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hammer0:
I dont agree with your claims.

The fact that the Anioma are peaceful despite being a part of a major group underscores your analogy.

The smaller groups in Delta seem unable to live together and constantly in conflict amongst themselves.

This is the same-thing, i was saying with my earlier submission rephrased.


I have added a recent video to jog your memory.


So wat am saying is that your submission is wrong, because amongst equals the chances of violent and rampant conlict will be very high, meaning they cannot live peacefully together.


Wat you propose is straight up Anarchy or Chaos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-khbU9vzCY

Using Delta state/Anioma as a reference is so faulty, Delta State is well balanced, it will be impossible for any group to dominate, Anioma plays a role of balance and check, remove them from the picture and watch how smaller groups will be so scared of being dominated.

Like during the Midwest regional government, Urhobo acted as a balance and check to the influence of the Binis, but same can't be said about a union of minorities with a SINGLE major ethnic group.

Amongst unequals the chances of being dominated is more higher, conflicts can easily be resolved.

Nowenuse:
You have a very strong point. Uniting smaller groups against a major group is difficult, but not when religion is the criteria.

Hausa fulanis use religion to divide the north and give themselves a majority status. If the Christians also decide to use religion to unite the minority groups, then they will control the minorities region which is bigger than the Hausa fulani region.

As it stands, all Christian dominated tribes of the north clearly know that they can never form any sort of alliance with the Hausa fulanis rather than themselves. Gbagyis tried it in Kaduna state, but it backfired on them. Tivs tried it in 2015 by supporting Buhari with the hope that they will get Senate Presidency, it also backfired and they were heavily slaughtered by the herdsmen years later.

Northern Christian minority tribes are very easy to unite on a regional level because they are very small in size. Except for the Tivs, Idomas, Igedes & Igalas.

Take Plateau, Nasarawa, Southern Kaduna, FCT, Taraba, Adamawa, Southern Gombe, Southern Borno, Southern Bauchi, Eastern & Northern Niger & Southern Kebbi for instance. All these places are dominated by predominantly Christian tribes and these tribes put together are more than 200 in number!

Apart from the Gbagyi, no other tribe is up to 5% of the population of all these tribes put together. Even the Gbagyis who are the largest are like 8% of the union and they are heavily decentralized.

So, no tribe in such a union can feel too big or too important because you are like a grain of sand on a seashore.

This is very much unlike the case of your own Niger Delta region where the tribes are larger in size and everyone feels very important and indispensable. These are some of the reasons why I strongly feel that a Niger Delta republic as a country can never really work.

@Bolded, then I ask, what's stopping them from uniting if they can easily be united? You place too much emphasis on religion, it hasn't helped in uniting these people, while it's a factor of unity, it isn't all that is required for 200 unique groups to unite for a common cause.

These groups do not look at the bigger picture, they place turn much emphasis on their personal interests like You talked about the Tivs throwing support for GMB, hoping to get something in return. If for example you manage to bring them together, individual tribes can easily be bribed by the big two.

I may be wrong, just judging from my experience so far with middle beltans.

hammer0:
Let me access this your logic.

So If Igbo was smaller in size like Urhobo, it will mean Urhobo and Igbo will be more united?

Let me ask u, is Urhobo by itself united? Let us not even mention the Isoko, just Urhobo by itself?

My friend, stop talking nonsense.

Always talk wat u know.

Chief, make your contributions without going the tribal way. humans, regardless of where they come from will always want to dominate weaker or smaller groups, it's one attribute we can never let go.

We aren't even talking about unity, but being treated fairly by a major group, the chances of being dominated is 90%, which can never happen in a union with similar smaller groups.

This is common with humans all over the world. I won't respond if you continue playing the tribal card.

Nowenuse:
You are very very correct with this.
Uniting minority groups against a majority group is a very very difficult thing to do.

That is why minorities and a majority must never be put together under the same political unit/structure.

It's impossible uniting smaller groups against a major group, situations like this, some smaller groups knowing fully well they aren't capable of putting up a good fight align with the bigger group, leaving their own identity to forge with the bigger group just to remain relevant, thereby expanding the influence of the major group.

A very funny situation, it takes a lot of sacrifices and determination to pull your own people out of such union. A common experience if you study the relationships among humans.

Akunwafor:
With the way things are going for the US, these sanctions may soon become useless.

