Very true, two stayed to see the fight to a logical conclusion while one vanished into thin air before the battle even started, just saying no offense.
ChiefkeefGB4: 100 years from now Omoyele Sowore,Nnamdi Kanu and Fela Kuti will be remembered in Nigeria history books when the country is eventually liberated from the fantastically corrupt politicians like Buhari that have been ruling the country and kept it a massive shithole.They fought for the docile masses used to suffering and smiling to try and raise their consciousness to start questioning their oppressors,despite coming from comfortable backgrounds. Fela Kuti:The first Nigerian to move against the tyrant Buhari was Fela Kuti who came from a prominent and wealthy background. He spoke against Buhari's tyrannical rule in the 80's and was brutalised and jailed by the junta at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aafjSUv6s7E Omoyele Sowore: Based in New York, United States and through poor judgement relocated to Nigeria and used his platform Saharareporters to help launder Buhari's image and held a series of interviews with him leading up to the 2015 election that helped him win the Presidency. He later realized his folly when he realized Buhari was no different than his fantastically corrupt predecessors and a power monger who tolerated no dissent. Realizing his error, he tried to backtrack and launched a peaceful protest, which resulted in his incarceration.
Nnamdi Kanu:The only Nigerian now left that has been vocal against Buhari's human rights abuses is Nnamdi Kanu. He left is base in London,England to face Buhari head on before an attempt was made on his life and he had to flee to Israel,before he relocated back to his base London,England.
Back then in 2011/2012 during the time of Ohakim as the Governor of Imo state, I lived in owerri, there was 24 hours power supply for over 2 weeks, even if it gets intermittent, it wouldn't take up to 15 mins and it's restored back.
The state Governor should be praised and not the Federal Government.
Praise Sanwo Olu and not Buhari, you are in Lagos state don't forget.
But the clown I replied as the liberty to write jargons insulting other cos he is Igbos ba ?! Beside I no wan earn hard currency, I no be Invictus or Onwuhara. I prefer earning my soft currency thank you.
Bridget95: My good people, is this not a product of folly? why should a graduate waste his education writing jargons on the internet instead of writing E-books and cashing hard currency so that he can be able to take good care of his aged dying parents.
Look at those labeling others children of hate so paying you back in your own coin hurt your deprived souls so much. Una fo learn by force.
iluvdonjazzy: child of a prostitute u still get mouth to talk, your mother wei be say her Vagina na conga.
Very true bro but there is one fools that escaped to Abidjan in female attire after wasting 2 million of his own flesh n blood over a foolish senile ambition. Now that is something Awo never dared.
Coolsphinx: At least none of these men died by committing suicide least you forget Awolowo was the first Nigerian that died by drinking Sniper aka Otapiapia
If truly Igbo hold the salvation of mankind then we are all doomed. Is it God's plot for humanity that we must all be cocaine pusher or fraudster ?! I also didn’t suspect, I know for a fact the writer is a bigoted Igbo with irredeemable hate for Yorubas. I have a msg for u too but cos of NL mod make I de look u.
Trendirabingi: the truth is trully bitter... This soul here is in sifia pain.... What has that gat to do with igbos?... Igbos holds the salvation of mankind in africa , including your entire kingdred, accept it or sink your head in a pit toilet....see how grossly offended you are at that subtle and revealing truth that person gave your uncle there. Even your uncle tinubu would take a thing or two from it...you didnt even fight the ex- cbn governor who started the mention...you are tearing your shirt because you suspect an igbo wrote that...youre pitiable..n must be either Fulani by birth or Fulani by brain...igbos are not you problem, but your solution, and the universe is keeping that fact in contention with your soul because you are still foolish to realize, while you keep rotting in folly..you can start fighting now on the internet....afonja/Fulani......smh
I am in shock you quoted me without quoting the bigot I replied. He made the bigoted comment not me, I simply replied but cos bigotry is ingrained in your medulla you tot it wise to advice me instead of advising your kinsmen who instigated everything. Such a shame !
