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lexy2014:Yes the statement is true; 97% of rice consumed in Nigeria is locally produced through coutonu, only 3% is imported through our ports. |
obixcel:Are you serious or you are joking? Cohen said he paid the hush money under the instruction of his client (individual 1), and you say "his crimes aren't Trumps" Besides, are you aware adultery is a crime under New York State laws; Section 255.17So, there are numerous crimes here; There is campaign violations - you can't use campaign money to pay off prostitutes There is bribery, you can't pay off someone not to talk about your crimes There is the crime of hiding vital information from the American voters - voters need to know their presidential candidate loves and patronises prostitutes, especially the evangelical Christians. Then there is adultery. |
Lame attempt at justifying Kanu's stupidity. All the examples given were either in times of war or in absolute and repressive dictatorship. Brutal dictatorship regimes requires decoys to fool intending assassins because of extreme unpopularity of the dictator. The body doubles are seldom allowed to get in very close proximity with the public or even public officials. There is no way a body double will be allowed to give press interviews, preside over government meetings, sign official documents and run the government. It's not possible. No two people can look and behave exactly the same. A body double would be exposed instantly in a close up video. The body double the Saudis used to try and deceive the turks into thinking Jamal Kashoggi left the embassy was immediately decoded. Even the pictures posted of Stalin and his body double is immediately unravelled, as there are stark differences in the facial features of the two pictures. The Stalin double has a slight double chin, the real Stalin doesn't. The eyes, eye brows, nose, mouth and chin are all slightly different. |
stanliwise:It's most probably IVF. IVF usually produces multiple babies because numerous eggs are fertilised and implanted to ensure survival of a few. |
The details of the story is scanty and incomplete, and so leaves lots of room for doubts. Nigerians so desperately want miracles and so people go to extraordinary lengths to fake miracles and go to equally extraordinary lengths to believe them. We had a similar case about 20 years ago where frank olize of NTA featured a 60's woman that gave bath to a miracle baby. On further investigation, it was discovered that the woman stole the baby. The case was in court for years until the baby was given over to its rightful mother. We were not told how this 62 year old became pregnant and was able to give birth. Was it through natural sex or through IVF? Was it her eggs or it was donor eggs? Why was she barren for all of her productive years? If such happened in more advanced countries, the woman would be tested and studied for medical and scientific purposes, to advance scientific knowledge, but here we just shout miracle and forget everything. |
victorvezx:What about Myanmar, Syria, Libya, Palestine and kurdistan? The lives lost so far in these places is not enough for the UN to intervene? |
kanubiafra:The bolded said all major political parties. Now tell me the major party or even minor one that wants to boycott elections. |
banom:Kanu does not have the authority to demand for a referendum, he has no authority whatsoever. At best he is an advocate giving his and his group's personal opinion. The people with the authority to demand for a referendum are elected officials (official representatives) of the igbo people, especially state's and federal legislators. You are vacillating in your argument, you first said the Nigerian government is barbaric and uncivilised, and you now expect such barbaric and uncivilised governments to act civilised when challenged by Kanu. |
banom:Please explain what a referendum is and how it involves all of the South south minus edo. |
Donelli:On the Basis of popular support from their people on the biafra issue and on issues of common purpose. If all the igbo politicians and igbo business elites and masses advocate for Biafra, Northern politicians would be forced to listen. Ever other region has some parasitic interests in Nigeria outside the Niger Delta or south south, so it's the south south that holds the ace for obvious reasons. The igbos need the support of the South South to get any traction on their Biafra agitations, but instead of courting the south south, the igbos are arrogantly trying to force their Biafra agitations on the south south. If the igbos can get the south south to agitate for Biafra, the North would be forced to listen. 2. Those countries you mentioned, do they practise our style of politics where lobbying has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with ideology and presenting a superior argument but strictly a matter of money changing hands.Politics is politics anywhere in the world. You negotiate based on your advantages and weaknesses. You give and take. It is not easy, but it is more effective than the alternative - war. Niger Delta was able to agitate for an increase in derivativation, from 0% in 1999 to 13% presently, the goal is between 25 - 30%. The Yorubas were able to negotiate with the north for the presidency after their tribesman was denied same in 1993. The Ogonis are still agitating for clean up of their environment and reparations for decades, they have even won numerous court judgements against shell both locally and internationally. The FG has even claimed to have started the clean up after an elaborate launching. Even though the FG and Shell are still playing games, eventually, they would be forced to accede to the agitations of the Ogonis. 