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sjeezy8:
yaye! Im soo happy lol

I guess this would be bad news for the militants, religous extremist, and the secessionist
So when anyone acts crazy and the US military in Nigeria shoots you dead no blaming the naija govt, or northerners oooo.
One thing I like about yankee is they dont believe in freedom fighters or religious zealots - anyone that is disturbing peace and progress is a terrorist.

lmfao

Are you having a laugh? The US military?
You think the US military will come and get involved in Nigeria - on top of Iraq and Afghanistan?
ROTFLMHO

I don't think you really understand how fed up American citizens are of that war in Iraq and afghanistan ALREADY!!!!
No way are they tolerating their President sending the US military into any more foreign war zones.

NIGERIA IS HEADED THE WAY OF YUGOSLAVIA

Nigeria is heading the way of Yugoslavia and will inevitably split into 6 or even 7 separate nation states. I fear bloodbath and tragedy - so many have already suffered and died as it is.
BLOODSHED MUST BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. NO MORE BLOODSHED PLEASE!

The only peaceful solution is to give the Nigerian people the right to decide their own destiny, in the form of a referendum. The referendum must be free, honest, fair and open to the rigours of international observation and supervision.

Whatever the people decide in this referendum must be OBEYED. Those regions that vote for breakaway (if any do) must be allowed to do so non-violently and without reprisal. The regions that vote to remain with Nigeria must also be allowed to remain with Nigeria.

It is the only solution
THE PEOPLE MUST BE OBEYED!!!

cap28:
Yes its not very apparent until you understand american foreign policy, there's a book called the grand chessboard by former american national security adviser during the carter regime in the 70's - his name is Zbigniew Brzezinski - he is actually the power behind the current US presidency, in his book which he wrote in 1998 he sets out america's primary goal - to control the entire area known as eurasia (europe and asia) a huge land mass - why? because he beleives that whoever controls this region - controls the entire world - here is a quote from his book:

"How America 'manages' Eurasia is critical. A power that dominates Eurasia would control two of the world's three most advanced and economically productive regions. A mere glance at the map also suggests that control over Eurasia would almost automatically entail Africa's subordination, rendering the Western Hemisphere and Oceania geopolitically peripheral to the world's central continent. About 75 per cent of the world's people live in Eurasia, and most of the world's physical wealth is there as well, both in its enterprises and underneath its soil. Eurasia accounts for about three-fourths of the world's known energy resources." (p.31)

But going back to the US/China connection foreign policy advisers with Brzeinski  being prominent amonst this group has highlighted the need for the US to keep China out of africa in order to stymie its economic development, the objective is to block all attempts that it makes to obtain natural resources and this is an ongoing process with nigeria being one of many countries targeted in Africa.

I honestly think he may have been murdered, but whether by mossad or the CIA i dont know, both groups have been known to conduct such acts in the past.   

the US has completely destabilised Sudan for the same reason - sudan has large oil reserves but unlike nigeria have refused to be bullied into trading with the US, they have chosen to enter into lucrative oil deals with China , this has led to the US imposing economic sanctions, fomenting inter ethnic conflicts and encouraging the southern part of Sudan (where oil was originally discovered)  to secede from the north in order to destablise the entire country.  amended, i dont know whether Jonathan will have the courage to push the bill through without any amendments.  The thing is even if they do suceed in pushing the bill through, will the monies generated from the taxation be used to improve the living

Yaaaaaaawn
I'm really getting tired of Nigerians blaming the White man (West) for all their shortcomings and failures. It is getting really tired.
How come the white man does not seek to sabotage the asians such as singapore, malaysia etc.
Those countries got their independence from Britain AFTER African countries like Nigeria and yet they have progressed so much and left us waaaaaaaaaay behind

I started a thread about this called REFERENDUM - NIGERIA'S ONLY SOLUTION


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-425038.0.html

Onlytruth:
^^^

Could very well happen but I don't think it would have stopped Igbos leaving Nigeria. And if we succeeded in leaving Nigeria in 1967, we would today be saying a huge "I told you so" to all who didn't join Biafra. You think the Igbo spirit dies easily? By now Biafra would be like Hong Kong, keeping all the Chinese, Vietmanese, Thais and Loasians (Nigerians) out of our clean and decent cities. It would also be the most industrialized and democratic African country.

Only Truth
Read my answer again. I am agreeing with you.

I think Biafra WOULD HAVE SUCEEDED if Ojukwu had held a referendum. The Igbos would have voted 99.999% to join, and the Ikwerre vote and Calabar vote would also have been very high too - probably in the high 70s/80s. Don't forget there was a lot of pogrom going on in the north where Igbos and other south-easterners were getting slaughtered and had to flee back to the south to save their lives.
So the YES vote would definitely have been overwhelming and Biafra would definitely be in existence today.
The ijaws would most likely have voted no, and so would not have been part of Biafra. That's ok - they are entitled to decide their own destiny.
And I do believe that Biafra would have easily been the most economically succesful country in all of Africa - not just west africa

Me sef:
Exactly my view. Thats what people like tenzor777 refused to understand. Our foundation as a country is faulty and needs to be re-built even if it means all ethic groups go their seperate ways.

