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PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 4:55pm On Aug 08, 2015
atbu1983:
They are absolutely related. The proudly 5% in the topic is strictly an IGBO slogan. we south south don't say proudly 5%. so why put south south with south east when the aim of the topic is the force Proudly 5% on us. My problem with you guys is simple. Only open South east topics. stop forcing south south on your issue. your problem is not our problem. we are different. we are not one. it is Nigeria as a nation that makes us one. without Nigeria, south south and south east are different nations with different interest.
I'm a delta igbo frm Agbor in delta state. Can you stop using the word "we" when stating ur personal opinion abt Igbos. I don't have same view with you. So talk for urself .

Moreover, Which part of SS are u frm ?
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 4:26pm On Aug 08, 2015
atbu1983:
You can see even Rivers PDP is commending buhari for Ogoni UNEP report implementation fast tracking. That is how we the south south do our things. we are not children of bitterness and hatred and wailing waling

Election is in the past. we are now concentrating on a better Nigeria. this clearly shows we have no hatred or anything against Buhari or the north. Please our IGBO neighbour, count us out from ur hatred and bigotry. we wont buy it.

We know you don't love us. Because in Nigeria you are not in control, you want a country were you will control others. Whether in Nigeria or in BBIAFRA we the south south will still be minority. we are better off in Nigeria where we are the BRIDE with three grooms fighting to have us than in BBIAFRA were we will have no choice than to comply and even change our official language to IGBO. in BBIAFRA south south nations will lose their identity.
You are absolutely spewing thrash which are clearly unrelated with the write up . Please direct your hatred else where, this is clearly not a tread for bigots like you.
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 4:01pm On Aug 08, 2015
atbu1983:
Find below the March 28th 2015 presidential election result in south south and south east. You will see that you are the fool and the liar.
Apart from more vote for Buhari in South south, he also have more percentage vote. with he percentage vote comparison, the issue of voters turnout removed.
That doesn't change the fact that the SS and SE voted in mass for jonathan. We are not here to drag abt who gave buhari more vote b/w SS and SE.
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 3:56pm On Aug 08, 2015
themilanway:
Your reasons are stale,pointless,meaningless,irrelevant and myopic.

The elections have been won and lost.

Those who cried have dried their red eyes and moved on.

Support the government for a better Nigeria.

Enough of the irritating wailing.
You are actually the one wailing and It's so pathetic. If you hate my trend, simply open up your own. It's free of charge
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 3:48pm On Aug 08, 2015
atbu1983:
If you look at the overral result again and check states by states, you will see that Buhari got more vote in South South than south east despite the fact that Jonathan is south south.

There is a difference between the south south and South East position when it comes to BUhari vs Jonathan election.

South South people are not Anti North neither are we Anti-Buhari. We voted Jonathan because he is our brother. it was a natural thing to do. No matter how bad your father is, he is still your father. That was the basis of south south vote. It was not because we hate the North or we hate Buhari.

But for South East, it was purely hatred because of Jealousy and pains of Biafra. South East people hate the North. And also because Jonathan favoured even the south East more than South South durng his administration.

As far as we the south south are concern, there is no difference between the Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. To us, these are three major tribe struggling and fighting for Supiriority. Whenever any of the three is loosing, he shout Marginalization.

During Jonathan govt, the Igbo was gaining and were in control and was happy. The Yoruba were losing and were shouting Marginalization. The hausa/fulani were not happy because they were not fully in control. For the North we can slightly understand because in the 16years of democracy (May 1999 to May 2015) the south ruled 13.3years while the North had just 2.7years

The Igbo don't love us more than the hausa or Yoruba love us. All the three tribe are all struggling for the control of south south oil. None of the three is better than the other as far as we south south are concern
Saying that SE is Anti-north and hate buhari bcus of Civil war is entire your personal view. I strongly believe majority of SS don't harbor such myopic view.
Bw : which tribe are you from in SS?
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 3:31pm On Aug 08, 2015
atbu1983:
South South is not in the 5% Buhari is referring to. Buhari has no problem with south south. He knows very well south south people are happy with his govt. it has shown in his govt so far. In terms of appointment south south is not lacking. We have CBN gov, we have IG of police, we have chief of Naval staff, we have amnesty coordinator,we have the most Juicy of all NNPC GMD. if we look at his govt by geo political zone basis, south south are not lagging behind. because when we say North there are three zones (NW. NE and NC), we tend to group all the appointments in the North as one. But when it comes to south, we start differentiating south south from south east and south west.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rivers-pdp-hails-buhari-on-implementation-of-unep-report-on-ogoniland/216857/


Rivers PDP Hails Buhari on Implementation of UNEP Report on Ogoniland



07 Aug 2015






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Rivers state Chairman of PDP, Felix Obuah


Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the clean-up of Ogoni land.

