₦airaland Forum

Great! The Ikemba is the most celebrated African today.  

ndu_chucks:
You are delusional. Your own governors are the ones who want to break you up further by asking for additional states.  I recall one of them asking for the creation of more states in the SE to honour Ikemba. You are now somehow accusing other people for trying to break you up further. You are the biggest fool around - soon you will blame the North causing erosion in the East.

I would admit that our politicians are not the brightest politicians in Nigeria. Most of them are very lame and myopic in their demands.
They are not doing what they are supposed to be doing, that is why you murderers are killing our people in your land and our governors are busy chilling in Abuja. If they were doing the jobs they should be doing, you idiiots would be begging us to accept any of our demands.
My greatest happiness is that we Ndigbo are gradually becoming riled up to political consciousness once again. Soon these governors would be overthrown by more visionary youths of Igboland. 

ndu_chucks:
You'll have to swallow your pride and accept my support for your comments above. What is right is right, regardless of whether ndu_chucks says it is so.  Onlytruthlies is an ignorant foreigner who lives in diaspora and suffers from a complete disconnect from realities.  

Since you people made him Eze Igbo Gburugburu of NL,  his head has become swollen and he believes that no one else can have an opinion superior to his own. I have good news though, I plan to use very superior line of though to knock his conehead back in shape soon enough.

I am waiting for that line of thought.
ndu_chucks, why is the North still one despite all the murder going on in Jos?
Why do you still have Northern governors forum and they still meet regularly?
Where is Eastern governors forum?
How long would desert thieves like you rule us in Nigeria using crude tactics?
Any Igbo that listens to you is the biggest goat  on earth.

You want us to be SE and SS and (if you can) to break us further into states for easier conquer.
Well, you will have to face the Onlytruths of Eastern Nigeria first. 

re@lchange:
i think it is a mistake to think that onlytruth trusts anyone. he comes off as very cunning
taking him literally would be a mistake

It is unfortunate that some people can't understand me.
Ndigbo should stop complaining and stop ceding hard earned assets.

EzeUche:
The way some of my Igbo brothers are commenting on this thread, I can tell they do not interact with the people of the Niger Delta. That is why they are making such comments about some phantom unity. If you want to know how the people of the Niger Delta feel about the "Core" Igbos, I suggest you go to Port Harcourt or Yenagoa, before you make a comment about this new "unity" between our regions.

Some people may be surprised to hear that that even the Annang would be against a Biafra. The fear of Igbo domination is real in the Niger Delta and the younger generation has this view just like the older generation. When I see Onlytruth discuss this topic, he wants the wider Igbo to make concessions to ease the fear of the minorities within this reason. Why should the Ndigbo bend over backwards for this people, when we have the most to lose? Have you people forgotten the abandoned property saga?

I don't like it when people quote me in parts. Why not articulate my position IN FULL? All these side snipes aren't helping us debate this properly and help our people decide the way forward.
For the record, I never said that Ndigbo must lie down, roll over, play dead and be a foot mat to anybody in Nigeria. It is very laughable to think that.
You guys keep making statements insinuating that I want us to play servants to our neigbhors. 

My position is that we Ndigbo ARE TOO QUICK TO CONCEDE/CEDE our assets, be they properties, relationships, position, and advantages, just because some few people talk to bruise our ego. How can we cede our assets without fighting?
I stated that our struggle in Nigeria is a matter of life and death; therefore sentiments and pride has very little role in it.
I would never advocate a situation whereby our backyards become available to some of our worst enemies in Nigeria.

I would like us to be more bold and strong in Nigeria;starting from the North to the South, East to West. WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
That is why I want Ndigbo to never leave their properties anywhere in Nigeria without a dogged war of attrition.
As far as I know, there are still THREE regions in Nigeria. As long as the North (despite years of killing each other) remain one, the East will remain one. If aboki is smart enough to know that it is irresponsible to cede middle belt, the Igbo would be the biggest fools in Nigeria to ever cede the so called "SS". I won't say more than that for now.

