₦airaland Forum

ogheneoreva:
My name is OrevaOghene.I am an Urhobo with an Anang mother.I felt obliged to key in on the debate of South South and the Biafran cause.
I am currently an undergraduate of Economics at the university of uyo.Let me state that my argument is due to economic considerations and not political.

Let me begin by correcting the dichotomy between the South South and South East-they are merely political zones. There are Igbos in Ogwashukwu in Delta,Asaba has an obi....the Governor is even Igbo.That's Delta.
In Rivers state a place known as obIGBO,there is very little difference between an Etche an Aba persons.....Even the current Governor likens himself to Ojukwu.That's Rivers state
In Akwa Ibom where I school the Annang once answered oka for -my maternal grandfather explained that its because of the civil war that they stopped using such names..due to the advancing Nigerian troops..The average Ibibio is more money conscious and cunning. The tortoise is the folklore hero in both cultures.


So I wish to plead forthwith to stop using the term South South...... It doesn't exist. The term Niger Delta and Biafran is more attuned to our cause.The term South is another divide and conquer method by the born to rule.


My uncle ran from Borno last year September he still spends his days talking of how evil the Hausa people are....A story of his that made me shiver is that of an Ibibio woman Abasifreke Asuquo(her soul rest in peace).She mistakenly used a piece of paper to clean her baby's anus ...that paper turned out to be a Qur'an. The woman was butchered and the baby's anus was Pierced with a stick that came out of his mouth. Are they humans at all...to cap it all they moved with the Pierced baby around the neighborhood. Despite the pleading of her relatives and the local Ibibio community.

I don't want to live with such barbarism. Not in the same country at least.



The Igbo man is after success so am I ..and so are we.For over 40 years they have done nothing successful.
They say Jonathan is corrupt.. Come to Rivers state and see what the money is doing..... The oil is even ours.
This same Buhari was serving as PTF chairman when Kenule Beesom Sarowiwa was killed by Abacha.And still insists that Abacha never stole.



Well to conclude the average Niger Deltan has resigned his fate that nothing can change.. That he will continue in poverty while wealth is tapped from under his soil.
And whoever says Asari is a nobody in The Niger Delta is to be ignored... Every body in the South knows and loves that man.He is our hero...so if it's to be Biafra.... Let it be....




Let me state most importantly that I don't believe in human government or it's promises........ This post is merely to end to the SE/SS political Dichotomy...... Thanks and have a pleasant day

OP, I read your post with the hope of finding reasons why an Urhobo would be a proponent of Biafra. I'm not sure if you gave one.

First, you said you are Oreva, to the best of my knowledge, Oreva is not an Urhobo name. It's an Isoko name.


Oreva, you should know that Delta has many ethnic groups, of which the Anioma(Delta-Ibos) is just one of them. This post would have been more acceptable if it was from a Delta-Ibo.


The fact that Urhobo shares the same state with the Ibos does not make an Urhoboman an Iboman.

They call themselves the "indigenous people of Biafra". The IPOB never thought of including Urhobo in their struggle untill they realized they would need their "brothers" to win the struggle. They will only use and dump you.

Listen to me my brother, when it comes to political matters, an Ibo man refers to another iboman from Delta as a fake Iboman, how much an Urhoboman?

If you are truly an Urhoboman, I wouldn't doubt your abilities when it comes to accommodating strangers politically or otherwise, but you should know that the Ibos are very different.


You may not be happy with Nigeria, but joining the Ibos to agitate for Biafra would b a great disservice to yourself and to your unborn kids.

jonaji:
Why are Nigerians always against the age of their footballers ? Where you there when he was given birth to

Cos they are killing the Super Eagles with their lies!

sweatlana:
The truth of the matter is that both ibori and alamieyeseigha are victims of the struggle for resource control! Not that they did anything that other governors did not do but their speaking up for the rights of their people destroyed them....

That is why they are popular and much loved till this day by the Niger Delta.

For those of you from the south south supporting apc I pray that God will open yours eyes to see that the conspiracy is real. All these people want is our oil. They don't care about our people once the oil drys up they will push us out of this so called one Nigeria.

Ask your selves this: why are all the idol billionaire in the north not being hunted like our people in the south south? Because any of us with a financial muscle is a threat to their agenda! Open your eyes
SOUTH SOUTH ARISE!!!

You are right, Ibori struggled for resource control by "controlling" billions of the state's common wealth into foreign banks, most of which will never return to the Nigerian economy. What a legendary way to seek resource control!

How can you demand for justice with stained hands?

Sylverkenz:
Pls can anyone help me with d infinix hot note pro 0925 stock recovery?

