₦airaland Forum

seanet02:
@Ndu chucks, what a very rare ibo breed you are!! You have spoken the truth unlike the illogical ezeuche whose mother has abandoned at a roundabout yet still believes Massob leaders are interested in biafra.

he is fulani

dayokanu:
^^ Remember how they queued up behind OBJ and what came out of it

gbamm

also queued up behind ibb when he wanted the PDP ticket

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=598591.msg7663098#msg7663098 date=1296774136]Beaf this must be good news for you.

I hope you see how we Igbos are the friends of the Niger Deltans. We even adopted GEJ. This is a Pan-Niger Delta movement. [/quote]dumb

Beaf:
I have always campaigned that the SS and SE share the same politics, all the squabbles of the past were self defeating and have been used by the cabal to keep both sides down. We have to look at politics from a higher perspective than some of the absolutely ridiculous claims that were floating around the SE and SS.

I pray that GEJ really performs for the SE, in order to totally and permanently seal what should be a natural family bond.

dumber

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=598260.msg7663818#msg7663818 date=1296788249]Your leaders, superiors, and representatives have spoken: The Agitation for biafra is dead, deal with it![/quote]gbammm

our igbo leader has spoken on the group he formed

^^^^^

IRRELEVANT

ezeagu:
If anything, MASSOB is growing everyday. You should take a trip to a state like Imo and see how the motor ways are lined with Biafran flags.

lol lol lol lol  lol lol 

keep decieving yourself kai you no kill pesin

looooool

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=598260.msg7662044#msg7662044 date=1296761576]Are you sure about this? MASSOB needs to change its orientation and focus on protecting Igbo interest. By any means necessary.[/quote]okay, now you are right

ChinenyeN:
Bold statement. I wonder how long this messiah phase will last, all things considered.

gbammm

intelligent as usual

[quote author=Chyz* link=topic=598260.msg7661979#msg7661979 date=1296760887]Abandons what agitation? For Goodluck Jonathan?!! I laugh. Compass Newspaper is always filled with BS.[/quote]your post is old,.,. it was 29 of january

this is feburary  

@op

it's about time they stop this nonsense of massop, the war is over

Obiagu1:
I will liberate my people!

to where Gabon

look our igbo people are already liberated, all you will do is give them more pain and hurt brother

[quote author=haka_nai link=topic=598260.msg7659713#msg7659713 date=1296738401]you never see !!!!!
Treason is losing ground and Nigeria is winning be it MEND,Boko Haram,MASSOB or what ever !!!! Nigeria is great.
I wish and pray for Ojukwu's quick recovery and good health.
The victory is not for GEJ or PDP it is for Nigerians and Nigeria !!!! [/quote]that's the way forward brother

best combination indeed

fstranger1:
The website has very little security, so I hacked it for you.

Anything for you my friend, Alhaji Ucheze

Keep up the good fight ok!

okayooo brother

amydonics:
If we are not allow to go and be on our own there will be no peace in this country for all i care,
No sinner wii ever go unpunished.

You can not beat a child and close his mouth not to cry.

wrong, you can beat a child close his mouth not to cry,.,, ,., it is a known fact

secondly nigerians allowed you but you people took lands that was not yours

Jbenue:
they are all crooks and looters so i relly dont care which one is finer. Beauty fades and they shall all get their just deserves

gbammm

vanity upon vanity, all is vanity

fstranger1:
done!

Fstranger are you a mod, how did you do it

Oba ADO [Edo] 1630/1669, son of Esikpa (Prince of Binin of Eweka Dynasty), 1st Eleko of Eko.

