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PoliticsHow The 8000 APC Delegate Will Vote Today by oladele97(op): 10:37am On Dec 10, 2014
APC Presidential Primary: Who the 8000 delegates will vote – ANALYSIS. @delemomodu @ogundamisi

Its down to the wire and the 8000 delegates of the All Progressives Congress holds the four ‘Aces’.

Later today they will elect the presidential candidate of the main opposition party in Nigeria at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Political analysts say its a straight fight between former vice-president Atiku Abubakar and former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari but which of the other three aspirants — Rabiu Kwankwaso, Governor of Kano, Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo or newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-Isaiah will be the spoiler?

But by last night, rumours about one of the candidates giving delegates N500,000 each ($3,000) threw the Buhari camp into panic.

“Delegates may choose to vote for money. Or they may choose to vote for conscience,” said an observer close to the convention.

Sources told TheNEWS that crucial meetings were held up till early today to steer the election to a Buhari candidacy.

According to analysts, Buhari will most likely get a block vote from South West delegates and the states under the control of APC governors, excluding Kano, which is expected to vote Kwankwaso.

Delegates from other states are not quite predictable, analysts say, which leaves the contest wide open.

In TheNEWS analysis of the vote, we however predict a Buhari victory in at least 21 states:

Lagos: Buhari

Ogun: Buhari

Oyo: Buhari

Kwara: Buhari

Osun: Buhari

Ekiti: to be split between Buhari and Atiku. Atiku predicted to have an edge here.

Ondo: Buhari/Atiku

Edo: Buhari

Delta: Atiku/Buhari

Rivers: Buhari

Bayelsa: Buhari

Akwa Ibom: May be split between Atiku and Buhari

Cross River: May be split between Atiku and Buhari

Kaduna: Buhari (Buhari’s political base)

Katsina: Buhari (Buhari’s home state)

Kano: Kwankwaso

Nasarawa: Buhari

Plateau: Sam Nda Isaiah, Atiku

Benue: Buhari

Niger: Buhari/sam Nda Isaiah

Zamfara: Buhari

Sokoto: Buhari

Kebbi: May be split between Atiku and Buhari

Adamawa state: Atiku solid here since Adamawa is home base. Buhari too will get some delegates here

Borno: Buhari

Yobe: Buhari

Gombe: Atiku

Bauchi: Buhari

Kogi state: Buhari/Kwankwaso/Atiku

Taraba: Buhari/Atiku

Jigawa: Kwankwaso/Buhari/Atiku

Imo state: Okorocha

Enugu: Okorocha/Atiku

Anambra: Buhari/Atiku/Okorocha

Ebonyi: Okorocha/Atiku

Abia: Okorocha/Atiku

TheNews.

PoliticsHon Patrick Humble Is Grammer After Lost Out In APC Primary by oladele97(op): 8:57pm On Dec 09, 2014
Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon was humbled at the just concluded APC primaries in Edo state.

Patrick confirmed his loss in the simplest of English ever, which is unlike him as we are used to his robust english. On his loss he said

“Yes it’s true.I lost out of the Senatorial contest yesterday.Was looking forward to a robust contestation of ideas at the red chambers but the people thought differently and I respect their decision.God bless Edo state.God bless Nigeria.”

