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Get Collins Powel was the Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff.

Service Chiefs include the heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff.

garetz:
You are the one getting it wrong, Colin Powell was not a service chief. This man, Charles Brown is the first ever black man to be appointed as service chief in the US military.

I don't know anything about what you are saying.

I guess this post was meant for another person.

Mmuoojukwu:
My dear Oyatz, I won't say something is wrong with you because it's obvious. Your conscience is dead. So because of your evil style of politics, I should keep quiet. Thunder fire that politics. They killed your neighbours, you kept quiet, they killed your brothers, you kept quiet. You are living in prison. When they will kill you, nobody will talk because it's politics. My dear, change your way and save the next generation. So to you, I should support a president like Buhari so that you will support me. Only a stupid fellow will think that way. Do the right thing, let Nigerians choose the best candidate or keep destroying Nigeria until you get tired.

The calling out two whole regions consisting of people that belong to different political parties, tribes and religions instead of making calling out the whole country has already created a DIVISION in your message with peoples on different sides of the divide.

People that fall on the opposite side of the divide you created won't support you in criticism which has a tribal undertone to denigrate them.
They will rather join hands to attack you and your side in return,so in effect the side that has the greatest number of people will win.

9japride:
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People are rising their voices to clear sign of nonseriousness of the leaders and thenvironmental inability for a whole president to be visible to the public. I don't do Afonja and flat head talks, I rather call outhe the south west for keeping quiet and same as the north because of 2023 elections. No morality in Nigeria politics it's just about interest.

I don't understand.


What concern Nairabet in this matter?

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We need as many people as possible to contest for the presidential election.
This will strengthen our democratic culture.





Being defeated at an election is not necessarily an evil thing, many people who have been defeated before have won elections later on.

We can't say we will not take a great decision because of the fear of failure.
It's better to make a great decision and fail than not taking any decision.

Life is all about taking risks, the men who risk nothing, gain nothing and are nothing. For the wheels of progress to continue to roll, reasonable risks are worth taken.

LabDNA:
Fear no go gree am. He has already see the handwritten on the wall.

His failure at the polls will be more scandalous than Awolowo's failure.

Why are you not contesting against them or support a candidate against them?

Freestainworld:
he has an eye to that seat, his body language says it all, I am even tired of our Nigerian politicians, they keep recycling themselves from year to year for office positions.

And what is bad is all these?

It is democracy in action for it shows that the opposition PDP will be back to power in 2023 and we will not be hearing of rigging of elections thereby strengthening our democratic culture.

manuelreports:
It is easier for El-rufai to become a Pastor than Tinubu to become President of Nigeria. His only strong hold is South West which he is fast losing his Political relevance apart from Lagos which is his Company. He can never be accepted by Core Northern Muslim and can never ever be accepted in South East. So if Tinubu emerge as a Flag bearer of APC. It is now left for PDP to look for a Political Big weight from the North to beat him hands down.
Don't ask me about Igbo, because Igbos are leaving Nigeria.

IBB did alot of disservice to himself and Nigeria by the annulment of that election.



He should have called the Ambassadors and High Commissioner of USA, UK, Russia, Canada and Germany to a meeting at Abuja informed them and sought their support about his decision to announce the results of the election in their presence , immediate retirement of Abacha, Dogoyaro, David Mark and other Military that are posing threats to the transition to democratic rule.

Where are the tall buildings in Kwara, Kogi, Benue orZamfara, Gombe, Katsina and Yobe States built by the Northern Regional Government in the 1960s?

PapaBrowne:
We don't have to abolish states to implement regions same way we didn't abolish LGs to implement states.

But without question regionalization is the only way forward.

I was in Kaduna and Kano some months ago. In Kaduna at the central area, you have some tall buildings mostly built in the 60s that depict the glory days of the city. In Kano, you have some wonderful buildings mostly built in the 60s. Then you have numerous warehouses in Bombay industrial layout also from the 60s that indicate that it thrived greatly in an era before this.

There are hardly any new quality buildings in these two cities for the last 40 years.

Isn't it a clear indication that regionalism favored the North and the oil has not benefited it in any way? Why then would its leaders be opposed to

There are Federal Roads in ALL the States connecting one State to the other or connecting Nigeria to neighboring Countries e.g Lagos-Badagary road which leads to Benin Republic, Togo etc.


