[quote author=IyfeNamikaze post=33428154] be not fooled, this tribal nonsense only exists mostly on social media. whatever happens here doesn't translate to the real world. experience. [/quote
I sure do hope so. However, the last election and the sentiments expressed after the outcome proves otherwise. Big Business and politicians have no permanent enemies as long as they are making money and it'll take more than big business and or politicians to bridge the gap of mistrust birthed by the civil war.
Most people will sleep with their foes if will make them money. What I am calling for is stronger cultural ties which will help ease the tribalism that often dictates who we vote for and where we reside.

ANAMBRA11:
I pity yoruba girls they re the least wanted in nigeria nowonder they bleach to look like igbo women

Don't mind the yorubas. I have written about this evolutionary trend severally, that because of biological, genetically and cultural endowments of Igbos (especially the beauty of their womanhood), yoruba men and indeed their culture will continue to gravitate toward the Igbo, with a far reaching implications for their economy, culture and most importantly their women. They will never accept the idea of Biafra or the phrase that " Lagos is no man's land" at the same time. Speak of illogical logic of a way of thinking cos of this gravitation towards any thing Igbo . In fact, the word Igbo has become sexy for the yorubas, and if you doubt me, research into how many countless times the word "Igbo" has been mentioned in nairaland since 2005. My honest advice to them, is for the Yoruba Obas to undertake a peaceful expedition to their counterparts in the East, and possibly sign a one thousand years peace treaty. If sharia can be functional under the nose of the Nation's constitution, such an undertaking can also be accomodated within the constitution. " Tomorrow, we will read yet another news of yoruba man feeling like he just win 1 million dollars cos of his marriage to another beautiful Igbo lady, while Igbo men and yoruba women wonders.

Bifwoli:


Wow,long live this wonderful kingdom of Yorubas and their cutting edge architecture.Must visit this tourist gem

bro stop fooling your self ,you ppl are in dark

FreeGlobe:

https://blogaces./2015/05/04/10-things-i-learnt-about-anambra/

U KNOW NOTHING JOHN SNOW!!!

Ilekeh:


That's quite ironic. Yorubas travel to igboland, return back to invest in Yorubaland.

Igbos travel to Yorubaland, never returns home. Their new generation of Igbos in Yorubaland speaks Yoruba, don't understand igbo.

it goes to show that majority of illiterates are the ones who come here to start E-tribal wars. Get an education and witness as your life will be transformed and you getting imbibed with a sense of civility.

babyfaceafrica:
How are we sure you are really Yoruba...u may be igbo trying to blow your trumpet for those of us whho don't know wat a trip tO igboland is.....neverthheless I appreciate your effort...be gud..I would have really apprciate your piece if you didn't put your tribe there..just a trip to anambra will have been better

this iS a fAct that can not be faulted,'before aN IBO mAn buILts one hOuse in LAgOs,he alReady haS tWO In the EAst,'sO WAt you see them build in Lagos iS more like 'A LEFT OVER'

FreeGlobe:

https://blogaces./2015/05/04/10-things-i-learnt-about-anambra/

I beg to differ on the Niger bridge being a fraud.The young man's first trip to the east through the Niger bridge was an eye opener for him.The bridge has been existing for years without any maintenance work carried out.

The steel bridge was reinforced on both sides during routine maintenance recently carried out before it was sprayed with silver paint.

If he had taking a glance to his right while on the bridge he would have noticed Julius berger presently sandfilling the river and piling works had commenced for the second Niger bridge.

Correct That place fine o

Ilekeh:


And be more specific, he was talking about Anambra state. So if it's like Lagos, why do Igbos troop to Yorubaland?

Ans why do your houses look run-down anytime someone post pictures of Igboland? Just asking ni o

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The reasons Igbo people flocked to Lagos:

1) Lagos was the federal capital before and after the civil war.
2). After the war, the federal government used federal might to frustrate importers through PortHarcourt. A lot of Igbo business men moved to Lagos because of this. And if you have ever moved goods from Lagos to the East, you will understand the frustration and extortion these guys go through on a daily basis from Customs and Policemen. I will give you an example: Every unregistered or newly registered car pays mandatory minimum N200 per police checkpoint and N1000 per Customs checkpoint or they will threaten the driver with a frame up. And there are more than 30 checkpoints from Ogun to Ondo alone. This is applicable only if your documents are in order. The Ondo state axis is the worst. It gets worse during festive periods. So Fed. Govt intentionally made it so to make Igbo people the cash cow and frustrate their businesses.

But you won't know anything about that bc the only ventures you have undertaken in life is buying a phone and commenting on social media.

