2cato:
In islam a woman is the property of a man and has no right (or left) of her own. She is and will always remain a slave to the man.

jacabi:
Thanks! I need this "hello mallam, how is market? how much is apple? let me pay #80, give me five. how much is my net pay?"

jacabi:
Sannu da aiki my queen! What does, is it sai gobe or sain gobe mean? Nagode

jacabi: I'm interested in learning hausa but is like you people are doing magic here. Any way, somebody to help with greetings in hausa like good morning, afternoon, evenning, good night, welcome, good bye, well done etc.

J29:



Gwarinpa estate lands available for between 6m to 10m, 450sqm to 600sqm

C0llynzO2:
Illiteracy
http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/mobile/53569/1/northern-nigeria-has-world-highest-illiterate-worl.html
Poverty
www.punchng.com/editorial/tackling-extreme-poverty-in-the-north/
http://en.starafrica.com/news/world-bank-report-says-poverty-remains-high-in-nigeria.html
Diseases
http://www.voanews.com/a/northern-nigeria-project-aims-to-eliminate-neglected-diseases-114160829/161636.html
Extremism, Violence and Religious intolerance are not even up for discussion and they aren't limited to boko haram, those vices are as old as the north itself.

C0llynzO2: This thread is dead on arrival, there is no ''misconception'' about the north.
The north has one of the highest illiteracy levels in the world -- fact!
The north has one of the highest poverty rates in the world -- fact!
The north is home to some of the worst diseases in Nigeria -- fact!
The north has serious long standing problems with extremism, religious intolerance and violence -- fact!
What misconception is there to clear again?

IgboMonk: Lol fasting kor hunger strike ni

after rain comes the sunshine, Northerner is a northerner, stop hiding under religion to play the ostrich, why must all the violence and problems that spread to other parts of Nigeria originate from North, is your version of Islam different from those practise in Qatar,Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco UAE, Kuwait, Oman etc or were you people given the wrong version of the koran that encourage killing with abandoned recklesss?lol .

Why always you guys, 24/7 since 1914?

Abeg close the thread retreat to your hijab until una perceptions about human life change or keep instigating riot and bloodshed like you are knowned for.

PLEASE GET OFF THIS THREAD I REALLY DONT NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO DO NOT HABOUR ANYTHING BUT HATRED IN THEIR HEARTS. AS FOR RELIGION. PLEASE STICK TO YOURS WHILE I STICK TO MINE. AS FOR THE THREAD I AINT CLOSING IT SINCE YOU DONT HAVE TO BE HERE. IF YOU THINK OUR BRAND OF ISLAM IS WRONG PLEASE IMPORT THE RIGHT ONE.

Adelaide2: My questions:

1. What is ''Hausa-Fulani''? How can two distinct ethnic groups be grouped as one? Where else in the world has this happened?
2. What does an Hausa man/woman think of a Fulani man/woman?
3. What does the average northerner think about the northern elites?
4. Is the North better of on its own or as being in Nigeria with the south?
5. RELIGION: why does an average Northern Muslim assume that they can make every Nigerian become a Muslim?
6. Do Northern Muslims hate Igbos? If so, why?
7. What does the average non-violent northerner think when he sees southerners being killed in many of killing sprees that have gone on in the North?

IgboMonk: Who is even interested in whatever you arewaqueen abi arewabitch is masquarading here, trying to appear more civilized, liberal and rational when behind you every Nigerian know you all very well.

Where should one start asking you questions from beheading of Akaluka, Maitatasine Riot, Miss Universe, Reihard Bonke protest, shooting of a female Christ Embassy evangelist, Cartoon Riot killings and Youth Corp members you terrorists clubbed to death because one of yours lost a free and fair election.

The comment of Tafawa Belewa of Nigeria being the estate of una forefather Dan Fodio, or ''I will make this country ungovernable" or Kwankwaso breaking beer bottle, refusing to release terror victims list, ECWA churches getting burnt everyday, 6 Igbo traders killed in Apo, all the utterances of Junaid Muhamed, Ango Abdullahi, Nyamko calling for genocide against Igbos bc Ihejirikwa was fighting BH or the NEF, threatnening to sue Ihejirika for fighting BH, arrogancy of the North that Niger Delta oil is theirs, Buhari jailing VeePee but allowed Presido to go scotfree, Buhari using PDTF to work all Northern roads but non in the South, Killing of Saro Wiwa, Dele Giwa, Kudirat Abiola, et al....looooool

Norths are Nuts, they are wicked, sadists, callous, violent, brute and tribalistic.....abeg OP go and recite ur Koran, Northern image can never be laundered here, it will be an uphill task for the biggest PR firm to do, so if you want to launder Northern image sell it to outsiders not Nigerians abeg.


Everything your trying to assert here is false because your opinion is considered retrogressive and sabotage by your feudal caliphates besides every Nigerian know Northerners more than they know themselves. And make sure u don't reveal your identity after this discussion because you have instantly betrayed them

Forget those that are trying to give you a soft landing here, they are laughing and shaking their heads on your futile attempt here behind their PC, PDAs and mobile phones

Obiagelli:
interesting, i also watched the documentary. Thanks for your response.

barcanista: Don't you think the first step of Northerners is to enlighten the Northern populace that it is their right to hold their leaders accountable and dictate to their leaders and not the other way round?

barcanista: Let me clear some misconception. IF Nigeria is to divide today, It won't be shared into North and South. Like defunct Yougoslavia, Nigeria will split into many components. I can Assure you that the Ijaw Nation will most likely stand on its own(I can only speak for my tribe). As for South Sudan, the scenario is absolutely different from what we have here.

