₦airaland Forum

Johnjustice:
Well I have never seen a south south man call Sir Edwin Clark supleme leader, he is a respected elder statesman, he has his personal issues with APC and Tinubu. You igbos call Nnamdi Kanu supleme leader and even worship him with the song, I am sure you have heard igbos singing "Nnamdi Kanu is another savior" 😆

South South people no be zombie wey dey worship human being like una o, from Ojukwu to kanu to Simon Ekpa, just like Almajiris you people follow human being like zombie, and this breeds terrorism in your regions.

First of all, I am not even an Nnamdi Kanu fan, so all you are saying is neither here nor there.

So address him in whatever way you want.
The supreme leader, the respected elder statesman, the Ijaw leader Edwin Clark has not congratulated Tinubu, and he is the number one leader of the Ijaw nation. So all the people you have mentioned are nonentities compared with E Clark.

Johnjustice:
Asari dokubo and his boys plus congratulations from tompolo, Mend and other distinguished Niger Deltans will tell you that we are not with you, we have our own destiny igbos have theirs, our revolutionary figure Adaka Boro, didn't support biafra or Ojukwu, instead he fought on the side of Nigerian troops. We don't follow blindly we do what's right. You are on your own in this hate movement, we have never followed you in your mumu ventures. Take our names off those dumb stuff you do. You people are the unity beggars, you need others they don't need you.

Just like the Igbos, the supreme leader of the Southsouth in the person of Edwin Clark, has not congratulated Tinubu.

While Orji Kalu, Uzodinma have congratulated Tinubu just like Dokubo.

How about that

Johnjustice:
SS is not Igbo, SS have no problem with anyone, we love Tinubu, we love yorubas, love everyone, you igbos are the ones with problems with yorubas, leave SS out of it, you saw how SS men in droves followed Asari to support Tinubu. Stop spreading this perception that SS agrees with igbos, we don't, we have our own ways and interests, South South is not Igbo, we are South South, the Niger Delta and Edo, down to the River Niger and the Atlantic ocean.

Believe me, Lagos state government will be happy if igbos leave Alaba, they need to build a world class edifice there, ask for cost of land in Lagos, you will know what's up. My brother no dey shout like pikin everyone know the Koko, igbos need Lagos, Lagos don't need you. Lagos is made for about 15million people, but it's population is almost 30million. Stop capping like a kid, the market is king, Lagos is the market, people are coming into Lagos in droves daily from all corners of Nigeria and all continents of the world. Let's give it a try and see, before one week, those alaba shops will be broken down for new development.

Another Yoruba claiming to be SS.
The same Yorubas that voted against the only SS president that Nigeria ever had.
The same Yorubas that stabbed an Ijaw woman in Lagos simply because she wanted to cast her vote for someone that is not Tinubu.
The same Yorubas, who along with Fulanis ridiculed Jonathan in every step he wanted to take as the president.

And please remember that there are millions of Igbo-speaking people autochthonous to the SS. They will be rolling with their Igbo brothers.
In fact, one of them wrote a scathing article against Asari Dokubo, calling him a slave in Kalabari kingdom which is ruled by an Igbo-descended king.
If Igbos leave Lagos, Lagos will loose its shine. If SS people leave Lagos also, Lagos will become another Ogbomosho. SImple and short

Johnjustice:
Lagos is over populated, Europeans, Asians, Mideastern people, the whole world and all of Nigeria wants to be in Lagos, and you say if one tribe leaves, it will affect Lagos?

I say it will benefit Lagos, if you doubt it try and see who will loose...no need to argue and banter, you can try to leave and see if they will beg you to stay. Lagos needs to develop beyond alaba and Ladipo markets level, world class markets needs to be built there. Too much frauds and scammers in alaba a d Ladipo markets, lots of Igbo touts and scammers selling fake and inferior goods.

Igbos are 35+% of the Lagos population. Igbos are also the most productive ethnic group in Lagos.

If Igbos leave Lagos in droves, Lagos will suffer as the Igbo economic power and hustling nature will no longer be in Lagos, as well as the sharp reduction in Lagos population, that will reduce the attractive nature of Lagos, as a very populated ready-made market for goods.

