It is that time of the year again when all men of goodwill must raise their cyber-glasses for BNW, the messageboard et al. How time flies!
Just a few pendulumous swings of the mouse, few strokes on the keyboard, three-sixty-five blinks of the sun, and we are here!
We came, we went and then we came again. BNW is some addictive class A drug. Withdrawal precipitates a syndrome! The bare board is nought, empty. You are it. You are drug, you intoxicate. And you keep us all coming, yearning for more. Your writing that is!
Which house is more full? Which crowd more motley? When they say the gnome is the norm, the giants emerge to gyrate. The uncouth and the un-cut. The erotic and the exotic. This is it then, where the panther panders!
From today, I shall be reproducing the writings that tickled my supreme fancy the most. If your stuff doesn't get picked it doesn't mean I don't like/love you. Just that I don't like your writing
I thank you all for making BNW. I thank bababoyz for providing the link at the old Nigeriaworld that brought me here. I thank those that agreed with me and those that disagreed with me. I thank those that are steadfast and those that waver. I thank those that talk to me and those that hate my guts.
I thank the webmaster/mistress.
Ohafia Udumeze Supreme Advocate of BiafraNigeriaWorld
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos Posts: 2644 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Apr 2001
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Just a few pendulumous swings of the mouse, few strokes on the keyboard, three-sixty-five blinks of the sun, and we are here!
We came, we went and then we came again. BNW is some addictive class A drug. Withdrawal precipitates a syndrome! The bare board is nought, empty. You are it. You are drug, you intoxicate. And you keep us all coming, yearning for more. Your writing that is!
To BNW and the entire family I say happy third anniversary to us all!
To the Webmaster/Administrators may you continue to soar like the eagle. You have achieved an unarguably envious feat. Thank you!
OU has said it all! but to add to his sentiments, I invoke the words of our eternal comedian TB:
"I live here"
We do indeed! addicted, and loving it!
___________________ YA CAIN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN :) Posts: 1182 | From: TEXAS | Registered: Oct 2001
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Hip hip u ree Congratulations to BNW on her 3rd Annivarsary, what a place home away from home. The good thing about this is that many have tried but could not succeed. BNW will still be here while other copy cats flunders.
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Congrats to the founders of BNW, and also to the forumites for their fair-play.
We may use this opportunity to examine possible improvements such as allowing all URL links on this board. That would greatly reduce the number of unnecessary volume of texts reproduced in threads.
___________________ 1) Everything you can imagine is real->Picasso
2) They taught you the praises of their God, and these hosannas, when tuned into your sorrows, gave you the hope of a better world to come-->Patrice Lumumba Posts: 379 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Boy O Boy! I can't wait to see the posts that get selected. Some of those posts shook Biafranigeria; some changed people's lives for good. Funny how time flies.
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This is an excellent count-down to March 19, the birthday of BNW. Does anyone know the very first post made at BNW and was there an explanation for the birth of this dynamic board?
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Here is what Bolaji Aluko wrote in another forum on Tue Dec 2, 2003
quote: Chukwuwa:
Ogini now?
I never said that you are all liars, but there are too many untruths that a number of you hold onto, because of GroupThink or fear of Group sanction, that just ain't so.
I don't know who "my people" are that I am defending, but you seem to know me long enough now to know that I do not respond well to blackmail and that I stand my ground - you keep trying to advise me to back off for my own good, when it is the Nigerian and Biafran good that I am actually trying to defend.
I ask these questions, and having been asking these questions for ten years now, with little direct response: I have been FULLY in the fray (go to BiafraNigeriaWorld and type in "Aluko" and you will still see echoes of calumny against me there :-) ] I have had occasion to state that I feel like an apostle, a prophet to the Ndigbo - but it sounds too pompous, so I don't say it anymore! :-)
I have given you TWO references by two Igbo persons - Godson Offoaro and Dr. Eya - about ACB and UPE that seem to debunk some untrue things stated earlier: are these two gentlemen defending "MY PEOPLE" too? You have earlier apologized about an untrue statement that Awolowo dissuaded my father and a few other Yoruba professors from helping UNN out after the war. Why don't you respond to these issues rather than warning me about my reputation? You don't want to be confused by the truth?
I shall be waiting, like a vulture, which is a patient bird.
