9ja_I_hail: This is a well deserved victory for the good people of Anambra and Igboland in general. Congratulations to the Governor elect. Chief Willie Obiano.

Happy new month to Eze Onlytruth and our able Eze nwanyi Ogugo also to all member of NNO. God Bless you all.

God bless you too my brother, and congrats.
This is a happy day for us!

ndu_chucks:

What is your obsession with religion?

As I told you before i did not memtion religion in my posts, you are the one introducing it here. As I stated, the fact remains that local ordinances which do not go against the state or federal constitution, ban the sale of alchohol in certain localities in the USA. If you are bursted with bottles of alchohol slated for sale, you'll be fined and your bottles of alchohol destroyed. The ordinances you people violated in Kano are 100% not opposed to the Nigerian constitution.

For your information, the laws and or ordinances of the USA can all be traced to Christian laws beginning with the 10 commandments. As an example, American jurisprudence as contract and tort law are structured along the lines closely parallel to the concepts found in Exodus 21:18 through 22:17. I don't have time to educate you this evening, go and read up.

I hope you realize that the Nigerian jurisprudence is also based -in the main -on Common law (except the Sharia North of course), which derive from the Anglo-American jurisprudence.
You are only supporting the point that Nigeria should not really be one, because I am comfortable with the Common law; the North is not. lol

DerideGull:


I can not believe how some people throw silly analogies around in Nigeria. Counties are not States. Counties are local government entities. It is a perilous act to the principles of democracy for state government such as Kano State to throw a blanket ban on sales of alcoholic beverages in the state. The government of Kano State should have allowed the ban to be handled by the local governments and the ban should not be based on religious doctrines. There is a separation of government and religion in entire USA.

Even the “Dry Counties” you have listed in the above post do not have outright ban on sales of alcoholic beverages because private clubs are allowed to handle alcoholic beverages.

This is the lie I'm pointing out to him and he would not desist from telling them.
Oh well, I was not really expecting him to acknowledge that truth because it would defeat his core points, which (by implication) is that Saudi Arabia can co-exist with Norway. lol

ndu_chucks:

You are dumber than I thought. I am suprised that you don't know that in whole counties (not just municipalities) in the USA where you claim to reside, no sales of alcoholic beverages are legal anywhere in those counties. In Texas alone, no sale of alchoholic beverages are legal in the following counties :

1. Bailey
2. Borden
3. Collingsworth
4. Delta
5. Hemphill
6. Kent
7. Martin
8. Parmer
9. Roberts
10. Sterling
11. Throckmorton

mumu, are you sure you do not reside in the bushes of the SE Nigeria but claim to reside in the USA?


You people will use any excuse to avoid participating in the democratic process. Ekwueremadu does not have 2 heads and is a Nigerian like you, stop whining and take the bull by the horns participate!!.

I told you to stop lying against the US; I don't like it.
Can you show me ANY of those counties that regulate alcohol based on religious beliefs, like the ten commandments of the Bible?

I'm waiting.

ndu_chucks:



I know you are not a learner, but why are you asking about religious dry zone, did I mention 'religion' in my post? The fact remains that local ordinances which do not go against the state or federal constitution, ban the sale of alchohol in certain localities in the USA. If you are bursted with bottles of alchohol slated for sale, you'll be fined and your bottles of alchohol destroyed.

This is no different from what happened in Kano. The bottom line is, you people violated local ordinances, which are not opposed to our constitution, and your beer bottles were destroyed. shi kena.

Here you go again. You are beginning to lie against the US now, and I'm not happy about that.
All local ordinances here (what we call Municipal code) are strictly non-religious. In fact many of them are even zoning related -they regulate things like distances between certain business, e.g, alcohol licenses.
None of them remotely infringes on the constitutional rights of an American citizen anywhere in the US.

Don't be lazy, go and read our constitution and stop asking dumb questions. There is an ongoing constitutional review process and a national conference proces[/b]s, where you can use all your resources to make necessary changes if you are unhappy with the constitution. [b]Your brother Sen Ike Ekweremadu is the Chairman of the review committee, work with him to make a change instead of whining here. dolo

The fact that a politician -who is clearly serving his personal agenda and feathering his own nest- is from my side of Nigeria, changes nothing concerning the fact that the masses of Nigerians from different parts of Nigeria are seeking DIFFERENT destinies for themselves:
Northern Nigeria -Arabic civilization/Sharia law and Islamic state;
Eastern Nigeria - Western style democracy and development.

