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Physika:What is the meaning of this trash? |
boolet:Well, I've been to several barracks and they're all the same. May be different if it's a barrack for only officers though. |
Barracks all over the country are in similar condition! |
And someone tries to tell me a goat is a foolish animal? ![]() |
chukwudi44:You Jonathanians are just pained and bitter that Tinubu contributed greatly to the wave that blew GEJ off. Or how else do you explain your support for characters like Atiku, Saraki and even Ali Ndume (the BH sponsor) all because you think you are spiting Tinubu? |
sultan457:All the people calling Tinubu names and hating on him are simply GEJ supporters who are still frustrated at Tinubu's great influence in unseating GEJ. Before the elections, I once heard a GEJ supporter passionately assert that Tinubu is the most corrupt and evil politician living in Nigeria today and I simply just laughed off. The most ridiculous aspect is that all the HATE is now focussed on Tinubu alone and they seem to have forgiven everyone else in APC including the likes of Atiku etc. As long as it is against the will of Tinubu, GEJ supporters wouldn't mind supporting Ahmed Yerima or even Shekau himself into a high national leadership position. That is how mad the election loss frustration has driven these lot. ![]() I shook my head seriously when I viewed the facebook comments of several of my friends rejoicing at the emergence of Sen Ali Ndume yesterday; a man who was caught red-handed romancing with bokoharam kingpins and who still has an ongoing terrorism trial over his head. Yet they rejoiced greatly at this development because they myopically felt it was punishment for Tinubu. ![]() |
Unfortunately, a myriad of supposedly educated humans would still be the ones to oppose this stellar idea when the time comes. |
Hmmm... Barcanista is beginning to sound like the previous intelligent Barcanista we used to know... kudos! |
If the guys mentioned are credible enough to restore the glory of the organisation then so be it... I dont give a damn. PMB is the president and from the NW. If he desires to appoint people close to him whom he trusts to head the most sensitive organisation in Nigeria, so be it. If his administration fails, he is the one that eventually takes all the blame just like GEJ took all the blame even when people coerced him to do silly things. Of what use is it to me if NNPC is headed by my brother and at the end, all refineries are dead for 5 years, government spends several trillions of naira to pay private merchants to import fuel even when we still have NNPC (this is one bit I never understood), tens of billions of dollars are not remitted to federation account, miscreants are 'miraculously' springing up as billionaires and buying private jets etc? If PMB wants to make his wife Aisha the GMD, so be it as long as the company becomes functional again. The only people who raise such inciting stories to cause disaffection are the rogues who want to be appointed into those posts to enrich themselves. These rogues always incite people with the ethnic/tribal/religious card and foolish people fall for their bait all the time screaning tribalism. |
mensdept:..and you knew GEJ's party was the same devilish PDP and you knew GEJ was the most irresponsible and incompetent human to ever mount the seat of power, you knew GEJ was spineless and clueless even as he watched helplessly as vultures hijacked the leadership of Nigeria and were plundering our collective patrimony, you knew our economy was being driven to the abyss but still you campaigned rigorously and voted for the same incompetent man to continue leading you as your hero for a further 4 years all because your brain told you the best priority for Nigeria at the time was to punish a 1980s coupist?... In fact, the best words to describe your ailment hasn't been published in any dictionary. You don't deserve to be called human. |
CHANGE is definitely in the air. |
ERODEDEAST:I would rather vote the katsina illiterate a hundred times over the illiterate PHd holder who was on a mission to bankrupt Nigeria. |
Let me borrow a phrase which we constantly used in 2011, "I voted Buhari and not APC.".. and I absolutely have no regrets whatsoever. The CHANGE we voted for was for Buhari and not APC. Afterall the so called APC is made up of 90% ex-PDP so what are we not talking about? Even from what we all know about GEJ's mismanagement of the nation and with the little revelations so far on the filth in his government, it still shocks me to my bones that there are still homosapiens who still think GEJ would have been a better option for Nigeria till 2019. Tufiakwa! |
zendy:Well, I respect the wishes and opinions of everyone, but I would be concerned when the wishes of others affects my peace and freedom. As for me, I do not believe breaking away from Nigeria will solve our current problems. In the 60's, Yes! but in 2015, hell No! I am not in support of a secession now and I hope my own wishes and the wishes of others like me would be respected. |
