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Dennixe001:
THE MYTHS:

As a boy growing up on the street of Port
Harcourt, I was told so many horrible things
about Igbos:I was told that Igbos were planning to push Rivers people to Abia State for the people of Abia to inhabit Rivers State because of our resources.

I was told that Igbo people enslaved and ruled
over my people in Bori the traditional
headquarters of Ogoni Kingdom.

I was told that Odumegwu Ojukwu, Onyeka
Onwenu and other prominent Igbos brazenly
rejoiced over the execution of my uncle Ken Saro Wiwa because of the role he played during the Civil War.
I was told that it is better to be slaves to Hausas than to be brothers to Igbos because, Igbos are worse than Hausas.

THE EFFECTS:

These things made me to terribly detest Igbos
beyond what you can imagine, I was always
skeptical, cynical and suspicious while dealing
with Igbos. It also affected my friendship with
Igbo guys, I was always careful not to be a victim, no matter how they value the friendship, as long as they are Igbos, they were bad eggs to me.

It also severely affected my relationship with Igbo girls, 70% of the girls I have seen are Igbos girls but I have never treated any of my Igbo girlfriends fairly because, I programmed my mind not to be interested in anything beyond the fun
attached to the chemistry of boys and girls stuff while dealing with an Igbo girl, I didn’t want to make the mistake of dating an Igbo girl to the extent of marrying her.

THE DISCOVERY:

I was posted to Akwa Ibom State for my national
youth service in November 2013, there I made so
many Igbo friends, almost 60% of Akwa Ibom
corps members are from Igbo extraction, mainly from IMSU, FUTO, ABSU, UMUDIKE, ESUT and IMT.

There I saw how determined a typical Igbo youth is, there I saw the natural tendency for economic success in a typical Igbo guy, there I saw the reason why Igbos are entrepreneurs allover the globe, there I saw that God specially gave them the metaphysical eyes to see money in things and
where you don’t even think of smelling money, there I saw that even though the Igbos have had severe political travails and marginalization, they will forever remain the economic salt of Nigeria.

While we were serving, those of us who are Port Harcourt breed UNIPORT/RSUST corps members were always complaining that Akwa Ibom is beautiful but not groovy like Port Harcourt, we were always complaining that the town is dry with no night life like Port Harcourt. But our friends from the Igbo extraction were seeing things
differently, they saw Akwa Ibom as a beautiful
virgin land highly in need of economic
exploration, they saw huge business
opportunities in where we saw boredom.

We were complaining of the insufficient N19,800 ‘alawi’ (allowance) while they were seeing it as
potential small scale business capital. We used our alawi to club in one night because, we didn’t see it as good enough to help us, while our Igbo friends inject it into their small scale businesses.

We were always going to Tropicana to see movies while our Igbo friends are busy going to Lagos to bring wears and jewelries for us to buy. We were always calling home for money but our Igbo friends were sending money home instead.

At the end of my service year, I said I was going back to Port Harcourt because I believed Uyo was too dry for me to hustle, but my Igbo friends stayed back because they saw Uyo as a land lacking business and as such, it’s good for them to
make money through the introduction of
different businesses.

THE REVERSAL:

I came back to Port Harcourt then pondered on my experience with these Igbo brains, I then realised why people hate them, I felt bad
seriously for wrongly hating them all these while, I decided to love them because, they have the kind of zeal I’d love to emulate.

THE CONVICTION:

When I was fully convinced that the Igbos are not only my role models but my blood was when they went against all odds to make Goodluck Jonathan
their own, they loved him even more than some us from the South South, they gave him their full support at the poll not minding the
consequences. Ever since, I couldn’t stop loving Igbos but to love them even more.

THE RECOMMENDATION:

Igbos drive the economy of every towns and cities in Nigeria, nobody can change that, so instead of hating them for doing business in your place, I’d advise you compete with them even if you know you can’t beat them because, it is your land that is benefiting economically and otherwise with such
healthy competition, it is a win win situation.

IN CONCLUSION:

Igbos are subject of hate in this country,
apparently due to wrong perception, but I
personally think Igbos are cool like any other
tribe, and bad like any other tribe too. Though my main problem with them is that, they never admit their flaws no matter how glaring but they are always quick to lampoon the slightest folly of other tribes.

If you want to be successful economically, think like Igbos!
—–By Dennis, Rivers State.