Bolaji Aluko
I have been looking in the archive of BNW. So, I know about the debate with Mobolaji Aluko here at BNW before he was banned. But, after reading that message above by Aluko, I wrote to the BNW administrator and asked the admin to unban Aluko so that Aluko could make his case here since this site has become the number one site and a MUST GO for Nigerians and too many people researching African issues. It has been 24-hours and I don’t have an answer from the webmaster of BNW.
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One could never understand everything that goes on at BNW. But, as a Kogi State citizen, I learned to respect BNW after these two well researched articles and the following discussions drove our former corrupt governor, Audu Abubakar, out of office.
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On the third anniversary, the founders of BNW can be very proud. At its inception, it was clear that BNW was created to foster dialogue and the free expression of ideas. The discussion forums at the Message Board have become the forums of choice for Africans and BiafraNigerians of both the Biafran and Nigerian hue. Today, the BNW forums constitute a large marketplace of ideas, the largest compendium of spirited dialogue, scholarly riposte, and carefully archived intellectual disagreements over issues concerning Biafra, Nigeria, BiafraNigeria, Africa, and the World.
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I did not know this website was only three years old. But it is everywhere in the Internet. Good job.
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In keeping with the tradition; "Ladies first", my first supreme line is this one from Adaeze:
quote: Brother COLO: If the Minorities are as proud of Biafra as the Igbos are, why don't the minorities make their own demands for compensation? The problem is that most minorities want to have their cake and eat it too. Most Minorities dissociate themselves from Biafra and most want to be seen as the good saboteurs who helped the vandals to defeat Biafra. At the same time they want to share in anything recovered for those who were tortured for believing in and fighting for Biafra, and who still remain proud of Biafra. Can you imagine a person like C. Ikpatt accepting any compensation that results from these campaigns, considering his bile for everything Biafran? Do you think the spirits of those who died for Biafra would spare him? Who are the leaders of the minorities that fought in that war? Why can't they speak up now? What are they waiting for? For that matter, your family members were good Biafrans. Why don't you contact those compensation campaigners and join them or start your own campaign. I will support you. Those Nigerian bastards should be made to disgorge their loot. Compensation should only be the beginning. After that, should come punishment for the horrendous crimes committed against Easterners, Minorities and Ndi-Igbo.
Biafra was not an Igbo war. But, Ohanaeze and the Igbo cultural associations that are clamoring for compensation DO NOT represent the minorities. Has that changed? Those associations do not even speak for Biafra or Biafrans. They only purport to represent Ndi-Igbo. If General Ojukwu were leading the compensation demand, I could understand your point, since as leader of Biafra, Ojukwu was Head of State to the Minorities too. These Igbo cultural associations are not the mouthpiece of Biafra or Biafrans or the minorities. I don't even believe that they represent Ndi-Igbo. What does MASSOB have to say about this? That's what matters to me. Some of those leading this campaign for compensation may even have been saboteurs themselves.
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos Posts: 2644 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Apr 2001
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- Time and place was when it was a crime to say I COME FROM AND/OR SPEAK IGBO.
- Time and place was when it was forbidden to say I AM A BIAFRAN.
- Time and place was when one got banned for challenging the FALSHOOD and PROPAGANDA as told by some at most anti Igbo discussion Forums
- Time and place was when we were told by the Awoists that the children of Odua were "the best." - Etc, etc, etc.
As I look back and reminiscent on how far this great board has come since its first airing three years ago, I cant help than say a MILLION THANKS to the founders of this great board for making the entire black race proud.
Another milestone achievement that can be credited to this board is that it finally gave Nd'Igbo of different due the opportunity to challenge and render the prostrate the LIES often propagated by the Awoists. It also gave the Igbo Diasporians the much needed room to talk freely about the GOOD that is Igbo/ism, and in effect reposition the often misunderstood and ridiculed Igbo people for greater heights.
As an avoid Igbo nationalist and one who loves everything GOOD that cometh from Igboland and by Nd'Igbo, I am using this opportunity to express my profound gratitute to the Administrator/Webmaster of BNW for giving ordinary mortals like Nwa Aro the forum where we have been able for the last three years to sell Igbo and Igboland to the world and the world to the Igbo people.
May those from other parts of the world who wish to also sell other entities to the world or vice-versa be given the opportunty to do so through BNW. I LOVE THIS PLACE FOR ITS PLURALITY. MANY MORE RETURNS TO BNW!!
