₦airaland Forum

Sunshineg5:
I thought you said you develop industry among the minorities

Isn't this just to exploit the Minorities in East?

You milk them of the money they make to build Cement factory in Nkalagu

Oh dear.
Some people actually were not fitted with a brain at birth

What a horrible burden to bestow on a child

2gbasky22:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/task-force-team-intercepts-11-trucks-of-almajirai-entering-criver/

Makanakico

Have you seen this news?
Your brothers have sworn to keep pouring into the south.
They are fleeing from the North's disease and hunger ravaged land.
Did this 11 truckloads of famished and disease ridden almajiri inform you first before jumping into the back of the trucks like cattle?

Did you give them the permission to be herded like pigs and goats and transported down south to beg for left over food like they always do in the north?

Vanguard newspaper must be another IPOB publication, right?
The story just hit the front page. Again.

Emeraldfynest:
I know coconut isn't a n ornamental plant but I just felt like posting this here, this is a coconut tree in my compound that just started flowering, I was just fascinated by the sight

Depending on how you view it, every tree has a certain ornamental value. Coconut is definitely one of those.
I would plant coconuts in my compound. It is a neat tree (doesn't litter) and it's fruits are valuable.

gwafaeziokwu:
Resistance
The British-Igbo War That Lasted For 31 years – The Ekumeku Resistance
The British-Igbo War That Lasted For 31 years - The Ekumeku Movement

The resolutions of the Berlin conference of 1884-1885, gave European nations the rights to lay claim to lands and resources in Africa.
Britain, who had engaged in the trade with coastal cities before and during the 19th century, made bold their intentions to covet resources and rule over indigenous nations all over Africa.
They came with guns and preachers. Many Africans tribes resisted the British invaders, and this led to protracted wars. Many African tribes put up a great fight against the superior firepower of the suppressive British.
One of such tribes are the Igbo people of ancient Biafra, who are now one of the three major tribes in Nigeria.
The Ekumeku Movement was the name of Igbo army, that held the British at bay and fought them for 31 years.
The Ekumeku movement consisted of a great number of attacks and uprising by the Anioma people of the land, against the British, from 1893-1914.
The Ekumeku warriors were bound by a secret oath, and meticulously utilized guerrilla tactics to attack the British Royal company, who were determined to penetrate Igbo land. The Ekumeku warriors were drawn from thousands of Anioma youth from all parts of Anioma land.
As the war rages on, the Ekumeku warriors defended their rights tom live peacefully without foreign interjection, while the British used heavy armaments. They destroyed homes, farms, and roads, by bombardment.
The British invaded Ndoni in 1870 and bombarded Onicha-Ado (Onicha) on November 2nd, 1897, from River Niger. This set the tempo for the rest of the war. The Royal Niger Company was commanded by Major Festing. They engaged the Anioma people of Ibusa in 1898.
The battle was so severe in 0wa/Okwunzu, in 1094, that the commander W.E.B Crawford requested for more arms from the British headquarters to crush the Western Anioma communities. The people of Owa again in 1906 engaged the British in a gruesome battle that consumed the life of the British commander S. O. Crewe.
Ogwashi-Ukwu faced the British on the 2nd of November 1909 and dealt a heavy blow to the British, who sustained many casualties, with the death of H. C. Chapman.


The Ekumeku became a formidable force in Igbo land and was a great source of nationalism for the Anioma people. It also served as a uniting cord that held together, various towns, who were independent of each other in the past. The Igbo were a republican people and each town had a leadership that was drawn from its oldest of men and families.
The war would have lasted longer, and possibly ended in a British defeat, if the Anioma people had equivalent firepower, and had more allies from other great Igbo kingdoms and towns. But even at that point, other tribes were facing the British on their own.

After almost 20 years of battle, decided to strike with great force. And in December of 1902, they sent a powerful expedition to Anioma kingdom. A great number of towns were destroyed. Civilians and soldiers alike were killed. And their leaders were arrested and imprisoned.

After this, the British were sure that they had suppressed the Ekumeku military cult, and that victory was theirs. The British officers boasted: “the Ekumeku and other secret societies have been completely broken.”

