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Not by a long shot!

Posted by: Beaf

I remember when I first moved to Lagos as a teenager. It was a culture shock, it was almost impossible to witness people screaming so loud about what they would do, how they will kill and injure other people. . . Only for them to belt off at top speed into the distance at the slightest trouble.

There is one guy I particularly recall, it was in the building materials market. The man had a problem with some people and was raising hell to high heavens, the others kept telling him they would call the police, but this dude ranted even louder about how he would dismantle the police and so on. All this time, he was jumping and gesticulating like Jack the Ripper. . .
To cut long matters short, someone indeed brought a lean, ill-dressed, hungry looking corporal. . . You should have seen the way this man reacted at the sight of the police like lightening had struck him, then[b] he proceeded to bolt faster than Usain Bolt, all under the tables and benches in the market, with eyes bulging in complete terror![/b]

I felt like spitting on him for his cowardice, how can a man run, and underneath tables for that matter? But I soon got used to it. Thats Lagos for you, everyone scrambling for a buck, all mouth and no balls.

We pray that there should be no attack on Lagos, but if it happens, there will be all sorts of loud noises and nothing else. We're Lagosians, we know.

Hahaha! Typical.

Meanwhile . . . . MEND is coming, run run run. . . to Seme!

rotfl.

^^

I hope you are joking.

Is there a problem with this thread?

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Never expected anything less from Ribadu. I'm not easily fooled.

Ihe agwo muru anaghi agha ito ogologo. 

Last time he was in the states, I took one look at him in person and something didn't feel right about him. 

Posted by: Ibime

We need to question who is behind these background moves to collapse the Northern candidates into one.

If such characters are the same old corrupt oligarchs, then any Northern consensus candidate (Buhari) will be compromised and will be no better than the PDP option.

I dey laugh o!

Ibime, I thought you'd be happy that GEJ may lose?

Bros I no know where you stand o.

Asi m kwuo, m g'asi na obibia ndi ocha biara rere isi n'abo. Na nkenke, obibia ha di mma, mana ochichi ha biara chia anyi adighi mma hoohaa! Asi na ha biara ka anyi na ha zurita ahia, makwa mekorita dika mmadu na ibe ya; odi mma. 

Mana ha biara were anyi ka anumanu; ha dum! Ma ndi uka, ma ndi nekwetaghi na chukwu n'ime ha.

Ya mere ha jiri kpokota anyi na ndi di iche iche, dika ndi ugwu na ndi Yoruba tinye anyi n'otu obodo. Kamgbe ha jiri bia, soso ntu na aghugho ka ha ji were na achi. Oge ha lara, ha were ochichi nye ndi n'eti isi ala; ndi ha na ha luru ogu mgbe ochie anakpo crusade!  Biko, obughi aghugho ojoo di ihe ahu?

Ya mere, obibia ha di njo karia idi mma. Rukwa ugbu a, ha achoghi ikweta na obodo anyi agaghi aga n'ihu.

Usu siri na ihe ya ji arigoro elu kpodo isi n'ala bu maka na onaghi ara ahu oga n'elu esi n'ala gaa.

The bat said that the reason it hangs upside down from the tree top is because certain things pass by air or by ground. He doesn't want to miss either!

He can do more than grant interviews. He should organize 100 people, go to Eagle square and start camping there for ever. He would be shocked by how many people would joined up. Problem with Nigeria is our so called moral leaders are not courageous enough to step out of their comfort zones. He means well but I don't know whether he realizes the implication of his statement. If he did, he would be camping out there by now instead of wasting his saliva.

Also can't stop listening to Datnigga Raw. Guy is a pioneer.

Though the OP is a known mo-ron here, this thread brought out some real "tight" Igbo rappers I never knew existed. Dang!  That Chiddy Bang is "sick" bro. 

I'm a die hard rap fan . .

Posted by: DRlulu

the op have a point, i cant say ibeto is richer than dangote considering the number of years he was laid off by obasanjo to give dangote monopoly,

IN SHORT THE FALL OF IBETO LED TO THE RISE OF DANGOTE , before dangote ,ibeto owned cement buisness in nigeria.
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ibeto is among the 5 richest nigerians. rich men from east of the niger believe too much fame leads to envy especially from top govt officials who want to reap where they did not sow, so they prefer to lay low.

