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Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Jewish garments besieged the federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday to protest the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, their leader. The protesters gathered outside the premises of the court after they were refused entry by security. A detachment of armed police officers, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC) encamped the court, restricting movement into the place. The “Igbo Jews” demanded the immediate release of Kanu and an end to his trial. Members of IPOB refer to Kanu as “Nwachineke”, which means “son of God” – a reference to the Jew-born messiah. Some sections of the Igbo, including IPOB, believe they have Jewish ancestry. To show his “Jewishness”, Kanu comes to court with a Jewish fabric draped on his shoulders. According to a Wikipedia entry, an early statement from an Igbo man, Olaudah Equiano, a Christian-educated freed slave, “suggested a migratory origin of the Igbo Jews” in his autobiography of 1789. Some also describe the Igbo as the “lost tribe” of Israel. “The son of Yaakov, Jacob, [was] Gad and I learned that he was among those people who went out of Israel to exile,” a teenage “Igbo Jew” told CNN in 2013. “So from there he had a son called Eri and a son gave birth to a son called Aguleri and that’s how the Igbo race began.” https://www.thecable.ng/extra-igbo-jews-protest-nnamdi-kanus-trial
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Congrats. |
Richtronix:It's become obvious am wasting my time on an irredeemable nutcase who thrives on making shallow and unfounded statements. I can't do myself a great disservice by engaging you. Nothing worthwhile will come out of it. Carry your issues elsewhere, my friend. You have a great night, nutcase. ![]() |
Richtronix:You say Igbos lack finesse and sophisticaton and insist that's the truth. Doesn't that prove that you are a complete nutcase? |
Richtronix:Calm down. Don't cry yet. Go back and re-read that comment you posted. If you find nothing wrong with it, then you are a complete nutcase and deserve no one's time. |
Baroba:Senseless comment from the person you quoted. Who gives a sh!t what he thinks. Fantastic occassion btw. HML to the couple. |
How did this beautiful thread go south? Not everything must end with e-wars. Beautiful Igbo lady, btw. |
Congratulations, nwanne. |
May God continue to bless Mikel Obi. Level-headed dude. |
Ndigbo in Diaspora gathered in large numbers at Igbouzor (Ibusa) on Wednesday, 28th December, 2016 in the first ever Xmas retreat for Ndigbo in Diaspora held at Prof. Pat Utomi Villa, Ogboli, Ibusa in Delta State. The Theme of the gathering was "BUILDING A SYNERGY AND DEVELOPMENTAL BRIDGE BETWEEN NDIGBO IN THE DIASPORA AND THOSE AT HOME, THE IMPERATIVES". Representatives of Igbo World Assembly (IWA), World Igbo Congress (WIC) and Ndigbo in 36 states of Nigeria and Abuja attended the event. After detailed deliberations and discussions on several local and national issues, the Summit agreed on some resolutions among which included. 1.There is the need for a closer interface between Ndigbo at home and those in the Diaspora. Igbo organisations at home and in the Diaspora should be relating proactively with each other while the Apex Igbo body Ohanaeze Ndigbo should knit these groups and give them a fatherly and umbrella root. 2. Igbos in the Diaspora should always think home and invest at home. They should link up with Igbo political and business leaders at home to achieve this goal. 3 Effort should be made to invest in human development of our youths especially in the areas of ICT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY as this is the bedrock of development in the present world. To that effect Igbos in the Diaspora should pool resources together to procure and supply to our tertiary schools , secondary and primary schools educative and technological materials for the benefit of our students and youths . 4. Ohanaeze Ndigbo is not yet an ideal Apex body that can drive Ndigbo to the promised land. There is therefore the need for it to be rejigged in its oncoming elections so that only credible people will emerge in all positions in the body. 5. The pull -him-down syndrome ravaging most Igbo groups , individuals and organisations is impeding the development of Igbo land and should be addressed by Ndigbo. Political differences should not be used as a factor to drag us back as it is today. 6. Igbo politicians and political office holders are not doing enough to address the challenges facing Igbo people. However, we salute those of them who have not forgotten the development philosophy of Dr M I Okpara in the 60s and are transforming their states and local governments. For such achievers, their names will be placed on the sand of times. 