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What the hell is wrong with Enugu PDP?

Sullivan Chime is the most progressive Igbo governor.

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Freewilly:
^^^^ maybe she's just the right person to lead the revolution you always talking about.

Well. . . We will see. I have no problem with an Igbo woman leading the charge.

Villain

Enough said. . .

This woman is shaming Igbo male politicians. I love her tenacity.

Sun of god:
If there is a split in views between the older generation (Muslim Brotherhood Sympathisers) and younger generation (More westernised) then this will play into Mubaraks hands.

He's playing a game of chess and appears not to be reacting - Rather he is responding extremely shrewdly like a master of the art of war.

He is still very much in control - but if and when he is deposed hell may break loose. Possibly even civil war.

Civil war between who?

Mubarak support comes from the the upper echelon of the military.

Once he loses the support of the military, then he will be ousted.

Not all older Egyptians support the Muslim Brotherhood. The educated members of that society support a secular government as well as the business elite and the military.

Muslim brotherhood's influence has been overestimated.

^^^

Nigerians don't really protest.

They riot!

Remember that this "revolution" was started by the educated youth.

The Muslim Brotherhood was caught off guard with these protest as well as Mubarak. They were late to the game.

Most Egyptians do not subscribe to the beliefs of the Muslim brotherhood. They are mostly moderate.

That being said, the Muslim brotherhood have a large following, but the majority of Egyptians believe in a secular government.

This is very disgusting!

reporter?:
Truth is that you are not too different from BK,  it's just that he has a bigger than you.

Last time I checked, I do not create threads of this nature. The last thread that was of a "controversial" stance was the Awolowo thread.  My proudest moment on Nairaland. Just google search it. But I do not make light of horrible events of this sort. I have my limits.

Edwin Clark is hated by most Igbos. He is one Niger Deltan that I have grown to dislike. But the man knows how to get his way though.

You are despicable bk.babe. Words cannot explain how much I dislike you.

M1 Abrams

Who wants to go against this? Not me I must say. . .

FGM-172 Short-Range Assault Weapon (Disposable missile launcher, 83 mm)

It is the Egyptian people right to choose.

Even though I am wary of the Muslim brotherhood. They were the inspiration for Al-Qaeda.

SEFAGO:
Who cares they are all awesome. We Nigerians are the king of literature in Africa tbh. Yoruba more than others though 

Infact I am thinking of writing a book about two lesbians from northern Nigeria living under the  oppression of sharia and trying to come to terms with their sexuality and religion in a modern environment. oyibo people love that shhhiit, I am going to win an effing pulitzer.

I need to go to the North though so that my story can be more realistic . . . hmm that could be a problem

Please. . . We Igbos control the African literary world

Chinua Achebe
Buchi Emecheta
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Elechi Amadi (When he wants to be Igbo) 
Chukwuemeka Ike
Cyprian Ekwensi

fstranger1:
^^^ answer my questtion on Amos Tutuola first?

When you say: "to look from an African perspective,"  what do you mean?


Also:

Let me clarify, on the World Stage.

Chinua Achebe paved the way.

And remember that Amos Tutuola never did gain international recognition

fstranger1:
Are you serious?

I thought that honor went to Amos Tutuola?  Care to elucidate?

Anyway, have you seen the list of the best 100 African books?

Did you see the list of the Greatest Africans of All Time?

bk.babe97y:
. . . . and you noticed cause u Nigerian!

Would you have noticed if they were reading, say, Diop's "Antériorité Des Civilisations Nègres", or Mahfouz's "The Cairo Trilogy"?

No? But a Senegalese or Egyptian probably would, right?

Exactly! Man, these freaking Ibo chest beaters kill me!

Chinua Achebe is in a league of his own. His novel was the FIRST novel, to look from an AFRICAN perspective. And it was answer to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. A novel in which I was forced to read to read as well.

Achebe paved the way for thousands of AFRICAN authors.

And BTW, Cheikh Anta Diop is someone who I admire as well. He does not get the recognition he deserves.

fstranger1:
So what!

That said, i was in a local library is the middle of America where only the Whitest of the Whitest of the Whites live, and I was shocked to see Things fall Apart on the shelf in the local library. And, to add to my state of bewilderment, I saw too Oyinbos reading it and completely enthralled by it. I was a little surprised, some-what proud, but innately wished it was Soyinka's book, and not Achebe's, with such global appeal and acceptance.

Do not get me wrong. I do enjoy Wole Soyinka. Death and the King's Horseman is one of my favorite books as well. That being said, Chinua Achebe is still widely recognized throughout the world.

He is not known as an Igbo man though, he is known as a Nigerian.

Eko Ile:
lol @ GEJ is ibo.


