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You are very Wrong! As at 1965, oil wasn't a source of national revenue and Nigeria wasn't in cave man era you just painted. The importance of oil on it own is over exaggerated.
The human development indices (HDI) of Nigeria ,even with oil money is very low compared to many African Countries with out oil.
Gov't hasn't been getting much money from other sectors but it will be wrong to assume there is NO economic activities going on in other sectors

Beaf:
If oil disappears, Nigeria will simply crumble into the new Somalia.

Yes, people survived for centuries before oil, many by chasing wild animals on foot, fighting with tigers and climbing trees to harvest palmnuts etc. Those were the days when you simply threw away your twins (instead of bothering with extra mouths) and trekked from Lagos to Sokoto to sell crocodiles and salt (as a wealthy business person). It surely was great time with a life expectancy of maybe 25 years.

Nigeria has not grown technologically since those days and oil is our life support system. Take it away, and its back to Tarzan time.

Many countries survive without oil and both Sudan and South Sudan have oil.

edoyad:
OP better don't let your limited knowledge of Econs lead you astray, Can you see what is happening in Sudan just a few months after leaving Awuf oil money

WICKED LIARS like you peddle falsehood to create unnecessary ethnic tension.
1) Awolowo was Minister of Finance(not chairman of MILITARY ruling council or whatever)
in Gowon's military regime between 1967-1971.

2)The indigenization policy have been topics of debate among Nigerian political class since the 1950s and the Action group party introduced it into parliamentary debates in 1961 but the law to back it up started with the indigenization decree of 1972 (after your supposed oppressor, Awolowo left Government) with Alh Sheu Shagari as Federal Commissioner (as ministers were called then).
Major companies were eventually listed on the stock exchange in 1975-1978.
3) Tribal bigots like you tried to paint a picture of Nigeria between 1967-1972 as a medieval absolute monarchy with Awolowo as the King wielding unlimited power to decree anything that catches his fancy.

ACM10:
Just like I remarked in my previous post, I'm unsure if Awolowo had indigenization policy in mind when £20 policy was enforced. Awo woke up after £20 policy to discover that the economic backbone of his rival tribe has been broken. He decided to make a kill by promulgating indigenization policy knowing fully well that it will mostly benefit his kinsmen cos he's well aware that his kinsmen has displaced their rival tribe from the apex of the economic pyramid in the country. He made the time so short so that the easterners will not recover to fully participate in the indigenisation policy. Remember that it's been 12yrs since independence, so why the mad rush to nationalize foreign companies? Why wont a provision be made for the people who are still recovering from the war to participate in the process? Can you see that the policy was "opportunistic"? Though Awolowo may/may not have the policy in mind when he set out to reduce Igbo millionaires to £20 owners, but at the end of the day, he achieved his aim of fatally weakening his rival tribe, then displacing them for good from the upper echelon of the economic pyramid. So he killed two birds with one stone. So his policy can be labelled "subtle opportunistic conspiracy".

I couldn't the second time, it is inhuman to gruesomely murder another man like that

I am sure you DON'T KNOW the meaning of cabinet. Are cabinet members appointed or elected?

Michel2013:
u talk like an illiterate.let me ask u which state in eastern region has any other tribe consisted just 10% of its population to merit any elective post in the cabinet? the Igbo man in lagos state cabinet was elected by igbos ,he was not appointed to be there.sometimes i wonder the kind of education you guys received.

What of Katsina and Akwa Ibom States?

Huddler:
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Shut up. You have never been to any southeast state. Ebonyi is a london compared to oshogbo and Ekiti.

Enugu and Anambra are competing with the likes of Lagos, Rivers Abuja when it comes to infrastructures and industries.'Ogun state is a death camp.

Osun state is a refuge camp.

Ekiti state is broke, reason why people are cannibalizing each other there.

Oyo is a dead state. third world state likely to be.

In free market economy, Government only maintain regulations and build certain infrastructures but the PRIVATE sector drive the ECONOMY.
Is there any way that the FG has developed Sokoto, Ekite or Kwara States more than Imo,Akwa Ibom, Enugu or Edo States?quire author=Develpeast post=53800557]

You are not saying the truth. Which peace are you looking for in igboland that you cannot find. they have filled every nigerian minds with the fact that igbo land is filled with ritualists and kidnappers. before the advent of cheap internet, the only news you get from igboland in station in lagos is either cultural dance activities in the region or how they caught some dare-devil ritualists or the political instability in the region. They killed the light of the region until recently when igbos start bringing up their own pages on facebook and later websites to showcase to people that beautiful things are actually happening in the region. it was only recently someone said he never knew enugu was beautiful. even my colleague once went to enugu and screamed that the place is lovely and calm.

have you forgotten that before on nta, it is either southwest or northern news that dominated the airwaves?

in the 90's, how many people knew about akwa ibom or bayelsa? if not for internet, these places were in the dark but they were giving nigeria so much money but investors are not going there. apart from oil companies, there is no other economic activity happening in akwa ibom.

