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alexlee50:
Where is dino? Where is oby? Where is madam commissioner for kaduna state? Where is Audu ogbe?They have stopped going to eagle square to campaign for the release of the girls or pperhaps the girls have been rescued?

Don't mind them! Their man PMB is now in power, so they have abandoned the struggle....

PROVACATEUR:
I grew up in kaduna and I can tell you a lot about Kaduna than your numbskull can comprehend.

Stop reminding us that you are a graduate.

ODE

You signed up on Nairaland just one month ago, and you have joined the internet bashing team. Something tells me that it was your antics that got you banned, before you chose this moniker. What was your name in your former life on NL??

onomeasike:
Don't mind those Yoruba men,they love Igbo women die,ask ffk

Bros, it actually goes both ways. Dr Emeka Anayaoku, the former Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Ichie Adazie of Obosi, married a Yoruba woman Olubunmi, a royal princess from Abeokuta and they have been together for over 45 years;

Prof Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, the Eze Ikelionwu IX of the great Aro town Ndikelionwu in Anambra State is married to a Yoruba woman too. Her name is Adebimpe Olurinsola Abimbolu, and she is also an accomplished Professor of Library Science. They have been married for over 50 years.

Dr Akanu Ibiam, former Governor of Eastern Region, Nigeria from December 1960 until January 1966 also had a Yoruba wife, named Lady Olayinka, from the great Sasegbon family of Lagos state. In April 1974, Dr. Ibiam lost his dear wife. She died at the age of 68. Out of respect for her, he refused to marry any other woman. She was given a state burial. Dr Akanu Ibiam the late Ezeogo and Isiala 1 of Unwana and Osuji of Uburu, was given the title of "... Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George by Her Majesty the Queen";

Dr Vincent Ifeanyi Maduka the pioneer Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA) also married a Yoruba woman. His wife is Engr. Joanna Maduka (nee Olutunbi) from Ilesha in Osun State. she was an undergraduate of University of Ife (Ibadan campus) when they met. They got married in 1967 and are still together till date.

There are several other successful Igbo leaders who were (and still are) married to the Yoruba women, and they are among the most successful Nigerians in history.

Er... people should actually resolve these issues directly, with the writer of the article.

Ozodi Thomas Osuji is from Imo State, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD from UCLA. He taught at a couple of Universities and decided to go back to school and study psychology. Thereafter, he worked in the mental health field and was the Executive Director of two mental health agencies. He subsequently left the mental health environment with the goal of being less influenced by others perspectives, so as to be able to think for himself and synthesize Western, Asian and African perspectives on phenomena.

Dr Osuji's goal is to provide us with a unique perspective, one that is not strictly Western or African but a synthesis of both. Dr Osuji teaches, writes and consults on leadership, management, politics, psychology and religions. Dr Osuji is married and has three children; he lives at Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

He can be reached at: ozodiosuji....
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Ozodi-Osuji/905053725
http://chatafrik.com/articles/nigerian-affairs/transformation-of-igbo-character-from-self-to-social-centered#.Vdj-NCVViko

GentleToks:
You are the illiterate here scumbag. Having a Ph.d doesn't mean that your write up/dissertation/discourse/thesis/article would be error free fool.

Being a fool, you naturally believed that the Op ought to have read his write up over and over again so as to ensure that it is error free. What a miserable life!!!! Sorry to disappoint you Dimwit, i don't think the Op has got time to waste on worthless people called Igbos.

The message is clear; bring your war on, we other Nigerians are quietly waiting to unleash..........

Egbon, take it easy... am trying so hard not to respond to anyone on this thread, but I had to talk when I saw your post. You are bigger and far better, than this. You know very well that they'll always label anyone who disagrees with them, as a Yoruba man. Do you know how many times they have done that to me, sef?

As an 'Omoluabi', it is not every drum beat that one should dance to... let it slide. Sheath your sword.

Duru1:
Ozodi Osuji is a fraud and a son of Yoruba man. The would-be his people from Ohiagu, Ngor-Okpuala LGA had long disowned him as illegitimate child. By the way, he never had Ph.D.

Wow!! Are you serious??

abatically:
On the contrary network in naija ain't that bad as some people believe. I have been using debit card to pay for my shopping in naija and 95% of the times it works.

You must be shopping in the urban areas, especially in places like Lagos, Port-harcourt and Abuja. if you are in Lagos, am sure you must be shopping in those malls located in Lekki, Victoria Island/Ikoyi, Surulere, Apapa and Ikeja. Try it in Egbeda, Ikorodu and Ajegunle and let me know how often it works.

