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They were great African leaders. Even in hundred years, Nigeria will not be able to produce a leader that has the reputation of Thomas Sankara and Nelson Mandela

They are men who's names still reverberate long after their death.

The only Nigerian leader whose name reverberates is Abacha, the amount still being recovered from him over 20 years since his death, still reverberates everywhere

This same Ubulu-Ukwu lost their king, Obi Ofili to herdsmen a few years ago. The just stopped the kings car, took him and his driver out to the bush and sprayed with AK47 in front of his driver

Now they are back again in Ubulu-Ukwu, killing and raping Igbos. Ok

It would have been impossible for Gowon to release Awolowo from a Region that did not recognize Gowon as head of state

It does matter what the gazette said. Regional system is not the state system we practice tiday. When there were Regions, the Regions were almost powerful as the federal government. So it does not matter what the gazette said or who clamed to release who. Gowon could not have released Awolowo in the Eastern Region as the Eastern Region did not recognize Gowon and only listened to Ojukwu

So you moved some senior Army officers around the country, is this news worthy? How is this going to add anything to anyone's life?

valirex:
https://youtu.be/4Iunbd0m0l8

The funny thing is that some people will foolishly click on the link above without taking a closer look to see that it is not a YouTube link, but one made to look like one to get people to click on it

I read what the "APC moneybag" of Anambra, Prince Arthur Eze said about Igbos not loving themselves and that only God can make an Igbo man President. I wont contest what he said that only God can make an Igbo man president, only God can make an Igbo man, Yoruba man or Hausa man or any man for that matter, President of Nigeria.

What is worth contesting is his claim that Igbos dont love each other. If we look at Nigeria today, there is no tribe that loves themselves like Igbos do. Let us not mistake love for political unity, they are not the same thing. Igbos may not always speak with one voice on political issues, but that is in no way an indicator of lack of love.

Of the 3 main tribes, Igbos are the only ones who did not fight major internal wars unlike Yorubas and the Kiriji wars or Hausa/Fulani and the Jihads.

In Nigeria, Igbos have the largest social welfare system of any tribe, to take care of themselves home and abroad. It would be impossible to list the number age grades and social welfare groups that exist in Igbo land and diaspora.

Igbos have the largest apprentice scheme in Nigeria. The average Igbo businessman will train at least 10 Igbos in business or whatever craft his into, during his life time.

Whatever development one sees today in Igbo land has been largely self help. Igbos rebuilt their land from the devastation of the civil war with little or no federal help.

Would all these be possible if Igbos hated themselves?


There is no tribe in Nigeria that loves its self like Igbos. We may not always unite over political issues, but we take care of our own far more than those who manage to unite in politics can ever do.

Godoverevery:
they fought a war that I wasn't involve and am sure you weren't aswell... You have senators from your region in the house tell them to move the motion....what ever other tribes thinks is non of yourself business.
Stop playing the victim card.

So when a Senator moves a motion, what will happen? Is it not the rest of Nigeria that will vote on that motion? What would be the point of moving a motion that is bound to fail?

dukeprince50:
that 13% is not part of the allocation hope u know? We also get the highest allocation, let us also vent our angers on our state govt biko.
There is a saying that if a man can't manage 200k, even if u give him 2m, he won't manage it

Thats not the point. The point is that they own the oil and gas, how can you give someone 13% of what they own? I own something, you take 87% of my property and give me 13%. Then to add salt to injury, after cheating out of what I own, you come back to ask me what I did with 13% of what was mine in the first place

TakingItBack:
The Nigeria issue really is bad. And its good that we already know that its ONLY possible to make change if and only if we do it in a group formation. Remember, there is ALWAYS POWER IN NUMBERS.

The question is HOW do we as Nigerians get this change we NEED?
We have a lot of problems which birth more problems making Nigerians find it hard to live in Nigeria.
•Political thuggery,

•Police /SARS brutality (I have been on gun point with the police for at least twice for absolutely no reason).,

•Election rigging,

•Unemployment (imagine jobless Nigerian buying Jobs especially govt jobs as high as 250,000 per slot, that's if you'll even get the job.

•Gross decay of our educational system,

•Mind blowing corruption ( like seriously, in Nigeria -snakes can swallow Billions of Naira, rats can invade a presidential villa and Billions be spent to repel the rats. and its fine for our government to dole out this crazy news knowing that dumb Nigerian will just make jokes about it and calm down, comedy is all we like right?

Worse so, youths don't have jobs in Nigeria and worst is that other countries either deny us entry or restrict Nigerians from employment in their countries. This makes us stuck in odd positions of unemployment, impoverished living, stress etc while our Rulers are killing us in and out.

The list of our wahala is endless and mostly linked to our government (both the voters and the voted for and more especially the clowns that refuse to ever vote).

