₦airaland Forum

sweetonugbu:
This next level is very very tough on Nigerians.

yet the Mr next level is seeking for r third term

finaly01:
Revered clergyman and one of the most accurate Prophets presently in Africa, His Excellency Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, has revealed what lies ahead of Yoruba race in Nigeria before the demise of Ooni of Ife, HRM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11.
The Prophet who is the founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Iyana Isolo, Ejigbo, Lagos State and has been credited with many accurate prophecies said this during his last Church service held hours ago that, "quote me anywhere, there will be a Yoruba nation before the demise of Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi Enitan."
He said, "I'm not just saying it. I am telling you this authoritatively as an ambassador of God that before the king joins his ancestors, Yoruba nation will emerge from the present day Nigeria."
This is not the first time Primate Elijah Ayodele will make controversial prophecies like this, he once said before the 2019 general elections in Nigeria that Senator Bukola Saraki is the only PDP candidate that can wrestle power from President Mohammed Buhari if given the party's ticket to run.
He also told Osun State Senator, Ademola Adeleke, in a widely publiscised broadcast that he can never become the governor of State of Osun and it came to past.
With this recent proclamation, do you see a possible Yoruba nation, or it's another diarrhea of the mouth. What is or are thoughts?

waiting for one nigerianist to invade this thread like swam of bees...jumps out thread

MelesZenawi:
Are you okay?

oh you are not dead yet

MelesZenawi:
You can't be from east and also from south south.


Speak for yourself before looking for who to drag with you.

it seems the term south east and south south is trigerring some sort of cardiac disaster in you guys heart..oya take am.SOUTH EAST,SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH...SOUTH EAST SOUTH SOUTH....OYA GO ABD DIE.

ddippset:
Am a Christian and Wike should stop disgraing us abeg.

Tying Christianity to rivers state is like tying Christianity to cultism, kidnapping, prostitution, bunkering, militancy, ritual killing to Christianity.

Rivers state is one of the biggest crime places in Nigeria and this man proudly keeps on tying it to Chrstianity.

Is he thinking at all?

iI know you were still sucking when majority of the core north states declared sharia,you were still struggling with pencils when sharia was mentioned in the constitution more than any christian normencleture..you are too young to see how Muslims openly segregate christian minorities up north claiming their states are meant for muslins alone..but you choose to defend what you are too young to understand..a least ask elders for direction before you comment on this forum

Yebosola:
All the posters above are pure hypocrites, the VP post they forget, NO LEFLENDUM, NO ERECTION, shouting Atikutation, Obituary up-and-down . Oh is now VP Administration ; Hypocrite kill you there. Or was it another VP post of Biafra land then

of its your mess so clear it...besides thee.s.s is still waiting for you to bail sowore,they are tired of feeding him beans and saw dust,..sorry ijebu garrison.

YorubaPrince:

another carrier sited, this one needs to be quarantined before he adds to the already bad situation..igboohobia is the lattest disease ravaging the flood infested republic of the South West.

johnmartus:
There's a speculation about Osinbajo being persecuted by Buhari . Which is a blatant lie and
Mere speculation. But despite this some igbo folks open different threads celebrating the maltreated against the vice president.

afoñjas and there obsession with Igbo's is taking a dangerous crescendo..its high time we make it a national emergency on the igboohobia disease ravaging the entire south west.

tartar9:
You want it to be situated in the SE where the tracks will be stolen overnight

is this stupidity or witchcraft?

johnmartus:
I think Because of tribalism that run in the vain of Innoson that's the major reason he built his company to an unpopular location such as Anambra. For instance ogun state hosting a major multi national companies in Nigeria and their headquarters located at lagos .
Sincerely if innoson build his company in southwest the company will move forward and many will patronize the company more than his expectation. As we all know that environment can be a problem for a business owners sometime in the case of Innoson.

meeeeeen I never knew you are this intelligent..I agree with you even for Toyota,Nissan,and Honda to make progress they must relocate to Ogun but tribalism will not allow them,Hyundai and dawoo should move to Ibadan and nercedez ,BMW,and Volvo must relocate to illeisha for good recognition...Peugeot and rolls Royce should stop wasting there time in France and Britain were there is no GDP to buy cars but rather Oshogbo that has the highest GDP in Africa should be there home....now I know amala and ewedu should come under lab scrutny cos I am now convinced that those delicasies are conterminated with chemicals that boost brain development.

Prompto:
No peace for the wicked as this lunatic truncated the democracy n regionalism that fuel the growth of Nigeria to become giant of Africa so must his entire lineage be truncated one by one.

disadvantages of free quantity education.

jesmond3945:
you know the present security prevalent in our time, used all over the world to secure all 'securable' based on RSA and the Elliptic curve cryptography would be broken in polynomial time by a Quantum computer once it comes on board. Right now the quantum computer only computes quantum annealing but not the real computing. So a hacker with a quantum computer can bring down the whole of CBN but there are some crypto primitives that can resist the attack of a quantum computer which is called post quantum cryptography.

my brother thanks for this but I want to know what it takes to be a oractioner in this field and what will it cost to be a cyber security operative

MelesZenawi:
But on a serious note Yorubas and hausa fulay has so much in common aside religion.


This is a fact that can't be disputed.


These two understand themselves perfectly well and can make a good country been together..


