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•••••••••••••• The Nigerian Youth Movement was out to champion the cause of the people and to fight British Imperialism. Dr. Azikiwe did very well, to begin with, but he made his first mistake when he turned the movement to a political party he subsequently named as NCNC (National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons). It did not take long before former members of the Youth Movement, who found themselves in the NCNC began to feel they have been marginalized as most of the important positions in the party were taken over by the Ibos. The party became an Igbo party. Awolowo, a staunch member of the movement, read the hand writing on the wall. He quickly moved on to form the “Egbe Omo Oduduwa” in London which later metamorphosed into the Action Group, with Ooni Risa Adesoji Aderemi as its first grand patron. The NCNC under Azikiwe began to view Awolowo and the Action Group as competitors and rivals from that point on. Sardauna Bello around the same time had created his own party which he called “Northern People Congress” meaning that only northerners were welcome to the party. Sardauna Bello was not as politically-savvy as Azikiwe and Awolowo, who were more educated and knew right away that a parliamentary system like the one Nigeria has embraced could hardly thrive with a tribal party like the NPC. Those who called the Action Group the first tribal party in Nigeria were being disingenuous. The first tribal party in Nigeria was the NPC. The mere fact that Azikiwe would agree to form a coalition government with the NPC could only mean that Azikiwe and the NCNC’s tolerance level for tribalism was far more strident than they were prepared to admit. Once partisan politics took hold in Nigeria, the two dominant tribes in the Christian South began to drift apart. You would have thought the Igbos and the Yorubas were natural allies because the Igbos were predominantly Catholic while the Yorubas were also Christian but with many more denominations like Catholic, Anglican, Methodists and Baptist, while some Yorubas in a few Yoruba cities like Ogbomosho, old Oyo Alaafin, Ibadan, Oshogbo and Ede, Abeokuta, Ijebu, and Lagos did embrace Islam. The Igbos and the Yorubas as Christians should have formed a coalition to rule Nigeria after independence, but their rivalry would not permit that. ••• |
[b]°°° You hardly find any Hausa/Fulani Nigerian in the Diaspora blazing that kind of trail for other Nigerians to follow. In my opinion, any Hausa/ Fulani man with that kind of drive and motivation would have returned home to be made a federal minister or a state commissioner or an adviser to the president or state governor, because northerners, as a rule, don’t have to work hard to make it in Nigeria. Some of them claim they are born to rule, because they know the Igbos would forever side with them to rule Nigeria knowing the Yorubas and the Igbos don’t get along and probably never will. If Omoyele Sowore or Rudolf Okonkwo or Chuck Odili or Martin Akindana were to be Hausa/ Fulani, they would have been appointed the MD and CEO of Daily Times or NTA or Minister of Information in a heartbeat. SaharaReporters has become a leading source of breaking news on Nigeria while two of its ace reporters, Rudolf Okonkwo, otherwise known as Dr. Damages, and Adeola Fayeun of “Keeping it Real” have become very popular on YouTube because they are very good in what they do. Omoyele is doing something news-worthy in America, producing new generations of television reporters, camera men, production managers, moderators, and top- notch comedians and anchormen, not just for Nigeria but for many countries in Africa. I am doing this article because I now know for a fact that the never ending feud and distrust between the Igbos and the Yorubas has become a major obstacle to Nigeria’s progress. If the two tribes had maintained the collaboration passed on to them by Herbert Macauley as the first leader of the Nigerian Youth Movement, Nigeria would have made so much progress by now. Herbert Macauley on his death bed had named Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igbo man, as his successor. He could have picked a Yoruba man to succeed him but he wisely chose Azikiwe. Dr. Azikiwe, a very powerful journalist at the time and one of the leading pan-Africanists of his era was a very good choice. °°°°°°°°°°°[/b] |
