Freehuman: Nigerians politicize everything. Buhari has it right with this one. The release of Shite leader might be the Islamization Christians fear in Nigeria. With a strong Iranian support that sect can make havoc rain. Like someone said in a previous post, Shites don't respect any government, they don't recognize any authority, they don't vote or even have National passports, if they want your land there is nothing like even bargaining, they take it by force. If they want to marry your daughter, they take and rape her by force. There is also another court order for their leader to be detained. Their leader is the founder of the modern day religious crises we have in Nigeria today. That man threatened Nigeria. When we keep releasing terrorists they take our sovereignty for granted. America would have killed that man, forget democracy
Sunni hasn't islamized the country its shiite that will do it? You are ignorant about political islam, Sunni are the oppressors while the Shiite are the oppressed. You talk of Iran supporting Shiite but what about Saudi Arabia (Chief supporter and sponsor of terrorism) and wahabi support for Sunni Muslims in Nigeria? Sunni control power, i bet you to show me one Shiite who is even an assistant director in Nigeria.
Unintelligent people like you will bring up ethnicity in everything. You are a sad and insecure person obviously. Your father should have used a condom and saved the world from the nuisance that you are with your pea-sized brain.
IgboMoslem: n difficult to write, but at a time that many Nigerians are promoting fear-mongering and sometimes dangerously-irresponsible anti-Hausa-Fulani propaganda, we cannot afford to be silent, or timid. Candid discussion, is, therefore, necessary when it comes to the present state of the Nigerian nation, which when it relates to “settlement” of herdsmen and the subsequent demographic changes raises all sorts of anxieties.
Profound discomfort is necessary, given the weighty existential issues at stake and part of the discomfort is an admittance of some uncomfortable truth. Here is one: herdsmen have been roaming the streets and destroying crops for decades. It is wrong, unacceptable and should stop. But, unfortunately, no Nigerian government at the federal level including Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan did anything to address the menace.
Now, interestingly, Nigerians that lost the 2015 and 2019 elections have turned their anger on the herdsmen to discredit President Buhari, a herdsman, who is damned if does anything to get the herdsmen out of the farms and damned if he does nothing.
We need to be courageous now more than ever, and nothing takes more courage than being honest. Apart from discrediting Buhari’s Presidency, the changing patterns of regional migration as Nigerians from the north move and increasingly seek to settle in the south is driving the anti-Hausa-Fulani backlash. The changing face of Nigerian demographics is driving fear and anti-Islam propaganda in the southeast and south-south.
When it comes to northern Nigerians settling in the south, southerners are afraid. The thought scares the dickens out of southerners who, sensing that a storm is on the way, inevitably try to batten down the hatches by deploying all sorts of tactic and propaganda.
But, as James Baldwin reminds us, people who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insist on remaining in a state of innocence long after innocence is dead turn himself into a monster.
The reality is that the north-south migration is fast reversing the previous south-north migration. Anyone who shuts his eyes and promotes intolerance and isolationism to halt the fast-changing demographics in the south will surely turn him or herself into a monster.
Should the herdsmen be allowed to freely roam the streets and destroy crops in people’s farms? NO. But, just in case you may not have thought of it, you look like a monster when you insist that all the herdsmen in the south must be rounded up and sent back to the north.
It may surprise you to hear it, but I cringe every time I hear these arguments about marching all the herdsmen back to the “north” as a solution. I also cringe at the suggestion that doesn't come with the proper context like pushing for the herders must modernize to ranching in “their states” ONLY and NEVER in the south.
Good luck with that. In less than 4 years, Buhari will leave Aso Rock but the herdsmen-farmer challenges will remain with us.
Determined and daring Nigerians from different regions, for different reasons, will continue to relocate to cities and villages other than their own to reinvent themselves and, in the process, remaking and revitalizing the country. This turnaround has already occurred in some states, most notably Lagos. And now it's about to happen on a national scale.
