Eastern Nigeria is in the south and River state that I posted their video is geographically and culturally located in the Eastern part of Nigeria but geo politically belongs to SS.
slivertongue: I think it's 5.5bn or 55.0bn. how much did the state make in 8years?
In their EFCC case file their looting is in 100s of billions. That man and his family was wicked on Abia state treasury. He built no projects and did not pay salaries.
Fighttillvictory: Biafra came from two root words , Bia meaning “come” and Afara which has two different substantive root contexts. Afara is a name of a native west african tree found in igbo land, yoruba, southern cameroon/ ambazonia and some other rain forest tribes of west africa. each tribe may have their own name for it.
Don't be a clown Bia Afara which means come Afara is meaningless in Igbo language. How come it was given by Portuguese sailors?
guysbewise: The tribe using it in the Niger Delta are the Igbos that came to the Niger Delta.
You mean Efik and Ibibio are the Igbos that came to Niger delta because that is their cultural hat too. Say what you know. That cap is widely used in East by every tribe.
guysbewise: And also their slave master's winter woolly hat they now call their tradition. Their slave masters could not use their winter woolly hat in Nigeria because of the heat in Nigeria and they had the throw them away but the Igbos decided to turn the unwated winter woolly hat into an Igbo tradition.
All the tribes in East use that hat from Igbo, Efik, Ibibio, Ijaw etc.
Fighttillvictory: you mean nigeria is also a slave name given by british. Find any portuguese that can you the meaning of biafra and get a cash reward
Tell me the indigenous meaning of Biafra in any language spoken in the East. It is on record that Portuguese slave sailors gave that name Biafra and you loved it but have problem with another slave name given by another slave masters.You want them to accept being Biafrans instead of Niger Delta. Both names are foreign to us.
Elochukwu Ohagi @ElochukwuOhagi Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free
Written By Elochukwu Nicholas Ohagi,
No one in his or her right senses prides with the name 'Niger Delta' as an identity. Niger Delta as a name, describes a place where the British government, through the help of the Fulani, are stealing natural resources belonging to the indigenous people in Biafra land. In places they merged and named Niger Delta, you would see Ijaw, Efik, Igbo, Uroboh etc. So when one say, 'I am Niger Deltan', you can't interpret exactly who such a person is or where he comes from. You don't know if he is Igbo, Ijaw or Efik.
Niger Delta is just A BUSINESS NAME bestowed on us by the trickish British government so as to perfectly insert their divide and rule strategy. No one that thinks deep about his real origin will ever describe himself as a Niger Deltan. The name automatically overshadows who you truly are and hides your identity.
Some feel that shouting Niger Delta makes the Igbo people carved into it become different from other Igbo people. That is why you see some misguided Hausa Fulani and Yoruba people always lament that Igbo people should leave Niger Delta alone.
But who is a Niger Deltan?
Is it that Efik man? The Ijaw man or the Igbo man? What makes the Igbo man from Egbema, Elele, Asaba, Ogwashiukwu, Ndoni etc different from an Igbo man from Nnewi, Urualla and Ngwa? Some would say that they are in the so called 'South South' region, while others are in South East. But again, the Ijaws in South-south are exactly the same with the Ijaws they carved into the Western part of the country. This is exactly how Nigeria have used years of misinformation to distort brains of lots of people and forced them to carry badges of slavery and even brag with it. They made them to fight each other and never to unite as one. This is because in their disunity, those for whom Nigeria was created continue to gain massively.
Britain in their wisdom refused to fight wars to suppress the move for independence in Nigeria. They have really studied the space they called Northern and Southern protectorates and understood that for them to keep ruling indirectly, they need to merge the spaces together. It is never to help feed the North with southern resources as they claimed. It was solely for the interest of Britain.
How can you feed a Northern region that has fertile land for agriculture? Agricultural lands that when harnessed can produce food that can feed the entire Africa. A region with lands filled with lots of natural resources. How can you say you are merging the two distinct regions to feed a people capable of feeding the entire Africa? The problem with us is that we continue teaching our young ones lies written by minds brainwashedby the whites without asking proper questions. That's why we still teach people how Mongo Park discovered River Niger. A river our forefathers navigated many years before the so called Mongo Park was born.
I have started putting everything I was told into scrutiny. The words of Ahmadu Bello comes to mind here. This descendant of Uthman Dan Fodio confidently said:
“The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us or have control over their future.”
