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scoundrel:
There is no way the population number of a place where one man marries one wife will ever top or balance that of a locale where one man is encouraged to marry as many wives as available. OP, it is true, my father having four children birthed a bigger number than his father who married six wives and had three concubines. When some of you type it makes me honestly wonder the standard of education being dished out in the country.

I don't think you have a clearer view of the subject at hand

*The Population Hoax In Nigeria*

I once argued with someone that the Hausa-Fulanis are not the most populous of the 3 major tribes in Nigeria but he said they are and I asked why? He said I should check out their rates at which they give births and when they normally marry. He gave the age brackets of an average Hausa-Fulanis getting married to be 13 to 17 for their females and 20 to 25 for their males. I now proceeded that if truly they are that prolific, why is it not reflecting in their lands as you will only see little towns being overcrowded while an expansive land is left with no inhabitants and even those that migrated down south only congregate in places they call "Sabo" and only accommodates other Hausa language speakers to swell up their numbers.

I proded further, by asking him that, "have you factor in the demographìc (birth rates and death rates) data up North and down South? He said no. I now went further by asking him, "do you know how long it takes for a baby to develop in a female's body?" He said 8 to 9 months and few cases more than 9 months. I now said has he factored in how many people are being lost to deaths within those 9 months up North and down South? He gave me a data that ceded higher density to the North than the South in a ratio of 65:35 which makes us agreed that the notion of *The North being more than the South in population is nothing but a big scam and a hoax* that will soon be exposed for all to see. Your opinion people!

*Anonymous*

Cc: Lalasticlala

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI from Rabbi (Dr) Johnson Idowu.

THAT HISTORY MAY BE KIND TO YOU.

Your Excellency,
Compliments to you and your family.
Let me first introduce myself to you properly. I was born in Lagos, Nigeria in July 1947, and I have lived the whole of my life up to date in Nigeria. Therefore, Nigeria is very dear to me and I have an abiding interest in her because I don't want to live in any other country.
I am a committed clergyman, so I am commanded by God to speak the truth irrespective of whose ox is gored.
I have never been a card-carrying member of any political party or association in my life and I have never held any political office, but I have an abiding interest in the politics of my country because the action and inactions of the political class have profound effects on the fortunes and misfortunes of the country and my life.
Lastly, I am a true son of Oduduwa, a Yoruba man to the core from Ogun State who has an abiding interest in the security, progress and development of the Yorubas and Yorubaland.
You can see that you and I are in the same age bracket so both of us have witnessed all the good, the bad and the ugly things that have happened to this country since Independence in 1960.

YOU WANT HISTORY TO BE KIND TO YOU.

In one of your speeches in the build-up to the new year 2020 you were quoted as saying that you would like history to be kind to you after you leave office.
I want to assure you that history is a mirror and it reflects whatever you portray into it back to you. For history to be kind to you, you must also have been kind to history, but so far you have not been kind to history in Nigeria.

YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD NIGERIA

In 1983, exactly on 31st December, 1983, you sacked the civilian administration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari and became the Head of State and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
Most Nigerians welcomed your coup with ecstasy because the administration you sacked was so corrupt that it had emptied the Treasury and the foreign reserves of the country, and there was hunger in the land because there was no foreign exchange with which to import essentially commodities for the consumption of the masses, particularly since the agricultural sector had been neglected by the government.
There was also a serious economic problem and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presented some strangulating conditionalities to us if they would bail us out of our self-imposed predicament with their loan.
Although you had good intentions in rejecting the conditionalities of the IMF your administration did not have a viable alternative measure to take Nigeria out of the economic morass. You then resorted to jackboot strategies.

First, you introduced WAR AGAINST INDISCIPLINE (WAI) in order to inculcate discipline in the masses to do things orderly by queuing up to receive service, to obey sanitary regulations etc, and a lot of people were doubled up and, sometimes, given corporal punishments by your WAI Brigade members in public places.
While this policy was good, the overbearing excesses of the military, the police and the WAI Brigade members turned Nigeria into a police state and the masses became suffocatingly oppressed.

Secondly, in your righteous eagerness to tackle the emerging menace of drug trafficking, you promulgated a decree prescribing death penalty for conficted drug traffickers, but you spoiled your good intentions by backdating the decree to before the drug traffickers then on trial committed the offence , and you actually executed them, something unheard of before in criminal justice anywhere in the world.

Thirdly, as if that was not bad enough, you promulgated another decree to muzzle free speech by criminalizing any criticism of your Government and you actually jailed some journalists for the laughable offence of criticizing your government policies and actions.
Fourthly, you embarked on a one-sided anti-corruption crusade through which you set up kangaroo military tribunals to try and convict ALL the UPN State Governors, who were the best performing Governors in the country at that time, on trumped-up charges of corruption. Even, Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the Governor of Ondo State (Ondo/Ekiti now) was tried and exonorated three times yet you insisted that he must be thrown into jail along with his UPN colleagues. No single Northern Governor was jailed.

You thus revealed yourself as a tribal warlord and an enemy of the Yorubas who had progressive administration's in their states.
Not only that, you managed to throw many children in the South West out of school by unilaterally cancelling the free education scheme being operated in all the South West states and introducing a uniform levy of N20 per term per student (a lot of money in those days) which made a lot of children to drop out of school.

THE ECONOMIC FRONT

On the economic front you had no solution to the economic problem of the country apart from another jackboot strategy through which your administration prescribed controlled prices for commodities you did not produce or provide, and your soldiers forced open the warehouses of merchants who had used their own resources to import those commodities into the country, and your soldiers sold the commodities to the public at your administration's determined prices.
But after your soldiers had emptied all such warehouses the scarcity and suffering escalated because there was no more commodity to sell.
If you must know, it was the concerted, consistent and continuous cry of the Nigerian masses to God in churches, mosques, prayer mountains, seaside etc which made God to raise up General Babangida to topple your government in August, 1985.

A TRIBAL LEADER
You have always portrayed yourself as a strictly Fulani leader, and in 2001 you led the leaders of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to late Governor Lam Adesina of Oyo State to challenge the perceived unfair treatment meted to the Fulani herdsmen in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, a claim which, on investigation, was discovered to be unfounded.

THE DILEMMA OF THE PROGRESSIVES IN 2014/2015.
In 2003, 2007 and 2011 you failed in your bid to become a civilian President of Nigeria because the South West refused to vote for you and the progressives in the South West and other parts of the country too were suspicious of you because of your tribal and dictatorial antecedents.
However, the South West and the progressives were confronted with a big dilemma in the run-in to the 2015 presidential election as a result of the rapacious nature of the PDP government under President Goodluck Jonathan, and they needed a person who could help clean the augean stable in order to introduce sanity and accountability into governance.
In the run-in to the 2015 general elections, the South West and the Progressives needed a person who could help Nigeria clean the Augean stable created by the PDP. They eventually settled for you because they thought that your anti-corruption crusade could be moderated and properly conducted in a democratic setting, and the country's Constitution would checkmate your tribalistic tendencies. How very wrong they were!
I thought so too and I willingly prayed for your success and voted for you in 2015 because I saw you and the APC as a better option to the rot that the PDP had become. (I did not vote for anybody in 2019).

YOUR TRUE COLOUR

However, between 2015 and now you have revealed yourself to be an unrepentant parochial Fulani leader and have disappointed the Progressives and other liberal minded Nigerians, apart from the gluttonous self-serving politicians who are feeding fat in the National Assembly and in your administration, as a result of the following actions and events:

1. Your appointments into the positions of Service chiefs and Heads of other uniformed services were heavily biased in favour of members of your tribe, the Fulanis.
2. When your kinsmen, the Fulani herdsmen unleashed terror on farmers in Benue, Plateau and the entire Middle Belt, with scattered incidents in other parts of the country, you deliberately turned a blind eye and a deaf ear towards the gory sights and sounds, and not once did you condemn their wanton killings and destruction, and not a single one of them was apprehended and prosecuted, but whenever a Fulani herdsman or some of their cows we're killed or rustled your law enforcement agents were quick to apprehend the culprits.
3. You planned to establish a Homeland for all your Fulani kinsmen across West Africa in Nigeria, and towards that you proposed RUGA (Fulani) settlements in all states of Nigeria, ostensibly, as your spokespersons claimed, to solve the problem of herders and farmers clashes.
4. When the indigenous peoples of Nigeria resisted the move, you quickly put your Plan B in motion by declaring Nigeria a visa-free entry country to all Africans in order to precipitate a massive influx of Fulanis into the country.

THE FULANILISATION AGENDA WILL NOT SUCCEED.

Mr President, please note that this surreptitious Fulanilisation of Nigeria will not succeed because an influx of of Ten million Fulanis in addition to the between Seven and Ten million already in the country CANNOT overcome the over 300 indigenous tribes of Nigeria and take their ancestral lands from them.
Please be reminded that the warlike indigenous tribes of Benue, Plateau Taraba etc - the Tivs, the Junkuns, the Nupes, the Igalas, the Agatus, the Idomas etc who checkmated the incursion of the rampaging army of Uthman Dan Fodio after 1808 are still there and waiting. If you had allowed them to deal with the rampaging Fulani herdsmen in their own way there would have been a sorry tale to tell.
Also, the Yorubas who also checkmated the same incursion from coming into Yorubaland are ready and waiting. And I can assure you that the Yorubas have a plethora of lethal and non-lethal physical and spiritual weapons of warfare and we deploy whichever one is appropriate on each occasion. When General Babangida affronted us by annulling the mandate freely given by Nigerians to our Son, late MKO Abiola, we deployed the non-lethal weapon of orchestrated verbal crucification coupled with controlled civil disobedience to chase him out of the presidency.
Further, the unconquerable and indomitable Igbos of the South East are there and waiting, and so also are the war-like Ijaws, Ogonis, Binis, Urhobos, Ibibios, Itshekiri, Annang, Kalabari and other tribes of the South South region are ready and waiting.
None of them will surrender an inch of their land to the Fulanis.

BALKANIZATION OF NIGERIA.

If you proceed with your Fulanilisation agenda you will only succeed in disintegrating Nigeria into several sovereign states because the Nigerian Army which have not been able to defeat Boko Haram and ISWAP in over six years of fighting does not have the capability to fight a civil war on several fronts at the same time.
What is more, the Nigerian Army is made up of all the various indigenous tribes of Nigeria and if such a war occurs (GOD FORBID & ALLAH FORBID) the Nigerian Army will break up into factions and they will align with their respective regions.

NIGERIAN ARMY DID NOT DEFEAT THE BIAFRAN ARMY

Mr President, let me assert here categorically without any fear of credible contradiction, that the Igbos lost the 1967-1970 civil war, NOT because the Nigerian Army was better than the Biafran Army, No! Far from it. They lost the war because of two major reasons:

1. The Igbos of the South East, who constitute only one of the six geo- political regions in Nigeria, were up in arms against the other five regions because even the people of the South South region, who had been oppressed by the Igbos in the Eastern Region, but who found themselves willy-nilly boxed-in inside Biafra, did not share the Biafran dream and therefore worked against the Biafran war efforts internally.
2. Two major measures taken by the Nigerian government progressively weakened Biafra and led to their eventual surrender. These were:
A. The Food Blockade against them which progressively imposed hunger and malnutrition on the people, and
B. The Nigerian currency change during the war which denied Biafra of the much needed convertible currency with which to buy arms and ammunition because the former stockpile of the old Nigerian currency had become valueless externally.
In the event of a multi-faceted civil war (GOD FORBID & ALLAH FORBID) that kind of scenario will not be present and the Nigerian Army will be completely overwhelmed.

HISTORY CAN STILL BE KIND TO YOU

Mr. President, you can still make history to be kind to you if you will agree to do the following four things:
1. Halt the Fulanilisation agenda immediately because it is dead on arrival, because all the indigenous tribes in the entire South and the Middle Belt are already aware of your game plan and you cannot take them by surprise again.
2. Continue to prosecute the laudable anti-corruption crusade across the board without shielding members of your own party and tribe in political positions.
3. Reduce the tribal nepotism in your appointments into key positions in the uniformed formations and other key parastatals.
4. Make a fact of what Garba Shehu hinted, that You and APC were ready to restructure Nigeria into a true Federation. Since there is a bonding synergy between your Executive and the 9th National Assembly, please commence the process NOW so that Nigeria would have been fully restructured into a true Federation by the time you leave office in 2023.
If you do these things history will be very kind to you because your name will be written in GOLD as THE BEST PRESIDENT NIGERIA EVER HAD and THE FATHER OF MODERN NIGERIA.

God bless Your Excellency; God bless Nigeria.
Fraternally yours,
Rabbi (Dr) Johnson Idowu.

Cc: Lalasticlala

WHILE ROME BURNS, EMPEROR NERO FIDDLES
By HR Udunna Ukegbu

The reader can replace this headline with: AS THE NORTH PREPARES FOR RESTRUCTURING, THE SOUTH BLOWS HOT AIR.

The Roman Emperor Nero is considered by many religious scholars to be the Antichrist, the beast codemarked 666, who ordered the execution of his own mother, persecuted and brutally executed many early Christians (including the apostles Peter and Paul), a group he falsely blamed for the fire that consumed most of Rome in 64 AD. Legend has it that as Nero watched the six-day conflagration, he somberly played the stringed musical instrument, the cythara. The “beast” was also a trained musician, sculptor, painter and poet, much like Adolf Hitler was also a painter.
Today, as has often happened in the past, some key Northern leaders always come together and plan ahead to confront a crisis they see approaching. [You have probably heard about the famous or infamous “Kaduna Mafia.”] You do realize now, I hope, that leaders in Northern Nigeria took time to plan the May, July, September and October 1966 massacres of Igbos and other people from Eastern Nigeria who lived amongst them. The tail end of their dastardly ethnic cleansing campaign took the veneer of a mob action, but was in reality carefully planned and executed across the entire Northern Region. Igbo leaders were not doing any planning on their own side, and the blood-letting caught them by surprise. At a point Igbos who had earlier fled to safety in the East returned to the killing fields in the North believing the new military government of Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon which seized power in August 1966 would protect them. How wrong they were; they had no knowledge of the enormity and extent of the massacre Northern leaders had in plan.
The onset of the Civil War prevented any international accounting being demanded of the Gowon government. The gory killings were swept under the carpet of war, and the barbarians got away with murder. Mass murder. The Igbos are only left with the hope that God will settle the matter in the hereafter.