If you are a frequent visitor to the African Forum website pioneered and moderated by a Nigerian and a Yoruba man named Martin Akindana, you will clearly see why the endless rivalry between the Igbos and the Yorubas has now become a concern for some of us. I give credit to Mr. Akindana for creating that forum and effectively using it as a platform for Nigerians to freely express their views without the need to always put names to what they write. However, hat anonymity has afforded many Nigerians the freedom or the opportunity to criticize and abuse others using fictitious names and appellations. Mr. Akindana, the President and CEO of Chat Afrik and African World Forum, lives in Maryland. He has been a leader in internet journalism just like Chuck Odili, the President and CEO of the Nigeria World website and Omoyele Sowore, the President and CEO of Sahara Reporters and Sahara Television based in New York. Two out of these three distinguished Nigerians are Yoruba men and the great majority of their writers and columnists are either Yoruba or Igbo. The Yorubas and Igbos quite often collaborate in America to do great things. Their brothers and sisters back home have so far failed do what they are doing abroad with great success. Omoyele and Rudolf Okonkwo are two Nigerians who have worked together to make SaharaReporters the envy of social media and internet journalism in the greatest city in the world, to borrow a cliché from Dr. Damages of Sahara Television. I can testify to that as a volunteer in their organization. |
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hello. I use infinix x403. how can I make my go launcher permanent ![]() coz anytime I press the home buttons it will go back to the phone launcher. I need and asap. abeg. |
bout 850 Nigerian soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Liberia are to be quarantined for 28 days when they return to the country in March 2015. There are two battalions of the Nigerian Army in Liberia. Investigations revealed that soldiers in one of the battalions were drawn from the 331 Artillery Regiment, Kontagora. A source said on Sunday that the Army personnel were scheduled to return to the country in January but that their arrival would be delayed till March 2015. According to the source, when they arrive in the country in March 2015, they will be quarantined in Gwagwalada, Abuja for 28 days before being allowed to go to their formations. It was gathered that the soldiers returning from a similar mission in Sudan were not likely to be quarantined because Sudan had not recorded any Ebola case. The source said that the Army authorities decided to ensure a painstaking observation of soldiers returning from Ebola infested countries because of the danger posed by the disease. The source said, “You know that our soldiers in Liberia are to return to the country from two mission areas, Liberia and Sudan. “The men of the Nigerian Army Battalion 43, in Sudan, will arrive in the country in December, and may be allowed to go their units on arrival in the country. “But the arrival of their counterparts from Liberia, who were initially supposed to arrive in the country in January, will be delayed. The UN has not approved their movement so they will leave Liberia for Nigeria in March. “Another thing is that even when they arrive in the country, they will be kept at a military barracks being built at Gwagwalada for 28 days before they are released to go to their units. “I think the authorities are just being careful; there is no intent to demoralise anybody because we all know the dangers of this Ebola Virus Disease. “With the arrangement, only medical personnel would be allowed access to them. “You know that the World Health Organisation has declared Nigeria Ebola free so all efforts would be made to keep that status,” the source said The Head of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, Major-General Obashina Ogunbiyi, had said during a meeting of infectious diseases experts under the aegis of the Ebola Treatment Research Group in Abuja on Thursday that some Nigerian soldiers had been quarantined in Liberia following the death of a Sudanese who went to their camp to pray with them. The Sudanese was said to have died two days after the prayer session and was believed to have died of the EVD. The Ebola Virus Disease “has landed among our troops in Liberia after the death of the Sudanese. The Sudanese entered the troops’ camp to pray and two days later, he died. All troops were quarantined this morning (Wednesday)… We thought we were getting away but Ebola is still with us. Anyone of those soldiers can come home on holiday,” Ogunbiyi reportedly said. Also, the Defence Headquarters said in a tweet on its twitter handle on Friday that “all necessary steps