He lost to the Minority Whip of the House of Reps, Samson Osagie, in the APC Edo South Senatorial District primary election.
PoliticsRe: Biography Of Sir Jude Emeka Idimogu(redeemer Of Oshodi-isolo Constituency) by oladele97: 8:00pm On Dec 09, 2014
I only see a bastard and not a redemer....mtchew
PoliticsRe: PDP Lagos Flagbearer Jimi Agbaje Picks An Igboman as His Running Mate- Ifeduba by oladele97: 3:21pm On Dec 09, 2014
I wonder igbo like deceiving thereself, even though PDP use peter obi as deputy in lagos they will end up the they have being......so AGBAJE you are only wasting your time
CultureHistory Of YAGBA Kogi State by oladele97(op): 9:46pm On Dec 08, 2014
BRIEF HISTORY OF OKUN PEOPLE
Okun people are Yoruba descendants in Kogi state.
Kogi is a multi ethnic state and Okun people are up
to 20% of Kogi State population, smaller than the
other two major completely different tribes, Igala
and Ebira. Okun people spread across six local
government areas in Kogi State, known as Kabba-
Bunu, Yagba-West, Yagba-East, Mopa-Muro, Ìjùmú
and Lokoja local government Areas.
They speak varied dialects…Owé, Ìyàgbà, Ìjùmú,
Bùnú and Oworo, but their language is generally
called Okun, Okun has become a form of greeting
among them.
They understand one another to a greater extent
and large numbers of them speak Yoruba. Their
dialects are influenced by various factors. Such
factor is that Kogi state shares boundaries with
Kwara, Ondo, Ekiti, Niger, Benue, Nassarawa,
Anambra, Enugu, Edo and Abuja. Also, The Nupe
wars of the 19th century and interaction with the
Hausas due to geographical zoning left an indelible
mark on the Okun people and their dialects.
According to oral source, Okun people migrated
from Ile Ife when Yorubas were spreading to
occupy more lands, before spreading out, each
and everyone was instructed to report to Ile Ife for
a yearly meeting. The man, that led group of
young people to a location (now called YAGBA) in
Kogi state did not return over a long period of time.
When eventually returned and explained that he
lost larger part of his acquired land to some other
migrants. He was blamed for the loss and said in
yoruba, ''ÌYÀ ÀGBÀ LÓ JEMÍ'' meaning that invasion
of his acqured land was due to lack of having
elderly people with him. Since then, they started
mocking him at Ile Ife, calling him Iya agba . They
associated this name with him whenever they
wanted to send messages across to him after
returning to his occupied area, now called Yagba.
Okun people faced lots of challenges, ranging from
geo political zoning, marginlisation and problem of
identity. Their problem started during the colonial
era when they were politically ceded to the
Northern protectorate by Lord Lugard, the
Governor-General of Nigeria. The abolition of the
provincial and regional administrative units in 1967
led to their merging with Ilorin to form old Kwara
state. Then, Igala was merged with old Benue
State. However, on 27th of august 1991, Okun
people was removed again and merged with Ebira,
Igala from Benue state and some other tribes to
form Kogi state.
Okun indigenes moved against merging them with
completely different tribes but they were forced
into this marriage. Since then, Igala and Ebira have
used high population to merginlise Okun people
politically and in resource allocation. When an Igala
man tells you ‘Omi na kaye, ma joje ma mu du’, he
is telling you he would consume whatever available
in his surrounding. And that is exactly what is
presently happening to in their resource allocation.
Their efforts to break away and form Okun State,
which could make it possible for them to be more
closer to their Kiths and Kins in the South West,
failed to materialise.
Concerning Identity problem, The Yorubas in South
West are trying to link the identity of Okun people
to their Kiths and Kins in South West going by
history and shared traits but their counterparts
who want Okun people to remain a minority tribe
in the entity called Nigeria, claimed that Okun
people are not Yorubas and Yoruba is only trying to
expand their Kingdom. Okun people bear Yoruba
names like Edo people, lots of them speak yoruba
and many of their settlements are named in
yoruba language such as Kajola, Egbeda, Egbeda
Ega, Okedayo, Odo Ere, Odo Eri, Ife, Iyamoye,
Agbaja, Igbo Nla and Obajana. Even, groups that
make up Bunu people of Okun are Okemeta,
Okemesan, Akumerindinlogun and Kiri groups.
By: Raymond Ayinla Ajeigbe
CultureRe: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by oladele97: 9:28pm On Dec 08, 2014
O lore
PoliticsRe: IGBO Has Nothing To Do With Development Of Lagos by oladele97(op): 8:55am On Dec 08, 2014
TRUTHTELA:
Firstly, define DEVELOPMENT and tell me where there's any sign of development in Lagos. Lagos is " developed " in the eyes of Ibadan, Ondo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue, RURAL DWELLERS that just came to Lagos. The Federal Govt of Nigeria, built most bridges and fed roads that made Lagos to be considered "developed. Lagos is in the league of Bangladesh, and all those dirty lack of infrastructure ridden countries in India and Asia.

Dubai, used their oil wealth to build what you will consider development, that's why even hustlers in lagos rush to dubai to see what SPEED LIGHT RAIL and development feels like. Your " celebs" and politicians and anyone else that can afford ( BUT CAN"T GET USA visa) it heads to dubai.

In the eyes of DEBASED, COUNTRY and POORLY oriented fellow, Lagos is developed.
My brother you don't have a point
PoliticsRe: IGBO Has Nothing To Do With Development Of Lagos by oladele97(op): 8:52am On Dec 08, 2014
temitemi1:
One Nigeria is all what I understand, that's why a yoruba man like me supporting GEJ from Niger Delta. United will stand, divided will fall...
But there is a yoruba proverb which says land cannot belong to 2 siblings without have boundary
PoliticsRe: IGBO Has Nothing To Do With Development Of Lagos by oladele97(op): 8:50am On Dec 08, 2014
zlatansomto:
typical of the yo-robbers,. Resorting to name calling, just to make a silly point,. Now back to topic, Lagos is no mans land nobody can chase me out,. Its that simple my clawed faced friend,. You can take that to the bank •
The same taught the 19 people that were deported to Anambra heard
PoliticsIGBO Has Nothing To Do With Development Of Lagos by oladele97(op): 7:48am On Dec 08, 2014
”The claim that the Igbo helped to develop Lagos
is hogwash. The major institutions of the south-
west were developed by the diligence, hard-work,
industry and sweat of the Yoruba people. This is a
historical fact”- Femi Fani-Kayode
I posted these words on my Facebook wall as a
fallout of the hot debate that was generated after
the relocation from Lagos to Anambra of 19 Igbo
destitute by the Lagos State Government.
Immediately after the posting, all hell broke loose
on my wall and all sorts of excitable and emotion-
laden comments and assertions were made on
the thread. I welcomed each and every one of
those comments including those that accused me
of being a tribalist and a Yoruba nationalist. That
is the spirit of debate and we cannot all possibly
agree on everything. Needless to say I stand by
every word that I wrote in the post and those that
do not share my view are free to hold their own
opinion. My assertion is based on history and
knowledge and not emotion. The facts are clear
and the records speak for themselves. I will go no
further than that because it is about time that
Nigerians from the younger generation learnt to
do their own research and to study their own
history. I will not allow the mob mentality or the
wild emotions of others to becloud my thinking or
to intimidate me into distorting the truth.
The Igbo had little to do with the extraordinary
development of Lagos between 1880 right up
until today. That is a fact. Other than Ajegunle,
Computer Town, Alaba and buying up numerous
market stalls in Isale Eko, where is their input?
Meanwhile the Yoruba of the old Western Region
and Lagos were very gracious to them and not
only allowed them to return after the civil war to
claim their properties and jobs but also welcomed
them with open arms and allowed them to
flourish in our land. This is something that they
have never done for our people in the east. Such
gestures of love and fraternity were never
reciprocated. Now some of them have the
effrontery to call Lagos, which is our land and the
land of our forefathers (I am half Lagosian), ”no-
man’s land” and others have the nerve to assert
that up to 50 per cent of the development in
Lagos came as a consequence of the input of the
Igbo. This is utter rubbish.
Those that do not know any better ought to go
and learn rather than vent their hostilities and
ignorance against me here or on my Facebook
wall. I am not a tribalist but a great believer in
Nigeria and more importantly, I am a historian
and a student of history. I will not distort the facts
of history just to keep some people happy. The
history of the Yoruba, and of Lagos particularly, is
very well known to me. And the fact that
Lagosians and the Yoruba people generally are so
generous and accommodating in their ways and
to non-indigenes that settle in their territory
should not be mistaken for ignorance, stupidity or
weakness. We know our history, we know who we
are, we know who and what developed our land
and made it into what it is and we urge those
that yearn to be like us to go and emulate our
efforts and attitude to non-indigenes and hard
work in their own states of origin.
I have nothing against my fellow Nigerians from
other parts of the country and I have proved over
and over again that I love Nigeria and that I am a
Nigerian before anything else. However if, in the
twisted imagination of some, speaking the truth
about the history and development of Lagos and
the Western Region makes me a tribalist, then
tribalist I am. Servants of truth do not fear such
labels and are often hated and misunderstood. If I
were worried about what others thought of me I
would have stopped writing long ago.
Meanwhile, permit me to recommend to all and
sundry the following words of an insightful
Nigerian by name Sina Fagbenro-Byron. He has
had the courage to analyse the matter in a very
honest, clear and forthright manner and he has
spoken the truth. Let us hope that those that
have no knowledge of that truth are humble
enough to learn from it. He wrote-
EducationRe: Solve This Simple Maths Question If You Can!:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: by oladele97: 7:47am On Dec 08, 2014
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PoliticsRe: Two Igbo Candidates Emerge In Lagos PDP House of Reps Primaries by oladele97: 7:31am On Dec 08, 2014
arabbunkum:
Igbos colonizing Lagos since 1914
U are very like that, what as being the significant of igbo in Lagos since they came
PoliticsRe: Two Igbo Candidates Emerge In Lagos PDP House of Reps Primaries by oladele97: 7:29am On Dec 08, 2014
What a silly ideal, how will igbo be a rep in lagos is absolutely waste of ticket from poverty development party PDP
IslamRe: Kano City Mosque Bombing!! 400yrs Old History Broken by oladele97: 10:27am On Nov 29, 2014
Slonge2:
Now I belive the saying "karma is a b!tch". Just as usman danfodio used his sword to drive islam through, his actions have now boomeranged and his sword has turned against him.

