Ever8090: Fat lies, it was not Fulani herdsmen, my younger ones are schooling there and they all ran heading to another community where their mother is residing untill we got the news that it was on individual who was shot by some youth for whatever reason. No single house was burnt. You guys should stop this nonsense pls..
Thanks for bringing up this urgent clarification as a Benue State indigene who has folks on the ground. The report was got right from self-acclaimed investigative reporter Omoyele Sowore and his SaharaReporters. I have always emphasized that SaharaReporters is notorious for relentlessly spreading FALSE news and people always have to fact-check that online publication first before anything else.
Same thing too with People’s Gazette that the publishers use to spread disinformation online. A very terrible behavior from those who claim to be investigative reporters. The authorities in Nigeria have to keep these people in check for consistently in the deliberate spread of disinformation.
A lot of false rumors are flying around which will destabilize Nigeria irreparably if this political correctness of treating FAKE news (that has festered for years especially with the advent of the Internet) by the intelligence agencies and the governments at all levels do NOT stop. Period.
Morbeta11: Imam Hassen Chalghoumi of Drancy, near Paris, is astonished by what Israel is currently doing in Iran. He writes:
I, a son of Ishmael, an imam, a Muslim, a man of peace, hereby present my sincere testimony about this extraordinary people:
I must admit, I believe in religions and miracles. But there is something about this people — the people of Israel — that feels like a living miracle.
A people the Pharaohs tried to erase 3,000 years ago… and failed.
A people the Babylonians tried to annihilate 2,500 years ago… and failed.
A people the Romans tried to wipe out 2,000 years ago… and failed.
A people the Nazis tried to exterminate 80 years ago… and failed to erase.
A people the Arabs fought in five wars to wipe off the map… and failed.
This is a small nation in number, but with a unique strength — a divine blessing. Wherever it lays its hand, it succeeds: in finance, commerce, science, philosophy, literature… A desert land turned into a paradise, without oil or gas, but with liberty, democracy, intelligence, and determination.
This is a people who gave the world Einstein, Newton, Kafka, Karl Marx, Nietzsche, Spinoza, Freud… and many others who left a mark on humanity.
There are realities that neither reason nor logic can explain. There is only one word for it: miracle.
For two and a half years now, this people has been fighting on five fronts. They said it was tired, that it was about to collapse… and yet, it surprises the world by opening a new front against the Iranian enemy — one that frightens even Arab regimes.
This people, though small in number, possesses the courage of nobles, the wisdom of prophets, the patience of the righteous, and the determination of survivors. How could it be otherwise, when it is known they are the descendants of Abraham, Solomon, David, Moses, Jacob, Joseph… and 1,523 prophets and emissaries from their lineage?
This is a people who brought monotheism and faith in one God to the world. A people driven by a thirst for life, for work, for innovation, and for continuity — a drive that has lasted more than 4,000 years.
Truly, I find no other word to describe them but: a nation of miracles.
If the Arabs had clear vision, they would choose to unite with this people, to learn from them, to cooperate with them… perhaps they would absorb some of their knowledge, wisdom, and dignity.
This is just one politically correct statement in the midst of millions of defiant Muslim Arab and non-Muslim Arab opinions about Israel and the Jews.
Second, the Muslim guy posted historical falsehoods there. The concept of a universal God or monotheism was FIRST introduced by the Zoroastrians of Persia. Cyrus the Great (the Shah han Shah or King of King) the Emperor of the mighty Persian Empire, now Iran, whose army conquered the Babylonian Empire and was mentioned in the Old testament or Torah as the "anointed of the Bible God" in the book of Isaiah 45, was a Zoroastrian by religion.Monotheism is the backbone of Zoroastrian religion which influenced the Pharissaic branch of Judaism due to the fact that Persia colonized the areas where the Jews are today with the Magis (or priests of the Persian Zoroastrian religion) sent out to create what is now Judaism which is an "imperfect" copy of the Zoroastrian faith and belief in "AhuraMazda" the universal God of heaven which the Jews call "Yehoah" from ancient times. Prior to that Persian colonial era, the ancient Israel people were polytheistic. The Jews themselves know this aspect ofctheir historical links with Persia.
There are select advanced books and links online that detail "How the Persians created Judaism." The "Pharisee" Judaism etymology is a spin-off of the name "Parsi or Persian." A lot of people have to get out of their comfort zones and read more about comparative religion and the history of how the orthodox religions were formed over the centuries.
musicwriter: Read your own post, it's British struggle to end slavery by Britain!! Or did you see any place it says Britain was trying to end slavery by France or Portugal or Spain? Of course, they had to end it because pressure was building from Europe, Africa and America. I wonder the essence of your post.
You come off as someone who is very IMPATIENT to read, understand and accept other perspectives. I gleaned some aspects of this flaw when you posted in that first post of yours about a non-existent "hearsay" without getting to know me and my decades of advanced historical knowledge.
