₦airaland Forum

DaLover:
@Negro Ntns,
I dont understand this your desire to give the north and the west credit for the enterprenurial achievement of the average Igbo trader since after the civil war, thank God you finally admitted there is also a decent market in the east where Igbo buisnessmen also thrive, as long as people are there, the market will always exist, you are saying the Igbo should not the patting themselves on the back for the speedy achievements after a devasting civil war? instead we should dedicate some praise to the population tha constiutes the market??

OK, A BIG THANK YOU TO THE HAUSAS AND YORUBAS FOR EXISTING AND ALLOWING IGBOS TO TURN YOUR EXISTANCE INTO CASH,

Negro, you logic is totally wrong, an I suspect it is driven by envy of the Igbos, Its like asking people not to praise Bill Gates and Steve Jobs for taking advantage of the existing market, instead we should be thanking the market for agreeing to used the products from this great guys,
I really understand that it can be quite difficult giving honour to whom it is due, when whom it is due is the subject of so much envy, we just have o rise above board on this occasion

LAGOS
On this issue of contribution to Lagos by the Igbos, we only have to look at what the happening in Abuja, Today outside the Government, The Igbos are the key drivers of the economy of Abuja.

freecocoa:
For your mind you don bribe me o,anyways its all good,the song make sense.    





EKO oya carry go na,me I'm outta this thread.nothing will be said on it that hasn't been said before,stay cool though.

guonno:
Lets get some things right. Gboko harams target are people practicing anything western, examples are police, army, christians, etc. 60% of nigerians are muslims while 40% christians. 20% of the 40% christians are SE people while 10%  goes to SW, SS and some North. The statistic above tells u that if there is any strike on a christian community, the igbos will suffer more. I was in borno during the gboko war with the state, they killed lots of northerners and westerners. My problem here is that igbos did not want to listen to ojukwu. Ojukwu cried the day he was addressing igbos in lagos, the reason he cried was because of the huge investments the igbos have in lagos state. My cousin is into real estate stuffs, he confessed that 30 % of the lagos economy is on igbo man's shoulder, back in the east there is no investment. It is only ojukwu's people(nnewi) that invest in their hometown. If the igbos should all come back home then it is going to be easy for us igbos to find gboko guilty of attacking igbos else it will a bit difficult. But all this does not mean that some community are not soon going to strike muslim settlement in the SE. Abia state, aba in particular and onitsha are going to strike soon.

rhymz:
Only a pretender like aljaharem will feign ignorance and act like BokoHaram does not have sympathizers amongst the northern muslim population.
These guys live amongst them and even pray in thesame mosques with the imams knowing fully well how extremist their ideology is. In a saner society if you express any hint of extremist religious ideology in public or even a normal discussion you will be reported and placed under survailance. There is no how the force and all the intelligence units and agency will succeed in getting these Eidiots if they dont know how these cowards operate or get fund and support without tip-offs from people in the communities where these fools stay. Northern leaders are cowards, they don't count where it matters, all they do is talk in general terms and lay the blames on the door step of our foolish government. What has been their own contribution to curb these eediots,let them create programs vigilantes, tip off line, educative fora to de-sensitize moderate muslim families and youth, they should tone down on the political sermons they give in the mosques, it is turning the impressionable ones to tools for the BH cause. Let them speak out, their silence is killing non-muslims in their region, they should not be afraid to die as well. If pastors, christian leaders and other non-religious group can boldly condemn these evilstars then Islam should even do more to stop these monsters. This problem is largely a northern/islam problem, and it can't be handled in isolation of these realities.

coogar:
what power am i giving them? they are lucky i am not a police chief or a general in the military.
i would have completely eliminated boko haram within a month. i accept innocent people would die but innocent people are dying in the hands of these hoodlums as we speak.


don't mind the charlatan. . . .
anyone who sincerely believes boko haram is a nigerian problem should be stoned or set ablaze. . . . or both!

rhymz:
obviously only your friend saw that happen in front of a fictitous mosque cos nothing of such has ever been recorded or reported. All we hear is they kill muslims too but we don't see that in reality.

rhymz:
Guy STFU with your false claims abeg,where was it reported that BokoHaram bombed any mosque? Muslims that have died in the attacks have been at best innocent by-standers that got killed in the heat of their calculated attacks on non-muslims and Igbos in particular.

coogar:
i laugh at your sheer ignorance.
there are different kinds of muslims. you have the extremists and the mild ones who don't take islam like government work.
you have the sunnis, the shiites, the amadiyahs, etc.

you got a lot to learn, alhaji!

