superlightning:


I know these documents. They were land deeds purchased from okrika people in the 1920s now ceded to the colonialists to EXPAND old igwuocha. Port Harcourt (igwuocha) was expanded by purchasing more land. So? How does it change igwuocha status as an igboland?

No historian will deny that igwuocha is alaigbo. Only in nairaland.

How far do you want to go in pushing this matter? This is childish.

pazienza. Okwa Ina afu

pazienza:


Interesting. Provide more of them here, bro.
Anything to wean off our IPOB brothers from this Ph addiction is always welcomed.

We need to turn their necks back home, to Owerri, Enugu, Abakaliki, Awka, Umuahia, Aba, Onitsha, Asaba.

Knock yourself out. Na you go tire.

Igwuocha bu alaigbo.

Pls bring education matters in pls.

Gowon, Abdulsalami Applaud NNPC as Enugu Emerges Champion of 2018 National Science Quiz Competition



Encomiums and wide-acclaim came the way of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday as the curtains fell on the 16th edition of the NNPC National Science Quiz Competition with Enugu State representative, Master Okeke Tony Kabilan, carting away the coveted prize.

The grand finale of the quiz competition, which is the Corporation’s most significant Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, was graced by two former Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Retd.) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Retd.), who applauded the Corporation for foetering educational development and national unity through the competition.

After a round-robin question and answer session featuring 18 participating state finalists drawn from each of the six geo-political zones, the Enugu State champion finished tops with 75 points while Ogun State representative, Master Igban Emmanuel, clinched the second position by whiskers with 65 points after winning a pulsating tie break with Master Alikah Joseph Ehiagwina of Edo State.

Gen. Gowon, who was chairman of the occasion, commended the Corporation for organizing a shining example of CSR initiative which, according to him, had witnessed massive innovations and improvement through the years.

The former Head of State applauded the Corporation for increasing the scholarship sum from N100, 000 to N300, 000, stressing that the move was a soothing balm for the winners in the face of rising cost of quality education.

He also thanked the management of NNPC for the introduction of N100,000 educational grant to all winners at the state level.

Special Guest of Honour, Gen. Abubakar, in his remarks commended the Corporation for its unflinching commitment to the growth and sustenance of qualitative indigenous manpower across all tiers of the hydrocarbon value chain.

Gen. Abubakar said NNPC’s record in championing the Nigerian content initiative in the oil and gas industry was a noble and patriotic step, noting that the essential philosophy behind the National Science Quiz Competition was to ensure that the production line of highly skilled labour remained intact and prolific.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, in his address expressed satisfaction with the NNPC Management for sustaining the annual national science quiz contest and urged the NNPC to consider extending same gesture to students in the arts and social sciences.

Chief host of the event and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said NNPC Management would continue to build on the landmark achievements of the competition in the years ahead.

Dr. Baru pledged that the Corporation would ensure the test administration met international standards given the existing collaboration already established with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) as well as the Science Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (STAN), which were rubbing off positively on the status of the initiative.

He noted that quiz competition has proved to be a huge success with many of the past winners doing very well in their chosen careers across three continents of the globe.

“From the survey we carried out, we discovered that over 90% of our past quiz winners are doctors and engineers. We traveled to about three continents of the world to locate what we describe as NNPC Science Quiz Competition Laureates in their various fields of endeavor. Some are at Harvard and other Ivy League Universities as research fellows”, Dr. Baru stated.

The NNPC Quiz Competition was inaugurated in 2000 and limited to participants from the Niger Delta but went national in 2001.

Designed mainly for students in the nation’s secondary schools, the competition has impacted positively on the intellectual attainment of young Nigerians. It has provided financial succour to successful contestants who have been placed on scholarship throughout their university education. Many of the awardees had moved on to achieve academic laurels in tertiary institutions, locally and internationally.

The competition was set up to promote science education in the country; encourage students in the study of Science and Technology related subjects; prepare students for promotional and qualifying examinations; build friendship amongst the participating students; and develop students’ competitive spirit, among others.

The event was attended by the Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Governor Darius Ishiaku of Taraba State and a host of other dignitaries from across the country.

http://www.nnpcgroup.com/PublicRelations/NNPCinthenews/tabid/92/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1082/Gowon-Abdulsalami-Applaud-NNPC-as-Enugu-Emerges-Champion-of-2018-National-Science-Quiz-Competition.aspx

ghostfacekillar:
pazienza. Okwa Ina afu

The amicably ceded lands brought about boundary adjustments. Its not something that can be reversed.

just as mushin was not part of old lagos, it was part of old western region. But the colonialists purchased land deeds from the aworis to expand Lagos. This brought about boundary adjustments too.