My last post before this one was made with CLEAR references to article sources merely to back up (or complement) some of your claims though there are a few historical inconsistencies in your assertions. It's irritating when a person displays this kind of impatience and passive-aggressive show which isn't good for proper historical and academic engagement, NOT propaganda.
My convo with you ends right here and now. Period.
amoreobansu: A spike in cyberattacks has accompanied the war between Israel and Iran. Iran is tapping into private security cameras in Israel to gather real-time intelligence about its adversary, exposing a recurrent problem with the devices that has emerged in other global conflicts.
You should “presume your security video systems could be targeted,” he added.
Most consumers prioritize price over the security of a surveillance system, even though a weakly protected camera can be a “stepping stone” into overtaking the broader network, said Peleg Wasserman, a security architect at a global energy firm. “They don’t look at the security features of the device they’re buying. So for the vendor there is no incentive to beef up security of such systems.”
“Consumers need to remember that they’re not the only ones who may have access to this camera,” Wasserman said. “I’ve seen people that put a camera outside the home without knowing that they’re also filming their neighbors, for example, or a sensitive object or even giving a panoramic view of a city which may be useful for targeting.”
In addition, private surveillance cameras often come with a default password — sometimes as simple as 1-2-3-4 — which is rarely changed by the user, according to experts. Some systems automatically stream the footage on the internet.
While Chinese-made cameras have taken over a large part of the private surveillance market, other systems have weak protections. A study by BitSight Technologies Inc. this month found live footage from 40,000 security cameras is accessible on the internet, including 14,000 in the US.
For countries at war, this data leakage can be an Achilles’ heel.
In 2022, the Israeli cyber agency warned that 66,000 personal cameras in Israel were using a default password and could easily be overtaken by hackers. That warning was largely unheeded, including in the southern towns that were invaded by Hamas in the attack that killed over 1,200 and saw 250 abducted. After the Hamas attack, the Israeli government issued nonbinding directives urging citizens to strengthen the information security on their personal security cameras, many of them Chinese-made, including adding two-factor authentication. It also obtained legal approval to remotely shut off traffic cameras and personal devices reflecting out on sensitive areas, such as borders or critical infrastructure, according to Portnoy, the former director of the Israel National Cyber Directorate.
That came after it detected increased attempts by Israel’s adversaries to breach highway cameras to monitor troop movements. Portnoy said Hamas had hacked private cameras for years to collect intelligence and monitor civilian and military movements while planning the attacks. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the US and many other governments.
An analysis of the military’s secure border cameras after the war began found they not breached by Hamas, according to Portnoy. But private security systems from the kibbutzim nearby that were later invaded were compromised, he said, citing footage found in Gaza by the Israeli military.
Franco, in an interview before the outbreak of the latest Israel-Iran conflict, said cameras that farmers installed in agricultural fields along the border to prevent theft inadvertently showed soldiers’ positions along the Gaza security fence.
Most people are unaware of the potential dual use of CCTV when they try to bolster their personal security without proper safeguards, whether in towns, kindergartens, offices or private homes, according to Franco. “You try to protect yourself and meanwhile you are exposing yourself,” he said.
Since Israel launched its attack on Iran’s nuclear program on Friday, Iran has retaliated by firing hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones. More than 200 people have been killed in Iran by Israel’s strikes, according to the Iranian government. In Israel, the government says 24 people have been killed and over 800 injured.
A spike in cyberattacks has accompanied the war between Israel and Iran. Iran is tapping into private security cameras in Israel to gather real-time intelligence about its adversary, exposing a recurrent problem with the devices that has emerged in other global conflicts.
An analysis of the military’s secure border cameras after the war began found they not breached by Hamas, according to Portnoy. But private security systems from the kibbutzim nearby that were later invaded were compromised, he said, citing footage found in Gaza by the Israeli military.
Franco, in an interview before the outbreak of the latest Israel-Iran conflict, said cameras that farmers installed in agricultural fields along the border to prevent theft inadvertently showed soldiers’ positions along the Gaza security fence.
Most people are unaware of the potential dual use of CCTV when they try to bolster their personal security without proper safeguards, whether in towns, kindergartens, offices or private homes, according to Franco. “You try to protect yourself and meanwhile you are exposing yourself,” he said.
Iran is located right in the earthquake belt just like Turkey and that's a severe natural disaster right there added to the back-and-forth aerial bombings.
I hope this ain't some kind of underground nuclear tests by Iran though because the Iranians had really gone far in their uranium enrichment program.
musicwriter: It was Britain itself that kept the slave trade going even after officially abolishing it, in fact, they were the only country that supplied slaves to other European countries around that period.
Others already gave it up, and that's the reason Britain found themselves trapped with the responsibility of stopping it. Because they were the LAST country still doing it!!
[1] In the 18th century a brutal trade network transported kidnapped Africans to European colonies in the Americas and the Caribbean to work as slaves, mostly on plantations. In 1787, campaigners against slavery such as Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp founded the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, believing that ending the trade was the first step towards eradicating slavery completely. They raised awareness about conditions (including with publications from former slaves such as Olaudah Equiano), boycotted slave-produced goods and petitioned Parliament.
