I wrote this in a different section which was probably the wrong one but i'm gonna paste it hetr and hope I get more attention as I think this is an issue that needs to be taken seriously.

I'll not be writing a whole lot (I wish) but I thought a thread on this will be helpful. First, i'll like to say i'm not a writer so don't crucify me if i go off topic at times or err (damn tablet), i'm just an observer and concerned citizen, hear me out .

I'm appalled by the way nairaland has been turned to a war zone among the different ethnic groups with the Yoruba's and Igbo's being the most guilty in this modern warfare over the internet. With that said, i'm not here to blame anyone or take sides but to understand and identify the cause of these problems and for us to find a solution to it. My reason for bringing this up is that, I remember and reminisce about my childhood in lagos and how my parents frowned at my friendship with Igbo friends. While they thought they had good reasons for their negative perceptions of southerners, I totally disagreed and my mom and I got into it over my friends. I didn't want my life to be shaped by prejudice especially the ones other people had and not my own direct experience. I believed and still believe that everyone should be treated as an individual and not judged based on some bad experiences others had, in this case my parents. Lets look at it this way, who is your friend or family? The one who denied you water when you were thirsty and kicked you out in the street or the one who gave you food when you were hungry? The answers are pretty straightforward isn't it? While I've never had such experiences (at least none that I remember), and maybe some have, maybe not but will it be appropriate to simply hate or dislike someone who has done you no wrong simply because they are culturally different from you? Or because of what somebody else told you? My common sense tells me no (hopefully it's common :p) and I don't see any other appropriate answer to that. I remember 'chemist' as a child (the phamarcist), Nneka my best friend whom we walked to school together, my closest buddy whom we play hide and seek together and so on. I mean common guys, we all have had experiences both positives and negatives within and outside of our ethnic groups and it's painful that at this age, we can't come together and fight the common enemy. This enemy isn't nneka or the 'chemist' neither is the enemy sola or dayo. We know who they are and the earlier we come together and accept that we can't cut of that part of our body just because it hurts, the better we will be in identifying and fighting justly for our rights. I believe this generation can make a difference for the ones to come with the exposure and access to these technologies all around us. Whether we like it or not, we owe it to our children and the ones unborn to make it right and we can only do it together as one.  Whether Nigeria splits or not, we still need one another, gone are the days when a country tries to do it by itself, the world is global now, take America and China as examples. If that's not enough, would you not help your nephew or niece who is a product of brother chinedu and Aunt Remi's union? Would you let the innocent and helpless generations be caught in the crossfire solely because you refused to accept Tunji or chuks as a family? Time to sheath the sword and we can do greater things together. I love you my Yoruba bros and Sis, please lets respect our Igbo bros and Sis, lets treat others how we want them to treat us. My Igbo bros and Sis, i love you guys and hope and like for us to live peacefully while identifying the true cause of our problems.  Lets stop the hate.