rabimlomo:


Some igbos are nice but, most are not accommodating especially when it comes to making money, and that includes requesting money for virtually everything and looking for every opportunity to exploit the hell out of you.

Can you give specific examples? I can list some of my experiences in Lagos.

The writer of the article has comprehension problem.

Truth234:


How is Dubai a country Oga?

Dubai is an autonomous emirate.

EUROBOMBER:


Very wrong!

What, if I may ask is wrong wit what he has said? Ijeoma in my opinion is very deep and knowledgeable, an invaluable jewel which Mr. Omotade has found. Unfortunately, I didn't read Chimamanda's manuscripts but I can deduce from Ijeoma's submissions that Chimamanda was probably not as objective as might have been required of a public figure like she is. What morale does she have then to chide the Oba if she too could not resist the temptation to be sentimental?

I am Yoruba but I totally disagree wit d Oba on this one. That just goes to buttress the saying that there's no perfection in humanity. I know the Oba personally, He is an amiable person. We should not overflog the issue. I believe in the spirit of oneness, it is best if we let sleeping dogs lie.

I don't see us splitting anytime soon, I always laugh at the idea.
Long live Ibos!
Long live Hausas!
Long live Yorubas!
Long live Nigeria! [quote author=EUROBOMBER post=32737877]

Very wrong

What, if I may ask is wrong wit what he has said? Ijeoma in my opinion is very deep and knowledgeable, an invaluable jewel which Mr. Omotade has found. Unfortunately, I didn't read Chimamanda's manuscripts but I can deduce from Ijeoma's submissions that Chimamanda was probably not as objective as might have been required of a public figure like she is. What morale does she have then to chide the Oba if she too could not resist the temptation to be sentimental?

I am Yoruba but I totally disagree wit d Oba on this one. That just goes to buttress the saying that there's no perfection in humanity. I know the Oba personally, He is an amiable person. We should not overflog the issue. I believe in the spirit of oneness, it is best if we let sleeping dogs lie.

I don't see us splitting anytime soon, I always laugh at the idea.
Long live Ibos!
Long live Hausas!
Long live Yorubas!
Long live Nigeria!

disumusa:
pls tell me any tribe that igbos love

Please tell me any tribe that the Hausa/Fulanis don't love to attack and exhibit their senseless killings.

jahjehova:
Why will you throw civility off the window? No one in this thread has been so derogatory as you.

Really? I'm surprised. Is it that you're blind to the derogatory tribalistic remarks this yorubas have been spewing and are still doing or that you deliberately judge from a one sided angle? Which is it? How much offense has my 'derogatory' remark caused that it should surpass that of theirs?

Sunnybobo3:



Dubai is an autonomous emirate.

Like every other city, not like a country abeg!

Ngokafor:




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Look at how an an Igbo woman in the person of Ijeoma stood up for her husbands people..

You watch too much nollywood.

Or are you angling for something?

thotsofnaij:
I'm sorry. Did you say taking the general freedom they have for granted? We SHOULD take it for granted any Nigerian can live any where and take it for granted that they should have peace and security anywhere they live and especially Lagos that was the federal capital for that matter. I did not become developed with Yoruba money alone just as Abuja the new capital did not become developed with Gwari money.

We should but unfortunately thats not the case everywhere.

thotsofnaij:
I'm sorry. Did you say taking the general freedom they have for granted? We SHOULD take it for granted any Nigerian can live any where and take it for granted that they should have peace and security anywhere they live and especially Lagos that was the federal capital for that matter. I did not become developed with Yoruba money alone just as Abuja the new capital did not become developed with Gwari money.

We should but unfortunately thats not the case everywhre.

EUROBOMBER:
I have said it several times that it makes no sense calling Lagos a no-man's-land. It is very disrespectful and provocative. What we need is mutual respect to live together. My people should stop all these silly talk of taking over Lagos, that they feed the Yoruba, that others are lazy, all these rubbish don't make any sense.

I also do no support when Yorubas say they are 'accomodating' us. How exactly do they 'accommodate# us? We pay for lands we get, we pay rents for our houses and shops/office spaces, we pay our taxes and all that so I just don't get it. Do they give us these things for free? If they do then they can say they are 'accommodating' us but as far as I know, that statement makes no sense. I can't imagine a british telling another british that he is being 'accommodated' in his own country. Only in Nigeria will you hear such!