fr3do:Oh Yes we have different languages, different values etc etc... but I have carefully examined the problems we face day-to-day and I do not believe isolating ourselves is one of the best solutions. As long as your mind is focussed on isolating yourself first, you will never be able to see the real problems or the real solutions. Probably when you eventually isolate yourself and find out you still suffer the same problems and even more, then you will realise that isolation shouldn't have been one of the solutions. But then, it would be too late. Look beyond your nose brother, stop living in the past! |
asha80:You know how it is when you pour fuel into fire?... In similar manner, our superiority complex fuels and exacerbates Igbo-phobia more than you can ever imagine. |
This is really embarrassing, how did we get such miscreants to rule over us?.... Do we really need a national assembly?... In fact, do we really need a democracy in Nigeria?... I don't remember any of such shameful scenes during our military days. Anyway, I think it's high time the APC leadership leaves the NASS to elect their leaders through proper elections for peace to reign. Presently the APC is not the only party in the NASS. Even though they may be a majority, the difference isn't really too much and every single interference the APC leadership attempts in the NASS would be countered by self-seeking APC members and the large mass of PDP members. APC leadership should just let sleeping dogs lie because there's really not much they can do in this case besides causing chaos.. |
fr3do:On the contrary, you are simply living in dreamland and have exhibited an incapacity to look beyond your nose. |
zendy:Sometimes I just wonder the kind of utopian dreamland some people live in that make them churn out these Wonderland fairy tales. You just said I should look at the bigger picture yet you have been basing your arguments on illusions and not reality. Can you convince me why I or Emeka or Chibuzor or Kelechi or any other hardworking Igbo son living and hustling happily outside Igboland should make such huge economic sacrifice at this very time all just to satisfy the greed of a few political elite?... Why exactly should I make this sacrifice?... You just live in a fantasy world and assume all our problems would be solved when we change our name to Biafra. You tried to assure me that because Biafra would be a part of ECOWAS, then I can move around freely without a passport. Is it not in this same country that Lagos state deported destitute non-indigenes and then you think that cannot happen when we impose an international border?... Is it not within this same country that Akwa-Ibom, Anambra and Rivers States deported non-indigenes?.... Was Ghana not a part of ECOWAS when a democratic Nigeria deported millions of Ghanaians in the 'Ghana-Must-Go' saga?... Is Niger Republic not a member of ECOWAS, yet every now and then, we deport their destitute? With the present Igbo-phobia prevalent in Nigeria (which is obviously fuelled by some of our unnecessary SUPERIORITY COMPLEX), do you think other Nigerian ethnic groups (including the Ijaws) are very happy with Igbos?... With the prevailing Igbo phobia, if you are still 100% sure that Nigeria would be very friendly and cordial with Igbos even after we forcefully break away to form Biafra, then you must be living in a fantasy world called 'Wonderland.' I maintain and I will continue to maintain that the problem of Igbos is a lack of good leaders. There is absolutely no zone in Nigeria that is not as marginalised as the SE and we need to stop this paranoid attitude of always feeling Igbos are most marginalised. If only we could still have visionary and patriotic leaders like Dee Sam Mbakwe, SE Nigeria would have been much more developed than it is today even with the unitary central government we practice today. What we presently need to progress in the SE is true federalism and the regional autonomy. In the late 60's, Biafran secession was a good idea considering the pogrom, but seceding and forming a new country now in 2015 would be too detrimental to our existence at this point in time. |
Which way forward?... |
khupid:Sentiments of people like me?... how do you mean? Just like a prophet, you are so 100% sure Nigeria would be friendly with Biafra and this is the delusion we keep giving ourselves. Haven't you seen cases of friendly countries suddenly breaking ties?... Do you ever put that into consideration or you suddenly think the world is a perfect place? I am from the SE but I am so not ready to flash my passport whenever I want to move around from my village to Lagos or Abuja or even Port-Harcourt (I know most secessionist erroneously assume the Niger-Deltans want to go with Biafra but that is another huge delusion). Go and take a look at nations that divided, Congo, Sudan, Russia, Korea etc and study the outcome of their division instead of constantly painting this Utopian picture in your head. If there is any ethnic group that badly needs Nigeria to be one, it is the Igbos because of the wide geographic spread of our investments. Regional autonomy is the best idea through which we can achieve everything we can possibly achieve in Biafra without having to balkanise the country; that is even what Ojukwu clamoured for in Aburi before things went sour and he declared Biafra. Regional autonomy Yes!.. but I am certainly not in support of changing the name or map of my country. |
