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Balkan: The fact still remains that osu issue is at the end of the road in IMO state. I am from ikeduru too. The former IMO state is speaker is from my community. Very handsome and intelligent
But still he is an Osu, so to say. Osu caste system is rubbish and the only obstacle remaining is the marriage btw them and the free born.

I hate that word. And I think it exist only in IMO state.

Ndewo Nwannem Nwoke. Kedu? Iwu onye Akabo?

ifyalways: So, you are a 'freeborn from Ikeduru' but yet you married a Ghanaian? Nna, you don become "international osu" by default. You need cleansing.

Charley, wetin dey?come block me for Tawarla beach later in the day make we chop better tilapia and banku.

Use the search button. This topic has been over flogged here. Just gather all the threads(I'm sure they are more than 10), read, copy and paste accordingly.

Midase!

Hehehe, Nwannem theres no crime marrying from outside the shores of the country. My family is very large and diverse, but thats by the way.
Thanks for the invitation, but if you want to have fun tonight hit the International Conference center where they are currently crowing Miss Malaika. There you will find the best Tilapia in Ghana, lol.
Back to topic, I registered last year and haven't seen any topic about the Osu Caste system.
That notwithstanding, I still want us to discuss about it.

boron10: As far as I'm concern, any light complexioned Ghanaian is either an half cast(hybrid) or helping himself with bleaching material. No natural Ghanaian has the right to be fair.

What about the Ewe tribe from Togo? They are mostly fair complexioned

Ok, this is a post for those who are familiar with the Osu menace, I beg all tribalists and trouble makers to stay away from this thread and not try to derail it. Every society, race or tribe has got its ills. This should not be used as an avenue to mock on anyone or tribe. Even though Osu exists in Igboland, there are millions of Igbo people who doesnt know what Osu means. I have met such people from some pats of Abia State, and Afiko, Ohaozara etc in Ebonyi state. At first I used to think these guys are pretending when they say Osu is not know in their town/LGA, I later found out that Osu does not exist in some towns and local government areas in Igboland. Maybe this is an Imo State problem, I dont know. Lets have a meaningful and constructive discussion...

I am making this post because some weeks ago I had a serious argument about this issue with my uncle which resulted in a serious slap. We were in the village for a burial, the next day there was a village meeting. During the meeting one Emeka raised his hand and said he had something important to say. He started raising some important issues but suddenly my uncle cut in and started raining curses and abuses at Emeka, claiming Emeka should respect himself, he is Osu and should not talk when freeborn is talking?? I was sitting very close to my uncle and i became overly angry and uncontrollable, what I did to my uncle I cannot write here. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME ONE SINGLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FREEBORN AND OSU? IF WE DIE TODAY, IS GOD GOING TO JUDGE US BASED ON RACE OR SOCIAL STATUS?

Each time I discuss this osu issue with my Igbo brothers, those who do not know me from the village will assume I am Osu that is why I am concerned about it. But that is not true. I hail from Ikeduru LGA in Imo State. I am a free born from a royal family. I am concerned because these guys are innocent, whatever their parents or forefathers did ages ago should not be used to punish them now. If we say their parents worshiped idol then tell me if there is any family in black Africa that does not worship Idol before the white men came?. I am concerned because I travel a lot, and I have been racially abused by European and Asian racists so I know how it feels to be racially abused.

WHAT IS OSU? I have heard different versions of this story and I dont know which version to believe. They say, some time ago (only God knows when); there was a war, famine or disease in a certain land, people were dying in great numbers or so, and a certain man took his children to a certain forest and prayed to the evil forest God to save him and his family, and if the calamity does not touch his family he will worship the forest god forever. Since nothing happened to this man, he lived in the evil forest and worshiped this god. As a result, he was given the name Osu, meaning outcast, evil or idol worshiper or whatever. Because of this, he is considered evil and no one comes close to him or his family.

Traditionally, there are two classes of people in Igboland – the Nwadiala and the Osu. The Nwadiala literally meaning ‘sons of the soil’ are the freeborn. They are the masters. While the Osu are the slaves, the strangers, the outcasts and the untouchables. Chinua Achebe in his well-known book, No Longer At Ease asks: What is this thing called Osu? He answers: “Our fathers in their darkness and ignorance called an innocent man Osu, a thing given to the idols, and thereafter he became an outcast, and his children, and his children’s children forever” The Osu are treated as inferior human beings in a state of permanent and irreversible disability. They are subjected to various forms of abuse and discrimination. The Osu are made to live separately from the freeborn. In most cases they reside very close to shrines and marketplaces. The Osu are not allowed to dance, drink, hold hands, associate or have sexual relations with Nwadiala. They are not allowed to break kola nuts at meetings. No Osu can pour libation or pray to God on behalf of a freeborn at any community gathering. It is believed that such prayers will bring calamity and misfortune.

GROWING UP: Even though Osu is still prevalent in my town/LGA now, it was worst like 20 years ago. When I was growing up, we were not allowed to go to a barbers shop owned by Osu person. Our parents would tell us which barbers shop to use and which one to avoid. As custom demands, if Osu person cuts your hair you will automatically become Osu, and every member of your family becomes Osu instantly. If you marry Osu, you will become Osu instantly and all members of your family will be Osu. Right now, we have our hair cut wherever we deem fit and we have not become Osu. We now do everything with them except MARRIAGE.

