₦airaland Forum

Noneroone:
http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/lawrence-solomon-oil-rich-nigeria-is-ready-to-implode-theres-one-way-to-stop-it

Fine use of english with an intelligent distortion of facts. This smells of propaganda sponsored by Biafra idealists.

Tallesty1:
Yea...... They like money so much that their anthem is Biafra or Death.

They love money so much that they willingly give their lives for the release of Kanu.

Stop living in 1967.

If you read the post, you will know that Nigeria cannot win war against biafra this time.

I don't pray for war though but it is good to state the obvious.

The country is broke and cannot fund military in war front.

The oil they may need is no longer completely theirs.

So stop inciting war and make peace because Niger Delta has begun starving Nigeria which you and I know was what they used to defeat Biafra.

You pray for one Nigeria yet you're here spreading hate speech which is what makes Igbo want to leave in the first place.

Igbos don't hate yorubas but want them to see why they crave for freedom,which yoruba would not. Just like mosquitoes,those hausas/fulanis are good for nothing but blood. Even mosquitoes have reason to bite,which is;survival. Igbos want good governance or they leave,that's change.

Noneroone:
He who has ear let him hear

Unfortunately Buhari has no ear

hotwax:
[size=16pt]Nigeria should split jor.
I trust my Yorubas...We have everything.
Oil, Lagos, Port, Population, Farm Land, Mineral resources.
Yorubas should support Biafrans in splitting the country.
Its for the best[/size]

hotwax:
[size=16pt]Nigeria should split jor.
I trust my Yorubas...We have everything.
Oil, Lagos, Port, Population, Farm Land, Mineral resources.
Yorubas should support Biafrans in splitting the country.
Its for the best[/size]

hotwax:
[size=16pt]Nigeria should split jor.

I trust my Yorubas...We have everything.

Oil, Lagos, Port, Population, Farm Land, Mineral resources.

Yorubas should support Biafrans in splitting the country.

Its for the best[/size]

If Nigeria split der will be more prosperity in each region becos each region will maximize its resources well without laxity...

softtouch2:
Propaganda written by disgruntled terrorizing-Biafrans!

Frustration expressed by a fanatical Northeast Insurgency supporter. Sorry

Yorubas are too afraid of igbos leaving this stinky country because they know d implication,hahahaha! but d truth is that dis zoo must fall....stinky yellow bars!

BiafranNigerian:
There is nothing to sympathize about my views except the definition of sympathy has been altered by you. Have you noticed that you are still looking at the possibly emerging Biafra or Niger Delta Republic on a tribal periscope? Tribalism and Nepotism is what has doomed Nigeria. In our New Nation, resources and land belongs to the natural owners, the families, the land owners, like its done in most advance nation on earth called USA. Owners of land, will lease their land or sell to miners and what ever resources there are harnessed and royalties paid to land owners and taxes to county, States and Central government. Not every ijaw, ibibio, itshekiri man has land with resources but the taxes paid to the government will provide amenities for everyone and people will earn income based on merit.

But not what is happening here, where the 14 oil wells in my backyard belong to some Hausa Fulani who has never set foot in my village.

Let us be the ones to worry about our future, please dont worry for us.

Again, I sympathise with your views. I am from the Niger Delta and will therefore not understand what you mean about my view being skewed by tribalism and nepotism unless you have a particular case against me.

I have only inferred my worries about Nigeria's breakage from abundant evidence from history elsewhere. When this things eventually happen, there is always that toggle between the DESIRED, the FEARED and REALITY and the resultant is hardly ever pretty. The examples abound over the last century and beyond; Ottoman empire, USSR, Yugoslavia, Sudan, Congo, Western Saharawi, Biafra (the real one), Azawad, Indonesia, Austria-Hungary and recently, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc.

As the maxim goes, "It is better to jaw jaw than to war war".

It is also said; "Be careful what you wish for...cuz it may come true"!

