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@Op.... Why didn't u show only the bad side of Enugu on that ur thread abt Enugu being the pride ot the East? Nairaland is Nigeria largest forum and so nwanne you cant just show the bad side of Onitsha. Udo dili gi. |
jackbauersballs: Hope |
Hmmm! C.Rivers out, Anambra in.. |
Musiwa2: they are getting visa for their family, so when civil war happen. they can run away.hahahahaha hehehehe Aare Musiwa! I dey hail oo! A beg show Oyo people that satellite picture.. Lol |
They are all hypocrites!... Hypocrisy in the highest order.. |
antitpiah: I doubt a Yoruba man can be humiliated like that.Inferiority complex! Take it easy ok! |
Chase them away if they are behind all these killings in Plateau state.. An eye for an eye. |
By Godwin Oghre Sapele—It was pandemonium in Okirighwre in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, weekend, as youths no fewer than 500, protested what they described as unwarranted killing of one of their members by the Joint Military Task Force, with base in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of the state. The youths under the aegis of Okirighwre youths, matched through major roads, causing heavy traffic jam on the Okirighwre/Warri highway. The youths accused JTF operatives of killing one Mr. Ogbotor Usieme, a.k.a Egede, whom they described as a peaceful young man, whose wife, Doris Usieme, gave birth to a baby boy, three months ago. Spokesman of the youths, Mr David Akponome told Vanguard that the said Ogbotor Usieme went out to check on a friend about 8pm on Thursday night, when he was accosted by a team of JTF men on Okeretagba Road in Okirighwre, whom they alleged, opened fire on him and killed him on the spot. Akponome also alleged that after the JTF men had shot and killed him, they took his lifeless body to the Delta State University Hospital, that night, where doctors confirmed him dead and his body was later taken to JTF base in Koko, while the family members were yet to recover it. Another youth, who spoke on condition of anonymity and gave a difference account, said, the victim was the leader of one of the two factions of youth groups, which had taken up arms against each other and from whom the JTF men had commenced disarming in the last two weeks. He alleged that during the last disarmament session, recently, many of the youths surrounded their arms under the watchful eyes of some top officials of Delta State Government headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Ovuzorie Macaulay, adding that the JTF men who shot and killed the victim were on arm recovery mission and shot the victim, when he was about to escape from check by JTF men. A senior Police officer in Sapele, told Vanguard in confidence, that the JTF men were on a mission following a tip off of a robbery attack in the area, and that the JTF men must have responded to a distress call. He added that the JTF men shot the suspect, when he was trying to escape from a robbery scene. He said the suspect was shot by soldiers and not police men. www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/youths-protest-alleged-killing-of-member-by-jtf-in-delta/ |
dayokanu: Why cant the easterners stand on their own?[quote author=Torch1]Easterners will rather form an alliance with Camerounians than with S.Westerners. |
Easterners will rather form an alliance with Camerounians than with S.Westerners. |
AT least five aggrieved governorship aspirants of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State are planning to defect to the ruling Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State Three others aspirants of the ACN are also talking with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with the intention of defecting to the party. Two of the three planning to move to the PDP are negotiating the position of the deputy governor and Secretary to the State Government. The five aspirants heading to the LP, including a serving senator and a former minister, are still talking with a delegation from the ruling party in the state. They will accompany the LP Governor Olusegun Mimiko during a rally where the governor will publicly make a declaration of his second term ambition slated for Akure, the Ondo state capital. Dependable sources said the talks were almost sealed and their defection will form part of the governor’s declaration rally coming up within the next two weeks. Findings revealed that the former chairman of LP, Dr Olaiya Oni, who defected to the can, is leading the aspirants to the PDP following the alleged injustice done to the northern senatorial district of the state by the leadership of the ACN. Oni was, last year, wooed to the ACN by the leaders who promised that the position of governor would be reserved for the Akokos in the Northern area of Ondo. But when the promised collapsed, he was said to have opened talks with former Governor Olusegun Agagu on the movement of the aspirants to the PDP. However, the aspirants are finding it difficult to convince their supporters on the need to move to the PDP. Their supporters, according to findings, are in support of their return to the LP instead of the PDP where they would have to queue. However, 12 other ACN gubernatorial aspirants, led by Jaiyeola Ajatta, have reportedly