MARRYING OSU: There must be something strong with this. There are only 3 guys I know that have attempted marrying Osu, 2 of them died mysteriously with their children. They usually die in strange circumstances. The only guy that survived it is living in London with his wife and children. When he wanted to marry this so called Osu wife his father told him not to try it otherwise he would disown him and he will never be allowed to come to the village again. He told his dad fine, he loves this girl and cannot marry someone else. He also said he already owns a house in London and doesn't need his father if he cannot reason with him. This happened like 9 years ago and the guy has never visited the village ever then, he is waxing really strong, he is currently a lecturer at the University of Liverpool and has 4 children. I would say he has broken that evil jinx and probably other guys in the town will follow suit.


To my Igbo brothers from other states/villages, how are Osu people perceived in your place? Are people allowed to marry Osu without problems?
What version of the osu story were you told? I have heard many different versions, some say war, some say disease, others say famine
Is it true that anyone with the following surname is from Osu family, like Osuji, Osueke, Nwosu, Osuala etc?
Do you think this prejudice will ever stop? In my opinion YES, because before now we were not allowed to use their barbers shop, today that is history
What do you think we can do to stop this ugly thing in Igboland? Write petitions, demonstrations or what?
Are you Osu, have you been abused before? Lets hear your comments please.

Moderators please push this to the front page, it is an important issue in Igboland and I need to hear peoples views/opinions. Thanks for your cooperation.

1. Unless this mother inlaw is from another planet, most Nigerian mothers that I know love children. Even if they don't like you, they will still love their grandson unless maybe they suspect the baby is not for their son and you are forcing him to take responsibility...

2. You are not married to the mother inlaw, stop worrying too much about her.

3. You are not yet married to your boyfriend, that you have a son for him is no guarantee for marriage. I will advise you not to force yourself into this family. if they dont love you know and you finally force things and marry this guy, you may end up regretting it. So better be vigilante.

4. I understand where they are coming from. Their son is the only male child and they expect him to marry from Nigeria. They are not alone, many Nigerian parents act and behave this way.

5. Why did you come to Nairaland for advise? Your boyfriend must have friends or family members you could talk to one on one? Dont you have parents? If you cannot listen to your parents whats makes you think you will listen to us?

If you believe you are not wanted please dont force your way in because it will certainly backfire later and you will regret it. Good luck but most importantly use your head...

Incred: We Have No Hand In Our Mum’s Death – Psquare React To Accusations Of Sacrificing Mum For Fame

This news is strange! Even a whiff of the rumor, I never heard or read of anywhere. For anyone to begin to insinuate that multi-platinum selling duo of Peter and Paul Okoye, popularly known as Psquare sacrificed their mother for whatever reason, is the height of irresponsibility and madness. As far as we know, they’ve attained the height of success even before their mom took ill and eventually passed away.

Here’s an excerpt of their reaction to the rumour:
How do you feel about your mum’ s death?
We feel so bad to know that our mum is no more. But who are we to question the Almighty God. Traditionally, we are supposed to bury her and not the other way round. It is just that it happened so soon.. Indeed, her death was a big blow to us.
It was rumoured that you people knew what happened to her?
Then, it is too bad to hear that people are accusing us of being responsible for our mum’s death. We are not blaming anybody. People are free to say what they want to say. We begin to wonder whether  there is anything that will ever make us to go for the life of our beloved mother.
Her life cannot be quantified in terms of money or fame. So, our answer to this question is that we have no hand in our mum’s death. We only blame the death that snatched her away from us if not so, people won’t be pointing accusing fingers at us. She died after a brief illness.
Aside your mum’s death, there was another rumour that you guys have joined Illuminati?   
We are short of words. Why would anybody say such things about us? Well, the fact remains that we do not belong to any secret cult,  whether  Illuminati or anything you call it. We owe our achievements and everything that is happening to us to Almighty God.

Jobless Nigerians like to insinuate.
In every village all over Nigeria, if you are a young man and you buy a jeep or expensive car, whether you like it or not you are 419 scammer or ritualist.

Every successful star in Nigeria today is termed as Illuminati.

Sometime tells me that the so called chief is not innocent though I have no evidence against him.
WHY IS THE CHIEF OFFERING 300,000.00 NAIRA BRIBE OR ALAWI TO THE VIGILANTE PEOPLE IF HE IS INNOCENT AS HE CLAIMS?
Even if he is guilty, he will likely bribe his way out, after all, the police na our friend, NONSENSE

thegoodjoehunt:
Rumukwuta in Port-Harcourt has not had light for about 8 days now. Please is Mr Ricky Ross telling me that Rumukwuta is among the Ghetto in PHC. Some areas in Port-Harcourt have steady lights, some other areas is totally opposite.

I'm not saying the governor has not worked but some areas are suffering. Some places in the state are flooded and are in need of basic amenities to survive. If Gov. Amaechi's immediate family was in an area flooded and people camping like Refugees to survive, he won't first by a Private Jet before he rescues his family.

So true, at least you admit he has tried, and you also admit some areas have steady light. Some slowpoke are saying the entire state is in darkness, thats the kind of lie i hate. These problems are not peculiar to Rivers state alone. Can you mention any Nigerian city or state where all parts of the city are evenly developed? Is there any city that enjoy 24/7 uninterrupted power supply in Nigeria?