This is why some of us don't believe in pursuing the "Igbo president" agenda, because it only buries and masks REAL issues.
Real issues have REAL impacts on Nigerian people; they are issues of life and death, and has claimed millions of lives already.

That is why people like you should be held personally accountable if anyone kills another in Nigeria owing to self determination agitations.
I would advise you to desist from your style because you will be held accountable for these tactics.

The Nigerians are the HUMANS in Nigeria, NOT THE LAND.
Gerrit finally.

I would have taken the so called protesters seriously if they were from different parts of Nigeria, like East, North, and West.

THEY ALL CAME FROM WEST

That one of them attached a fake last name "Akpabio" changes nothing.

The true question is this: Why are Yorubas more angry at Stella Oduah than the rest of Nigerians?

My only regret is that those people were not given thorough lashing before being dragged out of the venue, to teach others a lesson.

Nonsense.

ndu_chucks:

[size=16pt]TOTAL HOGWASH[/size]


@Sam_Ikenna, If you are welcome into a state as a guest, you must learn to abide by the state and local laws, which are not opposed to the constitution. Even in the USA where you live, there are certain places (called dry zones) where the selling of alchoholic beverages are banned. If you are caught with bottles of beer for sale, they will be confiscated and destroyed, so what is your point?

So, I take it that you believe that Sharia law is not opposed to the tenets or the spirit of the Nigerian constitution.

So, what is state religion in your opinion?
Is Nigeria a secular state or not?
As for the US, can you show me ANY state that enforces a religious law?

These are the simple questions behind Sam_Ikenna's comment begging for answers.

IGBO-PRESIDENT:
This election or electoral heist, if u like, will be truncated and nullified in the court of law, all thing being equal, if APGA and the presidency do not connive again to plague the court with another miscarriage of justice. I saw the great Zik of Africa in my dream yester night and he was very angry with Ndi Anambra and APGA!

What you saw in your dream is what spiritualists call "familiar spirit". It means a masquerading spirit -a spirit using another person's image to manifest.
Bros you may have actually seen satan pretending to be Zik, because there is NO WAY Zik can be remotely associated with APC.

Find another line bro.

ndu_chucks:

When and you and your cohorts going to start working for the betterment of your motherland? Winston Churchil did not become a great Brit by living in diaspora while bad mouthing his country, Abraham Lincoln became great from within America. Nwanne m, wh nobody will 'fix' Nigeria for you. You disintegration solution is dead on arrival.

@Bolded, point taken.

@The rest of your comment, I'd say you have a problem of cognitive dissonance.

You first want Nigeria to be better, but attack those who offer alternative ways. I don't know whether you realize that "Nigeria" only means the PEOPLE in that space, not the land. This is why I still can't understand the starvation and "kill em all" strategy used by those trying to keep Nigeria one. Most of you talk as if Nigeria is just the land, and that the people there can be cleansed to make way to your ideas of what the place should be.
The moment "the real Nigerians" (the people there, no matter how small) say that the country is finished, there is nothing anyone can do, unless the person is lying about the idea of a nation.

ndu_chucks: The sad truth is that, the most 'vocal' nairalanders on the issue of separation are unserious, lazy, toothless, impotent, and for the most part do not believe in democracy. [size=16pt]As a matter of fact, many of them are closet communists[/size]as can be deciphered from their posts by discerning minds.

This thread has thrown up some of the funniest sh&*%t I've read in ages on this site.
Just imagine ndu_chucks attempting to rile the world powers against people expressing their UN recognised right of self determination.
A cursory look at Nigeria from the North to the South would show that the real communists (those always waiting for government handouts) live in the north. lol
Dude you actually meant the opposite.

Firefire: Tell us what else you are looking for? I hope Nigeria and Nigerians can made away with all this sycophant been rotated from ages back. Military to Civilian and still ruling with greed for power!

