₦airaland Forum

bidemi12:
what are you smoking? must be something new. i'd like some. it's obvious it can take me as high as you are and make me dellissional.

He is clearly speaking the truth.

Brazil's president did say that about how the World's biggest financial crisis was started by blond hair and blue eye people. Was he wrong? People of color did not start that nonsense.

Obuekwe is making a lot of sense.

I don't why many Africans like to give the White Man praise. We Africans need to start believing in ourselves.

North can go wherever they came from.

Jonathan has appeased many of us Igbos.

koolhunk:
Well I think the president is been careful here. By changing the chief of army staff to an ibo candidate, he's trying to be on a safer side in future. Nice move tho,

He wants an Igbo man to protect him! Brilliant move. Our Eastern brother only a fellow Eastern can give him the protection he needs as goes against the North.

Amazonia,

Just because the name Igbo has the same meaning in Edo or Yoruba does not mean anything. The word "Igbo" could mean a lot of things in the many African languages.

Onlytruth:
I really think that "egbo" (since it means forest in Edo) must be from Yoruba word "Igbo" meaning forest/bush.

Nobody knows where the Igbo came from in Igboland, though some speculate it may be from an adulteration of "Hebrew" by earliest Igbo ancestors. Bottom line is that there is no agreement on that.

Igbo homeland is Orlu/Owerri. They speak the purest form of Igbo.

We did not originate from anywhere else. Some may say we are descended from Nri/Akwa, but I doubt that. Orlu is the birthplace of Igbo civilization.

I find it funny that a much younger civilization known as the Benin Empire is trying to say we Igbo descended from them. That is rubbish. Igbo-Ukwu is a thousand years older then the very foundations of the Benin Kingdom.

Now we all know that the Fulani originated from the Senegambia region. That is common knowledge. The Fulani are related to the Woloof and the Mandinka. They are just more widespread, because of the population pressure in their homeland.

He is from Abia just like Ironsi.

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=511421.msg6732520#msg6732520 date=1284147046]Same gloating yall did the day after Jan.15 1966! Dont u monkeys ever learn?[/quote]Look abi, prior to 1966, we Igbos were number 1 in Nigeria. During the Colonial Administration, the British favored us. We were highly favored, but those days are long gone.

Can we not be happy over this appointment? For 44 long years we Igbos have not felt like Nigerians. But this is one small step.

Goodluck Jonathan is a very astute politician.

I can just imagine what the Hausa-Fulani and some Yorubas are saying about this turn of events. Maybe they can finally start recruiting heavily from the East again.

It is time for us Igbos to have a much larger stake in the military.

Onlytruth:
If you haven't noticed, that is what Jonathan is saying indirectly. He is saying these:

Ijaw man will remain the president
Igboman will protect that presidency
Efik/Ibibio man will whip you in line.

It is time for the East to rule! 

Lets not get too ahead of ourselves.

I am happy just like the next Eastern man.

An Igbo man and an Ibibio man now hold such high positions. You know I am very happy.

Onlytruth,

Lets be fair my brother, language is VERY important, but can we blame the Igbos, Yorubas and Hausa in the Diaspora who cannot speak their mother tongue. It is much harder for a child to learn a language outside of Nigeria.

This goes for many African families. Now my anger is directed at Igbos who cannot speak their language yet reside in either Lagos or Abuja. They have no excuse since there are plenty of Igbos who live there and converse in our language.

I remember I was visiting my cousin and his family in Port Harcourt and when I was speaking Igbo to his children, they acted like I was speaking a foreign language. To my horror, my cousin said he doesn't want to teach his children much Igbo, because he thinks it was going to spoil their tongue. He wants them speaking perfect British English. That led to an argument and I do not think I am welcomed into his home anymore.

Igbos should be more focused on Port Harcourt and Enugu.

On the issue of Port Harcourt, if any other group wants to start any wahala, they will know that the East 75% Igbo to start that nonsense.

Just like Yorubas out-bred the native inhabitants of Lagos, we can do the same in Port Harcourt.

I really wish people would stop calling Bk.babe a hispanic. The man is a spawn of Odua whose is an akata, since he probably never been to Naija or knows how to speak Yoruba.

I remember when I was in Spanish and the dude did not understand a word. He is not a Hispanic. Most Hispanics do not even know where Nigeria is located on the map, let alone take the time to come to a Nigerian forum.

