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White lie, just have i mind that you can fool some people sometime, afew others anytime, but you can't fool all the people al the time!

Good day my fellow NL's please anyone with a working Coolpad 8079 working system board for sale?

O pari! This is good news.

Beremx:
real yorubas like you don't give a damn. I wonder which irresponsible category of yorubas are giving the omoluabis bad name. The Yoruba i know are friends of Igbos. I just hate bigotry between igbos and yorubas

You just nailed it! Thank you.

Nonsense!

Markfemi2:
Because Yoruba owns nairaland and igbos don't
Carry your tribalism to Linda ikeji and bella naija

ha ha ha !!!

TheKingdom:
VERY childish and prob fake news. How can they use a coupist to be on their bill and answer Republic of "Middle Belt". Is that an African expression? Did there forefathers call themselves "Middle Belt" or "Middle Shoe"?

Gowon must be laughing

And Murtala Mohammed what what?

Poor planning period! Amsterdam Holland, is located below sea level but has dykes built around it to forestall things like this. It think the LASG, should seek federal help on this because if anything happens to Lagos, then Nigeria is finished.

maupe:
http://dailypost.ng/2017/07/07/fani-kayode-mocks-missing-buhari-osinbajo-not-attending-g20-summit/

Nigeria may have been invited, but its possible someone hid the letter of invitation from PYO (That's why he was 'directed' to coordinate). This is Nigeria for you! It's obvious that they don't want him there (ofcourse you know the diplomatic implications of him meeting on the sideline with leaders of the western nations and russia) not minding diplomatic repercussion of such absence at a world forum like this. I believe this is not the handwork of Buhari but his lieutenants who would stop at nothing to checkmate him. Remember he was also absent at the ECOWAS heads of state gathering! I wonder what he has done to deserve this kind of treatment. But one thing I am sure of is that God's will must surely prevail over human enterprise. This shows that we have not grown beyond our primodal sentiments and will definitely fast track our descent into a point of no return. Indeed Nigeria is 'beast of no nation' and it's high time everyone start talking because our silence seems to have emboldened this bunch of power grabbers who are not interested in our development but rather on clinging on to power at all cost.

aolawale025:
Had the three Rs [Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation] been faithfully implemented after the war. There would have been little or no need for any agitation now

Absolutely!

youngG10:
Thr historians should've told 'em about how 3million useless Igbos lost thr very filthy swine souls for nothing

Meaningless comment like yours makes no difference in the face of prof. Soyinka's submission. I wish threats like the one handed down by the US president (Donald Trump) to North Korea would have halted their military expansionist ambition. But the reverse was the case because, words like yours, does not deter a people convinced about what they want; but rather emboldens them: (whether they go about it the right or wrong way). Diplomacy is the only antidote to situational crisis like these and failure to employ conflict resolution techniques would ultimately spell doom. Ask Britain, and France if their threat to declare war on Germany if she attacks Poland deterred Hitler from going ahead with invading it not minding the number of Germans who perished in WW1!

Markfemi2:
Mouth yemi isn't resigning anytime ?
Which privilege as west gotten from north ? Allocation of Kwara and Kogi to north?
Massive poverty in north ?
Let me clarify that
The only thing you can do is form 2019 and won an election or win APC primary tickets
But as for use of force that's the end
This is not 1993 when the entire force of Nigeria were northerners
This is 2017
The west that normally supports and equips you for coup as said no coup or suppprt from them
So all this threat is noise
Ordinary Boko haram you can't defeat
It's not Yorubas you want to come for
and say law must not be respected cause yemi is yoruba
Thunder fire all your papa generation
Poverty will keep on destroying you
Death to useless arewa

Wonderful! Good response.

limeta:
Op you be Christian or muslim?

Muslim.

Cooly100:
Anyone who thinks Nigeria can stick together is either a fool or an enemy of the country —Falae

What do you make of the current heated debates over the unity and survival of the country?

The recent noise we are hearing is a symptom that the basic problem of Nigeria is rearing its ugly head again. Nigerians like to pretend that things are okay when they are not. The fundamental problem is that of an unjust, distorted federation which has been manipulated to favour one section against the other. There is no way such an unjust arrangement can endure or generate peace and stability. It is not possible. In 2014, after a lot deferring and hesitation, the former President Goodluck Jonathan finally convened the 2014 National Conference, there were various predictions that it would achieve nothing or that it would break up in confusion and that there would be riot or that there would be fight. But none of the above happened. It was as if God himself started to have a hand in the affairs of Nigeria. I was made the leader of the Yoruba delegation and in that capacity, I can say with all humility that I was at the very core of what happened at the conference. Maybe that was the first time Nigerians recognised that changing the constitution was the most effective strategy in returning peace and stability to Nigeria. All the delegates at the conference cooperated at getting all the resolutions passed without a single division of voting. It is important, because, in our history, we have never succeeded in coming to so many conclusions that constitute a package on the basis of consensus. What that means to me is that Nigerians recognise that if we want to live together as a country, there must be give and take; that nobody can say that he must take everything and the other people take nothing. That was how we agreed. Over 600 resolutions were taken. They said there had been conferences in the past. But did any of these passed 600 resolutions by consensus? Which one did? The one held in London or Ibadan? It was the most glorious meeting and decision Nigeria has ever had by my account.


