₦airaland Forum

georgecso:
At a point during the war... Ojukwu fled to Ivory Coast ... Real soldier don't run... He was selfish and a very good definition of a coward.. He brought so much pains and sorrow to igbo land yet he was regarded as a hero. Like Hitler, he should have committed suicide rather than taking to his heels.. Ask an average IPOB guy, what next after Biafra? Nothing...

Hitler had country that existed for years and had standing army that fought many battles before war started. Ojukwu did not even a country that was a day old or has standing army. From the above crap. it is safe to say you have never seen a parade ground in your sorry life. Soldiers do not fly away but retreat.

hakeem4:
Picture of when Biafran soldiers executed Nigerian soldiers during the civil war

Biafran soldiers never wore the uniform the soldier in the picture is/was wearing.

Nigeria is a useless and worthless cesspit.

There are no more ungrateful and betrayal artists on earth than Tiv people. The issues involving J.S. Tarka, UMBC, Tiv riot of 1964, January 15, 1966 coup, pogrom in northern region and Nigeria/Biafra civil war speak volumes about the people.

Halo22:
It is people that are being killed. But if I may ask, don't those communities that are being attacked have senators, Reps and so on. As far as I know; David mark, Barnabas Gemade and the rest of them are there, even Akume. Benue has many influential men , why haven't they spoken against the numerous attacks. There z more to that mayhem than meets the eye.

It depends on the degree of influential. The willing tools are not influrntial.

I honestly do not think Nigerians deserve anything better than Muhammadu Buhari as a president.

menxer:
The prisoner and the prison keeper are both in prison.

OP, your suggestion to "work towards our freedom" is ambiguous.

Your veiled hint is Biafra, but that won't solve the problem as the northerners engaged in these heinous acts will still continue doing same to those at variance with their religious inclinations in the new arrangement.

I guess they (northerners aka Muslims) too are equally slaves to their way of thinking anyone at variance with their religious beliefs or tribe is an enemy to be conquered.

The northern Muslims need to revise and update their religious and tribal tolerance to reflect 21st century realities. And also a lot of attitudinal reorientation is required.

The world is changing and we can't afford to be left behind, again.

Besides, are we (Christians) not slaves to our religious believes, though not to the extent of Muslim fanatics?
Are we not always being manipulated to view issues through tribal cum religious lenses?
Do you think to shake/take off this cloak will be that easy, even for you unclejb2?

As laughable as it sounds, you could not be more correct. One of the worst things to have ever happened in the world was the creation of Nigeria.

laudate:
So why is IPOB trying to include Warri in their list? Did you read the OP's post??

Warri could be Yoruba or anybody's piece of geography, I do not give a ratass.

The ship is somebody’s decommissioned Frigate not even a Destroyer or Cruiser is publicly regarded as Nigeria’s biggest warship. Yet some goons in Nigeria are jumping in ecstasy. Does the poster know that Frigate is smaller than a Destroyer.

laudate:
Wey my contact lens? Na wetin I dey see so?? Who asked them to put Warri in their list? These people have come again! Biko, take dis eraser....commot Warri sharp-sharp for dat yah IPOB list!

Warri has never been part of Biafra and remain so.

kingzizzy:
Yours sincerely: Ifeanyi Chijioke in Nnamdi Kanu.
Editor/Publisher: Chinwe Korie
Twitter: @ckorie17
Facebook: facebook.com/ckorie17
Email: ckorie17@gm

Why would Kanu who is jail choose to write a public letter through facebook? Even if he was going to do this, why not through his own Facebook page? Even if for any reason, Kanu decided to use a secondary source, why would it be through an unknown source such as Ifeanyi Chijioke? Why not through a trusted source such as his deputy, Uche Mefor? Or Barrister Mmezu?


If Kanu was going to take the pains to write Trump an open letter, he would not do it this way

Nigeria is a celebrated home of dunces.

veekid:
Flatinoes

Oblongos

Kemperor:
- Senator Ike Ekweremadu says Nigeria has not learnt any lesson from the humanitarian crises that followed the Biafran civil war

- He noted that Nigeria was unable to build internal capacity and mechanisms for managing humanitarian situations.

