₦airaland Forum

Mrexcell:
There are better options for him he didn't even bother to give a second thought like striking a deal with biafra to protect the middle belt people after they must have becomed an independent nation what if the fulanis were successful in wiping out the igbo nation in that war who else would he have looked upon in nigeria to protect his people?

Only you out of all who quoted me seem to understand my point. Others emotionally assumed I supported the his move. What a group of lazy and unrealistic humans we have these days..

But the truth is that he will still choose that move if the situation provides itself again.

And as much as I will never agree with him, I understand the dangers they will face by letting Biafra go.

presido11:
The consequences of the best for his people is what we are seeing today. So weep not my Platue people.

Yes.

But the point is that it would have been far worse if they didn’t fight for “one Nigeria” then. They would have been wiped out or totally conquered even before 1970.

And I tell you again, despite what they are facing now, they would still fight for one Nigeria if 1967 was to happen again.

It was and still a safer route for them.

presido11:
I guess by self preservation, you meant the killing that is going on otherwise delete this your post.

You are actually deluded to think I didn’t think through my earlier comment before posting.

What i posted was a statement of fact. I mean reality . That doesn’t mean I’m happy or had wanted it that way.

And I mentioned Gowon going to war but you guys keep forcing me to make it about plain killing. Well, if it must be about killing, please bear in mind that easterners killed too. The difference was that the people with superior power and external support won.

Tone down the emotions please. I can bet you don’t love the easterners more than I do.

We are just stating facts. Not necessarily what we wished to have happened.

goodnessme1:
A simple question and you are telling long story.


So Gowon killed Igbos to save his people?

Answer the simple question..

Unfortunately for the easterners, yes.

And stop making the Biafra of 1967 issue entirely an Igbo thing. Una no go ever learn.

ResidentSnitch:
You overestimate your brain capacity.
Dial down a notch and listen to your inner self asking you if you are making sense.

goodnessme1:
Okay he killed Igbos to protect his people?

Armaggedon:
per haps those killing his people to survive are right.

ogashman:
Grow some sense and stop yarning gibberish

Too much emotions. I understand and actually regret what they did to the easterners during the Biafran war. It shouldn’t have happened.

But the truth and reality of that time was that Gowon’s best move to preserve his people was to go to war.

This does not mean that an average plateau man prefers some of those northerners over easterners. He just knows that once Biafra secedes, his entire people will ill be conquered the next week.

Please let’s set emotions aside.

Let me tell you again, if 1967 was to happen again today, Gowon and his people will still fight to maintain one Nigeria for their self preservation. But if they were to vote between an easterner and a northerner in a presidential election, they won’t hesitate to go for an easterner the way they did for Obi.

Please guys, set emotions aside for once.

goodnessme1:
Okay he killed Igbos to save his people that his fulanis brothers are killing now?

You still filled with lots of sentiments sir.

In war, you kill other people to protect your own people. It’s a kill or be killed situation.

That some of his people are still alive today is because he killed others. If not, 2 weeks after Biafra has seceded…they would have been wiped out.

Let us always try to work with our brains. No sentiments.

Gowon may not have handled situations leading to Biafran/Nigeria war well, but for the most part, he did what may have been the best for his people.

If he had allowed Biafrans go, they wouldn’t have been any Christian middle belters by now.

His actions may not have been suitable for some people, but it was best for his people.

Aside from MJ, Maradona is more popular than these other guys naa.

“It’s easier to wake up a man who is in deep sleep. But you can never wake a man who is PRETENDING to sleep” - Goodluck Jonathan (Indian proverb)


Now, this applies to ALL Nigerians, but that of the north is worse.

SoftSport:
It’s baffling how Natasha is quick to throw allegations around yet forgets her own questionable actions and the mess she created in the past.

I have never been a fan of Natasha but it seems some Nigerians are too sentimental to what’s going on.