Politically, it hasn't achieved anything, economically, it has a lot of negative impact on the citizens. Overall, sanctions isn't the only solution to resolve conflicts, not everyone will bow to you regardless of your strength, there should always be room for dialogue.

Mutemenot:
We need this sanction too so our government can focus on local productions .

Sanction is not something one should wish for, it's crippling, as much as it forces one to be self-sufficient, it comes with a lot of negative impact on the common man.

cc: lalasticlala, mynd44, seun

I think the Iranian government are lying about the death toll, it might be far above official figures published, a welcome development thou, they never let sanctions limit them in the fight against COVID-19.

Our indigenous firms should also see how to improve on local production, we need to have more test kits to ascertain the true numbers of those infected by the virus, we can not continue to depend on others for basic medical supplies.

https://cdn.presstv.com/photo/20200324/dff9a068-90e9-4992-96f7-cd1ff2390b99.jpg

An Iranian pharmaceutical company has started supplying coronavirus test kits amid a reported shortage for the much-needed diagnostics for a pathogen that has set off a global pandemic.

Vahid Yunessi, the business manager at Pishtaz Teb, said that the firm had distributed 10,000 coronavirus test kits to a total of 100 labs across Iran earlier in the day.

Yunessi said that supply to the labs began after his company obtained certificates for the kits from the Iranian Health Ministry.

He said his company was capable of producing 80,000 coronavirus test kits per week to help authorities meet a reported shortfall of diagnostic capabilities that could affect nationwide efforts to curb the spread of the outbreak.

Iran has confirmed nearly 25,000 cases of coronavirus since the infection was spotted in the country on February 19. 

Nearly 9,000 people have recovered and around 2,000 have died of the virus, according to the latest figures provided by the Health Ministry. 

Officials believe cases could surge in the coming weeks if more tests are carried out especially in remote areas where access to health care is low. 

However, more testing could also boost efforts to prevent more deaths, especially among the elderly and those suffering from underlying conditions. 

Several other biotechnology firms in Iran have developed testing kits for coronavirus amid restrictions on the imports of the diagnostic tools which has come as a result of the American sanctions.

The government has said it would exhaust all its resources to ensure there would be sufficient protective gear and vital equipment to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/03/24/621533/www.presstv.tv

macof:
Hmm. Interesting and could be very well not far from the truth

But the northern minorities and Christians are political foolish. Instead of banding together you prefer to remain small

I used to think so, but not anymore, The northern minorities aren't just fortunate enough. It's actually difficult for people of different ethnicity to come together to archive a common goal, In situations such as this, the Major ethnic group, even if they do not make 30% of the entire population will use their unity in strength and a game of divide and rule to dominate 70% of the remaining population (minorities).

I have come to realize In life that it's always disastrous having minorities with a major group, the minorities, no matter how many they are, will be subdued. We have seen this happen over and over again all over the world.

lilachiever:
Still available for immediate pickup

Can this get to warri?

Lostz:
finest military in which region? how are they a threat to American interest? someone left faraway America to bully you in your own backyard, and all you can do is rant after rant.

America is the most powerful nation on earth, no country can rival her, it's funny how you equate Iran's military with that of the US, no basis for comparison bro, we are taking about the middle east, Iran's military is one of the finest, well trained, highly disciplined, without US, no nation in the region can outmatch the Iranian armed forces. This is fact.

the US aim under Trump is to deny Iran of finance to develop nuclear weapons and sponsor terrorist against Israel.
I think they are achieving that.

US major aim in Iran is regime change or total compliance by the Islamic mullahs, which so far has failed, Iran has continued to expand and has militias capable of fighting Israel to standstill in Lebanon, withstanding Saudi Arabia in Yemen and Protecting Assad regime in Syria, all these are against US interests.

America is not complaining. only Iran and it supporters all over the world are boasting that sanctions are not working but they still want sanctions lifted. they use every opportunity to beg for sanctions to be lifted

Anyone that tells you sanctions doesn't have a negative effect on Iranians is lying, while the sanctions are crippling, it's becoming useless because it haven't achieved any desired outcome and to some extent made Iran self reliant.

Lostz:
I won't want to waste my time.
the question is; between Iran and America, who is crying now?
most of you always brag about how powerful Iran is? why can't Iran sanction America so that US citizens will start starving?