But wait ..how can parents so lie to their kids about igbo..the lies told to these kids are affecting them

Thank lord your are delivered

iamkeyz:
OP you have said your mind and you asked valid questions
well, the thing is, nigeria has branded igbo as evil since after the war
federal govts has refused to give SE what other regions have thus se is poor and its mostly only business of buying and selling that thrive there
SE LACKS
SEA PORT
GOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
GOOD FEDERAL ROADS AND PROJECTS
etc
so tell me, who would love to live there if not the natives who can manage?
you know, what we have are either provided by state govt or individual efforts and you already know that its not good enough.
we are friendly, honest and hardworking people
but we hate to be intimidated simple
i hope i answered SOME of your questions?
proudly from the erosion ravaged anambra state

And SW has sea port and roads paved with gold ..yet apart from Lagos ..the whole SW is standing still in the 16th century ...I don't want to even talk about Niger Delta ..look at bayesla with their sea and whatever ..it is so terrible


This election shows us those places

realjoker:
please dont see this question as tribal driven motive, as on the point you raised, we dont have to keep living in denial or keep on hallucinating what is not factual,,,, it is no news that there is least concentration of non indigene or non native in SE zone compare to other zone in Nigeria, this baffle me most of the times and that is the motive behind this question, and only salient and substantial contributions are welcome.
As I earlier stated in the original post tribalist bigot are not welcome.

Have u been to igbo land

What tribe are u

Let's start with


Are u looking for non indegenes or business opportunity in igbo land

Be focused here ...this

realjoker:
Please I dont want this to lead to an E-war
Mature contribution only if you know you are a tribal fanatic don't bother to make contribution please.
Why is it that most Igbo towns are mostly made up of indigenous Igbos
People will rather go to Calabar, Port Harcourt or Uyo than to stop at Onitsha which is closer.
Is it that Igbos are not friendly, people from other regions despise them so much such that they dont want to look for business opportuinity in their region or there are not enough opportunities outside buying and selling in these igbo towns and cities.
Even the north that most of us love to hate and we label intolerant set of people have more concentration of non native in there villages than igbo cities and their town and cities are mostly made up of up to 30-45% non indigenes or non northerners.

It is simple ..the outsider just can't compete with the igbo ...OK lets assume that the Yoruba man wants to open a shop in Aba to sew will he compete with those hit Aba boys

OK let's assume that the ijaw wants to sell fish ..will he compete with the rivers igbo man or riverine anambra man

Igbo land is open to business and we still have strangers like hausa and suya business with forex while Yoruba are into agbo herbs and some taxi business the efiks are into cooking


It's just division of labor

If u can compete come over

Igbo again...don't they get tired ..well we compete amongst ourselves and that's from our creator O God

justbusy:
As a lawyer of high repute, he ought to know that what Biafrans are agitating for is contained in international law- the right of indigenous people to self-determination. Many Nigerians don't understand why KANU chose IPOB as the name of his organisation. The charge and bail lawyer is only cowardly! Ignore the POO!

How did he get his PhD and which school is he having his professorial seat

I pity Nigerian education

advocates:
Who else would accommodate your ego thriving, political naive tribal sentiment? Tell me? If not Nigeria, which African country would stand the stench of arrogance and hatred that oozed out of that region? Hardly you make comments without the inclusion of threat or insult Mr. "lnclinded". Maybe you have not realised how fed up by the second Nigerians are over your egocentric remarks. The worst is that, you lots contribute nothing to the economy.

Take a look at economic index on states with the most contributed GDP to the govt, and you will shock that the South east doesn't rank among the first three. So, where is your bursting about being mightier than thou. Maybe your departure will save us international disgrace that we have to cope with over the years. Even the Niger Delta that has served this nation until now, is not as vocal and senile like you leeches.

Then why don't you get rid of the liability called igbo..yet you guys won't....this is definition of stupidity

porigho:
****

What about other igbo in ss like Bonny and anioma

numericalguy:
It could be that they got their hearts broken by Yoruba girls.
Or it could be that the Yoruba girls they are asking out are not even giving them face.

Which ever way sha, those guys are hurting really bad and they have used their pasonal sadness to kill a fun and happy thread.

To be honest ..I have never in my wildest dreams ever think of dating Yoruba ....I think I am not cut across that ..they seems too loud for my liking


Personal opinion though

numericalguy:
Maxi112 and Christopher123 seems to be having some deep and personal issues so maybe you guys should just let them be.

