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Politics / BREAKING: Grand Reconciliation – Mimiko Storms Agagu’s House, by topazjosh(m): 7:23pm On Apr 01, 2013 |
Report from Ibadan this morning confirms that Dr. Olusegun Abayomi Mimiko of Ondo State has paid an unannounced visit to the house of his political arch- enemy and former boss, Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu. A close friend of the governor who was at the meeting revealed to citizen reporters that it was an impromptu decision by Governor Mimiko who already had busy schedules laid out before him by protocol over activities marking the Easter festival. “But once the governor asked us to move early this morning, we had no choice. We left Akure around 5.40am and before 8am, we were already at Ibadan” he said. Mimiko was said to have prostrated to his former boss and the latter was initially shocked at the sudden presence of his former SSG. Mimiko was the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) when Olusegun Agagu served as governor. The Liberty Report gathered that Mimiko used the opportunity to personally felicitate with Mrs. Olufunke Agagu on her birthday. The Liberty Report was unable to confirm the reactions of key supporters of both personalities as at press time, especially those of political hanger-ons who profit from the ‘political warfare’ between both leaders. This is breaking news. Details later. NOTE:Not april fool www.myondostate.com/w3/breaking-grand-reconciliation-mimiko-storms-agagus-house-prostrates-to-former-boss/ |
Politics / Re: Jonathan Pays Condolence Visit To The Awolowo Family. by topazjosh(m): 2:29pm On Mar 31, 2013 |
payless: They shouldn't have allowed the fisheman in their home. Looking at the picture above I have to ask myself how did he become President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He only came there with only one thing on his mind, votes from Yoruba people. Jonathan is a conman that is full of deceit. He shouldn't be taken lightly with his "I once didn't have shoes" that people fell for to vote for him in the first place. Just looking at his retardeen, slowpoke, and his odechukwu azikwe's face, I see an hack job. The slowpoke is enriching his cronies from southsouth through Allison Maduekwe and the whole country coffer getting depleted day by day. Imagine the pardoned southsouth terrorists aka Tompolo, and others are now security experts on national security matters with millions upon millions being paid to them for providing security services to oil installations in Bayelsa and part of Port-Harcourt.hey man stop all dizz tribal war,you are free to say anything to that dude called jona not to the entire south south afterall they own the oil so they are free to steal as much as possilble and appoint their men to head any oil related post,mind u am a yoruba. |
Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 8:13am On Mar 27, 2013 |
ndu_chucks:mumu to speak the general language wey we understand nah big deal 4 u,I fit b jjc for nairaland,you wey don dey here since wetin you don achieve?nothing than to spit out rubbish.seun osewa dey make money,you dey here dey form landlord. |
Celebrities / Picture Of Ghanian Actor 'little' John Dumelo by topazjosh(m): 8:44pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Yea that's him.
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Celebrities / Picture Of Ghanian Actor 'little' John Dumelo by topazjosh(m): 8:35pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Yea that's him.
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Politics / Re: Ondo Launches Residency Card Costing N900m by topazjosh(m): 7:23pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
taharqa: I love d IDEA. We need better Identity Management and General Database in Nigeria. More of it... Wish other States and even d FG wud do samewill be nice if federal government can add those features to that of national ID card. |
Politics / Ondo Launches Residency Card Costing N900m by topazjosh(m): 7:01pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has launched the state’s residency card, otherwise known as ‘Kaadi Igbe Ayo’, which means residence of joy. Addressing the gathering at the occasion held at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Square in Akure, the state capital, Governor Mimiko emphasised that the card was introduced to deepen the welfare benefit to the residents and also facilitate the sustainability of government infrastructure. The governor debunked the rumour that the card had gulped billions of Naira, saying only N900 million was spent on the project. Commending the initiative, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku said Governor Mimiko is solidifying on the kind of politics rooted in social democracy that emphasises human capital development, as laid down by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The residency card is a state wide, dynamic, chip-based multipurpose transaction card. The goal is to ensure strategic planning and efficient record keeping, monitoring of human resources in the public sector, qualitative service delivery in key sectors such as health, education, transportation and agriculture. www.channelstv.com/home/2013/03/26/ondo-launches-residency-card-costing-n900m/
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Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 5:06pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
1oracle:you make some points though but for you supporting BH operations in southwest,may God reward you according to your bad wish(es) towards SW. |
Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 4:46pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
