₦airaland Forum

Jaynom:
Haba! This is unfair. Her Employer is a callous woman. She wanted to travel, you agreed to it only for you to replace (Which I understand) and not pay her. She's 18 and naïve and I believe she threatened her Employer out of frustration(the economy's bad), Naivety got the best of her. Oga Judge didn't temper justice with mercy at all. Madam employer agreement is agreement o! If she had N50,000 she wouldn't be a sales girl in the first place. Kai! And they say the judiciary is the last hope of the Common Man. Smh

u guys are so ignorant na wao the 50k was for bail as surety not the judgement after jogenent surety takes back his or money is ether she is inprisend or do community service or sign undertaken for the madam

APCsupporter:
Then be prepared for another war.

who and who will fight that one pls elaborate

shame on ipob shame on area youth shame on afonja

can I use messenger to recieve dollar to my naira account in Nigeria

but unfortunately there is no good Nigeria and there will never be

There are too many exaggerations in this article
1) That Igbo people are in control of 70% of commercial activities in the North. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Northerners i saw while in the North are astute businessmen. They are in control of Northern commerce. I will instead agree that Igbos commercial activities in the North are quite significant.
2) Biafra agitation is led by Igbos chiefly, but not only Igbos are in support of it and the Biafra proposed map does not make the Biafra, a landlocked state except if there are some other people preparing another Biafra.
3) Igbos business activities in the North are mutually beneficial to the Igbos and the North. The envy and Jealousy that always come with Igbo business is Nigeria are unwarranted. Every Nigerian eye is set on Igbo business. They will talk of it 20times per day always alluding to their friendliness. Every part of Nigeria is hostile to Igbo people. It's just that the people there still need what igbos offers. Igbos turn any environment they settle to viable environment and develop it unlike other Nigeria tribesmen who will not even attempt to buy land in Igboland nor even develop a free land given to them. At Ugwuoba in Enugu, a large Hectares of lands were given to Northerners to build their place. They ended up setting up a refugee camp there. They would not mould a single block to erect a building. They devastated the land.
If you give such land to Igbo man, in 3years,you will be amazed. Go to Shaki in Oyo state and see newest examples but few days back,an indigene of shaki started threatening Igbo's to leave Shaki.
4) National Integration should not be led by a single group. Many Yorubas will claim of being good host but they never claim of being good immigrants notably because if a Yoruba man want to travel, he will most likely travel outside Nigeria. A lot of Nigerians accuse igbos of being unruly but they can't go outside their homeland in Nigeria to live where there are no Igboman in the same Nigeria. Most group oppose Biafra secession by threatening to secede if Igbos go; that's a sign that the only thing keeping many groups in Nigeria is Igbo man.
5) There is nothing more to learn about Hausa Fulani North men. There is no way to please them if you're not a Muslim. The fact that Igbo man drinks a beer during Fasting is a non-issue. Making statements against is simply being unNigerian.
In Conclusion, Igbos has been more Nigerian than any groups in Nigeria. Igbos live out the true meaning of National integration which has brought them harm from those who has always touted one Nigeria but hate to see it materialized. The only thing that sections of Nigeria care about Nigeria is oil wealth. The idea of Nationhood is totally opposed by majority of Nigeria groups. The call for secession will continue unless Nigeria restructure in such a way as to promote Corporate coexistence.

kunlesufyan:
I heard once one gets the N-power job, you won't get any government job until the two year period is over.
Who can confirm this please?

fat lie
in fact Npower encourages you to continue to search for work then resign from Npower

nurex01:
I will advise all people living in Nigerian now to let us leave peacefully. What the Igbos want can escalate the issues. Now, Arewa said they Should leave. Imagine, what will be the outcomes now? Let's share ourselves senses. "DON'T LET THE POLITICIANS USE US. I BELIEVE THIS BIAFRA OF A THING IS THE WORK OF THE POLITICIANS.

politician are not involved in Biafra they are not welcomed nnamdi KANU said it that he will never alighn himself with any politician Biafra is real not about about politica

laudate:
Oh, I just love points no. 4 and no. 9!! So the South-East governors do not support IPOB?

political office holders are under oat to protect the unity of Nigeria they can never openly support disunity . are u a baby

danjumakolo:
Was he the one that gunned down the robber who was trying ro enter the gate room?

no he was not .this one the caword police that hide inside the post

Abbeyme:
The video is scary. But that action was prompt and he acted responsibly within allowable response time.

Bravo to him while wishing him speedier recovery.

