₦airaland Forum

Bobloco:
The worst thing you can do to your irredeemable self is to associate the criticisms against Tinubu's Lagos Calabar coastal highway of fraud with the south east. The last time I checked, Atiku, who first described it as a highway of fraud, was from the north. 

Leave the south-east alone; they have absolutely nothing to do with the criticisms against Tinubu's highway of fraud connecting Bourdillon to Lebanon.

Again, leave the south-east alone; they aren't the reason you are frustrated. Tinubu is the reason; channel your frustrations towards him and leave the south-east out of it.

tubolancer:
The British destroyed the destiny of the southerners.

Nightwolf1:
The common sense crooner is now senseless.

We are saying that the existing roads leading from Cross River State to Lagos State and the numerous bad roads across the country should be fixed.
The coastal highway shouldn't be a problem for now.


People are dying on these bad roads yet the govt priority is a coastal highway that we all know wouldn't be completed in 20yrs to come.

How is that a bad idea if I may ask Ben?

In a bid to support criminality they start sounding like uneducated people.

If this coastal highway is not all about criminality, they should equally award instant repairs for all the bad roads in the country and release a whooping 1 trillion naira to start up immediate work on them.

Indigenous:
Seven Lies The Nigerian Media Have Been Telling Against Ojukwu For 50 Years.
The Nigerian media, particularly those of the North and west, have consistently propagated a series of lies against late Biafran Warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, for the last 50 years since the end of the war. Some of these lies have assumed a life of their own. Im here to debunk 7 of these lies so that people may know the truth
1) That Ojukwu lost no family member in the war:
Contrary to popular belief that Ojukwu lost no relations to the war, Ojukwu lost his own brother. Ojukwus younger brother, Tom Bigger, died while fighting in the Nsukka sector of the war
2)That Ojukwu never visited the war front:
Not only did Ojukwu visit the front several times, he even personally led "operation Igwuruta" that cleared Nigerian forces from Oguta.
3)That Ojukwu forced the minorities of the Eastern Region into Biafra without Consultation:
Before Ojukwu declared Biafra, he convened the "Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum", a body that comprised all the chiefs, provincial heads and trade union leaders of the 20 provinces that made up the old Eastern Region. They met in Enugu and voted overwhelmingly for the Eastern Region to become an independent country and mandated Ojukwu to declare Biafra. When you compare this to Nigeria which Lugard created in 1914 without even giving notice to anybody, you begin to understand the hypocrisy.
4) That Ojukwu was not senior to Gowon:
Gowon was commissioned an officer in 1956 while Ojukwu was in 1957. However, Ojukwu joined the civil service in 1955. When Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957, his commission date was backdated to 1955 to reflect when he joined the civil service. This made Ojukwu to become senior to Gowon.
5)That Ojukwu dressed like a woman to escape Biafra:
Ojukwu left Biafra via Uli Airport. Why would Ojukwu disguise himself as a woman to go an Airport in an area still under his control? Does that make any sense? Besides, people like NU Akpan, AA Madiebo and Philip Effiong have all written in their books how they escorted Ojukwu in a convoy to the Airport.
6) That Ojukwu was a coward for fleeing Biafra: The Oxford dictionary defines a coward as "a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things". Had Ojukwu wanted, he could have used his position to negotiate a top position in Gowon's government. Had Ojukwu wanted, he could taken his father millions and retired to any country in the world. Instead, Ojukwu fought a 3 year war of independence against impossible odds, against a much larger and better equiped enemy. In the end when he could not continue, he exited the scene as the alternative would have been to wait to be killed. Ojukwus bravery is in his will to declare the independence of an oppressed people and fight with for 3 years. Anyone who thinks he is a coward for not "staying back to be killed" is someone who is ignorant
7) That Ojukwu caused the war/declared war:
Ojukwu did not cause the war and he never declared any war. Contrary to the lie(s) peddled against Ojukwu, Ojukwu actually tried to prevent war. While Igbos were being killed all over Nigeria, Ojukwu appealed for c⁶ an agreement. Despite Ojukwus best efforts to prevent war, Gowon still went ahead to break the Aburi agreement they signed, which left Ojukwu with no option than to declare Biafra. Throughout the war, Ojukwu travelled out for several peace meetings brokered by the international community, none of which Gowon bothered to attend. It was Gowon that caused the war by breaking the agreement they signed and it was he who declared war.

