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Get well, brother.

laudate:
Isn't Nupe closer than Israel?

This behaviour is alien to us.

'' Igbos are Nupe and originated from kinupe''.
Can you imagine?

The Igbo question. It must be dealt with before Nigeria can move forward and indeed progress.

Constantly shoving it aside hasn't, and WILL NOT do anybody any good. The earlier we deal with it and get it over with, the better.

- The Southwest consultative forum in Ibadan, Oyo state capital said Nnamdi Kanu is a threat to national unity

- The forum said Arewa Youth Consultative Forum president, Alhaji Yerima Shetima who only advised the Igbos on how to carry out their secession should be left alone

- Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has done a great job for making the region proud and called on him to keep up the good work, the forum said

The south west consultative forum has given its support for the Arewa Youths quit notice to the Igbo living in the North.

The group said Arewa youths consultative forum simply asked the Ndigbo to go back to their region so that they can continue with their Biafra nation agenda.

Daily Times reports that the forum made its support known in a meeting which was held in Ibadan over the weekend.

Going further, the forum counselled the Afenifere under the leadership of Chief Ayo Adebanjo to speak for itself and not the entire Yoruba.

In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Osinowo Ibrahim, the forum said that:

“They are only speaking for their selfish reasons and seeking unnecessary relevance by holding meetings with the South East leaders without the support of the South West governors, National Assembly members and other stakeholders including youths of the region on the contentious issue.

“South West Consultative Forum wishes to inform the entire youths and well meaning Yorubas to disregard the un-holy meeting held by Afenifere without the political leadership of the region.

“The so called Afenifere leaders have been nothing but fake Yoruba leaders, who never for once consider the interest and general welfare of the region.

“South West Consultative Forum wishes to state clearly that, we are totally in support of Arewa Consultative Forum’s advice to Igbos living in the North to take their destiny into ‘’their hands by moving back to South Eastern part of the country and pursue the Biafra agenda. This will end Nnamdi Kanu’s constant threat to our national unity.’’

The forum however said that Kanu is a threat to peaceful co-existence in the country.

It added that , Alhaji Yerima Shetima, president of Arewa youth consultative forum is not a troublesome person even though he was said to have issued quit notice to Igbos.

It commended the Acting President, Profersor Yemi Osinbajo for making the region proud and called on him to keep up the good work.

https://www.naij.com/1113535-as-arewa-youths-reconsider-quit-notice-southwest-backs-igbo-exit-north.html

Folks be acquiring PhD's on Igbo Affairs like there's no tomorrow..

This kinda sends the chills down the spine.

Hope its not true. Our brethren over there should remain alert.

I gum body with the Bishop on top this matter.

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Bible Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has said the quit notice issued by Arewa youths asking Igbos to vacate the North on October 1 will not stand.

Addressing his members yesterday, Oyedepo said Nigeria would continue to remain an indivisible entity where everyone and all the ethnic nationalities would be free to live and achieve their purpose.

According to Oyedepo, “Freedom of worship and religion would continue to be the identity of the nation. The October 1 ultimatum will not stand. Nigeria will remain one entity where everyone would be able to live and work wherever they like.”

Describing the ultimatum by Arewa youth as mere manipulation to create unrest, which was not necessary, Oyedepo said, “We will keep on declaring the peace of God in this land. No one will succeed in bringing Nigeria to war, no group will succeed in bringing this nation to crisis.”

The clergyman noted that there would be no war in this nation, instead “freedom of religion and worship shall remain the identity of this country.”

He declared that Nigeria shall not go down “our economy shall recover, we will record quality in our education system. Nigeria will not be sold to slavery.”

Urging Nigerians to pray for the country, Oyedepo said, “It is time to engage the prayer altar for our beloved nation, because he that seek the peace of Jerusalem shall prosper.

“Nigeria will not go backward; it will keep going forward forever. Speak peace; pray peace, love peace and peace shall reign in our land. Every injustice will be flushed out of our land and equity shall rule our national life and be our national law.”

www.dailypost.ng/2017/07/03/igbo-quit-notice-bishop-oyedepo-said-arewa-youths/

Make no mistakes, the break up fever will not lead to actual break up. But they are necessary, to shake up the polity, so that things built on faulty foundations will collapse, leaving those built on sure foundations to stand.

They are birth pangs to something greater which is just around the corner.

Op, add 'sauce' to this food make we for enjoy am wella.

Vision4God:
Be careful oo.
Do not start what u are not ready for.
Face more important things than bother about a neighbour.