The Bridges were built over the Rivers and Lagoons which are the areas that were under the Federal Capital.

Some Traffic Flyovers were also built outside the old FCT by the Federal Government to facilitate entrance into the old Federal Capital.

Some other Bridges and Fly overs were built by the Lagos State Government e.g the Lekki-Epe Suspended Bridge.



There are examples of Federal Government built Bridges in other parts of Nigeria e.g the Niger Bridge,Onitsha built under Tafawa Balewa Government in 1965 and the Mokwa-Jebba Bridge.

It's interesting to State here that the Tafawa Balewa administration first conceptualized the Third Mainland Bridge and the Gowon Regime started the construction under the supervision of Arch Femi Okunu (an illustrious son of Lagos) as the Federal Commissioner of Works.

bigpicture001:
Who designedvnd built Lagos badagry express road...? ...

Lagos govt...

Who built all those many famous bridges across Lagos..? Lagost state government...

Guy park and use one bottle of orijin calm down

Only a very small part of Lagos State was ever Federal Capital (From Victoria Island, Apapa to Yaba.) Any where after the railway crossing at Yaba intobJibowu or Mushin marked the beginning of Western Region.

Mushin, Shomolu, Ikeja, Oshodi-Isolo Agege, Ibeju--Lekki, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Ojo, Alimosho etc were never part of Federal Capital but were under Western Region.


Enugu city was the Capital of Old Eastern Region but NOT the whole of Enugu State.

gidgiddy:
Back in day, Lagos used to be separate from the Western Region as Lagos was the Capital territory. After the capital was moved to Abuja, Lagos was claimed by the western Region.

I have always maintained that had Lagos never been made capital of Nigeria by by the British, Yorubas would not have been able to make it what it is today

Don't mind him.


Traditional African Religion is against shedding of human innocent blood .

OFFICIAL336:
At least no human skull was mined

2023: Orji Uzor Kalu for President

senatordave1:
But corona infested ikpeazu,abaribe and t.a orji haven't visited.
I have always believed that ouk arguably is the number one south east politician in apc and the north is favourably disposed to him even more than okorocha and umahi.if power will be zoned to the east,the north will certainly not ignore him.

That mean there won't be rigging in 2023?

Subsea:
Brutai will not be there again in 2023 to rig with his army! Get that clear!

Every name exist in as much as it's used to identify a person, place or period.


The names of the Geopolitical zones in Nigieria is not necessarily must be the same as Cardinal points.

Jman24:
I never solicited for old eastern region. I'm only saying the name south south doesn't exist. Don't let hate override your sense of reasoning

You can only run , you cannot hide.




















. . . .They are coming to take you.

SonOfEl:
They have called you....your village people Sha won't let you rest in piece. Continue dancing to your grave

So they have also declared some parts of Rivers State as no man's land?

sageb:
come to Bonny and opobo and tell the Amayanabo(s) that his kingdom is an igbo territory, shey you people like trouble you will see double.

You want to go and meet Niger-Delta Militants in their creek at night?

hammerU:
EVERYTIME THEY COME WITH THEIR NIGERDELTA NONSENSE, IT IS LIKE CREATING CONFUSION.


THE WORST PART IS THEY WILL BE ADDING TERRITORY THAT ARE NOT IJAW INTO THEIR NIGERDELTA.


E JUST BE LIKE SAY MAKE NEPA TAKE LIGHT, MAKE WE ENTER CREEK GO MEET THEM.

Most people from the Core North have grand parents from different tribes.

Only few Christians/Animists in their midst that don't marry freely.

FortuneDeGreat:
No, not mixed, the father was a Gere man as well as the mother, but the mother Fatima Inna's mother was a Fulani.
Where's the mixture?

The ethnic group of the Traditional Ruler may not necessarily be the same as that of the people of the Town and examples abound all over the World e.g Ilorin, England, Kano, Onitsha etc

Tafawa Balewa's cases of sectarian crisis resulted in failures of the Fulanis Rulers to successfully impose Islam on all the inhabitants of the city such that some sayawas became christians which make cultural assimilation of the two tribes difficult unlike what happened in Kano, Ilorin or Zaria.


