Bkayyy: So phyno, flavour and Nollywood films speak Arabic. And you identify Igbos in your market when they speak English plus how the northern mobs identify Igbo in the North then was first starting up a conversation in Japanese
Oga, I grow up in MTD at Zaria amidst Igbo people. Most of my best friends at home and in my primary and Secondary schools are igbos then. But they hardly speak Igbo even among themselves. It's always English.
I don't know of those in south but here, they hardly speak the language.
NNEWIsuper: If igbo was accommodating just like Hausa it would have been a lingual fraca in the whole old Eastern region of Nigeria made of SE and SS. It doesn't mean the minorities won't speak and know their dialect but just like how Hausa is the lingual franca in the North West and North East and even some parts of North Central like plateau, nasarawa speak Hausa as lingual franca but it doesn't mean the minorities there don't know and speak their own dialect. Rather what we see is even the ones who are actually igbo denying their route.. Well you won't blame them because igbo itself is too divided and not accommodating. This is a loss for the igbos because ordinarily they should be influential tribe in Nigeria politics which would have even helped reshape the business environment of Igbos
The only reason is because Igbo people don't like speaking their language. They so much accept English as superior language. If not of that, I assure you not only people in SS or SE, but even in other parts of Nigeria.
gidgiddy: So you dont know that the reason why Hausa is the lingua franca in the North is because of the many years of conquest of the minorities there before the white man came?
Igbos on the hand were never interested in conquest
If conquest is the determinant of a language that peoples speak, then Fulani would have been the lingua franca of north.
Enwhen: Before u do a write , pls try to do some findings... Can Benue , Niger , Kwara ...speak Hausa ??..
Even within the south south , infact within some states in the south south, they hardly understand themselves let alone south south and South east , with different cultures and languages.
Wake up.
Hausa language is generally spoken in Niger state except some gbagyi areas. I don't know of kwara and benue though.
RamessesIV: Lol so a minority group in northern Nigeria is justification for Arabic in our naira note
Anyways I don't blame you is the christians who tolerate your rubbish I blame
There is Yoruba and Igbo language in Naira note, which both are southern Nigerian tribes.
We have Hausa and Arabic which are spoken in northern Nigeria. We choose Arabic because 50% of northerners understand Arabic while less than 10% of northerners understand Kanuri and fulani.
Grandmeister: I know a lot of them from the north and west..the truth is, nothing gives them more pride than scoring an Igbo woman for a wife. They believe her igbo genes will rub off on their children. Despite their toxicity and animosity towards igbos they desire the Igbo blood for their children. They see it as an elixir to having sense and being productive.
Don't be deceived, many northerners most especially here in abuja are going after Igbo girls for fun, nothing more. It's very few that marry them. My current girlfriend is an Igbo girl from imo state and I seriously don't have intention of marrying her.
The reason we go for them is because they are easily caught not like our Hausa girls that will take so much time to convince her. Your girls too much like money.
Rugaria: How many official languages do we have in this God forsaken enclave? Is your weird Arabic part of that choas? Or because you live in the desert, you are used to making the law as you go?
Arabic isn't the Official language of Israel. Why did they use it? You say because they have Arab people.
So since we also have people whose language is Arabic, what's wrong in that.
Beside, Naira note is mostly English, in what way do the Arabic affect the English.
Rugaria: We also have the ijaws and the ebiras.. Since you can't stick to the generally accepted national languages, what is the criteria for choosing shuwas Arabic against say ijaw, efik or junkun?
Yoruba and Igbo from South, Hausa and Arabic from North. I think it balance itself.
if you want ijaw, then we can also add Fulani. That's justice.
Rugaria: There are Arabian citizens of isreal. Maybe the Arabic writing on the naira is for the Arabian citizens of nigeria!? Una dey lucky. Give me Nigerias presidency for 6 months, I go show una sheegee
What would you like to say about the shuwa people of northern Nigeria whose language is Arabic.
