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ogbonti:
oversense will not kee you

she stumbled on some info and they never trust her to keep her mouth shut - or -

she revealed a top secret to a double agent who revealed all she said to the dictator, so she had to go

VERY LIKELY!

Absolutely. U are very right.

I keep on Hearing " Solid foundation ". The one that the country is at the edge of Precipice is a Solid foundation.

I like this. Positive Cahoots.

Reminiscent::: Soyinka passing the torch of Revolutionary spirit to the Next Generation.

Soyinka did his own with the infamous Coup at the Radio House in Ibadan just shortly before Ojukwu declare the Nation of Biafra.

Now Sowore is toying that path.

That HandShake is not ordinary but Symbolic in Nature.

God Bless Pa Soyinka.
God Bless Sowore.

Notwithstanding, She died not.

Quintessential!!!


After World War II, Yugoslavia was subdivided along ethnic lines into six republics and forcibly held together by Tito under communist rule. But when Tito died and communism fell, those republics pulled apart. ... A bloody war then broke out in Croatia where Serbs tried to create their own state.

Mummymahdi:
I need to flog u 2 for this. Will ur parent be happy of what u are doing? Allow d girl to take action not just random small cingum boy like u; at 19 u are trying to scatter another person life? Had it been u are a man that can take responsibility of marriage I would suggest u push to marry her
Back off boy

well composed post.
Very Intelligent Person.

Copied.
Credited.

(Braimah is a public relations and marketing strategist based in Lagos).

•Nigeria’s music culture ignites fire from Lagos to Accra, Nairobi, Dubai, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Toronto, Houston and Atlanta


On election day for governors in 29 States and State Houses of Assembly seats on Saturday, March 9, 2019, my family and I were having a late breakfast at about noon and Trace Naija, the popular music channel on DSTV, was on and featuring songs by top Nigerian artistes. Then I popped this question to no one in particular: who is your favourite Nigerian music artiste and why? My daughter, a keen music follower with her eyes on media arts as a possible future vocation, answered me and announced Wizkid and Davido because of the lyrics, beat, tempo and rhythms of their songs. Wow, I exclaimed! She explained further that their songs are popular and relate well with a youthful audience.
From Lagos to Accra, Nairobi, Dubai, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Toronto, Houston and Atlanta, just to name a few places, Nigerian music, sometimes branded as Naija music, has created a new culture of entertainment, excitement and enjoyment as popular dance hall music in those places. Be it a bar, nightclub, lounge or restaurant, music lovers gyrate to the beat coming out of the sound monitors that are recognised and celebrated as Nigerian music. Two years ago in Nairobi, my host Uche and I visited Club 40/40, Kiza Lounge and Black Diamond where ‘Naija’ pop music is played steadily. I had the same experience in Atlanta, USA, last October when Ernest, Ralph and I visited Sage restaurant, Little Lagos restaurant, Buckhead Loft, Whiskey Mistress and Regent Lounge. I’m told that new lounges and restaurants such as Blue Lagoon and Ace also celebrate Nigerian music by Wizkid, Davido, Run Town, Olamide, Tekno, Burna Boy and so on. The effect is usually spontaneous – you just get up and begin to shake your body without any prompting to the unmistakable beats in the songs. The beats give the songs a unique Nigerian identity – a product exported from Nigeria.