I will keep telling people, this country is structured to favour a certain people while the other people are meant to serve.

it will change soon.[/quote]

Returnee ex-slaves don't own anywhere, they only SETTLED on the portion Of Isale-Eko allocated to them by the indigenous Awori land owners.

Returnee Slaves only own Campos and Lafiagi area - they don't own all of Isale-Eko, Idumagbo and other places are owned by mostly Aworis and a few Ijebus,

Such odd dress codes are for the poor and conservative Muslims. Whatzup, liberal and rich Muslims have long discarded such dress codes.

Rich4god:
I thought they are Muslims... Why is her hair open to the public.

This means igbos and ukwuani are related but the relationship not necessarily Parents -offspring relationship. Both Igbo and ukwuani may have distant common ancestry.

tonychristopher:
And it means also leg in Igbo also
Depending accent
It can mean
It can mean big
It also can mean waist


Then tell us the meaning of ani

No sir, Biafra and Nigeria may ultimately become friendly nations just like Ireland and UK

Abagworo:
Those countries are not landlocked by enemies. Biafra will be an enemy territory inside a hostile Nigeria. Imagine where you find yourself dependent on your enemy including freedom to fly.

Do you know the number of people in Lagos, Kano and Ibadan that are half Igbo- half Yoruba s? Yoruba-Igbo union(both legal and illegal marriages) take place every weekend.

Twistaray:

Abeg more yoruba DNA in ibo women honey pot.

God bless yoruba DNA. Keep producing and enlarging your coast abeg. Haters can go nd hug NEPA wire

I am sure those mixed fellows were brought up with yoruba culture,language and food..

You very correct but he has to trade all that for his heritage.

pyyxxaro:
Young chap

Now dem don turn small pikin to old man

Can't play football anyhow, shot knockout*banger*, jump fence enter gals hostel,dance anyhow in parties etc

Congrats to him

What's the meaning of Okowa and Obaigbena in Igbo?

Mckennedy:
what's the meaning ifeanyi in bini ? Until then I wl take you serious.

How can Yorubas been causing your division when 98% of Yorubas don't even know the differences between Ika, Aniocha, Awka, Orlu or Ikwerre?

realkingqueen:
we bring you Yoruba's into the wahala cos you guys won't stay off our case,anything that has to do with Igbo's interest you guys a lot.

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The Philistines no longer exist as a people 600 years prior to Hardrian curse because many of them have been killed in numerous battles with their neighbours and the few remaining population absorbed into Israelite, Edomite and other surrounding ancient Nations that survived long after them.
The present Palestinians have no relationship with the now extinct Philistines... Its pure theft of identity.

dialfa:
But weren't the philistines there before Moses and Joshua massacred them and took over their land?

Stop misinforming people, there is no Nation in history called Palestine.
Most of the present Palestinians are actually Arabs who migrated to the land of Israel, the remaining Palestinians are descendants of ancient Israelites who were forced to convert to Islam during Rushidum and Ottoman Caliphates rule over the whole of the Middle East.
Palestine was a region during Ottoman Caliphate, the name having been coined by the Romans around 150 AD after they expelled the Jews from their homeland , in an attempt to obliterate the Jews/ Jewish Kingdom for daring to revolt again Roman colonial rule ( read about THE ZEALOTS, Bar-Kokhbar's revolt).
There was no mention of any Palestinian group, revolting against Roman rule in history, because THERE WAS NO PALESTINIANS then!

AlfaSeltzer:
This map will tell you all you need to know.
Imagine if you were a palestinian.

https://www.ism-france.org/carte-palestine.jpg

Gaza wasnt part of Egypt but after 1948, it was occupied by Egypt until 1973 Arab-Israeli war, when it was taken by Israeli forces along with Sinai Peninsula.
Sinai Peninsula was however returned to Egypt in 1978 after the Camp David accord.

AlfaSeltzer:
lies.
gaza was never part of egypt

How does a Political order by an American President to restrict influx of foreigners into his country become attempt to bring down Islam?


[qauote author=Mammangaddafi post=53262465]Americans cherish evil over righteousness that was why they could not make rational decision at the poll and ended up with Trump as president. Trump is the right punishment for them. We are patiently waiting for all his policies to manifest and see how Americans will fare.

As for Islam, they've been trying from time immemorial to bring down the religion without success. This religion is from God and HE has promised to protect it.[/quote]

What concern ' killing' of Jesus in purely 21st century political matters?
How can you just assume that anyone criticizing Muslims must be a Christian?

ollah1:
Lol. It's pretty funny when senseless people like you write epistles like this. Isn't it the Jews that killed your Jesus?




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Those countries banned have oil, besides the US itself is a major producer of oil.

DrMaths:
Oil

Because it's THEIR COUNTRY (not yours) and they have rights to determine who they should allow into their country just as you have a right to determine the visitors you want in your home.

Rossikki:
Use your brain for once in your life. If they want to keep their country safe, why did they ban muslims from countries with no history of US terrorist attacks, while allowing in muslims from countries with a history of such attacks, like Saudi Arabia, UAE and Lebanon?

