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Abu-Maryam:
meaningless thread!!!

Marasa laifi ba ya kasshi, ka sani

Abu-Maryam:
meaningless thread!!!

sorry what do you mean by meaningless thread

dem_people:
Alhaji, I'm not angry. I love my people. I care about my people. I think about what we've been through and that makes me much more interested in their affairs and well-being. I am a pan-africanist and believe that the solution to Africa's problems is a cultural revolution which would foster strong inter-ethnic friendships and relationships based on the shared love of being offsprings of Mother Africa (Bless her).

That being said, I'm not naive to the inter-ethnic problems that besiege the continent especially Nigeria where people from my ethnic group have been and still bear the major brunt of violence in the country. Though I'm not a tribalist, I'm very much an Igbo man FIRST before anything else.

I did not request that the northerners should vacate the east but if it will bring peace and peaceful co-habitation within the geographical fraud called Nigeria then, so be it  .    No hard feelings, "Uche" Ciroma. No hard feelings!

i know you are a good person and only care for you people's welfare just like most igbo and others that are on this forum.

but, as i said earlier, it is some of the hausa thugs, ethnic ethnic mumu's that are doing the killing not majority of the muslims in the northerners.

the question you should be asking is that, " is there no police of credible military officers that are there to protect those that  are not involved with is silly war they are doing"

and the answer to you question is NO

now your next question should be is what is the FG or jonathan doing about it.

Zuha:
Hi guys,
This not meant to hit on any particular group. I wrote this stuff based on the tone of many of the threads in NL and I wanted to have a civil discussion about the way forward.

Even if this thread does not lead to an immediate physical change, I was hoping that it will make people to think more and see the concept of 9ja from a different ethnic perspective from their own and hence to gain some insight into the things that we bear in our hearts in our different tribes and are not bold enough to voice it out.

So, sorry again if anyone feels his own group wasn't well described.

why do you have to apologise, you have do nothing wrong here girl

by the way, you are pretty

dem_people:
That's where I disagree with you. I don't want my people to be massacred unnecessarily any period there's an uprising, pogrom or conflict. Enough is enough. Why should we always bear the full brunt of violence in Nigeria - even if we aren't involved?     I want them to be encouraged to resettle in the East - where they would feel most comfortable in this violence, blood and evil-ridden country called Nigeria. If it means your people in the East vacating the spaces they inhabitate for them then so be it. If Nigeria is becoming more of this then to everyone's tent o Israel.

why are you angry, i know how saddening it is to hear your people die but why vex like that

everybody should be allowed to live in nigeria without the fear of them been killed which i support

secondly, why would you vacate the northerners in the east because of the igbos from the north come

has the yorubas vacated your people from lagos because some yorubas are coming why do you let your emotion get to you like this

kettykin:
Sorry for the typos ( no time to proof read)

If the governors and ohaneze don't do anything , then more ibos will keep dying year after year out of the stupidity of Northerners.

I[b]f you know your history the north has never valued human lives[/b]

who told you that

Nsiman:
Gej will win. If gej winning will break the sky or dry up the atlantic ocean so be it

lol

kettykin:
The crises in jos and bauchi is perenial or should I say biannual , there is no year blood is not shed,I am not asking all ibos to pull out of the 2 states. But they can stop investing their and move to more peaceful terrain like cross river , enugu and benue.

When the northerner notice ibos are leaving and moving to more peaceful states , the will have to grow up.

Rather than ibos state in jos the should got to iraq if it is money they want.

so out of millions of igbos that are there they all should move back to the east

as i said earlier the people that do the killings are only thugs

makes me think when OPC were killing northerners in lagos, i did not run back to borno but instead i lived with my yoruba friend in ebuta-metta lagos mainland, and i did not fear anything because i know it just a handful of them that are doing the killings

dem_people:
What is all this about not having [size=13pt]sympathy[/size] for our people in their hour of need? Unu abuzikwa ndiigbo? Hmmmmm, Onye aghana nwanne ya o. Onye aghana nwanne ya o. Onye aghana nwanne ya o. They're still our kith and kin. Its even paining me here to think of their sufferings.

Please let us not condemn our people for the choice of living in such troublesome areas afterall, we all want a better standard of living and if they find such there, they should by all means satisfy their urges afterall many of us are abroad for greener pastures and yet, we still face dangers here. This is not to say that we would leave them to their own fates as, they're still our people.

