₦airaland Forum

Maybe the government should remove fuel subsidy. People should ride bicycles to work. It has got lots of advantages.

Omihanifa:
Apart from FG and few states (3-4) I don't think people are really patronising innoson cars

Even his fellow kinsmen that we expect to be buying it are not doing so

Why would someone buy an Innoson SUV that looks exactly like Toyota Prado when he has money to buy Prado

The government should have bought innoson for all lawmakers. Those who don't like it can buy any additional car to suit their taste. If the lawmakers were politically smart they wouldn't insist on government cars being bought from innoson.

This tells us their " buy made in Nigeria chants" are all lip service.

dataking:
Clap for yourself, idiota

You that have too much 'sense'! Why don't you have any solution? Some of you just want to talk!

selemempe:
just for my education and the education of those reading this and keeping in mind with the need to say the truth for posterity...can you answer these 3 questions.

1. What did Igbos do to the minorities in the east that Hausa/fulani did not do to the middle belt (remember the first premier of the east was Eyo It's and the first IG of police was Louis Edet)

2. What did Igbos do to eastern minorities that Yoruba did not do to the mid west ( remember it got so bad that the mid west started struggling to leave the western region)

3. When did oil get discovered in the eastern region and what was the main stay of the economy before oil ( was coal from Enugu not the reason PH city was created in 1919?)

I blame ironsi for many things but I don't blame ojukwu for declaring Biafra at all. Pregnant women from the east living in the north and west were being killed (including ijaw women) people were dying because of Nzeogwu's coup and just like buhari is doing in the case of Fulani herdsmen, Gowon was not able to stop the killing. Ojukwu declared Biafra when there was no other options just like yorubas have declared Ametokun today

Azikiwe can be blamed for many things including greed but he does not represent the Igbo man. He was born in the north and lived in Lagos before coming to the east... however he was actually the one who composed the Biafran anthem...did you know that?

Please answer my three questions.

I believe the Igbos, ijaws, ibibios and similar ethnic groups of SE and SS will form a very progressive country if we can come together like the tribes in the north has come under Arewa. We are holding ourselves with our petty division. We have a lot of shared culture and history and we have almost nothing in common with the core north that we share Nigeria with

When you say " petty division " , you are wrong!
We are not divided within the Nigerian context.

Biafra does not in any way serve our interests just as Nigeria as currently constituted does not.

1. Louis Edet was the most senior officer, it was a federal appointment and not regional. Eyo Ita was unceremoniously pushed out of office by the Igbo elite.
2.What the Fulani, Yoruba or Hausa did is not the issue when Biafra is being discussed. They all belonged to different regions.
3. It is not true the eastern region was dependent on coal from Igboland. Apart from that, oil palm, rubber, timber, marine commodities and ports all generated revenue from our area.

selemempe:
so we should be happy to stay in the actual Nigeria with northern and western Moslems?

Can you compare a Biafra with just 5 or 6 tribes, all majority Christians with a Nigeria with 240 tribes mixed with all sorts of beliefs

Can you compare small and manageable Ghana with very large and unmanageable Nigeria?

Are you for real?

You are NOT for real!
We've already witnessed what Biafra would have been in the defunct eastern region and for the 30 months Biafra tried to exist.

By the way, why did Ironsi and Ojukwu quell Adaka Boro's attempt to break away from Nigeria only to want the same a few months later?

Why did Azikiwe insist on "one Nigeria "?

The division of Nigeria is not our primary motivation as Ijaw people. Either reforms or break up of Nigeria with respect for the interests of divergent ethnic nations.

Can they start by apologising for being power drunk?
Since when did they know fuel subsidy removal is a sound policy?

If they were patriotic they would have supported the previous government in 2012.

People like Fashola lack character. After supporting fuel subsidy removal as a governor he turned back to support the Ojota protests.

Bunch of clueless beings!

Nigeria has no "money" because those at the helm of affairs lack the mental ability to generate money. Money is a function of the mind. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't know what money is.

With the goodwill and economic conditions APC met, if they understood the basics of governance Nigeria would have done very well.

Bigflamie:
@ the second pics, who is that black fool behind the both of them.

The dullard has a mission to accomplish in this shithole before his demise

Sometimes, I imagine how great Biafra would've been if it was achieved back then.

I am glad Biafra did not succeed! It wouldn't have been too different from Nigeria. I wonder why Ojukwu was hell bent on including non-Igbo people in his personal mini-Nigeria called Biafra.

I wonder when people who spread lies became enemies of " national cohesion "!

If they've always been, then Buhari and his colleagues in APC fall under that category because they exhibited all the traits you tried to highlight between 2012 and 2015.

