obailala: I laugh at the ignorance of people who keep wondering why waec candidates from a village in Borno cant speak good english.
Obviously you are oblivious of the kind of country you live in. Even in the more educated and enlightened south, we still get cases of even university graduates who can't speak English. But here we are, talking of secondary school teenagers from a deep village in Borno, but some enlightened Nigerians still wonder why English is a luxury for these kids.
People seem to be ignorant of the existence of that thing called federal character which places unity school cut-off points of 2/200 for students in places like Borno and Yobe. They obviously do not think such a policy can affect the abilities of the students. Meanwhile the teens have been locked up in captivity and away from English language for 3 years, and we still wonder why a drop of English language shouldnt be in them.
If you are now teaching English language to girls who were about to take WAEC examination before they were allegedly kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists, what should be the fate of students who are not yet at the point of taking WAEC examination in Chibok? Please I pray you to start teaching English language to girls who now in the school. What a country.
SalamRushdie: We can't also forget Lt Col Fajuyi who a had all the opportunity to abandon his Igbo guest but bravely decided to die with him , of recent we can forget the case of Olisa Metuh and Fani Kayode who both started out as great critics of the Buhari govt but immediately after their first rounds of incarceration Olisa Metuh has cowardly gone dumb while FFK despite many arrest is still blowing fire and brimstone against the Buhari govt
One of biggest propaganda of the century. Lt Col Francis Fajuiyi had no iota of anything, not even his ADC Lt. Umar, during the debacle in Ibadan. Anybody who had stepped onto parade ground will tell you that during coup, there is no option. It has always been one way or the other. As a matter fact, Lt Col Francis Fajuiyi was more of a target than Gen. Ironsi. This local crap about Lt Col Fajuiyi was carried in the 1967 western regional publication. It smelt like a Yoruba then and today it still smells like a Yoruba, cunning and turncoat. The Yoruba cowered in front of Nigerian soldiers of northern region origins who have just murdered the son of the soil in Ibadan of all places the capital of Oodua republic. In order to save face from joining northern region whose soldiers have just desecrated the land of Oodua, Yoruba writers had to conjure a bull crap about Fajuiyi wanting to die with Ironsi. What a shame, The only soldier who challenged the soldiers from northern region was the ADC to Ironsi Flt Lt Andrew Nwankwo who threatened to kill Maj. Danjuma. Even Fajuiyi's ADC Lt. Umar was busy slapping the hell out of his boss. I had rear opportunity to meet with Andrew Nwankwo in Lagos.
Kathmandu: The truth is ND is composed of different ethnic group and lumping them all into Biafra without due consultation will result in anarchy and failure.
Every major Ethnic group there should chart its course on which side it wants to belong instead of bringing them in through propaganda.
The Ijaws are the major players in ND so if they can get their acts right other small riverine group will queue behind them.
The only thing that binds the whole Eastern region together is that the Marginalisation from the centre is affecting them all
Ndigbo are steadfast in their quest to achieve home land. Any group is free to declare its homeland too. The die is cast.
bigsmoke2: What Igbos dont realize is that ojukwu was able to take south south with them the last because he had military control over all the whole region which was then known all together as the eastern region .now they have an identity as the people of south south and they will not enslave themselves to the ibos when they have most of the oil and all the coastline in the region two of which are very key for revenue
Do you think if Biafrans give a ratass about Oduduwa or Arewa or Ijo nation? The motto of Biafrans remains to your tents all Nigerians.
wristbangle: Did Ghana gain independence from Nigeria and vice versa? Make una dey reason before dropping comments na.
Is Biafra gaining independence from Nigeria? When did Nigeria become a colonial master? Any Igbo man who chooses to remain in Nigeria, if Nigeria stays intact, has every right as a Nigeria.
ISpiksDaTroof: So, Ghana never expelled Nigerians from their country in the past or you just want to come on here and feed innocent kids with lies again like you've always done?
