₦airaland Forum

mulattoclaro:
dude I never said my king should tell people who to vote. I personally condemned the action of the Oba of lagos. The Oba of Benin doesn't support any party. The question I'm asking is that can a non igbo hold a position in any part of igboland? Can I as a Bini man be voted into any office in any part of igboland? Now you know you're equal? I've never heard yorubas, hausas, edos, urhobos or even ijaws calling any part of your land no man's land. Until people start seeing a non igbo holding various positions in your region then I'll personally be the one to advocate for equality. Otherwise, don't demand for what you know you can't give another non igbo in your land in another man's land. By the way my name is not sorry.

How can you achieve all the above without a complete restructuring of Nigeria?. How can you restructure Nigeria with Yorubas playing politics of punishment to SE/SS by conniving with hausa/fulani from stopping Nigeria to move forward cos Igbos might gain something no matter how small, while you Edos tag on cos you are related to them historically?. (Even though Igbos cannot genetically see any resemblance between Yorubas and Bini people). Bro, in this our Nigeria, "Igbo logic" to all these political arguments and analysis are more sound, direct, clear and more logical to me than yorubas.

knightsTempler:
Just hoping the U.S wouldn't have any reason not to sell us arms again, since their puppet is now holding sway.

We are watching them in 3D.

So give me a 3d answers on (1). Amnesty international report on Nigeria army (2). The moving of the command and control from Abuja to maiduguri.

DMerciful:
Are we the only ones with culture? Do all whites have the same culture?yet they are all suited which is the universal official dress code for even like this....even Mugabe wears suit but the Ab0ki is allergic to suit....rubbish

This is one of the so many reasons, Igbos are calling for Biafra. Those arrogant major tribes in Nigeria are incapable of reason as they display arrogantly there ugliest and unattractive robes for the whole world to see, but the West and others privately regard them as 3/4 of human being. Some African head of state through their body language feel so shame by these Nigerian leaders dressing code. Don't they know that the historic dress code of Europeans or Asians (Rome, Chinese, Japanese, Arabs, Indians and etc) were far more elegant and attractive than the dress code of these leaders(eg Jonathan and now Buhari) The world is witnessing first collective earth civilization through globalization, and this awareness hasn't escape the Arabs most of them in suits except Saudi Arabia and their ilks in the Gulf. Our own Dangote has caught the bug too.

CAMNEWTON4PRES:
The first bleaching polygamous family. Jisos what is this

E like say bleaching is a major requirement to marry that man.

Igbo businesses should go into both bleaching and anti bleaching therapy in yoruba land quick quick. I see losts money to be made.

Merlissa:
Why are all his wives fair


Choi, see discrimination!!!


A king should NEVER discriminate!!!

Bleaching Republic of O.............., where the Alafin bleaches and encourage his younger wives to do same, all for photo ops, or more to promote yoruba culture.

heywhytech1:
Good to hear. God will bless you with wisdom and good will to take us to the promise land Mr. Preaident

Any African president that seek solutions for domestic problems over seas have already lost his bearing. African solutions to African problems lie within Africa. ......Paul kageme, Rwandan President.

Abagworo:
Imo State equally needs this. I think we do have a lot in common with Ekiti. Imo lies between Anambra and Abia which both have lowest unemployment rate but we are completely different. It pains me when youths wait for Government or other firms to employ them without knowing they vould be self reliant. At the early stage of Okorocha he once proposed bringing Imolites based in Aba back home to help train and produce skilled youths.

Hmmmm. ..... Conffessions from all angles. Next Hausa/Fulani will start giving out their daughters to Ndi Anambra and Abia for trade and commerce formalization. Igbos " ever" know, that they are great, and they also "ever" know, that the greatness will manifest itself in Biafra.

olabukola:
By Oghene Omonisa Craftsmen at Aba, Abia State as well as traders at Onitsha, Anambra State should get prepared to receive new apprentices from Ekiti State. This is being promoted as a bid by the Ekiti State government to ensure that Ekiti youths are trained to be self-reliant and look beyond government patronage, and to also prove that, aside education, developing unskilled Ekiti youths does not warrant only sending them overseas for training. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/new-lawmakers-define-ekiti-stomach-infrastructure/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook#sthash.6xtp1nVo.dpuf

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/new-lawmakers-define-ekiti-stomach-infrastructure/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

This is ethnic diplomacy, trade, commerce, cultural engagement and etc all in one. Hmmmm. ...... Some Yorubas are really enigmatic and Igbos must extend hands of brotherhood to this group of Yorubas. I have written about peace treaty between Yoruba Obas and Igbo Igwes, exploring in that treaty, why Yorubas always betray Igbos during elections, and their willingness to partake in genocide against Igbos but to turn around and marry our daughters. Can Yorubas behave differently towards the Igbos minus the hausa/fulani in the equation?. We must explore every thing cos we will be close to each other in the next 1000 years to come together or apart.

elijah2u:
why do Nigeria don't want biafra to go? moreover there is no unity in land called Nigeria. I will even support oduduwa republic to exist cos we will keep disguising as if we love ourselves when hatred is reigning in the heart of different tribes to one another so I am in full support of disintegration of Nigeria.

