God bless you bro, their people who didn't go home when Ojukwu asked them to come home were being brought to safety by different Yoruba families, my grandmother was one of the people who did that even though it was dangerous for her.

I have said it several times that you should stop listening to street  history and make research on your own...Aburi accord was meant to organise the Armed forces, settlement of displaced Nigerians and Arrangement of the constitution..Awolowo was not even part of the delegates to Aburi,Accra ,Ghana... The problem of this accord was the misinterpretation on the side of FGN and the Eastern Nigeria region government led by Ojukwu...Abiola never cursed Awolowo, that is a story you don't need for now, go and read your history properly and then you can get more clue..
Normally, I am not supposed to reply you because nothing is meaningful in your comment but to pick out what you need to make research on ,I decided to give you these few points...I hope it will help you for your history class..Peace

You call Yorubas betrayers but your leaders  and history refuse to tell you that a Yoruba Colonel was a leading soldier of the Biafra Army he helped you...
(Lt Col Victor Adebukunola Banjo, was the first Nigerian Director of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Corps of the Nigerian Army)..

God bless you bro. Truth is bitter ...

Sincerely, FFK has said nothing wrong here and in his previous Articles.He is not a tribalist, he just trying to address some issues that could change our history if care is not taking .My brothers from the east should check themselves and do research on the history of Nigeria and the truth behind the civil war, the agreement between Ojukwu and Awolowo and not just listen to what I can say it is a propaganda from their leaders..
1. They started the war by trying to attack the south west (why not the north? they were the reason behind the war) .Were we supposed to watch them destroy our people because we don't want to be called betrayers? No , The Nigerian Army responded at Ore in Ondo state (Battle of Ore)
2.If Yorubas keep quiet our children we learn history that is not ours and hear names that are contrary to what and who we really are;names like  betrayers, coward and so on. (I accommodated a brother from Imo in my apartment,despite the fact that I have never met him in my entire life but he still have guts to call Yorubas betrayers but I didn't give him any answer because he knows nothing about his history just what he heard from people on the street of  Owerri)
3.Can a Yoruba man buy land in all eastern town and cities ?meanwhile the Igbos and other ethnic groups can do that in every corner of the south western part, so tell me why the Yorubas and not the most accommodating in Nigeria?
4.Being civilised people as you claim to be , you don't have to be bitter when someone tells you the truth or have an opinion that is contrary to yours.Learn how to respect others too you are not superior..My points goes on and on but there is no much time for me to outline everything..
I am not hating,I am beyond tribalism because I believe in the love of God but the truth must be told..

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has signed into law the Amended Pension Bill for Ex-Governors (spouses) and Ex-Deputy Governors (spouses) in the state, which is to take effect June 1.

Governor Akpabio, who accented to the bill at Governor’s Office, Uyo, said: “The essence of the law is to streamline and avoid excesses of finances and to be prudent in the management of our resources.

“The Constitution has empowered us to make laws. So, we have today made the pension law for ex-governors and ex-deputy governors.

“This law was made in 2000. It was amended in 2006 and is now amended again in 2014. The essence of this amendment was because staff such as cooks, drivers, among others were hired by the ex-governors and ex-deputy governors with a non-financial benchmark.

Breakdown of the Pension Law

“All staff of the ex-governors should not earn more than N5 million annually and all staff of the ex-deputy governors should not earn more than N2 million annually.

“No ex-governor can spend more than N100 million in a year for medical expenses and no ex- deputy governor can spend more than N50 million for medical expenses, because we are making sure that we cover all the loopholes of financial wastage.

“Widows of ex-governors will receive a minimum of N1 million monthly for medical expenses and N500,000 medical expenses for the widows of ex-deputy governors.”

“Under the proposed law, Mr. Akpabio and others listed in Section 1(1) are entitled to a monthly pension for life at the rate equivalent to his current salary.

Similarly, the serving deputy governor, Valerie Ebe, is entitled to a monthly pension for life at the rate of her current salary.

* Mr. Akpabio and his deputy; Mrs. Ebe will therefore pocket a total of N2, 223, 705. 00; and N2, 112, 215, 00 respectively as monthly and a total of N26, 684, 460,00 and N25, 346, 580 respectively as pension, per annum.

* Akwa Ibom taxpayers are also expected to provide an amount not exceeding N5 million or an equivalent of $50,000.00 monthly for Mr. Akpabio to engage the services of a cook, chauffeurs and security guards.

* However, the deputy governor is entitled to N2million naira or an equivalent of $20,000.00 monthly allowance to hire cooks, chauffeurs and security guards.

* Mr. Akpabio and his spouse are to also access free medical services at a sum not exceeding N100 million or an equivalent of $600,000.00, while the deputy and her spouse will pocket N30 million or an equivalent of $200,000.00, annually.

