gidgiddy: Those who fought also remained slaves, but they at least retained their dignity that they did not surrender without a fight, like the other cowards did
Those fought the lazy aggressors are still fighting till today.
It is very idiotic to link Ndigbo with a group of people who sojourned to present day Nigeria from a certain region in Upper volta. Ndigbo had absolutely nothing to do with Oduduwa.
thebosstrevor1: Lets be logical here, cut of mark in anambra is 138 while in zamfara is 2, that means lot of northern students will be admitted in zamfara schools while in Anambra, lot of south east students who dont meet the requirements will be exempted.
Lets be realistic, nothing still changes, both places are still less developed just that the northern student has an advantage to move up the schooling system unlike the south Eastern student, at the end, the zamfara student gets a state scholarship to further his education in the state university while the Anambra student is left behind due to lack of support.
How can you be logical in a senseless illogicality? Where is the equity every person yarns? Northern region of Nigeria is only developed on lopsided tribal and sectional nepotism.
The best thing which can happen to Ndigbo is not one of its sons or daughters to become the president of the shithole called Nigeria but unconditional disintegration of Nigeria.
OyigboUpdate: His church and profile he needs government protection. Remember this was how IPOB beheaded prophet Nwoko after he fell out with them and accused Nnamdi Kanu of taking bribe from PDP. few weeks later prophet Nwoko was beheaded by IPOB.
Let's give this our brother protection. He didn't sabotage IPOB or anything he only said he doesn't believe Biafra is coming.
Why not make him believe or make the Biafra come than to behead him like u did to prophet Nwoko
I guess you should advise your moronic pastor Ernest Chijioke to leave the job of revolution to the revolutionists and stick to his unwisely prophesy.
Hunchogee: Why Do We Hate History And Tourism In Akwa Ibom?
Do you know that first (Experimental) Local Government (County) in Nigeria was Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area?
Do you know that the second highest Slave deport in West Africa (The first was in Badagri, Lagos) was established in Ikot Abasi in the year 1795? and the famous Bridge of no Return was built in Ikot Abasi that same year?
Sadly: In Goggle it is recorded as if the Bridge stands in Imo State along Imo River.
Do you know that the decision and the plan for the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern States into one Country Named Nigeria was taken at the Brick House at Ikot Abasi by Sir Lord Lugard and other Colonial Leaders in the present of all regional Head then?
Sadly: That Center (The Amalgamation house which is still standing in Ikot Abasi till today) was not recognized by the federal government when Nigeria Amalgamation history was Celebrated in 2014, why? we were Silence, we seemed not to be proud of it.
Do you know that Queen Elizabeth the 2nd Ship Came into the Eastern Nigeria through the Eniong River in the Present ITU Local Government Area?, and that till today the deck she claimed to up land is still at ITU ?
Do you know that the first leper colony in Nigeria region was established by the Presbyterian Church at Obot ITU?
Do you know that the first telephone service station in west Africa was at ITU?
Do you know that because of our riches in Forrestry Few Italians in the 18th Century collaborated with our Portuguese trade partners to esterblised and Italian Forrest reserve at ITU and it is still there till today?
Do you know that Mary Slassor spend More of her lifespan in Use Ikot Oku in Ibiono Ibom, Akwa Ibom State more than she lived in any where on Earth? Do you know that she died in Use and her House and her grave Monument is still there till today? Do you even know that the names of the Towns in Akwa Ibom that Mary Slassor affected are writen in the Scottish Currency?
Sadly: Calabar has taken that Glory, Her Monument built by Cross River State Government is a tourist Center where Calabar Canival trend stop and Dance. Yet there is no major street in Akwa Ibom named after Mary Slassor.
Do You that the name Itu given the a Local Government Area in the then Cross River State and now Akwa Ibom State was dirived from a Portuguese/ English Trade Center called International Trade Union?
Sadly: it is only found in an old book in a dieing Library in Calabar and no one from here is bold enough to put in in the Internet so it could be goggled.
