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 Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by BascoVanVeli(m): 11:22pm On Jun 20, 2021 |
Ppogbae: Olisa Ndah and Ifeanyi Anaemena is the dream NPFL CB pairing. Don't let anyone tell you any different. I would even add Samson Gbadegbo but he is injured. John Lazarus not making the team is a joke. Samuel Nnoshiri is a young man I have spoken of before. Good technical ability and sweet left foot. The Enyimba selections not named Anayo and Noble are fraudulent. Seth Mayi AKA the Seth up kid; beautiful touch, excellent dribbler and a keen eye for a pass. The forwards are loaded although a bunch of good players missed out like Silas Nwankwo for Nasarawa and even Victor Mboama for Enyimba. Nazifi Yahaya and his captain Idris Guda definitely should have had a shout. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
| Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 10:35pm On Jun 20, 2021 |
Ppogbae:why no Ahmed Musa!! Abi dem no class am as homebased 5 Likes |
| Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Ppogbae: 10:27pm On Jun 20, 2021 |
Unconfirmed List for Mexico Friendly Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Heartland FC); John Noble (Enyimba FC) Defenders: Olisa Ndah (Akwa United); Adekunle Adeleke (Abia Warriors); Tope Olusesi (Rangers International); Ifeanyi Anaemena (Rivers United); Christopher Nwaeze (Kwara United); Enyinnaya Kazie (Rivers United); Mohammed Zirkiflu (Plateau United); Imoh Ubot (Enyimba FC); Tebo Franklin Degaulle (Nasarawa United); Lawal Oriyomi Murtala (Kwara United) Midfielders: Anthony Shimaga (Rangers International); Seth Mayi (Akwa United); Uche Nwasonaya (Plateau United); Samuel Nnoshiri (Katsina United); Ekundayo Ojo (Enyimba FC) Forwards: Anayo Iwuala (Enyimba FC); Stephen Jude (Kwara United); Ibrahim Olawoyin (Rangers International); Charles Ashimene (Akwa United); Chinonso ezekwe (Rangers International); Auwalu Ali Malam (Kano Pillars); Neurot Emmanuel (Plateau United); Abdulmutalif Sanusi (Katsina United) |
| Politics / Hon Grace Unah Surprises Pupils With Scholarships by SolomonIsands: 2:54pm On Jun 16, 2021 |
The Hon Councillor representing Igede Ward in Yala LGA of Cross River State has surprised primary school pupils of her ward with scholarships and other learning materials. This is as news continues to recognize female Hon Councillors in Cross River State who are affecting their wards positively. Hon Grace Unah , the Councillor is on the radar today. She is one female legislator who is changing the face of representation to make history for herself despite the harsh times facing Councillors and Council Chairmen in the state. In commemorating her one year anniversary, she has broken hitherto known barriers and stereotypes by going the extra mile. Earlier yesterday, she took Igede Ward by storm with the award of scholarship to Twelve (12) pupils of Sacred Heart Primary school, ezekwe/Okpodon. The councilor also distributed writing materials and other learning aids to all the pupils of the school. According to her, the scholarship scheme will continue till the end of her tenure and it will be extended to other schools in her ward. This is quite great and commendable. Our female legislators at the grassroots are making us proud with their seasoned, witty, intelligent and savvy approach to representation. That’s something that men have been quiet taken aback by. According to a report by Lukpata Ebiale Julius , Hon.Grace Unah is a living councillor among the death who have shown leadership responsibility by embarking on educational empowerment having known that for any society to grow education is the fulcrum. Not just beautiful in the face but intelligent and active in leadership. With the meagre resources available to Councillors in Cross River State, Hon Grace Unah has equally written her name in the sands of time and should be commended for this rare feat. Follow @ http://solomonislandblog.com.ng
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| Politics / Ogbunigwe. ( Ojukwu Bucket) Facts You Should Know About One Of The Greatest by RealkingEnyija: 10:06am On May 29, 2021 |
Ogbunigwe also called Ojukwu Bucket was a series of weapons systems including command detonation mines, improvised explosive devices, and rocket propelled missiles, mass-produced by the Republic of Biafra and used against Nigeria between 1967 and 1970 in the Biafran War.[2][3][4][5] Ogbunigwe Place of origin Biafra Service history In service 1967-1970 CE Used by Biafra Nigeria(present day) Wars Biafran War Production history Designer Seth Nwanagu, Sylvester Akalonu, Gordian ezekwe, Benjamin Nwosu, Willy Achukwu, Nath Okpala and others Designed September 1967 Manufacturer Research and Production Organization of Biafra (RAP) Variants Various Specifications Effective firing range 8,000 metres (8,700 yd) Warhead weight 5kg-500kg[1] Propellant Rocket propellant Guidance system none History Edit At the outbreak of hostilities, the Biafran armed forces were poorly equipped as compared to the Nigerian army with arms and ammunition being in short supply. This imbalance in power was intensified in the course of the war. Biafran scientists, prominently from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (then University of Biafra), formed the Research and Production (RAP) Agency of Biafra which included a Weapons Research and Production Group. Headed by Colonel Ejike Obumneme Aghanya, it was the aim and purpose of this group to develop an indigenous arms industry and they soon started with the production of ammunition, grenades and armoured cars. Their most effective and infamous product was the Ogbunigwe of which there were different types in various sizes.[6] The term Ogbunigwe later came to include grenades and landmines but initially referred to non guided rocket propelled surface-to-air missiles which were later converted to surface-to-surface missiles.[6] The engineers Seth Nwanagu, Willy Achukwu, Sylvester Akalonu, Nath Okpala Gordian ezekwe, Benjamin Nwosu and others were instrumental in the design and production of the weapons.[7][8] Originally, the name Ogbunigwe had a singular spiritual meaning preceding the Biafra Civil War. The name meaning, "a killer in the heaven or the vast sky; heaven killer." This is believed to be why the Igbo scientists named their flagship invention the flying Ogbunigwe before disseminating the label to ground ordnance. Following the war, the name Ogbunigwe now has various meanings from "landmine" to "instrument that kills in multitudes." The first type of Ogbunigwe to be produced and tested in combat was the rocket propelled surface to surface missile. It was designed as a surface to air missile to be used in defense against Nigerian MiG-15 fighters marauding the Enugu airport.[9] Before the missile could be used successfully at its actual purpose as an anti aircraft missile, Nigerian troops captured Enugu where the missiles were being produced in October 1967. Following the fall of Enugu, a group of retreating Biafran soldiers were fighting rearguard action against a battalion of heavily armed Nigerian troops at the Ugwuoba bridge along the old Enugu-Awka road. As the ammunition of the Biafran troops was exhausted their commander ordered them, as a last resort, to adapt the use of the Ogbunigwe surface to air missile they were equipped with, by launching them horizontally at the enemy instead of vertically as designed for anti aircraft action. The effect was devastating and extensive.[9] As a result of this incident, the missile was converted and utilised for the rest of the war as a surface-to-surface missile, and as a surface-to-ship missile during the Second Invasion of Onitsha.[10][11] According to Biafran government claims at the time, the flying Ogbunigwe was the first rocket to be wholly designed, developed, mass-produced and launched in Africa.[12] It was used in combat in 1967, over one year before the launching of the first indigenous South African rocket in December 1968.[13] At the height of production, about 500 units were being produced per day in Biafra.[14] Impact Edit The Ogbunigwe mines and warheads generally had a killing range of between 180 and 800 metres,[14] an effective shrapnel radius of a 90° arc and could easily wipe out a company of enemy troops.[3] The self-propelled rocket versions had a missile range of 8 kilometres.[15] The weapons were annihilating for enemy infantry and armoured vehicles.[2] Frederick Forsyth describes the use of the flying Ogbunigwe against an attack by the Nigerian army 1st division in 1969 as follows: It spread death and destruction over a large area, and as usual the first division (...) were advancing in solid phalanxes of packed soldiery. An American who examined the scene afterwards estimated that, out of 6000 men who took part in the attack, 4000 failed to return.[3] Ogbunigwe`s were used to spectacular and devastating effect in the Abagana ambush which wiped out almost the entire Nigerian 2nd Division in 1968.[16] They were also used effectively in knocking out Nigerian Army Saladin and Ferret armoured cars.[3][15] The surface-to-air models were used against mercenary flown Nigerian Air Force Mig 17 jet fighters in the defence of Uli airport.[15] The lack of a guidance system made the missiles notoriously inaccurate against fast flying jet aircraft.[17] The design was based on an air burst principle intended to destabilise the plane by shock wave effect, as well as throw shrapnel and debris in its path to clog up the engines.[18] Though some close calls are reported by Russian pilots flying for the Nigerian Air Force, there are no indications that a Biafran missile shot down an enemy plane.[15] The Biafran Air Force B-25 and B-26 bombers were also fitted with self made Ogbunigwe rockets and bombs.[19] Ogbunigwe was the most effective Biafran weapon during the war and the Nigerian forces were not able to find an efficient defence against it. Well placed mines or rocket salvos coordinated by few determined soldiers were often enough to stop an entire Nigerian advance. The Ogbunigwe in its various forms was able to influence the outcome of many battles.[20] According to Chinua Achebe and Vincent Chukwemeka, Ogbunigwe bombs struck great terror in the hearts of many a Nigerian soldier and were used to great effect by the Biafran Army throughout the conflict...when the history of this war comes to be written, the Ogbunigwe and the shore batteries will receive special mention as Biafras greatest saviours. We have been able to wipe out more Nigerians with Ogbunigwe than with any imported weapon.[21] |
