₦airaland Forum

Most Nigerians in the Diaspora do not know what is happening in Nigeria. They sit oblivious to what is happening. They enjoy Nigerian parties, say how proud they are to be Nigerian and act like nothing is wrong.

They go to the posh areas of Lagos or go to Abuja and believe all of Nigeria is like that.

Nigerians in the Diaspora are not connect to what is happening in Nigeria. I am pretty sure that most Nigerians do not know where Jos is located in the map unless they have family in the region.

alj harem:
because i am igbo as well

Ama nna gi chiekwa.

alj harem:
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm u people are funny

First of all, what concerns you with Igbo affairs? Just hush your mouth as me and my fellow Igbo brethren brainstorm future endeavors. Maybe you will see the inner workings of how we Igbos think.

FG urged to expedite action on S-East roads

By Tony Edike

ENUGU–THE South East Governors’ Forum at the weekend urged the Federal Government to to deal expeditiously with the reconstruction of federal roads in the zone especially the Enugu-Abakaliki Road; Enugu-Onitsha Expressway; 9th Mile-Markurdi; and Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway among others.

These roads, the governors noted, are the critical arteries for vehicular movement within the South East and between the area and other geopolitical zones of the country.

They expressed regrets that these important roads had become death-traps as several auto accidents occur on regular basis claiming the lives of travellers.

In a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Enugu, the South East governors also condemned last Friday killing of All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP gubernatorial candidate and other persons in Borno State.
They however charged the Federal Government to “exhaustively investigate” the unfortunate incident and ensure that those behind the bloody incident were exposed and prosecuted.

The communique which was signed by Chairman of the forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, appealed to the Federal Government to direct accelerated work on erosion sites in the South East zone.
The governors wished ailing Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu now undergoing treatment in United Kingdom quick recovery.

Obi disclosed that the communique was a product of an exhaustive deliberations on matters affecting the geopolitical zone especially the state of federal projects sited in the area.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/fg-urged-to-expedite-action-on-s-east-roads/

alj harem:
and do you not think that the indigenes of gabon will start killing igbos since it is an invasion of there land

Contrary to what you believe, most Africans are not as barbaric as the ones you find in Northern Nigeria.

Maybe in North Africa and the Middle East. Not Sub-Saharan Africa though. . .

[b]Nigeria has over 150,000 of its citizens, which is about one-tenth of Gabonese 1.7m population, living in that country. [/b]They are mostly Igbo, Urhobo, Ilaje and Ijaw traders who dominate Gabonese commerce, and its fishing industry. According to Samuel Aiyedona, Nigeria's envoy to Gabon, the entrepreneurship of Urhobo, Ijaw and Ilaje fishermen alone contributes over 600,000 tons of fish to Gabon's fishing industry annually.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/the-day-nigerians-in-gabon-caused-a-stir-over-jonathan/

dem_people:
Nonsense. Do I hear fellow Ndigbo sounding defeatist here? You guys should stop talking about Gabon and E.Guinea. Of all ethnic groups, we fought the most for independence. Nigeria belongs to us. We just need to get our political acts together. Ndigbo should never sound defeatist. I'll be the last Igboman standing on Nigerian soil, with my head held high, with my sparkling shield, armour and sword, with my fellow hardline belligerents, if you guys leave.

No, we are being realistic. Igboland too small for our inhabitants. We must continue to expand or else suffer grave consequences. We need "living space." The Igbo diaspora continues to grow daily, but with no purpose. Maybe we should look to greener pastures that are closer to home. Gabon would be the perfect area.

And I have always been eying Equatorial Guinea for some reason. That island of Bioko for some time. And it is much closer to Igboland.

You can continue to stay in Nigeria, but many of us want to create a nation of our own, in which we do not have to fear for our lives, because of our ethnicity.

Obiagu1:
You're right, when our kids are half Gabonese, they'll have no option but to accept us totally. Afterall, we'll be building a beautiful new country they'll enjoy too.

Agreed. We Igbos are very good at settling in different lands. And we are also good at producing more Igbos. The tricky part is for us to not allow our children to forget about their homeland.

We can make Gabon an Igbo paradise. If only more Igbos would listen to our expansion theory.

Obiagu1:
You're right, Equatorial Guinea is very much their neighbour. Gabon is bigger though to accomodate us and the most important thing, they are only 1.5 million. If only 3 million of us move, we'll be talking of a new home and country.

Well we need to spread the word. Africa can be an oyster for the Ndigbo. We just need to tell our brothers and sisters back in the "Old Country" about opportunities in other African nations.

Gabon would be a nice place to set up shop. I prefer if only Igbo men would travel to Gabon. The reason being is that we marry their women, and produce more Igbo people. That is the best way of taking control of a nation. By mixing with their inhabitants.

Obiagu1:
I've done my research.
Igbos should start migrating to Gabon and set up Igbo clans there. Gabon seems bigger than Eastern Nigeria and they only have 1.5 million population.

