₦airaland Forum

2sa2: This is so so fake, it will interest you to know that Okotie is her 3rd husband. The second husband died... understandable, what happened to the first one I have no doubt in my mind that she is from the spirit world, too pretty to be of this world. At least Okotie's first marriage lasted 17years, this one only 4 years. SHE BE SPIRIT JOOR

Mumu. So many superstitious braindead id!ots in this country.

Geophem: So u've knwn dis man 4 d past 20yrs, got married 2 him 4 yrs ago, meang u av been cheatn on ur former husbands and mr okotie last wife, sory u deservd wt u got mrs

Haba! When is it a crime to know someone for a long time. Not everyone's mind is as rotten as yours.

Eiyah, nwanyi oma. I don't think Chris deserves u. He prefers a broda

afam4eva: I think you're right. We should just use Igbo Youth movement or Igboland for Change.

Igbo Youth Movement(IYM) already exist. That will amount to duplication.

salaksmana: See this 1990 pikin dey expect baby oo.

So which age bracket should expect baby? Hasn't he reached the age of responsibility?

Ajillo: This is what I call, room and desk top interview. One guy stays in a room and writes supposed questions and answers. He then publishes these as an interview.
If you look at that grammar, you will know it is not such grammar that Awo would speak.

he he he
I reserve my comment.

I read it on lindaikeji..com and naij.com. These leader are so detached from reality that they don't bat an eyelid when they send youths to those slaughter grounds.

executinal: and ? ? ? ? vs Psquare

Trendy Boys vs Psquare

IMO, Alaigbo Nigeria Youth Initiative(ANYI) should have been better since our focus is on Igboland

Chongaiman: To the best of my knowledge, APCs were not in use during WW1.

APC was used in the dying days of WW1. British invented it from tractor prototype which they used to overrun German positions in the trenches. This forced the Germans to sue for peace. But Germans did perfect the use of APC in the battlefield in the WW2

afam4eva: One man's food is another man's poison.

Chelsea's poison is Tottenham's food

I wish him all the best

Katsumoto: The picture is from the Tribune website. It's not like its private website. If you are going to doubt Tribune (when the picture in question wasn't produced to support any argument in particular), then you either have to stop buying newspapers or you request that journalists provide data for every sentence they produce.

Anything to question the argument that you don't support while not producing anything to support yours. Gimme a break

This is funny.

queensmith: He's ghanian by ethnicity? doesnt that count? He probably didnt want to. and see now the italians are disrespecting him.

That will make him look like an ingrate. Remember that the Mrs Balloteli picked him up from Ghananian orphanage at a very tender age, cared and nurtured him to adulthood. Got him enrolled to Inter Milan football academy. Only for him to pay her back by abandoning Italy to play for Ghana. It doesn't sound right

T9ksy: @ bolded, How interesting. Its amazing that you did not find the statement below funny too.

You are just as pathetic as your cheerleader. What similarity can u draw from both comments? Your cheerleader is making caricature of himself, while you are here toiling to lump me to that ridiculous man

One_Naira: I read through out this thread and though so many things had me cracking up on this thread, this particular post has got to be the funniest of them all. comeon dude, how are we to verify whether the caution on the pictures is accurate or not. It is similar to how one of ya'll post a video from a Nigerian news industry with the title Biafrans arrive lagos and upon watching the video, everyone on the boat was white. Also how we've seen the same pictures used by Nigerian news media to illustrate "Igbo living north in droves" in this century. Dude seriously? How are we to verify the accuracy of the caution on this picture. That's what got me cracking up

Let me explain myself better in a way you might grasp it

This is Ojukwu in 1500 sitting and thinking of the future of Igbo
http://3.bp..com/_jeBv7EEofYQ/TMBsba0Xw4I/AAAAAAAAALI/BJXyVNUmg1Y/s1600/Young+man+of+ubuluku+II.jpg

This is the white man in Nigeria 1500
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Dyrehavsbakken_i_1800-tallet.png

This is a shrine dedicated to Ojukwu in 1700
http://www.africarte.it/foto-storiche/Igbo-antenati%20in%20piazza.JPG

This is Igboland 1800
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Paulinerkirche_Leipzig_um_1800.JPG