Oba GABARO [Guobaro] (brother) 1669/1704

Oba AKINSEMOYIN 1704/1749

HRH Princess Eletu Kekere 1749/1750

Oba OLOGUN KUTERE 1750/1775, married and had issue.
Oba AJOSUN ADELE I (qv)
Oba ESHINLOKUN (qv)
Oba AKITOYE (qv)
Prince Ogunye, married and had issue.
Prince Ajose Imiekun, married and had issue.
Prince Emmanuel Esugbayi Ajose, married and had issue.
Professor Prince Oladele Ajose, of the Ologun-Kutere Ruling House, contestant for the throne in 1964, married and had issue.
Ambassador Audrie Ajose
Prince Omoyele Arinola Ajose, married and had issue.
Prince Omooba Ajose
Prince Michale Omoyele Ajose, of the Ologun-Kutere Ruling House, born late 1940's, educated at the Holy Ghost School, St. Gregory's College, before proceeding to the United Kingdom and the United States of America, attaining a degree in Applied Economics and a Masters in Business Administration respectively, married to a Princess of the Akinsemoyin Royal House.

Oba AJOSUN ADELE I 1775/1780 and 1832/1834 or 1811/1821 and 1835/1837 (#1p.5), married and had issue.
Oba OLUWOLE (by Tinubu) (qv)

Oba ESHINLOKUN 1780/1819 or 1821/1833, married and had issue.
Oba IDEWU OJULARI (qv)
Oba KOSOKO (qv)

Oba IDEWU OJULARI 1819/1832 or 1833/1835

Oba OLUWOLE 1834/1841 or 1835/1841

Oba AKITOYE 1841/1845 and 1851/1853, died 3rd September 1853.

Oba KOSOKO 1845/1851 (deposed), ancestor of Pr. Adebola Disu-Ige (1936-), and Prince Dele Idris Kosoko. He died after 1863.
Omo Oba Meshimo Kosoko, eldest son of Oba Kosoko, ancestor of the Meshimo family, married and had issue.
Prince Youssuf Meshimo, married and had issue.
Prince Sikiru Alade Kosoko
Prince Muftau Moyosore Atanda Meshimo-Kosoko, married and had issue.
Prince Abdul Morakinyo Adekunle Kosoko, married and had issue.
Princess Maryam Elizabeth Fadekunbi Kosoko
Prince Tara Morayo Adewale Kosoko
Princess Faroukat Fadekunbi Kosoko, married and had issue.
Farouk Adetunji Kosoko
Prince Mouyeddin Mobolaji Kosoko
Prince Mohammed Moradeyo Kosoko
Omo Oba Olojo Kosoko, second son, ancestor of the Olojo family.

Oba DOSUNMU [Docemo] 1853/1885, had issue. He died 26th February 1885.
Prince Akitoye Dosunmu, married and had issue.
Prince Yekini Dosunmu, married and had issue.
Prince Hakim Dosunmu, resident and Business man in Washington DC.
Prince Rasheed Dosunmu, former Deputy Director Nigerian Customs, Principal Secretary (retd.) of Chieftancy Affairs under President Shagari, married and has issue.
Prince Aramide Odumosu
Prince Razak Adewale Dosunmu, an Inventor and Business man with four US patented products, married and has issue.
Grant Dosunmu
Raliat Dosunmu
Prince Fatai Dosunmu, an Architect in Washington DC, married and has issue.
Taiwo Dosunmu
Kehinde Dosunmu
Prince Olabisi Dosunmu
Prince Kolawole Dosunmu, Business man in London, England, married and has issue.
Nicholas Dosunmu
Lolade Dosunmu
Prince Ayesoro Dosunmu, Business man, resided in Benin Republic, married and had issue.
Muba Dosunmu
Afisu Dosunmu
Abinbola Dosunmu
Unknown (4 or 5 generations), had issue.
Princess Abimbola Dosunmu-Shitta, 1st Erelu Oba of Saki Town in Oyo State 1999/-, 1st Yeye Omobalufon of Lagos. Patrilineage is the Ifaro line of King Dosunmu and the matrilineage is the Ado ruling house of Saki.

