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Honestly I understand why gunners are asking for Vieira, but gone are his glory days. He could still inspire the needed confidence but by the time younger midfielders will run rings around him and leave him panting like a 50 yr old man left with a 18 year old prostitute, his eyes will be seeing double

HNIC:
Not too spectacular 1st half.Good footie, but we've lacked a good cutting edge so far.
Dennilson,Ramsey,Eboue and Rozzi have been impressive so far.
Hoping to see AA23 in the second half

Have'nt we gone down this road before?

Why all this over interest on who is hausa, ibo or nupe?

We all are created by one God and we are all black people that grew up and saw ourselves living together in the same nation.

Deciding where you move to is like asking God if he is wise enough to put you where you found yourself. We are all one and should behave so.

chaircover:
JustGood, you forgot to add when she must also kneel down when she serves your food on Royal Doulton china, all covered with one of those frilly crochet napkins our grandmothers used to knit.

She has to also remain kneeling until you finish eating and you burp

Then she can get up & take the plates away . . . . only after that can she eat

Does it matter, if she enjoys to do that then she should. So far as nobody is forcing her to.

all these una polls and votes carry no weight since the people you elected are not thinking in the same line as you are doing.
this kind of vote should be held in the national assembly and if they dont want to bring up the issue, then we better forget it as a passing idea, no need to harass each other here.

Onlytruth:
If you don't like to "Igbolize" Nigeria, then let Igbos leave Nigeria and form their own country. Simple!

You are saying this as if that will 'authomatically' solve all our problems?

Onlytruth:
On a more serious note the guy Invisible is scared stiff about Nigeria's history. Your history is your history, you cannot escape it. If you don't deal with it properly, you could allow it to repeat!

Some sleeping dogs are best left to lie.

If I am scared, then its for this our exuberance about some ideas that are fashioned to enrich a few.

Besides its in the house of the coward that they stand to piont at where the house of the brave man used to be!

Onlytruth:
If this person is Igbo, then my name is Benjamin Adekunle!

A bu m ony Igbo, bido na mbu ruo na njedebe

A murum n' ala Igbo

ebe a ka m no gusia akwukwo, bido olu

Nne m na nna m bu ndi Igbo

A huru m ndi Igbo na anya.

Onlytruth:
I can almost guarantee you all that this person (male or female) is NOT IGBO.

Then the pope is not catholic!

$osisi:
I don't repeat The Biafran History stories so that people can feel sorry for me
I don't need anybody's sympathy
and most Igbos don't either.
We say them because they are true
They are a part of our history
In as much as people don't want us to repeat them
They must be told nevertheless.

The problem with some history is that it sometimes clouds our reasoning and fills us with a sense of revenge for events past.
I felt very horrible after reading ''The Nigerian revolution and the Biafran war" a book by Major Alexander Madiebo. I got over it and have since moved on because the events are past, may God forgive all the actors on both sides, now lets grow this country and stop hating innocent tribesmen that didnt hurt us. We should do away with this deafeatist mentality.

$osisi:
And who told you those people don't own shares in these places now?
I took you back to history.
There is no reason the average Igbo man should be close to the SW or any other regions educationally or financially if not for the hand of the almighty God.
An area that was ravaged by years of war,where everything practically came to a standstill for years and then every adult worker started off with 20 pounds afterwards and in a few short years,millionaire transporters like The Young,Ekene,Chiebere,Osondu etc,importers and exporters emerged.
And before they knew it,Igbos overtook all areas of Nigeria in education
It is nothing but the hand of the almighty God
Mainly because we are  a Christian people and the hand of God is upon Igboland
We would have been annihilated,if not for God.
Igboland and the SS are the only group of people that did not have the menace of Islam at our doorsteps.
Nothing but God's favour on his people.
You come from a great people,a proud heritage who believe in hardwork
Begging in Igboland is a thing of shame
We are a tenacious,non quitting  group
That is our heritage from time immemorial and further enhanced by the things our fathers suffered.
An Igbo man may never be president in Nigeria but the presidency doesn't put food on anybody's table,hardwork does.

Thats the spitit gurl!

We hold the ace, why surrender it in the face of challenges? The average Ibo is brilliant an I dont think we should run away from Nigeria like cowards, let us keep doing what we are doing in peace, Ekene, Young, Ibeto, Peacemass, and other honest Ibo businessmen, not bootlickers should be emulated, more young men can still replicate Emeagwali, the Achebes the Akunyilis etc.

We have the brains, lets use it to help ourselves.

