Igbo Issues According to Terhemba Osuji

I came across this video from subscribing to a popular fiery Yoruba nationalist spreading his message of tribal nationalism similar to Nnamdi Kanu for Igbo people on social media.  Reviewing the video of former Governor Fashola giving his own version of what the narrative should be about after his gross tribal and unpatriotic act of deporting destitute Igbo’s to Onitsha reveals a level of annoying condescension and avoidance of historical facts from the tribal narrative.  To be clear, with no ambiguity, while Lagos is indigenously Yoruba, it no longer belongs exclusively to Yoruba people, Lagos belongs to Nigerians. Lagos was not built only by Yoruba people but through the collective sweat of all Nigerians most especially by the hated Igbo people.  Lagos was designated as the capital of Nigeria by colonial Britain after the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates as far back as 1914 because of its strategic location as a seaport and it remained Niger...

Like all baseless myths passed around as facts many Igbo have brainwashed themselves into believing that Buhari hates Igbo’s, but the facts do not support this assertion.  In 2003, Buhari ran for the Presidency picking former presidential advisor and senate president Senator Chuba Okadigbo as his running mate against Obasanjo and Atiku and lost that election.  Despite that miscalculation, he picked another Igbo man, Chief Ume-Ezeoke as his running mate and lost to Yar Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in 2007.  Despite having these noble Igbo men, Igbo’s cast their votes overwhelmingly for Obasanjo who derived extreme joy from humiliating Igbo men. Obasanjo used that support in impeaching 4 Igbo senate presidents and used presidential influence to truncate the careers of Nzeribe and a few others while appointing easily manipulatable Igbo women into his cabinet. Prior and during those elections Buhari travelled the length and breadth of Igbo land visiting dignitaries like the Ike...

51 years ago, under the cover of darkness on the morning of August 9, 1967 at 3am, the newly formed Midwest Division of the Biafran "Liberation" Army comprising of over 7000 men under the command of Brigadier General Victor Banjo stormed out from their beach heads and crossed the River Niger Bridge at Onitsha  and within 12 hours after engaging an Nigerian Army unit at Siluko River and narrowly missing the Governor, captured the entire Midwest.   Upon invading Nigeria, the Midwest Division was split into various battalions with areas of responsibility including the: • 12th Brigade under Lt. Col. Festus Akagha had the task of capturing Ibadan and Lagos from two axes at the towns of Ore and Okitipupa. • 18th Battalion was under Major Humphrey Chukwuka, • 13th Battalion under Col. Mike Invenso with the task of protecting the Biafran north flank while also cutting off Nigerian supplies going to the Biafran city of Nsukka which had been captured. • 19th Battalion, first under Lt. ...

You understand the problems of Nigeria when you begin to wonder why the Ooni of Ife and the Sultan of Sokoto are the only Kings seated at the table alongside Mr. President and his VP. What an outrage that the Tor Tiv, the king of the Tiv the 4/5th largest tribe and victim of terrorist attacks and and the Emir of Zazzau are standing when Mallam Kyari is seated. Non strategic (my opinion) Igbos claim to be republicans and don't have a king, but where is the easily recognizable Obi of Onitsha, the king of the town where IPOB draws its core support and which always blocks the Niger bridge, the only bridge linking the north with the seemingly unimportant east and who is this Igbo H.R.M, I never heard of him before, is he there for just photo ops.  In finding solutions to Nigeria's calls for restructuring and the need for unity, why are the Kings of the SS republics that lay the golden goose and through whose lands the pipelines that fuel Nigeria not afforded equal respect and brough...

Look at the flags and stage befitting a governor or head of state.  Call it BIAFRAUD, call it whatever you like, but there is no discounting the passions this leader has awoken in Igbo people.  He has made it cool to be an Igbo nationalist and patriot, a distinct and unique identity that has nothing to do with Nigeria.  What people don't understand is that Kanu (and his IPOB) is the man of the moment but this agitation is greater than him, he is merely a conduit pipe for the expression for the dream of a sovereign indigenous republic, that Igbo people experienced for 30 months. No other tribe in Nigeria has experienced independence from Nigeria.  Only the most astute and sensitive members of Nigeria realize the magnitude of this agitation. Kanu is winning the hearts and minds of grassroots Igbos and the mental separation from Nigeria is growing and it is something no force of arms can eradicate.  The problem with Nigeria leaders and the unjust marginalization po...

By Terhemba Osuji | August 8, 2017 With over 551 MDA's and billions spent on Education One wonders whether there is an agency dedicated to fostering talent and guiding youth unto career paths in Nigeria.  Daily you see potential engineers, architects and artists idling all around who will never reach their potential due to an insensitive government dedicated to promoting mediocrity and not paying attention to its citizenry or innovators.  The public discourse is bereft of discussions of intellectualism or improving its economies of scale by building institutions around talent. You seldom ever hear of the government promoting of sponsoring talent shows, spelling contests, robotics championships or the announcement of scholarships offerings to prodigies for further skills acquisition training and if not for Facebook many of these innovators will remain faceless as the nation focuses on covering the activities of government officials.  Perhaps the greatest need to restructur...

For years the great people of the middle-belt, south south and south east were very accommodating and allowed Fulani herdsmen graze openly and without restriction on their lands with the understanding that the stay clear of farmland. Initially these people tolerated these nomadic Fulani who have no true home and allowed them graze on their land without paying any fees except for the occasional tribute to the local chief.  These people were so accommodating the allowed these Fulani and Hausa merchants to buy land and or build houses and because of their strange habits and religion many towns outside the north allowed for the creation of Hausa quarters similar to Sabo gari in Kano. These natives were so accommodating the allowed new generations of these Fulani in these Hausa quarters to own the land and even allowed them to build mosques. However after the creation of the northern region headquartered in Kaduna but controlled by the caliphate in Sokoto these Fulani and now indigenous...