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Igbos and the cry for self determination!
Let me start by saying that I am of the Igbo extract, and a Nigerian. I believe in Nigeria now and a future Biafra, not a premature Biafra.

The cry of marginalization; I have asked certain people, why are we crying about marginalization? Why are we the ones marginalized? Why are we always at the receiving end?

If you are a parent and your son always comes home crying that his age mate always beats him up, what will be your reaction? Will you always pamper him and say 'don't worry, I will talk to his parents'? I don't think so. At a point, you will tell your son to man up and face the child!

Listen, I believe that we have the capacity to marginalize others, we have the capacity to come out of this political mess as a tribe but... (I will come back to this later).

Nnamdi Kanu, the accidental hero?
How many people knew Nnamdi Kanu before his incarceration? Very few, including me. Busy people refused paying attention to him, they had more important things to do than focus on the then 'utopian' idea of Biafra.

Then, his arrest and subsequent detention, behold a hero was born! The Nigerian government made a hero out of an ordinary man! The 'ordinary' people conferred on him a messianic status. Folktales were spined about him, wild stories told about him, grandmaster status 'granted' him. He has become the 'hope' of the hopeless'. A tactless and careless mistake by Buhari and his handlers.

My personal opinion about Kanu... Though he may have the interest of the Igbo race at heart, I believe his priorities are misplaced, he is opinionated and egomaniac. Some people were jailed with him, they are still there and he's out. I believe that he should have refused bail except and until all his comrades were released. (I will come back to this later!).

The 'militarilization' of the south east: This is a big NO-NO!
In a democracy, the use of the military must actually be very minimal. They must never ever engage the civilian populace with live ammunition, never! This is another tactless and careless mistake by Buhari.
A leader must build unity, especially in a volatile country like Nigeria!

The lives of the people must come first!
On what ground where the military sent to the southeast?
What did the youths do to be slaughtered by a government that has sworn to protect them?
The clamour for self determination is not illegal, its not unconstitutional. They were not violent (at first) until the soldiers escalated things and the nonviolent group became one!

My concern about this Biafran struggle...
Let's come back to my first questions.
Why are the Igbos marginalized? Is it because they are an inferior tribe? Less richer? Less brilliant? Emphatically NO.

We are the ones marginalizing ourselves! Yes, there you have it.
What difference would Biafra make? No, tell me!
Are we still not going to be governed by the same elites? The same money-bags? The same selfish men?

If you want to know what Biafra will look like, look at Abia of today and IMO state of today!

We keep shouting Hausa and Yoruba, what of our leaders?
Are they not given allocations?
Don't they have IGRs?
What have they done with the resources they are given no matter how little it may seem?

Governments after governments have looted our treasuries yet we have not demanded any form of accountability from them!
One, after looting Abia treasury went on to become a voiceless senator voted in by the same people shouting marginalization!

Another, from IMO state, was one time minister for aviation, do you know what she did at IMO airport? Nothing!
A late one was one time minister for works, do you know what he did for eastern roads? Nothing!

Should I talk about the rape of IMO state by the confused Rochas? Who voted for him? People of IMO state! Yes, they did.

Of all the states to declare that there won't be any election, he chose what? Anambra state? Almost the only viable, self sustaining and somewhat developed state in Igbo land? To what end? To show forth his influence? Is he thinking straight at all? It will not serve any good purpose to Igbos.
If one person comes out to vote for APC in Anambra state, APC will capture and govern the state.

Time will fail me to talk about other states!
Take a look at Akwa-Ibom and cross-rivers, while our leaders were busy underdeveloping us, these leaders were busy empowering their own people!

Go and check most Igbo youths with good jobs today, some of them were helped by people from other ethnic groups because our own people refused to help us!
That senator representing your senatorial area, go to his office (if you ever can) and ask him for a job or even a letter of recommendation and see how you will be turned 360 degrees until you are tied and dehumanized!

When Nnamdi Kanu was released, with his overwhelming popularity, I thought he will place a demand on our state governors to perform or he makes their government unpopular but No, he kept shouting that Nigeria is a zoo! For a British citizen who has his family abroad, what do you expect?

