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Igbochief001:
Only a fool does same thing over n over and expect changes ...

U are here seeing how many tribe in Nigeria don't trust the fulanis and claim they want to take over their land ...and it's not unfounded ...

1) land was given to fulanis in southern kaduna years ago to stop the killing , same was done in jos .... fulanis accepted the land ...turned it to a local government and appointed emir
As if that's not enough , they tried to take over lands in mali , central africa republic , ghana , senegal ...

And the Nigerian government seems to be supporting them by stripping the locals power to defend and protect themselves

2) we are people of different values ...core north want a sharia system ....the rest Nigeria wants a libra society

North are socialist ...the rest are capitalist
We are like water n oil we can't mix

Thanks for giving what I consider the only constructive response so far. For me, most of our problems as Africans emanate from our mental laziness by which we are largely unwilling to listen to a different view, learn a new thing or give constructive reasons for the things we may do. Instead of constructive, we are more likely to throw tantrums and be destructive in the face of problems. You can see that manifesting above already.

Thank God you are different. Now, my response to you: Our elders have a saying that goes, "instead of me to angrily give up what is mine, I will angrily take it back". Only a grasshopper breaks its neck because it's angry, not a human.

All these things you have mentioned are happening only because our country has been stolen from us by some enemies from beyond our shores. What I'm saying basically is that instead of us to leave our country for the thief or break it up because of the enemy (which is like someone breaking his beautiful glass cup just because someone stole it from him and he found out), let us use the idea I'm here to reveal and TAKE BACK what is ours. How do you respond to this?

The point you raised about having a different system in the North than the South makes sense. But remember, this is not the only pluralistic country on Earth. With the idea I'm here to offer, we can coexist and our differences will become a source of strength rather than weakness.

With this, let me drop my Number 8 reason why we shouldn't break up.

theenchanter:
ok, nice.

Thank you Sir. Africa needs more people like you who are seekers of the Truth. Please, keep it up.

BigSarah:
Shit , Bulls hit...
The house is on fire, let's be calm it will soon rain.... That's the meaning of all you wrote.

I believe that you could make this point only because you didn't take time to reason my presentation through. Or else, can you point out any place where my presentation suggests, we should do nothing about the situation as you accused me of?

Meanwhile, I think that this applies to you too..

BrandBrainBox:
Do you know why the Black Race is the only human race that the Arab Fula people were able to rule over as it's happening in Nigeria? It's because we have all sorts of beastly weaknesses. One of them (which is the main reason we lag far behind in inventions) is that we generally lack the ability to be CONSISTENTLY CONSTRUCTIVE in our affairs. Instead, we're more likely to be DESTRUCTIVE. And, this destructiveness of ours is usually SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.

We think we're doing someone else when we're actually dealing sorely with ourselves. On this note, I want to advise you to learn to be more CONSTRUCTIVE than DESTRUCTIVE in your criticism of people. If you don't, you are messing yourself up more than anyone else.

For instance...
* You will lose your inner peace.
* You will be perceived as untrained and barbaric (which will deny you opportunities in prestige-demanding positions)
* As you obviously want to jet out of Nigeria into a new nation of your own, such a destructive attitude cannot help you to build a great nation. Because building a nation is a CONSTRUCTIVE, not a destructive venture.

Well, thanks for knowing that my explanations are useless. I love them that way. If you have a constructive argument, bring it up and let's see how stupid I might be.

DubaiLandLord:
With all this your useless explanation. For the past 3 days I have not seen power supply for up to 10 hrs.

If we can't make ordinary power supply work in this time and age were countries like Benin republic, togo, Ghana etc dey enjoy power supply, yet you think a country like nigeria will work?

With this present structure we are running, nigeria can never develop.

