₦airaland Forum

Tharmon:
I work as a sales boy in a shop were curtain accessories are sold and in this line of business some customers tend to owe not because they don't have but because they don't want to.

So there is this man that I know and he owes other people too, he should be in his forties and I'm 21, so he bought goods from my shop today worth #60k and told me he will pay me once he gets back from were he wants to use the items he bought so he decided to drop his phone because I didn't allow him to carry my goods without paying. so this evening when he arrived he was sweating and complaining that the customer has not paid blah blah blah..as usual of them

He couldn't even pay up the person that went to work with him complete. He tried explaining to me sweating and all that that what is left in his account is #35k which he paid to me but I didn't allow him to go with his phone, I turned deaf ears to his ranting and assured him he is not leaving there with his phone without paying the remaining balance of #25k. He had no other choice than to leave without his phone and now am worried if I have done something wrong .

Was I wrong to keep his phone? What would have been the right action I would have taken because I'm feeling very bad now like what will he tell his wife about his phone.

Morbeta11:
https://x.com/The_Chidimma/status/1962977880088117527?t=XoC7ummae4vq-n-ou-AbJQ&s=08[/quote]Is you grandma late?

AreaFada2:
Tribalists will never accept this journal article.
They will call it a hoax.

Populationist goons will ask what is the population of Benin to have named melon oigisi/egusi?

HeyMeNot:
War sef naa education now

Kobicove:
Sometimes when a person gets repeatedly violated it gets to a point when he/she just damns the consequences and fights back!

Rexymania:
Ban it in Nigeria too and allow us grow our own app

phantomxx:
😂 😂.....

....Anyway, the greatest mistake Ojukwu made was asking a Yoruba man- Victor Banjo to lead the west ward advance of Biafran troops.

That mistake was the single most significant factor that ended up changing the trajectory of that war.

It also lends credence to the fact that the events that led to that war were more ideological than tribal...

How else would you explain a Yoruba man being asked to lead an offensive on his region?

okpouman:
point of correction ,am not igbo,neither Yoruba nor Benin,but from kogi.
Britain did not attack African kingdoms indiscriminately,even though people think that way.

They always signed treaties and expected the kingdom to comply with the treaty,if the kingdom did not comply,they'll move in and attack,benin refused to comply with the british after they signed a treaty,The philip consul wanted to intimate the oba of the need to comply,but they were ambushed and killed.Therefore the british decided to move in and punish the oba and benin.

The reasons britain moved against ashanti and south africa earlier is that the ashanti were fund of raiding and attacking the british establishments and british subjects -the fante,the same reason they moved against the zulus because the zulus always raided and attacked British possessions.Thats why Britain attacked them earlier than benin and most nigerian kingdoms,because they enjoyed favourable trade along the nigerian coast,when trade became unfavourable they attacked,eg the case of the ijebu,nana of itserikiri and the nembe of ijaw before benin.

The Benin never raided or attacked British possessions eg their trade factories along the coast,that's why Britain let them be,not because they were afraid of Benin like you claim.

okpouman:
Very untrue,Britain did not attack Benin because they were enjoying factorable trade with Benin not because they were scared to attack,they didn't enjoy such favourable trade in Ghana or SouthAfrica.

Southern Nigeria was booming in palm oil TRADE

motymop:
Stop saying what you don't know.

Equal violence is only what is respected and feared.

The British only respected only those tribes that show equal violence.

It is the same way, the military respect bokoharam and isil and also the American government respect Taliban.

Respect and admiration is only given to those who bring violence to the front.

Those who don't fight, are easily taken advantage of and look down on.

adekunle0000:
...Behold, it is finished!!!

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adekunle0000:
The Yorubas were predominantly engaged in a civil war with themselves. This was what the British took advantage of. Remember the Dosumu problem and the bombardment of Lagos. Do you know the history behind the name "Agidingbi" in Ikeja Lagos? Try and read your own history.

