₦airaland Forum

Beaf: Words of a fool. Sophisticated people do not blow kids up.
What is really wrong with those who use the phrase, "we are too sophisticated" in Nigeria? Are they sick in the mind?

Was it not you that said Sahara reporters are fake Now you believe them?!!!

oddy4real: would you just hold it! It is the practice everywhere in the world that whenever there is VIP movement in the airport, then no other plane can land. Go and ask if another plane can land in the USA if Obama is landing. And this didn't start with GEJ. U don't have to find a way to link him to every imbroglio

basher: Your logic will only make sense if d attitudes of d N & SS towards d Igbos are different from the SW.

basher: You've got a point here. Also, how many Yorubas are prepared to go and work in a bank filled and controlled by "omo Igbos"? Many would rather remain jobless. This probably explains the situation at diamond bank!

samkoro: Yorubas open accounts only in Yoruba banks,they rarely open account in any Igbo owned bank cos they feel that if situations arises all their money may be converted to five naira just like Awolowo converted all Igbo money to five pounds,the way Awolowo did. To Igbos after the war.That's the bitter truth.

Another truth is that Igbos don't exhibit tribalism in choosing banks to open account.

I hereby call on Igbos to change their accounts to Igbo banks cos its safer there.If you Doubt it ask J J okocha and the Sarakis societe generale.They coverted Okochas money to a coaching job at Kwara football Academy

yohanna zack: Nwazurike or wat is he calld is notin but a coward. I wl alwayz miss sombody like ojukwu. When there was crisis in kano sometime ago. He told d ibos pple not to run to anywhere, but face their enemies dat they are nigerians too. Nobody shuld intimidate dem in anyway. Here comes a useless man calld nwazurieke callin dem to come back home as if he is goin to provide jobs fo them. Instead of him to attack dos hausas who are in d eastern part, he is openin his ogogoro mouth askin dem to com home, is he goin to feed them and their families. Nonsense man.

tekasy: Come whıch home?southeast!! Anywayz ı dıd left north to thıs southeast onıtsha and kıdnappers neva allowed me cruıse ma rıdes and leave freely as ı do ın the north... Mr uwazurıke fırst of all you guyz shld call all those touts to cautıon. B4 advısıng anyone to come over there.

afam4eva: You're right about Diamond Bank. I wonder of it's the same with MTN Nigeria since they're both owned by the same person.

chidike: i am an Igbo, but i must say that i agree about Diamond Bank, from. Kaduna to abuja, most of their staff i know are Igbos. Me sef dey wait to work there after NYSC. *winks*

Onlytruth: Much as I hate getting involved in what people choose to call themselves, I equally hate when someone chooses to borrow a derogatory word from Yoruba Nairalanders to describe his Igbo neighbors. That is very very dumb IMHO.

Since I came to Nairaland, I have not seen an Igbo person join Yoruba folks to call Ijaw "drunken fisherman", or many other countless names Yoruba give to Ijaw because of Jonathan.

You in particular are growing daily in stupidity. The "Igbo" will soon join the Yoruba to put you in your place.
Ezi ohia.

publisher: I have been made to understand that in order to increase your chances of getting a good job in certain Nigerian banks,you must belong to the right ethnic group.

Here's what i mean:
Wema bank - favours Yoruba jobseekers
Skye bank - favours Yoruba jobseekers
Unity bank - favours Hausa/ Northern Jobseekers
Zenith - favours Deltans/Delta Igbos
GTB - favours Yorubas
Diamond bank - favours Igbos
Access bank - favours Yorubas/Edos
Fidelity bank - favours Igbos
Union bank - favours Igbos
UBA - neutral
Fcmb - favours Yorubas
First bank - neutral

So people, is this gist true?

samkoro: Why I said Igbos understand yoruba subtle ways is part of what ur doing now;trying to curry favour from housa;mentioning your master all in a bid to fight Igbo.Is there any group ethnic gruop called housa-Yoruba? All Iv known is housa-fulani.Listen if want us to compete for housa favour,we know how to do that better?ok Cos if you betray today,we'll patiently wait for our turn to revenge,and that's it.

Besides kwara and arguably Kogi,Igbos are the largest non indigenes in all states in Nigeria.This is the truth for Gods sake!!!Ask any northerner

The Young yoruba Igbo speaker is the only one Iv encountered in my lifetime and could be the only one in the entire yoruba population,So don't use him as a general case and claim his glory.He personaly told me he despises a lot of things his folks do out of ignorance and bigotry.In humour yoruba friend had told me that his his people are tribalistic.For Gods sake,this has become an axiom;it does need proof again.
About the NYSC guy that went to Enugu for the first time.Yes,that could be true,because the land lord may have a relative in Lagos who must have told him his horrible experiences in Lagos as regards searching for accommodation,omo oniles,area buys in market,OPC(some Igbos joined OPC because of several reported cases of stranded Igbo businessmen killed and labelled theives,,it took time for Igbos to discover what was happening ) .Those in the east ar current with what happens here.Igbos were able to overcome accommodation problems in lagos when they started building residential houses and accommodating stranded Igbos.Before it takes only a good christian yoruba landlord to give accommodation to Igbo because poblem starts when Yoruba landlord arbitrarily jacks up rents to very high levels he won't do if the tenant is yoruba.

