₦airaland Forum

Nkeon: I will make a very pointed note that the initiatives mentioned above have been taken by the youths (teens and 20s). Unfortunately, the older generation have decided that it is much more fun to use the lack of language understanding as good sport for their jokes rather than teaching us. I find it really disappointing and annoying. They should sort themselves out.

ROFL. Tell me about it and I even know some families where the parents do the most ignorant stuff in terms of Igbo language. One of my friend told me his fathers gets angry at him anytime he speaks Igbo to him and the son is unable to reply back. Funny enough, he grew up with his parents speaking just English to him yet they expect him to magically speak the language like his superbrain or something. Move on to my sister's bestfriend, her husband bought books for his children to use to learn Igbo. Mind you him and his wife are both Igbo, they both from Abia state so there isn't any dialect clashes and they do not speak Igbo to their children. They rather spend money on irrelevant books to teach the language than actually opening their mouth and speak the language to their children. SMH.

Nayah: More Cameroonian attire....

I like this attire. Which tribe does it belong to?

ROSSIKE: ^^^Dude please just shut up because you don't know anything. Go and do more research before coming here to post rubbish.

Yeah an all seeing, devil worshiping, group of people are using celebrities to brainwash the masses. Every celebrity, politicians and all powerful people are in this "big bad" Illuminati trying to corrupt all of us. Nigg@ please. Dude just because you are gullible don't mean I have to be too. The "gnarly sign" which I just learned came from the "I love you" of sign language is now Illuminati. Before we know it the peace sign, handshaking, every sh1t is Illuminati. People cannot even do a hand sign anymore without the accusation of "Illuminati" following them.

DivideUs: what we want is breakup, which one is citizenship must replace state of origin? igbo will always look igbo, so will hausa and yoruba. time to start moving back to region of origin abeg den by 2014 bye bye nigeria!!!

useless republic of nigeria indeed

This had me cracking up for some reason and I click on your name to see that picture in your profile. Dude you are funny

geez*:
Ode! So you're the mature one but without any trace of intelligence. You may wanna do a research on my post and get back to me. Brainless fish

Dude look for those in your childish level. There isn't any ounce of anything to research in your post hence the term "stupid and ignorant". You're boring, predictable even, and I don't know about anyone else but I'm tired of that bs. If it was months ago, I probably would have engaged you but I'm tried and bored of it so I am asking nicely "don't ever address me again".

busoye19: http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/11/30/state-of-origin-must-give-way-to-citizenship-jonathan-2/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Good intention, dumb idea. Nooffense to Johanthan but is he even thinking when he decided to set this policy. If this was a moderately tolerable nation then yeah the possibility of it working is good but this is Nigeria. I wish someone informs this man, just because something worked for USA, UK and other western nation does not mean it would work for Nigeria.

geez*:
So who did his father will them to abi Oju Iku was survived by his father Ni? Houses that are now inhabited by Yoruba families and businesses. Dey there dey dream

Dude don't ever address me again cause all your post are usually stupid or ignorant. I don't waste my time on that type of bs, probably would have done it months ago but now i'm tried of it so find those in your childish level. Don't address me again.

Since when did that sign become a Illuminati sign. A lot of surfing guys are illuminati's now.

The symbol went from this
https://www.pyepimanla.com/juillet-aout-2010/divers/photos/illuminati-16.gif

to this
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to this
[img]http://2.bp..com/-P7xnTDy6QA8/TZ41xCzJA3I/AAAAAAAAALU/FPkJwNg6PFA/s1600/beyonce-illuminat-all-seeing-eye.jpg[/img]

to this
[img]http://4.bp..com/-siQFA25nN3A/UAbp0CLzATI/AAAAAAAAGmE/Cwf66Mwxf20/s1600/drake.jpg[/img]

to this now
[img]http://3.bp..com/_lxHkFGQPc90/S3cMICTVviI/AAAAAAAAAU8/8OSKII4JuA0/s400/Obama+Illuminati.jpg[/img]

Before we we know it: handshaking would be the Illuminati sign too.

"gnarly dude" sign is now Illuminati. SMH wetin pesin no go hear

Andre Uweh: How about the houses in Lagos?. Who got them?.

It is his father's property is it not? It is not his to give away.

kingoflag: Just like I was expecting: "This guy is a bigot pretending to play neutral." "Hes Yoruba". How do you claim to be in your right mind and then go ahead and quote Musiwa's rants and your (allegedly) being witness to Nairaland battles between Edos and Yorubas as proof to back up your retort?