7.Ndigbo are nation builders and will prefer a Nigeria that is working than secession.Igbo nationalists got independence for Nigeria and Ndigbo have contributed more than any group in the development of Nigeria. They cannot leave Nigeria for anybody.. A landlord cannot leave his house for tenants. However, Nigeria need to be restructured with social and economic justice for all her citizens as a desideratum for centrifugal agitations to end. As it is today, Ndigbo are victims of inbuilt structural imbalance having five states and less than a hundred local government areas. These are factors used in distributing federal resources . One can imagine the effect on Ndigbo over the years , especially on our youths. The last police recruitment in Nigeria where the South East had least allotment is a clear evidence of the effect of structural imbalance against Ndigbo in Nigeria. 8.The federal government is not doing enough to curb the armed Fulani herdsmen killings in Igbo land and other areas. The killings and maiming of local farmers in Igbo land by these herdsmen continue .All Igbo communities should form vigilante group to protect their people against this terror acts. 9 The Nigerian security forces should stop killing unarmed IPOB or MASSOB agitators as its against local and international laws to kill unarmed persons and the right to peaceful gathering is in our laws. The Amnesty Report on the killing of IPOB members must not be swept under the carpet. It must be addressed by the federal government and those responsible for the killings brought to justice. That we do not encourage secession does not mean that people do not have the constitutional and internationally granted right to demand for self determination if there is a need for it.If Nigeria has been working and our rulers have not been looting this nation dry , our youths would not have been agitating to escape from the Nigerian tragedy. This is a fact. In a country where life has no respect , in a country people die like chicken in our ill maintained roads , in a country workers are not paid as and when due and where youth unemployment is astronomic, in a country that there is no social security and justice ,where politicians loot the country dry, desperate and frustrated youths would always demand escape route and that is the reason behind IPOB AND MASSOB. The federal government must understand this fact and find ways of making Nigeria work to halt the agitations. 10. We call on the federal government to pursue the war against corruption with vigour and address the huge cost of governance in the country. The gap between the rich and the poor is too much in Nigeria and the cost of running our three arms of government is outrageous. The cost of governance in Nigeria is the highest in the world. 11. A data base of Igbos in the Diaspora will henceforth be compiled and kept at the Secretariate of Ndigbo in Enugu for purposes of ensuring the well being of Ndigbo all over the world and building the bridge between them and those at home. Ndigbo should continue to build bridges with other Nigeria groups and power basis with a view to getting their fair share in the geo- politics and geo-economy of Nigeria. www.nigeriamasterweb.com/Masterweb/breakingnews-3117-communique-diaspora-igbo-xmas-retreat-igbouzor-ibusa |
The old man obviously ''jujusified'' himself. |
Intense stupidity. ![]() |
Fantastic lad. |
Nma27:I tell you. |
Its obvious you're hurting. Its also clear the girl is either immature, doesn't know what she wants or taking you for granted for the sake of taking you for granted. When you see love, you know. This hardly seems like it. This? This is an abusive relationship, at least emotionally. It is causing you pain. You deserve more than that. You love her, yes. But you can't force people to behave in a certain way. If she's not giving you what you want, after many complaints and pleas, maybe its about time you moved on. And you don't need to call her to do that - just pull the plug. You will be doing yourself a whole world of good. |
''End of discussion'', ''Discussion continues'' - how in the world did those names come about? What discussion exactly? ![]() |
Pure talent on display. With the right training and encouragement, the sky will be his starting point. |
darknetcom:Oh, I see ... Have a nice day. |
darknetcom:Capital ''NO''. The vagina is YOUR eternity (whatever that means). Not mine. |
Folks now celebrate the vagina? What kind of nonsense is this? ![]() |
There's no way she's going to give you her 100%. She has two other guys (that she really loves) on stand-by. Talking to them in your presence means you are not her number one. She doesn't repsect you that much. YOU ARE DISPOSABLE. She's flexing with you ''on the interim'' as these other guys are not around. Apologizing to you means nothing. I bet you she speaks to them behind your back. You'll keep hurting yourself. I've seen this countless times. And any relationship where you are not sure of your place, always worried your partner may disappear any minute is toxic, and should be discontinued asap. Its easier said than done, though. But stay longer and you'll start second-guessing urself and watch your self-esteem begin to crash. Unless you are in it for the sex, no strings attached, then no wahala. But, If you want something deeper, u might have to look elsewhere. If you can - just go. |
