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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At about 10.40 one morning last August, Mohammed Abul Barra rammed his ash-coloured station wagon into a security gate outside the United Nations headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, knocking it off its hinges. Barra's 1996 Honda Accord then crashed through the main building's glass doors and slammed against the reception desk.

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On security tapes of the incident seen by Reuters, a guard peers into the car, evidently unaware that it is packed with explosives. The grainy footage shows a dozen or so people in the reception edge towards the vehicle. Over 10 seconds pass in confusion before one man seemingly realises what is about to happen. He grabs the person next to him and darts towards the lift. But it's too late. Barra steadies himself, leans forward and the security screens blur into white fuzz.
The suicide strike left 25 people dead and the U.N. headquarters in tatters. It also drew global attention to Boko Haram, the militant group from northern Nigeria which has claimed responsibility for the attack and a string of bombings since then that has killed hundreds.

As the bombings have grown in frequency in recent months, the Nigerian government and Western security officials have begun to grapple with the exact nature of the threat. Is Boko Haram just the latest in a long list of violent spasms in Nigeria, or is it the next battalion of global jihadists, capable of thrusting Africa's most populous nation into civil war?
The answer to that is not simple. There is evidence - some of it detailed in this story for the first time - that elements of Boko Haram have received training from foreign militant groups, including North Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM). The August attack was far more sophisticated than anything linked to Boko Haram before.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan calls the group a terrorist organisation with global ambitions. In an interview in his presidential villa last week, Jonathan said there was "no doubt" Boko Haram has links with jihadist groups outside Nigeria. General Carter Ham, the head of the U.S. military's Africa Command, said last year Boko Haram posed a threat to U.S. and Western interests.

At the same time, Boko Haram remains firmly focused on domestic Nigerian issues. When its secretive spokesman claims responsibility for attacks, he almost always lists local grievances that have little to do with the core ideologies of al Qaeda. The group's name means "Western education is sinful" in Hausa, the language spoken in northern Nigeria, the country's Muslim heartland. But its anger is directed not at America or Europe but at Nigeria's elites: at their perceived arrogance, their failure to deliver services, and the brutality of their security forces. Many Boko Haram members say their focus is on targeting officials who have locked up its members or misused state funds.

Even Nigeria's national security adviser, General Owoye Azazi, who sees a link between Boko Haram and AQIM, urges caution in defining the group.

"We need to tackle Boko Haram from several perspectives," Azazi said in an interview. "If you go back to history, there are religious concerns, there are concerns about governance, and of course, political implications. It's a combination of so many things."

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what do u know about nigerian make up? @jason

what constitutes North? is Abuja hausa land?

what is the percentage of muslims in middle belt ?

do u think middlebelt plus southern kaduna will stay with ur hausa ass?

what do u know about portharcout?

peter odili and present governor what are they ? ijaws ?

how on earth is portharcourt ijaw ?

Portharcourt is IGBOland - ( thats will ikwerre accepting to be igbo, if not , there are still a good half of portharcourt that are core Igbos, ndoyi, etche, egbema.

jason u re daft head. u reason with ur ass

never a people [size=18pt]BETRAYAL AND TREACHERY[/size] IS HIGHLY ACCEPTED, CHERISHED AND LOVED IN THEIR CULTURE AS MUCH AS THE YORUBAs.


sincerely, it is worrisome.

How cud human beings be this hateful?

[size=18pt]Crimes of GENOCIDE Committed by NIGERIA on the IGBO
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“We do not want, Sir, our Southern neighbours to interfere in our development,  I should like to make it clear to you that if the British quitted Nigeria now at this stage the northern people would continue their interrupted conquest to the sea.”

      Mallam Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1947)
      Later to become Prime Minister of Nigeria   
     
1945   Northern Moslems kill HUNDREDS of IGBO civilians in the Northern city of JOS and loot their properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars!

   1953    Northern Moslems pounce on IGBO civilians in the Northern city of KANO, HUNDREDS of IGBO men and women are killed and their property worth in the hundreds of millions are looted!

“The seeds of the trouble which broke out in Kano on May 1953 have their counterparts still in the ground. It could happen again, and only a realization and acceptance of the underlying causes can remove the danger of recurrence.”