For example, thousands of Igbo youths will keep streaming north and south every day as they attempt to make it in one corner of Nigeria. Similarly, thousands of youths from the North are now streaming south, to escape the crippling economic hardship that is driving banditry and kidnappings in their “home” states.
As the younger population from northern Nigeria becomes more adventurous and spreads to broader parts of the country, we need forward-looking political and civic leaders and citizens to bridge ethnoreligious divides that are already fueling issues like fear of “Islamization”. Because of this reverse migration, ethnic and religious problems and tensions are emerging in southern Nigeria which is the new receiving states.
It may seem rational that the federal government is doing something to minimize the conflict between farmers and herders. But, unfortunately, “colonization” or “Islamization” strikes at the heart of every plan with a Muslim Fulani as the President. This anxiety and discomfort is the sad reality of our present Nigeria.
I understand that some of us are angry about the changes in our hometown. Really angry. But at the heart of our collective peaceful coexistence in Nigeria is a rethink of how we relate with each other. Within the multicultural, pluralistic society like Nigeria, people should celebrate our diversity, not feel threatened by it.
Just pause and refresh on our venerated Prophets Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. At one point in their checkered journey, they were settlers and refugees. Without their relocation, humanity would have lost the priceless good they brought. The lesson here is that settlement is human and the associated changes present challenges and opportunities.
So, while some Nigerians look at changing demographics and see calamity, I only see opportunity. I see an opportunity for herders to negotiate as a group or individually with states or local communities on the modalities for peaceful coexistence that is symbiotic in nature.
In the path to make Nigeria truly great, therefore, we need to consider the new demographic reality and look to a future that fosters hope and prosperity for all. We should do away with any misguided vision of keeping Nigeria monocultural, as it remains a route that promotes hate and tribalism.
Together, we can.
You can email Churchill at Churchill.okonkwo@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @churchillnnobi
Mumu write up. Wait until the herdsmen get hold of you or your family members then you will know better than writing such garbage. Forget political correctness, the fulani are on a bloody Conquest and no amount of grammar will change their plans.
hyanuoluwa: Nigerian man was seen performing Naira Marley’s controversial ‘Soapy’ dance in a church has surfaced online. The musician introduced the new dance last week, along with a song that seems to endorse and promote masturbation among the youth. When doing the dance, one is seen making hand gestures mimicking a man masturbating to achieve orgasm for personal satisfaction.....
lagosapple: “Yoruba Pentecostalism is the reason why Fulanis are invading us today,” –Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that Yoruba pastors have failed to speak the truth, and as result, their model of Pentecostalism is responsible for the Fulani people’s invasion of the rest of Nigeria. He made this known during an interview with IrokopostTV’s Rudolf Okonkwo. He specifically faulted Deeper Life Church’s founder Pastor William Kumuyi and Apostle Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries for their support of President Buhari.
The Biafran leader also said that those from Biafra land in America who have refused to engage or contribute to the Biafran struggle do not deserve to be called human beings. The director of Radio Biafra said those who refused are worse than animals. “You are evil,” he said.
In this second of our four-part interview, Mazi Kanu reaffirmed that he would not lead Biafra and would not sugarcoat his words. He flared at those he said were looking for excuses not to participate.
“If you are against Biafra, you are against God,” he said, “If you are against Biafra, you will not go to heaven,” he said.
In the rest of the one-and-half hour interview, the Biafran leader discussed contentious issues ranging from his arrest, his release on bail and the military attack on his house. Other issues that he addressed were the beef between him and Asari Dokubo. Mazi Kanu insisted that the man in Aso Rock is not President Muhammadu Buhari but a Sudanese imposter called Jubril.
If you're against Biafra you're against God? So Biafra is the key to heaven? This fraud is just out to use the Biafra struggle for personal gains. He's right about the yoruba's though, perpetual backstabbing people.
lonelydora: All the idi.ots calling him "Gucci" pastor should go and read up his struggles.