Nice one Miyetti Allah..... keep the love rolling.
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am personally saving this post of yours as a reminder to on the day you will wail more than Bob Marley,shout more than dmx,and dress like bobrisky to escape from this thread on that day.

aolawale025:
This sort of talk makes the one Nigeria meaningless
For jus how long must the country be held to ransom

The iidiot has made a speech that contradicted your interest all of a sudden you lots crictisise him..but this is the same tramadol infested idiot that insulted the entire southeast out of his deranged mentality you yotubas wereoraising him to high heavens.
The fact remains that this idiot is by far speaking the minds of the average northern stock and painfully southern folks are only united for the hatred of the Igbo's and blinded from seeing the big picture on the reality on ground behind the Igbo's secidsion agenda cos as long as you continue with your blind DND sheepish followershio to this bunch of retards up north your future remains bleek and you make sure you tell your children the truth on how you willingly sold there future to the north and how you refuse to stand with the Igbo's ehenthey rejected slavery .

Senator Abaribe’s speech in Mississippi USA.
on the Igbo, Kanu, Biafra and Nigeria:
(Long read)

"What I will say here today may come as a surprise to many of you. For those that I will rub the wrong way, I apologize in advance.
However, "NDIGBO si na owu onye nke mmadu na ghu ya ahu na agbata ukwu". If I fail to say the truth about the existential challenges that we face today in our country Nigeria, and how we believe we should face them, then I would not be true to myself and to you who sent me to represent you in the red chamber.
From the Past to Today.
1970
We can situate our position today following the end of the civil war in 1970. Igbo's in 1970 were impoverished having lost an estimated 3m Igbo souls in the war, with a ruined and destroyed landscape and infrastructure. Every Igbo man/woman with savings in the banks before the outbreak of hostilities were pauperized as the military government decreed that one would only get 20 pounds notwithstanding the amount you had. The indigenization decree was passed in 1972 and no Igbo could participate since all had been reduced to penury.
2017
Today the Igbo have the largest pool of educated Nigerians. In 2007, Imo State had more subscribers to the JAMB UTME exams than the 19 Northern States put together. In 2017, 56% of of NYSC members are from the South East. Our feat in education means that we now have the army to win the war of competition in a market driven economy. Since 1999, the south east states have been the best in all exams.
The largest group of direct domestic investors in Nigeria are from the south east. Igbo investments in property in Abuja alone probably has more than any other ethnic group. We are the most travelled in Nigeria. In all parts of Nigeria after the indigenous population, Igbo's are the next largest group. We are the largest propertied class of all ethnic groups in Nigeria and despite all this confusion, we have grown the most economically since the inception of the current democracy in Nigeria. We have the richest and largest pool of Nigeria diaspora population.
Taking an example of Lagos state, Ndigbo form a large proportion of the economy of the state. We created the following from nothing;
Computer Village in Ikeja.
Ladipo Spare Parts market.
Alaba Electronic Market.
Balogun Int'l Market.
Balogun (Trade Fair) International Market
Aspamda market in Festac.
Orile Market for house fittings & appliances etc
All second hand clothing markets in Lagos. About 4 markets
The combined turnover daily of these markets run into billions daily. Lagos state benefits by collecting taxes and now its economy contributes 56% of all VAT collected in Nigeria.
Above scenario is replicated in most big cities in Nigeria. Go to Kano, Port Harcourt, Benin City, Kaduna, Sokoto, not to talk of Abuja. Ndigbo are very large players in the economy of all parts of Nigeria.
I will return to this.
The ALLURE of BIAFRA
So the question is, given all the advantages that we as Ndigbo have in Nigeria, why the clamour by our youths and others for a separate state of Biafra?
The present agitation in the SouthEast for a sovereign state of Biafra seems very tempting under the prevailing circumstance given the manifest sectional approach to governance at the center. To some especially the youth and the disadvantaged it is the way to go and when viewed critically you cannot help but to agree with the agitators. Of a truth there is an obvious feeling of alienation within the Nigerian state today. But has this always been the case? Apart from the civil war and the pernicious policies of the military regimes, we have not fared badly during civil rule until presently.
Given that following the civil war, there seemed to have been a glass ceiling in certain professions in Nigeria where it looked as if Igbo should not aspire to. In the police, military etc. But we can posit this as the lingering effects of the war where the victor in a war finds it very difficult to fully integrate the other part they fought with into all areas. In the US for example, i understand that it took a very long time for someone from the southern part of the US several decades after the civil war which they lost to break the stranglehold of the north for the presidency of the US. (Correct me if I'm wrong).
But come to think of it, Dr Alex Ekwueme became the Vice President of Nigeria barely 9 years after the civil war. The glass ceiling was on its way to being broken! The military interregnum from 1993 led by the same Muhammadu Buhari put a hold on this. In the US, Germany, Japan and other climes deliberate policies were used by governments to build stronger ties among groups and opposing tendencies. This helped to forge a bond within their nations. Nigeria seemed to think that a policy of benign neglect will resolve our problems. Of course it didn't and that's why we are seeing a resurgence of separatist agitation going on all over the country.
Fast forward to the civil rule era starting from 1999. Nobody would accuse Presidents Obasanjo, late Yar'adua, or Jonathan of what seemed like sectionalism as state policy. A look at the pattern of appointments by President Obasanjo evinced the fact of an all inclusive government from all parts of the country. Same as President Yar'adua. President Jonathan took it a step further by appointing the first Igbo chief of army staff, first Igbo secretary to the federal government, coordinating minister for the economy etc.
In fact, one of the criticisms we face today in Nigeria is to explain why should this agitation for separation be under President Buhari when it was not done under the previous administration? However, that criticism is not true. Recall that under President Obasanjo and Yar'adua there was Massob which was managed much better than today.