When Dr. Reuben Abati interrogated this subject about 10 years ago in the Guardian as the newspaper’s editorial board chair and columnist, he wrote that the lyrics in the music by most Nigerian artistes were meaningless and disgusting. The reactions from different quarters, especially the music industry, were swift and defiant and the matter became highly controversial at the time. The artistes and their promoters fought back vehemently, challenging Dr Abati to a dwell in the court of public opinion and he had to publish countless rejoinders on the matter. Between then and now, the successes of our pop music stars have been remarkable and their achievements profound, thereby earning recognition globally. Even if you do not agree with content and messaging strategy of the lyrics, the fact remains that the music produced is very popular, enjoyable and hilarious to the music consumer, and very danceable, too. There was a gap our artistes identified which they filled and the result was the big bang effect – they suddenly became popular and began to make waves, and they have never looked back since then.
Popularity and celebrity status varies among the music stars. Fame, which usually comes with a price, may come too early for some of our rising and well-established stars, and when there is no consistency in their respective musical repertoire or when the successes achieved are not properly managed, it could spell trouble and declining fortunes may set in. Stardom means experiencing a new world of bling bling, living in luxurious homes, making significant fashion statements, driving exotic cars and hiring private jets. For the male folks, women are never in short supply; being superstars actually means living life to the fullest. As the discussions continued over the late breakfast, my daughter revealed a Vanguard newspaper story where Mark Dayton, governor of Minnesota in the United States of America, declared October 6 every year as Wizkid Day. That’s truly a big deal. It is remarkable. According to the story, Wizkid (real name is Ibrahim Ayodeji Balogun) was honoured because of his musical achievements as a popular Nigerian pop music star and for his role as a culture influencer. Some of his achievements include recently becoming the first African artiste to sell out the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis; making a Billboard number one hit ‘One Dance’ with Drake; selling out the O2 Arena in London; walking the runway as a model for Dolce & Gabbana, winning countless international awards amongst other notable achievements.
Wizkid has become a global brand icon much to the delight of his fans and admirers because of the popularity of his kind of music. So I was not surprised when my wife, another keen music follower, also mentioned Wizkid, Davido and Olamide as her favourite artistes. However, she specifically praised Olamide for his talent, creativity and lyrics composition. A close family friend named Burna Boy as her favourite music artiste because she likes the sound and beat of his music. All three respondents agreed that our artistes are very creative with the kind of energy in their music and amazing stage performances. For example, on December 30 last year during the closing music concert of the carnival in the pristine Ososo community in Akoko Edo local government area of Edo State, Skales, the guest artiste, dazzled everyone with a top drawer performance that lasted 45 minutes. A selfie by Skales with the audience, while he was on stage, was instantly shared on his Instagram page – and, as would be expected, the photograph went viral in a matter of minutes.
I also chatted with my senior son on the same subject and he said the new wave of recognition accorded Nigerian music globally comes down to the ‘art and science’ of producing the music. “My favourite music artistes”, he revealed, “are Wizkid, Olamide, Davido and Burna Boy”. He also told me Nigerian music evolved and gained global recognition since the days of late Afrobeat King, Fela Anikulapo – whom he referred to as a music legend out of Africa – and that it is popular today because of its unique beat and sound. “The global recognition began with Fela but the secret of the success of trending Nigerian pop music culture today is the lyrical nature of the songs and the production that goes into the beats as well as how the artistes ride the beats”, my son further revealed.

The twin brothers, P-Square (Peter and Paul) – when they were still together – dominated the music scene for so many years with lyrics so beautiful and voices so melodious you began to wonder where their gift and special talent came from. Burna Boy, who recently signed a mouth-watering endorsement deal with Star lager beer, has his own peculiar style and brand of music; Pantoranking also emerged on the pop music scene with an amazing delivery of his Jamaican and African flavoured songs making him the King of Reggae in Africa! The last time Tekno performed in Nairobi, the show sold out and he was practically mobbed in excitement by his fans – especially the women – during his virtuoso stage performance. Wizkid and Davido are just in a class of their own – they’re incredible talents and great music icons and ambassadors of Nigeria. When Wizkid is singing ‘Soco’ or Davido is singing ‘Assurance’ or ‘Banana follow you’, their fans go wild in excitement, jubilation and appreciation. We also have incredible artistes such as D’Banj, Falz, Ice prince, Phyno, Banky W, Wande Coal, Flavour, Reekado Banks, Maleek Berry and Small Doctor – they have also made their marks in different ways. Wizkid’s ‘Sisi Caro’ and Davido’s ‘Skelewu’ were iconic and so popular that even 5-year-olds could sing along and dance to the beats. New dance routines never seen before also became part of the pop culture, the latest ones being ‘Zanku’ and ‘Legwork’. With every new song, a new and highly choreographed dance routine was likely to follow

