₦airaland Forum

babdap:
I am not sure if Murray has any sense, sharing such a post shows he is not an elder statesmen

called drama. What I find interesting is both are actually different. I will actually assume Nigerians will find Achebe's works easier to read than Soyinka's. Achebe is more of a novelist while Soyinka's best works are plays. Soyink's best period was writing plays and in the theatre. He may have gotten the prize for his versatility in dabbing into criticism, poetry and novels but the prize undoubtedly will largely be based on of his plays and helped by other genres he dabbled into.

Campaign4truth:
Dangote is simply diversifying his business portfolio. The flour business must still be profitable to attract any investor at all. However it appears a lot is going into the Refinery and Tomato business, so it would make sense to let go of the weaker business to fund the "cash cow".

You have to leave us Nigerians, we cannot divest emotional or personal issues from speaking. First folly was the idea that the flour mill is loosing money, it is not as at early last year. It may have sustained a lower profit than the year before. But it does not look like it was loosing money. Second dangote seems to have left the sugar , salt and flour business to others to manage. It actually makes sense if you do not trust nigerians to manage it to sell it. He is highly diversified with the lekki project. The lekki project and cement seems to be what he actively or seems to actively manage. Ppl do not know that after a while a lot of successful businessmen in that country leave day to day running of the firm to executives while they handle social, political or economic relations.

Ratello:
INEC Needs To Prove To The Whole World That Buhari Won The Presidential Election. This Is Where It Becomes Tough For INEC! Where is my brilliant ChristianNorth bro, your input is needed here.

Actually INEC has to prove nothing. For an election to be overturned the appellant will prove that the irregularities and rigging led to the loss. The evidence of rigging means little if it proved to be widespread and significantly affect the final tally. Also, that server result is bogus. If you follow election results there are just to many outliers or differences with previous elections.

Westsida:
He said part of the challenges faced by the South-south is defining well-articulated and implementable development agenda, adding, “A lot has been done in the region over the years but they have not translated to meaningful development to benefit our people, as the region remains one of the least developed in the country when you review what we earn as a region.”



The Children of hate & sadness won’t see this to work on. Their main focus is to keep displaying nonsense around the country.

There are different problems, number one is lack of a strong and active citizenship involvement in government. That is a problem all over the country. It is obvious wike is too involved in party politics, the state's resources may also be used for party politics. The people need to pressure him to focus on local issues and governance. In addition, still mend fences with the federal government Who have a larger influence in Inter state commerce.

The other issue is the weakening of state's civil service. In the 60's and 70's, the regional and state civil service had competent people but now most are in federal service. You need local information to plan a real development. Information about the income of people living in local governments, choice of economic activity, skill level, unemployment rate and such. A competent administration will get this information and createte economic programs targetting areas that will benefit a signoficant number of people. What you have in nigeria is substandard politics 101, bring me projects where the people can see I am doing something even though we do not know how the project has improved to sustainable economoc development, especially since ghe choice of contractor is corrupt and the government itself will get kickback from it. Corruption in government is not about wanton stealing it is about finding projects that will get the people's support while you put in your contractor and use the project to loot. But the long term significance of yue project may be negligible.

NaijaLiveTv247:
LEAKED: data from INEC server shows Real Polling Units Results of 2019 Presidential Election …Proving PDP’s Atiku clearly defeated APC’ President Buhari

When Atiku said openly that he was heading to the court to RECLAIM his stolen mandate, he did not say so for a momentary fame.

Atiku has never lost a court case before and this is because Atiku never approaches the courts unless he is certain of victory.

