₦airaland Forum

ArodewilliamsT:
Listen I am Igbo, i've had no problems with yorubas until i came here, the only people i'm alway wary of are the Islamis hausa-fulanis of the north whose penchant for bloodletting is unequaled in sub-saharan Africa. The internet opened my eyes when i heard yorubas screaming about "Igbos never going to be President", calling them slaves of nigeria and i was one of those who popularized the "Illorin caliphate" taunting to remind them who the slaves really are. Many nigerians of the Southwestern destroyed this country by taunting the Igbos with "presidency and civil war", Some of us as Igbos were anti-Biafrans just few years ago, we even defend Nigeria against ghanian and south africans on the forum, but incendiary comments and taunts from the hateful yorubas who even thought were our only friends in Nigeria have turned millions of Eastern youths more Pro-Biafran than even Uwazurike and Nnamdi Kanu.

When non-violent Massob members are killed guess who taunts the Igbos? yorubas, not even the hausas we openly dislike.

When Christian Igbos were killed in the islamic north due to Danish cartoon riots... guess who jumped up for joy? yorubas( christians and muslims alike). Their taunting here reduced when proved to them they were also getting killed in the north. the 2011 Sai buhari NYSC killings had more yoruba names than other tribe down south

When fulanis destroy crops and rape women, guess who feels elated, yorubas.

i could go on and on. Let yorubas have their own country, their Chi have already broken their palm kernel for , lagos have been developed with eastern resources, from palm kernel to crude oil. They seaports, airports have been built for their use in their ODua country. Biafra has to build from scratch. So they should be happy, they stand to gain more from a split unworkable nigeria.

A Biafra adage Says "let the eagle perch, leg the dove perch too". Biafra and Oodua can live and progress separately and teach the rest Africa how real nations are built. Let us separate and survive, than collide in "unity" for destruction.

Spoken with honesty and a sense of purpose. I won't lie to you, I have been tempted to participate in tribal trolling on nairaland so often when I read some very wicked and senseless comments here.

But I have come to the conclusion that the Internet comes with a great dose of disinhibition where the weight of comments are not seen in its true light.

It creates the aura where people sit behind their computers and mobile phone and spew words yet impersonify their targets of tribes and people. That's what social-media brings.

I troll on South Africans and ghanaians online for defence and pride of Nigeria far more than I can ever go offline. Matter of fact, there's a ghanaian girl in my neighbourhood who works for my friend and i can never bring myself to tell her 1/10th of what i tell her compatriots here. I think we lose the human touch each time we target someone or tribe here.

Other than some mischief makers who do trolling on Igbo/yoruba just for the hell of it, most of the others can't carry the tribal banner so high offline.

I still think a true federalism could be great just like before the civil war.

nisai:
I only know her moniker during her trolling with you.I think the Ghanaian may never let u have a way as long as they keep rolling at that pace.I suggest you tell her in amicable manner.

lolz, I don't like her in that fashion....no way. Kind of liking her persona and restlessness which , I must confess ,added a little sexual fun to it.

tonychristopher:
my brother suit yourself..I ma not in this mood, i am busy here in office..whatever and wh over be igbo so be it. I have projects on my mind not igbo this and that

when the times comes they will decide


have a blessed day

I am a bit busy

you too. Thanks for your time and contributions.

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dialfa:
You are an olodo. Even your name shows you are probably a rug muncher.

You understand nothing about Niggger-area. The whole world is laughing at you and you think they are praising you.
Super power? haha. That's a funny one. A country that has never won a single war without outside help. Always resorting to war crimes against civilians be it in Congo, in Biafra, in Liberia, in Sierra Leone, in Bornu. A useless army of fat tummy generals.
Make I hear word abeg.
Niggger-area is not a country but an insult to my people. I will fight it with any tool at my disposal. Go and die.

