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GeneralDae:Nicely put! These are the strong specifics that those morally-bankrupt young ethnic bigots refuse to see due to the exhibition of the worst kind of hatred ever and confirmation bias. Indeed, the June 12, 1993 election cancellation by the brutal military dictatorship and the invasion of the houses and offices of many galant democrats in the 1990s led to the loss of the academic documents and property of nearly all top pro-democrats in Nigeria. Hence the 1998 request by the then Senator Bola Tinubu for a re-issue of his lost certificate and docs. There is NO academic forgery anywhere. |
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seunmsg:Indeed... Those very dishonest creeps are truly dark-minded and filled with the worse form of hate and ethnic bigotry ever seen. Things will never be the same based on all the ill-advised, fabricated lies and relentless attacks and harassments by these mainly ethnic Ibo online mobs on prominent people and members of the U.S. and Nigerian judiciary! |
DaddyJapan:Insightful. Well said! The late billionaire magnate and close friend to Adnan Kashoggi, Chief Harry Akande was already studying in a U.S. Uni as of the 1960s and he graduated with brilliant results and worked with top U.S. blue chip companies. Orishatukeh Faduma a British Guyana-born man of both liberated Yoruba-Egba parentage graduated from Oxford Uni in England and as of 1895, he had graduated with a masters degree as the first black man to do so from a U.S. University, and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen after marriage to his American-born wife in the 1890s and went on to teach in great institutions in the Deep South that turned out students who went on to distinguish themselves in the Civil Rights Movement, the academia, sports, business, and more. He passed on in 1946 at Norte Pointe, North Carolina and was buried there. You can do some Googling about him and how he adopted his Yoruba name in Sierra Leone as a member of the Yoruba Saro community after graduating from England, and his movement to the U.S. for his masters degree program. |
online4business:I didn't want to type on this topic again because a lot of simpletons and ethnic bigots who have NO understanding of the way things work here in the U.S. have hijacked it to spew out a lot of putrefying garbage! You are typing based on your emotions and confirmation bias here. Now President Bola Tinubu requested for the re-issue of a ceremonial diploma certificate in 1998 when new CSU officials where already in charge. It is the new and current College (or U.S. University) President/board at the time of the ceremonial diploma certificate re-issue request that will sign the document even for a person who graduated from CSU in 1979, 1989, or 2019! So, there was NO forgery as suggested by you and some others here. During the brutal military dictatorship and June 12 struggle from 1993, which I witnessed, Senator Bola Tinubu and many other pro-democracy activists lost ALL their academic documents and property in brutal military invasions of their homes and offices by heavily armed soldiers, and people were openly murdered, like Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, iconic NADECO financier and Itsekiri industrialist Chief Alfred Rewane, the journalist Bagauda Kaltho, Michael Ibru the founder of the Guardian, and more were brutally assasinated, shot, wounded and framed up in criminal operations led by Major Al-Mustapha, Sergent Rogers, Colonel Omenka and co, as referenced based on strong evidence from the Justice Oputa Panel. Even Farooq Kperogi who is a U.S.-based Professor and past critic of 'Bola Tinubu, PMB and APC also did his due diligence and clearly affirmed in a September 2023 article on his blog and reposted on NL that President Bola Tinubu indeed went to and graduated from Chicago State University with flying colors of a First Class (Hon) degree. Is it too much for you and your kind to understand these simple threads of strong evidence? Instead a lot of you young ones here majorly Ibos engage in deliberate online criminal defamation and the worse forms of ethnic bigotry because you just don't like someone and sacrifice the truth! |
DaddyJapan:Indeed. The last paragraph is very succinct. |