Try using your card also in areas located on the outskirts of the cities, and see how many times your transactions get declined.

Is this blue the original colour?? It is so sharp...it hurts my eyes!

How much is it going for? Is the fuel pump in good condition?

B2mario:
You are not Yoruba, why then you are so much concerned about their matter?

Yorubas can claim anything in other to buttress their point.

My advice for them, help me and tell them to drop GREED and ENVY, theirs is too much.

Bros, am not concerned about the Yoruba. Am only concerned about the truth. And about being fair. What do you hope to achieve with lies?

Whatever claims the Yorubas make, should only be countered by truth that can easily be verified. Do you think spreading falsehood will help your case?

Whatever issue you have, please take it up with them and face them squarely.

blaqoracle:
ldid i hear the igbo say the igala should go back to kogi? imagine you people that cried your soul out when fashola repatriated your destitute brothers telling others to go baco to their state .

Hehehe...hahaha...LWKMD!!

You are wicked! Chai!

All you needed to do was to just explain to the guy, that the Igala in Anambra state are already at home! Their ancestral homes were located within the borders of Anambra state, by the silly people that partitioned the country and drew geographical borders across people's homes without any respect for cultural or linguistic affinity or consanguinity. So which home are they going back to, again? Did they keep any separate homes in Kogi? Chai. I weak o!

HisMajesty1:
I studied Mass Commucation in Kogi state university. I can say I almost spent my four years there educating fellow students and lecturers alike that there are igalas in Anambra state and I'm even one. Most of them there do not even know except elderly people from idah and ibaji axis. I also had to learn their igala dialect there which is 80% a far cry from what we speak and understand especially for a Lagos born and bred like me. I'm very sure we will get more recognition in Anambra soonest as a paramount ruler of all the igala speaking communities have recently been appointed in the person of Igwe Pius Omachonu, being an influential man in the political circus over there.

Great!! I hope so, too.

Klinee:
We have also had discrimination mostly people from anambra central&south,enugu,abia,imo claiming that we are not anambrian. I want to use this medium to appeal to government of anambra state. If it will be possible to appoint two or three igala indigene as commissioner or any appointive position. Secondly to charge the medias to employ igalas to enable them create a programme where the language will be desseminate to people.

Would it be possible to get prominent Igala people from Anambra state and beyond to sponsor a programme on Igala culture and language in the media?? Just asking. If airtime for such programmes are paid for, then the media stations would have no choice but to air it. Money talks, and bull.sh'it walks, they say.

Please go the extra mile to preserve your language and identity, as much as you can!

Klinee:
How do u even reason? Tell person to go back to his home when he is in his home. Atturu!

Abeg, help me tell am!

Revolva:
true brother ..na so one yeye ankpa man dey tell me say i be edo...wtf...we igalas are very funny sometimes..because we are facing south of the state....dont mind dem they r just saying this to scare the elite of ibaji not to be in head of politics....Igals is Igala..dont let no bodey tell u that i any tells you... confront them ....

True look bro they r not Igbos..they r Igalas but like to give them selves Igbo names..due to the dominating factor n success of Igbos..so southern Igalas always like to name their children at least an igbo name that was before the civil war...after the war many dropped their igbo names and started bearing their native igala names..

Hehehe.... I like your spirit, jare!

Don't allow anybody to call you what you are not. Maintain your uniqueness!

bigfrancis21:
Ordinarily, one wouldn't know. This is because they live close to the Anambra-Kogi border, around the Omambala river and River Niger confluence. They are bilingual in both Igala and Igbo. They make up about 2% of Anambra's population.

Hmmn.... small world! Are you sure they are just 2%? Someone on this thread said it was more like 5% of the population of Anambra state.
Just wondering.

B2mario:
Aworis and Eguns migrated from Togo and Benin republic respectively. And Aworis are the real owners of lagos only that Yorubas are intimidating them with their large population.

Er... one of the commandments in the Bible, in the old Testament which is the basis of the Torah used by Jews is this: "Thou shalt not lie."

Please save your stories for those who are gullible enough to believe them.

Here is the history of the Awori people. They did not migrate from Togo or Benin.

Wikipedia: The Awori are a tribe of the Yoruba people speaking a distinct dialect of the Yoruba language.

Traditionally, Awori are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria. The Awori people migrated from Ile Ife and occupy present day Lagos state, with a considerable section of the Awori clan occupying areas within Ogun State as a direct fall out of the creation of Ogun State in 1976.

