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...Such was the mocking tone with which ZIK described an innocent football match with a slant of superiority complex.

But the same CKC team met the Olubadan XI, an undiluted Yoruba team in another 'Win the War' match on 24 August 1940 and were roundly defeated 3-2.

It may just be a matter of coincidence that ZIK wasn't in the mood to write at the time or perhaps he suffered what we call 'Writer's Block', because for more than 2 weeks, this headline event never got reported on the Pilot. And when the paper finally wrote on it, it was only a small item on the back page, like a mistress smuggled out of the window at the arrival of the madam of the house..and was laced with excuses,

"the CKC team was already tired; some of the players were in fact limping before the match",

and other calculated efforts to avoid giving the yoruba boys their well deserved accolade, and extreme energy was exerted in ensuring the brilliance and talent of those little yoruba boys was never acknowledged.

This was but tip of the Iceberg, ZIK would go full scale Bigotry afterwards.

Shall I Begin?

The Ibos were given inordinate publicity on the pages of the paper, which I regard as appropriate and in order, to promote one's root..but at a time when other Nationalists made concerted efforts in describing citizens of Nigeria as Nigerians or Africans and celebrated their laurels and feats as credits to Nigeria and Africa as a whole, ZIK would jettison the whole for the particular and elevate Ibo over and above every other tribe and largely over Nigeria as an entity, and in a manner that smirked Ego inspired Hate.

Typical Front Page news title in the Pilot this time were;

1. 'Ibo Young man Sail to U.K.' Sept 23, 1938. Referring to Mr. Jaja Wachukwu, who later became Speaker of Houe of Rep.

2. '14th West African Student, 10th Nigerian, 8th Ibo in U.S.A.' Jan 28, 1939. The 8th Ibo was Mr. Nwafor Orizu, later became Senator.

3. 'Ibo Medical Student Passes Exam in 1st Class Honours.' June 26, 1940. That was Dr. S.O. Eguwatu.

And some weird editorials like:

'The Ibo Are Coming' Dec 31, 1938, Wondered what ZIK meant, but the title is indicative enough of some theory of domination.

These are but very few examples of deliberate actions of ZIK in portraying the perceived supremacy of the Ibos over others, for the Pilot never beamed the light on the achievements of Nigerians of other ethnic stock...

For example, when the Ph.D. degree of London University, indeed any university for that matter, was conferred on the first Nigerian ever, such historic success was only given a small space in the paper and the title read: 'Nigerian Economist passes Ph.D. London', because that scholar was Dr. Fadipe, a Yoruba.

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TUTU147:
History showed yorubas started politics of tribalism and religion, politics of violence.The evil awolowo did because of his quest for power is what is causing crisis in warri today.The hatred he have towards the is reason why he advice nigeria and au to use hunger as a weapon of war.go and research about the election of Southern nigeria.

Azikiwe started tribalism.amd nepotism.

[quote author=Ibrahimcoomasie post=122084957]Early politicians of the 30s, 40s, Chiefs among them are mostly talented in writing and journalism and some owned media outfits, with which they laud and inflate their egos while simultaneously deflating d profile of those they disagree with in the political firmament.

Herbert Macaulay (A Yoruba man), the Father of Nigerian Nationalism, also a journalist was fond of calling dissenting voices 'imperialism agents' but ZIK took it to an elevated proportion, re-christened it to 'imperial stooges', 'Uncle Toms' and 'aunty Jememas', even those whose patriotism and Nationalism had never been in doubt were so named; minor disagreements and you are blacklisted. ZIK had a Newspaper outlet, 'the Pilot', a tool he creatively used to maximum advantage. The editors would daily eulogize him for d basics, and sometimes for the hitherto unknown and unheard of good things for Nigeria, nay, 'Mother Africa', Some of them acclaimed him as d 'Ghandi of Africa' and others declared that ZIK deeds had 'eleczik-ified' them.

