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Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by PLANETMARS(m): 10:05am On Nov 16, 2015
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Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by sunkieisland(m): 10:07am On Nov 16, 2015
He vehemently believed in one Nigeria.


Biafra is not the answer for our south eastern Nigeria brothers. Leadership is our basic need in Naija ' good leadership '
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by Koolmexxi(m): 10:07am On Nov 16, 2015
But seriously, of what use is celebrating or marking a posthumous birthday?
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by Ooohms(m): 10:08am On Nov 16, 2015
Happy Birthday Sir!
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by deramarks(f): 10:08am On Nov 16, 2015
PRYCE:
Desame age as bilbo baggins grin
. Lol oo wha bout gandalf nd frodo who is their mate? In d political aspect tho cheesy
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by Nickymezor(f): 10:10am On Nov 16, 2015
Hapi bufday to the first eva governor- general/ & first president of Naija... The Great Zik of Africa him self
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by PRYCE(m): 10:10am On Nov 16, 2015
deramarks:
. Lol oo wha bout gandalf nd frodo who is their mate? In d political aspect tho cheesy
Lol! I don't know their respective ages in that movie but Bilbo celebrated his 111 birthday!
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by Chestar5(f): 10:10am On Nov 16, 2015
Okay
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by deramarks(f): 10:13am On Nov 16, 2015
PRYCE:
Lol! I don't know their respective ages in that movie but Bilbo celebrated his 111 birthday!
. That movie tho old sha

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Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by oseiwe(m): 10:20am On Nov 16, 2015
Its my birthday too
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by OdenigboAroli(m): 10:21am On Nov 16, 2015
Owelle Osowa anya na Ado n'idu!
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by echeprecious: 10:34am On Nov 16, 2015
Rest on great Zik.
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by Nobody: 10:51am On Nov 16, 2015
missKiffy:
I was surprised when some igbos do refer to him as a greedy man because he wanted one Nigeria, i was like choi shocked

Forget all these kudos now. Everyone hated Azikiwe.

Firstly, WHY D YORUBAS HATED HIM, during d elections of 1963, Awolowo wanted d SE & SW to form an alliance in parliament against d north. Azikiwe formed an alliance wt d north instead, awolowo was labelled a tribal racist. After d NPC/NcNC coalition won d elections, awolowos action group became d opposition and was always clashing wt d central govt, and it devolved into riots. Awolowo was bundled to prison by azikiwe & Ahmad bello. Ahmad bellos friend, ladoke akintola, was made western premier.


Secondly, WHY D NORTH HATED HIM, After d 1966 coup when azikiwe was spared by d Igbos and everyone else killed, d Northerners believed they went into partnership wt him in good faith but dt he planned d whole coup. This was because immediately after d coup, his close friend on d cabinet nwafor orizu made himself acting president (even though he wasn't d next in command to takeover d cabinet). Orizu then read a national statement on TV DT he had spoken to azikiwe and DT he would hand over power to d military (aguiyi ironsi - another Igbo man). Ironsi also made a national sttmnt accepting d invitation. The Igbo coup plotters were never arrested for slaughtering d north and Sw leaders in d jan 1966 coup. Immediately ironsi became president he unified d govt and scrapped regionalization. This was sthn azikiwe ALWAYS preached in d NCNC but cld never attain in his democratic partnership. DTS why d north believed he was complicit in d coup.


Thirdly, Igbos hated him because in d height of d civil war he started schmoozing wt Gowon, even though he had earlier supported Biafra - he backtracked and started supporting d government. The Nigerian troops would distribute fliers of him and Gowon praying in Lagos all over Biafra for them to see. It demoralized Biafra soldiers.

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Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by kaka74: 11:02am On Nov 16, 2015
missKiffy:
I was surprised when some igbos do refer to him as a greedy man because he wanted one Nigeria, i was like choi shocked

He wanted one nigeria cos our pple rated ikemba more than him simple dude dat said that igbos should take the progrom up north as a sacrifice for unity #ehhhh kam nukwa asiri ya na anyi bu ife eji achu aja?. nb I am from umudei onitsha same village as Zik pple don't even reason his marra here u go pass I'm house self see dilapidation run
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by ogaprime(m): 11:16am On Nov 16, 2015
Op, So why the N500 below is picture


Are you trying to say, if biafra should come up, all N500 notes will go with them just like children of Israelites collected golds and jewelries from the Egyptians when they were about leaving Egypt??
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by inosend: 12:47pm On Nov 16, 2015
Why can't they leave this hero to rest in peace?
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by Nobody: 12:56pm On Nov 16, 2015
father of Nigeria.
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by dejavski(m): 1:06pm On Nov 16, 2015
To the great Zik of Africa...may you rest well in the bosom of the lord.

Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 111th Posthumous Birthday Is Today! by mrdeba(m): 1:54pm On Nov 16, 2015
How I wish our present crop of politicians will emulate the ZIKs, AWOs,BALEWAs and Amadu BELLOs
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