₦airaland Forum

freeze001:
You put it really beautifully brother. The Greater East (Love the name too) needs a working blueprint for drastic development that does not depend on toxic Nigerian sentiments. It is also necessary to have uniform development across the entire region so those 'state labels' need to be collapsed for the purpose whilst bearing same for individual representation outside the region. For instance, a target for sustainable water supply should be mapped out to work not just in Enugu but in Abia, Imo et al at the same pace. Health delivery should be planned across the entire region. Ditto for housing, trade n commerce and so on. Curtailing d herdsmen should also cut across at the same time.

Sometimes I feel like drawing up a working document but I fear its being thrown our for dirty political reasons...

Ngozi123:
You have a beautiful way with words. It's poetic .

Ngozi123:
I can see that you've typed out a lot of words here yet not a single sentence, not one, actually correlates to my post you quoted. Absolute nonsensical drivel. If you have nothing meaningful to say then don't say anything at all .

Btw, I'm not and have never been an IPOB member. That just highlights your ignorance even more.

Ngozi123:
I wholeheartedly agree with the above. Paranoia against Ndigbo has stifled the Nigerian economy. It's good that the FG is starting to patronise these Eastern manufacturers now but it's looking like it'll be a case of 'too little, too late' for Nigeria- an all too familiar phenomenon .

obixcel:
Loosed Lips? Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team
A former top Obama administration official has acknowledged efforts by her colleagues to gather intelligence on Trump team ties to Russia before Donald Trump took office and to conceal the sources of that intelligence from the incoming administration.
I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can, before President Obama leaves the administration,” Farkas, who is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said.

“Because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior [Obama] people who left, so it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy ... that the Trump folks – if they found out how we knew what we knew about their ... the Trump staff dealing with Russians – that they would try to compromise those sources and methods, meaning we no longer have access to that intelligence.”

The comments come as lawmakers on Capitol Hill clash over House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes' claim last week that surveillance operations incidentally collected Trump team communications during the transition. Critics have accused Nunes of carrying water for Trump and called on him to recuse himself from Russia matters, but Nunes and his congressional allies have pushed back.

Aside from questions over whether communications were improperly gathered during the transition and before, there is speculation over how widely such information was disseminated. Farkas described a rush to spread the material before Trump took office.

"So I became very worried because not enough was coming out into the open and I knew that there was more. We have very good intelligence on Russia," she said. "So then I had talked to some of my former colleagues and I knew that they were trying to also help get information to the Hill''.

The addition of non-Igbo tribes in the South South. It is true that many of the minorities in the former Eastern Region were in the extinct Biafran republic but it must be emphasised that only a few of them commiserated with the cause. Currently, less than 1% of members of these ethnic minorities are sympathetic to the Biafran project.

fratermathy:
Instead of addressing the salient points I have noted, you pasted the link to a video of random women agitating for Biafra. Was that the issue at hand?

You want to set an exam for yourself and pass it yourself abi?


I choose to ignore your attempts.


Convince us that minorities have asked for Biafra or a referendum via official statements as I have done to negate that view.

Its no news that Igbos protest everywhere and impersonate other tribes while doing so.

There's even a video online of an Igbo impersonating an Orogun person and calling for Buhari's head.

Ekinematics:
Mumu. Imo and Anambra has more oil than SS? The regular chest beating.
You insult Rivers and Bayelsa but you can't stay in your impoverished region, you keep moving in loads to these states for greener pasture.
You see your life? Very disgusting.

LordReed:
You are the one giving labels so you'll have explain. Is there any evidence for this Deep State or this all conjecture and assumptions?

Perfecttouch:
it doesn't go for 37k self. God will not allow us to have problem. Am selling to solve a problem. It is my main laptop,never been worked upon before. I can guarantee u on it

LordReed:
So this is all based on assumptions and conjecture? Or you have some proof?

LordReed:
So where was this Deep State during the last 3 presidencies (Clinton, Bush, Obama)? Or is it just a new phenomenon?

LordReed:
Ahh OK so you believe there's a Deep State?

LordReed:
It's hilarious that you buy this so called Deep State run by Obama narrative. I mean what are the chances that that one time a black guy was President he is able to effectively entrench enough people to create a "machine" with powers that 43 white guys before him could not create?

ehikwe22:
I didn't say majority don't want to be Igbo I said majority said they're not Igbo and they're not Igbo. I'm an Agbor man and I dare you to come to Agbor with any Igbo agenda if you will reach your house with your body complete.

Lucasbalo:
It is after 1am in Nigeria and you are still up. You must be Oga Patapata at your gigs. I envy your lifestyle. Lol

Missy89:
Classic Trump derangement syndrome

Sucker

fratermathy:
Do not absolve the Igbo of hate towards any ethnic group as you are implying. People may hate Igbos, as expected. But Igbos have a long list of tribes that it hates. Hausa is number one, followed by Yoruba. Edo and Urhobo have made way into the list as well, if we are to judge by the statements of online miscreants and hate propagandists!