      Official Report of the 1953 Massacre in Kano
      British Administrative officer

“Mr. Chairman, Sir, since 1955 this government had laid down a policy. First Northerners, second Expatriates and third non-northerners. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I have noted very carefully all the speeches made by all the Members in the Honourable House and I am ready to put up to my Government their views and I hope my Government will give them consideration ,  I think these two things are the major things I have to answer now. One is on scholarship and the other is on how to do away with the Ibos.”

      Alhaji Mustafa Ismaila Zanna Dujuna (Minister of Establishments and training)
      AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS FIND
      PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF GENOCIDE

1966 * MAY * JULY * SEPTEMBER *
(The worst pogrom in all of Africa up to that time!)

“It is pertinent to observe that the Atrocities Tribunal found as a fact that the Northern Nigeria authorities with their collaborators had devised a seven point program aimed at a complete extermination of the then Eastern Nigerians (now Biafrans) in Northern Nigeria and other parts of the federation. The program is outlined as follows:

1. (a) to kill off the Major-general and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, T. J.           T. Aguiyi-Ironsi;
       (b) to kill off all Yamiri (Igbo) Army officers;
       (c) and subsequently purge the Army of Yamiri by killing the rest in the ranks.

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2.    With the aid of the Westerners in the army, to take complete control of the Armed         Forces, the Police and the Navy and to purge off the Yamiri in these forces too.

   3.    To kill off and dispossess all the Yamiri domiciled in the Northern region.

    4.    To use the control of the Armed Forces to take control of the country’s Government.

5.    To revenge Sarduana’s and Abubakar’s death by killing Dr. Zik, Dr. Okpara,         Ojukwu and Major Nzeogwu.

   6.    To destroy Port Harcourt, Enugu and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

   7.    To kill all
     (a) Yamiri in top civil service posts;
     (b) all wealthy Yamiri - male and female;
     (c) all Yamiri educational giants;
     (d) all grown up males and females of Yamiri;
     (e) to leave out only sucklings in yamiri land.
                   (Tribunal Report pp. 133 - 134)”


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Crimes of GENOCIDE Committed by NIGERIA on the IGBO

“We do not want, Sir, our Southern neighbours to interfere in our development, I should like to make it clear to you that if the British quitted Nigeria now at this stage the northern people would continue their interrupted conquest to the sea.”

Mallam Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1947)
Later to become Prime Minister of Nigeria

1945 Northern Moslems kill HUNDREDS of IGBO civilians in the Northern city of JOS and loot their properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars!

1953 Northern Moslems pounce on IGBO civilians in the Northern city of KANO, HUNDREDS of IGBO men and women are killed and their property worth in the hundreds of millions are looted!

“The seeds of the trouble which broke out in Kano on May 1953 have their counterparts still in the ground. It could happen again, and only a realization and acceptance of the underlying causes can remove the danger of recurrence.”

Official Report of the 1953 Massacre in Kano
British Administrative officer

“Mr. Chairman, Sir, since 1955 this government had laid down a policy. First Northerners, second Expatriates and third non-northerners. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I have noted very carefully all the speeches made by all the Members in the Honourable House and I am ready to put up to my Government their views and I hope my Government will give them consideration , I think these two things are the major things I have to answer now. One is on scholarship and the other is on how to do away with the Ibos.”

Alhaji Mustafa Ismaila Zanna Dujuna (Minister of Establishments and training)
AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS FIND
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF GENOCIDE

1966 * MAY * JULY * SEPTEMBER *
(The worst pogrom in all of Africa up to that time!)

“It is pertinent to observe that the Atrocities Tribunal found as a fact that the Northern Nigeria authorities with their collaborators had devised a seven point program aimed at a complete extermination of the then Eastern Nigerians (now Biafrans) in Northern Nigeria and other parts of the federation. The program is outlined as follows:

1. (a) to kill off the Major-general and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, T. J. T. Aguiyi-Ironsi;
(b) to kill off all Yamiri (Igbo) Army officers;
(c) and subsequently purge the Army of Yamiri by killing the rest in the ranks.

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2. With the aid of the Westerners in the army, to take complete control of the Armed Forces, the Police and the Navy and to purge off the Yamiri in these forces too.

