₦airaland Forum

igbo boy:
IT Wouldn't be fair to say that the stance of the citizens of EDO is representative of that of the Nation,

I guess Edos are Yorubas then, init?

Drop it already, like the rest of your lineage, you are a fool.

alj harem:
^^^^

kobo, sometimes you can be annoying

sometimes you can be fun,.,. now i love the new kobo

I agree the new Kobo is better, maybe thats because she has agreed to be my new Sugar mummy

SEFAGO:
Emigrate is the right word. But migrate could be used in both context. I was saving myself some explanation. I can migrate[b] from[/b] and to another country. But when you start putting prefixes then things get a bit tricky.


I hope you have a notebook with you. Jot down what I just taught you. I might decide to test it on you later

So is kobojunkie your new crush now? Aww thats cute. You love them old don't you?

Dont worry me too- looking for my own suga mummy. I heard Tpia is taken and you just took Kobo you bloody b/ast/ard. Do you know any mamas which are currently on the market?

I was actually just messing with you, but it seems like you, just like Madam Tope, are having your PMS, and you seem to be having some neurological deficits as a result.

Using migrate in that context is tantamount to repeating yourself unnecessarily, making no sense in the process. 

The OP said, "Nigeria-a Disaster Waiting To Happen-immigrate Now And Don't Endanger Your Generation." In essence, he was saying that the whole of Nigeria, not a section of Nigeria, is dangerous to live in. And, since the whole of Nigeria is in trouble, he is advising every listening ear to "EMIGRATE" from Nigeria, not MIGRATE from one part of Nigeria to another. I agree that migrate could work, but for greater and clearer understanding,  EMIGRATE would have been a the better word to use.

Did I make myself clear?

SEFAGO:
I think the right word is to migrate

I think the right word is emigrate, Mr. Mensa!

oyo

ShangoThor:
Alj Harem, seriously, you seem to be a decent guy, but you represent the problem of decadence that has affected Nigeria as it is now.

You come into threads like this and try to promote disunity.

I have never seen you challenging things that are wrong in Northern Nigeria, I mean what do you really represent. Do you believe in educating the masses of your people, would you challenge Boko Harem activists or Islamic extremists when it comes to protecting innocent southerners, or do you just tow the line and accept them as collateral damage? Are you pro zoning or do you believe the best man should get the job? Do you believe that Northerners were born to rule Nigeria? Do you believe that Southern Muslims are inferior to Northern ones especially when considering that its an alien culture/religion to Africa? Would you challenge Northern leaders that refuse to educate the masses and only perpetuate the same old system that has reduced your under privileged people to poverty? Do you think that the the life of a cow is more important than the life of a human?  Do you believe that one can justify butchering babies in the middle of the night because you have a grievance? Does your religion come before your Nation State or Country?

We are diametrically opposed, the difference is I know that the views and ethnic insults on this board are not representative of what Human Evolution. You might fool my eastern neighbours but you do not fool me. Divide and conquer is your game and the only reason why it remains is because  Southerners do not have the intelligence to act collaboratively in favour of what is in their common interest.

Most of our Northern Muslims would not even get into Dubai because they are so bloody backward! Damn your divide and conquer.
Northerners have no vision, it's time to step aside. The unifying thread amongst Southerners is "SELF IMPROVEMENT".

And you typed this epistle just for one person?

Let him be and face your own problem.  Mumu.

One south ko, diametrically opposed.

You keep repeating the same thing you found on some Hilary Clinton poster like that makes you sound intelligent.

With all your stupid intelligence, Alhaji Harem still has more common sense than you.

Me_Aboki:
LOL, vampires indeed.
Honestly I tried but couldn't find them, though I am told they have been kidnapped (an increasingly favorite pastime in the south ) and subsequently killed for rituals and their flesh eaten for nourishment (another favoured pastime of your ppl ) - and you still had the audacity to talk of vampires and inhuman qualities.
Just STHFU, silly CANNIBAL

Hey, you are doing a great job
Keep it up. I sincerely mean it

It is always refreshing to see one of you guys dish it out to the Ebos. They are annoying as well.