You cannot fight hate with hate. If other ethnic groups hate you, locate the root source of that hatred and address it. It is never a thing of pride to be hated by everyone. Everyone cannot all be wrong at the same time. Something must be wrong. I think Igbos need to have a think-tank over this in order to secure your collective future as a people.

Quit saying Igbos have nothing but love for the South South. That is a big lie. Igbos care very little for the South except for obvious reasons. If at all they even show any inkling for care, it is for the Igboid groups, so spare me that sanctimonious BS.

Let's just end this conversation. It's headed nowhere. We have agreed on certain things and disagreed on a lot. My major standpoints remain:

1. Igbos/IPOB shouldn't add Urhobo to their struggle for any reason without first consulting with us
2. Igbos have never shown love or offered an olive branch to Urhobos
3. Igbos, especially those online, have created enemies of Urhobos due to their uncouth statements
4. Urhobos remain indifferent towards Igbos and the Igbo cause
5. Delta Igbos/Ijaws/Itsekiris are free to do whatever they want or even join Biafra. Urhobo has never agreed to that or showed sympathy to that cause.
6. You cannot use hate to fight hate. Because of this, I have resolved not to hate the great Igbo race. However, Igbos should realise that I am just one person. I can assertively tell you that many Urhobos are suspicious of Igbos mainly because of the things they read online, statements that Igbos make against us, and the act of adding Urhoboland to maps without consulting with us.


Thank you!

If Igbos have no hatred for Urhobos, when they see threads like this, they appeal to reason, rather than tribalism and insults. The Op revealed that he is an Urhobo, then Bridget95 and Uckennety, among others, took the opportunity to throw tantrums like children against the Urhobo people.

fratermathy:
Did you just say I endorsed this thread?

Why the lies?

Need I remind you of my very first comment on this thread?

LordReed:
If this was some kind of classroom prank sure but c'mon this is deadly serious business. What the hell does this move prove?

Abagworo:
I've stopped keeping such low thinkers as friends. Can you imagine someone almost fought me because I told him Buhari was alive and would soon come back. That was at the peak of their lies that he was dead and celebrating during his health retreat in London. Igbos are generally a brainy breed but somehow the radio biagra thing has destroyed the thinking faculty of a sizeable population.

fratermathy:
At least, I admire the fact that you are no longer propagating deep hatred.

The Fulani herdsmen mafia is our common enemy in Nigeria and everyone must rise against it.

However, we should be careful not to hate the entire Hausa/Fulani ethnicity for the crimes of some misguided ones, the same way I can't hate Igbo for the statements made by some on the internet.

In tackling this Fulani herdsmen crisis in the country, we should be tactful and apolitical about it. If the FG has refused to do anything, we have to convince our representatives to present bills that will control these people. Personally, I have been following my HoA representative and he has been working hard to push Gov. Okowa to do something about the issue but the politics behind it is very strong. I sincerely hope we find a peaceful means to the issue or else violence may be used. After all, no group has a monopoly of violence.


That said, I like the fact that we have just agreed on something. This shows that Igbo and Urhobo, if we work together as mutual and equal allies, may be able to engage our common problems. Hatred shouldn't be allowed to fester.


It behoves the more enlightened and sensible Igbos to call the hate-mongers to order and isolate them so that they will see that they are alone in their hate. By supporting or ignoring them, you create the impression that you are all together in the hate against us.

bantudra:
the reporter should go fvck himself!!!...

LordReed:
LoL! Is this guy for real:

Donald Trump printed out made-up £300bn Nato invoice and handed it to Angela Merkel

President estimated Germany’s under-spend on alliance over the past 12 years, then added interest

LAS VEGAS -- One person is dead and another wounded after a shooting on a bus in Las Vegas, police said.

The suspect is currently barricaded on the bus, and police are working to get him into custody, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said.


Police said it is unknown what provoked the shooting.

According to a tweet from the LVMPD, part of the Las Vegas Strip has been shut down after the gunman barricaded himself inside a bus. The area that was shut down, between Flamingo and Harmon streets, is where several large hotels are, including Planet Hollywood, Bellagio and the Cosmopolitan.

Lucasbalo:
I like Capital Gains because I am paying 33% on my investment income and I thought that's kind of high on my risk taking but I am absolutely against cutting taxes for the Billionares and millionaires. There's a big difference in the two.

Lucasbalo:
You are correct about the Right Wing Echo Chamber but the middle America opposition will be massive against cutting taxes for the Über Rich while the Middle Class taxes goes up. I knew very well Bush W tried but failed woeful. That's why economists call it Trickle down. It never works and it won't work if trump tries it. The only thing I kinda like is cutting the Capital Gains Tax which I think is way too high at 33%.