“He is a very good man. Nigeria has just lost the one who was brought to us to set a solid foundation for greatness.The reactionary forces overwhelmed him especially from within. My friend and brother “GEJ’’ is a good man.It is well with him. We fought a good fight. Thanks to all of you who believed in him. It was not a wasted confidence. He has more to give to the world.Once again I say thank you. Congratulations Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Party (APC).
“Nigeria belongs to us all. Let us love her,”CONGRATULATIONS GEN. BUHARI AND APC.
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“Sequel to a widely publicised write-up in almost all the national newspapers, on the 6th of April, on the aforementioned, we on behalf of the entire Ndigbo resident in Lagos State, solicit for your intervention to avert a carnage that might follow the Kabiesi’s threat as Ndigbo have always been targets of such threats in the past.
“We most courteously solicit your intervention in order to support the spirited and strident peace efforts of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, as enshrined in their noble peace accord agreement for a peaceful pre and post election periods,” the petition reads in part.
“Ndigbo, therefore, ask all the security agencies to save them from the threat of Oba Akiolu, as we are poised to exercise our franchise of voting for the candidate of our choice and defend same,” they declared.
“I think the one year anniversary is next week, and we hope to give a comprehensive report on what we know so far, and how far the searching has gone.
“So, the assurance I will give you, is that everywhere is being combed and whatever element we found will be revealed to appropriate authority and nobody is going to keep anything secret.”
"I call her Aunty Gene not cos of her Age but her Strength.@genevievennaji, by your strength i respect you."
I got robbed sometime in school. All my audio cassettes that I recorded they took them. I was sad for like a year plus. I dropped out and I am like look I am not continuing this thing I am going to follow music. I actually confessed to my parents. I told them the truth that I am not going back to school. I am going to Lagos, Festac town. All this waka wey i dey talk so, na molue… staff, sometimes na fight we go fight. Them go pursue us from bus to bus.
“The National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Chris Ngige and many of us were made to stay at the main lounge throughout the meeting. We do not really know what was discussed but it must have been very sensitive.”
He said, “I admire what your governor has done in terms of mobilising revenue to sustain Lagos development. I have a lot of respect for Governor Fashola for his hard work, commitment to the state and the country. There is no doubt that Lagos is a mini-Nigeria. We are all here and it has been mentioned by previous speakers that everybody (tribe) is adequately represented in Lagos.
“So, I assure you. If you vote for the continuity of APC in Lagos, you stand to gain more. It is in your interest that you vote for the APC.
“Please when you go home tell your neighbours, relatives and even the opposition to please bury the hatchet. Let them fall in line and vote the APC.
“When we were coming in our bus, Fashola told me how Lagos State had been spending to maintain the federal infrastructure here such as buildings, roads and other institutions. I had promised before that if I won the election and became the President, I would make Lagos my priority. Governor Fashola is already holding to me to that promise so I would like the incoming governor to listen carefully and make sure he makes me honour my undertaking.”
“They (Boko Haram) told the gathering that they would continue to attack and kill people before Buhari would assume leadership to commence total war on the Boko Haram,” they said.
We could not stay to count the number of people killed during the attack immediately because we all ran for our dear lives but I can confirm that many residents were killed and many sustained injuries in the attack,” a witness said.The source said most of those injured sustained dislocations and minor injuries in the process of running for their dear lives during the attack.
‘Surrogacy is really scary for me, I don’t want one, I don’t want that to be my reality. It’s my last resort, surrogacy. As much as I hated being pregnant, and I complained every step of the way and joked that I didn’t want one, I really don’t want a surrogate.’
‘I wouldn’t dare ask anyone to do this for me. It freaks me out, what if they’re a lunatic, what if they run off with my baby? I can’t do it, I just can’t.’
“There is so much to say on this topic, it is heartbreaking but real. Tribalism has been and is still been practised today.”
“Lagos is home for everyone, our generation knows better, too. Let’s not let this come in between us. The Oba’s statement was ignorant but do we really blame him? We all at some point in our lives have been on the receiving end of acts of tribalism. Let’s take out the tension and be real with one another. Our parents’ generation practised tribalism openly and they were not corrected.
