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PoliticsRe: Nigerians Trapped In Libya Being Interviewed By Aljezera Now! by tyson55(m): 8:08pm On Sep 04, 2011
What makes you say the Woman is a Liberian ?

norrisman:
Chances are that woman is a Liberian
Christianity EtcRe: Pastors Highest Currency Denomination SCAM Exposed! by tyson55(m): 7:51pm On Sep 04, 2011
undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided
RomanceRe: My People! Is This Love? by tyson55(m): 11:20pm On Sep 03, 2011
^^^ So, free the guy and move on to other threads.
RomanceRe: My People! Is This Love? by tyson55(m): 11:10pm On Sep 03, 2011
@sexkillz, Just in case you wondering which thread.

Here it is https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-746037.0.html
RomanceRe: My People! Is This Love? by tyson55(m): 10:59pm On Sep 03, 2011
Abegii sexkillz or whatever you name is, free the guy jare. Did they put a gun on your head to post on his thread? If you see that it's Gibberish why not ignore the thread and move to other thread.

I am not with you on this, except the boldes comment didn't come from.

And HEY!  The OP posted her story and ASKED for opinions!  If NONE of you HALF BAKED ROMANTICS spewing thrash on this thread has any thing positive to contribute, why dont you ALL SHUT THA bleep UP, and go look for a THREAD that suits your SARDONIC, PATHETIC and MORONIC responses!  DAMN HYPOCRITES!
What can be more hypocritical than this?
Dating And Meet-up ZoneRe: The Pretty Nlders In Romance Section Are Hidden by tyson55(m): 9:58pm On Sep 03, 2011
^^^ Last i checked, it isn't obligatory to put up one's pic on the profile page. Why are taking it so serious as if your life depends on it.

Please abeg free Pweety4me the girl jare.
RomanceRe: Ladies And Gents. What Will You Do In This Situation? by tyson55(m): 8:47pm On Sep 01, 2011
lwkmd!
PoliticsDivide Nigeria In Peace Now Or Address The Injustice by tyson55(op): 11:31pm On Aug 30, 2011
The more the beneficiaries of this colonial fraud called Nigeria make believe that all is well with Nigeria, the more they attract doom, odium, and opprobrium to that name Nigeria. Please tell me what makes us one Nigeria if not for the colonial interest that the slave masters amalgamated all the countries they invaded within "Oduduwa Republic", "Republic of Biafra" and also "Arewa Muslim Nation" and called them Nigeria. Our cultures are irreconcilable, our religions and mode of worships are poles apart, our mentalities are so different and even our languages are absolutely strange to each other. In 1947 Chief Obafemi Awolowo said "Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no Nigerians in the same sense as there are English, Welsh, or French. The word Nigerian is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not." Nobody has got that audacity in Nigeria now to say contrarily to the above declaration.

In 1948 Mallam Abubakar Tafawa Balewa said "Since 1914 the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs and do not show themselves any sign of willingness to unite. Nigerian unity is only a British intention for the country." This testimony came from the first Prime Minister of the fraud called Nigeria. Can you be more catholic than the Pope? We are just incompatible - no love, no tolerance and no similarity by all ramifications.

One of the creators of this fraud and harm called Nigeria Sir Peters Smithers who was a cabinet minister during the colonial regime admitted the wickedness of the British colonists when he said in 1998 "The creation of Nigeria involved forcing several different ethnic, cultural and religious groups into one political structure. In retrospect of forty years, it is clear that this was a grave mistake which has cost many lives and will probably continue to do so." Yes, it has cost more the lives of the Igbos and their properties than any other nation in the fraud called Nigeria. Ndi Igbo are made scapegoats at any crisis in the north; call it politics or religion they have always been provocatively at the centre of massacre and their properties looted and destroyed without anybody held responsible.

We have not forgotten what led to the Nigerian Biafran war and how Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the great "Ikemba" of Nnewi, the "Eze" Igbo "gburugburu", and the man who saw tomorrow had tried to save the future of his people from the agony that awaited them in this forceful marriage, but was betrayed by some people who had not kept to their promise out of ignorance of what the future was holding and out of selfishness. We have equally not forgotten how the Igbo pregnant women cried and died in pains when their wombs had been wickedly opened with cutlasses and their children had been brought out cruelly during the war. It is equally painful to remember the deaths of our children as a result of malnutrition.

We have not forgotten that at the end of the Nigerian civil war, it was declared "no victor, no vanquish" by the then head of state, General Yakubu Gowon. But what followed after the declaration was a systematic disenfranchisement of Ndi Igbo. Every Igbo man was inconsiderably given only twenty pounds to start life, while their properties were jealously and wickedly confiscated and declared as abandoned properties.

