NOTE: This is just my opinion and no matter how one sided it seems, it is my opinion and I am entitled to it. Criticism, disregards and counter claims are allowed.

engrchykae:
in nigerian the north has an interest which for them is bigger and more important than national interest and the hard reality is that pmb stands for the northern interest if u think otherwise watch his appointments,silence on herdsmen's menace.
I knew from the beginning that he wont implement the confab reports.
Junaid Muhammad said that the confab is against the interest of the north.
Use ur tongue to count ur teeth.

You gave me the impression that you were for one Nigeria but it turned out that you are not. I have been following your comments and it reeks of tribalism (your loyalty belongs to your tribe not your country), you are not patriotic and you harbor hatred for the Northerners except the ones that share the same political views with you.




You gave a flawed analysis of how the Igbo's will not be losers should Nigeria divide (which convinced me that hatred has blinded you to reality) and you play the victim's card each time you post a comment. You have failed to properly identify the cause of the whole problem but I will help you.




Nothing was wrong with Nigeria's unity in the 50's and up until 1960. In fact, after the 1959 elections, the North and the Eastern regions formed a political alliance that saw Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa as President and Prime Minister respectively. The president had more political power but the political system was well formed. The only first issue that arose in this political alliance was after the 1963 population census. Population census by manual head counting will always be problematic in a country like Nigeria so it was normal when the Eastern region accused the Northerners of inflating their population to get more seats in the Parliament. But it is a known fact that the Northern region is the most populated region in Nigeria. The region is Muslim dominated and most Northerners marry more than one wives and gives birth to a lot of children. So why the Easterners may be right with their accusation to an extent, common sense dictates that Northern Nigeria is more populated than other regions in Nigeria. You must understand that trust is vital in any alliance in other for targets to be effectively reached. Accusing allies when they are not guilty is a sign of distrust that can damage any alliance.




In 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi led a group of military men in Nigeria's first coup d'etat. Northern leaders and elites were killed as well as Western leaders. No single Eastern leader was killed. Obafemi Awolowo was imprisoned for no reason. Every sane and rational person on earth need not to be told before concluding that this coup was a crusade by the IGBOS to dominate new nation called Nigeria. Before the creation of Nigeria, the Hausa-Fulani empire was expanding through out West Africa, Yoruba culture civilization was spreading slowly and steadily, the Igbo empire was spreading too. It spread to the Niger Delta, the Cameroons and Southern parts of Africa. In Sao Time and Principe, Congo and some other South African countries, Igbo is recognized as minority ethnic group.




The Hausa-Fulani empire were indeed expanding, but so was the Yoruba empire and the Igbo empire. The only difference was that after independence, all forms of violent proclamation and conquest of communities were stopped. Even though the battle for conquest went on, it was through the political system (democracy) that the Hausa-Fulani empire and the Yoruba's try to defeat their opponents at the polls. But the Igbo's through Aguiyi-Ironsi decided to use military might to attain power. This was the beginning of the marginalization of the Igbo's. The elites and political leaders of the Northern and Western region formed a political alliance and managed to convince their own people not to support the Eastern region. Political powers were shared between the Western regions. Though there were internal crisis, patriotism to Nigeria has always kept this alliance together and this led to the coinage of the slogan "One Nigeria". The Easterners are driven by greed and hatred, this the Northern and Western ruling class are aware of and have managed to keep them in check since the 1996 coup.




Following the counter-coup that killed Aguiyi Ironsi, General Yakubu Gowon (a non-Hausa Christian) was installed by Muslim soldiers as the military ruler of Nigeria. This was to send a message to Nigerians that tribalism and religious differences should not divide " One Nigeria". In 1967, Yakubu Gowon decided to divide the 4 regions in Nigeria into 12 states. This did not go down well with the political ruling class of the Eastern region because dividing regions into states means the will lose control over the region located on the bight of Biafra (the Niger Delta) and some parts of the Middle Belt. The Easterners rejected Gowon's decision and declared independent and control of the regions now known as South East, South South, and North Central. This led to the bloody war that killed over 2 million Easterners. But Ojukwu's army was over whelmed mainly because the military heads from the South South and North Central were not committed to the war because their loyalty belonged to Nigeria (but that is a subject for another day). The war ended in 1970 when Biafran army surrendered to Nigeria.




