₦airaland Forum

GreyLaw:
But not everywhere is like that in Lagos. Humans live in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki Phase one, Alausa, Magodo, Banana Island, etc. Yes, there are slums in Lagos (a lot of slums) but there are still cool areas.

The government have robbed the people blind, but there are still cozy areas.

Gjrich:
PETER OBI: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOVEMENT AND PARTY CAMPAIGN.

I have said this before and I will say it again and again.
Peter Obi is not running a campaign. He is leading a movement.
Let me tell you the difference in case you don't know.

1. Campaigns end as soon as the results of elections are announced. Movements continue thereafter.

2. Campaigns are driven by politicians while movements are driven by the people.

4. Campaigns are driven by interest while movements are driven by convictions

4. In Campaigns people follow a politician selfishly because they believe he/ she will win but in movements, the people follow selflessly because they believe the people will win.

5. In campaigns ,people follow a person while in a movement people follow ideology.

6. In campaigns politicians tell the people what they will do but in a movement the people know what the person they are following will do.

7. In a campaign, people who cast their vote believe they are doing a politician a favour but in a movement they know they are doing themselves a favour.

8. In a campaign, politicians build structures but in a movement the people build the structure and infact,everyone is a structure.

9. In campaigns we rely on politicians to convince us to get involved,we have people with apathy but in a movement people find motivation from within. Everyone is bold.

10. Campaigns come with a plan from day one but Movements don't. They are spontaneous. They build momentum that becomes the plan.

11. Campaigns are like T.V ads ,politicians pay to get people in but a movement is like a premiership match,the people pay to get in at their own expenses.

12. In a campaign people who oppose you or make a caricature of your campaign are usually confident but in a movement,people who oppose you or make caricature of the movement are scared of it.

PETER OBI IS A MOVEMENT. I AM PART OF THAT MOVEMENT. BE ALSO A PART OF THE MOVEMENT.
NOW IS THE TIME. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED .

kettykin:
If Awolowo gave 20 pounds to the igbos irrespective of the amount they had before in the banks ,if he banned importation of okirika and okporoko 2 items small time igbo traders deal on , if he sold all the cmpanies in nigeria to his people just immediately after the war , if he used hunger as a weapon of warfare even as an appointed vice president one wonders what he will do when he becomes n elected president .

i saw a post of somebody claiming Awolowo's party won Rivers and benue am not surprise by this claim from the claimant but i am surprised every body swallowed it hook line and sinker , the UPN did not go beyond Bendel in their 1979 elections .

I saw in Awolowo a very clever person who would ask Ahmadu Bello to join him in an alliance and the same time beckon on Zik even conceding the post of presidency . if not that zik was a smart person he would have made the same mistake ojukwu made ( when Awolowo told him that if East secceded that the west would also seccede not knowing that Awolowo had signed a pact with Gowon to become his Vice president)

Ibime:
@ Afam,

Why wouldn't they go to Awolowo when Awolowo supported their vision of autonomy and devolution?

Saro-Wiwa was a frequent visitor to Awo. Do you know Awolowo is quoted in the Ogoni bill of rights?


@ Dede1,

Thunder fire! 


@ meex,

people misread Awo's intentions and labelled him a tribalist. Awo recognised that all tribes have different goals and different levels of development and should be allowed a stake in their own affairs. Go and read the following writings from Awo:

(1) Path to Nigerian Freedom
(2) Thoughts on the Nigerian Constitution
(3) The People's Republic
(4) Strategy and Tactics of the People's Republic

Forcing tribes to live together with no scope to determine their destiny is what causes ethnic hatred, not the other way around.

jerseyboy:
Yoruba glory is in the making of Yoruba Nation.

saintkeppy:
A coward Biafran soldier, who flee from Eastern Region, regretting the civil war, which was absolutely needless, where millons of lives, properties, businesses were lost.

Thank God for Phillip Effiong who surrendered, signaling the end of 3years(1967-1970) of constant Eastern Region bombardment by a more sophisticated Nigerian gallant soldiers.

Everything no be fight, there are ways a particular region can use to break away from other regions.