Alba3:
It's shameful and foolhardy for a southerner to join Atiku to condemn Lagos - Calabar coastal road. The Northerners have been spending trillions to build roads in their place without complaints from the south. They even awarded rail projects to Niger with so much money.

The trillions of money that should have gone into developmental projects are being spent to fight their terrorism and banditry.
We have serious problem in the south if coastal states that provided this money shouldn't have a coastal road. Obi and his ilks should go and sit down; must they pass negative comments/judgement on everything?

David160:
Obi didn't condemn the highway... He only said that there are more pressing needs.

Like electricity and more pressing road infrastructure.. Yet Tinubu supporters have been vomiting since...

Yet when Atiku condemned the same highway and accused Tinubu of being corrupt a few weeks ago they were quiet all through.
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Why is that?

Nazgul:
1994 during the dark years of Abacha.

The truth is that Nigeria isn't moving forward. If you listen to Fela's songs of which most were sang in the 70s and 80s. 95% of the problems he highlighted are still being experienced today. Infact, they've become worse.

blabulu2000:
Which impact do you talked about ..? Was it the impact that made the Anambra state doctors went on strike for more than 9 months....and the entire health system in Anambra state packed off....resulting to patronising the private clinic....
I wish some of your families are victims of this ...you could have rethink before you come online to lie ...

Instinctively , you know the great damage this could have caused some of the people and their family who have complicated sickness ....


Impact that doesn't show on the average Anambra people except for the drunkard among them...

Hero brewery comes to mind....drink beer and forget your sorrow ....time....

brown3:
who is hunting you for your 57 disastrous years you spend on Earth without achieving anything. 57yrs Gran pa without wife or kids. Wasteful soul.

blabulu2000:
Obi Peter is a disaster and some of.you including the OP stupidly still voted for him. It is only in Nigeria that we don't research on some political candidates before sheepishly cast votes for them..
All kind of people....
I remembered during the presidential campaign...a.lot of people followed the cloud and trending fake messages on social media platform about Obi Peter...whenever I post any contrary message about him then, it is either I banned or the message removed ....even nairaland politcs MoD played lots of nonsense discrimination against some.of us who her not in support of Obi Peter...

And this is a lesson that shouldn't repeat itself again among the youth ....you don't follow bandwagon..try and have the mind of your own...those political influencers here on nairaland are ordinary school graduate like you ...the exception is that they studied and make more research in order to know how to market any political candidates and this is what some people like Reno Omokri, Fani Kayode , Festus Kemayo do that usually fetch them lots of money ....
As a youth , you have to develop yourself to the capacity of selling any bad product political candidate...most of this generation youths are are superficial and casual in the.matter of politics , nevertheless,you will see them comment on the matter they have little or no clue about....

Now, 2027 is approaching, the same people who always cook political propaganda will also repeat the same again about so many people in numbers will fall for it ....

Categorical, I can tell you that Obi Peter is an epitome of IPoB , Igbo agenda and Biafra ...and all the Igbo people know about this ..there is nothing great about him except to really establish what Nnmadi Azilwe couldn't have the opportunity to do achieve during the first republic and what Ojukwu couldn't achieve during and after the civil war...and you know that Obi Peter is a political son of Ojukwu ...and Ojukwu is a godson to Azikwe ...so, if Obi becomes the president of this country, he will fulfill all what his ancestors were unable to fulfil during their lifetime...and this might not generally benefit all the non-igbo tribe..and this is true ....his antecedents as the governor of Anambra state attested to my comments...where he deported non-Anambra state indigene and employed only a native of Anambra state...and this is why he cannot take position for anything.... because most of what he supposed to say is against his Igbo principles and agenda...so, he kept on giving double words at different forums and kept contradicting himself ...he kept on changing bodily colours like a chameleon and sometime speak stupidly...you observed atiku doesn't have any concerns about all those issues in public forum...the only issue i have against Atiku is that he is corrupt and he will maintain status quo about this normal Fulani superemacy and he is also a Fulani like Buhari. ...
So, if you are a non-igbo , some of these agenda might not work towards your favour if Obi Peter become elected..and now , that you know what Obi Peter stands for will you still keep shouting in support of him ?

Wisdom is key....

Good luck....

CommonSense1967:
He's very shallow for that comment. Obviously, he is shortsighted and can't see the bigger picture.

