₦airaland Forum

Elbinawi. why didn't you burn Nigerian flag?

mumu write up. were the Israelites speaking different languages and practising different religions?

Muslims know how to blame others for their crimes. They even blame Jews for terrorism. They blame Igbo's for 1966 coup and called it an Igbo coup but will neither hail the likes of Ojukwu and Nzeogwu for foiling the coup nor call it an 'Igbo resistance'. Anti semitism is based on a one sided historical account.

All these silly raghead anti-semitism started in Nigerian when Jewish support for Biafra became obvious last year. But you better up your conspiracy theory cos we're just getting started. was it the Jews who came a Israel from their continent to occupy the land? was Pontius Pilate who handed Jesus over and Roman soldiers who killed him all Jews? was it the Jews who left Europe to colonise and impose their languages on African and Asian Indigenous people? was it the Jews who sold millions of their fellow humans and shipped them across the Atlantic in the nefarious slave trade? was it the Jews who left their homeland in Europe, invaded and replaced the aborigines of North and south america and australia? isnt it funny that same hithler who wanted the all Jews dead was also fighting to keep his colonies in Africa?
was it the Jews who asked Muhammed to come to them to validate his new found Islam which they flatly rejected as stupid? was Muhammed who killed 800 defenceless Jews on Holiday also Jews? were the othoman turks who invaded Jerusalem, not to conquer and colonise but replace and settle also Jews? You don't even mind ascribing the divine capability of being responsible for any major event in the world to them just to make your conspiracy theory credible. You even had to imply they were responsible for anti Igbo pogrom and the civil massacre called war which you committed.

Let's damn political correctness and face the truth. The Jews are gifted and are special people. They are a minority people who dominate through success every political and economic system they found themselves in.They dominate communist soviet Union and are in the highest economic ladder in capitalist US. The are currently dominating the ICT. Whether Jews have any other intentions i cant tell but people fear others who are more powerful than them especially if they would terrible things if they found themselves in such powerful position. I think the Global Zionist conspiracy is more of what the Jews might do instead of what they are doing. Those who carry the theory about won't tell you that the biggest supporter of Kurdish(Muslims) independence is the Jewish state. They won't also tell you the role Israel played in South Sudan(Christians) independence and are currently playing for Biafra.

OGHENAOGIE:
so u guys knew it's team sports yet u foolish brain is shouting like na only igbos sabi ball...useless pig

e pain am
any TEAM dominated by Igbo's do better like atlanta96, 2013 nations cup squad that was dubbed Biafran 11 out of envy, 1980 nations cup, tunisia94 and every other successful age grade and women team. including club(enyimba, rangers, heartland) in fact football and sports is an Igbo and lower Niger thing. But you will not understand it be cause you're a sub -human.

B.Sc advertising? that's narrow and too restricted.

He sounds sympathetic to IPOB

OGHENAOGIE:
all time highest goal scorers in football:
Rashidi yekini 37 goals Yoruba
segun odegbami 23 goals Yoruba
yakubu aiyebeni 21 goals Afemai edo
ikechukwu uche 19 goals igbo
obafemi Martin's 18 goals Yoruba
Sunday oyarekhua 17 goals Afemai edo
Samson siasia 16 goals ijaw bayelsa
Julius Aghahowa 14 goals Edo
Austin okocha 14 goals delta
Daniel amokachi 13 goals nassarawa
TOP two best goal keeper of all time for Nigeria
Vincent enyeama Akwa ibom
Peter rufai Yoruba

highest goal scorer for eagles at world cup
Ahmed musa 4 goals Hausa...
where is the nonsense of Nigerian football not ok without igbos...
Currently Ahmed musa is the highest scoring eagles player still playing with 13 goals and counting...he is a northerner...some of you igbos are useless fools trying to deceive the gullible...