But I feel Zenith Bank ought pick that further medical bill and put him on pension in case he has disability in that eye.

My personal thought o.

he was not the one who challenged the robbers the gallant officer died after 2months

The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), on Friday expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbos to leave the region within three months.
The forum expressed 'disappointment' with the Northern Governors' Forum for disowning the youth groups.

Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson told newsmen in Zaria on Friday, that it was hypocritical for the Igbos to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s break up.

Ango said: "I am disappointed in the decision taken by Northern Governors’ Forum disowning and condemning the agitation by this young agile and progressive youth groups.

"Let me ask, these Northern governors, whom are they representing, are they representing spirits, ghost or people of the north?

"Recently, people from eastern part of this country, specifically Igbo, were busy calling for the Sovereign State of Biafra and from all indication their leaders including governors are behind them."

According to him, whoever feels Nigeria "is not conducive for him" let him quit, adding that what the northern youth groups did was not a sin.

He lamented that none of the Northern governors reacted to the persistent call for the actualisation of Biafra and other agitations.

The spokesman said when Nnamdi Kanu was released on bail recently, over 100 vehicles escorted him to his residence including big personalities from the south-west and south-east.

"This is somebody who has been agitating for the breakup of Nigeria but his people were behind him, therefore, I am behind the youths.

"This is because the Northern youths are pushed to the wall, we have been calming them down in any event similar to this," he noted.

Speaking specifically on the Igbos, Ango said the people from the south were always pretending that people from the north were cheating them.

"These people always pretend that the North is cheating them, not minding the fact that Southern Nigeria was developed by resources from the North.

"Please, look for a book written by Adamu FiKa, the Waziri of FiKa on Nigeria’s budget before and after independence.

"Each year, up to the time Nigeria gained its independence, none of the two regions was able to provide for itself.

"I mean none of the Western and Eastern regions had the money to effectively run the affairs of its region until they get financial support from the Northern region," he said.

He recalled that the tradition had remained during the colonial masters and nothing changed after they left the country.

Ango said it was the same money from the North that was used to construct Nigerian Railways, refineries and other facilities.

"First oil exploration was conducted using money from groundnut pyramid, cotton, hide and skin among other cash crops from Northern Nigeria.

"However, these people tend to forget all these goodies provided by the North toward ensuring the unity and corporate existence of Nigeria.

"They always look down on us, feeling that Northerners are parasites in this country," he said

