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Recession96:
Don't be emotional bro.
I'm a graduate of Nnamdi Azikwe University, College of Health Science, Okofia, Otolo Nnewi Campus.

I still insist that the list of billionaires you put down were wrong.

As for the educational quota, I think that's how it is being done.

Im not a member of Forbes magazine.
Get yourself a copy ;2022 latest edition.
Studying in Nnamdi Azikiwe University; doesnt make you Igbo (Nwafor Igbo ma na ;Igbo si ;Onye ahala nwaneya; anyi ma onwe anyi; Igbo anagi efu na mba; Oje mba ewe iro )
Our generation want the unification of all Igbos; far and near ;indigenous in 11 states of Nigeria; furthermore ;the unification; of indigenous Igbos outside the shores of Nigeria; Large ethnic indigenous Igbo populations are found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea.

Thank you

SHINJA:
I don't trust most Igbo rich men..

They are either into rituals, drug pushing or fraud.

Throw him into the cell... MUGU

Watch as his fellow Igbo brothers support him and blame tinubu..

Crime = Proximity

Yoruba ;money ritual culture

Ogun Owo: The Culture Of Blood Money And Yahoo Plus In Nigeria
The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently invaded an alleged den of internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The residence belonged to a 38-year old Azeez Adebowale. What makes this case a unique one is the discovery of a smallish fetish-looking wooden casket in Adebowale’s apartment which he claims to be his sponge case.

The assumption is that the wooden casket is fetish and is used to aid in the carrying out cybercriminal activities. In Nigeria, it is a popular belief that voodoo and black magic can be used to defraud people or used to get rich in various ways usually through some rites and sacrifice. In the interest of science, one is forced to wonder how real is the practice of Ogun Owo.


Abuja, Nigeria(CNN)A Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, known as "Hushpuppi" has admitted his involvement in a conspiracy to defraud a Qatari businessman of more than $1m, the U.S. Justice Department has said.

Abbas, 37, also admitted to laundering money "through bank accounts around the world," including "several other cyber and business email compromise schemes that cumulatively caused more than $24 million in losses," the statement released Wednesday added.

He pleaded guilty to the charges on April 20, according to court documents which were only unsealed.

Nigerians to the US Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) site, pacer.gov were incontrovertible records indicate that the bulk of Tinubu’s properties and assets were actually confiscated by the government of the United States, in regard to the case of drug trafficking.

In one instance Tinubu, on 10/4/93 forfeited to the US government the sum of $460,000 held in his name, in his account no. 263226700, at First Heritage Bank. The records go further to explain that the funds, forfeited to the Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, were seized by the Us government because they were acquired through the distribution of hard drugs.

What the shocking exposure reveals is that Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and leader of the former ACN, now a major part of APC was a long time drug baron and probably still is. Indeed the 1993 case was ongoing whilst he was a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Haba, Nigerian leaders!

I repeat crime = proximity
He that leaves in a glass house;should not throw stones.
I rest my case.

rafindo:
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Add all this together taraba is still bigger than it. State creation is not done to Be equal nowhere is such done even in India and Brazil. We continue to make noise about marginalization. If we are sincere to our selves the population of all the south East is equivalent to Ogun and Lagos population yet the 2 state has just 40 LGA, 6 senate seats while the south East has 99 LGA and 15 seats. We just like deceiving ourselves.

Your not Igbo; dont even try ; Youve been spotted ;via your intellectual capability ;The message is for my Igbo brothers ;and sisters only.

Move on bro;

Igbo people of Nigeria were ranked as the most intelligent tribe of black Africa in a US academic report in 2015.

joshuanwankwo:
Na this thing dey make dem dey hate us, apart from the population in Rivers and Delta, the rest aren't worth much. Shey na because of 200 or 100 tiny villages, we go come dey make mouth say we get indigenous tribe for dem state? This ethnic groups you are mentioning, how many of them have produced even a LG Chairman? If their population isn't enough to produce one, why the need to struggle for them and attract hatred.

Only one ethnic group mentioned (Igbos)
Your seperation tactics; for exploitation; didn't work after all

Recession96:
Oga, this na pure lie

Go to school you wount
We are not in the same category.
Even your educational system knows that ;

A young girl seeking admission into any of the country’s 104 Federal Government Colleges (Unity Schools) from Anambra State must score 139 points out of a possible 300 to stand a chance of being taken.

But her counterpart from Zamfara state only needs to guess two answers right; in order words, she is required to have just two points.

Bye!
Bye!!

flokii:
So it's monday 'ojo aje' that Igbos are using to play? later they'l say they are enterprising bla bla bla..
Poverty capital of the South.

Forbes /Diaspora remittance ;even Buhari says otherwise


Igbos in charge of Nigeria’s economy’ – Buhari
“There is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in charge of economic activities.”


5 out of the 10 ten richest Nigerians are from the South East. (Do a little google research).

BUSINESSForbes Top 10 Richest Men in Nigeria in 2022Published 2 weeks ago on March 23, 2022By Babs Ayandayo
Forbes Top 10 Richest Men in Nigeria in 2022


In this article, we will discuss the Forbes top 10 richest men in Nigeria in 2022. The richest men in Nigeria in 2022 are people of class and calibre. They own multi-million dollar conglomerates and sit on the board of directors of various high-profile multinational companies both in Nigeria and abroad.

A big thanks to Forbes and other prominent websites that publish updates about these eminent people, we have enough information about the top richest people in Nigeria 2022 and what they do.

Top 10 Richest Men in Nigeria 2022
The table below contains the names, net worth, age, and the primary source of wealth of Forbes top 10 richest men in Nigeria for the year 2022.

Rank Name Net worth Age Source of Wealth
1 Aliko Dangote $14 Billion 64 Cement and Sugar
2 Mike Adenuga $7.9 Billion 68 Telecommunication, Oil and Gas
3 Femi Otedola $5.9 Billion 59 Oil and Gas
4 Arthur Eze $5 Billion 73 Oil and Gas
5 Abdulsamad Rabiu $3.7 Billion 61 Cement and Sugar
6 Cletus Ibeto $3.5 Billion 69 Automobile, Real Estate
7 Orji Uzor Kalu $3.2 Billion 61 Furniture, Publishing
8 ABC Orjiakor $1.2 Billion 63 Oil and Gas
9 Jimoh Ibrahim $1 Billion 54 Insurance, Oil and Gas, Real Estate
10 Tony Elumelu $900 Million 58 Banking


South East; export (Scholars,Skills technocrats e.g sports; doctors ;Lawyers ;Igbos are mayors and MPs in in foreign countries;; remitting majority of the Forex back into Nigeria economy.

Diaspora remittance (Mostly Southern Nigerians /Mostly Igbos.
Nigeria’ economy dependence on diaspora remittances

Early this year 2021, the World Bank reported that diaspora remittance in Nigeria for the year 2020 fell to $17bn from $23 in 2019.

