₦airaland Forum

nokspos:
This country will soon become a family house where everybody leaves eventually but comes back once in a while for a visit

Bros it already is..

Have you seen how many Nigerians are now in western nations??

Sometimes I do wonder about the mentality of Africans in general. I wouldnt be surprised if this occurred in Naija.

At the same time are out politicians here in Nigeria any better.. They have been caught looting many times, they just smile, pretend it didn't happen and carry on.

From Ganduje with his bribe taking toTinubu with his bullion vans.. So sad and it is foreign born South Africans pointing out their failure...

Flairoqy:
Making impacts in Europe or Building wealth in Asia or rendering civil services to US does not affect the economy of Nigeria, Reread that.

The point is at least Yoruba and Igbo can be competent and make a difference elsewhere.

Had Northerners not run the Nigerian economy into the ground, those folks would have been here helping to build up our economy..

Instead due to the lifeless one Buhari, we are replacing well educated hardworking professionals like software engineers with herdsmen..

SamNaijaboy:
No sense of fairness in Nigerians at all.
They think their fake population means they can dominate others.
Left to me, no need to be in the same country with these jihadist fools.
Southern Nigeria should break away and MB will follow (who wants to suffer). Leave the foolish core North and their almajiris and Boko Haram and bandits to leave in their Arewa Islamic Caliphate.
Nonsense.

Agreed, I have come to the same conclusion as you. This country should be split in two. The South will lose nothing by getting rid of these regressive people.

They have tilted an already biased political system left by the British in their favour. They engage in shameless ethnic nepotism across the civil service, government and armed forces.

What has the North given us bar banditry, religious violence, poverty, ethnic nepotism and multiple despots like Abacha, Babangida and Buhari himself..?

Let's go our separate ways, we all know who will struggle. The North will turn into Somalia in no time and we won't miss them..

SamNaijaboy:
It is paining you, ba?
Go and sleep.
What do I care if Northerners come here or not.
The next Southern president will reverse ALL Buhari's nonsense. Thunder fire the guy if he doesn't.
AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU WILL DO.
OR WE SPLIT THE COUNTRY

100% or this country will split and the North will collapse into poverty..

Ibkhaleel:
Lol tou are making fun of your lies and deceit useless bigot hate will kill you

You guys are only good at going abroad via illegal routes and also engaging in criminal acts.... nothing more!

Yahoo, fraud and drug pushing...thats where you excel in...

Unlike the north tjat have always been successful, truthful honest and sincere...

Today the dep UN sec gen is a Muslim, fulani northern woman....

Shame on you criminals

You found one Fulani with Brains..

By contrast I found the following notable Nigerian Americans the bulk of whom are Yoruba or Igbo.

Try and find your people in this list..

Science and engineering

Kunle Olukotun, computer engineer and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University and director of the Pervasive Parallelism LaboratoryIlesanmi Adesida, physicist and material scientistChristopher I. Chalokwu, geologistVictoria Chibuogu Nneji, computer scientist and roboticistJimmy Adegoke, climatologistOmowunmi Sadik, chemistWendy Okolo, aerospace research engineer at NASA Ames Research CenterAkintunde Akinwande, professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySamson Jenekhe, chemical engineer and professor of chemistry at University of WashingtonOluwatoyin Asojo, biochemistChristopher I. Chalokwu, geologistWinston Wole Soboyejo, professor of mechanical engineering at Princeton University and Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDeji Akinwande, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and EngineersJohn Dabiri, professor of aerospace engineering at the California Institute of Technology, recipient of MacArthur FellowshipAlexander Animalu, theoretical physicist; member of the advisory board of the Physica journalFrancisca Oboh Ikuenobe, geologist and professor of geology at the Missouri University of Science and TechnologySoni Oyekan, chemical engineerBolaji Aluko, professor of chemical engineering at Howard UniversityLola Eniola-Adefeso, professor of chemical engineering at University of MichiganNdubuisi Ekekwe, electrical and computer engineerEkpe Okorafor, professor of computer science at University of Texas at Dallas and husband of Unoma Ndili OkoraforUnoma Ndili Okorafor, computer scientist, wife of Ekpe Okorafor, and daughter of nuclear physicist Frank Nwachukwu NdiliPhilip Emeagwali, computer scientist and 1989 recipient of Gordon Bell PrizeTam David-West, academic and virologist