What about Northern leaders who are now backing out?

Mention the names of any of those leaders who signed the report and are now saying they made a mistake. Of course, there would always be dissenters. There were leaders in the North and West who opposed the conference. In any case, if there is anybody now backing out, has that removed their signature? The logic of the situation and the demand of the people will overwhelm their resistance. I am not a prophet, Nigeria has no choice, if it wants to survive, but to implement the report of the 2014 National Conference. The alternative will be chaos, inferior and be unpatriotic.


Read more

http://tribuneonlineng.com/anyone-thinks-nigeria-can-stick-together-either-fool-enemy-country-falae/

Another IPOB spotted

wristbangle:
A dialogue is needed to calm the tribal unrest in the country. Nice one PYO. Let Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas put away their differences and build a great nation with the notion to err their sincere opinion through election to boot out incompetent government.

Our diversity as a nation is one of the reason we are top of the chart in terms of GDP in Africa.

USA is great today due to their diverse culture but what happened to soviet nation after Ukraine/romania referendum, Russia is still great but not as strong as it use to but ukraine/romania has been struggling since they opt out.

Romania was never part of the old Soviet union.

Kasalx:
I don't want to go into lengthy write up or details about the subject matter,and may not like in a situation i will be asked how am i sure of what i am saying or that i am leaving on assumption,NO!,but the point is that hear me loud and clear "i am more than hundred percent sure that my wife is cheating on me(living an adulterous life) and the challenge is what steps should i take to catch her red handed with proof.She doesn't sleep with them in our matrimonial home,she believes she is smart enough and playing the game the way it suit her.I am fed up with her adulterous life and need a divorce.Please mature advice.Thanks.

I detest hypocrites like you a lot. Since 2012 when you joined Nairaland, you have being involved in adulterous live style which is evident in your previous posts. You once posted how you would have loved to date an older christian woman in your office but dont know how to go about it even though you ware married then. You also some years back, admitted having EMR's with some single ladies; and here you are accusing your wife of infidelity, the the same fault you are guilty of ! Young man, please remove the log in your eyes to see clearly the speck in your wife's eye. You are just suffering from the repercussion of your mind playing tricks on you. Even if she is guilty which I doubt, you have no moral right to squeal on this forum because you have no proof to substantiate your allegation. You rather acting on the figment of your own imagination. Stop pretending to be holier than thou when your past reek of disgusting behaviour!

Curlieweed:
Why do you feel the need to censor others? I think the gentleman is entitled to his opinion.

The fact that you admonished him for expressing his opinion doesn't mean that he will stop thinking the thought.

I will rather an individual expresses himself than bottles up these thoughts until they explode into full blown mass murder.

Well the post says it all, it was advisory and morally persuasive! So I feel that there was no need for such submission. Thank you.

Dumaknesset:
One of the few sensible Ibos on nairaland

And i suppose you are also one of the few unintelligent Yorubas on Nairaland.
There is no need for the above response because you know the expected outcome > more hate comments that would destroy the essence of the thread! The OP is simply deploying moral persuation on his people. He did not invite you to judge them! He knows them better than you do. Please always be constructive in your submission to douse the tension that is already soaking deep into the foundation of the Nation. Thank you.

sukkot:
those artifacts belonged to an ancient tribe. nothing to do with igbo

I had thought you were prepared for this discourse but I must confess that this really proves that you are indeed stupid!

APC !!!,......Chanji! Chanji....APC!!!

GrandGarcon:
I no want do again, na by force? Threatening us with war will you no good, the war you are fighting in the ND how far?, How many wars have the nigerian army won on their own? None, but they are always at war, if it comes to war, I will not run away. Back in 67 the greatest weapon thet had was the pen(Media coverage) which Biafra did not have, now we have it and in equal terms or even more than you people do, we have our poeple all over the globe, that can help propagate our message and buy weapons for us, We are ever ready to doe for Biafra, how many Nigerians are ready die for the British fraud?

Did you read the speech at all?

jmoore:
CC: istoctober

Good Cc

Babacele:
mtchew!! under GEJ you had all the opportunities in the world to restructure but nay , now after loosing the 2015 election all sorts of noise no go allow us rest. Cheap blackmails to attract PMB's attention. With all of una influence in the wasted 6 years Gej government wetin be the gain? Useless!!

But OBJ lead for 8 years and Youruba's have always been at the forefront for the restructuring of Nigeria and yet nothing happened. Does that make Yoruba people 'useless' if I may borrow your submission? Let us try to be responsible in our comments when reacting to other peoples view. Thank you.

Ballmer:
I would rather support complete annihilation of Biafra. That should ensure it never exist.

Too much of a comment bro it's not necessary!