Empty ;and Myopic statement.

Same reason ;why a mere bandit; uneducated;low life terrorists; can take the life of a young Igbo doctor in Kaduna .

Numbers = Almajiris (Useless set of people)
Quata system ;and backwardness.
Tufiakwa.

According to the mosque committee, he was suspended; because he advised people; not to go to polling units; come 2023 election; if their security cannot be guaranteed at the moment.

And he continued;;;
If the scholars keep quite, they will tag them hypocrite.
When they speak truth to power they are been victimize.
Imam Khalid has been a truth talker for a long time.

Its complacent to see the truth and keep quiet;he said the truth ;damn the consequences;history will remember him;even though it took him 7 years.

Na only him nor dey pay tax? You guys should stop attacking jor. The one when them see bullion van for him house wetin them do am? How many tax dangote dey pay? They will just look for one excuse to hold you when you are young and successful. Nonsense!

They'll never harass northerners for tax evasion.

Abeg wen @officialEFCC go procecute all the government officials and governor and past governors wey get case of embezzlement, money laundering and all... Abi na to dey go after people wey dey Hussle Dem dey all about.. if FBI investigate most of our official 90% of Dem will go to jail

Chelsea vs Brentford

[quote author=princepee post=111596597][/quote]This time around ;the reverse will be the case.

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned Nigerians against leading Igbos to another war.

Obasanjo while speaking at his lectures recently, reminded the Yorubas concerning the war of 1967, the civil war. He said the Igbo tribe was defeated because they had nothing then.
According to him, there were few borders then and once the Nigerians captured those states with the borders, the Igbos were sealed in with no hope of getting help from the outside world.


He added that the countries which could assist them also did not quite understand what they were fighting for.
However, in his recent warning, Obasanjo said the Igbos are all over the world and very rich. They can now buy weapons and many other things necessary for the war to be won, he added.

Igbo billionares; in dollars in Nigeria.

Just to mention; but a few in Forbes magazine.

Uzoma Dozie - Net worth of $1 billion
Uzoma Dozie Paschal is the 6th richest person in Nigeria, with an estimated net worth of $1 billion.

Tony Elumelu
With an estimated worth of $1.4 billion, Tony Elumelu is one of the richest men in Nigeria. He is an economist, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Orji Uzor Kalu - Net worth of $1 billion
The 8th richest person in Nigeria for 2021 is Orji Uzor Kalu. Orji Uzor Kalu was born into the family of Mr Johnson Uzor Nesiegbe Kalu and Mrs Eunice Kalu on 21st of April 1960. Orji Uzor Kalu's father is a native of Abia state.

Arthur Eze
Arthur Eze is one of the wealthiest men in Africa. He is the founder and Chairman of Atlas Oranto Petroleum a reputable company with assets in Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea and the Gambia. The company was founded in 1991.

Arthur studied chemical and mechanical Engineering at the California State University.


Cletus Ibeto
Cletus is the head of the Ibeto Group. The group is one of the largest conglomerates in Africa with interests in automobile parts, cement production, energy, petrochemical and the real estate industry.

The popular Ibeto Hotels is one of his business interests.

ABC Orjiako
Bryant Orjiako popularly known as ABC Orjiako had an interesting career path prior to becoming a billionaire. He trained as a surgeon but after a while, he left the healthcare sector to pursue his business interests.

Orjiako’s business interest is primarily in oil and gas. He is the co-founder and chairman of Seplat Petroleum. Prior to establishing Seplat, Orjiako founded and ran several companies in the upstream, downstream and service sector of the oil and gas industry. Orjiako is also a Harvard trained businessman.

We are more than; represented; in diaspora

Diaspora remittances into Nigeria increased by 15.6% QoQ to $9.22 billion in H1 2021 compared to $7.98 billion recorded in the second half of 2020. It also represents a marginal 2.2% increase compared to $9.02 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2020.

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KarlWest:
The type of news IPOB wants to hear.

The prophecy of my great leader; #MaziNnamdiKanu has come to pass. Your solders are busy; killing my people; in the East ;and their land will be taken over by bandits.

Mass exodus of villagers; around Shiroro Hydropower Station/Quarters, Zumba & nearby villages seen yesterday.

The prophecy of my great leader #MaziNnamdiKanu has come to pass. Your solders are busy killing my people in the East and their land will be taken over by bandits.

Mass exodus of villagers around Shiroro Hydropower Station/Quarters, Zumba & nearby villages seen yesterday. pic.twitter.com/minmDFH3jd

— Ogochukwu (@sirpeeworld) April 2, 2022

Buddha3:
No offence intended, but this has to be the stupidest comment yet, on this thread!

Create two capital cities in one Nigeria? Is it that some of you basically have zero knowledge of societal economics cum political implications of some of the prescriptions you lay down on the wellbeing of the general populace? With just one capital city, we're still battling the detrimental effects of an ambiguous political system and one ignoramus is suggesting the addition of another.

I'm a South Southerner, but for God's sake, where is the land space where the sixth Eastern state is to be cut from? Abi una wan annex lands from other regions join with the East just to placate your delusions for an extra state? Instead of you folks to be ullulating the call for restructuring, una dey yan dust about extra state.

I may never come around to understanding how some Nigerians reason. Ekweramadu should be ashamed of himself for following this thought process.

Not only South/South
Your from North/North
Ndigbo are indigenous in 11 states of Nigeria.
Bringing our people together!!!

LIST OF NATIVE IGBO TRIBES FROM SOUTH EAST AND STATES OUTSIDE THE SOUTH EAST - SOUTH EAST

1Abia
2.Imo
3.Enugu
4.Ebonyi
5.Anambra.
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List of Igbos indigenous to states outside the so called South East of Nigeria. See below:
.
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RIVERS STATE
1) Egbema
2) Etche
3) Omuma
4) Ndoni
5) Ikwerre
6) Ekpeye
7) Obigbo
� Opobo
9) Ogba
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EDO STATE
10) Igbanke/Igboakiri
In fact most people do not even know that Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa and his wife are Igbo from Igbanke in Uhuonde Local Government area of EDO state that was formerly in Orhionwon LGA .
The mother of the late Samuel Odaigbovo Ogbemudia is Igbanke!
Most indigenes of this town just like Ika people bear hybrid names that most often could just jolly well pass as EDO because of their names like Nduka Irabor, Jim Ovia, Omorogie Nwawanne, Collins Edumaruse etc.
.
.
DELTA STATE
11) Ika
12) Ndokwa
13) Ukwuani
14) Aniocha
15) Oshimili
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BAYELSA STATE
16) Osekwenike, Abuetor and Eke Okpokri villages, all in Sagbama area of bayelsa, are all Igbo of Ukwuani stock, and as such, are of the Anioma igbo clan of the Igbo ethnic group in BAYELSA
.
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CROSS RIVER STATE
17) ISOBO , even Liyel Imoke former CR governor and wife are igbos from ABI LGA – CROSS RIVER
.
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AKWA IBOM STATE
18) Ikot Udo Ika in Ika Local Government area of Akwa Ibom is an Igbo community.
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.
BENUE STATE
19)The Igbos in Benue State particularly those in Ado, Oju, Obi and Okpoku LGAs of the state were in existence before the advent of Christian religion in Nigeria.
The Igbo found in Benue are: Umuezeokoha, Umuezeoka, Oriuzor, Umuoghara, Amaekka and Amaezekwe all in Ezza communities, Izzi, Ezzamgbo and Effium, these are the people who would have been in present-day Ebonyi State but due to the fact that the Nigerian government then carved them into Benue in order to suppress the population of the East.

