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jason12345:
my brother, i am so so sorry. ha, my brother you have gone through alot. my best friend (igbo) also told me a similar story. i am deeply sory for you loss.

i always see igbos as my brothers, and i always will. nothing will ever change that. not even the so called e- warriors.

i am not here to justify what awolowo did. but i read in histroy books he did that because ojukwu tried to invade the west.

my brother, i am almost crying here. i don't know what to say!!! all i can canvass for is unity. pls my brother, biko., forgive any wrong doing of any yoruba that might have had a hand in this crazy act. [b]all i have read was that ojukwu invade the west and bombed lagos  killing alot of yorubas [/b]and it was an act of self defence from the biafra soldiers. my brother, pls lets unite. yoruba, igbo, ss. please. i feel really sad and bad. pls, i am not nigerian government, i am helpless.

this cannot happen again in Nigeria never. the yorubas would never, ever allow it. tufiakwa!!! never. pls. thats why the yorubas have never laid hands on the igbos in the sw. we see igbos as brothers not enemies. there might be one or two fight but thats all,  we are too similar to fight.

pls let me know how i can help>pls any way possible!!!

i also read that when the igbos killed the northern leader in a coup, they were sing " we rule the country" and thats what angered the northerner.

my brother, do you see why i dont pray for war?!!!!! all this ezeuche and becomerich are all just jokers. they are in diaspora while the true nigerians are suffering yet they want war pls, let be the elment of peace.

again, i am deeply sorry. let me know how i can help. anyway possible. stay blessed

Chei! My friend where did you read that?  
Chineke me!  

Look, all you need to do is discover the truth. Ndigbo are a very perceptive people. You don't even need to say anything. Just show, through actions, that you are for real. Most Yoruba here don't share in your remorse , though they may want a united south.  
All that Ndigbo need in Nigeria is JUSTICE. We can fend for ourselves. God will avenge for the innocent women and children starved to death in Biafra.

Beaf:
The story is true. The suspects were paraded on TV.

WTF!

Beaf:
Exactly! Its so funny that sons and daughters of the ND sail past Ojo military cantonement, singing war songs. every ND person knows that sound travels extremely far on water, so they wouldn't be singing past a military barracks; you can hear the slightest sound from miles away. Why would anybody be singing war songs while trying to light up a high profile target like Atlas Cove?
Abeg, they should check them well, one or two might just be aboki.

Frankly the story is unusually short and doesn't make sense.

Why Vanguard reported it beats me. I'm still waiting for a corroboration by other major newspapers. None yet.

Nna na wa o!

I thought militants agreed to steer clear of the west.

[size=16pt][color=#990000][/color]Navy foil attempt to blow up Atlas Cove[/size]

By Alber Akpor

LAGOS—FIFTEEN months after the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Atlas Cove facility in Apapa, Lagos was set ablaze by alleged members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, the Navy weekend averted similar attempt and arrested 18 suspects.

The suspects were made up of 17 male and one female.  They came in a speed boat with red band tied around their heads and moving towards the oil facility chanting war songs when Naval personnel swooped on them.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/navy-foil-attempt-to-blow-up-atlas-cove/

Justcash:
[b]Please can you expatiate on the "SE are the engineers of their predicament."

You dnt need balls to
1. Build airports and make it an "International" airport. You need FG's Permit.
2. Construct a seaport. You need FG's Permit.
3. Construct federal roads and bridges (Onitsha-Asaba) bridge. You need FG's permit.
4. Raise and equip a standard police/security force. You need FG's permit.
5. Site important federal parastatals and facilities. You need FG's Permit.
6. Create employment.
7. Provide incentives and infrastructure to boost business growth and development.
ETC. All these require FG's attention, input and approval than just having balls.

What are you expecting? You expect the East to develop balls and pick up guns to start killing other Nigerians, blowing pipelines, try to assassinate the president and take over, make MASSOB a militant group?  Or you expect the East to embark on radical change, when a simple issues as granting the Enugu airport an "International" status left alot of leaders from other parts of the country antagonistic to it, and peeing in their pants? Which other sort of "balls" do you expect from the East when it is the only region that ever stood up and said that it doesn't wanna stay in the Nigerian union, and was able to defend it for a long time despite heavy losses.
Know what you ask for, because when you see the "Balls" that the East gat, you may not really like it.[/b]

WORD!

Walahi if I can get my hands on that almajiri goat calling himself alj harem I could skin him alive.

