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Proscribe Afenifere, the Yoruba sociopolitical group and the other, probably Ohanaeze, the Igbo sociopolitical group.?
U guys are just intoxicated with the illusion of being in power.
Orders are archaic, ask Persian, Babylonian and Roman empires how far?
where dem dey today?
See! anything held together by compulsion and force won't stand the test of time.

Some large Igbo clans that occupy atleast a local government.
Ngwa have 7 lga, Izzi have 3 lga (Izzi, Abakaliki and Ebonyi lg) Ezza have 2 Ezza N/S( Some large pop of Ezza are found in Ohaukwu, Onicha and in Ishielu LGs of Ebonyi and in Addo lg of Benue, Ikwo hv 1, Arochukwu have 1 +Aro Ndizuogu, Nsukka have 1, Mbaise have..., Nkanu hv 2 Nkanu E/W, Afikpo (Ehugbo) hv 2 Afikpo n/s. Nnewi hv 2 nnewi n/s Onicha ado have 2 Onitsha n/s, Awka hv 2 Awka n/s.
Owerri hv 4

I agree with you to a very large extent.
White people have rich mindset.
For example: give an avg whiteman a hut in the middle of the town and watch him transform the premises into photographic scenario with beautiful flowers, ornamental trees and gardens.
And make the hut and its compound stand out.
But an avg black man will litter everywhere with rags, polytene bags, feaces.
Whites no matter how poor will not allow his environment look like a slump.

Anas09:
Why will you get what you give to others, good or bad?
What is behind that?
That seems to be a law. Is it?
If yes, who or what set that law in motion? Chance? Why wld chance want to pay people for doing good or bad? What is the motive or purpose?

Why does there seems to be intelligence behind that, as there seem to be consequences for treating people badly.

Who is watching over this law to recompense those who adhere to it?

Christianity = love, understanding, forgiveness, compassion.
The opposite are hate, envy, jealousy lust, unforgiveness.
You don't need to forgive who loves you.
Because who loves you won't hate you, won't envy you, won't hurt you
You can only forgive who hates you.
Forgive your enemy.
Forgive as much as possible (70x7)
I don't believe in the existence of a creator deity in the likeness of an elderly man living in space.
But I believe so many of the teachings of Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and all men of goodwill.

Christianity = love, understanding, forgiveness, compassion.
The opposite are hate, envy, jealousy lust, unforgiveness.
You don't need to forgive who loves you.
Because who loves you won't hate you, won't envy you, won't hurt you
You can only forgive who hates you.
Forgive your enemy.
Forgive as much as possible (70x7)
I don't believe in the existence of a creator deity in the likeness of an elderly man living in space.
But I believe so many of the teachings of Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and all men of goodwill.

HellVictorinho:
Another waste to be disposed

We all will be a waste that will be recycled by Mother Nature at the appropriate times.

Buhari was too lenient with Dogo and co bandits.
GEJ was too lenient with corrupt politicians in his cabinet but wasn't with criminals.
But PMB is lenient with both hardened criminals like bandits,killer herdsmen and bokoharam and corrupt politicians at the same time due to his nepotistic tendencies.
it is only on infrastructure that pmb is trying.

E be things!
Abba Kyari's hard earned reputation have been ruined by greed, bribery and corruption.
integrity matters alot

