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it was never about the war. We don't need another tribe to deal with the northerners.

It was about politics of economy.
while we can be great alone, together we can be even greater

It would be ideal to stand alone as one Yoruba nation. However, our ability to exist as an independent entity does not mean our ability to thrive as one.

The new thing around the world is globalization, and as the AU wishes to bind Africa closer, would it not be counterproductive to choose now to separate?

What we need is a true federation where the only common things between states are a shared national identity and similar laws.

each federating unit will be fully in control of their own resources and laws and the senate will actually be a Parliament of representatives.

For these reasons, it makes more sense to form a southern federation than a singular Yoruba nation.

Nigeria was an ideal creation at it's birth, it was the religious divide and northern avarice for perpetuity that started the voice of separation we hear now.

This RUGA nonsence only confirmed what every southern Nigerian had been fearing. The north is not interested in peaceful coexistence.

Tar Baby and Southwest Politics (3)

Where do we stand?

The current state of things within the country calls for introspection on the part of the Nigerian man. As Yoruba, we have always prided ourselves on our degree of political acuity. I believe that this is the time to exercise that grace.

The high rate of literacy amongst our people can be blamed for our highly diverse political believes. Unlike every other region (most especially the North), the high literacy percentage found in the southwest means that we believe ourselves knowledgeable enough to form our own ideas of who to vote for and which policy to support.

Like I had articulated in my last article, this spread of political beliefs and opinions often also works against us. Like every other article before this, I speak of the RUGA policy. A policy that has so thoroughly divided our nation in the last few weeks than anything else in our shared history.

Going through news report over the last few weeks hints at a dangerous trend. Where before we spoke of a history of southern betrayals, now we speak of a history of northern conflicts. Buhari’s inability to organize a tolerable response to the crises has merely fanned the embers of discontent into towering flames that seems to grow ever larger.

As accusations and threats are thrown back and forth, Nigeria seems to inch ever closer to a crisis that may swallow us all. The southern-Northern divide seems to stand out in an ever-sharper contrast of opinions.

The thoughts of the Yoruba should thus turn to the best way to handle such a crisis. The era of each governor for himself has long since passed us by. In the face of this dangerous new threat to the whole region, it is up to each political/traditional leader how he/she would like to be remembered in history. As the sell-out, or as the one who stood by his/her electorates when the going got tough.

I advise that this crisis should be handled as one people. As the most politically savvy and literally acute region within the southern part of the country, I believe that a unity in voice and active resistance will pressure the government into compliance.

It is a shame that knowing the scale of this threat, many Governors and other political leaders from the regions have so far kept mum on what should hopefully be their disgust.

It is a shame that despite existing as a supposed democracy, Nigeria is a country where the opinion of the people does not seem to count for something. Nigeria currently sits on a time-bomb that will soon explode. As the scale of the crisis expands, I imagine we will soon see wholesale violence on the streets.

Genocide against the Fulani is now an option for people violently opposed to RUGA, and more people take an ever more radical stance every day the government spends paralyzed to respond satisfactorily to the people’s demand.

Let us stand in unity with our southern brothers in resisting this policy, before we are all consumed by the conflagration.

Tar-Baby and South-West Politics (2)

If the Yoruba were hoping to get a cat, they got a lion instead. As the years went on, while Buhari did repay his great debt to the southwest in terms of appointments and infrastructural projects, the scale of his nepotism was frightening. As a Nigerian president, nepotism is an expected character that all previous presidents and governors are guilty of, what did set Buhari apart though is the sheer scale and lack of forethought he acted with.

For the southwest, it was a slowly dawning realization that they had gotten stuck to the most frightening enemy of all! A TAR BABY, and it would not be denied its victim.

For all talks of the Yoruba hospitality, he is guilty of one thing though, Pride. The Yoruba man is proud and boastful, he greatly resents having to be insulted and he can go to great lengths to get that debt repaid. That pride has been greatly tested in PMB’s short four years in Abuja.

