BeijinDossier: Are you mad CJ? You actually thought i didn't snap those pictures myself?
Okay here is another one
GBAM!!!
Wait until i find the owners of the picture or the video or new video they were extracted from in Facebook/internet.
Why do you people love to take credit for other people's vlog videos? That behavior is actually called plagiarism and it's an intellectual property crime.
I was also there last night lodging and enjoying it!!! (Via other people's facebook post without giving them credit for their pictures )
ChimaAdeoye: It is clear that the current Federal regime is determined to find silly excuses to close the ONLY international airport in the entire Southeast region. Rather than fix it, this airport has been criminally abandoned by the regime and now, they are looking for who to blame and excuses to close it down rather than fix the superficial issues identified.
When people fuss about terminal building without first identifying the evil done against the runway and taxiway, it exposes their ignorance about the plot of the ministry of aviation against the aiirpot.
1. The AIIA airport is still the ONLY international airport in Nigeria that lacks completed taxiways to both ends of the runway. 2. Five issues had been identified that would affect the successful expansion of the airport and the future second runway proposed for the airport. These issues are labeled A,B,C,D and E in the satellite image below.
A: Illegal and now abandoned classroom built by Nigerian Airforce Enugu very close to the main runway
B: The settlement on the northeast aspect of the airport which will prevent a second runway project if it's not relocated.
C: The suddenly growing construction of new settlement on the northwest aspect of the airport, which will frustrate a second runway
D: A Duplex recently built by a powerful ex-military man well within the safety distance upon completion of Taxiway to Runway 08
E: Eke-Orie Market Emene believed to have abattoir that can cause bird strike for incoming plane.
The question is WHY the abattoir has been made such a sensational issue by Hadi Sirika, while cleverly neglecting the abandoned classroom built by the air-force very close to the main runway nor the growing settlements within the airport side of Ekulo river that will frustrate the second runway expansion project if they are not addressed? Who is the former military man that was allowed to build a duplex so close to the taxiway to runway 08? Why was the Eke-Orie market speedily demolished, but this duplex that is even closer to the airport left unscathed?
If the FG is sincere about fixing the identified issues including resurfacing of the Enugu runway with new drainage, why not come clear with a project timeline and also identify airport very close to Enugu which will be used temporarily to divert Enugu flights to minimize inconvenience of passengers as he vehemently argued for Kaduna airport and not Lagos or Kano international airports, during a similar runway resurfacing project for Abuja airport?
It is clear the the FG is criminally intent on neglecting the Akanu Ibiam International airport because it believes it is an airport for Igbos and not for the entire country. Apart from Enugu International being incomparable to other international airports in Kano, PH, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja, it is incomprehensible that the same FG will build a brand new International airport complete with Taxiways and night landing facilities in New Bussa, Niger State just to service Kainji dam, but neglect a major international airport serving a whole sub-region of Nigeria.
What is so amazing is that the same FG left 4 obstacles labelled "A, B, C and D" within the airport unresolved and were shouting about the issue "E" outside the airport! Just to cover their own incompetence, corruption and deceit to close the airport over nothing !
Social media guru and the African youth that has taken upon himself to counter the negative western media propaganda against Africa through visiting Africa and making positive videos has finally arrived Abuja!!!
Abuja based vloggers and other Nigerians wellwishers should give him a good visit to Abuja. His videos are watched by thousands of youths in all continents of the world. So this is an important media influence to change the very negative image of Nigeria
Gov Willie Obiano's performance in his second term seems to be falling lower and lower! Anambra should watch out for another Rochas Okorocha in its hands.
It's so sad that even very basic services as clearing refuse dumps has become a huge task for the government. I am not even talking about all the roads he promised to construct or dualize which has simply become a pipe dream. Strategic Roads such as the Nkisi - 33- Agulari road which was promised to be dualized to ease access to Onitsha by residents of the New Nkwelle -Ezunaka residential areas. . It's truly so sad!
Hopefully more people will invest more in fish farming, pig farming and poultry farms instead of too much buying and selling our people call business. If they target to make smoked fish and supply most markets in the zone, even 50 of this type of farm will be highly viable. Imagine all the people that will become employed from it!
Poultry, Pig and Fish farms create true wealth and help to gainfully employ lots of people.