UrPapa:
What’s the point being courageous and coming back to eat your vomit?
Ojukwu is the most dishonorable man I’m Nigeria’s history
Killed someone’s dream just to flag his own(adaka boro)
Dressed as a woman to run from a fight
Came back to what he opposed to contest as a president
Well if that’s courage to you, then I’m sorry for whoever settles down with you cuz she’ll only give birth to cowardice

jerseyboy:
OJUKWU SHOULD HAVE DECLARED SOUTH EAST ONLY BIAFRA
BIAFRA WAS THEREBY A FRAUDULENT STATE AND WAS BOUND TO FAIL FROM WITHIN

rajiedreez:
ALLOWED TO LEAVE and FORCED OUT OF

Which of these two scenarios happened then?

Abdul05:
don't rewrite the history oga..awolowo didn't mention the East. Abeg o

He said if any region secedes meaning if allowed to secede....

( any Region not east alone) be it North south, west,or east)

At the end , No region seceded...

Don't stockpile biafran's books in your library oga. Nigerian's history books is better..

ruggedtimi:
I am suprised that the health status of tinubu is the only thing Nigerians are complaining about, his supporters keep saying tinubu single handedly built lagos .
Lagos has been developing before tinubu was born and got developed since late 1930s. Check pictures of Lagos in 1930, 1950, 1980 and 19990's. Who was tinubu then?. Lagos is the fifth largest economy in Africa aside Nigeria, south Africa, egypt, Tunisia..it was the capital of Nigeria for many years. All privately and publicly traded companies have headquarters in Lagos. Give a 20yrs old kid lagos state to govern, he might even do better than tinubu. There is nothing special that he did, the money that comes to Lagos state is alone is enough to make It better than cape town but it is still a slum. A man that personally takes 10% of revenue generated by a whole state. Abeg make una stop these yeye praises, he is not worth it

NaughtyBrainiac:
This is a wakeup call for all my Yoruba Brothers and Sisters. I am sure we all know the children of hate. They have started again with their hate and are trying to divide we yorubas on religious lines.

Unfortunately for them, we are more Educated, Smarter, Wiser, more Sophisticated and Civilised than them.

I laugh at their stupidity each time they mention yoruba muslim. Why on earth are they the ones always trying to say Yoruba Muslims and instigating hate!

They have forgotten that we yorubas are the tribe with the most religious tolerance in Nigeria.

In several Yoruba homes, you will see A muslim Husband and Christian wife.

A Christian Husband and a Muslim wife.

Younger brother could be a muslim and his younger sister a Christian.

Younger brother and his family go to his sister's house to felicitate with them during Christmas.

Younger sister and her family go to her brother's house to felicitate with them during Sallah.

What could be more admirable than such Tolerance, Love, rRespect for one another's faith and belief, the civilised and democratic style of "live and let's live". It is called being Liberal

If other regions were like Yorubas, do you think we will be seeing Muslims attacking Christians in the North or Christians attaching Muslims in the East?

These foolish people are now trying to divide us.
May God punish you all that attempt to divide us because even God himself is happy the way we Yorubas live in peace and harmony despite having different religious beliefs.

God bless the great people of the Yoruba land.
God bless Nigeria.

olas24u:
Igbos are always opposing yorubas ,and they are the reason this country has been like this for a long time .they don't want restructuring and are always ready to play the spoliers game.

Esama:
We have already know what lead to this I'm a bini man I registered at ifako ijaye without attack from anyone...You will surprised that those people went there to insult Yoruba people. Not only igbo are in lagos other tribe are there without thugs attacking them.

helinues:
You know , you deliberately skipped my question.

Are the Igbo's the only tribe in Alaba market?

Alphagan:
May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

Many Igbos were gloating over the unfortunate attack thinking Yorubas were the only victims. Hmmm.

May the perpetrators of this dastardly act know no peace.

Aderewah:
Tinubu made Ben Akabueze a key part of Lagos governance. Tinubu and Subsequent lagos governor have shown respect for the legacy of people like Ozumba Mbadiwe. Tinubu will integrate Igbos and support them to be the next southern presidents. Atiku does not respect the SE. If he did, he won't contest again.

This is your chance to align with the SW and reap the benefits for a very long time.

jerseyboy:
Tinubu will show Buhari/Fulani pepper.
Yorubas have overtaken Fulanis as the elite nationality in Nigeria.
Nigeria no longer stands on a Tripod but now stands on Two Legs,

Reflect7:
If you cannot unite for a common purpose, how can you produce a serious presidential candidate?

