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Sometimes people who have been long imprisoned, though they think they hate their chains and pray for freedom, really do not have the courage to be free.

Know who you are , know what you want ,know what you deserve and Dont settle for less

How well do you know your state?
Let's take a tour down to IMO STATE of the SOUTH EASTERN Part of NIGERIA.

Imo is one of the states in the South East of Nigeria, located in the heart of Igboland. Its capital city is Owerri, the state’s largest city, and the state’s main economic stay is agriculture and commerce. It’s a bustling state with a lot to offer in culture, history and even business and investment opportunities. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 things about Owerri you probably didn’t know.

1. It has a Zoological Garden

Owerri, the capital Imo State, is the home of the Nekede Botanical Garden, a well-tended area for displaying varieties of plants labelled with their botanical names. It’s a spectacular garden on a large landscape with ever-changing beauty. It’s one of the major tourist attractions of Imo state. Some hotels to lodge in while visiting include Rockview Hotels, Santiago Suite etc.

2. It’s the Location of the Amadioha Shrine

Well, this is not exactly a place the majority might want to visit, but some might find it interesting to know Imo state is the location of the shrine of the famous deity, Amadioha. Amadioha is the Igbo traditional god of lightning and thunder. The Amadioha shrine is particularly situated in Ngo Okpala Local Government area of Imo State.

3. It has Its Very Own Signature Hill (Peculiar to the State Alone)

The rolling hills of Okigwe is located in the north-eastern part of Imo State. It possesses very attractive and appealing qualities that lists it as one of the major tourist attractions in Imo State and in Nigeria. The hill consists of a series of expanding hills with varying heights and ruggedness. It’s indeed a fascinating attraction and one of nature’s finest works. The hills provide a suitable site for camping and picnicking with friends and family, and it’s a great site to enjoy the endowments of nature.

4.The State Was Named After the Imo River

Imo State came into existence in 1976, after the Nigerian Civil War. It was originally part of the now defunct East Central State created in 1967 by General Yakubu Gowon. The state was created at Ngwoma named after the Imo River. After the state creation, part of it was later split off in 1991 as Abia State and another part became Ebonyi State.

5. It has One of the Biggest and Most Viable Oil Palm Plantations in West Africa

The Ada Palm Plantation Complex situated in Imo State, is believed to be the biggest and most viable oil palm plantations in West Africa. The palm plantation was established in 1974, occupies about 4,310 hectares of land, with a housing estate and was one of the nation’s major sources of foreign exchange before the discovery of Petroleum

months after his court wedding to his Nabila Fash, Ajegunle-born music Taliban, Oritsefemi is set to tie the knot in a society wedding, holding today in Lagos.

The Ibos want Biafra
The North wants Ibo's exit
The Yorubas want Ibo's exit
The Ibos are saying "we have investments in your areas and cannot leave them"
And the fight is being cooked.

Amongst all these, the President is in London
Governors are sharing bailout funds
Workers salaries are not paid
Government officials have their children schooling abroad
Ministers and senators are looting

The poor Hausa man is riding Okada
The poor Ibo man is riding Okada
The poor Yoruba man is riding Okada

The poor Hausa man sleeps under the bridge as Alamajiri
The poor Yoruba man sleeps under the bridge as Alaye
The poor Ibo man sleeps under the bridge as agbero

It is pertinent to note that the poor from all ethnic groups in Nigeria have everything in common and so is the rich.

Do not allow the agitation of an Ibo man who lives in UK or USA for Biafra cause the killing of the Ibo man in Adamawa. The rich hate us that much.
Do not allow the Alhaji whose children are living abroad to persuade you to go and start killing on the street of Kaduna.

The problem in the country is not the agitation of any ethnic group but the unity of the elite and the disunity of the masses.

How many times have you taken your agitation to question your local government Chairmen?

Why have you not asked your Governors through agitation how they spent bailout fund?

Why have you not agitated against that government official whose mansions you go to beg for help?

Sad to note;
All the Governors love themselves
All the past Presidents love themselves
All the senators love themselves
All the top government officials love themselves
All the looters love themselves

Why can't you and I love ourselves?
Why cant we combine efforts and fight them?
Why do we fight ourselves?
Why do we allow them the freedom we don't have?

Remember; a good Nigeria is better than a good Arewa, Oduduwa or Biafra. What are your thoughts?

