₦airaland Forum

Mikecold:
Since when did north start having crude oil

Hope it isn't the elephant project in Chad basin designed to suck Niger Delta money since 2015 you are talking about

From Arewa with love.

BabaOwen:
You're a dumb aboki. So you think if things fall apart in this country, mallams will still be allowed to operate in ports in the south.

Sense is so far from you aboki.

What are you gonna do? Storm the ports with Igboho and arrest the vessels with his charms? Stop Dangote from using his private jetty? Mount road blocks on the railways?

Get serious please and quit sounding like you're empty upstairs.

Cyberterror:
This is a welcome development. Fulani people are trying. It's just their herdsmen who are causing problems for everybody and damaging the image of the good ones among them.

God bless you.

BabaOwen:
You're as daft as theboss abi wetin b him useless moniker

The port that it will land in Apapa, is Apapa in Sokoto or Kastina. Or the rail line won't pass through the south west abi

You're so dumb boy.

Only a compound dunce doesn't realize the futility of attempting to block a petrol laden freight train.

Swerve with your juvenile antics before you get run over.

BabaOwen:
Which port them go land this refined petrol? I hope there is a seaport in Kano

Drink your crude oil.

Our imported, refined petrol will land at our Apapa Port of course as usual. Nothing you can do about that.

Furthermore, there's a dry port in Kaduna being linked by rail all the way to Apapa to maximize efficiency and literally side track miscreants. (Yet you wonder why Buhari is building railways to the Zinder refinery in Niger as further backup).

Note that the importation is only until our Arewa owned mega - refinery, the largest single train oil refining facility in Earth, being built in Lagos alongside another northern owned one in Akwa Ibom start production to mint those crude billions, while some lazy, clueless southerners sit there doing nothing but shouting "awa oyel".

Jokes on you.

Amitez:
They are not suffering under or unemployment. Even if they cannot write simple sentenses.

Sentences.

Pot calling kettle black.

TOPCRUISE:
Oil transportation to the North should be blocked..

You mean our refined petrol imported from Brazil or China, or which oil transportation?

There is no southern oil being transported to the North. Read again and digest.

I laugh in working refineries.

tunjiajayi:
Retaliation?
The traders from the north are simply saying no trade I you cant guarantee our safety in the market place.
Note the words traders and market place.

The past skirmishes have shown that though they are traders, they would be attacked in place of their co-ethnic criminals.
This is wrong and needs to be addressed, simple.

A lot of southerners don't want to admit the glaring fact that it was wrong to repeatedly attack innocent traders for whatever grievances they had against the government or killer herdsmen.

Northern traders are and will never be equal to killer herdsmen and bandits, so any backlash for unjustifiably killing them, from Oyigbo to Ibadan should not be seen by southerners as being blackmailed for standing their ground/defending their land (that's emotional blackmail in itself), rather it should be seen as a survival strategy by the traders, who have now realised that there's no limit to the level of misdirected murderous anger, ignorance and extreme hatred for northerners in the mind of the typical bigot southern savage.

Rubbiish:
Stop twisting my comments!!!
I said cow & onions!!!!
We don't need it!
Don't quote me out of context!!!
The so called cows & onions, what do u people use in transporting it?? Water I guess?
U think the economy can function without fuel?
But it doesn't need your cow & onions to function!

Sorry.

I forgot beef and onions are metal objects. I thought they were classified as food items.

I also forgot that the name of the association is "cows and onions only merchant’s association", not Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria.

You're right again.

Rubbiish:
My quote is within the context of this discuss!
U want to compare fuel that is a necessary commodity to cow & onions? I laff...

Alright food is not a necessary or essential commodity. Only cars are.

You're right.

Rubbiish:
U don see where seller dey brag to customer? Na who dey buy goods dey call the shot, no be who dey sell!
I pity una

It seems you've never experienced fuel scarcity in Nigeria.

See their faces.

If they were not caught, the killing and kidnapping would have been blamed on innocent herdsmen, not knowing its one AK-47 wielding Ikechukwu and his concubine both from Ohafia, Abia State.

FriendNG:
Not only that. The southwest governor(s) encouraged the attack in Shasha market.