[/s] Off to the dustbin you go. When you reconcile your bitterness with reality then you will be taken seriously. Have a nice time in your sojournment of identity quest in foreign shores. I can understand your bitterness

nisai:
I Am fine ooo my boss.Have you settled your beef with that lady Eva or something?Remember she is a Nigerian.

Lolz. I never really had a beef with her o. Just trolling for fun then. I actually like her and wish you would add a face to her persona so that I could reconcile my wild physical imagination of her. But then women have their ways.

tonychristopher:
1) and that is the same way your blabbing here is not a parameter to measure and why jump into conclusion..i just said i know their position and you have concluded. what a weird way of reasoning


2) why is anything igbo scare you...can you believe that IGBO are enigma...you guys are begging IGBO not to take their cousind and brother away

3)what a shame...there should be some dignity left in you guys naaa


stop begging igbos in south east and Niger delta...your making them feel special



4) as of fake igbo...if you are igbo you will know that we igbo have a way of yabbing ourselves, it is found in sibling


owerri, ikwerre will call non indegens isoma, while ngwa will call non indegens ohuhu while anambra will call non indegens ijekebe while delta will call non indegens nwa onye igbo ....but we know that these are jabss


now remember that the igbo group are united we are onu nuo


deal with this

1) I never infered my submission were general. I always make my assertion with "some". I never spoke for the generality of any group, the furthest I will go is to relay feelings of most within that group.

You came along with a super sensitivity to accuse me of speaking for the entire group. Check all the threads on nairaland on the delta/rivers Igbo origin, they are more or less what I have opined here.

Seems the weight of truth/reality is too heavy for you to bear.

2) Why should I be scared of igbos? Common. Matter of fact, I love the Igbos from their food (ofé onugbo/oha to nkwobi and abacha) to their social behaviour and their aggressive and persistent stance to live

3) they are indeed special like every other group in Nigeria.

4) I honestly will wish for that to be true in the context of the eastern/western igbo relations.

tonychristopher:
Still allow them to decide ...don't come here and make a joke of yourself



My in laws are from rivers Igbo and delta Igbo so I know their position


So allow them to speak for themselves


But wait a minute


Do you feel that Igbo in rivers and delta maybe Benue will leave their brothers and be comfortable with non Igbo


Just take a minute and think about this


Why are they all in ohaneze

1) You might want to put a lid on the emotional outlet

2 ) your in - laws' choice isn't the yardstick of measuring the feelings of the entire people. Please I beg of you, do not be emotionally hypocritical with a dose of sentimentalism.

Eastern igbos are still berating the presidency for lack of "igbo" appointment even when some Delta igbo sons are there.

When Anioma state was on the verge of creation with the proposal that Onitsha be its capital, Eastern igbos kicked against it. That would have permanently sealed your western brothers to their kins in the east.

When Pat Utomi ran for president in 2007, Eastern igbos cried out he isn't a real igbo.

Well I don't hear much "fake" yoruba about their kwara and Kogi brothers.

There are a good number of Delta igbos who would easily jump ship to the other side and others who won't.

The Asaba massacre and eastern betrayal is still a sour point.

And what the hell is Delta Igbo or fake igbo when their dialect is even more igbo than most places in ebony state and some part of enugu.

Biafra is a legitimate call for igbo active participation in the sociopolitical scheme of things in Nigeria. Secession is a long, long dream.

tonychristopher:
Is that what you feel

Allow the rivers Igbo to speak for themselves ...you are not mandated to speak for them

I do not make the mistake of speaking for a group of people as their mouthpiece.

But I have travelled and lived amongst different groups in Nigeria. I know the damage and political expediency that the Igbos of the south - South endured and subsequently adjusted to a life of near-duplicity and the fake - igbo lebel that is often chanted in the south east.

Do you deny this ?

In 1999 I was at Nsuka when Crush soft drink was the rave of the moment as Orijin now is, well the management decided to sack non-igbos as a measure for cutting cost. An Asaba man was sacked!!!

