferior clone of the htconex. And why not, the htc model was released before the s3 so it can be argued that the koreans did what they are best for --aping.
The htconex may not win a beauty paegent, but it is the one phone that blows the iphone5 out of water in my opinion.
Got the pictures below from this link
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19913940

PhonesRe: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini by ochukoccna: 8:31am On Oct 12, 2012
ochukoccna: iPhone killer grin grin grin wink wink
Samsung Galaxy S III mini preview: First look

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8190_galaxy_s_iii_mini-review-829.php
My bad, the mini is a mid range phone at best
PoliticsRe: Fuel Subsidy To Go Next Year- Sanusi by ochukoccna: 8:10am On Oct 12, 2012
Okija_juju: I support the removal of the subsidy.. BUT Mr. Sanusi, tell Jonathan that it will fail again like it didearlier this year.. No awareness campaign and we are two months away from next year..
I'm buying fuel for 110 naira already in Lagos
PoliticsRe: Fuel Subsidy To Go Next Year- Sanusi by ochukoccna:
citizenisb: "I was at Abuja mid way last month for a conference held Transcorp Hilton, a former school mate who happens to be a bit high up there at the ministry of finance told me how the Finance Minister has succeeded to blocking most the leakages that supplied monies into theirs own and others pockets so much that BDC operators are complaining of very low patronage!!!

He told me pointblank that the House of Reps are kicking this hard against Jonathan because they not able to get what other before them were collecting (even up to their immediate predecessors in office) and the taking away of the constituency projects from them (except that they decide the type, scope and location of these projects). This has been a very bitter pill for them to swallow!

Governments after governments have been giving the legistors the monies for constituency projects and no project gets executed anywhere, except for a couple of bore-holes here and there, but Jonathan’s government changed that! Now, whether the implementation of these projects are fast or slow, at least something is being done all the same unlike before now!"
It is bullsh#t for an executhieve that is supposedly reining in corruption from other arms to be swathed in it
How much did they budget for feeding themselves?
How much have their buddies looted in the name of fuel subsidy?
How come Nigeria had about the most expensive entourage to the UN recently?
This soot covered pot should stop pointing the finger @ the black kettle. sad sad
We are no fools. angry angry angry
Thieves should stop calling their kind Ole! tongue tongue
Simples!
PoliticsRe: Dino Melaye Is A Potential HIV Carrier, He Gave Me Syphilis- Actress by ochukoccna: 7:47am On Oct 12, 2012
2mch: Na wa o. This guy is finished. huh
Finished ke?! shocked shocked
An 'African' man's libido is showing signs of virility and you say it's finished embarassed embarassed
Get a life tongue tongue
Not that I support his philandering angry angry

alaoeri: Conspiracy theory, Dino the earlier u beg υя political opponents the better.
undecided undecided undecided
Sounds plausible

adultiph: All these are conspiracy and setup.I pray that his wife will not fall for this rubbish.Though he might not be a saint,but y will all these be coming out now.I believe that some one is out to tarnish his image for a reason best known to the person.
For all of you that will always rush to condemn,I believe that the guy is better than all of you.How can you guys fall for these cheap setups.

How sure are we that the girl was not the one that infected him.A girl that accept unprotected sex because of 250k should not be listened to.
kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss

savanto: Please OP, leave Hon. Dino alone and get a life. Where you hypnotized or under some kinda spell when he was sweet-talking you for two hours? Are you a child that does not know what she wants in life. You made your choice and you got what you deserved. Keep sleeping with married men. Even if he claimed to be separated from his wife, it should not have been an automatic ticket for you to take a LONG JUMP into his life and already or seemingly shaky relationship. There is such thing as "sanctity of marriage". I wish he had given you HIV2. By the way, I don't know the Hon Dino or whatever his name is called. I have no respect for Nigerian politicians both local and national levels of government but i deduced from your write-up that you just want to give this man a bad name in order to hang him and that is most dishonorable of you. Please get a life and stop opening your leg because of a mere N250k that can barely pay one's house rent nowadays. Besides, changing your wardrobe with the above amount can only afford you a couple of designer clothes...maybe 4 or 5 at the most, and that i my own opinion , makes you a very, very cheap wh0re.
Thank you jo!

obailala: What sort of dumb posts am I seeing here from Nlanders? angry
An anonymous enemy of Dino sits in front of a laptop and types rubbish and not a single person on this thread has questioned the credibility of this anonymous source undecided
+ Infinity
BusinessRe: 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' Author Files For Bankruptcy by ochukoccna: 7:35am On Oct 12, 2012
The famed author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” filed for bankruptcy after losing a $24 million dollar lawsuit
However, the declaration of bankruptcy is seen in financial circles as a smart business move, taken to shield Kiyosaki’s estimated $80 million wealth from judgement debts .
Exactly what I thought
PoliticsRe: Ondo State Governorship Debate - Final Round - Live On AIT! by ochukoccna: 9:01pm On Oct 11, 2012
Based on the debate, Oke aced it but fly's 'hated' PDP's flag angry angry
Based on on performance in government, Mimiko failed it embarassed embarassed
Based on speech, Aketi failed it huh huh
Question now is, who do you choose amongst the three? undecided undecided
PoliticsRe: Ondo State Governorship Debate - Final Round - Live On AIT! by ochukoccna: 8:52pm On Oct 11, 2012
ayo jango: Ds ACN is a write off he's not eloquent @ all,poor tenses n statements. D PDP guy is sound and charismatic

Mimiko is an orator. He even dissed aketi dt he doesn't know geometry because he did not do maths.

Waitin for d biden/Ryan debate tonite ;DDs ACN is a write off he's not eloquent @ all,poor tenses n statements. D PDP guy is sound and charismatic

Mimiko is an orator. He even dissed aketi dt he doesn't know geometry because he did not do maths.

Waitin for d biden/Ryan debate tonite
Talk is cheap undecided undecided embarassed embarassed tongue tongue grin grin grin
PhonesRe: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini by ochukoccna: 8:24pm On Oct 11, 2012
iPhone killer grin grin grin wink wink
Samsung Galaxy S III mini preview: First look

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8190_galaxy_s_iii_mini-review-829.php

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