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No empire in history ever surrendered hold on their vassals until they collapsed. Persia, Rome, Turkey etc never did that. The Oyo, Benin, Borno, Sokoto Caliphate etc never did that in West Africa. Britain was the first to start that because of their policy of no taxation without representation. Nobody has ever dashed anybody independence before then. If you were not granted independence, you would be uniform in organisation with your colonial masters. Is it right to be verbally attacking those who gave you free independence?. It is unintelligent in my opinion and an observer will think you are not smart. What are you belligerent over?. You don't criticize people when evidence is clear that you could not have done better and that you even did worse!. It is only the west that would win people in war and still allow them to manage their own affairs. It was unheard of in the past. However most African countries are only poor because of too many children and they are rising up to the challenge and the main odd one out is Nigeria.

beejaay:
US budget is always run at deficit, this gives them the chance to print money at will while still managing inflation...no countries in the world can print currency like the us does and still manage its inflation like the us and not destroyed in a short while...

Deficit budget means you spend more than your revenue and that is what Nigeria did that ended the country in debt. All countries in debt spend more than their revenue and this led to the debt. Japan, Germany, UK, Italy, China all are equally indebted despite not being in control of US dollars. US prints money. Yes but under the close monitoring of those that own US debt. They can not ask the US to stop printing money because that would be ridiculous as they themselves are printing money. They are satisfied for now with US inflation which is way below theirs. If you are not holding US debts then you are less concerned. If you hold naira debt for instance, you would be sunk in a few years.

Quintopia:
Thanks for educating that kid.

He thinks humans changing skin colour or nose shape is outlandish, but a cat evolving into a lion or elephant is perfectly normal.

A lion is a cat and a domestic cat is also a cat. They are not more cat than each other but they are different species of cat just like Homo sapiens and Neanderthal are different specie of human beings. They are on the same rung of the ladder of advancement but can not be able to have fully viable offsprings if they mate and that is because they are not same specie.

beejaay:
dont mind them..people dont even understand how international trade works.. how many country can allow its country currency run at deficit every year?? even china cant take that chance in 1000years, if it is that easy china would have done it and run yuan in deficit YoY...pull US dollar out of circulation and the whole world collapse..Talk is cheap sha

What do you mean by run currency at deficit?. The Chinese inflate their currency more than the USA and Nigeria inflate far more than the US. The rate at which the price of goods and services increase or rises is the rate of inflation and Nigeria and China does it more than the USA. More or less all countries print money anyhow they like but Nigeria is the worst in West Africa. A bottle of beer that was 300 last year is now 500 and etc etc. That is how it works.

Ertugrul:
oga this part of human history is not true, while evolution has played its role, it is not the complete story of our variations....yes there would have been large scale migrations hundreds of thousands of years ago , it doesn't mean that all of a sudden these people started evolving to the point of black turning to white, flat nose turning to pointed nose, hair texture changing completely, guy abeg we humans have not completely figured out history...in my own point of view, they must have been an external intelligent influence on life here.... there's no concrete evidence for this, but to tell me that the man from finland was once black, abeg please rest

There is no evolution. No evidence for evolution. What you have evidence for is adaptation. A skin getting lightened is no different from a plant in a shade growing towards the light. Is a plant growing towards sunlight evolution?. You can only adapt to your habitat, become wild, become tame but you can't evolve.

150 generations ago of forty years each, Britons were pitch black. Google Cheddar man. Would anyone say the Yoruba and the Masai were one people 150 generations ago?. Definitely not likely. Europeans looked like Africans just a while ago while Neanderthals were the only white people because of their habitat. Europe was covered with ice a while ago is why modern civilization started in Africa but there were human beings of different species who lived two million years ago. Viable humans that must have built their own civilization. A large chunk of Yoruba people came from North Africa in Egypt going by the present language which is over fifty percent similar to the language in which Ptahhotep's book of the dead was written. He was the first published philosopher of ancient Egypt that we know of. A large chunk of Yoruba ancestors were therefore definitely Egyptians and they would have been lighter skinned because it can not be more than forty generations ago. Anyhow you look at it you can not classify people by skin color. Egyptians circumcise their males as meticulously as the Yoruba and only the Yoruba have the story of the origin of circumcision. From all indications, no Homo sapiens south of the Sahara originally. It started in Morocco and the color of that Homo sapiens will depend on the climate of Morocco three hundred thousand years ago. Speech did not start in Africa too since Denisovan and Neanderthals had speech. All human species used language. Even Dolphins are said to have a sort of language.