Bliss4Lyfe:
Everybody is here talking about sad, but wat measures have been announced for new years celebration. I am certain boko will strike. These people consider our sorrow a success and something to celebrate. They are on a row and won't miss the new year. God save Nigerians from the devil. amen

rhymz:
Bombing which mosque?? For where that one happen? You can keep making stuff up to cover the collective silence of northerners to the bokoharam problem.

coogar:
there are hausas everywhere in nigeria - so if it's alleged boko haram members reside in imo and rivers state, it does not make them igbos.
boko haram is not a nigerian problem. they are members of an islamic sect determined to turn nigeria into an islamic country operating under sharia.
that they blow up people in mosques and churches is their foolishness and lack of tactfulness.

coogar:
boko haram is not a nigerian problem. it's a problem in the northern nigeria.
the earlier the government curb their menace, the better for all and sundry.

oyb:
internet wanksta, kindly stfu

rhymz:
I refuse to get carried away by such a sweeping generalization cos what we see is very different. As far as these attacks are concerned, the biggest casualties have always been Igbos, it is fast becoming an Igbo problem cos it us that getting calculated attacks and victimizations, the muslims that have died were more of innocent by-standers than victims of deliberate effort to be killed. If they are appalled like we are, then they should everything they can to help the forces apprehend these cowards, thet live in their villages, amongst them, being afraid to report is not an option here at all. When they start making efforts even if it takes their lives then we can start talking about them being affected and all that fine political talk. It is not their mosque that is being bombed afterall.

freecocoa:
If you keep saying DK didn't call for it on this thread then I'll have to say,I really don't care what this person is saying cos I even wonder who she is,something is staring you right in the face and you are still defending him,when I see Badosky we'll talk,I don't even know you.

freecocoa:
This isn't the place to do this but if you really wanna take sides that's cool,tell yourself the truth and hope no be me you dey call obese sha.

Basseti:
So what exactly are u trying to claim here? 


And again, how does Gowon serve as proof of a secular embracing region?

Olodostein:
Apparently, you didn't read my posts. My folks have been doing business in the North- specifically Kano and Katsina(center of commerce and two most important states in the North) for the past 40years. They saw civil war with their eyes and came back to reclaim their properties. I don't need to lament further on how many cities in Nigeria i have lived and been including that your "glorified Niger delta". Where have you been to, lived and how many tribes have you associated with or befriended?

I have lived through many riots including one of the bloodiest in 1991 caused by Reinhard Bonnke's controversial remark. Despite that, some of these "core-northerners"- as you classify them - are one of the best people you can ever meet,do business or live with. So, to hear you talk about Cowardice is downright funny. In fact, if you could fly to Abuja right now, we could meet for a beer and some "chat". Coming to internet forums to lament does not make you brave. 

This is a national crisis that demands immediate attention. That, we know. I am not trying to deny or run away from reality. We are following the situation very closely and will know what to do when it has reached the point of no return.

Next time when you make suggestions like this, speak in riddles and be literal in meaning. Somethings are better left unsaid. If you exercise humility, you might learn one or two things from folks who have wealth of experience from critical issues like this.

Basseti:
Does NL breed silliness

How does Gowon , a guy from Plateau state, serve as proof that the North is the most religious tolerant region in Nigeria? You need to lay off the pipe, my friend.

Basseti:
Dude!!!!!

Did you seriously type that with a straight face?

Are you talking about Northern Nigeria or Northern Italy??

emiye:
Read this "Why Do Igbos Always Go Looking For Trouble? Written by  Ozodi Osuji Ph.D" posted by @reporter? and summarise when you are in a sober mood