Igboid:


The pathetic ranting of a regular Yoruba man.

Johnnyessence:
1. The Hausa: They belong to the very large ethnic group in Nigeria. Apart from the States of Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna where they formed the largest concentrations of groups, they are also found in almost every state in northern Nigeria. Culturally, they are homogenous but ethnically they are not. Hausa is the language most widely spoken in Nigeria. In fact, the term Hausa is a linguistic term. The Hausa believed that Daura is their spiritual centre where they evolved political consciousness. This is in reference to the emergence of the Hausa city states otherwise called “Hausa Bakwai”. These city states and the so-called Benza Bakwai states were never brought together as a political unit the Fulani conquest of the early nineteenth century. They are agriculturalists and they are known for the practice of traditional irrigation and engage in the trade of cattle and kolanut between the north and the south. Two of their states, Kano and Katsina, became important centers of commercial activity. The Fulani also live in hausaland into which they have migrated many years back. They settled among the Hausa and subsequently conquered their hosts in what is called the Fulani jihad led by Usman Dan Fodio. There are two main types of Fulani. They are the Cattle Fulani and Town Fulani. The Cattle Fulani migrates with his cattle in search of water and pasture especially in the dry periods. He rarely marries outside his tribe; hence he has been able to maintain his cultural identity. The town Fulani lives in the large northern cities as administrator or cultivator with large herds of cattle put under the care of their bororoje (nomadic) counterparts. In Nigeria, they are found mostly in Sokoto state. In the north-eastern corner of Nigeria around Lake Chad are the Kanuri. They are known to have been greatly influenced by the Arabs from North Africa. They are Muslims like the Hausa but the religion had been well established in Borno, their political and religious principal town, before the Fulani Jihad of 1804. The people of the Forest Belt: The forest zone of Nigeria was inhabited by groups of people whose origins date to a very distant past. According to Udo, most of them form the oldest surviving groups in Nigeria. This area has for long provided security for refuge cultures. The groups of people in this zone can be divided into two: the centralized societies of the Yoruba and Edo speaking groups and the Ibibio stateless or de- centralized societies of the Igbo, Ekoi and Ibibio peoples.
2. The Yoruba: The Yoruba claim some socio- political unity which they express in the oduduwa myth in relation to the creation of the world at Ile-Ife. However, the Yoruba never formed a single political state because at least sixteen independent Yoruba kingdoms can be easily identified Oyo became the most powerful of them. With Alaafin as head and Oyo-Ile or Katunga as capital, the state extends to the coast of modern republic of Benin and shares boundaries with the old Benin Empire. The Yoruba are linguistically homogenous and are concentrated in Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Ogun, Lagos and Kogi states. Certain rulers were, however, recognized throughout the Yoruba country, the most important of them being the Ooni of Ife regarded as the spiritual father and ruler of the Yoruba and the Alaafin of Oyo regarded as the political leader of the people. This is because of its large scale political structures represented by such towns as Ibadan, Ogbomosho, Oshogbo, Abeokuta, Ilorin, Ado-Ekiti, Ilesha, Ede, Akure, Owo, Ondo and Ijebu-Ode. Edo : The Edo speaking people lie to the east of the Yoruba and the west of the Igbo. They established a powerful state known as the Benin Empire. Close traditional links exist between them and the Yoruba. They also have similar political cultures and ruled by an “Oba”. Benin City is their historical headquarter. Their kingdom was one of the first in Nigeria to be opened to external influence when the Portuguese established contact with Benin in the fifteenth century.
3. The Igbo: They are found in the present day Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi states. Like the Ibibio, they are divided into several sub-groups with whom they inhabit east of the lower Niger valley. The Igbo and Ibibio were never organized into any large political units, what they had was the village group made up of only a few thousand people. By implication, they had no titled rulers in the pre-colonial times unlike the Yoruba and Edo. Like the Yoruba, however, they are culturally homogenous but unlike the Yoruba or Edo, they do not have a common tradition of origin and in addition their history of origin is not as certain as that of the Yoruba. Due to the lack of titled rulers among these people, political decisions are taken at village meetings where all people were free to talk.
4. People of Niger-Delta Region: By the peoples of the Delta region, we refer to the delta kingdoms of bonny, Elem Kalabari, Okrika, Nembe, Andani, Ogoni, Ndoki, Ahua, Odual, Ogbia and Engonni. Most of these people have similar political, social and economic institutions. Also in this region are the Urhobo, Ijo and Itshekiri kingdom of Warri. Not all the states in this region were categorized. Rather there was a mixture of centralized and non-centralized states with a number of different forms of political organization. Their political structure was known as “City-States” i.e. political units cantered on a town to which outlying settlements and villages looked for protection and for trade. The people in this region were well adapted to their environment which was dominated by the saltwater swamps of the Niger-Delta.
Source:www.pressnewsng.com.ng/2017/01/the-four-most-popular-ethnic-group-in.html?m=1

Igboid:

Ok. Good. Then it's only apt that he/she be flogged with the cane of facts and figures by exposed Igbo sons here.
This is the ICT age.

