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This piece was prompted by what I saw as benign ignorance amongst some of our Ibo folks and because such ignorance is music to the ears of some other people and Yoruba in particular. In more than one occasion my friends and other Ibo have advanced the argument that if Ibo was that smart, how come Yorubas dominated the commerce industry in Nigeria? What they meant were the domination of Yoruba in the banking, insurance industries, Coco Cola and some other surviving industries. In one particular occasion a friend revealed to me that he recently discovered that the reason why some Yoruba are so wealthy is because they were smart enough to invest their money in corporate stocks and bonds (not realizing that Yoruba actually stolen those corporations) while Ibo is busy engaging in buying and selling. The Yoruba will like people to continue to believe that story, that it was because they were smart that they were able to do all these great investments in the commerce industry. One relevant question that I always managed to ask my interlocutors is whether they were aware of the indigenization decree of 1972, master minded by Awolowo and the Yoruba and the ramifications of that policy, as will be expected, the answer ranged from, I have heard of it but does not understand what it actually meant to I have not heard of the policy. Listening to this ignorance induced perspective from my friends made my heart to skip a beat, realizing that the task of bridging this information gap is not going to be a child’s play. What is disconcerting is that some in their benign induced ignorance believe that the effect of indigenization is inconsequential at this time because it happened about forty years ago. This piece is therefore for those that are educable and for those that have the capacity to appreciate the magnitude and most importantly for those that can relate that gigantic economic event that reshaped the economic foundation on which Nigerian economy settled on after the British/Biafran war and as well as relate our present economic malaise to that economic foundation engendered by indigenization.

There is no doubt that most people, particularly those that do not have either basic or international economics background are overwhelmed by the subject of INDIGENIZATION OF FOREIGN COMPANIES IN NIGERIA because of their inability to understand the economics of it and the efficacies to make the necessary connections and relate it to the present economic doldrums, some simply brush it aside or worse, simple minimize its far reaching implications particularly on the Ibo. In so doing, majority of us dabble into analysis of how terrible Ibo has managed their affairs since after the civil war, while leaving out a huge chunk of the elements that need to be factored into their analysis. The unspeakable effect of the policy of indigenization on the Ibo was wicked and dastardly. The economic damage on the Ibo is impossible to calculate. The psychological toll on the Ibo is still reverberating amongst the Ibo today and creating identity crisis. Some folks will argue that we should drop the subject because it happened forty years ago, which is equivalent to saying that because slavery, Jim crow and the holocaust happened years ago, and for that reason, they have no relevance in today’s analysis. How can any credible analysis of American history not include slavery and its implications, or how can any Jewish history not include the holocaust and its implications and effects, but that is what some folks want us to do, to avoid or forget one of the most devastating economic policies that changed the economic landmark of Nigeria, second to the genocide of more than a million Ibo committed by the same man, Awo, and still arrive at any meaningful analysis. I believe that the incredulity that any ethnic group is capable of visiting such devastation on another is still an obstacle that the subject is struggling against and must overcome. It is not that most people do not know what happen, it is simply that they do not what to believe that it happened because it is mind bending. I also believe that if we do not tell the story over and over, the Yorubas will not tell and neither will the Hausa tell it, as a matter of fact they always wish that it will go away. So whether they like it or not, we must continue to broadcast what happened until people start to understand the effect of the policy not only on the Ibo but on the nation as a whole. Suffice to say that after Awo and the Yoruba succeeded in executing the indigenization decree and became overnight millionaires, many Ibo packed their bags and left Lagos to the east –ala Ibo, where they shortly died out of heart break because some of them also suffered the deprivation of their properties due to abandon property policy in Lagos and Port harcourt.

WHAT ENGENDERED THE INDIGENIZATION POLICY?

It is no more news worthy to point out that before the civil war that Ibo out of their capacity for honesty, to work hard, to produce, to innovate, to manage, create and persevere were able to penetrate all facets of Nigerian endeavor, when the British used merit as a yard stick. It is an irrefragable fact that even Yoruba would not dare challenge that fact, if not, what started the Yoruba hate, envy and jealousy against the Ibo in the first place, Yoruba and Hausa claimed that Ibo was dominating everything in the country but what they will not acknowledge publicly was the fact that the British were making the decisions about who to hire by their own standard and not by Ibo standard and that Ibo was good at what they did and better than them. The Yoruba and Hausa wanted not only equal opportunity they also wanted equal outcome regardless of effort and everyone knows that that is impossible.

There is one very important fact in my analysis that I want everyone to get, and that is that before the civil war, Nigeria as a nation did not have an economic of its own. Let me say it again, that Nigeria as a nation before the British/Biafran civil war did not have an economy of its own. I emphasized that point in other to say that whatever seemed like Nigerian economy were British owned. Put differently, if you excluded few of the regional cooperatives and some joint ventures businesses which were mostly British engineered to make buying raw materials easy for the British, ever y other aspect of the economy were owned majorly by the British, even the military, given the fact that almost every military supply came from Britain. It is then save to say that British investment in Nigeria amounted to a great totality of Nigerian economy or that Nigerian economy was at that time synonymous to the total investment of the British.

Below, courtesy of Africa today are the list of some of the companies that constituted Nigerian economy before the war that the Yoruba stole in one swoop, spanning the insurance companies like Lloyd’s of London and all the banks in Nigeria owned one way or the other by the British. This is but a partial list of what constituted the British investment in Nigerian economy.