The female singers are also making waves and receiving media attention. Tiwa Savage is a great singer in her own right but it is difficult to ignore her in the unforgettable raunchy ‘Soco’ music video with Wizkid. According to my daughter, Yemi Alade, Omawunmi, Waje, Niniola, Temi, Sheyi Shay and Simi have excellent music repertoire and great voices that will cause you goose pimples – they’re very creative and original with their lyrics and performances.
Having personally worked closely with some of these artistes – both old and new — over the last 25 years on different events including music concerts, I know that the quality of production is essential for the music to become popular and acceptable. “Olamide is very original and you can relate to his songs”, my wife explained. “Although Olamide may not have recorded the same success as Whizkid and Davido on the global stage, my view is that he’s an A-list star because of his nuanced approach to lyrics composition. Tuface – also called 2Baba — is a legend because he’s been around for a long time. His music is pure and clean; he’s intelligent and humble, and he produces mind-blowing lyrics, too,” my wife added. By the way, Tuface is celebrating 20 years as a performing musician this year. Congrats 2Baba and may you continue to excel for good!
Talking about Tuface, I recall working with him about 20 years ago when he belonged to the group called ‘Plantashun Boiz’ – reminiscent of Boyz2Men back in the day — together with Black Face and Faze – three of them were the rave at the time. Edi Lawani, one of Africa’s foremost music promoters and event producers, was their manager. Our PR & event management company had hired the group to entertain our invited guests during the grand finale of the Lux beauty pageant at Eko Hotel in Lagos. And boy, they brought the roof down with their exceptional talents!
The renaissance and success story of the Nigerian music industry, according to Edi Lawani, was like a tale foretold by a false prophet. “We were all hopeful but none believed it would come to pass,” Edi reflected. “African music had been in the fringes of a big blow-out outside Africa for long that it had become acceptable to let it be so. Many African artistes shunned music of Africa in its traditional grandeur and gravitated toward western music, especially the American variant,” Edi explained further.