The raped women of S/Sudan will know this better.

kjhova:
Dear @BiafranNigerian, I sympathise with your views and aspirations but I don't think that you have reviewed all of its ramifications. The thought that a future Biafra will be a union of all the Eastern and South-South states maybe misguided a bit. When it becomes clear that there is a chance to go free, communal greed and stupendous dreams will set in from many angles. Before you think of it, the Ikwere or the Ogoni will realise that with a few oil wells, littoral resources and a population of a million citizens or so, they can bloody well have a country of their own!!! At these point, you can pretty much forget this idea of 3 constituent nations emerging from the disintegration of Nigeria as you may have over 20 entities striving to break free!!! Yugoslavia is a perfect example.

You are right. And that is a good thing to consider and a genuine concern for that matter. But groups in these areas have far more commonalities than they have in a wider nigerian.

There is shared culture, same religion, common bounderies, intermarriages, same values and similar language group and dilects- ikwerre, opobo, bonny, egema, ahoda, ogbia, igbo, agbor, aniocha etc. They also look alike. Unlike in nigeria where you could very easily isolate people based on their looks and ascent, you hardly can be that successful in the eastern block except in cases of deep ascent. Keep in mind during the mutiny of july 1966 all the eastern officers which made up about 75 percent of nigerian military officers corp at the time were killed by the lower majorly northern NCO only by their looks. Any eastern leaving in the north is classified as same because they look alike, sound alike, behave alike etc

Arguable, there will issues of differences, cultural similarities, bloodlines etc may provide the right levers for quick resolution

nairalandankrah:
you should have simply collected the key abi?. mr man does this look like a wole soyinka literature thread to you.? anyway, the truth is, if you wanna pass a message it has to be done through a means which the other party can comprehend . it is called EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.. so, lets say that it is their(NDA) own way of asking the fed gvt for their car key.. violence, strike, riot etc are the only language the government of nigeria understands..abi you be jjc?(no offence)

Unfortunately, this is human problem not Nigerian. I have had people say time and again that strike, violence etc do not solve problems but dialogue do. This is very correct. Regardless how long severe the strick is, how violent the war is, the solution will be reached by common sensible discussion where compromises will be made. A give and take.
strike and violense are only means to an end and not the end itself. However,You might not get the unwise to discuss until he feels a sense of loss and that increase the value of a negotiation

LAFOCUZY:
You are right. And that is a good thing to consider and a genuine concern for that matter. But groups in these areas have far more commonalities than they have in a wider nigerian.

There is shared culture, same religion, common bounderies, intermarriages, same values and similar language group and dilects- ikwerre, opobo, bonny, egema, ahoda, ogbia, igbo, agbor, aniocha etc. They also look alike. Unlike in nigeria where you could very easily isolate people based on their looks and ascent, you hardly can be that successful in the eastern block except in cases of deep ascent. Keep in mind during the mutiny of july 1966 all the eastern officers which made up about 75 percent of nigerian military officers corp at the time were killed by the lower majorly northern NCO only by their looks. Any eastern leaving in the north is classified as same because they look alike, sound alike, behave alike etc

Arguable, there will issues of differences, cultural similarities, bloodlines etc may provide the right levers for quick resolution

Very reasonably put argument, bro, & it makes a lot of sense to me. There's more sense of communal feeling between congruent groups in Nigeria than between ethnicities that have little geographical correlations or lingual or historical connections.

My opinion still holds though that should we achieve separation on the basis of war and violence, it will spiral out of control and the conflagration will engulf all of us in a mad whirlpool of violence begeting more violence! In these scenario, reason and goodwill will be the first out of the door while vile men with anti-sensible ideologies will be pushed to the fore in many parts.

I agree that I am holding a most negative view of the future in a breakage, however in these situations, it is not folly to envisage the worst case scenario. For therein is wisdom as the people of Syria can attest today.

YorubaHighness:
Always a pleasure chatting with an onitsa lunatic.

Lalasticlala, Obinoscopy..

whirlwind7:
All you morons up there saying thrash. Do you need a prophet to tell you guys that we are headed for a failed state? Once the crunch occurs, many of you are going to become victims.

