AldrichAmes:


What factually written evidence are you yapping about when Oyo empire controlled badagry port before King Ghezo displaced Ogus (Egun) from Quidah? Pray tell how Eguns got there before Oyo and Awori?

How did Awori settle in Alimosho before Yewa when Yewas have always been there and Alimosho was cut from Ogun to be part of Lagos state?

[b]And I'm assuming you have never heard about Ijebu kingdom and where it controlled from the 9th century cos if you did you won't say Awori and Ogus settled in Ikorodu and Epe before Ijebus. [/b]In case you don't know, Ijebu controlled most of the coast of today's Lagos from the 9th century as part of Ijebu kingdom and they were the first people in present day Nigeria the Europeans had contact with.

Etc. Stop posting disinformation.

You're funny, we are talking about first settler in Lagos as awhole not just a locality! There's no documented evidence that Ijebu people were living in Lagos before the Aworis, NONE! I'm not talking about fairytale and folklore stories passed down by your great great great grandfather, I'm talking about actual documented evidence. From Ooni of Ife to the Lagos Government itself, many who are more enlightened and educated than you can confirm the Aworis are credited as the first settlers of Eko land, so stop it!

Now if we want to talk about fairytale and folklore, I've got you beat as well. Go and read about Prince Olofin (Oduduwa's son) and his followers and how they migrated from Oduduwa's palace downwards and formed what is now known as Abeokuta, Iddo and finally settling in what is now known as Idumota. Before then, there were simply no records of any group or person settling in Lagos. Epe & Ikorodu were infiltrated by the Ijebus much later not in the 9th century as you've tried to deceptively insinuate, in fact Uraka the hunter from Ile Ife along with his wife came up with the name Epe rather than Igbo Obo that it was formerly known as, unless you classify monkeys as humans, it is safe to say Uraka founded Epe, now ask yourself what does history tell us about Uraka? What does history tell us about the Aworis? A bit of research would show you that Aworis exited before Uraka but I understand if you're too tired to do proper research

AldrichAmes:


This is disinformation.

Indigenes of Lagos:

Alimosho - Yewa (Egbado)
Badagry - Awori/Oyo/Ogus (Ogus also known are Eguns are settlers from Quidah)
Mushin - Egbas and Ijebus own most of the lands there
Ifako Ijaye - Oyo
Oshodi - Awori
Kosofe - Egbas
Okorodu - Ijebu
Epe - Ijebu
Shomolu - Ijebu own most of the lands there
Lagos Island and most of the rest - Awori

Who came FIRST? When we remove sentiments and focus on factually written evidence, nobody can argue that the Aworis and Ogus first settled in what is now known as Lagos before all the other groups arrived......Please educate yourself!

kk2027:


Na me wan tell you?
Is the governor of your state not from your state?

Why cant Lagos state indigenes be able to do same for once?

Can you define Lagos state indigene? As far as I'm concerned if you're not Awori or Ogus, you have no right to call yourself an indigene of Lagos, now can you present a candidate that is Awori or Ogus? You see say you don set yourself up

kk2027:


Remind me why the real Lagosians cant get a chance?

You're still spewing crap, can you define what you mean by REAL Lagosians?

Kelvin3476:

ur reference is poor MR.
he is actually a yoruba man , and nt an outsider.

Who called him an outsider? Even a Yoruba man living in Enugu for two decades cannot and should not be called an outsider!

kk2027:


A Lagosian is a Lagosian

They should get a chance to govern their state for once

Who is a Lagosian? Do you think only people born in Lagos are Lagosians? Y'all need to move on from your primitive mindset, Gbadebo is a Lagosian, Tinubu is a Lagosian, Sanwo- Olu is a Lsgosian heck Emeka my childhood friend of 32 years is a Lagosian....JUST STOP IT!