3. Going by your suggestion, do you think referendum will happen in another 30 years?It might take 300 years. Catanonia has been fighting for a referendum for centuries. Scotland fought for independence for centuries and it took centuries before they were granted referendum, even though referendum was inserted into their constitution. The problem of African is wanting everything instanta, separation is a slow, arduous and painful process, even under normal circumstances (look at Brexit ), it is infinitely harder under crisis conditions. In my opinion, this talk about following a political process is a ready trap that the Nigerian government will always try to use to defeat the Biafran ideology. Good thing Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB has not fallen for it. As for whether this our method will be fruitful, make we dey watch first kwanu.You have not provided your opinion the alternative to the political process. Do you advocate for Kanu and his group to continue to disturb the peace of the South East? Do you advocate for Kanu and his group to put the lives of ordinary south east citizens who are not members of IPOB at risk? Do you advocate Kanu insulting and threatening ordinary Fulani citizens and calling them all sorts of names, thereby putting the lives and businesses of ordinary igbo people in the north at risk? |
banom:If as you said, Nigeria is an uncivilised nation and a barbaric backward thinking one, that political solution cannot work, how will IPOB 's method, which involves protests, social media campaigns, antagonising the FG and other major tribes and election boycott work? All agitations are eventually settled through politics. Even after a war, politics still take over. |
banom:Which entire section of the country refuses to participate in an election? Are you saying politicians from any section of Nigeria have indicated that they would not participate in the forthcoming elections? Are you insinuating that a section of the country would not field governorship, legislative, local government or even presidential candidates? Are you saying no one voter would vote for his or her preferred candidates in any section of Nigeria? If one individual, family, group or association from any section of Nigeria threaten not to vote, how does that translate to entire section of the country? |
melodyogonna:Then you should have specified "igbos in the south south" instead of saying all of the South south minus edo. |
melodyogonna:What do you mean by "deviated to politics"? Politics is soliciting for power to advance an agenda or manifesto, what agenda did Ojukwu advance in 1983? So you expect igbo to vote for Ojukwu simply because he led the biafran war? The organization of IPOB is yet to be seen. The only strategy I see so far is insulting Yoruba, Fulani, Buhari and Nigeria, and issuing threats up and down. The main strategy I see is provoking the FG to kill ordinary citizens on the streets and then using that to elicit sympathy from foreign countries particularly the US and Israel, hoping they would come to your aid militarily or at least diplomatically. If Kanu is not the one making all the decision, then who else can question kanu in IPOB? I thought his title is supreme leader . Don't you know what that means? Does IPOB have a constitution that spells out its leadership structure? |
banom:The bolded statement is seen as an insult to the people of the South south states. Who are the we that is asking for the referendum to be conducted in all south south states? I hope it is not one igbo man sitting in enugu, aba or umuahia. No south south man would tolerate an igbo man demanding for a referendum from him or his tribe. |
melodyogonna:As I noted neither Ojukwu nor Uwazurike made the restoration of biafra a campaign agenda. Uwazuruike just like Kanu used media campaign and protests as a tool for achieving biafra and not a political manifesto. |
Donelli:Wrong analogy. Ojukwu did not campaign with Biafra as a campaign agenda, he campaigned under NPN for one Nigeria. Ojukwu 's biafra campaign stopped with the civil war. Kanu on the other hand is agitating for secession, so if the secession agenda is popular among the south east, why won't he or his party win elections? |
obixcel: "He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn't mean that. And if he did, you didn't understand it. And if you did, it's not a big deal, anyway. And if it is, others have said worse." - Typical Trump Supporter |
armyofone:That is the code Mueller gave President Donald Trump in the Cohen indictments. Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probeDonald Trump's new nickname is "individual 1" |
artofseduction:Thank you. What about Abraham Lincoln that lost elections 12 times. I hate defeatism, looking for excuses why you cannot succeed. If ANC was like IPOB, I am sure south Africa will still be under apartheid. |
