₦airaland Forum

otipoju:
My simple question is this why did the Igbo's reject Chris Ngige of Anambra simply because he was associating with Yoruba APC as they put it.

Rocha's okorocha is detested by majority of his kin because he is in a Yoruba party.

My brother you cannot eat your cake and have it.

You want nothing to do with Yoruba's yet you want to stay on their land, do business and rule over them.

My brother it cannot work. I lived in Kano for a year, nobody taught me to respect my hosts. I never taunted them for one day

The Igbos need to decide what they want...but you cannot be causing trouble in Yoruba land with your utterances and actions.

Nobody hates them..it is them who are schizophrenic.

Chris Ngige lost simply because majority in the east didn't like him/his party. Every citizen resident in the east has a right to vote for whoever they like. Goodluck Jonathan lost and nobody is questioning why he is detested by the yorubas and the North.

If resources in one region is used by everybody, that means every land in the country belongs to everybody.

Haba...You should know scam when you see one nau....This is just junk scam!!!

EgusiSoup:
Your brain must be filled with rotten Egusi Soup for you to say Niger Delta oil is owned by Nigerians. I believe you are an Igbo Man.

I won't reply with insults as you did.
I am a Niger Deltan from an oil producing region of Delta state, but truth at the moment is that our oil serves to feed the entire Nigeria. This is a fact at the moment. If yorubas can benefit from the oil in the Niger Delta, that means any other tribe can benefit from the land in any the yoruba states too.

If yorubas want igbos to leave Lagos, which obviously includes all other tribes in the Niger Delta (because to the yoruba man, every non hausa and non yoruba is an igbo man) then they should not be allowed to benefit from any federal allocation derived from oil. Let's see how states like Ekiti, Oyo, Osun, and Ogun will survive.

otipoju:
This statements by the Oba is not merely about votes.. It is about guests plotting to take over the territory of their host.

If you get that, you will have empathy for him as the Oba of a place being taunted that it is no man's land. He has been taunted all this while that his domain is no mans land and his people have been repeatedly called cowards, now the so called coward has come out to announce his presence and remind you " this is my land"

Nobody will be killed but harsh economic policies to make life uncomfortable for those traders would be effected to remind them that someone owns that land.

The igbos are the ones who really need to stop provoking and taunting people.

You have your territory, develop it and let it be the envy of all and sundry instead of calling people cowards, slaves to the hausas and the detestable words.

While the Oba may have been more careful in his choice of words, he does not regret anything he said and they are having the desired effect.... Reminding igbos that they are guests in his land and should know their boundaries... Because what they are tryingbto do in his domain, they can never accept in Igbo land.

Toke...the ijebuman will not go to ondo and tell them he wants to be governor there because it is no mans land.

While I am not in support of his choice of words, I understand his frustrations completely.

Then I guess the Oil in SS regions should not be used by Nigerian government to develop other regions including the yoruba land. The oil belongs to the people of Niger Delta since Lagos belongs to the yorubas.

This is a federation and a time will come when a yoruba man will be able to run for the governor of Akwaibom state while an hausa man runs for Lagos state and an igbo man runs for Kano state.

If this isn't the vision of our true democracy, then the Nigerian government should stop robbing peter to pay paul in terms of Crude Oil and LNG.

Every land in Nigeria belongs to Nigerians and we should all have equal rights just as every mineral found in any land belongs to Nigerians.....Isn't this what Yoruba's and Hausa's preach when Oil is the issue?

Nigerians own Lagos, Just as Nigerians own the oil in the Niger Delta.

The Yoruba Lagosians will only get preferential treatment in terms of tax and appointments just like Niger Deltans get a larger share of the oil money and appointments in good companies based there.

We need to kill some people in this country....see what they are doing to Nigerians?

Proudly Urhobo and I love them scatter!!!!
Even though u didn't mention my tribe sha..

abduljabbar4:
Remember you called their land a no mans land. That is painful

But the oil in the SS belongs to all Nigerians right?
Pathetic.

What happened to my country?


I was born into a Military home in Lagos Nigeria. Dad was a Major in the Army back then and Mom's a medical practitioner. I am from Delta state, Ughelli North Local government. I am Urhobo, proudly Niger Deltan, proudly Nigerian, proudly African, proudly Black and proudly Human.

