₦airaland Forum

Na so the 5 states region is leading 7 and 6 states regions.

helinues:
Unfortunately, no one could replicate same from the region Mbakwe came from.

Your lord and master Buhari removed such political saints from power and brought the likes of Okorocha and Hope Uzodimma.

MyExpression:
I contributed exactly One Naira

Yeah even primary School pupil contributed money then. That is what happened when we have a vissionary leader.

Jakumo:
Chinese nationals are utterly destroying the rivers, forests and air quality throughout Africa and the rest of the developing world. Chinese timber thieves are the single greatest threat to forests worldwide, and Chinese industries in Africa treat their African workforce like slaves.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxh8R14kUEc

Meanwhile, Russians are looting natural resources in Mali, Niger, Central African Republic, and other nations that were foolhardy enough to welcome Russians into their countries


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEftR0k7Bbg&pp=ygUgV2FnbmVyIEdyb3VwICBtYXNzYWNyZSBpbiBBZnJpY2E%3D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sDQAW_VGg0&pp=ygUgV2FnbmVyIEdyb3VwICBtYXNzYWNyZSBpbiBBZnJpY2E%3D

Blame your corrupt government that borrow money from China with out intension of paying back because they have spent it on owambe.

Saskay44:
We are getting there no more subsidizing of exchange rate

Naira VS dollars rate will gradually rise again. What Tinubu administration is doing to stabilize the naira is not sustainable.

Ofemannnu:
Me too I don't know why most of those Deltans with Igbo names usually say that they are not Igbos.
Sunday Oliseh even claimed on national TV that he is not Igbo.
I think some of them claim to be Igbo only when it suits them.
Funny people.

Yeah they play politics of convenience with their identity meanwhile Anioma region is full time member of OHANAEZE NDI IGBO.

Emmanuel900:
Always doing attache by force to south south, same way you keep claiming Ngozi Iweala

If not for South South attache by force you would really suffer in the hands of Yoruba

Where are all the Anambra billionaires businesses ? they are all drug lords without any known businesses.

That's just a tip of the iceberg of what Yoruba control in this Nigeria economy

Whatever suits your fancy.

adekolaelect:
can you tell us their Tribe ?

So they are tribeless while Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu from same place with them have tribe called Igbo?

Truths9ja:
the general language of all the 5 states in the eastern region of Nigeria 🇳🇬 is Igbo language, the general language of 6 States in the western region of Nigeria 🇳🇬 is Yoruba language, the general language of Northern region of Nigeria either in the north east or north west or north central (middle belt) is Hausa language. So tell me the general accepted language in all the States in South south region of Nigeria 🇳🇬.

Stop being smart by half.
Jim Ovia and Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu are from Anioma Igbo speaking part of Delta state.They are Igbo by tribe.
In south south there are many tribes that makes up the region.You have.
Ibibio
Annang
Efik
Urhrobo
Ijaw
Igbo
Edo tribes etc...

Truths9ja:
I only alighted some tribe in the South South State niiii. I want to ask you here, what is the general language in the south south region? Soke said it’s Urhobo that’s the general language, some said it’s itsekiri language. So tell me more if you know it.

Is any of the above mentioned gentlemen from Urhobo tribe?
You are Just deceiving your self.

Truths9ja:
major tribe in delta is Urhobo while in Rivers State is Nkwere tribe

There is nothing like Nkwere tribe in Rivers state. So why didn't you write Urhobo for Jim Ovia and Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu and Nkwere for Wigwe?

At OP, when did Rivers and Delta became a tribe? Yoruba with cunny.

Ilaje1:
Because SW is sophisticated. They don't follow one person or one party like tribal sheep. Majority of SW don't vote along ethnicity or party hatred. Unlike SE and SS to some extent.

Tell that to the person who sophiscatedly claimed they gave GEJ block vote in 2011 election.
Btw,politics of hatred was born and hatched in SW.The whole world saw how people were prevented from voting in Lagos and many were either killed or injured because they wanted to vote for opposition party.

cassyrooy:
Ezeora, HRM Eze Chukwuemeka Eri's throne cut across all 13 states.