Yes the Oyo empire once had a wide influence and reach but it was on a steady decline at about the time the colonialist came. It was the collapsing influence of the central Oyo empire that led to the internal revolt among the annexed autonomous chiefdoms. Infact the coming of the whiteman prevented or discouraged the overrunning of Yorubaland by the Agojes "the female warriors from Dahomey". Remember Dahomey had already liberated itself from Oyo and was on the raise in might and bounds. It's eyes was set on Oyo, their former Overlords but then, the colonialists came.


Abeg try dey read history, e get why? People wey commot am for curriculum get agenda and from the look of things, it seems they have succeed with you.

meobizy:
1. How did he think them up without formal education?

2. Oyibos have already done those and refined them. There is nothing new under the sun.

okpouman:
Not true,Benin influence wasn't felt in the Ibibio ,efiks areas,and inland Western yorubaland,it was also minimal in the central and northern igboland,Benin influence was mostly around the coast but not up to efik coast and Dahomey ( in later years)

okpouman:
They didn't invade any Nigerian state,except the very coastal states like LAGOS before the invention of maxim guns not only BENIN

okpouman:
Partially true but the Benin were not in control of all Nigeria ,they were not even in control of Edo state as it is today,you people forget that the Nupe under Fulani leadership invaded up to esan land,is it the British whom the Nupe feared that would now be afraid of BENIN?

okpouman:
The anioma are not mainstream Igbo there are Edo and igala elements even Yoruba element within their ranks

okpouman:
42 years, hahaha please read history of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson. Everything is there.

okpouman:
According to esan historians ,a lot of their communities were destroyed, a lot of their people killed,captured and sold to SLAVERY, that's what I mean by dealt

okpouman:
The Nupe dealt severely with the esan though,we can't tell what would have happened if they got to Benin cos they never did.so it remains in the realm of speculation

okpouman:
Yes

okpouman:
Partially true but the Benin were not in control of all Nigeria ,they were not even in control of Edo state as it is today,you people forget that the Nupe under Fulani leadership invaded up to esan land,is it the British whom the Nupe feared that would now be afraid of BENIN?

okpouman:
It took nine days for the British to capture and burn down Benin, that is easy defeat

adekunle0000:
What about the over 32 years Ekumeku resistance of the Igbo People of eastern Nigeria? There were also active resistance in Northern Nigeria, however shortlived it was. I think the only place there is no record of any skemishes against the colonialist is Yoruba land. The Benin kingdom under Oba Overamie actively fought the whiteman. Jaja of Opobo (an igboman from present day Abia State) put up a stubborn resistance.

Abeg make una dey try read history without sentiment.

Baronthecelebri:
The reason they defeated Nigeria easily is because of greed, and they were no love among the tribe.

Reflect7:
Are you aware the Ashanti resisted and fought the British for nearly a century?

They would be extremely proud of their resilience and bravery, and so would you if you actually had something in your skull.

motymop:
When the British came to Africa, they encountered several tribes that resisted colonization with intense brutality. Interestingly, the British often developed a certain level of admiration or respect for groups that put up a fierce fight even if those tribes were eventually defeated.

Take the Zulus, for example. They went all out against the British, engaging in multiple battles that made Shaka Zulu a legendary warrior-king. His fearless leadership earned the respect of both his people and his enemies. Even today in South Africa, the Zulu monarchy remains one of the most respected traditional institutions.

Another example is the Kikuyus of Kenya. They fiercely opposed British presence during the Mau Mau Uprising, a major revolt that played a key role in pushing the country toward independence. The resistance was so impactful that, in 2013, the British government issued a formal apology for its role in the brutal suppression of the rebellion.

In contrast, while there were pockets of resistance in Nigeria, none were as sustained or as intense as the Zulu or Kikuyu struggles. This may partly explain why many Nigerian tribes didn’t command the same level of reluctant respect from the British.

Resistance came at a price but in the eyes of the colonizers, those who fought back often earned a lasting legacy.