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gwafaeziokwu:
I laughed like mad while going through your attempt at history revisionism. You really have a fertile imagination I must commend you for that. You are talented but please channel it to something useful.

The part that almost threw me off my seat in a fit of laughter was where you said Igbos were minorities but when the missionaries came they wanted an ethnic group with wide language spread so they chose Igbo language as means of cathechism teaching


By your own hand you admitted Igbos influence over the other tribes in the lower Niger to the extent of imposing their language on everyone. That your Crowder found them in large population so they became a means to preach the new faith to others,Yet somehow you still maintain that they are minorities.

Please oga MetaPhysical from whom did Royal Niger Company bought the Igbo territory??
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Ibo ga egbu nmmadu! Chai, Chineke!!

Who was your master before royal niger? Do i need to tell you? Abi you want to be re-colonized ni?

NazBoss:
You are so on point, a typical Nigerian will never confront issues rightly, they are complaining that they don't like Nigeria, that the people are been marginalized, that no govt presence in their region, but some few individual collect billions of naira annually for development of their region and they will do nothing with the money and this same IPOB will pretend as if nothing is happening.

Anything to do with IPOB women I dont concern myself.

First of all they love to protest naked during rainy season. But guess who is in town during rainy season? You got it....fulani herdsmen. They grab every opportunity to show body to fulani.

I dont even see whats fine in the shapeless yansh sef.

The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned what it described as barbaric and disgraceful the attack on peaceful protest of its members by South African police.

This small statement actually means a lot.

For those who have not had opportunity to take a peek into the mind of Ibo and its many irrationalities, here is your chance.

Ipob has been harassing Buhari and following his international trips. While in Japan they threatened to arrest him. In fact they promised him the Ekeremadu treatment.

They do not view this attempt to be barbaric or disgraceful to attack a Sovereign head.

They followed him to SA where the authorities clipped their wing and descended on them. They now call Buhari's host barbaric for not allowing them to get at Buhari and disgrace him.

Ibo has problemssss!

Yujin:
I've always known that the brain behind this thread is a Yoruba and the aim is Biafra. Cletus77 maybe Annang like he claimed but I believed he was heavily motivated by a Yoruba to open up such a thread so as to create animosity between Igbos and Akwa Ibomites. We've always been a United people and where we disagree among ourselves it doesn't usually descend into mortal violence. The Yorubas always try the much they can to hem Igbos at all sides by accusing us of land grabbing and further instigating neighbouring tribes against us. I wish all Igbos can really understand this so we could face them squarely and place mines for them too.
I did state that there were some Igbo communities in Akwa Ibom but I couldn't back it up with evidence because I couldn't find it again. Thankfully, 'Ikechunna' brought them out. I can faintly remember that Ohaobu community. There was a time their traditional leader one Eze was complaining of neglect. That's all I remembered.
See the rubbish 'MetaPhysical' posted against Ndigbo. See how he's twisting history to push an insulting narrative. The rabid Igbo hater said Igboland was purchased by the Royal Niger Company but didn't tell us who they bought it from. He said the coastal communities had written agreements with the European colonists but Igbos had none but was so foolish to notice that Igbos stood better chance at exerting their freedom anytime because they never signed any binding documents they never had any input in their formation. It was our hospitality and peaceful nature that made it easy for the Royal Niger Company to succeed in our domain without need for deceptive treatise. It was just do your thing and go. Of all the kings that troubled Europeans in the whole Southern Nigeria, after the Oba of Benin, it was an Igbo king- Jaja of Opobo. Which Yoruba Oba was a known resistance to the British? Rubbish! This critter called Igbos minority who rose to prominence but failed to realize that the 'live and let's live' mantra of Igbos is what actually pushed our language farther than our area. Igbos never sought to dominate anyone. Just come and do your thing was our way of life. No one conquered us. The worst that happened to some of us was when a warring neighbouring tribe tries to be over ambitious and attacks part of Igboland. They may succeed at the beginning but will soon lose steam and be pushed back or forced to acculturate. That's what happened to both the Benin and Igala invaders in the northern and north western parts of our land. Non of our land was taken from us and renamed. Igbos were never land grabbers and still aren't land grabbers. If your land is favourable to us, we simply buy them off. We have no time to forcefully take things from people. Our cosmological beliefs had equipped us to succeed in our business endeavours which enables us to purchase want we desire.
Finally, Ndigbo are a great people who I believe a presently passing through a formative crucible meant to bring out the best in us. Our nation will be renowned world over when we establish Biafra. Non of the riff raffs from Nigeria can stop it. You can continue with the hatred - it makes us stronger and reinforces our resolve.