banom:Boycotting elections has never been a form of civil disobedience, I do not understand how boycotting an election by one party out of numerous other parties would pressure a government to negotiate. The most effective tool in a democracy to pressure a government negotiate is votes. It is only votes that can remove a government from power or to negotiate group interests apart from guns. Under Apartheid, blacks were fighting and getting killed for the right to vote, but here are group of people that believes they are being suppressed are conceding their right to vote IPOB as you know is Indeginous people of Biafra: an umbrella movement that is agitating and championing for the emancipation of BIAFRA from Nigeria in a peaceful and civilised manner.The whole statement is a misnomer. There was never an independent country called Biafra before you even start talking of Indeginous peoples that called themselves Biafra. Biafra was simply a name that replaced eastern Nigeria, during the 3 year civil war. After the civil war the region reverted back to eastern Nigeria, (although broken down into smaller units or states). Before the creation and amalgamation of Northern and southern Nigeria, there was never any political entity called Biafra. Before independence, Biafra did not feature at all in pre independence negotiations. Today you can simply not replace former Eastern Nigeria with BIAFRA. The dynamics that created eastern Nigeria is different from the dynamics that will create Biafra. For BIAFRA to successfully secceed from Nigeria in a peaceful globaly acceptable way without war, a referendum must be conducted in this BIAFRAN area, and for this to happen, Nigeria must agree to it. But to seat down and ask Nigeria for this referendum she will not agree, and that is a waste of time. And to come out on the Nigerian street to protest for it is suicidal as Nigeria government has a penchant to kill unarmed protesters.As I said there is no Biafra. Biafra as presently agitated for by IPOB is a politically meaningless and geographically boundless term. IPOB sought to impose referendum on people who never asked for it, from Idoma people of Benue to Urhobo people of delta. Nigeria does not have provision for referendum in its constitution and no international body or country can force Nigeria to conduct one. Even if it signed international agreement that demands referendum, it must domesticate the agreement through the national assembly, and passed into law, before a referendum can be held. Observe that IPOB never said its members will not be participating in the forth coming general election, rather they said" give us a date for referendum or we will not participate in the election. They are too different things here. To simply ask citizens who are still part of a constituted entity not to participate In her election Is undemocratic and uncivilised but to threaten to boycott the election except the Nigerian government gives them a listening ear on their demand for referendum is civilised and democratic.The IPOB group itself is meaningless. IPOB arrogantly arrogate itself to be the voice and opinion of ALL igbos and even ALL south south peoples. This is contrary to reality. I have not seen any politician, professional or business leaders that claims membership of IPOB. Most IPOB members I know are Traders, Okada riders, low and medium skilled workers and jobless youths. Now answer these questions ; What is the membership strength of IPOB? How many registered members do IPOB have? What is the organisation structure of IPOB? Where is the constitution of IPOB to know it's structure, aims and objectives? Is IPOB registered anywhere? |
Anduku:Here is how people describe Trump including some of his closest associates; McMaster : called him a dope. Mattis : called him a 5th grader. Mnuchin : called him an idiot. Priebus : called him an idiot. John Kelly : called him a fucking idiot. Tillerson : called him a fucking slowpoke. Cohn : called him dumb as shit. McGahn : called him a fucking idiot. McRaven : called him the biggest threat to our democracy. Bannon : called him a fucking slowpoke. John Dowd : called him a fucking liar. Rupert Murdoch : called him a fucking idiot. William T. Kelley : (Professor at Penn) called him the dumbest goddamn student he ever had. Tony Schwartz : (the ghostwriter of “The Art of the Deal,”) called him a man with a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance. and the cherry on top: Mueller : called him individual 1. |
obixcel:You people have started your lies again, where and when did China agree to import US agric like soy beans? Where is the agreement? Just like the agreement Kim jung un signed with Trump to de-nuclearize the Korean peninsula, it's in the imagination of Trump. O! I forgot, Trump has built a wall between Mexico and US, and Mexico paid for it. Yes China is the US biggest trading partner, but also US is china's biggest trading partner. A trade war will negatively affect both countries. The only difference is China can absorb more economic instability than the US. Where did you see China crawl back to the table? China is diverting it's trade to Europe, Russia and other third world countries. The Argentina trade talks was only photo opportunity for Trump, it achieved nothing. Let's wait for the 90 days Trump called for a ceasefire and see what happens. |