READ FULL STORY HERE....

https://www.naijalivetv.com/leaked-data-from-inec-server-shows-real-polling-units-results-of-2019-presidential-election-proving-pdps-atiku-clearly-defeated-apc-president-buhari/

those are just someone's excel calculations. Those results are way out of wack. I hope Atiku is not behind this, because, any little respect I have for him is gone. Edo has more than 1 million voters and Plateau has 450k. May God help Nigeria.

yummydrae:
Sometimes i wonder how we have gotten so low as to let sentiments ruin our common sense.. Kindly attach your brain to your thumbs people.. This simply means "conclusion of prosecution argument..."
In this case, FG (specifically the executive arm) is the prosecutor.
So you mean you guys didnt read the part where the prosecution said they brought 3 witnesses out instead of 6 and the defence should indicate if the remaining witnesses should be broughy forward??
Now ask yourself.. Why that question?? And what was the defense' response??
Some peeps will just come here to show acute foolishness over matters they cant seem to understand.. Smh

I too believe something is fishy. That was a soft prosecution even if they have no case.

KGD10:
The power of bribee. Wasn't he not the same man one of his thieving friend testified about him not knowing how to open an account hence why he opened an account on his behalf. Corrupt politicians everywhere. Even people would have you believe ibori was a saint if he hadn't been sentenced in the UK. May God heal Nigeria.

I believe the truth is in the middle. Either the EFCC is soft peddling trying to get him to resign. If he falsely declared his assets what were his assets at time of declaration and not today. Total in bank account means little unless he has little knowledge of money. What they need to show are the transactions during mg the period. Even if they want to go further what are the main sources of transactions. That is where you can then investigate if he was receiving by Bribe. That is a what FBI used to catch the college bribery incident. Just trace the credits
And debits

harkandey:
okay oo

but 8b dollars no be small money o

The cost looks high. It should not be more than $4 million per km

Sammy07:
ilaje is a name of a town and it's also a name of local government

Ikale is a name giving to someone from ilaje

From my understanding Ikale means okitipupa. Ilaje tends to be arugbo-ijaw.

Gaddafi1:
Issorite, Northerners are becoming more politically matured than the South East and South South where snatching of ballot box is order of the day.

The core north are less prone to rigging. The south has been rigging election since the 1960s. The fulani themselves have a long history of leadership in the west african region. While the south have a history of clans and subgroups.

bluecircle470:
Rigged or not, as long as the rejected vote is not more than the winning gap so a winner must be declared.

I understand that, I actually feel apc won but my issue is we need to make elections credible. Since I have been following elections from adeleke's to this, it is clear their are irregularities on all sides. It undermines democracy and only favor the criminal minded.

bluecircle470:
FINAL OGUN STATE RESULT


APC 241,670

APM 222,153

PDP 70,290

Total Number of Registered Voters

Total Number of Accredited Voters

Total Valid Votes 680,947

Rejected Votes 20,969

Likely rigged. The diff between rejected votes are winning margin is close. Though, I think the top two likely rigged the election, especially APM

asuustrike1:
Modified
Perhaps they are rigging. Do you know that PDP also rigged in Delta state? My friend who is an adhoc staff was paid N100,000 to thumb print while the inec staff got N1,000,000. Results were rigged in favour of the incumbent. This was done through thumb printing

Delta State is a lost cause in terms of elections. They have been rigging since the time of Eric Opia.

UncleJudax:
So many nutcases on Nairaland. I guess the administrators make money from their activities.

Nairaland is supposed to assist in Nation building, but has allowed the platform to be used for hate propagation and bigotry.

The discussion section is for fun and laughter. follow the people here at your own peril

StOla:
How have Kano "illiterates" taken their destinies in their hands by voting for the continuation of the Kwankwasiyya political godfatherism that has tried to control Kano since 1999?

How are they free when they still have to wear the red cap of servitude to Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya political movement, when they could have freed themselves the way Ganduje freed himself from his Godfather Kwankwaso?

Are Kano "illiterates" not tired of this same Kwankwaso control since 1999?

Why is his name Kwankwaso. In 1992, he was Rabiu Musa.

kayfra:
That's Yoruba architecture from 19th century and still standing in pristine condition. We'll preserve our ancient inner city while we continue our modern development in zoned sections of the city.

