₦airaland Forum

AetA:
Please the red huggies that is sold in Nigeria is it made in Nigeria or South Africa, please am a first time mum with no experience.

LordReed:
My experience with is quite the opposite with Huggies. Huggies did not provide as much absorption for my DD, I was disappointed.

Holaryhemie:
I hope you are not planning to buy on ebay? people sell used cloth diapers there i am saying this because i have read a lot about these diapers on baby centre before i got mine and its a fact that the initial cost might seem high but the cost savings in the long run is what matters.

missmalachi:
Please mothers my baby has been pooing for almost two weeks now.i called d doctor n he said she is fine since she eat well n dont run temperature.
My mum is suggesting ORT water cos she poo lik 8 to 10 times daily n eat lik every 30min.pls wat can I ggv her to stop the pooing. She is on ebf
Note
I dont tak any sugry tin.
Cc kaffy4bill, Modath, firsttymum, Tchiwinnie

marshalcarter:
He's talkin abt him and his MOM....not him and his g.f

Ya reply no get head and tail

Mitl:
Thank you very much. We have been trying on the latching now. The engorged breast is now so engorged that the nipples are flat and dry and no milk is dripping like it used to. I was told by the doctor to go for a scan. I pray it gets better.

fem29:
Thanks so much hun. Actually ill tell you what it is cos I don't think it's something shameful like my hubby's family seem to think. My daughter was diagnosed with autism. Though I kind of knew it's hard to take in black and white. I've assimilated it now she is doing well

atbu1983:
South South Niger Delta will never join biafra

Igbo are using the support they gave to Jonathan in 2015 election as blackmail to convert Niger delta struggle to biafra. Niger delta struggle is resource control and true federalism. This deception will not work. They only supported Jonathan because they got alot of appointments under Jonathan. They are just selfish and greedy people. Niger Delta Struggle is completely different from biafra agitation. Igbo supported Obasanjo against thier own son and hero Ojukwu in 2003 election, they should go and claim yoruba instead.

As far as I am concern Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa are all benefiting from the current system. After all an Igbo man Gen Agunyi Ironsi created the Unitary System for Nigeria in 1966 that we are complaining against today. Gen Agunyi Ironsi set the foundation for the destruction of regional federalism in Nigeria. if not for his love for total control and domination (The disease of an average Igbo man), Niger delta would have be enjoying 50% resource control today. When Isaac Adaka Boro wanted to form Ijaw Nation Republic in 1966 it was Igbo Head of State Gen Agunyi Ironsi that fought him with a 12 day war.

The Igbo claim to be one of us because some South South states were part of the old Eastern region. First of all, eastern region was created by Nigeria for Nigeria convenience. It was not a decision of the nationalities that made up the old eastern region. Secondly before most people forget, today Edo and Delta state were never at anytime part of eastern region. Edo and Delta states were first part of Western region later became Midwestern region, then change to Bendel state before becoming Edo and Delta state today. Some tribes speak Yoruba in Edo and Delta state. Why is yoruba not claiming Edo and Delta state the way igbo is claiming Rivers and Delta states because some people speak ibo in those states?

Igbo may have succeeded in brainwashing some South South people that they are one of us, it is a big lie. They may have succeeded in brainwashing some of us that only hausa and yoruba is the problem of South South, it is a big lie. They are the same as far as I am concern.

The problem with Igbo is greed, self-entitlement and born to rule, control and exploit mentality. Qatar is smaller than Bayelsa in population and half d size of Bayelsa state by landmass. Bayelsa is four times the size of Singapore. if Qatar and Singapore can be a country, why cant we have an Ijaw nation as a country? Do u think Ijaw people dont want to be like Qatar and enjoy their oil alone like Qatar does? Note: Bayelsa State is d smallest state in the south south by population and second to the last by landmass!!


Below is the size of south south states and south east states. South South is almost 3 times the size of south East.
Yet the population of South east is almost 80% of south south population base on 2006 census. But by the time you add igbo who are currently leaving outside south east, you will discover that thier population is more than all the south south put together. More than 90% of the resources (oil, gas, limestones,etc) are in the south south. The whole of South East is landlock with no direct access to the sea or atlantic ocean. but almost all the south south states have direct assess to the sea and atlantic ocean. Some will say they have River Niger. River Niger is not a sea or an ocean for big Ships.

