₦airaland Forum

Bros Jakumo,
Nice one there. Hilarious as ever!

I heard OBJ has a significant equity stake in Transcorp. If that's true, then what on earth is this mumbo jumbo trasparency about his administration?

Hmnnn, interesting, Nutter. Verrry interesting.

And you know what folks, I like it the way you North and West folks are clawing at each others face.

Stanech,

Asaba is NOT a PART of the Nigerdelta, Politically, geographically, geologically, or otherwise. So, the[b] illiterate [/b] Asaba Chief, Sonny Okogwu is NOT a Niger Deltan.

blue2, welldone.

Folks, lets settle this matter like adults that we are. mrlawng and Zarah, sheath your swords and calm down, Ok? A little explanation from either of you would quell this matter.

As far as I know, there are a lot of Northern folks who think and believe what the Illiterate Asaba Chief ''knows'' And if that's the case, then the North is doomed. I'm not prophesying or forecasting, just stating my own opinion. But, I've worked with enlightened folks from the North, as far as even Taraba state.

The painful truth is that very many northern folks are not enlightened. The few enlightened ones fail to take home the gospel truth to their educationally impoverished kith and Kins. Instead, they feed them with lies and bull craps, just like IBB has fed the Illiterate Asaba chief with cow dungs, and the poor old man has nothing to do with his time than to shout it out at the roof top, how ''sweet'' cow dungs is!

The organic and sedimentological processes (as believed by a vast majority of enlightened minds) that led to oil formation in the Niger Delta is well known and documented by Petroleum Engineers, Geologists and geophysicists - of which I'm one. There's no point joining issues with the Asaba high Chief. And we should not waste precious time clawing away at each others throat.

On a second thought, I want to believe that it's these lies as fed to a vast majority of Nigerians by illiterate, selfish, shallow minded bigots and bootlickers like the Asaba High Chief Sonny Okogwu, especially to people of northern extraction (and those in Asaba too) that made them believe that they were born to lord themselves over other ethnic groups in the country. I couldn't have been far from the truth. That's why the chief and his sister, Maryam Babangide conspired with their inlaw, IBB, to move the capital of Delta state from Ughelli, Warri or Sapele to a town, hitherto unknown to a vast majority of true deltans, to satisfy their selfish and ignoble desires. Asaba, separated from Onitsha by a bridge could be termed a state capital in another state - war and strife torn Anambra state. It's just a matter of time. The true Delta State will emerge and all will be well.

And to think Afeni is 19 years old. I wonder.

Afeni, are you really 19? Long time sha.

Zarah, just pipe low, Ok? Now, are you a northerner? or from Asaba? No harm intended,

Maki,
Just leave them. Our elders say sometime it's better to remain silent to answer a question. The wise understands that statement perfectly. So, let them bark away. It's their time to do just that. No point joining issues with them.

Who on earth is the Zarah at Ikoyi? is she from Asaba or what?

Okonjo-Iweala in the doghouse?

Ochereome Nnanna

IN the past couple of weeks or so, President Olusegun Obasanjo has been preparing himself for the final lap, the home stretch of his eight-year second coming as the chief executive of Nigeria. Quite understandably, he has been offloading his excess baggage, sending home many of his personal aides to go play politics.

Some of them, who were among his numerous busybodies, giving flesh to his political plots, have to go home now that the game is over for real. There were those who were given government jobs to enable them feed their families. Many of these have also been sent home. It is now clear that Obasanjo wants to trot home “lean and mean” as they say in the employment market.

Quite a few of them have been lucky, in that the new shuffles have found for them an opportunity for higher challenges. Apparently to reward Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode for performing excellently the job of the president’s special assistant on insults, Obasanjo has now made him the Minister for Culture and Tourism. The young man told a highly tolerant Senate that he was now a new creature.

It is not clear to me now whether he would return to his old self if Obasanjo should have reasons to call him back to his old role. You know, some people change from old to new and back to old as their job opportunities change. As for Mrs. Chinwe Obaji, the dropped Minister of Education, it would appear that the President does not have a lot of regard for her executive abilities.

IT would seem that she could not match the heights other women achievers were able to hit. If there are many positive things that could be said for the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo, one of them is that he gave women more opportunities to prove their worth than any other president in the history of this country, and many of them simply took off and flew into the blues skies. Some birds are eagles. Others are chicken, no doubt.

In the process of repositioning his government, Obasanjo has managed to throw a few square pegs in round holes. Let me start with one of the minor ones, since this is the season of world cup soccer. Yet again, and in keeping with his apparent disdain for sports (though he is a keen sportsman himself who loves to jog, play squash and generally keep fit), Obasanjo sent another strange character to head the Ministry of Youth and Sports. He is Alhaji Bala Bawa Kaoje, who was liaising with the National Assembly for him as a Special Assistant before now. He does this sort of thing (putting the wrong people in the wrong places) you know, and only heavens know why.