When democracy finally returned to Nigeria in 1999, a political agreement was reached by the North and the West on power rotation and sharing formula and this formula included keeping the Easterners at check to prevent another civil war. But in 2011 when luck smiled on Goodluck Jonathan, he won the presidential election which caused a brief disruption of the North-West political plan. Goodluck Jonathan is from the South South region (a former part of Biafra). This was an opportunity for the Easterners to make negotiations and amendments and claim their vacant political spot in Nigeria. But they didn't see it that way. They saw it as an opportunity to pay back. They became the most vocal people in the society. They down looked other regions because "their son" was in power. The Easterners went for supremacy over diplomacy, same thing they did in 1966. This only proved two things, that is, the North-West alliance was right for keeping them in check, and that they are unrepentant crusaders that will never seize to stop trying to get the right to declare themselves the "ultimate species" of Nigeria. The Easterners, through their own political short sight ness shot themselves in the foot again like they did in 1966 and the South Southerners once again showed their political maneuvering ability like they did by the end of the Biafran war by switching side to Nigeria' side.




The likes of Nnamdi KANU and Uwazuike can make noise all they like just like Ojukwu did, but if they decide to go to war with Nigeria, what happened in 1970 will happen again.




In conclusion, I would like to state that the issue of Biafra' was caused by "Biafrans". The Biafrans have failed militarily, and will continue to fail militarily. The only way to resolve it is to go back to the diplomatic table and make amendments, kr else, the Easterners will continue to be marginalized go protect the integrity of Nigeria's geographical territory.

#freeNnamdikanu
Ideology is axiomatic belief and no human is truly free from it, but we should be aiming to be. Faith is good, but only once reason has been exhausted.The scientific method cannot be the grand-arbiter for rationality either - it can guide, but it never gives concrete answers anyways. At some point we must believe that X is a good course of action, even if it has downsides as all actions do, but this decision is best arrived at through considering the situation as rationally as possible as for the human heart-cognitive empathy over empathetic concern, Nigeria is a fail state no government can amend this country,for peace to rain let biafra go. The genocide that happen during 1967 civil war,we will never forget the lives of innocent young children who where starved to death.

People unfit for freedom - who cannot
do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow,learn, and realize my capacities. …
Freedom gives us a chance to realize
our human and individual uniqueness.

The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the
revolution of those determined to be
free. We biafran's are determine to go and nothing can stop us. We have show that through our protest all over the world.

We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we
can be fully responsible for ourselves...

#every saboteur will be buried alive when biafra comes or they will be feed to the dogs
#biafra or nothing

Na only me go read all these?

The preachers of one nigeria ironically are the worst hypocrites suffering from nepotism,tribalism and all that is evil with ism.
Please do me a favor and use ur keyboard energy to get your one nigeria government to do justice to national confab so that we will replace state of origin with state of residence.
By so doing our unity will begin to make sense.

NaijaTalkTown:
NOTE: This is just my opinion and no matter how one sided it seems, it is my opinion and I am entitled to it. Criticism, disregards and counter claims are allowed.




You gave me the impression that you were for one Nigeria but it turned out that you are not. I have been following your comments and it reeks of tribalism (your loyalty belongs to your tribe not your country), you are not patriotic and you harbor hatred for the Northerners except the ones that share the same political views with you.




You gave a flawed analysis of how the Igbo's will not be losers should Nigeria divide (which convinced me that hatred has blinded you to reality) and you play the victim's card each time you post a comment. You have failed to properly identify the cause of the whole problem but I will help you.




Nothing was wrong with Nigeria's unity in the 50's and up until 1960. In fact, after the 1959 elections, the North and the Eastern regions formed a political alliance that saw Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa as President and Prime Minister respectively. The president had more political power but the political system was well formed. The only first issue that arose in this political alliance was after the 1963 population census. Population census by manual head counting will always be problematic in a country like Nigeria so it was normal when the Eastern region accused the Northerners of inflating their population to get more seats in the Parliament. But it is a known fact that the Northern region is the most populated region in Nigeria. The region is Muslim dominated and most Northerners marry more than one wives and gives birth to a lot of children. So why the Easterners may be right with their accusation to an extent, common sense dictates that Northern Nigeria is more populated than other regions in Nigeria. You must understand that trust is vital in any alliance in other for targets to be effectively reached. Accusing allies when they are not guilty is a sign of distrust that can damage any alliance.