Poloyanabo1:
You should be more enlightened than this, Bayelsans are savages!
If it was PDP that lost this way, Same violence would have ensued.
That is why they are the poorest in South South.

That's a lie! Bayelsa is not the poorest in our region. I wonder were you get those fantasies from.

If Bayelsa people are violent, Nigeria made them violent.

Kaiama declaration in 1998 was peaceful, prior to that Ken Saro-Wiwa, a non-violent Ogoni rights activist was killed in neighbouring Rivers state by the Nigerian state.

Nigeria made non-violent agitation look bad.

alezzy13:
I hope this is a joke

Drastic times require drastic measures!
You can't do things the same way for over 3 decades and expect a different result.

My solution, disconnect ALL private and public users from the national grid. Only corporations should be connected. Increase the tariff significantly and add only those who can afford. Adopt a pay as you use system.

2metrelaurie:
External debt non existent , Foreign reserves grew geometrically , GDP doubled and a better standard of living.

You want to compare the security situation now to 99-2007?

99-2007 laid the foundation to the current mess. Obasanjo was one of those who brought Buhari. If anything is wrong with Buhari he takes a greater part of the blame because he should know Buhari much better than most Nigerians do.

2metrelaurie:
Contrary to popular belief OBJ
Did a great job as president
Compare Nigeria before and after OBJ

Before OBJ militancy, sharia, a judicial system that acted as an appendage of the executive were not part of the system. Nigeria witnessed the most high profile political assassinations under Abacha and Obasanjo.

He has a lot in common with his colleagues, Abacha and IBB.

Ifesinachi22:
Coronavirus update:

The Coronavirus cases have risen to over 17000 infections in total with 21,588 in mainland China. It should be noted too that over 361 persons have died.

Over 60 Nigerians are trapped in Wuhan the epicentre of the of the out break.

Nigerians in wuhan China needs help from Nigeria government as they carry their placards bearing ....Bring Us Home, Nigerians Trapped In Wuhan China

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1322358371281240&id=1026170987566648

That is the price you pay for change!

I can remember when GEJ/ Ajumbogobia were in charge. Nigerians were evacuated from places like Libya and CAR. Every citizen mattered but evil people told all sorts of lies in their bid to grab power.

Other countries evacuated their citizens, saying it is not safe to do that is a half truth.

Under GEJ we were able to contain Ebola. Professor Onyebuchi was on top of his game.

If they can't be evacuated what provisions have been made for their upkeep? None!

This government is the worst in Nigeria's near 6 decades history.

Why are we so obsessed with degrees in this part of the world? What academic or social impact have they made with their bogus degrees? These days the degrees they issue in Nigeria, gives one the feeling they are like some chieftaincy title they obtain with money!

Dropouts like late Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have done very well for themselves. What about those in Nigeria?

How well has Oshimole or Wike impacted society? What will be their legacy?

tegrianonigltd:
How did Amaechi leave it, dirty and smelling state

In essence both of them have done little or nothing.

ultimatekint:
Years ago, when I was 21 years old, a girl who was 13years old entered my room and started kissing me adding some romance while I was sleeping ; (though I toasted her few days earlier), this led to her being dis-viging. Am I guilty of an offense? She even encouraged me to insert.
Sincerely speaking, we did not see such actions as bad because nobody had never enlighten me. I still believe that proper education concerning this act is still very important.

Nonetheless you were a paedophile, what I don't know if it is illegal.

OgunLaakaye:
His Excellence President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR) should thread carefully and maintain pre-election agreement.

Any effort to trauncate this agreement will be met by an heavy blow.

Tinubu is the next president of Nigeria!

President of lalaland I guess!

I thought Nigeria's constitution approved paedophilia!

Moreso he is 17 and she is 15. Unless it was not consensual that is a gross infringement in his fundamental rights as a human.

TUANKU:
Imagine how a bigot reasons. Even if they use chisel to open your block head and stuff knowledge inside it still won't work.

Don't mind them!
This is one of the reasons terrorists have held this country hostage. People have refused to inform themselves, work with others to change the narrative in a positive way.

Ogbia is Ijaw just like any other Ijaw clan. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't understand the history and dynamics of the Ijaw peoples.

sagitariusbaby:
Good for them, can't they take a clue from Imo people? These Ijaw people are the true fulanis of the south; very violent and deadly in nature. Their own too much jare..... Tueee

Did they attack your community?

What I know is that my people are peace loving. They only give trouble to those who give them trouble.

We are no nation of cowards. If half of the ethnic nations in Southern Nigeria were bold to stand for what is rightly theirs the plight of Southern Nigeria would be different today.

