Ileke-IdI:

So most of them had no choice to leave the North after NYSC? Were they shackled to the ground?

you still dont get it , even if your an army officer in lagos today , 5 years later you can be posted to kadna and 3 years later to enugu except for few that have connections and long legs that can manipulate it , its the same for banking, immigration ,police etc,buisness men are always the first to relocate when crisis starts cus they have the money but these civil servants are usually trapped with their family cus they earn little salary.imagine battling to get 18000 to feed your family which money will you have to evecuate your family.

Ileke-IdI:

You're speaking for NYSC corps who had no choice. Try not to disrespect actual business men who travel around for sufficient customers.

forget nysc ,bulk of southerners in the north are from these other sectors which make up the highest employment force of the country , they where posted there and they cant reject it like nysc its federal character .most police men in bayelsa and ph are from the north ,middle belt and southwest

Ileke-IdI:

That's a matter of opinion <----  Which is also my opinion.

And have you wondered why they're still in the north after oct 2010? Because they need the Northerners, if they didnt, they'd have returned home after the election chaos. I mean, c'mon, election chaos, more chaos after that plus smal development in the SE. Yet they still remained.

if you from the east your likely to be posted to the north or sw just like nysc they do it in police, army,civil service,aviation,custom,bank etc try and understand how things work in nigeria first , those from the north and posted to the east and west and those from the west to the north and east and we are talking about hundred of thousands of people and their families, why are yorubas still in the north even though they are being killed too , i thought yorubaland is paradise

Ileke-IdI:

They think they do because they're thinking right.
They're leaving the north, but bet you and me, they'd likely settle in the SW. or go back to the North in a few years months.

You're the one displaying bigotry ediocy claiming that NIgeria needs the Igbos and the Igbos dont need nigeria. Get over yourself.
They both need each other. However, if one is to break the bound, the business man will suffer the most. Esp if there is another source out there.

no they dont , they have oil and lots of companies plus a large population plus nollywood why would they need you, if they really cant do without lagos they can still come as foreign investors like the chinese , indians, lebanes and south africans do but thinking igbos or any other eastern group needs the sw or north is ridiculous.

Ileke-IdI:

Trust, me, they dont want to leave Lagos. An Igbo man knows that he needs Lagos, SW'ners and and the North for his business to Flourish. If Innoson wants to really flourish, let him build his head quarter in Lagos.

they think they do but with the way things are going people like you are letting them realise they dont ,my point is that you  need them while they think they need you when infact they will prosper more without you, they just dont know it yet thanks to one nigeria but when shit hits the fan everybody will answer his fathers name, be careful how what you wish for and how you taunt them ,na so e dey start well you live in the states so you no go follow suffer the consequences of you bigotry.

Ileke-IdI:

Look, if the truth smacked you in the face, just turn the other cheek and hide the wound.

A business man cannot survive with his customers. Saying otherwise is ediocy personified.

_{"now where is that cool smiley nlers use when they want to hide their wounds"}

trust me you dont want them to leave lagos but i do ,over 60 million people live in the east that 3 times population of ghana if you had sense you wont be threading that path, if they go their multinational comapnies go with them and of course they will be no more nigeria so all oil comapnies will go to,what do you have? how will you sustain your population considering the fact you have over 70 percent poverty now, it will be chaos and doomsday for your people so be carefull what you wish for, the poverty in sierraleone and somalia will be like childs play.

igbos can stay in the north and sw but abeg make una bring all those multinationals to the east ,MTN, ZENITH BANK, COSCHARIS ETC you will gain more cus yorubas and northerners dont have investments in your own land but you are employing them in theirs plus oil supply. its really annoying if you go to a company in ph for something and they tell you u have to go to head quaters in lagos.

lord have mercy

Negro_Ntns:

Stop repeating the mistake of Ojukwu, who put all Biafran wagons in front of the steeds.  Learn from your past and humble yourself.  You are at a great disadvantage when it comes to competing with North and West.  Learn from the Yoruba character - learn to weigh options, know when to fight and when to make peace.  Learn when is good to raise hell and when to make compromise.  Sometimes you swallow insults because of the future of your women and your children, not because you are weak and cant fight but because you are wise and have the opponent in the palm of your hands.    

only negro-cow will write such ,  so they should shut up when their people are being killed like you people do? abeg leave them to talk to discuss their issues ,they value the live of their kins men why do have a problem with that, sometimes i wonder if some people on nairaland are humans or just spam bots posting trash

lol this guy is something else

^^^ am so done with you,you still dont get it. maybe you will someday.