BTW: You still didnt respond to the "SNC" I made mention of.

barcanista: Whether for NOW or before now, Nigeria cannot be said to be our nation in its true sense. That is the reality we all need to embrace. Don't get me wrong, it is not about disintegration it is about renegotiating the future of this country. The Present arrangement has made things extremely difficult for anyone to effect change(I am not holding brief for any of our failed leaders). The North, Your leaders are fighting Tooth and Nail Opposing True Federalism, resource Control and Sovereign National Conference, working in alliance with their Southern Friends(Who unfortunately parade themselves as leaders). If you northerners are sincere, you should have pressured your leaders just like the way we do in the south to give the SNC a rethink especially with the state of insecurity in your domain, rather than cheering them.

You Northerners Cheer Major Hamza Almustapha and the Abacha Family despite their antecedents-all because they are Northerners.

Your lands have Minerals, but you all are bent on exploiting the Oil in the Delta but not interested in the well-being of the people in the Delta.

Lastly,should there be disintegration saying the mini-countries will do worse can't be entirely true. You are only entitled to project on where you belong and I am sure others will do theirs.

EasternLeopard:

Nigeria gained independence since 1960 which is 54 years ago and your guys keep blaming the British for your educational backwardness despite ruling Nigeria for more than 38 yrs.

My sister face reality

You guys are a disgrace to black Africa.

How many schools scholarships etc have you successful ones created.

Blaming the British after 50 years of independence and doing nothing about it despite the opportunities given to your guys by GOD is the height of madness

barcanista: That Bold is my problem with you Northerners notable Hausa/Fulani. It is absolutely fallacious and Insulting. You can't force people into a Union when they clearly are not satisfied. It is not done in any sane society. You may want True Federalism and Resource Control but saying that an average Northerner want same is so untrue. The Population of Northerners that prefers the Status Quo outweighs the ones that shares your sentiment(If they ever exist).

What makes Nigeria a troubled country? It is because every ethnic nationalities are not satisfied with the present arrangement. Peace and Unity can ONLY be achieved if we are sincere with ourselves and renegotiate the unity of Nigeria. Otherwise, an Ijaw man will continue to see others as strangers, Hausa will continue to view yorubas as Strangers, Igbos will see others as outsiders and so on.

domack99: In your opinion what do you think is the way forward for northerner in term of development

domack99: God bless you arewaqueen, I will employ you to ignore any abusive posteras if they never exist and continue to clear the air on any question on northern perception.

Curlieweed:


There is nothing "open knowledge" about the highlighted. One over-entitled clown made this plausible explanation and people parrot it. The statement forgets that the south wasn't uniformly gifted with access to education. In the beginning of the last century, the coastal elite (people from what is now Lagos and Rivers states) and to an extent Ogun state (Egba) and Anambra (Onitsha) dominated the educational sector. The majority of the educated elite came from those places. People from the hinterland didn't waste time lamenting the unfairness of the "colonial policy", they made both personal and communal effort to close and eliminate the gap. Today, you can't even find vestiges of that gap.

The northern response has been rely on such tools of affirmative action as "quota system" and "federal character" which have only succeeded in entrenching the Northern elites at the expense of talakawa and doing nothing to address the educational achievement gap between the core North and the rest of the country. This is after almost six decades of self government! Leaders from the southern hinterland like Awolowo and MI Okpara didn't use affirmative action to close the gap in the south, they merely expanded opportunities for all, ensured merit and closed the gap in much less than one generation. That should be your model, not talking about some feeble colonial policy.

barcanista: @ Arewaqueen with due respect to your northern folks, saying that "Nigeria is our ONLY nation" is not only a fallacy, its an insult to all the ethnic nationalities that was forced into this pseudo arrangement called Nigeria.

I have nothing against the north or its tribes, but I want to know why you guys keep fighting tooth and nail Against True Federalism, SNC and Absolute Resource Control.

Obiagelli: Op how does the average northerner view boko haram and its ideology, do they buy a bit into these ideology or are they outrightly against it 100%. (i wonder why it is easy for boko haram to find recruits)

Is there true unity in the north?

Mogidi: @Madam
When is the right time to chew magani burun tashi?

Is it advisable to drink Fura da nono after love making?

ibietela2:

So how do we know you are REALLY a FEMALE?

C0llynzO2:
Let us see who is being realistic or sentimental here.
Is the majority of northen population not illiterate?
Are there no almajiris in the north?
Are there no religious extremists in the north?

gentleoyink: I like the op's composure.

C0llynzO2:
My contribution is realistic, it doesn't have to be positive.
Never in your life mention Japan and Northern Nigeria in the same sentence again.

C0llynzO2:
Japan is not littered with illiterates, almajiris and extremists left, right and center.

samoks: Why is the North so head-bent on reclaiming power after so many years of leading Nigeria astray?

Why is it that the North find it difficult to develop their own natural resources which are in abundance?

Why is the North afraid of resource control?

Why do the North descend on innocent southerners whenever things don't go their way?

fnep2smooth:
they are very lazy and they depend on free food. Thats why there leaders are using their head. They were in power from the creation of nigeria, they hold public offices from day one. But they use it to enrich themselves not knowing that kama is a bit(h.
Developing there state and region was never there intention even to the extent that you bearly see them in school.
Shame on there past leader cos they are the people who put them in this current hardship. When they should have use the chance they have then to turn that dessert area to africa dubai

rash47: How do you arrive @ ur user name?