₦airaland Forum

Afam4eva:
You must be high on cow dung if you think the Obi of Onitsha will pay homage to the Ooni when the Ooni is not hosting him. The Ooni is not higher than the Obi because they're from totally different ethnicities. Now, the Oba of Lagos is a different issue considering that he's from the same ethnicity as the Ooni and according to Yoruba oral tradition the Alaafin of Oyo Ooni of Ife is the highest in rank.

Obi of Onitsha is under the sovereingty of Benin.

Amongst the sixteen sovereingties created by Ife, Benin is one of them.

Obi of Onitsha is subordinate to a lower Crown heirarchy of Ile Ife.

You are mixing traditional Imperial Sovereingty with federal character artificially created by Nigerian rulers to balance distribution of power.

How many sovereingties has the stool in Onitsha created in its history? Answer that logically, not emotionally, if you can.

In heirarchy of Obaship and protocol of honor, Ooni has tarnished his stool.

Dont blame Oba Akiolu.

In normal order Ooni is supposed to be seated. Obi should get up and go pay him homage. Akiolu should get up and go pay him homage.

I wonder if as prince Ojaja II was groomed on sovereingty and what the Ooni crown stand for.

Have you ever seen Alaafin walking over to shake and hug with subperiors? Akiolu dare not treat Iku Baba Yeye like that....he will receive a calabash with parrot's egg in it before next sunrise. He knows!

Dont blame Akiolu, ask why Ooni is distributing handshakes and hugs and high fives to his subordinates.

Ambode = Ndigbo enemy lamba 1.

I came in and saw what bayo posted. I hit the back button, then refreshed the page, and came back in. It was still there. I went out again, in disbelief, hit refresh button, then came in and saw the news reports and the picture.

So i kuku logged out of Nairaland, closed the browser, restart my phone, opened fresh browser, l logged back in, clicked the topic and scrolled down.....aah, e no go better for Ibo!

omonnakoda:
The Gazette

Government Notice No. 1207/1966 ordering the release of Awo on August 2, 1966.

You are wickedt! You stringed these mofos through 12 pages of trouble and all along you had the nuclear weapon....

You just officially demolished Ibo!
Nothing beats a gazette, nothing!!

Do me a favor, open a MythBust thread and tell these creeps to forever shutbup on this topic.

As always, Good job to Oduduwa pikins!!

If we had been doing this a long time ago when it was typical of Ibo to spin bs on internet their delusion would have been healed long ago and we would be spared this trouble.

Ibo is just not the type to look other way and dismiss when it comes to fabricating lies and embellishing truths. We must shut down their voice immediately we get the message. They are in village at moment undergoing indoctrination,they will return with fresh sheets of lies. We should be prepared to shut Ibo voice.

Indeed we should stand viewing them and treating them as a minority group.

Igbo the new Nigerian minority.

GoroTango:
My point is that contrary to your assertion, from Jan 16 1966 to July 29 1666, Ojukwu did not have the power to release Awo. So begin to base your argument on the few days loophole between July 30 and August 3 1966.

So where did Ojukwu get his authority to release him on August 3rd?

Federal Prisons, at whatever time, is a Federal Institution under Interior Ministry and no regional governor, military or civilian had authority to release an inmate, particularly one in the calibre of Awo.

Now, Ojukwu loved the camera and the power of photo imagery and cinemas. Everywhere he went cameras followed him. An important event such as releasing Awo from prison is a political marker and Ojukwu could not have missed that. No one has presented any record evidence of Ojukwu releasing Awo. All we hear is hearsay through the village rumor mill.

Dedetwo:
He was the Chief Operations Officer as he noted in the excerpt you posted. I do know that Capt. Fola Oyewole was neither trained as an engineer nor in the act of petroleum distillation. It is very unfortunate that deluded Afonjas always try to make mountain out of an anthill.

Clarity...

I used to produce petrol for Biafra- I, Fola Oyewole. Yes.