Nigeria in 2016 witness terrible deaths as a result of religious violence and communal clashes. These unfortunate incidents across the country has continued to cause divide over what people tag as attack on faith. Some of the victims of these appalling situation include: 1. Bridget Agbahime: Bridget Agbahime was a 74 year old Igbo market woman, originally from Imo state, who sold kitchen utensils in Kano. On June 2, 2016, she was brutally attacked and killed at Kofar Wambai Market in Kano by a Muslim mob who accused her of blasphemy. According to reports, she was pounced upon and murdered after she refused to allow a Muslim man perform ablution in front of her shop. This unfortunate incident was greeted with collective outrage and call for justice The prime suspect in the murder, Dauda Ahmad was arrested, and so were four others: Abdullahi Mustapha, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi. On November 4, Chief Magistrate of Kano, Mr. Jibrin Muhammad, discharged the five suspects and terminated the case in line with the directive of the Attorney-General of Kano State. 2. Eunice Olawale: Mrs Eunice Olawale was hacked to death by suspected Muslim fanatics in Gbazango Extension area of Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja. The Ekiti state female preacher was murdered in cold blood by suspected Muslim fanatics in Gbazango Extension area of Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja. The highly populated area has a total of three mosques and over five churches. According to sources, Late Mrs Olawale was going about her usual early morning preaching knowing as Morning Cry when she was hacked to death on Saturday, July 9, 2016. She was a 42-year-old mother of seven. 3. Methodos Chimaije Emmanuel: Religious riots broke out in Pandogari, a town in Rafi Local government area in Niger State over a Facebook post by an Igbo trader, 24-year-old Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Emmanuel was lynched on Sunday, May 29, 2016 and killed by a Muslim crowd and the religious riots spread to other parts of the town. Nigerian soldiers and other security agencies moved in quell the violence and imposed a curfew on the town. The Nigerian Army also confirmed the incident. 4. 8 Christians killed in September 2016: According to survivors, they were lying in ambush. When the Boko Haram militants on board motorbikes saw a group of Christians returning home from church service, they opened fire, killing eight of them, according to survivors. The incident, which took place in Kwamjilari village in Nigeria, was just one of three attacks launched on Sunday, September 18 and Monday by the Muslim extremists, the New York Times reports. The two other attacks killed at least 10 people, Nigerian military authorities said. 5. Over 40 Christians killed in Kaduna: Fulani herdsmen killed more than 40 Christians in an attack in this town in northern Nigeria on Saturday, October 15. Besides the eight slain on Sept. 24-26 in Godogodo, a predominantly Christian community in Kaduna state, the Fulani herdsmen also wounded eight Christians by gunshot and machete cuts, the leaders said. According to reports, Godogodo residents said that the second massacre began at 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, barely two hours after Morning Star News left after investigating the September attack. The Rev. Thomas Akut of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Good News Church in Godogodo said the assailants burned houses and shot Christians dead in the attack over the weekend. The 41-year old pastor said: “We fled into the bushes, and some of us escaped to safer areas,” he said. “The attackers were in the hundreds and were well armed. Some of them wore army uniforms, while others wore police uniforms. Some of them exchanged gunfire with the few soldiers stationed at the post office in the town, while others burned down houses of Christians.” 6. Zamfara 8: No fewer than eight persons were killed in August in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State following violence that erupted over alleged blasphemy by a student of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata- Mafara. The student was alleged to have made a blasphemous statement against Islam and Prophet Muhammad and was consequently attacked by a mob. It was reported that the boy was said to have been beaten to a pulp by the mob, and the man, whose name was simply given as Tajudeen, took him in his car and drove him to a hospital. Enraged by the act of the man who rescued the student, an eye witnesses told news sources that the mob moved to his (Tajudeen’s) house, set it on fire and killed eight persons. The Northern arm of the Christian Association of Nigeria then came out to ask Christians to defend themselves whenever they came under attack. 