₦airaland Forum

@One-Naira, you are right. Mr Okocha was going for the same position Uwechue was going for. At some point he stepped outside for Uwechue-who was vastly supported by almost all the Obis in Anioma.
On Anukwu, he was the head of the Biafran navy. If he wasn't Igbo, would he ever come to fight for Ndigbo.
Agbontaen has failed since his first post.

Until now, he does not believe in anything ANIOMA OR Delta Igbo. If an Anioma son is made a governor of Delta state today, he will not rejoice unless the man is from Ika.
He belives that there is no need for Anioma, but Ikas should be on their own.
He always praises people who fought agains Biafra as well as his praises for those who carried out the massacre of western Igbo people during the war. This is where he differs from his mentor-Kunirum Ossia.
The man is a disgrace to Anioma people.

Dudu_Negro: the Aare position is a political one and the appointment is madeby Alaafin.

It is the most superior Oba in Yorubaland confers this title to individuals. That Oba is the Alafin of Oyo.

I thought that the Azikiwe int stadium at Enugu is a 40 thousand seater stadium.

Which Yoruba Oba appoints the Are ona Kakanfo?. Surely not Ife. The one who appoints this great commander of the yoruba nation will give you a clue of who is more superior in Yorubaland.
As Shymex said earlier, all the Obas should stick to their domains. The Oyo monarch has always not been interested in intervening in other peoples' affairs. Yet it is the Ooni who goes about instigating troubles in Oyo state. Imagine the Ooni pushing the Ogbomosho monarch and the Olubadan to share powers with Alafin in Oyo state while in Osun state, no one shares powers with him.
It's high time Aregbesola suspends the Ooni or call him to order.

shymexx: Hmmm.... Interesting read... However, I think this is a case of two people with big egos - they need to sort this out amicably... Ife is undeniably the spiritual home of Yoruba people but since the Ooni of Ife isn't from the direct lineage of Oduduwa and Yoruba kingship is hereditary - it can also be argued that the Ooni of Ife is an "illegitimate" King and he has no dominion whatsoever over the race(except for Ife)... And the Oyo's superiority died a long time ago...

All the Yoruba Kings should be allowed to rule over their respective kingdoms - without superiority and dyck waving contest IMO..

I'll like to hear what the Ife dialect sounds like - anyone with a youtube link can post it...

The Ijebu dialect sounds different as well... However, Egba and Ibadan dialects sound more like the general Yoruba albeit still different especially the way they enunciate certain words...

Well said.

The war museum in Umuahia, Abia state should be your first port of call. The museum houses ancient Igbo relics as well as ancient Igbo war equipments.
The Ibinu Ukpabi at Arochukwu, the great oracle that was feared by all in the old east.
Palace of the Eze Nri, here you will found documents and ancient Igbo chronicles of the Nri Kingship since 1000 years ago.
No 7 Park avenue Enugu. The secretariat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo is situated here Here, there is an abundant information about Ndigbo during the slavery era, Ndigbo during the pre-colonial times as well as the colonial times. For more on the Aba women's riot, the coal miners demonstration, the names of all the Igbo involved in building the railway terminus in PH and Enugu.
There are also the great monuments at Nsugbe, Akwete weaving centre, the birth place of King Jaja, the palace of ASAGBA of Asaba, the source of Imo River near Okigwe (stone), Iwa Oji Mbaise, Anara festival Isiala Mbano, Okonko festival, Umuderim, Isinweke (my part of Igboland).
more to come soon.

Nkea bukwa maka ikwuputa na nwannem ga atu mma mma na ulo uka Dolorosa Katolik nke di na Isinweke. A thanks giving service for my cousin who successfully completed his assigment in Afghanistan with the British Welsh Division. A captain with the British army but we give glory to God for the protection granted him in that turbulent region.
Oriri ga adi na Nwaeruru Mbakwe sec school ma uka gbasaa (2pm) Nka ga akpotu na ubochi 29, dec 2012.
Bia nonyere anyi maka ihe oma Chineke mere Capt Umeh. B. Iwuoha.

ifyalways: Nma nma nu .

Ify na-agbu odu ukwu n'abo (2 legs) site na 26th to 2nd Jan na ime öbi Onyejekwe na Önicha.

Come one, come all.

Ify, Ekeresimesi oma. Biko, kowaa emume a ka anyi ghota ya ofuma.

My likely pick for Chelsea in 4:3:3 formation.
Cech
Ivanovic, Luiz Cahill, Cole
Ramires, Oscar, Lampard.
Mata, Torres, Hazard.

tomakint: I don't intend to join issues with you, have you been to any major cities in the eastern part before?

They hardly step out of their natural habitat.

Dudu_Negro: Omo Oduduwa is moving forward........

Nice to see the South west moving forward. It's high time.

PapaBrowne: I am happy that the south west is waking up and this should happen faster than it has.

If you remove Lagos, which I usually don't classify as South West(It is the Center of Nigeria), the rest of the south west hasn't moved an inch since the demise of Awolowo.

No Southwest state can be described as making real progress. The infrstructure is horrible. The cities are stuck in the 40s. There is virtually no industrial or commercial base. Absolutely nothing happening. Ibadan is a sad place. Abeokuta is the same forever. Osogbo & Ogbomosho- God have mercy on these places. Ado Ekiti- a sad example of Zero progress.
Ile Ife with all the academics should have been a center of yoruba civilization, but it is still a very rural town. Its only Akure that has some semblance of progress.
You would have taught these state would take advantage of thier proximity to Lagos, but no its the other way round.