Ona tago?

Face Cletus77 abeg. Get on your knees and beg your SS brothers you will never repeat the error. You need them to have a bright future. You have exhauseted all your goodwill with Yoruba. SS is the only hope left for you in Nigeria. Even Hausa sef gave you quit notice two yrs ago.

Did you see my post where Iwuanyanwu is on his knees begging Nigeria to show conscience and allow Igbo rule. Its coded. If he say Yoruba please....his people will roast him. But we understand he is using coded message to beg Yoruba.

Line your elders up and take them to Lagos to go and prostrate and beg Eleko for insulting him unjustifiably. Until you do dat the highest post Ibo can get is VP.

What fckng constituency is under SGF?

Osaze007:
Na wa for Yoruba people
So Nigeria dominated the list of tech startups in Africa and I decided to check the owners of the company running this things and I saw majorly Yoruba people effectively Yoruba people are calling the shots in a $8bn IT market flutter wave alone is worth $200m and this guys are all under 30 years Andela founded by a Yoruba boy made over $50m in revenue, over the 153 tech start ups in Nigeria 139 was from Yoruba boys effectively Yorubas developed more IT firms than any other country in Africa

Very wise move as Nigeria leaves oil Yorubas are leading the way in a digital economy I have no doubts that the Yorubas vision of leadership is ideal for Nigeria let everyone manage what they have

While some other noise makers are draining dollars from Nigerians reserve by importing items we don’t need
Yorubas are attracting dollars to Nigeria on a massive scale end of my 2 cents

Also a lot of these start ups by Yorubas are being backed by foreign banks now they don’t even need Nigerian banks again great job our brothers from the west

MainOne - Yoruba
Ntel - Yoruba
Glo - Yoruba

These three have equity ownership in the intercontinental submarine cable connecting from Europe to West Africa.

Is this true?

I was not able to comment and ask the appropriate questions because Seun's bot have been trained to target and restrict me for the slightest irritation to certain people.

Anyway, innocent youngsters from poor and unrecognized homes didn't do that much before SARS would put bullet in their body and terminate their lives.

Why didnt DSS pull trigger and kill the boy?

Its simply because they would get in trouble for killing a child from recognized home...not minding the boy's act earned a bullet in his temple.

Now, did not Buhari issued an edict banning all guns in private hands, licensed or not? Where did the boy get gun? Why is he in posession of a firearm? Does he have license to carry arms?

If he has gun...who else in his circle of fraternal friends also have gun?

If children of Northerners are armed with guns, are children of Southerners armed in balance?


Where is he now?

This boy has violated many laws and we expect....hopefully....that he will be prosecuted and subjected to the wrath of the law, like would be the case if he was a commoner.

Cletus77
Good job!! Im very proud of you!

In the 1800s communities on the coast were concentrated on river banks and estuaries. They commanded trade and collected levies. Ijaws were the middlemen and brokers between coastal people and the hinterland. The Chiefs at the coast had large population of Ibo slaves who could not sail because the trade in human cargoes had been banned. Many were retained as domestic slaves and or engaged in errands up and down river to distant villages trading in oil on their master behalf.