The only advise i can give Igbos is to unite and keep developing your region.
You can see that those who have stolen all of Nigeria's wealth are still so bitterly envious of Ndigbo and try their best to throw obstacles in our way. Also villages should not take the Miyeti Allah threat of causing mayhem in Igboland lightly. Effort to build a rapid response to any security breach should be intensified secretly.
Even here in NL, they often open monikers to spam Igbo threads by trying to instigate little minds into inter-state waste of time called e-war. Biko, continue to ignore them.
Well, if you must know, there is a serious campaign of calumny to rubbish and discredit those brown stones in Anambra quarries. So that Anambra builders will import and transport very expensive grey stones from other peoples stone quarries to use in their houses.
The farce of Anambra stones not being strong enough has been defeated by most Onitsha buildings defeating that lie! Those Onitsha buildings built with brown Anambra quarry stones more than 30 years ago are still standing till date! Even when the newer buildings built with the grey stones are falling!
cybersoldiers: Buhari’s Inauguration Day ‘Sharia Law Bag’ And OIC Islamization Agenda In Nigeria [MUST READ] Francis Anekwe Oborji | Op-Ed Contribtor.
A handout image released by the Nigerian Presidential Press Services on May 29, 2019 shows Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari being sworn in during his inauguration ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria. | Sunday Aghaeze/State House Photo By now, Nigerians might have realized that President Buhari did not use the Holy Quran or Holy Bible as is the custom and norms, when he took oath-of-office for his second-term on May 29, 2019 at Abuja. Being a Muslim, Nigerians expected the President to use a copy of the Holy Quran for the oath-of-office, but this did not happen.
Indeed, many people, especially Christians, moderate Muslims and non-Muslims alike were disappointed to see President Buhari, carry a “Sharia law bag” for his oath of office at Abuja on May 29, 2019, in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country like Nigeria. Government officials thought that ordinary people would not find out, so they hid the Sharia law book in its bag Buhari used for the oath of office that day.
In a normal clime, where things are normally well done and the norms properly followed, the Holy Book (be it the Bible, Quran or even the nation’s Constitution), whichever one is used for the swearing-in ceremony, is not hidden in any bag at all. Rather, it is placed on a well-prepared lectern at the view of everybody on the arena and the candidate himself places his hands on the Holy Book as he takes the oath of office.
This is what it means when people say you take oath of office by placing your hands on the Bible or on the Quran, depending on one’s religion. It could also be by placing your hands on the text of the nation’s Constitution. None of these happened at Abuja on May 29, 2019.
In some countries like the United States of America, the wife of the President may hold the Bible for the husband who places his hands on it as he takes the oath of office. Moreover, in the US, copies of the Holy Book used by past Presidents at their swearing-in ceremonies are all kept at the White House in archives. Often a new President would ask for a copy of the Bible used by a particular past President of his choice for his own swearing-in ceremony.
A question naturally suggests itself here. Who provided Buhari with that Sharia law bag, instead of a copy of the Holy Quran for his oath of office on May 29, 2019 at Abuja? In a normal circumstance, to prevent a breach of the established norms and tradition such as this, it is the duty of the government to provide copies of the sacred Books for the swearing-in ceremonies.
I hope that many of us might have noticed that Muhammed Tanko, the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, goes about in most of his official duties, carrying his Sharia law bag, the type that Buhari used that day of his inauguration. Tanko was a former Sharia Court Chief Judge before Buhari appointed him to his present post after the controversial and unconstitutional removable of Justice Onneghen (a Christian) as Chief Justice of Nigeria in the build-up to the 2019 elections. Who knows, perhaps, it was at the instance of Chief Justice Tanko that Buhari carried a Sharia law bag at his swearing-in ceremony that day?
According to experts in Islamic and Arabic studies, Sharia law or Sharia Islamic law is a religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith. Again, that Buhari took an oath of office carrying a Sharia law bag is the first time such a thing is happening in Nigeria political history.
OIC Islamization Agenda in Nigeria Is Real The symbolic meaning of President Buhari carrying a Sharia law bag in taking oath of office is in conformity to the decision reached at a Joint Conference of major Islamic organizations that took place at Abuja, Nigeria on November 28, 1989. At the Abuja Islamic Joint conference, the OIC and its allied organizations confirmed Nigeria as an Islamic country and asked the Federal government to do something urgently to show the whole world that Nigeria is truly an Islamic nation.