Enough of this Africa this Africa that. The majority of Yoruba people are not even Africans. They are people many of whom are white passing people in the Americas. Morocco, Algeria etc have more in common with Europe than with Africa. The Yoruba in West Africa have more in common with Europeans than Ethiopians or East Africa. Africa were never one people and will never be one people. The color of your skin does not even mean you share a more recent ancestry than with people of a different hue. Focus on your ethnic nations and your immediate neighbors, then the UN. Africa and Europe can as well be adjudged as one continent if you think Africans are one people.

tsdarkside:
exactly....it means many of his own people were not happy with him....
he drove his own people to support nato with his mindless actions....

he should have just stepped down and allow heads to cool down and contest later in a democratic way like buhari....

What actually happened was that Ghadafi's son announced on tv that the civil war will soon be over in a few hours and he wanted to achieve this by bombing out Libyan cities from the air. Ghadafi got the monies to buy the ammunitions by selling oil to the West and even if not so, it would be irresponsible for anyone with power and influence to look on. There was then a no fly zone imposed on Libya by NATO so that Ghadafi will not commit a monumental massacre of his own people. Overtime the tables turned and Ghadafi forces were overwhelmed by the rebels. He was advised to flee or negotiate with them but he said they have to come to him and not him to them. The rebels bursted his fortifications and killed him execution style. I for one was among the people raising the alarm online that it would be wrong to allow Ghadafi use Libyan money to bomb out Libyan cities. How many Libyans have you seen blaming NATO?. Most people who complain are not Libyans because the average Libyan knows that the revolution that outed Ghadafi was a very popular one. People want freedom too and not to be treated like cattle.

Instead of allocating funds to universities only for ASUU to go on strike for two out of every eight years, there should be a policy of government paying the tuition of anybody that secure admission. That will make the universities viable and even profitable. International students will stream in and the boards of those universities will be able to turn out a profit. The FG can easily do this and do away with strikes once and for all. The first tier universities can potentially rake in tonnes of money. If you pass the entrance examinations sufficiently, government should sponsor you. They will make money from international students.

Starzo:
Simple, because you don't produce anything.

There is no country that does not produce anything. The main things being imported are tech products.

Then to use Obafemi Awolowo's words in respect to Nigeria, Africa too is a geographical description. North Africa is as European as it is African. They even share more recent history with Europe, Iran and Turkey. Most African countries are doing well with low cost of living and all they need is mainly to capture all income into the tax net and use the revenue to solve social problems and invest in production. Currency especially forex is never an issue. Spend money on research and empower local enterprise to be competitive, partner with successful international companies and leverage on their know how to develop while improving on the knowhow. That was exactly what Japan did in the nineteenth century with the initial help of I think Holland. Nation building is not rocket science. Everybody is doing it and some African countries like Kenya and etc are not doing badly.

Moniya4Real:
Totally wrong, the dollar supremacy gives the US undue advantage to borrow money beyond its limit and it enables the US to sanction any country.

As an individual, if you have assets or even an idea, you will be able to get loans. Dangote borrowed all the monies he used to build his refineries with no collateral. As a nation, if you have revenue, you will be able to borrow money against that revenue and that is why all nations are steeped in debt proportional to their revenue. Can you explain to me the advantage the US is using?. No institution is watched more closely by governments across the world than the US Federal reserve that controls dollar inflation and so far, the Chinese, Indians and etc are satisfied.

If all of Africa are using one currency, then they won't need the dollar for internal trade just like Europe does not but how much internal trade does Africa have?. Almost negligible!. For external trade, they would still need dollars because no other currency would suffice. If China were collecting income tax heavily like say the Japanese and have very low inflation, then their currency will be very attractive because the volume is large. The best currency that stores value best may be Norway's but the volume in circulation is negligible. What applies to China applies to India. The only real challenge to the dollar is the Euro as the economy is also large and inflation low. However you have to choose only one forex unit as using multiple currencies will be a headache. Ask a nearby importer. Even the Chinese will choose the dollar not to talk of Indiana because it makes trade easy for them. The US does not need the advantage to be rich. Japan, Norway, Germany etc don't have any such advantage and they are as rich if not richer. Infact many people in the US complain that inflation in the US would not have been so high if not that they are printing dollars to satisfy international markets. They complain that liquid assets of portfolio investors in the USA depreciate faster because of dollar inflation and US citizens have no other issued currency. Even if Africa has one currency, the Chinese will not likely collect that currency from them. They will demand for dollars. I think eventually the US themselves will do something about the unfortunate situation in which they have found themselves but for now there is practically no option for importers and exporters and importing and exporting is a private affair of importers and exporters. Not that of government.