So the question is still. What or How can the change be achieved?

All of us youths need to come together as one whether Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Muslim, Christian, or traditionalist we have to fight this collective

We should try as much as we can to get students and young professionals involved in this movement. It is our movement, our future, our lives, and our country at stake. We can't be as docile as our parents had been to leave it all to the demons while sitting like lame ducks who'd complain and resort to prayers of "God dey" to wish it out. We are taking action to wrest our country from the stranglehold of the vampires such that our kids born and unborn would be proud of us when they hear or read the history of our patriotism and quiet revolt.

Needless to say , the so called 20 years of democratic dispensation has not only dispensed with the lives and welfare of the Nigerian people, the so called transition is notting but a transition from military dictatorship to civilian authoritarianism. The past 20years have however revealed that the PDP & APC have no fundamental difference other than such difference that exists between an armed robber and 419. both anti-poor parties are like the biblical satan who have only come to steal from the masses , kill them with bullets of poverty , insecurity , inadequate healthcare and finally to wreck destruction on their Future.

The AFRICAN ACTION CONGRESS on the other hand is a revolutionary party of vibrant , angry and hungry Nigerian Young people, student, worker artisan and peasants who are frustrated by the anti-poor character of the s yes ten and desire to see a revolution that restructures our economy into summer That serves the needs of millions of Nigerians in place of t yes current arrangement that only services the greed of powerful and corrupt few


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Anyone who is hoping for a revolution in Nigeria is just plain ignorant, it will never happen. Everyone has their own agenda. Nobody is going to come out for a revolution for a country they dont believe in. Is anyone expecting anyone to come out for a revolution in the North while a fellow Northerner like Buhari is in power? Its never going to happen

Is anyone expecting anyone in the SE to come out for a revolution in a country they rather leave for Biafra? No way

Is anyone expecting anyone in the SS to come out for a revolution for a country that has enslaved them and stolen their resources? No way

So how is this revolution possible when most of the people only care about their sectional interests? A revolution is not possible in Nigeria, there is no unity of purpose

dukeprince50:
Useless people, we get 13% derivatives from oil, our state govt won't do a single thing with it, we have NDDC, I no know wetin that thing be sef, its as useless as the political party called SDP

It is an insult to give a person 13% of what he owns

The herdsmen menace in the South will only get worse with desert encroachment in the North.

Billionaire oil mogul and APC chieftain, Prince Arthur Eze, recently said that Igbos dont love themselves and that only God can make an Igbo man president. Only God can make any anyone president in any case, but was Arthur Eze right about Igbos not loving themselves?

I was waiting for Eze to state reasons why Igbos dont love themselves but the only laughable reason he could come up with is that it was Northerners that gave him contracts and introduced him to Oil business. He was trying to say that since it wasnt Igbos who aided him to become a successful businessman, it means that Igbos don't love themselves

Let someone tell Arthur Eze that there is no tribe in Africa that trains, helps and aids his brother in business as the Igbo man. Igbos have the largest apprentice system anywhere in Nigeria. If Igbos did not love themselves, they would not run such a huge social welfare system amongst themselves

So if Arthur Eze's only excuse for saying Igbos dont love each other is based on who helped him in his business life, he should just shut up until he has something reasonable to say.

Some people are just realising that Nigeria has long failed

It was July of 1967, Biafra was still less than 2 months old and the war had just started a week before. Young famous writter, Wole Soyinka, decided that he would be able to stop the war if he could get to Enugu, the Biafran capital, and speak to his old friend, Colonel Ojukwu, Head of State,Republic of Biafra. It was a journey that almost cost him his life. What happend next was captured on page 23 of Bernard Odogwu's book "No Place to Hide: Crises and Conflicts Inside Biafra". Bernard Odogwu was a senior intelligence officer in Biafra

One mid-morning in late July, I was alerted by our security agents that a Nigerian 'saboteur' had been located. They had `tailed' him all the way from his entry point to Enugu and had decided to pull him in at the Military Police Headquarters at Abakaliki Road, Enugu, for questioning. I instructed that he be kept there until I arrived. By the time I arrived at the scene, a large Biafran crowd had already gathered there, and without waiting to find out what was involved were already demanding that the 'saboteur' be handed over to them for instant justice. When I stepped into the office, the 'saboteur' turned out to be none other than Wole Soyinka. I had never met Soyinka in person before that day nor have we met again since the incident, but it was not too difficult to recognize his celebrated face which I had seen many times before on the pages of some national dailies and on the covers of some of his books. Although I was convinced that Soyinka was no 'saboteur' yet I still had to go through the motion of an interrogation if only to please and calm down the irate crowd outside. My interrogation of Wole Soyinka as recorded by me went this way:

"Question: Mr. Soyinka, what brings you to Biafra? And do you realize that you are in enemy territory and subject to being treated as a spy?

