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The perfect divide.

emmke:
go igbos go. We middle belters sure wont miss u. Go back to aba, onitsha etc, all terrible places. We have igbos as tenants and for sure they dont want to go back to east. Check it out, even with all the crisis up north they still dont wanna leave. That says a lot about the east. Horrible horrible place to stay. I served there btw so i know exactly what am talking about.

Look at this Hausa-Fulani clown posing as a Middle Belter.

We already know the people of the Middle Belt hate the Hausa more than any other group besides the Igbo.

You will not be missed. I prefer the nice tropical weather of the South compared o the desert wasteland in the North.

^^^

Rhino can choke on a big Igbo koboko this foolish boy.

He probably would enjoy it.

The North has taken away innocent Igbo and Southern souls. I pray to God that the souls of the innocence will be avenged.

Backwards Northerners! Not worth a grain of salt.

What does the North offer besides food products? I don't need to eat beef, when there is chicken and fish. I enjoy eating rice, but that is produced locally in the East. So tell me, what does the North offer?

Let the North suffer with its desertification. Give them their Sharia nation. Nigeria should have broken up a long time ago.

The North has played a role in the destruction of the unity in my region, but those days are over. Igbos had lived peacefully with our neighbors, Idoma, Edo, Isoko, Ibibio, Ijaw etc. Then Nigeria was created!

These foolish Igbos up North value money over their own lives. Let the truth be known!

If I was Jonathan I would purge the military of any Northern influence or at least make the Northern percentage of military negligible. I do not trust these people and no one in the South should.

At least the world has not forgotten about Biafra.

Nigeria unrest 'recalls lead-up to 1967 Biafra War

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said the violence following his election is a "sad reminder" of events that plunged Nigeria into civil war.

He said Nigeria was still struggling to come to terms with the suffering of the 1967 conflict when the south-east tried to establish the state of Biafra.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the recent post-poll unrest.

The president said the violence was intended to frustrate remaining elections, but they would go ahead.

Riots broke out in the north on Monday after Mr Jonathan, a southerner, emerged as the winner of the presidential poll.

Muhammadu Buhari, who is popular in the north, denies instigating the "sad, unfortunate and totally unwarranted" events.

Nigeria is divided by rivalry between the predominantly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south, which also have cultural, ethnic and linguistic differences - so much so that the presidency has often alternated between people who come from each of the two halves of the country, in an attempt to keep the peace.

The polls for Nigeria's 36 powerful state governors are due to take place next Tuesday.

'Enough is enough'

In an address to the nation, President Jonathan said the "horrific acts" of the last few days had been shocking.

"They killed and maimed innocent citizens. They set ablaze business premises, private homes and even places of worship," he said.

"If anything at all, these acts of mayhem are sad reminders of the events which plunged our country into 30 months of an unfortunate civil war," he said referring to the Biafran war in which more than one million people died.

"As a nation we are yet to come to terms with the level of human suffering, destruction and displacement, including that of our children to far-away countries, occasioned by those dark days.

"Enough is enough," he said.

The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Kaduna, the state which has witnessed the worst of the violence, says Kaduna city is now calm.

But it is difficult to confirm what is happening in the south of the state where there have been reports of continuing trouble.

Kaduna's police say 32 people have died in the clashes - our reporter says the casualty figure may rise as Muslims tend to bury their dead quickly.

He went to one hospital in the city and saw 25 charred corpses on a mortuary floor and was told there were another 25 bodies in the mortuary fridge but he had to leave without checking because of the stench.

On Wednesday, the Red Cross put the figure of those fleeing the violence at 48,000.

During his speech, the president said that security has been reinforced nationwide to quell any further unrest.

He added that there was no grievance that the law courts could not address.

Gen Buhari has said that his party will challenge some of the results - he maintains the election commission's computers were programmed to disadvantage his party in some parts of Nigeria.

But he urged his supporters to refrain from attacks, saying: "It is wrong for you to allow miscreants to infiltrate your ranks and perpetrate such dastardly acts as the mindless destruction of worship places.

"Needless to say, this act is worse than the rigging of the elections."

International observers have said the election was reasonably free and fair.

Mr Jonathan, a Christian from the oil-producing Niger Delta, was appointed to the presidency last year upon the death of incumbent Umaru Yar'Adua, a northern Muslim whom he had served as vice-president.

He staked his reputation on the election, repeatedly promising it would be free and fair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13156508

Does the JTF use reasonable force when dealing with the people of the Niger Delta?

The North and Buhari can go to hell. I despise the North with a passion that burns bright each day. They are a waste of space and only bring down Nigeria. Their population is not worth a grain of salt.

I am talking about the Sabon Gari in Kano. There was news that there was fighting between the Igbos and rampaging aboki.

Eko Ile:
Seriously, I wish them luck and I pray for their safety,

Well that is very kind of you.

And I wish for the safety of all Southerners during this most troubling time.

Nadanbata:

Poverty sir. You see any Northerners rioting in FCT? No, cause they belly 'full'.

Some more nonsense. Do you see the people in South rioting due to poverty? And there was rioting in Abuja.

^^^

That is complete utter nonsense! Northerners have been rioting even before Nigeria gained its independence.

And they always target innocent people. You can't blame PDP for this nonsense.

aloy-emeka:
Please don't go about harassing innocent mallams.

Should we turn the other cheek?  

I heard some troubling news that Sabon Gari is/was under attack, but the Igbo are resisting the aboki hordes.