Date of Birth: 27/08/1943 @ 70 Years what else are you people looking for?
Place of Birth: Mayo-Belwa

Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), GCON, CFR: rcds, D.Agric. (H.C.)
One time being military governor of Niger State,
Appointed Chief of Naval Staff in January 1990.
-
He was at one time a Commanding Officer of a Patrol craft,
a Landing craft and the first missile carrying ship of the Nigerian Navy.
In February 1976, General Murtala Muhammad appointed Nyako governor of the newly formed Niger State, which had been split out from Sokoto State.
He served in this post until December 1977.
Later he became the Chief of Naval Operations at the Naval Headquarters,
the Flag Officer Commanding the Western Naval Command
and the Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Training Command from where he was appointed
the Chief of Naval Staff in January 1990.
Two years later, he was appointed the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff
and retired from the Service in September 1993 with the rank of Vice Admiral.

Plus his FOUR wives who are doctors and lawyers.
I believe that the man acknowledges the fact that his has taken more than his fair share of life.
I wish him happy retirement from public service.

Firstly, happy thanksgiving to my fellow Americans on this thread.

@Topic,

I agree with Odumchi that Imo state is likely more populated than Anambra, but my reason is the one given by dede -there are more schools enrollment and admissions in Imo, simple.

I have lived all my life in areas with high Igbo population concentration, and mix.
In Nigeria for instance: Enugu and Onitsha have the highest Igbo concentration and mix, and property ownership in Onitsha for example reflect this fact.

I also believe that Igbo of Imo and Anambra send their kids to secondary schools in almost equal proportions. Imo starts to get the edge post-secondary. So, if you take the number of kids writing secondary school leaving exams these days, it should give a fairly accurate figure of where the populations are concentrated.
BTW I don't buy the theory that more buildings = more people. It could simply mean that people in built up areas are more inclined to building houses, or that there are more economic activities in the built up areas. No one can say that Abuja is more populated than Kano just because Abuja is built up more.

My 2 cents.

MidasT: One by One, them don dey come! U were railroaded? Were u sleeping in the meeting or they hypnotized you? Men without principles and parties without principles; all along they have been fighting for their selfish interest, y they sing to gullible Nigerians that they were fighting to help them from PDP misrule, as if the party is different from the people working it.

LMAO.

All these prophets of doom should just sharap, particularly ones with NO SINGULAR correct prediction.
He is entitled to his opinions though, afterall it is constitutionally protected FREE SPEECH.

LOL, I see a lot of childish comments on this thread, including from those who should know better.
Here's the FACT -Nigerian President is the most powerful president in Africa (some even say in the whole world, lol).
There is a reason behind that belief.
The Northerners made the Nigerian presidential position that powerful, because they wanted to keep using it to do whatever they want with the rest of Nigeria.
That the position is being occupied by a minority from SS doesn't make the position any less powerful.

From now on, let's just watch and see how GEJ will be kicked out of office. I'm REALLY LMAO.

Unless Jonathan himself is unwilling, or personally incapable (for whatever personal reasons) to wield the powers of his office, this game will only catch kids off guard.

Already some of the so called nPDP have started to back out of the so called moving to APC. These are the ones who know what the deal is.

I am more interested in watching the drama seeping freshly squeezed apple juice.

My quick take on this man is that he is a coward and very dishonest man.

Can anybody please help me make sense of this statement (while talking about the amalgamation of North and South by the British):

They amalgamated these two, so you can see that it was like mixing sand and garri. They look alike but they are not the same. But it can blend or be made to blend.

This is what I call convoluted speak.

By age 25, in 1967, you were already a naval lieutenant commander and military governor of Rivers State. How did all of that happen that early in your life?