That said, I don't see any need for this unnecessary dislike towards the Yoruba. As far as I know, they are a nice group of people and very wise too. Tribalism cuts across all tribes so let us all not single out a particular tribe. I have lived in the North, SE & SW and I can tell you that I noticed tribalism amongst the Hausa, Yorubas and Igbos!

One love to all.

The second paragraph does not make sense to me cos being accommodative is literally telling you that others are welcome to my land without giving u any problem.

The almighty US and UK use that word at all time when it comes to immigration topic. We accommodate visitors in our country..............

sammybhaws:
Who is ijeoma ozichi? Just asking

A blogger I think.

Ijeoma Ozichi

This so called Ijeoma Ozichi, your response to Chimanmadu's write-up on the Oba of Lagos herein is trash as to the reality of the comment of the Oba. What about the Housas who are more wicked than other tribe here in Nigeria.

Go back and check the attitude of the Northerners to Southerners in the Nigerian history and see who has done the worse thing to other tribes.

What the Oba of Lagos did is wrong.You cannot tell a fellow man to go and perish in Lagoon because you have someone's interest because of politics. Oshomole told a widow to go and die but he had to retract his statement and also apologized to the lady.Why must the Oba refuse to apologize after he goofed?
We should accept our mistakes if we go wrong.We are all equal in the site of God.

proudlyhandsome:


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Why is there a sudden spate of nlers with "handsome" in their user name?

iluvweed:




Now I wish I can see you one on one!.....I wont beat you man!....With the hatred in me, I will KILL you!...I swear!

Aye e de ma Baje ni! Ko de ni da fun gbogbo EBI eh! Oloriburuku omo inna!........

Bastardly blood sucking yorubat. Your days are numbered. We shall meet on the battle field where it will rain blood. The time is coming. Internet warrior yorubat.

Truth234:


Like every other city, not like a country abeg!

Not a country I agree

Thanks for your balance of thinking and understanding; people should endeavour to see the next person as a fellow human being. The world will be better for it.

When you al shout "yoruba" insult you saying "you are on our land" and are so vociferous about it, I really am tempted to ask; are you on your land? Really??

shizzleStar:
Btw, i didn't see what's tribalistic about Chimamandas article, her article was so apt, rational and objective.

Much as this lost soul ijeoma girl tried to sound objective and balance the article, she failed to address a pertinent question. She kept foaming in the mouth talking about reference to Lagos as 'no mans land' bla ..bla..but she conveniently forgot to also address why an igbo man, (Nigerian) living in Nigeria will be referred to by a fellow Nigerian as an 'immigrant' or 'foreigner'. How convenient of her?

And then again why did she chose to refer to Chimamandas article only, what about the senseless letter from the so called 'Yoruba's outside Nigeria' who continuously referee to Igbos in Lagos as 'refugees'? why did she not address that too.?

She conveniently skipped the yoruba letter with all its vitriolic and tirade to tackle Chimamnada who presented a more logical and objective view and reaction to the oba of lagoons unreasonable comment on igbos in lagos.


Ijeoma or whatever, thanks but no thanks. Nice try thou! but we ain't buying your 'peace-making' sermon. Keep kissing arsee to placate the people from your place of marriage but we are not fooled and cant be.

Respect is reciprocal! if Yoruba think they can insult us all in the name of 'you are in our land', and expect us to keep quiet, WRONG! we will insult back in equal measure.

DukeNija:


Story! Lagos remains a no mans land. Who are the lagosians and how many percent of the population of the lagos do they makeup? Abeg leave story

Lagos isn't a no man's land!!!! If u talk of the percentage, then I can tell u that about 60percent are lagosian. It's simply lagos has accepted so much from other tribes, if not an Emeka will not be representing in d house of assembly in lagos. Blatant rubbish!!!! These are the things we dare not try in the East.

Good one!

safarigirl:
Igbo people are relatively peaceful. They rarely start any trouble.

Visit places like Benue and Plateau and they'll tell you the REAL trouble maker s in Nigeria. Has an Igbo man ever killed multiple Yoruba in Lagos because he was denied accommodation?

