₦airaland Forum

afonjadie:
Well said, even though Afonjas will not like this, they are allergic to the truth and support anything that gives them an edge over the great Igbo race..

Whatever the case Igbo's lead others follow

macluvph1:
Oh my goodness, This is serious. My love for Nnamdi kanu knows no bound.

God bless Nnamdi Kanu and all those who stand by the truth.

I stand with fairness,equality and justice, and Nigeria can't give you these three things without telling you Oga at the top say this or that.

I want a nation that there won't be things like oga at the top say this or that rather i will be judged according to what i did not who i be.

legendsilver:
A Russian saw me in my office and said where are you from , i said am from the greatest country in the world. He looked at me with a very strange look and said let me guess u are from Nigeria , i said yes. Out of curiosity he said considering whats happening in your country now why would you say shes the best in the world and i asked him to sit down and let me tell him what he and most people dont not know about Great Nigeria and i told him these.......

1. Are you aware that all over the world Nigerians are setting the pace and becoming the standard by which others measure themselves? Do you know??

2. In the US, Nigerians are the most educated immigrant community. Type it into Google and you’ll see it. Not one of the most educated, the most educated.

3. 60% of Nigerians in the US have college degrees. This is far above the American national average of 30%.

4. Nigerians in US are one of the highest earners, typically earning 25% more than the median US income of $53k.

5. In Ivy League schools in Europe and America, Nigerians routinely outperform their peers from other nations.

6. A Nigerian family, The Imafidon family, have officially been named the smartest family in the UK.
7. The designer of the famous car, Chevrolet Volt, Jelani Aliyu, is a super talented Nigerian from Sokoto State.

8. The World’s fastest supercomputer was designed by a world renowned inventor and scientist, Philip Emeagwali, a full-blown Nigerian whose pat ency was awarded in 2015. This means Nigeria has the pat ency to the world’s fastest computer: a Nigerian.

9. The wealthiest Black man and woman on earth are Nigerians, Aliko Dangote and Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. Both have no trace of criminal record of any kind.

10. South Africa couldn’t have ended apartheid & achieved Black rule if not for the leadership role Nigeria played.

11. Of the 3 South African Presidents who ruled after apartheid, two of them once lived in Nigeria under asylum. Both Nelson Mandela (60s) and Thabo Mbeki (70s) lived in Nigeria before becoming President of South Africa.
We gave financial support, human support, boycotted an Olympics and our politicians, musicians and activists campaigned relentlessly.

12. Nigeria spent over $3 Billion and lost hundreds of soldiers to end the wars in both Liberia and Sierra Leone which the world ignored because they have no oil.

13. When there was a coup in São Tomé and Príncipe in 2003, Nigeria restored the
elected President back to power.

14. Before there were street lights in European cities, ancient Benin kingdom had street lights fueled by palm oil.

15. 500 years ago, Benin casted metal alloys to create magnificent art including the world famous Queen Ida Mask.

16. Amina was a warrior queen who ruled Zaria Emirate in Kaduna state, Northwestern Nigeria 400 years ago in 1610. Google and see what she means to Africa.

17. We gave monetary gifts to Ireland during our oil boom and built a statue for France free of charge. We are not poor blacks. Nigeria is rich and don’t be lied to.

18. The first television station in Africa was NTA Ibadan (1960) long before
Ireland has their RTE station.........

Wherever you look in this great country, Nigeria, heroes abound both now and in our recent and ancient past. If all you do is listen to mainstream Western media, you’ll not get the full & true picture of your Nigerian heritage.
Do not listen to any leader who says Nigerians are criminals, no matter who he
is, or his height and position.
We’re not a nation of scammers, drugs & corruption, but a people with a verifiable track record of greatness........

Here is what CNN, BBC, Aljezeera and western media will not tell you about Nigerians:

19. On the 7th of May, 2016 at Howard University in Washington D.C history was
made. Out of 96 graduating Doctor of Pharmacy candidates, 43 of them were Nigerians and out of 27 awards given, 16 went to Nigerians. The entire world still envies our uniqueness as a NATION, living together despite our ethnic diversity.

I am happy to be a proud Nigerian no matter what the world media says, we are far better in most ramifications compared to other nations on the globe.

adadike281:
pls make I port here, someone should wake me up when the afonjas start entering in droves. I need a pretty good laugh.

oladimejiX:
Looks like Ngige has stirred the hornets nests and dirt is been dug up on him, I came across this on twitter then visited the page. Please the pictures and decide for yourself.

Contrary to the sainthood exhibited by Chris Nwabueze Ngige, the former Governor of Anambra State also stole from his impoverished people to buy a choice property in far away Maryland USA.
On the 7th March, 2008, Chris N. Ngige bought a property in Montgomery County, Maryland USA for $922,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand US dollars) after he was removed from office forcefully. (see documents of the purchase below)

Source: https://twitter.com/PublicAccLeague
http://www.publicaccountabilityleague.com/content/ngige-stole-anambra-state-buy-property-maryland-usa

Lalasticlala mynd44 OAM4J please push to the front we want to know how true this could be.
cc tonyebarcanista

Mophasa:
So buhari has succeeded in making kanu a national hero

Issorai

Abagworo:
The most congested area in Owerri. Douglas road needs total demolition to meet up with other emerging and beautiful parts of Owerri.

