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@Marvix
,do you know what Sanusi said in 1999 when Obj was made president go to the link Jarus provided, Sanusi attacked his people from the north for denying Ekhueme the presidency by conniving with the Yorubas to see the Ekhuemes presidency as a biafran agenda and then preached compensation for Abiola as a reason why the presidency should go to the Yorubas, but guess what the Northerners then laid aside all rules to ensure Obj became president, now all rules laid by them will also be set aside to allow a Niger Deltan become president in 2011.

Sanusi is a detribalised Nigerian with a mind of his own, he is a very fair commentator who would not fabricate information to win an arguement

This guy argues with emotions not fact. That North was denied access to education by the Brits? The same Brits that fell in love with North because of their indirect rule. The same Brits that lived in the north? The same North that was represented by Sarduana, Belawa and Co? There was nothing Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani front in the way "north" presented itself in Naija's political history. The same north that opposed Tony Enahoro's motion for independence? Did you read Akanu Ibiam's letter to the Brits during the war?
Back to my point, it's only in Sanusi's mind that a minister can overrule his boss; never mind the point that IBB was a blood thirsty general in Naija Army. He implied that Olu Falae and Idika Kalu could have overruled IBB. He is holding brief for the entrenched political elite from the north. The Brits went away 50yrs ago and he's still making excuses for the political class who has not allowed their peers access to education. He premise was that southerners dominated power like northerners. This guy does not know what a priori statement means; because the northern class dominated Nigerian political more than any other region in the country. His inequality of thought is mind blowing; because he, SLS is holding bank CEOs responsible for the havoc they wrecked on Naija’s banking system, but failed to see IBB as a CEO who presided over a conglomerate called Nigeria. Why didn’t he-SLS- hold Chief Financial Officers of the troubled banks responsible instead of their CEOs?

gbam

when are we going to stop this in nija

chyz:
The more and more you talk, the more you sound like becommrich.small boy

why do u call me becomrich.

chyz:
I see where you are coming from. However, as far as awolowo, i will never regard him as a man, although i respect his passion for his people. A real man doesn't have the accounts of others emptied out clean. A real man doesn't prescribe starvation of innocent people who had nothing to do with the war.That was a bytch move. He didn't even use the stolen money to develop his people's land instead  he shared the money amongst elites. His family dynasty was built off of the blood,sweat,and tears of the igbo. He indeed did have doe before he did that but could never have bought and started all of those businesses with out the stolen Igbo money.His children and grandchildren should thank the Igbo. Although I do not blame his actions on the yoruba. I hold him solely responsible.

As far as the Ijaws and spoils of war. It's one thing is they were not fighting with the Igbos but they were fighting alongside the Igbo so that was a sissy move. Changing the names of some of the areas to Ijaw names to erase our claim and history.smh. Anyway we are slowly getting our land back so it's all good.

that is why i love the igbo ppl

there ability to work and stand back on there feet makes them unique and special among all the tribes and ethnic group in africa except from kunirs, hausa-fulani, yorubas.

GOD bless the igbo nation and NIgeria as a whole.

jason12345:
ezeuche, i would stop!!!

all i wanted to exposed was the truth in biafra. i formed a topic about 3-4 weeks ago about biafra and the truth. all the igbos, did not even comment on it.

i am starting to believe you all know the truth but are just in denial. this is the last time i am talking about this topic today!!!

anyway, carry on with the topic/

so u noticed, they don't like hearing the truth

EzeUche0:
Ojukwu could have cared less about the midwest or the West. Why subjugate Yorubaland? There is no profit. Only Lagos could have been a prize for us.

can u imagine

so u want to invade another man's land and call it urs

just like how u are doing to ijaw and niger-delta ppl

Ba'kin ciki

EzeUche0:
And I am ending this discussion. You derailed a thread! This is between Azikiwe and Awolowo. Not Ojukwu v. Awolowo. Stay on task.

