₦airaland Forum

oglalasioux:
The problem with us is over population without the corresponding plans to cushion it. Back in the 60s to early 80s the population was manageable until the explosion of the last three decades.

The infrastructure to handle the population is the bane of the problems we have. Our leaders fill their pockets instead of planning for the future while we, the populace, go on to sire more children and marry as many wives as possible.

Stigma against unmarried people, criminality of abortion, bad child adoption system, discrimination against same sex marriages and celebrating many children as a blessing from God are some of the reasons our population will burst at the seams in the near future unless we change our mindset. If not, what we are experiencing today in black Africa will be picnic to what future generations will face.

I agree with most of what you have said.

Venzal:
That makes sense. I love travelling too

When I put concrete structures in place, I will be spending even less time in Nigeria....
But it's a lot of work tho..... *tears*
That your internet biz sef, how is it going

Venzal:
Yes. It's one of the most peaceful countries in the world - so I heard.

Definitely, winter o'er there is crazy!

You stay in Naija?

Not all the time.
I shuttle between different countries

Venzal:
Outside Africa sir.

Canada to be precise.

If you can pull it through.... That would be very good...
Based on what I hear people say (as I have never been to Canada befoe) it is a great country...

But it is cold in certain times of the year

judebebo32:
Last year election was historic,as the sitting president was voted out of power. In all honesty I supported the meek, gentle and sometimes clueless leader and I was met with utmost disappointment when it became lucid that he had lost the election. Truth be told 2015 general election was marred with deceit, propaganda and ethnic bigotry, and the effect still lingers on in our daily lives. I have been to plethora of countries and I am left stone faced anytime I had to join a long queue just to have my passport checked, then the thought of only one country where I won't have to queue to check the authenticity of any visa lingers through my mind and that country is Nigeria. We might lack the basic social amenities, we might be perceived as fantastically corrupt, we might be seen as morally degrading and technologically backward country but the truth is no doubt God has blessed us beyond imagination.crude oil, Gold, Coal , fertile land and many more are the good things the almighty benign creator has blessed us with. During my youth service last year I could barely afford chicken but I eat fish almost everyday, over here in London the reverse is the case.The simple answer to the question why sea foods are cheaper in Nigeria is simply because we have it in abundance.
I might be out of the country but my heart yearns for my be lovette country, I am aware of the hardship and economic situation, the most surprising thing is our youths our perceived leaders of tomorrow seeking for all means to travel abroad with never to return perception. It saddens my heart when my parents categorically told me not to return home after my studies because there's nothing for me at home, they might be right as unemployment is increasing as the day progresses, but I am a world changer I carry with me dreams to turn Nigeria around, dreams to make my country great again. While most people hide their passport I am proud to flaunt mine, my green passport is my identity, it's my origin, I am an ambassador of my great nation. I might not be a supporter of the current president but we all need to support him in his dreams to make our nation great again, his desire to cleanse the mess created during the last 16years. Let's drop out tribal sentiments, our political party affiliations and support President Buhari to make Nigeria great again.
One nation, one country,
I love my country .

Nect
My ordeal in Iran.... TBC

Following

Venzal:
Yes I did bro, thanks for asking.

But later on I changed my mind after speaking to some family memebers. I'll be moving somewhere else.

Somewhere else?
Within Africa? or outside

Venzal:
Hello, I just saw your mention for the first time today... Sorry for the oversight. please send me a PM.

Have you finally made up your mind to move to Ghana?

