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The reason is simple. you will be paying for knowledge to hit d ground running if you decide to do d business. u will also avoid all d mistakes i had to make b4 i got it right. bill gates have written books and he didnt give it free. same for warren buffet, jack welch, richard branson, pastor adeboye, bishop oyedepo, oprah winfrey, etc.

not4sure:
Serves Them Right wonder why Channels is 9th times best station of the year because they are not partisan. AIT took it personal during the campaign which is wrong even Tinubu's TVC still maintain some little professionalism

Point of correction...TVC maintained absolute professionalism. Or can you point to any unprofessional conduct on their part?

CyerSeries:
you created a thread to mock because you are in power and you expect me to tell you thank you ...Go and help your impoverished brothers in the north..

You are wrong. the OP created this thread with sincerity of purpose. most comments have been quite objective and suggestive. nigerians courting igbos like damsels in distress and wanting to be helpful. what do they get from you? insult, hate and pompousity. no one demanded "thank u" from u. stop pretending u are self sufficient when you are not.

CyerSeries:
go and solve you poverty problem

The one with d greatest problem is that who has it but is too proud to admit it. food for thought.

Amazo:
I will soon call it a day.

U better do. they have no sense of appreciation.

CyerSeries:
thank you..leave us alone and solve your poverty problem let's solve ours ..is that too much to ask for?

Enjoy your self inflicted "sabotaged failure/freedom"

CyerSeries:
political reason that does not add any value to your life, what the need?

Exactly my point. you guys should be left in peace so that you can please yourselves.

MalcoImX:
That is the problem with you lot. Even with your assumed advancements, the northerners too would not want to be Igbos. You see traits in them that's unbecoming and they too see many in you. You can have all the supposed advantages you ascribe to yourselves but without empathy you wont make it in public affairs, as you'll be sabotaged

Trying to make igbos see political reason will always be an effort in futility.

Amazo:
Hahahahahahaha, did I say I was ? Religiousity is not a license for stupidity. Last time I checked, angels don't vote - people do! Let's see how well you intend to fair off without other tribes in Nigeria.

I told u not to waste your time. they are pompous, unrealistic and unworthy of our empathy and love. leave them to their political failures.

Amazo:
Every reality was once a "dream". Now, the thing is we don't want the ibos dreaming too long. So what practical steps can they take to make this dream happen? Just like with all other tribes, they (ibos) are a vital part of the BETTER NIGERIA dream.

I like your objectivity and empathy towards igbos. but you must have seen from their responses to issues being raised by many here that they are not realistic people. in their thinking, they wiser and better than everyone else. to them, we are all fools. so whatever we suggest honestly to help them, they are going to pick holes in them till jesus come. Stop wasting your time.

okekeanayo:
u have spoken like a yoruba man, they are deceitful and tribally inclined.u beat ur chest to be one who determine votes but ask with what number of votes?When south-east and south-south voted for Obasanjo in 1999 and 2003,they were the right people,when these same zones voted for Yaradua in 2007 they were not tribal and sentimental.When they presented and voted a candidate, they became sentimental and tribal. My question is have the south-south and south-east shown love enough to Hausas and yorubas that should engender same love from the later? You have said it allow trust is earned but yoruba man is not trusted in the bed of politics, not even the hausas can trust them.

d determinant vote does not hv to be much. all it has to do is make d favourite win.ezeogu killed only non igbos in his coup. who is more tribalistic? I forgot to add that the igbos reserves the right to continue d way they are but they will never produce a president. the choice is theirs.

For whatever its worth, the generality of the igbo nation must desist from tribal(simple or acute) and hate tendendencies. They must shift from their present mentality of seeing themselves as superior to others. They also must first respect others (especially d host of their places of prosperity) so others can respect them (respect is reciprocal). It will be helpful for them to start seeing Nigeria as one and act as such. No one is going to leave Nigeria 4 d other. Other tribes needs to start seeing nationalistic tendencies in them. As it is now, even though we all love them, no one trust them, they need to earn d collective trust of majority of other tribes in Nigeria.

nigerdeltaa:
a calaba man just bought the house next to ours from a Yoruba man. the Yoruba tenants in the house have been given a 6months quit notice to vacate the house or be THROWN OUT.