Alectrona11:I am happy some people see beyond all the noise and are able to think clearly. You forgot to add the added effect of an unnecessary trade war with China and the rest of the world. When you increase tarrifs on foreign steel and aluminium, who will pay for it? It's the Americans of course as it increases production costs, since most US companies will have to import these items. When you increase tarrifs on industrial and consumer goods from China it only increases the costs to an average US consumer. China is essential to the supply chain of goods manufactured in the US. Everybody agrees that China engages in unfair trade practices, but you do not bring the whole house down to fix faulty roof. He should have gotten the cooperation of other countries or trading blocks to get China to change. Let me add that China is hitting the US where it bites hardest. They are hitting back with agricultural products. They simply stopped buying soy beans and other agricultural products from the US. This has hit US farmers badly, as agricultural products rot in a short time. China can source the agricultural products elsewhere. If we had leaders that have a grain of sense, they should have invested heavily and quickly in agricultural products like soy beans. In less than one year we should be supplying China with billions of not millions of dollars of soy beans. Wise countries like Brazil has started supplying China with millions of dollars worth of soy beans. |
obixcel:Trump and his supporters is just building an ice castle, winter is coming to an end soon and all the glittering structure will start to melt. The US economy is already showing signs of heading into a major recession. https://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjY6oCGgYjfAhWB4YUKHa7ADaMQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fnextavenue%2F2018%2F08%2F03%2Fis-the-next-recession-on-its-way%2F&psig=AOvVaw1GZyufVyUUONxveYBCg22Q&ust=1544075884345911 I really pity the administration that will come after Trump. |
mysticwarrior:It a more effective war strategy. Remember Putin was the head of KGB for a long time. The strategy involves sponsoring prominent US citizens, especially those with shady business dealings, to political office and then using intelligence agencies to prosecute cyber wars (hacking emails of political leaders and spreading misinformation ) and finally helping their collaborators get elected into office Putins goals are to break up NATO, break up Europe, break up both military and economic alliances of the US and have freedom to control it's neighbours without US backlash, and finally cause a huge political division and crisis within the US. Putin has achieved all these goals without firing a single bullet and at a cost less that a few cruise missiles. We are waiting for Trump's tax returns to see how he was able to overcome four bankruptcies and became a billionaire, all within 20 years. |
baba4dgirls:Why is Trump refusing to present his tax returns (certificate) after over 2 years of demands from Americans? |
Demmzy15:You are very convoluted. What has dress code has to do with system of government? All systems of governments are run by laws, in an autocratic system like Saudi Arabia, the laws are made by one man or very few individuals, but in a democracy laws are made by a national assembly. I wonder where you get the idea that democracy equates to liberalism and secularism, the US has been a democracy for over 300 years, for over 85% of that period the country was neither liberal nor secular. South Africa was a democracy for close to a hundred years, for most of that time it was anything but liberal. Even Nazi Germany was a democracy. On the other hand Dubai in UAE does not impose burkas or hijabs on women, women are seen dressing like any other European capital. Turkey is also another Islamic country that does not impose strict dress codes on women. Indonesia and Pakistan are democracies but have blasphemy laws. You are arguing blindly to justify your contradictory hypocritical standing of supporting imposing dress code in one country and condemning the imposition of dress code (you do not like) in another country. |
obixcel:No problem. God should give us the grace to see the end of 2020. The whole Trump myth would unravel. In 2000 the simpsons predicted the trump presidency and also predicted trump leaving the US broke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXcYMvzZ7jk This prophesy seems to becoming fulfilled as trump has expanded the US budget deficit and at the same time reduced corporate tax while fighting a trade war with China. https://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjoodH53ITfAhXGyIUKHfjjDbIQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F07%2F25%2Fbusiness%2Ftrump-corporate-tax-cut-deficit.html&psig=AOvVaw2AnDPyEwG_-jySIIDYqVSJ&ust=1543963115508196 |
itchie:Which better deal has trump ever negotiated? Is it North Korea, is it with China or even NAFTA? Trump always put the US in a worse position after his so called negotiations. North Korea is in a stronger position after the Singapore summit with all its nuclear arsenals intact, US is in a far worse position before the trade war (although the trade war is hurting China also ), and take it from me China will never back down. |
Buhari should never answer stupid questions by IPOB and it's supporters, because whatever he says is irrelevant, they will always twist it to suit their narrative. Buhari said he is not cloned, IPOB will claim that is the type of answer a clone will say If Buhari said yes he is a clone, IPOB will say Jubril has finally confessed to the truth in front of the whole world. Buhari should simply have ignored them. The same advice I gave with the certificate issue, no matter what buhari says or present IPOB will always scream "Buhari does not possess WAEC certificate. |
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