Every single politician, both actively engaged or otherwise, knows that this system is not working, and IT CAN NEVER WORK except there is a massive restructuring of governance. They just pay lip service about things getting better soon because supporting the entity called Nigeria is what puts money in their pocket.
Let's assume the NDA suddenly repents and disengage from destroying oil facilities, and Boko Haram makes peace with itself and the society, what happens next? We keep operating a sham system based on ethnicity and nepotism. Way to go! Will it stop the rampaging herdsmen from their activities? Will it make the Fulanis suddenly realize that every other tribe has an equal stake, and nobody can be lord over others?

The sooner we face reality, the better chances we have at coming out of this predicament intact. We don't have a nation. We have never had anything close to a real nation since independence. For all those who keep pointing accusing fingers at other tribes, saying IPOB or Biafra is behind the report. Ask yourselves one very honest question: Would you willingly give your life up in exchange for your so called country? If you were told that your death would mean a better Nigeria, are you patriotic enough to forfeit your life for that?

Test your loyalty then. Know where your allegiance truly lies.

so much sense..but i fear many thinks is about ipob and massob

kjhova:
Very reasonably put argument, bro, & it makes a lot of sense to me. There's more sense of communal feeling between congruent groups in Nigeria than between ethnicities that have little geographical correlations or lingual or historical connections.

My opinion still holds though that should we achieve separation on the basis of war and violence, it will spiral out of control and the conflagration will engulf all of us in a mad whirlpool of violence begeting more violence! In these scenario, reason and goodwill will be the first out of the door while vile men with anti-sensible ideologies will be pushed to the fore in many parts.

I agree that I am holding a most negative view of the future in a breakage, however in these situations, it is not folly to envisage the worst case scenario. For therein is wisdom as the people of Syria can attest today.

You are not bro. You are being quite reasonable making a fair preview of a war event. These things get out of hand and very difficult to control. Afterall you start a mob but you cannot control it. You have a strong position

Its goining to be a catch 22 situation for these guys- a case of the lesser evil if the lesser evil can even be predefined.?

Tallesty1:
Yea...... They like money so much that their anthem is Biafra or Death.

They love money so much that they willingly give their lives for the release of Kanu.

Stop living in 1967.

If you read the post, you will know that Nigeria cannot win war against biafra this time.

I don't pray for war though but it is good to state the obvious.

The country is broke and cannot fund military in war front.

The oil they may need is no longer completely theirs.

So stop inciting war and make peace because Niger Delta has begun starving Nigeria which you and I know was what they used to defeat Biafra.

You pray for one Nigeria yet you're here spreading hate speech which is what makes Igbo want to leave in the first place.

Let dem keep deciving demselves,

''peace''

Such a strange word cos dey not @ peace with demselvs either..i dont pray for war, but i knw dis country is failed already...

kjhova:
Again, I sympathise with your views. I am from the Niger Delta and will therefore not understand what you mean about my view being skewed by tribalism and nepotism unless you have a particular case against me.

I have only inferred my worries about Nigeria's breakage from abundant evidence from history elsewhere. When this things eventually happen, there is always that toggle between the DESIRED, the FEARED and REALITY and the resultant is hardly ever pretty. The examples abound over the last century and beyond; Ottoman empire, USSR, Yugoslavia, Sudan, Congo, Western Saharawi, Biafra (the real one), Azawad, Indonesia, Austria-Hungary and recently, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc.

As the maxim goes, "It is better to jaw jaw than to war war".

It is also said; "Be careful what you wish for...cuz it may come true"!

The raped women of S/Sudan will know this better.

I do not think you understand the import of the word "jaw jaw than to war war". We are not suggesting a war here, all that the IPOB and Biafran crusaders have done has been jaw jaw, it is the FG that has been the warring war warers if i might use that word.

You erroneously predicted that tribalism will damn the new republics and I am putting it up to you that you are wrong. A child that knows what killed the parent can only be foolish to be killed by the same thing.

These new republics, when they emerge, not if they emerge, cos whether in our lifetimes or in the far future they will certainly emerge, will be built on the template of fairness, meritocracy and respect for sanctity of human dignity.

It doesnt matter if you are Niger Deltan, which I totally doubt, I will say you do not live in the real creeks and even if you have, you have not seen metropolitan life of what is done to develop others with the oil that flows on your soil.