Ibo people and their inferiority complex and second fiddle syndrome sha,

They ain't never gonna learn,

Who said GEJ is Igbo?  But the man does bare Igbo names. That should speak volumes to your pathetic mind.

And stop peddling likes about this fictional "inferiority complex." You and I both know that many Igbos feel superior to anyone. Even after losing a war, we still have a high self-esteem.

That also speaks volumes about my people. Now tell your people to stop play boy-boy with the Hausa.

Bobajo:
On what basis has EzeUche made this assertion.  The last time i checked, it was Wole Soyinka who won the Nobel Prize.  What exactly has Chinua Achebe done to make him the most famous Nigerian (writing Things Fall Apart), or being an economic/political refuge in the US all these years.  Please dont write nonsense in the quest to defend a tribal positions.  'Facts milord, Facts, or forever keep your peace'.

Things Fall Apart is the most widely known book of African origin that has been translated in hundreds of language. Do research before you make ignorant statements. And enough with the hate. Chinua Achebe is Africa's most well known author. No one can deny this. His book is even taught in the oyibo curriculum.

bk.babe97y:
On behalf of the Ibo chic that wore me out all nite yesterday/this morn I say: U DAMN RIGHT, WHODIE!!!

Do you mean in your dreams? Keep dreaming my "brother," maybe one day you will taste that forbidden fruit. 

bk.babe97y:
I repeat: SOMEONE IS BANGING THE IKEMBA'S WIFIE AND HE AINT EVEN HIDING IT!!!

GOOOOOOOO BAYELSA COWBOY!

Sorry but the woman has class. GEJ wouldn't dare try that mess with Ikemba.

Abagworo:
I disagree with you on this.You need to find out the basic characteristic of various Igbo communities.Only Nri and Aro consist of a pure breed but are a required ingredient in every community.Most Anambra communities have some mix of Igala and Bini people.Imo State has some mix of Ijaw,Igala and Bini.The core Igbos actually occupy the Orlu-Isu-Mbano-Etiti area known as Isoama alongside Nri/Awka which is todays Anambra State.Arochuku,Abiriba,Nkporo,Umuahia,Item etc also form part of the dominant Igbos even though they are not at the core.The Nri/Awka and Aros are what defines Igbo culture as we know it today.

I have never heard of an Aro Igbo, being referred as a "Core Igbo." Most Igbos consider us more Ibibio than Igbo. That is the truth. We have to constantly say we are Igbo. Even the Aro Igbo with Ibibio last names are sometimes rejected as Igbo. Igbos might say, that our name doesn't sound Igbo.

Rough night with an ashie.

Jos, Bauchi mayhem: SSS finds bomb in church

SECTARIAN crisis in the northern part of the country, especially in Plateau and Bauchi States which has claimed hundreds of lives took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as the State Security Service and the police averted a bomb blast in a church in Bauchi even as anti-riot police corporal was slain and an inspector injured by hoodlums as they tried to repel an invasion of the students’ hostels of the University of Jos

In Bauchi, the death toll in the crisis that engulfed Tafawa Balewa Local Government has been put at 20 even as 20 suspects had been arrested with dangerous weapons including guns believed to have been used during the crisis.

The Bauchi State chapter of the Nigerian Red Cross Society declared that 4,000 people were displaced as a result of the crisis. Also the Borno Police Command said it had arrested 19 suspects in connection with the killing of the ANPP governorship candidate Alhaji Modu Gubio and six others in Maiduguri.

SSS, police avert bomb blast in Bauchi

Security operatives, yesterday, said they averted a bomb blast attempt by an unknown person during a church service in Bauchi.

The state’s Police Commissioner, Muhammad Indabawa and the Director of State Security Services, SSS, Mr Adeola Ajayi, separately disclosed this at news conferences in Bauchi.

Ajayi said that an unknown bomber had gone to the United Methodist Church, UMC, opposite the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi, during a church service and dropped a bag which contained the improvised explosive. The SSS boss said a member who saw the man with the bag trying to leave the church after he dropped it, raised an alarm while church members run after him but could not arrest him.

The man, the SSS chief added, had rushed to the motorcyclist who brought him and escaped to an unknown destination. Efforts by the police to arrest the suspect did not yield result as he had escaped, using the commercial motorcycle.

The explosive device, which was made with a metal casing, was jointly detonated by officers and men of the SSS and police.

Ajayi said investigation had started but appealed to the public to provide the security agents with relevant information that would ensure the security of lives and property.

Indabawa, at a news conference, said that following the receipt of the information from the church leaders, SSS personnel and some bomb experts attached to Governor Isa Yuguda detonated the explosive.