This is the symbolic significance of what Buhari did at his Inauguration Day on May 29, 2019, by carrying a Sharia law bag in taking oath of office.
Again, on 28 November 1989, there was an important Joint conference of all allied major Islamic organizations, which took place at Abuja, Nigeria. The Abuja Joint Conference issued a landmark Communique, in which they sealed the fate of Nigeria for the Muslim world (forever).
Among the member Islamic Organizations present at the Abuja Joint conference were the following: The Islamic Council, London. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
In fact, to appreciate Buhari’s gesture and symbolism of the Sharia law bag he was carrying at his Inauguration Day, it suffices to refer the reader to the following two paragraphs from the Final Communique of the 1989 Abuja Joint conference. In their Communique, the Abuja Joint conference, among other things, issued the following statements: “The permanent headquarters of the Islam in Africa Organization (IAO) shall be in Abuja, Nigeria. The steering committee has been assigned the special task of the details establishing the IAO in Nigeria, including structures and the constitution within six (6) months. The conference decided that the steering committee should also work out detailed plans for transforming a national political party in each member nation into a National Islamic Party, and that the National Republican Convention (NRC) of Nigeria should be made to serve this purpose in Nigeria as the only recognized National Islamic Party of Nigeria.
These political parties so approved shall be the only ones to produce the leading (executive and legislative) functionaries. The NRC of Nigeria and other parties shall have their names changed to reflect the Islamic nature of their purpose.” Continuing, the Communique says: “The conference further agreed and decided that the IAO should, for the time being, operate from the facilities of the Islamic Council, London, not from that of the OIC (that has become too controversial in Nigeria). The Joint conference finally rectified the admission of Nigeria as a full member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and thanked the Government and people of Nigeria for having generously donated US$21 billion to the Islamic Development Fund of the OIC, and sincerely requested the Federal government of Nigeria to implement all policies and programs of the OIC to show the whole world that Nigeria is truly an Islamic nation.” (NB: For full text of the 1989 Abuja Islamic Joint Conference Communique, see the official website of Islamic Council, London).
These groups recruited Buhari, the Miyetti Allah, and the Cabal for the actualization of their Islamic project in Nigeria.
Unfortunately, they have the blessings of their Western partners because of our Oil and other mineral and natural resources. This is precisely, why President Buhari left the Eagle Square on that fateful day of May 29, 2019 without delivering the traditional inaugural speech of a newly sworn-in President. He had to jet out of the country immediately to Saudi Arabia to attend the meeting of the OIC. This tells us where the heart and mind of this man is. Certainly, the aspirations of all Nigerians, especially Christians, moderate Muslims (including many Nigerian Fulanis who don’t agree with their evil agenda), and all other non-Fulani Ethnic-nationalities, are very marginal for the man and his administration.
He sacrificed also inclusive leadership, balanced political appointments as enshrined in the constitution, to pursue a primitive Islamic fundamentalist agenda in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation state such as Nigeria. That is why from day one of this administration, the President chose to work only with people of his ethnic clan and religious configuration, in a total disregard to the federal character principles in government appointments as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.
To be fair to Buhari, however, Nigeria’s romance with OIC has long history. What Buhari did on May 29, 2019, was to make a spectacle of it, position and advertise Abuja Federal Capital Territory as the new headquarters of Islam in Africa.
General Yakubu Gowon was the first Head of State to take Nigeria to OIC during the Nigeria-Biafra War. This was one of the reasons General Emeka Ojukwu alerted the world that the Nigeria-Biafra War was a religious one. That one of the primary objectives of the federal government for the war was to execute the extermination of the predominantly Christian Igbos in South Eastern Nigeria.
With the 1999 Constitution, the foundation for today’s phase of Islamization of Nigeria was laid. Almost every page of the 1999 Constitution is dotted with Sharia or Islamic words and legal terms. There is no mention of any Christian word in the whole of the 1999 Constitution. The 1999 Constitution was skewed in such a way that it could favor only Islam. The Constitution ushered-in the gradual enthronement of Sharia legal system and Muslim dominance in Nigeria’s political system and structure of governance at all levels in a manner never witnessed before in the history of the country.