However, you will recall that when this government came into place, President Buhari went to the US where he made a most unfortunate statement that was widely condemned at that time. He reportedly said that he doesn't need to bother about the 5% that didn't vote for him but will rather concern himself with the 97% that voted for him.
I had at the time the statement was made raised concern that such declaration from an elected President sounds discriminatory and may create the impression that our elected President Buhari is sending a message to those who didn't vote for him that he will be partial in his decision making.
Unfortunately, it seems also that the people who are in and around the president didn't advise him properly. They left him to make appointments and take decisions that gave the impression that there are some parts of the country that are not supposed to be part of Nigeria. Little wonder that our youths feeling left out and not having anything to give them hope in Nigeria, started believing that a separate country would be better. But I say it is NOT. I will come to this later.
I recall that in November of 2016, after seeing how things were going, the South East caucus of the Senate sought for and got an appointment with the President Buhari. Our discussion centered on the south East perception of not being part of this administration thereby giving rise to our people feeling disconnected from the government. We pointed out that it should be a cause for concern if a major part of the country is not represented in the security architecture of the country in addition to other critical sectors from the inception of the administration. We were promised that our concerns would be looked into. Sadly, this was not done till today.
Our country Nigeria is supposed to be for inclusion; for making sure that everyone makes his or her input into its affairs. Allowing such fairness and equity to prevail in a plural society like ours will make us a bigger and better nation. Today that is not the case. Either as a deliberate act as it seems or a willful omission geared towards achieving a pre-determined goal, Ndigbo have been pushed to the fringes of the Nigerian Union in so many ways by the present government. The unfortunate scenario is enough for one to ask the hypothetical question....why am I here?
WHAT ALTERNATIVES
As much as the music of separatism stirs the soul, one must ask the question; Is relapsing into a sovereign state of Biafra the optimum option or is it a restructuring of the state such that all the federating units would have greater autonomy in the mould of a near quasi self determination the better option?
When these two options are posed; a sovereign state of Biafra or restructured Nigeria, the position of most Nigerians as of today is for the latter.
Apart from the problem of even determining the boundaries of the state of Biafra and the multifarious and multifaceted problems a simplistic solution such as Biafra poses, perhaps it makes more sense for those who have tasted war to be a little more discerning when matters affecting their race comes up in Nigeria. Nigerians have been known to come together to use the Igbo head to break coconuts (apologies to late Abiola).
Despite the problems that befell the Yoruba race following the annulment of the June 12 elections, they didn't seek to break out out of Nigeria despite some of them calling for an Oduduwa country. They simply used the sympathies of other Nigerians to create an economic haven for themselves which has led to massive relocation of industries by all Nigerians to Lagos and Ogun States. They also got the Presidency of Nigeria.
Our brothers from the Niger Delta have not sought to go away either. They also got the Presidency of Nigeria. However we seem to be in the unfortunate position of seeming to drag the Niger Delta into a Biafra unwanted by them.
The agitation for Biafra and how it was being prosecuted by IPOB has rather elicited hate and disdain for our people from other ethnic groups notwithstanding that they may have been nursing such tendencies.
The agitation as championed by IPOB somehow gave muscle to traditional traducers of Ndigbo to spew out hate and envious vituperations. This was exemplified by the October 1st quit notice given to Igbos to leave the North by the so-called Arewa youths which persons are yet to be arrested for hate speech and breaching the law. They claimed to be responding to our own hate speeches etc. Indeed, other people seem to want to see us fall into the trap for them to use us to solve their own problems with Nigeria.
That notwithstanding, we as political leaders from the South East were unequivocal in asserting that that the rights of Ndigbo to peaceful and democratic engagements must be respected. On this score we made it clear that no amount of threat will cow Ndigbo from consistently demanding for an equitable, fair and just society within the Nigerian State. We also cautioned our youths on their vituperative calls and employed the Igbo concept of "bu uzo chu fuo Ufu, tutu ta wa Okuko uta"! This of course was misunderstood by other Nigerians as support rather than constructive engagement.
WHY NOT BIAFRA?
We believe that the best way to go given our situation today is to look before we leap. We must not be pushed to abandon our huge contribution to the modern Nigerian state. As we pointed out in the beginning of this paper, Ndigbo have been the single ethnic group that have welded the country Nigeria together given our way of life as sojourners everywhere in Nigeria, West Africa, Africa and the world. I dare say that we make up to 50% or more of Nigerians in the US.
The question is why would we look to confine ourselves to a small landlocked entity when we have the whole of Nigeria to cavort in?
I have deliberately left out of this discussion the practical impossibility of even getting our brothers from the Niger Delta to go with us in this quest. Not to talk of the Idoma or the Kogi that we insist are part of us.
One thing seems to elude our people when these questions are posed. We look at the determination of the present government to treat us dismissively and feel that it is well nigh an impossible task to get our wish for a just society but we fail to look at the historical evidence before us.
When the 97% vs 5% controversy erupted, I told our people that my people the Ngwa says that "Ohu afor abughi ndu ebighi ebi". Governments come and go. PDP government lost election and quit the stage for this APC government. Who says they cannot also lose? Why are we then acting as if it's the end of the world? The maximum any government can stay is two term totaling 8yrs. "Obughi ndu ebighi ebi"!
Restructuring is an idea whose time has come and it will happen.
Biafra should be a last option, only after every other avenue to realize a restructured Nigeria where every component part is allowed a measure of autonomy and self determination fails.
