₦airaland Forum

APCsupporter:
Okay let's start with entertainment.

Is it Music where your artist go home with nothing or nollywood which comprises of Hausa films(kannywood is under Nollywood), Yoruba films and Igbo films? In what way have they surpassed other tribes and how much does entertainment bring to Nigeria yearly?

Name the top 3 most successful musicians in Nigeria

As for commerce, I hope you are aware that importing isn't even good for the economy and most of the goods sold by IBO's are fake. Ordinary buying and selling isn't something worth bragging about cause lesser competition will always attract new sellers so I wonder what makes you think igbos cannot be replaced

LZAA:
Entertainment and commerce
Too easy

Xander85:
Far be it from me to want to interrupt the back-and-forth you're enjoying with Horsepower, but could you corroborate that your claim of Biafran soldiers molesting, raping and killing (by killing i mean killing of noncombatans) in the Midwest?

On the accusation of Ojukwu diverting supplies: seeing that the use of starvation as weapon of war was the brainwave of Awo (apparently, conventional warfare wasn't getting them anywhere, despite all the outside help from Arab nations and the U.K, so he had hoped to get at the soldiers via starving their women and children)....since Awo initiated this wicked policy, don't you think you should first start by questioning the accuracy of his moral compass before accusing Ojukwu (that was fighting a war of survival for his people) of denying his people food?

All of a sudden, someone that sees nothing wrong in Awos' policy of starvation, shooting anything that moves and lining up all the young men in Asaba to be summarily executed....all of a sudden, you're now caring for Biafran women and children!?

Fatherofdragons:
Afonjas and fake stories

Bane2020:
Soyinka, Gani, and Fela are the only noteworthy names you mentioned in that list, and Igbos have nothing but great respect for them. They are/were the few exceptions from the yoruba intelligentsia like the late Gani and Fela who were people worth reckoning with from your tribe. The rest of you are just slimy back stabbing liars, double faced devious plotting and scheming snakes.

And Igbos were never friends to MKO, at least MKO himself famously declared that he didn't need Igbo votes to win the presidential ticket, until a certain Arthur Nzeribe came to the spotlight to show him why you don't talk too much. Yet ironically, the freest and fairest election ever conducted in Nigerian history was orchestrated by an Igbo man(I'm sure you know his name), yes the same election that was rigged and annulled by your Hausa/Fulani masters to deny Abiola the ticket... And had him crying like a baby while he was been handcuffed en route to jail.

Alariiwo:
Yet all the freedom fighters and activists in Nigeria's history were Yorubas. From Awo himself to Wole Soyinka to Gani to Fela and even Fela's mother.

When Yorubas like Bola Tinubu and co. were fighting the dictator Abacha from hiding, what were Igbos doing?
They were busy holding 1 million man March in support of tyranny and trooping to decorate Abacha with chieftancy titles.

Go to your dictionary and check the meaning of "backstabbers".

Nonsense

odogwu9:
1966 Coup: “THE IGBOS NOW VINDICATED AND EXONERATED”
Olusegun Obasanjo.

"Let the truth be told. The People involved in that so called 1966 “Igbo coup” were:

1. Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu (Midwest Region Igbo)

2. Major Adewale Ademoyega (Western Region – Yoruba), author of “Why we struck”

3. Capt. G. Adeleke (Western Region – Yoruba).

4. Maj. Ifeajuna (Midwestern Region – Igbo).

5. Lt. Fola Oyewole (Western Region – Yoruba), author of “The reluctant rebel”.

6. *Lt. Robert (Bob) Egbiko* (Midwestern Region – Ishan).

7. Lt. Tijani Katsina (Northern Region – Hausa/Fulani).

8. Lt. O. Olafemiyan (Western Region – Yoruba).

9. Capt. Gibson Jalo (Northern Region – Bachama).

10. Capt. Swanton (Northern Region – Middle Belt).

11. Lt. Hope Harris Eghagha (Midwest – Urhobo).

12. Lt. Dag Warribor (Midwest – Ijaw)

13. 2nd Lt. Saleh Dambo (Northern Nigeria -Hausa)

14. 2nd Lt. John Atom Kpera (Northern Nigeria-Tiv).

The reason for calling the 1966 Coup an Igbo exercise is because the government of Nigeria has refused teaching Nigerian History in our schools. And core North has been busy misinforming Nigerians that the 1966 coup was an Igbo coup.
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Yoruba – Igbo fact sheet. This article has no tribal sentiments. Pls add ur own facts if u have any. History will always tell us what happened.

1. Azikiwe defeated Awolowo to become the first Nigerian Premier of Western Nigeria (present Southwest plus Edo and Delta States). Awolowo instead of forming Opposition, rather formed Egbe Omo Yoruba and used it to intimidate Yorubas that won election on NCNC platform to cross carpet and join him against Azikiwe. This was the first parliamentary coup in Nigeria.

