OBAGADAFFI:


You probably forgot Turkey got Nukes controlled by NATO.

NATO can never kick Turkey out.

Do they have 8500 nukes?

Reyginus:
It is both ways too. No Russian will like his country to engage in any war. Only outsiders do that.

Are you a Russian?

Reyginus:
I bet the guy you quoted will throw facts away when you show him America will annihilate Russia using his method of warfare.

No American would want his country involved in a nuclear war with Russia.
Only outsiders wish that on America.

DerideGull:



Per the bolded in colors, Russia will not even think of engaging Turkey in a military show down because of Turkey's affiliation with NATO.

Duh
But that is THE point.
What if Putin is like Kim Jon Un of North Korea who is not a rational actor?
What if there is a coup in Russia, and some hot head takes over?
Do you think Russians are happy with what happened?
Why is South Korea not provoking the North as Turkey is doing to Syria and Russia?
Turkey should not be in NATO, else, a nuclear war is almost certain to happen soon.

I don't like Russians mainly because they lie a lot. I hate lairs with a passion.
Having said that, Turkey is being irresponsible by its actions in Syria.
Just out of curiosity I researched conventional military of both Russia and Turkey and confirmed what I thought.

Amormed fighting vehicles:
Russia: 31,298
Turkey:7,550

Main Battle Tanks:
Russia: 15,398
Turkey:3,778

Self propelled guns:
Russia: 5,972
Turkey: 1,013

Towed artillery:
Russia: 4,625
Turkey:697

Rocket Launching systems:
Russia: 3,793
Turkey: 811

]Fighters/Interceptors:
Russia: 769
Turkey:223

Attack Aircrafts:
Russia: 1,305
Turkey:223

Attack Helicopters:
Russia: 462
Turkey: 59

Naval:
Submarines:
Russia: 55
Turkey:13

Total vessels:
Russia: 352
Turkey: 115


Available manpower for military:
Russia:69,117,271
Turkey:41,637,773


Nukes apart, Russia can walk all over Turkey militarily, and very easily.
That beggars the question: WHY did Turkey do this, bearing in mind that Turkey violates Syrian airspace almost daily?
Only one answer is reasonable: Turkey wanted to cause a war between Russia and NATO.
A war between Russia and NATO is a NUCLEAR war.

So, WHY did Turkey do this?

I now understand why Germany pulled its Patriot Missile batteries from Turkey.
German is a FIRST WORLD country and won't play stu.pid games with NATO assets.
Turkey is a THIRD WORLD country with a dictator president, who thinks he is a god.
Also Turkey is an Islamic state.
Why is an Islamic country which was rejected membership of the EU still in NATO?
Turkey should be kicked out of NATO before it is too late.

My 2 cents is that Putin wants other NATO members to kick Turkey out (or at the very least divide NATO); that is why he has not responded militarily...yet.

All peace lovers on this earth should pray for peace.

ezeagu:
Igbo women traditionally inherit her husbands property. The husband will not come and take land from her uhu because he married her. These are some of the reasons why women don't inherit the fathers property.

The bolded is the core reason but I must add that women don't inherit even their husband's property unless she has a male child.
If she has a male child, she is only keeping it in trust until he is old enough.
Prove me wrong though...

The thing is that Igbo culture that disenfranchises women do so mainly to protect the family assets (land mainly), else Yorubas outsiders will steal them by simply marrying the women. lol
The Igbo ancestors were foresighted and thorough.

Stolen:



If it is not igbo house in Lagos, it is igbo traders in Ladipo. Then it is obession to marry from igbo stock. Then it is inheritance. Wat a bunch of failures.


I grow to find the comedy in the average yoruba inferiority complex issue hilarious.


Let them come first and will my property to my daughter, let us see how possible.

