₦airaland Forum

zuchyblink:
In a few years, he had become so wealthy
that he was shipping palm oil directly to
Liverpool............... Igboman's ingenuity and entreprenuerial skills make others feel threatened and irrelevant that is our problem with oyibo people and others. Take for instance,in Igboland most people don't buy stuffs like milling machine,AC,Oven,refrigerator,car,trycycle and mothercycle parts made by Oyibo people. These things are fabricated locally in igboland

You can say that again!

AngelAhnie:
You don see am na

Just imagine! I wonder who she was planning to show this to. May be, her husband had been doubting her going to church so she wanted to prove her sincerity to him!

SeverusSnape:
She wanted to take a selfie of herself in the spirit.

But who snap her ?.

I guess it was televised so the cameras caught her!

SeverusSnape:
She wanted to take a selfie of herself in the spirit.

But who snap her ?.

You are funny!

Ndi ulo uka...ndi church!!!

The height at which people have gone to all in the name of taking selfies is alarming! Very soon, we will start seeing people taking selfies while they are dying! To me, this is a complete disrespect for God...no fear sef?

Born in Igboland and sold as a slave to a Bonny trader at the age of twelve, he was named Jubo Jubogha by his first master. He was later sold to Chief Alali, the head of the Opubo Annie Pepple Royal House. Called Jaja by the British, this gifted and enterprising individual eventually became one of the most powerful men in the eastern Niger Delta.

The Niger Delta, where the Niger empties itself into the Gulf of Guinea in a system of intricate waterways, was the site of unique settlements called city-states.

From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, Bonny, like the other city-states, gained its wealth from the profits of the slave trade. Here, an individual could attain prestige and power through success in business and, as in the case of Jaja, a slave could work his way up to head of state. The House was a socio-political institution and was the basic unit of the city-state.

In the nineteenth century—after the abolition of the slave trade in 1807—the trade in slaves was supplanted by the trade in palm oil, which was so vibrant that the region was named the Oil Rivers area.

The Houses in Bonny and other city-states controlled both the internal and external palm oil trade because the producers in the hinterland were forbidden to trade directly with the Europeans on the coast; the Europeans never left the coast for fear of malaria.

Astute in business and politics, Jaja became the head of the Anna Pepple House, extending its activities and influence by absorbing other houses, increasing operations in the hinterland and augmenting the number of European contacts. A power struggle ensued among rival factions in the houses at Bonny leading to the breakaway of the faction led by Jaja. He established a new settlement, which he named Opobo. He became King Jaja of Opobo and declared himself independent of Bonny.

Strategically located between Bonny and the production areas of the hinterland, King Jaja controlled trade and politics in the delta. In so doing, he curtailed trade at Bonny and fourteen of the eighteen Bonny houses moved to Opobo.

In a few years, he had become so wealthy that he was shipping palm oil directly to Liverpool. The British consul could not tolerate this situation. Jaja was offered a treaty of "protection", in return for which the chiefs usually surrendered their sovereignty. After Jaja's initial opposition, he was reassured, in vague terms, that neither his authority nor the sovereignty of Opobo would be threatened.

Jaja continued to regulate trade and levy duties on British traders, to the point where he ordered a cessation of trade on the river until one British firm agreed to pay duties. Jaja refused to comply with the consul's order to terminate these activities, despite British threats to bombard Opobo. Unknown to Jaja, the Scramble for Africa had taken place and Opobo was part of the territories allocated to Great Britain. This was the era of gunboat diplomacy, where Great Britain used her naval power to negotiate conditions favorable to the British.

Lured into a meeting with the British consul aboard a warship, Jaja was arrested and sent to Accra, where he was summarily tried and found guilty of "treaty breaking" and "blocking the highways of trade".

He was deported to St. Vincent, West Indies and four years later, he died en route to Nigeria after he was permitted to return.