ndu_chucks:some ibo dudes can be so funny eehn,going through some of the comments on this thread i finally realised SOME ibo dudes aren't sincere with the whole issue on ground,ndu now totally facing opc instead of BH issue, misquoting the other guy,does the guy mention any oba for bn in possesion of guns?instead of you giving out your own personnal opinion about the main issue,you are attacking the obas and opc,you are a real hypocrite ndu. |
Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 4:22pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Bobandgreat: [color=#000099][/color]nice one man,osun original shouldn't politicised BH. |
Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 4:15pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
T9ksy:don't mind that fool called ikeyman,he keep contradicting his self. |
Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 4:05pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
ikeyman00:I once said you are a fool,good you now reply me back for you not to understand my few word it shows how dumb you are,silence is the best answer for ikeyman cause your other name is FOOL. |
Celebrities / Re: Basketmouth & Bovi With Wide Eyes (Picture) by topazjosh(m): 4:00pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Love laila ikeji oops sorry 4 declaring it publicly |
Politics / Re: Tinubu Is A Betrayer - Atiku by topazjosh(m): 3:21pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Mr. Globe:ori e ti daaru walahi.I wonder when people like you will grow up.foool. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: OPC Will Defend Yorubaland From Boko-Haram by topazjosh(m): 12:10pm On Mar 25, 2013 |
ikeyman00: @@@foool thats your name,you are so stupid that you cant differentiate between your hands and legs,never in my life have ever abuse anyone on nairaland before,you are the first victimand may be the only one,ikeyman you are a real retardee,if tinubu actually support amnesty does that mean everyone in southwest support his idea,his tinubu the region or traditional ruler,he is just a sectional politician |
Culture / Re: Ondo Chief Bayo Akinnola Dies At 78 by topazjosh(m): 4:28pm On Mar 21, 2013 |
High chief lisa akinola Former south west commisionner Father to a current minister Inlaw to a former lagos governor Teacher and school father to former ondo state governor,a role model to many public servant both executives and legislator,captain of industries and military personnel,a fashionable man who respect ondo culture so much and great achiever. Second in command to osemawe of ondo kingdom RIP baba lisa "ojo gbogbo bi odun" |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 5:14am On Mar 20, 2013 |
musiwa22: i am making effort, I am probability the only person, who have done his best to see that millions of nigerian dont die.really?thats amazing can you let us peep into what you actually mean? |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 5:12am On Mar 20, 2013 |
Ile-Ife:how?lol i think thats the reality,you know for sure |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 3:33am On Mar 20, 2013 |
front page please |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 3:11am On Mar 20, 2013 |
“Do you know where I found your intellectuals? They were in bars quaffing. They were at the Lusaka Golf Club,accra big wigs club,aso rock inner circle,lagos private beach bar,durban beach,tripoli lounge, Lusaka Central Club, Lusaka Playhouse, and Lusaka Flying Club. I saw with my own eyes a bunch of alcoholic graduates. Zambian intellectuals work from eight to five and spend the evening drinking. We don’t. We reserve the evening for brainstorming.” He looked me in the eye. “And you flying to Boston and all of you Zambians in the Diaspora are just as lazy and apathetic to your country. You don’t care about your country and yet your very own parents, brothers and sisters are in Mtendere, Chawama, and in villages, all of them living in squalor. Many have died or are dying of neglect by you. They are dying of AIDS because you cannot come up with your own cure. You are here calling yourselves graduates, researchers and scientists and are fast at articulating your credentials once asked —oh, I have a PhD in this and that—PhD my foot!” I was deflated. “Wake up you all!” he exclaimed, attracting the attention of nearby passengers. “You should be busy lifting ideas, formulae, recipes, and diagrams from American manufacturing factories and sending them to your own factories. All those research findings and dissertation papers you compile should be your country’s treasure. Why do you think the Asians are a force to reckon with? They stole our ideas and turned them into their own. Look at Japan, China, India, just look at them.” He paused. “The Bwana has spoken,” he said and grinned. “As long as you are dependent on my plane, I shall feel superior and you my friend shall remain inferior, how about that? The Chinese, Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch better. You Africans are at the bottom of the totem pole.” He tempered his voice. “Get over this white skin syndrome and begin to feel confident. Become innovative and make your own stuff for god’s sake.” At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Walter reached for my hand. “I know I was too strong, but I don’t give it a damn. I have been to Zambia and have seen too much poverty.” He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something. “Here, read this. It was written by a friend.” He had written only the title: “Lords of Poverty.” Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling. I watched Walter walk through the airport doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring up sad memories of home. I could see Zambia’s literati —the cognoscente, intelligentsia, academics, highbrows, and scholars in the places he had mentioned guzzling and talking irrelevancies. I remembered some who have since passed— how they got the highest grades in mathematics and the sciences and attained the highest education on the planet. They had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), only to leave us with not a single invention or discovery. I knew some by name and drunk with them at the Lusaka Playhouse and Central Sports. Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have failed to nurture creativity and collective orientations. We as a nation lack a workhorse mentality and behave like 13 million civil servants dependent on a government pay cheque. We believe that development is generated 8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our degrees hanging on the wall. Such a working environment does not offer the opportunity for fellowship, the excitement of competition, and the spectacle of innovative rituals. But the intelligentsia is not solely, or even mainly, to blame. The larger failure is due to political circumstances over which they have had little control. The past governments failed to create an environment of possibility that fosters camaraderie, rewards innovative ideas and encourages resilience. KK, Chiluba, Mwanawasa, and Banda embraced orthodox ideas and therefore failed to offer many opportunities for drawing outside the line. I believe King Cobra’s reset has been cast in the same faculties as those of his predecessors. If today I told him that we can build our own car, he would throw me out. “Naupena? Fuma apa.” (Are you mad? Get out of here) Knowing well that King Cobra will not embody innovation at Walter’s level let’s begin to look for a technologically active-positive leader who can succeed him after a term or two. That way we can make our own stone crushers, water filters, water pumps, razor blades, and harvesters. Let’s dream big and make tractors, cars, and planes, or, like Walter said, forever remain inferior. A fundamental transformation of our country from what is essentially non-innovative to a strategic superior African country requires a bold risk-taking educated leader with a triumphalist attitude and we have one in YOU. Don’t be highly strung and feel insulted by Walter. Take a moment and think about our country. Our journey from 1964 has been marked by tears. It has been an emotionally overwhelming experience. Each one of us has lost a loved one to poverty, hunger, and disease. The number of graves is catching up with the population. It’s time to change our political culture. It’s time for Zambian intellectuals to cultivate an active-positive progressive movement that will change our lives forever. Don’t be afraid or dispirited, rise to the challenge and salvage the remaining few of your beloved ones. Field Ruwe is a US-based Zambian media practitioner and author. He is a PhD candidate with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism, and an M.A. in History. Re edited by TOPAZ |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 3:05am On Mar 20, 2013 |
“And yet I feel superior,” he smiled fatalistically. “Every white person on this plane feels superior to a black person. The white guy who picks up garbage, the homeless white trash on drugs, feels superior to you no matter his status or education. I can pick up a nincompoop from the New York streets, clean him up, and take him to Lusaka and you all be crowding around him chanting muzungu, muzungu and yet he’s a riffraff. Tell me why my angry friend.” For a moment I was wordless. “Please don’t blame it on slavery like the African Americans do, or colonialism, or some psychological impact or some kind of stigmatization. And don’t give me the brainwash poppycock. Give me a better answer.” I was thinking. He continued. “Excuse what I am about to say. Please do not take offense.” I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and prepared for the worst. “You my friend flying with me and all your kind are lazy,” he said. “When you rest your head on the pillow you don’t dream big. You and other so-called African intellectuals are damn lazy, each one of you. It is you, and not those poor starving people, who is the reason Africa is in such a deplorable state.” “That’s not a nice thing to say,” I protested. He was implacable. “Oh yes it is and I will say it again, you are lazy. Poor and uneducated Africans are the most hardworking people on earth. I saw them in the Lusaka markets and on the street selling merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling away. I saw women on Kafue Road crushing stones for sell and I wept. I said to myself where are the Zambian intellectuals? Are the Zambian engineers so imperceptive they cannot invent a simple stone crusher, or a simple water filter to purify well water for those poor villagers? Are you telling me that after thirty-seven years of independence your university school of engineering has not produced a scientist or an engineer who can make simple small machines for mass use? What is the school there for?” I held my breath. |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 3:04am On Mar 20, 2013 |