I call it like I see it. No matter how you front, dude be proud of what you are. I've read many of your posts and despite the fact you try so hard to hide your true self, each time it comes out brightly even a blind man could see it.
BTW: Your so called Igbos will invade ND came from Nairaland. There isn't and have never been any record of attacks, war or fight between Igbos both in SE or SS over land dispute with any tribe in ND. Even on this thread, you wrote to another member who wrote "Igbo have never claimed another person land", your reply to him was "I guess you've never seen dede's post" So you are allowed to use NL to spin whatever story you want but I'm not allowed to do so. Comical!!! BTW: I gave you a reality for you to check out. Unlike you, I go with real and observation on NL. Like I said before, go and read why mid-west opted out of western region.

kingoflag: Let's give you the benefit of doubt that you've sometimes refereed and (at other times) also been part of the interested audience of a series of Royal Rumbles between Edos and Yorubas.... Wait are we talking the same Nairaland where Alh.harem is Igbo or Yoruba depending on which way the the wind is blowing at any particular moment? Or the same Nairaland where people pretend to be from other tribes and set up topics just to inflame and incite a rival tribe?

ROFLMFAO so now since the foot in on the other foot, that's when you remember NL is not a reliable source. I laugh in Chinese. dude you are a comic

kingoflag: Let's even give you the benefit of doubt and give you that point, all I've ever seen Yorubas and Edos argue is usually "Culture" based or braggings about superiority, based on "Ancient History". Usually these arguments are centered around who descended from whom or whose Oba is superior etc I don't see the Benins claiming Eko or the Edos scared that the Yorubas will take over their lands. All I'm saying is that that Region, compared to the other Regions, is the least prone to witness territorial battles among the separate tribes. You can take it as the truth, or keep denying it in your fantasies."Sentimental history" bores me. Once you've read one, you've read them all.

I'll say this once more "Go and read why mid-west opted out of western region". I deal with reality.

kingoflag: Smh Listen, my friend, unlike you I got no real reason to be loyal to any tribe, I just call it how I see it. Of everything I wrote, aren't you ashamed that the only thing you could pick out was that the SE and the SS will definitely have problems IF Nigeria ever divided---division which I said was next to impossible? You missed that, didn't you? You know the funny thing? I said the North will have problems, same with the West...but I'll bet you that I'll probably not hear anything from either group because they will most likely accept that I made some good points even if they don't agree with all I said. Not everyone is against you. Always approach issues with an open mind. Besides, I based my points on very fairly recent antecedents, not on Palm oil trade between both nations prior to the arrival of the British. Who cares about that crap? Why hasn't the history of Palm Oil trade stopped the suspicion that is between both sides (and among almost all the groups in Nigeria) today? Or you want to deny that there's no suspicion amongst the groups in the East? You should be the one picking up your books and familiarize on why the Mid-West got split from the West. You're disappointedly even more sentimental than I expected.

ROFLMFAO @ the first words from this paragraph. Whatever it is you tell yourself, as long as you get a good night sleep from it. Lastly, I'm not ashamed of anything cause I called it like I saw it. Your entire post focused on SS and SE supposedly "imaginative" war. Despite adding "one or two post to make yourself appear neutral which brought the term "the biggest bigot trying to act neutral" words. I will call you out for what you are. As for the so called "suspicion among groups in the east. I'll readdress this, was this suspicious prevalent prior to Biafra war? No. Was it not a statement implanted by the Nigerian populace to the east in effort to destroy Biafra move? Yes. Have there till this day been any record of fighting, war, etc over land between the mid-west and the east? Why no. You disregarded the trading statement why? because it does not fit with your make belief statement. I gave you that for a reason. The entire groups that live in present day SS and SE have been living together, trading together for eons. If one group wanted the lands of the other groups, opportunity for them to take it has been available for eons, how come they did not? Unlike you I deal with reality, not some make belief bs. Lastly to address the mid-west opting out of western. Dude the main reason is because of marginalization, fear of colonization and political colonization.

P.S: When did I say anything about the SS and Mid-West going with the West? Are you ok?

You didn't say it but any one that reads your post can see your implication. Out of the three main ethnicity of Nigeria, you spoke ill of the east and the north. Spoke of a so called "future" war between the minorities of both in the East and the North while the west would have a little tussle and hassle but nothing major would occur unlike the biggest, imaginative, story you spoke for the other regions. Dude you are a propaganda machine as I informed you. You try very much but we've read that bs so many times without it becoming a reality. It's getting boring and funny to tell you the truth.

Miss. Angola and Ghana are so far the best.