This will become a tourist attraction sooner rather than later. Money maker $$$

Thank you for this. It has hard to actually think about developing Nigeria when you have to debate with people whose ideas are from foreign lands. People want skyscrappers but how many African non capital cities are filled with skycrappers. They would rather let government build it or blame government for lack. If you want to build post modern architecture you need to develop businesses that are global who will have funds to pay and maintain the buildings, mostly post- modern businesses. Something that is hard for Nigerians to do. And starting with building an ''Igbo city'' will just give you want you have already, probably follow ppl need to support their politicians who want to develop existing infrastructure than some pipe dream.

He lacks the political intelligence of his mentor. He should just leave politics and invest the looted funds back into the country.

Olalan:
Agbaje himself knows he can't win

He basically screwed Doherty but at the same time wike and co goofed, they could have made in chairman and maybe they could have won lagos and the SW

hisexcellency34:
Is she not from Ondo state?

She is a mixture of Oyo and delta but father seems to be itsekiri.

olajizz01:
Hahahahahahaha.....................

Could I see accommodating tribe in Nigeria,if you use blessed, I will agree a little because there are many blessed people in every tribe.

But I strongly disagree with the word ACCOMMODATING.

Yoruba are accommodating in terms of comparison to their neighbors.

buspid:
Ibarapa central ward 6 unit 10
Gov.
APC-85
PDP-59

I will be shocked if PDP wins. The first results posted on nairaland tends to be meaningless.

hisexcellency34:
Tinubu's Wife said Yorubas dont trust Igbos again. That to me is hate speech against the most blessed and accommodating tribe in Nigeria. We once gave Tinubu a chieftaincy, remember?

Nigerian stupidity. But she is a mixture of Delta and Yoruba and likely more Delta than Yoruba, in terms of parentage. I doubt she will say Yorubas

pawesome:
Na APC

he is apm

SouthEastFacts:
A lot of Ijebus believe that they are the original owners of Jerusalem and migrated from Sudan after the conquest of Jebu land by King David who gave the conquered territory a Hebrew name.

While Yorubas believe that they descended from Oduduwa, the Jebus don't believe they descended from Oduduwa, even the King of Ijebus

According to Reno Omokri, Ijebus are not originally Yorubas, in fact, he stated there was no word like Yoruba before the 18th Century.

You can read a summary of Reno's work here

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/the-ijebu-the-yoruba-and-their-influence-on-the-bible-and-judaism-reno/

If this is true, then we are right to say Lagos is not a Yoruba state going by the fact that some almost half of Lagos are Ijebu land and the other half, Aworis and the Aworis don't see themselves as Yoruba.

According to Prince Adebiyi, a Prince of Awori, Lagos belongs to the Aworis and not Bini or Yoruba that Bini only produces the Oba.

https://thecitizenng.com/lagos-belongs-to-awori-not-bini-or-yoruba-prince-adebiyi/

Professor Imran, another Awori noble but from noble family collaborated this submission.

He claimed like Prince Adebiyi that Aworis owe Lagos land while Bini produces the Oba who pays tribute to the Oba of Bini till the 18th Century when the British stopped that to undermine the authority of the Oba of Bini.

Another interesting thing he said is that most streets in Lagos are either Awori names or a combination of Awori and Bini names like Idunmota.

He equally stated that the Oba is from Bini while the Chiefs are Aworis.

https://punchng.com/awori-own-lagos-land-bini-produce-oba-prof-smith/

I think it is time the records are set straight. Lagos state does not belong to Yorubas.

No be talk am, na the Oba of Benin, the Ijebu King and Princes of Awori land.

Ijebu's are yoruba. All the Sudan stuff is just legend. A group cannot travel from north Africa to near the Atlantic coast without some assimilation. Worse, their dialect is same as their neighbors that is niger-Congo. They do not have a dialect similar to north Africa or the Mediterranean. Like many civilizations, cultures may have mixed, the only thing one can think off is that a conquering group may have conquered the original inhabitants but that group will be close not far off.

