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Stop this unnecessary revisionism of an event that happened less than 30 years ago.


Gen Ibrahim Babangida during a televised broadcast annulled the election and not any Judge. I am a living witness because I watched the broadcast live in 1993.

Esseite:
Tofa had an Igbo Vice, but the SE still gave Abiola 45%... can that be replicated?

Tony anenih was a former minister of works in 1999, how does that have to do with anything?

Late Justice Dahiru Saleh was the judge that annuled the election..

Read up your history.

Easy bro, easy sir.









You and God aren't exactly the same sir.

KanwuliaExtra:
Tinubu can and will NEVER be president of Nigeria. Only IKORODU.


Tufiaaaaaaaaakwa!!!

You were wean on propanganda and hatred for other Nigerians.


Which financial crimes was involved in the trial of Awolowo in the Courts?

Igboid:
Awolowo was jailed for Financial misappropriation and treasonable felony by a civilian law body.
What other evidence do you need.

Kanu knows what he is doing, the followers may not know. . .he needs to keep up fanning the embers of inter-tribal hatred and proclaim himself as the defender of the Igbos in order to continue to in business.


His method is similar to those of Pastors of the Pentecostal Churches. They keep spreading fears about Ancestral curses, Village peoples, witches ,Wizards (all of which appear to stopped during the lockdown) and how they are destroying peoples' marriages, business or Health while positioning themselves as the Solution providers.

Throwback:
Exactly!

For Invictus Obi, the allegations were already filed in court for which the warrant of arrest was granted.

So there was already factual and explicit information on his arrest from the get go.

Kanu, like his fellow bitter and emotional tribesmen, are a sorry case who must find a way to inject their own self created Igbophobia on any matter, even if it does not directly involve the Igbos.

It is an obsession that is pathological.

You are getting me wrong. I am not blaming Anambra State or anybody.
I was only explaining to the guy how the limits of 10MW can be avoided.


Most State Governors in Nigeria don't invest in long term project that may take 5 years to materialize, they rather believe in awarding contracts to their party men to build 3 classroom-blocks in all the Local Government to siphon money and the electorates will see and say 'our Governor is working'


The National grid system has a great disadvantage for a very large Country like Nigeria.

Electricity should be on the concurrent list.

During the Colonial era, there was nothing like National Grid and the British imported huge Generators that supply regular electricity supply but with very little coverage.
We should have replaced the huge Generators with power plants.

Each State should generate it's own electricity or buy from States that can do so or remain in perpetual darkness untill when their citizens can vote for a Governor that can solve the problem.

Emotionss:
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So what is stopping YOUR state government from doing it ?

Don't you think it would have been more satisfying for you if you channel your strength in convincing your state government to embark on this Good project than worrying yourself over Ndi- Anambra

Tribes matters but Political parties matters more.
This is the reason why tribal political parties are outlawed by the Constitution.

This is the reason someone from a minority tribe can defeat a candidate from a majority tribe.

Are your tribes men going to mobilize voters to vote for you in all the wards or are your tribes men going to be your agents in all the polling units in Nigeria?

If Buhari or Jonathan has constested on the platform of APGA, SDP or CPD they would have lost.

As a matter of fact, that was why the ACN,ANPP, CPC and part of APGA fused to form APC in 2013.

As per what I believe or Owambe, leave it like that. We can't all reason in the same way sir.

Bros, just relax ,let Nkechinyere be rubbing your back and enjoy yourself with 3 Hero beers and a plate of Isi-Ewu at Mama Ngozi's place. I will settle the bill after leaving our Owambe place.


Cheers.

cosef:
You have the right to delude yourself that tribe doesn't matter in the politics of nigeria.

You are yoruba, your propensity to lie to yourself so you can afford to be happy and avoid reality and throw an owambe party is hugely beyond belief. So ride on, but reality awaits at the end of the honeymoon ride.

