₦airaland Forum

BrownRoofRep:
Yeah, after Oduduwa was casted out from heaven.

goodnessme1:
you forget to add how yorubas hero showed love to them by starving over 3.2 million of Igbo kids.

Westtimeline:
We the south south. How many of you are the we? Osu man, why not be proud of your identity. Your sister was chased out of plane because of body odour as a result of your race dirty nature. Three of your city recognized by WHO as the dirtiest in the world and you are not ashamed to talk. And you have gut to call someone better than you dirty . See someone talking of betrayer, is that why your father is poor? Shameless Osu claiming SS. Spit.

akinegba1:
It may increase more by Monday

YourFreedom:
We do what we do as a result of who we are!

We are Igbos, and proud of it. No apologies.

Igbos are not united!
Igbos are not united!

It was the same people who sell you the stereotype that Igbos are not united that came out, to fight the unity of Igbos at Okota/Ago, other parts of Lagos and Igbo land in general.

Seeing that their narrative is failing, they are now selling another narrative. They are saying Igbos are putting all their eggs in one basket.
How can the whole of the Igbos vote PDP?
Now we are being accused of not being divided enough to spare some votes for APC. Olee ihe emere ya adi uwa mma?

A little history will suffice. We are an egalitarian society. Indirect rule didn't work with Igbos. It worked well with the North and the South West but not with Igbos. Warrant Chiefs didn't help matters either. So really, Igbos are not political lots. Same reason voter aparthy is highest in Igbo land.

But when we take a political stand, we speak with one voice. That is who we are.
We have always done. We did it with Shagari, Obasanjo, Ya'radua and Jonathan. We are doing it against Buhari.

Make no mistake, we have always put our political eggs in one basket and that is who we are. That is why we don't entertain dynasties. The likes of Saraki and Tinubu and Mohammed won't last a decade in Igbo land.
We are decisive and courageous. If that is what you call arrogance, then so be it. But we will never stand on the fence.

I write this because of the young generation of Igbos in Nigeria. Go home to your fathers in the villages and ask questions. Learn how to be Igbo without being apologetic. The first thing people notice about an Igbo man is his enterprising spirit. It is not found anywhere else. Ihe agwo muru aghaghi ito ogologo.

We can't apologize for who we are. But what we do not have is the spirit of Nigerian politics. We don't play the politics of "Master say! Alhaji say! Everyone is a master in Igbo land. Onweghi onye na akpanye ibe ya nri.

The Igwe of my community has no more stake in the affairs of my community than I do. He is more of a representative of the people to the government and the custodian of our tradition than a "ruler" in the real sense of it. That is why we have the cabinet and elders in council.
Igbo amaghi eze.

It is not a bad thing in a sense that decisions are collectively taken, from the household, through the hamlets to the community. It does not make us lawless lots. The consultative mechanism is our strength. Igwe bu ike.

This is the singular reason why the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo has not been able to evolve into that rallying point for the Igbos like the Arewa People's Congress for Northerners, Oodua Peoples Congress and the Afenifere for Yorubas.

Let us all brace up for the times ahead.
Someone who will dislike you will not always need a reason to. Add the ingenuity and hardwork of the average Igbo man to the mix, and dislike quickly turns to hate.

And I understand it. I perfectly do. Its not easy to like someone who comes back to your land, after being sent packing just a few decades ago with just some two pounds and all his properties confiscated by his hosts.

He comes back and acquires them back hundred folds, marries your daughters and prospers with them. Then goes ahead to not only carve settlements in Ojodu and Ojo for themselves, but is about to become a determinant to your political future in a dispensation where you have been promised a second place.

What they may never know is that the ordinary Igbo man is not interested in your presidency. We thrive wherever we go. So when you say we are not strategizing enough for the presidency, we don't see it how you see it.

The average Igbo man simply wants a good environment for his business, and good infrastructure for a decent life. The things which "presidency" has not bestowed on any ethnic group in Nigeria.

The five Igbo states have since 2012 almost consistently occupied the best positions in WAEC and produced the highest number of medical and engineering students in Nigeria.