If SS people also leave, Lagos will assume the same nature and feel as Ibadan, Ogbomosho and other places of that nature.

mrvitalis:
When you eat good food that's the results

Good food and excellent genes

fx45:
Somali girls are beautiful

More like hungry southern Sudanese refugees. They share the same unattractive ashy-black complexion.

Why are Igbo people so nice-looking? Their skin complexions are spot-on also

Can someone please help in answering that.

Alba3:
What are you people still waiting for then? Just move at once.

The ball is in your court to have everything you seek even Biafra! When you moved during June 12 crisis, no single fellow begged you to come back. Just move and stay back and let us rest. The pressure you're putting on SW infrastructure and allocations is extremely too high. Leave and let our youths have space please!

How can they move at once, when the Lagos state government is paying millions encouraging people not to leave Lagos.

This article is a case in point.

Newsline09:
Since Governor Soludo made the call for Anambra traders in Lagos to relocate and bring home their businesses to their homeland, I have been struggling to process such a call. Coming from a Professor of economics and a global citizen makes it more difficult.

Assuming that these Anambra traders respond to the call of our political leader and representative, who is considered to be our Governor, the traders would disperse throughout Anambra State. This does not imply that Lagos' markets will close—never. Other traders from the Southeast and other parts of Nigeria will fill the void left by these traders and carry on with their enterprises because life abhors vacuums.

Consider Chukwuma and Sons Motor Spare Parts, which is well-known in the Lagos motor spare parts market, packing up to return home to Anambra to establish itself due to a disagreement with his landlord. Extend this to all his Anambra co-traders who left home to compete with the business needs of a megacity like Lagos; all will relocate their stores back home merely to serve Professor Charles Soludo, CFR's ego call. Will such an exit and move shut down the Lagos spare parts market or other businesses controlled by Anambra traders?

This isn't about the security worry that has dominated this space since the Governor's rash call, but rather the economic sense that such a call makes for the Governor.

Obviously, the Lagos market will continue to flourish and benefit those who are prepared, simply because Lagos has reached a level that neither envy nor prejudice can demolish. Lagos flourishes in business due to its size and strategic location in the country today. The average Anambra man or woman, like other ethnic groups in Lagos, benefits from the large market and demands that Lagos provides; asking them to relocate home would not shut down Lagos State, which is destined to grow even more; rather, remittances from Lagos to Anambra will suffer because the market does not exit in Anambra State as it does in Lagos.

No one would travel to your hideout in search of you; kindly perish the thought that consumers would come to Anambra to buy from Anambra traders if they needed the commodity. Those who are available will take over their demands while you perish at home.

Those masturbating over the statement and calling for 'relocation' clearly do not grasp Governor Chukwuma Soludo's gaffe. It's fine to encourage investors to consider your state as a new investment destination for a variety of reasons; anyone would do so; however, capitalizing on the reported spat between some Igbo traders and their host to now ask your brothers and sisters to return home and relocate their businesses so you can collect more taxes even when the market is not available is completely absurd.

I might be wrong; perhaps Charles Soludo, the much-talked-about economic titan, made a different call from my understanding and illustration, which I would ask him to buttress further so ranks like us would understand better. If not, then we voted for a clown as Governor who doesn't understand change and narratives in the global economy.

Anyone at this age still asking Igbos to return home is simply an enemy within who doesn't desire progress for our people and homeland. We must purge ourselves of whatever's left of the 1967 civil war and bury this victimhood mentality so we can tap into the opportunities for which nature has availed us as indigenous people of present-day Nigeria.

I would not fault the call by Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu in the 1960s; a lot has changed since then and lessons have been learned, which Dim confessed to before his transition to the great beyond. The first call was a mistake, and another would be a disaster. We must seek working political solutions to our present-day challenges, if any.

If Charles Soludo had traveled to Lagos State with other Southeast Governors to meet with their counterparts at the Alausa Government House to discuss challenges being faced by Igbo traders in the state, positives would have been garnered and long-term solutions to the differences would have been discussed and implemented, but instead, he left Awka through Umueri Airport only to call a town hall meeting for Anambra traders to boycott Lagos and relocate their businesses home as that would be the only way to resolve the differences.