"Extreme domestic hate (observe and measured by the rest of human societies, by the degree of genocidal killings of one group of Nigeria against the other, and tactically supported and encourage by a third group) which utilizes prevention of critical infrastructure development as weapons against some regions and groups of Nigeria. "This is a dagger through the heart of Nigeria"..............And Nigeria dies to the delight of mankind.

bushdoc9919:
Hmmm

Like most tribes in Nigeria...the Ijaw are ready to talk about how the money is shared....but about good governance, good leadership,etc.....silence.

Look....an Ijaw man is not in charge anymore. But in your states, you have LG chairmen, Governors...who are Ijaw. I know what I am saying is not going to be popular.....but why don't you go home and tell them to do the needful things...like investing in education...esp technical education, innovation, and technology....so that your state can be really developed.

And what I am saying to the Ijaws, I am saying to all Nigerians...especially the Hausas,Yorubas and Igbos. Go and tell your governors and LG chairmen to run your state/LG well. All this talk about restructuring Nigeria....it is because we are running out of money to share thanks to corruption at all levels...including ironically by some of those new advocates for restructuring....that we are now crying for restructuring. Meanwhile...we have more serious problems. And nothing is being done about them at all.

(Nigerians won't do the above because they prefer to share money....rather than to work for money. If we had committed to a programme of industrial development since the 1970's...when we actually had an industrial sector.....Nigeria would have been a world leader by now.Not first world...but at the level of an Asian Tiger. But Nigerians prefer to be kept wives of rich and wealthy men ).

You cannot restructure Nigeria without restructuring the people....and if you persist...you will end in destruction.

I wonder....what solutions have Ijaw people designed for the pollution in their soils/waters? Developing such solutions could provide jobs and make many people prosperous.Plus....why can't Nigeria build machines/refineries for our oil industry? Why are we waiting for the Whites and Asians to save us? Why aren't Rivers and Bayelsa leaders in oil industry technology? Why isn't anything being done about bad leadership? Why?

Nigerians need to restructure themselves. Or else....we can have the SNC /True federalism today....and tomorrow, it would just be old wine in new bottles. The exploiters will just change uniforms and keep on exploiting.

Time we stopped blaming others and started blaming ourselves. That's where the true federalism/restructuring starts.

My opinion.

"Devil's philosophy". Mr. man, you CAN only restructure Nigeria, in order to restructuring the people (that's to say if human being can be restructured). Nigeria at minimum needs political restructuring adjustment program(PRAP), in order to reorient the mind set of the "new population" toward a common destination. You cannot "restructure" the people firstly, when half the population are heading towards sharia way of life(boko haram etc), while the other half want to remain secular.

midolian:
what makes this dunce think if you are not with them, then u must be yoruba? Do you know how many ethnic groups we have in Nigeria? And Arnt yoruba's better than u? Do you know I got to know the true meaning of slavery when I knew about u guyz? Go and learn more about ya pple to know how they betrayed and sold out each other as slaves because of greed in the those days..I am sure that's why u remain slaves

Mumu, they still speak yoruba in Brazil.

wexyee:
i really think radio Biafra is a bad idea.. because of the hate they insight into there fellow listener's.... it is already given igbos a bad name... people are seeing igbos as dark horses. I personally was surprised how full of hate they are when I visit there facebook page. all u see there is insult to either Yoruba or hausa... it's making me wonder is this how they intend to gain freedom?.... what do you think?

Is it not better to jaw jaw ( even hateful speeches at your enemies, that are killing you at the slightest provocation) than to war war, for the time being?.

Ignatio:
See how they stole the guys identity. This isn't far from the handiwork of desperate bloggers.

"Slave mentality of a section of this country is in overdrive".

midolian:
All hail FFK..the slayer of igbo babes...buh y ds guy like igbo babes like this sef?


congratulations..Do u need a medal?

To me, he is not a slayer of Igbo babes, but, a classical eg of a yoruba man(prominent one too) rejecting yoruba womanhood and projecting positively Igbo womanhood(beauty and other attributes) to the whole world.

