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shegzhkn:
It been more a month now since Nigeria official suspended popular micro blogging platform Twitter because they felt the platform was becoming 'recruiting ground for folks who want to undermine Nigerian corporate existence'.

I don't know what the officials were thinking perhaps may be they thought twitter will 'beg' or seek some sort of accommodation but whatever it is, it sure ain't working and as an American if there is one thing we don't do - we don't prostrate ourselves to any foreign powers let alone a country that relies deeply on us and our Allies before they breathe.

Now in a healthy democracy there has to be some form of checks and balances which in Nigeria's case is the National Assembly but i don't think the folks who are law makers are aware of their job description, a democratically elected president behaving like a dictator and decided one day to shut down a vital means of communication because the company decided to do what they are supose to do.

What happens to the rule of law, human right and freedom of speech ??

Well our current leaders believe that Nigeria should be under Sharia Law OR they just are power hungry/greedy so they don't care about human rights. 70% want Nigeria to become an Islamic Republic where the only laws are Allah, and the remaining 30% just care about oil money.

So if ur poor/christian/not Fulani, you dont really have human rights

Only the weak need to rule others to prove they are superior.

One was fighting to enslave the black race, One was fighting for liberation. In this case the side that is fighting for liberation will win again

Biodun556:
That is not an issue.

All I know is that there was a secessionist struggle and they were crushed.

Fake news. Do you really think that Igbos would vote for an Igbo Vice President and a Fulani President HAHAHA They want their OWN country fool What part of BIAFRA do you not understand?

AldrichAmes:
P.S: Presidential Ticket.

…You would be an idiot not to see what’s going on. All the excessive borrowing, looting and Fulanis heading sensitive/juicy positions are for a reason. You need a lot of money and being in strategic position of power to force your will on everyone in a country like Nigeria hence Fulanis were so scared under GEJ with how Igbos were able to hijack his government. They were of the belief that Igbos had money/power to declare war on them.

…Almost all Fulani politicians are crossing from PDP to APC thus weakening the opposition party (Nigeria is almost a one-party state now). And you’d be living in fool’s paradise if you think they’re doing it to push a pro-Yoruba agenda in 2023 and set the stage for a Yoruba president.

…Fulani youths are armed to the teeth and the smallest weapon they carry is AK-47 (a lot of them are being trained in military combat). They also have access thousands of fighting forces in Niger, Chad, Mali and Northern Cameroon. Are they doing this for a Yoruba agenda?

When Yoruba elders in this government talk about how Yoruba have invested a lot in Nigeria; they’re talking about the billions of Lagos money that was used to bankroll Buhari’s presidential ambition. They had to match GEJ’s spending power which came from when oil prices were at their peak and only Lagos’ money under Tinubu could match it. But they’re yet to get half of that money back as Buhari became a turncoat after he became president and his agenda is solely a Fulani agenda. And the only way they can get that money back is for a Yoruba to become president in 2023.

Now, Fulanis really don’t need Yoruba to get another Fulani into power in 2023. They have always had an unspoken alliance with Igbo elites. And they can kill 50million today but once they pick an Igbo vice, most Igbos will vote for them. It happened after the Igbo pogroms in the North in the 50s with NPC and NCNC. It also happened after the civil war when millions were killed but that didn’t stop Igbos from voting for the North and his Igbo vice. And it will happen again. They also have another joker they can play in 2023 with Nnamdi Kanu; all they need to do hold him till next year before cutting a deal with him.

So it begs the question: when neither Tinubu, Fashola, Fayemi nor Osibanjo get the APC ticket for 2023; what’s your plan-b? Are you going to unleash MC Oluomo and his fellow jokers who’re more into theatrics than combat against AK-47 carrying Fulanis? Or are you going to start screaming Yoruba Nation then?

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What is the average salary someone can have to sustain themselves in Lagos? What about Port Harcourt?

Whats the equivalent of making "six figures" in the west? (basically the salary that most people aspire to have, and if u have it you are considered upper middle class)

As someone who lives in the west, a 100lb bag of rice is $40.00. Not $200 LOL just google it (https://www.bjs.com/product/trujillo-alberto-rice-100-lbs/3000000000000219143)

People still claim that Fulani face discrmination pass Igbo and other tribes LOL

Guyman02:
Do you know that Fulanis are only 6% of Nigerian population and they hold more than 50% of political appointments at Federal level.

They are the Emirs of the Hausa and Nupe tribes who are 35% of Nigeria population and Emir of a major Yoruba garrison city of Ilorin?

The only group that the Fulanis have little respect in Nigeria are the Igbos, even Sardauna was so scared that he said he would rather employ an expatriate than an Igbo who will become boss over his people.
Many tribes in Nigeria have realised that they have not been overrun because of the sacrifices of the stubborn Igbos and are now afraid that if the Igbos leave Nigeria they would be more vulnerable.

Why do we have the sudden clamour by Fulani elders that Buhari should allow Igbos to leave Nigeria? Because it's very obvious that they can never succeed in their plans as long as Igbos are part of Nigeria.

Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB made so much noise about RUGA that Nigerians realised the scheme by the Buhari led Fulani cabal to use it to resettle his cousins from other countries.

Even Seun Osewa makes plenty money from traffic on Nairaland daily just by posting stories about Nnamdi Kanu which usually gets to page 20.
Believe me that guy MNK is an enigma whether you like or hate him, a guy who persuaded the entire South East to shutdown on 31 May and there was maximum compliance even the FG with all its might can't achieve that, even before I finished typing this we are already on page 4 here

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Imagine if the biggest business people In Nigeria teamed up with the most educated people in Nigeria and said.. "Lets improve the country". And ignored the FOOLS who think that improving Nigeria means turning us into a ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. While we are debating COWS, the rest of the world is debating BITCOIN, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SPACE.

Noise4maker:
I swear

Just imagine if southerners agree to one voice.

Just imagine.

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This simply isn't true. The Ikwerre "have long been thought of as part of the larger Igbo group." Ikwerre is in the IBGBOID language group which is why many dialects of the Ikwerre language are similar to the Igbo Language.

"The Ikwerre are generally considered by a great majority of scholars as a subgroup of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria.[3][4][5]" I can provide links.

Ekpeitit:
Point of correction- Ikwere is Ikwere not Igbo.
The Ikwere people speak Ikwere language which is similar to Igbo language.
The Efiks are Efiks not Ibibios, the Efiks speak Efik language which is similar to Ibibio. The Annangs are Annangs not Ibibios, the Annangs speak Annang which is similar to Ibibio.
The Oron are Oron not Ibibio, the Oron people speak Oron language which is similar to Ibibio.
Stop being needy and desperate, the Ikweres have told you a million times that they're not Igbos.
Learn how to survive on your own,too much attachment is not good.

Only non igbos think that we are trying to steal Nigeria's oil. Many people in the delta consider themselves and even speak Igbo. Only on nairaland.com do I hear otherwise

Rissamenti:
It is that oil producing part of Nigeria which accounts for 95% of Nigeria's oil deposits, and which you Igbos will NEVER EVER be allowed to steal and corner for yourselves under the guise of 'self determination'.

THIEVES.

It's called gerrymandering. "A practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating the boundaries of electoral districts," Very common around the world.

An example of this is the city Port Harcourt, a city native to the Ikwerre. Ikwerre is a IGBO language yet somehow All of a sudden Port Harcourt is not apart of Igboland and Ikwerre people are not igbo? The FG just wants to divide and conquer us lol

because certain people want to turn nigeria into an islamic republic - they dont realize that we want a SECULAR goverment. and they are convinced goverment appointees must be 75% fulani 25% yoruba muslim

Igboland isn't only South East? I have friends from delta who consider themselves Igbo. I think its hilarious that you guys are trying to divide us

PoloG:
You guys should reason this.. how can over 40m people fit into a 41,000km2(the size of the entire igboland you can check google ) redmud land? .. they know the repercussions if they go with their landlock tiny land alone .. they know that place can't contain their population at all.. they will rather remain in nigeria than form a biafra of only igbos which dey know will be landlocked and tiny .. I have never met a pro-biafran that wants only igboland (landlocked and tiny ) biafra..they need more landmass to contain their population, access to sea, and crude oil ..
They are as greedy as the northerners they always call parasites...

They want to take over the rest of Nigeria, which they have done in Hausaland. Yorubaland and Igboland are next.

paxx:
For you to make the arguement that Fulanese are being discriminated against is so stupid.

Many West African Leaders are Fulanese including President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari; the President of Senegal, Macky Sall; the President of Gambia, Adama Barrow;the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo; the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh; and the Prime Minister of Mali, Boubou Cisse.

I didn't even know Fulanese was a tribe in nigeria. I always thought it was Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. SMH

For you to make the arguement that Fulanese are being discriminated against is so stupid.

Many West African Leaders are Fulanese including President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari; the President of Senegal, Macky Sall; the President of Gambia, Adama Barrow;the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo; the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh; and the Prime Minister of Mali, Boubou Cisse.

I didn't even know Fulanese was a tribe in nigeria. I always thought it was Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. SMH

why do we always marry UGLY foreign women. Just because a woman is white doesn't mean she's pretty DAMN

I agree completely. No way we should start killing people in a full blown out war. Nobody goes to war with bullets anymore.

oilyngbati:
OPINION | NNAMDI KANU'S BIAFRA IS FAKE!

BY ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES

IPOB leaders are relying on propaganda and outright falsehood to keep their followers caged and win more gullible followers to their side. This is not very different from what the same politicians they condemn and aim to replace do. Anyone who believes that the only way to retain loyalty of the people is by lying to them and conjuring all kinds of make-believe to deceive them, shouldn't be trusted with a leadership position, even by a 100 miles.