This thread was created for fun and nothing more and everyone was just cracking jokes without meaning any harm until dumb humourless maxi112 and christopher123 came to spoil the fun with their inner biterness.

Have you guys noticed something, maxi and Christopher could be the same person with different monika

Oga I am not having any personal issue I am stating the obvious and also things I have seen and I am seeing

Marcelini:
Yes, the Igbo aboriginals of Ette town, who are Nsukka people are holding forte.

Neither the Idoma nor Igalla can take Ette, Ette remains Igboland, the least those Idomas and Igallas can do is migrate back to Benue and Kogi states respectively, it's nobody's fault that their invading ancestors were not able to totally colonize Igbo people in Ette or totally assimilate them.
They( the Idomas and Igallas) must assimilate into Igbo language and culture like the rest of Igallas and Idoma people that invaded Nsukka other Nsukka towns did.

Many Nsukka people today actually are descendants of Igallas invaders in Nsukkaland who over time became assimilated into Igbo culture and language forever.

It is as simple as that ..just the way olukumi assimilated in anioma

Weedcrusher:
Igbos have hate for other tribes in their heart.....I don't know how a whole tribe will be living with so much hate. I'm not saying all of them but significant number of them. This is so bad at this age and time.

So you have seen the minds of all the igbos to know they hate others


The way kids talk these days surprises me

For you to avoid trouble talk less

This prof talks too much now he is scared ....cowing



That one concern him


One thing the average igbo man can't be intimidated ....well I pray they don't hurt this man

ShowYourCertificate:
Biafra cannot stand. I've interacted with many Igbos. You guys are not even united among yourselves. Imolites can't marry the Anambrarians. The Delta Igbos don't see themselves as true Igbos. The Igbos view guys from Abakaliki as Igbotic-Fulanis (Igbos with Fulani mentality). Tell me how they can co-exist as Biafra? I laugh at your struggle. My advice is that we seek a unified Nigeria that practices true fiscal federalism. The Igbos will benefit from such unified Nigeria. I rest my case.

Is that so ?


Ignorance is bliss

ShowYourCertificate:
We are just making this Nnamdi Kanu of a guy more popular. Biafra should not be encouraged. United we stand, divided we fall.

You and who stand ?

Marcelini:
Probably from Ette town. An Igbo town that got invaded by Idomas and Igalas in the ancient time, who now lay ancestral claim to the land.

Ette is in Igbo Eze North LGA of Enugu state.

They speak igbo

But the average Nigerian will say local made good. I's bad and igbo made


But are we in Islamic country

So no kiakia


I pity ijaw people

ExAngel007:
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reportedly banned
some goods from being imported to the country


The list of goods which have been absolutely prohibited, was
posted on the official website of the cross-border security
outfit, where it warned Nigerians sternly that failure to comply
will attract outright seizure of such goods and the suspects will
be charge to the Court of Competence Jurisdiction for
prosecution.
Check out the list below:

★Air Pistols

★Airmail Photographic Printing Paper.

★All counterfeit/pirated materials or articles including Base or
Counterfeit Coin of any Country.

★Beads composed of inflammable celluloid or other similar
substances.

★Blank invoices.

★Coupons for Foreign Football pools or other betting
arrangements.

★Cowries.

★Exhausted tea or tea mixed with other substances. For the
purposes of this item, “exhausted tea” means any tea which
has been deprived of its proper quality, strength, or virtue by
steeping, infusion, decoction or other means.

★Implements appertaining to the reloading of cartridges.
Indecent or obscene prints, painting, books, cards, engraving
or any indecent or obscene articles.

★Manilas.

★Matches made with white phosphorous.

★Materials of any description with a design which, considering
the purpose for which any such material is intended to be
used, is likely in – the opinion of the president to create a
breach of the peace or to offend the religious views of any
class of persons in Nigeria.

★Meat, Vegetables or other provisions declared by a health
officer to be unfit for human consumption.

★Piece goods and all other textiles including wearing apparel,
hardware of all kinds’ crockery and china or earthenware
goods bearing inscriptions (whether in Roman or Arabic
characters) from the Koran or from the traditions and
commentaries on the Koran.

★Pistols disguised in any form.

★Second-hand clothing.

★Silver or metal alloy coins not being legal tender in Nigeria.

★Nuclear Industrial waste and other Toxic waste


Spirits: -Other than -Alcoholic bitters, liqueurs, cordials and
mixtures admitted as such in his discretion by the Comptroller-
General and which are not deemed to be injurious spirits within
the meaning of any enactment or law relating to liquor or
liquor licensing.