Towns including Isheri, Ota, Igbesa, Ilobi, Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State in Nigeria. The settlement of the Awori clan preceded the establishment of Abeokuta as an Egba kingdom in 1832, as Isheri, the foremost Awori town within present day Ogun State was settled in the 15th century. The Awori are direct descendants of Olofin, one of the sons of Oduduwa - the father of the yoruba nation. As such, in accordance with Yoruba custom, they brought their crown along with them from Ile Ife. Osolo, one of the sons of Prince Olofin, settled at the Osi quarters as his father and his brother journeyed further south from the place where the plate sank at Idumota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awori_tribe

As for intimidation, please post your source that reported that story and let everyone verify if it is true. Attacker231, Macof, Splashbaby, after1 and all the other Yoruba folks on this thread, can give you a better answer. I shall not take panadol for anybody's headache.

B2mario:
Okay, answer these questions, does any Awori man/woman belong to Odua Peoples' congress? And do Yorubas allow them to handle any post in OPC?

Lastly, if they are Yoruba why are they being discriminated by the Yorubas?

Ask Gani Adams this one. He is the leader of the OPC. Hehehe... or do you want to become one of their members?? Why are you so interested in who discriminates against the Awori in OPC??

B2mario:
Pls Yorubas allow Igbo be! You have your problem go and solve it 1st. You are envious of other Nigerians' success not only Igbo.

ROFLMAO!! Now, you really cracked me up!! Envy, kwa?? Some folks actually believe it is the other way round! But I really can't tell if it is true or not, yet.

Nah...am at a loss here. Let the Yoruba folks give you an answer. Am done.

Sweetlemon:
One big bottle of orijin for you jare.

Babe, how you dey??

yang:
wonders shall never end

aboki talk say he no be aboki

well, thats none of my business

when your hausa/fulani brothers were killing southerners in the North in 1966, you did not know you were a christian

when saradauna and his fellow house of assembly of the northern regional government started the nepotism and genocide against igbos on the floor of the northen house of assembly, you did not know you were not a Northerner

Today Boko Haram is killing people per second in North and Biafra is declared and you now know you are a christian

You my friend are a hypocrite

One Nigeria Gbakwaa oku

What makes him a hypocrite?

When Boko Haram decides to strike, do you think they will ask if you are a Northerner or a Southerner before killing you? Do you know how many muslim and Christian Northerners also lost their lives during riots in the North??

Do you know how many Northerners have been killed by Boko Haram?

Why cant you educate yourself? Honestly, ignorance is a problem...I pray you receive enlightenment someday.

When OMATA boys were causing riots and mayhem in Onitsha some years ago and some Igbo people lost their lives, would you say that all Igbo people are uneducated thugs, who are experts in street-fighting?? When prominent Igbo sons and daughters were being abducted by kidnappers sometime ago, would you say all Igbo people are kidnappers, or that kidnapping is an industry in the South-East??

When the Area Boys of Lagos attack traders in Idumota, and loot property and shops during riots in addition to causing bodily harm and deaths, would you say all Yoruba people are unruly??

B2mario:
The same answer is applicable to the questions you Yorubas do ask about Ikwerre?

What date and what year did I become Yoruba? Are you sure you are not confusing me with someone else??!

Nobody: Hitler have spoken.
All hail the Fuhrer!
Let us segregate them. They are not Anambra enough. Not even Igbo what a shame.
Maybe you can build a n apartheid wall around them like the one in West Bank to keep them out of the mainstream Anambra (o ye from the tribe of Judah)
Maybe we adopt the FINAL SOLUTION and exterminate them so that "no trace of your cultural existance would be found."

Hahahaha...!! Very funny. I don't know why major tribes are always so dismissive of the minorities. Totally unfair.

@Cheruv, wey you dey?? Bia, come and read this thread.

@LastProphet : what do you think? Have you gone through this thread?

eleojo23:
Don't worry fellow Nigerians, Buhari's 'body language' will fix it.

Oh, you took the words right out of my mouth!! Hehehehe...

dokiOloye:
I rep Biu ppl in Borno state.
Highly educated and exposed peeps.

Very funny!

Where did you get your moniker from??

otr1:
That was how an idiiot who knows less to nothing about me said I "parabulated in school" on this forum when I said I'm a northerner.
Funny enough, he doesn't seem to know that North-Central is a part of the "Nigerian North".
He claimed he speaks three main indigenous Nigerian languages, yet so ignorant.
It's so annoying hearing the so-called Southerners who had never for once came top above me in academic performance, right from elementary school to the University, accusing me of "prarabulating in school. It's sickening and so pathetic.

Bros, I know exactly how you feel. But then, what you do is to either ignore them, or refute their allegations with fact, figures and data.