MrSly: You are too dumb. I am sure you didn't pass waec. If you clai you did I challenge you toost the e print out. I will copy the centre and sit number to confirm it. Tout!
How does this negate the list of the foolish Igbo leaders that were used rubbish n dumped by their Aboki lord. What is the essence of this your tale by sunlight ?!
Sleevia: Normally, I do not engage on things like this... but you see, you Yorubas on Nairaland will never know that your best friends are your brothers in the South because of the way Igbos usually spank you with truth. You are not used to stomach cold hard truth... that is why you think Igbos hate you.
Now read what I am about to share with you.
In 2017, a fellow brother (Igbo) went to meet a woman who has been like a mother to him and collected 2M naira and gave it to a Yoruba man who was good to him as well in the past... The money was to be used in processing blocks for Winners Chapel New Real Estate project in Sango Ota.
But one of the contractors that the yoruba man was involved with decided to be unfortunate delaying payment after services are rendered.
This is not the focal point but read on.
I was unaware of this until he (igbo brother) called me in past mid 2018 and narrated his ordeal. I analyse the situation and I discovered some flaws in him and the Yoruba man he gave the money to--- they were being fooled.
Now here is the an interesting part about it the whole thing.
Please focus on my involvement.
I am a typical realistic igbo son. I do not know how to sugar coat words so you can feel good. I tell you soul piercing cold rock solid truth that will increase your BP and I do not care if you die from it, be you my blood brother or best friend. I kid you not. I am like that stern loving father in dire situations and I morphed into this personality from the school of hardknocks.
With reference to narrations handed over to me and my analysis before and after meeting the men making retrieving the money impossible, I told my igbo brother he was being fooled... I always point out events before they occur but he was being sentimental about the situation. He refused to accept he was not helping the situation. He refused to see things for what they are, he was practically living in denial.
I am usually very calculative in my dealings when I want to get results, I simulate and permutate occurrences to arrive at logical conclusions WITH the help of emotional intelligence backed by past history.
It got to so messy that this igbo brother thought I was using spiritual forces and he tried to attached my words to religiosity. It was that bad.
Now here is where it really struck me. He told me to stop talking because whatever I say comes to past and that it might be my words that is causing the whole problem. Mind you, he was broke and I spend my money most times to help in situations including transporting him to the house of the yoruba man to and fro just to make sure the money gets out.
I terminated my journey that dat and went back, told him to proceed without me because if there is anything I hate about Nigerians it is over religiosity in place where common sense and logic would had done a greater job and saved time.
Well... he reached out me and tried to placate me and by this time, one year has gone since they collected the money.
Eventually, he started seeing truth in EVERYTHING I had said. A lot of shiiits went down but EVERYTHING I ever said HAPPENED!
The method I had proposed since 2018 that he and the Yoruba man refused to adhere to is same one that resulted to get the money back just last week.
Imagine IF my igbo brother had listened to me all along, imagine IF he had not thought/felt I was hateful, pessimistic or a BAD OMEN(let me use that)... would we have spent almost 2 years to retrieve the money?
This is the problem most of you are making against Igbos on here. You always attribute their words to hate, bad omen even when all they are doing is scream: "watch out, there is a pit or ditch on the road, do not fall into it"
The summary of that brother you quoted before I quoted you is summed up as "Be careful brother, do not fall into that pit" but because of his stone(which is characteristic of igbos), you feel it is hate , just as the igbo brother whose story I shared above thought I was a bad omen while I was trying to prevent him for falling to the pit he had mistakenly dug himself into.
Living in denial never does anybody any good... I assure you. EVERYBODY have been saying it that Tinubu will likely be dealt with but you all think it is propaganda. I shared screenshot from these guys up North regarding the signs they subtly dropped on nairaland and twitter but some of your brothers called it propaganda...
