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the guy has cold feet and needs an excuse

GboyegaD: They will only use you as a bad example if you are not doing well in life but if you are, they would use you as a positive reference. Therefore, why not define yourself before it gets too late.

They will then claim you are stingy. Of course you shouldn't base your life on what your relatives say, but you need to know its going to be there.

Malcolm-X:
That's my observation as well. I noticed they hardly say anything against the Hausa/Fulani, only the Yoruba people(and recently Ijaws) are vocal against them. Why are Igbos scared of Hausa/Fulani(their real enemy), but overly vocal against Yoruba people?

Igbo fundamentally hate the Hausa. Note the only time Igbo agree with Hausa is when they throw stones at Yoruba. Outside of this, they don't see eye to eye on anything. There is more of a mix of envy/admiration for Yoruba, and the bad blood comes from the fact that being much more similar culturally, it is hard to swallow that we sided with the North instead. But I think deep down, Igbo fundamentally know who their enemies are, and it sure aint Yorubas. Yorubas tend not to think much of what others think of them, which in itself can be frustrating, and denigrating Awolowo is probably the only way to get a rise out of a Yoruba man. I suspect we will get used to that too and just move on... I see the Falana, Soyinka, Bakare etc havent even chimed in.

stillwater: @Alh haram, let's not get sentimental by shaking our heads. I'm trying to make a point from King's comment about Igbos causing everything. Let me land abeg.

Anyway, the people who ascended as heads of states after the civil war ( Yoruba and Northerners) should also take responsibility for shitty Nigeria

Nice try, except all ethnicities have been complicit in helping those presidents misbehave. For example, Ojukwu turned his back on June 12 after a visit to Abuja (Even the widely acclaimed de-tribalized Soyinka lamented this). This gave Abacha the boldness to ignore June 12, since the eastern power bloc had been handled. Note how he then proceeded to deal with the SS and SW troublemakers, knowing there would be no objections from the SE or North for that matter.

Of course I can name other non-igbo who have done the same, but I just wanted to point out that your hands are not clean. You have been just as much an architect of Nigeria's problems as everyone else, including scuttling the free-est and fairest election we ever held, an election in which ALL tribes voted with one accord. So please come off that Achebe high horse.

Btw, I could also mention the voter fraud in the SE for GEJ's election. He would have won anyways, but now he has the eastern bloc, again solidly on his side. So he has no qualms hiking the price of petrol overnight, knowing he has one region solidly behind him. Are you off that high horse yet?

Okija_juju: All I did was to point out the right and proper thing to do.. If you think it was okay for these students to take the law into their hands and destroy that community.. ..Then it was okay for the vigilante group that took the law into their hands and killed 4 suspected robbers SHIKINA!!

Whats wrong is wrong!

Abeg tell dem o. If you are cheering the student rampage, you would have been doing the same when the 4 boys were being murdered. We want the law to apply to everybody else except us.

There is no such thing as moderate in Nigerian wedding. Just ready your bank account. Otherwise your relatives will be using you as reference point of what not to do 10 years from now

Wow. Definitely the best Ive seen

Gbawe: @Igbo2011.

I was never comfortable with the messianic support Obama received from Africans because I believed it to be an emotional and gross simplification of the American Presidency. An American president is not so much a person. He is an institution that will always be compelled and 'harmonised', above everything else, to do what is best for the USA.

It is those , in the first place, who wanted to associate the American Presidency with colour and continental goodwill (i.e Obama's link with Africa) who will be disappointed with Obama.

Those who never regarded Obama's race and origin as pertinent will understand he is simply another individual who must continue the effort to keep America dominant. This "dominance" may come at the expense of others to include Africans and it is naive, given all that is known about the USA , for anyone to think the racial and continental origin of the man in the White House changes anything. This is not necessarily a bad thing and we Africans should learn from it. Allegiance and loyalty should , first and foremost, be to the land that has developed you. Obama is not Kenyan or African. He is, beyond the dreamy rhetoric, and for the purposes that matter, 100% American.

Well said. Even African Americans have trouble with this concept. Politicians love it when you cant see beyond color or ethnicity. If I could vote, I would vote for Obama, as Romney is a much worse alternative. But I am under no illusion about such a vote.

gunuvi: I blame UNIPORT students more than I blame the Aluu people. Many of them witnessed the gruesome murder and fold their hands, immagine how long it took them to retaliate...OMG, where is the spirit of aluta continua!!! One for all, all for one, I have this prayer to make. All those who witnessed that killing without doing anything to stop it, will all find themselves in a situation one day where they will need lifesaving helps but right in front of them the help will be there but it will be late. Amen
The UNIPORT SUG excos should be flogged.
Meanwhile, I read on fb that NANS are protesting @Allucifer now, they should help level the village once and for all, it will even be to the advantage of the villagers. To hell with Allucifer people, to hell with those useless bystanders and to hell with the uniport SUG for delaying justice.

How is this different from what the Aluu killers did. Stop taking the law into your own hands!

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Yorubas are the Problem with Nigeria – By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Via Elombah.com. Wed, 05/27/2009 – 11:01

By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Prospective Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria

How then do you explain that the SW has always been a vigorous opposition to government misuse of power, regardless of the ethnicity of the president. You better shine your eyes... this divide and conquer siren song is the same one used to lure Zik and NCNC back in the day, and it didnt turn out well, did it?

Standing5: Now on Page (You Know)

My point stands. No one has been able to dispute the irrefutable facts in the first post. Instead, ppl just dance around it, posting opinions of others like Sanusi. Opinions and facts are obviously different. I noticed the original post stands undisputed.

taharqa: It has just began...*i laugh* hypocrisy can not hold for too long. Soon those that planned to build their castles on the 'heads'of Nigerians and Nigeria would see those castles go aground and their plans shed to pieces. Soon.

