₦airaland Forum

jericco1:
All this na for the mean time

I know say this news dey pepper u for bodi, Walls of Jerrico will fall down flat...

Tomson1:
Prof Osinbajo still created time from his busy schedule to give them value at the meeting.

what is he doing that is more important than this?

Osunbande Esu kekere bilisi your sins have since being forgiven. Make amends.

I still prefered those cabals to the cabal in that your whatsapp group pushing propaganda unrelently.

yarimo:
Obi was not given VIP treatment unlike before, people just left him wondering at the venue

There is no content to create so Obi had to behave lest they remind him of his "begging culture" remarks.

sonnie10:
Hypocrisy at its peak. Instead of naming the main culprit he is beating about the bush. Someone said there is no longer subsidy, yet many importers are getting it from the back doors and spoiling business for the local refineries. Is the agency not answerable to the Presidency? Why not direct this inquiry to the Presidency instead of pretending like they are not oblivious of what is happening.

Use your glasses.

LP and his hoarde of Obi's hijackers just can't get it right

Dogalmighty17:
The author of this article is mad. Obasanjo went to Aso Rock Chapel for a Christmas event. What is Tinubu, a Muslim supposed to do? And hasn't general Yakubu Gowon eaten enough Christmas? What is he doing there? Plateau people! Make una tell una man say him don too tay for dis side.

You finally killed the old man

Aja f'ori ko'mi o ranti ile. Shior na now day break

Ribadu will in 2031

yarimo:
Congratulations to Reno omokri, meanwhile jubilations and celebrations everywhere

please factor in those that are in sifia pains with this news. Won po gaan

I don't see any difference between RATEL and Omo ita. They both report to oga at the top. Omo ita owns the streets pay them. Besides who sanction the cleaning? Enikuure!

In a saner clime, Alex Otti would be on the list of person of interest for going to pay homage to a terrorist. SE lacks good leaders. Tueh

Ofunaofu:
He shouldn't wait until then. He should tender his resignation now so that a more capable individual, with the competence to govern properly and the ability to understand the figures in the state budget he presents can take over.


Okpebholo has consistently shown that he lacks what it takes to govern a state like Edo State.

Show up your state governor lets compare with Okpebholo

Sewere wants to desperately stay relevant by courting trouble wherever he goes. Very childish.

inoki247:
Lol dem dey talk about mugging...


Which place dem mug pass all the London used phone na through wetin

The thing shock me. To some extent they are wrong about Lagos and SS.

yarimo:
Some are collecting gala and malt, while some collecting #500 to vote. I thought everyone in anambra state is either a millionaire or billionaire

awon iran agu na guum

Tochitee:
If ibos have not open a thread about their gods the “Yorubas in a day, their life never complete ! Na like this Una wan collect biafuro from us??

Exactly!

A whole 4 pages for Enemies of the State to wail on! Tears everywhere May our enemies be put to shame.

Sowore should be grateful that @PoliceNG are not vindictive. A buck shot to the ass is the standard procedure in some climes.

Orlandoo:
He is avoiding Trump. Only one strong look from Trump to his direction will make him urinate on himself.

You are not so smart are you?

So far they start from the 5 plots no objection from here.

helinues:
Source: Sahara reporters

Na only those who no dey think go believe this junk news

No mind Yele. First it was stroke now na Colapse. The werey is toying with Bokku people's mind.

papiSNEH:
DSS always quick and able to track down a common man voicing out his pain but when it's time to track and go after herdsmen destroying farms and killing farmers, kidnappers and Bandits abducting, demanding and collecting ransom they become busy inserting fingers in their anus and smelling it.

herdsmen, kidnappers and bandits dey leave trail?

Siifia pains in the camp of "I didnt defect, I just peacefully leave"

Children of hate are mocking the bereived

Ttalk:
Gidigidi, Racon, and others should come and listen to the inciting words from their pastor.

When we thought we have seen the end of their incitement another one will spring up

Racoon and his ilks are in Abuja to free Maazi Nnamdi Kanu

zero8zero:
This is after getting $20 billion loan from the world bank earlier. The finishing specialists/Bitter Obidients said Nigeria should go to Milei and study Argentina economy 😂

As in... Imagine if we had voted for him, we would have been in the same situation with the Argies. Chai! I am Batified.

