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chichi81 (f)
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Igbos are the most Achivers in Africa.
The inventor of the internet, Phillip Emeagwali,
Ndi Igbo have:
Produced Nigeria's first president (Zik)
Produced some of Africa's best literature ever (Things Fall Apart) that is world famous
Were the first in all of Sub-saharan Africa to perfect bronze metalworking (Igbo-Ukwu)
Have a unique form of democracy in the region that is only shared by the Ewe of Ghana
Are considered the "brains" of Nigeria
Lead the way in the movie department (Nollywood)
Are by far Nigeria's best and brightest business people
Fought valiantly against the oppressive and genocidal forces of Nigeria and were only subdued due to foreign intervention
Produced one of the main candidates for the position of the Pope (Francis Cardinal Arinze)
Were the first to provide a firsthand account of the trans-Atlantic slave trade (Equiano)
Produced the first female fianance minister of Nigeria (Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala)
Produced some of Africa's best football players (Kanu, Okocha, etc).
Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, Second Republic Vice President of Nigeria
Emeka Ojukwu, The President of the defunct Republic of Biafra
P.N. Okeke-Ojiudu, Nigerian Politician and Businessman
Cardinal Francis Arinze, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Priest and Beatified Christian Monk
Dr. Pius Okigbo, Distinguished economist
Philip Njoku Emeagwali, Computer scientist
Dr Chuba Okadigbo, Former Senate President of Nigeria
Christopher Okigbo, Poet
Charles C.Soludo, CBN Governor .
Pats Acholonu - Supreme Court Justice
Sir C. Chukwu - first Nigerian airplane pilot
Donatus Ibeakwadalam Nwoga - philosopher
Patrick Ibeakamma Acholonu Igwe X of Orlu - senator and Eze of Orlu
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - first female Finance Minister; Foreign Minister; former Vice President of the World Bank
Damian Anyanwu - inventor and diplomat
Sam Mbakwe - former governor
Christina Anyanwu - journalist and senator
Obianuju Catherine Acholonu - writer
Michael Echeruo - poet and scholar
Adiele E. Afigbo - history professor
Chikezie V. Uchendu - classical anthropologist
Onyeka Onwenu - singer, journalist, actress, humanist
Felicia Ekejiuba - academic
Sylvester Ugoh - Governor of the Bank of Biafra; Former Minister of Science and Technology
Augustine Njoku-Obi - developer of cholera vaccine
Genevieve Nnaji - Nollywood actress
Ezekiel Izuogu - scientist and inventor of the first automobile of indigenous all-African technology, the Z-600
Chika Sylva-Olejeme - President of the International Peace Institute
Collins E. Ijoma - First African and youngest person to obtain position of Trial Court Administrator in the USA.
Francis Arthur Nzeribe - senator and businessman .
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cute-ass (f)
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Interesting  |
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tpia
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Is this mrs aba4life?
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grafikdon (m)
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lol. , ABA4LYFE wifey on rampage. . .
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k0be
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Igbos are the most Achivers in Africa.
The inventor of the internet, Phillip Emeagwali,
2007-02-23: No one person invented the Internet as we know it today. However, certain major figures contributed major breakthroughs: "What about Philip Emeagwali? Wasn't he a father of the Internet?" http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/emeagwali.htmlNo. Emeagwali did supercomputing research in the eighties. But his work did not relate to the Internet in any meaningful way. He contributed to no Internet standards, major or minor. Unfortunately he has made public claims that suggest he contributed to the development of something he had nothing to do with. For more information and complete references, see my article Is Philip Emeagwali a "Father of the Internet?" http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/inventednet.htmlBob Kahn and Vince Cerf were more accountable for the invention of the internet than Phillip, and even those 2 downplay their achievements. |
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redsun (m)
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Igbos are generally creative and resourceful,they are the creative backbone of nigeria,as poor as it may be.
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Siena (m)
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, And the "best" 419ers. |
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cute-ass (f)
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, And the "best" 419ers. If you say so jare, if you say so!! Either way, just move on with your righteous life . . igbos being the best 419ers or not regardless  |
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True Brit
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Half of what the poster attributed to Igbo people is trash. The Igbos do not lead the movie industry. the fact that it is saturated by Igbo's does not mean they lead it.
Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first Nigerian president - True. But that was a ceremonial post with the powers resting with the Premier who was a northerner.
Regarding Biafra, the Igbo's had outside help from other countries as well and the main reason the war went on as long as it did was because the Nigerian army did not cut off their supplies/access soon enough. Your leader did not think things through properly before embarking on a "war" that would wipe out roughly a million of his people. Most people died as a result of starvation, malnutrition etc than from battles.
On the literary front, I don't see any Nobel Laureates from Igbo land.
I agree the Igbos are formidable businessmen but that is because they lay so much emphasis on money over and above everything else including education. 419ers are predominantly Igbo too.
I can go on and on but I won't.
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laudate
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Is this mrs aba4life?