Today, the entire Southern Nigeria is doing practically nothing as conservative Northern leaders put in high gear their operation to win the Restructuring battle in Nigeria. Day by day, the signs of this plot are being manifested, yet the Southern leaders remain clueless, completely unable to connect the dots. They moan loudly about this and that which the Buhari government is doing. Some choice items: 
All the nation’s security chiefs are Northern Muslims, a clear violation of the “federal character” principle constitutionally required for all federal government appointments. 
The Buhari government almost succeeded in borrowing a whopping $17 billion, with almost all of it going to fund projects in the North. 
The masterplan for a new Railway system calls for it to go by the coast and avoids most of the Southeast. 
When the late Abba Kyari forced the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to accept a skewed membership of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), most of Nigeria had no idea what had happened, because then in 2016, if you went to the NNPC website and clicked on the button for the Board, it would not open. The following excerpt is from page 607 of the 700-page confidential report THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA 2017 published in December 2016 by my company IRG Consultants (division of Accrezion Corp.):
... the members of the NNPC Board:

Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chairman
Mr. Abba Kyari, President Buhari's Chief of Staff (North)
Dr. Maicanti Baru, Group Managing Director, NNPC (North)
Mr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance (North)
Dr. (Mrs) Jamila Shua'ra, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources (North)
Mr. Pius Oluwole Akinyelure
Dr. Thomas M. A. John
Mr. Mohammed Lawal (North)
Mr. Yusuf Lawal (North)
Dr. Tajudeen Umar (North)

Now things get curious with the names of the people appointed to the board of the NNPC. The junior minister (Kachikwu), as is the norm, is the chairman. Joining him on the board is Dr. Maicanti Baru, the NNPC's Group Managing Director. A statutory member is the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, in the present case, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse (a Northerner). Another statutory member is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Dr. (Mrs.) Jamila Shua'ra, who is also a Northerner.
In the board membership announcements, Mr. Pius Oluwole Akinyelure, a retired top executive of Mobil Oil Nigeria PLC, is a member. He is clearly APC National Leader Bola Tinubu's appointee, as he is a well-known friend of Tinubu's. The third member from the South is Dr. Thomas M. A. John, the fellow who was Chamberlain Oyibo's predecessor as the Group Managing Director of the NNPC during the time of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's dictatorship.
Two of the members are individuals from Buhari's northern Katsina State, namely, Mr. Mohammed Lawal, and Mr. Yusuf Lawal. Dr. Tajuddeen Umar, another Northerner, who once chaired the Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Authority, is also a member. The seventh member from the North is Mr. Abba Kyari, Buhari's Chief of Staff.
So, any time there is a vote by the Board, the North (with seven out of the ten members) is assured of a majority. Ironically, all the oil is produced in the South.
Mr. Bola Tinubu had to journey to London to lobby President Buhari [who was then in London dealing with his medical issues] to include his friend. Mr. Akinyelure wasn’t a tough candidate to lobby on behalf of, because Abba Kyari had served in Mobil as did of course Ibe Kachikwu.

Ever wondered why Buhari in this his second term took away the Ministry of Power portfolio from Mr. Babatunde Fashola and gave it to Mr. Saleh Mamman? You would quickly answer that Buhari felt that Fashola was not performing as well as expected handling the combined three ministries of Power, Works and Housing. But the correct answer is different, and I will soon come to that. Anyone who knows Nigeria would realize that Power is the thorniest problem that Nigeria has faced, and one that has defied solution for decades, and a proven leader like Fashola would be better placed to handle Power, if the superministry was to be broken up. It would have been understandable if Buhari had given Fashola the Power Ministry and offloaded the Ministry of Works and Housing to others.
Now, let us begin to connect the dots, and get more educated about what is really going on in Nigeria.
You heard it here first. The North is far along on executing its plan to be ready for life after Nigeria’s Restructuring. The Northern leaders know that they escaped by the whiskers from Restructuring following President Goodluck Jonathan’s National Conference in 2014. The members of that Confab, almost 500 in number, were very knowledgeable and important people from all the corners of Nigeria. Furthermore, the Chairman of the Conference was a respected former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Idris Kutigi, from Niger State. There was no way the North could claim that they were marginalized in the membership of the Conference. Still, they battled tooth and nail to derail the Conference, everything went through votes, both needed and unneeded, and the provisions needed a supermajority to pass. Still Mr. Kutigi hung tough. He wanted the Conference, which consumed billions of naira, to not end in failure and be a waste.
The Northern leaders ultimately gave in and the Conference succeeded in passing substantial resolutions, even though these were clearly watered down from the original concepts. The remaining question became what choice President Jonathan would make: Organize a national referendum as is done virtually everywhere else in the world? [Instructively, the Nigerian constitutions passed since 1979 were not “We the people” constitutions, but “We the military” constitutions.] The alternative path for Jonathan was to send the Conference Resolutions to the National Assembly for that body to use for a massive exercise in amendments of the existing constitution. The cowardly Jonathan shelved the Report, announcing that he would take up the matter in his second term. That promise, reportedly packaged with dollar bills, earned him the endorsement of Southwestern monarchs, to the chagrin of the Afenifere, who were outraged by the massive corruption that had been going on in Jonathan’s administration. Still, Jonathan’s ploy succeeded to a considerable extent because the Yorubas gave him half of their aggregate votes. But he lost the election anyway, although to his credit he honorably conceded defeat.
As you might imagine, the Northerners breathed a collective sigh of relief when President Jonathan chickened out. President Buhari happily let the Conference Report gather dust on the shelf where Jonathan had kept it. The Northerners wanted to move immediately to create a plan to protect their interests, but the guerrilla war in the Niger Delta and low world oil prices had crippled the Nigerian economy, rendering them unable to quickly carry out their agenda. Consequently, they were determined to get Buhari a second term come hell or high water. That explains why they were ready to go to such extremes as to fire Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen and replace him with Mr. Tanko Mohammed, who would do anything he was asked. The Buhari government at this juncture did not care about international opinion about the rigging of the 2019 elections, though it was a country like the United States that pressured Jonathan to concede defeat in 2015. The Northerners were ready to turn their back on America, believing that China could satisfy their needs.

The Northern Plan and its Execution

The Northern leaders know that there will be Restructuring after a Southerner becomes President in 2023. However, they would do their utmost best to help elect a Southerner who wouldn’t be serious with Restructuring or who would at least not do the type of Restructuring that would significantly whittle down the federal government. The Northerners know that they cannot elect a Northerner to become President in 2023, and neither can they hold on to the presidency after Buhari’s second term, for otherwise they would see the country break up.
So, just in case they cannot elect a “useful idiot” from the South to become president, someone the Northern hordes would be made to vote for en masse, they would use the last four years of Buhari’s second and final term to prepare the North for a life after Restructuring. The overarching aim is to use Nigeria’s resources to develop the North’s infrastructure very quickly, even to surpass the South, and set a new irreversible path for the North’s rapid development. Action points:

(1) Accelerate the Chinese development of the Northern Railway System. Even build a Railway line to the President’s hometown of Daura and take the line to the Fulani centre in Ramadi, in Niger Republic.

(2) Have the Chinese build a Transportation University in Daura, and have the Transportation Ministry handle this development, including sending many Northern students to learn all aspects of Railway transportation construction and management in a university in China.

(3) Announce the discovery of oil in the Chad/Benue basin of the North, the same place, international oil companies with their sophisticated technology have failed to find oil in commercial quantities. Actually, the real plan is to help the neighboring nation Niger develop its oil industry. Niger is already a small oil producer. The NNPC under Abba Kyari’s oversight during Ibe Kachikwu’s time had already been ordered to look into connecting the Nigérien oil fields to the Kaduna Refinery so that the North would no longer have to depend on Southern oil fields. The following excerpt comes from page 625 of the same 2017 IRG Consultants report THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA.
Nigeria to Import Crude from Niger Republic to Feed Kaduna Refinery
The Nigerian government is in advanced talks to import crude oil from the neighboring Niger Republic to use as feedstock for the Kaduna Refinery. To this effect the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. plans to build a 1,000-km pipeline that will transport the crude from Niger’s Agadem oilfield to Kaduna.
A statement by NNPC spokesman Ndu Ughamadu on November 27, 2016 quoted NNPC CEO Maikanti Baru as saying: “Due to challenges with the aged refinery and crude oil pipelines that had been breached severally, the operations of the refinery has been epileptic. This we are determined to resolve through various intervention methods, including evaluation of alternative crude oil supply from Niger Republic through building of a pipeline of over 1, 000 kilometers from Agadem to Kaduna. That effort is being championed by Mr. President himself.”

Said Baru: “The Corporation has already started engagements with the Nigerien Minister of Petroleum and the Chinese that are operating the field at Agadem.”
Niger's Agadem Block is located in the East Niger Rift Basin, and has a production capacity of 21,000 bpd. IRG analysts speculate that the NNPC may be trying to swap its partnership crude from Nigerian production in the South for the Chinese output in Niger. China's CNPC has been refining crude at the Soraz Refinery, near Zinder, close to the Nigerian border, in which it has a controlling 60% equity interest. The Soraz Refinery is configured to satisfy Nigerien domestic demand for refined products, leaving some capacity for export.
There are some who would say that the official petroleum minister, President Buhari himself, is putting the Kaduna Refinery in a position to operate successfully and serve the North, were the South to separate from the Nigerian state.

(4) Under the guidance of Abba Kyari and current Power Minister Saleh Mamman, the Buhari government was set to use major portions of the proposed US$17 billion Chinese loan to complete the $6 billion 3,050 MW Mambilla Hydroelectricity project in Taraba State to serve the needs of the North. Under the radar some of the loan was to be used for the upgrade and expansion of the Kainji Dam (960 MW nameplate capacity), the Shiroro Dam and Jebba Dam hydroelectric stations (combined output 1,200 MW). Money would also be devoted to developing other renewable energy projects, primarily solar and wind power, so that by the time Buhari’s second and final term ends in May 2023, electricity output in the North would be at least 10,000 MW. This output capacity would provide constant electricity to the North, all of it renewables, without the need for combined-cycle gas power plants which, you guessed it, would require natural gas from the South to function. This electric power development plan was of such urgency and importance that Abba Kyari himself had to travel to Germany to conclude what would have amounted to a secret deal with the German giant, Siemens AG. You ask yourself, why would a presidential Chief of Staff be handling such a responsibility?

(5) The government of Gen. Gowon, you can say, went overboard in its massive irrigation development projects in the North, an effort that was seen to completion by Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, who tried to do something for the South with his “Operation Feed the Nation,” and “Water Basin Development Authorities,” which basically all collapsed soon as he left office. [In fairness I should add that General Obasanjo drew up plans for the construction of the Ikere Gorge Dam on the Ogun River in Oyo State, which was being built during 1982/1983 by President Shehu Shagari. That dam was not of the quality or size of the Northern dams built by Gowon and quickly became useless as it was abandoned by subsequent military dictatorships. It was the same situation with the tiny Oyan Dam near Abeokuta in Ogun State, and the Obudu Dam in Cross River State]. Look for the Buhari government to pour more Southern resources from crude oil sales and taxes into building more dams and irrigation projects to make the North, that is being assailed by desert encroachment, even more fertile. Right now, there are irrigation dams virtually everywhere in the North, and agricultural production is massive. The dams include: the Challawa Gorge Dam (Kano State); Tiga Dam (Kano State); Kafin Zaki Dam (Bauchi State); Kiri Dam (Adamawa State); Dadin Kowa Dam (Gombe State); Zobe Dam (Katsina State); and Goronyo Dam (Sokoto State). And don’t forget, Kainji (Niger), Shiroro (Niger), and Jebba (Kwara and Niger).

(6) The Buhari government has also recently announced that it will borrow €950 million ($1.2 billion) to import equipment for mechanized agriculture and agro industries. Your guess is as good as mine where those mechanized agricultural equipment will be headed to. The North? The part of the country where large-scale agriculture is most practised? The part of the country where virtually all the national fertilizer production and imports go to? The Buhari government says that the loan, the source of which is undisclosed, will be used to buy the tractors and other such machinery and leased to private individuals and companies who would then hire out the machinery on a per diem basis, and use their profits to service the loans. Purportedly the tractors will be made available in all the thirty six states, but guess which people would take the risk of leasing the tractors? Definitely not many people in the South who don’t do agriculture on the massive scale of the North. And who can say whether eventually the loans would not be forgiven and the individuals and companies who received the machinery in the North get away with paying absolutely nothing? The aim, after all, is to make the North more economically dominant in agriculture than it already is.

(7) The unyielding nature of the Igbo people, their stubborn refusal to accept Buhari as their leader, the horrors of the Civil War which led to the deaths of over 120,000 Nigerian, and Hausa-speaking Chadian and Nigérien soldiers, is not something Gen. Buhari is able to forget, and so there is Igbophobia going on. That explains why if anything that smells like trouble rears its head in the Southeast, he overreacts and quickly takes the proverbial hammer to confront an ant.

(8 ) The Northern leaders would support even a Yoruba politician for President if he would stop Restructuring from taking place. But they know now that no Yoruba politician would dare stop Restructuring come 2023. That would spell the end of that politician. Many Yorubas at this point are even more anxious than Igbos and Niger Delta people to leave Nigeria.

(9) In my forthcoming article titled OPERATION ABRACADABRA REDUX, I will explain in detail the strategy behind the clandestine influx of Northern youths into the Southeast and Southsouth.
If they complete their agenda, Northern leaders, come 2023, would tell the clueless Southerners, “We are ready for Restructuring. You can split the country into two if you like. We are ready. And with that they will laugh and tell you to go ahead and repay the $23 billion they borrowed from China, on top of the other tens of billions of dollars they have previously borrowed, using your crude oil reserves as collateral.

Hector-Roosevelt U. Ukegbu, Economist, International Business Analyst, and Financial Consultant, is the Chairman & Chief Economist of IRG Consultants/Accrezion Corp., and is a graduate of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.


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The Post Covid-19 Drama: Why You Should Be Prepared!

I am still your friend and brother on this online street and I have decided to go into a long research to cook up something for us as we approach the end of a long lockdown (anytime the lockdown is lifted for full time economic operations) worldwide due to the outbreak of the dreaded Covid-19 infections that had killed hundreds of thousands worldwide and still killing. One question that readily comes to minds of aspiring, budding and established entrepreneurs that are looking up to what they can do or had been one way or the other badly affected by this lockdown in the course of this Covid-19 is, "how do I survive in this business or how do I survive all over again as a result of my losses"? I tell you what, you are not alone on this, even leadership of countries are thinking that way right now. You wondered why? It is a moment of uncertainties due to the lack of buying and selling different countries of the world engaged in during international trade. This economic challenges currently plaguing the world had a huge toll and negative effects that had further affected countries of the world and their businesses being run by individuals killing the business of many and running it aground and when I say "businesses" here, my emphasis is on "small and medium scale enterprises" which are the driving forces of economies of countries worldwide. 

Before I move further, let me digress a little bit and talk on something very important to us as humans, and that thing is the four letter word called, TIME. I will say TIME is a period of moment considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to achieve something. It is a measure of how we plan our days, weeks, months and years in order to achieve something concrete and worthwhile for ourselves as individuals. TIME as they say once lost can never be regained but you must prepare for each day as a brand new TIME offers you to rewrite your ugly pasts or lost times wasted due to frivolous activities. This is the picture I am trying to paint before us, looking back at the time you put into that business you keep investing on and yet brought you nothing you will agree with me that such time had been lost and rather than mourning over your losses why not consider these tips on TIME Management; 

Time Management Tips by Strive Masiyiwa

Look at everything you need to do, and put each task in one of the four options;

1.  Important but not urgent: Decide when you will do it.
2. Urgent and important: Do it immediately.
3. Not important and not urgent: Do it later.
4. Urgent but not important: Delegate it to someone else.

