those names sound yoruba to me.

Ekinematics:
Liepods trying so hard to claim Rivers by all means.
Even Ogu-bolo??
Evans Bipi must hear this.

I tire... while most of the states in d east are under developed. Igbos focus on developing ur states biko! Leave anoda man state for dem.

mordsith:
As obtained from the local government and link below

please give your opinion on the question

http://nigeriazipcodes.com/4361/list-of-towns-and-villages-in-ogubolo-lga/




List of Towns and Villages in Ogu/Bolo LGA
1. Adiai – Obiofu

2. Agwe

3. Amuajie

4. Ase – Imonita

5. Ase-Azaga

6. Isara

7. Isiukwa

8. Ndoni

9. Oboaso

10. Odugili

11. Ogbeogene

12. Ogu

13. Oniku

14. Owajinobia

15. Ugbaja

16. Umuigwe

17. Umuorieke

18. Utu


number 16 caught my attention

Please help translate the town names

I can't speak igbo

loss and found
all the village u mention are all in ONELGA. .they are in not Ogu
check well and info me for more details .

TonyeBarcanista:
Ogu Bolo is Okrika and we are Ijaws..



BTW...

I thought so too bt i wasn't too sure cause most ogu bolo people i've met bear Ijaw names.tnx

Brownbarbie97:
Why do people just show their insecurities and agressive nature on this forum??someone asked a simple question and instead of yall to answer him and back it up with facts yall resulted into insults.The op might not even be Igbo to begin with yet yall started insulting a tribe and calling us names??
Answer the goddam question or stfu.
Y'all should visit quora or Reddit and see how civilized people debate and answer questions.This is why we are where we are today.fools

The question his highly mischievous! Is like asking if the Queen is British!

YelloweWest:

That we answer English names does that make us English??

It is you guys who need to stay the fùck away from Rivers state!

@ the emboldened! That is the dumbest strain at logic I have read so far all year .

You bear English name out of colonisation and subjugation while still bearing your local names and surname.

Were you colonised or educated by Igbos?

What's your own native names before you began bearing Igbo names?

Did your father and his father not bear Igbo names as well?

MultiCEO1:

Let me answer that question. You can only adopt a name from another language either through religious conquest, as in Islam/Christianity, colonialism as the English names got to us, intermarriage, social relationship or you are simply one of them. To ask if answering English name makes you English sounds very daft and mischievous. You answer English name because of our relationship with the British, I.e., slavery, Christianity, colonialism. you can only take on a peoples name through either of these, or intermarriage/trade or you are one with them.

you see, you are a regular unintelligent Nigerian that lack debating skills. You just contradicted yourself. You said I have an English name because I may have had relationship with the British. But does it make me a Briton. Simple, those names are there because the rivers people had a relationship with the ibos. You find more ibos in Rivers State than other ethnic group because of th location. Does this "relationship" make rivers Igbo?? there are loads of individuals with British first name and surnames in Rivers because of the relationship they had with oil explorators... does it make them British. Are you sure you aren't having a mental disorder??

@OP

Considering ijaws are known land grippers and have been claiming territories in delta, Cross river, Akwa ibom, Rivers state that aren't theits. Considering the ijaws stay fighting different ethnic groups over land and most times the,land belongs to the opposing tribe. Considering we learned how the thieves tried to steal two igbo territories and even now opobo is a mystery considering an neutral person aka an Ogoni politician labeled them as igbo likewise an opobo politician labeled himself as igbo. Now a days any area the ijaws claim as ijaw. I don't believe it until I get a confirmation from a person from that territory (someone that isn't anonymous on NL but direct statement from either theor politician, FB post from their page, etc) before I believe Anything the ijaw claim as their own.

Their behavior both online and offline have proven repeatedly they are land theives.

YelloweWest:

I am Ikwerre and Ijaw. You are spot on that! We are not Igbo and don't want to be associated as such!

Ikwerre indeed and your monicker is "yelloweWest".we know ur type,you pple go to the extent of denying ur tribe just to earn some cheap likes and cause disunity amongst a people.shameful

lezz:
@ the emboldened! That is the dumbest strain at logic I have read so far all year .

You bear English name out of colonisation and subjugation while still bearing your local names and surname.

Were you colonised or educated by Igbos?

What's your own native names before you began bearing Igbo names?

