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Where is the picsure of the green stranger

Bollinger:
I'm definitely moving back to Nigeria. Things are getting better.

You wanted to type bitter. Right?

chopido:
that's ur opinion and is well noted but frankly speaking he said what I call absolute truth the problem with nija is not just with the Yoruba's or Igbo's or Hausa or any other tribe but with you and.me . let's set aside our personal and tribal gain and see if our nation wnt move forward . God bless Nigeria

Accepting the problem is collective and not just with one tribe shows you are not tribalistic. There are few individuals from every tribe causing havoc and the sooner we deal with them as individuals and not tribal leaders the better for us.

Nice one

Wasteful government yet they love that illusional top-economy-in-Africa title

The bogus take home of ministers, senators etc should be slashed. That will atleast potray them as responsible

Dear Dangote, pls don't buy any club now borrow Okonjo and Jona the money instead to pay marketers so we can have fuel for our car and generators.

deltapikin:
Absconding from court to evade trial carried 7 years imprisonment without option of fine but embezzling public funds to the tune of N25 billion carried 6 years imprisonment with N3 million fine option. I fear for Nigeria judicial system. Justice is only for the rich.

Honestly, the judiciary is our worst problem.

Seven years for acting stvpid without option of fine?!! Our judiciary is the most corrupt in the world. If this guy had stolen hundreds of billions of pensioners' fund for instance and hundreds of the pensioners had died as a result, he would have been sentenced to 2 years inprisonment with the option of N100,000 fine.

Judges in this country are unfair, callous, corrupt and favour the highest bidders

SeverusSnape:
Dying is a process...
So I've not entirely dismissed Fayose's claim about Buhari.
T'is only a matter of time.

You are right, dying is a process. On the front page this morning there is a news of students crushed to death by a trailer. It is only a completely senseless person that will be patiently waiting and hoping for the death of another individual because obviously the queue to the grave is not in a particular order of age. If Fayose die before Buhari nothing will happen.

In a clearer term, what I am saying is there is no guarantee that any of us will live to witness Buhari's burial whether it will come next month or next 20 years so stop mocking people with the hope they will die and you will live to celebrate it

This has become everyday occurence.

Hardly will anyday go by without typing the 3 letter: RIP

Shegman22:
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.

To whom it may concern: pls move this post to joke section. Sanusi must have smoked weed back then when he delivered this paper

I hope a big snake will not help him while he is still trying

REMMEI:
All those old witches at Jaja ehn!... phoque 'em!..


What a pity.. rest in peace brother..

Buh no be every match person dey watch naw.. as I love football reach,i no fit love am pass my life..

I like you. I can neither kill myself nor commit suicide while Mikel Obi lives to enjoy his russian babe

RIP to the dead

Nawa o. When are we going to be free from tribalism?

In my opinion, this Dr Ariyo is inconsequential and he is just ranting on social media thesame way many igbo guys rant and call for the heads of yorubas here. Dedicating 30days to protest against him is absolutely a waste of precious time.

All we need is true federalism which will put end to all this verbal wars that could eventually lead to the real war

Meanwhile, I sense several youths of the 3 major tribes desire a piece of the actions they see on CNN even though the've never evaluate the consequence

Very nice sister. keep writing

I donbelieve it

gbl01:
This GEJ guy has a mission. What's with the hiring and firing?why the late stuffs? Something is not right. I supported him back then but not again. I think he has done much work this year than he has all his years in the presidency.

#FTC

Mission to cause confusion.

Samirana360:
U ar funny...
U mean gej shouldn't hav done campaign in order 2 pay marketers

I am not against him campaining but every time there is fuel scarcity nigerians are roasted like suya and a little investigation usually reveals that government is to be blamed. Put yourself in the shoe of one of these victims and be sincere, who will you blame?

A) yourself for not trecking to your destination
b) the government for owing marketers so much money
c) the danfo driver for storing fuel in time of scarcity
d) the marketers for not writing off the debt

menix:
Gosh......

Wishin them quick recovery...

Som bag of sand would quickly blame GEJ....

Well, may you and your family members never find yourself in this situation cause if you do, you will realize how wicked your heroes are. The hundreds of billions spent on re-election bid could have been used to pay the marketers or better still revive our refineries.

This is sad

plusteam:
First time in my life I have seen a Yoruba saying something good about the Igbos

Waiting for the first Igbo that will say something good about a yoruba.

@ Op, nice one

Nice and true

Does she eat at all?

Evil business man

dharay88:
shut d fuçk up and be early next tym.
Pig.

Young man, your madness is classic

@ Op, your fiancee can not be like this dharay88 guy so know that there are worst situations in life. Your girl only has memory problem not serious mental problem

teeowl:
this story just does not add up...

No sense in the story. The Op wrote trash

How many people read the entire story?

Very very confusing

onyi4edu:
Mother and child = cute
"I go die" = just there

I go die na atutupoyoyo nau

Ok o

THE END is around the corner.