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Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 1:19am On Apr 30, 2015 |
cbrass:Lol We wouldn't be having this discuss if you're not complaining. |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 1:07am On Apr 30, 2015 |
islandmoon: Lol Did you just say ph? Please who are you and where are you from? Pls be man or woman enough to represent your miserable tribe. So I can put you in your proper oblivion. |
Culture / Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by illiad1(m): 12:37am On Apr 30, 2015 |
NigerMan1: I also read in my book which I have promised to continue searching for, that a lot of people in present day Ogun state were actually from sierra lone, even in lagos here a lot of those who now claim yoruba& lagos islander and all were actually from sierra lone like Adeniyi Jones, Tiamiyu Savage, campus in fact it maintained that half of the lagos island was occupied by sierra lonians who now go as yorubas |
Culture / Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by illiad1(m): 12:18am On Apr 30, 2015 |
macof:That, my friend, is the onus of the matter. |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 12:11am On Apr 30, 2015 |
PenSniper: Why are you crying? Yorubbish, you people's uselessness has become a subject of mental evaluation. |
Romance / Re: My Cousin Had Sex With Me by illiad1(m): 12:00am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Islie:Lol Banal. |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 11:59pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Esperooke: Lol Have you ever stopped to ponder as to why your awolowo had to commit suicide in the end? |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 11:54pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
cbrass: Lol But why can't you people just die for a course for once in your life? I am just wondering. Here we are in a country that would never advance even in a thousand years because of the way it was constituted. Everyone knows this fact yet you yorubas would rather we stick with burden of a backward nation than break a sweat for the freedom of your children unborn. Such a pathetic shame! |
Politics / Re: Sanusi Lamido Ado-Bayero Appointed As NPA Managing Director By Jonathan by illiad1(m): 11:10pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
OsHYBRID: Lol This one is the son of the formerl emir Ado Bayero |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 8:24pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
cbrass: You don't own any land guy. All lands in nigeria belong to nigerians. Get a copy of the constitution and go though it. Every nigerian has the right to live anywhere in nigeria. And if your people are not comfortable with one nigeria like most of us are not, then you people should be man enough to support a dissolution of the fraud called nigeria. So I pray the Oba is invited to answer for his unguarded utterances. And I pray too that he is charged for irresponsible behavior. In fact, I pray that he be dethroned so that you yorubas can start war. We all need this war. But we continue to pretend and extend it for those unborn. |
Politics / Re: OPC Sacks Fasheun As President by illiad1(m): 7:33pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Koolking: Don't mind those bribe ridden wannabes. That was how their Obas went to abacha and collect a prize on thief mko. Yorubbish *spits* |
Politics / Re: OPC Sacks Fasheun As President by illiad1(m): 7:24pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
OPC? Must be a part of the Yorubbish People! |
Politics / Re: Why Are These Two Igbo States Hated??? by illiad1(m): 5:10pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Er0ticAngela: Lol Your pot they scratch you bah? Come make I help you quench it. Konji na bastard, we know. |
Politics / Re: Why Are These Two Igbo States Hated??? by illiad1(m): 4:57pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Lemon12:Actually he is an Igbo man and he has raised a salient point. Let us has this brotherly chitchat. Its time we address our family concerns. |
Politics / Re: Why Are These Two Igbo States Hated??? by illiad1(m): 4:57pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Lemon12:Actually he is an Igbo man and he has raised a salient point. Let us has this brotherly chitchat. Its time we address our family concerns. |
Politics / Re: Why Are These Two Igbo States Hated??? by illiad1(m): 4:41pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Daniel058:Nobody is denying you! Its maybe that in most people's mind Ebonyi is still part of Enugu and Abia still part of Imo. Personally for me. Anyone who speaks Igbo is Igbo. Qed. The Igbos in Delta State and other Niger Delta States are no less Igbo than those of Us in the Igbo mainland of south east. Ndi bayi ekene kwamu unu! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Meet The People Who Jogged From Owerri To Orlu To Celebrate Rochas' Victory.pix by illiad1(m): 3:33pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Lwkmd
Why Iike this kuntry b say anything na business. No be bbog campaigners dey collect portfolio for buhari cabinet so? Nothing wey naija no go turn to hustle |
Politics / FG Warns Buhari Against Running Parallel Government by illiad1(m): 3:27pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it took exception to some of the terms of reference of the transition committee set up by the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, disclosed this at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. Sulaiman, who is the chairman of the Technical Subcommittee of the outgoing government’s transition committee, said the council warned the incoming government against running a parallel government. He said President Goodluck Jonathan’s magnanimity should not be taken as a sign or cowardice. Details later… www.punchng.com/news/fg-warns-buhari-against-running-parallel-government/ |
Politics / Re: OPC President Frederick Fasheun Overthrown by illiad1(m): 3:22pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
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Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 2:14pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