tsephanyah:
Almighty US and alies protect Israel with extreme hardware, yet Israel live in fear and been attaked everyday, irondome can't protect them, they live with two eyes open 24/7, Israel is surrounded by Shi'a, if it's sunni, wow!! it will be worse, will only be known as zombieland, not Israel vs Palatine. now let us Annalise Biafra nation surrounded by sunni countries control by Isis, yes Isis* because thy will take over Algeria, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad Cameroon, God forbid any civil war kicks in Nigeria, thy will snatch that opportunity. After civil war in iraq, the US and UK, big mistake, Instead of creating a benign liberal
democracy, the war in Iraq has
emboldened violent jihadis and
inflamed sectarian conflict. The
country’s politics remain precarious
and deeply unstable, defined by
sectarianism that pits Arabs against
Kurds, and Shias against Sunnis.
Christians have fled or been
“cleansed” from much of the region.
The disorder in Iraq has gravely
affected the wider Middle East,
empowering Iran, heightening
tensions with Saudi Arabia and
greatly complicating the civil war in
neighbouring Syria, where as many
as 400,000 people have died since
2011 and many millions have been
displaced. The instability in the
Middle East has also contributed to
the worst refugee crisis in Europe
since the end of the Second World
War. If this happens in nigeria, What will be of Africa talkless of Biafra? What will happen to minority Christians in the north? What of population of igbos that still leave in the north after much covert warning by the ipob? So pls hold this Biafra thing, for some other century not this one, the world have seen enough chaos another refugee crisis in Africa will be worst than world war 2. So peace is not negotiable, bombing the pipeline will only cause big problem to south not north. is all about oil, isn't? There is more oil and gas in the north than any place in the world, in fact oil was first discovered in north, drilling material was first deployed to north. Just because of sea water, conspiracy brought by the engineer's report. makes the south think thy have rich land than North ^<> uranium, wind energy, solar energy, fertile land, enough land, less erosion land, coal, zinc, gold, all in the north. Pls we want out too, is just that there is Isis in play now, so the Biafran and lazy bombers should sharrap, and keep quiet for a while, when the time is right, we will vote and leave this almagation or whatever. Call me names, badmouth my English, whatever ma dai kun gane mai nake nufi. Lastly we knew that there is covert operations going on in the south, example DSs oncovert graves of death hausa/fulani Muslim, hmm planning attack on lagos, I wonder how our subjew educated Igbo's reason sometimes.

What is this one saying?

Abokii8:
Finally power has returned to where it rightly belongs to....President Buhari quickly retire those fat belle igbo generals before they oust you.

Why did you have to add Igbo people to your comment?
I don't want to believe you hate Igbo people

Abokii8:
We own the land, do your worst wailers

I know this is a joke

Back from ban

Folafikemi:
Thanks bro, pls like how many days will it take and do dey pass through Ghana?
Wat are d necessary documents to hold pls...

Your international passport and yellow fever card..

If you don't have one, just hold extra money on you, like 11000 CFA I think, you will be immunized at Elubo.
However, I strongly advise that you do it here in Nigeria

bakynes:
You want me to answer your question i will answer it. I am ijebu from the Ogun state part not the Ikorodu or the Epe part. If i tell you my history you will tell me to claim lagos. My great-grandfather was the one who migrated to Lagos through the Epe axis. He was a fisher man. My grandfather, father and myself were born in Lagos. We have a family house in Fadeyi very Old house we planning to renovate now. If you like believe,if you like dont believe just told you the truth.

I believe you

But the key word is that your ancestor MIGRATED here.....
That is the key word I am looking for....

Decodedp:
I sympathize with many igbos who still find it difficult to get over the horrible memories of the biafran struggle,

But while i support them to be conscious of their history while working towards a better future


Instigating more hatred will do them more harm in the long run.


There are better and more subtle ways to get their message across without provoking any one.

But we have to respect each other in this country too.

bakynes:
You make mockery of yourself. You igbos are just jealous of the Yoruba laying claim to their ancestral home "Lagos". You cannot blame the Yorubas for the British coming to the entity called Nigeria through their land.


I have repeated this story to educate people like you many times and am tired.
The colony of lagos is different from Lagos State of today. Colony of Lagos is just a small area where the british established an administrative control over the entire Nigeria and these places are Victoria Island, Ikoyi and Marina. When they left part of the Western region was added to make it Lagos state. ikorodu,Epe, Ajah, Lekki side were Ijebuland before the creation of state. The Ikeja downwarda towards the Alagbado side was Awori land. The Badagry side was Egunland.
So please Educate yourself before spewing thrash. Nothing you can do or say will change the fact tha Lagos State is Yoruba ancestral land. We have a Governor in place, traditional rulers in place and all other administrative and cultural structures in place and nothing will ever change that.