Chief, everyone here acknowledges the fact that sanctions are crippling, from day one, Iranians have always complained and cried about how crippling sanctions have become, their leaders always lament about the sanctions, even during the Iran-Iraq war, they cried out about the sanctions, but ask yourself this question, has US achieved her aims with these crippling sanctions?

Yes, many are suffering, many are starving, many are dying, but has these stopped Iran from expanding? has it stopped Iran from building one of the finest military in the region? has it stopped Iran from being a threat to America's interest in the region? has it resulted in any regime change? these are the questions you need to answer.

Obama realized all these, reason he went the diplomatic way.

dermmy:
You've said it all. Trump does not know history if Mr Trump knew how implacable the persians are he wouldn't have exited that deal. He thought Obama does not know what he was doing when he settled things with this people through diplomacy. Obama knew there was no way America could stop them from getting a nuclear bomb and sanctions even strengthens the hardliners in the country but Mr Trump ain't seeing things that way his pride won't allow him to accept the truth.

Like you have said they know who their real enemies are and will continue to resist the pressure.

Exactly, they won't back down, sanctions aren't helpful in all situations and this is one example where sanctions can't give a good result, only pain and suffering, but the people won't break.

kemicalreact:
True, some of them might actually be against the government, but I think 99% of them share the same sentiments when it comes to the US.

With policies such as these, I doubt if there would be any regime change, the only people who can enforce that are Iranians, but with these evil and crippling sanctions during one of their darkest hours, they'd rather stay under their Islamic leaders than go the American way.

I was surprised at the number of volunteers that were coming out daily to support the health system, I thought they were mad at their leaders, similar thing played out in the 80's.

Miillions of Iranians might perish due to coronavirus (doubt if the official figures being published are real, the death toll might be higher), but I doubt if Iran will break, similar thing happened during their war with Iraq, the west struggled Iran with sanctions while arming Saddam with deadly weapons (chemical weapons included), Iran was almost gassed into oblivion.

What happens when issue like this pops out, Iranians rally behind their government, giving the mullahs more legitimacy to hold on to power, they know who their real enemies are. But one thing is sure, Iranians will never surrender, a very proud and stubborn people.

dermmy what do you think?

SorayaCarioca:
Nigerian Islamist sympathizers have created an imaginary jihadist ally(Iran) for China.

China sent medical experts to Italy, now Iraq and preparing to send some to the Philippines.

The question is why not Iran, despite Iran being the most helpless amongst all?
This shows that Iranians would be on there own if they go to war with the US.

Some fools think that China will risk their country fighting NATO because terrorist Iran.

China that's not fighting US or UK because of Hongkong?
China that's not fighting the west because of Taiwan?
Is it Islamic government they will go and defend?

China doesn't want problem with the West because they more from them.
I won't be surprised if China send medical assistants to Germany instead of Iran.

China actually sent medical experts to Iran, not only that, they sent essential coronavirus supplies to Iran alongside Italy, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Spain.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-sends-team-to-aid-iranian-response-to-surging-coronavirus-11582993100

You are welcome.

maestroferddi:
It points to the fact that the influence of the Bini Empire was grossly over-stated and exaggerated.

Great/significant empires left cultural imprints in their wake wherever they existed.

You can easily see diffusion of Latin into English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and German because of the Roman Empire.

Where is the impact of Bini language roundabout the epicenter of the kingdom?

Let's we forget, Asaba, Warri and Sapele are all less than 300km from Benin....

How Bini influence on these adjoining areas range from minimal to non-existent?

It will be hard to trace any cultural imprints, The Bini Empire, just like the old Persian empire only had administrative units on territories conquered,even at that, Tribes in Delta and Edo all share similar culture.

oyatz:
The OP doesn't know what he is talking about.




The Binis colonized Urhobo, parts of Yorubaland, Parts of Igboland and the Eshan people.

The Igalas colonized Northern Igboland.

The Oyo Empire (Yorubas) colonized Dahomey

Bini didn't colonized Urhobo, Urhobo was a direct offshoot of Bini, a child of the Bini kingdom, not only Urhobo but so many tribes in the present day Delta, Edo and Ondo state.

If Bini had imposed their language on territories they conquered, it'd have been one of the major ethnic group in Nigeria.

Kingdoms rise and fall, so was the story of the great Bini empire.

