Nigeria can break up and people die with years of war between ethnicities.

Doesnt really matter to me cause Where im from in Nigeria there are no other ethnicities, to war with- So If Nigeria breaks up my own country might have minor BS conflicts between themselves(which happens in every country) but the splitting of more countries No. Cant say the same for the rest of Nigeria.

and I actually laughed at your comparison to India and Indonesia- WHERE THERE HAS BEEN RECENT BOMBINGS BY MINORITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES WHO CLAIM TO BE MARGINALIZED.

Its obvious you dont know wtf youre talkin about- If Nigeria is the Giant of Africa or the midget I dont care.

Perhaps I should have rephrased what I meant. IF Indonesia and India can remain relatively stable (Indonesia's last military coup was in 1965 if I'm right and India since its break-away from Pakistan has NEVER had a military coup) with solid economic growth and growing wealth for citizens then why can't Nigeria? Yes Nigeria has had damn near-awesome economic growth rates during the 00 decade but you do realize the nation could be much wealthier today had your leaders got their shit together in the past. I mean I don't know if it bothers you knowing that Nigeria is one of the world's largest importers of generators despite it having enough proven reserves to supply itself with all the power it needs? May I ask who will be your country's Manmohan Singh? 



You could say I dont know what I'm takling about but hey Nigeria's situation still looks pretty shitty from whatever viewpoin or knowledge one may have of it. 

Talk about black americans, na jail u go dey see them.

You got something smart to say about my people boi?  Ahh yeah some are annoying, but I'd say that most black Americans are nice, open-minded people (and I'm being serious!) Forget the ones that act all hood and look at the rest of us who wouldn't act snobby to foreigners or anyone else unless they say something negative about us first. I've seen a few here on Nairaland, and I'm tempted to say something about Nigerians (and trust me I got so many insults I could write a book,  ) then I realize not all of y'all are like that.

I share your sentiment as well. My mother is Black American and my father is Igbo. That being said, I have a strong attachment to my father's land though and I recognize that I am Igbo.

However, if you talk to me, I have an American accent and I was raised in the United States. I feel people who are made up of different ethnicities or races should give respect to all of their heritages.

Too bad some people who are born to immigrant families here in America, or who's mother or father isn't from this country, all of a sudden decide that they're more loyal to some country thousands of miles away instead of the one that they've been nurished in for years. Not saying all are like this but I've met many who are and it disgusts me. Like seriously if they're gonna have that kind of attitude then they should just go back to their mother or father's country and don't bother coming back.

No big deal if Lagos ISLAND- becomes a state apart from the rest of Lagos, that state can have a governor from anywhere.

I mean its not life or death- things are the way it is in Nigeria to keep peace- If no one likes it

we can just break up. and every New country or state has its own Laws

I'm not a Nigerian, so my say may not matter that much, but I lmao at simple comments like 'we can just break up.' Regardless of Nigeria, do you have any clue of how most breakups in other countries have occurred? All I gotta say is that it wasn't peaceful. lmao. Say in the worse case scenario, that Nigeria broke up, how would it happen? Would it be peaceful with Nigeria breaking up into two countries, 5, 10? I mean once the breakup starts there is no stopping other ethnic groups from calling for independence too.

A stark comparison, if countries like India and Indonesia can survive with hundreds of ethnic groups, religions, etc then why can't Nigeria? Are your people not capable of getting along with others who are not of the same ethnic group or religion?

All I do know is that if Nigeria breaks up, I'll just be watching here from America thikning "oops, there goes the 'giant' of Africa, maybe Ghana can lead West Africa to develop now  "

The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and "several thousand" more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and now shrinking rapidly.

The Obama administration disclosed the size of its atomic stockpile going back to 1962 as part of a campaign to get other nuclear nations to be more forthcoming, and to improve its bargaining position against the prospect of a nuclear Iran.

"We think it is in our national security interest to be as transparent as we can be about the nuclear program of the United States," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters at the United Nations, where she addressed a conference on containing the spread of atomic weapons, 

OMFG!! 5,113!! How many times could you destroy the world over w/ that many? It just takes one to start a nuclear war, 5,113 would just turn Earth into another Venus. I don't know why, but for some reason this kinda makes me more proud to be an American. Not in the 'we can blow up the world like 23 times over way though

Besides I really don't trust US in terms of national relations right now. One minute they're reprimanding and ignoring us, next minute they want something from us and want to talk. 

Well i don't want a puppet as my president, i prefer someone as stubborn as Mugabe, but not as ''undiplomatic as he is.

and how is that going to happen?  Last time i checked, obama doesn't have a right to vote in Nigeria

^^ has he been America's only president since the country's inception?

This directly affects Nigeria, thats why I put it here. There are very strong US and Chinese influences in various spheres of the Nigerian economy; so lets explore it as it might affect us. Where would such a battle leave a mono-product economy like ours?