“The media in Nigeria gave more recognition to the foreign music than the local brew of Afro rhythms. ‘Americanese’ Nigerian music was, at best, a bad copy of the original and thus was stuck and going nowhere. The local audience was trapped between local traditional music and the American wannabe experiment of the reigning pop stars at the time – this was 25 years ago. Then, all of a sudden, like a bolt out of the blue, the big bang happened. A new army of local Nigerian artistes decided to look inward and get street smart by making music in ways that were strange and never before experienced. Street lingo became the lingua franca of the music flavour in Nigeria. A new era had begun,” Edi stated.
The music recording industry which had been largely dominated by the foreign business interests began to divest as the Nigerian economy contracted. The gap created gave rise to nimble but efficient independent recording labels. It turned out to be the perfect time; an extra-ordinary explosion in the music industry was in the offing. The creative juices in the industry began to flow as Daddy Showkey, the Ajegunle music exponent, emerged with his very engaging type of music and pulsating stage performances. There was also Tony Tetuila, Ruggedman, Mike Okri, Tunde and Wunmi Obe, Eedris Abdulkareem, Duncan Mighty, Paul Play Dairo, Daddy Fresh, Lt Shot Gun, Mighty Mouse, Baba Fryo, torchlight bearing Zaaky Azzay and so on.
The phenomenal growth experienced in the music industry in the last 15 years was aided by new and prolific indigenous music producers such as Xtreme Music owned by the cerebral Steve Babaeko; Mo’Hits which later re-branded as Mavin Supreme Dynasty under the guidance of the highly creative Don Jazzy and Kennis Music — championed by the creativity displayed by the inimitable music promoters of note and ‘twin brothers’ Kenny Ogungbe and Dayo Adeneye — and the time devoted by the emerging independent radio and television stations to promote Nigerian artistes and their music starting with Raypower 100.5 FM and AIT established by High Chief Raymond Dokpesi. Lately, additional music channels owned by Nigerians such Sound City on DSTV and 98.5 FM owned by Tajudeen Adepetu’s Consolidated Media and HipTV also on DSTV owned by showbiz impresario Ayo Animashaun have given expression and significant promotion to Nigerian pop music and the artistes. The biggest enabler turned out to be the internet as Edi noted. The internet deregulated the way music was traditionally promoted and consumed. New stars were born overnight and new audiences were created beyond the shores of Nigeria.
It became evident that the growing popularity of the Nigerian pop music culture was an opportunity for big brands to engage the new audience that was emerging. Social media engagements became the icing on the cake – a music event sponsored by a brand attended by 1,000 persons goes viral through amplification on social media that could reach millions of music fans and consumers who, by the way, love to tell their own stories. Edi described the unfolding scenario as follows: “With the advent of the social media, the ritual of a star and hero worshiping kicked in. Facebook became the church for music devotees; Instagram became the canvass on which dreams were painted, following in the footsteps of those who wielded the magic wand to command attention. The influencer culture was born.”
On Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, our music artistes command incredible following; they are now culture influencers. Davido, now 26 years old (real name is David Adedeji Adeleke), is the first Nigerian artiste to have 10 million followers on Instagram, and he is an Omo baba olowo (son of a rich man). Even when his parents did not initially endorse his music career, he followed his heart and the resistance has turned into admiration because he is successful and has become famous through music. It is also very easy to watch the highly creative musical videos of our stars on YouTube. The big brands such as Star lager beer, Glo, Coca-Cola, MTN, Pepsi and Airtel came up with different platforms to engage consumers using Nigerian artistes and their music as the emotional space. There was Star mega Jam, Star Trek, StarQuest, MTN Project Fame, Glo Naija Sings, Coke Music Studio and The Voice sponsored by Airtel as well as music concerts sponsored by Pepsi. Unfortunately, nearly all these music platforms have disappeared due to either budget constraints or changing priorities, thereby denying our abundant aspiring music talents the opportunity to be discovered and celebrated. Usually, our celebrity music stars are handsomely rewarded whether it is when they sing at a wedding ceremony, product launch or a musical concert. For a 10 – 15 minutes performance, for example, our top-performing artistes earn between N5m and N8m or even more for each performance. They also receive mind-boggling endorsement deals when they are contracted as brand ambassadors.
Nightclubs such as Niteshift owned by the irrepressible Guv’nor Ken Calebs-Olumese are great entertainment outlets that are also helpful in promoting and building the careers of Nigerian musicians. When the Coke studio double-decker bus — equipped with a cutting-edge digital recording studio — toured the country on a road show from 2014 – 2018, the number of talented but unrecorded singers who surged forward each time to get the chance to record their songs in the studio was overwhelming; it clearly shows we have an abundance of talents in Nigeria that must be harnessed on a yearly basis. Eight years ago, Entertainment Express, an entertainment newspaper, was established by some media entrepreneurs – I was one of them — out of a desire to promote the wave making Nigerian pop music industry: the opportunities, promoters, sponsors, artistes and other stakeholders, and tell their inspiring stories. The effort failed after three and half years because of the digital pattern of news consumption that had emerged and the publishers had to rest the paper.
As the world continues to change aided by globalisation and rapidly changing technologies, Nigerian music will also continue to evolve. New stars will emerge on the scene with new variants of the current engaging pop music culture – and the value chain in the music industry will be enhanced for the overall benefit of all practitioners. The role of disc Jockeys and radio/television music presenters will become even more important as they play the rich variety of ‘Naija’ music to their diverse audience.



*** Culled from Vanguardngr.com

I like d lion. Now can we unleashed it on the bandits and terrorist. No time wasting. Way to go.

i have 4. this is democracy nauh. Freedom to choose.

EPISTLE TO MY PROGENY
I hope this little piece meet you in the crevice of comfort.
This is my story and the story of my fore fathers .
These three men were friends but not so great friends indeed. Providence brought them together by default to form a great nation. Each one of them is unique with a special gift never seen anywhere in there neighbouring cities.
WORODOTUS is a great man who loves education and modernism. He loves trend. He has crafted a window to share this gift with the great grand children of his that emerged later.
BECATEUS is another great man who so find irresistible fortress in Islamic code of ethics and nothing in this world we disconnect him from this. He is so clever and has passed this down to his great grand children.
Of equal standing is another great man of wisdom, NNASTOTLE, who dearly loves commerce and has equipped his great grand children with the master key to navigate business world, has opulent flood the cities, so also the great children flourished.

MODERN WORLD
1000 years after the departure of their fore-fathers, they later form a bigger city with some other minor ethnic groups to form a luxurious city, Pythagoras. (let me tell you about Pythagoras city : at the heights of her wealth, this was a noble city full of knowledge, immense wealth, richnessness never experience in the entire world and may never happen again, it’s a city of stars who produce men and women of innumerable capacities and made the entire world to feel jealous and bowed at their feet.)
The descendants of WORODOTUS, BECATEUS and NNASTOLE are not strong solely to take over the reign of the city of Pythagoras but will require the partnership of one other ethnic group at a point in time to achieve their aspiration.
WORODOTUS/ BECATEUS
WORODOTUS/ NNASTOTLE
BECATEUS/ WORODOTUS
BECATEUS/ NNASTOLE
NNASTOLE/ WORODOTUS
NNASTOTLE/BECATEUS.

