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zero8zero:
I'm just looking at this picture and imagining the long stretch straight to Lagos, O boy. I don't think anyone else can beat this legacy.

Where are the ocean views ?

Since it is coastal road. Where are the ocean views ?

Annihilation!

Congratulations to PSG

Why is James, colwill and tosin on the bench ?
What is wrong with maresca ? This is final for Christ sake ?

PrinceofSarcasm:
I can't cry more than the bereaved. If Rivers people are okay with it who am I to say otherwise. Very foolish set of people. I won't leave my Edo state and start focusing on what is happening there.

It's their business

The same thing my brother. I can't take panadol for another man headache.

Rivers people has been silent on what is happening in their state which means they are ok with it.

lazkizz:
Have you ever in your life Graced the presence of a very wealthy educated fulani man before?

Lemme tell you about a quiet simple Trillionaire
His name is Alhaji mubarak Ardo. Very slim like sickle


-Man has lost counts of his herds of cattles
-Man owns like 4 oil wells in the south
-Man goes to pray in Saudi very Friday
-Man owns the school his children and family members goes to
- Most of your favourite politicians pay man a visit whenever they are in Kaduna.


NOTE : this man look simple as down to earth like kante, except you are close to him or someone tell you about him, always putting on white jalabia and a simple slippers. Mostly drive himself. Sits, eats and gist with the mechanic while they fixed his simple peouget 206.

While people like cubana and most southern are loud, I learnt that the real Heavy money still lies in the hands of the northerns who don't even post on their social media.

4 oil well in the South

Na Northerners dey chop Niger delta oil money.

Jagaban of corruption is still borrowing!

Monday sit has stop since the arrest of simeon ekpa.

Obasa might get it. He is core tinubu boy.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16gRjKXAQN/

Why is Nafdac still closing this market in this harsh economy. It took Very Dark man to come to ogbowu and confront the corrupt Nafdac that is extorting our traders while the Useless and overrated soludo of a governor has not said anything thing.

Nafdac is suffocating ogbo ogwu market in the name of fighting fake drugs while useless Soludo is silent because is not Peter Obi. If it is obi matter, his manhood will rise.

Soludo put politics first, before economy and he call himself and economist. He must be a quota system Economist!!!

Anambra senators and political leaders should call the criminal Nafdac to open that market and stop extorting the traders since the governor Soludo has continue to be silent and useless!

Nafdac is worst than Nigeria police. The corruption in that agency makes police looks like saints.

They are not fighting any fake food or drugs. All they know is extortion.

Criminal Nafdac should open that market and leave the traders alone.

Useless Soludo can't do anything. Very overrated.

Incompetent DG! Misplaced priority! Dss should be neutral.

Oga Dss, what is your business in building Islamic school when you are still occupying office ? Is it part of your mandate and job description ?

You can now see the reason why the rate of insecurity and terrorism is going higher.

Dss the supposed to be on high alert on how to engage in intelligence and counter terrorism against terrorist and bandits is busy building Islamic school.

Apc has bastardized that sensitive security agency all because of politics.

Nafdac is like police. All they know is extortion.

Deport those criminal back to their backward state.

Smartcitizen:
If Tinubu likes let him wear pants, what we expect him to do is to start doing that restructures he has been making noise with when he was not the president.

What is taking his time to restructure Nigeria as he has been shouting up and down all these years?

Nonsense!

He is more interested in turning Nigeria into a one party state.

Agbadorians are crying.

Only a united opposition will unseat a ruling opposition.

Solitechworld:
No matter how rich I get, I could never bring myself to buy land or a house on Lagos Island.

Not only on island. The whole Lagos as a whole.

If flood didn't destroy your home. Government will demolished with one nonsense excuse or the other. Couple with the high rate of agbero and owomida you will pay and settle just to build your house.

Lagos is the last place I will build a house or a property. I will rather rent a house. But build, never! I won't try it.

Nigeria has happened to the young man. If you complain about it, Agbadorians and ronu people will say you are demarketing Nigeria all because blu la bla is the president.

papyjaypaul:
In 1972, Lagos was described as the dirtiest capital city in the world. In 2025, they have used tribalism and division to divert you from the real issues. Mega city indeed. Both residents and governments are to blame.



Throwback: Lagos Described As "Dirtiest Capital City In The World" In 1972 - Politics - Nairaland
https://www.nairaland.com/5946867/throwback-lagos-described-dirtiest-capital

I hope authorities step up to their responsibility and stop these mindless blame game. This is an inspiring video from Bangladesh where the youth decided to clean up the city. They have corrupt and irresponsible politicians who like to pass the buck. It starts with you and I, we are all responsible for taking care of our environment.

No be today lagos don dey dirty. E don tey.

MakindeHassan:
Nothing is wrong with PDP itself. Nigerian politicians are opportunists without ideology so they go where money is flowing. Most of them don’t have a means of livelihood aside politics.

The only thing holding APC together is the fact they are in power and the money is flowing. Should they have lost 2023 elections, these same politicians would have left the party.

Very simple and plain.

Yujin:
Inferiority Complex is very well applicable to you because you can't stomach the truth that an Igbo man was the first to be commissioned. Unfortunately, history is emotionless. It deals only with facts. Whatever information you provided about Ugbomah was irrelevant to our discussion since it has been established that he was the first.