I am a bit conflicted with that ruling. In as much as I want daughters to inherit their fathers' wealth, that practice is from a very old tradition, a tradition with so much deep history and roots, which has been so much diluted these days that we can hardly recognize them.
I would support a situation whereby a daughter can inherit property from her father, but not have the right to sell or transfer it outside of the root family.
Old Igbo people were very very wise, and in my book some of the wisest humans on this whole earth. Colonialists destroyed much of our culture starting from forced slavery (through slave raids) to outright colonization. Today what we have is a Frankenstein mutilated culture that is neither Igbo nor English.
So this ruling is bad because the court should have reverted the ruling to a customary court of appeal.

jcmaiah:

“So far the Buhari administration has done all the
wrong things,” Dehn said by phone from London.
“Not only has he been incredibly slow in taking
any action, when he finally has taken action on
the economic front it’s been diametrically
opposed to sensible policy. That is a major
disappointment given expectations prior to his
election.”

http://thewhistler.ng/story/bloomberg-writes-off-buhari-he-has-no-capacity-to-run-nigeria?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook#.VlkJq-kfNWI.facebook

That is what happens when a cattle herdsman runs a $500 + Billion economy.
All the "sai baba" noisemakers in Nairaland and Facebook have all gone AWOL.
Ndi ara.

Referendum is inevitable in Nigeria.
Nigeria has come face to face with a messenger of the Most High God who is the owner of the heavens and to whom we have cried since 1966.
None of the prophets of the Bible were "normal people" -they were all weird and undecipherable. They were so because they had spirit of God pushing them to say and do what they do.
Nnamdi Kanu is such. He can be called weird but his messages are like sharp swords.
His bluffs, gambits, blusters and diatribes are mere masks to his true power, which are TRUTH and FAITH in the Most High God.
These inspire his fearlessness and a sense of inevitability of his mission's success.

As it is written in Psalm 125:3: For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

We shall not put forth our hands unto iniquity before God restores our lot. Mark my words.

I'm positively shocked by this masterpiece of an article by a Yoruba man.
Totally speechless.

I thank God for a day like this when the youths are beginning to reject the leadership by local thieves and political jobbers who mortgage their futures to Islamic chauvinists and local colonizers.

But by far the most important thing for the YOUTHS of eastern region to do now is to MASSIVELY join IPOB, and to keep organizing.
I have come across quite a few who question the need for them to join, and my only answer to them is that they in fact have no other reasonable alternative.
IPOB should focus more on massive recruitment of eastern youths, because these so called leaders are simply taskmasters protecting the interest of slave owners and colonizers.
By the time IPOB organizes the next march and 10 million people show up, the handwriting will be so bold on the wall that even the most die hard of local oppressors and collaborators will know that they have lost relevance.

#FreeNnamdiKanu

juicee1:
igbos promising niger deltans 100% oil control is a thing that can be changed at the drop of a hat when they finally join you. You think they are fools? The same way you led a coup to stop nigeria's regionalism is the same way you are going to abolish such law. You guys are wise by half

BTW, if you want to give them 100% resource control, why not allowed them be 100% on their own i.e in a country of their own?

You people LOVE to lie even to yourselves. So Nzeogwu revolutionary coup will always be Igbo coup to you; we cannot help your brain.
You can believe whatever you want.
As for having a "country of their own", who is stopping them now? Igbos?
What we won't have is anybody riding or piggybacking the Biafran struggle to create his own republic. Everybody should agitate NOW for his own republic.
If only Biafra continues the struggle and agitations, then, when the referendum comes the only options available to peoples of SE and SS will be to be Biafran or Nigerian. QED.

ezeagu:


You're overestimating Akwa Ibom's lean towards a Biafra, oil politics will win in the end, and riverine Rivers are some of the most vocal anti-Igbo, perhaps because of the dominant position of the upland Rivers Igbo.

Yes I agree but for an entirely opposite reason.
Do your really believe that if Biafra actualization begins to appear likely, eg if UN agrees to give us a referendum, that those groups would choose to remain in Nigeria after the rest of us leave? If they stay, what oil will they control? If they leave, doesn't Biafra promise 100% local control? Can Nigeria promise them that?
The choice for them is self evident.

But the same Nigerians made fuel available during Jonathan's presidency.
So the problem must be the fossil you work for.

