₦airaland Forum

samir101ng:
Hello guys, quite a hot topic you got there. I have a few questions which i would be grateful if someone can further clarify. Why is it that the Northern States which receive far more less than their oil producing brothers get to have more social infrastructures in place ? Also, i have not never heard of any big shot governor from the oil states being brought to order by his people ? Nigeria operates a federal system of government. you just can't expect federal govt to come and do all the projects for your state when your governor and local govt chairmen are sitting down quitely munching down your money. These oil companies settle a lot of these tribal elders and village chiefs so as to dissuade the youths in the area from attacknig their facilities but the youths have never for once seen through this web of deceit. Abuja is the seat of the federal govt and therefore enjoys special priviledges above all other states.

What's all these mumbo jumbo, Samanja? Even if Abuja is the seat of African government, where is it stated in ''our'' (their) damned constitution that because a place is the capital of the country, it should be far ahead in terms of development compared to the areas where the resources funding the development of the capital seat comes from?

I repeat this: I support wholeheartedly the bombing of all choice places across the country, starting with Abuja. I also support the crippling of oil exploitation and exploration activities until such a time that everyone (I mean the ethnic nationalities making up the entity called Nigeria) decides it's high time we left deceitfulness, crass misrepresentation of facts and sheer devilment on the part of the leaders of the lousy, lazy majority ethnic groups in the country, and face the challenges before us with a clear and resolute sense of responsibility.

Until then, like Nuzo said, let the Gates of Hell brake loose - and unleash Hell's Fury on Nigeria!!!

And people help me tell this blue boy to bring up a picture of Calabar town and compare it to what we have in Abuja. I don't want some fancy Tinapa picture ( I could as well bring the Bonny LNG recreational facilities and Shell RA pic from PHC to show). Show what we have with the common people.

Within the spate of just 15-years, Abuja has become one of the fastest growing cities in the world . . . . within that time frame, nothing tangible was done to better the lot of the Niger Delta people.

Brother mi, I have seen the school. Someone brought some handbills with comprehensive description of the school to my office. I honestly think we need to blow up the whole country. We need to clearly sit down somewhere neutral and decide how this country should be governed.

I support the fight against injustice on the part of the militants . . . . . .let them blow up everything!!!


Why should I go to my village, and all I see as dividends of oil and gas production over the past 40 years is some burning gas flare stack!!! God punish all the evil beings in this entity called Nigeria. Woe unto their generations after them!!!!

Damn!! And you want militants to lay down their arms?? Where did all damned rulers in this country get the money to build such a place? Why on earth should a place like Abuja be that beautiful and and my Warri and PHC look like shanties??

I support the militants blowing up everything to shreds and fragments - including the damned Abuja!!! If they can find their way to Abuja to plant a nuclear bomb, let them do so. I'm so angry. Shit!!!!

LOL!! Afam in . . . . . . .!

You really dey craze.

Err, I try to dissociate all the ''fetish stuff'' from pure entertainment most of the time. I have never attended any of the festivals myself. But I heard it's pretty colourful. , . . . . .and my, you're right. We could do all these festivals without bringing some gods and demons into the festivals. Don't know how that will work out in here. But it's worth trying to persuade the organisers to shape everything taking into consideration the religious background of everyone.

I just want to have some fun. That's all. And if having fun will lead me into joining some deities and gods, then I'll have to back off fast.

Isoko wadoo o o o o

Tex,
Well, for me to believe that he truly knows what he's talking about, I would have loved to see those figures quoted in boe instead of barrels of oil only. If the 36.2 billion barrels of oil is inclusive of gas, then what portion of that volume constitute gas? And in these days of categorising what volumes one is talking about (proved, expectation, scope for recovery, etc) we need to know what category the 36.2 billion barrels falls. Now lets say the volume quoted is proved voluimes. What about expectation volumes which have not met the criteria for it to be classed as proved? What about Scope for recovery volumes?

Anyways, I did not say his statements were completely wrong; at least the bit about mismanagement on the part of our ''leaders'' is spot on.

The other day, I saw a map with the Niger Delta basin explicitly defined. In the next couple of years, the ''virgin'' deep offshore part of the delta will turn another GOM. Already, the Bonga field,  Agbami and other huge finds offshore of the delta attests to the fact that there is still much to be exploited out there that we really do not have much information about.

@landis,
Excellent chip in there. Seems to me that the ''glorified'' Agip geophysicist has never heard anything about barrels of oil equivalent - boe. When we are still flaring gas in the delta, and we're doing all we can to tap the huge trillions of standard cubic feet of gas in place (GIIP) some one is looking at oil and telling the whole world how ''smart'' he is.

This is not to justify the shit going on in the industry though. The chap is right about the way our ''leaders'' mismanage the resources (proceeds) from oil sales in the country. And I still believe that this nation need to split up along geopolitical lines for us to get our bearing.

Kome,
Ozoro and Oleh will do. We have some good hotels in those places to cater for your guests. I really don't know much about the festivals carried out in Isokoland in general. But I know about my town's - the Igbide Abame Festival. Erm, it's some kind of ''initiation'' into manhood of some sorts for matured boys and men. You need partake in this festival for you to ''belong''- kind of. I gathered those who have taken part in the festival are permitted to speak in the village meetings. . . . . . . . .and they will be heard no matter how small or big the fellow might be. As a matter of fact, a guy who's taken part in the festival is permitted to speak in place of an elderly person who hasn't! - Absurd, must say, but that's the Igbide people's way.

Now, the timing for the Abame festival is what I really don't have a grip on. I think the Ovie of Igbide has the final say on when the day/year should be. But I believe that will be after due consultation with the chiefs in council.

