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mens dept: [size=18pt]Mr Chime, please, tell us what is happening to Enugu International airport[/size], after being governor since 2007.

Why are you talking about APGA and not the development of Enugu Airport, or world class facilities?

Did you see the list of the plane victims? While Fashola and co were going to see the wreckage you were busy sipping tea with one quack Colonel that is representing who?

I guess you are happy with your PDP brother called Theo Orji, and his REMARKABLE performance in Abia STate?

Igbo people, please dont tell me you guys are all local?

No more, no less!

bashr8: chime have been fighting apga oppositio right from day one so yes he is afraid, people only votesd him second time becasue of his performance but if he leaves APGA will take over enugu beacuse it is very strong there. chime is the only thing keeping PDP alive in enugu.remember they once ruled that apga won in enugu till they went back to court and later he won the case (abuja influence) but as soon as he steps aside APGA will snatch enugu.

More like it.
His words ooze fear. lol

I would also not be absolutely sure that APGA cannot die. Anything is possible with APGA now that Ojukwu is dead and current leadership of APGA is not serious.
What I also guess is that another APGA like party will likely rise in its ashes, one that may be more aggressive with its agenda. So, PDP should stop boasting as the fight is only beginning. The only time PDP can sleep well in Igboland is after we have ALL FEDERAL projects due to us and they must be equal or better than what obtains in the North and other areas of Nigeria, else, they will not sleep one bit in Igboland.
Thieves cannot rule us in Igboland. We chased them out of Anambra before. We will chase them out again. Let them stay out until they develop the spirit of responsibility and accountability.

BTW all these talks about APGA and Biafra is just asinine. APGA has never advocated Biafra. They may enjoy support from MASSOB who see them as representing us well, but that is where it ends.
Folks should drop crack pipes please!

Onye na agu, ya na atughari uche! -when one reads, one must always reflect!

Join me to ANALYZE these words:

The governor made the declaration while receiving members of the South-East Zonal Working Committee, ZWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by the National Vice Chairman (South-East), Col Augustine Akobundu (rtd), who paid him a visit at the Government House, Enugu.

According to him, APGA had no chance whatsoever at the forthcoming 2014 Anambra State governorship election and future elections in the country because the party no longer had a system and a succession plan, saying whatever was left of the party would finally crumble as soon as Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State relinquished power by March 17, 2014.

Chime, who expressed confidence that the PDP would be in control of the South East after the next elections, however, tasked the ZWC committee members of his party to take advantage of APGA’s extinction to win the governorship election in Anambra State in 2014 and in Imo State in 2015.

This clearly indicates that this Chime guy is afraid of APGA somehow, because there is absolutely no connection between the two events -receiving PDP SE working committee and the so called "APGA demise or extinction". BTW he only recognized Peter Obi as the only pillar of APGA and completely ignored Rochas Okorocha. The last time we checked Rochas is still alive. Even if he plans to decamp to PDP, it hasn't happened yet, and PDP will still have angry and seriously progressive Igbo voters to confront in the next elections.

When we mount a sustained campaign against PDP in SE for their countless FAILURES to us - failure to give us second Niger brigde, failure to give a world class international airport, failure to give us reasonable federal projects, and so many other countless failures, some of which were ameliorated by the APGA governors we have in Anambra and Imo, then let us see how they will be able to get away with next rigging. For all I know, the next rebellion that may start in SE may first focus on PDP thieves in Igboland. If PDP thieves think they will be allowed to disorganize APGA and take over in SE, they have another thinking coming!

afam4eva: The day Obasanjo joins ACN is the Nigeria splits.

Nigeria will not split simply because baba iyabo made one more move to preserve his loot and relevance as well as saving his own hide. Not that I believe this news, but since he left PDP BOT Chairman position, I knew that anything is possible.

Let everybody answer his father's name and approach electorates from their homes and regions and national spread.
Enough of masquerades already.

Ngwakwe: Joke apart I heard him personally during one AIT political program when he was the chairman of Nigerian Conference of State Assemblies in 2004 or thereabout.

Probably he may have changed his mind on recent developments because I knew it was a political assertion hearing his explanations and how uncertain he was then.

Anybody who is "uncertain" about being Igbo is NOT Igbo. Period. And such person MUST not enjoy our support one bit.
So, for me it is as simple as that.