I must admit that I can't read the Russians. Those cats have ice for blood. They never react to military threats the way all other countries do.
Now I understand what Churchill meant by that Russians are "a mystery wrapped in an enigma".
From the much I know, Russia can make life hell for Turkey by simply deploying few thousands of ground troops at the Syrian/Turkish border to seal that border; deploy tactical nuclear missilles like Iskanders or Brahmos II supersonic cruise missiles near that border always ready to nuke the hell out of Turkey at the next slightest provocation. Just these actions while quieten Turkey for the nearest future, because frankly NATO does not want an escalation to a war with Russia. Nobody wants to die.
But then, I know nothing about the Russian mind.

MrAnalyst:
They're leaning towards supporting Biafra but are yet sitting on the fence. Good but not good enough. Again,the Edo representatives there are cause for concern. Edo is not actually "wanted".

It is a move in the right direction. They are simply being diplomatic and subtle but the shift is palpable. The youth holds the future.
Nobody wants to continue in the fraud called Nigeria when they have a Biafra option.
Just watch as Biafra gradually grows in size the more the agitation continues.
You'll eventually be shocked by those wanting to join.

Promhize:


It took a SS president, SE aviation minister and decades for SE to get an ordinary International Airport.

Since when have igbos been yearning for a seaport. As long Nigeria's structure remains as it is, we will never get that seaport, but billions is being spent exploring for oil in the north.

They say SE is landlocked to deceive the gullible.

The smartest comment of the thread!

EUROBOMBER:
Are we back to dictatorship under Buhari?

Why is Nnamdi Kanu still in detention after fulfilling all conditions required for bail?

Buhari has not handled this issue with wisdom at all because he has only succeeded in gathering international sympathy for him and making him more popular.

Nnamdi Kanu is now being seen internationally as an activist being oppressed by the Nigerian government.

#ReleaseNnamdiKanuNow.

First bold: YES we are firmly back to dictatorship.
Second bold: Yes, because the dictator is a hammer than sees all problems of Nigeria as nails.
The zoo is finished.

I see in his face CALM RESOLVE.
He has resolved to get Biafra no matter what.
The stuff this man is made of has not been seen in Sub Sahara Africa before.
He is like prophet Elisha when he faced thousands upon thousands of Syrian army who came to arrest him.
Elisha had to pray for God to open the eyes of Elisha's servant (when the servant cried out in fear) so he can see the armies of God lined for Elisha's defence.
Kanu is not alone.
If you don't believe in God, tough luck!

A Biafran LEGEND of the 21 century. For sure.

hmohammed:

Then y didn't ur brother set ur unfortunate and miserable life free. Confused lots

See COW logic.
Your cow brother is ruling ruining "Nigger area" as we speak
Go speak to him in cow language he will understand.
We are humans in Biafra. We don't chew grass for food.
We want out.

Nwa Chineke!
He is already a legend.
BTW I thought they said he's dead.
Ndi ara.

hmohammed:

We are saying the same thing. Please get the Bleep out "refugee"

My brother is not in power. Your brother mooCOWri is. Go tell him to let my people go.

hmohammed:

Please get the hell out of our country

Tell your brothers that it is not by force to be in one country. QED.

hehe.Buhari is not equipped naturally to handle a country like Nigeria in a democratic setting. An Ibrahim Babangida would have been heads and shoulders far more competent to do the job.
On Nnamdi Kanu some compound fools here are calling for his extra-judicial murder!
Like I say always, it seems as if there is a group of idiots determined to turn Nigeria into a wasteland from endless civil war, the type the world has never seen before. If there is a foreign country conspiring to destroy Nigeria, there is no scarcity of local idiots working their sinister plan to perfection.
I pray for the unfortunate Africans inhabiting that cursed real estate called "Nigeria".

pazienza:
At the rate Ohanaeze is going, she is going to lose all her relevance amongst the Igbo.

They have shown lack of tact, wisdom and masterly of situations on ground in tackling the Biafran question.

What they should have done is to keep quiet and reject any pressures being mounted on them to condemn the youths who are going about their constitutionally protected right of freedom of opinion and association. Their silence would have cast an eerie shadow on the polity and force the FG to thread with caution.
Now that they have squealed like irresponsible self serving individuals protecting their private interests rather than Igbo interests, they will soon be pushed aside by IPOB. Notice that IPOB commands more respect in the seven Igbo speaking states than Ohanaeze.
The Ohanaeze days are numbered in Igboland. If IPOB keeps up with the organization and protests, soon it would become clear to all easterners than a new body is now there to protect their interest. After that Ohanaeze statements will simply be laughed off as irrelevant.

