FiftyFifty:


Asking this glaringly unintelligent question tells everything about you IQ level.

Aleiro
Dukku
Funakaye
Fune
Jajere
Yusufari
Yunusari
Mayo Belwa
Karim Lamido
Jalingo
Jama'are
Fufore
Girei
Bali
Gassol
Sardauna
Akko
Toro
Darazo
Misau
Tambuwal
Issa
Ibbi
Kalgo
Bodinga
Goronyo
Shagari
Wamakko
Bagudu
Yauri
Are some of the local govt' areas that quickly came to my mind. They're spread across the North. I'm also Fulani. So?

Bros, in Yobe State, Fulanis are dominant in Jajere ,a small rural town under Fune LGA.

However, FUNE LGA is a mixture of Kanuri, Fulani, Kare-Kare and Ngozism.

Yusufari and Yinusari LGAs are Kanuri dominated with dispersed Fulani settlements.

The main Fulani dominated towns in Yobe are Jajere, Mashio-Fulani, Tarmuwa and to some extent Ngelzarma.

JagabanB:

It's just a mindset that's being passed down from generation to generation.
If an lgb0 is president today, same thing will still continue.

If an Igboman because President, most of the cries of victimhood will cease because it wouldn't sound plausible.

ValarDoharis:
The government and govt establishments are run by quota system. This is a retrogressive process

But Air Peace is not ran by Gov't , so how quotal system the problem of the airline?

Slytiger:

Reno directs 99.9% of his attacks on Peter Obi who he has personal issues with

Then, Peter Obi or his supporters should direct their attacks on Reno Omokiri and any offense he commits but not for the offense allegedly committed by his brother.

For all you care, the said Pastor Omokiri and Reno Omokiri might not have seen each other for years.

stevnwigw1:
Nigerians are really funny people, N1700, for half paint of Garri in owerri the Imo state capital and everyone is quiet. The government should reactivate mechanized farming immediately to save lives.

Many Nigerians are making money through this.

If you know the thousands of Nigerians clearing bushes now and trying to plant cassava, Yams, millets, corn and several types of farm produce to cash out from the business.

Naira20:
Guy think, don't expect some else do it for you.If you can't see how "subsidy is gone" fiat affected the economy and you're oblivious that we import fuel with dollars, and that the hike affected every sector, I'm afraid I can't help you.

You are expecting me to school you on how multinational coys also left and why ?
or the dangote refinery skits... If the CBN refuse to sell dollars to banks or BDCs, I'm sure the naira will appreciate and not dip abi ?

People have projects that require payments in dollars.
So If you have to pay your school fees abroad, or you need to pay for a subscription or japa and most of these happen to fall between 2months,it'd be impossible to have 100% rise?

imagine what'd happen if you have fewer dollars available for plenty naira(inflation)?


If you are really interested in knowing what happened instead of swallowing the lies from the government, meet those in search of dollars.

You don't understand how the exchange rates work in Nigeria.

The exchange rates is determined by demand for FOREX to carry out international transactions.
About 70% of these demands come from two sources- Importation of petroleum products
Importation of wheat.

The removal of subsidy led to a decrease in the volume of Petrol imported (smuggling reduced and domestic consumption also reduced due to increased pump price), so the demand for dollar for petrol Importation dropped.
The $1,900= #1 within 8 weeks was an artificially created problem and it couldn't last too.

When the refineries start working soon, the exchange rates would drop further.

successmatters:


Are you a child? The economic activity is that everyone withdrew their monies and converted to dollars, (including your governors) because the naira has been killed by an incompetent Buffon doing try-your-luck with people's lives.

What you just described isn't an international trade ,driving foreign exchange but fall classically within speculative activities.

The problem with this soeculative activities is that , it also NOT sustainable.

Like you say, if some people withdraw their Naira and convert it to dollars ,waiting for increase in exchange rare, what will now happen when they need to spend the money?

They will have to convert it to Naira.

If dollars becomes too expensive= fewer people will be demanding for it, exchange rate will drop eventually.