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InvertedHammer:

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The reasons Igbo people flocked to Lagos:

1) Lagos was the federal capital before and after the civil war.
2). After the war, the federal government used federal might to frustrate importers through PortHarcourt. A lot of Igbo business men moved to Lagos because of this. And if you have ever moved goods from Lagos to the East, you will understand the frustration and extortion these guys go through on a daily basis from Customs and Policemen. I will give you an example: Every unregistered car pays mandatory minimum N200 per police checkpoint and N1000 per Customs checkpoint. This is applicable only if your documents are in order. The Ondo state axis is the worst. It gets worse during festive periods. So Fed. Govt intentionally made it so to make Igbo people the cash cow and frustrate their businesses.

But you won't know anything about that bc the only ventures you have undertaken in life is buying a phone and commenting on social media.

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Exactly

InvertedHammer:

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The reasons Igbo people flocked to Lagos:

1) Lagos was the federal capital before and after the civil war.
2). After the war, the federal government used federal might to frustrate importers through PortHarcourt. A lot of Igbo business men moved to Lagos because of this. And if you have ever moved goods from Lagos to the East, you will understand the frustration and extortion these guys go through on a daily basis from Customs and Policemen. I will give you an example: Every unregistered or newly registered car pays mandatory minimum N200 per police checkpoint and N1000 per Customs checkpoint or they will threaten the driver with a frame up. And there are more than 30 checkpoints from Ogun to Ondo alone. This is applicable only if your documents are in order. The Ondo state axis is the worst. It gets worse during festive periods. So Fed. Govt intentionally made it so to make Igbo people the cash cow and frustrate their businesses.

But you won't know anything about that bc the only ventures you have undertaken in life is buying a phone and commenting on social media.

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u said it all. .......but it's only the advanced yoruba guys that understand the level of igbo land. ......

no one can cover the moon. .......The government try to cover our business yet the moon produces more brightness either. ....

But they don't know that there's many igbo business guys that based in the east that never come to lagos for once and their are stinky rich. ....


because many of them that chat here never moved out of they south west for once. ....but my prayer is that ....just make a move ...and try to pay a visit to east then you will use your tongue to count your teeth. .......

emorse:


Take a trip sir. I have spent most of my life in Lag but I can assure you that if you take one trip outside Lag, you won't be disappointed.

Don't mind d lagard, they only stay in lag and believe what tinubu and oba of lagoon tell them

sunsewa:


l know some yorubas in owerri and portharcourt living in their own developed plots doing well, even few of them married Igbo ladies, well settled, some are my clients, that's how I got to know, some are displaying Igbo features this days.

smile. And for me, i really like those sets.

Jobneeded12:
Sorry o
For those who say Lagos is the only developed state in SW
Are on ogogoro
Of the 7 richest city in Nigeria
3 are in SW
Our crown jewel Lagos is naturally number one with $90.5BN
Followed by Oyo-$30.2BN
and Ogun our new crown -$28.2BN

the richest from the east is Imo @ $16.2bn
So the next time we say SW is more developed than SE shut your stinky mouths
I bow for ND sha

By the time we compute our cocoa plantation j that generates $2bn in Ondo state coupled with bitumen Ondo will probably be number 4 m,Also Kwara was listed but geograpicallu its seen as North so in total 4 out of the 7 richest states are yoruba land so who are the people saying outside Lagos SW is poor envious people

Kwara is a SW state.. Even geographically... A lot of people grew up with the idea/opinion that Kwara is a northern state...

I once had such opinion cos I was ignorant but thanks to exposure.. I know better now..

The Yorubas know Kola, Hausas eat Kola, but (we) Igbos CELEBRATES Kola... It is like an Elephant to us, and you must recognise its presence, praise it, send wishes through it, break it and it must be eaten one bite at a time.

Chukwugekwu:
u said it all. .......but it's only the advanced yoruba guys that understand the level of igbo land. ......

no one can cover the moon. .......The government try to cover our business yet the moon produces more brightness either. ....

But they don't know that there's many igbo business guys that based in the east that never come to lagos for once and their are stinky rich. ....


because many of them that chat here never moved out of they south west for once. ....but my prayer is that ....just make a move ...and try to pay a visit to east then you will use your tongue to count your teeth. .......

You're contradicting yourself...

Impressive bro.i like it when we look at the positives that bind us than the negatives that pull us apart. I am sure he must have seen and experienced some not so good things but he choose to be positive.well done.pls when next you plan to visit I will be glad to take you to a few places.i like you line of reasoning.keep it up.

FreeGlobe:

https://blogaces./2015/05/04/10-things-i-learnt-about-anambra/

@OP, your second point is wrong. I'm Yoruba also and have been a regular traveller to Onitsha in the last one year. Did you bother to ask from anyone around where the second Niger bridge is?, or you just concluded there is no work ongoing on the second bridge since you had expected it to lie side by side with the first.
You'll really need to repeat your visit to Ashaba\onitsha and this time around make sure you ask questions because tourism is not all about seeing but also asking questions.
SECOND NIGER BRIDGE IS NOT A FRAUD; AS YOU ARE CROSSING FROM ASABA TO ONITSHA, TURN RIGHT AND LOOK AFAR OFF, YOU'LL SEE WORK ONGOING. This was my last observation as at early March. Work may have however slowed down for obvious reasons; the initiator is not going to be the finisher and let's hope GMB sees to its completion.