Xander85:
Gowon, Abdulsalami Applaud NNPC as Enugu Emerges Champion of 2018 National Science Quiz Competition



Encomiums and wide-acclaim came the way of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday as the curtains fell on the 16th edition of the NNPC National Science Quiz Competition with Enugu State representative, Master Okeke Tony Kabilan, carting away the coveted prize.

The grand finale of the quiz competition, which is the Corporation’s most significant Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, was graced by two former Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Retd.) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Retd.), who applauded the Corporation for foetering educational development and national unity through the competition.

After a round-robin question and answer session featuring 18 participating state finalists drawn from each of the six geo-political zones, the Enugu State champion finished tops with 75 points while Ogun State representative, Master Igban Emmanuel, clinched the second position by whiskers with 65 points after winning a pulsating tie break with Master Alikah Joseph Ehiagwina of Edo State.

Gen. Gowon, who was chairman of the occasion, commended the Corporation for organizing a shining example of CSR initiative which, according to him, had witnessed massive innovations and improvement through the years.

The former Head of State applauded the Corporation for increasing the scholarship sum from N100, 000 to N300, 000, stressing that the move was a soothing balm for the winners in the face of rising cost of quality education.

He also thanked the management of NNPC for the introduction of N100,000 educational grant to all winners at the state level.

Special Guest of Honour, Gen. Abubakar, in his remarks commended the Corporation for its unflinching commitment to the growth and sustenance of qualitative indigenous manpower across all tiers of the hydrocarbon value chain.

Gen. Abubakar said NNPC’s record in championing the Nigerian content initiative in the oil and gas industry was a noble and patriotic step, noting that the essential philosophy behind the National Science Quiz Competition was to ensure that the production line of highly skilled labour remained intact and prolific.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, in his address expressed satisfaction with the NNPC Management for sustaining the annual national science quiz contest and urged the NNPC to consider extending same gesture to students in the arts and social sciences.

Chief host of the event and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said NNPC Management would continue to build on the landmark achievements of the competition in the years ahead.

Dr. Baru pledged that the Corporation would ensure the test administration met international standards given the existing collaboration already established with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) as well as the Science Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (STAN), which were rubbing off positively on the status of the initiative.

He noted that quiz competition has proved to be a huge success with many of the past winners doing very well in their chosen careers across three continents of the globe.

“From the survey we carried out, we discovered that over 90% of our past quiz winners are doctors and engineers. We traveled to about three continents of the world to locate what we describe as NNPC Science Quiz Competition Laureates in their various fields of endeavor. Some are at Harvard and other Ivy League Universities as research fellows”, Dr. Baru stated.

The NNPC Quiz Competition was inaugurated in 2000 and limited to participants from the Niger Delta but went national in 2001.

Designed mainly for students in the nation’s secondary schools, the competition has impacted positively on the intellectual attainment of young Nigerians. It has provided financial succour to successful contestants who have been placed on scholarship throughout their university education. Many of the awardees had moved on to achieve academic laurels in tertiary institutions, locally and internationally.

The competition was set up to promote science education in the country; encourage students in the study of Science and Technology related subjects; prepare students for promotional and qualifying examinations; build friendship amongst the participating students; and develop students’ competitive spirit, among others.

The event was attended by the Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Governor Darius Ishiaku of Taraba State and a host of other dignitaries from across the country.

http://www.nnpcgroup.com/PublicRelations/NNPCinthenews/tabid/92/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1082/Gowon-Abdulsalami-Applaud-NNPC-as-Enugu-Emerges-Champion-of-2018-National-Science-Quiz-Competition.aspx

Ndigbo kwenu!

Xander85:
Gowon, Abdulsalami Applaud NNPC as Enugu Emerges Champion of 2018 National Science Quiz Competition



Encomiums and wide-acclaim came the way of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday as the curtains fell on the 16th edition of the NNPC National Science Quiz Competition with Enugu State representative, Master Okeke Tony Kabilan, carting away the coveted prize.

