In their Encyclopedia of Wars,[2]  authors Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod attempt a comprehensive listing of wars in history. They document 1763 wars overall, of which 123 (7%) have been classified to involve a religious conflict. Of these 123, 66 wars have involved Islam.

Akanbi_edu:

Stop preaching to these people, a lot of them had their mind made up. Allow the generalization to continue so that they can box themselves into a corner.

These people were always calling for the sack of Dambazzau the then COAS but now guess who they want sacked now - not the COAS! have you heard anybody calling for the sack of of Ihejirika?That should tell you what they want.

Some of them are not as ignorant as you think. People like EzeUche and some other biafrans are on a mission. they probably realised that fighting for Biafra is not realistic, so they'd use the christian/southern front. So division along religious lines is their strategy, they also are hoping to get the international support using this strategy. They probably are working on the idea that it won't be that hard to secede from the south since the yorubas are seen to be weak by the Igbos.

We muslims in the Yorubaland are watching closely, so you people should not get carried away with the southern bullshit. We know the real fight is religious.

Hypocrites! Anytime they report hausa/fulani being killed, they hardly comment but whenever Igbo or berom or christian is killed, you get hundred pages of comments.

calaway:

@ Tsiya: Who would think that disgrunted Hausa/fulani will attack students? on second thots u have a point this wicked people kill 3month old babies and helpless women without qualms so students will be a walk in the park 4 them, This attitude is not  barbaric but animalistic. How can you broker peace with animals that donot need provocation to unleash unthinkable carnage. You dont broker peace with this lot you simply punish them (no one is above the law or has the right to take laws into his hands). Ok I accpt that the Hausa/fulani are angry that indigenes of Plateau state dont want the continued Hausa domination any longer (like the rest of Nigeria) but this is not a reason to make Jos a hell or ungovernable!!
If the peace and reconciliation you ascribe to is centered around the restoration of the desired status quo of Hausa domination, then this is far fetched cos nobody will be happy to oblige the Hausa and so they must leave the scene. The fire of violence they fuel and fan will eventually consume them. If you really have love for them beseech them to respect the sactity of Human life for their own good.
Leave FED.Govt out of this talk to the Hausa people. Govt has deployed securty operatives which is the most they can do. Even though the operative inherited by the government are agents and pawns of the animals as they are also murderers of children and innocents. If Govt has failed it is in the area of FEDERAL CHARACTER REPRESENTATION in the SECURITY OUTFITS in Nigeria. Unless you mean the F.Govt is failed cos it is not headed by Hausa.
I can discern that you wish the electorate in Plateau to be disenfranchised so as to allow for the imposition of a governmt that is not the wish of the people but of the architects of all these wicked confusion that will present the the opportunity for this scenario.  

Missy85:

i always thought this started & was always about resources - land, grazing rights & who contolled what. secondary in all of this.

seanet03:

Yet majority of you regard becomerich a Mad man. The same thing he talks about everytime. This jos issue sef na wa o.

Stop preaching to these people, a lot of them had their mind made up. Allow the generalization to continue so that they can box themselves into a corner.

These people were always calling for the sack of Dambazzau the then COAS but now guess who they want sacked now - not the COAS! have you heard anybody calling for the sack of of Ihejirika?That should tell you what they want.

Some of them are not as ignorant as you think. People like EzeUche and some other biafrans are on a mission. they probably realised that fighting for Biafra is not realistic, so they'd use the christian/southern front. So division along religious lines is their strategy, they also are hoping to get the international support using this strategy. They probably are working on the idea that it won't be that hard to secede from the south since the yorubas are seen to be weak by the Igbos.

We muslims in the Yorubaland are watching closely, so you people should not get carried away with the southern bullshit. We know the real fight is religious.

Hypocrites! Anytime they report hausa/fulani being killed, they hardly comment but whenever Igbo or berom or christian is killed, you get hundred pages of comments.

Missy85:

i always thought this started & was always about resources - land, grazing rights & who contolled what. secondary in all of this.

ShangoThor:

Jason123 is partly right, he is trying to remain objective amidst so many understandable emotions being vented, so please don't hang him

Tsiya:

These are all secondary issues created later. Land and grazing rights are not even a problem in Jos. There is sufficient fertile land in Plateau for all the people.

The main issue is the hatred the people have for each other caused by religious difference, economic empowerment, political aspirations, lack of justice.

jason123:

May they even hang "me" over the net, like I care!

About southern Nigeria, it would not work. There is too many bad blood between yorubas and igbos.

jason123:

May they even hang "me" over the net, like I care!

About southern Nigeria, it would not work. There is too many bad blood between yorubas and igbos.

EzeUche_:

I pray for a day to have a united Southern Nigerian Federation. Everyday, I hear news of our brothers and sisters who live in the North are being slaughtered in the name of religion.

These backwards Sharia fools need to be taught a lesson!

jason123:

You simply do not understand. There are fundamental,incompatible and incorrigible differences between the us. Must we remain in ONE country? The three major tribes in Nigeria never liked the Nation or should I say "ONE Nigeria" ( from Ahamdu bello, to Awolowo and Ojukwu except from Nnamdi).

