"They were not even born when the war happened."

A good number of Igbos, and I dare add, other young Nigerians, are totally not understanding Nigeria as it is right now. It is not enough to make dismissive remarks like "They were not even born when the war happened." Or remarks like "They don't understand what they're asking for."

Make them understand. That is, if you understand what you're asking them to understand. If it makes sense to you. It even gets more annoying when you hear the older ones, the actors and spectators of the unfortunate war, urge the younger ones to learn from history.

According to Osibanjo, "experience is the best teacher for a fool. History is a much gentler teacher.'
I agree.

But comments like that could even draw the ire of the young ones who have today been denied history classes in school.

Who keeps a people ignorant of their history? But even more annoying is the fact that those who urge this learning have themselves not only failed to learn from experience, but have bluntly refused to learn from history, the much gentler teacher.
And what is there to learn? What is there to understand?

• That a boy from Anambra State aspiring to get some education at the prestigious Unity schools has to score about 139 marks in the entrance examination while his counterpart, perhaps even his classmate or neighbour from Zamfara State would only have to score 4 marks

• And that it takes an even weirder turn when they're done with school, at which point the Zamfara boy would have over 80% more chance at a federal job than the 80% more studious boy from Anambra. How do you explain that to a young Nigerian so that he may understand?

• How can they understand that a State like Kano, created at about the same time as one like Lagos, has about 44 local govt areas while Lagos State has a paltry 20 constitutionally recognized local govt areas. Bear in mind that Kano state has long been sub divided into two states of Kano and Jigawa. Jigawa alone has 27 LGAs of its own.
• You can say that the old Kano State has 71 LGAs while Lagos still lags behind with 20. And that the entire South East of five states has only about 94 local govt areas? Did it strike you that the South East is the only region still dawdling with five states? It would not have mattered of course if the National cake wasn't shared on the basis of local governments. Only if it was baked on that same basis. How would any young person without a brain for understanding twisted things get this?

• How can they understand that in the present Govt, the entire South East has no representation in the security body of the country. So when the security chiefs sit to discuss security, the primary role of any govt, there is nobody from the entire SE region in attendance. How can anyone understand this.

• How can even a gentle teacher make anyone understand that a South South youth would die for daring to steal crude oil from what used to be his fertile and arable farmland, while his Northern counterpart can freely mine minerals from his backyard. We only get to hear anything about it when lead poisoning begins to ravage communities.

• How do you understand that we have Petroleum Equalization Fund which ensures that petroleum products get to the people in the North at the same price at which it gets to those in the South but we do not have Tomato Equalization fund or Carrot Equalization Fund to trim the cost for people in the South? Break it down for me so that I may understand since I didn't witness the war.

• How do you break down the brazen massacres of Igbos, Christians and other innocent Nigerians any time the North wakes up from the wrong side of the Asuku Ezra: bed? Or when an artist draws a denigrating sketch of Mohammed in countries some of the victims have never heard of? Or when a group of girls decide to bare their bodies in beauty pageants? Or when a man cannot win elections? Or when a farmer must till his farmland? Or just about when anything...just unbelievable impunity. And no one ever gets justice.

• But we can start by explaining how Katsina State alone just got allotted more slots that the entire SS, than the entire SW, than the entire SE, than the entire N.Central in the ongoing (or is it completed?) recruitment by the DSS.

And a host of flustering matters.

So what is it you want History to help you teach? That the oppressed should stay calm and "ask nicely" like Obasanjo put it? They should ask nicely for their share of a piece of cake jointly baked by all? They should treat Nigeria with love like Obasanjo again suggested. It shouldn't matter that they get only rebuffs in return. I don't blame Obasanjo. It's probably the way he knows love and reconciliation...one sided. Any wonder his daughter would literally disown him publicly?

I listened to all the speeches made at the Biafra@50 event. They were all rich in flowing grammar, beaming with rhetorics but glaringly bare on commitment. Nobody but Nwodo dared point a way out. Osibanjo's speech had no mention of restructuring, something I can bet my last finger that he believes in. It would seem like we don't want to find a way out of our predicament yet.

Make no mistake, the clamour for Biafra is getting more tumultuous by the day that I fear that the voices of some of us preaching 'restructure' may soon be drowned.