Tell me why South South Nations will want to form a country with south east if they have a choice ? all south east will bring to the table is population and domination? The total oil production from south east is not up to 10% of south south oil production!

If you are the leader of south south nations will you advice them to form a country with south east if they have the option of forming their own country alone? give a sincere answer!!

As far as I am concern, as unbrainwashed south south , there is no difference between the Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. To me, these are three major tribe struggling and fighting for Supiriority. Whenever any of the three is loosing, he shout marginalization.

During Jonathan govt, the Igbos were gaining and were in control and were happy. The Yoruba were losing and were shouting marginalization. The hausa/fulani were not happy because they were not fully in control. For the North we can slightly understand because in the 16years of democracy (May 1999 to May 2015) the south ruled 13.3years while the North had just 2.7years

The Igbo don't love south south more than the hausa or Yoruba love us. All the three tribe are all struggling for the control of south south oil. None of the three is better than the other as far as we south south are concern.

The only place south south nationalities agree with Igbo is Nigeria should divide . However while south south clamour for succession is base on lack of true fiscal Federalism and resource control, on the other hand, igbo clamour for succession is base on IGBO BORN TO RULE, CONTROL AND EXPLOIT MENTALITY. Igbo make noise and claim d north have born to rule mentality because of Sokoto State former licence plate motto of born to rule which they have change. The People with the true born to rule mentality are d Igbo. it is because they are not having thier way that they are complaining and making all d noise all over Nigeria.

But how and why Nigeria will and should divide, what we want and what they want is as different as d distance of the earth to d moon.

South south want resource control or thier own freedom. we will support Biafra as Igbo only nation while they should support us to form our own nation or nations. But trying to add us as an appendage to Biafra will never happen.

If south south join Biafra, our individual identities will be wiped out in less than 50years. They will convert every south south nationality to Igbo. And they will so much take charge of the oil and resources with reckless abandon without any regard to d minorities.

LET EVERYONE FORMS HIS OWN NATION IF WE CAN'T GET 50% RESOURCE CONTROL. SOUTH SOUTH NATIONS DONT WANT IGBO, YORUBA OR HAUSA IN THIER NATION. WE DONT WANT ANY DOMINANT TRIBE TO CONTROL US IF OR WHEN NIGERIA DIVIDE.

They will argue that there are some igbo in rivers state, delta state and edo state. As far as i am concern Igbo speaking people in south south will join Niger delta republic or confederation. Their are Hausa people in Niger, there are Yoruba people in Benin Republic and Togo. Does that make those yoruba and hausa speaking people in those countries Nigerians?

The south south nationalities can form a confederation with United Arab Emirate template, where seven different nationalities came together to form a confederation with each nationality having some form of autonomy.

if the south east want to join the confederation they can join. We can't leave nigeria and go and form another normal single country were there is a dominant tribe. That will be moving from frying pan to fire.

Just like the United Ararb emirate asked qatar and behrain to join them, but qatar and behrain choose to form thier individual countries.

What Biafra represent is a single country with a powerful centre where a dominant tribe can control. South south dont want that. If we must fight or struggle for succession, we need a new name like "United State of niger delta" or any other name which clearly shows a union rather than a single country.

We need to set the record straight before south south nations make the mistake of south Sudan. It is more than Four years south sudan left
sudan to form thier country. Since that time south sudan has been in War while North Sudan enjoy peace. This was because nations in
south sudan came together to form a single country without ensuring that thier difference in ethnicity was fully discuss. Some
part of south sudan are now feeling marginalized. That is exactly what will happen if Igbo succeed in forcing south south nations into
Biafra. That so called Biafra wont have peace. It will be another Somalia!!!!

For peace to rain let Igbo form Biafra from the Five south east state and let the the six states in south south form a confederation or seperate nations. Anything outside this will never work.