Yeske2:
The problems were there all along and OP and his crew never brought it to GEJ's knowledge, then it was GEJ till 2019,GEJ lost and they want a war.
Jobless cowards, see epistle on top nonsense.
The elders have spoken and you kids are OYO for now, cry us a river.

I have personally noted that the greatest cowards are usually those who find fault in others' positions without having the guts to put forth theirs.
It is easier for you to blame the UNARMED youths because you know you can do so safely without being killed. That is the height of cowardice.
Instead of finding faults in the youth's agitations, why not tell them HOW they can be equal citizens to the Yoruba and Hausa in Nigeria.
Let me guess, you wanted them to vote for Buhari, right? Would that have changed anything? What is Buhari doing now that would shame those who didn't vote for him?
Onye egwu!

I'll be back to comment more!

Ohanaeze Condemnation of Biafra Agitations: A Rebuttal

Ndigbo say that “Adighi asa okwuchukwu asa” -implied translation: Church Sermons are not meant to be rebutted. However, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo reprimand of Biafran agitations cannot really be called a sermon firstly because it was a political statement, and secondly because the mass media is not a church, or any hallowed ground whatsoever.
Ndigbo also say that “a na ebu uzo chupu egbe biara ibu okuko tupu ata okuko uta maka ipu na ezi” - implied translation: a wise person normally first chases away the kite angling to snatch a fowl before turning around to blame the fowl for venturing outside.
Ndigbo also say that “ebe nwata na ebe akwa na atu aka, nne ya anoghi ebe ahu, nna ya no ya” -implied translation: whenever a child is crying and pointing to a location, if his/her mother is not there, then the father must be there!
If the Ohanaeze leadership were well grounded in these philosophical statements, thought process, and ageless wisdoms of our people, they would have either remained taciturn, or at least nuanced, in their media publication concerning the Biafra youth revolution sweeping through eastern Nigeria.

Now to the core issue.

The statement released by Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemning the uprising by eastern Nigerian youths marching for the restoration of the sovereign state of Biafra is misplaced, cowardly, mistaken, inappropriate, and self serving. Without any shadow of doubt, the Ohanaeze spoke for Ohanaeze and not for the millions of youths of eastern Nigeria most of who are jobless and hopeless in the dysfunctional Nigerian nation.

Every eastern Nigerian, Igbo and non-Igbo, knows that there is a problem, a very big problem with the structure and configuration of the Nigerian nation, and is aware that most of the problems of Nigeria derive from such deliberate misconfiguration of Nigeria that benefits a section to the detriment of others. We also know that there have been countless attempts to restructure Nigeria, and those attempts failed because the current beneficiaries of the structure fought them to a standstill.

THAT IS THE PROBLEM, and no amount of buck-passing and blame game can alter that fact.

Righteous anger, or indignation, can only derive from purity of heart and honesty.
A dishonest person cannot reasonably be indignant. Ohanaeze's indignation is an insult to integrity and decency.
Before Ohanaeze can qualify to be righteously angry, Ohanaeze must tell the Igbo youths what they themselves have done right, rather than what the youths are doing wrong, to address the problem. Finger wagging and throwing tantrums on the youths of eastern Nigeria for marching for freedom is simply a cheap cup-out and, in this Internet age, a silly act that deceives no one.

Ohanaeze merely pretended to care about the problem just to appear honest. An Igbo metaphor posits that a journey of one hundred miles cannot stop halfway and then be deemed to have been completed. Ohanaeze identified the problem of infrastructure in Igboland, but willingly chose to ignore other problems that lead to mass exodus of productive Igbo from Igboland to other parts of Nigeria in search of livelihood and better opportunities, products of systemic economic strangulation of Igboland. When the youths march to demand a better future in a Biafra, some Nigerian host communities see Igbo as “ingrates”, but fail to realize that the Igbo were supposed to be in Igboland, not Hausa or Yoruba land.
Before Ohanaeze's “indignation” can remotely be considered credible, the body needs to answer the following nagging questions:
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(1) What did Ohanaeze say, or do, when 56 unidentified bodies were discovered at Ezu River in Anambra state, apparently victims of extra-judiciary murder by the Nigerian police? Who were the victims? What was their crime? Who killed them? Have the killers been brought to justice?