I still maintain that APGA should field a presidential candidate in 2015 and work on it. Nothing is impossible in Nigeria especially if you work on your strategy.
PDP may even split before 2015, so we need to be ready.

For me though, I would rather that APGA present their own candidate, win or lose.
The sooner we start contesting presidential elections, the better for the party. That is why I hate all these APGA/PDP unity talks. Let every party answer its fathers name.

I guess my point is that I assume that all humans are rational animals.
There is no rational way for Amaechi to be nursing a presidential ambition (most likely to represent Igbo attempt at Aso rock) without Igbo urging him on. My 2 cents though.

[quote author=Chyz*]If Amaechi tries it he will be disgraced. Imagine his coming to SE trying to campaign to people he appears to deny. Failed ticket.[/quote]I really will like someone to show me a weblink where Amaechi denied being Igbo. It would really help those of us outside the country to know the truth.


I once thought that an Amaechi ticket is coming and I'm not surprised at this news.
If Amaechi is a failed leader, I would understand too.
Any proofs he failed, or that he denied being Igbo?
Thanks bros.

ogugua88: FACE, Nigeria is corrupt from head to toe, front to back, east to west, and north to south. I wonder how far emailing representatives will get you. Shymmex said it well:







This is why I kept reiterating using means like protesting and getting more people involved. I guarantee you government officials won't read past two paragraphs, especially when they encounter words like "anti-corruption" and "justice". They're quite comfortable where they are. An email will not make them budge. Eze Ndi Igbo are not the first ones to send emails. I've done it. My father's done it. My uncles and members of various associations have done it. You'd be lucky if you even get a reply. If they do respond, they'll tell you what you want to hear. Anything to get you to shut up. No one wants to bite the hand that's feeding them.

Looking inwards, Eze Ndi Igbo will need a goal. Let's assume the primary goal is improving Enugu International Airport. Shymmex gave you the answer. Grassroots.

Go market to market, shop to shop, university to university, etc. Get on the streets. Get local support. Megaphones and picket signs? That has to be Eze Ndi Igbo. This NL group cannot do it alone. Make pamphlets and hand them out. You can set up a page on Facebook and get people to join that way. Even word of mouth. Anything to make the goal of improving Enugu International Airport known. You'd be surprised at how much of the younger generation is online blogging and discussing similar issues. You may want to start a petition and collect signatures, both online and physically so that you can show a representative or whomever if you're granted a meeting. Politics is a game. Numbers may not win it for you in Nigeria, but it can help.

If Eze Ndi Igbo wants to get anywhere, then more people need to be involved. That's the bottom line. Just like I assumed, there are non-Igbos interested in any kind of progress. Some Northerners may bomb us and some Southwesterners may insults us, but those few negatives do not represent everyone. If this page is open to everyone who supports change, Igbo or not, they will take notes and examples of the kind of goals and progress Eze Ndi Igbo is making. That's how, hopefully, they will utilize that knowledge for their communities as well as the country. Also, they can bring unique ideas to the table. No one should be silenced based on tribe. Tribalism is just as big a problem of corruption, and [size=14pt]segregating non-Igbos [/size]will not do Ndi Igbo any good. It brings you down to the level of those discriminating on you. Anyone who doesn't wish to assist in improving EIA can leave.

Communication is vital. I suppose many of you already communicate via emails and here obviously. This is where a Facebook page would be handy again (if one hasn't already been made). It will help keep everyone updated. If there are many in the same area, some may even want to hold meetings. You can even record those meetings on a voice recorder and email them to office members, do a live stream, or have someone note minutes and email them.

The time will come when you know you're ready to bring this to local government. I don't think the time is now though. Not at all. If you're lucky, a local politician with sense may even invite you. If you're lucky. As for now, organizing and expanding should be the biggest concern.

This is how Occupy Nigeria started and became known to the world. We received coverage from Al Jazeera, BBC, and CNN. There were messages of support from other Occupy groups like Occupy Perth (Australia). Even MC Hammer was supporting the cause via twitter. Our flaw was that with negotiations, the subsequent lowering of the once-doubled fuel prices, the army presence in Lagos, and the ending of the strikes, many of the protests came to an end. If Igbos don't back down from pressure, then support will surely flow in and will stay.