Let me state here that if the dominant views in Nigeria is for restructuring, then that should be the minimum that Ndigbo should demand, so that every component part of this country can substantially harness its resources and develop at its own pace.
Do not forget that the breached Aburi accord was about restructuring and today this call has garnered overwhelming momentum even from quarters that hitherto opposed it. Just recently former President Ibrahim Babangida, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and lately Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and a host of others have joined the fray. Restructuring has become a singsong which we must explore vigorously. Even the ruling APC has set up a committee led by Governor el-Rufai to bring about a considered view on it. Forget the fact that it was part of their manifesto. The fact is that the discussion is on, as it should be.
I recall that in August, the Igbo political elite, Ohaneze, Governors, National Assembly Caucus met in Enugu and affirmed that the terms of our marriage in Nigeria is stifling to everybody and therefore we must have another look at it.
That position has not changed but has in fact been reinforced by the agreement by other parts of Nigeria that it is time to look at the matter as evidenced by the South West Political Summit where they endorsed restructuring back to the 1963 constitution.
To me the strident calls by IPOB for a referendum should be seen as a legitimate demand to compel the state to see the urgency of having a second look at our marriage, with the ultimate aim of enthroning equity and fairness, where our people will no longer be treated as second class citizens in Nigeria.
Though the methods may be misconstrued, the true colour of the agitation would have come out had there been a concerted effort at dialogue. The agitations gives fillip to the Igbo idiom..."Ma Opara emeghi nkpotu, agaghi ilughi ya Nwanyi ".
Our people are saying this union is stifling us, and we are making a lot of noise so we can find a solution.
The solution I think can be found in a restructured Nigeria. The beauty of it is that while we can enjoy near wholesale autonomy, our people as itinerant business people could have an unrestrained space in a larger market provided by a united Nigeria.
We should not be swayed by what we think is the attraction of an exclusive opportunity to be provided by a sovereign Biafra. No. That would box us into a tiny corner which has its own challenges which would prove overwhelming as time goes on. This is a topic for another day.
DIASPORA IGBOS AND US.
One of the problems those of us who attempt to show a direction to our people at home is the near universal disdain that some of our brother Ndigbo in Diaspora have for our leaders and elected representatives at home.
Nowhere is it more apposite than in this matter of Biafra agitation. While some of our brothers/sisters here in the comfort of their homes seems to urge our youths through their utterances and actions to use unconstitutional means and disparage other ethnic groups that which actions seems to alienate us from our neighbors and the Nigerian State, we the leaders at home have been been left with the task of intervening in such a manner to dissuade the government from deploying the coercive instruments of state against the agitators. The aim was to stop bloodshed and waste of human lives. We have lost enough from the civil war. Those egging our youths on from here do not seem to appreciate this fact.
Most distressing is the labeling of those who disagree with their positions as "cowards, saboteurs, Hausa slaves etc". This tends to discourage those who genuinely strive to lead our people through a very distressing period in our history as a nation.
Nnia Nwodo as President of Ohaneze has been vilified for taking a stand for restructuring in Nigeria for Ndigbo, a position agreed by all of us in the earlier summit I referenced.
Governors come in for bashing everyday.
As for us legislators, we have been called all sorts of names such as 'legislooters' etc.
Yet, when it came to taking a stand at ground zero, to bail Kanu; to reject the Fed Govt ascribing Terrorism to IPOB, we are the people doing so and we never hesitated to say that agitation in every clime is constitutional. We take the bullets from other ethnic groups and the government for standing firm and demanding that Nigerians should be left to talk to each other about the best way forward without preconditions.
We would use this opportunity plead with our internet warriors who stay here in their comfort zone here that our Igbo say, "ma Opara nzuzu adighi nwuo, Opara ma izu aga beghi ibichi ezi".
SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
Why are we not Investing at Home
Lack of Infrastructure. Should we continue to blame the Fed Govt for the dilapidated infrastructures in Ala Igbo? What of our home governments in Igbo States? Sam Mbakwe of blessed memory did not wait for the Fed Govt before undertaking massive rebuilding of old IMO State. We think that we have not given our best to our people with the little we got. Insecurity. Nowhere have we hurt ourselves and investment in Ala Igbo than in the insecurity pervading all parts of our homeland. Of course the latest imbroglio in Abia especially in Aba and Umuahia has worsened matters. We run the risk of undoing all the efforts made in promoting 'made in Aba' that we had embarked on as a catalyst for growth in Ala Igbo. Industries have relocated from Ala Igbo to other parts of Nigeria especially Lagos and Ogun States because of the very serious insecurity such as kidnappining and armed robbery faced by those who invest at home. We cannot be looking for investors and yet make our place not conducive to investment. Unemployment is the single biggest problem we have in Ala Igbo today. Before this time due to our domestic investments and industry, this was not a very big problem but due to the dis-investment going on today in Ala Igbo today we are faced with a existential problem in our hand. Diaspora Igbo's have to assist us to also invest at home despite the problems and reduce the unemployment in Ala Igbo. Once we get Ala Igbo right the frustrations that fuel the agitation in ala Igbo will be dampened. What we have playing out in the world today is a knowledge economy. Oil is going out of fashion. As I pointed out earlier, we are poised through out educational exploits in Nigeria to dominate the economy of tomorrow. Why would we turn a blind eye to this emerging scenario?In ending let me quote what the great son of Igbo land, the great Zik of Africa said about himself...."despite the mythic heights to which he was raised, Azikiwe was nothing if not pragmatic, a realist, always conscious of his limits and ever eager to extract all that was possible from that limited horizon"

