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Yyeske:
You are stupid, you and Abagworo are not Igbos, God go punish una, ndi ala bringing division.

Chino is from a minority tribe in Anamabra/Kogi state region and Abagorowo is from Rivers state. Neither of them are Igbo people.

Ballmer:
Your governors should lobby or beg for it. It might be a right but in a situation where you are being denied such monumental development opportunity you should beg/lobby for it. Lagos did and the Igbo's can do it too after they squandered the opportunity to have it on a platter of gold under their son Jonathan and more importantlly Igbo should quit lamenting about marginalisation when you are neither here or there.

Jonathan is about as Igbo, as Adams Oshiomhole is Yoruba.

olaitoro:
chino is a disgrace to anambra and Igbo as a whole.
I don't take him serious, of recent he behaves as a mental impelled person.

Abagworo has respect himself and move on leaving that lunatic, chino with his filty picture display.

How do you know Chino is even Igbo? Have you met him? It's more than likely he's not Igbo but a troll. These kinds of people make a career out of making trouble on the internet. The moderators should simply ban him for life, from this website - I have no idea, why they haven't already.

onomeasike:
It was from this interview that I knew that Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi didn't approve the execution of Nzeogwu despite the murderous actions of Nzeogwu and his Igbo officers.Now understand that the Igbo abused their privileged dorminant positions in the Nigerian armed forces.
So what do the Igbo want?Don't Igbo owe other Nigerian tribes apology?

Apologies for what? Weren't 35,000 innocent people killed as a result of that coup?

politricks:
Is this also a load of crap? http://newswirengr.com/2015/02/03/growing-tension-in-nigeria-as-igbos-flee-the-north-ahead-of-february-14-polls/

https://www.nairaland.com/2131989/elections-igbo-flee-north

http://naijagists.com/igbos-yorubas-flee-northern-nigeria-over-fear-of-post-election-violence/

Learn to use common sense

That report said HUNDREDS not millions, again if there were millions of Igbo people in Northern Nigeria, then logic denotes that it would be millions of people fleeing potential violence in one of the most backwards and volatile regions on earth.

DecemberIV:
Nigeria as a whole is one of the most impoverished regions in the world, and the North is just a subset of the whole, albeit a more pronounced one because of its greater population.

Remember Northern Nigeria also has the wealthiest band of citizens in Nigeria from business to politics, as confirmed by Forbes.

Well that simply isn’t true. Northern Nigeria is exceptionally poor, with the largest number of children outside of school (in the entire world), amongst the lowest literacy rates, with limited health care and job opportunities, all of these factors adversely contribute to the large number of beggars found in that region.

As I said before, the number of wealthy Northern Nigerian’s can be counted on two hands. Whereas the number of rich and/or successfully Igbo people numbers in the hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions.

What’s the point in having 10 wealthy billions in the mists of tens of millions of poor people? Having thousands or even millions of people that may have in excess of a hundred thousand in their bank accounts, illustrates a dramatically higher standard of living amongst said people; I don’t know how else to explain this to you – it really isn’t that complicated.

DecemberIV:
You are severely ignorant about your own country.

Google Sharada Industrial Estate to get a glimpse into the enterprise of the Kano man.

These are people that were making and selling tie and dye clothing to international businessmen while your kind were still roaming in the bushes.

Swedes and Danes were amongst the most primitive and savage people in the entire world, today they run the wealthiest and most serene nations on earth.

How you start is irrelevant, it’s how you finish that matters. That Northern Nigeria may have had a more advanced civilisation 150 years ago means very little, because Northern Nigeria today is amongst the most impoverished regions on planet earth.

timothy2396:
hahahaha Forget it joor..its not about owning shops its about owning industries...Dangote's wealth alone will be a combination of 10 million ibos that is if the ibos are up to 10 million.

Dangote is ONE man, so all his wealth goes towards the betterment of him and his family. Of course, a situation where the wealth of Dangote is spread across 10 million people would be so much better, as it would help alleviate poverty and create an overall higher standard of living.

That aside, Dangote is considerably richer than the wealthiest Dane despite Denmark having the highest standards of living on planet earth.

