₦airaland Forum

jieta:
must Africans bring their stupidity to the fulcrum of the whole word. if a President dress like this for the whole world to see i wonder what the citizens wore on a daily basis.

You are geographically illiterate.

Mermaida:
Pls where is ALABAMA

One of the 50 States of USA, next door to Atlanta (Georgia) and Florida.

Half truths and half lies about USA.

A lot of Detroit, parts of Ohio (e.g. Youngstown), most of Alabama, Mississippi and West Virginia are in shambles.

Lol. This is a motel in Sheffield, Alabama

Nice. Nigerians are really going places

affable4:
Sometimes we make comments out of hatred and end up betraying our ignorance and foolishness.
For the simple reason that Ojukwu was granted a presidential pardon, he deserves the state burial and more. He didn't die as an enemy of the state. So, why the confusion, pain and hatred?
We all come here to say things we have little idea of when we can actually broaden our view by just reading.
I challenge anybody to a debate on all this noise about biafran war and what not.
Are you aware that Nzeogwu died at the initial stage of the war? His corpse was found by the Nigerian military and given a full military burial? Why not Ojukwu? Why so much hatred for a man that stood for one Nigeria until the killings became unbearable?
Are you aware that Ojukwu ordered Igbos back to the north where killings was resumed before the declaration of Biafra?
Where you aware that during the coup in Kaduna, Ojukwu was in charge of amoury and refused Nzeogwu access to amours?
Do you know that Nzeogwu and Obasanjo were best of pals?
What else is it that you don't know? If you know better, bring it on. I challenge you.
Instead seeking for way forward for our country Nigeria, we are all going over what ought to hv been buried through true reconciliation and eschew marginalisation.
Wake up Nigerian youth. There is so much divide just to impede our progress.
Let Biafra rest, let Ojukwu rest. Let the leaders do what is right, agitations will fade out and even boko haram will be a thing of the past.
Peace.

Please ignore all these hate-filled, bile-pained, stomach-churning, eye-scratching, throat-bloated, pus-eared Afonja regurgitates especially Alariiwo and his many pseudonyms.

Igbo ranchers should go for Muturu (dwarf short horn) and N'dama (dwarf long horns). Both are trypanotolerant.

If we have ranches in Nigeria, it will open up another line of business: supply and sales of tse-tse fly insecticides. We can look to countries like India for leads on how they manage this parasite and still maintain the largest herd of cattle in the world.

African Bos taurus includes two groups, humpless shorthorns and longhorns. They mostly inhabit West and Central Africa. Both these groups are small in size and their productivity is lower compared to most of the zebu cattle populations in tropical areas (Rege, 1999). However, they have unique evolutionary adaptation to harsh climate (Hansen, 2004) and various endemic diseases (Murray et al., 1984; Mattioli et al., 2000). One of these adaptations is their documented tolerance to trypanosomosis (Roberts and Gray, 1973), a parasitic disease due to infection with Trypanosoma sp. whose vector is the tsetse fly.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478499/

Utility: They are used for socio-cultural purposes. In Igboland these cattle are traditionally sacred and considered as properties of the local deities or they are dedicated to a shrine. Muturu cows are seldom milked. If milked their yield per year was reported to be 421 kg. The friendly animals are sometimes used for work. As beef cattle they perform well, dressing out at 64%. Some growth characteristics of the Muturu are summarised in Table 1 along with those for the N'Dama breed. Age of first calving of the Muturu is 635 days compared to that of the N'Dama 684 days. Calving interval for N'Dama was 350 compared to 363 days for Muturu (Roberts and Gray 1973). Although the weight of the Muturu is low as compared to many zebu and sanga breeds, their high fertility, tolerance to trypanosomosis, and cultural roles make them an important breed in their traditional breeding areas.

http://agtr.ilri.cgiar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118&Itemid=133

This is speaking about the Igbo cow also known as muturu (shorthorn) in Hausa. This was the indigenous cattle of West Africa until the Fulani invasion and introduction of the Zebu

omohayek:
Congratulations, you managed to find 3 semi-literates to endorse your obvious lack of reading comprehension skills.