An employee of Dangote Industries Limited, Istifanus Bello, has been killed by suspected kidnappers.
It was learnt that Bello’s co**se was found in a gutter in Ogun State, adding that one of the kidnappers alerted a member of the public to where the co**se was.
Bello was believed to have been kidnapped three weeks ago, but news of his murder got to his family members on Monday.
Sources close to the family said that Bello was the company’s Human Resources Manager before his death.
It was learnt that on the day that he was kidnapped, the manager had gone with a team to pay ransom for the release of some
expatriates who had been kidnapped.
It was also learnt that on getting there, the kidnappers collected the money and abducted him.
A close friend, who pleaded not to be named, said Bello showed him some video recordings of his negotiations with kidnappers.
Speaking to sympathisers who visited her on Monday, Bello’s wife of 20 years, Amina, said the husband was the best, adding that he was a friend and father to their children.
She said: “Bello was a lovely person; if he was not in the house one day, the children would be asking after him endlessly. Now I do not know what to tell the children because he was always chatting with them on the social media. When he was abducted, the children asked me to tell them where he was because all his activities on social media ceased and the children said it was unlike him.
“On the 20th anniversary of our wedding, he told me that I was the best woman, adding that I was the only one who understood him. He has never for one day hurt me; he always said if I was not happy, he would not be happy.”
A source in the Dangote Industries, who confirmed the kidnap, however, reacted to the news of Bello’s murder with surprise.
When contacted, the firm’s Head of Media, Tony Chiejina, who said Bello was very close to him, also reacted with surprise to the news of his death.
Chiejina said that he would make some calls and get back.
He had yet to do so as of press time.

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My name is Adaeze Ogbuenyi

These are farm produce wasting in my home town , Aballa Uno in Ndokwa East LGA of Delta state. Thousands of people are going hungry in Nigeria but these produce can't get to them due to bad road.
This town is a major producer of cassava, yams and plantain. Fish etc.. I want to use this medium to appeal to the NDDC. Delta state government and the Federal government to come to the rescue. The contract for this road has been awarded to Interbau company years back but nothing has been done.

Please everyone, help me share this post till its gets to those in authority.
Thanks.

Some striking facts You May Not Have Come Across:

1. There is a town in Jamaica called ABEOKUTA. It was founded by former slaves from present-day Ogun State who were brought to a plantation in that part of Jamaica.

2· The letter 'i' that Apple use (in their products iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod) stands for "Interactive".

3· Edward James Roye, the fifth president of Liberia, was of Igbo descent.

4· President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s oldest Head of State and the world’s second oldest Head of State. He was born in 1924.

5· The name"Nigeria" was coined by Flora Shaw, the wife of Lord Lugard, Nigeria's Governor-General from 1914 to 1919.

6· There is a high school in Kingston, Jamaica named CALABAR High School, the capital of Cross River State.

7· Queen Elizabeth II is the only person who travels to any country without visa.

8· Ebun House, located at 85 Odunfa Street, was the first three-story building built in Lagos. It was constructed in 1914.

9· The city of Port Harcourt (capital of Rivers State) was named after Lewis Vernon Harcourt in 1913 by Frederick Lugard. It was originally known as Iguocha.

10· There are 3 things the Human Brain cannot resist noticing –Food, Attractive People and Danger.

11· The CMS Grammar School in Lagos, Nigeria is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria. It was founded on June 6, 1859.

12· The first book written in the Igbo language (Isoama-Ibo :A Primer) was by Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the renowned Yoruba/Creole bishop?

13· Gatwick Airport in London, which is not that far from Heathrow Airport also in London, England is owned by Nigerian businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi.

14· The Naira, Nigeria’s currency, was named by Obafemi Awolowo.

15· Nigerian staple food cassava was brought to West Africa from Brazil by the Portuguese.

16. The Official Residence of the President of Barbados, a Caribbean country, very close to Jamaica and Bahamas and Jamaica, is called Oronna Court. The name Oronna was used by two Barbadorian Citizens close to a decade in tracing their origin to Ilaro in Ogun state. One was named Odewale and the other was named Aramide Oronna( the German Shepherd man) was one of the heroes/founders of Ilaro town alongside Iya Ala. Oronna is just like the likes of Lisabi and Shodeken in Egbaland.

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BENIN CITY—Edo State Government has presented N10 million cash and other relief materials to the people of Bekuma in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state, who were affected in an attack on them by some youths from a neighbouring community on March 30, 2016.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/arson-edo-community-gets-n10m-cash-relief-materials/

The Director-General of the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA), Moses Beckley, recently predicted an overflow of the Niger-Benue River Basins and other sub-basins, in the ongoing rainy season, stating that flooding is likely to affect states in the surrounding the basins. He made the prediction at the official presentation of the Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) in Abuja on July 25, 2016.

The states at the risk of flooding, according to NHSA, include Niger, Benue, Sokoto, Anambra, Imo, Kogi, Cross River, Yobe, Ogun, Kebbi and Osun. Others are Zamfara, Katsina, Kwara, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Plateau and Nasarawa. The rest are Rivers, Edo, Bayelsa, Delta, Lagos, Ondo, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, Abia, Jigawa and Kano. The agency added that Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Bayelsa, Delta and Ondo particularly might experience coastal flooding due to rise in sea level and tidal surge. Already, states like Kano, Kebbi, Cross River, and Jigawa states have suffered from flooding this year.