₦airaland Forum

dedonfranco:
4 year's of Buhari is better than 16 year's of PDP.

Every success you celebrate today was initiated in that 16 years of PDP. Apart from the Lagos – Ibadan standard gauge which was started by this administration (though signed by Jonathan), every other rail and airport project which have been commissioned by Buhari were all started between 2011 and 2015.

horsepower101:
Honestly the guy is too smart. I haven’t met igbos of opobo in real life but this guy represents his people well. We need to first unite all our brethren that this evil British cage tried to separate. Blood is always thicker than water.

Nnaa, i ji okwu! Nara aka.

Ikechu12:
Exactly. Most of us from SS keep letting how SE Igbo brothers know that having a Biafra with minorities would be another Niggeria. We know this people, we live amongst them, we share states with them, we know them more than SE but SE igbos keep ignoring our warnings. Biafra should be Igboland and Igboland only. We have more than enough population to be a nation. We have more than enough intellect to run a nation. Even if that oil, we have than enough oil to run a nation. Oyigbo and Egbema has one of the largest oil production in River state then add Anambra, Imo and Abia and even done parts of Anioma to the mix. Then in Anioma, we have the largest gas reserve in Delta. I'm not sure but I was once told SE has the largest gas reserve in Nigeria plus coal is still a fuel source still being used by some and we have that in abundance. Let's not forget other minerals in both SE, Anioma and Rivers igbo.

With that being said I don't believe our people would depend on natural resources like Niggeria whatsoever. Personally I think Biafra should utilize human resources for growth which our people have in abundance. We have the Aba and Nnewi that can build anything. We should focus our attention on expanding that engineering mind of Nnewi people and exporting it keiser the business mind of Aba people. Then you have onitsha people with their market that's well known already... Expand that market and making it past a known market in Africa. Personally, I believe Biafra should mimick China to the T because we have what they did to grow. Until some of our people start thinking Igbos only and leave this minorities, the better for us. IPOB Biko listen to us...we share states with these people...We know them..Biafra should be Igbos only.

I agree with you. Igbos have limitless potentials that are being stifled by the Nigerian union.
An independent Igbo nation will be a wonder of the 21st century.

onyeopobo:
I agree too. I am an igbo guy from opobo and I love and respect all my fellow people of the niger-delta tribes but in other for the world to take the agitation seriously and in other for it to materialize it should first be an only igboid issue for starters.

Afterwards only people of the Old Aro Confederation can be allowed in as we all have thesame forefathers. But for any of these tribes to be included there has to be a vote within the community and minimum 95% vote by all of the people within the community to join. Because for a country to be loved by it's people, the people within should first accept that they want to be part of that country, and that can only be done by voting - That is the civilised way of doing things.

I say this because the a lot of the other tribes of the niger-delta that are non igboic are either kind of for it or on the fense with biafra or against it or playing politics with it for their own agenda.

An Igboid Nation of over 55 million igboid speakers with a seaport at Opobo, oil in central and south igbo communities and overall igbo business working spirit (whether our other Aro brothers join or not) would be one that would be bound for greatness.

Core igboland has yet untapped oil, ikwerres/ogba's have oil right now that is being pumped at over 200,000 Barrels per day and nothing to show for it in ikwerre and ogbaland other than death and destruction.

Biafra should be an igboid affair for starters, after it's is achieved and working a lot of our "Aro Brothers" would definitely want in as they themselves can not tolerate/stand or survive in this forced nigerian contraption.

You're making so much sense. I love it when I see Igbos from Rivers and Delta who understand that we are all one.

Yopcity:
I still don't understand why some of our Igbo brothers continue to consider so called niger delta as part of Biafra, the five igbo states are more than enough to make a formidable state and nation!

Igbos do NOT need the niger delta oil to survive, give us an international airport and a functional state and we are ok ! To hell with niger delta !

You sabi! We don't need any damn Niger Delta oil to survive. Does China have oil? Yet they are on the verge of becoming the biggest economy in the world.

OgaBuhari:
osu with a low IQ.
What do TIV of Benue have in common with Nupe of Niger state or Igala with Berom yet they're in North central.
Your post is actually senseless.
Leave SS out of ur biafra fantasy.
Be warned.

