₦airaland Forum

The question you should be asking yourself is why do Northerners own 75% of the indigenous oil firms even though they do not have the education or a claim to the land where the oil is located.

This makes me very angry. Look at how these Northern elites live, but their people only target poor and innocent Southerners.

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Imoke is an Igbo man from Cross River.

He is from Abi, which is an Agbo (Igbo) community in Cross River.

Do some research if you do not know about the Igbo communities in Cross River state.

Igbo governors in 2 South-South states now.

Rivers State - Chibuike Amaechi

Cross River State - Liyel Imoke

Igbos in Kano defy security challenges, honour Ikemba
From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Monday February 27, 2012

The challenging security situation in Kano State notwithstanding, Igbo residents modestly came out at the weekend to bid their leader, Dim Chukwuemeka-Odumegwu Ojukwu, a deserving farewell.

While Ohaneze Ndigbo, Kano State chapter, marked their mourning rites with traditional search of the soul of the death across the Sabon Gari Area, the Igbo Community Association (ICA) and the palace of the Eze Ndigbo of Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe, booked a Mass for the repose of Ikemba’s soul.

Mourners at the Nwewi Hall in the metropolitan area of the state capital were dressed in all black T –shirts, bearing Ojukwu’s inscription while several leaders spoke glowingly of the Ikemba.
The event, conducted amidst tight security, attracted the solidarity presence of the community leaders from the former Eastern Region as well as the Yoruba community association, who came to pay their own respect to the departed leader.

Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was represented by his Commissioner for Education , Barrister Farouk Iya, while the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Idris K Ibrahim, was represented by Assistant Commissioner of Police Benjamin Nwude.

In his tribute, Igwe Ibekwe said that the Igbo nation, has lost a leader of inestimable value. “We are mourning today and we are making it known to everybody that our leader has passed on and we truly want to give him a befitting burial.”

“Ikemba Nnewi has been an exemplary leader given the way he has piloted our affairs. One of the highpoints of today’s programme is to make it clear that it is good to serve, even if it requires sacrifice because here was a man who has sacrificed his entire life for the good of our people” .
Saying that Ojukwu’s life symbolized a fight against injustice, he expressed delight that Nigerians who hitherto did not see anything good in him, have finally come to terms with the fact that he was a a great patriot.

Last Saturday, the state Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Tobias Idika, who addressed the traditional search party that went ilooking for Ojukwu in the area, pointed out that Ojukwu’s contributions to the development of Nigeria can never be overemphasized.

He said that the Late Dim Ojukwu desire for one Nigeria was grievously misunderstood as he stood for dialogue at a time there was sufficient provocations as a result of the ethnic killings of Igbo in the North.
He recalled that even when they failed to implement the Aburi Agreement, he still stood for dialogue but was compelled by the desire of the people of the Eastern region to protect his people at that particular time in history.
As far as Ohaneze Ndigbo was concerned, the late Dim Ojukwu will forever remain a patriot, a detribalised military man, a great leader and an Iroko (tree) who fought to make sure that his own people were not slaves and second class citizens in their own country,” he said.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/feb/27/national-27-02-2012-010.html

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If you want to know, then use Google.

I can see Dudu_Negro knows nothing about Igboland and its diversity. Do not discuss things you know nothing about. As someone who is from Arochukwu, in which my people have always had an "Eze" before the arrival of Europeans, you analysis is wrong. The same goes for the people of Onitsha who had their own form of monarchy that controlled the city-state. Yes, some Igbo clans did not have one supreme authority figure, but that just shows that many Igbo clans were more advanced than the neighboring groups, because they practice TRUE DEMOCRACY.

That is why democracy can thrive in Igboland, where it cannot in other regions such as the North or in Yorubeland, in which you all need a single leader to control you all even if it is through bloodline. That is something that goes against Igbo culture, where every man is equal to the next.

Was this thread even necessary? Every single region in Nigeria has its own problems. Comparing which region is the poorest or is the most undeveloped is like comparing a deaf man with a mute man. Both individuals have a disability.

There are no winners in this "competition," only losers. This goes out to both Yorubas and Igbos, since both of our regions have problems that need to be fixed.

The names mentioned seem to be Northern in origin. Even if I believe this article, the people who were caught are still Northerners and are not members of the South groups.

This means that these attacks on the North are not only fueled by religious sentiment, but also tribal sentiment, which is something I long suspected.

I think some Igbos need to go to Bayelsa and Rivers state to see how they view the "Core" Igbos. Anyone who believes that there can be unity between the "minorities" and the Igbos are not being very serious with themselves. I cannot speak for the groups that reside in Delta state, but for the groups that live in Rivers and Bayelsa state, the constant specter of Igbo domination keeps many of the people awake at night. Many leaders found in that region would rather be allies with the North, than their closest neighbor. And if you think the younger generation is any different, I think you should think again.