Hehehehe. . . . . . .what do you think??!  Abeg, make una no take laughter kill person for here! Please help me to tell her, that Philip Emegwali as well respected as he is, definitely did NOT invent the internet!! |
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laudate
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@True Brit, E be like say you be JJC for here. Why you come dey find trouble, now? Or do you want the tribalistic cartel to get on your case?? Softly, softly o! |
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chichi81 (f)
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look at it this way, we igbos make things happen in nigeria and its major cities, all you yorubas do is block the streets with owambe parties and steal government money, tribalise everywhere you enter(thanks to your f-kd-up father awolowo), smell around in your laces and agbada like old frozen chicken cartons, disgrace us everywhere with your dirtiness and disorganised nature e.g london, give birth to kids like rabbits without thinking of how to feed them thereby over-populating nigeria and breeding more agberos(yes kudos to you guys our populations is rising thanks to your "bi mo bi mo" without thinking nature ), the only development you people are contributing to nigeria is in the entertainment sector which of course the igbos pioneered, stabilised and are still maintaining, the government that you are shouting that your son, OBJ, is improving-go and check who are his key men/women that are running the show for him.
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chichi81 (f)
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ngbati.-----------------------what is the meaning of that in your Amala language.
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k0be
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ngbati = when
stupid girl. it doesn't matter how much you hate the yoruba language, there are tons, and I mean tons of igbos out there speaking it so don't hate, appreciate, learn it!
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SMC (f)
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Enough of this tribalistic balderdash. What have YOU Chichi81 achieved in your life as an individual. Abeg make we hear word for here.
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Ezinwannem
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First Nigerian Female Governor-Mrs Etiaba
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toshmann (m)
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governor via wuruwuru. abegi. we should not just praise anybody simply b/c the person is ibo
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elodie (f)
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vive a la igbo , vive igbo people.
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Janeesa (f)
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and what is your point exactly?nigerians in general have achieved sooo many things! why must you seperate it into igbos? you talk of all these igbo people doing great things, well what have YOU done?
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laudate
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absolutely nothing,
she lives in aba selling oporoko and cray fish in the day time,
and at night goes out to hawk in a cheap hotel
i guess that is an achievement too.
There is nothing wrong with selling oporoko & cray fish. Nothing wrong with hawking too, as long as it isn't sex, or something illegal that is being hawked. It is her mindless, ridiculous, peurile attempts to deride other ethnic groups that is so irritating. Someone must have flung her around when she was a child, and so she landed on her head. That was obviously when the screws got loose in her brain. Pity.  |
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davidif (m)
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ONE WORD. ETHNOCENTRISM. YOU GUYS SHOULD JUST GET IT INTO YOUR SKULLS THAT YOU'RE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HUMAN BEING ON THE EARTH.
Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT YOURSELVES AS EVERYBODY ELSE, ACTORS ON THE WORLD STAGE AND NOTHING ELSE.
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davidif (m)
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by the way, Phillip emeghwali (or however y'all pronounce his name) is not the father of the internet, get your facts straight. Also, has Chinua Achebe won a Nobel Prize yet. Also, who was Nigeria's first millitary dictator (in otherwords who led to Nigeria's demise)? Last time i checked he was supposed to be Igbo.
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dtw_sola (m)
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Kai. You killed the credibility of your post by mentioning that fraudster Emegwali. And no he is not the father of the internet.
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PTH (m)
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First Nigerian Female Governor-Mrs Etiaba
She should be ashamed of herself |
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nwando
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Kai. You killed the credibility of your post by mentioning that fraudster Emegwali. And no he is not the father of the internet.
what makes him a fraudster? your inability to untie even the very laces of his shoes? He is more of a man than you'll ever be We've seen his achievements who are you? some nameless soul on nairaland  \ jealousy will kill some people paper or plastic |
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PTH (m)
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what makes him a fraudster? your inability to untie even the very laces of his shoes? He is more of a man than you'll ever be We've seen his achievements who are you? some nameless soul on nairaland \ jealousy will kill some people paper or plastic Emeagwali is a fraud. Its not a matter of jealousy its the truth. |
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oziomatv (m)
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Emeagwali is a fraud. Its not a matter of jealousy its the truth Have you idiots started again? Now let me clear you some clues, before blackman is refereed as monkeys and apes now that Igbos proved to whites that they are equal to whites they just give us name fraudstars. then some lazy Afros(niggers) stick on that due to their inability to give their brain a test if survival will come on their way. when a slave knows more than his master he is a disobedient servant, to me it's out of cleverness. |
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dot2002 (f)
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chichi81 girl, yours suggestions are examples of meaningless, abnormal thinking and perceptions and technobabbles like the inventor of this and that, first to achieve this or that, father of this and that. its not even smart, just a catalogue of errors itemizing ludicrous claims
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cita (f)
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And best in ritual killings too  |
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Lady Dee (f)
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All you people should stop trashing igbo's and reeellaxx!! What is the problem for christs sake!!! @ cita 'ibu ewucambex!' - you are a goat! Just look at the foolish comment u made about rituals. I wont even waste my breath on a primitive person such as yourself. Theres no need for the tribalistic views. I'm igbo myself and have my own ambitions and goals in life and every other tribe, whether yoruba, hausa, uruobo or calabar ohh should concentrate on there own and look at 'OUR NIGERIAN ACHIEVERS!' after all isnt all these tribes one country? |
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