NewStats: 3,263,967 , 8,182,107 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 05:45 AM l5o73

"If God were human, many would face legal repercussions for infringing on His copyright of the cisgender design. Just as modifying a Tesla to resemble a Ferrari would likely prompt legal action from Tesla Motors, tampering with God's original design could be seen as a violation of His intellectual property.

If individuals desire alternative genders, perhaps they should create from scratch, rather than altering the original design."

I had some goose bumps watching the mother cry at the hospital at sangotedo sw hospital.

They must always provide a legal leeway for themselves as contained in the paragraph (b)that emphasises that the person must carry a dangerous weapon for the condition of life imprisonment to happen.

Wow,this is the same professor Nnaji that built the independent power plant that guaranteed 24hrs power supply in Aba Abia state.

The economy of the former Eastern Region was planned from ground up by the US consulting firm Arthur D. Little

Dr. Azikiwe brought them and they worked with M I Okpara at first, then with Sam Otti and later Eluwa who headed the Civil Service and later with Sir Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu who at the time was the Chairman of the Eastern Nicerian Development Corporation (ENDC) and also the Chairman of the Eastern Nigeria Commodities Board (ENCB)

Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu also sat as Chairman of 15 multinational companies at the time - John Holt, PZ, Michelin, Costain, Thomas Wyatt, Guinness, GB Ollivant etc

He was so rich that he single handedly funded the establishment of the Lagos Stock Exchange but refused to list his company there for fear of losing control

His photo still hangs proudly on the floor of that exchange as its first chairman

Arthur D Little also worked with a coterie of young Eastern Nigerian economists at the time - Pius Okigbo (PhD Northwestern), Ukwu I. Ukwu (PhD Cambridge), Chukwu Sunday Okongwu (PhD Harvard). These young men in their early twenties worked with Arthur D Little to plan our economy from scratch

I know this because Ukwu I Ukwu taught me at Nsukka and I also worked in Dr Chu SP Okongwu's economic planning firm right during and after grad school in Nigeria.

Arthur D. Little recommended the setting up of a university in the East to produce key skills needed to drive economic growth as most of those skills were not being taught in Ibadan at the time

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe sent Dr Akpabio (MA Columbia) who at the time was the East's Minister of Education on an extended tour to universities in Michigan and New York for collaboration in key fields like medicine, engineering,, surveying and photogrammetry and business istration.

UNN was the first school in Nigeria to offer many of these courses. Ibadan at the time taught mostly Classics, General Science and later Medicine

Palm oil, Palm Kernel, Coal, Cocoa (from Ikom), Coffee from Obudu and later petroleum from firstly Izombe - Oguta area and later from Oloibiri in Ijaw land drove the economy of the East

In of development, the East started late, compared to the West.

Development and education had started in Lagos and Abeokuta right after Beecroft occupied Lagos in 1850s and made it a British colony. Lagos and the SW thus had more than a 70 year headstart over the East in of total gross capital formation and the platform that it gave for growth.

But after the implementation of Arthur D Little's recommended growth plan, the East's economy grew at more than 9.2%, starting from 1958 till 1967 when the war began

At over 9%, the Eastern Region in this period, had the fastest growing economy on earth consistently for 9 years and was estimated to equal Western Nigeria by 1978 (in of total gross capital formation) and then overtake the Western Region after that.

The civil war truncated that momentum and the East never recovered after that.

Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu brought his industrial influence to bear on the growth plan as he singlehandedly pushed for the establishment of not just industrial estates but industrial corridors in the region.

An industrial estate is localized. An industrial corridor s two or more industrial estates to form an industrial conurbation.

Industrial estates sprang up across the East
TransAmadi in PH.

Aba for light industries.

Umuahia for biotechnology.

Emene in Enugu for steel and industrial automation.

Nkalagu, PH and Calabar for cement and building materials.

Onitsha as an emporium to drive retail trading.

Obudu in Cross River for dairy, holidaying and corporate meetings.

Because he was the chairman of 15 multinational companies at the time, he used his influence to compel many of them to buy into the East's industrialization plan.

Okpara also partnered with Israel for the setting up of industrial farms and plantations - seedling production, extension services, assistance to farmers etc.

So plantations (cashew nuts, palm kernel, cocoa, coffee, timber etc) sprang up in Oghe (Enugu State), Okigwe (Abia State), Obudu, Itumbenuzor, Akamkpa all in Cross River state and in various parts of Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Abia etc.

Okpara personally delivered some of the seedlings himself by driving behind the trucks that did the delivery.

Sir Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu pushed for the establishment of 3 major cement plants in the region - Nkalagu, Eastern Bulkcem in PH and Calabar cement factory in Calabar.

Nkalagu and PH opened before the war started in 1967. Everything for the take off of the Calabar cement factory was purchased but the war truncated its take off.

In 1970, Governor Esuene of the newly-created Cross River State opened Calcemco plant to the appause of many.