cbrass: Alright. Now let me tell you something. Such comment as the oba of lagos made was exactly what an oba in south Africa said and people started killing other people. We must not let that kind of thing happen in nigeria because the result would be catastrophic. A person of that oba position must understand that whatever he says can be taken literally by some people with low mentality and start fighting and causing problems all over the place. In fact if our government is proactive the oba was supposed to have been summoned and questioned so that such things don't repeat itself. The things that usually led to war are little things like what that oba said. So let him face the music so that all of will learn a lesson from it. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 2:02pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Nonybb: Calling yourself an igbo man doesn't make you an igbo man in reality. Sabos like you were much more responsible for the loss of the biafran war. That's why when the next war comes your kinds would be shot first because they're the real enemy. The enemy within is more dangerous than the enemy without. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 1:56pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Zico5: Don't worry their would be no aliens and no molestations. They'll simply do away with mad king and install another simple. Mind you, I heard he was not even the one in line to be king in the first place. So maybe the gods have come to take away their crown and give it to the rightful owner. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 1:48pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
cbrass:Who are these people? Not that I expected anything but rubbish from a Yorubbish. |
Politics / Re: ICC Confirms Receipt Of Petition Against Oba Of Lagos by illiad1(m): 1:29pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
Good! Such Mad Men as Rilwan Akiolu & Goodwill Zwelithini should be removed from the midst of humans and placed in Mental Institutions where their kinds are kept. 6 Likes |
Politics / Re: Picture Of Amaechi In Buba Attire, You Wont Believe He's The One by illiad1(m): 11:20am On Apr 29, 2015 |
No hausafulani man would attempt not to even talk about doing what amaechi iscariot did to one of their own. See how they all pretend to like him simply because they found him a useful tool for the northern course. Although I am not surprised betrayal runs deep in ikwerre blood. *spits* |
Politics / Re: Buhari Has No Powers To Stop AIT From Covering Him – Dokpesi by illiad1(m): 11:08am On Apr 29, 2015 |
soe: Lol! Did I hear close down? Lwkmd. Which also means if tomorrow I say buhari is brainless cow, I will have to leave the country abi! Apc & buhari supporters are just pathetic oafs. Anyway for your info, buhari go collect insult sote life go tire am. This is new age, if you can't take the heat don't go near the kitchen. For a start. Buhari is a cow! A useless old cow being used by a gang to collect and share their own loot for the next four years. What punishment do you think I should be given for saying this? Mr Cow follower with goat brain? 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Another Approach To The South African Attacks By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by illiad1(m): 6:31am On Apr 29, 2015 |
DickDastardly:Learn to read. Its important. So you don't just sign documents without going through its content. 125 Likes 5 Shares |
Politics / Another Approach To The South African Attacks By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by illiad1(m): 6:26am On Apr 29, 2015 |
By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu THE destructive attacks in South Africa on Nigerians and other sub-Saharan Africans are tragic and mindlessly wrong. The assaults sorely bruise the objective of inter-African harmony. They also put an eraser to the idyll of progress and domestic tranquility many people saw when gazing at South Africa. The xenophobia is actually a lethal show of misdirected anger. The attacks point to deep, underlying ruptures within the South African political economy that actually have little to do with the presence of Nigerian or other Black Africans in that nation. Nigerians have become scapegoats in a fundamentally domestic struggle. The Black populace is roiling because their economic plight has worsened since the end of apartheid. If prosperity had come to them, they would not have come to this. The political and economic accommodation between the traditionally White-controlled economic superstructure and the post-Mandela Black political elite is under challenge. This model of governance has failed to make adequate provision for the bulk of the Black population. Due to his unique status, Mandela was able to give the Black population succour and hope while counseling them patience. That great man is no longer there. Gone with him is the succour he gave and apparently the patience of the people. South Africans thus lashed out in frustration. They attacked Nigerians and other Africans not so much because our people were the cause of their woes. They attacked our people because they could do so much easier than they could attack the actual sources of their ire and economic predicament. It is easier to destroy the wares of the local shopkeeper than to change the political economy. The former merely requires an eruption of anger; the latter requires sustained political organization, vision and dedication. Thus, although they want political economic reform, all they did was to attack non-South Africans who provided goods and services to them at the neighborhood level. While the government of South Africa may be questioned about its continued adherence to a political economic model that appears to have exceeded its best-use date, it is completely wrong to say the South African government had even a hand in instigating the unrest. Thus, recalling the Nigerian High Commissioner is inappropriate and counterproductive. Instead of pulling the diplomat, Nigeria should name a high-level special envoy to visit the nation and engage directly with President Zuma. Nigeria should also send an Interagency Coordinated Action Team (ICAT) to South Africa to complement enhance efforts to provide consular services, liaison with police and security and ensure that affected Nigerians receive proper restitution. We should also talk to major South Africa businesses resident in Nigeria. It would help douse tensions and ill will