| Politics / The History Of Ogbunigwe Bomb (ojukwu Bucket) by julaion: 11:59am On May 12, 2021 |
History At the outbreak of hostilities, the Biafran armed forces were poorly equipped as compared to the Nigerian army with arms and ammunition being in short supply. This imbalance in power was intensified in the course of the war. Biafran scientists, prominently from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (then University of Biafra), formed the Research and Production (RAP) Agency of Biafra which included a Weapons Research and Production Group. Headed by Colonel Ejike Obumneme Aghanya, it was the aim and purpose of this group to develop an indigenous arms industry and they soon started with the production of ammunition, grenades and armoured cars. Their most effective and infamous product was the Ogbunigwe of which there were different types in various sizes.The term Ogbunigwe later came to include grenades and landmines but initially referred to non guided rocket propelled surface-to-air missiles which were later converted to surface-to-surface missiles. The engineers Seth Nwanagu, Willy Achukwu, Sylvester Akalonu, Nath Okpala Gordian ezekwe, Benjamin Nwosu and others were instrumental in the design and production of the weapons. Originally, the name Ogbunigwe had a singular spiritual meaning preceding the Biafra Civil War. The name meaning, "a killer in the heaven or the vast sky; heaven killer." This is believed to be why the Igbo scientists named their flagship invention the flying Ogbunigwe before disseminating the label to ground ordnance. Following the war, the name Ogbunigwe now has various meanings from "landmine" to "instrument that kills in multitudes." The first type of Ogbunigwe to be produced and tested in combat was the rocket propelled surface to surface missile. It was designed as a surface to air missile to be used in defense against Nigerian MiG-15 fighters marauding the Enugu airport.Before the missile could be used successfully at its actual purpose as an anti aircraft missile, Nigerian troops captured Enugu where the missiles were being produced in October 1967. Following the fall of Enugu, a group of retreating Biafran soldiers were fighting rearguard action against a battalion of heavily armed Nigerian troops at the Ugwuoba bridge along the old Enugu-Awka road. As the ammunition of the Biafran troops was exhausted their commander ordered them, as a last resort, to adapt the use of the Ogbunigwe surface to air missile they were equipped with, by launching them horizontally at the enemy instead of vertically as designed for anti aircraft action. The effect was devastating and extensive. As a result of this incident, the missile was converted and utilised for the rest of the war as a surface-to-surface missile, and as a surface-to-ship missile during the Second Invasion of Onitsha. According to Biafran government claims at the time, the flying Ogbunigwe was the first rocket to be wholly designed, developed, mass-produced and launched in Africa. It was used in combat in 1967, over one year before the launching of the first indigenous South African rocket in December 1968. At the height of production, about 500 units were being produced per day in Biafra. Impact The Ogbunigwe mines and warheads generally had a killing range of between 180 and 800 metres, an effective shrapnel radius of a 90° arc and could easily wipe out a company of enemy troops.The self-propelled rocket versions had a missile range of 8 kilometres.The weapons were annihilating for enemy infantry and armoured vehicles.Frederick Forsyth describes the use of the flying Ogbunigwe against an attack by the Nigerian army 1st division in 1969 as follows: It spread death and destruction over a large area, and as usual the first division (...) were advancing in solid phalanxes of packed soldiery. An American who examined the scene afterwards estimated that, out of 6000 men who took part in the attack, 4000 failed to return. Ogbunigwe`s were used to spectacular and devastating effect in the Abagana ambush which wiped out almost the entire Nigerian 2nd Division in 1968. They were also used effectively in knocking out Nigerian Army Saladin and Ferret armoured cars.The surface-to-air models were used against mercenary flown Nigerian Air Force Mig 17 jet fighters in the defence of Uli airport.The lack of a guidance system made the missiles notoriously inaccurate against fast flying jet aircraft. The design was based on an air burst principle intended to destabilise the plane by shock wave effect, as well as throw shrapnel and debris in its path to clog up the engines.Though some close calls are reported by Russian pilots flying for the Nigerian Air Force, there are no indications that a Biafran missile shot down an enemy plane. The Biafran Air Force B-25 and B-26 bombers were also fitted with self made Ogbunigwe rockets and bombs. Ogbunigwe was the most effective Biafran weapon during the war and the Nigerian forces were not able to find an efficient defence against it. Well placed mines or rocket salvos coordinated by few determined soldiers were often enough to stop an entire Nigerian advance. The Ogbunigwe in its various forms was able to influence the outcome of many battles. According to Chinua Achebe and Vincent Chukwemeka, Ogbunigwe bombs struck great terror in the hearts of many a Nigerian soldier and were used to great effect by the Biafran Army throughout the conflict...when the history of this war comes to be written, the Ogbunigwe and the shore batteries will receive special mention as Biafras greatest saviours. We have been able to wipe out more Nigerians with Ogbunigwe than with any imported weapon As recently as 2010 unexploded ordnance left over from the war recovered and destroyed by Nigerian clearing operations included 646 pieces of live Ogbunigwe bombs and 426 other improvised explosive devices in areas that were formerly Biafra. 1 Like |
| Politics / Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Pass11: 11:28am On May 04, 2021 |
Rocksvibes234:Governor Umahi is building an international airport bigger than Anambra own without making noise about it.Obiano pay media agencies should come up with other obiano project biko. 1 Like |
| Politics / Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by Rocksvibes234: 9:27am On May 04, 2021 |
1. Since the test-landing of two commercial aircraft belonging to Air Peace and a corporate jet belonging to the chairman of the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, Ike Chioke, at Anambra International Cargo/Passenger Airport on Friday, April 30, 2021, the whole nation has been ecstatic about the incredible progress at Nigeria’s most modern airport. Apart from being the first time jet planes have ever landed in Anambra State, the airport has seized the national imagination on account of its being built up to global standards in just 15 months without a loan from any institution anywhere in the world. This is a very impressive record anywhere. 2. It is regrettable, however, that this stupendous accomplishment by the people and Government of Anambra State has not gone down well with a coterie of politically exposed persons who are determined to ruin their own state, all in the name of the gubernatorial vote in the state which will hold on November 6, 2021. The shadowy characters have alleged, for instance, that a whopping two billion dollars ($2bn) has been spent on the airport which has yet to be completed. 3. Two billion dollars ($2bn) translates to nine hundred and sixty billion naira (N960bn), almost a trillion naira (N1tr). This amount is far in excess of the combination of Anambra State budgets in almost the last 10 years. That is, the sum of current and recurrent expenditures since 2001! This is obviously taking fiction too far. It is preposterous. The peddlers of this rumour are not intelligent. The size of the 2021 budget is one hundred and forty thousand naira (N140bn), the biggest in our state’s history, while the size of the 2020 budget was one hundred and thirty seven billion naira (N137bn). 4. The budgetary provision for the airport in the 2020 budget was eight billion naira (N8 billion). And the provision in the 2021 budget is fifty million naira (N50m). The 2021 financial year is far from gone and the airport is still not completed. Therefore, the budgetary provision for this year is not yet exhausted. Even if the total amount for the airport is added to that of last year, it will come to eight billion and fifty million naira. It has to be noted that there are ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) which are directly and indirectly involved in the airport development. The Ministry of Works, for example, is building roads and bridges, among others, leading to the airport and within the airport. It may cost about fifty million dollars ($50m) to complete the first phase of this grand airport which is in a class of its own. In other words, it is nothing near the almost one trillion naira which the political propagandists who hate Anambra State with a passion are bandying about. They will leave nothing to chance in the determination to discredit the state and ruin the homeland of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr Alex Ekwueme, Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Francis Cardinal Arinze, Professor K.O. Dike, Professor Chinua Achebe, Dr Nwafor Orizu, Sir Louis Ojukwu, Olauda Equiano, Professor Chukwuemeka Ike, Professor Laz Ekwueme, Professor Ben Enweonwu, Professor Uche Okeke, Dr Arthur Nwankwo, Cyprian Ekwensi, Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Professor Chike Obi, Professor Alex Animalu, Professor Ben Obumselu, Professor Emmanuel Obiechina, Mokwugo Okoye, Sir Louis Mbanefo, Professor Gordian ezekwe, Chief Arthur Mbanefo, Professor Ben Nwabueze, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Professor Dora Akunyili, Mrs Janet Muokelu, Chief Jerome Udoji, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and many other world-class achievers. 5. The State Government has made it an article of faith to limit expenditures to budgetary provisions. The result is the humungous fiscal discipline which has enabled the state to carry out projects and programmes which, as the Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation publicly stated during its inspection of Anambra International Cargo/Passenger Airport on March 27, 2021, even richer states like petroleum-bearing ones are unable to execute. No wonder, on August 31, 2020, BudGIT, funded by the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, published a report showing Anambra and petroleum-rich Rivers State have the best fiscal responsibility indices of all 36 states in Nigeria plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. 6. If not for the prudent financial management of the state’s lean resources, the airport could have cost two billion dollars ($2bn). Maybe this is the amount which would have been expended on it if the project had been handled by the shadowy politicians whom the great Chinua Achebe most memorably described as “renegades who want to turn my homeland of Anambra State into a bankrupt and wretched fiefdom”. 7. The Government and people of Anambra State are delighted that the delivery of Anambra International Cargo/Passenger Airport has been attracting the attention of not just the Nigerian public or the aviation sector or the tourism industry but also leading researchers in financial management, project management and related disciplines. Governor Willie Obiano, by building a world-class international airport in 15 months and without borrowing from any financial institution, has demonstrated, once again, his solid background in banking, auditing, accounting, business management and political leadership. The airport will certainly make a rewarding study in prudent management of resources. God bless Anambra State, the Light of the Nation. Signed C. Don Adinuba Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment. 11 Likes |