Fkcing goat thinks he can convince us of a one north but he is desperately trying to assert division in eastern Nigeria.
So if there is one north, who was busy killing Berom babies in Jos? How many times have any inter-tribal war happen among eastern groups? Answer: NEVER!

GOAT.

alj harem:
it is a shame
Yana da kunya
typical of igbos on this forum

beaf if u still want to be igbo, and they still look down on u and your ppl it is a shame

Sharrap dia you gworo chewing goat!
How dare you tell a nobel Niger delta son who to role with.
Tofi anam! Mutum banza!

The writer is obviously disturbed by the FEDERAL revenue sharing formula and then he goes off on a lying spree.

He says there are no other Nigerians in the south east? I'm like excuse me? Has he been to Onitsha and Nnewi?
There are thousands of northerners and westerners in Nnewi. They may not be professionals (though I've seen many bankers from other parts of Nigeria too), but there are many unskilled workers there.
What is he talking about?

I'm all for relocation of business to the south east, Enugu for instance if they finish that international airport, but I wouldn't say that the south east is the poorest in Nigeria by a long shot. It may even be the richest in terms of money in the hands of people, which explains the large population of non-skilled Nigerians there.

I'm not saying that we are where we should be in terms of development. Far from that. But the situation is easily remediable by throwing in that airport (I really don't care much about sea port, we can cargo things in).

What I found shocking was that the zones get BILLIONS of DOLLARS yearly. Believe me, we can turn Igboland into heaven with the money we are already getting. It only needs men of ideas to take over. That's all.

What Ngige did in Anambra state in 2 and half years was a big eye opener.

Largely incoherent piece. Pure rant.

OBJ hands down.

Akanbi_edu:
(1) You can not get good Nigeria from GEJ. You don't sow oranges and reap apples.
(2) You want Igbo presidency.

Actually we can! All we REALLY need in Nigeria is an international airport and good federal representation which we will get starting with next elections.
If we get all those, we will move the economy eastwards and lets see who the losers would be then.
The change that is coming is unstoppable. Learn to live with it.

shadrach77:
i don't know if anyone has mentioned this on this thread but it is easy for anyone to see that [size=14pt]BOTH pictures are OBJ - a closer obeservation of the second picture will make it clear[/size] - as you can see, the man in the second picture is dressed in military uniform - this is just a trick by some folks to cause problems in the polity

The whole thing is an exercise in idiocy. Someone is worried about waiting for 40 years to produce another Nigerian president, so they unleashed the powers of Photoshop to hoodwink the pedestrian Nigerian public.

I wonder what a policeman (did we even have that in 1930s?) was doing inside the tick African jungle of Owu in 1930s.
OBJ himself makes that clear. If any policemen existed then, they would be in Abeokuta and VERY FEW.

I challenge anyone to show me a picture of Obasanjos Yoruba father or mother. They don't have it because photographs was a BIG DEAL in the 1930s, even in townships.  So, these issue are begging the questions:

Since there was NO Nigeria at that time, how can an Onicha man be a "Nigerian policeman" in Owu?

Was there even policemen in Obasanjos village before 1960?

The innocent man (Igwe Onyekwelu ) whose name is being linked with OBJ had a photo (which is why this debate is even happening) because he was an Igwe (a king!). How did he end up in Owu as a "Nigerian policeman" (because he couldn't have been a Western regional police officer if any existed, he was from the East!)  before becoming the Obi of Onitsha.

Guys, time flies. 40 years will be here soon. So, please grab a cool aid and relax.  The gorilla of Owu is yours for the keeps.

So, Abiola sponsored IBB's coup? Not that I didn't know.
So how did he expect to gain from that perfidy? He who go to equity must go with clean hands. The rest is history.

jason12345:
there is no need to call me a fool, i reject it!!!
my real first name is one those names you mentioned. i said i consider myself to be yoruba, is that a sin i feel more inclined to them than itsekiri. but you guys want the ibibio, efik, and even ijaws to say they are igbo. this is double standard. you want to claim ikewwerri and they said NO but as an itsekiri man said he prefers to be called a yoruba, you all started insulting him.

i have always maintained that people are individuals, you might meet an itsekiri and he would say he is itsekiri. i have never denied my roots. i am born itsekiri and thats a fact.

Dude you ware wrong again. No Igbo has EVER asked the Ibibio, Efik or Ijaw to become Igbo. It has NEVER happened. So, here you go again.