I had always wanted to be a sea-faring officer. I got my inspiration from my father who, in one inspired moment, called his youngest children and said to my immediate elder brother, you will be a reverend gentleman and this young man, that is me, will be a marine captain. I was so excited. I worked towards it. Even at the age of 12, he had taught us air riffles. In 1955, when the West African Airways advertised for pilots. I was only 13 years of age then, and I had the cutting of that advertisement. I was that keen on flying, but my old man had also implanted in me the idea of being a marine captain. So, the only way to achieve both my ambition and his wish and blessing for me was to join the Nigerian Navy, which had just been formed in 1959. I joined the merchant Navy and transferred to the Nigerian Navy in 1961. I trained at the HMS Kwara at Apapa. The commander identified me as a serious cadet and got me transferred from the Inland Waterways to the Navy. Then, I was able to train as a navigator and also a gunner. My father was a keen conservative. He was a hunter. He used to shoot elephants, hippos and animals like that. I grew up a hunter myself. I had a combination of being able to fly with the Navy, navigate with the Navy and also shoot those big guns. My life has been full of surprises.

So, how did you become governor?

I was sitting quietly on board my ship HMS Benin, with my 2IC (Second-in-command), Admiral Murtala Nyako, the present governor of Adamawa State, when it was announced that I had been appointed the military governor of Rivers State. It happened just like that. So, I handed the ship over to Nyako and went into the political arena. That was where I was until 1975, when we were shown the way out, when Gen. Yakubu Gowon, was overthrown by Murtala Muhammed and his cohorts. Then in 1978, my people made me the king of Twon, Brass, a coastal community, which played a great role in the abolition of slave. There, I am, still navigating the sea; doing the things that I love doing.

Two weeks ago, this interview page featured Gen. Gowon (retd) and he said his government was going to make Nigeria a world power. As a governor of a state during that regime, what can you say about the development of the country then, especially with the oil boom?

Let’s face it. There were 12 state governors at the time. I was just one of the 12. Today, we are talking of 36 governors. Then, people knew we were a no-nonsense government. There was no politics or talking left, right and centre. It was a matter of there is a job to be done, let’s get it done in the most efficient manner. Some of us went to school and trained as military officers. We were trained to be efficient. If you are going to war; go and get the job done. Don’t use two bullets when one will do the job.

You became governor of Rivers State, the year the Civil War started, and your state was in the region that was called Biafra. How did you manage the situation?

We had 12 states, some people said they wanted to go away and become a country on their own, forgetting that some people in that region, still wanted to remain as Nigerians. That was how the very unnecessary war, which started as a police action, and had to escalate to a full-fledged war, began and lasted for two and half years. You can imagine the hardship and the amount of victimisation that took place on those who told their abductors and captors that they were not part of the war effort. My people said they didn’t want to leave Nigeria. You can imagine what they suffered. We did what we did to make sure Nigeria remained one. During the war, I could not go back to the state that had been created for the Rivers people. I had to stay in Lagos, at 24 Queens Drive, to run the show until, January 1970, when all those areas were liberated and the war had come to an end. And those who had lost had to take off to foreign lands. But the beauty of it all is that at the end of that war, the Nigerian government under Gen. Gowon said no victor, no vanquished. That was an achievement that has been acclaimed all over the world, even as of today. But then we that stood by and insisted that Nigeria must remain as one ended up being given the boot and dismissed from the Navy, other services and our careers; while those who were on the other side of the line came back, were promoted and given medals. That is the level of sacrifice some of us have made for this country called Nigeria.

When you said some people wanted to remain in Nigeria, were you referring to South-South people?

I said, the South-East wanted to pull out; their officers came back after the war and were reinstated and promoted, but I was shown the way out. That is life. This part of the sacrifices we have made for Nigeria. I was the youngest governor ever in this country. I was 24 years old, going to 25 when I was made governor. And I was shown the way out at the age of 33. And nobody cared how I fed and survived, even up to date. But we’ve survived by the grace of God, bodily strength and the use of our number six. This country should realise that we are the people who sacrificed everything for this country to remain one. We still believe in that. Thank God we are being vindicated. One day, the truth will come out that we sacrificed a lot for this country. I was dismissed from the Navy and my rank was taken away but was restored later. Even my house was taken away from me. In Port Harcourt today, I live in rented quarters. It is as bad as that. But Nigeria continues as one Nigeria and that is my achievement.

You said the war was unnecessary. But with the level agitation amongst ethnic nationalities and the fact that people still question the 1914 amalgamation of North and South, don’t you think the people who wanted to secede had a point?

