₦airaland Forum

igbos seperating from nigeria wont have any effect on yoruba ppl because there was never any unity or friendship. so rest well well

ceeceeco:
Tribalism has eaten deep into you, you're beyond redemption.
See, one thing I know in this life is that, what goes around will surely come around.
Remember Tinubu time will pass, and one day we all will still be here watching you people cry and complain of the same type of treatment Tinubu meted out to other tribe when he was in power will be meted to you all by another person in power someday. So please make sure that as you are supporting Tinubu on whatever type of politics he's playing today, also make sure you'll support every other president that is not favorable to you, don't forget so soon, don't be a hypocrite when the government is no more favorable to you, because it must surely happen, because life na turn by turn.

If the Igbos are finally liberated & separated from Nigeria, I pity the yorubas.
Yoruba people go hear am.
I rest my case.

if election na for social media obi go win

okay you mean you have more privilage than you mum and sisters
. which part of the north are you from

LeeSmart:
Visit there first you go know, most of una no go wan believe something even if then tell una. I am a northerner and i will tell you that the privileges men there enjoy is entirely different from the one women do.

na only like ten countries for there wey islam dominate so na nonsence you just talk

CyynthiaKiss:
Most of the countries have one thing in common….. ISLAM!

Nigeria made the list because of 12 Nothern states..

It’s a pity

get a life. no be everything you must critisize

Kemetian:
SEE, THIS IS WHY THE WORLD LOOKS DOWN ON AFRICANS.

WHERE IS YOUR OWN RELIGION?

WHAT ARE THOSE AFRICAN MEN DOING IN SAUDI ARABIA?

DOES GOD LIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA BUT NOT NIGERIA OR AFRICA?

HOW SO??

HOW CAN YOU JUST ALLOW FOREIGNERS TO INVADE HERE AND FLOG YOU OUT OF YOUR ANCESTRAL RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND PHILOSOPHIES, AND NEXT THING, YOU'RE FOLLOWING THEIR GODS AND TRAVELLING EN MASSE TO THEIR COUNTRIES ON 'PILGRIMAGE'?

WHERE IS YOUR OWN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY THAT PREDATES ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY BY THOUSANDS OF YEARS?

WHY CAN'T YOU UPDATE AND REBRAND AND DISPLAY IT PROUDLY TO THE WORLD?

THE CHINESE, JAPANESE, INDIANS, ALL PRACTICE THEIR TRADITIONAL RELIGION, SUITABLY UPDATED FOR THE MODERN ERA. BUDDHISM. SHINTOISM, HINDUISM, TAOISM.

YOU WILL NEVER FIND THEM LOOKING FOR GOD IN ARABIA OR ROME.

ONLY YOU PEOPLE.

WHEN WILL YOU WAKE UP?

YOU'RE JUST A DISGRACE.

FOLLOW FOLLOW. NO DIGNITY. NO SHAME.

TUFIA!

the north dont need another country it you that needs another country. like it or not nigeria is for the north

DeltaBachelor:
These northerners need to be given their own country abeg

well i expect these kinda comments from people like

SonOfZeus:
The north has been at the corridor of power since I can remember, what have they achieved with it? If it’s not Hisbah or whatever they call that Islamic tool, it’s insecurity, illiterates, beggars, paying bandits and other vices.

What will change if they were marginalized?

The north will keep taking us back to Stone Age until they are cut off.

Never see a region hell bent on causing destruction to the body of Nigeria

do you even understand what you wrote

engrchykae:
Muslims are also using koran stories to maim and enslave.
No matter how dedicated you are to madness,there is always someone madder than you.
Hitler thought he was mad until he went to Russia and experienced attrition.
At Stalingrad,they gave him large army not to defeat him but to keep him busy while they keep building up and producing tanks and jets in the interior of Russia.
When Russians were ready it was Germans that ran.
Radical islam is learning work where Zionists are.
Nonsense and Islam

you need help hating on islam cant get you no where. if you really are a true christian you wont be saying any of dis

olabrad:
It concerns me because yiou Meusliims go about liying to people that Isleiam comes from the Giod of Abriaham.

Yiou also lie that gospel is corrupt.

Yiou tell so much lies against Chriistiianity. Yiou claim Isleiam is better than Chriistianity!