If a leader is trying to convince the government to invest in a company, the right question to ask such a leader is how much of your own money have you invested in that same company or don't you have money of your own?. It is the same way some people say Obafemi Awolowo was wrong to acquire coca cola shares. You can't be wrong to invest so far you are not investing stolen funds. The mentality we have that it is wrong for anybody to invest is not the right mentality. However Peter Obi was said to have had no answer when Reuben Abati asked him on Arise tv how he came about his worth of fifteen million dollars. Now, that is something to be ashamed of. There is no leader in the US, Japan, Germany, UK and etc that can not explain into details how he or she came about his or her net worth.

Gerrard59:
Europeans working in African countries and sending money home is a lopsided way of analysing it after all, there are more Africans in Europe working and remitting money to Africa than Europeans doing the same. There are less than 1000 Japanese in Nigeria, does that mean Nigeria is on par with Japan in developmental strides?

Having only cheaper cities to live in isn't a bragging term. Having cities with lots of jobs, fairly middle HDIndices, and safer streets YET affordable is something to brag about. Tokyo is cheaper than New York but offers an equivalent infrastructure and even safer streets. An American can replicate his/her standard of living in Tokyo easier than in Lagos or Accra. Again, I should not even be using Tokyo. Let me use Kuala Lumpur. The World Bank estimates that by 2050 abi 2100, almost half of the world's poorest will be in sub-Saharan Africa - home to more black people than elsewhere.

As for what I am doing against it, I have got plans, but it is a work in progress. However, you will never catch me say men built civilisation hastily considering the men who built modern civilisation don't look like me.

There is nothing I need here in Ilesa that I don't have access to though the US is much better run with sincere leaders. There are people here in Ilesa with patents issued in Britain. To pay rent one hundredth of what is payable for the same kind of property in Tokyo, London etc is a superpower in case you don't know. The first sovereign wealth fund or even hedge fund was incorporated in western Nigeria by the Action Group. Proforce in Ogun state is using a patent and selling armoured cars to the UN. The addition men like me have made to modern civilization is countless. Many of my lecturers at OAU wrote world class thesis and they are well known among the peers worldwide. There are many other examples of things done by men who never even left Nigeria not to talk of Nigerians in the US working in an efficient system. Many of them have won scientific awards in the US but if you think you are not worthy or you are deficient, it is going to affect the quality of your output even in the plan you say you have. God made it possible for Great Britain and made it possible for the US after them. It does not mean others are not adding to civilization. Even if you add little but just copy mainly, you will still get ahead maybe even ahead of the innovators. Germany is more industrialized than Britain. It all starts from the mind and if you want to be successful in what you say you are planning, you need to start having a more favorable opinion of yourself or where do you intend to start from?.

The mere fact that Africa has an exploding population and a high number of children mean they will be poorer. Average age in Nigeria is like 25 years while Germany, Japan etc are over 46. They have to be richer aside the fact that the average Nigerian thinks they need to travel abroad to be successful. Forgetting if they had nowhere to go they can still be successful here and the economy here would grow forcefully because of that.

Then 1000 Japanese in Nigeria even though small in number is a big deal. Nigerians in Japan too can not be that many. I have a Japanese friend who would have stayed in Nigeria if not that she has dependants in Japan that a Nigerian wage can not take care of.

Nigeria in particular is badly run but no nation without its own advantages.

Gerrard59:
Yet to refute my stance that modern civilisation was built and still built and maintained by White and East Asian men. If you disapprove of it, mention a country dominated by black people with at least 50 million people that is prosperous. In fact, a black dominated country similar to Malaysia in terms of development and HDIndices. Malaysia is fair because it would be unfair to include South Korea.

Black men always perpetuate this braggadocio that men built civilisation, yet no black-dominated country can stand side by side with either Norway or South Korea. My point is: let black men focus on the basics rather than dangling their preek chanting men built modern civilisations whereas we no follow. Use your superiority complex to build functioning and prosperous countries.