7. Redeemed Pastor, Luka Ubangari Killed in Kaduna: Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in August reportedly killed three persons among them, one Pastor Luka Ubangari of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Unguwan Anjo, near Godogodo in the Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The cleric was said to have been ambushed, shot and killed while on his motorcycle after an evangelical visit to Golkofa, also in the area. www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/7-nigerians-killed-in-the-name-of-religion-in-2016.229419/ |
Anambra indigenes living in states outside the Southeast have been urged not to abandon their homeland, but assist in developing it and stop the habit of concentrating their investments on other people’s territories. Eminent personalities led by Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Coscharis Group , Dr. Cosmas Maduka made the call at this year’s League of Anambra Professionals (LAP) End-of-Year Lecture and Dinner in Lagos. Maduka, who spoke on the topic: “Capitalising on untapped opportunities in Anambra”, said his firm pays N450 million tax yearly and he personally pays N50 million yearly. He added that his state, Anambra, would benefit greatly from these monies for its growth, if he lived or was based there. The renowned automobile and spare parts dealer added that all of the riverside areas of Anambra State are good for rice cultivation and that his Cos Farms, sited in the state, is in its second year of rice production and is about to bring an irrigation system that would enable it to harvest the product thrice a year. The Coscharis boss told Ndigbo to work towards the dredging of the Onitsha port so that container ships can berth there. According to him, Igbo importers were forced to take their operational headquarters to Lagos by the Federal Government’s decision to have functional seaports in the Western part of the country only. Maduka expressed worry that rather than love Ndigbo for their hard work and immense contributions to their host communities’ growth, the latter perceive them as people who want to dominate. He advised Ndigbo to stop the Biafra agitation, describing the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM)-led agitation as “unprofitable because Ndigbo would always venture beyond their homeland.” Instead of dreaming Biafra, they should invest their energy in service. “Money comes from service”, he added. Civil Engineer Dominic Ekesi, in his contribution, lamented the neglect of vocational education, stressing that artisan and technicians are very relevant to the economy of any state. He cited the case of the founder of Fiat, who was just a mechanic when he went into automobile manufacturing. He advocated the creation of venture capital for Anambra graduates who have entrepreneurial drive. Prof. Pat Utomi of Lagos Business School called for the building of a megapolis stretching from Awka in the Southeast to Agbor in the South-South and another megapolis linking Aba and Port-Harcourt as additional centres of development to the Lagos-Ibadan axis, which Nigeria already has. He said as an alternative to the long-awaited Second Niger Bridge, three road-tunnels can be built under the river linking the Southeast to three points on the Western side of the Niger. The founder of Leap Africa, Mrs. Ndidi Nwuneli, in the lecture, drew attention to the discrimination the Igbo states faced in the distribution of housing and development grants. Mrs. Nwuneli said she has noticed a pattern of giving a state such as Kaduna State grant worth 500,000 dollars per year and Enugu State just receives 50,000 dollars and Anambra State gets nothing per year. As a result, anytime she has opportunity of sitting in a granting board, she now asks “What is coming to Anambra State?” Every privileged Igbo should do likewise, she counselled. The chairman of the occasion and former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Dr. Raymond Obieri recounted LAP’s services to the state such as promotion of unity, electorate enlightenment and election monitoring. He noted that the League needed to maintain its secretariat, pay its workers and carry out the major activities. He, therefore, called on those indigenous to Anambra to donate to the League because its activities require funds. Contributing, LAP President and renowned chartered accountant Willy Nzewi asked for funds, stating that the League’s need for funds is heightened by 2017 being an election year when it has to play its needed role. “I will ensure judicious use of the money”, he promised. Dignitaries at the lecture included the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, the Chairman of Nestle Nigeria Plc, Dr. David Ifezulike, one-time Surveyor-General of the Federation, Prof. Peter Nwilo and past presidents of LAP, Dr. Ndi Onuekwusi and Dr. Katia Ekesi. LAP is an association of capable professionals of Anambra State origin that partners government at any level to re-build Anambra State and Nigeria into a rich, modern and safe society. www.thenationonlineng.net/dont-abandon-anambra-indigenes-urged-2/ |
