Onegai:


What stops your Governors from developing their states? At some point Lagos state was pushed away from Federal Funding and they survived. No-one has ever denied your state governments funding, why are your Governors not making you guys great?

Nothing in this world stops your state government from developing your markets and industries. No-one will legislate against it. But the collective greed of all civil servants coupled with the self-serving behaviour has Igbos fooled into thinking they have an issue with the centre.

Start demanding good schools and tax incentives from your state governments. Let every state raise funds and determine how they will spend it. All this ches0t-beating you guys are fighting here, your governor will attend the wedding of some Northern Oligarch, cut a deal with them, enrich himself at your expense, then come out to help you about that he is marginalized.

Likei:
BIAFRA
igbo land cuts across south east and south south zones and a part of benue state. you can ask google.

sukkot:

Thewrath:

You wish!!
Cavemen from the west who can't even differentiate Igbo dialects is real life are here online defining who is Igbo and who isn't!
Stop eating watery ewedu .

copiescopy:
A History of the Igbo People
Author Elizabeth Isichei
Edition illustrated
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1975
ISBN 0333185560, 9780333185568
Length 303 pages

https://books.google.com.ng/books/about/A_History_of_the_Igbo_People.html?id=nqtnQgAACAAJ&source=kp_cover&redir_esc=y&hl=en

dragunov:
Sukz, tell that punkass to stop eating half cooked long pig.

princejayboss:




I met a doctor in Mexico, Dr Anuka ... He is from agbo delta state, i called him a Niger Deltan he got mad at me, he told me that before being a niger deltan (that is if there is anything like that) that he is igbo .... This is a man in his late 70s or early 80s , he told me that his father was among the political elite of the colonia era... He told me that Niger delta was a political scam pleased on eastern nigeria post civil war just disorganize them

obaino860:



Go and meet your aboki brothers.....ss/ SE are united since 1903

viewflux:
My brother let's push this question to our Ikwere brain washed brothers;

Rumuokoro in Ikwerre is Umuokoro without the 'R' means the descendants of Okoro plain simple Igbo Lang. Can they pls give us their native language alphabets?


That the Kalabari people can understand Okirika language and have similar native language alphabet does no mean that Okirika is Kalabari (vice versa), that Spanish and Italian has similar native language alphabet and can almost understand themselves does not also mean Spanish is Italian, that an Omoku person in Ogba ethnic nationality(Igburu and Egi) can understand ibo(changed to IGBO in recent times) and have some ibo linguistics in his native language while his BROTHER (THE EGI PEAOPLE DOES NOT HAVE IBO LINGUISTIC IN THEIR LANGUAGE) does not mean that Omoku is Ibo. however, the reason for this similarity is because of centuries of trade relation that has lasted for over 300 years.. between these ethnic groups.

Note that on like now where you go to Aba or Onitcha and come back the same day or 3 days time, centuries ago traders stay for close to 3 months before coming back because the trade route is by water.

Moreover, your question of Umuokoro and Rumuokoro was as a result of control of Rivers State from Enugu(then capital of eastern region), the government of the day approves the naming of streets and roads all over the region. however, the Ikwerre's identify family line by HOUSE(RUMU) while the Ibo's identify by CHILDREN(UMU), the Irobo's identify by AREA(OTOR), it was as a result of this that the government of Rivers State changed the names to reflect the language of the Ikwerre's instead of the Ibo's.

Ikwerre Road was name Owerri Road during the Eastern administration. the present day ABU na ABALI(meaning 'Killing at night' in Ibo) at Garrism in Port Harcourt is not and Ikwerre acronym but and Ibo acronym, the origina name in Ikwerre is Obu nu Bali(meaning Obu and Bali=the 2 brothers that found that Ikwerre settlement).

sukkot:
half cooked long pig ? lolzzz wtf is dat ?

Igboid:


Kalabari and Okrika are like Ogba and Ikwerre, while Kalabari and Okrika are Ijoid, Ogba and Ikwerre are Igboid. You can't compare Kalabari with Ijaw, you can only compare them to Ijaw groups like Nembe in Bayelsa and not the entire Ijaw. You can only compare Ogba and Ikwerre to Igbo groups like Ngwa, Enuani, etc, and not to the entire Igbo nation.

Your use of Spanish and Italian languages to compare the Igbo and Igboid groups show your ignorance, for a start, Spanish and Italian languages all descended from
the old Latin language of the Roman empire that reigned over those parts of Europe and are rooted in Roman empire imperialism, hence they are called Romance languages.

