₦airaland Forum

Oga, you better separate if you can. Buhari and his fulani brethren are not ready to restructure one bit.

The only thing that will force them to restructure is when other Southerners join seriously begin to agitate for break-up like IPOB.

You have been crying for restructuring since time Imo river, which they've totally ignored yet you keep sounding like a broken record. Repeating the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result is nothing but madness.

You guys should grow some balls and try to shake the polity the same way IPOB did and see if the fulanis won't call for restructuring with immediate effect.

Mediocre. He should go and learn how to govern a state from Umahi.

I hope he will be able to use the billions of ill gotten money in hell.

Primitive men!

Lol, another cabal has kicked the bucket.

They don dey go, one by one

I can't forget his picture where crossed his legs while the CBN governor was almost on his knees while reporting to him. That picture looks exactly like an errand boy reporting to the boss of a mafia.

He should go to hell already. I don't give a damn.

Nonsense!!

obailala:
Who exactly are these 'ordinary Nigerians' that will take over the country from crooks? The ordinary Nigerian I know is already a crook, just waiting for their turn.

The majority of these guys bleeding the country today were ordinary Nigerians 10-20 years ago. Now they've taken over and we get this. The next batch of ordinary Nigerians are still waiting in the queue to take over.

Let's not get it twisted, the problem isn't 'the leaders' like we loosely always claim; the problem is us all. The leaders we have today arent from Jupiter, they are from amongst us, and their actions are a perfect reflection of our culture.

Really?! The problem is not the leaders?? Are you kidding me??

Buhari and his entire cabinet are the leaders who are responsible for all these madness going on. It is purposeful leadership that will guide a country on the way to go.

How can you even turn around to blame the people while conveniently exonerating the kleptomaniacs and looters who have shown by all intents and purposes that they don't care about the masses?

Is it the masses that control the justice system? Is it the masses that control the EFCC, ICPC or the CJN?

Did Buhari not come to power with the promise to fight corruption? So why has he abandoned it?

This country is so hopeless and bastardized. Tufiakwa!!!

Such a bastardized and hopeless country!!
Primitive and wicked subhumans!!
Old men that could die of COVID-19 any moment are busy stealing billions of naira in a country where millions are dying of hunger and curable diseases!!!

How debased and low can these bastards sink?!
How shameless and disgusting can these primitive minded kleptomaniacs be?!

How can these people be so heartless? Don't they have conscience?

What can more millions and billions of stollen money do to their lives than the ones they stole before that is lying fallow in bank accounts and tanks?

I spit on all these robbers and theives who call themselves politicians. They will all die miserably. For every Nigerian who dies due to hunger, bad roads, frustration etc, their bloods will be on the heads of these shameless men and women.

There is no hope for this country whatsover. 200 million people are on a slippery slope to perdition.

B3ACHSIDE:
Nigeria is one of the most disorganized countries in the world, most of it's cities unplanned. I think urban planning should be prioritized and almost everything needs to be demolished,re-planned, and rebuilt from scratch.
I did a rough estimate of how much it would cost to compensate all homeowners in Calabar & Cross river and it amounts to $2.4 billion dollars for Calabar area , $4 Billion dollars for Cross river as a whole .

Lol, you're not serious or are you
The truth is that the places that should be demolished as a matter of urgency are the slum cities of the South West. Ibadan, Oshogbo, Akure, Ijebu ode, Ado Ekiti, Ogbomosho, Owo and Abeokuta should be levelled and rebuilt from the scratch. It doesn't matter how much it would cost, $20 billions, $50 billion or even $1 trillion. If the money is not there then they should consider borrowing from the world bank.

Everyone should be moved out one slum city at a time, and the places nuked.