We need to restructure or total break up of nigeria

Do you know why the Black Race is the only human race that the Arab Fula people were able to rule over as it's happening in Nigeria? It's because we have all sorts of beastly weaknesses. One of them (which is the main reason we lag far behind in inventions) is that we generally lack the ability to be CONSISTENTLY CONSTRUCTIVE in our affairs. Instead, we're more likely to be DESTRUCTIVE. And, this destructiveness of ours is usually SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.

We think we're doing someone else when we're actually dealing sorely with ourselves. On this note, I want to advise you to learn to be more CONSTRUCTIVE than DESTRUCTIVE in your criticism of people. If you don't, you are messing yourself up more than anyone else.

For instance...
* You will lose your inner peace.
* You will be perceived as untrained and barbaric (which will deny you opportunities in prestige-demanding positions)
* As you obviously want to jet out of Nigeria into a new nation of your own, such a destructive attitude cannot help you to build a great nation. Because building a nation is a CONSTRUCTIVE, not a destructive venture.

Well, thanks for knowing that my explanations are useless. I love them that way. If you have a constructive argument, bring it up and let's see how stupid I might be.

Let me stop here briefly and see if anyone agrees or disagree with me. Next, I will give my remaining 3 reasons before offering my views on how we can immediately begin to turn things around by just changing our attitudes - which is not difficult either. Just believe me: we are taking this country back from those who have stolen it from us even before many of us were born - which is the reason many people's destinies get thwarted here and they live all their lives suffering unnecessarily.

We often blame it on an imaginary Devil (which may be true too in some way). But, we need to find that Devil in ourselves and destroy it once and for all (may not be what you think though).

7. SO, THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH HER NAME OR LOCATION - IT IS A PROBLEM WITH HER PEOPLE

Ours is basically a problem with our attitude, not with our latitude. So, even if we change our name or our boundaries, the problem still remains until we change our attitude. And, if we can change our attitude for good right now, we'll soon realize how our problems get solved.

6. THERE ARE DANGERS AHEAD ALREADY

Yes, I will also tell you the dangers ahead of Biafra and Oduduwa, for example, that many of the agitators are not yet seeing. Factions are already emerging to make the prospective new nations another hell as Nigeria is now considered a hell by many of her citizens. See Kanu here and Dokubo there with their groups all poised to take it out against each other in a nation that would be too young to stand such squabbles. Then, in Yorubaland, the Igbohos and the Tinubus will be pitched against each other in a fight for supremacy.

5. STARTING NEW SOVEREIGN NATIONS WILL SET BACK THE HANDS OF OUR CLOCK

If the new nations that some people are seeking to have would be significantly better than what we already have, I would have said, "OK, let's pay the price in time, treasure, or talents - whatever it takes". Unfortunately, every indication shows that another South Sudan may just be on the way in each of the nations people are seeking to establish out of Nigeria (see the next point for more detail).

Added to that, starting new nations promises to set back the hands of our clock. Do you know what it takes to lay a solid foundation for a new nation? It's not enough to be a zealot or an orator like Nnamdi Kanu. Rather, it requires very high levels of discipline, maturity, and tradition. Otherwise, just a few blunders to be committed by the leaders of the new nation will have the majority of the people in a deep mess (blunders like Kanu supporting the Republicans in the US only for the Democrats to win. Now, he has lost the support of a major world power for the next 8 years and probably much longer. I need someone to hit me here. But, make sure you "HIT RESPONSIBLY").

I know that many shallow thinkers would say, "we don't care. Let's just get out of this shithole and we can sort ourselves out. Let's get to the bridge before we cross it". But, do you know what? That's one of the attitudes our older generations had that is the reason why things are so bad for us today. It is one reason they failed and we criticize them. It's also one reason we're bound to fail unless we think clearly and redress NOW.

He who fails to plan, plans to fail. Getting to the bridge before you cross it, amounts to failing to plan. It amounts to leaping before you look. It's stupid to do. So, let's not do it.