endorsed Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, a former NBA president, as the choice of the leaders of the party for the October 20 election and have asked their supporters to back him. At a meeting held in Osogbo hosted by Osun state governor Rauf Aregbesola, one of the aspirants, Sola Iji, said that all the aspirants had agreed to support Akeredolu because he is the choice of the national leadership. But two days after the Osogbo declaration, two of the aspirants disowned the meeting. Dr Olu Agunloye and Dr. Tunji Abayomi dissociated themselves from the agreement to support Akeredolu in the coming election. Both of them said they will not support the injustice done by the leaders who imposed Akeredolu on them. www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/ondo-2012-8-acn-guber-aspirants-in-defection-moves/ |
About 30 people were killed yesterday when gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, invaded some villages in Barkin-Ladi and Riyom Local Government areas of Plateau State in early morning attacks. Those killed by the assailants, said to have been well armed and numbering about 100, included two security men, women and children. Many were left injured and several houses torched in the attack which occurred at about 6.30 a.m. The attack came days after the new National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), visited the state during which he initiated a dialogue among various stakeholders designed to forge peace and reconciliation. Vanguard learnt that the assailants, dressed in black, launched attacks on the Berom villages of Kakuruk, Kuzen, Ngyo, Kogoduk, Ruk, Dogo, Kufang, Kpapkpiduk, Kai in Barakin-Ladi Local Government Area. About 15 people were said to have been killed at Kuzen, eight at Kakuruk and another eight in other villages in the local government. The attackers were said to have later moved to villages in Riyom LG where they destroyed houses and other property but were successfully repelled by the people who, having got wind of their attack on their neighbors, mobilized and confronted them. The member representing the two local government areas in the House of Representatives, Hon. Simon Mwadkon, described the attack as unfortunate at a time efforts were on to restore peace to the area. He said the attack was a vindication of his outcry that there were terrorist elements in the two local government areas which ironically are under a state of emergency. He confirmed that 20 bodies of those killed had been recovered while efforts were on to recover other bodies. He also confirmed the killing of two security men during the attacks. It was learnt that men of the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in the state moved men into the area to track down the assailants. Residents said they heard multiple gun shots, Saturday evening, in what looked like an exchange between the security men and the attackers. Media Officer of the STF, Captain Salisu Mustapha, said he was yet to get details of the casualty when contacted. www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/30-killed-in-fresh-attacks-in-plateau/ |
ZUBY77: Golden Royale at Bissala road. These guys asked that i pay 35k for a room one night. I wanted to stay there because it is close to 8hours joint. I told the receptionist to wait for me so that i can get the money in my car, think she is still waiting. Ole!hahahaha! Nwanne idikwa 2much! |
Da infamous: innoson brand has now taken over most transport and school buses even bin trucks, in the east, are mostly innoson..........Good development! |
kalufelix: onye na evu gi o na azu ahia akpukpu ukwu na main market??lol.. |
@Spyder.. You have done a great work here, i have been following this wonderful thread since i came back from work last night. I have been to P.H, Awka, Owerri, Lagos, Ibadan etc.. Am yet to visit Enugu but with what am seeing here i think Enugu city is more beautiful apart from Lasgidi(Lagos). Thanks 4 this wonderful thread. Nwanne daalu! |
Game over! Italy Vs Spain.. Finals |
Penalty.. Goal by Ozil. 91mins. |
Pirlo is the best for now. |
Am enjoying this Italian defense.. When will our super Eagles be strong like them. |
Some players are really selfish. |
Italy Vs Spain for final.. Thanks to Animal Mario Balotelli. |
By AbdulSalam Muhammad & Ndahi Marama KANO — No fewer than 17 Islamist militants were killed, yesterday, in Kano after two days of sustained exchange of fire between the militants and security agents. Four others were also reportedly killed in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. It was gathered that three undergraduates were among those arrested by security agents. The gunmen had reportedly launched an operation, attacking seven targets with explosives and assault rifles in Kano during the attack that lasted about 12 hours. The military Joint Task Force, JTF, reportedly killed two of the attackers in Damaturu, while one was arrested in the 30-minute fierce battle that later spread to the Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu, premises. It was alleged that a group of unknown gunmen, suspected to be terrorists, had earlier attacked a police out-post in Sabon Fegi ward in the metropolis, killing two civilians. A woman and her child were hit by stray bullets during the exchange of gunfire between the gunmen and men of JTF. Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris told newsmen in Kano that the gunmen attacked their targets with explosives and assault riffles, adding that no fewer than 14 Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, were defused by the Bomb Disposal Unit of the police command during the gunfight. He said: “Some extremists launched an attack with bombs and assault rifles on Dala Police Station, Jakara Police Barracks, Goron Dutse Division, Panshekara Division, 52 Squadron Mobile Police Unit, Challawa; and also planted bombs at the Junior Secondary School, Sabuwar Doka in Ungogo Local Government. “The extremists, who were about 30, attacked policemen on duty with assault rifles and IEDs, and the policemen gallantly repelled the attacks.” He added that the ‘’extremists’’ also attacked the Goron Dutse Prison yard, but the policemen on duty repelled their attacks successfully. He said no damage was done to the prisons, even as the situation was now under control. The police boss, however, revealed that the command lost a police Sergeant just as another sergeant sustained injuries. According to him, items recovered from the religious extremists included five assault rifles, 220 live ammunition, five vehicles, three motorcycles, large quantities of drugs and syringes, and N100,000 cash. The Commissioner, however, commended the people of the state for their cooperation with law enforcement agencies and urged them not to relent in providing useful information. However, commenting on the incident in Damaturu, the Yobe State Police Commissioner, Patrick Egbuniwe, said in a telephone interview yesterday that “there were attacks on a police and military posts by suspected gunmen, where two civilians were killed in the Sabon Fegi ward and the Federal Polytechnic staff quarters.” He said there were still some assailants hiding among the communities in the metropolis, warning that the police and JTF would continue to raid such hideouts, which pose increased security threats to lives and property in the state. He said there was no casualty during Tuesday’s attacks on the part of men of the JTF and police, urging the residents to always cooperate with security agents, by providing useful information on the hideouts and modus operandi of terrorists in their midst. www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/21-killed-as-gunmen-jtf-clash-in-kano-yobe/ |
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Alhaji Asari Dokubo, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). In this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, he bared his mind about current political situation in the country, saying that the people of the South South are prepared to protect the Presidency of Goodluck Jonathan, and warned the North against fielding candidates in 2015. He insisted that after the tenure of Jonathan, the presidency must move to the South East for the interest of peace and harmony. Ahead the July 14, governorship election in the state, he expressed optimism that President Jonathan will ensure a free and fair election.He also warned that the people of Edo State and the Niger Delta will resist any attempt to rig the election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Excerpts: Few months ago the PDP in Edo State threatened to take you to court after you endorsed Governor Adams Oshiomhole,and warned against rigging? They say clear conscience fears no accusation. The warning was not directed to any particular party. It was made in the direction of any body who attempts to manipulate the election. But if the PDP believe that it was directed at them so be it because the people of Edo State cannot afford to go through the trauma that they went through the last time when their mandate was stolen and it took them time, as they went through pains and people even died to reclaim the mandate. I think the PDP should be calling for free and fair election. If there is no PDP Federal Government I don’t think the PDP will be playing God in Edo state or else where. Asari Dokubo The truth is that without a PDP Federal Government I don’t think the PDP can contest election in Edo state and hope that they can win up to five per cent of the votes because of their antecedent in the state. Benin City is like my second home after Warri. For eight years that the PDP was here they destroyed the state, there was nothing to show that there was government. Today, the people can see the difference between Adams Oshiomhole and the rest. After Dr Ogbemudia and Alli the state was dead, every body went to sleep. But Adams has rejuvenated the state, he has woken the people up. If it was in a society where opinion polls matters, by now we would have known the loser and the winner. Oshiomhole would not even go through the rigours of campaigning. There is a new Edo State today and any body who cannot see it is not fair to the people of the state and the people of Edo state should reject such person. So the PDP knows that they do not have any locus to take any body to court, I am free to say any thing I want to say, go any where I want to go to as long as I don’t flout the law of the land. And what I have said in this particular situation is very very true that no body should attempt or even think of rigging this