3. To kill off and dispossess all the Yamiri domiciled in the Northern region.

4. To use the control of the Armed Forces to take control of the country’s Government.

5. To revenge Sarduana’s and Abubakar’s death by killing Dr. Zik, Dr. Okpara, Ojukwu and Major Nzeogwu.

6. To destroy Port Harcourt, Enugu and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

7. To kill all
(a) Yamiri in top civil service posts;
(b) all wealthy Yamiri - male and female;
(c) all Yamiri educational giants;
(d) all grown up males and females of Yamiri;
(e) to leave out only sucklings in yamiri land.
(Tribunal Report pp. 133 - 134)”

Republic of BIAFRA is a REALITY!


“What had started as a belief was transmuted to total conviction; that they could never again live with Nigerians. From this stems the primordial political reality of the present situation. Biafra cannot be killed by anything short of total eradication of the people who make her. For even under total occupation Biafra would sooner or without Colonel Ojukwu, rise up again.”

      The Biafra Story
      Frederick Forsyth

"Surely, when a whole people is rejected by the majority of the state in which they live, they must have the right to live under a different kind of arrangement which does secure their existence. States are made to serve people; governments are established to protect the citizens of a state against external enemies and internal wrong doers."

President Julius Nyerere
Biafra, Human Rights and Self determination in Africa.
April 13, 1968 (Dar es Salam)

We, “The Igbo Coalition in the Americas”, want to alert you about a serious humanitarian issue, the immense injustice that has befallen our peace loving, God fearing population, a people steeped in the Judea Christian and democratic values, the Igbo (or Ibo) nation in Nigeria.

Nigeria is at a crossroad again and as usual the Igbo nation is the scape goat. There is a concerted effort by Islamic extremists and Islamic political leaders in the Feudal Moslem North to subjugate the Igbo nation. This plot is openly and enthusiastically supported by such countries as Iran, Libya and Sudan. To Muslim extremists, the Igbo nation is the only force that stands between them and the total Islamization of West Africa.

We, the Igbo people have suffered many pogroms in the past. We are the survivors of the most brutal genocidal massacres ever unleashed in Africa, south of the Sahara. We have paid an immense prize at the hands of Moslem radicals who consider the Igbo nation as the most despicable of infidels outside of the Republic of Israel. In the past 50 years, more than 5 million Igbo people have died in pogroms, wars and massacres designed to “teach the Igbo a lesson”. For our rich Judea-Christian and democratic values, many Moslems regard us Igbo as little better than vermin, worthy of the most brutal treatment.

To illustrate the urgency of our plight, below is a small snapshot of a few of the pogroms and acts of genocidal slaughter that the Igbo have suffered in Nigeria since 1945:


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dayokanu:
So all those multi billion naira mansions built in FESTAC, Lekki, Ikoyi, Ajah are about to be priced for 500k?

na UN go settle that one.

moremi2008:
That woman must have some serious jazz or the man must be a semi-im.be.cile. Both of them should be locked up: the woman for being evil and the man for being foolish.

when has it become a crime to be a fool?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ISLAM ?

THESE GUYS HAVE NO REGARD  FOR HUMAN LIFE. DAMN!. YET YORUBA CONTINUE SIDING WITH THEM AGAINST IGBOs.

how is it possible that ogoja with few population could have gotten that land mass ? when in the olddies land was by number and farming.


anyway, if ND is to be on their own there will be need to redrawn the borders btw every igbo clan and community in the present ND states willing to be part of Biafra or whatever name.

The present state borders were drawn up by a Yoruba man ! what do u expect ?

there are dozens of igbo clans in Cross river alone.

Nri kingdom extended deep into present Akwaibom state.

Portharcourt is more Igbo than anything else.

bonny , opobo, ndoni etc , anyway elders still dey alive to explain history

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dtanigwe:
I am a black American woman who has recently married an Igbo man. I was raised, as we all are, to have certain preconceived notions about ppl of other races and cultures, and Africans, although I am clearly a descendent, were no exception.