LeoThaGreat: I honestly think Fridays & Sundays should be the non-working days of the week, then when Nigeria can afford to, like Finland, Saturday can be included. Why? Because those are the two most important days in a week in the two predominant religions in Nigeria.
Concerning the marriage act, I don't know much about it but I'd like Nigeria to be more conscious of Customary law union
About the cross, much ado about it. I don't care about the health symbol, I care about how efficient the health system is instead. Because western countries health system functions better and a sick non Christian won't give a shit about why the cross is on their hospital logo.
As much as your post is meant to be Muslim VS Christian, I am Yòrùbá and I believe (and practice) that the sky is big enough for all birds to fly. I suppose you won't be as honest when it comes to the enforcement of Sharia law VS Tax from alcohol consumption though.
We don't need any holiday on Friday. I'm only wondering how Hausa language written in Arabic script is affecting Nigerian Christians.
buzorcharles: Oga stop embarrassing urself. 2023 is already been booked by the Nigeria youth
Youths are not ready to rule. Muslim youths are not ready to unite with Christian youths to fight for their rights let alone to rule, while a wike or peter Obi is ready to align with tambuwal or atiku to keep cashing out.
Neddstark: Sorry to say, but I see some major war going on in Northern Nigeria in few years to come. Bandits vs Government. A war that involves the North killing a lot of their own. This tolerance of bandits cannot continue forever, they would soon leave the villages and go to the cities when their greed had been overfed.
Some powerful people are the ones sponsoring this bandits. Fulani herdsmen will raid a village a start shooting people randomly. And leave the village without even stealing things, so what's is it that they want?
The sponsors are doing it to destabilize people and cause mayhem. While those suppose to protect the people are making little or no effort.
In my opinion, I believe the Northerners deserve what they have. Majority of them were all over the media condemning the #endsars protest and calling reasonable southerners all sort of names.
Their leaders are more concerned with silencing the massing through the evil social media regulation bill than face the problems bedeviling the region.
Again I ask, how did I get to share a country with these kind of people?
Many Northerners have support the protest against police brutality in one way or the other, that said you shouldn't be happy about the killing of innocent people whose crime is only for being poor.
Just before the Covid-19 pandemic, youth from Katsina where protesting against banditry. Which many southern youth supported whilst some still went ahead and insult them
We are living through terrible times with massive killings becoming everyday headlines, that it's no surprise that concern youth who stand up, give voice to our cries sometimes get overwhelmed with the sides of stories they are familiar with and undermine that which seemed a little distant.
But I firmly believe it's only when we embrace each others flight as ours and yearned for the security and betterment of one another that we stand a chance as people.
TheLionofLasigi: I'd support sharia until northerners pick up one of their corrupt politicians and stone him to death. Till then spare us the hypocrisy, the actress only made you hard and you really wanted pummel her.
You don't need to support Sharia. We imposed it on ourselves and not you. And Sharia has nothing to do with politics, it's only about family affaiy and other small matters.
Starzo: lmao...a northerner calling southern states glorified villages ..wetin aboki no go see for kettle
if the south is a village as u put it,then all northern states are caves
Okay.. We are living in caves, but my advice to you is that stop claiming you are developed. Go around the world and see what delopment is all about. There is nothing in south except mud houses, dilapidated roads. Dirty people and many more.
You are still living in 15th century. Common Ghana you can't compare yourself to them.
Go and get something doing to help you get out of this miserable life you're living.
Starzo: guy na north get poverty for Nigeria dem no dey argue that one infact almost everything u typed are rampant in the north which infrastructure north get?? I don't want to talk about the alarming numbers of beggars from the north roaming southern and Western States
Calmdown na, it's not North vs South. This are problems you're also facing yet you get the gut to raise eye to north.
Till those problems are no more rampant in south, that's when you can mock North. You get hundreds of problems that you have no hope of solving them in the decades to come, but you're busy Insulting North.