Answer the simple question, are you from Lagos?
As long as you are not from Lagos, even if you are Yoruba, you are still a foreigner here too.

The Lagosian friends I have from Ikoridu and Epe don't behave or reason this way, it is always the others who migrated from elsewhere that talks this rubbish.

mrkayusfit:
Look at the type of junkies the igbos appoints as leaders. Instead of formulating policies to improve his state, he his busy gallivanting to Lagos for an irrelevant church service. Are there no churches in the south east? What economic benefit is this senseless visit to his state? The east is the least developed region in Nigeria excluding imo state led by rochas because other governors fail to put on their thinking cap. Ebonyi state governor the other day was distributing foreign made SUV's, instead of going for a cheaper option in innoson while most people in his state cant afford 3 square meal. This is how the eastern leaders waste their tax payers money on irrelevancies and instead of their youths to hold them accountable, they will instead blame Buhari for their woes and start screaming biafra as if angels will be their leaders in their imaginary biafra. Shame on IPOB yoots

****

Has AreGBEshOLE paid salaries in Osun state?
What of Ajimobi?
You people should just shut your mouth.

Folafikemi:
Pls house does any one have an idea where i can bus going to ivory coast from lagos and how much it cost plus how many days it will take by road cos am cutting cost been d first time.

Thanks

Young Shall Grow maza maza
The ticket can't be more than 23k

What kinda article is this?

What of Lagos to ACCRA?
Any one with ideas please?

DumDum13656:
Hausa/Fulani/Yoruba & Co. have to join forces to contain the Igbos & Co. FANTASTIC.

And what do you mean by this?

The comments would have been different if this was Jonathan

Yujin:
Disintegration makes the obstacles towards attacking corrupt politicians easier. Igbo youths can attack the criminals in govt within our region and demand accountability and productive leadership. The same is expected from the youths of various regions and it would be much easier for them too. Its the youths of the region versus their corrupt leaders. If you slack then its your problem. This Nigeria is dead and can never work unless it's restructured. Restructuring Nigeria is the ultimate but where it's not feasible then outrig disintegration becomes the only choice.

Restructuring Nigeria is the best...
Diintegration will not solve the problem...
Gambia is a small country yet it's people are suffering, Senegal is small and relatively homogenous yet it's people are suffering....
And examples like that abound across Africa.
So I still believe that disintegration is not the solution.

OohLalah:
So predictable! I was waiting for this. " they envy and jealous us" smh

But it's the dn truth,
I have travelled across African countries, and many have admitted that to me personally....
They admire the doggedness of Nigerians, though we could be overbearing sometimes

rhymaster:
Hmmm....this is how to demand for accountability and good governance. Meanwhile the other parts of Nigeria whose leaders have stolen them and their unborn children to penury and environmental destruction like massive gully erosion, separatism, seaport in Enugu airport, bombing and destruction of investments and pipelines in their region are busy supporting the same leaders who have led them into the abyss of irrelevance and self destruction. Keep supporting Ekeremandu, Dasuki, Metuh, Saraki and the new president of beerfraud Igwe Fayose, the man who will lead Ibos to prosperity in their utopian country and put people like Ojukwu who ran away to Abidjan to shame.

What is this one saying?

ogwumgbe:
Let's stop deceiving ourselves and stop pretending. There's no way igbos and yorubas will ever get along,this is the political advantage of the North.