Only naive people (just like those who invested in MMM at the dying time) thought the exchange rates would continue to move permanently in one direction

JAMO84:
No way Onu could have won anything in 1999, even the alliance between AD and APP got like 13m less votes than PDP. Is Sani trying to say APP alone could have won the election or what? Plus Onu was not known outside the SE, even now, many people have never heard of that name before.

Sen Sheu Sani knew his target audience

Make the man no waste him money ooo.

Melagros:

No wahala, if you refuse to patronise the aforementioned names because of their relatives or associates, then you're doing yourself a harm

If you love Obi and hates his followers, you're also doing yourself a greater harm

What anyone who does love and follow the teaching of Jesus Christ?

Jostoman:
dont mind those tribalistic people.

Supporters of Peter Obi have redefined the words Bigot and Tribalists to mean anyone, not supporting Peter Obi.

Ozommadu:

BandA mostly estates and industrial areas...increase in tarrif for industrial areas= increase in prices of finished goods.

Tomorrow Nigerians will start asking why is dollar coming down and food prices going up yen yen yen.

Tinupoo is playing you the devil's advocate...give you with right hand, collect it back with left hand, nitoru olorun abi how Una talk am😂

If there is stable electricity supply with this arrangement, it is still cheaper than the money being spent on generators monthly.
Using Diesel (at #1200/Ltr) powered generators is an inefficient and expensive way to run manufacturing industries.

RedboneSmith:

I thought ara meant 'body' as in singular. I didn't know it meant a group of people (plural).

Ara means people of a city/Kingdom/Nation e.g Ara Ibadan, Ara Ilu-Oyinbo, Ara Kano etc

DMerciful:
Why are you bragging? Did stampede for food not kill people recently in Lagos?

Where did you see bragging here?
If we scrutinize governance in 30 States as we scrutinize governance in Lagos and Kaduna States, so many things would have been fixed in Nigeria. Certain activities continue to occur because the people permit it.

ryloy:
Why no one is calling out Delta State Govt on Safety & Prevention Measures on River Niger and boarding of boats from Asaba end?

No Govt agency in charge of water transportation? No press statement. Is governance existing in that state?

Because, it is not Lagos or Kaduna .

Governance in most States aren't scrutinised so any thing goes at State levels except in Lagos (and sometimes Kaduna)

KillIgbohoN0W:
Oga LASU VC don dey pay Chidinma conjugal visits recently.

No, the man fought for Justice and indicted the Police. How could Police just invited Pathologist three weeks after the murder and sent photographs of a bar with some people drinking beer?

Abel7777:
The murder case of former Super TV CEO Alex Usifo Ataga involving 21-year-old UNILAG student Chidinma Ojukwu takes a new dimension

A pathologist, Professor John Obafunwa, the former vice chancellor of the Lagos State University, has become the latest witness to testify in the Chidinma Ojukwu’s murder case.

Some of the findings and testimonies made by Obafunwa appeared to have blown the murder case of Super TV boss Alex Usifo Ataga completely open.

Prof. Obafunwa told the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the samples he gave to perform a post-mortem examination on the body of the late chief executive officer of Super TV, Alex Usifo Ataga, were manipulated and delayed for over a year before it was returned to him.

Obafunwa stated this while being cross-examined on the murder case of Ataga, allegedly killed by Ojukwu, a student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), for personal gains.

The testimonies given by Professor Obafunwa were not made as an independent researcher but as a witness in court speaking from a forensic and professional standpoint.

Obafunwa said he discovered the anomalies when the report was sent to him a year and two months after he submitted the samples to DSP Bamidele Olusegun

During cross-examination, the former LASU vice chancellor noted that the quantity of the urine and blood samples that he submitted did not correspond to what was given to Dr Andrea Noble for her toxicology report.

Autopsy report lacks information about Ataga

During cross-examination Professor Obafunwa indicated that there were some discrepancies in the autopsy report that was given to him after a toxicology test was performed by Dr Andrea Noble.

He pointed out that the autopsy report lacked some basic information he provided while submitting the samples, such as the name, date of birth, date of autopsy, and all relevant information.

