Is It Alright To Live With Your Man Before Marriage?

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Earlier today, the girlfriend of popular artiste, Wizkid responded to someone who asked if she was living together with him and she responded;

Live together ke? When he has not married me. At all

Her response was greeted with mixed reactions because it is almost a norm for girlfriends to move in with their man after a while of dating. A guy who I was seeing at a point in time asked me if I could move in with him when things get serious and I asked him why. His response though sensible, baffled me a bit. He said it would help us get to know ourselves better. When apart, we get to see only the nice part, the part we want the other to see but when you’ve been living together for a while, it opens your eyes to the hidden stuffs. Does she snore, does he scratch his balls and wears dirty boxers, does she urinate and not flush e.t.c.

These revelations have been called ‘pre-wedding shocks‘. A lot of couples have said their spouses changed almost immediately after marriage and they feel they are married to a completely different person. Is it that they changed or you are just seeing the real them. Their true selves when they are in their comfort zone and not trying to impress anyone.

On the other hand, is living with your partner right before marriage. For more conservative people, they believe it would give way to sinful acts and takes away the essence of marriage. Others believe a woman shouldn’t move in completely but can spend the weekends or other periods with him just to get closer…

What do you think, is it alright here in Nigeria, with all our morals and believes for a woman to move in and live with her man before marriage?

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Actress Regina Askia: You Are A ‘Yoruba Bastard’ For Claiming You Dated Bianca Ojukwu

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Regina Askia and Femi Fani Kayode

Former Minister of Aviation and one-time PDP hit man, Chief Femi Fani Kayode who took to twitter to prove he is not a tribalist by saying he once dated an Igbo Lady, Bianca Ojukwu and several Igbo women has come under heavy criticism.

Regina Askia Calls Femi Fani Kayode A Yoruba Bastard For Claiming He Dated Bianca Ojukwu & Igbo Women

Former Nollywood actress Regina Askia has lend her voice to blame ex-Nigerian minister Femi Fani Kayode over an explanatory article he wrote about the Igbos yesterday.
In this lengthy letter, the former beauty queen called Femi Fani Kayode a drug addict and a Yoruba bastard for claiming he once dated Bianca Ojukwu and several Igbo women.
She also blamed Igbo ladies and Bianca Ojukwu for having sex with him.

Read her letter below;

I’ve Just Been Told That Having Sex With An Igbo Woman Is A Great Accomplishment!!! After reading another hard-drug-influenced-essay by the Yoruba idiot parading himself as Femi Fani-Kayode, Ex-Minister of the Nigerian Federation, I felt there was no need to blame him for giving us another reason why his family members should as a matter of urgency, BUNDLE HIM BACK TO A REHAB! No! I don’t blame Femi Fani-Kayode for having a fun-filled day telling us how he ‘breezed’ through Bianca Onoh before our very revered Eze-Igbo married her.

I blame Bianca Onoh , Chioma Anasoh & Adaobi Uchegbu for being naive or to have rather stooped so low to have intimate relationship with a Yoruba rascal/urchin/idiot whom i’m very sure was on heavy use of cocaine (and still is) at the time!
Were Bianca, Chioma & Adaobi blind to Femi’s madness/drug-addiction or maybe he flashed his Ministerial/Ex-Ministerial portfolio to entice them? This is the first time a former public figure (I blame Former President Obasanjo for giving him that privilege) has preferred to reel out the names of women he had sex with, in a bid to show-off how he has been able to conquer tribalism in Nigeria or maybe trying to tell others he has been able to made love with one of the prettiest ex beauty queens another tribe may boast of, like Bianca Ojukwu (Nee Onoh) of the Igbo tribe.
Some persons have advised that Femi Fani-Kayode should be ignored due to his MENTAL INSTABILITY but i say NO to it! I will not ignore him because when a mad-man chases one into his house & still want to exhibit that madness there, the owner of the house will definitely react except he doesn’t value his house!