There is no big deal about that. Nigerians are buying houses and mansions in Dubai, UK, US, Germany, France, etc.

omazus:
Your group is so obsessed with power. Power you get by sabotaging others.

You sabotage yourselves by your everyday tribal and betrayal tendences. Every opportunity you have, you misbehave.

omazus:
There are three major tribes in Nigeria. Granted Yoruba and Igbo don't trust each other but don't sit in your house and conclude that the other tribe love you more. Browse the net and get their view about you instead of writing trash here, feeding yiourself with propaganda and believing your own propoganda. Check this ou:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpwgbXPhh70

If you are not naive, then u should have observed that since ironsi was killed, power at d centre has moved between d SW and d NORTH until obasanjo took pity on Jonathan. What did he do? He told all Nigerians, including Obasanjo by his actions and inaction that we are fools. what did we do? we removed him. when power leaves d north now, its coming to SW and back to north and back to SW. SE and SS will never rule Nigeria again. They cannot be trusted. They are losers and f000000ls

Volksfuhrer:
The hatred that the Igbos have for Yorubas predated the Civil War.

Zik's hatred of Awolowo for upstaging him from becoming Premier in the west also became a sore issue for the Igbos. I don't want to go into the earlier strife between these two political gladiators, because I want to keep it as simple as possible.

Every rancour between Igbo and Yoruba can be traced to the feud between Awo and Zik. Why I lay the blame on Zik is as follows:

1. Zik should not have rejected Awo's offer of Alliance, which would have made Zik Prime Minister;

2. When Zik instead opted for Balewa's offer he used the opportunity to get back at Yorubas.

I think you are right . zik's intention to be premier of the west was way too tall an ambition especially when he had Opara positioned for the east. He thought because he manipulated d party machinery herbert macaulay left in trust in his care on his death bed and made himself mayor of lagos, anything was possible.

It was not exactly Awo that was against that unreasonable ambition. It was Yoruba that queued behind "anything but Zik"

Awo was relatively unknown at that time. NCNC was d main party

seunfly:
We shall see now, I hope you will not cry foul when the thing starts, even though I don't support the probe, I just wish he can encourage all of them to invest the money in Nigeria with necssary government guarantee that they will not be prosecuted nor witchhunted.

The amount is just too much to be hidden somewhere, the best thing is for all of them to bring it out and invest it in Nigeria.

I support u absolutely.

vemmawealth:
In my opinion, I think that the Igbos in Lagos should start cooperating with their Yoruba hosts and landlords. If they dont foster a good relationship, one day is coming, their host is going to be fed up and it will be their loss. No set of non-indigene can openly work against the interest of the Obi of Onitsha. If anyone does that, he calling for banishing. Yet, in the last election, igbos in Lagos openly worked against the wishes of the majority of the people of Lagos and their Oba and unrepentantly so.

This is a dangerous development and they need to watch it as everyone has an elastic limit.

Lots of wisdom if you ask me......

kodded:
oya apc thugs food don land

must you in-dignify yourself?

Cadamlk:
Am still expecting more drama

This is just the dress rehearsal.......

Volksfuhrer:
I put all this on the doorstep of Zik!

Honestly, I dont understand what you mean. Can you be more explicit?

No fewer than six countries have already refused to grant an asylum request by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Business Council for Africa (BCA) said in its just-released monthly report, noting that about US$ 1 trillion is the latest estimated figure of the looting of the Nigerian treasury between 1960 and 2005 alone.

The report, dated March 2015, focused extensively on Nigeria’s general elections. It said the notorious Minister, whose impunity is known to have been closely-protected by President Goodluck Jonathan, will be coming under the microscope for the first time in her Ministerial career.

“Given her reputation, it comes as no surprise to learn that 6 countries have already refused to grant her asylum to live in their countries as she now wishes to leave Nigeria at the earliest possible opportunity,” it said.

