₦airaland Forum

Any news on the extent of Torres ankle injury while playing for Spain against Italy today?.

Andre Uweh:
Why was he presented with the old Chelsea shirt?.

Oh that was when he visited S.Bridge last season.

Watch out and see how all this people wishing him death will die before him.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=732518.msg8896975#msg8896975 date=1313010145]This is sad. Ikemba wll probbly out live these rumour mongers.[/quote]Well said.

[quote author=#Afanna link=topic=730834.msg8889290#msg8889290 date=1312911146]okpere sound Delta . [/quote]Is Delta an Ethnic group?.

Alex Ekwueme.

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=731772.msg8889480#msg8889480 date=1312913085]for me it is awolowo and bello

followed by buhari[/quote]We had Buhari from Jan 1, 1984 till August 85.

I think some Nairalanders should be made speakers at the national assembly. The following will do very well over there:
Mikeansy.
Dede1
Dem Dem.
Houvest.
Ezeagu.
Obiagu1.
Onlythruth.
Beaf.
Abagworo.
Okunoba
Wesley80.
Hackney
Udezue.
Justcash.
Road star
Sagamite
Chyz.
Aloy.Emeka.
Jakumo
Physics RMD
Eziachi
Naijaking
Odumchi.
AK47
Jarus
Debosky
Ibime.
Afam4ever.

bamosagie:
I am from Edo and I speak yoruba because I spent time in ibadan, schooled there and studied yoruba. Members of my extended do not speak yoruba because they've not stayed in yoruba land. Point is the chance of edo speaking yoruba is equal to that of an IGBO or Hausa.

You are right in a way. Igbo people are quick learners and most of them who reside in Yorubaland also speak Yoruba like Edos who have spent yesars in Yorubaland.
Secondly, hasn't anyone told you that Ibo is wrong. It is Igbo.

ezeagu:
Heebows don't want Lagos, Heebows want your soul!

Nwannemadu, kedu ka unu si na ede ihe na abugi Igbo. Me ka ha mara na o bu Igbo.

The problem here is that those who have come from the Hinterland Western Nigeria to Lagos do claim Lagos as their own state of origin. Now the main indigenes have to suffer for this. Unlike in Port Harcourt where Ndigbo from the hinterland still maintain that they come from Mbaise, Mbano, Etiti, Umuahia , Owerri, Afikpo etc.
Anyway, let the best candidates be elected for every position in Lagos irrespective of him coming from Ijebu Egba, Mbaise, Nnewi, Etsako, Nupe etc.

You may read more from Prof Adiele. E. Afigbo: The Eastern Provinces Under Colonial Rule.

El Guapo:
:d

Why was he presented with the old Chelsea shirt?.

M M M:
anyone

When are you inviting us for your Igba Nkwu?.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=728562.msg8876824#msg8876824 date=1312758005]Andre,

Please name the wars you fought with the British and the years.

Can this be independently verified?[/quote]Apart from the Ekumeku wars, you have heared about Aro-British wars which had been projected as the war to end all wars in the Igbo area proved to be only the beginning. In the event military expeditions far from being the exception virtually became the rule. The War against the Aro ended in March 1902. But before the end of the year it had become neccessary to mount two expeditions against Igbo groups who were supposed to have been conquered along with the Aro. The first was against the Olokoro clan of Umuahia, and the second against Afikpo and Umunneoha in 1903. Then came Akwete Patrol and the grand Onitsha Hinterland Expedition in 1904. In 1905, The Ezza, the Ovoro, NONYA, Onicha and Ahiara were defeated. Two years later Isikwuato, Urualla, Etche, Ntarakpu and Isiagu were fought and conquered. The years 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1914 saw scores of military units fighting and subduing various vuillages and settlements which still regard themselves as independent of the British. Eleven such expeditions were mounted in 1915. By 1917, troops of the protectorate were still marching up and down Igboland conquering violent, and overawing passive resisters.
Now NegroNTS, Shut up forever.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=729479.msg8876224#msg8876224 date=1312751131]I've discussed the topic with people far knolwedgable than you on Ibo culture and they all agree you don't have any one hereditary.

Yorubas have Oduduwa. Hausas have Bayajjida. Ibos have none! The Nri you all claim is a subordinate to Aro confederacy, which itsel no one knows where its roots lie. Is it indigenus or settler, no one can tell.


Everything point to a bunch of different peoples forced away from their roots and conglomerated under a language.

Go down African history and study how great peoples acrrue power. If colonization had not happened you would by now be a tributary of Bini empire. Whiteman saved you from an inevitable wipeout.[/quote]Not all the Yoruba believe in this your Oduduwa crap. Southern Yoruba groups such as Egbas and Ijebus do not have any claims to Oduduwa. Some other southern Yoruba groups who now falsely look unto Oduduwa as their pregenitor do so because of politics. Anyway, that is if at all there was any Oduduwa coming from sky or the sky coming from Oduduwa.

Eziachi:
Are you sure on the bolded as the guy appointed people today as caretakers until election?

The caretakers has been sworn in since last Thursday. A free and fair elections will be held at a later time. Throught the reign of Ohakim, no LG elections were held and only last year's August, he installed PDP guys as Chairmen in all the LGA's without any polls. Am happy, that has come to an end.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=729274.msg8875989#msg8875989 date=1312748647]Please modify your topic. Take YORUBA out of that comparison. That's an insult to greatness!![/quote]It seems you are always drunk before you log to nairaland.