The guy is correct and you are the one that's wrong. It is alma mater

OMOTOWO:
Alma mater?chai..Ds guy don fall OAU students hand.it is Alma-mata not matter abi na mater you kal am...

Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, South West Nigeria.

Chrismario:
Where this school dae?

South Africa ryt?

Share ,the HQs of Ifelodun LGA in Kwara State is a Nupe town
Why don't you check this on google before displaying crass ignorance.
Bukola Saraki is NOT a Fulani man, he is at best 1/4 Fulani and 3/4 Yoruba but he is free to identity himself as Fulani or whatever he fancied
Its difficult to see a true Fulani in Kwara because of mixed ancestry and CULTURAL assimilation of the smaller Fulani groups by the larger Yoruba groups.
Indeed, there is no State or LGA in Nigeria where the Fulanis are in majority.
You can still find real Fulani peoples in isolated communities in Gombe,Taraba and Adamawa States where because there are surrounded by Christian/animist communities, cultural assimilation fail to develop between them and their neighbours.
If the indigenous peoples of Ilorin had resisted Islamic religion, stick to their paganism or embraced Christianity in the 19th Century, they won't have been such cultural assimilation.
Indeed the main reason why the Fulani Jihadists succeeded wherever they did wasn't because of their bravery, military skills or weapons but because the indigenous peoples already had substantial Muslim population, as a matter of fact no military invasion can succeed in the long run if the local peoples actively resent it.
Why didn't the Fulani jihad succeed in other parts of Yorubaland?( indeed the Fulani Jihadists were soundly defeated by Oluyole led- Ibadan army at the 1840 battle of Osogbo and subsequently chased back to Ilorin).
The Fulanis considered Ibadan army (which by then had acquired European weapons) as their greatest obstacle to their dream of dipping the quaran in the Atlantic Ocean
Its because most Yorubas at that time were traditionalists and not Muslims, only Ilorin had substantial Muslim population( the reasons for this is a topic for another day).
Part of the reasons why Plateau State is a hotbed of ethnoreligious crisis is because that enclave was one of the areas that the Fulani Jihadists failed to conquer because the people didn't embrace Islam ,thus it was difficult for Muslim army to defeat them, let alone establish an Islamic theocracy (emirate) there.
What happened in Ilorin is not very different from what happened in Bida, Katsina or Kano; the emirs are of Fulani ancestry but the indigenous peoples were originally not Fulani but are now mixed due to cultural mixture.

Paulpaulpaul:
Your argument sounds too logical which makes it an obvious lie.

If your paternal grandfather claimed Hausa, what are you?

Fatai Ahmed is a Nupe man, Share, Patigi, Lafiagi and Babanlomo are settlement/towns of Nupe (Tapa) people.


You can suit yourself by lying to yourself but the truth is glaring

Its Obaigbena (Edo name) not Obigbena.Read his interview and check the logo of Thisday newspaper, you will understand.

Who told you that the UBA heads are Ika?

And what makes you think that Jim Ovia or Nduka Obiagena don't Identify as Igbo?

Have you met them to know this for a fact?

How can a company that's publicly quoted on the NIGERIAN stock exchange with shareholders from various zones be rightly called Igbo or Yoruba owned?

Haaa!!

What ethnic group do the founder of Zenith Bank and some members of the board identify as?

What ethnic group do the MD, Deputy Director, and Chief of group of companies for UBA come from?

Because they don't have "chukwu" affixed to thier names you think they are not Igbo?



Way to affix 3/4 ownership to Eko Hospital when I stated that the list is of companies where Igbos control (i.e. Majority ownership) or have as much stake as Yoruba.

And aren't most companies in Lagos Multinational?

Why are newspapers seen as unimportant? Aren't they major companies who survive on revenue?

Please look back and you will be surprised that you are standing alone.

gemini35:
this guys are fronting their own interest is the masses of Anambra and Biafra as a whole to decide to vote this governoship election and i bet you is only paid voters that will come out watch and see! few greedy politicians can not decide for us no more election in the east in Biafra we stand

Sir, what is the meaning of efulefu? I see it often on NL but don't know the meaning.

polite2:
@efulefu . u must be my broda from texas city

Politics is played by politicians while Tribal sentiments is for the masses.
The real politicians in the SS/SE have come out of the shock one week after the presidential election and immediately started strategizing on how to remain relevant in the corridor of power, you can ask our father, Sen Jim Nwobodo, our aunty Sen Uche Ekwenife, our bros, the founder of TAN, Infanyi Ubah and now our Uncle Sen Ken Nnamani

ogundeleai:
atimes I wonder whose interest those saying SS and SE cannot vote for APC or Propagander. are protecting. . As at today the same party have produced senetors in the 2 region either by winning in election contest or decamped. ..
The earlier those youth realises that politics transcend tribal sentiment the better. .
presidential election had been conducted and won in 2005 and by now those still yet to come out of the shock are doing themselves no favour.