Of course, Ghana under Dr. Kofi Busia expelled Nigerians, mostly Yari.ba peeps, from Ghana in 1972. I guess Nigeria retaliated in 1978/79 under Shehu Shagari. I have known most Nigerians to jump into silly comparison without weighing the facts before them. If Biafra becomes independence as long as Ghana did before Nigeria expels Biafrans, then the form of expulsion initiated by dumbass Nigeria will be followed in kind and even more by the Republic of Biafra.
ColonelDrake: Only an insane person is against restructuring. And shouting "afonja" upandan won't get those people with flat heads restructuring either. They should all elect reps and senators that will further their cause rather than attempting to use the Afonja that they like to hate as scape goat..Afonjas won't be blackmailed into fighting other people's fight. Let the flat heads get that into their akpu brain and fight their battles alone. I wonder why they don't have the courage to face their oppressor and slave master up north but will rather face Afonja. Same way Ojojku's compass didn't point north but rather west (Ore).
I can safely say that remote thought of the so-called restructuring of cesspit called Nigeria is a foolish endeavor. The so-called Attorney-General has raised the issue of constitution in the matter. Who gives a hoot of any constitution if the disintegration is the case?
I still wonder what people stand to gain by coming here to create false thread just to mislead people and to console themselves.
I don't know if NtoakwaIbom is really from Akwa ibom or he's someone who has spend most of his life time there, and that helps him to know more about the state, thus he can write and speak Ibibio fluently.
It will surprised you to know that, Akwa ibom state, observe Biafra day, which I will attached pictures of it at the end.
NtoAkwaIbom, choice is freedom, no one is begging you or forcing you to joined BIAFRA. For you not to support Biafra, doesn't mean all Akwa Ibom sons/daughters would follow your path, you have make your choice and we have make ours.
As a bona fide Akwa ibomite, I want to say we are solidly behind Biafra, it might not be all Akwa ibomite that may welcome this idea, but i am certain that majority of us support the movement.
NtoAkwaIbom, mukite se anam, wupo ntan dung ke iwuot , tie sat.
God Bless Akwa Ibom God bless The land of the Rising sun.
Akwa Ibom is one of the staunchest states for the actualization of Biafra. It is a home of Gen. P. Effiong.
hillsiderfak: Before southern Sudan was giving independence by the government in Khartoum, the people of southern Sudan where giving a chance to vote if they really wanted to have their own country , I should point out to you that people in southern Sudan also had similar claims like the great people of Eastern Nigeria about being marginalised despite the fact that the bulk of the country's oil ( sudan ) was in the south, they voted and you know the rest. If giving the chance do you think the people of Eastern Nigeria will vote for independence and if other part of Nigeria are told to vote will they vote to let eastern Nigeria be Independence . This process I believe is called a referendum .
The referendum should be exclusively for eastern region and Igbo people. You just need take a cue from the Scottish referendum.
malton: As a Nigerian with a nationalistic worldview and someone who has worked hard to build bridges and cement relationships among countrymen of different ethnic and religious backgrounds, it is with a heavy heart that I type these letters. I feel incensed at the terrorist activities ravaging the country. But even more than that, I shudder to lose a brother, contributor to national growth, and fellow citizen – the Igbo man.
A lot of Igbo men and women have devoted the best part of their adult years in the service of our dear nation and did so with resounding success. Wounded soldiers with the bravest of hearts, they have refused to get lost in sorrow, at least not the ones I know. A lot of them still retain a good sense of what it means to be human despite being to hell and back. Destructiveness and bereavement circled and touched many close to their hearts for three years, but they managed, somehow, to move past it. How else can we define resilience? I am reminded of possibilities, strength, and the sustained ability of the human race to flourish themselves each time I see a Nigerian of Igbo extraction. They have made it in spite of Nigeria, not because of her. This, because Nigeria has not been kind to its people. Not to the beggar on the streets nor the middle class working 40 hours a week, and everyone else between.