Akpabio hinted that the law also covers those who served in the old Cross River State, adding that the law was to streamline and to bring sanity into state finances, which he said had been misinterpreted by the public and resulted to a lot of bashing in the social media.

Fake news plenty for naijapals when it comes to naija celeb.

Well I am also happy for if that is the truth but I doubt it, these are just pictures, schooling in developed countries is not what we think it is..she is always on holiday in different countries and suddenly she has graduated from a school in the US , may be its a distant learning programme (In German Fernstudium) or may be its just few weeks seminar but not a degree programme.

Get your facts right bro, Obasanjo was insulted in his home town even after his tenure people threw pure water sachet at him in Ota..

Dear Umaru Musa Yar'Adua,
Its been 4 years since you left us. When you were
around we called you:
The BAD one.
The SLOW ONE.
The SICK ONE.
Yes, you were sick, in fact, sick all through your
administration, but you were never as sick as this
current President. We all cried for your resignation at
the height of your sickness. Cursing you, your first
lady and your supporters (The first set of Cabals).
Asking you to die if you want to die and allow the
man with all the Goodluck in this world to lead us. We
forgot that even though you were sick, you were the
first Governor to have ever declared his assets
publicly and you remained the only President in the
history of Nigeria to have ever declare his assets
publicly. We conveniently forgot that even though
you were gravely sick you were the first president to
ever reduced the price of petrol in Nigeria, (From N75
to N70 and later from N70 to N65) and the economy
did not collapse like the present leaders are making us
believe. We forgot that you didn't afflict yourself with
your sickness and so could do very little about it. But
we still insisted that you just have to go, so that
Nigeria can finally have her chance with Goodluck.
We forgot that even though you were terminally ill,
you still succeeded in solving the Niger Delta crisis
which you didn't cause, but you found a solution. You
gave us rule of Law, Andy Uba lost in court and was
removed as Anambra State's Governor. Oni lost in
Ekiti and was removed, Agagu lost in Ondo and was
removed, Osunbor lost in Edo and was removed even
though they are all members of your party (PDP).
Now we have seen what a healthy president has done
with the country.
His Excellency President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, may
your soul rest in perfect peace. We will forever
remember you and your leadership.

It was a day of anguish and tears yesterday when parents of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls and their classmates converged on the Government House, Maiduguri, Borno State, to identify the girls who were shown in a video released by Boko Haram on Monday.

The exercise which was painstaking and lasted throughout the day and last night, however, yielded some results, as parents, girls from Chibok secondary school and Borno State Government officials, were able to identify 54 of the abducted girls who featured in the video. Latest media release said about 80 girls have now been identified so far.

Shortly after the terror sect released the video, the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, had directed that it should be reproduced and distributed so that the parents of the girls could identify their daughters.

But for other parents who could not identify their daughters, the pain and sorrow continued, with speculation rising that some of the girls who appeared in the video may have been kidnapped before April 14 from other communities in Borno.

The leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, had released a video on Monday showing over a hundred of the kidnapped girls who are believed to have been abducted from their secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, a month ago.

He had said that the girls, all dressed in the Muslim hijab and reciting verses of the Qu’ran, would only be released if the federal government accepts to exchange them for members of his sect who have been in government detention facilities for years.

Below is a list of those identified so far:

1. Agnes Gafane
2. Saraya Stober
3. Hauwa Bitrus
4. Hajara Isa
5. Na’omi Philimun
6. Hauwa Abdu (1st Speaking)
7. Magret Yama
8. Shitta Abdu
9. Jummai Muta…
10. Ladi Paul
11. Roda Peter
12. Filo Dauda
13. Godiya Bitrus
14. Saratu Tauji (2nd Speaking)
15. Ross Daniel
16. Hauwa Ali
17. Hajara Isa (Amira 3rd Speaking)
18. Luba Afga
19. Na’omi Luka
20. Saraya Emos Ali
21. Bilkisu Abdullahi
22. Mairama Ali
23. Maryam Ali Maiyanga
24. Dabora Abbas
25. Kabu Mala
26. Halima Ali
27. Yana Bukar
28. Solomi Pugu
29. Lydia Emmar
30. Luba Sanda
31. Saraya Samuel
32. Comfort Habila
33. Rejoice Shanki
34. Gloria Yaga
35. Mary Nkeki
36. Moda Baba
37. Hauwa Isuwa
38. Patient Jacob
39. Ladi Jajel
40. Abigel Bukar
41. Fanta Lawan
42. Zainabu Yaga
43. Aisha Lawan Zanna
44. Dokas Yakubu
45. Kabu Mala
46. Maryama Bashir
47. Hauwa M. Maina
48. Mary G. Dauda
49. Susana Yakubu
50. Maryam Abbas
51. Laraba John
52. Hanatu Nuhu
53. Na’ omi Bukar
54. Rifkatu Galang

The co-mastermind of the April 14, 2014 bomb that went off in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche has been arrested in Sudan, security sources say.