The different between IPOB/ESN and BokoHaram/Bandits/Killerherdsmen.
Disclaimer: I'm neither an IPOB member nor their sympathizer.
But I stand for the sociopolitical emancipation of my people in whatever civil/diplomatic way, other than war/conflict.
IPOB are secessionists who are agitating for an independent State of Biafra in the old Eastern Nigeria.
IPOB with their militia wing ESN caused upheaval and tension in the South East and Neighbouring South South Region.
They went agog killing some policemen, setting some police stations and some INEC offices on fire.
In their bid to cajole the Nigerian State to bow to their demand.
This made the Nigerian government to converge urgent security meeting that led to the upward review of the Security threat posed by the Secessionists to the integrity of the country.
The subsequent change in security code level by the government led to the neutralization of the uprising.
This robust tackling of the activities of the the ESN exposed the government's game of ostrich in addressing the overall insecurities in the various parts of the country.
The truth is that Nigeria have the capacity to tackle the various internal security threats but are just not willing to tackle the reformed Boko Haram, banditry.
Maybe, the government in power is taking it likely with them probably because they are the president's kinsmen.
Or maybe, the top officers in military hierarchy and the top politicians are jeopardizing the war against the insurgency, taking undue advantage of the insecurities to cash out, as their salaries alone won't be enough for them to acquire properties in Dubai like the politicians are doing.
The military officers want to live large like the senators.
To those outside the East, they thought maybe IPOB/ESN was an over hyped militia group.
No, they are not over hyped .
It's just that the government was committed in their case , cause they felt that IPOB activities are threat to the source of money (oil).
Their overwhelming threat made the Nigerian government to wanting to yield to the demands of the secessionists at a point but restricted Biafra to only the five SouthEast states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.
And that was when the derogatory remark of "a dot in a circle" came about.
They wanted a Biafra like Swaziland, a country surrounded by South Africa.
And that was when the Igbo Elites rose up to say we are not part of Kanu's Biafra.
Since the Niger Delta minority tribes are showing a body language that they can't be under Igbo dominance.
And the government is also selling their own propaganda that Niger Delta should not succumb to Igbo dominated country.
And that was when the likes of Wike and other Ikwere leaders were conspired to say that Ikwerres are an independent ethnic group with no Igbo ancestry.
Edwin Clark and Co started distancing themselves from the Kanu led Biafra.
The People of AkwaIbom were not left out in expressing their stand on the proposed Biafra.
They said, they are rather going to form their own Ibom Republic instead of being in a country where they will be politically dominated by the larger Igbo ethnic group.
And that was also same time when Asari Documbo, the government enemy was lobbied by the same enemy, the government to help them to neutralize Kanu's influence in the Niger Delta.
In essence, Divide and rule was applied to the old Eastern Nigeria in order to create disunity among the old Eastern Nigeria tribes.
The truth is that if Biafra should be granted referendum in the future.
The New Country can only be restricted to the five SE states as the Nigerian Delta people are not willing to join the Igbos.
Everyone wants to be on his own.
Everyone eye Don open.
Everything is business including humans lives.
It's all part of modern day business/politics.
But in all of the activities of the Unknown gunmen, the masses of the SEast were not harassed by the unknown gun men.
Though some elites, politicians were targeted by the unknown gun men.
Though many politicians, cultists, criminals etc took advantage of the chaos to get back at their enemies, either the police or fellow businessman /politician.
Whereas Boko Haram are Islamic fundamentalists that are mostly of Kanuri ethnic nationality with foreign backing advocating for a Sharia country within the Lake Chad Basin.
Bandits on the other hand are Islamic militia from the Sahel (Niger, Chad, Mali, etc) with some locals that were recruited by politicians to play political games.
But after the game, they realized that Nigeria is rich and is good for business.
They then conspired with the few evil elites from the North who are mostly government officials, village heads to start kidnapping for ransom.
The elites gives them cover and logistics.
In simple terms, Bandits are Criminals hired by politicians to steal from the government since technology and eagle eyes are posing a threat to looting.
Unfortunately, most of the political elites have an Alhaji religious titles.
They send their wards to the best schools in Europe and America to read Engineering, Medicine, Economics and Architecture.
While the common man is sent to Egypt for Arabic and Islamic studies.
Most Northern states have refused to enforce free and compulsory education for their people.
Cuz, they want them to be potential foot soldiers for their political games.
The government didn't see the activities of Bandits and Boko Haram as threats to their interests.
As the
activities of the group were restricted to the rural areas and doesn't have the audacity to attack state capitals and strategic towns unlike unknown gun men that had the audacity to attack state capitals, police headquarters and even dared the barracks.
Maybe, to them, bandits are just mere business men that kidnap for ransom,
doesn't pose a threat to the unity and integrity of the country.
We know them, they are our boys.
They will stop when we want to.
They are only after soft targets (the rural /semi urban areas) where the low class lives.
But the actions of the bandits are really affecting the socioeconomic development of the areas they are operating.
The elites are evil and can do anything for money.
Know this truth :There is absolutely no way a group of Foreign Criminals will occupy either in the forests or villages/towns within any of the Nigerian 774 LGAs without the locals knowing about it.
The locals are among the gangs of criminals/businessmen terrorising North Western Nigeria.
This is what you get when you denounce western civilization that makes one to mentally adjust to the sociopolitical developments of the modern world.
Instead of Islamic civilization that makes one to be very conservative and stuck in the medieval era and develop extremism towards people that are liberals.
Nigeria has the capacity to tackle the insecurities in the country.
In all states of Nigeria, there is at least an army barrack, some have it with Naval barrack.
The Commander in Chief is just lenient with the Bandits cause he felt they are his siblings.
We are all hypocrites, both the North and South.
When Jonathan intensified military offensive against BokoHaram prior to 2015 general elections after he was labeled clueless and incompetent, the North started shedding crocodile tears, that Jonathan is killing the North with Christian soldiers and all kind of propaganda.
Same thing played out in the South of recent, when Unknown gun men were killing policemen and soldiers, some people were calling them Saint unknown gun men.
But when the government special forces started killing them, our people started shedding their crocodile tears, they are committing genocide against us....
We all understand the game.
But this game won't allow us to build a Country of our dream for our selves and for our children.
Until, all tribal and religious sentiments stop influencing governance, we will actualise our potential as a country and as a people.
Hear the truth, the Whites, Asians are miles ahead of us in so many development indices.
They are talking about colonising other planets.
They are talking of 5G .
They are talking of artificial intelligence and robotics.
They are talking electric vehicles.
They are talking drive less vehicles.
They are talking green energy and climate change.
French , German, Russian, English, Dutch, etc are all white tribes, they have learnt their very bitter lesson after the two world wars and have learnt to do away with their differences and formed European Union, NATO and UN.
All in their bid to forestall future conflicts and wars.
But, here in Africa, we are still stuck with medieval lifestyle of fighting intertribal wars.
Either it's Fulani against Igbo or Yoruba against Igbo, or Ijaw against Itsekiri or Tiv against Idoma or Bini against Urhobo.
We are still stuck with defending an invisible creator-deity
We are still stuck with denying people's opinions/freedom of speech.
We are still stuck with getting primary needs of clothing, food and shelter.
Black African tribes, need to shun all their differences, unite and rise towards actualising her potential.
In order to take their place in the New World coming.