4. IT IS SELFISH TO TRY TO QUIT (WHICH MEANS WE'D ALWAYS QUIT AGAIN WHEN CHALLENGED)

I've already said it in passing. The thriving economies that we envy are so because some people chose to fight for a future generation to be happier than themselves. Countries like the US, UAE, Germany, France, and even our own South Africa come to mind here.

Show me an economy that is poor and I will show you a people whose ancestors were selfish scumbags. Oh, and while many of us love to curse our ancestors for failing to fight for us to enjoy peace and dignity in our lifetimes, our own offsprings may have even bigger reasons to curse us when we finally become ancestors... unless we earn their respect NOW. Remember: we are becoming ancestors soon Bitter truth though to those who lack vision!

3. WE SHOULDN'T BE WEAKLINGS

I came to NL to talk about brands but I started getting other beautiful inspirations. This is one of them. I'm saying that we have better reasons to fight and defeat the enemies of our dear old "my country Nigeria" than to abandon her at these difficult times. That will portray us as a race of weaklings.

The only race dominated by Arab Fula people is the Black Race. Also, we are the only human race that is not ruling over any other race. What's responsible for this? It's because we are weaklings from generation to generation. The good news, however, is that we can change all that if we can get committed to it.

Meanwhile, Nigeria is a brand that we need to protect and promote rather than demarket. So, I think that I'm still keeping to my objective for coming on board. Huh! (to sound like Shekau - one of the enemies we are forcing to fall in soon). They're the weaklings, not the rest of us law-abiding citizens.

Well, presuming that you will all agree with that clear truth, I continue: Our faith shouldn't be for fancy; or, should it? Each of our religions preaches faith. So, I'm here to give us reasons to fight and take Nigeria from the thieves instead of quitting and abandoning her just because the going got tough.

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2. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR PROMISES TO NIGERIA

We all said, "I pledge to Nigeria my country" as school kids and elsewhere. We concluded it with a prayer, "so help me God". Now, are we giving up on that prayer which means on God? Again, that would be faithless of us.

Another way to put it is: Have we withdrawn our promise from "Nigeria my country" finally? If yes, what does that say about us? That we can't be relied on? That we are only fair-weather citizens? Of course, it also means that we will remain fair-weather even if we get new nations. Yes, new nations do not necessarily translate to better nations (examples abound).

1. IT'S HYPOCRISY TO SAY THAT NIGERIA CAN NEVER WORK

I'm surprised that many Nigerians say this so often and so comfortably - "Nigeria can never work". Ironically, such an expression of faithlessness contradicts the tenets of our various religions - whether Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or even the African Traditional Religion. I challenge anyone who does not agree with me here to bring up his superior view to the table.

Therefore, unless we admit that we are all hypocrites in our various religions, we must stop expressing such deep levels of faithlessness. Instead, let everyone reading this know it at heart that we can still make something good out of Nigeria. Oh yes, WE CAN. Our case isn't hopeless yet or at all. That's faith. Anything else comes from the evil one.

Meanwhile, who doesn't agree that losing hope on Nigeria contradicts the heart of the faith we profess in our various religions?

Yesterday when I was chatting with some people here about the opportunity we have to make Americans beg to have Nigerian visas, some people disagreed with me. They disagreed because they believe that

"Nigeria can never work"

as many people now feel good to say.

Now, I will give my 7+3 reasons why we should fight to take Nigeria from the enemies instead of seeking to break up the country. I will first give you the 7 strongest reasons and then, 3 more.

I know that many people will hate me for this. That's OK, but at least, hear me out first. Wherever I seem to be getting it wrong, feel free to disagree with or even bash me. Let's disagree to agree as they said Zik said.

After giving my reasons why we shouldn't be seeking new nations, I will also offer my ideas on how we can take our country from our real enemies without bloodshed or risk to life/property.

docdes:
OK, the whole world will be coming over here to play Bet9ja That's the ops view though.

Haha! You're joking; aren't you?

10mobile:
OK, what do you suggest as the solution to our problems as a country? For example, how can we solve the problem of Fulani always trying to take over everything?