pls is there any opportunity for engineers in Saudi

From his myopic bubble Femi FaniKayode claims the Yoruba were the first to acquire Western education; the first ever known record of a literate Nigerian in the English Language is the narrative of an Ibo slave who regained his freedom and documented his life history as a slave from the time he was 11 years old in present day Ibo land till the time when he gained his freedom in the middle of the 18 th century. He later married an English woman and had 3 children. He died in 1795.
Femi, a basic Google-research will do you good here; check out the name, Equanoh OLAODAH. Further Femi claims that the Yoruba were the first lawyers and doctors in Nigeria. This is again a big falsehood. The first Nigeria doctor was an Effik man Silas G. Dove who obtained a medical degree from France and returned to practise medicine in 1840 in Calabar. This fact can also be verified from historical medical records in Paris.
I would also ask that you google the name BLYDEN – Edward Wilmot BLYDEN – an educated son of free Ibo slaves who by the mid-19th century had acquired sound theological education. He was born in Saint Thomas in 1832. He is one of the founding missionaries that established the Archbishop Vining church in Ikeja. Before the next time you succumb to your long-running battle with logorrhoea, Femi please do some research.
What about the third president of a free Liberia – President J JRoyle – again, a man of Ibo descent. Please take some time to do some research so that we can discuss constructively. It is wrong to peddle lies to your people. It is academic fraud to knowingly misrepresent facts just to score cheap points with people who do not have the discipline to do research and accept anything you pour out simply because they say you are well educated. To again quote the great Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Joseph Stiglitz; Femi fits into the category of third rate students from first rate universities with an inflated sense of self-importance. Let’s go on!
Who was the first Nigerian Professor of Mathematics – an Ibo man – Professor Chike Obi – the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem. He was followed by another Ibo man, Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of Differentail Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant. Please do some research on this great Ibo man. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and one of the founders of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Who was Nigeria’s first Professor of Histroy – Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times. He was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Who was the first Professor of Microbiology – Professor Eni Njoku; he was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Anatomy and Physiology – Professor Chike Edozien is an Asaba man and current Obi of Asaba. Who was the first Professor of Anatomy at the University College Ibadan? Who was the first Professor of Physics? Professor Okoye, who became a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. He was followed by the likes of Professor Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics. He was also a founding member of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Ibo man – Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge Univesity in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early ’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s. First Professor of Statistics – Professor Adichie who’s research on Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research. What about the first Nigerian Professor of Medicine – Professor Kodilinye – he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in 1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the war. What about Astronomy – again another Ibo man was the first Professor of Astronomy – please, look up Professor Ntukoju – he was the first to earn a double Ph.D in Astronomy and Mathematics.
Let’s go to the Social Sciences – Demography and statistical research into population studies – again another Ibo man – Professor Okonjo who set up the first Centre for Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in Mathematics and Economics. Philosophy – Professor G D Okafor, who became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953. Economics – Dr. Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first Nigerian Ph.D in Economics. Theology and theological research – Professor Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.
I am still conducting research in areas such as Geography where it seems a Yoruba man, Professor Mabogunje, was the first Professor. I also am conducting research into who was the first Nigerian Professor of English, Theatre Arts, Languages, Business and Education, Law and Engineering, Computer Technology, etc. Nigerians need to be told the truth and not let the lies that Femi Fani-Kayode has been selling to some ignorant Yoruba who feel that to be the first to see the white man and interact with him means that you are way ahead of other groups. The Ibo as The great Achebe said had within a span of 40 years bridged the gap and even surpassed the Yoruba in education by the ’60s. Many a Yoruba people perpetually indulge in self-deceit: that they were the first to go to school; to be exposed to Western education; that they are academically ahead of other Nigerian cultures of peoples. Another ignorant lie.
As far back as 1495 the Benin Empire maintained a diplomatic presence in Portugal. This strategic relationship did not just stop at a mere mission but extended to areas such as education. Scores of young Benin men were sent out to Portugal to study and lots of them came back with advanced degrees in Medicine, Law and Portuguese Language, to name a few.
Indeed, some went with their Yoruba and Ibo slaves who served the sons of the Benin nobility while they studied in Portugal. These are facts that can be verified by the logs kept by ship owners in Portugal from 1494 to 1830. It is kept at the Portuguese Museum of Geographic History in Lisbon.
Why then would several Yoruba people peddle all these falsehoods to show that they are ahead educationally in Nigeria? The true facts from the Federal Office of Statistics on education tell otherwise, showing that 3 Ibo states for the past 12 years have constantly had the largest number of graduates in the country, producing more graduates than Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo states. These eastern states are Imo, Anambra and Abia. Yet he calls Ibos traders. Indeed, the Igbos dominate because excellence dominates mediocrity – truth.
Let me enlighten this falsehood’s mouthpiece even further: before the civil war Ibos controlled and dominated all institutions in the formal sector in Nigeria from the universities to the police to the military to politics:
• The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Ibo man
• The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Ibo man
• The first Nigerian Rector of the then Yaba College of Technology was also an Ibo man
• The police was run by an Ibo IG
• The military as a professional institution was also run by elite-ilk Ibos.
Facts can never be hidden. To be first does not mean you would win the race; let us open up all our institutions and may the best man win. Let us not depend on handouts or privileges but on heard work. Let us compete and give the best positions to our brightest – be it Ibo, Yourba or Fulani, and then we shall see who is the most successful Nigerian.
I find it difficult not to respond to some of these long-held lies that are constantly being peddled by Yorubas. One is that the Yoruba have the largest number of professors in the country. I would again ask that we stick to facts and statistical records. The Nigerian Universities Commission has a record of the state with the largest number of professors on their records and as at 2010 that state is Imo State followed by Ondo State and then Anambra State; the next state is Ekiti and then Delta before Kwara State. I am sure you Yorubas are surprised. When you sit in the South-West do not think others are sleeping but I wish to address another historical fact and that is who were the first Nigerians to receive Western education. It is important that these issues be examined in their historical context and evidence through research be presented for all to examine.
I have continued my research for as the great sociologist and father of modern sociology – Emile Durkheim – put it, the definition of a situation is real in its consequence . What this simply means is that one must never allow a perceived falsehood to become one’s reality and by extension individuals who accept a defined position act as though the situation is real and apply themselves in that narrowly defined perspective.
Why is this important to state it is because for long the Yoruba have peddled lies that have almost become accepted as the truth by other Nigerians but it is important that we lay down the facts for others to examine and come to their own conclusion for facts are facts. Let’s go back to education. Historically, Western education resulted as a product of indigenous ethnic groups interacting with the whites through trade. The dominant groups sold slaves, ivory gold and a host of other products to their European counterparts in exchange for finished goods – wine, tobacco, mirrors, etc.
The Bini who were the dominant military force from the 15th to the 19th century raided and sold other ethnicities to the Europeans. Top on the list of those they sold were the Yoruba, Ibo and Igala. Various other ethnicities suffered as a result of the Bini military expansion. And the Benin Kingdom stretched from present-day Benin up to what is now geographically referred to as Republic of Togo. Indeed, the influence of the Benin Empire extended to the banks of the river Niger to present-day Onistha. There are huge Yoruba settlements in the Anioma part of Delta State who fled Yoruba land as a result of these attacks and constant raids. Yes, there are Yoruba people who are currently living with Ibos in the Ibo-speaking part of Delta and they are full citizens of the place no one refers to them as strangers and there is no talk about the Ibos being the host community like we hear from the Governor of Lagos State. But let me return to research. Slaves were moved from the hinterland to the coast and many were sold through Eko to the New World. These slaves were the first to encounter the Europeans and by extension their way of life – this included education in a Western sense. The Bini King had taken pains to establish a diplomatic presence in Portugal and the relationship developed into areas that extended beyond trade in the late 15th century and lasted well into the early 19th century. Scores of young Bpni youth were sent to Portugal and studied there, coming back with advanced degrees in various disciplines. The next set of people to receive Western education were the slaves themselves. Some of them managed to buy their freedom and develop themselves further.
For the Ibo it does not matter who your father is; the question is: Who are you? Who was Obasanjo’s father? Was he the most educated Nigerian? I am sure the answer is no. Yet this Great Nigeria led this nation two times as a military Head of State and as a civilian President. What about GEJ? Who was his own father? Was he the first Nigerian to go to London? The answer is no. In fact, he had no shoes, yet he is fully in charge. So it does not matter if your father was the first Lawyer or first Doctor in Nigeria but rather what matters is what an individual does with the talents the Almighty has given to him. Let us open up Nigeria for competition. That is the solution to our problems. Those who want privileges keep reminding us that their fathers were the first to go to school in London. Every generation produces its own leaders and champions. Like Dangote who is the biggest employer of labour in Nigeria today and the richest man in Africa. Was his father the first to go to study in London? Yet he is the master of people whose parents gave them the best. My brothers, the answer to the Nigerian problem is that we should establish a merit-driven society. “I get am before” no be property .