If you didn't have a low IQ, you would have seen that in my first two paragraphs, I mentioned that Igbos don't need South South to build a great nation.
Now, run off!!!

onyeopobo:
How can you be talking about a fully igbo nation that is landlocked when you have us Opobo people, which insult be that one. The southern most igbo speaking clan is the Opobos, we are right on the ocean, And there is no way that there would be an Igboid Nation of everybody speaking some sort of Igbo and we opobo people will chose to join another country and become igbo minority for wetin na? so that they would do to us what the cameroonians are currently doing to the calabar who were annexed into cameroon? God forbid! And please note that I didnt say Opobo-nkoro-bonny. I simply said Opobo because bonny people and their king are playing oil politics and can twist their history because it's not very documented but for Opobos thanks to the numerous communication between our founder king jaja and the europeans nobody can come and tell us that we are from benin or sudan.

And to correct you, the total amount of Igboic or igboid speaking people put together stands at over 55million making it the single largest ethnic group in Africa. And imagine how this yoruba and hausas/fulani are using us to play okoso. It was the loss of the biafran war and oil politics that is still hurting us, but the younger generation is learning fast, thanks to internet you don't need to ask your father about who are, you can research it yourself, and at some point when all these wicked old bastards (who collected money from the so called "one nigerialist" and came and lied to their people about their origin and arm twisted their history to fit these wicked agendas) are gone, the igboid tribe receive a new awakening.

Thanks for the enlightenment.
Thumbs up!

onyeopobo:
Oga Urhobo should not be in that list. Any Yorobaoid tribe in the SS and those from benin should be removed anytime Biafran issue is being discussed, otherwise that Biafra would be sort of a mini nigeria which is bound to be another series of back stabbing because the people within do not see there selves as people from a common ancestry.

Biafra should only be open to those who tribe was part of the Aro Confederation, and I believe that is also what the people at the fore front Biafra is agitating for

And for those too young or too unread/uninformed to know what the Aro Confederacy i'll help.

The Aro Confederacy was the ONLY closest thing to a federal republic that existed in West Africa, A trading bloc constituted of Majorly Igboid, Ibibiod, and ijoid tribes that traded together, intermarried , and formed military alliances existing for almost 600 years until it was squashed by the british in their quest to take over the territory in the early 1900s. The old people of Aro had a writing called insidibi, most big business men and kings in the old Aro territory had to learn insidibi to guarantee that they were able to communicate/trade within the economic bloc. If not the invasion of the British, the Aro Confederacy would have morphed into a modern country on the bight of biafra. And it would be all up to us to imagine how powerful that country would have been.

Please understand that the if your tribe, whether or not it is in the SS, was not a part of the Aros, nobody is talking about your people when the issue of Biafra is being discussed. Ask your grand parents/uncles.

You're right. I only mentioned Urhobo because of their proximity to Anioma which in itself is a part of Igbo land.

I'm Igbo, and I wouldn't even mind a Biafra that consists of only Igbo land. It will be far better than the present Nigeria.

RoyalUc:
"No matter how bad it is, Igbos will definitely treat South South better..." like a father treats his child, right?

The first 2 paragraphs of what I wrote shows that Igbos don't actually need South South to build a great nation.

Rwanda is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa today. It's a shining light in Africa as at 2019. It is a landlocked country like South East Nigeria, has a landmass a little less than South East, and they don't have crude oil. Yet it has surpassed Nigeria in many indices of development at the moment.
I said this to let you understand that Igbo land can definitely do well as a country without South South.

I talked about treating the South South right because you insinuated that Igbos will marginalise them assuming they form part of Biafra. You deliberately forgot that I first mentioned a rotational presidency. What I meant is that assuming Igbos even try to lord it over the South South, they will still be fair on them.
Call it father and son whatever, it doesn't matter. There are over 40 million Igbos in Nigeria. The most populous ethnic group in the South South (Ijaw) is less than 5 million. There is no other ethnic group in the SE/SS that has up to 10% of Igbo population. What it means is that at every point in time, there will be more Igbos in any sector than any other individual tribe in the South South.
South South isn't an ethnic group. We shouldnt forget that. For instance, there is very little in common between Efik and Urhobo, Annang and Itsekiri, Ibibio and Ijaw etc, yet they are all part of the South South.

tsmat:
leave SS alone and talk Biafra Bro.. we know say una love for SS is because of what's there. Remove your five states and nobody will even know something left.....

we all know if SS eventually joins Biafra agenda Igbo's will never allow another tribe rule them in biafra . and funny enough SS has more states that what we know as Biafra .
So if SS and SE leaves together as Biafra there's still gonna be hatred and tagging SSas evil if they grip power from the Igbo's......