What do you think? (This is from the "Eisenhower Matrix" named after a US President 50+ years ago). In this case, if you are stuck with option 1, "Important but not urgent", you  are to decide on the appropriate time to start this task so as to stand a chance to gain from it lest you end up achieving nothing from it and even wasting your precious time. Talking about option 2, "Urgent and important", do not hesitate on procrastinating on this type of task because the time to embark on this inner pull to launch is now. Just take a plunge and go for it. Option 3, "Not important and not urgent", you are not expected to waste your time on this because it will only kill your time and money put into it, avoid it immediately and shelf it till another time that will be convenient to embark on it because it is not what you need now. The last one here is option 4, "Urgent but not important", yes it is urgent but within you it is clear to you that it is not the need of the hour kindly avoid wasting precious time on it and pass it to an associate or subordinate to finish it for you so as to save your time for something more fruitful and beneficial.

Over the ages, it has become an established maxim and indeed it is the truth (especially for entrepreneurs) that, "Time Is Money, Spend It Wisely!" 

Moving away from the Time Management topic and back to our discussions on this research work, let me state it clearly that the country that will be used as our case study here is Nigeria and the reason is not far-fetched, it is our country of inheritance with great potentials for anybody that is ready to start all over again or build on what he or she already had on ground. At the moment, the urgent situation we found ourselves in is a precarious one and that will take a calculated and careful approach to stem the tide towards our favour. After the lockdown, you must understand that many would have been relieved of their jobs and already the over-bloated labour market is already saturated let alone the addition of "new entrants" who just recently lost their jobs. The pressure and unnecessary rat race for survival resumes and the pressure keeps mounting and here you are realising that your country is even borrowing for survival and depending on grants to execute some of its projects which means, you are the one to fend for yourself so this is why these "Post Covid-19 selected Businesses" well researched on are presented for your perusal so that you can quickly adjust to what the dictates of the business world is saying and tunes of the hymns it is singing.


19 Businesses You Can Start With N80,000 - N200,000!

I have decided to pen down these businesses that require moderate capital/funds to start with from the scratch and with your focus coupled with persistence you are going to soar on the long run. Let's consider them below;

1. Bedsheet/Beddings Production:

All you need here is to pay a visit to Lagos Island (especially the popular Balogun Market) or Oshodi or Yaba markets where they sell bulk materials, pick good designs and I tell you the guys who will sew it for you are just within the same market. In this type of business, it is better you are a tailor with your necessary tools and also master the art of measurement, cutting and designs so as to bring your creativity to this business.

2. Shirt and Trousers (Pants) Production:

This is one business that requires your skills in tailoring or better still your expertise in being able to market clothing materials. There are tailors in Lagos Island or better learn the skill, it will save you all the heartbreaks imaginable. Taiwo Street in Lagos Island is where you should be. Also if you are from the Eastern part, a visit to Aba is your surest bet, those guys are gifted to design imitations of Versace, Moschino, Senator Shirts, Suits, etc of this world to your satisfaction. Igbo Kwenu!!! Yaaa!!! The materials for shirts and trousers (pants) range from N700 – N1,000 per yard, sew for N1,500/N2,000  Sell for N5,000 - N7,000 or beyond based on your market coverage.

3. Boxers:

A trip to Aba Market is your best bet, the cost of production of boxers ranges from as low as N100to N150 per pair, all you need to do after sewing is to package it in 3s, and market them properly to designated markets. Market on your social media pages by telling your friends on twitter to Retweets your posts and adverts with quality pictures to attract larger audiences. Open an Instagram and Facebook pages too for effective marketing with quality pictures of your products.  A 3s pack boxers sell for N1,500-N2,000 sell yours for N1,200 to N1,500 and gradually grow your business.

4. E-Payments and POS Business:

You can a get POS machine from your Bank, and activate online banking: If you live in a place where banks aren’t much you can handle e-payments for people and make your small change. I once paid someone N200 to withdraw N10,000 at Kurudu Barracks, Abuja. ATM queues can be crazy and time consuming most times.

5. Mobile and Electronic Accessories:

Mobile and electronic Accessories such as Pouches, Chargers, USB cables, HDMI cables, earphones and more, can be sourced on Alibaba, Ali Express, Deal Extreme, etc. The more you buy the lower the price. And they are light so shipping won’t be a burden. Sell on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Jumia and co.

6. Popcorn:

We all know this snack well and how refreshing it is especially when we visit the movies! We buy them almost every time and some people blend it with peanuts or groundnuts for their body nourishments. Bags of corn can be bought at the popular  Mile 12 market in Lagos, branded nylon, sugar, salt & butter are the remaining items you need. The beauty of this is when properly made, its aroma will attract its customers. Manual sealing machine  is around N7,000/N9,000; Popcorn Machine is around N60,000 to N65,000 on Jiji or Jumia. Popcorn can be served anywhere. It costs less than N40 to make a pack of popcorn

7. Branding – Sales and Customising:

Sport lovers football team supporters generally always want to show how much they love their teams. Supporters go crazy on branded jerseys with the names of their sport heros boldly and neatly printed on their jerseys. You may want to consider this type of business too. A visit to Balogun Market at Lagos Island or Oshodi Market can be of help to those of us at Lagos while Abuja residents can consider paying a visit to Neighbourhood market at Wuse.

8. Snail Farming:

Snail farming in Nigeria is even more popular, due to its relatively cheap cost of startup and If you market your products well, your business will thrive. This is a business you can start from your backyard. Bear it  in mind that snails take almost a year to mature so "Patience is Key" because you will be shocked that a big snail goes for almost N400 and even more in some cases!

9. Fairly Used Goods:

Fairly used goods such as Jeans, Tops, t-shirts, shoes etc. They can be sourced at Badagry, even Cotonou, however due to the closure of our borders with Cotonou, I will suggest you stick with Badagry or if you are staying up North you might want to consider Borno or Adamawa State.  N100,000 will get you around 4 bales of fairly used goods but you can select and mix them. Wash them and pack neatly. Marketing is all it takes, you’ll sell and see your money multiplying gradually if you persist.

10. Cleaning Services:

Some people find it hard to clean their apartments because they are busy from Monday to Friday and Saturday they have engagements and on Sundays all they wanna do is rest. Your tools won’t cost you up to N20,000 and you can clean 6 apartments a weekend.

11. Home Cooking and Delivery:

You can cook a variety of meals well and apply customer services. People will pay good money for your services, you can run this from home. You must always factor in neatness and prompt responses to calls to deliver the foods to your respective clients.

12. Raw Food Supply:

It is common knowledge that foods (raw) are more expensive in cities than in rural areas, therefore it is important you consider going into this lucrative but laborious business. A budget of N200,000 investments in plantain, yam, maize and palm oil business from villages in Ondo State (Idanre, Akure, Okitipupa, Ikare remote villages), Kwara (Jebba, Eye nkorin interiors) and Kogi hinterlands can give you a turnover of over N700,000 per trip.

13. Cakes and Confectionery:

This is one business that always comes to play, people celebrate, and bakers are always consulted. It is not too expensive to begin with but you must go through training first to master the needed strategy and skills required for optimal sales. When you have that passion for this type of business, the sky is your limit.

14. Bead Making:

I’m not sure there’s really much to say here. All you need is training, passion, creativity, unique designs and styles, then adequate marketing. You really don't need too much funds  to start this, something in the range of N80,000 to N90,000 should be alright for you.

15. Home Service Hair Treatments and Barbing Services:

This is another profitable small-scale business. The beautiful thing about this is you bring your services to your clients for an extra token above regular. Your services ranges from hair barbing, hair dyeing, hair weave on, washing and plaiting. The starting capital to get the equipment is very minimal and I’m sure you know we have rechargeable clippers at affordable prices.

16. Tutorial Classes:

No matter your age, this is another well-paying job, either as part-time or full-time. Many families are willing to spend what it takes for their children’s success and there’s one subject you’re well versed at. Just close that gap by meeting the needs of these ones for a fee.

17. Production Of Zobo, Smoothies, cocktail, small chops, cupcakes and chinchin:

You will agree with me that the importance of these refreshing items can't be ruled out. You can render these services with N100,000 startup capital and proper marketing, branding and packaging.

18. Production of Hand-Made cards:

Do you know people pay good money for these things made of paper and strawboard. This is one business you can start with less than N100,000 my young friends! I will advise those who are gifted with calligraphy skills (beautiful handwriting) and graphic artists to consider going into this business. However, it is not limited to these set of professionals those who love cutting cardboards for special designs either as wall designs for their schools, churches etc should also take the plunge.

19. Multi Level Marketing:

I know many of you will be like oh noooo, I hate this type of business....... but hold on for few seconds let me break things down for you, we all have our areas of specialisation in life just pick yours and act on them. Forever Living Products, Longrich Products are true Food Supplements that works wonders in the lives of people around. I have heard testimonies on how people who are trapped down by terminal diseases likes Cancer, HIV, Diabetes Type2 etc coming back to life to give testimonies taking any of these food supplements. The financial gain aspect is what I want you to see here, with your N100,000 you can join this business of saving lives while making cool cash (yes you heard me right cool and big cash) provided on how you can effectively gather a vibrant network of like minds that can tag along with you. Attend their seminars (they are all around your neighbourhood) and get trained and mentored for effective performance as you launch. The business has a way of paying you back as you mentor others and help those under terrible health conditions to gain their healths back. People have given testimonies on how they are able to make good money within weeks of joining the business, it is all about perception. Trust me, you can do it!

Below is what I called the BCRC (benefits, challenges, remedy and budget) factors you must consider in order to scale the hurdles these businesses might bring your way.

Benefits: You don't need to raise money to rent a shop in order to sell or attract your customers to buy from you as your customers can be serviced in their respective homes and offices by you.
Challenges: Raising cash on your own especially when you can't afford one.
Remedy: Prepare a simple business plan with well displayed annotated points on projected cash inflow and outflow and profits margins that will convince your targeted individuals or institutions to offer you loans.
Budget: Between N80,000 to N200,000

Friends, between N80,000 to N200,000 can do a lot!

To those who are complaining of, "where do I get this money to start?" just relax and look at the type of business you can do out of the 19 listed above and design business plans (templates) on investment, expenses and returns then imagine the profits you stand to gain. You can get your friends to design the business plans or templates on your behalf and approach that your rich uncle, aunt, friend, mentor, guardian, pastor etc for supports. Trust me, if you can speak convincingly quoting your business plans to him or her, their is every likelihood you will be favourably considered.

Still Confused? You can reach me on 09085894826 (Whatsapp only) or follow me on Twitter @tomakinta for effective mentorship! 

Truth is there are so much one can do with very little, it takes persistence, focus, interest and above all hard work. We can’t all be rich but we all shouldn’t be poor. The year is still young and you can still make that "hay while the sun shines"! .

Thanks For Taking Your Precious Time To Read Through.

May God Bless All Our Endeavours!!!


Seun, Jarus, Dominique, Lalaaticlala

‘Obamagate’ is here to stay

By Hugh Hewitt

May 18, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. GMT+1

Al Sharpton asked me this on his Saturday cable news show: “What is ‘Obamagate?’ ”
“The intentional interference with the peaceful transition of power,” I responded.
I explained that the American tradition of peaceful transition of power is the “glory of the Republic.” The central charge of the many for which “Obamagate” is shorthand: Senior members of the administration of President Barack Obama made efforts to cripple President Trump’s ability to govern via unconstitutional methods throughout the transition and even into the first three years of his term.
Zerlina Maxwell, opposite me on Sharpton’s virtual set, characterized the term “Obamagate” as a racist talking point.

Those on the left who seek to diminish Obamagate should know that what they are doing is attempted censorship, an obvious effort to delegitimize the most legitimate of inquiries: Did Obama or any of his senior team — in the White House, the FBI or Justice Department or any of the intelligence agencies, with or without his knowledge — act to sabotage Trump’s assumption of power and effective administration of the executive branch? This question haunts the left; they fear it and assert without any evidence that those who demand answers are birthers. Like Joe McCarthy branding liberals “communists,” the new McCarthyists on the left are trying use a label to defame opponents rather than study the record.
I don’t know why they won’t confront the mountain of evidence of abuse of power. Much of Trump Derangement Syndrome (the disease that afflicts the left and the media and causes them to see evil in all that Trump does) manifests itself in “attributing motive” to opponents. It’s a cheap debating trick. They should know better, but I don’t know if they do or don’t.
But I know McCarthyism when I see it. To define anyone who uses Obamagate as either a racist or conspiracy theorist is outside the norms of acceptable American political dialogue. McCarthyism of the Left will not work outside of progressive cloisters. Obamagate is here to stay because the abuse of power is already obvious and cannot be erased. Only it’s scale and scope need to be determined.

Serious conservatives see in the coming inquiry over Obamagate a debate that would have rallied Abe Lincoln, the first president to represent the Republican Party, because it turns on preserving the constitutional order. Now we are engaged in a great political conflict over whether the Constitution, as amended and interpreted through to today, will be preserved. Many on the left want it so altered as to be unrecognizable. They do not value federalism, the electoral college, the Senate or indeed, increasingly, the first freedoms of religious liberty, press, assembly and petition. Their understanding of “freedom” is very different from that of conservatives.
“The secret to happiness is freedom,” wrote Thucydides. “And the secret to freedom is courage.” The left intends to protect whatever was done by Obama era appointees at whatever the cost. They are willing to sacrifice former national security adviser Michael Flynn and turn their backs on the vast body of evidence that he was railroaded and even today is being denied his basic due process rights.
This censorship works only within the blue bubble. Far beyond the Manhattan-Beltway media elites, millions of Americans who are no more racist than they are astronauts are awake to the deep wrong done to Flynn, and to far more than that.

They are awake to the peril posed by allowing everyone involved anywhere near power again. The good news is that those in charge of the investigation are people of courage. The left will not stop Attorney General William P. Barr or U.S. Attorney John Durham from their work. Durham’s findings on Obamagate will be the final word. If he finds no interference, that will be the end of Obamagate, not the declarations of progressives eager to change the subject, no matter how many or how loud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/18/obamagate-is-all-about-your-definition-freedom/

Obamanians can read this to understand!

‘Obamagate’ is here to stay

By Hugh Hewitt

May 18, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. GMT+1

Al Sharpton asked me this on his Saturday cable news show: “What is ‘Obamagate?’ ”
“The intentional interference with the peaceful transition of power,” I responded.
I explained that the American tradition of peaceful transition of power is the “glory of the Republic.” The central charge of the many for which “Obamagate” is shorthand: Senior members of the administration of President Barack Obama made efforts to cripple President Trump’s ability to govern via unconstitutional methods throughout the transition and even into the first three years of his term.
Zerlina Maxwell, opposite me on Sharpton’s virtual set, characterized the term “Obamagate” as a racist talking point.