Apart from the Ezza-speaking clan, particularly the people of Umuezeokoha that has over 300 villages, if you are to calculate the number of Igbo-speaking villages in Benue State, outside Umuezeokaoha, you would be talking altogether about over 600 villages.

Three of the biggest markets in Benue are all in the Igbo-speaking part. The markets are Inikiri Ichari, Iddah, Iduokpe. There are also some Igbo speaking Idoma towns in Benue State.
.
.
KOGI STATE
20) THE indigenouse Igbo-speaking communities in Kogi state especially in Ibaji and Igalamela/Odolu LGAs are Eke Avurugo community, such as Nwajala, Umuoye, Ubulie-Umuez, Ozara, and Umuoye and many more.
© Alaigbo TV

Me: Let's talk about this...have you been to these places and did you observe Igbo culture and language particularly in places on the list which exist outside the Southeast?

Bringing our people together!!!

They can divide us;for exploitation ;they can marginalize us;for exploitation.
They can use our politicians; in bed with them; to kill us ;
We know who we are? We are not ;only indigenous; in 5 states ;but 11 states.
Every state creation done; in Nigeria is to divide us;join Ndigbo with other tribes to minimize our federal effects ;and benefits.

Onye ahala Nwaneya.
Igbo Kwenu.
This enlightened generation ;
Awake in unity.

LIST OF NATIVE IGBO TRIBES FROM SOUTH EAST AND STATES OUTSIDE THE SOUTH EAST .

1Abia
2.Imo
3.Enugu
4.Ebonyi
5.Anambra.
.
.
List of Igbos indigenous to states outside the so called South East of Nigeria. See below:
.
.
RIVERS STATE
1) Egbema
2) Etche
3) Omuma
4) Ndoni
5) Ikwerre
6) Ekpeye
7) Obigbo
Opobo
9) Ogba
.
.
EDO STATE
10) Igbanke/Igboakiri
In fact most people do not even know that Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa and his wife are Igbo from Igbanke in Uhuonde Local Government area of EDO state that was formerly in Orhionwon LGA .
The mother of the late Samuel Odaigbovo Ogbemudia is Igbanke!
Most indigenes of this town just like Ika people bear hybrid names that most often could just jolly well pass as EDO because of their names like Nduka Irabor, Jim Ovia, Omorogie Nwawanne, Collins Edumaruse etc.
.
.
DELTA STATE
11) Ika
12) Ndokwa
13) Ukwuani
14) Aniocha
15) Oshimili
.
.
BAYELSA STATE
16) Osekwenike, Abuetor and Eke Okpokri villages, all in Sagbama area of bayelsa, are all Igbo of Ukwuani stock, and as such, are of the Anioma igbo clan of the Igbo ethnic group in BAYELSA
.
.
CROSS RIVER STATE
17) ISOBO , even Liyel Imoke former CR governor and wife are igbos from ABI LGA – CROSS RIVER
.
.
AKWA IBOM STATE
18) Ikot Udo Ika in Ika Local Government area of Akwa Ibom is an Igbo community.
.
.
BENUE STATE
19)The Igbos in Benue State particularly those in Ado, Oju, Obi and Okpoku LGAs of the state were in existence before the advent of Christian religion in Nigeria.
The Igbo found in Benue are: Umuezeokoha, Umuezeoka, Oriuzor, Umuoghara, Amaekka and Amaezekwe all in Ezza communities, Izzi, Ezzamgbo and Effium, these are the people who would have been in present-day Ebonyi State but due to the fact that the Nigerian government then carved them into Benue in order to suppress the population of the East.

Apart from the Ezza-speaking clan, particularly the people of Umuezeokoha that has over 300 villages, if you are to calculate the number of Igbo-speaking villages in Benue State, outside Umuezeokaoha, you would be talking altogether about over 600 villages.

Three of the biggest markets in Benue are all in the Igbo-speaking part. The markets are Inikiri Ichari, Iddah, Iduokpe. There are also some Igbo speaking Idoma towns in Benue State.
.
.
KOGI STATE
20) THE indigenouse Igbo-speaking communities in Kogi state especially in Ibaji and Igalamela/Odolu LGAs are Eke Avurugo community, such as Nwajala, Umuoye, Ubulie-Umuez, Ozara, and Umuoye and many more.
© Alaigbo

Me: Let's talk about this...have you been to these places and did you observe Igbo culture and language particularly in places on the list which exist outside the Southeast?

Osagyefo98:
Ipob is a terrorist organization According to Nigeria institution and he is a card carrying member of Ipob.

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

Proscribed = forbids
Terrorists group ;Fighting a just cause to prevent foreign invaders from rapeing;killing and displacing your people;is a fundamental human right;thats not terrorism;IPOB are defending there fundamental human rights against the government sponsored terrorists.So you can forbid them all you want;every human have the right to defend themselves when provoked.

IPOB filed a motion ; before a Nigerian judge on September 22, 2017, it was contended that the proscription order was unconstitutional.

The motion was anchored on 13 grounds, first of which was that the proscription order was made without jurisdiction “as the order was granted against an entity unknown to law.”

IPOB not a terrorist group, says US
The United States of America says it does not view the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation.

Speaking with Punch, Russell Brooks, spokesman for the US embassy in Nigeria, said:

UK to grant asylum to persecuted IPOB, MASSOB members

All this means that IPOB are fighting a just cause;because you forbid them illegally,you have to prove that in court.
I can sue you; for calling them a terrorists group;
Thats defamation in a sane country.

Be guided.

AntiBMC:
The death toll will definitely be more.

Then I ask, where are the Tucano jets?

Those jets should have ended terrorism in a flash. Where are the jets?!

This govt is beyond stvpid and vseless.