What saddens me is that very few leaders in the North, have implemented adequate and appropriate development programmes that would improve the lot of their citizens and boost their welfare.

I guess, that is why too many Southerners feel the North is backward.

trillville:
So the governors of kogi, plateau and benue are Hausa Fulani? And all the senators in kwara and nassarawa are Hausa Fulani?

Ignorance is truly a disease.

Shey, you can see what I mean..? You are very correct! Ignorance is truly a disease.

Msquare220:
Mark Amaza (Right of Reply) I am writing this article mainly for the benefit of Southern Nigerians who have never been to the North, and mostly have a warped and inaccurate view of the North. I have been driven to write this out of my many personal experiences, and those of friends and family, as has been shared with me. This is mainly an educative piece about what Northern Nigeria is in reality; a complete, holistic picture of this region.

To make this piece a simple read and easy-to-follow, I am going to write it around five common perceptions about the North and debunk them:

Religious Perception: The general belief held by most Southerners about the North is that the region is not just mainly Muslim, but wholly Muslim. Whenever I meet someone from the South and introduce myself, I am correctly placed as a Christian. But once I am asked my state and I say Borno State, the next question becomes, ‘Are you a Muslim?’ This is despite my name being a very common Biblical name, Mark, which is the second Gospel. Matter of fact, I have been asked that question while attending a church programme, with a Bible conspicuously held in my hands. You could imagine my surprise at that question. .

This article was first written in ThisDay Newspapers. I wish you had cited the source. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/re-introducing-northern-nigeria-not-as-you-know-it/176756/

I also wish you had also inserted adequate spacing and punctuation marks in your article. By the time I got to the end of the article, I had eye-strain. There is a reason why tools like smilies, colours and fonts were included on NL.

Kindly use them to make your article easier to read.

Having said that, I am so thankful for this article for dispelling a few of the myths that have been held for so long about the North, by our Southern brothers. Each time I try to explain, that there are different strides of progress in various areas of the core North, and the almajiri problem, does not typify everyone in the North, a lot of them ignore me. It is amazing what prejudice can do to the minds of men.

While I thank God for the improvement that education has brought to the life of your family and so many others, there is still a need to do far more in the North, to ensure that more children of the talakawas can enjoy the benefits of education, graduate with good degrees and use the knowledge they have acquired to improve themselves, their people, their communities and their state.

The late Sardauna had a vision for education, that encompassed the whole of the North. Unfortunately, he was cut short before he could actualise most of it. It is sad that none of his lieutenants have been able to replicate and implement that dream.

Msquare220:
But this is not due to our inability to comprehend what we are being taught, but rather due to the incompetence of leadership in the region to give education its premium importance as a form of human development. We, like every other human being on the face of this earth, can excel when given the opportunity. Talent and intellect abounds everywhere. Opportunity, however, does not.

You are so-oo-oo right, brother. Pre-ea-ach it!!

Can it fly for =N=1.4 mill?

cheruv:
Lekwanum eshishi oo
You don't ve a honeypot so why'd I be obsessed with you If trapQ was the one talking, I'd say OK that no matter what she says it'd not stop my sugarstick from sweetening her honeypot
Not bad anyway.. And as for my people, leave them to avenge themselves on their enemies

Stop stalking me... you are not my type.

As for your people, they always respond with insults the minute anyone disagrees with their viewpoint, and they expect those they have insulted to swallow it and ask for seconds. Is that possible?

B2mario:
But for sure, Aworis and Eguns are not Yoruba.

We all know that Yoruba is a collection of different groups with different ancestral background unlike Igbo, Hausa and fulani. These different groups formed this union just for political reasons and adopted a common name, yoruba.

Even among you, you know the differences and discriminate yourselves. Are you not the ones that said that Aworis, Eguns, Illajes and Akokos are not real Yoruba and that Ondos are 419ners?

For the case of Ijebus, i even considered them to be the main yoruba.

Eē! Mbè àna-àtụ n̄tụ!

Okay o! That is your opinion. Now, tell us the ancestral background of each of these groups, (i.e. Aworis, Eguns, Ilajes, Akokos and Ondos) since you know so much about them. And while you are at it, tell us what names they bear, what cultures, traditions, naming ceremonies, marriage rites and customs each of them practise, and how it disqualifies them from being called Yoruba.

I should have left the Yoruba people to answer you on this one... but sorry, I just couldn't resist.