@The poster, once again, no Edo speaks Yoruba without learning it. No Yoruba speaks Edo without learning it. Yorubas speak Yoruba and associated dialects while Edos speak Edo and related dialects.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=729479.msg8876022#msg8876022 date=1312749119]A race is different from a tribe.

Your people are united under one language, hence you are not a race but rather a patch up, a mix and match of different peoples congregated under a common language -Ibo.


We Yorubas are not a tribe. We are different dialects of same language congregated under a hereditary - a race![/quote]The same way the Igbo nation emerged is the same way the Yoruba nation emerged. Agreed Igbo is a conglomeration of different dialects but one language. Yoruba is the same, no common ancestry but a collection of different groups and subgroups. Deny it to your own peril.

^^^^
What a load of bullshitt from you. It is an outright stupidity to classify Edo alongside Ijebu, Ekiti, Offa and so on. Edo people have always been distinct from Yoruba in language and culture. Stop all this moronic attempts at snatching Edoland for your Yoruba kins. Anyway, there is no sane Yoruba that will do that except you Negro NTS.
What a shame.

sonya4all:
I wonder what is wrong with dis andre, if u notice i quit replyin your silly post about 30 pages ago,cos i know u r fightin a lost battle, bashing any ika indigene dat clains his unique tribe wil not cajol us into becoming igbos, and stop refering to ikas as proud igbos becos u hav no idea wat we ikas think about becomin. Part of dat label igbo(n). Am nt benin,neither am i igbo,am a proud ika son.Get it into your dumb skul. Afanna.Pls dnt reply d self exiled fool.I no your next move(rainin insults on urself) bt am not worried. Ika 4 lyf.
I wonder what is wrong with dis andre, if u notice i quit replyin your silly post about 30 pages ago,cos i know u r fightin a lost battle, bashing any ika indigene dat clains his unique tribe wil not cajol us into becoming igbos, and stop refering to ikas as proud igbos becos u hav no idea wat we ikas think about becomin. Part of dat label igbo(n). Am nt benin,neither am i igbo,am a proud ika son.Get it into your dumb skul. Afanna.Pls dnt reply d self exiled fool.I no your next move(rainin insults on urself) bt am not worried. Ika 4 lyf.

Oh the simpleton is back. Have you now paid your electricity bills. What happened to that your archaic laptop?. It seems you have changed the batteries. It is so nice you still have access to the internet. You know I can supply you laptops free of charge so that you can continue to disclaim IGBO in nairaland. Remenber what I SAID TO YOU ages ago you were here. That I can sponsor your relocation from Igboland to Benin. I wiil still do it. Shameless magot.

For the Igbo in Delta state, may your lineages continue to grow and prosper.

[quote author=Chyz* link=topic=458875.msg8875790#msg8875790 date=1312746343]Yoruba and who are one race?! Boy stop kidding yourself. We Igbos even share more words in our language with them than you yorubas do. Unless you want to say the Bini language is really a combination of Igbo and yoruba,lol. Pls, dont fool yourself. Lagos is not the only place in yorubaland that the Binis expanded to. They conquered the Owo yorubas, Ekiti areas,etc. so dont fool yourself. It's all recorded and the proof are in the culture and the way they talk. Don't come here and start speaking yall this yoruba nonsense when in the first place you all were NEVER ONE.[/quote]Thanks Chyz, don't mind the lil Fry.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=729479.msg8875438#msg8875438 date=1312743081]Wrong Andre.

Edo do not need to spend time in Yorubaland to speak the language, they already are speaking it as a dialect.

Yoruba - Oba a pe l'aye

Edo - Oba a to k'paye.

Meaning: may the King live long![/quote]It does not mean Edo people speak Yoruba. Unless you are a foreigner, every Nigerian knows that Edos are Edos with their own languages and dialects and Yorubas are Yorubas with their own language and dialects. It is not a big deal to find an Edo who speaks Yoruba as it is not also a big deal to find a Yoruba who speaks Edo. Infact, I do know lots of Yorubas who speak Bini.

@The brainless poster who said majority of Imolites leaves outside the state. You should get a life and stop spreading falsehood. What a nonsense.

The bride's family has to organise for the actual Igba Nkwu ceremony at the bride's family as Igbo tradition demands. I supported my wife's family during my own Igba nkwu ceremony.

@The poster, the groom buys all the items handed over to him in the list as well as pay the bride price. Some of the items are in this photograph below.

Obiagu, you spoke well.

It is that time again in the season when Igbo communities from Arochukwu in the east to Igbanke in the west and from Obollo-Afor in the North to Diobu in the south celebrates the end and start of agricultural season. This is celebrated with a feast known as Iri Ji or Iwa ji. It last from August even till December depending on each Igbo community.
For Ndigbo who will be travelling for this feast, I wish you all safe journey. Uzo di mma, Ije oma.

Anaghi eji ututu ama njo ahia. (The early hours of the day does not determine the activities of the day).
Ndi Igbo, ya dikwara unu mma.

^^^But when is he going to conduct LG and councillorship elections in the 27 LGA's?.