They're everywhere, distorting the 'Aku Luo Unọ' philosophy, which loosely translates to remittances back home rather than business relocation to hideouts where no one will see them for patronage and consumption.

They were made rich by the markets in Lagos, not the other way around, and you are asking them to relocate back home, Aren't you silly? I have always held the view that the Igbos, who are sojourners and traditional traders by nature, benefit more from Nigeria's unity and complexity than any other ethnic group. Our ability to live and do business anywhere gives us unrestricted access to the vast market size of the nation, and anyone urging us to return home is simply a household enemy. Instead of making ridiculous ego calls, our governors should be talking to their counterparts across host states about our protection and equal treatment which is often the issue.

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One thing this guy doesn't know is that, if Anambra people move in droves to the south east, it will affect the population of Lagos to an extent, which reduces the huge market that Lagos is.
If the other south easterners relocate to the south east, it will further reduce the market pull of Lagos, thus making it less lucrative for business establishments to set up.

If the SSners in Lagos also move their businesses to the SS, Lagos will immediately revert to Abeokuta, with many federal investments.
The gravitational pull of Lagos, as a business capital will be gone for good.

Of course, we all know the guy is a hireling of Sanwolu and Tinubu, who want to avoid any backlash following the xenophobia and tribalism that has been introduced in the Lagos political arena.

If Anambra people heed the call, it is likely other southeasterners will follow suit.

While I am not a fan of Soludo, following his anti-Obi rants over the past few months, one thing I know is that Soludo will be wise enough to develop a space or a city, possibly even a coastal city at Oseakwa, that can comfortably host a seaport, allowing the traders to bring their goods directly into Anambra.

I haven't seen or read the small prints of the Soludo call, but I will advice that he encourages Anambrarians to move their HQs to the southeast, thus ensuring that quite a good chunk of their tax responsibilities, are paid into the Anambra state government coffers. They can still maintain satellite shops in Lagos.

LikeAking:
Is it cheaper to run CNG, instead of fuel?

It is way cheaper to run CNG and LPG than petrol

LikeAking:
Kindly bless us with your comments.

I added CNG/LPG fuel burning capabilities to my generator about a week ago.

My generator can now use 3 sorts of fuels.

Reno should forward this message to Yorubas occupying all those refugee camps in Republic of Benin, on account of mere Fulani trespassing in their farmlands.

[quote author=Ajagunakin post=123996555][/quote]What about your transvestite and transgender leaky-d!ck president of Agbado fame?

inoki247:
Lol nothing will destroy anything there are neighboring countries ready to buy from him ...

People in those neighbouring countries will not be willing to purchase petrol at the current NNPC rate.

Moreover, once Nigerians adopt LPG, CNG, LNG, the other Africans will likely adopt the same gas products.

Dangote can consider exporting refined fuel to Europe and the Americas. To help him in that regard, the Nigerian government may have to reduce or entirely stop the exporting of crude oil in preference for exporting refined fuel.

This will require more working refineries coming online to ensure Nigeria is meeting her OPEC quota, albeit in refined fuels. That is if OPEC will play ball.

senatordave1:
1) the shettima case has been settled by the supreme court.it is an internal affair of a party to be raised before elections.

2) the 25% case is ambiguous but I can tell you that the judges will likely thrash it.moreover,a rerun emanating from it will involve only tinubu and atiku.obi so far has not canvassed anything on that and his case ends tomorrow.

3) obi only cast fractional and isolated doubts not enough to affect the overall outcome.those blurred results was from irev which is secondary copy.he should have used the hard copy from his agents or inec to compare and contrast.
Obi is no more saying he won because he didn't,he just wants to castigate the elections as much as he can damaging inec public reputation.
So far,peter has not proven anything.it us like throwing sand in a river.

For your number 1 point, it was an internal party affair, until Shettima ran in earnest, for the vice presidency position in the past election. That immediately gave locus standi to Peter Obi, because he ran with that baggage, in an election that concerned Obi.

Another point you made is that Obi should use the hard copy of his agents. Such a move will not give Obi any advantage as CTCs from INEC are more admissible than copies from one's party agents.

