₦airaland Forum

musicwriter:
Make no mistake, stealing was not an after-thought, but the purpose. Even before leaving Europe, they knew they were going to steal. They knew in advance because Rome already did the same thing to other European countries in medieval times.

Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, and all the other colonialists were simply repeating what they learned from Rome. In fact, when one honest British man returned stolen artifacts to Benin kingdom few years ago, the jotter that the invaders recorded their activities in the so called punitive expeditions labeled the materials as ''loots'' and ''more loots''. See below video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM8mNuZb2HY

Printerscanner:
Is it creating problems for the British?

tamethem:
Let them keep them. Each of those artifacts worth millions of Euro. Release it to Naija and they start missing from our collections.

Maintenance Culture here is Zero. Can we give them such world class care they are given there.

I love my country but our leaders suck.

Keep them for us till we have good reasonable Leaders who are sincere and Focused.

NdiaraIGBO:
Lies from hell!!!!

musicwriter:
The different European countries commissioned and funded what was called ''chartered companies'' to do the dirty jobs for them.

Chartered companies were companies that received certain rights and privileges under a special charter issued by the sovereign of a European state. This charter usually gave the company a nationally recognized trading monopoly for a specific geographic area and for specific trade items, and the right to use force to open and maintain trade. Dominant in the 17th and 18th centuries during the era of the ”scramble for Africa''. The nationally funded chartered companies were indispensable tools for the opening of Africa to European commercial and imperial ambition.

So, Britain was the one stealing.

See Chattered companies, how Europe laid the foundation for poverty in Africa http://www.africason.com/2017/11/how-western-nations-laid-foundation-for.html

dfrost:
This had got to be the best comment coming from a Nairalander.

. Honestly I don't see us managing those artifacts. Common pothole that we see everyday, we can't manage. Talk more of artifacts that we don't see everyday.

NdiaraIGBO:
Oga park well.

IPOB and these artifacts are not connected. That part of Nigeria was so primitive and animalistically too savage to produce sophisticated artifacts that were only found in Oyo empire, All over north and Benin.

You dey point to people wey no get king, or governance system of any kind. Obi of Onitcha was created by the British to hide the shame of the hamlet dwellers. You no see as dem dey behave?

Cc Immhotep lzaa

ariesbull:
It wasn't stolen pls...it was a war booty and that is what it is...thank Lord it's even there...if it was here...we wouldn't have managed it well


Let's be honest....go to Benin musuem today and cry

musicwriter:
Historians and Africans should stop using the above word that the British has put in our mouths through indoctrination a.k.a education. The so called punitive expeditions were ''stealing expeditions'' carried out all over the world in their greedy quest for world domination.

mywells:
If they return it then the yahoo yahoo boys would return all the money they've collected from these whites

Xisnin:
This makes no sense.

evanstical:
Did you read where it said they British came to Nigeria in1789 and looted the artifacts through punitive measure?

maishai:
Brother , there is more value they being in the british museum, where do you want to keep those artifacts in nigeria, they will just rot to clay, search Nairaland for our so called artifacts that have not made their way out of Nigeria and all you get is abandoned artifacts carrying dust of ages, Just cut cap for the white man for valueing what the average black man considers voodoo......If a black man displays those artifacts i see , u go think say you dey Okija shrine

doctokwus:
Won't this wonderful art be appreciated more abroad?

Sarkin:
Or sold.

IPOB AND CRIMES...

SINCE 1804 THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING THEIR PEOPLE AND EVEN THEMSELVES.

leke12:
Am sure it wasn't stolen , it was probably sold.

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dumo1:
u shedding tears. Ah! Finally. The Range Rover is coming back to it's father land.

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diportivo:
don't forget to put that toolbox u promised me oh

nezer83:
Wow!! So what about the dullard that runs to UK for just headache and fever in the name of check up.
You are just plain foolish!!!

NwaAmaikpe:


I stand with the police.
It is not fair that an IG was humiliated like this.
His inability to pronounce cantankerous words doesn't spell an inability to carry out the functions of an IGP.

Nigerians are unreasonably highly judgemental,
It is very unfair to expect a man who was taught English language in Hausa to pronounce English words like the Duke of Cambridge.

It's also not fair to expect a man who last marched as a secondary school student to effectively participate in a parade with other service chiefs.

Whoever videotaped the IGP in his ridiculous condition does not just deserve to be arrested but also deserves an award at the Cannes film festival.

With that said,
Happy married life Lalasticlala.
Dear Mynd44; you are next in line to find love.

FlirtyKaren:
A manhunt has been launched by the Nigerian Police, for the reporter who shared of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris struggling to read his speech at the inauguration of the Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano, Kano State on Monday, which has been trending with #transmission. 

Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, who is believed to have posted the viral video of IGP Ibrahim Idris, has reportedly gone into hiding, as Punch gathered that the Kano State Police Command invited the reporter to its office immediately the video went viral.

Nurudeen’s whereabouts had been unknown since the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Musa Magaji Majiya, invited him on Thursday. 

Authorities are upset with the journalist because he had allegedly disobeyed a directive by the Kano State Police Command to journalists present at the event not to report the IG’s blunder or make the video public.

In a part of the transcription of the footage, Idris said, “I mean, transmission, I mean effort, that the transmission cooperation to transmission, I mean transmission to have effect, ehm, apprehend, I mean, apprehensive towards the recommendation, recommended formation effective and effect, I mean, apprehensive at the transmission of…and transmission and transmission for the effective in the police command.”

Sources revealed that IGP Ibrahim Idris, who was embarrassed by the trending video reportedly ordered an investigation into its release.

In a chat with Punch, a source said, “He (the IGP) has however ordered an investigation into the leakage of the video but we are watching to see how he intends to deal with the individuals behind the viral video without further embarrassing himself and the force”.

Also, detectives are allegedly using the police technical platform to track the original source of the video on social media. Bloggers that posted the video might be interrogated by the police for allegedly, “peddling a doctored video meant to cast the IG in bad light and embarrass the police leadership.”

Idris, in an interactive media chat on the police Twitter handle, Nigerian Police @PoliceNG #Askthepolice, had also told Nigerians that the video was doctored.

https://lailasnews.com/police-launch-manhunt-for-reporter-who-shared-igp-ibrahim-idris-transmission-speech-video/

RealityShot:
yes o...

Our "government" always chooses to neglect that part of the foreign cultures they so vividly claim to be following.

NYSC... Chai... My brother that matter na military choppings O!

NYSC budget: N1500 per meal in camp. (they serve Corp members water and few leaves ; costing like N100)
Who keeps the remaining cash?

NYSC should be scrapped.

National Internship Commission should be Instituted
with a comprehensive database and enough outlets
and a website so anyone out of job in a particular age range
can register and be sent to such big and medium scale companies... They will learn more that way.

hannysur8:
200k pounds.... that's too much for what

RealityShot:
Great question Sir!

If I were the next president, I will end that stupid scheme instantly!

What we need are projects that these youths will be needed to join companies to execute!

When there are enough projects, naturally, companies must employ more hands.

As for Npower Agriculture that one matter pass my mouth Jarre!

Stupid Npower scheme with no future plans

#anyBodyButBuhari

NwaforIgbo:
This is the newly built N-Power Build Training Center in Abia State. Though still under construction

aribisala0:
Lagos has used Onitsha's destiny and luck

aribisala0:
It is the same kind of idiots that say their rich brother has used their luck and that is why they are poor

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