Some original IPOB leaders have fallen out with Nnamdi Kanu and accused him of looting funds donated by sympathisers of the group, and Nnamdi Kanu arrogantly dismissed them as sellouts and saboteurs, instead of providing evidence to counter the claims of his accusers. The fugitive is so self-conceited that he doesn't believe he owes anyone explanation over how he handles public funds left in his care. This is another evidence to show any discerning mind that Nnamdi Kanu and his goons are not better than those they said they want to replace. They may even be worst.

Most IPOB sympathizers and adherents on social media are not different from Talibans. They are extremists who would descend on anyone who tries to question the styles and decisions of their 'Supreme Leader'. I receive threats everytime I post something that doesn't go down well with the IPOBians. Threats of death and threats of ostracism. And this gives me more than a clear idea of the kind of society these guys are set to build, if they have the chance.

I am a Biafran, just like every true Igbo man should. But, the Biafra of Nnamdi Kanu will never come to reality and should never come to reality. That is not the Biafra for which Ojukwu depleted his father's wealth and lost a huge part of his youth fighting for us. That's not the Biafra for which millions of Igbo youths, children and mothers lost their lives. The Biafra of Nnamdi Kanu is a criminal enterprise with the sole object of under-developing Igboland, pushing our youths to avoidable deaths and disrupting our cultures and religious inclinations.

The ideal Biafra for which our best brains and greatest patriots came together to work for its realization from 1967-1970 is being betrayed by Nnamdi Kanu and his criminal gang of loafers. They are turning our peaceful and prosperous fatherland to a theatre of war and a desert of hunger. Businesses are suffering and investors are taking to their heels, and the truth is that we cannot continue to keep quiet and allow Igboland turn to a ghost land, where nothing works.

The idea of Biafra for which every true Igbo intellectual is ready to invest in has been distorted and hijacked by elements who could rightly be tagged terrorists. Most of them are far away beyond the shores of our land and do not care what happens to their siblings in Igboland. They are wicked, senseless and desperate felons. They are doing nothing to advance the interest of the Igbo, politically, socio-economically or educationally, but they are ready to procure ammunition with which their fellow Igbos are being killed. Yes, more than 70% of soldiers, policemen and other security operatives so far killed are Igbos. They are endangering the lives and businesses of Igbos living in the North by attacking and killing innocent suya sellers in Igbo land, by torching the businesses of Northerners living in the East. By the time, these Northerners retaliate, these wicked felons will only stay behind their internet radios in far away UK to dish out threats.

There can't be a better way to advance the interest of the Igbo man than through economic revolution. Plough back these wealths used in destroying our lands and use same to build the economy of Igbo land to rival that of any other nation in the world. We could win independence from Nigeria without firing a single bullet, we could build the Biafran Silicon valley in Nnewi or Akokwa without having to exchange bitter words with anyone.

May we, Igbos, never be led to the slaughter table due to our genuine dissatisfaction with the prevailing structures in Nigeria. Every right thinking Igbo must speak up now to denounce the terrorism gradually taking hold in our land.

Nnamdi Kanu may have succeeded in instilling fears into a lot of us, and will even do more by targeting those who manage to speak out against him, for elimination, but we must not fail to understand that we shall all be held accountable should we keep quiet and allow a badly educated manipulator destroy our land.

MAY IGBOLAND PREVAIL!

OK but why can't we just let the igbos be a separate nation?

You guys are soo obsessed with America and the West, it's going to be the death of Africa. Who cares about the Grammys? Do you guys know how corrupt they are in the U.S??

Why can't we make African Award shows award the most prestigious award to Africans. Why do we need white people to award our artists before we deem them a success?

pacespot:
Some people's lives have been auto-configured with crime. But on a second note, these oyinbo people that these Yahoo boiz are duping are also very greedy. If you are into a legitimate business, oyinbo will not want to pay you because you are from Africa, maybe Yahoo is the only language they understand. I wonder why EFCC is so hell bent in helping other countries fight their crime. After all, Nigerians are rarely the victims of Yahoo boiz.

These oyinbo people are very greedy. if you know how they got their money, you would sleep well at night after duping them. Let them dupe them. Besides do you know how much human trafficking is done by oyinbo people? They kidnap children and sell them for sexual slavery. The US goverment is not persecuting people for those crimes btw because they aren't kidnapping US citizens.

So why is Nigeria persecuting yahoo boys for duping them....

kabukabu50:
Exactly

You cant explain this enough to simple minded people.

You can be a billionaire in Lagos but your trapped in your mansion,you provide your own water and electricity,scared to travel by road to the countryside.

Or you can be an average worker in the US and go anywhere in the country by road at anytime of day or night,never have to bribe anyone to do anything for you.

If your black, good luck doing that. Police will trouble you so much u will wish u never left Nigeria. Nigeria is better to live. America is good for making money. The Racism in this country for black people. you guys will never understand until ur here.

yoruba and igbo intermarry often, I know many 50/50 Yoruba igbo people and igbo who speak fluent Yoruba...