So while the Chiefs at coast were entering into diplomatic treaty with the crown, Iboland was an asset of Royal Niger Company which held rights to the territory. Iboland had no treaty with anybody, the territory was purchased by Britain.

Up to 1890 Ibo was a minority. After it was bought by crown and joined to the independent kingdoms of coastal Chiefs Iboland and its people remained minority in the protectorate. In 1906 when the Colony and the Protectorate were merged, Calabar was Capital....Ibo remained minority. In fact Ibo was still minority in 1914 when North and South merged and became Nigeria.

So how, between 1914 and 1945, did Ibo become a majority?

It happened with the help of christian missionaries.

Before British Governors were posted to Nigeria they usually have served tours in India, Kenya, Palestine, Ethiopia....and these places typically speak one language, sometimes two...but no more. This made administration very easy for whites.

Nigeria was a nightmare! Every village had a different language from next. So they aggregated communities and cultures.

Any land Hausa was spoken, whether they were Hausa people or not...were branded as Hausa North. Its why places like Benue, Kwara and Kogi were placed in North and the capital moved from Lokoja to Kaduna. Any place where Ibo was spoken was tagged Iboland. Hence why Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom were lumped to East...and the capital placed in Enugu, instead of the old capital in Calabar. They took rulership from the independent kingdoms they had treaty with and then created phantom kingdoms headed by warrant officers to become the go between white man and the people of Eastern Region.

This factor I described above was the political one.

There was a punitive one.
Oba of Benin was regarded the crown over all lands from Bini to Calabar. This is why after Oba Ovorhamwen was exiled he was taken to old capital in Calabar. They deposed him from throne but left him in his domain and under the caretaker of a British administrator. Their own bias and false estimation of Oba of Benin's territorial domain on the coast came from written journals of exagerrators like Olfert Dapper, a Dutch writer. True, Oba had an extensive stretch which included all way to Onitsha but its hinterland.

So why wasn't Edo language the majority, since they were the origin of all monarchs hinterland from Bini and everything inclusive to Onitsha?

Now, not only did they punish the coastal chiefs and hinterland chiefs but they now promoted a slave stock and gave it majority.

You follow me so far?

You might wonder why I spoke about North and East but left out Yoruba.

Yoruba in fact pioneered language aggregation. Bishop Crowther had many patents to his name and for which his descendants ought to reopen for recognition and proprietary rights.

Bishop Crowther had worked in mid-1800s and standardized Yoruba to the Ibadan lexicon. Therefore all lands that spoke a dialect of Yoruba naturally coalesced into a commonwealth ruled by same dynastic origin. So Yoruba was a natural identity that did not suffer the misplaced cultural origin or heirarchies suffered in North and East. The only exception was Benin, whose Oba was persuaded by Ibos under him to rebel against Western region and demand his independence. Soon as he succedded getting Mid Western region their land grabbing ambition accelerated to 5th gear. They did not let him rest until forcefully they occupied his kingdom, planted a flag and declared it domain of biafra.

All Obas were grouped West, all Emirs and Sarkis were grouped North.

If Bishop Crowther had not worked on uniting Yoruba under one grouping, we would have ended with similar fate as they now have in North.

Gowon broke the mixup in East when he created COR and had he not declared No Victor, No Vanquish at end of war, Ibo would have gone back to being a minority. Rivers State was already in that direction to reduce Ibo back to its slavery status. Gowon saved the day. Ibo must forever give him a hero's salute.

There is another factor that made Ibo majority in East. Christian missionaries came after British administrators. They considered Bishop Crowther's work a major accomplishment. Missionary work is marketed on the notion that Southern Nigeria is a paganland. So there is legitimate reason to evangelize and win heathens for the Church. The missionaries were dying from disease. So a quick and fast approach is to ignore dialect and ignore culture ....wherever you have a widespread use the language to quickly penetrate and teach cathechism.

Bishop Crowther's son headed the Niger Delta Church. He discovered that Ibos were up and down the river. Made sense....they were in large population during slave trade, and as messengers and menial laborers to wealthy Ijaws and Kalabaris they had settled along river banks during oil palm trade and some of them even became business owners.

