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Rural roads been constructed by Gov Obiano 11 Likes
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victorvezx:Conehead waiting concern you for Anambra matter ![]() ![]() 4 Likes |
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Nebuchadnezar:Your words is straight like Benson, but remember where he's from, he's not dumb 5 Likes |
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Ugomba:Osun IGR is far bigger than all southeast states put together, least in poverty in the whole of Africa according to coneheads, you and I saw pictures of IDP camps spring up left and right, charity organizations donating arms to Osun people few months after the incidents, they are now pushing their propaganda as least poverty state, what I now understand about their propaganda, nature has ways of disgracing them with their lies ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
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Amberon: http://punchng.com/what-nnamdi-kanu-told-us-in-prison-utomi/ A renowned economist and former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, tells Tobi Aworinde of the Punch Newspaper that Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention is a violation of the rule of law Please, narrate your experience during the visit of Igbo leaders to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in prison. For some time now, a group of us have been involved in leadership mentoring. We have mentored a group of Igbo professionals who are scattered around the world, many in the United States, some in Nigeria, some in Europe. A number of us had argued that the time for a new generation of leaders is needed. But in some ways, there has been a failure of leadership across the country. But more importantly, in Igboland, we needed a new vision and new kinds of leadership vistas. That discussion resulted in a global group known as Nzuko Umunna. Nzuko Umunna in Igbo basically is a sort of town hall meeting of brothers. We’ve been active on a couple of communication platforms in which we are essentially ceding leadership to a group of people in their late 20s and 30s, some of whom are in the US coordinating activities nationwide and around the world. That has resulted in a number of leadership initiatives in which issues, political, economic and social, have been advanced and canvassed, and matters of education, industrialisation and all of those have been in the offing. Among the issues that have come out of such discussions are those that are central to the new Igbo essence, to uplift and uphold the dignity of every Igbo man and engage stoutly to make sure nobody abuses and takes the Igbo person for granted anywhere in the world. So, one of the test cases obviously, which was staring us in the face, was the case of the incarceration ultra vires the rule of law. Of course, there was an imperative of engagement. As part of worldwide consultations, we were asked by this group to pay a courtesy call and get the point of view of the gentleman (Kanu) himself, and after that, to express views to the world. And that was what happened yesterday (Tuesday). For how long has Nzuko Umunna existed as a formal entity? In some ways, it is a migration from several groups and platforms. There is, for example, what is called the Igbo Intelligential Forum. There are several other groups, like the Think Tank, Aka Ikenga, all of these. Because values were central to redeeming the Igbo nation, people of strong values were literally handpicked from various other groups to form this kind of body. In this particular form, it has been in existence for perhaps a little less than a year or about a year. But it still has reference into some of the other groups and platforms. Who are the executive members and the overall leader of the group? There is a steering group from the US. There are people in Nigeria who are also (steering). There is a board of trustees, in which I am active. But as I said, the essential leadership was given to the 20- and 30-year-olds, who are typically intellectuals but they are youngand more active. The person playing a steering role in this group from Texas used to be an assistant of mine a couple of years ago. He is currently a PhD candidate in the US. His name is Joseph Oduomoko. How many of you went to visit Kanu in Kuje Prison? There were many people who wanted to go but we had to keep it trimmed. We were about 14, if I recall correctly. We had interesting conversations with him. We asked him to tell us what his perspectives were on things, to share on his current incarceration experience, and that was a useful conversation. It helped give us an insight into his consciousness because really, the group (IPOB) is a consciousness movement. If you remember Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, this group is (also) an Igbo renaissance consciousness movement. Can you share some of the things he told you? We discussed the state of the country and perceptions of levels of justice in the country and why the economy is challenged: because of policies of exclusion. We discussed what we generally called the democratisation of discontent in Nigeria. That is to say there seems to be unhappiness about Nigeria everywhere around Nigeria, and therefore, the need to change course for the country. The whole idea is to create a platform for continuing conversation, to harmonise the views of different people about what the most appropriate solution is to this challenge of malcontent. What are Kanu’s perspectives on these things you discussed? I don’t think it is fair to be his spokesperson. He can represent himself and speak for himself. What I took away from the meeting is that he is a very intelligent person. He clearly is not mad. He’s very strategic and focused. What did