Medicine


Latunde Odeku, first Nigerian neurosurgeon trained in the United States; pioneer of neurosurgery in AfricaChidi Chike Achebe, physician executive and son of Chinua AchebeBankole Johnson, psychiatrist; discoverer of topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, as an effective treatment for alcoholism.Olufunmilayo Olopade, hematology oncologist; director of the Cancer Risk Clinic at the University of Chicago Medical CenterIkenna Ihim, doctorOla Akinboboye, nuclear cardiologistMojisola Adeyeye, pharmacist and professor of pharmaceutics at Duquesne UniversityBennet Omalu, neuropathologist and professor at the University of California, Davis; first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football playersNelson M. Oyesiku, vice chairman of neurological surgery and professor of endocrinology at the Emory University School of MedicineCharles Rotimi, geneticist and director of the National Institutes of HealthOlawale Sulaiman, neurosurgeon; professor of neurosurgery at Tulane UniversitySegun Toyin Dawodu, physician and professor of pain medicineSamuel Dagogo-Jack, discoverer of the first radioimmunoassay for epidermal growth factor in human salivaElizabeth Ofili, physician and cardiology researcherChidi Chike Achebe, physician executiveJacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, Chair Professor of the Department of Family Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterClement Adebamowo, epidemiologistFolakemi T. Odedina, professor of pharmacy and medicine at University of FloridaAndrew Agwunobi, CEO of UConn Health

Humanities and social sciences


Kola Tubosun, linguist and founder of The YorubaName ProjectJacob Olupona, professor of African Studies and African American Studies at Harvard UniversityAbiola Irele, literary scholar and former professor at Harvard UniversityClaude Ake, political scientist, former professor at Columbia University and Yale UniversityChinua Achebe, award-winning novelist, professor, literary scholar, and author of Things Fall ApartNwando Achebe, historian, feminist scholar, and daughter of Chinua AchebeFarooq Kperogi, journalist and professor of journalism at Kennesaw State UniversityNwando Achebe, historian and feminist scholar; professor of history at Michigan State UniversityToyin Falola, historian and professor of African StudiesBamidele A. Ojo, political scientist and professor of Political science and International studiesJohn Ogbu, anthropologist, "acting white" theoristEkpo Eyo, archaeologist and professor of African arts and Archeology at University of MarylandAkinwumi Ogundiran, archaeologist, Chancellor's Professor and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology & History at UNC Charlotte.Obiwu (Obioma Paul Iwuanyanwu), writer and professor of English and creating writing at Central State UniversityWendy Osefo, public affairs academic, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, and television personalityEmmanuel Chukwudi Eze, philosopherNkiru Nzegwu, philosopher and Distinguished Professor for Research at State University of New York at BinghamtonKalu Ndukwe Kalu, political scientist and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and National Security Policy at Auburn UniversityStephen Adebanji Akintoye, academic, historian and writerSaheed Aderinto, professor of history at Western Carolina UniversityElechukwu Njaka, political scientist; author of Igbo Political CultureOlu Oguibe, professor of art at the University of Connecticut and senior fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DCChika Okeke-Agulu, art historianJoy Ogwu, political scientistLeslye Obiora, professor of law at University of ArizonaMathematicsEditNkechi Agwu, ethnomathematician and historian of mathematicsAbba Gumel, computational mathematician and mathematical biologist, professor at Arizona State UniversityChike Obi, pure mathematicianKate Okikiolu, mathematical analystYewande Olubummo, mathematical analystGrace Alele-Williams, professor of mathematics education

Academic administration

Victor Ukpolo, chancellor of the Southern University at New OrleansBenjamin Akande, president of Champlain College and Westminster CollegeBabatunde Ogunnaike, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of DelawareJoseph Abiodun Balogun, dean of the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State UniversityIlesanmi Adesida, dean and professor emeritus of engineering at the Grainger College of Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), provost at Nazarbayev University (in Kazakhstan)Johnson O. Akinleye, chancellor of North Carolina Central UniversityImeIme Umana, president of Harvard Law ReviewNwando Achebe, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Social Science at Michigan State UniversityOkwui Enwezor, senior vice president of San Francisco Art InstituteJohn Dabiri, Centennial Chair Professor at California Institute of TechnologyAndrew Agwunobi, president of University of Connecticut