To their greatest surprise, two years later, in 1904, the fearless Ekumeku rose again. The Igbo are proud and egalitarian people. They don’t go down that easily.
When the Ekumeku started their renewed campaign, they changed tactics, and abandoned the guerrilla warfare style of 1989, for the individual defense of each town.

The last battle began in 1909. There was a succession dispute in Ogwashi-ukwu, and the British tried to remove the rightful king and enthrone someone else. One of the heirs to the throne, Nzekwe, the son of the last Obi, sensed the plot of the British and went to war with them to fight for his inheritance.
On November 2nd, 1909, the British sent an expedition to Ogwashi-ukwu to capture him, but they failed. No amount of firepower at that point could defeat or quench the sympathy and dedication of the people towards the Ekumeku. In Asaba, the sympathy for the Ekumeku was so high that the people had the disposition to throw off the already British government in certain parts.

At the time, the acting Lieutenant-governor of the Southern provinces sent an agitated telegram to Lagos. It read: “Whole country is above are… is the state of rebellion.”
After this, reinforcements were sent from Lokoja, for another confrontation at Akegbe. The war raged on, till 1914, when the Ekumeku movement was defeated. That was the same year, the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria were joined as one country.

Some of the heroes of that 31-year war included Dunwku Isus of Onicha-Olona, Nwabuzo Iyogolo of Ogwashi-Ukwu, Awuno Ugbo, Obi of Akumazi, Aggbambu Oshue of Igbuzo, the Idabor of Issele-Ukwu, Ochei Aghaeze of Onicha-olona, Abuzu of Idumuje-Unor, Idegwu Otokpoike of Ubulu-Ukwu. These men are remembered in Anioma land till date.

The Ekumeku war remains one of most bravely fought wars and campaign against British rule and plundering. It later inspired other rebellions around Africa, such as the Mau Mau of Kenya.

The Ekumeku have long been defeated, and that kingdom is now part of the greater Igbo land, in today’s Nigeria. But no matter how far we travel in time, history always remembers that a brave tribe defended their ancestry, heritage, and legacy against the tyranny of Wilberforce.

Till date, in Nigeria, the Igbo remains one of the few tribes that still resist British rule over them and their resources. It can be said that these sentiments were at play when the British supplied weapons to the Northern and Western part of Nigeria to fight the Igbo between 1967-1970.

Can you kindly include the source of this publication?
This will make a credible reference.
Except you wrote this by yourself.

gwafaeziokwu:
You guys should stop mentioning that idiot. His aim is to derail this thread. Don't let him succeed.

We know where to tidy his Bleep up.

Ignore him pleassssssss

You're right.
I just mentioned him, unfortunately. Should have known better.
Anyway, he's had his fun.
He can go fish for coins in the gutter, as the lockdown has affected their touting and motor park hustle

Genoa:
Stumbled on this whilst playing around.

Everyone is rejecting Igbos.

Anyways, Biafra is dead.

https://twtext.com/article/1254182119166873602

Do you know why empty heads like you keep saying this?
Its the same reason Muslims always claim Islam is a religion of peace.
With the hope that saying it all the time will make people believe it.

Truth is truth even when nobody believes it. But a lie is a lie even if everybody believe it. You and your family believe Biafra is dead, right? But it doesn't make it true. Go on and believe whatever you will. It is your right.
Do you see how Igbos don't pay the slightest attention to Oduduwa or Arewa or any nomenclature? What does that tell you?

If Biafra is dead, people like you won't feel shivers run down your spine when you hear that name. You won't even bother to acknowledge the name. Your government won't deploy the military to the SE to harass unarmed civilian if Biafra is not an issue.

Everyone is rejecting Igbos? That's actually good news if its true. But sadly, it is not true. Igbos asked to be rejected and ejected from Nigeria, but all of you said NO! Why do you keep something you reject? Are you people that confused?
And you, with no identity or any sense of belonging dare try to act like your beloved country knows you even exist?

I pity twerps and shitheads like you, for you have no future here or anywhere else.

This is scary, especially with no hope in sight of the family getting a closure.

A country where security is the least thing it tries to improve. A country without reliable database of it's citizens....
But when there's money to be looted, the government will tell is they have up to date data of people there money/palliatives are meant for.
Like this school feeding program for instance.

FG suddenly has a record of the home addresses of every child enrolled in a public school

MadeINchenzen2:
I'm right !