Do you know that the famous "Aba Women Riot" of 1929 actually originated from a Market called Ukam Market in Ikot Abasi and so many women lost their lives in the killing ordered by the Colonial Division Officer in Ikot Abasi, do you know that it was an Ikot Abasi woman that led that riot? do you know that no Woman actually died in the street of Aba and that female traders in Aba only did a sympathy walk?
Sadly; Aba ,is more popular in the glory of that History because we just don't care Even the mock graves of the 500 dead women in Ikot Abasi is not worth a tourist site to be promoted.
Do you know that there is a Confluence in Akwa Ibom? Do you know that three rivers meet in ITU, the Eniong River,Qua Iboe River and Another River, Do you know that the beautiful site can be sighted from the hills of ITU?
Sadly, our children are thought is school that the only Confluence in Nigeria is in Lokoja, why? Because we ignore our own.
Do you know that Samuel Alexander Bill a contemporary of Mary Slassor left the Presbyterian Mission in Calabar in the 1890 and sailed through the Eniong River into a river called Akwa Inyang Ibom, the long River led him through Etinan to Eket and then to Akwa Obio in Ibeno where he started the Qua Iboe Mission?
Do you Know that he called the river "Qua Iboe River" because he could not pronounce the name Akwa Inyang Ibom or Akwa Ibom River?
Do you know that Akwa Inyang Ibom remains one of the longest Rivers in southern Atlantic?
Do you know that our State "Akwa Ibom State was named after the Long historical River Akwa Inyang Ibom?
Sadly, Our new generation of youths don't know this facts.
Do you know that The best Species of shrimps and Crayfish on Earth can be found in Oron, Ibeno and Uta Ewa in Akwa Ibom States?
Infact the biggest species of Crayfish is gotten from Utan Brama and Uta Ewa (fishing settlements in Akwa Ibom State)
Do you know that 70% of those fishing, cultivating and "owning" the shrimp business in these settlements not from Akwa Ibom States,
Do you know that these Aquatic produce are major tourists attraction in other Nations? Why do we ignore it?
Do you know that Akwa Ibom has the longest sand beach in West Africa? Our sand beach on the coast of Atlantic pans from Ikot Abasi through Ibeno, through Itan Brama to Ibaka
Do you know that our sand beach is 10 times longer than the bar beach in Lagos?
Sadly, it is not important
BUT do you know that tourism is a major Economic driver on Earth today? Do you know that Akwa Ibom Citizens travel out on tour to so many lesser historical sites around the world?
Why? Why? Why? Are we not proud of our history? why can't we turn our Historical sites to tourist Sites?
Why? do we allow tribalism and Political Influence to rub us of our Heritage?
Think
This piece is not against Government past and present but I'm targeting us The Ibibios, Annang, Oro, and Obolo, Only very few Akwa Ibom people love history and tourism, infact no political office aspirant from here has ever presented a Manifesto and Tourism is prominently mentioned.
Over the years we have ignore writing our history in the Internet and on books, the few that is written is not given prominent attention. Why? Are we smaller than Benin? No! I say No!
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@ Lalasticlala FP
The bolded is a complete falsehood. The famous "Aba Women Riot" of 1929 started in Umuahia and had nothing to do with market. It was because of a community levy.
It shows little most people in Nigeria know about anything in the world when they go for goofy analogy such as Scotland and Biafra. Europeans are not wired in the same format as Africans. It is very silly to insinuate that what works for the Scottish will work for Biafrans. The level of advancement is miles apart between the people UK and Nigeria. Most Nigerians do not think constructively and do not even listen attentively. In the quest for self-determination, Kanu's format is cut for Africa.
Please, note that of the above mentioned 15 nations, the total population of 11 of them, including Efiki/Ibibio, Gbagyi, Kanuri, Edo/Urhobo, Tiv, Nupe, Idoma, Ebira/Igala, Barriba/Busawwa, Birom/Angas and Adamawa, is equivalent to the total population of the Yoruba nation. They are insignificant compared to the Yoruba, but under the unitary system, they compete and even dictate to the Yoruba nation.