The accusation is funny, China should be blamed for everything that's happening now, from how they lied about the initial spread of the virus and how they mismanaged the whole situation.

senatordave1:
My brother,google maps can also make mistakes actually its human creation.uyo cannot be bigger than calabar,even people from akwa ibom will not agree with you.or is asaba bigger than warri?

Warri and benin comparison is misplaced because warri is mainly three lgas plus udu and uvwie but in terms of urbanization it is mainly warri south lga and uvwie but for beginning city it cuts across about 6 or more lgas and is rapidly expanding just like onitsha,ibadan and ph. the expansion or urbanization of warri is slow and stunted due to many factors.

I disagree bro, while Warri isn't where she's supposed to be, the city Urbanization isn't slow, A greater part of Okpe is now developed, places like Jeddo, Osubi, Ughoton are fast becoming a city, so development cuts across 4 LGA's.

Most of our cities are overrated thou.

Roon9:
Yungsix is a great rapper and all but forma someone that blew from absolutely nothing the boy toó de y proud. WTF! A close friend of mine was his main paddy back then at FGC, warri. Today he rolls with a fake accent and acts like the sun owes him money

Onome had always being proud, look at how dumped P.fizzy.

googi:
Do you know why they call Bicycle cigarret Ejoor?

Thank your Yoruba kin from Ondo that defeated the Biafran Army. Mid-West was a walk-over,

The issue of if the midwest was a walkover isn't the issue here, what do you expect from a tiny region with little or no federal support facing a battalion of armed men? Ejoor was by far one of the most smartest man during his time, how he escaped unhurt is still a mystery till date.

Now, the reason I made reference of Midwest was to drive home a point, you can not disrespect the Oba of Bini and live peacefully among the people, the invasion was a good example.

spartan117:
All of u replying are not from Edo so you are responding in ignorance.

It's true that the governor has power, however the oba has a strong influence over the Edo people and they would certainly side with the oba over the governor if push comes to shove.

Any Edo governor that does what ganduje did to the Emir to the oba will effectively put himself on political exile. The state house might even impeach him before he gets the chance to do that.

If you don't know about Edo culture don't quote me and display ur ignorance.

During the civil war, when the invading troops entered the Midwest, it was rumoured that the Oba of Bini was been placed on house arrest, that action alone triggered not only the Bini people but all of people of Midwest, in matter of days, troops were being drowned in rivers, guerrilla fighters sprang up...

Should any Governor try this with the Oba of Bini, he family will be banished from the land.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
they're in control of lebanon , that's their primary objective.

in 2006 , the lebanese civilian population bore the brunt of israeli attack. lebanese government had no say as regards the decision to attack israel. hezbolla is practically a state within a state.

don't get me started on how hezbolla used force to acquire veto power in the lebanese parliament , or how they assasinated lebanese ex prime minister rafiq hariri because he opposed the syrian backed constitutional amendment to extend president emile lahoud tenure.

credit to hezbolla for driving out israeli occupation of southern lebanon.

In all of that, did they impose their religion on Christian Lebanese? is it comprehension problem or are we missing something?

My initial assertion was addressed towards someone who said Iran plan is to islamize the world, if Iran's Hezbollah with all the power they had couldn't impose strict Islamic laws in Lebanon, how are they going to islamize the world.

Agreed with everything you said, their primary objective is to get hold of Lebanon, which in turns extend Iran's influence in the region, it's all about influence and power.

makjo900:
Dude, most nigerians are block heads especially the christians. Absolutely nothing is in their heads besides hate for islam and muslims. Engage them in a conversation and it would be viewed from a religious direction.

Funnily, I'm a Christian, so are some of my pals on here, most Nigerians just believe anything they tell them without any critical reasoning.

Counter them and they go the religious way. What a pity.

FuckAllTheMODs:
These are your reasons and that doesn't make them true or correct.

For sanctions to be placed, something must have happened.

Yes something happened, and I won't be the one to explain the genesis of the Iran-US crisis, spare yourself some hours and read what really happened.

It's your type that will come out tomorrow to call US names for their Visa sanction on Nigeria and some other countries even when you know the reasons why they did it.
Again, that grant might be through UN of which Iran a member.

They should send the grant to France and South Korea, why Iran? accepting grants from someone who threatened to kill you isn't a wise thing to do.