So, it's right for a Chriistian to challenge yiou

in your dreams

YorubaKinging:
Islam will be extinct by 2050

well na these kind things obi always like dey talk. instead of him to dey give us reasons why he thinks he is better than the others he is busy talking about why trump called nigeria a disgrace country

i just hope every one read these because im seeing alot of dumb comments here

naptu2:
Sun, moon, calendar, Ramadan and funny ignorance

These ideas were fully formed in my mind by 1987, but I have seen new and very funny examples of ignorance every year since then.

Ignorance

Someone wished another person happy new year (back in the late 1980s) and the person thanked her, but said that he was not a Christian. Many people that were around were shocked. They said that she was referring to the New Year and that it had nothing to do with Christianity. In fact, some of them asked me what the New Year had to do with Christianity.

They were wrong. It's got a lot to do with Christianity.

This second example sounded very funny to me because, luckily, I had learnt the science behind it way back in the 1980s, before I heard the ignorance in the 2000s. Someone referred to the moon sighting for Ramadan and said that it was evidence that Muslims worshipped the moon. I laughed at him.

I had never heard this crazy idea before I started reading Nairaland. I assumed that every Nigerian knew the truth. After all, it was announced on the NTA Network News every year (as far back as I can remember). Some crazy person said that only the Sultan of Sokoto could see the new moon and he questioned why it was only the Sultan that was allowed to see the new moon. I felt sure that he was mad.

Year, month, day

I am not going to be very detailed about this first part because it is almost 40 years since I read about it and I can't remember the minute details.

Between 1985 and 1987 I read all about how our modern calendar was created. The calendar is based on the earth's revolution around the sun. The earth revolves around the sun in 365¼ days. The ¼ leads to a full day every 4 years and that's how we have our leap year (the extra day is in February).

The moon revolves around the earth in 27.3 days (it takes around 29.5 for us to see the new moon). This gives us our month.

It takes 23 hours and 56 minutes (basically 24 hours) for the earth to rotate on its axis. This gives us our day.

Hold on a second. I said that it takes around 27-29 days for the moon to rotate around the earth and this gives us our month, but 30 days have September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31, except February alone, so what's responsible for the difference?

Gregorian Calendar

It's all about how our calendar was created. Various religious and political leaders manipulated the calendar to suit their needs. Julius Ceaser created July and made it the longest month, Augustus Ceaser created August and made it the longest month and Pope Gregory The 13th (Pope of the Catholic Church in the 1500s) rearranged the calendar into the form that we know today. It is called the Gregorian Calendar (that's right, it is a Christian calendar).

All these changes altered the number of months in the Gregorian calendar (there are more changes that I did not list, for example, January is named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, but as I said, I won't be detailed in this section).

You can easily tell that it is a Christian calendar because of the dates. We are in 2024 AD. AD means Anno Domini, which means, "In the year of our Lord". The full form is anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi", which translates to "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ". It marks the time from the death of Jesus Christ and some refer to it as "After Death". The term BC means Before Christ.


The Gregorian calendar is not the only calendar that exists and is being used. There is the Chinese calendar, the Ethiopian calendar, the Hijri (or Islamic) calendar, etc.

National Concord newspaper wrote the dates in both the Gregorian and the Hijri calendars on its front page in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Hijri Calendar

The Hijri calendar is based on the revolution of the moon around the earth. A year consists of 12 lunar months, that is 354 or 355 days.

Just as the dates in the Gregorian calendar are marked by the death of Jesus Christ (AD and BC), the dates in the Hijri calendar are marked by the migration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (this is known as the Hijrah).

It is because the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, that's why people are asked to look out for the new moon. They are not worshipping the moon, they are simply using it to tell the time. That is, they are using it to determine when a new month starts.

For example, Ramadan is one of the months of the Hijri calendar. Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month. That's why people look out for the new moon, because they want to determine when the month starts and ends.

Moon sighting

I am also not going to be very detailed in this section because this knowledge is from many decades ago.

All Muslims are asked to look out for the new moon that signifies the beginning of the new month. However, for the sake of unity and uniformity, Muslims are required to report a sighting to the leader in their area, so that the Muslim faithful can carry out the tasks (beginning of fast, celebration of Eid, etc) together. Anyone can sight the moon, but he is required to report such sighting to the leader who will announce that the moon has been seen.

In Nigeria, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) is the umbrella body for Muslims in the country. The Sultan of Sokoto is usually the president-general of the SCIA, while the secretary-general of the SCIA is usually a southerner (for a long time it was Dr Lateef Adegbite).

There is also a National Moon Sighting Committee. The National Moon Sighting Committee usually asks Muslims to look out for the new moon and it provides phone numbers that people can call if they see it.