His Offor is the same in all Igboland.

Your Eze Eri Ofo start and end in your village because every village have their own Ofo holder. My ancestors was holding Ofo before Igala migrants like you encroached into IGBOLAND. No talk Nonsense here again.

Penguin2:
Granted!

But my didn’t suggest either suggest that Ikwerres were more Igbo than Abakaliki and Nsukka people.

I was just making a point; and I had the ability of the generality of Ndigbo to understand the three dialects in mind.

Still dialect difference doesn't make one group more or lesser Igbo. Ma ka odiba. Udo!

Enugurangers:
He won with the block vote from the SW.

Which block vote comes from SW. They couldn't even give Tinubu block vote.

adamusuleiman1:
Asaba aka delta igbos have always been Igbos. Notable Igbos from Asaba: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu

Ps: Asaba does not equal the whole of Delta state.

Reactions:

It is only when there is war or crisis you wicked people will identify and clasify them as Igbos but in time of peace and prosperity you all will claim there are no Igbos in SS.

So Hausa can now stand up defend themselves against their Fulani masters. That is a good one. There is nothing like Hausa/Fulani.

yarimo:
Asaba people be careful oo, before they claim asaba belongs to them

Asaba is Igbo and Igbo is Asaba.
Asaba son was president general of Ohanaeze ndi Igbo in the person of Chief Ralph Uwechue.

Isiguzoro faction is a fake Ohanaeze. The Ohanaeze we know is Led by Dr Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu.

Penguin2:
Do you know where I’m from?

Where you are from is irrelivant you made a false statement that Ikwerre are more Igbo than Nsukka and Abakaliki people is bullşhit. No Igbo is less than the other.

Penguin2:
The funny thing is that other Nigerians see them as Igbo. They are the only ones that tell themselves that they are not Igbos.

It’s one of the reasons the north and west are scared of Igbo presidency. They are afraid some of these will be corrected and they don’t want it.

They like it the an Ikwerre man would come out and say he’s not Igbo.

This is somebody that is more Igbo than somebody from Nsukka and Abakaliki.

And you say that’s not sickness?

The bolded is absolute nonsense!
Nobody is more Igbo than any Igbo not even Ikweres with their identity crisis.Stop insulting Nsukka and Abakaliki folks to appease the Ikwerres.

papyjaypaul:
Op is obsessed with the European man, that is why he is looking for comparison to Europe. The same Europe preserved their old building and style but this same person will come here and call ancient Ibadan houses brown roof. Can you see that the problem is the mind? Ask them what buildings they want they will quote Dubai Why didn't you quote Asian cities

They like another man's thing, they hate themselves. Please take this paper to Bini kingdom less go

Which ancient houses do you have in Ibadan?
Houses that is less than 60 years old are modern houses but lack of renovation is the problem.

Same people that was mocking Abia state under Okezie Ikpeazu is now attacking Alex Otti for his excellent performance.
Na wintch them be.

sukkot:
they have to kill Putin. He is revealing all their secrets plus he liberated Mali and Niger and Burkina Faso from France. They need that war to try to exterminate Putin. But God will not let them. Putin is on the side of history . The right side. God is fighting on his side

Putin is untouchable he is not Kadafi or Sadam.

softtorce:
I laugh when I see foolish threads such as this.

Are Igbos happy for Sanwolu with all the projects he commissioned ? If Alex Otti is given 20 years can he accomplish 1/10th of the project Sanwolu commissioned already talk more of the ones he is presently undertaking ?!

Can we say you are sadists or natural born haters. You don't need to reply just showing you how foolishly senseless many of you terrible people are.

Lagos should be competing with Cairo and Johanesburg not with Abia that have less than 1% of Lagos state revenue. What a shame.

BondRiv:
Exactly. Just like Kanu, no one is cautioning him now.

