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This is an awesome and remarkable story that should be shared among us. NYSC is a USELESS program but stories like this want to make you change your mind about the program.

Youngadvocate:
HOW I STARTED LOVING THE IGBOS.

THE MYTH:
As a boy growing up on the street of Port Harcourt, I was told so many horrible things about Igbos.
I was told that Igbos were planning to push Rivers people to Abia State for the people of Abia to inhabit Rivers State because of our resources.
I was told that Igbo people enslaved and ruled over my people in Bori the traditional headquarters of Ogoni Kingdom.
I was told that Odumegwu Ojukwu, Onyeka Onwenu and other prominent Igbos brazenly rejoiced over the execution of my uncle Ken Saro Wiwa because of the role he played during the Civil War.
I was told that it is better to be slaves to Hausa-Fulani than to be brothers to Igbos because, Igbos are worse than Hausas.

THE EFFECTS
These things made me to terribly detest Igbos beyond what you can imagine, I was always skeptical, cynical and suspicious while dealing with Igbos. It also affected my friendship with Igbo guys, I was always careful not to be a victim, no matter how they value the friendship, as long as they are Igbos, they were bad eggs to me .

It also severely affected my relationship with Igbo girls, 70% of the girls I have seen are Igbos girls but I have never treated any of my Igbo girlfriends fairly because, I programmed my mind not to be interested in anything beyond the fun attached to the chemistry of boys and girls stuff while dealing with an Igbo girl, I didn't want to make the mistake of dating an Igbo girl to the extent of marrying her.

THE DISCOVERY.
I was posted to Akwa Ibom State for my national youth service in November 2013, there I made so many Igbo friends, almost 60% of Akwa Ibom corps members are from Igbo extraction, mainly from IMSU, FUTO, ABSU, UMUDIKE, ESUT and IMT. There I saw how determined a typical Igbo youth is, there i saw the natural tendency for economic success in a typical Igbo guy, there I saw the reason why Igbos are entrepreneurs allover the globe, there I saw that God specially gave them the metaphysical eyes to see money in things and where you don't even think of smelling money, there I saw that even though the Igbos have had severe political travails and marginalization, they will forever remain the economic salt of Nigeria, even after the restoration of Biafra.

While we were serving, those of us who are Port Harcourt breed UNIPORT/RSSUST corps members were always complaining that Akwa Ibom is beautiful but not groovy like Port Harcourt, we were always complaining that the town is dry with no night life like Port Harcourt. But our friends from the Igbo extraction were seeing things differently, they saw Akwa Ibom as a beautiful virgin land highly in need of economic exploration, they saw huge business opportunities in where we saw boredom.

We were complaining of the insufficient N19,800 alawi while they were seeing it as potential small scale business capital. We used our alawi to club in one night because, we didn't see it as good enough to help us, while our Igbo friends inject it into their small scale businesses. We were always going to Tropicana to see movies while our Igbo friends are busy going to Lagos to bring wears and jewelries for us to buy. We were always calling home for money but our Igbo friends were sending money home instead.
At the end of my service year, I said I was going back to Port Harcourt because I believed Uyo was too dry for me to hustle, but my Igbo friends stayed back because they saw Uyo as a land lacking business and as such, it's good for them to make money through the introduction of different businesses.

THE REVERSAL.
I came back to Port Harcourt then pondered on my experience with these Igbo brains, I then realised why people hate them, I felt bad seriously for wrongly hating them all these while, I decided to love them because, they have the kind of zeal I'd love to emulate.

THE CONVICTION.
When I was fully convinced that the Igbos are not only my role models but my blood was when they went against all odds to make Goodluck Jonathan their own, they loved him even more than some us from the South South, they gave him their full support at the poll not minding the consequences. Ever since, I couldn't stop loving Igbos but to love them even more.
Continue Reading: http://igbobia.com/?q=calito-felipes-viewplease-read-thisyour-opinion-will-definitely-change-about-the-igbos.html

What will you do with the record?

helinues:
They should allow those who have been abusing late president Buhari to continue. We are keeping their records

If they had proofs. Really!