This article does a major disservice to the Niger Deltan cause by lumping it under the tag "Biafran". The Niger Delta Republic is not and cannot be a part of the Biafran struggle, although there may be some form of partnership for some time.

What we want is true federalism and we are going to get it in our lifetime!

YorubaHighness:
Another onitsha lunatic. How's the survival of this nation my concern? Gullibos really wish Yorubas care if they stay or go

Lalasticlala, Obinoscopy..

With the so far 50yrs foundation nigeria will never stand as one. It will break up one day. All this 'one nigeria' tactis by politicians is just to delay the stormy day while poverty tarrys, but it will certainly happen. If we dont break it up and restructure it in a referandum the next generation will. Just imagine all kids about age 10 right now in nigeria hearing the daily cries and hate speeches from the elders; their hearts have been imprinted with the message of a break up.

Here lies the answer:

A one nigeria is possible only after an absolute soverign conference. We need the strength of unity, we need the strength of a united millitary. Each region already has independent resources. So lets live like the americas - INDEPENDENT REGIONS in a UNITED STATE OF NIGERIA.

Lets make this conference big. Invite the old colonial master UK, world powers USA and Russia and the UN as witness and let the elder statesmen in each region table what they want.

Personally I support the most detribalized Nigerian on the earth currently to be the chairman of this conference
He is H.E. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, Former President of Nigeria.

In this conference the centre govt should be made a dummy and the states should be the real deal and absolutely independent. When all this and more is done, then let a new election be done for the federation.

My 2 cent!

"Even if World Bank financing comes through, the loans won’t do much for an economy in shambles. The national currency has depreciated 70 per cent in the last year, leading to high inflation; government workers in 26 of the country’s 36 states haven’t received their monthly salary for months; and severe gasoline shortages led the government to end price controls, causing a 67 per cent hike in prices at the pump.

Nigeria doesn’t need cash; it needs good governance, which is likelier to occur if the Igbo rule themselves in the southeast, the Yoruba in the southwest and the Hausa and Fulani in the north. The West blew it a half-century ago when the Igbos attempted to achieve self-determination by establishing the Republic of Biafra. We may soon see a reprise of that civil war. How the West responds will determine whether the nation states within Nigeria achieve self-determination, or whether Nigeria, like Libya and Somalia, becomes another failed state".

Right on point. For Nigeria to survive, we must restructure into true federal system or a confederation. Then Nigeria will become great. If we fail to restructure, then Nigeria will disintegrate and become like Libya or Somalia; God forbid that from happening. Patriotic Nigerians need to start talking to the unpatriotic, tribalist we have as president to start the process of restructuring. More prominent Nigerians need to join the likes of Atiku Abubakar in speaking up.

Let's go our separate ways jare
Ibos should go back to their states, leave Lagos for yorubas, yorubas should leave onitsha and co
Yorubas and hausas too should do same

BiafranNigerian:
I do not think you understand the import of the word "jaw jaw than to war war". We are not suggesting a war here, all that the IPOB and Biafran crusaders have done has been jaw jaw, it is the FG that has been the warring war warers if i might use that word.

You erroneously predicted that tribalism will damn the new republics and I am putting it up to you that you are wrong. A child that knows what killed the parent can only be foolish to be killed by the same thing.

These new republics, when they emerge, not if they emerge, cos whether in our lifetimes or in the far future they will certainly emerge, will be built on the template of fairness, meritocracy and respect for sanctity of human dignity.

It doesnt matter if you are Niger Deltan, which I totally doubt, I will say you do not live in the real creeks and even if you have, you have not seen metropolitan life of what is done to develop others with the oil that flows on your soil.