BCA recalled President-elect Muhammadu Buhari lamenting that the rest of the world looks at Nigeria as the home of corruption, one where stealing is not corruption but a way of life, and that his administration will pursue all public offices and individuals who are believed to be guilty of corruption.

It observed that despite an earlier promise, it is now understood that Buhari’s anti-corruption fishing net will include Ministers currently serving under President Goodluck Jonathan. Alison-Madueke’s departure from Nigeria is likely to be followed by several other PDP elders, party members and supporters as well as some former Government officials, as Buhari's anti-corruption drive will be far-reaching.

“It will be very interesting to learn in the coming months exactly how far back in Nigeria's history his administration will go in the pursuance of those who have robbed Nigeria of US$ 1 trillion, which is the latest estimated figure of theft from the Nigerian treasury between the period 1960-2005. Given that President Jonathan's administration is considered the most corrupt of any of its predecessors, that figure is going to be considerably magnified, but whether the new President will wish to pursue former Heads of State is a matter of interest and considerable debate to Nigerian observers. It is this subject that is primarily responsible for Buhari's success in winning the election as well as his campaign promises to eradicate Boko Haram, revive the economy and rebuild Nigeria to make its position as the number one country in Africa.

While BCA agreed that the March/April 2015 were “the most credible elections in Nigeria's history”, it said they could not be called the most incorruptible.

On the contrary, it referred to them as the worst because of the amount of money that the PDP so freely and openly spent on trying to secure the re-election of Mr. Jonathan.

“The stories and reports from throughout the 36 States of the amount of money distributed by the PDP to elders, rulers, church leaders, unions and youth leaders amongst others in an endeavour to favour the voters towards the PDP has backfired badly,” the report said.

BCA said that if the 2011 elections were considered bad, the 2015 elections will undoubtedly go down as the most corrupt in Nigeria's history, certainly since 1999, as the amount of money being distributed as bribes primarily by the PDP so very openly would readily confirm.

It reported that since November when campaigning began, President Jonathan and General Buhari during their travels made no fewer than 109 promises of what they intend to achieve if given the mandate in the presidential election.

“President Jonathan's campaign continued to hinge on his party's Transformation Agenda and the achievements of his Government in the last 4 years, particularly in the agricultural sector, job creation and the empowerment of women,” the report said. In that regard, it credited Jonathan as having achieved a great deal during his tenure.

It said it was however Jonathan’s failures - rampant corruption, insecurity, inability to eliminate the Boko Haram insurgency, failure in such sectors as the economy, and power in particular, and the overall feeling that he was ruled rather than led - that have cost him his re-election bid.

The report also stated that in the 2015 elections, up to 250 Nigerians lost their lives, describing that deplorable record as speaking volumes for the control achieved by the Police at the campaign rallies by the two main candidates.

It described the cost of the campaigns of the two main parties as “simply staggering”, noting that by the first week of March, Buhari had spent some N332.58 billion as compared to the expenditure of President Jonathan which amounted to N1.05 trillion.

“This is without taking into account the cost of other expenses for such items as campaign rallies, where the PDP has spent N1.06 billion against Muhammadu Buhari's APC's N595.08 million, and clearly demonstrates the desperate lengths that the PDP have gone to in order to try and secure the re-election of President Jonathan.”

http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/14/six-countries-turn-down-petroleum-minister-alison-madueke%E2%80%99s-asylum-request-bca-report

basty:
My grouse with the Igbos is they hate Yoruba so much and this centered on their grievance of the loss of Biafra war to Nigeria.
Suppose there was an agreement between Awilowo and Ojukwu that Yoruba should follow suit should the East ceassed from the federating Nigeria. Must Igbo take their battle to Youbaland or cross to the West or cross the Niger bridge?
An average Igbo sees a Yoruba a betrayal. There is no tribe in Nigeria that accommodate better than the Yoruba nation. These Igbo guys have taken the liberty to name Lagos as no man's land.
Can a Yoruba man go for any elective position in the East?
It is time Lagos Landlords stop letting their houses to an Igbo man, this is the time the Omo oniles (Land Owners) stop selling lands to Igbo in Lagos. This is the time the Igbos need to be re-buying the lands they built houses.
These will show who owns Lagos

I know you are bitter and justified but we must let them know we are not undignified people. Their stance in everything Yoruba is disappointing and I know but they are still Nigerians. However, they need to outgrow their sentiments so that it does not consume them someday.

kettykin:
If yorubas are claiming all these head start why do they want to remain and get stuck with the backward tribes in one country.