As a child in the barracks back then, I schooled in another barracks and had designated school buses that takes me to school and back home. Being in the barracks, I will say I felt secure enough that I didn't even know the police was a force different from the boys scout, until I was about 12 years old.

Back then in the barracks, we had it all. Different age groups, crowd of children from different tribes and religion.
We all played and lived as one.

On christmas day, easter, New year day and even church harvest we christians had our celebration and the muslim kids will come to our churches and our homes, we will all eat and laugh and have so much fun.

During the Muslim Fasting period, we the christian kids will go to the mosque to eat akara (bean cake) and drink cold kunu and iced zobo drinks. The Imams and mallams would look after us like we were their biological kids, they will even teach us simple life moral lessons, lessons that make me the man I am today.
On salah day, we will all join hands in killing of the rams, cows and help in the distribution of food from flat to flat which every house gracefully accepted.

Sometimes, some parents will have to be sent on peace keeping missions to other countries like Liberia, somalia, etc etc and the wives and kids left behind will move in together and live as one. I remember one occasion where five families moved into our house. 2 muslims and 3 christians, we had so much fun.
Sometimes our parents even bring back refugee orphans and they join us at home, we all grow up as one happy family.

In school back then, Command childrens school and Command secondary school, when we prayed at the assembly, first we will pray in Jesus name which the muslims par took happily, then we pray in the Muslim way and we all would shout 'Aaaaaaamiiiiin' happily while we smiled and went to our classes.
Kids slept over in friend's home to study together without minding ethnicity and religion because our military parents thought us how to be as one!!! We never joked with the national anthem and pledge, we took every word seriously.

Back then, our national team had different tribes based on the best of skills and we were such a threat even Brazil.

Fast forward to 2007 when I applied to study at the University of Benin. I got admitted and the same trend continued. My department alone had northerners, south south people, igbos, yorubas, Cameroonians and malians and ghanians.
The way the admission was run was almost 99% on merit so we had a diversity of tribes and religion and most importantly, the best brains. School was fun and lovely.

Today, I see a lot of tribal bitterness, sentiments and deep religious hatred and even death.
Today, we go to private schools owned by christians and they don't allow muslim kids pray or study Islamic religious knowledge. They are forced to study CRK.
Today you see UI admitting 80% Yorubas, Unilorin admitting 80% Yorubas, Uniben admitting 70% Edo, Unizik admitting 99%igbos, UNN admitting 70% igbos, ABU admitting 99% Northerners etc etc

Today, you see head of companies being tribalistic and religiously biased when employing and or giving out contracts.
What happened to my country?
Today Landlords do not want to rent their apartment out to some tribes due to what other people say about such tribe.


Oh what happened to my country?

I know there are issues that lead to all these that created so much hate and disgust amongst us as a people.

Issues like the civil war:

But I ask you my brothers,
-how many of you igbos and northerners are richer than the ojukwu's and the gowon's?
-how many of your family and relatives died in the war that ojukwu and gowon survived?
-how many of your family members have better education and health insurance than the ojukwu's and the gowon's?

Issues like the Oil in the Niger Delta:
But I ask you my brothers:
-The oil that we all shout and fight for is present in a country called Nigeria. It belongs to Nigeria.
-The Nigerian government should conserve and sustainably develop these regions and its people so the wealth that comes from these regions can better the lives of Nigerians in general as it could help diversify other industries like agriculture in the North which provide food for not just the North but all of us as a people.
-How many Niger deltans are richer than the Dokubo's?
-Dokubo won't die if war comes, trust me.
Issues like Boko haram;
But I tell you my brother,
-if we change our ideology to as it was in the early days, no terrorists, even ISIS can stand our collective might as a people. We are strong!!!,..very very strong I must say...
-some say its a northern propaganda. The bombs do not separate northerner from southerner when it goes off. It kills every tribe and we are only talking here in the south because it didn't spread to meet our old parents at home.

Many many more issues which I believe if discussed like true Nigerians, we will see a lot of difference in our lives and that of our future generations. I know everyone of us have had a good experience with someone from every tribe. Make that your reason for fighting for your country.

Teamwork is one quality that is found in the best persons on earth. Imagine a nation where everyone works as a team. We will be the greatest.

