₦airaland Forum

samkoro: What prompted the western invasion in the first place?where was Gowon commanding from? The West was never considered an enemy as at the time,the reason why Banjo was given charge.

You already knew that it was the presence of northern troops in the west that prompted the move.

samkoro: Was it not col Banjo and majority of yoruba soldiers that were assigned to lead the offensive in the West to neutralise the northern troops in the West?

felifeli: If dem admit you Yaba left now your family no even get money to pay.

pazienza: And i was thinking that katsumoto is the no1 history revisionist extraordinaire. Well,seems like someone just knocked him off that top position.

pazienza: Apart from rubbish revisionist articles written by yoruba media, there is no evidence of the so called biafra atrocities in the mid west. Where as the atrocities of the nigerian army on biafran civilians are well documented.

icon aus: Just only 2 yrs of GEJ in power yorubas are shouting ethnic cleansing. what abot igbos who has been suffering that for the past 45yrs ? just note is gonna be long before a yorubas smells presidency . Anyway we know that u guys re waiting for the north to take over again so u continue taking nigeria backwards shameless people

icon aus: Ur story is what u were told . U intentionally avoided an important part showing that u re bias , Who started the war ? did ojukwu just decide to attack ? he was attacked first and the quickest way to end the war was to capture lagos being the capital so that gowon and co would surender and obey the aburi accord thinking that the Yoruba peolpe would cooperate . Anyway it had happened , we all learnt and unfortunately the yorubas got on the bad book of igbos and that is the fact . Yorubas knew what they did that is the reason u hardly see them in the east meanwhile the igbos are welcoming to any tribes . What alliance are u talking about ? Fake alliance with awolowo who wanted the fall of igbos at all cost . If the alliance was there , why u didnt yorubas support the aburi accord ?

icon aus: you are bitting about the bush . Then when regional ideation resurfaced again under aburi what happened ? in a conflict between 2 the third person should try to be neutral and not to take side that was actually what happened between the north, east and west . For the yorubas to have taken side with north does not vindicate u guys; it demostrated anti igbo and that is where yorubas wrong igbos and that stays . u guys attracted that lack of trust to yourself as far as igbos are concerned .

mimifonwon: another thing this so called historian wrote that is an opinion and not fact is this:"In the first instance, the Igbo first lost the golden opportunity to have Chief Awolowo fully on their side when, neither General Ironsi nor Col. Ojukwu failed to see the wisdom in releasing the former from prison custody in Calabar. Chief Obafemi Awolowo had to wait for the six or seven months before he could be released and granted amnesty by General Yakubu Gowon, who subsequently elevated him."

for as many outside international source has noted, ojukwu was the one that facilatated his release.

Andre Uweh: He is Igbo to the core and I know him personally. I have even given him a call over this issue. My only worry is that he has behaved like some chaps here who have not read the memoirs yet are on rampage.
He is a nice guy though.

ujchief: close to 46% tax?? Thats pure wickedness! Cant imagine working 2 jobs just for a rich govt to take almost half the money in the name of tax!

Turbocharged: Is there anything they are hiding from the public?
1. Suzanne said she hv lived wt Rio for 15years (was it true?,what was their r/ship?, and what does she want?)
2. She wanted to cross examine Rebecca (Rio's wife). Why was she not given the chance? Or is it because she is black?
I strongly believe there is something Rio & co are hiding & he may not be lucky next time; Suzanne might pull the trigger.

freecocoa: My own concern is why the tax equals almost half of the money?

candieangel12: Also his perfect eyebrows, the pink on his shirt, and most guys dont wear sunglasses on top of their heads. Not saying that these are feminine, but all of these aspects together make him look feminine in this picture.

candieangel12: There is something VERY feminine about him in this picture...

Ijebulogic: I see your point. I'm interested in knowing specifically what the law says. I know of a recent case where a British man was sentenced to jail for shooting and injuring (not killing) some rascal teenagers attempting to break into his house. There was outrage in the UK but that was the law. Our law is based on UK common law, so please lawyers in the house should guide us on what our rights are in Nigeria.

logica: @Gidi_Traffic To Report any Fuel Station Selling above 97 naira/ Litre pls call 08058298857 or 07038882720.

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Mad Cow: Why should we call them?!

Abi them no dey buy fuel outside?!

dayokanu: The hero while fleeing even killed 2 children

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icon aus: @logica

igbos suffered greatly in civil war just to keep one nigeria, as a result igbos are living that one nigeria imposed on them however.

icon aus: igbos moved again after the war to other parts of nigeria beleiving in one nigeria

icon aus: @ Dayo kanu

Igbos are migratory in nature.

icon aus: @logica

Note that igbos are not cowards like you people and besides, this is one nigeria!!!! for which many nigerians lost their lives . As per the kidnapping , yorubas are the insiders in the kidnap . They recruited the brave igbos to do the job . The real story will eventually come out . Ok what about 2 yourbas that were involved in Alu atrocity lawal and segun . Who invented 419 , drug trafficking and oluwale thing ( fake passport , fake documents etc ) Are they not yorubas based in lagos?

icon aus: Enough of this yoruba claiming of being accomodative . If not for lagos , igbos would not have migrated to the west in good number . Have you people forgotten that Lagos was the capital of nigeria for yrs hence the migration of many nationalities to lagos including igbos being migratory in nature . To say the truth , the igbos are more in north than the west .The north are more easy to deal with and the most honest tribe in Nigeria to work with or do business with if not because of their religion ( Islam) which tends to mislead them some times . Igbos are in the west because of Lagos which happened to be the capital of Nigeria. Other tribes tends to avoid residing in the east because they cannot compete with igbos in business and other human endeavour . Not in terms hostility . igbos are not hostile to their visitors .They accomodate other tribes in the east . They dont attack them as long you stay and do your business. Even despite immense provocation by the northerners against the igbos residing in the North , igbos still keep calm and wouldnt reteirate in the east . The bottom line is that other nationalities esp yorubas are scared of coming down to east to invest because of cowardice .