Buhari using the Tucano jets in the South East especially in orlu (Imo state) ;Using one Nigeria ‘Fulani’ controlled military, police to commit genocide against the Igbos for standing up against the Fulanization of Nigeria.
"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

Astoria:
Don't forget to add Major Ibrahim Taiwo the Second-in-command to Murtala Muhammed who gave the on-the-spot direct orders.

Na my guy you bi

All hail lovers of history ;and facts.

Yaya Bello employees;every state governor in Nigeria have this secret agents (Unknown gun men=Political Assassins).

It is inconceivable to anybody who has a passing knowledge of the sociology of criminality to believe that unknown gunmen can operate in a country for 12 months or more without being known or detected. There is the suggestion of official complicity. There is a lie, a big lie out there, an offensive and rude one. There is a denial. A wicked reluctance to express the obvious. This denial is official criminality. It is irresponsible. It offends the collective notion and Constitutional obligation of the state versus security for the citizens who elected officials to various offices.

By default, and by design, we, that is, the Nigerian State created the Unknown Gunman. He has emerged from the ashes of official plundering of state resources. The resources are controlled by a few who have had access to political power. How do we explain the humongous sums that have been traced to individual accounts while the nation suffers a disgraceful infrastructure deficit? If non-state actors could not gain access to wealth, was it not inevitable for the Unknown Gunman to arise? In plain terms, state capture by insensitive rulers has created the monster of the Unknown Gunman.

ChemicalReaction:
Muritala Mohammed.
13th February, 1976.

As a lover of history, this is one of the places I long to visit.

Asaba genocide; I despise the name Muritala Mohammed;I hate all the honor's given to him;I hate to see his face in our national currency;or in our National monuments;
He is a war criminal;a coupist.

Late Head of state, Murtala Muhammed who was in charge of the Command that carried out that savage crime ought to have had no role in a post-war Nigeria. Even though he rose to prominence through a coup, the army has been complicit in ignoring the fact that he had blood on his hands, not from legal combat but out of a pure sadistic instinct to shed civilian blood just because he could. He should not have had access to head a government in the name of the Nigerian army having committed what in the global community is adjudged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Lots of undeserving individuals seem to have either appropriated or been given underserved honors and have monuments named after them.

As we remember the Asaba Massacre, we suggest that it is never too late to do the right things in pursuit of justice and genuine national unity.

I know that Hausas are peaceful. They are never violent; unfortunately; they allowed this animals from Futadjalon ;foreign countries; to take over their lands. Now they (Hausas) and Other indigenous tribes ;are paying; the prize.

I pray for my Arewa brothers; and sisters.
Wake up.
This our generational fight.

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

Hausa have been docile for long; but the bandits have been relentless in their cruelty. If the Hausa stand up, insecurity will change address.

Oduduwa;Biafrans ;Arewas ;(WaZoBia). We all; can communicate together; give the fulani Elite's ;Our politicians ; Elite class ;Religious leaders;Traditional leaders;that have sold our future; for there selfish interest ;to the Cabals ;We have to unite like our oppressors;
Arewa's must join; because they have killed them in thousands; now they are coming for the rest of us.(Indigenous people) to conquer ;and enslave the rest of us.

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello


One love ;to all Indigenous progressives;
Unity we stand.
This is our ;generational fight.

GardenOfGod:
Good news...

So what is the police waiting for? Treat in the language they'll understand.

Nonsense IPOB people.

IPOB is not a tribe; or people.

Indigenous people of Biafra ;just want yall ;to respect our indigenous lands ;properties and Lifestyle;respect our culture;norms and tradition;When you visit our land.

Our land; and resources ;are not your birth rights.
No amount of lies ;propaganda's and; gaslighting will enable yall to conquer us.


"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

Please my Igbo brothers; Ignore this man;He is speaking for himself alone;
Do you see any Yoruba man ;or woman ;any where in the world protesting ? Nope.
It is difficult to say if Igbo and Yoruba are friends or enemies or merely tolerating each other. On the surface, they seem to be friends, because you rarely hear of any clashes or killings between the two in over 100 years. People from the two ethnic groups work together, live together, laugh together, worship together, and play together. Everything seems all right. Nobody wants to be seen as publicly making any comment seen as tribalistic or intolerant.

But if you look deeper, there seems to be something you cannot truly place a finger on. It’s like a volcano waiting for the least provocation to erupt. It only needs an excerpt from Chinua Achebe’s There Was a Country to be made public, or for Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos to “deport” some Igbo to Onitsha for hell to be let loose. Commentators immediately line up behind their ethnic groups, releasing venom against the other side. Luckily, such altercations usually end in words and not in violent acts.

But on Nigerian online sites like the punchng.com and others, where commentators can use anonymous names, such fights are a daily affair, and they always get embarrassingly nasty. At such times, combatants throw caution to the wind and rake up gut-wrenching jibes dripping of hate and bordering on insanity. You wonder if the purveyors of such vitriol would feel at ease afterwards interacting with someone from the ethnic group they have maligned so viciously. Some see it as fun, but many don’t. They see it as a war that must be won at all costs.

Regrettably, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, whose direct and indirect action and inaction sowed the seed of hate and distrust between the Igbo and the Yoruba, have died without uprooting that dangerous plant or even denying it water and nutrients. Therefore, till this day, the Igbo and Yoruba still enjoy shooting at each other with accusations of betrayal, expansionism, hate, ingratitude, greed, as well as trying to prove that each ethnic group is superior to the other.

And it seems the contest for superiority is at the root of that frosty relationship. The Igbo and Yoruba are unarguably the most competitive in Nigeria. They are the ethnic groups that easily and forcefully ask for the removal of quota system in all national life. They believe that if things are done on merit, they will excel. The Igbo think that the Yoruba are the major competitors they have in Nigeria, while the Yoruba think that the Igbo are the key competitors they have in Nigeria.

This shows in almost all spheres of life. The Yoruba had a head-start in western education because the British colonialists and missionaries arrived on their land first. The Igbo, who resisted and rejected the British initially, eventually accepted them and thereby began a sprint to catch up with the Yoruba. And they succeeded.

Whatever the Igbo achieve, the Yoruba have an answer to it, and whatever the Yoruba achieve the Igbo have a response. So, if you have a Wole Soyinka from the South-West winning the first Nobel Prize for Literature in Africa, you have a Chinua Achebe from the South-East holding the record of the most popular and most-selling literary writer in Africa. If you have a Rangers International Football Club of Enugu shaking the Nigerian football scene in the 1970s and early 80s, you have the Shooting Stars Football Club of Ibadan shining brightly at the same period. If Rashidi Yekini is noted for scoring Nigeria’s first World Cup goal and being Nigeria’s all-time highest goal scorer, then Nwankwo Kanu boasts of being Nigeria’s most decorated footballer, while Austin Jay-Jay Okocha flaunts his status as Nigeria’s most glamorous and mesmerising footballer. If Genevieve Nnaji boasts of being named by Oprah Winfrey in 2009 among the most popular people in the world, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde will show off her name in TIME magazine’s most influential people of 2013. If P-Square and Flavour think they rock the music scene, D’Banj and Davido smash the charts.