THAT was how he sent a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Abba Gana, to be his Senior Adviser on Civil Society, a posting Gana later told an audience he did not understand, as he had never had dealings with people in that area of human endeavour. But still, Gana took the job and stayed there for three years. Why not? If the president was happy to give the job out, who was Gana not to be happy to take it, even if he neither understood nor fancied the entire jaunt? It is clear to me that this culture of putting the wrong people in Sports, for instance, was responsible for Nigeria’s downward slide in that vital area, especially soccer, athletics, boxing and the lot, in the past seven years.

Now we come to the main surprise of this cabinet shuffle. I am sure that when Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala got the news that she had been moved away from the Federal Ministry of Finance, she must have been as consternated as the rest of us. More so, when her new destination is Foreign Affairs. Now, get it right.

We are not saying that the President has no right to move the former Minister of Finance, even if she happened to be Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s foremost international financial icon. We are not implying that Mrs. Nenadi Usman, the former Minister of State, who has now been given full charge of the Finance portfolio, is not fit for the office. If anything, having been a finance Commissioner in Kaduna State and worked closely with Dr. Okonjo-Iweala for three years, there should be nothing in the job she should find too tough to handle.

What we find odd is the rhyme and reason of it all. Why was the move found necessary? Perhaps the main job of reform has been done? If so, why retain her as the Head of the Presidential Economic Team? Then, perhaps, the main job of using her to persuade the creditor nations to grant us debt relief has been achieved? Or, maybe the president noticed a ballooning object and decided to put a prick to it to show he giveth and taketh?

WELL, whatever it is, one thing is clear: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is in the doghouse. Foreign Affairs, admittedly, has always been occupied by people seen to be close to President Obasanjo, but it is not the most strategic and boisterous of this administration’s ministries. Obasanjo simply dumps people there and does the job himself. During their days, not much was heard of the activities of Alhaji Sule Lamido and Chief Olu Adeniji. Few people ever took notice. Besides, our foreign missions have never had it so bad as in the past seven years, when some of them had to be closed down or starved of operating funds. In spite of that, Obasanjo went ahead to pay his friend, Adeniji, dollar salaries to be in a ministry that was rendered practically irrelevant even in an era of national image repositioning.

The question we now ask is: now that she is going to a ministry (if she will go) where she will not be very useful as in her area of specialisation, are we still going to continue to pay Dr. Okonjo-Iweala her dollar salaries? If the answer is yes, what utility value is it to the nation?
I am in no position to know exactly how the Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is taking this new measure, but something tells me that in her camp, the mood is not that of jubilation.

Specially for Prof. Amucheazi

DURING my recent trip to Awka for the summit of the Anambra League of Professionals, I met my old teacher at the University of Nigeria, Professor Elochukwu Amucheazi in the company of Mr. Chuks Iloegbunam, a former Vanguard columnist who is now the Chief of Staff to Governor Peter Obi. We resolved to sink our differences, which arose over 20 years ago, which I made reference to in an article titled: 'Anambra’s final battle'.

Prof. Amucheazi, a distinguished scholar and former Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), had written to show his displeasure at some of the information contained in that write-up. Now, following our reconciliation, I hereby express deep regrets and apology to my teacher for whatever inconveniences the article brought on him. The merits or demerits of the issue notwithstanding, I wish to assure Professor Amucheazi that even in my moments of guided or misguided misgivings, I still held him in high esteem, for he was one of those who equipped me with the tool of my work today. Thank you, Prof, and let’s meet again soon.

Source: www.vanguardngr.com

Some interesting conversation in here. Our paths have never crossed, Chxta, but I believe you'd have a rethink about the unity of this country very soon. Right now, I've got a lot to attend to.

Whatever their titles, those bunch of Asaba illiterates should shut up. I heard their Obi is a Professor, or is he a Toronto prof too? I wonder how he could ''award'' a chieftaincy title to a man of Sonny Okogwu calibre. Anyway, anything goes in this country ours.

Sincere apology to the Igbo people, but this Sunny of Asaba descent has goofed beyond my imagination of the average Igbo man!  And to think he could go very far, as far as to the roof top, literally, to wash his dirty linen of ignorance in the public is awe inspiring!

Asaba, as we all know was forced on Delta state (probably by the illiterate chief and his sister, Maryam Babangida) as state capital. Asaba before now was a village. It's growing quickly now because of it's new status as a state capital - the capital of a major oil producing state. The time will come when the Aniomas will have their own state and look for oil flowing from the North to sustain them.

The Asaba High Chief should have consulted the services of a Petroleum Engineer before blurting out his garbage about oil exploration and production. Ignorance indeed is a disease.