Bishop Crowther Jnr found the original Ibo is in Owerri area. Other Ibo speaking areas had variants that were not interchangeable and made understanding difficult between Ibo communities. At river banks however you find people who because of trade up and down water and into different lands spoke variations and therefore were recruited as interpreters by church. This is how Isuama Ibo was standardised by Crowther. Missionaries took his work and used it to teach cathechism. Hence helping to even spread the language deeper past its cultural homeland. If you wanted to attend school you learnt bible in Ibo. If you wanted to be favored by missionaries and colonial administrators you profess Jesus. So ignorantly the missionaries helped Ibo spread into non-Ibo cultures in their ambition to win christian converts.


These three factors
1- political expediency for indirect rule
2- punitive action against Benin and coastal Chiefs
3- missionary ambition to eradicate paganism

.....is why Ibo, a minority in 1914, has become majority by 1945.

Rivers State came close to returning them to minority, but for Gowon declaring No Victor, No Vanquished!

Save this and put in your back pocket as weapon to teach landgrabbers lesson.

I have more than this...but I cant say it all here. I have to reserve and maintain monopoly on the background and root of Ibo in this country.

Na small small....Ibo go learn to humble itself, by fire by force. They have the sharp mouth...we have the historical blade. We go see who sabi slice and cut pass.

See as una dey fight over an uncertified data.

Who is OP to tell you what language people in your state speak or dont speak?

If we like sef we speak Yoruba in Anambra....wetin concern this OP.

I fit enter Abiriba and greet my people "Eku Ile o"....and dey answer me "Ndewonu". How that take concern OP?



NDIGBO KWENU!!!!

supercase1:
To put my dick inside her puna jus dey hungry me!!!!no b raw oo but with condom

See this yeye boy as he dey talk about my sister in disrespect.

Go find ashewo to fck.

Before the name Nigeria came into formal use in the early 1800s, each geographical region in the north
and in the south existed independently. A British journalist from the London Times Newspaper, named
Flora Shaw, was the first person to suggest the use of the name Nigeria. She suggested the name Nigeria
on 8 January 1897

As the title ‘Royal Niger Company’s Territories’ is not only inconvenient to use, but, to some
extent, is also misleading, it may be permissible to coin a shorter title for agglomeration of
pagan [southern parts] and Mohammedan states [northern parts] which has been brought,
by the exertions of the Royal Niger Company, within the confines of a British Protectorate
and thus need for the first time in their history to be described as an entity by some general
name.

In 1897, Frederick Lugard, a British Brigadier-General, came to West Africa and married Flora Shaw. He
came to West Africa as a member of staff in the British government. Lugard so loved the name Nigeria, as
suggested by Shaw, that he bestowed the name Northern Nigeria to the Northern protectorate, which comprised of the region occupied by the Royal Niger Company. The official naming ceremony of Nigeria took place on 1st January 1900. In order to promote the use of the name Nigeria, as initiated by Shaw, an editor of the African Mail, E.D. Morel published a book in 1912 entitled Nigeria: Its Peoples and Problems.

The amalgamation of the Southern and the Northern protectorates of the Nigerian territories
by the British government in Nigeria took place on 1st January 1914, which resulted in the official naming
of the entire country as Nigeria. Since the beginning of the 18th century CE, the people of the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria were more
advanced in the acquisition of formal education and in international exposure, mainly due to the presence
of British imperialists and Christian missionaries in the region, who supported the educational training of
many local people. Murray believed that the amalgamation of the various regions of Nigeria not only
facilitated equal opportunities for all citizens of the protectorates, but also served to “balance the
administrative deficits in the north with the surpluses from the south.

