₦airaland Forum

TayserMahiri:
Being sorry?

fanficgirl:
But you emphasize how those around Nigeria like Niger are failed nations lol.

Nowenuse:
I watched Kenyatta on K24 yesterday, adressing people in Lamu......men, are you not sure most muslims in Lamu are fanatics? The women were too covered almost like those in Saudi Arabia.

TayserMahiri:
Nothing to be sorry about.

mtis:
Ok dude ya killing it now tell us what happened after that..we dont talk about MRC in kenya anymore...an i have this theory that Naijas need to man up alittle. Go fight Boko boys like men not like sissies

mtis:
we will reenact the Black Hawk down thingy again

Hati13:
Yeah, we are good in marathon, but not all Ethiopians are good. There are very few Amhara, Tigray and other Ethiopian athletes, but most of the Ethiopian athletes we see on world stage winning medals are Oromo Ethiopians.

Hati13:
Excellent combination.

If you want to be commando in Ethiopian army, out of the many difficult training drills, you must also run 300km and jump 3-4 story building.

fanficgirl:
You go kill me with laughter . I meant African Nations but this is better. In addition don't forget we have people very good at spreading dangerous diseases to the enemies

fanficgirl:
I mean in a hypothetical scenario if Africa was to be conquered by three countries, which 3 would have the best chance?

fanficgirl:
Which three countries do you think will havw the nest chance of conquering the African Continent?

Nowenuse:
Yes, opportunity is the main factor here.
A lot of people from Kano have opportunities probably even more than peeps from Kaduna who are more interested in who will dominate Kaduna state.

Kaduna may continue to be a shadow of itself.

Nowenuse:
I have really studied the demographics of most part of the north and i highly doubt the existence of substantial Buzu and Zarma communities in Kebbi or Sokoto. Even if there are, i think they will be very few spill overs at the boundary areas.
I have never heard them counted in any demographic representation of Sokoto or Kebbi, the dominate neither a LGA nor a traditional stoolship. Nothing. They may be immigrants who are now claiming those states.

As for the issue of ethnic clusters. I think both have advantages and disadvantages.
In places like Aba, Onitsha or Warri you really cannot compare the fate of northerners in Hausa quarters to those who live in the streets...especially in middle class areas, but truly, bad neighbours really count.

fanficgirl:
From what I've seen igbos are the brilliant ones.

fanficgirl:
This made me laugh so hard . Only Nigerians can make a joke out of trajedy.

Nowenuse:
Hmm, i see. Your parents must have been the ones who came to Lagos. Or not?

I find it very embarrassing that you and i (the only northerners) who are active on this thread are a product of Southern environment/upbringing. Is this not exactly what am saying?

Exactly, this issue of unqualified teachers is the main problem. You can imagine that most of those Chibok girls in SS3 writing waec could not speak English.
People are taught in Hausa in many rural and semi urban secondary schools in the north, let alone primary schools.

But one thing i have observed about core-northerners is that they seem to develop with urbanization. Or am i wrong?
See places like Kano and northern Kaduna. They are doing considerably better educationally than other core-northerners. These are the only places you can find a somewhat active middle-class population in the core-north. Or not?

Nowenuse:
Hmm, i see. Your parents must have been the ones who came to Lagos. Or not?

I find it very embarrassing that you and i (the only northerners) who are active on this thread are a product of Southern environment/upbringing. Is this not exactly what am saying?

Exactly, this issue of unqualified teachers is the main problem. You can imagine that most of those Chibok girls in SS3 writing waec could not speak English.
People are taught in Hausa in many rural and semi urban secondary schools in the north, let alone primary schools.

But one thing i have observed about core-northerners is that they seem to develop with urbanization. Or am i wrong?
See places like Kano and northern Kaduna. They are doing considerably better educationally than other core-northerners. These are the only places you can find a somewhat active middle-class population in the core-north. Or not?

Nowenuse:
@Ishalbash

You will agree with me that this northern culture of manyan mutane & talakawa (rich & poor) is killing northern Nigeria.