In Parliament, the campaign was led by William Wilberforce. It was only after many failed attempts that, in 1807, the slave trade in the British Empire was abolished. However, slaves in the colonies (excluding areas ruled by the East India Company) were not freed until 1838 – and only after slave-owners, rather than the slaves themselves, received compensation.
The British Parliament outlawed the transatlantic slave trade for British subjects in 1807.
However, the trade continued through other nations and within Africa itself. British naval efforts were crucial in intercepting slave ships and enforcing the ban, although this came at a high cost in lives and resources, according to the Royal Navy.
This act was followed by the establishment of the West Africa Squadron by the Royal Navy, tasked with patrolling the African coast to intercept slave ships.
Expansion and Treaties: The movement expanded its focus to include the abolition of slavery in British colonies, culminating in the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
This act freed over 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa. British anti-slavery efforts also involved treaties with African rulers, aiming to discourage or abolish the slave trade within their territories.
For instance, treaties were signed with over 50 African rulers, and the British deposed the "usurping King of Lagos" in 1851 for refusing to outlaw the slave trade.
Impact: The British anti-slavery movement had a significant impact on the global landscape of slavery and the slave trade.
The Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron seized thousands of slave ships and freed over 150,000 enslaved Africans.
The movement also influenced other European nations to take action against the slave trade.
SmartPolician: That's probably his nature. It didn't start today. Here's a young Shettimna and his wife in a picture. It has nothing to do with Tinubu. Dude hates to smile.
They both made a lovely couple back in the day with Kashim Shettima looking very handsome in that photograph. His wife definitely has some Shuwa Arab ancestry (NOT a pure Kanuri woman) due to her skin complexion and facial looks as well.
The Shuwa Arabs (otherwise termed Black Arabs) are one of the ethnic groups in Borno State who migrated from modern Sudan a few centuries back.
aswani: My oga at the top, the feeling of admiration is mutual sir.
Hopefully the moderators, both manual and automatic, don't curb the honesty that you and a lot of people also disseminate here in warding off the absolute nuisance and menace of those Obidients.
That poster blows hot and cold, look how she immediately reacted to another poster aggressively demanding not to be dm'ed and then spending time to gently explained to another one who totally misunderstood what she had posted.
I suspect she is a moody person who can explain things nicely one day and is quickly dismissive the next which completely throws people around her needing her help.
Hope she takes time to read your post and digests it fully, some good stuff in there.
@aswani
You couldn't have stated it any better. lol That's clearly where the issue or problem is coming from despite she being a well-meaning person.
I like your "brutal honesty" on a lot of topics here on NL threads from time to time.
musicwriter: France freed black people from slavery in Haiti in 1794, while Britain OFFICIALLY did the same several years later in 1833.
That's what is on historical records.
Just for further emphasis... I agree with you but those were NOT matched with words in reality especially by the French in Haiti. Just political correctness. Pure and simple.
However, as of the 1810s, the British Navy Squadrons like I stated in my earlier post were already patrolling the West African Atlantic coast to capture several slave ships and arrest the slave ship captains and crew. If they hadn't done that, we would NOT have known of the historical Reverend Samuel Johnson who wrote the book "The History of the Yorubas" and his fellow Oyo cousin and linguist, Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther today because they were liberated and set free in Free Town, Sierra Leone from those Portuguese, Spanish, and American slave ships sailing for Brazil, Cuba, and other parts of the Americas.
The British too were doing that Navy Squadron patrols of the Atlantic Ocean near West Africa to stop the slave ships from leaving Africa from the 1810s (with heavy deaths or casualties of British Naval officers due to scurvy and more) due to self-interest because of the already evolving Industrial Revolution which had led to the LESSER use of extreme plantation slave labor and the works of the abolishionists (such as Wilberforce and others) led to the total abolition of that evil.
tctrills: Most people have been taught to see colonialism and slavery as the crime of the west but it is not so. My great great grandfather had many slaves but somehow, we are made to believe that the whites were the only slave owners.
@tctrills
Succinctly stated.
Colonialism and slavery were highly insidious global phenomena. The etymology of the word "slave" is got from the "SLAV" or Slavic people of the Caucasus region who were captured in large numbers and enslaved on European plantations before the rise of the Americas as the new hub of the infamous trans-Atlantic slave trade.
I like your honestly in referencing your ancestor's history here. It is what it is.
musicwriter: If you have ever seen anything historical written by me, better accept it as the truth instead of depending on hear-say. I know issues of African history and black history in general more than anybody you'll ever come into contact with.
You have to study history enough to understand the politics of history and that just as you have propaganda news, historical accounts, especially from Britain is also full of propaganda. Britain has taught lies to black people!! You've been taught a lie!! Fortunately, the historical facts are out there as I stated earlier and will show again.