The Yoruba , Ijaw, Fulani or Nupe candidates in all the parties should contest for the Presidency for their country. . .This is the best way to make our democracy mature.

It will also make the upcoming generation to have confidence that the democratic process works and that their works, resources, time, dedication and loyalties to a political party can be rewarded.




Being shocked is irrelevant because every candidate already knows he can either win or lose the election.
There can only be a single winner. Those who lose in 2023 can win in 2027 or 2031.

You can't win all the time, you win sometimes and you lose sometimes.

We can't say because of the fear of defeat and not aspire for the highest post in the land.

There's nothing in what you are saying that a serious candidate running for the presidential election will not have thought of (strategies to win, your dependable allies, undetermined voters, swing States and opposition strongholds).


Cheers.

cosef:
Do you want to know the truth?

yorubas actually have deceived themselves for so long that since the north and east do not get along on socio-political and religious issues, the east will vote prefer a yoruba come what may. So they believe they can always play "double agent" and get away with it.

yorubas propagated "Igbo will never president" propaganda since 1970s. They also propagated "a vote for Ibo is a vote for Biafra" in their newspapers in that era. Today they pretend that "hate speech" started with Nnamdi Kanu who became popular just a couple of years ago.

They will be shocked beyond "shockability" in 2023. Two can play the game.

People who don't have voter's cards let alone political parties' members cards will be analysizing political issues like political juggernauts!

Political parties and NOT tribes contest elections and account for 70% of the success needed to win.

This is the reason why Gov Obaseki's disqualification from the APC's primaries is generating uproar. This is the same reason why Obaseki is thinking of joining the PDP instead of say APGA, AD or Labour party.

This is the reason how Dr Ahmed Lawan from the Bade Tribe of just about 700,000 people can become the num-3 citizen in Nigeria.

A candidate from Bachama Tribe of less than a Million People can contest on the platform of a major party and win.

If Tribe is all that's needed, then some tribes have no hope of becoming President, Vice President, Senate President, Chief Judge or anything in the next 100 years.

cosef:
If Sagay and yorubas are sincere and really want southern presidency, let them campaign vigorously for both parties to zone their tickets to the South east. If it is impossible to do so, then they have no right to complain about power staying in the north.

The greed of yoruba and their desperation to ensure the political emasculation of East will keep power in the North.

There is no two ways about it, yorubas have taken their slot as president and should wait for others to take their turn.

Zoning means "turn by turn" , if the yorubas have sworn to be greedy then it is justifiable to keep it in the North.

Which date precisely will Nigeria cease to exist so that we can all prepare well for it in order to avoid ' the misunderstood 20 Pounds policy or Abadandoned properties saga'

saaron:
There will be no Nigeria in 2023. The North will rule over themselves under Arewa Republic.
ONE NIGERIA DOES NOT EXIST!

And how does Tinubu being too shady, selfish and cunning comes into the APC's Governors' plan for soft landing for Obaseki?

XXLMANDIGO:
Oshiomole does not seem to have anything to lose but no one would make concession for Tinubu. He is too shady, selfish and cunning. Already too glaring for the world to see.

BehindBiafra:
But you're still praising Mompha on Instagram

What's Mompa?

NYSC certificate is an addendum and not a requisite certificate for holding political offices (either elective or appointed) and examples abound;

Senator Bola Tinubu

Dr Bukola Saraki

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Hon Razak Atuwa (Ex-Speaker KSHA, Ex-Member of HOR and PDP Governorship candidate in 2019)

Alh Adebayo (Ex Minister of Communication)

Femi Fani-Kayode

Godfrey Onyeama



All the above didn't partake in NYSC and didn't present any NYSC certificates

ThatFairGuy:
You seems to be surprising sir. A graduate won't present NYSC? That NYSC is part of the degree certificate law is required of him. It can now be Either EXEMPTION LETTER or NYSC CERTIFICATE.

