The first time was okay. it was Bellview air (owned by Tunde Yusuf) from Lagos to London Heathrow. Virgin Atlantic, virgin Nigeria and the others were too expensive. Aside the turbulence, it was all okay with Jollof rice and chicken served onboard.
Lots of turbulence on this flight and the couple beside me almost had hypertension. They were first time flyers as well and they kept praying in tongues. Out of fear, at some point the husband mistakenly grabbed my hand thinking it was that of his wife sat beside him.
That's common knowledge. Anioma state was his plan B in getting to become a governor since he has failed at several attempts at becoming Delta state governor.
The attachment to SE was to make it look like Anioma state is more justifiable over other regions clamouring for more state since the SE has 5 states.
In Nigerian politics, it's all about political interests.
kettykin: A billionaire whose instincts drove him to south pole funded entirely by him is now being accused of being too ambitious and greedy by someone who has never traveled outside Lagos only because he proposed a new state to join the south eastern block. How myopic can myopic be and this type of mindset can only lead to myopic threads. This leaves me wondering if the educational system needs an overhaul
Whalis: Can you answer this? How did you know that you are Igbo? Did someone from Abia come to tell you? Now I say Bia and I say I am Ikwerre and you say Bia and you say you are Igbo. Is it wise I say since you say the same Bia with me that you are ikwerre? Don't you think Igbos are Ikwerres? Americans (US) were originally from Europe especially The UK. Today US is bigger the UK. If this had happened in the prehistoric times it would have been difficult to believe that US left the UK based on their present size and achievements. Scientific studies have been carried out in Uniport even by Igbos scientists that established that Ikwerres and Igbos are distinct people. Please check this it is online. The scientists who carried out this studies are Igbos. Language similarities do not happen only in Igbo and others. It is so in other peoples all over the world. Ukraine and Poland, Sweden and Norway, Finland and Denmark; Urhobo and Isoko, Yoruba and Itsekiri similar language different people. Igbos should learn how to live with this reality. Also tell me the Igbo word for Yes.
That is what happened in the delta and rivers region.
Seun362: Na their way. When you talk about Tribalism, Igbos na Numero uno. There was one time in Akwa Ibom, Eket to be precise, the Igbos formed a Football league between themselves mostly traders.
And they bluntly reject Ebonyi indegenes from participating the league, this really aangered my friend Emeka who was from Ebonyi.
This guy na complete football person, despite that I left there in 2018, me and Emeka still discuss football related topics a lot via phone calls.
And they will call Yoruba people tribalist.
The discrimination against Ebonyi people is so bad that Dave Umanyi had to voice out. They turned abekeleke to slur word and called Ebonyi people Fulani ibos.
Bliztzer: igbos are very arrogant, they never take or accept responsibility for their own shortfall. They never accept they are wrong.
As we can see with Simon Ekpa, they are now claiming Ekpa is working for APC. A man that has 50,000 Ibo followers hailing him on twitter for killing his fellow ibos.
Seun362: Guy, nothing concern me with land, besides why will a non Indegene especially a Yoruba person be interested in Igbo land, the east has nothing to offer at the moment, am sorry to say but that's not the bone of contention here.
It's takes some level of Liberty for even Akwa Ibom man living in Abia to contest an election in Abia despite that they are neighbors but you won't see it and it's vice versa but Igbos freely contest elections in the southwest and you call us tribalist? Common man, common.
Realtruth2023: You should be smart to know that Iwuanyanwu is playing politics telling you what you have to hear. Every Nigerian is entitled to stay anywhere within the Nigerian territory. You are only a visitor when you are in another country.
You that's unknown on Nairaland dey talk rubbish. Who knows you outside Nairaland. When respected ibos like Iwuanyanwu are talking, you be quiet..😂.
The Alaba lock up issue also brought 2 or 3 eastern governors to Lagos to beg the Yorubas for mercy.
Realtruth2023: Lagos is within Nigeria's territory and is part and parcel of Nigeria. And that is where business is because of the lopsided nature of Nigeria. So igbos ain't going nowhere and will be in Lagos forever. You cannot eat your cake and have it. This selfish behavior will always backfire on you people. Just admit your failures and shut up.
ednut1: don’t attempt to rewrite history. GRV started getting insults when his old anti Yoruba tweets surfaced. He is not innocent as you want to potray him.
Makinde has an edo mother while adeleke has an igbo mother. They still became governor and have never insulted the yoruba tribe. GRV is an omo ale
Thank you. I did not even reply that clown. We all saw GRV's old tweets, and like you rightly said, Makinde has an Edo mum and Adeleke has an Ibo mom too. The two won election in Yoruba hinterland that are even more conservative.
confusedlady: The sarcasm in the original post would be funny and amusing if not for the actual fact that certain Nigerians from a part of this country really believe that Keir Starmer became British prime minister because Peter Obi instructed Nigerians in Britain to campaign and vote for him. The same people even claim Rishi Sunak lost the election to Starmer because Sunak was foolish enough to officially congratulate Bola Tinubu for winning the Nigeria presidential election last year. These people will choose to believe anything, no matter how ludicrous and ridiculous as long as it suits their demented agenda.
These same people believed Muhamadu Buhari was dead and buried in a shallow grave in Saudi and had been replaced by Jubril Al Sudani. These people believed that Nnamdi Kanu had procured recognition for Biafra from the United Nations and as such was issuing out Biafra passports and identity cards. These same people believe that a person who came third in an election is the winner of that election with NO evidence.
Taking gullibility to the highest levels. 😁😄
Obidients are super clowns 🤡, and despite this being sarcasm, Obidients actually thought it was obi's tweet to vote labour that got the labour party in the UK to win. You can never understand the dumbness of Obidients.
If elections were even held between Atiku, Tinubu and Obi amongst Nigerians in the UK, Obi will take the 3rd position.
Yet anambra1st son aka ANSMEDIA has been pushing propaganda for like 10 years on social media has not even been considered for special assistant let alone Commisioner in Anambra state
Whalis: Bros see if you can edit the ikwerre people own. It looks like the Igbo man who wrote that scrap decided to lock it. Thanks for doing that to the Etche people.
That one is very easy to edit to as well. But I have to create a free account. It's 12.07 am where I am at currently and just going to bed. No one takes wikipedia serious since it's easy to edit the pages.
Tranquill: You are the one calling Etche Igbo. Never seen an Etche person in real life who claims to be Igbo only online. Ngwa claim that they migrated from Ikwerre and if they decide they are Igbo that is their problem.
I remember one Ngwa fellow on nairaland here who was also talking about how they were misled to tag along with Igbo identity despite warning by Ikwerre.
Mek ona move on abeg
I don't know much about the topic, but I just watched a video of "Nna Mhen TV"after reading the topic and going through the thread.
Everyone he interviewed in the Etche community in Rivers State told him they weren't ibos. Although he tried to convince them in saying that they were Ibos. Those ones even pointed out the difference in the languages to him.
Even at that,..the first black man is a South African (Sibusiso Vilane) in 2008, and not that randy senator from Nigeria.
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attackgat: Chinedu Nwoko, popularly known as Ned Nwoko, is an interesting man. He hails from Idumuje- Ugboko in Delta State and is the serving Senator for Delta North. He is also a Muslim
What a lot of people may not know about Ned Nwoko Is that he is the only Igbo man to have reached the South Pole, and holds the record as the first black African to do so.
In 2020, Ned Nwoko embarked on a highly dangerous journey to reach the geographic South Pole, where temperatures can fall to minus 50, and oxygen levels are low. Many have died trying to get there.