In a statement issued on Friday on behalf of the state Chairman of PDP, Felix Obuah, by his media aide, Jerry Needam, the party said it “Welcomes the announcement by the Presidency of fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland as part of the recommendations contained in the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on the devastation pollution of Ogoniland by oil exploration activities of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and allied multinational corporations.

“The PDP commends President Buhari for not discontinuing a process started by previous administrations, which led to the commissioning of UNEP activities in Ogoni as well as setting up of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP), particularly by the Jonathan’s administration, all of which were being gazetted.”
Are you for real? Now answer this simple question of mine... Apart from Edo state, which other SS state gave buhari a tangible vote?
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 2:53pm On Aug 08, 2015
oduastates:
Boko haram , a crashing economy in spite of record revenues , corruption , insecurity , rising poverty, Nigeria becoming an object of international ridicule and so on and so forth are not reason enough?
The SS voted massively for Jonathan?
You got to be kidding me.
Was there an election in the SS?
Only cross river and edo had anything close to an acceptable election .
Apkabio contested for election in central senatorial district but won in the north
N:B
Jonathan was simply a Dundee figurehead . We know those who messed up his government. Those throwing their toys out of the pram .
The thoughts behind those reasons enumerated in this post are exactly the reason why Jonathan was kicked out ,and the reason why the SE will not smell the presidency anytime soon .
You are simply deceiving yourself if you say the SS didn't vote for Jonathan in mass, and that it's only the SE who did so. We all know that the SS and SE are the 5% buhari was talking about in America
PoliticsRe: 5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 2:22pm On Aug 08, 2015
atbu1983:
speak for South East. Leave South South out of it. Buhari got 45% in Edo State. We in South South are not Anti North. it is only d Igbo or SOUTH east that are trying thier best to include us in thier North hatred. leave us out of it.
Am not talking about Edo state , rather am talking abt the entire SS . How many % did bayelsa, Rivers , cross river, delta gave ?
Politics5 Reasons Why The SS And SE Voted In Mass For PDP (The Proudly 5%) by wisdomguy4u(op): 1:30pm On Aug 08, 2015
After the last General election in which extreme majority of the SS and SE voted for PDP. Many political analyst, politicians e.t.c , have been criticizing the SS and SE as being bad political strategist and some even went on to say that they deserve less federal presence under the APC ruling party for their stupidity. I see this critics as rubbish, senseless and uncalled for . Any region in the shoes of SS and SE would had done the same thing they did; so why tag them as bad political strategist whom put all their eggs in one basket by voting for PDP in mass, while the other regions are pictured as better. SW and North are never better political strategist than SS and SE; so enough of the chest beating.

Below are some conspicuous reasons why majority of SS and SE voted for PDP


1. Religion Issue : APC was seen by the SS and SE as a muslim party with a muslim agenda. This is quit understandable, because almost all their interior national leaders were muslim. SS and SE zone unlike the SW and North, are made up of majority christians (christian 98%- muslim 2%) , and the muslim domination of APC leadership was threatens them.

www.nairaland.com/1341518/apc-islamist-party-check-out


2. PDP domination of SS and SE Zones : it's a known fact that the ruling political party in a state often influences the direction of the people's vote in the state during election. The SS and SE are made up of 11 states, and out of the 11 states only 3 states were under the ruling of APC , the rest was under PDP rulings except Anambra which was under APGA. Unlike in 2011 when jonathan contested, majority of the states in Nigeria were under PDP ruling, which explains why jonathan got vote in mass from different parts of country.