Obasanjo gave practical demonstration to your observation above. It all started since after the war.

Sir LP Ojukwu was a millionaire in OLD pound sterling and never hid that fact. In fact he show it always.

Today, rich Igbo men hide for fear of oppression. It won't stay that way for long though.

Adi ekpu afo ime aka! (you can't hide pregnancy for ever).

I think the answer is obvious. That is why Buhari and Ribadu picked from there. The East is locked up behind GEJ. Simple.

^^

Hey babe, what's up?

Here's to the great ape of ota.

Happy: "operation" feed the nation while feeding my purse; "operation" do or die; "operation" total!

hehehe!

I also looked closely to what informed your assumptions and found it laughable. You were using the 2003 elections which was massively rigged in favor of Obasanjo.

If you believe that Obasanjo is more popular than Ojukwu in Igboland, then you really need to stop lying to yourself.

Quote from: Genbuhari3

Papabrowne

while most GEJ supporters are giving him arm chair support, some of us in the Buhari Camp have built excel models looking at the current situation (Nigerian economy, politics, infrastructure after 12 years of pdp), sentiments (pro-zoning in the North) to project what will happen in 2011 elections using the 2003 elections as bench mark, at least more credible than 2007 elections which 3 out of 7 supreme court judges ruled Buhari won!


see the attachment
the result shows there will be no clear winner!

I took a look at your excel model and was impressed with the presentation. However, you are wrong about your assumptions for SE.

There is no way Buhari gets more than 5% in the SE. Ribadu will not get more than 2% in SE too (supported mainly by few educated idealists in Igboland). I say that GEJ will get at least 85% in SE. Just watch.

Posted by: PStylish

@ Onlytruth
Regarding Igbo graduates
You are wherever you are faulting my points.That's wrong. I am on ground, I meet people for business physically or online almost daily so I have a basis for all what I posted earlier.What brought up this issue initially was the claim by the Igbos that they contributed significantly to the economy of Lagos. Some even went as far as putting their contribution at 80%. I then set out to prove them wrong based on facts.
1.Almost all illiterate/half-educated Igbos in Lagos are into trade such as selling spare parts, electrical and electronic gadgets, foodstuff, tokunbo cars and what have you. These things I insists do not contribute significantly to the economy of Lagos state.
2. Most Igbo graduates will never and I repeat never abandon their certificates to pursue a business or register a company. They look down on those doing business. Educated Igbos are die hard civil servants and salary earners. Pre 1966, Igbos dominated the civil service. The unitary system of govt would have favoured them all the more by allowing more Igbos to be transferred to other parts of the country to work in their civil service. The north saw this and resisted violently thereby setting Igbos back significantly.
3. Most of the Igbo men running successful companies today are not graduates. Coscharis, Ifeanyi Uba, C.N Okoli e.t.c are at best half-illiterates or part-time graduates. Part-time graduates are not recognized in Nigeria as they do not participate in NYSC. Adult education is almost non-existent. Even Orji Uzor Kalu became a graduate during his first term in office.

Which is what I told you before! BTW how many Nigerian millionaires are first time university graduates? Name them for me, starting with the richest Nigerian- Dangote.
You see why your argument does not make sense?

4.I agree that Igbos are business minded but its the uneducated ones and there are far more illiterate/half-educated Igbos in Lagos than educated ones.
5.And it is widely known that only 3 out of 10 Igbos that finish from secondary school proceed to the university. The rest will undergo 5 years of trade apprenticeship with a big Igbo businessman in any of the cities in preparation for a life as a businessman. Or will you refute that?!!!

Dude believe me, you are so wrong and way too wrong!

So if that is the case, how come the south east produces higher number of graduates than SW? As far as I know, only SS beats SE in number of graduates. JAMB has accurate record on JAMB exam participation in Nigeria. I suggest you check it out first before making outrageous claims.

Dude what you don't understand is that SE is diverse. Some Igbo states/ clans are more business inclined than others.
Overall though, most Igbo graduates would start and run a company once they've raised enough money.

Does it even make sense to you that illiterate Igbos open businesses that get to become companies, but educated ones simply stick to civil service? In any case, sizable number of  educated Igbo leave Nigeria once they can't get jobs, and return to start companies.

You argument lacks logic.