The grand finale of the quiz competition, which is the Corporation’s most significant Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, was graced by two former Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Retd.) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Retd.), who applauded the Corporation for foetering educational development and national unity through the competition.

After a round-robin question and answer session featuring 18 participating state finalists drawn from each of the six geo-political zones, the Enugu State champion finished tops with 75 points while Ogun State representative, Master Igban Emmanuel, clinched the second position by whiskers with 65 points after winning a pulsating tie break with Master Alikah Joseph Ehiagwina of Edo State.

Gen. Gowon, who was chairman of the occasion, commended the Corporation for organizing a shining example of CSR initiative which, according to him, had witnessed massive innovations and improvement through the years.

The former Head of State applauded the Corporation for increasing the scholarship sum from N100, 000 to N300, 000, stressing that the move was a soothing balm for the winners in the face of rising cost of quality education.

He also thanked the management of NNPC for the introduction of N100,000 educational grant to all winners at the state level.

Special Guest of Honour, Gen. Abubakar, in his remarks commended the Corporation for its unflinching commitment to the growth and sustenance of qualitative indigenous manpower across all tiers of the hydrocarbon value chain.

Gen. Abubakar said NNPC’s record in championing the Nigerian content initiative in the oil and gas industry was a noble and patriotic step, noting that the essential philosophy behind the National Science Quiz Competition was to ensure that the production line of highly skilled labour remained intact and prolific.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, in his address expressed satisfaction with the NNPC Management for sustaining the annual national science quiz contest and urged the NNPC to consider extending same gesture to students in the arts and social sciences.

Chief host of the event and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said NNPC Management would continue to build on the landmark achievements of the competition in the years ahead.

Dr. Baru pledged that the Corporation would ensure the test administration met international standards given the existing collaboration already established with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) as well as the Science Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (STAN), which were rubbing off positively on the status of the initiative.

He noted that quiz competition has proved to be a huge success with many of the past winners doing very well in their chosen careers across three continents of the globe.

“From the survey we carried out, we discovered that over 90% of our past quiz winners are doctors and engineers. We traveled to about three continents of the world to locate what we describe as NNPC Science Quiz Competition Laureates in their various fields of endeavor. Some are at Harvard and other Ivy League Universities as research fellows”, Dr. Baru stated.

The NNPC Quiz Competition was inaugurated in 2000 and limited to participants from the Niger Delta but went national in 2001.

Designed mainly for students in the nation’s secondary schools, the competition has impacted positively on the intellectual attainment of young Nigerians. It has provided financial succour to successful contestants who have been placed on scholarship throughout their university education. Many of the awardees had moved on to achieve academic laurels in tertiary institutions, locally and internationally.

The competition was set up to promote science education in the country; encourage students in the study of Science and Technology related subjects; prepare students for promotional and qualifying examinations; build friendship amongst the participating students; and develop students’ competitive spirit, among others.

The event was attended by the Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Governor Darius Ishiaku of Taraba State and a host of other dignitaries from across the country.

http://www.nnpcgroup.com/PublicRelations/NNPCinthenews/tabid/92/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1082/Gowon-Abdulsalami-Applaud-NNPC-as-Enugu-Emerges-Champion-of-2018-National-Science-Quiz-Competition.aspx

wonderful
NonsoWow will not like this lol

nnamdijonathan:


wonderful
NonsoWow will not like this lol

Okeke is a popular Anambra name. Dude must be from Anambra. We lead, others follow.

nnamdijonathan:


wonderful
NonsoWow will not like this lol

Migraines for him and his multiple accounts this night

NonsoWow:
Okeke is a popular Anambra name. Dude must be from Anambra. We lead, others follow.

Okeke is used in Enugu, Ebonyi North and Central, and Anambra.
Okereke is used in Imo, Abia and Ebonyi South .

superlightning:


Ndigbo kwenu!

Yaa!

NonsoWow:
Okeke is a popular Anambra name. Dude must be from Anambra. We lead, others follow.

Who leads? Lol.....

WAEC - abia overtook you

NNPC Science Competition - Enugu dusted you.

ghostfacekillar:
pazienza. Okwa Ina afu

Ikegwuru. The man is yet to make open his hidden agenda.

If Atiku picks Yoruba VP.

I will whole heartedly swallow my pride and campaign for Buhari while hoping he reciprocates the Igbo support with a transition to Igbo presidency in 2023.