Litigation that he MUST participate in the Primaries of the APC?



The party has a right to exclude persons they consider liabilities or disloyal members from their primaries. They can even expel him from the party.



The courts can NOT force an association or a political party to love, support and accept a particular candidate as their member.

maestroferddi:
The issue here is that Obaseki is not a smart thinker.

How was expecting to emerge as the party flag-bearer when Oshiomhole still holds sway as the Chairman of APC?

I am not good at suffering fools gladly. Dude ought to have read the writing on the wall six months before now...

He should have since defected to PDP who have formidable structures in Edo State. He appears a reactive person, a very negative trait to have as a politician.


Maybe it is not too late for him to make the bee line for PDP when he still has the opportunity...

It is trite that the ludicrous disqualification holds no water...
It will easily be thrown out upon litigation.

Why would APC screening committee usurp the powers of the Senate and registry of the University of Ibadan who granted Obaseki admission and subsequently graduated him?

The zoo.allusion to Nigeria is not that wide off the mark...

This one just weak me o

joeyfire:
The most serious defeat of a godfather I ever saw was Theodore Orji and Orji Uzor Kalu. T.A Orji made OUK leave PDP to PPA. TA Orji then got three septic tank trucks to go and offload tons of shit which was sprayed into PPA Headquarters in Umuahia as a warning

10MW in 20 different Towns and Villages in Anambra State will be 200MW in addition to the current power supply to the State.
This will guarantee 24/7 electricity for Ndi-Anambra and Nigeria will be better for it.

edoairways:
Not more 10mw, anything exceeding that should be connected to national grid

2023: Mr Peter Obi for President!

SLAP44:
If this man rules Nigeria for 8 years, there will be zero unemployment in Nigeria and so much wealth that restiveness will be a thing of the past.

In most developed countries, they choose successful business men who has a history and a string of successes to lead them, in Nigeria, they choose people who has excelled in nepotism and illiteracy to rule them.

Okay, we have heard.
STC

I can't just stop laughing at this headline!


What is the role of Aisha Buhari having a Boyfriend in the actualization of Biafria?

The most laughable part is the letter written by the Obaseki led Government in Edo State asking that Tony Kabaka should pay #18 Million for the cost of demolishing his Hotel and packing the debris!

Captainrambo2:
Evil people that only care about themselves.

The only reason they and oshiomole re angry simply because they could not get their hands into Edo state treasury

Thanks Cosby my rich friend,


The naming and/re-naming of these streets were influenced by the Ago-Egba History, the roles of the colonial masters, the early Christian Missionaries and their interractions with the 'Railway peoples' and Railway Stations they passed through on their ways from the North to Lagos.


The Eastern Railways from Igboland terminated in Port-Harcourt where the British Colonial Masters were evacuating Nigerian resources (especially Coal) to Britain.

Perhaps if the Eastern Railways had passed through Ebute-Metta, they might had known about Aba, Enugu or Mbaise early enough and name some of their streets after these cities.

Cosbyrich:
I am so very grateful for this.I was born in Agbole Mogaji in Lagos Island.My father built a house at Olodeokuta street,surulere.I have transversed the whole of Surulere,Yaba,Ebutte Meta,Stadium,Ladipo(Mushin),Idi or,Moshalashi,Alakara etc.These are very vast areas.All these places are majorly dominated by the Yorubas just for Aguda where we have a lot if Igbos and Idi Arabs where we have a lot of Hausas.Coming g to Ebutte Meta cum Yaba up to Unilag,very vast areas,I have seen some Hausa states names but I just wonder why we do not have Igbo states names, mind you,all of these places are dominated more than 90% by the Yorubas.As much as I believe your history because of the owners of houses and properties here,why do you think no street or road was name after any SE states in these vicinity, thanks?
It is all for knowledge which I can pass to my friends.

