₦airaland Forum

lygn19:
Me Not drifting far but I want to correct some impressions and some propagandas that has been carried around by some benin elements about igbo people and I want Nigeria and the world to be the judge;
Before independence the Benin empire was one of the most influential in west Africa and Africa as the whole, with the Oba of Benin as its ruler plus his sons and other administrators who assisted him, during the reign of the Benin empire just as every other kingdom as at then was built on the backs of slaves, agriculture and trade. But one thing differentiated the Benin empire from others, its tyranny and wickedness that made British explorers write about Benin with the following statement;
"Naval intelligence officer R.H. Bacon wrote,

The one lasting remembrance of Benin in my mind is its smells. Crucifixions, human sacrifices, and every horror the eye could get accustomed to, to a large extent, but the smells no white man’s internal economy could stand. …

Blood was everywhere; smeared over bronzes, ivory, and even the walls, and spoke the history of that awful city in a clearer way than writing ever could. And this had been going on for centuries! Not the lust of one king, not the climax of a bloody reign, but the religion (save the word!) of the race …

the atrocities of Benin, originating in blood lust and desire to terrorise the neighbouring states, the brutal love of mutilation and torture, and the wholesale manner in which the caprices of the King and Juju were satisfied, could only have been the result of stagnant brutality …

[I saw] a crucifixion tree with a double crucifixion on it, the two poor wretches stretched out facing the west, with their arms bound together in the middle. The construction of this tree was peculiar, being absolutely built for the purpose of crucifixion. At the base were skulls and bones, literally strewn about; the debris of former sacrifices … and down every main road were two or more human sacrifices.

The synoptic reports of two other officers are excerpted in this tome; e.g.,

Seven large sacrifice compounds were found inclosed by walls … [containing earthen] altars [that] were covered with streams of dried human blood … [and] open pits filled with human bodies giving forth the most trying odours."

why do you have to quote a white man? like they will ever give a black man his well deserved credit. smh

simpleseyi:
I am very sure wailing would have killed you before Buhari's second term. Yeah, you read me right, Buhari is ruling for another 4 years after his first 4 years. You can go and climb mountain and die as El-Rufai advised.

I keep telling them to save their saliva for at least the election of 2019, but they don't take the advice. but what does it profit a man to wail for 4years and still suffer the loss of another election.

nationwide1:
Have you now heard that Akpabio was invited by EFCC yesterday?


What you don't know, it's always more honorable to keep quiet than to say anything that would make people think you have little knowledge.



But mention past APC governor who has been quizzed by EFCC recently. None.



A polarized fight against corruption is dead on arrival.

did Akpabio himself not say it was nothing serious? from the horses mouth.

who doesn't get messed up? I could interview Mehdi and mess him up also...btw, GEJ was murdered on his very first international interview.

nationwide1:
Bro, their cases are currently being treated by EFCC.

lie lie...which case? show me proof now!!!

tomakint:
Indeed, Nigeria is back to business as usual, all those noise about change is just for dummies afterall......quote me anywhere, if Amaechi is made Minister of the Federal Republic, many Nigerians will never take Buhari's anti-corruption crusade serious. Buhari is about to mess himself up, to even think a Senate President with corrupt charges of that magnitude is still presiding over Senate affairs is alarming and laughable. What a pity!

If Amaechi is made minister

you're in dreamland if you think Amaechi isn't going to be made minister. In fact judging by your comment, it is safe to say 'keep on wailing in dreamland'.

Trut:
Chaiiii... Nigeria Military and Airforce are now begging BH. What a disgrace

It is not begging, It is a strategy that works to reduce converts.

If the government of the day gives a deadline, I expect no cock and bull from the MDAs.

death to the insurgents!!!

Fashola is worth the hype.

Martins301:
Dude you better shut up and not quote me if you don't understand my comment. It was obvious Fashola didn't jot down proper note for the question or he has no idea of how to solve the problem of illegal oil refineries especially in remote areas. I took note of the question and was disappointed at his lackluster response to it. Its not hate. Its how a rational mind works.

SAN nor be Engr. them be two different things oh, shey you go skool.

FreeGlobe:
Hungry yoruba youth, how much does tinubu pay you to post on nairaland?

Im not surprised, I see a whole lot of stupid in you through your comments.

FreeGlobe:
Ok, I'm a bit impressed on his answers to the deportation issue.

who cares you're a wailer.

if I hear

well, at least the international community can see that something is being done for the north east.

fantazia:
JUST imagine!!! not a single woman from the south nor east, i tell you BUHARI knows what he is doing. "i hope he realises that he is a president of NIGERIA not the president of the north and west.

your wailing is epic.

what's there to imagine? It is a minister per state, what difference does it make if its a man or a woman that is chosen?

#confused wailer alert.

finance or trade and investment minister.

TheFreeOne:
Just move on cos you lack the capacity to understand what is going on.

you mean what is going on in your state of dementia, caused by the deposing of your clueless hero, leaving you in a steady 5months uncontrollable wailing state whenever you hear the name Buhari? that wailing capacity, I truly lack...

eagleeye2:
Ohhhhhhhhhh
Why all these need to explain what Buhari will do or will not do.







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We are no longer campaigning. We accept, the ONE CHANCE & IRONY OF CHANGE.

but you will agree with me that you're getting a fairer deal than during the Jonathan administration.

TheFreeOne:
Cos he's a member of the inner caucus.

Southerners should keep on the self deception that Buhari ain't running a northern agenda.

I hope it won't be too late when they realize the preconceived game.

go school, you nor go..you see now? I doubt you can recognize a northern agenda if you see one.

Jonathan downplayed everything, even his reelection, which eventually caused him defeat.

So, its safe to say that GEJ failed Nigeria.

nwaanambra1:
meen!!!! na waoo!!!


that poor soldier looks like a yoruba guy!

i am beginning to wonder if nigeria is really worth all this sacrifices just to remain a country

i think we really need to work out the best ways for peaceful breakup!

THIS UNITY IS NOT JUST WORKING FOR ANY OF US.

the union of Nigeria is not the problem, the leadership is...and every tribe and ethnic group have contributed to that leadership failure.

all these are just as a result of leadership failure...

modified: well, thank jah it's just a bad transformer. It would have been too bad.

kai Buhari. hope its not true.

I suspect two things

1) ogogoro cause am
2) fear of the unknown cause cardiac arrest

all in all, Nigerian press and online media should have pity on his soul.

I can do better as PDP's spokesman.

This FFK should be writing short statements, he is not that great to be writing long epistles and expecting someone like me to read it...he is not that loved.

who says Buhari is not smart?

It is the dull wailing wailers, whose political leaders with a whole countries resources at its fingers, could not win an election.

I remember that fund raising day like it was yesterday, billions been thrown around, billions that could give Nigeria one of the best universities in the world.

Those are the ones saying Buhari is not smart.

Stella Oduah thieving big pass fashola own.
but thief na thief.
I will give him a chance to prove himself as a minister.

WETINUSABI:
PDP is a party of bastardss...quote me anywhere.

PDP is dead and gone to its grave, uhmn-ha gone to its grave.

good one.

I'm impressed. really a good development.

#transparency.