You see how ethnicity go round and round.Everybody is guilty in one way or the other but yoruba is the most guilty.They started ,laid the foundation and built the structure of tribalism;and still practice it to date.They call the practice SOPHISTICATION.Instead of taking the lead to kill tribalism look at what sophistication has done to Nigeria .The one politician that has been making efforts to fight ethnicity thru peace Conference is ROCHAS.That conference was held in 2001.That reminds me that Yoruba philantropists do not extend their one naira to the east.

On language,who will teach us in the east? Since ur running away from the east for fear of reminding Igbos there of Awos and Adenkunles Biafra genocide but Ironicaly its not like that.Strangers are valued and protected so much in Igbo culture.People that serve there wish to settle there if they get a livelyhood there.In my place,people like hanging out with strangers out of love,curiosity,new experience and desire to learn.They may even give you a tittle if you do the right thing.

On refusal to sell land.Its pure falacy.It defile all known rules about Igbo behaviour.If u want to buy land in developing towns ,just carry a sign post with bold inscription YORUBA and a micophone announcing u are YORUBA looking for land to buy.If you have the MONEY you will buy every land for sale and non will remain.Just try it.

East is the only place an motor park tout will treat u with courtesy.That attitude to strangers is what-by default,restrains us from reprisal attacks.Its also the reason why we reach out to people,initiate friendship cos we expect others to do likewise.

On language also,Yorubas get nervous,insecure and uncomfortable when one speaks Igbo with a fellow Igbo in there midst.This attitude puzzles and pisses me off.I don't know the reason why.If you are in their midst they will speak and exclude u in the discussion as if u don't exist.We don't complain about that,but why I'm mentioning this is because Igbos will switch to english for u to be part of the discussio,have a sense of belonging and contribute to it.

Slizbeat: There is 1 thing u igbo haterz or so dnt undastand. If biafra wants to opt out of nigeria today, they will. The entire igbo nation arund d world is larger than the yoruba and hausas combined so stp tinking lyk a fool. D igbos only dnt want to n even d war in 67 wasnt to divide nigeria bt 2 map awt a region of biafra nt until gowon and co. went against it motive. Imagine nigeria, the great britian, the u.s, the russians and the entire arab nation to join forces to fight a little biafra 4 a whole 3 yrz, smh. Wat a shame. Imagine wat wud apen if it was 2 begin again. Do u tink nigeria wit her allies wud win Ah dnt tink xo. Biafra wud wipe awt d entire yoruba n hausa race within a year n bliv me, jst few wud b alive to testify. Dnt bring bk 67 to repeat itself or else d 3million souls dat died in d course of justice in 67 wud increase by 20tyms in d reverse part. U neva knew wah was behind 67 dats y u all r hear making silly noises.
Nw 2 d topic, apga aint dead, its getting interesting.

Gbawe: Indeed. This is the same chap who once suggested that a Yoruba person can never get a job on merit if in direct competition with an Igbo man. If he has any decency in him he will confess that I indeed took him up on it and told him off about peddling the sort of hollow principles of sectional supremacy Hitler would have been proud of. He never sees individual ability, talent or opinions.

His mission is to move like-minded indoctrinated folks along in clannish herd mentality, paranoia and hatred of others. This is indeed what led to the obscene bullying of Ogugua88 seen here. I cringed when onlylies began it all on the first page only for others to be backing him slavishly and blindly with no decorum whatsoever or consideration for Ogugua88. They have probably succeeded to run her off this forum since they make it clear they deem her a "traitor" mainly for speaking up for joint Nigerian action by holders of the Nigerians Passport seeing their nation being destroyed.

Below is Onlylies at his intimidating and bullying best. Very ugly. He does everything but call her a fake Igbo simply because she will not join the mindless hatred and myopic blanket condemnation of fellow Nigerians from other ethnic groups.

Onlytruth: To all other readers.

We DO NOT believe in the superiority of Igbo over any other tribe in Nigeria.
We simply believe in equal opportunity, justice, peace and progress.
The near lack of the above, and the "victor" mentality is part of the greatest problem facing Nigeria.
Without justice, there is NO WAY NIGERIA CAN SURVIVE.
Simple truth.

So, please ignore those who hate themselves and somehow can't admit it in public.
That I want peace and progress for MY PEOPLE does not mean I hate others.