Despite the amalgamation, the two halves remained quite distinct culturally, commercially and administratively. Today, Nigeria as a nation
is divided into six geo-political zones; South-South, South-East, South-West, North-Central, North-West
and North-East. The Yoruba occupy the South-West region of Nigeria.
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The South-West-region of Nigeria, which the Yoruba occupy, comprises of six states or provinces which
includes Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo. Indigenous Yoruba people are also found in Kogi and
Kwara states of North-Central Nigeria.

The Yoruba of Nigeria alone are about 35 to 40 million people, thus making it one of the largest ethnic groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. There
are many Yoruba people that are also indigenes of Benin Republic and Togo. Professor Ade Dopamu described the Yoruba as a people who would not forfeit their culture and beliefs despite their geographical distribution.

Individual Yoruba regard the history of their families and lineages as vital aspects of life. The Yoruba believe that the documentation of their history is not just the responsibility of Yoruba elites but “…everybody’s business. In Yoruba societies, a person is regarded as a fool if they have no historical
knowledge of their family background.

The Zamfara State Government has constituted a 24-man committee to investigate the alleged abuse of the Qur’an in the state.

The governor, Hon. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Bala Bello Maru, vowed that anybody or group of people responsible for the evil act must not go unpunished, pointing out that his administration was committed to sanctioning anybody found wanting, regardless of his or her position.

According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Bala Bello Maru, the inauguration of the committee followed the recent report of desecration of the Qur’an by unknown persons at Shattima Primary School in Gusau the state capital late last week.

Members of the committee include Professor Ja’afar Makau Kaura, who serves as chairman with Islamic scholars, the educationists, representatives of security agents, council of chiefs, the NBA, ZAROTA, NUT and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as members.

“We have placed the sum of two million naira (N2 million) as reward for any person who provides any information leading to the arrest of any person or group of persons involved in the unholy activities and molestation of the holy Qur’an in the state,” the SSG pointed out.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2019/09/30/zamfara-state-govt-constitutes-24-man-committee-investigate-abuse-quran/amp/

Cameroon will start a "national dialogue" on Monday in a bid to end the separatist conflict in the country's Anglophone provinces, but key rebel leaders have already refused to participate.

Nearly 3,000 people have died and half a million fled their homes since fighting broke out in 2017 between the army and armed fighters who want independence for Cameroon's two English-speaking provinces.

The talks, led by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, are scheduled to take place from September 30 to October 4 at the Congressional palace in the capital Yaounde.

President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 37 years, hopes the talks will end a crisis that is also hurting the economy of the coffee and cocoa-producing Central African country.

October 1 marks the second anniversary of the spiral towards conflict - the declaration of the self-described "Republic of Ambazonia" for Cameroon's English-speaking minority.

Even before it began, the national dialogue ran into trouble with many activists arrested and experts voicing scepticism that it would yield tangible results.

English-speakers account for about a fifth of Cameroon's population of 24 million, who are majority French-speaking.

Anglophones are mainly concentrated in two western areas, the Northwest Region and the Southwest Region that were incorporated into the French-speaking state after the colonial era in Africa wound down 60 years ago. Many locals there complain of discrimination and marginalisation.

In a report published last week, the International Crisis Group (ICG) estimated that around 3,000 people have been killed by separatist violence and the military crackdown.

The ICG said the talks do not include separatists or Anglophone leaders who support more federalist solutions.

"It thus risks further frustrating Anglophones widening the gulf between the two sides and empowering hardliners," the group said.

"The government should make greater space for Anglophones, particularly federalists who are willing to attend. It should also seek a neutral facilitator."

Biya's government has rejected both a return to more federalism and any proposed separation.

But Anglophone supporters are also divided between those two options for their regions.

The government's dialogue spokesman, George Ewane, said Cameroonian authorities had held preliminary discussions with some separatists, adding that even hardliners were welcome to join the talks.

'Smokescreen'
Mark Bareta, a separatist leader who is very active on social media, was the one most open to dialogue and it was through him that invitations to the others were sent, Ewane said.