Nigeria needs to be divided!

There is no unity in this nation. When one man doesn't respect another man due to his religion or ethnicity, why must we be in the same nation.

As the news of innocent Southerners, including youth that have been killed. My knees are weak. I feel so powerless that I am stuck in yankee till May.

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Friday shall be a day of reckoning. When these people are riled up into a fury by their religious imams.

MARK MY WORDS!

If they continue to do this and Southerners continue to be killed up North, the military will be seen as the enemy as well.

These Northerners can go to HELLLLL!

I am very upset right now. I cannot wait till I am back in PH in May.

This is very SICK!

Well there is always night time raids.

THE AMAKA:
how many times will you get banned? and are you really in PH?

Actually, I have been banned once this week. And something happened to my original moniker. No, I am not in PH, but I will be at the end of May. It is time for me to come home.

I want to know what is the death toll from the riots in the North.

We, the people of the South have the right to know how many of our kin were killed.

Why is the government not giving us a number? The truth needs to be told!

Bawss1:
I saw this thread and the first thing I thought was Lets Do More Photoshopping

No. . . That is not a photoshop job. Owerri does look like that. However, Ohakim is still a fool.

efisher:
These clowns keep saying nobody voted PDP, yet thousands of people are being haunted!

I blame this dammn union! 

Give us the death toll!

If there is a coup, this nation will see a lot of violence. And I think there will be violence within the army itself.

Nigeria election: Red Cross says many fleeing violence

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes because of post-election violence in Nigeria, the Red Cross says.

Riots broke out in the north after Goodluck Jonathan, a southerner, emerged as the winner of the presidential poll.

A civil rights group says the unrest has left more than 200 dead, while hundreds of arrests have been made.

The poll runner-up, General Muhammadu Buhari, has appealed for calm.

Nigeria is divided by rivalry between the predominantly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south - so much so that the presidency has often rotated between people who come from the two halves of the country, in an attempt to keep the peace.

Umar Marigar of the Red Cross told the BBC on Wednesday that the number of displaced had trebled in the last day - from 16,000 to 48,000, mainly in the north.

But he said that, in the southern state of Anambra, 8,400 people had sought refuge at the Onitsha military barracks because they feared reprisal attacks against northerners.

He added: ''The violent protests turn from political into ethno-religious crisis. As such, people might like to engage in retaliatory attacks. This is what we are always afraid of."

Shehu Sani, head of the Civil Rights Congress, told the AFP news agency: "In the whole region, from reports reaching Civil Rights Congress, the death toll is over 200."

He added that more than 1,000 people had been arrested in the city of Kaduna alone.

The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar says it is calm now in Kaduna city, where streets have been left littered with burnt corpses and rioters burned churches, police stations and homes during two days of disturbances.

There are clashes in other parts of the state and more security forces have been deployed to those areas, he says.

'Irregularities'
Gen Buhari told the Voice of America's Hausa-language radio service that his Congress for Progressive Change party had noticed irregularities in the south and south-east of the country.

"I urge people to calm down and be law-abiding as we are pursuing these irregularities with [the electoral commission] with a view to ensure justice for them," he said.

Mr Jonathan was declared winner of Saturday's presidential poll, with the electoral commission saying he received about 57% of the vote with 22.5 million votes to General Buhari's 12.2 million votes.

International observers have said the election was reasonably free and fair.

Mr Jonathan, a Christian from the oil-producing Niger Delta, was appointed to the presidency last year upon the death of incumbent Umaru Yar'Adua, a northern Muslim whom he had served as vice-president.

He staked his reputation on the election, repeatedly promising it would be free and fair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13147831

I can just imagine how Lagos would look if this happens though.

No one in the South-East was going to vote for Buhari, especially when he put Shagari under house arrest, but put his Vice President, Alex Ekwueme in prison, simply because he was not from the North. Did people actually expect that the Ndigbo has forgotten this act? He imprisoned more Southern leaders, but allow Northern leaders either to remain free or be under house arrest.

US Congratulates Jonathan

The United States has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan for winning Saturday’s presidential election, saying the election represents “a positive new beginning for Nigeria”.

A statement issued late on Tuesday by U. S Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton wished Jonathan well “in meeting the many challenges facing Nigeria” and in providing good governance.

“On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I applaud the people of Nigeria for their enthusiastic and orderly participation in the April 16th presidential election.

“This historic event marks a dramatic shift from decades of failed elections and a substantial improvement over the 2007 presidential election,” she said.

The U.S also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), its Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega, government agencies and civil society for their strong collaboration and dedication to democracy.

[b]“They provided a real opportunity for the Nigerian people `to select their most senior leaders and will position Nigeria to build its democracy through strong governance, transparent institutions, and economic development,” [/b]Clinton said in the statement.

The U.S government, however, noted that while the presidential election was a success for the people of Nigeria, “it was far from perfect.” and  urged INEC to transparently review and take appropriate and transparent action on all allegations of election malpractice.

It nevertheless added that “the United States condemns the acts of violence related to elections and we call upon all candidates, political parties, and supporters to respect the results of the election and channel any grievances or challenges peacefully through established administrative organs for legal redress’’

“The international community will closely watch the upcoming gubernatorial elections and we call on all Nigerian stakeholders to support a credible and peaceful electoral process”.(NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/obama-congratulates-jonathan/

This is horrible. I believe that we should scrap the NYSC program.