₦airaland Forum

vantage001:
But the people of Cross river and Akwaibom were under the Eastern regional Government of Nigeria.
That was why it was natural and easy for them to automatically become biafrans when Ojukwu the regional governor at that time rebelled.
And today, The Bendelites on the other hand have not shown any desire to be part of any western political arrangement , unlike what you have now in a SS/SE political union brokered by South-south and south-eastern political egg-heads which is more a mimick of the old natural eastern society.
Different scenarios entirely.

I know you won't be the one to tell me the people of Akwa-cross were part of the defunct Eastern region.

The fact the Biafran succession is entirely an Igbo dream, have you asked them if they now want to be part of Biafra.

Times have changed you can't be too sure if they want to be part of your Biafra now. They were not recognized then so they had no voice so it was easier for them to go with a majority tribe but that is not the case now.

Just because you both voted for Goodluck Jonathan's PDP doesn't mean the entire SS will go with you to Biafra don't be deceived.

vantage001:
You are a right in a way. It shows you the stupidity of the SS conotation.
There is no historically relationship between an Itshekiri man and an Akwaibom man. The itshekiri was not part of the larger eastern region under regionalism that included the present Rivers, akwaibom and Crossrivers.
One thing that is undeniably though is that much of the present SS has historical link to the Igbo nation. Many of them had a stake in biafran struggle like the late philip Effiong of past memory.
Even the late Margaret Ekpo from calabar was the leader of the defunct Eastern Nigerian Parliament under regionalism. So our histories are shared atleast with much of the present day south south.
The yorubas on the other hand have never been part of us. You had your own Western Nigeria parliament and did your own thing. So there is no yoruba interest to be protected even historically. You have no stake in our union.
So why are you pained?

It's the same thing lumping Bendel together with Western region before its separation, you can't be too sure what the people of Cross River and Akwaibom wants, the fact Philip Effiong was the Vice of Ojukwu during the Biafran war doesn't mean they do not want some other path for themselves now. U asking for separation from the Nigerian nation have you asked the Akwa-cross people if they want to be part of Biafra.

obaino860:
Afonja....Oya come down all the way from Oshogbo of 1million kilometer and separate two brothers that are not up to 1km apart....
I have always told you, we are not Muslims...we are christian, we don't have anything to do with you people......

See this idiot who can't engage me constructively just shouting Afonja Up and down. Yoruba's are even more recognized in Christianity than Igbos.

Which brothers? Igbo and Benin get anything in common or Igbos and Itshekiri has anything in common.

Is Obvious you are looking for who to play with this morning I don't have your time.

obaino860:
That is to tell you how it will benefit them economically.......someone can not leave vital tons behind and start clamouring for sometin that will not benefit him....
Amaechi on assumption of office as transport minister, immediately commissioned a rail coach that will shuttle Aba and portharcout everyday..
Godswill akpabio first dualise ikotekpene --Aba road first before any other road in akawaibom...
Da know what benefits them economically.....

You can not stay in your Oshogbo town of 1 million miles from here and dictate to us what happens in our region...
SS/SE are close and are just 1km apart...you go and mingle with ur northern neighbours.....
SW/north are majorly Muslim...we are Christian...

Guy have noticed your post since the first few pages. Use your sense in issues. There is no tribe called SS we know the entire SE is 98% Igbo with a few igalas,SW 98% Yoruba. SS has many tribes just like the North central many of which are in no way related to Igbos. So stop trying to force people into your Biafra. Edo people,Itshekiri,Isoko,Ogoni,Ijaw,Ibibio,Urhobo and many more are in no way related to Igbos.

If you want to form your Biafra go with your Igbo speaking brothers in the SS but to lump the entire SS into your biafra means you have an evil agenda.

Even before the creation of Mid-west region Old Bendel was part of Western region.

I know you will be needing their Seaport and Oil to thrive but ask politely if they would like to join you in Biafra don't do attachee by force as if they are closely related to Igbos.

Good initiative,so far they can construct proper drainages and clean them up. But they should not charge an amount low income families won't be able to afford.

Disappointment on the face of NCAN members from Anambra and Enugu chapter who think Ominisan is Yoruba as if they don't know Ijaw people spill into Ondo just like Igala people spills into Anambra.

Sex bonds a Man and woman together, I noticed I felt no attachment to a girl that told me no sex.if we had quarrels, I could go days without even thinking she exists but I can't with a girl I have had sex with, her thoughts will always fill my heart.

kitaatita:
Awolowo's pictures are actually there; ditto Marwa. It is not an ethnic thing because several non-Yoruba are there. These are people who contributed in making Lagos what it is today. If you introduce the ethnic angle, you'll be stripping Lagos of its deserved colour and a city of opportunities which it is.