If you have any allegation against her, speak up or just bring it forth. And please I don’t mean all these stories of having 100 children from 1,000 men. That one no be crime.

And when she tries to speak up against what she perceives as not right, please don’t gaggle her voice.

techaboki:
Women should never be in position of power or authority

I agree with you!

Same thing with black men.

Solseal007:
After government the people that should be lynched as transporters they are thieves robbers and blackmailers
They lie and use every opportunity to rob the masses! Their services are dirty and they represent the core rotten of Nigeria!

Especially Lagos, they collect the money, build house in the bush, marry illiterates and send their kids to public school with poor clothes and welfare.... !! with all the money they collect, Owo eepe!

Passenger that they don't respect, u need to see this guys talk about passengers behind their backs!

No one deserves to use public transport in Lagos

No need looking for who to lynch. Just start a transport company.

Only then will you understand that even those “high” fares doesn’t really take them home.

Just like the consumers/users, all Nigerian in all the sectors of production and services are all victims of bad governance.

Zulu11zulu:
this is what fulani is fighting to bring to Northern Nigeria and yeruba land because I know it will never happen I'm igbo land

Fulani does not fight for Islam.
They fight for Fulani.
Islam is a tool they use to do that.

Fulani are mostly animists. They are hardly Muslims.

What a hypocrite!

Why in the first place are you booking someone who’s demanding huge pay?

Don’t you have the music department in your church?

A lot of talented but unpopular gospel artists full area and they are willing to sing for free. But you will rather want a “big man” gospel artist to come sing for you in order to draw attention to your church and yet you want him to do it free of charge?

Again, I guess it’s only ok if you are the one profiting from the church. Every other person should be a perpetual sower.

Be aware, I don’t hold brief for some of those business guys who call themselves gospel artists.

RealityKings1:
If its true those people were deceived into participating in her recall,
This only proves she was not contributing nor communicating with people in her constituency.

They obviously don't know her nor have a channel to communicate with her.

Natasha could be a lot of things but saying she’s disconnected with her people is not true.

Given her political exploits in the past 10 years, Natasha could be said to be one if not the leading Nigerian politician with the closest reach to her people.

indoorlove:
You are truly a billionaire when you earn billions from your business not when you're paid billion a year.

Are you drunk?

Igbos hardly care about the opinions of their Politicians, Ķings and even Ohaneze. So, whatever their opinion on the current raid of fake drugs is irrelevant.

Akunyili is regarded as one if not the greatest Igbo to have lived because of her intense drive to rid south east of fake drugs.

Igbos all over the world 100% support the NAFDAC drive and would be more grateful if their effort is tripled.

Just make sure you don’t set honest hardworking up.

nairalanda1:
More like NIgeria is the problem of Nigerians.

Plus the writer is busy blaming other countries for our problems. That is nonsense. The problem with many African countries is that most of them are run on sharing resources from what we sell. Not using resources to make stuff that would meet global needs.

A lot of people like to blame religion. Well, there were irreligious countries like the USSR that had no religion, and failed not because they were atheist but because their economic policy was set up to discourage money reward for innovation. Result...zero innovation, and a stagnant economy, and eventually they had to start borrowing money from the same IMF and West to stay afloat, until the end.

Yet here in Nigeria we blame religon, blame other countries, blame even godlessness, and atheistic, and western culture, and Arab culture. Meanwhile, we don't pay enough for power, we don't as a nation pay enough in tax revenue, we run an economy that is based on the price of oil, we excuse corruption when it is our side, and we refuse to vote for competent people. And we try to run a welfare state on limited funds from resources, whose prices, I should mention...we do not control.

In other words, we do bad economics, and have done so since independence. We like to praise our leaders like Awo, Zik and Sir bello...when what they were doing was taking money from sale of resources and sharing the money and building white elephants, and not improving revenue collection...and trying to subsidise everything.

See the legacy. A debt ridden nation.