In 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi led a group of military men in Nigeria's first coup d'etat. Northern leaders and elites were killed as well as Western leaders. No single Eastern leader was killed. Obafemi Awolowo was imprisoned for no reason. Every sane and rational person on earth need not to be told before concluding that this coup was a crusade by the IGBOS to dominate new nation called Nigeria. Before the creation of Nigeria, the Hausa-Fulani empire was expanding through out West Africa, Yoruba culture civilization was spreading slowly and steadily, the Igbo empire was spreading too. It spread to the Niger Delta, the Cameroons and Southern parts of Africa. In Sao Time and Principe, Congo and some other South African countries, Igbo is recognized as minority ethnic group.




The Hausa-Fulani empire were indeed expanding, but so was the Yoruba empire and the Igbo empire. The only difference was that after independence, all forms of violent proclamation and conquest of communities were stopped. Even though the battle for conquest went on, it was through the political system (democracy) that the Hausa-Fulani empire and the Yoruba's try to defeat their opponents at the polls. But the Igbo's through Aguiyi-Ironsi decided to use military might to attain power. This was the beginning of the marginalization of the Igbo's. The elites and political leaders of the Northern and Western region formed a political alliance and managed to convince their own people not to support the Eastern region. Political powers were shared between the Western regions. Though there were internal crisis, patriotism to Nigeria has always kept this alliance together and this led to the coinage of the slogan "One Nigeria". The Easterners are driven by greed and hatred, this the Northern and Western ruling class are aware of and have managed to keep them in check since the 1996 coup.




Following the counter-coup that killed Aguiyi Ironsi, General Yakubu Gowon (a non-Hausa Christian) was installed by Muslim soldiers as the military ruler of Nigeria. This was to send a message to Nigerians that tribalism and religious differences should not divide " One Nigeria". In 1967, Yakubu Gowon decided to divide the 4 regions in Nigeria into 12 states. This did not go down well with the political ruling class of the Eastern region because dividing regions into states means the will lose control over the region located on the bight of Biafra (the Niger Delta) and some parts of the Middle Belt. The Easterners rejected Gowon's decision and declared independent and control of the regions now known as South East, South South, and North Central. This led to the bloody war that killed over 2 million Easterners. But Ojukwu's army was over whelmed mainly because the military heads from the South South and North Central were not committed to the war because their loyalty belonged to Nigeria (but that is a subject for another day). The war ended in 1970 when Biafran army surrendered to Nigeria.




When democracy finally returned to Nigeria in 1999, a political agreement was reached by the North and the West on power rotation and sharing formula and this formula included keeping the Easterners at check to prevent another civil war. But in 2011 when luck smiled on Goodluck Jonathan, he won the presidential election which caused a brief disruption of the North-West political plan. Goodluck Jonathan is from the South South region (a former part of Biafra). This was an opportunity for the Easterners to make negotiations and amendments and claim their vacant political spot in Nigeria. But they didn't see it that way. They saw it as an opportunity to pay back. They became the most vocal people in the society. They down looked other regions because "their son" was in power. The Easterners went for supremacy over diplomacy, same thing they did in 1966. This only proved two things, that is, the North-West alliance was right for keeping them in check, and that they are unrepentant crusaders that will never seize to stop trying to get the right to declare themselves the "ultimate species" of Nigeria. The Easterners, through their own political short sight ness shot themselves in the foot again like they did in 1966 and the South Southerners once again showed their political maneuvering ability like they did by the end of the Biafran war by switching side to Nigeria' side.




The likes of Nnamdi KANU and Uwazuike can make noise all they like just like Ojukwu did, but if they decide to go to war with Nigeria, what happened in 1970 will happen again.




In conclusion, I would like to state that the issue of Biafra' was caused by "Biafrans". The Biafrans have failed militarily, and will continue to fail militarily. The only way to resolve it is to go back to the diplomatic table and make amendments, kr else, the Easterners will continue to be marginalized go protect the integrity of Nigeria's geographical territory.

Trash.....why drink panadol for Biafra headache?

Biased writeup.

EasternActivist:
Biased writeup.