As for the Ikwerre, they are Igbo. Don't take my words for it. Go there and interact and see things for yourself. Don't take words, just watch their actions, language, culture and draw your conclusion.

I am not into telling anyone which tribe to identify with. So, if you say you are Yoruba, then you are Yoruba. Period.

TewMuch:
It depends on the family: Oba means king, and in some families it also translates to God, as God is the king of kings right?

Now SANJO: SAN EJO, Resolve the dispute/ judge the matter/or revenge for me

God will vindicate me/ God will resolve the dispute/ God will revenge for me, e.t.c. That is my own understanding of the name.
Very very coincidental right? You were very correct to try to find out what the name meant, Yoruba's name children according to circumstances. But Obasanjo is supposedly his father's name. Olusegun is his name, basically God has been victorious in war/over enemies.
He should just come out with the truth, nothing to lose anymore. All his children will be shunned from politics now in Yorubaland if he keeps quiet. Silence means acceptance. The end of his dynasty is over. Kai, he must be in torment now.

Yes I know. OBJ is half Ibo. He is half Yoruba. His mum was in heat and was bowled over by a randy Igbo palmwine tapper in owu. Just like Bk.babe's mum. So. He must be Ilaje in Ondo state. We share am! Equidistant between Onicha and Abeokuta. See map. lmao.

Silence can also mean that the gorilla of Owu Yorubaland is laughing his a55 off at the idiocy of his Yoruba kith here on nairaland.

Ericology:
Although am not so keen about voting for Jonathan but whenever i hear people like IBB and his co northerners trying to sound like Igbo lovers, i tend to shift closer to Jonathan, Those IDIOTS ruled Nigerian for ages and never deemed it fit to construct an International airport in Igboland in order to save millions of Igbo travelers who constitute the highest number of travelling Nigerians the hazards of road journey from Lagos or Abuja to the East, Those IDIOTS made sure no Igbo  got a strategic post in Nigeria eg  IG of Police. Chief of defense etc and when Ike Nwachukwu helped quash a coup in 1990,, He was shipped back to foreign affairs cuz he was getting so powerful, am not gonna remember Ebitu Ukiwe, Damn,
  Do u guys ask urself why all those "born again" Igbo lovers preferred and Ijaw man as VP to Yar'adua after a Yoruba man serving for yrs??   what stopped them from appointing an Igboman as VP so as to clear the way for an Igbo president come 2015, rather they sidetracked us for an Ijaw man, All of a sudden with the demise of UMYA they are now LOVERS OF IGBO FOLKS, [size=16pt]hahahahahahahahahahah [/size] i cant stop laughing,
    For your infors,, almost 10 states in the North has an international airport of some sort including MINNA , while some of these airports only transport Cows and pilgrims to Saudi Arabia or the Minna airport only for flying IBB and Abdulsalaam to their various foreign trips, No single International airport was constructed in Igbo land where the 1st, second or third largest ethnic group(depending on whos counting) reside, All these happened while the so called "LOVERS" of Igboland ruled Nigeria, i rest my case, Umunne m udo diri unu n'ile

A REALLY INTELLIGENT Igbo son. Nna dalu.

These folks opposing Ohanaeze and Jonathan can't even think that far. Quite unfortunate.

Ileke-IdI:
Yahoo yahoo, scammer, etc.

I had my own laugh at your expense, is all it was.

That guy is too dumb to catch the drift. 

What can I say about a goat  who thinks I spend 14 days straight on nairaland?
Looking at the same data he was looking at, he and Katsumoto has been online for months.

Grass-chewing goats never get enough attention.

ChinenyeN:
Seems to me you prefer centralization of authority, Onlytruth. Is my deduction correct?

Would you prefer chaos? Would you prefer a scenario whereby 60 Igbo candidates start vying for presidency of Nigeria in the future? Do you know that that is exactly why the south east is the most marginalized in Nigeria today?

What alternative do you have to counter other sections of Nigeria in national politicking?

Answer these questions first before going of on your usual "central authority" phobia.

marcdunu:
Advising you is above my paygrade as you have already asked me to shut up. I have no interest in what you want to do or think

I rather have interest in Ralph Uwechue who thinks he can use the name of an esteemed body to pursue his private political agenda merely because he was elected chairman.

I knew it! You are only an anarchist seeking to destroy the Igbo family. You won't succeed though.

By the way, Uwechue's term just got increased to 4yrs giving him more 2 years. The people that matter trust him.