He is an out law like his master Kanu they don't listen to anyone until they are caught.

VinnyBaba:
Buhari showed his Waec results.

But Ebola tinibu claimed Biafran soldiers invaded Lagos, killed their School Principal and used his Waec Results to smoke Cigar.

Buhari na affidavit he presented to inec forget the fake oluwale certificate with 75 years old Buhari picture on it you saw online.

He is better than Tinubu and Buhari who have None to show.

vikiphy89:
So they should leave.....SE was peaceful until they brought them to help hope after his Godfather gave him governor through backyard.

It has nothing to do with Hope... If it was about Hope Uzodimma why is UGM/ESN operating camps and killing people in Anambra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi states?
Btw Wetin concern ipob with Nigeria election since they do not vote during election.?

Good01:
By Ignatius Igwe

More reactions keep trailing the list of alleged terrorism financiers released by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) as well as the tragic murder of 17 military personnel in Delta State on March 14, 2024. While the military says investigations are ongoing, a former Commander of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State, Major General Henry Ayoola (retd), described it as an assault on the Nigerian state. He was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme during the week.


Excerpts:

Give us a sense of what happened in Okuama community and within the security circle. There are a lot of talk about the implications, what could have led to the attack and the dynamics of this. For someone like you who has led troops in similar terrain, what came to your mind when you heard the story?

Thank you very much. I will start by commiserating with the families of these gallant officers and soldiers who were gruesomely murdered in a very unusual way in a tragedy. It’s anathema. It’s a terrible thing that shouldn’t have happened at all. I just joined all members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and including those of us who are outside the service to commiserate with the families of the deceased personnel. We pray and trust that God will comfort the bereaved ones and that this kind of thing should never happen to us as a nation again.

I also like to correct the numbers that are being bandied around. The actual number is 17 in total – the commanding officer who is a lieutenant colonel, two majors, one captain and 13 soldiers, making 17. The issue of human lives cannot be something we will be approximating so we need to be correct about it; it is 17 precious lives.

What comes readily to my mind is: it is a sad load for me, for us, for our country to be in this state. I mean, as somebody who has seen the nation and been around the military sector for over 50 years, I asked myself: How did we get here? You know, how did we get here as a nation? When I was commanding Operation Safe Haven, we have had near such disasters before because what has happened over time is that our nation has lost touch with values, with ethics, with character. What we are seeing is a harvest of long-time failure of parental responsibilities, societal responsibility, of nurturing and upbringing. It’s a case that has gone through a cycle where you had parents who perhaps were not properly brought up and now become parents themselves. It’s sure to happen that way because the law of sowing and reaping applies in all situations, nobody beats it. What is done more greatly in one generation will be done in excess in the next. That’s how it works and that’s what we’re seeing. It’s a sorry state for us to be but I think it’s a clarion call for all of us to wake up and begin to address the real issues.

We’ve done a lot of palliatives, dodging the issues and tolerating things that should have been decisively dealt with over the years. It’s not just something that is happening. What we’ve seen is a habit of several years of negligence, several years of padding things that should have been frontally dealt with. And that’s what we’re seeing now, where you have a situation that the level of civil disobedience has escalated to news not even being deterred by the fact that these are uniformed men and should be respected. It’s an assault on the state, it’s an assault on our collective psyche. It’s something that should outrage everyone of us and nobody should make any attempt to play down on it at all. It’s a wakeup call, we should all wake up and smell the coffee and say: ‘This cycle should end here.’ This cycle of bloodletting, this vicious circle of lawlessness at its peak should come to an end here and everybody should come into this fight.

It is so sad, the brazen attack and the killing of men in uniform. The situation, according to those who know, says it’s a matter of a land dispute and you wonder the role of the military in this kind of situation. Has this been the procedure for the military to be called into this kind of civil engagement or what do you think could have been? Is it a normal procedure for the officers to be involved in this kind of situation at night? What could have gone wrong with this?