FallenShitHole:
Where are all the Igbo presidency fools? Avoiding this thread?

Guestlander:
Let me tell you what betrayal is. Betrayal is when you are the president and you heard about an impending coup but rather than tell your prime minister who was clearly in danger you ran away under the pretext of seeking medical treatment abroad. That is betrayal.

Betrayal is when you personally execute your benefactor like Nzeogwu did.
Betrayal is when you execute a Yoruba Victor Banjo who sacrificed everything to fight on your side.
I can list many more instances of this behavior from the people who obviously don't understand the word loyalty.

Because Arthur Nzeribe is Yoruba nau.

That Presidency, una no go smell am

alsudan:
Thiefnibu is the most foolish politician that ever lived.

Betrayed his Southern region to ensure a Northern President, with the promise of him having first refusal in future.

The North Foisted on him a useless Leader title to massage his overbloated ego, and dumped him when the time came to reward him.

Who’s the National Leader of APC now?

APC/PDP Candidates from the North East, INEC Chairman, from the North East. It was so easy to play the South.

Frigga13:


President of igbo extraction is a pure dream in Nigeria politics
And their elders is very aware .. if you like shout Obi from now till Year 5050.. they wont send you and you like shout Biafra or dead .. no bags go shit..
Kill everyone in igboland, if they war comes.. it will be in igboland and everyone will start a fresh

Igbos must understand the fact .. that they have to realign back to national politics..

Igbos must build bridges and not hate .. drop every mentality of everyone hate igbos . Is a pschy propaganda from the Yoruba media ..

Obi missed that great opportunity of igbos getting close to presidency.. and some are blaming instead of thinking way forward

IPOB has deceived igbos ..
Remember when Kanu started out with restructuring.. the North became jittery.. even elrufia at a time supported Same .. with time the lost steam of the most valuable agenda in Nigeria and start calling for war ..

Everyone stopped talking restructuring and free them.. to bury themselves..
Una leave the reality for .. dreams

Who will give you biafra ..

Power to the people
North 2023

After election
Biafra or dead continues ..

vasel15:
They did it to Awolowo

They did it to abiola

Now to Tinubu

When would you m*ronic one nigeria yorubas learn

I stand for yoruba nation

gunnersjohn:
Shut your stinking mouth, he had choice to abandon his guest and run like the caward Okukwu but chose to die with his visitor. Leaking brain who told you the coup plotters who killed them were not familiar with the terrain? Coup plotters, having known the consequence of their actions won't strike on strange terrain they are no familiar with, blockhead. You can't compare Adekunle with that coward that ran away.

kiwi992:
Hi All,


Bilymouse:


Surely, Ojukwu could never have been a coward, could he?

At least, he had the guts to mobilise his people and fight, in view of the acts of genocide committed against the Ibos and other Easterners.  My hats off to him and this is coming from a non-Ibo.

Far from being a coward, if you ask me.




kiwi992.

gidgiddy:
Funny that people who could not fight like Ojukwu but instead, chose to be "a$$lickers of the North" can turn around and call the great Ojukwu a coward. The same people have never fought anything in Nigeria and don't have the spine for it. A coward will always be a coward

mikolo80:
why should they leave Lagos when everyone wants to be there. you see American leave America bfor. we don send advance party to get our oyel. dazall

HurtgenForest:
Ojukwu did what any sensible General should do that is escape if you can but if you cannot then die bravely. It is a foolish General that would allow himself to be captured when he can escape. If Ojukwu had been captured and he prostrated like a geko lizard begging then we can call him a coward but he escaped.


Besides, Ojukwu was not a General in the Nigerian Army, he was Conel who was brave enough to stand up for his people.


Oladipo Diya holds the award for cowardice, you can take that to the bank.

7lives:
It's RETRIBUTION.
Vengeance is mine says the Lord.
If you know the enormity of evil committed by Azikiwe against the Yorubas, you will not bat an eyelid when you hear them wail.

BBBmall25:
Ohaneze ndigbo, Ipob members NL wing, what do you have to say about this?? Matter don tie rapper oo....!