election. The people will not allow this election to be rigged, the peoples votes must count. But there is this talk about Jonathan deploying the Federal Might in Edo state to capture the state for his party the PDP? I am a supporter of Goodluck Jonathan and the Goodluck I know cannot do such a thing. However, some people change when they get into office. But it is not to the advantage of Goodluck to rig the election in Edo state for PDP because it will cause a serious problem in his base if he allows the unity that was there before his election to be eroded due to pressure from few cabals. The whole people of the South South got up to say to hell with tyranny, they look at arrogance eye ball to eye ball and told them you don’t have the powers to stop us and they voted for Jonathan. We said we will stand you and any thing you bring we are ready to bring to fight. Even though Oshiomhole is an ACN man, though Alhaji Dokubo is not a PDP man, came together with one voice and brought Jonathan. It was not PDP that brought Jonathan to power, Jonathan enjoyed the popular vote of the people. Our people in the South South did not protest during the fuel subsidy removal because we are aware that some people said if they don’t produce the president they will make the state ungovernable for Jonathan and they have been doing that. We did that because Jonathan is our own. And if Jonathan with all these now decides to support those who want to steal the mandate Edo people will freely give to Oshiomhole, then I think people like us will start to question our support for Goodluck Jonathan.Then he will no longer be representing the collective interest of the people of the South South and the Niger Delta and the South East and all the oppressed people. Our support for Jonathan was not because he is Jonathan, our support was that look for the first time after June 12, we are confronting tyranny and telling tyranny that you cannot cross this line.For the first time after June 12, we are confronting arrogance that we are born to rule, that this line you cannot cross it, we dared them and they could not cross the line. Jonathan may not be the best in the South South but he represents the symbol of our freedom. If after the people made this sacrifice, then Jonathan will now turn round and connive with some people who for ten years, held the people of Edo State hostage, held the people in darkness, poverty and penury, then some of us will say no, you are no longer representing the interest of the South South, the oppressed people. Look when people talk about money, I laugh because Jonathan will give me more money than any thing I can get from Edo state or Oshiomhole. But the battle we fight people don’t understand, some people sat down some where to say we are minority and we asked, where have scientific census been held to determine who are minority and who are majority. That you have the right to perpetually subjugate us, to take our resources, to destroy our environment, murder our leaders and nothing will happen. Jonathan did not fight to become President, it was the collective struggle of the totality of the people of the South South, the people of the Middle Belt, the South East who has been considered as second class citizens in a country that belongs to all of us. And it will be very wrong for Jonathan to pay back to the people of Edo State, by backing any plot to rig Oshiomhole out of power when the entire people of the state appreciate his performance. If that happens, people like us will say you no longer represents our interest so go and use your federal might to confront those who think that they are born to rule, they have the exclusive preserve for power, if you can go and confront them without our support we will say okay go. I don’t believe that there is any might that can stand against the might of the people when the people have spoken. And I don’t think Jonathan will buy that because he is too intelligent for that. Of what political value are these so called god fathers in Edo State other than they will manipulate the electoral process to rig election. Will Jonathan be interested in seeing the blood of the people who voted for him to flow? Because I know that the people of Edo State, the people of the South South who sees what Oshiomhole represents will resist them. I don’t think Jonathan is ready to gambel with the good will he enjoys from the people, he will not. June 12 and renaming of UNILAG after MKO Abiola I think the renaming of UNILAG is a very small start. It is a step in the right direction but one comes to question the sincerity of those who has been crying all these about Abiola. Some of us now come to see that the MKO who we supported with out lives, that some people especially his people were only using his name, to get power. The decision of President Jonathan clearly exposed their hypocrisy. But I think it is not enough. For those of us who believe in what Abiola did, some body who was close to MKO Abiola, I believe the President of Nigeria should go on and restore to MKO the status of a former President and pay all his entitlements for four years to his family. Then June 12 should be declared an Abiola national public holiday and it is easy to do it through an act of parliament. This will not totally remove the injustice but it will go along way in mitigating the injustice that was done to MKO Abiola and Nigerians. And again those who are responsible for the annulment of June 12 election should be brought to book. |