He is a latin american, related to the amazon tribes. People of Ancient Mayan and Aztec civilizations did all these. It's genetic, it's in his DNA. if u have watched Acopalyse u will understand better...

Location determines

Speaktruth88:
Na so una dey remix history. This is a person that went on public platforms and called for the attacks on security forces that resulted in the death of over 60 people. He is also the person that escaped on bail for treason for 4 years during which he continued to agitate for destabilisation and destruction.

Park left you will not rewrite this criminal’s story. This is why all you people’s talk about civil war is a big lie. Liars. Own your truth and face your consequences.

read my post again.
I didn't talk about kanu.
Kanu incited violence against the nigerian state.
I am talking of those arrested at Dunamis church, Abuja for wearing t~shirt with a hashtag Buharimustgo.

Voiceofthestree:
It comes to my mind the guy that slap France president and was sentenced 6month prison. If nah Nigeria den never born you well way you go even get chance Take slap president and if manage do nah Death by Haging or life imprisonments the guy that Remove Fayose Cap at Ile Ife the other day was shot dead before evening

Very pathetic

Political games.
Buhari is ruling us like a military dictator.
How can someone that wore a tee shirt with #BuhariMustGo be arrested in a democratic country?
Is that a hate speech?
It's like calling for impeachment of the president.
Which is a normal democratic process.
A times, the opposition threatens the president with impeachment in order for him to sit up.
Our leaders should develop shock absorber to tolerate criticisms in democracy.
I think either of Osinbanjo, Moughalu, Aregbesola and Zulum will make a good president and that former Gombe governor.

charly20:
I think you've searched for reason the same way I am searching.