Ironsi was Bassey's contemporary with both commissioned in the same year, 1949 as Second Lieutenants. Bassey was however ahead of him with just two months. Who's fault was it to commission both men the same year even though Bassey joined long before him? Nnamdi Azikiwe's?
Going further, Ironsi found more favour than Bassey in the 50s as he was selected to be Queen Elizabeth's Equerry(PA) when she visited Nigeria in 1956. He was eventually awarded a British honour of MVO. I've not been able to track exactly what Bassey was doing at this time but I suspect he was used as training instructor in the Nigerian Military School, Zaria which was formed in 1952. Ironsi was to spend most of his time outside Nigeria on different courses while Bassey was in Nigeria.
In the late 1950s, there was an uprising the Cameroon region of Eastern Nigeria. Ironsi alongside other soldiers were sent there. Ironsi was to handle the position of a 2IC. Bassey wasn't sent there. Was it also Nnamdi Azikiwe doing his thing against Bassey?
In 1960, both officers had the same rank of Lt.Col but Ironsi was selected to lead the Nigerian contingent of the UN Peace Keeping Force to Congo. He was already made the Commander of the Brigade stationed in Kaduna. Two officers led the Nigerian troops namely Lt.Col Ironsi and Lt. Col Rolo Price. Ironsi went on to perform well in Congo and even won the award for gallantry from the Austrian government. However, there was a breakdown in order among his troops when one of his Nigerian soldiers died in battle. He and his troops were withdrawn back to Nigeria and Lt.Col Ademulegun and his own troops were sent as replacement. The command was now handed over to a British commander called Lt.Col Morgan.
Again, Bassey wasn't selected to lead any troop to Congo. Ironsi was posted to London as a Military Adviser in second part of1961 were he studied in the Imperial Defence College and was promoted to a Brigadier. Bassey between 1960-62 was appointed to Command the Federal Guards Company and retained the same rank of Lt.Col.
When Ironsi returned, he was sent back to Congo in Jan. 1964 to become the overall Commander of the entire UN Peace Keeping Force with a strength of nearly 20,000 men. To handle that position, was given another promotion to become a Major General. This rank is equivalent to what the British GOC of the Nigerian Army had at the time. He however shed the rank and reverted back to a Brigadier when he returned to Nigeria in mid 1964. He only assumed a full/proper Major General when he was selected as the GOC of the Nigerian Army when the British soldiers left in 1965. Ironsi was however murdered a year later in 1966. So tell me how Azikiwe was the reason for Bassey not being promoted from 1961 to 1966. Tell me also how Ironsi disrespected Bassey?
I told you I'll destroy all your lies.
As for Ojukwu, he was the Commander of the 5th Battalion in Kano when the Jan. 1966 coup happened. He arrested all those in Kano that were part of the coup and locked them up thus helping to defeat the first coup. That was very brave and tactical that Ironsi couldn't ignore. You do know that there were other Igbo officers like Njoku and Madiebo that were senior to Ojukwu in the army. So not appointing Bassey or Kurubo can't be seen in badlight when you know these informations. Was it Ojukwu’s fault that he was selected by his superior ahead of others?
Here are some key points to note when discussing Bassey. No one mentioned him in both the Jan. and July coups. It was as if he never existed. No one attempted to harm him because he was an outlier in the army he instructed and trained many. Could his age, personality and laid back/less adventurous lifestyle be the reason? Ironsi won a medal of gallantry and got two British honours but Bassey had none for the over 30years he served in the army. Was it also Ironsi's fault? Lastly, it was Ironsi who promoted him to an 'acting Brigadier' and sent to Kaduna to command the 1st Birigade after Ademulegun who held that position was killed in the Jan. coup. You still had the temerity to accuse and insult Ironsi. Let others be the judge for themselves.

Don't mind that him.

Thanks for busting his lies. Who sabi the so called bassey in the army ? This is the first time am hearing his name.

Look at the position Ironsi had. He merited it. And mind you that the British was still controlling the army till 1965 then handing it to Ironsi and the first GOC because of his competent, qualifications and good track record of international exploit.

And one nuisance here is mentioning Zik and Ironsi for the failure of unknown individual like bassey who couldn't achieve any single achievements in the army.

Nothing person no go see for Nairaland..

Who are the Southern pdp governors ? Name them ?

He didn't even defect to pdp but Apc. He will loose in 2027.

gidgiddy:
Yes he was. But there is a reason he never went past the rank of Colonel, some say he made it to Brigadier.

The thing about Wellington Bassey was that not only was he poorly educated, he was also lazy. Another problem Bassey had was that that he became an officer much later in age compared to Ironsi, Ademulegun and Maimalari.

Thats why when other officers were being sent on officers training course abroad, he was happy to remain in Nigeria

So while other officers he was senior to like Ironsi, Ademulegun, Maimalari and Ogundipe had become Brigadiers in 1965, Wellington Bassey was still a Colonel

When several officers of different ethnic groups manage to outrank someone who was the first commissioned officer, you don't need to be told that such officer had no capacity

Infact, in late Brigadier Hillary Njoku's book, "Tragedy Without Heroes", he said that Wellington Bassey could not command a Battalion, let alone a Brigade

Did he faught the civil war ?

No, you are playing with him. That why you have to use SOE to remove him through the president.

But you contest in 2022, until Atiku defeat you in primary. You even lobbied for VP until kick you and get Okowa. Since then, you have been crying.

From contesting for president down to a minister.

You don't even have any small chance of winning. You are never a a big presidential candidate. Your power all start and end in rivers state.

The highest you can be is minister doing dirty job.