The 1999 Constitution opened the floodgate for the enthronement and adoption of Sharia Islamic law system in all the twelve states in Northern Nigeria during the Obasanjo regime; a situation Buhari administration is doing everything possible today to extend to the rest of the country. This is why, many concerned individuals have been calling for a convocation of a new Constitution Drafting Constituent Assembly that will correct the abnormalities of the 1999 Constitution. A new Constitution that will introduce true federalism, a return to a modified form of the type of regional system of government we inherited at independence in 1960.
Furthermore, General Olusegun Obasanjo complicated the matter when he assumed office as civilian President in 1999. Obasanjo went to Saudi Arab and rectified Nigeria’s membership of OIC. In other words, a Christian head of state (General Gowon), registered Nigeria as an OIC Observer member. Thereafter, another supposedly Christian civilian President (General Obasanjo) rectified Nigeria’s full membership of the Islamic organization (OIC). Wonders never end!
Even today, a good number of our highly placed Christians and political leaders who have decided to remain naïve and docile, are busy helping the present administration of Buhari in advancing the cause of Islamization and Fulanization in Nigeria. What a shame!
Buhari’s “next-level” was launched at his inauguration day on May 29, 2019, when he carried a Sharia law bag in taking oath of office. He had immediately, after that, to travel to Saudi Arabia to attend OIC meeting in order to confirm the take-off of the “next-level” of his administration to his sponsors. Thus, it is high time Nigerians begin to understand the meaning of Buhari’s “next level.”
That expression (“next-level”) of Buhari has nothing to do with improving the lots of Nigerians. Because improving the lots of the suffering poor masses of Nigeria has no place at all in this administration’s agenda. The sole aim of the present administration, as Obasanjo and T.Y. Danjuma had lately alerted the nation, is Islamization and Fulanization of the whole Nigeria. Period! After all, who has more insight or better informed of Nigeria’s myriad of problems than Obasanjo and Danjuma themselves? Thus, the “next-level” this administration is talking about means one thing: It is their ongoing efforts to convert all the political, religious and cultural governance structures and styles of life in Nigeria into Islamic and Arabic. This is the reason why the New School Curriculum recently approved by the Ministry of Education had to suppress Christian religious studies in a bid to impose Islamic and Arabic studies on all Nigerian children in schools.
It is the same story in the financial sector. Nigerian economy is configured already to the whims and caprices of OIC inspired Development Banks. In other words, the Mujahedeen Fulani Northern Muslims have taken over the full control of Nigeria’s center of power and structures of governance. This is the ugly situation the country has found itself today under Buhari administration. Wider Implications for Nigeria as a “Secular State”
By using a sharia law bag for his swearing-in ceremony on May 29, 2019, President Buhari at the back of his mind, was enthroning Islamic government and Sharia law system on the whole of Nigeria. What happened that day, on May 29, 2019 was symbolic for the Muslim world. The OIC Arab Islamic countries had slated their Plenary Assembly to coincide exactly with that day of Nigeria’s inauguration of the newly reelected President Buhari. It was not by accident at all. They were at Saudi Arabia waiting for Buhari to finish the job, come, and report back to them officially.
This is why those people who are castigating and abusing Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for the way he was disgraced at the arena of Presidential inauguration that day should stop it. The man did not breach any protocol at all. Because his name was on the official list of dignitaries invited from the word go to be at that position. He was invited and positioned there by competent authorities.
But what happened that morning was that as the inauguration ceremony and military salute was about to begin, Oshiomhole was spotted out by the Cabal as the most visibly non-Fulani and the only Christian standing among the Fulani Muslim ruling Oligarchy high ranking dignitaries, waiting to take salute and have handshake with the President. He was like a “Gentile” to them. They had to order him out immediately.
This was the major reason Oshiomhole was ordered out in disgrace. I can assure you that if his deputy Chairman of APC, a Fulani Muslim, or Governor El Rufai of Kaduna State, was the person standing in that place, nobody would have dared ordering him out. The fact is that Oshiomhole standing with them and wearing his habitual Western and Christian comrade attire, that enough was a wrong signal to the Cabal and the Muslim world. For them, it meant that the battle is not yet over. So, Oshiomhole became their victim that morning.
