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Hmmm

Kindly put sectarian tittle tattle aside oga, is the man talkin sense or not?

Katsumoto: I suppose Yoruba folks are only 'respected' when they have views favourable to ndigbo.

I also suppose all Yoruba folks are also supposed to have the same view on every topic/subject.

SMDH

"The two men were uncompromisingly incompatible to give Nigeria a workable and durable political alliance. Yet, Awolowo’s criticisms of Azikiwe were never mischievously interpreted as hatred for Igbos'

We never took it as or made noise of it as an attack on igbos, yet achebe's is seen as an assault on the entire yoruba race. Hero worship is a problem. Nuff said

Rafael na sure boy oooo!

Nice one. Also significant are business moguls who contribute heavily to election campaigns. In exchange they get concessions that the common man pays for in different ways. Whether subsidy removal or tollgates. These guys are even made members of economic advisory teams. Which cabal pass that one?

GenBuhari: IMF, World, Bank and western nations.

If only Abacha was still alive

OUK always comes up with these speeches to wet our appetites and when we jump in agreement he backs out.

Nicely fixed

dayokanu: And who was the Last Yoruba President? Ppl thats cant even rule themselves effectively Always struggling to be boy-boys

Like Afonja to Alimi, Akintola to Sardauna, Idiagbon to Buhari, sunday awoniyi to any northern leader, Oladipo Diya to Abacha, Akinjide to the entire north, Awolowo to Gowon
This Houseboy mentality relly runs deep

Fixed

dayokanu: You mean the Yorubas are tired of being boy-boy?

Like their ancestors Afonja, Akintola, Idiagbon, oladipo diya, sunday awoniyi and lately bakare. Thats refreshing to know. When even the great awolawo who served under a 29 year old gowon didnt win his own household and was outplayed by richard akinjide
But I can bet with anyone that come 2015 they would go back to their boy-boy status. of rallying support for one of thir Masters

In the mould of Balewa, Shagari, Obasanjo or Jonathan of the past

There's a pic he posted about aregbesola that honestly almost sent me to the hospital with laughter. I even saved it

kindly put your angst in words. thanks

T9ksy: [/b]

Not arguing for or against the issue of there being an agreement, but if there was no internet or satellite communication back then to enable ikemba and awolowo communicate and agree how then did awolowo meet with ikemba to warn him?

CyberG: This is an OLD thread but I can't pass without asking WHAT AGREEMENT did Ojukwu have with Chief Awolowo? When was it signed? Who were the parties?

FYI and before you waste our time and parrot propaganda from ibo tribalist blind-bats: there WAS NEVER ANY AGREEMENT between Chief Awolowo and Ojukwu. Chief Awolowo was laying out strategic vision and providing leadership to "leaders of thought" in far away Ibadan and was not addressing ibos or Ojukwu. There was no internet or real time satellite communication in Nigeria in case Ojukwu was invited and tuned in via any of these technologies. Chief Awolowo, in fact, warned Ojukwu directly not to take the ruinions path, but he vaingloriously did and he (plus the ibos) paid the price for his hard headedness and stiff neckedness!

I really miss beafs input to this forum. He's probably the greatest driving force on this site

We need to start handling all these businessmen, contractors and opportunists who come out to say things and claim its on behalf of igbos. Because these ppl are dragging us in the mud, decade in decade out.

Obj's second calling is comedy. His sense of humour is legendary

Praise God. Pakistan is in my opinion, the most dangerous country on earth. All that fundamentalism embedded into their laws and nuclear missiles to boot

Whats he crying about again? His "dog and baboon" are bathing in blood as he prayed for.

No need to run after your own shadow on this. The Sydney herald is an australian conservative, pro-government paper. Australia is a commonwealth country and in the 1960's the commonwealth charter was much stronger than it is today. The article took an event, polished it and spun a headline grabber to feed the pangs of its target audience.

As for the bolded, you just showed where your focus is. This is NOT about igbos, it is about biafra nd ojukwu at the end of the war. focus bro

gidiMonsta: My God!!! Do I have to explain what sarcasm is to you? I think its obvious I wrote that in response to your statement that this has nothing to do with the igbos.