The Sultan of Sokoto’s recent visit to Enugu State where he went to felicitate with Enugu Rangers as champions of the 2015/2016 NPFL season has been described by a section of the media and some commentators as a bridge- building one. But then, is it really? In as much as the visit is commendable, the Sultan himself putrefied his own oil when he said that the reason why Ndigbo are killed whenever there is a crisis in the north is “because they are the industrious ones found in everywhere and in every village but nobody plans or sends people to kill the Igbos”. Apart from being ridiculous, it is insulting to the sensibilities of the Igbo and horrifying to upright members of the society that the reason why a people are usually targeted for mass murder is because of their industry and number. They are not killed because they are bad neighbours; they are not killed because they are trouble makers, they are not killed because they are law breakers; they are killed just because they are industrious and large in number! This statement by His Royal Highness, Alhaji Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, is a confirmation of what we have always known: that the Igbo are hated for nothing but jealousy and that most crises in the northern part of Nigeria have been instigated not because of anything serious but as an alibi for a systematic extermination of the Igbo people. Little wonder then the Igbo are targets of northern Islamic extremists when there is a crisis between Israel and Palestine in far away Middle East. When some Danes draw a cartoon of Prophet Muhammed in far away Denmark, Ndigbo in Kano, Kaduna and Niger would have to pay for it with their blood. When there is a furore about Nigeria hosting an international beauty contest in Abuja or Lagos, the Igbo in Zamfara and Yobe would have to be killed and their sources of livelihood destroyed for the message to be passed that such contest is Haram to some people. When the US bomb Iraq, the Igbo in Adamawa are bombed by northern elements in return. When there is a sharp disagreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, it is the Igbo in Bauchi that pay for it. When the Sunnis and the Shi’as have issues with each other in Kaduna or other places, it is a recipe for Igbo sons and daughters to be beheaded in those places even when they are neither Shiites nor Sunnis. The Igbo people are not only killed by these northern Islamists simply because they can be found ‘everywhere’ according to the Sultan, in most cases, even when they disappear from the theatre of war and go into hiding even in custody of the police, they are desperately but carefully sought after and killed. This has been the lot of Ndigbo especially in the north over a long period of time. The authorities usually hold no one responsible for these dastardly acts, no one is arrested, no one is prosecuted. Even if thousands of Ndigbo are victims of issues they are not in any way connected with, no action is taken against the perpetrators. Media outrage follows, police look away, northern traditional rulers keep mute, Ndigbo bury their dead, and then they return to continue their businesses without bitterness, without vindictiveness or vengeance in mind, not even anywhere in the South East would there be reprisals. The sun rises (in the east) and sets (in the west), yet, the vicious cycle continues in the north. In as much as one would want to commend the Sultan for his initiative, it would have been better if he had insisted that all those who killed Madam Bridget Agbahime, an Igbo indigene, in Kano, be prosecuted. After all, the Sultan who is also the leader of all Muslims in Nigeria said during that visit that justice is panacea for peaceful coexistence. If that is the case, what did he say about the manner the case against the alleged murderers of Madam Bridget was withdrawn and the suspects let go just like that despite the hue and cry that followed that macabre murder of a harmless septuagenarian, despite the promise by the police, state and federal governments to ensure the killers face the law? The Sultan’s visit would have made more sense if he had visited Kano and insist that those killers be brought to book as panacea for peace. But no, he goes to beg the victims of his people’s murderous activities to accept their fate as the one that naturally befalls an industrious people with large populations. It is quite ridiculous! Like the Sultan rightly observed, it is the