And this house may come crash

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SALVINI IN NIGERIA?..... PERSONA NON GRATA ....!!

La Nigeria "respinge" Salvini: negato il visto sul passaporto

Il leader del Carroccio ribatte al Papa sull'immigrazione: "I muri cadono se ci sono regole". E attacca Renzi: "È senza palle, in Siria usi le armi". Poi lancia Souad Sbai al Comune di Roma

Sergio Rame - Lun, 28/09/2015 - 16:42

Il viaggio in Nigeria non ci sarà. La partenza era prevista per domani ma Matteo Salvini ha ritirato il passaporto senza il visto necessario.

"Me ne farò una ragione, ci tornerò quando avranno compreso che noi siamo qua per aiutarli", ha detto Salvini a Radio Padania spiegando con una certa delusione che "era tutto pronto". "Avevo anche fatto la vaccinazione per la febbre gialla e sono stato due giorni a letto - ha raccontato - e invece non si parte. La cosa assurda è che vengono in migliaia qui come clandestini e poi noi... non possiamo andare in certi paesi". Secondo il segretario federale, i nigeriani non avevano capito che "volevamo portare lì sviluppo e investimenti"."Peccato - ha chiosato - saremo più fortunati la prossima volta".

Lo sguardo di Salvini non è limitato ai confini italiani. Se da una parte torna a bombardare il governo ("Semmai dovessi fare la fine di Matteo Renzi difendendo l’indifendibile, ricoveratemi"), dall'altra entra a gamba tesa sulla politica estera. Sempre dai microfoni di Radio Padania, bersaglia papa Francesco: "arla alle anime e probabilmente ha ragione a dire che i muri cadranno ma cadranno solo quando ci saranno limiti e regole. Non si risolve il problema immigrazione - aggiunge - invitando le parrocchie e le famiglie a prendersi immigrati in casa". E, proprio per porre un freno all'immigrazione incontrollata che dal fronte siriano arriva lungo la rotta balcanica, chiede un impegno militare maggiore contro lo Stato islamico: "Renzi ha detto di no agli interventi militare in Siria: è un senza palle. Io sono sempre per il dialogo, ma non con i tagliagole, in Siria e in Libia bisogna intervenire con le armi, militarmente e massicciamente".

Salvini stava lavorando da mesi a una missione di quattro giorni in Nigeria, fissata a partire da domani, per dimostrare che si possono "aiutare a casa loro" gli immigrati che vengono in Italia. "Avremmo voluto andare a testimoniare la solidarietà vera e concreta", spiega il segretario della Lega aggiungendo che il visto sarebbe stato negato "a tutti" i componenti della delegazione, formata da "imprenditori e assessori regionali" del Nord. "Il dubbio - continua - è che essendo stata organizzata la missione dalla Lega per portare sviluppo, a qualcuno dava fastidio". Salvini è molto rammaricato di non aver "potuto concretizzare l’aiutiamoli a casa loro", ma assicura di essere già al lavoro per organizzare altre missioni in Paesi come il Marocco.

Per quanto riguarda la politica interna, Salvini lancia un nuovo nome nella mischia per il dopo Ignazio Marino. Solo ieri il candidato che avrebbe potuto unire il centrodestra sembrava essere Giorgia Meloni. Oggi, invece, il leader lumbard lancia Souad Sbai. "Non mi dispiacerebbe vederla sindaco - dice con franchezza - una parlamentare che si occupa di diritti delle donne e che lotta contro la violenza islamica da anni".

 http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/niente-nigeria-salvini-manca-visto-sul-passaporto-1176448.html

Polio: WHO urges hygienic standards in labs

Posted By: Chris Njoku on: September 14, 2015In: 

…plans nationwide inspection of labs

In an effort to maintain a polio-free nation, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has advised the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, to strictly observe professional ethics in operation of laboratories in the country.
This is even as the organisation has set out to inspect all laboratories in the country to ensure they comply with the rules and regulations establishing them.