At no point did the Igbo colonize Ogba or Ikwerre people and administered them using Igbo language, like the Romans did in Italy and Spain and Portugal at any point in history.
Ogba and Ikwerre were not the only groups in Eastern region, the Ogoni, Andoni, Ogbia, are smaller groups than Ogba and Ikwerre but non of them are Igbo speaking today, yet Ndiigbo traded with them for years too, So the lies of Igbo forcing Igbo language on previously non Igbo speaking Ogba and Ikwerre in Eastern region or Ikwerre and Ogba becoming Igbo speaking because of pre colonial trade with Ndiigbo cannot stand the scrutiny of facts.
Usomini, Igburu and Egi dialects of Ogba are all totally mutually intelligible to an Igbo man with good grasp of Southern Abia and Imo Igbo dialects.

No, it was named Umuokoro because it was written in central Igbo and not Ikwerre dialect, and Rumu is same as UMU as both means " Descendants" or "children", House in Ikwerre is "ORO" and not "UMU".

It was the policy of the Eastern region to name major roads after major towns in the region. If you come to Aba, we have PortHarcourt road, Brass road, Opobo road, Aba- Owerri road.
That a road In PH was named Owerri road means nothing.

On the Ogbu nu abali part, I learnt the land belongs to the town's of Oro Ogbum ( House of Ogbum) and Oro Abali( House of Abali) hence Ogbu nu Abali( ie Ogbum
and Abali) for the land shared by both towns Even in Ikwerre, Ogbu nu Abali literary translates to "He that kills in the night".

All in all, I can confidently say that your are ignorant of the issues you attempted to dabble into here.

StunningCEO:


This is proof that that the iPod yoots lie for a living.... ....ibos are not to be found in the Niger delta but in the five core eastern states....

Abagworo:


You just taught him Igbo 101 and Ikwerre 101 combined. However the issue shouldn't be about language but the people's belief. People speaking different languages can accept being one ethnic group. Hope you know that. What makes Ikwerre not to be Igbo is simply because they say they aren't. Even if you do DNA test proving that they originated from Nnewi it stii won't change anything.

Igboid:


Kalabari and Okrika are like Ogba and Ikwerre, while Kalabari and Okrika are Ijoid, Ogba and Ikwerre are Igboid. You can't compare Kalabari with Ijaw, you can only compare them to Ijaw groups like Nembe in Bayelsa and not the entire Ijaw. You can only compare Ogba and Ikwerre to Igbo groups like Ngwa, Enuani, etc, and not to the entire Igbo nation.

Your use of Spanish and Italian languages to compare the Igbo and Igboid groups show your ignorance, for a start, Spanish and Italian languages all descended from
the old Latin language of the Roman empire that reigned over those parts of Europe and are rooted in Roman empire imperialism, hence they are called Romance languages.

At no point did the Igbo colonize Ogba or Ikwerre people and administered them using Igbo language, like the Romans did in Italy and Spain and Portugal at any point in history.
Ogba and Ikwerre were not the only groups in Eastern region, the Ogoni, Andoni, Ogbia, are smaller groups than Ogba and Ikwerre but non of them are Igbo speaking today, yet Ndiigbo traded with them for years too: THE OGONI,ANDONI AND OGBIA DID NOT TRADE AND INTER-MARRY THE IBO'S TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH IKWERRE'S AND OGBA DID OVER THE CENTURIES BECAUSE OF THERE DISTANCE TO THE CLOSES IBO GROUP, So the lies of Igbo forcing Igbo language on previously non Igbo speaking Ogba and Ikwerre in Eastern region: I NEVER SAID SO IN MY WRITE UP, IT SEEMS YOU DID NOT COMPREHEND THE WRITE UP. or Ikwerre and Ogba becoming Igbo speaking because of pre colonial trade with Ndiigbo cannot stand the scrutiny of facts.
: YOUR EVEN MORE CONFUSE THAN I TAUGHT BECAUSE THE IKWERRE'S THAT HAVE SIMILER PHONETICS WITH THE IBOS ARE THE DIOBU PART OF IKWERRE( THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEM TO BE IBO) AND NOT THE OTHER IKWERRE TOWNS THAT ARE DISTANCE APART FROM THE CLOSEST IBO COMMUNITY, THE IBO CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THEY CAN NOT COMPREHEND THE LANGUAGE OF AN ISIOKPO PART OF IKWERRE, OR NDELE, ALUU, SO MANY OTHERS.).
Usomini, Igburu and Egi dialects of Ogba are all totally mutually intelligible to an Igbo man with good grasp of Southern Abia and Imo Igbo dialects.:THE EGI IS NOT MUTUALLY INTELLIGIBLE TO AN IBO MAN (DO YOUR RESEARCH). USOMINI AND IGBURU WAS BECAUSE OF YEARS OF MUTAUALL RELATIONSHIP WITH THERE CLOSEST IBO COMMUITY.