NOTICE NO MENTION OF RIGGING? Delays, queues, technical glitches are all part of the voting process not only in Africa but in advanced countries as well even the USA. I stood in line to vote for over 2 hours last year, some polling stations had to be extended due to unforeseen delays, no democracy is perfect!

Kelvin3476:

what is wrong if he can speak his mothers native tongue ?

Nothing is wrong, it just shows his priorities. It's like a Yoruba man living in Enugu for over 20 years, if he does not speak the language then he simply doesn't take Enugu people seriously or see them as important. Many of our Igbo brothers and sisters are in China, dem no born dem well make dem no learn the language in a decade or two

Intrepid01:
I don’t trust the writer of this article, the way he pretended as if the Senate Presidency and Speaker aren’t above SGF and Chief of Staff, and can be used to placate zones that are angry on religious grounds is suspicious. All those Muslim Senators from North Central and North West should forget about it. I think the Senate Presidency should be zoned to Christian Senators from North central while Speaker can go to Christian Senators from South South.

Nothing will be zoned based on religion, if Tinubu likes he'll nominate Northern Muslim for all those positions and there's not a damn thing anybody can do about it.....Afterall this election just showed that one can win by not succumbing to religious pressure.

EmekaBlue:
Tinubu is not the president of Nigeria

You're right, the president is papa Emeka....Werey

onuman:



All the three are now lost men in Nigeria's politics.
Tinubu conspiracy against them in 2015 sacked their mentor, Goodluck Jonathan, from office. In 2023, they queueued behind a near octogenarian Tinubu suffering dementia, for President. Politics without political conviction - the 3 of them.

Yet the octogenarian suffering from dementia defeated his political opponents including outsmarting the the Obidients and Atikulated nonentities......Pray in your old age to still be relevant to your family not to talk of a whole nation

Iamzik:


Pele o madam lawyer. Dont do anything with your life. Keep looking for a man that will takeover your father's responsibility

Pele o ignoramus not knowing you're arguing with a guy

Kobojunkie:
Clearly, you just want to argue for the sake of arguing at this point.

Nah....Just giving you a dose of reality, some of us have talk the talk and walk the walk, best lessons in life comes from experience......PEACE!

Kobojunkie:
1. How many of their siblings ended up as rich as themselves, living the same way they do today?

2. Poverty is not just poverty. It is a shackle that is easily passed from parent to child, generation to generation. The vast majority of Nigerians today, both polygamous and monogamous, exist today in poverty and many of them will die in poverty. Even their children will, on the most part, also die in poverty as a result of being born in poverty. Only a handful will escape that life and be able to pass on a better life to their own offspring after them.

3. This is simple, over the last 20 years, Nigerians have been breeding like rats without putting the same effort into first lifting themselves out of poverty before doing so. Also, while you claim that fewer people were practicing polygamy in the last 20 years, the truth is instead that while shying away from the traditional polygamous setup, many more have taken to having sidechicks/concubines — children from many of those sidechicks —instead of having them all under one roof as wives.

1. Their siblings do not need to be as rich as them, as long as they are not poor, they're still better than 90% of the Nigerian population.

2. No poverty is not poverty, what you call poverty in USA is different from poverty in Nigeria. Believe it or not, what you call poverty in Nigeria is drastically different from the poverty in Haiti or Zimbabwe. Being born in poverty is not the same as staying in poverty, vast majority of us that grew up in Mushin in the 80s and 90s were born in poverty, vast majority of those families are no longer in Mushin because one or two kids out of 6, 8 or more made it and elevated the family.

3. Sidechick is a choice with no lasting consequences unless she gets pregnant or spread disease. We are talking about a man actively marrying more than one wife and how you seem to think that translates into generational poverty. Furthermore, I disagree with your analysis, Nigerians are actually breeding less now than 20 or 30 years ago according to statistics. My grandfather had 8 children, my other grandfather had 9, dem no born most men nowadays to have more than 4 children.