A WHO laboratory polio containment consultant, Mr. Chinedu Chukwubuike, disclosed this over the weekend in Owerri during the inauguration of new executive members of the association in Imo State. He lamented that most laboratories were operating below standard and in very unhygienic environment.
He said though Nigeria was declared polio-free in the last one year, there was need for such declaration to be sustained by strict observance to regulations.
According to him, there is likelihood of polio springing up from laboratories if the scientists fail to observe the rules.
Chukwubuike said he has been contracted to inspect laboratories in the country, adding that any laboratory that falls short of standard must be sanctioned by relevant agencies.
He urged Nigerians to take immunisation exercise very serious, adding that parents must ensure that every child below the age of five was properly immunised.
The WHO ambassador warned that Nigeria cannot afford to experience the dangers associated with polio, calling on the citizenry to contribute to the sustenance of a polio-free country.
New chairman of AMLSN, Imo State branch, Mr. Anthony Uhuegbu, promised to cooperate with WHO in the fight against polio.
He said his administration will ensure that members comply with professional ethics in discharging their duties.
Uhuegbu advised medical practitioners to discharge their duties effectively and widen the jurisdiction of their training.
He frowned at medical doctors and pharmacists who are in the habit of conducting medical tests on patients where it is outside their training.

 http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/polio-who-urges-hygienic-standards-in-labs/
SOURCE 

Notorious hippopotamus killed in Gombe, meat shared by community

By NAN on August 6, 2015

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  Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus in Dadinkowa dam. Photo credit africanspotlight

  
  

  Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus in Dadinkowa dam that had been terrorizing the community for the past two years.

  He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Thursday that the bulky animal, apart from terrorizing people, had also been destroying crops and fishing facilities of fishermen in the area.

  “We discovered it about two and half years ago, but unfortunately, it has become very notorious and dangerous to people.

  “The community wrote to the local government council, complaining about the threat of the animal and we forwarded same to the Ministry of Environment, seeking the approval of the Governor to take action.

  “We received the approval last week, and decided to go hunting for it, an exercise that took us one week before the animal was finally spotted yesterday night.

  “We were lucky to trap it outside; we used military men to shoot it, with the help of the local hunters.

  “We shot it yesterday night around 10:30 pm when it came out to eat grasses, and today we butchered it in to pieces.
  According to him, there are about 100 of them in the water, but the one that was killed had been crossing to the lower side of the dam and causing havoc.

  Speaking to the NAN, Mr Adamu Pukuma, Permanent Secretary, Gombe State Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources, said hippopotamuses are among the animals that were endangered and going instinct.

  “We have been protecting them but the particular one that was killed was notorious.

  “It killed people around the area, as well as destroyed crops and fishing equipment.

  “There were complaints from the people and that was why we sought for the approval of the Governor to protect lives and property.

  Leader of Fishermen in Dadinkowa, Malam Sa’adu Sarkinruwa, told NAN that the hippopotamus killed no fewer than five persons in the community in the past two and half years.

  NAN reports that after killing the animal, its meat was shared among those that actively participated in hunting it down.

   http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/notorious-hippopotamus-killed-in-gombe-meat-shared-by-community/

“Black West Africa” and “Boko Haram” Are Not A Priority – White House

BLACK WEST AFRICA IS NOT A PRIORITY

If you are still expecting anything from America and 

 probably Europe  ..then watch this interview and analysis.

 Too Bad !!!

PROF. DORA AKUNYILI (RIP)

BRING BACK OUR GIRLS...... (LATINA ITALIA)

Sangue e mistero sul set. Il cinema di Nollywood spopola

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La scena è truculenta, ma niente paura. È solo il set di un film. La donna che giace a terra, alla quale i truccatori stanno applicando del sangue artificiale, è nel cast  di "October 1", un thriller poliziesco diretto da Kunle Afolayan, le cui riprese si effettuano in una zona rurale del villaggio Ilaramokin, nel sud-ovest della Nigeria. Il cinema di questo Paese, conosciuto come Nollywood, è in rapida espansione fin dagli anni 90 e da qualche tempo è diventata la seconda industria cinematografica al mondo per il numero di film prodotti. Solo Hollywood ne produce di più, e nemmeno l'industria indiana, la celebrata Bollywood, riesce a tenere il passo della concorrenza nigeriana. La maggior parte delle pellicole viene prodotta nelle lingue locali - Yoruba, Hausa e Igbo - ma parecchie sono realizzate in inglese. Nollywood può contare sul un pubblico molto ampio, anche (e soprattutto) fuori dai confini nazionali: piace ai cinefili, è un "must" tra gli africani che vivono all'estero. È di gran moda pure nei negozi degli acconciatori londinesi più cool... (reuters)

 http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2014/03/24/foto/october_1-81768997/1/?ref=fbpr#1

'HOUSE OF HORROR' IN IBADAN

Nigeria: Police probe Ibadan 'house of horror'

Nigerian police have opened a murder investigation after human skeletons and body parts were discovered in an abandoned building in the south-west.