I was in a friend's Car all the way from Ikeja to the Island and I looked every single pictures, Awolowo's picture isn't there. Dangote, Soni Irabor, Jim Ovia and Tu-face are the only non-yorubas.

Yoruba influence on Igbos is a serious issue,soon their culture and tradition will be long forgotten, see the guy dressed in Yoruba regalia. These igbo guys dig the Yoruba demon swag.

Obviously not Everyone can be placed there, You didn't mention an Awolowo but you mentioned Zik it's obvious you are Igbo. Buba Maruwa formal Military Governor of Lagos isnt there.

Tell me what notable achievement did Zik do in Lagos?At least Awolowo is known to have created the Ikeja and Ilupeju industrial estates.

Odingo1:
Guy I think the HATRED is the other way round because if some are calling boldly for independence of their region, it mean they don't give a bleep about your Lagos rather it was your people that is shouting one Nigeria the more in all the social media.
If Lagos was not developed as a capital of Nigeria for many years as Abuja is been developed not it won't look like that.

You should remember how Lagos was an haven for Criminals, Dirt littered all over, bad roads etc when the capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja. It was virtually abandoned.

It took the intervention of the Yoruba Governors to make it wat it is today. Many of your people were abusing Lagos then so whether favoured or not it doesn't change the fact that it is our ancestral land.

Ambode my clan man doing wonders.

Eko oni baje lailai.

O baje ti

famagusta:
YOU guys talk and behave like it's the Yorubas that have been ruling this nation, meanwhile it's the hausa-fulani that has been doing that. Only one yoruba man has ruled this country since it's inception i.e OBJ. So you yoruba folks should stop forming to be Gaddafi as if you guys are the movers and shakers of Aso Rock.

You can't just lump all Northerners together. Gowon,BabangidaMurtala Mohammed are not Hausa-Fulani. Besides Shonekan was interim for 3 months don't know if that counts.

FemiFimile:
Ogun people again? Cruelty is all we see from there.

You know see say na IPOB living in Ogun do am.

OP I think having 1 million followers on twitter means u have reached Verified Status.

It's extremely difficult to find good girls in Naija. The loyal ones are probably ugly and less endowed. Most of the pretty/average looking Nigerian girls are into runs or double or multiple date. It's just unfortunate thats how our society is now.

Reminez:
You osus are pathetic . Why are you folks so scared of staying in your landlocked barren enclave. Abia and Imo oil is not even up to Ondo's .
A major tribe tieing herself to the aprons of the minority groups because of oil and access to the sea.
These biafravdsters sef

This SS/SE forceful alliance is something else because they both voted Good luck Jonathan. Forming attachee by force because of Oil. As if Old Bendel State wasn't part of the Old western region before it became Mid west.

Ekinematics:
If you are basing on federal allocation and IGR there's no way Ogun will come before Delta.
Delta both have a higher IGR and allocation than Ogun

I don't think you know what you are saying the most industrialized state in Nigeria is Ogun. Everyone knows that all the Nestles, Cadbury, De-united foods( Indomie) all the beweries etc are all in Ogun, state govt through Kemi Adeosun as commissioner of finance collecting tax. Even Jonathan and the British govt acknowledged that.

Now tell me how many industries are resident in Delta. Delta only beats Ogun in terms of Federal allocation not in IGR.

In terms of IGR these states rank the highest in Nigeria

Lagos
Rivers
Ogun

Based on Federal allocation plus IGR I think it shd be

Lagos
Rivers
Akwa-Ibom
Ogun
Delta

Note: it's not 5 most developed states.

Next top 5 after those above is
Kano
Anambra
Oyo
Kaduna
Cross River.

I pity you don't worry the Scorpion will have mercy on you just as you had mercy on it when it comes into ur room.

Promise93:
receive sense Mr poster all this times wey glo de sign yoruba artist, Olamide and Co, you never said that. Now wey de sign phyno U come de talk nonsense.

Must you view everything from a tribal angle.

I am of the same opinion, Glo should use all these money they are wasting on signing Ambassadors on improving their Internet services. It's just too poor in some areas.

kingsouthie:
Nwanne calm ur nerves down im not even yoruba, n i dont think yorubas are hateful either, d problem here is this "chestbeating" attitude the op succeded in exemplifying with his initial post which has...as usual drawn hatred towards igbos...and my statement about trust is in reference to what some of my northern co-workers say n I have close friends from mbaise as well.

That Chesteating and boastful attitude is just in their DNA, they feel they are superior to everybody else that's why whether in Yoruba Land, Hausa land, Benin land, Ijaw land, SA, Ghana they hate Igbos.

KungLaoooo:
Guyyyyy which business acumen are you even talking about sef. When did the opening of 2x2 shops all over the place become business acumen? abi na drug smuggling you dey refer to as business acumen? We might as well say all those Pakistanis and Indians that own convenience stores all over the place are business minded nah.

