₦airaland Forum

okooyinbo:
And less I forget, if you check every reputable sources, not Wikipedia where anyone could post their lies as fact, there is absolutely no connection between the modern day Republic du Benin and the old Kingdom of Benin. The same goes for the modern day Ghana and the old Ghana empire.

Check that out and keep the insult coming. The ones junior to you will insult you too insha Allah. Osanobua will make your junior ones abuse you too. Ise!!!

enamaye:
What insolence! Nigeria cannot be one wit her citizens stock piling negative records of her regional dwellers. Total impudence! Arant nonsence! I detest all u tribalistic chauvinist.

Tsiya:
The internet is there for you to search. It will give you idea of the Fulani as a cultural and ethnic group.

But generally Fulanis re found between the edge of the Sahara Desert and the tropical rain forest, sometimes called grasslands suitable for grazing their cattle. Many fulani still lead the normadic life and hardly have a permanent abode however the large majority have succumb to the pressure of globilisation and what we called hausanization. Many of us have been forced to abandon our native language, dressing and even way of life to accept the more dominant hausa language and culture. In Nigeria in particular, unless in the remote villages some states particulary Adamawa nd Taraba, the language is fast disappearing.

Politically, the Fulani were more dominant in the Northern Nigeria, but now because of assimilation of the minority ethnic groups into hausa, it will be difficult to claim which tribe is more dominant politically. For example, Sultan of Sokoto, who is supposed to be the cultural leader of the Northern Muslim states, is Fulani by heritage but a Hausa in reality. Reason being that neither he nor his father or grandfathers speak and understand the fulani language. That is why in Nigeria, they call us Hausa-Fulani, although against our wish.


Physically, the Fulani are generally tall, lanky and a little bit fairer. Some claim that they re decendents of Arab, just like Somalis and Ethopians. But to me that is bull poo. Humans of all races evolved from Africa (if you belief in evolution theory), and therefore there is no way Fulanis or Somalis or Ethopians will come from Arabs. It is all inferiority complex. If you belief God Created every human and gave it it race, colours according to wish, then it is even simpler to belief that God created Fulanis, Somalis and Ethopians this way and that is how he wanted them. Personally I hate it when I hear any freak calling me a descendant of Arabs or something like that bullshit.

As you have read, here and on many Nigerian Newspapers, Fulanis are not loved by your people. Everybody in the Southern part of Nigeria hate us for no reason. We are simply the most hated and attacked ethnic group in Nigeria and we are subject of the most heinous, xenophobic and racist attack.

DapoBear:
No one has yet justified why the enormous amount of resources that the Delta currently receives is so badly misspent. I understand, you want a larger piece of the cake. But why are you wasting the slices of the cake you are currently getting?

Any solution for the Delta will require addressing both the money they are earning and the money they fritter away. You cannot address the former alone. Yet that seems to be the primary focus of this thread.

DapoBear:
No one has yet justified why the enormous amount of resources that the Delta currently receives is so badly misspent. I understand, you want a larger piece of the cake. But why are you wasting the slices of the cake you are currently getting?



The rulers are not accountable to the ruled.
The rulers of the states had often been agents of the federal exploiters.
Unresponsive to local concerns. Limiting federal and empowering state might help.

DapoBear:
Lol. The people from the article are in some cases refugees, settled in Yorubaland to escape persecution and to make money. And you somehow spun this into some sort of existential threat?

Please leave your editorializing out.

[/quote][quote author=Abagworo link=topic=553939.msg7191755#msg7191755 date=1290409819]In as much as you are logically right but did you consider the fact that the first language is Igbo and it has always been?The first settlers were Nri who were later influenced from interactions with the bigger Benin Empire.There has been recent attempts to re-write history but unfortunately we are at the IT era where informations can easily be accessed.The flimsy excuses given like

1 My own family came from Bini
2 We call God Oselobue
3 We have King while Igbos don't
4 Some of us bear Bini names etc.
are products of inferiority complex whereby you try to look for reasons to feel different and important than your fellow Igbos.

Abagworo:
[ikk] 22 , 800 (2000). Delta state, Ika LGA. Dialects : A separate language in the Igbo language subgroup. The dialect around Agbor, the administrative and commercial center, appears to be developing into a standard form. Further east and south from there, varieties become more similar to Igbo (Report of the Committee on Languages of Midwestern state: 12). Classification : Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue- Congo, Igboid, Igbo More information.

ezeagu:
Owa is the product of a kingdom that existed at least 400 years before the Edo Empire. Respect your elders.

jason12345:
let me know the time you are going to be online. thanks