₦airaland Forum

RedboneSmith:
I will start with something that happened in an organization I used to work for. For context, there are people of every background in Nigeria in the organisation. Mostly Southerners and a few Northerners. There had been cases in the past where people of other ethnic groups (not Igbo) had either stolen/embezzled the organisation's funds, or used their position within the organization to give lucrative jobs to people from their own ethnic groups. When this happens and we find out, we address it without dragging the offender's ethnic group into it.

Well, during my last year in the organization, an Igbo man was the Head, and he embezzled funds (something non-Igbos had done in the past). When the news broke, I immediately became very uncomfortable because from experience, I knew what was going to happen. I knew all of us Igbos were going to be dragged, and people would take the opportunity to say unsavoury things about Igbo people. Not just Nnamdi who stole money.

I wasn't wrong. It didn't take time before the comments started flooding in. "Igbo man. Igbo people. This is why an Igbo man will never rule this country. It is always them. Thieves. It is always them."

I was in this organization for 8 years. I had seen Yorubas and Edos and Akwa Ibom people steal money and abuse their office. There were actually more cases of Yorubas doing that sort of thing in that organization within the time I was there. Not once did anyone say a Yoruba will never rule Nigeria again because some of them that dipped hand into the organization's account. One Igbo man did it and the WhatsApp group caught fire with all sorts of ethnically-charged comments.

Here's the thing. Tribalism is a pastime in Nigeria and all of us, Igbos and non-Igbos done collect. But there's something different about the antagonism that most Nigerians harbour towards Igbo people. We may try and deny it and claim that Igbos are being overly dramatic, but in doing that we'd be like the white people in America who claim that racism is over and dead, and that black people are just being whiny.

Perhaps, the antagonism stems from the first coup and the scare of Igbo domination that was propagated in that general period. Perhaps it stems from the stereotyped Igbo traits of competitiveness, aggressive go-getter attitude, a certain level of crassness and loudness, which Igbo people were said to carry with them as they left their region and moved into the region of their Nigerian neighbours. Perhaps its just sheer jealousy towards people who made much out of very little.

Whatever it is, dislike for the Igbo is a whole other level of tribalism, and I make bold to say that the Igbo are easily the most despised ethnic group in Nigeria. Even with the plague of killer herdsmen, Nigerians in general no hate Fulani reach the way they hate Igbos. I mean, while herdsmen were sweeping through the Southwest and other parts of the South, people like Adeyinka Grandson were still presenting the Igbo as the biggest existential threat to Yorubaland. People went as far as ignoring glaring evidence and claimed that it was Igbos, rather than the Fulani, who kidnapped Olú Falae.

Years ago,I saw videos made by some Northerners purporting that Igbo people were actually the brain behind Boko Haram. That idea was diffusing through the alleys of social media many years ago, but I don't think anyone is still spreading it today. The truth has become too plain to be ignored or twisted.

But the fact remains that the Igbos are everyone's go-to fall guy.

Even something like misogynism has, for some reason, become synonymous with Igbo men. When the most jaw-dropping cases of misogynistic behaviour I have seen in this my life came from I**** men. (I no wan' mention the ethnic group - I no get strength for fight.)

herkeem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxcePqDTL8


The APC Vice Presidential Candidate, Sen Kashim Shettima on Sunday, joined the Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu for an interactive session with State APC Chairmen, Gubernatorial, Senatorial, &House of Rep's candidates held at the APC Marquee of the PCC in Abuja

tinsel:
Reno, had congratulated Obi for his wedding reception yesterday in Ogun State.

https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1614333544507052035?t=7FMm36wwMwuzvCIGJzaVnQ&s=19[/quote]This cursed ass ol that feeds from hypocrisy and political harlotry. FFK and Keyamo will be better than him. These are the crop of people that seek forgiveness only within their last moments on earth if God gives them the opportunity.

kay29000:
I want to know if energy drinks like Climax, Redbull, Fearless are really that bad. I was advised to reduce my alcohol intake last year April after a serious Ulcer incidence, so I decided to give up alcohol. I haven't taken alcohol since then, but occasionally, I take Climax or Redbull energy drink when I hang out with friends. So, yesterday, when I wanted to order for Climax, this guy seated next to me (a friend of a friend), started talking about how bad energy drinks were. He advised I take juice instead, or Malt. Mind you, this guy was taken raw liquor.