Obakoolex:In the entire U.S., legally NO third party has a right to instruct a University to release Tinubu or any person's U.S. Uni certificate which is a very private or confidencial document and Atiku's lawyer (Ms. Liu) knows this fact. The legal team of Atiku just wants to make a lot of money from him. Only Tinubu can give instructions for the details of his U.S. school documents. That is the U.S. law on privacy! Many of those attacking and criminally defaming Bola Tinubu on many NL threads and here on this thread right from page one are welI-known Ibo ethnic bigots and trolls who have deliberately ignored the truth. CSU has already confirmed many times that President Tinubu graduated as a male in 1979 with a First Class (Honours) degree, and his full, brilliant academic statement of result was released by CSU published and uploaded here on NL this month. CSU has also admitted that the little typographic errors on their docs of Tinubu such as "Thubv" and more affirmed the claim of clerical errors which is not strange because we used typewriters back then in the 1970s. There were some other Nigerian CSU graduates in Tinubu's 1979 set that had spelling errors in their names that I noticed in a CSU documentation. Even with computer-based typing, errors are still made because of the human factors like tiredness, carelessness, etc, as can be seen by many Nigerians who have complained online and offline about errors on their NIMC/BVN documents. Period. Cc: ManirBK |
MindOnMatters00:YouTube. WhatApp Status. |
Corrinthians: |
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LegendHero:This insidious OP is setting himself up for arrest by spreading a fake document. |
iSense247:These are very weak points. The current President/Board of any U.S. University signs when a request is made for the re-issue of a ceremonial diploma doc as clearly stated in the article. During the June 12 struggle from 1993, President Bola Tinubu's house in Lagos State was ransacked by the vicious and anti-democratic military and that was how he and many pro-democracy activists lost vital school documents and property. I remember back in the 1990s that the Nadeco chieftain and Middle-Beltan, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman's house around Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos was bombed in order to silence him. Other pro-democracy activists such as the great Itsekiri industrialist, Chief Alfred Rewane and Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, the journalist Bagauda Kaltho (he was killed by a parcel bomb in a popular Kaduna hotel premises) and more were brutally assasinated in Lagos and Kaduna by the killer squad drafted from the military led by Al-Mustapha, Col. Omenka, Sergent Rogers, etc, based on confessions and video evidence from the Oputa panel. Atiku Abubakar's lawyer (Liu) knows these facts and will be making a lot of money from him while smiling to the bank. There was no forgery. This thread clearly shows the level of relentless criminal defamation, ethnic bigotry and deep illiteracy on the part of some being pushed here by posters from majorly one section of Southern Nigeria and it will have dire consequences for trust-building and cohesion. |
benuejosh:Awesome feedback @Benuejosh. Oh wow! So, plantains don't grow well in Benue? Benue is close to Cameroon and I could have sworn that plantains grow well in Benue too just like in Cameroon. I've learned a lot of deep insights from my convo with you. IITA is the plug-in for improved cassava and this is why a female investor established the biggest cassava syrup processing plant in Oyo State where she gets cassava directly from farmers. Thanks again for the feedback and I'll keep in touch. |
benuejosh:Awesome! 6 years ago. It seems you are a Tiv, Igede, or Idoma. I'm stunned that food items are expensive in Benue State, the nationally acclaimed food basket of Nigeria than even Ekiti. I know that banditry by the Fulahs could have contributed to the high cost of production and artificial inflation caused by the greed of middle men in major cities and capitals of Nigeria have worsened things for folks. In any event Benue and indeed other states with fertile lands and plenty natural water supplies have to key into dry season irrigation, improved varieties of seedlings from research institutions, and focus on value addition for export. Benue was even exporting yams to the Nigerian Diaspora in the UK through licenced exporters. Even small urban farming in pots and spaces in residential gardens can save on food cost for people. That's been the current trend globally. All the best. |
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Lumig:Well said. |
benuejosh:What year was this? It seems plantains and bananas are cheap in the Yoruba-speaking areas of Kogi, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun and Oyo States. IITA in Ibadan also specializes in improved varieties of plantains. |
