₦airaland Forum

Katsumoto:
Gbawe

Your argument is simple - you have made PDP in the SW a benchmark. You aren't providing any widely accepted indices as benchmark; instead your benchmark is Buruji, Bode George, Gbenga Daniel and other persons of low stock. Has the Yoruba stock fallen to bad that these persons are now the benchmark. Your strategy is similar to that used by parents in scaring kids with the bogeyman; in this case OBJ & George are the bogeymen.

To mark matters worse, you sully the name of great men - Soyinka, Fawehinmi, Solarin, etc to make a point. Are those men politicians? They simply provide a social conscience for the nation. Why don't Indians compare their politicians to Gandhi?

Yoruba are capable of much more and these scaremongering tactics are for the middle ages and not this age. Most of the posters here are well educated and intelligent folk. We know why Obama is better than bush visavis employment, GDP, Inflation, education, etc stats. To espouse the qualities of Tinubu, that is where you should start from. Leave pigs and thugs out of benchmarks.

What really is the political ideology of Tinubu and the APC? Don't make him into a demagogue

I so much love this submission, Sir/Lord/King Katsumoto.

Even Messr Putin the emperor had to clap for you.

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Gbawe:
Shymmex, believe me our current crop of leaders like Amosun, Ajimobi et al are talented. Like jstbeinhonest posited, there are things beyond their control, like power supply, that limits what they can achieve. I have met some of these guys and can tell you they know what we know and much more !!!!!

Sir, I understand the SME bit and if it's actually working - I'd be the first to celebrate him. So kudos to him for doing that. However, that doesn't negate the utter poor fiscal policies.

Also, having talent is one thing and maximising the talent to achieve result is another thing. I'll use football example since we all love the round leather game. Veron had all the talents in the world. However, when he got to Manchester United and couldn't perform, why did Sir Alex do? He kicked him out of the club. Ditto the likes of Pato, and Quaresma.

So would you agree that we're within our rights to critique these folks since governance is result driven and they haven't been able to maximise their "talents" to give us the results we want?

Osomalo:
Good points from Uncle Katz and Prof Shymexx.

I'm here to read comments, I'm going to cause confusion here if I post what's on my mind.


If the BEST TALENTS they could offer us are the DEBTORS, then we have a long way to go.

Truth is, right now, the difference between PDP and APC is not much.

I dey laugh.

Sir, I'm not a "Prof" - I just added that to my other handle, to feel super-Nigerian with a title cos I've exhausted all my other variants.

Anyway, that's what this thread is for. No holds barred, regardless of whose ox is gored as long as we don't turn it into a street fight.

Post whatever you want to post, Sir.

We are all here to learn and put forward our opinions.

Akanbiedu:
By joining forces with Buhari to unseat the power structure that has ruled Nigeria since the end of Nigerian civil war, Tinubu has helped to set Nigeria firmly on the part of progress. What Tinubu is busy doing now is consolidating on this success, and making sure that the conservative forces trying to return us to the old power structure is defeated.

I think the man has done his bit for Nigeria (Yorubaland inclusive) and shouldn't be bothered much about satisfying the sectional interests of some people suffering from superiority complex. Come to think of it, trying to satisfy Yoruba people as a leader is the worst thing one can do to him or herself, even Awolowo couldn't do it.

Huh?

When/how did that happen?

Are OBJ, IBB, Buhari, Atiku et al part of the old guards? And didn't the same people back Buhari?

I honestly don't see the logic in this submission.

modath:
Shy, you may believe me or not but i can assure you the SW results wasn't a true reflection of events, it was the result of 2k & cups of rice...

Each state got 500m Naira to mobilize votes for Jonathan, Fayose & Kashamu used their "allocations" for the purpose it was meant for while others diverted theirs....

My Aunt in Lagos was offered 500$ to sell her family's PVC, she asked them to increase it to 5k$ cos she said if she is selling her kids future, it should be for a sum that makes brain.. ....

Take it from someone who makes it her business to dig for facts for pure objectivity purpose....

I was just laughing when jstbeinhonest was talking about GOOD GOVERNANCE & EDUCATION..., i didn't respond cos i didn't want us to overflog the issue, but we are talking HUNGER, Just is talking future, when a labourer manages to make 1k or 2k at the end of a hard day's job & he gets someone to offer him 5k for a few minutes at the polling booth....