Napoleon Bonaparte only went back to Haiti because Britain and Spain said that if he can't enslave black people in Haiti anymore, then they'll take Hati from him. Still, even when he went back, Haiti was freed earlier than any British plantation.
Attached is a simple Google search of the matter. Go to Google and put "when did France free slaves in Haiti" and "When did Britain abolish slavery"
You are NOT having a convo with a man who listens to "hearsays" but a man who has built up a large body of archival materials and global history in my personal home libraries and much more since the year 1980. Prior to that 1980, I grew up with a vast collection of encyclopedias in my then family home library due to my father's love for books.
Forget about the simple Google search result. The French claim of "banning slavery" contradicts the historical FACT that slavery continued on Haitian slave plantations until the enslaved Africans rebelled and freed themselves after being led by Toussaint and other leaders of the violent Haitian Revolution. That's the point I was making in my last post! If the French were indeed serious in their claims of stopping the slave trade as of 1793, the lucrative Haitian plantation slavery would NOT have continued until the enslaved Africans rebelled after being inspired by the French Revolution which led to the wiping out of the French monarchy. The Haitian Revolution initiated by the gallant African-Haitians to liberate themselves from Napoleon's French enslavement and domination is what triggered the rise of Cuba and Brazil as the new epicenters of the lucrative BUT highly unfortunate plantation slavery from the late 1790s right beyond the early 1800s, and this is why Brazil stopped their own slave trade in the late 1800s.
Peppermaster: Revisiting the Anioma Traditional Rulers Rejection of their Relocation to the East Central Region: History as a Repetition
- Emeka Esogbue
Not many know that in history, the present Niger State, one of the nation’s 36 states in the North Central part of the country was originally intended for the Anioma people of Nigeria. In 1975, there was an agitation for the creation of more states in the country and a group started a rigorous campaign in which they sought to relocate the Anioma people from their Midwestern Region to the East Central to share a geographical space with other Igbo-speaking people but the Anioma traditional rulers rejected their relocation as well as a share of state with people who are not Anioma of the present Delta State. It was a firm decision taken by Anioma traditional rulers which eventually dissuaded the then Head of State, His Excellency Gen Yakubu Gowon from uniting the Anioma people with the Igbos of today’s Southeast.
The Anioma communique majorly relied on to write this article also shows that the Anioma people rejected their inclusion in the proposed Niger State with vigour. It was a press statement and resolutions by the Obis, Chiefs and people of Aniocha in a meeting, which held in Ogwashi-Uku on January 1, 1975.
The document read:
"For sometime (sic) now the Nigerian public have (sic) been treated to conflicting claims and counter-claims on the burning issue of the creation of more states in the country. It has come to our notice that certain well-placed individuals or groups of persons have appointed themselves as leaders of thought and have gone about clandestinely, soliciting support for the creation of a Niger State which they allege would embrace Onitsha Decision in the East Central State and the Asaba, Ika and Aboh Divisions in the Midwest State. We are aware that in order to gain credence, these self-styled leaders of thought have gone about stressing the accident of a common language and spreading the information that they had been in touch with the Head of State, His Excellency, Gen Yakubu Gowon and that the latter had already assured them conclusively that a firm decision had already been taken to carve out the new Niger State between now and 1976 by merging together parts of the East Central State with the Ibo-speaking parts of the Midwestern Part."
United in their stance, the Anioma people refused to share a space with Onitsha Division, Ogbaru and others, on the ground that the advocates of the proposed state were not speaking for them (Anioma people). Language, a tool used by the advocates seeking to unite them with Anioma was described by Anioma traditional rulers as an “accident of common language,” which should not be used as a means of the merger by the government.
Although the advocates of the state creation claimed that they had not only been in touch with the Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd), the Head of State but had received assurances from him over the creation of the state to include Anioma, the Anioma traditional rulers in their press release, described the statement as spread of false information. The advocates were further described as “self-styled leaders of thought” who were not speaking on behalf of the Anioma people but to further their interest, which would forcefully lead to the claim of the Anioma territory.
The Anioma traditional rulers and other stakeholders were firm, rejecting their mixture with non-Enuani, Ika and Ndokwa from the east as conveyed in their statement issued to the public. The Anioma traditional rulers were bent on resisting the merger and even took a stronger stance when they averred: “We, the undersigned, on our own and our people’s behalf, wish to take this opportunity to define for the benefit of His Excellency the Nigerian Head of State of the entire Federal Military Government particularly, of the natural rulers, chiefs and people of the Midwest State, our position on the issue of the creation of states in Nigeria and specifically of the Niger State. The position is unequivocally that the people of ANIOCHA LAND (Anioma) in Asaba Division, whom we represent must be counted out of the proposed new state. In other words, while we do not quarrel with those who for reasons best known to them, wish to have a new state created for them, we wish to state unreservedly that the people of Ezechima, Ubulu-Uku, Ogwashi-Uku, Nsukwa, Odiani, Illah/Ebu, Oko-Okwe, Akwukwu-Igbo-Atuma, Ibusa, Okpanam/Ugbolu and Idumuje clans whom we represent have no wish to leave the present Midwest which they joined in fighting for in the period up to 1963 and that they do not desire any part or role or position in the proposed Niger State if and when one is created. We concede to others the right to determine their own destiny on the State issue but we will also insist upon our own right not to be dragged into a state against our will and without our active support.”
