Akaegwu:
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK, GREAT BRITAIN, BRITAIN, ENGLAND

A lot of people in Nigeria and indeed all over the world, including well travelled, elite class people often confuse England, United Kingdom, Britain and Great Britain. Well, here's the way to differentiate them:

*England* is a country just as Nigeria, and its capital is *London* just like Abuja is the capital of Nigeria.

*Great Britain* is a collection of 3 countries which came together as one country and has its capital as *London.* Those 3 countries are:

1. *England,*
2. *Scotland* and
3. *Wales.*

When you include *Northern Ireland* to these 3 countries, they become *United Kingdom* (union of four nations) Viz:
1. England,
2. Scotland,
3. Wales, and
4. Northern Ireland.

That is why it is referred to as the *United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.*
Collectively, the four are taken as one country. And when this is the case, *London* is its capital.

Note however that these four individual nations all have their own respective capitals.

Accordingly, the capital of
Scotland is *Edinburgh*,
Wales is *Cardiff*;
Northern Ireland is *Belfast*;
England is *London*.

Ps: Northern Ireland is not to be mistaken for the *Republic of Ireland*. The latter is a separate country. Its capital is *Dublin*.

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IbeOkehie:


How many times do I have to explain? It's right there in the comment you're replying to

Let me copy & paste EXACTLY what I wrote before. Easy to understand.

I already explained the general rules for the Lancaster Conferences ....note the plural, it wasn't just Nigeria, it was Malaysia, India, Rhodesia, Kenya etc. The rule was that all decisions had to be UNANIMOUS or they were not adopted.

You're not more Igbo than me. Our ancestral religion....Odinani....requires that we live and die for the TRUTH.

Thanks and Good Luck to you all.

Ugwuoke347:



You are clearly not well.
Answer the questions with exact replies and quit being evasive!

How exactly, in the name of Cain, did Azikiwe impose his stance on Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo?
Answer this question now!

IbeOkehie:


The rule of the Lancaster Conferences was that no change could be made to the status quo without unanimous consent.

Put another way - at the Lancaster Conferences, every party to the negotiations had VETO POWER over any point of negotiation.

This means that when Zik objected to Awo's proposal for a Constitutional Secession Clause and rejected the Sarduana's move for Northern Independence, those measures could not go forward.

I hope that's enough of a direct clarification. I don't know what else to say, except maybe look up the meaning of the world "veto".

Thanks and Good Luck to Nigerians.

UMUAZEE:


Not totally correct..

Great Britain is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply as Britain. It's also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and Wales (including the outlying islands that they administer, such as the Isle of Wight).

Ugwuoke347:




Your response reeks of intellectual dishonesty of monstrous proportion!

So all the parties had a right to veto any proposal before it is solidified as a resolution, right?

And yet Azikiwe managed to impose his stance on Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo!
Don't you see how you discredit your own submission with that line of imagination?

IbeOkehie:


Politics and Economics are siamese twins. I've been lucky to discuss this issue with people who know Nigeria from the start, like the Eze of Agbor Dr Edozien and a few others, but most especially some children of prominent Nigerians. I'm confident I understand the roots of the Nigeria Crisis and as our people say, I know where to start the exhumation because I know where and how the body was buried.

I stopped reading your comment when I got to this because it's the most common - AND STUPID - comeback that I get when I bring up the Lancaster Conference -

You wrote -

"Azikiwe couldn't have imposed his will on other members."

I already explained the general rules for the Lancaster Conferences ....note the plural, it wasn't just Nigeria, it was Malaysia, India, Zimbabwe, Kenya etc. The rule was that all decisions had to be UNANIMOUS or they were not adopted. So yes, Zik had the power to stop any attempt at secession at the Lancaster Conference and he did exactly that. I challenge you to go and READ the history so you can stop peddling lies, that is if you actually want the truth.

Go and debate people who are still at your level of understanding. I've done my best.

Good Luck to all you Nigerians, you deserve each other.

IbeOkehie:


Sorry that was the rule, no vex abeg

Good Luck and have a good day.

phemmyfour:
copy n paste....funny how you didn't see error in the part of the title "Britain vs Great Britain "

Ugwuoke347:


If Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo each reserved the right of veto as much as Nnamdi Azikiwe at the Lancaster meetings, how then was it possible for one man to impose his stance on others who would have easily used their veto power to resist any form of bullying?

Answer these questions now, and stop being recklessly bold with falsehoods!

IbeOkehie:




Again, as I've stated before, the Lancaster House rules were that there could be no *change to the current state of things* without unanimous consent. I was gonna write "status quo" but I thought you were going to accuse me of obfuscation and diversion

By the way, when the North REJECTED Nigerian independence prior to 1960, it must have been based on the same rule. Remember, Zik, Enahoro and probably Awolowo all wanted independence prior to 1960 and the North objected. Veto power at work.

So I'm sorry to be the bearer of the news, that was the rule. I completely understand your reaction because I almost went crazy when I learned the history. I developed a profound resentment against Nigeria as a whole because it wasn't just about the Igbo. Most of us have grown up being fed convenient LIES about Nigeria but the case of the Igbo is the most brazen and psychologically damaging.

And I'm not writing to please anyone. ALL Nigerians have EVOLVED into an evil, parasitic and wicked people, most especially Nigerian university graduates. The TRIBES of Nigeria were good people, but the Nigerian people are bad. There's a difference, most Nigerians are running away from their tribes in order to become Nigerian. They want to become Nigeria because of MONEY, that's the reason the vast majority of Nigerians have became Christians and Muslims, to fit into the cosmology of Nigerianity.