$osisi:
Please take it easy on him.
educate him instead from true stories that you know
Tell him how Igbos who owned almost every real estate in PH lost it to thieving Ijaws and Ikwere people after Nigeria declared their hard earned property abandoned property.
Then what happened years later?
The same Ijaws and Ikweres turned around and sold these property back to Igbos to feed their lazy selves.
Karma is a female dog
Now that the same Nigeria wants to wipe out Ijaw land,guess who they turn to?
The same people they turned their back on and stole from.
The same Ken Saro wiwa,an Ogoni man who my dad told us made fun of Igbos with his post war radio program,laughing them to scorn at the end of the war came on his hands and knees to Ohaneze asking for help in his Ogoniland freedom fight.
The same Ogoni man that fought Igbos was assasinated by Nortern and Western Nigeria
How about Adaka Boro?
He was equally killed by western Nigeria after betraying his Igbo cousins
Karma,I say is a female bingo
Currently which region besides the SS is sympathetic to the Ijawland and ND cause
It's not the NE,NC,NW,certainly not the SW but the SE
The same people they betrayed.
Did I say Karma is a female female German Shepard?

And you want us to repeat this cycle once more? to set us back another 40 YEARS and your grand children will be here arguing about your abandoned property in Lagos?

Ugboro ole ka ihe ga eme unu ka unu were muta ihe?

PYTHAGORAS:
what i want to say is for the south east and south south to be sure that we are not being marginalised, we should be allowed to rule this country. especially the south south. to say the least, Goodluck Jonathan, is just a figure head, if not, this is over two years in their administeration, and the niger delta is still complaining of some problems or the other. and secondly, states like ondo, should not be categorised as niger delta because oilo is not being lifted from this area and as such does not have the same problems the nigerdelta is facing.

thats what everyone fights for, and that will continue when the Ibos get Biafra, we shall start fighting for Owerri state, Nsukka country!

$osisi:
Stop sounding Ignorant there.
Go and read or ask questions
Igbos were the most visible Nigerians before the war.
After the war,Igbos lost every dime they had in the bank and our fathers were given a mere 20 pounds to start life afresh
Yes 20 whole pounds
and it was at this time that Awolowo ,the finance Minister and his cohorts sold the shares to leventis,Cadbury,Coca Cola etc.
The timing was not accidental
Tell me what your father and mine could buy with 20 pounds
I have been reading your comments and I shake my head in disbelief.
Go to your father and grandfather and uncles and ask them questions rather than speak out of ignorance

Are you saying that with the type of cash Chimaroke, Udenwa, Uba, Egwu stole they cannot buy some fringe directors off some companies?

Forget what happened in the past, win the present and control the future.

asha 80:
Please what other type of ventures or business that igbos are not into?

Why should they even be targeted in a sane country?

Learn how to hunt with the dogs, do the type of business they do! own stocks of listed companies or how many Ibos are directors in all these heavy companies? and when the Yoruba uses their connections to get jobs we shout favouritism, marginalisation, where were our fathers when all those shares in Leventis, unilever, cadbury, coca cola were sold?

Nobody should target people in a sane world, but corruption has made this country insane.

Onlytruth:
Your reasoning here further proves my point about you not being Igbo. Do you know how many Nigerians  fly in and out of Nigeria on daily basis and where they come from? Do you know which tribe makes use of the Lagos airport and seaports most in Nigeria? Do you know the hell Igbos go through importing goods and then hauling them  hundreds of miles across thousands of police check points along Lagos -Benin - Onitsha roads? Do you know how many Igbo businessmen who would have relocated to Anambra (with undeveloped lands), Enugu and Ebonyi (with vast undeveloped lands), Imo and Abia (with vast lands), if they could fly into the east or import into the east?
Igboland remains undeveloped while people like you are urging a policy to continue denying us international access to enable few like you to "form your company with your friends" wherever you are. Your logic simply doesn't sound Igbo and I won't be surprised if you are a masquerade!

My trying to prove to you that I am Ibo is like the pope proving that he is a catholic!
Many Ibos fly through Lagos, many import their wares through the Lagos ports like every other Nigerian and I dont think they are selectively victimized in the airports as much as you claim. There is corruption in the ports and every other nook and cranny of Nigeria? Ibo traders feel the pinch of the inefficiencies there because they own almost all the containers there.

This brings me to the question, why do we do a common type of business? why dont the Ibos spread out and try their hands in other fields and not concentrate only on commerce where it will be easy to target them? and they come round and cry foul?

That Iboland is underdeveloped is our fault, not as a result of any persons wish. just transfer all the Ibo people's houses from Ibadan, KANO, Kaduna, Borno, LAGOS, Benin, Calabar and you will not see any space again.

That Iboland is underdeveloped is because the Nzeribes, Eseles, Ubas, Iwuanyanwus, Uzor Kalus embezzled our fortune and turned round to lie to us that the north is cheating us, go figure that one out.

Onlytruth:
The day I see an international airport and a waterport in the east is the day I will start supporting this view. Until then, it is not yet uhuru!