You were doing good until you added the bolded words and you messed up everything again. Those words are insults because no one in Eze Ndigbo Nairaland EVER segregated against anyone. That we want our land to access what other parts of Nigeria have enjoyed for decades does not make us tribalists or segregationists. It makes us realists.

Igbo say that when a child is fighting for his own toy(interest), he/she appears as mean.

As for the Occupy Nigeria style protest, or any other public protest for that matter IN NIGERIA? Well, I have lived long enough and seen enough protests in Nigeria, most of which lead to deaths of protesters, with NOTHING changing.
You see, I don't think you understand Nigeria. Things that work in other countries usually don't work in Nigeria.
You may be too young to know of one Chima Ubani (you can google him) of late memory, but he was EVERYTHING you needed in youth activism and protests, right from when he was a FIRST CLASS graduate from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. He died on the road while returning from one of his protests. Today, I don't think anyone remembers Chima.

There have been MANY others like him who die unsong and forgotten.

The point is that when you see that a particular strategy failed in the past, you try to understand WHY they failed, and you avoid repeating them.
In the case of Nigeria, they all failed because Nigeria is not a negotiated country. The country is undefined. So how does one go to confront an undefined country? The method we have chosen to bring development to our corner of Nigeria is designed to achieve something (using good old networking! )where past strategies failed.

Maybe when we succeed, other parts of Nigeria can copy from us and implement same in their own corner, and soon every part of Nigeria will develop.

All your points are well noted. Thanks.

I hope you see my own point too.

shymmex: Eze Onlytruth, I have a couple of questions for you, since you have all these big and wonderful dreams on NL.

- What plans do you have on the ground in ala-igbo to effect the change you dream about on NL everyday?
- How are you planning to galvanize ndigbos off NL?
- What do you know about Igbo politics in Nigeria (because from your posts, it seems you don't even have a clue of what igbo politics in the Nigerian context is all about)?
- And have you made an effort to study the history of Nigeria, from 1960 - 2012 (with an open mind) - to get a perfect analysis of what went wrong with ndigbos, and the things that need to be done, to avoid such mistakes in future?

Well, I know the history of Igbo people in Nigeria more than you would ever know the history of ANY group in Nigeria including your Yoruba tribe. From your posts here, you have NO IDEA how Igbo people TRULY feel about Nigeria.
If you ignore the feelings of about 1/3 of Nigerians, then you are sitting on a keg of gun powder.

shymmex: You can't keep writing these people, you need to be proactive - and get grassroot support to rock the boat, and effect a change.. Being professional with corrupt officials in Nigeria has never worked, and will never work..

Fighting for a cause on the internet is never going to work, that's why I see all these organisations as a charade that won't work in the real world.. You guys need to roll up your sleeves, and get dirty..

Don't worry, we have our "contacts" with some of these government officials. Some of them even write us to solicit professional help on how to move their states forward. Some don't write but they follow us here religiously.
We are in the era of IT activism. You don't have to "get dirty" to achieve the same result.

ogugua88: One_Naira, I do not believe in ignoring Igbo issues. People are misunderstanding me. I said Igbos should be able to tend to Nigerian issues that effect Nigerians, rather than take problems and personalize them. Did you not see how OnlyTruth took a radical comment from someone I'm presuming is Yoruba? That is one person out of millions of Yorubas. Quite frankly, that isn't enough for me to shun other Nigerians and look after Igbos only. There are sane Nigerians. To pick out the loony ones and use it as reason to shun others is not fair.

We have passed that stage now in this thread. We have decided to move on, and are now at the stage where we are asking Igbo sons and daughters to sign up on our mailist so that we can use their contact emails to write our governors and representatives about things we need in Igboland, like international airports that other regions have enjoyed for DECADES.
If you are really interested in GENERAL Nigerian well being, then, you should stop criticizing and offer support to those who are actually doing something that may help Nigeria survive as a progressive peaceful country.
If you won't do that, then we don't need you here.

Odum,

Inwetara ozi m zigara gi?