I also know of an annual fishing fetival at the Urie ''lake''. No one is permitted to do any major fishing activities in the Urie Lake until such a time that the Ovie wills it (or so I guess). It's another colourful occassion where the Igbide people gather to do something similar to what we have at the Argungu Festival up north in Kebbi state. These two festivals I know a little of. Now, if there are others, my Igbide folks could help out with them.


As per food, Ozi (edible starch) with fish pepper soup remains my favourite. I got to know about the popular Owo soup recently. I must confess I don't like the soup. Then, there's Banga soup. Another Isoko/Urhobo delicacy. Say what you like, it's one soup I dislike so much, you'd begin to wonder if I'm a true Isoko guy. . . . . LOL. Maybe because I grew up in Yorubaland, I like their food more. Give me pounded yam (prepared by a lady from Ekiti/Ondo axis) with a well fortified Egusi or Vegetable soup: I will give you all of my full month salary, . . . . .LOL!!

But the Isokos have very good food too. Like I said earlier, the Ozi is a good one.

Now as per music, what I see these days is a good development across Isokoland. Music preference is purely religious. The Isokos are very talented musicians. Ofano and some other evangelists play ''correct'' Isoko christian beats. Everyone's captivated/fascinated by the brand of Christian music the Isoko's sing.

Will continue later. . . . .with what I know.

idey_craze,
You really dey craze. You need to go for mental examination! _{(if there's anything like that)}

Well, change is the only thing that's constant in the whole world.

Osisi,
Return to sender remains ur case. . Where you go hide since?

Beside, this is strictly Isoko thread. If you don't have anything special for us, pls back off. . . . .

omoovie:
I've taken your advice and found the Urhobo thread. I will not disturb y'all again eh. Thanks Lifte and co for making me feel welcome.

No one said you ain't welcome here. Anyways, good you've found your thread.


Now, back to my Isoko brothers and sisters. Isoko wa do, Igbide wa do, Olomoro wa do, Emede wa do, Ozoro wa do, Oleh, Umeh, Aviara, Ibredeni, Iyede-Ame, Iyede-Otor, Irri, Emevor, Enwhe, Wa do o o o o o o.

Isoko wa a  je? Hi! Iyeee!!!! Oghene vi obo ko waa re kpobi.

Yes. My Isoko is rusty. I'm in the process of rejuvenating it. First thing to do is to go and renovate my house at Owodokpokpo-Igbide. I must go and interract with my people there. All the Isoko people here I greet una very well.  May God bless you all where ever you are. May the mighty hands of our ancestors guide you, prosper you in all you set your hands to do. May your offsprings fill the lands as the waters cover the seas.

May we never be regarded as minority anymore in the entity called Nigeria. The Lord God will do it. Amin!!

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I simply can't understand this. To the masses at Ibadan in general, and Molete in particular, this guy was terror personified! And the authorities knew it! There was this time during the governorship ''selection'' that brought Alao Akala into power, where this guy's thugs willfully seized ballot boxes and were shooting sporadically throughout the area. . . . . . ,  .their stray bullet hit and killed instantly a pregnant woman running away from the scene of violence and chaos! There are several other tales of woes of what this man did at Ibadan and to Ibadan people.

Either our ''leaders'' wants to make a fool of themselves, or they've lost touch with reality, that's why they're sending all these ''condolence messages'' at the demise of the man. It is also possible that the ''agents'' of this man are on ground, alive and well at Ibadan, so that even with his passing, an ''anointed'' brand new ''Adedibu'' will mount the throne of his father and wrough more harm than his predecessor did! - so, our so-called leaders just have to do all these ''condolence runs'' to welcome the new helmsman of Ibadan amala politics.

They have been judged already. And Death is their sentence and reward for the type of lifestyle they practise - I'm addressing this to Sean who wants them to be judged by God - And I hope he knows the God he's referring to here.

''For example, this coming week I will be in the President’s delegation to Paris as part of the effort to find a lasting solution to the power crisis''

Interesting. So, it's by travelling to Paris (and apparently winding down) that you get to ''solve'' the nation's power problems? Na wa for naija sef - what a wonderful way of finding ''lasting'' solutions to power problems.

So, which of the pack do you(vivaladiva) belong? Lesbian or bisexual?

Emkayotis:
Their DICKS should be chopped off instead. I don't support beheading them but i support BE-DICKING them.

We'll take this well thot out idea on board.

Truth is that he has a unique way of doing that. . . . . . . very unique, no one has measured up to that (in my opinion) so far.

No doubt about that. Jakumo it is. He's simply. . . . . . just in a different class.

Hmn. I think, I'll just watch as events unfolds.

I can assure you ''that'' is in the ''works''. No gay or lesbian ''beings'' will survive on the continent of Africa.

At the moment, I am one of the ''most ashamed'' shameful (if there's anything like that) Nigerian on planet earth.

I ain't looking at it from the sin or no sin bit. I have no time to explain all that. If you're gay or lesbian, or both (bisexual) don't cross my paths, for I will kill you and make sure no one sees your dead body. It will be burnt, and the ashes scattered at sea or mixed with fertilizers.


As far as I'm concerned, these group of ''beings'' are not fit to live.

Oh, I forgot to add bisexuals too. I will get all of them killed. Might sound cold, but that is just what I will do.

Left to me alone, all gays and lesbians will be annihilated. Burnt at the stake. And I'm dead serious about this.

But who is the Great Prophet

Which town you come from sef?

But. . . . .

cashoggy has brought a whole new episode/dimension to the hubby flinging shoes story. Now what will the ''organised'' women say?