The entire population of the Ibo and Ijaw nations comes to 54 million, which is below the total population of the Yoruba nation at 60 million. However, these two nations see the Yoruba nation as a pushover that must be dictated to in the scheme of things in Nigeria.
The actual population of the Hausa/Fulani in addition to other minority ethnic groups added as part of this nation is 49.4 million, which is below the total population of the Yoruba nation at 60 million.
In addition to the Yoruba being the majority Nation in Nigeria!
The most hilarious part of the yarn for restructure is that the advocates do not understand what it connotes. My restructure squares on infrastructural aspect where Lagos and Abuja, which have become economic and international hubs are located in the defuncts northern and western regions without such in defunct eastern and midwestern regions. Lagos and Abuja are as a result of commonwealth therefore must be replicated in defunct eastern and midwestern regions. Urhobo or Itsekiri peep need not to travel to Lagos or Abuja in order to jet out of the country. He\she must have the same benefit as Yoruba or Hausa or Fulani who does not need to travel to Warri in order to jet to Europe. If this scenario cannot be met, I strongly suggest disintegration of the shithole called Nigeria so that emerging nation states can build their economic and international hubs without political or social encumbrance from the center.
I really do not give a ratass about Middle Belt, Core North, Cannon and Folder especially when it comes from the mouth of a Tiv. The 1964 Tiv riot, 1966 coup d'état, JS Tarka and Nigeria\Biafra war had thought me an unforgettable lesson.
Religion6: "The best for Nigeria is confederation" it actually caught my eyes. These guys saw the future. This country will never know peace until the needful is done.
The people from northern region are humanly correct to insinuate the crude oil of the so-called Niger Delta is theirs to keep. In 1967 when majority of the foolish knuckle heads were shouting "liberation! liberation!! liberation!!!, did they hint if they were liberated from Cameroon? A person cannot eat his\her cake and have it.
FarahAideed: So when will the oil states control their oil ?
Never because stupidity cannot be paid a dividend!!!! It all points to 1967. Some fools in the southern region of Nigeria were thought Ndigbo are bogeymen by northern Nigerian political elites.
Calitoscassius: Yes, i know! If he is convicted of terrorism, yes! He will lose his british citizenship.
And No! He would not lose his citizenship if he is convicted in nigeria of terrorism or incitations. Unless the british uphelds the nigerian kangaroo courts decisions after serious investigations that there was no biased judgement and prejudice against Mr kanu
Only in the British and courts or allied nations of UK such as US. By the way, naturalized citizenship is a privilege which could be withdrawn if certain breaches were committed.
North produce 2023 presidency and lose Nigeria!!!!!! If the northern region of Nigeria produces next president of the shithole called Nigeria, the country will cease to exist. You can take it to the bank.
Prototype for the Lagos - Calabar Coastal Rail Project.
I hear that London based Standard Chartered Bank has now offered to fund the Lagos - Calabar Coastal Rail with $11Bn of the $14.4Bn needed to build the project that will pass through Calabar, Uyo, Aba, Port Harcourt, Yenagoa, Otuoke, Ughelli, Warri, Sapele, Benin, Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, Ore, Ijebu Ode, Sagamu and Lagos.
Of course, the above idiocy will make certain goons happy in Nigeria where most urban cities in Igbo land are avoided. There are many fools in the cesspit called Nigeria who do not want Ndigbo in the zoo therefore making it inherent for Ndigbo leave the shithole. In fact, what will settle it is to have alternate route which will go through Agbor -Asaba- Onitcha-Awka-Owerri-Umuahia-Aba- Port Harcourt so the ridership will decide which one should be moribund.
Nigeria is running most useless and expensive government ever seen in mankind. A country such as Nigeria does not need more 30 people to run it. The so-called National Assembly as well as the State Assembly are total waste of time and money.
