₦airaland Forum

After all the years of ruling and stealing, these ones are still dying of hunger?

The Western media is focused on the struggle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with searing images of the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding. Yet the magnitude is tiny compared to the humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria. Total confirmed deaths number 239 in the current round of fighting between Hamas and the Israelis. In comparison, there have been at least 755 deaths since January 1, 2021 in northeastern Borno State, the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency; in northeastern Nigeria alone, over 2.9 million are internally displaced. In northwestern Kaduna and Zamfara states, both heavily afflicted by armed banditry, cumulative deaths since the turn of the year are at least 705. (Many more have been kidnapped.) Reporting from northern Nigeria is difficult, and thus casualty figures are likely an undercount. Now, the World Food Program is sounding the alarm over the looming prospect of famine. Already, a large majority of Nigerians (86 percent) lack access to a safely managed source of potable water.

In northeastern Nigeria, food and other relief is provided almost entirely by UN agencies and some 150 Nigerian and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet their personnel are under attack from Boko Haram and other jihadi organizations who accuse aid workers of, among other things, "Christianizing" the indigenous Muslim population. The other bookend of humanitarian frustration is that relief workers credibly complain that their efforts are too often thwarted by the army and the police in the name of "security." At least some security operatives complain that humanitarian relief reaches jihadis.

Why does the ongoing tragedy in northern Nigeria—and indeed much of the rest of the Sahel—attract so little attention in the developed world? Part of the answer is that the Sahel and northern Nigeria are far away. Few Americans have a personal link to it, unlike the large number that are invested in Israel and Palestine in one way or another. Many, perhaps most, Americans are convinced that what happens in Israel and Palestine directly affects U.S. interests. Further, issues in the conflict in northern Nigeria and the Sahel, in many ways a civil war within Islam, are obscure to twenty-first-century Americans. Popular media coverage is also limited: for a long time, media access to the war zone has been inhibited both by jihadis and the security services. "Compassion fatigue" in the aftermath of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria also plays a role.

Whatever the reasons, the bottom line is that the ongoing tragedy in the Sahel and northern Nigeria merits more humanitarian attention from the United States than it receives.


https://www.cfr.org/blog/northern-nigeria-faces-threat-famine?utm_medium=social_earned&utm_source=tw_campbell

Geisha is now 250..used to be 200

Owerri last 2 weeks till now:

People going about their business.

Police being courteous and in scarce

No crime

Everyone hustling and stunting their sweet rides.

Owerri girls looking sweeter like always with the cool weather favoring their fair skins.

Rossiminku:
https://d3re0f381bckq9.cloudfront.net/51260439_img-20200824-wa0204_810x1080.jpg

https://i0.wp.com/nigeriarealestatehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CBN.jpg

https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp4188468.jpg

one tall building in the midst of bungalows is not proper development.

A cascade of similar buildings show evenly spread out development.

Op,

How many accounts do you have here?

I’ve counted 6 accounts with your similar name and mode of posting.

Isn’t such moves illegal on this forum?

Am sure they need ppl like you to increease their “registered user” profile

Every cretin feels the need to mention igbo so they can feel significant.

That dude that posted pictures of Abuja and claimed it’s kaduna?

After he was called out, his answer was “is it not the same north?”

Dude lied about coming to east severally while posted fake pictures claiming it’s eastern Nigeria.

How he gets away with such things is beyond me

All these just cos a tribe wanted him to deal with another tribe..

Hate is indeed a punishment to ourselves

I don’t blame the dolt..

I blame the Idiots that voted the dolt

Nigerian army operates more like a gang than a security outfit

And to think some Nigerians cheered them on as they committed such atrocities

What sort of gutter reporting is this?

“They sang igbo war song saying they’ll catch him in Lagos or in igbo land”-this alone shows the unseriousness of this reporter.

The barrage of fake news about igbos on this site is just alarming.

Fake!!

Awka is fast taking shape

Onitsha more

More from awka

Anambra’s 3rd largest town, nnewi

More onitsha

Onitsha

More awka

During 2015 election year, it was an atmosphere of desolation if you are an easterner.

One from the eastern stock dare not make a peep tone or he/she shall me met with great insults. Threats etc

The constant harangue thrown the easterners saw a massive exodus of igbos back to their homeland.


This meant massive real estate development in the East and a broader political participation of igbos in their home politics.

This has imprinted massively in the environment.

The East now is a cascade of buildings, entertainment and businesses.

As they continue to push the envelope of development in the East, here are some pictures of strides made thus far(though many more needs to be done)

Places like anambra got the massive boost they needed.

Starting from awka, anambra

Ebonyi environs

SmartPolician:
Raker300, I don't know what you stand to gain when you create a thread and start it with intention of mocking some people or being politically correct.

How about you just say how Ebonyi State has fared since the current governor took over the mantle of leadership in the relatively new state?

we all have to learn to live with the consequences of our actions.

Once posterity doesn’t judge us right, most of us tend to develop amnesia.

The harangue of hate speech against easterners in Nigeria towards, during and after 2015 shaped the lengthy developmental strides in the East.

FYI: am doing other states in east next..buckle up

We love ebonyi

W

Ebonyi is something else

More

Ebonyi at night

New projects springing up all over

Ebonyi is not waiting on anybody

2015 was a consternation year for mostly people living east.

Atmosphere of prejudice, threats and downright disengagement of the easterners hung around the igbos.

Most people threaten the igbos with being obsolete, some made jokes the East would be abandoned for worst.

The led to statements like “politically insignificant, 5 percenters, wailers etc” being tossed around once “Eastern Nigeria” is mentioned.

Well, I would like to present the progress of eastern nigerian states, starting with ebonyi has faired since then.