The first defendant’s counsel, Onwuka Egwu Esq, along with Charity I Uduma Esq, while crossing examining the pathologist, asked: “As the person assigned by the Coroner to perform a post-mortem examination on the body of ATAGA USIFO MICHAEL, when you discovered the samples you gave out had been manipulated, did you query the Police for this anomaly?

Obafunwa said: “When I got the report, I noticed the anomaly and I notified the Prosecutor. The toxicology report signed by Dr. Andrea Noble is a 4-page document. Page 1 of that report is a covering letter from Mr. Afeez which I decided to ignore. Page 2 says the patient’s name: not provided meanwhile, I provided the name, date of autopsy and all relevant information. It says DOB not provided whereas I provided DOB up to age.” The former VC of LASU also spoke about some anomalies he noticed that were different from what he submitted at first. “Check the last end of the report, which stipulates 4mls of blood specimen on Dr. Noble’s report. What I submitted is 5mls of urine, 7mls=12mls of urine.

What I submitted was not what Dr. Andrea Noble in the USA got. The report was released a year and 2 months after I submitted my report for toxicology. I discovered the anomalies when the report was sent to me in February 2023 and I pointed that out to the Prosecution.”

Professor Obafunwa revealed that the claim by the police that Usifo Ataga was sedated with a Date drug (Rohypnol) in a bid to disarm was false.

He noted that the quantity of Rohypnol seen in Ataga’s bloodstream wasn’t enough to sedate him and was insignificant. The forensic pathologist also confirmed that autopsy results revealed that the two deadly stabs that killed Ataga were inflicted on his armpit and loss of blood.

Professor Obafunwas also noted that a double-edged knife was used during the attack, and there was a high possibility that there were two assailants who inflicted the injuries.

The defendant’s counsel asked: “Look at page 18, para. 2 of your report where you have “autopsy reveal multiple sharp stabs” and confirm that those fatal blows led to death as a result of the deep cut in the armpit.”

Obafunwa answered and said: “That’s correct. It went in deep and disrupted the veins leading to loss of blood and eventual collapse and death.

Recall that the police had claimed in their report that Usifo Ataga was drugged, bound with ropes and stabbed to death by his lover, Chidinma Ojukwu.

However, with Prof Obafunwa’s testimony, all these claims have been thrown open. He clarified that the quantity of drug found in Usifo Ataga’s bloodstream was too small to have induced him, noting the fact that he is a regular user of weed and Rohypnol.

Prof Obafunwa also revealed that another content of drug found in Usifo’s blood was that of medicine used by hypertensive patients.

According to the pathologist, Usifo was a hypertensive patient and was on medication. This helps to address the content of the hypertensive drug found in his bloodstream.

Police’s photos, videos not connected to crime scene.

The former LASU VC further stated that, unlike in other cases, he was unable to visit the crime scene, and the photographs and photos the police sent to him had no connection with the scene.

He also debunked the claims of the police that Ataga was restrained during the attack. Instead, he noted that he tried to defend himself, which was why he was stabbed in his palm.

Prof. Obafunwa also noted that the attack on Ataga was inflicted by a right-handed person. He said this explains why most of the stab wounds and cuts were to the left side of the victim’s body.

“My first contact with the corpse was in July 2021 death occurred on 16th June 2021. I raised alarm with the Police on how to conduct an autopsy after over 3 weeks of death? I went further to ask them is there’s no scene to visit, do you have photographs. I had no opportunity to visit the crime scene. The pictures and videos sent to me by the Police have no bearing with the scene. It shows just people drinking at a bar.”


https://www.signalng.com/usifo-ataga-former-lasu-vc-shows-striking-evidence-in-court-that-might-save-chidinma-ojukwu/

I weep for Usifo Ataga, i weep for Nigeria!

Some powerful People have tried to scuttle the investigation.

Chidinma alone couldn't have killed that man. She worked with at least a MAN.

RedboneSmith:

I thought ara meant 'body' as in singular. I didn't know it meant a group of people (plural).

Ara Ibadan= People of Ibadan

Ara Mecca= People of Mecca.