ZIK was obviously very gifted, intelligent and clever which manifested in his works; however, he was regarded by many of his peers as the 1st consummate propagandist that Nigeria ever produced. In inflating his own ego or deflating that of his rivals, publications on the Pilot observed neither modesty nor reck. In this connection, he was in direct line of succession to Herbet Macaulay, but like all sons who are worthy of their parentage, in this respect, ZIK outdid Herbert Macaulay, for he took propaganda several notches higher with a slant of deep seated tribalism.

[b]For example, when the ban on Palm Kernel was imposed, the Pilot supported it and reported thus: "the measure by the Government is fair. Instead of reducing the whole country to poverty, only the Western provinces will be affected and they can switch over to other avenues, to make body and soul live." He held similar stance as to the agitation against the 'Cocoa Pool'.

ZIK brazenly supported a policy which clearly threatened the livelihood of the Yorubas. Were the East on the receiving end here, ZIK would have dipped pen in gall, and crafted a creatively worded opinion on the Pilot, denouncing the Cocoa Pool as an 'imperialist device or stratagem whose aim, object and purpose was to oppress, repress, depress and distress Nigerian Cocoa producers and dealers economically' and he would have replicated same for d ban on palm kernels in d West. He would have labeled it 'a gross betrayal of trust, an indelible stain, blemish and stigma on British imperialism; a vain attempt, a complete misfire and a palpable boner in the realm of divide et impera.'[/b] Pardon my poor attempt at replicating ZIK's creative writing genius, he many a time used such strong words.

ZIK took this tribalist venom to higher Plateau when he graced the front page of the Pilot, and entitled it 'Football Iliad, 1940 Edition' what many described as a shocker, a big step forward in an insidious campaign colored in Bigotry. A football match between 2 schools, Christ the King's college, Onitsha was hosted by St. Gregory's college in Lagos, in a match tagged 'Win the War'.

The CKC team from Onitsha defeated St Gregory's team by 5 goals to 4. Spectators had a good watch, even the host considered the match very entertaining, a bonding moment for teams made up of teenagers of different cultures, that afterall is the spirit of sport.

But how did ZIK report it? ZIK saw in the sporting exploits and triumph of the team from Onitsha the inherent superiority of the Ibos over the Yorubas and he went to very great pains to establish this in d careful choice of words and emphasis..

"And then to think of the great combination of d Spartan heroes who crossed her loudly Niger, journeyed through the good earth of Benin, hurried across the domains of the Oshemawe of Ondo, of the Atanla of Owo, of the Owa of Ilesha, of the Ooni of Ife, of the Alake of Abeokuta in their invasion of these islands!

Who, but heroes of mighty brawn and exceptionally developed brain would have dared to make this invasion and to succeed in carrying to their River Niger home, the Golden fleece of Inter-Collegiate Soccer Championship of d Eastern and Western Provinces?"


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Topsido:
Unlike some people whose Delta and Rivers State cousins contonue to disown in the most embarrassing way, our siblings in Kwara and Kogo won't spare any chance to tell the world they are part of us. They are part of the glory and don't want anybody to be in doubt. Fingers truly are not equal.

100%. Alot of Rivers community won't even marry them or sell lands to them. But in this Nigeria, everybody wants to be Yoruba. Even Chidinma of South Africa had to yorubanized her last name 😂

madone:
chidinma commot white lady now wins
Let me guess her father is Portuguese her mother is south african or both are from yankee.
What makes her different from chidinma or
Wherr all the fat big A...sss south african natives

She is likely a boer. They have been in South Africa since the 1600s.

senatordave1:
Where is the source

According to the Donald file that spread the news, No one know why they were sanction through. It was 7 justices or so.

Richie6:
Yes, she was barred from entering US to attend judges conference.

All those denied alongside Kekere Ekun.
CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad
the current CJN Justice Olukayode Ariwoola
Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta
Justice Amiru Sanusi
Justice Amina Augie and
Justice Uwanimusa Abba Aji.

NewHe:
So how are the properties destroyed, gonna be replaced?
Don't tell me tax payers money o!

Before nko..