Dedetwo:
There is a huge difference between wise and foolishness. A wise human being knows that the best way to hide ignorance is to keep mute.

You should respond with facts to counter argue the facts laid bare by omonna, stop your philosophical rants, we want facts.

Did you or did you not withdraw all your savings from those banks on your way to Biafra?

Na you sabi

From the mouth of the individual who, indisputably, was the genius behind production of fuel (petrol, kerosene, diesel) for Biafra.

I used to produce petrol for Biafra- I, Fola Oyewole. Yes. It is like brewing ogogoro, put it in something, fire it, and it would produce steam, pass it through cold water. So if you have a small river around your camp, about one third of the crude you put is petrol, the second third or there about is kerosene, without doing anything and the next is diesel, because we didn’t know what to do, we threw away the rest, but people who do know can tap it into something.

The point is the kerosene I got, I didn’t need. I gave to people of Owerri Nkwo Orji, the village where my camp was. Then I was chief so to say, I gave them anytime I boiled- petrol, kerosene, so everybody was looking after everybody so to say.

The myth that Ibos entreprenuering and inventive spirit is behind this technological breakthrough is hereby shattered forever and is no longer tenable.

Ibos can not any longer lay claim to this ingenuity and enterprising spirit.

Claims By Biafrans

Through the Research and Production Directorate the Biafrans produced a wide variety of products, refining petrol and kerosene, producing weapons and other goods.

ccoolitempa:
I just don't understand with Yorubas sometimes....what possessed those people to defend people who hate us so much....never never never again....

Its called lessons learnt. Never again. If biafra happened again they will never be allowed reentry or reposession of their properties. They need to get sense and use it before they go in another confrontation.

emmaelectelect:
From the Delta, we need check up, its not true

https://www.channelstv.com/2016/12/28/police-arrest-suspected-militant-planning-to-bomb-lagos-third-mainland-bridge/


An official of the Police Public Relation office, Jimoh Moshood, confirmed the arrest of the man and the seizure of the explosives making devices.

He said that one of the key members of the group, who specialises in explosives, Abiodun Amos, 43, also referred to as Senti, was arrested on Wednesday.

Abiodun is from Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the police said.

If i say my name is Ifeanyi and I understand Ibo and speak fluently but I got caught on way to do damage in Iboland, is there a way you can verify thet I am actually Yoruba, and not the Ibo Ifeanyi I claim to be?

0xtr196r:
Death to you and all you ever stand for in life!

FANI-KAYODE ON NNAMDI KANU
Nnamdi Kanu, who is the leader of IPOB and easily the most courageous, powerful and credible Igbo leader in Nigeria today.
...
 I was amazed at his depth of knowledge, his immense courage and his deep convictions.

...we must give honor to whom it is due. Consequently I have no regrets for what I have said.
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I have associated with, met and worked with many men of influence and power since I entered the combustible fray of politics thirty years ago but this one was different.

This was a man that had what I would describe as a Mahatma Ghandi-like quality. That is to say he is one that is prepared to sacrifice everything and anything for his beliefs, his people and his cause.
Like the great Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace I have no doubt that if he deemed it necessary he would go as far as to sacrifice his very life in the struggle for freedom and independence for his Igbo people from the Nigerian state and from our internal colonial masters and for the establishment of his beloved Biafra.

Not all may agree with him on that course but they must respect his determination, passion and courage.

Very few Nigerian leaders have that level of selflessness and commitment to any cause and, simply put, I admire it.

I looked deeply into his eyes as we spoke and I touched and weighed his soul.

I can tell you, without any fear of contradiction, that he is a profoundly good man who loves his Igbo people deeply.

He is also well-educated and widely-read and he is a formidable intellectual.
...

He is not a politician in the true sense of the word but rather a freedom fighter and a charismatic leader who has managed to inspire millions of Igbo youth all over the world to once again have faith in themselves and their collective cause and aspirations. In my view that is a good thing.

I can also tell you this: he is a man of great faith and conviction and his rise to prominence is not ordinary but instead prophetic.