Today, a lot of tongues are wagging with resentment. Ill will and animosity have taken over the cyberspace. This is exacerbated further by a central government that has done nothing to defuse a very sensitive situation but adds fuel to the fire by making needless and unnecessary remarks. Also, I feel sorry for the actions of some of our brothers and sisters (some Nigerians) who, besides involving themselves in activities and making utterances that could cause further divide, have also brought suspicion upon reasonable and loyal citizens. And while the government of the day isn’t inviting us to connect to each other and move above our usual hateful tendencies, the populace isn’t participating in building up the country as equal partners.
Instead of striving to build a united, all-inclusive nation with everyone, irrespective of tribe or religion playing a part, some people prefer to be simpleminded. Ambitions and loyalty to a creed (both religious and political) have led to the jettisoning of the merit system and made way for favoritism, hatred, and prevalence of terrorism. Frequently, our differences have been highlighted where love should take the lead. Most times it feels as if only football unites us. There’s no connection to the sense of life that is greater than the circumstances we face. This has pushed many Nigerians to consider a whole different picture of things than we have become used to. To some of us, secession is the answer. On these accounts, anyone would be right to want out of such an unholy matrimony. Nevertheless, I implore those for separatism to stop for a moment and consider their options carefully before they push through their agenda. You may not care, but the dangers of secession might be greater than you think.
You should rethink secession because a split in the Nigerian context will bring about untold misery and suffering. Are you ready to give up what once was? Your houses, cars, job, or even life for a cause you believe in? I asked these because a peaceful disunion is not achievable in Nigeria’s case. And before you think me a pessimist, read further.
This does not involve a simple “go back home” process as many people seem to insinuate. To ask for Biafra is to ask to weaken Nigeria. Trouble, danger, and loss will come with it. There are a lot of pointers as to whether what will happen in the aftermath of the declaration of Biafra will be positive or negative.
In the event of division, there will be fragmentation, accompanied by the breakdown of law and order. This will weaken not just the political and social institutions in the country, but also the armed forces and their ability to protect the citizenry. Besides, the forces will be too preoccupied with internal wrangling of their own to defend you and I. Biafrans will be sent packing from various parts of the country, with their properties seized. Others will be attacked and killed en route Biafraland. The weakening of the armed forces will see the formation of small armies in every corner, each trying to lord over their territories while conquering and acquiring more. If not checked, chaos will ensue. In Biafra land, there are people who have long had their eyes set on their neighbors’ properties. The ensuing instabilities will see them pounce on them and seize their belongings, provided they are the strongest in the neighborhood. When the quest for secession turns to an arms race, you can imagine the rest. When there is no army, you have everybody else to defend against. Can you stand that? This is one side of the picture.
Another picture worth looking at is that as people get slaughtered and their properties get taken over, they’ll be forced to form their own gangs and fight against their oppressors. Meanwhile, in the other Nigerian States, there’ll be fighting over who owns what Biafran property. This will bring about civil war of unimaginable scale all over Nigeria. With groups fighting against others, a collapse will set in, and properties will be destroyed. There’s the possibility even that the present Igbo land will cease to be Biafra land, as do Hausa and Yoruba lands. Many will lose their homes, scampering instead for safety. As we battle each other, terrorist groups like the Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen will make inroads into our lands, because they had been organized from the get-go and have far more superior firepower. As terror spreads across Nigeria and fear grips everyone, people from neighboring countries such as Cameroon, Niger, Benin Republic, etc. will invade Nigeria for their own selfish gains and take over as many lands and properties as they deem fit. In a matter of days, you have gone from being a proud Igbo/Nigerian to being a refugee. All the lands and properties you fight over do no matter anymore. How about family? There are some you may never see again. A few will die, others will be taken into captivity. All the things you held so dear will vanish into nothingness.