Which is very unfortunate, because these ethnic groups are the key ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Yujin:
A general revolution in this Nigeria is impossible. The present youths are not united and can never be. The reason is not farfetched as its obvious our world view are far apart. For the east, we can go against the criminal politicians among us in less than two weeks of agreement but that cannot be said for the west and north where there's near worship of rulers(politicians). Again, the desires of the three constituents of Nigeria defers. We from the east appreciates monetary gifts in our times of challenges but seek true self sufficiency and will reject the change offered to us if we do not see any sincerity in our leaders giving us opportunity in achieving self sustenance. The same cannot be said of our compatriots from the other regions. Without a uniformity of mindset, no revolution can succeed. True revolution rejects monetary inducements and withstands the brutality of the security personnels which of course would be sent to quash it. Can the present lily livered youths resist the murderous Nigerian Army? Can the hypocrites who chaired the blood loving maniacs of the Nigeria Army on their killing spree of unarmed biafran agitators stand firm when the nozzle is turned their way? I only laugh at those calling for a revolution in this evil Nigeria. You guys can't do nothing. Like others have said, ordinary good gestures from some folks have made a lot of guys forget the goal our the present struggle. How then can you withstand the bucks loaded politicians and the brutal zombies in uniform? Lol. Just continue dying in silence or make a plan and jet out of the hopeless contraption called Nigeria and hope that by the time you will be returning back, that some herdsmen from Libya won't have occupied your ancestral land after sacking your family members. There's no single thing you benefit from Nigeria yet you are here praising one Nigeria. Any entity that does not exist for the benefit of its people does not worth catering for.

And you think disintegration is the answer?

otokx:
For those calling for a bloody revolution, take note.

it is not all rich men that looted state funds, that thread highlighted the growing deep seated hatred some poor people have for hardworking, law abiding rich people who are totally unaware of the former.

This explains the recent upsurge in crime across Nigeria.

Kidnapping is now quite common up north as it in the south.

Hunger can make people do unbelievable things

Mathemagician1:
On the contrary. What I saw on that thread was a proof of Nigerians narrow mindedness with a crave for quick fix. It was a clear indication that Nigerians are OK with the crumbs they get from the politicians and it shows just how the politicians exploit the people by keeping them in abject poverty and giving them crumbs from time to time whenever they cry for a revolution.

The Op spoke deeply about the insensitivity of the Government to the plight of the people. Kind of like a revolutionary call that normally would ignite fierce anger in our mind. But Nigerians being Nigerians hijacked the thread and turned it into a jamboree. Nothing is taken seriously in this country.

Out of the blue someone offered to donate N5000 to 2 people, another person offered N4000 each to 5 people while someone else offered 50,000 to 10 people and it went on and on like a bonanza, completely defeating the essence of the thread. What fuckery

After these generous donations have been exhausted then what? Does it solve the problem of unemployment the OP talked about? Does it solve the hunger or curb inflation? Is N5000 what Nigerian graduates need to start up a business. Nigerians are truly very narrow minded, majority of the people lack critical thinking skills.

Such a pathetic situation we've found ourselves.

That's another angle to it bros... And I see your point.


BUT people are hungry out there o

oyek691:
I am very happy with you guys thinking of coming over to abidjan, i just finished schooling in my university in bassam, so am transfering to the U.S this august i mean to complete my studies in minnesota.
So if you are interested in coming to abj or anywhere in abj , be my guest.

How is that University in Bassam?
For a master's degree, and how much is the fees too?
Just to know..

Decodedp:
Abeg leave matta for mattayas,

Inasmuch as i encourage the igbos to rise above hate,

The level of hatred exhibited against them by most core northerners is enough to make them do worse.


So don't be too sanctimonious.



CASE CASE!

By MOST northerners?

Honestly, you don't know what you are saying....
Though there are those up there who don't like Igbo, but MOST?
lol

Decodedp:
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP


I equally detest most of the comments made by other tribes about the igbos

But your style is definitely not the way to go.

It's time to rise above hate and build some bridges(if possible)

Besides the story above is just one of the symptoms of a DEFECTIVE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS WE ARE WAILING ABOUT


AND IT SHOULD BE CONDEMNED IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH SIDE OF THE DIVIDE IS AFFECTED.


HUMANITY FIRST.

I agree with you bro...
When I talk agaibst this, they begin to say I am not Igbo, as if there is a way ALL Igbo people are supposed to behave