As for some areas of PHC being more developed than others; why not pay a visit to lagos, visit VI or Lekki, then you visit the mainland like Ikotun, come back and tell me what you see.

nyxus: Mehn!!! See... Delusion Grandeur, so those feats he achieved during his first term don't need no maintenance... Just because you live in GRA don't mean U don't have the slum and with the way things are I guess just the front of your house is where is tarred. Its a shame... Those first term achievement will become moribund like ABUJA STADIUM a once wonder for africa. Please let's stop with our selfishness. I guess u work with River State Govt. Please change ur handle, U embarassing ROZAY

Its my duty to embarrass fools and wake sorrry asssessss. I dont live in GRA and I work for no government, I am self employed, and I dont owe you any explanations.
The problem is, you are not making any point at all. And what made Abuja stadium wonder in Africa?
All parts of rivers state cannot be heaven, all fingers are not equal. In Lagos, Lekki, Ikoyi, Ikeja, VI, Marina etc are well developed, while Oshodi, Egbeda, Ikotun etc looks terrible as if we are still in the 16th century, does that mean Fashola isnt working?
BTW, I dont need to respond to every senseless bush dog anymore.

Something tells me this guy might be innocent? Does he look like a criminal?
Lets hear your comments, no name calling or insults please...

Kweku Adoboli repeatedly broken down in tears on Friday as the former UBS "rogue trader" defended himself against charges that he gambled away £1.5bn of his Swiss bank's money.

Adoboli, 32, burst into tears several times as he told the court in his first day of testimony that he was so wedded to his job that he put in 16-hour days, sometimes slept under his desk, and skipped his grandmother's funeral because he couldn't bear to drag himself away from his trading platform as he battled to reverse multimillion-pound losses.

"UBS was my family and every single thing I did, every single bit of effort I put into that organisation, was for the benefit of the bank. That is everything I lived for," he said as he dabbed his eyes with a paper handkerchief in the witness box of court three at Southwark crown court. "To find yourself in Wandsworth prison for nine months because all you did was worked so hard for this bank."

At one point, he became so distraught that Judge Brian Keith interrupted proceedings to tell Adoboli that he shouldn't be embarrassed about becoming overrun by his emotions, and that it gave the jury a chance to "see the man behind the name".

Adoboli spent his childhood in Israel and Syria, where his father, a United Nations diplomat, was posted, before being sent to a Quaker boarding school in Yorkshire.

He described his rapid ascent up the ranks after joining UBS as a graduate trainee straight from Nottingham University. The only other job he had before joining the bank was as a waiter.

The court heard that when the financial crisis began to take hold in 2007 it was just Adoboli, then aged 27, and John Hughes, 24, in charge of a $50bn (£31bn) portfolio of assets on the bank's exchange traded funds desk in London.

"Our book was massive. A tiny mistake led to huge losses. We were these two kids trying to make it work," he said. "There was a total of 30 months in trading [experience] between the two of us and we were in charge of a $50bn book. We were just losing so much money – it was mental."

Prosecutors claim Adoboli began fraudulently trading in 2008 in order to hide the huge losses that were stacking up. The unauthorised trades remained hidden for years in so-called umbrella accounts set up to store the funds.

The unauthorised, or "dummy", trades eventually cost the bank £1.4bn – the biggest-ever rogue trading losses in British history – and wiped £3bn off its share price. Adoboli, who denies two charges of fraud and two of false accounting, said the trades were "not fraudulent – it [was] finding a way to do your job".

He said lots of traders were afraid that UBS may have been about to follow other big banks by collapsing, and said everyone at the bank was asking themselves: "What can we do to help this organisation survive this incredible crisis?

"Every moment of every day [I] spent thinking, 'How do I make this book work?' Nothing else was important enough to overcome that."

He told the court that in order to try to claw back the losses, he was getting up at 4am to catch up on developments in the markets overnight, before cycling to work at 6am and often staying there until well past midnight.

"The hours were immense," he said. "You were at your desk all the time.

"My grandmother died and I was unable to go to her funeral. It was just John [Hughes] on the desk, it was impossible to leave.

"My life became work," he added as he broke down in tears for the fourth time.

Adoboli, in a dark suit and maroon tie, said he carried out the unauthorised trades for "the book, and the bank", and not out of personal greed, as alleged by the prosecution.

Hughes, who gave evidence earlier in the trial, had described Adoboli as "gung-ho" and "quite a maverick". "He did not really care about the book as a whole. He cared about being a profitable trader," Hughes had said.

The court had previously heard that Adoboli walked out of the bank saying he was going to a doctor's appointment and an hour later sent a "bombshell" email detailing the losses from his personal account.

"I am deeply sorry to have left this mess for everyone and have put my bank and my colleagues at risk," he wrote in the email.

The trial continues.

Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=254442

Hightower7: Hi Serious Buyer,

Most of us here, put up our cars for sale in Car stand in various part of the country and we are using this free forum also to promote the advert of the car for quick sells..Many people come here to search for the cars of there dreams but let me give u buyers somethings to bear in your mind when u are browsing and checking the cars and prices..in every normal sedan cars the average cost of shipping from Europe is 580 euro and the customs and clearing fees in Nigeria is 220,000 naira and if u calculate in total Nigeria money is like 337,000 naira this is cost u most spend for any normal car..i just want to educate the buyer for u to know how much u will be pricing any seller..So let us leave that one and come to the cars i am selling now.

