chimkaire:
Op, we (Mbaises) don't worship Imo River, kindly note

stinggy:


No, the enlightened ones still do

chimkaire:
You aint telling me that

Hemanwel:
So,Kwara state was once West Central state and NEVER North Central?!!!
Were the Yorubas sleeping before they allowed their land to be taken over by the Abo.kis??To the extent,they have Emir of Ilorin and not Oba of Ilorin...Ayaf died o!
And not only did the Abo.kis take over Kwara state from my brothers from the Western region,they (Nupes = Abo.kis) also conquered the old Oyo Empire.
Na only when Yoruba people hear Igbo their prick dey stand...Oya make una threaten Abo.ki with Lagoon nah!!!..Lubbish!!!!

Modified: Mods Una dey kolo ni?Why are you people changing my words from Abo.ki to Northerner nah?!!!!

IYANGBALI:
no wonder

timota:
Akwa ibom is not named after any qua iboe river. It is named after God the original name is Akwa Abasi Ibom state. Akwa means great,Abasi means God,Ibom means universe. So it means great God of the universe state or great universe state. That is why the state is known as the land of promise

soloehis:
point of correction on Edo..edo from history was a name of an old woman who helped one of the eldest son of Oba to reclaim his throne from his younger brother and died in the cause of helping out.

Ubenedictus:
You tried, but the Edo story isn't exactly correct.

The former Kingdom wasn't called Edo it was, "Igodomigodo"or "Igodo" for short. The name changed during the Kingship of the Oba Ogun, when the Oba was a boy he was a pain in the butt, since he didn't live in the palace, he lived in the bush as an outlaw.
When it was about his father's death the Chiefs believed that Ogun was unfit to rule so they planed to kill him, Edo is the name of the servant of the High Cheif who releaved the plan to prince Ogun and saved him. After the high chief found out he had been betrayed he killed the servant.

That experience marked the Oba Ogun for life and when he ascended the stool of his father he named the whole kingdom, the people of the capital, the language and the society "Edo" after the servant who died for him.

That is why Edo is the only people I know who call both their landmass, cultural identity, language, and capital Edo.

If you are in Edo state it is usual to here people from bini and Esan people say "I shi Edo", i.e I am going to edo instead of I am going to Benin.

Ubenedictus:
You tried, but the Edo story isn't exactly correct.

The former Kingdom wasn't called Edo it was, "Igodomigodo"or "Igodo" for short. The name changed during the Kingship of the Oba Ogun, when the Oba was a boy he was a pain in the butt, since he didn't live in the palace, he lived in the bush as an outlaw.
When it was about his father's death the Chiefs believed that Ogun was unfit to rule so they planed to kill him, Edo is the name of the servant of the High Cheif who releaved the plan to prince Ogun and saved him. After the high chief found out he had been betrayed he killed the servant.correct

That experience marked the Oba Ogun for life and when he ascended the stool of his father he named the whole kingdom, the people of the capital, the language and the society "Edo" after the servant who died for him.

That is why Edo is the only people I know who call both their landmass, cultural identity, language, and capital Edo.

If you are in Edo state it is usual to here people from bini and Esan people say "I shi Edo", i.e I am going to edo instead of I am going to Benin.