In retrospect, immediately the British colonialism ended, the Igbos dominated Nigeria's economy. Irrespective of the callousness of the federal government of Nigeria to them, they were the true patriotic symbol of one Nigeria because there was no city you would go to that you did not see the presence of an Igbo man through his business or landed properties. They were the mechanism in which development had stood in almost all the cities of the federation called Nigeria. Any city you go to in Nigeria now without seeing big presence of an Igbo man run for your dear life as that city is doomed.

The first ceremonial president of Nigeria, the "Owelle" of Onitsha, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe said in 1964 "I have one advice to give to our politicians. If they have decided to destroy our national unity, then they should summon a round table conference to decide how our national assets should be divided before they seal their doom by satisfying their lust for office. I make this suggestion because it is better for us and many admirers abroad that we should disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. Should the politicians fail to heed this warning, then I will venture the prediction that the experience of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be a child's play if ever it comes to our turn to play such a tragic role." This was a man that was respected for his stand in one Nigeria, a true son of Igbo land and an emblem of Nigerian unity, but one Nigeria failed him even in death.

The Nigerian people seem to have been subdued to stoicism otherwise the injustice in Nigeria is stinky that no free mind can stomach. Go to Ogoni Land in Rivers State you will pity the people: No road, no good school from the federal government, no good water to drink, no hospital, no jobs, no future and yet Ogoni people are very rich in oil. Ken Saro Wiwa alongside nine other Ogoni indigenes were unjustly roped in a kangaroo court and cruelly hanged by the then federal government of Nigeria for crying out against injustice to their people. The situation is not different in other parts of Niger Delta. Most people from Rivers and Bayelsa states are fishermen but because of the pollution of the water with oil they cannot fish again but the federal government does not seem to care. Some Igbo states are part of the oil producing states in Nigeria but were excluded as such by the federal government of Nigeria until they had to fight for their inclusion. The Igbo speaking states have the worst federal road network in comparison to other geo-political zones in Nigeria.

The political imbalance in Nigeria is too big even for the blind to see. Why must everything about the Igbos be unjustly politicized? Igbo speaking areas have the least number of states in Nigeria even though they are the most populated tribe, but more states were created in the less populated north. Why is it that the northerners are favoured in everything in this country? The allocation money meant for the then newly created local governments in Lagos state under Governor Bola Tinubu was withheld by the then federal government of Nigeria under President Olusegun Obasanjo. It is very disappointing to note that Olusegun Obasanjo is a Yoruba man yet he tried to use his power to hinder the progress that was coming to Yoruba land because of dirty politics just to satisfy the northerners which he was still not able to do. But go to the north, they created more local governments for themselves and legalised them without anybody raising eyebrows, they manipulated even the national census by counting cows, fowls and their brothers/sisters from Niger Republic as Nigerians just to maintain the political suppression. As a result of this dishonesty they are more in number in the National Assembly and the House of Representatives. Tell me how you can pass a successful bill if that bill is meant to correct the injustice which they see as normal and birthright. They hide under the shadow of religion to cause us pains and because they derive joy from our sorrow that is why they always kill us at every little provocation. They are trying to make us hewers of wood and drawers of water in the midst of plenty and because they are not president Nigeria must be on fire. In this glaring cruel injustice, this misguided chorus of one Nigeria cannot stand. Therefore, divide this country now in peace and let "Boko Haram", "Oduduwa Republic", "Republic of Biafra", "Arewa Muslim Nation" or more to go, if we are not ready to face the reality that we all must make a compromise.

It does not matter who is at the helm of affairs in the hoax called Nigeria, the situation of the Niger Delta people or the Igbos will never change because that Aso Rock is like a secret cult, when you are there your hands are tied and therefore obliged to join the overwhelming erroneous chorus of one Nigeria to the detriment of the Niger Delta people. President Goodluck Jonathan is a core Niger Delta man from Ijaw, watch out if there will be much difference in the state of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta regions after his term.

The whole idea about Nigeria was based on lies and deceit by the British people and I consider it evil until the so-called leaders decide to pick up political courage to address the injustice, the Niger Delta or Igbo people will continue to pay the price for one Nigeria.

Sunny Okosun of a blessed memory sang in one of his songs "Which way Nigeria? Since many years of our independence we are still finding it hard to stand. How long shall we be independent before we reach the promised land?" We can never get there my departed brother, under this shamble and fraud arrangement. The Igbo people have demonstrated enough willingness to be together with other tribes than other tribes of Nigeria. Therefore, shedding of the Igbo's blood, looting and destruction of their properties for one Nigeria is no longer acceptable.