He noted that experts said if the bomb had exploded, it would have killed many people and destroyed many property. The police chief urged the people to be more vigilant and report any suspected person to security operatives.

In Jos an anti-riot police corporal was slain and an inspector injured by hoodlums as they tried to repel an invasion of the students’ hostels of the University of Jos.

Scores of hoodlums wielding sophisticated guns and other weapons were said to have attempted to gain entry into the Village Hostel of the university from the back though a place called Yelwa following which an alarm was raised.

A team of mobile policemen were said to have been deployed to the area but were attacked by the apparently well armed hoodlums who shot one of them and slit his throat forcing the others to retreat and call for reinforcement.

Gun battle with hoodlums

Soldiers of the Special Task Force, STF, who arrived later were also engaged in a gun battle with the hoodlums at the end of which 27 of the hoodlums were arrested.

Parading the suspects some of whom had gunshot wounds on Sunday, Commander of the STF, Brigadier General Hassan Umoru said they received a distress call that the Students’ Village Hostel of the university was under attack following which he deployed his men in the area.

He said his men succeeded in entering the area called Wusau from the Naraguta village end after some difficulties and were met with stiff resistance from the hoodlums who engaged them.

He said gunshots were being fired from the surrounding hills which were difficult to penetrate by his men because of the terrain but that they stood their ground and were able to arrest 27 of the hoodlums whom he said were found with guns, bows, arrows and other dangerous weapons.

Umoru confirmed that his men recovered the remains of the mobile policeman which he said had been set ablaze and deposited them at an un-named hospital.

The tension generated by the clash between students of the University of Jos and some hoodlums since Friday over the stabbing of two of their colleagues degenerated on Saturday resulting in killings and burning of property.

Averting violence

It took the prompt intervention of security men to avert another violence in Chobe area of the city on Sunday following the alleged arrest of a man in the area with suspected explosives. Residents of the area were said to have trooped out to lynch the man following which his kinsmen reportedly trooped out poised for a fight.

Meanwhile, the Ulama Elders Council in the state on Sunday reiterated its call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state in view of the deteriorating security situation.

The council in a statement signed by the Secretary, Ahmed Garba condemned the fresh outbreak of hostilities despite the presence of different security personnel during which, he said, filling stations, houses, vehicles and other property belonging to Muslims were destroyed.

According to the statement, “The Council is afraid that the blackmail of the Plateau State Government against the STF appears to be forcing the outfit into inaction” and urged the Presidency and the National Assembly to act “as a matter of urgency and in the interest of the continued existence of the country, to come together and impose a state of emergency on Plateau State.”

Tafawa Balewa crisis: 20 killed, 20 suspects arrested, 4000 displaced

The death toll in the crisis that engulfed Tafa Balewa crisis, Bauchi state has been put at 20 even as 20 suspects have been arrested with dangerous weapons including guns believed to have been used during the crisis while the Nigerian Red Cross Society Bauchi State Chapter declared that 4,000 people were displaced as a result of the crisis. Also the Borno Police Command says it has arrested 19 suspects in connection with the killing of the ANPP governorship candidate Alhaji Modu Gubio and six others in Maiduguri.

On the Bauchi State crisis Bauchi state Police Commissioner, Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa in a telephone interview disclosed that some of the bodies could not be recognized because they were completely burnt adding that it was when people started looking for their relations that the bodies were discovered after serious searches.

He added that as soon as investigations were concluded all those arrested will be arraigned in court saying that no one will be detained without trials.

Resettlement of victims

Meanwhile the State Secretary of Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Abubakar Adamu said, “the Red Cross has resettled 3480 people in Bununu Central Primary School majority of them women and children, seven injured people are presently receiving treatment and we have also resettled 120 persons majority of them women and children in Gontakurwa village because their houses were burnt down during the crisis. “

According to him, “presently we don’t have anything to give them but we have started discussions with the state government, we are also appealing to well to do individuals to assist us with Water, food stuffs, medicine, clothes, mats and blankets and any other assistance that will help the displaced persons to ease their hardships”

Police arrest 19 suspects in Maiduguri

Meanwhile the Borno Police Command says it has arrested 19 suspects in connection with the killing of the ANPP governorship candidate and six others in Maiduguri.

Malam Lawal Abdullahi, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, said in Maiduguri that the suspects were arrested in different parts of the city.

Interesting thread.

I have no love for impersonators!

Shame on that guy.

Proper etiquette would have told Aganga not to trash his predecessor. He doesn't have to agree with his predecessor, but that does not mean he has the moral authority to trash another man's record.

Abagworo is starting to annoy me with his post. The Berom people should not even have to fight people on their own land. They are the keepers of THEIR land.

Nice picture of him.

Very interesting how this thread turned out.