Go to dot com and request for it. Or just Google it.

kudos4u:
Pls is there anyone that want to sell Tecno R7 screen here, should Whatsapp me on 08027297903

You mean both LCD and touch or just the touch?

U could get it anywhere na, abi u wan buy second hand?

Legacy214:
Pls my tecno fone keeps switching the data and wifi on..... What will i do? Am new here pls

Restore the phone to factory settings!

jksxxxx:
meaning u didnt flash it well ,,whatsapp me

No amount of flashing will solve that problem. It's 100% hardware fault Bro.

Sometimes changing charging port could help.

OP, please finish the tutorial. I am following!


Shuooo I type in place of OP and nairaland removed the name. Why an?

Nice1!

Is it exclusively for Infinix or does it work for other mtk android devices?

NB: The volume is too low!

chocolateme:
Hmm.. When people won't stop eating everything they see or kill. Agama lizard, pythons of different sizes and species, alligator, crocodile and even monkeys.
God please don't allow this rapid killer disease to visit this country again, Amen

I bet you've never tasted banga soup made with smoked monkey, if not u for nor include monkey.

I made the mistake last time, if ebola outbreak ever occurs in Nigeria again ( I really don't wish that though) I will turn a full-blown "monkeyterian".

Download calls blacklist and these messages and calls will be history!

Bobbystanley:
Saraki Is guilty.

BTW which Nigerian politician Is not guilty of the same crime Saraki was accused of?

He Is just being a scape goat.
I'm not an APC supporter for your information.

At some points in our pursuit of a better Nigeria, there have to be scapegoats.

And If the sanate president is guilty, he will make a good scapegoat. It will serve as a good warning/deterrent to all goats (polithiefcians).

#letdcourtdecide

Mcslize:
All right thanks. But what of the address on the voter's card? I no longer stay in my former location when I registered for the voter's card back in 2011. So the address on my voter's card is different from my present location address.

Saw some posts saying that the address on the card must correspond with the address used to open payoneer account. How true is that?

I used a different address. It didn't give me any problem!

Mcslize:
Hello ladywriter , what is required to register for the payoneer card?

Saw a place where it was mentioned that one is required to scan a national ID card or international passport, or either of Utility Bill bearing one's name or a driving licence. But I have non of that. Can I use my National Voter's card in place of that National ID card?

Yes, use the V/N on your voter's card!

ddippset:
People think port Harcourt represents the entire rivers. Wike can win porthacourt and Obio akpor. These are the major plaes where you hear every tout shouting wike will win 100 times live. All other local governments could easily fall to apc.

You think so? I was at Akuku-toru LGA on the election day. Even Amechi came a day to d election but thugs didn't allow him enter the community. I heared not less than 25 gunshots on the night before d election with imported thugs shouting " if e nor be wike stay your house oooo". Thuggery is almost every where in Rivers state. You dear not come to vote APC, except die dey hungry you. Many of the votes you see allocated to apc where gifted or "dashed" votes. Make e for nor be say na only PDP waka come vote!

And the army, NPF and the navy were all accomplices to the crime!

kingsilly:
Oh foolish me, few dollars my foot..
Mshewww
Read post on Lindaikeji and thinks iCloud can be opened just by snapping your finger.

Hear kingsilly talk... Mtchwwww!!!

Sillyking/kingsilly I said few dollars not nairas.

Have you ever unlocked an icloud before? It may seem expensive when you give it to a phone technician.

I can't go to lindaikeji. Maybe you should educate me on how to unlock icloud here, I am not a fan of gossips!

abduldope:
lol oga kindly do ur research abt dt icloud acccnt bcs evn here on NL we hv tech expert who unlocks them...

Don't mind that guy, everyone who uses the internet can unlock icloud. It costs just a few dollars.

OP, nice writeup!

You should have included "on a platter of gold" instead of "on a silver platter" and "knowing FULLY well" instead of "knowing full well".

ignis:
The only certificate I laminated is my NYSC Certificate, and that's because I saw others doing it at the POP ground.

Me too!

My Dad need to read this thread ooo, the man too like to laminate. I fear when he go laminate "affidavit of good conduct" wey I wan carry go do clearance for school.

efembaba:
Tnks for d tips but pls do u know how one can disable notifications from group chats for a period of time? I don't mean mute o as dis will still bring d notifications only d noise will go but I really wanna disable notifications from a group for sometime because even though I love d group because of d info I get I often get sick with d disturbance even after muting

Read the numbed 1 carefully!

A very poor advertisement from Konga!

OP, You made me waste my time reading your story and halfway you turned it into a "self-fullfil" advert. If you feel that's a good way to advertise, well continue!!!

iMerchant:
It's called SMEMarketHub.