“Pharmaceutical Nigeria Plc ,May and Baker Nigeria Plc,Vitafoam Nigeria Plc,Wahum Nigeria Limited ,CAP Nigeria Plc , International Paints of West Africa [IPWA], Berger Paints Nigeria Plc, Berec Nigeria Limited, Kabelmetal, Nigeria Bottling Company Plc, Leventis Nigeria Plc ,West African Portland Cement Company,[Lafarge ],Wema Bank Nigeria Plc, Scoa Nigeria Plc ,CFAO Nigeria Plc, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, Wemaboard Estates, Odua Group, Livestock Feeds Nigeria Plc , Nigerian Breweries Plc, new nigerian Bank, Batta, Kingsway Stores, Crittal Hope (Nigeria) Limited, Mushin, Lagos State. Dunlop (Nig.) Industries Plc, Ikeja, Lagos State. Galvanising Industries Limited, Ikeja, Lagos State. Nigeria Construction & Water Resources Development Company Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigerian Wire & Cable Plc, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigerite PLC, Ikeja, Lagos State Nipol Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State Odu'a Textile Industries Limited, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Soleh Boneh Overseas (Nigeria) Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State Vono Products Plc, Mushin, Lagos State Wema Bank Plc, Marina, Lagos West African Portland Cement Plc, Ikeja, Lagos State Great Nigeria Insurance PLC, Ikoyi, Lagos State Glanvill Enthoven & Company Limited ◦Guinness (Nig.) Plc, Ikeja, Lagos State. ◦International Breweries Plc, Ilesa, Osun State. ◦Macmillian Publishers (Nig) Limited, Ilupeju, Lagos ◦Nestle Food (Nig) Plc, Ikeja, Lagos State ◦Nidogas Company Limited, Lagos State ◦Niger Mills Company Limited, Calabar, Cross River State ◦Nigerian Aluminium Extrusions Limited, Lagos ◦SKG-Pharma (Nig.) Limited, Lagos ◦Tower Aluminium (Nig.) Plc, Lagos ◦U. A. C. of Nigeria Plc., Lagos etc.

The necessity of inserting this partial list of the companies/assets that existed before the war was to give the reader a sense of the extent of what the issue is all about and who owned what and when. The Yoruba hardly owned much of anything or any of these assets listed above except in some regional joint cooperative ventures with the British.

The story went like this, before the war the Ibo dominated the economic work force followed by the Yoruba, when British/Biafran war started, Ibo, for their safety left their jobs in different parts of the country to return to the east, the Ibo land. After the end of the war, the Ibo went back to seek for their jobs that they left for security reasons, the Yoruba who took advantage and occupied the positions that Ibo left decided that they will not relinquish those position because according to the Yoruba, Ibo abandoned their positions and do not deserve their position back, reminiscent of the abandon property thievery in Port Harcourt River State and Lagos. However, a dynamic developed as Ibo every morning dressed up and went and occupied the lobbies of their different offices that they used to work in. Tell me, if this is not manifest bravery of the highest order ever exhibited by any group in Nigeria and we are talking about days and weeks immediately after the war was declared over. But the final say as to whether or not the positions that Ibo left for dire life was going to be declared abandoned rested on the British that owned these companies. As the back and forth went on, the British started angling to make an economic decision because they understood the difference between the Ibo worker and the Yoruba worker and the three years of the civil war made that difference even more crystal clear to the British, if not, why would the British bother to accommodate the Ibo after such a long time? What became clear to the Yoruba was that the British were willing to make extra provision to re-absorb the Ibo any way possible. Yoruba was not ready to tolerate any of that because they knew that it was a matter of time before the wheat will be separated from the shaft that Ibo will assume their prominent positions. In order to prevent the British from re-absorbing the Ibo into these British owned companies, the corporate Yoruba decided to solicit the help of Awolowo who was then the finance minister and chairman of the federal military council.

This is where a plan was hashed to wrest the control of these companies, consisting of banks, insurance companies, corporations of different kinds and types from the British. The best way Awo and his cabal found fit was to convince Gowon and the military leadership who in all probability have never had the word indigenization in their lives to promulgate the INDIGENIZATION DECREE in 1972 that stipulated that every foreign owned venture must transfer majority ownership to Nigerian indigenes within a year of the promulgation of the decree or they will forfeit the assets of the company to the Nigerian government. (Emphasis within a year) As expected, the British were caught off guide, not understanding the motive behind the policy, the British thought it was a dream or a joke that will go away, particularly given the fact that they just won the war against the Ibo for the Yoruba and Hausa. After exhausting six months out of the one year in their bid to reverse the decree, the British became frantic and concluded that they could not reverse the decree and went about trying to salvage whatever they could. What was worst was that the British did not even have enough time to evaluate the worth of their ventures because of the limited time the decree allowed, courtesy of Awo and cabal. The situation gave chaos a new name because the British were in chaos. So the first problem the British ran into was limited time that they couldn’t figure what the value of majority of their ventures were, they could not tell how much to sell them for. Mind you that this was happening within a year after the end of the civil war. At this time the Yoruba was running every conceivable federal ministries, departments and agencies plus all the corporations listed above and more that the British owned. It is important to point out that the north had little or no presence in the commerce economy of the country before the war and after the war except in the military leadership and infantry. The economy of the country was dominated by Ibo first and Yoruba second before the war. In order to solidify the economic dominance that the Yoruba attained during and after the war and to make their position even more potent in acquiring the British spoils, Awo as the finance minister and chairman of the federal military council and his Yoruba cabal decided to economically emasculate the Ibo understanding

a) That Yoruba was fully running every conceivable federal parastatals

b) That Yoruba was running every conceivable corporation that the British owned or had majority ownership as listed above.

c) That Yoruba was managing all the Nigerian banks, insurance corporations, National shipping line, Nigerian airways, Nigerian’s Ports authority, Nigerian Railways and all the ministries, Departments and Agencies conceivable.

Decided to destroy whatever was left of the Ibo and putting a finishing touch to it by

a) Stealing through confiscating all the millions of pounds that Ibo had in all the Nigerian banks

b) Offering every Ibo person £20 pounds regardless of how many millions they had in the Nigerian banks before the war.

c) Militarizing every part of Ibo land.

d) Rendering every Ibo without exception a pauper.

e) Banning every importation of stock fish and used clothes to deprive the Ibo of any economic ability to compete with the Yoruba in buying into the British assets.