@Marcdunu

Would you at least respond to my own request then? Who should we support?

marcdunu:
Do us a favour, why do you support Jonathan?

Is he a member of Ohaneze?

What programs did he outline in his declaration speech that will specifically favour Igbos?

Is Jonathan running at this time not a destruction of the PDP zoning policy?

How can Ralph Uwechue support both Jonathan running in 2011 and the PDP zoning policy at the same time?

Thank you for asking those questions, though you have not put forward an alternative person for Igbo to support.

Firstly, Ohanaeze does not endorse ONLY Igbo persons for president. Jonathan does not need to be an Igbo person to be endorsed by Ohanaeze.

The programs he has outlined include bringing a balance to the Nigerian federation and he has ALREADY demonstrated it by appointing Igbo sons to positions NO Igbo ever held before. He has also approved and allocated funds for the upgrading of Enugu airport to international status. The dredging of river Nigeria has reached about 90% completion rate. Above all, Jonathan is from a contiguous zone, and identifies with Igbo plight in Nigeria. There is no way south south develops without south east gaining from it. Just saying.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo (from their various proclamations) have remained faithful to zoning along GEOPOLITICAL lines from 1999. The north used their power to call it a north -south zoning. It was never a north -south thing. Nigeria has 6 zones for the purposes of zoning.

If you are really sincere with your criticism and not blinded by some reclusive "anti-non-core Igbo" mindset, which is really unfortunate and unacceptable to the majority of Ndigbo, you would desist from accusing Uwechue of running a south south agenda. Your type destroys the Igbo house more than they claim to build. Thank God that majority of Igbo don't think like you.

marcdunu:
Don't mind them, their supreme leader has spoken

Ayotollah Uwechue.

He should do us a favour, drop his red cap and put on his resource control cap for that is where his heart is.

The last time I checked, Uwechue is from Ogwashi Ukwu. There may even be more oil in Anambra state than Ogwashi Ukwu.

Frankly you are destroying the Igbo house without shame. I pity your type and I pity Ndigbo because of your type.

But I don't do much of self pity. I simply fight back.

So dude, you are talking trash.

I bet you they don't really support any one. They are only angry that Uwechue dared to exercise the power of his office.

chyz1:
Do "US" a favor or U? Who do you suppose we Igbo should support in terms of Igbo interest and why?

Thank you. Now let's hear their own side of the story.

I am a strong supporter of businessmen and entrepreneurs. If northerners are serious and DOMINATE the agric sector properly, may be Nigeria can feed Africa, and really start to be weaned off oil money.

They should stop wasting their time and ours in politics. They are not good national leaders. Others are better at that.

I would want my Igbo folks to dominate science, technology and industry, 'cos we are good at it.

Not that no northerner should be involved in politics, but they are DISPROPORTIONATELY involved in politics.

[size=16pt]‘Agriculture deserves better budgetary allocation’[/size]

Agriculture has been described as a viable business that can earn the country the needed foreign exchange if only the government can increase budgetary allocation to the sector and making sure that whatever is budget is judiciously used.

Alhaji Isa Tafida Mafindi, the chairman of  Famag_Jal farms, made this assertion in a chat at the venue of the on_going National Agricultural Show in Karu, Nassarawa State last week.

The agriculturist added that any genuine farmer in the country will be able to access loan in the bank as most of his projects have been financed by the central Bank and a commercial bank in the country.

“Currently, the government is not budgeting enough for agriculture, N200b was given for the construction of road from the airport to Abuja city, just one road, but that is the money they give to agriculture in the whole of Nigeria.

whole of agriculture in Nigeria is not more than double carriage way from Garki to airport in Abuja. We need at least N30trilion to go into agriculture. That is budget for about ten years.”

He added “If the government budget N1b for agriculture, let us have N700m going into agriculture, because it is not up to 5% of money budgeted for agriculture that comes into it. I stand to disagree with anybody who says no.”

Alhaji Tafida said if what is being spent on the running of the bogus governments we have in the country is put into agriculture, “the country will earn more than 20 times what we are earning from oil now.

“Just take a look at a bull cow here, I bought N80, 000 last year, what it has eaten since then is about N60, 000 and I cannot sell it for less than N100, 000. If somebody tells you agriculture is not viable is a lie. This bull has fathered 14 other cows in the last 18 months.”

Speaking on accessing funds for agricultural purpose in the country, he said any serious famer will be able to get loan from the bank.