[quote author=KingsJohnson post=57071794]Trash as usual, so all this long epistle of Turas is to convince Biafra to stay in your Nigeria... Lol! some people can be funny atimes, however, Biafrans says they can tired of living with you in your country, pls do leave dem alone, cus everybody has a right choose whom to associate with or not.



The name Biafra is really a nightmare for some persons [/quote

Did you read the article at all?

Stoic breed!

vantage001:
[b]You believe in your own hype.
Third class citizens?. Yes, we want far better than we currently have, but sorry we are nowhere third class. It is an impossibility for an average igbo citizen to be third class in this country.
Our leaders may have been schemed out of power, but the igbo citizens are at the top level of every progressive aspect or sector of Nigeria.
Compare the average igbo citizen to the average fulani citizen, and the gap is a wide as the ocean in favour of the igbo citizen.
The igbo nation trumps the fulani in every socio-economic indices. We may not have a dangote, but we have far less group poverty and near insurmountable literacy gap.
When we talk of talk of third class citizen, learn to be specific. The average fulani citizen in the north is at the lowest echelon of Nigerian citizenship.
As true as your points may be in terms of how it has affected the igbo potential, i can't see any real example in other ethnic groups of their own outstanding success.
The north has a central leadership but that has resulted in the feudal system that has impoverished the vast majority. You have docile citizens in the north, but it has resulted in the growth of extreme backwardness because progress does not flow well with extreme docility.
Yes, we need to reform, but not in your way. [/b]

This is too much now. Haba!

overall90:
He is right to an extent.
We are not slimy and treacherous.
We say it the way it is. This trait would have been an advantage if we do not have to share a country with a people whose stock in trade is to agree with you in the day and stab you in the back at night.
Yes we love money that is why it's the igbos that stole about 600 billion dollars said to have been stolen from the government coffers since independence .

Masterclass32:
Editor's note: For quite an age, the Igbo people in Nigeria have
cried fowl regarding how they are
allegedly being marginalized.
Though endowed with great skill,
strength and talent, still the Igbos
seem unable to maximize their potentials. In this opinion, Reno
Omokri takes a look at the
challenges that prevent Ndi'Igbo
From Fulfilling her potential.

Background

It is true that the Igbo are
marginalized in Nigeria, however,
I am of the opinion that a lot of
the blame for this can be laid at
Ndi'Igbo's doorstep.

In my opinion, the major undoing
of Ndi'Igbo is their
misunderstanding of the term
strength.

1. Lack of discretion

As a general rule, to the Igbo, all
strength is physical. They do not
seem to realize that strength is
your ability to assert your will on
earth and that that ability may not
always be physical.

The proverb-discretion is the
better part of valor-is not
understood by the Igbo.

They tend to be reactionary and
consider pausing to study a
situation before you respond (not
react) as cowardice. One or two of
them may get it, but as a race in
general they do not. They do not consider diplomacy as a first step.

To them it is weakness and makes
you an efulefu! If they have an
enemy, they are not able to
suppress their emotions and work
with those they do not like.

2. They arm their enemies
before the battle

They must make their hostility
obvious to the person they do not
like and being aware of the dislike, the person is armed against them.

In an organization, others may be sublime and discrete in their
scheming, but the Igbo are more
likely to be obvious and in your
face about theirs and end up
causing unity amongst their enemies in plotting their downfall.

3. Lack of humility

As a general rule, they have very
little humility and are very proud
individually though there are few,
very few exceptions.

In my opinion, they are also
individually more intelligent than
their neighbors but they hardly
use their intelligence to unite and
have one leader, one goal and one destiny.

Because of this, even though they
are more intelligent, they are
almost doomed to serve those
that are wiser than them because
wisdom is superior to intelligence.

4. Regard wealth over wisdom

The Igbo also appear to value
leaders because of the leader's
personal attainments in life and so money gives you more leadership
credentials than wisdom or age.
They forget that a rich man may have more clothes than an elder
but cannot have more rags than
him.

They overestimate the power of
money and underestimate the
power of wisdom. It is very easy
to spot an Igbo man who has
money because it easily
intoxicates him.

They are more likely to see
relationships from a commercial
point of view whether it is
marriage, friendship or politics.

If the Igbo can learn humility and
practice diplomacy and discipline
themselves to have one leader
that they listen to in good and bad
times not because he is always
right but because he is their leader, their marginalization will
end and their dominance will
begin. But of course, I may also be
wrong.

https://www.naij.com/1107347-opinion-4-crucial-reasons-igbos-fulfilled-destiny.html

"It is very easy
to spot an Igbo man who has
money because it easily
intoxicates him.

They are more likely to see
relationships from a commercial
point of view whether it is
marriage, friendship or politics."

You did a good psycho-analysis of them but I think you are wrong on the above because, most don't flaunt their wealth openly unless you are privileged to see his /her bank account! Some could have as much as a hundred million but would rather prefer, to visit the bank with a T-shirt and combat shorts to do transactions. Unless you are dissecting the political class amongst them who are not different from their counterparts accross the nations political theatre, then I rest my case.