Duduknight:

Alaafin Sango's mother was Nupe; Sango was Yoruba.

even oba of lagos kosokos mother was nupe- Oba of Lagos has ancentry in Benin but sees himself as yoruba.

no sane person will go to oba rilwan and say you are not a yorubaman got back to Benin city that is where you belong, it would be crazy!

and no bini man will call the oba of lagos a biniman

no matter where is 17th grandfather came from

jason12345:

i think the british wanted to :

1) create a non-symmetrical nigeria (3 regional power) where no one can secede without the other two bring her back
2) they wanted a balance of power because the south was more educated and industrious, thus, they did not want discrimination of the north by the south
3) you are right, they wanted conflict to benefit from the cheap oil used to buy weapons against biafra.

Im not so sure about sore about what you typed but anyways. It was evident and recorded that the brits did not want power to control to be in the hands of Igbos or Yorubas because they felt that they couldn't be trusted. They could easily manipulate the northerners. There was no such thing as oil money being used to buy weapons at the time. Also if you look further into things and the immediate state creation. There is no way they(nigeria) can come up out of nowhere to create 12 states, it had to be something planned a long time ago. Nigeria was not even that sophisticated thinking at that time, they are still not today. It is quite clear that this had been planned way before and possibly by the brits. It all seemed to be mapped out.

amingafar:

and no bini man will call the oba of lagos a biniman

no matter where is 17th grandfather came from

Close you month and stop trying to win over friends to help your battle. You are not a northerner and i cant believe you came on here pretending that you were.

chyz:

Im not so sure about sore about what you typed but anyways. It was evident and recorded that the brits did not want power to control to be in the hands of Igbos or Yorubas because they felt that they couldn't be trusted. They could easily manipulate the northerners. There was no such thing as oil money being used to buy weapons at the time. Also if you look further into things and the immediate state creation. There is no way they(nigeria) can come up out of nowhere to create 12 states, it had to be something planned a long time ago. Nigeria was not even that sophisticated thinking at that time, they are still not today. It is quite clear that this had been planned way before and possibly by the brits. It all seemed to be mapped out.

maybe, but are we going to say because of our uncertainty we would not progress as a nation (igbo, yoruba and hausa). certainly not!

chyz:

Close you month and stop trying to win over friends to help your battle. You are not a northerner and i cant believe you came on here pretending that you were.

. he sees himself as a northerner because he feels an affinity so as some ibibio see themselves as igbo because of the affinity. let the man be.

chyz:

Close you month and stop trying to win over friends to help your battle. You are not a northerner and i cant believe you came on here pretending that you were.

that is you opinion ill be voting for a northerner whether you like it or not. I will be voting for a muslim whther you like it or not.

amingafar:

that is you opinion ill be voting for a northerner whether you like it or not. I will be voting for a muslim whther you like it or not.

you should consider voting for a credible candidate not a muslim or a northerner but someone that transcends all that. that is my opinion though.

jason12345:

you should consider voting for a credible candidate not a muslim or a northerner but someone that transcends all that. that is my opinion though.

Gbam!

best candidate ribadu

Jonathan is corrupt and defends militants

amingafar:

best candidate ribadu

Jonathan is corrupt and defends militants

you have to admit ribadu is too immature to rule a multi-cultural country like nigeria

jason12345:

you have to admit ribadu is too immature to rule a multi-cultural country like nigeria

ribadu is not a bigot he is only statin what the north thinks i cant blame him

amingafar:

ribadu is not a bigot he is only statin what the north thinks i cant blame him

You  mean the north thinks Jonathan is "unelectable". What interesting.
If that is not bigotry I wonder what is?
Why do you think you can continue to keep Nigeria the way you want?

That is retarded, frankly.

Onlytruth:

You  mean the north thinks Jonathan is "unelectable". What interesting.
If that is not bigotry I wonder what is?
Why do you think you can continue to keep Nigeria the way you want?

That is retarded, frankly.

how is it retarded, we northerners love to think different form u southerners because our religion is totally different in many ways

it is either northern muslim or nothing ,


the crusade has begun

alj harem:

how is it retarded, we northerners love to think different form u southerners because our religion is totally different in many ways

it is either northern muslim or nothing ,


the crusade has begun

Just remember this statement when we launch Biafra 2.0

Remember that Gowon said the same thing in 1966, "either a northerner or Araba".

I'm laughing because this time we have you by the balls.

@OnlyTruth: Great thread. I learned a lot, especially about Ojukwu. One point though, killing Bello is like killing the Pope, not an ordinary politician.Bello I guess is/was viewed as the spiritual leader of Islam in the North. Though the 6 month gap is very suspicious. Not sure what to make of that.

@PhysicsQED: Bought the book you suggested from amazon.com.

@amingafar:

Certain traditions even hold that the Igala are of Fulani origin, simply because of the similarities in their physical features.  It IS clear that Fulanis do not speak a Kwa language. And owing to the linguistic affinity, others affirm the Yoruba connections. For Byng Halt notes that, "It is not surprising that within a short period of arrival in Igala land, a Yoruba is well acquainted with the language.”  He attributes the ease in learning the language to the closeness of the two languages. Armstrong sticks to this same view when he said: "the most definite historical statement that can be made about Igala is that . they had a common origin with the Yoruba and that the separation took place long enough ago to allow for their fairly considerable linguistic differences. There is a whole corpus of oral traditions on the origin of the Igala people.

Your language Igala itself seems to be classified as a Yoruboid language by linguists. This is quite interesting to me. Seems to me you guys are closer to SW, rather than the North. I understand that "The North" is more powerful right now so it might be in your interests to identify otherwise, but things may change in the future.