Those on the left who seek to diminish Obamagate should know that what they are doing is attempted censorship, an obvious effort to delegitimize the most legitimate of inquiries: Did Obama or any of his senior team — in the White House, the FBI or Justice Department or any of the intelligence agencies, with or without his knowledge — act to sabotage Trump’s assumption of power and effective administration of the executive branch? This question haunts the left; they fear it and assert without any evidence that those who demand answers are birthers. Like Joe McCarthy branding liberals “communists,” the new McCarthyists on the left are trying use a label to defame opponents rather than study the record.
I don’t know why they won’t confront the mountain of evidence of abuse of power. Much of Trump Derangement Syndrome (the disease that afflicts the left and the media and causes them to see evil in all that Trump does) manifests itself in “attributing motive” to opponents. It’s a cheap debating trick. They should know better, but I don’t know if they do or don’t.
But I know McCarthyism when I see it. To define anyone who uses Obamagate as either a racist or conspiracy theorist is outside the norms of acceptable American political dialogue. McCarthyism of the Left will not work outside of progressive cloisters. Obamagate is here to stay because the abuse of power is already obvious and cannot be erased. Only it’s scale and scope need to be determined.

Serious conservatives see in the coming inquiry over Obamagate a debate that would have rallied Abe Lincoln, the first president to represent the Republican Party, because it turns on preserving the constitutional order. Now we are engaged in a great political conflict over whether the Constitution, as amended and interpreted through to today, will be preserved. Many on the left want it so altered as to be unrecognizable. They do not value federalism, the electoral college, the Senate or indeed, increasingly, the first freedoms of religious liberty, press, assembly and petition. Their understanding of “freedom” is very different from that of conservatives.
“The secret to happiness is freedom,” wrote Thucydides. “And the secret to freedom is courage.” The left intends to protect whatever was done by Obama era appointees at whatever the cost. They are willing to sacrifice former national security adviser Michael Flynn and turn their backs on the vast body of evidence that he was railroaded and even today is being denied his basic due process rights.
This censorship works only within the blue bubble. Far beyond the Manhattan-Beltway media elites, millions of Americans who are no more racist than they are astronauts are awake to the deep wrong done to Flynn, and to far more than that.

They are awake to the peril posed by allowing everyone involved anywhere near power again. The good news is that those in charge of the investigation are people of courage. The left will not stop Attorney General William P. Barr or U.S. Attorney John Durham from their work. Durham’s findings on Obamagate will be the final word. If he finds no interference, that will be the end of Obamagate, not the declarations of progressives eager to change the subject, no matter how many or how loud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/18/obamagate-is-all-about-your-definition-freedom/

Obamanians can read this to understand!

Obamagate: All you need to know about the Obama's wiretapping scandal together with Hillary and General Flynn and the Russian intelligence etc are revealed in this video. Harder times ahead for Obama and his cronies as the days move on. Visit this link to watch the video;

https://www.facebook.com/ProphetUebertAngel/videos/565620894333226/

alezzy13:
@OP, what about Obamagate? E be like say you miss that one.

Shameless things. To come up with a laughably short list of socalled misdemeanors you had to spend days researching.

Do we DARE do a litany of Trump's CONSISTENT AND UNYIELDING ABUSE OF POWER (and possibly risk overwhelming NL servers?)

Or do we just ignore the latest ramblings his acolytes, aimed primarily at deflecting attention (as usual) from his pathetic handling of the covid response, deemed one of the most colossal failings in US history?

Hmmm. I think I'll go with the latter.

Tada.

You may likely run out of steam if you tread that path

This thread has truly blessed many souls and I am glad it is still alive

Originalsly:
Hmmm.... just two days ago some lady here in the US had like 12 pet snakes..... guess neighbors didn't see her show as usual... called the Police. Guess she didn't feed her python first or on time.... he killed her.
You say snake .....I think cutlass.

In the true sense of it any animals you domesticate automatically becomes a pet

Flakky26:
Well-done. I will send you a chat

You are welcome Flakky I will be expecting that

The Post Covid-19 Drama: Why You Should Be Prepared!

I am still your friend and brother on this online street and I have decided to go into a long research to cook up something for us as we approach the end of a long lockdown (anytime the lockdown is lifted for full time economic operations) worldwide due to the outbreak of the dreaded Covid-19 infections that had killed hundreds of thousands worldwide and still killing. One question that readily comes to minds of aspiring, budding and established entrepreneurs that are looking up to what they can do or had been one way or the other badly affected by this lockdown in the course of this Covid-19 is, "how do I survive in this business or how do I survive all over again as a result of my losses"? I tell you what, you are not alone on this, even leadership of countries are thinking that way right now. You wondered why? It is a moment of uncertainties due to the lack of buying and selling different countries of the world engaged in during international trade. This economic challenges currently plaguing the world had a huge toll and negative effects that had further affected countries of the world and their businesses being run by individuals killing the business of many and running it aground and when I say "businesses" here, my emphasis is on "small and medium scale enterprises" which are the driving forces of economies of countries worldwide. 

Before I move further, let me digress a little bit and talk on something very important to us as humans, and that thing is the four letter word called, TIME. I will say TIME is a period of moment considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to achieve something. It is a measure of how we plan our days, weeks, months and years in order to achieve something concrete and worthwhile for ourselves as individuals. TIME as they say once lost can never be regained but you must prepare for each day as a brand new TIME offers you to rewrite your ugly pasts or lost times wasted due to frivolous activities. This is the picture I am trying to paint before us, looking back at the time you put into that business you keep investing on and yet brought you nothing you will agree with me that such time had been lost and rather than mourning over your losses why not consider these tips on TIME Management; 

Time Management Tips by Strive Masiyiwa

Look at everything you need to do, and put each task in one of the four options;

1.  Important but not urgent: Decide when you will do it.
2. Urgent and important: Do it immediately.
3. Not important and not urgent: Do it later.
4. Urgent but not important: Delegate it to someone else.

What do you think? (This is from the "Eisenhower Matrix" named after a US President 50+ years ago). In this case, if you are stuck with option 1, "Important but not urgent", you  are to decide on the appropriate time to start this task so as to stand a chance to gain from it lest you end up achieving nothing from it and even wasting your precious time. Talking about option 2, "Urgent and important", do not hesitate on procrastinating on this type of task because the time to embark on this inner pull to launch is now. Just take a plunge and go for it. Option 3, "Not important and not urgent", you are not expected to waste your time on this because it will only kill your time and money put into it, avoid it immediately and shelf it till another time that will be convenient to embark on it because it is not what you need now. The last one here is option 4, "Urgent but not important", yes it is urgent but within you it is clear to you that it is not the need of the hour kindly avoid wasting precious time on it and pass it to an associate or subordinate to finish it for you so as to save your time for something more fruitful and beneficial.

Over the ages, it has become an established maxim and indeed it is the truth (especially for entrepreneurs) that, "Time Is Money, Spend It Wisely!" 

Moving away from the Time Management topic and back to our discussions on this research work, let me state it clearly that the country that will be used as our case study here is Nigeria and the reason is not far-fetched, it is our country of inheritance with great potentials for anybody that is ready to start all over again or build on what he or she already had on ground. At the moment, the urgent situation we found ourselves in is a precarious one and that will take a calculated and careful approach to stem the tide towards our favour. After the lockdown, you must understand that many would have been relieved of their jobs and already the over-bloated labour market is already saturated let alone the addition of "new entrants" who just recently lost their jobs. The pressure and unnecessary rat race for survival resumes and the pressure keeps mounting and here you are realising that your country is even borrowing for survival and depending on grants to execute some of its projects which means, you are the one to fend for yourself so this is why these "Post Covid-19 selected Businesses" well researched on are presented for your perusal so that you can quickly adjust to what the dictates of the business world is saying and tunes of the hymns it is singing.


19 Businesses You Can Start With N80,000 - N200,000!

I have decided to pen down these businesses that require moderate capital/funds to start with from the scratch and with your focus coupled with persistence you are going to soar on the long run. Let's consider them below;

1. Bedsheet/Beddings Production:

All you need here is to pay a visit to Lagos Island (especially the popular Balogun Market) or Oshodi or Yaba markets where they sell bulk materials, pick good designs and I tell you the guys who will sew it for you are just within the same market. In this type of business, it is better you are a tailor with your necessary tools and also master the art of measurement, cutting and designs so as to bring your creativity to this business.

2. Shirt and Trousers (Pants) Production:

This is one business that requires your skills in tailoring or better still your expertise in being able to market clothing materials. There are tailors in Lagos Island or better learn the skill, it will save you all the heartbreaks imaginable. Taiwo Street in Lagos Island is where you should be. Also if you are from the Eastern part, a visit to Aba is your surest bet, those guys are gifted to design imitations of Versace, Moschino, Senator Shirts, Suits, etc of this world to your satisfaction. Igbo Kwenu!!! Yaaa!!! The materials for shirts and trousers (pants) range from N700 – N1,000 per yard, sew for N1,500/N2,000  Sell for N5,000 - N7,000 or beyond based on your market coverage.

3. Boxers:

A trip to Aba Market is your best bet, the cost of production of boxers ranges from as low as N100to N150 per pair, all you need to do after sewing is to package it in 3s, and market them properly to designated markets. Market on your social media pages by telling your friends on twitter to Retweets your posts and adverts with quality pictures to attract larger audiences. Open an Instagram and Facebook pages too for effective marketing with quality pictures of your products.  A 3s pack boxers sell for N1,500-N2,000 sell yours for N1,200 to N1,500 and gradually grow your business.

4. E-Payments and POS Business:

You can a get POS machine from your Bank, and activate online banking: If you live in a place where banks aren’t much you can handle e-payments for people and make your small change. I once paid someone N200 to withdraw N10,000 at Kurudu Barracks, Abuja. ATM queues can be crazy and time consuming most times.

5. Mobile and Electronic Accessories:

Mobile and electronic Accessories such as Pouches, Chargers, USB cables, HDMI cables, earphones and more, can be sourced on Alibaba, Ali Express, Deal Extreme, etc. The more you buy the lower the price. And they are light so shipping won’t be a burden. Sell on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Jumia and co.

6. Popcorn:

We all know this snack well and how refreshing it is especially when we visit the movies! We buy them almost every time and some people blend it with peanuts or groundnuts for their body nourishments. Bags of corn can be bought at the popular  Mile 12 market in Lagos, branded nylon, sugar, salt & butter are the remaining items you need. The beauty of this is when properly made, its aroma will attract its customers. Manual sealing machine  is around N7,000/N9,000; Popcorn Machine is around N60,000 to N65,000 on Jiji or Jumia. Popcorn can be served anywhere. It costs less than N40 to make a pack of popcorn

7. Branding – Sales and Customising:

Sport lovers football team supporters generally always want to show how much they love their teams. Supporters go crazy on branded jerseys with the names of their sport heros boldly and neatly printed on their jerseys. You may want to consider this type of business too. A visit to Balogun Market at Lagos Island or Oshodi Market can be of help to those of us at Lagos while Abuja residents can consider paying a visit to Neighbourhood market at Wuse.

8. Snail Farming:

Snail farming in Nigeria is even more popular, due to its relatively cheap cost of startup and If you market your products well, your business will thrive. This is a business you can start from your backyard. Bear it  in mind that snails take almost a year to mature so "Patience is Key" because you will be shocked that a big snail goes for almost N400 and even more in some cases!

9. Fairly Used Goods:

Fairly used goods such as Jeans, Tops, t-shirts, shoes etc. They can be sourced at Badagry, even Cotonou, however due to the closure of our borders with Cotonou, I will suggest you stick with Badagry or if you are staying up North you might want to consider Borno or Adamawa State.  N100,000 will get you around 4 bales of fairly used goods but you can select and mix them. Wash them and pack neatly. Marketing is all it takes, you’ll sell and see your money multiplying gradually if you persist.

10. Cleaning Services:

Some people find it hard to clean their apartments because they are busy from Monday to Friday and Saturday they have engagements and on Sundays all they wanna do is rest. Your tools won’t cost you up to N20,000 and you can clean 6 apartments a weekend.

11. Home Cooking and Delivery:

You can cook a variety of meals well and apply customer services. People will pay good money for your services, you can run this from home. You must always factor in neatness and prompt responses to calls to deliver the foods to your respective clients.

12. Raw Food Supply:

It is common knowledge that foods (raw) are more expensive in cities than in rural areas, therefore it is important you consider going into this lucrative but laborious business. A budget of N200,000 investments in plantain, yam, maize and palm oil business from villages in Ondo State (Idanre, Akure, Okitipupa, Ikare remote villages), Kwara (Jebba, Eye nkorin interiors) and Kogi hinterlands can give you a turnover of over N700,000 per trip.

13. Cakes and Confectionery:

This is one business that always comes to play, people celebrate, and bakers are always consulted. It is not too expensive to begin with but you must go through training first to master the needed strategy and skills required for optimal sales. When you have that passion for this type of business, the sky is your limit.

14. Bead Making:

I’m not sure there’s really much to say here. All you need is training, passion, creativity, unique designs and styles, then adequate marketing. You really don't need too much funds  to start this, something in the range of N80,000 to N90,000 should be alright for you.

15. Home Service Hair Treatments and Barbing Services:

This is another profitable small-scale business. The beautiful thing about this is you bring your services to your clients for an extra token above regular. Your services ranges from hair barbing, hair dyeing, hair weave on, washing and plaiting. The starting capital to get the equipment is very minimal and I’m sure you know we have rechargeable clippers at affordable prices.

16. Tutorial Classes:

No matter your age, this is another well-paying job, either as part-time or full-time. Many families are willing to spend what it takes for their children’s success and there’s one subject you’re well versed at. Just close that gap by meeting the needs of these ones for a fee.

17. Production Of Zobo, Smoothies, cocktail, small chops, cupcakes and chinchin:

You will agree with me that the importance of these refreshing items can't be ruled out. You can render these services with N100,000 startup capital and proper marketing, branding and packaging.

18. Production of Hand-Made cards:

Do you know people pay good money for these things made of paper and strawboard. This is one business you can start with less than N100,000 my young friends! I will advise those who are gifted with calligraphy skills (beautiful handwriting) and graphic artists to consider going into this business. However, it is not limited to these set of professionals those who love cutting cardboards for special designs either as wall designs for their schools, churches etc should also take the plunge.

19. Multi Level Marketing:

I know many of you will be like oh noooo, I hate this type of business....... but hold on for few seconds let me break things down for you, we all have our areas of specialisation in life just pick yours and act on them. Forever Living Products, Longrich Products are true Food Supplements that works wonders in the lives of people around. I have heard testimonies on how people who are trapped down by terminal diseases likes Cancer, HIV, Diabetes Type2 etc coming back to life to give testimonies taking any of these food supplements. The financial gain aspect is what I want you to see here, with your N100,000 you can join this business of saving lives while making cool cash (yes you heard me right cool and big cash) provided on how you can effectively gather a vibrant network of like minds that can tag along with you. Attend their seminars (they are all around your neighbourhood) and get trained and mentored for effective performance as you launch. The business has a way of paying you back as you mentor others and help those under terrible health conditions to gain their healths back. People have given testimonies on how they are able to make good money within weeks of joining the business, it is all about perception. Trust me, you can do it!

Below is what I called the BCRC (benefits, challenges, remedy and budget) factors you must consider in order to scale the hurdles these businesses might bring your way.

Benefits: You don't need to raise money to rent a shop in order to sell or attract your customers to buy from you as your customers can be serviced in their respective homes and offices by you.
Challenges: Raising cash on your own especially when you can't afford one.
Remedy: Prepare a simple business plan with well displayed annotated points on projected cash inflow and outflow and profits margins that will convince your targeted individuals or institutions to offer you loans.
Budget: Between N80,000 to N200,000

Friends, between N80,000 to N200,000 can do a lot!