I understand that every religion is true to it's adherents and false to "outsiders". That means everyone is a pagan and everyone serves the "true God".

But what they all have in common is acknowledgement of a supreme being who is responsible for all of creation.

This is why I do not view the world through the lens of religion but by basic fundamental laws governing the universe which All these "gods" agree to Love of your fellow human and that's the only thing that makes sense.

The universe I believe is guided by basic laws; "what you sow is what you reap", "Do to others what you want done to you" and so many like quotes.

Our minds are caged a bit too tight by the concept of religion as we know it and I think life might be simpler if it is devoid of religious sentiments because religious belief is only cultural.

One love!

u re very true

APC=PDP.
Party is just platform for winning elections and consolidating political relationship.
Ebonyi is 70% APC
Dave is actually in control of Ebonyi political structure.
He mandated all his appointees to decamp to apc or resign and few people actually resigned due to their ego, cuz they felt so ashamed being controlled by dave.
APC stands a good chance of winning with a landslide victory come2023.
The former gov elechi is in apc.
Pdp only have the 3 senators and 5 out of 6 rep member.

TinubuGoQuench:
YOUR USERNAME IS THE OPPOSITE OF YOUR LEVEL OF REASONING

YOU SHOULD HAVE PICKED THE NAME 'ThinkDuller'

Can u simply point out where u think i am wrong in reasoning?
I wish to be corrected and learn also.

HellVictorinho:
Must I agree with you on every issue

U obviously didn't understand me.
I never suggested what u wrote there.
Read again.

It is only when u re convinced that u got integrity and principled that you can dare utter this kind of statement.
I am not implying that Uzodinma is a saint, but it takes some inner conviction to utter this kind of word.
The likes of Rochas Okorocha can never dare say this kind of thing.
Imagine Tinubu and Dame Patience Jonathan challenging for their probe.
Have you noticed that most politicians don't challenge people when accussed of corruption.

HellVictorinho:
I only agree with you that the universe has no creator.

Every other thing in your post means nothing to me.

U can only agree with me when my opinion agrees with ur own intelligence and common sense, else u treat them as trash.

MaxInDHouse:
You truly studied religion but not the truth about God.
Let's share what we both know.
First of all i must commend you for the boldness in speaking against nonsense and ingredients people regards as religion.
However God's own true worshipers hide under the umbrella of religion to operate freely otherwise the ruler of this world will not PERMIT them to operate.
Note the highlighted Permit is what each religion gets from the authorities before they're allowed to practice their religion. That's part of the veil Satan is using to blindfold people like you so when you see God's own people you will take them for granted and count them along with RELIGION!

But there is no single accusation out of all that you listed up there in which God's own people are guilty of.

You first mentioned the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob as a WARRIOR but failed to listen to His own side of the story!

So if you're willing i'll prove to you that He is not guilty as charged, i am Maximus one of His Witnesses!

Senior advocate of God indeed.
What/who is God?
Can you define God for me?