There are differences. Education wise, the South was more advanced. The North was not quite ready, even for self-government in 1955. It had to slow down the process till 1957. They did very well to catch up with the rest of the country. Politically, they were very astute and today they are still very articulate. So, you now have a situation where we must learn to tolerate one another. It’s about give and take. This country has been together since. It is not about the amalgamation. The British had their own programme. They had the North, which they had overrun with military operation; and the South, which they had taken over with treatise and protectorate deals. The land tenure system in the North was different from that of the South. They amalgamated these two, so you can see that it was like mixing sand and garri. They look alike but they are not the same. But it can blend or be made to blend. After 100 years of staying together, we should be able to give ourselves that tolerance and cooperate with one another. Definitely, I will not say the amalgamation was not a welcome development, but it was not popular. However, it suited the British. If some people say after 100 years we should review the amalgamation like Hong Kong did, they should bring their papers. These are some of the things President Goodluck Jonathan, would like to see. That is why he constituted the committee on national dialogue to go round the country, collate all these information, after which a body will be set up to diagnose all these and proffer solution so that we can enter a new marriage with our eyes open.

That means you support the proposed national conference.

Yes. I do.

What are the Ijaw going to demand at the conference?

We have already made our presentation. Leave all those who are arguing about whether it should national conference or sovereign national conference. It is all about semantics. Let us discuss. Those who have documents should bring them out and put them on the table and let’s find an agreed and well-articulated solution. It is not an issue of hide-and-seek or bluffing; if you have anything to say come and say it now, or forever hold your peace. Every man wants to play his own politics. Gowon was there as the most powerful African after Chaka de Zulu, he’s now praying for Nigeria. Everybody has a role to play; you come on stage, you do your best, you leave. I hear people say the youth are the leaders of tomorrow, but I say the youth had better buckled up, if not they will never lead this country. They should not wish the old people away without showing that they can offer something better.

Before the emergence of President Jonathan, the Ijaw have been crying marginalisation. Now Jonathan, an Ijaw man, has been President for over four years, are the Ijaw still marginalised?

You have just touched a sore point. The eastern group says their zone has only five states, while other zones have six and seven. Ask us in Bayelsa, we have only eight local governments. The minimum number of local government areas in a state should be 10, according to the constitution. As we speak, officially we have only eight, while some other states like Kano have as much as 44. If that is not marginalisation, what is? So, when you share revenue or you do delineation of constituencies, we get only the much that accrues to eight local governments. We have four people in the House of Representatives, while others have 24. Any time this thing comes up, it is those in the National Assembly that vote it down. They would say ‘go and keep quiet, after all you have a state, why are you complaining.’ I was told that by Gen. Jeremiah Useni and all the others. We said okay, leave us to create our own local governments, they said no. It has also been written in the constitution.

But isn’t there anything President Jonathan has done to address this?

He is one man and under the political system, there is not much he can do. People were saying they wanted a sovereign national conference, he said here is a committee that will go round and bring recommendations on what name it should be called and what the terms of reference should be. What is wrong with that? But the very same people, who were asking for sovereign conference, were the same ones who said they don’t want to talk to the committee. Is that the sort of politics we call democracy? You go right, you are wrong, you go left, you are wrong, you stand still you are wrong. Some people are just being mischievous. Under such circumstance, what can the President do? He has to wait for his committee’s recommendations. Those that do not submit what they want to this national conference committee are enemies of this country and should be condemned squarely by the people.

There has been stiff opposition to Jonathan’s bid to go for a second term as President, particularly from the North. And some Ijaw youths, ex-militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo in particular, have threatened chaos if Jonathan does not get it. What do you think about this?