To those who are complaining of, "where do I get this money to start?" just relax and look at the type of business you can do out of the 19 listed above and design business plans (templates) on investment, expenses and returns then imagine the profits you stand to gain. You can get your friends to design the business plans or templates on your behalf and approach that your rich uncle, aunt, friend, mentor, guardian, pastor etc for supports. Trust me, if you can speak convincingly quoting your business plans to him or her, their is every likelihood you will be favourably considered.

Still Confused? You can reach me on 09085894826 (Whatsapp only) or follow me on Twitter @tomakinta for effective mentorship! 

Truth is there are so much one can do with very little, it takes persistence, focus, interest and above all hard work. We can’t all be rich but we all shouldn’t be poor. The year is still young and you can still make that "hay while the sun shines"! .

Thanks For Taking Your Precious Time To Read Through.

May God Bless All Our Endeavours!!!


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January 19, 2017
Commentary
Top 10 Ways Obama Violated the Constitution during His Presidency
By Ilya Shapiro
This article appeared in The Federalist on January 19, 2017.
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The Obama administration has been the most lawless in U.S. history. I don’t mean that in the Nixonian sense of personal corruption, whereby the president is personally above the law, although the idea that Barack Obama’s tenure has been ethically pure is laughable.

No, my accusation rests on the 44th president’s seeing himself as professionally above the law, ignoring the executive branch’s legal limits and disrespecting constitutional bounds like federalism and the separation of powers.

But don’t just take it from me. Liberal law professor Garrett Epps (a professional acquaintance) admits that “even for those like me who admire Barack Obama, the constitutional record is disturbingly mixed. Obama leaves the Constitution weaker than at the beginning of his terms.” Epps labels Obama’s posture to be one of “aggressive compliance,” torturing statutory language as far as it can go in order to avoid constitutional claims.

Obama Only Furthered the Imperial Presidency

He points first to the 2011 Libya intervention. It involved neither a congressional authorization of the use of force, nor compliance with the 1973 War Powers Act, which requires at least congressional notification of troop commitments and affirmative permission after 60 days. Every president since the WPA’s enactment has claimed that it’s an unconstitutional limit on inherent executive authority over military power. Obama instead claimed that hundreds of missile strikes and dozens of air missions didn’t trigger the WPA because they only constituted “kinetic military action” rather than war.

It just doesn’t pass the smell test. Neither does at least some of the National Security Agency’s robust program of domestic surveillance, about which Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has lied to Congress. And then there’s the aggressive posture towards and persecution of journalists. It’s as if the goal was to show Donald Trump how it’s done.

The Obama administration has been the most lawless in U.S. history. Here are just a few examples to prove it.
This is all a world away from candidate Obama, who said this on the campaign trail in 2008: “The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m president.” As George Mason law professor David Bernstein quipped, foolish voters thought that Obama was taking issue with the imperial presidency, when really he was only complaining that the wrong man occupied the throne.

How Obama Ignored Constitutional Checks and Balances

Indeed, once he lost the congressional majority that allowed him to sign breathtakingly unconstitutional legislation like Obamacare and Dodd‐​Frank, Obama began using his pen in other ways. Hearkening to Woodrow Wilson’s progressive view of the administrative state, President Obama steadily took out his frustrations with the checks and balances that inhibited his ability to “fundamentally transform” the country.

A lack of congressional acquiescence didn’t stop this president. Even in Obama’s first term, the administration launched a “We Can’t Wait” initiative, with senior aide Dan Pfeiffer explaining that “when Congress won’t act, this president will.” And when the reelected President Obama announced his second‐​term economic plans, he said that “I will not allow gridlock, or inaction, or willful indifference to get in our way.”

But no matter how much you hold it up to the light—and no matter what textual penumbras you induce—there’s no “gridlock clause” in the Constitution by which the president’s power increases to the extent Congress doesn’t support him. Indeed, gridlock is a feature of our system, not a bug, meant to check executive abuse and majoritarian populism both.

As we mark another peaceful transfer of power, let’s pause to note the 10 most significant ways in which Barack Obama violated the Constitution, in rough chronological order.

1. The Chrysler Bailout

Building on the Bush administration’s illegal use of TARP funds to bail out the auto industry, the Obama administration in 2009 bullied Chrysler’s secured creditors—who were entitled to “absolute priority”—into accepting 30 cents on the dollar, while junior creditors such as labor unions received much more. This subversion of creditor rights violates not just bankruptcy law, but also the Constitution’s Takings and Due Process Clauses.

This blatant crony capitalism—government-directed industrial policy to help political insiders—discourages investors and generally undermines confidence in American rule of law. The Supreme Court ultimately vacated the Second Circuit ruling that allowed this farce to proceed; Chrysler’s creditors are still out of luck, but there’s no legal precedent.

2. Obamacare Implementation

One can, and many have, written whole articles about how the Affordable Care Act is such an affront to the rule of law that its individual mandate and Medicaid coercion—both of which Chief Justice John Roberts rewrote—are just the tip of the lawless iceberg. On implementation, we can’t blame Congress or courts. Here’s a sample:

The Labor Department announced in February 2013 that it was delaying for a year the part of the law that limits how much people have to spend on their own insurance. This may have been sensible, but changing a law requires actual legislation.
Later that year, the administration announced via blogpost on the eve of the July 4 holiday that it was delaying the requirement that employers of at least 50 people provide complying insurance or pay a fine. This time it cited statutory authority, but the cited provisions allow the delay of reporting requirements, not the mandate itself.
The famous pledge that “if you like your plan, you can keep it” backfired when insurers started cancelling millions of plans that didn’t comply with Obamacare. So Obama called a press conference to proclaim that people could continue buying non‐​complying plans for another year—despite the ACA’s language to the contrary. He then refused to consider a House‐​passed bill that would’ve made this action legal.
A little‐​known part of Obamacare requires congressional staff to get insurance from health exchanges, rather than a taxpayer‐​funded program. Obama directed the Office of Personnel Management to interpret the law to maintain the generous benefits.
Obamacare grants tax credits to people whose employers don’t provide coverage if they buy a plan “through an Exchange established by the State”—and then fines employers for each employee receiving such a subsidy. No tax credits are authorized for residents of states where the exchanges are established by the federal government, as an incentive for states to create exchanges themselves. Because so few (16) states did, however, the IRS issued a rule allowing subsidies (and fines) for plans coming from “a State Exchange, regional Exchange, subsidiary Exchange, and federally‐​facilitated Exchange.” Yes, we can also blame the Supreme Court for upholding this.
The Department of Health and Human Services granted more than 2,000 waivers to employers seeking relief from Obamacare’s regulations. Nearly 20 percent of them went to gourmet restaurants and other businesses in former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco district. Nevada, home to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, got a blanket waiver, while GOP‐​controlled states like Indiana and Louisiana were denied. Beyond political favoritism, such dispensations violate a host of constitutional and administrative law provisions like equal protection and the “intelligible principle” needed for congressional delegation of authority to cabinet agencies.
HHS also continues paying insurance companies to compensate them for losses caused by Obamacare’s ignorance of basic economics. Alas, Congress never appropriated these funds, so the House of Representatives is suing the administration and won in the district court. Now on appeal, House v. Burwell is stayed until the D.C. Circuit hears from the incoming Trump administration. (Full disclosure: My wife joined the House general counsel’s office last month and is litigating the appeal.)
3. Political Profiling by the IRS

After seeing a rise in the number of applications for tax‐​exempt status, the IRS in 2010 compiled a “be on the lookout” (“BOLO”) list to identify organizations engaged in political activities. The list included words such as “Tea Party,” “Patriots,” and “Israel”; subjects such as government spending, debt, or taxes; and activities such as criticizing the government, educating about the Constitution, or challenging Obamacare. The targeting continued through May 2013, with no consequences other than Lois Lerner, the chief of the exempt‐​organizations unit, being held in contempt of Congress—and then being allowed to peacefully retire despite erased records and other cover‐​ups. Okay, this one qualifies as Nixonian.

4. Recess Appointments

In January 2012, President Obama appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board, as well as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, during what he considered to be a Senate recess. But the Senate was still holding “pro forma” sessions every three days—a technique developed by Sen. Harry Reid to thwart Bush recess appointments. (Meanwhile, the Dodd‐​Frank Act, which created the CFPB, provides that authority remains with the Treasury Secretary until a director is “confirmed by the Senate.”) In 2014, Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the NLRB appointments were illegal, while last year the D.C. Circuit found the CFPB’s structure to be unconstitutional.

5. DACA and DAPA

Congress has shamelessly failed to pass any sort of immigration reform, including for the most sympathetic victims of the current non‐​system, young people who were brought into the country illegally as children. Nonetheless, during his 2012 reelection campaign, President Obama directed the Department of Homeland Security to issue work and residence permits (Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals) to the so‐​called Dreamers.

Then, after the 2014 midterms, the president decided that he had been wrong 22 times in saying he couldn’t give temporary legal status to illegal immigrants. The administration engineered this Deferred Action for Parents of Americans in the wake of Congress’s rejection of the same policies, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, immigration law, and the Constitution’s Take Care Clause. A district court enjoined DAPA in February 2015, which action the Fifth Circuit twice affirmed, as did the Supreme Court by a 4–4 vote.

6. Assault On Free Speech and Due Process On College Campuses

In 2013 the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, in conjunction with the Justice Department, sent the University of Montana a letter that became a national “blueprint” for tackling sexual harassment. The letter urged a crackdown on “unwelcome” speech and requires complaints to be heard in quasi‐​judicial procedures that deny legal representation, encourage punishment before trial, and convict based on a mere “more likely than not” standard.

As noted civil libertarian Harvey Silverglate explained this week, the administration construed Title IX—the federal law barring sex discrimination by federally funded schools—as a mandate to punish students and faculty accused of sexual misconduct using procedures that make it extraordinarily difficult for innocent people to defend themselves.

7. The Clean Power Plan

In June 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule for regulating power‐​plant emissions. Despite significant criticism, it finalized the rule in August 2015, giving states until 2018 to develop plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with mandatory compliance beginning in 2022.

The EPA cites Section 111 of the Clean Air Act as justification for this Clean Power Plan, but that section can’t give the agency such authority. Section 111 doesn’t permit the government to require states to regulate pollutants from existing sources when those pollutants are already being regulated under Section 112, like those deriving from coal‐​fired plants. The late Justice Scalia’s last public act was to join an order staying the rule pending further litigation (or, as is likely, a rescinding of the rule).

8. The WOTUS Rule

In May 2015, the EPA announced its new Clean Water Rule, which aims to protect streams and wetlands from pollution. The agency insists that the rule doesn’t affect bodies of water not previously regulated, but several groups have sued on the basis that the rule’s definitions of regulated waters greatly exceed the EPA’s authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate “waters of the United States” (WOTUS).

The Supreme Court has thrice addressed the meaning of that phrase, making clear that, for the EPA to have regulatory authority, a sufficient nexus must exist between the location regulated and “navigable waters.” The Clean Water Rule, however, purports to give EPA power far beyond waters that are “navigable” by any stretch of the word’s definition. Litigation is ongoing.

9. Net Neutrality

In the works throughout the Obama presidency, the Open Internet Rule was adopted in February 2015 and went into effect that June, forbidding internet‐​service providers (ISPs) from prioritizing different kinds of internet traffic.

The real issue, beyond this “net neutrality,” is the Federal Communications Commission’s manufacture of authority to regulate the internet despite clear congressional instruction that the internet remain unregulated. In 2014, courts struck down the FCC’s 2010 self‐​aggrandizement under the 1934 Communications Act and 1996 Telecommunications Act, so the agency doubled down by writing a new rule that equated the internet with telephony.

That creative interpretation allowed the FCC to claim the sweeping discretion it had used to manage the AT&T phone monopoly throughout the 20th century. Moreover, while the FCC touts the regulation as ensuring that the internet remains free of censorship, the rule impinges on the First Amendment rights of internet‐​service providers.

10. EPA’s Cap‐​And‐​Trade

In October 2015, the EPA issued a carbon‐​emissions cap‐​and‐​trade regulation, establishing for each state limits on carbon dioxide emission, with four interim steps on the way to the final goal. EPA says that this rule, too, is authorized by Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, but Congress considered and rejected such a cap‐​and‐​trade program in 2009. Far from being authorized by the Clean Air Act or lying in some zone of statutory ambiguity, this massive new regulatory scheme contradicts the express will of Congress.

That’s Only The Beginning

It was obviously difficult to narrow that enumeration to just 10—and I cheated by putting all the Obamacare shenanigans under one item. Some may complain that I should’ve prioritized other kinds of executive actions, whether regarding guns or transgender bathroom access or electricity regulation. Others may prefer to invoke President Obama’s decision not to subject the Iran nuclear treaty to a Senate vote—aided by Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker’s naïve complicity—or engaging in the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap without notifying Congress. Sadly, the possibilities for this parlor game are nearly endless.

Then, of course, there’s the administration’s abysmal performance before the Supreme Court, where its win percentage hovers around 45 percent (as against a historical norm of 60–70 percent). The Justice Department has even suffered nearly 50 unanimous losses, half again as many as under George W. Bush or Bill Clinton. These cases have come in such disparate areas as criminal procedure, religious liberty, property rights, immigration, securities regulation, tax law, and the separation of powers. They have nothing in common other than incredible assertions of federal power. The government’s arguments across this wide variety of cases would essentially allow the executive branch to do whatever it wants without constitutional restraint.

Are these really the kind of powers President Obama and his progressive enablers would want their worst enemies to have? As my colleague Gene Healy writes in the latest issue of Reason, “the very idea of ‘President Trump’ seemed like a thought experiment a libertarian might have invented to get a liberal friend to focus on the dangers of concentrated power. Now it’s an experiment we’re going to run in real life, starting January 20, 2017.”

If you live by executive action, you die by executive action—whether that means reversing President Obama’s policies or pocketing his constitutional excesses for future use.

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ILYA SHAPIRO
Ilya Shapiro is a senior contributor to The Federalist. He is a senior fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and Editor‐​in‐​Chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review.

Righteousness89:
Obama Was The Greatest Mistake the USA made!

That guy together with some demonrats radicalized The USA , and are still bent on Burying the USA..

Thanks to GOD for Someone like President Donald Trump!

If Hilary had won that Election, The World Today could be Fire!

Heaven would have Dissolved the world!

While doing my research work on that rabble rouser, I stumbled on this;

Those who want to know what Obama really did with American economy can visit this page to buy this loaded book;

https://www.amazon.com/examples-lawbreaking-corruption-cronyism-hypocrisy-ebook/dp/B01E4U36NE

It is a matter of urgency in search of justice.

President Obama's scandal-free delusion!

David Limbaugh | Creators Syndicate

Upon hearing that former President Barack Obama recently boasted that he had a scandal-free administration, my first thought after regaining my faculties was: How can I possibly cram all the evidence refuting this in a little bitty column?
Then I read that what he actually said was, "We didn't have a scandal that embarrassed us." At first blush, that sounds better, right? Because I assume he doesn't mean he's incapable of being embarrassed. After a little more thought, though, it occurred to me that this construction just highlights the real reason he has apparently deluded himself into thinking he served eight honorable years: The liberal media had his back the entire time, even when he treated them like dirt.