Isn't it a shame you could list the 70yrs achievement of non- Igbos in football just in a single post? may I also remind you that football is a game of TEAM. once a team is good even a monkey can manage to slot in goals. if it is paining you then suck it up Yoruba and awusa no sabi ball.

you easily spot a paid write up from the language.

many more wailings and allegations are coming. of course this is not true.

more like where is tonye bacanista

The op is correct. for those attacking him re do the calculations picking the five SE states and see the result. SE is 29000 sq kl while The entire Igboland is 41000 sq kl

The west is turning communist and will soon need a revolution to restore sanity and democracy in its true form.

Abiola was not recognized by any law in Nigeria as the winner of any election, no organization or government recognised him as a leader or winner. His election wasn't even concluded yet a bill was passed to honour him. What bill has been passed to honour our fathers who paid the ultimate prize for Biafra during the civil war? what bill has been passed to remember ironsi, and thousands of innocent victims of pogrom and genocide that passed for a civil war? The intention of Nigeria towards Igbo nation is at best not noble.

Which ever angle you look at it KANU is correct. Referendum is the only solution.

Yorubas have become so deluded that they judge people by their own standards. They become drowned by the noise of their own opinion that they fail to discern the reality around them. When African magic started without Igbo channel these insecure pple went mad shouting daily about how am had a Yoruba channel without an Igbo channel and how there are no Igbo lang. movies. despite knowing that Igbos gave no hoot about that since nollywood itself is Igbo, they continued disgracing themselves 'till AM igbo started and has been running since then.

same happened with BBC Hausa until that of Igbo came yet Igbos could care less about a foreign station broadcasting in Igbo language. These insecure pple will still run with their tails in between their legs when up coming Igbo writers begin to win the nobel prize without giving any f-ck about it. Igbos are not interested in white man's story about them. They are not interested in white man's judgement about them, rather they tell their own story to the world. This is the difference between them and Yoruba. This is why Yoruba's can kill to get an award, much so the Nobel while an Igbo will move to solve a problem, make and impact or inspire a generation. An achievement which could still earn him an award.

lol...insecure niggas be judging literary works by Nobel prize. Nobel prize is prestigious but not as important as having a literary work gain worldwide appeal. That is the goal of every writer and that is how writers stamp their footprint in the sands of time. I dont know much about personal history of sheaksphere, George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway etc but their great works and not awards have kept their names afloat. No African writer compares to a man whose work inspires greatest Africans in political circles like Nelson mandela, Barack Obama etc Great work like things fall apart is keeping Achebe alive while prestigious Nobel prize will most only die with Soyinka 'cos nobody will read his award when he dies.

BTW we are not in contest with Yorubas. If Nobel prize is their definition of success then they are in for a rude shock cos there are upcoming Igbo writers that will win it in a big way. It will then be proven the prize is nothing special that should be worshipped.

Tonto dike said this in 2012 but she knows better now. experience is the best teacher.

simplycarro:
Sharrapppp!!! Do you see them doing attaché by force that is the hallmark of Igbo relationship with those minorities?

Igbos don't attache to anybody except for your sense of insecurity. infact many Igbos will tell you they prefer an Igbo only Biafra.Igboland is the only thing that keeps the so called minorities together. eg sobos have nothing to with qua-ibos and qua- ibos nothing to do with ijaws except with Igboland as a focal point of unity.It was so before your Nigeria started and will continue so when Nigeria either end or Biafra comes.

simplycarro:
Ibos are scared of a future without the SS minorities.

Eastern minorities need Igbos more than Igbos need them but they are helpless and want Igbos to do the agitation job for them.

2buffagain:
See that's just it, I have no interest in these "ancestors" you speak of, because your "actual" ancestors are not hearing them. Other things are though. My marriage (not just wedding) will have nothing to do with the "blessings" of strange spirits whose origin do not align with mine.
All these things are mostly fetish and I expect better from the self-proclaimed christians I would be marrying.
I pray to God alone.