Answer: Hell! I am in Enugu, and I have come to see my friend Colonel Ojukwu. You see, I was away on tour in the United States and Europe when the civil war started. While abroad, some mutual friends of ours (Col. Ojukwu and himself) could not believe that Emeka would allow the Nigerian crisis to degenerate into a shooting war. We must all do something urgently in the interest of our nation and people

Question: What nation are you referring to Mr Soyinka?

Answer: Nigeria of course. Which else?

Question: You mean you don't recognise the existence of Biafra? But in any case don't you think you have come rather too late in the day? Where were you when some of your colleagues, Achebe, Okigbo, Ekwensi and Nzegwu to name a few, were being pushed put of Nigeria? What did you do?

Answer: Yes. I have come to tell Emeka off. I will do the same to Gowon when I get back to Lagos. It is really a pity and very sad that our fatherland is being destroyed by chaps of our own age and we have not tried hard enough to do something about it. We must try and stop them before it is too late.

I was just about saying to Soyinka, that I did not think he had answered my questions, when he interrupted and asked , "Where is Chris Okigbo? Is it possible that I could see him?" I told him Chris was at the war front, but then if even there was anything like an invocation as claimed by magicians, I was to witness one that day, for no sooner had Soyinka and I finished mentioning Chris Okigbo's name than Chris in person fully arrayed in battle gear, appeared through the door. Chris had been to my office to see me and when told where I was, decided to track me down. What happend the between the two friends, Chris Okigbo and Wole oyinka, cannot be adequately described in words. Even till this day, I still relive that scene with relish and nostalgia. The two geniuse went into an automatic embrace and while still in that position, went into a jig dance around the room with the two military Policemen and myself self watching in profound admiration. They made so much noise that some of the military Policemen standing guard outside came dashing in thinking that something had probably gone amiss inside. In the process the rifle of one of them was "accidentally" discharged and yet both writters were still in their act oblivious Of the pandemonium they had caused. Finally, when the jigging ended, both went into Iong argument on the merits and demerits of the on-going war. I remember Soyinka asking Okigbo, why he was fighting when he 'should have used his personality and influence in preventing it. At the end of the debate, Soyinka apologised for being carried away: — "I recognise that you people had gone through hell in the last one year and that fact most of us in Nigeria were guilty because not many people had the guts to speak up when the damage was being done." "I hope" he continued, "that pretty soon we shall be able to find some sort of formula to unite the country once again!' We all laughed when Wole Soyinka, concluding his remarks said that he hoped it would not happen in his lifetime when he would come to Enugu with a passport in hand and through an immigration post. The parting when it was time for Chris to go was a sentimental one, reminiscent of a typical Shakespearean scene. "Well dear Wole:' Chris said, "I hope we meet again, but if not, I hope this parting was well made. Keep the flag flying high as always!' I

PROUDIGBO:
What would sweet me the most is if, come 2023 (that is if Nigeria survives that long), the dumb, naive, 'one Nigeria' loving Igbos get the rug pulled from beneath their feet, and like happened in 1979, 1999 and 2007 (2007, when Odili was denied taking a shot at the presidency b'cos of his Igbo connection), the usual greedy suspects that have already had their turn, grab yet another 'win'!

Even if a Igbo emerges president, the core-northern hegemony would make sure (like they did to the Yoruba) whoever emerges is someone THEY want and not someone Ndigbo prefer....even if the person in question has a questionable past! Such a sucker would be hamstrung to effect any meaningful change (esp' if he wants to go for a second term, like we saw with GEJ) and you can be rest assured that besides having his hands full with a basketcase economy and social-dislocation that Buhari would have handed over to him, that they would also make his life a misery and make the polity ungovernable for him! Four years down the line, he would be gotten rid of through rigging, and with the help of Igbo-hating sabos in the south, not minding if he eventually turns out to be popular in the se, ss and middle-belt!

When the above scenario plays out, the next thing you would hear from them is that Igbos have had their turn, and therefore there should be no more agitation for Biafra and talk of marginalisation!

Igbo presidency in 2023 is both a Poisoned Chalice and a Trojan Horse!

I agree. In 2023, whoever Buhari hands over to is going to get a wrecked economy and a divided country. If it happens to be an Igbo man, everything wrong with Nigeria will be blamed on Igbos

People keep talking about Igbo presidency without thinking about what it really means. Should an Igbo become president in 2023 or beyond, they will frustrate his every move, no matter how well intentioned. Certain sections of Nigeria will not sleep for the 4 years he will be in power as they continually plot and scheme how to sabotage his government. Anything that man does will be viewed with Igbo coloration and it wont be long before his entire presidency will be reduced to an Igbo agenda

I pity the Igbo man who becomes president, they will deal with him ruthlessly

Igbos should focus on restructuring or self determination/independence

Atiku Abubakar is most likely to be the PDP presidential aspirant in 2023

Nice one

Bendeco2020:
My advice to all fellow south easterners in the group.... Let's come together and work/promote south east presidency... As you can see, some people here already hate Igbos from birth without even any reason. They are the people saying that all Nigeria hate Igbos. Just because they hate Igbos they thaught that other people are also haters like them.