I don’t know how anyone could brag about having one wealthy man, in the mist of so much poverty.

cosby02:
You did not debunk my claim in anyway. You have only done what you people are good at... blaming others.

Blame others for what? The discussion is about whether or not there are in excess of 3 million Igbo people living in Northern Nigeria.

politricks:
During election time, most of them left there due to the tension that was already building up.

What are load of crap, Igbo people are not nomads; we only migrate during the Christmas period to be with our extended families.

politricks:
The uncle to the wealthiest man in Nigeria(Dantata) was the wealthiest man in west africa at the time of his death. Tell me, was he also favoured by the government. All this una chest beating self.

The Obasanjo administration made Dangote what he is today, that aside, have you ever heard of the saying “the exception is NOT the rule”. You can’t rebut my argument by bringing up 10 wealthy Nigerians that are not Igbo, and use that as proof that somehow Northern Nigerian’s are better at setting up businesses and making money. Everyone and your grandmother know that isn’t true.

As I said before, the fact that, the local shop owner down the way is an Igbo person is what makes us more visible, not the preposterous idea that 10s of millions of Igbo people live in the North, who…during elections time seem to suddenly disappear.

cosby02:
You Igbos keep talking about business but if they put up list of the richest businessmen in Nigeria, you dont show before number 6 or thereabout. So how can you justify the business oriented people as you always alledge??

Almost every member of my family owns a business, including all my aunties and uncles. How many members of your family are business owners?

That aside, most of the richest Nigerians, were able to mass such great amounts of wealth due to favourable government policies and not necessarily good business acumen. That’s why the wealthiest Nigerian is from Kano, despite the fact that Kano has the largest number of beggars in Nigeria, with a populace that are anything but entrepreneurial.

timothy2396:
that should make them understand that they have to be careful, that is why they have never done any protest of IPOB in the north if not what happened in Gboko Benue state in the ninetees where an Igbo person slapped a Tiv girl and thousands of Igbos were slaughtered in the night will repeat itself. But I taught only animals live in a zoo this one they are migrating to the zoo means GOD turned them to Nebudkanezzar....... Abnormal people calling a place a zoo and still migrating to the zoo living their paradise.... hahahahahahahaha anyway a zoo is better than a cursed paradise ;Dthat should make them understand that they have to be careful, that is why they have never done any protest of IPOB in the north if not what happened in Gboko Benue state in the ninetees where an Igbo person slapped a Tiv girl and thousands of Igbos were slaughtered in the night will repeat itself. But I taught only animals live in a zoo this one they are migrating to the zoo means GOD turned them to Nebudkanezzar....... Abnormal people calling a place a zoo and still migrating to the zoo living their paradise.... hahahahahahahaha anyway a zoo is better than a cursed paradise

No way in hell there is 3 million Igbo people living in Northern Nigeria; because if there were, it would be reflected during elections in the North. The only place outside of Igbo land where you find many Igbo people living is Lagos. Igbo people number in excess of 1.5 million there, which is still relatively small.

The only reason why Igbo people are visible in the North and anywhere else we inhabit, is because we're business people. Which puts us out there, in the faces of the people we live amongst.

Remove the picture of the dead, it's disrespectful.

Gayigaskia:
there more IBO in the north than there is Hausa Biafra. So these IBO can t even fight a handful Fulani's, how on earth they think they can fight our generals?

You mean in the part of the country where bombs are going off every week? What exactly is attractive about the north, right now? Most Igbo people have moved back to Igboland. A process which started almost 2 years ago, leaving behind much of their wealth and businesses, the few that do remain, are those that feel they have no other choice but to remain.

OreMI22:
[size=18pt]Exactly why i still believe Biafra is a very bad idea.

Igbos have not learnt how to tolerate nor live peacefully with each other.[/size]

This website is just a microcosm of Nigeria…dreadful leadership; this situation has absolutely nothing to do with Biafra, because this is the actions of just one individual. If Biafra ever does come into being, it will be a country, not a paradise, so there will be mentally challenged individuals such as the spammer on this thread, existing and living within its boundaries.