I mean it isn't religion fault. All the communist countries were irreligious, and yet all of them collapsed ..except China which switched to capitalism, Vietnam and Laos (also switched to capitalism) and Cuba and North Korea, (both on life support from China and Rossiya)...because being without religion does not insulate one from making wrong decisions.

In this your comment, you captured my PLACE from day one!

1. Is the church or religion the problem of Nigeria? Very big No!

2. Is western countries the problem of Nigeria or Africa? Another big NO!

3. Who is the problem? Nigerians themselves and their thought processes and ways of doing things.

Any society that doesn’t reward good behavior and strictly punishes bad behaviors is doomed.

With equal and efficient justice system, everyone including the members of the church and the general public will sit up!

There’s no way or magic around it.

Saturnalia:
E NO GO BETTER FOR HIM MAMA & PAPA. Let him spill their secrets. He, and all his entire family members & friends will be wiped out.

He has embezzled enough funds. Let another person too continue from where he stopped.

I read about how he treats Sanwo-Olu with so much disdain; and when I watched that video wherein he was trying tell the public that all is well between him and the Governor; I just hated him instantly with the way he was talking & filled with so much haughtiness.

Oloshi Oloriburuku, now that his overbloated ego has been deflated like a Michelin Tyre, he can retire to his house in Agege if he’s too shameful to resume at the Lagos House of Assembly as an ordinary floor member.

That is why the Bible says “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall”.

Anybody who backs a tout & fake lawyer like this nonentity too is digging his/her grave. I read somewhere that it was Oluremi Tinubu that is pushing him. If she doesn’t wash her filthy hands off this case, her yansh will be opened to the whole world to see.

Awon fake Pastor oshii. I hope her Daddy G.O in Redeem is cautioning her before she disgraces her entire lineage and the Church that ordained her as a fake “Pastor”.

Shioooor!

As much as I don’t give a damn about any daddy go anywhere in the world, I still feel the daddy go is not primarily responsible for Madam Remi. That’s assuming she’s the one behind obasa.

We must apportion blames appropriately.

shivisee:
Just as Nnmadi Kanu that you are his chief supporter spilled buharis beans that “he is a jibrin Elsudan Abi?? You fan yogo heads will no cease to amaze me! The first rubbish you spewed in your umuna meetings was tinubu decided to take him off because he wanted to contest against his son ! Now that your lies and propangandas looks foolish you twisted it to he knows toomuch, abeg so much about who? So after spilling the beans, Lagos will go to YOUR IBO LP ABI?? You and your fellow ilks loves fooling yourselves!

See you, see market.

What’s my business with all the modafukkers you mentioned there?

I’ve never discussed about Tinubu since he became the president. Matter of fact, if I have, it has been in support of a couple of issues concerning him. I have always reserved my opinion on his general leadership so far.

But assuming I was among the people who said it was tinubu who was against him. Does that change the fact that he might have been threatened or blackmailed by obasa?

Guy, relax. We clearly know what you want to achieve with all these insults and ethnic divisions….. distraction!

Enjoy!

With the way obasa was fuming and causing chaos in Lagos, you will know that powers that be do not like him.

However, they do not have any option than to support him because he knows a damming secret that can implicate the high and mighty.

If they don’t do his bidding, he will spill the beans.

oz4real83:
The National Orientation Agency and other govt agencies tasked with educating the people are almost useless . With the killings going on, these agencies should have gingles on all media platforms educating people that rituals don't pay but more of a scam, educating our girls and the society, unfortunately, they don't give a damn

Gingles on radio or wherever doesn’t cub crimes. Effective justice system does.

People commit all sorts of crimes in Nigeria because there’s little or no punishment for it.

If you want to learn morals; we have enough religious houses in every street of Nigeria.

BondRiv:
The U.S. is so petty and insecure.

Some of you are really out of touch.

Are you aware China banned almost all American apps including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, twitter, google in China for over a decade till date?