Buhari is a monster of our own creation, and this is something he will readily admit. Putting him down though, is not something he is yet willing to do. This is because the pride of the Yoruba man prevents turning on someone he helped into power, without a certifiable justification of intent to harm against him.

This is why for the foreseeable future; the Yoruba man will be willing to keep up the support for Buhari.

The RUGA SCANDAL was the closest Buhari has come to loosing all support from the southwest.

It was a stupid policy, made by stupid people, at a stupid place and a very horrible timing. To say ruga was rubbish is to assign great honor to it. In a political atmosphere where almost, every tribe is starting to dislike and distrust the Fulani a great deal, a policy like that should never have moved past the office it was convinced.

It becomes testament to our division that no universal call for someone’s sack and prosecution has been made within the country. RUGA is the type of policy that unites a polity, and it almost did.

Right now, regardless of political affiliations, it becomes paramount to the Yoruba man to examine his consciousness in respect to the extent of his loyalty to the southwestern agenda.

We are a people who have always prided themselves as educated, and capable of providing a wealth of differing opinions. This has always been our strength. But it is also our weakness; that inability to provide a common front.

Buhari may have been a necessary evil for the Yoruba agenda, but now that we can see the monster, we have created for what it is, perhaps it is time to disassociate ourselves from it.

It is necessary for the Yoruba’s to come together and stake a common ground. We need to make our monster see that no matter the extent of his love for the Fulani and their cows, there are certain things in which he exceeds his station trying to implement.

The plan was to present a front strong enough to influence him, perhaps now is the time to correct all his misconceptions about how much Yoruba cares about Nigeria.

We are stuck with a Tar Baby, but we may just get unstuck.

Tar-Baby and South-West Politics

Tar-Baby is a popular term that I have come across during my many years surfing the net.

 A Tar-Baby is as the term suggests, a baby that is made of tar. Too sticky to withdraw from if you try to hold it and too flexible to completely crush.

To the best of my current knowledge, it was first used to describe the German invasion of Russia during the second world war. It is a term that describes quite accurately the situation that the German army found itself after the invasion of mother Russia. They could not withdraw from the motherland and could not hold for long at that current pace of conflict.

It is also used to describe the situation of the Manchurian army in china during the same period.

The fact that I find myself attributing the current state of south-west politics to a popular word for a losing army should be a cause of concern for us all. The south-west has created for themselves a problem they cannot solve, and we find ourselves deep inside the enemy camp, and we cannot escape.

The problem stems from the Jonathan-South-eastern betrayal after the 2011 election. The politically conscious Yoruba found himself pushed away from the halls of power and marginalized from his control of certain positions. Ex-president Jonathan with Urging from his south-eastern neighbours refuted all calls for equal distribution across the geo-political zones.

To the Yoruba, this was a betrayal of the highest order. The south and Mid-Belt were the pillars that won the presidency for him, yet only the South-South and South-east seemed to enjoy his favour.

For most Yoruba politicians, all the begging that the ex-president did in the lead up to the 2015 elections may as well been the grovelling of a chicken before you kill it. He had already betrayed them once and they would not support him for anything.

Mohammad Buhari was meant to be the necessary evil.

Everyone knew he was a terrible choice, but he had the needed northern votes and the support to win in the mid-belt region. With the help of propaganda, social media and Jonathan’s own seemingly (in)competence at making enemies, the 2015 election was won.

The idea was Buhari could promote whatever northern idea he wanted from the central government as long as he did not offend southern Christian sensibilities. The shouts of South-eastern marginalization were expected and ignored, Afterall, it was karma. It was believed the Vice-president will be able to restrain him from attempting any truly outrageous policy.

So, the 5th government was created in the spirit of Yoruba vengeance, Northern machinations, mid-belt support, a lot of propaganda and an outrageous amount of money.

To be continued().

Tar-Baby and South-West Politics

Tar-Baby is a popular term that I have come across during my many years surfing the net.