So, in all areas of life, the Igbo and the Yoruba are competing, and in the process boosting the nation’s economy and bringing glory to the nation. Yet, some inferiority-complex-afflicted people who feel threatened within each of the ethnic groups look for every excuse to spread hate among the two peoples.

My close study of the Igbo and the Yoruba makes me see them as the Germans and the French of Nigeria respectively. Even the Igbo language is like the German language in many respects. In German and Igbo, there are no silent words. Excluding a few words in Germans which are sounded differently from the way the English sound theirs (like “j” which is pronounced like “y,” “w” which is pronounced as “v,” etc), whatever you say in both languages is what you write. For example, the “g” is always pronounced /g/ in Igbo and German and never as “j.” “Danke” and “obante” are pronounced as written.

But in French and Yoruba, what you say may be different from how you write it. Some letters are either silent or semi-silent. For example, the Yoruba and the French would pronounce “san” as if it were “saw,” or “son,” but the Igbo and Germans would pronounce it /san/: exactly the way it is spelt. Also, the “h” is usually silent or glossed over in French and Yoruba: Hospital or Kehinde.

The Igbo and the German are bullish and technology-minded. They have fought and lost wars but staged successful comebacks in a short time. Conversely, the Yoruba and the French are subtle and supercilious, with good administrative skills, regaling in their years of history and culture.

A country that has such two success-driven ethnic groups should be at a great advantage. The Yoruba have been great hosts to the Igbo; and the Igbo have reciprocated by contributing immensely to the building of Yoruba land, especially Lagos State, including buying swamps at a high price and turning such places to residential or commercial estates. The sleepiness of Lagos during the Christmas-New Year period, when the Igbo usually travel home en masse, bears testimony to their contribution to making Lagos lively.

Just like the French always wish they could cut the Germans to size, so do the Yoruba to the Igbo, but it will never work. And just as the Germans always try to flaunt their success at the French, so do the Igbo do to the Yoruba, but it is completely pointless. The Yoruba can never be like the Igbo, and the Igbo can never be like the Yoruba. There is nothing the Yoruba can do to suppress the Igbo, neither is there anything the Igbo can do to suppress the Yoruba. Both of them can actually succeed without the other, but working closely together will be very beneficial to each of them as well as the nation.

The younger generations are forging greater ties, despite the baggage of enmity the older generations handed over to them. Working together, attending church together and living together seem to have increased the rate of marriage between the two people. Most Sundays when I look at the church bulletin, I see increasing higher number of banns of marriage between Yoruba and Igbo people. These days, it is common to see women whose names are Temilade Amadi or Ngozi Adesanya because of marriage. The ethnic barriers are being broken, even though ethnic jingoists continue to spread hate. Such hate speech and thoughts need to be stopped, for ethnic bloodshed or xenophobia does not burst out in one day.

Since the older generations are passing away without bringing these two great ethnic groups together, the onus is on those born after the Civil War to consciously take steps to bring the two ethnic groups together for their own good and for the good of the nation. It is high time this Tom and Jerry relationship between the two ethnic groups ended, for the good of both and the nation at large.
http://www.punchng.com/opinion/tom-and-jerry-relationship-between-igbo-and-yoruba/

Fellow Yorubas and Igbos please unite, both of you are awesome grin.

CoronaVirusPro:
Selling Ugu leaf, drugs and spare part.

Is an Igbo the Alakija, Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Subomi Balogun, TY Danjuma or Abdul Salam Rabiu?

Y’all you think it’s Ugu, Egusi, drugs and spare part than makes the economy.

That Buhari statement is just to massage your ego, it’s not real. The real doers don’t make the noise.

Sorry you asked for it ; education aint cheap;especially quality education;

I feel good today;Free economics class give away.

Enjoy.

Igbos in charge of Nigeria’s economy’ – Buhari
“There is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in charge of economic activities.”




Nigeria: How Igbo Traders Control Critical Sectors in 31 States, FCT

Outside the five states that make up the South East geopolitical zone, traders who are of Igbo extraction are controlling critical sectors in 31 states and the Federal Capital Territory, reports by our correspondents reveal.

Reports from the South West, South South, North West, North East, North Central and the FCT, showed that investments of Igbo traders, cutting across all sectors dot the state capitals, LGAs, major towns and villages in other parts of the country.

The South East geopolitical zone is made up of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. At a time, agitation for secession is being spearheaded by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Igbo traders enjoy peaceful, uninterrupted trading in other parts of the country.

'Igbos own 73% of Abuja property'

In Abuja, Igbo traders dominate the nerves of businesses in the city centre and the area councils.

Reports by our correspondents showed that the Igbo control housing and hospitality businesses just as they exclusively dominated spare parts and building materials trade in Deidei, Zone 5, Apo, Zuba and Mararraba.

During his tenure as minister of FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufa'i, declared that the Igbo have acquired about 73 per cent of landed properties in Abuja.

"Sixty-eight per cent of the land allocations in the FCT belong to the 19 northern states, but in the actual land ownership, 73 per cent belongs to the Igbo with the most aggressive in land ownership belonging to the indigenes of Anambra State, while Ebonyi lags behind," El-Rufai said in 2007.

Sources in major markets in the FCT said most of the shops are owned by Igbo traders and investors.

An Abuja native in Kubwa, Mr Sunday Gazazhin, said no Nigerian would be comfortable with what Biafra agitators are doing to northerners in the South East.

Gazazhin, who is a youth leader, said Abuja indigenes have sacrificed their land willingly to Nigerians when the same right is being denied to other Nigerians in the eastern part of the country.

An Igbo trader who is a former chairman of Abuja Building Material Market in Deidei, Comrade Anthony Chukwuneke, told Daily Trust that he is in support of Biafra agitators and denied their involvement in attacking northerners in the South East.

When alerted about the Igbo's huge investment scattered in the North, in the event that they seceded, he replied, "The only thing that the Igbo trader should expect, is a special tax imposition against his business".

S/East traders dot 44 Kano LGAs


In Kano, the Igbo are going about their normal business with several investments in the commercial centre of northern Nigeria.

The spare parts and construction products market at Kofar Ruwa is one of the market areas in Kano where the Igbos dominate or play a significant role in the business of the market. While they are not the only tribe involved in the market, they control the highest volume of trade in it.

It was observed, however, that during the sit-at-home order of the IPOB recently, business activities in the market went on as normal.

