Abagworo: In the Willinks report of the 50s, the authors claimed roughly equal # of Christians and Muslims Yoruba in the Western Region.

Granted, things may have changed. But I don't think Yoruba are lopsided in one direction or another.

Regarding Lagos specifically, the indigenes seem to tilt towards Islam. But not all the Yoruba in Lagos are indigenes, nor is it an Islamic state, either in theory or in practice.

In any case, I'm not sure that is an issue.

Civil war between who and who?

Musliam v Xtian?

Abagworo. If it is poverty alone that is the issue, why is the rest of West Africa (which is poorer on average than Nigeria) not being torn apart by ethnic strife and Islamic terrorism?

Your answer is too simplistic.

If it were poverty or illiteracy, why did that slowpoke Abdulmutallab do what he did?

I laugh at people calling for southern Nigeria like it wont be the same as this Nigeria we are in now lool. In fact Im happy let us have our arewa. Why should I even worry about your Southern Nigeria. Seems to me its the SE people calling for southern Nigeria by force anyway.

At least 50 people were killed in clashes between rival ethnic groups in the state of Ebonyi in south-eastern Nigeria.

Police and security forces have been sent to the area after the violence flared up following a long-running land dispute between the Ezza and Ezilo peoples.

It comes at a time when President Goodluck Jonathan has already declared a state of emergency in response to violence in the north of the country carried out by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16388268

a dawo lafiya kawai  

We can no longer live in denial. We are already descending a slippery slope. Northerners have embarked on mass exodus from the SS and SE. Southerners have embarked on their own exodus from the North. Bad blood brews in the NC. Tempers flare day in day out. Threats are issued by various groups by the minute. Worst of all, bombings and killings have already begun in several places the north (Niger State, Abuja, Maiduguri, Yola) and hitherto quiet places eg Benin, Warri & Sapele in the SS.

It's a chain reaction and it's already set in motion. We are either in for another minimum of 100 yrs of violence living together or a few years of struggle to go our separate ways.

Who will be the president in Southern Nigeria? Jonathan ROTFLMAO

We taking all the sharia states plus North Adamawa and North Taraba. Rest can decide if they want to join Biafra or Odua or make their own republic.  

[i][/i][color=#990000][/color]Soyinka with all his partiality might be right,but who is pushing the nation to that ugly end? Close your eyes and think without religion or rigional sentiments, The anwser is "EVENTUAL BADLUCK JACK", His utterances and actions since he became the president corroborate this.

A yoruba man said what cowards are scared to say

Why is it that we never have Christian Muslim wars in Yorubaland? I believe Yorubas retained their deep rooted tradition despite the coming of Islam and Christianity.

Kapardanie:

[i][/i][color=#990000][/color]Soyinka with all his partiality might be right,but who is pushing the nation to that ugly end? Close your eyes and think without religion or rigional sentiments,  The anwser  is "EVENTUAL BADLUCK JACK", His utterances and actions since he became the president corroborate this.

Everbody knows its GEJ and PDP. Fools will say its muslims when it suits or Hausa/Fulani when it suits. Let them have their Fisherman na by force?  

Boko Haram is a myth nobody knows who they are. Well GEJ + PDP do but GEJ is 'slow to react' for a reason  

@beaf, funny enough me and you go be country men.

But then na me go finally drown you.

As an Igbo man I will definitely prefer an Igbo-only country. We have all we need to make it.
The farthest I can go is the old eastern region (for those of them WILLING, no compulsion)
I have zero preference for a southern Nigeria that includes Yorubas. Their wahala too much.

i have my gun. why are these so called smart people obsess with war when they are in the uk or at the comfort of the internet if you want war start bringing to those you have problems with, i don't want war in fact i am scared of the prospect really scared but not do scared to run away everything is ready, for peace or war

DanKano, pls you can have all your sharia states and the other parts of states you coveted. We just want peace in our own part of the world - deviod of sharia and its baggage!

Nchara:

As an Igbo man I will definitely prefer an Igbo-only country. We have all we need to make it.

Its the best way if split occurs. However we cant have every single group calling for his own country. For example a country called middle belt would be just like Nigeria really.

However split/federalism wont happen actually nothing will change in Naija till PDP is removed one way or another  

DanKan0:

Its the best way if split occurs. However we cant have every single group calling for his own country. For example a country called middle belt would be just like Nigeria really.

However split/federalism wont happen actually nothing will change in Naija till PDP is removed one way or another  

You can have the middle belt. We just want our own country.

namfav:

i have my gun. why are these so called smart people obsess with war when they are in the uk or at the comfort of the internet if you want war start bringing to those you have problems with, i don't want war in fact i am scared of the prospect really scared but not do scared to run away everything is ready, for peace or war

shi ne abun kowa wai yaki yaki duk masorata ne kuma ba su san yakin gaske ba abun so ne ba.  

At least all non SWesterners can leave our region for us and let them go and develop their erosion wasted heartland

Nchara:

As an Igbo man I will definitely prefer an Igbo-only country. We have all we need to make it.
The farthest I can go is the old eastern region (for those of them WILLING, no compulsion)
I have zero preference for a southern Nigeria that includes Yorubas. Their wahala too much.

. GBAM

when is this division happening? please i can't wait

Then leave?

No preference for the Yorubas

when we stopped feeding you, that's when the war stopped LOL.

Since you can make it on your own, abeg leave and stop making noise.

dayokanu:

At least all non SWesterners can leave our region for us and let them go and develop their erosion wasted heartland

Was that not what we wanted 40 or so years ago? Why did you join in stopping us?

ThiefOfHearts:

Then leave?

No preference for the Yorubas

when we stopped feeding you, that's when the war stopped LOL.

Since you can make it on your own, abeg leave and stop making noise.

Who do you feed? Are you okay?

dayokanu:

At least all non SWesterners can leave our region for us and let them go and develop their erosion wasted heartland

lol you wont give them visa?  

Nchara:

As an Igbo man I will definitely prefer an Igbo-only country. We have all we need to make it.
The farthest I can go is the old eastern region (for those of them WILLING, no compulsion)
I have zero preference for a southern Nigeria that includes Yorubas. Their wahala too much.

Guy the only way we can have peaceful division is by having an all inclusive South. Your entirely Igbo country will not work because under the new country, we will discover our ethnic differences and the Nigera situation will start over again which will lead to demand by some for their own country.

The SS/SE/SW have all it takes to be successful. My only fear is the Middlebelt which is a volatile region like Kashmir.

I wouldn't necessarily say we were heading towards a civil war - something needs to be done about the state of the country, and finally we're seeing some action. We're not sure how it's going to end but the fear of an outright civil war should never be the reason why a regime, such as the one we've got now, should stay in power.

abagworo you are so wrong.

we want total disintegration so that everybody will try his luck feeding himself first. if you fail to feed yourself, then your neighbor should colonize you and feed you
next time you won't make too much noise

All those calling for a breakup of the country. . .be careful of what you wish for. that's all I can say.

aboki should have been colonized since!
wetin dem go take feed themselves? abi na camel dung?