Biafra4life:
arrival of some Ijaw community leaders

Which Ijaw 'communities'? Who know these ones?

I can understand where he is coming from! He knows his predecessor was unjust to many, including the former first family.

Racoon:
PDP protested & are still protesting the controversial Supreme court ruling on the Imo guber case but nothing was destroyed but because Bayelsa will not go their way today, imagine the magnitude of destruction.

From the public nuisance bonfires, obstruction of traffic flow on major highway across the state, destruction @ Bayelsa Radio & now this latest one.You dont expect anything good from APC.Their five years of ruling Nigeria is telling.

The issue is more than APC ! People feel robbed, robbed by Nigeria's system. I thank God it is a homogeneous state. I wonder what would have happened if it was heterogeneous like my home state.

All leaders in Bayelsa state and the Ijaw nation at large should step in to douse tensions. IYC should step in.

As much as this is not necessary I can understand their frustration.

One of the reasons Nigeria has failed to progress is that Nigerians are fond of telling themselves lies and half truths.

Today the same people who supported the supreme court's ruling on Buhari vs Atiku, Uzodinma vs Ihedioa are against the ruling in Bayelsa and those who condemned the rulings that favoured Buhari and Uzodonima are happy this ruling favoured Diri.

Why can't we stand by the truth and forget about our personal interest?

The the pursuit of personal interest we've lost everything. As individuals, communities, ethnic nations or the country at large.

30 years ago Nigeria was respected all over the world. Today, even in neighbouring west African countries we are despised.

Let us support what and who is right even if we , our family,community or ethnic nation doesn't stand to benefit from it directly.

Nigeria is a mess because of this selfish, short sighted attitude.

mildflame:
BORN cowards you people with same population with YORUBAS and HAUSAS you can not face them you are looking for minority group to flex muscles, make una try am say he na go touch Inspector Okon na guinea pigs all you born cowards go be
OJUKWU run like a chicken to Abidjan, Kanu de LONDON dey make noise if dem BORN una well make una touch OKON....we nu de make nosie like COWARDS like una

With the way they are behaving, I find it difficult to believe they didn't murder the Ijaw senior police officer in Anambra.

They are becoming something else. If people take laws into their hands they will cry all over the place. Chanting marginalisation.

ebuk4real:


Mark my word: by the time APC FG government are done in 2023, the money they would have borrowed in their 8years will be triple of what the PDP has borrowed in their 16years of bad governance.

In summary: the APC motto remains 'the more we look, the less we see'.

Scammers!!!

You don't have to wait that long!
It is already triple that figure.

StaffofOrayan:
I have no hand in the installation of that dude!!!

I know, I am just illustrating how selfish and stupid southern Nigerians decided to be. Both those who worked for GEJ and those who worked against him. On both sides of the same coin southern Nigeria lost primarily and the whole country lost in general.

StaffofOrayan:
Every southerner is a culprit in the story of GEJ including GEJ himself, his advisers and his inner circle, Building schools in the Northern region that vehemently opposed your presidency and abandoning the south that gave you all the votes does nobody any good,

Show me any Yoruba man that didn't buy Johnathan's no shoe story, don't forget so soon all the rallies in favour of him being president,

On the fulani issue, it would get to you,

Nnamdi Kanu is not a solution, when we find one we will know.

So of all people a Fulani extremist was the solution?

StaffofOrayan:
My ish with him wasn't about Biafra
I could careless what villages make up the broken region,
My point was his reasons for not liking Kanu and he mentioned him abusing Buhari and some other things and that triggered me, Ajegunle is filled with Ijaws, it just boggles my mind!
These folks live in creeks, in the midst of gas flares, they have been so oppressed they are loving their oppressors, isn't it worth commenting on?
I am not saying SW is any better, infact the rot there embarrasses me when I think about what should have been had we continued Awolowos pace.

I read about a British military explorer's Jornal, he posed as a buyer of artifacts, he wrote in details everything about the Yoruba's, our food, culture from birth to death, our gods, and at the footnote he said 'this is a tribe the British Empire must keep and eye on'. I am a proud negro and I understand Nigeria is Negroland and Fulanis and Borno folks are Arabs,the more I study the more I see Nigeria is intended to be just the way it is, with an army to oppress and keep people from seeking freedom.

Forget about the petty squabbles, otherwise we would remain like this for generations,

I get your point, nonetheless any time 'Biafra' is mentioned we get angry, angry because of the negative things they did prior to the Biafra war, during the Biafra war and even after the war. That doesn't mean we accept the negative actions of others towards us.

Yoruba and Igbo people should not draw Ijaw people into their fight with Fulani people . We could have contained them in 2015 but some of you thought otherwise.