(2) What is the Ohanaeze position on Fulani herdsmen currently killing farmers and raping women in Enugu, Abia, Imo, and even Delta states? Why is Ohanaeze deaf and dumb to this undercover invasion of Igboland by Fulani? What warning have they issued?

(3) Where is the Ohanaeze statement on shoot at sight orders in Igboland – a land where entire populations are suffering from severe trans-generational trauma occasioned by a war of genocide foisted on the people?

(4) What happened to the Ohanaeze recommendations on the restructuring of Nigeria submitted to the National Conference last year? What has Ohanaeze done recently to ensure its implementation? More importantly, what will Ohanaeze do to exert pressure and coerce the federal government to implement it?
[/b]

Let me stop on just these four questions for now.

Ndigbo say that “onye si na ihe na ato uto, ya kwuo ihe o na atoka ya” -implied translation: if you say that some edible is delicious, it is better to cite a comparison or example.
Now, let's contrast Ohanaeze's speedy reprimand with the near total silence of Arewa Consultative Assembly on Sharia, and later on Boko Haram (for about 5 years after the group's murderous rampage began); keep in mind that Biafran agitators are UNARMED. The ACF is yet to issue a statement on the rampaging Fulani herdsmen who have just been cited as one of the most murderous terror gangs worldwide. The current Nigerian president who is a life patron of the herdsmen once led a high powered delegation to issue strong warnings in defense of his tribesmen regardless of the guilt or notoriety of the herdsmen.
Dr Claud Anderson identified only two problems plaguing the black man, one of which is “inappropriate behavior”.
Fulani are ruling Nigeria irrespective of their minority population because the Fulani always behave appropriately in any situation in Nigeria. They are a very wise tribe.
For example, the Fulani figure that it is simply stupid to move hundreds of cattle across great distances on foot UNARMED. It is a form of lunacy to not protect your assets with weapons, and so the Fulani simply armed themselves regardless of what the Nigerian law says -most Nigerian laws are obtuse anyway, and Fulani won't let themselves be bound by such obtuse laws! It is an open secret that Fulani herdsmen walk around the length and breadth of Nigeria armed with military grade assault riffles, and no law enforcement persons dare go near them, and Buhari their patron is supporting them, yet Ohanaeze is rebuking armless youths who fearlessly march to bring the world's attention to their plight. Some of these youths have been gunned down already by murderous Nigerian security operatives, but Ohanaeze is keeping quiet!

However, the most disturbing of Ohanaeze's inappropriate behavior is their implied apology to the president of Nigeria asking that he -by implication- forgive and forget the past ill deeds by the Igbo nation who chose not to vote for Buhari! Since when did it become a crime in Nigeria for a citizen of Nigeria to freely vote and be voted for? This singular message from Ohanaeze implies that Igbo people erred in not voting for Buhari! If Ohanaeze thinks this way, how can such a body truly represent the true interest or aspiration of Igbo people anywhere, or on any issue?

The problem with the Ohanaeze mindset is the apparent assumption that the youths of Igboland are bound to listen to their counsel; it is a very mistaken mindset and it would seem that the Ohanaeze are suffering from some form of amnesia. Traditionally in Igboland, the youths -who are the enforcers of mores and popular programs in the land - know when the elders are lying to them! The Ohanaeze are supposed to gauge and find out the popular desires of the people before making public statements on anything. An elder who fails to do such research is often insulted, ignored, or simply walked all over by angry youths! Right now, the youths have no jobs, no future, no hope. Biafra gives them that hope, and woe betide anyone who goes against that hope in Igboland.