Also during my NYSC in Enugu, I met many igbos of Rivers origin and a considerable number will deny their igbo-ness so lamely it hurts.

I think it is all a cowardly resolution to paddle "smoothly" in the polygamous waters of the NigerIan marriage.

pazienza:
It's all in your head, we are not mired in any political, economic or cultural waters.

As a matter of fact, we have different and divergent economic, cultural, religious and political ideologies, and this is the very reason why Nigeria can never be a nation.

It's simple, along cultural, traditional, religious and political lines. One of such nations that fit the bill is Biafra, comprising of all Igbo speaking people and her neighbors who share same and similar cultural, religious and political ideologies, like a true nation should.

With Igbos running their business in virtually allot region of the country? With Igbos investing in landed and real estate in both north south east and west? Our economic and cultural ties isn't as different as you would wish. There's a sizable Muslim population in the southwest and in Edo state in South south and there is a sizeable number of Christians in the north and middle belt as well.

You speak of a Biafra along igbo speaking areas but you should know there are many in Rivers igbo who will not hold to such sentiments and that area is key if you would achieve your dream of secession. Also many in the calabar/ uyo and akwaibom axis will still fear igbo domination in any eventuality.

That's why I say the marriage is complex. If the north decides to secede I think some regions in the middle belt might not tag along too and if the south west is to secede, the kwara and Kogi brothers might still be a puzzle to solve, not mentioning the pocket of ijaw settlers all around the creeks in the south west.

I still see a one Nigeria stronger and better with more international role to play in Africa and the world.

pazienza:
If it's our own doing like you said, then undoing it is also our own doing.

And that is a task that must be done.

I think we have become so mired in the political and economic -cum -cultural waters of our complicated marriage to sever ties .

If I may dare to ask, how do you split Nigeria?

pazienza:
The British union is legitimate as it was done by the people of the countries involved.

Nigeria on the other hand is a colonial abomination, cobbled together by colonists with the sole purpose of exploitation of the indigenous people of the area.

The Nigerian union was not done by Nigerians but by aliens, and hence the indigenous people of Biafra owe no allegiance whatsoever to such illegal entity.

Yes the British union is very legitimate but Scotland is still a country in its own right as is England.

Yes Nigeria was a creation by the British for its administrative convenience, but as soon as Nigeria had her independence and our leaders agreed to stay in the union, it became a Nigerian creation by acquiescence.

The moment former India had her independence from Britain, they split into India , Bangladesh and Pakistan. As did Tanzania and another african country whose name just wouldn't drop on my fingers at this moment.

These countries chose to sever the ties of colonial bonding. But Nigeria remained. Nigeria therefore is our own doing.

Observant:
Now that is there problem , why wasn't it treasons when Scotland wanted it?
Why most black African kill people who have different opinion from them? Why?
The Nigerian State has blatantly refused to listen to the call for resource control, true fiscal federalism, and restructuring the country.
You have confirm that speaking about it is treason so please help us proffer any solution ?

The union between Scotland and the UK or Britain isn't a federation, it is union of quasi independent countries who have their own governments at some level.

A federation is an often more rigid and difficult alliance with a lot of sovereignty ceded to the central government. E.g The US and Nigeria.

I am an advocate of true federalism ,but then again the proliferation of the states have made them too small and non - viable.

But I want to see less power and money ceded to Abuja and with all legislative arm becoming part time. That will kill off the zeal of every Tom wanting to be a politician and becoming popular overnight.

If we have more economic activity at the state level and less power to Abuja, political activities will be shifted to the states and will reduce tribal scheming at the center.

The problem with Nigeria is that we don't really run a federation. Everything is tied to Abuja. How can the roads be fixed when Abuja has to give the nod?

How can the governors not play a blame game when they wait for monthly allocation from the federal government? I could go on. But for a start, state should be given more power and responsibilities with the local government becoming independent.