Having taught myself not to judge by these prescriptions, I gave no thought to my husband's nationality when I married him, but I have to admit that now, the quiet protests of my friends and family are starting to get to me and are raising doubt in my mind. I don't want to offend anyone, but in the interest of honest, open discourse, these are the stereotypes and fears that my loved ones present me with:

1. Africans/Nigerians only marry american women for a green card and will leave them as soon as they get it. They've usually got a Nigerian wife or girlfriend back home that they will marry and bring to the states after dumping the American wife.
2. Nigerians are notorious womanizers. If they do stay with their American wife they will callously cheat on her.
3. Africans think of women as objects or property. He is controlling of his wife, her opinion doesn't matter, her place is in the kitchen and having babies, and the man has the right to beat his wife and will often be verbally abusive.
4. A Nigerian man wouldn't stay with a black American because her bloodline has been "tainted".
5. Nigerian/Igbo men become cold, unaffectionate, and unloving with their wives (and sometimes children)

My husband is applying for his residency based on our marriage, and so far has not been any of these stereotypes (except maybe a little controlling, but never abusively so). In fact he has been a stark contrast, almost a perfect contrast. He is extremely affectionate and loving, speaks respectfully to me, never raised a hand to me, and he at least makes me think he considers my opinion on things. My fear is that once his residency becomes permanent will he change? Is this a norm? I want to know the truth behind Nigerian men marrying American women and why the marriages that fall apart do so. And also how many of these marriages stay together.

why are u being so in-secured ? i see u have posted similar posts on several sections.

there is no norm,

how much do u think it will cost him to pay a hooker, or those baby mama on food stamps to get his paper ? Now, how much has he spent on you ?

if u have any fears , speak to him like a person and find out.

ileke u re funny

Kano — The Imo State Governor Chief Rochas Okorocha has said that all the phone calls and text messages sent to the East that Igbo indigenes living in Kano were massacred in Kano during the last Friday series of bomb blasts were false and baseless rumors that have no basis.



Okorocha told Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso that he was personally disturbed at the rate of phone calls and text messages that were sent to the east that many soles of Igbo people were killed in the multiple bomb blasts of Kano which necessitated his visit to see for himself.

The Imo governor noted that on his arrival he went to Sabon Gari where many of his people live, ' but after going round and meeting with virtually everybody all of them denied that the story of killings of Igbo people were cooked for unknown reason, as such they are baseless and unfounded'.

He said already he had directed that all those that have started running away to stay behind as there was no basis for their leaving Kano, as the government of Kwankwaso is doing all it could to ensure the safety of all the non indigenes and the teeming people of the state.



He said that Igbo's were assets not only to themselves to the nation wherever they go.

"Igbos are never a threat to anybody because what concerns an Igbo man is his business, that is why they should be seen as brothers not enemies', he said.

He said Nigeria is facing a more fundamental and challenging period that requires all its citizenry to come together and solve them, he said they must see themselves as their brothers' keepers not enemies as some want to see them.


He urged the federal government to provide more security to Kano because of its population and cosmopolitan nature, just as he urged Kwankwaso to give more priority in times of security to areas like Sabon Gari so that non indigenes should feel safe and at home.

He assured that Nigeria would come out with a more brighter future from the challenges they are facing, '"but this does not mean we should fold our arms and leave the evil ones among us to continue to control our lives, we have to do something to stop them."

Meanwhile the wife of the vice President Amina Namadi Sabo wept at the Emir of Kano palace while talking about the unfortunate Friday bombings that pervaded Kano.

She said what had happened was not acceptable as such government will do all it could to arrest the situation from reoccurring.






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http://www.champion.com.ng/displaycontent.asp?pid=15378

^^^ na u cause am, by the way, is it proper using such vague word in front of kids, let alone a joke?

Meet the woman who beats her businessman husband so severely that he almost lost his arm and will need cosmetic surgery to heal his horrific scars.



Chidi nwabueze, 49, from anmbra, suffered two years of abuse at the hands of his wife, including one attack where she sprayed bleach in his eyes.
He also suffered fractures to his skull, cheekbones, and nose, three cracked ribs and horrific burns on his arm from an iron at the hands of his ex-girlfriend.

Joy Bola, 38, from Ogun state, who is now in detention awaiting trial for  causing grievous bodily harm, also lit cigarettes and shoved them up her partner’s nose after falsely accusing him of having an affair.
On one occasion, she also poured two kettles full of boiling water over him - and even attacked him with a vacuum cleaner.
chidi, who is now preparing for the surgery, said: 'It was between Christmas and New Year (in 2006) when she first accused me of having an affair with one of her friends.
'This was the first time she lashed out.
'She punched me in the face and I had a black eye.'