DonCortino:
Igbos are found also in rivers, delta parts of benue, kogi and akwa ibom!

DonCortino:
Igbos are found also in rivers, delta parts of benue, kogi and akwa ibom!

TheSonOfMark:
There are Igbo settlements in Akwaibom State!

Oddly, the Azumire people of Abia State speak and bear Akwaibom language(s) and names respectively. Stop the falsehood!

olihilistic:

There are no Igbo in Benue state.
Get you facts right before posting.

Igboid:


There are Igbos indigenous to Benue state, stop displaying your ignorance here.

olihilistic:

Please can you tell me where they are located in Benue??

Igboid:


There are Ndoki-Igbo communities in Akwaibom state.
Ndoki was divided into Abia, Rivers and Akwaibom by Mammar Nasir boundary adjustment program of 1976.
Azumini people speak Ndoki dialect of Igbo language.
They have few loan Akwa Ibom words in their language.

Igboid:


Okpokwu, Obi and Oju LGAs.

TheSonOfMark:
Man, there are no Ndoki-Igbo communities in Akwaibom. The Azuminis/ Azumires aren't even in Akwaibom but they speak our languages fluently.

The Azuminis are neighbours to the Annangs who are wholely Akwaibomites and speak a variation of Ibibio - Annang.

I challenge you to mention just one Akwaibom L.G.A with a single Igbo community.

olihilistic:

You said I am ignorant.
Do you know that I am from Obi?
No.,you wouldn't know.
We are igede our tribe is Igede.
We are not Igbo.

Igboid:


Igede people are the majority in Obi, but there are Igbo indigenous communities in Obi LGA, when you go home next time, visit your LGA headquarters and make enquiries, you will be put through.

TheSonOfMark:
Man, there are no Ndoki-Igbo communities in Akwaibom. The Azuminis/ Azumires aren't even in Akwaibom but they speak our languages fluently.

The Azuminis (who are Abians) are neighbours to the Annangs who are wholely Akwaibomites and speak a variation of Ibibio - Annang.

I challenge you to mention just one Akwaibom L.G.A with a single Igbo community.

Igboid:


Lol! Do you know the meaning of Azumini?

It's rooted in Igbo, it means " the back of river/ water".

Some Azumini people speak Annang fluently as secone language to communicate with their Annang neighbors, just as Okoloma people speak Ogoni as second language to communicate with their Tai Ogoni neighbours.

The name is Azumini please, stop disfiguring it.

Yes, Ogbuagu, Mkpukpuagu,are all Ndoki-Igbo speaking communities in Akwaibom state.

TheSonOfMark:
You still don't get it, do you? Azumini is in ABIA State, not AKWAIBOM. There's an old, rusty signboard which reads "Welcome to Abia State at the beginning of Azumini's untarred road which leads to Aba but its people bear Akwaibom names too. Trying to play smart? Mention the AKWAIBOM L.G.As in which these supposed Igbo communities are located.

olihilistic:

This dude is feeding people with heavy lies.
He's bursted big time.

olihilistic:

Guy can you stop lying before I command thunder on you??.
The clans communities in Obi are as follows..
Irabi
Adiko
Obarike
Itogo
Adum
Orihi
Ogore
Igwee (not in Igbo)
Odiapa
Okpokwu
Itakpa
Ikwokwu.
So where is an Igbo community here??
Mind you I was born and brought up in obi so don't tell me what you don't know
http://www.funkeoyinbopepper.com/stories/who-are-igede-people-in-nigeria/

Igboid:


Oga. Your link is not opening.

Here are Igbos indigenous to Benue state speaking:

I'm done having this argument with you.