I really do not have sympathy for folks whose forbearers joined the Fulani herdsmen and others in northern region of Nigeria to prosecute war of attrition against Ndigbo and Biafra.
Kagd10: Ode, the major amalgamation we had was in the 1914 when South and North were joined together. The discussion was about the whites who were still in Nigeria at the time. How does your rubbish correlate to the discourse here. I have already backed up my claims with facts here on the premises of Ondo and the German explorers who left for the world war! Go knack your head on a rock if it pains you.
Ode, you are free as air to make fool of your idiotic self. You have determined there were major and minor amalgamations in the areas which became Nigeria. What a dunce. I stay away from craps cull from Internet as prove of factual facts because of jackasses such as you who flood the cyber with junks. Monkey.
oyatz: There are so many things that weren't discovered or even known in 1948 but are now we'll known today.
With advancement in Science and Technology, crude oil will be discovered in almost all territories close to water bodies.
Yes, the advancement in Science and Technology is a plus especially in the process of extracting crude oil from the earth. However the crude oil found in Ondo was not about Science and Technology but sectional politics in the shithole called Nigeria. The crude oil in Ondo belongs to Bendel State now Edo and Delta States. All the crude oil wells in Ondo State were caved from Bendel State.
Kagd10: You dey mad! What other amalgamation did Nigeria have? Which amalgamation did you think I was talking about? You dey mad!
At times, mankind is replete with funny stuffs such a mad person being the first to tell a sane person is mad. When a dunce does not know the number of amalgamated instances in the areas which became Nigeria, it is fair to ignore the ninny. Americans say "Stupidity cannot be fixed".
There is always a thin line between good and bad in a country filled with fools. It is pertinent on the part of those who claim to be in the know to count their teeth with tongues when insinuating anything good for a such society. It is in parallel with roundabouts or circular roadways in Nigeria where the large members of the society do not know who has the right way.
Former military governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (retd), has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has exhibited poor skills in managing the diversity in the country.
In a statement entitled “Nigeria: Nation Challenged” and made available to the Tribune Online on Wednesday, Dangiwa said that “it is my long held belief that this country is more beneficial to all the federating units if only because it provides a security umbrella to all its units.”
On the re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Dangiwa said: “The recent re-arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was greeted with a loud sigh of relief and celebration in some sections of the country.
“It also elicited congratulatory messages to the Federal Government which appears overwhelmed by the intractable security challenges and in dire need of any redeeming act.
“This is clearly an exaggeration of the security threat Nnamdi Kanu and indeed IPOB pose to our nation’s security and unity.
“It is quite strange and disturbing that the Federal Government is according undue attention to the threats of separatist movements in contrast to the more daunting ones posed by bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in the North-West, some parts of North-Central and North-East.
“Activities of those criminals have resulted in the evacuation of over 20 per cent of the villages in North-West and North-East. Hundreds are being murdered and maimed every week.
“Many more are kidnapped for ransom. Millions have been rendered internally displaced, facing disease and starvation.
“Over 1,000 school children were abducted in the past eight months with over 300 still in the hands of the bandits and kidnappers demanding humongous ransom payments. Rape of women and young girls has become a daily occurrence.
“Most economic activities, particularly farming, which is the mainstay of the people in these areas, are now all but impossible.
“Government’s earlier claim of having technically defeated the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East has turned out to be empty propaganda. Contrary to this claim, the enemy has morphed into a more determined and deadly force, threatening to overrun the whole of the North-East.
“For the average Northerner living in these zones, who is barely aware of the activities of separatists, banditry, kidnappings and insurgency are of greater threat and concern to him.
“The arrest of Nnamdi Kanu is of no serious consequence, since it does nothing to ameliorate his harsh and brutal condition.
“In recognising or reasserting the right of every citizen or group to express their desire for self-determination, one does not support or condone the use of violence for such purpose. IPOB and its leader may well be responsible for some of the violence, including the murder of security personnel, arson and destruction of public and private properties for which they should be held to account.
