₦airaland Forum

SixSeven:
No, don't talk this way. Only someone who has not studied history will repeat the same mistakes of the past. I don't like APC but I don't wish any foreign invasion. If Tinubu fixes security of lives and properties and contests in 2027, I will be happy with him. Country first, politics last. There is nowhere US has gone to that has ever remained the same as they left it. You don't want to be in foreign slavery. Study history first then you'd wish Nigeria solves her problem than outsiders.

Have Nigeria remained the same since the coming of APC?

Is Akwa Ibom Pastor Governor plotting genocide against traditionalists? Which one is ban on Masquerades?

BucketHat:
Predator drones instead🤔

yes

More 32 drones still needed

mohbadliveson:
Tinibu is overwhelmed. Dishing out advice to Buhari and GEJ. Now he is in charge but he can't do the things he was advocating

Apart from playing dirty politics, the man got nothing up his sleeves in terms of governance.

Dogalmighty17:
First off, I am not Igbo. They have an uncanny gift of sticking their foot in their mouth or when they aren't doing that, they are blasting off their feet or kneecapping themselves. But when we see spectres of injustice, we speak out. I'll open your eyes to a very deep realisation and you will have a better understanding of the Nigerian state.

I'll ask this. What organisation was behind the first terror bombing in Nigeria?
Was it Boko Haram?
Was it ISWAP?

Follow me on a journey.
It was a cold morning of October 1st 2010. Nigerians had woke up that morning not particularly enthusiastic for the day as they should being citizens of a blessed country like Nigeria. Most observed the public holiday as they normally did. Wives used the holiday to do some quick shopping for the house and husbands delighted to take a break from the grind to catch up with the neighbourhood folks over a few chilled bottles of beer. That was to change in very short order.

At around 11:19am, word started spreading. A car bomb had exploded in Abuja. Nigeria just experienced its first terror bombing. But there was no Boko Haram as we know it today, there was no ISWAP. So who or what organisation could have done this? What organisation could have violated the innocence of Nigerians and Nigeria in such a brutal way?

Meet MEND.
That bombing was carried out by the Movement of Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND. Who was MEND's spokesperson? Reno Omokri or as he chose to be called then, Wendell Simlin.

IPOB did not do a quarter of what MEND did in Nigeria. The records are available. Yet MEND and its leaders got heavily rewarded. The 17.5 trillion naira pipeline protection contract that Atiku complained about recently, is part of the deal reached to settle MEND. Tompolo is a huge beneficiary of that contract. It was given to his company after all. Tompolo was the leader of MEND. He had a number of deputies; General Boyloaf being one of them. Reno Omokri however was the one in charge of MEND's public communications. Every attack MEND carried out Omokri would announce it before it happens and then acknowledge its success and claim responsibility for MEND.

Hundreds of Nigerian security forces died at the hands of MEND. Nigeria's crude oil output got cut down by over 75%. Foreign expatriates were targeted for kidnapping.

Has IPOB done any of that? Why did MEND get rewarded and IPOB get labelled a terrorist group? Why is Omokri rewarded with an ambassadorship but Kanu has to rot in Sokoto? This is Nigerian justice. It calls for deep thought.

This is eye-opening. I never knew bastard Reno is also a terrorist.

Why not ban corruption? Why is a Pastor attacking the culture and traditions of the people?

Reno go and sit down . You think you are really qualified to serve as an ambassador? No you are not. No matter how you try to twist the narrative, you are not qualified

Let's pity the Government. They are helpless.

Why is the law backing Open Grazing pronouncement by FG.

God came for my rescue several times even at 11th hours.

Trying to change narrative

Make everyone dey their Lane ooo.

What goes around, comes around.
I remember this same episode was first played during GEJ era.

Obaofaba:
Ok oooo, let's see what comes out of this.

Nigerians are very fertile.

They should contact us to triple their population in two years.

Modified:

Beware of the kind of immunization your children are taking.

Some are forced on them in schools without parental approval.

I wonder why the West will love us so much to be spending their resources to immunize our children yet they are tagging us as being over populated, why not leave us to die naturally from infants without saving us through it?

I no understand this fake love oooooooo.

Apt! Nothing to add.

godliman:
Please those from that axis educate us, was it a Christian dominated community?

It's jihad

Fayose vs Baba Obasanjo: I thought they respect elders in their land.

IbnB:
He didn't have to say it out it was clearly implied...in fact the reason he cleverly avoided stating it out in so many words was to avoid being accused of racism

Anyone with half a brain can see what he meant with the comparisons he drew

People cannot just accuse others just because of the assumptions they created in their own head. Except some facts or statements have been left out from the news, Gattuso merely alluded to the fact that Europe needed more slots and drew attention to the fact that Africa that used to have 3 slots, now have 9. It takes people with delusional brain to assume and imply un-existing facts not stated , as actual facts.

The Heading is grossly different from the body . There is no where Gattuso criticised Africa in the news. The editor needs a Cane.

aswani:
I doubt it, the better teams don't need any BS long route to stay competitive. In fact, this longer route is fraught with danger of injuries etc.

