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Urhobo Eulogizes Igbo, Says Igbo are The salt of The nation how Much Respect Do You Show Igbos?I am not Igbo. I am proud of my Urhobo. However, as a student of history, I wish to show just what these great people came/come against and yet thrive. Okay, the incessant killings in the North will be glossed over so as to make this article not overly long. The civil war will also not be discussed. However, post civil war, as I explained in my post MINORITY REPORT: THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED AGAINST YOU, the rich in Nigeria have major roots in the Indegenization decree of 1972 and 1977.I reminded how the banks gave people of other tribes, predominantly Hausas and Yorubas loans to by up companies owned by foreigners. Now imagine the Federal government forced Chevron to sell 51 percent of its shares and that Access Bank will give you loans to buy the shares. How rich will you be in a year? 5 Years? That is how many Yorubas and Hausas got to own UAC, all those Dunlop, Leventis, Cadbury etc. Now while this was ongoing, Gowon told the Nigerian banks to give TOPS twenty naira to any Igbo man that had money in the bank before the war. That is, if you had 5 naira before the war, you will be given the 5 naira. But if you had a hundred naira, you get just twenty naira in full fulfilment of the banks duty to give you your money. Ask yourselves “why would the banks give Igbos only twenty naira? Did the banks collapse? So why pay less than you were given?So while the banks were giving loans to Hausa and Yorubas to buy Oyibo companies they did not build, Igbos were being cheated out of their rightful moneys. Now not also that these people lost Houses and business across the land. It is safe to say that as at 1970/71. the richest Igbo had 20 naira that may be the equivalent of maybe one million. Let us look at how Dangote made his money. He Dangote (a great man and pride to Nigeria) has an uncle called Dantata who owned huge chunks of the groundnut pyramids of the 50’s and 60’s. He gave Dangote a loan and Dangote paid it back in record time. CLAP CLAP. The add that Dangote has had his “brothers” in government, from IBB to Abacha and Abdulsalaam. When they now agreed to democracy, he was rich enough to have funded Obasanjo and so government policies, be it monopoly afforded him for rice, sugar flour and of course a large share of subsidy etc ensures he is the wealthiest Nigerian. (note many had same opportunity but did not use it. We kowtow to Dangote’s investment capabilities)However, for the Igbo man, where will he see an uncle that will loan him money? The richest man in their family has how much as at then? So while Fani Kayode can inherit property of his father and grandfather and great grand father, a Chidi Cali cannot inherit anything from his grandfather who had business in Kano or even Port Harcourt. Neighbours have made his dad’s storey building theirs, and even someone as educated as Saro Wiwa lived in an Igbo war emigrant house as his. (a sore point of the Niger Delta and Igbo Unity) WAEC building was Ojukwu’s dad’s building and like that building, thousands and the land with it….lands worth billions today were taken from Igbos and each and every Igbo had tops 20 naira, destroyed homeland, stolen and destroyed wealth away from the east. also his brother is never president that will give him oil block or fuel lifting. Of 33, only one Igbo man and because he was in Obasanjo’s good graces.
YET LOOK HOW PROUD THEY STAND TODAY!!! Look what they have achieved for themselves….FIRST GENERATION WEALTH…top second generation. From being unable to send their first sons to school so he could help look after the shop, to producing first class brains in all departments of modern learning.
So today, as you accuse Igbos of wanting their Biafra or of Baby Factory, or liking money and ready to do anything for money, remember that just forty years ago, while the banks were dashing your uncles loans to buy all the companies of Nigeria, it stole from the Igbos. Know that appointments have not favoured them. Note that they remain persecuted and many speak such ill and hate towards a people forced by need to survive to be extra-aggressive towards their sustenance. Maybe if you took their history into consideration, you will not be so critical of them, but instead say “what a resilient people” and give God the glorythat FOR NOW, we and such a great people are compatriots.
Igbo Kwenu.
By : Ena Ofugara

advocates:
I know you will masturbate over news like this. Shame on you. Even when it involves something as precious as lives, you never hide your tribal remarks. For those behind Pa chukwudi to disregard the president's effort, it is evident that the fight is a breakaway from what used to be obtainable in the past when the insurgents would confront and sack our military even from their own barracks.

