₦airaland Forum

normaljenny: Ahmed bello, chinua achebe, tafawa balewa, funsho williams, and samuel mbakwe. Apart from funsho, all died not rich irrespective of the given opporttunties

lagcity: errm bros, not to piss on your parade, but Israel never supported Biafra. Please read your civil war history well. That Israeli support is just something that some fraudulent Igbos have been pushing around forever, just like the Awolowo suicide, genocide claims, etc. Too many lies have been passed from Igbo parents to children that I don't even know where to begin.

ecosanders: u r a liar o, c as u paint Igbo as saints as if d 1966 coupist r nt Ibo, if u dnt kw, ur forefadas Ifeajuna, Nzogwu etc startd it, n who told u Hausas were nt killd by BH? N wat abt al dose ur kinsmen caught trying 2 detonate bombs? Pls Tell us if Biafran soldiers didnt massacre Nigerians.

ecosanders: u r a liar o, c as u paint Igbo as saints as if d 1966 coupist r nt Ibo, if u dnt kw, ur forefadas Ifeajuna, Nzogwu etc startd it, n who told u Hausas were nt killd by BH? N wat abt al dose ur kinsmen caught trying 2 detonate bombs? Pls Tell us if Biafran soldiers didnt massacre Nigerians.

ecosanders: ma dawon lohun jare! HAUSA na dere enemy, Yoruba betrayed dem, na only una dey 9ja? I guess ojuiku is a saint 4 leading 3m Igbos 2 dere early grave. I dnt kw y Igbos wil neva c anythm gud in som1 dat is nt frm dere tribe, few wks ago i c hw u ppl try so hard 2 pitch d Yorubas agains d Hausas wit som silly threads, bt fail woefully, dat tribalism n Nepotism ur grand fadas startd in 1966 is stil disturbing ur brains.

CHAIRMAN1: An insightful comment I picked from Vanguard.com earlier today:

I hail from Nasarawa State. Let me tell you the root cause of this. It's all about 2015. Current Senator Solomon Ewuga (an Eggon man) won as the governor of the state against former governor Abdullahi Adamu in 1999 but it was manipulated in favor of Adamu. Solomon Ewuga again contested in 2007 but former Governor Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma was hand-picked by outgoing Governor Abdullahi Adamu. Now, Aliyu Akwe messed up the state, so the incubent Governor Tanko Almakura defeated him in his second-term bid with a massive support from the Eggon people under the agreement that 2015 will be Eggons' turn. But Governor Almakura, nursing a desire for a second term, is not ready to honor the gentleman agreement. This has now given birth to the Eggon cult group called 'Ambatse', meaning; ' time has come'. That is, now it's time for them to produce the governor by all means. So, they are initiating their tribal youths into the cult for violence against anyone (especially in 2015) who stands against their cause. Let me mention that the Eggons are predominantly christians and the minority muslims in the state want to continue to manipulate power in favor of the muslims. But this time around it will be very hard for the incubent governor because Mr Labaran Maku (Information Minister), Senator Solomon Ewuga (currently a senator) and two other House of Reps members in the National Assembly are all Eggons from the state, and one of them is nursing an ambition for the governorship. Wasn't it curious that Mr Mohammed Momoh an Assistant Commissioner of Police who also lost his life led the operation? It's unfortunate that these politicians sacrifice security agents against their will (other than they have to work for survival) for their selfish aims.

Raymondenyi: My dear, I think U should forget what it seems the group is doing now, because it was obvious they where only a time bomb spelling an impending doom, because they would have started carrying out other attacks , after ther so called primary aim has been met, as evident by them fearless killing such amount of security agents and comming out boldly to tell it to the populace enlarge,like a feather on their cap.
besides why fighting and killing the security men who came to arrest their head if they knew what they were only doing was protecting themselves from fulani heardsmen ?

So U can clearly see now and agree with me, that they had other hidden agenda, anyway I pity them, cus that is an act of war they have called upon themselves, and this time around it is federal troops that will go there armed to the teeth with greenades , lets see how there "JAZZ" can save them from that one, n moreover in these kinda attacks its the old, children and women that will fall victim, cus the youths that are very active will all find routes of escape. such a pitty!!!!!