Pazienza and other elites what do you think.

pazienza:


Okeke is used in Enugu, Ebonyi North and Central, and Anambra.
Okereke is used in Imo, Abia and Ebonyi South .

True. I'm from Ebonyi North. Ohaukwu in particular and some of my childhood friends answered Okeke.

Bede2u:
the thing i will say in this matter after reading posts from hammer6f is that if we are ever planning an independent igbo nation we MUST work with this map...no matter the opinion of the various clans captured within it...cos the wolf doesnt concern itself with the opinion of the sheep

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3131018_igboland_jpeg72ffdbe9771892b98ffe883330da1679
If it means war, i will pick up arms God willing

However, if we are talking about igbo within nigeria, then we must primarily work with the map of SE

Nwanne nara aka biko...


We will surely deal with them, in our own way.

ChinenyeN:


See how you sound.. "if it means war".

1. Your territory is not even sovereign sef, neither does it have any real sense of polity. There is no charter that binds the region, that can protect you from the political, moral or even economic consequences of even thinking in this type of mindset.

2. Your people are not mobilized, talk less of having yet gotten over a prior war to come and fight another in their own backyard. Incidentally, doing the exact same things that the non-Igbo Igbo communities have been accusing you of doing for decades now.

Congratulations, you are now exactly what the SS claims you to be.

Nobody spoke about war, Ndiigbo are far more sophisticated than that, we are talking politics.

We will deal with SS Igbos politically.

By the time we are through, they will be more or less conquered territory and submissive.

The problem the SS Igbos are having is that Ndiigbo have given them free hand.

We have failed to conquer them.

Funnicator:
If Atiku picks Yoruba VP.

I will whole heartedly swallow my pride and campaign for Buhari while hoping he reciprocates the Igbo support with a transition to Igbo presidency in 2023.

Pazienza and other elites what do you think.

If Atiku picks a SW VP, he would have committed political suicide.

I wouldn't campaign for Buhari either. I would campaign we tone down our antagonism towards Buhari and allow him finish his tenure.
What would happen should Atiku pick a SW would be that IPOB " no election " message would resonate more on the presidential elections day. Voters apathy would be high.

PDP wouldn't be able to rig using absentee voters, as APC currently control the rigging machinery.
Buhari would record landslide victory, and maybe, seeing we were no hindrance to his ascension, his antagonism towards SE would perhaps decrease. So, it wouldn't be an entirely lose-lose scenario.

Maybe after this, in 2023, PDP would take the region serious.

pazienza:


If you would pick up firearms to forcefully keep a people who don't want to be with you, in your new country. Tell me, how then are you different from Nigerians who forcefully kept us in a union we fought to leave in 1967?
Have you ever thought of this perspective?

That is just it, it is Ok wen they do all soughts to Igbos but not Ok for Igbo to even think or entertain the same against them.


There is something wrong with this angelic strand of thinking.

xfactor23:

Pazienza is not a politician, and should not be allowed into the circle of politics. He will spoil things for us with his volatile emotion. He should remain an intellectual in the medical field he is doing great. Pazienza focus more on your calling and leave politics for those of us that are less emotional about turns of events.

We need pazienza indeed, he is a great mind and great minds think alike.

Abagworo:


Saraki is pure Fulani name just like Gambari. Kwara has Yoruba, Nupe, Fulani and other tribes.

Bukola Saraki might be mixed with Fulani but dont for a second doubt that Bukola is a yoruba name and he is yoruba.

pazienza:


If Atiku picks a SW VP, he would have committed political suicide.

I wouldn't campaign for Buhari either. I would campaign we tone down our antagonism towards Buhari and allow him finish his tenure.
What would happen should Atiku pick a SW would be that IPOB " no election " message would resonate more on the presidential elections day. Voters apathy would be high.

PDP wouldn't be able to rig using absentee voters, as APC currently control the rigging machinery.
Buhari would record landslide victory, and maybe, seeing we were no hindrance to his ascension, his antagonism towards SE would perhaps decrease. So, it wouldn't be an entirely lose-lose scenario.

Maybe after this, in 2023, PDP would take the region serious.

If Atiku pick a SW V, it simply means Nnamdi Kanu was right.

Lock down and sit at home call on election day is in order.

As an Igbo man, Nnamdi Kanu will always have my uttmost respect.