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Rekhina:
It amazes me nigerdelta goes against Yorubas and stand with igbos on Facebook and Twitter ,but come to nairaland u will see a Buffon claiming urhobo with so much hate for igbos

most are not actually Niger dektans but Yoruba imposters..its now crystal clear that the igbosare the most dependable ally to the nigerdelta than the Yoruba's so no right thinking Niger deltan will see what is hapeni g and still talk I'll of the Igbo's..yes its through Igbo's have there shortcomings likewise no tribe is perfect but believe me in words and in actions the Igbo's have demonstrated there friendship to the Niger delta nation beyond reasonable doubt.
To the topic this is one of the most brilliant idea on the issue of freedom I have ever come across and I will like the leaders of ipob and other Niger delta freedom fighters to take a look at this frame work and work out a good two state solution mechanism for the emancipation of the greater south with mutual cooperation and respect..I think the idea of a state of Biafra and a Niger delta republic existing side by side sounds good to me.

MetaPhysical:
Birom will counter-retaliate.

is this what you call retaliate? Then its better you don't.

[quote author=ursullalinda post=82793971]He is so notorious @ such a young age. At what did he start committing crime? Parents needs to sit up on parenting things are really falling apart[/qu you can say that again..The kachi nwalolo was a very small boy I knew in my neighbourhood.. His father was a non bus loader before he died..He married three wife's amongst whom give birth to the notorious bandilt.He had a poor upbringing as the father did not find time for them and the mum always hustling as she is know food vendor operator.
Kachi a Some point dropped out of school and started hustling at the ekeonuwa market but the suffered the same faith with what kaka lamented.He was most times intimidated by a non member called capinto who presently is on exile for a crime he committed in owerri.
Kachi out of anger joined the junior vikings confraternity and that's it,he started manifesting ruggedity more than those already in the system,instead of returning to his shop took to petty thief to full time robbery..he was responsible for the death of a lady in Douglas road,a guy shot dead at 4040 night club,in fact countless other hits both in the name of his vikings fraternity and conventional robbery.]

Chukwurah003:
That’s the plain truth

will you concure if the governors who took over from APC governors make such statement's?

AFRICA’S DEPENDENT ‘INDEPENDENCE’

Few weeks ago, I came across a troubling publication from a German Newspaper in which empirical, irrefutable evidences surfaced, of the generational exploitation of the AFRICAN continent in Facts & Figures.

Turned out the so-called ‘Independence’ across Africa was nothing but a Sham.

It was the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 that granted Colonial (colonized) countries & peoples ‘Independence’ from colonial masters. The Resolution was adopted on December 5, 1960. 89 countries voted in favor. None voted against. But France, Australia, United Kingdom, Union of South Africa (Apartheid Regime), Dominican Republic, Portugal, SPAIN, & Belgium all abstained from voting.

Despite abstaining from voting, France allowed its 14 colonies in Africa to claim and celebrate ‘independence.’ But behind the scenes, France secretly signed an agreement known as “Pact for the Continuation of Colonization” with all these countries (its 14 colonies in Africa): Togo West AFRICA, Republic du BENIN, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Senegal, Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Chad & Niger Republic

By virtue of the so called PACT, these AFRICAN countries are ‘perpetually’ compelled to annually store up 85% of their Foreign Exchange Reserves in Banque de France, Paris - under the strict control of the French Treasury. These countries concerned do not have any form of access to said 85% of their own reserve. It belongs exclusively to France!

But then, it gets even more interesting. Because these countries are left with just 15% of their reserves, which of course will do them no good, they are then compelled to return to the French treasury with their begging troughs, asking to borrow. When France lends to them, it does so at market rates and with interest. Automatically, they start owing France from that moment on, because they keep borrowing and never able to pay up.

This is the story of how AFRICAN nations came to be known as “Debtor Nations”. They are made debtors over their own monies and treasures.

Any new president in these AFRICAN nations who fails to ratify the “Colonization Pact” is either ousted through a coup or simply killed.

Over the past 50 years, there have been 67 coup d’etat in about 26 African countries. 16 of these 26 countries were were former colonies of France.

The first president of Togo, Burkina Faso, BENIN Republic, Central African Republic, Mali, etc. all suffered similar fate for daring to challenge France’s broad daylight robbery of their country’s national treasure.

Subsequently, Presidents are too afraid to put up any resistance, so they just let their nations die and their people perish in poverty as France feeds fat on their resources. These obedient presidents stay on in power for as long as it takes. Eyadema died in power, Omar Bongo died in power. PAUL Biya is still there after about 4 decades and the story is the same across board.

