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Next time approach and talk to him alone and not in the presence of the wife. Let the approach not make you hate your brother or the wife it may make things worst for you. Play along and pray...you are almost there. Most married women are selfish... they want the cake only for themselves and their family.
A reasonable man should know that blood is thicker than water. Know that wife is the neck that carries and takes the head to what it wants to see.

Buhari understand that a yoruba man cannot be trusted that is why even among the 95 percent, the appointment eludes them just like the east

I bought the power bank some 4 months ago. the power button developed some small issues, i called the guy and his response was so business friendly. i went to his shop and he fixed it with no charge. Its back to as i bought it. I just want to say that the service and customer relations is second to none. I've been using it and doesnt remember phcn exist once i charge few hours in the night using generator. The stuff is excellent.

This government will finish nigeria. Obasanjo should have advised the president that force has never worked in the niger delta but negotiation. Our president is not even helping matters in appointments and approach to serious issues that brought us to where we are. He is hell bent on dividing nigeria. APC has simply failed nigerians and they should admit it and not these flimsy excuses but step down for inability to manage the situation. NOTHING IS JUST WORKING.....

APC DON FINISH US.......FUNNY ENOUGH THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR HOW TO GET THERE..UNFORTUNATE

do you have a 50inch lg tv, 1hp a/c. if yes, what is your price

spyder880:
I was born in Enugu state, Nsukka zone, had my primary education in Enugu Ezike and later left for secondary education in my local govt of Nkanu, I was in Ozalla Boys for 6 years. I have lived in Udi zone for the past 20 years, working and doing business everywhere, especially in the capital city of Enugu. So you can see there are very few people that knows Enugu like I know it. The 3 senatorial zones of Enugu will be covered in my analysis of Enugu, maybe this thread will change a few things, and make our government to think (if they still have that ability)

i no no say me and spyder880 go same school for enugu ezike...well done bru

Present police uniforms should not have pocket at all let's see where they hide the egunje...

My brother use your head. Marriage no bi like that, it has so many that goes with it not the so called love during curtship.

Have you asked why the most compatible, inlove couples ends up in divorce?
There maybe things ur mum is seeing that you are not because of the so called love.
You have to weigh both and know your mum wants the best for you.
What you cannot change is the fact that you can never get another mum but if this nice compatible girl sees a better boo as I am tying, she may not think twice before dumping ur ass.
Goodluck

LAI is a LIE so think about it. Party of liars but they can't fool us forever...4 years is by the corner..

This will be interesting.....

ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT APC RODE TO VICTORY THROUGH THE MEDIA AND NOW THEY WANT TO SMARTLY CLAMP DOWN ON IT. IS THIS HOW THE CORRUPTION WILL BE CHECKED? WE HAVE MORE ISSUES TO DEAL WITH NOT THIS AND SARAKI AND THE REST OF THE SENATORS SHOULD KNOW THEY WILL NOT BE THERE FOR EVER..WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Telling the family may be Disastrous as they may think you have a hand in his death through spiritual means to perfect your already laid plans.
You made a terrible mistake. Ask for God's forgiveness. You did well by remembering the family.

nosiebaba:
Lol so u are a slave that wants to break free from his masters, a slave that thinks his success depends on his country, a slave that thinks he is supposed to sit down while his master goes to work and brings him food to eat, then that kind of slave will die a slave.
After agitating biafra the next thing we will hear is anambra is superior to Enugu, abakaliki are not igbos etc A slave can never be satisfied cos he thinks everybody owes him something.
But the masters are the ones that blame themselves for any misfortune and hold themselves accountable for where ever they find themselves and also do what they can to change it. And I'm a MASTER. Even if I was born in Malawi im still a success cos it's not where u are or what you are called, it's who you are that determines what you become son

In present day nigeria the Zoo, you know after loosing all ibos control commerce in the zoo. Cowards. Ask y all obas in yoruba land are all Muslims. Cowards dat cannot stand on their feet....

Sai baba...where r d apc wailers on nairaland?

searching4l0ve:
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Even if oil is valueless we will not release you slaves. You will be sent to the groundnut farms to work for the fulanis. Biafra is dead

WHO is the slave here... You and I knows the living standard of a fulani man / yoruba man as comparable to an igbo man.
Cowards... have you asked yourself why all yoruba obas are Muslims including an emir in ilorin a yoruba territory and no igbo man a muslim by birth presently. COWARDS

Dele...How much were you paid for this? It sounds unlike you...

salisy:
fix it na!
But wait a minute

What was the total votes scored by the current govt from that side of the country.

