₦airaland Forum

baby124:
You are talking of Benin Republic or Dahomey. These ones here are talking of Benin City or Oba of Benin them. Completely different people.

In 1930, there was nothing like Republic Benin.



The country, Dahomey only adopted the name 'Republic of Benin' in 1972 as a neutral name to all parts of the country and reminiscent of the once great past of Africans.


Oyo Empire was a great African country which control large swathes of territories through military conquest and diplomacy but had become very weakened due to internal crisis by the early 1800s.
The legacy of this Empire is one of the reasons why the Yoruba language is spoken over vast areas in West Africa from Nigeria to Togo.

Benin Empire was also a great African country. It was situated close to the coast and was more preoccupied with economic success (monopoly of trade with Europeans) than territorial expansion and thus lasted longer until her interests clashed with the interests of the British Empire, leading to its invasion and annexation in 1897.

zyphr:
That my parents don't look alike doesn't mean it is superstition. It's not. The images posted above by the OP and several others on the Internet are few proofs. Most times when a research is conducted in science, it doesn't mean that it is applicable to everybody. For example research say that smoking causes lung cancer but there are a lot of chronic smokers who lived till over 90years and died of other causes than cancer.

You are clearly more intelligent and matured than most people on this thread.

Odingo1:
Robbstark is an Afonja guy claiming Opobo man, all Opobo people agree that they are Igbos.
Ibani and Opobo are typical Igbo villages. Their Igbo names and language gives them out as Igbos.

Anyone who doesn't support your views on Nairaland is automatically an Afonja!

Igboid:
There are no Ijaws in Rivers, let alone Akwaibom.
Don't be foolish.
I don't know about Ondo and Edo, I will let those concerned to handle you.

Ama-Onye-nabo is not an Ijaw title or name.

But the Ijaws never used any title like Ama-Onye-Nabo.

You need to know that compound words in one language can be manipulated to mean something else in a different language by breaking it into two or more morphenes.

[quote author=OmoEpe post=107461543][/quote]Your ignorance, laced with tribalism is once again exhibited to the whole world.


The Federal Government does NOT give allocations to the States.


Federal, States and LGAs get their allocations from the FEDERATION account according to an agreed sharing formula.

RodgersAkpafu:
Once again
I say use your brain
So IPOB members migrated en masse to Lagos
Spread across Lagos
And destroyed everything
While the agberos and area boys that litter Lagos were just there looking ?
Mr. Man
Na thugs scatter Lagos
In the midst of chaos people always seek opportunity to loot

That said
I am not an IPOB member
I never support them

And bigotry is also on both sides
Not just "your side"
I cannot support bigotry
Regardless of who is doing it

But be sincere for once, Nnamdi Kanu broadcasted all those things on Radio Biafra.
People that believe in his struggles are living in Lagos and definitely amoung the mob carrying out the attacks on Lagos.

FORWARDEVERLY:
Ken Saro wiwa that was a stooge that was used to fight the Igbos..
He became powerful and Abacha killed him before he becomes a pain in the ass ..
No rip for him..
Next pls

Ken Saro-Wiwa fought for and defended the interests of his people just as Ojukwu did.


In wars, different great men may be on different sides of the divide. It is wrong to assume that everybody must be on your side.

Nonli1:
He was a traitor and he died like one. The people he connived with to fight his Igbo brothers killed him. I don't pity him, he deserved what he got

Ken Saro-Wiwa was NEVER a traitor to his people and country.



The matter had nothing to do with Igbos.

godofuck231:
macro economics differ from cattle raring, this guy no fit keep rats , them go die for sapa hand

Isn't that what we are saying sir?




Soludo is needed in Anambra to use his Macro-Economics to develop his State. There is no need for him getting involved with States where they engages in cattle rearing.

Very wrong o

MALIGNANTGuest:
It's obvious.
She was never prepared for marriage.
I will advise most YOUNG LADIES to look forward to a Singlehood. IF you think you need BABIES, pay a man to get you pregnant or better still visit the nearest IVF clinic.

MARRIAGE shouldn't be born out of compulsion.
And Again, if you Hate MEN, PLEASE avoid marriage. Just avoid it. It's not for you.

IF you are a Troublemaker, avoid marriage.
IF you are an embodiment of Insults, please avoid Men entirely. Singlehood is not a death sentence.

It is obvious that she wasn't mentally and psychologically ready for marriage.


You can NOT eat your cake and have it.