The same way they have been killing christians and celebrating their despicable act of massacre, they are now at the receiving end of the divide.
I think u still part of those that judge a situation without knowing the causes....the same people that materialize the way churches were bomb and claim they want islamic Nation are still the same people that kill hundred of muslim are u telling me they want to establish christen nation
CelebritiesRe: Olamide's Story For The Gods: A Nigerian Song Recommending Rape? by oladele97: 8:30am On Nov 29, 2014
To the writter I appreciate u took to translate it u really tried, but u seems not to understand it very well....is not rape at all...it was the girl that (according to the music) is the girl that said she want it, she said she can't that she want to faint, after she get wat she then said am in trouble, u have break my waist and hand
PoliticsRe: 7 Reasons Why General Muhammad Buhari Will Lose 2015 Elections. by oladele97: 7:14am On Nov 28, 2014
If you are talking about south, clearify it cos, there is different south East, south west and south south
PoliticsRe: Different Between PDP And APC by oladele97(op): 6:57am On Nov 28, 2014
Its is obvious that the current government running this country give room for tool much coruption. Before Sanusi was sacked he made a statement that $20B is missing, and the minister of finance testify that is $10B now help me ask GEJ where the money is, maybe he as giving it Amnesty
PoliticsDifferent Between PDP And APC by oladele97(op): 8:35pm On Nov 27, 2014
Democracy 101: Difference between APC & PDP [A MUST READ]
@delemomodu @Muazuaa

We urge Nigerians to ignore the "they are the same" bandwagon and action their passion for REAL CHANGE by voting out PDP and voting in APC at the centre.

The differences between APC and PDP are crystal clear to discerning Nigerians:

a. APC believes in politics with principle; PDP believes in politics without principle.

b. APC believes in work before wealth but PDP believes in wealth without work.

c. APC believes that power goes with responsibility but PDP believes in power without responsibility.

d. APC believes that things can be done differently in Nigeria but PDP believes in the maintenance of status quo ante.

e. While PDP plays ethnic and religious politics, dividing Nigerians to remain in power; APC believes that Nigeria remains a secular state where every religion is respected.

f. While APC believes that there is insecurity in the land; PDP thinks that it is doing its best for Nigeria even though their best is far from being good enough as thousands of Nigerians have been killed.

g. APC believes that stealing is corruption; Goodluck Jonathan & PDP et al believes that stealing is not corruption.

h. While APC believes that impunity should be a serious crime in this country; PDP believes that impunity is a way of life.

i. APC believes that the police, DSS, INEC, CIVIL DEFENCE, NYSC etc are institutions of democracy which must be strengthened to consolidate and sustain democracy; PDP uses these vital institutions to oppress, suppress and repress Nigerians to remain in power.

j. APC is convinced beyond unreasonable doubts that it is wrong and unacceptable that Federal Government should keep 52% of the Federal Allocation while States and 774 LGAs keep 26% but PDP thinks that it is business as usual.

Nigeria is wrecked and damaged and PDP-led government does not know where to head.

Poverty is rife, impunity is overwhelming, infrastructures are decayed.

No hope, as joblessness, insecurity, inflation and many other vices have made a mess of Nigeria.

Nigeria hugs the limelight in every negative index of growth!

With this dreary picture and with the reality of being swept off power, PDP came with the insidious propaganda that it is the same with APC, the party that stands the greatest chance of seeing it out of power.