Did your father and his father not bear Igbo names as well?

colonialism or education is not the only reason a group may bear names and have a similar language. Business relationship may and a whole lot. Rivers is not Igbo!

mordsith:
As obtained from the local government and link below

please give your opinion on the question

http://nigeriazipcodes.com/4361/list-of-towns-and-villages-in-ogubolo-lga/




List of Towns and Villages in Ogu/Bolo LGA
1. Adiai – Obiofu

2. Agwe

3. Amuajie

4. Ase – Imonita

5. Ase-Azaga

6. Isara

7. Isiukwa

8. Ndoni

9. Oboaso

10. Odugili

11. Ogbeogene

12. Ogu

13. Oniku

14. Owajinobia

15. Ugbaja

16. Umuigwe

17. Umuorieke

18. Utu


number 16 caught my attention

Please help translate the town names

I can't speak igbo

Important thing is that most of the people living in those villages share common value systems, any other thing is immaterial. It is also important that they share common value systems with the Igbo. Asking divisive questions like op did is not it.

leofab:
All are pure Igbo clans.. Peter Odili is from Ndoni.

Is Ndoni in Ogu Bolo or Okrika? The thread is about Ogu Bolo/Okrika and you claim we are Igbo clans and make a reference to Ndoni?

Brownbarbie97:

Ikwerre indeed and your monicker is "yelloweWest".we know ur type,you pple go to the extent of denying ur tribe just to earn some cheap likes and cause disunity amongst a people.shameful

You didn't see Ijaw also there abi??

leofab:
All are pure Igbo clans.. Peter Odili is from Ndoni.

Yes... Ndoni LGA. Actually its a mix up. The towns listed are not in ogu bolo but Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni LGA. Ndoni area to be specific.

RobbStark:


Me Yoruba? Nah.

It seems history didnt teach you guys anything.
The same mistake your ancestor Ojukwu made and ran away, is the same you peeps/children are making and you expect to have a different result? only a fool does that.

I repeat, no part of Rivers State that has a connection to the salty water is Igbo.
Go do your homework.
Be it Ogu Bolo, Opobo, Bonny, the Kalabaris, Okirika, Engenni, Abua, Andoni et al are all Ijaws.

@
the bolded, agreed.
I have a friend who speaks Andoni, she told me they are no longer in Rivers state, they have joined them to cross Rivers

majekdom2:
colonialism or education is not the only reason a group may bear names and have a similar language. Business relationship may and a whole lot. Rivers is not Igbo!

Of course rivers isn't Igbo because Ijaw is there as indigenes as well.

Stop speaking in general terms. The only reasons Africa beer names are cultural roots and colonisation.

YelloweWest:

There is a distinction between the Igbos and Ijaws besides there are lots of tribes within the SS region. All with distinct languages not related in anyway to Igbo

Tanks.
Coz d last time I heard ekiti and ijebu has joined Biafra

Igbo is a nation. Ikwerre, Ika, Nkwerre, wawa, Ngwa, etche, Igbere, etc are all tribes in the igbo nation. I am an Igbere man from Abia state. you are Ikwerre from rivers. If you are not Igbo. I am not Igbo. If you claim Ikwerre, then I claim Igbere.
Igbo has over 200 dialects with Abia state alone having more than 30.
A dialect becomes a language if it loses mutual intelligibility with the mother tongue. Ikwerre has not lost that. Igbere has not lost that. That mutual intelligibility in the Igbo language which ensures that an ikwerre man or Igbere man from the interior can fairly understand the 'central Igbo' or the igbo language of a real cosmopolitan city without aid or requiring interpretation even if he can only speak his dialect is what makes and leaves us all Igbo. You can hardly understand my dialect if you ate not from my place. Same with an ikwerre man. But the moment I step down to the central Igbo language, the confusion will be settled. This can't be if an ikwerre, Ibere, igbere, waka or nteje man goes to the north or south.
Meanwhile, Ijaw is Ijaw. Ijaw is not an ethnic group in the Igbo nation, same with many other tribes in old eastern region.

Ikwerre, Nkwerre, Igbere, Ibere are all tribes in the Igbo nation.

YelloweWest:

The question his highly mischievous! Is like asking if the Queen is British!

It's not !!its a valid question,not everyone is familiar with people and their cultures.The names sound Igbo so what's wrong in asking whether the pple are recognized as Igbo or not ??
You guys always attach tribal issues to everything and let it becloud ur sense of reasoning .i taya for this forum

nuelsylves:
From the names you listed above, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18 are all Igbo names.

Anyone with a different views should tell us their meaning in Ijaw.

Note: it's not a fight o. So don't use abusive words when countering my views. Many are here to learn.