If you mean by inventioñs, then there are a number of them by black men. Academic achievements, there is a number of them by black men. As bad as Nigeria is, there are Europeans working here in local industries and they send money back home to pay mortgage and etc. All of West Africa apart from Nigeria have infrastructure like constant electricity and good roads almost at par with Eastern Europe. They only have a young population and less prosperity because of that but there are westerners living permanently among them. South Africa is an immigrant worker destination like the UK. Zimbabwe is as educated as say Russia. If you can not get your acts together in Nigeria, you will be wrong to tag all black dominated country with the label of your affliction. Even Nigerian cities are much cheaper to live in than western cities and that is also an achievement or super power. Britain led the industrial revolution and others copied but everybody have been participating. Even if your position is true which it is not, you would have decided to do something about it instead of wearing it like a label. After all what is the big deal in coming up with ideas that can turn Nigeria into a Germany or Japan?. The only thing missing is proper organisation, low revenue per Capita and etc. If you are the one calling yourself an idiot, how do you expect you or even your descendants to make progress?. That is the issue. Everything starts from the mind.

Gerrard59:
White and East Asian men, not black African men.

Please note the difference.

Don't you know any black African that contributed to civilization even if by half an inch?. You seem to be afflicted with reverse racism. A sort of self loathe and a feeling of not being good enough or what have you yourself done to address your own conclusion?. If all black African men were self loathers like you, imagine what the fate of all their nations would be?.

DeathParade:
I presented facts, naming exact laws and tribes protected by laws. You responded with random videos. And I am the propagandist?

As for your latter line: "Anybody who wants to take India as an exempme on social issues is a dumb idiot."
^ I think this is a very immature world view. Lessons can be learnt from other nations' positive experiences irrespective of how backward that nation is. I have learnt lessons on disaster management from even nations like Democratic Republic of Congo. I certainly didn't let a "superiority complex" develop in me that blinds me to the achievements of nations worse off than mine. But that does not seem to be the case for you.

India caste system is a result of too much peace and prosperity. They more or less had a caste system in Europe as well. Serfs and ruling class. Indian caste system is not based on color but on occupation. Google search Dalit pictures and you will see that they are light skinned Indians mostly. If they had frequent wars and a vibrant slavery institution, there would be no outasts. Other castes intermarry but it is marriage to Dalits that is customarily forbidden and there are over 200 million Dalits. They would include light and dark skinned people. Use Google. There are Dalit billionaires and top politicians.

SLOVFO:
Oga forget that thing. If you like beat your chest like king Kong...nothing go happen if you don't have the facilities and research centers. Ordinary electricity you cannot generate enough in your country despite having all that it takes in natural resources. How many modern functional automotive research centers do you have in Nigeria? Does it make sense to you to reinvent the wheel? People have gone way ahead of us and made discoveries. Their is nothing you can do about that except learning what they know and modifying them to suit yourself. China became what they are today by copying other people's technology and modifying them.

Yes you are right. Only partnership with top players is the way forward then some action in parts manufacturing, eventually local companies will gain expertise and bring innovation in certain sectors. For example Proforce is using a patent already and take orders even from the United Nations. It is a gradual thing and you have to start from where the world is by partnering with global brands. Eventually you add your own stuff.

If we had engineering materials industry in the country such cars should not cost up to two million naira. I wonder how much is the battery and the lifespan. I believe by ten years, fossil fuel engines would have been totally phased out everywhere on Earth. The young man is doing well already by producing 50 units a month. He should be able to get investors easily, it should not be a bank but investors with knowhow and capital as well institutions with capital especially government because that alone will add goodwill of others to what he is doing and it will outlast him. I hope he does it like that and not end up like most Nigerian businesses. He should do it like an European and get quality equity partners and not a mere bank. Partnering with a mere bank will not have the most or best desirable ending.

professorPABX:


Orunba Ado (cementery of Ado kings) was at Ife. The Ooni and Ife priests up till date know where the cemetery is located.

Also, Benin has never denied there was a link between them and Ife till date despite the mixed up and disagreement on historical account by the late Oba of Benin and late Ooni.

ONITSHA, the indigenous ONITSHA people also migrated from IFE to the present Onitsha. They had a stopover at Benin and other places before settling down where they are now.