Bola begged him for forgiveness, saying it was just a one-off and soon moved into his flat at Mushin, Lagos state.
However a few weeks later she launched another attack with the vacuum cleaner.
chidi recalled: 'She began ranting and raving about previous partners of mine.
'Then, all of a sudden, she switched the vacuum cleaner off, grabbed the nozzle and whacked me across the face with it. I could feel my cheek split.'
This was the first of many outbursts of domestic violence from the then 34-year-old and the attacks got progressively worse.
His worst ordeal came when Bola poured a kettle full of boiling water into his lap and, while he was screaming in agony, she reboiled the kettle and poured it over him again.
He continued: 'She would show off my injuries to her friends.

'I felt as though I couldn’t walk away, because she told me she had family who were involved in organised crime who would kill me if I left her.
'I felt I was trading with my life.

I was brought up well and taught never to hit a woman - and I didn’t lay a finger on her.'
The night before Joy's arrest, Mr chidi endured an attack that lasted almost seven hours, where he was beaten with a metal bar and his body smashed in places with a claw hammer.

A neighbour who heard his screams called the vigilante, who took him to hospital and arrested Joy.
Although the violence had come to an end, Mr chidi didn’t realise the aftermath would be just as bad.

Injuries: Among Chidi's injuries were,   .

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Meet the woman who beats her businessman husband so severely that he almost lost his arm and will need cosmetic surgery to heal his horrific scars.



Chidi nwabueze, 49, from anmbra, suffered two years of abuse at the hands of his wife, including one attack where she sprayed bleach in his eyes.
He also suffered fractures to his skull, cheekbones, and nose, three cracked ribs and horrific burns on his arm from an iron at the hands of his ex-girlfriend.

Bola, 38, from Ogun state, who is now in detention awaiting trial for causing grievous bodily harm, also lit cigarettes and shoved them up her partner’s nose after falsely accusing him of having an affair.
On one occasion, she also poured two kettles full of boiling water over him - and even attacked him with a vacuum cleaner.
chidi, who is now preparing for the surgery, said: 'It was between Christmas and New Year (in 2006) when she first accused me of having an affair with one of her friends.
'This was the first time she lashed out.
'She punched me in the face and I had a black eye.'

Bola begged him for forgiveness, saying it was just a one-off and soon moved into his flat at Mushin, Lagos state.
However a few weeks later she launched another attack with the vacuum cleaner.
chidi recalled: 'She began ranting and raving about previous partners of mine.
'Then, all of a sudden, she switched the vacuum cleaner off, grabbed the nozzle and whacked me across the face with it. I could feel my cheek split.'
This was the first of many outbursts of domestic violence from the then 34-year-old and the attacks got progressively worse.
His worst ordeal came when Bola poured a kettle full of boiling water into his lap and, while he was screaming in agony, she reboiled the kettle and poured it over him again.
He continued: 'She would show off my injuries to her friends.

'I felt as though I couldn’t walk away, because she told me she had family who were involved in organised crime who would kill me if I left her.
'I felt I was trading with my life.

I was brought up well and taught never to hit a woman - and I didn’t lay a finger on her.'
The night before Joy's arrest, Mr chidi endured an attack that lasted almost seven hours, where he was beaten with a metal bar and his body smashed in places with a claw hammer.

A neighbour who heard his screams called the vigilante, who took him to hospital and arrested Joy.
Although the violence had come to an end, Mr chidi didn’t realise the aftermath would be just as bad.

Injuries: Among Chidi's injuries were, .

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alhaja , sincerely census might be a joke, but this is wat the published, then an insider in the LCB lagos census burea, during an interview with the sun newspaper reveal it. i dount if he is lying ? but that is wat he said.

you guys are funny, do u think these Igbos went to North becos the luv the weather ? abi na the mallams ?

Igbos are in the North becos they see an opportunity there.

In adamawa , in some local government there is no hospital nothing , there only source of medication will be an Igbo man selling chemist. now this Igbo man is tantamount to a doctor , a life saver, this igbo man may be a low-life in the east but will go to that north and be a doctor, administering drugs and everything.

that opportunity is not in the east.

i know many chemists that has built edifice from "chemist in the north" business.

are u stupid or being funny? in the last census, lagos state conducted a parallel census with the FG one with ethnicity as part of it.

Igbo came up to 44% with Yorubas 43 % . but was manipulated, saying some water line areas wasnt comprehensively covered , their mathematics then produced the 46 abi 44% yoruba , 42% igbos.

go figure.

Igbo are 42% percent of Lagos as well, though 44 but was reduced to 42 by tinubu.

Abuja 67.8 @ 2007