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ehikwe22:Ehikwe22, I like your insights on this topic. The etymology of the word Odogwu is of pure Yoruba origin via the Igalas or Edos who had contacts with the Delta North, Anambra, and Enugu axis. Olori Ogun means "head of warriors." Olori means leader or head and Ogun means war in Yoruba language. That loan word is got from "Ogun" and found it's way most definitely via the Igalas (Igala is classified as a Yoruboid language) who also have Yoruba bloodlines in the entire Igala ancestral family tree. According to the late Attah of Igala kingdom, HRM Michael Ameh Oboni, in a 2016 Saturday Punch interview, migrants from the Wukari (Jukun) area in Taraba moved along the Benue River and fused with a significant number of Yorubas and Edos at the river confluence area in the Kogi axis. Hence, the fusion of Yoruba words and words from ethnicities that fused to what you call Igala today. There are indigenous Igalas and Igala-associated or mixed communities in Delta North such as Ebu, Illah, Asaba, Okpanam. Anambra North and Onitsha has Igala roots (forming their quarters there), and Northern Enugu State has Igala ethnic presence for over 500 years. "SIMILAR Yoruba/Igala words" 1] Egungun (Masquerade in Yoruba) is spelled Egwugwu by Igalas and that got into Ibo language as a loan word. 2] Ogun (In Yoruba language, it can mean war, medicine) is spelled as Ogwu in Igala and used as a loan word in Ibo. E.g. Money medicine or "Ogun Owo" in Yoruba is "Ogwu Ego" in Ibo! 3] Ogede is plantain and bananain Yoruba is exactly Ogede in Igala. 4] Akuko is cock in Yoruba and is Akuko in Igala language and is a loan word in Ibo. 5] Omi is water in Yoruba, and is also Omi in Igala but is called Mmiri in Ibo. 6] Ifa (the Yoruba religion ) is Yoruba and Igalas call it Ifa too but is corrupted and called "Afa" by the Ibos via it's introduction to the Nri area through the same Igala contact. It was the arrival of Igala into the Nri area that led to the introduction of the kingship system in Nri. Prior to that, the aborigenes had no monarchical system as exemplified by the Eze Nri. The Igala influence on Anambra, Enugu, and Delta States was very significant for over 500 years as to have caused the entry of Yoruba/Yoruboid loan words into the central Ibo language. A little close to 40 percent of Igala words are of Yoruboid origin. Same with Itsekiri who also have major Yoruba bloodlines (of 3 subclans of Ilaje, Ijebu and Ife) in addition to Edo immigration from the Binis in the 1480s through Prince Ginuwa into Ode Itsekiri where he and his exiled team met Chief Lenuwa and his people of Ijebu origin, and Ginuwa settled in their midst and married some of the Ijebu women. In Anambra, Igala communities such as Igbokenyi exis. Aguleri also has a strong migratory Igala ancestry presence from about 400 years ago from where they interacted with the aborigenes. Even the popular RED chieftaincy cap was first introduced into the Nsukka area of Enugu State from Igalaland by the Igalas and the wearing of the red cap then spread out hence, it is NOT indigenous to the Ibo aborigenes. All these have strong verifiable sources online and offline. |
femisplash:Lol. |
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Corn247:Impressive! Some other cities in the U.S. have such proclamations too. President Lula of Brazil early this year also declared an annual national public holiday for the celebration of the internationally recognized Yoruba religion (Ifa religion) when the Ooni of Ife visited Brazil and gave a major speech to the Brazilian parliament. Bahia in Brazil is a focal point of Yoruba culture and religion in Brazil. The internationally known music and culture group in Brazil named OLODUM (shortened from the Yoruba name for God, Olodumare) that sings in Yoruba and Brazilian-Portuguese was featured in the iconic pop star Michael Jackson's music video entitled: "They don't care about us." |
seunmsg:True. The brilliant Wale Adeyemo's appointment by the U.S. President Joe Biden administration in 2020 was a big deal for Nigerian-Americans. |
ijustdey:A stellar resume from Osagie Imasogie. |
Itopalucky:This is a sign of pure empathy and emotional intelligence on Mr. 'Gbenga Komolafe's part. I wish him and his fam all the best in life as well. As the global economy rebounds in the near-term to medium-term, (depending on each country's economic variables), folks will have to imbibe moderation as one of the major lessons learned in economic downturns. |
Toks2008: |
Now lest I be misunderstood, I am not saying Nigerians did not study in the USA till that time (Azikwe studied at Lincoln in 1925 for instance. Rather, my correction is strictly about CSU.