Umu Igbo,

I always stand in awe of your wisdom and depth. Every time we handle issues and plan our advancement, I see true depth of character and rare form of insight. Honestly, the only thing that I "enjoy" in this office, is the knowledge that I serve a great group of African people. There has been a constant war on our survival right from independence till date.
Truth be told, the assault on our survival has not always been from outsiders. Sometimes it is from renegade Igbo sons and daughters who only find their courage and aggression when attacking Igbo interests (mainly for PERSONAL gain), be it tangible or intangible gains. When I came to this office, I swore that I would NEVER gain anything personal from my position here, and I will make sure (to the best of my ability) that the next Eze Ndigbo here will NOT gain a damn thing personally. Our gain MUST BE IGBO GAIN. Period.
Umunne m, "agha a" adiro nfe ma ncha o! hehe. It is well though.

Let us focus MORE on that Enugu international airport maka na o di anyi nnukwu mkpa! With someone like Rochas, we may even get Owerri international airport too. Yes we can!

Let us compile our mailist so that we can begin to pressure our governors and elected politicians about the airport and the Niger bridge and seaport at Onitsha.

Let us try to ignore all distractions from jealous folks henceforth.

@One_Naira,

The imposition of Igbo language only on this thread is hereby lifted. You are the true son of your father.

[quote author=One_Naira]Let me get this correctly ogugua from your perspective you see your home burning, your neighbors home burning and your far down the street neighbors home burning, rather than putting out the fire in your house first, you wish to disregard your home and put out the fire in your neighbor’s house first in hopes they will help you put out your home even though there is no guarantee they will do such a thing neither was there behaviors from them in the past that assures you they will do such a thing. In actuality, there behavior in the past assures you they will do the opposite. I am sorry if you wonder why other Igbo refuse to accept your perspective, your way is just destructive for our community and zik taught us this from experience. I am inclined to support every Igbo on this thread and jump on Sam ikenna words "this is Igbo 2.0. We f2king wised up".

[b]The fact you are telling Igbo people to leave Igbo land and ignore the development of the region but focus nationally rather tell us you haven't been back home for a very long time. I am sorry to say this but can you please inform us what development in Igbo land that did not come from Igbo people's pocket as a community? What federal developments have been made to any state in Igbo land and I'm including anioma to this? Sometimes some of the development came out of the governors own pocket (mind you Igbo governors are corrupt as f2k) Let us look at things shall we. The Enugu state airport, though supposed to come out of the FG pocket came out of Enugu state indigenous and other Igbos pocket. Recently I learned the international section, though the FG is taking credit for it is, is actual a private investment. For years now, Igbo people as a community have asked for one thing only, though they are adding more recently, but one thing remains a huge request and that is the remodeling of Niger bridge and till this day such request have not been granted. I bet you my entire life savings that if the bridge ever gets remodeled it will probably come from an Igbo businessperson pocket. Quote me on this. If we follow your way, Igbo land would be nothing but a village even Somalia would be ahead. Like the members, Sam Ikenna, ACM10, Odumchi, etc said well technically it's a summary of what they said, "This is a country where is do me, I do you and everybody is looking out for their damn self and their community, ignoring that fact is a dangerous move for our people". That is why Onlytruth believe would go far in Igbo land because he's thinking for the people. [/b] Some of his opinions I've gathered for now are international airport for Igbo land, a seaport, Niger-bridge remodeling, etc. To your average Igbo this is what we need that our politicians are too stup1d to see. I cannot speak on the international airport thing but definitely, the seaport is needed. Take this from a son of a trader who knows a lot of traders, I can honestly tell you right now I've lost count how many Igbo businessmen we knew personally (including my father's ex-business partner) that migrated their shops and business to Lagos simply because they are tired of spending more money than they are making from the back and forth movement of goods from Lagos to east(shipping it from aboard cost money, collecting it from port cost money and moving it from Lagos to east cost money plus the plane ticket to visit Nigeria to make sure your business is good cost money). Nah this is why only truth opinions would gather more support.

Another thing I noticed that I’m trying to interpret: I don't get why you wish Igbo should have protested for oil subsidy when they were busy worry themselves over the life of their people being killed up north and protesting over it. I'm trying to understand where you are coming from? From your perspective, we should have disregarded the life of our own people and worry about oil? is that we you were trying to say? If so SMH. If not, elaborate.