No, you're not right.
No single sense from that gibberish you posted up there.
Is something messing up your head?

MadeINchenzen2:
I'm right !

No, you're not right. You merely sound rētarded.
No single sense from that gibberish you posted up there.
Is something messing up your head?

Reading.....

Makanakico

Come and see more of your people beating a hasty retreat to the south.

This must be another divisive publication from a national newspaper

We have been deprived from a lot of awareness by the ban of history lesson in our schools. Very sad

SaintBishop:
The op is a hardcore igbo man. He's obsessed with south south people especially ijaws and I don't know why.

Hehehehe.
When you are at a loss of anything reasonable to say.
This same OP I have been following his posts for over 2 years? You're stark raving madd to say he is obsessed with SS or the Ijaws or any snotty group of twerps from whatever dark hole you crawled out from

What are you doing on the thread of a "hardcore Igbo man" that you despise?

You appearing on this thread shows you are the one obsessed with him. Otele

Kenmatt:
Don't you know that with something very far below that amount, you can get a standard full plot 50*100 in PH, a location that's superb in nature, tiled street, mostly populated with men above middle class, water tight security network, if you happen to build a commercial property, you can be collecting each flat of two bedroom 1m per year, and they will be rushing in, begging you to pay, if you build it very well.

Though, I am from Enugu state. Hit me up WhatsApp let me show you pictures.

I wouldn't build a chicken coop in PH if the land was given to me for free.

You're from Enugu, you say?
Well, Igbos are known to be enterprising, and hard-working....and can be unreasonably stubborn.
Learn from history. Quite sure some of your predecessors owned properties in PH in the past. Ask them about it.

bukatyne:
Is paternity fraud the only thing committed in marriages?

Apart from outright murder of one's spouse, tell me what other crime is as evil as paternity fraud in marriages..

rhymesu28:
My people, I greet you all.

I am a married man with a child. We did our child's dedication few days ago online and my wife is angry that I should have spent more to entertain our neighbors after giving them soft drinks.

I have considered my pocket and sincerely with the present situation if I don't cut down my expenses it will be hard on us.

For almost two months now no salary. I have explained to her but she is not pleased with me.

How should I go about this matter please?

Divorce her unreasonable ass!
This covid-19 pandemic will make lots of people see how incongruous their spouse is.

Its either your wife reasons with you on such financial matters, or you show her the door. There's too much stress all around, no need to add to it.

Raxxye:
By the simple economics principles I learnt in high school, they should be shut down since they are not bringing profit.
What if the airports were privately owned, where would the owner get money to keep funding an unviable project and still remain in business?

Not just the airports. Almost every single FG controlled business has been running at a loss.
From NNPC to PHCN to NIWA...the list is endless.
There's no magic about it. The country is going to fold up. FG still thinks it should run the country like a charity, especially now that oil revenue is no more.

TheStorier:
There is this argument between my friend Dayo and I over this topic.

Dayo: The man purpose of earning a living is to cater for his family so his wife and children should eat first, while the man should eat the left over.

Me: If the man did not eat well he may not have the strength to bring food to the table the following day.

Intruder(Mama Joshua): My husband as well eat first and well so that he will be healthy to provide for the us on the long run and also perform very well on the bed. If he died due to malnutrition and stress who will cater for us then?

Only poverty would make anyone ask this question in this day and age.
The issue isn't even relevant in a traditional setting, so long as the family is well off.
Good is prepared and every member of the family is served at the same time. Except those who aren't physically present at meal time.

Nigeria is messed up, really.

I have applied for renewal, with my fingerprints and picture taken at one of their embassies since late February.

Till this day, they keep telling me there are no passport booklets available yet.

Now, consider how this pandemic will make the situation even much worse

Nonso92:
1 stomach, yet they're still competing for food.

Word!

If only they are smart enough to realize this fact....

gateleo:
Sold

Not a surprise
Actually, I think this ride waited too long for a new owner. I was very impressed by it's condition prior to shipping down to Nigeria.

I must also confess I don't know much about the 2007 to 2011 Camry models.
For instance, is this particular one a hybrid, or pure petrol engine?

Makanakico

I hope you are keeping yourself updated with these news about northerners fleeing southwards?

