₦airaland Forum

theshaderoom:
The name Nweze is actually delta ibo but what is your point though?

Oga NWEZE is a general igbo name for prince

dearpreye:
My brother, sometimes one has to engage and attempt to enlighten these people. We are heading a dangerous direction.

Some people are unengageable

Bros learn how to write people off and give up on some people...That I have learnt ..so pls toe the line

dearpreye:
And this one is amongst the youths that are supposed to become leaders tomorrow? This is amongst the same leaders Ben is passionately making a case for? Obviously there's more hope for Nigeria TODAY than it is for tomorrow.

They (Zombies) wont see this, Why? because they are morons and zombies

They(Wailers) will ponder over this and make an informed decision


How did we get into this mess?

who are those that put bunch of Gerontocrats

Buhari is not a democrat but a Gerontocrat

We are not in democracy but Gerontocracy


Bruce making sense since 2015 AD in Present day nigeria

jonhemma11:
Read more http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/02/ben-murray-bruce-calls-out-buhari.html

Muafrika2:
How would you then, explain the discrepancy with African American performance, considering that a huge number of African Americans are actually descendants of igbo slaves?

The question of who is African.

While the variability hypothesis is intriguing, it is not without problems. For one, it may be that certain groups possess greater variation in genetic material than others, but this property has not been shown to be isomorphic with skin color. As well, even if one could demonstrate such a relationship, it would be necessary to also demonstrate that this factor was causal in black athletic preeminence. To date, none of these relationships have been shown to be true.

Furthermore, in the United States, where black athletes have excelled on both the national and international level, the assumption of intra-group homogeneity is problematic since migratory patterns and intermarriage among peoples from different groupings have created a genetic admixture which is too complex to meaningfully disentangle. Price (1997b) points out that although most black Americans are descendants of slaves who emanated from western Africa, 90% have some white blood in their ancestry. An interesting example of this point is illustrated when one attempts to categorize Tiger Woods. He has been hailed by some as the first black golfer to win the Masters. But Tiger contends that he does not consider himself black, but "cablinasian," which more accurately portrays his Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian heritage (El Nasser, 1997). Again, from a sociological viewpoint what constitutes a black in the United States relates to whether or not an individual has any black ancestry, rather than whether his or her underlying genetics is representative of a group of people a common gene pool. Consequently, even if we were to subscribe to the variability hypothesis conveyed by Burfoot (1992) and Gladwell (1997), we would still have the problem of identifying individuals who were members of the group to which the idea applied. Simply categorizing individuals as black or white would not be enough.

Muafrika2:
How would you then, explain the discrepancy with African American performance, considering that a huge number of African Americans are actually descendants of igbo slaves?

PHILADELPHIA -- People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry released today.

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University has collected and analyzed genotype data from 365 African-Americans, 203 people from 12 West African populations and 400 Europeans from 42 countries to provide a genome-wide perspective of African and African-American ancestry.......................The data reveal genomic diversity among African and African-American populations far more complex than originally thought and reflect deep historical, cultural and linguistic impacts on gene flow among populations. The data also point to the ability of geneticists to reliably discern ancestry using such data. Scientists found, for example, that they could distinguish African and European ancestry at each region of the genome of self-identified-African Americans.

This newly acquired genetic data revealed a number of important advances, including:

The rich mosaic of African-American ancestry. Among the 365 African-Americans in the study, individuals had as little as 1 percent West African ancestry and as much as 99 percent. There are significant implications for pharmacogenomic studies and assessment of disease risk. It appears that the range of genetic ancestry captured under the term African-American is extremely diverse, suggesting that caution should be used in prescribing treatment based on differential guidelines for African-Americans.
A median proportion of European ancestry in African-Americans of 18.5 percent, with large variation among individuals.
The predominately African origin of X chromosomes of African-Americans. This is consistent with the pattern of gene flow where mothers were mostly of African ancestry while fathers were either of African or European ancestry.
A technique which can reliably distinguish African and European ancestry for any particular region of the genome in African-Americans. This could have implications for personalized ancestry reconstructions, personalized medicine and more effective drug treatments and could aid in developing more effective methods for mapping genetic risk factors for diseases common in African-Americans, such as hypertension, diabetes and prostate cancer.
The similarity of the West African component of African-American ancestry to the profile from non-Bantu Niger-Kordofanian speaking populations, which include the Igbo and Yoruba from Nigeria and the Brong from Ghana
A comparison of the West African segments of African-American genomes. This is wholly in line with historical documents showing that the Igbo and Yoruba are two of the 10 most frequent ethnicities in slave trade records; however, most African-Americans also have ancestry from Bantu-speaking populations in western Africa.
Population structure within the West African samples reflecting primarily language and secondarily geographical distance, echoing the Bantu expansion from a homeland in West Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa around 4,000 years ago.