Max24:
So it has now all of a sudden shifted to seven days when indeed some said 15 days, others said 10 days. Anyway, Nigeria will succeed under Tinubu and haters will be disgraced.

They also boasted that they will continue till lawmakers return from recess.

kuboy:
Bitter obi will not be happy that army didn't take over

Yeah. They were saying Tinubu will run away.

To think some dummies were saying Tinubu will flee Nigeria 🤣

Oyo is your name.

Racoon:
In the military, a coup is a coup. Were it been they were court Marshall then, all of them will face the same end - death as it is a treasonable offense

There was a reason court martial did not happen.

This event was later tagged an "ibo coup" by other ethnic groups in the country based on some chains of coincidences :

i. The Killing patterns – only one of the 22 casualties is of Ibo origin, while notable Ibo politicians like the Premier of Eastern region and military personnel like Ironsi were unharmed.

ii. The handing over of the government to Ironsi by Orizu (the acting president and the senate president who could have called for the formation of another civilian government) made it look like it was planned out all along.

iii. The unification decree of May 1966 promulgated by Ironsi, leading to the abolition of regional system of government. Historically speaking, the West and North have always believed in the regional system of government as the best form of government for a multiethnic like Nigeria, however this was taken away by Ironsi, leading to a massive outrage and pogrom in the North.

iv. The coup plotters, though kept in jail but were not sentenced.

Catualities.
Civilians
- Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Premier Ahmadu Bello
- Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola
- Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Ahmed Ben Musa (Bello's Senior Assistant " secretary for Security)
- Hafsatu Bello
- Mrs Latifat Ademulegun (pregnant)
- Zarumi Sardauna
- Ahmed Pategi (Bello's driver)

Military and police
- Brig. Samuel Ademulegun
- Brig. Zakariya Maimalari
- Col. Ralph Shodeinde
- Col. Kur Mohammed
- Lt. Col. Abogo Largema
- Lt. Col. James Pam
- Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe
- Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke (Refused Nzeogwu's order in the attack on the Sardauna's lodge and according to the police report was murdered by Nzeogwu)
- Police Constable (PC) Yohana Garkawa
- Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo
- PC Akpan Anduka
- PC Hagai Lai
- Philip Lewande

What’s Aguiyi-Ironsi’s place in history?
The composition of the administration’s advisory team was also another source of discontent. Chief among them was Francis Nwokedi, an Igbo man and former permanent secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, who had become close to him during his days in the Congo. Others were Pius Okigbo (economic adviser) and Lt. Col Patrick Anwunah who was later Chairman of the National Orientation Committee. The most common complaint against the appointments was that, although highly qualified and distinguished, they were either all Igbos or Igbo speaking.

On February 12, Ironsi took his most sensitive decision when he put Nwokedi in-charge of the establishment he set to work out the details of his unified Nigeria. He had also replaced the Attorney-General, Dr. Teslim Elias, with Gabriel Onyiuke, also of Igbo extraction. Similarly, Dr. Pius Okigbo became the Economic Adviser. Then, contrary to Katsina’s advice, he attempted to appoint Prof. J. C. Edozien from the University of Ibadan as the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, instead of Prof. Ishaya Audu. When he effected promotions in the Army, of the 21 officers promoted from Majors to Lieutenant-Colonels, 18 were Igbo-speaking.

shivisee:
God so 1 or two yorubas Dey??

Yes. But there are like 26 Ibo officers for like 4 Yorubas. Those 4 are the people we call "Yoruba, buts" nowadays. The ones that are easily gaslighted.

Out of 22 people murdered in that coup, only 1 was Ibo. Azikiwe and the Minister of eastern region (Okpara) were likely tipped off.

Northern power. The north wants power and wealth to stay in the North.

They are all crooks and rogues. Everyone if them.

Salewa97:
If they had separated, the Igbos would have been busy fighting among themselves instead of uniting. They always find a way to turn any situation into chaos. The Yoruba people are more organized and would have easily outmaneuvered them. It's just in their nature.