Curlieweed:
@op Mr Lezz,

The main planks of your argument for the continuation of this abominable zombie empire are that; a) Igbos are bound to people in the NC and the SS while the Yoruba have ancestral linkages with people in the NC and SS b) Some fantasies about a possibly glorious future.

Regarding the first point, while you remember that ethnic groups within nigeria are linked with their neighbours, you conveniently forget that 70% of Niger Republic is ethnically Hausa. The Fulani exist in almost all west African countries from Cameroon to Senegal. You can also get bye speaking Egun and Yoruba from Badagry right up to the borders of Togo with Ghana.

Regarding your fantasies of an "African Super Power", you should perish that thought. I don't think we have 50% of the resources available in Congo DRC. It is said that just one dam on one River in Congo has the potential to provide 40,000 MW of electricity but notwithstanding that the vast majority of people in that place have no access to electricity. Additionally, the country is sitting on a veritable treasure trove of strategic minerals. Yet most of the residents are desperately poor. It suffers from a somewhat more acute flavour of the same systemic virus we suffer in Nigeria.

As a much younger person, I was also infinitely proud of our potentials, happy to interact with the rich diversity of people from accross the country and revel in the rich diversity of our geography, cultures and languages. I also lamented about how our apparent lack of progress was due to our bad luck with leadership.

However as I got older (and possibly wiser), I started questioning my assumptions. if you continue selecting black beads from a closed bag of beads, after selecting 10 black beads in succession, you may be right to conclude that most of the beads in that bag are black. Like Warren Buffet said, when a great manager takes on a fundamentally bad business, the manager loses his reputation while the business keeps its bad reputation intact. That is the case with Nigeria. You can confidently predict the failure of every national government in Nigeria as currently constituted and you will be right 95% of the time.

Our country is fundamentally flawed at its very core. You can't have a successful organization without a single sense of self or single vision or culture. Every successful organization on earth has a dominant culture, a dominant vision. An organism with two (or more)heads isn't likely to be viable. What is the Nigerian dream? What is the single Nigerian culture? What is the dominant set of values that we share? We aren't talking about random interactions here. We have Igbo, Yoruba, Northen Muslim, SS, Ijaw or Middle-belt versions of culture, vision and values. There are no Nigerian equivalent of these and that it's why most discussions on these boards are little more than arguments between the deaf.

To make matters even worse, the actual mental image Nigerians carry of the country differs from the artificial 36 states (plus Abuja) we have in our fake constitution. As far as most people are concerned we have 200 nations here and each nation has defined geographical boundaries. That is why we have indigenes, settlers, hosts and a number of interesting terms. We have Igboland, Yorubaland, Ijawland, Hausaland, Tivland and so on. While these may not exist in your constitution, they are more real than even your Nigeria itself.

1) The main "plank" of my argument for a better and one Nigeria isn't based on the geographical fixation of SE to SS and SW to MB. That's putting it in an overly simplistic form.

2) Resources alone do not make for super power

3) It is unfortunate you stopped believing in Nigeria as
you got older and wiser

4) Nigeria has a dominant culture easily discernible
at home and abroad. It may not be singular as you
you wish but it is score for a nation this diversed .

5) I am aware of the problems that bedevil Nigeria and they aren't insurmountable. I think tribalism cripples Nigeria more than any government ineptitude.

With everything Nigeria has undergone in political turmoil, tribal unrest and political uncertainty, why has there been no concrete effort to disintegrate and disolve the union?

nisai:
That's my hero.

My Oga!!! What's happening?

Duru1:
If you like, you can become oblivious to your ethnic identity in Nigeria. However you must understand that Nigeria is an epitome of tribal bias. As for empty statement accredited to one Kofi Annan, he is bound to say the same thing if he would visit Biafra tomorrow. When I read statements such as the one banked for Kofi Annan about Nigeria and destiny of Africa, I conclude that so-called elites from Africa constitute major problem of the continent. How could such a man deliver such a feel-happy and fallacious sermon to crowd of people whose country cannot manage a gutter?