Rather than ending the crisis, they use Amotekun to shoot at innocent traders. That on itself is a state sponsored terrorism.

Hence Amotekun has portrayed itself (in this case) as an ethnic militia and not a community police.

Several mistakes were made, and to be honest, anyone including myself would never tolerate being killed or forcefully ejected from my territory without some form of resistance. However, you're right about Amotekun abandoning their duties and true targets to callously start attacking innocent traders; it definitely gave the attack an ethnic colouration and was quite inciting, further fueling the crisis.

What anyone needs to do is take a panoramic view of the whole situation, one would discover that we're just being pawns on the chessboard of wicked, selfish politicians who are deliberately sponsoring & fueling the crisis for their political gain - either through chaos to frustrate the President or for their seccessionist/separatist agenda.

The only way to collectively win therefore is to forgive one another, agree to stop peddling divisive, hateful & derogatory narratives and instead give peace a chance, support a credible 2023 candidate that would consolidate on present gains and lead us towards the Nigeria of our dreams.

myobjective:
What hateful derogatory rhetoric?
How do you even want the Yorubas to react when communities upon communities are being attacked by Fulani bandits in Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Kwara and Ekiti?

The people of the north-west suffering from the continuous attack of bandits may not look at it from the prism of ethnic attacks and a bid to take over their land from them since there the Fulanis are indigenous to that land but the Yorubas don't have such a relationship with the Fulanis.

Everyone knows that without the Fulani issues, the southwest would never have risen to hate or push negative rhetoric against the north but instead of smart people like you to dose the tension, you keep on escalating the whole thing by calling us names and playing politics with it.

Everyone knows that the Buhari gov't have been sympathetic to the Fulani criminals and terrorist against the interest of other Nigerians. He has used the instrument of States to protect them while playing dead to the yearning of other Nigerians.

People wouldn't just take it and assume that everything is okay, just because the interest of an Osinbanjo or Tinubu is on the line.

I will rather have peace, be able to farm and travelled around and have an Igbo president than the prospect of being kidnapped in my homeland and on the road with a Yoruba president.

With peace, understanding & mutual respect everybody wins.

But it is not in the interest of the politicians, especially the opposition, for peace to prevail. Therein lies the dilemma.

Hence they stoke tensions, people are rubbed the wrong way, emotions run high and they react - sometimes excessively.

To be honest, everyone is guilty for escalating the crisis because the amount of gloating and insensitivity when innocent northern traders were killed in Ibadan was highly inciting and blood curdling. I personally abstained from commenting on the herdsmen crisis for months because there was clearly a political angle to the issue, but the general reaction of the majority of southerners (particularly SW) to the Shasha incident put one on the defensive. It was an unfortunate incident and it is best we all bury the hatchet, put it behind us & forge ahead; shaming the wicked politicians in an altruistic effort to collectively create a brigher future for us all. Cheers.

seunmsg:
I have said enough already, you’re free to believe whatever makes you happy. When the time comes, we shall all be here to witness the show.

Honestly I wish this whole selfish madness would just end. Its really a race to the bottom.

All I want is a good, God-fearing President for Nigeria & Osibanjo is a good man, but y'all need to turn down the hateful, derogatory rhetoric from the SW.

myobjective:
Northern population is a mirage and if you know anything about demography studies you wouldn't explain it off with the simplistic excuse of polygamy.

A thorough analysis will look at available arable landmass, industries, child mortality rate, availability of surface water, migration pattern etc.

In my fieldwork, I have had the liberty to travel to many parts of the northwest and what I see is an endless barren wasteland with no one in it.

So 'simplistic' polygamy is not a factor in any population or demographic study?

This is the problem with pseudo-intellectuals.

Guess what, you're right again!

FriendNG:
@quotasystem me wannan Yake cewa? Dan bangane ba. Hausar tashi sai a slow. If you cannot type in fluent Hausa, use English.

Ka kyale takkwali in yana kunyan yaren shi.

Mu dai muna ji da yaren mu, bada na kowa ba

Finally, South South sun ci sa'a ba kadan ba.