Three industrial corridors were planned also planned for the East

The Emene-Nkalagu Industrial corridor which was to focus on automobiles, building materials and industrial automation. Kaiser Motors in the US at the time (it has since been acquired) had agreed to build a car plant in Emene and a plant for car engines. That corridor was to stretch for almost 100 miles

The second industrial corridor was to stretch between PH and Aba. So industrial centers were set up in Trans Amadi and in Aba and over a ten to 15 year period, these two centers were to be linked by many feeder industries that would be located on the highway ing both cities.

Okpara had hoped that over time, the PH-Aba industrial corridor would follow the old road between Port Harcourt and Enugu and with the Emene - Nkalagu industrial corridor to create a massive industrial cornubation that almost imitates the almost 200 kilometer Ruhr Industrial Valley in built under Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

Onitsha was to drive the East's Retail economy and so the market was built there as an Emporium...to attract buyers from all over Nigeria and West and Central Africa so they could come spend their money in the East.

Dubai would copy this same model 50 years later and implement it successfully but on a global scale. Onitsha market achieved its purpose by 1958, two years after the East achieved self government. It became the preferred destination for retail and bulk shoppers from a over West Africa and even Cameroon, Gabon and Congo. This gave the Anambra Igbo a head start in retail trading...an advantage that they enjoy till date.

All of these development and growth projects were centrally driven by the Eastern Nigeria Development Corporation - ENDC and the revenues were centrally aggregated into the of the Eastern Nigerian Commodities Board (ENCB). Both groups were headed by Sir Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu

Funds for development came mostly from 3 sources.

1. Local revenues from the export of cocoa(Ikom and Itumbenuzor), coffee (Obudu and Arochukwu), timber (Akamkpa) Coal (Enugu-Udi), Palm oil (Rivers, Imo, Abia), Palm kernel (Rivers, Imo, Abia)

2. Direct Foreign Investments

3. Loans from Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC)

Umuahia was to midwife the Easts' biotechnology industries which explains why Golden Guinea Brewery and the Root Crop Research Instutute were established there.

Obudu because of its pristine hills and its fresh weather was to be a holiday resort for many as well as a primary center for a dairy industry that just started before the war commenced. Obudu Cattle Ranch was the first in a series of investments that got scuttled in Obudu by the war.

Lastly, oil was discovered late. Chief Nwodo, Eastern Nigeria's first Minister for Trade (father to the past Ohaneze Chairman) negotiated the first contracts with Shell on a 50-50 investment and sharing basis.

Virtually all of the East's oil assets were seized by the Federal Government under Gowon with no compensation paid till date. The Federal Government simply inherited the East's 50% slot and paid nothing for it. Today everyone profits from it

Most of the catalytic cracking and downward refineries that NNPC would later build were in the plans that the Eastern Regional Government had for the region.

Today, some of those plants are located in far away Kaduna and no mention is ever made of the East.

Every Nigerian today depends on that oil to survive including states that claim that they can survive from internally-generated revenues.

I believe that rather than whine everyday,Igbos should sit down and learn their history.Take a look at the growth plans that got scuttled in 1967 and see how we can work to together to pick up the pieces and build again from scratch

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I love Yoruba tribe with their easy going lifestyle.They don’t hold anger to heart as you can poo in their mouth and slap them left and right but when you sing their praises like their talking drum does,all your sins are forgiven and you can be given things on the platter of gold just like baba kamoru dashed his land away for 200k during ileya period.I wish every other tribe will learn this.

Watianoengineer:
Everyone from Anambra na billionaire yet Ifesinachi buses from anambra dey carry full load of billionaires looking for greener pastures in Lagos every day

If I were you,I will find out how someone that came with ifesinachi on a night bus from east and me you leaving in face me I face you apartment.Few years later,the guy becomes a billionaire while you have been ejected from your orile face me I face you apartment to another Ajegunle face me I face you.No growth from year to year.Just wake up from sleep beg for money,buy data and be tormenting the whole universe.

Basicend:
I stopped pitying Nigerians recently after the govt reduced USD rate to about N1,000 from about N2,000. . The govt also made efforts to ensure diesel price comes down via Dangote refinery distribution. .

However, I noticed instead of Nigerians to encourage the govt, they kept blaming and abusing them still. . They even refused to reduce the price of the commodities in the market.

They formed a siege of conspiracy against the efforts of the govt. .

Wail more sir. . I was not and I am still not a Tinubu fan or er, but I have discovered that most Nigerians are very foolish.

You can put up a policy that will raise a price of an item from 200 naira to 2000 naira and then do some manoeuvring to bring it down to 1200 and expect people to be happy with you

After all you have stated above,its a shame that you dont know where your next meal will come from.

They said it was “Miracles Centre” that gave Anambra the number 1 position in WAEC & NECO, so what do you say about this?

This is the official medals chart of the 2023 National Schools Mathematics Championship.

the state was 26th with no solid framework pre Peter Obi.