Similarly, at the popular Sabon Gari Market (Abubakar Rimi Market) in Sabongari area of Kano, the Igbo and other non-indigenous tribes go about their day-to-day businesses peacefully with their hosts.

Daily Trust reports that aside from the major business interest, there is hardly any village in Kano's 44 local government areas that an Igbo man or woman would not be seen conducting his/her business and living amicably with their hosts.

Beyond the markets and other business interests, the Igbo are similarly heavily invested in the multi-billion Naira properties business across the state with a concentration in the Sabongari area of Kano metropolis.

While several individuals of Igbo extraction in Kano approached for comment declined on the basis of the sensitivity of the issues, Daily Trust recalls that the Eze Ndigbo of Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe (Ide 1), had in a recent press release on behalf of the Association of Igbo Traditional Leaders in Diaspora, reaffirmed their "unalloyed support and commitment to the sustenance of a strong and virile Nigeria, where peace, unity, justice and equity prevail."

In Taraba, south-easterners dominate commerce

Igbo traders have dominated the building materials, spare parts, pharmaceuticals and other businesses in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital and other major towns in the state.

Findings revealed that 95 per cent of building materials, spare parts and pharmaceutical shops in Jalingo, Wukari, Takum, Gembu, Zing and MutumBiyu are owned by Igbos.

At Jalingo main mechanic village, almost 95 per cent of spare parts shops are owned by the Igbo. They also form over 65 per cent of the total motor mechanics in Jalingo and other towns in the state.

Similarly, most of the big pharmaceutical shops along Palace Way, Barde Way and other locations in Jalingo as well as in other towns and villages across the state are owned by the Igbo.

Bayelsa's economy under Igbo traders' control

Over 80% of businesses operated in Bayelsa State are owned by Nigerians from the South East region, our correspondent reports.

The Igbo traders see themselves as part and parcel of the state. Finding shows that many supermarkets, filling stations, eateries and clubs as well as other petty businesses are operated by Igbo people.

Checks at Swali Market, the biggest market in Bayelsa State, indicate that people from the South East are operating in the market peacefully with the people of the state.

A popular supermarket in Yenagoa, the state capital, belonging to an Igbo businessman is said to be the pioneer supermarket in the state.

Some Igbo traders' union leaders who spoke with Daily Trust said they have been operating in the state even before the creation of Bayelsa State.

Why we are leading in Akwa Ibom -- Eze Ndigbo

In Akwa Ibom, the Igbo are leading in the food market, household goods and supermarkets, electronics/electricals and auto/mechanical. They are in the majority in the automobile market called the mechanic village in Uyo, among other businesses.

They have continued to thrive even in the face of insecurity that is not just threatening Nigerians, the nation's territorial integrity but also the economy.

The Eze Ndigbo in Akwa Ibom, His Royal Highness, Eze Dr CYC Umeakuka JP, attributed the knack of the Igbo to thrive in business despite insecurity in the country to the peace they enjoy in the state and the hospitable nature of the people.

Umeakuka, who is also the President General of Eze Ndigbo in Nigeria and the Diaspora, said their risk-taking streak was a contributory factor to their success in business.

Igbo businesses thrive in Lagos

Despite the agitation led by the IPOB for an independent nation for the eastern region, businessmen from the area are thriving in Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria.
A visit to major markets in the state indicated that they are doing their business without any hindrance.

Some major markets in the state, such as Alaba International, Jankara, Ladipo, Oyingbo, Computer village are dominated by people from the eastern region.

At Alaba International Market, which is the largest electronics market in Nigeria, they said there is no discrimination against them.

A visit to the Apapa ports also revealed that they are very active in clearing goods. In the hospitality business, a good number of hotels in the state are owned by Igbo businessmen.

Some of the businessmen who expressed confidence in the unity of the country claimed that the president and his men promoted the agitation in the region. They claimed that President Buhari has always shown his alleged dislike for the region through his utterances.

Collinson Oha, an electronics dealer in Alaba International Market, who has lived and traded in Lagos for over 12 years, said the people asking for separation are not happy with the way the government is handling things in the country.

Another trade, Chinozo Ebere, said the agitation in the South East has not affected his relationship with traders and customers from other regions.

However, some of them said if the agitation for Biafra succeeds, they would be willing to continue trading in Nigeria while they relocate the headquarters of their business to the new nation.

By Ismail Mudashir, Hamisu Kabir Matazu, Adamu Umar (Abuja), Clement A. Oloyede (Kano), Magaji Isa Hunkuyi (Jalingo), Bassey Willie (Yenagoa), Iniabasi Umo (Uyo) & Abiodun Alade (Lagos)

Read the original article on Daily Trust.


Internally generated income only



Forex and foreign (diaspora generated income =Diaspora remittance = Mostly from Southerners =Southerners Mostly Igbos and Yoruba's .

Nigeria’s diaspora remittances may beat World Bank’s projection, rise 10% to $14.2bn annually.

Thats a lot of Forex ;bigger than forex; from Crude oil ;Nigeria needs; Igbo Diaspora remittance.

BUSINESSForbes Top 10 Richest Men in Nigeria in 2022

Rank Name Net worth Age Source of Wealth
1 Aliko Dangote $14 Billion 64 Cement and Sugar
2 Mike Adenuga $7.9 Billion 68 Telecommunication, Oil and Gas
3 Femi Otedola $5.9 Billion 59 Oil and Gas
4 Arthur Eze $5 Billion 73 Oil and Gas
5 Abdulsamad Rabiu $3.7 Billion 61 Cement and Sugar
6 Cletus Ibeto $3.5 Billion 69 Automobile, Real Estate
7 Orji Uzor Kalu $3.2 Billion 61 Furniture, Publishing
8 ABC Orjiakor $1.2 Billion 63 Oil and Gas
9 Jimoh Ibrahim $1 Billion 54 Insurance, Oil and Gas, Real Estate
10 Tony Elumelu $900 Million 58 Banking


Ndigbo= 5/10 richest men in Nigeria.

Ndigbo 5 out of 10 richest = Multiple billionaire in the top 10 category.

Nigeria: How Igbo Traders Control Critical Sectors in 31 States, FCT


Outside the five states that make up the South East geopolitical zone, traders who are of Igbo extraction are controlling critical sectors in 31 states and the Federal Capital Territory, reports by our correspondents reveal.

Reports from the South West, South South, North West, North East, North Central and the FCT, showed that investments of Igbo traders, cutting across all sectors dot the state capitals, LGAs, major towns and villages in other parts of the country.

The South East geopolitical zone is made up of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. At a time, agitation for secession is being spearheaded by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Igbo traders enjoy peaceful, uninterrupted trading in other parts of the country.

'Igbos own 73% of Abuja property'

In Abuja, Igbo traders dominate the nerves of businesses in the city centre and the area councils.
Reports by our correspondents showed that the Igbo control housing and hospitality businesses just as they exclusively dominated spare parts and building materials trade in Deidei, Zone 5, Apo, Zuba and Mararraba.