ElekeNtioba:
This is just the beginning.

Buhari's victory has given his people so much confidence. They now believe they can do and undo without repercussion.

Benue people will be looking like a bunch of nitwits after voting APC lol.

Sai Changi!

"The Nigeria that the yorubas love so much and benefit from".


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tbaba1234:
Oil workers on strike
Health workers just announced theirs
Lowest Power generation in years
No Fuel for private power
No salary to buy fuel
No job to change to
Increasing domestic and foreign debt
Depleted foreign reserve
Poor infrastructure development inspite of this.
Longest fuel crisis in recent history.

Yet some dolts would say GEJ is a hero.. Is this how cheap heroism comes these days??

Seriously, May 29 can not come soon enough.

how does may 29 has any thing to do with crude oil price forcast of $35.00 a barrel by the end of 2015

OduaVanguard:
Jonathan!!!! Diaris God o!! You are still the president, at least for the next couple of days, yet you are not doing or saying anything about the suffering Nigerians are currently going through.

Jonathan!! Fear God o.

Why most of you guys reason shallow, na only Baba GOD sabi for una. What is happening is the difficult decision that will be taken by Buhari in removing the fuel subsidy being carried out transitionally by the out going administration.

DiademSh07:
What's this one saying?
Isn't it an ibo man, Ironsi who stopped regional federalism to centralize power?
What he didn't know then was that it will be to the advantage of the northerner.
As you can see, it was ibo greediness that destroyed our true federalism!
Never have I seen such set of greedy self entitled eediots!

"Yoruba crapy logic". So a long time state of destruction must be allowed to fester?.

BuddahMonk:
They will start blaming Igbos now

spot on.

Dollyak:
If you were lucky enough to be in my presence, I doubt you would have been bold enough to even look at my face. People like you have gone.. with little or no trace.
You are in Nigeria, remember some people have more power than you .

"Some people"?. Always in combo with Northern, but the slave down south will not say " my people alone have more power than you".

AhmedMustapha:
Makes no sense. The aim of business is adding value thereby making profit, moving everything to one place when you can make use of the opportunities outside just makes NO sense.

Core North and south west are not the only axis of trade or commerce left for Igbo traders in the sub region nor the continent. The represent minimal percentage points comparable with the sub-region/continent. Thank GOD, Igbo migratory pattern are one of the most diverse in the world (over 50 countries) with their businesses. Biafra will spring into being another gate way in the sub region in the shortest period of time. Bro, these are solid facts.

proudlyhandsome:
Change your attitude towards others is the only solution to your pitiable predicament.

Have a new country today - Biafra, it won't change your situation until Igbos realise what they are doing to themselves and their unborn generation.

No investors from other regions and other countries around the world would come to the East cos they are freaking tribalistic and greedy. It's all about me attitude which is obvious to the whole world.

Take or reject my advice, na una know.

Finally, yorubas will now prove their value for the world to see. Ojukwu made the same call to Igbos and Nnewi his home town in particular when he came back from exile. The rest is history they say. .. Just to reveal to you ( the most envious tribe of Igbos whom the ALMIGHTY GOD have completely blinded to ever continue to invest in the Commonwealth of the Igbo womanhood as they have abandon their women for Igbo women) a tip of ice berg of overall Igbo GDP( cos knowing fully the economic size of Igbos will destroy you out rightly). The lgbos in diaspora ( of whom their 1st generation with first world education are entrenching into the economy of their host countries) repatriated 16 out of the 21 billion dollars to Nigeria in 2014. " Go figure".

Mynd44:
Economics!!!!

You site your business closest to your market to take out the cost of transportation and also to be close to then so as to get first hand feedback.

Does the East have the market to sell the business and services they provide to? That is the deciding factor.

If everyone moves back to the east, you will have a cluster and no one to buy them so it is not good.

Igbo or Biafra are already in regional economy with the frontier of Cameron well into Central Africa and beyond.

theenii:
Old fool,you are here again spitting rubbish!tribal warlord,spits on you*

No, he is saying the home truth that boarders on yoruba genes, biology and culture. ..............you all keep insulting the Igbos, while your future generations will look more and more like Igbos and less and less like yorobbers. Your fulani and hausa masters up North(even for yoruba muslims) will NOT allow you onto their daughters cos, yorubas are genetically wogly. Any yoruba man with means is heading towards SS/SE for genetic make over for their futurr offsprings while the yoruba womanhood and yoruba foods are left behind. With out SS/SE natural resources and human capital, what will remain of yorubas on this planet?. "ZERO". That's why you guys will forever sabotage, and connive against SS/SE in order to always get that tonic of life. "Prove me wrong"

egift:
Massive loans, bad economy, local debts, looted funds, empty treasury, broken system, owing salaries in States and Federal with no significant development to show for it. PDP should hide their face in shame.