Rich4god:
Seriously, am forced to believe you. There are some senior officers from the southern extraction and their numbers are much. I think this is just a way to technically arrest them and flush them out.

Abagworo:
Bitter politics killed Ada palm. It was concessioned to Roche group just like Rison palm of Rivers State but local politicians destroyed the Imo State palms using old workers and community crisis to scare away investors. The same Roche is doing well in Rivers State today.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/agriculture/imo-palm-plantation-grounded-reptiles-take-over-bushy-compound/132087.html

The popular Adapalm Plantation, now renamed Imo Palm Plantation by the present government, is completely grounded, after being abandoned by both the state government and Roche Group -an Irish company managing the establishment.
A visit to the establishment at Ohaji/Egbema and Agwa in Oguta LGA reveals that nothing is happening there any longer.

The compound has been taken over by weeds and grasses, giving rise to the emergence of dangerous reptiles and rodents among other animals.
Daily Trust observed that operations at the milling section of the company as well as the usual daily work routine at the company are no more in existence. Only security men comprising of the Army, Niger Delta Security network set up by Governor Rochas Okorocha and men of the Nigeria Police were sighted guarding the company.

The nine mile square, 4319 hectares of plantation was established in 1962 as Ohaji Farm settlement by the then Premier of Eastern Region Michael I. Okpara, with the planting of the palms trees done by Ukpabi Asika in 1976 while the first civilian governor of Imo State, the late Chief Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe built the mill in 1983.

The plantation was in 2011 leased out to Roche Group and from that time till five months ago when it was grounded, production and the entire operation of the company had been going on amidst crises among the staff, youth as well as the Landlords Association.
Speaking with our correspondent in Owerri, a staff of the plantation, and the Secretary of Agricultural and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria, Imo Palm Plantation, Mr. Opara Simeon, said before the takeover of the plantation by Roche Group, the place was moving at snail speed.

He said that trouble started when the new managers of the company - Roche Group, said they were not going to work with the existing staff and as a result, workers started demanding for payment of severance allowance.

Opara said the situation lingered till 2013 when agitation by workers started over unpaid allowances and salaries. He said that workers are till date being owed 14 months salaries.
He regretted that the managers of the plantation never showed capacity to manage the plantation, adding that it was the reason why they failed to manage the place effectively.

He said that the workers, 80 percent of whom are from Ohaji/Egbema and Agwa in Oguta LGAs, are finding it hard to send their children to schools or even cope with the present economic situation in the country.
The union secretary insisted that the remaining staff in the four villages which has 123 buildings and 200 in the nucleus including churches, would not move out of the place until they are paid their severance benefits and salaries.

He pointed out that the plantation has the capacity of employing 3,000 persons, adding that if the abandoned downstream which is at 75% completion stage was achieved, it can produce soap and other items.
When contacted, the immediate past vice chairman of Landlord Association, Mr. Cyrian Orjiaku, said there was peace when Roche Group first took over the plantation.
He said trouble actually started in the plantation when the former caretaker committee chairman of the Landlord Association, Gideon Mefor, refused to hand over to the elected executive members after an election.

Reacting, the Head Legal Unit of Roche Group Ltd. Mr. Peters Nyitni, said that their initial plans was to buy a palm plantation in Ghana but along the line they changed their mind to purchase Ada Palm plantation, adding that immediately the process was completed, they moved in with all their staff and management team including their expatriates.

He expressed regret that within the period they were operational, they were faced with arrows of crisis from both the landlords and the youths who from time to time disrupt the activities of the company.
He said most of their managers who are foreigners had to leave the state to other plantations in Rivers State and other states in the country because of kidnapping and attacks.

Nyitni said that one of the issues in the lease agreement was payment of severance benefits of workers which ordinarily was not their responsibilities, stressing that they even paid some staff that were severed before the crises that led to abandonment of the place following an order by the labour union in the place.

He said that they had all it takes to turn the place around, adding that it was why the place was effectively booming before trouble started, and if they have continued till date, the place would have become more vibrant.

The former general manager of Palm Plantation, Mr. Don Okwu, said that he was surprised to hear that the plantation was no more functioning.
He stressed that the money to run the plantation without allocation from the government could be sourced from the plantation and regretted that it would be left to go moribund.

He said while he was there, government did not give him money for staff salary for two years but he was able to pay salaries of workers for 30 months.
According to him, in 2006, the mill was producing about 40,000 tons of fresh fruits. He said the plantation could be replicated in other parts of the state if the will is there.

Commenting on the situation, Governor Rochas Okorocha, though without visiting the plantation in the past five years, agreed that staff of the company are still being owed salaries amounting to N27m.
The governor, however, said he had asked the affected workers to do the right thing for them to get paid.