The Late Prime Minister's Father was an ex-slave possibly from minority Chadic tribes.

godofuck231:
he was Chadian, his father moved from Chad and settled in nigeria,
"Tafawa Balewa village takes its name from two corrupted Fulani
words: "Tafari" (rock) and Baleri (black)."
The area has been known for sectarian and ethnic violence over
the years. The major ethnic groups are the Sayawa and
Hausa/Fulani.
An Associated Press story states, "The
Sayawas are in the majority in the town and its surrounding
villages, but their traditional rulers have been of the predominantly
Muslim Fulani ethnic group. The Sayawas have demanded a
separate traditional ruler, which has led to attacks and
counterattacks over the past two decades."
his father was a settler

Okay, I think we have to direct Jubrin from Sudan to look for Mr Hope Uzodinma and makes him President in 2023.

ODUBEZE:
The same way OBJ looked for Yaradua

We have to look for someone closer to the people

How do we do this sir?

ODUBEZE:
You should listen to FFK and take a cue from OBJ

OBJ looks for someone, he knows has the qualities the people yearn for and throws his weight behind such person as seen in the case of Yaradua and not Buhari

As a president, he had a candidate in Ekiti, but when he discovered that Fayose had the heart of the people, he backed down

That's what makes OBJ a great leader, that one quality stands him out!!!

If Nigeria is to heal, we need to look beyond party, and pick someone they (Igbos ) trust to be there!!!

That's how things should work in a secular state!!!

How can we do it sir?

oluwadabira111:
Igbo's should be allow to rule this country come 2023 that's the only way to stop their agitation for Biafra!

Nobody have heard about Obasanjo in 1999?



How old are you sir?



I think, with this statement I need to stop discussing politics with you, as a matter of urgency!

bigfish3k:
Nobody heard about OBJ before he was given ticket
If we contest and loose we would have made a statement while the fulanis will continue ruling

Our best bet is to join forces in the south to salvage nigeria

You are still making the same fixed mistake.

Nobody is saying an Igbo politician should not contest in any party.


Dr Alex Ekwueme did NOT found the PDP. The G-34 group consisting of 18 political leaders in the North and 18 political leaders in the South transformed into the PDP in 1998 and the majority of them favoured Olusegun Obasanjo at the Jos Convection of the party.

The PDP delared that they were zoning their ticket to the South and the following aspirants contested for the ticket;

Olusegun Obasanjo
Alex Ekwueme
Jim Nwobodo
Don Etiebet
Alabo Graham-Douglas
Philip Asiodu.



There has never been a presidential primary of a major political party where only members of a partucular tribe contest.

Let igbo candidadates buy APC presidential forms and seek their party nomination like it happened in the PDP in 1999 and 2018.




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bigfish3k:
Let's see how it goes because Alex ekwueme and Co also established PDP but just to heal the Yoruba wound OBJ that was in prison and didn't work for it was brought out granted pardon and he contested and won on the PDP platform that is not a Yoruba party. And yorubas were allowed to reap where they did not sow
A Yoruba party now came up their only main agenda is the marginalization of the igbos
They came out with a slogan that you don't reap where you did not sow even though we have igbo senators and reps and APGA was also part of the merger at the formative stage of APC

I wish you good luck.



However , i am a strong advocate of payment of taxes because this will give citizens the moral right to be interested in their government and proper participations in government.

Prolong period of governance based on sharing of revenues at the centre to the States has killed ingenuity and proper development at the grassroot level.

mrvitalis:
When they see massive construction in 6 months they would close mouth

Who can determine who can rule and who can NOT rule.


In my personal opinion, i think Igbo politicians like Ike Ekweremadu, Peter Obi, Dave Umahi should serioulsy seek the PDP nomination for the presidential ticket because of the following reasons;

1) In politics, perceptions can have greater effects than reality.

You need to be heard and seen regularly before any body can take you serious.
Even if they don't win in 2023 ,they will make bold statements in the consciousness of Nigerians.

2) The negotiation angle: Even if Peter Obi slug in out with Atiku, Kwankanso or Tambuwal for the PDP ticket and he doesn't win, he and the igbos will be called for negotiation after the primaries as PARTNERS and not surbordinates.