This has taken a tribal angle & its such a shame that many Yorubas have been applauding Fani-Kayode’s spiteful comments against the Igbo. I may not want to generalize the behavioural disorders of even the average Yoruba, but i want to use this ample opportunity to remind our single Igbo sisters that if “He” is not Igbo, He can’t be like an Igbo-man who won’t be so ridiculous to think that giving us some of the names of our ladies he had sex with makes him a superman, as Femi Kayode must be ‘thinking’ in his fool’s paradise.
Right now in Nigeria, the likes of a Yoruba bastard like Femi Fani-Kayode have proved that Igbo women should think “wisely” in making choices as regards whom they allow ‘ACCESS’ to their much fancied bodies. An Igboman would NEVER do what Femi Fani-Kayode did with the names of Bianca Ojukwu (Nee Onoh), PDP’s Adaobi Uchegbu & the relatively unknown Chioma Anasoh or even women from other tribes. He typically exhibited behavioural disorder of the Yorubas, which is to them, a normal way of life. What a shame!
Bianca Ojukwu & the other two ladies should as a matter of urgency, reply Femi Fani-Kayode’s show of lunacy, stupidity, foolishness, infantile reasoning & utter disrespect for them!

Femi Fani-Kayode consciously & gladly made a spiteful remark of Igbo women & our women should take the fight to him in a very deserving impudent manner! I am waiting for the responses by Bianca, Adaobi & Chioma.
By the way, I never knew men from other tribes take having sex with an Igbo lady as a great feat… Bianca & others should hold their heads high up.

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Nigeria’s Police Are Corrupted, Full Of Armed Robbers, Extortionists

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Nigerian policemen are deeply involved in unlawful activities and lose their lives every day because of that, the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of a Police Zone 6 Command, Mr. Jonathan Johnson, has admitted. He also acknowledged soaring corruption in the Criminal Investigation Department (CDI) of the Police Force. He made this statement during his visit to Akwa Ibom State Police Command in Uyo on Tuesday.

The AIG further lamented, "If you investigate our men, you will discover they are armed robbers. They are not contented with what they have.

"We go to the road to extort money from people, engage in illegal business, and liaise with armed robbers."

He, however, warned police officers who engage in criminal acts: when caught, they would be dismissed.
"No criminal has lived in his criminality and has never been caught. If you want to live in palava, you will die in palava."

He went on alleging that police officers sold ammunition to criminals, aided, abetted and manipulated cases, conniving with suspects and conspiring with criminals.

Johnson also alleged that police officers supplied hoodlums with information which aided them in killing policemen.

He revealed that it was a policeman that gave information to a community in Nasarawa State, which led to the hoodlums killing over 60 policemen.

He stated that police officers also became security guards for individuals and corporate bodies without any authority assigning them to the beat.

"The police officers turn themselves to security guards for individuals and corporate organisations without anyone assigning them. They also go on illegal duty for the purpose of extorting money from drivers and motorists."

The AIG stated that the police officers would not want to pay for the houses they lived, concluding that all mentioned attributes work against the police, as the public no longer has respect for the police force.
He said, "We have turned tyrannical to the public, that is why we receive condemnation everywhere we go

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Nigeria plans £5000 visa bond for UK citizens

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Three months to the commencement of the £3,000 visa bond regime due to be imposed on Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom, the Federal Government may have perfected plans to impose a £5,000 visa bond on prospective British citizens visiting Nigeria.

This is in retaliation to the new but controversial immigration policy of the UK scheduled to commence in November 2013.

The Home Office of the United Kingdom, recently classified Nigeria, India, as “high risk” and placed a £3,000 bond on every Nigerian visiting Britain.

The bond will be forfeited to the British government if an immigrant overstays his permit.

More than two million Nigerians are residing in the UK.

Uproar had greeted the immigration policy described as “discriminatory” since its announcement in June.