That settles it. if you have no interest in that then you have no interest in marrying her. That is a perfect reason to marry someone you share same values with. men who marry today and divorce tomorrow also "pray to God alone" as you do. men who abuse, maltreat, beat up their wives, keep concubines and even keep secret second wives all claim they "pray to God alone" like you do. You see? its not about who prays to God alone, Its about adhering to our traditional system and culture which encourages happy, stable and strong marriage. The truth remains that people find reasons to run away from commitments. again I didn't mention "strange spirits", that's your understanding. Getting blessings from ones home as of old testament Israel has nothing to do with being "fettish". just like throwing away your values has nothing to do with civilization as the white brainwash AA to think. many africans and other brainwashed half-whites think that bride price is bad but love engagement rings!

Again, the Igbos believe in keeping ani clean. blessings and curses can be laid through the land to a people as recorded in many places in the Bible. it is denial not acknowledge it.

The write-up is rather full of frustration instead of logical submissions. If the poster meant well he should have started by asking "why the tradition"
No tradition comes by chance or for fun. our tradition embodies our civilization. US doesn't have tradition (omenani) and that shouldn't be used to judge our society.

In Igboland marriage is not an just an "I love you" thing.Two people agreeing to marry is just the beginning of a process. proper background checks/spy must be conducted by the families of the intending couple, groups in the village notified, elders in the girls kindred conduct the main rite in the girl's family house, shortly before the main ceremony. Here traditional prayers and "libations" are poured for the land/ancestors to accept and bless the marriage too. therefore aside getting known by your people, there is an element of religion too as Igbos believe in land/home soil and its potency so much.If you don't believe in this important tradition, well, the girl you want to marry does. That is why marriage is best between people who share the same values. A man is always a man. The girl is the one who leaves her family to live with another man and family. Getting the nod of her kindred gives her union legitimacy, gives her a sense of support from them and peace in her marriage. it also puts the man on his toes. Any Igbo girl who knows her onion must get nod from the highest family authority before following a man as wife.

Ooni:
Despite being yoruba, I think it isn't out of place to admit that most men in this part of our country like Churchill fall under "one minute man" category. Hence I wasn't fast in celebrating Churchill because he married an IBO girl cos I knew it would backfire. our people should acknowledge this peculiar reproductive health issue and become less boastful of our non existent sexual exploit as that is usually an evidence of deep-seated complex issues.

lol

udemzyudex:
It must be inserted.

OK thanks

udemzyudex:
Well,I'll advise you see a technician .

He will do the troubleshooting by inserting another HDD and test run with videos to see where the problem comes from.

thanks. must the HDD be inserted or can I test run another via cable connection 'cos I have another one I could use on my own.

udemzyudex:
Does your video also crack when playing?

only the sound from the video cracks by ten seconds interval.

etech:
The sounds comes from your HDD?

I don't think so. i think it's from the speaker b'cos the sound transfers to a loud speaker or my earpiece when connected .I get the sound only when I play music or video both online or from the laptop. I don't hear it while doing other things.

when I saw the nation as the source I knew I was going to read a skewed article. seems they weren't aware Obiano said he is going to be first to implement the new wage. That is stronger than just "willingness"

Butterfly that thinks himself a bird. Blowing up pipelines as a means of expressing grievances is not bad considering the level of injustice in Nigeria. However, if the motive is solely to enrich your pocket and do away with the agitation which seems to be the case with asari then that's another issue. KANU has proven so far that he is incorruptible and doesn't seem to have time to exchange infantile banters. Asari should choose whether to join the movement fully or become another sellout like uwazurike and stop disturbing our peace.

etech:
HDD- hard disk drive

right click on your hard drive to go properties then click on tools then click defragment. analyze your drives before you defragment.

Thanks. The sound from my laptop also cracks every ten seconds, that's why I asked.

etech:
Ok kindly
defragment your HDD also pls if your OS is original please install your windows up.

pls, what does the bold mean and how is it done?

uchefefe:
Hello!

For background, I was born to a Igbo father and a black American mother. I grew up in the U.S., and because my father didn't teach me anything about Nigeria, for the first part of my life I didn't even know I belonged to another culture. As I got a bit older I would question him about things pertaining to Nigeria; his response was "that's not important" or "don't ask such questions, focus on your book instead". At some point I asked him if he spoke another language. He confirmed that he did, but when I asked him to teach me he told me "no one speaks it, instead we just use English" and I accepted that answer.