Let's not turn this to a tribal thread. The OP has no intention of that. I am sure you have also heard of the kiriji war.

There would be fight within clans but they would eventually unite since they speak one language and have same culture.

kettykin:
There are so many countries that split without recourse to the constitution, hindustan, sudan, Korea , Ethiopia

India is another British experiment that should be split into several countries. An average Kerala man from South India has nothing in common with a Punjab man from North India or a Gujarat man from North India.

kettykin:
So what exactly is prevent them now even after so many year

The constitution in which all the tribes are represented by some morons in Abuja and they are only united in looting.

They would have agreed to break up within 2 years without a single shot fired.

Juanmike:
Better than mining a skull and harvesting human parts for 20k

and cannibalism for 10k.

Lol. How is that their fvcking business

Ibos discrimination against their fellow Ibo but na south Africa dey worry dem. Charity Begins at home.

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I Was Rejected, Humiliated And Denied An Opportunity Because I am From Ebonyi State - Nnajiofor Victoria Nnenna | #IgbereTV

14/01/2024, A Day I'll never forget!!!

Please be patient and read to the end 🙏

I don't normally write much because I used to think that this writing thing is not for me. But due to the kind of pain I experienced last night, I've decided to pen this down regardless of how it may sound.

My desire to start up a poultry business started becoming a reality few days ago. The goal was to stock my day old chicks latest before the end of this weekend so I'll be able to sell off during Easter period. I experienced lot's of challenges as regards this business proposal, starting from the financial involvement down to the least challenge you can ever think of in a poultry business.

Notwithstanding, I was able to navigate through some of these challenges and I proceeded with the other stages involved.

Along the line, the major challenge became "A conducive space to carry out this business" . I'm trying this for the very first time as a business and in a large scale, so I am not really sure if I will continue or not. For this reason, I started looking for a temporary place. I wanted a place i can lease for a period of three months. I believe that the birds must have be fully grown by then.

I searched and searched and there was no available space to use in my area. I went from one poultry farm to the other to know if they would lease the place to me, paraventure they will not be needing it this period.
It's either they are using their pen, or they will get back to me, which they never did.

I finally got a place through someone's recommendation and I was very excited. Though I have never gone to see the place, but the woman told me she will talk to the owner on my behalf and know if she would like to lease the place since they are not using it for now. But before she did that, she gave me a maximum assurance that the space is readily available and the owner is even looking for someone to lease the place to. An additional merit is that she told me the place is well secured, the pen is well constructed, and there's a good source of water there. On hearing that, I fell in love with the place even without seeing the place.

She finally talked to the owner and the woman agreed that I should pay 7k per month. Though the woman that connected me to her said I should bargain with the owner when I get there, that she's likely going to reduce it.

it was around past nine in the night we went to meet the owner of the place. This is because the woman that got the place for me said she doesn't have chance in the day time. she sells provision and she cannot leave her shop like that.

Getting there, I met the owner and she offered us a seat. we started discussing and everything was going smooth until she asked "where are you from?

I'm from Ebonyi State, ma'am, I replied...

Ebonyi State? no, I don't have any dealings with you guys. You came to the wrong place.

Why did you say that, ma'am?
Ebonyi people are nothing but bad people, they are full of evil. I don't want to have anything to do with them.

But you don't even know me ma'am. I am from Ebonyi State doesn't mean I am evil, I replied back...

while I was still talking, she cut me short 🤦 and she said "there's nothing you will say that will make me to change my mind. And don't even bother going to beg my husband because he will never agree. Even if you offer us 10million naira, (she said that's the worth of the entire compound), we will never lease that space for you as long as you are from Ebonyi State.

Omooorrr, that was how she shut me up. I was completely speechless. We bade her goodnight and left.

while I was going home it wasn't me walking. I was lost in thought and full of pain. So many questions kept pondering in my heart and I began to ask myself:

Is it a crime to be an Ebonyian?
Has it really gotten to this extent?
Is the discrimination really necessary?
Like, how did we even get to this point.?
Why are we being treated like fools 😭

The pain of rejection is a very bad one. I've never experienced this kind of pain in my entire life. My only offence is that I am from Ebonyi State.
But that's who I am. I can't deny myself even if the whole world denies me.
I didn't choose myself, God choose me.