Oba OYEKAN I 1885/1900, married and had issue. He died 30th September 1900.
Prince Kushanu Abiola Oyekan, married and had issue.
HRH Oba ADEYINKA AKINOLA OYEKAN II (qv)

Oba ESHUGBAYI ELEEKO 1900/1925 and 1931/1932

Oba IBINKUNLE AKITOYE 1925/1928

Oba SANUNSI OLUSI 1928/1931

Oba FALOLU DOSUNMU 1932/1949, died 3rd September 1949.

HH Sir Oba MUSENDIKU BURAIMOH ADENIJI-ADELE II 1949/1964, born 13th November 1893, married and had issue. He died 12th July 1964.
Prince Dr. Gbadebo Adeniji-Adele, married and had issue.
Prince Babatunde Omogbolahan Adeniji-Adele, presently based in the U.K.
Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele fl.1995
Prince Adelani Adeniji-Adele, married and has issue.
Prince Adewale Adeniji-Adele
Prince Oyekan Adeniji-Adele
Prince Sultan Ladega Adeniji-Adele, a University of Lagos trained Mathematician.
Princess Nanny Adeniji-Adele

HRH Oba ADEYINKA AKINOLA OYEKAN II 1964/2003, installed February 1965, belongs to Dosunmu lineage, born on 30th June 1911, educated at Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, Eko Boys’ High School, Lagos and Kings' College, Lagos, before he moved to the School of Pharmacy, Yaba College, from where he qualified as a pharmacist in 1933. It was this profession he was practising up till 1965, when he ascended the throne to become the 18th monarch of Lagos. He was permanent chairman of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, appointed chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi in 1991, married and had issue. He died 7th March 2003.
Princess Kofoworola Jinadu (née Oyekan)
Princess Adepeju Oyekan
Prince Obalade Oyekan, born 15th October 1955.
Princess Abioye Oyekan
Prince Kolawole Oyekan, Aremo of Lagos.
Princess Remilekun Olajumoke (née Oyekan)
Oba Mobadenle Obalade Oyekan ESIMIKAN II, Onilado of Ilado 1996/-
Prince Isiola Famokun Oyekan, born 8th November 1958.
Prince Ademiju Adekinte Oyekan
Prince Adeyinka Abiola Oyekan
Princess Olori Adefunke Elegushi (née Oyekan)
Princess Toluwalade Alalade (née Oyekan)
Chief Ayodele Oyekan, Bajulaiye of Lagos, installed 12th August 2001.
Prince Adediran Oyekan
Princess Adebopo Oyekan
Princess Adetola Oyekan
Prince Falade Oyekan
Prince Oriyomi Oyekan
Princess Molara Oyekan
Princess Adetoun Oyekan

Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu AKIOLU I (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS: Royal or Ruling Houses include - Ajose, Kosoko, Dosumu, Akinsemoyin.
Chief Nasiru Dosunmu, current Paramount Apena of Lagos, married and has issue.
Prince Lanre Dosunmu (eldest son), Lecturer/Teacher/Accountant in Manchester & London.
Prince Dr. Ade Dosunmu (second son), Medical Doctor in the U.S.A.
Prince Tejumade Durosinmi
Princess Tejumade Alakija
Prince Bisi Sango-Doyin
Chief Olayiwola Balogun, died 9th December 2000
Alhaja Suliat Adedeji (sister), died 14th November 1996.
Prince Farouk Adewale Adele
Prince Moroof Adele
Prince Lasisi Ojora, Olori-Omoba, head of the Adele Ajosun Royal House, married and has issue.
Prince Otunba Adekunle Ojora, re-nowned businessman and corporate identity.
Alhaji Prince Musiliu Tijani
Prince Sikiru Adele Salvador
Prince Rasaki Adele
Princess Khadijat Adele-Dosunmu
Prince Tosin Adele
H.R.H. Princess Abiola Dosunmu, Erelu Kuti of Lagos, Acting Oba of Lagos 7th March to 22nd May 2003.
Princess Layiwola Ogundimu (Akinsemoyin Lineage), Junior Erelu of Lagos
Prince Kazeem Akitoye
Princess Taiye Eleko Dosunmu
Chief Shakoor Ajose, the Suenu of Lagos.
Chief Tajudeen Idris, the Alagbeji of Lagos.
The 11 nominees are for the vacant throne in 2003 are as follows.
Prince Aremo Fola Pearse (Esinlokun lineage)
Prince Kolawole Abayomi Balogun (Esinlokun lineage)
Prince Ademuyiwa Dosunmu (Akitoye lineage)
Prince Otunba Adekunle Ojora (Adele Ajosun lineage)
Prince Sammy Adebiyi (Akinsemoyin lineage-Shadeko branch)
Prince Rasheed Modile (Akinsemoyin lineage-Jolasun branch)
Prince Tajudeen Olusi (Akinsemoyin lineage-Aina Egbe branch), also received concurrent nominations from the Olusi and Akinsemoyin lineages.
Prince Adetutu Oladipo Eko (Akinsemoyin lineage-Gbosebi branch)
Prince Monsur Akinola Williams (Akinsemoyin lineage-Amore Olukokun branch)
Prince Rilwan Tunde Akiolu (Akiolu lineage)
Prince Kwam Alade Zaid (Akiolu lineage). An analysis of the nominations shows that five of the 11 nominees came from various branches of the Akinsemoyin house, two from the Akiolu house, two from Esinlokun and one each from the Akitoye and Adele Ajosun.

http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/nigeria/lagos.html

afam4eva:
Did i just hear that GEJ appointed ALAMS? Is this a joke or something. If it's true then GEJ can bid my vote goodbye.

yes soo, even since yaradua die and he entered office

The Origin of Eko (Lagos)

There is a lot of traditional history at both Benin and Lagos ends relating to the origin of what is now Lagos, its ruler and it's connection with Benin. But perhaps to avoid inadequacies and controversy which the academics claim surrounds traditional history, we may like to hear what some modern historians have to say on this subject. Robert S. Smith, in his book of some principal Yoruba owns, especially in and around Oyo, and the westward expansion in the 17th century of Benin Kingdom with it's number of subject towns on or near to the coast, which included Lagos, went on to say this about Lagos in particular:

"It's name reflect it's past to the Yoruba it's Eko, deriving probably from the farm (Oko) of the earliest settlers, though alternatively-or additionally-it may be the Benin word (Eko) for a war-camp, We say Eko is a Benin word that means camp"

After describing the activities of the armies of Benin under Oba Orhogbua, culminating in his arrival at what is now Lagos, Smith went on to add:

"Sometime later the Oba appointed a ruler for Lagos to represent the interest of Benin and to forward tribute there. The man chosen is named in both Lagos and Benin Tradition as Ashipa"

Smith says that by Lagos account this Ashipa was an Isheri Chief, while the Benin account says Ashipa was a grandson of the Oba of Benin. We shall come to this later. Smith was, however, satisfied that Benin had established it's ascendency in Lagos and had founded a dynasty there at some period before 1700.The dyansty's dependence on Benin, Smith found, was emphasized by the appointment of another Chief, the Eletu Odibo, who alone had the right to crown the Oba and who in early times probably maintained close connection with Benin,.(Eletu Odibo is a corruption of the Edo equivalent Olotu Odibo)

"G.T. Stride and C. Ifeka, in their book titled Peoples and empires pf West Africa have this to say on the same subject:

Oba Orhogbua was clearly a strong warrior for he enforced tribute payments from all parts of the empire and in the middle 1550s conquered all the coastal lands up to Lagos where he left a permanent garrison. Tradition in Lagos says that their first Oba, the Eleko of Eko, was a son of the Oba Orhogbua of Benin"

