₦airaland Forum

Queenisha:
like they know what to do.
They should not only charge that criminal but imprison him and have him wear tight underwears filled with soldier ants.

Sagamite:
What

Nigerians are too special to talk down to?

Anyway, no list is complete in my view except it includes:
1) Not hard working, has very low productivity
2) Everybody is to be blamed but themselves
3) Wants work or money the easy and painless way
4) Although criticises poor standards, he/she celebrates national mediocrity
5) Has indefatigable spirit
6) Can find a million excuse why something can or has not improved when it is easier to find one simple change to improve it.

yemmyse:
Quotalsyste - Sorry, i am Igbo and we hate cheating by any group against us or against any other group. I will say what i think is good, whether you like it or not. If you think that's being tribalistic, then let me be for all i care.

Indeed, it shows in the no. of human right activitists from the East.

And do you even have a single human right activist in your Ijaw area? How can you when all of you are still sleeping and aliens from several thousand miles away from your area are having fun pillaging your wealth to develop their own area.

norsman:
fashola, yar adua

Ibime:
Fashola, Donald Duke, Alfred Diete Spiff, Yar'Adua.

DRANOEL:
@quotasystem

or what ever you call your self,you live in an ibo mirage and you are bloody scared that what the ibos struggled for and lost lots of lives but couldnt get would be eventually given to the niger delta people,shut up and concentrate on ndigbo

tpia:
you need to shut your mouth on any issue concerning Nigeria before I come and shut it for you.

Stick to topics dealing with your own area.

You've been warned.

Quotasystem, your tribalism is too much abeg. Sometimes, it takes over your rational thinking.

It is not about being ruled by an outside force. An Ijaw country is not a viable proposition. Firstly, our borders are too porous. We also host many communities within us who are not Ijaw such as the Ogoni's and many many others. For example, you could have two Ijaw islands with another non-Ijaw island inbetween them. What you are talking about is impossible.

If you ask the average Ijaw man, he is happy to live as part of a country called Southern Nigeria. If not Southern Nigeria, then he is happy in Nigeria as long as his rights are respected.

Ibime:
If you contrast Yar'Adua's handling of Niger-Delta with OBJ's handling, you will know what I am talking about. Niger Delta degenerated into a farce due to OBJ's promotion of thug politics. A lot of these boys running around terrorising Niger-Delta are products of OBJ's style of election campaigning. Yar'Adua seems like a sensible, peaceful guy, not involved in amala politics.

Richguys:
10 Characteristics of a Typical Nigeria
This is my own 10 Try and make your own list

1. Very friendly
2. very Smart [Others call it 419]
3. Can adapt to any situation [even hell]
4. Very sensetive [ Obama Campaign fund Raising ]
5. Always optimistic [Naija go better ]
6. Hard working [ Go to lagos to confirm this ]
7. Hate Cheating [others call this arrogant]
8. As a Nigerian you must know how to praise yourself [others call this arrogant]
9. We don't care about what people say about us [others call this arrogant]
10. We always want to lead [ others call this arrogant]

Ibime:
Quite correct.

tpia:
I believe your brand of madness is hereditary and beyond cure.

If you have a problem with english language as evidenced by the garbage you normally spew here, then just say so.

The fact that your family is composed of a bunch of illiterate baboons with no sense of propriety, doesnt mean everyone else comes from the same ramshackle jungle as you.

Bloody beast of no nation and monkey of no gender who thinks he's a chimpanzee.

youngies:
If your call is solely on the vituperations of Ahmadinejad, then where is the "freedom of speech or expression" being touted by the west? Shouldn't Israel also oil their propaganda machine and do same (like they are doing now)

Does Ahmadinejad have the capacity to see through his threat of wiping Israel of the map?

youngies:
Are you being serious or is it just your way of talking?

Kidnap the President of a sovereign nation because he is running his mouth? Who isn't running their mouth in this God forsaken world?

tpia:
@ Quotasystem, honestly, the day I descend on you in this place, you wont know what hit you.

If you hear the word Niger after that, before they even finish to add "ria", you will pick race.

Just wait until I have your time.

You like insulting people's parents right?

Ok. One day will be your own here. Everyday is for the thief.

bilymuse:
at poster
There would be no revolt from the north. For the past 50 years the north has never revolt over economy, only religion issues brought them to the street. there is no sign it going to change soon. The Muslim north believe that everything comes from God, therefore a bad economy too comes from God. This explain the lackadaisical attitude of a core northerner: everything is of God, man cannot change anything except its the will of God.

The northerner only comes to the street to butchered other tribe on the false pretence of religion.

yemmyse:
The only known black billionaire is an Hausa man, Dangote.

The only known Nigerian Nobel Prize winner is a Yoruba Man

Igbo this, Igbo that, Igbo hater, Igbo killer haba na only una.

All you overly self conceited paranoid guys should please go to bed

debosky:
This is a retarded way of thinking - others have ruined the country, so we must have our turn at ruining it further? That is probably the most asinine reasoning I've heard for rotating power.

By the way, what is 'near' the Igbo's turn? 32 years? Dude if that is near, I'D be scared to hear your conception of 'far'

I do agree that by whatever 'arrangement', power must rotate - either with this mechanical north-south method or another, but it must rotate. Sadly our democracy is nowhere developed enough to make such issues secondary.

it would be ideal if the president, wherever he claims as his 'primary' origins are, to be able to claim significant affinity with another tribal group as well, and I think that is what tpia is trying to say, but ideally this should extend to ANY person who becomes president, not someone of Igbo origin alone. Such inter-tribal mixes would gradually lessen the emphasis on this particular tribe or the other getting a run.

On the other hand, it could potentially mess things up too. If a man claims to be half Igbo and half Hausa, would power then be able to rotate to the hausas or would they be deemed to have used up 'half' their slot? Trust Nigerians, we would her such arguments and even worse.

DeepZone:
Come to think of it, did our fathers complain like this when ibos were were running the country after independence? Namdi azikiwe, Aguyi Ironsi etc were not Hausa, were they?

Igbo president my bakassi.
Does producing a president help any ethnic group really.
OBJ ruled for 8 years,is the plight of the average Yoruba man, woman or youth any better?
Awusa people have been ruling from time Imo river, are they not still the most backward and most disease ridden bunch in Naija.
I don't care where the president comes from as long as he improves the lot of the masses, and vows to be be fair and keeps Nigeria a secular state with strong handed punishment for militants and Islamists
The governors in Igboland come from Igboland, have they helped Igboland or have they succeded in lining their individul pockets like their counterparts in Kano and Oyo?
This sort of thread is getting retarded