Let’s look at it realistically, the truth of it is that our nation is not in the normal state. I mean, the fact that virtually every state in the country today has one military operation or the other tells you that we are not in a normal state. If not, then, why do we have operation this, operation that in all the states? It means we have crossed that threshold of what the normal civil enforcement agencies can handle. That’s what it means. We have been the same people putting so much pressure on the Armed Forces and say, even for non-kinetic measures, the soft-power options and all of that.

Of course, the commanding officer would have thought to nip an obviously boiling issue before it escalates. There can be a thousand and one argument as to whether there was a tactical error or not. It doesn’t matter if a mistake was made. That a set of youths somewhere will have the audacity and the recklessness not to even spare people in uniform who have laid down their lives for the benefit of the rest of us? That level of temerity should not be tolerated. That’s my take on it.

One can only imagine if this is not properly managed, a kind of aggression and a kind of reaction that could have come naturally if it’s not well–managed from the military.

When I was on Operation Safe Haven, we held peace palace almost every week because it was clear that this was not just purely a security challenge. And so there was a need to engage different groups of people, different age groups, different ethnic groups, and different religious groups, all in an attempt to find a solution. In Yoruba, there is a proverb that when something is lost, you search for it anyhow. When you are trying to find a solution to very abnormal situations, you cross several lines, you bend backwards, you lower yourself to even, more or less becoming a preacher even though you are in uniform, you do everything because you want a solution. And if the solution is going to come by the softpower method, by the peace approach, why not? we have been too long in this state as a nation. If you imagine the amount of money that have been spent for the various operations that have been on in the country for over 20 years, those kinds of money will have been used to develop our infrastructure. So the military officers are aware of these things. They are not happy being out there doing what ordinarily should have been police work, nobody is happy with that. That’s the reality on the ground.

Let me take you to the terrorism financiers’ list that was released by the authorities which listed about 15 persons and firms alleged to be involved in terror financing and are being listed for sanctions. What do you make of this?

Nigeria has been battling to kill terrorism for over 20 years now from the northeast region. And now we’re seeing some active roles of these terror gangs within the northwest region of the country in the name of banditry.

Now, one of those persons is facing a trial over alleged link to the train attack in Kaduna. Tukur Mamu in this particular situation. What comes to mind when you heard that the Buhari government had said it would release the list of terror financiers but for eight years that never happened.

I think this is one place that we should give a pat on the back to the current government (the Bola Tinubu administration). I was on the edge severally during the last regime. There was lack of national will to deal with this situation at the time. It is good to see a government that is showing a stronger will to deal with these situations. I have said it again and again, that what we have is a political strategic problem masquerading as security challenges. I’ve said that 1001 times. In my analysis of insurgency and terrorism, I’ve talked about eight essays and indeed, one of the essays is what is coming out now – sponsors – because out of the eight essays, all the approaches we have applied in trying to solve the insurgency and terrorism in the country are just about two components of those eight. So adding this third one to it will go a long way because it’s like we’ve been dodging the issue. It’s like we’ve been dodging naming the enemy, naming the adversaries behind this problem. Are we saying that the gates of hell were open suddenly and Nigeria is just having these all-around security challenges coming? Is it that aliens were sent from some abyss to come and attack Nigeria all at the same time?

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/03/24/buhari-lacked-political-will-tinubu-should-be-commended-for-naming-terror-financiers-major-general-ayoola/

Naming them is not enough, if he is serious he should arrest and put them on trial.

gidgiddy:
Like what? This is happening all over Nigera, or your brain has told you that it is only in the South East that security personel are attacked? The only difference is that if it happens in the South East, they will use it to blame IPOB. If Okuama had been a few miles East, they would have blamed IPOB even before starting investigtation

That is the reason I said you will like and justify it because it is happening all over Nigeria so to you it is normal.Yes people blame ipob because security agents become a target in the SE after MNK created ESN in Dec 2020 and gave security agents ultimatum to leave Biafra land or get killed. Abi no be so?