No, it was named Umuokoro because it was written in central Igbo and not Ikwerre dialect, and Rumu is same as UMU as both means " Descendants" or "children", House in Ikwerre is "ORO" and not "UMU".

It was the policy of the Eastern region to name major roads after major towns in the region. If you come to Aba, we have Port Harcourt road, Brass road, Opobo road, Aba- Owerri road, Ikot Ekpene road.
That a road In PH was named Owerri road means nothing.

On the Ogbu nu abali part, I learnt the land belongs to the town's of Oro Ogbum ( House of Ogbum) and Oro Abali( House of Abali) hence Ogbu nu Abali( ie Ogbum and Abali) for the land shared by both towns Even in Ikwerre, Ogbu nu Abali literary translates to "He that kills in the night".: THAT IS AN IBO LITERAL LANGAUAGE AND NOT IKWERRE.
All in all, I can confidently say that your are ignorant of the issues you attempted to dabble into here.

YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED TO ATTAND A HISTORY LESSON FROM OLDER PEOPLE AND NOT THE DISTORTED HISTORY YOU READ FROM PAGES OF THE PAPER.

Igboid:


Kalabari and Okrika are like Ogba and Ikwerre, while Kalabari and Okrika are Ijoid, Ogba and Ikwerre are Igboid. You can't compare Kalabari with Ijaw, you can only compare them to Ijaw groups like Nembe in Bayelsa and not the entire Ijaw. You can only compare Ogba and Ikwerre to Igbo groups like Ngwa, Enuani, etc, and not to the entire Igbo nation.

Your use of Spanish and Italian languages to compare the Igbo and Igboid groups show your ignorance, for a start, Spanish and Italian languages all descended from
the old Latin language of the Roman empire that reigned over those parts of Europe and are rooted in Roman empire imperialism, hence they are called Romance languages.

At no point did the Igbo colonize Ogba or Ikwerre people and administered them using Igbo language, like the Romans did in Italy and Spain and Portugal at any point in history.
Ogba and Ikwerre were not the only groups in Eastern region, the Ogoni, Andoni, Ogbia, are smaller groups than Ogba and Ikwerre but non of them are Igbo speaking today, yet Ndiigbo traded with them for years too, So the lies of Igbo forcing Igbo language on previously non Igbo speaking Ogba and Ikwerre in Eastern region or Ikwerre and Ogba becoming Igbo speaking because of pre colonial trade with Ndiigbo cannot stand the scrutiny of facts.
Usomini, Igburu and Egi dialects of Ogba are all totally mutually intelligible to an Igbo man with good grasp of Southern Abia and Imo Igbo dialects.

No, it was named Umuokoro because it was written in central Igbo and not Ikwerre dialect, and Rumu is same as UMU as both means " Descendants" or "children", House in Ikwerre is "ORO" and not "UMU".

It was the policy of the Eastern region to name major roads after major towns in the region. If you come to Aba, we have PortHarcourt road, Brass road, Opobo road, Aba- Owerri road, Ikot Ekpene road.
That a road In PH was named Owerri road means nothing.

On the Ogbu nu abali part, I learnt the land belongs to the town's of Oro Ogbum ( House of Ogbum) and Oro Abali( House of Abali) hence Ogbu nu Abali( ie Ogbum
and Abali) for the land shared by both towns Even in Ikwerre, Ogbu nu Abali literary translates to "He that kills in the night".

All in all, I can confidently say that your are ignorant of the issues you attempted to dabble into here.

fombadi:
Igbos and land. Claiming innocent peoples land,communities,culture etc etc etc.....
we know this only ends on the internet. But when are you guys claiming Iraq and Pakistan?.

If this so called map of 1903 has any credibility,who created this map,was it not same colonial masters?
They joined Southern Nigeria to Northern Nigeria, also In this case they joined Niger Delta to the East.