If we don't care about them, who would do so? Is it their tormentors or enemies? Guys, logical and not overtly emotional and negative contributions are needed here.[s] I'm of the view that Ohanaeze should draw-out a 5-7year plan to start the resettlement of our people back to the East. This should have been carried out during last decade (2001 -2010). Its just that Ohanaeze isn't quite organized and is bereft of ideas.[/s]

gbammm
now you are talking here
this are our people no matter what, they need us more than ever because they are nigerians and they can live anywhere in nigeria territory without the fear of anything

kettykin:
I am not mumu , I have lived in all the states in nigeria , from Borno to cross river and from lagos to sokoto,
You will find an ibo in funtua and ask him why is his business is in funtua he will tell you that nigeria is his father land and he has a right to be any where but when crises arise he will be the first victim. Countless ibos lost their houses in maiduguri.

yes but what year was the last one

igbo yoruba are found everywhere from maiduguri to zamfara to enugu and anambra but there are thugs everywhere; tribal bigots using the name of our religion to kill

igbos or other southerners that are killed is uncalled for

but do not insult the man that leaves the east to maiduguri because he knows what he is doing and did not expect that to happen to him

may there souls rest in peace

Akhenaten:
I am a Pan-African. However, I do not support those who do not used their mind's which God blessed them with. Who goes into a war zone in order to make money? It is ludicrous I tell you.

My sympathy goes towards the Berom people. They are the ones who are truly suffering. My Igbo brethren in the North, they have themselves to blame. You do not go to a region where you are not wanted.

This has nothing to do with Pan-Africanism. I think you should learn what the term means. I see the unity of all African people from the Indian Ocean all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

i should learn the meaning of pan-african what are u talking about

you are someone that wnts africa to unite as one and you do not envisage that there are still some bad eggs among every tribe in africa even igbo and yoruba

most northerners do not support it; that is clear by our leader need to do something fast before it gets out of hand

afam4eva:
Okpoko, i said paragraphs that describe all the ethnic groups. Hausa seems to be an exception.

who are you calling okpoko do i look like a noise maker to you

afam4eva:
@OP

How come every paragraph pertaining to the different tribes and groups have IGBO in them.

and i corrected you that all

Akhenaten:
kettykin, then I have no sympathy for those Igbos who put themselves in harm's way. Only an would do such issues. If there desire to make money is so great, then they should live with the consequences.

However, they shouldn't come running back to the East that they have neglected.

how would u have symapathy for them when you are still alive

and yet you call yourself pan-african

kettykin:
May the souls of the departed rest in peace.
Ibos in the north can be very daft in their reasoning. Do you know a good number of the hotels, bakery , clinics and shop in jos are owned by ibos. Some have died and are presently being survived by grand children , they don't remember their home until crises period.

Some people don't have divestment or relocation in their dictionary.
And some even put their businesses in hot zones because of money.

u dey craze

never ever disrespect the died like that, mumu

it is there choice wherever they live because they are not like you both they believe in nigeria

afam4eva:
@OP

How come every paragraph pertaining to the different tribes and groups have IGBO in them.

i bet you can not read properly

Zuha:
I have gone through a lot of threads and have realised that as Nigerians, we harbour a lot of bitterness both within our ethnic groups and across ethnic groups.

[b]Hausas: [/b]We feel privileged that we have been in the corridors of power but still baffled that our literacy level is still alarmingly low. We still have strife amongst ourselves although others don't know that but we stay together to be able to stand the challenges posed by the south. We hold on to our religion as it has evidently been out source of strength and has helped us to dominate in the country with assistance from our brothers all over the world.

[b]My question now is: [/b]Since we all feel bad and insecure in one way or the other, how can we work together to diminish the difference between us and highlight or strengths so that we can move forward? What are your suggestions about how to placate those who feel aggrieved amongst us rather than diminishing how they feel? How can we work together to change the world perspective of us? The reason why I am asking this question is that I have noted the level of bitterness and prejudice in everyone posting something on this website but no one seems to think that this is really a big cog in our wheel of progress. Do we need a unity referendum like Southern Sudan?

is there igbo in those ones

Akhenaten:
The person's name was mentioned in the first post. I think I will believe the person who wrote this message, because I do not trust the Nigerian media or the Nigerian military. Especially, since it is dominated by one group.

And the proof is in the pictures people who were brutally killed in these attacks.

can you tell me who dominates the media

it is a know fact that yoruba/edo/itsekiri/ijaw and igbos dominate the media not north

Ibro Yaya:
@ Poster, please stop spreading false rumours that will be harmful to the nation. You have an evil motive because you lying with this statistics.
I went through your profile and discovered you just registered this week as a nairaland user which I also guess is second, maybe third ID.

Please stop spreading fake news. It will be of no help to our country.
150 Igbos? How, when ,where?

