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Poll: Would She Have Achieved This In Nigeria?

Yes 25% (206 votes)
No 74% (595 votes)
This poll has ended

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Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by symbianDON(m): 9:56am On Jan 10
She's not a Nigerian jor. She's an American. Person wey never set foot for Nigeria since dem born her.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Love800(m): 10:02am On Jan 10
I doubt.

Mostly the semi-perfection ones(females) register in security forces, so as to compensate for the beauty they don't have. These security forces rush to accept dem and offer dem other packages too.

And also, you know that those not-so-good-looking-ladies are always sideline when it comes for employment to other industries(coporate, civil, entertainment, beauty/cosmetics.) The beautiful ones are mostly choosen for these particular ones.

Reference:
No time to do plastics.
And when you live near explosives and munitions the last thing you need is to be a wax candle.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by MarketDispatch: 10:03am On Jan 10
In Nigeria, once another President enters, they will just choose a Junior ranking officer to her to become chief of staff thereby retiring her and her course mates in one fell swoop. So much professionalism, experience and training gone to waste.

Little wonder USA is always well coordinated in their military endeavors
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by berryPee(m): 10:06am On Jan 10
Is she single?? Asking for a single brother
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by asfrank(m): 10:09am On Jan 10
Sk5050:
Try and appreciate others remove h∆te from your spirit Mr tribal big©t
I don't hate, but making it sound as though she achieved something impossible is what I'm questioning.
I'm not a tribal bigōt.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Love800(m): 10:10am On Jan 10
This woman is not Nigerian, "but an American with nigerian ancestry." This should be the best caption.
Someone that didn't step her foot in nigeria or even grew-up there(nigeria environment).

Is like saying that Jenifer Lopez is Spanish because of her Spanish parents, and she didn't even experience Spanish or grow-up there.
Lopez is an American with Spanish ancestry.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by frog12: 10:14am On Jan 10
dem go claim her as Nigerian grin grin grin

useless people
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Nobody: 10:34am On Jan 10
This is one of the reasons US is this developed.
Not too long a black man was their president.

So long as you're good, you can be anything no matter your background.

But here we're still debating that after south it should be North- it must be Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba. Even if the person is an slowpoke, no problem so long as he's from ur tribe and religion.

Imagine a man of Ghanian background wanting to be governor or chairman in Nigeria no matter how brilliant his ideas are...
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by franchasofficia: 10:35am On Jan 10
I was in Southeast for the last Christmas celebrations, and I was so proud of being Igbo. Honestly, everyone in this life, especially if you are a Nigerian of any tribe, you definitely need an Igbo close friend or in-law or business partner, there is a reason for this and I won't be revealing it, just take my advice and you will live to bless God for making that decision in life cool
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Rindo69: 10:37am On Jan 10
On the contrary, who has the record of being the first Nigerian Monarch to also become the first nigerian monarch to be king in prison in the US?
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Kalulu44: 10:41am On Jan 10
Racoon:
Seems she didn't go to West Point. Always first among equals because the greatness genes is not ingrained but brought out by the resilience and never say die spirit of the race.

Congratulations Brigadier General Amanda Azubuike. Ndi Chineke goziri na agozie. Ka Chukwu Okike ne egbucha gi ofoma ofoma.
I'm an Igbo, but to be honest she looks more Zimbabwean than Nigeria
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Kalulu44: 10:44am On Jan 10
Honestly speaking she looks more Zimbabwean than Nigeria
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by UzorIyke(m): 10:59am On Jan 10
Orinechi:
This one doesn't have history. Where in Igbo is she from? Or is she Igbo only from her name? Her father was just a sperm donor.
Are you that kind tribalistic in nature.
I blame British for bringing us together.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by akintunde63: 11:00am On Jan 10
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by AdolfHitlerxXx: 11:05am On Jan 10
QuinQ:
Mods. Rule 247
That brought tears to your eyes. cheesy

I can bet that you've borrowed your wife's skirts for next Monday grin
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by agadez007(m): 11:10am On Jan 10
symbianDON:
She's not a Nigerian jor. She's an American. Person wey never set foot for Nigeria since dem born her.
She is not Nigerian,she is igbo American
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by bewla(m): 11:19am On Jan 10
Racoon:
Seems she didn't go to West Point. Always first among equals because the greatness genes is not ingrained but brought out by the resilience and never say die spirit of the race.

Congratulations Brigadier General Amanda Azubuike. Ndi Chineke goziri na agozie. Ka Chukwu Okike ne egbucha gi ofoma ofoma.
All this will have been eazy if she send to sambisa
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Broveens42(m): 11:27am On Jan 10
Orinechi:
This one doesn't have history. Where in Igbo is she from? Or is she Igbo only from her name? Her father was just a sperm donor.
From Imo State.


All efforts to undermine the history of the most technologically advanced black race, will fail.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by fuckingAyaya(m): 11:29am On Jan 10
SeeWahala:
We call it Quota System 🤗 and many Nairalanders have been a beneficiary to such a wonderful scheme cheesy

Ask helinues wink he used his state slot to get admission into technical school cool

niggi scored a whopping 5 over 100 in the examination 😏 highest in his Local Government cheesy
😭😭😭😭😄😄
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by GardenOfGod(m): 11:49am On Jan 10
Any Nigerian who graduated from Iranian military academy?
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Okechinwadike: 12:05pm On Jan 10
AdolfHitlerxXx:
We need her to return fast to Nigeria.