Every correct answer gets twenty marks!

cheruv:
I've gotten 20 mentions in 48 hrs and 80% of them came from you laudate
But seriously I think you should let the insults roll in..the OP was trying to be mischievous without knowing that people were waiting for him.even though am a bit diplomatic, my people are not.
Of all the ethnicities in Nigeria, yolobas throw as much insults as much oil they use in their food so its not bad if they're paid back in the same coin

Tell your people to be diplomatic, now... haba! If someone decides to beat the drum of madness, and others decide to wriggle their waist to it using dance steps of craziness, what would be the result? Anarchy!

Secondly, if you got 20 mentions in 48 hours it is because you are always quoting me, because most of my mentions were replies to you!

Oya confess, are you or are you not obsessed with me??!

Ojosu:
Peeps dt mentnd Landmark Uni, I wz sad seein dz, but to say d truth itz not d way you guyz tnk it is...
1st, d dude dt mentnd free admisn; I am rili certain u re nt sayn d truth.. Is it posibl to get an admission wtout evn aplyn.. Haba, hw did dy get ur contact at 1st? 2nd, for dose dt can fuli investigt if u chck d NUC website concrnin accreditation, u will c dt all courses apart from the Eng dept were fully accredited. Hence the "substandard" word. 3rd, guyz this is a new uni, give itm a break na... Thé same NUC rated it 12th best in 9ja March 2015.. No Uni in Africa as risen this fast within 5yrz frm Est..
#breakingnewgrounds

Please can you kindly re-post everything you have typed here in plain English, in accordance with Rule No. 21 of the Nairaland forum that says 'Please spell words correctly when you post, and try to use perfect grammar and punctuation' : Thanks.

killjoy:
People are still making the most horrific sacrifices over 'vanity' and make enemies over worthless material things. What can I say? Look back at that one thing you want to kill or die for today and see what becomes of it tomorrow.
There is absolutely nothing you can't achieve. All you need is a little time and PATIENCE and you would thank God without regrets. There is actually nothing in this world that is worth going to Hell for, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Meditate on this…

Culled and unedited

'Truer words hath never been spoken!' Thank you bro,' for sharing these deep thoughts!

You just made my day....

Obiagelli:
God bless you tanoids for joining the campaign

When GEJ was in power, the #BBOG Group were sitting outside in the sun for several days, calling for the return of the Chibok girls. They asserted it would continue until these girls were returned home safely.

Since PMB has taken over GEJ's seat, they have stopped sitting outside and halted their daylight protests/marches on the streets. One of their leaders even took up a political appointment with govt.

The Chibok girls have still not returned. So why did they stop sitting outside and conducting protest marches?? Until they can answer that question properly, none of them should make 'pim' on this forum again.

Yeye dey smell!

Obiagelli:
This idea is taking forever

In fact, may it not take more than forever. As of today, only one major trunk road or expressway serves as entry and exit points from Lagos, into the Victoria Island-Lekki-Epe axis which leads to Ibeju-Lekki area, where this airport would be sited.

It amazes me how we keep doing things in isolation, in this country. Even if the airport is built today, will the present road capacity be adequate to take care of the influx of goods and passengers that would be using that route?

This road is already bursting at the seams with traffic, and many folks have complained to the government to do something about it, especially at the Ajah end. But is the govt listening? No. They are only interested in collecting their toll gate fees.

A multi-modal approach needs to be taken to solve the transportation problems in this state before we can make any headway, in such matters.

WIZGUY69:
Dude you are a fool.
why did you bring yourself so low by claiming what you are not
your ilks are the reason inferior iboes are raising there shoulders par we the yorubas.

stop disgracing us!!!
next time you try that sh.t, we won't forgive you.
enough is enough for the wise.
yuh are better off them.

Egbon, kilode? Take am easy oh! I am not Yoruba, so maybe I shouldn't put my mouth in your matter.

But even if he is Yoruba, why do you believe that his identity disqualifies him from claiming 'South-South?' I have just given the example of Ilaje people. There are also Itsekiri folks in Delta state and Edo people that bear Yoruba names, oh! Especially the ones from Akoko-Edo side. Last time I checked, both Delta State and Edo state were part of the 'South-South' region.

Duru1:
Ignorance of the law cannot absolve an offender from the punishment. The society has a way to punish trolls. If you think a public arena is place where you can fool around without somebody dressing you down, then you are more goofy than I thought.

Punishment, kwa? Oh, so someone died and made you the 'policeman' of the internet? What qualifies the OP's post to label him as a troll, biko nu? Yes, his initial comments were probably misguided, or lacking in adequate facts. How is that a crime? Did Cheruv not set him straight, without any insults or bile?

So why did other members of your group suddenly feel the need to unleash venom, even after adequate corrections had been made? Did you read their comments at all? Is that what you call a 'dressing down?' Or a vicious attack?