khupid:..And what if Nigeria refuses to establish Bilateral ties with Biafra after a breakup, who do you think would be the losers?.... I just wonder how people just wake up and reason like they are still in dreamland. Do you know the sheer value of investments Igbos have outside Igboland?... This present call for Biafra by some misguided individuals has to be the dumbest irony of life. With the present geographic spread of investments and vast properties all over Nigeria, if there is any ethnic group that should be more concerned about Nigeria remaining one, common sense tells me it should be Igbos because we shall be the greatest losers if Nigeria is to split today. But obviously, this common sense seems like it's not common. Anyway, I strongly believe the proponents of this disintegration are mainly youngsters who are still students feeding off their parents or some older folks who have not had it easy in life but are desperately in need of a way out. No comfortable Igbo man would be in support of this chaos. |
Permit me to break you argument into 3 parts... 1. The northerners will never agree to true federalism 2. Igbos will sell all their properties and investments and return home 3. We shall make Igboland (Biafra) much more attractive to the world than Lagos zendy:Everyone knows the northerners would never support the idea of true federalism for obvious reasons. Everyone also understands the numerical capacity of the north. So what can we do about this?... Remember in the 2011 presidential elections, the northerners overwhelmingly supported Buhari while the entire southern Nigeria rallied behind GEJ. What was the outcome of that election?... GEJ gave Buhari a whooping 10million votes gap, the northern hegemony and numerical advantage was crippled. So how did southern Nigeria achieve that feat?... The answer is simple, UNITY! Southern Nigeria united and overwhelmingly voted GEJ and the northern dominance was crushed. Fast forward to 2015 elections, it took just 60% of the southwest and 60% of the middle belt to support the northern candidate and the outcome was a historic defeat of the almighty PDP incumbency. In all these, all I am trying to say is that UNITY is the only key that can break the northern numerical advantage. A Warri proverb says, "na cooperation make rice full pot" Unlike what we had in the 60's before the civil war, today the south-west supports true federalism, the south-south supports true federalism, a major chunk of the middle-belt supports true federalism and the south-east still wants true federalism. Presently, it is not the northern numerical advantage that stops us from achieving true federalism, rather it is the collective foolishness of the entire southern Nigeria to see the need for UNITY in order to achieve this great cause. I am particularly disgusted at the foolishness of some of my Igbo brothers who think the Yorubas are our enemies and who keep preaching hate against the SW. From history, the SW has always been our competitors and never our enemies. One wouldn't require much wisdom to know the difference. zendy:Did you just say Igbos would sell all their properties first then head home?... Sell to who?... Where would the funds come from to buy Igbo properties?... I have an aunt who's been trying to sell off her house in Jos so she can relocate permanently to the SE. For the past 3 years she hasn't been able to get a reasonable buyer yet for a bungalow. But you think ALL Igbos can just automatically place all their businesses and houses and investments all over Nigeria for sale and then buyers would appear instantly with cash?... With over 70% of Igbos living and doing business outside Igboland, do you have the slightest idea of how much investments and properties Igbos have outside of Igboland?... Can the entire Nigerian budget even pay for the properties owned by Igbos outside the SE?... I am sorry to ask this but how old are you and what's your level of education?... I'm sorry to say this but your current level of reasoning is sadly very common amongst most of the present proponents of Biafra; you guys have not spent a second to imagine the consequences but just keep reasoning like you are in dreamland. zendy:Finally, you say we shall make Biafra more attractive than Lagos and I ask, "what stops us from making present day Igboland as attractive?" Are you aware that if we still had reasonable and visionary leaders like Dee Sam Mbakwe leading us in the SE, the SE could have been miles ahead of Lagos by now?... Igbos have been begging successive central governments to build the 2nd Niger bridge and I ask, what stops the 5 Igbo states from coming together and building that bridge once and for all (even if it means placing a toll gate)?... Remember that even the GEJ who eventually wanted to build the bridge was going to put a toll gate to milk Igbos dry for the next 25 years and yet we were praising him. With the present crop of useless stomach politics leaders we have in the SE today, even if we achieve Biafra, what makes you think it would be any better than what we have today?... Brother, the problem the SE in Nigeria today has is bad leadership and bad representatives and not marginalisation. A close look at Nigeria shows that not just the SE but all other regions are also marginalised by our useless leaders. If we cannot have good leaders today, we cannot still have good leaders even if we split into 100 countries. |