In civilized world, the National Chairman of the ruling Party as well as his counterpart from the main opposition Party, take dignified positions of that grade on inauguration days. This is because, as the National Chairman of the ruling party, Oshiomhole has an enormous responsibility in determining the direction of the political administration of the country. This is why National Party Chairmen enjoy some privileges and are highly respected.
In fact, in normal circumstances, the National Chairman of the ruling Party, is supposed to keep an eye on the President and his ministers as well as on members of the party in the National Assembly. This is because he has to make sure that the Party’s electioneering Manifestos, are strictly, adhered to by the executive and legislative arms of government.
If Nigeria is a functioning country really, following what happened that day of inauguration, the National Assembly is supposed to have by now, summoned the Police Chief and Chief of Protocol for interrogations for the embarrassment Oshiomhole suffered that day. The fact is that Oshiomhole was disgraced at the inauguration arena because of his Christian religion and ethnicity. This is the naked truth, many may not like to discuss.
Furthermore, with that symbolic act, the President and his handlers are telling the world that Nigeria as a whole, has finally, been won over for Islam. That sooner, or later, Christians would come to know their new status as “protected” second-class citizens ( dhimmi ) in an Islamic nation, Nigeria; that is, like their counterparts in modern Egypt (Copt Orthodox Christians) or in Turkey.
The churches could no longer hold their faithful against the stimulating effects of the “new” and vigorous” Islam. The Coptic Church survived in Egypt as a minority ( dhimmi ), for which it had to pay tax.
Lets hope and pray that God will never allow Christians and indigenous populations of Nigeria to experience such a thing like what happened to the first centuries’ churches and Christians of North Africa. Neither would we like to have in Nigeria the recent experience of Christians in Lebanon at the hands of their Arab Muslim Palestinian immigrants, whom they had welcomed in their country some years back as refugees.
Conclusion The picture of a Nigerian President carrying a “Sharia law bag” in taking oath of office is very disturbing. It portends a grave danger for the future of Christianity in Nigeria as well as for the continued existence of our dear country as one indivisible African nation state.
For many knowledgeable Nigerians, by choosing to carry a Sharia law bag and wear it like a turban in taking oath of office on May 29, 2019 at Abuja, Buhari has drawn a battle line between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. He has as well declared a kind of “cold-war” between his Mujahedeen Fulani Muslims ethnic-group and Non-Fulani ethnic-nationalities and indigenous populations of Nigeria. Will he be able to accomplish the devilish ambition? Certainly no!
Likewise, nobody will ever succeed in his or her evil design to impose Islamic religion and Fulani culture on non-Fulani Ethnic nationalities of the country.
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author.
Nigerians simply have to develop a mindset of resisting them and not always hoping they wont do evil. RESIST Fulani herdsmen TOTALLY with every means at your disposal!
Abogwara: Another nice hotel births in Owerri. Hopefully the tempo and patronage is sustained even with the change in government. Some actions and inactions could jeopardize security and investor confidence which will bring the real estate and hospitality boom enjoyed under Okorocha to a halt.
Giving the impression that the tempo of hotels and development in Owerri were because of Roachas is the extreme type of hypocrisy!
Not even ONE of those investors got any type of assistance or incentive from Roachas. All they got were more and more taxation!
Owerri will continue to develop the way Awka, Abakaliki or Enugu continued to develop after Obi, Egwu or Chime. Igbos are responsible for developing their cities and not the government. In fcat, Igbo cities develop despite the obstacles of the government unlike northern cities that are purely developed by both Federal and State governments combined.
theenchanter: this guy should lower d price a lil bit, even if it means tweaking his production to cost less than d status quo.
So INNOSON should lower the price because he picks up engines from the street or the panel are made of plastic? He does not need to pay the workers for their labor abi?
Nigerians are very very insatiable. In US dollars, some of those vehicles are barely $22,000 dollars! The same Nigerians will buy used Korean vehicles for $20,000 dollars, yet they complain $22K is too much because it's made in Nigeria!
He should give his wife to Almajiri to service for national unity.