By refusing to leave the Midwest Region as stated in the press release, the Anioma traditional rulers in their communique to the Federal Government of Nigeria were inclined to remain in today’s South-South Region rather than the proposed East Central (Southeast of today). They communicated their reasons for the refusing to leave the Midwest region and their neighbours. The release read “Our reasons for preferring the status quo in so far as the state issue is concerned are self-evident. We have never accepted that we are second-class citizens within our present state and therefore no question can arise that we want to go elsewhere, where we may enjoy the full rights and benefits of first-class citizenship.”
As they say, history repeats itself but man does not learn from history. 50 years later, the agitation for the creation of more states in the country returned with a few politicians of Anioma extraction pushing for the relocation of Anioma to the Southeast but the current resistance demonstrates that nothing has changed since 1975 when the Anioma traditional rulers ably convinced Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd) not to separate them from their today’s neighbours in the Midwest region, now part of South-South and not to align them to the Igbos of the East.
The argument of the people rejecting their relocation to the Southeast became so strong that for the first time in their history of existence, the choice of Anioma State was riddled with controversy with the people divided. It was also the first time in recorded history that the Anioma people would witness the sort of hubbubs that welcomed the idea. Since the prosecution of the Ekumeku Movement against the British (1883 -1914), which united Anioma, confirming them a unit within the Nigerian polity, the Anioma people have never been as divided in any collective policy affecting them as witnessed in 2024 with the idea of the relocation to the Southeast.
In making their geographical choice of stay in the Midwestern Region (today’s South-South) clear, the Anioma traditional rulers had stated:
“In any case, we have lived long enough to know that you do not pull down or destroy your house merely because it is not as comfortable as you would wish. We know that those who advocate the creation of a Niger State as a solution to the presumed problems of the Midwestern Ibo elements in the Midwest State have not thought deeply over the matter. Should the Niger State fail us in the future what then? We the undersigned are convinced that our problems as a people can and ought to be solved in the context of the existing Midwest State and that therefore, so as far as we are concerned, the Niger State issue is a non-starter.”
There was the 6-clause resolution by the Anioma traditional rulers forwarded to Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd) and the clauses read:
“Whereas certain persons have proposed the creation of a state to be known Niger State comprising Asaba Division, Ika Division and Aboh Division in the Midwestern State of Nigeria and some parts of East Central State of Nigeria…”
“We, the Obis, Chief and accredited representatives of the people of Aniocha area in Asaba Division of the Midwestern State of Nigeria wish to state that:”
“We object and are opposed to being included in the proposed Niger State.”
The communique was signed by Anioma traditional rulers including but not limited to the following:
His Highnesses:
(i) Akwukwu-Igbo/Atuma Clan
(ii) Ezechime Clan
(iii) Diokpa of Ibusa (Obi Ajudua)
(iv) Idumuje Clan
(v) Illah/Ebu Clan
(vi) Nsukwa Clan
(vii) Odiani Clan (Signed by Obi of Ukwunzu)
(viii) Okpanam (Signed by Asagba of Okpanam)
Significant aspects of the post right above are historically insightful BUT I don't know think that the Niger State being referenced in the article is is the same as the current Niger State in the Middle Belt. The Anioma area and the Onitsha/Ogbaru areas are NOT directly bordering the current Niger State.
From the comments of the Kings and community leaders from the current Delta North communities who resisted the new state merger back in the 1970s, it's obvious that this is a different "Niger State" which was intended to encompass folks in Delta North and parts of Anambra State bordering the river Niger to the east [Onitsha, Ogbaru, etc, which are historically part of the larger "Anioma" BUT balkanised into the Western region (then Mid-Western region) and Old Eastern region due to the Ekumeku wars].
Important excerpts from the article:
The Anioma traditional rulers and other stakeholders were firm, rejecting their mixture with non-Enuani, Ika and Ndokwa from the east as conveyed in their statement issued to the public. The Anioma traditional rulers were bent on resisting the merger and even took a stronger stance when they averred:
tensazangetsu20: Liberia. I used to think Nigeria was the worst country on earth till I went to liberia. My village ugwu nkpa is more developed than the capital monrovia. Shithole dey and Shithole dey. Nigeria is shithole raised to the power 10. Liberia is shithole raised to the power one trillion.
Easy on the liberal use of that phrase sh**thole.