| Politics / 53 Years After Abagana Ambush by kettykin: 11:07am On Mar 31, 2021 |
How a little improvised biafran weapon wiped out an entire Nigerian Military Division. Today Marks 53 years of the Abagana Ambush , how a little unknown Biafran Major Jonathan Uchendu using a locally manufactured biafran weaponry with 700 ill-equipped biafran soldiers wiped out 98% of the 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army reducing a 100 vehicle column of foreign armored Personnel carriers , Tankers and other military hardware into rubble and ashes , sending General Murtala Mohammed into a self imposed exile till the end of the war re enacting the David vs Goliath Scenario more than 4000 years after the actual event The Abagana ambush : the greatest battle of the Nigerian-Biafran War THE OGBUNIGWE BOMB: commonly known as Ogbunigwe during the Biafran war, its fame and mystique traveled wide on both sides of the divide. Considered a technological breakthrough of Igbos during the war, the bomb, which may well be a higher version of today’s I.E.Ds (improved explosive device) was deployed to great effect by the Biafran army. With the economic blockade of Biafra having a telling effect, the people turned inwards, devising survival strategies and apparatuses. Apart from extracting and refining their own petrol; they also had improvised armoured tanks and piloted their planes. The renowned Professor Godian ezekwe led a team of scientists in what was known as the Biafran Research and Production Unit, RAP. This think-tank group is said to have developed rockets, bombs and telecommunications gadgets. According to Achebe, quoting another great author, Professor Chukwuemeka Ike, the ogbunigwe was put to so much devastating effect against the federal troops that the fear of the explosive was the beginning of wisdom for them; to the extent that the Biafrans succeeded more with it than any imported weapons. Ike in his book, Sunset at Dawn: A Novel about Biafra, captures it thus: “You must have heard that the Nigerians are now so mortally afraid of Ogbunigwe that each advancing battalion is now preceded by a herd of cattle.” Boasting about this feat in what is regarded his last official wartime speech, Ojukwu said: “ in three years of war, necessity gave birth to invention… we built bombs, rockets, and we designed and built our own refinery, and our own delivery systems and guided them far. For three years, blockaded without hope of import, we maintained all our vehicles. “The state extracted and refined petrol, individuals refined petrol in their back gardens. We built and maintained our airports, we maintained them under heavy bombardment… we spoke to the world through a telecommunications system engineered by local ingenuity. “In three years, we had broken the technological barrier, became the most advanced black people on earth.” THE ABAGANA AMBUSH: March 25, 1968 probably remains one of the most memorable days in the Nigeria –Biafra war. It was the day the Nigerian side suffered the heaviest single loss in the war. Known as the Abagana Ambush, the Second Division of the Nigerian Army led by Col. Murtala Muhammed had finally crossed the Niger Bridge after failing in the first attempt (having been repelled by the Col. Joe Achuzia’s guerrilla army and suffering heavy casualties). Having crossed into Biafra, the plan was to link up with the First Division led by Col. Shuwa penetrating the Igbo heartland through the north from Nsukka. As Achebe notes: “The amalgamation of these two forces, the Nigerian Army hoped, would then serve as a formidable force that would ‘smash the Biafrans’”. Col. Muhammed was said to have assembled and deployed, a convoy of 96 vehicles and four armoured cars to facilitate this plan on March 31, 1968. However, Biafran intelligence was said to have got wind of the move and a Major Jonathan Uchendu was charged with working out a counter-attack strategy. With a 700-man team, a counter- attack plan was hatched that essentially sealed up the Abagana Road while the troops lie in ambush in a nearby bush waiting patiently for the advancing Nigerians and their reinforcements. Achebe writes that “Major Uchendu’s strategy proved to be highly successful. His troops destroyed Muhammed’s entire convoy within one and half hours. All told, the Nigerians suffered about 500 casualties. There was minimal loss on the Biafran side.” It was probably the most resounding battle ever won by the Biafrans in the entire war. ACHEBE, OKIGBO AND MAJOR IFEAJUNA: Christopher Okigbo, the cerebral poet and Achebe had known from their Government College, Umuahia days. Though Okigbo was two years junior to Achebe in class, they struck up friendship very quickly and maintained the closeness till Okigbo’s tragic end in the war front. After Umuahia, they were to meet again at the University College, Ibadan, and while Achebe was in the Nigerian Broadcasting Service in Ikoyi , Lagos, Okigbo was West Africa manager for Cambridge University Press. Their friendship was such that Okigbo was godfather to one of Achebe’s sons and on many occasions during the ensuing tumult in Igboland, Okigbo played ‘father ‘ role to the Achebe house- hold. When the war was in full force and all the Igbo personalities had returned, Enugu was the natural settlement for most of the elite returnees in the early days before the ancient town was bombed into submission by the federal forces. It was in Enugu; precisely on Michael Okpara Avenue, that Achebe and Okigbo set up their publishing outfit called Citadel Press. It was indeed the idea of Okigbo who thought out and even worked out the whole project before getting Achebe to come on board. The crux of it all was to publish educational materials, including children’s books and books that would capture the ongoing crisis. The first book Citadel Press worked on was, “How the Dog Became a Domesticated Animal,” by John Iroaganachi. Achebe and Okigbo chose to rework the folktale and turn it around to become, “How the Leopard got its Claws.” This book never got to see the light of the day before the shelling of Enugu became unbearable and most people had to scamper and relocate further into the hinterland. While Citadel still functioned, Okigbo had brought a manuscript from Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, one of the five majors who plotted the January 1966 coup. The twain were thoroughly disappointed with Ifeajuna’s account of that critical event of Nigeria’s life. Hear Achebe: “I read the treatise through quickly and became more and more disappointed as I went along. Ifeajuna’s account showcased a writer trying to pass himself off as something that he wasn’t. For one, the manuscript claimed that the entire coup d’etat was his show, that he was the chief strategist, complete master mind, and executer, not just one of several. He recognized the presence of his coconspirators but did not elevate their involvement to any level of importance.” Chukwuma Nzeogwu, one of the chief protagonists of the January 1966 coup called the manuscript a lie while Achebe and Okigbo thought it too irresponsible to deserve publication. The manuscript was later to vanish to the regret of Achebe who thought it could have been preserved at least as a version of what transpired on that fateful January of 1966. Christopher Okigbo who had become a Major in the Biafran army was to be felled in the war front in August 1967, in Ekwegbe, close to Nsukka. Achebe who had fled from Enugu under the hale of shelling returned to Citadel Press after the war to find the small building reduced to ruble. It was instructive that a number of buildings in the vicinity had been unscathed by the conflict, but this one was pummeled to the ground. It was the work of someone or some people with an ax to grind, he thinks. TOMORROW: THE ECONOMIC BLOCKADE AND STARVATION; EPILOGUE https://thenationonlineng.net/there-was-a-country-ogbunigwe-abagana-ambush-achebe-okigbo-and-ifeajuna/ 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics / Apc National Youth Council Delta State Chapter Excos Elected. by Handex(m): 12:12am On Mar 29, 2021 |
