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Germannig:
Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.


I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.


Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.


After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.


The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. [size=14pt]The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris[/size]. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.


But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/jul/9/221.html

You guys could write all this hogwash and balderdash about South West when Anambra is already a Beggars colony competing with the North and people In Imo are being feed like Almajiri in IDPs Camp without anyone giving a damn.

Germannig:
Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.


I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.


Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.


After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.


The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. [size=14pt]The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris[/size]. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.


But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/jul/9/221.html

You guys could write all this hogwash and balderdash about South West when Anambra is already a Beggars colony competing with the North in Begging and people In Imo are being feed like Almajiri in IDPs camp

Blizzy9ja:
I checked the dictionary for the meaning of poor I saw a map with the word Osun written inside

This Okoro can be so petty


You should be more worry about Ebonyi state

Ebonyi is so wretched to the extent they export poor people to other state

Danzysb:
keep quite there,anambra has the least poverty rate coming second to Lagos which is the first state to have the least poverty rate,youruba rely on government alot.stop talking nonsense,come to South East and see industries built by indegenes,most of our estates are also built by indegenes too with little or no government help.

You guys have been circulating this propaganda that Yoruba rely on the Government and it is a shame Yoruba are not stopping you from peddling this propaganda.

No Yoruba rely on the government for anything, anything we achieve we achieve it through hardwork

And Osun State have the least poverty rate in Nigeria according to the United Nation.

Germannig:
Crap. The fact that 80% of you are into full time politics and civil servants puts you second to Fulani as government parasites

Where are you getting the fact from?

Lol Pulling statistics out of your anus as usual

Yoruba that are self employed and Artisans alone are more than those that are civil servants 20 times,

And Yoruba don't do full time politics, In fact only few Yoruba do politics and a lot of Yoruba that do politics still have a skill in one thing or the other

Just because we are Politically relevant than you now doesn't mean we rely on the government, it is just politics, in fact you are more relevant than us during Goodluck Jonathan tenure

Germannig:
So Igbo Barbers, bricklayers, welders, Mechanics, Vulcanizers, Tailors, Carpenters, Furniture makers, Aluminium makers, Hairdressers, Electricians, Phone Repairers, Plumbers etc rely on govt, right?

Igbo are mostly traders and they rely a little on the government for survival

Some Buhari policies have been affecting importation of goods and other things which affect Igbo traders and importers, it is one of the major reason why Igbo hate Buhari. You rely on the government more than you think

Germannig:
Note that I said in general everybody is suffering. But can you tell me which group has the least suffering masses? I mean on the ground, not from fake statistics from the brown roofs of Ijebu ode. Travel around Nigerian villages and towns. Nigeria is not about the few rich people in Abuja and Lekki, which recent data says is only 9900. What is happening to the rest 200 M - 9900?

Least suffering masses on the ground is Yoruba

Anambra is a beggars colony, people in Imo are being feed in IDPs camp like Almajiri

Even many of your people in the East migrate to the west for survival and considering the numbers of poor people you export to the west e.g.Gala hawkers, Wheel Barrows pushers etc

Germannig:
Are the Fulani as a group really enjoying themselves in Nigeria? Are you confusing 1000 Fulani elites with the millions of impoverished Fulanis who have to trek from Katsina to Port Harcourt with their cows and families?

In reality, no one is having fun in Nigeria. But if anyone does, it is the Igbo masses who are the ones having fun in Nigeria because they depend less on the system to survive. However, I completely agree with the notion that Igbo elites are politically less favored, compared to the Fulani elites.

See photos of Fulani enjoyment

Yoruba depend less on the System to survive more than Igbo because Igbo are mostly traders while Yoruba are mostly skillful and professional Artisans

Yoruba Barbers, bricklayers, welders, Mechanics, Vulcanizers, Tailors, Carpenters, Furniture makers, Aluminium makers, Hairdressers, Electricians, Phone Repairers, Plumbers etc doesn't rely on any Government for survival.

In fact an Igbo trader that open a 2 by 2 is not hardworking and does not make more money than a successful Yoruba Barber, Aluminium maker, Furniture maker etc.

When it come to human capital Yoruba will always rank higher than Igbo because Igbo are mostly traders while Yoruba are professional Artisans.


