₦airaland Forum

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] You don't have to watch football to catch the drift,tis jes common sense regardless if you've got precious little to spare...but you get a free pass to pass on your thoughts and opinions because that is the beauty of a free democracy and so we must try or get to make our own point or play whether in Stamford bridge or away regardless if the spectactors and likers are Janjaweedes or Jonathanians.....Now run away,son.[/color]

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] I don't know maybe you shouldnt be sensless but inquire why away players in Stamford bridge don't get enough 'likes' or support from fans than the home team even though they could be better footballers than the blues....then you get to understand it is never who makes more sense but where. No offence. [/color]

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Chai... E pain am wella...

babawhileyouweregone, APC have
been reeling from one knockout punch
after another...first From Fayose to
FFK even PEJ herself couldn't resist
smashing five-hit combos on your
person Baba....#
babawhileyouweregone, Your Boys
boko have been suffering defeat after
defeat by our gallant soldiers,the
islamists need morale support....#
babawhileyouweregone, Thieffnubu
youe financier was exposed as a very
corrupt politician,now Nigerians in the
streets are believing that your party is
filled with hypocrites with chains to
enslave Nigerians..#
babawhileyouwer.... [/color]

capricon:
Even if i say he performed, you will not agree with me so performance is subjective.

Have u heard of stomach infrastructure? How do you explain that?

capricon:
Let me tell you why you wrong. From history people vote based on sentiments and not perfomance

For example what did obasanjo do for the south east? Yet he was voted in TWICE from that zone

Jonathan, a political neophyte trounced buhari.

Jonathan will win though with a slim margin only because buhari and ribadu votes will be merged together from last time to shore up buhari votes this time

Jonathan will win whether he did something or not.

nigerdeltaa:
I TRADED WITH BIAFRAN POUND JUST
"YESTERDAY". Biafran pound still being spent ... at
Togo, Benin Republic border towns •. Naira sells for
between N270 - N800 to Biafran £1
***Gbenga Osinaike, just back from Togo and
Ghana
The currency spent in the defunct Republic of
Biafra during the Nigerian civil war (1967-70),
Biafran Pound, has surreptitiously crept into the
currency market, serving as the legal tender in
some communities along the West African coast.
Investigations carried out by Sunday Punch
showed that the money is being spent in the border
town between Togo and Republic of Benin, while
some currency hawkers also exchange it for the
naira and other currencies in the border town
between Ghana and Togo.
One Biafran pound still bears the signature of Dr.
Syvelster Ugo, the then Governor of the Central
Bank of the defunct Biafran Republic and the
picture of a palm tree. Its back has the coat of
arms of the republic with the inscription: “peace,
unity and freedom.”
What is, however, baffling about the currency is
that it has more value than the Nigerian naira and
it is openly accepted as a legal tender in the
affected communities.
When Sunday Punch visited the Ghana and Togo
border town, known as Aflo, some of the money
vendors were eager to sell the currency. They,
however, insisted on selling one Biafran pound at
N800. The scenario at the Togo/Benin Republic
border, known as Helakondi, was different as the
vendors willingly sold one pound for between N200
and N270 to our correspondent. Some food
vendors in Togo were telling passersby that they
were willing to accept Biafran pounds.
In Ghana, the vendors were discreet about the
trade. One of them, who identified himself simply
as Tony, told our correspondent that the money
was not accepted as a legal tender in Ghana, but
that Ghana was a transit route for the currency.
He said: "We get the money from s! ome Igbo
people in Nigeria. They bring it here for us and we
cherish it so much.
“That is why the value is higher than the Nigerian
naira. This is the money that is being spent by
some Igbo communities in Ivory Coast. Many of
them are travellers. On their way to other parts of
West Africa, they stop by and exchange the
currency for the naira with them. They are the only
people who buy the money from us."
Tony, who said he had lived in Ghana for about 15
years, told us that some of the notes were just
printed. "I think the Igbo are trying to make a
statement with the money. It may surprise you
that some of the people, who have the money, are
not willing to sell it because they are looking
forward to a time when the Biafran Republic will
come to stay."
While displaying some ignorance about the defunct
Biafran Republic, he said: "I know they are about
to create a Biafran Republic. I know it will not be
long from now. We are all waiting to see the
Republic."
Another vendor, A Ghanaian, who identified himself
as Albert Leigh, said the Biafran pound was
brought by one Igbo man called Emeka. He said:
"It is one Igbo man that brings the money here.
Whenever he is travelling, he stops by and hands
over the money to money changers. I was
fortunate to be around the last time he came and
also got my share. What surprises me is that many
of the Igbo travellers come to ask of it. I had about
500 pounds with me. I have exchanged everything
for naira. I'm now left with one pound. That is the
extent the trade has gone."
While disclosing that the Igbo trader brings the
money from Lagos, he expressed regrets that he
did not have enough to sell to this reporter.
Leigh, however, refused to disclose the cost of
procuring the Biafran pound.
On Thursday morning when our reporter visited the
Togo/Benin border, the trade in the Biafran
currency was still going on.The vendors of the
money were, however, agitated when o! ur
correspondent made effort to inquire how they got
the money.
One of the vendors, who identified himself simply
as Isa, a Malian, told Sunday Punch that he got
the money from some Nigerians, who pass through
the border.
The following coversation took place between him
and our reporter:
How are you, sir?
I’m fine. I get cefas, naira and pounds, which
money you want?
I want Biafran pounds. Do you have it?
Yes, I get Biafran pound. It is 270 naira for one
pound.
You get plenty of the biafran pounds? I wan buy
plenty.
Sorry. I no get plenty. The man wen dey bring am
never come for a long time now.
Where you dey get the money?
Why you dey ask? You wan to buy now?
If I no wan buy, I no go come here?
As I dey look you, you know be like person who
wan buy.
I wan buym true, true. I just wan to know the
source of the money.
I no know. No bi Nigerian mo! ney. I no understand
you self. Why all these questions?
At that point, the man became agitated and
aggressive. He said: "Oya comot here! I go call
police. Comot!"
He pushed the reporter away and wanted to create
a scene before the reporter quietly left the spot for
fear of being molested.
A Nigerian resident at the border warned this
reporter not to disclose his identity, noting that
they could take him for a spy. "Since the political
crisis in the country, they have been sceptical
about Nigerians. So, don't ever try telling them you
are a journalist. Don't ever identify yourself to any
of them, they could lynch you. Those of us here
have been able to get along with them because we
can speak the Togolese language.
“The Malians have also been able to get along
with them because they are the ones that you see
in this currency business. There are some Igbo too,
but they are very few compared to the Malians," he
said.
Efforts to ascertain the ! level of the acceptability
of the currency yielded little fruits. This reporter
was able to buy a CD cassette from one of the
hawkers around the border with one biafran pound,
which he had exchanged for naira. He was also
able to exchange another 500 pounds for N250 per
pound from another hawker of the money.
There are indications that those who trade in the
money don't know the implication of doing so.
One of them told Sunday Punch that the money is
a Nigerian money. "It is a Nigerian money. That is
why I believe in the money. Nigerians brought the
money here," he said.
Investigations carried out by our correspondent
revealed that the money found its way to the West
Coast during the political crisis in Togo. A resident,
who pleaded anonymity, told Sunday Punch that
he was not aware of the money, but noted that the
money was probably introduced during the Igbo
Day last year in Togo.
"During the Igbo Day, the Igbo came out with a
publication known as Biafran Newspaper. Many of
the Igbo resident in Togo bought the newspaper. =
=== Culled from Sunday Punch of June 05,
2005........