Let us all start migrating there and set up a country we can call home.
We are a conquered people and our land is occupied by Nigeria.

I also heard the women are beautiful in Gabon. Maybe Gabon can be made into "living space" for  Igbos as well. I have also been eying Equatorial Guinea as well.

We should send an expedition of Aro settlers. Since we are used to settling in far off lands. We have Aro settlements in Cameroon that are over 100 years old.

I agree with my brothers. Alj harem, we the Igbos of Nairaland have tolerated you long enough. And we are tired of you. Please cease and desist from what you are doing or suffer grave consequences.

fstranger1:
You see we all got along on this thread

Igbo Kwenu!

Yoruba Kwezuonu

Southern Nigeria Kwenu Kwezuonu

Yes, because you all are trying to figure out who is more intelligent than the other. Even though we are all in different fields.

Education trumps tribalism any day.

eku_bear:
I got love for the Terps!  
It isn't something I still worry over. . . since then I've done things that have mostly compensated for those mistakes I made in the past, I think.

Let me find out that you are a Maryland alumni.

I might have to change my attitude towards you. And yes, Maryland is very friendly to us Nigerians. Even though I sometimes wish I was in Texas due to the weather, I have always been comfortable in Maryland.

PhysicsMHD:
Lol, please elaborate further on this.

The guy always struck me as a little out of place in all those history shows.

Seems less like an academic and more like a nationalist loudmouth.


I also wonder if he has any Coptic or REAL Egyptian ancestry. The way he always talks about Egypt's ancient achievements in glowing terms and with a kind of pride made me wonder whether he was forgetting that the majority of the present inhabitants have almost no relation to the past achievements except for those with Nubian or black ancestry.

The man is probably of Arab descent. He never associates Nubians or Black Africans with the Ancient Egyptian civilization.

He once stated, "Egyptians are not Arabs and are not Africans despite the fact that Egypt is in Africa."

I never liked the guy. Seems like he has an Arab agenda with Egypt.

alex101:
May the wisdom of Solomon and the greate Kings of old be with you and your lineage. AMEN!

@ Ezeuche and Obiaju, think very well, why are our enemies so concerned about our so called political well being all of a sudden. We wll get the no 1 spot at the appropriate time

I am tired of waiting. 43 years is too long! Too long indeed. Sometimes you have to take it! Power recognizes power. If you are strong enough, you take it! I tire 4 these political games.

fstranger1:
Or College park

And I am a proud Terp! Thank you very much.

eku_bear:
Yeah, I'm in grad school. I'd prefer not to say which one it is, though it isn't very hard to guess.

Berkeley or Stanford?

That is the question we must ask ourself.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -Mahatma Gandhi

The laughed at a certain someone, until he improved his nation's arsenal, ripped apart a particular treaty and declared war. I will not name this person, but history always repeats itself.

My Struggle -

Main thesis: Nigerian Peril

How the Nigerian state has been able to keep the Igbo people in bondage. Our region used as vanquished territory. And always reminded of our defeat.

Nationalist vs. Secessionist

Christian Igbos vs. Muslim Hausa

Igbo elite vs. Igbo people

Igbo liberals vs. Igboist

Conclusion:
The rise of a new Igbo nation-state on the ashes of Nigeria.

I am seriously contemplating writing a book called My Struggle.  

My main thesis will be the Nigerian Peril.

And I will blame Nigeria, the Igbo elite and oil for keeping the Igbos in bondage.

I already know my chapters.

Obiagu1:
I'll personally remove Jonathan from GEJ's name and simply call him Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe.
He'll probably be the last "Igbo" president my generation will experience.

Let me pursue my business and maybe migrate to Cameroon and establish an Igbo clan there.  

That is starting to seem like the best thing I have heard in the while. Nigeria is no country for the Igbo. Time for a mass exodus. I will help as many Igbo migrate from our homeland which is conquered territory.

No wonder the Igbo diaspora is growing larger each day.

Onlytruth:
Posted by: EzeUche_
The most important thing to note is that Jonathan is not representing the Ijaw. If he were, MEND would not be threatening to resume bombing of oil installations.

I really think that for the first time in a very loooooooooooong time, Ndigbo are actually doing first things first.

I am deeply suspicious of all these non-Igbos who write these articles as if the world would end if an Ijaw or any other Eastern minority operates at the center of evil Nigeria more than us.

NO THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT AND WE LOSE NOTHING.

These same people would wear masks and accuse us of dominating the Eastern minorities and always recite Eyo Ita issue.

Now they are crying that Ijaws are "ahead of Igbo" in national politics. Only a fool would believe that.  
But even if so, why is it any of their business? Could they love us more than we love ourselves? Definitely not.

I would even want Ndigbo to wait until whenever Jonathan leaves office before attempting the presidency again.

Nigeria is not ending tomorrow, and even if it does, we will still have our Eastern brothers to live with.

Enuff said.