Igbos, we are not united! We don't like ourselves! At the police checkpoint, an Igbo policeman will see his fellow Igbo man and demand money from him but will rather let an Hausa man pass.

Look at what some northern states are doing, they are putting their people in the military, sending them abroad to study on scholarship- deliberate empowerment!

What kind of nation do we want? A nation of okada riders and hawkers? We must wake up from this slumber!
We are not ready for 'our' own nation!

Look at the Yorubas. Despite the party affiliations and differences, how many times have you heard Fayose insult Tinubu? Or Fani Kayode insult Tinubu?

It is not about getting Biafra, the question is, after that what next? Will the Anambra agree that he is equal to the Ebonyi man?
Will the Abia man agree that the Enugu man is his brother? Will the Ngwa man agree to rule for 4 years and allow the Ukwa man to govern?

If Biafra will become a good reality (not a premature failed state), we must be deliberate about it.
What is our 20 years plan? What is our goal?

We should start an intensive radical empowerment of the youths because these are the people to lead us into the future!
We must deliberately train, empower and educate ourselves.

We must hold town hall sensitisations. We must hold our leaders accountable! Our roads must be well tarred, viable industries must be started. Our general consciousness and attitude towards life, politics and others must change.

No man goes to war without counting the cost! What will we fight the wars with? The weaponry of the nation is situate in the North! Call me a coward, I don't want any war, I will not participate in any war.

You think the international communities will come to your aids if there is a war? Think again! They only look out for their interests.
Our fathers didn't fight the civil war only for us to fight same again.

A leader gives himself up for his people! Tell Nnamdi to surrender himself and stop this bloodshed!

NB. If you use any cuss word or become abusive, I will delete your comment.
Raise issues for discourse!

You attempted suicide?

Her mom asked you to beg a girl that cheats on you?

You agreed to be a side guy?


You need psychological evaluation!

Viergeachar:
You see why Yorubas almost NEVER patronise flattiyeasterners?

Must you show off your backwardness?
In this century, you still exhibit crass tribalism!

Why this school still exits is shocking to me. This school is a cabal... An institution of mental and body slavery. It is a big shame!

chuks34:
I know she's cheating but yet to catch her blue handed

The easiest way to catch a cheating partner is through whatsapp web.
My babe get luck say she no dey use Android

How does the WhatsApp web work?

MysteriousAnn:
The guy is a slowpoke! If I had the power to disappear, even Nigeria economy go feel me!

This is what you could come up with?
SMH

sheyguy:
Please let's separate politics and reality. It will help tone down the lies.
Stop calling an economy sustained on debt and unpredictable crude oil earning buoyant . We all know how the last govt borrowed heavily and left the economy in a steep decline. This is evident in Ngozi's warning of doom and hardship.

We all know? Like seriously?
These nonsense and stupid should be stopped!

If we are to blame past governments, Buhari and Obj will take the highest share of the blames!
They have ruled this nation both as military presidents and civilian presidents!

Buhari is simply overwhelmed and too old in the mind to tackle the challenges of this nation!

aminho:
My brother thats what happened to me and i lost 500k i can provide help but cant get help

When and how? With MMM?

TrapQueen77:
Young men. Preferred matured ladies nowadays...






Aaahhmmmm.. I wonder why?

No Ma...matured ladies prefer young men nowadays

flokii:
1 million likes for you..
It's just sad we have bad eggs like FFK in yorubaland who by all means want to see d country disintegrate
Even d southerners who label fulanis blood suckers are far worse. We saw d rate of killings in d south just for Political positions compared to d North.

Fayose will bring doom on Ekiti pple, thanks to GEJ and his rigging machines.. It's just a matter of time

Stop exposing your ignorance!
Have you read the bill?

GEJ and his rigging machine? He rigged in Fayose but couldn't rig in himself?

Most of you sentimental APC members will support anything as long as it's from APC!

State the asking price sir!

