Babsmike: Examination is not the best test of knowledge but the application of what had been taught is the main thing. Many centres have discouraged the purpose of all these examination by tagging it " Miracles centre". So if a person had 9 A's I don't care but what I Care about is what can you deliver?
Our education sector needs to be revisit because it is becoming deteriorated.
Suffice to say that the people should stop stoking ethnic tensions from the shadows with these unnecessary interviews of arresting kanu with biased opinions. Am with the Niger Delta militants. I support the militants.
a) Igbo ohaneze leaders generally have never "endorsed" IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu so-called hate speech, as a matter of fact, Igbo leaders have persecuted the agitators more than the federal government.
b) Northern Elders like Ango Abdullahi and Tanko Yakassai are on record for openly supporting the Arewa almagiris. Interior Minister, Dandazzau claimed they were "misquoted" while the AGF, Malami, claimed they were not arrested because of prevailing "security conditions" in the country. Pray! so it makes more sense for the IGP to deploy hundereds of more police to monitor Nnamdi Kanu and wait for the revocation of his draconian bail conditions than... to deploy forces to the 19 Northern States where more lives are at stake abi? See their mentality?
c) Arewa elders did not persuade any of their thugs to withdraw that quit notice, the North were "testing the waters" to guage other Nigerians' reaction but met wide and furious condemnation that forced them to call their dogs into barn.
d) This is more annoying. Kanu and IPOB's method of bad-mouthing Nigeria cannot be worse than the MEND/Avengers method of blowing up our oil and gas infrastructure that crippled our economy; Boko Haram established a "Caliphate" in their quest for an Islamic homeland... and, Afenifere tossed bombs allover Lagos that prompted Abacha's, "Enough is Enough" while the OPC during the last elections smashed windows and shot up Eko... those are worse than words in the wind by Nnamdi Kanu. ND agitators were "rewarded" with pipeline protection contracts, same as the OPC... Kanu's reward, 2yrs in illegal incaceration, who's fooling who here about rewarding bad behaviors?
e) Arewa Youths gave their Quit Notice after the Igbos observed a sit-at-home day in remembrance of our war dead at the 50th anniversary of the pogrom that cost 3million lives... how is closing shops in Onitsha and Owerri any disturbance to folks up North and SW? Ooni of Ife's burial required 7days curfew; same thing happened after the death of the Olu of Warri and the Oba of Benin, if one man's death meant closing towns for 7days and those Northerners didn't see that as disturbing Nigeria, how come 3million dead are not worth remembering?
Bottom line, we are not the same, we don't think alike and our faiths and culture are not alike. The arrogance of some Yoropigs and their aboki-fulani handlers towards Ndigbo has reached a point of No Reconciliation, the world is watching and the UN will not hesitate in stepping-in to conduct that Referendum rather than watch Nigeria implode which means explosion and major refugee crisis that will affect and destabilize the entire W/Africa... that is the reason for AfriCom, if you think Nigeria belongs to us alone you better count your teeth with your tongue.
onatisi: No need arguing with them ,when kanu is been arrested,those shouting here should carry cutlasses and guns with their families and confront the police or soldiers arresting him.
Who says your opinion counts? Why bothering about people you hate?
desmond2pk: So we have such enough police to check fulani herdmen but we can't use them. We have such police men to go after boko haram to stop them from killing people but we can't. But you have them to stop nnadi kalu from fleeing. The biafra war wasn't an easy war on each side. The Nigeria side couldn't defeat biafra even with weapons from Russia and Britain. Ask the people that fought the war. Read books. I don't know why this weaklings like buhari think that ibos are defeated people. People that really fought the war didn't it so.
sarrki: Adelani Adepegba, Ifeanyi Onuba and Ihuoma Chiedozie
The police have increased the numerical strength of their personnel in the South-East and South-South zones of the country as part of measures to prevent a breach of the peace, which may result from the activities of Biafran agitators ahead of the upcoming Anambra State governorship election, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
And apart from the Mobile Police Force operatives, the force told Saturday PUNCH on Friday that it had deployed the Counter-Terrorism unit, the Intelligence unit and other conventional policemen, who would work with the state commands in the South-East and South-South zones.