If they get any chance, they will slaughter him like a ram exactly how they slaughtered Ironsi and other silly Igbo people that bought into such imbecility.
horsepower101: I have been saying for years that Igbos are the key that hold Nigeria together. Yes, oil is part of it but every group always base their decisions based on how Igbos react.
If Igbos say that they want to leave Nigeria and starts protesting, All of a sudden, you start hearing Niger delta republic, oduduwa republic, middle belt republic, North-east joining their Kanuri brothers in Cameroon etc...
You are 1000% right! The reason others suddenly want the same Igbos they hate in the federation called Nigeria is because they know the Igbo person is fair and hardworking. He will develop anywhere he finds himself regardless of how he is treated.
Igbos should at-least target to develop their own HOMETOWN & STATE CAPITAL at the barest minimum!
The more Igbos join Fulani rulers of Nigeria to treat their own homeland as the backyard of Nigeria, the worse their predicament will become after they have developed those areas they think are the "frontyard" of Nigeria because the rulers of Nigeria said so. Therefore, all those noisy wealthy Igbos parading themselves in Lagos and Abuja and with almost nothing in their hometowns and State capitals should begin to be called out. Nigeria is highly capitalist place and the less useful the Igbo make themselves as a willing tool to be exploited to develop strange areas outside their region, the more likely and quicker they will get their freedom.
Yyeske: I don't think others hate Igbos, I think it's rather the way we play politics. We believe we must always have it our way and not considering how others would feel and when they react negatively, we play the victim. The last two presidential elections says a lot, the Igbos and the north helped in the election of 1999 which OBJ won. In the 2007 election, we participated in electing Late Yar'adua In 2011, the Igbos and Yorubas were instrumental to the election of GEJ And the Yorubas seeing how the Igbos have always been close to power because they always align with another region did same in 2015 and 2019 and they are now benefiting from that. In essence, the Igbos must have an ally/allies to further their interest, power is key irrespective of our wonderful achievement as a people. Who still remembered how OBJ seized the importation license of Ibeto and allowed only Dangote to be the sole importer of cement? Late Yar'adua rescinded the decision later, so power is key. The Jews in Europe never realized this till the holocaust descended on them, they felt they were accomplished and needed nothing more till it happened.
Actually they all do totally hate Igbos! Infact, the Fulani has learnt to play on Yoruba hatred of Igbo to help them coerce Yoruba into some type of coalition. The sad thing is that when Yoruba asks to be made leader, they will simply jettison the coalition and ask for Igbo support.
There is nothing wrong with the way Igbos play politics. Infact, they are the most tolerant of the three major tribes and will gladly vote for a good Nigerian even if he isn't Igbo.
I feel the biggest problem of many Igbo youths is that they do not know how Nigeria got to where it is and why the unwarranted hatred for Igbo. I saw a youtube video called the tragic chronicle of africa's big failure which analyzed the Nigerian issue, my only problem with the youtube video is that it gave more credit than necessary to Nnamdi Kanu, whom i also think does not truly understand the mistakes of the past Igbo leaders. Igbos always think in the sense of saving Nigeria rather than saving themselves and their interest.
Igbo must LEARN to think first about her interest before the interest of Nigeria just like other ethnic groups! Igbo must begin to emancipate themselves from the mental slavery that investing in Lagos or Kano is better for them because it has international airports and all sorts of self pity arguments. Unless Igbo begin to think of their area first when they say "Nigeria" instead of thinking Lagos,Abuja or Kaduna, what is happening to them will not cease.
Two reasons why Igbo are in Nigeria are: 1. The fear that a change in status quo might make the north lose control over Niger Delta oil resources 2. Nigeria is a good tool to hold back Igbos and exploit their talents to develop other parts of Nigeria
Any situation that makes nonsense of the 2 above reasons, Igbos will actually be chased out of Nigeria.
horsepower101: The bolded is the saddest thing that I have realized in my adult life about Nigeria. SMFH
Edit: on your second point about privately financing our development, I 100000% agree with you. We need an Igbo-Land Development Fund managed by someone like NOI. We need to accelerate Aku-luo-Uno mentality.
GBAM! Those doing their best to force Igbos into a mentality of viewing their lands in favorable light as "Federal Capital territory or Commercial territory are simply doing so to use Igbo industry to their advantage.