I will take time to answer this in a separate post. I will mention you in the post. Thanks.

theenchanter:
bobo, alexa rank site based on the number of visitors, it doesn't matter where the visitors reside. If u like create a website in ur village, there's a metric for counting the number of people that visits the site on a daily basis.

Now, I'm not saying it's only nigerians that know bet9ja but it's MAJORLY known by Nigerians. U can go to egypt or even any african country and ask them about bet9ja and watch the ignorance on their face..... But ask them about Aliexpress or Amazon and u'll see that some of them actually know about it.

And no, bet9ja is not ranked among 200 websites. Bet9ja is at ranked at 278.

Yes, there are almost 2b websites in the world but less than 200m are active, about 90% are dormant.

Bro (or sis?), thanks for your strong interest in this. First, click here to see Bet9ja.com's page on Alexa. It was ranked 173rd yesterday while I was writing but today at about 11:50 am (WAT), it was 174th.

Next, here is an example of how Bet9ja.com's top place on the Alexa list could help to make Nigeria a global destination: Entrepreneurs across the world often get involved in SEO and SEM researches. One of the favorite points of such a research is to find high PR sites to target their backlinks at or for other marketing insights. And one of the common ways to locate high PR sites is to look for those that top the Alexa chart.

In the process of looking for 'top 100, top 200, top 1000, etc sites on Alexa, a wealthy but adventurous entrepreneur in Canada might discover that a betting platform made it to the top 200 on the globally respected ranking. The business man in the guy might begin to ask why it is so. Then, he discovers that it is so because the site in question is located in a country with huge populations of unemployed youths. This could inspire the entrepreneur to set up a production plant somewhere in Nigeria because it means he can get labor more readily and so, cheaper.

That's an investor coming to explore Nigeria. And when he sets up his plant, many of his skilled workers will certainly relocate to Nigeria. Also, many of his customers will be coming to Nigeria for business. And, if I must tell you this, many companies with bases in Nigeria were moved by such factors as availability of cheap labor, access to the sea, and a huge local market. These are some of the reasons attracting investors to Nigeria in spite of many extraordinary challenges that characterize the country's local business environment.

If you still disagree, feel free to air your further objections. Thanks once again.

10mobile:
Which one do you support? United Nigeria or breakup?

I don't believe in quitting. I believe in fighting my battle. Our problems are deeper than "united or breakup". Even if Nigeria breaks up today, new problems will emerge in the new nations with other groups seeking to break away. In Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu group will fight dirty with Asari Dokubo group. In Oduduwa, the Igboho/OPC group will have to deal with fellows like Tinubu. These are desperate factions that will stop at nothing to get what they want. The major problem of Southern Nigerians is that we only know book without knowing the truth. Let's learn to look before we leap. Read this and see: Southern Nigeria Declared 'The World Capital of Stupidity'.

simplePOS:
Interesting topic. Nigeria is actually blessed and if only we Nigerians recognise that fact. Please finish up your writeup.

Meanwhile, I always love your posts not only because of the intelligence displayed but for the fact that you don't go tribal. Keep them coming please

Thanks for the appreciation. Yes, Nigeria is blessed and I mean the people called 'Nigeria' (not just the name. Even if Nigeria breaks up today, that truth still remains that "Nigeria is blessed" but the people largely do not recognize that fact.

1. ME: I swore (like Sowore) that I will not award the first position to any currently known brand. The reason is that I am absolutely sure that our best is yet to be here and that our best can just be ANYONE. Yes, and I mean, including YOU.

Believe this. Touch yourself and say "ME, I am going to occupy that number 1 slot. If the founders of these and other well-performing local brands could do it, why not me? I can do it, and I will do it"

Whether you are Arewa, Biafra, Oduduwa, Boko Haram, or whatever other tribe, group, or nation seeking independence from Nigeria, I want you to know that, FOR NOW, NIGERIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WE HAVE. So, each person should work to make it work.