ezeuche, why do u like running from the true

what kind of person are u

u need serious medical help

in the north we have a plant call dongo yaro u need it for ur mosquito brain

pls igbo, appreciate the fact that igbo where in the south-west and benefited from free education, also the hausas and many other tribes in the south

but the igbos and the southerners benefied from this policy from a great man, which i think an intelligent person must like because awolowo was the lest tribal person after balewa

at least thanks to him the economy was not run down after the war

thank GOD

abi they can't see

they should look around they and see how ppl are suffering

they are look at ethnic group before development so he is urhobo, so what

sometime nigerians don't need pity

chyz:
aboki , look at this small boy.

why do u want to make me angry

Me ya sa alkawari so ya yi fushi

Ba su yi mini zuciya

chyz:
What does the claim of "free education for the south" have to do with the civil war[b]?[/b]LOL. In fact just so that you can prove me wrong post an article or information that verifies awolowo's "free education for the SOUTH".LMAO!


Go ahead post it buddy boy.

who are u calling a boy

T9ksy:
Awo was the first to introduce free education in the country. At the time, he offered the same policy to the northern masses however the sardunna vehemently opposed him whilst Zik made fun of him. Zik later offered the same thing to his people. Note tho' that most of those igbo people now calling awo names, their relatives probably had their education free in the western region.

Regardless of what others might say, Awo will always be reverred by the yorubas. We shall always give thanks to our Oludumare for providing us with the person of Awo at that auspicious time in our chequered history. We will always be grateful to him for putting paid to igbo's hegemonic ambition in yorubaland. In essence we yorubas understand why the igbos hate Pa awo, so much. [s]Much more than the northerners who have been killing their people as far back as 1945 and are still massacring them at the mere drop of the koran or the eclipse of the moon.

Hey, its their perogative to hate Awo but we yorubas love him.[/s]  

can u imagine

if only the northerners embraced free eduation by awolowo we will be the ones ruling the economy not yorubas and igbos

EzeUche0:
The rates are higher in the North and Southwest. Especially in Lagos. It is understandable in Lagos, because people from all across the continent come to that city though.

why edit u post

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=545682.msg7081329#msg7081329 date=1288918377]And according to u and your cousins, who makes up the majority in the South West/Lagos?

Oh, yall dont "OWN" Lagos no more?[/quote]gbam

so u also noticed him trying to denie lagos which is majority igbos according to him

chyz:
Ask what? something I already know?LOL. There was no South, SW,SE, or SS. There was East, West, and North. Midwest came later on because they felt they were being marginalized my the yoruba.Awolowo was the Premier of the Western region, meaning he hand made no decisions for the East, Midwest, or North. Is it starting to make sense to you now or should i hand you a light bulb?

so u think i don't know that there was sw north and se

i said i was there during the war, in kaduna.

there was tribal tension, but the war stated when ojukwu declared biafra. boy i know what am saying
ur parents during the war that are in dispora are feeding u with hate and lies.

Onlytruth:
All we got from Awo was starvation and N20. That's all.

how did he use starvation

didn't u know that the ijaws and itsekiris were the ones that staved u. or do u think if they were not in surpport of the awo policies, u would have imported weapon and food by the water ways

do u know that the edo ppl were the ones crying for the nigerian army to help them from this invasion by the liberation army of biafra

do u know that alot of edo and ijaws were killed by this liberation amry

thanks to ojukwu

chyz:
sharrrrapppp my friend. The man gave was never in charge of education for the SOUTH. He supposedly got free education his people, the yorubas but not SOUTHERNERS. Learn your history buddy boy because i for dang sure know mine.

am not ready to argue with u because i was alive during the war and know what am talking about.

ask u parents they would tell u, unless they want to lie

gbam

emeka, is like u are more open minded than most ppl in this forum

chyz:
Get the xxxx out of here!gave free education to what Igbos and what southerners

didn't he

u southerners have had luxury, unlike us

or do u think am like most southerners here that do not know there history

my brother to be honest, there is nothing good about that country

am a northerner ( a pure one) 

this 2 nigerians are the best thing that has ever happen in nigeria

ZIK
THIS MAN WAS A NATIONALIST
HE DID NOT ONLY CARE ABOUT IGBO BUT CARED ABOUT THE HAUSA AND YORUBAS
HE HAD A VISION TO MAKE NIGERIA GREAT ( MAY GOD BLESS HIM A THOUSAND TIMES)
HE WILL LIVES IN OUR MEMORIES FOR EVER.