To continue to throw our hands up in total surrender that it is neither PDP nor APC leaves us with no option than to continue in this state of hopelessness and helplessness.

We urge Nigerians to ignore the "they are the same bandwagon" and action their passion for REAL CHANGE by voting out PDP and voting in APC at the centre.

culled from JOE IGBOKWE.
LiteratureYou Lazy African Intellectual by oladele97(op): 6:07pm On Nov 27, 2014
So I got this in my email this morning…
They call the Third World the lazy man’s
purview; the sluggishly slothful and
languorous prefecture. In this realm people
are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and
therefore indigent—totally penniless,
needy, destitute, poverty-stricken,
disfavored, and impoverished. In this
demesne, as they call it, there are hardly
any discoveries, inventions, and
innovations. Africa is the trailblazer. Some
still call it “the dark continent” for the light
that flickers under the tunnel is not that of
hope, but an approaching train. And
because countless keep waiting in the way
of the train, millions die and many more
remain decapitated by the day.
“It’s amazing how you all sit there and
watch yourselves die,” the man next to me
said. “Get up and do something about it.”
Brawny, fully bald-headed, with intense,
steely eyes, he was as cold as they come.
When I first discovered I was going to
spend my New Year’s Eve next to him on a
non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to
Boston I was angst-ridden. I associate
marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic
skin-heads, most of who are racist.
“My name is Walter,” he extended his hand
as soon as I settled in my seat.
I told him mine with a precautious smile.
“Where are you from?” he asked.
“Zambia.”
“Zambia!” he exclaimed, “Kaunda’s
country.”
“Yes,” I said, “Now Sata’s.”
“But of course,” he responded. “You just
elected King Cobra as your president.”
My face lit up at the mention of Sata’s
moniker. Walter smiled, and in those cold
eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of
those American highbrows who shuttle
between Africa and the U.S.
“I spent three years in Zambia in the
1980s,” he continued. “I wined and dined
with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba,
Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly
intelligent Zambians.” He lowered his voice.
“I was part of the IMF group that came to
rip you guys off.” He smirked. “Your
government put me in a million dollar
mansion overlooking a shanty called
Kalingalinga. From my patio I saw it all—
the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead,
and the healthy.”
“Are you still with the IMF?” I asked.
“I have since moved to yet another group
with similar intentions. In the next few
months my colleagues and I will be in
Lusaka to hypnotize the cobra. I work for
the broker that has acquired a chunk of
your debt. Your government owes not the
World Bank, but us millions of dollars. We’ll
be in Lusaka to offer your president a
couple of millions and fly back with a check
twenty times greater.”
“No, you won’t,” I said. “King Cobra is
incorruptible. He is …”
He was laughing. “Says who? Give me an
African president, just one, who has not
fallen for the carrot and stick.”
Quett Masire’s name popped up.
“Oh, him, well, we never got to him
because he turned down the IMF and the
World Bank. It was perhaps the smartest
thing for him to do.”
At midnight we were airborne. The captain
wished us a happy 2012 and urged us to
watch the fireworks across Los Angeles.
“Isn’t that beautiful,” Walter said looking
down.
From my middle seat, I took a glance and
nodded admirably.
“That’s white man’s country,” he said. “We
came here on Mayflower and turned Indian
land into a paradise and now the most
powerful nation on earth. We discovered
the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to
pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia.”
I grinned. “There is no Lake Zambia.”
He curled his lips into a smug smile.
“That’s what we call your country. You guys
are as stagnant as the water in the lake. We
come in with our large boats and fish your
minerals and your wildlife and leave
morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food,
crumbs. That corn-meal you eat, that’s
crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call
Kapenta is crumbs. We the Bwanas (whites)
take the cat fish. I am the Bwana and you
are the Muntu. I get what I want and you
get what you deserve, crumbs. That’s what
lazy people get—Zambians, Africans, the
entire Third World.”
The smile vanished from my face.
“I see you are getting pissed off,” Walter
said and lowered his voice. “You are
thinking this Bwana is a racist. That’s how
most Zambians respond when I tell them
the truth. They go ballistic. Okay. Let’s for a
moment put our skin pigmentations, this
black and white crap, aside. Tell me, my
friend, what is the difference between you
and me?”
“There’s no difference.”
“Absolutely none,” he exclaimed. “Scientists
in the Human Genome Project have proved
that. It took them thirteen years to
determine the complete sequence of the
three billion DNA subunits. After they
were all done it was clear that 99.9%
nucleotide bases were exactly the same in
you and me. We are the same people. All
white, Asian, Latino, and black people on
this aircraft are the same.”
I gladly nodded.
“And yet I feel superior,” he smiled
fatalistically. “Every white person on this
plane feels superior to a black person. The
white guy who picks up garbage, the
homeless white trash on drugs, feels
superior to you no matter his status or
education. I can pick up a nincompoop
from the New York streets, clean him up,
and take him to Lusaka and you all be
crowding around him chanting muzungu,
muzungu and yet he’s a riffraff. Tell me
why my angry friend.”
For a moment I was wordless.
“Please don’t blame it on slavery like the
African Americans do, or colonialism, or
some psychological impact or some kind of
stigmatization. And don’t give me the
brainwash poppycock. Give me a better
answer.”
I was thinking.
He continued. “Excuse what I am about to
say. Please do not take offense.”
I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and
prepared for the worst.
“You my friend flying with me and all your
kind are lazy,” he said. “When you rest your
head on the pillow you don’t dream big.
You and other so-called African
intellectuals are damn lazy, each one of
you. It is you, and not those poor starving
people, who is the reason Africa is in such
a deplorable state.”
“That’s not a nice thing to say,” I protested.
He was implacable. “Oh yes it is and I will
say it again, you are lazy. Poor and
uneducated Africans are the most
hardworking people on earth. I saw them in