In fact, Obama was a perpetual power-abusing machine. He was so routinely high-handed and selectively contemptuous of the rule of law that people were beginning to think presidential authoritarianism was the new normal. How ironic that so many of Obama's enablers are now projecting these sins onto President Trump, who — to this point, at least - hasn't actually crossed the line into flouting the Constitution. The left believes — and acts on the belief — that the ends justify the means, and so, it naturally assumes we will do the same.

Obama was hell-bent on fundamentally transforming America as founded, and he was willing to scratch, bite, kick, steal and flush the rule of law to accomplish it — and he did, like no president before him. In other words, Obama's lies were OK because lies are sometimes necessary for the greater good.

For your review, let me just give you a list of examples, many of them snatched from my two Obama books, which chronicled his two disgraceful terms. Not all technically qualify as scandals, but enough do;

Benghazi: In addition to the scandalous betrayal and death of our people, Obama and his cohorts concocted and disseminated the lie that the attack on our consulate was caused by an anti-Muslim video. Later, Judicial Watch obtained a smoking-gun email from top-level Obama aid Ben Rhodes, sent to a dozen members of Obama's inner circle, that contained talking points to prepare then-U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for the Sunday talk shows. Three of the four main bullet points Rhodes was advising Rice to convey were patently false, including the lie about the video. They knew, because the CIA made it clear, that the attack was not the result of a spontaneous protest to an anti-Muslim video but preplanned by al-Qaida. The Obama administration manufactured this canard to insulate Obama from criticism two months before the November 2012 election, as he had boasted that he had al-Qaida on the run.

Obama's IRS conspired to target conservative and pro-Israel groups for discriminatory treatment in acquiring tax exemptions.

Obama and then-Attorney general Eric Holder's Justice Department was never held to account for its actions on the gunrunning scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious, in which an American was murdered with weapons this administration deliberately put into the hands of Mexican cartels.

This same Justice Department was also under a cloud due to scandals involving its massive culling of Associated Press reporters' phone records concerning a leak investigation, slandering Fox News reporter James Rosen over classified information, and monitoring Rosen's phone calls and emails.

Obama's lies on Obamacare were legion and scandalous: He knew from the jump we couldn't keep our plans or our doctors, and that Obamacare would reduce rather than increase people's access to care. He knew it wouldn't reduce premiums by $2,500 for the average family of four. He deceived us when he said no federal dollars would be used to fund abortions. He grossly distorted the picture of the true number of uninsured. His goal, proved on videotape, was always single-payer. He used budgetary accounting gimmicks to grease Obamacare by the CBO, including the double counting on Medicare.

After Obama's failure to pass cap-and-trade legislation through Congress to purportedly reduce the global temperature by suppressing traditional energy production and consumption, his Environmental Protection Agency unilaterally and unconstitutionally issued a decree to accomplish his goal administratively. Some called this one of the biggest power grabs in American history, as the EPA had positioned itself to regulate fuel economy, set climate policy for the nation and amend the Clean Air Act — powers never delegated to it by Congress.

The Obama administration flagrantly defied a federal court order on his moratorium on offshore drilling when his interior secretary, Ken Salazar, said he would just reimpose the moratorium based on information that wasn't fully developed earlier.

Obama rigged the playing field to secure for his labor-union friends a bigger stake in his new General Motors than was warranted by their actual ownership interest. He robbed secured creditors of their preferred-creditor status and the value of their investment by using the power of his office to strong-arm a restructuring of the company. When Democratic Party donor and super-lawyer Tom Lauria opposed this plan on behalf of his client, according to Lauria, the White House threatened to destroy his client's reputation.

The Obama-Hillary Clinton FISA scandal, the egregiousness of which is being casually dismissed by many, will someday be fully exposed.

Then, there's the Iran nuclear deal, Obama's unprecedented federal land grabs; his dismissal of a voter-intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party that had already been won; his bullying of doctors and insurance companies when it served his purposes; his endless stirring of the racial pot; his bullying and fact-starved attack on BP that culminated in his authoritarian command, "Just plug the damn hole"; his stable of unaccountable "czars"; his war on Fox News, which preceded Trump's battles with the press that Democrats find so horrifying; the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal; the Solyndra scandal; the deliberate targeting of the coal industry; the shakedown of banks; the massive redistribution scheme disguised as an economic stimulus program; the federal commandeering of the student loan program; his public dressing down of the Supreme Court; his whispered hot-mic pledge to Russia to be more flexible on missile defense; his cavalier treatment of Arizona and its immigration laws; and gobs more.

I truly could go on, but I trust you get the picture.
David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is "The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels." Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

https://www.thespectrum.com/story/opinion/editorials/2018/03/02/president-barack-obama-scandal-free-delusion/387301002/

There you have it Obama hailers

Gandollar:
A-men to the prayer said above.

Weak institutions is the bane of Nigeria.

Can we ever get it right in this country? NO! NEVER!

Solution .. continue running upandan like a headless chickens till Christ comes to take over the leadership of this country.

What you put up there is the sad reality

This one will be worst than Abba Kyari

This is one event back then in OAU any student who witnessed it will never forget for the rest of their live. May their souls continue to rest in peace

Davash222:
Obviously, Mosques breed terrorists!

For sure every true Muslims know this

The True Picture Of The Reality On Ground In Nigeria!

Nigeria has a smaller national budget than Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and South Africa. All these countries have fewer citizens, yet significantly more money to spend on them. While Nigeria’s 2019 budget amounts to $29 billion, South Africa, with a population almost 4 times smaller, will spend $130 billion. Egypt has a $90 billion budget with 100 million people.
Elsewhere, countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam have larger budgets than Nigeria. No one considers these nations “rich”. Yet, among Nigerians, there persists a stubborn myth that Nigeria is a wealthy country. Who planted this idea and why does it survive?
It started with Nigeria’s 1950s pro-independence leaders who needed to mobilize popular opinion against colonialism to push the British out. So, they regularly emphasized Nigeria possessed abundant economic resources being carted away by the British. “Help us drive them out and we will use these vast resources to transform your lives”, was their essential message.
Many Nigerians believed these often exaggerated claims of abundant wealth awaiting distribution and duly mobilized for independence. By 1960, then Governor-General Nnamdi Azikiwe was constructing national pride on the idea that thanks to her resources and population size, Nigeria was already an “African power.” And this was before crude-oil exports really took off in the mid-1960s. By the 1970s, General Yakubu Gowon was telling Nigerians their country’s problem was not money, but “how to spend it”.
Whatever Gowon’s intentions, his words were interpreted by many Nigerians to mean theirs was a rich country, period. Over 20 years later, during my secondary school days, we would often recall Gowon’s famous statement. Anytime someone brought it up, we would all laugh with some delight. It made us feel like part of an exclusive members-only club; the club of rich nations. Sorry, no poor countries allowed.
It also gave us a sense of hope and relief because it meant that all the problems we observed around us – no water, no light, new slums everyday – these were all easily solvable. Nigeria had the money to make all these disappear fast. The minute an honest government took over, it would be farewell problems, hello prosperity. There is great comfort in believing solutions to your problems are within arm’s reach. That all it takes is for X to happen. That’s why demagogues and charlatans will always have followers.
The first time someone challenged my belief I was from a rich country I became agitated. It was a girlfriend of mine who wasn’t Nigerian, one of those annoying types who know things they have no business knowing. I mentioned Nigeria was rich. “No, it isn’t. I checked. It has a smaller economy than some countries with just 5-10 million people like Sweden or Norway and a lower GDP per capita than the likes of Albania, Guatemala or Mongolia which are all considered poor countries,” she retorted. I struggled to contain my anger. What kind of rubbish was this girl telling me? That my entire national self-concept was wrong? Impossible!
I think many Nigerians are still psychologically reluctant to accept Nigeria’s true position in the global pecking order today. Our sense of national self is largely built around the notion that we are a country very rich in natural and human resources, just one good government away from greatness. Some optic illusions further render this belief hard to shake.
In every state, there are a few dozen people (usually involved in politics) who possess such visibly stupendous wealth, we can be forgiven for assuming there is a lot more where that came from. Thing is, there isn’t. If you shared Nigeria’s 8.83 trillion naira national budget equally among Nigerians, each citizen would receive a paltry 45,000 naira or so; hardly enough to keep you in Panadol for the year.
Of course, states have budgets too, but even Lagos, by far Nigeria’s richest city, has a modest 852 billion naira ($2.4 billion) to spend on 15 to 20 million residents this year. For comparison, Johannesburg has double that budget for fewer than 5 million people. And it still struggles to provide basic social services. What we have in Nigeria is a few hundred people looting and squandering such a disproportionate amount of Nigeria’s modest resources that an illusion of plenty is sustained among the populace.
Another factor fuelling this “there is money in Nigeria” belief is that many people pretend to have more of it than they actually do. My friend who runs a crèche in one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in Lagos says she has lost count of the number of parents who drive the most expensive Range Rovers yet struggle to pay their children’s nursery fees on time. Of course, aspirational Nigerians don’t live above their means just because, they do so in response to societal pressure for them to prove they are “somebodies”; worth talking business to, hanging out with and treating respectfully. Raise your hand if you have ever pretended to have more money than you really do so as to be treated respectfully somewhere in Nigeria (my hand is raised high).
But the end result is that when you combine the authentic and visible wealth of a few hundred Nigerians living off the state with the lifestyles of all those trying hard to appear rich, the rest of society can be forgiven for believing there must be a lot of money in Nigeria.
This is bad because it encourages many intelligent people to focus not on thinking of how to create wealth, but on how to corner their own “share” of this fabulous national cake. Either by getting into government or by winning a government contract and then behaving as though the pockets of the state are bottomless.
Another consequence of this illusion is that it diminishes the sense of urgency required to tackle the existential threats Nigeria faces, ranging from mass poverty and unemployment to uncontrolled population growth and growing insecurity. At the back of many minds seems to be the implicit assumption one needn’t worry too much. Things will sort themselves out. There is money in Nigeria.
But Nigeria is not rich. And with its rapidly-expanding population leading to ever scarcer resources, *only a furious national focus on wealth-creation can save the country.* The Nigerian state, currently viewed by many as a fat cash-cow, is actually a very skinny cow in desperate need of some serious grass in order to stay alive. Else, one day, it will simply stop breathing.
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Buhari's Chief Of Staff Abbah Kyari: The God Of Villa!

On the date below this article came up and trust me, by the time you read through this eye-opening revelation about the 3 actors involved, you can tell where Nigeria is heading soon as we still have the remaining 2 actors around the giant coven called Aso Rock, happy reading!

Date: September 5th, 2018

Chief of staff to the president, Abba Kyari is a malignant force in the Buhari
administration. Behind his smile is a transparent gossamer of contrived ability that
has immunised him from his failures. He is the egotistical face of the presidential
triumvirate and unholy trinity created by Buhari, as a protective cocoon of the
familiar and trusted. Abba Kyari is the powerful devil-may-care point man of the
committee of “public safety”, along with Babagana Kingibe and Mamman Daura. The
bloodless coup leading to President Buhari’s abdication is akin to the Coup of 18
Brumaire in which Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew himself by staging a coup within
a coup, to become the first consul of France, thus setting the stage for the end of the
French revolution. Has Buhari created his own failure by creating this tribal
conclave of far right corrupt conservatives who love money and power in equal
measure, without any tempering influence of morality?

News filtered out that Mathew Seiyefa, the acting director general of the Department
of State Services (DSS) was directed by Kyari to recall all redeployed officers he
transferred out of the DSS headquarters when he resumed office on August 8, 2018.
This was on the grounds that the reorganisation in the agency was done without
clearance from the presidency.
Seiyefa was appointed following the unceremonious removal of Lawal Daura for
deploying operatives to lay siege to the National Assembly, wielding guns and with
their faces behind balaclavas. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo sacked Daura when his
boss was in London on vacation. At the time, Nigerians were sceptical of Daura’s
sack, given Buhari’s weak paternalistic leadership and preference for his own. Short
of reinstating Daura, all Daura lieutenants redeployed by Seiyefa have been returned
to their previous positions. Among those who returned to their former desks are
Bassey Eteng and Grace Kentebe, both directors loyal to Daura and the cabal.
Bit by bit, Abba Kyari’s brawling, blustery moves, chip away at Buhari’s credibility
and he seems helpless, as if Kyari has something on him. This imponderably stupid
move has created a lot of tension at the DSS, and the directive has been complied
with by the personnel, most especially those associated with the cabal. Eteng and
Kentebe have resumed and personnel morale is expectedly low. How can Seiyefa
perform when he has no free hand to run the agency he leads? Why this undue
interference in the affairs of the service by the chief of staff to the president? Time
and again, Abba Kyari’s name pops up in relation to scandals. Below is a catalogue of
Abba Kyari’s scandal in 2016 alone:

…Evidence was reportedly presented to President Buhari that Abba Kyari collected N500 million from the South African telecommunications company, MTN to help reduce
the fine imposed on them by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)…

June 16, 2016: Kyari and Mamman Daura were accused of blocking an investigation
being carried out by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into
Sahara Energy, which was alleged to have received the sum of $400 million from
former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke as a conduit to funnel funds to
third parties;

June 22, 2016: Kyari, Abubakar Malami, the attorney general of the federation and
Nduka Obaigbena, ThisDay publisher were alleged to be masterminds of the plot to
oust Ibrahim Magu, the EFCC acting chairman, from office. The AGF subsequently
delayed Magu’s letter of nomination to the Senate for confirmation, aided by the
chief of staff;

August 16, 2016: The chief of staff, in apparent abuse of his office, was alleged to
have mounted pressure on the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) to
absolve Seawolf Limited, of its debts. Seawolf owes First Bank of Nigeria a whooping
one hundred and sixty billion naira (N160 billion).

September 20, 2016: Evidence was reportedly presented to President Buhari that Abba Kyari collected N500 million from the South African telecommunications company, MTN to help reduce the fine imposed on them by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); In all the drama that unfolded on Bẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀, one thing stood out: Abba Kyari was quoted as saying, “if Buhari cannot be caught, neither can I.” With that quote, the immortal
words of Karl Marx came to life again! “History repeats itself twice, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce”.

October 21, 2016: Following reports that Kyari received the MTN bribe, President
Muhammadu Buhari ordered the inspector general of Police, Ibrahim Idris to
investigate the allegation. The investigation went no where. It died!

Another explosive allegation was served hot to us over Bẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀ Radio on September
2, 2018, involving Abba Kyari in a Hilux truck scam. In an apparent abuse of office,
bribery, intimidation, unjust imprisonment, influence peddling, fraud, and violation
of procurement guidelines, the chief of staff, gave his nephew Bako Kyari a contract
to supply Hilux trucks. Bako Kyari sold family properties to fund the contract, and
Abba Kyari, using an intermediary, Ado Sani, appropriated the proceeds. He not only
deprived his nephew of N30 million, he used the DSS under Lawal Daura to lock up
Bako and the police officer – DSP Lawal – who Bako complained to. DSP Lawal was
inconsolable as he recounted his ordeal at the hands of the DSS.
When will Buhari touch his roguish anointeds? When will these charades stop? Abba
Kyari poses a direct challenge to Nigeria’s democracy, because he embodies the
empty promise of Buhari’s anti-corruption fight. For a man whose animating
ideology is money by any means and whose power relations can be charitably
characterised as arrogant, Nigeria is indeed in trouble! In all the drama that
unfolded on Bẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀, one thing stood out: Abba Kyari was quoted as saying, “if
Buhari cannot be caught, neither can I.” With that quote, the immortal words of Karl
Marx came to life again! “History repeats itself twice, the first time as tragedy, the
second time as farce”.