And foreign interests? It’s always about the oil. You guessed right. As things spiral out of control, foreign forces will set up bases all over Nigeria in the name of intervention but with one instruction only – serve as much of our interest from this as possible.
You may ask, where is the UN in all of these? They will be watching from the sidelines, as always – without involvement.
How about those nations that divided peacefully? Well, different structures, different outcomes. I would have loved to throw light on this, but I guess it’s an issue for another day.
You and I should both pray for that time to never come when we would consider even some of our own brothers as monsters. Remember that you all speak with one voice now – or so it may seem like – because you all have one common enemy: The Nigerian state. What becomes of you once that enemy is out of the way? You do not want to get into a war of this scale. I haven’t experienced it, but I know it is a possibility. Emboldened terrorists, loss, suffering, famine, diseases are things you do not want to risk over some ego trip.
This isn't a political conclusion, but what could occur. Consider it more than just a mere possibility.
A renegotiated Nigeria is better for everyone. We may be many countries with so few in common, but for some reasons, we are better off together than apart.
Mynd44, Lalasticlala.
Arrant nonsense!!! You can build towers and castles for all I care, the fact remains that Igbo man should take his destiny in his hand period. Nigeria should be disintegrated in order to cure one debilitating disease that had found home in Nigeria
Definitely an R. D's are too chicken shit politically correct to say the truth.
You could not be more correct. It amazes me how dumbass Africans tend to support the clueless liberals while throughout the length of history the liberals have stood out against Africans.
babablogger: Why do Ndi'Igbo still believe the false stereotype that the omo Oduduwa (Yoruba) are cowards? In the history of Nigeria, only two men have returned to Nigeria to face almost certain death even when they had the option of a very comfortable political asylum abroad. Both of them are Yoruba. In 1985, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida toppled the Buhari regime while Major General Tunde Idiagbon (mixed Yoruba/Fulani) was at Mecca yet Idiagbon returned. In 1995, Olusegun Obasanjo (pure Owu Yoruba) was accused of planning a coup by the blood thirsty tyrant, Abacha (if you don't like the truthful description of Abacha you can go and join him where he is) while he was away in Copenhagen. He returned to face almost certain death. I admired Ojukwu, but I was disappointed that he fled. I wish he remained. I also admired Azikiwe, but Awolowo would NEVER abandon his people as Azikiwe did when he defected to the federal side during the civil war. Awolowo was in prison because of his people and he could have been released had he compromised his beliefs but he stoutly refused. That is courage not cowardice. I have been in direct communication with Gowon whom I admire but he did not return after he was accused of being behind the Dimka coup. Obasanjo and Idiagbon are probably the bravest Nigerians ever. They are certainly braver than Murtala Mohammed who was safely in London waiting for Joseph Garba and co to topple Gowon. The stereotype of Yorubas as cowards is false. Every ethnicity has cowards and brave men. As we celebrate #BiafraAt50, I hope the Yoruba and Igbo can find common ground and unite as Southern Nigeria's two main ethnic nationalities otherwise the South will continue to be politically disadvantaged even when it is the most educationally advantaged part of Nigeria.
Please do not even juxtapose wrestling match and shooting war. What is a dumbass palace coup compared with war of attrition?
SmellingAnus: 1. Nigeria or Uthman Danfodio Republic : This will consist of people from the North-West and North East
2.Oduduwa Republic : This will consist of people from the South-West
3. Middle belt Republic : This will consist of people from North Central... Their reason for wanting to have their own Country will be because they can't afford to be slaves or second class citizens to the people of Nigeria
4. Biafra : This will consist of people from the South- East alone although they will want to go with their South-South brothers but the South-South will be too clever to avoid the same fate that happened to the Igbos with regards to their being marginalized after the civil war...