The North is not as stupid as their leaders have made them believe

PS: Stay calm and counter any stupid move they might want to make

alj harem:
good one brother, good one

WHy?


I am Ebo too!

Remember, Alhaji Chukwuemeka, thats my name

Kobojunkie:
^^^ I see ordinary READING is still a problem !! ROFLMAO!!

ani ki ni "Tala n to lo", you answer for "Tolo n tala " right after showing us how ill-mannered an upbringing you had by insulting your own mama and papa, and you are somehow convinced you have

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ROFLMAO[/size]



Madam Kobo, I have reported you again for insulting his parents.

PhysicsMHD:
3. The North had 1 college educated individual by 1956?! I know they had few, but provide a source for a claim of only one.

I can't really get hold of the article right now,but this should shed a lil more light.

PERMIT me to start this very important topic with an instructive quotation from a document, entitled: Ibo National Caucus-protocol and marked “secret and confidential” by Igbo leaders during the turbulent political situation arising from the Action Group (AG) crisis in the Western Region in the early 60s. The document stated inter alia:

“Play up Awolowo at all times, this will keep up the resistance of the Action Group members and stop them from uniting with the NNDP to form a solid Yoruba front. This is vital and there is no longer a headache or danger to us. Intensify all propaganda against Akintola. Don’t hold that he is sufficiently discredited already; he is still dangerous. We must always keep the quarrel between himself and the Action Group alive. This will ensure the disunity amongst the Yoruba leaders. Seek all means to discredit Fani-Kayode. He is the real and only barrier to OUR ULTIMATE DOMINATION OF THE WEST AND OUR ULTIMATE CONTROL OF THE FEDERATION.”

For the Yoruba, one of the major ethnic nationalities that make up the conglomeration called Nigeria, things have not been what they suppose to be for them in most cases in the polity, especially since independence. Things were even not as bad as they are now for the Yoruba ethnic group when the late Hubert Ogunde alerted the Yoruba to their shameful and avoidable descent into a pitiable situation in his popular song, “Yoruba ronu,” released in the early 60s. It was an advice for members of the Yoruba nation then to think deeply about the ignominy which had become their lot in the scheme of things within the political contraption called Nigeria.

According to the late renowned artiste, as a result of the careless (if not senseless) attitude of some Yoruba quislings then, the Yoruba nation was turned to a football for other competing ethnic groups in the polity to kick about in all directions of the nation’s murky political playing field. The pathetic current situation of the Yoruba in the scheme of things since independence becomes obvious when juxtaposed with their divine placement for excellence and leadership role in modernisation process.

For many decades, the Yoruba people were far ahead of their compatriots in other ethnic groups in the country in terms of Western education, both in quality and quantity, and consequently access to modern civilisation. For instance, the first university graduate among the Igbo nation, Nnamdi Azikiwe, did not emerge until 1934 and the first Igbo medical doctor, Francis Akanu Ibiam, was not produced until 1935. Also, the first university graduate in the whole of the defunct Northern Region, Dikko, did not emerge until 1952.

But, in sharp contrast, the Yoruba nation had started producing university graduates, medical doctors, bishops and engineers since 1876. They included Dr Nathaniel Thomas King; Isaac Oluwole; Alexander Akinyele; Charles Phillips; James Johnson; Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1864) etc.

Implicit in the above is the hard fact that the Yoruba ethnic group was far ahead of other ethnic groups in the country in modern civilisation. Others looked up to them mainly for direction to modern civilisation. This explains why Yorubaland became the beehives of activities that tended to showcase modern civilisation.

The sophistication of the Yoruba could partly explain the exclusive great landmarks under the premiership of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. First class civil servants in the Western Region then made the Western Region civil service to be the best in the whole of Africa. The well planned and dexterously executed free primary education of the time remains a unique reference point throughout the country today.

The programme was so credible that even the premier himself and his top government functionaries could not hesitate to register their children in such public schools, unlike today that having one’s child in public primary school signifies the acme of penury. With various landmarks under Chief Awolowo, Western Region became the cynosure of all eyes, not only in Nigeria, but in the whole of Africa. Then, any Yoruba man or woman could boldly and proudly sing a song waxed by one of them to portray the cheering situation in the West. The song says: “Oh my dear lover, Western Region lawa, a jurawa.”