The old man is simply trying to retain his emirate title.
Buhari is only committed in building basic infrastructures in areas that his kinsmen will benefit more.
Buhari and the northern elites are not sincere in fighting insecurity.
Buhari is overwhelmed by corrupt practises among his loyalists and others that are politically too dangerous to fight.
The problem of Nig is not the fault of her leaders alone.
Overpopulation is also a threatening factor.
Imagine the number of graduates that's been churned out by every higher institution on yearly basis.
Where will they all work?
There is a need 4 individuals and govt to do something about population control.
Most Parents with five children are struggling to meet their responsibilities.
Many young school leavers are stranded.
Female graduates are doing pos/salesgirl.
The males are into keke/okada.
The population if not addressed will trigger aggressive social vices and revolution resembling the End-SARS protest in the future.
Our huge population is under utilised.
There is a need for rapid industrialization and technology transfer.
Imagine when students of technical schools, monotechnics and polytechnics are putting on corporate dressing and looking for white collar jobs when in reality they are trained to acquire skills that will power small, medium and high scale industries.
But, where are the industries.
Imagine as big as Nigeria, we don't have motorcycle factory, no bicycle factory.
How many shoe factory do we have in this country apart from the one recently built by Abia state government.
We are supposed to have a functional railway system that will reduce the congestion and pressure on the trunk A and B roads.
How many textiles industries do we have!?
How many electrical /electronic factory do we have?
The Bank of Industry need to rise to their responsibilities.
Our politicians only invest in real estate and hospitality.
We should copy technology from our various diplomatic countries.
Let's learn from China.
Can't we sign memorandum of understanding for technology transfers?
Can't we lobby some overseas firm to offshore to Nigeria.
Offer them cheap labour and low taxes.
From there, we can copy and paste.
This is how China lobbied most overseas companies to China.
And China is a home to worlds biggest industries.
They sent their kids overseas to acquire Western education (western technology inclusive)
This is how Chinese people known for doing menial jobs like mining and other labourers work rose to become a key player in the world
major industries and now an emerging top economy .
We send ours to come back and sit in a big chair in NNPC, CBN, FIRS.
The factories in USA and China are the secrets behind their economic growth.
Please don't say, is it not the same oil that we have that Saudi Arabia and UAE have.
Those countries are like a state in Nigeria in times of population.
And their oil reserves are the highest worldwide.
Some Nigerians will be doing government job that pays little in a rural/semi urban areas that have enough farm lands and they will rather be forming instead of growing at least their own vegetables gardens.
When they go to market and greeted with high cost of food stuffs with the little salary they earn .
They start cursing Buhari for the consequences of their laziness and forming Cubana.

HellVictorinho:
What do you think the universe is?


Do you think it has a creator??

If yes,why??

Do you think it's possible for nothing to exist before,after or alongside anything?


If yes,why??

i don't think the universe has a creator.
Because if u say there's a creator.
It will lead to another question: who created the creator and so on...
I think the universe happened by chance.
But the high intelligent and beauty being demonstrated by various plants and animal species baffles me.
The beauty of the morning sun, rain after days of dry weather, moon shining by the night, the complexity and brutality of the foodweb\foodchain.
In short, the creation is so amazing for an intelligent human to conclude that a genius/geniuses are behind them.
I don't blame people that believe that there is an intelligent creator.
But having a mental construct of a old man-like figure with grey hair living in space is idolatery.
God=nature=natural forces

shadeyinka:
Let me help you a little if you will think about it.
Science Focuses on the hardware made by the Creator:
Thus, subjects must be measurable, verifiable and repeatable.
Even then, you have wrong and right science
Religion Focuses on the Software written by the Creator:
Thus, subjects are subjective, personal and experiential
Even then, you have wrong and right religion

It is impossible to use the rule of science to judge the rules of religion and vice versa: a serious mistake!
Everything is not hardware at the same time everything is not software.

I think U re making sense

MaxInDHouse:
I love the highlighted, so it's your own PERSONAL conclusion after your so called "thorough study and research"

Most of you just keep opening another account to get the attention of misinformed Churchgoers and that's smart though but your research is flawed. So if truthfully you want to make a (thorough) research, you need to be sure that your power of reasoning outsmart all other schools of thought otherwise it will ever remain your PERSONAL opinion!

I didn't open any new account, check out the time this account has been existing.
I only have one nairaland account.
My first account with my name in the moniker have been deactivated.
It's truly my personal opinion and you can't honestly say you have outsmarted all the points I raised.
Can you?

Oops

Okoroawusa:
Thank you. When I came back to Nairaland after many years of sabbatical it was in the heat of IPOB hate of Rochas Okorocha. My fellow igbos called him Okoroawusa and I am an APC member and a die hard Buhari fan so I adopted it as a moniker. It represents all igbos who are not slaves of Nnamdi Kanu and all he represents as well as the promotion of the idea that we can only progress if we build walls across tribes.
I am sorry if you find it stereotypical.