The problem of the South is that their education is their undoing. But I am sure that by 2023, it would have come full circle
amaniro: We don't have recognised traditional rulers in igboland. If you know your history or government, you should know that. We're an aceaphalous and an egalitarian society in which every village is like a small republic. That's igboland no Oba no sultan no ooni no Alaafin
Nnamdi Azikwe - I’d rather be any of this ones than a foolish senseless Azikwe who couldn’t even differentiate who hold power btw prime minister n president only to plan an unsuccessful coup killing every one in sight after he as been informed of his folly.
Aguiyi Ironsi - used n kill like a pig that he truly is, no point wasting word on that rnoron.
Ojukwu - the cursed Cambridge graduate that was beaten blueblack by gworo chewing n Kunu sipping almajiri. A waste of his father’s ill gotten wealth, who know his father might have been the Invictus of that era.
Ekwueme - the bastard that was left to rot in jail for the crime of shagari.
Okadigbo Ewerem Anyim n other despicable souls that refuse to learn even after being thoroughly use n dumped by their Aboki lord n savior, where are they now ? You dolt just do not learn.
As una talk say them nurture una from womb with hate for this 9ja you go meet person wey hate you pass scum of the earth. Awon Oloriburuku dede !
SLAP44: It has happened so many times after the war, first it was Awolowo that they used his direction to win the civil war and then he was thrown into the corner and milked till they needed nothing from him, then they hounded him till death.
Then it the turn of Benjamin Adekunle, upon all his bravery in killing his southern neighbors to be in the good books of the north, he was rudely shoved aside after the war. They couldn't even promote him, they sacked him and sent him on exile where even on his sick bed, they abandoned him to die.
Then came Oladipo Diya, they used him to calm nerves in a season when they need the south to support the junta, and blam! They claimed he planned a coup, he was shamed and dumped in the dustbin of history till he passed on.
MKO Abiola nko? They allowed him to be in charge and deceive himself that he knew them and they can run things together till the very last minute when they then decided to humiliate and finish him and his beautiful wife.
Do we talk about Shonekan, the one Abacha flogged out of office when he got annoyed one early morning, Buharri was there laughing at the background.
Someone should tell the Jagaban to look at the history books and see that the odds are stacked highly against him. His naivety was thrown at his face when he thought he could control the government through his boy Osinbaba, now Osinbaba has been reduced to a mere pedestrian in Aso village when other non elected men are ruling over him.
What a foolish question. Na today foolish Ipob de carry fake news about Buhari both about Amensia Amensty EL Sudan or whatever dead brain can cook up. Would one be right to say anyone still giving Ipob a benefit of doubt that it might be telling the truth isn’t a fool as well ?!
1. SS....because they have oil and oil makes nigeria go round.
2. SW...because they have lagos and lagos is where u can actually make some of all that oil money without much connection
3. SE....because they are the commercial guys and have an egaliterian society that supports upward mobility. It is the region with the least poverty index and they have the highest diaspora population that brings FOREX
4. NE....because they have kano, dangote, bua group and the highest number of billionaires (by far) in nigeria. But they also have the highest poverty index
5. NC....because they have agriculture even tho they do not properly harness this advantage
6. NE...the least region in everything. They deal in poverty, illiteracy and terror...remove them and a quarter of our problem in this country is solved. They also have agriculture
There is no founding father nor a dream in Enugu. Ugwauyi is Ekweremadu’s stooge n they are only there to loot. Ipob understands this and that is why Ekweremadu was beaten blueblack in German & also the reason why Enugu as been deteriorating since Chime left.
adetoroamos: We met around February and we have been doing some intimacy things but i notice she had two kids from different man which I confirmed, but she’s all over my head that am so much inlove and am trying to reduce the love or emotions i have for her. Can you please advice me on how not to get to much emotional to her anymore?
I am sorry did you just discovered that after the years of ruins by the devilish PDP ?!
ChiefkeefGB4: Brainwashed people like you spouting about APC and PDP. You don't know it's the fantastically corrupt politicians on one side that have turned the country to hell on earth and the average Nigerian on the other side.