Abagworo: I smell an air of progressives. God bless Imo State.

nedu2000: I agree with U̶̲̥̅̊ pretty lady,things have definitely got worse since your husband left

odeotito: And folks will say Jonathan is on top of his game! God deliver us from this fellow"who doesn't give a damn"

profjustine: No news! I want to hear News like bokoharam kidnap 4 senators,killed 6 northern governors and rape gej's wife! Dats all

femilek8: This terrorist group jumped to the forefront of the battle against Islamist terrorists in North Africa, when it kidnapped a French family from Cameroon. But who is this group? How did it start? And what role did Nigeria’s faction fighting have in its emergence? Here are 10 facts about Boko Haram.

Who is Boko Haram?

Boko Haram is the name of a large Islamist group fighting in northern Nigeria. Its aim is to establish an independent Islamic state under Sharia law. But this is only partially accurate. The group’s proper name is Jamā'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lādda'awatih wal-Jihad (People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad). ‘Boko Haram’ was a dismissive name given by neighbours of the sect in its early years and means “Western Education Is Forbidden” in the Hausa language; alluding to the group’s hard-line belief that Western ideas, particularly from British colonialism, have turned Muslims away from the virtues of Islam.

How Boko Haram Got Started

The group originally formed in 2002 as a breakaway sect that eventually moved to a rural village, where it planned to run its own Sharia-based society. A conflict over fishing rights there soon involved the police, who were disarmed by the sect. Nigeria’s military cracked down brutally, killing most of the group. The survivors regrouped and started a new Islamic order, which grew thanks to broad unemployment and the charismatic leadership of Mohammed Yusuf.

Boko Haram Takes Its Gloves Off

In 2009 the group became more radical - Yusuf ordered the assassination of a critical local Muslim cleric. Another confrontation with police led to a riot and brutal state crackdown, leaving Yusuf and many followers dead. But the group soon emerged again, this time under the leadership of Yusuf’s right-hand man Abubakar Shekau. The event also saw members make contact with other Islamist groups, who helped train and arm the sect. Their violent retribution was soon blanketed by media and politicians as under Boko Haram