What exactly is biased about the write up ? Personally I do not have a problem with any Igbo Hausa Ijaw Igala n the rest being my president but am waiting to see what argument any Igbo will lay before me to convince or earn my vote when I am fully aware he believes he is superior to me. How an average Igbo is superior to an Almajiri i do not understand and will treat as a topic for another day but for now I will just wait on Igbos justification of superiority that will help in convincing to earn my vote.

OAFMods:


What exactly is biased about the write up ? Personally I do not have a problem with any Igbo Hausa Ijaw Igala n the rest being my president but am waiting to see what argument any Igbo will lay before me to convince or earn my vote when I am fully aware he believes he is superior to me. How an average Igbo is superior to an Almajiri i do not understand and will treat as a topic for another day but for now I will just wait on Igbos justification of superiority that will help in convincing to earn my vote.

None of them has any tangible use in countering the obvious. One is even busy posting from thread to thread how he hates Tinubu because he is a godfather. He is doing all he can to defend Saraki, even though there are enough evidences to put him behind bars. Godfatherism is part of politics in any part of the world. Awolowo influenced the Western region positively through godfatherism. Tinubu has influenced Lagos positively. In fact, government policies of 1999 are being implemented in Lagos today. This has ensured the continuous growth of Lagos. But because of their hatred for the race Tinubu hails from, because of his role in the last presidential elecrions, some people would rather have a proven the if as their senate president than have Tinubu. But Tinubu is not the law neither is their senate president. What the law decides shall be the faith of Saraki.

NaijaTalkTown:
[s]NOTE: This is just my opinion and no matter how one sided it seems, it is my opinion and I am entitled to it. Criticism, disregards and counter claims are allowed.




You gave me the impression that you were for one Nigeria but it turned out that you are not. I have been following your comments and it reeks of tribalism (your loyalty belongs to your tribe not your country), you are not patriotic and you harbor hatred for the Northerners except the ones that share the same political views with you.




You gave a flawed analysis of how the Igbo's will not be losers should Nigeria divide (which convinced me that hatred has blinded you to reality) and you play the victim's card each time you post a comment. You have failed to properly identify the cause of the whole problem but I will help you.




Nothing was wrong with Nigeria's unity in the 50's and up until 1960. In fact, after the 1959 elections, the North and the Eastern regions formed a political alliance that saw Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa as President and Prime Minister respectively. The president had more political power but the political system was well formed. The only first issue that arose in this political alliance was after the 1963 population census. Population census by manual head counting will always be problematic in a country like Nigeria so it was normal when the Eastern region accused the Northerners of inflating their population to get more seats in the Parliament. But it is a known fact that the Northern region is the most populated region in Nigeria. The region is Muslim dominated and most Northerners marry more than one wives and gives birth to a lot of children. So why the Easterners may be right with their accusation to an extent, common sense dictates that Northern Nigeria is more populated than other regions in Nigeria. You must understand that trust is vital in any alliance in other for targets to be effectively reached. Accusing allies when they are not guilty is a sign of distrust that can damage any alliance.




In 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi led a group of military men in Nigeria's first coup d'etat. Northern leaders and elites were killed as well as Western leaders. No single Eastern leader was killed. Obafemi Awolowo was imprisoned for no reason. Every sane and rational person on earth need not to be told before concluding that this coup was a crusade by the IGBOS to dominate new nation called Nigeria. Before the creation of Nigeria, the Hausa-Fulani empire was expanding through out West Africa, Yoruba culture civilization was spreading slowly and steadily, the Igbo empire was spreading too. It spread to the Niger Delta, the Cameroons and Southern parts of Africa. In Sao Time and Principe, Congo and some other South African countries, Igbo is recognized as minority ethnic group.




The Hausa-Fulani empire were indeed expanding, but so was the Yoruba empire and the Igbo empire. The only difference was that after independence, all forms of violent proclamation and conquest of communities were stopped. Even though the battle for conquest went on, it was through the political system (democracy) that the Hausa-Fulani empire and the Yoruba's try to defeat their opponents at the polls. But the Igbo's through Aguiyi-Ironsi decided to use military might to attain power. This was the beginning of the marginalization of the Igbo's. The elites and political leaders of the Northern and Western region formed a political alliance and managed to convince their own people not to support the Eastern region. Political powers were shared between the Western regions. Though there were internal crisis, patriotism to Nigeria has always kept this alliance together and this led to the coinage of the slogan "One Nigeria". The Easterners are driven by greed and hatred, this the Northern and Western ruling class are aware of and have managed to keep them in check since the 1996 coup.