When that day of infamy arrived for the British to start selling their assets, Igbo having been disenfranchised and emasculated in any and every way stood on the sideline watching the Yoruba in their glee as they scrambled to obtain loans from their Yoruba dominated banks to make the most minimal of offers to the British as there were no competitions. The British had no choice but to accept any offer as the alternative was losing everything to the federal government. The British lost pretty much all their investment to the Yoruba whose stock in trade is robbing and stealing any and everything they can get their hands on. Thousands of Yoruba became millionaires overnight and there was jubilation and owanbe all over Yoruba land. Yoruba had parties day and night and weekends. They closed streets to display their new found wealth as they partied. That day marked the economic death of Nigeria, that day marked the death of Nigerian’s aspiration to join the civilized world. The implication was enormous and it sent a shock wave throughout the Ibo land, It was a dark history day, it was a day of manifest wickedness and viciousness, Ibo was dumbfounded, the days that followed were days of economic , social and psychological morose and confusion that are still lingering today within the Ibo. It might be hard to accept but Awo got the Ibo good and the country as well, he brought the Ibo to his knees economically at least temporarily and Ibo has never recovered from that one blow seven akpus in any appreciable way but Nigeria as whole is worse off for it. I believe that what was more devastating was that Ibo had no place or body to turn to. To be blunt, Awo decapitated the Ibo leadership and through Ibo into great confusion.

It is important to note that by this singular act of INDIGENIZATION DECREE engineered by the Yoruba, the Yoruba de facto constituted the new economic foundation, the sole owner and manager of Nigerian economy without any rivals. So, for those that have wondered why Ibo became traders, this is the why. The Yoruba will not let any Ibo near the management of any of these stolen corporations, will not let Ibo buy any shares of these corporations for decades following the heist. Now, some people without the capacity to comprehend the full seismic implication of this economic shift and restructuring will want us to believe that this does not matter and I will beg to disagree because it is like everything else, the foundation of everything matters and determines the success or failure, be it a house or business. As time has revealed, Yoruba stealing and forming the economic foundation for Nigeria was a bad idea and a monumental disaster. For the ignorants, all things being equal (in a fair fight) the Yoruba knew it, the British knew it, the Ibo knew it and the world knew it that the Yoruba did not possess the capacity, creativity, drive, perseverance, hard work and the competence to do what some are crediting to it if they did not conspire to steal not only from the British and Ibo but from everybody else that had any assets in Nigeria. The apparent dominant control the Yoruba has on the economy since after the war was not out of great honest smartness or creativity or innovation or hard work or competence but out of share robbery of the British and Ibo sweat and hard work. I believe that the question that the benign ignorant should be asking going forward is what did Yoruba do with all these assets and corporations that they stole? How did the country fair under the Yoruba management of the Nigerian economy? How did the Yoruba managed economy relate to today’s economic malaise. Hope they can make the connections.

My next piece will try to capture the mind blowing implications of that great heist as it relates to Nigerians and Ibo in particular and the flight of international investment from Nigerian for decades.

Fredrick.


http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/The-Biafran-War/The-Greatest-Heist-in-Modern-H/the-greatest-heist-in-modern-history-by-awolowo-and-the-yorubas-.html

Kalvan:
Igbotic? With that Mars looking region you call home?

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Professor Emmanuel Obiechina and his charge to the Igbo as it concerned politics and economics. He had a message for the Igbo that never seeped through the labyrinth of suggestions that crowded the Igbo political space till he died. It read like this: seek yee first the economic domination of Nigeria. He emphasized domination

And I totally agree with prof....we must dominate them economically from the phones they use, to the clothes they wear to even the plate they w eat with and the drugs they take...there must be igbo hand in whatever they use in Nigeria...that is our quest as IGBO and we must accomplish that before we can go home...they must have one thing or the other to do with our business....Igbo must first seek economic domination


Let them keep hating, while their masters keep bombing, we will keep moving our economic frontiers to the full length and breadth of Nigeria and Africa...we are doing a great job in ECOWAS and our footprints in other countries are noted.


Igbo must first seek economic domination





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Must you call me name, yes you are home but you are rootless, even USA citizen visit their land of birth for thanksgiving and christmas, people recognise their ancestry but you have non or you have jettisoned yours, we are fond of going home and I know my village...do you know your village...oh I forgot every yoruba man is a logosian ...lol


We make money elsewhere and repatriate them home...that is the game

We are not people with where belle face na home...we APTLY UNDERSTNAD WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM AND WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING...but you...you dont know any of these, and i will not lecture you cos it will be waste of time


Have you ever wondered why wise men always have a way of coming from the East...AKA igbo sense


Dont die yet...I am too igbotic for your liking...now get a job, got some to do here


Bye

azzima:
see dis mumu. We don't need to go home for Christmas, we are already home!!!.Na only una dey perambulate all over Nigeria up and down like busy bodies everywhere. Can't you guys do business in your erosion gullies?

azzima:
with all the executions of Igbos all over Asia?have you seen the YouTube videoeven the Thai police investigator knows about the igbos more than me. From his words "why are you igbos smearing the name of Nigeria everywhere? ?"

I know that you come from the land of saints, the land of those that killed british police same brothers, maybe those adewale brothers are igbo or maybe those hausa guys that got caught in india-pakistani border that are joining the ISIS are still igbo or that Yoruba girl that joined ISIS is still igbo...i know that your land is filled with saints no harms no sins, but the question is why are you obsessed with IGBO...Igbo doesn’t know you or gives a damn about you or your people, what the average igbo man wants is just to making money off you and that is what they are good at doing, just like jews respect them

And if you feel that they are smearing your image, that is if you have any image....then please carry placard and support BIAFRA ..the question is that ..will your confused mental state just like that of your fathers allow those that you love to hate go? Those that you hate to love, will you allow therm go? IGBOS ARE ENIGMA ..that is why they are talked about in Nigeria the way the jews are talked about in middle east

Maybe that phone that you are browsing with was sold to you by an igbo man, what about the cloth, what about the plate that you eat will...we are here to dominate

even if they are assumed criminals at night, it is not easy to wake up and do crime in dead of night


bro do you know why many people are poor, they have a very terrible attitude to life and that is what you have displayed here..I will love you to know that you should consider this response an honor to you...I dont reply your type son