APC NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL DELTA STATE CHAPTER EXCOS EMERGED. 28/03/2021 *Ughelli*: Sequence to the approval of the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Executive Interim Committee led by Yobe State Governor Malam Mai Buni approval of the youth organ of the APC across States with a mandate to build a formidable youth arm of the party. The APC Nantional Youth Council (NYC) is a purely political movement to promote good governance and protect the image of our great party (APC). We are a support group under the umbrella of National Party. The organ was formed in the year 2018 with the name Buhari Voters Initiative first under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Aliyu Sabiu Ibrahim Maduru Former Speaker Katsina State House of Assembly who is the current National President APC NYC and the National Secretary Comr. Akeem Bello, before it was simultaneously changed to APC NYC. The APC NYC national executive in conjunction with the Interim South-South Exco led by Comr. Preye Tambou the Interim Delta State Coordinator and South South Coordinator/National Vice President and Akoyere Edesiri Joy who is the Convener/creator of the State group with a mandate to conduct the Delta chapter executive consensus/election. Today, being on Sunday 28th of March, 2021 the Delta State APC National Youth Council elected their new executives at Ughelli, Delta State. The election was done free and fair to all the aspirants satisfaction where only those that were favourable to the elections requirements were elected into various offices. Whereas, the elected position was equitably distributed to all the senatorial zones of Delta State. Hence, the following are the newly elected executive board members of APC NYC Delta State that will steer the affairs of the APC Youth body for the next four (4) years as stipulated by the constitution. 1. Prince Benafa from Ojobo, Burutu LGA, Delta South emerged as the State Coordinator 2. Osita Ambrose Olunwa, from Onicha Olona, Aniocha North, Delta North and State Deputy Coordinator 3. Frank Izekor, from Ika South, Delta North and State Secretary 4. Emmanuel Promise Da-Arepamowe, from Bomadi LGA, Delta South, and vying for State Assistant Coordinator (A) 5. Hero I. Hero, Ward 9, Oshimili South LGA, Delta North and State Assistant Coordinator (B) 6. Omonigho E. Playwell, from Ethiope East LGA, Delta Central and State Assistant Coordinator (C) 7. Ogori Alexander Peremobo-owei, from Bomadi LGA and State Publicity Secretary. 8. Agboma Christian Peter, from Ika South LGA, Delta North and State Director of Youth Development 9. Daniel Osiebe from Ughelli North, Delta Central and State Organizing Secretary 10. Edhekpo Uyoyou, from Isoko South, Delta South and State Financial Secretary 11. Innocent Ekere, from Ughelli South, Delta Central and State Treasurer 12. Cynthia Eshogba Olojoba, from Sapele LGA, Delta Central and State Woman Leader 13. Victor Esivwenoja, from Delta Central and State Director of Special Duty 14. Ukoko Akpode Haggai, from Ekakpamre Ward, Ughelli South, Delta Central and State Legal Adviser 15. Ekehazia Alexander Okolie, from Onicha Olona, Aniocha, Delta North and State Auditor 16. Oketete Emmanuel from Udu LGA, Delta Central and State Assistant Secretary 17. Delight Charles, from Ward 11 Oshimili South LGA, Delta North and State Deputy Woman Leader 18. Aperebo Ebimiedau David, from Burutu LGA, and State Asst. Director of Youth Development 19. Nwachokor Harrison Sunday, from Ika South, Delta North and State Assistant Financial Secretary 20. Ntozuka Joseph Isioma, from Anioncha North, Delta North and State Assistant Treasurer 21. Henrietta Omagu, from Owhe Ward 6, Isoko North LGA, Delta South and State Assistant Organizing Secretary 22. Andrew ezekwe from Ward 10 Oshimili North, Delta North and State Assistant Publicity Secretary Print and Electronic Media 23. Oweikpodor Fiedeka Anthony, from Ward 1,Warri South West LGA, Delta South and State Deputy Director Special Duties 24. Madagwe Akpeyere Francis from Ethiope West, Delta Central SBD and State Assistant Publicity Secretary on Social Media 25. Prince Chukwuemeka Okolie, from Anioncha North LGA, Issele-uku kingdom, Delta North and State Ex-officio 26. Henry Ibeh, Ughelli North, Orogun Ward 1, Delta Central and Ex-Officio The new executive are expected to run with the vision of the All progressive party, both at the State and National level. Office of Directorate of Media & Publicity APC National Youth Council (NYC) Delta State Chapter. |
| Politics / Re: Celebrating 12 Nigerian Women Who Deserve A Place On The Naira Note (Pictures) by fennels007(m): 7:47pm On Mar 08, 2021 |
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| Family / Which Is More Important For Women, Equality Or Mindset? by joessi(m): 4:51pm On Mar 08, 2021 |
EQUALITY OR MINDSET . Read till the end! The ring is set for the big match, long in the making. We gathered to watch and shortly, the Announcer took the center stage with a microphone and introduced himself and the two contenders. To the blue Corner he said “is the challenger, give it up for Lydia！ And to the red corner is the reigning champion, Leonard！” and we all cheer with loud applause as we sat down. This match was scheduled for twelve rounds, except for a knock out. Unlike any other match fought before, this one isn’t about just wining but a match to determine EQUALITY should the challenger wins. The Announcer left the ring, leaving the referee to get the match started. The referee signaled the time keeper and ring! Ring! Ring! goes the bell for round one to start. From one round to the next we watched as they fought and staggered in the ring, with heightened emotions and taping of toes. most were expecting the champion to win the match in the first few round but Lydia came ready to get equality for her gender. The match got to the twelfth round and soon headed for the judges card to be the decider of the winner. We heard the Announcer's voice again this time, holding in his hand is the score card from each of the judges, he read it out and declared Lydia the winner by unanimous decision. The crowd exploded with mixed feelings, for Lydia and the rest of the her gender it was a dream come through, equality atlas was there chant. Its a new age, a new era or better still, a new world to come. With some degree of uncertainty we left the arena anticipating how the recently won equality would shape her. It’s been years since Lydia won the bout, and everything seems to remain the same: Like reality did not obey the contract of the match! Or the equality she won wasn’t what she actually wanted? So I ask, was it equality that was the problem or was it the mindset thing? Who holds the balance of gender? Who holds the scale of social equity? Who holds the scale rule of gender performance? Who determine what role fit each gender? Who determine who enjoy more social and economic benefit？ or who says which gender is more political?. There is sure no fact that such a claim holds and any fight we engage on this filed is just a show of ignorance of the unique features that makes each gender perfect. I say its not gender equality that has being the problem, its is our mindset. Taking a close look on the African society and her culture, the girl child has being put under pressure and told a lot of lies on what she can be and what she can't be. This has gone a long way in time to create a mindset that guides her life all through existence. The pressure of time and the pressure of family have been the major drivers of this mindset the girl child owns, no girl wants to be like the 70 years old unmarried woman in the village, lol, neither do I want such for my sisters or anyone. The pressure of time has being from time past, it’s like the girl child is a time bomb set to explode if not intercepted in time. The heat of when to marry, to be in a relationship keeps bugging her and tick tock is all she hears and in desperate move to beat her biological time, the time the society sets for her, the time she has come to set for herself, she throws all that makes her a perfect woman by default. It’s is a known fact that the reproductive organ of the woman have a time frame, but this pressure of time has made her throw away dreams and visions and starve the world of the flavor and beauty she ought to contribute. Sometimes she is being pressured by family on when to tie the knot, the sight of her peers getting hooked up makes her throw caution into the wind. The society has dipped her into the sea of high moral standard, and she struggles to keep her head above the waters. Now all she wants to do is to escape from this reality and become equal with the supposed champion in a bid to fair opportunity. So I ask again is it equality or is it the mind set? Its true that the society has put you under pressure and lied to you. The society has crop your task, your scope has been made to contain the kitchen, and the rest of the house which is indeed sweet as it the pride of every girl but to this, you have a glorious destiny, a path to fulfill, in addition to being tender and loving you have a spice to add to life and existence. I tell you, you can be a mom and be a president, oh yes！ you heard me, not just a mom but a super mom, a role model mom and still live your dreams. History in itself is filled with women that grew from girl-hood to woman hood and fulfill destiny even in marriage, the likes of serina Williams, mary kay, ngozi okonjo-iweala and much more, they didn't have to fight anyone for equality, yet they fulfilled a purpose and history won't forget their impact. How sweet it is when history remembers you not only as John’s mother but also as you. I say its not about equality, its about your mindset. Am not advocating for miss independence, neither am I advocating for feminist. But I am saying, “you are a girl child, an African pride, you are special and full of virtue, you have something amazing packed in you to offer, so don’t let the mindset or the lies of the society, family or yourself shout you down”. So tell me my dear girl child, what would you rather do different if you have all the equality you ever imagine?. Culled from Transformend.com.ng by Joseph ezekwe joessiglow
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| Politics / Re: David Nketim-Rex: Treatment Of Gunshot Patients Lawful, Says Peter Obi by Shormiey(m): 1:08pm On Jan 20, 2021 |
Thegracefulness: 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics / Re: David Nketim-Rex: Treatment Of Gunshot Patients Lawful, Says Peter Obi by Miracle2020: 10:34am On Jan 20, 2021 |
Thegracefulness:is it the same police men that you guys were killing in Lagos? Is it the same police men that you guys burnt alive? Is it the same police men that you guys burn down their patrol vehicles and police stations? Infact any police man that foolishly allow himself to be killed in the name of rescuing ungrateful terrorist youths. Will have himself to blame. ENJOY YOUR ENDSARS. |
| Politics / Re: David Nketim-Rex: Treatment Of Gunshot Patients Lawful, Says Peter Obi by Thegracefulness: 10:12am On Jan 20, 2021 |
Read about his unfortunate death. Learnt he was a Product Designer, and lived around Jibowu area in Lagos. And then on a certain day around 8 p.m, as he was returning home, armed robbers attacked and shot him. The infuriating thing is that Police were alerted after the attack, but they watched him bleed to death, taking pictures and wondering what he was doing with a Laptop—even LUTH Doctors refused to administer treatment till he was pronounced dead. I was among a conversation where I read a statement somebody made. They said; everyday I live and walk around with fear just because I don’t trust the system to save me when I’m in need. “For those of you that still believe in prayers, your prayer point everyday should be may Nigeria never happen to you.” There was David, Onifade, Anthony Unuode, Tina ezekwe. There’s a thousand more—a recurring disability in our societal system. Children are just trying to survive in a society where you have stolen away their future from them. I pray to God Nigeria does not be the death of me. 54 Likes 3 Shares |