Where are we going to site the seaport?

Onlytruth:
From your reasoning here I can almost bet my last kobo that you are NOT Igbo. Let me tell you, I know Igbos like individual success, but I also know (from solid historical facts) that Igbos have had to sacrifice their all for Nigeria at every critical stage, from 1950s to now. I have posted a question here asking "should igbos join the yoruba and hausa to "come and eat in the delta"" and believe me the answers have been quite interesting! I will say this again, Igbo problems in Nigeria is because we want progress more than other groups, and that has always cost us. But guess what, majority of Igbos still will never change! They will never rest until either Nigeria works for everyone or they form another country that works! Igbo will never count  individual successes as group successes. That you are succeeding does not mean that some Igbos did not lose their lives or livelihood in Maiduguri or other parts of the north  this week. It will never protect those who migrated to those areas from the next round of violence. So, we need an international airport in the east and a waterport in Onitsha and Oguta. If you are really Igbo, you will understand this simple reasoning. There are also many Igbo haters here masquerading as Igbos.

What were they doing waiting to get killed in another mans soil, the man you claim hates you so much and you are drifting into his compound everyday. After the sharia riots, and countless other pogroms, what are our brothers still looking for in the north?

If my daughter gets beaten twice in another mans compound, I will not go back to fight the person that beat her up for the second time, I will simply ask her "Nwa m, kedukwanu ihe i jere ime na ulo ndi ozo, ebe imara nke oma na ha ahughi anyi n' anya?

come on Brashy, how do you want it?

A war or peace?

Or are you running to your moderator desk to disenfranchise me?

asha 80:
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My guy i have the power of positive thinking in me and that is why i am succesful in life to the extent that i have enough time to be typing in nairaland on daily basis but i do not close my eye to the nonsense we call a country of ours is doing.

Let me ask you a question.Are you for a succesful system in a nation or succesful individuals?

I used to think its the succesful people that will bring about the succesful system, those that succeeded without comitting crime?

It will be hard for my staff not to do things in my own clean way, they will be shown the door!

MrCrackles:
But you mentioned it in your post lastnight or didnt you?
I am not 12 or 13, very early twenties OK!
Anyway let us not turn this into a two way show. . . .Back to the topic please - ARSENAL rocks!

Yes thats after you confided in me that a donkey impegnated your mumsy to father you

Of course Arsenal rocks, and I used to love their fine displays even as I am a true blue. Let them not disapoint me next season, let them buy better players that will give their rivals some shiversand please let them win things.

I will ribb you all to death if Arsenal fails to impress next season, watch this space!

asha 80:
I can now understand where you are coming from.

The problem we have in nigeria as a whole is when things are going well for one he or she now feels that things are getting better in nigeeria.

Not that Nigeria is doing so well now, they even seem to be rolling backwards but with our individual efforts we will get there one day.

My point is that if things are moving well for me, then it could also move well for everyone else or do I have any special abilities everyone doesnt have? Focus on the positives and your thinking will change from all these gloom and doom.

MrCrackles:
I aint annoyed dude!
Throw banters, taunt as much as u want but be on point and[b] dont claim you are DAFT![/b]

You see! its comments like this that makes me wonder how old you are, twelve, thirteen?

Bendtner will score this night, I love that guys skillz and pace sometimes.

asha 80:
Can you expantiate?I am really interested

Okay, my business is getting bigger everyday and my neighborhood is getting cleaner, yes in Naija here. My friends and I are planning to get together and float a company soonest and life is looking up for once.

Get down and work, think of something, do something, love someone, smile a lot and believe in yourself.

Believe in God too and in his ability to solve all your problems.

edoyad:

Come mr. Invisible . No one is saying opposing views aren't welcome, on the contwawy .
Okay let me give you an illustration:
It's just like a lunatic who lives the streets walking into a classy restaurant, the hostility he'll receive isn't cos the staff don't sympathise. It's cos he'l scare away business.
With that in perspective,
CLASSY RESTAURANT = GUNNERS THREAD
STREETS = YOUR HOME THREAD
LUNATIC = THE INVISIBLE you & Dayo .

Classy restaurant, yes I agree, but your trophy cabinet contains no trophies as at the last time I looked from the window

I am trying to focus on something else and and leave this thread and you are still provoking me

Eziachi:
HYPOCRITE, you seems to worry about Igbo more than they worried about themselves.
Talk about crying more than the beareved. Why can't you concentrate on how you will make Nigeria a paradise rather than worrying about something that doesn't concern you one bit.
Such a greedy people but you're still want to hang on to them by all mean, and you seems to be running out of excuse asto why you want greedy people to be with you. insane

I am not a hypocrite, just trying to get things in their proper perspective. The worst decision you can make is to go into battle half cocked.