Business

Temie Giwa-Tubosun, founder of LifeBankKunle Olukotun, founder of Afara WebsystemsPearlena Igbokwe, chairman of Universal Studios Group (division of NBCUniversal)Jessica O. Matthews, venture capitalist and co-inventor of SoccketJohn O. Agwunobi, pediatrician, former fourth-star admiral of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, former senior vice-president of Walmart, CEO of HerbalifeLazarus Angbazo, president and CEO of General Electric in NigeriaTayo Oviosu, founder and CEO of PagaNdubuisi Ekekwe, founder and CEO of First Atlantic Semiconductors & MicroelectronicsSoni Oyekan, CEO of Prafis Energy SolutionsBisi Ezerioha, automotive engineer, racecar driver, industrialist, and CEO of Bisimoto EngineeringAdebayo Alonge, founder and CEO of RxAll Inc.Nneka Egbujiobi, founder and CEO of Hello AfricaDarlington Onyeri, founder of D&Dee Global, Inc.Michael Boulos, business executive and partner of Tiffany TrumpAdebayo Ogunlesi, investment banker, Chairman and Managing Partner at Global Infrastructure PartnersMaya Horgan Famodu, venture capitalist and founder of IngressiveNgozi Okonjo-Iweala, economist at World BankMagnus L. Kpakol, Texas-based CEO and chairman of Economic and Business Strategies; former chief economic advisor to President Olusegun Obasanjo of NigeriaChris Aire, president of Solid 21 IncorporatedAngelica Nwandu, founder of The Shade RoomTiyan Alile, celebrity chef and restaurateurDami Kujembola, CEO of Amplify Africa Inc.

Don't make me bring out the UK list of notable British Nigerians. Again in that list your people won't be found..

I know the number of Igbo names probably gave you a heart attack and will give you a few sleepless nights..

Ibkhaleel:
The North is far bigger in land mass & population than the South.
It has the highest number of states & local governments.
The North has some of the most powerful governors, senators, federal appointees, politicians both serving & retired in Nigeria.
The North also has the richest men & biggest captains of industry in Nigeria.
It has the highest number of military Generals both serving & retired.
The North equally has its fair share of reknown & accomplished academics in Nigeria & abroad in foreign universities.

It was at this line I realised you were a comedian...

I have worked abroad in both the US, Europe and Asia in finance. Across financial modelling, software engineering and trading. I am yet to meet a Northerner working in any gainful employment in these sectors.. I have met many a Yoruba or Igbo, but not one person from the North.. Mtchew lies..

Fake news or another government shadow operation.

Why is it with these sort of attacks in the east, we have no pictures??

When boko haram attacks we have clear pictures of wounded and killed soldiers. With accompanying pictures of equipment destroyed and even before pics of said soldiers when they were alive and well.

Mtcheww...

Onepeople:
Aboki sighted

Add khaleel to that list..

Abokis Don come out in force, wen dey realise One Nigeria is on life support due to the lifeless one..

See am, the North and South are brothers and we are both suffering mtchewww...

geemd434:
We will not support tinubu as well

Exactly Tinubu is rubbish as well... **spits**

stepaside2:
I respect your wish frankly. I do not support a forceful union but was pointing to the illusion that a progressive Southern Nigeria is hampered by a North you describe with so many unkind words. The North is not as monolithic as you think. There are also many ethnic groups that make it up and it is not fair to lump them all together.

Similar adjectives you used for the North can conveniently fit the South too. The so called Northerners choose to stay in country and pursue careers in the civil service, Army and the likes while many Southerners choose to travel abroad to go after more glamorous pursuits. It is a choice with their own consequences.

We will soon have a Southern President and I can bet you that 90% of these agitations will melt away. It is the way of we humans.

There is no illusion, Northerners in part because of religion are a regressive people. Higher levels of illiteracy, sky high birthrates and astounding levels of poverty.

I do not care whether there are sub groups like shuwa Arabs or Kanuri or anything else in between. I know that every time a Southerner has taken the helm and pushed the nation forward, a Northerner has subsequently taken us backward.

As for leaving being a choice. Southerners are leaving as poor Northern leadership has run this country into the ground economically. You are indeed right Northerners pursue careers in the civil service, army etc. This is because such roles are given to them on a platter due to ethnic nepotism. They do not attain these roles on merit and their poor performance in such roles is the reason why Nigeria looks the way it does today. Was it not only recently that naval roles went solely to Northern recruits.

Say what you like about Yoruba or Igbo at least they respect meritocracy, as in the best man or woman for the job. Northerners do not and that is why we should not share a state together.. It is why your people won't even attempt to gain work outside of Nigeria, because without quota systems and ethnic nepotism your people would struggle in a system largely based on competence. The fact you don't even appreciate this shows how ignorant you folks are.