In the USA, Black politicians have been participating in presidential politics for about twenty years before Barack Obama eventually became president in 2008.

The Rev Jesse Jackson made a bold political statement by running for the presidential ticket of the Democratic Party in 1986.

There was significant pressure on Gen Collins Powell to join the Presidential race in 1998 but he turned down the offer.

bigfish3k:
Anyway, the owners of nigeria have told you in another tread that they will rule forever

So with ordinary insults we can't rule but with the killings, boko haram, Iswap, lootings, bandits, sharia, Ruga and the ownership of the whole of nigeria comments the northerns can rule.
Continue your hatred

Zoning is not in the constitution but each party's INTERNAL arrangement.


Zoning is not even in the APC's constitution, so any APC member whether El-Rufai, Babachir Lawal or Fashola can contest for the party's ticket.

However, most party members feel that the Southern politicians who exercised patience and sacrifices in 2015 and 2019 should have the ticket.

bigfish3k:
But you people are saying that rotation is unconstitutional

Answer= Failures of Leadership.

Every country has its own problems and pass through certain problematic phases.

In the 19th century USA, similar armed bandits raiding communities without prosecution by the Government occured, mob actions and public lynching of certain controversial persons (e.g Joseph Smith) or unwanted minorities (e.g The Mormons) occured in the USA.

Even uptill recent years, many blacks were killed by the police without any
major consequences leading to the emergence of 'Black lives matter' campaigns.

In some West African countries, the Fulanis are also victims of marginalizations e.g Benin Rep, Niger Rep and Tchad.
In Central African Republic (CAR), Fulanis are sometimes hunted down and killed in similar ethnic clashes (i strongly condemn this)



The killings in Zamfara and Katsina have no religious colouration as both States are almost homogenous Muslim States and have similar ethnic backgrounds (Their peoples are of mixed Hausa-Fulani ancestries).

bigfish3k:
What I said is the truth not emotions. Why have they not arrested and prosecuted anybody

What if it is the Christians in their states they are trying to wipe out just like the southern kaduna case

Many of you react with just emotional rantings and nothing more.


In Katsina, the home state of the incumbent president, armed bandits are slaughtering the residents anyhow.

Fulani armed bandits have killed more people in Zamfara and Katsina than anywhere in the South. All these reflect failures of leadership and not really a constitutional matter.

However, elections into the presidency is a constitutional matter.

Fulanis are a minority tribe in Nigeria but the awe and fear with which you guys talk about them is arrogating more powers to them than they truly possess.

I repeat, no ethnic group in Nigeria can rule for 16years.

This can only happen if Nigeria were to be a small enclave like each of the present Geopolitical zone with 1-5 tribes, practicing almost the same religion and with similar world views.

In other parts of Africa, Post independent military rulers ruled for 30years but no single ruler ruled for more than 9 consecutive years in Nigeria ,even under military rule because Nigeria is too diversified, large and complex for one ethnic group to dominate and succeed for a long time.

bigfish3k:
Is it in the Constitution that your people can't go to their farms again because of killings and nobody is prosecuted

Stay there dey follow constitution while the fulanis unfollow it and nothing happens

This bros is funny sha. The constitution has already made provisions against such dominations.


Nigeria is not a homogenous country. No region/party can rule for a very long time in Nigeria.


This country is very complex. You just buy popcorn ,relax and be watching.You will see the massive anti-Fulani sentiments that such attempts will generate.

Even for Atiku (as detribalized as he seems to be) to try to suceed Buhari, another Fulani man in 2023, you will see reactions of many people, even from the North. You just keep watching.

bigfish3k:
They will definitely not rule forever but what about the generations that would have been wasted trying to drag back power from them.
That is what I am saying that we need a united south.

Any fool can make any statement about politics,that doesnt make it the Gospel truth.

No Empire reigns forever!

The Roman, The Sassanid and The Ottoman Empires were greater than the Fulanis and they didn't rule forever.



Change is the only thing constant.

bigfish3k:
No problem we gonna support the best possible outcome in any zone

But hope you read the tread where they said fulani will rule Nigeria forever