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/uop-gsc121809.php

Yeah..along the line the genes has been diluted or watered down by mixing with Natives American , you know the drop rule

then dont forget Nature and Nuture theory..environment, mixing of genes and a whole lot...so as you can see they have derailed



We Don’t Need Anymore Black Entertainers or Athletes- We need more SKILLED PROFESSIONALS!



It’s Graduation season. And Shawn wants to give some advice to the class of 2014.

Boys and girls we don’t need any more Black Entertainers in the Black community. We’re full up.

We don’t need any more rappers. We got enough Negroes running around here with sagging pants baggy T-shirts and bling looking hard, flexin and posing talking about they’re going to be the next Diddy and Jay-Z.

We got enough little girls twerkin’ jerkin and shaking their narrow little behinds trying to be the next Lil’ Kim.

We don’t need any more of these hip hop minstrels buckdancing and Coonin’ as they rap about bitches, hoes, and the dope game like it’s 1986. Stop trying to make Demo records on your iPhone and burning CD’s on your mama’s desktop. Stop harassing people in the neighborhood shopping districts on the weekend handing out free copies of your CD hoping to become a rap superstar. Diddy, Jay-Z and his producers ain’t coming to your neighborhood to discover your ass.

Black Boys and girls we don’t need any more Divas. We got enough Black females running around in short slinky dresses with all their cleavage and ass out talking about how they’re gonna be the next Beyonce. Or the Next Rihanna.

We don’t need any more of our sistas parading around half-naked and butt naked in music videos, on the covers of magazines and on record albums. We got enough little Black girls singing about how big their booties are and how sexy they are when they don’t even know what the word sexy means.

Sistas, we don’t need you to be Beyonce. We don’t need you to be Rihanna. We need you to be you. And we need you to go to school and get your education.

When you head down the wanna-be Diva road all that’s going to happen to you is you’re going to get told NO in the next series of American Idol auditions. Then what are you going to do with the rest of your life?

Black Boys and girls we don’t need any more Basketball players aspiring to be in the NBA. We got enough Negroes running around here with their chest and arms all tatted up talking about how they’re gonna be the next Lebron, the Next Kobe, or even the next Michael Jordan.

Half these Negroes think because they can dunk a ball on a playground court against some neighborhood guys they got the skills to be in the NBA. And the other half think because they scored a few points in a Varsity game or two in high school that they’re on their way to the NBA.

I’d advise them to focus on their algebra, trigonometry and calculus rather than their jump shot. If they did the math they’d see the chances of them getting that million dollar sneaker deal from Nike are a billion to one.

In most cases the handful of brothers who do make it in the NBA wind up second or third string. And most wind broke in three to five years after their careers end because most of these ballers lack the math skills to manage their money effectively.

It’s better for most of these brothers to focus their time on learning about finance and building wealth than being a basketball . Screw the Varsity and focus on getting a degree.

Boys and girls we don’t need any more football stars. The Black community is full up of Negroes running around trash talking about being the next Michael Strahan, Adrien Petesen or Jerry Rice.

Half these Negroes think because they can run with a football in Varsity they’re ready for the NFL. The other half think because they can catch a football tossed to them in a game of catch on the block they’re ready to take on the Super Bowl champs.

None of these Negroes are ready for Prime Time.

What they need to do is take them books on and learn more about plants in science class than practicing their End Zone Dance.

The chances of making it in the NFL are a billion to one. And in most cases the handful of brothers who do make it there wind up second or third string. And again, most wind up broke in three to five years after their careers end.