Compare these to the South South or even the South East. The south south we understand has oil but even places without oil have made progress. See what happened to Calabar. It leapfrogged from a sleepy place to one of the most attractivee Urbans in the country without oil revenues. South south cities like Port Harcourt, Calabar, Uyo, Benin City, Warri, Asaba have made a more remarkably better progress than all the South West cities. To put things in perspective, all the cities I mentioned have very functional Airports, the smallest of which(Uyo) has more passenger traffic than all the five states of the southwest combined.

The South East has an industrial and commercial base which is born naturally out of the entrepreneurial spirit of the South Easterners. Infact, Onitsha which is about 500km away trades with Lagos more than 5 times the volumes that Ibadan, a larger city and just 150km away does. Also more passengers fly out of Enugu than all the airports in the south west combined.

These statistics are not good. The south west has to wake up and go back to its glorious days. I'm happy with the new dawn. It has potential if it is implemented properly. But I think south westerners should harness the opportunities that come with their proximity to Lagos, Nigeria's center and power house. Other states are doing this excellently.

A good example is the media sector. South Southerners have taken advantage of the excellent business environment that Lagos provides and establiushed the best media houses the country has. A little rundown:
AIT- Raymond Dokpesi (Edo)
Channels- John Momoh (Edo)
SilverBird- Ben Bruce (Bayelsa)
Thisday - Nduka Obiagbena(Delta)
Guardian- Alex Ibru(Delta)
Vanguard- Sam Amuka(Delta)
Ovation- Dele Momodu(Edo)

The list is endless.And my point is simple. The south west states should take advantage of the benefit Lagos provides and develop a base for themselves as against the current situation where Lagoss virtually sucks life out of all these states.

Nice one.

@the mods, please can you promote the thread below to the front page.

https://www.nairaland.com/1133502/ima-okwa-di-nkpa-important

The Izunaomi autonomous community in Ihiite-Uboma LGA, Etiti, Imo state will be coronating their new eze. The eze elect is Chief Nwaoku, the first son of the late eze. Venue; Izunaomi market square. Date 27/11/12.

You are cordially invited to the wearing cloth ceremony (Iwa Akwa or Iwa ogodo) of Isinweke people mostly Umuihi and Amakohia. Date 3rd and 3 Jan 2013. Venue, Orie Umuihi market square and Nkwo Ihitte market square.
You are also invited to a coomunity footbal match final. Venue: Etiti sports complex Isinweke. Umuihi vs the other finalist yet to emerge. Winner takes home N2,500, Second placed N150,00, And third placed N100,000. Cup donated by Chief Obi, south African based business tycoon.

Ima Okwa Di Nkpa (important Announcement)

This Christmas period, as usual, all roads leads to AlaIgbo and Eastern Nigeria for different festivities. It could be Igbankwu, Church wedding, wedding anniversary, it could be community launching, community football competition, traditional wrestling, Mmanwu and Ekpo festival, child dedication, car dedication, commissioning of a new house.
Others include, Ikwa Akwa, igo oji, Iri ji, birthday, intoduction of a new wife, book launch, King making, landing a traditional title, Ichi Ezinne, Knightood, etc.
Igbo bu Igbo, dee na asusu Igbo. Inwekwara ike dee na asusu bekee. You may write in english language or Igbo language.
Ekeresimesi oma (happy christmas).

CFCfan: "Achorom I je Ragos"(Lagos), Intunation (Accent) ya amaka"

Ufodu na akpo ya NEGOS. Udi ihea dikwa na ala Bekee. I gwa onye na asu Spanish ka okpo CHIJIOKE, ya akpo ya CHIHIOKE.
Otua ka uwa di.

agbotaen: then mr igbo , do not mention ika in your igbo clan rubbish , as once i find that name , i will write

Since when have you become the mouthpiece of the IkaIgbo?.

I hereby nominate Ezeagu.

na2day!:


No, just type the coordinates into Google directly or google maps on your phone,
Voila, you get the location - the street, the top of the house etc
The police can take it from there, armed with the pictures

Find iPhone app does a similar job. Anyway, thanks for the idea.

na2day!:
@ Op
Post the gps coordinates and i will tell you where your phone has been and where you may likely find it now, ok?

With the find iPhone app isn't it?.

I agree with Argbesola though some stubborn yorubas will disagree with him here.

Isi inu oku---ighota ihe oso oso.

afam4eva: I speak Igbo, English, pidgin and Engligbo but i think in my own unique language. It's neither of these four.

KOWAA

The law school example should be applied in this scenario. Now we have law schools in the east, west and north.

babyosisi: It has been a minute
Where is everybody?
Is Ikomi still alive?
How about Tosh nwa mama and others
Agaba n'eti eti nko?
Kedu maka presido,Romeo,otele
Onye obula a na joli kwa
may you all have a merry Christmas and a fantastic new year
We are doing well at my end,bouncing .

Onye ije nnooo.

babyosisi: I dey my brother,how are you?
No be we we start nairaland and made the place rock way back when .It looks like all the old folks have left
Where are davidylan,pataki,sauron,toshman ,ogidiboy,and all the other old timers like sista ,sista woman,thiefofhearts,ninetofive etc.
I have been back for a month now I was surprised to still remember the password of my original handle.
Has anyone seen olabowale my Muslim friend

Davidylan is till around mostly in religion section. Sauron, after so many bans came back as Coogar, toshman is only in the Igbo thread. Ninetofive only reads through and leaves without comments.
You are welcomed. We miss you greatly.