| Politics / Re: IKENGA: The Mighty Secret Of The Igbo by Nobody: 11:00am On Jan 15, 2021 |
Some people will not like this. Igbo amaka. cc lzaa Psoul: 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics / IKENGA: The Mighty Secret Of The Igbo by Psoul(m): 10:54am On Jan 15, 2021 |
The secret of the Igbo is the Ikenga. The Ikenga is the spirit of individualism, industry, progress and self-determination or independence. In the past, many Igbo men had a personal god called the Ikenga. It was a ram-horned wooden effigy which many Igbo men communed with before they set out for the day’s work. It was the spirit of Ikenga that led the Igbo man in his decisions throughout his life. It was the Ikenga that pushed the Igbo man to move beyond his confines out into the wide world with the sole aim of conquering and mastering anywhere he found himself. The Ikenga makes the Igbo man abhor the slavery of his spirit. The Ikenga makes the Igbo man abhor the subjugation of his spirit. The Ikenga led every Igbo man in the past. The Ikenga is spiritually leading every man with Igbo blood today, whether he knows it or not…. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the only ethnic group in black Africa which the white slave masters were very uncomfortable with was the Igbo. Having Igbo slaves was like pouring water in a basket. The Igbo slaves almost always rebelled against their white masters. They would jump out of the ships transporting them across the Atlantic Ocean. They would quickly master the way the white man turned the keys to remove their chains and bring them out to the deck to get some sunshine. While getting sunlight, they would kill the white men, free themselves and try to escape the vastness of the ocean, save for the retorting maxim guns of dangerous pirate ships looking for such loose, wandering and rudderless ships. Igbo slaves were brought to Savannah, Georgia to be auctioned off as slaves. Two families from St. Simons Island, Georgia, purchased these slaves and had them shipped to the Island on a ship named Morovia. The Igbo slaves rebelled. The captain's own slave was the first to commit suicide by drowning in Dunbar Creek. Then an Igbo chief who had been captured into slavery along with others began to chant, “The Sea brought me and the Sea will bring me home”. There was no questioning the chief's decisions. Other Igbo slaves began to chant together, “Omambala kamu jiri bia, omambala kamu ga eji la”. Chained one to the other, they came into port and were led toward the dock. But, instead of walking onto the bank into a life of slavery, they all turned and followed their chief into the depths of Dunbar Creek and about 75 of them got drowned. The place is called “Eboe Landing (Igbo Landing)” to this day. The only country full of black slaves that rebelled successfully was Haiti. The black slaves in this country chased outall the white slave masters, killing many of them. The ethnic group that organized and strategically led the revolt was the Igbo. In fact, today, Igbo songs and culture is felt everywhere in Haiti. There is a Haitian song popular in Haiti today, It goes, Igbo Granmoun O (The Igbos are their own authority), lakay Igbo (In the land of Igbos), Igbo Granmoun O (The Ibos are their own authority). “Lakay Igbo” seemed to be corrupted from “ala nke Igbo”. So resentful were the Igbo people of taking orders, that Igbo slaves in Haiti and throughout the Americas had a higher suicide rate than other Africans. Many Igbo slaves bought their freedom and became very well respected in America and elsewhere. Sometimes, if they did not succeed, their direct children did and became known worldwide. I hope you have heard of names like Olaudah Equiano (first black African former slave to have written and published an autobiography in modern print in 1789, regarded as the true beginning of modern African literature), Africanus Horton (father of modern African political thought and the first modern African political thinker to openly campaign for self-government for the West African colonies in the 1860s!), Edward Wilmot Blyden (regarded widely as the “father of Pan-Africanism” and one of the first people to articulate a notion of “African Personality” and the uniqueness of “African race” in the 1880!)? Did you notice the fire of self-determination in these people I mentioned? The Ikenga is that powerful. By 1857, the slave trade was already being crushed by the British Slave Trade Act of 1807. In 1857, the ship, Dayspring, anchored at Onitsha. On board was Dr. Baikie (whose name is now synonymous with any white man in the view of the average Igbo). With him was Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther (a freed Yoruba slave) and Reverend J.C. Taylor (a freed Igbo slave). With them were a group of catechists. The seed of western education was brought to Igbo land that year by these people. In fact, Reverend Taylor was left behind to teach the indigenous Igbo the mystery of western education. By this time, many indigenous Yoruba people had gone deeper in western education, far more than the indigenous Igbo. This is because of the early encounter of the indigenous Yoruba with western education through the coast of Lagos where many white people and freed slaves from all over the world flourished. While the indigenous Igbo were still learning the mystery of education, the Yoruba had their first graduate in 1875 (Dr. Nathaniel King). The British were not comfortable with finding so many educated Yoruba in Lagos at this time. Well, not long after the indigenous Igbo came into contact with western education, they became so enamored of it that the Ikenga led them to have unimaginable grasp of it. The sudden accelerated rise of the Igbo in their acquisition of western education was shuddering. Coming late to western education (the first graduate was Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1930), they soon overtook the Ibibio and nearly the Yoruba. This baffled the Yoruba and irked the Hausa. The Igbo were inclined toward American horizontal education. With scholarships won by Zik for Nwafor Orizu and other seven “Argonauts”, a new era began. Dr. Orizu was later to win 431 American scholarships which he did not limit to his Igbo people, but gave to any ready African student. The American type of education the Igbo was acquiring made the Colonial British very displeased. But the seed had been sown. The Ikenga was boiling for more of the new knowledge. By the late 1930s, according to Schwartz, there were more Igbos than Yorubas at most of the important Nigerian schools. It followed that the Igbo competed for jobs that the Yorubas had held exclusively for over three decades. The Yoruba began to express fears of Igbo domination. By 1948, the resentment was palpable. In the words of Mariam Ikejiani-Clark, "It was this contending situation between the Yorubas and the Ibos which led to ethnic hostility and distrust amongst them that made it very difficult eventually for the two parties to form a coalition government at the federal level". Although academic environments were cosmopolitan, the academic Yoruba was still not at ease with the newly educated Igbo. Shortly before Independence, an Igbo, Prof. Kenneth Dike, was appointed Vice Principal of the University College, Ibadan, then Principal of the University College, and later, after Independence, he became the first indigenous Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Another Igbo, Prof. Eni Njoku became Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. The political tension in Nigeria in the early 1960’s brought ethnic sentiments to the fore and some Yoruba devised an intrigue and edged out Njoku who returned to the east to head the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Prof. Kenneth Dike was fed up too with misinterpretations of his sincere motives in his leadership style. After a tiresome court case with the Registrar of the University, he took an accumulated leave and by the time he was due to return, it was no longer save for an Igbo at Ibadan. He moved to the east with his family. The Ikenga had also begun to boil for the independence of Nigeria. The Igbo made up a dominant part of the pioneer renowned nationalists who fought for the independence of Nigeria from Britain. The role of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe from 1937 to 1960 is well documented in history. Aside Herbert Macaulay who was limited to Lagos except for 1947, Azikiwe was indisputably the front man in the fight for independence in a nationwide scale. The other well-known nationalists were Mazi Mbonu Ojike (he published three books within three years while studying in America), Dr. A.A. Nwafor Orizu, Kingsley Mbadiwe (moved a motion in parliament that led to the establishment of the Central Bank of Nigeria), Oged Macaulay, Mallam Habib Raji Abdalla, Osita Agwuna, Mokwugwo Okoye, Chief MCK Ajuluchukwu, Chief Fred Anyiam, Chief Mbazulike Iwuchukwu Amaechi, Increase Coker, Ebun Adesioye, Mr. AJ Marinho, Green Mbadiwe, Eni Njoku, Alhaji S.O. Gbadamosi, H.O. Davies, Bode Thomas, A.K. Blankson, Kola Balogun, Abiodun Aloba, Harry Nwana, Wogu Ananaba, Ikenna Nzimiro, Za’ad Zungur, Okechukwu Ikejiani, Jack Seaboy, T.O.S. Benson, Hon. Timothy Naakuru Paul Birabi, Chief Dennis Osadebay, and Michael Okpara. What I want to show is obvious. Most of them were of the Zikist Movement. The secret was the Ikenga. When independence arrived, the Igbos took over many civil jobs in the north. This created resentment and indirectly led to repeated killing of the Igbo by the Hausa in the north. It was the spirit of Ikenga that led the Igbo to flourish in places that were not their homeland. This brought them trouble. The real reason for the Nigerian Civil War which was fought between the Igbo and the rest of Nigeria from 1967-1970 was the irrepressible spirit of the Igbo. The average Igbo leader is not comfortable playing second fiddle in any political structure. This character in Azikiwe brought him confrontations with others. This character in Ojukwu (first graduate in the Nigerian Army) made him uncomfortable to accept authority from Gowon whom he considered his junior. This character led to secession…. The war showed the strength of Ikenga in very mysterious ways. Within three years and under unbelievable conditions, Igbo scientists invented rocket bombs and guns, produced