MeGaStReEt:

How can people be so heartless? Killing innocent citizens for nothing, aint they tired of blood? Why? Why is everything so wrong in this country? I saw some horrible pictures on fb, I couldnt click to see it clearly, it pains me deeply in my heart to see/read news of people being killed on daily basis for nothing, God please save this country, what wrong have we done to deserve this?

Onlytruth:

Posted by: Akanbi_edu
Let me help you understand some things.

I believe that the main job of the COAS is to protect or defend the state (not even the government) against enemies. In Nigeria, it is more like ensuring that there is no coup. If the COAS does that, his job is complete.
The army is not the police or the other security agencies whose job it is to keep law and order.
Gen Dambazau did not resign until Yar adua died because of this same reason.

Gen Ihejirika is not going anywhere because the life of the president, and the entire Nigerian state is in his hands. Gerrit now?

As for death of innocent folks in the middle belt, it is easy to see why it is happening. Nigeria's history is pretty young. Nemesis is a b&tch. But as a Christian, I would forgive them if they (as fellow Christians) ask us for forgiveness.
I would not offer forgiveness to anyone who does not ask, because the person would mistake it for weakness and foolishness. So the bloodbath continues.

As for your fears about a southern Nigeria where Muslims (like yourself) would be in the minority (hence your preference for the status quo), well, that is part of why Easterners may not want it either , because we may not want to continue having sizable number of Muslims in our new country. For that to happen, they must gradually convert to Christianity or revert back to African religion. Both religions understand the sanctity of the human life.
There is something brutal and "Hobessian" about Islam.

There you have it.

Onlytruth:

Posted by: Akanbi_edu
Let me help you understand some things.

I believe that the main job of the COAS is to protect or defend the state (not even the government) against enemies. In Nigeria, it is more like ensuring that there is no coup. If the COAS does that, his job is complete.
The army is not the police or the other security agencies whose job it is to keep law and order.
Gen Dambazau did not resign until Yar adua died because of this same reason.

Gen Ihejirika is not going anywhere because the life of the president, and the entire Nigerian state is in his hands. Gerrit now?

As for death of innocent folks in the middle belt, it is easy to see why it is happening. Nigeria's history is pretty young. Nemesis is a b&tch. But as a Christian, I would forgive them if they (as fellow Christians) ask us for forgiveness.
I would not offer forgiveness to anyone who does not ask, because the person would mistake it for weakness and foolishness. So the bloodbath continues.

As for your fears about a southern Nigeria where Muslims (like yourself) would be in the minority (hence your preference for the status quo), well, that is part of why Easterners may not want it either , because we may not want to continue having sizable number of Muslims in our new country. For that to happen, they must gradually convert to Christianity or revert back to African religion. Both religions understand the sanctity of the human life.
There is something brutal and "Hobessian" about Islam.

There you have it.

EzeUche_:

Wrong. We Igbos get along with the Yoruba. Do you see either group targeting each other in the name of religion?

Southern Nigeria is respectful of religious and ethnic differences. That is why it will work!

ShangoThor:

Jason123, this is now about strategy, If after forming a truely federated Southern Nigeria, and the Igbos still want to split, we will be able to do
so amicably, without any babies being butchered.

Ayowumie:

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@jason123, blive u me, Nnamdi was no exception. They were all tribalistic. Nnamdi blived that Ibos were the superior tribe and were meant to rule. In wat way could dis believe be differentiated from the believe of Aryans prior 1943?
Although we are never compatible, there would not av been any independence in 1960 if you could look at the conditions for independence set by Britain in 1956. Hausa-fulani are part of Nigeria today becos the Western and Eastern leaders in 1958 were independence freak. They made the mistake. When in 1958, the Northern leaders brought a proposition that they either produced the first Nigerian Prime Minister or they seceded from the Union. Awo and Zik were on their knees begging the North not to seceded. Now the question, WHY ARE OUR LEADERS NEVER THINK OF THE FUTURE
The problem of Nigeria, according to one of my lecturers is Western unfaithfullness, Eastern aggressiveness and Northern domination.
The solution now is not for the North to secede (for they can never think abt that. They will fight to last drop of their blood to make sure they remain part of Nigeria, i wouldnt blame them though) but rather in the word of Ahmadu Bello 'WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND OUR DIFFERENCES AND FIND A WAY TO RESPECT THEM  WE CAN ALL LIVE IN HARMONY"

Oladiran:

I askd fo prayers b4, i tnk we need it now! Heavy gunshots frm farin-gada area, nobody can sleep again!

Oladiran:

I askd fo prayers b4, i tnk we need it now! Heavy gunshots frm farin-gada area, nobody can sleep again!

jason123:

. Brother, may the Lord Jesus be with you! May no evil befall you!! Amen!!!

Oladiran:

I askd fo prayers b4, i tnk we need it now! Heavy gunshots frm farin-gada area, nobody can sleep again!

Oladiran:

The gunshots has  reducd, the street is filled wt people wth men holdng sticks all over, I wonder if sticks can face guns!

Oladiran:

The gunshots has  reducd, the street is filled wt people wth men holdng sticks all over, I wonder if sticks can face guns!