Liberia used to be a nice place to visit back in the day and some folks in Nigeria got into the United States after sojourning in Liberia in the 1960s through to the 1980s. With the bloody Civil War, Liberia has had a rapid decay in infrastructure and crime but with dedication, and a focus on using disruptive innovations for strategic development, they can get things back on track through the gentrification of the environment in Liberia and contiguous cities and towns.
musicwriter: Slavery existed in all parts of the world (it was worst in Europe) as a result of social stratification which has society naturally classed as it is still classed today worldwide.
But it was never a "trade" until your white masters exploited the Africans, the native Americans, Indians, etc and turned it to a trade. Prior to that, slaves were not gotten by "trading" but were prisoners of war.
Yet, depending on the time period you quoted, the weapons for waging the wars that turned your ancestors to slaves in Sokoto were supplied by your darling white people. They probably also supplied weapons to your ancestors in South Nigeria at the same time, thereby pitting the two regions to fight against one another- their real goal was to secure more prisoners of war. But you don't know anything about that part.
Yes, you have a right to be angered if one part of Africa wronged your ancestors in the past. Indeed, that's the logic behind my first comment.
But you're being terribly very naive for exonerating white people who committed a much bigger crime against the African continent. The event you narrated pales in comparison to the crimes committed by white people on the African continent. Do you know that machine gun was invented just to defeat Africa?
Of course, you've been taught a lie to believe that Britain, the greatest slave trading nation was the one turning back a slave ship, yet they were the last country to give up the slave trade.
France had freed blacks in Saint Domingo (now called Haiti) since about 1783 but Britain and Spain said that over their dead body shall black people be freed. Then, they went back to take Haiti from France! But that's the country you've been indoctrinated to believe they were turning back a slave ship! A country that was still in the slave trade till about 1883- that's 100 years after France set blacks free.
We're talking about people who supplied weapons to Africans from West to southern Africa for us to fight against ourselves so they may get their slaves. If you knew the magnitude of crime committed against you by white people, you'll wail instead
I like the way you structured your perspectives on the subject matter of you convo with Ed.
However, the French plantation owners did NOT free enslaved Africans in Haiti as of the 1783 you referenced and it took the historically famous Haitian Revolution in Haiti for the Africans who were repressed and were more than the white French taskmaster and plantation owners.
On the contrary, Britain's strong influence from early 1800s helped to abolish the slave, end the triangle trade between Africa, the Carribean or North/South America, and Europe, and placed several British Navy Squadrons to patrol the coast of West Africa intercepting slave ships and setting the human cargoes free in Sierra Leone leading to just over 100,000 Africans of different ethnic groups bring rescued from slave schooners (Such as the great linguist and Anglican Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther who was a direct descendant of the Emperor or Alaafin Abiodun of the Oyo Empire who reigned in the late 1700s.
tctrills: What are you talking about bro. North Africa was colonized by the Arabs before the British and french did the same. Do you know the meaning of colonization? They forced their language, culture and religion on the people. Up until today the original Berber people are seen as inferior to the Arabs in Morocco and Algeria.
Same in Sudan, the Arabs claim superiority over the blacks till tomorrow. So please do your research before blaming whites for all your troubles. Thanks.
The youngster you quoted doesn't realize that "colonialism" comes with the formation of Empires and the Arab Empire which stretched from the Middle East to the North of Africa is one of them.
DomPerignon: What I can't seem to understand is how you Zionists can't reconcile that colonialism was just a prelude to internationalism and all major imperial expeditions and conquests were funded by Jewish bankers and they operated the new colonies under corporatism , a prime example being the Royal Dutch Company , the Royal West Indies Company and the Royal Niger Company.
All these corporations secured charters to exploit newly conquered territory under the banners of European powers but were private companies owned by Jewish bankers and merchants.
You can't talk of European Imperialism without mentioning Jewish merchants and Bankers who financed and ran them and the fallout of that colonial legacy are the international multinational corporations of today which under Jewish WEF are promoting a replacement of current independent self governing nations back to corporatist ownership.
When I say you guys do not know a damb thing of this world and how it operates , you will all start ranting.
The book "Jewish Supremacism" (which I first read in the early 2000s) among several books opened my eyes to a significant number of the things you posted above).
The so-called Russian Revolution carried out by the Bolsheviks wasn't done by ethnic Russians but it was financed by Jewish capitalist money right from the Lower East Side of New York to kill Czar Nikolas (the Russian royal and direct descendant of the current British royal family) and take over power in form of Communism.
Originally Bight of Mafra but abbreviated on old Portogesse maps as Bi. Mafra which over the years became known as Biafra.
Biafra refers to the adjourning coastal waters off the coast of SE Nigeria to Cameroun but is now renamed Bight of Guinea.
The word Mafra refers to an old Portogesse slaving anchor port in Cameroun and is originally from a major slaving port in Portugal.
The Portogesse named most of their ports of call along the western African coastline down to present day Angola after cities, towns in their home country.
From Porto Novo in Benin, Lagos in Nigeria down to Ferdinand Po and Sao Tome and Principe . Mafra was another coastal town in present day Cameroun that was also named after another Portogesse port city that once served as a major slaving hub.
