₦airaland Forum

arinzeejikonye:
I don't like repeating old pics, hopefully once I lay my fingers on the current ones, rest assured I will avail them for your viewing pleasure,
Udo diri gi.

Umahi must be a magician

ckenneths:
Work is very much ongoing at this site. I saw a lot of workers and equipment.

Ok. Kudos

ckenneths:
Do you know how waterlogged this site is, some substructure work can take up to 3 years for large buildings like this.

Ok

ckenneths:
More

The picture looks bungalow. I hope we don't end up with another village town hall

ckenneths:
Work going on inside at International conference centre in Awka. ........

It's almost two years.

ckenneths:
Gate of the international conference centre

Very slow or probably abandoned.

arinzeejikonye:
Abakaliki glass tunnel still on course to completion,
90%complete, while drainage channel is on track Q1 2019

Glass tunnel? Any picture please

Igbos are not zombies

BankeSmalls:
And if the Ikwerre joins us the Agbor in returning all our loyalty to our Igbo roots, who are you to say no? For me and my entire family, we are Igbos. Nothing anyone can do about that.

We must integrate all parts of igboland. The renegades will fall in gradually when we start getting things right

Pazieza. The past is gone. Celebrate whoever you like. Let's concentrate on today and the future

pazienza:
Still exhibiting your mischievous character.

The part you highlighted were not made in isolation. They are a part of a long thought process. You can't take and present them in isolation in bid to demonize Ndiigbo.

I had attached the rest of the thought process that led to the part you made bold.

What's your point? A thought process that highlighted our negative side, should amending our ways not be the first before we can have genuine complaints?

BankeSmalls:
And Jim Nwobodo

Which Jim nwobodo? He may come in if we talk about Enugu city

superlightning:
You keep trying save face Mr. "Encyclopedia".... Lol... Oya show where I quoted Achebe out of context.

Encyclopedia my left nyash.

BankeSmalls:
Maybe, but you are an afonja here.

Even if I am. You are free to present your own argument. Are we currently in same situation with isreal? Effiong blamed ojukwu for boasting on top of nothing. We were not even recognised sovereign nation then

BankeSmalls:
Predictable, now discrediting zik to support a fulani.

Much of the credit goes to ekwueme

BankeSmalls:
You are busted as anti Igbo and you want to discuss contemporary issues with who? Does this place look like ewedu thread?

You are a baby here

superlightning:
You were not here yesterday when we discussed about okpara who developed eastern region as the WORLDS fastest growing economy, not just africa. So I forgive you for that.

Zik didn't even do much. After Okpara the next serious development happened under shagari

onuebonyi:
Basilio101 is Odogwu123, Ogbuefi2020 etc. Please members take note. Ya kpotuba

Chino nwanne m forget those nairaland babies

I suggest we discuss contemporary issues. There is nothing to celebrate in those ugly history. Let's talk about now and the future

Those who called me afonja are babies on nairaland

Handsomegod:
Oga i dont understand you. You asked for evidence where Israel parroted and boasted of their achievements,i gave a RECORDED youtube link of Isareali Prime Minister himself singing his country's praises .I also mentioned i will give you 15 more if you are willing to see them.
Now instead of you responding in kind,you lifted a blanket statement from Achebe as your evidence of Igbo crude showing? How much more pathetic can one be? What da heck are u up and about?

Israel is a sovereign country with strong US backing. You don't make empty noise when you are very vulnerable

superlightning:
There will always be haters, but let's also ensure we are check ourselves too.

Unbridle pride and arrogance won't help us. It never helped anyone. Germany has learnt their lesson, albeit the hard way.

Germany don humble te te. Why do we act like we don't know that losing a war must have consequences?

superlightning:
That era was so different from now. He naively believed the military cadre will not be compromised. Then Nigeria was still young as a nation.

Well, he takes all the blame for his naivety and shares it with no one else

superlightning:
You obviously didn't understand me.

Its not about the achievements. Its the unwarranted noise and drama we make about it, knowing fully well that we are in an igbophobic society.

Israel makes no noise about their achievement unless they are being challenged by their neighbours. Same with UAE, Germany, Singapore.

Our unbridled pride is our Achilles heel.

Subtlety is the potent weapon for modern imperialism. You can't brashly show domination and expect the other to fold hand.

superlightning:
Ironsi set up a tribunal to prosecute the coup plotters after he must have concluded his peace tour. His nationwide tour to placate every region starting with the western region where he met fajuyi. The counter coup didn't allow his plans to see fruition.

The north was grievous because they had lost grip of the centre, not necessarily because the sardauna or maimalari was assassinated.

Peace tour in a strife ridden country and throwing caution to the wind? Buhari dealt with Dansuki and zakzaky, was it to please igbos? He also cancelled tours to SE and SS when tension was too high

superlightning:
Igbos - our overconfidence in ourselves has made us loud and predictable. We need to go stealth if we must progress in an igbophobic society.

Yes, we are unapologetically human, but we must not rationalize our shortcomings. China Achebe in his last memoir, "there was a country" was displeased by the "showiness", "arrogance" and "noisiness" of the Igbo man. It has to at least be subdued if not stopped.

My stance exactly

ghostfacekillar:
super story.. If u believe in igbo presidency.. U are dreaming

Nigeria does not want "igbo presidency", "hausa presidency", "yoruba presidency" etc. If igbos want to be president they should stop using that word because other tribes don't use it.

Ozibe:
Bros this is similar to what was written by scholars, about target groups. The igbos too are target groups hence, it was easy for the north to use the couo as an excuse to exterminate the igbos.

As much as I understand @bebe2u's point as regarding ironsi and ojukwu's management of the crisis leading to the civil war, I still disagrele with him because, had ironsi handed Nzeogwu to the north, it won't still please them. We all remember that igbos have been killed in the north as far back as 1945 and 1953

So who do you blame? You gave your enemy enough justifiable reason to finish you. Should you not blame yourself? Ironsi should have executed the coupists not necessarily to please the North but strengthen his own grip of power, he should have imprisoned celestine ukwu (remember he is from my state). He should have also executed the northern coup plotters and it will be justifiable. And he should have conducted election as fast as possible

ghostfacekillar:
do we ave good leaders? What is ngige doing? Rochas nko? Joe Igbokwe? And other Igbos in apc... Are they not playing the so called nationalism game? What ave it brought them. What ave they bring back home. Nothing. Have they tried to amend any bridges? The best they can do is to bad mouth igbo to he seen as "detribalised Nigerian"

Will Buhari rule for ever? Do you what know what their nationalistic game may bring tomorrow. I hope they have their hidden tribal game though

ghostfacekillar:
mr.the last time I checked igbo properties are scattered in Nigeria. Every where. Even where they are despised and our so-called nationalist from other tribes can neva do it. So tell me what kinda thing should we do to be accepted?

Who said we are not accepted?

ghostfacekillar:
compromise in which way? Can u xplain?.

Lol. Explain what. You no de naija