Margaret Thatcher said in 1998 that "It is difficult to govern a country like Nigeria. It is artificially created, divided into Moslem north, Christian and pagan south." Yes, she was right, but who created this artificial country? She forgot that she was part of the evil that brought the different nations together as one Nigeria and benefited from the fraud more than any other individual. Though I acknowledge the truth but we don't need her sympathy.

I was angry and disappointed to read in one of the Nigerian national newspapers where the IG of police tagged the Boko Haram members as cowards. Please, Boko Haram members are surely not cowards. Macmillan English Dictionary describes coward as "someone who is not brave enough to fight or do something difficult or dangerous that they should do," the real cowards are the Nigerian police force and Nigerian leaders who know the people behind the killing of innocent citizens in the north but they are afraid to touch them.

The federal government is not sincere with the handling of the Boko Haram issue because most of the military or police men/women they are using against Boko Haram from the north are members themselves who give them tip off on how to escape which the federal government knows. How can Boko Haram find its way deep into the overall head office of the Nigerian police force without an insider? This is incredible! Nigerians are no fools and I will not be too surprised if they find their way into the Presidential Villa Abuja. Therefore, the committee the federal government formed now because of Boko Haram is not necessary and as such ill conceived just to deceive you and me. It is also a shame that after the Boko Haram group turned down the offer from the Aso Rock for negotiation that the federal government turned round again on 04.08.2011 through the Secretary of State Pius Anyim who said that they are not ready to negotiate with a faceless group like Boko Haram which is contradictory to what the IG of police had earlier told us, then I ask, who is deceiving who? If they are sincere let them send military men from the east, west or south to the north and see within two weeks if Boko Haram would not be a story of "once upon a time". But some northern military men who do not understand good English are always selected by the federal government and brought to the old eastern part of the country to waste the lives of the citizens of that part with impunity whenever there is an uproar, probably because of the harsh government policy towards their plight. The massacre of Odi people from Ijaw in Delta state is still very fresh in our memories.

It is also agonizing to hear that the federal government of Nigeria was pleading with Boka Haram for dialogue. On 05.07.2011 the IG of Police told us that some of the arrested members of Boko Haram will not be charged to court because the federal government has decided to handle the issue politically. What an unfortunate statement! Contradictorily non-violent MASSOB members are brutalized, killed and imprisoned for just exercising their civil rights through peaceful demonstrations and there is nothing wrong in such callousness. This jailing and killing of armless and defenseless MASSOB members is an annual event. The harassments and arrests of Raphael Uwazuruike continue at will by the so-called federal government of Nigeria at any statement he makes and this can no longer be tolerated. Therefore, we the unrecognized voices of concerned Ndi Igbo all over the world demand with immediate effect the unconditional release of all MASSOB members detained or imprisoned since our Igbo elites have refused to speak.

From every signal, the northerners want one Nigeria not because of their love for us but because of the oil money. If peradventure oil or gold is discovered in any part of the northern state today, which I pray for, the Emirs, the Babangidas, the Buharis, and the Atikus will gather to pronounce "To your tents, O Israel."

Nigeria stands to gain a lot in unity, but every day indicates in the direction that it is not workable because of selfishness, dishonesty and greed. There is a lot of nepotism, tribalism and hatred in this fraud called Nigeria as a result of so many evident factors like cultural different backgrounds, religious beliefs, incompatibility and intolerance.

My dream Nigeria is a Nigeria that may never be. My dream Nigeria is a Nigeria where there will be tolerance, honesty, peace, unity and love; a Nigeria where you can live in any state or town without fear of your life because of your religion or ethnicity; a Nigeria where we will do away with the stereotypes that an Igbo man is too cunning, a Yoruba man is a betrayer or a Hausa man did not go to school etc.; a Nigeria where we will honestly tell ourselves the truth that we were forced by the British people to come together but also recognize the fact that since faith has brought us all together that we could as well live in harmony and peace if we all sincerely agree to make sacrifices and sit down to fashion out the mode that will make our aspirations fairly attainable; a Nigeria where you can gain employment anywhere as long as you are qualified for it without regard to "godfather", ethnicity, religion, gender or disability etc. This is my dream Nigeria. This is the ideal Nigeria we all should strive to achieve, a Nigeria I would staunchly believe in.

Nigeria as it is presently constituted is a fraud built on falsehood and it cannot stand under the present arrangement, until our leaders pick the political courage and convene a national conference where we will decide on how to make the centre (federal government) not so attractive like it is now by allowing each federating state to develop according to its pace and to have greater percentage of its natural resources, but also making the centre very strong enough to hold the federating states together as one Nigeria. Until this is done, all the federating units of Nigeria will continue to be threatened. Under this threat Nigeria is staggering, under this threat I see danger and under this threat with the unfolding events I am forced to say that Nigeria as an entity may not survive for too long and even if it does, it looks like the bomb will explode during or after the 2019 election. But before it gets to this point please let us separate in peace and not in pieces.