But things have turned upside down for the once vibrant people. Why? This is the main question. Why the descent into social and political backwardness? Agreed, Obasanjo is considered to be a Yoruba man and was at the helms of the nation’s affairs for good eight years apart from the three and a half years he spent as military head of state. But, this is subject to a debate. Obasanjo himself knows that his political factor is a minus rather than plus for the Yoruba nation.

What has made the Yoruba nation so susceptible to bastardisation and relegation by other ethnic nationalities in the country? Why was it possible for the satanically goggled General to attempt the total decimation of the race with such an unreserved impunity? Why were the Yoruba people the main targets for slaughter by the rampaging Fulani in the recent Jos serial unrest? We shall start from here next week by the grace of God

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/the-hard-fact/6184-why-yoruba-must-ronu-1

Between years 1952 and 1956, there is no historical evidence, implied or recorded, to suggest that the North produced any additional college educated individual. From what I have read over the years, the second college educated graduate was produced post 1956 or just around 1956. This is not in anyway an attempt to chest beat, I am just making this point to counter your argument that Awo believed in Yoruba supremacy. He never did. He was merely stating facts and drawing conclusions from available evidence.

^^^^

Look you, Justice Salami himself lives in my basement

So I beat you!


Just saying!

PhysicsMHD:
1. I believe the first motion for independence was by Enahoro in 1953, apparently. And Enahoro is not Yoruba.

Again, there is a difference between moving a motion for self rule Vs. moving a motion for independence. I understand how both can be misconstrued, but here is an article for you to ruminate on:

There has been so much confusion, misunderstanding and misinformation about who actually moved the motion for Nigeria's independence. Given the fact that Nigeria will be 50 years old on October 1st and it marks our jubilee year as an independent nation I believe that it is time to to set the record straight and bring this matter to closure. And in order to do so successfully we must be guided by facts and historical records and not by sentiment or political considerations. The moment we allow our recollection or knowledge of history to be guided or beclouded by such perennial considerations we are finished as a people. The truth is that almost 90 per cent of Nigerians have been brought up to believe that the motion for Nigeria's independence was successfully moved by Chief Anthony Enahoro, a man that is undoubtedly one of our most revered nationalists and founding fathers. Though nothing can be taken away from Chief Enahoro in terms of his monumental contributions in our quest for independence (I would argue that he kicked off the process for that struggle with his gallant efforts in 1953)[b] the fact remains that he was not the man that successfully moved the motion for Nigeria's independence. Another group of Nigerians believe that Chief S.L. Akintola, another great nationalist and elder statesman and the former Premier of the old Western Region, was responsible for the successful movement of the motion for Nigeria's independence. Again though there is no doubt that Chief Akintola played a major and critical role in the whole process, he was not the one that successfully moved the motion for Nigeria's independence. There is yet another school of thought that says that it was Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the much loved former Prime Minister of blessed memory that was the first to successfully move the motion for Nigeria's independence. Again this is not historically accurate. [/b]Sir Tafawa Balewa's 1959 motion was not the first successful motion for our independence and neither was it in actual fact a motion for independence at all. It was rather a motion to amend an already existing motion which had already been successfully moved and passed by Parliament and which had been accepted and acquiesced to by the British in 1958. That successful 1958 motion was moved by none other than my late father of blessed memory, Chief Remilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode Q.C., S.A.N, C.O.N, the former Deputy Premier of Nigeria's Western Region. Not only did he play a major role in the movement of the motion for Nigeria's independence but, as a matter of fact, his was the first successful motion for independence in Parliament that was accepted by the British and it was actually the one that got us our independence. His motion, which was moved in Parliament on the platform of the Action Group in July 1958, was actually the landmark and most significant motion of all when it comes to the issue of our independence. Let us look at the history, the records and the facts.
[b]You will recall that Chief Anthony Enahoro moved a motion for ''self rule'' in the Federal House in 1953 which proposed that we should have our independence in 1956. Unfortunately it was rejected by Parliament and it therefore failed. It also resulted in a walk out by the northern NPC parliamentarians who were of the view that Nigeria was not yet ready for independence. [/b]The tensions and acrimony that came from all this and the terrible treatment that was meted out to the northern parliamentarians and leaders that were in the south as a result of the fact that they would not support Enahoro's motion resulted in the infamous Kano riots of 1953. In 1957 Chief S.L. Akintola moved a second motion for independence in Parliament and asked for us to gain our independence from the British in 1959. This motion was passed by the Federal House but the British authorities refused to acquiesce to it and consequently it failed. In 1958 my father moved the third motion for Nigeria's independence in the Federal Parliament and he asked that Nigeria should be given her independence on April 2nd 1960. The motion was not only passed by Parliament but it was also acquiesced to by the British and was therefore successful. That was indeed a great day and a great achievement for Nigeria. However in 1959, at the instance of the British Colonial authorities who said that they needed a few more months to put everything in place before leaving our shores, Sir Tafawa Balewa moved a motion for a slight amendment to be made to the original 1958 motion that had been passed and approved to the effect that the date of independence should be shifted from April 2nd to Oct. 1st instead. Sir Tafawa Balewa's motion for amendment was seconded by Chief Raymond Njoku, the Minister of Transport, and it was acquiesced to by the British. That is how we arrived at the date October 1st 1960 for our independence. The details of all this can be found in Hansard (which are the official record of proceedings of Parliament) and they can also be found in what in my view is one of the most detailed, authoritative and well-researched history books that has ever been written when it comes to the politics of the 50's in Nigeria titled "Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation" by the respected American historian, Professor Richard L. Sklar.
On page 269 of his book Sklar wrote the following "in July 1958, barrister Fani-Kayode had the distinction of moving the resolution for independence on April 2nd 1960, which was supported by all the parties in the Federal House of Representatives". Another excellent book that covers this topic and era very well is titled "Glimpses into Nigeria's History" and was written by Professor Sanya Onabamiro, a highly distinguished elder statesman and nationalist in his own right who was also one of the main political players at the time.
At pg.140 of his book and in reference to Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Premier of the Northern Region, Onabamiro wrote: "he was the bridge between the north and the south, between the old and the new, between the fast and the slow. Without such a bridge to swing the votes of the Northern members of the House of Representatives in support of the southern members, there was little hope that the crucial motion on “independence on April 2nd 1960" moved by an Action Group member of the House of Representatives in July 1958, would receive the unanimous endorsement of all the parties in the House as it did". Professor Onabamiro was writing about the Fani-Kayode motion of July 1958 and the "Action Group member" that he was referring to was my father. This is contrary to the assumption of some, including my dear and late egbon Chief Ladi Akintola (the distinguished son of the late Chief S.L. Akintola) who, in an article titled, "Between Akintola and Enahoro" which was written in 2001, wrote that when Onabamiro wrote this he was writing in reference to the motion that his father had previously moved on the same issue in 1957. Ladi Akintola was wrong. The 1957 motion which Akintola moved had asked for our independence in 1959 and though it was indeed passed by the Federal House it was not accepted or acquiesced to by the British. Consequently, just like the Enahoro motion of 1953, it failed and this is why we did not get our independence in 1959.
From the foregoing you can see that the successful movement of the motion for our independence in Parliament was as a result of the collective efforts of a number of prominent and notable people from different parts of the country and from different political parties that worked closely together on this issue over a period of time in the Federal House and that my father was one of those people. As a matter of fact he played a key and critical role in the proceedings.[size=15pt] His 1958 motion for independence was highly significant because it was the only successful one and it was the one that actually got us independence in 1960. [/size]As I said earlier Tafawa Balewa's motion was not a motion for independence but rather a motion to slightly amend the original one that had already been approved by the House and acquiesed to by the British. The simple answer to the question as to who moved the motion to Nigeria's independence, in my view, is that Chiefs Anthony Enahoro, Samuel Ladoke Akintola, Remi Fani-Kayode, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Raymond Njoku, together with their respective political parties (Action Group, NPC and NCNC) all played major and key roles in this exercise and the credit for the successful passing of that motion should go not just to all those who, at different times, moved or attempted to the move the various motions but also to every single member of Parliament that sat on the relevant days and that voted for the various motions to be passed.

http://www.femifanikayode.org/published-articles.html

PhysicsMHD:
What did Bola Ige say about Northerners?