I am selling 2 Mazda 626.. The first one is Dark Red Colour and below is the details

Dark Red Colour Mazda 626 2.0 litre Engine

1996
Manuel Gear Transmission
Air Condition
2 airbeg
power sterring
ABS
Adjustable seat
immobilisers

e.t.c

I think many people prefer this model so much because it is very strong and reliable and i receive my offers for this car in particular. it is very good for taxi and also for private use..it is very very fuel economical..Before i was selling this car 590k but i have not seen any buyer yet that can make an offer closer to 590k. mostly they were pricing 550k or 500k but the good news now, i am selling the car for 500k..The problem now is where is the buyer hahahah

well the price still remains 500k and many buyers that say well no worry he will still drop the price more down, i am telling u, i will never do it becos i have 2nd option i better give driver 35,000 to drive it to South East for me to sell it..so buyer i got 2nd option.

2nd car is also MAZDA 626. 1.8 litre Engine 1997..The Dark Blue one look down in my car pix below

That is my favorite among the 2 cars but do u know that i am getting less calls and emails about the car..I like the car because of the design and shape. it is very nice when u are driving it the engine is very clean and sound. nice ride for me. it is spacious and have a very large room for everything. believe me. The mazda has the same function with the red below is the fuction of the dark blue colour

Manuel Gear Transmission
Air Condition
2 airbeg
power sterring
ABS
Adjustable seat
immobilisers
1997

The car. the original price that i wanted to sell the car is 690k..the first day i cleared the car many buyers came and made there offer some priced 620k some did price 600 but i insisted that it is 690k last but now many days and weeks have passed and serious buyers have used there money for some other thing..so the good news is that the price just drop to 600k and i think it will never go down again because i do have another option option instead of me dropping the price i will rather pay driver 35000 to take it to South East for me to sell it. the price will always be that 600.

lucky me. Christmas is around the corner and many of us Car dealers can make some sales

please..the both mazda cars are in Trinity, Apapa, Lagos for inspection and checking, make u carry ur mechanic join body

call this number if u want to come if u are really sure please.

08035187712

non stop email

mbarinze@yahoo.com


please i carry God beg some people here no write useless comment here..this my post is not a National matters i carry God beg u

Good move bro, it means you took my advise yesterday. Now I am convinced you are for real and not a scammer.
I wish you good luck in your business and pls dont attack any forumer no matter what they say, use polite words like Inspired and Femmy. Good luck

SlyIg: Open your gallery and go to your pictures, do you have the same complexion in all your pictures? Light, environment and many other factors contributes to this. She isnt bleaching pls. Its a mere difference in the images.

Is she the only one that uses different sets, environments, lighting etc? Why is Omotala and all the other fair complexioned actors/actresses skin color not changing?
Its a known fact in ghana Yvonne Nelson is bleaching, people know her very well before her acting career, shes only denying it because shes a star and doesn't want people to know she has low self esteem problem.

Anyways, its her body and she has every right to do whatever she likes, but bleaching is totally wrong.

otokx: @ricky ross

how many jets did Odili buy and how many have Amaechi bought?

I dont know how many planes they have bought, and we have not confirmed the Amaechi jet anyways... Rivers state does not need any private jets, period...


Roads/Flyovers/Bridges by Amaechi CULLED FROM RIVERS STATE GOVT. WEBSITE: http://governor.riversstate.gov.ng/projects/roadsflyoversbridges/

Over 170 roads, more of which are in the rural areas. All the roads are being built with drainages. Some of the major roads have been converted to dual carriageways with walkways, streetlights and greenery as well as drainages, most of them underground. Others are being converted to six lane highways. Some of the roads are:

Rumuola Road (completed).
First Bank/Rumuobiakani/Old Aba Road (completed).
Oginigba /Slaughter Road (completed).
The Elekahia/Rumuomasi road (completed)
Rukpakwulusi/Eneka/ Igwuruta road
The Rumuokwuta/Choba Road (almost completed)
Eneka/Igbo-Etche/ Iriebe road
Ozuboko/Elelenwo road- the road from Peter Odili road cutting across Woji to Elelenwo.
Rukpokwu/Eneka/Eligbolo road
Rukpokwu/Rumuagholu /Aluu road
Ozuoba/Rumuparaeli/Choba road
Rukpakwulusi /Eligbolo /Rumuodomaya road,
Rumuekini/ Aluu road,
Rumuibekwe/Elelenwo road and bridge
Ken Saro Wiwa road-also known as Stadium road (about 70 percent completed)
Rumuagholu /Ada George road
Woji/Okujagu/Elelenwo road.
Aba road to Oyigbo- from the Flyover at Rumukwurusi/Eleme junction to the toll-gate and to the bridge.
Some major rural roads projects being funded by the Amaechi Administration include:

The Okirika Ring Road
The Ogoni/Andoni/Opobo Unity Road
The Bonny- Bodo road
Omofo/Agba/Ndele road leading to Abua.
A lot of other rural roads and internal roads in some Local Government Areas amounting to over 70 per cent of the Road projects constructed by the Amaechi administration has been completed and some still ongoing.

