₦airaland Forum

teeowl:
now niger-deltans want biafra? I thought they wanted their own country?

Don't mind d OP. He is an Igbo masqueradin as a Niger-Deltan. D pretender has neither base nor supprt in d Niger-Delta region.We Niger-Deltans knw d Igbos wit dia tricks very well, so we ar not worried about dem. Wen d rigt time comes we N-Deltans shal push dem to where they belong. My advice for u Biafra Agitators is: "leave us Niger-Deltans alone if u eva want to succeed wit ur Biafra". If ur Igboid communities in S-South want to join ur Biafra no problem; we won't stop dem, afta all, "blood is thicker dan water". We already knw d role they (e.g. Delta Igbos) playd as saboteurs durin d 1960s civil war, which they paid dearly for. But we Urhobos-Isokos, Ijaws, Itsekiris e.t.c. wil rather remain in Nigeria dan join ur Biafra where only d Igbos wil make up more dan 60% of d populatn. Dat wil amount to jumpin frm "fryin pan to fire". Besides we do not share d same languages or cultures wit d Igbos.

Obiagu1:
@ boldfaced

This is the truth I've come to realise too.

Almost all the countries recently created were created along long existing fault lines.

NigerDelta 'boundary' never existed neither had Alaigbo ever existed.
The only recognised Biafra fault lines were 1906 and 1960 fault lines. Anything else is just wishful thinking.

SE and SS are tied together on their waistlines, unfortunately.

U Igbos can continu to fool urselvs pretendin to b Niger-Deltans. For heavens sake! How many times hav we Niger-Deltans sound it clear to u dat we ar not part of ur Biafra nd u can't deceiv us wit ur propaganda? D most annoyin aspect is wen u oppose our quest for Niger-Delta Republic, makin mockery of us dat we don't hav rights to self-determinatn, but at d same time u ar tryin to coerce us into ur Biafra which can neva work. My questn is why ar u Igbos afraid to go on ur own witout us d N-Deltans? Simple, we knw u Igbos ar lookin 4 minorities to dominate nd exploit.

ephi123:
If you make life miserable for Shell and they pack up and leave, who loses at the end of the day? Both the company and the community will lose, so don't make it seem like it is just the company that will lose.

Point of correctn, it is d oil companies nd d Nigerian Govt dat wil lose financialy in such a case, nd not d oil-bearing communities. Afta all, d oil companies ar not doing anything signifcant enorf for d benefict of dia Niger-Deltan host communities.

Why do Igbos lov money so much dat they ar ready to dupe dia own brodas? D other day it was an Abia man who escorted his friend to Lagos to buy a vehicle, but later absconded wit his friend's N800,000 intended for d purchase afta nearly butcherin his friend to death in a hotel room. If Igbos don't trust themselvs how wil they make dia dreamed Biafra work?

dialfa:
that's the problem with you minorities
you want to remove Igbos from their niger delta soil
Never!

Ijaws should stay in ijawland and stop eyeing Igboland

We Niger-Deltans ar not eyeing ur Igboland. Even if ur Igbo communities/lands agreed to join ur Biafra, ur dreamed Biafra wil stil remain landlocked surrounded at all sides by Nigeria. because no Igboid community in d Niger-Delta borders d coast or hav direct access to d sea.

You talk of landlock as if River Niger can't be dredged.
Have you heard about the Panama Canal?

How many countries make use of it?[/quote]I wonder at some pipo's ignorance nd disconnectn frm reality. So u mean u can stil hav d rights to dredge across Nigerian territory (Niger-Delta) witout due permision frm Nigeria if eventualy Biafra (Igboland) emerged an indpndnt country? Where in d world does dat happen? If dat is d case, Republics of Niger, Mali nd Burkina-Faso wuldn't hav bin landlocked since d same River Niger flows across dia lands down to Nigeria nd into d Atlantic Ocean. These countries wuld hav since dredged d River Niger right across Nigerian territory unilateraly witout seekin Nigeria's permission, just as u fantasizd here. In respect to d Panama Canal u mentioned, d Republic of Panama thru which d Canal passed in its entirety is not landlocked at all. Panama as a country is sandwished btw two seas (i.e. d Carribean Sea nd d Pacific Ocean), nd d Canal connectd d two seas.

scholes0:
Which rogue boundary adjustment is that? What were the ceded communities?
the boundary of Ondo state has remained the same since the days of the Old western region.
If anything , they should have allowed the Itsekiris of the three Warri LGA'S to vote to join the Western region as an hypothetical Warri state, or the Mid-West at its creation.

How will u do dat when those 3 Warri LGAs ar also homes to indigenous Urhobo nd Ijaws villages/ communities? Or u mistakenly think d 3 Warri LGAs belong to only Itsekiri pipo? Take correctn, guy.

Pavore9:
And where this oil is being extracted looks like hell hole!