 A Tar-Baby is as the term suggests, a baby that is made of tar. Too sticky to withdraw from if you try to hold it and too flexible to completely crush.

To the best of my current knowledge, it was first used to describe the German invasion of Russia during the second world war. It is a term that describes quite accurately the situation that the German army found itself after the invasion of mother Russia. They could not withdraw from the motherland and could not hold for long at that current pace of conflict.

It is also used to describe the situation of the Manchurian army in china during the same period.

The fact that I find myself attributing the current state of south-west politics to a popular word for a losing army should be a cause of concern for us all. The south-west has created for themselves a problem they cannot solve, and we find ourselves deep inside the enemy camp, and we cannot escape.

The problem stems from the Jonathan-South-eastern betrayal after the 2011 election. The politically conscious Yoruba found himself pushed away from the halls of power and marginalized from his control of certain positions. Ex-president Jonathan with Urging from his south-eastern neighbours refuted all calls for equal distribution across the geo-political zones.

To the Yoruba, this was a betrayal of the highest order. The south and Mid-Belt were the pillars that won the presidency for him, yet only the South-South and South-east seemed to enjoy his favour.

For most Yoruba politicians, all the begging that the ex-president did in the lead up to the 2015 elections may as well been the grovelling of a chicken before you kill it. He had already betrayed them once and they would not support him for anything.

Mohammad Buhari was meant to be the necessary evil.

Everyone knew he was a terrible choice, but he had the needed northern votes and the support to win in the mid-belt region. With the help of propaganda, social media and Jonathan’s own seemingly (in)competence at making enemies, the 2015 election was won.

The idea was Buhari could promote whatever northern idea he wanted from the central government as long as he did not offend southern Christian sensibilities. The shouts of South-eastern marginalization were expected and ignored, Afterall, it was karma. It was believed the Vice-president will be able to restrain him from attempting any truly outrageous policy.

So, the 5th government was created in the spirit of Yoruba vengeance, Northern machinations, mid-belt support, a lot of propaganda and an outrageous amount of money.

To be continued().

It is true ooo. I am from Ondo state and have an in-law who participates in it.

The last time I went home, she was complaining about how much she was being paid, as compared to how much she had to spend on the food she cooked.

while I can categorically state that none of the money was diverted in my local government, there is no doubt in my mind that the amount she was being paid, was not the amount the FG stated she should receive.

it's a demonstration of the strength of character in Ondo state though, that the APC party itself is already probing this scandal.

I hope all those involved in this scheme are brought to justice.

it is one thing to steal from the Commonwealth, it is another to do so to children.
may God punish them all.

eClaireJacy:
Hey.. I was able to take a screen shot of these before the other thread was taken down. I Hope it helps you.

Thank you.
It helped immensely and I figured out what I was doing wrong.

somehow:
Prorate, not prorade. I have done this before but was still given 2 as a rating. I just stopped. Got tired.

still rejected even after I used prorate and modified as about to you asked about..

drawnobet:
A lot of things could have been wrong from misheard words to punctuation. You can try again with another email. Listen to the first few lines and type what you think you heard here. We will send you the full transcript so that you can get onboard immediately. Cheers

Hey, yeah, as about discounts, we aren't really offering it to our monthly members, but we do have a five percent discount off the annual package, considering you've been a member for nine months, it might make sense to switch over to an, the annual package, we can parade the previous nine months. Is that something you'll be interested in? Happy to make that change for you.

drawnobet:
A lot of things could have been wrong from misheard words to punctuation. You can try again with another email. Listen to the first few lines and type what you think you heard here. We will send you the full transcript so that you can get onboard immediately. Cheers

Hey, yeah, as about discounts, we aren't really offering it to our monthly members, but we do have a five percent discount off the annual package, considering you've been a member for nine months, it might make sense to switch over to an, the annual package, we can parade the previous nine months. Is that something you'll be interested in? Happy to make that change for you.

this was what I did initially and what is being asked of me again. pls help

superstel:
I have registered. I passed the test and I was sent a congratulatory email. How do I open a PayPal account please? Again, I was invited by one Ethan to join slack. Please, what is the slack about?