Sai Buhari all the way. 9 days to get started.

"Rubbish". The % of the overall debt to this Africa biggest economy's GDP is still below 12% safe level. Politicians(APC) are setting up the general public for either a failure or success with the ultimate credit going to them.

Princessonelove:
Uju====>Igbo
Hassan====>Hausa
Baba======>Yoruba

which one is she?

TRUTHTOPOWER:
Any intellectual prowess that stereotypes any culture must be called into question. At least liberal education of the Western world rejects all forms of stereotypes. All international treaties reject ethnic profiling. so what is the universal basis of your ethnic profiling. Indeed, half the wrong conclusions that human beings arrive at are by abuse of metaphors, by taking general resemblance for real identity. Google the American declaration of independence and the logical end of the war as well as the struggle for the soul of the united states. In Nigeria, what do we see, a people who work at cross-purposes. What were the genuine efforts made since 2010 by our leaders to address the foundational inequality you speak of? 12million naira for each delegate after 5 years to discuss what? How much were Biafran soldiers or Nigerian soldiers paid to defend what they believe? How much are we paying soldiers in the frontiers of insurgency today? How much are we owing aged pensioners who served this country with all their lives? Why you are doing this some apprentices are roaming the street because of lack of money to settle them! It is nobody's fault. I guess we must not begrudge those who have access to the common purse. Struggle and become rich or die trying! We all have different ways of reacting to things like this.

Citizens of developing countries will dare to hold their leaders accountable. but some citizens of backward countries will simply agitate for their own share of what the leaders have been accused of. AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, SO SHALL IT BE, THE WORLD WITHOUT END! More people protested in the south east to maintain the status quo of governance rather than a fundamental change. Look at all the protests what were they for. Not APC change. So for whom are you speaking? for millions of Igbos who have established legitimate businesses outside Igboland. If Nigeria is evil and potentially dangerous as you suggest how do you reconcile your suggestion with the legitimate acts of your brothers that clearly suggest that we all belong to human race, that we all have right to do as we please (under the law) wherever we live?

As a Westerner, I have unhindered access to the sea and a vast erosion free land. we have in commercial quantity what we need to sell to the world by air or by sea. But we need Nigeria no less than others because the more the merrier. Because all we need to be strong is a Nigeria that is free of prejudice. We have our weaknesses and we acknowledge that no race is morally stronger than the other. We don't create classes of the Freeborn and the outcasts. Nor do we subject any class to customs that shock the conscience of the free world. I refer you to the book 'a grammar of politics' by Harold laski on the what causes national hate. It is ignorance. He said we can overcome hatred through education. According to him, we overcome hate by love evil by Good and that baseness begets only a progeny like into itself. That the glamour of war is as unreal as the bought affection of a prostitute. Laski was a prof at the London school of economics and political science.

if we must live together we must learn to be tolerant. the elections are over. if we cannot live together, it is simply intellectually barren to insult others who are oppose to your idea. all you have to do is tell people who believe in your cause to go back to the base and remain there. tell them it is better for all igbos to remain in the east and have nothing to do with Nigeria or Nigerians. make intellectual argument to the UN to justify separation. they will intellectually respond to you. But remember, do not lay claim to any land outside the five eastern states unless the tribes in the contiguous states unanimoulsy decide to join you. If you cannot intellectually, achieve this simply embrace constructive peace.

Bro, l really don't think I used any foul language in my analysis, but, if you think I did, all the same, I apologize.

I read your response to my write up, and clearly understand your points. I do not think that describing certain cultural characteristics within any group as a part of other groups can be characterized as being prejudice to that cultural group

On the rest of your analysis, personally, I don't think it touched on the core issues of Nigeria political tragic history, present and how this tragedy can be corrected. You really did not provide any practical approach in dealing with this tragic situation the country have found it self. Your attempt at solutionable approach is both passive and superficial. Again, the questions Igbos ask themselves of which I'm asking you as well is, the kind of institutions and structures we need in a country like ours to address so many myriads of problems (like running sharia parallel to a secular constitution, boko haram, fulani herdsmen slaughtering unhindered, yoruba vs igbos, Agitations for Biafra and etc, the list is endless). When the Republican Igbos look at this tragedy, it overwhelms them, hence their agitations and e -fighting with the Yorubas whom the Igbos believed are benefiting from this tragedy.