These words from Ahmadu Bello isn't directly from this man. It is the handiwork of Britain. Britain have seen that the only way to keep their hold on their colony and still dictate what happens is to empower the Fulani. So Britain became the friends of the Fulani and makes them think they are favoring them. Till this day, the Fulani have been following the mandate of Bello, without knowing that they are indeed following the plans of Britain, destroying the North while making sure the British government keeps ruling indirectly.
After the war, Britain effectively used the Fulani to divide the East into South South and South East; and further divided them into Niger Deltans and non-Niger Deltans. Tell me how the Fulani who are majorly cattle rearers managed to think out in 1967/70 how to divide the East and make brothers fight against each other, while Britain and the Fulani elites steal them dry. They were simply carrying out the plans of the British government, who feared the intelligence of Biafrans in the East and desperately want to keep them down. Today, while the Fulani are being used by Britain to keep the entire East down, 87% of poor people according to World Bank survey are in their Northern Region. The North has become the poverty capital of the world. With terrorism destroying the entire region.
Like I said earlier, Niger Delta is never an identity. They are two English words that have no place in our language and culture. It is a tool of slavery and marginalization. It is a name that was used to force people to carry their badge of slavery with pride and honor.
You that still pride yourself as a Niger Deltan, when you rediscover yourself, you will understand how foolish you were, when you help foreigners bury your identity.
Elochukwu Ohagi is a Philosopher, Teacher and Activist.
Biafra is also a slave name given by the Portugues.
gidgiddy: IPOB does not impose sit at home, they call for it. Its up to the people to comply or not, but generally, people comply. Sit at home has become one of the very few ways in Nigeria which people can do something publicly, without putting themselves at risk of being killed by the security forces
Come 30th May, as usual, the security forces will start running around everywhere in the East. Anyone who goes out on that day will put himself at risk of being killed them. I hope our people follow IPOBs advice and just stay safe at home
Why are police or other security agents not shooting people during Igbo day celebrations? Anyway any form of dictatorship in Igboland will be resisted.Sit at home or no sit at home should never be enforced on the people against their wishes.Ekwuchalam o.
gidgiddy: It would be good to come out and publicly remember the dead, however, Nigeria is not a civilised country. Sir at home only started because the security forces kept shooting those who came out. On 30th of May, they will be out again in force. Better fir people to stay in their homes and remember than to go out and get killed by the security forces
There is nothing wrong if IPOB as a group decides to sit at home on the 30th of May to commemorate those who died before and during the Biafra war but it should not be imposed on non members of Ipob since there was no consensus among generality of ndi Igbo on the subject matter.Igbo christians may prefer to hold Church service on that day in honour of the dead.Other group may choose different ways to respect the dead rather than lock themselves indoors.What is it with sit at home and IPOB? No civilise human being in this century will lock down a region of over 24 million people for any reason even at war time.
gidgiddy: Those who never care when herdsmen slaughter people in the East like recently in Nimbo, will come here to wail about how bad it is for us to sit at home and remember the millions we lost in the war
Is sit at home the best way to remember those that died in the war? Countries are doing remembrance Day in honore of those who died in their struggle or war without having to lock up their people inside their homes. And why should ipob decide and enforce their will on others?
Biodun556: He is useless idiot for claiming the ownership of the beach when his property is not affected
You are Just a tribalistic busy body. The big man will find a way and settle whatever dispute he have with government while many Yoruba who was employed by that same man you love to hate will lose their means of daily bread.
Biodun556: He should go to court with is approval if he has any
So illegally occupied there and government looked the other way and still collect taxes from him? It is left for him to decide how to fight for his rights.
The Oniru family that have multiple properties affected are not crying. Bola Ariyo (owner of Mami Beach) is not crying. It's only them shouting igbophobia that are crying.
Show us pictures of the said properties been demolished.
1. whether you're well informed about unknown gunmen (IPOB) or not. Because, they will close down your business investment every Mondays and at the same time put you on House Arrest.
2. You should also remember that in the SE, they will not sell (their cherished ancentral) land to you if you are not a member of their family or if you're from another clan or state. So it will be very hard for you to buy land to start a business.
Do you sell your ancentral land that contain the graves of your ancestors to stranger?
Politics › Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by paramakina202: 7:38pm On May 04, 2024