Politics is politics. There is the referee, the lines men are there; there are 11 players on both sides. That is the rule of the game. In politics, you can say what you like but majority carries the day. Everybody is saying what they wish to see. The North says it should be their turn to take over. The rule says everybody is entitled to two terms. Remember when Jonathan came in, he sent a bill to the National Assembly to change this thing to one term of six years. And it was turned down by the lawmakers in their wisdom or lack of it. So, he is entitled to a second term. They were given a chance to change the system but they didn’t take it. Politics is a game and the rule says you are entitled to four years and four years again. After we in the Niger Delta have had our turn and the thing swings across, it would be in another 48 years that a Niger Deltan will be eligible to be considered for the office of the President again; that is if all the six zones have their eight years each. So, we said, ‘Jonathan, move, we no fear, you are in charge.’ Some of us are not going to live for another 48 years, this our golden age, let us finish out turn and hand over to the next group. If people are ready to tolerate each other, they will know that we have a point. The question to ask is: is he doing a good job? Can we get somebody from the Niger Delta, who can do better than him? The answer is clear. The man went to school; he worked in the intervention body called OMPADEC (Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission) then, so he understands the problem of the Niger Delta and the nation. He became deputy governor, he served in that position. He became governor, he served in that position. He became Vice-President, he served in that position. He became President and he is serving in that position. Who else in the Niger Delta is as qualified as he is to continue and finish the race? When you look at his experience and exposure, you will see that he is our best champion. Moreover, he has learnt on the job. Nigeria should be among the top 20 economies in the world in the year 2020; we set that target for ourselves. The most qualified person to finish that race is Jonathan.

There is an ongoing political crisis in the River State, believed to be caused by the quarrel between the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and President Jonathan. From your perspective, what really is the problem and what has Niger Delta elders done to resolve it?

You said there is a problem. The governor does not agree that there is a problem and the President does not agree that there is a problem. There is no problem. Parallel lines don’t meet. One man was voted to be governor of a state and the other one is voted to be the President. It is a political situation. The traditional rulers tried to intervene and everybody said there is no problem. So, what do you do? It’s all rumour. The press said there is a problem, but the people involved said there is no problem. It is as ridiculous as that. If the two parties do not meet a mediator, can anybody mediate? They said there is no problem.

There was a report that a journalist, who wrote about a teacher strike, when you were governor, was publicly flogged and his hair was shaven by one of your aides. What really happened?

That is the celebrated Amachree case; it’s another ridiculous thing. Even the judge that sat on the case knew he was biased. If I begin to open up those things, there would be many fallouts. Let’s just say let sleeping dogs lie.

Generally, are there national policies and programmes you think need to be abolished or reviewed?

There are many, but the most burning one is that I was a member of the Supreme Military Council when this thing called National Youth Service Corps was introduced. I think that thing should now be scrapped. The first reason: the name of the Corps is National Youth Service Corps, but are we actually reaching out to Nigerian youth with that programme? The answer is no. We are reaching out to only the graduates; the privileged few who have been through the university and other higher education institutions. They are given one-year jamboree and used as slaves, because they are not paid the appropriate salary for their grade. You now send them to different parts of the country to become teachers and so on. The people in the North will come to the Niger Delta and will be posted to the oil companies, while my own children will go to Sokoto and other parts of the North to teach. After one year, the people who came to Rivers and served in Agip, Shell, Total and other oil companies, get acquainted with the officers of those companies, while my own son does not know them. So, the youth from the North are more likely to get jobs in those oil companies than my son. That means his natural inheritance is now being swapped by some clever manoeuvres. How long will this sort of thing go on all in the name of national unity? In advance countries, every youth, who reaches 18 years of age goes and does military service for one year. Let us scrap the youth service programme, which actually should be renamed as graduate service if we want to continue with it, and introduce a youth service which will touch every 18 year old. Every 18 year old should go and do one year military service. If they are in the university, whenever they graduate, they should go and do theirs.

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NO LONG TIN: Lol

Well, I would say the Igbos have matured politically!!

Politics is about interest (the Yorubas) know this very well

The Igbos have no stake in APC, they are not part of APC, therefore it would be foolish to invest (vote) in them. in fact I've said it times without number that APC is a regional party.


People may claim the Igbos are tribalistic but cannot tell them their stake in APC.

They claim APC will bring development, but I could point to several APC states with no development and PDP states with development (vice-versa)


The Republican party (in USA) cannot win an election in Ogun state, why? Because the people of Ogun have no stake in the party.

That's Politics...... It's all about interest.

That is why Buhari and Tinubu came together INTEREST

This is 2013! Most people are enlightened, propaganda doesn't seem to work any more.