It will be seen, therefore, that even if we were to disregard traditional history there is enough material from modern historians to confirm the fact that what is now Lagos was founded by an Oba of Benin who also gave it it's first ruler. But we really cannot disregard traditional history. In Benin tradition, and we believe the same of Yoruba and other ethnic groups in this country, one way to establish that an event in traditional history did occur is by the type of anecdote or adage that evolves from that event . Thus, for instance, We Edo people say that "Orhogbua gb'Olague,ona y'ukpe abekpen z'umwen rie Edo, meaning that Oba Orhogbua defeated Olague and used sword to bring his salt to Benin, This is in allusion of to the exploits of Oba Orhogbua while in his camp (Eko) from where he over-ran the place known as Mahin with it's ruler whom the Benin People nicknamed Olague. There Orhogbua discovered the common rock salt and brought it to Benin who thereby tasted it for the first time.

Now the name "Ashipa has featured quite prominently (and rightly too) in the history of Lagos. After the Oba Orhogbua returned to Benin from Eko, he appointed a commander or an administrator, who was called Aisikpa to look after the skeleton troop left in the camp(Eko) until he returned again from Benin. He could no longer return having seen the situation at home. The name "Aisikpahienvoborre" which means "people do not desert their home-land. "This is how Aisikpa, whom the Yoruba now call Ashipa, came into the Lagos (Eko) history. Eko is still there as the traditional Benin name for Lagos; Ashipa has been retained as a senior traditional chieftaincy title while his descendants now retain the modern name of Oba of Lagos. The interaction of Edo people with others in distant lands must have inevitably resulted in cultural exchanges.


Excerpts From a Lecture on the Evolution of Traditional
rulership in Nigeria given under the auspices of the University of
Ibadan, Institute of African studies on 11th September,1984 by Omo
N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Erediauwa.

http://www.edo-nation.net/eko.htm


Ashipa (1600–1630) died on the way back to Benin (edo)
King Ado (1630–1669) first King of Lagos (edo)
King Gabaro (1669–1704)(edo)
King Akinsemoyin (1704–1749) (edo/yoruba)
Eletu Kekere (1749) (edo)
King Ologun Kutere (1749–1775) (edo)
Adele Ajosun (1775-1780 & 1832-1834) (yoruba) i even know this man's decendant
Eshilokun (1780–1819) (yoruba)
Oba Idewu Ojulari (1819–1832) (yoruba)
King Oluwole (1836–1841) (yoruba)
King Akintoye (1841-1845 & 1851-1853)(yoruba)
Oba Kosoko (1845–1851) (yoruba) i also know this man desendant
King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885) (yoruba) i know his desendant
Oba Oyekan (1885–1900) (yoruba)
Oba Esugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932)
Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928) yoruba
Oba Sanusi Olusi (1928–1931) yoruba
Oba Falolu (1932–1949)yoruba
Oba Adeniji Adele (1949–1964) yoruba
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II (1965–2003) yoruba
Oba Rilwan Akiolu (2003–present) yoruba

those that yoruba go call the edo if they will not slap your face

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=598344.msg7660748#msg7660748 date=1296748470]I am not going to argue about Lagos. But Eko is its original name. [b]Even the Oba of Lagos traces his roots to the Benin Empir[/b]e so do not argue with me over that.

Just like Onitsha was founded by Bini settlers.

But I prefer if PhysicsMHD would comment. I like his views on HIS culture.[/quote]you must me drunk to say that

Lagos was settled at various times by hunters and fishermen from the Àwórì sub-nationality. Originally based in Iseri on the Ògùn River about 20 miles from the island, the initial wave of settlers led by Arómiré ("the one that becomes personable at the sight of a