FriendNG:
Xasu sha mamaki. Mai Makon suboye hatred dinsu sujira agama zabe, sai suka kasa haquri. But well that to our advantage.

Manta da su. Dama kowa ya san halin su da maciji babu banbanci.

Bakin banza gare su, ko Jonathan sai da yayi banza dasu, sunka kasa komai sai baki kawai.

Basuda yarda xasu yi da mu, mulki daga Allah ne.

myobjective:
You are not the majority, the three regions in the South have more people than the north and if the middle belt is put into consideration the odds will strongly be against you.

The leadership of the army can easily be reconfigured to suit the whims of the president to push an agenda. Also, the army is dominated by northern Christians, not Sahelian.

If a southern president that knows how to play politics becomes the president, the easiest thing to do will be just to empower the middle belts and northeastern minorities.

I guess the context flew over your head.

How many LGA's are in the North compared to the South?

How many lawmakers per LGA?

Regarding population, even ignoring available statistics, who practices polygamy the most?

You know what? Never mind.

You are right

seunmsg:
The president of the Federal republic of Nigeria can be impeached in a jiffy? Is this a joke or what? A president that enjoys the support of all lawmakers from the south. Wake up and accept the reality, bro. You’re losing it.

Who blocked Remi Tinubu's bill for Lagos to be given a special status?

Was it not Ike Ekweremadu? Was he a northerner? Lol. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a president to enjoy unanimous support from pugnacious, greedy southern lawmakers.

Northern lawmakers clearly outnumber southern ones therefore in a polarized NA like you stated, frustrating & impeaching an unco-operative Jona would be a piece of cake, especially after the usual greedy horse trading & you know it. There are dreams bro; then there is reality. Wake up.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
but why do you guys always want to lord it over others,
There is no fair play in your dictionary.

Don't tell me it is politics.

This is something else

Not really, I think it is just perceived as such.

The SW also thought there was no fairplay in Ebele Jonathan's dictionary.

The SE thinks the same of Buhari's dictionary.

Politics by nature, is a game of competing interests.

seunmsg:
You underestimate the power of the president and it’s so laughable to be honest. You think all the above will matter again once he becomes the president? Who controls all the security and anti graft agencies?

The north is about to finally play itself into a cul-de-sac simply because they are scared of honoring a gentleman’s agreement. Nigeria is on the brink of collapse and somehow you think Jonathan will pander to the north if ever gets a second chance to rule Nigeria?


You actually need the advice in your last paragraph more than me. The Hausa Fulani should beware of this open anti-South west posturing before they finally play themselves into an everlasting political wilderness. Trust me, this is the last time Fulani political hawks will ever attempt treachery again. The atmosphere in the country is ripe for what they want and they shall get it. Enough said!

You can never relegate the majority in a democracy. Never.

The power of the President is severely limited by the legislature, especially when it is not a friendly one.

President that can impeached in a jiffy once he steps on the wrong toes especially if they are the dominant in the NA?

Lmao Seun this is not a comedy club please.

myobjective:
I'm 100% sure that I'm at least 10years older than you. I speak Hausa fluently and I have been to most northern states.

I don't hate the Talakawas Hausas on the street, what I hate is the hubris of the elites that are mostly and a hybrid of Fulani. The elites that don't understand governance and how to position Nigeria on the part of progress.

You can't tell the Yorubas on one hand that you will sabotage their interest and except them to be your friend. If you try to sabotage me, I will sabotage you and come down hard on you because when Nigeria disintegrate, the Yoruba will gain more than the current affairs of things.

If at all you are, then it is most unfortunate.

You cannot "come down hard" on anything so you are only amusing yourself my friend

What did you do when a spineless, gutless Jonathan discarded you into the political dustbin for 5 years beyond opening threads on NL?

Was it not on this forum that your eldest & most reverred elders were ridiculed and taken to the cleaners by other southerners when they crawled to Aso Rock, cap in hand, begging Jonathan for political inclusion? Who bailed the SW from Jonathan's cage? What happened to your hardness then? You see why nobody takes your paper threats seriously?

You suffered power failure before lily-livered Jonathan but it's Arewa you think......