3. Buhari's Personality: Buhari has be accredited with numerous bigotry utterances relating to religion, which is seen as a threat by the Christian majority mostly from the SS and SE. Buhari had once said he will not relent in the struggle to ensure that sharia law covers the whole of Nigeria. And also he had once averred that a fight against boko haram is a fight against the North, coupled with the fact that boko haram once nominated him as their negotiating spokesman. Many of the people from the SS and SE zones want change away from PDP ruling, but sees buhari as a tribal and religious bigot and a no go area for them. If APC had present another candidate, believe me the case would have been different. And it's understandable.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-military-offensive-against-boko-haram-anti-north/149256/

4. Tribe/Region: This is a general phenomenon and not limited to SS and SE. Most people in the North voted in mass for APC because of Buhari; most people in the SW voted in mass for APC because of Tinubu . Unlike the North and the SW, the SS and SE had no political giant in the fame of APC interior leadership. Most people in the SS and SE voted in mass for Jonathan because he is from the same region. This is a fact we can't deny. In 2011 presidential election, majority of the people from NE and NW voted in mass for buhari over jonathan , and even went ahead to create tension in their region when Jonathan was announce as the winner. Whether we like it or not the tribe and region of candidates play a big role during general elections.

5. Formation of APC : APC is a merger of CPC, ANPP and ACN. The CPC which stronghold is in the extreme Northern part of the country was formed in 2006 by General Muhammadu Buhari. The ANPP had it's stronghold also in the extreme North and a ruling party in kano. ACN had strong presence in the South West (5 Governors, 15 Senators and 6 State Houses), and a ruling party in Lagos. This explains why APC was seen as a Northern dominated Party, because it was obvious the North has upper hand in the control of the party. The APC has no SS and SE presence under it's formation caucus.
PoliticsRe: US Did Not Give Buhari Any Oil Thieves' List - Punch by wisdomguy4u(m): 8:21am On Aug 08, 2015
APC and Propaganda are like bread and butter. We all know buhari's visit to America was fruitless, and APC has be feeding their gullible followers with lies upon lies just to hype buhari as a God.

Buhari publish the list if you have and stop feeding poor Nigerians with thrash.
PoliticsRe: Why Do Hausas/fulanis And Yorubas Really Want 'one Nigeria' With Igbo ? by wisdomguy4u(m): 10:05pm On Aug 07, 2015
Abugab:
It is good and all Igbo business men and women will go back to Biafra and do their business there and lets see who patronizes them.
We are better together than going our separate ways, hate it or like it
Igbo, are not only in the northern or south west, igbo are all over the world. They are in Ghana, cameroon ,name it... So don't think Igbos can't survive without Nigeria. Moreover why are u crying more than the bereaved? Nigeria is a forced union made possible by the brutal fire arm of a selfish white man called Lugard.
PoliticsRe: Why Do Hausas/fulanis And Yorubas Really Want 'one Nigeria' With Igbo ? by wisdomguy4u(m): 8:53pm On Aug 07, 2015
Abugab:
No tribe hates the Igbo as the Igbo have been accommodated in every part of the nation more than any other tribe.
The Igbo hates themselves and the fight should be targeted at themselves rather than engaging a non existing enemy.
The problem of the Igbo is Igbo and not with any other tribe
How is the problem of igbos from igbos? Has igbos not been surviving peacefully b4 lugard force them into a union called Nigeria? The fact is that the south and the North has entirely different political, religious and cultural values . Forced marriage never works. Pple should be allow to choose their life partner.
PoliticsRe: Why Do Hausas/fulanis And Yorubas Really Want 'one Nigeria' With Igbo ? by wisdomguy4u(m): 8:43pm On Aug 07, 2015
Dharniel:
for me, i would say in short, i believe in one nigeria and i think we are better as one...
Nigeria is a union created by force made possible by the fire arm of a white man called lugard. Just Like a forced marriage, nigeria union will not work. Pple should be allow to be on their own if they so desire. A White man from euro is not our God , he is a human like us . I can't believe a war was fought to maintain a forced creation of a white man. We africans is the cause of our own problem
PoliticsRe: Sincere Solutions That Will End Biafransl Agitations For Biafra by wisdomguy4u(m): 8:22pm On Aug 07, 2015
Truth4eva:
What do you think should be done about this forced marriage?
People that wants to be on their own should be allowed to be.. Just like in marriage , a forced union never works. Its all going to be fight until one couple kills the other. Divorce is the best option
PoliticsRe: How Britain Conquered And Created Nigeria by wisdomguy4u(op): 6:23pm On Aug 07, 2015
nigerianium:
Nothing is wrong with Nigeria - it's just a geopolitical location- but everything is wrong with Nigerians and their crazy leaders.