My piece of advice

Op, heed this advice. ^^

You don't need to ''up'' your game, not this particular 'game' with your neighbour. If anything, u should 'down' the game.

ikeepitreal:
Frequent ejaculation also reduces one's productivity level due to the loss of energy to an unyielding act. Most males don't understand the importance of sexual transmutation and i strongly urge every male who hopes to hike his productivity level to indulge in it.
Directing your pent up sexual energy into other productive acts like Music,writing,art,logical thinking and sports could increase your worth and value socially and mentally.
Most great musicians and artists like Mozart and Leonardo stayed mostly abstinent during their time of work. Sexual transmutation also improves the performance of athletes.
So i strongly suggest that all willing men use their excessive sexual energies and frustrations for something more profitable.

A lot of sense.

Great move. Totally in support.

Why should students be for to study arabic in this country? Why arabic of all languages? Is it cos is linked with a particular sect?

I smell a lot of fish.

Congrats, brother.

This is crap of the highest quality.

Anyway, anything to sell the toys.

That guy might just be Igbo. Many Jamaicans have traced their ancestry to Igboland.

HML, btw.

It might be safe to say that Igbophobia is really hindering Nigeria's growth.

Hmmm...., quite an observation.

A FEW days ago, the Coalition Of Northern Youths, CNY, issued a three-month quit notice to Ndigbo based in Northern Nigeria, telling them to leave by October 1.

The CNY followed this ultimatum up with a letter addressed to the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo…in which they listed their historical and contemporary grievances against Ndigbo and urged His Excellency (a passionate advocate of peace who describes Nigeria as indissoluble) to allow Ndigbo to exit the Federation and establish a Biafran Republic, if the majority of Igbo so wish.

The CNY recommended that a plebiscite be conducted in the South East zone by the United Nations and other regional bodies, to determine whether most Igbo would rather, once and for all, stay in Nigeria or acquire independence.

Pro-unity Igbos

One of the CNY’s grievances revolves around its claim that Ndigbo have “infiltrated every nook and cranny of Northern Nigeria where they have been received with open arms as fellow compatriots, [but] we strongly believe that the region is no longer safe and secure in the light of the unfolding threats” [by Biafra activists, who are accused of spreading “anarchy, hate, suspicion and negativity”].

Another grudge expressed by the disgruntled CNY: Even though Ndigbo (allegedly) own 100,000 shops in Kano alone, “for a long time, [they] have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that in their domain…Northerners and Westerners are as much as possible disenfranchised from owning any businesses…” .

The way the CNY spokespersons harped on in their letter to Osinbajo, you’d think that there were no good-hearted, pro-unity Igbo on this earth and that lots of Northerners and Westerners are dying to open shops and factories in Abakiliki or Onitsha or wherever, but have been forcefully blocked by nasty natives.

The CNY complainants half-heartedly acknowledge that there may be a difference between aggressive “Biafran Igbo” and Igbo who are not currently expressing any interest in accumulating weapons or secession. But the CNY somehow manages to give the impression that it has a serious problem with Igbo in general.

Meanwhile, a billionaire “kidnap kingpin” called Chukwudi Onwuamadike (but popularly known as Evans), was recently arrested. But instead of condemning him purely on the basis that he’s an evil individual who – let’s face it – could have been from anywhere in a country in which abductions are organized by criminals of all ethnic origins, many commentators in online fora that I’ve monitored have chosen to focus almost exclusively on the fact that Evans happens to be an Igbo man.

In one online post after another, great emphasis is placed on the insistence that Evans’s talent for extracting vast ransoms from victims and their families is not particularly surprising because “everyone knows” that “Ndigbo love money”.

I shook my head sadly when I read the toxic tribalistic tripe that is being churned out by the Igbophobists who occupy certain internet sites and write demonising open letters; and I am so worried by all this rampant Igbophobia that I contacted a few friends earlier on this week, to find out whether they shared my concerns.

The people I consulted were from all four corners of the nation and opinions were divided.

Some are convinced that CNY is being secretly sponsored by Northern VIPs who can’t bear the thought of a Yoruba becoming President (if anything happens to Osinbajo’s boss, Buhari) and are desperately trying to generate tensions that will trigger off a military coup that will mess up the natural line of succession.

Others assured me that there was nothing to worry about and that all this IPOB-versus-CNY sabre-rattling is a storm in a teacup, a storm that will, instead of escalating to a point of no return, breezily blow over sometime soon-ish.

I’m not sure what to think. Today’s Nigeria is full of hungry, angry folks; and it’s difficult to predict outcomes in potentially volatile scenarios.