“In some homes, befriending people from other tribes was frowned on, marrying from another tribe is still being frowned on today, tribalism even from people of the same tribe is real too. What we need is to educate and not instigate. I had Igbo friends growing up, I was the only Yoruba girl in the midst of Igbo girls. Did they make fun of me? Sometimes, but it wasn’t out of malice. We lived, we loved and we are still very close.
“I have had a friend’s mum tell me ‘haaa omo ondo ni e? Mi o mo ooo, a kin ba ondo sore, meaning ‘I’m from Ondo? She didn’t know…. If she had, she won’t let her daughter befriend me cos they don’t like Ondo people, Ondo and Ijebu don’t mix. I was shocked. She went ahead and said ‘You Ondo people are wicked’.
“My friend is from Ijebu ooooo, we are both Yoruba girls and that statement was made by her mum. We are still friends today and her mum got over it.
“Please educate people around you. Vote who you want, vote your conscience but please stop with the tribalism comments. Our beauty is in our diversity. It is a distraction, don’t fall for it. Let’s all live as one”.
"Who are these people lying against the throne of Lagos? I am sure the Oba of Lagos didn't say those words cos if he did, his days on the throne are numbered. For he is a father to all children and a host to all guests.Engaging his fans in the conversation, the singer who is as fearless as hiss late father Fela Kuti on political issues, said he trust the Oba and believes the show is another trick by PDP, APC’S leading opposition.
"What if the Bible, the most singularly significant publication in the ancient canon of Western tradition, were updated to reflect our modern society? What would it look like?" the users explained.
Last Sunday, all honorary Eze Ndigbos in Lagos paid a courtesy call to HRM Oba Akinolu. At the meeting the visitors praised the Oba for his fatherly support for and cooperation with Igbos in. Lagos. They assured him of their continued good neighborliness with other tribes in Lagos and support everything that’ll further strengthen that harmony.
Oba Akiolu on his part acknowledged the enviable performance of Governor Fashola and his contribution to the growth of investments in Lagos. He gave the assurance that he is not disturbed or angry with South-East and South- South votes for President Jonathan as perceived by the Eze Ndigbos. The Obas thereafter called on the Igbos chiefs to show appreciation to Lagos State by supporting his candidate Mr. Ambode for continuity of excellence as they have earlier promised.
He assured them of his continued support and assistance where needed and the meeting ended with the traditional breaking of kolas, alligator pepper, and bitter kola and pouring of liberation on the ground. It was within this context that that the tradition of Lagos with regard to the lagoon came up. It was noted that whoever works against the throne and the interest and peaceful co-existence of Lagos would end up in the lagoon as per tradition.
2. Oba Akiolu stated further that the Igbo people have not betrayed the throne. Lagos has also not betrayed the Igbo people. Lagos has done so much to make the Igbos comfortable and to prosper. For this, we expect reciprocal respect and understanding. The Oba of Lagos prays that the Lagoon and the throne will continue to bless and protect all those who reside and visit Lagos.
3. Oba Akiolu is the father of all irrespective of tribe, religion or political persuasion. In Lagos, we have an old traditional proverb that relates to the Lagoon. The Lagoon is unique to Lagos. The proverb stresses the need for unity and understanding when you do business in an environment and in this case when you live and do business in Lagos.
Oba Akiolu prays for peace for the land of Lagos and prosperity for all its inhabitants.
“For five, six years, the Nigerian law enforcement agencies, including the military, couldn’t secure 14 Local Governments. How can I promise miracles when I come? But with the cooperation of our neighbors Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the international community, and the commitment we are going to get from the military, I think it will take us a much shorter time to deal with it,” he stated.
“On Saturday, if anyone of you goes against Ambode who I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and it is not my father who gave birth to me,” he said. On Saturday, if anyone of you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos state, the person is going to die inside this water.
“I’m not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. Jimi is my blood relation and I told him that he cannot be governor in Lagos for now. The future belongs to God. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere, don’t do it here.”
“If you do what I want, Lagos will continue to be prosperous for you. If you go against my wish, you will perish in the water. I am for the progress, growth and development of Lagos. Ambode is highly cerebral, he’s a symbol and he is going to deliver the message which I, the Oba of Lagos, have said. And he will govern the state for another eight years. “He is going on a mission and God will give him the wisdom and knowledge to fulfill that mission. Almost a year ago, I declared that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos and it will not change.