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Three years ago, some of the major problems facing Nd’Igbo included that, like ostriches, too many of them had their head buried in the sand, they ignored the well planned project by Nigerians to destroy the Igbo Nation and break the spirit of the Igbo man. Many more decided that there were no problems at all, and all that the Igbo man had to do was show himself to be loyal to Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani Nigerians. Ekwueme lived that principle; Ohanaeze organized it; WIC imported it to America.
In Diaspora, some Igbo people began to exploit the distance, literally and figuratively, between Nd’Igbo at home and Nd’Igbo abroad to pad their resume, including in the area of knowledge in certain fields. Some Igbo men in Diaspora manufactured chieftancy titles for themselves. Some went home and paid for one. WIC quickly organized Igbo efulefu abroad. Others yet created their own aimless groups to further their personal agendas.
In that atmosphere, it was not too long before one Igbo bogie man simply declared himself to be the “father of the Internet” and began to compare himself to Einstein and Bill Gates. There was no end in sight to the madness and the Yoruba Bishop Oluwole cultural cancer, which was eating away at the heart of Nd’Igbo.
Today, thanks to BNW, all that is changing. The ostriches have had their heads pulled out from under the ground or realize they risk having it cut off. Nd’Igbo now know that a worthless press release is no way to show leadership. And, it will be a long time before another fool comes forward to claim that he is the father of something he knows nothing about.
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My second supreme line is Wacko's encouner with an Eritrean gentleman. The message is simple: "If your commitment doesn't affect your wallet, you're daydreaming"
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I had the opportunity to meet a certain Mr George yesterday. He was the cab driver, who took me to see areas of interest in during a short break from my engagements. From my accent he deduced that I was African, and enquired about my origins. I explained that I was Biafran, I was pleasantly suprised when he exclaimed ' ah Igbo'. He introduced himself as Eritrean, and then we first delved into the experience of Eritreans in Ethiopia which was very similiar to the experience of Biafrans in Nigeria. He then went on to elaborate on their liberation struggle which lasted over 30 years most of the time without outside support, and how finally they won their struggle. He continuosly used made a statement which I will find very difficult to forget i.e 'A starving freeman is much better than a fully fed slave' Another aspect of their struggle which was very crucial was the fact that every Eritrean in Diaspora who was employed Voluntarily contributed $1 daily towards their liberation efforts. During the hieght of their recent war with Ethiopia over £50 million pounds was raised by Eritreans in US alone. On my part I explained our situation since 1970 and the efforts we are making towards our own Liberation, as well as problems which we are encountering. He then went into a long but very helpful lecture, on the need not to be discouraged,and the need to look up to the vietnamese who fought first the Japanese, then the French and finally the Americans but who ultimately triumphed. According to George, the key to our success lies in Education!, Education!, Education!. We should start at an early stage to inform our people about what we have suffered in Nigeria, What being Nigerian means(3rd class citizen)to us, and that our self determination is the only solution. When our trip ended I thanked him, for the Education, he insisted we exchanged nos and promised to keep in touch. I must say that MR George has re-enforced My views that despite certain actions by our pro-Nigerian Breathrens, Victory is ours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos Posts: 2644 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Apr 2001
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Thank you BNW and congratulation. When Nigeriaworld began a selective ban of people on their website you called their bluff. It is great you are still waxing strong.
We shall continue to say it as it is.Our struggle has been kept alive because of this great forum. God bless you all in BNW.
" When absolute power is assumed over a people or over people's life, freedom and liberty, it will be wielded with destructive sway." Fredrick Douglas
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OU, Thank you for the Eritrean guy's story All it takes is for a people to have one purpose and determination to successed. Unfortunately for us our people are not even thinking any more. Even our children yet unborn know that there is no hope for us in that so-called Nigeria.
Look at the grim picture of Nigeria today tell me how any right thinking human being will want to belong to such a country that has no purpose. Look at those in the helm of affairs in Nigeria.
For Ndi-Igbo,maybe we have to send some of our people to the kurds in northern Iraq to study how they have made so much progress living in the mist of those that hate them.
It hurts to standby and watch our people Ndi-Igbo live under the condition we found ourselves in NIgeria. We must start putting money away, just like the Eritrean's.