Doubt this story. A kid that has a future for himself cannot wake up one day and decide to rob a house. The whole story sounds fishy. They better arrest that mf homeowner. The racist son of a b1tch. If it was a group of white kids, I doubt his first thought would be "arm robbers". SMH

SMH!! Pedophiles are the worst type of human beings out there. They need to feel empathy and put themselves in the shoes of this children before forcing themselves on them. Disgusting. I hope they beat the sh1t out of that nigg@ in Jail. Maybe some @ss whupping would fix his f2ked up head.

slimming: Devil sign post.

How is tattooing one's body a devil's sign post? You do realize Tattoo used to be part of African culture right?

Chime is about the only SE governor I respect. The rest needs to be stripped of their power, send to the youths to deal with them, put in jail for corruption until they are cleansed of Nigerian corruption and return back to how their forefathers lead then finally giving a second opportunity to rule but this time the right way.

My her soul rest in peace.

I doubt they have the power to arrest her. If they did, they would have just done it but I guess it is just an act of forming for the Nigerian populace. Though I do believe she need to answer their calls to explain herself but threaten the woman would do the opposite. As strong as that woman is, she might just ignore them just to piss them off some more and call their bluff.

achi4u: Dear dafman10 inasmuchas I won't drag issue(s) with anybody in this forum,I employ you to scroll back a little bit and read what Victor said.
He was too mean to bring division among SE/SS people who are one.You and I seems to be saying the same thing,we need each other to move forward,,,,when next you want to denigrate anybody please endeviour to leave his people out of it,those things you said were what they feed you here on this forum.Is never your fault.
thank you too.

Actually he did not. He spoke the mind of what is common among the Ijaw community. Niger-delta republic, in as much as I support it's creation, is predominately an Ijaw seeking. Just like many of you all have been saying If Nigeria does disintegrate, the ND republic would most likely be an Ijaw only community. Communities within ND would most likely opt out for their own ethnicity nations. Remember the declaration of Ogoniland few months ago that is the future of ND. Every ethnicity seeking their own nation. I am positive the Iteskiri, Urhobo and Isoko wouldn't want a unified nation with the Ijaw if Nigeria seizes to exist due to the constant fighting over lands between the four ethnicity (well three if you see Urhobo and Isoko as one). The Igbo community in SS also wouldn't want a ND republic with the Ijaw and based on what I'm reading on NL the SE wouldn't want a unified nation with Ijaw. The Ibibio I believe they also wouldn't want a unified nation with Ijaw on ND republic but I can speak clearly of this. I'm basing it of a conversation I had with my close friend who is of Ibibio stock. The ND republic becoming a reality is high but the possibility of it composing all the ethnicity in ND right now is slim to none. The possibility of it joining Biafra or SE to create a nation is also slim to none depending on what ethnicity you are going by. The Iteskiri, Ijaw, Urhobo and Isoko are most likely going to opt out of joining Biafra. Ethnicity that are of Igbo stock in SS are more likely to join Biafra or republic of Igboland or whatever it is una chose to call it. The Ibibio also would join Biafra but just like before I can't speak clearly on this. I'm yet again basing it of the conversation I had with the Ibibio friend. The other minorities might or might not. Again it all depends of the community. This is something that both SE and Ijaw need to take a grasp at including you Achivu.

You, victor, etc are pretty much saying the exact same thing, just a bit confused what will occur if Nigeria disintegrate. I am actually glad reading some of the comments I witness on this thread from both SS and SE. From dafman, to you, to victor, to seggord (i believe), to sealjeal, to yujin, etc have the right thing in mind. Both SE and SS want one thing and that is separation of the nation but both region are too proud to realize you cannot fight out by yourself. The Igbos, Ogoni, Ijaw, Urhobo, etc are fighting for their own ethnicity but not realizing Divided--you are little, your voice little, your strength weak while United--it is the opposite. That is why I've always admired Asari Dokunbo in his fight against seeking out of the nation (not the militancy, etc he's also involved in). Each time he speaks of disintegration, he sorts out connection and supporters with ethnicities in which he knows have the same desire as him. The day all the ethnicities seeking disintegration realizes "we need to follow Asari Dokunbo(not the militancy) way" is the day they see their wish becoming a reality. It is nice to see such comments on NL but the question remains, will it stretch out to reality to groups fighting for this two regions.

kingoflag: Do you " SINCERELY " think Ijawland and Igbo land will peacefully split if it came down to the come down? Dude, think about it. Seriously, close your eyes for a quick second... ignore the temptation to call me a tribalist or bigot.... Now, look at the map of Nigeria as it stands TODAY . Next, picture where Igboland is and where Ijawland is (" BASED ON THE MAP OF NIGERIA " --- forget about where "YOU" think should belong to whom) ---- Now, tell me : WHO GETS WHAT? Lemme ask you a simple question : WHO GETS TO CONTROL ACCESS TO THE SEA?!