You guys have been circulating propaganda online and calling yourselves the most hardworking while calling others Lazy but in reality you are not even half as hardworking as Yoruba.


How could Igbo traders that sit lazily every day in their 2 by 2 shops be more hardworking than Yoruba bricklayers, mechanics, carpenters, welders considering the type of effort require to do those kind of works etc?

Just because Yoruba are more relevant than you politically doesn't mean they rely on the government to survive, in fact majority of the Nigeria masses doesn't rely on any government for survival,

This fake news Is really getting boring

So the Monarch don't have name?

CNN has ranked Onikan in Lagos as the 3rd coolest neighborhood in the world.
At last, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has made the news for all the right reasons on the world stage.

A CNN magazine publication, Time Out , has listed Onikan, a Lagos neighborhood, as one of the coolest places to visit in the world.

Only Arroios in Lisbon, Portugal and Shimokitazawa in Tokyo, Japan, were ranked higher than Lagos by the global publication.

50 neighborhoods around the world made the cut.

CNN writes that: “When you're deciding where to spend your vacation, you might think about famous attractions or gorgeous natural wonders.


"But if you really want to get to know a city like a local, your best bet is to look for the neighborhoods where they hang out, where the most interesting new restaurants, art galleries and coffee shops emerge."


In its Onikan citation, the self-acclaimed ‘World News Leader’ writes: “Nigeria's biggest city is home to artists, writers, designers and Nollywood actors. You might spot some of them hanging out in cool Onikan, where "past, present and future collide effortlessly."


“The central neighborhood on the Lagos Lagoon is home to some of the city's most important cultural offerings, including the Nigerian National Museum and Rele Gallery, which focuses on contemporary art.”

Cool and the gang

Pilsen, Chicago was ranked number 10, Astoria in New York was ranked number 8, Wedding in Berlin was ranked number 5 while Arroios in Lisbon was ranked number 1.

The 50 coolest neighborhoods to visit in the world, according to CNN’s Time Out , are as follows:

1. Arroios, Lisbon


2. Shimokitazawa, Tokyo

3. Onikan, Lagos

4. Wedding, Berlin

5. Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles

6. The Waterfront, Hobart


7. Strasbourg-Saint-Denis, Paris


8. Astoria, New York

9. Embajadores, Madrid

10. Pilsen, Chicago

11. Peckham, London


12. Soi Pridi Banomyong/Phra Khanong, Bangkok

13. Footscray, Melbourne

14. Zhongshan, Taipei

15. Kerem Hatelmanim and Shuk HaCarmel, Tel Aviv

16. Kypseli, Athens


17. Jalatlaco, Oaxaca

18. District 3, Ho Chi Minh City

19. Juárez, Mexico City

20. Poblenou, Barcelona

21. Jamestown, Accra


22. Verdun, Montreal

23. Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen

24. Holly, Austin

25. Bom Retiro, São Paulo

26. Katendrecht, Rotterdam


27. Ancoats, Manchester

28. Corktown, Detroit

29. Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhaël, Beirut

30. Barranco, Lima

31. Dogpatch, San Francisco


32. Vesterbro, Copenhagen

33. Naeja-dong, Seoul

34. Yppenplatz and Brunnenmarkt, Vienna

35. Easton, Bristol

36. The Junction, Toronto


37. Kadıköy-Moda, Istanbul

38. Kelvinbridge, Glasgow

39. Oltrarno, Florence

40. Old Havana, Havana

41. Melville, Johannesburg


42. Stoneybatter, Dublin

43. Bartók, Budapest

44. Downtown, Miami

45. Tanjong Pagar, Singapore

46. Nové Město, Prague


47. Bandra West, Mumbai

48. Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong

49. Old Xuhui, Shanghai

50. Dorćol, Belgrade

Onikan is perched on the Lagos lagoon and is a melting pot of some sort. It is also the business and banking hub of Lagos.

https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/onikan-lagos-is-the-3rd-coolest-neighborhood-in-the-world/0cvnmnh

Youth with empty brain

Misplace priority

How is Bobrisky existence affecting their wretched life

The Foreigner Identification Management Systems (FIMS), has revealed that about 167 countries across the world have their citizens living in the country.



- About 167 countries across the world have their citizens living in the country.

