₦airaland Forum

It doesn't end here, the issue has just begun.

There is a law in our constitution against homosexuality. If it has been abolished, it should be made known through appropriate means.

If it's still in place, what cautionary or corrective measures are being carried out by the authorities against the increasing promotion of such trends in our society today?

It's appalling certain characters within the police force took it upon themselves to 'want to show this guy pepper' when he indeed pointed out the significant level of incompetence on their part in law enforcement.

Christlike01:
You're so wrong!
Ijaws have always been Igbo's masters right from the time immemorial. Check out the attached receipt for confirmation.

Either some of them are ignorant of history or maliciously try to turn history on its head.
They've been repeatedly schooled on this, but they keep bringing up the Aba version.

ebufa:
Bonny,Port Harcourt and opobo are all Igboland................If southsouth no agree,we will Putinize them the Russian way!!

Was expecting this.

Many parts of the South South were sympathetic with the Ojukwu war. Even at that, Igbos fled Rivers to their States of origin.

Today, we have people without experience of war chest-beating, claiming people's lands and threatening to 'putinize' people over their lands.

Wetin happen few weeks ago for Delta go be child's play when una attempt that nonsense.

By the way, this Biafra talk don too much na. Which century una wan comot pack everibodi?

waternogetememy:
LOL TODAY IJAW IS BIAFRA, TOMORROW THEY ARE STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE AND PIPELINE SECURITY GUARDS.


BIAFRA IS THE ONLY HOPE OF THE IJAW NATION.


FAILURE TO JOIN BIAFRA, SORRY, U WILL BE CUT OUT TO THE WEST AND IN THAT WEST, U ARE THEIR NUMBER 1 ENEMY OVER THERE.


NOBODY LIKES YOU, NOT YORUBA, ITSEKIRI, BINI OR URHOBO.


IF WAR SET TOMORROW, U CANNOT DEFEAT BIAFRA OR THE IGBO NATION.


BETTER RECOGNISE 4 REAL.


UNA NO GO FIT CROSS FROM BAYELSA ENTER RIVERS.


BIAFRA IS YOUR ONLY HOPE AND THE NAME BIAFRA CAME FROM THE MOUTH OF AN IJAW MAN.

Crying for freedom and at the same time threatening that of others.

LOVEALAIGBO:
That aside, i wouldn’t even support Ijaw being part of any new country that includes Ndigbo! No offence, but they have generally have a retrogressive mindset that inhibits development! Of course there are Igbo with this kind of attitude….which arose from decades of being part of Nigeria, but at least in a new country, they would be put in check and wouldn’t see outsiders to enable and protect them so their idiocy and efulefu inclinations are supported and emboldened!

LOL. So even some Igbos will be forced into the Biafra against their will. Hehehe. Recipe for quick disaster!

What would be the difference between such treatment and what i.pobs are agitating against?

Penguin2:
I like the factors you enunciated and I can say that those have majorly been the determinant for state creation in Nigeria with the examples of the states I already cited above.

But just to correct a false submission you, Ebonyi has no high population of Muslims; not at all.

There’s a community of Muslims in Afikpo but they don’t make up 5% of Ebonyi population if I’m being generous. But if I want to be harsh, I can tell you authoritatively that they don’t even constitute 1% of Ebonyi population.

So, how did you arrive at that erroneous assertion that “Ebonyi has high population of Muslims?”

Like I stated in the body of the thread, the major reason Ebonyi State was created is because people from other part of Igbos used to, mostly, look down on Ebonyi people who they used to address, derogatorily, as “ndi Abakaliki”. It was difficult for the Abakaliki man to get appointments in the Old Anambra or Enugu States. As they were neglected in appointments, so also were infrastructural developments in their part of the state neglected as well.

All this was because they were considered timid, uneducated, unexposed, crude and everything negative. Some Non-Ebonyi Igbos still harbour these sentiments about ‘Ndi Abakaliki’ but it’s not as strong as it was in the 1990s.

So, the above was the compelling argument that led to the creation of Ebonyi State and not that “high Muslim population” erroneous submission.