Iamzik:


Your polygamous grandfather did not have to buy iPhone for all his wives, education was free, no need to pay rent in the village or maintain several cars, the wives were totally submissive etc so of course divorce was rare.
Polygamy favoured the man...more children to work on the farm or handle his business.

That has changed unles you want to decieve yourself

Now you're making up shit.....lol. My grandfather was a magistrate court judge, don't know which village you're talking about but the only village we've ever known is Lagos. If you think it is a must to buy iPhone for any woman then my friend you've got bigger problems than just the physical

Kobojunkie:
1. The economic situation says so. The poor breeding more poor does not favor Nigeria and Nigerians.

2. You are joking, right?

3. Generations enslaved in poverty as a result of being from such homes speak volumes against any claims of a benefit you make.

4. The trend you observe today, along with the devastating impacts it continues to have on the economy and lives of the people, are all a culmination of the cultures and traditions of the days of your fathers and their forefathers before them— the last 60 years of them at least. That is where the blame ought to go instead.

What are you talking about? Even in the old days na rich man dey marry plenty wives, poor man wey try am no dey last. Majority of the rich folks wey you know today, the Otedolas, the Adenugas, Dangote, all came from polygamous backgrounds. Abeg shift, stop using junk analysis to spew falsehoods. Poverty na poverty, person wey e no go better for, e no go better for; this is true whether he marries multiple women or not. Look at the trends, nowadays less people are polygamous but we have more divorce, more poverty, more unsatisfied men resulting to rape, incest ect. You mentioned generational poverty, so can you explain why Nigerians got poorer over the past 20 years even tho less people are practicing polygamy? Explain that!

Kobojunkie:
1. I am afraid that is not true at all. Again, not all of your forefathers were in polygamous marriages, and what you observe happening today is the end result so to speak of the cultures and traditions implemented by your forefathers.

2. It doesn't matter what the so-called biblical patriarchs practiced. We are not fools that we should live as others lived simply for the sake of it when it behooves us to instead live in the way that best favors us in both the current and the future.

So who's to say polygamy does not favor us? Apart from the financial and human jealousy factors, the benefits far outweighs the risks. Wives were not worn out by the age of 50, chores were handled properly, lesser chances of infertility, lesser probability of divorce and so on. When you compare the old days to this new woke generation, it is clear that advancement/wokeness has destroyed the very foundation of marriage, take a look at the OP's stance and how it sounds so good to the female ears but if we should turn the scenario around, how those same females would start shouting about unfairness

Welrez:
I am afraid you are not imaginative enough. Well, it is what hate does to people. Bye!

Imaginative? I presented you with cold hard facts, at least look at a freaking map before arguing, people lie but facts don't

Welrez:
Nigeria go gree? Common Onitsha seaport dem kill am. The current governmental arrangement does a disservice to the industry of the average South-Easterner! I am Ijaw, just in case!

Have you truly looked at Igboland, can you show me where a state of the art seaport can be built? Even the Onitsha that you're talking about how does it plan to link up with the international trade route via Atlantic ocean? Instead of blaming government, blame your ancestors for settling in a landlocked area, you can't give what you don't have, sorry!

TomjoTM:
Over 81,000 illegal immigrants came in through france to UK on small boats from 2020, that's a huge number for any country.

Those illegal immigrants are costing UK £1.5 billion a year, since they are signatory to immigration and asylum acts, they are obligated to provide accommodation and support for these illegal immigrants pending when they settle their asylum claims.

Now imagine over 200k crossing from neighboring countries in a year.....You can now see why Trump was the best thing that could happen to America. The U.K with it's big mouth criticized him then but now they are facing their own problem....Karma's a biatch

Tinubu is a smart man, he'll definitely want to compensate Southern Christian with at least 2 important positions. If na me, I'll tell them to go kick rocks, Christian or Muslim, Northerner or Southerner, I'll appoint the person most competent!

Trouble however started hours later after the collation showed that Tinubu polled more votes than Obi and Atiku combined and was in the lead against expectation. With the development, some Obidents turned on Essien and accused him of allegedly working for the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and not for Obi’s cause.