natas22:Sometimes I wonder how some people reason. How can you compare the atrocities of BH to the atrocities of the military that is sent out to protect Nigerians?... Who doesn't know that BH are terrorist?... Do you need Amnesty international to tell you BH are terrorists before you know? ![]() |
Omooba77:Things like this will surely demoralise the Army but that is not to say the military shouldn't be professional. Just take a moment, sit back and imagine this... "Your younger brother comes into town to visit you from school, while he was trying to locate your house, he is apprehended by soldiers (for loitering), he is interrogated violently to release information he knows about terrorists (since they believe he's a BH spy), they torture him continuously and then he dies. Then again, your uncle who went to the soldiers torture chambers to beg for the release of his innocent nephew was also locked up, tortured to confess his involvement, and eventually, a bullet is put in his head. Both your close relatives are thrown into a shallow grave and that is the end." After imagining the fictional picture I just painted above, if you are human, then you will understand the reason why our armed forces need to be professional. We should learn to show some empathy and stop being absolutely disconnected or nonchalant to the plight of others. Our armed forces in Nigeria are known to be extremely brutal and they have a history of killing more innocent victims than criminals whenever they are sent to maintain peace in any community; Odi, Odioma and Zaki Biam are just little examples. I wouldn't even want to delve into the excesses of our policemen who kill people for N20. If investigations are concluded, any military personnel involved in the murder of innocent victims should face the music. |
I have totally stopped arguing or trying to clarify this issue with Jonathanians... Everyone has common sense, but putting it to use is optional. They are free to believe or assume whatever they want to believe if that is what makes them happy. The most important thing is that their hero, the incompetent president has been booted out of the seat of power and back to his village. To God be the Glory! |
Kimeto:'Big men' don't laugh hysterically when they talk of money. ![]() |
1bunne4lif:But the new Biafran struggle obviously gained massive prominence and popularity since GEJ conceded defeat. A lot of GEJ supporters of south-eastern origin suddenly felt dejected, betrayed and felt like they needed freedom from the captivity of Nigeria; all these because the candidate they supported lost a single election. Had GEJ won the election, we wouldn't have heard of all these. I still maintain that a person who is heartbroken (from the election shock) is in no emotional state to make a sound decision. All I see from the present crop of Biafran proponents are just a bunch of emotionally vulnerable people being manipulated psychologically by a violence inciting xenophobic lunatic called Nnamdi Kanu. Just imagine youngsters calling for WAR, WAR and WAR in a time of peace like they even know what war entails. The current situation we find ourselves cannot in anyway be compared to the crisis experienced in the late 60's before the civil war. In the 60's, there was an ethnic cleansing of Igbos in other parts of Nigeria and innocent people were dragged into the streets and slaughtered in cold blood. That was the reason we went to war in the 60's so the question I ask is, why are we going to war now? Instead of applying some wisdom in seeking out a peaceful resolution, the proponents of the struggle keep preaching hate, hate, hate, violence,violence and violence against every other ethnic group. The most foolish part of this approach being that Igbos more than every other tribe have massive investments within the territories of their 'so called' enemies. Just imagine Igbos destroying Yoruba or Hausa properties in the south-east just like the albino lunatic admonishes?... Who will be the greatest losers if all other Nigerian ethnic groups decide to return the favour? As for me, I support true federalism which I am sure will favour not just the Igbos, but every other ethnic nationality in Nigeria. I absolutely do not support the ill thought idea of secession in 2015. For true federalism to be achieved, the entire southern Nigeria has to be united and not divided. The foolish hate messages the albino lunatics keeps spewing against Yorubas on radio Biafra is the surest way not to achieve true federalism. To whom brain is given, common sense is expected! |
1bunne4lif:ok All these ones because the incompetent Ijaw man lost election? ![]() I see someone jumping inside a lagoon very soon. |
1bunne4lif:What freedom are you talking about? What is your definition of freedom? Can you point out to me 1 or 2 examples of the captivity in which you need freedom from? |
kromoto:That's very likely... What else do 'big men' talk about that makes them so excited? |
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