I had a revelation one day in middle school when eating lunch with one of my friends. Like me she was born in the U.S., but had Chinese parents. We had gone to school together for nearly 10 years, so I was shocked when one day she picked up a phone call from her grandmother and spoke to her in fluent Chinese. When I questioned her on how she learned, she told me that her parents had been teaching her. That way, if she ever goes to China she won't struggle to communicate with her people, and if she chooses not to go she'll at least be able to talk with her grandparents that don't know English.

This impassioned me and that evening when my father came home from work I begged him to teach me Igbo, even though "no one speaks it". He agreed and taught me simple phrases like "kedu", "afa m bu", and "o di mma". The thing is, which it was nice to know these things I could not actually use them to communicate. I didn't understand Igbo grammar and my vocabulary was limited to basic greetings. When I began asking him the name of household items and chores he became angry with me. He told me I was focusing on Igbo and not my books (even though my grades were great), and that he'll punish me if I keep asking so I stopped.

Getting more so to the point, I'm now a graduate student in my early 20's. While I have tried my best to study Igbo, I have met many frustrations that have led me to investigate Hausa and Yoruba. At this point, it simply pains me that when I meet people from my country, I have no means of communicating with people from my country besides English. I plan on moving to Nigeria in the not-so-distant future, and when I go I want to be fluent is something.

Between the three major languages, the arguments I have for each are:

Igbo
As an Igbo person, it makes sense for me to prioritize my language. I don't want to just sit there confused and lost during family gatherings, I also want to be able to speak to my grandparents who don't understand English well. That's really the only positives of Igbo though, even excluding the past experiences mention above, I've over all become disheartened by the idea of learning the language for a variety of reasons.

Yoruba
One thing I like about Yoruba language is that Yoruba people seem to have put a lot of effort into developing it and teaching it. Most Nigerians I've met in the U.S. that speak a Nigerian language speak Yoruba, despite the fact that I've met mostly Igbo people. In addition, of Nigerians I've met also born in the U.S., only the Yoruba's are able to speak their language. Despite that, my family roots are in the South East. I may be able to speak with more Nigerians by learning Yoruba, but I'll still be disconnected from my family. Yoruba people might seem to have less of a "complex" when it comes to their language than Igbo people, but I have observed it's still there.

Hausa
I've only ever met one Hausa family in the U.S., but from what I've observed in Nigeria they seem to practice their language the most. In addition, it seems like Hausa is a lingua franca for most of the country, and many non-Hausas are fluent in the language. Hausa is one of the few sources I can find unadulterated practice of the language. It's also West Africa's most spoken indigenous languages. It still has the same problems a Yoruba though when it comes to connecting with my family. I also don't know how realistic it is to expect to live in the Northern Part of Nigeria as I have limited experience there.

Like I said, I want to move to Nigeria at some point and that's where I want to raise a family and start a career. When I have children I don't want them to grow up like me. I want them to be connected to their people and be able to communicate with them on a level no other group in the world can. I can tell my children to love and embrace African culture and languages when I know none myself.

I decided to come here for insight from other Nigerians as I have no one to talk to about this in real life. Given everything I've said what do you think I should do? At the end of the day I just want a sense connectivity and belonging among my people. I want to put my efforts into learning a language its speakers wholly embrace so I can pass it on to my children.

Also, I don't intend for this to be tribalistic at all. I would also appreciate if responses avoided tribalistic sentiments.

That wouldn't be easy to be honest, especially when it comes to learning Igbo. In the absence of anyone to teach you through constant communication, the best advice i'll give you is to get the Igbo hymn book 'Ekpere na abu' and another English hymn book, sing any number you love in English, then find it in Igbo and try and sing it too. It'll help you learn words and phrases in Igbo faster. It has helped someone i know. Goodluck.