Abia, Imo and Anambra have some crude oil, which even though it's not very much, will provide more revenue to the 5 SE states than the share we get from the present FG. Also, take note that the largest natural gas reserve in Africa is in Imo.
Let me remind you that in the next 20 years, most developed nations would have jettisoned petrol and diesel engine cars for electric cars. Crude oil will soon become nearly worthless.

Biafra as a nation will thrive on technology and industrialization. Aba and Nnewi have a lot of industrial potentials that are being stifled by Nigeria. Moreover, there are many more Igbo men in diaspora that will be ready to come and invest in Igbo land (Biafra) if the nation is born.

If South South are to be part of Biafra, there will definitely be rotational presidency between the various regions of Biafra. No matter how bad it is, Igbos will definitely treat South South better than the North treats all of us. Igbos have been co-existing with Efik, Ibibio, Annang, Ijaw, Urhobo etc people for hundreds of years even before Nigeria was born.

iammo:
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i really wanted to keep this sunday arguement or insult free but you ignorant people forced my hands

section 145 of the constituition says the president only needs to transmit power to Acting president only if he sees it fit that he cant perform his role as a president by not been able to discharge the duty of his office and he claims he would discharge his duty for the 10 days from london, just like a working visit to other countries.
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Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution says: “Whenever the president transmits to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives a written declaration that he is proceeding on vacation or that he is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such functions shall be discharged by the vice-president as acting president.”

You wanted to keep the argument insult-free by calling people fish brainers? Are you for real?
These were your exact words:

we have a vice president and federal executive council, if only secondary school goverment was made for every student, and curriculum covers the basics of democracy, then presidency wouldnt have to explain and re explain to fish brainers how stuff works.

What's your point mentioning that we have a vice president and FEC when the president didn't transmit to the Senate thereby handing over power to the VP?

Can you explain what you were driving at with your earlier post I just quoted, and can we please keep this insult-free?

iammo:


we have a vice president and federal executive council, if only secondary school goverment was made for every student, and curriculum covers the basics of democracy, then presidency wouldnt have to explain and re explain to fish brainers how stuff works.


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Your point is baseless cos Buhari didn't hand over to the VP as Acting President. The VP can't take charge in these 10 days, so I wonder why you had to mention that.

TechCapon:
but I read it somewhere that he was a former christ embassy pastor under Chris Oyakhilome before leaving to open his own

Nah. I know him quite well, from home. We have similar genes in us.

DaBogu:
if that's the case she might have seen the pain her mother went through just to raise her and decide she will never marry a poor man.

Her mother wasn't just a good role model. I doubt if they were actually poor.

TechCapon:
You forgot to mention that he was a former christ embassy pastor under Chris Oyakhilome before leaving to open his own

He was NEVER a pastor of Christ Embassy. He however (probably) had Pastor Chris as one of his mentors. Pastor Chris also wedded him in 1998.

vivianbay:
very true. but comparing small rat regina to power poised lady of bianca is an insult

Bianca's father was even a former governor. Her family obviously wasn't broke. As for Regina, we don't even know if she has a responsible father. It appears her mother raised her as a single mum. I'm not sure o.

aribisala0:
So explain your reasoning

Countries that have not achieved that should do what?

Those countries that achieved it it did so by ..........
Kindly explain

I really want to know how your mind works

Nigeria needs to build more power infrastructure. They need the best deals possible, need to assemble the best brains in electrical engineering, power plants construction, power transmission and distribution etc. All these will be made easier when the person at the helm of affairs has experience in that field.
When however you've achieved self sufficiency in power production, you don't need to make as much investment anymore. The system become self sustaining even without an experienced leader in place. At that point, you need more of an administrator to control things not a technocrat.

The best Minister of Power Nigeria has ever had was Prof Barth Nnaji, and he was very effective cos he had a lot of experience in that sector. A power minister who has no experience in power sector cannot make much input by himself. He will only rely on the advise of others.

aribisala0:
German current Energy Minister studied Law his predecessor studied..............yea you guessed right law

Incumbent in the UK studied Economics predecessor studied History

Incumbent in Japan studied political Sience

Incumbent in Russia studied Economics

So please tell us what you think our own Minster should have studied and why

Incumbent in US studied Animal Science
In Italy incumbent studied Law


What is your premise and where is the evidence

You're mentioning countries that have already achieved self sufficiency in power production. They can even have a medical doctor as energy minister, it doesn't matter.