5. Niger Delta Republic or Adaka Boro Republic : This will consist of people from the South- South ... Although many of these people here are sympathetic to the Biafran Struggle, they will prefer to stay alone at least to avoid unnecessary war with their South- Eastern Counterparts especially when the battle for Supremacy arises in Politics and Governance....
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Bros it could be 275 countries, I do not give a ratass as long as Republic of Igbo land is one of them. I have no atom of love lust to Nigeria and cannot wait for its demise.
ISpiksDaTroof: Now you're using a quarter of your brain, even though the rest seems to be stuck in reverse.
Yes, YOU ARE LANDLOCKED AND YOU KNOW IT, THE REST OF NIGERIA KNOWS IT, AND THE WORLD KNOWS IT . Thats why you're trying to claim other parts of Nigeria and force them into your utopia fantasy.
Gosh, you guys are so silly that you think Nigeria will give you lands that'll make her easily conquerable the day you wake up and decide to invade them again like you did in the Mid-West in 1967.
Nigeria houses the weirdest ninnies ever walked the surface of the earth. The last tine I checked though there are more than four African countries that are LANDLOCKED in Africa and even one of them is better than Nigeria in every human ramification.
Rossikki: Latest estimates put the number of Igbos resident outside their region at 7 to 10 million.
Some figures go as high as 15 million.
Is the SE prepared to welcome this number of "returnees", after they are declared illegal aliens in Nigeria, and promptly deported?
This is one of the dumbest question or thread I have ever seen on this forum. Ghana achieved independence before Nigeria however Ghanaians never sent the Nigerians living in Accra or Takoradi packing. They are Nigerians who have decided to stay in Nigeria. So be prepared to live with it.
I was speaking with a very young pharmacist from the South East yesterday. I advanced the restructuring/true Fiscal Federalism as what I believe is the way out of Nigeria's muddle. He would not buy it. "Forget it ma'am. It's better we just go. Give us ten-fifteen years and see how Biafra would be transformed." He spoke with conviction. His eyes shone with what I thought was longing. "Just forget it. There is no need dragging this thing with them," he concluded. A good number of Igbos, and I dare add, other young Nigerians, are totally not understanding Nigeria as it is right now. It is not enough to make dismissive remarks like "They were not even born when the war happened." Or remarks like "They don't understand what they're asking for." Make them understand. That is, if you understand what you're asking them to understand. If it makes sense to you. It even gets more annoying when you hear the older ones, the actors and spectators of the unfortunate war, urge the younger ones to learn from history. According to Osibanjo, "experience is the best answer for a fool. History is a much gentler teacher.' I agree. But comments like that could even draw the ire of the young ones who have today been denied history classes in school. Who keeps a people ignorant of their history? But even more annoying is the fact that those who urge this learning have themselves not only failed to learn from experience, but have bluntly refused to learn from history, the much gentler teacher. And what is there to learn? What is there to understand? That a boy from Anambra State aspiring to get some education at the prestigious Unity schools has to score about 139 marks in the entrance examination while his counterpart, perhaps even his classmate or neighbour from Zamfara State would only have to score 4 marks. And that it takes an even weirder turn when they're done with school, at which point the Zamfara boy would have over 80% more chance at a federal job than the 80% more studious boy from Anambra. How do you explain that to a young Nigerian so that he may understand? How can they understand that a State like Kano, created at about the same time as one like Lagos, has about 44 local govt areas while Lagos State has a paltry 20 constitutionally recognized local govt areas. Bear in mind that Kano state has long been sub divided into two states of Kano and Jigawa. Jigawa alone has 27 LGAs of its own. You can say that the old Kano State has 71 LGAs while Lagos still lags behind with 20. And that the entire South East of five states has only about 94 local govt areas? Did it strike you that the South East is the only region still dawdling with five states? It would not have mattered of course if the National cake wasn't shared on the basis of local governments. Only if it was baked on that same basis. How would any young person without a brain for understanding twisted things get this? How can they