Let's finish fixing the North/SouthWest first before anything

Because you are not suppose to reap where you did not sow

NOTE THE IBOS SURVIVED THE WAR AND IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF NIGERIA OF TODAY...AWOLOWO AND THE LIKES STOLE FROM THEM, ROAD OR NO ROAD, APPOINTMENT OR NO APPOINTMENT, AN AVERAGE IBO MAN MAKES SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. WITH BIAFRA, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR THEM AND THAT IS WHY NIGERIA THE ZOO DOESN'T WANT TO ALLOW IT

Fahola will be good in Power...He will always deliver

WHY ARE JEWS SO SMART? By Dr. Okoloto
Since I spent about 3 year in Israel for internship in few hospital there, it came to my mind about doing thesis/research of "Why the Jews are Intelligent?"

It goes without denial that Jews are ahead in all aspect of life such as engineering, music, science and most obvious in business where nearly 70% of world trade/business are held by the Jews such as cosmetic, fashion, food, arms, hotels and film industries (Hollywood and others).

During the 2nd year, in December 1980, and I was about to go back to California, this idea came to me and I was wandering why God gave this gift/ability to them? Is this a coincidence or is it man-made that could be produced like the goods from a factory. My thesis took about 8 years to gather all the information as accurately as possible, like the food intake, culture, religion, initial preparation of pregnancy and etc and I would compare them with other races.

Let’s start with initial preparation of pregnancy. In Israel, the first thing I noticed is that the pregnant mother would always sing and play piano and would always try to solve mathematical problems together with the husband, and I was very surprised to see the mother always carry math books and sometimes I would help her to solve some problems, I would asked, "Is this for your child in the womb?" she would answer "Yes to train the child still in the womb so that it would be a genius later on". She would solve the problem without let-up until the child is born.

Another thing I noticed, is about the food, she loved to eat almonds and dates with milk, for lunch she would take bread and fish without the head, salad mixed with almonds and other nuts, they believed fish is good for the development of brain and the fish’s head is bad for the brain. And also it is like the culture of the Jews for pregnant mothers to take cod liver oil.

When I was invited for dinner, I always noticed that they always like to eat fish (flesh and fillet) and no meat, according to their belief, meat and fish together will not give any benefit to our body. Salad and nuts is a must, especially almonds.

They would always eat fruits first before the main meal. Their belief if you eat the main meal first (like bread or rice) then fruits, this will make us feel sleepy and difficult to understand any lesson you learn in school.

In Israel, smoking is a taboo, if you are their guest, don’t smoke in their house, they would politely ask you to go out for a smoke. According to scientist in university of Israel, nicotine would destroy the main cell in our brain and will affect the genes and DNA, resulting in generation of slowpoke or defective brain. So all those smokers, please take note (Ironically, the biggest producer of cigarettes is… you know who.. make your own guess).

The food intake for the child is always under the guidance of the parent, first, the fruits with almonds, followed by cod liver oil. In my assessment, the Jewish child, most of them knew 3 languages, ie Hebrew, Arabic and English, since childhood they would be train in playing piano and violin, it is a must.

Accordingly, it is believed that this practice will increase the IQ of the child and will make him a genius. And according to Jewish scientist, the vibration of music would stimulate the brain and that is why there are lots of geniuses among the Jews…

Since grade 1 to 6, they would be taught business mathematics and science subjects would be their first preference. For comparison I could see the children in California, their IQ is about 6 years back. And Jewish children were also involved in athletics such as archery, shooting and running, accordingly it is believed that archery and shooting would make the brain more focus on decision and precision.

In high school, students are more inclined to study science, they would create products, indulged in all sorts of projects , although some looks very funny or useless, but all attention is given seriously especially if it is armaments, medicine or engineering, the idea will be introduced in higher institute in polytechnics or universities.

Business faculty will be given more preference, in the last year of university, the students in business would be given a project and practically they can only pass if their group (about 10 in a group) can make profit of USD1 million.

Don’t be surprised, this is the reality and that is why half of the business in the world is held by the Jews, who design the latest Levis, it is being designed in the Israel university by the faculty of business and fashion.

Have you seen them how they prayed, they always shake their heads, accordingly they believed this action will stimulate and provide more oxygen to the brain, same thing with Islam where you need to bow down your head.

Look at the Japanese, they always bow down their heads as their culture, lots of them are smart, they love sushi (fresh fish), is this a coincidence?

In New York, the commercial/trading center for the Jews are based in New York, catering for the Jews only, if they had any beneficial idea, their committee will give free interest loan and will make sure the business prosper. Due to this, Starbucks, dell computer, Coca Cola, DKNY, Oracle, Levis, Dunkin Donut , Hollywood films and hundreds other businesses were under their sponsorship.

Jewish graduates from faculty of medicine in new york were encouraged to register with them and allowed to practice privately with this free interest loan, now I knew why most hospital in new york and California always lack of specialist doctors.

Smoking will lead to generations of slowpoke. During my visit to Singapore in 2005, made me surprised to see smokers are regarded as an outcast and the price of a pack of cigarettes is about USD 7, like in Israel it is a taboo and their form of government is similar to the Israelis. And that is the reason why most of their universities are of high standard, even though Singapore is only as big as Manhattan.