Chief Bola Ige’s decision to write a weekly column in the Sunday Tribune seems to have been a strategic decision. It placed him in a good position to propagate hatred against his target group, the Fulani, in particular, and northerners in general. He has used every opportunity, I repeat EVERY OPPORTUNITY,to liken the Fulani to the Tutsis of Rwanda and sometimes of Burundi also. As the “Tutsis of Nigeria,” he provocatively proclaimed that the Fulani of Nigeria are likely to end up sharing the same bloody fate with the Tutsis of Rwanda!

         

          In an article in his column, on page 2 of Sunday Tribune of September 4, 1996, entitled “Up Nigeria!!!” on the victory of the Golden Eaglets against the Brazilians in the semi-finals of the football event of the Atlanta Olympics, Chief Bola Ige said:



“…if the team had been made up from “ Federal character” and “quota” we probably would not have had Kanu together with Oliseh and Amunike and Amokachi. There probably would not be a goalkeeper called Dosu. Some Nigerian Tutsis would probably have packed the team with their kinsmen.”



The intensity of his campaign of hatred against the Fulani was such that he derided even the dresses worn by Nigerian athletes. According to him:



“First who asked our athletes to wear those almajiri dresses ;Din Atlanta at the opening ceremonies? I felt insulted that Mary Onyali and others should be asked to wear a dress which is like those herdsmen and beggars wear in Northern Nigeria. There was hardly any difference between the contingent from Niger Republic and our own. Even the athletes from Benin Republic and Togoland showed off better than we. Or is this part of the native colonisation of Nigeria?”



          Chief Bola Ige, in fact, endorsed the genocide inflicted on the Tutsis by the Hutu extremists. He protested against the detention and pending trial of the Hutu extremists arrested for genocide. In an article titled, “River of Human Beings.” published in his column, on page 2 of the Sunday Tribune of December 1, 1996, Chief Bola Ige said that the crimes of the genocidaires pale into insignificance compared with their detention. The Tutsis, like the Fulani, were also transformed into “native colonialist” for keeping “60,000, yes SIXTY THOUSAND, Rwandans holed up in a couple of crowded and smelly prisons on charges of murder and genocide. In a country where there are probably a score or a few lawyers to prosecute…”



          Justifying the genocide, he wrote, “Buyoya of Burundi, Kigame of Rwanda and other Tutsis in uniform are doing what their brothers in other parts of Africa are doing. They, a minority, want to dominate the majority. They forget, because of temporary power, that sooner or later, an oppressed people throw off yoke. Tutsis and their brothers in other parts of Africa seem incapable of learning the wisdom which white Afrikaners learnt very well in the last ten years; that if a minority does not quickly reach an accommodation with the majority the days of the minority will not only be numbered, they may soon become nights and that quickly.”

         

          The fact that the Tutsis were not in power when 800,000 of them were massacred in April, 1994 and, therefore, did not constitute a ruling minority in any sense of the term, was disregarded by this Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in his determination to prepare the minds of Nigerians for a repeat of the Rwandan tragedy in Nigeria.



Like in Rwanda, where Tutsi were identified as the target group and blamed for all the ills of the society, Chief Bola Ige insistently identified the Fulani as evil oppressors and parasites and, therefore, as the target group for genocide in Nigeria. Writing in his regular column on page 2 of Sunday Tribune of 16 February, 1997, on the composition of the membership of the Vision 2010 Committee Chief Bola Ige again repeated his characterisation of the Fulani as the  “Tutsis of Nigeria” and blamed all the ills of the country on them. Chief Bola Ige wrote:



“Since 1960, has our bane not been that the “Tutsis” of Nigeria (who are minority of minorities - in population, in education, in management skills, in the economy) have held Nigeria at the jugular, scheming political manoeuvres that make them hold on to power at all costs and in all circumstances? The result, of course, is that all “non Tutsis” of Nigeria are not ready to trust their future to such minority who have never exhibited true Nigeria nationalism…The young people do not trust the authorities, and the way they see Nigeria is vastly different from how the “Tutsis” of Nigeria want Nigeria to be”



