₦airaland Forum

Naajjii:
Mr man most of your so called middle belt are inter woven with the north,where do you start the border ? You people in the south are just wasting your time talking middle belt. Focus on how you can unite yourselves in the south first. How have you been able to tackle igbo this, youruba that ,Edo that etc? Who will be the next president from the south ,is it Igbo or Yoruba?

Beehshorp:
Sanusi the only northerner fit to be president. Don't know why I like that man so much.

saaron:
This is why disintegration of Nigeria is a must. We can't be yorked together with Islamist murderers. Northerners will pretend (Taqiyya) and play to the gallery forming innocent but their hands are all stained with Christian blood. Buhari himself and all northern govs are behind the wave of Islamic terrorism in Nigeria especially those in Sharia states. You can't be sharia and not have a hand in Boko haram Islamic terrorism.
Northern Muslims are nothing but a group of mass murderers who're either covert, or open terrorists supporters.
see why I always say this:
TOTAL DISINTEGRATION OF NIGERIA WILL SAVE MILLIONS OF MIDDLE BELT AND SOUTHERN LIVES FROM FULANI AND BOKOHARAM TERRORISM!

BeeBeeOoh:



Buhari once told us some time ago that subsidy is a scam, now, that same Buhari is into that same scam.


No be juju be that?

I always try to ignore them but something in me just can't stand the constant negative comments about blackness, it's as if Nigerians feed of these negative stories of Africa forgetting there are a lot of positive things happening around the continent. And don't get me started with their worship of white people, if they could live in RSA they'll be amazed that their beloved whites aren't as pure as they might think

TMKsouth:
@bolded - they've numbed me, especially coz it's half the comments here with that view.

The same white South Africans stole SA minerals and didn't build anything in black areas but filled their own pockets. Isn't that grande corruption? The world economic system is corrupt as hell, just look at Trump and his financial scandals. Really not in the mood today for coons.

KingCold:
Lol. this is House Nigga mentality nothing else. We hosted a glitch-free world cup, organized by the Black South African FA, and a black government. We are building airports, roads, universities etc .we are more than capable of running a country as we have proven for 27 years now. Your whites are 8% and blacks are 80% of the population. so let's stop hiding behind thumbs to mask underachievement. African culture is not homogenous and there's no culture that's inherently opposed to progress

Alphafeezay:
When online keypad warriors are wasting time hating, the real voters are there ready for Bello 2023, e go shock people

maestro299:
Black man will always be black man. Thank God for the whites, South Africa would have been worse than Nigeria...

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO ASKED FOR SECESSION CLAUSE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION, THE NORTH SUPPORTED THE MOTION, BUT I IGNORANTLY OPPOSED AND THE BRITISH (HYPOCRITICALLY) SUPPORTED MY ARGUMENT

An Interview granted by Nnamdi Azkiwe in 1975.

Read and learn..

"Nnamdi Azikiwe stated that... When the 1954 constitution conference started, my good friend, Chief Obafemi Awolowo tabled a motion to the effect that in the new constitution, provision should be made that any state which feels like seceding should do so. I was opposed to it and said ‘no’ and said that once we have a federation, we are indivisible and perpetual.

That was when we began to use that expression – ‘The Indivisibility and perpetuity of the federation’ – and that to secede would amount to treason. And so, a debate ensued.

The Secretary of State then was Oliver Littleton, later Lord Chandos and he was very much interested and that was his first time in saying that the people of African descent were people actually debating at a high level.

So a full day was given to Chief Awolowo to make his points. He spoke brilliantly as a lawyer. He made his points why secession should be incorporated in the constitution. He cited the case of the Soviet Union which is a federation, and that secession is written there so that any state in the Soviet Union can secede at will. He also cited the case of Western Australia and eventually he finished his case and was applauded.

Lord Chandos said that on the face of the arguments before him it would be suicidal to incorporate secession in our constitution and that is why we have section 86 in our constitution that if any region or state should secede, then it will be an act of treason

We adjourned. The next day, I had to reply. I availed myself of the opportunity to, well, demolish the arguments of my friend and I cited the case of United States which based its constitution on that of the Swiss Confederation. That is Switzerland. I pointed out a case, I think, that of Texas versus White, where Mr. Salmon Chase, the Chief Justice laid down the principle – he was really an arbiter – that the union was intended to be perpetual and indivisible and that any attempt to divide the union by secession was treasonable.

Also read Why Awolowo did not make West secede

The North (NPC) supported Action Group. The question was then: Should we have secession? "The Colonial Office came to our rescue. YOU KNOW THE USUAL PRINCIPLE OF BRITAIN – ‘ *DIVIDED AND RULE' (laughs) but this time, it was in our favour. So, the colonial office backed us."

Lord Chandos said that on the face of the arguments before him it would be suicidal to incorporate secession in our constitution and that is why we have section 86.... ."

— Excerpt: Nnamdi Azikiwe’s interview with New Nigeria in 1975.

Now I guess you know where the problem comes from!

FLASHBACK: I Regret Advising Azikiwe Not To Join Forces With Awolowo – Former Eastern Premier, Michael Okpara Decries Nigeria’s Faulty Federalism
Late Okpara expressed regrets for advising Azikiwe not to join forces with Awolowo.


BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKOCT 06, 2021
An old newspaper published in November 1980, has resurfaced showing former Premier of the Eastern Nigeria Region, late Dr Michael Okpara, saying he regretted the advice he offered the first President of Nigeria, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, not to form an alliance with the former Premier of Western Region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

BafanaBafana:
Why is it that the only arguement they have is to start making irrational comparisons?