MKSON:
Its not every open door that's from God. It's not as if the job is bad in itself but you become who you are not after a while. I believe that God would give him another while trusting Him. Don't take something that would kill you. It's a rather difficult step of faith he'd have to take but its worth it

My 2cents

That is not any step of faith...
We should not work in higher institutions because of randy lecturers or immoral girls!

We shouldn't work in banks because of people who steal other people's money?

Or in hospitals because of those who do abortion?

Who did this to Africans?

naijamakossa:
I'm not against ur argument though

the power in the holy bible we can't get that power from the phone bible.

There is paper bible and electronic bible.
The content makes either of them holy!

Zico5:
I know many of u are agents of the devil so I'm not surprised. I know many of u will bombard my thread, we are in endtime and I expect it. What do we call power like old times. No wonder ur pastor are legalizing masturbation in the church and u are steadily following because it conforms with ur waywardness. U better allow christ into ur life before u perish. That's is the bitter truth cos my spirit tells me u are not of God really

The fact you are a Christian (which I doubt you are) doesn't mean you shouldn't use your brain!

Oga... go and read your bible and keep shut!

Your silence will be of more benefit to mankind!

That your spirit that told you that must have been subjected to years of acute ignorance like your

Keep wallowing and being arrogant in ignorance!
Nonsense!

naijamakossa:
same phone that can be use to download porn,,,,


same phone. that all this nairalanders use to bash pple,,hahaha

God have mercy.

People use paper bible to smoke and go to toilet... should we now stop using it?

Since people watch porn on the TV, should we stop watching Christian programs in the TV?

Zico5:
How many of those pastors are spirit filled. The bible says" the spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God". Some of the so called pastors are paper weight pastors. Are u going to resist or cast out demons with laptop. When blind leads blind, both end up in the pit. We should not deceive ourselves with fake doctrines. Some of the pastors are not men of God. They are endtime Pastors.

You are an endtime illiterate sir!
Do you cast out devils with the bible?

You cast out devils with your words in the name of Jesus as a believer!

"These signs shall follow them that believe, in my name they shall cast out devils"
He didn't say "with their bibles, they shall cast out devils"

Try and read your bible before criticizing the one contained in the IPAD

Lilprincey:
Church sermon will be like..
Pastor: Brother Seun open to your ipad and read the book of exodus 14:15. The bible should not be substituted for any other device..

The ten commandments were originally written on stones... should we start using stones then?

Habiodunz:
Ipad is a worldly object...Reading the Holy book from a worldly object is highly wrong I dont think phones shud even be allowed in church

Really? So the paper material used in printing the bible came from heaven?

Stop thinking like an illiterate sir!

aylagos:
I don't think so

What do you mean by 'their ipad...' instead of the 'holy bible'?
You should reason like an educated person.

What makes the bible holy? The content or the paper material?
Do you know who produced the paper the words were printed on?

The jews used stone- the ten commandments were engraven on stones, then later changed to scrolls... what is most important is the content and not the material!

Oga...
The pictures are not complete.
Show the engine, the gear side and all the interiors!

Ask your dad if he married through prophecy!

The bible never said 'he that findeth through prophecy'...

Tell your dad an emphatic NO!

NigerianScholar:
Before you proceed. Pls know that i am not joking at all, I am being 100% honest.

So, when I was writing my waec. Civic examination, it was too easy. So,i decided to joke around a little bit. Since I was confident that I could not fail. I went to the answers to the question that said something like ' List 5 civic problems in nigeria '.
I wrote 2 actual civic problems, I dont
remember what i wrote. Then I wrote mouth odour then I wrote another problem.
Below that I wrote " 'pricing' of goods In the market" and I wrote another problem

I made sure I crossed out the points on mouth odour and pricing like this
But it was still very obvious. Thats how I wanted it to be
I just pitied d person dat will mark the script I know marking is very stressful and I wanted him/her to smile a little and cheer up.