The Greeks, Egyptians and Babylonians first produced lawyers, doctors, teachers and scholars before the American, British, German, French, Korean, Chinese and Japanese but the latter are light years ahead of the former in every sphere of life.

We are talking about igbos who lost all in 1970 and came out of their wrecks to own Nigeria.

There you go again!!! Whatever gave you the impression that Igbos now own Nigeria? Mind you, the discuss above is not about Yorubaland but about Lagos. Why not just pick up the lesson therein and move on? That the igbos recovered from the war is a good thing but are you aware no major tribe really trust them? And instead of them to work on that and earn their trust they continually exhibit attitudes that breeds more distrust. Wisdom is profitable to direct but thats not what we are seeing.

https://www./221907691331037/permalink/371700909685047

"By 1872 Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading center with a population of over 60,000 people.Colonial Lagos developed into a busy, cosmopolitan port, with an architecture that blended Victorian and Brazilian styles. The Brazilian element was imparted by skilled builders and masons who had returned from Brazil The black elite was composed of English-speaking "Saros" from Sierra Leone and other emancipated slaves who had been repatriated from Brazil and Cuba.By 1872 the population of the colony was over 60,000, of whom less than 100 were of European origin.

In 1876 imports were valued at £476,813 and exports at £619,260. Telephone links with Britain were established by 1886, and electric street
lighting in 1898.In August 1896, Charles Joseph George and G.W. Neville,both merchants and bothunofficial members of the Legislative Council,
presented a petition urging construction of the railway terminus on Lagos Island rather than at Ido, and also asking for the railway to be extended to Abeokuta. Lagos history is rich in Yoruba tradition,trade and commerce,infrastructural development and cosmopolitanism." -EXTRACTED

With the little facts above, I would like to educatesome illiterates making stupid assumption from blind sentiments that they developed Lagos. Lagosians had telephone presence in 1886, Itu and Calabar got connected to Telephone in 1923, while between 1946 and 1952, a three-channel line carrier system was commissioned between Lagos and Ibadan and was later extended to Oshogbo, Kaduna, Kano, Benin, and Enugu. Communication technology is a major signifier of civilizations and if Lagosians were already making telephone calls more than 70 years before your daddies, where then did you get the warped idea that you came to develop Lagos? By 1856 Cable and Wireless Company of the UK had commissioned a submarine cable link between Lagos and London and In 1851 a post office was established in Lagos; all these before of the emergence of Nigeria as an amalgamated country.

If I may ask again, where did the stupid idea that Igbo developed Lagos came from? Or that Lagos was developed with Nigeria's money when Lagos was not even part of Nigeria until 1914. I always feel embarrassed anytime I read and hear even so-called educated people from the East making these stupid assertions.

The first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937. Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, graduated from another Scottish University in 1935. Again I ask, where did the ignorant hypothesis of the backward Yoruba race who needed development by the superior Igbo race come from?

For the sake of our generation and posterity we need to teach factual history and not just cook up some cock and bull ego-centric concoctions as facts. The attitude of recycling long tales steeped in empty arrogance should be discarded before you mis-educate your kids with fictions.

Awolowo will continue to be the Yoruba hero not because of blind follower-ship but because he gave his people the system of free education, free healthcare and he introduced Television to the Yoruba; making Yorubaland the first region to have a TV station in Africa all done with revenues from Cocoa. It is crass ignorance and naked buffoonery to claim Lagos was built with Nigeria's money. In addition, where did the foolish idea that the Igbo brought civilization to Lagos and Yoruba-land come from? The aim of this post is not to deride any tribe but to correct the dangerous misinformation trending among some Igbo youths and common in their narratives that Lagos is a no-man's land and that their fathers built and develop Lagos.

