For some, monarchs in Nigeria are to be exalted while for people like me, they ought to be abolished.
Gaining independence in the 1960, Nigeria tended towards a democratic set up just like colonial master (Britian) but moved rapidly through series of experimental rule to start leaning towards an American's style of government.

Why then do we want to fuse this type of government with another monarchical authorities.. This is over bloating our budgets and depleting the little resources left for development.

Kings and queens require huge maintenance, it's pathetic that these set of ordinary men made gods depends on the state institution to survive without the state leveraging on their authority for progress..(Evidence since 1960)

It's a cultural thing , I know but it should from either their pocket or the community that encourage it. As big as China and America, there is no single Monarch apart from the state yet they moved forward.

We don't need kings and queens in Nigeria, even in the UK, there is only one royal family with authority yet here we have over 500 kings in Nigeria and yet proudly debate those with first class status or those with latest rolls Royce or private jets (same issue of pastors).


I think we should start been serious as a Nation, we must accept where we are before we can get where we want to be, we are a very poor nation and therefore humility must reign.

Positivepoint:


The real question should be why are do we still ve Christians in the north and why are northern Christains still affiliated to south when they can define dir on Christianity after all Christianity came from the north central then spread to the South. The colonial master came through river niger first.


The northern Christain are used as a bait by the southern Christians just to prove that Christains in Nigeria are been persecuted. Just like the recent Jos massacre of innocent Muslim travellers that southern Christian media tried so hard to twist the reports untill videos of the massacre emerged, now when Muslims revenged against northern Christians thesame media will quickly ensure it dorminate discussion for days just to prove dir point. Northern Christian should be wise an know that the Christians of the South have zero regard for them except of course as pawn in a chess game.

Good point, Because Christians in the South are the remaining shining light of this country, left for them , Nigeria will equate Yemen..

tamdun:

Seriously? Where is this coming from, how many prominent Muslim leaders did you see running to North or kissing their boots?
Nawa for some people o, just say u hate yoruba muslim shikena

I will say it again, for political and economical reasons, elites of SW muslims allign with the northern Muslims and try to please them..

How many of those elite have condemned Fulani herdsmen Or have courageously criticized Buhari's policy of division.

KUNZEH:

God bless you

Bet you're Sunni, tell that to shite..

x123xlolls:
What ever you will post to disintegrate Muslims will never ever work... Islam is one, Muslims are are one all over the world, One Quran, One Nabiy, One Heart, One Greeting, One Sultan (sokoto), One Ka'aba at Mecca, One Salah, One Calendar, One Faith,. And one Allah.

Although not every muslim you see is a muslim, some are hypocrite claiming other wise, those are the one badly tarnishing the image of Islam...

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor.

Don't understand what you mean, you said it's one yet you contradicted yourself that there is a difference, if it's one then you're a terrorist.

W

Southerners are still sleeping, one day they will wake up

johntredon:
There is nothing like northern Muslim and southern Muslim, Islam is one religion, unless you tell me that;
...that Northern Muslim daily prayer different from southern Muslim,

... that Northern Muslim Quran different from southern Muslim

... that northern Muslim house of worship different from southern Muslim

...that northern Muslim Arabic language different from southern Musli

So those who used the word "northern Muslim and southern Muslim" used the word to divide muslim in Nigeria.

Be deceiving yourself..

Obagreatdatoye:
Yoruba muslim is the prob of SW.
If not for SW christian they would be as dumb and dull as their northerner muslims.

They have a choice to influence the north or be influenced, most chose the latter out of political relevance and economical gain..

VEXT:
With time those Muslims you see in Southwest will be like the ones in North. Muric is a perfect example....
All Muslims are Terrorists ,some are Terrorists sympathisers , waiting for the right time to show case their inner demon.....

Will prefer my brother to be a idol worshipper than practice Islam...

As far as that book call Qur'an is available,there will never be an end to terrorism's.. Terrorism's and Islam works on the same path..

If you can kill people because of your prophet or religion,you are nothing but a Terrorist.......

If you support the death of some one who insult your prophet ,you are a Terrorist...

If Islam was a religion of peace ,you will see peace wherever they are.. You can't give what you don't have...

The growth of Islam is a danger to humanity. ...

As far am concern, Islam was same as Christians, in the past Christians kill and abhor anything against God and adopted a eye for an eye measure (old testament), Jesus seeing the future modernized Christians which abandoned the law of Moses.

Islam on the other hand sticks mostly on the old testament as there is no new testament in the Koran, reformative clerics took it upon themselves to reform Islam but that's why there is Progressive Islams in some part of the world.

But Northern Nigeria is still living in the past and have refused reformation just like the Taliban.

7lives:


Wahala le ko ara yin si.
Ironu ikoko ni o pa aja.