Lagos rests on the Gulf of Guinea. ()
river", established a presence in Ìddó and Èbúté Métta. Arómiré also grew vegetables, especially pepper, on a site where Iga Ìdúngànràn, the palace or official residence of the Oba of Lagos now stands. Iga Ìdúngànràn is an Àwórì term meaning house on pepper farm. The palace is thus not only an important symbol of the historical traditions of Lagos; its name also helps keep alive the site's association with vegetable farming by Arómiré, the city's first settler.
From these bases the Àwórì settlers moved further south, towards the creeks and the sea. One major reason why they moved was because their increasing population created the need for more space. Another was safety and security. Yorùbáland, of which Lagos was a part, had become embroiled in the long-running wars involving ethnic groups, communities, chiefdoms, kingdoms, and other political units of the time. The island settlements faced war from the Ègbás and the Ìjèbús, both Yorùbá-speaking nationalities. The ancient Benin Empire, in present-day Edo State of Nigeria also invaded the island around the year 1600.

There are conflicting accounts of the latter episode. Some have argued that the Binis actually founded the Lagos monarchy or system of rulership, apparently in the image of Benin's. Ashipa, the first Oba of Lagos, was a Yorùbá chief but not a Lagosian. It is known also that between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Benin Empire extended as far as Porto-Novo, west of Lagos. The Oba of Benin did appoint viceroys or representatives on the island and approved all appointees to the office of Oba of Lagos. In return, Lagos Obas paid tribute to Oba of Benin in recognition of the latter's superior status. Other historians have insisted that the Oba of Benin waged war on the island for the same reasons wars were then prevalent.

One of these was the desire by reigning monarchs to expand control over weaker, less populous peoples or neighboring communities, kingdoms, and empires. Another reason concerned the new trans-Atlantic slave trade. For those who participated in the trade as middlemen, warfare did provide a quick and sure supply of war captives who could then be sold as slaves and shipped to the New World. By an estimate, some 500,000 people may have been sold as indentured slaves and shipped from Lagos to the Americas and the Carribean, in particular Bahia, Cuba, and St. Helena. Anyway, for Arómiré and early settlers of the island, moving further south away from the mainland towards the sea was a mechanism to escape the wars that ravaged Yorùbáland from the seventeenth century. The wars and the disruptions associated with them were to become a justification for imposing British colonial control first on the island and later on what is now Nigeria.

From the mid-nineteenth century, freed Yorùbá slaves started returning to Lagos in waves first from Brazil and then from Sierra Leone. In 1847, Oba Kòsókó of Lagos sent his close friend and adviser Chief Oshòdì Tápà to South America to invite slaves with Yorùbá ancestry to return home. The trip yielded results in 1851 when 130 expatriates arrived in Lagos. By 1861 when Lagos formally became a British colony, the number of returnees had risen to about 3,000. The Brazilian expatriates brought with them skills in masonry, carpentry, and tailoring, a strong Catholic faith, and extensive Portuguese cultural traits.

Sierra Leonean expatriates, or Saros, mainly of Ègbá origins in present-day Abéòkúta in Ògùn State of Nigeria, started returning to Lagos in trickles about 1838. The reigning Oba Kòsókó did very little to make them feel welcome, so it was not until 1852 after Oba Kòsókó had been deposed by the British and replaced by Oba Akíntóyè, that Saros returned to Lagos in large numbers. They numbered about 2,500 by 1861 and were granted land in a district on the island still known as Saro Town.
http://www.city-data.com/world-cities/Lagos-History.html

Gbawe:
Me sey dey join you laugh although my thoughts are with the average Nigerians wallowing in poverty caused by the corruption of Jonathan's many "business as usual " pals and appointees  . Anenih alone can account for the death of many Nigerians who lost their lives in road accidents directly related to his  heinous theft of money meant to revamp and renew Nigerian roads. Awon Oloshi jati jati[b] . Oya make dem come arrest me and charge me to Court.[/b]

brother wetin man go do if not laugh at the political situation of nigeria, while graduates with top class grades and university are jobless, jonathan is appionting bianca and alams(former governor of balysea)

very very sad,, and yet he is the hero some people have been waiting for

Allah help us in Nigeria

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=598344.msg7660486#msg7660486 date=1296746303]The Benin Empire seems to be Southern Nigeria's classical empire and this kingdom influenced many people from the Yoruba to the Igbo.