Who should be called petty now?

dust144:
Don't gunmen get tired of killing?

Why should they?

Things like this persist where there’s no reward and punishment system. In other words; a flawed justice system.

People with bad behavior are not punished and those with good behavior are not rewarded.

There’s no way you can develop with such system. There’s no way around it.

So many ignorant and biased thoughts here:

If USA gets to ban TikTok….

1. Its popularity will dwindle in other parts of the world as USA dictates trends. Gradually, it will become undesirable and then fade away in most parts of world.

2. It will automatically not be accessible for download or update in iOS, android and Microsoft. Again, it will fade away. This was confirmed as within the short time of ban, iOS, Android and Microsoft users could not access the TikTok.

3. Some talk about some Chinese apps like rednote taking over if TikTok is banned. It’s still the same pattern, rear your head and you will be cut short.

4. Some talked about how USA is being selfish. Well, it shows how uninformed many people are here. Facebook, google, x, YouTube and almost all American apps are banned in China for over a decade now. How fair is that now?

5. TikTok has been accused of stealing data for China. Every serious country would pay attention to this development. That’s exactly what the USA is doing. Exactly the point of the Chinese for banning American apps.

6. Some argue that after the android ban on Huawei, that Huawei is one of the best selling. Partly, but only in China. It has gradually disappeared from phone shelves all over the world except China.

Huawei was 3rd and maybe would’ve been the top selling phone company in the world by now if not for the ban. From 2022 till date, it has been Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi ( Redmi), vivo, oppo etc. Huawei is almost getting out of top ten. Why they are still relevant and making money is because of their other investments in telecommunications aside from phones.

7. When some people mocked some other people that Trump will welcome back TikTok with full arms, I laughed so hard.

I’m not holding brief for USA, but these are just the realities.

CodeTemplarr:
The merchandise inspired it. Next time sell normal drink and food.

It’s ok to be against alcohol. I’m also not a big fan.

But this violence has nothing to do with alcohol. It could have been caused by pure water or a cube of Maggi.

It was just about ego, pride and anger. “Do you know who I am? Who are you? You no fit do anything!”

stillmaticOG:
People in the north still living like it's the 1980's. Who kills someone over 200 naira in 2025?

Poverty in the north may be higher than the south. But this is not about the value of the money…..

It’s always about ego, pride and anger. “Do you know who I am? Who are you? You no fit do anything!”

Dyke15:
Them Neva see anything. Yh things are hard but Nigerians re wicked. Now it's festive season and all d poultry farmers add money for their chicken.
I can't imagine dat I will witness Chicken selling as high as 25/30k?
Our leaders re cruel bt we re heartless.
The opposition party needs to buckle up. This country needs to be saved from d hands of Tinubu nd his gang of Alibabas

What’s your point sir?

What makes a farmer heartless in this situation?

Or you mean the farmers should be doing charity with their products to get your praise?

Most farmers spent over 15k to 20k to raise a single chicken in the past 5 months. Some sell at 25k while some at 30k. Not minding that some even loose over 30% of their chickens during the rearing period.

How is making 5k to 10k on a chicken after 5 months of no sleep and dirts and loses wickedness?

Please tell us what you do so we can see how loving you are in your business?

pacino26:
These single boys are always quick to berate men who try to redeem their dignity by fighting over their wives. The practice didn't start today and as well won't end. RIP to the young man as I wish others out there employ tactics in matters of this nature.

Touching another man's wife is a red line worldwide!

Stealing and olosho business didn’t start today. Does that make it acceptable?

First, be aware that fighting of any kind is a crime in any society of the world today.

Secondly, that was not his wife. Just a girlfriend or fiancé as some people call it.

Thirdly, even if she was his wife, she was not forced or coerced to be with the gym instructor. She willingly decided to cheat on her partner.

Why fight over a girl or guy who have no respect for you?

You only fight for a human being if there was an undue threat to them in the absence of the security officials.