cream, soap, mortar tank, devised and built portable oil refineries which produced gasoline with the heat of wood fires, invented mortars from oil drilling equipment, and soap, matches, and gin from available resources etc. After the war, these efforts led to the establishment of PRODA. After the war also, most of the Igbo were given twenty pounds each. Within ten years, many of them were millionaires again! Ikenga…. Today, many Nigerians who became firsts in their chosen careers are Igbos. The first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. The first Nigerian PhD in radio astronomy was Prof. Samuel Okoye. The first Nigerian PhD in Nuclear Physics is Prof. Frank Ndili. The most world-renowned Nigerian mathematician was Prof. Chike Obi. The first PhD (History) from a Nigerian university, was Prof. Adiele Afigbo. The first Nigerian physicist that has been nominated three times for Nobel Prize in Physics is Prof. Alex Animalu. The first Nigerian scientist to be nominated four times is Gabriel Oyibo! The first Nigerian Professor of Statistics is Chimamanda Adichie’s father, Prof. James Adichie. The first Nigerian PhD in Mechanical Engineering was Prof. Gordian ezekwe. The mother of modern African literature and the first African woman novelist to be published in the English language in Britain was Flora Nwapa. The acknowledged father of modern African literature whose work, “Things Fall Apart” is the only African novel that has been translated into many world languages was Prof. Chinua Achebe. The list goes on… The Ikenga does not even spare Igbo institutions. The first open heart surgical operation in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa was undertaken in 1974 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu. The University Teaching Hospital also achieved the first successful delivery of quintuplets in Nigeria by caesarean section. This was followed by the first and second successful separations of Siamese twins by Igbo doctors in the hospital. The first indigenous and autonomous University in Nigeria is the University of Nigeria, Nsukka…. 2 Likes 1 Share
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| Politics / Re: Nigerian Politicians' Convoy In 1999 VS Present (Video, Photos) by Nobody: 8:27pm On Jan 05, 2021 |
naptu2:Nigerian needs to cut it's coat according to his size this luxuries of expensive convoys,first class travel,hotel presidential suites and medical treatment abroad will bankrupt the failed state. |
| Politics / Re: Nigerian Politicians' Convoy In 1999 VS Present (Video, Photos) by naptu2: 7:24am On Jan 05, 2021 |
 I wrote about dignitaries that were uncomfortable with the security arrangements around them and I forgot to write about the funniest example. Professor Gordian ezekwe was a mechanical engineering lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University in the 1950s and '60s. He was one of the scientists that modified machines to produce weapons for Biafra during the Civil War (they modified tractors and bulldozers to produce tanks and they also made home made rockets which were called Ogbunigwe). He was also a professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka during and after the war. President Ibrahim Babangida made him the CEO of the Product Research and Design Organisation (PRODA) in the 1980s. PRODA made what they called "The first made in Nigeria car" at that time. Then, in the 1990s, either General Babangida or General Abacha made him the minister of science and technology. I had a friend who was a lecturer and he also knew Professor ezekwe. We were discussing (much later in the 1990s, after Professor ezekwe had left his ministerial position) and my friend was angry. He said that the government should have set up a workshop for Professor ezekwe to produce things, but instead of doing that, they made him a minister (an administrative position). He said that Professor ezekwe was always fighting with his police ADC over who would open the car door. He wasn't used to such things and he had always opened his car door by himself. 2 Likes |
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| Politics / SARS Victim Presents Photo Of Officer Who Paralysed Him by adenigga(m): 5:41am On Nov 21, 2020 |
A 34-year-old trader, Mr Ndukwe Ekekwe, allegedly paralysed by officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on Friday presented before a Lagos judicial panel of inquiry, a photograph of one of the officers allegedly responsible for his paralysis. Source: https://m.guardian.ng/Metro/Alleged-SARS-victim-presents-phot-of-officer-who-allegedly-paralysed-him 3 Likes 1 Share
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| Politics / Meet Kenechukwu Okeke Who Sued Aisha Yesufu, Falz, Others Over EndSARS Protest by Abdulazeez99: 3:54pm On Nov 11, 2020 |
Meet Okeke, The Activist Who Sued Aisha Yesufu, Sam Adeyemi, Falz, 47 Others Over #EndSARS Kenechukwu Okeke, a self-acclaimed rights activist recently dragged Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Falz, Banky W, Aisha Yesufu and a host of others to court over the #EndSARS protest. https://igberetvnews.com/1371318/meet-okeke-activist-sued-aisha-yesufu-sam-adeyemi-falz-47-others-endsars/ 24 Likes 11 Shares
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| Politics / Igbos Dominate List Of Those Killed By SARS In Recent List by TheSchrodinger(m): 12:20pm On Oct 28, 2020 |
It has been a week since the terrible incident which claimed the lives of protesters in Lekki happened. First, there was a blackout and then sporadic shootings followed. Lives were lost and injuries were sustained. The number of people who died in this infamous event, called the LEKKI MASSACRE by some Nigerians is not known for sure. Some section of the media suggests a number in the range of 50, others claim it is less than 20. These protesters were protesting against SARS and bad governance. Some moments ago, BET, an hip hop company and channel released the names of some of those who were killed by police brutality in Nigeria via their Twitter page. #HipHopAwards, a section of BET I believe, released the names of these victims. The names there are: 1. Tiyamiu Kazeem 2. Isaac Mbge 3. Ifeoma Abugu 4. Chibuike Anams 5. Christian Ugwuoke 6. Aneaka Okorie 7. Tina ezekwe 8. Solomon Eze 9. Ayomide Taiwo 10. Jimoh Isiaq, etc. Note that BET's #HipHopAwards page is a verified Twitter page that has been in existence since 2009. It is a reputable brand hence we can be rest assured that this list isn't fake. While going through the list, I observed that the majority on the list were Igbo. I would like to let everyone reading know that I am only stating an observation and not trying to make Igbos seem bad. Igbos are wonderful people and are therefore, people of prestige. There have been several calls for police brutality to end in Nigeria, particularly from abroad in person of Hilary Clinton, Lewis Hamilton, Tammy Abraham and many others. In recent news, the Nigerian Army has admitted to being present on the day of the Lekki shootings. This was confirmed by Saharareporters in a recent publication. May all the souls, Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas, lost to police brutality rest in peace. Amen. Thanks for reading. Please LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE this article. See pictures of the full list at https://froster123..com/2020/10/Igbo-killed-EndSARS-BET-list-.html
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| Politics / Re: #ENDSARS: Remarks By Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila (full Text) by Adegold1993(m): 6:02pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
[quote author=Nemere2020 post=95128049]REMARKS BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REP. FEMI GBAJABIAMILA ON THE NATIONWIDE #ENDSARS PROTESTS AND THE RESPONSE OF THE HOUSE TO THE CALLS FOR WHOLESALE REFORMS OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF). TUESDAY, 20TH OCTOBER 2020. Protocols: 1. Good morning Honourable colleagues, thank you for being here this morning. 2. About two weeks ago, I spoke to this honourable House about the need for urgent, substantive, and wholesale reforms of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and an overhaul of our nation’s internal security and policing framework. 3.This honourable House debated the failures of policing that have caused our nation’s youth to take to the streets in their numbers, demanding that Government live up to our primary obligation to ensure the security and welfare of our people. 4.The nationwide protests that gave impetus to our deliberations that day have not abated. They have gotten more serious, with many reported instances of violence between state actors and protesters, between protesters and armed thugs who seek to hijack the passion and idealism of these protests for other nefarious purposes. 5.The Federal Government of Nigeria has acted to dissolve the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), whose gross abuses of power are the proximate cause of this present unrest. The Government has moved to set up, through the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), a national judicial panel of inquiry, in addition to similar panels set up by the federating state governments. 6.The House of Representatives has committed to a programme of reforms. We resolved to collaborate with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in this effort and to ensure that draft legislation is ready for consideration within thirty days. 7. None of these actions have sufficed to convince the ever-growing numbers of protesters to withdraw from continued agitation. From Lagos to Awkuzu, from Port-Harcourt to Kano, Abuja and Enugu, the protests have continued relentlessly, with good cause. Whatever else may be driving this moment, our people expect more than commitments. They expect action, and we must deliver. 8.This House will live up to the commitments we have already made, whilst we continue to seek avenues to do better and achieve more. Even as we act to establish systems for police accountability to ensure that the abuses of the past never happen again, we must seek the full measure of justice for what came before. 9.We owe this to Tiyamu Kazeem and Tina ezekwe, Tony Zitta and Anita Akapson, to Chijioke Iloanya and Jimoh Isiaq, Kolade Johnson, Modebayo Awosika and far too many others. 