Southerners are developing a very strong and viable middle-class population. And you can see the way they are dominating most sectors of the country apart from politics. Rich northerners have been the problem of the north as they seem to be very uninterested in developing the northern masses.
I am not against religion but it bleeds my heart to see Zamfara or Bauchi state governments organising Koranic recitation competitions and building more mosques whereas you will never find them organizing science and learning competitions, skill acquisition programs for the youth or building schools.

Kudos to northern governors like Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe state for changing that destructive mentality of most northern leaders.

You can clearly see that the middlebelt people are rapidly leaving that destructive culture, by embracing education more and if the core-northerners do not catch up, both the core-north and middlebelt will be forever divided.

One thing that most northern leaders do not know is that evil always backfires.
The more these northern leaders keep on leaving their people in backwardness and the Southerners get wealthier, the more the poorer northerners will keep on migrating to the South for greener pastures. Southerners will keep on using northerners as 'slaves'. It is already happening.

By the time all the indigenes of northern states have left to the South, who will these northern leaders rule??
Southern states will keep on having a higer Internal revenue and that 'Southernization' or Southern acculturization of Nigeria which northern leaders have been trying to fight since the time of the Sardauna will still take place!

What can you say about this?

Nowenuse:
First of all, what is the major difference btw Zarma and Buzu? I always see them to be the same.
I seem to see you hinting about Zarma/buzus from Kebbi/Sokoto. Are there Zarma/buzu indigenous communities in Nigeria?? I never tot there were, If yes, can you help me list them if you know them?


Seriously, these Zarma people from Niger republic, i don't understand them at all.
How come most beggars from Niger republic are buzu/Zarma whereas a lot of them are rich people changing dollars??

Yes, we all know of their diabolism and unpure ways, but how come do these people manage to mix islam and such diabolism??

Also, i think this clustering together of northerners in one place in the south should be discouraged. It usually makes them easy targets in case of crises. See the case of Ile-ife. It also helps to breed some level of unruliness and extremism among the youths, thinking that they are now large in numbers and can thus challenge their hosts.

Apart from maybe the Nupes, those of us from middlebelt/Taraba/Adamawa and Southern kaduna, we hardly live in ethnic clusters in the South, and this helps us integrate with the southerners better and develop ourselves.
You may not share my views, but you can see that i have a point here.

Nowenuse:
Hmm, interesting.
No wonder you can speak pidgin quite well and display some southern traits.

I also live in the South too, infact i was born in Delta state. My father works with NNPC and was transferred to the south.
What brought you to the south??

Are you for real? Though i don't really know much about the demographics of northerners in Lagos state, but in the SS/SE, you hardly find people from Kano, Jigawa or Kaduna doing menial jobs. Most of the core-northerners doing those are usually from Sokoto, Zamfara and sometimes Katsina. You can only find the former trading.
The Kanuris from Borno do wristwatches. Both core-northerners and middlebelters do mai guard and okada. ......
The only difference btw the poor core-northerners and middlebelters in the south is that most poor middlebelters who leave their villages to the South do so after finishing secondary schools. While most core-northerners never went to school.
Let me ask you, sincerely, do you see core-northerners changing and bridging the educational gap in Nigeria in the nearest future

freshest4live:
Lol, assuming a strong nation from any region wanna conquer Africa beginning from their region, Ethiopia would stroll through East Africa, with uganda and kenya resisting to no avail, but in the North there is Egypt with an army funded by the U.S, and then Algeria. In the South there is South Africa who faces no threat from their region. Angola with oil money and a stubborn Zimbabwe maybe, but both of these nations would be flattened by southafrica in a matter of days.
In central Africa, Congo should lead Cameroon but both combined stand no chance whatsoever.
In the west, Benin, Chad and Niger would surrender before the battle even begins.
Hmm in the context of an African take over by any country or group of countries without allies outside Africa, it would be bloody and there may likely be no victor. Just thinking for fun though, lol.

Hati13:
Yes, but it can also be spelled as Axum.

Nowenuse:
You are quite correct.

So, where do you live?