gberra:
Your people are hiding in holes in bayelsa. You'd better enter a canoe & go rescue them from the hands of yo Ijaw master.

IPOBS are fools

am in bayelsa what are u talking about

so true and nothing but truth

President Muhammadu Buhari's health crisis is still generating reactions from Nigerians

- Co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Aisha Yesufu has joined the debate

- She advised the president to resign, adding that the National Assembly should impeach him if he fails to do so

Co-convener of the BBOG group, Aisha Yesufu has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign in the interest of Nigeria.

Yesufu gave the advice in a two minutes, 20 seconds video she recorded and posted on Twitter page.

She stated that the idea of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo acting as president is not working, adding that governance is stagnated in the country.

Aisha Yesufu calls for President Buhari's impeachment
Aisha Yesufu passion for a better Nigeria is not in doubt
Her words: "For crying out loud, the president is sick, the president is not capable of discharging his duties as president, why can’t he resign?

"Sickness can be on anybody, nobody is wishing the president bad. The fact that he is sick doesn’t mean he is going to die today or tomorrow. Somebody that is as healthy as I am now can drop dead. It is life!

"How long are we going to wait and keep watching everything go in disarray. Who is going to sign the budget, we don’t know. The report on Babachir, what is happening to it? Why are we being held to ransom?"

In a direct speech to the president, Yesufu said: "President Muhammadu Buhari, you have gotten the best in this world. A lot of things that you have, most people cannot even dream of.

"You have being president twice, you said it yourself, you have reached the peak of your career as a military man and as a politician.

"Can you allow each and every one of us as Nigerians be able to reach the peak of our careers? Can you just take some time off, take care of yourself. May God give you good health."

She then called on Nigerians to "wake up", adding that the acting president can’t do anything because he wants to be seen as a good man.

"We need to take our country back, let the president resign, if he can’t resign, let the National Assembly do the right thing and let’s have another president. It is not about President Buhari, it’s about Nigeria, and right now Nigeria is suffering and we cannot continue to allow this," she concluded.