Lastly, Onlytruth did not act superior to you. I cannot read or write in Igbo. If you check my listing, you'll never see me in an Igbo speaking only thread and if I do write in Igbo is only a few sentence and half of the time it's repentance of each other. I'm telling you this because I've been told many times both online and off to keep quiet from Igbo affairs simply because of that, sometimes speaking the language saves me but majority of the time it does not. It is has nothing to do with "I'm more Igbo than you" but instead its saying "you are losing your culture and probably aren't in tuned with what going on back home therefore you would probably gear the community wrongly with your input". If you do not know the meaning, just ask next time rather than getting emotional. Every person knows Igbo people saying aren't always straight forward there is always a deep meaning majority of the time. I personally never took it as you took it; I see it as a motivation, I am learning how to write Igbo now because of it and in the near future, reading Igbo but then again everyone is different.[/quote]Chukwu gozie gi ezigbo nwa afo Igbo!

abouzaid: Igweeeeeee, ekene mụ gị, eziokwu ife i kwụrụ kpasara ọdụ ụgbọ elu eji eje ofesi. Oburu so mụ gwuo uche mụ, mụ ga asị ka anyị bido kpokota ba ndị igbo ka anyị de akwụkwọ kpesa de jere minister nke njem ụgbọ elu. Oburu na puku pụrụ puku ndị igbo bido dejebe akwụkwọ mkpesa jekwuru ya. Ọ ga ebido nnukwu mkpọtụ na obodo a ga eme ka fa ruo ya osiso. Onye isi ala anyị bụ ebele azikiwe bụ onye na achọ ka ndị igbo na enye ya nkwado anyị oge ọbụla n'ifi na obu anyị bụ ndị tunyere ya akwụkwọ oji noro ebe afu tata. Igwe obulu na anyị mee etu a, oga adị mma. Udo chia.

Nwanne, ihe i dere juputara na amamihe!
N'eziokwu, o bu maka ya ka anyi ji acho ka unu detara anyi akwukwo imeelu, ya na idebanye aha unu na mailist na webusaiti anyi ka anyi were ya wee dere ndi na achi achi akwukwo maka odu ugbo elu anyi kwesiri inwe na alaigbo kamgbe.
Bido debanye aha gi na nso nso a. I nula?
Dalu nwanne.

[quote author=Sam_Ikenna]Nice and sweet. I wish it was applicable in today's Nigeria, its not and we just have to deal with it. We didnt cause it, it wasn't our fault, its just what our generation met upon our arrival on earth and, like evolution, we have to adapt and move on. The great Zik sounded like like that, Awo and Sarduana didnt - guess who got more respect today - do the math my brother.

The world of "we're Nigerians first" ended in 1966- fact. People can come here and pretend differently, act like they're more Nigerian than others yet behind closed doors they're plotting how to sack an entire village simply because those villagers are from different ethnic stock. They behead other people's leaders, kill people of other faiths and ancestry with reckless abandon yet they profess one Nigeria. Y'all know its true. If we're that all loving and caring to eachother why the blast yesterday in Jos, in a place of worship? Common people lets be real.

Now back to the real issue. I want someone to show us where OnlyTruth insulted Yoruba or Hausa. Please search this thread and show us that or zip it. The only thing we read is that he disrepected Ogugua88, his Igbo sister. Yeah right! like you care so much about Ogugua88. I love my sister, Ogugua88, and I do feel her hurt because she honestly admitted she's not conversant with Igbo Language, which by implication - shes not completely in tune with issues that are right in the heart of Igboland. The irony is that some of the people hounding OnlyTruth have at one time or the other denied the authenticity of their own fellow kinsman's claim to ethnic affliation due to statements they consider "out of line."

What is even more appalling and sickening is that I have, on several occasions, come across where most of Ogugua88's cheerleaders insulted, ridiculed, and maligned Igbo people. Some have openly called for Igbo annihilation while some see Black Scorpion as their hero. Common man! if you want to point fingers at someone why dont you please look at yourself first. Except some few people here who maybe sticking out for Ogugua88 genuinely, the rest are doing it out of pure, concentrated, and unadulterated hate for anything Igbo.

Ogugua88 and OnlyTruth, we love you guys and we'll appreciate if you guys stop responding to posts here and bury the hatchet. Igbo, onye ahala nwanne ya. Ummuna, Igwe bu ike.[/quote]Thank you my brother for a good post. We must not be distracted from what we must do to bring progress to Igboland (and if possible Nigeria).
Per the last paragraph, I have nothing against ogugua. She is entitled to her opinions. There is no hatchet to bury.