That fact alone makes those who seek session possess a valid reason to.
The corruption among our politician is fueled by tribalism. Every tribe protects their politicians in the federal level no matter what. And any attempt to probe them is seen as witch hunting
PoliticsRe: Why Do Hausas/fulanis And Yorubas Really Want 'one Nigeria' With Igbo ? by wisdomguy4u(m): 6:15pm On Aug 07, 2015
Abugab:
No tribe hates the Igbo as the Igbo have been accommodated in every part of the nation more than any other tribe.
The Igbo hates themselves and the fight should be targeted at themselves rather than engaging a non existing enemy.
The problem of the Igbo is Igbo and not with any other tribe
Igbos have been massacred several times in the North. Oba of lagos had once threatened to drown the ones in his land .
PoliticsRe: Sincere Solutions That Will End Biafransl Agitations For Biafra by wisdomguy4u(m): 6:10pm On Aug 07, 2015
Nigeria is a forced union of pple made possible by the fire arm of a british man called lugard. Yet , some mofos are ready to kill themselves to maintain the forced contraption.
PoliticsHow Britain Conquered And Created Nigeria by wisdomguy4u(op): 5:48pm On Aug 07, 2015
Europeans began exploration, trade, and missionary endeavors along the West Coast of Africa in the 15th century. The Portuguese were the first to do so, establishing trade with the Benin Kingdom, Lagos, and other regions along the coast. Portuguese dominance of these trade routes was overpowered in the 16th century by the British, French and Dutch, as the slave trade became very important. Slaves were taken from Nigeria to work on plantations in the Americas. During this period, the territorial landscape known today as Nigeria lost great numbers of people to the slave trade. Some estimate that more than 3.5 million slaves were shipped from Nigeria lands to the Americas.

The British dominated the slave trade off the Nigerian coast in the 18th century. But with the rise of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the 19th century, the emphasis in trade shifted from 'slaves' to 'raw materials' for factories. Most of these raw materials needed in the new industries were of large quantity in African soils, this fueled the european desire to invade African soils. In the 19th century, Great Britain began to push into the hinterlands of Nigeria , meeting plenty of resistance from the indigenous people along the way. The indigenous people were of no match to the superior fire arms of Great Britain.

It is of note that many other European countries contended for control of the territorial lands of Nigeria before Britain gained control of it. Lagos was the first part of Nigeria to be conquered and declare a British colony in 1861. From there, the strategy to conquer the additional portions of what would be Nigeria was planned and executed until nearly all of what is today Nigeria was under British control in 1905. The entire southern portion of Nigeria was conquered from approximately 1850 to 1897, and the northern part of the country from about 1900 to 1914.

As the British moved into the hinterland of Nigeria, they met a lot of resistance from the indigenous people living there. For example, Oyo and the Itsekiri kingdom in the south put up quite a fight
before submitting to Britain’s military forces. In the north, the British High Commissioner for Northern Nigeria, Captain Lugard was appointed and began conquering northern territories . His military forces met with great resistance in Sokoto, Kano, and many other cities. In these places, many people rallied around Islam as a way of resisting the British. Most of Northern Nigeria at this time was part of the Sokoto Caliphate, which was formed through a series of jihads in the 19th century. The British were often seen as infidels, and their conquest as possible signs of the end times. Ironically, many British colonizers thought that Africans were the infidels, who needed to be converted to Christianity. In the end, the military resources and divide and conquer tactics of the British made them out to be the conquerors.

After the entire Northern and Southern Nigeria had been conquered into submission. Lord Lugard joined for the first time the north and south of Nigeria into a single colony in 1914. Lord Lugard set in place a system of indirect rule in Nigeria, which allowed for the British to rule through customary authorities and structures. This system tended to
work best in the north, but ran into some problems in the south. Part of the problem was that the British actually invented customary “chiefs” in the south, who the general population did not necessarily acknowledge or respect.

It's of note that european invasion of African soil was solely born out of selfish reasons, and never for the well being of the indigenous people. This fueled the indigenous people's agitation for independence.



https://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m25/activity3.php

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria
RomanceRe: Why Do Guys Always Touch Their Joystick? by wisdomguy4u(m): 3:06pm On Aug 07, 2015
firstEVA:
so when a girl always touches her pusssy will that be ok?
Girls wear hot mini skirt around... Guys touch their joystick .