But Ngeneukwenu said it was all propaganda, and Bello wasn't owing 38 months salary. Ngene, come and hide ur face in shame.

SURElee:
Question should be why should a wife head the UK church and husband head Nigerian church? What time do they have in a year to spend as hubby and wife. Only during leadership conferences held in Nigeria. How does a marriage survive in this condition. Couples are bound to drift apart na.

My dear, I just don't understand. That's the root of their marital crisis. Couples shouldn't be apart except when there isn't any other option, and it shouldn't even be for long. Even when it happens, they should endeavor to spend quality time together as often as possible so that they won't give the enemy room to infiltrate their marriage.

LegalOpinion:
It was actually the wife that filed for divorce and insisted.

Yes, she was the one but it appears like Pastor Chris didn't try hard enough to keep the marriage going. From what she wrote up there, it's obvious she was starved of attention. You can't be too busy (even with ministry) to starve your wife of attention as a man, pastor or not.

MissRaine69:
That bad gateway malarkey is the reason why I don’t log in for days sometimes.

Thank God I'm not the only one.

amokeme:
What do you need it for?

Well, maybe I don't need the details, but I sincerely want them to get back. I feel bad whenever I remember they are divorced.

But, why did Pastor Chris let his marriage die? Can somebody who knows more about them explain the details to me?

Even if the wife wasn't fantastic, couldn't he bear her and carry her as his cross? I know of a great man of God that the wife was unfaithful to. He caught her and as painful as it was, he forgave her for the sake of the ministry.

The real pain will be if that borehole breaks down in a few years, as I can see it's electrified. If that happens, the man would have lost both the house and the bore hole.
I commend him though. He is a selfless Nigerian. Moreover, I am sure he considered that there's no point living in a well-built house while they still have to trek several kilometres to fetch probably unclean water daily.

HigherEd:
And for one generator you supply to nassarawa 50 is being supplied within Lagos. There's no doubt Lagos is the biggest consumer of many imports. Therefore even with your instance we can still say Lagos generates most of the revenue.

Lagos probably has a population of about 20 million while the rest of Nigeria has a population of approximately 180 million. Are you telling me that Lagos is a bigger consumer of any product than the rest of Nigeria put together? A very significant amount of the imports cleared in Lagos go down to the South East, South South and the North.

If Lagos becomes a republic (though unlikely), then the ports in the South South will be developed to handle imports for the rest of the country. Many multinational companies that have their headquarters in Lagos will start building other headquarters in other parts of the country. At that point, you will understand that Lagos is rich mainly because it is servicing the entire country.

Awol1:
To hold on to power, you have to kill if you must.

If you are not ready to do that, then don't ever go close to power ...

You or your family members could have been among the ones dead today if Jonathan had forcefully held unto power. Have you thought along this line before?

Cityfirstborn:
Only those who are sentimental will not agree with him..we need more health institutions..There are plenty doctors, Even to get placements for residency is war. Why will over 2, ooo apply for a vacancy of less than 50 if there are no surplus

Nigeria doesn't have enough doctors, and also there are too few standard hospitals. Ideally, each local government area in Nigeria should have a standard tertiary hospital in the class of teaching hospital, federal medical centre or multi-specialty specialist hospital. At worst, let one of such kind of hospitals serve 2 LGAs. If we had such, that's when the government would have known that there aren't even enough doctors.

buhariguy:
the govt has become low because deep inside you, you know they're saying the truth.
when US accuse Obama of not be a US citizen, they were also low.

meanwhile, has a Nigeria born citizen, can i contest to be president of US by saying my parents are from Texas? and US will allow me to rule over them?

Are Buhari's parents from Nigeria? Is Buhari qualified to contest for presidency based on the constitution?

ValCon888:
Bride price of 10k?
She's certainly not an igbo girl.

*make una no flog me cane o.*

When our in-laws came to marry my sister, they brought 70k for bride price. We took only 1k note from the bunch and returned the rest to them. They were shocked. Both families are Igbos – Anambra and Enugu States.

Excuzeme:
Exactly, when my now wife used to handwash my cloths, she used to find leftover money inside my pockets but she will just pick it and keep quiet!
One day l found a forgotten #1,000 note in my pocket so l went to ask her to refund all the money she has seen in my pockets and she asked me if they were enough to what l pay the laundry man?

Lol