He cannot be destroyed or silenced by any government or man born of woman because the Lord is with him and He is using him. He is using him to say and do the things that many believe but that are too scared to say or do.
Other leaders have had their time in the past and now this is his. He is paying a very heavy price right now for what God will use him for in the future.


Very few leaders can or would be willing to take the pain and make the kind of sacrifice that this man is making today.

I am a very cautious and circumspect person and it takes me a while to warm to people or for them to win my confidence. Yet this case was different.

Nnamdi and I, rather like Che Guevera and Fidel Castro at the beginning of the Cuban revolution, connected immediately and he won my trust, respect and admiration.

If there is anyone that can truly build the much needed bridge between the south-west, the south-south and the south-east it is Nnamdi Kanu.

This is because he is pragmatic and sincere. It is because he is respectful and accomodating of alternative points of view and dissenting opinions and he speaks from a position of knowledge and strength. It ibecause he is very proud of his Igbo heritage and he would never betray his people or prostitute his principles.

The truth is that he is not just a combination of Owelle Nnamdi Azikwe and Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu: he is a combination of Azikwe, Ojukwu AND Major Kaduna Nzeogwu all rolled into one.

The fire of revolution and the yearning for fundamental and equitable change burns in his blood and resides in his bones.

He has spoken up for, defended and fought for the preservation and dignity of his people just as those other three leaders did in the past at different times in our history.
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His love, remarkable courage and sheer passion for his people and their cause is boundless and unfathomable.

The Igbo is blessed to have him as one of the most respected and reverred leaders in our entire history as a nation.
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Baba lo ma pa e!

These are the kind of stories we need to hear from East, stories of inspiration, of struggle, survival, determination. Now tell me anyone in here, regardless of ethnicity who would not appreciate this man, and eespecially your own contribution bringing it here. This is good. Hope IPOBs see this story.

T9ksy:
Abeg, help me ask "your God of Abraham", how much ojukwu gave your parents for the millions they invested in his hurriedly-created Bank of Biafra?

...or the whereabouts of the hundreds of suitcases loaded with biafran currencies that was airlifted to switzerland.

@post
Ko baje fun KANU and IPOB!

That nyqqah should be hanged! Tell IPOB a Yorubaman MayorofLagos said so.

This is the insult we get when that f00l Fashola was allowing these miscreants to mark Biafra day in Yorubaland.

Death to IPOB, death to Kanu!

Aigbofa:
The response will be to raze down wherever hole they crawled out of.

Nigeria is signatory to a number of treaties on military operations. Our military is sensitive to critics who will raise alerts of human rights abuse so they are mindful to follow internationally acceptable mode of engagement.

Oodua People Congress are not signatories to any treaty with anybody, they operate on open opportunity understanding and therefore cannot legally be sued for engaging combatants outside the limits. OPC has told these state governors in Yorubaland to look the other way so they can have free field to do what is necessary to truly protect the land. The governors on the other hand are scared of what that would mean for them when they need electoral mandates.

These governors need to just take a month leave from security issues. Enough time for OPC to do what it wants to go into Arepo and Ikorodu creeks to do.

I took time to read and understand each post on this thread.

OP,
Ikpeazu captured some but not all the factors that created deficits and detriments in Iboland.

When there is conflict between two opposing forces you bring in a mediator to use truth and reconciliation to address grievances and seek a middle way to reset and restart relations and restore peace. Truth and reconciliation as a tool for peacemaking is equally useful for intra- ethnic divisions as is the case with Iboland.

Your leaders have spent decades looking in the wrong direction for what troubles you. You have fundamental cultural beliefs that is out of alignment with the inherited system of governance left to this nation by colonial Britain.

In addition to the fundamental cultural difference, you were also at a disadvatage in the choice of Zik as your representative leader.

These two pointers are at the root of your problem. Other issues that Ikpeazu mentioned are just surface events and offshoots from incompatibility of your culture and leadership into the system and style of governance established for the sovereingty.

