₦airaland Forum

beknown:
@Don4life,

Your poll design is wrong. You cannot reliably compare a state like Lagos with a city like Calabar.

You can compare two states as follows:

Lagos v Cross River

SEFAGO:
sharrap omoibo, let us hear word, dirty onitsha boy

grafikdon:
Well, I may have to take a break from wearing native attire (not that I was doing that ) just in case someone mistakes me for Nigerian-Taliban. . .

he who ditches the native attire lives to see another day where he can drink a glass of palm wine and shout "This is the bomb" without causing a stampede. . .

Bishopking:
GBAM!!

If the S' East is that rich, why are the easterners AND northerners trooping en mass to the S'west in millions everyday? The S west Nigeria is the now the melting point of the fortune seekers from across West Africa. This dilute as a matter of logic, the existing wealth and social infrastructure there!

How many Yoruba people are in the East as compared to the Easterners in the west, And they never want to go back home!!

busybody20:
@ poster

There r 2 different guys in the photos!     

the first is short and fat
the second is tall, slim & good looking 

If oyinbo neva show for photo u neva dey overseas abi?

N.B if u r truly in the one in the picture which i doubt, u shd know its disrespectful to paste [b]'oyinbo pikins' [/b]photo over the internet! innit

Na chinese (pronounced chi neze ) pikin u dey call oyinbo pikins?

MrCrackles:
Point of correction i am only Twenty4!
Metal-gong is 58

Kobojunkie:
Yes I have. Maybe you should, instead of jumping to insult others for thinking outside of the box that you do, ask questions of those around you to get FACTS so when you respond, you don't sound as silly each time. That I am in the US NOW does not in anyway mean I have NEVER lived in ND or any other part of Nigeria EVER!!! If your brain could not figure that out then I suggest you start exercising it more by applying more logical reasoning rather than the same chop phooey you have been to this point!

IGNORANCE is NOT BLISS!!!

Dr Kitaun:
Osaze playmaker

what a role that would be for a player that plays so casually

Ben-10:
Let him remain on the wings.

*jona:
yoruba/igbo/bini.

Kobojunkie:
You know what? It is possible to know how to read and write to an extent but still remain uneducated. I am not even going to plow the field on the level of education of MEND members with you anymore since you have given me another juicer tree to harvest from.

So, after reading all that I posted on the other thread, what you came away with is that people like me want Nigerians to take up arms as their way of fighting for their DEMOCRATIC right? Dude, you do realize that many do pass through schools but never allow school to pass through them? Lol

MEND claims to fight only for their people. Why in the world would I then conclude that it doesn’t? Or are you now a self-imposed MEND spokesman?

That you somehow connect a love for MEND and belief that MEND is itself fighting a bigger war than it claims it does speaks volumes of your delusion and not mine, sorry! That the FG is not listening is NO REASON why the citizens in a DEMOCRACY should resort to terroristic tactics. What I find unbelievable is that you are here advocating that the country be turned into a huge den of terrorists without even considering what that means to the lives of average people. We have seen the result of these such moves in the past with people turning on themselves in the end rather than on those who they claim to be the problem, and you are here advocating we do it again, only on a larger scale than before?

axeman85:
@igbo boy

This is not a matter of the rate, if you want to do somethin then you are given a quotation either u like it or lump it as its mandatory . Lagos is already clustered already with houses everywhere and more people tropping into lagos on a daily basis for various reasons.  rates are being paid everywhere even in developed countries and they even disguise their such as council tax, which varies from area to area. for a company wanting to build such a mighty development, they should be able to pay the rates becos when they start selling off the houses they will be in million of naira or even rent it out in dollars and pounds. its a housing development and one way or the other the govt must benefit from it as hopefully the proceeds will go back to improving the city of lagos.

yemmight:
Just as ugly as your best first governorship debate yesterday.

gbm:
You guys are sparing the main culprit " Baba iyabo" who is the architect of all this mess. It never occurred to you that in all the credible candidates "in Nigerian context" vying to succeed him, he chose a sick person and certify him fit. Is that an experiment or what?

That's a just a glimpse of what a Yoruba man can do.

shellboy:
PDP constitution states so, blame PDP.

axeman85:
Nigerians we want the best of things and life and want government to provide everything for us BUT we dont want to pay for it . its not done anywhere becos even in developed countrued everybody pays tax even the cleaners who earn minimum wage also pay tax 16yr old who works also pays tax, every home owner either rented or woned pays a monthly fee called council tax not to talk of if you earn more u pay more.

so fashola is not a thief and the money used to change lagos has to come from somewhere apart from FG allocation budget.   developed countires and cities get a majority of their revenue from taxation.

PAY YOUR TAX AND DUES.

yemmight:
I know why all of you are so excited. Because it's the first time it wil be happening in that region. Sorry. For us here, we are used to it.