What facts speak for themselves bro? So because Sydney herald published an unflattering report about Biafra, its suddenly part of the great propaganda against the almighty igbos? Or you expect the sydney herald to bury a story so as not to be accused of been anti-biafran?

@Gidimonsta - this is meant for you^^^

I don't know what this means, could you shed some light cos it has no bearing on what we're talking about here -

"..and Ikemba and his troops were Hausa's fighting for secession right? :/ "

Your post is dripping with tribalism because nobody is playing victim on this thread. There are no pre-conceived notions here. The facts speak for themselves. I don't need to read a history book to know that the Sydney Herald is a conservative paper with pro-government viewpoints. The same way daily times was pro-government before it ran aground. Or that new nigerian newspaper was pro-north

Some biafran soldier brazenly hijacks a plane and suddenly its supposed to be ground breaking news Or a truck driver mistakenly kils people and suddenly biafran troops were "killing their own people" its funny how the british propaganda machine didn't publicise the raping of several french and irish nurses in biafra by hausa troops.

I think you should go through the news clipping because I think YOUR position is pre-conceived

Shuo! See as tribalism dey warp logic inside out. Who the fvck said anything about d igbos. The article is focused on ikemba and his troops towards d end of the war. Why on earth would I in the first place believe a heavily disjointed artcle from a pro government australian paper. Even poor students of history know the stand of the Uk and its commonwealth countries towards the biafran nation. Abeg try harder bros

gidiMonsta: Of course the Australians too are biased against the Igbos...hmmm...I wonder why

Crap article designed to tickle the fancy of biased readers who spend all the time on the internet looking for shyte to scrape and hurl like rabid baboons instead of looking for books like civilised people do. Mercedes benz and 1000 tons of luggage my arse

Abeg which thread be this. Pls post the link

Wrong wetin I wasn't comparing tinubu's political gesture to Daddy Adeboye and Akande. Rather it was the highly dignified swag Pastor Adeboye exhibited in stark contrast to Akande's toothy pose

Katsumoto: The point has been made that Buhari is older than Tinubu and yet you commented on the differences between Tinubu's pose and that of Adeboye and Akande. My point was that both Adeboye and Akande are older than Buhari and as such CAN'T bow to him.

Just accept you were wrong.

Dude what on earth are you trying to spin out of my post.

Katsumoto: Adeboye was born before Buhari in the same year (1942) while Akande (I am guessing that is Bisi Akande) was born in 1939.

Are you expecting those older than Buhari to bow to him? Yoruba are not fools.

A bit of an open mind and a willingness to conduct research helps when debating.

There is a notable difference in the composures of Daddy Adeboye and Akande

Chei! Akande's smile is almost scary

papa giddy: check out these

;DThis is hardcore

curtain: There shud b limitation to each act of respect frm a reasonable person to an unreasonable person, respect is meant for those that deserve it morally and physically, if respect is not controlled then you wil end up givin it and regretin later, for instance respect is meant 4 elders bt nobody respects an elderly rapist. The question there4 is does buhari really deserve that respect considering the circumstances of the meeting or was it merely a show of hypocrisy by tinubu, buhari, a power drunked bigot who has threatened to flood nigeria wit blood if things fail to go his way cum 2015, did not show the slightest remorse to d victims of the post election violence on his behalf as expected frm him, it is needless to say that the call by boko dat Gej shud convert to islam is becus they missed buhari's presence as d c-in-c. Tinubu may b a theif bt i doubt if he has d impetus to consent in commiting massacre 4 power. Now if tinubu does not share the same ideology wit buhari then y does he hv to take his time to bow so low in dat manner as if he was congratulating buhari or praising him 4 a job well done. Oda times u see dis show of shame in africa is during assylum and here pussilamous tinubu trembling in fear b4 buhari. This shows that it is no longer a merger bt an acquisition or a forceful marriage, he shud tells
if he is under threat from boko.

I agree with you on this. I've been on interview panels where people have been dropped from the reckoning for failing to disclose what they were earning as at the date of the interview.though the emphasis varies from case to case

don buchi: do you guys think point 5 is workable in this part of the world?