That is part of their reason for desperately wanting Igbo in Nigeria. Sadly, many Igbos have already succumbed to that mentality.
horsepower101: Get ready to wait forever. Some Groups are extremely Docile and will eat any shiiit given to them. Igbos dont like leading revolutions but the problem is that other groups wont do anything either.
It surprising that their docile ways stops when it comes to attacking Igbos. Its because igbos are very tolerant group.
I don't think their inaction is due to docility. I think it is more born out of a hatred for Igbos than love for their own wellbeing. Igbos should therefore focus on developing themselves and not let the Nigerian issues perturb them.
If they continue to see that Igbos have managed to focus on themselves and ignore the larger Nigerian sh*t, they would do what is required to free themselves.
That is simply why Igbos must work harder to develop their region via private capital. Those that enjoy Nigeria simply out of hatred for Igbos will realize they have to do something about themselves once they see Igbos continue to progress despite what Nigeria is doing to them. They appear to be docile because in their mind, they feel igbos are the worst affected by the Nigerian debacle.
Igbos MUST STOP HELPING OTHERS TO DEVELOP THEIR REGIONS because it's called "Federal Capital territory" or Commercial Capital" or some crappy nomenclature! That is their biggest scam reason for wanting a unitary Nigeria so that they can force Igbos to come and develop their region for them
Xander85: That is assuming other ethnicities in the old eastern region (including the Ikwerre and Opobo) remain in Nigeria if only Igbos leave!
That being said, does anyone actually think the same power dynamics presently at play (where Igbo haters hold sway) would equally obtain in a Nigeria devoid of Igbos? I don’t see the likes of the Opobo sitting by and allowing the Fulani or Yoruba to frustrate our economy by blocking the shipping lane leading to the Atlantic!
Truly, The biggest benefactors of a restructured Nigeria are the Niger Delta and Yoruba to a smaller extent. These are the people that should be begging Igbos to help them restructure Nigeria.
That is why i tend to disagree with Nnamdi Kanu because he seemed not to have learned anything from history. The other Nigerians even when they are suffering will gladly accept their suffering once Igbo take it upon themselves to free everybody. For instance, after the 1964 elections, every Nigerian was unhappy because it was rigged. Although Igbos were comfortable in that era. they foolishly led a coup to address the wrongs and solve the problems of Nigeria. Although Major Adewale Ademoyega was a principal proponent and actor in that coup, the coup was conveniently called an "Igbo" coup and it led to unnecessary killing of Igbo civilians and later the civil war. Nnamdi Kanu seemed not to have learned anything trying to put Igbo at the forefront of solving Nigeria's problems. Today as in the past, Igbos are not the worst affected ethnic group by Nigeria's total lack of leadership.
I am in total support of asking the Yoruba, Niger Delta and Middle belt to assume leadership roles in the struggle to amend the 1999 constitution and devolve power to the regions as we had in the 1963 constitution. Afterall, they are the biggest benefactors of that in Nigeria. Yoruba cities stopped developing the minute Nigeria abolished regional government. That alone should let any right thinking Yoruba to understand that the current system truly doesn't favor them. Nigeria developed rapidly under regional governments as second tier of government and no region of the country mischievously under developed another region of the country by denying them critical infrastructure as we have recently seen in the intrigues to downgrade or close down Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu after several years of deliberately neglecting the airport.
kettykin: if Biafra Leaves , i dont think the Niger Delta Region would Remain unless they are given a better concession or deal by Nigeria . if you venture out to Cotonou , Ghana, Ivory coast , down to Kenya , Uganda etc , the Most entreprising African Race is Igbo. Even in the whole of the North Igbos have a very strong foot print in retail business , unless there is a deliberate policy to chase igbos out and leave indians, lebanese and Chinese doing retail business in Nigeria, apart from that Igbos will still be a retail force to reckon with.
Igbos are the only African Race that has shops in Dubai, Non else , not even Hausas or yorubas have shops in Dubai.
if Biafra comes to fruition, i believe igbos will still control african trade like they are doing particularly the spare parts Business, Computer accessories and phone business
EXACTLY!!
