₦airaland Forum

mikeansy,

Only a fool will say that the house is not on fire, when it clearly is on fire. Instead of telling us to get some water, you are saying thins will be fine. Nigeria still looks through ethnic lens. Why do you think the Northerner politicians are acting that way.

As they say in America, "wake up in smell the coffee."

jason12345:
TRUE!!!
,  and what happen to them in these two cities!!! what did opc do to them

about the ijaw thing, what did the yorubas tell them have they attacked since then

let me allow you to answer these questions.


p.s: igbos have been keeping weapons .


NIAJA FOREVER

Fulani herdsmen are still attacking Yorubas in their home states! I only seen OPC in action in Lagos. I might be ignorant of other OPC involvement though. . .  

It has only been 1 year since the Ijaws attacked Lagos. With the Ijaws, there reach can be felt as far as Abuja. I do not think the Ijaws fear anyone. Trust me, we Easterners know the Ijaws. They do not care how big you are.

And yes many Igbos have been keeping weapons. Just ask the Igbos up North. If the Northern hordes try to take our property, we will meet them with AK-47s. . The African weapon of choice.

Something tells me that the military will be involved very soon. Northerners in the military will try to take over.

They have to get through an Igbo man first. But if something happens to him. Redux of Nigerian Civil War.

jason12345,

The North can always bring the fight to the SW. Just look at what they were doing in Kwara and Ekiti State. It is only a matter of time in which they will make deeper inroads into the SW.

We Igbos would have went through Port Harcourt with our weapons. We have been stockpiling for years, but we wont attack first.

It could be the Ijaws, since they have had attacked Lagos in the past.

violent:
here we go. . .the thread is about to be hijacked by tribal muppets!

Hush ewu. . .

What do you think a 2nd Nigerian Civil War would involve? That is the topic of discussion buffoon.

Northerners are bringing the fight to the SW. Or is it Ijaws?

Igbos will just sit back and watch.

na2day!:
What do you mean?
Are u only an internet warrior?
Who's goin to do d fighting for you?
Abegii, better board the next Delta air to lagos and get ready to fight!  

RUBBISH!

Fight in Lagos? No. . . Why would I fight in another man's land?

That was a clip from Saving Private Ryan. Great movie!

I agree Cape Town is a very nice place. Cassablanca is also nice as well.

I think I wont be going home for the holidays.

debosky:
^^

You and the OP suffer from the same ailment of over-generalization. . . .many of the so called Diaspora are children/relatives of corrupt politicians and army men who robbed the country blind, failed to make proper use of Nigeria's resources but instead stashed them away abroad for their family members. Others have committed fraud in companies in Nigeria and gone abroad to spend their ill acquired wealth.

Others have broken every rule imaginable, committing fraud of all kinds and yet still feel the right to look down on those in Nigeria.

In the end there is little difference between the ones in Nigeria and the ones outside Nigeria - we are all too concerned about boasting, name calling and the 'I'm better than you' mentality.

Not true. Most of the Nigerians I see in the Diaspora came over in the 80s during the military regimes, because they could not find jobs or wanted a better education.

ONLY A SMALL MINORITY of Nigerians in the Diaspora are benefiting from corruption. Most Nigerians in the Diaspora are hard working individuals.

ugoani:
I just saw the news of intercepted containers of amunition and rock launcher on nta news bar. Pls are we expecting another civil war in 2011. Who knows how many that have already sneaked in. GOD save us.

Do not worry. War is war. Can't stop the inevitable.

People need to stop bothering us in the Diaspora. We are trying to survive and thrive in the U.S.

Worry about our thieving politicians before you mock the people in the Diaspora.

[b]WE LEFT THAT IMPOVERISHED/BACKWARDS NATION KNOWN AS NIGERIA FOR A REASON. [/b]Now get over it! 

Nigeria fraud blacklist issued by police   

Senior politicians and businessmen are among more than 100 people listed by Nigerian anti-fraud police as being unsuitable to run for political office.

The EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) said those on the list were all being prosecuted for corruption.

The commission urged political parties not to endorse them as candidates in next year's elections.

One of those named, Orji Kalu, is running for president but has been arraigned on 107 counts of fraud.
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He is accused of involvement in a fraud worth 5bn naira (£21m; $33m).

Politicians make up at least 40 people on the list, which the EFCC has published on its website.

Thirteen are former state governors, five are former ministers, three are serving MPs, and two are serving senators.

The BBC's Caroline Duffield, in Abuja, says fraud charges are no barrier to standing in elections, and some of those named are already campaigning.

But EFCC officials say that they believe those facing prosecution should not be endorsed as candidates.

The commission is appealing to political parties to select only "credible candidates" and not those on the list.

The EFCC says many of the defendants are deliberately stalling their cases in court so that they will not be tried before the elections next year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11623717

Nigeria curfew after deadly village clashes



A curfew has been imposed on two rural villages in Nigeria's Cross River state after deadly weekend clashes.

At least 30 people are reported to have been killed in violence between members of the Boje and Nsadop communities.

Youths armed with machetes, guns and explosives attacked rival villages, killing on sight and burning houses.

The clashes are believed to have been sparked by a lingering land dispute, but some residents told the BBC the violence may be politically motivated.

They said some local politicians were engaged in a power struggle ahead of next year's elections.
Villagers fled

The BBC's Fidelis Mbah in the region says three soldiers deployed to maintain peace in the area were among those killed.

Residents of both villages have fled, fearing for their lives, he reports.

More soldiers and anti-riot policemen have arrived to step up patrols.

Cross River state government spokesman Patrick Ugbe said some badly burnt corpses had been recovered in the aftermath of the fighting.

"About 90% of the houses in Nsadop were burnt down," he told the AFP news agency.

According to the authorities, a curfew has been imposed from 1800 local time to 0600 in the morning.

The villages are in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, which is notorious for its armed gangs.

Most of these so-called oil militants have now agreed to disarm as part of a government amnesty.

Niger Delta politicians originally created the gangs by arming young men to use as their private armies and to rig elections.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11628577

This man is a pure Hausa. The Hausa-Fulani elite of Katsina and Kano do not like this guy.

Traditional Hausa names are:

Kande
Turai
Larai
Yelwa
Kubura
Maimuna
Monsura
Yasira
Uwani
Shibu
Jamila
Hindatu
Goggo

Googles [/b]is cheating on [b]Chamotex.

High_Chief:
God bless you, it is totally wrong, I dont know what happened to our beautiful African names, another painful one again is not teaching the kids their language even some parents that live there in Nigeria still want their kids to speak only English.

You are not lying. I was in Arochukwu and one of my kin did not want his children speaking Igbo. He only wanted English spoken since he thinks Igbo spoils their tongue.

I am thankful that my parents not only wanted me to learn English, they taught me Igbo and Ibibio. As well as French.

Not me. My name is fully African with a mix of Igbo and Ibibio.

Ileke-idi reminds me of ChinenyeN in a way.

She is not a tribalist. She is CLANNISH!

ChinenyeN and his Ngwa and Ileke-idi with her Ekiti people.

Abia would fall under this category. This is at least one good thing that occurs in the state. Young lads just need to have a uniform.

I remember when I was spending time in my village and see the little children in their uniform heading to school. It was a wondrous sight. Brought tears to my eyes.

Older brothers leading their younger siblings to school. Sometimes I miss village life. So simple.