2. Awolowo from then on, started indoctrination of Yorubas against the “threat of Igbo domination”. That is how the incurable seed of fear of Igbos was sown in the psychic of Yorubas which Yorubas later sold to other groups through Yoruba control of the media for decades.

3. Alhaji Tafawa Balewa , Nigeria ‘s first Prime minister could not tolerate Awolowo’s treacherous and inordinate ambition of acquiring political power by all means and at any cost. So, he threw Awolowo into prison for treason.

4. Samuel Ladoke Akintola who replaced Awolowo as Premier of Western Nigeria tried to destroy Awolowo’s political grip on Yorubaland by forming a party to takeover Western Nigeria in alliance with the Hausa-Fulani oligarch who Awolowo despised as a backward race. Consequently, Yorubaland went ablaze in revolt against Akintola’s plot. Law and order completely broke down in Western Nigeria. Wole Soyinka wore a mask and forced announcers at Western Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation to declare that Akintola’s government was a fraud.

5. Yet, Tafawa Balewa refused to declare state of emergency in Western Nigeria in order to keep Akintola as a proxy for Hausa-Fulani interest. This was the MAIN reason Yoruba graduates in the Army were the brains behind the coup led by Chukwuma Nzeogwu who happened to be Igbo.

6. As Wole Soyinka and even Obasanjo acknowledged, Nzeogwu ‘s coup was widely accepted by a vast majority of Nigerians across regional, religious and ethnic divides. But the dissatisfied Hausa-Fulani oligarchy who had majority in Nigerian Army infantry used their puppets, Yakubu Gowon, Theophilus Danjuma and co to overthrow General Ironsi.

7. In order to win support of Yorubas, Gowon released Awolowo from prison. The Hausa-Fulani knew Awolowo’s fear of Igbo as the only group that stood against his ambition to power. Gowon therefore quickly made a deal with Awolowo which in effect was that power would rotate between the North and the West (Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba) in post war Nigeria if Awolowo convinced Yorubas to join the North in fighting Igbos.

8. The Nigerian Army was consequently split into two divisions: the northern sector division commanded by Hausa-Fulani and the southern sector division, commanded by Yorubas.

9. Lagos, a city built largely by Igbos and were Igbos invested heavily, was also ceded to Yorubas as a State even when there was no Abuja at the time (1967). 14. Awolowo was made Vice Chairman of Federal Executive Council and Finance Minister. All federal government owned banks in Nigeria at the time which included the Central Bank and First Bank, were under Awolowo and Yoruba management. It was a deal Awolowo could not resist. The man was an unscrupulous Machivellian anyway.

10. The Igbos were eventually defeated and Yorubas became champions of nationalism.

11. Awolowo tried to make sure no Igbo man or woman would ever be more than financial destitute let alone have the financial resources to rival a Yoruba.

12. To achieve his objective of permanent Yoruba supremacy, Awolowo insisted that every bank account owned by an Igbo, regardless of how much was in it before the declaration of Biafra, would only be replaced with twenty pounds! He instructed Yoruba Permanent Secretaries who took over the Federal Civil service when Igbos left, to make sure that Igbo senior civil servants were not reinstated but to rather retire those who could not be dismissed as rebels. The same policy obtained in the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Police .

13. The Igbo were not only made pariahs but also financial destitutes.

14. Every house and industry in Igbo city was destroyed by war. Schools were closed for 3 years and many were razed to the ground.

15. Awolowo masterminded the indiginization policy by which Yorubas bought over all companies in Nigeria using money readily made available to them by the banks under their control. The Igbos were excluded.

16. They rejoiced and relaxed and complaisantly asked: “How could Igbos ever rear their ugly heads up again”? Sure, if that had happened to Yorubas or any other ethnic group, that would be their end. But as Awolowo rightly feared, we happen to be Ndi Igbo.

17. The shooting war ended 45 years ago and we are still here. We have survived all policy shenanigans contrapted by treacherous Yoruba masterminds and executed by their Hausa-Fulani allies.

18. In frustration, they have realized that we are who we are. Imagine their frustration! Never mind all Yoruba masterminded psychological attacks on Igbos disparaging us in any way they can.

19. Yes, Federal government policy has made them the tycoons of oil and gas, telecommunications, insurance and manufacturing. Oh, their Hausa-Fulani cum military allies gave Nigeria to Obasanjo for 8 years in keeping faith with their alliance.

20. Bola Tinubu is struggling for Awolowo mantle by forming an alliance of etho- religious jingoistic to ensure power keeps rotating between Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani. Where is the position of the Igbo and other tribes in Nigeria.