If you knew how to read properly, you’d have realised I already answered your objections, by pointing out that even Fulani cattle don’t have full resistance, and by noting that this partial resistance involves tradeoffs in lower meat and milk productivity.

If you weren’t as lazy as you’re quick to fire off uninformed responses, you would have done a quick Google search on the topic of how Fulani nomads cope with tsetse fly, and you would have learned that they only bring their cattle down south during the dry season when fly populations are lower, and that even then they stick to special routes with lower risks of trypanosomiasis.

You and your admirers exemplify precisely what I was talking about, substituting empty tribalistic posturing for even the slightest effort at acquiring real understanding, even though all the necessary information is but a search away if only you sought to actually look for it. Good luck substituting fairy tales about “special” tribal gifts for “business” for the hard scientific understanding acquired over decades of careful research! I look forward to hearing about the flourishing herds of Holsteins being reared by wise Igbo traders in the south-east!

I know you were not addressing me but I hope I can jump in all the same. The trade-offs you noted may be correct. But it does also apply to every Fulani cattle in the south, regardless of who rears them, Fulani or Igbo. Thus, if the Fulani still find it profitable despite tse-tse fly, then why not the Igbo? In any case, the Igbo cow people alluded to is endemic to the south and is almost 100% resistant to tse-tse fly. The southern cattle rearers only need to breed more of those. Moreover, there have been a lot of research to tackle tse-tse fly and its disease, trypanosomiasis, including, trapping, sterile insect techniques, use of resistant breeds, and actual drugs. All of these preventive/control measures will be more effective if the animals are kept in one place, rather than dragging them all over the damn place. It looks like you are bitter about something. Do Fulanis rear Holsteins?

darfay:
From this stats we can imply that Nigeria does not have up to 2million cows yet Fulani people said they lost that amount in taraba hence the killing it is either they are suffering from advanced illiteracy syndrome hence they didn't what million is or they just want to shed blood

Overall you are correct. But those numbers are estimates, especially numbers from developing ountries where data is hard to obtain.

ashjay001:
They will claim to be Jewish n abandon their Igbo heritage

This is supposed to be funny, right? So bland.

Ofodirinwa:
@FSU please, there's been a lot of talk about tse-tse flies. E werre aju m'chori ju..Na Ugbo-Efi unu, e werre efi tse tse fly gbuorru?

Tse tse fly kills only susceptible cattle breeds. The regular Fulani cattle that they bring and graze in the south like the ones in the above photos are either resistant or tolerant. So is the local Igbo cow.

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horsepower101:
It really surprises me that Considering how lucrative of a business it is, igbo businessmen and women haven't ventured into cattle ranching. Is there anything that I am missing?

Anyone who does it will become a millionaire easily in the east. It's just surprising that igbos haven't taken this opportunity.

See Igbo cattle business here. We are starting gradually.
www.nairaland.com/4283860/support-dr-aroms-aigbehis-call

LionDeLeo:
Dey don come.

They are now latching on the unknown ones.

Why should the owners of 98% of Nigeria's property be hiding under few unknown property.

These people and their logic eh.

When you make claims provide the facts to back you up. Otherwise it's false.

sarrki:
You are wrong on Medview

He's Alhaji Muniru Bankole from lagos

Lies
Chairman Board of Directors – Sheikh Abdul Moshen Rahman – Al – Thunayan

He is Saudi.

www.medviewairline.com/chairman-board-of-directors-sheikh-abdul-moshen-rahman-al-th

Bankole is CEO, clearly fronting for the Saudis. That airline is owned mostly by Saudis and a little by Nigerian investors

LionDeLeo:
So a yoruba shouldn't support pmb because of his tribe?

This same thing will hail a hausa/fulani man criticising Buhari.

He will also be happy if a hausa or yoruba support and Igbo man.

Abeg, how una dey manage cope with this una logic sef?

He is a fanatic even in the face of PMB's failed reality. That's a big difference than being a mere supporter. But I am not concerned really. You guys in Nigeria should deal with your self imposed problem

LionDeLeo:
Why e be say those people wey get 98 percent property no come get up to 2 percent share for the Indigenously owned airline?