Been to south and I'm so much disappointed, all your states are glorified villages. Disgrace to humanity.
Go get yourself something to do. You're not any better than the north you're pointing fingers at.
Pierocash: what of Mrs Elisha murdered in Abuja for simply preaching the gospel, is that due to Christians intolerance? What another IBO man murdered in Kano and accused of blaspemy which was denied by eye witnesses account, was that as a result of Christians intolerance too?I can go on and on.
The things you listed up there about Arab Muslims ,most has been scrapped in those countries. For instance, in Dubai non of that exists in their Islamic laws anymore.
Just because of an ordinary dressing by a kannywood actress ,almost led to a breach of public peace by this practitioners of religion of PISS.
Bro, I wish Northern Nigeria can be caved out to live separately from the rest of the south so we can have peace. I have never seen such violent religion in my life
The woman killed in abuja for preaching the gospel might possibly trespasses her boundary. Many times this people will start preaching to the wrong people. Like the case of my sister; she inform my mother about how some pastors will be coming to the gate of there school and be telling them to accept Christianity. One day they took them to their church nearby and start preaching to them.
It's really bad to be preaching Christianity to young Muslims without the consent of their parents. I have many a times come across this kind of preachers in the street of abuja blocking my way. and start asking like what you know about Jesus. And will start Giving you Christians books and bible. And telling you to accept Jesus or god will burn you. I'm not in support of harming them but not all people will tolerate them.
Even my mom react angrily and swears to take action about the matter but I told her to calm down. They meant no harm. But not everybody will reason it that way. Should one imam start preaching Islam to your children, I'm 100% sure you will support killing him with this kind of hatred you have for Islam. So there are many Muslims like you out there.
And as for that kano man, still he is accused of blasphemy which I tell you earlier. They may accused him wrongly but that is what I said; Our peoples only attack you when you attack them. Never will Hausa people kill you just for being christian. If they're killing Christians or Igbos for no reason, I assure you you will not find millions of them living In north.
As for the Arabs, only UAE scraps the laws. Go to other Arab countries and drink alcohol and see what will happen to you. Arewa put this laws in 21st century. And I will assure it was only written not practical.
As for disintegration of Naija, I hope it come to past. We are also tired of the relationship
Pierocash: Even Dubai ,a Muslim country have started removing absurdities and old-fashioned laws that stiffles people's life away from their constitution.
But the kind of Islam the northerners in Nigeria practise is what I do not understand where it was gotten from.
People's personal life can become a threat to their public peace to the point that they can kill for that. I still wonder, is the Quran in Dubai different from the one in northern Muslims in Nigeria?
Sometimes I wonder, if this religion of PISS in the north is the type they practise in Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia?
A Nigeria without the Northerners and their Islam by extension, would have been a Paradise on earth
What kind of Islam do northerners practice?
Stop believing the rubbish media propaganda shared by some bigoted southern people that are always against anything Islam. Go to Arab countries and see how they live. A woman cannot go out without hijab, no taking of alcohol, a woman cannot go to even a stadium or theater or even a cinema.
No woman is allowed to travel without a male companion who must also be a member of her family
Here in north no one has a problem with what you do as far as you did not attack Islam. And if you think that I'm lying you can show us your proof that a woman was prosecuted for her dressing or any of the thing you are accusing us of.
Whenever you heard of a religious violence in north which rarely happens recently is because of the intolerance of the christians. You'll here something like a christian was attack because he insult Islam or Muhammad, what kind of tolerance lead him to insult Islam in Muslims land. I'm not supporting it but sometimes you will have to mind your business.
And I'm very sure if I stand in the street of onitcha and start insulting Christianity as a northerners I will receive same treatment or even worse.
CHANNELStv2020: After Tinubu supported u against his own people,this is the pay back? even after allowing n also defended Buhari in lekki massacre now he is only a kingmaker?Abiola on my mind (they would never learn)
ACF are not buhari's supporters, they are always against him. They even endorse Atiku in the last presidential election.