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gawu1:
With your 5% votes?
Aso rock belongs to your palm taper father

Poverty don drink this one brain finish.

All these propaganda doings.

Apc is still going to leave aso rock

Nbotee:
Lemme still ask again, what exactly is the essence of Big Brother?

Buzz which translates to cash

GuyfawkesAB:
Another self-serving revisionism.
A zik-laundering write up filled with half-truths and an exaggerated and megalomaniac presentation of the person and actions of Nnamdi Azikiwe.
Trash, trash and all trash. This is the unwholesome rubbish you consume and pride yourself of understanding Nigeria political history?

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GuyfawkesAB:
Don't revise history. A lot of us are fully aware of the events of that period. The coalition of the Hausa NPC and mostly Igbo NCNC was lopsided in that the Igbos got most of the juicy appointments to head a lot of Federal departments and institutions to the detriment of the majorly Yoruba opposition. It was this very factor that brought about the protests from Yoruba scholars who saw it as unreasonable and domineering for UI to already have Kenneth Dike, and the Azikiwe led government still went ahead to appoint Eni Njoku to head University of Lagos.

The Yorubas had chosen to accept the outcome that even though, Prof Ajose was a more senior professor to Dike and deserving of heading the first University in Nigeria, his loss to an Igbo man who would readily enjoy patronage from the igbo-Hausa alliance at Lagos Federal government would be hard to question. The appointment of Eni Njoku was the Igbo domination taken too far. The Yorubas had more than enough Professors at this period to head a University, but being in oppositioneant that their children would be sidelined. The northern NPC part of the alliance couldn't do or day much, as they didn't even have any of their kin to field to ensure a balanced outcome.

So the Igbo domination of appointments to heads of departments, agencies and institutions was primarily due to the influence of their own being in government- the same thing they enjoyed during Good luck Jonathan's administration and the same thing Hausa-Fulani enjoys today for the sake of Buhari.

This doesn't take away the fact that the Igbo appointees were educated and qualified. But to keep spreading a lie that the Igbos dominated simply because of this singular reason without acknowledging that their brothers in government facilitated this wave of domination to the detriment of the fellow alliance partners, Hausa-Fulanis, who had very few people to put up to head these organizations (and we're even recruiting foreigners toanage their one Northern establishments like Radio Stations and University in Zaria), and the Yorubas, who even though had more than enough equally qualified candidates, but became victims of the power tussle between SouthWest and SouthEast. Samuel Akintola wouldn't have this look and laugh stance anymore. The moment he broke off from the AG, the crust if his campaign to win over more Yorubas to his party was the juicy positions of MDAs they will now get in the alliance with the NPC, since there was already a growing rift in the NPC-NCNC marriage. When this lopsided marriage got to the point of being strange bedfellows, Michael Okpara had the nod of Azikiwe to reach out to AG for an alliance. Awolowo was already in Prison all this while.

Igbo domination wasn't a mere figment of anyone's imagination. It was not surreal. It was very evident. It still manifested itself when the first couo happened. Rather than the acting President Nwafor Orizu, handing over power to the substantive Prime Minister that the NPC appointed, Mr Dipcharima, he ignored and went to hand over power to another Igbo man, a situation he and his other co-travellers felt was still a better one for their kith and kin. It was a big blow to further confirm to their Hausa-Fulani partners that this was indeed a grand plan of domination.

Today the same tribe is making so much noise because the names of her children are hardly turning up in appointments. No one hears the Kalabari, Boki, Angas, Tarok, Gwari, Jawara, Jukun and all the other many tribes cry as much even though some of them only gets one or two representatives that are still wrongly counted by Igbos as part of North. The Igbo man wants to dominated or be a major person amongst those who call the shots. Being asked to tow the line like others is always assumed as suppression to this inordinate desire of theirs.

The Yorubas don't hate them, but are always wary because of this inordinate desire to overrule everyone by Igbos. This is why Yorubas are still wondering why Igbos would label them all sorts of tags for their alliance with Hausa-Fulani for 2015 and 2019 elections when history tells us that Igbos has had more political alliances with this same north and yet don't get berated for it. It is Yorubas who are not slaves for forming a government with Hausa-Fulani?