Sanctions/ban helps to checkmate and control a lot of things and it also helps to put things in place.

While sanctions are crumbling, it's becoming useless, 40 years of sanctions and Iran grew from a weak country that imports basically everything to a country that produces majority of what they consume and also a regional power house, if sanctions were that effective, Iran wouldn't have been a threat to anyone.

You can only sanction weak people to submission, not people who are willing to fight to death. You can't solve every problem with sanctions.

FuckAllTheMODs:
That is it. Most of these people are only reasoning along religious line, which is not proper.
Thank you for adding more points.

Not everyone thinks along religious lines, if you are being fair, you'd know who the real trouble maker is.

pressplay411:
One man's terrorist they say is another man's freedom fighter.
If you see Iran as fighting to keep their land and not trying to islamize the world, then you won't see them as terrorists.
In fact, you'll see US as the terrorists.

Hezbollah in Lebanon is the most powerful group in the country, yet they haven't imposed Islamic laws or values in the country, Lebanon is a secular country. If Iran's major ally haven't islamized Lebanon, how are they going to islamize the world?

The ground that Iran will islamize the world is lame, Saudi Arabia is more dangerous than Iran, yet they are America's greatest ally, if in 2020 you still judge international politics from the viewpoint of religion, then I have nothing to say.

pressplay411:
Praytell, so what was the sanctions for since you claim it's not terrorism?

* Funding militias who are threats to US allies in the region, e.g Hezbollah in Lebanon is a huge threat to Israel, Houthis in Yemen is a threat to Saudi Arabia, while these groups are being tagged terrorists by US, they aren't your normal terrorists like Boko or ISIS, they exist for the sole purpose of defending their land/territory , they don't go about killing innocent women and children, they only attack military formation.

* Iran's continuous support of Assad regime in Syria.

* Iran's missile and nuclear programme, the nuclear programme is still being debated, while everyone thinks Iran isn't going nuclear, US thinks otherwise. Iran has said they won't give up on their nuclear programs, no sane nation gives up their defense, if not for their missile technology, US would have bombarded Iran to the ground.

* Regime change.

JasonScoolari:
You're the "Chief Security Officer" our beloved State, you don't need to call an incompetent asslicker to President Abba Kyari for him to come and defend your people.


Chief James Onanefe Ibori did not give any of his predecessor's the spirit of fear, so stop acting like a scared pussy.


One of the reasons why I love Nyesom Wike, a no-nonsense governor.

Nwoke, the governor is powerless when it comes to matter involving security, more reason we should decentralize, so we know who to blame in situations such as this.

sisisioge:
It is well o.

However, his properties are not technically hers because they weren't married. Anything belonging to the late guy should be returned to his family including his child. However, since the baby is still pretty young, your sister should just reach an arrangement that enables the family have assess to the child and care for him.

As per things in her own shop, that she could fight for as hers. I wish the family the fortitude to bear the loss and a special consolation to your sister. It is well.

A child is not a property that can be transferred to anyone, constitutionally speaking, if a man isn't alive, the next available person to look out for the kid is the mother, the man's family have no single right over the little boy unless the woman approved of it.

As for the property, she should let go, they belong to the man's family since they weren't legally married.

Mightymanna:
No foreign military has ever won in Afghanistan
From Great Britain to Soviets and Now Americans, all they did is take style and withdraw

Afghanistan has a natural fortress, similar to what we have in Iran, very suitable for guerilla warfare and defensive battle, you cannot bomb your way to victory in places such as this, you need men on ground.

There's no way they'd have defeated Talibans, I think Trump made a right decision.

helinues:
Head beheading is not the solution for an headache

What would you rather them do? smile sheepishly and act like nothing happened? banning of cow meat is a step in the right direction, killer herdsmen and their cows aren't wanted in Uwheru Kingdom.

72Morale:
Urhobo banning cow meat won't affect the fulanis, if the Igbos can do the same, then watch the fulanis all over Nigeria die of hunger.

Unnecessary comparison, you mustn't drag Igbo into every topic. Downgrading the effort of others just to feel superior about yourself is wrong.

The ban wasn't to make make Herdsmen die of hunger in Nigeria, but to make them useless in Uwheru, for now selling of cow meat and grazing of cow is prohibited in the kingdom... more actions will be enforced soon.