Ogwuche was reportedly arrested through the help of the Military Attaché to the Nigerian High Commission in Sudan with the help of international security operatives.

The suspect is a student of Arabic Language at the International University of Africa, Sudan is a British born Nigerian.

Ogwuche was formerly in the Nigerian Army with service number SVC 95/104 but was said to have deserted the Army in 2006.

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday 12, May 2014 during a joint news conference in Abuja declared him and one Rufai Tsiga planned the bombing of Nyanya Motor Park on 14 April which killed over 75 people.

The DSS through its Director of Public Relations of DSS, Marilyn Ogar, announced the declaration.

According to the Department of State Security, Ogwuche served in the Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Army at Child Avenue, Arakan Barracks, Lagos, between 2001 and 2006. He was allegedly involved in terrorist activities which led to his arrest at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Nov. 12, 2011 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on arrival from the UK. But was however, released on bail to his father, retired Col. Agene Ogwuche on Oct. 15, 2012 following intense pressure from human rights activists, who alleged human rights violation.

Ogar, who announced N25 million rewards for anyone who could give information that could lead to the arrest of the duo, also paraded five suspects in connection with the bombing. Ogar named the suspects as Ahmad Abubakar, 43, Muhammed Ishaq, 30, Yau Saidu, 28, Anas Isah, 22 and Adamu Yusuf, a cleric, 43.

“Rufai Abubakar Tsiga, a Boko Haram leader, is the mastermind of the bombing of April 14, 2014 at El-Rufai Motor Park, Abuja.Tsiga was actively aided by a co-mastermind, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche.

“The sum of N25 million is hereby announced as reward for anybody with useful information on their whereabouts,” she said.

The director said that on the night of 13 April, Tsiga and one Muhammed Ishaq, one of the arrested suspects, moved a vehicle laden with explosives to the Nyanya Park.

“In the morning of 14 April, Tsiga, under the direction of Ogwuche, moved the explosives laden vehicle to the position from where he detonated the explosives,” she said.

The DSS spokesperson said that the arrested suspects claimed that they bombed the park to retaliate the killing of a Boko Haram member at the park a week before the incident.

She denounced the claim as a fabrication by the mastermind of the bombing to elicit other members used for the bombing.

Ogar urged the public to be wary as terrorist elements were disguising and taking up menial jobs and parading themselves as businessmen daily in Abuja and its environs.

Where did you get your statistic from? how many Nigerian Yoruba do we have? 64% of Yorubas are not Muslims and even if they are, they have tolerance for all kinds of religions and people, they understand your religion has nothing to do with them ,it is between you and your God and that is why you will see a church and a mosque built beside each other in the Yoruba states..

Is Ogwuche an Hausa name? just asking so that we can be sure that only northerners are Boko Haram

I think we should learn to respect  others. The activities of  Boko Haram are been sponsored by some powerful people or organisation.In my opinion they are not fighting for a religious purpose....Remember Luke : 6-37. Thinking all Muslims are heartless won't let you know there are good ones better than some Christians..Politics, Religion and so on are just factors to divide us as a people...The problem we are all having  is Boko Haram(just using religion as a cover up) and not our Muslim neighbours.

I pity those students. Meanwhile, most people still believe we have the best president ever in Nigeria now, the truth is, we don't have a President/government at all. Education is not run like this even in poorer African countries like Niger, Benin and Cameroon..Our leaders will continue to treat the masses as if they are nothing not until when you all can stop all tribal sentiments and say the truth whenever something is wrong and not continuing to say things that are not real.. No Nigerian Politician cares about you. You can give them all your support today and they will finish your future tomorrow when they assume that public office...

Stop this hatred and start preaching love if you are a real Christian..The topic here has nothing to do with Islam  or don't you have better things to do with your life than spreading hatred?..learn how to respect others.

Our Politicians don't care about us that is why I keep wondering the way some people defend anything Jonathan does, even if you are from his village , he doesn't care about you. We have the same problem as Nigerians and that is our leaders. Regardless of your region, people you trust so much as good leaders are the same people who will sell you, throw your future into the sea for their selfish interest.I laugh so hard  when a lot of us think secession is the solution to our problem but that is far from the truth.How much can you trust your future leaders in your future country if you refuse to fight corrupt leaders now ? because Yoruba leaders, Igbo leaders and Hausa leaders all have the syndrome of   chop your own make I chop my own..

The reasons for your disbelieve of this news are obvious, You are a good supporter of the president who doesn't care about you. Unfortunately, all our politicians are like that regardless of their tribes...this is the news again from another source..
http://newsrescue.com/president-jonathan-arrests-ohanaeze-youth-leaders-opposition-pdp/

Those are the people that will rule Biafra if care is not taking and they will do the same thing.Let's admit something is wrong, if it is wrong  regardless of our tribes..