Ohanaeze realizes (and rightly so) that the large Igbo diaspora support the youths on this Biafra agitations, so if the federal government is sponsoring the Ohanaeze to sell its own people, the diaspora Igbo will sponsor IPOB to recover and repossess Igbo possessions sold by Ohanaeze. Checkmate!
That is exactly how radio Biafra started, and that is one of the stated missions of IPOB.

Migration sociologists believe that nobody leaves his/her ancestral lands without a strong push. Most of the diaspora Igbo were pushed out of Nigeria by Nigeria, and they want to return to a country they can call home. So the Ohanaeze which are being financed by the federal government has no monopoly of persuasion and coercion. If push comes to shove the diaspora Igbo will out-maneuver the Ohanaeze.

What Ohanaeze needs to do is to bring the Igbo nation (both home and abroad) together under one strong body that asks hard questions of the Nigerian state; questions concerning Igbo stake (or lack of it) in Nigeria, and in such unity and one voice make strong demands of Nigeria. If Nigeria cannot give Igbo their fair dues, then, Igbo should in unity call back their reps from Abuja, organize themselves, take over IPOB, and approach the UN with a strong mandate, asking the world body to protect the Igbo nation from the Nigerian state by intervening and organizing a referendum for Igbo people to decide whether to stay or leave the Nigerian union.

Since Ohanaeze already issued that condemnation of the youths, for the body to regain credibility among Igbo youths, it should as a matter of great urgency call on Muhammadu Buhari to immediately release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, who has met all his bail conditions. This call is very important because it is not too late yet. It seems as if there is a sinister agenda to foist another civil war on Nigeria, and part of Ohanaeze's duty should be to speak out APPROPRIATELY now before it is too late.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo should learn how to behave appropriately and in same vein encourage Ndigbo to do the same in Nigeria. At the very least, Igbo can borrow a leaf, or two, from the Fulani.

FREEDOM4BIAFRA:
We will force the UN, Nigeria made it bad for themselves by not including a referendum in the Constitution, as if its by force.

Yes, the UN can.

UN can "force" Nigeria to conduct a referendum if the permanent members agree to that. Any number of things can make them agree... or not.
It is left to the Biafrans to find out what those things are.
Personally I believe that the shortest route to Biafran freedom from Nigeria is for the Biafrans to "convince" the Nigerians that they want out and even if it takes 100 years that they want out. Once the Nigerians get convinced that we hate them enough they will ask us to leave.
Right now they hate us, but we haven't returned the favor yet.
Even foreigners notice that Nigerians hate us, but the problem is our people who carry on as if life can go on under the burden of such hate.
Our region is the most neglected in Nigeria in terms of federal infrastructure.
Things that North and West take for granted (eg airports, roads and bridges) are pies in the skies in our region.
And if we complain, we are killed.
It is only if we return the hate that the writing will become clear on the wall.
Maybe then, they would know that we are humans with dignity too, and maybe let us go ('cos frankly they don't like us).

McTobe:
The question of whether Nigeria will listen or not will be a matter of who and who(countries) that are on Biafra side. where Russia, US and China are on Biafra side Nigeria may blink in the name of trying to obey international convention but where Biafra lack any of these super power alliances Nigeria can as well choose to look the other way. I am still waiting for the section of Nigeria constitution that says that international court of justice rule is binding on Nigeria

I have to agree on the bolded.

For the ICJ at THE HAGUE, their ruling becomes binding on any country that willing go there for any adjudication on a case, usually a trans-national or international case. The Bakassi case adjudication became binding on Nigeria the moment Nigeria agreed AHEAD OF TIME to abide by its ruling.
That is why Cameroun kept persuading Nigeria to go there with them, and Nigeria "mumuishly" went there. The rest is history.

As for the International Criminal Court (ICC), that is binding on all countries that are SIGNATORY to it.
Nigeria is a signatory to ICC, so her leaders are subject to being dragged there for justice on issues of crimes against humanity.
That is why IPOB wear body cameras gathering shooting evidences against unarmed civilians by the Nigeria police and others.
One day "Sai Baba" go hear am.

kingthreat:
Nnamdi kanu needs to be taught a lesson.

The man you want to teach a lesson already wants to die for Biafra.
Can you die for Nigeria?