At least every 2 days people are attacked in their homes by Fulani herdsmen for fickle things like missing cows. Even in my school here in Abuja, those people enter the female hostels to r-ape girls. Has such ever happened in Unilag?

I repeat, you all have NO idea how good you have it in Lagos.

Safari Girl I love you so much right now. True secret, you made me join Nairaland back then.

skeendyke:
Bastardly blood sucking yorubat. Your days are numbered. We shall meet on the battle field where it will rain blood. The time is coming. Internet warrior yorubat.

Alright....Name Noted!....We shall meet soon!


RIP in advance!

angelawoko:



https://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/?p=167322

lovely write up that make one think deeper internally. As I have always emphasised, we all need each other, forget about tribe & just do the needful. Lobatan.

From the two write ups it is quite obvious to see the difference in intellectual capacity between Ijeoma Ozichi Omotade and Chimamanda Adichie. Whilst Chimamanda Adichie has raised a very serious issue for us to consider, Ijeoma Ozichi Omotade has reduced that same issue to local area people in the back street calling each other names. What Ijeoma Ozichi Omotade ought to learn and understand is that the Oba is a leader in a leadership position...he is not an ordinary person on the street. When he speaks he speaks on behalf of the people he represents. As such he must be cautious and owes a duty of care to speak in a tone that is aligned with his position. To make comments that could likely incite ethnic clashes is not what the people of any group expect from their leader. It is also surprising that Ijeoma Ozichi Omotade who claims to be igbo married to a yoruba has failed to see the tension that was caused by the Obas comments. Was it not clear therefore that if his comments have created such tension then an ethnic group has been offended...a bit like Buharis famous "Baboon and Dog" speech that led to riots and death in the North. It is time we in Nigeria rose above the street level and started holding all our leaders accountable for their actions instead of simply making trivial statements about what a local area boy or girl said yesterday

I have seen a lot of bullshit spewing from the mouth of so many people here. It still doesn't change the core of the piece, which is

TRIBALISM RESIDES IN IGBO, YORUBA AND HAUSA.

Period.

I was Yoruba by parenthood, I was born and brought up in Imo state, I attended University in the North, did my NYSC among the TIV, above all I AM A NIGERIAN.

WE are all innately tribalistic........
You either take it or leave it.

Alfamann:


She has said nothing but placate her husband's people. Did the she goat ask about how all those Lagos developments came about. The finance and the manpower?

If it is yorubaland, let them develop it with their own resources. Why come down to South East and beg for oil?

oga u ar a joker seriously.so rivers akwa ibom, delta bayelsa, and d likes ar nw in the south east.nobody is stoping u from being a tribalist but pls use ur head for reasoning.

jahjehova:
When you al shout "yoruba" insult you saying "you are on our land" and are so vociferous about it, I really am tempted to ask; are you on your land? Really??

You rather should ask yourself why the Yorubaman feel so bittered about the success of an Igbo man in lagos that warrants his 'need' to remind him that 'you are in your land'.

Many thanks for your balance of thought and very logical arguments; if and only if we can see the next person as a fellow human being, the entire human race will be better for it.

tpiadotcom:



Why is there a sudden spate of nlers with "handsome" in their user name?

Lol!!!!!

Take a guess now

safarigirl:
Igbo people are relatively peaceful. They rarely start any trouble.

Visit places like Benue and Plateau and they'll tell you the REAL trouble maker s in Nigeria. Has an Igbo man ever killed multiple Yoruba in Lagos because he was denied accommodation?

At least every 2 days people are attacked in their homes by Fulani herdsmen for fickle things like missing cows. Even in my school here in Abuja, those people enter the female hostels to r-ape girls. Has such ever happened in Unilag?

I repeat, you all have NO idea how good you have it in Lagos.

Thank you for your post.

Some people have no sense of perspective.

A foolish old man got carried away and said something that he should not have. We should all dismiss him as insane instead of attacking each other. No one has died as a result, there were no attempted drownings to speak of.

This is in stark contrast to Jos where people are being killed for the most petty of reasons. If people are looking for something to cry about maybe Jos should be their focus.

God bless u Ijeoma..........

Good work well done!!