₦airaland Forum

SNOWCREAM:
Lol it's not so tribal, olamide isn't from warri, is he? Where's Bisola is yoruba

People support people because of how they can relate to them. According to Olamide, he's supporting Efe because he represents the street. For a lot of other people, they're supporting him because he's from Warri.

optional1:
enemy we know ur logo

This is a matter of being realistic. There should be another selling point other than the fact that someone is from Kogi.

optional1:
na so America people do Clinton lost election.

Celebrities No good oh..


Debbie-Rise all the way omo kogi we proud of her.

If na based on that one, she don carry last.

If Efe doesn't win this thing then something definitely went down.

Jarus:
Actually Top 7.

Go to any motor park or local barbers shop in Yorubaland and ask anyone to list Top 7 Fuji musicians and see if Tate Currency will not feature in almost all the answers.

Actually, i didn't think my comment through as i later tried to name 10 fuji musicians off the top of my head and i was stuck at 9. I did some research and realized he's actually one of the top. I wonder why i've never heard of him.

Jarus:
He's not little known in Yoruba street circle.

And minus the cost of land (which is location specific), N40m should be able to do this.


Not an alarming cost for likely the first house of a top Yoruba musician that had been among the top 10 Fuji musicians in the last 15 years.

Bros, pls take it easy.

EFCC should swoop in immediately and question this guy cos i don't know any of his hit songs. Infact, i'm just hearing his name for the first time.

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If southern and Northern Igalas cannot communicate with each other effectively then why exactly are they members of the same ethnic group yet the same stupid reason will be given to why some Igboid groups are not Igbo even though these people's dialects are intelligible to other Igbos and they can also speak central Igbo.

This is one funny thread

It's only when Nigerian come to the realization that APC and PDP are not Nigeria's problem, only then can we move forward as a nation. I find it disgraceful that someone in an attempt to counter this kind of thread, instead of giving objective rebutal, will instead make a statement such as "Do you want to go back to PDP". This just shows that the average Nigerian is inherently 1diotic and full of quantum myopia. if this APC government had a stellar performance, even some of their opponents will be highly ashamed of themselves but the reality is what we can see daily. The hunger in the land has quadrupled owing to the weakened Naira. ur president went from wasting our resources on high hiking the entire globe to using our common wealth for medical treatment and when we ask them to give an account, they say it;s not our business. Fear God, Nigerians.

This is really good to hear. It's a slow and steady development for Enugu.

bigfrancis21:
You shouldn't be saying aggravating stuffs like this. Learn to live and let live please.

Sometimes, i just feel like some people disguise as Igbos to say these stuff to make Igbos look really bad. That's noot to say that we donn't have a good representation of Morons in the IPOB clan.

I think it's safe to say that Efe has won this thing as far as voting goes. he has more fans than the other housemates.

IndianBwoy:
Kindly dont involve me in ra.ce discussions. Read the comments on the video and that video was made by so-called "racist Indians". Also majority Indians are dark skinned and by the way there are many Africans especially Nigerians and Sudanese studying in Indian universities both in India and here in the Gulf. Ask them how they are treated.

Most of my friends are Africans and we are like brothers and sisters. It depends on individuals and upbringing.


Me i dont gyv a fvck about skin color. I only care for tribe and brotherhood. Without dark skinned Indians we cannot perform our religious ceremonies for my ethnic group.


First of all the University level treatment is alright. Its just becoz of some Nigerian drug dealer and prostitute both in India and especially here in the United Arab Emirates that is spoiling your name . And past association with 419 scams.

I feel very sad for the hell Nigerian women are going through here. I am half in mind to approach Nigerian embassy here in Abu Dhabi about the issue. Kindly protect your women atleast for your respective tribes. Stop objectifying your women for Gods sake. 70 percent prostitute here r Africans out of which majority are Nigerians and Ghanians. Some are very young and are going through . Please help them.


The worst bit is when African men here themselves use their women. I have seen with my own eyes. 1 South African dude. I understand there is poverty but this is not the way.

My friend will you keep quiet. Isn't that the excuse you people always give in order to continue displaying your racist selfs. I'm not a racist but i can consider it if it means just meting it out to only Indians. You people are the worst of the worst. What annoys me most is that our government is not doing anything to pay back everything here in our country.

Na only Okocha i wan watch.

bigfrancis21:
The 40% estimated population is just about right. You can deny that all day but the reality of Lagos points to that up to the extent that Oba Rilwan was scared that the Igbo population could vote in the PDP candidate, Agbaje, against the Yoruba preferred candidate. Yes it's that real.

Igbos being in Lagos political power or not does not negate their population in Lagos. Just as it is in other Nigerian states, the power of the state lies in some select group of people.

I think a 40% population is stretching it to far. yes, Igbos are very relevant in Lagos as far as population is concerned. But i will think thaat Yorubas makeup atleast 50% of the population, leaving the remaining half to other groups to share, so i'll peg the Igbo population to be something around 20-25% leaving the remaining half for the Hausas and other minority tribes to share.

