I saw pyramids in Lagwa Okwuato in Aboh Mbaise.

If only those asking him not to come will not turn round and call him caword.

I do not care if Buhari continues and continues.

Enice:
trash. sidama is just a state and still part of ethopia. it is not a country. they voted to have a state (federal) and not a country.

Go back and read the news and understand it.

Another trash talker.

What tribe is Abimbola Davies? Is he Igbo or Yoruba?

The man that perpetrated oil crime in Nigeria while working in Elf now Total.

Partners in crime.

Chasing shadows is a sign of the onset of failure.

Breaking news it will be the day that cap is removed.

This shows that there is no govt in that state.

Mikel Obi was destroyed by Mouringho while Iheanacho was destroyed by Guardiola. Burst out of the cage. This is what I tell Nigerian players in Europe.

kayjay69:
It is quite sad that threads such as these that ought to help us learn the truth about what happened usually descend into a tribalistic tirade.
The truth of the matter is and like it or not, Ojukwu, Banjo and Awolowo, were great men and I can bet you that 99% of the people typing away on this thread may never achieve an inch of what these men achieved in their lifetime.
It is very easy to point fingers and criticise, very easy to throw stones.

Ojukwu did what he felt was right for his people and the evidence available suggested perhaps he did not have much of a choice because the Federal Gov of Nigeria kept breaking every agreement reached to ease tensions then. Igbos were being slaughtered in the North in reprisals for the coup (which was purely a military affair). He was the highest ranking military officer from the SE, he had to do something and he did. I salute him for the fact that he took a stand (even though stories would emerge that he caught wind of the fact that oil was already discovered in the SS in commercial quantities, perhaps he wanted to secede because of oil whilst being backed by Russia and France).

Regardless, I salute the man. However, it is also common knowledge that Ojukwu was far from perfect. It is said that he became paranoid at some point during the war. Perhaps this paranoia led to him executing some of his own of which Banjo was among. Kaduna Nzeogwu too and others. It was said that Banjo, Nzeogwu and the rest of the coup plotters were not really loyal to Biafra, they were loyal to their original idea which led to the coup and maybe they were trying to see this idea through. We will never know the truth. Anyone who talks from either side (Banjos or Ojukwus) will only peddle narratives that suit their own purpose.

Personally, I feel Awolowo should not have sided with the Federal Gov of Nigeria. He had the clout and influence. If perhaps he stayed neutral, he could have forced the FGN to restructure the country away from the unitary system of government and we would have either gone our separate ways or made the centre as weak as possible. You may disagree with me but I believe it was at this moment, that we could have had what I think would have put us on the path of real freedom and a means of true self-governance. It was at this moment we could have broken free from british tyranny through their proxies in Northern Nigeria. But the low hanging fruit is always tempting, always (the temptation to become President over all of Nigeria).

Awolowo remains one of my personal heroes for his political philosophy and governance during the old western region but he was far from perfect and I think this moment in time highlights one of his mistakes.

In closing, Nigeria and the Presidency, reminds me of the famed iron thrones from the TV series "Game of Thrones". The ones who has desired it and truly deserved it very rarely get there. Some who get there by chance, are removed. The only ones who get there and remain there are those who are pragmatic enough to do what is needed. Overall, Nigeria is not working and will never work (my view, please respect, don't argue). Either we restructure this country to have a very weak centre or we split it and each go their own separate way. Agree a payout with the ND to help each region stabilise their economies, and let everyone go fend for themselves.