Let Shawn tell you what we really need in the Black community:

We need more scientists. It’s been decades since we’ve had a Dr. Charles Richard Drew create innovations like the Blood transfusion. Blacks have made countless innovations in the field of science. And we desperately need more brothers and sisters to enter the field of science to continue creating innovative medical procedures that will enrich the lives of mankind.

We need more doctors. Thirty years ago we had thousands of Black people entering the medical field and there was literally a doctor in almost every family. Now there’s a desparate need for medical professionals in the Black community.

We need more engineers. Engineers design everything from soda cans to skyscrapers. And many great inventions were created by Black engineers. However, we don’t

We need more Black people in Information Technology. Lots of brothers and play video games. Lots of sistas spend their time texting people. But how many of us are creating games? And how many of us are creating apps to communicate with others?

Computers now are an integral part of life controlling everything from lights to our cell phones and even the content we watch on the internet and our televisions. However, most Black people are still living in a proverbial stone age thinking they can get by with a VCR and a tube television with a coat hanger attached to it. In Black communities more people are interested in being entertainers than IT technicians, coders, web designers and systems analysts. We need brothers and sisters to learn how to break down a tablet, a laptop or a desktop and put it back together. And we need people to learn how to build networks, Internet Service providers and web hosting companies so we can control the Black part of the World Wide Web.

We need more Teachers. Enter any inner-city classroom and you’ll see all the teachers are White. That’s bad for Black children. When Black kids don’t see someone who looks like them as their teacher they learn White Supremacy at an early age because the first adult authority figure they see is a White person. They grow up believing White means smarter and associate being intelligent with being White. And when they’re told that there’s something wrong with them for acting out in class, they believe it in most cases for the rest of their lives.

When Black kids have Black teachers there’s a positive impact. When kids see someone who looks like them as their teacher, they grow up believing it’s possible for a Black person to achieve something. That it’s possible for Black people to be authority figures. And that being intelligent isn’t a “White” thing, it’s a human thing. There’s a desperate need for Black teachers, especially Black male teachers in the classroom. If more Black boys and girls saw someone who looked like them in the classroom the chances are better for them to aspire to be something other than a rapper and a ball player.

We need more screenwriters. Less than 2% of all the screenwriters who work in Hollywood in a given year are Black. And In order to get films, TV shows and movies made about the Black experience we need Black people with the ability to write our stories in format for the screen. Screenwriting is a craft and a skill trade that desperately needs more Black people in it and learning about it.

We need more directors and Black people behind the camera. The film industry in America is 95% white and 95% male. And we desperately need more Black people behind the camera. Film production is a skill trade with dozens of careers that can last a lifetime. But most Black people don’t think of becoming grips, best boys, stage hands, set designers, set decorators, wardrobe specialists, prop supervisor, camera operators, script supervisors, visual effects specialists, make-up artists, stuntpeople and other people with better paying union jobs behind the camera because they’ve been made to believe that the real power is in front of it.

We need more actors. Most of our Black actors and actresses are now in their 40s 50s and 60s. And there’s no one learning the craft to replace them. Right now we need young talent to become the next Angela Bassett, the next Denzel Washington, and the next Morgan Freeman. We need more Journeymen like Samuel L. Jackson. We need young brothers and sisters to pick up the baton and learn the craft of acting so that our stories can be told to the next generation.

We need Black Studio Executives. Want to know why there are so few Black films produced in a calendar year? Because there are ZERO Black executives in Hollywood. In order to get films greenlit you need to have a seat at the studio table. And because Black people don’t have the business skills to get a seat at the table great screenplays by Black writers never get the greenlight for production. Without a Black man controlling the money at the top, Black people at the bottom from actors to commissary don’t get jobs.

We need more writers and artists. An image, a sculpture, a painting or a written or a spoken word can inspire a generation. The only way to tell stories about the Black experience and Black culture is for us to do it ourselves. We desperately need Black writers and artists to tell our stories in the arts for African-American audiences. Art is another skill trade with plenty of jobs. But because the money isn’t fast, most Black people don’t see it as a set of skills that are valuable.

We need more people in the culinary arts. Foodservice is a huge business. It’s a skill trade that can be taken anywhere once a person learns it. Whether in a food truck or working the line at a restaurant there’s always a need for skilled foodservice workers. Everybody’s gotta eat, so there’s always a job in a restaurant somewhere.