North/South Frictions

The Islamism of Boko Haram is just a part of the story. Nigeria suffers from incredible factional fighting, particularly between the North and South [b](YES INCREDIBLE KILLING SPREES MAINLY AND ONLY IN THE NORTH . THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS IN 1953 WHEN A MEMBER OF THE NIGERIAN PARLIAMENT FROM THE MID-WEST MR. ENAHORO MOVED A MOTION FOR NIGERIA TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN NATION THIS SINGULAR ACT SPARKED THE KILLING OF OVER 2000 CHRISTIANS FROM THE SOUTH LIVING IN THE NORTH UNTIL THE COLONIAL POLICE INTERVENED. THESE KILLINGS OF SOUTHERNERS CONTINUED IN THE NORTH LONG AFTER THE CIVIL WAR & IS STILL ONGOING AT EVERY INTERVALS OF 5 YEARS AT LEAST 500 LIVES MUST BE LOST TO ISLAMIC IDEOLOGICALLY PROPELLED MASS ACTIONS. THE ONLY TIME ANY PART OF THE SOUTH ACTUALLY FOUGHT OR KILLED ANYBODY FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH WEST WAS DURING THE WAR AGAINST THE IGBOS AND SOME SOUTHERN MINORITIES 1967 TO 1970 COS THE LATER WANTED TO FORM THEIR OWN NATION BIAFRA TO CURB THE REGULAR UNPROVOKED GENOSIDE OF THEIR KIT & KIN ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. DESPITE ALL THESE ATTACKS IN WHATEVER GUISE OF SOUTHERN XTIANS IN THE NORTH THERE HAS NEVER EVER BEEN A REPRISAL ATTACK OF ANY KIND BY THE SOUTHERNER ON NORTHERNERS LIVING IN THEIR REGION TILL DATE )[/b] The North was an Islamic state since the early 19th century (SOME PARTS OF THE SO CALLED NORTH WHERE ISLAMIC STATES HOWEVER THE ORIGINAL INDIEGENES OF STATES LIKE GOMBE,BAUCHI,KADUNA,PLATEAU,NASARAWA,BENUE WERE AND STILL ARE CHRISTIANS BUT BECAUSE THE COLONIAL MASTERS LOVED THE HAUSAS THEY RE-LOCATED HAUSA ENMASS TO THESE AREAS AND MADE THEM RULERS OVER THESE OTHER NATIONS EVEN AS IS THE CASE IN THE LARGER NATION NIGERIA.) - this changed when the British forced the two parts into a single colony during the early 1900s[b](THIS WAS THE AMALGAMATION OF THE ALREADY RELIGIOUSLY MIXED NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PROTECTORATES)[/b]. A major flashpoint is between the northern Islamic Fulani and southern Christian Berom tribes (BEROM TRIBE OF PLATEAU STATE ARE NOT SOUTHER XTIANS THEY ARE BETTER CALLED NORTHERN CHRISTIANS COS THERE WHERE A PART OF NOTHERN NIGERIA EVEN THOUGH THEY SEEK TO LIBERATE THEIR NATION FROM NORTHERN MUSLIM OLIGARCHY JUST AS OTHER SO CALLED NORTHER XTIAN NATIONS. THE FLASH POINT FOR THE FRICTION BETWEEN BEROM AND THEIR HAUSA FULANI EX-PATRONS WAS IN 2001 WHEN OBJ ATTEMPTED TO OR MADE AN HUASA/FULANI THE HEAD OT THE NAPEP PROGRAME IN PLATEAU STATE BUT THE BEROM VIVIDLY RESISTED THIS IMPOSITION AND FORCED A BEROM IN THE PLACE OF THE HAUSA/FULANI AS NAPEP HEAD FOR THE STATE. THIS SINGULAR MOVE OUTRAGE THEIR EX-PATRON WHO PROMISED TO DISTRY THE STATE JUST AS CHIROMA PROMISED NIGERIANS. THEN ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7 2001 AFTER THE MOSQUE PRAYERS THE HAUSA/FULANI MUSLIMS FLOODED THE STREET AND BLOOD FLOWED FREELY SINCE THEY HAVE ALWAY ENSURED IT HAS NOT CEASED TO FLOW AS THE BEROM WOULD RESIST) . The Berom have been accused of attacking the Fulani with government assistance, including cannibalism (THE BEROM HAVE CRIED NONE STOP FOR THE GOVERNMENT JTF TOP BE WITHDRAMN FROM THE PLATEAU COS DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT SECURITY PRESENCE THEIR CHILDREN ,WOMEN AND BABIES ARE KILLED REULARLY IN VILLAGE RAIDS BY HAUSA/FULANI GUNMEN THE REPORTED CASE OF CANNIBALISM IS FALSE AS WE ARE YET TO SEE EVIDENCE OF THIS HATEFUL PROPANGANDA). There were also the Jos riots(JOS RIOTS ARE SAME AS BEROM RIOTS), centring around a Nigerian city in the middle of the country - this escalated to a conflict between 2001 and 2004 that left over 50,000 people dead. Such events have often been cited by Boko Haram leadership as justification for its own brutal campaigns (IN JOS YES BUT IN MADUGURI AND NIGER IT IS WAR AGAINST XTIANS AND THE MOVEMENT TO ISLAMISE NIGERIA, WHILE THE EUROPEANS KILLED WAS WAR AGAINST THE WEST).

The Role Of Nigeria’s Police And Military

Though Boko Haram has plenty of blood on its hands, many also blame the police and military for adding to the fire(YOU MEAN THE POLICE AND MILITARY IN THOSE HOT-BEDS SHOULD JUST DIE WITHOUT A FIGHT? ). During the 2009 crackdown, the sect’s leader Mohammed Yusuf was dead within hours of his capture - police claim he was shot while escaping, but evidence suggest he was executed. The police and military also executed dozens of people without trial, often on the flimsy accusations of other religious groups which would usually get the slain person’s property as a reward. In other words, it turned into a witch hunt. Both police and military forces have been accused of torture and executions across Nigeria - from Niger Delta militants in the South to Northern sects like Boko Haram. Women and children have not been spared and the guilt of a person is rarely determined. The forces are also known for being very corrupt and police chiefs running their own fiefdoms are not uncommon(YES SOME POLICE OFFICER ARE REALLY INHUMAN IMAGINE ESCORTED A TERRORIST ACCUSED OF BOMBING A CHURCH WITH A 50 COUNT CHILDREN WOMEN AND MEN DEATHTOLL RECORDED OUT TO FREEDOM THIS TERRORIST IS CALLED KABIRU SOKOTO WHO HAS SAID FAROUK ABDULMUTTALAB WAS HIS MENTOR).