In the distant past some (not all) parts of Fon, Aja, Yoruba, Bini, Itsekiri,Urhobo,Ika,Igala, Igbo spoke dialects of the same Language in varying proportion.

tuzeriouz:
He who pays the piper, calls the tune. Philip Shaibu was never the anointed candidate and can't arrogate himself to be one. All principal officers always have a candidate at the end of their tenure. From Lagos state to Anambra and Kogi, the case of the Anointed One subsists. Disloyalty caused Shaibu's guber ambition.

You all shouted and campaigned with the mantra 'Edo no be Lagos' but now practicing and defending the same thing you earlier castigated.

But why attacking the Deputy Governor for trying to contest for Governorship even when Gov Obaseki had imposed his anointed candidate, Asue Ighodalo on the PDP?

Xiaohei:


Yes! The federal and state governments own all land that fall under their respective jurisdictions. However, in most cases except when there’s abuse of power in play, the government would not arbitrarily pull down properties; but would rather liaise with all stakeholders to find amicable solutions to compensate those affected. And that’s what it appears the LASG is doing in this case. Landmark has invested billions of Naira of investors capital in its business - a business that employs hundred or perhaps thousands of workers, and also remits billions of naira in taxes to the LASG. Does it make any logical sense if such a business is demolished as stipulated in the demolition order?

You don't still get the point.

All lands in each State belong to the STATE held in thrust for them by their State Government headed by their Governor and everybody is a tenant on the land and if there are overriding public interests, the Gov't can acquire the land (irrespective of whatever is built on it) ,compensate the occupier and use it for PUBLIC GOOD.

Most of the structures in Lagos and Abuja were constructed after acquiring the land from the previous owners , including those who have built many houses or whose ancestral Towns/villages were on that lands.

I cite several examples like Mosan, a whole town was demolished to make way for construction of a massive Estate, Jakande Estate ,Ipaja.

Although, i don't support unnecessary demolitions but if need be, properties can be demolished
and the Landmark Beach isn't superior to all the previous properties demolished to make ways for construction of Estates, Highways, National Theatre, Halls, Stadia etc.

abagoro:


You gave out the answer when you referred to it as "ethnic nation".If you observe closely,we never use the word "Oha" for Yoruba,Ijaw or Edo.We can never say Ohanaeze Yoruba or Ohaneze Efik. Think about this.

Oha(Igbo) = Ara (Yoruba) = The people (of a town/Nation).

Xiaohei:


You sound like someone who has never invested in any startups, or invested in a real estate even if it’s a shanty! The ludicrous thinking of some Nigerians, even the so-called educated ones will never cease to amaze me.

I hope you know that major infrastructure you see in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of Nigeria were built on properties owned by other people but were demolished to build structures for greater good of the societies?

The National Theatre and Oshodi-Apapa express ways were built on some people's ancestral homes.

There was a town called Mosan on the place where Jakande Estate,Ipaja was built about 42 years ago, which was 'relocated' .

All the 12 Jakande Estates were built on previously existing towns/villages that were demolished and these settlements never recovered.

Penguin2:

Lol!

This one na Ronu statistics.

Even as we speak, Kogi is not receiving derivation from FAAC but Anambra is. But surreptitiously, Anambra didn’t make Ronu’s statistics.

But that aside, Imo State holds the largest cubic feet of Gas Deposit in Africa. And with the world going to cleaner gas, Imo will the most important state in Nigeria in few years.

But I’m not asking you to believe, you can go ahead and produce more of your fake statistics until reality dawns.

And before I forget, isn’t it a miracle that proponents of “na statistics we go chop” are now producing (flawed) statistics?

You and all these your childish contests on Nairaland.

Oil & Gas are natural resources (I.e made and deposited by God across several lands and under the sea), thus with modern Technology, crude oil & Gas can be found in so many States/countries if you are willing to pay for the cost.



Investment in extraction and refining of these minerals varies depending on many factors.

Whether Imo has all the Gas in the whole wide world is nobody's business except those who invested in tapping and making use of the Gas which can be Momoh from Auchi in partnership with John Stew from Hampshire, Andrew Pedro from Castile, Akinlawon from Igboho and Nngozika from Isiala-Ngwa or Total Energy of France.