Eniti o fi ara pamọ kuro ninu otitọ, o fi ara pamọ kuro ninu imọ

Abdul05:
This is one of many problems we are having among us in Nairaland.



Who are these SW Muslims for God Sake!?
Is there any person knows as SW Muslim in Nigeria?

Yes there is , one said the North and SW are one and another heading Muric is championing Sharia in the SW, others are pushing for a SW Muslim presidency ahead of a Christian one..

FarahAideed:
In the entire world , the. Yoruba Muslim is the best type of Muslim ....I must commend them even though there are some fools like that Mumuric guy among them ...Yoruba Muslims are the best ambassadors of Islam , the rest Muslims make you hate the religion

I still maintain that there is now a tend of strong influence from Northern type of Islam, Elites of SW Muslims felt the need to be accepted by the north, hence trying to blend with them.. Not good for the future...

Pashtun tribe is Taliban affiliated, there is Taliban also in Pakistan.. These guys are clearly Taliban, nothing wrong in dancing, better dance steps than Naija ..

Watching the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and reflecting on the Islam of Northern Nigeria, I find that there is no different. From their killer Fulani herdsmen, Boko haram, ISWAP and all their ordinary citizens tactical giving their support, not to mention their elites chairing their interests..
Their sole purpose like Taliban is the total domination of this nation with their ideology, whether it's the North or South.

Weeks ago, a popular Northern figure mentioned in a forum that the whole offshore oil technically belongs to the North. To give him credit, he smartly mentioned that based on Northern land mass, Nigeria as a whole benefitted from those extended from oil rich sea boundaries which is the standard in the United Nations..

My point is this, why are SW Muslims still affiliated to the North, these are two very different Islam despite in the umbrella of Sunni, one is purely liberal and progressive but the other is purely conservative and regressive (still on the war mandate of Usman Dan fodio)..

SW Muslims should be ashamed of the Northern Muslims but what we are seeing now is a strong influence of the northern Muslims on the souther counterpart, when Baba Tinubu said that the North and SW are one, he's simply saying that the Northern Muslims and the SW Muslims are one.


This is the danger the south face, having such a weak set of people among us, the south must be one just like the North is one.

SW Muslims should consider breaking entirely from the Northern Muslims, Change your version of Islam officially and even consider other names, Taliban is a Muslim ideology, call your Islam whatever else but leaning on those who will fight Christians by just the perceived insult on Mohammad elsewhere is a NO NO..

It's simply creates a debacle for the South, today there is even an internal strife between SW Muslims and SW Christians.....

You might wonder what the Taliban has in common with Nigeria.. Let's first correlate :

The Taliban government has a warm relationship with Al Qaeda who in turn swore allegiance to ISIS who is affiliated to Sub- Sahara ISWAP who recently have desposed Boko haram in Nigeria and now incharge..

For 20 years , Taliban have shown the resilience is the key , if they can break the US and their allies, they can break any government..

Post covid , most of the world's police (The big powers) are focused on home front and have no energy for any form of intervention, this has demoralised the war on terror..

Nigeria should be ready for an offensive it will come, just a matter of time as Taliban have motivated and rejuvenated each of this group..


The question now is, Is Nigeria doing enough These terror groups are not spirits, they are just humans like you and I, a decent person today can join these groups tomorrow out of frustration, it's a horrible feeling been let down by your government, or grow up in the street knowing you are labelled Alamajiri, having to hustle hard just to feed once a day or even take care of your family talkless of the future. Terror organisation in Nigeria is simply propelled by economic downturn and the high rate of nonchalant attitude from the leaders, their sole purpose is nnot just to kill or destroy but to seek their own state where the government have failed..


Again I warn, Nigeria should be ready as the current trajectories of our economy and social existence continue to regress with speed.

A little message for the North - Islam in all it's form has TRUTH as a virtue, be truthful to your people , protecting Fulani herdsmen, marrying wives and having lots of children you
can't cater for is a recipe for disaster.
Repent...

philo04:
And Igbo president will not better either
All of them are the same including you and i

You never know until you try, a man like Peter Obi can reformat Nigeria...

Sometimes I think we joke to much is this nation, don't think there is another country in this world who despise their strength and cling to their weakness more than Nigeria..

Of course , the result of our stupidity makes us the most corrupt, most poor and one of the worst case of insecurity..

I will be honest, Igbos as far as this nation is concerned as the most successful people no wonder we vowed not to let them leave.

Losing the war and having to start afresh, Igbos rose and reclaimed their place in this country and even went beyond both within Africa and the whole world (Those who travel wide understands this )

This tribe despite called all manner of names still serve as a bridge , inhabiting virtually in the whole towns of this nation even in Baga (Boko haram inflicted area) and speaks more languages of other tribes.