I think the minorities of the Niger Delta need to do more than pay lip service about this so called Niger Delta unity with the Ndigbo, because as you all know, we Igbos will take the brunt of any action, just because of our numerical strength. I would vote no to any united front, because there is too much bad blood among our groups to think about speaking with one voice.

"As in any divorce, a break with Britain could also set up an economic scuffle — particularly over the lucrative rights to North Sea oil, seen as key to the prosperity of the Scots on their own."

Seems like oil is playing a major role in this affair. Even European countries are not immune to the thirst of easy revenue.

‘I am Scottish before I am British’

By Anthony Faiola, Published: February 25

EDINBURGH, Scotland — After centuries of war with England, politicians in this stately city signed away Scotland’s sovereignty in the early 1700s for the promise of riches and the glory of empire. Three hundred years later, resurgent nationalists here are plotting a new rebellion to win it back.

Appealing to the force of tartan pride, the Scottish National Party won surprise control of the regional Parliament last year, which thrust the separatist fantasy of hearing “Scots Wha Hae” on the bagpipes as the national anthem into the realm of distinct possibility. The British government, boxed into a precarious corner, has opened formal negotiations with the Scots to set a date for an independence referendum.

Scotland’s independence crusade is emerging as the greatest threat to the cohesion of the United Kingdom since Ireland achieved independence — a ­three-decade process that culminated in 1949, when Ireland left the Commonwealth.

Scotland won the right to a “devolved” Parliament in the late 1990s and has sweeping powers over, for example, its judicial system and government spending. But full independence would give the SNP the authority to fulfill a wide array of pledges, including expelling the British nuclear fleet from Scottish waters, withdrawing from NATO and unwinding Scottish regiments from Britain’s military forces overseas. It would also give politicians in Edinburgh the freedom to vote separately from — and perhaps counter to — Britain in world bodies such as the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund.

As in any divorce, a break with Britain could also set up an economic scuffle — particularly over the lucrative rights to North Sea oil, seen as key to the prosperity of the Scots on their own.

The push here is being watched with nervous eyes across Europe, particularly in countries that have long struggled with powerful separatist movements, such as Spain and Belgium. At the same time, the prospect of an independent Scotland is sending shockwaves through Westminster, the seat of the British government in London.

Fearing a diminished voice in global affairs and an irreparable split in modern Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron this month launched his own battle to win the hearts and minds of the Scots. “I believe that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are stronger together than they would ever be apart,” Cameron declared here this month in a landmark speech for British unity. “Something very special is in danger. The danger comes from the determination of the Scottish National Party to remove Scotland from our shared home.”

His fiercest foe: Alex Salmond, Scotland’s deft political Braveheart and chief of the SNP. The party’s impressive track record in government and its efforts to protect the Gaelic language and teach the battles of Scottish history in schools have touched a nerve in a voting base physically distant and culturally apart from London, the British capital that sits geographically closer to Amsterdam and Brussels than Edinburgh.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/scotland-moves-toward-vote-on-independence/2012/02/20/gIQAE71qaR_story.html?hpid=z2

These people are animals!

I do not know of any religion that would condone the targeting of innocent people in their places of worship.

Simple Question:

Where in Nigeria has oil been a success story?

Oil is a curse.

My foolish Igbo brothers will never learn.

You would have thought being stabbed in the back ONCE, would be enough, but you still have foolish Igbo preaching unity with the so called "South-South."

Let them fight their own battle.

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Nigerians both men and women need to start valuing their bodies.

Let these Northerners have their Sharia state like Afghanistan while the more progressive South can advance and become a world power.

It is "Igbos," not "Ibos."

Spell the name right if you want any answers to your questions.

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You cannot change history. The East seceded, because Igbos were not being protected within this union. Is it that hard to comprehend?

And you cannot change the fact that there were not many Yoruba soldiers as there were Igbo, Hausa and Middle Belt groups.

Whoever controls the military controls Nigeria. Awolowo never realized that until it was too late.

Northern Nigeria is Afghanistan now.

Nice pictures from Lagos!

The ethnicity of the person should not matter, what matters is the horrible state of Eastern roads.

Dudu I have yet to understand why anyone would listen to your opinion.

The Western Region was ALREADY under Northern occupation and there is nothing you can change about that history.

I believe in an Igbo only country with access to the sea.

If some minorities want to be in a nation with us, then so be it, but we shall not force anyone to be in a union with us, if they do not want to.

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Yorubas you are free to buy land in Igboland, but it wont be given away for free to anyone. Not even Igbos. . .

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What does "relative poverty" have to do with keeping a single language from dominating a country? I understand linguistic rivalry and geography can be a factor, but poverty should not matter.

I must be missing something.