You have a brain pretend you know how to use it once in a while. [s]
Wiseandtrue: APC does not like accepting responsibilities for anything
They will keep pushing games.
Had it being that this WADUME mentioned PDP now, the APC'S arm of EFCC would have made the names readily available and even seal off their houses and properties but since it's APC, watch out, this case will die a natural death
Did you noticed how they were quick to call out APGA's chairman
I said it before now that those involved in this case are bigger than what they were telling us initially!!!
Bottom line: Buhari is not fighting corruption but his political opponents and enemies using our resources!!!
J111333: When Obasanjo was in power, tribalism was not this bad even when Goodluck was there except his last days in power. APC brought in ethnicity and religion into Nigeria's politics and sadly, they have come to stay.
You are yet to write on the most important thing of all “Igbos disrespect n insult of other tribes & their leaders”. Igbos are free to insult each other’s clan it leaders I have no problem with that but no Igbo is allowed to insult any soul from my tribe.
Igbos should find enough foolish people among themselves to insult, they have tonnes of them, example is each n every of their governor from 1960 till date. Until that is addressed your long epistle is not worth reading to me talkless of reasoning with, chikena.
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Lexokey: I have been on the cyber space for a while and i must say that the amount of hatred and tribalism coming from most Nigerian forums is very disgusting to say the least. From words like Afonja's, Igbos and Nyamiri it is very sad that the younger generation which is supposed to be the future is much worst that the oldies when it comes to tribalism. Nigerians need to understand that until we all treat each other with respect and put aside tribalism, other African countries will continue to overtake us and we will remain the old giant of Africa. Very few countries are made up of one ethnicity so we should learn to live together and develop. Diversity can be a blessing if you use it well ask Rwanda. Every major tribe has their strong points and weaknesses but we must harness all forces to grow. The Yoruba's are very intellectual and you must give them that, speak about the corporate world and they are there, speak about technology and they always get it first before it breaks throughout Nigeria, speak about the academia and they have a great majority likewise the Igbos'. The Igbos' are industrial, entrepreneurial and brave people who can turn nothing into something, hustlers who have their own short comings like everyone else. The Northerners are strategic, honest and docile. The recent burst of 80 "Yahoo" boys has not made things easier and i have read many misconceptions about Igbos' and this is why I write. Here are some major misconceptions about Igbos;
ALL IGBOS ARE IPOB Helloooooo!!!! I have seen more people assume this online than I have seen..... gelato.. hehe.. But look. Biafra was declared because Igbos were being slaughtered in their mass in other regions of Nigeria. I mean a whole 30,000 (official number, some media claim 100,000) Igbos who had nothing to do with the 1966 coup were killed during the counter coup and aftermath. Haba, brother if na you be Ojukwu you no go react when your people say if they don't want us then let us be on our own? But I blame the fact that we do not study history in schools for this because from my research the war was about oil on both sides. You see, Nigerian leaders at the time were not fighting to unify Nigeria simply because they love the Igbos. C'mmon you guys just tried to get rid of us before the British high commissioner in Lagos told the Northerners the importance of oil discovered in the Niger Delta and the disadvantages of separation. The British were interested in one Nigeria so as to prevent French dominance in West Africa and the French supported Biafra to break a British colony, not because they loved Biafrans and well the US did not intervene because they already had the Vietnam war at hand and also did not want to go against British interest. At the same time to be fair, I do no think Ojukwu would declare a Republic which he knows has no chance of survival or major resource so it was a game of I have discovered oil and I am going to keep it because you do not want me and Nigeria is like. If you leave this marriage with that oil money you will payyyyy!!!! So fast forward decades later, and most Igbos are managing their lives and Nnamdi Kanu comes along and is passing this message which of course only the unemployed and those who have nothing to lose listen to and they are clamoring for Biafra. Meanwhile I have lived in the South-South long enough to know that the average Niger Deltan will not be part of Biafra this time. So how do you plan to have a land locked country surrounded by your enemy with no major resources? Guess Nnamdi Kalu can answer that so most Igbo intellects do not follow him and are not IPOB.