-Foreigner Identification Management Systems (FIMS), a private partner of the National Identification Authority made the revelation.

-1,617 Nigerians have so far been noted to be living in the country.

-China, India, Nigeria, America and Lebanon are the countries with the highest number of citizens living in Ghana.

The firm which is a private partner of the National Identification Authority (NIA) registering foreign residents in Ghana.


According to the FIMS’ data, between January and August 2019, 22,393 foreigner’s residents in Ghana have been issued ID cards.


It comprises 15,679 foreign residents who have renewed their ID cards and 6,714 fresh applicants who were also issued ID cards.


The numbers come after the FIMS embarked on a mass registration exercise from September 9, and will end October 31, 2019.

The Head of Corporate Affairs of the NIA, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (ACI), Francis Palmdeti made the revelation while he spoke to Accra based, Finder.

The exercise is currently taking place at the Accra International Conference Centre.

He noted that foreigners are required to renew their ID cards each, urging that foreigners need the ID card to apply for resident’s permit in the country.


15,679 Foreigners renew ID cards

Mr Palmdeti noted that 15,679 foreigners legally resident in Ghana have renewed their foreigners ID cards between January and August 2019.

6,714 First-time applicants issued ID cards

6,714 first-time applications by foreigners legally resident in Ghana have their processed and issued.

Here are the top 10 countries that have its nationals in Ghana


Chinese nationals

ACI Palmdeti revealed that 6,022 Chinese citizens have been issued foreigners’ identification cards, which is the highest on the list.

Indian nationals

He added that Indians emerged second highest with 3,434 citizens resident in Ghana who have been issued foreigners’ identification cards.

Nigerians


He noted that the number of Nigerians who have been issued foreigners ID cards amounted to 1,617.

Americans

The Head of Corporate Affairs of the NIA stated that a total of 1,153 citizens of the United States of America have been issued foreigners’ identification cards.

Other countries nationals among the top 10 countries

ACI Palmdeti gave the breakdown of the other countries that constitutes the top as Lebanon – 579, United Kingdom – 532, South Africa – 458, Germany – 383, Philippines – 399, and France – 300.


https://www.pulse.ng/bi/lifestyle/heres-the-number-of-nigerians-other-166-countries-nationals-living-in-ghana/dxbst1y

Congratulation

franchasng:
They hate Igbos for having sense and working hard to be successful, that's the crime of the Igbos, because to them, why must Igbos become more successful than them the owners of the land, why How can Chukwudi come all the way from Ebonyi empty handed and later become rich while I Afeeze Azeez is still squating in my father's house and collecting Owo mi da why

But they forgot that pride comes before a fall. You see menial jobs and business as dirty business. You see Emeka at Ladipo with his dirty clothe and u spit that these Igbo boys are too dirty, but when you later see Emeka in his Venza you start to peddle rumors that Emeka is a money ritualist and u go meet one babalawo to help u do money ritual.


But you refuse to fold your shirt and trouser and work the soil to make money. You prefer to wear big starched agbada and carrying girls with big nyash and forming omonile, isorai


Yes we have some unscrupulous Igbos spoiling the good name of the great Igbo tribe but they are very small and insignificant, the only crime Igbos have committed against others is being focused on success through entrepreneurship, business, etc, nothing else.



But they can keep hating, they can't stop the shine

So you are even beating chest on top of Hawking pure water in the Land of Yoruba you hate ?


The question should be why can't he stay in Ebonyi and hawk ordinary pure water in peace instead of rambling about some imaginary hatred as if you don't have hatred for others?

2018 BBNaija reality stars, Bambam and Teddy recently had their introduction ceremony in Ogun state and as expected, Nigerian celebrities showed up for their own.

Earlier on, Legit.ng published videos from the BBNaija couple's traditional ceremony. Following this. Considering the buzz surrounding this celebrity union, it came as no surprise the caliber of people who were in attendance.

The Olori of Oyo, Queen Badirat Olaitan Ajoke Adeyemi, graced the beautiful occasion. Taking to Instagram, she shared a photo of herself and in the caption, revealed she was a wedding guest for #BamTeddy2019.




www.legit.ng/amp/1258420-olori-oyo-cee-c-nina-step-style-bamteddy2019.html

Sellfish:
It seems you fail to get the point

Why would I want to loot those businesses when just like our Government, I don't care about who is killed in SA

Nigerians hate one another...there is no need to pretend

So because that Yoruba guy stated the fact it means he is blaming Igbo and hating on Igbo?