THAT IS WHY IGBOS WHO EXPERIENCE ALL THE ABOVE INJUSTICES THINK THAT BIAFRA IS THE ULTIMATE ANSWER.

HOWEVER, MY TAKE IS THAT THIS SHOULD MAKE OUR IGBO LEADERS FOCUSED, AND FIGHT FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THEIR KINSMEN, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR OWN POCKETS.

2016

horsepower101:
The op is saying the truth. Stop trying to divert attention.

horsepower101:
Gbam. We will get there.

I have never seen a situation where someone hates another person but the moment the person they hate say they want to leave they start panicking... this is the greatest level of cowardice.

Proven inability to survive on ones own. Yet they claim Sufferisticated.

CaptJeffry:
From history books I've read so far, Awolowo was a terrible tribalist and backstabber.

madridguy:
GOD himself in his Power has already embarrassing and shaming the enemies of Nigeria and Yoruba people.
So Pa OBJ can visit the Afenifere group? This shows this man got no shame You abandoned the group when they need you most to protect the interest of the Yorubas.

If you think the Afenifere group will abandoned their own and only begotten Son " Tinubu " then Pa OBJ must be dreaming in Jupiter.

The group present leaders will never forget the advise of their past leader, PA ABRAHAM ADESANYA.

OBJ, if you like jump from Olumo rock down, Tinubu owns the present South West and no amount of your meeting can change anything.
Tinubu control the larger part of market women and boys in the south west.

Only GOD will determine the winner of 2019 election.

enemybulldozer:
Is that all ve got?? I know you are lying that's what you people are known for.

Moneywomen17:
can u post the unbiased Biafran war story writer u got ur fact from. I could be wrong am willing to learn

Antipob777:
No wonder they call them pigs, she carried her smelling body to another man's soil thinking she will be allowed.
See her flat head like kanu and ojukwu head.

This woman should be arrested and jailed for causing a public nuisine.

She must face the wrath of the land. You will never see the shameless Ipobs comment on a thread like this.

alhassanyusuf29:
inyamuri flat.head women be suffering from body odour since BC

Yoruba4Life:
These animals are usually the ones falsely accusing the Yoruba pple. Very fake pple. Sad!

enemybulldozer:
Afonjas sucks!! When will you Afonjas learn how to speak the truth always and stop all this una lies and propaganda?? You've resorted to lying just to see if you can make a cheap point. The truth is that, Davido knows that as an Afonja he is, all he needs do to have and enjoy igbo punny is to pay heavily always. Otherwise, Chioma go just push am commot.

ISLAMBAD:
Vulture, you don't have an alternative than to believe that poo that was posted up there.
Seeing America beside the countries that supported Nigeria shows how low you have sunk in lying . Who doesn't know that American was neutral during the war ?. Even kids will be laughing at your stupidity.

Absuchat:
You should hide your face in shame,imagine the Fulanis have started screwing you already even without a war starting in your own land(sorry, your lost land),after all the sabotage you guys did as a result of your legendary cowardice. The fact remains that emancipation of the Yoruba can only take place here on nairaland,any action outside here,will lead to total wipe out of that useless tribe.

ISLAMBAD:
Vulture, you don't have an alternative than to believe that poo that was posted up there.
Seeing America beside the countries that supported Nigeria shows how low you have sunk in lying . Who doesn't know that American was neutral during the war ?. Even kids will be laughing at your stupidity.

ISLAMBAD:
To expose more lies by that person that quoted you. .. America was neutral during the war, but that guy that quoted you added America on Nigerian side which made him a bigger liar. .

igbodefender:
Alariiwo, so you are into doing it with insects. I fear for all the female ants, cockroaches, spiders etc., in your house.

Go see a psychiartrist sharperly.

God bless Igbos, Yorubas and all Nigerians.

ISLAMBAD:
Eliiot2 , don't be deceived . Israel, France and other foreign countries he posted there were only supplying us food not arms, while the African countries among them recognised Biafra as a country hence our relationship with them.
I repeat none of these countries supplied us with arms, they only supplied us food.
Elliot2, I would advice you to do a further research about that before these people deceive you with their propaganda.
Imagine what would have happened if those countries he posted up there had supported us with their weapons the way Britain supported Nigeria .
Again, do a proper research about that.
I didn't want to comment before, but the way you have bought his propaganda by saying " thanks for the fact" made me to.
I use to believe that lies before until I read the actual thing that happened by an unbiased Biafran war story writer.

Moneywomen17:
this are the country who supported side in the war and the foreign commander in each side rank. And no ibo did not fight alone nor did Nigeria they both had support. Biafra had big support from France so did Nigeria had support from England.