One can still be a Nigerian and yet hold onto his tradition and ethnicity. It's a balanced approach that has worked in other countries that are more diversed than Nigeria .

You cannot fault Kofi on his statement if you take it into full perspective. Before and during the last presidential elections, Africa stood literally still in anticipation of the aftermath. The world held its breath as the promise of violence and unrest seem certain no matter the outcome.

And Kofi came to Nigeria and in a keynote address to Nigerian leaders, he made a comment that is often absent in the consciousness of Nigerians and our leaders: "We are more important and carry more influence than we care to admit or even see" Some of our leaders do know this but perhaps they shy from such enormous responsibility.

Kofi 's statement wasn't a "feel-good" cometary, it was to draw to our attention the effect our decisions have in all of Africa.

FTBOY:
i wish. let them do it quickly so i can go back to delta. i think there's one in anambra...let them open it na

True word bro!

Our people go to Benin republic and Togo to import cars because Lagos port is over crowded and resultantly costlier and takes more time time to process goods. If other ports are opened up with the dredging of river niger as an inland port, the economy of Nigeria will quadruple with employment souring.

There's an international cargo airport in Asaba and it's in the right direction.

yorubatic:
You are simply a diabolical coward...optimism with those who don't want you...optimism with those who want you ruined or is it optimism with those who want you dead...I hate diabolical hypocrites like you....simply learn to be on own your own....you are evil, very evil...you have a ritualistics aura, so full of deceit and evil, very incestuous...you smell like a betrayer you are ...

lolz with you stop cracking me up with laughter here!!! You ooze of a dark humour.

I see you're of the southeast or Igbo and you use a yoruba moniker to do tribal trolling? Is that right?

I'm not yoruba, can't even speak the language beyond monosyllabic mumblings. But I like its people, they add to the rich heritage of this country. I have an in law in Brasil, sometimes I phone him to have his host know that they have Nigerians as indigenous people of Brazil and their culture is of Nigeria too. Isn't that something to be proud of?

In international politics, if harnessed, it is called soft power. And look at the Igbos, I can understand its sense of humour and language from Nollywood which has showcased Nigeria to the world and has caught the attention of CNN and Hollywood.

The Gambia has even made igbo an official language in that west african country. And when I think of all the human and material investment in lagos and other parts of the country by the Igbos, I see a people who love diversity and adventure.
All I see is a country with people who can dominate the world.

Igbos and yorubas as frenemies no more no less.
And all the hostilities are no more than chest beating and vain banter. Do not forget igbos have commissioners and legislators in lagos state.

Follow the silent beat that carrys the true pulse of Nigeria. Do not be a shaft blown by every wind.

coolitempa:
Yes, I agree with you......it is more noise than reality......but my point is if the majority of ibos want Biafra......let us allow them to have it....the SW is too congested and it is getting worse... .... ....initially when it started........we were being accommodating thinking we are being our brothers keepers ......but the spat of serious kidnapping in those areas a few years back led to a massive influx of ibos into our lands..... .......and even after the kidnapping was controlled a little by holding their community leaders responsible........the mass migration has continued... ......you need to be in traffic in any city in the southwest and you will not believe the number of them sweating and running after your cars to sell one product or the other even making the traffic jam and accidents worse.....with attendant costs on productivity lost.....and because of the failure of their system....and much frustration....many of them get involved in all kinds of crime...armed robbery.....fake drugs....etc....without conscience ...many consider money in any form.....Business.....you need to go out into clubs/hotels and see the sheer number of ibo prostitutes that litter our cities......meanwhile their leaders do nothing to address their issues and we are forced to accommodate and provide for them in our land even with so much hatred which is nothing to do with us..... .....I swear.....I cannot wait for Biafra.... ......the problem is that once they get Biafra....the ibos are self hating anyway and will start killing themselves but then it will no longer be our problem as long as they no longer wander into our lands.....shikena....