During his tenure as minister of FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufa'i, declared that the Igbo have acquired about 73 per cent of landed properties in Abuja.

"Sixty-eight per cent of the land allocations in the FCT belong to the 19 northern states, but in the actual land ownership, 73 per cent belongs to the Igbo with the most aggressive in land ownership belonging to the indigenes of Anambra State, while Ebonyi lags behind," El-Rufai said in 2007.

Sources in major markets in the FCT said most of the shops are owned by Igbo traders and investors.
An Abuja native in Kubwa, Mr Sunday Gazazhin, said no Nigerian would be comfortable with what Biafra agitators are doing to northerners in the South East.

Gazazhin, who is a youth leader, said Abuja indigenes have sacrificed their land willingly to Nigerians when the same right is being denied to other Nigerians in the eastern part of the country.

An Igbo trader who is a former chairman of Abuja Building Material Market in Deidei, Comrade Anthony Chukwuneke, told Daily Trust that he is in support of Biafra agitators and denied their involvement in attacking northerners in the South East.

When alerted about the Igbo's huge investment scattered in the North, in the event that they seceded, he replied, "The only thing that the Igbo trader should expect, is a special tax imposition against his business".

S/East traders dot 44 Kano LGAs

In Kano, the Igbo are going about their normal business with several investments in the commercial centre of northern Nigeria.

The spare parts and construction products market at Kofar Ruwa is one of the market areas in Kano where the Igbos dominate or play a significant role in the business of the market. While they are not the only tribe involved in the market, they control the highest volume of trade in it.

It was observed, however, that during the sit-at-home order of the IPOB recently, business activities in the market went on as normal.

Similarly, at the popular Sabon Gari Market (Abubakar Rimi Market) in Sabongari area of Kano, the Igbo and other non-indigenous tribes go about their day-to-day businesses peacefully with their hosts.

Daily Trust reports that aside from the major business interest, there is hardly any village in Kano's 44 local government areas that an Igbo man or woman would not be seen conducting his/her business and living amicably with their hosts.

Beyond the markets and other business interests, the Igbo are similarly heavily invested in the multi-billion Naira properties business across the state with a concentration in the Sabongari area of Kano metropolis.

While several individuals of Igbo extraction in Kano approached for comment declined on the basis of the sensitivity of the issues, Daily Trust recalls that the Eze Ndigbo of Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe (Ide 1), had in a recent press release on behalf of the Association of Igbo Traditional Leaders in Diaspora, reaffirmed their "unalloyed support and commitment to the sustenance of a strong and virile Nigeria, where peace, unity, justice and equity prevail."

In Taraba, south-easterners dominate commerce

Igbo traders have dominated the building materials, spare parts, pharmaceuticals and other businesses in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital and other major towns in the state.

Findings revealed that 95 per cent of building materials, spare parts and pharmaceutical shops in Jalingo, Wukari, Takum, Gembu, Zing and MutumBiyu are owned by Igbos.

At Jalingo main mechanic village, almost 95 per cent of spare parts shops are owned by the Igbo. They also form over 65 per cent of the total motor mechanics in Jalingo and other towns in the state.

Similarly, most of the big pharmaceutical shops along Palace Way, Barde Way and other locations in Jalingo as well as in other towns and villages across the state are owned by the Igbo.

Bayelsa's economy under Igbo traders' control

Over 80% of businesses operated in Bayelsa State are owned by Nigerians from the South East region, our correspondent reports.

The Igbo traders see themselves as part and parcel of the state. Finding shows that many supermarkets, filling stations, eateries and clubs as well as other petty businesses are operated by Igbo people.

Checks at Swali Market, the biggest market in Bayelsa State, indicate that people from the South East are operating in the market peacefully with the people of the state.

A popular supermarket in Yenagoa, the state capital, belonging to an Igbo businessman is said to be the pioneer supermarket in the state.

Some Igbo traders' union leaders who spoke with Daily Trust said they have been operating in the state even before the creation of Bayelsa State.

Why we are leading in Akwa Ibom -- Eze Ndigbo

In Akwa Ibom, the Igbo are leading in the food market, household goods and supermarkets, electronics/electricals and auto/mechanical. They are in the majority in the automobile market called the mechanic village in Uyo, among other businesses.

They have continued to thrive even in the face of insecurity that is not just threatening Nigerians, the nation's territorial integrity but also the economy.

The Eze Ndigbo in Akwa Ibom, His Royal Highness, Eze Dr CYC Umeakuka JP, attributed the knack of the Igbo to thrive in business despite insecurity in the country to the peace they enjoy in the state and the hospitable nature of the people.

Umeakuka, who is also the President General of Eze Ndigbo in Nigeria and the Diaspora, said their risk-taking streak was a contributory factor to their success in business.

Igbo businesses thrive in Lagos

Despite the agitation led by the IPOB for an independent nation for the eastern region, businessmen from the area are thriving in Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria.

A visit to major markets in the state indicated that they are doing their business without any hindrance.

Some major markets in the state, such as Alaba International, Jankara, Ladipo, Oyingbo, Computer village are dominated by people from the eastern region.

At Alaba International Market, which is the largest electronics market in Nigeria, they said there is no discrimination against them.

A visit to the Apapa ports also revealed that they are very active in clearing goods. In the hospitality business, a good number of hotels in the state are owned by Igbo businessmen.

Some of the businessmen who expressed confidence in the unity of the country claimed that the president and his men promoted the agitation in the region. They claimed that President Buhari has always shown his alleged dislike for the region through his utterances.

Collinson Oha, an electronics dealer in Alaba International Market, who has lived and traded in Lagos for over 12 years, said the people asking for separation are not happy with the way the government is handling things in the country.

Another trade, Chinozo Ebere, said the agitation in the South East has not affected his relationship with traders and customers from other regions.

However, some of them said if the agitation for Biafra succeeds, they would be willing to continue trading in Nigeria while they relocate the headquarters of their business to the new nation.

By Ismail Mudashir, Hamisu Kabir Matazu, Adamu Umar (Abuja), Clement A. Oloyede (Kano), Magaji Isa Hunkuyi (Jalingo), Bassey Willie (Yenagoa), Iniabasi Umo (Uyo) & Abiodun Alade (Lagos)


Read the original article on Daily Trust.
AllAfrica

CoronaVirusPro:
Where does the East lead to? Nowhere!

That project you see up there would boost trade and IGR

The East =Commerce

Are we still at war ?

Lagos commercial city; to Onitsha commercial city; is more profitable ;more viable ;creates more jobs for indigenous Nigerians.

Igbos in charge of Nigeria’s economy’ – Buhari
“There is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in charge of economic activities.”