6) After the Amalgamation of 1914 and the construction of Railways, Ebute-Metta became a great destination for many people coming from the hinterland to Lagos, many of whom couldn't get accommodation on the Island (reserved for only the Europeans and Upper class Nigerians).

7) The Ago-Egba peoples in Ebute constructed the Lisabi Hall which was commissioned in 1938, by which time their 3rd generation descendants have become the Engineers, Technicians and Civil Servants of the Nigerian Railways with Stations and offices near them.

By this time, Trains coming from the North bringing Cotton, Groundnuts, Beans, Hides &Skin, Local rice and of course people where very common in Ebute-Metta.
Interaction between the people of Ebute-Metta and these 'Railway peoples' became more cordial and intensed.

9) Some of the Streets were named after certain towns where the Trains stop for rest/evacuations of cargoes (Railway Stations) ,thus we have Kano, Jebba and Borno way.

Ondo, Ibadan, Abeokuta and Lagos Streets were named after the towns where some of the early residents originated form.

Willoughby, Glover and McCulmn streets were named after Colonial & Missionary masters which have not been changed.

4) These Egba Christians (some of whom were returnees from the infamous Trans-Atlantic slavery) formed a community which they called 'Ago Egba',Ebute-Metta.

They built their Church, St Jude's Church with schools to educate their children and they divided the land into streets which were originally named after their European Missionaries & Colonial officers and some of the Egba chiefs like Daddy Osholake.

Thus we had
Dento Street (renamed Murtalar Muhammad Way),
Griffith Street (renamed Borno way),
Freeman Street
King George V street (Renamed Herbert Macaulay street)
Cementary Street
Bola Street
Osholake Street
Tapa Street
Ok Baba Street

5) These Ebute-Metta peopple formed the first set of civil servants in Nigeria.

Thank you Cosby the Rich, you have raised a very important question which has some historical backgrounds


As someone who grew-up in Ebute-Metta and studied the History of the areas, these are my explanations;

1) Ebute-Metta was part of the Awori Kingdom of Otto with the Capital at Otto just before Iddo on the way to Lagos Island.

Ebute-Metta is a Yoruba meaning 'The three Harbours' i.e Iddo, Otto and Oyingbo.

In the olden days, the king, Oba Oloto of Otto controlled these harbour and had his agents collecting taxes from ships bringing goods to Lagos using those harbours.

2) Around 1850s, there was a great tension between the Christian community and adherents of Traditional Religion in Abeokuta which was on the verge of snowballing into a sectranian crisis.

On the eve of departure of some European Missionaries from Abeokuta, the native christian converts fearing that the dominant Traditionalists will descend on them in the absence of their European proctectors begged the Europeans to take them along to Lagos.

3) On getting to Lagos, the European Missionaries went to the King of Lagos to allocate land for the Egba Christians from Abeokuta but the king said Lagos was already being filled up and he couldn't afford to give the little available land to the Egba people. Instead he suggested that the Colonial Governor, John Glover contact his brother Oba (The Oloto) on the other side of Lagos, just across the Lagoon.

4) Gov Glover approached the Oloto, who agreed to give the Egbas a large tract of land from Oyingbo (Coaste Street) to Somewhere just before the lands of Yaba begins (Glover Street where LSDPC Estate was later built about 130years later).

Cosbyrich:
In Ebutte Meta cum Yaba here,we have Ibadan,Abeokuta etc streets but my surprise is how the Northern names came to be without the Eastern names.Mind you,both of them are very scanty in these areas....as residents....except for commercial visits.

Election is a test of popularity.

Gov Obaseki should try his popularity on a neutral platform.





The idea that Oshiomole's candidate should NOT win is not democratic also.

A candidate whose only unique point is that 'he is opposed to Oshiomole' is also a bad choice.