ANY HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, MAKING MONEY AINT EASY SO GIVE RESPECT TO MEN THAT ARE ON TOP, FROM PABLO ESCOBAR TO COSCHARIS TO CAPITAL OIL...THEN IBETO THOSE ARE MY ROLE MODEL...That is how we roll in Anambra


Can you do me a favour...Dont reply nor quote me again


have a great day

azzima:
80% of those on that list are criminals at night....I can guarantee you that. Shebi na igbos nau!

the stupid op has caused problem for his people by opening a thread like this and so doing opening his peoples nyash.... one thing this op did not understand is that Igbo have been contributing positively to black race not to Nigeria and he has made the world see the laziness of his people ..one people that are brave and bring fight to ur door steps are the igbos ...so know that

too igbotic I am

princdebola201:
Stop posting nonesense everywhere
Is that the topic of the thread, why re you guys behaving like an illiterate
Simple question you can't answer..if you don't have any reasonable facts or figures to counter the thread pls remain silent forever

these are the people contributing to Nigeria so tell us your people literate

FKO81:
Just Anambra list
Great sons and daughters of Anambra state, just imagin adding Imo state, Abia state, Enugu, Anioma and Ebonyi lists?

Anambra
Academias

Dr Pius Okigbo first Nigerian PHD in Economics

prof Philip emeagwali inventor of super computer

Prof Okoye first Nigerian professor of physics

Chike Obi first Nigerian professor of mathematicsa, Mathematician famous for his work on non-differential equations won the 1985 ICTP Price

Prof Kodilnye first Nigerian professor of medicine

Prof Chinua Achebe great writer

Cyprian Ekwensi MFR, a writer of international repute

Emeka Anyaoku first African commom wealth chairman

Prof Ben Enwonwu first Nigerian sculptor of international repute with artwork gracing the United Nations headquarters

Professor Samuel Okoye was black Africa's first PhD in RadioAstronomy who along with Antony Hewish of the University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star.

Chief Jerome Udoji a social reformer was the first African to be made a 'D.O' (District Officer) by the Colonial Administration

Chimamanda Adichie Novelist

Gilbert Kodilinye BA(Oxon) MA(Oxon) LL.M(Lond) Barrist -at-Law
Prof Dora Akunyili Pharmacologist

Oby Ezekwezili former world bank Charlady in Africa

Olisa Agbakoba first NBA president

Lieutenant-General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, appointed in 2008 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as Military Advisor on UN Peacekeeping Operations.

Charles Soludo Economist and fromer CBN Governor

Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy MBE, a London-based visual artist. The first black artist to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II when commissioned to paint the official Golden Jubilee portrai

Francis Akpuaka - a renowned professor of plastic surgery

Ernest Ndukwe former NCC boss

Politicians from Anambra

Dr . Nnamdi Azikiwe first Nigeria president

Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme frontline Politician, Architect and the first executive Vice-President of Nigeria

Nwafor Orizu the first Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dim Emeka Ojukwu - the leader of the secessionist Biafra Republic

Edwin Umezuoke former Chairman ANPP

Dr Chuba Okadigbo Oyi of Oyi former Senate president

Chukwuemeka Ezife former Governor of Anambra state

Chief Victor Umeh Apga nationa chairman

Chuka Umunna, a British Labor Party Member of Parliament for Streatham constituency

Chinyelu Onwurah, a British Labor Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, becoming the first female British MP of African origin

Barrister Olisa Metuh PDP national publiclty secretary.


Business Tycoon

Sir louis Odiumegwu Ojukwu first Nigerian millionaire and also first Nigerian stock exchange persident

Sir Emeka Offor CEO Chrom Energy, Enugu disco etc

Dr ABC Orjiakor CEO Seplat Plc, Neimith pharmaceuticals etc.

Obi Okeke Fuson Motors US, Igbo car dealer that sold 39 exotic cars to Floyed Mayweather


Engr Ernest Azudialu CEO Nestoil, Century power generation, Smile Network etc.

Arthur Eze CEO Altlas Oranto petrolum

Ex Gov Peter Obi Fidelity bank, Next etc.

Andy Uba politician, Oil merchant

Cos Maduka CEO Coscharies motors, Abro motor products, Coched farm etc.

Emma Bishop Okonknwo CEO Ekulo group

Clement Ibeto CEO Ibeto group, Cement, Oil Merchant, Motor products, Real Estate, Farm and Hotels.

Ifeanyi Uba Capital Oil etc

Chief (Dr.) Alexander Chika Okafor CEO Chicason group, AZ oil.

Innocent Chukwuma Innoson Motors etc. first Nigeria vehicle manifacturing compay

Nicolas Ukachukwu CEO SNECOU Group of Companies Limited

SIR. Daniel Chukwudoze Dozzy Oil

Sir. Nath Okechukwu Chairman Inter-bau Construction Ltd

HRH. Igwe Alfred Achebe Obi of Onitsha Chairman Daimon bank and unilever Plc.

Sir Emeka Okwuosa Chairaman Oil serve group, Ekcel Farms Ltd

Nnetochukwu Azubuike Oil merchant, Genesis hotel and Genesis deluxe cinemas

Odumodu CEO May&Baker

Chief Poly Emenike Nero Pharmaceutical

Mrs. Stella Okoli Emzor

Nkechi Obi. Tchno oil

Ben Anakwe NIPCO oil,

Stella Odua Former aviation minister, CEO SPG

Dame Felicia Okoli CEO Armak group of companies

Uju Ifejika CEO Britannia-U

William Uzoma Anumudu Chairman Global motors Holding

Enukeme Linus Azubuike Chairman Tonimas Group

Obiajulu Uzodike Cutix wire plc

Chigioke Anumoka Chairman Cotech and Tummy tummy. noodles

Mike Ajegbo Minaj Tv, Cement and real estate

DA Nwandu Construction, real estate

Transporters

Young shall grow

Chisco group

Ekenedilichukwu trans

GUO Okeke

CN Okoli

Izuchukwu trans

PN. Omerua

FG. Onyewe


Religious leaders

Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi[/b] (born in Aguleri, Anambra State, in September 1903 – died in Leicester, England, January 24, 1964) was an Igbo from Aguleri in Anambra East. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on December 19, 1937. He worked in the parishes of Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri and was later a Cistercian monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England. Pope John Paul II beatified him on March 22, 1998, saying "Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi is a prime example of the fruits of holiness which have grown and matured in the Church in Nigeria since the Gospel was first preached in this land.