the Lusaka markets and on the street selling
merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling
away. I saw women on Kafue Road crushing
stones for sell and I wept. I said to myself
where are the Zambian intellectuals? Are
the Zambian engineers so imperceptive
they cannot invent a simple stone crusher,
or a simple water filter to purify well water
for those poor villagers? Are you telling me
that after thirty-seven years of
independence your university school of
engineering has not produced a scientist or
an engineer who can make simple small
machines for mass use? What is the school
there for?”
I held my breath.
“Do you know where I found your
intellectuals? They were in bars quaffing.
They were at the Lusaka Golf Club, Lusaka
Central Club, Lusaka Playhouse, and Lusaka
Flying Club. I saw with my own eyes a
bunch of alcoholic graduates. Zambian
intellectuals work from eight to five and
spend the evening drinking. We don’t. We
reserve the evening for brainstorming.”
He looked me in the eye.
“And you flying to Boston and all of you
Zambians in the Diaspora are just as lazy
and apathetic to your country. You don’t
care about your country and yet your very
own parents, brothers and sisters are in
Mtendere, Chawama, and in villages, all of
them living in squalor. Many have died or
are dying of neglect by you. They are dying
of AIDS because you cannot come up with
your own cure. You are here calling
yourselves graduates, researchers and
scientists and are fast at articulating your
credentials once asked—oh, I have a PhD in
this and that—PhD my foot!”
I was deflated.
“Wake up you all!” he exclaimed, attracting
the attention of nearby passengers. “You
should be busy lifting ideas, formulae,
recipes, and diagrams from American
manufacturing factories and sending them
to your own factories. All those research
findings and dissertation papers you
compile should be your country’s treasure.
Why do you think the Asians are a force to
reckon with? They stole our ideas and
turned them into their own. Look at Japan,
China, India, just look at them.”
He paused. “The Bwana has spoken,” he
said and grinned. “As long as you are
dependent on my plane, I shall feel
superior and you my friend shall remain
inferior, how about that? The Chinese,
Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch
better. You Africans are at the bottom of
the totem pole.”
He tempered his voice. “Get over this white
skin syndrome and begin to feel confident.
Become innovative and make your own
stuff for god’s sake.”
At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at
Boston’s Logan International Airport.
Walter reached for my hand.
“I know I was too strong, but I don’t give it
a damn. I have been to Zambia and have
seen too much poverty.” He pulled out a
piece of paper and scribbled something.
“Here, read this. It was written by a friend.”
He had written only the title: “Lords of
Poverty.”
Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling. I
watched Walter walk through the airport
doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge
dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring up
sad memories of home. I could see
Zambia’s literati—the cognoscente,
intelligentsia, academics, highbrows, and
scholars in the places he had mentioned
guzzling and talking irrelevancies. I
remembered some who have since passed
—how they got the highest grades in
mathematics and the sciences and attained
the highest education on the planet. They
had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), only to leave us with not a single
invention or discovery. I knew some by
name and drunk with them at the Lusaka
Playhouse and Central Sports.
Walter is right. It is true that since
independence we have failed to nurture
creativity and collective orientations. We as
a nation lack a workhorse mentality and
behave like 13 million civil servants
dependent on a government pay cheque.
We believe that development is generated
8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our
degrees hanging on the wall. Such a
working environment does not offer the
opportunity for fellowship, the excitement
of competition, and the spectacle of
innovative rituals.
But the intelligentsia is not solely, or even
mainly, to blame. The larger failure is due
to political circumstances over which they
have had little control. The past
governments failed to create an
environment of possibility that fosters
camaraderie, rewards innovative ideas and
encourages resilience. KK, Chiluba,
Mwanawasa, and Banda embraced
orthodox ideas and therefore failed to offer
many opportunities for drawing outside the
line.
I believe King Cobra’s reset has been cast
in the same faculties as those of his
predecessors. If today I told him that we
can build our own car, he would throw me
out.
“Naupena? Fuma apa.” (Are you mad? Get
out of here)
Knowing well that King Cobra will not
embody innovation at Walter’s level let’s
begin to look for a technologically active-
positive leader who can succeed him after a
term or two. That way we can make our
own stone crushers, water filters, water
pumps, razor blades, and harvesters. Let’s
dream big and make tractors, cars, and
planes, or, like Walter said, forever remain
inferior.
A fundamental transformation of our
country from what is essentially non-
innovative to a strategic superior African
country requires a bold risk-taking
educated leader with a triumphalist attitude
and we have one in YOU. Don’t be highly
strung and feel insulted by Walter. Take a
moment and think about our country. Our
journey from 1964 has been marked by
tears. It has been an emotionally
overwhelming experience. Each one of us
has lost a loved one to poverty, hunger,
and disease. The number of graves is
catching up with the population. It’s time to
change our political culture. It’s time for
Zambian intellectuals to cultivate an active-
positive progressive movement that will
change our lives forever. Don’t be afraid or
dispirited, rise to the challenge and salvage
the remaining few of your beloved ones.
Christianity EtcJesus The Word Of God by oladele97(op): 8:40am On Nov 23, 2014
A friend of my came to me yesterday and tell me he want to prove to me that Jesus is God....with evidence in the Quran, I was surprise and told him to go ahead. He said I should open to Quran chapter 4 vs 171.it read

O people of the scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limit in your religion, nor say to Allah aught but the truth. The Messiah Isa (Jesus), son of Mary, was (no morethan) a messenger of Allah and his word, (Be! And he was) which he bestowed on Mary and a spirit created by him.........(The verse continue)

He open is bible to John chapter 1 vs 1...3
He read

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God...