So before you castigate the name : Nigeria, know that your Biafra was named after the relic of Marrano Jewish Portogesse slavers .
I love your brilliant use of dialectics there to succinctly convey a strong message.
The Arab colonization of North Africa began with military conquests in the 7th century, notably under the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates. These conquests, starting with Egypt and expanding into the Maghreb (Northwest Africa), led to the establishment of Arab rule and the spread of Islam and the Arabic language. While initially facing resistance from Berber populations and the Byzantine Empire, Arab forces eventually gained control of much of the region.
You are welcome.
Very well said. The Arabs historically moved in waves (starting from after Muhammad the Islamic founder died) from the Arabian Peninsula right into North and North-East Africa to conquer the indigenous folks there.
chopnaira: US vice president elect, JD Vance, posts the below on his social media account.
Great to see the leader of the UK conservatives, @KemiBadenoch during her trip to the US. We discussed many topics, but I was unable to persuade her that coffee is much better than tea. Cheers, Kemi!
She got served with "unintended results" down road.
Fulaninigger: Biafra was an unqualified evil in minority lands. They just plundered the place, raping men and women. They looked down on us. We were nothing to them. Many of them still look down on us today… otherwise, how do you explain this so-called map of the new Biafra that still includes minority lands? Who told them the Isokos want to be in Biafra? Have they asked your people?
They imposed Biafra on minorities. The Ibos were thus engaged in two wars – fighting against big-time Nigeria and fighting against small-time minorities. The minorities were massacred by the Biafrans. A place in Sagbama in Ijaw land even has a festival celebrating the fact that they survived Biafra, and there are few other places like that in minority lands.”
Biafra soldiers also invaded kalabari, they raped their women killed several chiefs and started chasing them out of their own land while bringing their people their people to come and reposses people's properties.
They said that the oil belongs to them. All these while, their men were fighting along with them. Kalabaris were staved, killed, beaten etc all because they decided to join d biafrans. Till today,June 21st of every year has been set aside as a remembrance day for what they went thru. They call it "Go to Niger"
these are just few atrocities Ibos committed against the Niger Deltans. Stop trying to spin it around and pin it on northern Muslims for your selfish political survivor
Ojumakaka: please i am talking about people around me or people i have come across . not the general public . Hence I added that i haven't met such persons who are tech savvy that much . and of course since they are people I have met or around me i can tell you they ain't earning no shit . they are either struggling with salaries or one menial jobs in which i have tried to help some to set them free for life but they ain't picking up . Like my kidbro is actually collecting some dolls kudos to my patience in tutor but he is slow in terms of grabbing the full picture . but i pray one day he might pick up . But it is very painful that even if I won't have a mentor physically let me at least have one mr knows all whom we can help each other and share ideas . it feels somehow being around people whose topic isn't aligning to urs in terms of hustling and you can't help it.
Your thread post is revealing.
I will give you some advanced hints that I've known and used for decades.
First off, have you ever thought of the FACT that your teaching methodology could be the problem here? Some students learn faster when they are able to VISUALIZE the end RESULTS of what they are learning. Will that end result remove them from the rat race of struggling with monthly salaries and/or menial jobs to feed themselves and take care of recurrent expenses, year after year? Seeing the end goal or results of a project in your mind can motivate you to do more.
You can check YouTube or other search engines on the "best teaching and learning methods" for people. That would take away the MENTAL drainages you feel when you try to explain a tutorial or concept to someone and s/he doesn't get it. That feeling is truly enervating.
Another dimension that most people can relate with which is the fear of mathematics by students BUT there are some mathematics teachers from around the world who have mastered how to teach their students using simple mathematical concepts and the students even hailed those teachers for enabling them to love mathematics down the road.
Botragelad: Foreign Minister Gideo Sa'ar informed the public that the attack had injured the Muslim clerics who were in Al Jarina Mosque at the time.
Impact site following Iranian missile strike on downtown Haifa, next to the 300-year-old Zahir al-Umar Mosque, June 20 ,2025. Impact site following Iranian missile strike on downtown Haifa, next to the 300-year-old Zahir al-Umar Mosque, June 20 ,2025.
An Iranian missile strike, which hit Haifa on Friday afternoon, damaged the city's oldest and second-oldest mosque as it struck Haifa's downtown.
The strike damaged the Masjid Al-Saghir, built in 1761 by Zahir al-Umar, and the Al Jarina Grand Mosque of Haifa, built in 1775 but enlarged by the Ottoman Empire in 1901.
President Isaac Herzog took to X to condemn the "outrageous attack" on "a city that stands as a symbol of coexistence between Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, Circassians, and Bahá’ís."
"They try to kill Israelis of all faiths—Muslims included. We will defend all Israelis. All faiths included," he said.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accused the Iranian regime of targeting the historic mosques and the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. He informed the public that the attack had injured the Muslim clerics who were in Al Jarina Mosque at the time.
