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#Nigeria tells us that today is #ArmedForcesRemembrance Day, a day set aside for our “heroes” in uniform.
We'll do well to remember the lives that have been lost to various atrocities in this blood-stained country of ours... bit.ly/2N8cTdG
We'll do well to remember the lives that have been lost to various atrocities in this blood-stained country of ours... bit.ly/2N8cTdG
While there is no doubt to my mind that many officers in @HqNigerianArmy are heroes, think Sani Bello who saved the life of Gen. Ironsi’s ADC, Andrew Nwankwo, or Usman Jibrin, who flew many Igbo officers to safety during the pogroms of 1966...
or even Mohammed Shuwa, who ensured that Igbos were protected in the area under his command, the fact is that on the balance, @HqNigerianArmy has a murderous reputation, and as I once referred to them, are an equal opportunities brutaliser.
I can't but help coming back to this thread. I owe Uncle Gbenro a bottle of cognac for it.
Let me build on it a little...
Prior to when Carlos Zappa renamed Ahaba to "Asaba", ndị Oshimịrị were quite an intertwined people who knew their kin.
Let me build on it a little...
Prior to when Carlos Zappa renamed Ahaba to "Asaba", ndị Oshimịrị were quite an intertwined people who knew their kin.
As such, you could not "kpa alo" in Ahaba without a priest from Nri present.
This kinship is seen in the names. Onicha Mịrị, Onicha Ụgbo, Onicha Olona, as examples, the first being the great market town, the last two being on the west side of the great river, Ori mịrị...
This kinship is seen in the names. Onicha Mịrị, Onicha Ụgbo, Onicha Olona, as examples, the first being the great market town, the last two being on the west side of the great river, Ori mịrị...
Then Carlos Zappa came, and renamed Ahaba to Asaba, while TE Dennis renamed Onicha to Onitsha.
A hypothetical child, let's call him Chukwudebe Isichei, born exactly 120 years ago today in Asaba, knew himself as being Onye Oshimili, as did his cousin across the great river.
A hypothetical child, let's call him Chukwudebe Isichei, born exactly 120 years ago today in Asaba, knew himself as being Onye Oshimili, as did his cousin across the great river.
The irresponsibility of business leaders in #Nigeria has enabled bad behaviour.
In October 2017 for the 50th anniversary of the #AsabaMassacre, an event in which my grandfather was killed by @HQNigerianArmy, I was invited to talk about the event on @NigeriainfoFM.
In October 2017 for the 50th anniversary of the #AsabaMassacre, an event in which my grandfather was killed by @HQNigerianArmy, I was invited to talk about the event on @NigeriainfoFM.
The host of the show, @nellylaoni, felt, quite rightly, that it was important to shine a light on this important part of our history.
Knowing how sensitive the topic was, I kept to the facts. You can watch the show here and judge for yourself:
Knowing how sensitive the topic was, I kept to the facts. You can watch the show here and judge for yourself:
But that was not good enough, and in addition to chasing me out of the studio, @nbcgovng fined the station ₦500,000 ($1404 in 2017 naira).
Now, this is where the irresponsibility of the leadership of @NigeriainfoFM came in...
Now, this is where the irresponsibility of the leadership of @NigeriainfoFM came in...
A thread on Twitter influencers that would've been dancing naked at the $26b Baru illegal contracts if it were GEJ, NASS or Diezani.
Omojuwa - Calls NASS despicable names. Diezani gives him ecstacy. But since Baru, he's considering deactivating his Twitter account. 
Chude - tongue speaking Buhari evangelist who told us God told him that Buhari is the "democratic ideal" is minding his biz (Ynaija).