My man, as much as I would love nothing more than for Nigeria to separate, I know it won't....at least not peacefully. Theres too much money floating around amongst too few people that has made some of them even more powerful than some countries on Earth. Theyre from all the major tribes and they have a vested interest in ensuring that NIgeria remains one and theyll do ANYTHING to ensure that their wish is fulfilled. You think GEJ is playing dumb for nothing? He knows what hes up against; and he's just done the classic : " If you cant beat em, join em" move.. also because hes a crook himself.

Now, let me tell you why I brought up the last two or three sentences. Lets say this your imaginary peaceful separation occurs... again resist the urge to call me tribalist or a bigot.... you want to tell me, HONESTLY, that you dont know at least 5 powerful Igbo politicians rich enough to cause a frenzy by firing up (the easily fired up) Igbos with shouts of nationalism and reminders of how those lands, not only, formerly belonged to Igbos or ....that they'll lose access to the sea, but also of how they were betrayed in the war against Nigeria. Tell me honestly that Igbos will not crush anything in their part that doesnt conform to their desires in their "own" country (especially when they know the rest of former Nigeria is not there to come to the minorities' rescue)?

G'ahead, say it with a straight face: I dare you!

Again, like I said, bite your tongue's desire to label me something I'm not as my belief is that there will be skirmishes all over present day Nigeria if separation even seemed as much as remotely feasible. But, bros, the violence go get grade and, my belief is that the North and its minorities, and the East and its minorities are in for a Battle Royale. There will be skirmishes in the West too, but it will be a little more serious than the usual "Agbero" battles which will be quickly doused by the simple fact that an overwhelming majority of these peoples in the Western Region share One culture. And, in modern times, theyve never seemed to be interested in land grabs outside of what isnt theirs. To my knowledge, their closest neighbors are the Edos and Deltans, and Ive never heard anyone from that region express any kind of fear that the Yorubas have eyes on their lands. For war to start all it takes is suspicion amongst the groups, and the Northern and Eastern Region have more than enough to feed on to talk less of feeding others. Again, I'm talking [b]ANTECEDENTS here.[/b]

There are so many unfinished battles within the groups in Nigeria that, truthfully, its only this fragile union thats stopping them from igniting. But if care is not taken, and the youth do not rescue Nigeria from the clutches of these criminal old men, they should be prepared to engage in a game of survival ----and watch their kids engage in it too----- that'll continue in a 1-1 tie draw for at least 200 yrs. The tipping point is almost reached.

Its just history, baby, dont blame me.

ROFLMFAOOOOO. This guy is like the bigot of the century trying to play neutral. Clap for yourself! you try at the propaganda preaching while at the same time trying to butter Delta and other SS state to join SW. IDK why every time there is ever a discussion about Nigerian break-up, there is always one yoruba or more speaking of a make-belief war between ND and Biafra. Tribes which consists of both ND and Biafra have long been trading with eachother before the British arrived; have we heard of any war between this groups back then? If SE Igbo did not want their land then. The SS Igbo did not want their land then when they could easily do it, what makes you think they want it now. Please spare us with the story.

As for the bold statement, all I can do is laugh. It is not even worth commenting on. All I'm going to say is you should go and read the reason why mid-west opted out of western region. ROFLMFAO @ no land grab. I've been here long enough to witness arguments between the Edo's and the SW over ownership, etc. Long enough to witness musiwa land grabbing anything within his view from Edo state all the way down to Delta state including my own city. Lastly, I don't understand why both SW and SE always speaks of SS have in common with either their community or not. SE I understand but their claiming is still ignorant. SW I don't get it. Iteskiri does not equal the entire delta state. You all need to go and learn ethnicity that compromises ND.

pat077: who is speakin 4 u. Are u d only one 4rm asaba? I speak 4 myself. If u're proud relating wit d igbos dats ur businees.

Like i said to all you deniers--when you speak, speak for yourself. Don't say and act like your words is for everyone. That's the problem with ppl like you, agbotean, etc. when you ppl start, you shout and act your voice is that of everyone. The most annoying thing about it is they believe una and the rest of us get the causality along with una. If i didn't address you, would you have let them know you spoke for yourself alone? Why mention Asaba and the word ppl when your words represent just your own view. I don't even know if you are from asaba, doubt it, but whatever. Next time when you want to speak, say the word "I", don't say "we or ppl" cause when they start attacking and insulting, the rest of us get dragged under the bus with una. It's f2king annoying. To make matters even worse, you invade every thread with una bs. Like i said, don't mention Asaba again. Keep Asaba out of your bs.

vanessa_ra: How does one acquire an oil block? Need to change career fast

Steal it while the indigenous cry. That's how you acquire oil blocks

pat077: And what if i do?