The Nigerian people are like a family where the children turn on the parents with extreme physical & psychological violence....because their parents are poorer than the parents of a neighboring family. They invite the neighbors to pillage their family home in return for getting a small share of the loot.

Here's a hint - do you know of ANY person who served in any State House of Assembly, State High Court or Federal Supreme Court, National Assembly or in any State or Federal Cabinet in Nigeria who is NOT Christian or Muslim? Do you know any such person who is a publicly declared adherent of a Native tribal religion such as Ifa or Odinani?

Nigerians need to start thinking about what their country represents. The lack of introspection and unwillingness to face the truth it might reveal is why Nigeria is the Poverty Capital of the World.

Good Luck to all of you.

Uchedizzy:
Great info

Ugwuoke347:

Get out of here at once!
It is useless talking with a mugu like you.
See how you have been beating about the bush multiplying words for nothing.
Get out of here now!

Akaegwu:
Mr original, continue.

IbeOkehie:



You're welcome



Typical Biafran!

Good Luck to you all.

tommy589:
Learning more about Nigeria and the many evils of the colonialist

Yujin:

I'm beginning to doubt your claims of being Igbo because your thought process is really flawed.
You claimed to have discussed with the Eze of Agbor Dr. Edozien whereas no title like that ever existed. I wonder whatever fallacy you've been saying here.
I repeat, Nnamdi Azikiwe couldn't have imposed his argument for a united country on the others. His reasons were and can still be understood. Africans need to stick together so our voice can have more impact. If Nigeria had worked, he will be celebrated as a hero. It's unfortunate that it never worked as those who insist on ruling her are bereft of the ideas needed to make her work. The idea of a united Nigeria wasn't a bad one.

Ugwuoke347:

Yeah, that's right.
Typically Biafran!
That's what I am.
Thank you very much, Mr Okehie for waxing so pure in that recognition.

IbeOkehie:


Talking of Biafra, I would advise you to take on a completely open mind and read the Ahiara Declaration again..

Good Luck to Biafrans!

IbeOkehie:


Yes the British did a lot of evil to the Black African. However, the EVIDENCE is that the British people have repented their sins because they've realized the enormity of the wrongs they perpetrated. Today I'm a great admirer of the British people, particularly the English. England is the last major redoubt of pure freedom and democracy in the world today.

The real problem in Nigeria today is that the EDUCATED Nigerian wants to continue implementing the Colonial Framework so they can get some unearned money. Similar to the Christianity thing and homosexuality. The British who brought Christianity to Nigeria have allowed same sex marriage into their Churches but we second hand Black African Christians can't extend such tolerance. Not just that, the British outlawed slavery loooong ago but Black Africans are still selling themselves to Arabs in Libya and Mauritania today in 2023.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

Ugwuoke347:



So to you, the British Imperialists have repented from the manifold atrocities they perpetrated against African nations? How naive can you be?
You clearly have no idea of the role the British government plays today in deciding the policy directions of successive Nigerian governments including the one currently in place.
You think your Nigeria is totally free? How unmindful can you be?

IbeOkehie:


In the very comment you're replying to, I wrote:

The real problem in Nigeria today is that the EDUCATED Nigerian wants to continue implementing the Colonial Framework so they can get some unearned money.

I think that covers your concern. Try and read carefully so you can comprehend. I can see now why you've missed the message in the Ahiara Declaration despite repeated reading. Nigerian education does leave a lot undone.

Good Luck with all that.

gidgiddy:


Ironsi was un power for 6 months, some 55 years ago and even back then, we had 4 Regions that had resource control

Today we have 36 states, all without resource control

This means that all those who came after Ironsi 55 years ago only ended up doing far far worse than he ever did

IbeOkehie:


Yes the British did a lot of evil to the Black African. However, the EVIDENCE is that the British people have repented their sins because they've realized the enormity of the wrongs they perpetrated. Today I'm a great admirer of the British people, particularly the English. England is the last major redoubt of pure freedom and democracy in the world today.

The real problem in Nigeria today is that the EDUCATED Nigerian wants to continue implementing the Colonial Framework so they can get some unearned money. Similar to the Christianity thing and homosexuality. The British who brought Christianity to Nigeria have allowed same sex marriage into their Churches but we second hand Black African Christians can't extend such tolerance. Not just that, the British outlawed slavery loooong ago but Black Africans are still selling themselves to Arabs in Libya and Mauritania today in 2023.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

tommy589:


You take me back to my primary school history class with this word outlawed. Going back in time also occurs when I hear ethnic cleansing,civil war, marginalisation etc. Whatever their unrequested mission here or intervention in nation building is,it is now zero



But it gladdens my heart knowing their countries demography would soon massively change with blacks, Arabs and Asian citizenship

Renwess:
Education is a continuous event. Imagine that I have spent 30 years plus on earth I didn't know this ...

IbeOkehie:


Zik didn't impose anything on anyone, he just followed the rules of the Lancaster Conference. Sheesh, is this too hard to understand? You do know you can go find the history on the internet, right? As for his Pan Africanism, it was naive and it was actually NOT the reason the Igbo insisted on One Nigeria at that time.

Is Yujin or whatever an Igbo name? Is it that ALL Igbo people have the SAME thinking on everything? Black people are very toxic I swear. No civilized person should ascribe opinions to anyone on basis of any group identity. Especially when you can COMMUNICATE with them and find out their REASONING and logic. Forming opinions based on group identity is the most primitive from of thinking. You Nigerians had better get to civilization before you're completely left behind.



Talking of Biafra, I would advise you to take on a completely open mind and read the Ahiara Declaration again...that's if you've ever read it.

Good Luck to Nigerians.