Everyone is seeking to draw attention with what they got.
RomanceRe: Why Do Guys Always Touch Their Joystick? by wisdomguy4u(m): 1:59pm On Aug 07, 2015
Checking on my boy

CelebritiesRe: Joe Igbokwe Blasts Igbo People by wisdomguy4u(m): 10:42am On Aug 07, 2015
Only fools will click that link... Linda ikeji wannabe!
CrimeRe: 20 Year-old Onitsha House Maid Hacked To Death For Refusing Sex With Boss’s Son by wisdomguy4u(m): 4:00pm On Aug 06, 2015
There are lots of Beast living among men.
PoliticsRe: President Buhari Approves Amnesty For Boko Haram - Breaking Times by wisdomguy4u(m):
1.First we heard
Buhari willing to negotiate with Boko Haram — Presidency

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/audio-buhari-willing-to-negotiate-with-boko-haram-presidency/

2. Then we heard Presidency, Boko Haram
reportedly begin negotiation talks.

https://dailypost.ng/2015/07/27/presidency-boko-haram-reportedly-begin-negotiation-talks/

3. Now we heard President Buhari Approves Amnesty For Boko Haram - Breaking Times


What will happen to the innocent lives destroyed by those boko beast? Maybe after Amnesty, shakur will join politics .
PoliticsImportant Pace In The History Of Nigeria by wisdomguy4u(op): 3:14pm On Aug 06, 2015
Europeans began exploration, trade, and missionary endeavors along the West Coast of Africa in the 15th century. The Portuguese were the first to do so, establishing trade with the Benin Kingdom, Lagos, and other regions along the coast. Portuguese dominance of these trade routes was overpowered in the 16th century by the British, French and Dutch, as the slave trade became very important. Slaves were taken from Nigeria to work on plantations in the Americas.

During this period, the territorial landscape known today as Nigeria lost great numbers of people to the slave trade. Some communities grew in size and power as commercial centers, while others suffered great losses through slave raids in which the indigenous people are hunt, captured and transported to European as slaves . Some estimate that over the course of the Atlantic Slave trade, more than 3.5 million slaves were shipped from Nigeria lands to the Americas.

The British dominated the slave trade off the Nigerian coast in the 18th century. But with the rise of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the
19th century, the emphasis in trade shifted from slaves to raw materials for factories. The Atlantic slave trade was outlawed by the british in 1808. Most of these raw materials needed in the new industries are wasting in large quantities in African's soils, this fueled the europeans desire to invade Africa. In the 19th century, Great Britain began to push into the hinterlands of Nigeria , meeting plenty of resistance/fight from the indigenous people along the way. The indigenous people were of no match to the superior fire arms of Great Britain.

It is of note that many other European countries contended for control of the territorial lands of Nigeria before Britain gained control of it. Lagos was the first part of Nigeria to be conquered and declare a British colony in 1861. From there, the strategy to conquer the additional portions of what would be Nigeria was planned and executed until nearly all of what is today Nigeria was under British control in 1905. The entire southern portion of Nigeria was conquered from approximately 1850 to 1897, and the northern part of the country from about 1900 to 1914.

As the British moved into the hinterland of Nigeria, they met a lot of resistance from the indigenous people living there. For example, Oyo and the Itsekiri kingdom in the south put up quite a fight
before submitting to Britain’s military forces. In the north, the British High Commissioner for Northern Nigeria, Captain Lugard was appointed and began conquering northern territories . His military forces met with great resistance in Sokoto, Kano, and many other cities. In these places, many people rallied around Islam as a way of resisting the British. Most of Northern Nigeria at this time was part of the Sokoto Caliphate, which was formed through a series of jihads in the 19th century. The British were often seen as infidels, and their conquest as possible signs of the end times. Ironically, many British colonizers thought that Africans were the infidels, who needed to be
converted to Christianity. In the end, the military resources and divide and conquer tactics of the British made them out to be the conquerors.

After the entire Northern and Southern Nigeria had been conquered into submission. Lord Lugard joined for the first time the north and south of Nigeria into a single colony in 1914. Lord Lugard set in place a system of indirect rule in Nigeria, which allowed for the British to rule through customary authorities and structures. This system tended to work best in the north, but ran into some problems in the south. Part of the problem was that the British actually invented customary “chiefs” in the south, who the general population did not necessarily acknowledge or respect.