There's been three more of such incident hitting the front page since yesterday.
You claimed that haters of the north are promoting ethnic division by posting fabricated news about northerners not obeying the ban on interstate travels.
There's many more of this mass migration that goes unreported everyday.
Expect to see up to five more reports of this by weekend.

ignis:
The child have succeeded in not being a citizen of this shithole called Nigeria. Automatically the child is the citizen of the Airline country which is UAE.
Congratulations to the baby.


In my next world I will never make the mistake of coming to this world through Nigeria.

Such ignorance
You think every country has that policy of naturalization by birth?

Well, UAE doesn't. In fact, you can live in UAE for 100 years and give birth to all your kids there, but it doesn't make them citizens of UAE.
That country doesn't have that law.

Throwback:
That you do not even understand what it means to be landlocked within the present Nigerian boundary, shows you are an illiterate that needs to be educated.

Is there any Igbo state or Igbo town that borders any neighboring country, thereby part of Nigeria's international boundary? No!

Is there any Igbo state or village that is bound by the sea, thereby exiting as an international delineation? No!

You say your villages exit to a River. Will you sail from that river and continue into Non Igbo territory because the river exits into the sea? What stops the Nupe, Berom, and Igala from sailing the same river from further upland and trying to pass through Biafra and eventually into Non-Igbo territory so as to access the same sea?

You are landlocked because by the time your miniature 5states were to secede from Nigeria, without the alliance of the Ikwere or other non-Igbo tribes that have access to the sea, you will be totally locked within Nigeria just like Lesotho is locked within South Africa.

Look at the map below, and see how trapped you are. I know it feels choking.

Simply put, you will be at the mercy of Nigeria.

Bogged down by the shitty tripe you have been fed by a country that gives zero fvcks whether you remain wretched for life or die in misery, you keep mouthing same defeatist mantra your ancestors and no good leaders who knew even less than you do.

Yes, agreed...Biafra will be at the mercy of Nigeria.
Yes, agreed...Biafrans will be so pathetic, even the worst almajiri can stroll into any Igbo town and become their king instantly.

You retàrds are always quick to point out the impossible when it comes to Igbo affairs. Why not leave Igbos be so they can go extinct and finally make you twerps have unending orgasmic bliss?

Igbos know they will suffer when they achieve Biafra. We've made our peace with that realization. We got bored with the well organized, technologically advanced and extremely rich country called Nigeria. A country that placed the welfare of it's citizens first and foremost.

We want to experience hardship and farmine and epidemic and the worst life expectancy ever known to man. Nigeria has been so good to Igbos, that we feel ashamed for exploiting it's benevolence to us. We just got tired of being smothered with so much love and so much attention, we need to know if we can survive 365 days trying to forge a path for ourself. Of course, we have none else to blame but ourself, in the event we fail. Thank you big brother for looking out for us.
You are far too kind.

Did it occur to you that a Nigeria as you know it today will cease to exist the moment Igbos or any other major ethnicity separates from it? Once that happens, every other ethnic group will be in a mighty rush to become the second nation to carve itself out from your Nigeria.

At that point, I wonder how Biafra will be at the mercy of a Nigeria that no longer exist.
The realization will probably make folks like you commit suicide, rather than brace for change.

Offpoint:
Thread for the bottle lovers...

And that was how God picked papa nonso call.

I'm grateful for the kind of man I am.
No smoking
No drinking
No womanising
Zero friend
Zero neighbor relationship
No football watching
No computer games

Spent my life either on the computer screen or the woods listening to nature.

When I die trees and birds will miss me

Huh.
You can't die, because you never lived.

othermen:
We must learn to treat animals rightly actually. I think Nairaland has a bias against animals. They like to show dead animals. Many here have not seen or observed this animal before and will never get a chance to. I eat cows and chicken; but we rear them. We shouldn't go out of our ways to be hostile to animals and sadly this platform promotes that culture. People go in search of animals to maim and murder so they can be on nairaland front-page. Disgraceful actually.

I agree with you, 100%
NL can help in it's little way by deleting such topics, rather than promoting them to hit front page.
Although it won't have much effect on rural folks (who happened to be the worst culprits at killing wildlife) as they don't care much for online presence, and for whom eating wildlife is almost a necessity.