Secondly, they aren't even the most dominant non-indigenous tribe in Kano. They don't outnumber Yorubas in Kaduna and Kano. There are many Yoruba settlements and markets in those 2 states. I can't speak for the other Northern states. Those who know those places will tell you

I am not even a tribalist but I think that boastful nature is in their blood, how can you come to another person's land and call it a No man's land, disobey the law of the land, want to impose your own law on your host.

Ahmadu's bello is not to be blamed for all the things he said about them, FFK even said when the coup plotters killed the Northern leaders they were celebrating and boasting to the faces of the Hausas-fulanis.

Karlman:
...had to butt in here after a hard laugh...pls write this on the walls of your skull...NO IGBO, MAN, WOMAN OR BEAST, DEAD, ALIVE OR UNBORN WILL EVER CONSIDER THE YORUBA AS ANYTHING WORTHY OF BEING. ...every tribe in this country know you lot are a ZERO. ...there are good individuals among you lot but as a people guy una be zero...

The reason why in all countries Igbos have a large community, people hate Igbos is not because of their success or business acumen, it is because of their boastful nature. They believe they are superior to every one else.

Even if you are better than your host must you boast in their faces, that's why they deport igbos from Ghana, SA, India, Singapore,Indonesia etc.

Chinese people travel all over the world as well you can never see them disrespect their host nor boast in their faces of how better they are than their host.

Just imagine how mischevious the OP made it look like the Emir was referring to the Igbos even if the Igbos are the most dominant tribe as side from the indigenous tribe, the Emir did not still mention a particular tribe.

Igbos are the only guests that will go to another persons land or country to dictate to them how things should be done while on their own land they can't even allow you have a single say to how they run their things.

femijay8271:
u are reasoning tru ur Anus, those people av bin dere before Ambode, so tell me, where d u want them to start from huh? people like u are just heartless and gt no sympathy. u know d current situation of d country and u know how things are running right now.

Yes they have been there before Ambode came arnd but that is no excuse to live like pigs because of the economic situation,am sure if they maintained clean and hygienic environment the state govt wouldn't have demolished the place but with the filt of refuse and poo been piled up there, is no decent way to live, it's an eye sore and humans whether poor or not should not be living like that.

I am quite sure they have been serving them notice for a long time those people just refuse to do the right thing.

I boarded a BRT bus to the island today and everyone couldn't help but cover their noses as we passed a similar shantie community on water like otodo gbame.

femijay8271:
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U are just a slowpoke, Mr know it all, put urself in there condition first before u write those rubbish. Ode.

Mumu you know nothing, I don't need to put myself in their shoes because I will rather squat in a house, rent a one room or go back to my home town if I was in their shoes than build shanties on water and pollute the waters. Poor man's mentality is how you reason.

If you live in Lagos you will know the foul smell that comes from those shanties, they don't have toilets, they poo in the water and pile up waste on the water is that decent for any human? that's air pollution,each time I pass through those areas the foul smell that comes from there is unbearable.

Is not a must to live in Lagos, some people are better off in their hometown and villages rather than live like pigs and you expect development. Na only them be poor people for Lagos, cheap one room apartment no dey for AJ city or outskirts of Lagos, abeg free yourself from illiteracy mentality.

Kingbuhari:
the slum is not safe for u now.. Beta go Back, unless u want to be disgrace

Mumu and who told you it's Yorubas that are living there you see how stupid you reason.

femijay8271:
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Mr Man, u are just saying trash.

Am sure you are a poor and illiterate man. There is nothing wrong in been poor but why must the govt look at people building shanties on water and pollute those waters. There are ghettos on land in Lagos Like Ajegunle for them to rent a one room apartment there,at least the govt hasn't gone there to demolish any houses there.

Been poor doesn't mean you should consistute a nuisance and dirtiness.

bossrillboss:
...suffering and smiling...guy I pity u sha

Pity yourself, I have said it times without number a lot of people are better off in their respective home town than living like Pigs in Lagos.

femijay8271:
If I tell una say we blacks we never mature for anything, una go talk say I no know wetin I dey talk, abi? common alternative, them no fit provide for dis people them.

1.Are they Indigenes of Lagos, that LASG should provide alternative housing for them?

2.They built shanties on water

3. The govt have been serving them notice since 2014, they have refused to leave

4. How many of them pay taxes?

5. How do you know they voted for Ambode, besides they are Ijaw so they most likely will vote for PDP Jonathan.

Kingbuhari:
All this afonjas claiming omo eko should kukuma go Back to their respective hinterland villages lagos is not meant for everyone

Who are you to tell a Yoruba son or daughter to leave Lagos a Yoruba land. Can I as a Yoruba Son tell am Igbo son or daughter to go back to Abia from Anambra?