you notice about the conditions in which he is being kept? He seemed quite calm and relaxed. There is a meeting area; he came to the meeting area. We didn’t go to into the cell. We did not discuss food and stuff like that. But I think the prison staff and wardens were very polite and professional. That was good. The Federal Government has accused him of treasonable and inciting acts. Do you think it is fair to call Kanu a felon and a threat to national security? From my perspective, certainly not. Freedom of expression does not constitute threat to national security, especially when you have the right to reply. The Americans have a doctrine on freedom of expression and I have been privileged to be on the US International Visitor Programme that was focused particularly on freedom of expression. Among those that participated in that programme with me were Senator Shehu Sani and Hon. Abike Dabiri. Part of the convention on freedom of expression is, “Let a thousand flowers bloom, if there is a lie being told, enough truth will suffocate the life in the marketplace of ideas.” I think that is a very healthy way to look at expression because the converse to restrict or prevent expression drives down people’s ideas into silos with more threatening future consequences. So, I think that there are enough outlets for a different perspective offered by any citizen that the rule of law and the ideas of freedom of expression are much more important in the order of what is good or bad for society than repressive prevention of expression. In your meeting with Kanu, was there any discussion of him setting aside his pro-Biafra agitation in exchange for his release? To start with, two courts of competent jurisdiction have tried him. One gave him a bail because he did not find the matter to be of high treason, obviously. If it was high treason, he (the judge) wouldn’t give him a bail. The second completely discharged and acquitted him, calling for his immediate release. Surely, not doing so is to do damage to the concept of the rule of law. And where the rule of law is assaulted, when impunity reigns — because this is the reason we (All Progressives Congress) ran against the Peoples Democratic Party; we argued that they were a party of impunity. It would be inappropriate for us to become a party of impunity. So, the law is there and courts of competent jurisdiction have asked for his release. I think that it is inappropriate to continue to hold a person like that. And I think it is even more inappropriate to ask a person to submit to a denial of his freedom, to express himself in the future as basis for giving him his freedom, which is what, ‘Promise that you can’t talk again, so we can let you go,’ amounts to. One of the most important factors in the development and human prosperity is when institutions have their legitimacy challenged by impunity or by refusing to obey law, for example. That brings greater harm to the rest of society than whatever may be dysfunctional about allowing a person to express views that you are not happy with. How do you think Kanu’s detention will affect the Igbo in the 2019 presidential elections? I am not a soothsayer. It is not my place to speculate on presidential elections. It is just my place as a citizen to exercise citizenship behaviour and point to the fact that abuse of the rule of law jeopardises my freedom because I could be the next victim. That’s all. Are you in support of Biafra? I don’t know what that means. I don’t think you have met anyone who is more Nigerian than me, both in my upbringing and the things that I have said. If you want to evaluate, you just go back to my history and read, and find out if you or anybody you know is more Nigerian than I have been. I was born in Kaduna (State). I was baptised in Jos (Plateau State). I lived in Maiduguri (Borno State) as an infant. I started school in Kano (State); the bulk of my primary education was in Gusau, now in Zamfara State. I started secondary school in Onitsha (Anambra State). Then I had the bulk of my secondary education in Loyola College Ibadan. I attended the University of Nigeria (Nsukka, Enugu State). If you check my history, one of the things I am accused of is that I am more Yoruba than anything else. So, I think that you don’t need to ask me a question about that. How do you think Kanu’s continued detention could affect Biafra agitations going forward? There is a book that was published last year and at the presentation of that book, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar called for a restructuring of Nigeria. The title of that book written by Chido Onumah is We Are All Biafrans. Now, Biafra is used in that title as a metaphor to suggest that across the board in Nigeria, people feel this great discontent. In effect, all Nigerians literally have become Biafrans in the sense of discontent with the Nigerian project. If you see the statement that we made, it began with a quote from a statement made just last week by Prof. Ango Abdullahi, in which he said “Nigeria is not working.” So, if Nigerians are honest in expressing it (their discontent) in all kinds of different ways and the metaphor for that expression is the word that rallies a people who felt discontent with Nigeria many years ago, that word being ‘Biafra,’ I think you have to be careful with your interpretation of what people mean when they say ‘Biafra.’ Biafra essentially is a catch-all phrase for being unhappy. Are you still with the APC? Of course, I am a passionate, committed member of the APC still, and one of my major commitments is to work internally for the reform of the APC from within. If the Buhari government has not heeded calls to release Kanu so far, what new approach will you take as Igbo elders? We will cross the bridge when we get there. We pace it and take it one day at a time.