FACE: Umunne na umunna. O di mma otu unu si gbachizia ndia nkiti. Ndi no na otu nzuko eze; okwa unu ahuna ihe mere m ji si na anyi agaghi e-buru ihe anyi kpara na nzuko gbasara oganihu anyi,wee buputa ha ka akpaa maka ya n'ebea. Onye ndi iro gbara gburu gburu na eche ndu ya nche mgbe nile. Ekwere m kwesie ike na ihe nile anyi n'akpa bu ihe anyi ga ahu isi njedebe.

Anyi agaghi abu o-ka mma na ama; a na esi n'ulo mara mm puta n'ama !

Umunna, ndi na achi anyi na owuwa anyanwu, a-naghi achizi anyi achizi. Ebu na uche anyi na nzuko eze bu na anyi ga na eweta atumatu oganihu owuwa anyanwu mee ka ha rue ndi okwesiri iru aka. Oge mkpotu a-gafeela, ugbua bu omume.

I buru nwa afo owuwa anyanwu choro ka umunne gi no na ulo na agba na okporo uzo di mma, nuo mmiri dimma, ga ulo ogwu na uloakwukwo di mma, biko gaa ka idee aha gi n'ihi na igwe bu ike.

Onwere ufodu n'ime anyi maara ka esi eru ndi ochichi anyi; anyi choro ka ndi ahu puta gosi onwe ha. O buru na i chobeghi i-puta na ihe maka ezigbo aha gi, o nwere email nzuzo a na akpo hush.com; were email ebe ahu ka iruo anyi aka.

FACE anaghi etu onu, mana FACE anaghi etinye aka n'ihe n'enweghi atumatu ma obu ogwugwu. A naghi m enwe ohere ma oli, mana e weputara m ohere maka oga n'ihu anyi. E lekwara m anya, na mgbe n'adighi anya onye FACE bu ga aputa ihe.

Eze anyi bu Only_truth n'agbali sie ike na ihe gbasara njiko na oganihu ndi Igbo. Ka anyi kwado ya maka na o dighi ofele.

Nke a bu okwu ikpete azu m ga ekwu n'ebe-a.

Nwanne m FACE,

Ana m ekele gi nnukwu ekele maka ihe i dere nke juputara na amamihe!
N'eziokwu, anyi ekwesighi ikpa maka odi mma ndigbo na ebe a, maka na ndi iro anyi di otutu ebe a.

Ihe ozo joro njo karia bu na ufodu umunne anyi na esoro ndi iro anyi we na ekposa atumatua anyi and mbo nile anyi n'agba ka anyi weta oganihu na alaigbo. O buru soso ndi iro na ekposa ekposa n'ebe a, anyi enweghi nsogbu maka na anyi mara ha ofuma site na mgbe ochie.
Gini ka anyi ga eme maka umunne anyi ndi furu ohia kpam kpam, ndi n'eche na anyi amaghi ihe maka na anyi na azo nke ruru anyi? Unu lee anya na alaigbo, o bu udiri ndi ahu na eme na onweghi ihe na erute alaigbo, maka na ha na acho ka ndi ozo huta ha ka ndi ezigbo mmadu. O bughi otu a ka ndi ozo ahu si eme! Ha na ahuta ndi igbo na eme otu a dika ndi na amaghi ihe, jiriya wee chee na ndigbo nile amaghi ihe! Ndi iro anyi ahu ga atugharikwa si na ndigbo adighi emeko ihe onu, na anyi na agba iche iche.

O bu udiri ndi "ogba ka o data ego" ahu ka i ga ahu n'ulo federal goment ha asuwara gi soso bekee, mee ahu ka na ha amaghi asu igbo.
Ha ruo ebe ahu, ha aburu ndi naijiria karia ndi nwe naijiria, mana alaigbo agaghi enweta ihe obula ma ncha.

Odi mma otu anyi siri wee hu ya anya n'ebe a, ka anyi wee tinye anya na ya, maka na ofudu na aza aha si na "agha di n'uno".

O di njo rinne, umunne m.

spikes C: i am proud to be a NIGERIAN

It is not about being an igbo, hausa, yoruba or fulani...it is about being a NIGERIAN. We're recognised as NIGERIANS and NIGERIA is the problem. Lets forget ethnicity and solve the NIGERIA problem. Unity, peace and progress shall we always work on. Unity as NIGERIANS, peace in Nigeria and progress for NIGERIANS.