For crying out loud! What do you mean "did yorubas take over companies in the east". Are companies taken over by mob action or purchase of shares? Don't get it twisted, the british owned companies for administrative reasons cited 80 percent of the companies headquarters in lagos. You dey sing song say make igbos leave your region. Hear this - igbos are in lagos not generally in your region

HiiiPower: The OP is being disingenuous!
All the companies he listed were located in the western region and Lagos.

Can he tell us what happened to the companies in EASTERN REGION, NORTHERN REGION, AND MIDWEST?
Did the Yoruba take over them as well?

I don't know why you guys always cry spilled milk over things in Yoruba region and Lagos,
are we siamese twins? Our region is our region, and whatever we do there is non of your business.
The same way Azikwe wanted to rule over Lagos and western region; and cried cross carpeting till he died.

What do you people want from us?

The way forward is about how Igbo people would focus on their region,
stop moving to Yoruba land, and mind their own business.

In 1972 the government issued an indigenization decree, the first of a number of Nigerian Enterprises Promotion decrees, that barred aliens from investing in specified enterprises and reserved participation in certain trades to Nigerians. At the time, about 70 percent of commercial firms operating in Nigeria were foreign-owned. In 1975 the federal government bought 60 percent of the equity in the marketing operations of the major oil companies in Nigeria, but full nationalization was rejected as a means of furthering its program of indigenization.

Unemployment constituted an increasingly serious problem. Large numbers of farm workers, who had gone to urban areas in search of higher wages, remained in the cities even if they failed to find jobs, while school graduates and dropouts flooded the labor market at a rate of 600,000 a year in the mid-1970s. Unemployment reached its highest levels in the crowded Igbo areas in the east, where the economy still was recovering from the effects of the war. Skilled workers were reluctant to leave the east in search of work, although eventually the shortage of skilled workers in other parts of the country began to have its effect in overcoming Igbo fears. The dangers involved in discharging large numbers of soldiers who had no job prospects made demobilization of the costly military establishment undesirable. Substantial increases in public-sector employment promised to absorb some of the soldiers, but they lacked training. These economic problems assumed an imposing political dimension. To some extent, they reflected a pattern in the world economic situation, but the popular imagination blamed corruption and mismanagement and held the Gowon regime responsible.

The regime also had to deal with a severe drought that struck the northern states between 1972 and 1974. The drought was the most serious since that of 1913-14

Read more at countrystudies.us/nigeria/25.htm

You are the one who is crying pal. What do you mean those companies were owned by the western region So for instance May and Baker that was a UK owned company that opened an outlet in lagos was automatically owned by the western region. Cool down o!

HiiiPower: Why do ibos love crying?
You wanted Nigeria, yorubas never wanted Nigeria.
The domination you keep moaning about was about,
Ibos trying to rule over Western region, and yorubas
said, NO, stay in your region. Is that a crime in a
regional government? Azikwe wanted ibos to be the rulers
and kingmakers in Western region, and we told fool to
go phuck himself in his region.

Most of companies you listed were owned by the western region,
and they were located in the western region. Why can't you list
companies in the eastern region that yorubas stole from you?
I still don't know why long throat is making you people what
was in your region.

Pharmaceutical Nigeria Plc - Western region
May and Baker Nigeria Plc - Western region
Vitafoam Nigeria Plc - Western region
Wahum Nigeria Limited - Western region
CAP Nigeria Plc - Western region
International Paints of West Africa [IPWA] - Western region
Berger Paints Nigeria Plc - Western region
Berec Nigeria Limited - Western region
Bottling Company Plc - Western region
Leventis Nigeria Plc - Western region
West African Portland Cement Company,[Lafarge ] - Western region
Wema Bank Nigeria - Western region and created by the western region(Odua group of companies)
Scoa Nigeria Plc - Western region
CFAO Nigeria Plc - Western region
Cadbury Nigeria Plc - Western region
Western Wemaboard Estates Odua Group - Western region(Odua group of companies)
Livestock Feeds Nigeria Plc - Western region
Nigerian Breweries Plc - western region

I'm tired now, but everything was either owned
by the western region, or in the western region.

Na jealousy go kill una. mtcheww

Obj