The coastal road will bring in way more tourism than just one business. Imagine how many coastal businesses will spring up along the whole coast including international standard hotels and other investments.

turmacs:
This country is a joke. And the funniest part is that some set of people will be happy with all these demolitions, thinking they're doing a certain tribe, not knowing they're doing themselve. Go on twitter, you'll see some people cheering that misplaced priority of a project, saying Igbos should go to their region and invest, they don't want Igbos investment in Lagos bla, bla, bla. But what they don't know is that other investors who are not Igbos are also watching and taking notes.

I just they laugh those people because by the time they realise what they doing to themselves, I'll be like when Zimbabweans began chasing white people and their investments out of their lands in the 1980's thinking they were doing the oyinbos, only for the country to suffer from one of the worst economic crisis known to mankind a few years later


Lastly as a SS babe, this is for those of you saying "God bless people of SS & SW", deceiving yourselves, if Nigerian divides today and for some reason, SS are not able to get their own country, We would rather go with the Igbos than join ourselves with the same corrupt people that have been responsible for our sufferings and the sufferings of Nigeria at large since 1960. Make una continue to dey deceive unaselves, we know our true friends and know our true enemies.

Shalom ✌️

Biodun556:
1. The road will connect all the 7 ports in Nigeria together

2. The road will serve as alternative to lagos-ibadan expreway.

3. All major cities in South West and South South will be connected together.

4. The 700 kilometer road is not entirely new as there many federal roads within it so it served as way of repairing the bad federal roads

5. The coastal road will have rail, this will assist the new refineries to easily move their products.

Kenochi:
This is a very good initiative by the Federal Government,it shows that they are really ready to walk their talk.And as for the compensation,be sure that it is only those who have perfected their titles that are entitled to any type of compensation
This is why I keep telling property owners that it is not enough to buy a property,you must make sure you do your Survey,Get a Deed of Assignment, Governor's Consent or Certificate of Occupancy
If you are yet to do any form of documentation on your land or are interested in getting good property with titles along the Ibeju Lekki Industrial Hub,kindly visit my signature

Racoon:
https://punchng.com/itll-be-disastrous-if-tinubu-does-not-probe-buhari-bafarawa/

Wesha:
The dividend of bad leadership.

dignity33:
I don't think you read what you posted there. Aguyi Ironsi created 4 provinces. Northern provinces, Eastern, Western and mid-west provinces. He never abolish resources control of those province. kindly read to understand what is the bone of contention here.

gidgiddy:
I read what Reno Omokiri said about Decree 34, Decree 8 and the Aburi accord, and wonder why this guy keeps pushing out false narratives? Is he such a poor student of Nigerian history or is this deliberate?

Reno Omokri said that Ironsi abrogated Regional rule, seized the resources of the Regions with Decree 34, the same old lie that has been told for decades. Why cant Reno Google Decree 34 and read what is in there? There were 4 Regions when Ironsi came in, the same 4 Regions were there the day he was killed, so which Region(s) did Ironsi abrogate? Decree 34 was nothing more than a civil service decree, at no time did Ironsi tamper with the boundaries of the 4 Regions that existed at the time, nor did he deny them resource control

If Reno wants to know who really abrogated Regional rule in Nigeria, let him Google Gowons Decree 14 that abolished all 4 Regions Nigeria had,and created 12 states in their stead, as well as Decree 15 that ended resource control of the Regions

The Reno Omokiri pitifully tried to defend Gowon over the Aburi accord, claiming that Gowon had to renege on the Aburi agreement because Ojukwu announced the agreement first, rather than let Gowon do it. Has this Reno guy lost his senses? When you sign an agreement, it becomes binding, who announced the agreement first is irrelevant

Ojukwu signed an agreement in front of the President of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, the three other military Governors of the time also signed, but the reason Reno is giving why Gowon could not implement what was signed was that on return to Nigeria, Ojukwu announced the agreement first?

Reno Omokri is a laughable character

BabaRamota1980:
Yoruba.

Not only did Western Region educate its own people, the Yorubas, it also educated minorities belonging in non-Yoruba ethnic class, including the Anioma Ibos.

None of its peers, Eastern Region or Northern Region educated its minorities.

People migrated out of East and North and relocated to find quality education in Yorubaland.

Fact!

coolitempa1:
Did Igbos kill millions of your kinsmen to force you to stay in One NIG?