We need more publishers. The image of Black people is now controlled by six corporations. That’s dangerous. It’s due to these big six corporations controlling the image of Black people that we have so many images of minstrel rappers and athletes, and jezebel singers and reality show stars. If there were more responsible and conscientious Black publishers controlling the image of Black people we’d see more images of Black scientists, engineers, doctors and other Black professionals and less of these two bit entertainers.

We need more businesspeople. In Hollywood there are no Black executives. And in Corporate America there are next to no Blacks in any of the senior executive positions at multi-national corporations. Right now we need more Black people starting their own businesses and creating opportunities for other Black people. We need businesspeople focused on creating a group economic business model for the Black community to create jobs that get Black people out of poverty.


Brothers and sisters, as you finish school and take yourself to the next level realize that what your community needs are skilled people ready to make a difference in the lives of people in this generation and the next one to come. The average entertainment career barely lasts two to four years, and after it’s over most entertainers are broke or struggling to make ends meet. But people who have specialized skills have careers that last a lifetime and will oftentimes always find a way to make themselves money.


http://shawnsjames..com.ng/2014/05/we-dont-need-anymore-black-entertainers.html

Muafrika2 Muafrika2

Muafrika2:
How would you then, explain the discrepancy with African American performance, considering that a huge number of African Americans are actually descendants of igbo slaves?

but common sense aint common at all

deebsman1:
I concur with you in the area of empowering pipu sha.

Forget Ibo man or not, if u r foolish and greedy, u r just foolish and greedy.....has nothing to do with tribe

akuko Mike Ejeagha...

Ngwere nile makpulu amakpu..anyi amaghi nke afo na asaa..... isi na iwu onye igbo...

ofeke na eji aka ekpe asi na ihe bu bee nna m



nna ibughi ya

joeprince23:
although I am not from SE but I'm equally an igbo man so this is not about bringing dis-unity(you are not more igbo than me)

People should try to learn...This is not a JEEP it is an SUV... Jeeps are brand names ..How can we call 4x4 cars or off Road cars Jeeps...this is like calling all saloon cars Toyota

saints2:
An accident involving a police jeep which rammed into a ditch along Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos thereby breaking the water pipes and also damaging the tires and the body works.... See more pictures below..



Source:
http://ajayiwrites..com.ng/2016/02/a-jeep-rammed-into-ditch-in-awolowo.html

A Yoruba friend asked an IPOB Friend this ---:--- under what conditions would you support One Nigeria and let go of the Biafra agitation and let it died down and finally laid to rest for good ?. Here was my response:

1. Close down Lagos ports and Open up PH, Calabar, Onitsha and Warri ports.

2. Cancel all direct and major connecting flights to Lagos and Abuja airports…only local connecting flights will be allowed. While this is being done, open up Enugu, Owerri, Asaba, Uyo and PH to international flights…direct and major connecting flights.

3. Ask all international and diplomatic missions to move their embassies and consulates from Lagos, Kano and Abuja to Enugu, PH and Calabar.

4. All federal governments’ agencies in Lagos and Abuja shall be relocated to Enugu, PH and Calabar. CBN, NNPC, e.t.c shall and must relocate to PH, Calabar and Enugu.

5. All multinational companies in Lagos and Abuja, shall and must relocate their offices to PH, Calabar and Enugu.

6.All oil companies must relocate their head offices to PH, as the oil capital of Nigeria .

7. Let the northern children gain admission into federal schools with 300 score points while the South Eastern Children should gain admission with only 20 score points .

8. Let all federal road projects in the North/SW should be handled by one local companies and the one in the SE/SS should be handled by Julius Berger and foreign construction companies.

7.. If these conditions can be fulfilled and implemented for 50years , we can try one Nigeria and let see if you the North and SW will like it for a month. Meaning, Yorubas and Hausas needing to get visas shall travel to PH, Calabar or Enugu to do that. Same with flying or connecting flights, same with shipping and importing their goods, e.t.c.

