₦airaland Forum

Sincere 9gerian: If what Achebe wrote is the TRUTH, then why shouldn't he tell the TRUTH? Why do some persons want him to hide the TRUTH? That someone says it as it is does not mean the person is still ANGRY or BITTER. The TRUTH is the TRUTH and the TRUTH can never be late in coming. So SORRY if it offended some Yoruba persons or any other person but the TRUTH should not be withheld because it will offend some persons. Again the TRUTH may be RIGHT or WRONG depending on your side of the divide or your understanding of issues. To some persons it is right to use starvation as weapon of war but to others it is an ATROCIOUS act. In the opinion of Achebe and some other persons, it is WRONG but in the opinion of others, including the Late Chief Awo, it is RIGHT. Such is life. But bottomline is was starvation used as weapon of war during the Nigerian civil war? Yes! Was Late Awo the driver of such policy? Yes! Was late Awo interested in becoming president of Nigeria after decimating the 'enemy'? Yes! Was Achebe right in documenting these TRUTHS in his book for posterity sake? I think yes. FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL, not ALL weapons of war are acceptable or 'fair'. That is the reason you have the red cross and UN to deliver food to the civillian population even in the period of war. Also it is unacceptable to use certain cluster bombs during war or bomb certain targets during war. Again Igbos did not declare war on Nig rather it was Nigeria that attacked Igbo homeland after the east seceded due to massacre of Igbos in the north

Zeus I: Should the world last more two million years with Igbos in extinct, Kogi indigenes with all their might will never be close to one-fourth of Ebonyi state in wealth(their current wealth), let alone the whole of SE, for where! I wonder where kogi is in Africa, in Zimbabwe i guess, 30sec guess where.

knotty: Dear Kogites, hear this;
I am not disparaging you. I just want the right information passed on about this Iron ore thing.
Kogi is as richly blessed with mineral resources as are other states in Nigeria, Iron Ore not being an exception or a new discovery. Obajana cement plant is not situated in that State for naught.
It is just plain worrisome and dumb Kogi, Nassarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, Gombe and Taraba have all not collectively pooled their political resources into developing one endless cash-cow nature had endowed them with. Somebody educate me on this, please..
Assuming we are at infancy as a nation and we cannot harness resources needed to create a vibrant smeltering mineral resources industry; the least we can do is export.
Now, if all these states cannot collectively clamor for a rail line that guarantees their generational wealth, then, perdition to them.
It is as simple as that.
See the distribution of Iron Ore around the world and show me Kogi there please, now or forever
countries.)[4] Country Production
China 1200*
Australia 480
Brazil 390
India 240
Russia 100
Ukraine 80
South Africa 55
United States 54
Canada 37
Iran 30
Sweden 25
Kazakhstan 24
Venezuela 16
Mexico 14
Mauritania 11
Other countries 50

knotty: Dear Kogites, hear this;
I am not disparaging you. I just want the right information passed on about this Iron ore thing.
Kogi is as richly blessed with mineral resources as are other states in Nigeria, Iron Ore not being an exception or a new discovery. Obajana cement plant is not situated in that State for naught.
It is just plain worrisome and dumb Kogi, Nassarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, Gombe and Taraba have all not collectively pooled their political resources into developing one endless cash-cow nature had endowed them with. Somebody educate me on this, please..Wether u believe it or not, the rail across the country will soon start working and Nigeria must be added to ur purported list. So u'll soon update ur list
Assuming we are at infancy as a nation and we cannot harness resources needed to create a vibrant smeltering mineral resources industry; the least we can do is export.
Now, if all these states cannot collectively clamor for a rail line that guarantees their generational wealth, then, perdition to them.
It is as simple as that.
See the distribution of Iron Ore around the world and show me Kogi there please, now or forever
countries.)[4] Country Production
China 1200*
Australia 480
Brazil 390
India 240
Russia 100
Ukraine 80
South Africa 55
United States 54
Canada 37
Iran 30
Sweden 25
Kazakhstan 24
Venezuela 16
Mexico 14
Mauritania 11
Other countries 50

