₦airaland Forum

It is the patriotic duty of every Nigerian to dance on the grave of General Sani Abacha. Contrary to the Levickian PR his supporter Prof G.G. Darah did for him in his article Dancing on Abacha and Yar Aduas' Graves (The Guardian, 17-18th July 2014), Abacha remains the most despicable leader Nigeria ever had. He killed Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni 8, he killed Pa Alfred Rewane, Kudirat Abiola, Suliat Adedeji, Rear Admiral Olu Omotehinwa, Dr Omatshola, Musa Yar Adua, Madam Tinubu while others like Alex Ibru and Pa Abraham Adesanya were his near-misses. Countless students whose name we don’t even know were massacred while standing up for the democratic ideals of June 12. We pay tribute to Wole Soyinka, Anthony Enahoro, Gani Fawehinmi, Beeko Ransome Kuti, Frank Kokori, General Akinrinade, Hassan Kukah, Olisa Agbakogba, Ayo Obe, Chima Ubani, Dan Sulaiman, Kayode Fayemi, Emeka Anyaoku, Femi Falana, Sola Adeyeye and some of our finest and fearless journalists and editors still around today: Odia Ofeimun, Nosa Igiebor, Chris Anyanwu, Babafemi Ojudu, Kunle Ajibade, Bayo Onanuga, Dapo Olorunyomi, Akin Adesokan, Ogaga Ifowodo, Niran Malaolu, Osifo-Whiskey, and others assassinated like James Bagauda Kaltho. These illustrious Nigerians formed the minds of my generation and made it impossible for us to believe lies. Today, Nigerians should hug themselves with tears of joy and say, yes, we survived that evil monster. Yet, that is the person that is worthy of ovation and reverence in Prof G.G. Darah’s value system. Our primary problem as a nation is not the lack of memory but an addiction to perverse values, diseased morality and gutter sense of human decency. Once the value system which is the DNA of any society is allowed to corrode, all other things fall apart.

The onset of the American Civil War led to the rise of Northern Nigeria. Cotton was the oil of the 19th century. Great Britain the world’s most industrialised nation then relied on America as its biggest supplier. The cotton industry based in Lancashire was the second biggest industry after agriculture offering employment to 3 million Britons. The huge wealth derived from cotton production was the reason America’s southern states held on to slavery even when other western nations had abandoned the evil. Then came the civil war which disrupted supplies. The Lancashire business group had to look for cheap alternatives. Through the “bible and plough” policy of the British missionaries, jungles around Abeokuta rapidly began to make way for cotton fields. When America re-entered the supply market in 1870, the world prices of cotton crashed to pre-war levels and that checked the cotton expansion in “Southern Nigeria.” The British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA) did not give up on diversification of suppliers though.
In 1905, backed by the BCGA’s reconnaissance report, Winston Churchill an MP for Lancashire reported in the House of Commons that Northern Nigeria had been discovered to offer a reliable and rich production of cotton. Investment there must therefore be allowed to proceed. But the only problem was the absence of mechanised, business-friendly and export-compliant transportation network. In one of his autobiographies, The River War about the conquest of Sudan in 1898, Churchill recounted being awed by a Canadian Lieutenant in his ‘Railway Battalion’ who knew the strategic importance of railways and knew to the last detail everything about their design and construction at minimal cost. This young lieutenant documented them in “ponderous volume several inches thick; and such was the comprehensive accuracy of the estimate that the working parties were never delayed by the want even of a piece of brass wire.” Since then Churchill had it in mind that this young lieutenant, Percy Girouard described elsewhere as “a blend of French audacity of imagination, American ingenuity and British doggedness in execution” would do great things for the Empire. Lugard may be a great military strategist and an indefatigable administrator but he was not exceptional as an engineering director. So in 1906 when Lugard as the Governor of Northern Nigeria submitted proposals for “Continuous Administration,” by which he would still be able to govern his protectorate even when he was out of the country for a long time, Churchill as the undersecretary for Colonies rejected it and Lugard resigned in September. As the Yoruba say, eni ti a fe sun ni ina to tun fi epo para, 2 ge 4 [He whom we plan to roast alive is even beautifying his own skin with petroleum jelly. Ride on].

Arms crossed

True talk

But I equally wonder how the end


of the supporter of APC party too will look like

No permanent enemy

But permanent interest

In no time the truth will be know

the end of times is at neigh

In a while to come we'll soon know

whether he deserves praises or blames.


Remember there is always 2 sides to a coin

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cyril83: Masses ke ?

Nyako was impeached because of lawmakers constituency allowance and immediately the greedy speaker became the executive governor, he had to pay 120 millionn to each lawmakers of 24 constituency in a state where citizens are wallowing in abject poverty and also instructed all local government chairmen to defect to pdp.

That's the will of the otueke product and the pot belle of bauchi.

CHAI

120 million just like that


Walahi


DIARIS GOD OOO


All this money you are sharing

The evil that men do ...

Diaris God ooo

All the oil blocks that you are sharing

Diaris God ooo

I thought the lawmakers were fighting for the masses

only to discover it is for their pockets

OP kindly change the heading to reflect that the unpaid money

is for the law makers and not the civil servants

Another round of competition don start be that oo


let see how big the next card for the president go be


Trust naija

It is high time our Leaders sit and discuss

bh issue heart to heart

no more name calling

no more blame passing

attack the bull head on!!!

APCracy

Borrowing and looting

All for 1 purse / pocket

Kindly correct me if I am wrong

O ti to

A fe iru eyi mó ö

tatiana009: Have you liberated your own people? If you spend half the time you spend on SW issues on the issues of SE, you lot would be better off. Anyways please keep opening threads for us and spend all your time on Nairaland helping us mind our business. It will help our Governors to sit up and help us to develop further. Leave your own land in ruins and continue to take pictures of the SW...lol clowns

If only but you know


Oro yi bi carnival ni

Aa to ka l'oju yin

I will definitely miss your post

Interesting

I just hope his pot belle will not overturn the

bicycle

Space dey here o

Can these assumptions be verified?

Na wao

jmaine: The Man has a daring charisma which I admire.. . .

Odikwa risky o


Dangerous moves


Or is this a scene from NOLLYWOODS

Seems they are trying to catch a tram already out of station


Sorry supporters of APC TIME UP

Tell this is just one expensive joke

I just hope he left no traces of the virus behind!

My good people of Osun


SHINE

UR

EYES

He who runs to fight...

He who fights to run....


Lives to fight ....

Another Tales by moon light

When will you stop lieing in order to score

Cheap political points

Why did it took so long

And when will it go commercial


For use in almost all civilian air crafts

DIARIS GOD OOOO

All the lies that you people are sharing


DIIAAARRRRIIIIISSSSSS GOD OOOOOOOOOO

Continue GOD is WASHING us


; D

kestolove95: His under the influence of ogogoro

Na wao

Where is the spirit of patrotrism

Making such comment about your president



Citizens of other nations wouldn't do that

If a ghanian or briton refer to your president in similar tone what would you do then -

Give him a thumb up?

fitzmayowa: Maybe ogbeni jonathan has forgotten that the constitution allows freedom of speech...when there are issues to attend to in this country...

Our dear Jonathan is busy warning those insulting him...SMH

Freedom of speech is guaranteed

But freedom after speech ...

All these people never learn still

Na who to blame dem still dey find about.

Unna better stop this foolish game and

Face real issue

STOP THIS BLAME thing and start a sincere collective fight against bh