Do not forget that no matter how long it takes a stammerer he must surely pronounce his name. We are waiting for maturity to eat the bearded fruit as Chinua Achebe would put it for the triumph of might over right is only temporal.

Divide Nigeria now in peace or address the injustice and balance the equilibrium for tranquility to reign!

I join millions of people all over the world to congratulate South Sudan people on their independence.

By Uzoma Ahamefule

http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2011/aug/233.html
FashionRe: ‎1 Brazillian Hair = 68 Bags Of Cement. Let your Boyfriend Be A Landlord by tyson55(m): 10:12pm On Aug 29, 2011
@White007, ur right on point , that makes we guys not only landlords but we actually REAL ESTATE sorry i meant REAL HAIR-STATE investors , notin do us lol
PoliticsWhat's Wrong With Nigeria? by tyson55(op): 9:42am On Aug 26, 2011
[color=Black]Can Someone tell me what is wrong with our Dear Country NIGERIA?[/color]

CrimeRe: Nigerian Sisters Jailed In UK for 6months For Stealing 10 Packs Of Chewing Gums. by tyson55(m): 9:02pm On Aug 16, 2011
shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked undecided undecided

Unbelievable!
CelebritiesKanye West And Jay-z Auctioning Off Mutilated $373,000 Maybach For Charity by tyson55(op): 9:57pm On Aug 15, 2011
In "Otis," the first video from the Kanye West and Jay-Z (a.k.a the Throne) joint album Watch the Throne, the two hip-hop moguls oversee some unconventional body work to what appears to be a brand-new Maybach: The German luxury car -- base sticker price approximately $373,000 for the cheapest model -- gets sliced and diced with a blowtorch and power saw. In the first 30 seconds of the clip, the automobile loses its roof and doors and gets remixed into an open-air Jeep-style vehicle perfect for joyriding around a parking lot with a quartet of young ladies in the back seat while fireworks blast off, which is exactly what Jay and Kanye proceed to do in the Spike Jonze-directed video.

MTV News asked an expert to appraise the cost of the damage (or improvements, depending on your take) to the car, and the price ranged from $20,000 for a quickie job -- just the welding and painting -- to $150,000 for a fully reinforced frame. Expensive? Sure, but Jay allegedy spent $250K on a bar tab last night, so it probably didn't break his bank. "The thing is, the value of that car is nothing now, you couldn't drive it on the street," DUB magazine's Myles Kovacs told MTV. "It would start malfunctioning bigtime."

Jay-Z and Kanye West are certainly presuming the car is worth far more than "nothing," however -- according to a note posted at the end of the video, they're planning to auction the Frankenbach off for charity: "The vehicle used in this video will be offered up for auction. Proceeds will be donated towards the East African drought disaster." AllHipHop confirmed the auction is legit with the rappers' reps. (The group's publicist hasn't yet responded to The Amp's request to confirm the Maybach is the real deal.) No word how or when the vehicle will be sold off, but potential buyers should presumably plan to host lavish Watch the Throne listening sessions in the car rather than go cruising in it.
PoliticsSam Loco: He Was Not Just Actor But Biafran Soldier by tyson55(op): 8:52pm On Aug 15, 2011
The first reaction to the news of his death was that of disbelief. The news was horrifying. I just couldn’t believe it. Yes, Sam Loco Efe was in his 70s. I didn’t believe he would just die so soon. If you knew him, he was too playful and so much vibrant and alive that you wouldn’t think he would die. Even at that age, he could play with a 20-year-old as if they were mates. I know his kids and he had a good rapport with them


I got to know Sam Loco Efe as a man who believed in the ideology and equality of the Nigerian state. Way back Sam Loco believed in this. There was a meeting held by late elder statesmen late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, late Nnamdi Azikiwe and even, the Ikemba and they were discussing the issue of true federalism for Nigeria and while the meeting lasted, an argument ensued. Midway however, the East backed out of the meeting and seceded. And this same Sam Loco believed in that ideology. Although Nigerians came to know him as an actor but it would surprise you to know that the great Sam Loco Efe fought for Biafra.

I am telling you this because a lot of people did not know him. There is another guy, called Ben Agbota Okegwale. He is a writer. He and Sam Loco featured in the famous play, Langbodo in FESTAC 77. Sam Loco played the character called Kako and prior to this time, he and Okegwale had fought for Biafra. So, he had always been in the East. He took off from there to Benin. And that is why he could speak all the languages. It was through hardship and interaction and all of that, that he could pick all those languages. So, apart from speaking the Bini language, the other language he could speak was Igbo.