[size=20pt]THIS WHOLE THREAD ALONG WITH THE IMO STATE THREAD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY TWO MENTALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. DOESN'T THIS WEBSITE HAVE MODERATORS! HOW CAN TWO TROLLS SPAM A THREAD FOR ALMOST A WEEK WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF THE MODERATORS?[/size]

Anambra has the largest gas reserves in Nigeria. It's the oil, that is fairly small in quantity.

Why are the moderators so slow to act, ban these two idiots and delete their posts!

Babalegba:
You are not getting the point at all . The fact is that ibos are mainly traders and when you are a trader you need customers to sell goods to, that's why ibos are all over nigeria and indeed the world.Going to their states will not work as there would not be enough customers.These are simple truths that the Biafra agitators failed to grasp.Ibos need Nigeria more than they think.

Igbo people move to other parts of Nigeria because they (we) know, that we can monopolise trade outside of our land.

It has absolutely NOTHING to do with customers, because the largest market in West Africa currently resides in Igboland. It has to do with COMPETITION, which is minimal outside of Igboland, which means INCREASED profits.

If you had any sort of business acumen, you would understand this.

Gov Willie Obiano: Sustaining the Growth of Anambra's Economy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCLdyXOMSvQ

Babalegba:
Keep deluding yourself. I told you the truth. I have many ibo friends from Enugu and abia state. They are economic migrants to Ogun state.Nigerians hate the truth.Like I said all you likeminded fellows should relocate to the south east and agitate for Biafra from there. You haven't got the balls to do that because you are a girls blouse

Obviously, you're "so called" Igbo friends, don't know that, deep down inside you really hate them - which is an unsettling thought.

Ritchiee:
I have tried as much as possible not to post what we built together in Lagos but were built by the yorubas individually or are you telling me that I should not claim the house that I built in Lagos because it was a former capital?So the house you built in Lagos now belongs to all Nigerians...lol.You are an evergreen MUMU if that is your thought.The funny thing is everything you have as good buildings in the five Southern States,if thrown into the COCOA HOUSE, would seem as if the Cocoa House has not gulped anything.
Where is your own equivalent of the first skyscraper in tropical Africa all these days?
No...you only have earthscraper...lol

You're a major troll - people aren't even taking you seriously anymore.

majamajic:
The problem is not always with the govt, we keep blocking the drainage systems with wastes.

Why doesn't the government build modern drainage systems that can't be so easily blocked with waste?

aresa:
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Poor people have more progress and development to show than you the mighty, the richest and the most superior in Nigeria?

You shameless villagers no get sense at all..

Shouldn't you losers be covering your ugly and underdeveloped faces in shame...?

We Igbo people are many things, but most certainly NOT ugly. That aside, showing pictures of government initiatives, is not a strong example of development.

If you were trying to make a case, you would show pictures of projects enacted by private investors, something that abounds in Igbo land, but is nonexistent in the North.

aresa:
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STFU. The thread is not about poverty, it's about you beating chest that you are better than other people so defend that with your own village pictures or STFU.

You should have more to show than poor people stricken with poverty.

You poverty people are the ones begging for bridge, begging for airport that was nothing but a repainted airstrip to shut you up...

Get lost and come back with half a loaf of sense and that's even if you really have any...

Northern Nigeria is one of the poorest regions, not just in Nigeria, but the entire world. Building a bunch of homes in the middle of nowhere does nothing to alleviate poverty. That’s why all of the buildings are empty.

Northern Nigeria has no middle class, a ridiculously low literacy rate, low life expectancy, and minimal infrastructure.

Show me pictures of neighbourhoods, with actual Northern Nigerians moving around and living.

madamoringo:
Ibos are wasting their time and inviting destruction to the progress they have made. No advanced country of serious country will support that a part of the country break away like is currently happening through a war, they will neither fight on your behalf nor pay for it nor pickup the Ibo refugees! Nigeria's immediate neighbours are the most impacted and neither Cameroun nor Benin Republic have a problem with Nigeria, they will not use their resources to take care of a people who have it better in life in every way currently! The world struggled to cope with the killings in Biafra in 67 - 70, imagine what it would be now when all Nigeria needs to do is to destroy anywhere with high populations and they could be beating the 3 M dead in 67 - 70 in 6 months or less! Imagine a napalm bomb attack on Onitsha market or markets in Abia? Imagine an attack on the millions of Ibos who live outside of iboland, who will protect them? The army and Nigerian Forces will be way too busy to have the time to care about an unfortunate Ibo in any part of Nigeria who has been attacked.