D more painful aspect of it all is dat, when u look at d names of d pipo involvd in dis economic rape or terrorism they ar still d same our Niger-Delta brodas nd sistas (d elites) who ar so selfish, greedy nd wicked dat they wil neva think of using dia ill-gotten wealth to help fellow Niger-Deltans or even devlop dia respectiv communities. Yet they ar d same pipo cryin Niger-Delta is marginalizd whereas they can't giv proper account of all d billions of naira comin to d region. They pretend to lov us (Niger-Deltans) when they speak, but in dia inner minds they ar only afta dia own interests nd dat of dia immediate families, nd ar not at all movd by d wide-spread poverty in d oil-rich region. Thank God we ar gettin wiser by d day by God's grace, nd gradualy redeemin ourselvs economicaly, politicaly, socialy nd also spiritualy. Osonobrughwe kobiruo.

fratermathy:
And you really believe that Urhobo-Isoko and Edo are more than Ijaws ?
Even though I am an Urhobo, I know Ijaws are far more than us even when combined with Isoko.
In any case, the 2016 National Population Census will answer these questions for us. I do know that Ijaws are large and we cannot judge ONLY from their Bayelsa population! We have to holistically look at it from their combined population in Edo, Ondo, Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa states.

Did u 4get dat d Ijaws ar minorities in all those states u mentioned( i.e. Delta, Edo, Ondo, Rivers nd Akwa-Ibom)? D only state in Nigeria where Ijaws ar majority is Bayelsa. Nd even den, Bayelsa's populatn is very small; voters turn out durin d just concluded general electns (2015) was about 500000.

fratermathy:
Possibly. Like someone said before, Ijaw population is exaggerated. I hope the next census can correct some of these population issues we have in Nigeria.

My bro, many of all dese populatn claims by various ethnic groups ar just false propaganda to gain politcal advntages. I wonder how Ijaws who live in sparsely populated, isolated nd spatially dispersed riverside settlemnts will b even up to six million not to talk of 15 million mentioned here. Even d populatn size of d whole of Bayelsa which is an exclusiv Ijaw state is less dan two million pipo accordin to d 2006 census. Or is it d Ijaws in d remainin Niger-Delta states( Delta, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Ondo) where they ar monorities to others dat really give such a radiculous figure? It is just funny though.

Obiagu1:
I agree with you 100%.

I pity all those that say SS or NigerDelta republic.

Go pity urself first because dat Biafra u agitate for is just a mirage (a pipe-dream). U seem to knw nothin about conditions or processes involvd in emergence of new sovereign state. Hav u taken time once to ask urself why d real notable, highly educated, meaningful nd well-to-do Igbos don't waste dia time nd energy demandin for Biafra? It's because they knw it's unrealistic in som ways. As such, it is virtually only jobless, uninformed, inexperienced, un-cultured, ill-manered, semi-literate youths who knw nothing about international laws nd deplomacy, dat do go online to make noise about a dream calld Biafra.

TheOnlyWiseMan:
@bolded.
You should know that biafra is by older than Nigeria.

If u study d map u pasted closely, Biafra as a territorial name was used to label a specific region which was entirely outside d present-day Nigeria. In brief, Biafra in d map was used to refer to a territory somwhere in present-day Cameroun, nd not even near Igboland.

basilo101:
of course. Biafran was a colonised seperately till 1914. it remained a admistrative entity of its own until Gowon put some useless artificial boundaries in 1967

Why do u pipo delight in paddlin lies just because u wantd a so-calld Biafra; a name u Igbos only adoptd followin d overthrow of Aguiyi Ironsi's govt. B4 1914 there was no land kwn as Biafra, nd there were even nothing like western region, eastern region, or northern region in Nigeria. What we had den were two indepndntly administerd political territories knwn as "Northern Nigeria Protectorate"(d present day north-west, north-east nd north-central) nd "Southern Nigeria Protectorate"(d present day south-west, south-east nd south-south). It was just these two separate protectorates(South nd North) dat Lord Federick Lugard almagamated to form one country "Nigeria" instead of two countries, to reduce administrativ costs. I advice u go study history properly nd stop twistin facts to deciev d readin public.

They hav neva collectd bribe once, so who ar den d pipo takin bribes nd makin dis country wallow in corruptn nd unda-devpt ova d yrs? Our politicians need to repent nd b patriotic.