RockHard:
Bro, no one is doubting that igbos are in different parts of Nigeria, the contention is how many are they in those places. I just gave you an estimated breakdown of their numbers in the SW for example. Often times they may not even number up to 10,000 sef in many cases but are usually visible due to their trading activities. They often gather for their customary meetings wherever you find them and in such cases they usually don't number up to a hundred let alone a thousand. Bottomline is that they exaggerate their population outside their SE base.

I liken it to the false perception that most Nigerians have about dstv for instance. A lot of people would probably be shocked to realize that the cable company has just a paltry 1.5-miion total subscribers in Nigeria (out of close to 200-million folks, even though it generally seems like half of the Nigerian population are subscribers of the service by now. In a nutshell, perception doesn't always equal reality.

Between hausas and Igbos, who do you think is more visible due to their trading activities? Forget the fact that when you find yourself in any major market in Nigeria, you have areas dominated by Igbos. Those are just traders. Let's not forget the Igbos who integrate into the community and are not visible. They go to the same churches and schools that everyone goes to. They live in 3 bedroom flats in every major cities in the country. Their names might be henry or Joseph or Mary instead of Uche or Ngozi. You don't have Hausas as cosmopolitan as that.

YonkijiSappo:
How can Ikwerre constitute over half of Rivers state? Are you familiar with the demographics of rivers state at all?
Rivers state has Igbos, Ogonis, and Ijaws as majority groups. With smaller groups accross the state as well as Immigrant groups such as Ibibios, Yorubas, Hausas, Urhobos, Edos, Middle belt tribes etc

This was the 2011 estimated population of each of those LGAs

PHLGA - 638,360
Obio Akpor - 548,030

(Mind You, PHLGA and Obio Akpor is a Potpourri of South South tribes and various other groups from accross Nigeria, but I will give Igbos 100% there for the sake of argument)

Oyigbo - 148,560

Opubo-Nkoro is not an Igbo Local government but mixed. But let me give it to you

Opobo-Nkoro - 181,150

Andoni is not an Igbo LGA, and i won't give you that.

Bonny is an Ijaw LGA with some Igbo elements - I will once again give you that

Bonny - 254,000
Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni - 335,790
Ikwerre - 223,940
Etche - 296,250
Omumma - 118,990

TOTAL = 2,745,070

Out of an estimated 2011 Rivers population of 6,162,100

How in the world is a 44.5% a majority? even with all the LG additions I did and the assumtion that PHLGA and Obio are 100% Igbo.
Mind you, in reality, the Igbo population of rivers would be closer to 2.1million or 34.5%, (I added Emohua for u. An Ikweere LGA that you didn't include among the igbo lgas). A similar proportion to their share of population in Delta state.

This number is around the same population of Yorubas in Kwara.

Dude, i don't know what you're on about but if we're to consider Igboid groups such as Ikwerre and their likes as part of the Igbo population, they can't be anything less than 60% of the state. Apart from Ikwerres that are the majority in Rivers state, you have groups such as Etche and Omuma. You also have ONELGA made up of Ogba, Ndoni and Egbema people. Let's not forget the Ndokis. Btw, i'm not eve adding Ekpeye or those places with a mix of Igbo and Ijaw (Bonny/Opobo etc).

In Delta state, the indegenous Igbo population is usually pegged at 25-30%. Then when we add the igbos from east of the Niger who have emigrated to places like Asaba, Warri, Sapele, Agbor etc, we can safely say they makeup about 35% of the population of Delta state. That's been fair imo.

In Lagos, it depends on which census figure you choose to use. But Igbos are a very visible minority in Lagos. After the Yorubas they makeup nothing less than 15-25% of the population which is impressive for people who are not indegenous to the place.

Apart from these places, the other places with large Igbo population is kano and Kaduna. I don't think they're up to a million in these places but they have an impressive representation numbering hundreds of thousand especially in kano where a particular part of the town is designated for them.

in other states of the federation we can peg them at 50,000 on the average.

RockHard:
Outside perhaps Lagos which is actually a potpourri of ethnicities, nowhere else outside Igboland and maybe Delta state do Igbos have populations as much as a million. #Fact

Fayose once said publicly said there are close to 30,000 igbos in Ekiti (the smallest state in the SW), they can't be more than 30,000 -50,000 max or thereabout in Osun (if not lesser), maybe anywhere between 30,000 - 50,000 (max) of them in each of the remaining Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, and Kwara states as well. These are states that have an estimated total population of between 3 - 10million each. Altogether they are most definitely far from being up to 1-million of them residing in the SW states outside Lagos (yes, I know they like throwing around 'millions' here and there but that's just them doing their usual unsubstantiated chest-beating). I laughed when I once read about some igbos in Benue who said they are a marginalized minority in the state, yet they claimed to be more than a million in population in Benue. . Abeg if they are that many in Benue where would that leave the Tivs, Idomas and other major natives of the state? What is the overall population of Benue? Na just their usual penchant for throwing around 'millions'.