Mathematically the magical code of ruling over the inhabitat of the city is ratio 2:1 at any given point in time.
While other minorities look on and seek leadership direction from the children of these great men at any point in time.

BANKING

The descendants of these great three works so hard and make a lot of profit and they all decided to keep their money in the bank in the city of PHYTHAGORAS. Every year, they celebrate the year of return and made deduction from the ATM machine, out of their saving which they share from a single account.
Due to their greed and their deceitfulness toward one another and collecting more than the agreed sharing formular and poor judgment in maintaining the ATM machine by these big 3 descendants, the ATM machine broke down.
There was famine in the land as a result of this, but one of them still surreptitiously withdraw money behind the other two to feed his lineage and to continue their race – survival of the fittest.


Burlesque:
As the day progresses, their imaginative greatness and influence shrink as smaller but not too glamorous center rises up to fill the vacuum. They became the general butt joke of other sensible flourishing city some even describe them as a shit hole. My son this story is true. They all decided to sit down and fashion a way out of the blues to restore their might in the committee of cities.
WORODOTUS descendant submission was to repair the ATM machine in the bank, so that they can go back to the original document of sharing formular.
The NNASTOLE descendants submit that the ATM machine has overgrown its usefulness and as such should be broken down so that all the big 3 descendants can pick their share and move on with the piece of their life.
The BECATEUS descendants rejected the two ideas in entirety but will prefer no option principle at all cost. Here, they prefer the ATM machine as faulty as it is to remain sacrosanct and prefer them to manage the faulty ATM as it is.

There lack of consensus as made them loss big in the comity of cities, and they have become a laughing stock.

SOLUTION:
To you my son and daughter, I strongly apologized to have wasted our pride and potentials during my lifetime. Some people described us as a wasted generations of descendants.. I agree with them totally.
The lack of consensus is to your detriments of you - WORODOTUS and NNASTOTLE and the continuous rip off by the BECATEUS. And woes betide you if there was never any consensus to this matter.
The only option out of this wood is for the sons and daughters of WORODOTUS and NNASTOTLE to come together and chart a new direction for this city of PYTHAGORAS. Otherwise woes betide you.

I learnt none of you will let go of your past wrong doing to one another on account of pride. I beg of you let it go.

And I die. And I bequeath to you my Eleusinian mysteries.

Memories!

I was an innocent undergraduate in LASU in that year and while reading on that eventful day in the classroom; Many people and I did witnessed a thunderous wave from nowhere in particular at the material point in time pulling the roof and tremor-like response from the floor simultaneously. The rest is history.

If such impact can be felt in Ojo , which is far away from ikeja which was the primary site of incidents then no one should underestimate how the victims would have reacted more so lack of official communication from the Govt Led media outlet. Reminisce!!!

highlights that can make even a cow and leopard to laugh::

1. outside interest: who are the outside interest causing insecurity in d north?

2. Those that sell merchandise.: Really, So those that sell hard drugs are responsible for the insecurity. Oh ! my God.

3. Those that sell weapons. who are those that sell the weapons.?

Glady we are happy , I mean southern solidarity, that this operations shege can be set up quickly to make the north safe again for both bizness and commerce. This is the way to go North.⌛



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Spokesman for the group, Abdulazeez Suleiman,said in a statement in Kaduna that the North has persevered in a dangerous security environment fuelled by outside interests that thrive on the supply of deadly merchandise including hard drugs and other harmful substances and the proliferation of arms in the region. "
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Welcome development. This is long overdue. Time is ripe to fully flush out the demonic banditry gang in the North. North need peace and Harmony.

Area4Area:
Killing is killing, you killed 10 because you felt you can and if I decide to kill 10,000, would you blame me. All were done according to our abilities.

If the Onitsha, Ikwerre, Anioma etc people are Chinese, how does that add to topic?
Who majorly did the killings of the coup and who suffered most is the issue here. You be the judge

Its not an Igbo coup. Really, we don hear .