You are the one reading his messages out of context because you are also guilty of what you accuse others of


As if Igbo don't say something worst than this online

Always playing the victims as usual


Only you is innocent while every other people are guilty

Very good


Hopefully the Money will be use to improve education in the state

Five people have been killed in xenophobic attacks in South Africa, police said, as President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to clamp down on what he described as "acts of wanton violence" and the African Union and Nigeria sounded the alarm.


Police fired rubber bullets and arrested 189 people in the township of Alexandra on Tuesday, a day after clashing with looters who local media said targeted foreign-owned businesses in several parts of the city.

Most of the deceased were South Africans, police said.

"I'm convening the ministers in the security cluster today to make sure that we keep a close eye on these acts of wanton violence and find ways of stopping them," he said in a post on Twitter.

"There can be no justification for any South African to attack people from other countries."


Rocks, bricks and rubber bullets strewed the empty streets of Alexandra on Tuesday, and Al Jazeera reporters at the scene saw police firing rubber bullets at a crowd of 50 people who were hurling rocks.

About two dozen shops, owned by both foreigners and locals, were vandalised or looted.

"They burnt everything," Bangladeshi shopowner Kamrul Hasan told AFP news agency in Alexandra, adding that his shop gets attacked every three to six months.

"All my money is gone. If the [South African] government pays for my plane ticket, I will go back to Bangladesh," the 27-year-old said.

Lungelo Dlamini, a spokesman for police, said the motive behind Tuesday's riots was not clear.

"They are just criminals who are looting and taking advantage of the situation," he told Al Jazeera.


Police arrested more than 91 people on Monday after protesters torched cars and looted dozens of shops.

News24, a South African news agency, said Monday's riots came after hundreds of people marched in Johannesburg's Central Business District (CBD) demanding foreigners leave. They targeted "shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals", it reported.

Pedestrians pass burnt out cars on the side of a street on the outskirts of Johannesburg Monday Sept. 2, 2019. Police had earlier fired rubber bullets as they struggled to stop looters who targeted bu
Pedestrians pass burnt-out cars on the side of a street on the outskirts of Johannesburg on Monday, September 2, 2019 [The Associated Press]
Meanwhile, Nigeria's Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama reacted strongly to the scenes of violence on Monday.

"Received sickening and depressing news of continued burning and looting of Nigerian shops and premises in #SouthAfrica by mindless criminals with ineffective police protection," he said on Twitter. "Enough is enough. We will take definitive measures."

In 2015, Nigeria had recalled its ambassador to South Africa following a spate of attacks against immigrants.


But South African Police Minister Bheki Cele dismissed reports the ongoing attacks were xenophobic.

"Xenophobia is just an excuse that is being used by people to commit criminal acts," he told reporters on Monday afternoon. "It is not xenophobia, but pure criminality."

In a statement on Monday, the South African Human Rights Commission said it was "deeply concerned by violence, looting, arson and vandalism plaguing much of Johannesburg".

South Africa is a major destination for economic migrants from other parts of the continent, including the Southern Africa region, with many moving from neighbouring Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in search of work.

The unrest started on Sunday when an old building in the CBD caught fire and collapsed, killing at least three people. It then spread to two eastern suburbs and to the executive capital, Pretoria, where local media reported shops burning in Marabastad - a central business area largely populated by economic migrants.

Last week, hundreds of protesters in Pretoria set fire to buildings, looted mostly foreign-owned businesses and clashed with police, who fired rubber bullets at the crowds. The chaos broke out after local taxi drivers clashed with alleged drug dealers in the area, according to the Sowetan newspaper.

On Monday, a pamphlet circulating on social media, seen by The Associated Press news agency, encouraged South Africans to chase foreigners out of their communities.

The pamphlet, attributed to a group called the Sisonke Peoples Forum, accused foreigners living in South Africa of selling drugs and stealing jobs, both common refrains during the regular flare-ups of violence against foreigners in the greater Johannesburg area in recent years.

The main opposition Democratic Alliance party said: "These incidents are due to a failing economy in which more than 10 million South Africans cannot find work."