Look at Indonesia, everywhere people are smoking, and price of a pack of cigarette is very cheap only USD0.70 cents. and the results with millions of people, you can count the number of universities, what product they produced that can be proud of, technology.. never… can they speak other than their own language, why it is so difficult for them to master English language for example, all this is due to smoking, think for yourself.

In my thesis, I do not touch in respect of religion or race, why the Jews are so arrogant that they were being chased around since the time of Paraoh until Hitler, for me it is about politic and survival, the bottom line is, could we produce intelligent generations just like the Jews.

The answer could be in the affirmative that needs change in our daily habits of eating, parenting and I guess within 3 generations, it could be achieved. This I could observe in my grandson, for example at the age of 9 he could write a 5-page essay on "Why I love tomato"

May all of us be in peace and succeeded in producing a future generations of genius for the betterment of humankind no matter who you are.

ARIZONA123:
. Ss has d evironmental pollution while Lagos ,SW will get the longest Bridge in Africa,3 working sea port and the best airport in Nigeria. Smh for yeriba people. Shame to niger deltans!!!

unfortunately the elders of the niger deltan dont see that...they r only after their personal pockets....go to ogoni where almost 25% of the oil comes from and you will weep with the level of poverty.

PunkyVeer:
So who cares? You made your decision. You quacks need to quit shoving your medieval beliefs down people throats. It's a free world.

N bad belle be dis...

I AM SURPRISED THAT ASSOCIATION IS NOW BY FORCE. LET THEM GO NAH. REFRENDUM SHOULD SOLVE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL.

My boys are shinning.....

Bleep

Bleep

I respect Orubebe..even though Nigerian politics is dirty but be my friend in adversity. Oshom0- ole is not doing better in edo state. He that washes the outside cup while the inside is dirty should be watched. All the propaganda is to be in a better book to baba go slow and Nigerians. we cannot be fooled......elections will soon be at the corner and the change is not what we are seeing..only I GO

Na so so i go i dey hear...four months now don pass.....how else can we describe slow movement[b][/b]

I think Emir Sanusi has a point here...Nairalanders what do you think?...

Yorubas Are The Problem With Nigeria – By Lamido Sanusi

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.

The Yoruba elite and area-boy politics;
Igbo marginalisation and the responsible limits of retribution; and
The Yoruba Factor and “Area-boy” Politics.

My views on the Yoruba political leadership have been thoroughly articulated in some of my writings, prime among which was ” Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors” published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. There was also an earlier publication in the weekly Trust entitled ” The Igbo, the Yoruba and History” (Aug. 21, 1998).

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude.

The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention.

When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.

When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.

Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.

Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.

When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.

For so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.

Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.

Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other “nationalities” that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.

To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.

I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.

iii.The Igbo Factor and the Reasonable Limits of Retribution.

The Igbo people of Nigeria have made a mark in the history of this nation. They led the first successful military coup which eliminated the Military and Political leaders of other regions while letting off Igbo leaders. Nwafor Orizu, then Senate President, in consultation with President Azikiwe, subverted the constitution and handed over power to Aguiyi-Ironsi. Subsequent developments, including attempts at humiliating other peoples, led to the counter-coup and later the civil war. The Igbos themselves must acknowledge that they have a large part of the blame for shattering the unity of this country.

Having said that, this nation must realise that Igbos have more than paid for their foolishness. They have been defeated in war, rendered paupers by monetary policy fiat, their properties declared abandoned and confiscated, kept out of strategic public sector appointments and deprived of public services. The rest of the country forced them to remain in Nigeria and has continued to deny them equity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme of things. In the recent transition when the Igbo solidly supported the PDP in the hope of an Ekwueme presidency, the North and South-West treated this as a Biafra agenda. Every rule set for the primaries, every gentleman´s agreement was set aside to ensure that Obasanjo, not Ekwueme emerged as the candidate. Things went as far as getting the Federal Government to hurriedly gazette a pardon. Now, with this government, the marginalistion of the Igbo is more complete than ever before. The Igbos have taken all these quietly because, they reason, they brought it upon themselves. But the nation is sitting on a time-bomb.

After the First World War, the victors treated Germany with the same contempt Nigeria is treating Igbos. Two decades later, there was a Second World War, far costlier than the first. Germany was again defeated, but this time, they won a more honourable peace. Our present political leaders have no sense of History. There is a new Igbo man, who was not born in 1966 and neither knows nor cares about Nzeogwu and Ojukwu. There are Igbo men on the street who were never Biafrans. They were born Nigerians, are Nigerians, but suffer because of actions of earlier generations. They will soon decide that it is better to fight their own war, and may be find an honourable peace, than to remain in this contemptible state in perpetuity.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos. For one Sardauna, one Tafawa Balewa, one Akintola and one Okotie-Eboh, hundreds of thousands have died and suffered.

If this issue is not addressed immediately, no conference will solve Nigeria´s problems. By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Being Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999.



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