And some other things happened eventually when he moved to the North, I think somewhere in Jos where, again, he got to know the Hausa language. In fact, he was a genius. He could speak many languages, actually. I remember this play too, when some Spanish people came and before we knew it, Sam Loco was speaking Spanish. We were stunned that he could speak the Spanish language. He was a man who picked and spoke languages easily. He had that gift.

From the Biafran war, he came to FESTAC after which he established one theatre group, I can’t remember the name now, which eventually led to the establishment of the then Bendel Arts Council. So, but he became too big a fish to remain in that Arts Council as it were. He moved down to Lagos but before he came to Lagos, he had played a character called ukata biribiri in the drama series, Hotel De Jordan. Sam Loco Efe was the first actor I have met that I can conveniently refer to as a complete actor because he could play any role. Even before the emergence of Nollywood, he was a properly bred stage actor. He was adjudged the best actor in FESTAC 77 because of the way he played that role of Kako in Langbodo and when Hotel De Jordan became very famous, Ukata biribiri was a character people got hooked onto

He did television shows and other series. Ever before Jimi Solanke started his children’s stories and plays on TV, Sam Loco Efe had done all that long ago. In fact, he was like a pathfinder in that path of telling children stories and singing for them

Relationship with Sam

It was that of a big brother and uncle because I came so close to him and discovered that he was man with whom spending 10 hours would just look like 30 minutes. Now, let me tell you about one big misconception a lot people had about him. They would always tell you that he was a drunk. He was this and that in terms of drinking. I can authoritatively tell you that Sam Loco was a man who, when we sat to drink as it were in those days, he would nurse, caress and told stories over his drinks while some of us had guzzled down more than that. He could drink a bottle of beer within some hours telling stories and played a lot. He took life very easy.

However, there was a tragedy that befell him at some point in his life. And that tragedy changed the face of his life. It was big tragedy for him because he was a man who sincerely loved his wife but unfortunately, he lost his wife. At that critical and most trying period of his wife’s death, a new chapter started for him and that was when he started drinking, which was the type where would caress one bottle over a long period, telling stories.

Looking at a man like Sam Loco Efe, having lived and died without being honoured not even for once, makes one weep for this country. He wasn’t the kind of man who would go and lobby to be given awards or recognized and it is painful. I heard President Jonathan eulogizing Sam Loco. I heard Govs Fashola and Adams Oshiomhole talking about him, which means they knew him, enjoyed him and he brought joy into their living rooms at one point or the other and yet they never thought it wise to honour him. I think it is absolutely unkind and wrong. It is sad. And those who can hustle and lobby and have never impacted anything positive in the country are being recognized and given National honours and awards.

http://odili.net/news/source/2011/aug/14/506.html
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Father Of Nigerian And Chelsea Midfielder, John Mikel Obi, Missing! by tyson55(m): 3:23pm On Aug 15, 2011
190 is the king of Romance section, where he say's poo and bullcrap and all the small girls hails him, that's where he belong.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Father Of Nigerian And Chelsea Midfielder, John Mikel Obi, Missing! by tyson55(m): 3:00pm On Aug 15, 2011
Wow! What a disturbing piece of info.

But the family of such persons whose financial position is always in the news and known by all should be able to know better and secure themselves, knowing how Nigeria is insecure.

I hope the old man is safe wherever he is.
SportsFootball Pitch Is My Church, Says Obuh (interesting Pic) by tyson55(op): 7:56pm On Aug 12, 2011
Football pitch is my church, says Obuh
Sports Friday, August 12, 2011


Just like clothes, hats can make bold fashion statements. John Obuh is a man accustomed to different kinds of head gear – from traditional hats to baseball caps.

But the Nigeria under-20 coach's hat collection hit new heights on Wednesday at the U20 World Cup in Colombia.




COLOMBIA, Armenia : Nigeria's coach John Obuh gestures during the FIFA World Cup U-20 match against England at the Centenario Stadium in Armenia, Colombia, on August 10, 2011. Nigeria won 1-0. AFP PHOTO

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He patrolled the touchline decked in a strange Mexican sombrero-like hat as his side downed England to move into the quarter-finals.

The traditional Colombian Vueltiao sombrero definitely stole some of the Flying Eagles' thunder as they made it four wins out of four.

The hat won him the man-of-the-match award with television viewers and one commentator, who thought it was good enought to win a prize.

Some fans then tried in vain to make #JohnObuhHatCam a trending topic on the social networking site Twitter.