That probably played a small role but it's negligent since both sides did the same and the state electoral structures in majority of Yoruba states during the election were under APC governors. If the "stomach infrastructure" move couldn't work in Osun, during the governorship election that got Aregbe his 2nd term, why do you think it's responsible for the voting pattern of Yorubas during the presidential election, despite having their son on the ballot?

I don't think the people are that stupid. I believe a lot of them have had enough of these utterly corrupt, selfish, and greedy "leaders" with lack of foresight.

Let me give you a next example of how greedy and useless these folks are - and I want you to tell me what you think.

Dangote was planning to build a refinery in Ondo state. However, negotiations for settlement between Dangote and the indigenous folks of Ondo where the refinery was meant to be sited reached a deadlock, albeit they were making progress. Mimiko never intervened on Dangote's behalf. Then all of sudden, Fashola and Tinubu hijacked the project and brought it to the Epe/Ajah axis. But rather than let Dangote negotiate with the folks from the area about settlements and compensation - they sent the military in to move these folks out of their ancestral lands, with no compensation/settlement whatsoever (I believe the case is still in court).

Now let me break down the three utterly dumb things they did with that move:

- They denied Ondo state and its economy another investor, and indirectly stifled the growth of the state.

- They brought another unnecessary project that will cause more harm than good to Lagos. It will just end up adding more locusts to a state that's already snarled and in need of de-congestion.

- They treated the folks from the Epe/Ajah axis like the savages on the movie "Avatar" due to greed and selfish interests - and stole what rightfully belongs to them without compensating them, or any plans of resettlement. They also messed up their means of livelihood just to enrich themselves.

So do you believe the people are oblivious to how these folks are driven by greed and selfish interests?

EUROBOMBER:
OMG!!!

Tochukwuifeduba the fraudstar come here and kneel down, lol.

Looool.

The flag was designed by Marcus Garvey and this is what it represents:

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Looool.

That's the Pan-African flag for black movement - nothing to do with Biafra.

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Please, let's discuss issues, without attaching "jealousy" to it. Nobody is jealous of Tinubu here. We are all young people, no one is a politician here, and we're not involved in the power tussle.

Everyone here is trying to discuss what's wrong with Yorubaland and the way forward. Post what you think and leave accusations out of it. Only folks who're grasping at straws with no argument always pull out unnecessary things.

Yorubaland needs help and that's what we should focus on.

Let's leave OBJ alone.

I don't even see that man as a Yoruba man, to be honest.

He's the caricature of Zik of Onitsha - just willing tools for external forces outside Nigeria.

yetseyi:


Okay, lets look at the points.

1. Well yeah , that could be a reason but what happened to self control.

2. This is the point I was expecting you to mention; societal views and unwritten rules like the popular phrases we tend to see here " Men are polygamous in nature" "All/most men cheat" ". There is also this notion that the number of ladies you have bedded shows how strong you are as a man, how manly you are etc and etc. Most times I feel bile rise up my throat when I read such, yes men cheat I accept but it seems the society is accepting that a man will/ must cheat I may be wrong about that assumption anyway.

3. If he gets married due to pressure then thats his problem and he should deal with it. So ladies are emotional blackmailers its okay

We can talk about "self-control" all we want, but self-control can somewhat difficult based on how men are wired. I believe the only way you can exert "self-control" as a guy is by being occupied all the time with something else, apart from that, it's somewhat difficult. Also, it takes two to tango. Evidently, if there aren't willing folks from the opposite gender interested - I don't think it'll be possible.

That's how the society has been from time immemorial. There was a time when the total number of wives you have shows how much of a man you're. And today, your peers rate you consciously/subconsciously based on the total number of chics you've conquered. Also, when chics love a guy, it somewhat projects soft-power. You can break this down anyway you want - but that's just our reality.

Women are the biggest emotional blackmailers ever. I'd even say the overwhelming majority of guys get married due to emotional blackmail, or some well-planned pregnancies by the ladies. Don't forget how pretentious most women are and how they trick guys into marriage. Evidently, when a woman does that and the guy starts cheating after seeing through the fvckery - she needs to carry her cross.

theV0ice:
Shymm3x
I long for another Awo and his era but I must constantly bring myself back to the earth and admit the truth that men of that hue are no more. Even though distant uncles of mine like late senator Akinboro told us after the devil, Awo was next in line, Awo will always be the father of modern Yoruba nation. The truth is that every human has a dark side including you and I.