The Role Of Nigeria’s Government

Though Nigeria’s government has cast itself as a hapless victim of Islamic terrorism, it is anything but. Prosecutions of security forces committing murder and torture are practically non-existent. Political opportunism is also quite common: Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has often accused Boko Haram of being strongly tied to groups such as al-Qaeda, a claim that until recently has been false. He has used this as a means to convince countries such as the U.S. and Britain to send financial aid, downplaying the significant role regional politics have played in forming such factions (YOU ARE WRONG AS USUAL. IT IS THE OTHER WAY ROUND http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18542030 ). Jonathan has also repeatedly accused the power elite in Nigeria’s north of controlling Boko Haram, even though experts agree that this is a complete fabrication. Political rivals have been arrested under flimsy charges that they were tied to the Islamists( THERE IS THIS SERVING NATIONAL HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER CALLED HUSSAIN DEI DEI A CPC\APC STRONG MAN FROM KADUNA STATE HE WAS FOUND WITH IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES USED IN BLOWING UP CHURCHES AND ATTEMPTING TO BLOW UP MOSQUE ALONG WITH SOPHISTICATED CATCH OF LETHAL ARMS/WEAPON INSHORT THIS MAN IS AN AMOURY FOR BOKOHARAM, ANOTHER IS SENATOR NDUME FROM BORNO WAS ROPED IN AS AN ACCOMPLICE OF BOKO HARAM AS HE PROVIDED THEM WITH PRIVILEGED CONTACT INFORMATION AND GUESS WHAT HE SIDE THE VP SAMBO WAS IN ON IT HOLD ON THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT I WILL LIST ONE MORE IN THE PERSON OF SERVING SENATOR BAMA OF BORNO IN WHO'S HOUSE A DREADED BOKO HARAM WAS TRACED AND TRACKED DOWN TO AHMODU SHARIFFS ANPP 4MER GOVERNOR OF BORNO HOUSE WITH ALL THESE NAME YOU CAN SEE WITH JONATHAN.

The Crimes Of Boko Haram

Boko Haram, though, is no saintly organisation (THE WORD SAINT IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH THE NAME BOKO HARAM IS LIKE THE WORD PIG IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH I***M). Its hard-line views have led to many attacks and executions. The group targets Christians and Muslims alike , though it has a special liking for attacking police and military forces. These attacks have occurred several times a week, if not daily, since 2010. It has also killed children and blown up schools, not to mention medical personnel, religious buildings, sports venues, people playing cards games - the list goes on. The group does not limit its forms of violence either: kidnappings, car bombs, suicide bombers, drive-by shootings and beheadings all form part of its repertoire. But the biggest problem is distinguishing between violence orchestrated by Boko Haram and other factions.(YOU ARE FOOL OF LIES AND SEEKING AMNESTY FOR TERRORIST)

Who Is and Isn’t Boko Haram?

Practically every bombing, gun attack and kidnapping is attributed to Boko Haram by Nigeria’s government. In reality it is not so clear-cut. For example, a foiled plot to bomb a church turned out not to be by the group, but by a rival Christian faction. Likewise, Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility for some kidnappings and events such as the recent execution of polio vaccinators. Criminal gangs have also used Boko Haram to disguise their own illegal activities. Late last year the group Human Rights Watch estimated that nearly 3,000 people have died in this conflict since 2009, yet noted that state security forces were as responsible for executions as Boko Haram. Several splinter Islamist groups have also surfaced, orchestrating attacks that are usually pinned on Boko Haram without any proof.

Going To War With The West

The Islamist sect has largely not targeted Western interests - Boko Haram has been violently active in Nigeria since 2009, but only rose to international attention when it bombed a U.N. building in 2011. Since then its focus on non-Nigerian targets have largely been kidnappings, of which there have been several. Most recently a French family was abducted by the group and in 2011 its fighters captured two British and Italian men - both died when British special forces tried to rescue them. The group has also been linked to the kidnapping or murders of French, German, Chinese and Indian foreigners. But despite claims to the contrary, Boko Haram’s links with other Islamist terror groups only became galvanised when French forces entered Mali. Since then the group has placed a lot more focus on international targets.(I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!!!!!)

A Chance For Peace?

One thing that almost universally agreed on is that there is no chance that Boko Haram and Nigeria’s government will make peace. Setting aside the decades of ill-will felt by the country’s North towards the South, Nigeria’s rulers are not making it easy. In 2012 a cleric mediating talks between the sect and government withdrew, accusing the government of insincerity. Boko Haram, though a singular large group, is also very disparate. Organised into numerous cells, there is no guarantee that what one part of the group agrees to will be supported by the rest. Last year a Boko Haram commander proposed peace talks with the government, but nothing came of this because there was no indication that he spoke for the entire organisation.(ANYONE WHO BUY YOU GARBAGE IS A TERROR APOLOGIST)

http://african.howzit.msn.com/10-facts-about-boko-haram#image=1

phoneport: A cow will always behave like a cattle.

ismhab: SHE DON'T WANT TO EMPLOY TERRORIST, BUT SHE IS EMPLOYING ARMED ROBBERS, KIDNAPPERS AND YAHOO-YAHOO.