- He affirmed the commitment of the National Assembly to bring relief to parts of the country facing humanitarian challenges


Deputy President of the Senator, Senator Ike Ekweremadu says Nigeria was unable to build internal capacity and mechanisms for managing humanitarian situations

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the Senate says the nation’s inability to learn from the Biafran civil war is the reason for the worsening humanitarian crises going on in the North-East, Vanguard reports.

According to him, the country was unable to build internal capacity and mechanisms for managing humanitarian situations.

Ekweremadu consequently affirmed the National Assembly’s commitment to bringing relief to parts of the country facing humanitarian challenges, notably Eastern Nigeria

The senator said this while receiving a delegation from the Princess Modupe Ozolua-led Empower 54, which paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.

Ekweremadu insisted that the country had gone through humanitarian crises scenario going on and ought to have taken a good degree of knowledge away from it.

“As a young boy in the 1960s, I experienced firsthand the humanitarian crisis in the eastern part of Nigeria occasioned by the Biafran war. Then, we had to depend on international donors and humanitarian organisations.

“Unfortunately, from the developments so far in the North East, it is clear that, like virtually every other thing in our history, we did not learn from that experience. We remain heavily dependent on humanitarian organisations and donors.


“If we had learnt from the experience of the civil war, Nigeria would have needed little or no external support. We would have built our internal capacity and mechanisms to manage the North East situation”. Ekweremadu, however, commended the Empower 54 for its humanitarian outreach, particularly its efforts to have some of its supplies manufactured in Nigeria,” he said.

Meanwhile, despite his return, Nigerians have continued to react to President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical vacation as pressures are mounting on him to disclose the amount of money spent on his medical treatment in London.

Consequently, in this video, Minster of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi insists that the APC led federal government is working to make Nigeria a better place.


https://www.naij.com/1094572-we-failed-learn-biafran-war-ekweremadu.html

Please shut the hell up. What obtained in north-east is not a war or even a police action. A mere insurgency cannot be compared to Nigeria/Biafra war. I do not know why certain fools always try to solicit for insignificant favor.

disumusa:
nonsense

Arrant nonsense!!! You can remain in Nigeria. It is your choice.

This is idiotic witch hunt and should not be allowed to continue. It is humanly unacceptable to brand perceived political opponents as kidnappers and then wantonly destroy their houses and other properties without due process of the law.

zionmade2:
Its not bad for dem to know about d struggle but not just in d name of kanu.

Who gives a ratass if the kids know about the struggle in the name of Satan?

Until law-abiding Nigerians are allowed to carry arms, this nonsense will not stop.

The dumbass jackass must wear the custom uniform. Besides Nigerian Customs is part of the paramilitary units of the federal government of Nigeria. If the fools just realized wearing the Nigerian Custom uniform is a letdown, what encouraged him to accept the appointment? The dumbass ninny named Hameed Alli could have decline the appointment without a pain.

I have said that today’s Nigeria is not the one of 1966/67. I am strictly for the Republic of Igbo land. Any form of corporation or military alliance with other neighboring nations should come after the boundaries have been probably settled on the war front.

jameseva:
There were reportedly no African delegates at a summit about sustainable development in Africa after they were all denied visas to enter the US.

The African global economic and development summit, which takes place every year at the University of Southern California was particularly quiet this year after about 100 attendees were barred from entering the country to participate in the event.

The summit aims to encourage businesses to invest in Africa and particularly to support initiative to provide clean energy, tackle the impacts of climate change and reduce poverty.

Mary Flowers, who chairs the summit said:

“I have to say that most of us feel it’s a discrimination issue with the African nations. We experience it over and over and over, and the people being rejected are legitimate business people with ties to the continent.”

Among the people, who were not allowed to attend the event were speakers and government officials from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa.