SlyDev:
Kano rail to Niger is more economically important than Nigeria to South East

Nothing in South East

Why dont you clamour for integrations;what is good for goose is good for the gender.

Compare the commercial value; of a railway line from Onitsha commercial city to Lagos ;the employment it will provide to Nigerians;and the nonsensical distance from Kaduna to Maradi ?

Yall are still fighting Ndigbo;
the civil war destroyed landscape and infrastructures, thus leaving Igboland materially devastated. It put to a standstill any meaningful social and economic activity.

Prior to the civil war, Igboland witnessed a great level of development. It was the home of the first university in Nigeria (University of Nigeria Nsukka). Its coal industry and its agricultural ventures were functioning. Healthcare delivery was also functional but with the war everything was grounded. Even feats achieved during the war like locally built petroleum refineries, Uli Airport, Ogbunigwe armoured car and other ingenuities were destroyed and never improved upon by the Nigerian government. Ezeani (2013), writing on this Igbo loss, stated that ‘In Biafra Africa Died’ because Igbo achievements during the war could have helped to develop the African continent.

This is our generational fight.

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

The controversial Kano-Maradi rail line…Why the $1.96bn project sparks outrage

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

Contrary to the reasons given by the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, for the proposed $1.96 billion Kano-Dutse (Jigawa)-Katsina-Jibia–Maradi (Niger Republic) rail line project, experts have said that it would add no economic impact to the nation.

Just recently, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved $1.96 billion for the development of the rail line from Kano to the Niger Republic. But industry stakeholders and experts who spoke with The Daily Times believed that the rail line has no economic value, but, rather a project motivated through religious and cultural affinities shared in the northern hemisphere.

For instance, a Developmental Economist and Chairman of the Board, Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), Dr Chiwuike Uba, who spoke in an exclusive telephone chat with our correspondent, noted that the conception of the project is, indeed, a clear sign of lack of planning and insensitivity on the part of the federal government to embark on the Trans Africa railroad project when there is a huge deficit gap on internal rail infrastructure projects.

According to him, it is clear from the public outcry following the announcement of the project that the proposed project is not commendable. It is a misplaced priority. In fact, the proposed project has little or no real economic, foreign relations, and political value to Nigeria and Nigerians.

“One may be forced to conclude that the referenced project is predicated on religious and cultural affinities than it is for economic purposes.

“The religious and cultural affinities among Katsina, Kano, Kaura Namoda Nguru in Nigeria, then Diffa, Magaria, Maradi, and Zinder in the Niger Republic are not hidden and is one they cannot toy with. It surpasses national allegiance because according to them, it existed even before Nigeria and Niger were created.


“This is also reflected in the wordings of the 49-year-old NigeriaNiger Joint Commission for Corporation (NNJC) Treaty. After all, in line with the term called ‘exode’ in Niger, hundreds of thousands of Nigeriens migrate to Nigeria seasonally with no identifications and records.”

Speaking further, he added, “We saw what happened during the 2015 and 2019 Presidential elections where top government officials of the Nigerien government attended campaign rallies in Nigeria. The conception of the project is, indeed, a clear sign of lack of planning and insensitivity on the part of the Nigerian government to embark on the Trans Africa railroad project when there is a huge deficit gap on internal rail infrastructure projects.

“All the villages, towns, communities, and states in Nigeria need to be connected with the railroad first, before linking up with external countries. Niger has been a big encumbrance to Nigeria and as long as Nigeria continues to treat it as an appendage of Nigeria, Nigeria will never escape from Niger’s drag effect. The building of rail lines between towns and cities within Nigeria is not a bad idea. However, such decisions should be taken after carrying out a thorough cost-benefit analysis.

Is the Kano-Jigawa-KatsinaJibia to Maradi rail line the most commercial axis and heaviest use traffic in the country that needs rail service? The answer is a capital ‘NO’. The most commercial axis is the Lagos-Benin-Onitsha-Enugu-Port Harcourt-Calabar corridor. And that is the busiest commercial track in the country currently. “Even if the government decides to continue with the project without considering the cost-benefit implications, we could save the cost of extending the rail to Maradi which is 179 kilometres from Daura. And if it stops at Katsina, it saves the country another cost of extending it to Maradi which is 94 kilometres from Katsina.

“This is in addition to opportunity costs – including social, fiscal, and economic costs. Instead of wasting such a huge amount of money to extend a rail line from Daura to Maradi, constructing a shoot out on the Lagos-Calabar coastal rail line from Benin City to Enugu which is 185 kilometres (just about the 179 kilometres from Daura to Maradi) would be the best option.

“Benin to Enugu line will link up Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, Awka, and Enugu. That would be a more responsible and viable investment than Daura to Maradi. Just thinking aloud! Why is the cost of rail construction highest in Nigeria compared to other African countries? Honestly, I consider it a self-deceit when the government argues that the essence for the rail project to Niger for crude oil export and other traderelated benefits that would accrue to Nigeria when Niger is connected to Nigeria’s port in Lagos State.

“That the argument is very laughable and unsustainable because it lacks empirical and evidencebased support. How can that happen when the Cotonou port is far better managed with quicker turnaround time than any port in Nigeria? And in recognition of this fact, Niger signed a bilateral treaty with the Republic of Benin for the construction of a railroad from Cotonou to Niamey (the main city in Niger).

“Niger’s best option is via Cotonou and that is why they opted for the Cotonou-Niamey project. More so, Maradi is of little or no economic significance to Nigeria.” “Finally, it is more painful when the country is funding the project through a loan that would be repaid by all. Nigeria is already confronted by a debt crisis and should stop borrowing. We need to try other funding alternatives such as Public-Private Partnership (PPP), among others.

Tinubuadvocate:
With all the money he received during his active in the service should also return. I guess ipob criminal don find him a job.

He is better of;we are business men;Stop partaken in burning all our markets; up and down;This generation will be your downfall.
Nobody want to your slave ;in this 21st century;
Except; other indigenous Nigerians ;want to be conquered and enslaved;

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities of the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over their future." ~ Ahmadu Bello

You have used lies; and propaganda's to divide all the indigenous people to be conquered.
Tell me which proscribed group can go to UK parliament ;United States Senate to report Fulani atrocities;
Keep milking the south with southerners resources build refineries ;and railways to Maradi Niger Republic; borrow our future give $1 million to the Talibans yall are recruiting to invade the indigenous people in Nigeria.
Open all the northern boarders;equiped with good roads;railways lines to import more taliban; and jajaweeds foot soldiers ;We are ;at war .
Jihadist is here
The parasites.

goody2019:
One-sided report, as if you can vouch for her innocence. How innocent do you KNOW her to be?

The people that blow up the Train station; and airport in Kaduna ;how many of them have been arrested so far?