          Yet in another piece captioned “Whose National Question” which appeared on page 2 of Sunday Tribune of 7 September, 1998, where he discussed the Scottish referendum on autonomy, Chief Bola Ige raised his incitement against the Fulani to a higher level. According to him:



‘when the brothers and children of those who wanted confederation of Nigeria in 1953, now pose as the arch-gospellers of Nigeria’s “indivisible” unity…They do so because they think they are the Tutsis of Nigeria, and imagine that all Nigerians must be ruled by them till Kingdom come. All sensible and rational people all over the world acknowledge that there are certain axioms about how people should live. If a country is multi-lingual, multi-ethnic and multi-religious, its constitution MUST be federal…At the risk of being misunderstood, it seems to me that the reason the Tutsis of Nigeria cannot understand these simple axioms is that first, they are an immigrants uprooted group scattered all over Nigeria without any defined geographical boundaries; secondly their culture has been lost to a “religious” culture so-called which unfortunately does not enable them to appreciate the culture of other people, not even the Habe–Hausa culture, thirdly they are insignificant in numbers they have to attach themselves to others and appear as part and parcel of those they parasite on; and finally, they have had the fortune of military rule in Nigeria for almost thirty years and have succeeded in manipulating the military for their own purposes”



          There is certainly no difference between Bola Ige’s characterisation of the Fulani in the quotation above and the definition of the Tutsis by the genocidal regime in Rwanda. Even Hitler could not do better. For Hitler, the Jews were vermin, dirty, blood-sucking, insects to be exterminated. Calling humans insects, or parasites helps to prepare the minds of those who are being mobilised to carry out genocide, to do so without any iota of guilt.  After all, are bugs not supposed to be destroyed? Target groups are denied their humanity in order to make it easier to brutally and cold-bloodedly exterminate them.

http://www.dawodu.com/siddiq1.htm

It is the same Cicero who turned an ordinary TV interview about Nigeria progress, with the then screen TV in late 2001, into ethnic bashing, saying; "Nigeria would have reached the promised land if not for the BACKWARD north. 

Physics: “In embracing western culture, the Yoruba take the lead, and have benefited immensely as a result. The Efiks, the Ijaws, the Ibibios and Ibos come next. The last four named are particularly ambitious, and are doing all they can to overtake the Yorubas. The Hausas and Fulanis on the other hand are extremely conservative, and take reluctantly to Western civilization….and if the race is to be swift, in spite of their lower cultural background, the Ibos or the Ibibios would certainly qualify for self-government, long before the Hausas” (Awolowo, O. Path to Nigerian Freedom London 1947 p. 49)

I have not read path to Nigerian Freedom. I only read "Awo On The Nigerian Civil War" and that was ages ago. I think Awo was being misunderstood a lil bit. In the above quote, he was only stating the obvious with regards to the different ethnic groups and their attitude towards western culture and education. If you remember, The first motion for independence was moved by the Yorubas in 1956, and at that time, it wasn't granted because the Hausas, and to some extent the Ibos weren't ready. And, their non-readiness was a reflection, to some extent, of their educational sophistication and exposure. It would be recalled that as at 1956, the North only had 1 college educated individual and the Ibos didnt have as much educated people as Yorubas. As a matter of fact, in NCNC then, the major intellectual thrust of the party was the Yorubas within the party structure, with the exception of few Igbos like Philip Emordi, the Yorubas ruled around independence. Awos quote above was based on the fact on ground, and any mis-interpretation of that quote to mean Yoruba supremacy is definitely not true and reeks of mischief from  people eager to give Awolowo a bad rep.

^^^^

Who is she?

^^^

DOnt change the egbe Omo oduduwa page on wiki ok?

Dont put your name there ok


Check, I took off your name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbe_Omo_Oduduwa

Abagworo:
The truth is that the first Igbo bible was done in Isuama dialect in Sierra leone.The descendants of those Isuama people are still there.

There is no need to twist issues here in order to turn against Igbos.That is absurd and Mukina or whatever you call yourself should not try to re-write a documented history because it is too late.