England, Spain, France, Brazil and Argentina. Even if they don't play for a year, they will still do well in the tournament.

We should have won our qualifying group outright if we are a serious team.

Well , SE did not qualify outrightly and it's not certain yet that they will qualify. But my point is that if they eventually qualify, their experience and lessons learnt from their long rout to qualification will help therm perform better in the world cup. That's what I meant by advantage in disadvantages.

ebosed:
You are right. But even if they did, they still need some top quality friendly matches to prepare them for the World Cup and this route present them that opportunity of play high quality matches with all at stake

You are thinking what I am thinking . There is advantage in some advantageous positions. If they eventually qualified, they will do better because this long route will keep them competitive.

Wike is Apc . I am not surprised if APC or its agents lies.

Is this not Witch hunting expedition? You have not provided a job for them. They got a remote one . you went after their tax

So this is what our brothers from the other side went to do in UK?

Wike and his puerile behaviour

Ironically both sides will be shouting 'Allahu Akhabar ' while killing Allah's creatures!

CyynthiaKiss:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQy4bE1Ddqq/?img_index=5&igsh=MWxqeG1tY3AwcmI5NA==

How come the police are not shooting at them ? If it is people's interest protest, you would need police approval.

CNN should not take this advice: That's the death toll for Naira

He hates "divisive and discriminatory leadership." in US but loves "divisive and discriminatory leadership." at home.

No be juju be that?

The same man hate Trump but love Tinubu. No be juju be that?

hotseat:
These recent cries of "genocide" seems to have an agenda attached to it, if you ask me.

Recall that the some faceless individuals and groups in the USA had wrongly predicted that Nigeria would cease to exist by 2015.

In the same sinister motive, they came up with another conspiracy theory that Nigeria would breakup by the year 2030.

As if they can't wait for the year of Nigeria's Armageddon come 2030, they are now trying to exploit religion, being a very emotive issue, to bring their devilish predictions to come to pass.


At the height of the killings in Plateau, Benue, Southern Kaduna, etc, these insidious enemies were fervently praying in their hearts for their evil predictions to come through.

Seeing that the large-scale killings in those places are gradually reducing, they are now bringing up the issue of "Christian genocide" as a bait to instigate a religious war.

The questions therefore are:

1) Who wants Nigeria to break-up?

2) Who's interest is it meant to serve?

3) Why the renewed vigour of Ted Cruz, Moore and their other agents of destabilization?

4) Do they suddenly love Nigeria more than themselves?

5) Is the break-up of Nigeria a state policy of the US Government or just the handiwork of some mischief-makers?

6) Are these evil men being sponsored by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)?

7) If yes, have they thought about the consequences of their actions?

These few questions would suffice in the meantime.

My candid advice to Nigerians is that they should never allow themselves to be used to dismember Nigeria because the consequences would be too great to imagine.

We all (Christians and Muslims) stand to lose in the event of a break-up.

Every country passes through one form of challenge or the other in the course of their political journey and political history, Nigeria is not an exception.

The USA fought a bitter civil war in the course of their history!

Gun control continues to pose a serious challenge and threat to the USA yet, they continue to chant USA! USA! USA! and "God bless America"!

No American is calling for the break-up of their country which they call "God's own country".


Nigerians: let's "shine our eyes"!



@hotseat

@hotseat,

While your points about external interference and the need for national unity are noted, it would be unfair and even dishonest to ignore the real internal injustices and inequities that continue to threaten Nigeria’s unity more than any so-called “foreign agenda.”

The truth is that Nigeria’s divisions are not being created by outsiders — they are being deepened from within by policies, attitudes, and actions that perpetuate systemic marginalization, particularly against Christians and the Igbo people.

Let’s be honest:

1️⃣ Political Marginalization:
Since 1999, despite being a major ethnic group, the Southeast has never produced a President or Vice President. Key national appointments are overwhelmingly tilted toward certain regions, creating a sense that others are second-class citizens in their own country.

2️⃣ Religious Bias:
Christians in Northern Nigeria live under constant threat of attacks, destruction of churches, and persecution — with little or no justice delivered. In some states, Sharia laws are institutionalized while Christians are treated as foreigners. Even in federal appointments, the imbalance between Muslims and Christians is glaring.

3️⃣ Economic Injustice:
Infrastructure in the Southeast and other Christian-dominated areas remains neglected, while oil and gas resources from the Niger Delta enrich the very regions that contribute the least. The inequity in federal allocations and project siting speaks volumes.

4️⃣ Security and Selective Justice:
When terrorists, bandits, or herdsmen kill hundreds in Christian villages, the response is slow and often muted. But when an aggrieved youth from the East protests with a flag, the full weight of the military is unleashed. The message seems clear: some lives matter more than others.

So before we talk about Ted Cruz, Moore, or “foreign conspiracies,” we must confront the domestic injustice that makes such narratives believable in the first place.

Unity cannot be demanded where equity and
No one truly wants Nigeria to break up — people simply want a Nigeria that works for all Nigerians, not one where some are perpetually on their knees while others sit on the throne.

Until we face that truth, the cry of “unity” will remain hollow.