OsunOriginal: You dont have to tell me - I know you are Igbo. It is only a Igbo that reason this way - I am not surprised. And GEJ is one of your own - the reason you all voted and rigged for him in 2011.

honeric01: No, it simply means they have nothing on him, he's their number 1 enemy, so why should they spare him if truly they have anything on him? Even as popular as Abiola was to the west, he was still killed, so what makes GEJ and his "killer govt" not arrest Buhari if he actually has hands in the death of people during election and boko haram mayhem?

Please spare me the nonsense about " In the Interest of National unity certain areas or people are sacrificed", you're not talking to a foool here.

honeric01: Maybe, maybe not, but if Buhari sent them, why is he still a free man and not behind bars?

abacus: I can't help but to cry while reading the interview. Am a fine of this great man and I'll continue till do my last breath. I don't know if we notice his response on Baba Fela et al on Irekefe panel.

Some nairalanders comment on the length of the interview, and that failed them having first hand information on Baba's history, this is pathetic.

Come 2014 - 2015,am ready to campaign for this great man again. God help us, God help Nigeria we'll get it right that time. Amen IJN.

honeric01: You keep trying to rope in Buhari with the boko haram menace and the violence, yet most of the people known to be associated with these violence are from the ruling party and friends of the president, you people keep trying to twist the untwistable truth.

If they have anything on Buhari concerning Boko haram and other violence, he should be made to face the law, if not, they should all hide their heads in shame including you beer parlor rumor monger.

OsunOriginal: Shut the Bleep up - Igbos can't incite the Yorubas against Hausa/Buhari. We are more civilized than that and can't be controlled by villagers from South East. Gej as demonstrated his Ineptitude for the whole world to see and also showed us his hopeless corrupt by refusing to delare his asset and lately by appointing Anenih has the chair of NPA. What can be more pathetic than this?

honeric01: I think you should be blaming the govt you voted in for not arresting and persecuting him if truly they have anything on Buhari concerning the death of any during the election.

nagoma: Hate him , despise him, insult him. He has an impeccable record and remains the only man standing. You will never have any like him. Not in 100 generations of your type.

lacasa: This interview is a rare previledge coming from the ever loyal GMB

All bigots be warned!!! Infact its better they dnt read it


This is the only man that Has the moral and performance based criteria to improve the situation we find this country in , esp under the Retardeen.


Sai Buhari/Fashola or Buhari/Oshiomole 2015

mu2sa2: The guy is a jester. But beyond that, the issue of jubilation over the death of Yakowa is been exaggerated. Of course his political foes would be happy that he died;so also would the supporters of his successor because heaven has buttered their bread. Does anyone doubt that even fellow christians that are jostling for the position of deputy governor are not smiling inside them for the opprtunity created by Yakowa's exit. some people are just over-sensationalising the alleged jubilation- alleged, because not a single picture has been posted anywhere of such jubilation.

Eziachi: Don't you think that the overly used of the word "US" is the reason the other side were rejoicing, because as far as they are concern, he is your asset and opposite of what he is to you?
How did he got the millions of votes to win if he just for you? Just asking.

helpmeohgod: Why Do Nigerians Celebrate Whenever A Leader Dies, Starting From Abacha Era?


Pls can someone explain the cause of jubilation in Nigeria whenever a leader dies? It was on record that when former president Murtala Muhammed died in the 60's it mourning and sadness to the extent that Dimka the coup plotter killer was aprehended, and killed. But that was the last Nigerians will ever mourn the death of a leader genuinely.
When president Abacha died, majority was seen in the street drinking and dancing, and now with the death of Yakowa and Azazi, even in these site people are making funj of their death.
In Ghana, the former president's death brought tears. To Ghananians and even to Nigerians, and in America, a citizen's death is a calamity not to talk of the president's death.
Someone please explain the reason behind this Nigerian attitude

vandarsar: Jonathan is among the executor. Will you shut up your dirty ABOKI mouth. you asholes never giveup on evil.