Nigeria is one of the countries put on the British “high-risk-list”. Others are India, Ghana, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The countries are slated for the pilot scheme of the new immigration policy to check immigration abuses.

A reliable source at the Nigerian High Commission in London told National Mirror that the refusal of the British Government to backpedal on the visa bond compelled Nigeria to fight back.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, had earlier assured that Nigeria would react appropriately if the policy was eventually implemented.

The source, who is a senior officer of the High Commission but did not want his name mentioned, told our correspondent in London that Nigeria had officially protested to the British government over the policy.

He, however, said that there was no sign that the British would rescind the decision.

“As a responsible country, we have protested officially against the discriminatory policy to the British government. But from all indications there is no going back on the policy. We have tried to make them see reasons on the need to review the new immigration policy, but it is like a done deal.

“Don’t forget that Nigeria has threatened to retaliate if the policy is implemented. So, we are only waiting for the implementation and the modalities of the new British immigration policy. But I can assure you that the Nigerian government won’t fold its hands. We would even raise the stake beyond the £3,000 they are asking Nigerians to pay as bond. We are looking at £5,000 as visa bond for UK citizens visiting Nigeria. This is our plan, which is subject to the approval of the Federal Government,” the source told National Mirror yesterday.

This stand is bound to strain the diplomatic relations between Britain and its former colony, Nigeria.

Early this year, British Prime Minister David Cameron chided Nigeria for passing anti-gay bill and threatened to cut aid to the country.

Also, Cameron recently berated Nigerian leaders for the mismanagement of the country’s huge natural resources.

But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman, Ogbole Amedu Odeh, denied knowledge of the £5,000 visa bond.

“I’m just hearing that from you. I’m not aware of any £5,000 visa bond for British citizens,” Odeh told National Mirror on phone yesterday.

“Nigeria has not got official correspondence from the British government. Anytime Nigeria gets official communication on the policy, we will react appropriately.”

Meanwhile, Nigerians in the UK under the umbrella of the Central Association of Nigerians in the United Kingdom, CANUK, have said that if this bond is implemented, wrong people will be targeted.

In an interview with National Mirror in London, CANUK Chairman, Bimbo Folayan, said: “On the visa bond, we’ve expressed our feelings that this is not a right policy. We feel that the wrong people are being targeted. We believe that this will be counter-productive and we think this is more political, more economical than immigration related.

“We have protested to the Commonwealth Office, they have listened to us and they promised to get back to us.

“Because of the present situation of British economy, it is probably another way for the Home Office to make money. But that will be to the detriment of genuine travellers. The £3,000 bond will only swell the purse of the British government.”

They, however, opposed the planned retaliation of the British immigration policy by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Folayan added: “Our position is that two wrongs cannot make a right. I believe that Nigerian government should not retaliate wrongly. Three times this year, I have gone to Nigeria with British investors. So, it means if I’m going to Nigeria, I will have to look for £5,000 visa bond for each of the visitors.

“So, this can only hurt Nigeria. This can hurt investment inflow in Nigeria. We do not support the £5,000 proposed visa bond. Either way, from the British government or Nigerian government, we do not support the policy.

“Policies are made and can be changed. If this is injurious to the economy of the UK, they have to change the policy. I don’t see anything cast in stone on the matter.”

The group, however, said that there was no basis for Nigerians to come to UK illegally.

“The region of the world that is enjoying growth is Africa and that is where the focus is. In UK, we are not recording so much growth and the economic forecast is not too promising.

“So, everybody is feeling the pain. There are not many jobs in the UK any more. There is actually no basis for any youth to leave Nigeria and live in UK illegally because, one, there are no jobs. Two, if you come illegally, that is even worse because you cannot get a job without relevant papers like work permit whereas there are opportunities in Nigeria,” Folayan said.

Nigerians also decried their being labelled as “high risks”. “Nigeria is not high risk. The vast majority of Nigerians living in UK are students, workers and those born in the country. That is not to say that there are no illegal immigrants.