Who are the immediate beneficiary of the first coup? And whoever is still delusion that there was no link is deliberately hiding the truth.

HMMM.

Key words:
Amotekun
Restructuring
Energy
power sector
community police


Despite all the hues and cry on the Amotekun subject matter, the reality is dawn on us that no matter how much we run away from solving today's problem with today's solution ; our collective aspirations and greatness will forever be a mirage - at best will be appelated a sleeping giant. Take two sectors as an example, security and Power. In security we have scored Zero. In Power same zero. However the ideology of Amotekun has succinctly shown us the way that we must be resolute and heart-strong to take the driver seat in charting our today's destiny and that of our progeny, children children futures. Amotekun is proactive security strategy, it is to destroy the seed of evil ,among us, otherwise it will grow up to our ruin. If this strategy was apply early enough to Book Haram matters, we wouldn't have been in this dire insecurities affecting North East. Amotekun has come at a time when all hope is lost about our collective survival, fear of going to farm, fear of being kidnapped by state backed terror elements, fear of being raped, fear of banditry and cattle rustlers, fear of Cow herdsmen and hacking down of community and even taking over of some community. The fear of Islamist, islamization and fulanization creditably fueled by lop sided Federal security arrangement solely from one ethnic stock out of over 200 Languages and more than 250 ethnic nationalities. Lack of both regional balancing and religious balancing of security heads will continue to fuel insecurity and fear among the populace. How do you want me to trust you when your body Language says otherwise. In many years to come when we look back into this decades and examine the originators of this malady: the accusing finger will single handedly pointing in the directions of the President.

On energy matters,
It will be desirous just like the way the Governor of Ondo State Posited that things are not working and restructuring is the way to go. Imagine if we can unbundle the power sector and apply Amotekun formula on it.

The North is rich vastly in Solar and tremendous wind potential and this can be translated for providing and sourcing their energy needs from Solar energy and wind energy. Imagine the huge economic scale that will be unleashed with low cost of production and huge energy outcome.

The north Central can be left with the hydro power with their Kainji Dams and can intensified their natural wealth with modern hydroelectric power project.

The South, Most especially the south south with abundant gas supply can please for God sake take care of their energy needs from this.

We all know this, and why shortage ourselves by not leaping forward and bring pride to blacks all over the world. The total restructuring in the energy sectors is the way to go so that each region can maximize the potential to the fullest and this will surely create both direct and indirect jobs and at the same time will also unleashed our potentials to fully industrialize. With industrialization many manufacturing companies that have capacities to employ thousands will be readily inclined to come back and do business. It will also shoot up our global rating on ease of doing business. The overall result is like China and India experience, many people will be move out of poverty: Millions of people will categorically feels economic freedom and escape from poverty into affluence. This can be done. A leader with foresightedness we see through this beautiful reform for economic emancipation of our people. This is not a rocket science. Amotekun of the power sector is the way to Go.

Haaaaaaaaaaaa. Haaaaaaaaaa. Yes oooooo. They are the most primitive on account of Amotekun and the most Proactive when it comes to security matters.

Impressive. Kudos.

To those who are copying and using Trump as a good example.
US media have heavily and consistently lashes out on their No 1 person.
Donald Trump has been accused of taking nepotism to alarming new depths in the US public appointment history.

If we are okay with this mindset. No problems. We can as well allow all the 36 plus more ministers under Buhari to pick one or more of their highly qualified children to do the work of Special assistant and we replicate this throughout the 36 state structures and see if the masses will not cry or scream out, Blue murder.

What is bad is bad.

She is immensely qualified. No doubt. if it is her mother or family company , no Qualms. But for a public entity it is unethical and anathema to civilize society. Once again I repeat she is 100% qualified but optically wrong.

However once the head , who already engage in nepotism, is wrong what should we expect from the rest of the body.

Mother and daughter in the same office, where and how do u apply checks and balance or one providing objective advice to the other.