I remember when democracy started and the Yoruba nation was to be compensated for Abiola's death, we all queued behind Falae because he approximated closest to what we could manage than OBJ but he too had to get down into the mire to outsmart an renowned disciple of Awo in Bola Ige through the committee of 23 'wisemen who voted 14 to 9 against Ige. For those familiar with that episode, they'll admit Falae also did a Tinubu to beat Ige. Falae lost to OBJ who had/has no regard for Yoruba nationalism and it showed in the way he bamboozled his way through the SW in 2003. Only Tinubu survived the onslaught because he utilised the same system we villify him for today and its ironic that the same ebora had to rely on Tinubu's platform to get one over GEJ, his godson.

However, how do we think Tinubu could have provided a platform for us to even have a chance to negotiate if he didn't get deep into the dirt and murky waters of current Nigerian politics? I like Osinbajo and I believe he'll make a fine leader (he's even an Awo by marriage ), but I can assure you he wouldn't win councillorship against a bus conductor in Lagos without borrowing some leaf from Tinubu's book of political wisdom.

Politics in Nigeria has left the era of Awo, Azikiwe, Sardauna, Rewane, Aminu kano etc. I dare say that a George Washington will also find it not easy to win an election in the USA today

Tinubu isn't a saint. Tinubu should do better. Tinubu isn't Awo and can never be. That much is very obvious. However, things are a lot different than Awo's time. Why, I'm even posting this on my phone while lying on my bed and you'll read it instantly though you're thousands of miles away. That is enough to tell you that the times have changed and a whole lot changed with it. Not least the politics

A lot of us long for our pastors to cut down on their greed yet we've refused to stop going to church. We simply pitched our tent where we believe things are still a bit sane. Its the same with our politics. We have to choose whom we feel is the lesser devil.

While the jungle was dark and threatening, Tinubu was the only one bold enough to stand. Who else then to lead the charge?

I might have spoken from a very narrowed vision of Yoruba politicians but pls don't blame me too much. Compared to the politicians that dictate things around me here in the Niger Delta, Tinubu qualifies for beatification.

My rants or whatever are over jare. I don't even know if it if it makes sense

We don't even need a next Awolowo - we just need selfless leaders who care about the Yoruba cause since we're a people that can't thrive collectively without good leadership.

Nice contribution tho.

MayorofLagos:
Shymmex,
Each of our Yoruba frontline politicians in the contemporary has an archetype we can match them to in the pre and post independence era.

Fashola is a reincarnate of Herbert Macauley
Tinubu is a reincarnate of Awo.

A reincarnate relives opportunities and aims to polish and do right what he got wrong on first coming. The two lives will never be lived exactly the same and cannot therefore be a compare one to the other.

Sir, I don't see any reincarnation of anyone in these folks.

They're their own people. They can't clean the shoes of those folks from the other era.

Gbawe:
What "stranglehold" ? With Tinubu everyone practices 'scapegoatism' because it is populist to do so yet the reality is that the SW , minus Tinubu, would have been overrun by the most evil, most corrupt, most virulent and most anti-people form of politics possible while you and anybody else would not be able to do squat about it.

In the UK this phenomenon is recognised. I.e the "build them up to knock them down" mentality most human being host as a subconscious element of their being. Become too successful or too popular and people will start turning against you. If Tinubu does not have a "stranglehold" of SW politics then every State in the region will be led by an OGD, Alao-Akala or a Fayose. There would never, and I mean never, be a chance for individuals like you, who may be erudite and successful, to lead because the grass root champions, with the likes of Adedibu behind them, would always thrash you silly. Tinubu does not have a stranglehold on SW politics. He demystified and dragged it away from malevolent 'strongmen' and made it accessible to technocrats and 'aje butters' at a time when SW politics, to the extent the region got the nickname of the "wild west", used to be about wholesale murder, kidnapping, mayhem and "do or die" politics of who could kill and intimidate the most. The refinement in SW politics today is down to Tinubu and those who know the detailed history of politics in the region will agree with me.