Annually, France robs these AFRICAN nation’s of about 440 billion Euros, cumulatively!

It’s called Colonial Tax, according to France. France said the countries involved must pay it for colonizing them, insisting they (France) built lots of infrastructure in those nations during the colonial days and so they have to pay and keep paying till eternity!

This is just France. But all of them - the colonials, especially those who refused to vote in favor of ending colonization, all of them are the same! Like French colonies in Africa, British colonies like Nigeria, Ghana, etc. face the same fate. What this means for Nigeria is that out of all the trillions of dollars made from Nigeria’s natural resources, only as little as 3% or at most 5% in royalties is what about 200 million people will have to put up with. And you wonder why the 6th largest oil exporter on earth is at the same time the poverty capital of the world. It’s an oxymoron.

At the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Ghanaian President Nana Akufo Addo spoke about the damning report of a panel on the Illicit Flow of Funds from Africa, Chaired by the former president of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, which revealed that over US$50 billion gets siphoned out of Africa and unaccounted for, yearly! He charged the world to join hands and help “stop the RAPE of Africa”.

Former French President, Jacques Chirac (now late) said and I quote “Without [France’s exploitation of Africa], France will slide down into the rank of a third [world] power”

The former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh spoke of how his troubles began when he refused to accept 5% in Royalties on Gambia’s Natural Resources from colonizers (through their corporations). According to Jammeh, when he questioned the ridiculously low percentage royalty accorded his country over their own God-given natural resources, he was told that there were only three African countries that received more than 3% royalty on their natural resources. In other words, the 5% he was being offered was the highest offer on the continent and there were no more than three countries that were so privileged. His jaws dropped, and he told them “Not here! You’re in the wrong country”. Shortly after, they got rid of him and got their man in there - someone who would allow them take all and leave nothing behind. With a man like that (the new Gambian President) they can actually ensure he stays in power till his death.

So, where is the Independence? Where is the Freedom? Truth is, there’s none!

Africa is in more chains now than it was then. Africa is more in need of saviors now than it was back then. Africa is nowhere near Freedom. Yet, we have Independence - DEPENDENT INDEPENDENCE.

Hopefully, the generation that sets AFRICA free from this generational entrapment is yours and mine. We’ll keep HOPE alive!

- JOSEPH OKECHUKWU

Area4Area:
Then why calling out the one Nigeria Igbos earlier? You preach hate and what do you expect in return, kisses and hugs?

yes they preach hate and they deserve to be hated according to you..OK, the ones that didn't preach hate but actual comitte ethnic cleansing and still pretend to preach peace deserves your hug and kisses from your dirty mouth...may you never receive sense.

Binikingdowm:
Igbo man? Lmao never

its your type that give Igbo's the reason to leave this country?what sin has the Igbo's committed that the Hausa Fulani has not committed?the last time I checked a certain ethnic group has slaughtered 30 thousand Nigerians with obviously your kinsmen inclusive and yet you fight yourself dirty to make sure they continue ruling you.
Yet out if cowardice you can never muster the courage to say they should not rule but you will find your voice when it comes to Igbo affairs...shame on you.

Frankdoz5:
Sowore may have been inspired by Nnamdi kanu, but one thing he fails to understand is while kanu was backed by his people, his yaribansa people can not be trusted, chameleons!

hmm yorobanza I love the sound of that.

uche87:
Let me start this article with a very short story about a personal experience. One day, I was at a bar at the Festac Town area of Lagos State in 2016 watching a football match when a potbellied full-figured man passionately unloading some empty bottles of alcohol started analyzing politics with his friends in a very distracting tone. His voice was so reverberating, and he reiterated his views with so much confidence. Gradually, he started to win over the attention of everybody including me. The latest way of winning or dominating arguments in such places is to shout on top of your voice and remain defiant even if you are not making sense. It works like magic.

"The solution to the problems of Nigeria is to gather all our leaders and set them on fire, burn them to ashes!" he echoed.

His friends whose eyes and brains must have been failing them gradually due to alcohol intake cheered him. As I walked home from the bar after the match that night, I thought about his extreme 'revolutionary solution' and disagreed fundamentally. For every corrupt politician that dies in Nigeria, there is a competent replacement amongst us, in fact, we have a clone or a replica. The Nigerian State is a reflection of its people. My usual prayer is that God should save Nigeria from Nigerians. A perfect example of such a cantankerous figure masquerading around as a freedom fighter, history maker and game-changer is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The South-easterners are very religious people; predominantly Christians and I believe they are special in the sight of God. Confirmation of my view is the failure of the secession cause of Nnamdi Kanu under the banner of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. If Biafra had worked, Nnamdi Kanu in the bid to reap the 'fruit of his labour' would have forced his way to the driver's seat and a fatal accident would have been the case. Biafra and South Sudan would have been competing for the best case study for why secession is never the solution to the challenges of a minority group in a country. I trust my colleagues in academia to jump on it and win awards with the research.