9jasite:
On the heels of statements by the AREWA consultative forum that Kano gave more votes than the entire sw region



I went on a research ♒on the votes count and here are my findings


Ekiti. 120,331
Lagos. 792,460
Ogun. 308,290
Ondo. 299,889
Osun. 383,603
Oyo. 528,620


Total = 2,433,193 SW region




From Vanguard Buhari won by a 2.6 million margin


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/buhari-wins-by-2-57-million-votes-official-result/


it is safe to say that the South South and South East region look elsewhere for political partnership. They cannot be of help.

And the Igbo people should stop acting like minorities.....playing the weak card.

If the Urhobo nation had your numbers and spread we would dominate Nigeria. Not hiding like women......

in my next article I would proffer a better path to recognition for the igbo nation.


I have friends that are Igbos and I am only playing my part to keep Nigeria one



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Ejiro-Oghene

I don't think u have brains u need to go to school this more reason why history should be very important in secondary schools so people like op would know that its because of Igbo dominance that cause the Nig biafran war

deedeedee1:
Unfortunately, this is how it will always be until we disintegrate peacefully.

that is the more reason we should tell ourselves the truth and abolish this god forsaken hell of a country

dealslip:
I hope the man has been burnt alive. I only need pictures of him been burnt alive.

y not go and burn him yourself if you think that's justice

dealslip:
I hope the man has been burnt alive. I only need pictures of him been burnt alive.

y not go and burn him yourself if you think that's justice

whizraymond:
Na dem,they wan develop niger delta by fire by force

they are Niger Deltans from delta state OK go to school

SuperS1Panther:
If you believe Chibok Girls abduction is a scam, please donate your daughters and sisters to Asari Dokubo , Tompolo, Niger Delta militants and Kidnappers of SE to discredit PMB's Govt too.

If the abduction was a scam, the killing at Odi was concocted and a scam and alleged killing of 3m Osus is a greater scam.

those of us that our brain are still intact what we believe is that non of the girls being released were never kidnapped by anybody in the first place they are just acting up

NevetsIbot:
you come add God put!! Op is in trouble.

Okay, i see it from your view... Op shouldn't have gotten into a relationship with her in the first place. Surely he can't say he noticed these things about her after she said yes

I mate her online she came visiting at first I didn't like her but after a began to pick interest because of the way does things It was during our conversation that I knew she didn't complete her education due to her level of reasoning. am not planing to leave her she is asking me to come know her parents or I let her go we are barely 6 weeks in the relationship

MissCuppy:
Why not educate her?

too late

she has the attribute of a home keeper she is not lazy to carry out her duties at home but she is half educated and reasons like a compete illiterate always brings blind aguement on almost everything. she is insecure always causes of lies . am confuse should I let her go? advice needed

buhari 1984

Fellow Nigerians,there is a problem.I am listening to Reverend father Mbaka’s live Sunday programme.The programme is live from his church(Sunday church service).


He has a message for President Buhari.According to him,he has never seen him for long and does not even have his number.He was in dream on Thursday and saw President Buhari sick.He travelled to Abuja to go and see him because there was prayer given to him which was meant to safe Buhari’s life.

But the unexpected happened.When he got to Abuja,security did not allow some of Buhari’s relative to see Buhari.

He decided to leave because there is no way they will allow him see Buhari since they did not allow his relative see him.He decided to leave.Immediately he was about leaving,some people came out from Aso Rock after a meeting and said that President Buhari is dead.According to him,the exact thing happened to him to Goodluck Jonathan.When he wanted to rescue him,his security never allowed him.He said but there is a solution.

My people,I have known him for long.He does not lie.His prophecies are real.He said everything in public during today’s preaching in church.Anybody who is very close to Aso Rock should inform the authorities that be.They can contact him

who is she? any old woman bearing cleavage is a Bollywood actress hmnm

MayorofLagos:
Its on record that your Obi derived his power from Benin. You can dispute and revise it and position it in any ethnic color you like....if you like sef call him Jewish King, still....the stool he sits on came from Benin.

oya na come collect the stool go give ur father
.oboyare

OsuIbo:
Later we Igbos will call afonja people cowards. Isnt it obvious that we are the one that deserves that tag.

For God sake where are ur own Igbo leaders? Why must it take the intervention of Fayose, an illustrious son of the great Yoruba race, before nnamdi kanu could be granted bail.

Fayose has done what no single Igbo politician can do for we Igbos.

people like thinks like a goat how it because of fayose that namdi KANU was bail in fact u anoy me fayose is here for solidarity