This is why I sometimes smile when I read the wanton attack against Tinubu borne of nothing more than mischievous character assassination many have swallowed wholesale and unquestioningly. Can you, as one example, give a fact-based argument to validate your claim that Tinubu has a stranglehold on SW politics that is "inimical" to the regions "unfettered progress" ? Is it really "strangehold" or is it the ugly yet required action of a man who understands that he must act to ensure his region is not a slave of "those who carry guns" (Rev.Ugolor) as was the case in the past? Tinubu's opinion is that as long as SW politics is still about "might is right" imposition then he might as well use his clout to ensure we gain the right sort of leaders and not be slaves to the likes of OBJ, George, Adedibu, Faseun et al !!!!

Nature abhors a vacuum. If Tinubu is absent, thus creating a vacuum, history has show the pragmatic and practical Yoruba that it is not Solarin, Soyinka, Fawehinmi et al who can plug that vacuum. It is the likes of OBJ, Adedibu, Fayose, OGD et al who emerge to control SW politics and direction. Tinubu has the right balance of good and bad to help the SW on its march towards progress. He has the goodness to empower the Fashola, Fayemis, Ajimobi et al and the readiness to do the bad/dirty work, that Soyinka et al are incapable of, in the effort to defeat the OBJs, Faseuns, Adams, Adedibus et al a their own game. Minus Tinubu then Soyinka and Fawehinmi, as we have seen first hand, will not/cannot stop OBJ et al getting away with enslaving the SW and miring us in gangster politics.

I can tell you all that if Tinubu left today then kiss goodbye to seeing accomplished men and women of ideas in leadership and welcome back the PDP and seeing Fayoses, Obanikoro, Teslim Folarin and Alao-Akalas everywhere because those are the only sort local 'strong man' politics will churn out for you in the SW. Too much sentiments is hosted when Tinubu is mentioned. Let me ask you and others to mention Awolowo-type names that can anchor the Yoruba political direction today if Tinubu is absent. Is it Bode George? Falae? Obanikoro? Or Gani Adams and Faseun, So-called Yoruba leader, who all it took to compromise was pipeline protection contract from GEJ? Who exactly? Adams and Faseun took money to sell Yorubas and Nigeria into GEJ slavery for 4 more years while Tinubu, fom 2011 to 2015, gave his all uncompromisingly, once he set his mind on it, to remove the menace of GEJ that would have destroyed Nigeria. [size=14pt]Could Tinubu not have accepted more billions of dollars than he is worth today to assist GEJ gain four more years and thus sell Yorubas into greater slavery?[/size] Did many yoruba Obas not accept the billions of GEJ and do many ever think of this fact when they portray Tinubu as being all about money and the 'cornering' of State wealth? those who show a propensity for selling us out are ignored while Tinubu, because of his profile, is always the convenient scapegoat when we all need a name to blame as human nature directs us to do.

Literally thousands of the same Yoruba leaders who enviously attack Tinubu daily gluttonously accepted GEJ's money to sell us out and this thread exist today because we are in a position of not being too despondent or too depressed to discuss our affairs which would be the case if GEJ had won and is busy 'dealing' with us as he did in 2011 to 2015. Do many Yorubas ever mention Adams, Faseun, Obanikoro, George and others malevolently, while they focus on Tinubu, even when those peoples's action showed they would prefer to destroy the destiny of the Yoruba nation, for personal gain, than do the right thing by us? If many of our Obas, George, Obanikoro, Adesiyan, Folarin, Faseun, Adams et al had their ways then GEJ would be president today, Sambo would be your VP and some idiot who blames "evil demons" for our lack of adequate power would be minister of power today while Fashola would probably be working outside Nigeria and using his talent to help other nations develop. If you cannot mention Yoruba names to replace Tinubu, do we then embrace the model where local politics play out freely only to 100% favour those most violent and most dreaded in the land as is always the case when the SW lacks a benevolent strongman like Awolowo, Ige, Tinubu et al?

Yorubas should be careful what they wish for is all I can say. Human beings have an irrational tendency of wanting folks cut down to size, when they feel those folks have become too big for their boots, without looking at the implications of what would happen if those folks are no longer where they are. Take Tinubu out and watch the influence of Koro, Fayose, George et al grow to then throw us back another 20 years. At least with Tinubu's 'gatekeeping' talents we are moving in the right direction via getting better calibre of leaders till the truly beautiful ones are born.