It was Time to check my result. I passed very well. 2a's 5b's 1c. I saw d7 in front of civic education. I wanted to collapse. I was like wtf, someone cannot play with you people again. I wasnt pained. I dont understand how i can fail a subject as useless and easy as civic




And dont tell me I didnt answer it well. My worst case scenario was meant to be a b3. I know what i wrote

My fellow nairalanders, Pls tell me... was i wrong for what i did??


N:B- [size=70pt]This is not fiction..Its a real life experience [/size]
with small salt and pepper
Cc @ lalalisticlala ishilove nd co

You nearly collapsed but you weren't pained, really?

To answer your question... something is wrong with you!
If you were my brother (though no brother of mine can be this foolish), i would have slapped stupidity out of you!

You were joking when answering a question?
Did you see any joke in the textbook you read for the exam?

Nansense!

Bolustic:
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Romans 1:26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

Attachments aren't natural.

My friend sharap your ignorant mouth... is perfume natural? Are body creams natural? Is toothpaste natural?

Once again, sharap!

eddyjibs:
book of confusion. if Jesus wanted the world to hv a bible he wud hv written it or sent one from d sky. instead of this man made join join conodrum

That you don't understand something doesn't mean you should condemn it!

Pls, how is this childish?

APC said he shouldn't and can't enter Lagos until he apologizes to Tinubu...

Now he has entered Lagos and you call him childish!

Men making their fellow men gods!

Blaqsmith:
I am bringing up this issue here because I don't trust the environment I live and the people I co-habit with. They would open up the bible for me than tell me some truth I need to hear or advise me to go for brain evaluation. I am well ok.

I've been an atheist for some years now, but due to beliefs of people around, I make it a closed affair. Though I raised questions which theists always fail to convincingly answer, I still agree with them that there is god.

I live in this denial of who I am just to satisfy my loved ones and make them happy. They see atheist as a mad man.

All these years, this is what I battle inside of me, but what choice do I have than just to play along? I don't wanna lose loved ones 'cause of my belief.

I muster some courage and decided to reveal my real self to my girlfriend who is also religious. She's told me her love for me is unconditional and I tried to believe her.

She went berserk when I told her am an atheist... She wouldn't just believe it. Since then, she's been looking at me like I'm under some spell.

I'm losing her and I don't ever wanna lose her. If for anything, not because I don't believe there is God who looks by while toddlers die.

You are an atheist and you want to date a believer?
Are you okay?

goodman3:
Read the Hippocratic oath and check the medical logo.......then come back and tell me this. Medicine is of an ancient tradition that most doctors know nothing about. Read about the history of curing diseases, you will see that medical profession is like a cult.

You are an ignoramus... your ignorance of the bible is quite shocking!

If you have read your bible, you will find out that Luke was a doctor.

Jesus gave a parable of who your neighbour is and talked about how the Samaritan tool the wounded to be treated, supposedly by a doctor.

Don't condemn what God never condemned.

Stop reading your bible upside down!

Julietcutie:
the guy tho lol ...but he would have told the gal not to bring her friends along when she told him she would be coming with friends... he didn't act right

Is the lady okay? A date and she's bringing her friends and still expects him to pay for them!

She's saying 'impression'... does she care about the guy's impression of her? What if the guy came with his own friends and expects her to pay for them?

'gentleman'? Is she a lady? Which lady will pack friends with her on a first date?

The fact she told him that she will bring friends doesn't translate to 'you will pay for their movie tickets'!

Is this bus still available?

McLeyyin:
You went so hard bro. I think I got your point but first :
Call me all the names but I'm sure NOT a broke person.
Secondly, you do think causing a scene at that kind of place was the best thing? I doubt sha.

You are broke sir! Having few thousands doesn't make you 'loaded'.
Does it mean there is absolutely nothing better, you would have done with that money that would have been beneficial to you?
Have you ever heard or seen Dangote complaining of 'hungry' girls that he spent money on?

You should listen to his advice.... You wanted to impress the ladies and you came back here complaining.

Report the matter to the police...

Let them flag the account, such that anytime the owner comes to do any transaction with that account... The police will be alerted.