The tactics of planting bombs is a ploy all over the world that will take more intelligence to curtail. The Americans in Iraq suffered more casualties mainly from road side bombs amidst their military capabilities. Not using that as an excuse, we are hopeful. their cowardice activities will be checked.

hypocrisy is a disease. it affects ones sense of reasoning hereby preventing proper articulation. hypocrisy is worst than HIV/AIDS. cure yourself from hypocrisy now.

sai buhari

its surprising that nobody is calling on DSS to arrest this Yoruba prophet of doom. but they were quick to call to DSS attention on a man whose sincere frustration on the current situation of things in the Nation force him into a heartfelt prayer. HYPOCRISY WILL DO US NO GOOD!!!

Ha ha ha!!! My people knows how to promote themselves even when the mediocrity is very glaring!!! We yorubas are blessed with promotional skills. By our mouth, we can promote an ant to think himself to be an elephant. Haba!!!
Note. I am Yoruba from ijebu.

Please who among them is Chima Okoro. APC!!! LIARS!!!

Ha omo yoruba mi o!!! why are my Yoruba brothers always destroying the nation's image abroad Oduduwa our father will not be pleased with this.

Lies! Lies!! Lies!!! Government of liars, for liars and by liars. Stella Obasanjo's dead was predicted, Sosoliso plane crash was also predicted, Jonathan's defeat was also predicted, in fact only a fool takes bomb blast predictions serious because they are now normal in Nigeria. if you think say na lie, check your various information media. APC!!! PROPAGANDA!!!

My people and bleaching is like APC and lies. the first can not do without the other. God help we Yoruba's!!!

homerac7:
These above quotes are shamelessly st.pid.

To maintain these wicked mindset in response to such misfortune of other people is proof that goats are more socially functional than some humans.

In bid to rush to comment, you all above have shown your gross ignorance of the society you are part of. You obviously don't know about socioeconomic life outside the streets where you live. Not only fulanis own cattle herds in the north. Even if this herd belongs to a Fulani, how can you not feel sympathy for this misfortune? Are you a better person than boko haram marauder by condemning him to misfortune simply because he's a Fulani man? Is he no more human? Now you have a clear proof that the Fulani man is also a victim in this madness, rather than showing sympathy, you gloat over his misfortune.

You lack knowledge, good judgement, wisdom and empathy. I hope this st.upidity is not borne our of some religious sentiments either, otherwise you deity of worship must be doubly embarrassed with this inhumanity.

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HYPOCRISY!!! Get it into your thick skull that WE ARE NOT UNITED OOOOO! the sooner we stop pretending about it, the better for all parties involved. I cannot pretend to be in unity with a group of nomads who thinks that it is their divine right to rule and lord it over others Or those that considers themselves the fountain of knowledge (products of Free education, aimed just to mass produce school attendees) as well as the most hospitable host to a fellow Nigerian. imagine. SAY NO TO HYPOCRISY NOW.

Hidentity:
Just before you pick his name and insult his ethnic group, read this.


I think that I have observed this for quite a while and I think that it need be said.

I expressed my concern on why Nigerian youths remain leaders of tomorrow even till tomorrow to someone a few years back, and he suggested that I become a member of a few social media outfits. I did- Nairaland is one. He didn't say more, but I have seen more.

E-friends, it is easier to trap the water in an ocean in a glass cup than it is to see one reasonable comment on a page on Nairaland. Is it that hard to just ignore a topic if one has nothing intellectually benefiting or wise to say than insult the feelings of a tribe, religion or sex?

Look at it from here, a lot of unemployed youths are here lamenting and the story continues year in and out. If you were an employer, are you likely to take someone on a forum like this serious to conduct the affairs of your business or firm? These things matter, but it seems we either don't know or we just deny that we don't. There are people of incredible and distinguished personalities here, but with these comments fanning the embers of ethnic war, can youths like us be left with sensitive issues like nation building?

We can't lament that we are being sidelined when we lack the diplomatic tact and mental credential to make a simple remarkable comment. Insult me for this, I don't care- people take to insult when they are short of logic. But it is saddening that these e-children of ethnic war are thought to mirror the rest of us who are not in the bandwagon of victims of social, moral and intellectual decadence.

