@Ugeleoma

singing to the Lord

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

FREDERICK FORSYTH, the Briton who remained a friend of Ndigbo till the very end died today at 86. Ndigbo have lost a dear friend, a friend in need & a friend indeed. In one of his epic renditions on the Biafran genocide, he wrote:

“The federal government in Lagos was a brutal military dictatorship that came to power in 1966 in a bloodbath. During and following that coup, the northern and western regions were swept by a pogrom in which thousands of resident Igbo were slaughtered. The federal government lifted not a finger to help. It was led by an affable British-educated colonel, Yakubu Gowon. But he was a puppet. The true rulers were a group of northern Nigerian colonels. The crisis deepened, and in early 1967 eastern Nigeria, harbouring about 1.8 million refugees, sought restitution. A British-organised conference was held in Ghana and a concordat agreed. But Gowon, returning home, was flatly contradicted by the colonels, who tore up his terms and reneged on the lot. In April, the Eastern Region formally seceded and on 7 July, the federal government declared war.

Biafra was led by the Eastern Region’s Oxford-educated former military governor, “Emeka” Ojukwu. I arrived in the Biafra capital of Enugu on the third day of the war. In London I had been copiously briefed by Gerald Watrous, head of the BBC’s West Africa Service. What I did not know was that he was the obedient servant of the government’s Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO), which believed every word of its high commissioner in Lagos, David Hunt. It took two days in Enugu to realise that everything I had been told was utter garbage.

Fortunately the deputy high commissioner in Enugu, Jim Parker, told me what was really happening. It became clear that the rubbish believed by the CRO and the BBC stemmed from our high commissioner in Lagos. A racist and a snob, Hunt expected Africans to leap to attention when he entered the room – which Gowon did. At their single prewar meeting Ojukwu did not. Hunt loathed him at once.

My brief was to report the all-conquering march of the Nigerian army. It did not happen. Naively, I filed this. When my report was broadcast our high commissioner complained to the CRO in London, who passed it on to the BBC – which accused me of pro-rebel bias and recalled me to London. Six months later, in February 1968, fed up with the slavishness of the BBC to Whitehall, I walked out and flew back to west Africa. Ojukwu roared with laughter and allowed me to stay. My condition was that, having rejected British propaganda, I would not publish his either. He agreed.

That same July, the Daily Express cameraman David Cairns ran off a score of rolls of film and took them to London. Back then, the British public had never seen such heartrending images of starved and dying children. When the pictures hit the newsstands the story exploded. There were headlines, questions in the House of Commons, demonstrations, marches.

Donations flooded in. The money could buy food – but how to get it there? Around year’s end the extraordinary Joint Church Aid was born. The World Council of Churches helped to buy some clapped-out freighter aircraft and gained permission from Portugal to use the offshore island São Tomé as a base. Scandinavian pilots and crew, mostly airline pilots, offered to fly without pay. Joint Church Aid was quickly nicknamed Jesus Christ Airlines. And thus came into being the world’s only illegal mercy air bridge.

Throughout 1969 the relief planes flew through the night, dodging Nigerian MiG fighters, to deliver their life-giving cargoes of reinforced milk powder to a jungle airstrip. From there trucks took the sacks to the missions, the nuns boiled up the nutriments and kept thousands of children alive. Karl Jaggi, head of the Red Cross, estimated that up to a million children died, but that at least half a million were saved”. RIP.

[@Ugeleoma @ugeleoma]

@VividProwess For sure, we are together forever and always.

[@Ugeleoma @ugeleoma]

@marcus_herve If don't stop evil now, evil will stop you,
Ruto must go now.

[@Ugeleoma @ugeleoma]

@ShehuSani I jump and pass sir, hahahaha hahahaha!.

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

I know it drives some idiots crazy on this platform, so let me clarify once more:

Jews and Christians are forever united; we are family.

If this triggers you, I couldn't care less.

Billions of Christians unwaveringly support Israel.

[The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome @TheMossadIL]

Let's make it 10,000.
I stand with Israel 🇮🇱

[Senator Shehu Sani @ShehuSani]

When I watched the Kenyan Senators running,I know that Saraki is physically fitted to run but I’m not sure of Senators Lawan and Akpabio.
Dino can jump and Climb tree but Ben Bruce can only do Catwalk.

[Sahara Reporters @SaharaReporters]

State House Spends N244million On Tyres In One Day Despite Hardship Under Tinubu Government | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/BtsmpztE6O

[Elochukwu Ohagi Official @ElochukwuOhagi]

Keeping unworkable people together and thinking things will be better is like pouring water in a basket thinking it will hold water.

