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In 1960, when Nigeria won its independence, it became at birth the world's most populous black state and Africa's biggest question mark.

Held together in uneasy federation, the country numbered some 250 tribes and languages, three principal religions (Moslem. Christian, animist), and three big, traditionally hostile regions:

—the feudal, Moslem North, which claims half the entire population of Nigeria;

—the East, dominated by the astute, industrious Ibo tribes; and

—the West, richest and most advanced of all three, whose Yoruba tribesmen are Nigeria's most sophisticated citizens.

As big as Texas and Oklahoma combined, with some 45 million inhabitants-give or take 10 million-Nigeria seemed less a nation than a concatenation, a haphazard creation of British colonists who ruled it for 60 years and dubbed it the "white man's grave."

Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

LegendHero:
Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

The British gave room for secession, other opportunities arose to separate. The Northern political elite once stood against a one Nigeria. Even Awolowo, the Yoruba political elite was determined to not to be part of a one Nigeria.

The person wey God no go forgive sabi himself.

—the West, richest and most advanced of all three, whose Yoruba tribesmen are Nigeria's most sophisticated citizens.

Proud to be from a sophisticated tribe. Our sophistication don dey as how yansh dey back..

Softmirror:
The British gave room for secession, other opportunities arose to separate. The Northern political elite once stood against a one Nigeria. Even Awolowo, the Yoruba political elite was determined to not to be part of a one Nigeria.

The person wey God no go forgive sabi himself.

I think the guy did the greatest thing for his people to ensure Nigeria remain one entity in 1960. I used to think he lack foresight but I guess he is just looking after his people benefit.

LegendHero:
Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

Back then Nigeria look promising until we started seeing coup here and there

LegendHero:
I think the guy did the greatest thing for his people to ensure Nigeria remain one entity in 1960. I used to think he lack foresight but I guess he is just looking after his people benefit.

Of course he was it was a vested interest.

LegendHero:
Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

Awo saw through the problem early enough. However, he was outnumbered and couldn’t do anything about it. He made it clear very early that Nigeria is not a nation but a geographical entity made up of many nations.

Because he was outnumbered by British colonialist and other ethnic leaders who were too myopic as at that time to see the problem, he came up with so many ideas on how to build a federal system that would still give each ethnic group an opportunity to exist and develop at their pace. He even suggested we should include a secession clause in our independence constitution so that any aggrieved ethnic group can activate it to get out of the union at anytime.

Awo started writing and researching about how to make Nigeria’s federalism work as far back as 1948. He kept researching and writing about this subject till his death. He’s arguably the only person in history that has written so many books about how to make Nigeria work as a federalist state. Sadly, the military came and crashed everything and here we are today unable to live and coexist peacefully together after over 60 years of existence.

helinues:
Proud to be from a sophisticated tribe. Our sophistication don dey as how yansh dey back..

That sophistication seems to be our great undoing because if you are clean in the midst of mud, you will lose more because people that are already detty have nothing to lose.

Below is the definition of sophistication. You can see Yoruba embody it thoroughly. However, because we are in the midst of unkultured folks, it has cost us a lot.

But can the same statement be made about the third group now?





That group has degenerated courtsey of some parochial politics orchestrated by one drug baron from the region.

Yes, vested interest that has backfired .

LegendHero:
That sophistication seems to be our great undoing because if you are clean in the midst of mud, you will lose more because people that are already detty have nothing to lose.

Below is the definition of sophistication. You can see Yoruba embody it thoroughly. However, because we are in the midst of unkultured folks, it has cost us a lot.

We are actually learning so fast lately as we have tolerated unnecessary things in the past. Things are now taking shape

christejames:
But can the same statement be made about the third group now?





That group has degenerated courtsey of some parochial politics orchestrated by one drug baron from the region.

Some of you are just trouble makers. Shouldn't you be proud of your own region based on what the writer wrote?

You guys keep on disrespecting others for no sensible reason

christejames:
But can the same statement be made about the third group now?





That group has degenerated courtsey of some parochial politics orchestrated by one drug baron from the region.

The irony here is that you are from the ethnik with the most drug trafficking arrest from a single entity in world history.

Everything in that text in 1960 still hold true today.

You guys are so wicked. There's enough sorrow in the hearts of deveropers. Instead of you trying to help them reduce the pain, you're adding to their agony. What is this now?

christejames:
But can the same statement be made about the third group now?





That group has degenerated courtsey of some parochial politics orchestrated by one drug baron from the region.

But through their sopstication, your best biafran lawyers (that many of you believed never loose case before) couldn't prove drug case of Tinubu, instead Tinubu south west lawyers used their sopstication in knowledge to thrash your best biafra lawyers and sent them to 200level to retake law class. If Tinubu case was successfully proven by your Biafra lawyers, Obi may be the president by now

helinues:
Some of you are just trouble makers. Shouldn't you be proud of your own region based on what the writer wrote?

You guys keep on disrespecting others for no sensible reason

What do you do for a living?

LegendHero:
Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

The western Yorubas holds the position of the richest but the wealthiest are the igbo tribe.