I expected that Seun or the mods would fashion out a way to halt this madness. The truth is that not paying attention to little details has led to several wars and disasters. If this trend of singling out an ethnic group as criminals, rapists or ritualists subsists, we all may not be able to tell the story of the consequences. We can choose our actions, but we cannot choose the consequences, why don't you just keep quiet or type something worthwhile?

I am a proud Yoruba and a Christain, but I know that in my formation process, I became human first before becoming a Yoruba or a Christian and as long as the next person is human, I should be fair to him. Why can't we just live and let live? The leaders of tomorrow are just more terrible than the ones of today.

If an Igbo person is caught for doing drugs, it is not because he is Igbo- it is because of the inherent criminal nature in every human which he didn't curb. If one Hausa man is caught for terrorism, it is not because Hausa people are terrorists, it is because of the inhumane part of every human he did not restrict. If a Yoruba man is caught for raping, it does not make Yoruba people rapists, it is because that particular Yoruba man failed to control the animal instinct in him. Committing crime is never an identity of any tribe or ethnic group because speaking English does not make one a Briton.

The future awaits us- we cannot succeed in giving it the best with the way we reason, comment and react here.

Thanks

HYPOCRISY!!! Get it into your thick skull that WE ARE NOT UNITED OOOOO! the sooner we stop pretending about it, the better for all parties involved. I cannot pretend to be in unity with a group of nomads who thinks that it is their divine right to rule and lord it over others Or those that considers themselves the fountain of knowledge (products of Free education, aimed just to mass produce school attendees) as well as the most hospitable host to a fellow Nigerian. imagine. SAY NO TO HYPOCRISY NOW.

Wow. The Most Hospitable people in Nigeria are topping the International Drug Championship Table again as they've always done. Stand Up! Stand Up!! For The Champion Stand Up!!!
Note. I am Yoruba from ijebu!!!

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Some clowns are here celebrating the arrest of Dieziani while their gambari masters have overrun their villages with their cattle, raping their owambe girls, killing their mothers, kidnapping their elders and forcing them to sleep on bear floor. still cannot find any act that better explain the meaning of the word "COWARDICE" than this.

Naija transgender a Yoruba Wow we no dey carry last for yeye things o!!! #laughing in ijebu

Jide and Aderonke ha!!! Omo Odua ni o!!! Why do my people like gay sef? imagine them disgracing African values in the international community. Na wa o!!!

Lies! Lies!! Lies!!! BEWARE OF NIGERIA NEWS MEDIA!!!

We Yorubas are slaves not just in our actions but also in our pattern of reasoning

#i am a Yoruba form osun state but I will always stand for the naked truth.

it is funny how we yorubas are always in a hurry to downplay the achievements of the southeastern. But truth be told, we must give it to this people for their resilience. sentiment unattached, of all the tribes in Nigeria, this is the one and only tribe that has what it takes in terms of human capabilities, intellectual endowment and sincerity of propose to develop our nation and this is made manifest anywhere they go. My brothers let's forget sentiments. before the war, Onitsha had the biggest market in black Africa. during the war this market was looted and burnt to the ground. even the host community (Onitsha) was bombed to the extent that there was no stone on a stone. but today the story is different. remember the monetary policy of 20 pounds each for Igbos who had their money in bank irrespective of the amount you once had in your bank account. Today Onitshans are battling for city space to erect their five/six storey edifices while our own Ibadan which use to be the jewel of the black continent is now known for its out-of-fashion rusted brown ceilings. The problem with we southwestern is that we hardly (not applicable to every one sha) travel outside our region and yet we are always in a hurry to make comparisons, analysis and draw conclusions while sitting comfortably in our conclaves. for the records, any from of comparison between us and the Igbos is a let-down on our part. we had an head start before them, we were going to school before them, in fact education was free for us in order to mass produce school attendees but today, they have not only catch up with us but have also overtaken us in the education ladder. whether we chose to say it or not. the Nigerian nation have not been fair to the man from the east.

My people never disappoints. We no dey carry last. Omo Odua le mi

why is it that we yorubas are always jealous of the Igbo? we never appreciate them even though they are the first among other Nigerian tribes to contribute meaningfully to the development of our fatherland. I know some will disagree.
NOTE. I am a Yoruba but I stand for the Truth. these people are our best friend if only jealousy will make us see that.

"A useless lock is opened by any key but a Master key opens many locks" Chinese proverb.