Kobojunkie:
I am sorry to burst your bubble there but the MEND issue has nothing to do with SW and North banding against the East, if that is what you are trying to make it here. Even the easterners are divided in so many ways and MEND is not supported by all groups. I know this for a fact as I happen to have family in the area and even they are disgusted by the terrorists.
When you say one man’s meat is another man’s poison, do you realize the meaning of that? In this case, you have a group claiming to be freedom fighters, going around depriving poor people of their means of livelihood, and as far as to destroy what many of the same poor have spent most of their lives gathering for their families. 

Their communities are likely TERRIFIED of them and that is, in my opinion one of the main reasons why they would never hand them over to the authorities. Even Robin Hood, who supposedly fought on behalf of the poor tried all he could to quiet the snitches in the communities he claimed he was fighting for. Na MEND, a band of mostly uneducated agbero’s in the middle of a jungle zone people go come snitch on without fear of consequence or retaliation? Get real!! Roflmao!!!

Kobojunkie:
Please stop lying!! You never told me anything of the such and I never claimed that would do the trick. If you have actually followed any of my posts on here, you would have easily seen that[b]I happen to be against negotiating with CRIMINALS, no matter what level. People loosing their jobs and what not has NOTHING To do with MEND and it's terrorist actions[/b]

aasog:
@Maple


You are wasting your time hitting the keyboard trying to give a sincere piece of your heart to these guys.
The best you could have done is ask for their home or office address and fedex boxes of tissue papers to them to wipe their tears.
Thousands of people visit nairaland daily, to read the so-called "Expert" views of these guys, and it amazes at how much fun they have reading their impassioned political gurgles. Let the victims have their fill. I think its therapy time for the ibos on this blog. Brace yourself for further Northern and Western bashing. And don't frown when you read words like: Sharia Imposing North, Traitor Yoruba freaks, Obasanjo the biggest problem, etc. I am sure Adam didnt even blame Eve that hard for his servitude when he got kicked out of Heaven for their waywardness.
Its a pity we have to live with their pain. But its theirs. Not mine. Isnt it?

Maple:
@Onlytruth,

As a Northerner, I believe it would be a total cliche' to drop some lines.  You seemed very reluctant to think outside the box as per this debate, despites Kobojunkie's incessant efforts to help.  All these saga is just a game of power play, and one has to see it as such if he/she wants to master it. The truth of the matter is, every regional, tribal, and religion entity is a participant in this game, but the Northern Muslims have won more than the other entities, WHY? because they've learned to play their cards very well, Simple.

How well have the Igbos played their cards, and what role did the Igbos played and are still playing in maintaining the status quo, have you asked yourself those questions? The dominance of the North in our country's politics did not happened overnight, the opportunity was offered on a silver plate, aftermaths the incidence of 1966.  If that coup had succeeded,  there would never have been a balance of power either. South-Easterners would probably be dominating this game today.  Although, that 1966 incident remained a stain in the history of our country, its the best thing that had ever happened to the North. Thats the untold truth.

You kept saying that the north wants to impose sharia on the rest of  Nigerians, is that supposed to be a joke or what?  I'm sure you know thats not true, but its a very shameful and petty excuse used by people who just cant handle the truth and their shortcomings.   Northern leaders do not give a hoot about sharia, its implementation would not be to their advantage, if anything, most of them dislike it even more than you do. However, they came up with the sharia label, because thats all they need to fire up the unsuspecting masses.  You need to go to the so-called sharia states (I am from one by the way) to see for yourself. The sharia saga was just another political gimmick to rally the people and hold on to power, and guessed what, It worked.  Sentiments aside, you got to commend the ingenuity of the leaders from the North in this game, they sure do know how to play their cards very well.


There is no way to say it better than via Nkem Owoh's song called "I go chop your dollar". When you replace "419" in that song with "Nigerian power politics", you'll get the perfect picture.  Say what you may, the Yorubas are gaining ground in this game as well, hence they've had some victories too.  The game is still on, and  many Igbos have realized the futility of blaming the North for all their political problems.  Instead of wallowing in perpetual victimhood , they have learned to put themselves and their leaders in the box. Soon, it'll be a different ball game, but folks like you are not helping the Igbo cause.


Our so-called leaders know too well  that the average Nigerian is a mugu, they just throw some ethnic/religious tension out there whenever the chips are down, and the average Nigerian would loose all senses and be led to the gallows.  Irrespective of which part of the country you come from, your leaders do not give a hoot about you. You seem very bitter about the status quo. Despite the donkey years northerners have been ruling this country, what have we really achieved in terms of developments compared to the other regions? about 70% of Nigerians suffering from abject poverty are Northerners, we lack social amenities et al.  Who knows, south-easterners could  have suffered the same fate if their leaders had been in power. So my fellow Nigerian, channel your anger somewhere else, cos we are all pawns in this game of power struggle. No northerner would come into power without a South-Easterner and South-Westerner behind him, it just would never happen.  Ethnic/religion tension is a means to justify the end (their pockets).