Why Political Marginalization Is Harder for the Igbo to Prove Beyond the Presidency. By Chioma Amaryllis Ahaghotu

The issue of political marginalization in Nigeria often resurfaces in conversations about the Southeast. Yet, beyond the presidency, it becomes increasingly difficult to prove in concrete terms.

Every state in the Southeast is governed by Igbo people.

Every constituency in the region is represented by Igbo lawmakers, both at the state and federal levels.

From senators to members of the House of Representatives, from local government chairmen to councillors, the Southeast controls its own political structure.

Even at the state level, the power to appoint commissioners, special advisers, senior assistants, and board members rests solely with Igbo governors.

These appointments are made internally, by Igbo leaders, for Igbo people.

If there’s poor representation, mismanagement, or exclusion within the system, it’s not the handiwork of any other ethnic group; it’s the result of internal politics, favoritism, and poor governance within the Southeast itself.

Now, let’s talk about federal appointments.

The claim that the Southeast is completely excluded from national representation does not hold up under scrutiny. Across successive administrations, Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari, and now Tinubu, Igbo technocrats, politicians, and bureaucrats have held key federal positions: ministers, ambassadors, heads of agencies, service chiefs, and permanent secretaries.

From Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to Pius Anyim, Oby Ezekwesili, and Charles Soludo, the region has produced some of Nigeria’s most influential voices in governance and policy.

The issue, therefore, isn’t a total absence of representation, it’s that the appointments rarely align with the political ambitions or emotional expectations of the Southeast.

Even the historical argument about the “forced amalgamation” of 1914, often cited by IPOB, loses moral weight when one considers that Nigeria’s independence in 1960 was a joint effort. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Michael Okpara were not sidelined; they were architects of the new nation. Azikiwe became Nigeria’s first President, and his leadership symbolized unity, not division.

The Southeast once produced some of the most politically sophisticated minds, bridge builders who understood that politics is not won on sentiment, but on negotiation, alignment, and patience.

Today, instead of coalition-building, many have chosen isolation, resentment, and emotional politics. That’s not mere marginalization, it is worse, that’s self-sabotage.

Between 1960-1966, Igbo people dominated even in the military. Right before the Biafran Civil War.

Political relevance is never given; it is built, through strategy, numbers, and networks.

The North and Southwest have mastered the art of alliance politics, while the Southeast remains trapped in cycles of moral outrage and victimh00d.

It’s easier to argue “marginalization” than to admit that disunity, inconsistent political strategy, and lack of negotiation discipline have weakened our leverage as a region.

Until the Southeast learns to convert emotion into structure, agitation into participation, and rhetoric into coalition-building, it will continue to mistake self-inflicted isolation for national exclusion.

The truth is, the Igbo are not politically invisible, we are politically fragmented.

APGA, the only major Igbo-led political party, holds relevance in just one Igbo state. The PDP, a party that the Igbo have loyally supported for decades, never truly allowed them to lead its top hierarchy. Why is that?

And what about grooming the next generation?

How many Igbo leaders today are actively preparing for 2031 and beyond, strategically, not sentimentally?

IP0B’s agitation has blurred the line between a separatist cause and genuine Igbo political interest, making even the most politically savvy among us too emotional to think strategically.

Politics, everywhere in the world, is a game, of numbers, leverage, and alliances.

If you don’t have numbers to bargain with, you have no leverage.

The fact that no presidential candidate feels compelled to court the Southeast as a necessity to win elections tells us everything we need to know.

The Igbo are also the most geographically dispersed among Nigeria’s major tribes.

Most Yoruba people are situated within the Southwest, and Northerners largely remain within their region.

The Igbo, by contrast, are spread across every corner of the country, economically present but politically diffused.

And until that changes, or we adapt our strategy, this marginalization debate will end in emotional appeal and online outrage. Our political potential will remain a dream deferred, not simply because Nigeria conspired against the Igbo, but because the Igbo have yet to learn how to conspire with themselves.

Anyi kwesiri ikpo onwe anyi meeting! It is long over due.

Sifia pains for finishing specialists. I expect Sowore to stage a protest at the hague after 20th Oct