Can someone describe the cultural diffusion of the Benin Empire to other pars of Southern Nigeria? I have always been interested in the Benin Empire, and I want to give them so much credit.

Even the Onye Onicha trace their foundations to settlers from the Benin Empire. Lagos was founded by a Bini expedition. For their small population, the Bini people have a lot to be proud about.

-Proudly Igbo but an admirer of the Benin Empire[/quote]the benin and there yoruba neigbhour have cultural ties

the benin version and yoruba version point at oduodua, so lagos was not found by benin people but by both groups who respected and love each other

moreover lagos was not part of the benin empire par say but was just a trading point for slaves and a military post

benin culture is a lovely culture, they discovered bronze( mixing of metals) to make mask and art

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=595859.msg7660545#msg7660545 date=1296746785]You know you sound like a fool. The person's post that you quoted was correctly right. As an African, you should agree with him, but you have a COLONIAL MENTALITY. Free your mind.[/quote]first of all why call me a fool

secondly, what colonial mentality are you talking about, did you not read my post

i said " the educational sector of nigeria has to change to make people aware it is igbo" that if he feels insulted by it

ezeuche, you better becareful; i have tried to let you igbos on nairaland like me but you insulting me,.,. please do not let me go to my old ways,., please brother

Genbuhari3:
welcome, beaf

the most useless man, woman or hermaphrodite on nairaland. Gate crashing everywhere. mumu, i guess you are blind

gbamm i am with you here

GEJ, i dey laffooooo

[quote author=nwaigbo_mg link=topic=595859.msg7658850#msg7658850 date=1296730097]i have always felt insulted and offended whenever i am addressed with that word "ibo" by my northern friends here in my school in the North, the word sounds offensive and derogatory,

although the word "ibo" may be used by some sub-groups of Igbo, especially in Anambra state.
i belief that is colonial mentality, most of the ways african words are pronouned or written are not indegenous--rather they were imposed on the people by the colonial masters. you know in those days, they colonial masters control the media and printing press so you had to accept whatever they wrote or said, examples are awka, awkuzu, onitsha, oguta, enugu, nkwerre which are supposed to be oka, okuzu, onicha, ogwuta, enugwu nkwere, although they are pronounced correctly by igbos

but now colonialism is over, it now left for us to correct all ills and anomalies inflicted on our culture as a people with a common destiny by colonial masters,

in my area in imo state, i have never seen where elders are chanting "ibo kwenu"
i have not seen people bearing ibokwe, onuibo, obibo, amaibo, oluibo, iboanugo etc,


please, enough is enough, it is not ibo, it is IGBO. UMUIGBO, NDI OGA 'DIRI MMA. LET us correct this misnomer now before it is too late.

UDO DIRI IGBO,[/quote]okay brother, but i do not think you should feel insulted

it all means the same thing, ibo, igbo, eebo etc

if you find it insulting, then the educational sector of nigeria has to look to it; because it is spell like that in most schools

matazzmagi:
Nigerians should not forget that northern state of nigeria practicing sharia laws already have an agenda to islamised the whole country in that way boko haram and other terrorist organisation can control the rest of us,There is a word that says when you are eating with the devil make sure your spoon is long enough when troubles come's you can leave the spoon and save yourself is bad enough that other tribes in Nigeria didn't see the rain coming now the rain is pouring everybody is looking for cover.Revolution moves down to up Biafra Lives,

does sharia law apply to you

are you a muslim

Uncanny Genius:
That man is indeed a moslem not a christian because a true christian stays away from the kind of politics played in Nigeria and the World.

and does that explain why he is a Muslim

i think you are drunk this morning, you better go meet bakare for deliverance

fstranger1:
To me, Alhaji ChukwuEmeka and my dog and to my friend Alhaji Ucheze, it is Ibo!

thank u too my friend

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