I'm only trying to point out that we can always help ourselves individually no matter how badly things may get. Each of these brands mentioned can easily inspire ANYONE in the country to create what could make Americans beg to have Nigerian visas (never say nay) because we are defeating even herder terrorists and all the barbaric groups messing us up.

Finally, I have a wonderful insight for a few of you who are ready to think out of the box. It is a best-kept secret anyone can easily use to create a brand that sells wide with just an internet access, using free tools. You can do this even with just a good knowledge of something (like car problems or baby-nursing technique). I will be sharing it via a multimedia conference on Telegram. It's free but to stop the mods from closing this topic, I will share the link privately only with those who show interest. So, if you are interested, just comment "INTERESTED". Thank you.

2. Innoson Group:
Innoson is the most enigmatic brand in Nigeria. That's my view. I will give my point below and anyone who likes can counter it with a superior point. 


First, remember this: vehicle manufacturing is easily the most challenging sector from which any of the mentioned brands are drawn. It is not something you can start without very long-standing tradition, fully enabling environment and local competition to spur you on. But, without the 3 factors, Innoson Group has used its auto-making arm IVM to do things in Nigeria that only well-established international brands like Toyota, Nissan, and Ford have been able to achieve. 


They have vehicle models in bus (both mini and maxi), SUV, truck, and more. All these are finished at top global-rated standards. It has also been touted to be involved in developing military vehicles for the Nigerian Army. 


So, far IVM is in a league of its own with absolutely no one yet being able to compete with them (at least, until that Northern guy Buhari sent to the US to study automobile design and engineering returns to start something if he ever does)

3. Dangote Group: With the founder of Dangote Group getting named as the richest African for the 10th time in a row this February, it's not difficult to fathom why the conglomerate is the second on this list. It would have been first if not for a reason I will disclose down below. 


Although Dangote Group took off as an FMCG firm, it's biggest concern currently is in cement production, throwing up about 46 million metric tons of cement annually. This huge output is sold across 10 African countries. 


With Dangote Group's oil refinery "expected to be one of the world's largest oil refineries once complete" according to Forbes' authoritative viewpoint, the company and its founder are expected to top world (not just African) charts back to back in a few years from now. They may even top my own list when that happens (for instance, if they solve the problem of gas scarcity for a considerable length of time)

4. Zinox: Zinox which rightly describes itself as "the first internationally certified indigenous computer brand in West Africa" started with the manufacture of computer hardware. Flying Nigeria's flag very proudly, Zinox is the first (and probably the only) computer hardware outfit to ever include the Naira sign in its keyboard. 


The e-commerce platform Konga would have made this list independently if not that it was acquired by Zinox in 2018. It may interest you to know that Zinox has built Konga to the position of a leading e-commerce retailer in the African continent. Zinox also owns 2 other less known e-commerce platforms - Yudala and BuyRightAfrica.com

5. Bet9ja: Bet9ja.com is now the second most visited site in Nigeria after Google.com according to Alexa which also ranks it 173rd most visited site in the world. Although this portrays us as a gambling country (which is not a good reputation), the fact is that Bet9ja is competing very favorably globally in the betting market - mind you, we are talking economics here, not morality per se. 


If you are still wondering why Bet9ja made it, think about this: Do you know what it takes for a site to place 173rd out of almost 2 billion websites on the worldwide web as we talk and that site is Nigeria-based?

6. Nairaland: There are two indigenous Nigerian brands whose websites made it to Alexa's top 1000 most visited sites around the world and our own dear Nairaland is one of them. It places 771st globally at the time of compiling this report while it is the 6th most visited site at home (and coincidentally 6th on my list, wow! I don make am las las). 


Nairaland is now largely seen as an online version of the physical Nigeria where you can sample the exact opinions on any issue across the country. But what many Nigerians do not know is that Nairaland receives very large traffic from the USA, UK, India, China, and other top countries especially in the English-speaking regions.