Whereever they are holding him, u can rest assured that he would have been severely tortured alongside his parents.

hammer6F:



Nobody spoke about war, Ndiigbo are far more sophisticated than that, we are talking politics.

We will deal with SS Igbos politically.


By the time we are through, they will be more or less conquered territory and submissive.

Where you people get this type of thought process from, baffles me.
We don't need to deal with them. We just rejected them entirely. Which means, nobody from there can come and take our slots. Any body that attempts to use those Igbophobic Igboids as reps for Ndiigbo would be violently reminded that the Igboid is not Igbo, and couldn't be representing us.

The likes of Emefiele(Ika) have already escaped. But in the future, when a president makes such statement to claim he reps us, we would write a well detailed article and circulate, stating clearly that he is Ika and not Igbo, and so couldn't be representing Ndiigbo. We would be very vocal about it.

pazienza:


Where you people get this type of thought process from, baffles me.
We don't need to deal with them. We just rejected them entirely. Which means, nobody from there can come and take our slots. Any body that attempts to use those Igbophobic Igboids as reps for Ndiigbo would be violently reminded that the Igboid is not Igbo, and couldn't be representing us.

The likes of Emefiele(Ika) have already escaped. But in the future, when a president makes such statement to claim he reps us, we would write a well detailed article and circulate, stating clearly that he is Ika and not Igbo, and so couldn't be representing Ndiigbo. We would be very vocal about it.

This is not a matter, if u want to give them your slot then do so.

Are they holding a gun to Ndiigbo head?

Secondly, SS Igbos need to be subjugated, they were forced to deny Igbos via subjugation, thus to reverse the process, they need to be reconquered and re-colonised.

pazienza:


Okeke is used in Enugu, Ebonyi North and Central, and Anambra.
Okereke is used in Imo, Abia and Ebonyi South .

Wawa and abakaliki people don't bear Okeke. It is a name exclusive to Anambra indigenes. Go figure.

NonsoWow:
Wawa and abakaliki people don't bear Okeke. It is a name exclusive to Anambra indigenes. Go figure.

Your ignorance is profound.

pazienza:


This is exactly what will happen. I know how loudmouthed Yorubas can be. They wouldn't keep quiet about it. They would boast about it everyday and humiliate and embarrass Ndiigbo in every social media platforms available. Our people wouldn't be able to endure it. We would seek to Pay Atiku back, but Buhari wouldn't be an option, so naturally, what would happen is voters apathy with people staying at home that day, with IPOB taking all the credits.

The sole enemies of Ndiigbo are Yoruba not Hausa.

Yoruba are passionate about Igbos.

That is y almost all their male want Igbo wife they can dominate.

U guys need to get with the psychology at play.

hammer6F:



This is not a matter, if u want to give them your slot then do so.

Are they holding a gun to Ndiigbo head?

Secondly, SS Igbos need to be subjugated, they were forced to deny Igbos via subjugation, thus to reverse the process, they need to be reconquered and re-colonised.

Very hilarious

pazienza:

Your ignorance is profound.

Yours is cancerous.

pazienza:


If Atiku picks a SW VP, he would have committed political suicide.

I wouldn't campaign for Buhari either. I would campaign we tone down our antagonism towards Buhari and allow him finish his tenure.
What would happen should Atiku pick a SW would be that IPOB " no election " message would resonate more on the presidential elections day. Voters apathy would be high.

PDP wouldn't be able to rig using absentee voters, as APC currently control the rigging machinery.
Buhari would record landslide victory, and maybe, seeing we were no hindrance to his ascension, his antagonism towards SE would perhaps decrease. So, it wouldn't be an entirely lose-lose scenario.

Maybe after this, in 2023, PDP would take the region serious.

Sounds meaningful to me

I pity Atiku really, it is really a tough choice.

But this afonja really want to reap where they did not sow.

PDP they have abused and voted out all their governors even Fayose, is what they are fighting for the VP now. They have no single PDP governor. All Yoruba strong men are in ApC. And yet they want SW VP.

Give them the SW VP under PDP, they'll still divide the presidential vote; they never vote in block, on the other hand, voter apathy in the East.

SMH

NonsoWow:
Wawa and abakaliki people don't bear Okeke. It is a name exclusive to Anambra indigenes. Go figure.

Are you high or something? Stop this nonsense. How old are you sef? That statement you made, even a teenager won't utter such.