[quote author=davo3286 post=39449028]At least South-east is one of the cardinal points. Now, tell me. What is South-south? Continue to be deceived. I wonder where you got, that rather skewed, information that India, like you mention, for instance, was named after Indian Ocean - the third largest oceanic body on earth? Who told you than the nation, India, was named after Indian Ocean? Please, go back and improve on your research and stop coming here to exhibit your illiteracy on the subject, Geography/History. FYI, Indian Ocean was named after the people, India, and not vice versa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean
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Stop misinformin others, where in my post did u see it mentioned dat India was named afta d Indian ocean? Well if u want to knw, dat country was named afta d "River Indus", which flows frm d Himalaya Mountains down across India nd Pakistan nd empties its waters into d Indian Ocean. Besides, why didn't u despute d other countries I listed were named afta rivers or lakes? Hypocrite!

lygn19:
the way u are talking is asif igbos want to steal the swamp away, dont worry we wont stop activities there after all the yorubas are the most intelligent businessmen on earth so if they dont come to the east to invest the ports wont work , so we would just build it for design . So dont be scared after all are we not the gala sellers and drug dealers again who only own 2 by 2 shops?

Don't get it twistd, I'm not Yoruba. I'm a Niger Deltan commentin frm Oron, Akwa-Ibom State. Guy, where in d whole world hav u seen one state (i.e. Abia) dredgin a river dat passes or flows thru anoda state (i.e. Rivers nd Akwa-Ibom) witout legal approval frm dat state? If rivers ar no-body's assets as some of u ar assumin, den, Republic of Mali, Republic of Niger nd Republic of Burkina-Faso wuldn't hav bin "landlocked" because d "River Niger" also flows thru dia lands . They wuld hav claimd right to dredge d River frm dia lands down thru Nigeria to d Niger-Delta coast.

[quote author=VickJames post=39527721]I only comment on intelligent threads like this.
The dredging of the river is very possible and can be done without interfering with other peoples lives and properties.. the weather will favour the igbos because with the increase in global warming, the sea will come to us and we wont do much in dredging the river....

U said u only comment on intelligent thread, but ur analysis of d project is very laughable, childish nd funny. It just exposd ur of lack ideas or knowledge about technilities nd processes involvd in plannin nd executn of projects of such magnitude. How wil u say such massive project can b executed witout d approval or involvment of both Rivers nd Akwa-Ibom States whose territories d Imo River traverses nd wish u wil dredge in d process? How wil u also say d dredgin won't interfer wit d life nd properties of d pipo living around it? Is it not human-beings dat own d lands nd swamps borderin d Imo River or u ignorantly think it's no-man's land? Guy, wake u

@Asamaigho. i say d itsekiriman is one of the most reasonable nigerian,He thinks before he act,he exhuast all humanly possible avenues to solve any issue,he doesnt se violence as a means of... ,but wen provoked,He fight u to d end,ask d ijaws and d urhobos,who tried to annex warri and change the title of the olu of Warri through d backdoor.[quote]Can't u see dat u ar very foolish by dis ur statement drawin Ijaw nd Urhobo into ur response? Knw dat u can only deceiv strangers who hav not bin to Warri wit dis ur online propaganda but not Warri pipo. because evry Warri resident today knw very well dat d Olu of Warri is just a mere title crafted by Awolowo nd his powers ar restricted to only Itsekiri communities of Warri city, i.e, Ajanmogha, Ugbuwangue, Ifie, Ekurede-Itsekiri, Pessu, Ubeji, e.t.c. The Olu does not hav any authority or influence over any Urhobo communities in Warri city such as Agbassa, Igbudu, Okumagba Layout/Estate, Okere-Urhobo, Okurode-Urhobo, Ogunu, Edjeba, Ukpokiti, e.t.c.[b]i

Rayhut:
You think that if war break out that you will have monopoly of killing people and they will be looking at you, one drop of nuclear or atomic bomb in any part of Nigeria is enough wipe out anybody living in Nigeria, If Nigeria start killing igbos rampantly, Igbos will retaliate by dropping dropping chemical, biological weapons and nuclear and atomic bomb in the west, north and everybody living in Nigeria will die then Ghana and other African country will come and take over Nigerian land, 1967 is not 2015, say no to WAR or genocide agenda.

Guy! Stop dis ur foolish chestbeatin nd day-dreamin. So Igbos hav dat technolgy to produce atomic/nuclear bomb nd yet dia south-east homeland is still lookin primitive, backward nd unda-devlopd? U think nuclear technolgy is a child's play? Even common bicycle hav u bin able to produce it? Or u think it is China where u go to get fake goods dat wil dash u atomic weapon. Mr man, stop deceivin urself.

@Davo3286. U ar just bin clever by half. Ur Igbo mainland was equally named "South East" nd u pipo acceptd it nd ur Ohaneze Ndigbo ar even using it in dia official documents.... So also ur so-calld Biafra u want to impose on us is a fraud.... Stop deceivin urself! Just go update ur knwledge. Was Anambra State not named after River Anambra? Was Ebonyi not a name of a river b4 dat state was created by Abacha? Go do proper research, d followin countries were named afta rivers: Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Zambia, Congo, India, Jordan, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chad(lake), Malawi(lake).

pazienza:
You are silly. No Igbo man is mentioning non existing SS.
Is SS a name of an ethnic group? Is whatever cursed town you hail from more SS than Asaba,Ibuzo,Ogwashi ukwu, etc all of which are parts of Igboland, but in SS?