Have you been to Jos before or traveled in a luxury bus from Lagos to Gombe? If you did, you would have known better that majority of the travellers in this route are natives  of either Jos, Gombe, or Bauchi states.

so it a lie

Akhenaten can you give the source of you story please

afam4eva:
@ OP
why do i have a feeling that you hate Igbos. What do you mean that Niger delta have been dominated by other tribes especially Igbos.

Dede1:
@OP

Please remove the paragraph headed by Niger Delta because “Niger Delta” does not exist in the context of your post.

Akhenaten:
The Igbos are not the reason for the Niger Delta suffering. I don't even see Niger Deltans saying such nonsense either. We do not control their oil fields. That is why I find that post about the Igbos dominating the Niger Delta as ludicrous and asinine. Name the person who order the destruction of Odi. Was it an Igbo man? Who had Ken Saro-Wiwa executed. Was it an Igbo man?

This entire piece reeks of tribalism. Especially as it pertains to Igbos.

my igbo brothers you have started again oooo

just talk about the issue and not about igbo and niger delta

please biko

@op

i agree with you but can we not talk this out in the nation, why can't there be a carbinet of all ethnic groups. so they have a fair representation at the national level

Ola edo:
Ken Nnamani is irrelevant to me. He only concerned about his Igbo presidency which he thinks he will get in 2015.So sad. Has he asked Atiku why his(Nnamanis) region only have 5 states, which takes away tremendously from the amount of delegates they have when compared to the other zones?Nnamani lol, i dey laugh

sorry, can i ask why you are laughing

we igbos are ready to produce the president just like any other group in nigeria

the amount of states and delegates in the east does not matter so long as we get the right person, i believe the nation will vote for us

Ola edo:
Explain.

you claim that the south-east were involved in throwing MKO to jail because i definatly know that the south west did not

Ola edo:
I think his point was that after MKO 'secured' Igbo vote he turned around and said he did not need the Igbo then also said we was going to the U.S. and other internation superpowers and reporting all of the 'corrupt northerners'. [b]That is what led the two regions to team up annul the election and throw him in jai[/b]l. So I've heard.

also when you talk of 2 regions throwing him in jail, was not abacha that did it not north or south-east

abacha never repersented us northerners because he also did not like hausa and wanted to break the unity between the northern ethnic groups

Ola edo:
By atikus tone, it is obvious that he plans to keep things the way it is to favor the north. How could someone who wants to be a president say that.It is obvious that this guy cannot campaign without threats. If what he is saying is that case, then why would it matter if the SS vote for GJ.It shouldn't bother him.It's statements like that that make him look desperate.

sorry to disturb u brother, but u post like onameni because u sound like my family friend

are you onameni or someone different

pls do not insult

acn is not going anywhere with this people they are just adding

jason123:
Must you insult to get your point across . Well . . . . .

i did not insult him, i was just tell him the truth

Ola edo:
This is a court situation not regional voters. He was denied presidency not through votes. You no nothing about what you are talking about.Go learn about the riot in lagos and who was targeted and why. Also you do know that Ola Edo means or symbolizes to keep it quiet.Stick to your kanuri business.

how does the above relate to the south-east

was the oil workers that went on a 10 days strike,,,,,,,,,, so stop beating around the bush and tell me how the south-east was involve in the scheme of thing

omamokta:
Atiku does not deserve to be our president, from his utterances lately, he has lost it. If he thinks he can rule Nigeria without the south, he should ve asked the late MKO what he said about the Igbos during the 1992/93 presidential elections. He should remember there are alot of ABN today. He should thread softly instead of setting the country on fire.

bros i beg take am easy, did abiola not win the election without licking south east backside

Rhino.5dm:
And your evidence for making this assertion is what? Mere speculation"
the ibos are known to have never return a bulk vote to a single electorate, if okjukwu was not able to bring south east under the same party then who will?

yes ojukwu can not bring the whole south east because not all of use love this ojukwu

but there is one think i know even if i hate it, it is jonathan will win because no incumbent president has ever lost in africa

redsun:
That chap is a psycho,he only bothers with irrelevance.

and can you tell me why u are insulting me for praying for ojukwu our silly leader

i pray he lives 100 more years to come

Chrisbenogor:
Can you guys stop this tribal rubbish?

thank you

why are this people like this

i use to be very tribal about northerners until it started affecting my personal life,,,,,,i started hated my igbo brother before but i just thought,,,,,why should i hate  there is more to life than that

live positive,,,,stop hating and love each other

Mr chyz

where is chyz my brother