Yes! We are proud members of COZA. We love our Spiritual Daddy, PB, and we celebrate him.
PB, the great teacher. God has already taken you to greater heights. The 'Judas' ended up marketing COZA to the world. The crowd at Today's "Praise and Love" was something else in all the campuses. You can't take away his words and life changing encouragement. Thank you Pastor B for teaching us aright.
WE LOVE AND CELEBRATE YOU, PB!
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Proverbs 18:17 and Proverb 18:2
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My life is better than yours and i know am doing better than you.
cyberguy72: good works my foot.... thousand of candidates didnt write Jamb becos of biometric hiccups Jamb didn't look into their situation even after collecting almost 5k from each of the candidates.
But metaphysical said fulani betrayed awo the frog ...
Awolowo was betrayed by his greed and selfish ambition. Just like Tinubu he too was a grovelling master who obeyed the wishes of his feudal lords the fulani. They put him where he rightly belongs the same way IBB put MKO the coup sponsor where he belongs, in the dustbin of history. Tinubu will join them in 2023 insha Allah when Buhari will put him where he belongs.
9jadopestgist: The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has warned farming communities to refrain from attacking herdsmen who are returning from the South, due to the rainy season. The Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, said that the President warned herdsmen and communities to stop taking the law into their hands. “Herdsmen returning from the South due to the rainy season, must respect the boundaries of Farmers and villagers, while the communities must refrain from attacking herdsmen”, Shehu said. Following a brief on incidents that triggered violence and loss of lives in Katsina State, President Buhari directed immediate reinforcement of the security architecture in the State, and the prosecution of those involved in the conflict. The President commiserated with families that lost loved ones in the attacks from herdsmen, assuring the State that the security structure will be further strengthened. He directed Security outfits in the State and all parts of the country, to work towards preventive, rather than reactionary measures.
AntiBalaka: They just strolled into town one day and asked the Oyorubas to leave.
Chai!
Can't you Niggers defend a piece of clay?
Oyo Ile, Ilorin Osogbo and even Lokoja all in less than 3 decades?
Pathetic!
Amatarasha: This comment below is a dangerous comment ,igbos beware on how you go about your decision making without knowing the hidden agendas of your neighbour, The sophiscated are planning your downfall while you think you are one on the issue ! Omoslim what did u av to say ,imaginary imo born They planned to use ohanaeze's threat to Arewa youth against you igbos ,Knowing fully well Arewa youth threatened first !
Igbos beware ! See screenshots below
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Cowardice and betrayal runs deep in the yoruba blood.
bobman22: The people of Umuhu, Ubahuezike, okija in Ihiala Local Government Council of Anambra State, have cried out to Governor Willy Obiano over the deplorable condition of some portions of Nkwo-Okija road which connects the town to major cities in the state.
The community lamented that the condition of the roads is negatively impacting on the economic life of the people. During heavy down pour, floods often wash away their cultivated farm crops thereby causing food evacuation and unnecessary stand still in the local community.
In fact, on a typical rainy day, commercial and social activities are completely shut down in Umuhu as the roads are flooded making it impossible for access into the popular Nkwo Market, Health centers and banks. Motorists have virtually abandoned the road as a result of the damage their vehicles sustain on the road
All communal efforts to provide palliative had not worked because the scope of the damage on the road is huge and well above the scope of community effort; it needs quality and expert action, which the government can provide.
The community have sent a Save Our Soul to Governor Willy Obiano to intervene to save the people from impending disaster as the flood resulting from the bad condition of the road poses serious threat to some residents in the community.
There's further plea to the Governor Obiano on the need to open up rural roads that connect the community with neighbouring communities of Eziagu, Ezira, Isulo for ease of transporting their farm produce to enhance their economy.
Christianity Etc › Re: Modele Fatoyinbo: I Am Not Your Friend If You Don’t Celebrate Biodun Fatoyinbo by General0847: 10:25am On Jul 10, 2019
Who is born thrower 