The north and south of Nigeria were regions with very different histories, cultures, and religions. What joined them together was a common colonizer . Most of the north had been under Islamic rule through the Sokoto Caliphate, while converts to Islam in the south remained minimal. The early Christian missionaries decided to target their efforts on the non-Islamic south rather than the Islamic north. One of the consequences of
this strategy was that the people in the north did not have as many opportunities for Western-style education as people in the south, since missionaries did not establish many schools in the north. This lead to substantial differences between northern and southern populations.

As a colony, Nigeria experienced a good deal of growth in infrastructure and trade. Roads and railroads were built throughout the country. Communication became more rapid due to the telegraph and postal system. Cash crops such as
rubber, peanuts, and palm oil were promoted in rural areas, and were sold and exported. Also involved in export was the expanding mining industry. In general, a cash economy was becoming
increasingly important to Nigeria. This development and economic system that was set into place was mainly to benefit Europe, while exploiting the labor and resources of Nigeria. It is understandable, therefore, that there were significant resistance movements during the colonial period. The Nigerian people could see that the colonial system was not working for their benefit. They were taxed heavily and unable to move up the ladder to positions of privilege and power that the colonial administrators enjoyed. On many occasions, Nigerians resisted the colonial administration. For example, Igbo market women protested the British and their Nigerian collaborators’ attempts to impose taxes on their commerce in the Aba Women’s Tax Riots of 1929. A variety of unions and political associations also formed during the colonial period, as well as a growing group of intellectuals and professionals. These groups became major points of resistance to the colonial administration and formed a strong base in the nationalist movement for independence.
Along with 16 other African nations, Nigeria became an independent country in 1960. Although Nigeria did achieve its independence, the negative side of the political organizing at this time was that it was accentuating ethnic and regional differences, which would cause conflict in Nigeria for the years to come. The most tragic of these conflicts was the
Biafran civil war from 1967-1970 in which more than 1 million people died. Having suffered a massacre of Ibo people in the North, people in the Eastern Region of Nigeria (largely Ibo) tried to secede and become the Republic of Biafra. However, this region is rich in petroleum, making it valuable to the rest of Nigeria. Thus, the secession erupted into a 30-month war to see who would control this region. In the end, Nigeria maintained Biafra as a part of its territory.

Since Nigeria’s return to democracy, it is generally agreed upon that Nigerians experience more freedom, liberty, and respect for human rights than was the case under past regimes. For example,
people are not as afraid as they once were to speak out their opinions in public. Despite these positive developments, Nigeria has recently suffered from upsurges of conflict and violence from time to time. Some of these conflicts are related to natural resources, such as in the oil-rich Niger Delta. And other conflicts are over differences in religion or ethnic identity. For example, certain states in Northern Nigeria have implemented Muslim law (Shari’a) for Muslims, which has at times resulted in conflicts with non-Muslim residents of those states. Some of these new laws have also been sharply criticized as denying basic human rights to Nigerians. For example, the international community rose up in protest to the sentencing of a Nigerian Muslim woman named Amina Lawal to be stoned to death in 2002 because she bore a child out of wedlock. Fortunately, she was not stoned because her sentence was later quashed.

Nigerian Heads of State (1960 to the Present)