AWO
HE CARED FOR HIS PEOPLE THE YORUBAS
HE GIVE THE YORUBAS, IGBOS AND OTHER SOUTHERNERS FREE EDUATION
HE GIVE THEM FREE HEALTH SERVICE
HE BUILT THE FIRST TELEVISION STATION IN AFRICA EVEN BEFORE FRANCE COULD BUILD THERE'S



I JUST WISH THIS MEN WERE NORTHERNS, MAY BE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF.

may northern brothers lets not use pride to judge, but speak the true.

MShittu:
I guess we need to militarize our borders, with our northern ones being our main focus

why!!!!!!

what about the yorubas from togo and benin that come to nigeria at free will

why and why do u ppl not learn the way of the north nigeria

why do u ppl like tecnology(westen way)

we can only unite if u embrace islamic ways and follow sharia.

Kwarzaba mutane

i wish nigeria can be the greatest country in the world
where it's citizens can enjoy without having to travel like ppl that don't have a home of their own
this really sad

Beaf:
[size=14pt]Nigeria deports 700 immigrants in sect crackdown[/size]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria | Thu Nov 4, 2010 9:30pm IST

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Hundreds of immigrants have been deported from northern Nigeria back to neighbouring countries as part of a security crackdown on a radical Islamic sect, a senior immigration official said on Thursday.

Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have been blamed for torching police stations and carrying out fatal sniper attacks on police officers and local officials in the remote northeast of Africa's most populous country.

Around 700 migrants from Niger, Cameroon and Chad have been expelled amid fears the sect may be drawing members from outside Nigeria, said Babayo Alkali, the top immigration official in Maiduguri, capital of the northeastern state of Borno.

"With the recent security threat in the state and approaching election, we had to embark on an exercise to clear the state of all illegal aliens," Alkali said.

"Some foreigners were implicated in the Boko Haram security breach so we had to act," he said.

Alkali said those deported, some of whom said they were visiting relatives, had been found to lack the necessary paperwork to stay in Nigeria. He did not say whether they had been found to have any links with Boko Haram.

Boko Haram is calling for sharia (Islamic law) to be implemented across Nigeria, a country of 140 million people that is roughly divided into a mostly Christian south and largely Muslim north. A dozen northern states have introduced the religious code over the last decade.

The sect first gained wide attention last July, when it launched an uprising in Maiduguri that led to clashes with security forces in which up to 800 people were killed.


RETALIATION

Some northern Nigerians say the recent resurgence in violence is a form of revenge against the authorities. Police officers, government officials and traditional leaders have been killed in a wave of attacks that began in August.

Nigeria is due to hold a fiercely contested presidential election within the next six months and security concerns are high. Some northern factions within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) are opposed to the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan, who is a southern Christian.

The dusty and impoverished north is not the only area of concern.

There are also fears that an amnesty for rebel groups in the oil-producing Niger Delta, hundreds of kilometres away on the country's southern coast, is starting to fray.

The amnesty has brought more than a year of relative peace in a region where militants had for years attacked oil facilities and kidnapped Nigerian and foreign employees of firms including Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil.

http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52677820101104

Mobinga:
Thats where nigeria comes in.
Hell naw!!! Bloody racists

today i know u are an illitrate
what is racist about that

nadneth:
Who's talking of the SE competiting with the SS. Dont even understand what the OP is driving at. Seems like you're talking from both sides of your mouth. How can the SE be the poorest region in Nigeria? Baffles me how some dudes think.

gbam, thay is the samething i try to tell they,
but all they call me is aboki, goat etc

Mai Suya:
Ride on Pastor!

gbam
do what is best for ALL NIGERIANS

then nigeria has no hope,

Abagworo:
The most peaceful means of achieving this is by investing most of our money back home.I am guilty of this just like most of us.I invested  in landed properties at Abuja and Port-Harcourt(redefined Igbo).I smile to the bank from each rent but my friend who invested in Onitsha(two Four-storey buildings) gets little from rent.If God willing I raise reasonable funds,I will invest in industry in Southeast.

can u kindly explain to me and others how port harcount is redefined igbo

u igbo on this forum don crazy finally

how is port harcount igbo, plsss let me hear ur response