You cannot expect every part of a state in Nigeria to be urbanized. Will u? This is Africa.
A state like Kano is ok if you ask me, i heard that Kano urban area currently occupies 10 out of the 44 LGAs of the state and it is rapidly expanding.

Yes, it can also be said that oil is a factor of development of the SS areas.
Ebonyi and Bayelsa state capitals are not that bad believe me. As young states they are developing somehow better than their northern counterparts.

Abakaliki can compare Sokoto and Minna cities in terms of development and Ebonyi is just about 20 years old while Niger and Sokoto states are about 40 years old or more.

Many SS/SE people are now trying to reverse the trend of investing everything in Lagos and have started investing more at home.
Can this really be said of northerners?? Though i think the lower literacy and exposure rates in the north is one setback.

Have you noticed that more northerners are increasingly migrating to the south these days? Unlike vice versa in the past.

Hati13:
Oh, I didn't know about it. But during prophet days, there was no Abyssinia, rather Axum. Abyssinian empire started after 1270 A.D.

OMANBALA1:
You may not be but you sound like a rretarded tribalist like your fellow Nigerians. Why are Nigerians so weak? Always talking about superiority while the poor masses suffer ?? Are you people cursed?

Nowenuse:
Ok.

So, what do all these Bades, Ngizims, Kanuris and other minority groups people who have been hausanized (i mean those people from these tribes). What do they identify as? Do they identify as Hausas ethnically or they still retain their original ethnic identity??

Is Kanuri language taught in schools in kanuri speaking areas?

Talking about urbanisation, yes i know that it is an all round Nigerian problem, but i don't think this issue affects South-South and South-east Nigerians as such.

Almost every state in the SE/SS has an influential, populated, rapidly developing and considerably rich capital city. Some states like Delta, Anambra, Abia even have up to 2-3 of such cities.
As for the South-west, Lagos is clearly their problem, but however, places like Ibadan are rapidly developing.

But if you look at the whole north, you will see that apart from Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Zaria and Ilorin, no other city can you really regard as well developing. Maiduguri is battling with boko haram which has really reduced it's potentials.
Look at states like Kebbi, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe, Adamawa and others, no viable cities we can really say are rapidly developing and urbanizing.
Thank God for Abuja that has come to seriously urbanize states like Nasarawa and Niger.

There is a very big gap between the North and the South (if you understand what am talking about).

UnimkeAk:
Yes
From ur so called abu that u pple will not allow us to rest

Hati13:
Thanks!
On average, large percentage of Amharas and Tigrays DNA is Agaw(Cushite). They have also other Cushite ancestors like Afar, Beja, Oromos and others. There main Semite ancestors came from Yemenite.

Most says, Ethiopians look Arabs and Europeans only because of their admixture with Arabs, but they are incorrect.

Shaytun:
“Women from the Kikuyu community have small legs, totally no figures, and a little exaggerated heads. They lack good behinds and those who have them look like inflated balloons. They are shaped like pyramids turned upside down. A big upper frame and an almost invisible lower bit.
Luo men on the other side have distorted facial features..say big lips and huge noses or should we call them knobs. Kikuyu men are also disproportional, and most of them are stunted. They walk leaning forward. Plus they have long rusty teeth.”

UnimkeAk:
No be dere solomon dalaung for graduate with first class

Hati13:
Yes, they are related. Agaw, Afar, Oromo, Somalia and most other Horn of Africans are Cushites. Even the likes of Amhara, Tigray, Gurage, Harar and others who speak Semitic family language are more Cushites than Semites. On average Amharas and Tigrays are 60-70% Cushite and 30-40% Semite.

Nowenuse:
Ok interesting. Thanks

Would you say Potiskum is as big and developed as Zaria?

Which tribes are actually the natives of Potiskum? I heard it was the Ngizim people and maybe Bade. But it seems like Hausas and Kanuris have outnumbered the natives there, or not?

What about Gashua? That town seems quite famous. How developed is it?
Gumel in Jigawa too, the name seems quite famous. How developed in the place?

Also, why is it that it seems like most educated core-northerners always love to migrate and live in Kano, Kaduna and Abuja? Why does it seem like they don't like to develop and populate their own State capitals?