Katsumoto:
He is referring to the banks in the East. Many Igbos who returned to Lagos were able to reclaim their properties if they had proof.

Yes o! Anything to escape T- Pain and his agbado policies.

PresidObi:
Anything to escape Tpainn

If Ojukwu is a coward, what do you call Ogundipe and the entire Yoruba unit of the Nigeria’s Military who capitulated to caliphate hijack of power, killing of Fajuyi and the denial of 3 Yorubas were ahead of Gowon in the line of succession to Ironsi ran away without a fight. And the entire Yoruba military accepted the Arewa North political hijack of power and domination of Nigeria.

At least, Ojukwu fought for almost 3 years before running away, Ogundipe who was next line to Ironsi

EmperorCaesar:


The hate is legendary

So, not only was this man a coward who fled in skirt to 'Bissau', he was also an extremist like Shekau


That this man is one of their all time great sums up everything you need to know about them as a group

Spits

Daddy Freeze is a Yorubaman. You shouldn’t be surprised.

gidgiddy:
I came across a Facebook post of well known OAP, Daddy Freeze, who said on the Podcast, 'The honest bunch' that he did not support Peter Obi in 2023 because Peter was MD of Nigeria Ports Authority under General Abacha.

For a while now, some people have been running with this wrong narrative despite an existing video where Peter Obi explained the situation. Some of these people claim that Obi was close to Abacha and benefited with appointments. It's ironic that some of these people supported Buhari to be President knowing fully well that Buhari was PTF Chairman throughout Abacha’s tenure. They only rememberd that its bad to get appointment under Abacha because its Perter Obi. Earlier on this year, one of Peter Obi's spokesperson, Ibrahim Umar, released a statement on this in which he said:


“The reputation Obi took into business that stood him out was what he took into politics. Before becoming Governor he never worked or held any government position. He never worked in the Nigeria Ports Authority. The closest he came to late General Sani Abacha’s government was when his petition on port congestion attracted Abacha’s attention and he co-opted him into an advocate committee for Port de-congestion that lasted less than four months.

https://thesun.ng/obi-was-never-a-protege-of-arthur-nzeribes-abn-obidient-movement-says/?amp


Obi was involved in Lagos ports decongestion under Abacha, but this was a nominal role that lasted few months until the port was decongested. The MD for Nigeria Ports Authority throughout Abachas regime was Wali Ahmed

OLODO! White people not intelligent, yet your nation depends on them.

musicwriter:
Well done.

But white people aren't intelligent people to excite me. If you outcompeted Asians that would mean defeating intelligent people.

And it's shocking how we've completely bowed to these people.

Sadly, even if you defeat them, you're still competing with them on their own terms.

You asked right. Nigeria is the most dysfunctional society in the whole wide world.

autoez:
Why should you ever regret leaving a country where criminals are treated as kings?

Where is Gowon, Danjuma and all the Xtian Middlebelters who fought the Biafra War to keep Nigeria one. They kept Nigeria one for the purpose of become Guinea pigs in the hands of Fulani herdsmen

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treesun:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/06/breaking-about-200-feared-dead-in-bloody-herders-attacks-in-benue/

Thank you my brother! You said it all. APC regime is a govt of propaganda.

CodeTemplarr:
Nigerians hardly travel any longer. It is waybilling most are doing now. I wonder what the new roads will achieve. No security on older ones. No power to increase productive output. No health to keep people health and growing. Food is up up up these days and they are busy threatening and confusing us with huge unrealistic figures.

Totally agree with you that the wrong you support today will come back to bite you in the near future.

ClearFlair:
Fix your country. If you support incompetence, the result of that incompetence you supported will be waiting to meet you in front in the near future

So true!

Gjrich:
The Ebonyi Airport serves as a prime example of a white elephant project, characterized by high maintenance costs and low economic returns.

Its lack of viability is exacerbated by the fact that 90% of Ebonyi residents cannot afford air travel.