We have to be ready for an action before we fly off or else we shall be doing ourselves a lot of harm by revealing our intention before the action.

Some people have made the issue of biafranism into a big business, intimidating, harrasing others to join them or be on the other side, some have made millions from this idea, while others are following along sheepishly without knowing what is going on.

The Ibos are a very strong race, so intelligent, beutiful and yet flawed in our sometimes unreasonable rationalisms. We can quietly dominate this country if we so choose or shoot ourselves in the foot and plunge our children into war for an avoidable problem. We are still suffering from the setbacks of the last civil war, our stunted business growth, exclusion from the army top brass, but things are getting better, just look around you.

Nigeria will get better one day.

MrCrackles:
I aint annoyed dude!
Throw banters, taunt as much as u want but be on point and dont claim you are DAFT!

Okay bros, let me listen more now than talk.

MrCrackles:
You are becoming a bit of a nuisance around here. .
Your senseless attempts via daft and dumb comments, to rile ARSENAL supporters wont work. . .
Nothing useful to contribute but to display the peak of buffoonery
Behave yourself or else, i am going to have to alienate you from this thread!
Word!

You dont need to get annoyed palsy, if I am telling lies then it will not annoy you, the truth hurts. You can go ahead and alienate me from this thread, people always love the easy way out.

Arsenal is not behaving as they used to and that is bound to draw some unfavourable comments, you are also making unsavoury comments sometimes so dont act like a saint. Football is sweet when everyone is allowed to air their views, no matter how bad it sounds to you.

Have you ever heard that Arsenal supporters banned Manu or Liverpool supporters from the emirates because of their chants and taunts? why are you worried? or do you fear my prediction will come to pass?

All shades of opinion should be allowed to stand, this is democracy

J UNIT:
First there was Tomas Rosicky's setback coupled with Samir Nasri's lay-off, now Thomas Vermaelen has twinged his thigh and Gael Clichy - it was revealed earlier today - will miss the start of the Premier League campaign due to a back complaint.
www.goal.com

This to all those people who are looking forward to seeing thomas and thinking clichy will be the vice capain, it is so sad to hear of this injury again, i mean how many times has this happen, and the annoying thing is that he is not ready to buy any players, then at end of the season we will start talking about an improvement in players, he'll let us know of the fact that bedtneer has improved and that we had problems in defence, and that some players are too lazy, bla bla bla.;, why doesnt he do something about it, go to the market and get a damm player, this is so annoying, if u asked me to predict what wengers starting line up would be, id say front pairing of van persie and bedtner, midfield arshavin denilson fabregas wallcot, defence traore silvestre gallas sagna, goalie almunia, i mean what sort of a team is this look at the defence, that defence screams for 3 goals at least, cant this man see that we seriously and urgently need a damm midfielder and a defender as well as a striker, how long are we gna wait for the future, things better work this season or yes we would have to fire this man, i mean like seriously now, _{im vexed, slams the keyboard f$%^*&^}

How many of these guys you mentioned will be wearing red and white at the start of the season? ask Wenger

About four of them have their asses on the auction table.

Onlytruth:
I really take offense at your reasonings in this thread. It is my personal philosophy never to argue with an Igbo here over something fundamental but you have forced me to say this. Your grouse with Biafran agitators is that in your opinion they are too dumb to understand war and it's consequences. I haven't found a single Biafran agitator here calling for war. None! Yet you are here justifying a 40 year policy to deny an international airport to your own people (if you are really Igbo- you don't sound like one!), thereby forcing them to migrate to other places in search of livelihood. What type of Igbo are you anyway All the other regions with international airports, how much weapons have they imported? There is an international airport in Port Harcourt and Maiduguri, two hot spots in Nigeria. How can you justify a policy of forcing your people to live in hostile areas. Someone here boasted that Igbo can never survive in Igboland. Of course he is right because we have no international access, thanks to years of deliberate isolation. What the F*ck are you talking about

No I am not saying those agitating for war are too dumb to understand what war is all about but if the inevitable happens, (and please dont pretend things cannot escalate) the poor masses will be the worse for it, on both sides. They are the ones that have the early info to send their families abroad for holiday while you and me slaughter ourselves here.

No biafran man will call for war now, nobody in the infamous coup of 1966 called for the civil war, but when an event like the one you are pulling at gets into play, it could easily degenerate to a chain of events which you know what the outcome will be in this clime festering with ethnic tensions.

I still havnt heard that an Ibo man was denied of either using or working in any international airport in Nigeria? Till I get such info, then we may just be asking for an airport to score political points. Now, are you saying its because of international airports that made our people migrate to the north and west? Tell me something, was it the international airports that enploys all workers in Lagos and Maiduguri?

We should learn to respect each other in this country, while we are still within Nigeria. The way they look at us is because of the way we look at them. lets heal, not wound