₦airaland Forum

blacknp:
The glass could be either half full, or half empty, it is how you choose to view it, who said anything about anybody destroying Nigeria, it is a misconstrued imagination of your cerebellum. The rich & elite , love Nigeria, they appreciate the fact, that there is no where like home.

blacknp:
What the poor don’t know is that the elite love Nigeria, & have no plans of relocating anywhere.

Stalwert:
they pray for the worst for their country but fail to realize that their evil wishes shall befall them.

Stalwert:
Like your lekki masaka

Stalwert:
So sun newspaper invented them?

Guestlander:
What fake institute of international journalism? You have to fear anyone who says you shouldn't believe what you saw with your own eyes and what you heard with your own ears.
The Army told different stories within a very short period of time. We were not there, we were there but shot in the air, no, we shot blanks, we had blanks and live ammunition.
This was a disgraceful performance from the Nigerian army and the CNN had nothing to do with it.

Why are they trying desperately to scapegoat the CNN, will that shed more light on what went on at the Lekki toll gate?

Okoroawusa:
I have said all that I have to say in this matter.

Maybe the person below has something to say

omenka:
Reserve such characterization for you and your family members. Here there are rules to be adhered to. I'm sure where you come from, one is allowed to use any words on anyone, including their parents.

Not here anyway.

Cc: Mynd44.

omenka:
This is one reason I see Buhari as disappointing. Things like this weren't expected to happen under his leadership. Expected was a prudent government that would do away with all these stupid and unproductive expenditures.

We've been crying to all corners of the earth, looking for economic succour and loans, yet the things that brought us to our knees are still been done with reckless abandon.

Those that form activists, lashing out at government policies, feigning "we are on the side of the people", will still go ahead and accept these, no one will turn his or hers down!! Yet some fools think any of these crooks in the assembly is selfless.

Such a damn shame!

GidiCars:
If the plot against tinubu tickens, at most, he would nominate someone and step back. If the North refuses, we'll go back to the drawing table and renegotiate our deal.

Even as a YORUBA, I don't support tinubu, nevertheless, if the North tries to short-change the agreement, I'll support whatever drastic measures comes out from the SW cause an injustice against the agreement is an injustice against the YORUBAs. We won't sit down and watxh, we'll respond accordingly.

Yujin:
Firstly, if you're quite observant you'll see that majority of Igbos don't regard both Azikiwe and even Ironsi. These two are always insulted for doing nothing to protect Ndigbo. Only Ojukwu is venerated for his courageous stand for Igbos and Easterners in general.
Let's Xray Azikiwe;
He favoured a United Nigeria because of his pan African vision and saw the potential that a working Nigeria could help in securing the interest of Africa. It seems he felt Igbos resilience and technological acumen could be the arrow head to that vision and he couldn't manage to convince the other people of Nigeria to see the same vision he had. He was the ONLY pan Africanist of his time and FAILED to see the reality of the tribal politics right within Nigeria. Azikiwe did nothing exception for Igbos or Eastern Nigeria. Though he influenced the appointment of some Igbos into prime positions in the Federal government, I believe most of those appointees were actually not mediocres undeserving of the positions.
Today, everyone knows that Nnamdi Azikiwe is not regarded in the East or Igboland for anything rather he's vilified for our current woes.
The belief that Azikiwe saw in Igbos an arrow head in the African Renaissance is borne out of the fact that he knew the potential of Igbos and not because he wanted to empower them above other ethnic groups. Most people(non-Igbos) criticize him for that statement but didn't really understand the context. What exactly did Azikiwe do for the Igbos? Nothing compared to what his peers did for their ethnic groups.
Let's Xray Ironsi.
Ironsi was someone I'll call unambitious. This attitude made him slow in decision making and if I may add was not an ethnic champion. He never did anything to empower Igbos. From the accounts of the 1966 coup I read, he was lucky to escape the soldiers sent to terminate him. He thereafter from a safe place gave command to repel and arrest the coupists. After securing Lagos, he wanted to attack Nzeogwu in Kaduna but was advised to seek a less bloody part as Nzeogwu got a support base in Kaduna which would turn extra bloody if he did so. Some high ranking officers had to mediate between Him and Nzeogwu to settle the impasse without blood shed which would only be the last resort if the dialogue wasn't successful. Nzeogwu cut a deal and surrendered before he was taken down to Lagos and remanded in prison. Ironsi CHOSE most of his lieutenants from the north against the advise of other Igbo officers. The progrom against Easterners in the north started under him yet he couldn't do much to protect his own people. He didn't even equip the East in case any attack was to be visited on the region because he had not entertained any thought of such a situation arising. No Yoruba or Fulani will ever make such foolish mistakes because they'll always think of the safety if their own people. Ironsi never thought of equipping Eastern Nigeria or Igboland despite how hot Nigeria was at the time. Ojukwu was very angry with him for this. This is the same mistake present day Easterners are making. Amaechi is supporting of building railway to Niger republic yet there's no single rail line in the Eastern region.
How people later turned around and accuse Ironsi of being the brain behind the coup is very surprising.
As for the decree 34 he promulgated, it was clear he didn't collapse the regions. He unified the control of the government as a military man. If only he had more time, we would have been able to criticize better after knowing his intent if he refused to return the government to democracy.
From the above analysis, you can see that both men were not really ethnic champions neither were they proven to have been involved in fiscal corruption. This I believe is the reason why they're seldom put in the same group when discussing Nigerian corrupt political leaders.
You can refute my points with verifiable facts because I love to learn.