RIP MAMA but please tell Chief Awolowo that the Free Education for the mass production of schools attendees, Genocide through food blockage he helped championed, 20 pounds and Indigenization decree has done nothing to put we Omo Odua ahead of other tribes. Tell him that the Southeastern are at the top of their game again. Adieu Mama. We will miss your counsel.

“The Great Ibo race to the East of the Niger, numbering some 3 million, and their cognate tribes had not developed beyond the stage of primitive savagery” Lord Fredrick Lugard, 1914.This is the list of secondary schools in Nigeria in order of their years of foundation as the time Lord Lugard’s statement:1. CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, (West) 18592.Methodist Boys High School, Lagos, (West) 18783. Methodist Girls High School, Lagos (West) 18794. Baptist Academy, Lagos (West) 18855. Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar (South South) 18956. Wesley Collage Elekuro, Ibadan (West) 19057. Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun (West) 19088. Kings College Lagos (West) 19099. Alhuda College, Zaria, Kaduna State (North) 191010. Ijebu-OdeGrammar School Ogun (West) 191311. Eko Boys High School, Lagos (West) 191312. Government Secondary School, Ilorin (North) 191413. Government College Katsina-Ala (North) 1914As at 1914 when Nigeria was amalgamated, there was no secondary school in Igboland. The West had 9, the North 3, and the South South had one. So, what we know today as the South East Geopolitical Zone had no secondary school in 1914. What measure did Nigeria put in place for South East to catch up?While it took the Igbo 25 years to catch up and spearhead Nigerian’s independence, the North is yet to catch up despite all the privileges put in place since the end of the Biafran war in 1970.It is ironic that candidates from the region that had no secondary school in 1914 are now required to score higher for admission into federal institutions than those from regions that had secondary schools.Below is the full list of the cut-off marks for all 36 states of the federation, as well as the FCT.Abia – Male (130) Female (130)Adamawa – Male (62) Female (62)Akwa-Ibom – Male (123) Female (123)Anambra – Male (139) Female (139)Bauchi – Male (35) Female (35)Bayelsa – Male (72) Female (72)Benue – Male (111) Female (111)Borno – Male (45) Female (45)Cross-Rivers– Male (97) Female (97)Delta – Male (131) Female (131)Ebonyi – Male (112) Female (112)Edo – Male (127) Female (127)Ekiti – Male (119) Female (119)Enugu – Male (134) Female (134)Gombe – Male (58) Female (58)Imo – Male (138) Female (138)Jigawa – Male (44) Female (44)Kaduna – Male (91) Female (91)Kano – Male (67) Female (67)Kastina – Male (60) Female (60)Kebbi – Male (9) Female(20)Kogi – Male (119) Female (119)Kwara – Male (123) Female (123)Lagos – Male (133) Female (133)Nassarawa – Male (58) Female (58)Niger – Male (93) Female (93)Ogun – Male (131) Female (131)Ondo – Male (126) Female (126)Osun – Male (127) Female (127)Oyo – Male (127) Female (127)Plateau – Male (97) Female (97)Rivers – Male (118) Female (118)Sokoto – Male (9) Female (13)Taraba – Male (3) Female (11)Yobe – Male (2) Female (27)Zamfara – Male (4) Female (2)FCT Abuja – Male (90) Female (90).The Ibo as The great Achebe said had within a span of 40 years bridged the gap and even surpassed the Yoruba in education by the’60s. Many a Yoruba people perpetually indulge in self-deceit: that they were the first to go to school;to be exposed to Western education; that they are academically ahead of other Nigerian cultures of peoples. Another ignorant lie.Why then would several Yoruba people peddle allthese falsehoods to show that they are ahead educationally in Nigeria? The true facts from the Federal Office of Statistics on education tell otherwise, showing that 3 Ibo states for the past 12 years have constantly hadthe largest number of graduates in the country, producing more graduates than Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo states. These eastern