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funshint:How does voting for one's choice in an election amounts to disrespect? Records show that Lateef Jakande is the first person who officially called Lagos State a no man's land in his inaugural address as Governor of Lagos State in 1979. |
IduNaOba:Exactly😂😂 I find it amusing when some people claim that no other tribes settle in the Southeast. Seriously, Social media has really exposed how ignorant some people can be. Take Enugu for example from Coal Camp to Ogui, Abakpa, Uwani, New Haven, Achara Layout and Emene, Yorubas are well established. Even at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, you’ll find plenty of Yoruba lecturers, traders and civil servants. I once visited Onitsha and was surprised at how many Yorubas I saw actively trading in spare parts, textiles and household goods. |
Those saying the builders didn't get government approval don't really understand the the level of rot in Lagos state. This same Lagos state government has been known to illegally take over people's lands in the past. Buying land in Lagos where the government will wake up one morning and strip you of ownership is a huge risk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBT4Lq0OFQA?si=Kr1hpDiFdaLAy8k3 An Interview with Oba Alhaji Abdulazeez Adebayo Olateju, The Oba Yoruba in Enugu, Who settled in Enugu 46 years ago, in 1979 Excerpts: Interviewer: Where are you from, sir? Oba: I am from Ede, in Osun State. Interviewer: You speak Igbo so fluently. Where did you learn it from? Oba (responding in Igbo): I learned the language here in Enugu. God gave me the gift of understanding languages and the ear to hear. Many people often wonder if I was born or schooled here, but that’s not the case. I was already an adult, fully grown when I relocated to Enugu from Osun. I even voted during the era of Jim Nwobodo and later for Shehu Shagari. Interviewer: I also learned you speak Hausa. Did you learn it here too? Oba (replying in Hausa): Yes, I speak and understand Hausa fluently but I have never lived in the North. I picked it up here in Enugu, just by listening to people around me. Oba: Everywhere I go in Igboland, people take me as one of their own. My grandmother who once tried to discourage me from settling here in Igboland but before she passed in 2012 was very happy and always thanking God for leading me to Igboland. I kept bringing all my relatives here and today they are all doing well because Igboland is good to us.
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As if he doesn't know what his people do for a living ![]() |
What how this thread will get to over 10 pages |
The question is what have you done will the trillions you've taken in the past |
That's your own but Tinubu must receive 10 times of the insults and disrespect he poured on your government and other governments before you. Tinubu and his supporters taught Nigerians how to insult and disrespect the office of the president |
Another result of Tinubu's incompetence in governance. In their desperation to look competent and score cheap political points, they resorted to fabricating claims against the Japanese government. |
Abike Dabiri should give us the statistics of yoruba people involved in international fraud |
You see that comma before "and". I will never use it ![]() Why should I write red, blue,and black when I can just write red, blue and black. Anyone who reads it will fully understand the sentence |
When you have men of questionable character at the top. Things like this will always happen. |
Answer honestly and lose the job Lie to them and you will get the job |
Kemetian:You should know Reno is a charlatan who survives on farming engagements on social media. I remember when the shoe issue trended on Twitter. Nobody insulted him for wearing made-in-Aba shoes. What really happened was that, in his usual manner of denigrating Igbos, their businesses and their culture he has once again twisted the narrative. Omokri publicly claimed he bought shoes made in Aba and that he did so to support local manufacturing. But many people were skeptical because they know him to be a liar and someone with a deep-rooted hatred for the Igbo people. Most of the comments questioned the quality, condition and appearance of the shoes. Many people who know made in Ababa shoes pointed out that they didn’t even look like Aba-made shoes but rather looked like low quality and worn-out, dirty shoes. People then challenged him to show proof of purchase, like the name of the cobbler, the workshop, receipts, or at least photos of where he supposedly bought them. After all, anyone can pick up a fake or second-hand shoe anywhere and claim it’s from Aba. That was Reno’s plan from the very beginning to ridicule Aba craftsmanship and sell the lie that Aba produces low-quality shoes. Till today, there has been no verifiable evidence that Omokri ever bought those shoes in Aba. No receipts, no photos of a shop, no cobbler’s contact nothing, Just empty talk, the same way he always operates |
They keep tarnishing the country's image where ever they go. The annoying part is that this convicted criminal will one day become an Oba or Governor in that region or even a president. ![]() |
Na that kaduna refinery dey vex me pass whenever I think about it. Why place such a facility hundreds of kilometers away from the crude oil source?.. the very raw material it needs? To make matters worse, it was not even designed to process Nigerian crude but rather heavy crude that will be imported all the way from Venezuela and Kuwait. |
helinues:Where did you get that one from? 1. The statistics clearly show that migration from the Southwest to Lagos accounts for 90%, making it the highest from all regions. This directly contradicts the long-held belief that the Igbo were the largest group migrating to Lagos. 2. Migration from the Southeast ranks second, but only at 7.9%, followed by other regions. In other words, most regions are now avoiding Lagos and choosing other destinations for migration |
They still claim that Igbos flock to Lagos in large numbers by night buses, as if it’s still the 1970s or 80s. The reality is that Lagos is no longer a top destination for Igbo people. Places like Texas, China, Malaysia and Canada are far more attractive options. |
So when will the military turn their guns on defenseless civilians in that community, just like they usually do in the South whenever criminals attack them anywhere in southen Nigeria? |