Brandy , i.e. a Spirit Distilled in Grape-growing countries from
fermented grape juice and from no other materials and Stored
in wood for a period of three years;
Drugs and medicinal spirits admitted as such in his discretion
by the Comptroller-General.

Gin , i.e. Spirit- Produced by distillation from a mixed mash of
cereal grains only saccharified by the diastase of malt and the
Flavoured by redistillation with juniper berries and other
vegetable ingredients and of a brand which has been notified
as an approved brand by notice in the Gazette and in
containers labeled with the name and address of the owner of
the brand; or produced by distillation at least three times in a
pot-still from mixed mash or barley, rye and maize
saccharified by diastase of malt – and then rectified by re-
distillation in a potstill after the addition of juniper berries and
other vegetable materials.


Methylated or denatured spirit
, i.e. – Mineralized Methylated
spirit mixed as follows: – To every ninety parts by volume of
spirits nine and one-half parts by volume of wood naphtha
and one-half of one part by volume of crude pyridine and to
every 455 litres of the mixture 1.7 litres of mineral naphtha or
petroleum oil and not less than 0.7 grammes by weight of
powdered aniline dye (Methyl violet) and so in proportion for
any quantity less than 455 litres; and Industrial Methylated
spirit imported under license from the Comptroller-General and
mixed as follows: – To every ninety-five parts by volume of
spirits five parts by volume of wood naphtha and also one-half
of one part by volume of the mixture; and spirits denatured for
a particular purpose in such manner as the Comptroller-
General in any special circumstance may permit.


Perfumed Spirits
Rum i.e. a Spirit – Distilled direct from sugar-cane products in
sugar-cane growing countries; and
Stored in wood for a period of three years.
Spirits imported for medical or scientific purposes, subject to
such conditions as the Comptroller-General may prescribe
Spirits totally unfit for use as portable spirits admitted to
entry as such in the discretion by the Comptroller-General
Whisky , i.e. a Spirit- Obtained by distillation from a mash or
cereal grains saccharified by diastase of malt; and
Stored in wood for a period of three years.
Containing more than forty-eight and one-half per centum of
pure alcohol by volume except denatured, medicated and
perfumed spirits, and such other spirits which the Comptroller-
General, in his discretion, may allow to be imported subject to
such conditions as he may see fit to Impose.

Weapons of any description which in the opinion of the
Comptroller-General are designed for the discharge of any
noxious liquid, gas or other similar substance and any
ammunition containing or in the opinion of the Comptroller-
General or adapted to contain any noxious liquid, gas or other
similar substances.

https://www.naij.com/690793-okrika-clothes-pistol-gin-goods-recently-banned-customs-see-full-list.html

We have finally been islamized ...so no more vidka

HopeAtHand:
Ewu gambia, i am from Rivers state and we dnt disturb the peace of NL with noisy threads. This Anambra industrialisation thread is much ado about nothing in particular.

Atulu its is indegenous firms and not foriegn firms ....ikwerre man and kiakia.....where is ur brain

advocates:
I am Idoma from Enugu state. I neither consider myself a northerner or from the middle belt. Nigeria is all on my mind and nothing more.

We should never give in to the antics of this Igbo sadist who will invade every thread on regional basis to cast aspersion between brothers.
I live in the north, and I so much love northerners ( Hausa and Fulanis alike), good people to live with. Take religion rascality away from the Hausa man, and you have simple, down to earth people. Little wonder why Igbos, despite the undefined hatred for the north, can't find a place as harmonious and business friendly as the north.

How could you hate a people so much, yet you have almost 1/3 of easterners scavenging there for their daily livelihood? Nobody sent you to pick arms against a sovereign state, better still an intolerant Nigerian military. The consequences are always unimaginable.

I understand that the Fulani's carnage in the middle belt is a cause for concern and maybe reason why the Middle belt frontiers are making this frantic statement, but we shouldn't give occasion for Igbo haters to make ridicule of this noble call, since they have proved over the years, their desperation to tear the very fabric bonding this nation.

If for anything, I considered myself a northerner.

Ha .idoma from enugu state..when you think you have seen the best of stupidity.. Another comes up


Pls tell us the LG A in enugu

NakedEve:
In the Middle belt cities because of high economic turn over and development by Nidigbo, the aborigines of those cities love Nidigbo.
We see a clear difference between them and backward Hausa. You can't even compare.
They sell heavy goods but Hausa sells in kiosks.
They build wonderful structures but Hausa's will prefer to live in dirty settlements.