For your information if Nigeria is ever going to breakup we Niger Deltans will 100% go on our own,
we have nothing in common with Igbo people same way Igbos have nothing in common with Hausas.
Stop adding yourselves to us,Niger Delta rebuke any association with Igbos in Jesus name Amen.

reducto:



Just look at this YORUBA man. "We the Niger Delta... " So nah only you be the whole of Niger Delta abi. Wetin happen to your arewa-oduduwa alliance. Chei I never see a darker race, blacker than charcoal, than this Yoruba roaches. Disgusting chameleons.

mbatuku2:



It's obvious you don't get the point of these arguments. It's about the lying which MUST stop. I'm Ngwa and categorized as Igbo, even when we have little Nri influence. But accepting that categorization of being a part of the Igbo nation doesn't mean Aba will be taken away from us(in fact we have lots of the Ohuhus in our land and they know their place and limits). So it's not about Port Harcourt or refusing you a right to self-determination. No Ikwerre group to the best of my knowledge contributes charity to anyone in the SE. So no one needs you per say. But lying about your Igbo identity is just obviously embarrassing as you can see.

fombadi:



Dude stop fooling yourself I'm from Niger Delta.
How many Ijaws,Itsekiries,Urhobos,Isokos etc etc men/women have you seen married to Igbos women/men?.
The tribes above marry each others but they don't merry to Igbos and this is the fact. Because we have nothing in common.
If you like hug transformer nothing changes the truth.

We all have equal right to self determination.

OmoIgala:
Mynd44, Seun, Lalasticlala ---- ====> Culture section pls.
This is the Actual Ethnic Map / Tribes of Nigeria as Identified by Ethnologue



Ibo Igbo / Yoruba / Hausa / Fula Fulani / Gbagyi Gbari Gwari / Nupe (And Dibo) / Ebira / Igala / Tiv / Kanuri / Idoma / Itsekiri / Ijaw / Urhobo / Efik Etc

The problem with our people is that History and Nigerian focused geography is not taught in schools leaving rooms for confusion to thrive everywhere.

fombadi:
Igbos and land. Claiming innocent peoples land,communities,culture etc etc etc.....
we know this only ends on the internet. But when are you guys claiming Iraq and Pakistan?.

If this so called map of 1903 has any credibility,who created this map,was it not same colonial masters?
They joined Southern Nigeria to Northern Nigeria, also In this case they joined Niger Delta to the East.

For your information if Nigeria is ever going to breakup we Niger Deltans will 100% go on our own,
we have nothing in common with Igbo people same way Igbos have nothing in common with Hausas.
Stop adding yourselves to us,Niger Delta rebuke any association with Igbos in Jesus name Amen.
We are a unique people with the right to self determination.

zuchyblink:
Which tribes don't marry Igbos? U must be a joker! How can u be in Osun and know who marries Igbo or not?

nyben4eva:


The Ikwerres don't have any tribal inclination because they obviously sold themselves out by numerous generational lies and as such are seen as wonderers who where fortunate to find themselves in Port Harcourt and clinged to it by dissociating themselves with anything close to the Igbo race based on the negative impact of the Biafra war.

The Ikwerres are seen as very greedy people by other ethnic groups in Rivers State and the core River rine people see them as strangers inspite of all their self deceits and avoidance of their root which is Igbo.

We the Calabaris even prefer to inter marry with the real Igbos than the Ikwerres because we know they live in illussion.We're the real inhabitants of Rivers State and will always see the Ikwerres as strangers.

ANTONINEUTRON:
Which Part Of Benue State

fombadi:


You guys come online and claim other peoples identy just to prove a point that will favour you. As a result you think others are doing the same thing. Make una get sense,naija has marginalize y'll and now it's completely relegating your asses to online noise makers. You guys are free to claim anything online even America and uK belongs to you guys,as long as it makes you happy,but this is were it ends.

fombadi:



Dude stop fooling yourself I'm from Niger Delta.
How many Ijaws,Itsekiries,Urhobos,Isokos etc etc men/women have you seen married to Igbos women/men?.
The tribes above marry each others but they don't merry to Igbos and this is the fact. Because we have nothing in common.
If you like hug transformer nothing changes the truth.

We all have equal right to self determination.

MadamExcellency:


You mean to say that the map is a geographical location of a people colonized by Igbo Nation in 1903?

There is nothing I won't read from you. So much fiction is embedded in you system that even when facts shine the light of liberation, you still refuse to get enlightened.

reducto:



Just look at this YORUBA man. "We the Niger Delta... " So nah only you be the whole of Niger Delta abi. Wetin happen to your arewa-oduduwa alliance. Chei I never see a darker race, blacker than charcoal, than this Yoruba roaches. Disgusting chameleons.

Candyrain:


Are u ignorant of the fact that there are Igbos in Benue state? Use Google and cure ur ignorance.