7. Paystack: When the San Francisco-based financial services/SaaS outfit Stripe acquired Nigeria-based fintech startup Paystack last October for an undisclosed amount believed to be up to $200 million, it made news headlines across the world. Well, it's not just the amount of money involved that's at issue in the news. Rather, it's the fact that Silicon Valley's most prized asset Stripe ventured into the highly uncertain waters of an economy like Nigeria's. 


They can say all they like for all I care. But, they can't change the fact that it was a Nigerian company that was prized and priced so highly. Nigerians can draw a lot of hope from that.

8. Interswitch: Interswitch is the company that flies Nigeria's integrated card payment flag in almost 200 countries across the world with its Verve Global that competes with the likes of Mastercard, American Express, and Visa. You guessed right: It's why I consider it to have a global reputation - and why it made this list of course.

9. Flutterwave: The fintech brand's recent partnership with PayPal is mainly why it made this list - just as WasapOrder made it through its link to Whatsapp. For years, African online merchants were hugely marginalized globally due to PayPal limitations. But now, sellers from Africa can easily receive PayPal-originated payments with just a Flutterwave merchant account. 


For a Nigerian brand to be able to remove years of PayPal reproach on African sellers, it's global outlook is clearly promising. Now, Africa's 1.3 billion people are here for Flutterwave's taking. Learn more about Flutterwave here.

10. WasapOrder: This is a free service that lets anyone sell directly to Whatsapp users anywhere in the world. Many Nigerians who use this service would be surprised to learn that it is based in our own dear Lagos. 


The increasing global popularity of WasapOrder is based on a number of factors: For instance, the fact that it works with the most popular mobile messaging app on the Planet. Next is that it makes the job of selling fun by having a professionally-looking Whatsapp-linked web presence. So, it combines the presentability of a website with the ease of communication of Whatsapp without the need to download any other app. Learn more about WasapOrder here:

https://wasaporder.com/forum/forum/off-marketplace-discussions/

The late ex-NAFDAC boss Professor Dora Akunyili will ever be remembered in the history of Nigeria as the one who popularized the phrase, 'rebranding Nigeria'. But, although she did this later on while she was doing Lai Muhammad's current job, you will agree with me that she did more to positively rebrand Nigeria in her days at NAFDAC - which proves that saying, "action speaks louder than words". 


Similarly, here are local Nigerian brands making global news without making noise. These brands should stand as a beacon of hope that we can still make something good out of the country if we're ready to work harder and smarter instead of wasting our mental energy in inter-tribal war of words. 


And I will give you reasons why these brands can easily spur such an economic revolution that could just make Nigeria a choice destination for people all over the world (never say nay):


10. WasapOrder

9. Flutterwave

8. Interswitch

7. Paystack

6. Nairaland (has absolutely nothing to do with us being on NL, mind you) 

5. Bet9ja

4. Zinox Technologies

3. Dangote Group

2. Innoson Group

1. ME (a.k.a. YOU)


I will comment on each of them and see if we can learn one or two things from them that can help us nationally and individually. At least, you are sure to learn why I awarded the first position to an unidentified brand known as 'ME' (a.k.a, YOU). 


ALSO: I know that many people will call for my head for ranking Innoson Group ahead of Dangote Group on this list. But it's not all about net worth. I will tell you why, giving you my personal view quite honestly. Remember that, although I will be citing sources, this is my list, not FG or Forbes list .

Charmingrascal:
Crisis is looming.


ESN vs Dokubo Militants

Buhari's Government at work.


It is so disappointing that the North is using Southerners against themselves.


Uche Mefor is a Judas to Igbos.

The exact reason why Southern Nigeria was declared the World Capital of Stupidity the other day.

Mabizeka:
Obj was the first

Haha! You said that before me. But, who is the "one guilty of treason" in the 3rd stanza?

Most of the problems in Nigeria are the direct result of the stupidity of the people called Nigerians.