I don't know what Ebonyi People did to her, but believe me, Ebonyi State is full of amazing people and I am one of them.

I was really broken yesterday 😢
I cried the whole night 😭

This discrimination must stop!!!
we are humans too and we deserve a better treatment.

Actually, I wanted to keep this to myself but I was led to share this experience. I really want to motivate every indigen of Ebonyi State out there hustling in one way or the other. Keep it up darling, don't let their negative mindset gets to you. They are free to reject us, but they they cannot stop us from shinning.

#Pain
#Rejection
#Previledge denial
#Discrimination

I remain my humble self,
Nnajiofor Victoria Nnenna
From Ishielu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State.

I am from Ebonyi State, and I am proud to be from Ebonyi State.

May God Bless Ebonyi State 🙌🙌🙌


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viccy12:
I see your point and it's painful to admit you are correct. Look at how Yoruba people of Lagos denied ,humiliated their own son because he has an Igbo mother. Nigeria is a miserable place to be. Look at how they rigged the election to put an incompetent drug dealer because of tribal politics.

Same Ibo people below again. Hypocrisy is bad.

viccy12:
I see your point and it's painful to admit you are correct. Look at how Yoruba people of Lagos denied ,humiliated their own son because he has an Igbo mother. Nigeria is a miserable place to be. Look at how they rigged the election to put an incompetent drug dealer because of tribal politics.

Sharap. GRV (half Ibo) was humiliated because he supports IPOB terrorist and used slur words on the people he wants to govern. Adeleke is half Ibo and he is a governor in the most conservative Yoruba state in Nigeria.

You ibos should go and fix your tribal region first before you accuse others.

magzey:
Ebonyi and Enugu were once together before Ebonyi state was created ,wetin then is inferior Igbo, are they also Xenophobic in Enugu chai!!

We know how you call them with the slur word abekeleke aka Fulani Ibo. Stop the pretence 😂

You people can't take half of what you give to others.

“They brought somebody from Ebonyi to come & become Governor in Enugu State, God will not allow that.”

- An Ibo man expresses his disgust at the thought of seeing an “inferior Ibo” (most part of South-East see Ebonyi people as inferior Ibo) govern Enugu.pic.twitter.com/tAwqQqel9E

— Nwo-Diali 𓃵 (@Manlike_ED) August 9, 2024

Also in Nigeria amongst the ibos.

In Nigeria amongst the Ibo. Hypocrisy too much.

pocohantas:
Painfully true. Because some of these other African countries also assume Nigerians when they want to do nonsense as they know we don't care or have proper verification process.

Only her is Chidimma Onwe and Adetshina.
She should tell us where her Igbo father is from. They shouldn't dash us anyone. We have over 200m people already.

Gbam. A very controversial name.

chatinent:
People who did the same to Gbadebo during elections last year has no moral ground to blast South Africa.


Una worse pass.

Lol. Ibos and Hypocrisy..

PortHarcourtcit:
Ladies and gents I am here to preach peace, love and tolerance in Nigeria and to debunk lies and expose all hidden agenda of the 5 plots of land people of GBAJUE'S in Nigeria... Philip Emegwali the man who invented the fastest computer is an IKWERRE man from Omuagwa autonomous community in IKWERRE LGA and not Igbo as we have been lied to for many years and thanks to God almighty who is doing a wonderful job through me his servant and apostle of clarity... IKWERRE MEKA OOO.... Unperturbedpota Bigyash skooltynz DatniggaDaz cyndypresh....

Like seriously

caye:
I'm really sorry to say this, but when I hear of " Ngwa", I feel really unhappy.
Have ppl repented and forsaken " it" or it is still as bad?


By "it " , I'm not even talking about cultism.
Forgive me, I don't mean to be rude .

They are still as wicked as ever and still dey chop human beings.