All I can say is that the status quo reminds me of a famous motivational British poster. It was produced by the British Ministry of Information in 1939 in preparation for World War II.

The poster was intended to raise the morale of the British public, which feared mass air attacks on major cities in the UK by the German Luftwaffe.

The poster’s message was very simple: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

Good advice, methinks, for the Nigerian populace.

In the meantime, I must admit that I am mystified by the Igbo penchant for risk-taking. If I were in the shoes of Igbo business people in the North, I would pack my bags and go home and channel my energy into developing my own neglected zone.

Aba, for example, is awful and could and should be a lot better than it is. Many Igbo towns and cities are crying out for development. And that development will only be sorted out by sons and daughters of the soil.

Finally, what do readers think about the following interesting viewpoint? It was posted on SaharaReporters.com by someone called Ugo:

Attacks on Ndigbo are driven by jealousy! One criminal like Evans suddenly represents all Igbo! Awolowo thought he could keep the Igbo down by devaluing Biafran currency to 20 pounds after the war no matter how much one had. Lo and behold, five years after the civil war, the Igbo were controlling the commercial activities of Nigeria to this day…Yorubas in particular are extremely angry and humiliated by Igbo success story. That is what drives all the anger and rage – Igbosuccess.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/rampant-igbophobia/

'Shows up', indeed.

Long gee.

Such audacity.

The Leader of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima has said he would submit himself for questioning if security agencies declare him wanted.

Yerima is chief speaker of the group, who issued a notice to the Igbos to quit the 19 northern states.

He has now denied reports that he is on the run and insists he has nothing to fear.

In an interview with Punch, Yerima said, “I did not go into hiding and will never go into hiding. We need to put the record straight.

“For now, nobody is looking for me and I am ready to submit myself if I am called. I am not a joker. Nobody is looking for me and I am not hiding anywhere from anybody. I am in my village, I am a Nigerian. If anybody looks for me, I will submit myself. I am not above the law. I am not on the run.”

He once again insisted that the Igbos should leave Nigeria.

“Why should I go into hiding? I have a name, I have a face. I am not faceless.

“I am not hiding anywhere. Why should I hide? Where did I go wrong? Somebody wants to go and I said, ‘go, you’re free to go’. What is wrong about it?

“You cannot be in our country and begin to clamour for another country. Go to your place and declare your own country, not in my zone. It is a simple language. I have not committed any offence,” Yerima added.

www.dailypost.ng/2017/06/28/igbo-quit-notice-ready-arrested-arewa-youth-leader-yerima/

Some people are out to cause disaffection in the south. They fear the south is getting more united by the day. They expect the Igbo to buy this stunt and attack Adeosun. The Yoruba will try to defend their own and a chasm of some sort will be created.

Funny fellows.

A brother-to-brother affair.

The Igbo, indeed, have Hebrew roots.

I believe her. I doubt she'll say stuff like that.
She's not stupid.

Unbiased analysis.

For today’s purpose, I would like to re-introduce myself. My name once again is Abraham Obomeyoma Ogbodo. Kindly note the middle name, which says it all. In spite of the geo-ethnic echo of my last name, I am not from Nsukka in Enugu State. I am a proud Urhobo man.

In fact, my name used to be AMOS Abraham. It was one overzealous school teacher at the point of my entry into secondary school in 1975 that told me that: “My friend, we don’t answer such names here! Will you give me a better name now?”

I substituted my father’s first name with his middle name and that was how OGBODO came to be, which cannot be clearly placed in Urhobo notations, except the explanation by my father that he was born on the same day Ogbodo, a great warrior and community leader in Abbi, a neighbouring community in Ndokwa West local government area of Delta State was killed by British forces and it was suggested by one visitor that came to see mother and child that the great warrior had re-incarnated in the new born baby in Oghara Agbarha-Otor.

This little piece of history is absolutely necessary in view of my topic today-the marginalization of Igbo in Nigeria. I do not want to be (mis)interpreted in the context of my surname. Let me also say that it is not only the Igbo that are marginalized in Nigeria.

The true position is that everybody is marginalized in Nigeria. Perhaps, a better way to put it to avoid hurting other quarters is: why are Igbo feeling marginalized in Nigeria? I say this because there are so many people who genuinely think it is Ndigbo that are marginalizing others in Nigeria.
Such people would tell how non-Ndigbo cannot survive in the Southeast the same way Ndigbo survive in zones outside the Southeast. It is because none can withstand the competitive spirit of Ndigbo. They have capacity to conquer all the way especially in trade.