What any wise Igbo youth should be doing now is to start promoting Igbo presidency both in the street & online. Anytime the haters come with their rubbish analysis of how all the tribe won't vote Igbo man just ignore them don't even do as if you hear or see their comments. They have been bursted many times here by the same northers they claimed to love them and hate Igbos.

Better wake up from your slumber, besides the SS, no other zone will ever vote an Igbo man to be president of Nigeria. They dont trust or even like Igbos.

What Igbos should be promoting is either restructuring or self determination, both are far more important than the presidency of Nigeria

contigiency:
That's the truth of course. Buhari has achieved far more in South East, than what PDP did in 16years.

In 5 years of Buhari, there is no single project he initiated and completed in the South East

Skyfornia:
Nigerians shake at the mention of the name Biafra. Why is majority of Nigerians against Igbos actualising their own country? What is your fear??

They cant do without Igbos

Notatribalist:
IF IZE IYAMU WINS THE STATE ELECTION, AUTOMATICALLY HIS TRIAL STOPS,SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER 3 PEOPLE FACING TRIALS WITH HIM?WILL THEIRS ALSO STOP?AND IF IT CONTINUE AND THEY ARE FIND GUILTY AND JAILED WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GOVERNOR? PLS WHO CAN ANSWER THIS FOR ME?

Do you know TY Orji? He was Governor of Abia state for 8 years. Before that, he was arrested for massive corruption, charged to court and placed in detention. He won the Governorship race of Abia state while in jail. Because Governors have immunity from arrest and prosecution, he was released, his case was dropped, he was sworn as Governor

So a Doctor in tye UK earns in a month what a Doctor in Nigeria earns in a year? Who can blame Doctors from leaving?

Nigeria is all this but is poverty capital of the world? It all goes to show that 'titles' are not as important as substance

hisexcellency34:
I still believe with this guy's experience, he would have performed better than Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu if he had won the governorship election in Lagos state

It wouldn't have mattered how well he he did if he won, just the fact that he is an Igbo man and Governor of Lagos would have made a certain ethnic group hate him so much and frustrate any move he makes, no matter how well intentioned he is.

I do pity any Igbo man who ever occupies the position of Governor of Lagos or President of Nigeria, he will be frustrated out of office by people who shout 'one Nigeria' the loudest

ANSMEDIA:
A piece of Eagle Hill Estate Awka. Powered by Annie Okonkwo

By Annie Okonkwo? Is he now into construction?

Zooposki:
I believe this story. Check out their members on Nairaland. They can kill those who disagrees with them. IPOB is now a terrorist organization. Buhari really saw the future.

You mean the same Buhari who has never done anything about his armed Fulani herdsmen brothers that are killing people daily?

The Niger Bridge is not a South East project. A bridge with one end in the South East and the other end in the South South is not a South East project, it is a South South/ South East project

The same Yerima who sat down in Arewa House in Kaduna in 2017 and issued quit notice to all Igbos in the North?

These Arewa people think Igbos are fools

themanderon:
The whole truth about Nigeria's history may never be known as all parties keep trading blames and throwing mud.
Well what we should be asking is why those that won the war failed miserably and are still failing to make the nation a supposed Eldorado it was meant to be.
It's only monumental failures that seek out people to blame instead of acknowledging the fact that they have failed.
Truth is Nigeria was founded on faulty foundation and as such the cracks may exceed the temporary fixes which will most certainly lead to a massive failure which no tribe may survive.

They took over in 1966, won the war in 1970 and have running Nigeria for the 55 years. But their problem is Ironsi's 6 moth rule.

These people make me laugh. What they want people to believe is that Ironsi's 6 month rule caused so much problems but that the last 55 years of their abysmal rule should be ignored

They keep going back to what they claim Igbos did in the 50's and 60's to distract people from the fact that they ran Nigeria down for the last 55 years that they have been running the affairs of this country

All the things they said Igbos did, they came and did 100 times when it was their turn in power

How laughable

The 1914 amalgamation was the biggest mistake ever made in Africa

If not for it, we Igbos would have had our own separate country long time ago

sassysure:
There is even concentrate from òsùkwù.

The stuff hardly spoil. I have some I bought God knows when and readily use when I want to make ofe akwù

How did it taste after using it to make Ofe Akwu?

Biafra without a doubt, Nigeria has long failed and nothing on earth can save it