Name Years of Rule

President Azikiwe. 1960-1966
Johnson Thomas
Umananke

Aguiyi-Ironsi 1966

Yakubu "Jack"
Dan-Yumma
Gowon. 1966-1975

Murtala Ramat
Mohammed. 1975-1976

Olusegun
Obasanjo. 1976-1979

Alhaji Shegu
Shagari. 1979-1983

Muhammadu
Buhari. 1983-1985

Ibrahim
Babangida. 1985-1993


Ernest Shonekan. 1993

Sani Abacha. 1993-1998

Abdulsalam
Abubakar. 1998

Olusegun
Obasanjo. 1999 - 2007

Umaru Musa
Yar'Adua. 2007 -2010

Goodluck
Jonathan. 2010 - 2015


Muhammadu. 2015-
Buhari


https://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m25/activity3.php

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria
PoliticsRe: It’s Unconstitutional To Appoint Retiree Of DSS, DG – Group by wisdomguy4u(m):
Forget about wailing or no wailing ... It's unconstitutional to appoint a retired member of an organization to head the same organization he retired from. The is just like appointing a retired police officer as Inspector General Police. The law provides that appointment of head of DSS should be a person within the organization, Mr. Lawal Daura has retired from service, and therefore he is no longer a member of the organization.
PoliticsElites Used BH For Selfish Interest - Former Chief Of Army Staff, Minimah by wisdomguy4u(op): 10:12am On Aug 06, 2015
Few days after his sacked colleague, Alex Badeh,
revealed that the military under their leadership
lacked equipment, immediate past Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah is also talking about
their inability to conquer Boko Haram. While giving
his valedictory address at the Pulling-Out ceremony
held in commemoration of his retirement from
service in Abuja yesterday August 5th, Minimah said
the elites used the insurgency to further their
sectional, political and religious interest.

According to him,

“The insurgency snowballed into a graver dimension because these people exploited the
security challenge to further sectional, religious
and political interests. In the last decade, we have seen the extent to which people who harbour evil against their fellow co-patriots can go to inflict pain and death on innocent people. This is the time for us to rise in unison not only to condemn but to take actions against the activities of the Boko Haram terrorists and other criminal elements in order to foster peace and security in our society. Perhaps, if we had all stood against the terrorists at the outset through condemnation of their activities and active
collaboration with the military to confront them,
rather than use it as a tool to advance section,
tribal, religious and political interests, we would
not have been where we find ourselves today.
We must therefore all unite and support our
government and security forces to tackle the
current security challenges.”he said


www.lindaikeji..co.ke/2015/08/former-chief-of-army-staff-minimah-has.html?m=1
RomanceRe: The Last Time He Forced Himself On A Girl by wisdomguy4u(m): 11:15pm On Aug 05, 2015
FriedPlantain:
insanity is a state of mental illness in which one is no longer in control of one's brain, which hardly describes a rapist by the way.
Most rapists do not have any problem with their sanity except ofcourse their obvious disgusting immorality.
Actually, I think rapist are insane and psychotic. And they are mostly under in influence of hard drugs or alcohol.
RomanceRe: The Last Time He Forced Himself On A Girl by wisdomguy4u(m): 8:46pm On Aug 05, 2015
Bite it off and swallow it so as to make sure it's never stitched back. Good for him though.

OP are you the girl in the story?
PoliticsRe: Do You Support The Ban On Women Wearing Face Veil In Nigeria? by wisdomguy4u(op): 3:46pm On Aug 05, 2015
vedaxcool:
I prefer everyone walking naked to ensure we are not sprung any surprises, I also support banning the use of cars to prevent those puny brained terrorist from using cars against us.

It seems people do not have brains to figure that the terrorist will change tactic to meet whatever dress required, we heard of hiding explosive in the rectum, that is the extreme these people will go.
Security agencies are trained to dictate someone with criminal intent by their facial expression .... That's why the ban on face veil is eminent. I don't know about banning clothes and cars.
PoliticsDo You Support The Ban On Women Wearing Face Veil In Nigeria? by wisdomguy4u(op): 3:19pm On Aug 05, 2015
Recently, we have had news of ban on the use of face veil in some countries in line to counter terrorist attacks.

Do you support the ban on wearing face veil in
Nigeria ?

CrimeRe: Criminals Who Hijack Lorries And Buses Arrested In Enugu (photo) by wisdomguy4u(m): 2:29pm On Aug 05, 2015
Everyday is for the thief, oneday is for the owner.


If only the Nigeria security can track and arrest at least a good number of the dubious politicians looting the country dry. Politicians are the bigger thieves..but they always bribe themselves through.
PoliticsRe: It’s Wrong To Exclude South East From NASS Leadership, Says Yakassai by wisdomguy4u(m): 12:02pm On Aug 05, 2015
AshiwajuFoward:
Imagine them o? Very confused bunch. One minute they are shouting Biafra and bragging that they don't care about appointments, the next they are screaming marginalization, and the next they are celebrating NNPC Gmd appointment while in the same breathe some of them are claiming the appointee is not a "core" igboman. Can a bunch of people be any more confused? ?
From your post it's obvious your life starts and ends on Nairaland. Get yourself a life outside nairaland

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