“We must however be honest enough to identify the cause of the current growing restiveness in the South-East. By all means, government needs to deploy non-violent means in addressing the problem. It is self-evident that justice, fairness and equity are the best means of building a united and virile nation, particularly one as diverse and fragile as Nigeria.
“lt is my long held belief that this country is more beneficial to all the federating units if only because it provides a security umbrella to all its units. None of them will fare better in a balkanised Nigeria due to their similar diversities.
“The recognition of Nigeria as the giant of Africa is not on account of its huge oil wealth, but its size, diversity as well as other potential. These notwithstanding, the nation can only remain united and prosperous when all its citizens and the component parts feel a true sense of belonging.
“Without it, the nation’s unity will be in serious jeopardy similar to what Nigeria is currently experiencing.
“Truth be told, the Buhari’s government has so far exhibited poor skills in its management of our diversity. Yet it has the benefit of great examples by past administrations and statesmen which should guide it.
After our bitter Civil War, the then Head of the Federal Military Government, General Yakubu Gowon, declared a no victor, no vanquished reconciliation and reintegration policy.
“Its implementation may not have been perfect but it produced a guiding vision which served as a template for the reintegration of the nation.
“In 1978, eight years after the Civil War, the NPN presidential candidate, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, a former Commissioner for Finance in the Gowon government, picked his running mate, Dr Alex Ekwueme, from the South-East.
“They won the 1979 presidential election and enjoyed an enviable brotherly relationship as president and vice president. They won a second term in 1983. President Shagari’s government pardoned the former Biafra secessionist leader, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, which permitted him to return from exile in 1982. He went on to contest a senatorial seat under the NPN.
“These are in sharp contrast to the declaration of President Buhari after his election in 2015 in which he promised not to treat, on equal terms, those who gave him only five per cent of their votes with those who gave him over 97 per cent of theirs.
“This may account for his government’s refusal to appoint an Igbo as head of any of the security services. A review of this ill-advised policy will go a long way to neutralise the growing influence of IPOB among Ndigbo, both at home and in diaspora.
“The Federal Government must go beyond the arrest of Kanu and pay greater attention to the more serious security challenges threatening to cripple the country completely.
“The apparent failure of our security forces to deal decisively as the president so often commands them to do, with these security threats is obviously due to the acute shortage of manpower and equipment.
“These deficiencies have resulted in the thin spread of our forces and lack of timely rotation in areas of conflict. Government must massively increase security manpower and equipment. As we have seen, mere change of service chiefs would appear far from being the solution.”
NGpatriot: Unfortunately for you, self-determination and killing people, burning towns and villages, government institutions and businesses are different things.
Beheading little girls to make fetish juju is not self determination, it's lawlessness, criminality, murder, sadistic and barbaric acts, crimes against humanity.
If you don't know the meaning of self-determination, look it up in the dictionary..
The bolded are arrant nonsense which can only come from a deluded Nigerian. IPOB was very peaceful before the idiotic government of Nigeria led by a dunce named Muhammadu Buhari started to kill them. Have you forgotten "Operation Python Dance"? To incorporate a falsehood into a plank of argument for a tyrannical government of Nigeria explains how goofy most people have become. Nobody had ever reported missing young girls and police have not collaborated such feel-happy tale of deceit.
Penguin2: So in essence Osinbajo is saying that Buhari is right to have appointed northerners; and that the northerners who were appointed are the most qualified and deserving of the positions they were given?
Again, that if for instance Peter Obi succeeds Buhari, he’s free to appoint only those from Anambra into every available position as long as it is proven they are competent?
Zombies shey una dey see una Professor?
Very foolish idiot.
Keeps rationalizing absurdities.
Yes based on the deductive and substantive knowledge of the appointer. I do not understand your beef since Nigeria is a basket of fools.
Politics › Re: Is This Why No Other Part Of Nigeria Fought With Igbo In 1967? by Idiko1: 11:33pm On Jul 11, 2021