Geeman2006:
Don't mind him. Foaming from the mouth when the facts are staring him in the face.
Does he even know the number of Yoruba's living in the North that have become indigenous hausa's due to generations of residing there.
Go to Ayagi quarters & Parts of yakasai quarters in Kano, their Kids there are hausa , but you'd be shocked to hear their grand parents speaking fluent Yoruba. Go to parts of Funtua and Malumfashi in Katsina, even Sokoto city. There are many hausas there whose roots can be traced to Yoruba.
Even a former senator and governor in Kano have Yoruba roots which everyone knows, but they have assimilated with the indigenes and Everyone accepts them as Hausa.

Farooq Kperogi said: Of course, sharing cultural and linguistic similarities is not a necessary and sufficient condition to unite, but it’s a good starting point. It also helps to remember that while we are different in many ways, we are also more alike than the elites want us to acknowledge.

On how to get out of the debt crisis, he said: “The only realistic external debt strategy for Nigeria is still a buy-back. If it could be done then, it can be done now.

“I said I could eliminate Nigeria’s external debt in six months, when I was campaigning. I just wanted to be modest. It could be done in three months.

“A buy-back is taking back from your creditors the bonds you gave to them; the piece of paper you signed.

“If you don’t want to follow those agreements, the only concession you can validly and reasonably expect is a buy-back.

“In 1988, when I was secretary to the government, Nigeria sold 10 percent of her equity in Shell BP for $1.8 billion.

“So, if we are to sell 10 percent of our equity in all the oil companies, we would able to raise some $20 billion immediately.”

Olu Falae said former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was able to buy back the country’s debt within two years by following his recommendations.

He also said the borrowed funds should be used for priority projects, not constructing railway to Niger Republic, when many states in Nigeria don’t have rails.

Falae advised the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to stay off retail banking. Read the full interview

DEEBOZZ:
Buhari may be underperforming in the other sectors of governance but in the area of stable fuel supply he was able to tackle it

leksite120:
Why do nairaland reeks so much of ignorance?
Every minute, we hear crime news from everywhere on this forum mostly from the South and christians but no one has ever linked it with religion. Just look at all the comments up there.

It's a fair thing to be religious, but it'll be better if one knows when to be rational and sensible.

AntiBMC:
Bullion van bribe talking.

Instead of looking for educated youths that'd finally move this country forward, they want to keep recycling senile old crones that will rule the country from hospital beds.

Eventually, una go get sense the hard way.

Really, Nigeria’s problem is an elite problem -- conscienceless people who stack up wealth in foreign countries while the country they represent is cannibalised. To this class, Nigeria is only fit for milking, but for healthcare they go abroad; for education for their children, they go abroad, and for other basics, they jet out.

Kayberg:
Soon, they'd tell us they're subsidizing rail transportation too…
Una well done sirs and ma'ams.

WibusJaga:

E remain make Dangote come buy Arsenal.

Oizatobad:
WITH ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT ___THE AKWA IBOM GUYS STILL LEAVES THEIR STATE TO COME AND KEEP THEIR GIRLFRIEND in BROTHELS here in lagos JUST TO SLEEP WITH ANOTHER MAN TO BRING FOOD TO THEIR BOYFRIEND TABLE ____ AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS UNKNOWN BEHAVIOUR FROM AKWA IBOM AND CALABA PEOPLE

benuejosh:
Exactly! If a Fulani is deemed fit to run the state again in 2023 lets vote him.

Vote personality and not region.

Shedrack777:
later now, the vehicles cannot be affordable to an ordinary nigerian

will produce commercial buses, waste disposal trucks, fire fighting trucks and private vehicles upon completion

lebete3000:
Listen to me you bastard, go and fvck yourself right through the ass, the same way you were conceived...maybe you might become born again.

Shithead...

Asour:
I read once that the term Sub-Saharan has racial
Connotations with its primary use by Europeans to classify 'Black africans' from the rest of the lighter skinned Northerners.

Since then I smile whenever the word is used.

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wink2015:
THIS IS WHY YOU PEOPLE ARE AGAINST RESTRUCTURING.

The statusquo provides you with an easy platform to steal from the centre.

PRESIDENT BUHARI WHO THOUGHT HE HAD SAINT WORKING UNDER HIM WILL NOW KNOW BETTER after the PANDORA paper reevaluation.

But I have not seen any International body rope Ngozi Okonjo Iweala into financial mess.

That gele tieing financial expert get level.

PANDORA will continue to expose them.

Fedelma:
Rubbish rubbish rubbish. Where is Buhari's certificate, what of much marketed BAT for 2023 the bullion van lord. Tell me any Nigerian leaders with a clean sheet. Please let shun hatred especially the igbo's . If Nigeria did not like the igbo's let them go there separate ways, why do Nigerians want to remain with failure & disappointment . Enough of the rubbish

lebete3000:
And you don't think they smeared Saraki to lick Gambari yansh?

You're a huge disgrace to all we Olodos worldwide, cos your own worse pass...

Stupid cunt...

xelly:
Peter Obi is corrupt free and we present him as the best candidate to champion Nigeria.

RodgersAkpafu:
How about Tinubu stealing Lagos blind and turning many of the youths into thugs and aspiring thugs ?
Look around Lagos and see these guys (a wasted generation)
This is directly the legacy of the frog eyed ex drug baron that many worship

Shame on una