Officers also rescued several people nearby who had been chained together and appeared severely malnourished.

The alarm had been raised by motorcycle taxi riders in the city of Ibadan after some of their colleagues went missing.

Several people have been arrested in the city - Nigeria's third largest - a police spokeswoman said.

Living skeletons

When police searched the abandoned building - dubbed the "house of horror" by the media - they found skeletons, decomposing bodies, skulls and bones on bloodstained floors.

A number of people were found shackled in leg-irons inside the building.

"Some seven malnourished human beings looking like living skeletons were also rescued in the bushes surrounding the building," police spokeswoman Olabisi Ilobanafor told AFP.

She said the motorbike riders had stumbled on the bodies after complaining to police about the disappearance of colleagues in suspicious circumstances.

"It is not a common occurrence in Ibadan or in the (Oyo) state. The police will investigate this crime in all its ramifications," she said.

Observers say some victims of kidnapping are often tortured or used as sacrifices in black magic rituals.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26707586

KRIS'D SHEBI?..........The hit rocking Town now

“He calls himself a preacher… And just a short while after releasing his hit single “WaZoBia”, in which he preached National peace, love ann unity in Nigeria.

Kris’D brings yet another banging WORD to his fans… “SHEBI”, another groovy dance track from Kris’D with a simple message… Listen and find out!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152610904649409&set=a.10150123575404409.321528.620419408&type=1&theater

http://www.latestnaija.com/krisd-shebi/

GOOD INTENTIONS.......BAD EXECUTIONS

As  we praise the Governor  of Enugu state (Nigeria) and the authorities for many infrastructural development in the state;  one may not overlook the attitude of  so many contractors who  start kilometers of road projects in residential areas and abandon them  for a long time, thereby exposing the residents  of such areas to untold hardship, (damages to property)  and health hazards especially  respiratory problems  for unjustifiable period of time.

The pictures are that of Corner stone junction(Nike Lake Road) to Ugbene 2 since September  2013 

May  these contractors be controlled  a little bit  closer,

Ethiopia Airlines begins international flights from Enugu airport

Ethiopia Airlines begins international flights from Enugu airport

 News    Monday, August 19, 2013

The Federal Government, weekend, confirmed that Ethiopian Airlines would commence direct flights to and from Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, from Saturday, August 24, 2013.

This would be the first international flights to be operated into the South East geo-political zone of the country, barely two years after the airport in Enugu was accorded international status.

Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, who disclosed this in Abuja, said she had already written President Goodluck Jonathan informing him of the airlines' inaugural flight.

She said the airport's designation as an international airport was part of the aviation master plan of the present administration to give every zone in the country the opportunity to grow its full potentials in economic and social development.

With the foray of Ethiopian Airlines into Enugu, businessmen and other travellers from all the states of the South East as well as Edo and Delta now have the option of making their international travels through Enugu, rather than erstwhile reliance of far-aay Lagos and Abuja.

General Manager, Corporate Communication, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Yakubu Dati, said President Jonathan's administration had fulfilled his promise of giving every part of the country equal opportunity to develop and realise its dreams.

According to him, the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, was designed and built by the former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme when he was only 26, while his vision of many years is now being fulfilled.

He said: "This Minister of Aviation has shown her determination to actualise the goals of the aviation master plan which the Jonathan administration has pegged its transformation agenda which objectives include giving every part of the country and every citizen the opportunity to grow to his full potential.

"With the international flight operations at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, a novel opportunity has been given to the people of the South East zone to expand their business horizon without stress and the inconveniences of having to travel far to catch international flights."

http://odili.net/news/source/2013/aug/19/306.html