Names and language alone don't define an ethnic group. Do they dress like Igbos, do they have special dishes that's similar to Igbo. What are the norms and values of these people, are they similar to that of Igbos. These are stuffs you should ask yourself. There is a community that speak yoruba and bear yoruba names in Brazil. Will it be fair to call them yorubas??

folarinmiles:
Anywhere afta ondo state in the South is Igbo to me

So Edo, Delta and Bayelsa are Igbo states? Please stop annoying me.

lezz:
@ the emboldened! That is the dumbest strain at logic I have read so far all year .

You bear English name out of colonisation and subjugation while still bearing your local names and surname.

Were you colonised or educated by Igbos?

What's your own native names before you began bearing Igbo names?

Did your father and his father not bear Igbo names as well?

We married into and married from Igbo. We traded with Igbos and had other relationships.
I don't know exactly how we took on Igbo names but for the mere fact that we say we are not and don't ever want to be Igbo, isn't that enough??

I expect you people to say these are not Igbo communities and not try to claim us by force!

poshestmina:
I thought so too bt i wasn't too sure cause most ogu bolo people i've met bear Ijaw names.tnx

Its a shame that the mod even moved it to FP. I'm from Okrika

folarinmiles:
Anywhere afta ondo state in the South is Igbo to me

Shows your level of intelligence in the 21st century.

HarryDuce:
Yes... Ndoni LGA, not the same with ndoni in ogu bolo.

there is no Ndoni LGA, it's ONELGA.

Brownbarbie97:

Ikwerre indeed and your monicker is "yelloweWest".we know ur type,you pple go to the extent of denying ur tribe just to earn some cheap likes and cause disunity amongst a people.shameful

He's ijaw claiming ikwerre. When caught due to a past comment he made stating that he is ijaw before morphing to Ikwerre, he immediately transformed to Ikwerre/ijaw mixed. The coward is pure ijaw denying his tribe.

TonyeBarcanista:
Its a shame that the mod even moved it to FP. I'm from Okrika

So you are my brother?

rezzy:


@
the bolded, agreed.
I have a friend who speaks Andoni, she told me they are no longer in Rivers state, they have joined them to cross Rivers

Andoni is Ijaw, they are both in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states NOT cross River

mordsith:




What are Yoruba people doing on this thread

Oil Companies have their Headquarters in Yorubaland, instead of in Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa or Abia states. The Chief Execs and higher cadre employees of the oil companies are mostly Yorubas.

So Yoruba destabilizes any form of unity between Igbo and non Igbo groups in the southsouth, in a bid to make the Igbo and non-Igbo of the southsouth to never cooperate for Biafra, so that the status quo must continue.

My topic rises in ones mind two preliminary questions which must be touched upon here rather
than answered in full. The first is “who are the Igbo?’ and the second “who are their
neighbours?” On the surface these are straightforward questions that should evoke simple
answers. But in fact they are not easy to answer as will become clear presently. The term Igbo
has shown itself to be rather chameleonic, changing its meaning according to time and political
climate. And unless we can be certain who the Igbo are, we cannot say who their neighbours are.
During the century that came after 1850 or so, some European publicists, especially some
missionaries and anthropologists, had no difficulty in delimiting who the Igbo were. To these
men most of the people east of the Edo and south of Igala, Idọma and Tivi were Igbo either in
ethnic stock or in language or in their social structure and institutions or in all three. To Dr. W.
B. Baikie writing in 1854, “all the coast dialects from Oru to Old Calabar are either directly or
indirectly connected with Igbo”. He further asserted that the Igbo are “separated from the sea by petty tribes all of which trace their origin to this great race”. Major A. G. Leonard, writing in
1906, recorded that it was the view of missionaries and travelers in these parts that “the
languages spoken by the Ibibio, Efik, Andoni and others have all been derived from Ibo at some
ancient period; also that there is a distinct dialectal affinity between the Ijọ dialects of Brass,
Ibani and New Calabar and the Isuama dialects of Ibo”.
These conclusions were based on contemporary analysis of linguistic relationships and on oral
traditions collected from certain Ijọ and Efik-Ibibio communities. If we dismiss the linguistic
studies of the period as unreliable, we must concede that these men did not fabricate the claims
to Igbo origin which they encountered among the Ijọ and the Efik-Ibibio. In other words at that
time, and indeed until three or four decades ago, there were many Ijọ and Efik-Ibibio
communities which proudly laid claim to Igbo origin but today would treat such a suggestion as
an affront. Here we find a classic example of the trick which time and political consciousness
play on historical writing.