Nigeria is Mother to us all, fight for her!!!!....

From a concerned citizen wishing and hoping his message is received with a kind heart, without bias, without hate, without concentrating on the Evils of the past but the good of the past, so it can lead to nation building, continuous improvement and sustainable development.

BETTER NIGERIA

DonX001:
Haba!!!! Bros you dey vex o!
You should learn how to put things across gently, even if you're not exactly lying.

My oga, u just gently made things worse.

ProfessorPeter:
Pls i want to ask the Oba of Lagos some questions.
Who are the Igbo? Are they Nigerians or foreigners? Are they constitutionally empowered to enjoy freedom of association and right to vote? Out of more than 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria, why would the Oba of Lagos singled igbo out as a possible obstacles against his anointed? This is a threat to our cooperate existence. Ohaneze should not take this threat with levity. They should take him to ICC should his "chosen" one fail to win the election and there is breakdown of law against the Igbo. Igbo should go out on Saturday and vote for any candidate of their choice. They should be ready to defend themselves, properties and investments. They are Nigerian as long as this Lord Lugard's prison exist.
Lagos belongs to all

I don't understand these majority tribes. You want to enjoy the wealth that comes from the south south which is another region but don't want others to be free in Lagos!....I think this time secession will come!!!

AngelicMe:
I've always wondered if its just my exes or its a thing with guys. If you don't like her anymore and you want out of the relationship, do it honorably. Instead of telling her outrightly, they start acting funny and making the babe feel like trash. So, dear romancelanders, let justice be done to the question. why do guys find it difficult to break up with their girlfriend when they want out?

Haba, see your face nau..no guy would want that face to be angry cos the face is naturally vexed.
Your monicker should be 'LuciferousMe'. Pun intended

NEWBIN:


THAT'S A LIE........JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

I did not dispute that, so what happens to those that are born muslims, Judaisms, Hindus, Buddhists, anemists, etc etc Because they are better and more charitable and loving than most christians who love and serve Jesus yet they can't show simple LOVE (which ofcourse is God).

What then happens to the souls that existed before Jesus came to earth? They didn't know Jesus, we had those who served God with total love and commitment.

I am not against the christian belief that Jesus is the truth, and life and the only way......its a belief that can help people live in love and peace as shown by true christians eg JW, True Redeemers, Deeper life, mountain of fire, daystar and a few other good churches I've seen around.

But as much as that belief is true to you based on faith and what you understand from the bible, you also have to be a true christian and accomodate the ways of other people with respect. When they show interest in your religion, then you try explaining if they will succumb to your ideology.
Remember, Jesus Never discriminated!!!!

OP get a life..Religion was created by God for humans to have morals and not kill each other into extinction. So be you Christian, muslim, budhist, Anemist, xiangluis, JW, adventist etc etc....its all for a moral setting, if you lack this moral then you are worse than lucifer as we have so many religions u can choose from.

Jehovahs witnesses are one of the most outstanding, loving, peaceful, hardworking, kind and beautiful people that I have seen....They are mostly always very intelligent too.

U don't have to bother your head over something you have no control over.
If there's hope or no hope she can't do anything about it other than to pray and be optimistic.

As much as I don't like the APC, Rochas is very very right. If your brain is working, you will see sense in his advice.

BMAW is cool but AMBW..no way...those asian guys have d*9ks like needle..very tiny pink needlelike pinis

ebonyeyez:
no offence

Non taken.
Enjoy your thread.

ebonyeyez:
Look stop personalizing this issue with your own comprehension comparing it to your personal life. You want attractive that's cool but people who are known to be unattractive want a great life with someone special to...

True, they want a great life. I used myself as an example.
Everybody desires something in the opposite sex. Some guys are attracted to the figure, butt and burst, some are attracted to the face, some are attracted to the personality.

I know a friend who would marry a midget if the midget can play the guitar. He loves musical ladies, attractive or not.
For me, I am all for the face and the height.

ebonyeyez:
Yes most unattractive people are not high maintenance. They are more down to earth they don't require much out of relationship.

How you arrive is how you are priced. I wouldn't want to go for an dinner with a short unattractive bae while I'm over 6 ft myself.
Love is not Charity.