I am proud to be a NIGERIAN

Translated: I can't speak Igbo. lol

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]You're on a public forum, for once. since Igbo is a national language, why is it not used to conduct government business when other language speakers are present?

Since you're trying to show respect, why not start speaking Yoruba? We both know you can neither speak or read it.

If you want NLers to start speaking their language, if you want ndu_chuck to start replying you in his language, ti o ba fe ki n ma fi Yoruba bu e, then that can be arranged.

Stop hiding behind your language to avoid criticism. It's pure cowardice.

Who wants to colonize Igbos? You dey craze? How does that partian to my original post?[/quote]This thread is NOT about Yoruba. Read the topic.
If you cannot speak Igbo then tough luck.
I'm still responding to you for now.

Suo igbo, m'obu isi ebe a puo.

Aga m echigha ma emesia.

Dika m na ekwu, akporo anyi nnukwu asi na naijiria nke mere na ihe nile a na enye ndi ozo adighi erute anyi aka.

Gini ka anyi ga eme ka anyi wee nweta ihe ruru anyi?

N'oge mbu, echere m na ogadi mma ka anyi si na naijiria puo kpam kpam, mana amaghizikwa m na oga abu ezigbo aro.
Ihe umunne anyi no na ochichi na eme na ebute obi ida mba n'ebe m no.
Ona ewute m nke ukwu.

bayooooooo: I now know you can't help yourselves. You have been indoctrinated with hatred from childhood and it has filled your soul to the brim.
It's not your fault afterall, its something beyond you.

This is what YOUR YORUBA BROTHER wrote;

olaheavy: SPILLING OF THE Igbo CANNIBALS' BLOOD UNITES NIGERIANS!
Yes! Good observation! There's nothing more that gladdens the hearts of true Nigerians (Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani and the Minorities) than total annihilation of the Igbo human eaters! You wonder why you scums of the earth are ferociously hated by all and sundry. You call us cowards, but look at how just about fifty Nigerian soldiers massacred 16, maimed more than 80, and arrested 500 of your cowardly scumbags. At least the Yoruba soldiers destroyed your forefathers in their millions and ultimately won the war during your failed and disastrous campaign called Biafra! How can the Yoruba be cowards when we were the ones that won the civil war during which time the Hausa soldiers (Muritala and Shuwa) were just bumbling and fumbling? Even among your Biafran clowns, it was only when Ojukwu went to the ECN (now NEPA/PHCN) building (when the Nigerian soldiers were miles away from Enugu) to BEG that valiant Yoruba soldier, Col. Victor Banjo, and he agreed to HELP Ojukwu that the tide of the war changed -- otherwise, your ragtag MASSOB (sorry, my fault) Biafran boy scouts would have been decimated within days! You always talk about people envying you rats. What! Is it your uncultured ways of life or your unbriddled, uncouth and lack of styles and finesse or your uncivilized lifestyle whence your women wear only useless three-piece wrapper called 'george' and puff-puff blouse? Or, is it your men wearing oversized hat festooned with chicken feathers on top of an over-sized buba over a ridiculous woman wrapper? Or, oftentimes, when your men wear newborns' skull wooly caps over an over-sized teeshirt complimented with a f.o.o.lish woman wrapper? At least millions of you draggons live and prosper in our Yorubaland and you're able to learn or copy from our ways of life and beautiful culture -- it's now that some of you dogs who live amongst us (the real people) now look and act like human beings. You fo.o.ls should be ashamed of yourselves! Leave Yorubaland now! Just leave!

Hate filled monsters.

IGNORED HENCEFORTH TOO.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Eze is a coward, he only flexes his muscles when bullying women. He's been caught and has now hiding behind under the skirt of writing in Igbo. He know that will exclude his younger Igbo NLers who may not know how to read or write Igbo and other NLers who will call him to order when he screws up.

The real Igbo men I know are no cowards. This Eze and his cohorts appear to be male chauvinists, and effeminate cowards.[/quote]Yes we are cowards!
Can you now go hump your camel? lol

IGNORED henceforth.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]Onlytruth, what do you fear?