Farayi Mungazi of BBC said: I also got caught up in the excitement and tweeted: "Nigeria coach John Obuh wearing the coolest hat you will ever see at a football match!"

Tom Legg concurred: "He's got my vote, amazing hat. Have you ever seen a coach pull off a hat on the touchline like John Obuh's doing right now?"

Another Twitter user Ekene Val Ekechukwu was very impressed: "That guy's hat, wicked!"

Obuh told BBC Sport that the hat was given to him by the local governor in Armenia, Nigeria's base since the start of the tournament.

"I put on the hat as a way of thanking the people of Armenia for their support and kindness during our stay," Obuh said.

He added that a similar hat, made from soft cane and worn in the past by Pope John Paul II and US President Bill Clinton, showcased his style and individuality.

"I love hats and I like them fashionable; I like something different and stylish," Obuh said.

"In my job I have to put on the best I can just like people going to church; the football pitch is my church."

But Obuh declined to say whether the hat would make another appearance during Nigeria's quarter-final clash with France on Sunday.

"Just be patient and see what happens."

PoliticsMKO's Brain, Heart, Other Internal Organs Removed - Brother(s) by tyson55(op): 8:37pm On Aug 07, 2011
Apparently spurred by the revelation coming from a Lagos State High Court, through Major Hamza al-Mustapha, over circumstances surrounding the death of their brother, two siblings of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola; Murtala and Tunde Abiola, requested to open up, through Sunday Tribune, to the world. On Friday night, they spoke with Idowu Adelusi in Ikeja, Lagos State. (To verify who they are, Honourable Lola Abiola-Edewor was contacted and she confirmed to Sunday Tribune that the men were half-brothers of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.) The personal physician to the late Abiola, Dr. Ore Falomo, also reacted to some of the issues raised by the duo. Excerpts:

Thirteen years after the death of Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, the family has kept mute over the alleged murder of the business mogul. Why?

Let me first tell you that I am Tunde Abiola, a younger brother to the late Bashorun M.K.O Abiola l am in the ninth position in the family because our father had nine children. M.K.O was the first, while l am the last.

It is true that we siblings of M.K.O. had kept quiet for long and we have our reasons for taking that position. The revelations by al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha, have necessitated why siblings of MKO now decided to speak out.

My own concern is the way they slaughtered my brother. I used the word slaughter because l am the one who bathed his remains (before burial). They broke his skull, removed a portion of his brain. They opened his chest, removed his heart, and they cut his stomach up to his private part, then sewed it half way.

They left the skull and the chest like that. There is a certain cloth called aramin, used to bury Muslims. Members Markas in Agege Lagos could not use the cloth to bury him because of blood. The bleeding was so much. I believe that the government of General Abdulsalami Abubakar murdered M.K.O. for a purpose.

They made sure he was totally dead. We waited after his death for five days before we could catch a glimpse of the corpse of our late brother.

I was worried on why M.K.O. was still bleeding five days after he was killed. I believe M.K.O. did not die immediately, they slaughtered him. Abdulsalami Abubakar said it was M.K.O's family who permitted him to perform autopsy on him. It's not true. We did not permit him because we are Muslims; we believe in 'God gives and God takes.'

But now that it is open to the world that they killed M.K.O., my brother died in the hands of Abdulsalami Abubakar and the Abiola family will not take it lightly with them. We have been suffering for the past 17 years; the four years he was in detention plus the 13 years after his death. We have only been managing our resources. M.K.O's siblings did not collect any money from the government in whatever form.

Why do you think the government removed those organs you mentioned from M.K.O?

I don't know. We want the world to ask Abdulsalami Abubakar what he did with those internal organs. We want the world to know that the autopsy was done without M.K.O's family's consent.


Al-Mustapha has declared that some Yoruba leaders betrayed MKO. Do you agree with what he had said?

We knew that from the beginning before he died. He told the family that some people had disappointed him. After M.K.O. voted, he went immediately to the house of a Yoruba leader (names witheld), M.K.O. met him sleeping. MKO then asked hm; "Why are you sleeping at this time? That means you did not vote for me. I knew it would happen like that because my mind told me that you people would not back me." He left there to another leader's (names witheld) house and met him sleeping also.

Therefore, my family was never surprised at what al-Mustapha has been saying because we knew before now, except that we decided to keep quiet. Thirteen years after, the Federal Government has refused to accord recognition to M.K.O. as a part of Nigeria's present democracy. In advanced countries, martyrs of democracy are immortalised and celebrated yearly. But in Nigeria, M.K.O. is still being persecuted by those who, today, are beneficiaries of what he fought and died for. For instance, Olusegun Obasanjo said if one king didn't die, another would not be enthroned. That sentence scared our family. Throughout his eight years as president of this country, Obasanjo did not visit our house. Even the money which the Federal Government is owing M.K.O. has not been paid till date.