“We strongly feel that Nigeria is not a high risk country regardless of the statistics they might have gathered. We object to targeting a few countries, calling them ‘high risk’.

“We do not support illegal immigrants. We actually encourage Nigerians in the UK to regularise their papers. We’re also in the forefront of encouraging Nigerians living in UK illegally to embrace the opportunity that have been provided by the International Organisation of Migration, IOM, for them to go back home and live more meaningfully than staying in UK without getting a job because of lack of regular papers.”

The group noted that the £3,000 bond would only embolden desperate people rather than serve as deterrent.


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Angelo denies ever attempted to have sex with Beverly

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Were you confused when you saw it? Well according to South African representative, Angelo who happens to be Nigeria’s representative, Beverly Osu‘s in-house lover, he has never tried to have sex with her in the house. It seems all they have indulged in are heavy smooching and kisses.

Some days ago, Nigerians went all out to tongue lash Beverly for yielding and having alleged sex with Angelo during a bathtub sharing time in the house. A social media account for ‘Team Beverly’ tweeted it for further clarity for those who can’t wait to pounce on Beverly when she leaves the house with or without the winning prize. They wrote;

Whatever the case, the two seem to really be into each other. During their individual diary session, Angelo said about Beverly;

She inspires me to go and pray and inspires me to read something and I feel lucky to have someone to take note and who takes the time to inspire you

Beverly is pretty optimistic and hopeful about them and she said;

I hope that we can continue to be together outside of the House

What do you think, did they really not have sex? What are the chances of them staying together outside the house?

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Fani-Kayode: Now I am vindicated

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In my initial rebuttal to the infantile tantrum dished out by Femi-Fani-Kayode, I made it clear that his character orientation tilted to anti national cohesion tendency. I blamed our past leaders for fostering such unstable personality on Nigerians. I stated thus: “that this man was a federal minister was a judgmental failure on our political and administrative leadership.”All Fani-kayode did in his latest outing is the consolidation of the perception that only a man perpetually immersed in a cornucopia of aphrodisiacs could have written the way he did. When a supposed sane mind is drained by this uncontrollable immersion, only a visit to the “orange and pineapple farms” will rescue him. I hope he has availed himself this opportunity. I lived in Accra, Ghana for years and I am convinced there are enough of such farms there.

 

Fani-Kayode descended into the lowest ebb any uncultured and permanently boyish man could have journeyed. Reeling out the names of real and imaginary women he had the opportunity of beholden their nakedness was the worst disservice a man who served as a federal minister could have done to his country. He not only debased the manhood in him but permanently soiled his reputation as a gentleman. I suggest another visit to the “orange and   pineapple farms.” Let his conscience judge him on this unparalleled debasement of womanhood. The analogy that the ladies in question were all Igbos exempted him from classification of an Igbo hater further demonstrated the shallowness of his mind. Arteries and veins are alien to ethnic origins of conjugating individuals.

In his poor attempt at justifying his obvious factual inaccuracies, Fani-Kayode failed to cross check his facts before publication. Did he really state that President Obasanjo appointed the first Igbo GOC after the war? Let me remind him that Major Gen Ike Nwachukwu was made GOC of 1st Mechanized Divison, Kaduna. That was under the administration of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. Furthermore, Admiral Allison Mudueke was a service chief during the regime of the late Gen. Sani Abacha. For a man who laced his write up with juvenile claims to self-intellectual greatness, I am amused that he failed miserably in his research and fact presentation. Based on this inability to grasp a simple issue which he used to illustrate his position, I dare say that his intellectual pandering is hollow.