Nowadays, it is fairly common to see married women between 21-27 years chatting with guys on whatsapp till 12 midnight, wearing skimpy dresses and doing silly things like 'doggy pose' on social media.

During my NYSC camp days , i saw a married lady dancing on stage with guys. I pointed it out to her best friend that this was wrong. The friend replied 'marriage shouldn't be a boundage'

obynzo:
Are you this dense how is Tinubu gifted. We all know that Lagos is what it is because of it position from colonial times and the fact that it is the defacto commercial centre where import come first into the country. You say south east cannot survive without allocation for a year, but you forget easily that when Ngige was governor of Anambra state that Obasanjo also withheld Anambra allocation to punish Ngige for three years Anambra had no allocation from 03 to 06 when courts removed Ngige and replace him with Peter Obi. Guess what during that time the IGR from Onitsha alone was keeping the government going. Ngige was financing road construction projects with RCC and not the rubbish Hitech guys in Lagos. Again the riots over End SARS I really don't want to say you are a fool sha, but the rioters were clearly Yoruba the guy who led people to loot the Oba's Palace and steal the staff of office was clearly a Yoruba boy but in your foolish and dense nature you chose to accused igbos and IPOB because IPOB is clamouring for equity or let us leave the federation.

Stop peddling falsehoods ,Obasanjo didn't withhold the allocations to Anambra State.

galaxy2020:
Restructure the country and you will see all states working hard, all these figures are not the true figures.

What are the true figures sir?












#You guys only accept Statistics that portray your States in good light.

meccuno:
how does a state develop when the resources in your land are held by the FG? How does a state develop when people who are supposed to have sense are bickering over VAT? What exactly is development to you when the standard of education has been reduced to the level of the North? In Anambra where I am from which is the most industrialized state in the SE doesn't generate its own electricity? Even the airport that was built needed permission from Abuja before it could start operation. No state in Nigeria can surpass Lagos with the type of democracy we are running. And Lagos is a shit hole compared to other African states. Just like all the 36 states are useless combined.

Despite many excuses, Anambra and other States can generate their own electricity (e.g for an industrial estate). They only need to join the National Grid if the amount of electricity will be above 1 MW.

Each State has land which can be used for Commercial Agriculture.


Even the control of minerals by the FG is more on paper than reality.

Anambra had Clay and Rocks which are mineral resources which can be used to produce ceramics and glass without the FG disturbing them.

There are so many opportunities available for States to develop but we don't have Governors that think deeply on how to develop the economy of their States.

Each State has its own educational sector with many primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.

They can develop their educational standards to educate their people and leave the North with the falling standards of education.

godofuck231:
Soludo has to abandon anambra and go teach daura sinple commerce , economics hard this guy

No bros, Soludo has enough work to do in Anambra sir. Let him use his 'economic skills' to develop the State.

meccuno:
are we actually making that efforts to develop? Look at the North. What have they done in the last 20 years that can show that they actually want to move forward. Because going by what I have seen, Nigeria as it is now is structured to favour them. The bulk of the blame of Nigerias failures goes to them.

Well, the North may wallow in underdevelopment but they are NOT the reasons why Osun, Ekiti, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa ,Abia and all Southern States haven't developed as they should.


What are the majority of the people in the above named States doing that can catapult their States into the ranks of developed world in the next 5-10years?

meccuno:
[s][/s] please stop posting this rubbish IGR. It has no impact in the lives of ordinary Nigerians. No state in Nigeria is doing well. All 36 states in Nigeria are hopelessly useless. Which state in Nigeria can compete with Johannesburg infrastructure? Abeg make we see road

What percentage of the citizens of Nigeria act and work with the right ethics like the citizens of South Africa do?


No country develops on its own. Their citizens make the countries what they are.

Karlovych:
Will there be capital punishment for skull miners in the SW?

Cc: Seun, Mynd 44 and Lalasticlala...Rule-2

cutieme:
Haha haha haha,that was serious man!Pls post more pix and if possible that of the daughters of Eve...

Hmnnn. . .i know that you will eventually asked the last question!

Theworldisvanity:
Nigeria needs restructuring. The foundation is faulty. No more sense of value. Corruption. Round pegs in square holes etc

All these are problems. Intelligence provide solutions to problems.


The supposed most intelligent tribe ought to have devised means of by-passing these problems.

saintgp:
How do you explain the above using China's population.

A higher percentage of the population of China are into productive economic activities which produce goods for the Chinese people and also export to the rest of the World.