Now, they’ve all brought us down to their level. It’s a shame really
And it can only get worse . From river to sea, Yorubaland would be free

Softmirror:
The British gave room for secession, other opportunities arose to separate. The Northern political elite once stood against a one Nigeria. Even Awolowo, the Yoruba political elite was determined to not to be part of a one Nigeria.

The person wey God no go forgive sabi himself.

But how can one person's decision override two people's decisions? I thought they say majority always win a vote.
Some narratives are actually meant to be questioned, if one amongst three is in support of a decision whilst two are against such decision I actually believe the two automatically wins the lot.

Ok even if the one person somehow manages to win the other two then why can't such decision (which we have collectively agreed that it hasn't been favorable) be changed even after so many years?
Must we all die for another man's "mistake"?

Time magazine should visit Nigeria again. Currently, the only stadium in Nigeria approved by FIFA for football matches is not in any of the region of those 3 tribes.

MasterJayJay:
Time magazine should visit Nigeria again. Currently, the only stadium in Nigeria approved by FIFA for football matches is not in any of the region of those 3 tribes.

Did you read anything about football on that magazine is it me that over looked some part. Lol 😂

Are you trying to be funny or what?

phorget:
But how can one person's decision override two people's decisions? I thought they say majority always win a vote.
Some narratives are actually meant to be questioned, if one amongst three is in support of a decision whilst two are against such decision I actually believe the two automatically wins the lot.

Ok even if the one person somehow manages to win the other two then why can't such decision (which we have collectively agreed that it hasn't been favorable) be changed even after so many years?
Must we all die for another man's "mistake"?

It is a shame the nonsense the people above u were yapping, like u rightfully mentioned, if it was a mistake in 1960, why haven’t they amended it in the last 65 years?

Nonsensical bunch of wailers, sophisticated indeed.

Burob:
It is a shame the nonsense the people above u were yapping, like u rightfully mentioned, if it was a mistake in 1960, why haven’t they amended it in the last 65 years?

Nonsensical bunch of wailers, sophisticated indeed.

The mistake is been systematical corrected gradually, starting from Lagos.

phorget:
But how can one person's decision override two people's decisions? I thought they say majority always win a vote.
Some narratives are actually meant to be questioned, if one amongst three is in support of a decision whilst two are against such decision I actually believe the two automatically wins the lot.

Ok even if the one person somehow manages to win the other two then why can't such decision (which we have collectively agreed that it hasn't been favorable) be changed even after so many years?
Must we all die for another man's "mistake"?

Softmirror:
The mistake is been systematical corrected gradually, starting from Lagos.

Lol,
It's still going to take centuries before it goes round the 36 states then.
Una never talk wetin dey do una.

LegendHero:
Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

Who wrote the statement or better said the news .

LegendHero:
Even till today 2025, the data still hold true. The SW regions has always and continue to be richest, most advanced, and sophisticated region in Nigeria.

Now I am starting to think Awolowo made a mistake with our Yoruba leaders. We should not have agreed to be part of Nigeria upon independence.

Characters like the above are funny. Its South Westerners like the above that wants Nnamdi Kanu's head just because he does not want his people to be in the same country with them

It is the South Westerners that are still demanding Awolowos 'secession clause' before they can believe that anyone has the right to exit Nigeria

It is still the South Westerners that will be ready to pick up gun and fight civil war should any part of Nigeria secede

As an Igbo man, I laugh in Ijebu dialect 😆 🤣 😂

Softmirror:
The British gave room for secession, other opportunities arose to separate. The Northern political elite once stood against a one Nigeria. Even Awolowo, the Yoruba political elite was determined to not to be part of a one Nigeria.

The person wey God no go forgive sabi himself.

Knowing all this, why do you people now carry 'one Nigeria' today on your head like basket of yam?

seunmsg:
Awo saw through the problem early enough. However, he was outnumbered and couldn’t do anything about it. He made it clear very early that Nigeria is not a nation but a geographical entity made up of many nations.

Because he was outnumbered by British colonialist and other ethnic leaders who were too myopic as at that time to see the problem, he came up with so many ideas on how to build a federal system that would still give each ethnic group an opportunity to exist and develop at their pace. He even suggested we should include a secession clause in our independence constitution so that any aggrieved ethnic group can activate it to get out of the union at anytime.

Awo started writing and researching about how to make Nigeria’s federalism work as far back as 1948. He kept researching and writing about this subject till his death. He’s arguably the only person in history that has written so many books about how to make Nigeria work as a federalist state. Sadly, the military came and crashed everything and here we are today unable to live and coexist peacefully together after over 60 years of existence.

Knowing all this, why do you people now carry 'one Nigeria' today on your head like basket of yam?

gidgiddy:
Knowing all this, why do you people now carry 'one Nigeria' today on your head like basket of yam?

Because we are all stuck in this contraption for now all thanks to Nnamdi Azikiwe’s shallow thinking.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/04/27/flashback-why-i-opposed-awolowo-on-secession-zik/?amp=1