I wouldn't be so sure a Southern president would cut it now. Take Tinubu who is the Northern elite's first choice. The average Yoruba doesn't care for him and knows he is man who can be bought. He would happily sell out his own people for financial gain. If he won, I doubt calls for succession would die down. With respect to the South East they no longer care for the machinations of the federal government, they are just waiting for a referendum to leave..

Good luck Northerner, the sun sets on any people who only have force as a means to secure loyalty.

When that day of reckoning comes remember this exchange..

stepaside2:
Did anybody stop the Southerners from shooting their way to power? I referenced 1999 because it was the restart of unbroken democratic rule for a solid 22 years, enough time to measure some progress. 14 of those years were overseen by Southerners. I put that forward to remind you that this Southern/ Northern shout is a symptom of a deeper problem and not the main issue.

Let me ask you a question. Why can't the South ever unite and speak with one voice? Something as simple as that has been difficult to achieve, yet you think having a Southern country will solve all the problems. You better wake up. Hope is not lost though, seeing the unity displayed of recent by Southern Governors.

The North comes under the umbrella of Arewa, a legacy of the efforts of Ahmedo Bello. Aided by the legacy of the older Sokoto Caliphate.

The South was never culturally or even economically unified, but by virtue of the British legacy of colonialism was left more westernised with greater respect for meritocracy and rule of law. The Igbos in particular value individualistic success and democracy, which is a legacy of their political structures prior to colonialism.

The South may not be unified, but have more in common than with their counterparts in the North. I have said it before, in the diaspora I have seen Igbos and Yoruba happily work together. I have rarely ever encountered a Northerner in gainful employment in the diaspora. I met one and he was a bus driver in Ireland..

Those 14 years where we saw great progress was due to Southerners which is something you refuse to acknowledge.

I am past the point of trying to make you see reason. I care little for Northerners and I want nothing to do with them.. A unified state of Southern Nigeria may not be perfect, but it would be a damn sight better than the Nigeria we currently have. Bedevilled by marauding herdsmen, Islamic terrorism, Northern ethnic nepotism, Northern corruption, media suppression, economic decline and a general breakdown in rule of law.

Look at Chad and Niger, you have a great idea of what a Northern Nigeria will be. Look at Ghana and see what a Southern Nigeria is likely to become.. I am done with Northerners, the era of One Nigeria is OVER.. let's go our separate ways and be done with it.

stepaside2:
Are we not tired of this Northern thing? Since the return to democracy in 1999, Southerners have ruled for 14 of the 22 years and poised to return to power in 2 years' time. The issues are beyond this ethnic thing

Now I know you are a zombie...

Are you mad? The clock doesn't start at 1999.

What of the Abacha era? The Babangida era? The Shagari era? Buhari's own era prior to this one.

Notice you said since democracy in 1999. Thats right Southerners returned us to democracy and respect democratic rule. Every time it has been Northerners dragging us into authoritarian dictatorships and dragging the economy backwards..

Mtcheww.. try again with your lies and revisionist history.. 1999 wow, when Naija became independent in 1960..

Honestly, the sooner this country splits between North and South the better..

bjtinz:
Am a southerner, but honestly don't know what the beef is about.

So what stopped Otedola, Uba, Alakija, Adenuga and other oil magnates from the south from putting up theirs??

Or was there any law that forbade them??

Abegi.

They don't have the government subsidising their every move and removing every impediment in their way..

The Nigerian economy is clearly run for the benefit of Northerners by Northerners. Stop feigning ignorance..

A monopoly will result in price gouging and the cost of petrol being higher than it should otherwise be in the long run

Abooki kidnap abooki, wetin concern me??

Mtchew na family matter

Audio ethnic bigot presido spewing more rubbish as usual.

2023 vote this clown and his kin out..

Get ethnic nepotism out of Nigeria by voting out Northern politicians and see that jobs are only gained on merit..

That would eliminate corruption in no time...

Mokason288:
The insecurity in the North is what Fueled the creation Of Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu in other to avoid occurrence in both the south east and southwest

But BUhari’s greatest problem is tackling Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho instead of addressing his kinsmen .

Meanwhile Aboki kill Aboki

Who am I to complain in Their Family business

Gbam no lies were spoken

Biafrannuke:
Stupid media and fake news peddlers.

No pictures of said terrorists, more tales by moonlight...

Come 2023 Abookis, you will be thrown out of Aso Rock for good..