This is not to say other regions have a perfect startup, but it is worth noting that a continuity was possible for them when sovereingty transitioned from colonial leadership to indigenous leadership and their learning curve was very small because their cultures and traditional statehood had served as headstart all along. In fact for Yoruba specifically the colonial system was a retrogade from its traditional customs of state rulership and check and balance for urban evolution and state civilization.
Awolowo proved this politically and socially. Babaramota already alluded to that fact where Awo confronted the colonial Governor and charged him with incompetency.

For instance all the contemporaries of 50s and 60s youth leadership schooled in England, exception was Zik, who schooled in America.

Zik could find culturally compatible sentiments in the American system of governance where no central authority or monarchy exists.

His peers in Yorubaland and Hausaland found culturally compatible society in England. They saw the system they inherited as one and the same with their ethnic society. For Zik on the other hand there was clash of values. He could not reconcile Ibo society into the greater Nigeria. This aspect played into the push for forceful takeover and reshape of the whole country from ground up.

Another factor in the fundamental problem is the custom and beliefs in birthrights. The diala can buy land and attain community or clan leadership and can represent the community and marry freely....the osu is forbidden from any of these privileges of birth. When it dawned on osus that in Yorubaland they are equal to dialas and no one here forbids them anything or set no-go limits on them, plus the fact Yorubaland is a land of milk & honey....they abandoned their condemned life in Iboland sought refuge in Yoruba. Many of them rose to prosperity and far above their freeborn peers. This factor alone drained Iboland of headcount faster than anything else.


As you plan a resettlement (that guy was correct by callintg it resettlement, and im going to add to it...) and "rehabilitation" of Iboland, start thinking what it means and changes needed to make every Ibo a freeborn on your homeland. You also need to define and reassess if you want to remain as member in this culturally incompatible system of governance.

darknetcom:
the names...we want the nammmmmmeeees....

They said Nigerians you said you want names. Na who else the Nigerian go be? Especially that Ethiopian Airlines is included. Ethiopian flies out of SE

Dedetwo:
Above is arrant nonsense. It does not hurt a bit to bring the presence of federal government of Nigeria to Igbo land. The federal government should bring the enabling factors to Igbo land. It is very silly and foolhardy to request an art work from an artist without given him/her a canvas or means to get it.

At the event, South East Security and Economic Summit, where Obasanjo gave this empowerement to your Elders, the President and his Ministers (combined team of Federal Government decision makers) were scheduled to attend but IPOB scared them away.

What's your take on IPOB acting as a barrier that blocked the ennabling change agents?

Regardless of what time or season the pictures were taken it highlights the level of rot in Anambra. These sort of decay and mismanagement are hidden by Ibos and not even talked about. As a result your government in East continue to perform below par in every index. Even North is far ahead of you now in terms of infrastructural growth and management.

Shame! But Obasanjo has empowered you to develop your region and we wait and watch.

Ibos are entrepreneurs, adventurists, inventors, you developed Lagos, you developed Abuja, developed Port Harcourt, you developed Kano, you developed Kaduna, you developed Ibadan......when it comes to development in Onitsha, Enugu, Owerri, Aba, who are you waiting on

You are the master developer, you have the instruments already to develop East.

ijustdey:
Kb


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/sokoto-discovers-coal-commercial-quantity/

Something doesnt add up. They are already ussing the coal ke? Abi Tambuwal no well? His gaze is fixed on 13%. Ole.

Ddaji:
Go and check your fact,the groom is younger brother of Amina wife of namadi not his son

Their father was Alhaji Audu Lukat. I was wondering myself when they say son of VP. I knew Namadi had married one of Lukat's daughters.

Box gifts

kcnwaigbo:
My dear you have no power to ban it.Ezendigbo is not a title, it is a leadership position. Every group has the right to chose their leader and there is nothing you the Deji can do about it

Lol. Deji flogged your Eze, you dey here dey talk there is nothing he can do. Mtcheeew!