A Yoruba asked me the outcome of Endsars protest today. He was of the view that Endsars yielded nothing. Probably, in 2020 he supported Endsars, but today he is against it. And we know why. His tribesman, a Yoruba is now in power and he doesn't want anything that will jeopardise his tenure. So it doesn't matter what evil Tinubu does, he must be defended.

I once wrote about a revolution, and some people told me there won't be any revolution in Nigeria. They said that Nigeria is too disunited to have a revolution. According to them a people that is never one people can't demand for one thing. They are right, but I wasn't talking about a united Nigeria revolution. But that will be a story for another day.

In Kenya today, the people are out facing their oppressive government. It is just the people against the government. The question one can ask here is this... Can such happen in Nigeria? The answer is a capital no.

If a Fulani is in power, they will stand against all forms of protest against a Fulani president. It doesn't matter if they are dying and the protest is the only hope of survival, they must stand against it.

Same thing with Yoruba people. Almost every handle shouting Oduduwa republic before 2023 are all supporting Tinubu now and defending Tinubu's corrupt government. They are now defenders of One Nigeria.

Igbo people are the only people that can see evil and condemn it. It doesn't matter if the evildoer is an Igbo man. Igbo people are the only people who will support competence above tribe and race. Igbo people supported Yaradua, Obasanjo, Jonathan and Peter Obi. Yoruba and Fulani supported Buhari and Tinubu. Two incompetent fellows. They supported them because of their tribe and religion.

Tell me how you can work together in such a country. How can you develop a country where the interests of other regions and tribes are contrary to others? A country where they make policies just to marginalize a section of the country.

This is why the Kenyan protest can't happen in Nigeria. This is why they will always call on the military to open fire on other tribes. This is why they support the kị́lling of endsars protesters.

Can you now agree with me that Nigeria isn't a country and needs to be dismantled? Igbo Hausa Yoruba and Fulani can't continue existing as one. They have nothing in common.

Elochukwu Ohagi, Philosopher, Teacher and Activist, 2024.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

Cheat sheet for what’s happening in Kenya

1. Kenya is owning billions

2. Kenya decides to raise taxes to cover debt

3. Protesters who are taxpayers say No. The protesters tell their government to “cut spending instead of raising taxes.”

4. Government and taxpayers disagree

5. Taxpayers protest

6. Their government kills them for protesting

[Azat @AzatAlsalim]

“Women are treated like third class citizens in most lslamic countries.”

Here are women being trashed and abused and even the one who filmed the abuse was dragged by her hair later!

[SIZWE-BANSI @SizweBansii]

This is igbos about 100 years back.The same Igbos some Yoruba Ronus would say they were the ones who brought them civilization, clothing and even taught them how to read and write 😂.Igbos must learn to write their history and tell their stories to avoid others doing it for them.

[𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ @NiohBerg]

A French mass deportation anthem is spreading among Gen Z.

The song 'Je Partira Pas' is hugely popular on Tiktok among young native Frenchmen.

From the lyrics:

"I won't leave"
Yes, you will leave
And sooner than you think"

Europeans have finally had enough.

[Hananya Naftali @HananyaNaftali]

BREAKING: New Israeli military reinforcements just arrived on the Golan and southern Lebanon fronts.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

[Chioma Oji @OjiChioma1]

IGBO PEOPLE can never be SLAVES!

Here is a brief history.
Meanwhile, no matter the amount of times you spend tagging the DSS and calling for my arrest, remember constitutionally we have a right to speech and expression.. I will still appeal to FG to release “Nnamdi Kanu” so that SE can be can and go back to it’s normal activities. Insecurities, kidnapping and invading will now be traced directly to it’s appropriate sources..
let FG Consider the SE and the tension on ground..
this is my humble appeal.
Note for negative comments @pointednation is my account and I will reply you.
Ada ndi Igbo🙌

[iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno]

White girl is attacked by a group of black teenagers, she manages to escape in her car, which they also attacked.

Is this the future you want for your children?

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

Will you eat Bill Gates FAKE FOOD that he wants to introduce to Africa?

[@Ugeleoma @ugeleoma]

@Salwan_Momika1 I love this, enough is a enough of all this nonsense, rape is unforgettable crim.

[Salwan Momika @Salwan_Momika1]

An Australian young man teaches a lesson to a Muslim who wanted to rape a minor girl.

What do you think of this brave man?