I would hope that the effort would be to create a more accommodating Nigeria than independent states. Igbos led the effort for independence of Nigeria. Igbos will naturally lead the effort to restructure Nigeria and make it a great country for all.
I hope folks see it as an issue of collaborating with other suffering peoples of Nigeria to make a more perfect union. That is the best outcome for both Biafra and other Nigerians.
Yyeske: I've known you for a long time on this forum and I guess you know me too, I don't resort to insults as you can see I've never said anything insulting to you so please be more civil because I know you should be an adult. Back to topic.....
What makes you think that other groups would want to leave or have you enquired from them or maybe preempting them or begging them? Nigeria would still be a regional power with or without Biafra, Biafra would be surrounded by Nigeria and there's nothing you or anyone can do about that.
I apologize if i sound insulting or rude. It was not my intention. I just felt it was foolhardy to imagine Nigeria would be exactly the same if Biafra exited. Those that refused even a landlocked Biafra from leaving know exactly that if Biafra left, Nigeria would never be the same. That is why they are fighting to keep Biafra.
horsepower101: The bolded is the most important statement everyone needs to understand.
That is precisely why those asking for Biafra must reach out to other Nigerians & ethnic nationalities suffering in the lopsided federation and unite as a group to amend the illegal 1999 constitution that is the cause of all these oppression of the south and middle belt ---including Biafrans!
If Nigeria is restructured even if just in line with the 1963 independence constitution, 90% of the problems and agitations in Nigeria today will cease.
Yyeske: Lol at using the former USSR and Russia to compare, is it the same Russia that bullies other republics from the former USSR not aligned to her or are you talking about another one we don't know of? Where are all former USSR's nuclear weapons located now which were scattered across several republics then? You make me laugh with your analogy of bringing Russia and the former USSR into this. Nigeria would still be a major power in the region with or without Biafra. Remember that Most countries especially in Africa never likes dismemberment and would definitely go with Nigeria on issues pertaining Biafra. Britain and her allies would also support Nigeria. Also Biafra would be surrounded by Nigeria and would definitely be at the mercy of Nigeria so stop thinking it is Biafra that has an upper hand in all of this
Oga, with due respect you sound more silly when you pointlessly argue that Nigeria would remain the same with equal influence if Biafra leaves.
Even the Russia you desperately try to equate to former USSR, yet it's economy, global influence and the fear of NATO for former USSR cannot be compared to the present Russian federation.
If you knew history at all, it was it ONLY Lithuania and Latvia that requested for independence from USSR. In the end, 15 independent countries emerged from the USSR!
The same issue would happen in Nigeria. There is NO_WAY the Yoruba, Middle belt or southern minorities would remain with the Fulani in the same federation if Biafra leaves. So, writing pointless analysis and equating the same power to Nigeria if Biafra becomes independent is exactly what i called it: "pointless" analysis that makes no sense!
Yyeske: Access to the sea, airspace access across Nigeria, property rights of Biafrans in Nigeria. Residency rights of Biafrans in Nigeria, Sharing of assets and debts, Ensuring that Nigeria does not veto Biafra's admission into ECOWAS so that our large and extensive diaspora population wouldn't be unfairly treated in the region and also enjoy the freedom of movement in the region as we do today, etc.
Pointless examples.
Although i prefer a restructured Nigeria than an independent Biafra, i viewed your issues as pointless because Nigeria would not have the same influence it has right now in ECOWAS without Biafra. It is like arrogating the power of the former USSR to Russia. The new Nigeria without Biafra will simply at best be as powerful as Ghana or Cote d'Ivoire.
slimfit1: They know what to do it's the power owners stopping them now. Their greed will lead us to the point where everything they invest in will just collapse and make a huge loss watch out. Technology dont wait for people before you know it one simple thing will lead to the other bang everyone has access to electricity for free.
I believe Nigerians and the elected representatives in the House and Senate should mandate the Minister for Power to show a clear roadmap to allow Solar because a cheap and popular method of power for all Nigerians.
This method of protecting profit by a few rich individuals to profit from the power deficit in Nigeria and which imposes suffering on the majority should stop.
Since Leah is a christian girl, you can bet on it that the fulani fundamentalist illegitimately occupying Aso Rock villa would not give a rat's ass about her fate in the hands of Boko Haram.
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