For working hard to put his environment under conquest, the Igbo man is accused of marginalizing others. It poses a deeper problem if hard work ceases to be a positive measurement. I think people are just falling short of clear articulation. Maybe they are trying to say that in doing business, Ndigbo create their own rules and do not respect the general rules of engagement. Thus, the manifest advantage the Ndigbo enjoy in trade is seen as not so much a function of superior acumen as it is a manifestation of some sort of mercantile Machiavellianism that persistently promotes the end over the means. Others, who fall on the receiving end of this approach, find this offensive.

Even so, I shall try to be objective here. Who sets and enforces the rules? Let it be said that not too many human spirits are selfless. It is in the nature of man to run on the id (base instincts) and at best the ego (self consciousness) both of which fire him towards self aggrandizement and not self fulfillment. In fact, the super ego, which moderates and spreads consideration in the natural world is totally lacking in man, yet it is what is required to make a distinction between the human society and the jungle. And so, the super ego has to be invented somehow through the establishment of law and order to enforce moderation and consideration on the part of man.

It is fine if Ndigbo excel and conquer within law and order. The responsibility is also not theirs to remain within bounds. There shall be no order if laws are merely created without enforcement. I shall paint a scenario to underscore the point. The Ladipo auto parts market in Lagos is a typical example of the Ndigbo mercantile spirit running in conflict with law and order. The market has spilled to take up the stretch of the service lane of the Oshodi /Apapa Expressway that runs parallel to it. It has actually spilled beyond the service lane to take up part of the expressway. On a bad day, it takes the best part of an hour to roll through the less than 200 metres distance between Ladipo Street junction and Rutam House.

This failure has nothing to do with Ndigbo. It has everything to do with the Lagos State government, which has failed to enforce law and order. The beauty out there in Europe and America is not necessarily because those areas are populated by better human beings but the presence of a stronger official will to ensure law and order. The Ndigbo and indeed all other groups within the polity and the economy must play by the rules. The fear that enforcement of the rule in some places could be misconstrued as anti-Ndigbo is irrational and a correctness that detracts from leadership. It is this same absence of enforcement of law and order that is sustaining the carnage of Fulani herdsmen.

That said, it must be noted that it is the underlying sincerity of purpose that gives any official policy instant public acclaim. This is the lacuna that makes Ndigbo to be defensive and suspicious. In recent history, specifically after the civil war in 1970, the Nigerian State has done little or nothing to create the circumstances for the survival of Ndigbo. The post-war proclamation of no victor, no vanquished by General Yakubu Gowon was empty sound. So also was the over sung Federal Government policy of Reconciliation, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (3Rs) after the physical and psychological devastation suffered by Ndigbo during the war.

If anything, Ndigbo were thoroughly vanquished. As it were, every Igbo man was awarded a B.A (Begin Again) with just 20 pounds. A phrase called “abandoned property” was introduced into government business to rob Ndigbo of their pre-war choice properties in cities across the country. All of these only deepened the humiliation of defeat in them. While still struggling to make meaningful livelihood out of 20 pounds, the Indigenization Decree was promulgated in 1972 to dilute the grip of multinationals on the economy and create the leeway for Nigerians to launch themselves into the ownership of hitherto foreign companies through equity participation.

Thus, instead of 3Rs as promised by the Federal Government, Ndigbo suffered further economic pummeling after the war. Castrated, they became mere onlookers in the equity bazaar that followed the indigenization processes. The economy had been redrawn and handed over to some people. Government was a no-go-area for them. The only window of survival opened was petty trading, which was, more or less, self-help. They put their all in it and helped themselves to survive the harsh terms of the peace.

In a nutshell, this is the context of the Ndigbo marginalization. They are highly suspicious of the Nigerian state and any official move at even creating order, but which hurts the Southeast in the short-run, is interpreted by a large segment of Ndigbo as continuation of the age-long victimization. It is a complex that has developed with the refusal of the central authorities to fully implement the 3Rs, almost 50 years after the end of the civil war.

Yet the state, either by design or default, is doing little to offer assurances. For instance, a Northeast Commission with big money to spend was recently okayed by the National Assembly to develop the Northeast after the devastation of the Boko Haram insurgency. But when a Southeast commission was proposed, it was promptly rejected in the lower chamber. Tell me, which commission has been empowered since the end of the civil war to develop the Southeast? This is the Ndigbo question, which must be answered if the shadows of Biafra must fade away. Meanwhile, I still remain your proud Urhobo man.

www.guardian.ng/opinion/the-ndigbo-question/