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Amberon:You can see how Igbos in Delta dominated you guys, we don't even know your tribe exit |
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Amberon:You that is more consequential, I can see how developed your shithole is, can you give me one single name from your tribe that ring bell in Nigeria ![]() 1 Like |
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Amberon:I careless about the shithole you crawl out from, I'm more concerned about Igbos in Niger delta. 1 Like |
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BiafranPound:You are not smart, 1, what you are typing doesn't make sense 2, there is no way you can type in Igbo language with computer or phone and use the punctuations marks, the way you did, it shows you used Google translator then you copy and paste, although its stil messing you up, that was exactly what you did during 2015 presidential election, with Igbo name, why not show this zeal in Kwara? Why having sleepless night over Igbo? You guys problems are enormous, for century now Fulanies conquered Kwara, you guys hardly open thread to discuss about your brothers over there, so because your forefathers failed in Kwara, you current western generation are cowards to make effort to liberate your brothers who are crying for help, there are so many problems in west, ranging from rituals, rape, suicide, poverty, high debt boredom among all states in West and so many of them, you guys main headaches is Igbos, you can't run away from your problems for ever, soon or later they will be facing you guys, that's why we Igbo youths are talking the bulls by their hores, it not an easy ride but certainly we will conquer. 3 Likes |
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comrChris: Abakilike make more sense than Osogbo, Akure and Ado-ekiti 8 Likes 2 Shares |
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bantudra:IQ dissimilar, FBI no dey use juju. |
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bantudra:You are pure Afonja, I can smell your ewedu body from far. 1 Like |
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bantudra:Another afonja claming Urhobo, I'm sure you are the same person with Biafranpoud, only you using three monikers here, I thought Nigerdelta warned your elders to stay clear from their region, your kinsmen in Kwara and Kogi need you guys help, we careless about other minorities in Nigerdelta, we are after Igbos there, go and do the same in Kwara and Kogi coward. 2 Likes |
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KINGOFTHEEAST:The guy na afonja, conehead crying over Biafra matter, while his kinsmen in Kwara are Fulani's slaves, instead of the cowards to find way to liberate their people they are busy having sleepless nights over Biafra 3 Likes |
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BiafranPound: I'm too smart for your silly games 3 Likes |
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BiafranPound:Stop deceiving yourself, your words doesn't make sense in Igbo 1 Like |
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BiafranPound:You are not Igbo, I'm 100% sure, using Google translator, and Biafrapound, you are fake boy 2 Likes |
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Formation 1976 Headquarters Park Avenue, Enugu Membership 5 states (+ Igbo indigenous communities in Rivers, and Delta states) We don't give a poo to other minorities in Southsouth 4 Likes
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo. It was learnt that a similar scenario played out in the emergence of Mr. Uche Okwukwu from Rivers State, as the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze ndi-Igbo It was gathered that Okwukwu was backed by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in the election. |
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Ekinematics: Ijaw man kindly open this link and read, Igbos in Rivers know where they belong, put this in your empty skull no minority will win governorship in Rivers outside Igbos http://punchng.com/nwodo-emerges-president-ohanaeze-ndigbo/ 2 Likes |