states are Imo, Anambra and Abia. Yet they calls Ibos traders. Indeed, the Igbos dominate because excellence dominates mediocrity – truth.The first ever known record of a literate Nigerian in the English Language is the narrative of an Ibo slave who regained his freedom and documented his life history as a slave from the time he was 11 years old in present day Ibo land till the time when he gained his freedom inthe middle of the 18 th century. He later marriedan English womanand had 3 children. He died in 1795. Equanoh OLAODAHThe first Nigeria doctor was an Effik man Silas G. Dove who obtained a medical degree from Franceand returned to practise medicine in 1840 in Calabar. This fact can also be verified from historical medical records in Paris.Edward Wilmot BLYDEN – an educated son of free Ibo slaves who by the mid-19th century had acquired sound theological education. He was born in Saint Thomas in 1832. He is one of the founding missionaries that established the Archbishop Vining church in Ikeja.The third president of a free Liberia – President J JRoyle – again, a man of Ibo descent.Who was the firstNigerian Professor of Mathematics – an Ibo man – Professor Chike Obi– the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem.AnotherIbo man, Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of Differentail Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant.this great Ibo man. He laterbecame the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and one of the founders of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre.Nigeria’s first Professor of Histroy – Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times. He was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.The first Professor of Microbiology – Professor Eni Njoku; he was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos.The Anatomy and Physiology – Professor Chike Edozien is an Asaba man and current Obi of Asaba. Who was the first Professor of Anatomy atthe University College Ibadan.The first Professor of Physics, Professor Okoye, who became a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960.He was followed by the likes of Professor Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics. He was also a founding member of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Ibo man .Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge Univesity in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s.FirstProfessor of Statistics – Professor Adichie who’s research on Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research.The firstNigerian Professor of Medicine – Professor Kodilinye – he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in 1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the war.Professor Ntukoju – was the first to earn a doublePh.D in Astronomy and Mathematics. and also in Astronomy – again this Ibo man was the first Professor of AstronomyLet’s go to the Social Sciences – Demography and statistical research into population studies – again another Ibo man –Professor Okonjo whoset up the first Centre for Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in Mathematics and Economics.Professor G D Okafor, became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953. Economics –Dr. Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first Nigerian Ph.Din Economics.Theology and theological research – Professor Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.Let me enlighten this falsehood’s mouthpiece even further: before the civil war Ibos controlled and dominated all institutions in the formal sector in Nigeria from the universities to the police to the military to politics:•The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Ibo man•The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Ibo man•The first Nigerian Rector of the thenYaba College of Technology was also an Ibo man•The police was run by an Ibo IG•The military as a professional institution was also run by elite- Ibos.All we are saying is, give us Biafra and see the greatest