dayokanu: This is the difference between ACN and PDP in the SouthwestO'gbeni Rauf Aregbeshola('O'man) nko? Is he no longer ACN Governor? @topic.. I taught this zoning issue only exist in PDP, so ACN also choose their candidate by zone and not by the credibility of their candidates? |
gerald28: I want to know if Kalabari is igbo or Ijaw, I noticed they speak igbo quite fluently, example patience jonathan and some few I came across with. Feel free to make a contribution.The last time i checked they are still Ijaw subgroup just like EzeUche said but many of them in Port Harcourt city speak Igbo language very well. |
this is what the Quran says about Jihad and see for yourself the motivations behind the atrocities committed by the boko haram [qoute]The Quran: Quran (2:191-193) - "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non- believers]... but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah." The historical context of this passage is not defensive warfare, since Muhammad and his Muslims had just relocated to Medina and were not under attack by their Meccan adversaries. In fact, the verses urge offensive warfare, in that Muslims are to drive Meccans out of their own city (which they later did). The use of the word "persecution" by some Muslim translators is thus disingenuous (the actual Muslim words for persecution - "idtihad" - and oppression - a variation of "z-l- m" - do not appear in the verse). The actual Arabic comes from "fitna" which can mean disbelief, or the disorder that results from unbelief or temptation. Taken as a whole, the context makes clear that violence is being authorized until "religion is for Allah" - ie. unbelievers desist in their unbelief. Quran (2:244) - "Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth all things." [b]Quran (2:216) - "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." Not only does this verse establish that violence can be virtuous, but it also contradicts the myth that fighting is intended only in self- defense, since the audience was obviously not under attack at the time. From the Hadith, we know that this verse was narrated at a time that Muhammad was actually trying to motivate his people into raiding merchant caravans for loot. Quran (3:56) - "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help." Quran (3:151) - "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority". This speaks directly of polytheists, yet it also includes Christians, since they believe in the Trinity (ie. what Muhammad incorrectly believed to be 'joining companions to Allah'). Quran (4:74) - "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward." The martyrs of Islam are unlike the early Christians, led meekly to the slaughter. These Muslims are killed in battle, as they attempt to inflict death and destruction for the cause of Allah. Here is the theological basis for today's suicide bombers. Quran (4:76) - "Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah…" Quran (4:89) - "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks." Quran (4:95) - "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,-" This passage criticizes "peaceful" Muslims who do not join in the violence, letting them know that they are less worthy in Allah's eyes. It also demolishes the modern myth that "Jihad" doesn't mean holy war in the Quran, but rather a spiritual struggle. Not only is the Arabic word used in this passage, but it is clearly not referring to anything spiritual, since the physically disabled are given exemption. (The Hadith reveals the context of the passage to be in response to a blind man's protest that he is unable to engage in Jihad and this is reflected in other translations of the verse). Quran (4:104) - "And be not weak hearted in pursuit of the enemy; if you suffer pain, then surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer pain..." Is pursuing an injured and retreating enemy really an act of self-defense?[/qoute] |
God Bless Innoson Group! |
Are they merging to provide Nigerians with a better leader comes 2015 or they merging to give us any leader from Nothern region. |
9ja_I_hail: My dear i posted this thread since last night and was expecting moderators of this nairaland to put it on front page as they put the el rufai accusation, hell no they won't put it since it did not suit their tribalistic nature,all they care to put on front page is things that work against eastern region. Many of those who have speaking ill of obi and anambra state have distant them self from this thread why because obi came out in a different form they don't expect,well i still maitain my stand as long as anambra is concerned no state in northern part that can be compare with anambra despite it lack federal presences.RUBISHDon't mind those moderators, am sure if this topic is about any of those South West states under ACN they would have moved it to home page. |
Please! moderators i think this topic deserve to be on front page. This is what many people have been demanding for Gov. Obi to come out and defend El-Rufai's accusations. |
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