At midnight we were airborne. The captain wished us a happy 2012 and urged us to watch the fireworks across Los Angeles. “Isn’t that beautiful,” Walter said looking down. From my middle seat, I took a glance and nodded admirably. “That’s white man’s country,” he said. “We came here on Mayflower and turned Indian land(indians actually own the land now called america) into a paradise and now the most powerful nation on earth. We discovered the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia.” I grinned. “There is no Lake Zambia.” He curled his lips into a smug smile. “That’s what we call your country. You guys are as stagnant as the water in the lake. We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food, crumbs. That corn- meal you eat, that’s crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call Kapenta is crumbs. We the Bwanas,oyibos (whites) take the cat fish. I am the Bwana and you are the Muntu,maye,maga ,mugu. I get what I want and you get what you deserve, crumbs. That’s what lazy people get—Zambians, Africans, the entire Third World.” The smile vanished from my face. “I see you are getting pissed off,” Walter said and lowered his voice. “You are thinking this Bwana is a racist. That’s how most Zambians respond when I tell them the truth. They go ballistic. Okay. Let’s for a moment put our skin pigmentations, this black and white crap, aside. Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between you and me?” “There’s no difference.” “Absolutely none,” he exclaimed. “Scientists in the Human Genome Project have proved that. It took them thirteen years to determine the complete sequence of the three billion DNA subunits. After they were all done it was clear that 99.9% nucleotide bases were exactly the same in you and me. We are the same people. All white, Asian, Latino, and black people on this aircraft are the same.” I gladly nodded. |
Politics / Re: Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 3:02am On Mar 20, 2013 |
“My name is Walter,” he extended his hand as soon as I settled in my seat. I told him mine with a precautious smile. “Where are you from?” he asked. “Zambia.” “Zambia!” he exclaimed, “Kaunda’s country.” “Yes,” I said, “Now Sata’s.” “But of course,” he responded. “You just elected King Cobra as your president.” My face lit up at the mention of Sata’s moniker. Walter smiled, and in those cold eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of those American highbrows who shuttle between Africa and the U.S. “I spent three years in Zambia in the 1980s,” he continued. “I wined and dined with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba, Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly intelligent africans.” He lowered his voice. “I was part of the IMF group that came to rip you guys off.” He smirked. “Your government put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga. From my patio I saw it all— the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead, and the healthy.” “Are you still with the IMF?” I asked. “I have since moved to yet another group with similar intentions. In the next few months my colleagues and I will be in Lusaka in zambia,abuja in nigeria,tripoli in libya,accra in ghana and other profitable africa countries to hypnotize the leaders. I work for the broker that has acquired a chunk of your debt. Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars. We’ll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a check twenty times greater.” “No, you won’t,” I said. “King Cobra is incorruptible. He is …” He was laughing. “Says who? Give me an African president, just one, who has not fallen for the carrot and stick.” Quett Masire’s name popped up. “Oh, him, well, we never got to him because he turned down the IMF and the World Bank. It was perhaps the smartest thing for him to do.”late gaddafi too was also smart but fall atlast |
Politics / Dont Read It If You Are Currently Busy:you Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by topazjosh(m): 3:01am On Mar 20, 2013 |
They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations. Africa is the trailblazer. Some still call it “the dark continent” for the light that flickers under the tunnel is not that of hope, but an approaching train. And because countless keep waiting in the way of the train, millions die and many more remain decapitated by the day. “It’s amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die,” the man next to me said. “Get up and do something about it.” Brawny, fully bald-headed, with intense, steely eyes, he was as cold as they come. When I first discovered I was going to spend my New Year’s Eve next to him on a non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston I was angst- ridden. I associate marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic skin-heads, most of who are racist. |
Family / Re: What Can Make You Turn Your Partner's Intimacy Approach Down? by topazjosh(m): 12:54am On Mar 20, 2013 |
was trying to check some pics here to view their face with those raw stuffs coming out of their,but too bad they all hide their mouth pics,well as a man might turn her down if she is ill or so fucking angry if she come beg me ohh,hmm nah to punish her,she go scream ehhn |
Celebrities / Re: D'banj's Sister, Taiwo Is Engaged To Dotun Coolfm (Pictures) by topazjosh(m): 1:25am On Mar 18, 2013 |
bizz: Have U̶̲̥̅̊ told oga at D̶̲̥̅̊ top!!!!!!lol |
Properties / Ketu Planks Market On Fire by topazjosh(m): 11:27pm On Mar 07, 2013 |
Please pass the info till it get to fire brigade service. |
Education / Re: How Can I Locate Lagos Waec Office? by topazjosh(m): 4:16pm On Feb 27, 2013 |
Can I collect gce 2012 certificate now,will it be available ? I did mine in osun. |
Education / Re: University Of Ibadan 2013/2014 Admission by topazjosh(m): 7:25am On Feb 27, 2013 |
Can U I accept both nabteb and neco result altogether pls? |
Education / Re: WAEC 2013 May/June Examination Timetable. by topazjosh(m): 10:40am On Feb 26, 2013 |
How can one check 2013 gce With just the scratch card,am asking cause the examination ,candidate no can't be found. |
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