The Yoruba friend replied: you can’t be serious, this is wickedness. I said really? Don’t you think South Eastern part of Nigeria have been suffering and enduring this very same wickedness for over 50 yrs? He was quiet for a few seconds and said: wow, you are right but it never occurred to me. I said, that’s the problem with One Nigeria, those who are benefiting from it, love it and would love to maintain the status quo. Let each region develop at her own pace , with airport, sea ports , industries , major projects open to be develop in any part of Nigeria without government interference or strangulation due to tribalism and nepotism !.

Let Nigeria be fair to all irrespective of tribe, religion and place of birth. Let there be true federalism and resources control, with the elimination of quota system and federalism character in Nigeria .Let have equal respect for one another irrespective of where the person is coming from in Nigeria.That is what Biafra agitation is all about ..

Damayor12:
https://www.today.ng/news/national/78520/arms-deal-efcc-arrests-ex-cas-amosus-wife-recovers-1m-in-soakaway-pit

That's what we meant by shits

That money is full of shits
The woman full of shits

amtaken:
Zombie has spoken..

Hear them out ...they will defend that ...

deebsman1:
Rubbish, what adds no basic "value" to their lives, Cosmas Maduka once said he'd rather wear an $80 nice and good shoe than a $500 shoe and that's a man am sure should be richer than her father.

You can't compare both ..cosmos is an igbo man and a business man while the other isn't and a politician


So as you can see there are different orientation

With that amount she can empower at least 30 people to start up businesses with 500k each


APC the saintly people

damiloladuke:
Abisola Kola-Daisi, one of the daughters of Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi took to Instagram this to show off her very expensive wrist watch.Abisola showed off a time piece made by Chopard, Swiss-made luxury watch that reportedlycost at least whooping sum of ($50k) 15million Nigerian Naira.



http://www.blackberrybabes.com/2016/02/oyo-governors-daughter-shows-off-very.html

Monkeys will not see anything wrong with this
Zoombies will not see the absurdities

But civil servants have not been paid

Will that watch she wears guarantee her immortality?


Nonsense

MrEverest:
Mba, abum onye Imo steeti, anam ede Igbo izugbe mana ihe gbasatara Igbo n'ile n'amasim nke ukwu. Anambra na eme nke oma, chukwu ga agozi Obiano ebe opuru iche. Ndeewo nwa nna.

Nmmmhmmmm asikwa m...nsogbu adighi ....amulu m na imo steeti..kedu side gi na imo


Chefugodi Erisco biko ka anyi kpalia uka

Chiwude:
Remain blessed Tony. Let PDP and APC fight their battles, they shouldn't drag Umuigbo into their macabre dance of shame.

Otua ka odi nwanna

Don't mind them

debuscket:
igbo mulu nze muo ozo, ekene mu unu oh
Anambra ndi oma mji eme onu, mmamma nu oh
onitsha ndi nwe m, ekenekwa m
Ihe eji abu onitsha erika
anambra adigo mma, nye aka kodi mma

Otua ka odi

Mana kedu ihe Onitsha gwalu obosi

Biko kowalu nu umu igbo

Kedu okeipku na asadike ..odenigboaroli na ugomba ebe ka unu no....

Hopeathand Nwa ikwerre ..bia ebe a fulu na Anya ..ndi our oil

Kam choo obele okwu

Kedu peppyluv

MrEverest:
Ya bu na onye nwe Erisco Foods bu onye ulo unu, mana nwoke ahu bu onye apari, ezigbo efulefu ka obu. Ndi ka ya n'abu "sabo" n'oge ogu! Onye Iberibe ahu enweghi ike igbaso nzo ukwu ndi Anambra ndi dika Innoson, Chikason na ndi ozo ndi ruru ulo nruputa ihe na obodo ha, ya eburu nke ya gawa n'ala yoruba!! Tufiakwa Ya!!!

Eziokwu ka ikwulu..mana chelu....Ife ina ede obu anambra


Erisco but atulu..onye obuna ma nke ahu ...chefuo ya bikozie mana ndi balu uru dika BENGAS na ndi be anyi na evuneta aku uno nokwa ya

Chiwude:
The free education is not really free per say for indigent Imo students, they still pay some additional fees not captured by the 20,000 subsidized payment given by the IMSG.