Witchersunited:
Maybe it's me or somtin

Do people bother to check things

The crisis affects the north more, they kill their own people more than Christians


I'm not a Muslim but Christians over do things


False alarm and panic everywhere, see south west that nothing happens to talking about regional Police, how many people died in South West? Look at the case well and u will see that the vigilante group is a tribal affair, benue that has suffered alot aren't even talking about policing, it's Lagos with only 5 deaths

Senses have departed from you. So we ,SW, we wait and watch in idle till the death toll reach similar figures in MB. Habi. This approach to security adopted by SW Governors is called Proactive and security deterrence.

Almisbahussalaf:
BEFORE YOU COMPARE HISBAH WITH AMOTEKUN
Since the declaration of the South Western Nigeria Security Network (AMOTEKUN) as illegal by the Federal Government, a lot of people especially from the South West, have been trying so hard to compare the outfit with Kano State's Hisbah Corps.
I just thought that I should share the below information.
1. The Kano State Hisbah Board was created through the Kano State Hisbah Board Law No.4 of 2003 and the Kano State Hisbah Board (Amendment) Law No.6 of 2005 by the Kano State House of Assembly, which were duly assented to by the then Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
Now, what Law created AMOTEKUN, by which House of Assembly, and who assented to it?
2. Under Section 7 of the Law No. 4 of 2003, Hisbah Corps were established with the duties and responsibilities set out under subsection (4) of that section, some of which include:
" - Rendering necessary assistance to the Police and other Security Agencies especially in the areas of prevention, detention and reporting of offences;
- Handling non-fire-arms for self defence like batons, and other non-lethal civil defence instruments;
- Assisting in traffic control;
- Assisting in any other situation that will require the involvement of Hisbah be it preventive or detective."
The Law that established Hisbah Corps was categorical in not allowing them to carry fire arms or any lethal weapons for self defence.
What about AMOTEKUN? What does the law establishing it say, if at all one exists?
3. The Government of Olusegun Obasanjo through the Inspector General of Police Mr. Sunday Ehindero in a press briefing on 7th of February, 2006 declared the Hisbah Law and the operations of the bodies created by the Laws as unconstitutional and illegal.
Is AMOTEKUN even backed by any Law?
4. On 8th February, 2006 the same Inspector General of Police Sunday Ehindero ordered his officers and men to effect the arrest of the Chairman and Commander General of the Hisbah Corps, Mallam Yahaya Farouk Chedi and his Deputy Mallam Abubakar Abdulkareem Rabo. They were arrested in Kano and immediately taken to Abuja where they were detained.
Has any Commander of AMOTEKUN been arrested, despite the fact that they are not backed by any known law and are made to carry fire-arms?
Would the atmosphere not have been more volatile by now if such has happened?
5. The same Government of Olusegun Obasanjo through the Minister of Information, Mr Frank Nweke Jr. in another press briefing made serious allegations that the Hisbah had sought foreign assistance from Libya and Iran for training as a terrorist group.
Has there been any such or similar allegations by the Federal Government against AMOTEKUN, even though the outlawed notorious Yoruba Ethnic Militia (OPC) with history of violent crimes against other ethnic groups and even the police, are integral part of the outfit?
Despite all the blackmail by Obasanjo Administration against HISBAH, no insults or overheating the polity were seen.
Northern Leaders and Intellectuals did not use emotion and blackmail to handle the unwarranted assault by the Obasanjo led Federal Government.
Northerners did not accuse Obasanjo and Ehindero (both Yoruba) of executing a Yoruba domination agenda.
Northern Muslims did not accuse Obasanjo, Ehindero and Nweke Jr. (all Southern Christians) of executing a Christianization agenda.
Rather, common sense prevailed and the Attorney General of Kano State took the matter to the Supreme Court where it was resolved.
Now, if the Yorubas believe AMOTEKUN is legal or created by any law and that the duties and responsibilities of the outfit (including the issue of holding fire-arms or lethal weapons) does not contravene any provision of the constitution, what is stopping them from approaching the Courts for settlement of the matter?
Why can't our Yoruba brothers pursue the issue of AMOTEKUN based purely on its merit and without joining HISBAH which differs in legitimacy, structure and functions, into their agitation?
Why can't they go about the matter with maturity and without insults or emotional blackmail against the Northerners especially and anyone of them who has reserved public commentary aligning with their agitations?
Is the group of South West Governors not made up of at least a lawyer? Rotimi Akeredolu the Governor of Ondo State is not only a Senior Advocate of Nigeria but also a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association. Why has he been unable to provide legal advise to his peers on the legal implications of setting up AMOTEKUN the way it was done?
Is this an indictment of his legal credentials or simply a well orchestrated move?