Contrary to that, your family was said to have collected certain amount of money from the Federal Government. What is the money for?

No, M.K.O's family has not collected money from the Federal Government and l am challenging Abdulsalami (Abubakar) or al-Mustapha to publish the names of those who collected the money.

We are surprised at the way M.K.O. died, but as a Muslim family, we believe that God gives, God takes. It is very sad to hear the role played by the Yoruba leaders in the death of our brother.

Are you sure M.K.O's children or wives have not received any money?

I cannot say. One thing l am sure of is that no sibling of M.K.O. received money from the government.
Nothing was removed from MKO - His doctor

Nobody bathed Abiola. I was the one who brought his corpse in the morning. Nobody washed anything. He was then laid in his room. We were all there. It was a body that had been embalmed. They had carried out a post-mortem; the body was already sutured. It was from there that his body was taken to the grave.

Go and ask Kola who is the first born. Bodyguards were provided so as to be able to wade through the crowd that was present. I was the one who brought it in an American Embassy car. Buba Marwa was the governor and he sealed the road for me to be able to pass through freely.

Let them shut up! They should not tarnish the memory of Abiola. We were guarded because of the crowd and until we took the coffin upstairs. Kola saw the corpse and started crying. We didn't allow him to come for the post-mortem. He cried, but later consoled himself. The driver asked me if the crowd would allow us drive through. I told him that they would allow us as long as they knew that it was Abiola's body.

Whoever a post-mortem is carried out on would have his body lacerated. There will be blood, but it will be from the post-mortem. What would interest people was if there was blood when the body was brought from Abuja.

There was the mark of the electric shock on his chest which was done to help his heart come back to its original position.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/front-page-articles/4725-mkos-brain-heart-other-internal-organs-removed-family-thats-not-true-nothing-was-removed-ore-falomo
RomanceRe: Modernsexism by tyson55(op): 6:24am On Aug 06, 2011
[quote author=Mrs.Chima link=topic=728821.msg8865245#msg8865245 date=1312588498]This is some bullshit.[/quote]Mrs.Chima, you and i know that Women's relationships today follow
a very predictable pattern:


They push men for commitment
They get what they want
They lose interest in sex
They become attracted to someone else
They start cheating
They become angry and resentful
They begin telling their partners that they need time apart
They blame their partners for their behavior, and eventually, after making themselves and everyone around them miserable for an indefinite, but usually, long period of time, they end their relationships or marriages.         

If you're a male, like most other males, you would probably never suspect that your partner is cheating, not only because of your wife’s or girlfriend’s seeming disinterest in sex; but also because you have the belief that your wife or girlfriend is a “good girl.”  Unfortunately, males are frequently left/divorced by their wives and girlfriends without ever knowing about their wives' and girlfriends' infidelities.
FamilyRe: She got Intimate With Someone She Met At A Bar. (Her Boyfriend Needs Advise) by tyson55(m): 6:13am On Aug 06, 2011
@OP

Did your friend really wrote you this? huh huh What is your friend waiting for before he dumb her backside off?

More men are becoming silly wimps this days. How come good looking comfortable young man would have to take ish from one random, LovePeddler. **Shrieks in horror**! when there are countless females of all bodily dimensions yearning to have a piece of him.
RomanceRe: Kiss And Tell Survey: Women Are Cheating More Often Than Men by tyson55(m): 12:00am On Aug 06, 2011
The way society and relationship works, I must say that women have far more opportunity to cheat. Given that power, the integrity of a woman is called for, and called into question! As a man, I must advise all men to have watchful eyes, to suspect, to investigate your "perfect" innocent little wives/girlfriends. The woman who goes to church every sunday, the woman who cries when her grandma died, the same one who had sworn she would love her boyfriend even if he would never have babies with her which she dreamed about. The same boyfriend would not marry her after 8 years and she said she is still loyal to! This same woman told me sex was not the most important thing in life!!, But she lied. The same woman who called me her best best friend lied, not just about sex, not just about loyality. I found out all too easy through her emails to the "other friend". The love letters exchanges in latin, the breakup and made up, the hurt and forgiveness, the passionate love-making, it was as if I could put all those letters together and write a real life love story. I am hurt as a friend of hers, I am hurt to see her "other friend" going in and out her apartment while we all think he was her friend, I am hurt as a secret admirer and was told I was a friend and no more JUST LIKE HER "other friend" I am hurt as a man who is watching her boyfriend getting cheated on and most of all, I lost hope with women, even perfectly innocent women, especially perfectly innocent women! I turned cold, and are now very sacastic in my tone of voice towards her. Wish I never read those letters. Wish I never knew her. Wish women have more integrity.
RomanceModernsexism by tyson55(op): 11:55pm On Aug 05, 2011
My brothers, today we have seen the true face of the woman. She accepts your GIFTS, she accepts your MONEY, she accepts your heart, and she breaks it in your face, gives you her tears and rides away with dreams of love again in her mind, what said our lord? The father of Modern Sexism, the man who adores the cheater, is the culprit. People watch the world turn, and when something isn't right they tend to sit and watch, we have seen, now we act.