If only this was true. But even the Ijaw have this false bravado now that one of their own is in the top spot.

You can even see on Nairaland how the other groups are mocking the Igbo. You put too much trust in GEJ. I know Ijaws are our brother, but now they are even claiming Port Harcourt.

Everyday, we the Ndigbo are being mocked. Our people are being slaughtered like lambs in the North. We are being schemed out of the political process. Our region continues to be neglected.

I see dark, dark, dark days for the Ndigbo. We need a charismatic leader to lead us to the promise land!

Obiagu1:
Abeg, I don't tire for dis Igbo Presidency thing. It's getting boring every day.
Maybe we should focus on other things, when "our" rulers don tire to rule us and don ruin this country finish, maybe they will bet us to bail them out.

Those that have stamina, make dem continue. I no fit do it, continue shouting Igbo Presidency till I turn 90 yrs old.

Don't you realize our leaders has sold us out? We Igbos are being schemed out of politics. Wake up smell the coffee or tea. The writing is on the dammn wall.

How long do we have to suffer these indignities?

How long must we be mocked by our enemies?

This is starting to piss me off. What the non-Igbo wrote is true!

To hell with Ohanaeze! To hell with these fake Igbo leaders! The OLD GUARD needs to be dealt with.

kcjazz:
@Ezeuche
But don't you think we should base whatever negotiations on the path to presidency based on what developments that affects us as a people?

Presidency for the Igbos is out of the question. The way things are looking, Igbos wont even see the presidency in 20 years. That is a terrible price to pay.

And do you actually think the restive Igbo population would like that? It is like we are being backed into a corner. We all know what happens when an animal is backed into a corner. That is when the creature becomes more dangerous.

I believe this is an insult to the Igbo race. How can a major ethnic group be made to suffer such nonsense? Has the Igbo people become weak? What happen to our courage?

Another slap in the face. We Igbos have fallen. A proud people being forced to beg. It is too much for me to stomach. And some of my brothers and sisters are acting like nothing is wrong. Forget smelling smoke, our house is on fire.

eku_bear:
PhysicsMHD raises a good point. A lot of the US's dominance in education, science, etc is due to being fortunate enough to poach the best scientists in the world as a result of WW2.

However, I suspect that even without this it'd still be pretty damn good, just due to economic might.

Yes, the U.S. owes much of its intellectual capital with the defeat of Nazi Germany. The Germans really had the intellectual capital to compete with the allies. . . or even surpass them. Some of the weapons the German scientist came up with, could be considered frightening. I am surprised Hitler didn't use them to their full potential.

The Soviets and the Americans knew this, and that is why they tried to grab as many German scientist as they could. Even though many of those scientist were involved in the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

Since, my business school is in the top 30 in the United States, maybe I shouldn't comment. College Park is not on anyone's radar. Ha ha ha

I hail thee!

Arise o Yoruba nation! Fight for Christendom!

Lord help Egypt now! The Muslim Brotherhood should stay far away from Egyptian politics.

Cleric warns northern Christians against reprisals

By  SAM EYOBOKA
AS sectarian killings continued in Plateau and Borno states, creating fears in Christians in other parts of the North, the national vice president of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in charge of South West zone, Bishop Wale Oke has appealed to Christians in northern parts of the country to resist the temptation for reprisal in retaliation for the several violent attacks against them.

The presiding bishop of the Sword of the Spirit Church, Ibadan, who was reacting to calls by some church leaders on northern Christians to return fire for fire, said such measure is against the teachings of the progenitor of the Christian faith.

Rather than retaliate, Oke sued for non-violent approach to the ceaseless sectarian attacks on churches and Christians in Jos and Maiduguri especially and the North as a whole.

According to him, violence cannot conquer violence, stressing that the global church still carries the burden and scar of the crusaders’ violent campaign to reclaim the city of Jerusalem several years ago.

“When you don’t fight back, you put a burden on the conscience of your attackers,” Oke said, “you are on a stronger pedestal. That burden wears them out and they feel silly. But when you fight back, the spiral unending cycle of violence will degenerate into a full-blown war.

“If the Church fights back, it will breed hatred, bitterness and hindered prayers. Violence will put blood in your hands and you cannot approach God with such blood on your hands. It will hinder evangelical efforts because you cannot win a man you attack,” he continued.

Urging Christians to resist violence with love and forgiveness, the bishop pointed out that the moment the “Church begins to resist violence with love, forgiveness and mercy, then the violence has a terminal date. At the end, they will become tired of hitting you; their conscience will burden them.”

Oke further charged northern Christians to launch, what he called ‘vigilante groups’ and be security alert, while also moving en mass to avoid falling prey to violent attacks from religious fundamentalists who now go about the whole place in motorcycles seeking who they would slaughter.

He therefore called on the Federal Government to improve security in the North, warning that the ceaseless crises could snowball into a big war if the government does not now make deliberate effort to arrest it.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/jos-crisis-cleric-warns-northern-christians-against-reprisals/