Artscollection:
Hate it or love it, those that came up with the idea of demolition of that estate was because of their hatred and high level bigotry but what those idiots didn't realize is that their kind will be more affected by that action hence the hastiness of their findings and seven days ultimatum but it dawn on them they will be on the loosing side. Talking of huge taxes to d number of people employed n some idiots where saying other business will spring up their, on a high way some people are just wicked !!!

Ndi Victim Mentality, Landmark not an Estate but a Beach (a recreation centre).

This is so unfortunate.
Nigeria need to task drastic measures to grow. We need not follow the recommendations/advice of IMF/World Bank or Foreign Trained Economists.

For instance, the FG can engage 2 million Youths to produces clothes and another 2 million Youths to produce rice and another 2 millio Youths to produce Sugar for Nigeria through a complex partnership with States that have comparative and competive advantages and the private sector


E.g The FG can liase and work with Sokoto,Kebbi, Zamfara,Niger and Oyo States to produce large quantities of cotton to be used to manufacture textiles for the citizens. Polyesters derived from bye-products of crude oil refineries and small quantities of imported wool will complete the raw materials needed to transform all these into textiles which will inturn be transformed into garments at factories in Kano, Abia and Kwara States, which will be sold across Nigeria.

Juliusganduje:
APC is a den of criminals and certificate forgers.

Can't you see that it is the APC candidate that is demanding Letter of apology and compensation from the accuser or force to take a legal action against the accuser??

samomoli:
The government told us, if dangote refinery comes on board prices will crash massively, what is now the difference in price of petrol

You can build a small Refinery in your State and be selling petrol at #200/Litre.

DaFuhrer:


The Ilajes in Ondo State who are also oil-rich are not Yoruba?? It's not only Ijaw that have oil fields in Ondo state.

The oil fields in Ondo State are NOT even in the Ijaw areas but in Araromi, a purely Yoruba area.

DeLaRue:


Some Yoruba villages and small towns ended up in Edo State due to boundary marked by River Ose.

As a compromise, the local government was called Akoko (Ondo) - Edo local government.

That local government also has several Kogi state affiliated elements on the other side.

I understand that sometime in the late 60's when the mid West was created from Western Nigeria, one of the administrators of the mid West stopped the teaching of Yoruba language in their schools.

Today, Yoruba as a language has more or less disappeared even in most of Akoko - Edo particularly amongst those under the age of 50 as the mixing with people from Kogi has resulted in some hybrid type of languages that is neither Yoruba nor Edo.

As an example, people from Akoko Edo who have not lived in Benin before don't understand Benin language at all. I stand to be corrected.

So, unlike their grand parents, offsprings of Yoruba progenitors in Akoko Edo can't speak Yoruba, but they still have their Yoruba surnames.

They are ok being in Edo State and don't consider themselves Yoruba. But they know their history.

They understand and speak 2-3 languages (Yoruba, Kogi related dialects and/or Edoid languages).
I have been there before and I was surprised seeing them speaking Yoruba and asking me to patronise what they were selling and sometimes switched to these other languages

spencekat:
Ebonyi PDP:- Umahi succeeded Elechi,though Elechi did not annoit Umahi to succeed him.

Was Dave Umahi Deputy Governor to Martins Elechi?

wunmi590:


This same things was what happened with Tinubu and Femi Pedro, he was impeached in the die minute and replaced so that he won't enjoy the benefit of pension and other juicy loot

Femi Pedro actually resigned and moved to another party to contest for the LAGOS 2007 gubernatorial election.

Nawa4nl:

Ijaws were not originally in ondo

They were given to the south west as a reward for supporting the North during the civil war.

That way Ondo got Oil fields

Too many ignorant people on Nairaland.

States are not ethnic homelands but units of administration.

It is difficult to agree on where one ethnic group end and another ethnic start but it is easier to create States based on agreed boundaries using natural landmarks like Rivers, Hills, Ancient depression or sites of Historical events like battles or points where a Prince of welcome etc