I'll say it once more. Keep asaba out of your bs. You're not one of us. Don't speak for us. Mind your area, your tribe. Butt out of sh1t wey no concern you. If you have to speak, don't mention us. Shikena

Ournaija: The other day I was discussing with a young man from Ogwashi-Ukwu who was on an industry attache in my coy.He told me he is not Igbo and I asked him where he came from, he said Delta. I asked where in Delta before he confessed Ogwashi-Uku. I quickly added if you are from Ogwashi-Ukwu it means you are an Igbo man. That was when he opened up to me why he choose to be a Delta man instead of an Igbo.

He said he had issues with his Yoruba mates both at home and school. He said he fell in love with a Yoruba girl who is his classmate. He was disgraced the day she took him home. The parents started shouting at her How could you bring Omo-Igbo home as a your husband to be. But the girl tried to explain to them that he is not Omo-Igbo (SE) but a Delta man so that he can be accepted. But the parents insisted that they are all same.

This young man has taken another identity so that he can be accepted by other tribes especially Yorubas by claiming he is a Delta man. I had to correct him to defend his ethnicity even if people don`t accept him. By changing his ethnicity wouldnt make people love him the more. I quickly added that a time will come in Nigeria that people will be judged by who they are and not by where they come from. The civil war did lots of damage to the Igbo people.

For me Igbo ethnic group comprises of different nations/tribes just like other ethnic group.

Sorry i didn't address this earlier, i didn't see it. The guy is an 1diot nothing more. My grandmother is from ogwashi-ukwu. They are similar to us, very proudful ppl. They do not change themselves for noone. He's disgrace to ppl of ogwashi-ukwu. A huge disgrace to change himself just because a trabilistic family did not want him. Smh. I don't even take anything the Yoruba say to heart. Most anioma don't, even the deniers. He's a big disgrace. On top of that claiming something that's none existence. there is no such thing as delta ethnicity just to let you know. Idk what the guy told u but every ethnicity in delta claim their ethnicity, not the state. They only mention delta went its of benefit. Anyway, as for the nigg@, he's on his own. I know ogwashi-ukwu, the same way i know Asaba, like the back of my hand. I'm shocked to even hear their is someone like that from that area. Smh. They are very proudful ppl.

Chime's wife is beautiful. The man got good taste.
Cross River's wife try.
The first Bauchi wife is nice as well.

Other's eeh

kingoflag: They quote the British that regret falling for Ojukwu's propaganda, you call them liars. They quote Australians that witnessed Ojukwu's plane flying off with a Mercedes-Benz (while crushing two innocent girls to death on the runway) on his way to Abidjan, you say we shouldn't trust them. They quote the Washington Post that calls the declaration of war by Ojukwu "an avoidable mistake", you say Americans can't be trusted. You've even been shown videos of Jim Nwobodo calling Ojukwu "a coward" and " fugitive #1"..... None of this is ok for you to say to yourself "Hmmmn, maybe we Igbos aren't as innocent in the course of these whole events as our parents keep telling us", yet you want us to believe the man in charge of Biafran propaganda?

I know you're not that st.upid....

Even you cannot understand the reason why he asked if the guy was slow. It is common sense. During Biafra, the British, Americans, Australians, Egyptians, etc were accused by their indigenous of supporting a war that killed millions of African children (i.e: The Biafrans). Also this same set were supporter of Nigerian, providing them arms during the war. The freaking statement was even made in the Youtube video you all have been posting on NL. The Igbos residing in the mentioned nations protested on daily basis against the government. Of course, if you accused of genocide by your own people as well as those accusing you of genocide, you'll deny the genocide especially if it was during election year, which yet again was mentioned in the youtube video you all post on NL. The same thing is happening right now as we speak in Iraq and Afghanistan war. The Indigenous of USA, etc are accusing the USA government of war crimes against the people of Iraq, Afghan, etc and on daily basis, the US government have denied ever committing war crimes. We all know they are committing war crimes in middle east during this war. Some soldiers were arrested for war crimes.

Anyway I enjoyed this piece. What a neutral, nice piece. Adichie is a brilliant writer, one of the brilliant mind ever to come out of Africa. I pray more like her in the near future.