Eluu Piss to Elu Pieces.......E ni wo tan

grammarian247:


Is it not the constitution that said so. It is not about anybody, deal with what the constitution says. No be me write am for constitution...be objective

That's why I said you no sabi read Constitution, anyways laws are meant to be interpreted since common folks don't have legal/common sense but the Supreme Court will put the debate to rest.....PEACE!

jaxxy:


INEC stating the procedure accordingly to the constitutional requirements makes it mandatory.

Did a lawyer tell you this or did you just arrived at the conclusion based on facts you pulled from your ass?

jaxxy:


it exists legally as stated by inec b4 the election. Anything else is illegal. That is what the constitution says.

if INEC can do anything they like the constitution will not ask them to state a specific procedure to Nigerians.

Ok then point me to where it is written as MANDATORY!

jaxxy:


yea cos inec stated it everywhere and didn't state otherwise anywhere b4 it was sabotaged to carry out rigging.

INEC stating it to Nigerians made it constitutional and legally binding on them until they state otherwise to Nigerians b4 the elections begins and why?

a mistake or sabotage in the earlier stated method makes the process illegal.

Again INEC can say whatever, I'm talking about Electoral Act itself! Here's a lesson, if it isn't written then it simply does not exist legally and Constitutionally!

meetme01:


It is not. It was just a political gimmick that the parties can use to outsmart each other. Let's see PDP or LP won 24 states without Abuja. Don't you think APC can raise high brown?

Don't blame anybody. The politicians know what they are doing. At least you can see the Ahmed Lawan case, we all know, the other guy was cheated. But the law remains the law. Let the Supreme Court interprete that section. We learn everyday

I think most people arguing about this are not using common sense and yes, the Supreme Court will decide but it's going to be a fairly easy decision for APC. If you can read up about why the USA treats Washington D.C like a state when it comes to electoral collage, you'll see it is the same system the Electoral Act tried to follow, it's pretty simple for people not looking to cause mischief!

jaxxy:


it was sabotage. it is mandatory cos that is the importance of BVAS technology.

Can you show me where in the electoral act that it states electronic transmission of results is MANDATORY?

meetme01:


My question, is Abuja a State in Nigeria?

Literally, AND in every statement means PLUS (+).

We all know Abuja is not a State but the Capital Territory. This evidently shows in the statement AND the FCT. Therefore the constitution to me says, 24states + FCT.

BAT is the president elect but this is also good for our democracy. It shows, our legislators should use Grammarly or employ a linguistic while making laws to resolve ambiguities.

I rest my case till the Supreme Court says otherwise

AND means including, it is conjunctive and meant to treat FCT as part of the Nigerian states hence it is 25% in 2/3rds of 37 territories/states. Let's take a look at the USA which also has similar requirements in which it treats D.C as a territory for electoral votes. No reasonable person can say the candidates should get the most electoral votes but cannot become president because he or she didn't win D.C. IT'S PLAIN RIDICULOUS!

grammarian247:


What is this one saying? Can't you just shut up if the issue is too complex for you to comprehend. The matter here is about constitutional provision that established that in addition to whatever else you win, you must get 25 percent of the vote cast in FCT. Speak to that and stop making a noise. I hate this backyard way of commenting on NL.

Again ask yourself why would the Nigerian Constitution place FCT above all other territories/states? With the 100s of lawyers that APC, PDP and LP have at their disposal, shouldn't they have just concentrated on rigging Abuja? Since according to you guys FCT is above all other states, UNA NO WISE AT ALL

jaxxy:
These people are jokers. After INEC stated clearly at different media platforms and places it will transmit polling unit level results real-time?

Stated(wishes) but not mandatory(Zero Constitutional requirement), it's like booking a flight with complimentary alcohol, if something happens to the alcohol and you don't get yours, do you ask for a refund of the flight cost?