Jalinco:
So, basically the PDP will not have candidate in Kano state, just like APC in Rivers. What is good for the guns is good for Uganda

It is not good for anyone and it is a bad precedent. Inec should have been more forceful. You are disenfranchising a large number of people. Inec needs to go back and bring in a new strategy to combat this menace.

awelekiti:
don't mind the idiot. Pdp will win oyo guber. All what Tinubu knows to do best is rigging. Why did you think Lagos' election results took days to be released after all south western states have released their results? This Saturday's election would shock many and they know it. They think only those who voted against the apc were igbos...as if every yoruba must be compelled to vote their candidate...if such should happen then qe are no longer practising democracy. they've been carrying out huge publicities all along because they know they could lose in the forthcoming governorship election but hey! People wouldn't be deterred by that. People mean Tinubu and his cronies this time...the oto ge of kwara must be replicated here. How could somebody perform so much as a governor and you still removed him for your selfish reasons?That's Tinubu for you...a selfish man. Let me hint you on this...if Osinbajo, Ambode and sanwoolu could all lose their polling units in a ruling party's state, it's a bad omen for them

Honestly it will be tough for both parties if adc and zenith contest. Pdp should win ibadan, apc should win oyo and saki/iseyin. Apc may win ogbomoso which is a battleground.

maxibee123:
I knew something like this would happen...
Constituted authority only lost the election due to his fight with OLUBADAN...nothing more
A bold step by the party... Jagaban pls be careful... Try and negotiate with ladoja.he needs federal appointment like mad since you control the center

Olubadan himself is rose as a response against alaafin. Historically, he has little influence in peace time. During colonial rule, ibadan was under oyo n.a. and ibadan did not like it, they had to shore up the prestige of olubadan. However, I do not care about lineage or traditional authorities.

freemanbubble:
I have this feeling that this tinubu wings would soon be clipped by a collabo of Buhari and elrufai

He is not as powerful electorally like people think. His strength lies in his intelligence and ability to broker deals. Even in lagos after jettisoning afenifere, he had to consolidate power by bringing in different interests together. This is a man that has financial interest with atiku.
If yoruba leaders unite freely, he will be powerless as long as disagreements he Will be useful.

freemanbubble:
I have this feeling that this tinubu wings would soon be clipped by a collabo of Buhari and elrufai

He is not as powerful electorally like people think. His strength lies in his intelligence and ability to broker deals. Even in lagos after jettisoning afenifere, he had to consolidate power by bringing in different interests together. This is a man that has financial interest with atiku.

You have to give it to some people. My country likes to pull itself down. All ideologies and beliefs that are inimical to progress are what sells in that country. Maybe it is our superstitious past, I do not know. People follow Reno Omokri all over the place, but few people are aware that Atiku's business partner, Volpi invested over $500 million in Wale Tinubu's Oando which may have been on behalf of Atiku. The interest of the elites are intertwined, they can fight but they will still be on top because of their networks. The case is even worse in the north, where whether it is PDP or APC, the elites are so connected in business and marriage that they will still survive. The joke on is the people, as long as we are stupid and continue to promote regressive views, progress will be hard.

senatordave1:
I expected buhari to win oyo with at least 200k margin and ondo narrowly but he ended up losing both.the south west states i thought buhari would lose is osun.i wonder what went wrong.residents of those two states should please clear my doubts.

The governors are not that popular and Buhari's performance is subpar. A lot of internet political trolls go deeper into ethnic, regional and social issues but fail to focus on important factors such as employment rate and inflation rate. Buhari was supported by majority largely because the Pdp were not performing and many felt it was worth a chance to try him and after four years, some felt he was not worth the hassle. Historically, Buhari is actually not well liked by many (take a look at his votes in 2003-2011) but the alliance with AC and PDP's fumbling made people look at him again at a different angle and hence he was able to win in 2015. Right now a strong base of his support is based on the support for the party against PDP. Not necessarily because of his personality, which is not the case in the north. Buhari should just focus on the job, he has won and he should go and look at what he can do better

Igbobyblood:
Yoruba people should stop this thing na, it's not only you people that the economy is affecting.

There are Igbo's in northern States that live peacefully with the Hausa doing business with them.

If you don't want go give them money, it's okay but why shame them?.

where was the evidence he gave beggars money before? and why should I care he is not giving them money now. The people who like giving will still give. Just social media addicts looking for attention.