But on Friday, Bareta announced that he was pulling out, saying that "the only way to have real negotiations is to hold them on neutral territory".

Of the 16 separatist leaders invited, those heading armed groups such as Ebenezer Akwanga and Cho Ayaba are also snubbing the talks.

Akwanga told AFP that the event was a "smokescreen for the international community rather than an attempt to secure a complete and lasting solution ... to the annexation of our country, Southern Cameroons."

Most of the leaders have expressed willingness to hold talks with the government but in the presence of an international mediator and in a foreign country with the terms for secession the main item on the agenda, according to the ICG.

However, more moderate Anglophones like Cardinal Christian Tumi, the influential archbishop of Cameroon's commercial capital Douala, have welcomed the initiative and urged the separatists to participate.

'We can't talk to ghosts'
An official from the Southwest Region said traditional chiefs had asked armed groups to attend the talks but they had spurned the offer.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, however asked the groups to "emerge from the woodwork", adding that "measures have been taken to ensure the security of those who attend."

"We cannot talk with ghosts," the official said.

Locals are meanwhile divided about the outcome of the talks.

"No good can come of this. It's a game," said a hardcore secessionist who identified himself as Agbor.

"If we must go for talks, it would be to discuss the terms of separation and not anything else," he said.

But Jeannette Benga, a prominent figure of civil society in Buea, the capital of the Southwest region, voiced hope that "the two come to an agreement."

Blaise Chamango, the head of an NGO said the five-day talks were not enough to "debate the anglophone crisis and the other major problems in Cameroon."

slimfit1:
Why don't you just resign why?

Resign ke?
Why do you guys underestimate public office holders in this country?

Yoruba used to send an empty calabash to their Kings when his usefullness expired. He did not voluntarily vacate stool...and that was in 1500bc.

...and now in 2019ac you are calling for voluntary retirement.

Im waiting to see it...

TnT,
No mind haters!

Do your thing, we love you.

chriskosherbal:
Nigeria my country has it really come to this?

At this rate Darfur alone can wage war and take over Nigeria.

Burantai is clueless.

Convert sambisa to Sango shrine and herd thousands of bokoharamists to enter Sango forest.

Chineke!!!

Buratai AFTER Sango snatched 36 cows.


"...aahemmm...this is a mysterious battle. We actually need some spiritualists to step forward for combat with bokoharam"

Buratai BEFORE Sango wasted 36 cows.

"We shall take war to bokoharam and show the basterds what Nigerian Army is made of. Their waterloo is approaching"

Mercy2006:
And how did you know this sir?
Cos they look northern to me o.

They also look Southern to me.

God bless Gov Abdulrazaq!

I love this Gov. God bless Kwara.


#Abdulrazaq4+4

Dreew:
I love her outfit. She's def glowing. People ought to stop hating. "Dress the way you feel confident"

...but her confidence is missing here. So whats next advice?

Ifymma:
So guys expect her to dress like these other women, with wrapper and hijab. Have you ever seen Tonto on wrappers, Haba make una dey think nah

What she has on as a dress is ok....she just need something to wrap on head and cover the skin.

Let me ask you, if you go to club and see a woman dressed with wrapper and hijab would you not question why she is there? Its a misfit, correct? If she takes the hijab off....even she atill has wrapper, she will fit in.

Its same thing here, in a mirrored reflection.

kestolove95:
Ashawo's to dey attend?

Lets cherish the love within.

No man will see Tonto and not take a second look. She is pretty. Nonetheless, she takes it to extreme and over flaunts it. Tonto would be a nice housewife if she learns to humble herself and carry her beauty with modesty. What should be an asset that everyman wants can turn to a risk that everyman avoids.

She is like a sister to me. So respect my sister bro.

She is a product of our society and its zealousness for celebrity worship. She is not ashewo, she just needs support and love.

osuofia2:
NORTH AND SOUTH. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

Ode!

There are women there from Oyo and Ogun. Covering is African custom, not Northern.