₦airaland Forum

seanet02:
No wonder they Lord over you in Kwara!

Irrelevant.

Calculia:
^^My brother EzeUche, u should know by now that the ibibio are Igbos and Efik mix. They are technically Igbos of Efik decent.

For once, I have to disagree with you on this one.

It is interesting to note that two of the eleven girls that featured for the Equatorial Guinean female team against Norway today are Igbo girls. Diala and Chinasa.

[quote author=N.Delta link=topic=700671.msg8617035#msg8617035 date=1309366118]Funny enough the Ikwerres in Rivers State will almost kill anyone that calls them Igbos, they do not want to be associated with the igbos in anyway even if they speak Igbo. I have tried to tell some of them that their igbos and not true Rivers indigenes but they were furious. The Aniomas will do anything to be known as Niger Deltans, they do not want to identify with the igbos although they speak ibo. I have one of them as class mates and she always make it very clear that she is not an Igbo girl.[/quote]You are a no brainer at all. So if your deluded Ikwerre friends say they are not Igbo means Ikwerre is not Igbo. By your idiotic logic, if Sarakis say they are not Yorubas equates to Ilorins not Yoruba.
At a time when the president gen of Ohanaeze is an Anioma man yet you have the courage to chat about your misguided Anioma friend who does not know his identity. How about the president of the Igbo elite group-Aka Ikenga. Have you not known that he is an Anioma man?. Sometimes, some of you guys chat like people with two left legs.

@Knowall, you have come with this your divisionist theory again. Why have you sworn with the devil not to see Ndigbo unite. River Benue split up the Tivs into two, yet they are in Benue state. River Benue was not used as a yardstick separate this group. In this case, River Niger should be eliminated in the instance of the Igbo. Igbo bu otu meaning Igbo is one.

mithel:
See nigerians,tribalism don enter deir blood,32 views and just 3 replies.if na say 'abuse anoda tribe nw', we go don reach 5 pages.smh.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-667076.32.html
This sort of thread already exist as you can see in the link above.

Dis Guy:
keep ya conspiracy to your region
oh please have you seen Mohammed Dele Belgore's dressing?

His dressing is not different from the Hausa-Fulanis.

ezeagu:
Maybe they do it so that Rivers doesn't turn into Igbo vs. Ijaw, although it looks like that sometimes anyway. Nobody forced these groups to become independent ethnic groups, so the only ones to blame are the 'Igbo' groups themselves, sometimes I wish one group would have taken over the whole of Igbo land like the (disunited) kingdoms in old Qin under Han.

It seems they do not know that there is strength in unity especially the Igbo groups in Rivers.

Abagworo:
I personally think that Igbo as an ethnic group should focus more on how to manage the SE and leave other Igbos in SS to manage themselves independently.

Igbos and non-indigenous Igbos actually consist more than 60% of Rivers population but Rivers is a very perculiar State and should be handled with carefulness.Even Ijaws never come out as a single ethnicity in Rivers.Kalabari,Okrika and Ibani are good examples.

So Umuigbo na umuijaw haa nu umu Rivers ka ha biri nke ha.Ayi mara na ufodu ha wu ndi Igbo na Ijaw but let it be.

Why do they turn every village to an ethnic nationality?. Within the Igbo groups, you have about 10 ethnic nationalities.

The Sarakis see ACN as a Yoruba party as they are pro Hausa-Fulani. They do not want any thing that is Yoruba even in their pattern of dressing as you can see in this photo.

Congrats to Tinie Tempah and the entire Okongwu family.

Flood washing away homes and damaging properties and even cutting peoples lives short is not new in Ibadan. The Ogunpa River in Ibadan has posed this problem for ages. Some natives in Ibadan believes that if certain sacrifices are not made in that River, the River will expand its banks and cause mayhem to locals. This may not be true but Ogunpa deserves an urgent attention from Ajumobi.

[quote author=EzeUche! link=topic=700671.msg8610919#msg8610919 date=1309295092]I hate how the little subgroups like to claim they are a separate tribes.

I have never believe that there are 250 ethnic groups.

There are probably only 50 or less.[/quote]There is up to 250 ethnic grops because every village in Rivers state wants to be seen as an ethnic nationality. For Example Egbema ethnic nationality while Egbema in Imo state is Igbo. Ndoki in Abia state is Igbo while Ndoki in Rivers state is an ethnic nationality. Soon it will be each family as an ethnic group in Rivers state. What a shame

The likes of Amb Uwechue, Utomi, Edozien, Okonjo, Achuzia, Okogwu etc has always clamoured for an Anioma state that will be zoned to the south east. But someone like Wesley80 here on nairaland would want an Igbo state that has nothing to do with the south east.

Let us say no to marginalisation. Am not happy if Yorubas, Ndigbo or any group is marginalised.

@The thread starter, Rivers state is not entirely Igbo. About half of the population are not Igbo. Though Ndigbo are agitating for more states but the Igbo in Rivers are not really keen to have one. Some Igbo groups in Rivers state such as The Ndokis, Omumas, Obigbos should join their kins in the proposed Aba or Enyimba state. The Egbema in Rivers state should also join their kins in Egbema, Imo state.

Andre Uweh:
I do not know why some groups are placed where they are not wanted and do no belong to. The idea of regional cooperation is laudable in the south south. However, Anioma in Delta state and Upland Rivers state should look to the south east for regional cooperation.

My post is in accordance with the thread. Delta Igbo and Rivers Igbo are better positioned for regional integration with the south east.
Alloy was right as well, Edo is very close to Yorubaland and is better postioned to cooperate with the south west in comparism to Cross River state that is thousands of miles away.

Why do they not include kwara GOVERNOR and Kwarans?.

Tupu Bekee a bia na Alaigbo, NdiIgbo na eji ukwu (okpa) eje njem. Njem ndia na ete anya tupu ha agaruo ebe ha na eje. Hana esikwe na etiti ohia ebe anumanu ndi di iche iche juputakwara. Ufodu umu anumanu ndia na egbu mmadu.
Mana ugbua site na obibia nwa bekee, uzo sakwara mbara, ha ruputakwara ugbo-ala eji eme njem. Ugbua, isite Enugwu na eje Potakot na ewe awa ato. Mana na oge mbu, o ga bu abali ato.

Isoko Wado.
My special greetings to the peaceful people of Isoko.
Ndi Isoko, Chukwu gozie unu. God bless Isoko people.

I do not know why some groups are placed where they are not wanted and do no belong to. The idea of regional cooperation is laudable in the south south. However, Anioma in Delta state and Upland Rivers state should look to the south east for regional cooperation.

APGA lost massively in Okigwe zone because of less presense in that zone. But Ararume performed betther than Ohakim and Rochas in Okigwe South constituency. It's a pity Ohakim was declared the winner in that constituency.

sley4life:
Ohakim should be in the bu.sh now. Since he declared himself as a bush animal

Bush meat means Anuohia or anuofia.
But Ikiri when used in Okakim's tern does not mean anuohia. It is like saying that Tiger wood is a bush animal.

ZnO:
Igbo girls representing ndigbo in their various states of residence
A few years ago, Miss Ondo was an Igbo girl
Lagos State has had numerous Igbo girls as Ms Lagos.

We do need a census that says are you Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, etc?
We need to know OFFICIALLY how many Igbo are in Nigeria compared to other major groups
It cannot be for nothing that Igbos dominate everything in Nigeria except politics
If Igbos know their true numbers, they will be galvanized to dominate the polity too.

Ndigbo constitute 20% of Nigerian population. My personal view, may be 1% more.