Both the ruling African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance have been accused of stoking xenophobia.

Looters take items from an alleged foreign-owned shops during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein on September 2, 2019 as angry protesters loot alleged foreign-owned shops today in a new
Looters take items from an alleged foreign-owned shop during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein on September 2, 2019 [Michele SpatariAFP]
The violence comes amid a wave of protests in the transport industry linked to anti-foreigner sentiment.

Zambia's government on Monday called on Zambian truck drivers to avoid travelling to South Africa and those already in the country to park their vehicles "until the security situation improves".

Truck drivers in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) started a nationwide strike on Sunday to protest against the employment of foreign drivers. KZN police said 11 trucks blocked the road to Richards Bay Harbour, one of the deepest natural harbours in Africa.

They told AFP news agency that at least four vehicles had been torched.

At least 20 people had been arrested "in connection with incidents related to protests within the trucking industry", KZN police said.

Lieutenant-General Khombinkosi Jula, chief of police for KZN province, said they had intensified patrols along major routes.

Sipho Zungu, chairman of the All Truck Drivers Foundation, told AFP his group had had "nothing to do with the strike", but stressed that it was fighting for the employment of South African drivers.

"People of South Africa are hungry, they are sitting at home.. while companies in South Africa are employing foreigners ... [because] its cheap labour. We are hungry and angry," Zungu told AFP.

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), which has over 200,000 members, also distanced itself from the violence.

South Africa's Road Freight Association told local media in June that more than 200 people have been killed in attacks on foreign truck drivers since March 2018.





https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/09/south-africa-scores-held-looting-anti-foreigner-protests-190903064029232.html




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kenwhawha:
Hyocrites...are you afonjas not asking Igbos to leave Lagos? Are you different from SA people? I hate hypocrisy. I denounce SA people actions, including you afonjas!

I bet it was this type of nuisance you started in Lagos you are also doing in South Africa


Calling Lagos a no man's Land

Bragging about some Phantom Land

You even have the audacity to call Yoruba Lazy

You can go to blazes

Ikeg1:
Is that so, be my guest post them and in terms, I replicate the Yorubas that's repeatedly voiced murder of Igbos even before Nnamdi Kanu came into pictures. Be my guest expose it.

I've been on this forum witness the shits occurring here so I'm not one to make up stories on. I forget names but details I'm extremely good at remembering. You fuckers have the tendency to claim your actions is a reaction when in reality your reaction is a reaction to your actions.

Like for example the Lagos no man...as usual you demons acting that started for no apparent reasons. When in reality that started as a reaction to you Afonjas running all over screeching how every territory in SS where Igbos are located belongs to "real SS". I lost count how many times you demons told me and other Aniomas that used to be member of this forum to go back to SE as Delta belong to "real Delta". River Igbos equally were not exempt from your ignorance. In retailiation to your stupidity display SE stated the no man's land of Lagos and ran with it. But as the usual victim playing demons you lots are automatically you modify the story and eliminate that statement was a reaction to you demons actions.

Hell let even use Nnamdi Kanu aka Afonja want to use as scape goat. in 2012, There's a video from him where he was asking Niggerian government to defend all Niggerian from Boko Haram. Ironically, he was among the Igbos those protesting for it. That same 2012 while Igbos were protesting against Boko Haram, the Afonjas ignited everybody else to protest against subsidy. Remind us again, how did Afonjas react on this forum for Igbos focusing our attention on Boko Haram, not subsidy? Oh I remember repeated insults, attacks and belittling of Igbos for refusing to join una in protesting what we can all now see was a scam from you lots. Ironically enough, what Igbos were protesting at that time in which una called us names for is what's destroying una the most now.

Remind us again who were the set of people who kept posting the images of Igbo children starving during Biafran war on this forum? Wasn't that action before ipob came into picture?

You have nothing to say because you running out of bullshit Stories to share.

Please tell your rubbish of Yorubas reacting to whoever is new to this forum. I've been here long enough to see Yoruba turn multiple Igbos that had no problem with you lots into hating you demons. Yorubas were pioneer of the hate that is all over this forum..