This write up is either fake or there is a strong marginalisation.

Mumu. As you can see most are foreign owned or owned by a group of unnamed local investors or by AMCON. Until we know who those local investors are you have nothing to say. BIGOT

sarrki:
You are wrong on Medview

He's Alhaji Muniru Bankole from lagos

So you are Yoruba and still a die hard PMB supporter. You must be one of them mullahs (Islamic fanatics) who will divide SW on religious grounds soon.

Not so easy for a couple of them here. I know two doctors who practiced in Nigeria but could not practice here because they could not pass the qualifying exams after several attempts. Bottom line: not all Nigerian doctors are smart.

MissChievous199:
I just don't understand the Block A, Block B, Block C part... Izzit hostel??

Looks like apartments for rental

Good for her. She was quite rich prior to politics. But there is no reason to believe that she and her colleagues at Ebonyi State HA could not have not looted some in their state.

boldaslion:
Good to see. Igbos will take over the business and drive them out of the trade. Their evil agenda is already defeated by God's grace. Let them continue waiting for grazing land with which they intend to systematically islamize the whole country by year 2050. We are on top of the situation as they say, Glory be to God.

There are myriad of meat options. Cow is just only one option:

Goat
Sheep
Rabbit
Chicken
Turkey
Porcupine
Snail
Guinea Fowl
Geese
ETC

Not to talk of fish

The southerners are so, so dumb and stupid. It is heartbreaking.

I would say boycott ''northern beef'', rather than all beef as there's some beef production already in the south. Start raising more beef in the south now. Already there are a number of animal farms being established in the East. I believe same goes for the West and South South. Quick examples of these are Pilgrim Ranch in Isuikwuato Abia State, and Fapelo farms ltd. in Enugu State

See picture of a modest ranch at Fapelo farms

Igbos should stop some (NOT ALL) of their stupid buying and selling at Alaba and elsewhere outside Igboland and invest more in Animal husbandry in the South, which is a real productive sector.

In reference to the thread describing Dr. Aigbehi's call for boycott of beef. https://www.nairaland.com/4283552/dr-aroms-aigbehi-calls-boycott

I would say boycott ''northern beef'', rather than all beef as there's some beef production already in the south. Start raising more beef in the south now. Already there are a number of animal farms being established in the East. I believe same goes for the West and South South. Quick examples of these are Pilgrim Ranch in Isuikwuato Abia State, and Fapelo farms ltd. in Enugu State

See picture of a modest, just barely started, ranch at Fapelo farms.

Igbos should stop some (NOT ALL) of their stupid buying and selling at Alaba and elsewhere outside Igboland and invest more in Animal husbandry in the South, which is a real productive sector.

MasterKim:
What's the sense in investing in a place where a greater percentage of the population are hostile towards you?
And d mumu op called that fearlessness?

Why the rudeness?

For your information, there are many foreign-owned investments in Alabama and many Nigerian professors in Alabama universities. My surprise was just in the use of his Nigerian name in his business in a well known racist State. It may be prideful and bold, but how strategic is that? If I were him I will just say ''David (his first name which is English) Psychiatric Outreach LLC''. But who am I to decide for him?

wordbank:
Alabama is still a remote state

Not more remote than West Virginia, Mississippi, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Montana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and even Iowa.

Mermaida:
After all his hustling, why should he care

Abi oh!! But it's tricky. Racist skinheads will not like it and there are many of them in ALABAMA.

Dr. David Anakwenze
Florence, Alabama, USA.

This man is so daring. Alabama is the most racist state in the USA and you don't wanna let those skinheads see some foreign-looking, jaw-breaking name displayed publicly, anyhow. Only an Igbo (fearless people) man can do this.

On Number 6 point:

Boko Haram and it's sponsors are patriotic, right?
Niger Delta militants are patriotic, right?
Oduduwa republic purveyors are patriotic, right?
The Fulani cattle readers are patriotic, right?
Boy, go to sleep. You ain't got nothing to say.

Ruggedfitness:
A good house in San Francisco could cost you from $100,000 - $200,000 per year. So where is the salary

Liar! Per year ko, pear yara ni.