here if they announced a plan to contribute to the restitution of affected Nigerians. No recall: Some observers have questioned the swiftness and efficiency of the South African government’s response to the mayhem. Such is their right to do so. However, the South African government did not cause the problem. They had no reason for it. To blame the government is to increase tension and confusion, not douse them. Recall of an envoy is usually prompted by an adverse act by the host government itself. It is not good practice to recall a High Commissioner for a tragedy the host government could not have prevented and one for which its appears to be working in good faith to end. The recent social upheaval should be likened more to a natural disaster as the government had no proximate control over its eruption. To recall our High Commissioner might satisfy our sense of outrage; it would do little else, however. The move implicitly signals to the South African government that we blame it for causing the outburst or for being negligent in the aftermath. Such a move would make it harder to encourage the South African government to act as we would like toward affected Nigerians. The move we diminish our presence is the more we diminish the daily pressure on the government in Pretoria. The move we diminish the pressure is the less we can positively influence that government’s action. Pulling our envoy decreases not increases our diplomatic leverage in this particular circumstance. Also, much of the world and many Nigerians in South Africa will perceive the move negatively; they will think we are abandoning our citizens during the height of their travail. This might demoralize them to a material degree. The absence of the High Commissioner for an appreciable period of time will undermine the efficacy of our diplomatic mission at the moment when that mission should be doing its utmost for that segment of our Diaspora in South Africa. Special envoy: A more constructive step would be to designate a presidential special envoy to liaise directly with President Zuma and appropriate cabinet-level officials in South Africa. The official should be a well known statesman preferably with a prior relationship with President Zuma. A former head of state or someone like former Commonwealth Secretary Anyaoku would be ideal for the position. This step would underscore Nigeria’s concerns for its citizens abroad. It would also signal to the South Africans that this episode cannot simply be left to fade into memory as has happened in the past. The envoy would press to ensure that adequate security is availed the Nigerian community to prevent further incidents this time of tension. The Envoy would also explore ways the Nigerian community can be better integrated and accepted in South Africa. Most importantly, he will press the South African government to improve its ability to ensure such things do not repeat themselves on such a large scale. Adequate security ICAT: Complementing the efforts of the special envoy would be a working level Inter-Agency Coordinating Emergency Team (ICAT). The ICAT would be comprised of police and other security officers who would liaise with South African counterparts at the operational level to ensure adequate security for the Nigerian community and that the authors of violence will be apprehended. The team would also have a strong consular component. Nigeria should use this as an opportunity to reach out to the Nigerian community in South Africa to get a better idea of its numerical dimensions and the locations where that community is most concentrated. A warden or communication system should be established within the community so that people can be quickly apprised of emergency situations or major events. A small legal team with experience in comparative criminal and civil law should be part of the team. On one hand, the lawyers would check to make sure those arrested are to be prosecuted. The lawyers should also investigate the proposals for restitution the South African government will make for affected Nigerians. South African businesses in Nigeria: To douse tensions here and show goodwill, major firms in the South African business community here should be encouraged to develop a fund to restitute affected Nigerians. This fund should be contributed to the Nigerian government. Conclusion: In such a circumstances, our policy approach should not be determined by anger. Our policy should be founded on a wise, dispassionate assessment of how to best protect our countrymen when they are imperiled. Recalling our top envoy does nothing to protect them. We must do better and more than just express anger. The steps outlined above – Special Envoy, ICAT and South African Business Restitution Fund – are practical actions that can actually help our people and the South African government. Nigeria and South Africa are the two major sub-Saharan African economies. We should attempt to work cooperatively to the extent possible, even in tense times. This show of cooperation and assistance serves our longer-term strategic interests. We should extend our hand of cooperation because that is in the best interests of our people in South Africa. If the South Africans rebuff these or similar overtures, then we can examine the need to call home our High Commissioner. However, recall should have been the last resort not the first one. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/another-approach-to-the-south-african-attacks-by-asiwaju-bola-ahmed-tinubu/ 32 Likes 5 Shares
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Nairaland / General / Re: Nairaland And Insulting Comments. by illiad1(m): 12:52am On Apr 29, 2015 |
JeffreyJamez: You're an oaf. In fact, a rotten rat. Your type gets shot. No, not because they're aimed at, they simply walk into another mans bullet. |
Politics / Re: Throwback Picture Of Ojukwu And His Kids in exile by illiad1(m): 12:23am On Apr 29, 2015 |
Op why not get more pictures, let's celebrate our leader. His kind come to the world only every other thousand years. |
Romance / Re: My Cousin Had Sex With Me by illiad1(m): 12:19am On Apr 29, 2015 |
Islie:I can tell fake tales from ten miles! |
Romance / Re: What Are The Ten Things Girls Like Most In Guys? by illiad1(m): 12:14am On Apr 29, 2015 |
sinaj:Personally I like you! |
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