Let’s talk about solid legacies not agberos.

Any forged CSU 1st class degree is not better than shitta bus stop grammar school surulere first school leaving certificate.

Based on the latest developments on the appointment of Hon.Minister of Arts and Culture Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa,It in my opinion to say that time is ripe for NYSC to clarify the fact that discharge certificate is no longer prerequisite for securing a job or any form of appointment in Nigeria.Guys what do you think?

Majority of the people on this platform were saying its obedient and upon news when hundeying busted the air Nigeria cover.People think everything is politics and tribalism. A time shall come when politicians will see nothing else to steal and by that time,both Yoruba igbo and hausa helpless individuals on this platform will wake up from their slumber.

I am commenting from Mars.You guys a very funny on earth.

Hello people...

The biggest issue we should be worried about right now is that universities, especially those in the South-West, are plotting to keep students on campus during the elections. Some have scheduled exams during that week to ensure students remain on campus. Some private universities have published fines/penalties for absenteeism during that period. Most of these students ed to vote during the strike period while they were at home. They need to go home and vote!

I understand a youth group, Green Youth Dialogue, has sued FG and INEC, demanding school closure during the elections. Exams or no exams, Nigerian students must not be disenfranchised.

Selah 🙏 🤲

You mean Abacha the man that drove Tinubu and NADECO s out of nigeria?You mean the Abacha that tinubu is using as an excuse for his burnt certificates ?I cannot understand.

You mean Abacha the man that drive Tinubu and NADECO s out of nigeria?You mean the Abacha that tinubu is using as an excuse for his burnt certificates ?I cannot understand.

Nigeria's 22 chief justice since 1914.

They technically screened out the judge Mary Odilli, Now we understand the game.
Tribalism will eventually destroy this country.

Sir Edwin Speed, 1914–1918
Sir Ralph Combe, 1918–1929
Donald Kingdon, 1929–1946
Sir John Verity, 1946–1954
Sir Stafford Sutton, 1955–1958
Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, 1958–1972
Taslim Olawale Elias, 1972–1975
Sir Darnley Arthur Alexander, 1975–1979
Atanda Fatai Williams, 1979–1983
George Sodeinde Sowemimo, 1983–1985
Ayo Gabriel Irikefe, 1985–1987
Mohammed Bello, 1987–1995
Muhammad Lawal Uwais, 1995–2006
Salihu Moddibo Alfa Belgore, 2006–2007
Idris Legbo Kutigi, 2007–2009
Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, 2009–2011
Dahiru Musdapher, 2011–2012
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, 2012–2014
Mahmud Mohammed, 2014–2016
Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, 2017–2019
Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, 2019–2022
Olukayode Ariwoola, 2022- date

Somebody said all tinubu class mate were killed by unknown gun men that's why no body knows him in his school

And what about the president who accommodate both the landlord and the tenant in his country �

I am not even interested in other parts of your post but particularly interested in the new ballers you meet in town.The question is,how have you tried to negotiate business deals with those ballers?You association with them is supposed to put money into your and not the other way round.

I was the one who held David's hand when he shot the catapult at Goliath. Tinubu~

I was the one who held David's hand when he shot the catapult at Goliath. Tinubu~

https://saharareporters.com/2021/06/14/islamic-group-muric-compares-buhari-jesus-says-june-12-protesters-ungrateful-after-being

I love the way they backdated the house to conform to 1994 designs.

Now I can see how bias Nairaland is. Its either Nairaland is populated by illiterates or unapologetic trialists because i cannot see any south easterner in that post apart from a rivers man that was caught cooking meth in Owerri. Most of the suspects are from SW and north.lets set the record straight.

They know he is not gonna use the promotion.

Buhari to replace fuel subsidy With N5,000 transport bonus for 40m poor Nigerians.

Mathematically;

N5000 x 40M = N200b monthly
N200b x 12 months = N2.4Tr
Annual Subsidy 2021= N1.8Tr
Prof. Buhari replaces N1.8Tr with N2.4Tr

You see why the country can never move forward under this incompetent regime?

bumait:
please don't allow this, I repeat DONT ALLOW THIS. the same situation happened to me like presently she has refused to pay and av been getting calls from them tirelessly and have been forced to pay the loan myself to save myself the embarrassment and the said person has refused to pick my calls

Stop misinforming people.The only thing that you have to be sure is that your number and other of your details weren't used,otherwise there is no harm in it.The loan company will still call you if your friend defaults regardless of the fact that he used your phone or not because your friend has you in his phone .

It's very easy to reel out figures.How can any sane man compare per capita GDP for ekiti which is d 800 and over 11,000 gdp per capita for each of the countries he mentioned?If you have 5m naira in the bank and also 5 wives with 20 children,there is is no way you will be richer than a man with 2m naira and 1 wife and 2 children.Thats common sense

Liquorose fans be like pdp followers on Instagram without pvc

The question is,how did musa and salisu such exam?Your guess is as good as mine.

Nice piece