I'm very antisocial, and an introvert. Alcohol always set me in the right mood back in the day, but now that I don't take it, I really don't like how I am when everyone else around me is in high spirit, from taken alcohol, so I decided to take energy drinks once in a while...like just one a week. But I've been hearing about how bad they are. How bad are they really, if one takes just a can a week?

jaybenugo:
https://igberetvnews.com/1436636/dpo-slumps-dies-inside-office-lagos-photo/

lhordspy:
When he mentioned thief. We already know who stole and diverted government money. The real thief;

who was caught with 250m trying to sneak it into Lagos.

who invested state funds into pandora business.

who diverted money meant for state project into his daughter offshore account.

who left the state he govern worst than he met it.

In the three, we know the National infrastructure seller.

we know the competent one with trackrecords of achievements ,

we know the corrupt pretentious deceiver which yiibo people are trying to push down on us. Same person they criticised years ago. Now the best thing after chocolate.

LightOnScams:
Minorities across all parts of Nigeria are the most discriminated. To the three major ethnic groups, they are basically stepping stones.

Even within the minorities, we have minorities who are majorities and you can only imagine the depth of this regressive suffering.

nickxtra:
See aht this guy wrote on Twitters-
He said each time he gives good doses of intimacy to his wife, she becomes so gentle, calm and adores him and her usual aggressive disposition to him most times gives way to smiling nature in even the face of provocation.

Is intimacy a medicine to troubleshoot a nagging or trouble some woman?

Superwave16320:
https://dailypost.ng/2023/01/07/2023-election-bishop-predicts-tinubu-presidency-says-nigerians-abroad-will-return/

Ofunaofu:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/why-new-naira-notes-leave-ink-when-rubbed-on-white-surfaces-mint/

Roboto11:
Not spiritual incantation?

Roboto11:
What of your title?

tk4radi:
I understand exactly what you mean.






Do you believe that a good government leadership can turn things around??
Especially in the “Nigeria Police Force”, and Judiciary System.?

Do you believe that, if we elect a good president and good legislative members come February, that they can do something to correct all these anomalies, and reform the Nigerian Police for good?

tk4radi:
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/100064453009372/posts/538577508300678



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The summary of the whole thing is that the IGP is trying to put an end to “THE ORDER IS FROM ABOVE...”
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dniceguy1:
Am in my late 20's

Vixlot:
Massive, See Crowd that Came Out for Tinubu- Tunde Ednut Shocked by Kano crowd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mubY3so9M

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_4tilrxmL/?igshid=Yzg5MTU1MDY=

Vixlot:

dre11:
Djibouti Speaker, Family, Others To Spend New Year Holiday At Orji Kalu’s Camp Neya




https://leadership.ng/djibouti-speaker-family-others-to-spend-new-year-holiday-at-orji-kalus-camp-neya/

blamingthedevil:
https://punchng.com/pdp-threatens-sanctions-as-g-5-govs-meet-tinubu-in-uk/

SiotohGlobal:
Some Nigerians are very superstitious when it comes to Japa affairs. Some are afraid of being in an environment whose language they don't understand while some are scared of the cost of living and some are uncomfortable about their safety in their new location.

Let's talk, what scares you the most about relocating abroad?

Ibechris2:
If you are earning salary pls, find a business to add. No matter what you do, this salary can disappoint.

No wonder the rich gets richer and continue to be because they have mastered the game of money and how best to earn it irrespective of the place they found themselves.

TMSMedia:
Weeks after divorcing her husband, Mr. Ibu's daughter, Jasmine Okafor attended her friend's party in wears partly revealing her backside, IGBERETV reports.

She shared the photos on her Instagram handle.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmelwsDjSJh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link