₦airaland Forum

adamsmith914:
Don’t mind those ipobians, they have already been damned to perdition, nothing good will ever come out of their existence.

Even saw it on Bloomberg news earlier on today that Ibom Air has ordered 10 new planes from Boeing.

Sammy07:
The NEXT big thing after Lagos and ABJ na Akwaibom

afube:
hmmm are you sure? industries? I will have to disagree o! brewery industry,automobile industry,even in FMCG industry Anambra trumps Rivers,its in heavy petrochemical industry that Rivers has a clear edge.....

SaintBishop:
Mr man I don't give a fvck where you are from the fact still remains that the east is the poorest region in Nigeria.

Biafrarep:
You're so shameless bro, and it seems you're malnourished too

Only Obi Cubana will feed the entire Bayelsa state and save you all from malnutrition

SaintBishop:
And you forget the east is still the poorest region in Nigeria,Igbo people and not minding their business.

Igboid:
Yakurr people are maternally Igbo related.
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An Igbo princess from Abriba Abia State gave birth to Ibe, through a Yakurr man.
Ibe established a dynasty in Yakurr.

It's very easy to appreciate why Yakurr looks phenotypically like Igbos and dress like Igbos too.
We have blood relationship. I would like to see that maintained in form of loose Confederation with Yakurr people in Biafra, of they are open to it.
Additionally, Igbophobia didn't permeate Northern Cross River, the people are reasonable and can be worked with.
If at all we should consider a multi ethnic Biafra, we should consider those minorities in Cross River first and foremost, they are blood.

cc: Daveconsult007

Owologbo:
I don't hate the Igbos. Infact, I like them more than the other two major tribes. But I'm beginning to have a different thought about them.
It's not advisable for the SS States to join Biafra without any signed agreement on how the country will be run and should anyone decide to go after some years, should be let go without fight or hard feelings.
I've friends that schooled in oko poly and their experience was not nice.

Owologbo:
With the way they attack people online, talk down on people and saying things like: who gave the name SS?
where's it found on the map? With so many irritating question.
Their Biafra MAYBE would have been realize if they concentrate on their five States and show love to others; instead of attack.

Owologbo:
All these tribes you named above doesn't have any language they share as one, but culturally they are closed.
Now take a look at Nigeria with three major ethnic groups which is good for check and balance but we are still complaining of oppression.
Now imagine all these small small tribes been in a country where only one tribe is majority (the Igbos).
Who will check there excesses (the Igbos)?
Now, let's look at just SS States; no one can Lord over the other. Even the SS with it's many tribes is still better than the present nigeria (we are all minorities, we have two major religion, our culture close).

OfoIgbo:
If Cross River and the Igbos end up in the same nation, I am 100% certain the Biafran government will bring back Bakassi peninsula, by war or diplomacy.
It is inconceivable that any Biafran government will let that matter lie.

ggood:
Oga there no indigenous Igbo in Akwa Ibom, any Igbo in Akwa Ibom are settler

Gambit23:
Ibibio, Annang, Efik, Oron are settlers then.

ivandragon:
Based on the political structure of Nigeria, yes.

But if you look at the way Biafra & Oduduwa Republics are mapped, almost all their boundaries seem to stop just outside Edo state.

Though I am yet to see a Niger Delta Republic map which would be interesting...

Owologbo:
You don't know what you are saying.
Igbo didn't unite SS.
And you following Biafra without any signed agreement will be the worst decision of your life.
you a minority following Biafra without agreement is equivalent to committing suicide.
The oppression from the north against the south will be a child play

jerseyboy:
Where you dey buy your weed?

I read a New York Times story from their 1961 archives with the headline that stated that the people of South Cameroon voted to leave Nigeria because they do not want to be in the same country as Igbos.

helinues:
I am talking about the boundaries between SE and SS..

gidgiddy:
Yes Akwa-Cross can form a country on their own, but not with the former midwest. The reason is that should all the Igbo speaking people in SE/SS decide to form a seperate country, the Akwa-Cross msn will not be able to travel to Bini without going through Igbo territory

helinues:
Na 3 options dey

1. The Igbo people in South South should relocate to any of the SE states cos they are merely a tenant

2. Carry the land the Igbo are indigenous to in SS and move it to SE region

3. Repeat 1967 history to claim the land.

OfoIgbo:
Actually, I expect Ibibios to be able to form a great nation. They have the right temperament for that. They gave Biafra some badass administrators like NU Akpan and of course Obong Efiong.
If Ibibios further join up with Efiks, Annangs and othe Akwa-Cross ethnic nationalities with whom they share certain similarities, the nation will be very attractive.
The only downside will be that Bakassi will be lost for good, as it will be easier to get with 10s of millions of Biafrans than just a few million Akwa-Cross people, but Bakassi is a small price to pay for ones self-determination.