Dates?

^^^

But Nigeria is doing better than Somalia


Why change a winning team?

Becomrichn:
I am not saying I am, anyone can go to the international court and all PDP members and even Obasanjo and Jonathan children and wife all of them would not be able to travel.

BTW, I have taken your name off the Egbe Omo oduduwa page for the second time


Dont go and change it ok?
If you tamper with it again, I will report you to Interpol and Jeff Bezos

^^^^

So whats the name of his Malaysian brother?

Becomrichn:
the unity of nigeria to the cost of human life. the truth , the PDP does not know nigerian abroad can drag them to the international court and have all of thier family ban from travelling from Nigeria.

Engr. Adesegun Musiwa, na you biko

How are you going to do that?

PhysicsMHD:
1. Awolowo pretty much called the Northerners backward relative to the Yorubas. I'm not going to get into a discussion about the merit of that statement, but it seems like a pretty straightforward declaration of superiority, within the context it was made.
2. Awolowo's ethnic agenda contributed largely to the AG losing the Midwest, in my opinion.
3. It's true to some extent that to be a great Nigerian on the national level, one should first deliver on the local level. I can certainly agree with that. While I could easily imagine a politician who could deliver on the national level without having previously done anything for his ethnic group, in real life, if one does not even show concern, affection, or have developmental goals for one's ethnic group, it's unlikely that one would suddenly and spontaneously show such traits towards all the different African groups in the country upon being elected.

Can you provide a link or a quote because I really doubt that. It was Bola Ige to my knowledge who said something to that effect. In fact, I watched him on TV made those careless utterances. But Awo, never seen a link or quote from him directly. I'd appreciate it if you could provide evidence.

Did you watch the documentary dumb dumb?

excanny:
An Odua republic would have been doom's land. With all the political killing and rascality prevalent in SW politics.

Obusanjo was right on this one.

And what would have made it different from a Republic of Biafra?

^^^^

You are becoming annoying and repetitive

She doesnt want you to claim her, go look for other people to claim,like the Jews, the Somalis, claim anyone but her and her people. Why is that difficult for you to understand?

Are you Ibo?

Obiagu1:
Corpers serve outside their zones, psycho.
I'll take care of you when you finally decide to seek attention in a psychiatric hospital.

You are a confused person
Did your mother give you to a different man or something?


Why are you obsessed with Yorubas like a dumb phuccing gay. . . Are you Ibo?

^^^

I really reject the assertion the Awolowo had an ethnic agenda. I have studied him and cant find any instance where he espoused the supremacy of the Yorubas over others. He always wanted one Nigeria

In fairness, he once said that he could not be a great Nigerian without first of all be known as a great Yoruba man" which I interpret as, for him to aspire to the presidency of Nigeria, he has to be able to point to something tangible that he has done for his people. And, the notion that he was Yoruba first and everyone else second is very ridiculous and baseless. As the premier of the West, whose welfare  and concerns was he supposed to pander to?

.   .   . Awo, of course, wanted Yorubaland to be strong and prosperous, but not for any selfish end. The prosperity and well-being of the Yoruba nation was to be a benchmark for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As Awo used to say, he could not be a good Nigerian, if he was not a good Yorubaman! One can recall Awo's rebuke of my friend, brother and colleague, [size=15pt]Chief Bisi Onabanjo, when in 1983, following the NPN rigging of elections, he called for a confederation. He gave him political spanking and that publicity .[/size] I am aware of course, that not only has Awo been vilified by Zik and other unitarists as a tribalist and apostle of balkanisation of Nigeria, quite a few Yoruba concerned nationalists have also queried why Awo did not lead Yorubaland out of Nigeria during the Civil War. Chief Emeka Ojukwu's grouse, and that of some of his misguided cronies, was that they were encouraged in their secessionist bid by the motion which was passed by Yoruba leaders in the Western Hall, Ibadan, about April 1967.

http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/oarticles/obafemi_awolowo.htm

marvix:
@kobo, there may b a speck in my eye but I sure can c d log in your eye!

Could that be due to the fact that she is getting old and losing touch?