are being taken to ensure that no Nigerian soldier is infected with the deadly virus while serving in Liberia.” The DHQ stated further in another tweet that the troops were quarantined for “preventive purposes and medical observation following the case of a Sudanese, a UN employee who was reported to have manifested … (the EVD).” It was added that while no Nigerian soldier had shown symptoms of the disease, they were still confined to their camp. Investigations further revealed that the Federal Government might not send troops to replace the two battalions in Liberia at the expiration of their mission. It was learnt that the remaining two battalions in Liberia might not be replaced not necessarily because of the Ebola threat, “which though is a coincidence, but because the mission is winding down.” When our correspondent contacted the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Olajide Laleye, on the issue of the move to place returning soldiers from Liberia under observation for 28 days, he said that the Corps Commander Medical, Maj.- Gen Ogunbiyi, was the most competent person to speak on the issue. He advised our correspondent to wait for a statement from Ogunbiyi on Monday. Laleye said, “The Corps Commander, Medical Maj. Gen Ogunbiyi, will make a statement on it on Monday; you are advised to wait for the statement as I cannot comment on it.” The Army spokesman also said issues relating to the deployment or withdrawal of troops to Liberia could only be decided at the policy level. “The decision to send troops to Liberia was taken at the national level and the decision not to send troops can only be taken at the strategic level. I cannot comment on that,” he said. source : www.punchng.com/news/850-soldiers-returning-from-liberia-to-be-quarantined/ |
RUBBISH. NOTE : DON'T TAKE THE INFO ABOVE SERIOUS mod do the needful please. |
what's happening? I can't open the first page. hope no be only me ![]() |
CaptainOjemba:Bring what on? please don't come here to Spam this beautiful thread o. am begging u. biko |
°°°°°°°°°°°°Happy Sunday in nairalanders °°°°°° I was invited to a church (name withheld) in durumi district of abuja last Sunday, and at the entrance of the church (beside the main door). there's an ATM there for those that forget money at home or related issues. just slot in your card and withdraw your money during tithes and offering session. But I wasnt happy with the development. So nairalanderz your opinion please. is it right for an ATM to be in a church ![]() •••••••mods front page please ••••••• |
![]() makagini ![]() no west African country there. op. I need source now. |
![]() papa nnamdi don bring his own again. |
![]() mod. please move this is thread to trashbin. untill he stops downloading the pictures from Google. |
WAT WAR AGAINST TERRORISM. |
CaptainOjemba:lmfao. keep Google searching all the crimes in south west. can we stick to the topic please? what can you say concerning ur lawmakers? ![]() |
CaptainOjemba:so u mean ur region is crime free or paradise of some sort? haba. www..ng/2014/04/02/four-men-gang-rae-woman-collect-her-private-parts-in-enugu-for-n600000/ |
Vikkiboi:don't worry. by God's grace e go be joke. |
CaptainOjemba:The suspected ritualists responsible for this horrible crime have been arrested by the Umuagama Community Neighborhood Watch in Enugu Ezike. The Chairman of the Neighborhood Watch, Mr. Onyema Ossai while speaking on the incident explained how the suspects were caught after the decomposed body of the deceased was found said: “Ndukwe Omeke, the leader of the gang during his confession named Chinedu Ugwuanyi, (palm wine tapper), Eugene Ukwueze and Ibekwe Eya, (Okada rider), and identified Kenneth Idoko, a butcher as the their anchor man, who offered them the job of delivering to him female private parts for N600, 000″.°°°°°°°°°°°°°®eporting live. from the Land of the rising sun. |
op. did I just hear u say people burning? |
![]() hope the Oyo state fire brigade is there? |
![]() what more can I say? the ojukians from the land of the rising sun
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GOOD. Abokis, molesting our southeastern brothers since 56BC ![]() |
lol so true. BTW nice write - up bro. #team.pen.borrower. ![]() |
![]() @ op. you mean it? then if its true, then bola Ahmed tinubu is suppose to be the richest man in Africa. |
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we thank God for his life. |
another type of this and this again? |
![]() I Dont understand. |
Everday this types of the this. haba. |
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