Maybe she would give her men the courage to come out on Mondays grin
in your entire village is there any body like this lady? Envy man
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by chidooh1: 12:09pm On Jan 10
Racoon:
Also met; "Meet Navy Captain Kelechi Ndukwe, first Nigerian to command a US warship."
wish he would know the area to face that warship, the disgraced .
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by ZombieDredd: 12:13pm On Jan 10
Orinechi:
This one doesn't have history. Where in Igbo is she from? Or is she Igbo only from her name? Her father was just a sperm donor.
You that have history, can you stand where she stands?

Hateful person, always envious of people's achievements.

Seek peace with God Almighty
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by CORRECTMAN78(m): 12:40pm On Jan 10
AdolfHitlerxXx:
We need her to return fast to Nigeria.

Maybe she would give her men the courage to come out on Mondays grin
You are missing it, bro. She is not coming back.

It's the failure of your men that kept her men indoor every monday
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Konquest: 12:52pm On Jan 10
Racoon:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/01/meet-amanda-azubuike-first-nigerian-woman-to-become-brigadier-general-in-us-army/
That NL opinion poll right above this thread page has absolutely NO basis here.

The British-born Amanda's Nigerian-born father and Zimbabwean mother were separated (or divorced) when she was a younger girl in England and she LIVED more with her mother and then in 1989, she and her biological Zimbabwean mother migrated to the United States where she became a U.S. citizen and she has risen through the professional and U.S. Military ranks to become a Brigadier-General.

The credit for her success is multidimensional and goes to her Zimbabwean mother as well as Amanda's tenacity NOT BECAUSE she has a Nigerian father alone
as that insidious Vanguard newspaper headline sensationally and irresponsibly suggests.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Konquest: 1:20pm On Jan 10
Hoodrat:
Her promotion to Brigadier General in the U.S. Army happened back in March 2024, yet Nigerian media suddenly began blasting it across headlines in the last 24 hours. The timing is suspicious, especially when paired with the exaggerated praise coming from certain U.S. voices and the sudden, selective interest in Nigerian affairs.

This pattern isn’t new. Historically, when elite or bourgeois individuals from colonized or formerly colonized societies are elevated and celebrated by powerful foreign institutions, it often serves a strategic purpose. The individual becomes a symbolic tool—presented as a “hero,” a “success story,” or a “bridge”—while the deeper political or geopolitical intentions remain hidden.

Such narratives are frequently used to soften public perception, distract from uncomfortable realities, or justify future actions. When a divided and vulnerable nation is involved, the tactic becomes even more effective: elevate one person as a symbol of progress, and use that symbolism to mask agendas that may not benefit the people being praised.

What is being framed as a celebration of Nigerian excellence may, in fact, be part of a familiar pattern—one where praise is not simply praise, but preparation.
Succinctly stated.

I wondered too why that Vanguard newspaper Editor had to irresponsibly bring up this same stale story again on the British-born Amanda when INFACT she got promoted to a Brigadier-General back in March 2024 and it was widely reported online and offline.

Again, Amanda's Military success is multidimensional and largely tied to her Zimbabwean biological mother, who was divorced from her father and whom Amanda lived with and moved to the United States with before becoming a U.S. citizen in 1989 at the age of just 20 years. Hence she's got the Zimbabwean, Nigerian, British and American influences on her life and Military career. The newspaper headline sensationally suggests that she's fully Nigerian meanwhile she has multiple influences on her life on her way to success.


Nigeria has ALSO produced decades back the FIRST EVER female General in the Nigerian Army by the name of General Kale from the West of Nigeria (her brilliant biological son was the Accountant-General of Nigeria) so It's totally baseless for NL to even put up an opinion post right ABOVE asking if she would have achieved this Military position of a Brigadier-General if she was in the Nigerian Military.
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Titogbanski: 1:51pm On Jan 10
No worry, Trump would soon put an end to all this rubbish. Imagine Nigerian Black person being in American Army??

The first salvo is to block all legal ways for a Nigeria to become a US citizen, that combined with very strict VISA requirements would do the magic.
grin
All the shithole countries cannot come to our land
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Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by Orinechi: 2:17pm On Jan 10
ZombieDredd:
You that have history, can you stand where she stands?

Hateful person, always envious of people's achievements.

Seek peace with God Almighty
Stand where she stands because she chose to enslave herself in America? Inferiority complex at its zenith. Naija is my country and am proud to be a Nigerian. I am not interested in her job. Has she ever stepped her feet in Imo state? If she has, when was that? Rubbish
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by QuinQ: 2:56pm On Jan 10
AdolfHitlerxXx:
That brought tears to your eyes. cheesy

I can bet that you've borrowed your wife's skirts for next Monday grin
Mods, rules 34
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by ZombieDredd: 3:30pm On Jan 10
Orinechi:
Stand where she stands because she chose to enslave herself in America? Inferiority complex at its zenith. Naija is my country and am proud to be a Nigerian. I am not interested in her job. Has she ever stepped her feet in Imo state? If she has, when was that? Rubbish
Away with your hate...

Let it eat you totally
Re: Meet Amanda Azubuike, 1st Nigerian Woman To Become Brigadier General In US Army by themanderon: 5:47pm On Jan 10
It would never have been possible in this tribalistically diseased country. The tribe where you come from are what counts not competence and hard work.
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