Source - [url][/url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/african-development-summit-univerrsity-southern-california-cancelled-african-delegates-denied-us-a7637696.html

Who in his/her right senses staged the African global economic and development summit in USA? What happened to the African countries?

kITATITA:
You may need to re-evaluate your own literacy. Does a Professor stop being a professor if he leaves permanent employment in an institution? Professors Bolaji Akinyemi, Akin Mabogunje, Ben Nwabueze, Barth Nnaji, etc haven't ceased being professors because they are no longer actively involved in teaching.

Do not pay mind to the troll.

aribisala0:
Many of you are illiterate and have no understanding what a Professor is. I asked where is he a Prof not whether he won Nobel price or invented the internet.
WHERE IS HE A PROF

Is he on the staff of UNN?
A Professorship is not a chieftaincy title and so if you do not have tenure you are not a professor.. He was a professor but to the best of y knowledge he does not hold tenure anywhere.Nigerians need to get away from this quackery. To that extent the likes of Osinbajo,Akunyuli, Soyinka and so on should not be called Professors the oment their tenure ends and even where they are granted Emeritus status that should be made clear

Above crap has shown you even know little about professorship.

ayindejimmy:
This man go school so?



#Modified


Pardon my blunt question.

I know he's a professor and all

But it's not every educated men that are knowledgeable.


Everyone knows it's the nature and target of your business that'll determine where the headquarter is situated.
Why put your headquarter somewhere because of ethnic bigotry if it makes no business sense?


I just want to make common sense

The stream of thought that generated your question remains one of the reasons Nigeria is hopelessly backward.

laudate:
Ok, some story tellers are using Akenzua's memo to claim that someone else scuttled the chances of a peaceful resolution. Akenzua was just one of the permanent secretaries in Gowon's cabinet. Other permanent secretaries saw things differently. Here is another perspective.

I mentioned in another thread, that Decree 8 met 80% of the demands Ojukwu made at Aburi, yet some simpletons rained invectives on me. >: ( A wise man would have accepted the decree, and pushed for its implementation, with a view to getting the rest of his demands met, at the end of some other day. But not Ojukwu. He threw everything out of the window, and announced a secession. Now, it is gratifying to see that some other folks have analysed the whole issue, and reached the same conclusion.

Here is another view shared by former super permanent secretary Philip Chukwuedo Asiodu's in an old interview concerning Decree 8 of 1967:

Was there any juncture Decree # 8 mentioned or discussed at Aburi, Ghana? Why would Gowon and Nigeria promulgate Decree # 8 on arrival in Lagos? I guess the stupidity found among most Nigerians is very inherent.

OLAADEGBU:
Don't forget that we once had one Tafawa Balewa who spoke impeccable English.

Arrant nonsense!! Which impeccable English did Tafawa Balewa speak? Tafawa Balewa was a grade II teacher.

zionmade2:
Please i beg my Ibo brodas, lets keep our children out of this Rubbish. I want kanu released but any parent who will allow his children listen to radio biafra is very irresponsible. Kanu is no role model, he had a right passion for a good fight but d words dat emanated from his mouth makes him a careless fellow.

Besides the use of guns and ammunitions, this is another best mean of actualization of the self determination. This approach beholds continuity of the struggle. These kids, like some of us, will never forget they are Biafrans entrapped in the cesspit called Nigeria.

At his stage of the cesspit called Nigeria, anybody who cannot happily, resourcefully or unflinchingly identify with his/her ethnicity remains a basement fool.

Customer80:
do you notice they don't talk about being the most educated group in Nigeria again in this forum, was observing it for some month's now.

Besides idiotic hype, have they ever being the most educated group in Nigeria? The act of arrogating "Returnees or Sierra Leoneans in Colonial Lagos" as Yoruba does not and will never cut the chase.

aribisala0:
Ikwerre people are very very different from Igbo people in terms of drive ,energy,attitude to work and business. Everyone who knows Ikwerre people knows this.
Ikwerre people cannot move to and survive in any part of Igboland outside their homeland and they cannot survive in Biafra they will be assimilated.
Which work are Ikwerre people known for?

As long as Nigeria is concerned, Ikwerre is Yoruba. I guess you are happy now.