THEY ARE DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS THEIR ELDERS My father was a senior banker and I remember accompanying him to work one day and I met a Director of the bank. An elderly Yoruba man, smart, professional and charismatic. I admired him honestly as I had dreams to be like him as I was still writing my ICAN exams then so I smiled and greeted Good morning sir! He simply looked at me and snubbed. My father, his deputy apologized and asked me to bow and greet before he acknowledged me. I was ashamed, embarrassed and sure he had concluded I was a disrespectful son but that was far from the truth. To understand this you have to look into the pre-colonial administration of Igbos. The system of government before colonialism was a sort of traditional parliamentary system. Unlike other tribes, decisions were not made by a single king. In-fact, there was no king. Council of Chiefs would have periodic meetings and raise major issues and agree on matters affecting the community. Of course, there was the eldest of the chiefs but he was accorded his respect but not that of a king. We could hold our leaders accountable (please beating of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu no follow for holding him accountable but errrm.....). Chiefs were often the eldest (okpara) or wisest from each clan or family in the community and that way, all families were represented. This is similar to the modern day senate. If you had an issue, you were to approach the eldest in your clan and have a discussion with him and express your feelings. This way we are able to tell our elders how we feel in respectful ways and he would bring such up at the meeting of the council of chiefs. The Igbos believe all men are born equal apart from children of slaves and outcasts. This system had its advantages and disadvantages as it allowed the son of a poor farmer to rise to the top through hard work and also prevented the situation of having a mad king drunk on power. There were however, no royal families with exception of some communities in modern day Delta and Anambra state. Colonization saw the interaction of different tribes and cultures which have kings, bow to elders and do not express feelings to elders and other tribes saw Igbos who do this as disrespectful. The Igbos do not bow, but do not see this as pride it is just not our culture.
GREEDY AND MONEY LOVING My brothers love money though but hey, everyone does but that does not mean we should do illegal things to get it. There are two sides to this story. Before 1966, Igbos dominated the civil service, military, academia and business. Not by way of marginalizing other tribes but by hard work. After the civil war, the civil servants were not reinstated, the military was purged of Igbos, business men lost all funds and were given £20 max regardless of their pre-civil war bank account balance and the lucky ones in academia used their certificate to travel abroad (this is why my mother says finish school even if you want to be a musician) and this was the beginning of the brain drain problem. The tribe was hungry and discriminated throughout Nigeria and this created a problem where money ruled. Everyone had to start afresh and coupled with a system that did not have royalty and all men were seen as equals, the moment you go out and make money you are worshiped back home. The colonialist had introduced a king (igwe) system to enable easier administration and control of the eastern region but the system had collapsed during the war and it seemed anyone with the right amount of money could become king. It became clear that with enough money you could have so much power in the east so some greedy ones who want to make it fast started to do all sorts of illegal things to come back home powerful. It is so bad that to question their wealth makes you "jealous" and even within extended families cousins compete to outdo each other with wealth rather than lift each other.
THE 1966 COUP WAS AN IGBO COUP C'mmon guys. Nigerians celebrated after the coup. Imagine being oppressed by whites but at least the system is running fine then imagine those whites giving Nigerians independence and you have your brother in power and the system is no longer running so fine and yet the oppression is worse.... Yeah that was the situation pre 1966. Many Nigerians were clamoring for the military to take over. What they didn't expect was that it will be done by a select few from a particular tribe.. Partially their fault and partially not. You see, the composition of the military back then was majority commissioned officers: Igbo and non-commissioned officers Middle-belt and core North. So Major Kaduna had a small poll to chose from. He did try to recruit other non Igbo officers but most passed his bluff and remember, it is always impossible until it is done.. Now ask yourself, how did he get Northern junior officers to pull the trigger on most Northern politicians? It is not by military chain of command as they could have turned on him to mutiny rather that kill their own but a sense of unity made them to because Nigerians were angry at the time! Now here is where they didn't do well. They failed to carry out the coup in the East, I know, I know, they let tribal sentiments get to them. How can you plan a coup in the North Killing the most respected northern figure and also in the south west and you simply planned to travel to the east after the Lagos stage was complete allowing eastern politicians to escape. Gen. Ironsi seemed to have a soft hand on the coup planners and Decree 34 sealed the deal. But how really do people thing Igbos just planned to take over the country in one swift motion. The plan according to the plotters was to release Awolowo!