The EC8A CTCs from INEC that Obi submitted as evidence is already good enough for Obi to prove this case. All his lawyers now have to do is to collate the results of the presidential election using those submitted EC8A forms. Afterall, whatever INEC declares should tally with the figures in those EC8As. If not, then the election is rigged, and a new collation is required.

Tinubu will be having serious problems. Tinubu's only hope is to corrupt the judges and justices. But if he does that, will Nigerians, NLC, TUC and Obidients just sit back and allow that to happen? Your guess is as good as mine.

senatordave1:
After tomorrow no more,after tomorrow no more

So far, Peter Obi's people have submitted enough evidence to prove that
1. Shettima had another nomination before he was declared Tinubu's running mate
2. Tinubu didn't get 25% of Abuja votes, which is a constitutional requirement
3. Cast doubt on how INEC arrived at the decision that Tinubu won, especially as there were thousands of blurred results, and huge discrepancies in certain states.

The only point Peter Obi now has to prove is that he actually won that election. Even though I know he has submitted EC8A forms for the election, the prosecution still needs to collate the exact results in those forms, as the court may not have time to go through that mountain of evidence.

All I can say at the moment is that Peter Obi has proven enough points for the judges to cancel that election and call for a re-run. He needs to do a bit more for the courts to have enough evidence to declare him the winner.

Let us wait for the defence, and what points they have

delpee:
Interesting. Seems we're all linked together somehow.
Anyway the Olukumis in Delta/SE too were originally Yorubas. Olukumi means my friend in Yoruba. They're referred to as Lucumis in South America..Colombia, Cuba etc Those sold into slavery I believe.

Of course we are all linked somehow, if one decides to look back through the ages.

I've heard of the Olukumis, but I don't know much about them.

I know they are situated somewhere within the Anioma territory.

delpee:
Ile Ibinu means the land of anger/bitterness in Yoruba.
The Oba of Benin certainly has a relationship with Ile Ife. That's why the Oba of Benin pays a visit to Ife sometime after coronation.

Ilo Obinu also means the road to bitter hearts in Igbo.

That's why Benin people still use the Nri-Igbo four market days till tomorrow, all of which have their originating shrines in core Umu NRI towns

goslowgoslow:
Shameless people! How about your brothers who are facing death sentences in Asia and other countries for drug trafficking? I am sure one of them will be the future governor of Anambra, that if death spare them.

The major difference here being that those Igbo criminals will never be willingly elected into office in Igboland.

Can you say the same thing about your people?

Segzy19:
You guys have started abi...
When we respond to you now, you start crying that some other people are bigots etc...

Your people are perishing in various jail's in India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and so on for various drug-related crimes.... There is no prison in the world where your people are not found. You know it yet you throw stones at others...

I'm sure you didn't think it through before posting your comment....

Interestingly, Igbos are not found in Saudi jails, where Yoruba criminals and drug dealers are routinely executed.

The embezzlements have already started.

Can you imagine?

Pauldollars:
Let's ask ourselves...could Peter Obi have been able to do what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done within 2 weeks in making significant changes in all the security architecture of Nigeria?

You are referring to Peter Obi, that beat Tinubu hands-down in the past election. Peter Obi that ran in an unknown party and still whooped Tinubu nationwide.
The same Peter Obi that beat Tinubu in the state that Tinubu once governed, and is still governed by his fellow former convicted criminal acolytes.
The same Peter Obi whose electoral excellence forced Tinubu to resort to rigging.

Peter Obi would have achieved more, and wouldn't have caused the current drastic increased price of fuels.

DodadaKoKigbe:


Kanu and Ekpa said FAR WORSE about other tribes. Igbos MUST NOT cry now.

It will make sense if you tell us what Kanu said about Kalabari people.

Bear in mind I am not an MNK fan though

bhella10:
E lo f'okan bale! They dare not touch any omoluabi in SE. They can't. Even ipob will not dare.

You're probably sending this message from your refugee shack in the Republic of Benin

November1857:
U.S. Declares Nigerian American Oluwasheun Akorede Wanted For Heroin Trafficking


Akorede is wanted for heroin trafficking, according to information on the DEA website.


https://saharareporters.com/2023/06/21/us-declares-nigerian-american-oluwasheun-akorede-wanted-heroin-trafficking

This is the future governor of Lagos, following the foot-steps of previous governors of Lagos and other Yoruba states.