Hogwash and stupid trash

I no longer have your time

Ikecna94:
Who the hell is you for me to make up stories to counter your people PROPAGANDA!!! I've stated it repeatedly even on this forum that's my grandfather's property was never returned to us despite my grandmother trying. Hell even Ojukwu had to go to court for years to get back all his fathers properties. The only people who narrates the Igbo properties were returned in SW is Yoruba. Igbo people do not agree with that because those of us who were victims of it know that shit is nothing but propaganda created by Yorubas. The only Igbo people that believe shit are Igbos who didn't anything in SW thus fell for the lies. Hell even before Ojukwu died, he went to Lagos reminding Igbos there to remember their history. Why the Bleep you think he did that? Sell your propaganda to someone willing to listen to it.

Secondly, who started calling others criminals?

Who started calling others prostitute?

Who started wishing to drown others in Lagoon?

Who started saying Igbos should be killed for Niggeria to be successful?

In fact, who made the attached post, ironically made even before Nnamdi Kanu/IPOB emerged?

Who were the ones claiming SS Igbos migrated to our own lands after the war?

Who kept saying that we are bounties of the war?

Who kept saying that those of us from SS should go to SE as our Territories isn't ours?

Who repeatedly attempted to try and get SE Igbos to hate us?

Who called others third class citizens?

Hell let's move back to the past, during the Asaba Massacre who was the solider that commanded f
The killings of the civilians that came to greet them even though Asaba was part of Niggeria during the war.

As I said sell your bullshit story to a one Niggerian Igbo

Shut up!

You started the hate speeches


I can see that you are full of hatred so there is no point arguing with you


There are numerous Post of Igbo wishing Yoruba death and proclaiming their hatred for Yoruba online

Yoruba on Nairaland can't get rid of your nuisance and we have no option than to pay you back with your own coin


Typical Yoruba in the street don't give a damn about Igbo, what you are doing or what you have


Millions of your people carry out their daily activities all over Yoruba Land without having any problems

Igbo started having problems in Lagos when they started calling Lagos a no man's Land, insulting and talking down on Yoruba in Lagos

No Yoruba give a damn about your success

You are not even as successful as Yoruba but you only have big mouth

Goodbye because it is pointless arguing with you

Ikecna94:
Please spare me your propaganda nonsense. My family is actually a victim of the lies of this Afonja lie that I just bolded. My grandmother, till this very fucking day, never got my grandfather's property in Lagos and that's not lack of trying. Ironically, my family are not the only ones. There's several Igbos with that same story.

Hell I recall before Nnamdi Kanu even started, Afonjas repeatedly wish slaughtering of Igbos. Shit, I recall the one that was on Twitter wishing for Igbos anniliahiation for refusing to join una in voting for Boofari in 2015.

Story teller telling me nonsense. Please get the Bleep out of my mention with nonsense.

Tell that stupid story to one Niggerian igbo who are still allowing you demons to decieve them

It was a fact that all Igbo properties were returned after the Civil War

Yoruba only joined the Civil War after Igbo troops started advancing west


You are just blinded by hatred

You are even lying to counter my fact


Every negative Yoruba action towards Igbo is as a result of how you guys keep talking down on Yoruba

No Yoruba hate you for being successful


You call others unprintable names and insult others unprovoked but you want them to pay you back with love?

Who started calling other tribe slaves in Nigeria?

Who started calling other tribe cowards in Nigeria?

Who started calling other tribe Lazy in Nigeria?

Who started calling other tribe traitors and snake in Nigeria?


Who started calling other tribe's Land a no man's Land?



Any Yoruba hate speeches against Igbo is a payback and revenge because you started it

But you are the one playing victims

Ikecna94:
I'm not having an emotional breakdown. I'm just highly tired of you Afonjas and your delivish ways. I just want you demons to start that attack y'all have been wishing do to. As I said earlier, I have no problem dying knowing I'm killing you fuckers.

I've been here long enough on this forum to know wtf I said is a FACT.

See you trying to twist shit, Yorubas have repeatedly stated that the"Igbo coup" was igbo coup because only Igbo soliders were who did the coup and killed non Igbo leaders. It wasn't until list of participants was exposed including a narrative from Nzeogwu reporting that the people that actually killed Saraduana were Northerners who came with him and the list of those northerners were exposed that's when you fuckers changed story. Just like you demons changed story when informed an igbo ( lt col Unegbe) was killed by the coupers and ironically, by an igbo soliders. Bleep out my face.