I agree with you - but I fear Ojukwu blew our one and only chance. You see, what Ojukwu tried to achieve was right but they way he went about it was completely wrong. He should have held a REFERENDUM for the entire area that he called "Biafra" and allowed each of the various districts within this Biafra to vote on whether they wanted to be part of Biafra or would rather prefer to remain with Nigeria.
Instead he tried to force non-igbo tribes (such as Ijaw) to be part of Biafra against their will. If Ojukwu had given the Biafran area the referendum the following would have happened:
1) The Ijaws would have probably voted to remain with Nigeria rather than be part of Biafra - which is perfectly fine as they are entitled to make that choice. And because they are being allowed to remain with Nigeria (opt out of Biafra) they would not have felt the need to spill their blood fighting against Biafra. They would have stayed neutral because they were not being forced to join Biafra. But because Ojukwu was trying to force them to join Biafra against their will, they had no choice but to fight. So Ojukwu just made himself one very powerful enemy when there was no need to.
And they still resent Igbos for this till this very day.


2) With a referendum, only those districts that vote to be part of Biafra with at least a 66% YES vote would be allowed to join Biafra. That would have given the Biafran cause a lot of democratic clout and credibility in the eyes of the western super-powers such as USA, UK, etc. Britain would not have been so keen to support Gowon with military weapons if Biafra had the democratic authority of the ballot box behind it. Britain has a reputation to protect and cannot afford to be seen as the suppressor of democracyand so they would not have given Gowon the military equipment and support.

But Ojukwu did not play his cards right and I fear that we may have lost the only chance we were ever going to have.

I too have come to the conclusion that Nigeria will split. I only hope it is done bloodlessly

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-424748.0.html

I too have come to the conclusion that Nigeria needs to break up. Read this below for the most peaceful way forward

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-424748.0.html

This is getting beyond a joke

Tread carefully. Or else you could blow it completely and permanently

http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2009/11/26/why-women-are-so-standoffish-towards-men/

And waht if he dumps you after, then what?
http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2010/03/06/torn-between-my-fiance-and-college/

It is these kinds of threads that causes dark skinned women to feel bad. Treat all skin shades equally
http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2010/02/27/i-hate-being-a-black-woman/

Yar'adua is taking serious liberties. He should have resigned a long time ago

http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/forum/topic.php?id=26

Na wah oh.
Black men and crime wherever they go

http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2010/03/27/black-men-you-deserve-to-get-stopped-by-the-police/

Black men deserve to be stopped and searched, whatever country they are living in.

http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2010/03/27/black-men-you-deserve-to-get-stopped-by-the-police/

Black men are afraid of marriage
http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2009/12/05/black-men-why-are-you-so-scared-of-marriage/

Yes, but now this is the second time the woman is having to go abroad and study. And don't forget there is a 5 year old child involved as well. The first time was when she went to the UK to do her masters. This time she wants to go to the USA to do PHd.

If your man asked you to choose between him and pursuing your studies, which would you choose?

http://www.lifeinbiglondon.com/2010/03/06/torn-between-my-fiance-and-college/

hackney:
It's not actually her in the pic. she's just the agony aunt recieving letters about personal
problems.
una dey craze.

Abi Oh!
Hackney, thank you bo jare, my brother.

chika98:
OP
Why are you always cynical about everything?? Maybe if you had something a tad more positive to say then people would respond without abusive responses.

Cynical? What makes me cynical? Did you read the beginning of my post. I clearly stated that I did not agree with the woman bleaching her skin so you can't assume that I agree with everything the woman wrote in her letter. That's making far too many assumptions.
The writer of the letter may be cynical - it doesn't mean that I am.

disturbia:
It is a pity how the media has changed people mentality. All she kept talking about were the beyonces and the janet

jackson. But has she seem them when they wake up in the morning. I thought brandy was light skinned until I saw a

picture of her ( not enhanced one) she was so black. As africans we need to be proud of ourselves when you are not

proud of yourself who will be proud of you. And as for the black men, I wonder why when they make few buck they run

after the white chicks who are ready to wreck them. They are some big white fat chicks who are worst than black

women. Fact remains am proud to be a black woman.

Well said, disturbia

That is the kind of postive contribution I was hoping for rather than the typically abusive responses that seem to be so common on this forum. Well Done.

zerocool:
Who cares! Of wat use is it opening a thread about someone regretting to be black, maybe itz cos you haven't heard of people wishing they had been animals. So, who still cares to talk about people who are psychologically derailed except maybe. . .

I'm really sorry, but you can't start a sentence with "Of". Your sentence should start with:

"What use is it "

tpiah:
what kind of question is that?

did you miss the part where she said she also bleached her skin till she was almost transparent.

abi na you be the author?

Are you from a scientific/medical background?
The question about whether Black women are biologically predisposed to obesity was directed towards forum members of a scientific/medical background.
I would love to hear from them as to whether there is any truth in that claim  - I have actually heard it said many times but I don't know if it is medical fact or myth.

But I do agree with you that she has some serious psychological problems - bleaching and skin lightening.

zerocool:
Who cares!

Who cares whether you care or not!

Move on right along to a topic that you do care about. We won't miss you. ByeBye.

y me:
poor her
let her lose some weight and being black wont be the problem anymore

Shebi oh. That's exactly what I was thinking.
But she is arguing that she finds it too difficult to lose weight because Black women are biologically programmed to be fat.


Any medical/scientific people on this forum - is this true? Do Black women really have a biological "predispostion" towards obesity?