Nice Debate. Nice Argument.

doctokwus:
The Fulani hegemony agenda has come to bite the dullard-in-chief;the worst bigot that has ever led Nigeria.
How?
The bigot presidency know that once they approve Amotekun either formally attending it's inauguration or by keeping quiet;they would have no basis to oppose the formation of other regional security outfits.
That of Southeast,SS,NC will definitely follow,even if out of sheer showmanship by the governors or not to be seen as being outdone by the SW governors.
Before you know it, regionalism becomes full fledged and regional security later state police outfits come to stay.
This is what they fear,but this is the Karma that comes when a president pursues ethnic agenda above national agenda.

U have spoken 120Millions mind. A President whose sole occupation is to entrenched ethnic above National agenda. And his kinsmen refused to bite his ear and tell him consequences. The consequences is ::::ijaya to mi Igbo kiji kiji:::: Amotekun.

NB ::: Igbo is forest here.

Nezero:
No sir..


Ekun is the Leopard it has large spots..
Amotekun is the cheetah it has small spots like dots..


Tiger has no Yoruba name because there are no Tigers in Africa. Tigers have stripes..


In case you can prove me wrong.. please be nice

There is no need for a controversy on this. Good one bro.

Whether u call it Tiger, Leopard , Cheetah. They are all Lion or Big Cat Family. They are ferociously built. They gat speed mehn.

They dwell successfully in the forest.

Now all those Kidnappers have gotten their match. U kidnap on the highway and run into the Forest. Something is waiting for them there. So, no more hidden place or den for all those criminal elements in our midst.

Rebuttal:::

The carpenter association of Nigeria, Palm wine tapper Association and the Regular fishermen Association of Nigeria wish to say Thanks but no thanks for the offer. Give the 2023 Presidential slot to the SS or SE. All South na South.

The pix of Obj and Seyi Makinde Explained it all::: Total Yoruba Loyalty and Cahoots.
Yoruba ideology. Yoruba Missile defense systems. Yoruba Collaboration.


Obj was in similar circumstances in 1999, a purely fanatical religious disposition by the northern elements, led by Yerima the then Zamfara State CEO. We saw Northerner solidarity on declaration of Sharia and taunting Obj if he denied them and their people the implementation of Sharia Law in the country. Obj succumbed. He obliged them. They have Hisbah policing and the rest is history.


20 Years down the line, with poor management of security situations in the country and state connivance with terrorism on her citizenry ( Rtd defence Minister). There is a reversal of positions and the West has come out with a solutions that can complement policing in the country to stem kidnapping, terrorism and banditry. Amotekun. Haaaaaaaaa.


I can see how Obj will be Laughing now.Haaaaaaaa


For OBJ , History will forever be kind to him. Who will ever forget the presidential declaration of " Kill at sight" made by Obj to NPForce. This was when OBJ kinsmen in the west turned themselves to nuisances and disturbing the peace of Lagos. OPC were declared enemy of state by their own brother occupying the seat of Aso Rock. That simple declaration made opc to hide under the bed. That singular act will earn OBJ more favour in history book unlike some General.

maynation:
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

hmm. my baby. gbosa for u

This project is here to stay and it will survive. This is a Yoruba ideology. The people in the northeast, not all of them, believe and birthed the ideology of Boko Haram. That is what they like.

We have projected Amotekun when the people with the power of state apparatus abdicate their sole responsibilities and watch criminals and nonentity take over the land. Prof Soyinka has said keep on sleeping General Nero, the Amotekun is here to stay and it will proceed to Amosikun Reloaded.

CharlotteFlair:
Electing buhari two consecutive times is the only madness I see here.

Enjoy your change.

Toh, Madam flair

Aidejay:
GBAM....
.
. imagine a whole AGF doesn't know his responsibilities and limitations he had to be schooled by someone who actually studied and wasn't handed a certificate on a platter. A government full of lawyers yet they are all incompetence personified

Haaaaaaaaaaa. Nice one paddy

my brother if not how will a right thinking govt not want solutions to his country 's problem if not madness.


Someone prefer madness than normalcy.