₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
Your foolishness knows no bounds, are you bluetoothe?
You open your mouth to mention rubbish and lies about Warri and Sapele being in some mythical "Yoruba kingdom" (amongst other deafeningly foolish assertions). . . and you think you should be taken seriously?

Beaf:
Everything you have written is either ignorant or foolish assumption. It only goes to prove my point that people arguing about the existence of the Niger Delta are thoroughly ignorant and loud.

kakakibuy:
T[b]he entity we know as Nigeria was a mistake from the very beginning but seeking to separate or divide the country isn't the wisest decision because times have changed. At this time, forming strong alliances based on common ground and interest is the only way people can remain relevant and competitive in this new global village. If Nigeria breaks, what we will be left with a small clueless countries that will become easy pawns in the hands of super powers whose primary goal is profit- profit-PROFIT. What we need in Nigeria is good governance and a reasonable starting point towards achieving this goal is True Federalism and a decentralization of power[/b]. As it stands there's too much power in the centre. We must not also rule out education and when I say education I don't mean some halftruth you learn in your classroom but a proper education in the workings and values of society where every Nigerian is fully aware of his fundamental human right as a citizen and his role in the society. A society which understands that politics is a call to service and not a call to get rich. And that a politician is answerable to the people who elected him. We cannot get here in one day but going our separate ways will only take us father away from our goals.

Dede1:
Like one poster has previously stated, all these clamoring, posturing and encoding of term, Niger Delta, are blindly spurred by crude oil.

becomrich4:
beaf stop shouting niger delta. everybody from those places would not be able to return back to africa if nigeria breakup. they would not have passport to return. T[b]hat why Benin republic is the option.[/b]

jason12345:
i shouldn't talk about our brother being killed in jos for example, at the slightest provocation

excanny:
I'm not fan of this supposedly 'southern unity' against the North. This is a false and non-existent concept. Let's stop pretending we are one.

No one should drag Ndigbo into this falsehood. The fact remains that Igbos don't give a rat's a.rse who rules Nigeria as long as he has the best programmes for us as a people. If the North floors Jonathan, fine. If Jonathan can pull it through, that will be equally great. We just dont care.

We will form alliances only with those who have dealt with us in honesty in the past and will not allow ourselves to be put into a fight that is none of our business.

jason12345:
by suppressing the minority groups in the north?

EzeUche0:
The Niger Delta has always existed even before man arrived on this planet. The Niger Delta is where the mouth of the Niger River meets the Atlantic ocean. Do you understand that?

That is the the true Niger Delta. Only the Ijaw, Itsekiri, Ukwuani (Igbo), Isoko and Urhobo can claim the Niger Delta.

no, no, no ezeuche u have eye problem

who said it did not exist

i said it is now a geo-political zone after 1999 election

MShittu:
And by calling me daft you achieved,
I'm not saying I'm right. I just think that Ghanians'd approach this differently. If you think I'm wrong then, by all means, do so. I know what I said wasn't all that coherent, but I just think Ghanians'd be more orderly.

udezue:
LOL What food? Gone are the days when we really cared about your damn food and besides you need our business so either way that your food must come down south or else you will starve to death while we quietly trade with Burklina Faso, Cameroon, or better cultivate ours. Who told you places like Ebonti state don't exist? Guy we have enough food. You are too damn poor to let your tomatoes rot so you will be the ones begging to buy and import your food. BTW the main food basket is in non-musim HAUSA, non-core-northern AREAS OF THE MIDDLEBELT and no they are not even planiing to be part of your islamic republic.

DapoBear:
Awolowo was the greatest Yorubaman of recent memory. My father's side of the family likely would have had a much more difficult time paying for school if it hadn't been for him. His self-sacrifice and love of his people (actually, not only his own people, but all those in the Western Region and Nigeria more generally) is still yielding dividends today. Such foresight, wisdom, and intelligence. Truly a great man. In the Yoruba pantheon of heros, no one is greater.

DapoBear:
There is nothing wrong with Yoruba people moving to Yorubaland. Heck, you can be of Yoruba descent from Brazil or Cuba and move here, if you like.

And if people from the Chad Republic etc want to move to Northern Nigeria, that is OK, so long as the residents there are fine with it. Of course, the problem is that Northern Nigeria is never their final destination, they want to move to the south to beg and commit crime. We do not need any beggars, criminals and terrorists from Chad, Niger, etc in Yorubaland. Go back home.

jason12345:
no we wouldn't

1025:
this jonathan self. orders early completion of road projects in S east? when he took over as president, he declared emergency in the power sector and that emergency is joining eternity. very soon, he will order a free and fair election.
all talks and no action.
well, what can disabled nigerians do?
enjoy urself joe but remember, u will end up accounting for the lives of over 150 million nigerians suffering and dying on daily basis.

johnie:
This is how AP/Dail Independent (of the Uk) reported the earlier event in 2001:

Scavenging crowds strip beached whale carcass

AP


Saturday, 18 August 2001


Slum dwellers have torn apart the carcass of a blue whale that became beached near an elite suburb of Nigeria's largest city.


Slum dwellers have torn apart the carcass of a blue whale that became beached near an elite suburb of Nigeria's largest city.

The whale washed up on Wednesday at Lagos' Bar Beach. By the time reporters arrived on Friday, throngs of people were scavenging the remaining few bones just visible on the edge of the surf.

Gangs of youths wielding clubs and sticks were forcing a steady stream of scavengers and curious bystanders – mainly workers from office blocks in the Victoria Island suburb – to pay an "admission charge" to look. Women and boys hawked pieces of the fatty flesh.

"The meat is good," said JJ Ibrahim, who offered pieces wrapped in magazine pages. "Most of it is gone, so you better buy fast."

It was unclear whether the whale was alive when it arrived.

Although Nigeria has oil wealth, the vast majority of its people remain desperately poor. In Lagos, a rough-and-tumble city with some 13 million inhabitants, meat is expensive because it is often imported from Europe.