The major Flyovers are:

The Eleme Junction Flyover/interchange (completed)

The Agip/Rumueme/Abacha road Junction Flyover on Ikwerre Road

Tam David-West/East-West Road Flyover by Obiri Iwerre

Eliozu Junction flyover on Chief G.U Ake Road; and

Rumukurusi flyover,



Some of the bridges are:

The Ikuru Town Atlantic Ocean Bridge in Andoni
The Okirika Ring Road Bridges
The Unity road Bridges in the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo axis
The construction of bridges across Bolo Creek with approaches
The construction of 6 rural steel bridges including the Ndoni steel bridge and the Orashi steel bridge which links communities on both sides of the Orashi River
Mbiama/Akinima road bridge
NyorKhana/KenKhana Bridge
Bori Boue Brigde
Abalama Tema Bridge amongst others

otokx: @ricky ross

Odili left Rivers State the legacy of gas turbines, the rumuola flyover i think was done in odilis time, the free school bus for children was there too. Amaechi could have done far better than this, no excuse for buying this private jet after selling the ones that Odili acquired, its shameful. The monorail is another shameful legacy Amaechi would leave for us, it is only after he has gone we shall know the debt portfolio of Rivers state.

You see why I fear most Nigerians? Few hours ago you were saying there is no electricity in rivers state, and now you are talking about gas turbine? Which gas turbine? How many kilo watts of electricity did odili generate throughout his tenure? If the gas turnine is working why then are you not enjoying electricity If they are working why is Amaechi building new ones?

Rumuola flyover was a federal project, built by julius berger. Odili will remain the worst governor in the history of rivers state. He enjoyed the oil windfall with OBJ, he didnt do nothing with rivers money, rather he built one of the best hospitals in South Africa with choice properties all over the world.

Amaechi is no saint, but dont compare him with Odili at all. The monorail project was ill conceived and not properly planned, I dont support bad thing. The fly over around agip junction will not last, you know quality job when you see one. That flyover reminds me of the one in airfore that recently collapsed. Many road projects in PHC is of low quality job, but this is not rivers problem, it is a Nigerian problem. Among all our governors, only Akpabio is doing standard road projects that can last years...

ccwizard: The allocations odilli received in 8yrs is what ameachi has received in 4yrs. The cheapest major road done by ameachi is over N1b and this roads have been patched severaly in less than 3yrs. If only the roads done by ameachi are up to standard, rivers state will be a better place. As for the schools and health center its only fuctional in port harcourt city and a few communities in rivers state, the rest na abandon projects. Ameachi spends 150million per primary school n 4b per secondary school which dos not include the furniture n equipment. Whereas the real cost of building one primary school is N60m. Odilli left rivers state debt free but right nw rivers state is owing over N200b with notin to show for it.

You guys should be honesty with yourselves. Are you honestly trying to say Odili performed better than Amaechi? What is the exchange rate of naira against the dollar when Odili was in power? Compare a cup of garri then and now? How much does it cost to do a kilometer road during Odillis regime?

You said each secondary school costs 4 Billion Naira? How much will it then cost to construct a university? Where did you get your facts?

Rooneyboy: obviously this young man is sick and urgently needs help.

I took you to the gutters before, and will repeat it again if you continue to behave like a tout.

StarBoard: Ricky_Ross is either a liar or an idi.ot
Greater Port-Harcourt he says.
But 60% of land in that area has been sold off and it houses an Uncompleted stadium and a hospital that hasn't gotten anywhere.and he wants us to believe Gov. Rotimi Amaechi is working.
He must be one of these shameless lazy Ikwerre people who do nothing but sell and resell the same pieces of land to unsuspecting customers.
So because he "worked" in his first term, it's enough excuse to loaf around, plunder state resources and generally be gallivanting in private jets.
What won't these simpleton Ikwerre dullards tell us?

The state of roads in Port Harcourt is an eyesore. We residents are sufferering and are at the mercy of flooded roads this rainy season.yet instead of fixing the roads, they tell us they are working on Greater Port Harcourt that has nothing in it.

Skymark, may the Almighty bless you for speaking the truth.
Same to Rooneyboy.
Abagworo is just a loud-mouthed motor-park mor.on with no idea of anything in general.

BTW, what do you gain from insulting/abusing people? That tells me if you were given the opportunity to rule a village you will be a thug and a looter. I have met many like you. This site is for intelligent argument, no need for name calling. It is not by force to comment if you dont like a post or someones comment. Even satan can confess Amaechi is 200 times better than Odili, and no governor can fix all rivers roads in 5 years. He has tried in healthcare and education, let the next governor face roads etc.

StarBoard: Ricky_Ross is either a liar or an idi.ot
Greater Port-Harcourt he says.
But 60% of land in that area has been sold off and it houses an Uncompleted stadium and a hospital that hasn't gotten anywhere.and he wants us to believe Gov. Rotimi Amaechi is working.
He must be one of these shameless lazy Ikwerre people who do nothing but sell and resell the same pieces of land to unsuspecting customers.
So because he "worked" in his first term, it's enough excuse to loaf around, plunder state resources and generally be gallivanting in private jets.
What won't these simpleton Ikwerre dullards tell us?