Nnamdi Kanu is a man of theatrics and he never fails to entertain. My problem is that his jokes are becoming too expensive and they have been taken too far. The world has seen 'good comedians' in politics. While some have failed, others have gone to achieve great things. The 41-year old president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky was a comedian and actor who brought his role in a movie to reality, beating a sitting president at the polls this year to gain power. He is presently reforming his country and commendably secured the release of some Ukrainian sailors detained by Russia. Others with clownish antics are President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and maybe President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. The 51-year old Nnamdi Kanu who has secured himself with a British passport is far below the class of these world leaders. He seems to be reading the playbook of a former Iraqi diplomat and politician, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf nicknamed Comical Ali who came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He successfully did a 'Lai Mohammed-like job' while he was the Iraqi Information Minister under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as a spokesperson for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government.

Nnamdi Kanu is quite smart but I must say he isn't smart enough. He understands how fragmented the Nigerian society is due to identity crisis. He knows how much we all play the victim card; every Nigeria feels cheated and has a justification for every unscrupulous act. He also knows trust in government is considerably low due to corruption over the years. He understands that there is always an information gap coupled with a high level of illiteracy and ineffective educational system. The loopholes are well exploited by him and he has been feeding fat on them making money from his sympathizers. Using the power of the new media, Kanu smartly leveraged on the secrecy of the medical treatment of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2017 at a London hospital to announce that he was dead. As his proclamation started to gather momentum, Buhari surfaced although looking like he just rose from the grave. Nnamdi Kanu must have felt disappointed but accepting defeat was not an option. He later went on to announce that Buhari was actually dead and the man that is the leader of Nigeria is one Jubril Al Sudani from Sudan, a body double in simple terms.

Kanu went on to make a series of YouTube videos buttressing his views and the blogs gave him the needed audience. The media system in Nigeria is so flawed and you have everybody competing for traffic and advertising revenue at all costs. Nobody really pays attention to credibility anymore and Kanu became an instant beneficiary. He pushed that Jubril narrative until it gained not only national attention but became a global issue.

The Vice President Atiku Abubakar must have been enjoying the hit on Buhari when Kanu attacked him and claimed he is a Cameroonian who isn't constitutionally qualified to be the president of Nigeria. That joke of a claim later ended in court with Buhari's lawyers alluding to that view probably as delay tactics.

Nnamdi Kanu urged IPOB supporters never to participate in the electoral process but in the last minute made a U-turn. Rumours have it that some political stakeholders cut a moneyed deal with him. According to analysts, Kanu's initial campaign for the boycott of elections accounted largely for the low turnout of voters during the 2018 presidential election in the South-east. He threatened most South-eastern governors with political annihilation but all that failed and his morale dropped. Kanu faded and started to feel irrelevant but later gained resurgence in a more dramatic and daring fashion.

His present charade is taking 'Biafra to the world'. He announced recently that he spoke to the European Union parliament in Brussels, Belgium and circulated his speech among mainstream media platforms. The Punch, Vanguard and The Guardian brazenly published it without due diligence. Till date, there is no video of Kanu meeting with the EU leaders, no photo-ops, no details of the event on the EU website and no information about the proceedings of such a gathering. In fact, the EU parliament never convened on the 10th of September which is the said date he allegedly delivered his speech. One wonders when the EU whose scope is largely economical with a focus on Europe has now developed an interest in local politics in Nigeria.

When questions were asked, his supporters photoshopped a picture of him purportedly delivering a speech at the EU parliament. The quack job that can't even convince a blind fool looked him he was making a rap song presentation on the floor of the parliament. Kanu's camp went on to further mock his audience by releasing a video of him delivering an informal speech outside the EU headquarters. Isn't that loopy?

The latest move is that he will be visiting the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland. As usual, the details are very unclear. The UN whose body language hasn't favoured reasonable secessionists like the Catalonians has maintained a deafening silence while Kanu's team continues the lap of honour over a phantom achievement that could be better imagined than actually realized. IPOB's reasons for the unclear details is to deter any form of sabotage by the Nigerian government. One might be forced to think Kanu might be going to pay a personal visit to his friend who works at the UN and is using that avenue to hoodwink the public.

My only concern is that some people actually buy these works of fiction and they might be contributing their hard-earned money to fund it as Kanu has admitted. Kanu is really blessed with such an easy life!

All of a sudden, Nnamdi Kanu's father rumoured to be missing and probably dead has returned quietly to his palace two years after it was invaded by the military. One wonders when all these lies will end. Will Kanu ever run out of lies? When will his supporters realize that he is just a 'political entrepreneur' exploiting the system ridden with despondency?

Kanu's jokes are actually not funny anymore. He needs to be stopped through proactive measures to protect his followers from him. With someone of Kanu's nature on the prowl, nobody will take Nigeria seriously. An intelligent and vigilant foreigner who encounters him will see more danger looming through his deceitful eyes.


Osayimwen Osahon George is a journalist and a PhD student at the University of Ibadan.