He said since Quran said Jesus was it word this prove that Jesus is God

I wish to let the majority of us to understand this 2 book very well.

In Quran chapter 36vs 82

Verily, his command, when he intend a thing, is only that he says to it, Be and so shall it be.

Since the bible (Genesis chapter 1 vs 3) said

Then God said; let there be light and there was light
And God saw the light, that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness

From this we can see that God create heaven, earth, light, and human being at his wish by what we call a creative power Be and So It shall Be (KUMFAYAKUM)

The way he created Adam, Eve, he decide bring a miracle from Mary to give Jesus

Qur 19vs 17- 22
17 she placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then we sent to her our (angel, Gabriel), and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects.
18 she said "verily, I seek refuge with the most gracious (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah.
19 the Angel said "I am only a messenger from your lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son"
20. She said how can I have a son when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?
21. He said so (it will be), your lord said that is easy for me (Allah), and (we wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and mercy from us (Allah), and it is matter (already) decreed, (by Allah).
22. So she conceived him and she withdrew with him to a far place (I.e bethlehem).
PoliticsRe: Tambuwal Finally Settles For Sokoto Governorship by oladele97: 10:06am On Nov 18, 2014
Is he moving foreward or backward?
LiteratureRe: My Aisha......(a Story Of Betrayal) by oladele97(op): 7:44am On Nov 18, 2014
Episode 2
Aisha stand at berger bus stop for about 3 hours (8pm) ....and decide to trace Kunle maybe she will see him.....she move down across the motor park.....and straight to Ojodu.....after she move from place to another and got tired she decide to relax infront a shop have already close.

when Kunle got home in the other hand (oko oba in Agege) ....the first place he say before going inside is his friend Deji.....
Deji: ha my guy welcome ooo.....
Kunle: (with angry face).....thanks
Deji: ha, na only you come, wa de Aboki girl u give belle
Kunle: are u not the one that said I should not bring her home
Deji: where she come da
Kunle: I left her in berger
Deji: to do waiting?
Kunle: just for her to go, I collected her phone and her money, I pray she see helper
Deji: so u weeked like this, why you go do that to person you give belle
Kunle: but....
Deji: but what!
Kunle left there with annoyance
Immediately he got inside, he took his both and get something to eat.....and call on the attension of the mother
Kunle: Mum, I have something to have something to ask u
Mama Kunle: and what is that?
Kunle: what if I impregnated a lady now, mama will you be mad at me
Mama Kunle: why would I? Is God blessing now
Kunle ran out of the house and went straight to berger, at about 7pm in the evening, because of the terrible holdup on the road he got there at about 8:30pm. He could not find her....he ask from people around...but no one know her where about......

Scene2
At about 10pm in the night Aisha begin to search for favour by stopping car going on the road....she tried and stop many car but refuse to stop.....at 10:30pm a particular stopped for her
Aisha: good evening sir
Man 1: how may I help u
Aisha: please sir (bringing tears from her) am stranded here, I don't know if you can help me?
Man 1: am sorry my family are waiting for me at home.....(He drive pass)
Aisha sat on the ground and start crying......
She decide to sleep infront of the shop......
In the morning she wake early and started moving from street to street.....and begging for money to feed....she enter one canteen close to Bemil estate in ojodu where she decide to eat

Scene 3
Mama Aisha was surprise, that Aisha is not back from school since her Friend is back since yesterday, so she decide to see the friend
Mama Aisha: zainab, (speak in hausa) your friend is not back from school since yesterday
Zainab: ko? She left very early this morning
Mama Aisha: E Allah, where is my daughter
Zainab: Mama, I don't know, she did not tell me where she is going.....
Mama Aisha: have tried her number several time but switched off......ha o where is my daughter (started crying) and went with her husband to Alhaji house.....unfortunatly Alhaji has instructed the gate man not to allow them to come in.
Scene 4
Aisha: please ma sell food for me.....
Food seller: which food
Aisha: rice
Food Seller: ok
She brought the food as Aisha sat and eat
When she finish eating she went to the woman to give her money
Aisha: this your money ma
Food seller: how much is this
Aisha: is #100
Food seller: (shouted) take your money joor my money is #200, how did you expect me to sell that food #100?
Aisha: please collect it from me like that am stranded here and don't even know to go from here
Food seller: (speak in yoruba) what is she saying, or has this one run mad......?
Aisha: I don't understand what u say ma!
Food seller: so you stranger,
Aisha: am stranded here, and am carrying a baby (started crying)
Food seller: just get out of my shop
(Collected the money and send her out....)
Aisha continue her journey and also begging aim

Scene 5
In kunle house, he has look so dull since morning and the mother approach him
Mama kunle: why are u so dull my son
Kunle: am fine, there is nothing ma
Mama kunle: u can tell me all is well, when you have not eat ur food since morning, please tell me what happen....
Kunle: mama just (started bringing out tears) just leave me alone mama
Kunle work out of his mother

Kunle sat down in his room shedding tears and soliliquzing
( I ask her to wait for me, she couldn't wait, what have I done to deserve that from her)
Someone knock at his door
Kunle: who is that
Deji: na me Deji (he opened, the door and come in) mama told me you have not eat since morning
Kunle: no be u cause ham, you deceive me, u made me maltreat her
Deji: u will still see, wipe off ur tears, am sure she is not going to die
Kunle: if she die is better, I don't want her to give birth to child that will suffer the way I suffer after the death of my father....and u know what I went through.....
Deji: by the way. When will ur called up letter be ready...
Kunle: I don't know may be next month
Deji: try and compose your self, am sure she will be fine