I understand better now, thought u re stigmatizing Rochas cuz of his good synergy with the north.
Kanu and his disciples are another nazis.
Kanu bu eze onye agwanam'

22jumpstreet:
Another awakened soul..thanks guy. I love you already.

Don't relent. One soul at a time. We will get there..

I love you too man

The religion shield.
Like I said earlier, Religion is built on any of these: ignorance, falsehood or conspiracy.
So many religious faithfuls are ignorance of the true reality.
Most Religious monks/teachers in the World leading religions know that the God-figure is just but a fallacy invented to tame humanity and put them under control.
Because like they said an untamed man is equal to a beast.
Deviants are threatened with eternal damnation in hell fire while faithfuls are promised so many rewards in heaven where they will live forever.
Even all the dead are assured of resurrection to face judgement at the last day.
Imagine the irony of a hell/a furnace burning with brimstone and sulfur at an exceeding temperature that will not burn you to ashes but keep you alive forever in agony.
U re probably being punished in hell forever for keeping about eight of the ten commandments and defaulting two, maybe adultery and stealing.
What a super Capital punishment
The hell punishment is only granted fully by Christianity.
As both Judaism and Islam will met out the punishment they think you deserve, before you face their God to receive the main punishment.
How to know the truth.
It's logical
It's convincing
It's coherent.
It doesn't change
It's not hidden
The defender of a truth doesn't raise voice, he raises his points.
Science doesn't hide anything, nothing is magic, nothing is mystery.
Science detailed all its teachings and inventions.
From the cell theory to atomic theory to electricity/magnetism, motion science, radioactivity, Quantum mechanics to logic gate, to computer programs, to artificial intelligence and robotics, etc.
Everything is open, nothing is hidden.
U are allowed to ask questions, criticize, scrutinize, counter claims and object provided you are deploying logic, reasoning critical and objective proceedings.
But that can't be said of religion, cause they are shielding it, in order to make it look sacred and mysterious.
They want to continually instill fear and mind control.
Reason why, magicians may not easily disclose to you the art of magic.
Reason why Scientists and journalists are not allowed in the Vatican and so many religious temples.
Cause, they feared they will be exposed.
Religion has both good and bad intentions by the conspirators.
Some use it to control humans, some use it to exploit others.
While some use it to give comfort and proffer solutions to life numerous challenges.
If you pay attention to why most people go to religious houses today.
The rich and healthy are going there to be joyful and get assured of heaven should it exist.
While the sick is going there for healing.
The poor is going there for comfort and hope of overcoming poverty.
The unmarried ladies, go in hope of miraculously inducing a dream man that will propose.
Some seek for change of fortune in their businesses, families and marriages. The politicians seek it to win elections.
In all, Religion is still relevant to the greater percentage of humans to some extent.
The ugly truth is that the informed or the enlightened are in charge of Religion while the uninformed and gullible are the sheeples.
Religion will continue to thrive for a very long time, especially in third world countries since it's only a small percentage of humans that are highly educated and enlightened.
And religion have filled the gap created by inequality, poverty and poor perception of the True Nature of Reality.
#Shalom

it is illogical to believe that a minor tribe will take major tribes into captivity and sell them as slaves.
Huge Population symbolizes dominance.
The population of the speakers of a particular language whether they are native speakers or non native speakers signifies the power and influence of the tribe.
Reason English speaking countries got more influence in world politics.
Hausa leads in Nig b4 Yoruba, then Igbo.
Modified: there may be cases of inter communal clashes among border communities to the two tribes.
Maybe, in that case, one tribe likely killed or absorbed her own captives while the other made business out of her own that led to liberating them after the abolision

Okoroawusa:
In as much as I am not a fan of Reno but as a historian, his narration are historical in order but history as a field of study in the humanities ( all of humanities) is open to interpretations and debates.

One fact is that slave trade transversed all the nooks and crannies of West Africa with those from the coastals deeply involved. However, I will not agree or disagree with Reno. I will chew on this one and check my books.

U re learned sir.
But that ur moniker is suggesting sentiments and stereotype.
May i ask why?