continued absence of justice that has caused the unending agitations in the South East which is growing louder by the day and have started receiving the attention of the international community to the consternation of antagonists of the agitations. Unless the Sultan, his co-traditional and religious leaders, state and federal government officials of northern origin stop carrying about as if they own Nigeria and relent from skewing justice and development against those they perceive as their subordinates, such visits of the emir would only remain a journey of monumental hypocrisy designed to make vigilant and courageous Igbo sons and daughters let down their guard while terrorist herdsmen from the Sultan’s enclave run riots even in the south east unchallenged while they kidnap and kill even colleague-traditional rulers in the Delta. The governors may have laughed with him and that is because he went to felicitate with Rangers International of Enugu. That we understand. When the Sultan is serious about justice and peace, we will know. For now, the bridge he went to Enugu to build remains of paper quality blown away by the wind as soon as he started the work. www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/sultans-excuse-killing-ndigbo-northern-nigeria/ |
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday harped on the need for cooperation among states of the South East region, insisting that the zone can feed the country and develop with little or no assistance. He spoke during the South East Security and Economic Summit in Enugu, as governors of the zone identified infrastructure deficit, deplorable state of federal roads, insecurity, ecological challenges among others as factors hindering the development of the area, pointing out that these had brought other negative consequences. However, President Muhammadu Buhari, his ministers from the South East zone and only governor produced by the All progressives Congress (APC) in the zone, Rochas Okorocha shunned the summit. The president who was to declare the event open did not also send representation, a development that sent members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) into the streets jubilating. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu had in the same vein said that lack of inclusion and respect for rule of law were central to the level of disenchantment in the country, explaining that no section of a country could feel happy when unjustly treated or when her people are languishing in prisons even when the courts have asked for their release. Obasanjo, who was the guest of honour insisted that the South East should not succumb to the threats of marginalization and neglect, stressing that the zone had something that could be explored to turn around her fortunes and that of the entire country. He said: “When I was growing up, we know the South East with enterprise, entrepreneurship, communal effort and communal spirit, spirit of adventure, there is no place you go and there is no Igbo man there. Nobody has taken this away from you. The problem is how we can utilize these skills in the area of economy and security. We should not work alone, if we have been working alone and not gone far, we should stop. That is the purpose of this summit.” Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku, harped on the need for restructuring for economic stability and unity of the country, explaining that Nigeria would always witness under development and economic crisis unless the various units are made to develop individually. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on behalf of the governors called for the intervention of the Federal Government in ensuring that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport meets with internationally accepted standards. Chairman of the Summit, Prof Barth Nnaji had stated that the alleged feeling of abandonment by the government since the end of the war, lack of equity and fairness among others elicited the summit. He said that Ndigbo were merely asking that what was due to them as part and parcel of the country should be given to them, explaining that it would help address youth’s restiveness in Nigeria. www.guardian.ng/news/how-igbo-can-develop-by-obasanjo-anyaoku-others/
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Funny. Maybe the First Gentleman. Or the First Chairman. Although some heartless ones may call him the First Mugu. |
2kaybiel:I tire o. Thought the guy was black. His children are sooo ... I don't know. ![]() |
Sweet gal. |
These people should leave the Bible alone nah. The other day, it was some psychologically messed up fellow chewing the pages of a Bible. Use some other book or paper to garner attention but not the Bible. You could use your certificate (or your Masters Degree if you've got one). Picture yourself chewing it and post it on social media. |
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