Cardinal Francis Arinze, once considered a potential Pope.

Bishop Mike Okonkwo

Music Industry

Osita Osedebe

Oliver dicoco

Moroco Nwamaduka

Ozoemena Nwazugbe

Chinyere Udoma

Gozie Okeke

Peter and Paul Okoye (Psquare)

Chinedu Okoli (Flavour N'abania)

Azubuike Chibuzo Nelson (Phyno)

Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo (Kcee) Limbobo master

Oziomachukwu Favour Mojekwu (Osy bosco) youngest musician in Nigeria

Footballers

Amobi Okoye - Youngest American football player to play for the NFL (2004), currently plays for the Houston Texans

John Mikel Obi

Nollywood

Pet Edochie

Chika Okpala, aka Chief Zebrudaya

Obi Emelonye award winning producer

Bub-manuel Udokwu

Chidi Nmokeme

Chika Ike

Oge Okoye

Amachi Nmanago

Tony Oneweek

Rita Edochie

Yul Edochie

Ngozi Ezeonu

Steve Onu "Yaw WAZOBIA FM"

you didn't call those that are into oil drilling such as well tech drilling services the guy has been drilling oil years he is from my village in Nnewi south the same with chisco ..you did not call thousands of most of the business dudes in ICT from anambra from zoom data to others

you did not call me ....only we anambra can rival any west state

what about chimamanda what about those hot hands

only us in anambra can compete ....when we collate other igbos

hmmmmm what they should know Igbo got material and I thank lord I am anambra and Igbo



you did not call many names like vebon group et al

Kalvan:

idiot x

azzima:
go where? ?to the village for Xmas? ??who wants to be kidnapped? ??

the problem is that most of u non Igbo r stupid and ignorant about Igbo culture we are not like u that have no roots we always visit home
that is it wait till Xmas

I am beginning of think that people are stupid and daft ...you say Igbo dominated the Market yet they don't contribute dime to the economy you said they don't contribute yet your fathers fought them so that they can stay in Nigeria then today go to Biafra thread you will see those that antagonise the biafran dream are still non Igbo yet as stupid as their parents so is their sons


how can you fight those that contribute nothing to stay in same country ...it is either some tribes are scared of what will befall them if Igbo leave or that the y are just stupid


if you want to know what Igbo contribute wait till Christmas period when 70%/have gone go Christians

a lot of folks are jobless here... how can people be taking about others on a productive day and hope just look at the time of the post


so the question is what are you contributing .. Igbo contribution is obvious

take it or leave it

Freegift75:
www.leadership.ng/news/452905/im-richer-than-bill-gates-pastor-adeboye

BULLMODAFUCCKINNGGSHYYYTT

For your monday
The APCied (thought to be clean) ExGovernor of Lagos State(May be now Axed by unseen powers), Mr. BR Fash says the 78million Naira website is just 10million Naira. Website, weeebbsite! Do you know that the company that designed the scandalous website do not have a website for their company as of yesterday night? Do you know that over 39million Naira was used to buy printer ink? Do you know that(scratching my black-dyed-hair)... a lot of heart-attack-giving amounts in contracts were given to...? Now that was "change"...
I am scratching my black-dyed-hair. I have landed.

OH When I say that Fashola of a dude is fishy you wont believe me, they call me names, I just dont understand why people have this dobaale mentality that they cant even cricisize. This is a state that is assumed to have the richest resources yet Anambra has performed more than this lagos with infrastucture and good education and lately increased the wages yet lagos have not been able to do this. YET FASHOLA was working, I stay in lagos and I must be honest 80% of roads are in sorry state, even in the same ikeja, pass through ALLEN via OPEBI when it rains even when it is dry seff you will understand...this is just in IKEJA then imagine Egbeda,Agege, Ogba, Alaba Suru, Alaba Rago, Iyana Oba, Iyana Isashi, Iyana School, Abule Ade, Ipaja - Ayobo, then Baruwa then think of Estate Igando inside yet lagos is working then pass through Toyin street and Ipodo market and tell me if lagos has ever worked

ALL THEY BUILD TO ME IS EYE SERVICES DEVELOPEMENT AND SELECTIVE DEVELOPEMENT...FASHOLA WAS NEVER THE MESSIAH . LET US COMPARE LAGOS WITH UYO, ANAMBRA EVEN ENUGU these are states that performed yet Anambra never borroweed but where borrowing Ogin,Ekiti money , lagos with the famed biggest economy state is stlll the most indebted yet less infrastructure


what a scam or do I say shame

princdebola201:
Have come across people from south East region, in any arguement they re quick to mention that without igbo Nigeria cannot survive, they boast of Oil and industries in their region , they call SW and NORTH names like parasite,thieves..

We all know 80% of crude oil comes from south south. 12% from ondo. And 8% from south eastRegion( because ondo produces more barrels of oil than S.E states)

80% Agricultural products are Mainly from North and south west

In terms of industrial concentration Lagos and Ogun are the most industrialised states in Nigeria, from south west region

This re the three basic things that generate income for FG
(CRUDE OIL, AGRICULTURE. AND INDUSTRIES)


my questions are

1.WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF S.E REGION TO FEDERATION ACCOUNT ..?

2. AT WHAT PERCENTAGE COMPARE TO OTHERS..?

The problem here is that Igbos migrate more than others and they are been tagged criminals even caught Yoruba criminals most times claim Igbo.

Igbo are followed by Hausa, but Yorubas never migrate like them to have experience and see things for themselves. That's why Hausa and Igbos can make better united Nigeria. Though few Hausas can speak Igbo and Yoruba language, but majority of igbos speaks both Hausa and Yoruba very fluently.