The state of roads in Port Harcourt is an eyesore. We residents are sufferering and are at the mercy of flooded roads this rainy season.yet instead of fixing the roads, they tell us they are working on Greater Port Harcourt that has nothing in it.

Skymark, may the Almighty bless you for speaking the truth.
Same to Rooneyboy.
Abagworo is just a loud-mouthed motor-park mor.on with no idea of anything in general.

I am not from Rivers state, I am not Ikwerre man, I am Igbo from Imo State, so stop persecuting me. I have right to my opinion and you have yours. many of you ranting here didn't do nothing while Odili was busy looting and paying the media to rate him as the best governor in Nigeria. None of you said nothing, now someone is doing something and you guys are cryinghuh? I was here when Odili came to power and we all rejoiced and thought he was the messiah, but he wasted 8 years looting and stealing. He didn't do any road apart from the Eliozu road which collapsed last month. The state of road in PHC was terrible.

Tell me how any right thinking man would expect Amaechi to fix all the roads under 5 years? If you are honest you will admit Amaechi has tried as far as road construction is concerned, the problem is many of the contracts were given to Rivers people who are not qualified for the job.

Is Amaechi trying YES, is he perfect NO.
Did Odili leave any legacy in Rivers NO, apart from the fact that he was caught with 100 million dollars or so in South Africa and he later claimed the fund was for purchase of an aircraft.
Did Amaechi leave any legacy YES: He built the best primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. These schools are scattered all over the state for all to see. These schools are world class, more equipped than our government universities, maybe that is the part that is paining many of you? But these schools are on google for those too far away from Rivers. Amaechi has done very well in healthcare delivery, I don't know which governor that have done better than Amaechi in that area. If Amaechi can deliver on his promise of uninterrupted electricity come December then I will comfortably rate him among the top 3 best governors in Nigeria.

Darius2000: Nigerians arent yet ready to salvage themselves. When we are ready, we will deal with these idiots in power. I have long concluded that the degree to which the government of a nation can be debased and corrupt, depends on the attitudes of the masses. As long as we continue to walk in the paths of docility and mindless religiosity, we will continue to suffer and be treated like scums. Every human government requires the passive cooperation of the followers to exist. If the followers realise this delivering truth and are ready to refuse to cooperate with the government, it soon disintegrates. Lets quit blaming our rulers, and lets face the fact that our collective timidity and division have made it possible for our rulers to take us for a ride.

A ruler's power is ultimately dependent on support from the people he would rule. His moral authority, economic resources, transport system, government bureaucracy, army, and police-to name but a few immediate sources of his power-rest finally upon the cooperation and assistance of other people. If there is general conformity, the ruler is powerful.

But people do not always do what their rulers would like them to do. The factory manager recognizes this when he finds his workers leaving their jobs and machines, so that the production line ceases operation; or when he finds the workers persisting in doing something on the job which he has forbidden them to do. In many areas of social and political life comparable situations are commonplace. A man who has been a ruler and thought his power sure may discover that his subjects no longer believe he has any moral right to give them orders, that his laws are disobeyed, that the country's economy is paralyzed, that his soldiers and police are lax in carrying out repression or openly mutiny, and even that his bureaucracy no longer takes orders. When this happens, the man who has been ruler becomes simply another man, and his political power dissolves, just as the factory manager's power does when the workers no longer cooperate and obey. The equipment of his army may remain intact, his soldiers uninjured and very much alive, his cities unscathed, the factories and transport systems in full operational capacity, and the government buildings and offices unchanged. Yet because the human assistance which had created and supported his political power has been withdrawn, the former ruler finds that his political power has disintegrated.

The ball is in our court....

I am not from Rivers state, I am not Ikwerre man, I am Igbo from Imo State, so stop persecuting me. I have right to my opinion and you have yours. many of you ranting here didn't do nothing while Odili was busy looting and paying the media to rate him as the best governor in Nigeria. None of you said nothing, now someone is doing something and you guys are crying? I was here when Odili came to power and we all rejoiced and thought he was the messiah, but he wasted 8 years looting and stealing. He didn't do any road apart from the Eliozu road which collapsed last month. The state of road in PHC was terrible.

Tell me how any right thinking man would expect Amaechi to fix all the roads under 5 years? If you are honest you will admit Amaechi has tried as far as road construction is concerned, the problem is many of the contracts were given to Rivers people who are not qualified for the job.

Is Amaechi trying YES, is he perfect NO.
Did Odili leave any legacy in Rivers NO, apart from the fact that he was caught with 100 million dollars or so in South Africa and he later claimed the fund was for purchase of an aircraft.
Did Amaechi leave any legacy YES: He built the best primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. These schools are scattered all over the state for all to see. These schools are world class, more equipped than our government universities, maybe that is the part that is paining many of you? But these schools are on google for those too far away from Rivers. Amaechi has done very well in healthcare delivery, I don't know which governor that have done better than Amaechi in that area. If Amaechi can deliver on his promise of uninterrupted electricity come December then I will comfortably rate him among the top 3 best governors in Nigeria.

deletrue: brother, am surprised at this news and blaim that follows. Have worked in ph for about five years, in lagos for four and warri etc. The worst of these three places is warri. Why are people not saying the truth? Although, i have left ph but frequently visit there. Well if you say ph is bad in terms of road, then visit warri. You will not find suitable words to described the roads in warri. Deltans, am i not saying the truth? Pls say something here. Amiechi is about the third or forth best governor in nigeria. let us wait and hear from the governor.