Afamsi:
Read my post again. You see why Igbos are more brilliant than any tribe in Nigeria? This simple thing I wrote you didnt understand

So how come that this most intelligent tribe hasn't been able to develop their States to reflect their superior intelligence instead of complaining that the inferior tribes are holding them down?


How can the most intelligent tribe
is also complaining of being the most marginalized?

How are the inferior tribes able to marginalize the superior and most intelligent tribe?

Millimann:
Permit me also to be wharrever you wanna call it:

I'm sure the schools selected their best students in order to win the competition and you just told us who the best students are,

But when it comes to politics they remember that they're not good enough. I'm sure that's the message the caller was trying to pass across.

When some people say that others are not good enough to hold some positions you won't remember that is tribalism. But you have rushed here to tell us that those callers are tribalistic.

Do you know how many debates were organized in Lagos on that same day?
Do you know how many schools participated in the debate covered by the Radio stations out of all the schools in Lagos?


By the way, who exactly is supposed to give the Igboman the presidency and what is the name of the igbo man that will be made the president?

Penguin2:
Why didn’t Tinubu think about these things you enumerated in 2015 when he went alliance with Buhari, a known bigot with no educational qualification?

You guys were ready to vote for him even if he presented NEPA Bill as certificate.

Take a chill pill. In 2023 we are ready to vote even a northern slowpoke with Newspaper used to wrap Suya as certificate.

Maybe by 2031 we will now sit down and talk about Nigeria’s progress. But if we never learn our lesson, then the vicious cycle will continue.

1) In a democracy where everyone is free to join any party of his choice and support any candidate, why do you think it is wrong for Tinubu to exercise this fundamental right but it is right for all other Nigerians to do so sir?

2) Tinubu is a leader of the APC, do you think Tinubu should have left the candidate of his party and be campaigning for the candidate of the PDP?

What are the implications of a PDP victory for Tinubu and his political associates?

3) Why haven't we seen you guys asking or expecting PDP leaders to support APC candidate in a presidential election so as not to be accussed of greed or treachery?



4) Why is it that you don't demonize other politicians for supporting the election of Buhari?

Amaechi is closer to Jonathan than Tinubu, yet he supported Buhari and you guys don't demonize him.

Timi Sylva whom Jonathan helped to become the Governor of Bayelsa State in 2007 bought the nomination form for Buhari in 2015 but no one has ever heard you accussing him of treachery or greed or whatever.

5) Even Jonathan and the Ijaw/SS peoples have moved on from the defeat of 2015 election, how come some igbos especially the young igbos online are still embittered about the defeat of Jonathan in 2015?
We hardly see Ijaw people accusing Tinubu or the Yorubas of betrayal or greed on account of the 2015 election?


Jonathan's agent at the polls, Godswill Orubebe has moved on and just joined the APC last week.
GEJ's kinsman, Ovie Omo-Agege joined the APC and today he is the Deputy Senate President, having replaced Sen Ike Ikweremadu since 2019.



# The past, no matter how great or bad it was belong to the past.
You can not make progress by still living in the past.

Justmesagi:
Understand me pls. Who is your Igbo candidate? Under which party is he contesting? Definitely not PDP because Atiku and other Northerners have come out again. What have you done for the APC to claim the ticket? Would you be contesting under APGA?

These are my points sir

They have no candidate in both APC and PDP but are still insisting that the Yorubas must back out from the presidential race or support their candidate.

mancoconut:
This was taken during colonial rule somewhere in Western Nigeria

https://www.facebook.com/100063619364681/posts/289761483154495/?app=fbl

This wasn't in Nigeria nau.

Penguin2:
Leave me na...

Can you check my posts and find if there’s anywhere I joined in calling Buhari Jubril.

And stop tagging me on IPOB matters. That I advance Igbo interest doesn’t make me IPOB.

Okay, i see

soulpiano23:
Another illiterate quoting Asari Dokunbo .Of all the reasonable people on earth Asari is now your Hero?
You are in Texas and reasoning like people from remote part of Gombe.

Eeewoh, see finishing!

udele1:
Since the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, has anyone noticed that IPOB members are now calling the president Buhari?

What happened to jubril from sudan?

Did buhari resurrect from his grave in saudi Arabia?

These are the people that want to be handed over the destiny of the igbo nation?

PrinceOfLagos, Penguin2, MrVitalis, PaChukwudi, BKay, NwanyiOgwashi and ProEast need to give their opinions on these matter.