Now, I don't know about their population in the Northern states put together but it certainly can't be more than probably 1-million max.

Apart from south east states, states with atleast a million Igbos are Lagos, Delta and Rivers state. Btw, having 30k population in a state that has a little over 1 million people is not beans. Now, compare with the population of Yorubas in non Yoruba states.

I thinkk this thread is one of those threads where we just entertain ourselves with. One thing i actually believe is that Hausa is not the most populous ethnicity is Nigeria because in most censors, tehy're always merged with the Fulanis. I think it's between Igbos and Yorubas but considering the population of Igbos outside their native land, im more inclined to give it to them.

adorablepepple:
Calm down why are you angry? Is it your boxing

Is it your destiny?

That's how you people will send people to their early graves. From the look of things, the kind was fighting softly in order not to damage the girl's destiny. For the girl mind na, she don graduate from fighting with girls, now na boy level she dey. One dey she go meet one guy wey no get joy, wey go help her reset her destiny and future in a single punch which will put her at a temporary disillusionment that will last for 7 days. Only then will she know tat khaki and leather no be mate.

kogistar:
“The magnanimity of Itsekiri in allowing Igbos celebrate the Igbo Cultural Day in our land should not be taken for granted as we urge IPOB to de-list Itsekiri territories and Warri areas from its proposed map.”

I was actually going to ignore this plea by this Itshekiri group until i saw the last paragraph. I'm not sure of which Igbo day they're referring to but if they're talking about the Igbo day that held in Asaba some 2 years ago then that group must be made up f moronic dingbats. When did Asaba become itsekiri land bikonu. Like i said, i hope that's not what they're referring to.

Like i keep saying there's no oficial Biafran map. people are just drawing maps all over the place to massage their personal utopian dreams. It's not in any way official. Even IPOB is not an official group. It's just one of theose groups. An official group is one which is setup by the powers that be in the east and that is when the major political leaders who are currently elected come to support the Biafan course.

ImadeUReadThis:
I never said he is from Ogun but stated that he has confined himself to his country home in Osun

Which country home? The one you built for him in Osun. Accept that you made a mistake and stop grasping at straws.

RaggedyAnn:
These people have started again with their wrong spelling.......

ATTENTION PLEASE!

IT IS NOT: DEBBIE-RISE
IT IS NOT: DABIE-RISE
IT IS NOT: DEBBY-RISE OR DEBBY-RICE
IT IS NOT: DERBIE-RISE
IT IS NOT: DEBI-RISE

THE CORRECT AND ONLY ACCEPTABLE SPELLING IS: DEBIE-RISE

Send: VOTE DEBIE-RISE to 32052, don't add anything else to the text. No #BBNaija, No 'from funky-babe', No 'from Lasgidi', No 'I Vote my sweetie Debie-Rise', Nothing!

PLEASE, MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT
#RISENATION

This sh1t is funny

ImadeUReadThis:
1. Prof Wole Soyinka

From shouting Chanji to not promising to tear his green card, the Prof has become unusually quiet these days after seeing first hand the nonsense he helped put in Aso Rock. Wole Soyinka has finally come to his end nowadays as he restricts himself to his Osun forest home sampling wines and hunting Guinea fowls.

He's from ogun state and not Osun. Get your facts right.

laudate:
It probably sounds similar to when an Izzi man from Ebonyi is speaking his dialect to an Onitsha man from Anambra, who would find it difficult to understand him, even though they are both Igbo. I had two room mates at uni, from these states who did not understand each other's dialects.

I'll actually like to know if there's any such thing as central Igala just like central Igbo becus ethe Izzi man can communicate in central Igbo to the Onitsha man and vice versa. is there any such relationship between an Igala person from Anambra and one from Northern Igala?

@klinee, HisMajesty1

I never experred it.

What he actually said is "It's not my pot".

pocohantas:
LOL, she is beautiful...very beautiful dark skinned lady. I love her lips too. I guess she has the right to criticise Bisola's tummy, hers is better.

She never hustle reach Bisola, so why she no go dey very beautiful. Lol.

fratermathy:
Even you too?

So you are telling me you are not aware that IPOB's official map covers Urhoboland in Delta State?

Or has IPOB officially debunked the map?

Continue. No problem.

Let me correct some impression that some people have.

IPOB is not the official body of Biafran matters. MASSOB was there before IPOB. These are just bodies that fighting towards the same goal, though how they choose to go about it is not exactly the same. There's no prooof that the map you just provided is the official map of Biafra (Whatever that even means). Even if it is, like i said, IPOB is noot the official body for Biafran affairs. Different people and groups present what they think is the map of Biafra but that doesn't make the map accurate. Infact, there's no accurate map for Biafra until a referendum is carried out. So, it's not wise to just pick a map and claim that Igbos are trying to drak Urhobo land into Biafra.

I apologize if my previous comment came out a little strong.