If not because I know too well what would happen, I would even prefer Tinubu to go and rest, enjoy his life and family, to leave the SW to the jungle law of "survival of the fittest". I would love to see the 'fittest' who will emerge to lead us. If history is any indicator then I can only say the joke will be on the Yorubas and not on Tinubu.

Uncle Gbawe, where are these "talents" cos I can't see them?

All these states aren't thriving under these "talents" - so what's the use of "talents" when they can't perform?

Also, didn't Tinubu also cut a deal with GEJ, during his first election? So how's he different from the ones who cut a deal with the same GEJ during the second election? Yes, he played smart politics since GEJ had already reduced himself to SS/SE and went with where the number was up North for assured victory. That's not rocket science.

Folks can sugarcoat things all they want but discerning folks will always observe the dynamics of things. The truth is that a lot of Yoruba folks are not happy with Tinubu and APC, and that was evident during the last presidential elections. Didn't you see how close the election was in the whole region, despite the fact that a Yoruba son was on the ballot? Even in Remo/Ijebu axis where Osinbajo is from - APC lost in a lot of areas. Osun was close. Oyo was close. APC lost in Ekiti. Ondo was close. The signs are there.

These folks need to do the right thing.

modath:
Tinubu is like rain, you don't want it during an outdoor party, you surely do want it during in severe drought..

His stranglehold on the affairs of the SW is inimical to unfettered progress BUT.....

He has been the rallying force for the tribe,

The champion & anchor of the political fortunes of the yoruba people so it's dicey trying to have a stand..

Unlike Obasanjo, who can never be trusted , You are 150% sure the Yoruba portion he will always fight for...

Have a lot , but can't find appropriate words to express.

Feel free to post whatever you want to post...that's why we're here. I know most folks will shy away from the subject. However, if we don't talk about it, how are we going to move forward? We're in a precarious situation right now, with a future that looks bleak, based on how Yoruba states are run and the falling oil prices (Nigeria is heavily dependent on oil and all these states thrive based on oil money). So folks need to start talking.

I was listening to Nas and Damian Marley's tune "Leaders" off the Distant Relatives yesterday and it resonated with me that African Americans are somewhat similar to Yorubas...and the two groups need great leadership to thrive. Let's look at African Americans. They made a lot of progress when they had Marcus Garvey and Booker T. Washington...and they were able to rally around them. Then after those two, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X came and they all rallied around them. But after both MLK and Malcolm X - there was a leadership vacuum and that allowed NAACP which was/is more of an opportunistic/compromised group to take charge. And it gave them the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who're a walking embodiment of opportunists and compromised folks. Then Minister Farrakhan came forward with the Million Man March and most African Americans thought it was a new dawn and they all marched to Washington DC in their millions to support the movement and show solidarity. However, after the success of that gathering - Minister Farrakhan ran away and he never followed up, despite the support he got. Apparently, due to intel by the FOI that they were after his life. And a lot of folks will never forgive him for that.

Now, let's analyse what happened to what happened to African Americans when NAACP and the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson took charge of leadership. A lot of drug kingpins started thriving. Crack came and it destroyed their communities. Black economics died. Mass incarceration. Street gangs were born and killing one another became the order of the day. Etc..

Back to Yorubas. Under the leadership Oyo empire - Yorubas thrived and achieved greatness. Then when Oyo collapsed, a leadership vacuum was created and the splinter groups (I believe it was first Ijaiye and later Ibadan - I might be wrong. Katz, you can correct me if I'm wrong lol) that tried to take charge of leadership never had what it takes to lead everyone, and that led to the almost-never-ending Kiriji wars. After that, Nigeria came and Egbe Omo Oduduwa was able to galvanise everyone under the leadership of Awolowo. And Yorubas started thriving again. After Awolowo, Afenifere and NADECO thrived under the leadership of Abraham Adesanya and Yorubas were able to fight a common cause. However, after that - there has a been leadership vacuum. You have Tinubu and his allies on one side, and remnants of Afenifere on the other side.

Personally, I feel these two groups (Tinubu and remnants of Afenifere) represent NAACP and the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, when you do a comparative analysis with the struggles of African Americans. And when you look at how the two communities fared under the leadership of these opportunists who filled the leadership vacuum, you'll see how things deteriorated. We can politicise and sugarcoat things all we want, but even the blind can see that Yorubaland is effed up.