Biafra: Group advises AGF against re-arresting Kanu
In addition, top sources in the police told Saturday PUNCH that the security agency had placed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, under surveillance to prevent him from fleeing the country should the court revoke his bail and order his re-arrest for allegedly flouting his bail conditions.
The Federal Government had last week asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted to Kanu, who is being prosecuted along with others on treasonable felony charges.
The government had accused the IPOB leader of flouting his bail conditions and filed an application asking the court to revoke his bail and direct security agencies to re-arrest him.
The prosecution had said that instead of using the opportunity of his bail to attend to his health needs, Kanu had gone ahead to inaugurate a security outfit, known as Biafra Security Service.
The prosecution said this constituted a threat to national security.
But when contacted, the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, confirmed that the police had deployed more riot policemen in the South-East and South-South regions to avert a breach of security and maintain law and order.
But Moshood did not confirm if Kanu was under surveillance to prevent him from fleeing the country should the court rule in favour of the government, even though, sources in the police maintained that that was the situation.
Moshood said, “We have made additional deployments, particularly in Anambra State, because of the upcoming governorship election and also to other South-East and South-South states to ensure that IPOB did not actualise its threat of stopping the election.
“So also, any pronouncement from the court would be strictly enforced, irrespective of the persons involved. Nobody is above the law, so any court pronouncement would be enforced by the police.”
Moshood reiterated that the force was closely monitoring the situation in the South-East.
“We are strictly monitoring the situation for any eventuality from the court, since there is an ongoing judicial process,” the police spokesman explained.Moshood said the police would not leave anything to chance, while noting that any judicial order in respect of Kanu and other agitators would be enforced immediately.
He added, “We are not leaving anything to chance; we are to ensure there is law and order and any pronouncement from the court would be strictly enforced. We are watching the situation closely. We have made enough deployments and we are going to act appropriately.”
But when asked to give the number of the police operatives deployed for the operation, the Force PRO said it was against the policy of the police to give out the number of the personnel on deployment.
“We have yet to deploy helicopters because the situation is not ripe for it,” he added.
Kanu had, in his application filed on July 1, 2017, urged the court to vary the conditions of the bail granted him on April 25, 2017. But the Federal Government had, in its application filed on August 25, 2017, asked the court to revoke the bail granted Kanu, on the grounds that the IPOB leader had flouted the bail conditions.
It maintained that Kanu had flagrantly violated all the bail conditions, adding that the essence of the bail, which was for Kanu to look after his health, had been defeated.
Attempts to get IPOB’s reaction to the development were not successful as of the time of filing this report.
Calls to the mobile telephone line of the group’s spokesman, Mr. Emma Powerful, did not connect and messages sent to him on WhatsApp, which is usually the best way to reach him, were not replied to.
But IPOB had, last weekend, vowed to resist any attempt by the Federal Government to re-arrest Kanu, without first obtaining a court order.
Powerful had said Kanu was prepared to be locked up in his quest to achieve Biafra.
In a statement released then, IPOB said, “IPOB wishes to notify the public about the illegal and undemocratic moves by the Federal Government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to re-arrest our leader, who committed no crime known to the laws of the Nigerian state.
“Before Buhari decides to make a move to arrest our leader, he must first go to court to obtain an order or else it will be resisted by millions of IPOB members.”
Reacting to the development, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra warned the Federal Government not to take the ‘non-violence approach’ of the pro-Biafra agitators for granted.
MASSOB National Director of Information, Samuel Edeson, who spoke to one of our correspondents in Enugu, said the secessionists were not bothered about the deployment of police and security agents to the South-East and South-South regions.
Edeson vowed that ‘Biafrans’ would use all resources at their disposal to resist any attempt to re-arrest Kanu.
He said, “The Inspector General of Police is just trying to please his masters, but we are not bothered.
“The deployment of security agents is just a ploy to clamp down on peaceful agitators who are only seeking self-determination, but it is a plus to the struggle because it shows that the government is jittery. We cannot be intimidated.
“But we want to warn that our non-violent approach should not be taken for granted. The Nigerian government should not take our peaceful disposition for granted.