Ironically, Jaja's dogged insistence on African independence and effective resistance exposed British imperialism and made him the first victim of foreign territorial intrusion in West Africa. The fate of Jaja reverberated through the entire Niger delta. Amazed at this turn of events, the other delta chiefs quickly capitulated.

In addition, the discovery of quinine as the cure for malaria enabled the British traders to bypass the middlemen and deal directly with the palm oil producers, thus precipitating the decline of the city-states.

King Jaja's downfall ensured a victory for British supremacy, paving the way for the eventual imposition of the colonial system in this region by the end of the century.

blackpanda:
Hateful tribalists. Thats all u guys know how to do. Just to spread hate on social media. Rubbish

Why don't u remove the log from ur eyes first. After going through the comments on this thread, u are even the bigger tribalist!

nnachukz:
Buhari is his own enemy. Nobody is sabotaging him except himself. His utterances, his moves are all saddled with tribal bigotry. He is practising favouritism as against all inclusive government and so is surely going to be receiving serious oppositions from those he his neglecting. Nothing divine brought him there, only the ignorance of the masses and their gullibility that brought him there.

You are filled with wisdom, I swear!

H

Barney11:
nonsense,itz only when you dont know ur right or ur staying with an illitrate old landlord who manages the property himself,my wife's bestie is our tenant wife.can you toy with your revenue?tenants are even hard to get now and by the way is the said house by force?

Here, I'm telling you how some landlords in our cities act.

AngelAhnie:
See your tongue

I sent u a mail but u did not reply. Why? Send me a mail to kelvinbanks442@gmail.com

AngelAhnie:
The price of old houses should be less, I live in a new house not a house built in the 60s with high price.

Are you sure? Nor be 1922 house u dey stay? Na joke I dey oh!

AngelAhnie:
No 4 is annoying

I know you must have experienced something similar

Lawyer, where are you?

Raph01:
and did I advertise anythang here?? Y una always like 2 find attention like this... u jes here dey talk nonse*se

Ok. Bye. You can now take your leave

Raph01:

There is an appropriate place created for advert! Must you display ur advert on every thread u see?

MrRichy:
some landlords even "eye" their neighbours wives

...and if the wife complies, their rent is forgotten!

The outrageous characters some Nigerian landlords display can make Caliban, the evil monster, to appear a saint! Old Nick, the devil, would be so shocked and embarrassed that there are still people who are more mischievous than him!

1) Exhorbitant fees: In these present times when many Nigerians are facing serious economic/financial hardship, some landlords would still ask you to pay up to 150,000 Naira for caution and agreement fee!!! The rentage is not even included oh! When dem add rent join am, how man pikin go take survive nah?

2) Drink money: After paying the caution and agreement fees, some landlords would still ask you to drop money for drinks. If you hear the amount! Sometimes, 30k to 40k! Just for drink? One greedy landlord even asked a client to drop 20k for groundnuts!!! I almost thought there would be a get-together party for all the kids in the neighbourhood with such amount of money for groundnuts! Una go kill person!

3) Collecting 2 years rent with nothing less: Nigerian landlords, abeg make una take am easy! The rate at which the rent fee for flats and mini flats in many Nigerian cities is increasing can throw an underemployed fellow off balance! At least, one year rent is okay, considering the fact that house rent is costly these days. Deh nor dey carry house take travel oh!

4) Charging outrageous fees for old buildings: How can you ask a prospective tenant to pay 650k for a 3 bedroom flat in a house that was built in 1993? Without modern facilities!!! Search your soul; e good for your eyes? I advised him to bring it down because I would not manage such property!

5) Turning the entire compound to your personal garage: Some landlords would not allow their tenants to enjoy the slightest level of convenience in a flat they paid through their nose to obtain. You can't park your car inside the building because the landlord's 7 cars have occupied all the available spaces where tenants can park! Depending on the area you stay, by the time you decide to be parking outside, small small children go use your motor body take do slate, notebook and blackboard!