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And this one from Damian. Note the reference to Osama Bin Laden well before 9-11. Enjoy!
quote: posted July 29, 2001 09:29 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Elekwachi may be a lawyer, but his reasoning is warped. His write-up is riddled with unreasoned and invalid theories about the law, municipal and international. Elekwachi writes, quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the avoidance of doubt, MASSOB may assert as much as it likes that it is a non-violent organisation but it also has to face the reality that their political opponents at federal (FGN) and State (Abia and Imo State Governments) levels are determined, and legitimately so, to see, view and prove MASSOB as a violent organisation, if only to destroy it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elekwachi has failed to enlighten us as to which legal principle grants legitimacy to the FGN or the Abia and Imo State governments to, in Elekwachi’s own reckless words, "see ... MASSOB as a violent organisation, if only to destroy it." "If only to destroy it?" Does that not sound to you like "giving a dog a bad name just to hang it?" Why doesn’t Mr. Elekwachi invite his FGN to simply go to Ala Igbo and murder all suspected MASSOB members. The legal name for what Mr. Elekwachi is proposing is FRAME-UP. He is inviting the government of BiafraNigeria and the two Igbo states to falsely accuse MASSOB of violence so that they may "destroy it." Dr. Damages, you should have responded to him when you read that trash of his. You did not need to be a lawyer to do it either. Elekwachi goes on.
quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In reality, political violence is not only when an organisation and its members are seen to bear arms or when they riot or cause other disruptions in the community or society. Political violence includes where an organisation or individuals advocate causes which have a real potential to precipitate riots or war. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The trouble with qualifying violence as “political,” “economic,” “mental,” “emotional,” etc., is that once you do that, we are no longer able to distinguish between Osamar Bin Laden and Mother Theresa or the Pope. You see, all those people may be equally guilty of what Elekwachi conveniently referes to as “political” violence. After all, Pope John Paul II aided Lech Walesa and Solidarity to bring down the Communist government in Poland. I guess it would have been ok for the government of Poland to "destroy" the Pope, since the Pope was engaging in "political violence." For the purpose of valid legal analysis, violence refers to the physical use or threat to use force. Anything else would suggest that Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Theresa were all violent people. I hope that Mr. Elekwachi is not an errand boy for Ohanaeze. He sounds like one. It is fraudulent that the FGN and the Abia and Imo State governments "are determined ... to see, view and prove MASSOB as a violent organisation, if only to destroy it." A lawyer has no business proposing or supporting such fraud.
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos Posts: 2644 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Apr 2001
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This one is for the interest of some of you fellas who have been bashing bababoyz. Bababoyz is a yoruba man but a fairly cosmopolitan one who has at times struggled to rise above his primordial innate anti-Biafran instincts: All Yorubas where born and indoctrinated to hate Biafra. Their big cooking pan is called Ojukwu's head and yoruba kids who would normally dobali(prostrate) for their elders are encouraged to insult credible and soundly educated Biafran/Igbo leaders. To quote baba Iyabo Obasanjo: "bababoyz is not the disease, he is the symptom.
Yes there were times when he attended Igbo days and had fun with Alexie my pal. There were times as well when he wrote more than one lines on this board.
quote: The fight for freedom is not a Biafran fight alone. It is a fight that must be fought by all well meaning Nigerians for the true salvation of our country from the clutching claws of our greedy tribal lords. My Biafran siblings have expressed a lot of anger against other perceived enemy tribes of Nigeria, but one thing they have failed to realized or deliberately ignored is that, the ordinary masses on the streets of Nigeria are suffering from the same oppression, maltreatment, unwarranted killings, hunger, backwardness, stagnancy and all the tell tale evil machinations that they are plaguing my people. The civil war was a sad story in the annals of Nigeria and I do acknowledge that the same reason why the war was fought then, still exists in Nigeria today and on a larger scale. But, I strongly disagree that secession is the answer. We should obey the Bible injunction that implores us to be our brother keepers. Let us join hands together with MALAM, NGBATI, ABASI, and OKOROCHA, to fight this oppression. It is not a sectional fight, rather it is a general fight that we have to fight together, and in my opinion, we do not need any machine guns or artillery machine to fight this war. We do not need to shed innocent bloods again. It is fight that can be won without shedding blood.
I dare say that the ordinary Hausa, Yoruba, Ijaw, Middlebelter do not have anything against his Ndigbo brothers and sisters. The real enemies are those rogues who are using the ignorance and lack
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