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YonkijiSappo: See 7 States With The Highest Number Of Suicide Cases In Nigeria In 2016, Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday, August 31, showed that Nigeria had officially gone into recession. The NBS figures showed that in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2016, Nigeria’s economy contracted by 2.06 percent. The country’s economy shrank by 0.36 percent to hit its lowest point in 25 years. The second quarter report makes Nigeria’s economy the worst in three decades. The recession appears to have further stimulated more suicide cases across the nation a report by New Telegraph suggests. In the last six months, seven out of the 36 states of the federation sampled, have recorded over 62 cases of suicides according to statistics from the various police commands. The report stated that Ogun and Lagos states have the highest figures of 25 and 12 respectively. Below are the seven states with the highest suicide cases in Nigeria as reported by New Telegraph. 1. Ogun The Acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed 25 awful statistics of suicide deaths in Ogun state. On Tuesday, August 16, a housewife identified as Mrs Omolola Atejioye hung herself inside her apartment in Ilishan-Remo, Ikenne local government area of the state. The tragic incident shocked many residents as the deceased did not leave behind any suicide note. Atejioye, aged 35, tied herself to the ceiling in one of the rooms in the building located along Ago-Iwoye road in Ilishan-Remo. The husband of the deceased, Ayodele, reportedly returned from work about 5:30pm and found her wife dangling in the room. Why she took her own life could not be ascertained as neighbours gave different accounts about the incident. While some point to health challenges, others claimed she incurred some debts and was struggling to pay back, without success. 2. Lagos In Lagos state, the PPRO, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police, also confirmed that 12 suicide cases and five attempts were reported to the command in the last six months. Worried by this trend, Badmos said, what is important to the police is to find out why people would want to commit suicide. She said there is the need to educate those that did not succeed to see reason that killing oneself is not the best way out of any problem. “We can prosecute anyone who made attempt to kill himself or herself but that seemed not to be the solution. “The real solutions lie in finding out from such persons the reasons for such an act and talk them out of it. We always advise victims’ families of victims to monitor them closely because those who commit suicide do so out of depression and frustration ranging from marital, economic, loss of job and some other vices.” 3. Ebonyi Also in Ebonyi state, no fewer than 10 persons have committed suicide with the latest being a 36-year old man in Mgbaleze Isu Community, Onicha local government area of the state, Chijioke Ani, who hung himself in his farm. The state PPRO, DSP George Okafor, confirmed the incidents. His words: “Yes, it is true that a man killed himself at the farm. He did not leave any note behind so, it was difficult to ascertain what could have led him into the act.” Before Ani’s case, Ogonna Obaji, a 22-year-old man from Umuezeukwu community of the same local government had equally taken his life. According to his mother, Nkpuma, Ogonna, popularly called Best finished his secondary three years ago and moved to Lagos to join his brother but developed mental problem along the line. She told Saturday Telegraph that Ogonna had tried to take his life with knife and was saved on many occasions. “I left Ogonna with the father in the house and when I returned home, I could not see him. I started looking for him and raised the alarm which attracted our people. We searched for him and later saw him dangling on a tree.’’ Earlier in January, a 19-year-old teenager girl, identified simply as Chiamaka, also committed suicide. She was said to have been impregnated and abandoned by her lover boy. Chiamaka took her life in her residence at No. 17 Nwike street Abakaliki. 4. Delta In Delta state, about four reported cases of suicide were recorded by the state police command. The PPRO, SP Celestine Kalu, confirmed the incidents. Those reported were that of a 26-year-old student of Delta State University, Abraka, Evelyn Mogekwu, a woman, identified simply as Jane, who was said to have committed the act after her fiancé abandoned her for another woman. The other incident was that of a student of the Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe- Oghara, Miss Oritsegbubemi Udu. While Evelyn was studying Microbiology at DELSU, Oritsegbubemi was an ND II student of Otefe-Oghara polytechnic.The name of the fourth victim was not given. Jane, a graduate of economics from University of Benin, allegedly took her life due to frustration after she was jilted by her unidentified boyfriend of seven years. 