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Mar 25

In 1951, Nigeria was gazing at independence. Under the Macpherson Constitution, a pseudo-autonomy was granted to the three regions to elect representatives at the Houses of Assembly under the Westminster model. ZIK was then, a vocal journalist, nationalist and politician, was/

elected by Lagosians to represent Surulere/Mainland Constituency in the Western Regional House of Assembly. The Yoruba of Lagos bestowed the honour on him as a lieutenant of the departed father of nationalism and Lagos political icon, Herbert Macauley, though ZIK was an Igbo

ZIK had many admirers and supporters in Yoruba land. Prominent among them were Chief Theophilus Benson, Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya, Chief Odeleye Fadahunsi, Chief Babatunde Olowofoyeku, Chief Olu Akinfosile, Alhaji Ishawu Adio Sanni (I.A.S) Adewale (The Boy Is Good). Many Yoruba/

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@OshioQuake

Mar 25

Incase you're wondering why Obidients are not challenging the result or OUTCOME of the presidential elections & why they didn't bring the so-called evidences that he won the election.
Look at their tallies on IReV👇
In Anambra,INEC declared 584,621 votes for Obi. By Obidient/

calculations on IREV,Obi actually scored 379,889 votes in Anambra. A massive 200,000 votes were added for Obi.

In Enugu,INEC announced,428,640 votes for Obi. By Obidient calculations,on IREV,Obi actually scored 337,008. His votes were inflated by 100k!

In Imo, INEC announced 360,495 votes. When Obidient did their own tally on IREV,Obi's votes were 247,947. Another 100k votes.

Reason why Obidients stepped back a bit & realised,that in trying to chase who owed their fathers money,they would meet those who their father too owed😂

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@OshioQuake

Mar 25

According to Ahmadu Bello's book, Lugard's Amalgamation in 1914 marked the beginning of a separatist danger to Nigeria's imperial past. That amalgamation was referred to by the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, as "the error of 1914." Ahmadu Bello wrote in his most recent/

book "At the time,we were not at all fond of Lugard & his Amalgamation. There were pro-secession movements; we should establish our independence; stop cooperating with the Southerners & go our own way." It's unclear what the late Sardauna meant by "we"&"us." Because at the time/

the common people the TALAKAWA had little to no freedom of expression in such matters of high policy,its possible that he was only referring to the chiefly class. So seen, the threat of secession in the North in 1914 was not necessarily a movement supported by the general public.

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@OshioQuake

Mar 23

— You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once —

You lose them over and over,
sometimes many times a day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten, creeps up, and attacks you from behind. Fresh waves of grief as the realization hits home, they are gone. Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken, so does your memory, so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,
they are gone. Again.

Losing someone is a journey,
not a one-off. There is no end to the loss, there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat, when it washes over.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea, they have a journey ahead of them, and a daily shock to the system each time they/

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@OshioQuake

Mar 23

Shortly before independence, as our leaders were vying to change Nigeria's political environment from the format imposed by Europeans & to reflect the reality of our contiguous lines in the 1950s, various incidents happened. AWO, correctly foresaw that the Yoruba people in the/

regions designated as NORTHERN NIGERIA should be an integral part of the WESTERN REGION. He was accurate. He foresaw what troubles us today, over 70 years later, at the time. He desired that the Yoruba people in the modern states of Kwara & Kogi be a part of the Western Region.

AWO made a push for it. In comparison to the Hausa-Fulanis of the North during that time, the inhabitants of Idoma,Igala,Tivi, and even Jukuns had far closer historical affinity with igbos. While in comparison to the Hausa-Fulanis of the North, the cities&people of Kabba, Ebira,

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@OshioQuake

Mar 23

Following the extermination of Jews throughout the world wars, they made the intentional & deliberate decision to return to home in order to strengthen the country and inheritance that God had given them. Israel has quickly become one of the world's top economies, with notable/

advancements in science,medicine&agriculture. The Israeli Army is well-respected across the world for having destroyed combined forces of multiple more powerful neighboring countries. Nowadays,Israel's residents have one of the highest per capita incomes.Our igbo people too can/

revitalize the South East's economy and build on their heritage to become a global leader because historians said they are sprung from Israelis. This practical aspect, as opposed to propaganda, serves as a true test of the much-touted igbo spirit and commercial savvy. After all,

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