I do not hate Igbo people. Many of my friends are Igbo. I only hate thier deceit and greed. what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
What we dont want is a dominant tribe simple. If south south join Biafra, that country will be 60% Igbo. How do you think other minorities can compete in that kind of country? Whether we like it or not we both know that Igbo are not diplomatic people by nature. That will lead to complete extinction of other tribe. in less than 50years they will make the whole Biafra Ibo without any consideration.

I dont hate Igbo. But i hate when i know the Biafra they seek is a Biafra with current south south as an appendage to it.
Why cant they support our freedom, and we will support thier freedom. Why do igbo make it look like it is wrong for Niger Delta people to seek thier own freedom outside Biafra? In biafra current south south minority will be like conquered people. God forbid that to happen.

a quote from Isaac Adaka Boro Autobiography (wriiten himself). Read Chapter 5 - Campus Politics
http://www.adakaboro.org/the12dayrev/chapter-5-campus-politics.
This was the campaign statement of his opponent for UNN SUG presidency:
"My opponent, Ejiogu, took the floor when I had finished, and what did he say? "Ladies and gentleman, this is a crucial time in Nigeria when we should not allow a vocal minority to rule an obvious majority.
These words still ring in my memory because, as my opponent put it, they are crucial not only to me but to my people, the Ijaws. Most of the alien students walked out of the hall and it seemed as if a spell was cast on the atmosphere. The campaigns ended solemnly and the result of the election was again one way. Ejiogu won with his majority. The last minute strategy. A Cameroonian friend of mine, John Ngole, promptly resigned his secretaryship of the Historical Society in protest."

I am very sure that Nigeria will divide faster if Igbo seek Biafra with 5 south east state alone and Niger delta republic seek a country with the 6 South south states alone at the same time. Once the Hausa and Yoruba sees that Igbo are supporting a Niger Delta republic separate from Biafra, they will see it as true struggle. But if the struggle is about Biafra with south south in it, where Igbo will gain south south resources with Yoruba and Hausa loosing out, I bet you until South South oil finishes, Nigeria wont divide.

If we cant get resource control, we don't need to form a single country with Igbo, we can seek for our separate nation on two front simultaneously but not on one front. What we need is cooperation from Igbo not togetherness with Igbo. If they truly want to leave Nigeria and liberate Niger delta people from dominant tribes, they should support us to form our nation as they form thiers. I bet you when that happen, the struggle will be half won.

The Ojukwu Biafra was Igbo dream not Ijaw, Esan, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Ikwerre, ogoni, ibibio, etc dream.

In summary, my point is that why the primary interest of Niger Deltans is resource control, Igbo primary interest is seperation from Nigeria with Niger delta as thier trophy. Igbo wants a nation where they can become the lord, control and dominate others. Since in Nigeria, Hausa and yoruba are ahead of them in the power struggle, they resort to blackmail and cry foul claiming marginalization.

if Nigeria will divide peacefully by United Nations referendum, south south will not join Biafra. Peaceful division of Nigeria can only be into a minimum of five countries (Arewa republic, Niger Middle belt, United Niger Delta, Oduwa republic, and Biafra). South South will form its own nation/nations. The only way south south and south east will form a single country like Biafra is if Nigeria divide by War because population will be important in size of Army.

My Igbo neighbour may not like this submission, but it is the bitter truth

speedyGonzales:
Insecurity and lack of constant electricity... if we could resolve those two issues, big companies will be trooping to set-up shops in Nigeria.

the federal government should tackle the two issues, instead of shouting corruption up and down the whole place... the Nigerian police and justice system is a failure that is why the is corruption. tackle get a better better police and justice system and introduce new polices that check corruption.

IF I WERE A PRESIDENT TODAY, I will declare emergency on power generation and security of lives and property, for the federal government to tackle and I will ask state government to focus on large scale agriculture development forget other things they are doing at the moment (except maybe Lagos)... (i.e states should build silos and cold storage facilities hooked up to solar panels that the rent out at subsidised rate to large scale farmers in Nigeria, also ensure each local government have access to mechanised farming equipments that rented out at a subsidized rate, then adding value to those food produce i.e large factories and plants that can package those products.). states who fail to show a tangible agricultural produce by 6 to 8 months will see the FG allocations slashed and given to states more willing to comply. in no time we will be feed the whole on Nigeria and West Africa.