Check the Igbo business in Lagos, Kano, Maiduguri, Portharcourt. Most are not based on government patronage. We make things out of nothing. Presidency means nothing to an average Igbo man. The ten poorest and educationally backward states in Nigeria are within the regions that have held the presidency within the last two decades.

A good example is the very primary school where President Buhari cast his vote. It was the closest to his ancestral home. A "successful" Onitsha business man who has made money from his trade will know that the church and the school closest to his home is the very yardstick to measure his success. He needs not become president to refurbish them. Ana esi na ulo mara mma puo ama.

To the young generation of Igbos, I say to you today, Quit trying to impress anyone about how hospitable or detribalized you are!
Nnamdi Azikiwe did it and failed, Jonathan did everything imaginable, things he did not do for his native South South and yet failed. If you think you can please Nigeria, then you have another thing coming.

Look at Benue people, they received the greatest visit of deaths from this government. But they'd rather die some more than let an Igbo man smell the Vice Presidency. And tomorrow, they will also tell you Igbos don't know politics. And you will want to engage them in an argument.

Do not be disturbed when you hear them say we are not united. We have never been that kind of united people. Read our history. Even as Igbos were dying in their hundreds during the pogrom, Gen. Ojukwu, one of the first Igbo men who realized that this "forced marriage" can never work was only "permitted" to embark on the war against Nigeria by seeking the voice of every hamlet, every village and every community. He did not take unilateral decisions.

That's how decisions are taken in Igbo land. We do no alienate those who are in dissent. We do not allow one Tinubu to make decisions for some and another Saraki for others, so that our two eggs are comfortably placed in two baskets. No! We rise to the occasion wherever we are, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, sokoto. Our spirits communicate with each other and not with any leader figure and decide what is best for us. Either you respect us for getting it, or you respect us for trying. This is who we are, and we are not changing it soon. We are Igbos. Deal with it.

Written by Ugo Finian

I will repeat the last line.

WE ARE IGBOS. DEAL WITH IT.

tuniski:
In truth, the number of card reader accreditation is lower than the actual votes cast by way of valid,invalid,rejected or cancel summation.
There were good number of none card reader Accreditation votes.

If it is true that 35m+ was actually captured by the card reader, then Atiku has a very strong case cos where are the 8m+ votes difference?

BlastAfonja:
Ogun state's development was orchestrated by the congestion of Lagos, who would have believed that "Ojodu beggar" is Ogun State and not Lagos, so the closeness to Lagos paid off. I am asking you why is ancient Oyo that Awolowo made capital of Yorubaland not better that its Eastern counterpart, can you answer that??

propsvila:
You see North and South West they have something in common, they have the highest number of poor people yet they are busy clapping for their oppressors.

SouthEastFacts:
Before spreading fake news go and read about PDP's Parallel Voting Tabulation System.

Your FG and BMO has been wailing uncontrollably since its deployment last Wednesday.

We are not pulling away, the PVT will bust every APC's rigging and if its result doesn't tally with INEC's , parallel govt straight.

Venezuela loading.

Asshurbanipal:
You mean a governor elect actually said that? So no yoruba man can grow above petty tribal rantings?

Asshurbanipal:
Afonjas can never change

Asshurbanipal:
You sound so insecure

kettykin:
is this the trend or a coincidence ?

First a 5 Percenter emerged vitorious and beat 12 other 97% others in the popular BBAfrica

5 pecenters now have the best scores in Jambe and WAEC beating 97 percenters

Secondly another 5percenters went to the world stage and beat everyother country of the world in a science innovation competion

Thirdly 5 Percenters have now been declared to be the best science students in the whole country

naijapips04:
you canvass votes for a part member not because you are paid for it....but because of your conviction.

announcement:
MY FRIEND TRUTH DOES NOT ARGUE! YOU CAN TWIST THINGS TO YOUR TASTE IF U LIKE JUST THE WAY U DOING NOW.