Meanwhile, just like the Ebonyi argument was compelling, so also is the argument for the creation of a 6th state for the region equally compelling because of the need to balance in visible imbalance in the way Nigeria is presently structured that is making us lose out both in revenue sharing and in political arrangements.

I used the word 'relatively'; when compared to other SE States. It could be less than 5% of the population as you stated.
From the reasons you gave, cultural factors and conflicts of interest were at play.

Nothing new here

A lot of Edos have such names and close affiliations.

Na who no be Edo or know Edo go dey vex.

We love fairness, equity and justice hence we rotate governorship within our 3 senatorial zones. It's the turn of the central zone of which Dr Asue Akintunde Ighodalo is a strong candidate.
Barr Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata will enjoy support when it's the turn of the South zone.

Some important factors considered in State creation:

Cultural factors
Religion
Potential for sustainable Economic growth and development
Conflict Resolution

Population and land mass are not cogent factors for creating a State

For instance, Lagos is densely populated. What benefit would creating a new State from Lagos achieve? Same as Kano. In fact, population should be a reason not to create a new State.

But if a people acknowledge they are different and not well-represented in the affairs of the State, that is a viable reason for agitation for a State.

Looking at the South-East, Ebonyi has a relatively high population of Muslims, and some cultural differences, which may have influenced the State creation.

Presently, except people such as the Igalas, etc in the South East make a case for State creation, creating a State from a relatively homogeneous people would achieve nothing.

tommy589:
Which of the Kanuri kingdom did they destroy?

I just wonder!

I wonder which Jukuns were destroyed.

Jakumo:
These are thought-provoking points you've made, NaMe4


Powerful forces of evil have descended on Nigeria, and their tentacles extend from the banking sector to the illegal mining sector that is as always dominated by Chinese Triad gang members currently swarming the African continent with destructive exploration topping their agenda.

Very well. That's a reality faced by Nigeria (& many parts of Africa) today.

Jakumo:
I have pondered the questions but came to the conclusion that kidnap ransom money NEVER sets foot in any legitimate bank. That money could be paid directly to arms dealers in cash whenever the kidnap gang wishes to upgrade its weaponry, or the cash could be used to buy bulk food items in the northern part of Nigeria, to then casually sell those truckloads of food on the open market as a means to launder the proceeds of such sales which can then fly under the radar into the kidnap kingpin's corporate bank accounts.

Finally, the cash received from families of kidnap victims could be changed into hard currencies like the dollar, euro, and pound sterling, since those currencies would occupy much smaller physical space than their naira equivalent. Ten million naira cash, denominated in one-thousand naira notes, would occupy space equivalent to FOUR loaves of bread.

At today's currency exchange rate of 1,500 naira per US dollar, that same ten million naira equals about $8 thousand US dollars, which can easily be stashed in a shirt pocket, a money belt, or in a vehicle's tiny cubby hole for smuggling out of Nigeria. Alternatively, such money can be designated for secret burial inside military-grade waterproof containers whose geographical locations need not be marked in this age of the GPS.

Even though a significant number of ransom payments are not reported to the authorities, a reasonable number have been monitored by government, at least considering escalation of the rate of kidnapping in the last decade.

The government knows the cashflow of ransom paid to the criminals. Highly probable endpoints of the cashflow:

Proliferation of arms and arms factories
If you recall, a number of local arms factories have been busted in the last few weeks.

Currency exchange
This gives an explanation to why you'll see the names of some BDCs in the Terror Sponsors list.

Natural Resource Exploration
There seems to be a distribution pattern of the camps of these criminals/bandits; around areas rich in resources eg mining sites, etc.
Here, labourers would be paid, transactions would also be made, local and foreign.
For this to happen, there'll most likely be involvement of key figures within the area or region.

The government knows all these and even more.

Political will and innovative methods of approach to the problem is what is needed.

Campaigns haven't started.

Trust me, when AI campaign kicks off, you sef go feel it!

Na part of NLC mandate be dis?

They should place more focus on the well-being of Nigerian workers.

Bhella5:
They should give him okpa and more okpa he'll be fine

But it's good for heart o!

Just saw Pidgin English as a Primary language in Nigeria.