My advice to APC, stop all these media stuff, go to the Igbos tell them what they stand to gain from your party, let them see their brothers in important position in APC. 2015 is not far off

They'll rather die first before they do what you say here. lol
They believe that they are "sophisticated" while Igbo are not. They believe that only they have the right to plant, nurture, harvest, and package tribalism, foist it on the rest of the nation for decades, passing national leadership from the core North to West as if Nigeria is a game of ping-pong between the core North and the West, and we all cheer them on singing kumbaya.
Well, I wish them Goodluck Jona.

Haters are still crying. lol
Oh well...

Well done Mr President. We match forward and continue the journey of transformation.

Haters, DIE BY FIRE!

One of the few times I see Nigerians act in ways that give hope.
BTW I think that all private jets for past rulers and politicians should be banned in Nigeria. They should all fly public airlines and meet Nigerians there. Only popular one (those who served the people diligently and honestly) would escape lynchings while attempting to board airlines then. lol

This is good news and should be welcome by all fair minded Nigerians.
The president has done well by setting up this panel. Their findings and recommendations are welcome.
Kudos to GEJ!

Again the leader of Angola Jose Eduardo Dos Santos is one of premier pan Africanist leaders with YEARS of experience dealing with violent groups.
He knows what he is doing. No wonder why Angola has been growing in leaps and bounds!
Well done Jose!

naijaking1:

Make you no fear.
God go bless Angolans well well now.
No church for Kano, no church for Maiduguri, for Saudi Arabia, etc. And yet nothing happens. Nothing go happen for Angola, you go see how dem go progress fast fast.

LOL, I probably would do the same if we are in Biafra for example. Islam has only brought blood shed from the very day it showed up on this earth. It is the only religion I know whose founder shed blood to spread his message.
However, before I do that, I would go to Morocco, Turkey, and South Africa -countries with sizable Muslim populations but peaceful - to study the type of Islam practiced there. If we can't replicate that brand of Islam, then OUTRIGHT BAN is very much in order.
This is 21st century; there is no room for barbarism.

The size of the bulge in Aliyu Babangida's eyes is usually directly proportional to the degree of his frustration.
Calm down dude. It is only electoral defeat; it ain't the end of the world as we know it.

I hope this is a joke or else, they should show us their job plan for the youths.
Whoever is even thinking of this idea should be blamed for the next wave of armed robbery and kidnapping.
Total nonsense.

ujoinme:

My two cents/Kobo:

The development of a regional developmental frame work is what is needed to move the southeast towards attaining it developmental goals!
The idea of each state doing their own thing without recourse to areas of relative advantage is the bane of south east ala Nigeria

All the 5 states that make up the region needs to sit down on one table and draw a regional developmental plan and follow be it 10 or 20 yrs plan with each state focused on playing its own path based on area of its relative advantage.

this will also work for every region in the country.

Thank you! This is why I lamented the fact that Soludo did not emerge in Anambra state. I am still holding faith that his type will emerge from Enugu or Abia state in 2015. This Willie Obiano guy doesn't sound or look charismatic enough. It takes lots of charisma to drag along group interests in the SE where everybody sees himself as king.

Without sub regional cooperation, SE is doomed!

One_Naira:

Demdem Is A 100% Yoruba Residing In PH. Whenever He Tries To Insult GEJ, He Tries His Best To Use His Residency To Minimize His Acute Hatred. A Very Well Known Character On Nl And Well Recognized Hater And No Well Wisher Of SS. He Has Degraded, Downputted And Insulted SS, It's Leaders And Ethnic Grou Multiple Times Whenever One SS leader Or SS Ethnic Group Voice Their Support Of GEJ. It's A Huge Insult You Honestly Think That Man Comes From The Same SS As Some Of Us On Here. Go Through All His Post BeforeInsulting SS Again.

And You Are Correct, He's Entitled To His Opinion. Afterall, He Is Doing What His People Are Known Best To Do. I Left Him Alone For A Reason. He'sDesperation And Buffoonery Is Too Entertaining. I'm Literally Shocked He Haven't Mentioned "Johndaft" Like He's Known To Do Or Try To Blame GEJ For This.

hehehe. I was beginning to think that nobody else notices the incorrectness of the guy's post. Believing that Demdem of a guy is from SS is like believing that Josef Gobbels was Jewish. lmao.