But alas our villages r still pro Hausa but things r changing because of this Fulani incursion into our homeland.
Many of our village Youths have begun to see them for who they r and r now having pro-igbo tendencies.

We in the MB call the Igbo Merchants of Light.

Nice submission ....how ieish they knew this all these while

What about relationships with Yoruba

ceemere:
bros u even get time to dey reply dat dirty ewedu eating anu ohia. Like my grandmother used to say, god started from the mouth to create the yoruba tribe, dats why they make a whole lot of trashy mouth at any slightest chance they get. Igbo man no dey blow him trumpet, na when him catch u in a corner u go sabi say 13 no be B let him keep exhibiting his myopic toutish cerebrum

I have ignored him since

itstpia8:
He is Yoruba, of two Yoruba parents both born in Nigeria just like him.

Why don't we heard their relatives

Why are Yoruba abusive ? For the singular fact that I did not agree with your submission this is what is resulting to insults from your angle

So much maturity



But ajayi crowther is creole ...do Yoruba bear the surname crowther ....the creoles in Nigeria bear foriegn names like Macaulay , savage , Williams etc

These are not yoruba surnames


A man origin is known from his surname


Keep insulting

Bye

StOla:
It seems am arguing with a down syndrome patient.

I reckon I'm also Ghanaian or from the Middle East having visited those places among other countries?


I have already refuted your claim for the benefit of the viewing public. I am not trained to educate the mentally handicapped.




I best ignore you, lest I begin to wallow in idiocy.

StOla:
Yes he apologized if they felt offended but he did not regret his actions because it was not informed by any tribal victimisation and it was necessary.

Now that you also know this as you've admitted above, try educate those who spread such propaganda.

But he didn't apologize to his Yoruba people ....he knew them and their antics


So he respected the igbo and apologize accordingly.. Don't u think so

arewafederation:
What about Niger,Nassarawa,Kogi, and Kwara states?

@NakedEve, it's a pity that you guys are like bats, neither birds nor mammals.
The middle belt endowed with the most natural resources in Nigeria, but unfortunately the most underdeveloped region because you all don't know where your problems lie. You keep blaming the far North but I wonder;
Do you know the Middle belt have produced the most presidents than every other region?

Do you know the middle belt have had more control of the country during the military era than most part of the country?

With the likes of Gowon, T.Y Danjuma, Jerry Hussein, David Mark, who are/were major movers and shakers of this country, why do you think it's the Hausas that always hold you down.

My dear you need to look inwards for the solution to your problems. Breaking off from the North or being called a MIDDLE BELTAN is not the solution to your problems, but having purposeful and determined leadership.

To me I see middle belt as middle living creatures neither here nor there


The election proved it

They had Jonathan election to prove that but they voted the dullard from north so they are all aboki

StOla:
He is a Yoruba boy from Iseyin and if he was born in Iseyin and died in Lagos, then he is a Yoruba ambassador.

I reckon he is also British for living there, and also Igbo to for residing there?

But at the end of the day he is a creole

WIZGUY69:
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Look at this virus.

After your brothers have . been whipped home and away.

just like the way fashola deported your useless brothers back to upper iweka overhead bridge right?
BTW

in your warp thinking, any being not in his/her shop is idle?

. ndo

But fashola deported Yoruba also to ekiti and some hausas also....that incident is still fresh but he only apologised to igbos and called others bluff


I live in Lagos so I know these things


Don't make it seems its only igbos that was deported

StOla:
Creole because he identified as part of Sierra Leone's freed slave contingent.

In Ajayi Crowther's case, he was a full blooded Yoruba boy who's slave ship was intercepted at port. He was rescued and sent to Sierra Leone before being trained in Britain.

So his identity as creole is because he was resident there in freetown with returnee African slaves of which Yorubas were still a significant population.

But he is still a creole and if creole descent

Do we actually need these comparisons ..

StOla:
Look at a catchup clansman calling me a Yoruba boy illiterate.

I'm sure my educated greatgrandfather had an Igbo cook those days in Lagos Island. I bet he was magnanimous enough to teach him how to speak and write English.

Even Ajayi Crowther taught the bushmen from the East how to structure their own language by constructing their primer so they can be literate.

But ajayi is creol not a yoruba sir