Why then would you stop them from trying a different approach with this country Even the world acknowledge their talent and today Okonjo iweala is in a zenith position..


Politics apart, an Igbo man must rule this nation one day, note it's a MUST unless they will eventually break away and that will be the end of Nigeria... If we appreciate Obama as a black man to rule America and push for black lives matters then bring it back home.

As for 2023, if the south says they stand with a talented Igbo man, the north will follow suit. The North chose Buhari , he won so why can't the south choose a candidate of their own..

For political jobbers who in the name of tribal affiliation cling to their own, unless you're benefitting directly please let's try something different..

Atiku will not be so different from Buhari , Tinubu won't be too far from Obasanjo, we have seen them all since 1969 , let's try Igbos and see if we can get our breakthrough..

Megasaucy:



Put a sock in the nonsense you are spewing there!

Everybody comes on NL pretending to be experts at what they know ZILCH about.

Sis, you simply want attention as you have nothing to contribute, please concentrate on BBNaija..

neyoohhh:


You can borrow to buy a car for bolt driving, you can borrow to buy a house as long as it's not for personal use.. leverage.

Hustle is a longer way of becoming successful, the rich borrow money to buy assets.. resources and time are limited, so the only way out is leverage..

No successful business man borrow unrealistic loans ... Will advice you bro, if your bolt driving car can't pay the loan , never go for it cause it will end in tears..

Only borrow what you can pay, Nigerian's loan is off track...


By the way, Peter Obi mentioned that if those infrastructures were worth it, they could have gone to our stock exchange and raise the cash.

These are just bogus contracts for politicians to fed on, look at the North since 1976, infrastructures have been flowing there up till now, what then is their output.. Why is the nation poor then

Omoluabi1stborn:


For once I agree with Femi.
Without infrastructure no nation can move forward.
All this Health, Power, IT its also infrastructure you'll use to
The machines and equipments are also infrastructures

About the loans, you can actually use loan to build an economy provided it has a reasonable return.

That's why people take loan to fund a project you can't have the capitals
In fact a reasonable business man won't use his capital and personal Money to fund a long term business, instead he obtains a loan.

I don't mind if you agree with him but the fact is that this policy will continue to make Nigeria one of the worst country on earth ..


No business man takes unrealistic loan, you should take time and find how much loan we have borrowed with interest then check the so called infrastructure and see how much that generates...

I will be honest with you, SME's and education power every great economy..

Borrowing unsustainable loans will never ever drive this nation forward, invest in education and SMEs is the way forward...


Stopping using biden infrastructural policy, US is already an educated nation.. Compare ourselves with China , Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, these countries are seriously funding their SMEs and intellectual base..

Once the investment in SME matures with intelligent human resources, money will flow and infrastructure will naturally come..

All great infrastructures in China today was not from loans....

Instead of calling Peter Obi to help you in building the nation, you're turning it into politics..

The same goes for the broke ass Nigerians in this forum supporting a useless set of leaders, put hate aside and learn from men like Peter obi, you will certainly make it in life.

To bring his macro economic view down to micro economics, you can't borrow unrealistic loans to build houses or buy cars instead focus the investment on your little hustle and education, trust me if it means educating yourself in IT, health or even going abroad to study a good course ,you will certainly reap from it..

To create the poll for busy folks..

Click like for OSINBAJO and share for Peter obi

Monogamy:
Star boy over and over again.

Tested and trusted

You've not stated quality reasons bro..And remember to say something about the other..

In a sane clime, the southern political arena will be dominated by men and women of Valor fully capable of transforming any nation. Personally , the zone has 6 names who should be in the fore front of southern representation, this include

SW - YEMI OSINBAJO AND DR ADESINA AKINWUMI

SE - PETER OBI AND PROF SOLUDO

SS- DR OKONJO IWEALA AND PROF PAT UTOMI

But to avoid wide speculations, 2 names stands out, The current VP YEMI OSINBAJO and the former governor of Anambra state Mr Peter Obi.

We all know their backgrounds and accomplishments so with support and objective criticism, which of these two fine gentlemen would make more impact in rebuilding the nation..



Political jobbers stay off, I want excellent analysis devoid of bias or tribal insinuations..

The North plotted to keep power post Buhari, dumping the agreement they had with the SW to hand them over power despite the contributions of the SW.

Elites of the SW sensing the betrayal spoke out and started making effort to unite with their southern brethrens.


Moving forward, "power must move to the south in all fairness and equity" they declared but what part of the south are they talking about?


Everyone knows that 95 percent of the SW leaders supports Tinubu, so are they making these declarations just to favour SW again??
What happened to "in all fairness and equity"??

The SE and the SS still see themselves are one with a united political future but the SE are already plotting their way. If the noise about power going back will not suit them then the North might as well continue with a SE as the vice.