We know the people with Street Cred---- Odumakin(Female), Soyinka, Achebe, Falana etc; not some......

Enough of all this posturing. Lets get the merger with CPC on and give GEJ the boot.

AjanleKoko: Correction. PDP didn't play that card, in fairness to them. Buhari did.

1. Emphasizing GEJ's middle name, Azikiwe as a way to get SE votes.
2. Trying to implicate IBB and Buhari in several obvious Boko Haram attacks, insinuating Northern politicians were after him, only to change tune after winning election. He had no proof of course.

The only thing Buhari was guilty of was not being TV savvy enough when explaining himself. The same Nigerians who were calling for PDP's head were suddenly singing a different tune when the issue was cast as North vs. South. And therein lies the problem. The bulk of voters are simple folk with a pavlovian thirst for tribalism, not the pure yeoman you want to describe.

LAFOCUZY: Why it appears that Awolowo is more hated is that most Ibos believe that he betrayed Ojukwu and perhaps without his strategy maybe Nigeria may not have won the war despite receiving MEN and arms at 15% its cost fro UK, Russians, Egyptian, UAE, Iran support.

Please I will advise young folks to deal carefully with this. Most people who make these posts didn't experience the civil war but the wound has been passed on to new genrations and who is passing it on to the next. Nearly every Ibo man I know do not really feel he is Nigerian. It appears something tells him he is not. And the rest of Nigerians are not helping either. So much suspicion about the ibo man even when they have not held any political office. Their brothers in delta are marginalized. Comments like.."you want to show me ibo sense"..."this ibo man"..."ibo man and money" etc. This is dangerous. This humiliation was what lead Germans to the second world war and though they lost- the world is yet to recover from the mayhem they caused- 9 million people killed. And now they are treated with more respect.
Gentlemen, lets help the ibos integrate into Nigeria. Another war will be far more disastrous. Nobody knows who will be a victim

I agree with this, except the bolded. You do realize Achebe caused the most recent uproar - he purposely sacrified a growing peace (witness the fuel subsidy riots which brought Nigerians together) on the altar of selling his book. You cant go around making up stuff and insulting other people, and then expect some kind of polite silence, unless you think they are idiots. Even the most ardent Nigerian tribalist is usually pretty open minded and isnt interested in pogroms or anything of the sort. Look in the mirror and help yourself.

AjanleKoko: The real problem of Nigeria is the so-called 'enlightened ones', like the people on Nairaland.
The illiterates and country bumpkins aren't a problem. They are hardworking, simple folk. They break their backs every day to keep the country going, unlike the lazy 'educated' ones who are extremely needy, and won't put in their bit to move the country forward.

The good news is, the 'enlightened' folk are a minority, which is why they can't really do much to affect the polity. Heck, the nuccas don't even vote! All they do is complain and rant about everything. Hence the politicians that understand the psyche of the people at the bottom will always win elections, because they have the heart of the real people.

And that was not sarcasm, not by a wide angle.

If the bolded is true, then there really is no hope is there? Because PDP played the tribal and religious card so hard the last time, and now we have a bumbler in Aso Rock, thanks to "simple folk" who voted on emotion. Which means we can expect more of the same crap come 2015.

Interesting thread. Still at page 0. Truth is indeed power.

Interestingly, its also sprinkled in Achebe's write-up. From a supposed pan Africanist, I find it bothersome.

30secs: guy, are you her promoter? Why your blood dey hot like dis na... Mu.mu

Abeg make una help me ask am. E be like say e don "self service" to some of these photos

hrhobi1: YOUR MAMA FINE REACH REGINA? BE TRUTHFUL OH ?

I'm happy you know she is a mama. Even with makeup and air brushing, she is an eyesore. Brethren, please up your game and stop posting old women's pictures.

All these ugly, low self esteem old women who repeatedly force us to suffer looking at their pictures. Abeg make room for next generation. sheesh

Im not worried about #4. We'll just stay in bed all day

Jennifer Bristol needs to visit Nairaland for a few days.Facebook fights are like pillow fights in comparison

Wow, another Biafra thread? LOL. Actual lives were lost, so this is too emotionally charged for anyone to back down and see logic. Which is why I'm surprised someone of Achebe's caliber would make such unguarded utterances...eh, its a free world

Reno I hope you havent been spending all your Aso rock money on abuja clubs. The gravy train may be about to end

simplicity of the hausas. I am always blown away when I meet an educated Hausa. They are by far the most courteous and non-assuming of people.

Maple: I weep for my country

Are you iranian?

where is beaf btw? did he get banned? I miss the re.tard

A geographical expression less than the sum of the parts. Is this what you guys are celebrating? Now that is funny. October 2 will be here shortly.

sucre26: I keep wondering about this topic evryday... I'm still single and i want to get married someday but I'm scared of marriage. 90% of the marriages around me are crashing everyday and these marriages lasts between 6-2years. I really wonder what's going on with our generation and commitment

Chances are still good, as long as you understand not every woman is marriage material. Some prefer to remain in big girl mode, and are too self absorbed to ever love anything other than themselves. They wont tell you this directly, but you can generally deduce if you hang around them even for a short time... not being able to cook is usually a big red sign *cough*.

The 1.1mill is tangible and tax free. The $150 you will be making a day will be more like $80 after taxes and $50 after averaging out monthly expenses, if you are very frugal and everything works just right (it never does). Still, 1.1mill is like $7k, so it should take you like 6 months to make 1.1mill back. If you are sure this is guaranteed pay, I'd take it.

It clearly states its just an avenue where you can ventilate your feelings. We already have beer parlours for this, so the confab is useless