Hell let's use a more recent event...80 FBI list. Both times Yoruba media circulated the FBI list is only when Igbo made the list. Yet, Yoruba have made that list more than any tribe in Niggeria. Shit, I remember when Niggeria hit National news of having one of the largest scam in New York. Every caught individual on the list were Yoruba. I recall that topic was posted on this forum and several different platform. Ironically, it never made front page on this website, never got circulated and never got addressed by Yoruba politicians as they are with the most recent one with Igbo names.

Go sell your bullshit to one Nigerian igbo that still blinded of you fuckers.

Yoruba were reluctant to join the Civil War against Igbo and even after the war all the properties of Igbo in South West were returned to Igbo

So how the hell did Yoruba return your properties after the Civil War if Yoruba hate you for being successful?

Even your brothers in South South did not return your properties after the Civil War but it was Yoruba that return your properties after the Civil War that are jealous of your success?

You hardly have issues with Yoruba in South West except when you started talking down on Yoruba

Even when you had issues with Yoruba in South West we still made sure the matters were settled and under control

If you check the record, Yoruba have had more encounters with Hausa/Fulani in our region


No Yoruba hate you for being successful


Yoruba only hate your arrogant behavior and the way you insult and talk down on others

gwafaeziokwu:

Sorry dear,that self assurance and confidence that come across as arrogance is not going to vanish so soon. It's embedded in the DNA. That singular quality is the reason they are competing favourably with other "privileged " tribes and holding their own with comfort. Look at the picture of Onitsha city and tell me if lilly livered men can build such a city from the scratch after the uncivil war,without government intervention.

You guys keep saying Yoruba hate you but Yoruba don't really have any problem with you

Go and check the record

You will see that Yoruba clashed more with Hausa Fulani in our region in fact we hardly have issues with Igbo

Ekwutox:
It's a good thing you used the bolded word, that's to show you that your people have nothing more to live for in this world if not hate on people better than them in every way.

I've seen how yorobers attack Igbos here in this forum for no just reason at all but am not surprised anymore that was how you guys were brought up.

Stop crying like a baby

You are not better than anyone

Is it your generation that are under FBI prosecution, getting killed daily in Asia for drugs or dominating foreign prisons that are better than Yoruba?

Top five Richest men in Nigeria you are not even on the list

All the estates and Islands in Lagos are still own by Yoruba

There is no sector in Nigeria that Yoruba are not representing, they even dominate some

No Yoruba hate you for your success, we hate how you insult others and talk down on others

Igbo started the hate campaign on this forum before Yoruba started fighting back

Every hate speeches from Yoruba against Igbo on this forum is a pay back

You are still the one running amok online calling Yoruba all kind of unprintable names and you started it

Ikecna94:
Last I checked Afonjas are and still pioneer of Tribalism towards Igbos

Who were the ones who ran a media accusing the coup that involved Igbo, Yoruba, middle belters and North as an igbo coup? Yoruba

Who ran that propaganda for years until internet gave people avenue to get the list of participants from the participants in question? Yorubas

Hell even the West/British documented that the people who asked for the murder of Igbos the most during Biafran war were YORUBAS.

Shit every Biafran group I know of prior to IPOB that started never insulted Yorubas but who were the that insulted, attacked and belittled them.

Who rejoiced when BZF were arrested? yorubas
Who rejoiced and mocked Massob when they were arrested and killed? Yorubas.

You reaping the hate you despicable demons created.

That's why I seriously wish you demons start that attacks you lots psychologically wish. I really really really really pray y'all motherfuckers starts it.

You are having an emotional breakdown


Everything you wrote above is pure fallacy


It was historically documented that Yoruba were reluctant to join the Civil War against Igbo until Igbo troops started advancing toward west


The only reason that coup was named an Igbo coup was because only leaders from other ethnic groups were killed while Igbo leaders were unscathed


Everything after that was a result of the online hate speech campaign started by Igbo against Yoruba

franchasng:
Its simple, may whatever you wish Igbos befall you and your family, say amen if your conscience is clear


May what I wish you befall me, its simple!