 

I will recommend pity instead of bashing for Fani-Kayode. It is obvious that he is trying so hard to whip up other Nigerian ethnic nationalities to attack the Igbos. The logorrheic manner the writer speaks and presents himself has thoroughly divested logic and reality from him which are essential in public discuss. He wrote that “I was not a tribalist when I wrote essays defending the rights of the igbo and every other Nigerian nationality to exercise their right of self-determination and leave Nigeria if that is what they wanted to do.” This is where his intellectual hollowness manifested. How could he be presumptuous in a matter like this? How did he arrive at the conclusion that writing about right to self-determination is essentially a pro Igbo stand? Was there ever a time the Igbos came together and organized a plebiscite to be dismembered from the federal republic? Intellectualism does not suffer laziness and that is what Fani-Kayode exhibited.

 

His tale of employing more Igbos than Yorubas when he was federal minister is not only obtuse but strange as well. A man laying claim to intellectual ‘gurusim’ must present figures to back up such claim. His credibility has already been flushed down the toilet a long time ago, hence nobody will take him by his words. A man who is perpetually threatened by imaginary Igbo domination will never employ more Igbos than his Yoruba. Only the marines are ready to listen to this cock and bull story by a man like Fani-Kayode.

 

Is it not strange that a man indicted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is pontificating on the love of money by Igbos? Let him return the funds he looted from the national coffers before I can engage him in a debate on this issue. May be we should investigate and determine the tribe that destroyed the federal civil service and cemented corruption in Public service. May I remind the writer that NITEL is a constant reminder on how bigots and ethnic chauvinists must never be allowed to oversee a national asset in future and we know those that destroyed that great institution.The Igbos cannot mortgage their inclination to hard work to please those that are irretrievably lazy no matter their ethnic nationalities.

 

The quest for Fani-Kayode in search of redemption and acceptance by his Yoruba people will continue unabated. He is new in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and he hopes to climb the progressive ladder by pouring invectives on Igbos to please a section of the Yoruba populace. He applied the same tactics during the Obasanjo’s administration and it worked perfectly for him. He is obviously angling for a repeat. The new party has the option of either allowing a man with zero political value to mess it up or to stand up and be counted.

 

The burden of replying a man robed in all the known characteristics of demented brain is that one could be at risk of journeying the same path with him. I will not because of the effusions of a blown fuse in guise of a power house put all Yorubas in one basket. However, the Yorubas must call him to order publicly to distance their race from his vituperations. Or is Fani-Kayode voicing out what they say privately because of political correctness? I need to read an opinion moulder of Yoruba extraction condemn the charlatanism embarked upon by the depraved bigot.

 

The current outburst should open the eyes of south eastern and south southern leaders to understand the need to embark on massive drive for strict adherence to fiscal federalism. They must insist that oil prospecting and producing companies should relocate their headquarters to states where they are operational. There is no logic in citing the headquarters of Shell, Chevron, Mobil producing and the rest in Lagos when they have no single oil well in the state. Furthermore, resource control is not limited to the quest for increased revenue allocation. Staff recruitment must be part and parcel of the resource control process. Lagos is a mega city and we are all proud of that irrespective of the myopic rendition of Fani-Kayode. This mega city will become nothing if oil revenue that sustains the industries is withdrawn. So what is the point of the bigot and his cheerleaders?

 

Finally, I will advise women to be mindful of who they share intimacy with. This “kiss and gloat” mentality of Fani-kayode should be an eye opener to all women. Money, education and family lineage will not change the inert orientation of a brain dead tout. A man whose actions are driven by psychic energy which demobilizes his thinking faculty is not worth entangling with. Such men are always failed by their inherent libidinous elasticity.

 

Kelechi Jeff Eme.

Kelechi_eme@yahoo.com

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ASUU faults Okonjo-Iweala over N92bn demand by union

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IBADAN—The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described as a misrepresentation of facts, the comment made by the Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the striking university lecturers  demanded N92 billion as earned allowances in the 2009 agreement.

According to the union, which spoke through the Chairman, University of Ibadan chapter, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, the Federal Government and the minister are not telling the truth.

In a statement, the union said: “I want Nigerians to ask the minister where she got her figure of N92 billion from. There was never a time that ASUU made a demand that is up to N92 billion. I think the 92 billion naira is just the imagination of the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy.”