In the high schools, men fight men for women, brothers turn on each other, when one brother wins, he loses his heart to the woman, it is all for nothing. People have seen BRIDES cheat on their wedding day. Will you spend everyday of your life wondering if your lover will cheat on you! Will you get red eyes from sleepless nights, wondering if she'll sleep with her boss for a promotion? Some women are not made for marriage. They give you their body, then get another man. Never relate the cheater or the LovePeddler, with a real woman, the respectable woman. Never turn on your brother for a woman that you will sleep with for one night. Brotherhood! I urge all men to take steps to find ways to stop the disloyalty of such, to be cheated on, on a wedding night, is truly barbaric of the woman, not in the strip clubs, not in your own house. The internet is a powerful thing, use it. And to think, she may lie with her husband in his arms, cuddle with him for warmth, but under it all, the other night, she was with another man, and she smiles about it, with her, she has no regrets, restore the laws of sexism, if she cheats, she must have no right to take the good mans property, or earnings.
RomanceRe: Kiss And Tell Survey: Women Are Cheating More Often Than Men by tyson55(m): 10:35pm On Aug 05, 2011
In fact, women are the most likely to divorce in their late twenties and thirties after an average of 4 years of marriage. During this time, it's quite common for women to experience a pre-midlife crisis, which is similar to the male midlife crisis, only with an important difference - a difference that can actually make women more likely to cheat than men.
RomanceRe: Kiss And Tell Survey: Women Are Cheating More Often Than Men by tyson55(m): 10:26pm On Aug 05, 2011
^^it is females like you, prior to cheating on your partner you always proclaimed yourself to be "not the type" who would ever cheat. However, also like most other females, after they have cheated, you're shocked and appalled by your behavior; but at the same time you can't stop cheating.
RomanceRe: Kiss And Tell Survey: Women Are Cheating More Often Than Men by tyson55(m): 10:07pm On Aug 05, 2011
Statistics show that not only do MORE WOMEN CHEAT but they are much better at hiding it than men are.

Well, ladies? What do you have to say for yourself? Will you now finally admit that boys aren't as bad as you thought they were?
Foreign AffairsRe: Detailed Account Of How Bin Laden Was Killed! by tyson55(m): 2:15am On Aug 04, 2011
I love this take:

On March 29th, McRaven brought the plan to Obama. The President’s military advisers were divided. Some supported a raid, some an airstrike, and others wanted to hold off until the intelligence improved. Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, was one of the most outspoken opponents of a helicopter assault. Gates reminded his colleagues that he had been in the Situation Room of the Carter White House when military officials presented Eagle Claw—the 1980 Delta Force operation that aimed at rescuing American hostages in Tehran but resulted in a disastrous collision in the Iranian desert, killing eight American soldiers. “They said that was a pretty good idea, too,” Gates warned. He and General James Cartwright, the vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs, favored an airstrike by B-2 Spirit bombers. That option would avoid the risk of having American boots on the ground in Pakistan. But the Air Force then calculated that a payload of thirty-two smart bombs, each weighing two thousand pounds, would be required to penetrate thirty feet below ground, insuring that any bunkers would collapse. “That much ordnance going off would be the equivalent of an earthquake,” Cartwright told me. The prospect of flattening a Pakistani city made Obama pause. He shelved the B-2 option and directed McRaven to start rehearsing the raid.
Foreign AffairsRe: Saudi Prince Spends One Million Dollar In Night Club. (watch Video) by tyson55(m): 1:23am On Aug 04, 2011
On a serious note, this isn't a night club. Methinks, someone actually got into Islamic Paradise with a camera, this guy was the last guy to blow himself up to get there. cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: Saudi Prince Spends One Million Dollar In Night Club. (watch Video) by tyson55(m): 12:13am On Aug 04, 2011
Looks like the man behind him is stealing the money. Lol.
Jokes EtcRe: Nairaland Finally Exposed by tyson55(m): 8:18pm On Aug 03, 2011
@op, can you give us a concrete proof beyond every reasonable doubt that you said true?

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