This is a matter of urgency otherwise they will still be looking like Timbuktu of 1765 even in the next fifty years.

fairfora:
I'd manage to accommodate your insults. No qualms. I've been to the badagry's port of no return many times . I've also been to that of Ghana who suffered most of the effect of slavery. I still dare anyone to mention a single yorubaman or monarch who engaged in the so called slave trade. I can mention as much as possible, those who sold their family members kn exchange for guns, clothes, gold, wine and the likes..from the Niger delta to the south Eastern Nigeria including the family of those impregnated by the same Portuguese. If you go to the south south, especially rivers state today along the cost, you'd see some faces with a replica of whitemen. The atrrocities were so much but all is past now.

That you've been to the journey of no return doesn't mean those ferried across the Atlantic were sold by the yorubas. Go and read about the fulani slave raiders and you'd understand why Portuguese had a field day in that era in our land. Ciao

If Yorubas did not indulge in slave trading then how did the region become one of the most prolific slave trading areas alongside Eastern Nigeria, Central Africa and Gold Coast?

Tinubu Square in Lagos is named after a very rich woman who was a slave merchant. Slaves were gotten through various means such as kidnapping, selling by families, prisoners of war, those that committed crimes etc. The merchants acted like middlemen whereby they buy slaves from the hinterlands and sell to the Europeans at the coast. Now, you're claiming that Yorubas didn't sell slaves so who sold and bought the Yorubas that ended up in places like the Jamaica, Brazil, America and the West Indies?

Nigeria really did serious damage to its citizens with the ban of history in its schools and that is why you see supposed educated people making ridiculous and dumb assertions.

Even the slaves that were sold from Igboland, have they asked how they were all gotten? Most of the slaves that were sold in Igboland as well as some other places were mainly people that did the following:

1. Committed abomination/sacrilege; instead of sending them to the evil forest or killing them out rightly as was the norm before slave trade started, they were rounded up and sold into slavery.

2. Prisoners of war; during communal wars, prisoners that were picked up were sold into slavery.

3. Through Raids; some places, such as Arochukwu had formidable men who often went on raids against neighbors to kidnap people and sold them into slavery.

4. Families; some families that had very stubborn children who brought shame to them often resorted to selling them into slavery.

Now, these things I listed above didn't happen only in Igboland but across the entire southern Nigeria and beyond. Even Northerners had been involved in slavery with merchants that came from North Africa.

Tinubu Square in Lagos is named after a slave merchant.

fairfora:
Yes, but they weren't sold by our forebears. Mention a single yoruba who dealt in this trade if you know one. Back then, anyone sighted by Portuguese along the coastal line would be abucted and put into ship. It was a forced move against their wish.

No appologies, but it's either you're a kid or totally uninformed.
That Nigeria banned teaching of history is not enough reason to be wallowing in such ignorance.

Yorubas sold as much slaves if not more than the Igbos did. Have you heard of the journey of no return at Badagry? That place is the route where slaves gotten from the hinterlands went through before getting to the port. Did you even know that hundreds of thousands of people were sold into slavery from the Western region, were they all picked up by the Portuguese at the shores as you claim? Does this your assertion even make sense?

I don't know what you people gain in peddling lies and propaganda.

24SEVEN:
See the tricks in your comment. funny man.


The Ikwerre is/isnt Igbo question is a question where everyone will answer for himself. Personally I don't believe I'm Igbo. Amaechi believes he's an Igbo. Uche Okwukwu believes same. Maybe Mercy believes she is Igbo.

Language and culture wise, Ikwerre satisfies all Igbo parameters. But my case in point is my ancestry. I'm among the clans that trace ancestry to Akalaka. So Benin is my point of origin.


Some Ikwerres migrated from Awka, some from Etche, some from Aro. I know some that even have Ijaw connections. So make everybody decide for himself.

No, it doesn't make sense that one community will have indigenes with allegiance to different ethnicities. You guys are having serious identity crises and that's quite shameful.

The question is, the Igbo language and culture being practiced by the Ikwerre, is it borrowed? I mean did the Ikwerre arrive from Benin to borrow Igbo language and culture while discarding that of Benin?