10. We owe it to the families they left behind, to those who even now do not know if their missing son, their long lost sister, their father, is buried somewhere in a shallow, unmarked grave, put there by those whose duty it was to protect them. 11. We owe this much to the young people who have such high hopes and lofty aspirations for this nation that they are willing to risk their lives, brave the sun and rain, through night and day, to demand that all of us, one nation under God, live up to the better angels of our nature, and be better than what we are now. 12. On Wednesday last week, the leadership of the House met with the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). This meeting was in furtherance of the House’ resolution to partner with the Association to develop legislation that implements a new framework for holding police officers accountable when they fail in the performance of their duties under the law. 13. Following from that meeting, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata constituted a Committee, led by the eminent Professor Deji Adekunle, SAN to work with the House of Representatives to develop a Bill for the House within the timeline we have pledged. The Committee has resumed its assignment. I thank Olumide Akpata and the leadership of the NBA for their support. I also thank Professor Adekunle, SAN and members of the Committee, all of whom volunteered for this assignment, for recognising the urgency of the moment and acting with dedication and in good conscience, in service of our beloved nation. 14.Two weeks from now, the House will receive and immediately begin to consider legislation that seeks to establish a system of independent, responsive accountability that: a. Holds erring members of the Police Force to account for their conduct in the performance of their duties; b. Imposes civil and criminal liability for violations of the law and the Police regulations; c. Ensures that officers found who engage in unauthorised, unlawful use of force are expelled from office and subject to the full penalty of the law; and d. Prohibits with severe penalties the practice of using illegal incarceration as a cudgel to extort law-abiding citizens of their hard-earned resources. 15. We will establish a system of citizen-led accountability for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) because in the democracy we have set out to build, the police are not above the citizenry, they are servants of the people. The police are not above the law; they are its guardians. 16. As we endeavour to hold our nation’s police to higher standards of personal and professional conduct, we must also make sure that we provide for the welfare of the men and women to whom we assign such significant responsibilities in our collective interest. From minimum police recruitment requirements, through to training, everything must change, if we are to have a police force that meets our nation’s needs and upholds the law of the land with integrity and professionalism. 17. Honourable colleagues, independence for any nation is not a function of a singular declaration; it doesn’t happen one time. Freedom is earned through generations, over and over again, by the sacrifice of patriots who band together to achieve for themselves and leave to their descendants, the inheritance of a more perfect union. 18. Sixty years ago, our country gained its independence from the British who until then had charted our course and devised our fate. Twenty years ago, when we set off the shackles of the military dictatorship, to commit once more to this grand experiment in civil governance, we gained independence again. 19.Today, we are witnessing across Nigeria, a call for a fundamental rethinking of our nationhood. As we sit here in this hallowed chamber, a new independence movement is roiling our nation. A generation of young people, who came of age in the years of our democracy have looked upon what we have built and decided that we can do better. 20. We will do well to heed this call and what it portends for Nigeria. Let us take the opportunity of this moment to do the hard things, make the right choices and pursue those objectives that drive progress and put us in good stead for generations to come. As Speaker of this House of Representatives, let me say now for the records to reflect, and in the expectation that I would be held to account: • I will not sign off on a 2021 Budget that does not include adequate provisions to compensate those who have suffered violence and brutality at the hands of the police in Nigeria in the last two decades. • I will not sign off on a budget that does not meet the reasonable demands of the ASUU, to which Government has already acceded. There is no better time to rethink the system of funding for higher education in Nigeria. The current system does a great disservice to our children and our country, and we must commit to changing it so that we can free our institutions of higher learning to be citadels where innovation thrives, and excellence is a given. • With my colleagues in the House of Representatives, I will visit over the next week, some of the families of those who have lost loved ones to police brutality and when we come back, we will work together to honour the memory of those we have lost. • The House of Representatives will pass an Electoral Reform Bill in time for the next general elections so that we may continue to improve the process of electing our political representatives at all levels. • I will support the amendment of the constitution to ensure that the provisions on fundamental human rights have teeth, resource control is dealt with equitably and that the next generation of Nigerians does not inherit evident dysfunctions of our current system. 21.This is my commitment, and I ask the support of the House of Representatives for this and more. Let us through the grace of God and with humility work together to bring peace, security, justice and prosperity for all our nation’s people. 22.To the young people across Nigeria who have led these protests, whose call for change has brought about this historical moment, you are the midwives of national rebirth. You have moved a nation to action, and now you must join in doing the hard work of making real the vision of a more just, more prosperous, and more resilient nation. 23. We see your true cause. Please do not allow your righteous cause to be hijacked by those with base motives, who see in this moment an opportunity to pursue vendettas, to spread division, exploit the many existing fissures that exist in our society and bring our nation to its knees. 24.You have raised your voices and marched to demand a better Nigeria. From Abuja to Washington, to Calgary and London, your voices have been heard. [/code][color=#990000][/color]Do not allow anybody to convince you that to withdraw from the streets now is to concede defeat.[code] 25.This is the time to move your agitation from the chaos of the streets to the painstaking deliberations and strategic partnerships that birth policy and produce legislation. It is time to mobilise your voices in support of specific policy interventions that will deliver on our shared objectives of national renewal and a country that reflects the best of us. I thank you, your country thanks you, and history will be kind to you. 26. God bless you all, and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. |
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| Politics / #ENDSARS: Remarks By Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila (full Text) by Nemere2020: 1:13pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
REMARKS BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REP. FEMI GBAJABIAMILA ON THE NATIONWIDE #ENDSARS PROTESTS AND THE RESPONSE OF THE HOUSE TO THE CALLS FOR WHOLESALE REFORMS OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF). TUESDAY, 20TH OCTOBER 2020. Protocols: 1. Good morning Honourable colleagues, thank you for being here this morning. 2. About two weeks ago, I spoke to this honourable House about the need for urgent, substantive, and wholesale reforms of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and an overhaul of our nation’s internal security and policing framework. 3.This honourable House debated the failures of policing that have caused our nation’s youth to take to the streets in their numbers, demanding that Government live up to our primary obligation to ensure the security and welfare of our people. 4.The nationwide protests that gave impetus to our deliberations that day have not abated. They have gotten more serious, with many reported instances of violence between state actors and protesters, between protesters and armed thugs who seek to hijack the passion and idealism of these protests for other nefarious purposes. 5.The Federal Government of Nigeria has acted to dissolve the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), whose gross abuses of power are the proximate cause of this present unrest. The Government has moved to set up, through the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), a national judicial panel of inquiry, in addition to similar panels set up by the federating state governments. 6.The House of Representatives has committed to a programme of reforms. We resolved to collaborate with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in this effort and to ensure that draft legislation is ready for consideration within thirty days. 7. None of these actions have sufficed to convince the ever-growing numbers of protesters to withdraw from continued agitation. From Lagos to Awkuzu, from Port-Harcourt to Kano, Abuja and Enugu, the protests have continued relentlessly, with good cause. Whatever else may be driving this moment, our people expect more than commitments. They expect action, and we must deliver. 8.This House will live up to the commitments we have already made, whilst we continue to seek avenues to do better and achieve more. Even as we act to establish systems for police accountability to ensure that the abuses of the past never happen again, we must seek the full measure of justice for what came before. 9.We owe this to Tiyamu Kazeem and Tina ezekwe, Tony Zitta and Anita Akapson, to Chijioke Iloanya and Jimoh Isiaq, Kolade Johnson, Modebayo Awosika and far too many others. 