Rejoiced? Where?? Show me you moro.n! Mr. "Ijaw man

my friend dont be silly , the point is it you thought it was igbos that were being killed abi but later discovered it wasnt just them, Mr southern nigerian unity , ode ,a leaopard indeed cant change its spots.

jason123:

Another ode!

Most true "Niger-deltans" dress the same way. Most wear robes, you can instantly detect a Niger-deltan. Lol.

false ikwerre and kalabari people dress the same way and some abians dress like that too and i mean casual traditional outfit not big ceremonial dressing

jason123:

Oh shut your mouth! You are trying to equate the destiny of the Igbos to that of the Niger-delta and that is not the case. Guy, mr "ijaw man", don't think people are silly. Have I said Igbos are not in the ND? The same WEAK AS5 argument can be used for the Yorubas in Ondo, can't it? Look, face the article and don't involve "other NDs" including YOUR GROUP. The article says Igbos, let it remain as such! This does not mean Igbos will be left to do it on their own. It says Igbos not ND or Ijaw but Igbo, let is remain there.

Lol, most Ijaws that I know don't even talk like you! I know[b] Ijaw-girl's[/b] family but she does not know its me, this is to show you how close I am to these people. Don't mouth off to something you are clueless about.

i always knew your dumb but am not suprised since your ithsekiri ,all the ithsekiri that have died in the north show me one single topic with headline itshekiris killed in the north, s.tupid man during the election violence the media were claiming igbos are being killed and some of you were rejoicing was it not later we discovered that most of the corpers that died were yoruba and some other nigerdeltans, when will you people start using your brains

jason123:

. . .and what is bad in having Yoruba blood?? I'm sure if I said I have Igbo blood, you'll not mind, would you?
Lol @ you used this thread to send a message to Nigerdeltans. Guy, you should not involve yourself or people into what is clear not their business. For example, this thread is not Ijaw business nor "other ND" business. Saying that does not mean were are deserting the Igbos, NC or anyother group; it simply means that they can handle this particular situation on their own. Learn not to involve the ND into trivial matters that is clearly not theirs.

your very dumb, oya niger delta 101 ,name all the ethnic groups found in the niger delta?

ok ok lets assume your refering to old niger delta that rivers,delta and bayelsa still name all the ethnic groups found there then tell me why i should not mention niger delta here

i dont know how many years it will take for southerners to realize that these journalist just use igbo to sell their papers , anytime you hear igbos fleeing or being killed better be worried about your own people, never knew nairalanders can be dis dull.

jason123:

It has nothing to do with population. I and surely, other forumites, acknowledge that it is not just Igbos BUT you have to tell me why you had to mention "Other NDs" specially when they were not involved in this article. The article did not say NDs flee the north, it said Igbos flee the north. Why add the ND?

your not making any sense at all, i used this thread to send a message to Niger deltans , ithsekiris can remain who cares.the yoruba blood in you is really thick

am out i believe i have sent a message to the ijaws and any other southern group that care to listen, come back home or at least bring back your wife and children cus they dont deserve to die for your foolishness

~Bluetooth:

You be real ode. . .you posted when opc called for secession to defend the cowardice of your fleeing brothers ? As at september 1966,an estmated 2 millions of ibos have fled to ibolandbut today,only God knows the number of ibos that have run away due to boko attacks.i still maintain that ibos are the worst hit in any attack by the hausas and it still has to do with the avenge for balewa's death !

this is why yorubas are a big threat to southern unity , it wont work just read your post again so others should remain because according to you they are also hit but not worst hit , rather than using this thread to sound warning to your brothers up they your acting like a slave. even yoruba muslims are not spared in the attacks how much more of christians, damm una no value life at all ,i don dey fear yoruba people .

jason123:

I know he is Ijaw . . . and so what? Does that change my logic? The article says Igbos not Niger-deltans NOT Ijaws. I very much understand that Northerners KILL EVERY SOUTHERNER not just Igbos but It is Igbos that are doing the mass exodus according to this article. What does "other NDs" in particular, have to do with this topic??