EjaikreTheViper:
The cheap paid agents from FUTAJALON will soon invade this thread with their shallow level of reasoning!!!

Add Monogamy to that pic as well lol

Monogamy:
Northerners know how to unite together whenever they need something regarding their region, you see the Southerners, we are educated for nothing. Always in unfriendly/unhealthy competition with each other.

If we are not fighting ourselves, it could be pulling each others down yet some clowns would be blaming Northerners for Southern Nigeria's woes..

Eish

So speaks the Northern apologist and Zombie spokesmen.

The North dominates because the British made the system to favour them when they left, as they knew Northerners were easier to manipulate.

With the built in dominance in the political system (unified Northern region vs a divided south), they entrenched themselves further politically redrawing the states to reduce state's in the South East and increase states in the North.

If political shenanigans failed, Northerners never hesitated to use violence to achieve their goals. Like the murder of Moshood Abiola when he legitimately won the presidential elections.

Educated Southerners have kept this country going for decades, were it not for us this country would have looked like Chad or Niger a long time ago... We have had the deadweight of Northern politicians and dull minds dragging us back at every turn.. Mtcheww

Abooki country.. sha

Kingspin:
Buhari government is fighting for herdsmen killers RUGA to establish an empire across Nigeria.
Buhari is over extensively fighting a war to crush oppositions and enthrone Fulanis, little why he don't care about evil they're doing.

I laughed at those you laughing at Kanu.
Aboki and his people laugh at you.

100%... This man knows the score..

Faller:
You won't see the Zombies on threads like this




The Zombies are hibernating...

Hibernating indeed..

If they do it would be to say GEJ was worse and other such nonsense.. Mtcheww

thebosstrevor1:
Bandits are in Nigeria, Nnamdi kanu was in London, traveling all over the world, being treated with the finest wine, delicious meals and women while living in 5 star hotels and traveling on private jets on behalf of ipob, he was being treated well, why does he need Nigerian style of treatment.

Bandit dey wear dirty kaftan with ak47, Nnamdi kanu dey wear fendi

Make una judge for una self

What does that have to do with anything? Zombie..

As for what he got up to, for all we know it is all govt propaganda..

All we do know is how he has been treated compared to murderous bandits

thebosstrevor1:
The yoruba press have started their lies and cheap blackmail.

Ipob gangs on nairaland are happy thinking they have found a common friend , the unity beggar don't know that the yoruba press only have the interest of the yoruba people in their mind

Keep deceiving yourself zombie...

Yoruba and Igbo may disagree on a lot of things..

But when it comes to the political leadership, we are agreed Northern Ethnic Nepotism is the THE PROBLEM.. Mtchewww

No Southerner or Middle Belt man or woman will vote for a Northern politician again..

Buhari is working apparently..

I dey laugh in Fulani

To those Southerners celebrating the capture of Nnamdi Kanu, did I not tell you it would embolden this Northern dominated administration.

You not hear word!!! Mtchewww..

Literally within days they have also gone after Sunday. If anyone from the South or Middle belt still votes in a Northern president at the next election you will need your head examined..

chiiraq802:
Abeg ah don tire for KANU news....

Last time i checked Nnamdi Kanu is not the problem of this failed Country,

He is not the one supporting Terrorists and Marauding Fulani Herdsmen.

He's not the one that increased PMS price in Nigeria.

No be Nnamdi kanu make things cost for market and life unbearable for the masses.

It was the handwork of APShit and that gworo drinking mannequin in Aso Rock.

But Nnamdi was one of the first to point this out and talk about it.

That is his crime..

Everyday a new Judas appears..

Mtcheww. No doubt one of these individuals betrayed Nnamdi Kanu leading to his arrest..

NairalandProf:
The moment he stayed in UK and started ordering hits on Law enforcement I knew they would hand him over to Nigeria.

We're watching.

When last did Kanu eat?

You mean the government sponsored attacks to smear Ipob and set the ground for an attack an invasion by government troops?

Nnamdi's only crime was saying his truth, that this government has been mismanaged and is dominated by Northerners.

I agree with him. Given all the cheering and jubilation about this on even nairaland, shows how shaken the Northern elites were by him. It also reveals how many paid zombies frequent this forum.

As others have already pointed out, will his arrest reduce the activities of IWASP or BH, reduce the activities of violent herdsmen, reduce banditry or revive the flagging economy? NO

All Southerners should be upset and this will embolden the already entrenched nepotism in the Fulani dominated government and economy.. A sad day for democracy in Nigeria