Anyway, I gotta go. Ain't gat time for cowards.

Stop attaching middle belt to your side. They have the Hausa/Fulani to fight.
You will have to fight us the Igbo and may be the Ijaw who desperately want your thieving mouths off their oil pipes.
Start thinking of how to win against us.

All the Yorubas making noise here as usual just baffle me.
These folks are the biggest cowards in Africa. I just found out recently that they are also the most shameless tribe in Africa.  
And they dare complain that people are taunting them! I bet you these people go to bed every night thanking the Hausa/Fulani for saving them in 1967.
Who would have stopped the Biafran Expeditionary Force? The fact that Ojukwu mistaking trusted one of them to lead the BEF as a mark of trust building, has turned these cowards into the biggest loudmouths in Nigeria.

Well, just keep the taunts coming. One day, you will have to fight alone without your husbands aboki, because aboki will have the middle belt to fight. It will be you and us then.
You will then prove yourselves to us.

texazzpete:
Thanks for confirming my initial assessment of your IQ level.


Nigeria's history also shows that your people suffered grievously during the war. For ALL Nigerians, the Biafran war should be seen as a time of great horror and suffering. All you brainless youths with more bravado than sense will  wake up and start bragging about war as if people's desperate fight for survival is anything to glory in.

Considering the fact that I have NEVER seen you post anything here to show you've led any public demonstration against injustice, oppression and poor government policies/governance, I doubt you'd make an appearance on the frontlines if war does break out.

PS: As someone who hails from Edo State, I wonder if you're willing to discuss the inevitable civillian casualties recorded following the Biafran invasion of the Midwest.

Not that I need to convince anybody about anything, but I started leadig riots when I was in PRIMARY school. I've been a leader all my life so far. Even if I'm hiding somewhere, folks would drag me out and ask me to lead. My character is open as a book.

I don't want to discuss the so called "Biafran invasion of the Midwest" because it was misunderstood and I can assure you that you and I can never agree on it. So, let's just leave it.

BTW my IQ is light years ahead of yours.

Ji_sun_pack:
^
Another tournament of chest beating!!! You are the greatest loudmouthed animal to ever walk on this planet. You keep on hitting your head and spitting all over the the place like a wild camel in your quest to look smart and brave when you can easily come by as a coward that ran from Kano in the middle of the night only to float up in USA with asylum VISA. Internet Warrior!!!

It is not chest beating; Nigeria's history is there.

My fathers fought ALL OF YOU AND YOUR MASTERS for almost three years with only light arms.
Your fathers ran away.

Your people's OPC is running around robbing helpless folks when they can.
My people's MASSOB is staring down heavily armed enemies bare handed.

If I am a bettting man, I would bet that MASSOB will likely fight 1000 times before your OPC dares to even dream of it.
I have nothing to prove to a goat.

BTW the US is the second HOME to Ndigbo because outside Nigeria, this country has the highest number of Igbo CITIZENS than in any other country of the world. We are not touts like you.

texazzpete:
[b]I'm not Yoruba [/b]so I wonder why you're sending this to me.
You aren't very bright, are you?

If it quacks like a duck, poops lots of 5hit like a duck, and walks like a duck, it is a duck.
You are by adoption.

Let me say this now.
There are Nigerian tribes who don't talk, and one of the reasons is that they are ashamed of their history in Nigeria. I noticed that some tribes in middle belt and south south don't talk much about Biafra war because they are really ashamed of their role in it.
Aboki don't talk much because most of them are not educated in western education, so they can't speak articulate English much, so that is understandable.

Yoruba should not be talking. I guess some of them know no shame.

texazzpete:
I hope when that day comes, you cease being an internet warrior and you take your place at the front lines.

Only foolish people glorify war and strife.  Biafra is a dead dream. You deluded folk need to understand that and move on!

You still haven't answered the question; "When will Yoruba ever face the North?". My guess is NEVER.
So, how dare you even have a face to talk to me who may have lost a few wars?

