Everybody will argue their thought process is right because from birth, peoples brains were more developed in some areas than others for those of us that are not psyciatrists, psychologists or medical doctors heres the explanation:

Temporal(bottom of brain/connected to mouth and ears): this area when more developed in people are more prone to verbal use ie talking and listening (auitory) i.e parrot mouth and dogs ears disagvantages: are prone to epileptic seizures. they see the solutions to life as being dialogue i.e alex akinleye, jerry gana, gambari, chukwumerijie.

occipital (rear of brain/connected to ): when more developed people are prone to more advanced visual, color and motion differenciation use ie eagles eyes disadvantage are prone to depression. feel solution to lifes problems are to look at them from various views/perspectives e.g ibb, bill clinton

frontal (front of brain/connected to hands,legs-movement) when more developed , these people are more involved in physical movement and activity. they also have better long term memory
ie the memory of an elephant disadvantage: schizophrenia they see solutions to lifes problems are through physical actions and from what they learned from the past. eg buhari, nuhu ribadu, george bush jnr

pariental(top of brain): coordinates/integrates information from all other lobes and used to identify shapes and patterns.

cerebellum (mini/backup brain near top of spine) is used to interlink senses to movement ie if you touch fire you immediately remove your hand.

to enhance your use of all areas of your brain ie brain execises then do the following:

verbal play scabble, do crossword puzzles, public speaking, learn words and opposites
physical: learn any sport or new hands on skill ie plumbing, electronics, how to paint, how to weld etc
visual/reasoning: chess, drafts, ayo, tic tac toe i.e X and O, practice maths calculations

ibb is known for being an avid polo player and horse owner. He also is known for having a horse mounted soldier company escort him on idenpendence day celebrations, obj however does not.

Similarly ibb has released an eagle on indenpendence day before before, however obj has not. Based on this who believes more in the ideology and concept of nigeria? after all our coat of arms has horses and an eagle! eagle signifies our vision, aim, and watch over our country , horse signifies our stength, hardwork.The rivers niger and benues signify our naural resources.

for those who do not have degrees in education:

There are various methods of learning (formal and informal): classroom, textbook, field trip/escursion , tv, from parents, from experience/on the job etc

you will notice that its not everything you read in a british published textbook that applies to nigeria or anyother country thats why we have nigerian textbooks by nigerian authors.

for those who have never taken a field trip/escursion abroad, i encourage you to do just that so you can go and confirm if the things you read in the textbooks published by those countries even apply there!

You will notice that when you fly to those countries you will be required to have a nigerian passport, not a yoruba, hausa or ibo passport!

for all those who remember sesame street. Big bird had an imaginary prehistoric elephant (mammoth) friend. some people also have this imaginary friend called democracy . Meaning that some children did not learn from sesame street, however some did!

You will also notice that corporate nigeria are not comprised of nigerians (treasonable) because the definition of a nigerian is somebody native to the motherland who beleives in the the ideals of unity, faith , peace and progress. Wen you go to some companies you will notice that the MD has flooded the people from his village as the majority employees , is that unity?

Similarly from intelligence reports since nigerias independence obj has been a CIA informant , is this not an act of mutiny (traitor/betrayal) offence. which means obj does not believe in the entity called nigeria. in essence he is an «unbeliever» So you can now see why Abacha locked him up. Also he could not respect himself and allow his juniors to have thier turn , after all he had his trun in the 70's. So is all this looting what amnesty international and Nadeco were about. why hasnt shoyinka and enahoro , beko, gani etc critisiced obj as much as they did the northern dominated regimes, its because they were not seeing any money.
Tai solarin who only wore the same brown clothes did the same he was a socialist critic but upon being disgraced by ibb (appointed minister of education) he started wearing the best ankara/brocade and spraying money at owambes until he died a disgraced fool at his age!

Dipo
Thank you for defining success as «achieving a defined objective» As you will notice obj prior to assuming office had no defined objective and just decided he might as well loot and chase his own business interest by flying all over the place.

However ibb has had a vision for the past 16 years. its called vision 2010 and there are many things that he aims to achieve. Even in the bible it says «my people perish for lack of vision»
In short the obj administration has been relatively unsuccessful even ibb achieved more in office despite him being junior in senority and the naira having better value in obj's prior govt in the 70's.

I would also like to seize this platform to let anybody who has got into thier job by virtue of the obj administration or politicians to resign or close down the operation of their business come Oct 1 2007 or face dire consequences! because as soon as obj assumed office he removed all northerners in various corporate and goverment positions so expect the same.

So you will notice that the north holding on to power longer, undermines the yoruba, ibo because when a tribe doesnt have enough access to resources, its population does not grow as much as those that are in power, and you say that there is no war going on in nigeria!

I must say this is a provocative topic. My only advice is becareful im seeing some presence of goverment security operatives and i do not want to say anything that could put me in trouble before i will have somepeople knocking on my door in the morning waiting with a green pickup. My brother was picked up by military intelligence for campus (unical) political activities 2 years ago and he was bruised seriously, the issue was taken to court but the justice who appeared scared that it involved national intelligence and army threw the case out of the court. Please be careful whether you are right or wrong!

Angela dogmatism has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
jt you are the crook! J has a valid fact. Personally i propose a political theory or system whereby there can be a military commander in chief and an elected vice president after 4 years then there will be an elected President and a military Chief of General Staff. This system will also comprise members of armed forces and civil service as well as the legislative apart from elected representative. This is the only way there can be adequate representation and every body get their voice heard.

Ango im on your side

I remember when Ernest Shonekan assumed office, he was told my Gen. Abacha » you may be president, but im the commander in chief» and if you have never been a brigade commander, navy commander or wing commander you also have no right to be president and commander in chief of the armed forces, because the two apponments/offices are inseperable morover if you have been a civiilan all your life you have no experince as a commander in chief.

“SDP did it, NRC did it, why cant we all did it” - Late Gen. Sani Abacha GCON

Let me state categorically that the seal of office at the national assembly is a staff (stick) of office and unless you have been a staff officer before or have attended the command and staff college kaduna you have no legal right to be a senator or legislator.
There is ample (democratic) representation of nigerians from every state at the nigerian defence academy. A lot of companies do not have this eqaul representation from all the states in nigeria. the private sector is suppose to compose of privates from the army but they are not instead they are impersonating privates. Hence, every facet of civialian life is not law abiding and all civialisns are liars, however the military is law abiding. At the NDA i remember associating with fellow cadets who had a ll kinds of bachelor and masters degrees and backgrouds, even medical doctors who came for short commission course. prior to this i thought the military was full of illitrates, i was wrong, the most intelligent, resourceful and humane nigerians are in the forces. Therfore, i feel the success of selfless service and sacrifice is the best kind of success!