My guy keep dreaming of how u want ur republic to be. In this world, there is no perfect country, especially in Africa, where u will see perfection is in heaven, that is if heaven is real. Nobody is perfect, and certainly, Nigeria will not be like the heaven u are predicting for the so called republics, because Nigeria is not perfect. Keep deceiving urself, Nigeria will remain and last for the coming 1000 years, and I pray ur generation be alive to see it, that is if they won't be dead in their attempt to break Nigeria. Until then, keep dreaming bro

Fake Biafra Induced news

All this people thinking that Nigeria will break peacefully are just deceiving themselves, they don't want to even talk about the possibility of war even if u urge them, they are wishing for it to be peaceful. Well my, war is inevitable, we will not escape it in the attempt to break Nigeria, prepare for a Nigeria that will surely look like Somalia, Libya or Syria. War is coming

Now i know this is INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY

Bimpe29:
Hnm! May God not let it happen. Do you want to tell me there are no such issues at the region or geo-political zones. Let our minds be disabused, it can work and become a better nation, the same way a marriage ravaged by crisis works when couples let go of entire conflicts/disagreements.
How can Nigeria split without large scale loss of lives and properties?. What we need is to be more tolerant, patriotic and liberal.
Our problems are occassioned by religion extremism, tribalism and insincerity on the parts of leaders and led.

What nonsense are you saying. Why do a certain people from a certain part of Nigeria like saying things like this.

OjukwuWarBird:
What nonsense are you saying. Why do a certain people from a certain part of Nigeria like saying things like this.

Keep crying, so u think Nigerian government has peaceful plans for u? U have ur plan which is peaceful, and the government have their own plan which is violence to keep Nigeria as one, let us see who will win at the end of the day

whirlwind7:
All you morons up there saying thrash. Do you need a prophet to tell you guys that we are headed for a failed state? Once the crunch occurs, many of you are going to become victims.

Every single politician, both actively engaged or otherwise, knows that this system is not working, and IT CAN NEVER WORK except there is a massive restructuring of governance. They just pay lip service about things getting better soon because supporting the entity called Nigeria is what puts money in their pocket.
Let's assume the NDA suddenly repents and disengage from destroying oil facilities, and Boko Haram makes peace with itself and the society, what happens next? We keep operating a sham system based on ethnicity and nepotism. Way to go! Will it stop the rampaging herdsmen from their activities? Will it make the Fulanis suddenly realize that every other tribe has an equal stake, and nobody can be lord over others?

The sooner we face reality, the better chances we have at coming out of this predicament intact. We don't have a nation. We have never had anything close to a real nation since independence. For all those who keep pointing accusing fingers at other tribes, saying IPOB or Biafra is behind the report. Ask yourselves one very honest question: Would you willingly give your life up in exchange for your so called country? If you were told that your death would mean a better Nigeria, are you patriotic enough to forfeit your life for that?

Test your loyalty then. Know where your allegiance truly lies.

YorubaHighness:
How are Yorubas afraid? You need to take your pills to rid yourself of this delusion. Yorubas have continuously humiliated you in the SW, yet you won't even invest in Iboland, talk less of moving back to the east. Fulani don kill uno plenty for the North. They just recently behaeaded on of your own in the North, yet your people would rather live amongst Hausas than to live in the SE. So who is holding you back?

Don't worry about the emergence of Ibadan Emir. Focus on helping iPod to achieve Biafra.

My friend go and sit down, igbos in other part of the country doesn't mean they're not investing home, in fact most indigenous industries in this country is located in the East, the industrial and commercial cities of Onitsha, Aba and Nnewi were mostly built by individuals as none is a state capital, Igbos have all it take to be better than Nigeria as a country.

Kgdavid:
This article does a major disservice to the Niger Deltan cause by lumping it under the tag "Biafran". The Niger Delta Republic is not and cannot be a part of the Biafran struggle, although there may be some form of partnership for some time.

What we want is true federalism and we are going to get it in our lifetime!

It may become part of Biafra, it's possible

YorubaHighness:
How are Yorubas afraid? You need to take your pills to rid yourself of this delusion. Yorubas have continuously humiliated you in the SW, yet you won't even invest in Iboland, talk less of moving back to the east. Fulani don kill uno plenty for the North. They just recently behaeaded on of your own in the North, yet your people would rather live amongst Hausas than to live in the SE. So who is holding you back?

Don't worry about the emergence of Ibadan Emir. Focus on helping iPod to achieve Biafra.

People like you spewing this kind of thrash would still want people you see as strangers in your so called land to be patriotic citizens.This country is really a big joke.People are wiser now.