Lol my dear, As long as Lagos is the economic capital and social hub of Nigeria, it will always be overcrowded - even if Biafrans go.

That's why there should be a restructuring of Nigeria. Lagos can be decongested by opening other ports of the country which have access to the Atlantic ocean.

But every capital - be it political or economica l- does have its price to pay. The residents of Makoko are of other west african citizens than Nigerians. And if you were to conduct a census on foreigners in Lagos, you'll be amazed at the findings.

Other parts of the country should be opened up. Who says Nigeria can't have our own New York, Los Angeles and Washington or Pretoria, joburg and Cape Town?

whitecloth:
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you're really one in a kind, if Nigeria has a lot of you at the height of power, this country will progress, but you should also know something, this biafra and zoo issue, I smell foul play sometimes, my mind use to tell me that there are some people hiding under there keyboard to perpetrate this things, God knows them, I don't. they are not really who you think they are.
God bless Nigeria

I have long suspected it. Some people deliberately fan the embers of tribal fires for political expediency.

Since the advent of democracy -even before- the call for secession is often use to draw attention to particular region/tribe. I have been to the east, south - south and west and the ordinary man/woman on the street isn't that secession - minded.

Nairaland paints a very distorting image of reality with this Biafra and zoo chanting.

yorubatic:
Fetish dunce allow those who don't want to be with you to go...stop ranting trash. ..it is not by force to together. ..let biafra be...the prefer secession. ...stop ranting. ..or are you afraid of something?

Letting Biafra or any region go is not up to you or me. IT IS UP TO NIGERIA.

AND AS IT STANDS, IT IS TREASON TO DECLARE IT.
So what would you suggest ?

yorubatic:
Then let those who want to part way be....let those who have repeatedly said, they hate you and don't want to be with you, to go....it is not by force to be together. ...Learn to accept the opinion of those who hate you....my kinds hate you lots...coward dunce

Seems to me your personal life has got more problems than Nigeria.

Your hate is so empty and cheap you're obviously choking in it. Do not use the word coward except in description of yourself. For hate is cheaper than optimism.

speak2emmalex:
Most people dont believe in Nigeria anymore..am one of those people and there is nothing to be proud about been Nigerian absolutly nothing.

if you name one thing that makes you proud as a Nigerian then i will name a million reason why nigeria is a zoo that must fail

No one is denying the state of Nigeria. But I looked around and I discovered that secession won't solve the problem one bit.

yorubatic:
Yet it is not by force to be together. ...you can still achieve your aim alone...or must the Biafrans be ypu lots before ypu can progress? Can't you be on your own? You shameless laziests and unprogresthives cowards

So much hate for a harmless post? Are you an inherent sadist or does evil reside in the corners of your soul eating your life away?

No where in my post did I state my region, neither am I a Biafran.

I'm just an ordinary Nigerian who sees beyond the smoke of tribal bigotry to the pinnacle of hope Nigeria will become.

coolitempa:
Listen.....iboes are a significant part of Nigeria in terms of population....and they do not want to be part of Nigeria....they want their own country....why deny them that....we cannot have a strong Nigeria which is divided against itself.....let the iboes be serious about their Biafra and go for it.....

Lol, you will start by identifying them with the correct spelling of their name.....

OK, the voice of a few cannot represent the majority. And there's is much more in secession than mere empty rhetoric of vagabonds who hide behind social media to scream Biafra.

I'm yet to see one igbo leader who has called for a secession without any political calculation to it. Nor have I seen any machinery both political and economical being wielded to achieve Biafra.

speak2emmalex:
Nigeria is not a Country..it is a man made creation that expired a year ago.

Nothing good will ever come out the Zoo unitl it divides

I beg to differ. Nigerian has been through the worst and has come out undone. All I see is silver lining and a hope of a giant whose birth was never a coincidence.