THEY DO NOT HELP EACH OTHER This one has a lot of our uncles sitting on this table. But to be fair we look at both sides. The indigenization decree of 1972 was just 2 years after the civil war. While most Igbos were struggling to get back on their feet and most northerners were not very educated to understand shares and company ownership, the only group with the money and education were the Yorubas. It was a windfall. Foreign multinationals were selling their shares below value to ensure their ownership ratio was in line with the law. This way, the Yourbas owned the corporate sector and honestly they do a good job at helping each other out and I give them that. The Northerners missed on this too but oh well, they have the civil service, majority federal appointments and government control so most people from these tribes are uplifted by their tribesmen in positions of authority in the corporate sector or Government while the Igbos have to strive for themselves and this is why today most Igbo men are business men because they are no jobs for them. Well, for most Nigerians anyway but you get what i'm saying. So the problems starts, the individualistic nature of Igbos dictates that I have made it on my own so you should prove yourself a man by making it on your own. This is no other tribes fault but our own. Those uncles are unconcerned because no one gave them a helping hand and they believe you should go prove yourself. But in life not everyone is meant to be an entrepreneur who makes something from nothing rather some can do better working under someone so the fact you made it on your own does not mean you cannot help and if you want to end this drug and 419 problem we have to help each other.
I have read major books on the history of Nigerians on both sides and listened to witnesses of the civil war and do not argue with people who have not done prior research. I love intelligent arguments and hate sentiments, so clarify all I have written and come dispute me and then maybe I might learn something from you, A fool is one who tells himself he knows it all. I learn everyday and will like to hear from others but with well researched arguments please.
Wow I didn’t know there is a shithole in Aba now named the USA. I assume it must be an epic tourist center where you visit to deride yourself of your mirage utopia I would say.
While afonja are scamming, the video above are of your despicable kinsmen doing what they know how to do best, now exporting armed robbery cells across the globe. Talk about no shame nor dignity. This is now the way to go for your kinsmen since cocaine n scam just don’t pay the bills in Igboland anymore. Such a shame, it must be trying to be from a tribe that is a global epidemic to humanity.
Ikechunna: Do you mind them. I live in USA and I know the people who are constantly making national news for scamming in this country. Na embarrassment they constantly doing. Hell one of them is currently on national TV embarrassing his fucking self in 90 days finance. Every body can see the man is playing the bitch and the only reason he has not scammed her yet is because of the cameras.
Trying searching the name of the bigoted writer for your answer. When Igbos talk about Aregbe incompetence I laugh at your foolishness really. The man’s antecedent speaks for him, being your best performing governor from 1960 n for every project he completed I will list 2 of such from Aregbe wardrobe, be it road schools hospitals bridges housing water transportation anything.
You win if am not able to list 2 of Aregbe’s project for 1 of your best performing governor in Igbo land. You might want to start with the fat fool, kerosene Ikpeazu or failure personified Theodore Orji, your call. I might just be able to squash fear of giant productive Yoruba governors instead of the lunatics that governed Igbo land into the shithole every living thing can’t wait to be evacuated from.
ZZ22: I have to reread this post to see where Igbo was written but i couldn't see. Why must you bring Igbo to Aregbe's incompetency? Stop thinking about Igbos all the time so that Igbo giants won't be chasing you everyday in your dream
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