Following the counter-coup that killed Aguiyi Ironsi, General Yakubu Gowon (a non-Hausa Christian) was installed by Muslim soldiers as the military ruler of Nigeria. This was to send a message to Nigerians that tribalism and religious differences should not divide " One Nigeria". In 1967, Yakubu Gowon decided to divide the 4 regions in Nigeria into 12 states. This did not go down well with the political ruling class of the Eastern region because dividing regions into states means the will lose control over the region located on the bight of Biafra (the Niger Delta) and some parts of the Middle Belt. The Easterners rejected Gowon's decision and declared independent and control of the regions now known as South East, South South, and North Central. This led to the bloody war that killed over 2 million Easterners. But Ojukwu's army was over whelmed mainly because the military heads from the South South and North Central were not committed to the war because their loyalty belonged to Nigeria (but that is a subject for another day). The war ended in 1970 when Biafran army surrendered to Nigeria.




When democracy finally returned to Nigeria in 1999, a political agreement was reached by the North and the West on power rotation and sharing formula and this formula included keeping the Easterners at check to prevent another civil war. But in 2011 when luck smiled on Goodluck Jonathan, he won the presidential election which caused a brief disruption of the North-West political plan. Goodluck Jonathan is from the South South region (a former part of Biafra). This was an opportunity for the Easterners to make negotiations and amendments and claim their vacant political spot in Nigeria. But they didn't see it that way. They saw it as an opportunity to pay back. They became the most vocal people in the society. They down looked other regions because "their son" was in power. The Easterners went for supremacy over diplomacy, same thing they did in 1966. This only proved two things, that is, the North-West alliance was right for keeping them in check, and that they are unrepentant crusaders that will never seize to stop trying to get the right to declare themselves the "ultimate species" of Nigeria. The Easterners, through their own political short sight ness shot themselves in the foot again like they did in 1966 and the South Southerners once again showed their political maneuvering ability like they did by the end of the Biafran war by switching side to Nigeria' side.




The likes of Nnamdi KANU and Uwazuike can make noise all they like just like Ojukwu did, but if they decide to go to war with Nigeria, what happened in 1970 will happen again.




In conclusion, I would like to state that the issue of Biafra' was caused by "Biafrans". The Biafrans have failed militarily, and will continue to fail militarily. The only way to resolve it is to go back to the diplomatic table and make amendments, kr else, the Easterners will continue to be marginalized go protect the integrity of Nigeria's geographical territory.[/s]

What makes you almajiri think that fulani leaders like Buhari has the right to be pro-hausa/fulani/muslim without being condemned for being tribalistic but when Southerners like falaye or Ojukwu are promoting their own ethnic interests they should be condemned.

Listen very carefully, by the grace of God nigeria must shatter to pieces so that peace will reign. The signs are there you almajiris are demented but I know you are not demented enough to think you can wish away the imminent fall of the biggest zoo that have claimed more lives in Africa since the beginning of time.

Go to hell with your round table and one nigeria preachings. It has fallen already.

SegunAdewole:

What makes you almajiri think that fulani leaders like Buhari has the right to be pro-hausa/fulani/muslim without being condemned for being tribalistic but when Southerners like falaye or Ojukwu are promoting their own ethnic interests they should be condemned.

Listen very carefully, by the grace of God nigeria must shatter to pieces so that peace will reign. The signs are there you almajiris are demented but I know you are not demented enough to think you can wish away the imminent fall of the biggest zoo that have claimed more lives in Africa since the beginning of time.

Go to hell with your round table and one nigeria preachings. It has fallen already.

When an idi.of like you rants, it simply means one thing; nothing! Eeeeediot!!!!

Am glad the writer said one sided. This is one of the most foolish writeup I wasted my mb and time to read. Start drawing balance judgement before arriving at conclusions next time.


Thank you for wasting my scarce resource.

NaijaTalkTown:
[s[When an idi.of like you rants, it simply means one thing; nothing! Eeeeediot!!!![/s]

E pain am!