So, going forward, since we are a group that has always thrived under good leadership. What should we do? Should we beg these opportunists cum leaders to do the right thing? Or just accept our reality and start looking for new leaders to take us where we ought to be?

yetseyi:
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Loool I didnt run away. I have another story though (not mine sha)BRB.

Let me just ask you a question why do married men cheat? I do not seem to understand why.

Err...sorry for the late reply. But it's better late than never. And I hope you'll reciprocate the gesture.

I'm not married and I've never been part of that institution. However, whatever I post would be based on what I see around me from family members, relatives, and folks that I've close ties with.

Personally, I think it a combination of a lot of things.

1). The male anatomy and how men are naturally wired when it comes to mating.

2). Societal views and the unwritten rules that govern our way of life.

3). Folks marrying for the wrong reasons, due to pressure from family members and emotional blackmail from women.

Once you dissect this further, you'll get ya answers.

Err...before I hit the sheets, I think we need to discuss the enigma of Tinubu. I shall be back tomorrow to read everyone's submissions.

I want to folks to dissect the man, his achievements, his shortcomings, his overbearing influence on Yoruba politics, and if he's the right person to lead Yorubas as we proceed. Or perhaps if we need to go back to the drawing board and start looking for new leaders.

Katsumoto
Aareonakakanfo
Gbawe
9jacrip
Ilekeh
modath
Iyalode
Oduastates
Zimoni
Laudate
superstar1
raumdeuter
thev0ice
ritchiee

et al.

Time is ticking. Tick tock tick tock.

Aruna Quadri Makes History

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Nigeria table tennis star, Aruna Quadri made history on Wednesday when he became the first African to be crowned World Best Player by World Table Tennis governing body, ITTF, at an award ceremony at the Armani Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Quadri, who also took home the Star Point of the Year award, finished above Chinese stars, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong, the current World Number One and 2014 Youth Olympic Games Gold medalist respectively. European Team Championships winner, Marcos Freitas of Portugal, finished fourth in a poll determined by 50 percent fans’ voting and 50 percent experts’ voting.

Quadri capped off a memorable night with the best point of the year after his crucial winning point against Olympics and World Champion, Jan Zhike of China, at the 2014 ITTF World Cup was adjudged the best in the year.

Speaking after winning the awards, an ecstatic Quadri praised his opponents and thanked the tennis world for voting for him.
“We all deserve this, but I’m just lucky to have won. I thank you all fans for your votes and support! This is the best day of my career and I want to thank the organisers for considering me for this and I promise to continue to work hard,” he said.

The 26-year-old enjoyed a meteoric rise in 2014; he put in an eye-catching performance in the Belgium Open, Czech Open and the World Cup. He also led his club side, GD Toledos of Portugal, to two titles. His performances in 2014 saw him leapfrog from 237th to 30th in the latest ITTF World rankings to become highest ranked African table tennis player ever.

Kunle Soname makes history as he becomes first Nigerian to acquire a European football team

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President of Nigeria National League (NNL) team, Remo Stars Football Club, Kunle Soname, at the weekend became the first Nigerian to own a top European football club by buying Portuguese second division side, Clube Desportivo Feirense. Soname secured 70 percent of the club, which last played in the Portuguese top-flight division in 2011. 


According to a statement on the club’s website, “Last Friday we effected a transformation of our club through the sale of part of the capital to our new partners, Tavisstock Global Resource Ltd, led by Mr. Kunle Soname. “We wish all the stakeholders the best and believe it will be a lasting partnership that would bring great sporting success to Clube Desportivo Feirense.”

Speaking on the take over, Soname said the takeover would impact positively on both his two clubs and Nigerian Football, adding, “It is a great thing to have achieved this. My sincere gratitude to God and everyone involved in the take over process.

“Securing Clube Desportivo Feirense was the next step in the right direction for me. I love everything about the club: the organisation, the philosophy and the fans I have no intention of changing anything in the club because I am satisfied with their operations. “Rather, I want to ensure the progress of the club through promotion to the Portuguese Primera division.

“Having been involved in Nigerian football over the years by running Remo Stars Football club, I felt it was time to further develop the team. It would also bring benefits for Nigerian football through players transfer, training for officials and administrators, who have proven they have what it takes to succeed in Europe.