I appreciate your position. Banjo was part of Nzeogu coup. By circumstance they found themselves in Biafra but Biafra was not their original concept so they tried to pursue their original concept by attempting to eliminate Ojukwu in order to go back to Nigeria and complete their dream. It is well known that he had meetings with Awo during the midwest and Ore invasion. It is well known that Awo would have been prime minister if Nzeogwu coup had succeeded. Today historians are yet to see the disconnect between Awo and Banjo in the coup against Ojukwu.

yeyeosoronga:


Awolowo died at the ripe age of 78years old. Even Ojukwu did not live longer than that. Many of you think you can change history by telling lies about the death of Awolowo.
Awolowo never took rat poison, but certain imbeciles have spread that news for their own selfish purposes. All the tales by moonlight you tell yourselves in beer parlours has no truth in it
Because you tell a lie over and over again can never make it the truth even if you're delusional enough to believe it.

Do you not know the origin of that story?

funmijoyb:

Igbo people sha. Ojukwu fled the country for his life leaving Col. Banjo and 12 million igbo to perish. Thats real cowardice, traitor, backstabbing of d highest order.

Banjo was the hero of biafra. The moment he was executed was when the war ended. If you're glad Ojukwu executed him we nigeria happy about biafran's casualties too.

Banjo and fajuyi fought igbo course but they regretted it today.

Sowore omoyele is the next person y'all are betraying.

Fajuyi did not fight Igbo cause. Do not go there.

Surulereman:
Where in the published interview above did she talk about Ojukwu and her dad? And comments are running haywire on Nairaland.

Many of those who are commenting never read the story.

I know there is going to be a Biafran football team very soon.

The only important lesson here is that IPOB should begin preparations for arms struggle via guerrilla ware far if they want to be respected.

I do not think that what is reported here is what Kanu presented. If it is then Kanu has missed it badly. He needs to go back articulate properly.

Let the OP go and check his history books and learn what happened. Shame on him to mention Ojukwu and Ironsi . Shame.

Na waa o. Pregnant woman has not called any mans name yet we are busy pointing fingers. Ok na me be the father. I claim the pregnancy. Make una join me in the list.

Moribund NLC

They should forfeit to Imo state.

Its lawyers in Lagos didn’t provide a list of preliminary arguments until January 2014. Later that year, a few weeks before the first scheduled hearing, they told the tribunal they might not be able to set out the government’s case in writing or attend, “due to the inability of our client to provide us with complete instructions.”
P&ID’s submissions included a lengthy witness statement from Quinn, one of his last public declarations before he died. He described spending two years and an estimated $40 million on preparatory work for the gas plant, including a 3D digital model. “I cannot say with any certainty why the government failed to honour the GSPA,” Quinn wrote of the gas sale and purchase agreement. He suspected pressure from international oil companies was to blame. “In any event, I very much regret that we were prevented from implementing the GSPA, which I firmly believe would have been of significant benefit to the nation.” In outlining his history in Nigeria, he didn’t mention any of his military deals, the espionage charge, or the two other lawsuits against the country.

On the basis of largely unchallenged evidence provided by P&ID, the judges dismissed Nigeria’s objections and proceeded to the next stage: damages. According to the Abuja-based Premium Times, Quinn’s company agreed to settle for $850 million, but the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, who’d taken office in May 2015, rejected the deal. When the tribunal convened a hearing on the matter, Nigeria called only one witness—a lawyer who, in the words of the judges, didn’t “claim firsthand knowledge of any of the relevant events.” In January 2017 they awarded P&ID the profits they calculated it had missed out on because the plant wasn’t built: $6.6 billion, more than three times its original estimate of losses.

The above are the real crux in Nigerian govt mentality to business law suits.

I can assure you that scarcity looms. Many indicators of this are clear in the NNPC press release.

In the prelude to these attacks talks came out of SA and Nigeria suggesting that killings in SA are mostly Nigera vs Nigeria. That was when the ground work was being prepared.

Yes, Women are responsible for being raped. Thank you my baby.

I was in secondary school in the 70s. We were told to contribute to the freedom of south Africa. I paid 5kobo. In the university I was a student union activist and we played many roles in the actualisation of freedom for South Africa.

Fake news. Fake propagandarism.

June 30. Today is Sept 3rd. Are you in planet Mars?