"The Iranian regime is targeting Muslim, Christian, and Jewish civilians, as well as civilian sites. These are war crimes," Sa'ar said.
The two mosques represent some of the oldest buildings in Haifa and date back to the founding of the modern city by the Ottoman governor of the Galilee, Zahir al-Umar, who is responsible for the rebuilding and fortifying multiple modern cities across the Galilee, including Haifa, Acre, Nazareth, Tiberias, and numerous smaller villages in the region. Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858440
The breaching of the Iron Dome by the Iranian hypersonic missiles and "dancing" new generation missiles further affirms the technological advances and investments the Shiite Iranian mullahs have made since 1979 despite the repeated Western sanctions.
Give them nuclear weapons capability and they will be a terror on Earth even to the Russians and Chinese who have been sharing military technologies with them.
Several cargo planes carrying armaments and military equipment for the IDF landed in Israel today, the Defense Ministry says.
The ministry says the delivery is “part of efforts to strengthen operational continuity and support all the IDF’s needs, both for achieving the goals of the war and for improving readiness and stockpiles.”
Since the start of Israel’s operation against Iran, 14 cargo planes with equipment for the IDF have landed in Israel, the ministry says, joining 800 others that have arrived since the beginning of the war.
The vast majority of the planes have come from the US.
Those Iranian hypersonic missiles really did a lot of slam dunking on Israeli soil. Russia and China should just keep off and NOT prolong the regional war situation here.
Peter's comments are often times very PETTY and borderline especially after losing and coming 3rd [after Atiku Abubakar of PDP] in that Presidntial election OF 2023... more like he's forcing things out of his mouth WANTING TO BE RELEVANT and his use of a Presidential Flag with the coat of arms printed on it [TO give an independence day speech] which he is NOT entitled to use as a NON-PRESIDENT. Even State Governors ar NOT legally permited to use a Presidential Flag with the coat of arms printed on it NOT to talked about a non-elected person.
What has wearing agbada got to do with a visit to Benue State for instance? It's the intentions that matter... OR does he want the Nigerian President to just wear "pata" [under pants] like Fela Anikulapo-Kuti to visit Benue State OR wear rags and pour ashes all over himself juust to be politically correct?
Constructive criticisms and feedbacks are VERY GOOD as these keep me going on as well WITH FRESH PERSPECTIVES. I usually don't trust people who are "yes men" all the time.
christistruth01: Ojukwu went to Aburi in bad faith He was still purchasing and stockpiling Weapons
Ojukwu went to Aburi with the intention to reject whatever he was offered but to also find a pretext for War because Ojukwu already was determined to conquer southern Nigeria and rule over it like an Emperor as can be seen from the letter Ojukwu wrote to Col Banjo at the Warfront.
Aburi only held for one single day
Was one day enough to declare War even if negotiations failed?
Succinctly stated. Col. Emeka Ojukwu (rtd) was preparing for war before the Aburi Accord meeting, BUT he miscalculated terribly, thinking that he and his rebels were going to win the war he started by the declaration of the illegal secession of May 30, 1967.
General Yakubu Gowon IMPLEMENTED the Aburi Accord in 1967.
In his book, "Power Sharing in Nigerian Federation," the Ibo intellectual, Chukwuemeka Nwokedi wrote that, “Apart from MINOR adjustments to the Aburi Accord, in other to still retain the corporate nature of Nigeria”, Gowon implemented the Aburi Accord with Decree 8; “and the regions acquired MORE powers than they have ever had”. That was months before the continued wrangling between Ojukwu and Gowon led to the creation of states (on May 27, 1967). But did Ojukwu not declare Biafra and we marched out to war on the mantra, “On Aburi We Stand”. According to other writers, the MINOR adjustments Gowon made to the accord was the cancelation of TWO articles of the accord, which stated that any region can secede from Nigeria at will, and that the federal government can, on no account, impose a state of emergency on any region. Ojukwu’s advisers urged him to accept Decree 8 because Gowon had “gone more than far enough”. He refused.
Kukutente23: Why should I share with you what you can read yourself. That's why your parents spent money to educate you. Justify your parents struggle over you.
Good. A CDS is the highest ranking staff of a military. His job is to strategise and ensure seamless Coordination between all arms of the military as well as ensure operational readiness.
A CDS is the highest ranking staff of a military. His job is to strategise and ensure seamless Coordination between all arms of the military as well as ensure operational readiness.
Traditionally, he's not in command of troops nor is he directly involved in operations of troops.
General Musa used the occasion to urge the Federal Government to urgently address the issue of Nigeria’s porous borders, which he described as a growing threat amid rising instability in the Sahel region. He cited the flow of arms and fighters from crisis-hit countries like Sudan, Libya, and the Central African Republic , warning that these elements are exploiting Nigeria’s vast and unmonitored frontiers.
He proposed learning from countries like Pakistan, which successfully built a fortified double-layer border wall to separate itself from Afghanistan.
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