Thank you. Rivers state receives as much allocation as Delta state, at least we admit Amaechi has done something, so why is everyone talking about Rivers and not Delta? Anyone complaining about the roads in PHC should visit Warri

Born 2be Rich: From your statement i can now say that we Nigerians love suffering and smiling...Infact apart from port harcourt, where in river state can you boldly come out and say is developed? People are now thinking that portharcourt is the only place in River state.. with all the whole money being generated from the state especially via crude oil, instead of developing the various local government areas we just concentrate on only portharcourt(which is still underdeveloed)...If other areas in the state experienced positive changes, i dont think there will be backwardness in most areas of the state..e.g ALUU...These governors just think of only themselves and that is how God will pluck them out one after the other...The child wer say im mama no go sleep, he himself too no go sleep...

The same problem with Nigeria. After over 40 years of total neglect and mass corruption, we expect GEJ to transform all areas of our economy under 6 months.
Rivers State has only one city which is port Harcourt, the place is crowded and polluted, that is why Amaechi is building another city called greater PHC.

The mess cannot be cleaned by one single governor, it has to be a continues process. the good news is, Amaechi has done 200 times better than his predecessor ODILI. They can start from here and pray the next governor will do better than Amaechi.

Rooneyboy: My brother pls leave the mor.on,
His bias nature has turned him into a complete idi.at

Ewu Congo, you are still angry that i took you to the gutters on a certain thread where you were talking rubbish about PSquare? Hahahaha, if e pain u so much, go hug a transformer. Like I have said many times already, Amaechi is sleeping this second term like the other governors, that doesn't mean he hasn't tried. Tell us your state of origin and lets see what your own governor has done Ewu Congo hahahaha

otokx: Mr Ricky Ross, my area of Port Harcourt has not had any light since 4pm yesterday, not even a blink, the road in front of my house is a disaster to say the very least notwithstanding the last 2 days of intense sunshine, the rivers on the roads are practically intact. The greater Port Harcourt you talk of may turn out to be the very nemesis of AMAECHI, apart from the uncompleted stadium and uncompleted access roads there is not much to show for it. Which secondary and primary schools are you talking of? Oh yes he completed some schools, renovated them with micro basket ball courts but ever since they have been largely under lock and key. Did you stop to ask what or where the students of those schools would be now. Oh yes again he claims he wants to give them to Indians to run so until then the students should be at home shey.

A lot of Nigerians are ok with mediocrity and for them 15% would be a solid pass, that is why we are in the mess we are. Mr Ricky Ross did you hear of the people that died in the camps opened for flooded victims. They died of sickness that could have been prevented.

Did you say world class university? RSUST has been closed for a very long time - probably the longest for any university in Nigeria in the last 2 years till the point other universities have to go on sympathy strike to tell the world the evil going on there where AMAECHI is hell bent on imposing his own VC on the people. Which world class hospital are you talking about? The last i checked the best hospital still remains the federal owned University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital so which one are you referring to or is it the renovated dental clinic on Aba road?

I am not here to argue, I am not talking about RSUST in Mile 4, I am talking about the new one under construction in Greater PHC.
Show us pic of any of the primary or secondary schools under lock/keys?
This is the website of Greater ph city where you will find all ongoing projects including the university and hospitals i was referring to: http://www.gphcity.com/projects/index.php?projectid=8

Again, I want you to tell me which governor in Nigeria that has built better primary/secondary schools than Amechi. All primary schools in Rivers state are fully air conditioned, standard labs, private computer per student, basketbal/volleyball court etc. There is no school under locks in rivers state, the best public primary/secondary schools in Nigeria are in rivers state.

Finally I once again will say Amechi is sleeping during this second term, but saying he hasn't tried is rubbish. If you center your judgement on flooding then someone like fashola has failed as well

Rooneyboy: u this fella , with this particular comment I have no iota of doubt that indeed u've got some mental challenges.

This is what kills we Nigerians, how on earth would u tell me u reside in rivers state and u don't see all the anomaly ?
How

In as much as I wouldn't want to sing praises for any state governor ;my brother u really should visit akwa ibom .

Infact ,so as to shame u and ur governor more I would prefer u visit a non oil producing state that receives peanuts for monthly allocation ,

Say ENUGU, go and come back with ur appraisal report.

Lastly I do not blame u, something tells me u've not left rivers state all ur life.
If u have u wouldn't be spewing this crap.

Pray you will be opportune to travel as much as I do. Enugu people are crying like Rivers people. I have been in and out of Enugu. I hardly spend weekends in PHC bc there are no tourists facilities. Enugu governor did well in his second term, just like Amechi, we all know he is sleeping like Amaechi and the rest. I have no time to waste on animals like you. You are not worth my 2 seconds.

I am not supporting the extravagant lifestyle of our governors, but the way some fools are trash talking Rivers State is alarming. Can you all mention the names of your respective states so we can compare with Rivers State? Outside of Lagos State, which other Nigerian city is as developed as Port Harcourt? Someone said he spent 2 weeks in Rivers state and enjoyed only few hours of electricity? Which village is that? Thats what you get when you live in the ghetto... My own part of PHC i have standard road networks and we enjoy minimum 18 hours of power daily, sometimes the electricity lasts 3 days non stop...