This attitude is no surprise. We know now that they accuse others of what they really are.
Little did Awolowo know that the breaking day will bring the announcement that the NCNC has formed a government with the NPC, while he was still waiting hopefully to get a feedback from Azikiwe on forming a coalition with the AG. Yet we know those who call others betrayers endlessly.

History doesn't lie.

Just Imagine that Awolowo was not betrayed by Azikiwe, and had formed a coalition with the AG and Aminu Kano's party to form government?

Or that the thirst to grab power and domination in in such an alliance with NPC, knowing fully well they had the advantage of more educated and political savvy members of the coalition, didn't consume them?

Just Imagine.

I was going to study your reply and pull out fact based answers for you but did you say Zik betrayed Awolowo

Please read: https://www.nairaland.com/4372738/betrayed-betrayer-case-dr-nnamdi

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-emFExSwjw

Cosbyrich:


If other regions were half as serious about self development, education and progress, they would also have individuals in top civil service positions competing healthily with other igbos. It was this fear of “igbo domination” that ruined the country and look at where we are today, being ruled by someone without an ordinary school cert. it is this foolish fear of “igbo domination” that our society no longer functions on merit but on quota and foolish tribal sentiments.

Are Igbos as serious in all these things that you stated as the Yorubas?
No,of course not but Azikiwe and his kith and kin used the opportunity of being in power with Notherners,who were not so educated,to usurp all the available civil service posts.It changed when Akintola later joined the Northerners.Longthroat of the Igbos brought upon a lot of calamities that everybody in Nigeria is fighting against today.

You’re pained right?

I guess the truth is bitter.

DubaiLandLord:
So whose fault is it?

And what do you mean who’s fault is it?

Difrent:
So stop making it look like it's a gang up built on nothing . Other NIGERIANS are rightly afraid of Ibos domination reason why they still view that coup in that sense .
But you didn't answer this WHY IS NO SINGLE IBO POLITICAL LEADER KILLED IN 1966.....if you were not Ibo, you will think the same way other NIGERIANS are thinking .
An advice : Ibos need to stop trying deal with other NIGERIANS with strong arm tactics of intimidations, blackmail, Revisionism and threats of seccession, we other tribes are wiser and more than you

What is this rubbish “afraid of ibo domination”

If other regions were half as serious about self development, education and progress, they would also have individuals in top civil service positions competing healthily with other igbos. It was this fear of “igbo domination” that ruined the country and look at where we are today, being ruled by someone without an ordinary school cert. it is this foolish fear of “igbo domination” that our society no longer functions on merit but on quota and foolish tribal sentiments.

Way before the coup, Ahmadu bello had always spat his bile of hate for the igbos because “domination”. I can’t begin to list from my head but Nigeria had always ganged up against the igbos. Even before independence, the British made sure power went to the north because of their disdain and hate for the easterners!

You keep mentioning igbo political leaders were not killed but according to Adewale Ademoyega, one of the coup plotters who happens to be yoruba before you start shouting igbo upandan; in his book he said,

“ There was no decision at our meeting to single out any ethnic group for elimination. Our intentions were honourable, our views were national and our goals were idealistic. Even those earmarked for arrest, four were northerners, two were Westerners and two were Easterners.” https://g.co/kgs/SwRz5a

I would also advise you to go and research on the casualties of that coup.

And if you other tribes are wiser and more than us, tell me why you all have been having sleepless nights for decades because of your fear of “igbo domination”??

The fear of the igbos is the beginning of wisdom anyway, so I’ll give you half points for that.

Difrent:
As usual playing the victim
What about those who were massacred by your young misguided soldiers in other to make Ibos dominate other NIGERIANS . We too are pained ,even more than the Ibos that your leaders sent their young men in the military to slaughter leaders of other tribes mercilessly while allowing ibo leaders to escape ,
WHY IS IT THAT NO SINGLE POLITICAL LEADER FROM THE EAST WAS AFFECTED BY THE 1966 COUP?
No iboman has been able to answer this meaning the ibo elites sanctioned the coup.

Listen, Major Nzeogwu was as much an igbo man as he was a civilian.