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(A review of Prof. Makanjuola's book by Segun Adeniyi.)

*The story of most deadly cult attack ever recorded in Nigerian University*

On Saturday, 7 March 1999, a group of members held a meeting in Ife town. After the meeting, they drove back to the campus. On the main road, Road 1, leading into the campus, they were overtaken by some students in another car. For whatever reason, they were enraged and gave chase to the students. The students, seeing them in pursuit, raced hastily to the car park outside Angola Hall and ran into the adjacent Awolowo Hall for safety. The Students’ Union, which had also received information that secret cult members were gathering in a house in the senior staff quarters, mobilised in response to the incident. Led by George Iwilade, the Secretary-General, a group of them drove to the house, officially occupied by Mr. F.M. Mekoma, and forced their way into the boys’ quarters. They found nine individuals inside, eight of them students of the University, with a submachine gun, a locally manufactured gun, an axe, a bayonet and the black clothing and regalia of the cult. The University authorities were informed, and the members of the secret cult were handed over to the Police. They were held in police custody and taken to the Chief Magistrate’s Court where two weeks later they were granted bail.

The case was heard on 31 March, and to the utmost amazement of everyone, the Chief Magistrate discharged and acquitted the arrested individuals. The students who had apprehended the cult members were not called as witnesses. The investigating police officer, Corporal Femi Adewoye, claimed that the witnesses could not be located and actually stated in Court, “I tried to contact the complainants in this case, all to no avail. To date, there is no complainant in the case. Since all the accused persons denied the allegations against them and there is no complainant, there is no way the allegations can be proved.” This was the submission of the prosecuting police officer! Usually, in such cases, witness’ summons were served through the University Administration but this did not happen. The trial was concluded in two court appearances in eight days.

The Chief Magistrate also ordered that the submachine gun be sent to the police armourer and the other exhibits be destroyed, thus eliminating all the evidence, and making it impossible to re-open the case. The Judicial Enquiry recommended that the Magistrate be reported to the Judicial Commission for appropriate disciplinary action. Nothing came of this, as nothing came of all the other recommendations of that Panel.

After the arrests of the cult members, the University, under pressure from the students, issued a release suspending them without serving them with letters of suspension. Shortly afterwards, the University was closed as a result of a student crisis. When it re-opened three months later, the cult members returned to the campus and were seen attending lectures. The students raised an alarm once more. In response to this, the University issued a release on 2 July re-affirming the suspensions of the cult members. The letters of suspension were dated 8 July and it is doubtful whether those affected actually received them before the tragic events two days later. Even then, one of the students, Bruno Arinze, was left out. I eventually suspended him on 23 July.

The cult involved in the episode of 7 March was the . Four major reasons have been advanced as to the genesis leading to the mayhem on 10 July. One, to which I subscribe, was that the was avenging the humiliating treatment of its members by the Student Union leaders in March 1999.

On the night of 9 July 1999, the Kegites, members of the Palm Wine Drinkers’ Club, held a “gyration” (party) in the cafeteria of Awolowo Hall. The party was in full swing, when, at around 3.30am (now 10 July), a group of masked individuals, wearing black clothing, drove through the main gate and proceeded to the car park next to the Tennis Courts in the Sports Centre. They disembarked there and went on foot along a bush path to Awolowo Hall, where they violently interrupted the gyration, firing guns and also wielding axes and cutlasses. The group was probably all young men, although there is a persistent story of at least one woman among them. Some of the partygoers were shot, though none of them was killed. The partygoers ran for their lives, a few actually throwing themselves through glass doors.

A group of the gunmen chased the partygoers as far as Mozambique Hall. Other groups proceeded to the rooms. They first entered Room 184, where they shot and killed Efe Ekede, a Part II Psychology student. In Room 230, they shot Charles Ita, a Part II Law student. A group of the attackers then shot Yemi Ajiteru, a Part II Religious Studies student, through the head in the corridor outside the Kegites’ headquarters. In Room 273, they found George Iwilade (Afrika), the Secretary-General of the Students’ Union and a Law student, and shot him through the head, along with another occupant, Tunde Oke, a Part 1 student of Philosophy, who was shot in the abdomen. When the attackers got to Room 271, the room allocated to the suspended Students’ Union President, Lanre Adeleke (Legacy), they found that he had escaped. Legacy was in his room when he heard the first gun shots. He hurriedly went to his door, looked out, and saw two of the attackers on the next floor, firing shots. He ran back into his room and broke through the partition of the kitchenette into the next room’s kitchenette. He heard them shouting, “Legacy, come out!” and escaped into the next room. During the course of the incident, the attackers also shouted the names of “Afrika”, George Iwilade, and “Dexter”, the Chief of the Kegites, demanding that they come out.

The band of thugs proceeded to Fajuyi Hall on foot, where they shot and killed one more student. That individual, Eviano Ekelemo, a medical student, was certainly not a student activist, but they shot him anyway. The murderers left Fajuyi Hall on foot and went through the bush path behind the Hall back to their vehicles. They drove to the Students’ Union building, which they ransacked. They returned to their vehicles and drove out of the University through the main gate. The security staff, having heard gunfire, fled for their lives. Thus the exit of the marauding thugs was unchallenged.

The students with gunshot wounds were taken to the Health Centre and from there to the Teaching Hospital. Tunde Oke was still alive but died on the operating table. Four others, George Iwilade, Yemi Ajiteru, Efe Ekede and Eviano Ekelemu, were brought in dead. Eviano Ekelemu bled to death from gunshot wounds to the groin and thigh. The other three died from gunshot wounds to the head. In each case, the weapons used were shotguns, fired at close range. Charles Ita and five others who were shot in the Awolowo Hall cafeteria, survived. Twenty-five others received minor injuries, which were sustained during the stampede out of the Awolowo Hall cafeteria and later on during the attack.

In the aftermath of the attack, the whole university was enveloped in fear and there was chaos in the halls of residence. However, within a short time, the President of the Students’ Union, Lanre Adeleke, was able to restore order and mobilise his colleagues. The students went to the town searching for the perpetrators in locations where cult members were thought to be living. They “arrested” three individuals and brought them back to Awolowo Hall. These were Aisekhaghe Aikhile, a Part I student of Agricultural Economics, Emeka Ojuagu, and Frank Idahosa (Efosa). Efosa and Ojuagu were arrested in a public transport vehicle that was about to leave Ife.

The students exhibited black clothing, two berets and two T-shirts, that had been found in Ojuagu’s bag, which was claimed to be the uniform. Efosa was a known member of the . He had been expelled from the University of Benin and was later admitted for a diploma programme in Local Government Studies in Ife. The three of them were savagely beaten and tortured in the Awolowo Hall “Coffee Room”, the traditional venue for such events. The inverted commas have been employed because coffee had not been known to be served there for many years. Efosa and Oguagu are said to have confessed to participating in the attacks during their “interrogation”, and Efosa is said to have gone further to state that the attack was organised to avenge the humiliating treatment of the members who had been arrested in Mr. Mekoma’s house on 7 March.

In the course of the interrogation, Aisekhaghe Aikhile died, and his body was taken to the hospital mortuary. The interrogations also yielded the information that 22 members were involved, six from the University, four from the University of Lagos, four from the University of Ibadan, and eight from the University of Calabar. There was also a separate claim that more students from the University of Benin were also involved.

The VC, Professor Wale Omole, had been out of the country on 10 July 1999, the day of the attack and in his absence, the Deputy VC (Academic), Professor A.E. Akingbohungbe, was in charge. Soon after his arrival, the VC was summoned to Abuja to give a report of the incident the day after he returned to campus. On 14 July, his suspension was announced by the Government. It was against this background that I was tracked to the UK and summoned to return immediately and assume duty as the acting VC of the University.

When I arrived on the campus on 18 July, I promised the students and the rest of the university community, that the university would do everything in its power to bring the perpetrators to justice. I took this undertaking extremely seriously.

The first step was to visit the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J.C. Nwoye, in Osogbo. I raised the issue of the nine individuals who had been arrested in March and discharged by the Chief Magistrate. He promised that a vigorous and thorough investigation was in progress on the matter. He then expressed concern that the University authorities had not officially reported the murders to the Police despite repeated requests. On my return to the University, I wrote the required letter, once more indicating our strong fears concerning a connection between the March episode and the murders, and requesting that the nine individuals involved be re-arrested.

A total of 12 individuals were arrested and charged to court over the three weeks following the murders, including Efosa and Ojuagu. Only one of those involved in the March episode was among those arrested. The other eight could not be located. Two of them had obtained their transcripts and resumed their studies in France. The students brought information on the whereabouts of a major suspect, Babatunde Kazeem (Kato), and we provided a vehicle so that the Police could go with the students to the address in Lagos and arrest him. Kato was a former student who had been “advised to withdraw” from the University as a result of academic failure. He had been apprehended by the Students’ Union in August 1997 when he admitted to being a secret cult member. He was subsequently handed over to the Security Department, but there is no record of what happened after that. We also provided the Police with information on three other individuals, “Innocent”, “Yuletide” and “Ogbume.” Sadly, nothing came of this, even though we provided Ogbume’s address in Victoria Garden City, Lagos. The arrested persons were charged to the Ile-Ife Magistrate’s court for the murders.

The Judicial Commission of Enquiry was eventually inaugurated in Abuja on 18 October, but did not start work until 24 November, and eventually arrived in the University on Sunday, 28 November. The Chairman was Justice Okoi Itam. There were six other members, including Professor Jadesola Akande, an experienced and highly respected academic and university administrator, and Ray Ekpu, the journalist. Ms. Turi Akerele was later deployed as legal counsel to the Commission. A flamboyant but highly capable alumnus, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, led a team representing the students.

The Commission’s report was submitted in February 2000 and was released, along with the Government’s white paper, later that year. The Commission expressed its strong belief that seven named individuals had participated in the killings—Frank Idahosa (Efosa), Didi Yuletide, Kazeem Bello (Kato), and four individuals who were identified only by their nicknames or Christian names—Innocent, Athanasius, “Ochuko”, and “Chunk.” The last was identified as the then head of the secret cult. The Commission also recommended the investigation of 16 other individuals, including Emeka Oguaju and the nine involved in the 7 March episode. The Panel criticised the police investigation of the case and recommended that the Inspector-General of Police should set up a special task force to take it over. I have already mentioned the recommendations concerning the Chief Magistrate who hastily tried and acquitted the 7 March culprits, as well as Efosa’s lawyer.

It took me several months, and a number of visits to Abuja, to obtain the Commission’s report and the White Paper. Dissatisfied with the progress of the court cases, and armed with the report, I visited the Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige. After I had expressed my concerns over the case and highlighted the Commission’s recommendations concerning its investigation, he assured me that, although the case was being prosecuted by the Osun State Attorney-General’s office, his Ministry would work with that office. He sent for the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Musiliu Smith, who agreed that he would immediately establish the recommended special task force. This he did, and a senior police officer, ACP Tonye Ibitibituwa, soon arrived in Osogbo with a team. However, in spite of the efforts of this task force, no further arrests were made. We also liaised with the Osun State Attorney-General, who assured us that his office was seriously following up the case. I must say that he did personally prosecute the case.

As I have stated, the cases against those charged in the Chief Magistrate’s Court for belonging to an illegal organisation eventually came to nothing. However, we were very hopeful of a successful prosecution of the murder cases against Efosa and company. The case in the Osogbo High Court, which commenced on 9 April 2001, wound on. Evidence for the prosecution was taken from a number of students and some other witnesses. There was adjournment after adjournment. In mid-2002, the Judge hearing the case was transferred to Iwo, and the case along with it. There was a further delay while the exhibits were also subsequently taken to Iwo. To the amazement of everyone, the Judge upheld a “No Case” submission by the defence on 5 November 2002. The three accused persons were released and they subsequently disappeared…

*NOTE: What the foregoing, which is just an abridged version of Prof. Makanjuola’s very detailed account of the tragedy, reveals very clearly is that it is indeed very easy for people to get away with murder in our country. And that has contributed to the culture of impunity that we witness today*

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adadike:
things are hard. Demolition is not the solution

Covid-19 is not smiling my dear and a governor is trying his best for the good of all while I quite agree with you to an extent I must confess that hotelier messed up because an order remains a law that must be obeyed in a situation like this

I just love this great man

KingJa:
First off TL;DR nobody else wants to read your osu washed version of lies. History of war isn’t told by the losers lol. You lost, you do not get a chance to tell concocted revisionist tales.

We’ve read books and we know that Biafran soldiers abused the minorities of the Midwest region especially those they suspected of being sympathetic towards members of the federal cause, who Ojukwu himself tagged as mercenaries to be killed for public display. As a matter of fact he was hoping to catch some alive so he can torture publicly to torment other minority groups who didn’t have a say whether they want to be Biafra or not.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeBWYy-Sznk

Obviously, this is all pointless because we are focusing on wrong things such as rehashing events that happened 50+ years ago. Instead of putting our minds together to figure out ways in which we can move humanity forward and our communities forward as Africans.

What would reliving atrocities committed ages ago by people we don’t even know achieve again?

News Flash: Biafra is DEAD. Secession is unconstitutional. It is never gonna happen! It’s TREASON. I feel sorry for you guys but that’s just the truth, so either play ball along with the rest of us and at least try to make this country hospitable for its citizens and the younger generation, or you pack your bags and move to Ivory Coast like ur hero did. Either way Biafra is dead and it’s dead for good.

Why are you afraid and trying to derail this beautiful thread?

Oba Oyekan openly worked against MKO later while Abiola who groomed Tinubu politically was still alive so what's the hype here about one funny and sellout rogue being decorated as Asiwaju when it was clear that the "issuer and receiver" here eventually betrayed the Mandate man (MKO) and follow after his tormentor (Abacha)! Miserable lots......Rest in peace MKO Abiola

*Seven Lies The Nigerian Media Have Been Telling Against Ojukwu For 50 Years.*

The Nigerian media, particularly those of the North and west, have consistently propagated a series of lies against late Biafran Warlord, *Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu(IKEMBA NNEWI),* for the last 50 years since the end of the war. Some of these lies have assumed a life of their own. I'm here to debunk 7 of these lies so that people may know the truth .

1) *That Ojukwu lost no family member in the war:*

Contrary to popular belief that Ojukwu lost no relations to the war, Ojukwu lost his own brother. Ojukwus younger brother, Tom Bigger, died while fighting in the Nsukka sector of the war

*2)That Ojukwu never visited the war front:*

Not only did Ojukwu visit the front several times, he even personally led "operation Igwuruta" that cleared Nigerian forces from Oguta. He is a front war General unlike Yakubu Gowon who was commanding from Dodan Barracks.