Scene 6
Aisha was heading toward IJU, at 9pm before she saw a flash from a car...horn to stop her
Man 2: hay, why have u being moving the street.......I saw u at the other street last night....u wave to my car but I did not stop
Aisha: am sorry sir, am stranded I don't know where to go
Man 2: (open the car door) come in....(Aisha go inside the car) what did u say happened to you?
Aisha: am from the north, I came with a friend but he decide to dump me at the park....and am carrying is baby
Man 2: what! So u don't know anybody in lagos
Aisha: yes....this is my first time of coming to southern Nigeria
Man 2: don't worry u will be fine, I live in Kano before, my shop and property was burnt during the 2002 riot, since then I moved to Lagos....and God as continue to bless.
Aisha: haba! Am so sorry sir
Man 2: never mind
They drove to his house
When they got home, they met is brother
Ifeanyi: brother, welcome o
Man 2: thanks
Ifeanyi: where u see visitor
Man 2: (speak in igbo) na one hausa girl o
(Pointing to Aisha) take ur seat and free free....he will get u something to eat
Ifeanyi: (speak in igbo) watin u wan come do with her for house
Man 2: (speak in igbo) she will be the one to pay for all the sufferness I suffered in hausa land.
Ifeanyi: laugh! I trust u now bross
The next day after he left for work, it remain Ifeanyi and Aisha at home so they are discussing in the parlour

Scene 6
Ifeanyi: hope u da enjoy Lagos
Aisha: no I wish I can go to my family
Ifeanyi: why
Aisha: I just your brother can help me with money so I can go back home
Ifeanyi: (moving close to Aisha) u see enh, u don't need to go....(Ifeanyi pushes Aisha to the chair and raped her)
Aisha screamed and screamed...which force Ifeanyi to lock her inside the room....
When Ifeanyi brother came back from work, he called his brother
Man 2 : Ifeanyi!!
Ifeanyi: brother
Man 2: where is the girl?
Ifeanyi: I lock her inside
Man 2: but why?
Ifeanyi: I use force enter her
Man 2: what! (Slap ifeanyi) why did u have to do such thing
Ifeanyi: na u talk say u wan punish her now
Man 2: (speak in igbo) no be watin I wan do her be that....she is carrying a baby, I wan use her baby bust my wealth and now u done spoil because if I use ham anybody wa sleep with her go die
Ifeanyi: I beg brother no use ham let her go
Man 2: go open the door for make u pursue her.
Aisha was chased out of the house while she held to police station to report

End of episode 2
LiteratureRe: My Aisha......(a Story Of Betrayal) by oladele97(op): 4:40pm On Nov 16, 2014
Episode 2

Sorry guys for the delay of this write up.......is going to be on Nairaland in couple of days
LiteratureMy Aisha......(a Story Of Betrayal) by oladele97(op): 2:00am On Nov 15, 2014
This My first story line here in Nairaland so my fellow literature lovers take your time to go through what I have for you.

Episode 1
(In a university in the Northern Nigeria)

Scene 1
Kunle coming from the direction of the library and met Aisha on his way.....

Kunle; good afternoon
Aisha: afternoon......
Kunle: hope you don't mind going to the library with you?
Aisha: but you just coming from the library I guess?
Kunle: yes, just to have a light discussion with you
Aisha: say whatever you want to say here
Kunle: what is your name if I may ask
Aisha: am Aisha and yours?
Kunle: am Kunle, a final year student in this institution
Aisha: am just a fresher, so what else did you want to know.......?
Kunle: I don't know if I can have your number so that we can discus some other time.....
Aisha: no problem, bring your phone and let me type it there....(kunle gave the phone to her and she typed it)
Kunle walk away and soliliquize (it seems she is different from other hausa girl have know)

In the evening at excatly 8:45pm Kunle call Aisha and she told him to meet her in front of her hostel
Scene 2
When Kunle get there he met two of her friends Ummy and Zainab
Kunle : hello
Aisha: how are u......(Pointing to her friends)....meet my new friend
Ummy (speeks in hausa) is he a Northern?
Aisha reply in Hausa....yes....
They both move a step away from where her friends are...
Kunle: Aisha I like you and i want you to be mine
Aisha: (laugh), I know that os what you are upto but is not possible cause am already engage
Kunle: engage?
Aisha: yes, and please don't bother to disturb me again (Aisha walk away from him)

When Kunle got to his hostel he look so worried and disturb, he t call her several times but Aisha did not pick the call........
The next morning kunle called her with another number.....
Scene 3
Kunle: hello
Aisha: yes, who is this
Kunle: am sorry is me kunle
Aisha: what else did you want
Kunle: the sky is full of golden star shining in the light of the moon but the most beautiful star I see is your face.....I love you truly and heartedly it apear the first day I saw you.....jist give me a chance to prove my self in your life....I love you so much
Aisha: good day (hang up the phone)
Kunle called back....
Aisha: what again!
Kunle: you did not give me any reply
Aisha: meet me in the faculty Auditorium by 2pm today

Scene 4
Aisha was sitting down lonely reading her book when Kunle came in and walk straight to her.
Kunle: good afternoon
Aisha: afternoon, how was lecture today?
Kunle: fine
Aisha packs her books and they both walk out gisting about the lectures they had today. They walk toward the female hostel....when they almost get there
Aisha: kunle, you see that hostel (pointing to her hostel), it is forbidden for any man to enter at any hour of the day and if you are caught in, all the four years you have spent in this school will be a waste.....if you know you truly love me I want you to come to my hostel block A2 before 5am tomorrow. And note there is camera monitoring the people that enter into the hostel.
Aisha walk away from him and Kunle was standing and wondering what next to do.