Born, raised and died in Kaduna; he spoke hausa fluently and not one drop of igbo. I don’t think there was even any record holiday-ing in the east (needs citation).

Granted that other soldiers of igbo origins participated in the coup.

We should also be quick to remember that not 3 months after the coup in January, Aguiyi Ironsi (an igbo man) crushed and took back power from the mutineers.

Sadly, it was in his ill thought plan that touring the federation to assure each region of peace and inclusiveness that he was killed by mustapha, in essence, putting Gowon in power.

But track back to the period before ‘66. Igbos has always been hated and persecuted. Killed and displaced.

If you’re talking about punishment for a small band of coup plotters, then you must also talk about punishment for individuals (aided by the then federal govt) in the northern region that had massacred igbos in the times before ‘66.

Ojiofor:
It wasn't out of pity but a military strategy that failed.If they had succeeded in taken over western region the war will come to an end or battle ground will shift from Eastern region to Western region.

And that strategy failed because Ojukwu, for some reason, decided to put a yoruba man (Brig Banjo) in charge of that advancing force.

And Banjo was just talking gibberish when he was asked why he didn’t take Lagos.

So you see, from awolowo to banjo, you just can’t trust a yoruba man when it comes to handling these northerners.

Hmm

Considering the fact, one good deed does not make up for the fact that thousands of igbos lost properties and cash in the bank.

https://www.nairaland.com/6616671/adamu-garba-paid-build-crowwe

Peoples Gazette has uncovered how the Buhari administration provided seed capital for Adamu Garba’s Crowwe social media platform, hoping the firm would help the government dominate internal narratives while squaring an ardent challenge to Facebook and Twitter for the Nigerian audience.

The Gazette obtained bank documents that carried a transfer of funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria to Mr Garba’s IPI Solutions, a software engineering firm run by Mr Garba. The company developed and deployed the Crowwe social media app.

The CBN on May 21, 2019, transferred N136.8 million to Mr Garba’s IPI Solutions, documents said, marking one of several transfers that our sources said the Buhari regime advanced to Mr Garba in the course of building the Crowwe app.

Although a major beneficiary of the social media storm that weakened the Jonathan administration and amplified the opposition’s messages ahead of the 2015 presidential election, Mr Buhari has relentlessly railed against the negative influence of social media since coming to power. After realising the enormous control that social media has in shaping public opinion, even amongst citizens with little education or financial ability to be on the Internet, Mr Buhari started introducing different tactics to regulate online speech.

A few months after assuming office in 2015, members of his ruling APC pushed a so-called social media bill that civil liberties campaigners said was too offensive to be accepted in a democratic system. The bill was summarily defeated, but the government pushed at least two other similar bills, including one that proposed death penalty for online speech, that were defeated under the Bukola Saraki-led parliament.

But shortly after narrowly securing a second term, Mr Buhari agreed with his aides that it was necessary to control social media, according to sources familiar with the matter. Several ways to ensure that the government’s message dominated the public space with little to no pushback from citizens were suggested.

“It was while the government was trying to find ways to control the media space that Adamu Garba’s company was picked as one of the promising businesses that could proffer solutions,” an administration official said. “The seriousness of controlling social media cannot be overplayed.”

As part of efforts to give life to Crowwe, Mr Garba sought to push Twitter out of Nigeria, filing a lawsuit against the platform in the wake of last October’s historic #EndSARS campaign. More than any other social media rivals, Mr Garba saw Twitter’s presence in Nigeria as an existential threat to his own platform and assumed its exit would push Nigerians to his own platform by default.

https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-bank-documents-expose-how-buhari-regime-funded-adamu-garbas-crowwe-to-rival-facebook-twitter/

https://twitter.com/gazettengr/status/1407624624859496449?s=21

Cc lalasticlala
Mynd44

Terrorist negotiating on behalf of the government.

*sigh

SyrusdeHansome:
Yes depending on de amount I withdraw

Just avoid that bank branch then.

I’d say file a complaint but the regime we’re in has messed up everything

*spits

Will they still take the #100 withdrawal charge?

Hockeystitches:
Interesting. .

Hockey stitches.

Want a small piece of advice?

As a local and SME, grow your business locally FIRST.