At what point in history did the Ikwerre lose their heritage and begin to use that of Igbos?

When the English people arrived places like Australia and America, or the Spanish arrived places in Latin America, they did not lose their language and cultures so why is that of Ikwerre different?

I don't care where anyone wants to belong but all these issues is so annoying and senseless.

That one concern them.

Ikechukwu Nwachukwu, these are the people laundering our image while bastards like Hushpuppy keep tarnishing it.

KasyogenyiBASTA:
[s]See this Owerri local champion.

Lemme break it down for you. Owerri is a town filled with poor people, there's nothing happening in that town except commercial sex hawkers and cheap chalets.

Imo state is at the same level with states like Ekiti, Osun, Jigawa, etc, these states alongside Imo state, are sleepy states that is filled with poor civil servants. Outside those poor civil servants there's nothing else happening in Imo state.

Imo airport is a motor park that cannot even maintain itself. It is running on huge deficit. Use Google.

See the real GDP, released by NBS, imo state cannot even make the first 30 states. Also see the poverty ranking of Nigerian states. Imo state is no where.

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Do you have any airport in your entire region that can be compared to Alex Mbakwe Airport Owerri? The warehouse you have at Ibadan has been taken over by animals.

Can a rich person live in those slums you call cities? Afonjas are dirt poor and that is why they can't live in decent houses.

KasyogenyiBASTA:
[s]Stop posting nonsense wikipedia rubbish that any idiot can edit. Imo state produces nothing and GDP is generated via economic activities. 22 states listed already, oh yes, aside Lagos, others remaining are inconsequential. Look at the table and tell where a state like Imo is doing well. Is it industrial or commercial or services or agriculture? Don't ever mention Imo state when issues concerning GDP is being discussed. Imo state is among the state with poorest people in southern Nigeria. There's nothing in Imo state except cheap hotels and prostitutes.

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The funny thing about you is that you can be quite stubborn in your ignorance. Have you asked yourself why oil rich states dominate the list after Lagos? Proceeds from oil alone is enough to spike the GDP of a state.

Did you know the number of oil companies working in Imo state?

Did you even know that an oil refinary is almost completed in Imo state? What about the gas plant and Imo's supply of gas to Lagos?

Did you even know that Imo airport is the 4th busiest in Nigeria?

Did you even know that hotels contribute far more than many sectors? Come to Owerri on weekends and see if you will not have a tough time booking into a hotel. These hotels are often flooded with people from other places who came into Owerri to unwind. Did you even know that tourism is a huge money spinner?

somalianprince:
what's this imo clown yapping about? you think Anambra is Imo where everything is jam packed in Owerri?

Anambra airport site was mapped by the previous administration in the state before Obiano came and started implementation.

Anambra is building a central airport that will serve our major cities of Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and all other parts of the state, and not an airport that will serve just the state capital.

Again, the airport project shall be completed before Obiano leaves office. [s]so don't bother about us, bother more about your useless Imo state.

most of you don't know anything about the project but are always quick to argue. is umueri Obiano's community? no.

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You really must be a very sad, frustrated and bitter person. The sort of bile that oozes out of you can't emanate from a normal person. SMH.

Mraphel:
Your Igbo brothers are agitating to settle down there

Igbos are like the Chinese, they are courageous and adventurous when it comes to business and that is why you can see them in very remote places. It doesn't mean anything. We move into godforsaken places, make our money there and send remittances home.

That is why our region is growing despite government sanctioned bias against it. Real estates is booking in our region and it is partly due to remittances.

Many countries today rely on remittances and it will shock you to realize that remittances gives Nigeria more money than oil does. That's food for thought!

OVB123:
You have hit the nail on the head... osogbo is more or like a rural settlement, however, there enjoyed stable power supply and things are relativelly cheap onlike some cities in Nigeria.