I will also remove subsidy and give free malaria and typhoid treatments to all Nigerians. (so you will register at the nearest approved clinic in your area and go in there with you Nigerian ID card for treatment of typhoid and malaria for free).

For other projects that doesn't fall in my focus area's I will seek foreign investors, like build a train network to across Nigeria, build seaport on every major coastline in Nigeria and creating inland water ways and canals for transport as and alternative to rails.

tearoses:
Good History Lesson
Im serious


Christianity did its bit, so did civilisation.
Cant count the number of threads I have read here where people are complaining of sextapes, sex chats, facebook lovers and the lot.

tearoses:
Dont want to quote your whole post
You are right, the older generation endured and stayed, however I sometimes question, did they know any better?
Could they have been happy in their own way?
I often wonder about this.
Not DV pls.
What were their aspirations back then? children or husbands? . . .or just being a Mrs.
The downside I see sometimes though is when these mothers turn their sons into their husbands and take control of their sons marriages and lives which isnt good.

back in the day, when you got married it was a deep thing. Families carried out investigation on the other side and you knew the person and the family you are marrying. These days people just meet and get married pam! I also think that there was more support back then than now.

oselin:
gooday mamas in the house I will be joining this wonderful family in four months time as a ftm. Please I need help on where to get original Ori and coconut oil as am planning on using it for my lo. I stay in Songo, Ogun state.

thorpido:
Well said.It starts from the family and parents have to do a lot to raise their children to have confidence and a good self-esteem.Unfortunately,many women our mother's generation stayed in bad marriages and what they tell their daughters is 'endure','life is not a bed of roses','I also coped' etc.Things are changing anyway.

veins2016:
@onegai,am a ftm.can i hv ur email pls.need to ask u some questions
pls mamas,my 4month old gal wont allow anyone else carry her.she screams so loud weneva pple hold her! is dis normal?wen wil it stop.dropping her at creche is a nightmare

veins2016:
@onegai,am a ftm.can i hv ur email pls.need to ask u some questions
pls mamas,my 4month old gal wont allow anyone else carry her.she screams so loud weneva pple hold her! is dis normal?wen wil it stop.dropping her at creche is a nightmare

eazee:
Mamas in the house pls cometo my aid urgently oo, my 4 months old daughter has been running temperature and stooling green mucus like stool since yesterday.
Her temperature went high dis night, I gave her paracetamol and dipped a towel in a lukewarm water to clean her. It came down and went very high again my 3am dis morning.. Please am worried any home remedy before I rush her to the hospital. God bless

LewsTherin:
Yep they are

Chillisauce:
So let me get this straight..
Mr C can walk into the prefecture to get their passport with their birth cert without a consent letter from me but I can't walk into my embassy to get their own passport from my end by displaying My Nigerian passport or proving my nationality with other documents.
I thought citizenship is given by parents nationality and not where they were born( not speaking of US here).

edwife:
They didn't require your consent because parental responsibility is automatically granted if you were married to the children’s father at the time of birth or if you jointly registered the birth.If you were separated or divorced,either parent can give permission for a child to have a passport, unless there is a court order about PR or preventing the child from having a passport.

You don't need to consent your baby to have a nationality because the birth certificate alone is his nationality,it is automatic.You need your nationality(birth certificate or certificate of citizenship) to apply for a passport;However Passports are a form of identification accepted internationally to prove not only identity, but citizenship.

Chillisauce:
As per the passport thingy, i was asked twice in Nigerian Embassy to collect an approval letter from Hubby before they issue our Kids Nigerian Passports. An approval letter from a non Nigeria to give a blood Nigerian passport? Maybe if i go to renew my passport again, i would be asked to bring approval letter eh. This is just so funny and sick at same time.
Can you imagine. I cant even just walk in and get a passport for my own children