Dr. Ajiboye clarified the issue noting that the earned allowances jointly calculated with the Federal Government and ASUU in the 2009 agreement was N87 billion and it covers allowances for three and a half years for thousands of lecturers in Nigerian universities.

Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

He stressed that the N87 billion was a compromise made by ASUU by scaling down from N127 billion to N87 billion.

The university lecturer urged Nigerians to say no to people whom he said were bent on destroying public institutions.

He said: “This is a government that signed an agreement with us on January 24, 2012 to the effect that they would inject N100 billion as funding into the universities in the first one month and that before the end of 2012, they would inject another N300 billion. The same government did not put down a kobo to any of these universities.

“So, it is a sad story that we are hearing now that the government cannot meet a demand of N87 billion whereas the government said that they would keep on putting N400 billion annually for three years consecutively to the tune of about N1.2 trillion. If the government is now saying it cannot meet N87billion, Nigerians should know that this is not a government that can be trusted for anything.

“The total amount of earned allowances for academic staff in Nigerian universities for the three and a half years computed together with the government was N87 billion. And that was agreed based on negotiations because we started from N127billion and it was reduced to N107 billion before we now got to 15 percent of salary payment of each person. It is called earned allowances and it is the sum total of the excess work which academic staff had done for the past three and a half years. You are now telling Nigerians that this is what these people are asking for as if it’s a new thing. Nigerians should know that it is what the people have worked for and not N92 billion. It is fallacy and what these people (federal government) are just pushing is propaganda

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Adulterer Femi Fani Kayode confesses in the public -I am not a tribalist

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People who label me a tribalist and an Igbo-hater are simply misguided and ignorant. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of those words or the true import of their meaning.

Those that know me well like you can confirm the fact that I am not a racist or a bigot and that I consider such sentiments as being unworthy of a man of class, good breeding and culture.

I am, however, a firm believer in the propagation of truth and I, like you, appreciate the value and importance of history. Sadly many of our Igbo brothers and sisters do not believe in that. History for them consists of only one thing-how other Nigerians have always marginalised them and treated them badly.

If only they knew their own history, where they are coming from, what they used to be and where they were 100 years ago and what their forefathers did to the rest of Nigeria over the last 80 years they would know why they have always had such a hard time in this country.

Sadly because they dont know any of these things they cannot learn from it. And if they cannot learn from it they will continue to make the same mistakes. That is why they can come to another man’s land and territory and call it their own and when we say ‘’no’’ they tell us to shut up and call us tribalists.

I was not a tribalist when I wrote a tribute to Ojukwu after he died or when I condemned the ‘60’s pogroms that took place in the north in which their people were slaughtered like flies.

I was not a tribalist when I wrote against Yarima and child marriage in the north. Yet now I am a tribalist because I spoke the truth about our history and who we the Yoruba are. I was not an tribalist when I wrote essays defending the rights of the Igbo and every other Nigerian nationality to exercise their right of self-determination and leave Nigeria if that is what they wanted to do.

I was not a tribalist when I consistently wrote that Nigeria must have a Sovereign National Conference where the rights and obligations of all its various nationalities will be clearly defined and agreed upon. I was not a tribalist when I employed more Igbo people as a Minister of the Federal Republic than even my own Yoruba. I was not a tribalist when I wrote an essay, just two years ago, extolling the virtues of Igbo women.

I was not a tribalist when I condemned the bombing of predominantly Igbo and catholic churches and the killing of the Igbo and others by Boko Haram in the north over the last three years.

I was not a tribalist when I risked my life by consistently writing against Boko Haram even though I live in the north. I was not a tribalist when I wrote against political sharia.

I was not a tribalist when I wrote in defence of the Igbo when it came to the abandoned property issue. I could go on and on.These people have very short memories and anyone that does not agree with them all the time or that says one word against them at any point in time is labelled a tribalist for life.