understand that in the present Govt, the entire South East has no representation in the security body of the country. So when the security chiefs sit to discuss security, the primary role of any govt, there is nobody from the entire SE region in attendance. How can anyone understand this. How can even a gentle teacher make anyone understand that a South South youth would die for daring to steal crude oil from what used to be his fertile and arable farmland, while his Northern counterpart can freely mine minerals from his backyard. We only get to hear anything about it when lead poisoning begins to ravage communities. How do you understand that we have Petroleum Equalization Fund which ensures that petroleum products get to the people in the North at the same price at which it gets to those in the South but we do not have Tomato Equalization fund or Carrot Equalization Fund to trim the cost for people in the South? Break it down for me so that I may understand since I didn't witness the war. How do you break down the brazen massacres of Igbos, Christians and other innocent Nigerians any time the North wakes up from the wrong side of the bed? Or when an artist draws a denigrating sketch of Mohammed in countries some of the victims have never heard of? Or when a group of girls decide to bare their bodies in beauty pageants? Or when a man cannot win elections? Or when a farmer must till his farmland? Or just about when anything... Just unbelievable impunity. And no one ever gets justice. But we can start by explaining how Katsina State alone just got allotted more slots that the entire SS, than the entire SW, than the entire SE, than the entire N.Central in the ongoing (or is it completed?) recruitment by the DSS. And a host of flustering matters. So what is it you want History to help you teach? That the oppressed should stay calm and "ask nicely" like Obasanjo put it? They should ask nicely for their share of a piece of cake jointly baked by all? They should treat Nigeria with love like Obasanjo again suggested. It shouldn't matter that they get only rebuffs in return. I don't blame Obasanjo. It's probably the way he knows love and reconciliation...one sided. Any wonder his daughter would literally disown him publicly? I listened to all the speeches made at the Biafra@50 event. They were all rich in flowing grammar, beaming with rhetorics but glaringly bare on commitment. Nobody but Nwodo dared point a way out. Osibanjo's speech had no mention of restructuring, something I can bet my last finger that he believes in. It would seem like we don't want to find a way out of our predicament yet. Make no mistake, the clamour for Biafra is getting more tumultuous by the day that I fear that the voices of some of us preaching 'restructure' may soon be drowned. And this house may come crashing on us all.
What in goodness are you restructuring? When did the so-called restructuring become the sources of unity? I do not believe in short measure such as the idiotic restructuring or false federalism. I had rather have a country different from Nigeria and the nation will decide what form of government to embrace. Who said the so-called false federalism shall be the caretaker of idiocy that has grandmother in Nigeria?
olujuwonj: but why are the Igbos the only tribe in Nigeria who praise their children when they obtain riches indecently.
they celebrate corrupt leader.... just asking ooo
let them have their Biafra if that's all they need...
Ndigbo do not have Asiwaju or other silly craps found in Yoruba land. Yoruba chap will steal from Apapa Wharf and one foolish juju musician will call him any fashionable name in Yoruba lexicon.
IpobExposed: Can't u see the date in my video can't u see the rain in Oyigbo today Mynd44 Lalasticlala
When people have cheapass education, they act cheaply. This lily-livered joker cannot even afford a video camera which can stamp real time of the moment on the frame.
Bros people who dwell on treacherous demeanor are always afraid of reality. The essence in the actualization of Biafra or Republic of Igbo land had the potential to expose numerous myths created by loudmouthed ninnies in Nigeria.
I will really want you to retreat back to the Obigbo junction tomorrow and make a video of the scene. You simply to cannot know the effect of sit-at-home until a comparable scenes are made.
The camouflage in pictures are completely different in texture. Besides, Biafran soldier's uniform have rising sun emblem on the right shoulders or both shoulders in certain case. In the picture, two young Biafran commandos.
Anybody with a bit of brain cell will never pay mind to these so-called clergy men. The so-called Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma can jump off a cliff for all I care.
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