While Yorubas hardly speak both. In some cases, very few yorubas in Military service speaks unclear Hausa language.

The true is the good migration among Nigerians and doing business or trading improves our nationality, unity and languages. It boost our economy too, but Lazy bones don't. They sit tight at home and gossips.

As America, Asia are dominated by Igbos, so as Saudi Arabia is dominated by Hausa, and they are all doing businesses there, and doing them well. They invest every where and in Nigeria.

UK is dominated by lazy Yorubas who do nothing there but claimed schooling while majority are just mere taxi drivers or plate and car washers for Westerner. When they can't feed their families with good job, they go on trafficking cocaine or coming back to Lagos where they will join their brothers on Area boys business collecting money or begging money from Hausa and igbo productive people.

As Hausas are interested in politics, so as Yorubas but the difference is that Hausas still do their businesses and farming; feeding the nation day and night, the Yorubas do nothing but follow politicians up and down and hang in the street of lagos for Agboro job. Their youths are always going around waiting when an Igbo or Hausa will buy Land or build house for them to walk with their lazy bones for what they call "Alaye. Fee". Which is more of begging or stupid claim to be owners of the land. Yorubas sell of there lands but leaves inside Lagoon or Canann where water flush them and there families away during raining seasons. They leave most in very smelling dirty places and most times their toilets is inside their cooking pots.

The igbos have left politics since 1967 and now only interested in boosting Nigerians economy with their wealth of experiences in trade, education, technology and science. Since we welcomed Democracy in Nigeria, they have not been politically wise or interested in politics.

If we know the igbos in Education, Trade, business, science and technology, and then know the Hausa/Fulanis in Trade, business, and agriculture, what can we say of the Yorubas? I bet Agboro, Owambe, taxi driver, bus conductors, tax collector and Alaye beggers(Area boys).

Most of my Niger friends who are doing businesses in Lagos complain how these Yoruba tauts disturb them daily. They even sometimes attack some of the Niger boys doing Security works in Lagos. Ahmad from Niger told me how these guys disturbed his other Niger friend selling Suya. They come every evening to eat his Suya forcefully and sometimes beats him if he do complain. He told me that his friend was provoked, then he planned for them one day. One evening these Yoruba boys came with their girl friends, forcefully eating his Suya worth 10,000 naira again, unfortunately, the Suya have been poised with Sleeping drug. So after sitting and eating while shouting, they all slept there, hopelessly till 1am. The four girls where gang raped severally till 4am by Niger boys who joined their brothers and the five boys were killed. And these Niger boys disappeared from Lagos back to their country.

Later, All Niger and Hausa within that street became target by the friends of these vicitims. Businesses were closed for two weeks in that street because of this and police keep patroling to maintain peace and order.

This is how we are loosing citizens and killing businesses. Yorubas must learn to address tautism, criminality, tribalism, thuggry, and laziness among their people.

NOTE: Not all Yorubas are lazy, down to their bone marrows, some are hard working, sincere and nice, though majority in their huge numbers are very lazy and are touts in all major streets in Nigeria. I have many good Yorubas who are nice people and work in good places.

http://www.elombah.com/index.php/articles-mainmenu/18144-igbos-dominate-economically-in-lagos-because-yorubas-are-lazy

ONE THING THAT I CAN NOT BELIEVE IS THAT AN EDUCATED MAN SO I ASSUMED IS THINKING ABOUT THIS, MAYBE YOU THINK THAT IGBO DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING BUT I WILL NOT WANT TO BE TRIBALISTIC THIS MORNING BUT I FEEL YOU ARE JUST SILLY IF I CAN USE THAT WORD. YOU TALK OIL AS IF OIL IS THE MAIN THING, TODAY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND CUSTOMER THAT WILL BUY OUR OIL, WHO WANTS TO BUY NIGERIA OIL WHERAS ALMOST ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE PRODUCING OIL FROM SAO TOME TO ANGOLA TO EGYPT ...AND YOU TALK ABOUT OIL THAT YOU CAN NOT EVEN REFINE. YES IMO AND ABIA ARE OIL PRODUCING STATES, NOW ANAMBRA IS JOINING BUT THAT I WILL LOVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT IS NATURAL RESOURCES, THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE OTHER REGION CONTRIBUTING TO NIGERIAN IN TERMS OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND MAN MADE...AT LEAST I GIVE HAUSA FARMING, GIVE IGBO HUMAN CAPACITY, MOVIE, INDUSTRY AND TRADE ...OTHER I JUST CANT SAY WHAT THEY HAVER CONTRIBUTED APART FROM OMO ALE THINGS AND TOUTING



PLEASE PROOF ME WRONG

princdebola201:
Have come across people from south East region, in any arguement they re quick to mention that without igbo Nigeria cannot survive, they boast of Oil and industries in their region , they call SW and NORTH names like parasite,thieves..

We all know 80% of crude oil comes from south south. 12% from ondo. And 8% from south eastRegion( because ondo produces more barrels of oil than S.E states)

80% Agricultural products are Mainly from North and south west

In terms of industrial concentration Lagos and Ogun are the most industrialised states in Nigeria, from south west region

This re the three basic things that generate income for FG
(CRUDE OIL, AGRICULTURE. AND INDUSTRIES)


my questions are

1.WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF S.E REGION TO FEDERATION ACCOUNT ..?

2. AT WHAT PERCENTAGE COMPARE TO OTHERS..?

elego1:
I AM NOT AN IGBO!!!
I am not an Igbo, but i'd say that the igbos contribute more to the economy of Nigeria, in terms of production, commercial services, entertainment, sports etc.
*Those yorubas saying they have more industries, do you know that majority of those industries are owned and controlled by the igbos.

*The igbos started nollywood and majority of nollywood directors and actors are igbos and nollywood contributes 2.0 percent to the nigerian GDP

*The igbos have been doing well in sport. legends like okocha, kanu etc are all igbos...

*If Igbos are not in Nigeria, the standard of living in Nigeria would be very poor and the cost of living would be very high i.e they wouldn't be able to afford foreign commodities.