They called Chief Obafemi Awolowo a tribalist, a genocidal maniac, a child-killer and an Igbo-hater simply because the man refused to join sides with them in the war yet they forgot that when Awolowo ran for the Presidency his running mate was from the east and not from the north.

They called Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, Chief S.L Akintola and Sir Ahmadu Bello as Igbo-haters and tribalists simply because they saw through the Igbo agenda at a very early stage and they killed them for it.

They called General Yakubu Gowon a genocidal maniac, a child-killer, an Igbo-hater and a tribalist simply because he stood up to Ojukwu and insisted on keeping Nigeria together and though he declared that there was ‘’no victor and no vanquished’’ after the war.

They accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of being a tribalist and an Igbo-hater though he appointed an Igbo man as the first GOC in the Nigerian Army since 1966 and though he appointed more Igbos into key positions in his government than any President before him.

They accused President Shehu Shagari and the northerners of being tribalists and Igbo-haters even though he pardoned Ojukwu and allowed him to return home after the civil war.

Magnanimity in victory

They have accused the Nigerian people of being tribalist and Igbo-haters simply because we have not had an Igbo President since 1966 forgetting that Nigeria was magnamonious in victory and that she not only gladly welcomed them back into the fold after the civil war but that she also gave them the Vice Presidency only ten years later.

They have labelled the Yoruba as tribalists and Igbo-haters simply because we have refused to accept their claims to our land and territory and though we were more charitable, hospitable, accomodating and generous to them than any other nationality in Nigeria after the civil war.

We have been too kind and gentle with them. That is the problem. They see our liberal and accomodating nature as stupidity and weakness. That is why they always like to go around calling the Yoruba cowards forgetting that the history of the Yoruba proves otherwise.

It is now time to tell the truth. They despise the Yoruba and they only pretend to believe in one Nigeria as long as they can always have their way and lord it over others. Worst of all they have no restraining factors because money and the acquisition of wealth is their sole objective and purpose in life.

Someone ought to tell them that this is not a virtue but a vice. It is a cultural deficiency which is borne out of not having any history. If they did they would be less aggressive, more restrained and far more civil to others. If speaking these bitter home truths and yearning and fighting for a better Nigeria makes me a tribalist then it is a toga that I would be happy to wear.

I will not sit by quietly and allow my people, the Yoruba people of south western Nigeria, to be rubbished, insulted and cheated by anyone no matter how aggressive that anyone may believe he is.

I make or offer no apology for my views. My numerous assertions in my two essays titled ‘’Lagos, The Igbo and the Servants of Truth’’ and ‘’The Bitter Truth About The Igbo’’ respectively stand.

Meanwhile I have read all sorts of strange submissions in various newspapers and blogs that have held themselves out as rejoinders to my two articles. Sadly other than the usual abuse and irreverant thrash not one of those so-called ‘’rejoinders’’ has been able to address any of the issues that I raised in either of the two articles, answer any of the questions that I posed in them or successfully challenge my presentation of historical facts

The bellicose nature and vulgarity of these so-called rejoinders goes to prove two things. First that those that I have descibed as being collectively unlettered, uncouth, uncultured, unrestrained and crude in all their ways really are all those things and a lot more and second that they cannot put up any reasonable or serious arguement to discredit or refute the message so instead they are attempting to destroy the messanger.

Meanwhile the two essays have been published in various newspapers in our country and outside and it will continue to be published by others long into the forseeable future.

The message is clear and it is already out there. It cannot be called back in. The horse has bolted from the stable and the falcon has left the nest. No matter how hard those that are attempting to intimidate us into silence may try it will not work and we will not be cowed.

The message is already out there and the genie is already out of the bottle. Those that seek to continue to denigrate and belittle the Yoruba and lay claim to what is rightfully ours should desist from doing so. They should grant us our peace and give us our due respect and they will get the same in return. If they do not do so those things will elude them and eventually history will repeat itself again in this country.