Spawn of Odua known as Bk.Babe. Just shut up.

Campaigning is in full swing.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=511362.msg6728976#msg6728976 date=1284087739]Funny thing, we were just discussing this in my psychological class today. dude is a baztard. Selfish elffer who doersnt care abt how his attention seeking would affect other ppl all over the word. i.e American soldiers in iraq, Christians in retarded mus lim's community, even UF itself. News have been flying around that they attempt to bomb our stadium.

What sort of christian is this? What pastor wants national attention to sell his books, in doing so shifting people away from God?
Question the disciplines of Christianity?  If any hate crime occurs because of this, I want his azz arrested.[/quote]Why should he be arrested? He is not killing innocent people. Muslims do the same to our Bibles yet you do not hear Christians threatening bloody murder. I don't think it is right to burn a Holy Book, but does that justify violence.

Especially when it is aimed at innocent Christians who live in other countries and not responsible for this mess?

You even have people burning the American flag in the U.S. under Freedom of Speech even though Americans do not play with their flags being burnt.

Eziachi:
FAIR point! But remember that radical islam did not start overnight. Few years ago, who knew about suicide bombing based on religion? The Japanese invented it in the early 40s as the last ditch effort, out of desperation. Give it time, coke heads like Timothy Mcvey will be doing for Jesus.

Radical Islam has been around for a while. It started with the Wahhabi movement that sprung up during the 18th century. This conservative aspect of Islam was an answer to the Islam that was practiced by the Ottoman Turks. Many of these radical Islamist get their inspiration from this "pure" form of Islam.

Christianity does not have that issue, because no Christian wants to set up a Theocracy. Jesus clearly separated politics from religion. Remember render onto Caesar what is his. . .

MetalGong4:
hahahaha . .  So you dont want someone like FLGator, alias Ileke-Idi , to be your army chief . . .

Rubbish! 

I would rip up my Nigerian passport if she was allowed to rule this nation.

Anyway, I am happy an Igbo man is in such a high position and you should be as well. 44 LONG YEARS! I know the North doesn't like this turn of events. Seem like the leadership of the military is firmly in the hands of Southerners.

OgidiBoy:
Will the appointment of an Igbo Army Chief reduce the number of kidnappings in the East ?

Why bring that up? We are talking about an appointment of an Igbo man in a high position and you bring that nonsense up.

Take that up with the Ibibio man who is in charge of the police now.

Andre Uweh:
Actually, the ancestral home of THE jajas is Amaigbo. Not Orlu. May be in Orlu senatorial zone.

Amaigbo in Umuahia South?

[quote author=Aloy+Emeka link=topic=511421.msg6728940#msg6728940 date=1284086578]I hope you say the same if we ask for when a woman will become the army chief in Nigeria.[/quote]I don't see that happening any time soon. No offense.

Not in my lifetime.

Eziachi:
Happy days!!
I think our dear pastor has successfully had he own 15 minute of fame he seemed to crave for. This little few days of episode has thought those of Christedom that they had their own version of Taleban in their midst waiting to explode.

You can't compare the two. Was he saying he was going to kill innocent Muslims, because of their faith? The answer is no.

Christian preaches peace and Islam. .  . Well I don't know but the people who practice Islam believe in violence.

As someone said previously, Muslims have been burning Bibles yet we Christians do not threaten them.

sweetguy10:
The pastor is drunk . religious madness is worrying him too much , Just some days after the declaration of his planned Korans burning the usa flag in Afghanistan was burned  with about a 100 protesters shouting "war on the christians" . The foolish pastor might have cause a big and global religious war . Drunk pastor seeking cheap publicity 

I am Catholic and he does not represent me.

Don't understand why SOME Muslims feel they have a monopoly on violence.

MetalGong4:
I bet ya, this army chief will be retired immediately after the presidential election. . . .

Stop being a pessimist my Igbo brother.

[quote author=Aloy+Emeka link=topic=511421.msg6728870#msg6728870 date=1284084451]Now Jonathan is showing his true igbo colors and lineage.  [/quote]I have to admit, this did catch me off guard.

gadogado:
But the potential consequences of this man's burning stunt would be too far reaching for the media not to be all over it. Every one knows that when it comes to muslims, you dont mess with our religion!

This supposedly comes from a religion that supposedly preaches peace.

We Christians have been turning the other cheek for far too long. That is why I like the God of the Old Testament.

Very Nice!