*majority of the shoes, clothes we wear are made by Igbos and they are affordable.

*I'd say The yorubas and hausas are always oppose the igbos because they are jealous of there creativity and ideas.

*you and i know that if biafra republic eventually gains their independence the standard of living in Nigeria would be very low and the biafra nation would be prosperous and wealthy like singapore and dubai because of their cordial relationship btw themselves and their creativity.

you don't need to be Igbo too say these because it is obvious that what you said is the truth. ...this is the more reason that they. are scared and petrified when the word Biafra is mennttiioned.

i


if you doubt this visit Biafra thread and those that go against it as tree non Igbo

THE QUESTION IS WHAT TYPE OF BANK, IS IT COMMUNITY BANK, MICROFINANCE OR WHAT, I DOUBT SHE HAS A JOB NOT TO TALK OF RESIGNATION...I CANT SEE MY SELF ENTRUSTING MY FUND MANAGEMENT INTO HER HANDS


SHE IS STILL BEEN FED, OR MAYBE STAYING WITH HER PARENTS, IF SHE IS SELF RELIANT...HMMMMM OYO NA HER CASE

APC KOOR, BUHARI NI, GAMBARI KOOR

To begin with, there is hardly anything that is not nice about a tight vagina. Everything is good about a tight vagina and when I point out the list of all the goodness you will be surprised that you did not know them. It is always at the back of a guy's mind about how a woman performs in bed. This cannot be imagined by him without considering a vagina that is super tight. Women who have a tight vagina can get anything that they want form men; loyalty, attention, security and unlimited fun in bed.

Other than the things I mentioned above, men will simply never be bored with a woman who has a tight vagina. Just like how women enjoy wearing well-fitted dresses and never get bored of them likewise men like having sex with a partner who has got a tight vagina. If a woman is left by her partner then it is either because the man finds somebody else more attractive, cuddlier or either she has got a tight vagina. Women can correct the loose vagina with proper care and treatment by using appropriate products. If you are wondering why men go around with young girls then the answer is very simple, young girls are active and possess tight vagina.

When a woman has got a tighter vagina, men would always anticipate for occasions such as anniversaries or coming back from office at night. It will make every moment of love making exciting and fun. Men love erotic surprises and with a tight vagina women can accomplish every fantasy for their partners.

When a woman gives so much sexual pleasure to man, he will not be able to keep her away from his daydreams. Guys like to think about women most of the time, but imagine if all of his daydreams were about only you! Is it not exciting if your guy who has been with you for so many years still daydreams just about you?

I know that a lot of women will disagree and Nigerian women been pretentious wont let us know how free willy nilly their are

Here are eight types of vaginas that men love to love:
1. The Bony Vagina

What It Says About You: Chances are if you're on the petite or skinny end of the spectrum, you may have one of these. This type of vagina is more narrow and bonier than most. The exciting part about it is that it allows for a tighter fit that ensures a sensational sexual experience.

Male Review: The snug fit makes for great sex and stimulation. Although it often leads to great sex, it can be a little uncomfortable when a sensitive body part is conjoined with a bony one.

2. The Full Lip Vagina

What It Says About You: Simply put, you've got plumper lips than the rest. They are so pert that they practically scream for attention. And, they're just so darn kissable.
Male Review: Luckily, guys agree. Fat lips are a crowd pleaser amongst the male population. Sources tell us that they are the softest of the bunch, very inviting and easier to find for penetration. Not to mention, it makes the men excited for some lip on lip action if you know what I mean.

3. The Shaved Vagina

What It Says About You: You are so into making sure everything is clean shaven, prim and proper, and the sexiest of the pack, but sometimes you run into a few mishaps.

Male Review: Guys definitely notice when a woman puts a great deal of work into keeping her vagina perfectly tamed. Ingrown hairs are not uncommon but fortunately, there are ways to avoid them. Getting onto a consistent waxing or shaving regimen can help, and an alcohol based toner like these Bliss Ingrown Eliminating Pads can help reduce shaving boo-boos.

4. The Expert Vagina

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Male Review: Guys like to pretend to like the easy entry, but in reality they are worried that their equipment isn't big enough to please you. This may lead to major bruised egos. Letting them know how great they are can do wonders so don't be afraid to stroke that ego a bit.

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What It Says About You: Your vagina loves to accessorize with lots of extra skin in the surrounding area.

Male Review: The common misconception is that this type of vagina seems like its old, run down, tired or just got off a major diet. Fortunately, men really don't mind the extra skin so don't be afraid to embrace it.

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What It Says About You: You've got a thing for comfort and relaxation and your vagina shows it. Shaving down there really isn't a priority to you.

Male Review: For the most part, guys don't normally have an issue with an unshaven vagina so don't feel obligated to start a new shaving regimen. Just keep in mind that finding pleasure island can get difficult while hiking through the jungle.

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What It Says About You: Your body is as tight as it gets from those slender arms to that tight vagina. In fact, the walls may actually be closing in.

Male Review: If you own one of these, you're in luck because guys give this one two thumbs up. The snug fit allows for heightened sensations and a major confidence boost. Guys never have to worry about whether or not they are big enough and the close fit definitely makes them think your vagina was made specifically for them.

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What It Says About You: You definitely know how to work the room, but you're not exactly the life of the party. You've got that clitoris that is out just enough to give the perfect tease.

Male Review: A perky clit makes for the perfect plaything for the male species. Plus, they love the bigger orgasms girls seem to get with these. It makes them feel like they did their job just right.

You have to remember that vaginas come in all shapes and sizes. There is no such thing as the "perfect vagina." A good man will love you despite the type of vagina you happen to have. Don't forget to embrace your vagina regardless of what it looks like. After all, it makes you the beautiful and unique woman that you are.

You’ve probably heard the phrase, “once you go black, you never go back.” This seemingly ageless belief has bled into our culture and is perpetuated in both cinema and music — and is even perpetuated by the black community itself. True or not, who’s going to deny a superlative like that? As much as it may be the pride of many a black man, it has become the unspoken bane of other men.