“The Great Ibo race to the East of the Niger, numbering some 3 million, and their cognate tribes had not developed beyond the stage of primitive savagery” Lord Fredrick Lugard, 1914.
This is the list of secondary schools in Nigeria in order of their years of foundation at the time Lord Lugard’s statement:
1. CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, (West) 1859
2.Methodist Boys High School, Lagos, (West) 1878
3. Methodist Girls High School, Lagos (West) 1879
4. Baptist Academy, Lagos (West) 1885
5. Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar (South South) 1895
6. Wesley Collage Elekuro, Ibadan (West) 1905
7. Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun (West) 1908
8. Kings College Lagos (West) 1909
9. Alhuda College, Zaria, Kaduna State (North) 1910
10. Ijebu-ode Gramma School Ogun (West) 1913
11. Eko Boys High School, Lagos (West) 1913
12. Government Secondary School, Ilorin (North) 1914
13. Government College Katsina-Ala (North) 1914.As at 1914 when Nigeria was amalgamated, there was no secondary school in Igboland. The West had 9, the North 3, and the South South had one. So, what we know today as the South East Geopolitical Zone had no secondary school in 1914. What measure did Nigeria put in place for South East to catch up?While it took the Igbo 25 years to catch up and spearhead Nigerian’s independence, the North is yet to catch up despite all the privileges put in place since the end of the Biafran war in 1970.
It i ironic that candidates from the region that had no secondary school in 1914 are now required to score higher for admission into federal institutions than those from regions that had secondary schools. Belo is the full list of the cut-off marks for all 36 states of the federation, as well as the FCT.Abia – Male (130) Female (130)Adamawa – Male (62) Female (62)Akwa-Ibom – Male (123) Female (123)Anambra – Male (139) Female (139)Bauchi – Male (35) Female (35)Bayelsa – Male (72) Female (72)Benue – Male (111) Female (111)Borno – Male (45) Female (45)Cross-Rivers– Male (97) Female (97)Delta – Male (131) Female (131)Ebonyi – Male (112) Female (112)Edo – Male (127) Female (127)Ekiti – Male (119) Female (119)Enugu – Male (134) Female (134)Gombe – Male (58) Female (58)Imo – Male (138) Female (138)Jigawa – Male (44) Female (44)Kaduna – Male (91) Female (91)Kano – Male (67) Female (67)Kastina – Male (60) Female (60)Kebbi – Male (9) Female(20)Kogi – Male (119) Female (119)Kwara – Male (123) Female (123)Lagos – Male (133) Female (133)Nassarawa – Male (58) Female (58)Niger – Male (93) Female (93)Ogun – Male (131) Female (131)Ondo – Male (126) Female (126)Osun – Male (127) Female (127)Oyo – Male (127) Female (127)Plateau – Male (97) Female (97)Rivers – Male (118) Female (118)Sokoto – Male (9) Female (13)Taraba – Male (3) Female (11)Yobe – Male (2) Female (27)Zamfara – Male (4) Female (2)FCT Abuja – Male (90) Female (90).The Ibo as The great Achebe said had within a span of 40 years bridged the gap and even surpassed the Yoruba in education by the’60s. Many a Yoruba people perpetually indulge in self-deceit: that they were the first to go to school;to be exposed to Western education; that they are academically ahead of other Nigerian cultures of peoples. Another ignorant then would several Yoruba people peddle all these falsehoods to show that they are ahead educationally in Nigeria? The true facts from the Federal Office of Statistics on education tell otherwise, showing that 3 Ibo states for the past 12 years have constantly had the largest number of graduates in the country, producing more graduates than Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo states. These eastern states are Imo, Anambra and Abia. Yet they calls Ibos traders. Indeed, the Igbos dominate because excellence dominates mediocrity – truth.The first ever known record of a literate Nigerian in the English Language is the narrative of an Ibo slave who regained his freedom and documented his life history as a slave from the time he was 11 years old in present day Ibo land till the time when he gained his freedom in th middle of the 18 th century. He later married a English woman an had 3 children. He died in 1795. Equanoh OLAODAHThe first Nigeria doctor was an Effik man Silas G. Dove who obtained a medical degree from France an returned to practise medicine in 1840 in Calabar. This fact can also be verified from historical medical records in Paris.Edward Wilmot BLYDEN – an educated son of free Ibo slaves who by the mid-19th century had acquired sound theological education. He was born in Saint Thomas in 1832. He is one of the founding missionaries that established the Archbishop Vining church in Ikeja.The third president of a free Liberia – President J JRoyle – again, a man of Ibo descent.Who was the first Nigeria Professor of Mathematics – an Ibo man – Professor Chike Obi– the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem.AnotherIbo man, Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of Differential Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant.this great Ibo man. He later becam the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and one of the founders of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre.Nigeria’s first Professor of Histroy – Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times. He was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.The first Professor of Microbiology – Professor Eni Njoku; he was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos.The Anatomy and Physiology – Professor Chike Edozien is an Asaba man and current Obi of Asaba. Who was the first Professor of Anatomy at th University College Ibadan.The first Professor of Physics, Professor Okoye, who became a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960.He was followed by the likes of Professor Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics. He was also a founding member of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Ibo man .Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge Univesity in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s.FirstProfessor of Statistics – Professor Adichie who’s research on Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research.The first Nigeria Professor of Medicine – Professor Kodilinye – he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in 1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the war.Professor Ntukoju – was the first to earn a doublePh.D in Astronomy and Mathematics. and also in Astronomy – again this Ibo man was the first Professor of astronomy.let' go to the Social Sciences – Demography and statistical research into population studies – again another Ibo man –Professor Okonjo who se up the first Centre for Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in Mathematics and Economics.Professor G D Okafor, became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953. Economics –Dr. Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first Nigerian Ph.Din Economics.Theology and theological research – Professor Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.Let me enlighten this falsehood’s mouthpiece even further: before the civil war Ibos controlled and dominated all institutions in the formal sector in Nigeria from the universities to the police to the military to politics:•The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Ibo man•The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Ibo man•The first Nigerian Rector of the thenYaba College of Technology was also an Ibo man•The police was run by an Ibo IG•The military as a professional institution was also run by elite- Ibos.
All they are saying is, give them Biafra and see the greatest