6) Unnecessary rules: Don't allow your sound system to go beyond 10 decibels! Don't come back later than 8pm (what if the tenant is a banker? ). My landlady in Ilorin told me that she wouldn't want to see a female visiting me wearing trousers! See problem! For this modern world?

We know it's not an easy task to build a standard house in most Nigerian cities but the way some landlords act, would even make their tenants prefer a peaceful cell in Kirikiri Maximum to the flats they rented with their hard earned money

You can share your experience!

H

PRISTINEMUSCLES:
You could not have said it any better.

Thanks

ronald4ever:
Interesting piece. Today's relationship is a waste of time, resources and energy for most guys who aren't ready to settle down within a year or two. You only end up wasting resources you could have channelled into something meaningful and productive in your life. I think if a guy isn't ready to settle down in 2years, relationship ain't an ideal deal to embark on. There's no win but lose-lose situation for such guys.

Sex can never be an equal decibel or serve as a concurrent factor with money. And the amount of money usually expended in relationship doesn't worth the 5mins sex were guys are also the ones on the bunco end, coz they are the ones who lose energy and strength in the process.

Like you said, if sex is the motive and the main source of gratification to guys in a relationship, why not employ the services of call girls? Saves one the stress, drama and resources. But even at that experience players and shrewd guys don't have to use call girls to relieve conji neither do they spend, they can attract pussay through inveigling and craftiness.

True talk there! Especially, @gratification

Cutehector:
There is deep sense in this.



Buh hey, it's 2016, no one cares..

I didn't post this for everyone to care...I expressed an opinion!

TrapQueen77:
men and their wahala are everywhere.

Where's the wahala in here?

Dpredictor:
To the guys, Love is Sex

To the Girls, Love is Cash...

We are in a deep poo..

Makes relationship a burden.

Kylez:
Thanks bro.

You are welcome!

Kylez:
True story. Especially those girls who think giving them your contact automatically makes you their ATM...

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Thanks guys, we shall celebrate this together!

Nice one. Congrats!

Today, it seems what we all grew up to know as romantic relationship between members of the opposite sex, that's fueled by genuine passion, is slowly dying away. In fact, what some of us experienced as 'puppy love' during our secondary school days stands a better chance to be called a relationship compared to what many young people go into in these present times.

These days, most people go into relationships with various selfish motives! Today, the mindset of the average guy out there is just to bleep every single girl he is able to lay his hands on as soon as the slightest opportunity turns up!!! He wouldn't even give a hoot about the personal qualities of the girl. In fact, if they could go to somewhere nearby to have sex immediately after the exchange of names and phone contacts, he would appreciate it. Sex is now totally overrated!!! If you meet a girl as a guy and you have not made love to her within the first week of knowing her, there's this self-consciousness in you that tells you that you are messing up! Even your friends will tell you that you are effing up!!! This makes relationship so useless and irrelevant! Now, if the motive of having an affair with a girl is just to make love as soon as possible, why not patronize prostitutes and save yourself the stress?

The young girls are not left out! Most of these girls see it as a very big opportunity to place their burdens on your head as soon as you ask for their phone contact! It's the attitude of girls that behave this way that necessitated a situation where guys try as much as possible to sleep with any girl they meet as soon as possible; according to them, they wouldn't want to lose on 'both sides'. As the days go by, relationship is getting empty. This is the reason why many relationships among young people (especially, from 20yrs to 28yrs) don't last. REASON: They involve sex and materialism even before they get to study their individual characters or traits! You need to be friends first!

To the young girls: No sane man will respect you when you place your personal problems on him as soon as he exchanges phone contacts with you; if you do that, his next step will be to sleep with you!!! That's what happens when the rice is still on the stove and you have already started looking for spoon!

H

centboy123456:
Not only u "I'm ashamed of being a Nigerian some times I ask God why but I pray very soon we will leave nigeria and baifra we stand am so tried of been calling a nigeria

With the crop of rulers we have been enduring in this country, I truly doubt if this so-called "Nigerian dream" would ever come to reality!