The North is an opportunity here, do we give Tinubu the flag bearer for APC and then ditch the SW and vote Atiku in PDP ??


If there is one thing I learnt from the last election, the north does not care about the parties, it cares about the candidate. In the presidency, they stood for Buhari while in the gubernatorial , most states in the North stood for PDP..


A year from now, the quest for the most challenging election in the history of this nation will start, the microphone is with the SW to speak , what part of the south do you mean..

The unity of the south will be once again tested just cause of political gain. I wonder what it will be if the whole south forge and stand for a candidate from the SE to lead this nation. If the Okonjo iwealas, chimamandas and Peter Obis of this world can make great strides , I think they can move a nation like Nigeria forward..

Guys, am not a criminal but there is one truth you must know , most criminals never act alone and even bigger criminals work as a network.. Look at Hushpuppy, once he got caught, a clear forensic investigation of his communication gadgets and financial dealings revealed his partners in crime

So also if DCP Abba is thoroughly Investigated, the truth will be plain as either a vast network of his partners in crime will be discovered or nothing more will be found.

For me personally, if DCP is only indicted with Hushpuppy, I will believe his own side of the story.



When a cop is indicted with evidence, what step do you think a normal state/nation will take?

Let's break it down-

*First , the US government must have alerted the Nigeria counterpart about the revelation before it went to the public.

* The Nigerian state using the rapid response should have detained Abba Kyari immediately and seized all his communication gadgets (phones , laptop including that of his family) and financial assets including bank accounts, all these must be transferred to the forensic unit for clear investigation.
* Faced with the grand evidence, he must have been immediately suspended pending investigation.

* If found guilty, must have faced both Nigeria and US legal system..


Now here is the deal, the government was alerted of this indictment way before it came to the public, it still took the government/ IGP several days after it came public to open an investigation and suspend Abba Kyari, that time lapse is enough for Abba Kyari to clear out evidence and concoct things..

Even if the investigation starts, will the police conduct a thorough forensic investigation on one of their own, a Muslim shining star of the North? You know the answer...

My take is that the scandal that will erupt from a thorough investigation of Abba Kyari will be 10 times that of the Hushpuppy, they will simply delay the investigation until Nigerians shift their mind on something else....


This is broken nation, a great hunger in the land has turn even saints to sinners, everyone including you and I are guilty one way or the other.


A friend once told me that there is no Saint in this country but there are saints seeking redemption and sinners refusing one.


Finally, Abba Kyari despite his weakness is a product of our environment, the only way forward is a total overhaul and rebuilding of this nation and this is where I go crazy with position of the core Northerners whose only problem is Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho...

flokii:


It's wire fraud involving a scammer who has pleaded guilty in court already.. I don't think North can cover this up.
Let's watch and see how things unfold.

Bro, the only southerner that can dissect the mindset of the core Northerners is one was born or lived among the north.

Take it from me, even crook Abacha is more honoured in the North than Okonjo iweala, they wouldn't think twice to jail her but set Abacha free...

Now we are talking about crook Abacha , imagine Abba Kyari...


Even just days ago, you see them insisting that lady Onochie is not APC and deserve INEC role..

The devastating state of the north is synonymous to their mindset....

We don't deserve a nation witj these guys...

flokii:
@OP Don't be too sure o..

Don't be too sure?? So you expect Buhari to jail Abba Kyari or extradite him to the US

The man himself said he's innocent, it's case closed for the north... Abi you still dey learn?

ddippset:
Arrest Ganduje? Have u ever heard the word called IMMUNITY?

Why dïsplay such foolishness? Why??

Don't ever quote me again...

CodeTemplar:
Who deserves a space in US jail more between Pantami and Kyari? If Pantami could be protected, Kyari can be protected too.
They celebrated Kanu being taken off the wanted list of zoo-like enclosure not knowing the own very number one son will be his replacement. Karma!

They might defend Kyari by saying hushpuppi hacked his what'sapp and created that conversation. . . lol.

Trust me the core north will choose Wole Soyinka, Peter Obi and Jim Ovia to go to jail than any of their darlings..

Monogamy:
Mr, please don't generalized things..

Though we are aware some southerners have been the one throwing tantrum about a case that has just begin, but you should know which part of the south always behave in such manner.

As for DCP Kyari, no shaking.

Whatever miracle that might have happened during Onyema's case , whatever action he took to claim his name whether through lawyers or lobbyists, Kyari will get through this for sure..

We are even yet to know how Kyari was implicated in the case before some bad belle don dey celebrate, one don even finished one seaman schnapps just to celebrate this..

The children of eight dem

Bro I dey your back .. If Ganduje's video was technology recalibration, this one na just text and voice note..

Abeg what name shall we call this one?