*3)That Ojukwu forced the minorities of the Eastern Region into Biafra without Consultation:*

Before Ojukwu declared Biafra, he convened the "Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum", a body that comprised all the chiefs, provincial heads and trade union leaders of the 20 provinces that made up the old Eastern Region. They met in Enugu and voted overwhelmingly for the Eastern Region to become an independent country and mandated Ojukwu to declare Biafra. When you compare this to Nigeria which Lugard created in 1914 without even giving notice to anybody, you begin to understand the hypocrisy.

4) *That Ojukwu was not senior to Gowon:*

Gowon was commissioned an officer in 1956 while Ojukwu was in 1957. However, Ojukwu joined the civil service at Udi in 1955. When Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957, his commission date was backdated to 1955 to reflect when he joined the civil service. This made Ojukwu to become senior to Gowon.

*5)That Ojukwu dressed like a woman to escape Biafra:*

Ojukwu left Biafra via Uli Airport. Why would Ojukwu disguise himself as a woman to go to an Airport in an area still under his control? Does that make any sense? Besides, people like NU Akpan, AA Madiebo and Philip Effiong have all written in their books how they escorted Ojukwu in a convoy to the Airport.

6) *That Ojukwu was a coward for fleeing Biafra:*

The Oxford dictionary defines a coward as "a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things". Had Ojukwu wanted, he could have used his position to negotiate a top position in Gowon's government. Had Ojukwu wanted, he could taken his father millions and retired to any country in the world. Instead, Ojukwu fought a 3 year war of independence against impossible odds, against a much larger and better equiped enemy. In the end when he could not continue, he exited the scene as the alternative would have been to wait to be killed. Ojukwus bravery is in his will to declare the independence of an oppressed people and fight with for 3 years. Anyone who thinks he is a coward for not "staying back to be killed" is someone who is ignorant

7) *That Ojukwu caused the war/declared war:*

Ojukwu did not cause the war and he never declared any war. Contrary to the lie(s) peddled against Ojukwu, Ojukwu actually tried to prevent war. While Igbos were being killed all over Nigeria, Ojukwu appealed for calm and protected Northerners in the East. Ojukwu even risked his personal safety to meet Gowon in Aburi Ghana to prevent war by reaching an agreement. Despite Ojukwus best efforts to prevent war, Gowon still went ahead to break the Aburi agreement they signed, which left Ojukwu with no option than to declare Biafra. Throughout the war, Ojukwu travelled out for several peace meetings brokered by the international community, none of which Gowon bothered to attend. It was Gowon that caused the war by breaking the agreement they signed and it was he who declared war.

TRUTH MUST OUTSHINE LIES

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Nnamdi Kanu is truly an enigma

Where were you in 1987?

~ Professor Yemi Osinbajo was then a Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the Federation.

That was the year Oba Yesufu Oloyede Asanike, Olubadan of Ibadan made history. Olubadan installed Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as the Bashorun of Ibadan. It was a prestigious title befitting of a distinguished personality in the mould of MKO Abiola.

That was the title of the legendary Bashorun Oluyole who was the paramount chief of Ibadan in 1850. It was also the title of Bashorun Ogunmola who reigned between 1865 and 1867. It was therefore historic that exactly 120 years after the death of Ogunmola, MKO Abiola became the fourth person to be conferred with the prestigious title.

It was indeed a befitting honour for someone who had amassed chieftaincy titles from almost every town in Nigeria. As of the time of his installation in 1987, MKO Abiola was reputed to have over 150 chieftaincy titles. He was the Bobajiro of Ode-Remo. He was the Bada Musulumi of Gbagura Egba.

As he drove out of the palace of Oba Asanike that fateful day with his son by his side, MKO must have thought that he had reached the peak of traditional chieftaincy in Nigeria.

He was just settling down in his Ikeja home when he was informed that he had a call. Who was on the line? He asked before collecting the phone. It was the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III.

MKO snatched the phone. “Iku Baba Yeye, Igbakeji Orisa! Kabiyesi!” The newly installed Bashorun paid his homage to the foremost traditional ruler. Alaafin must be calling to congratulate me, MKO thought. Kabiyesi was however not calling to congratulate the business magnate.

“We have decided that you are to be conferred with the title of Aare Ona Kakanfo!” Kabiyesi informed him.

The phone nearly dropped from the hand of Bashorun. Aare Ona Kakanfo! The Generalissimo of Yoruba race! The Field Marshall for all descendants of Oduduwa! The portfolio held by Afonja, the founder of Ilorin! The title of Aare Obadoke Latosa of Ibadan – the scourge of Efunsetan Aniwura! The position held by the last premier of Western Region, Ladoke Akintola of Ogbomoso!

For a single person to be Bashorun and Aare was unheard of. It was the ultimate! Traditionally, Bashorun is the Prime Minister. Aare is the Field Marshall. When Bashorun Gaa moved against Alaafin Abiodun around 1770, it was Oyalabi from Ajase (now Republic of Benin), the Aare Ona Kakanfo that came to the powerful monarch’s rescue. Now, Abiola was going to be both the Prime Minister and the Field Marshall!

Alaafin had spoken. MKO Abiola had no choice. The news spread like wildfire. Congratulatory messages poured in from all over the globe. Aare Ona Kakanfo was not just another title. It was the title. It was the father of all traditional titles. Father ke? No, it was the Grandfather of All Titles. If it were to be a national honour, it would be the equivalent of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic!

Everybody in and outside Yorubaland was ecstatic at the choice of Abiola as the 14th Aare Ona Kakanfo. Well, almost everybody.

It happened that the Ashipa of Oyo, Chief Amuda Olorunosebi was not pleased with the choice of Bashorun MKO Abiola as the Aare. Ashipa was one of the prominent chiefs of Alaafin. He objected to the choice of the flamboyant publisher, an Egba man, as Aare Ona Kakanfo. He went to Kabiyesi to protest. Iku Baba Yeye was adamant that MKO was eminently qualified to be the Aare Ona Kakanfo.

The Ashipa went back to his quarters at Isale Oyo. As MKO Abiola and the Alaafin were preparing for the installation of Bashorun, Chief Amuda was consulting with his lawyers. This was however unknown to the Alaafin. It was assumed that the Ashipa had been convinced to support Abiola’s candidacy.

Abiola was no ordinary person by any standard. He was larger than life. He was flamboyance personified. He was determined to make the chieftaincy installation as grand as possible. He invited all his contacts from all over the world. All the military governors were invited. A special invitation was delivered to the President, Ibrahim Babangida, who was a close friend of the Bashorun. African Heads of States cleared their schedules in order to honour MKO. Nigerian Embassies were issuing visas on daily basis. It was going to be a grand occasion.

Then the unthinkable happened! It started as a rumour. It was days to the installation.

‘Eti Oba nile, eti Oba l’oko, eniyan lo n je be.’ - The ear of a king is everywhere. Iku Baba Yeye was in his palace when he heard from the grapevine that a case had been filed to stop the occasion! “Ewo! Sango o ni je! Abiodun o ni je! Aole o ni je!” Kabiyesi went on to invoke the names of his predecessors on the royal throne of Alaafin!

It was around noon when the phone rang in Ibadan. It was from the Palace, Oyo Alaafin. Chief Afe Babalola, the famous legal practitioner, picked the phone. After exchange of homage and royal blessings, Alaafin informed Afiwajoye of Ado Ekiti that Ashipa had filed a suit against the installation of MKO Abiola. Not only that, a motion ex parte for interim injunction had also been filed. It was apparent that Ashipa was not ready to gamble with his chance.

Though Kabiyesi did not say it, Chief Afe knew the urgency involved. Installation was on Saturday. The call came in on Tuesday.

Less than thirty minutes after the call, Chief Afe was almost at Oyo. The legendary lawyer covered the 57 kilometres between Oyo and Ibadan as if he was on a chariot. He proceeded to court where he met the court registrar. Of course, the registrar knew Chief Babalola. It is doubtful if there is anyone in the Judiciary who does not know the Mayegun of Modakeke. Mayegun paid the requisite fees and conducted a search of the court’s file. It was there! Alaafin’s information was correct!

Iduro ko si, ìbèreè ko si fun eni ti o gbe odó mi - A person who swallows a pestle can neither stand nor sit comfortably. Installation was on Saturday. The search was conducted on Tuesday! The motion ex parte was to be heard the following day, Wednesday.

Time was of the essence! Chief Afe turned his car around, off to Emmanuel Chambers, Ibadan. Before the car reached Fiditi, he had mentally finished composing the processes. He was nodding as the cases and other relevant authorities began to surface in his mind.

By the time he reached his office, the mental process was complete. In a minute the Counter-Affidavit was ready. There was no need for a Written Address. Professor Yemi Osinbajo was then a Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the Federation. It would be years later before he introduced Written Address as the Lagos State Attorney General. The counter-affidavit was filed and served on counsel to the Ashipa.

On Wednesday, the court was full. Chief M. L. Lagunju, Ashipa’s counsel was in court. He adjusted his wig and checked his books. He smiled. It was a Motion Exparte. It won’t be contested. He checked his time. Then there was some commotion at the entrance of the court.

Chief Lagunju blinked! He blinked again! Walking in majestically was the Afiwajoye of Ado-Ekiti, the Balogun of Mobaland, the Mayegun of Modakeke, Chief Afe Babalola in flesh! He was followed by a host of other lawyers, each armed with bags of legal authorities enough to open a law library. Chief Lagunju didn’t know when he said: “The game is up!”

On the dot of 9 O’clock, the Court began sitting. The trial judge was a royalty himself. Justice Aderemi’s father was the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Sir Tadenikawo Adesoji Aderemi, the first Governor of Western Region. The case was called.

The plaintiff’s counsel sought to move his application. The learned counsel informed the court that it was an ex parte application and therefore the other party had no right of audience.

His Lordship turned to Chief Afe Babalola. The court was as silent as a ghost town. Young lawyers craned their necks to hear what the Legend was going to say. They have been taught in law school that Ex Parte Motion was for only one party. Some of them must have been wondering what magic the Mayegun of Modakeke was going to perform.

Chief Afe Babalola brought out the White Book. Oh! Sorry, you don’t know the White Book? The White Book is an important book for lawyers. It contains the sources of law relating to the practice and procedures of the High Court. Ask your lawyer friend to show you a copy. He won’t charge you, unless you open it.

The Legal Colossus was on his feet. He was vibrating like a trumpet, but his voice was as soft as velvet. He began to reel out authorities after authorities to the effect that a defendant who became aware, anyhow, that a party had gone to court and was about to obtain an order ex-parte that would affect him, had a right to appear in court and to insist on being heard.

His Lordship – a brilliant Judge from the Source of Yoruba Race – was nodding as he scribbled down the authorities being cited by the Legendary Advocate. His Lordship was not the only one writing. Most lawyers in court were writing furiously. One old man turned to his friend and whispered: “I don’t mind selling my house, Mufu, my son must become a lawyer like this man. Look at the way he is speaking English as if he is chanting oriki Sango!”

“There is merit in the case of the Defendants. I agree with Chief Afe Babalola, the Defendants deserve to be given the right to be heard. Case is hereby adjourned to tomorrow for arguments on the Motion on Notice.” His Lordship rose.

It is doubtful if the parties involved in the case slept that night. Whilst the lawyers checked and re-checked the authorities, the litigants were in anxiety mode. Chief MKO Abiola’s invited guests had started arriving from their various bases. Musicians engaged for entertainment had begun to set up their instruments in Oyo and Ikeja. Caterers had booked all the cows in Ilorin, Oyo and Ibadan. Local drummers had cancelled all engagements. The royal poet, Lanrewaju Adepoju had finished composing his masterpiece. All roads led to Oyo Alaafin.

If the court was filled to the brim on Wednesday, it was spilling over on Thursday. Litigants, journalists, lawyers, in fact everybody was in court that day. Chief Lagunju stood up. The learned counsel knew what was at stake. He argued his application expertly. He guessed the likely issues that Chief Afe would raise. He addressed each comprehensively. It was advocacy at its best.

Then the Balogun of Mobaland stood up. Like a surgeon, Chief Afe surgically cut through the issues deftly. He was not going to take any prisoner. After cutting through the issues, the authorities followed. From Halsbury’s Law of England to Commonwealth Law Reports, from decisions of House of Lords to decisions of Court of Appeal, from WACA to White Book, and then finally to the Supreme Court. The authorities were flowing like water from Asejire Dam. There was no stopping the deluge.

“In the light of the copious authorities cited by the learned counsel for the plaintiff and the defendants, the Court will be adjourning to…” There was pin-drop silence in Court. The installation was only two days away. “... Friday” Ha! Palpable relief went through the court.

On Friday, Chief Afe Babalola’s phone began to ring from dawn. “Chief, E ma lo gba ruling yin l’Oyo loni o. Please send your junior o.” Clients, friends and well wishers who witnessed or heard of the tension soaked session in court on Thursday were justifiably apprehensive. But Chief Afe was not the Balogun of Mobaland for nothing. A General must not be afraid of the warfront. Off to Oyo.

Chief Afe had hardly left Ibadan when he started seeing policemen at strategic junctions on the road to Oyo. As they approached Fiditi, the number of policemen increased. By the time they got to Jobele, it was as if the Police College had moved its campus there. In the forest, on top of trees, in the bushes, and on top of buildings, the police were everywhere.

The Courtroom itself was no exception. More than fifty police officers joined lawyers and litigants in the courtroom. If you were not wearing a wig and you were not a party to the case, you would have to stay outside.

Court!

Justice Aderemi went straight to the business of the day. “RULING” His Lordship began. Time stood still as His Lordship went on to review the facts of the application and the authorities cited by the counsel for the parties. “In the final analysis…” Counsel and cops in the court became tense.

“This application fails and is hereby dismissed.”

As if by telepathy, the crowd outside heard the ruling immediately! Shouts of joy erupted. Drummers who must have been hiding theirgangan drums under their agbada sprang out.Sekere came out. Agogo was not to be left behind. Chief Afe Babalola was pulled out of his car, The Balogun was placed squarely on the roof of the car. Women danced, men jumped. I’m not sure but one of the songs on that day must have been “Ajekun Iya ni o je”. I have to confirm this from Chief. May God preserve his life.

Alaafin was waiting in the Palace with his Council Members. For a moment, the Sango of our time, Iku Baba Yeye was close to tears. It was an emotional moment. MKO Abiola was called. The Bashorun shouted: “Allahu Akbar! Alhamdulillah.”

On Saturday, January 14, 1988, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III installed Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Abiola as the 14th Aare Ona Kakanfo. The famous Yoruba Poet, Lanrewaju Moshood Adepoju was then called to the podium. In his deep and flawless Yoruba, Adepoju movingly rendered traditional poetry tracing the history of the title and the qualities of the new Aare Ona Kakanfo.

Abiola smiled.

It was indeed a glorious day for the husband of Simbiat Atinuke.

In recognition of his service to the Crown and the Law, Alaafin later conferred Chief Afe Babalola with the prestigious title of Aare Bamofin of Oyo Empire.

Source : Onigegewura

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I am happy for this cheering news.