Is the anxiety well-placed though? Perhaps just as relevant (if not more important), how should you feel if you’re a black man with a penis that is “just average”? Are there really ways to get a bigger penis size for black men?

Research on average penis size has confirmed racial stereotypes, with Africans coming out on top, Asians at the bottom and Europeans somewhere in between.

Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University carried out the research, which is published in the scientific journal Personality and Individual Differences.

113 nationalities were included in a study of average penis lengths.

Men from The Republic of the Congo take top position with an average of 7.1 inches.

At the other end of the table, North and South Korea measure in at 3.8 inches. India and Thailand are only slightly bigger at 4 inches.


Why black men have a bigger penis.


The men in Scandinavia have on average a smaller penis than people from Africa. We assume for the sake of argument that penis length is genetically determined although no scientific studies have identified the genetic regulators of penis length. Why would there be a size difference.

Scandinavian women do appreciate the longer penis. The theory that there has been sexual selection towards a smaller penis in Scandinavian countries therefore becomes implausible.

Evolution often works in strange ways. Here we propose a different theory on the size difference of the human penis.

The penis is a well vascularized organ. In this way it differs to a degree from other primate joysticks. The penis is not only well vascularized the blood flow to the penis can also be regulated. This can only mean one thing. The penis is a heat exchanger!

A comparable organ is the ear of the African elephant. It is well vascularized and has a large surface area. It is used to dissipate heat. The male penis is not only used for reproductive means, it is also a heat exchanger in the hot climate of Africa where humans emerged. A dual function of organs is not uncommon in the animal kingdom. The ears of the elephant are still used to hear.

When humans moved to Europe they finally ended up in cold Scandinavia. A large penis was evolutionary detrimental to survival. It dissipated too much heat. It shrank to reduce the surface area.

And that my friends is the truth and nothing but the truth so help me Darwin.

onenaira3:
Lastly I'll leave this article here. Many anioma sons and daughters celebrated and honored as Igbo pride professional. Neither SE or SS Igbo had any problem with anioma included in the honor therefore OP, try your divide and rule tactics with others.
http://www.cp-africa.com/2013/04/16/okonjo-iweala-pat-utomi-stella-okoli-honoured-as-igbo-professionals-celebrate-their-global-best-at-ola-ndi-igbo-event/

Just like una are currently failing miserably in your divide and rule tactics between SS and SE. U people would equally fail miserably in your divide and rule tactics between us and SE. We know who we are and don't need an aaaboki coward telling us who the f2k we are.

nna GI mulu GI

onenaira3:
http://ikaworld.com/books/Iduwe.History.pdf

Unfortunately I have this book in hardcover and I can't find a direct link to it online so I can copy and paste quotes therefore, I'll inform una the name Anioma: Resolving the Identity Crisis by Obi Charles Anyasi of Idumuje unor (obi of idumuje unor) where he loudly attested that they are of Igbo descendant and not Edo as some try to pass. 

Ibusa
Obuzor(obi) of ibusa have never addressed this type of subject. Therefore, I'll use an ibusa son who has.

A little disclaimer: this article is somewhat insultive to SE Igbo but he did it so in order to get through some of una head with the "fake Igbo, real Igbo, proper Igbo, Hausa Igbo, blah blah" rubbish that some SE Igbo does

Anyway


http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/igbos-of-delta-state-and-crisis-of-identity-part-1/


In this one he spoke of the reason why the dein of agbor of today is contradicting what the dein of agbor before him, I posted above, stated.

http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/igbos-of-delta-state-and-crisis-of-identity-conclusion/

nwanne you have spoken well of anioma but I think that anioma is embarrassing the Igbo many of them I have never seen a Yoruba man from kwarra state that said that he isn't Yoruba and come to think of it

I know you are pure bred and pure igbo what about the fake Igbo amongst youbthat get confused

Activa:
Your comment seemed innocent but ignorant.

An average 39-yr old woman still has a good libido.

Your assertion that 'no virginity, no marriage' also sounded playful but also ignorant.

No insult intended.

noted

NAIJASOM:
Tonychristopher, I hope people pretending to be Nigerdeltan didnt piss you off recently. Anyway, even though there is some truth in the things you have said so far, I dont like the simplicity of your comments and the unnecessary insults. This is out of your character.

they don't need to piss me off just stated the fact bro ..they are my people

Activa:
Small pikin still dey worry you

why you talk like that

This is bleachers paradise,but I think I am, proud of my melanin color , how can white act like this? why black man?


Russian researchers have developed a chemical process to « whiten » quickly a person’s skin.
With a mixture that includes oxytane and benzodiazepine. It would suffice to stay for 6 hours in a bath consisting of 50grams per liter of water.
Then the skin peels off naturally. This is in fact the upper skin layer responsible for the color that can be removed.

The laboratory at the origin of the discovery has already announced 254 people have been treated by this method. The Russian government may soon allow the reimbursement of this treatment.
According to Russian authorities, is an high value for thousands of immigrants who may feel more integrated in Russia once their color matches the one of the premises.
A strong point of view decried by the associations of human rights.
Vladimir Putin’s country use all the means at its disposal, even science, to guide his company towards a vision considered ideal.


The laboratory at the origin of the discovery has already announced 254 people have been treated by this method. The Russian government may soon allow the reimbursement of this treatment.
According to Russian authorities, is an high value for thousands of immigrants who may feel more integrated in Russia once their color matches the one of the premises.
A strong point of view decried by the associations of human rights.

http://omojuwa.com/2015/08/new-chemical-that-peels-a-black-mans-skin-turning-him-white-in-6-hrs-discovered/

39 year old woman, wetin she still dey find for prick...this is why it is good never to marry a woman that love sex...in short virginity is the best

no virginity

no marriage

HopeAtHand:
Bia nwokem, ogini n'eme gi n'isi..ejim gi ugwo?

This Nland F*ck-boy, im pondering the reason why you feel burned..i know im definitely not the reason.

ara gbagbuo GI

any ohia