5. Oyo Oyo, like other states, recorded four cases of suicide within the period under review. On June 26, a 10-year-old girl, Kudirat Raji, was said to have surprisingly committed suicide in Ibadan. She was residing with her sister at 19, Bumoye Street, Benjamin area, Eleyele, the Oyo state capital. Raji was sent on an errand within the house, but did not return on time. She was later found to have hanged herself with a rope tied to the window burglary in the house. Just like Raji, a 35-year old commercial motorcyclist residing in Oyo town, Jimoh Yusuff, also committed suicide on July 2, after reportedly killing his wife, Adeola. Yusuff was said to have strangled his wife to death after which he ingested rat poison and died at the General Hospital, Oyo. There was yet a similar tragedy on August 4, when 48-year old ex-NEPA staff committed suicide in his house at Ayegbami Zone 7, Idi Ose along Akanran road in the Ona Ara local government area of Ibadan. Adepoju was disengaged from the establishment at Abeokuta two years before his death, but his wife said he had not been paid his entitlements. The deceased however left a three-sheet suicide note indicating that he was suffering from a chronic disease. Aside that, another 54-year-old woman, Oluwabunmi Oluwafemi, also toed the same shameful route on August 29, in Ibadan, by hanging himself on a tree. The deceased who used to reside in Bembo, Apata area of Ibadan, was said to have gone to spend the weekend with her first child, Opeyemi, in Olugbode, Odo-Ona area of the town before the calamity. 6. Ondo Unlike other homicide offences, suicide cases are not usually reported to the law enforcement agencies in Ondo state, according to the police. Nonetheless, the PPRO, Femi Joseph, confirmed one reported case in the last six months to the state police command. The deceased, whose name was not given, was a male from Owo local government area of the state. Joseph told the New Telegraph that the man was found dangling at the ceiling of his one room apartment in the town. The PPRO, however, said people are not reporting such cases to the police because of the traditional perception about suicide as, according to him, they prefer to report such incidence to traditionalists. 7. Kano And in Kano state, about six victims were recorded, according to police statistics. The six cases had to do with depression, the police further said. Sara Imoleayo, a 400 level student of Bayero University Kano, was among those that took their lives. Another, who was identified simply as Dauda was overheard complaining of economic hardship on many occasions slaughtering himself with a sharp knife. The remaining ones, Kumbotso, Madobi and Kwakwachi, one of our correspondents gathered died because of excessive poverty. |
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http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/report/498 Based on 2015 data, Lagos State has the highest number of un-sentenced detainees. The state recorded 5,603 Un-sentenced detainees out of a prison population of 6,522, filled by Rivers and Edo States with 3,625 and 2,434 un-sentenced detainees Conversely, Yobe and Borno States had the least numbers of Un-Sentenced Detainees of 163 and 216 out of a prison population of 562 and 603 respectively. Of the 36 states of the federation, Lagos State had the highest prison population in the country with 6,522 inmates, closely followed by Kano and Rivers States with populations of 4,082 and 4,054 respectively. The overall prison population in the country for 2015 was 62,260 as against 56, 059 in 2014. The increases in prison population in 2015 represents about 11.06% growth in comparison to the overall prison population in 2014. Data source: National Bureau of Statistics 2 Likes
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B2mario:Amen, those plotting our downfall, will be put to shame, we are leading they are hating and lamenting. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
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When you or someone you know starts to feel mentally unwell, the first step in obtaining treatment is to see a doctor or other health professional for diagnosis. After a thorough assessment, a doctor can make a diagnosis based on a particular pattern of symptoms. A decision can then be made about the best treatment for these symptoms and iend their underlying causes ZelibeKristien:Like I said you lack brilliant logic, I don't blame you, mental patiences hardly know they have mental disorder, it's people around them through your utterances and behavior will know all is not well with you, it's obvious your behavior online seriously indicates you need help and very urgent, I know I'm not the first saying this to you, but please take our advise serious, those who love your hopeless life will not, a friend of my works in Yaba I can give you her number if you want. |
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