Instead of prioritizing such costly endeavours, investments in human development and essential infrastructure would propel Ebonyi to become Nigeria's richest state.
Key areas for investment include:

1. Free education (primary to university)
2. Free healthcare in state-run hospitals
3. Vocational training for youths
4. Empowering farmers through sustainable agricultural research and development
5. Agricultural livestock (cattle, goats, pigs, poultry)
6. Crop farming (rice, cassava, palm oil, plantain, banana, mango, oranges, maize, sorghum, cowpea, groundnut oil, cashew, rubber, soybeans, coconut)
7. Essential infrastructure (borehole water in all villages)

Inspiration can be drawn from the Governor of Niger State's initiatives, investing in massive Rice farming.

Currently, Ebonyi indigenes struggle to make ends meet, resorting to street hawking nationwide.
The prioritization of grand projects over people-centred initiatives facilitates the embezzlement of public funds.

Leaders must adopt sustainable, people-focused approaches, avoiding white elephant projects resulting from:

1. Poor planning
2. Inadequate demand assessment
3. Misallocated resources.

It's time for leaders to prioritize the well-being and prosperity of their people.

What is your ethnicity?

DomPerignon:
They made their reasons abundantly clear from the beginning on why they wanted out of Nigeria and it was down to the overbearing arrogance and domineering ibo majority that had cornered everything to themselves both resources wise and job opportunities

Enugu was made the capital of Eastern Nigeria in 1959 but prior to that all resources were being channeled to develop Enugu at the expense of all so-called minority provinces.

A lowly clerk position in the local government in western Caneroun and other provinces like Calabar , PH were reserved for ibos. Land grabbing with the full support of IBO officials and even Ibo magistrates will side with their fellow ibo to legalise ibo land grab was a norm. Even ibo settlers in western cameroun were notoriously hostile in the face of their hosts as was and still is the case where ever you find ibos in Nigeria with the exception of the north which taught them a bitter lesson how to be civil.

Note that it wasn't only western Cameroun that had grown tired of being yoked to you ibos in the British lumped Eastern Nigeria.

The so-called minorities wanted out before independence and were pushing to have their own special region but Zik was able to ensure the British kept them stuck to you out of pure parasitism.

Going back a bit, and you will recall that on the eve of balkanizig Southern Nigeria into Western and Eastern Nigeria, present day peoples of Benue and Taraba were once part of Southern Nigeria but once they learnt that they will be in the sane region with you ibos they demanded that they will rather join northern Nigeria.

Moving forward to post independence Nigeria , the so-called minorities began a renewed aggitarion to leave the old Eastern Nigeria citing marginalization , oppression and suppression by the IBO majority .The minority people of eastern Nigeria were inspired by the peaceful seccesion of Midwest out of the old Western region that did not see any opposition from the majority Yoruba . In Enugu , the situation was the opposite with the IBO super majority doing every dirty trick to stop any motion by representatives of the minorities to call for a referendum. Frustrated at Enugu, the minorities took their plight to the Federal Parliament and had secured the support of Northern ,Western and Midwestern Parliamentarians to grant a referendum for tthe minority people of Eastern Nigeria for the creation of the Calabar -Ogojaa-Ribers region. This was in late 1965 and the matter was to be presented oficially in Parliament after the Christmas break.

The IBO coup of Jan 15, 1966 was to prevent the Federal House from returning back from Christmas break to address the issue of COR region which was the first thing on the docket.



Your greed and foolishness is why everyone hated to be lumped with you and as soon as the British left , everyone wanted nothing to do with you.

Why did Ojukwu declare Biafra ?


It had nothing to do with ibos being slaughtered up north but because Gowon finally freed the minorities from your parasitic grasp through state creation.

Ojukwu went to war to preserve the British drawn colonial borders to continue the parasitic internal colonialism .

Yes o!

Kaycee9242:
Exactly what they said during Buhari time. Yeye people

Just ignore the DULLARD!

Dalohad:
Obidients are bullies, but violent agberoes who killed voters for Tinubu and insensitive tribalistic online bulabanns are your lovey-dovey pontiffs and Pacific doves?

You never talk wetin dey worry you. Continue your selective and self-deceiving hypocrisy masked in fake objectivity.

We know who you are and where you stand.