Did Igbos force u to fight a war to remain In NIG?

Spot on. The ibos forced Nigeria on us but now cry foul because the ineffectual buffoon lost...

gidgiddy:
I used to like his analysis of the security situation in the country until he supported the declaration of IPOB as a terrorist group despite the group being unarmed at the time and touching nobody. He urged the federal government to use full military might on IPOB. But when killer herdsmen were massacaring people all over Nigeria that same year, he urged the federal to use dialogue. I lost all respect for him then.

After the proscription of IPOB and the security situation got much worse, as some us predicted it would, Colonel Stan-Labo then decanted and urged the federal government to release and dialogue with Nnamdi Kanu, but the damage had already been done

epainos:
By smuggling weapons into the country? Dey play. By ordering closer of a state every Mondays?

Terrorists are brianwashed that they are right and others are wrong. You are exactly like the herdmen and bomo haram. You are killing people...and that's self defence to you. Lol.

Don't worry...carry guns with them...one day...dem go waste you.. I don't discuss with terrorists and their supporters. When you are dropped 6 feet below, we shall see who needs medication for his/her ignorance.

Goodbye!

jogojogo:
Stop this rubbish post please!!!!
Igbos were tired of what? Of a fire they started?

aswani:
The only place Ikemba would have survived was in the army.

Though a brilliant mind, he was stubborn and quick tempered growing up. He would not have lasted a day in business with those attributes.

thesicilian:
He's not lying. I read about him years ago in the book Emeka by Frederick Forsyth. He talked about how Ojukwu was honest and modest almost to a fault, and was driven to declare war because he felt he had no choice based on how the Igbos were being treated especially in the North. What I'll never forget most about that book was how Ojukwu was in a position of power in the military, directly responsible for procurement of weapons and equipment for the Nigerian Army, and Ojukwu was one of the very few people who chose to actually use that money for what it was budgeted for, instead of embezzling. It's ironic that it was those same weapons and equipment that were used against the Biafrans in the civil war, and had he embezzled most of the money like most army personnel do, there's no way the Nigerian Army would have defeated the Biafrans.

lekbel09:
yorubas were not interested in the war initially until biafra decided to attack lagos which provoked massive recruitment of yorubas into the army it is awell known fact that yorubas fought on biafran side

successmatters:
Greedy old man intent on suffering his minions

We warned all of you, they will be using propaganda to report that the economy is getting better but na suffer go kill most Nigerians.

We warned you that this man is much more evil than his predecessor. He has nothing to offer, its just his turn to loot.

Tomorrow some CORNfused elements will be asking me why we the manufacturing sector are not bringing down prices of goods, na urine we dey take power our factories ni?

Kukutenla:
Good one by Atiku and his team.
I'm sure he was able to expose this rot due to his knowledge of Tinubu as a man who enjoys shady dealings.

Umahi ought to be ashamed of himself. He's fast turning out to be the Amaechi of this administration.

It's obvious Atiku is playing very vibrant opposition on this matter. The project is shrouded in corruption and what is more shocking is the claim that the project will take 8 years (a total lifespan of a possible two- term Tinubu presidency) to complete. Anyone can easily see that it's a lie and there's a huge possibility the project will be used to settle friends and cronies and then handed over to a northern govt who will waste no time in abandoning it just like the Kano to Abuja road and the Maradi rail has been abandoned since this new administration took over

PandoraObi:
He is a hypocrite, what is worth doing is worth doing well, he is doing all that because he lost election and he want to sway people with lies when bitterness and anguish lie in his heart

odduduwa:
Imagine the lying bastard , biafrans worst enemies are the Yorubas and that's why I laugh at nnamdi kanu whenever he says my good friend fani kayode and Ayo adebanjo ...these people are backstabbers and betrayers

Ikechuob:
Then explain to me why my family was affected with the 20 pounds saga then oh history distorter. I'll be waiting.

Considering Asaba was not among the Biafra and my family lived in Lagos prior to the Biafra war, none changed their money to Biafra pounds. Therefore, history rewriter, explain to me why my grandmother couldn't take it her husband's own money from the bank despite she had evidence it belongs to her husband, instead she received 20 pounds. I'll be waiting for that answer. Thank you.

CoronaVirusPro:
Air peace should include smoking cabins! That way, he would attract 90% of smokers.

Also, Air Peace should desist from selling flight ticket to Israelis and their apologists