You have to have a business account or current account with GTBank before you can use the platform.

They give you a storefront with a payment gateway.

Regards

Thanks for the quick response. I will check it out.

HeelsEmpire:
Now, for any budding e-commerce founder/owner, you all have probably read it all from the OP and other great contributors. This is no cake-walk!

NO! you won't get as BIG as the big J and K in one year. The earlier you wake up to that reality, the further we can get on with this contribution. Please do not open an online store just because everyone is doing it, or you think it's a cool idea or perhaps you think you'll be making lots of money.

Starting out an ecommerce requires lots of discipline, a douse of hard work and smart work. Lots of failures along the way too, but eventually after graduating from Persistence class and going through all that trouble to get your brand known, the rest becomes easy from there on out.

There are actually rules to owning/running an ecommerce site, in my humble opinion, these are some of the things we've learned over here at Heels Empire ;

1. Be honest with your customers from the jump. You would be offline before you even get started if you start off being dishonest to even a single customer. Bad news does travel really fast! In Nigeria, people refer other people whenever their needs have been properly met by a particular company or brand. Cultivate this goodwill.

Just like the OP mentioned, if that shoe you're about selling is made in China, but has a 60‰ quality rating, please let the customer know upfront. This saves you lots of headache.

2. Go crazy on your customer care/support. So you got a buyer to trust you enough to buy off you, but most businesses never check back with the customer to be sure they're enjoying their purchase. And those that do only do so only after a sale has been made. However, you should learn to check with the customer 2 months down the road. This also helps you as an e-commerce owner reaffirm the fact that your supplier(s) sells quality products, hence giving you a morale boost when trying to convince a customer to buy off you.

3. Relax on the paid advertisement. I know some seasoned vets here would choose to differ on this one, but we've learnt the hard way! Don't get me wrong though, I'm not telling you not to spend money advertising, all I'm saying is.. Don't start out throwing money you can't afford to loose on advertising. Paid advertising is a science that requires lots of metrics. Until you know where your potential customers hangout, please apply caution when paying to get traffic.

Websites like Nairaland and Facebook Ads offer the best cheapest ways to validate your paid ad campaigns and peoples perception about your product or brand. This point requires a long post all by itself!

4. Come correct with that website . Lol! Someone is probably wondering "what the heck is she talking about?!?". Here is what I mean.. Nigerians are getting into the e-commerce and online shopping frenzy. So budding e-commerce owners just want to jump online and make bank, hence they do so with a terribly built website. The truth is, the way your website looks does say a lot about those at the helm of affairs to customers. A shabby looking website isn't a good way to win customers trust.

If you can't afford a good web developer to give you that great-looking online presence, I'd advise you start out with platforms like Kaymu, Konga and Jumia. Heck, Gtbank also offers similar platforms for people to own their own stores without the web designers wahala. So make good use of those platforms!

I can go on and on about the things I've learned over here, but then again boring you all with these epistles surely isn't my intent. Lol!

Nice thread by the way, OP!

I have to run before my "Oga at the top" fires me for not getting stuff done.

The Gtb platform, how does it work? Please throw more light on this!

M3 C0

This match don sweet me for belle to much!

Goallllllll


M2 C0

The last nail!

Mahn down!!!

Terry don tireeee!!!

Goalllll

Chai, see dribble!

This reminds me of George Orwell's "Animal Farm"!

I really don't know why their pix seem so funny to me, but I know someone is definitely lying here!

There is one cooking mistake I can't forget in a hurry. It was the very first egusi soup I made in the Uni, I just don't want anyone to know that I don't know how to cook, so I did it my way. Guess what?

I added curry and thyme generously to my egusi soup Mehn the aroma na die but I nor send, I eat am still. My roommates nor bother near the food. They were even advicing me to throw it away cos the aroma/smell was something else.


For night, na so my belle come dey rise like balloon... Well, the next morning, no one told me to throw it away before I did.
I called my mum to ask her why she added curry and thyme to ma foodstuff.

After sometime, I attempted to cook again, this time I chose vegetable (ugwu and waterleaf) soup. When a roommate said he was hungry I asked him to take soup from the pot. The guy opened the pot and was like "O boy this thing na soup abi na herbal medicine?" He covered the pot and said "a beg my guy nor vex, na joke I dey joke...I nor dey hungry" .

Those were the good old days, even babes now dey envy my cooking skills

funlord:

That ebeles _stupidity was just legendary! It must have been factory fitted! E be like say those his cowboy x fedora hats used 2 cut off the oxygen supply 2 his brain! Good riddance 2 otueke rubbish!

...U b real funlord!!!