Putting photos of your clothes on nairaland is constituting a nuisance. If you must target a wider audience, buy ad spaces and banners.

It’s simple.

They want to be able to subpoena or hold these social media companies for ransom whenever someone exposes the evils of the buhari regime.

If I call buhari a dullard, they’d then ask Twitter for my sign in details; email, phone, address etc so they can locate me. If twitter refuses to comply, they’ll now threaten to seize their assests, most especially monetary funds.

Mark my words.

olamide0147:
You asked so many questions but did you asked yourself this particular question before turning yourself human Rights activist
Have you seen the picture of lady in question because I won't call her a girl because she's way matured to be 18 she's older than that

Haba

How do you people reason??

What is this mental decadence I’m witnessing

Waiting

Ha

Everyone is free to visit whoever.

But come election and I find out these igbo boys have been bought ehn

This is a road that was built with government funds? Abi the governor used his own money to build?

Lool

Small time now, Airforce go open catering school



I say the next southerner to be president ehn must make government a southern affair.

bigfather:
The guy was actually texting the girl without knowing the girl's father was the one reading and responding to d msgs. Meanwhile, the guy just got married sef...

Oho!

I’m sure some goats here will say the girl’s father should also be prosecuted for setting up a minor na.

Read and thoroughly enjoyed his book; Zambia Shall Be Free.

A true visionary and thorough democrat.

R.I.P

Beverlyjean:
Only illitrates and unenlightened mumus likes u that dont even know law or or how stuff operate in developed countries.... u hv never left the shores of ur state and u are arguing with someone that understands foreign law and hv lived it ....its easy for me to identify blind people that think they can see

Wow!

If you’re the defender of foreign laws then the white man is in trouble.

That being said, you stylishly avoided the points I raised for you only to come and worry about whether I travel or not.

Moomoo

Segzy19:
Fabiyi's career ain't over any shit. Epstein bla bla bla is in another clime even at that Donald Trump still stood with him as a friend..

We all need people like that to stand by us in our trying moments. Friends that will condemn our actions but won't condemn us. If God hasn't condemned anyone, we have no right to condemn them.

All Fabiyi is saying is that let the guy have his day in court of law and now this public court or media court...

Shebi he had his day in court and was denied bail.

So rest abeg.

Beverlyjean:
U are the daft one here cos its certain that u dont know the age of consent in lagos is 15 ...besides that girl was never penetrated and that is the bone of contention...

Moomoo

The age of consent is 18 years, as established by the Child's Rights Act of 2003.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Africa

Nobody said she was penetrated.

Did he touch the girl?
Did he smooch the girl?
Did he grope the girl?
Did he finger the girl? (From past abuses)

Kindly read this article to get an idea of the punishments different abuses carry

https://www.google.com/amp/s/economicconfidential.com/2020/07/legal-consequences-child-sexual-abuse/amp/

Make una dey use sense dey talk some things sometimes.

Beverlyjean:
Which developed countries....u guys saying this have definitely never travelled.... u think its Hollywood movie....alot of men sleep with minors in America....in France sexual consent is pegged at 15 .... so as most Eastern European countries and part of Asia and South America....

Lol what is your brand of daftness?

A minor is someone who’s age is below the age of consent.

Okay you named France and you’re right their age of consent is 15 but are we in France? Is the pedo being tried in a french court?

Go abroad and go be sleeping with minors na. Yenyenyen

Beverlyjean:
Really...so that looked like CCTV to u....are u sure u know the meaning of cctv or how it looks like

Have you seen, used or analyzed a baby monitor footage before?

If you have then you’d know that was clearly a close circuit clip.

Segzy19:
Wow! Friends like Yomi Fabiyi are rare.
They are called burden bearers. They stand with you no matter what.. They may not agree with what you have done but they won't leave you in your trying times...

He is the only one visibly standing with baba ijesha out of all the friends and fans of baba ijesha...

I like his friendship and loyalty...

You no sabi say water shit wey fall dey stain cloth?

By virtue of association, fabiyi’s career is over, in saner climes anyway.

Take Epstein for example, do you know how many people released press statements denouncing any association with the man when it was out that he was child molester?

There is even a conspiracy that people that were afraid he’d name them were the ones that killed the man in prison.