You said it all!

gidgiddy:
In a system of injustice and oppression, you don't fight for freedom because you are prepared. You fight for freedom because it's the only thing worth fighting for. But every slave sees a freedom fighter as a fool anyway

If there are people fanning the embers of hate and distrust, then it's a good indication that you have no nation. If you had a nation, the unity from that nation would have made it impossible to have any embers to fan.

We are just people brought together by the white man in their colonial project called Nigeria, and Nigeria has long failed, proving the Biafrans right.

What’s your ETHNIC NATIONALITY?

aswani:
I pray that the souls of all the innocent children that died during the war continue to rest in peace.

I pray that all those evil and wicked people, who indulged in a war that they had no resources for, perpetuated it despite knowing they had zero chance of winning and allowed those innocent children to suffer and eventually die continue to stay tortured.

Those currently fanning the embers of distrust and hate amongst Nigerians, because their candidate lost an election, should take heed, hell fire awaits if you don't change your ways.

Real convulsion loading for some people

Karlovych:
Convulsions loading for some people

Not in your lifetime!

harmargedon:
A time would come when you'd be asking, "why is Africa the only great continent in the world".

So true!

Kukutente23:
When you fail at a subject and you start admiring your handwriting
Increase in revenue with plummeted naira value means you didn't move the needle in real terms
Debt reduction only happened at the states
The FG increased its debt both domestic and foreign . One wonders why the FG is busy stealing achievement from the states
What happened to holding your govs accountable

Ignore this fella as Obi ignores Reno

Bobloco:
The way your bitterness toward Peter Obi is living rent-free in your head, it might as well start paying utilities.

They’ve been doing it since the days of BORO & Wiwa , and always coming out with the short end of the stick.

mrvitalis:
Oga it's politics let South South do what's best for them... If they are ok with Tinubu presidency let them vote him

South South owes South East nothing

Have your ethnic group lost it also?

hatchy:
This people and criminality....

Any tribe that have this "I must make it" mentality is completely finished.
The people of South east needs re orientation because they have lost it.

Sophisticated slowpoke!

etokhana:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bwurt7hPJ/

Up till Tomorrow, l don’t understand why Awo & Yorubas aligned with North to fight against Ojukwu’s Biafra.

ccoolitempa:
I just don't understand with Yorubas sometimes....what possessed those people to defend people who hate us so much....never never never again....

OLODO RABATA!

Thundafireseun:
Buhari did worse…..

I’m sure if Peter Obi had the same opportunity he would have done same thing too … with the way he has been travelling since 2023 round Nigeria ….

God bless President Tinubu

God bless Nigeria

Totally agree with you!

Brendaniel:
Nigeria is not one, Nigeria has never been one and I don't think it will ever be one, why?

Because we don't share the same ideology - We may not be having this discussion if we were separate countries

OLODO!

PassingShot:
Why do I say this?

1. His mismanagement of the economy and encouraging his appointees, through his silence, to blame it on his predecessor (PMB).
2. His meddling in the Lagos Assembly leadership tussle that resulted in returning a speaker that was validly removed.
3. His undemocratic removal of Rivers state governor and the elected reps there, just to ensure that Wike has the final say. He could, and should have allowed Fubara to be impeached if he could not mediate properly. That would have been democratic and heaven will not fall had Fubara been impeached.
4. The revelation that the NASS members were bribed to support his military-styled removal of a sitting governor - something he had vehemently condemned in the past!
5. His son's involvement in how the country is governed.

I can go on and on. He is becoming a tyrant and he may easily destroy what is left of our democracy.

He is another disappointment. Seems all of them are, sadly so.

How is saying Nigeria is a zoo related to victimization?

alanto:
People from your side always assume Nigeria a zoo and you are stylishly saying the same, then you will cry victimization when other citizens fight back.

How is your post relevant to this topic? Have u won any war? Whose fault is the existence of insurgency?

AndroBlaze:
Yes, you people are the bravest in this country without a doubt. That is why you have won all wars, have no insurgency and have surmounted all hurdles placed in front of you.

Keep it up.

If you check properly, he’s Yoruba. The average Yoruba will cry against evil if he’s at the receiving end. But he will rationalize & defend a worse evil if it benefits him. He is amoral & morally dead.

Jflex07:
where was the evidence of voting? Stop supporting injustice