Una no get shame ni?

^^

When you stop Fulani who has been holding Yorubaland hostage with ordinary bows and arrows. 

I watched the video of MASSOB and I know that it is only a matter of time before those boys will face Nigeria squarely again.
Yoruba will hide like hyenas and wait for the victor; then come out to lionize and kiss the victor's @ss.

Nna, I tire.

^^

My friend the fact that you can speak where I am speaking tells me that something must be wrong with your head.

I have one question for you; "Have you Yoruba EVER raised a finger against the North in Nigeria since Nigeria's amalgamation in 1914?"
Do you know how many time we Igbo have dealt with those abokis?
What do you (Yoruba) do after, BRAG and defend aboki.
Una no get shame wallahi.

These Yoruba peeps on this thread and this site are so shameless wallahi.
As far as I know, one of the most insulting and humiliating act ever conducted in Nigeria's histoy was when Northern soldiers led by Danjuma basically siezed western Nigeria from the moment they killed Ironsi and Fajuyi in Ibadan to when Ogundipe fled instead of standing up for his rights to assume Nigerian leadership. These aboki soldiers stayed there until war started (against Yoruba wishes) and they even managed to drag Yoruba into the war against Biafra.
What is more baffling is that Yorubas are today the most vocal defenders of these abokis here on Nairaland.

Imagine aboki coming to the East to kill say Obasanjo and the military governor of the East; won't all hell break loose? But not Yoruba.
Nna I tire for these people eziokwu.  

okosodo:
God forbid, when you mention a great earthquake like OJUKWU, do not mention a common thief like oyegun. Dont drag his name to the mud. People outside benin seem not to know thief oyegun

lol

I guess everybody is laundaring his image using Ojukwu.
It is well.

mens dept:
Its very necessary. You know for sometime its been state policy to not allow for any international airport in the Midwest/Middle Belt/East. WHy?

In the Western World, the most important MASS TRANSIT are airports and Sea ports. They bring in the big bucks, and almost automatically change the landscape of a region or state.

9ja knows this, but of course, you cant keep people enslaved for ever, no matter if you are Rome, the British, the Soviets, etc.

Look at Enugu airport ,the FG is just B.S'ing, as another 10 years will go by and nada.

Which is why I am even more confident about the Owerri airport.
Somehow, my Imo folks know just how to get stuff done.
It is already happening.

monkeyleg:
It is not necessary. when state start getting into this sort of business I fear. he should focus on mass transit programme, and create enabiling environment for private firms to run such things

I see it more from the perspective of profit, revenue generation and brand development.
Who says Imo Air can't be the "South West Airlines" (the US local airline that dominates a chunk of the US domestic air travels).
Nigeria is still largely untapped, if you know what you are doing, you will create a wealth machine.
My only caveat is that government must not fund it.
Imo public can still own part of it, but it musn't be funded by Imo state government.

monkeyleg:
misplaced priority.

Not if it will be viable and not be a drag on the state, and from what I read, it won't be a government thing.

Okorocha has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a UK-based company to execute the airline project.

He said the partnership would make the airline be profitable as it would not be tied down by government bureaucracy.

mens dept:
Hope this info is true. Can fly from Bini/Lagos to Owerri lol.

Why cant the AGPA governors come together and modernize their states ( Imo Airport and drill a Seaport at Onicha) without looking for PDP crooks to promise this and that from Abuja. They have the funds now, unlike the days of Ohakim and Ngige/Mbadinuju.

Rochas Okorocha is showing what is possible when you have a man with ideas at the helm.
I hope Peter Obi is watching and working with him.
If they get it right in the two states, others will go APGA too.

trueword:
Imo State government to start airline soon
Thursday, 23 February 2012


Imo state government will start a state government owned airline to be known as Imo Air.

The governor of Imo state Rochas Okorocha said this while delivering the state Appropriation Bill for 2012.

Okorocha has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a UK-based company to execute the airline project.