All of these outbursts from the Asaba chief only shows how ignorant a vast majority of Nigerians are about natural resources. No wonder they will not let go of the Delta peacefully.

toshhi,
Na wa for you o. De tin be say the match pain eferybody!

toshhi,
Na wa for you o,

Folks, tis time to go home.

Poor Ghana. Time to go back to Acrra.

I'm beginning to think that this Lucifer guy is in here for real. I mean, the Devil has come on NL - to stay!!!. God have mercy on us.

People please pardon me, but I've always loved to hate the OBJ administration. But Okonjo-iweala has done a lot (many people have tried to make me believe that, so I just follow the crowd, with my heart in my mouth) .

All I can do now is to wish her all the best she can get in her new role. She should be happy though, she still have a strong link?? to the finance ministry. I can just imagine the squabble between her and Mrs Usman, when the chips are down, and someone has got to assert her powers in the Finance Ministry - when the time comes. I hate women fights, but I think OBJ enjoys it.

davidi!!! u don start again o!

Nna, david, me sef read the tory for guardian. I wan laugh die! No wahala, we don begin do tit for tat now.

dat na still part of the dividends of democracy!!

No matter what happens, no one in his/her right mind will call him/herself LUCIFER of all the names in the whole wide world! - except the Devil himself, or one of his demons.

Anyway, I get zero tolerance for such peeps - or spirit beings, I mean.

You know you can't MENTION or TYPE that name. That name is above every other name, and at the mention of the Name of Jesus, every kneel, including your's must bow. You'll fall down, big time. If you find your way in here in error, I suggest you back off quickly before God's Archangel deal a deadly blow on you. Do you want to try the Blood of Jesus Christ?

Nairalanders, Christians, men of God, the Devil has found his way in here. The last days are upon us. Let every one gird him/herself with Word of God, and prepare for Christs coming. It's very much at hand.

Is this the Lucifer we've known all thru the ages as the Serpent, Tempter, Devil, Demon and everything associated with evil, posting on this board?

If that's the Devil up there, I BIND you in Jesus name!!!

When I saw the topic of this thread, I thot I'll see something descriptive of the link, or otherwise, between the Igbos in the South Eastern part of Nigeria, and their brothers? (or neighbours) in the South South - Rivers, Delta and maybe Bayelsa, Akwaibom, and Cross Rivers - if any.

But most of the entries to this thread have dwelt much on what I think is irrelevant (except of course, the author of the thread feels otherwise). Personally, I'll like to know if there's any serious link between the two igbo groups.

I know that the Ikwerres in Rivers state bears names similar to the Igbo's. But they claim they do not have any link with the Igbo's in the SE! Same goes for the folks in present day Ukwuani in Delta state. In fact, the Ukwuani's understand the general Igbo language pretty well, but their (Ukwuani) dialect is seldom understood by the Igbo's in the SE. I also heard that during the Civil War, the ''Igbo's'' in Delta state were somewhat massacred, and they protested that they were not Igbos in any way, as at that time. So, what's the difference between these two groups?

Madam Mizkay,

Well, ain't our leaders some greedy, lousy and stinking lot? I know I will do better than all of them put together if I'm given the chance. But that's a different matter from this one.

So, what's your MAIN point? I see so many of them, but I can't seem to figure out what all these has got to do with the fact that Bakassi people are Nigerians and want to remain so and that the Cameroonians wants their lands only for the resource it has got to offer them - oil. This oil will one day grind everyone to a halt. As per the Europeans taking the blames for all our woes, I think it's high time we left them. We are wise enough, as black Africans, to know what we want for ourselves.

What's on ground now is that the Bakassi people have to make a choice. A choice between (a) to remain in the present Bakassi and ''turn'' Cameroonians, OR (b) relocate to another virgin land somewhere - in Nigeria, and call the place New Bakassi or something else for all I care. That will keep them as Nigerians.

If they take option (a) I think they've got nothing to loose. They will be called a ''new'' citizens of a well known country. They should study the Cameroonian constitution - I believe they have one, and see how they can settle in quickly and move on with their lives without any problems. It's just a matter of time. There's no point crying over split milk. The ICJ has given it's verdict. There's no appeal, so no need to cry but face reality.


On the other hand, if they want to remain in a country with Godforsaken numskulls and a bunch of maggots rulers like Nigeria, they will be relocated to somewhere they can continue with their lives, somewhere close to Calabar or another place like that.

Personally, I like adventure and moving on to something new and exciting. I expected the Bakassi folks would be looking forward with much enthusiasm to joining Cameroon and leaving behind this backward ''union'' called Nigeria. I will move over to Cameroon anyday. I heard there are some 4 million Nigerians currently residing in Cameroon. So, what the hell is wrong with becoming a part of them?

The choice is theirs. They have to face reality and move on.