bigmaut: iron-ore 4 kogi na new thing?hav some pple not had d drain pipe call ajaokuta-itakpe iron-ore b4 pls dnt post useless thread on d font page again

knotty: Without a functioning rail system from source to loading vessels, your Iron ore deposit is useless.
The logistics of moving Iron is so huge that your price will never be competitive internationally except the grade is above 60%. Where will you get that.
Besides, USA/China have some sweet Iron Ore deposit that they can completely ignore Kogi State...Where on the map is that State again?

Mr. Globe:
Good for them. Now they can leave our oil for us. Abi them don leave am self as the noise has ceased.

amor4ce: @poster, first heal thyself. Nigerians who have had the capacity (finance, intellect, drive) but choose not to use such to create jobs should be looked at. They would include the employed and unemployed, the rich and poor, leaders and followers, etc. My take is that we protest against our individual selves first and take responsibility for our actions. This is not to say that there are those who have not been genuinely frustrated in their entrepreneurship endeavours. However, those who do the frustrating are part and parcel of our society.

Why not a protest against those employed cowards who are too scared or lazy to become entrepreneurs and create jobs but prefer the false security of their salaries?

Rolling.:
i think it's unfair to judge the whole muslims because of the waywardness of a few dissidents.

visionbiafra: Pisslam killslam. Religion of piss and pieces

informatix: NO responsible citizen will mock his president even if he is wrong. His effort were enough i agree but i frown face @those who took my president for a ride.

Godjone: Until muslims stp reacting negatively 2 issues abt dia beliefs and gods, mockers wil continue 2 make mockery of dat damn tin dae always fight 4

king-paragon:
......what is then d benefit of staying united wen some part doesnt want. I think 2 safe lives, we shud divide 4 peace 2 rein. If one have gone around naija b4, u will knw dat naija isnt 1 bt 3. Hv u had of power rotation in d USA?

karl max: wOULD all this rioting,killing of innocent people, looting and burning of the property of innocent people not ADD CREDENCE TO THE FILM THEY ARE PROTESTING ABOUT.ARE THESE NOT THINGS THAT THE MOVIE PROTRAYED ABOUT ISLAM ?

banki: i knew some nigerians would catch this bug.... have they seen the movie? funny there are no protests in saudi arabia and in the Emirates, thid are the people that give islam a bad name, tommorow they would kill the american Ambassador to libya over what they have not seen!

hornipipe: Lol i remember when i used to cut skin..after barbing the barber would spray methylated spirit
When asked why he sprays it always he'll say its good for the skin litttle did i know he did it so your hair 'll grow faster and u'll comeback in less than 2weeks for another cut. all scam

teskyg: I quit been a Muslim after the Danish Cartoon riot in the North.I faced a lot of hostility from my Family.Today,I found the real peace in Jesus Christ.Pls,join me.

Capt.Barbosa:
All these ACN and CPC gossips can't take a leap into reality and shed off the viral bigotry eating them deep.

rotman91: What a joker u are. Guess it was mistaken for palm kernel oil all dis northern illiterates. This is evidently far from possible

Super1759: This kogi self.

manny4life: Who says GEJ isn't working?


Hope they use the money well, and FMF follows on them as well.

crusifis: as the hausas and fulani and keep conquering and marching southward, its high-time, we start marching northwards, conquering every land, while we now meet up with the hausas and start the war

dedeike: Very excellent performance. Quite revealing. I learnt a lot from his speech, He was very impressive to all the interviewers and parried all their questions with confidence and in a very humble way. At times, I am tempted to believe that So many Nigerians hve been unfair to this Man. Look at the lot he has been able to achieve in less than 1 year despite all the distraction from Boko haram. Then his response to his Brasilian trip brought chills down my spine, I appreciated his challenge as aNigerian leader in this times.