“ If you are a serious farmer, there are banks that can provide the fund for you. I am funded by a bank. But if you want to borrow to marry, there will be no bank to fund you. All my agricultural endeavours are funded by central bank and first bank.

Tafida disclosed that he  got N300m from the commercial agricultural loan for an abattoir which  is currently under construction and due for commissioning before the need of this year.

He said some of the processing equipment has arrived while  others are coming as they have been shipped, “the goal is to kill 150 cattle per day having a live weight gain of 550kg with a kill out percentage of 45% plus, also to be able to kill 1,500 to 2000 goats and rams per day, when the abattoir is at full production, up to European standards.”

Tafida, who is the Yerima Mubi, said for agriculture to develop in Nigeria, we need to be sincere as well as provide land and the right seeds and inputs.

“To develop agriculture we need land and the right seeds, and then supplementary irrigation for somebody whose area can get water, the irrigation can be used as substitute for rain.

Then you need the right minded people, give them subsidy through utilization, not by funding. If I put a billion into the building of this animal shed, send your people to access it and give the money to me and you know the money has gone into productivity.

You must have a survey of what can grow in each of the region, let us look at countries that have developed agriculture, let us invite their retired hands who are still productive to come here assist us.”

He added  “When we started from independence to about 20years we were doing it right. The ladder was down, everybody was climbing and getting what he wants, but after that they have taken the ladder up, so agriculture has become the product of permanent secretaries, ministers.

You see budget in, budget out with local government chairpersons, state governments and the federal having nothing to show. Look at the type of tractors we have, they are all haulage tractors; there is no single agricultural tractor in this show.

The agricultural tractor for Nigeria is about 120 horse power and above, because that is the tractor that can move at least 60 tonnes at a time, because if you drag a plough that is less than 60 tones, you are getting nothing, so even with the equipment we have not moved away from our grandparents equipment, but we need to move.”

Speaking on his farm, he  disclosed that he has a farm of 16,000 hectares  of grassland plains containing 4,000 local breeds of cows. “The farm in Abuja has at anytime over 2,000 fattening cattle most of the cattle brought in from his breeding site in Taraba State.

“From my experience there is no one variety of cows that is better than the order. You can see I have Fulani white, I have the Charolais.  I have a buffalo, I have the Groningen  red. They are all within the same age, but look at their productivity.

Alhaji Tafida who said he started introduction of European breeds to his farm in 2009 noted that the foreign breeds are not better than the local breeds. “You can grow any cow to any capacity by having the right feeding. All the magic in animal husbandry is feeding.”

He said the best feeds should consist of 70% grass, the molasses which is a by product of sugar;  and brewery by products.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/%E2%80%98agriculture-deserves-better-budgetary-allocation%E2%80%99/

ChinenyeN:
Whoa, hold on. Am I reading the bolded correctly?

Yes, you are reading correctly.
Every Igbo state is represented in Ohanaeze. Abia state is represented in Ohanaeze. You can agree or disagree with their endorsement, but the sooner you realize that you are being represented by them (even if you disagree ) in certain national negotiations, the better for your heart health.

grafikdon:
It depends on how you want to approach his numerous names. If you call him Shehu Abubaku Atikueze Chukwuma, then he is the only fulani native of Abiriba, on the other hand, if you call him Chukwuma Abubaku Atikueze Shehu, then he is the oly Abiriba native of Katsina.  

grafikdon:
I gotta admit, the guy knows his Igbo more than Ezenwoye knows the location of his snuff box.

LOL!  

grafikdon:
Haha! Mazi Chuks do come again o. But this your proverb abi na idiom na hard core 

The guy should go and exercise his Igbo proverb acumen in the cultural section.
That idiom is not for kids, believe me.

ndu_chucks:
I dey kampe, my brother. How are you?  Please note that, for me, being a Nigerian is more important than whether I am Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, or I belong to any other tribe. It suffices to say that the blood of at least 4 major tribes in Nigeria runs through my veins. Note additionally that opinions  of even blood brothers can differ on a variety of issues.

No problem. Welcome back my brother (calling you that for the first time ). I am a Nigerian too. I may remain a Biafran at heart though. Only time will tell.

ndu_chucks:
Who concocted this story in a lame attempt to deny our people the presidency, come 2015! Let it be known that Ndigbo are like the proverbial ji ahughere n'oku-ona epu ome (yam that is being roasted-yet it germinates)

Igbo kwenu na this place!!

ndu_chucks where have you been hiding? The more you talk, the more I think you are really Igbo. Just can't figure out the rest about you.