Source: http://www.villagetowncrier.com/2019/09/nnamdi-kanu-latest-clown-in-town.html

CC Lalasticlala Seun Ishilove Mynd44 Dominique MissyB3 Fynestboi

Mr lecturer thanks for your lectures..I will call you a serious fellow the day you will be brave enough to write on the insincerity of the Fulani oligarchy in Nigeria..I will take you as a sound human and nota demented fellow the day you will write and ask questions on why has the Nigerian justice system has not convicted one,just one Fulani maruderes that has killed nearly 20 thousand Nigerians and boko haram that has killed close to 50. Thousand all this reflecting more than Nigerian civilian casualties during the civil war and yet non has been prosicuted and jailed.
If you don't write on this above mentioned injustice in the land and you think KANU is your prtobken and more dangerous to you than them,then may you never pass your PhD course cause your type will continue to keep our students in the dark than telling them the truth..if a man could be brave enough to liberate his people from an obvious dubious and non progressive entity like Nigeria and what cowards like you could do is to sit and write thrash about the same man who is have enough to do what your lilly livered heart cannot do is insanity behind the pen...you find it convenient to attack KANU cos its a state recognized insult but the real enemy of the people are walking free and you are afraid of the sowore,pastor sulieman, and every other brave Nigerians treatment...bloody coward.

AntiBalaka:
In a desperate bid to kick off their long awaited 3rd World War towards ushering their apocalypse vision thereby paving the way for their false Messiah, the Jews staged the bombing of a Saudi oil refinery in the pretext of blaming Houthi rebels backed by Iran.

Is there no limit to these psychopathic satanic jews?

The world has suffered so much wars and miseries instigated by these Jews.


It is high about time that the Jewish question is addressed once and for all or else these demons will see to the end of humanity.

moderators I taught there is a law prohibiting fake news and false reports..How on earth will you allow this home grown jihadist who instead of joining his Isis comrades in Syria come here to bother us with stakatoes of noise...The Saudi bombing was carried by the houtsis and there spokesman claimed responsibility live on aljazerra news which I watched personally.
Must you living Muslims always find a way to blame your stupidities and intolerance on the Jews?

myright:
Announcement!!!!!! Announcement !!!!!

Fellow Biafrans and lovers of freedom please share widely.
Our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is going to another important meeting, this time at the UN headquarters in Geneva on the 18th of September 2019 in Geneva Switzerland. And anyone who can make it, is encouraged to come and give him the kind of support he received in Brussels recently.

Signed Mazi Agbanyim

pls keep ratsk away

BuhariAdvocate:
Africa continent is more powerful than European Union of today consider the country that made up the union. The withdraw of Great Britain from European Union render the organization useless and make it toothless. Note that America support Britain decision.
Moreover France the most powerful country that made up the Union will never entertain Kanu madness because France don’t support Biafra in the civil war consider the interest of France in Nigeria that’s another evidence that France wouldn’t support seccionist .

OK from Photoshop,to a scammer,to Igbo's been decisved and now wasting tax payers money and Britain,France and the us will not airport..
Interesting as it sounds..pls my brother volume five tablets is what you need to ease up your tension and besides do your family a favour by avoiding Biafra threads or you risk a trip to the mortuary.

candidtalk:
I laugh at Igbos considering their touted intellect. Kanu is a UK African waste man and anyone familiar with Britain will know precisely what I am talking about. This scammer and opportunist knows precisely what is possible and what is not in societies with strict rules concerning meddling with the affairs of sovereign States like Nigeria when international law has clearly set provisions and unambiguous rules about nationhood and respect for sovereignty .

Yet everything is a photo opportunity for Kanu and a chance, for his own agenda, to continue fooling those he regards as barely literate cretins and gullible mumus so he remains visible, 'earning', and 'trending' by all means even if Igbos become a laughing stock and pariah with battered reputation that will set them back another few decades as the civil war did. I honestly don't know a more self-destructive people in the entire world than Igbos.


USA , UN, UK ,France, Germany, ICC or any State, entity or organisation cannot grant Igbos Biafra and secession from the independent nation of Nigeria . Only Nigeria can even if Kanu the scammer continues deceiving Igbos others will help you gain Biafra just so he can keep swelling his back account and indulging his love for fame and world attention. How many times has Kanu and IPOB bragged Buhari, Buratai et al will face justice at the ICC as if the international Court can just come to drag the democratically elected President of the biggest black nation on earth, a sovereign one at that, to face charges before what is considered a discredited white man's court, without the integrity to charge George Bush and Tony Blair for war crimes against Iraq but will harass Africans like Charles Taylor, because of petition from a proscribed terrorist group called IPOB? Yes that would really fly before the world.


Never sat on the fence in my life and I can predict this will end in tears for Igbos like the civil war. Intelligent folks know this is inevitable and where Kanu is leading the Igbos. What is not so clear is why Igbos have this mumuism in their DNA any fraudster can emerge to scam them of their senses at any time be it FFK, Fayose, Kanu et al. I can only conclude the Igboman's trauma over the loss of the civil war and hate of others is so great it makes him vulnerable to exploitative messages of opportunist who seek to divide and conquer him for personal gains like Kanu and co. This is another exercise in futility that will further worsen the fate of Igbos in Nigeria.

Thank you Mr government agent for the lectures..please your hopeless tribe were Fulani's are ravaging your communities and are still under illusion that you can co inhabited peacefully with your fellow animals are the ones that need this lectures..
Again try and find an answer to the idiocy and stupidity inherent in the d.na of your tribes men if you still believe that Nigeria is designed to give you or your children a better life after all you have witnessed...I keep on repetting its only a hopeless goat that will take his time to write epistiles of this manner and another goat liking,and another cursed mbecil sharing and will still open there soakaway drenched mouth to ask Igbo's to leave there region or that Igbo's are bringing BSD names to there good for notting country.