Scene 5
At about 8pm in the night Kunle was in his room discussing with is two friends Ben and Abdul
Kunle: guys I guess am in trouble
Abdul: what happen?
Kunle: I need to enter female hostel before day break
Ben: that mean sa you wan no wan grad for this school be that
Kunle: I need to see a girl who said I must visit her hostel before she can belive I truly love her
Ben: you see that the girl no wish you well
Abdul: you better don't try it cos is risky.....(Abdul walk away)
Kunle: Ben, what should I do?
Ben: if I will advice you, I will say don't go
Kunle stand up and brings out his phone and start pressing

At about 2am kunle woke up and dress up and move toward female hostel....when he go there, every where was dry, the security in the front gate lock them self up in the security room but the cameras are still working. Kunle when to the back of the hostel and get a rope and lather to overcome the very high fence and electric wire.
When kunle got into the compound he try and locate the room nunber and went in when he saw it. The door was not lock and he usr the of his phone to find her bed space. When he saw her, he kneel down and hold her hand
Kunle: dear, true love is difficult to find especially of a kind the one inside of me is real and natural
Aisha open her eyes and say I will call u tomorrow I love you tool.....
Kunle was still sleeping when his phone rang

Scene 6
Aisha: hello
Kunle: am fine how was your night
Aisha: if you will have time around 9am today let meet at the SUG garden
Kunle: yes that is not a problem I will be there by that time
Aisha: bye (and hang upay
Ben: my friend wa wan go female hostel
Kunle: watin happen?
Ben: why you no come go again
Abdul: he know make dem purse am from school.....but wait kunle if no be sa u no get sense watin make u thhinl of doing such when I have just this semester to graduate
Kunle: just keep your advice I don't need the advice of any of u

Scene 7
At the SUG garden kunle and Aisha was sitting close to each other
Aisha: I never know u can do that....I never mean it
Kunle: since that is what u want
Aisha: I love you
Kunle: but you said you are engage
Aisha: yes am engage to a wealthy man, who want me to be his third wife, he gave my parent a lot of money and he is the one that sent me to school and he do and check me at time.....he is a rep in our state house of assembly....
Kunle: what are we going to do about that
Aisha: never mind am in love with you. This weekend I will be going home to see my parent, Mama siad she want to see me.
Kunle: make sure you greet her for me
Aisha: no problem
They left the place and move to there varrious hostel

In Aisha parents house, Aisha parent were discussing with her

Scene 8
Aisha: mama I can't marry Alhaji
Papa Aisha: weather you like it or not he is coming for your dawry next month
Aisha: mama talk to PaPa o I can't marry an elderly person, I have someone I want to marry
Papa Aisha: if you say that again I will allow you to go to school and you will move to his house next week
Mama Aisha: take things easy with her......
Aisha walk out and say I will not him, I will not marry him

Scene 9
Aisha got to school discussing his experience with her friends, her friends don't seem to like the guy cos of tribe different. As they were discusing Aisha phone ring
Aisha: hello Alhaji
Alhaji: hello, your parent are telling me somethings now, don't tell me is true! Any way I will be coming to see you in school tomorrow.
Aisha: no problem
They hang up the phone and Aisha dial kunle number
Kunle: hello
Aisha: Alhaji want to come and see me in school tomorrow and I don't want him to see me
Kunle: ha! What did you want us to do now
Aisha: don't you have anywhere we can stay through out tomorrow?
Kunle: hmmm, yes a Friend of mine who stay in off campus we can stay in his place
Aisha: ok till then
They hang up the phone.

The next day kunle and Aisha went outside the school and stayed. While they were away Alhaji came to check Aisha but no where to be found as her phone is switch off.

Scene 10
The house which Aisha and kunle is. They gisting and playing game.
Kunle: you are very beautiful
Aisha: I know, you know something I just feel like going far away from Alhaji and my parent?
Kunle: why?
Aisha: am not enjoying my life with them
Kunle: the only solution is by coming close to me
Aisha: how
Kunle; come to my arms
Aisha: hmm ok
Aisha was in kunle arm and it eventually lead to romance and sex......kunle realize he is the one who disvirgin Aisha. They talk things over

Two month later
Aisha realize she is pregnant and went to kunle

Scene 11
Aisha: kunle am pregnant
Kunle: ha! What do we do?
Aisha: I don't know, u know I can back to my parent
Kunle: I know, i don't know if you can go with me to lagos
Aisha: but my education
Kunle: common, you are just in level one, I can start with better university in south
Aisha: when will it be
Kunle: immediately after our exam next week

After there exam there they both prepare to travell to Lagos have planed. When they are inside bus they are discusing about there experience in the past before pick up is phone and call his friend in lagos
Scene 12
Kunle: (speaking in yoruba) hello
Deji: how far
Kunle: guy am through with my studies, the only taking me back to north is my call up letter
Deji: wooow congrat
Kunle: another thing, another thing am coming with some one
Deji: who?
Kunle: a lady who is pregnant for me
Deji: guy be serious now....
Kunle: am serious
Deji: no try am o, u no de condition wa your mother da, see just da mange with little wa people assist her with....you wan come add another problem join her own
Kunle: but I will start working now
Deji: what if u no get job, me wa I finish for the past two years I no see any reasonable walk na my mother still da buy recharge card for na him u da carry one pregenancy wahala come no try am ooo.
Kunle hang the phone and continue gisting with Aisha....Aisha saw his mood and ask what the problem is, he said nothing

When they got to Berger Lagos, the drop from the bus and Kunle told Aisha to wait and the place the bus drop them.

Scene 13
Kunle: dear wait for me here I want to check my old friend
Aisha: ok don't be far
Kunle: give me your phone and your wallet
Aisha: ok (Aisha gave him the phone)

Kunle move foreward a little bit and took a bike to his destination.....Aisha wait, wait and wait for kunle

End of Episode 1

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