Continue and watch your life and family in 10yrs from today, try it and see

Shut up

You guys are just Pussies and emotional weaklings

Do you know that Yoruba have killed more Hausa/Fulani in our region ?

The only time we had issues with you guys in our region was when you started your arrogant and disrespectful attitude toward Yoruba

Yoruba don't really have issues with you guys

In fact Yoruba have had more encountered with Hausa/Fulani in our region that we killed and maimed each other but no Hausa is going around online today crying about how Yoruba hate them for being successful or something like that

Ekwutox:
You yorobers started the hate game since before nnamdi kanu.

Your people are naturally bitter and envious of people better than them.

You are not better than anyone

In fact you are not as prosperous as Yoruba in this country

Yoruba are not envious of you guys but we just hate your arrogant attitude and the way you insult and talk down on other tribes

Yoruba have killed and had more encountered with Hausa/Fulani in our region more than we had any encounter with Igbo

franchasng:
Any Igbo man opposing the freedom of Biafra is insane, please get well soon.

This thing is not peculiar to Igbos alone, it is common all over the world, it is human nature.

It is common to see less prosperous people gang up against the person they feel is more prosperous and arrogant even if there is no concrete evidence that the prosperous person is arrogant to them, but for the fact that he or she is succeeding more than them and living a more flamboyant life than them, it automatically means the person is arrogant and deserves to be dealt with.


This is the challenges Igbos have been facing for decades, Jewish people faced the same challenges until they got their own Jewish state and started speaking for their people and now Jews have global respect unlike in the 1940s below.

Anybody doubting that Igbos are being targeted is either being mischievous to Igbos or intentionally denyng the truth.


I own a small company in Lagos, and on several occasions, some Yoruba boys who claim they are OPC boys came to pay me a courtesy visit at my office when they noticed I am around, and guess what they came for

That I should roger the boys na, that na them they help secure my company and also help make Lagos safe for Igbo big men like us, WTF!!!


I pay for private security, I also contribute to general security fund, why should I settle you guys who refused to work but sit around smoking, drinking, pursuing girls


But for some reasons I do give them whatever comes from my mind.

Now this is what most successful Igbos face in most Nigerian host communities. What's their crime Owning a successful business or company more than the indigenes who refused to work with their brain power yet the fools on this forum support such, may the spirit of justice and fairness visit you in all you do, as you wish Igbos, may the world wish you the same that you wish the innocent hardworking Igbos struggling to build something for themselves.


May people hate you for no reason!

May the earth detest you and your ways even when you did the world no wrong. May you all that wish innocent, law abiding Igbos evil reap evil even when you do good. May people pay you back your good with hatred and death!!


We shall see

You are just a Liar

Ranting like you don't hate others

Killing of people from other ethnic group was started by Igbo in this country

Stop ranting like you love others

I have witness so many hate speeches from Igbo

Ikecna94:
I created this new account to let you know my humanity is still intact.

I don't prey on the weak or defenceless. I don't believe on attacking on people for no reason whatsoever. My statement is what I've witnessed from Afonjas since I've been on this forum, even before Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB came into picture. When Igbos are attacked, they rejoice and mock it. Hell I remember when Boko Haram first started, those demons rejoiced claiming Boko Haram were murdering Igbo people. The fools accusing of "elders" telling Igbo children that, No, elders never did... The Afonjas on this forum did. Likewise SA first started their xenophobic idea again Afonjas kept pushing the narrative that Igbos were who SA are killing just like they still trying to push the narrative despite their people included. When Massob were murdered, the fools again rejoice and mock Massob members killed even though Massob were Unarmed and never once belittled their ass... Hell I believe Nnamdi Kanu's hatred for them stems from that considering he used to be a Massob member and no doubt was a member of this forum. Anytime an igbo is killed up North, Afonjas rejoiced so
all of which started even before IPOB stated. Anyone that's been to a psychology course understand wtf their actions is for. Thus, I wish they start it. My hate for them stems from their actions. I'm not going to condemn my soul by attacking others without any reason. I want when I'm being judged on my actions on this Earth, all my negative actions have a positive reason. Not condemning my soul for nobody no matter how much I fucking despise them

Stop ranting like you love Afonja before

You guys started the hate game blaming Yoruba for your lose in civil war

You are just reaping what you sow