35824L:
I also believe that the ugly maggot is a nairalander. At his age, he has no self-respect at all. You begin to wonder the kind of idiots he is raising up as children.

you mean the idiots that drink ijebu garri 24/7 as if say na fried rice.

nku5:


He is a political appointee of the governor of the state. Go read your constitution. Any self respecting governor would have sacked him though Fashola was far from that.

In the least oba lil Wayne's people the yorubas should have admitted the man disgraced himself, his throne and his people but of course we know the limitations

You think it is easy like that to choose sack oba. Oba can only be sacked by the gods of the land.

Mayrock:


this post is arrant nonsense.....

They should promote him for speaking the truth

Give him the promotion then and compensate Vanguard for its future losses if he's still retained.

lonelydora:


Was he wrong? Let him resign and watch how Igbos stop anything Vanguard

Stop overrating evil, meanwhile it is not only Igbos that do business with the Vanguard.

He shouldn't resign.......he said a plain truth and he is a good compatriot.....



If it pains anybody, they should hang themselves on transformer.

Yyeske:
Run along with your herd mentality, doesn't work for me you "real Igbo". I remembered calling out the Yoruba doctor in the US then when he talked about killing of Igbos, several Yorubas did as well, also that of Oba of Lagos too.
What did you say when Nnamdi Kanu called for the killing of Yorubas and Hausas in Igboland, I guess you were in Mars.

Fake Igbo.

Were you also deaf or dyslexic when KANU attacked his own kinsmen? As well as when he told his followers to stop verbally attacking the yorubas and southern kadunas?

EMMAUGOH:
the day u hear protest in South East because of Biafra, Most of your folks will release articles with 100 reason why Igbos are better off in Nigeria. What do yoruba wants?.
U speak from 10 corners of your mouth.

Why are you concerned with what Yorubas want?

Well since you've asked, can you guys just kindly pack your bags and baggage from Yoruba land and move eastwards. We need you to free up our land. It's getting too congested as more and more Ekene-dili-Chukwu luxury buses leave the east for the west everyday.

Go get your Biafra or are you waiting for the Yorubas to help you with that too?

Yyeske:
Give him the promotion then and compensate Vanguard for its future losses if he's still retained.

In ur myopic mind......

No losses but the patronage will increase.....how many yorubas they read newspaper......

na now vanguard newspaper go begin see customers.

the man said the truth, they are also coward, police behave well in the northern part of nigeria

Yyeske:
Stop overrating evil, meanwhile it is not only Igbos that do business with the Vanguard.

At least, their quota will affect the business. When the Oba of Lagos called us Lagoon whatever, you cheered on

It's not by force to like any tribe. Ocherome Nnanna reserves his right to dislike and call out any morons. Period. There are morons in Yoruba land just as anywhere else.
You cannot lead us to the edge of the cliff and expect our praises as well

The man can't even pretend to be wise.

nnachukz:

Look at all you have said over the issue yet you think yourself better than the man.
People easily betraying their inner content yet quickly point accusing fingers at others.
Just know that your comments so far have betrayed you.

ofai:


Fake Igbo.

Were you also deaf or dyslexic when KANU attacked his own kinsmen? As well as when he told his followers to stop verbally attacking the yorubas and southern kadunas?

Fake Somali Jew, tell me your reply to Kanu when he called for the killings of Yorubas and Hausas in Igboland first.
Well I wouldn't blame you anyways, the man who forgot his job ethics and delved into other stuff is already feeling the pinch which you ain't feeling so you can rant all day, I'm sure he'd be seriously drilled by the management this morning and maybe handed a sack letter, hope you are ready to give him same job in your company.

seunmsg:
We all know Nnanna will not resign voluntarily. It is the duty of the management of vanguard newspaper to sack him immediately. Anything short of that will amount to an open endorsement of his bigotry.

Have your great oba Lil Wayne of Lagos apologized for insulting the Igbos

Yyeske:
Fake Somali Jew, tell me your reply to Kanu when he called for the killings of Yorubas and Hausas in Igboland first.

See this trying to invoke reverse psychology.... Lol.... Your lies stink. KANU never called for the attack of Yoruba and Hausa in any Igbo state.

Pls look for another lie abeg.

Sack the pig let them return to their redmud caliphate.. I wonder why theyll continue to be bitter and stupid over 2015 elections even Niger delta has moved on

deji17:
Vanguard editorial board chair vows not to resign over bigotry allegations
June 10, 2018

Samuel Ogundipe

Ochereome Nnanna, the Nigerian columnist who slandered the Yoruba on Facebook last Friday, has vowed to stay on as the chairman of Vanguard’s editorial board, amidst calls for his ouster.