He is already emerging with flying colours.

Tinubu must be proud of him. Next, is for Tinubu to encourage him to start going on an anti-Igbo rampage in Lagos. Before you know it, he will become the governor of Lagos state

Ttalk:
This one na assembly of Nzogbu nzogbu

Only 3 of them are Igbo. One of the three is even married to a non-Igbo.

Let Tinubu now go on and prove that AWS was down on the 25th of February 2023 with Yoruba witnesses

Eros48:
This statement implies you know little about Edo history. Other than the fact your story looks like a poorly woven cloth, you need to understand that Edo has been through about 3 dynasties namely pre ogiso (poorly recorded), the Ogiso (Well documented from 40AD) and the Oba era.
Also it may interest you to know that the Portuguese first came to Nigeria in the 15th century. Which is recent and at the time the Benin empire (not the pre ogiso or the ogiso era) was in its full majesty. This already makes all your claims false.

About the Obi of Onitsha and Onitsha itself, the Benin presence and influence cannot be denied. Onitsha was founded in 17th century.

As for places like Asaba; Many of the people there originated from Benin, others Igala others Igbo.

You can deny it all you want but, be honest with yourself and connect the dots. It is obvious that the Igbos, Yoruba and Benin are different people. Not withstanding Benin's influence is predominant and not the other way around.

I also read someone say the Benin's are few, they aren't. The difference is they don't go around claiming people like other ethnic groups in Nigeria do. They have people in the Northern( middle belt), s. eastern, S.southern and S.Western parts of Nigeria, they also have Ga ethnic group of Ghana and some people in Benin Republic and Togo to mention those I am aware about.

Let's not also forget about the Ancient Benin Genocide, now dubbed massacre of 1897. That disintegrated the empire as it was and dispersed it's people.



(well documented) Og

Bro, as I have a busy schedule today, please read the content of this link.
Amongst other useful information, you will read a snippet of what those Portuguese explorers who visited Benin in the 1400s wrote down, to really appreciate the extent of Nri influence.

Please bear in mind that OGANE (as the Portuguese explorers wrote it down) simply is a corruption of the Ed/Bini word OGHENE, which means Lord, or a highly distinguished personality.

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/318525/lagos-was-founded-by-igbo-bini-priest-kings-over-500-years-b.html

lexy2014:
why should any of these things matter?

Just the fact that a SW president, chose to appoint two other SWners as heads of such commands, immediately means that THESE THINGS MATTER.

It is about giving people a sense of belonging. It is psychological in nature

GeneralPula:
They already have
SGF
ADC

SW also has Chief of staff and various special advisers, but Tinubu still appointed the chief of army staff and IG of police from the SW.

The fact remains that the positions you mentioned are not military or security command positions.

The northcentral deserves to be in charge of at least one of such commands.

Again, as I initially stated, the SW has 3, while the northcentral has none. Logic and justice demands that one of the military or security commands that has gone to the SW, should be diverted to the northcentral.

Cheating is not good.

LivingSage:
https://twitter.com/DeeOneAyekooto/status/1671037575161626625

This is not balanced at all. The northcentral has been totally ignored.

With what I am seeing, the SW has 3. and the northwest has two

The SW has the commander-in-chief, chief of army staff and Inspector-General of Police, while the NorthCentral has been totally sidelined.

The chief of army staff or the IG of Police should go to the Northcentral to balance it a little

SangoOlukosoOba:

“it’s website suffered “technical glitches”.

I am very certain that whoever composed this gibberish is not an IT expert.

What has AWS got to do with the INEC website? The fact that you hosting a website on AWS does not make AWS responsible for any glitch. You are still 100% liable for websites technical issues.

Oh! You want Amazon to sue INEC because their website had technical issues? 🤣🤣🤣

You obviously are not a computer programmer.

I expect that AWS APIs are embedded in INEC sites for the election. The fact that every other functionality on the site was working, except the ability to upload the scanned results, immediately alleges that AWS is at fault.

INEC is indirectly alleging that AWS failed them.