Once it has been confirmed that the moon has been seen, the Sultan of Sokoto will make the announcement that the new month has begun and he will state where and when the moon was seen and who confirmed it.

This is all very simple and easy for a sensible person to understand.

thnk you bro, ppl for these nairaland jusy dey any how. the funny thing is that most of them that are quick to critisize needs help too

Jayhome24:
I respect people who make comment as you did.

Some people already insulting him and the govt why given him car when boko haram are killing, when bandit are killing when this is that and when that is this shit because all they live for is bad news and that is nothing good ever come near them.

This young dude showcased his fishing skills than chosen banditry or terrorism he should be honour for it not insulting him...


God bless comrade!!!

some ppl for these nairaland sha. i dont think there is anything wrong in what he did but becos alot of you have hatred for the religion. and it clouding you judgement

ipob are funny you want biafra and you dont like northerners and southwest but you care too much about what is going on there isnt these hypocrisy

shaboozey my g

amorim been wan kill kobbie mainoo but god pass am, and sesko WTF

do some of you even know what halal means or you all are saying dis nonsence because it an arabic word

so know egypt military strenght na the new problem of dis man.

lookman is very good attacker. really needed this transfer, atalanta is a shithole

but honestly speaking i think he deserve a decent club in europe maybe turkey, belgiu
m or france

dat entertainment football wey you dey look for na him go sack you

these na defination of we die here

u don talk am finish

Jayhome24:
The man might sonnd rude and raw what e said is nothing but the truth gone are those days running here and there to win presidency.

Obi and his followers forget "Nigeria is country of many countries, we don't speak same dialect, we don't practise same religion, we don't practise same culture, we don't believe in the same ideology and not same political stand failure to build a grassroot structure I swear forget about presidency. Jumping here and there is a blatant waste of time.

No need for obi and his follwers deceiving themselves Aboki North will never stand against their fellow Allah Akbar Tinubu/Shetima and say it is m Jesus is the Lord and yes daddy obi they will now vote for, its impossible we have told obi to rest but e nor dey hear word. Imagine people wey dey vex say Christian is INEC chairman so na those pleople go come comot Muslim for power come carry chistain put for power? And even the so called christain not from SW or SS or The North, it is impossible. Abeg make obi rest e no go work, miracle can not do it, God nor dey do politics.

you don talk am finish

Jayhome24:
The man might sonnd rude and raw what e said is nothing but the truth gone are those days running here and there to win presidency.

Obi and his followers forget "Nigeria is country of many countries, we don't speak same dialect, we don't practise same religion, we don't practise same culture, we don't believe in the same ideology and not same political stand failure to build a grassroot structure I swear forget about presidency. Jumping here and there is a blatant waste of time.

No need for obi and his follwers deceiving themselves Aboki North will never stand against their fellow Allah Akbar Tinubu/Shetima and say it is m Jesus is the Lord and yes daddy obi they will now vote for, its impossible we have told obi to rest but e nor dey hear word. Imagine people wey dey vex say Christian is INEC chairman so na those pleople go come comot Muslim for power come carry chistain put for power? And even the so called christain not from SW or SS or The North, it is impossible. Abeg make obi rest e no go work, miracle can not do it, God nor dey do politics.

so when peter obi win for the whole of southeast you no talk about that one

Igbophobia:
When Tinubu rigged Ekiti? I'm sure that's what you meant.

the day kwankwaso go agree to be peter obi vp na dat day him go loose all him support from kano

nickxtra:
So, you mean Peter Obi will just come and do a-4 year presidency and leave the stage for Kwakwanso?

see these wan e get where dem say na north ppl like you are the ones dis country dont need

SpaceX:
All hail the north for breeding these nonsense called almajiri, islam is a cancer

you don talk am finish

AMINDA:
The North gave Tinubu over 65% of his votes in 2023 with 5.6m votes. The North also gave Atiku close to 7m votes while giving Kwankwaso 1.5m votes. Obi also got over half of his votes from the Northcentral/middlebelt. Obi got over 90% of the votes in the SS and SE, yet it wasn't enough to see him through, whereas, Tinubu securing only 60% of Northern votes was all he needed, even though he was largely rejected in the South. No one region can make one president without a handshake across the Niger but it is undeniable that numbers don't lie. Noise must not be mistaken for numbers or strength. Oftentimes, the silence of Northerners online is borne out of the confidence that they have in their sheer numbers. The numbers are real, it's not A.I.