Tell me what can break Nigeria that hasn't happened yet failed?

coolitempa:
We can achieve all these without the ibos....let them get their Biafra.....this is their wish and we support them......as a suggestion let them start by petitioning their elected representatives and let those ones start speaking....that is all we ask.....we will support their agitation.....the radio and online Biafra stuff is nonsense....we want the real Biafra and have advised them how they can get it....

This thread stands in clear opposition to your line of thinking. EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN A STRONG NIGERIA WITH GLOBAL MUSCLE AND POLITICAL CLOUT.

It is disheartening to watch on social-media when Nigerians resort to tribal slurs and cruel jibes at one another at the slightest of chance. Ironically most of the jeering participants are often decent fellows offline who have in their close circles as friends people of other ethnic groups.

Nigeria is a mere geographical expression of the British experiment , so opined a leading political figure. Perhaps it was so during the 1914 amalgamation. A casual look at the sociopolitical and economic evolution of Nigeria ever since will lead any honest observer to draw a very contrasting conclusion.

For the Igbos do bound her neighbours in the south south in Abia and Imo and delta states and there has been a cultural and economical entwinement in this region. The Igbos also bound the north/Middlebelt in Enugu,Benue and Kogi states.


The yorubas share a little ancestral linkage in delta and Edo states in the south south and are in an eternal sociopolitical blending with the north in kwara and Kogi states.

All of Nigeria seems to meet in some critical geographical junction which suggests there's a bit of ALL OF US in ALL OF US. There is therefore no clear cut geographical or cultural demarcation for secession or breakup.

Summarily, Nairaland has morphed into Africa's biggest online meeting hub with a very sizable number of foreigners both from Africa and beyond. Disappointingly, this is where Nigeria's most ignorant tribal bigots have chosen to launch their scathing and diversionary tribal slurs..... in front of the watching world.

It should be clear that Nigeria is beyond breaking into tiny irrelevant geographical entities. The civil war failed; June 12 failed and has boko haram .

The destiny of Nigeria -- the very premise by which it became is bigger than any single tribe.

While we berate each other and call one another names, the rest of Africa watches with patience, waiting for us to solve our own riddle and lead the entire black race to its true dignity.

The former United Nation's Secretary General, Kofi Annan in Abuja ,January in front of a world press made a daring declaration : " The destiny of Africa is in the hands of Nigeria".

It is a sad commentary that foreigners have more faith and hope in Nigeria than Nigerians. When little minded, shortsighted tribal bigots ,with no sense beyond the relevance of their tribe, dance in a show of tribal shame, the effects resonate around Africa and the black diaspora. For every tribal cruelty spawned online on the ocean of our national existence, the waves of its

aftereffects is felt in the depths of Africa.

The world is aware of our shortcomings in corruption, government inefficiency but their faith is bigger than our dismays. Because there has been progress -not because of the bigots but in spite of them.

Nigeria remains the only black Country with a fair chance of being a super power, but it will take a united and strong Nigeria to achieve this.

The sooner we shed the last vestige of secession, the faster we shall begin to practice true coexistence with the option of disintegration so far off in the distance of genuine brotherhood.

osothermal:
"That doesn't make them Benin" its just like you saying igbos are in Nigeria but dat doesn't make dem Nigerians cause Benin den was a kingdom and the Oba was the king so all his subjects were members of the kingdom and for your assertion that pidgin is not the popular language there,then i begin to doubt if you really stayed in Benin

Why do you challenge this?

The ancient benin empire even stretched to the river niger, covering several other tribes. It doesn't make the urhobos, ijaws, western igbos benin. The ancient British empire covered India, Africa, and Hong Kong but it doesn't make them British.

DrGroove:
GOOD ANSWER! there is no connection btw love n F u c k to men.The next lady a man would bleep despite how much he loves n adores his woman may even be one dirty low class chic but he just has to enter the place.thats all

It's a ironic fact of life.