Why do you hide behind linguistics? That's what we define as cowardly, if you get me. You speak what you fear getting criticized for.[/quote]Ileke,

Igbo is one of the THREE Nigerian OFFICIAL languages. It is used at the national assembly to conduct government business sometimes. If you cannot speak it, I cannot help you.
If you speak a language, it shows you hold some respect and even love for the owners of the language.

There are MANY Igbo here who can read and write Yoruba. Why can't you do the same?
Is your love of Igbo only for colonial purposes?
Let me warn you, you cannot colonize Igbo.

So speak or ship out.

Biko nu umunne m, onye ka o bu olu ya inye anyi odu ugbo elu ofesi?
Ndigbo no na ochichi ugbua site na aka nwa amadi a na achi naijiria ugbua.
Gini ka ka na eme maka odu ugbo elu Enugu?
Site na ihe anyi huru a na eme na ya, odighi m ka ha ana alu ezigbo olu na ebe ahu.

Politics naijiria ugbua na egosi na anyi enweghi ike ikwusi okwu ike na naijiria maka na anyi gbasara na akuku nile di iche iche na naijiria. Politics na ebido na ulo!

Nke a bu ihe otu onye nime ndi anyi na ha no na naijiria dere maka ndigbo.
Lee nu okwu ndi a anya ka unu juo onwe unu ajuju gbasara ihe anyi ga eme maka nkewa di na ala igbo, maka na o bu nkewa na oke amamihe, na oke ichu ego butere na anyi enwebeghi ike inweta odu ugbo elu eji aga ofesi, ya na ihe ndi ozo ruru anyi na naijiria.

Lee ihe mmadu ji onu ya kwuo maka anyi.

olaheavy: SPILLING OF THE Igbo CANNIBALS' BLOOD UNITES NIGERIANS!
Yes! Good observation! There's nothing more that gladdens the hearts of true Nigerians (Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani and the Minorities) than total annihilation of the Igbo human eaters! You wonder why you scums of the earth are ferociously hated by all and sundry. You call us cowards, but look at how just about fifty Nigerian soldiers massacred 16, maimed more than 80, and arrested 500 of your cowardly scumbags. At least the Yoruba soldiers destroyed your forefathers in their millions and ultimately won the war during your failed and disastrous campaign called Biafra! How can the Yoruba be cowards when we were the ones that won the civil war during which time the Hausa soldiers (Muritala and Shuwa) were just bumbling and fumbling? Even among your Biafran clowns, it was only when Ojukwu went to the ECN (now NEPA/PHCN) building (when the Nigerian soldiers were miles away from Enugu) to BEG that valiant Yoruba soldier, Col. Victor Banjo, and he agreed to HELP Ojukwu that the tide of the war changed -- otherwise, your ragtag MASSOB (sorry, my fault) Biafran boy scouts would have been decimated within days! You always talk about people envying you rats. What! Is it your uncultured ways of life or your unbriddled, uncouth and lack of styles and finesse or your uncivilized lifestyle whence your women wear only useless three-piece wrapper called 'george' and puff-puff blouse? Or, is it your men wearing oversized hat festooned with chicken feathers on top of an over-sized buba over a ridiculous woman wrapper? Or, oftentimes, when your men wear newborns' skull wooly caps over an over-sized teeshirt complimented with a f.o.o.lish woman wrapper? At least millions of you draggons live and prosper in our Yorubaland and you're able to learn or copy from our ways of life and beautiful culture -- it's now that some of you dogs who live amongst us (the real people) now look and act like human beings. You fo.o.ls should be ashamed of yourselves! Leave Yorubaland now! Just leave!

Echighago m!

Biko umunne m, ka anyi jisie ike gbachi ndi nile a na ata ahihia n'ebe a nkiti.

Igbo bu otu nime asusu ato eji eme ihe goment na naijairia.
Okwesiri na ndi nile huru anyi na anya kwesiri ima asu asusu anyi.
Otutu nime anyi ma asu asusu ha. Keduzi ihe mere na ha amaghi asu nke anyi?

Onye bu igbo kwesiri ima asu igbo. O buru na onye ahu amaghi asu igbo, ya etinyena onu na okwu gbasara anyi, maka na o gaghi ama ihe obula banyere ihe anyi choro na naijiria.

Nke bu nke bu eziokwu!

Aga m echigha ma emesia.