Spare us the small talk abeg.

myobjective:
Arewa is a political pet project of the Hausa/Fulani and their Kanuris elites.

The Yoruba intellectuals will continue to drum the injustices against Benue, Southern Kaduna, Taraba, southern Gombe, Kebbi minorities, Nassarawa etc the throats of northern minorities. We'll continue to push propaganda to win and weaken the hegemonic forces of parasitic Hausa/Fulani elites. The game will be play to divide and cut you, people, off.

You plenty of enemies already in the north due to your greed and your hubris. I'm with what is happening to Tinubu, this will teach more Yorubas the lesson they need to learn and win more people and resource back to secessionist Yorubas.

Greater, more hateful ones than you have come and gone to their graves unfulfilled.

Your hatred for the North is not a quarter of the Late Gideon Orkar & others like him that are now rested.

You are but a shadow in comparison young man. Your planned propaganda is dead on arrival because every northerner knows that when southern savages want to unleash their bloody violence & start their senseless killings, they are just another 'aboki' that is a valid target. Whoever seeks to dig a political grave for the North had better dig two lest his carcass be feasted on by the birds.

Thank goodness your sensible elders, from HRH Ooni to Tinubu to GSM are wiser, humble and employ diplomacy accordingly.

myobjective:
Northern interest is not paramount to the Yorubas. Yoruba interest first in Yorubaland and Nigeria at large. We can't relegate our interest to the back just because we want to play to the gallery of the Sahelian.

What do you bring to the table to warrant all the hubris?
What will the Yoruba lose for falling out with the core north when they can play a spoiler to win the middle belt and northeastern minorities to their side or better still when they can exit Nigeria?

The only people that need to be really worried are the Sahelian. The only people that will be cut out completely when the going gets tough. The only people that should be on their knees begging the rest of us. Forget about social media and go to the street and the real world. The level of distrust amongst Nigerians towards the core north is at an all-time high. From the minorities tribes of northeastern Nigeria to the middle belt, to south westerners, to south easterners.

Core, middle, bottom; you can deceive yourself in any manner you choose.

This generation of southerners will soon learn why & how Arewa unity & political sagacity is the inexhaustible source of its hegemony.

Nuff said.

Confirmedzombie:
We will never allow the south East to rule Nigeria until they resuscitate themselves and stop politics of bitterness, hate, ethnicity, sentiment and religion.

Indeed you are very correct my friend.

That is a majority position.

Oshigun:
The point is that the North know and understand the relation they must have with the SW they are not obligated to have with others. It is the reality and truth most Nigerians don't have the maturity of mind to accept.

Pure, unadulterated delusion of grandeur.

Any assumed obligation has been eroded by recent events, and I find it amusingly surprising that you all cannot smell it.

Right now, the SS, the goose that lays the golden egg, are in pole position to clinch the Presidency with overwhelming northern support. As much as I love Tinubu for his loyalty, his region can no longer be trusted to protect northern interests and that has always been the compass that determines our political bearing. Amaechi & Jonathan are the candidates to beat as things stand.

There are actions, then there are consequences.

seunmsg:
Once he’s sworn in as president, he should build a United southern coalition to ditch whatever agreement he had with the north and handover to another southern president. The north cannot make any meaningful argument for the presidency in 2027 so he will be justified. That way, we can even have a southern president for 12 years. The north will only end up playing itself.

You think with all his corruption baggage, massive loot & millions of skeletons in his cupboard deliberately overlooked by PMB & the northern hegemony, Jonathan can ever be independent-minded or anti-north? You think the ease of keeping him reined in line is not a contributory factor to why he's a sudden desirable bride? Jonathan knows FIRST hand the consequences of reneging on an agreement with the North.

Think again & beware of this open anti-arewa posturing before you play yourselves into political wilderness under GEJ again.

Well done.

Beautiful tour.

Glad to know despite the security challenges, food remains abundant and cheap in the region.

Safe trip on your further travels.

Sanchez01:
The DAR trick of the North in which it dangles the first presidency like it's theirs to give is sickening.

That's because of the northern unity across its 2 core regions (NW & NE) and parts of the NC, which all boast of a huge politically conscious population.