This is me and my family 1800
http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/42e2d93673baef015e6fc05de624fc57_1M.png

This is Ojukwu instructing I and teaching I of Biafra in 1963
http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/Etc6/OjukwuInspectsBiafraGuardHonourLarge.jpg

This is Gowon and Ojukwu in 1995 after Biafra war
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lKXK2Er8UZk/0.jpg

As you can see, I can add any form of title to a picture, just because I did so does not make it true unless it can be verified as accurate. Though yes in this example, my pictures can easily be traced and found out the title in each is inaccurate because all the pictures are found online in google but what if I posted it in a blog or rather yet a website destroying any evidence to retrace it. Does that now make the title accurate? of course not.

A real life example would be this picture
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qpe1yGpF1qga40to1_500.jpg
This is a picture of Bini and or Igbo women in the 1500s

This pictures has been moved and tumbled so many times, titled changed in different blogs till the point noone in this century is aware what ethnicity the women in the pictures are. So far we've seen both Igbo and Bini claiming them as their own. Does that make it accurate? might or might not. The women might not even be from either of the groups, whom knows they might not even be Nigerians.

Whenever una argue history, una make me laugh.

Don't blame the man. Either he's under influence or he missed his meds

Katsumoto: When you present a link to support your argument, you are a revisionist. But when you ask these guys to present something to support their arguments, its either in their grandmother's library in their villages or you have to believe them because they said so.

The picture shows Awo wearing what looks like a prisoner's uniform standing with the new Head of State right after his release (according to Tribune) yet some geniuses are asking whether the picture was taken in front of Calabar prison.

Are u ok?

queensmith: so the guy is ghanian? why isnt he playing for ghana. . . the black stars lost out on one of the best players in the world meeehn... . . . .

He was adopted by an Italian family(Balloteli) during his infancy. So he's a bonafide Italian and can not play for Ghana

Aigbofa: Perhaps Ojukwu was too camera shy or afraid he could be arrested for insubordination.

Shut up! You are silly. Are u braindead that you could no think?

Katsumoto: See below for picture of Gowon with Awo after his release from prison.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/photo-gallery/memoirs-in-pix/view-image/7a27b67761a0cf3d590d16f31e7ed1eb/jpg


$10,000 prize for anyone who can find Ojukwu in that picture. Perhaps Ojukwu released Awo and Gowon seized on the opportunity to take a picture with Awo before Murtala's car took Awo to Ikenne

Was the picture taken in front of Calabar prison? What point are you trying to make? You sound pathetic. Once again, I'm disappointed

Cusubaba: ur ugly animal, am not rich does not mean i have no work doing. Listen am enginer by profession, and currently working with Access bank in T amale. But i can't bleep ugly ghanaian girls for free because am their superior. But i can spend my money and the money am getting from ugly ghanaian girls to Ivorian, liberian or nigerian girls. God forbid bad thing, I can never love a ghanaian girl but i will bleep and dump her. The name of the nurse am talking about is Yvonne Akoto, she from Ejiso kumasi. She work at Kst hospital, bantema, kumasi.

Ol boy! u bad o Your own case is a severe form of kiss and tell. You went ahead to list all the chic data. Well we all love such stories. Anyway I looked her up on facebook and came up with this chic as the one who is remotely close to your description.

facebook.com/yvonne.akotoamoakohene

Yvonne Akoto Amoakohene
Is she the one?

This is massacre! I hate Spaniards, I hate one-sided game. Germans or English would have done a better job

Poor Balloteli. . .he's made to carry the aspiration of the whole Italians on his small shoulder. Yet they are taunting him with racist remarks

SpaNish profEssors veRsus Italian year one stUdents

The fact that someone could not readily provide evidence to back his assertion does not mean that he is making a fallacious claim or that the proof does not exist. I must confess that I'm one of those people that doubts most(if not all) of Dede1 claims. I only started to take a second look at his claims when I started to complement my heavy dependence on the online infos with books. In fact, some of my previously held beliefs has been so much challenged that I've lost faith in most infos I get online.
Also whenever I listens to some historians discuss most of the topics that has been thrashed here, they regurgitates some of the assertions made by Dede1, which ofcourse we dismissed as lies. Even the books from unsuspecting historians repeats most of his accounts. The only problem with Dede1 is that he is too academic. Therefore, most young posters here could not be able to catch up with his drift. Juxtapose him with sensational liars on this forum like Katsumoto, he compares unfavourably in the truth index based on the judgement of posters who are new to these aspect of Nigerian history. But the problem is that most posters could not distinguish truths from falsehoods. I doubt if Katsumoto could be able to debate in a google-free environment.
The other problem is that most of the books on Nigeria's history pre-1970 are not available online.