10. We owe it to the families they left behind, to those who even now do not know if their missing son, their long lost sister, their father, is buried somewhere in a shallow, unmarked grave, put there by those whose duty it was to protect them. 11. We owe this much to the young people who have such high hopes and lofty aspirations for this nation that they are willing to risk their lives, brave the sun and rain, through night and day, to demand that all of us, one nation under God, live up to the better angels of our nature, and be better than what we are now. 12. On Wednesday last week, the leadership of the House met with the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). This meeting was in furtherance of the House’ resolution to partner with the Association to develop legislation that implements a new framework for holding police officers accountable when they fail in the performance of their duties under the law. 13. Following from that meeting, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata constituted a Committee, led by the eminent Professor Deji Adekunle, SAN to work with the House of Representatives to develop a Bill for the House within the timeline we have pledged. The Committee has resumed its assignment. I thank Olumide Akpata and the leadership of the NBA for their support. I also thank Professor Adekunle, SAN and members of the Committee, all of whom volunteered for this assignment, for recognising the urgency of the moment and acting with dedication and in good conscience, in service of our beloved nation. 14.Two weeks from now, the House will receive and immediately begin to consider legislation that seeks to establish a system of independent, responsive accountability that: a. Holds erring members of the Police Force to account for their conduct in the performance of their duties; b. Imposes civil and criminal liability for violations of the law and the Police regulations; c. Ensures that officers found who engage in unauthorised, unlawful use of force are expelled from office and subject to the full penalty of the law; and d. Prohibits with severe penalties the practice of using illegal incarceration as a cudgel to extort law-abiding citizens of their hard-earned resources. 15. We will establish a system of citizen-led accountability for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) because in the democracy we have set out to build, the police are not above the citizenry, they are servants of the people. The police are not above the law; they are its guardians. 16. As we endeavour to hold our nation’s police to higher standards of personal and professional conduct, we must also make sure that we provide for the welfare of the men and women to whom we assign such significant responsibilities in our collective interest. From minimum police recruitment requirements, through to training, everything must change, if we are to have a police force that meets our nation’s needs and upholds the law of the land with integrity and professionalism. 17. Honourable colleagues, independence for any nation is not a function of a singular declaration; it doesn’t happen one time. Freedom is earned through generations, over and over again, by the sacrifice of patriots who band together to achieve for themselves and leave to their descendants, the inheritance of a more perfect union. 18. Sixty years ago, our country gained its independence from the British who until then had charted our course and devised our fate. Twenty years ago, when we set off the shackles of the military dictatorship, to commit once more to this grand experiment in civil governance, we gained independence again. 19.Today, we are witnessing across Nigeria, a call for a fundamental rethinking of our nationhood. As we sit here in this hallowed chamber, a new independence movement is roiling our nation. A generation of young people, who came of age in the years of our democracy have looked upon what we have built and decided that we can do better. 20. We will do well to heed this call and what it portends for Nigeria. Let us take the opportunity of this moment to do the hard things, make the right choices and pursue those objectives that drive progress and put us in good stead for generations to come. As Speaker of this House of Representatives, let me say now for the records to reflect, and in the expectation that I would be held to account: • I will not sign off on a 2021 Budget that does not include adequate provisions to compensate those who have suffered violence and brutality at the hands of the police in Nigeria in the last two decades. • I will not sign off on a budget that does not meet the reasonable demands of the ASUU, to which Government has already acceded. There is no better time to rethink the system of funding for higher education in Nigeria. The current system does a great disservice to our children and our country, and we must commit to changing it so that we can free our institutions of higher learning to be citadels where innovation thrives, and excellence is a given. • With my colleagues in the House of Representatives, I will visit over the next week, some of the families of those who have lost loved ones to police brutality and when we come back, we will work together to honour the memory of those we have lost. • The House of Representatives will pass an Electoral Reform Bill in time for the next general elections so that we may continue to improve the process of electing our political representatives at all levels. • I will support the amendment of the constitution to ensure that the provisions on fundamental human rights have teeth, resource control is dealt with equitably and that the next generation of Nigerians does not inherit evident dysfunctions of our current system. 21.This is my commitment, and I ask the support of the House of Representatives for this and more. Let us through the grace of God and with humility work together to bring peace, security, justice and prosperity for all our nation’s people. 22.To the young people across Nigeria who have led these protests, whose call for change has brought about this historical moment, you are the midwives of national rebirth. You have moved a nation to action, and now you must join in doing the hard work of making real the vision of a more just, more prosperous, and more resilient nation. 23. We see your true cause. Please do not allow your righteous cause to be hijacked by those with base motives, who see in this moment an opportunity to pursue vendettas, to spread division, exploit the many existing fissures that exist in our society and bring our nation to its knees. 24.You have raised your voices and marched to demand a better Nigeria. From Abuja to Washington, to Calgary and London, your voices have been heard. Do not allow anybody to convince you that to withdraw from the streets now is to concede defeat. 25.This is the time to move your agitation from the chaos of the streets to the painstaking deliberations and strategic partnerships that birth policy and produce legislation. It is time to mobilise your voices in support of specific policy interventions that will deliver on our shared objectives of national renewal and a country that reflects the best of us. I thank you, your country thanks you, and history will be kind to you. 26. God bless you all, and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. https://twitter.com/SpeakerGbaja/status/1318523161076486145?s=19 29 Likes 5 Shares
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| Politics / Nigerians In Calgary Stand Together Against Police Brutality In Nigeria � by Africafooty: 7:48am On Oct 20, 2020 |
On Saturday, October 17 2020, a group of local community members will come together to peacefully protest the ongoing police brutality of innocent citizens in Nigeria, and call for the end of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as well as the overall restructuring of the Nigerian Police Force. This peaceful event will take place at the Peace Bridge in Calgary and will start at 12noon. The ongoing peaceful protests stem from a repeated pattern of harassments and extra-judicial killings mostly of young Nigerians by armed police officials, particularly those from SARS. Attached to this press release is a list of some of the victims. We will continue to advocate for justice for the victims of SARS and their families, as well as track and document other victims with our ongoing #VictimsOfSARS campaign. Curiously, since the peaceful protests against these atrocities began about a week ago across major cities in Nigeria, at least 10 protesters have been killed according to Amnesty International. They include Jimoh Isiaq (20, killed by a stray bullet in Ogbomosho) and Ikechukwu Ilohamauzo (55, killed by a stray bullet in Lagos). Despite pronouncements made by President Muhammadu Buhari (on October 12, 2020) as well as the Inspector General of Police - Mohammed Adamu - (October 11 & 13, 2020), the situation has not improved. Indeed, their utterances suggest a fundamental disconnect with the youths seeking a lasting peace and genuine reforms of the country's security architecture. For instance, the IGP on Tuesday (October 13, 2020) announced a new squad, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), to "fill the gaps" left by the notorious SARS unit he had officially banned two days earlier which doesn't address the immediate concerns. Though the 5-point demand of protesters seem to have been accepted by a Presidential Panel on Tuesday, its full implementation is yet to be realized which include the psychological evaluation and retraining of all disbanded SARS officers. We hereby use this medium to request the support of the international community particularly the Prime Minister of Canada (Justin Trudeau), the Premier of Alberta (Jason Kenney) as well as the Mayor of Calgary (Naheed Nenshi) to use their good offices and invaluable influence to prevail on our elected officials back home, through any means necessary, to do what is right by our people in ensuring a lasting peace is reached and human rights (which Canada is known globally to stand firmly for) are respected. We thank everyone, both home and abroad, who has extended their show of solidarity to us at this challenging moment in our rich history. Confirmed SARS Victims 1. Solomon Yellowe (killed March 13th in Port Harcourt by officers Samuel Sunday, Friday Ikoko and Mike (team leader of SARS) in Rupkokwu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State) 2. Chijioke Iloanya 3. Tunde Nafiu 4. Tina ezekwe 5. Ayomide Taiwo 6. Fredrick 7. Christian Onuigbo (28 years old, shot by SARS in Abuja on March 19, 2009 and died 2 days later) 8. Chibuike Anams (23 years old, a student, shot to death on July 24, 2009 by SARS in Elimgbu, Rivers State) 9. Kolade Johnson (killed by Police on March 31, 2019 in Lagos while watching an English Premiership match between Liverpool & Tottenham) 10. Mus'ab (killed by Police in Kano on December 4, 2019) 11. Ifeoma Abugu (died in SARS custody at Abuja on September 11, 2020) 12. Tiamiyu Kazeem (21 years old, a footballer, killed by SARS on Feb 22, 2020). Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pBnyEXMLk
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