“I still have my commitment to Remo Stars FC; it is the beginning of all I have achieved in football and I will keep improving the team to get it to the greatest heights.

modath:
If you really want the wrath of Necole, talk sideways about Bey, ,

I don't post nothing, never even registered on any of the urban blog, just there for the comments...

I'm more into Sandrarose though, she is hilarious& hard, her members are also more hilarious & harder....

Lipstickalley is also my alley cos of the Teas...

Necole is just too sensitive with prima donna drama.

Back in the day, you don't even need to register and log on to post comments on Bossip. Once you post a random email addy there and upload a picture, with a unique username - you're good to go. So every time you come back, once you just write ya username and the email addy linked to it - it will automatically show ya profile. Bossip was somewhat decent back then cos it was during Obama's election...so there were loads of educated AAs and you also had the semi-literate ones as well. And it was a mix of mad history lessons, their experiences, and the significance of Obama's election. It was fun and I'd learn a lot from a lot of folks on there. Then you had threads where folks just crack jokes and talk smack. Bossip used to be the place...but it has changed a lot today cos of quantity over quality.

I've never really paid attention to Sandrarose cos of how basic the blog looks, to be honest. Been on YBF. Then I visit allhiphop.com a lot and boxden back when the forum was popping.

Coolabbie:
This is a joke right?

I'm not joking.

You need to take one for the team.

modath:
You know i ghost mode when you guys talk about music & i laugh..... I enjoy rap music, what's not to love, the word play, the rhyme, the ones that then have great beats to complement them.... #bliss

of course i understand ebonics , that's what you'd see on Sandrarose, bossip, necoleb, ybf, etc but it's a whole different ball game when a semi literate punishes you with it..

*sidebar* ... If you really want to know how wack Ice Prince really is, look for his joint with Sarkodie, you'll almost shed tears for him... It was a bloodbath..

Bossip used to be my home. I was on that blog for three years during Uni before they changed the comments link to disqus. Disqus messed up the convos IMO.

I ruled bossip with an iron fist and created a legendary status with Glok9 (the ebonics king from Harlem), Sydney (the wordsmith and one of the most intelligent women, if not the most intelligent woman that I've ever had a convo with in cyberspace), and Daywalker the daydream. I won't tell you my username on there but all the old members from my era still remember my legend. I still pop in from time to time to read posts from glok9 and daywalker - these guys always crack me up.

Do you know Adeola, the naija chic with massive ti.ts that works for bossip?

I messed with Necole Bitchie till she banned my IP cos I told her that Trey Songz hit that. After that, I did change my IP, but I just never bothered with her blog anymore. That was when she first started, way before her blog became the goldmine it's today. And most of the posters on there are females and all they do is gossip, anyway.

Ice Prince is wack. I stopped taking the guy seriously when he said his bars are like fish. WTF?

Katsumoto:
You are on the money.

When people get to a state of hopelessness, they believe the solution lies in the unattainable. We have heard some blame the current malaise on power. And some believe that secession is the answer.

Secession isn't going to happen and efficient power distribution can be obtained if SW sinators (my spelling) and reps agitate for looser federal govt controls.

In the interim, people must demand better accountability from their administrators and exercise their power during elections.

The cry for regionalism/true-federalism by these politicians looks like the boogeyman cos it's not going to happen any time soon. This government already nuked that with the display of tactical/strategic intelligence by the Northern oligarchs in the power tussle. All the institutions in charge of pushing it are already under their control and that's the same region against it. And secession won't happen until either the oil dries up; they discover oil in the North; or there's a big war.

So, we need to focus on how we can make the best out of the current quagmire and maximise the little we can get out of it. While also planning for all eventualities.

modath:
We can spend every night & day postulating hypothesis on the way out but until a short term poverty alleviation scheme is put in place, our people are not likely to have a mental shift from scrounging for crumbs of politicos tables....

When the few of us here gather to fashion a way out of the quagmire & we don't have cups of rice & 2k to share to people, what happens??

I think that comes with education/enlightenment/exposure cos what the leaders are denying the people is their right. However, a lot of folks are of the mentality that politicians are doing them a favour by giving them crumbs. Power belongs to the people but our people don't know that.

I hate to say this but that's what separates us from white folks.

modath:
Have you ever been lost & asked for assistance from someone speaking ebonics??

Nah, not really.

Once you listen to rap music a lot, you'll definitely understand at least 90% of ebonics.