He said the partnership would make the airline be profitable as it would not be tied down by government bureaucracy.

This comes as rehabilitation and expansion works are being rounded-up in the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (SMICA).



http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/111-politics/33638-imo-state-government-to-start-airline-soon

That airport should be made a full international airport as soon as possible.
The airline idea is good, so the airline can start international flights (which is more profitable) soon too.
Heartland is kicking!  

They are the civil war victors, so they have that sense of entitlement. They are even taking it easy because they are not sure what SE would do if they (the North) move more boldly to "fix things".
Methinks that SS owes SE TONNES of "protection favor" because these abokis are very hungry and very angry, and SE is the "beast of burden" wedge receiving the lowest allocation, keeping quiet and still supporting SS.
I don't believe the SE would continue to play that role for ever.

Beaf:
[size=14pt]Fulani herdsmen rob on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway[/size]
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta 27/02/2012 01:11:00

Fulani herdsmen yesterday abandoned their cattle and seized the Ogun State stretch of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway. [size=14pt]They used bows, arrows, knives and other weapons to rob travellers of cash and other items[/size].

They also stalled traffic for many hours at different times of the day.

The herdsmen, it was gathered unleashed some animals on the road, which slowed down traffic and enabled them to rob their victims.

It was gathered that travelers who were heading for Lagos were compelled to detour. Those traveling in the opposite direction had to beat a retreat.

For many hours, they seized the Expressway and three times the herdsmen were dislodged from the road by Police patrol team from the Ogun State Command, Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said.

Adejobi said the police would now beam their searchlight on cattle rearers, having taken to crimes along with minding animals.

He said no arrest has been made while the police have successfully evicted them from the highway.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/37990-fulani-herdsmen-rob-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway.html

I de laff.

Soon Fulani will use bows and arrows to rob banks in Nigeria.
Does anyone see how pathetic this is?

ak47mann:
am feeling untouchable!! we created nigeria and is still tell till 2day

Bros una don come again. hehe! I feel you though.

ndu_chucks:
This [b]fake list [/b]has been around since 2006 and was purportedly released by the World Bank. The world bank issued a statement distancing itself from the list. Why are you people recycling old crap?

Erh. . . Mallam, do you have the authentic latest list?
I hear you are an insider to the looters club of Nigeria. Someone specifically f.in-gered you.
Sai One Nijeriya! 

A lion is a lion.
He was completely selfless, resolute and loved justice and fairness.
History smiles at the great Ikemba. We shall follow in his footsteps!
Welcome home dike di ora mma.

afam4eva:
@Al_harem
I don't even believe you're Yoruba becase the Yorubas I know outside nairaland don't behave like yourself and your biot friends. You're always fund of looking for trouble and attracting bigotted traffic. What has Igbo got to do with this thread now. I guess when htjaz starts bashing Igbos 2morrow you will still say that he's Igbo. Please leavez Igbos and Yorubas alone and mind your almajiri business biko.

And he will wait for ever because Ijaw is now less likely to do that.
People like Alj-harem has fully opened their eyes.

@Topic

I'm not shocked because I saw the "rare" form of poverty when I served somewhere in Ijebu land.
When some Yoruba folks talk here, I just shake my head.
Well, to each him own. 

ephomoghia:
I know Annkio Briggs will be speaking for the Niger Delta people and will never call on the igbos to goin us because we the Niger Deltans know that the  Igbos are worse and they can not be trusted their so called Biafra was because of the same oil, our leaders found that out and that was why they withdrew their support for Ojukwu.

So the caption of this topic is different from the message from the Annkio know that all Man to himself - Igbos dont be afraid to stand alone or cant u survive without the Niger Deltans? is like no Nigerian will but yet you all refuse to accept the fact rather you all boast emptily

"ephomoghia = efuom ohia" is a new id here which is even Igbo, meaning "I'm lost in the wilderness".
Poster lacks credibility.