Logic is constant. It never changes. Even if I choose to oppose my own argument, the logic is still there -By logicpower

my friend you are not smart , anytime you hear igbos are fleeing i bet you all other southerners are fleeing too mumu so your people should remain because the journalist only focused on igbos, you get sense at all abi u wan match population with them ?

jason123:

The article says Igbos not "other niger-deltans", why bring them into the topic?? Agreed other southerners die and I am in no way stopping the "tribal wars"  between "you guys" but please, don't bring the ND into this discussion. Thank you!

my bad itshekiris can stay back in the north with their yoruba brothers and continue their romance with northerners.

EzeUche:

How do you think the Israelis treat the Palestinians? They have been fighting suicide bombers for years.

fight what or who exactly? simply return to your region ,i just pity federal civil servants who dont really have a choice but buisness men and students have no reason to remain in the north , i just pity middle belt people .

ak47mann:

News Headline: Ethno-religious Crisis: OPC Advocates Secession. Written by Olalekan Olabulo. "The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) has called for the secession of the Yoruba race from Nigeria, following the unabated killings of the Yoruba in northern Nigeria." ---- Nigerian Tribune Newspapers. Thursday February 4, 2010.

so what ? who cares if yorubas die na them dey feed u ,focus on your own people ,as you can see they dont care.

igbo people are begining to act like women, well thats what too much comfort and money can cause , if they say you wont live in peace in their land, they too should not live in peace in your land, na why i like my ijaw people we dont talk we act , an eye for an eye , let them go like we sent them packing ,haba , una never learn .
as for the yorubas running their mouth you guys are becoming a big joke more and more in this country ,rather than you counting your own casualties and victims your mocking your fellow southerners even when your people are sufferring more, well like someone said guess yoruba lives dont have value.i also believe other nigerdletans are leaving that hell, lets see how they will get into power 2015.

make dey jail am end of tory

lagcity:

i called you ppl monkeys becos the saying "monkey see, monkey do" applies to you ppl. you see Yorubas doing something, then u go ahead and copy it the wrong way even though we both eat the same fish protein . what is the problem?

make i direct you to this Ijaw link so that u can see how Ijaws are bytch1ng abt how they wanna be like Yorubas but failing at it.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/in-the-next-30-years-our-language-will-suffer-if-nothing-is-done-comrade-evah/

“The Yorubas because of their advancement in education, right from the time of Bishop Ajayi Crowther, even before the 21st Century, have structured themselves so that their language survives. Now, our own language is dying because we are not yet advanced like the Yorubas who structured their language in a way that it becomes an alternative to the English Language." - Comrade Joseph Evah, the Co-ordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group and Publicity Secretary, Ijaw National Congress, INC,

your soo foolish , go to ijawland and find out if the language is dying and what they speak there , mumu.

Ileke-IdI:

This is what living in Nigeria for so many years does to you?
Plz prove a point if you have any. All your points have been killed and pathetically sinked.

Alas, I am being called away. Tomorrow, ppl.

delusional being at least you have learnt where agbada originated from

Ileke-IdI:

If it's abroad and also at home, it's more of a reason to use it. Shows diverse locations.
Which basically killed your Lagos is not Nigerian story.

this is what living in diaspora for soo many years can do to someone.

Ileke-IdI:

Lanre De Silva and the other fashinists are not located in Lagos and most of the weddings are abroad, not Lagos.  visit that fabulous website plz

the more reason you should not use it as a reference for up to 200 million nigerians living in nigeria alone , think before you type next time, 99 percent of nigeria in nigeria have no idea what bella naija is talkless of who lanre whatever is

lagcity:

Ijawmonkey, go and sleep b4 i call u out again

how ironic considering the fact a lot of you look like monkeys, stop throwing punches in the air  loser