No doubt Ibibios have more in common with Igbos than they do with Edo people, and even Ijoid people with whom they have common land borders, but still I don't see any obstacle if Akwa-cross people wish to join up with the Midwest to form a nation. But an SS nation will be too restrictive for enterprising Ibibios. An Akwa-cross nation will suit Ibibios and the other Akwa-cross ethnic groups just fine.

everydayperson:
All that money could be used to counter-balance all the money the North is receiving from Saudi Arabia to fund terrorism in Nigeria

PHijo:
You Igbo man claiming to be from Cross river! Igbo cannot boost anyone's cv. Claiming somebody who is Igbo is something one will do reluctantly. It is a stain on us and not the other way round.

Why would we even claim Nnamdi Azikiwe when we have people like Ernest Ikoli who mentored Azikwe as an upcoming journalist?

If you know the history of the riverine areas around Asaba and Ontisha that is very plausible. Many of those areas happened to be vassals of Ijaw monarchs, mostly the king of Nembe.

With Ijaw fishermen and traders in the region, children are bound to be part of the interactions. Azikiwe adds no value to us.

nsiba:
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AkwaCross have more in common with Cameroon especially the Southern part

blues234:
Ijaws are already claiming Nnamdi Azikiwe as an Ijaw man, so what else is remaining
That is the man, they hated so much in the former Eastern region o. Now, them dey claim am. lol

EdoDefence:
Bro take a look at this, you don't need anybody before you can have your nation.

The Ugep land is bigger than Monaco and has a population of over 600k people where as Monaco has on 32k people

Ugep's land is 30½ sq km
Monaco's land is 2.02 so km

Ugep people are more than large enough to have an independent nation, let me tell you one sincere fact, don't ever agree to join any contraption where you will be relegated to a minority, that's an insult.

Ugep people can work with tribes their sizes to form a Confederate Nation where each tribe has it's Prime minister and its own Army

EdoDefence:
Bro I don't mean to be unrealistic but an Ethnic group of 500k can raise an army of 50k. You play defense, you aren't attacking your neighbours, all Southern Nigeria tribes defends their territory from the Fulanis and Hausas and the federal might. They can't overun you as long as your neighbours do the same and you don't fight yourselves.

Also what's your ethnicity?

EdoDefence:
I like your comments, you are pro-biafra but you support equity for all.

We need more like you.

blues234:
So you believed that stupid lies? What an amazing cognitive ability

EdoDefence:
Let's even assume there is no agitation in ND region, then in your mind you assume ND region has to be annexed by Biafra?

PHijo:
Imo is an Ijaw word. Owerri, the capital of Imo is named after an Ijaw. I won't go into specifics. In the Ndoki area of Abia state there are only 2 Igbo villages were we accommodated Igbos. I won't go into details for the safety of the people.
The Igbo are bloodthirsty cowards.

Christistruth00:
The Niger Delta Militants have agitated enough already

goatgoat093:
You're enabling the land grabbing tendencies and myopia of these delusional Ijaw clowns by asking such preposterous question, there are no indigenous Ijaws in any part of Imo state and Abia. The people in question whom they claim have Ijaw roots are the Ndoki people, a noble Igbo clan in Abia state who simply accommodated Ijaw migrants into their communities (which in hindsight is the biggest mistake they ever made). Ndoki people speak a pure and intelligible Igbo dialect similar to the Ngwa people, and have never for one day denied been Igbos. Now these irritants now want to bring their madness of expansionism into the Ndoki/Asa community in Abia which they're notorious for (I'll tell you why in a short time), but thankfully the Ndoki people were smart enough to cut the cancer off before it spread its malignant tumor, there are several Ndoki/Asa Facebook cultural groups you will find, join them and see how they dealt with the Ijaws who tried to distort their history... they simply chased them away from these groups and sanitized the forums off the filth.

The Ijaws are by nature a homeless and aggressive water dwelling people who will come into your land after you accommodate them, and try to claim it as theirs... they don't even typically live on land as they are a riverine class of people by habit, so they build their communities along creeks and swamps anywhere you find them.


They've had series of clashes with their Niger Delta neighbors, these facts are chronicled so you don't even need to look too far to understand why they are compared to the Fulanis in terms of their encroachful tendencies. Even their Western Ijaw counterparts in Delta and parts of Edo and Ondo states aren't any different if not worse than the Eastern Ijaws.

They have clashed with Urhobos over land in Warri
They have clashed with Itshekiri over land tussle
They have clashed with Isoko's over land
They have clashed with some parts of Anioma over land
They have clashed with Ilaje people of Ondo state
They have even clashed with Yorubas in parts of Lagos, Google Ijaw- OPC clash in Agegunle.
They have clashed with the Ikwerres
They have clashed with the Ibeno people in Akwa Ibom

The list goes on and on... now you get the picture.