“There is a limit to human endurance. President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian government should know that the Biafrans of today are different from the Biafrans of yesterday – a lot has changed and we cannot be taken for granted.
“They are plotting to arrest Nnamdi Kanu, and we are waiting for them. They know they cannot arrest Nnamdi Kanu when they have failed to arrest the Arewa youths, who issued quit notice to Igbo in the North. We will resist any attempt to arrest Nnamdi Kanu. If they try to do that, all Biafrans will use all resources at their disposal to defend Nnamdi Kanu.”
ontiah: The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has held a closed door meeting with the South-East governors at the Enugu government house.
This was disclosed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Emmanuel Uzor.
Enugu – The agenda of the meeting between the South East Governors ’ Forum, SEGF, and Nnamdi Kanu include general security issues bedevilling the country in general and the southeast geopolitical zone in particular. It was said that the issues discussed also included the application by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN, for Kanu to be re-arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions among other sundry matters. The meeting was said to be a continuous process.
Your misleading and misinforming thread caption is too lame to downplay KANU and what actually took place in the meeting between him and the governors.
E-diot like you always trying to save face and shift the goal post.
We have watched the video and the narrative is miles away from your caption.
Markfemi2: the question north has said no to restructring so why are we deceiving ourselves and if you dont have balls to challenge status quo why are you attacking those who have balls to do so ? you think independence was gotten peacefully? And Kanus method seems to be working.
If you had been following my posts on Nairaland you would know who I stand with.
That said, markfemi2 and his likes are not to be trusted because things seem to be going well for IPOB.
Markfemi2: Whether you like it or not kanu has made everyone discuss nigeria especially the structure that is modern day slavery whether you like it or not kanu has done a great job in mobilizing his people to state their frustrations something niger delta and south west has not done truth is we are all not happy with status quo and kanu has the guts to say the truth
half of my people saying no to biafra or one nigeria will be the first to want out should biafra be a reality cause i can bet my ass yoruba wont stay in a nation where north is absolute majority infact if we could turn back the hands of time we would have declared our own republic 1968.
i may find some of his contents annoying but he has said the bitter truth i also want to congratulate the ibo nation on the succesful mobilization for what they believe in i see the women agititating for freedom and i am impressed yoruba nation has not gotten someone to do such a thing since the days of awolowo
congrats to kanu who is not afraid to say the truth congrats to ibo nation for staying resolute
yorubas have led the fight to end democracy ibo should lead the fight to disintegrate or restructure
una well done that does not mean i will not still abuse una here o
I hope you are not complimenting igbos because you see kanu's Agitations gaining both local and international attention.
If it was otherwise, perhaps you would have buried kanu and igbos by extension with your words.
nabiz: I love Yorubas the only problem I had with the was based on what people told me about them as it concerns trust. My parents thought me never to trust a yoruber man and grew up with that hatred. Having traveled about to about 28 states in Nigeria and seen on line how Igbo and Yorubas share hatred, one day I sat down with pen to write down where and where Yoruba man has offended me, but to be sincere I found little or non compared to what I have benefited from them. They are very good people though with little bad one.
From my observation, I found out that the hatred between Igbo and Yorubas is based on what our father told us.
I want to challenge every Igbo man and Yoruba man to take a pen to write down the bad Yoruba or Igbo have down to you personally not base what people told you, and believe me you will fine non.
I have learnt that most my brothers that hate the yorubas are people who never have in contact with them and still believe on what people told us.
I have also observed another problem. A Yoruba man loves his language that he uses it even in a public place which some time and Igbo man may think that they are been discussed
An Igbo man is very emotional and open that
I don't hate yorubas does not mean I trust them either. In several occasions they have left me in the cold when I needed them the most.
I lived in mushin and surulere Lagos for over 30 years and in odogbolu and mowe ogun state for over 5 years. I Know these guys. I was once a member of DEEPERLIFE church in Lagos and I discovered that even the Christians amongst them battle with their own subtle unreliable tendencies.
They are with you only when the going is good. But when challenges come, they deny you like peter denied Jesus. They are double faced BELIEVE ME. But like St Peter, it doesn't make them inherently evil.
nairavsdollars: Who is greater between Nnamdi Kanu and Emeka Ojukwu? Methink it is Nnamdi Kanu. Ojukwu fled during Biafra war but Kanu has refused to cower even daring the FG to rearrest him.