Second, OP I see your post as mischievous for trying to drag APC/PDP party politics into this issue. Before the coming of Rochas Imo state have always played the big brother role to students from other state even to its own disadvantage.

Where were you when Imo during Udenwas tenure charged the lowest fees (12,500) in the whole SE/SS as against other state owned universities. Imo state as at then had the highest population of non-indigent students on admission, even when neighbouring Abia, Rivers, and Anambra sticked to their stance by giving admission to mainly their students while super charge other non-indigenous students with exorbitant fees.

Where where you when during Ohakim's tenure the population of non-indigenous students surpassed students of Imo state origin, when even then, Abia under Theodore Orji sticked to his guns by charging students of Imo state as well as others, double of what indigenous Abians where charged.

So if Imo state decide to now favour it's indigenous students at least for once, why should it concern you. If not double standardness I see no reason whatsoever why you should even start this thread. Because it's obvious your intentions are not genuine and only out to drag Rochas name in the mud.

I am anambra man born and bred in imo state...Owerri is my land of birth and during udenwa (onwa) era Imsu was the lowest state university ..FUTO was paying 4500 IMSU Was paying 7500 this was during udenwa era and I graduated from the state ....so why do people bring disunity in igbo land

Yes the economy is a bit bad but that doesn't mean that IMO hates anambra

Anambra na imo bu nwanne

Saladin25:
your mumu no get comparison at all. You use your senses to talk not your anus

Must you abuse ? Why are people Ill trained

Ok I have seen you .

Have you blamed Jonathan today ? Ask your pal that


But taraba ..why alwyas the north ?

Well the average abookkii is used to sitting on the floor ..so it is bringing culture to university.. That's is understandable

Jesusloveyou:
not before independence,but before d coming of d white(portugees)in 1430s, benin empire controls all from onitsha to lagos to togo, d only empire in west african

Shut up...Benin has never controlled Onitsha ...don't price market you can't buy

Pls face your western brother and progenitors

Nwulia:
holiday Inn emechila,ma e bi na otu nkwo onicha.

Kedu si ebe umu guys na aku si ikpu ?

Nwulia:
kedu Onye ebe bu,abu m Onye Awkuzu na OYI LGA.

Kedu maka holiday inn? Ina eje kwa ebe ahubenwe anuli

Abum Nnewi south (amichi) ndi be chisco na ndi otu fa..

Anyi nwelu madu dika Edwin umeozuoke the former speaker in Nigeria ..nwekwa ndi ozo dika erisco foods na yago wine ...any na e produce kwa gas cooker be anyi...BENGAS ..juo ese
All in all ...anambra nwelu madu


Udi ndi dika gi

ibedun:
How authentic is this news? Open heart surgery no be beans o and news of this nature coming from that region ought to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Oga igbo has passed that stage ...heart surgery is moi moi....

The first open heart surgery was done in Nigeria by an igbo doctor in UNN nsuka ...so don't talk as if its a new one

This was in 70s so we have advanced long ego

These are why igbo are proud and calls bubu bluffs

amtaken:
Anambra my Anambra, oh how I love thee.


God bless Anambra and everyone that has connection with her.


Ndi Anambra goribezienu oooo maka n'ihe adigo mma.

Oga adili yi mma nne

Nwulia:
Good one coming from my own state.

Nne onye ebe ka ibu na anambra

Nwanyi oma
Enebe ukwu egbuo efi
Enebe ikpu ede cheque

Asadike bu omuma asa aru

Brilliance9000:
I strongly believe, if Igbos are allowed to rule this country for only 10 yrs, they will change Nigeria for real. The white man knows this! I have followed the news on Nairaland for months now, 80% of successes and feat in invention, innovations, education, technology, manufacturing e.t.c., in Nigeria have all come out of SE. Yesterday was Innoson Group servicing Nigerian Air force jets with parts...I couldn't believe it until I saw the Chief of Air Staff with Mr. Innocent. Everyday, I read about a success from this people!

Igbo as it seems are not interested in this ruling ...they wanna go home ....they are tired of been unevenly yoked with unyokable entities

Nigeria knows that igbo are enigmatic that's why they are afraid to let her go

Imagine if hausa says they wanna leave ....the whole Nigeria will do send forth party for them


But they cajole igbo to stay .