Are you not contradicting yourself? Since Oshogbo is more or less like a village, shouldn't things be very cheap there? So why do you want to compare it with cities in Nigeria

KasyogenyiBASTA:
Which imo GDP are you yapping about? What's in Imo state except cheap hotels and prostitutes in Owerri? Do they reckon on chalets and commercial sex hawkers when calculating GDP? Imo state is at the same as Osun, Ekiti and Jigawa in GDP.

Below is the GDP as released by the NBS.

Awo free education has proven to be a disaster and you're a case study

Even the list you provided only recorded that of 22 states, Lagos and Imo states among a few others were not captured. You can recheck the list for emphasis.

Now look at the list below.

Meanwhile, you call hotels in Imo cheap? I bet you don't want to go down that path, Imo state has better hotels than anywhere in your region bar No Man's Land.

Secondly, prostitution is something that is found everywhere, it is even listed as a profession in Netherlands. However, it is far better than mining skulls and committing incest that is rampant in your region.

Pleasant01:
is that why Oyo state's gdp is more than that of all South East states?

When you guys stop all these lies and propaganda? Which Oyo state are you talking about?

Oyo state has a slightly higher GDP than Imo state. Oyo state is 4th on the table while Imo is 5th, despite all the noise about its population and landmass.

Na wa for una o. Audio people

kingzizzy:
Obiano wants to commission this Airport before he leaves next year, he doesnt want another man to take the glory from him

Not just that, another governor may even abandon it and it will become a white elephant project. He must do everything possible to complete it before living office.

He didn't build it in Awka or Onitsha but in his village as I heard, so another governor may abandon it for that reason if he fails to complete it before leaving office and that will be a disaster.

[quote author=Cashsteady post=91788350][/quote]Lolz, Oguta is now the most developed place in Imo state according to my afonja friend. So places like Owerri, Orlu, Okigwe, Mbaise, Nkwerre etc. are no longer in Imo state??

Continue shifting goal posts but I will make sure that you're enlightened today.

Cashsteady:
Talk about your own state.. how many state in SE can you consider beautiful and developed

My dear don't allow generational lies and propaganda to decieve you. Eastern cities are like paradise compared to all these disturbing pictures you uploaded here. Is it Owerri, Enugu, Abakilike, Onitsha etc. Which one of them do you want to compare with Oshogbo? Even Oguta village in Imo state is far more beautiful, decent and livable than Oshogbo, if you argue I will upload drone pictures of Oguta so you can check it yourself.

OMG, did you guys do a time travel back to 1840 while the rest of the world kept advancing?

See as you use your hand expose your region

LWKD for here

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Oshogbo should be nuked

Iswearigad, not just Oshogbo because the others are very much like that. It will be better to nuke the entire region except of course the No Man's land

adekolaelect:
yet those villages Sithole is a save heaven for you,brothers,uncles,sisters ,young and elders from your region .

Safe haven indeed. So because there are American people working in places like Libya and Iraq means those places are safe haven?

Capitalism and being adventurous goes hand in hand. We Igbos are capitalists and that is why you can still find some of us in godforsaken places like Borno, Osun or Zamfara. It doesn't mean those places are safe haven.

Hmnnn, take Lagos out of the SW and you will have a zone that is worst than NE.

Even Northerners they like to mock as being backward don't have settlements that are this bad.

Lol, this is 2020 and SW cities slums are still looking like this?! Spits.

Village man, little wonder why every afonja claims to be from Lagos, the rest of the area is total sh!thole

For you to even boldly upload all these eyesore and call it beautiful shows you've never stepped out of Oshogbo

Lol, honest to God, I'm ashamed on behalf of the op. Just negodu what someone is presenting as a city and even calls it beautiful

Slums in SA are far better and more beautiful than this.

Have little shame my friend and delete these nonsense lest some foriegners will get it to see it by mistake.

It's a huge embarrassment to call these slum settlement that looks like Timbuktu in 1795, a city. For God's sake this is 2020!!!