“I do not see why I should resign because I did not have Vanguard’s mandate to do what I did,” Mr Nnanna told PREMIUM TIMES by telephone Sunday night. “It was my personal opinion. Why should I resign? For what?”

Mr Nnanna said those demanding his resignation are pro-government elements who are desperate to get back at him for using his column to amplify scathing reviews of controversial policies of the Buhari administration.

“Let them start to run the country very well and make Nigeria start to see the dividends of good governance,” Mr Nnanna said. “I will commend them.”

PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Nnanna on Friday slandered the Yoruba ethnic group as “sophisticated morons” in a Facebook thread over the award of Nigeria’s highest honour to Moshood Abiola.

He apologised for the comments on Sunday morning, but demands intensified for him to step down after what appeared to be a pattern of prejudicial epithets gained broader circulation online.

Those concerned about his continued stay as Vanguard’s editorial board lead made a composite compilation of some of his controversial posts in recent months.

In one of such, Mr Nnanna called Femi Gbajabiamila, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, a “moral slowpoke” while reacting to news reports that the top lawmaker purchased an exotic vehicle for his wife.

In one of such, Mr Nnanna called Femi Gbajabiamila, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, a “moral slowpoke” while reacting to news reports that the top lawmaker purchased an exotic vehicle for his wife.

“”Mr Assurance”, Congressman Femi Gbajabiamila, need-to-know info. Out of this N1.3 billion allocated to his constituency he bought a car worth N100m for his wife on her 50th birthday! Tomorrow he will open his dirty mouth to talk about “PDP looters”. Left to Tinubu this immoral slowpoke would have been the incumbent Speaker of House of Representatives!” Mr Nnanna said in a Facebook post.



Although Mr Nnanna’s online rants are largely targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other government officials, his Facebook feed is also replete with what appears ethnic biases, especially against the Yoruba and the Fulani.

Wale Adedayo, a journalist and public affairs commentator, said the Vanguard risks harsh consequences if the paper fails to relieve Mr Nnanna of his post by Wednesday.

“If by then, Vanguard continues to keep him as one of them, it is a definite stance that the newspaper support his bigotry,” Mr Adedayo said in a Facebook update Sunday afternoon. “We’ll be left with no option than to initiate a campaign to boycott Vanguard newspaper across every part of Yorubaland and beyond.”

Mr Adedayo said there could be a potential backlash against Yoruba interests across the South-east, but said that would “be part of their sacrifice to stop the persistent preaching of hatred against our accommodating position in this part of Nigeria.”

Mr Nnanna said his critics are out to smear him over an isolated transgression for which he had apologised, saying those whose opinions count to him have already accepted his remorse and moved on.

“I have already apologised,” he said. “People who really mean well have accepted my apologies and have been calling to check after me.”

“People will say all sort of things, if you pay attention to what people say, you would not be able to move forward in life,” he added. “I know that majority of Nigerians are very, very discerning. I don’t think it is as bad as that in their mind.”

The columnist said he had received unwavering moral support from his Yoruba colleagues who know him in person and could attest to his long-standing principle of inclusiveness and tolerance.

“Most of my colleagues in the industry who are Yoruba are fighting my battle for me because they know me very well,” he said. “That is what defines me.”

“I am a patriot. I love this country. What I do not like is the way the country is being run, it is wrong. If they start doing well tomorrow, I will be the first to commend.



“What you write on a daily basis, there are people who do not like it. Some of them have been meeting , They hide somewhere to try and smear you, but God is more than them,” he said.

Mr Nnanna said he has been a columnist for over two decades, and Vanguard is one of Nigeria’s largest dailies.

The paper had distanced itself from Mr Nnanna and said he would be investigated, the outcome of which Mr Adedayo and many others are anxiously anticipating..

“While we are carefully interrogating the circumstance that led to that comment, with a decisive response to the author, we wish to acknowledge that the statement was made entirely as part of a private conversation,” the Vanguard said in a statement Saturday. “Vanguard dissociates itself totally from such unwarranted but careless, private outburst.”

The paper said Mr Nnanna’s outburst contravened its institutional values, adding that an investigation would be conducted and a “decisive response” would be meted out to the columnist.