I live in PHC, but someone comes from outside the state, spends 2 weeks in Port Harcourt and automatically he now knows PHC more than everyone else.

I must admit, Amaechi did wonders during his first term, and he is very slow now, but he is far ahead of most of your state governors hands down. What Amaechi achieved in the educational sector no other state governor can achieve in 8 years. Primary and secondary schools in River state are far more advanced and more equipped than many of your state universities, this is no joke. All over Rivers state, he built state of the art health centers.

If you are wondering what Amaechi is doing now, then take a trip to the GREATER PORT HARCOURT CITY. Thats where I built my house and that's where all the mega projects are going on. The World class hospital, world class roads, the best stadium in Nigeria, the Rivers state university of science and technology etc are at advanced stages of construction. There are too numerous projects in the GPHC to mention here. You either pay a visit to confirm, or you Google it.

Rivers state does not need this private jet, I am not from Rivers, I am not singing anyone praises, but I say things the way they are. From the way people are talking shiit here a stranger will assume PHC is a kinda shit hole. They should start by telling us what their own state governors have done better than Amechi. Akpabio should build the kind of world class schools in rivers bc that is what the poor masses need, not some Tropicana resorts and 5 star hotels that are for the rich only.

bittyend: Check out watch I saw on google today(please see attachment). It's just sickening that Igbos have taken their hatred for the Yoruba nation this far by spamming the web with negative stereotypes about Yorubas. It's also laughable, because Igbos have the worst stereotypes in Nigeria; these are the same people infamous for cannibalism around the world. They used to have communal feasts of cannibalism across Igboland up till less than 40 years ago, and there are still isolated cases of cannibalism in Igboland. Best believe that without Nigeria and the arrival of the British colonialists, Igbos would still be in the forest walking butt naked like the Amazon tribes of Brazil, who are stuck in the Amazon forest. Yet these same people go about trying to destroy the reputation of a sophisticated tribe, famous for its unique civilization, rich language, and ever growing religion.

I'm pissed off right now, and I hate Nigeria. The earlier we break-up, the better for everyone. Igbos feed off the energy of the other ethnic groups and without Nigeria, Igboland is doomed!

Please vote for, or against Nigeria.

Cheers!

You are your own worst enemy? I was hoping to see something tangibly Why blame your bad reputation on people who dont give a phuck about you?
As at the year 2012, it is only the Yoruba people that still shiit in nylon bags even in major cities like Lagos.
Abeg disintegrate as fast as you can, we will never miss you. But we know in reality you lots are noise makers, you can only bark, but cant take any action. Buncha gutless bastardss

Bowse

Hightower7: I am not oh broda, I have 2 Mazda 626 for sale. The red one is 1996 and it has 2.0 liter engine and the blue one is 1997 and it has 1.8 liter engine. Click my profile here in nairaland and see the cars I am selling..

Cut the crap and stop disgracing yourself. A potential customer gave you sound advise, instead of taking correction you started being naive and defensive? I must admit you sound like a scammer or up to something.

If indeed you have 2 mazdas for sale you should have said it earlier, you cant say you have blue car and you display red car and you expect people to play along with your scam? There are genuine car dealers here on Nairaland, especially Inspired and others. This is not how he treats customers. I have seen many posts by inspired, he treats everyone with courtesy and respect. If indeed you are genuine, learn from this mistake, apologizes to your potential customers and move on. But if you are a scammer, you can continue to lie and defend your scam

torgbe: i beg,he got 6 children of his own,5 by his wife and 1 out of wedlock.he also has 7 adopted children.just try 2 get ur facts right b4 spewing falsehood.afterall he is the most sexiest and handsome prez in Africa.word

You are the one lying, I dont say what I dont know. Google is your friend...
He can be the sexiest man in the world, whatever that means... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What Ghana needs is a good leader and not a brainless handsome man...

John Mahama is a serial womanizzer, read from Ghanaian websites: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=252108&comment=0#com

The official number of his bastardd children is 27, but most Ghanaians believe its above 40.

http://news1.ghananation.com/headlines/275498-president-john-mahama%3A-i%E2%80%99m-no-womaniser.html

Series22: Y na only igbos d comment, where d yorubas na.. Just like Lagos, Nairaland is owned by a yoruba but controlled by d igbos.

o boy, you dey look for trouble oooo.

This is bad, and I hope its fake news. However, if its true I wish her quick recovery.
HIV nor dey kill again nah, if she allows HIV to kill her it means shes not intelligent. People with HIV virus live normal life as long as they want, and as long as they take their medications religiously.

make una no vex, when i heard this news i thought it was Ngozi Ezeonu? I would like to know, is Ngozi Ezeonu different from Ngozi Nwosu? Sorry ooo I dont really have time for movies so I wouldnt know. If they are different people can someone post their pics here pls. Thanks a bunch


Ok I just did a google search and I found out they are different individuals.
At first I thought it was Ngozi Nwosu, bc thats d only Nollywood Ngozi that I know. Thank God its not her, coz shes too beautiful to die now.