I also discovered that most of the outrageous lies that I read on the internet are not written down in books, even when the topics of note are discussed exhaustively in those books. I encourage everyone who is interested in this part of Nigerian history just like I do, to take to the books. Cos internet is riddled with lies, half-truths and misinformation that no serious enthusiast should take them serious. I believe that next generation will be quoting our comments on Nairaland as fact, just the way some posters here are quoting articles on nigerdeltacongress and dawodu at present.

This is disgraceful They should be given lenghty ban and fined heavily to serve as a deterrent to others. Readers should pls boycot that racist newspaper

^^^
Too early to take to your heels sir! We never wanted this debate, but you forced us to. You want to impress your tribesmen. So sit back and do just that.

Katsumoto: ACM

It appears you are either blind or unable to comprehend. You posted a link stating that biafrans were joining enmass to fight against biafra. Or rivers and southeastern states were not part of biafra?

I am surprised dede missed that as well and as already affirmed that elaigwu was an unbiased writer.

Talk about scoring an own goal. A biafran providing a link that biafrans enlisted enmass to fight biafra. Plus they were dancing and partying as well as gowon prepared for action.

You are the one with serious comprehension issues here. On top of that, your condition is complicated by tribalism-induced selective amnesia. This has made it impossible for u to argue objectively.
Oh yes! I was waiting for u to pull off your usual stunt. I know that you will accuse me of lack of comprehension. Cos u are the smartest kid on the block. Therefore u have superhuman comprehension ability, while others are dunce. But your comprehension ability could not be able to let u know that Rivers state is located in southern Nigeria. In case your comprhension ability fails u, pls read the bolded below

Dede1: You sound very pathetic with this post. When J. Isawa Elaigwu wrote “many people of Rivers and South-Eastern State origin seen dancing in Lagos and enlisting en masse in to the Federal Army”, he was not in any form of illusion about his assertion.

I guess you mischievously decided to play ignorant to the fact that Elaigwu meant Rivers State and South-Eastern State of the twelve original states created by Gowon. Let me refresh your memory for good understanding of the facts. South-Eastern State as referenced in the book morphed into Akwa Ibom and Cross River States while Rivers State gave rise to Rivers and Bayelsa States.


In addition, remember there was East Central State. Did you catch the dude’s drift? I suggest you drop the bull horn about the reference made by Elaigwu on the states.

Besides, it has been repeatedly rehearsed that not everybody from eastern region is regarded as Biafran hence the issue of betrayal.

When someone comments on what is so obvious, another poster will tag it personal attack. We refuse to be intimidated to silence. The debate must continue no matter what. Who cares if you hit your ignore button or not.

Katsumoto: I challenge you to provide a book, link, article that states that recruitment of Southerners into the armed forces started before the Biafran invasion. Please do not disappoint me this time.

Gowon had thus taken political initiative. In a swift process of political engineering, Gowon created a new 'Federation' with smaller and more subnational units. This move, was designed to 'correct the imbalance in the administrative structure of the country' and to 'minimize future political friction and ensure a stable federation'. He began to receive a 'flood' of messages of congratulation and support from Nigerians abroad and at home. Many people of Rivers and South-Eastern States origin were seen dancing in Lagos and enlisting en masse into the Federal Army.

GOWON
by J. Isawa Elaigwu
West Books Publisher Limited, Ibadan.
1986.
Page 101

Chei! Someone is really bitter o. He claims that the interview from a principal actor should be discarded, while the tales of his obscure "balanced" historian should be believed as an authentic account. He enters a debate with a predetermined opinion. He uses strongarm tactics to bully everyone that believes otherwise. He doesn't respect the views of other people. He prides himself as NL intellectual. He can descend so low to quote articles from gossip sites. I can only feel sorry for you.

Finally, Autonov will be useful.