Rap music is more of ebonics/5-percent-nation dictionary.

It's just basically like listening to reggae/bashment and how it helps in understanding patois.

I used to live on AA websites back in the day, and everyone thought I was an AA.

forgiveness:
@bold is the koko. Without Yoruba's in control of their destiny, Yoruba will be a based nation/region soon.
The solution is either Yourba's vigirously push for a Yoruba region or a Yoruba Nation. We will soon be a backward and underdeveloped Nation. Forget about Lagos. Other parts of Yoruba cities are underdeveloped
when compared to international cities/nations. But i don't think our leaders are really serious about it. Na minister position we wan chop. Mtchewww!

Shia! How dis thread don reach 200 pages?

However, there has to be a way to at least make things work a little bit in the current quagmire.

At the end of the day, what makes a man is how best he can make use of his survival instinct regardless of the situation he finds himself in.

I honestly don't think Nigeria is stopping folks from being selfless.

IlekeHD:
I'm Ekiti and I'm not stubborn.

Yours is more passive aggressive.

Somewhat similar to ekt-bear and myndd.

But sholly and mrknowitall are proper Ekititians.

modath:
Naaahhhh, keep doing you, it's just funny that you have a repertoire ready to go at any given time.....

But your ebonics is child's play in relation to all the "They head" "Me shoe" "Y'all be bishing" etc of Afro AM... Their's is a work of Art.

AAs own ebonics.

When some AAs write in ebonics, you'd think it's a completely different language entirely.

And you don't want to get in war or words with these folks, they'll annihilate you.

IlekeHD:
That's my Ekiti amazon there I hope she comes back.

She doesn't need to cut down anything

The black man and feminism can NEVER get along. Two parallel lines.

But how come Ekiti chics are very stubborn, tho?

Katsumoto:
Thats what I am trying to tell Dayo. These chaps have no ideas; all they are interested in is lining their pockets and the praise worship from sycophants.

That's the difference between folks from Awolowo's era and this generation. Those folks witnessed the evils of colonialism and vicious racism cos a lot of them studied outside the country. And once they got back to Nigeria, there was a drive to achieve something great and prove the doubters wrong. Politics back then was more of a service to the people.

However, today, with the teeming number of youths who're just out there for the crumbs they'll feast on today - there can't be accountability by the leaders. The whole thing is basically just perplexing and it looks like a vicious cycle now. Generations come to make things easier for the future ones, not to make it worse. But with us, it seems we're already making things worse/tougher for the future ones, before they get here. If things don't change - future generations will never forgive this generation. Posterity will judge us.

Awolowo managed the finances of the country during the civil war and never borrowed a penny. I'm sure there are hundreds of Awolowos out there on the streets of Lagos, Ibadan, Akure, Abeokuta, Ekiti, Oshogbo etc.. Those are the folks we need in these trying times. We can debate all we want, but the deficits/debts keep growing daily. Something just has to give.

IlekeHD:
Ehen, how about the stripper girls you keep posting I wish you the best of luck, you sound like you have your head on your head on your shoulder.

I miss her too

Loool.

I just love messing about. You just have to know how to laugh and catch fun through all the BS, to create a balance. Life's short.

Sholly the Ekiti feminazi, if you're reading this, come back. But cut down the feminism tripe. Ain't no one got time for that bs.

Katsumoto:
I don't share your optimism re dried up recenue. Just remember all those African states such as Mali, Burkina, Senegal that have no rich mineral resources. Also remember a perpetually poor man can handle poverty better than a man who was rich once.

In addition, nigerians dont have the work ethos of Asians. Just visit china, vietnam, korea, etc then you will understand how they were able to leapfrog Nigeria.

Sir, I think the problem with these politicians is that: a lot of them don't actually go there to solve anything. More time they see politics as a business to maximise profits - and not a service to the people.

Once you have folks with a skewed mentality like that, and followers who don't really understand anything apart from praise-singing once loose change swings to their way - nothing is going to change. The whole country - leaders and followers - need a change of mentality/drive.

modath:
I have never seen you use the same expression for doing THE DO more than once.....

If you missed the post, have to do it again....& since you love GIF ..... Dro standing up for me...


cc; Wizguy69

Lol.

I'm just a walking ebonics/slang dictionary lol.

Do you want me to edit it and change it to something U-rated?