Is this what Ibos want? Do you have enough weapons and money to buy the weapons? Unlike 67, all borders are controlled by Nigeria, how will you bring in weapons? How will you ship in armoured tanks, fighter jets and heavy ordinance? How about food, one of th major reasons Biafra lost an entire generation of children and women? Note, Nigeria will neither feed you for free, pay nor let you be fed by vegetables, grain or meat that originates from the tightest corner of the country. You will not be able to import it too as not even a fly with destination Biafra will be allowed in Nigerian airspace!

What is your offensive plan or do you plan to play defense from the beginning to the end? Biafra's offensive capabilities will be severely limited if any! Attacking any immediate Nigerian state will turn even neutral citizens of those localities around you to ferocious enemies who will rat you out, provide unmatched forward deployed attack bases for NA from every side and you can imagine several parallel pincer movements that will tear the already small iboland to pieces within a short period of time, the borders closed, nothing gets out and only death comes into Biafra daily!

Unlike 1970, Biafra will not be allowed to surrender! Imagine that disaster, the very same reason WW2 was so destructive and killed so many people! Nigeria will capture and kill all Biafra secessionists, their supporters and commanders. This is a cause - effect situation and I hope you people think hard and well now and not let emotions get in the way clouding sound judgement.

Ibos will never be allowed in the SW at least regardless of the outcome of the war ever again! Nigeria will not allow Ibos have any minor stake in the affairs of Nigeria ever again, Ibos shall be a conquered people in practice and reality. This is regardless of the outcome of the war as you will be vanquished to the hilt! I have heard some Ibos talk about dual citizenship / residency with Nigeria; it is stoopid talk that will never happen! A war is easier to start, but cannot be stopped until millions are dead, billions of naira properties are destroyed, yet the losers (Ibos) shall be a conquered people only short of being put in physical chains. Nnamdi Kalu lives and enjoys the life of London while goading you to your own destruction! His children do not live in Biafra! Ojukwu a man that supposedly had at least 1 full day of military training failed terribly, what will Kanu that lives hundreds of KM away do better? Ibos have got self a destruction death wish and except they beat a retreat back to their senses, they are about to be whooped back to before the Stone Age or before they ever existed!!

You can’t drop bombs on civilian populations during war time; it’s against the GENEVA CONVENTIONS. If Nigeria was to do what you say, it would be invaded by the United Nations.

scholes0:
Anambra the number 3 state on that List is far from what I would describe as "beautiful"
As expected, your scope of thinking is limited ..... You think Manilla would be considered more beautiful than Sub-Urban England, because they have a lot of high-rise apartments, and people cramped together in squalid living conditions?

Are you absent-minded or something? Why do you continuously misrepresent my words? Did I say Anambra is beautiful? I said, if Osun State is doing so well then let’s see it, why are you hiding it from us. Its basic common sense, if Osun State has such a low poverty rate, then it MUST have nice parts.

What is Sub-Urban England?

Is Manilla more beautiful than London, for example? That’s a matter of opinion, but one thing is for sure, Manilla has serious poverty in it, whereas no such thing exists in England.

scholes0:
not properly funded you say?
If Imo was #1, would it be "properly funded" then?

I said, minimally funded; I’m pretty sure this study is based on an opinion poll, where researchers asked a small sample of people how they felt about their current predicament, within each state of Nigeria.

All I’m saying is that the stats must correlate with reality.

If Osun State is doing so well, then open a thread and showcase this “beautiful” state to the rest of the world.

Mcowubaba:
u guys nd dis una Anambra praises nd worship .......calm down...dis is UN report nt APC report..
Tenk u...

It’s not an official UN report. Official reports are carried out by the UNDP.

no2fuks:
its hard for me to believe these figures this same lagos that I use my eye to see poverty everyday both in my own life and my environment.

The stats are based on an independent study, which from the looks of things, appeared to have been minimally funded. So it’s not official, not in the slightest, so you can take these stats with a grain of salt.