They both lived at different times using different methods for the biafran pursuit. Why the comparison? Ojukwu was great. Kanu is great as well.
RoyalUc: Ofai, you people have denied all outstanding Igbo leaders who caution IPOB's method/activities, please who do you people have left? Which leader(s) can speak for you both at National and International levels?
All? Name them.
The sincere igbo leaders knows IPOB and vice versa.
Iwuanyanwu is a looter. You actually ipob an "Igbo vs other tribes" thing? You are terribly mistaken.
sarrki: A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said that Igbo never mandated anybody to talk about breaking away from the country.
Iwuanyanwu said this in Abuja on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He expressed worry over agitations by some groups calling for the nation’s balkanization.
Iwuanyanwu, however, said that the call for restructuring was appropriate to address the numerous challenges confronting the country.
According to him, restructuring doesn’t mean division of the nation, adding ‘‘let us forget about the talk of secession by some young people.
‘‘I am an Igbo man and a leader.
‘‘I was the Chairman of Planning and Strategy of Ohaneze Ndigbo, so when you talk of any decision on the Igbo, it must have my consent.
‘‘Igbo have never mandated anybody to go and talk about secession.
‘‘We have heard that some youths reversed the call for the exit of the Igbo form the north.
‘‘l am happy that Nigerian leaders as well as the governors are coming up to say that Igbo are safe in their places.
‘‘Iwuanyanwu assured Igbo of their safety in every part of the country.
‘‘Many Igbo in the north have been coming to me asking me of what to do; I want to assure them that nobody is going to hurt them.
‘‘We all stand for one Nigeria and in future if anybody makes a statement, nobody should generalise and say it is Igbo,’’ he added.
According to him, there are good and terrible people amongst the Igbo as it is in other tribes.
‘‘People should stop generalising individual’s comment as if it were the general Igbo who made the comment.
‘‘I am happy that the President (Muhammadu Buhari) has said that anyone who made threatening comments would be disciplined and he has said he would put security measures to protect them.
‘‘Therefore, Igbo shouldn’t go anywhere.
‘‘I just want everyone to accept this restructuring and by the way, this restructuring issue is not a complicated one.
‘‘We have had two constitutional conferences during Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Jonathan civilian governments. We don’t even need to have a sovereign national conference.
‘‘If the National Assembly members can be honest with themselves, they should form a committee of the whole which include both chambers and call it a restructuring committee.
‘‘Call for submission by people then include it with the submissions from the conference by Obasanjo and Jonathan, then they will know that we want to restructure to give more autonomy, money and development to the region and avoid people running to Abuja for everything.
‘‘We need a system where people can stay in their states, create industries and get jobs,’’ he said. (NAN)
Who doesn't know that iwuanyanwu is among the Lagos/ Abuja envelope recipients? He has forgotten that igbos are bigger than him. Igbos have gone far ahead of him and his likes.
Sarrki as usual looking for a safe landing. We dash you iwuanyanwu the looter.
hamzeiy: lol.."in a scarey voice" we are shaking in horror...the ipob saviours are here ..their almighty american attorneys have stormed into nigeria..wooh we are all in trouble...am going to shit out of despair. lmao..ipobs are soo un intelligent as they are pathetic . tvhew
If so, then why bother commenting?
E-diot you will be the one jubilating if the US had snubbed our petition.
sapele914: Shameless,selfish bigoted so called majority tribe of assumed ipobs,what of us minorities,itsekiris, ijaws and urbobos?Big cry Babies come and suck some tits.
How does our matters bother you so badly? Suddenly you now speak for minorities..... Wannabe dumbo... Anyway you are inconsequential. If you want the kind of Goodwill and sympathy we are having then just ask.
victorioushands: For insulting Bianca, you will die in your quest for Biafra but you will not see it. And for your information, your Kanu is not fit to clean her shoes.
Education › Re: WAEC Rating Highlights Dwindling Fortunes Of Education In South-west by ofai: 3:11pm On Sep 03, 2017