Freelancer00:
Lol. What is the 'Igbo Race'

Tallesty1:
You and Who is The WE that have decided?

Abeg speak for yourself and yourself alone.

OREMUSSANCTUS:
ogbenni, its master-servant relationship. Buhari is an elder in d north and he commands crowds in d north, he made staement and his kinsmen obeyed. Tink beyound ya scope

OREMUSSANCTUS:
big fool, do ya know d meaning of vicarious liability?

PiperAlpha:
You shouldn't have asked her to stop calling you bro. Just cut communication....that's all. Get busy in real life. I bet you will never have any cause to chase a lady for 2 months. 30 minutes is ok for me.

donnypool:
no government gave them no reason, their quest for power, fame and control lead to the modern America we all craving to be like. i watched the entire documentary and was moved by what i saw. thats why till this day, America is still a highly capitalist state

donnypool:
GO on youtube and watch the "men who build america" tell me which of them is the government

donnypool:
stop blaming your laziness on the government, its not the president fault that people like you don't know that when you cheat to graduate, you will find it difficult to secure a good job. There are jobs, but there is not enough educated ones to take on the jobs. if all the state government focus more on infrastructures and health, i bet you immigrant will still come and take away the jobs. East Indians are bosses in Nigeria, have you ask your self why? no way, its the FG's fault. Tell your friends that "nor be matter of who pass na know book, because after school, to get job nor be beans".

clevvermind:
so this is your 1001 reasons abi? i'm really disappointed in you? smh.

by the way, those soul were killed by buhari through his thugs boko haram. tell him to call his boys to order. he should stop killing his own people because he wants to disturb the government of Jonathan. that is foolishness.

donnypool:
After the settlement, what did ASSU do with the money? only for professors. and none of you COWARD are holding assu responsible for the nature of your universities, instead you scream GEJ.
Boko haram is not the President problem, it is a Nigerian problem. how many of you COWARD have protest about it? none
This administration has also fought corruption like any other administration. Is obJ not the most corrupt man on earth trying to run for third term? but he is now a saint. COWARDS
The universities was built in region where the illiteracy level is very high, those people need education. the fact that you have a degree doesn't give you the legal right to determine who can be educated.
How is the immigration scam GEJ's fault? what stop you guys from protesting? COWARDS
For hard working Nigerians, the have seen total changes, while lazy ones are looking for #5000 monthly allowance.

How many for you have a business idea? none, what are your reasons? "environment is not conducive enough".
Stop blaming government for your laziness.



Dude you are beginning to sound like DOYIN OKUPE. There have been several "march" for Chibok girls. Hunters and vigilantes have at different times taken up arms to fight Boko haram.

Never ever say Nigerians have not come out to "protest" or "challenge" boko haram just because you want to sell a GEJ people collectively supported in 2011; it is an insult to our sensibilities.

clevvermind:
you are a coward if you don't state the reasons here.

Ofornaira:
comparing gej with his predecessors, in what area can you say he has failed?

donnypool:
apart from boko haram, immigration scam and "stealing is not corruption" have you guys said any reasonable thing?

agabaI23:
Courtesy of GEJ's Agricultural revolution

ozoigbondu:
No jonathan No oil money.You should get your cutlass and hoe ready to march to the farm and harvest your cocoa or groundnut.cos if the man of otuoke is not returned we will take back our oyel

0700Jesse:
Mtschew.., what help has Britain given to us in tackling election violence?? But they are swift to release article!!
article for the gods!!

Kundagarten:
[size=18pt]March back to Katsina.[/size]