Meanwhile when anyone reads a rejoinder that addresses the issues that I raised in my essays and that has some level of scholarship and intellectual content they should please let me know and I may well dignify it with a response. The shameless and emotional thrash and disjointed verbiage that have been described as rejoinders so far are just not up to scratch.

They are bereft of any scholarship and intellectual content. They also invoke pity in me for the the faceless plebians that wrote them and those they claim to represent. When the Igbo, or anyone else, find a real writer that can cross swords with me and give me a good run for my money someone should please let me know. I am itching for a real debate with a worthy adversary on this issue.

Like the great Achilles I feel that I have no match. Are there no Hector’s out there? Sadly it appears that my accusers, traducers, opposers and haters cannot find one. All they have is their hate, their ignorance, their insults and their inbred crudity and vulgarity.

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Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi Onwutalobi

Anthony-Claret is a software Engineer, entrepreneur and the founder of Codewit INC. Mr. Claret publishes and manages the content on Codewit Word News website and associated websites. He's a writer, IT Expert, great administrator, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all around digital guy.
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Obama invites Jonathan for meeting in New York

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Abuja — President Barack Obama has invited President Goodluck Jonathan for a meeting in New York next month, the  United States’ Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Ms Wendy Sherman, has said.

Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, Ms Sherman said Nigeria is a very important country, not only in Africa but in the world, which cannot be ignored.

File photo: United States President Barack Obama and President Goodluck Jonathan

Reacting to a question on whether the failure of Barack Obama to visit Nigeria during his last trip to Africa was a snub on Nigeria, the American official parried the question while emphasising the importance of Nigerian/USA relations.

“Our presidents will likely meet soon. I will leave that announcement to the President of the United States and the President of Nigeria.

“But Nigeria is a very important country, not only here on the continent but around the world.”

Nigeria has served on the Security Council of the UN and it is likely to do so again in future.

“ It is the head of the Committee on Democracy and has been leader in so many ways, like in ECOWAS as a peace-keeper all around the world. These are the partnerships that are important to us.”

Sherman  who is leading a delegation to the US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission meeting described the commission as an invaluable tool for the two countries to work together for a strong relationship between them.

She added that the commission would support Nigeria as it moves forward to meet all the challenges before it.

She identified the issues before the bi-national commission to include security, governance, education and agriculture.

Sherman said during her meeting with Jonathan, she delivered  a letter from Obama to President Jonathan who accepted it adding that  her country looks forward to working with Nigeria further on the basis of the letter.

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Anthony-Claret is a software Engineer, entrepreneur and the founder of Codewit INC. Mr. Claret publishes and manages the content on Codewit Word News website and associated websites. He's a writer, IT Expert, great administrator, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all around digital guy.
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Big Brother is giving the Housemates a chance to rehearse and polish up for their big close up

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Tonight is Task Presentation night. Are the Chasemates ready for their big Airtel dance and song routine?

In case they aren't, Big Brother is giving the Housemates a chance to rehearse and polish up for their big close up. This week, the Housemates decided to Wager a confident for the Task, which has so far tested their creative mettle to the max. As Biggie always says, a 100 percent Wager requires a hundred percent effort.

Will they do enough to fly to a sweet Task victory this evening? Today, the Housemates have been given the chance to polish up their Airtel dance and song. They are required to rehearse while wearing their Airtel kits.

During the Task Presentation this evening, the Housemates are required to wear their custom made graffiti shirts. As soon as the Task Brief was read out by Head of House Elikem, the Housemates donned their red and white Airtel gear and prepared for a long day of rehearsals.

Angelo, Bimp and Dillish are up for possible Eviction this week. Vote here to keep your favourite Housemate in the game.

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Anthony-Claret is a software Engineer, entrepreneur and the founder of Codewit INC. Mr. Claret publishes and manages the content on Codewit Word News website and associated websites. He's a writer, IT Expert, great administrator, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all around digital guy.
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