Your forebears came to Yoruba-land like every other settlers and we appreciate their contributions but the stupid claim that Igbo built and develop Lagos is a gross display of stupidity because Lagos was already developed before your forebears came here from their villages and towns.

The first storey building in Nigeria was built in Marina, Badagry in 1845, long before some of hinterland people gave up the idea of conical mud
houses with thatched roofs which some boastfully called 'ancient mansions.' How can you now claim your grand-sires developed Lagos? Please if you are one of those spreading the fiction, I expect you to desist from self-delusion and collective amnesia forthwith.

The first Igbo alphabet-character set and Igbo primer (Isoama-Ibo) was published by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (a yoruba man from Osogun) in 1857. How can you now claim superiority over the Yoruba race and even carelessly affirm that your forebears should be thanked for bringing enlightenment to Yoruba Land?



Meanwhile, I do not see all these achievements as a sign of Yoruba superiority over the Igbo or any other tribe for I do not believe in racial superiority;

alexlee50:
because he had stolen enough for his master

You either give us a proof or you let it rest.

kamer:
Unless I am missing something, he served for 27yrs and retired at 49yrs. I tot it should have been either u served for 35yrs or retire at 65yrs...my brother look well something is fishy

You can retire early if you wish to still do something with your life and passionate about that. Its not compulsory you fulfill those conditions. No laws says so. That rule applies only to those who want to sit put in office after they are old. not those which are willing to go and something else

kamer: Please stop this exaggeration already, you speak as if you designed and at the same heading this utopian plan, why lie with such gumption

Point out my lies with d truth if I did lie. Don't just say someone lie without giving d truth. For me, jimi agbaje is the lier and deceiver. He promised to elevate all Eze indigbo to the same level of oba of Lagos so he and PDP can capture power in Lagos and this was one of the reason that lead to the gaffe from d palace which we all condemned.

mrmetoo1:
Damn!! You're very effective.. awesome job!!

We are Lagosians and should be well informed about who is planning to lead us especially if he has no public profile.

PrettyClare7:
really? Remember d president-elect's issue of certificate remains unresolved not to talk of his age. PDP n APC the same set of ppl seeking only their own selfish gain.

One is more selfish than the other. When APC plays selfishness, you will see roads, bridges, schools, power plants, water works, housing estates, hospitals, etc. When PDP plays their own selfishness, you see nothing. You only hear of US$20bln missing.

tpiadotcom:
what if I told you either way, leads to the same destination.

What if I told you it does not. APC have development masterplan for lagos covering all areas of the state's economy up to the next 20 year which are already unfolding in phases. This development master plan include power generation which right now is at about 45MW powering all government operations all over Lagos ranging from The secretatiat in Alausa, Lagos State Hospitals and Healthcare Service Commission, The Judiciary, The Legislators, Waterworks in Akute, Water works in Lakki axis etc. Its only a matter of time before Lagos turns to London or US. PDP has no plan. Only Bold Failures.

Now tell me why you thought its heading same way.

mrmetoo1:
Gbam!!! Very well said. Bold ideas he says but we haven't heard any of those bold ideas. Obanikoro was on radio last Friday and couldn't even sell him. He was talking about education, someone called in and asked what else apart from education, he couldn't say anything. Obanikoro said "you know if you take care of education everything will fall into place" Obanikoro that sounds like an illiterate trying to sell education.. too funny

Obanikoro, Jimi Agbaje, etc. They are same. They have nothing to offer. They are PDP. Thats why Jonathan failed despite having realized about US$500bln (thats about N80trln) in oil export alone, he had nothing to show for it. If Jimi Agbaje takes over the affairs of Lagos, the state is doomed. He who have ears let him listen now. Our Igbo brothers ans Sister who love Lagos genuinely, there is no wisdom in playing "the spoiler" game. Jonathan has moved on. You need to also move on.