Let the BEST candidate win, it doesn't matter if the candidate is that of PDP, SDP, APC or Labour party.

kizyalex10:
obaseki is nt worth it either bro.i understand ur point but this is why i said its important for the people to stamp their autority by not allowing oshiomole to have his way so that politicians will knw that its people that gives mandate nt a godfather.even if its nt obaseki ,let it not be oshiomoles annointed.let a neutral person win

This is why you should support and campaign for the PDP in the forthcoming Edo State Gubernatorial election.

AroleOduduwa2:
Their reasons are very hollow, but this is Nigeria, a sitting governor get bullied because he didn’t follow his god father/ party leader directive.

How can Nigeria move forward as a country when the president and governor answers to people who give them directive, people who tell them what to do and what not to do, people who expect half of the allocation and internal generated revenue.

The most idiotic part is the hypocrisy of the people supporting this oligarchy and on the other hand want good governance, make you wonder what they really want.

Hahaaa,
So corrupt Yorubas and Fulanis elected T.A Orji as Governor for 8 years, senator for 8 years and his son as Speaker of Abia State?

So Corrupt Yorubas now elect Governors and senators in Alaigbo?



Let me come and be going.

Blackmann001:
Whether thing abt Igbos kill u or not... Just know it that Igbos never support coruption like mny other tribe.... Everyone is in agreement in the eastern region to chase ikpeazu away... Everyone celebrated obi ND Sullivan.... Every Igbos hated those u mentioned and want them tried but corrupt yoruba ND fulani leaders are foisting them as igbo leaders and refusing to try them..........


So blaming tinubu is not a misfiring cuz Igbos can't deal with coruption unlike yoruba..... No body criticism El rufai for coruption instead it's for religious fanatism....

So Mr. OP guess ur write up correct ND stop supporting naija most corrupt tinubu.. Cuz everyone hav a stake in lagos

Eeyah, see what frustrations has caused in the life of this boy.




It's obvious you aren't well educated and well brought up.


So anything written on a map denote a Nation?

Biafra was a REGION (Just like saying Middle East or Niger Delta) in the Maps of Portuguese Sailors and Explorers trying to explore the Western Coast of Africa in the 16th century.

The ways you guys scream 'Parasites' is most laughable. Who are you feeding and who is feeding from your table?

Your Region contribute little to the federation account and take much, yet you scream 'Parasites' every now and then.

Even the Ijaws, Ibibios and Ogonis never scream 'Parasites' like this!

I support the disintegration of Nigeria 100% .




Better start improving yourself and be useful to your generation instead of waiting for an elusive Utopian country where all evils will cease to exist.

Deebwebb:
oboy you are wasting your time,I can see you are one of the parasites that dread staying alone..imagine saying Biafra never existed,something on many maps even before Nigeria..you are obviously an illiterate who don't read but rather talk like you know anything but you don't,anyway keep daydreaming Biafra will come and they you can go and die...boasting with a failed country like Nigeria..

There are indigenous Christians in Yobe, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba. In the Northwest, Kebbi, Kaduna and Katsina States

vanunu:
So there are indegenous Christians in Katsina.

You ought to have outgrown this childish bigotry. . . it's holding you down.

LabDNA:
Common sense is subtly prevailing at last.

I expect some afonja brownies to call this hausa muslim man an IPOB. It is not beyond them to be incredibly stupid nine out ten times.

They will be over powered because it will be seen as an invasion. It will be difficult for them to escape and above all, there are many people in Lagos who also have weapons.

These bandits may be heartless but they are not fools, they know the consequences of attacking Lagos, populated by many people of different ethnic groups who will not be sympathetic to their cause.





The real reason why Boko Haram or Armed Bandits can NOT make Lagos, Port Harcourt or Enugu their operational bases is because the people in these localities will NOT be sympathetic to their causes.

Boko Haram and Armed Bandits fester and thrive in the North because some Northerners are either harbouring them or believe in whatever they are fighting for.

If they try their non-sense in foreign environment, they will be easily neutralized.

mrjaydee:
Imagine if this guys should enter lagos