They did not deny the connection but have their own version of history saying Oduduwa was an Ogiso prince since Ife people admit he was a stranger but their account can't be admitted by Yorubas because Oduduwa is a traditional deity name with many incarnations and that latest Oduduwa mentioned Nimrod as his father to his children and because Oranmiyan tried to go and revenge on where Oduduwa was expelled from and guess what?. He faced North and not the direction of Benin. He was prevented by the Bariba or Nupe from crossing the river obviously because they felt he planned to seize their land and he therefore settled there on the riverside area. That was the beginning of Oyo and Oranmiyan was the first Alaafin. Those are the reasons the Benin claim can't be admitted. Oduduwa must have been an Egyptian prince descended from Nimrod and there would have been some. He may also have been a descendant from any of the Nimrod dynasties in the middle East. The jury is out on that but the Egyptian option is more plausible because we speak a form of Kemitic Egyptian. Research and new inferences are continuing.

Also Benin would not say why the Edo language is limited to Benin city and can't be understood even in communities a few miles from the city.

Stoplying:
I wrote this:


You replied this:


Thanks for confirming that the truth doesn't actually matter to you yoruba, you don't care about actual history, you prefer invented stories.

You don't seem to understand. For example, if all Igbos agree on something in their history that concerns them, then no non Igbo will go there and argue with them because the person would appear foolish. However Igbos don't agree on mostly everything because a large number of them are not even cultural or ethnic Igbos but Igbo speakers. They use the language as a trade language and only became Igbo by association. That is why many nationalist Igbos complain of lack of unity among Igbos but Yoruba is not like that despite having our own differences.

Creeper:
At excerpt in bold - it isn’t true.

Ekiti and Ondo were NEVER part of Benin kingdom (Eko wasn’t as well). It’s just modern fake history by Benin revisionists.

Ekiti today is one of the oldest Yoruba settlements and at no point was any inch of their land part of Benin Kingdom. In Ondo, Owo defeated Benin kingdom twice and Ilaje (Mahin) killed multiple Benin kings.

If you’re Yoruba, you should endeavour to study in-depth Yoruba history and stop aiding these people in spreading their fallacies and jejune tales. Benin kingdom only gained notoriety due to its stolen art works (which they learned in Ife and Owo) hence they’re able to embellish their fake stories.

Do better.

Parts of Ekiti and Ondo were in the Benin empire before it collapsed. They took Akure from the Ijesa but Akure also later reduced Benin to its tributary state. Some Ekiti towns were also under Benin

Stoplying:
So if I slap you and we both agree nothing happened then nothing happened?
History is not about agreeing to believe a story, it is about actual proven events.
You guys still don't understand this.

A saying goes Eni je eewo tenikan o RI ko jeewo naa niyen. If you eat something forbidden or broke a taboo and nobody is a witness, then you are free. How will you as a third party that was not there be the one to force those two people to agree with your position? And how did you come about that position? Then how does it affect you?. A court would fine you if you file such a petition before it.

Stoplying:
I don't do research in history like that, the internet is filled with trash and many of your revisionist brothers have written lots of rubbish on African history online.

What exactly do you mean by "living things as evidence" and how do the things you claim are evidence prove your claim. Don't expect me to help you prove your own claim which o know it's false! I don't go in wild goose chases.

It is very simple, provide evidence, nothing less, nothing more.

If you can't google, you can travel. Ask the meaning of Agenebode, Ogotun and what language they speak in Ugbodu and environs in Delta state and what deities are worshipped in Benin and why one of their Kings was called Ogun and etc. I guess you are Igbo. It is better you focus your energy on holding Igbo together as a force rather than playing a spoiler in the affairs of others. I don't see how such an attitude can help anybody.

Stoplying:
Provide evidence of admit you are a liar.
All you guys ever do is to claim those who don't agree with you are liars (eventhough they provide evidence to what they say ) and then you procede to tell an unsubstantiated story...

Yoruba agree among themselves but you don't agree with what the Yoruba agree but you want to rewrite another history for the Yoruba when you are not Yoruba?.

Stoplying:
Provide evidence of admit you are a liar.
All you guys ever do is to claim those who don't agree with you are liars (eventhough they provide evidence to what they say ) and then you procede to tell an unsubstantiated story...

I gave you living things as evidence Agenebode, Ugbodu, Ogotun. Maybe you should Google them. Others are Onitsha, Ogba land and etc.

