Journalists Land on Niger Delta Island

[luckybushh]

yara dua is not a men of his word because before he was elected as the president he said that he is going to develope niger delta but he has not done notting yet so far this is fucking sad.

[Biafrans7]

"The only explanation for the extra-ordinary U-turn of the north in favor of a strong, almost unitary constitution, in which the federal government owns everything including the mineral resources in my back yard,(and we all know that federal government means the Arewa North) is what Professor Omafume Onoge has aptly described as "Niger Delta's Oil and Gas proceeds cupidity." ---- Prof. Itse Sagay. Vanguard Newspapers. Thursday June 23, 2005.

[Biafrans7]

"When President Yar'Adua came in, he promised he was going to develop the Niger Delta. He spent over one year, but has done nothing. Recently he came with the idea of a summit, but we said no. Today, the summit has been canceled. What we now concluded is that they should collate all the reports of panels or commissions of inquiry from 1958 till date and come out with something." --- Edwin Kiagbodo (Ckark). --- Vanguard Newspapers. Friday August 8, 2008.

[Biafrans7]

"There was an organization called Petroleum Trust Fund(PTF), where funds were generated from the petroleum wealth, but former President Obasanjo and his vice took everything for themselves." ------ Edwin Kiagbodo(Clark). Vanguard Newspapers. Friday August 8, 2008.

[Biafrans7]

"Kano State has 43 local government areas. Each local government pays the Emir of kano 2 million naira every month, gratis. The Emir of Kano has about 86 million naira a month. That money comes from the oil revenue of the Niger Delta." ------- Col (Rtd) Abubakar Dangiwa Umar. Former kaduna State Governor. Vanguard Newspapers. Tuesday July 22, 2008.

[timmynaija]

me owo izon ebe me o,keme o tu bo oya bo de,kene erin la de ba,eyi bo se ebimini e.

[Killayut]

Menn, these are my people .I am Kalabari Ijaw but these people are Okrika Ijaw.I understand every thing they say in that language..gosh! I never knew my people actually live like this in the interior parts.I shed TEARS.All we need is justice..

[steve171274]

it amazes me how your people have managed to get the country up as high as they have, in fact they'll be taking over the world next!!

[AFRICANCULTURE]

Don't call him master hunny, he is NOT your master. Only God id your master. I feel for you and I understand.

[Prosperwithin]

leaders like Obasanjo conniving with criminal oil cabals decimate the niger delta people with starvation, and this is something you simply cannot ordinarily...It's got to be something extraordinary.

[mansamunsa]

more european devilish neo-colonialism at work. The german cracker. Why black al around the world espcially in Afrika wont unite against one common oppress runs through my mind everyday.