ChinenyeN:
One_Naira, forgiving them is not the issue, as that has already been taken care of. The issue instead is to treat this propaganda with utmost caution. As it stands right now, this recent propaganda of a "change of heart" warrants all the criticism in the world, because the dynamics surrounding the relationship between SE and ND are not comprehensible. In fact, the relationship itself is not clearly defined. We entered post-Biafra with a cliffhanger, and that is how things have remained, up until this very point. Please, can you or anyone else tell me where SE stands in regards to its relationship with ND? Can you or anyone else tell me if there even exists any kind of shared understanding between these two regions?

This acute "change of heart" just happened upon us all so suddenly. It is as though a random bell were rung, and people just decided to rush back to the beginning of post-Biafra; rush back to the edge of that cliff, as if to say a bridge miraculously formed. Truth be forever told, there is no bridge. The cliff's edge remains unclad, leading to God knows where. Simply put, it makes no sense to look upon this recent propaganda with welcoming eyes.

Until a reasonable bridge has been built; until both sides know where they stand in this nonsensical, fuzzy relationship, there will never be a reason why ANY IGBO would willingly rush to the cliff's edge, as if to say they are going to jump across to meet ND on the other side. Foolishness. No bridge equals no shared understanding. No shared understanding equals no defined relationship, and no defined relationship equal no reason for me or anyone else to look upon this propaganda with optimism.

No one should be hasty to interact with anyone "in good faith", especially not in this particular period in history.

The cliff edge you talk about is only is the mentality of some of you.
How can you receive what you never demanded?
Why are younger Igbo who should be improving on the achievements of our fathers be retrogressing so badly?
Why did the NCNC control the East, but APGA is confined to two Igbo states? These are questions we should be asking ourselves, instead of accusing others and boxing ourselves in a political corner.

Why not MASSOB stop being stoopid and get serious for once?
Why not Ohanaeze develop credibility and publish what they agreed with Ijaw for instance so that we know when they betray that agreement?

On the other hand, it could be that something is going on, far away from the cameras.
For me, my support for Jonathan ends this year if he fails to deliver Enugu International Airport and fix the Niger bridge (build a new one), because I cannot see what he has done for us so far. I wouldn't even wait till 2015 to start serious politicking.
The only way he retains my support is if he did some MAJOR things for us this year.

One_Naira:
After reading half of this I felt the need to intervine. Onlytruth, I respect and adore what you say. Dede1, Ezachi, etc, Una have good points as well.  This is a very good argument and una have every right to suspect this new change of heart from the minorities especially Ezachi (I read you are one of Biafran veteran, I now have nothing but alot of respect for you. Thank you for fighting for Igbo children's future) but

What are una doing? SS minorities have done umu Igbo wrong lots of times, they have betrayed us no deny that but if a group of people ask for forgiveness give it to them.  Don't hold on grudges because all I'm seeing from reading this some umu Igbo creating enemies for themselves.  We aren't clean you know. We've done them wrong as well.  Haba. If we analyze this one by one and we extend una logic, then the creation of Igboland republic will not work either. why?  every Igbo communities has betrayed another igbo community one way or another either political, economical, geographical, etc. If una can forgive eachother, why can't una extend that same forgiveness to others.

Also, a delta igbo or a Rivers Igbo will not leave his or her homeland, his or her family heritage to go to SE Nigeria in the process of an all Igbo country. If we push the minorities out and have them create the republic of Niger-delta as una wish for them, they would not let go of any region in Delta or Rivers even if it belongs to Igbos thus either way another Biafran War will surface. It will not work. We can leave together economically but differ politically if una are that scared of uniting with them. We can just copy the politically interaction of USA, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands. Shikena.

When some of our brothers charged that some of us who believe in keeping our region united are insane, I say that they (who want to cede parts of Igboland in SS for pride and sentiment )are the insane ones. It is my personal opinion that Anioma land hosts some of the finest Igbo, and Rivers state hosts some very proud Igbo aborigines. Therefore, like someone already said, SE and SS are joined at the hip.