Stoplying:
Your claim of "Lagos is Yorubaland" is just as disgusting as the Igbo claim of "Lagos is no man's land", you are both wrong and disgusting.
How do I know that you are a migrant and not an indigene ? Ask yourself how you know!
Unless you are more than 500 years old, what proof can you provide ?
I actually know the history of Lagos and the fact it was taken from Benin by the British and then flooded with slaves and other migrants, the migration continues to this day.

That a lie is repeated a million times does not make it true. There were several independent Yoruba speaking states in West Africa and Benin was one of them. No other language was used as lingua franca other than Yoruba. They named their towns Yoruba names. Ago Onibode, Ogotun and etc, use Ifa, worship Yoruba deities and etc. They speak Edo in their palace today only because the empire collapsed and not for any other reason. Edo was a language spoken behind the palace walls. Those were the kind of people that went to Lagos and the palace contained over 50,000 people living there. Why do you think we have Yoruba speaking people in Ugbodu and etc cut off from other Yorubas?. That is because of the Benin empire which was like Oyo, Ijesa, Ijebu and etc a Yoruba speaking state. Nigeria is a sorry country. Things built over thousands of years being pulled down because of foolish sentiments. I hope you understand the kind of Benin that were in Lagos now?. Then what the speaker said is for the indigenes, if himself is not an indigene then he will not benefit from it. Do you think the Awori, Ijebu, Egun and etc of Lagos should be erased from history?. Is that what you plan to do if you become Lagos governor?.

Stoplying:
At some point, I have to stop talking to you.
You are uneducated and dumb.
I show you documents written hundreds of years ago by eyewitnesses to the region hundreds of years ago, you say that that is propaganda.
Then you tell me that some idejo guys have authentic history which is passed down generation to generation So basically your definition of history is whatever sn idejo guy says and your belief that he got history which was passed down generation to generation...and your proof for that passing down of history is You witnessed the passing down ?
I guess you are one million years old.

Let us just enter your fantasy of history being passed down generation to generation orally : who decides what events need to be passed down ? Over 1000 years how many giga of history would need to be passed down orally ?

As I said, you do not understand the meaning of history and for your information, your idejo guy is a crook who hoodwinks slow people like you. History relies on evidence, not beliefs !

If millions of people across West Africa, across four countries agree that Ife is the beginning of human kind and that the rulers were called Olofin, do you think that is to be taken lightly?. Over 100 million people in the Americas believe the tale too as passed down. It can not be taken lightly, written down or not. Why?. Simply because of the unanimity. The last Olofin also specifically mentioned to his kids that Nimrod is his father. That too can't be taken lightly because the name is not even a Yoruba name. No Yoruba as ever been named Lamurudu. Lies can be written down too and most lies are written down. But unanimity can not be taken lightly.

Lagos is a small part of Yoruba land and as at 1970, it was much less populated than Ibadan. Presently the spread can not be much more than Ibadan and there is nothing special in the place. However nobody has ever given out their piece of land over to others even if it is a desert. Abuja is Gwari land and will remain Gwari land. Land is sacred to the people holding it and their ancestors have defended it for centuries. All other non Aworis that came to Lagos before colonisation got assimilated and became Yorubas and that is how things work. They bear Yoruba names and speak the language but are greeted according to where they came from. The main group like this being the Nupe. The standard rule is that if you did not conquer a place then you tread cautiously and get assimilated and you eventually become a citizen. A Yoruba saying goes Awolumate, iwon Ara e lo mo' A stranger who enters a city without being disgraced is one that knows his limits. As many Yorubas that choose to live in Owerri should endeavour to learn the language and culture of that place and respect them and he would gradually become Igbo if he chooses to stay there permanently. Any human being can become any ethnicity. An Awori or their Oba can be right to take anybody to court for calling Awori land a no man's land. Since when and by what means did the land become a no man's land?. It will irritate any human being and the court can award damages against the party causing distress by making such claims. Isn't it a simple matter of do unto others as you want others to do unto you?. Everybody have homeland and people who don't should seek one to adopt and become part of a community.

Land sales should be banned and rent controlled at five percent of cost of construction. Why should you sell something bequeathed to you by your forebears?. It makes no sense. Anybody or government can build but on partnership basis. Land should be held indefinitely by land owning families. It will reduce rent and calm the economy. After all buying land does not make the land yours. If a Hausa buy the whole of Awori land, it still remains Awori land with an Awori King. The idea of selling land is unethical. What are you leaving for your coming generation?. Then all states should promote local languages, else those languages will soon be lost. We are not English men. It only appear so because of Nigeria