I failed it, I don't know how that happened.
does anyone here have any idea what I may have done wrong?

I am proficient in writing and interested in your offer.
Location is Ile-Ife.
Pls, give more details on the job.
I have sent an application to the provided email.

My cousin got this message yesterday.



You are invited to 2019 Police Rec. Exercise to take place in your State Capital. Pls check your email & State Command further info.


This should me he has been accepted for the exercise, yet there is no further directory in his mail.
pls nairalanders do you know anything about it.

economia1:
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Also

I also want to sell this my old phone...
fero v505 for parts.
some pictures below.

Dell

economia1:
State the laptop specification here. Is it mini laptop? Is it Samsung?

mini
2g ram
160gb ssd
1.66Ghz
Intel graphic drive

I'm selling my dell for scrap..
Pictures are below.
The motherboard is toast, but everything else works perfectly.
Anybody interested in the parts should contact me..
Ile-Ife based OAU.
Screen, Keyboard, graphic adapter, 2gb ram, 160gb SSD, etcetera.

Hey.. wanted to mail you but its acting wonkey here. was wondering if you have any info on NGO's jobs. I'll be happy to hear from you.

oduademonest:
Your English na one kind. I can see why you didn't pass Jamb

I'd kiss you if I could see you. waagbayi see flame ooo.

anonimi:
You forgot about Lai Mohammed and Tinubu or what




Does APC expose its own scandals as PDP did and dealt with their own criminals

Oga, I think I'm done here. You're being obtuse and partisan. it's an error to criticize just for the sake of criticism.
Buhari has his faults yes, but if you were old enough to know anything about Nigeria and politics during obasanjo and Jonathan's era you will never again compare PDP to APC.
Have a nice day.

anonimi:
Does that mean you agree that there is more corruption under Buhari

No, I don't.
I believe the situation with Buhari's government exposes the extent of the corruption.
while PDP was in power, there was no opposition strong enough to expose everything the way it is being exposed now.
given, PDP is not a model for opposition parties considering their shocking lack of patriotism and reckless statements once out of power.
they do good work though when it comes to fabricating evidence and exposing scandals.
for me right now...Nigeria is like a soap opera...Very interesting actors too.
I was a PDP man before moving to APC. I know why I did so, what we did while at PDP and why I still stick around.
basically as someone who was once in PDP, the fact that I've not gone back yet should give you cause for thought as to why.

princeade86:
u are 100% right. But the issue is that, where are they keeping all these money, because I know we are still borrowing money up and down, and our external debt has rise. I see this as just media things.

You're also right here...
Nigeria lacks transparency, that's why you had to ask this question.
in a reasonable country, these are questions people don't need to ask

anonimi:
The worst record actually according to those who know.

That is an incorrect assessment.
transparency international measures corruption perception and not actual corruption.
its impossible to know how corrupt a country really is except by using scandals as a byline.
the reason it's so high is because people are now more exposed to the high rate of corruption in the country, therefore more people believe more deeply nowadays that corruption is everywhere.
the article was just another misinterpreted piece made viral by opposition in the election lead up to make Buhari less popular. common politics.
I'll advice all nairalanders in general to pay more attention to what they read before commenting.

Amanew:
Guy I have xame problem! A girl I do see in the Church!
Omo intoxicating Beauty, I do toast girls that I knew already, but this one!!!!
She do glance at me!But she seems too serious, immediately after mass she will head straight to their house, But God told me she was my Wife!
But am afraid of Castigation, Insulting or something like that!am that handsome!
and I guess she likes me but I doesn't know how to approach to her,even how to start the conversion before I will look like a stupid guy!
LOLZZZZZ any advice

seriously.... thats like my own case.
I'm good with girls or so i've been told anyways. but this one weak me....
I'll do as that one guy said, I'll approach, try to be friendly while making sure she understands that for me its not just friendship I want.
Don't wanna be friend zoned after all.