ANAMBRA11:
I pity yoruba girls they re the least wanted in nigeria nowonder they bleach to look like igbo women

. This issue of bleaching is very real o. no jokes.

hollypagan:
bro stop fooling your self ,you ppl are in dark

What you talkin about Willis?

help3852:

I should take pictures for you, to do what.

Better get some sleep, a Yoruba bigot.

GEJ WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU NIGHTMARES

1. Nothing will stop his pension as former president
2. He will always be invited for council of State meeting as former president.
3. He has earned respect from African leaders.
4. He may chose to resume at UN office in New York after 29 May.

You and your generation even if God gives you a million years, you will never achieve what he has achieved, occupy positions he has occupied or rub shoulders with people that he relates with.


She-dumb, you will die with your bitternes, if you don't repent

Na wa 4 u oo. Person dey try run away from generational curses, u come dey add join am.

U no do well at all

It is a very rare thing to find a Yoruba person in Igbo land. On the converse side,most Igbo men would have visited at least one Yoruba state or Lagos before the age of 20.

FreeGlobe:

https://blogaces./2015/05/04/10-things-i-learnt-about-anambra/

Nice one,you got it all right, but please find time and visit owerri or next time you visit Anambra go to onitsha you'll see how dudes are rushing during weekends only to spend their weekends in owerri,but don't forget to ask them why? Owerri is home of fun! Note: an average igbo man is fun loving,we bear no qualms with anyone, we are jolly good fellows. Thanks and God bless you for your true confession

Firefire:


that place is not part of Lagos...

Are you disowning your very own Yorubaland and Yoruba family both of which are sacred?

Take it as is,warts and all.

Ilekeh:
Yorubas must validate Igbos existence before igbos feel a sense of "self".

And be more specific, he was talking about Anambra state. So if it's like Lagos, why do Igbos troop to Yorubaland?

Ans why do your houses look run-down anytime someone post pictures of Igboland? Just asking ni o

. Bad belle all u need do is to to travel down there and see tins fr urself, ibo are nt only in lagos they are everywhere including their own eastern states, person the report Wetin him see wit his eyes, what's ur problem wit that #vegatalks

Ebubeslym:
The sun will continue rising from the East.

then set where?

@ op, am glad. The gods of igbo land will always guide and protect u #vegatalks#

fairheven:


this iS a fAct that can not be faulted,'before aN IBO mAn buILts one hOuse in LAgOs,he alReady haS tWO In the EAst,'sO WAt you see them build in Lagos iS more like 'A LEFT OVER'

tats a hasty generalisation...I know of igbo men who have houses in lagos but none in their home town...now one who wonder why this is so...different strokes for different folks...you can only talk for yourself

help3852:
you are a big fool. Have you been to the site before. Is that all you could deduct from the post

Piling work had started, sand filling of areas machines will stand is on going.

The writer definitely doesn't know what she wrote. I passed there this afternoon.

You will die with your bitterness for GEJ

#show us 4th mainland Bridge, she-goat

Don't mind them most people here jump into conclusion from what they hear from other people . i passed Niger bridge Xtaday and I can tell u serious work is going on there . sand filling and piling is still going on and they have almost sand filled to the other end of the river bank. People shouldn't be misguided simply because they choose to keep hating on GEJ.

plusteam:
First time in my life I have seen a Yoruba saying something good about the Igbos

bro dnt mind d nairaland ones dey re hypocrites
During ma days in skul I livd with two yoruba rummie and thy we're wondrful
Thy can't stop praising we ibos
Even making vows dat dy will marry from ibo
Even ma tim in lasgidi same tin

So ma broda these yoruba nairalands u see some of dem didn't go to skul or maybe r not bing realistic

eaglechild:
This thread will soon catch fire.

This is an eye opener for the narrator.

I think the Swesterners are the least travelled in Southern Nigeria. Many of them. know nothing about life outside their region.

I will encourage them to try and explore the world outside their cocoon.

Thank goodness for NYSC.
It helps for some exposure though a little.

What are we looking for? there's peace at home. Meanwhile the few of us who embarked on the journey by force due to NYSC had a different story to tell.

Really, I don't necessarily enjoy bringing other tribes down, we all have our STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES, but when a tribe makes it, their job to bring others down, then we've to start listing out their too OBVIOUS weaknesses.

Meanwhile, if home is so great why the rush to get out as early as 13yrs old.