stuffs2002:I see that history to you, means mischievously leaving out events that don’t suit your bias and agenda and always pushing narratives t out of context. Aguiyi Ironsi was targeted on the night of the coup. He only survived because of the resistance put up by his guards. It was Aguiyi Ironsi and Ojukwu both Igbo officers who foiled the coup, arrested and imprisoned the coupists. Do you think the coup would have failed if Aguiyi Ironsi as the most senior army general at the time had supported it? You also didn’t mention that in the West, it was Major Adewale Ademoyega a Yoruba officer who captured and killed the Premier of the Western Region,l Samuel Ladoke Akintola, in Ibadan. Ademoyega later wrote a book titled Why We Struck...get a copy and read. So it is mischievous for you to insist it was purely an Igbo coup when other ethnicities actively participated in it. You also left out the fact that after the coup, it was General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi an Igbo man and head of the Nigerian Army who mobilized loyal troops, captured the coup plotters and imprisoned them.... You didn’t include that it was Col. Conrad Nwawo, another Igbo officer, the only person who can talk to Nzeogwu who persuaded him to lay down arms and hand himself over. You also failed to mention that Aguiyi Ironsi while serving as head of state, was brutally murdered by northern soldiers in the revenge coup simply because he was Igbo and not because he participated in it. What about the thousands of Igbo military officers who were singled out and massacred across military barracks and formations? What about the millions of Igbo civilians who had no connection to the coup but were rounded up and butchered in cold blood all over the country. What was their crime? What about all the Igbo properties you people stole during the war? You claim to love the South-South people but you conveniently omitted the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders by the northern head of state, Abacha. Their only crime was to advocate for the survival of the Ogoni people through the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), which had become a global voice against Shell Petroleum’s environmental destruction in the Niger Delta and against the Nigerian government’s complicity. I can go on and on. |
Why stay in a hotel for such a high risk position? Where was the former commander staying? |
SonOfDSoil01:99 years landlord😂😂 See as you dey embarrass yourself with ignorance, which lease are you shouting up and down? The Land Use Act of 1978 says all land in Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians ...weather in Enugu, Kano, Lagos everywhere and is vested in the Governor on behalf of the federation, not some ethnic group. That’s why C of O or R of O is issued by government not by Yoruba people. |
stuffs2002:I think your leaders in Yorubaland deliberately keep you ignorance. When the East was ready to walk out of Nigeria, it was Awolowo himself who stood up and said the East must never be allowed to secede. He knows fully well that Nigeria will cease to exist without the east. This are his exact words "The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation. If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation"—Awolowo |
SonOfDSoil01:🤣🤣🤣 Every land title remains valid for 99 years + title holder has priority of renewal. Your consolation is that youll get back the land after 99 years?.... and that makes you smarter than the traders? Oya add 99 years to your age ![]() You are happy that you'll become the proud owner of a century year old house ![]() Honestly, if no be social media I for no believe say una dull reach this level. |
stuffs2002:That day will never come because your leaders know that there's no Nigeria without Igbos. Awolowo said it himself |
tunapawizzy:Obasanjo a Yoruba man won 87% of South east votes in 2003 while Ojukwu an Igbo man got 25% of South east votes in the same year. Goodluck Jonathan an Ijaw man in 2011 got 98% of South east votes. Yaradua a fulani man in 2007 got 72% of South east votes. So yes, Yorubas are tribalistic |
ariesbull:To them anyone that's not Hausa or Yoruba must be Igbo. That's why they fought and removed Jonathan from office in 2015 saying he's Igbo. They recently attacked Hilda Baci for cooking rice in Lagos. They said she's Igbo
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Thank God the world is now seeing them for who they are. They have their Obas all over the country including the southeast but castigate Igbos for the same thing. Disrespect to the Yoruba means voting the candidate of your choice.
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It’s quite unfortunate that every case of urgent national importance taken to the Supreme Court for interpretation is deliberately delayed until it’s overtaken by events and stripped of relevance. Just watch how the Supreme Court will suddenly begin hearing on this case. This is nothing short of shameful. |
Saturnalia:They are not living any extravagant lifestyle. Some of these guys are broke in real life. Same thing with Nollywood actors. Most Nigerians see them as wealthy because we find it difficult to separate their fictional roles from their real lives. |
UncleJJ:It’s mischievous and historically out of context to compare Louis Ojukwu with Alhassan Dantata. Yes, Dantata was extremely wealthy...richer than Louis Ojukwu but he died in 1955 before Nigeria’s independence. His fortune was then split among his children, his wealth was no longer concentrated in the control of one person. while Louis Ojukwu was still alive and consolidating his empire. That’s why by 1960, Sir Louis Ojukwu was recognized as the richest man in Nigeria his businesses were intact, diversified, and expanding. Louis Ojukwu was never just a transporter with 200 vehicles. He was a banker, industrialist, and investor with vast holdings across multiple sectors transport, real estate, banking (Chairman of African Continental Bank), textiles, shipping, and construction. He provided Britain with support during world war II which gave him access to colonial contracts and land holdings outside Nigeria. He was a director in Shell, Guinness, Nigeria National Shipping Line and many other His name appeared in Forbes and colonial business records as one of Africa’s wealthiest men. As for his properties, it’s dishonest to pretend they disappeared into thin air. During and after the civil war, the Nigerian government shamelessly stole all his money, assets all over the country. With the excuse that his son Ojukwu will use them to fund Biafra. In Lagos, they even dragged ownership of one of his estates with his children after the war all the way to the Supreme Court.....publicly available court documents prove this. Many of his Eastern properties were also stolen in Calabar and port harcourt or misappropriated under the abandoned property policy. Many government buildings, barracks and skyscrapers you see today in some Nigerian cities once belonged to Sir Louis Ojukwu. The reality is simple Sir Louis Ojukwu was Nigeria’s first recorded billionaire in pounds, the wealthiest man of his time and one of the richest Nigerians ever...He will continue to inspire generations. Trying to reduce his legacy to a few lorries or to erase it entirely because of political bias won’t change the historical record. |
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