SS or Niger delta is a senseless term to me as a Biafra, only mentally slow people use that term.

Hypocrite! U said SS is non-existent, is it ur fake Biafra dat is existent, mr man? Wit ur statement, u've just exposd d hidden fact dat ur Biafra is an Igbo agenda aimed at suppressin d culture, languages, lands nd resources of d ND minorities. Just as u said our South-South or Niger-Delta is a senseless term to u, so also is ur so-calld Biafra a senseless, meaningless nd useless term/concept to us Niger Delta non-Igbos. Igbo wa daje otor owa oo!

theDEVILisHERE:
You people keep vomiting this crap
There is nothing like Niger delta or South South republic
What you have is Biafra

Who is dis dreamer! If u think it's because of our Niger Delta u Igbo pipo ar askin for ur Biafra den u beta wake up frm ur dreamin. I hav known all dis while dat d main reason why all dese greedy Igbos ar shoutin Biafra! Biafra!! wit so much confidence is because of our Niger Delta lands nd resources. But don't deceiv urself guy, we will neva join ur Biafra. How many Ijaws, Urhobos, Itsekiris, Ogonis, Edos, hav u seen agitatin for ur so-called Biafra. If were Buhari I wil just grant dis Igbo pipo dia request to go establish dia Biafra but on d condition dat they shuld neva include d Niger Delta. And I tell all dis noise nd shout about Biafra will just fade away, for d Igbos know very well dat witout Niger Delta, they can't sustain as a country because they ar terribly landlocked wit small landmass already ravaged by erosion.

Wike said:

“I was minister in this country and I was given the highest responsibility and today some people are struggling to be a minister, and they are celebrating to be a minister as if nobody has been a minister in this state.[/quote]Nawa oh! Wat was Wike thinkin wen he made dis statement in a xtian gatherin? Did he 4got he was in God's holy presence nd suppose to 4giv rather dan quarrel? Is dis d christ-like character expectd of him as a xtian? Moreova, d pastor incharge shuld hav correctd him because wat Wike said appears very aggressiv nd misplaced. For cryin out loud, xtian shuld learn to keep politics far frm d church.

businessline:
http://www.politics.co.ke/news/some-africans-are-lazy-fools-only-good-at-eating-lovemaking-and-stealing-donald-trump-2/

If u take a critical nd unbiasd look at d presnt conditns nd level of devpt in black African countries today, u wil agree wit me dat d man is not far frm d truth. It's just dat d truth is bitter. Black Africans ar d cause of dia problms:dey hate one another nd ar selfish. leaders nd followers alike ar corrupt, wicked, unpatriotic nd visionless. Dat is why evry black African country depend heavily on importatn of manufacturd goods frm d whitemen's world because dia studity won't allow dem harness dia thinkin abilities to devlp home-grown technologis, just as China did. D few African countries we can say ar tryin ar those wit large populatn of indigenous whites such as Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria nd South Africa. Black Africans arise! Lets change our lazy mentality. let us unite, lov ourselvs nd devlop our continent. Do not run abroad.

new2020:
I'm calling on my Biafran people in Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Bayelsa to resist APC-Fulani-Yoruba slave party with every fiber of their being. They are trying to swindle all oil producing states in SS. Is it by coincidence that they are not contesting my state election...Cross River? Because we have no oil or rather minuscule amount so they are not interested. Open your eyes my people, they will milk your states like they milked Rivers under Ameachi.

GMB will spark a revolution in SS I'm telling you. Tension is high now in Rivers...the people are with Wike

Mr man, I'm frm Delta State but work in Akwa Ibom State.To avoid unnecessary argument, I wil advice u to humbly pay a visit to Akwa Ibom nd Delta States nd conduct a random interviews on d indigenes to find out dia opinions on whether dey stil want PDP to rule dem or not. I tel u, u may b shockd by d respons u wil receiv frm d pipo. Truly, SS pipo ar tired of PDP's maladministratn nd corruptn.

Frm d various reactns/coments here, it's very obvious many of u ar not frm Delta State. I wil advice u go to Delta nd sample d opinion of d pipo of d state on wu dey want as govnor. Ova d yrs since d time of James Ibori, Deltans hav bin denied d right to choose leaders of dia choice due to PDP's reckles riggin practice. Dis is not a matta of APC or Buhari; As an indigene of Delta State, I can can firmly tel u dat our pipo ar tired of PDP's politics. Deltans ar tired of PDP's corruptn. Despite d large revenue comin to d state, Delta State is stil laggin interms of devpt wen compare to other states in d country. Pls, Deltans need improve living standard.