Although Mr Nnanna insisted to PREMIUM TIMES that the fallout was not sufficient for his resignation, he expressed maximum deference to his newspaper’s management and said he would respect the outcome of its investigation.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/271845-vanguard-editorial-board-chair-vows-not-to-resign-over-bigotry-allegations.html

Igbos have been bigots before the Civil War and are still tribal bigots. Igbos did not allow yorubas to dominate the music industry as much as the yorubas didn't allow the igbos to dominate the spare parts market. These groups just have the natural knack for it and anyone moaning about it should take a chill pill. This individual however, is as bigoted, bitter and twisted as they are over there.

Front1line:
Thank God more people will be enlightened about the bold face bigotry the Igbos nurse against the Yoruba n more Yoruba will be able to make beta judicious use of that piece of enlightenment.

This thing is two ways tho

Some Yorubas don't like Igbos and vice versa

A cursory look into the comments on nairaland will show you that

A chairman of the editorial board of a national newspaper like vanguard shouldn't be spewing propaganda like Lauretta Onochie, Garba Shehu, FFK and Reno Omokiri. His duty is to report, expose and make critiques without resorting to insults.

Its either he is mentally unbalanced or just a complete idiot....

oluoni:
Sack the pig let them return to their redmud caliphate.. I wonder why theyll continue to be bitter and stupid over 2015 elections even Niger delta has moved on

Who is feeding you with all these lies garbage? Your noise will soon be deflated.

lonelydora:


At least, their quota will affect the business. When the Oba of Lagos called us Lagoon whatever, you cheered on

When I see IPOB miscreants, I know them because they would always come up with lies and propaganda, imagine me cheering the Oba then, please send me a link to that asap.

Yyeske:
Fake Somali Jew, tell me your reply to Kanu when he called for the killings of Yorubas and Hausas in Igboland first.

lol this afonja miscreant/IPOB wannabe will not leave Nnamdi kalu alone. He has forgot when his northern gods gave the igbos a quit notice or his lord and master buhari kept on cheating and killing igbos as the 5%

ipodstinks:
Why will you tell oba to resign, did anyone appoint oba. Oba was chosen by gods of the land, So no one has the power to resign him.

And this is exactly what i am saying. double standards.

ofai:


Fake Igbo how are you? Why you dey carry Yoruba matter for head like pure water?

Are yorubas the only people he has attacked verbally? What about other more notable people who attack Igbo, have you challenged them too?

Anumanu.

What is this one saying bikonu

Ugosample:


What is this one saying bikonu

I have noticed you.... Oya flush out of my mention.

ofai:


See this trying to invoke reverse psychology.... Lol.... Your lies stink. KANU never called for the attack of Yoruba and Hausa in any Igbo state.

Pls look for another lie abeg.

I earlier said you were living in Mars and didn't know when Kanu said so, typical of IPOB miscreants anyway. His voice recording of the statement is all over the internet and don't be lazy searching for it, it was even discussed here on nairaland and your likes applauded him then.
Stop embarrassing yourself please

Those of you comparing what Oba of Lagos said to what this inconsequential Nnana said , let me clarify you people , a landlord can say whatever he likes to his tenants and he can also decide to evict his tenants if he likes... Oba of Lagos remain the Landlord of Lagos ... Oba of Lagos didn’t go to the South east to call Igbo people there slowpoke , who is Nnana to call a whole yoruba people that accommodate you slowpoke ... tenants can’t call his landlord slowpoke and expect him to praise you ... Nnana you are a slowpoke

Yyeske:
I earlier said you were living in Mars and didn't know when Kanu said so, typical of IPOB miscreants anyway. His voice recording of the statement is all over the internet and don't be lazy searching for it, it was even discussed here on nairaland and your likes applauded him then.
Stop embarrassing yourself please

Since am lazy, look for it yourself. Bloody liar. KANU said Yoruba and Hausa in igboland should be attacked? You are a pathetic liar.

He's apologised for the comment so anyone who was offended by his comment should accept the apology and move on. It's that simple.

sokera:
Those of you comparing what Oba of Lagos said to what this inconsequential Nnana said , let me clarify you people , a landlord can say whatever he likes to his tenants and he can also decide to evict his tenants if he likes... Oba of Lagos remain the Landlord of Lagos ... Oba of Lagos didn’t go to the South east to call Igbo people there slowpoke , who is Nnana to call a whole yoruba people that accommodate you slowpoke ... tenants can’t call his landlord slowpoke and expect him to praise you ... Nnana you are a slowpoke

Oba of Lagos is NOT the "landlord" of Lagos.

He is a traditional ruler, they are not the same


And his talk of lagoon was unfortunate.