Any specific people who speak it as their primary language?

princemillla:
No one in Nigeria that doesn't speak pidgin english

It should be way more than 1.6%!

Indigenous African Languages

Swahili ~ 200m

Hausa ~ 80m

Yoruba ~ 45m

Fula/Fulfude ~ 35m - 40m

Igbo ~ 30m - 33m

vowiski:
Both of you are not from Edo..

With or Without Philips..

Obaseki would have still won reelection ..


Philips was there when Obaseki made a promise to Edo Central in 2020, that the next governor would come from that senatorial zone, which has never produced a full term governor since 1999.

Philips decides to outsmart his Master, wants to sneak his way to become the PDP flag bearer from Edo North and you want the governor to fold his hands like he is a dummy.

Even if Philips got the ticket now, PDP would come 3rd place.

Edo politics is very dynamic..

Simple!

It seems the way he was ranting the other day and his refusal to remove the Fendi is giving them concern about his mental health.

FG, mgbo! Which experimental drugs are you giving to mazi?

Very well spoken Seun, but why are they sleeping in the betting shop?

Dem dey homeless? Abi dem dey mark attendance for there?

Ukpaka:
Publisher, Ezenekwe Calls For Immediate Release Of IPOB Leader, Kanu – Faults Tinubu’s Action On Sowore Case
https://247ureports.com/2024/03/publisher-ezenekwe-calls-for-immediate-release-of-ipob-leader-kanu-faults-tinubus-action-on-sowore-case/
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The media Chief, who accused Tinubu led administration of continuously denying Kanu’s bail application, whereas his Yoruba kinsman Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow movement facing a similar trial against the federal government has been given back his travel documents by Tinubu led administration

Ezenekwe’s tweet read in full;

“When bigotry meets Injustice… It often smells like Nigeria…

Lol. This one is comparing Omoyele Sowore to Nnamdi Kanu.

Hmmm

The law and constitution no dey work by 'suffered enough'.

I hope far more efforts are put in place in the forests where bandits have made camps with hundreds of victims.

That should be the priority, especially with scarce resources.

Is the aim of building barracks in this Okuama community to put an end to the land dispute?

This is great.

Using the large gas deposits to generate power, improve productivity of the people and in turn, generate wealth.

Coldie:
Mk Una dae talk with sense small. You should be thanking Tinubu for removing power from executive list, making states have the ability to generate and transmit their own power

It was actually achieved by Buhari's government.

MaziObinnaokija:
forget from top yo bottom party. He'llgo back to APC and put sand sand into Obaseki anointed garri.Just wait and see him waving broom soon

Hmmm IDP!

The impeachment is inevitable.

Seems he's definitely going to get impeached.

BeninRefugees:
there are no Edoid people in Delta State now

but there are Igboid in Edo State and as well as Delta State which gives us

there was a huge population explosion after the war

in Rivers state Igboid groups are the majority

there are Igboid groups in some part of Benue and Akwa ibom Ebonyi boundary

again your census nailed you

Na wa! No Edoid groups in Delta?

The major Tribes in Delta are Edoid with same ancestry!

Most of the Igbos/Igboids are migrants!

The Olukumis in Aniocha are even true indigenes compared to most Igbos who migrated there and claim there today.

ufuosman:
Beta problem go dey if dis people win d election. D governorship candidate is not happy

President Tinubu even specifically asked him if he was happy during the press event.

NzogbuNzogbu:
no it's Ogie confirmed

Apc would lose that akpakomiza doesn't know his left from right. Very dull

He was one of the two senators that went to reps members seating and didn't know where senators converge

He talks one thing and keep repeating, zero enthusiasm, lifeless person, till now he never start campaign

Edo people would seal his faith when its time to talk

Na oshomole refusal to settle down and pick a sound esan man go be his undoing

The running mate, Denco is not too different.


Asue/Ogie issa goal o!

I also think the Delta State government was not proactive as the Niger State counterpart.

From a delayed statement release which was not decisive in the area of protecting the citizens.

That's one difference in the approach of governance in the South when compared to the North. Similar to police brutality.

For those who called for destruction of innocent people and the community, hope they'll be ready for similar response from others when such happens around their communities.