JUST LET GOD BE GOD AND MAN BE MAN!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

announcement:
MY FRIEND PREDICTION IS DIFFERENT FROM GOD REVEALING THINGS TO YOU

announcement:
Did he/ she tell you categorically that God told him that croastia will win 13-0?
He didn't say it was God unlike this ELECTION THING where he /she clearly and boldly says its from God.

HiddenShadow:
Now I believe that God is the one who revealed it to you.

Remember I was the one who asked you the question on the first page because my spirit was moved to ask you.

Now Open Up To Me What Other Information God Gave To You Concerning The Events To Follow After The Election.

I Am A Fellow Christian Like You Who Demands That You Make To Me What God Revealed To You.

Pls Reply My Post With The Complete Revelation.

biGwal:
O to ge
Buh wait oooo...........why is Lagos not shouting "O to ge" also; nah only saraki Waka come Abi??
Continue.......

naunasabi:
You are right about the discordand in the south. The Southern politicians seems to be gaining from the whole problem. Truth be told politicians from both divide are gaining from the current political landscape in which Nigeria found herself.

From the type of conversations and exchange going on here and on Facebook I have come to the conclusion that the southern masses are not different from the northern masses. They are willing tools of destruction in the hands of the political elites.

Where are the masses that took over ojota when GEJ increased pump price? Today they are paying far more than that and not even a single soul took to the street of Lagos. Only because the political elite didn't ask them to, we all know that it was the elites that saw to the success of that protest.

As at today there are more southern youth in the University system than northerners. Which means that this ongoing strike affects more southern youth than northern youth ( going by the number of youth in the uni system) , I am yet to see occupy Abuja or occupy ojota protest to that effect.

It is not just the northern masses by brother even the southern masses are not left out in being a tool in the hands of politicians.

My main problem is that the masses on both sides have failed to see that this is the rich(politicians) vs the poor. It is we against them!

naunasabi:
Waiting to read from Reno before I reach a decision on how much GEJ left.

While at that I can verify that fuel price went up against what was promised. From 84 naira to 145 naira.

I can also attest that instead 1 naira to 1 dollar as promised naira moved from 196 naira for 1 dollar to 360 naira to 1 dollar.

Unemployment that one na another story for another day.

To all Nigerians that are eligible to vote, you better vote your conscience I am not among those telling others whom to or not to vote for.

I can't stop anyone from voting based on religious or party or tribal affiliation but one thing I am sure of is that the heat from last election mistake spared no one.

Everyone felts and are still feeling the pain, we can either right the wrong of yesteryear or out of shame and pride, and make the same mistake and suffer more.

While the guys that brought these suffering upon us, have their children living good life abroad ( at least Amaechi confessed that non of children are living in Nigeria. While Buhari's son was rushed abraod for emergency care).

Those of you killing yourself over these politicians on NL most of you are here begging people to "bless" you while Amaechi, Tinubu, Oshomole and Buhari's kids have been blessed my Nigerian treasury.

If una like make una use una head on the 16th if una like no use am. Na all of us the fire go burn.

Redoil:
Lies from the deepest part of hell
Like buhari like followers suffering from dementia
Apc chief minion posted false story only for their minion to react like a reactant
It is well
Just cure all the mad people on nairaland and on the street of nigeria apc evil minions will automatically end

nograv:
The issue isnt around assembly...

The issue is whether Innosson designs the cars it manufactures.

It does not, so while it is a manufacturer, it is not a true car maker as it does not design its' own vehicles.

That isnt to say what Innosson does isnt impressive. Nigeria will get there. As the saying goes Rome wasnt built in a day..

kettykin:
The present flooding of the east with the most useless and incompetent foools in uniform under the guise of a military operation is not helping businesses in the east to scale up. This drives out people coming to the east for business to other parts of the country thereby depleting the business transaction economy of the east .

Eastern states will also do better if they embark on revenue generation drives by encouraging start ups and funding them partially in return for equity.

The east that was once the fastest growing economy in the 60s is now lagging behind states that were no where in the 60s all thanks lack of interest and enthusiasm on the side of government