Igboid:
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
AKSG to commence free education at Ohaobu, September
The Akwa Ibom State Government is to extend free and compulsory education policy to Ohaobu Community in Ukanafun Local Government Area next September.
The commissioner for education in the State, Prof (Mrs) Atim Antai disclosed this at Ohaobu during an inspection visit to the area on Friday. The commissioner explained that the visit followed a letter of appeal by the community some months before that their primary school shut down for some years ago. She stated that the school would be re-opened so that their children should enjoy the free education policy of the State Government. She described education as a veritable instrument for the development of the youths who are the leaders of tomorrow.
The commissioner described Ohaobu community as forward-looking and progressive people who seek bright future for their children. She advised Ohaobu people to ensure the protection of facilities that would be provided by the government, for the reopening of the school closed down some years ago because of a little misunderstanding.
The commissioner commended the dogged persistence of the member representing Ukanafun State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Aniekan S. Akpan for the spadework he had done towards the re-opening the school. She said the determination of Akpan who is the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Education and the understanding of the council chairman, Apostle Sylvester Udokang have paid off as free and compulsory education set for the Ibo-speaking frontier Ohaobu community in Ukanafun Local Government Area.
The education commissioner advised Ohaobu people to bury the hatchet as development can only take place in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility even as the guarantee on security has been documented.
In a related development, the council chairman, Apostle Udokang thanked the Ohaobu people for their peaceful disposition and understanding and advised them to support the State Government under Governor Akpabio who has brought free and compulsory education to their doorstep. He charged them to take advantage of the laudable policy to prepare their children for a promising future. The chairman expressed appreciation for the supportive role of Ohaobu community to Ukanafun L.G.A.
The deputy chairman, House committee on education and member representing Ukanafun State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aniekan Akpan assured the people of Ohaobu that more dividends of the democracy would be delivered to them. He explained that the State government provided the electricity and the health centre in Ohaobu, advising them to remain law-abiding, as one of their own would represent the community someday.

TheSonOfMark:
He doesn't realize I've been to all the thirty-one L.G.As in my state and know my people's history more than the average young person does. He can only fool the uninformed.

olihilistic:

I don't have hatred for Igbo race but I must confess you guys don't like telling the truth.
Your so called discoveries stinks and disgusts.

Igboid:
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
AKSG to commence free education at Ohaobu, September
The Akwa Ibom State Government is to extend free and compulsory education policy to Ohaobu Community in Ukanafun Local Government Area next September.
The commissioner for education in the State, Prof (Mrs) Atim Antai disclosed this at Ohaobu during an inspection visit to the area on Friday. The commissioner explained that the visit followed a letter of appeal by the community some months before that their primary school shut down for some years ago. She stated that the school would be re-opened so that their children should enjoy the free education policy of the State Government. She described education as a veritable instrument for the development of the youths who are the leaders of tomorrow.
The commissioner described Ohaobu community as forward-looking and progressive people who seek bright future for their children. She advised Ohaobu people to ensure the protection of facilities that would be provided by the government, for the reopening of the school closed down some years ago because of a little misunderstanding.
The commissioner commended the dogged persistence of the member representing Ukanafun State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Aniekan S. Akpan for the spadework he had done towards the re-opening the school. She said the determination of Akpan who is the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Education and the understanding of the council chairman, Apostle Sylvester Udokang have paid off as free and compulsory education set for the Ibo-speaking frontier Ohaobu community in Ukanafun Local Government Area.
The education commissioner advised Ohaobu people to bury the hatchet as development can only take place in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility even as the guarantee on security has been documented.
In a related development, the council chairman, Apostle Udokang thanked the Ohaobu people for their peaceful disposition and understanding and advised them to support the State Government under Governor Akpabio who has brought free and compulsory education to their doorstep. He charged them to take advantage of the laudable policy to prepare their children for a promising future. The chairman expressed appreciation for the supportive role of Ohaobu community to Ukanafun L.G.A.
The deputy chairman, House committee on education and member representing Ukanafun State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aniekan Akpan assured the people of Ohaobu that more dividends of the democracy would be delivered to them. He explained that the State government provided the electricity and the health centre in Ohaobu, advising them to remain law-abiding, as one of their own would represent the community someday.

olihilistic:

There are no Igbo in Benue state.
Get you facts right before posting.

Igboid:

Akwaibom (Mkpukpuagu,Ogbuagu and Ohaobu in Ukanafun LGA of Akwaibom).
This is common knowledge.

TheSonOfMark:
My business is Akwaibom, not other states.

The only mention of the debated communities being Igbo on the web is a Wikipedia page created by you land-grabbers. Any fool can create and edit a Wikipedia page.

TheSonOfMark:
Hogwash! A quick search on the web about "Ohaobu" reveals no official comfirmation of it being an Igbo-speaking communities.
You posted a free edition blog to serve as evidence? 'Ohaobu' isn't even mentioned in any trust news site!

You mentioned three communities but when put inside the dock of hard facts, your defence crumbled like a small sand dune hit by ocean waves.