Hi Oloye:
It is save to assume there will be no Miliki or Ariya for you
this weekend wherever you reside except it is for another
event that is not related to the 50th Anniversary of Nigeria's
Independence.
Why do individuals or family members celebrate the birthdays
of members of their families, their friends and co workers etc.?
Is it only for what they achieved or could it also be just an acknowleledgemt
with thanks to the Almighty God that the individuals being celebrated
were ever born and that they are still alive and kicking even if they
have not achieved anything?
I believe strongly that we have every reason to celebrate Nigeria's Independence Annivesary
regardless of our disappointment that we are not where we should be as a nation
in 2010!
Not everything in Nigeria is as gloomy as it is portrayed in our listservs and in other media.
I spent at least 45 minutes looking at Nigeria on Google Earth 3D yesterday. My brother Oloye,
we do have some things to celebrate in Nigeria, while recognizing that we need to
work harder to make things better for the next 50 years!
Hurray! Hurray!! Hurray!!! for Nigeria and Nigerians this weekend.
Saturday October 2nd, 2010 is the day that has been designated by the officials of the Nigerian Canadian
Association as the day to paint the tcity green ad white and Miliki in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Let is have a good time at home in Nigeria and wherever in the world we may be.
The party poopers can stay home and sulk:)
Bye,
Ola
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Subject: [NaijaObserver] Re: [NaijaPolitics] Re: NigerianMuse.Com's "Fifty Plus Fifty at Nigeria's Fiftieth" List of Distinguished Nigerians
| A failed experiment called a country of 150million, that cannot identify at least 10 people of impeccable character for each year of her 50 years of independence is not independent but doomed. A list that has tarnished the good deeds of some respectable citizens, by virtue of association, is condemnable - It is an insult to have some of the founding fathers lumped with rogues, homosexuals, pen-robbers, sin-nators, reprensentathieves etc. My mother and Father, like millions of mothers and fathers in this amalgamation, live humble lives worthy of emulation; and we should be celebrating those who "drove" the country to its present improvished state. True recognition and celebration of individuals can never happen within the present day juxtaposed geographical expression in this "Niger-Area"; so the song in my mouth shall always be TO THY TENT O! ISRAEL. Oloye September 30, 2010 NigerianMuse.com salutes the following 100 People (50 Dead, 50 Alive) as it commemorates Nigeria's 50th Independence Anniversary (October 1, 2010) | | Name (state) of the Dead S/N Name (state) of those Alive | | | Sir Herbert Macaulay (Lagos) | | Chief Anthony Enahoro (Edo) | | | Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe (Anambra) | 2 | General Yakubu Gowon (Plateau) | | 3 | Alhaji Ahmadu Bello (Sokoto) | 3 | General Olusegun Obasanjo (Ogun) | | 4 | Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ogun) | 4 | General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Niger) | | 5 | Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Bauchi) | 5 | Prof. Jacob Ade Ajayi (Ekiti) | | 6 | Chief Samuel Akintola (Oyo) | 6 | Prof. Ishaya Audu (Kaduna) | | 7 | Mallam Aminu Kano | 7 | Prof. Iya Abubakar (Adamawa) | | 8 | Ernest Okoli (Bayelsa) | 8 | Chief Emeka Anyaoku (Anambra) | | 9 | Jaja Wachukwu (Abia) | 9 | Alhaji Shehu Shagari (Sokoto) | | 10 | Chief Dennis Osadebay (Delta) | 10 | Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule (Kano) | | 11 | Maj-Gen J.T.U Aguiyi-Ironsi (Abia) | 11 | Shettima Ali Monguno (Borno) | | 12 | Prof. Kenneth Dike (Anambra) | 12 | Cardinal Francis Arinze (Anambra) | | 13 | Joseph Tarka (Benue) | 13 | Prof Wole Soyinka (Ogun) | | 14 | Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq 111, Sultan of Sokoto (Sokoto) | 14 | Prof. Chinua Achebe (Anambra) | | 15 | Oba Adesoji Aderemi (Osun) | 15 | Justice Mamman Nasir (Kastina) | | 16 | Alhaji Abubakar Imam (Kaduna) | 16 | Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Kano) | | 17 | Alhaji Babatunde Jose (Lagos) | 17 | Chief Mike Adenuga (Ogun) | | 18 | Justices Adetokunbo Ademola (Ogun) | 18 | Kanu Nwankwo (Abia) | | 19 | Justice Egbert Udo Udoma (Akwa-Ibom) | 19 | Chioma Ajunwa (Imo) | | 20 | Prof. Teslim Elias (Lagos) | 20 | Daniel Igali (Bayelsa) | | 21 | Chief Rotimi Alade Williams (Lagos) | 21 | Ebenezer Obey (Osun) | | 22 | Alhaji Alhassan Dantata (Kano) | 22 | Sunny Ade (Ondo) | | 23 | Richard Ihetu aka Dick Tiger (Imo) | 23 | Prof. Bart Nnaji (Enugu) | | 24 | Michael Akinwunmi (Ogun) | 24 | Prof. Sam Aluko (Ekiti) | | 25 | Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti (Ogun) | 25 | Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Katsina) | | 26 | Mrs Margaret Ekpo (Cross River) | 26 | Mr. Femi Falana (Ekiti) | | 27 | Hajia Gambo Sawaba (Kaduna) | 27 | Prof. Niyi Osundare (Ekiti) | | 28 | Hajiya Ladi Kwali (Abuja) | 28 | Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe (Osun) | | 29 | Dr. Francis Akanu Ibiam (Ebonyi) | 29 | Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu (Anambra) | | 30 | Prof. Eyo Ita (Akwa Ibom) | 30 | Chief Alex Ekwueme (Anambra) | | 31 | Dr. Alvan Ikoku (Anambra) | 31 | Balarabe Musa (Kaduna) | | 32 | Prof. Hezekiah Oluwasanmi (Osun) | 32 | Mr. Vincent Ola (Ondo) | | 33 | Mr. Kunle Adepeju (Osun) | 33 | Prof. Jubril Aminu (Adamawa) | | 34 | Prof. Ayo Awojobi (Ogun) | 34 | Sen. Ken Nnamani (Enugu) | | 35 | Sir Louis Mbanefo (Anambra) | 35 | Mrs Sarah Jibril (Niger) | | 36 | Dr. Tai Solarin (Ogun) | 36 | Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia (Edo) | | 37 | Chief Herbert Ogunde (Ogun) | 37 | Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Abia) | | 38 | Thunder Balogun (Ogun) | 38 | Gov. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) | | 39 | Gen. Murtala Mohammed (Kano) | 39 | Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) | | 40 | Major Adekunle Fajuyi (Ondo) | 40 | Chief Bisi Akande (Osun) | | 41 | Ola Rotimi (Delta) | 41 | Prof. Sola Adeyeye (Osun) | | 42 | Justice Daddy Onyeama (Abia) | 42 | Justice Muhammadu Uwais | | 43 | Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu (Anambra) | 43 | Obafemi Martins (Lagos) | | 44 | Michael Imoudu (Edo) | 44 | Sir Victor Uwaifo (Edo) | | 45 | Chief MKO Abiola (Ogun) | 45 | Mrs. Cecilia Ibru (Delta) | | 46 | Ken Saro-Wiwa (Bayelsa) | 46 | Gen. Benjamin Adekunle (Oyo) | | 47 | Prof. Koye Ransome-Kuti (Ogun) | 47 | Prof. Attahiru Jega (Kebbi) | | 48 | Fela Ransome-Kuti (Ogun) | 48 | Prof. Pat Utomi (Delta) | | 49 | Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti (Ogun) | 49 | Mr. Ledum Mitee (Rivers) | | 50 | Gani Fawehinmi (Ondo) | 50 | Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Adamawa) | | | Compiled by Bolaji Aluko Nigerianmuse.com Note: 48 out of the 50 names by the Federal Goverment of Nigeria were retained, and redistributed between the Dead (28) and the Living (20). Kindly point out any errors. Thank you. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |
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