Present day Igbos will waste no time to deal with their corrupt political leaders but they want to do this under a solid state boundary which the failed Nigeria state doesn't have. I hope you'll understand. We shall beat them at present with the hope they'll change. We're aware of the disadvantage from the Federal level on our region.

beejaay:
When they did it to ekeremadu what you call them.. Instead of us all to praise them for their gallantry and encourage more of it outside the shore of the country where they can't do us anything, we labeled them names and boast that they ain't sophisticated for lynching their elder abroad...

Freeeanijor:
All this criticism is not necessary. The truth is Nigeria cannot supply all the demand needed for our day to day needs. Do you even have an idea of how big the Nigerian market is? Don't forget that Niger is a member of ECOWAS and inter-trade should be encouraged. We sell our commodities to other countries both far and near. The world depends on commerce.

wellmax:
Three quick questions.

What happened to those who looted and burnt government and private citizens assets?

Who and who was killed at Lekki

Is UK now gateway to heaven?

Nonsense and ingredients

techmo:
Well that's for Aboki to respond to, am proudly Yoruba and one thing Osinbajo gave us is standard guage rail, while Ibo leaders in power did nothing with power but loot


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PhiliptheArab:
And I can tell you the Americans had intelligence, plus the rescue was orchesstrated by the CIA.

The soldiers at the check point don't have adequate intelligence

Plus American defence spending is ten times higher than our annual budget. As such they have access to gadgets that we can only dream of.

PhiliptheArab:
Yes, but the thing with kidnapping cases, you have to be careful.

Some eyars ago former Eagles captain Yobo's brother was kidnapped. Police was ready to go in. Yobo begged them not to go in because he was worried that if the kidnapers saw police , they would kill their victim, his brother. (He paid a ransom).

Unlike some people, I did not blame GEJ for not sending army immediately to free chibok girls. If he had done that....Boko would have just shot the girls, and that would have been that.

Plus we don't know if the police is not activein this case. For all we know they have sent in someone to track the kidnappers and are waiting to strike.

Still, the ncreased criminality is proof that this government is not working

Yenefer:
Fake News. Lekki shooting is propaganda. is a fake, very fake news

jaxxy:
We need to analyze this properly before we say anyone has failed. The scenario is Jonathan’s time are quite different in Buhari’s time. Let’s do a logical comparison.

The problem is the situation of our oil sales and single main source of revenue doesn’t put us In a good position no matter how high or low oil goes.

jaxxy:
We need to analyze this properly before we say anyone has failed. The scenario is Jonathan’s time are quite different in Buhari’s time. Let’s do a logical comparison.

The problem is the situation of our oil sales and single main source of revenue doesn’t put us In a good position no matter how high or low oil goes.

LuciusX:
I think the nonsense Chimamanda is teaching them dey make them think upside down. Cattle herding is the job of the itinerant Fulani of whom history has proven, love it very much. So I don't see much sense in encroaching on the territory of the Fulani and finding dia trouble...
TL;DR She's being stupid and if her cattle get shot, it's nobody's fault...

yanabasee:
SWAT will likely do worse that people will begin to beg for SARS to return.



To me, police should be scrap out. They sell infos to criminals and they work to remit money to their boss in other to remain relevant in the force.


I'd prefer we have the military run things than the police....With the military, there'll be sanity and sameness across the country...


But with the police, everyone is a potential criminal before their eyes.