₦airaland Forum

FieldMarshall06:
Guy, stop writing rubbish. Stop it. Stop.
Nonsense.

Stop what?

Are you disputing what I wrote. Or you were not born yet by then?

Does Saudi Arabia not treat Nigerian pilgrims anyhow or when do Arabs side with Nigeria when it matters if the religious part is what irks you?

Just because we blacks have no clear agenda does not mean other races have no agenda of their own.

FieldMarshall06:
Guy, stop writing rubbish. Stop it. Stop.
Nonsense.

Stop what. Are you disputing what I wrote? Or you were not born yet by then?

SIRTee15:
I bought my first jeans trouser in 1995 for 1100 naira...
I know what I'm talking about....
Na big boys dey wear jeans those days...

Only big boys dey wear jeans in 1995?

10 years earlier boys were rocking stone wash jeans everywhere.

Which environment were you in to reach that conclusion?

Yep.

But Oga prof you endorsed him albeit reluctantly in 2015.
You should begin by apologising to Nigerians for your wrong judgement.

Then after that you will make sense.

Quality education is not cheap.

Ezennwa:
hmm!

Who is Egypt? A tree does not make a forest, Egypt is Inconsequential for now.

Egypt managed to outsmart Nigeria and get Boutrios Boutros Ghalli to become UN Secretary General. I mentioned it in another thread here earlier today. Despite Buhari and IBB having joined the Muslim league as observer years earlier. Those religious people Northern Nigeria look up to are our biggest enemies on international stage.

Only Gaddafi was a bit different. And that was because fellow Arab countries frustrated him and he looked towards black Africa for relevance.

A relative sent about 20 million Naira for her brother to build a house. She returned just before last Christmas to meet nothing. NOTHING. Pictures sent abroad were all fake.

She came to relax for a few months in 9ja. She was stuck in 9ja by Covid-19. Then their heartbroken mother died.
The amount of wickedness going on screams to high heavens.

And over 90% of people doing this evil are trusted relatives.

A relative sent about 20 million Naira for her brother to build a house. She returned just before last Christmas to meet nothing. NOTHING. Pictures sent abroad were all fake.

She came to relax for a few months in 9ja. She was stuck in 9ja by Covid-19. Then their heartbroken mother died.
The amount of wickedness going on screams to high heavens.

And over 90% of people doing this evil are "trusted" relatives.

Interesting.

Amotolongbo:
What about Akinwumi Adesina?

We just have to present a more sellable candidate. Who is more sellable than Okonjo Iweala for now?
Definitely “same individuals” that have greatly excelled globally.

If true then Gambari get sense. IBB goofed by choosing Obasanjo as UN secretary General candidate back then. Boutros Boutros Ghalli and Egypt snatched the opportunity. Joe Garba would have been the right candidate. Or even Wole Soyinka.

Obasanjo speaks only English as international language. Rushing to Paris to learn French was not enough for OBJ to be taken seriously then.

Osaze007:
Onitsha is made up of three groups of people.

The first are the Edos.

The second are the Igalas. They were the people that were fishing by the Niger as of the time the Onitsha people came to settle there.

The third are the Igbos, who are very close to the Niger and had integrated with them. These three groups make up what is today known as "Onitsha". #HistoryVille


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngm1XceyLCo

OK.

bigmodo:
I am an As and I am getting married to an As. I love this girl so much that I am moving forward to marry her.

We have done our introduction and our traditional marriage is next month. I know the complications of an As marrying As in the issues of children they might give birth to. But I have no choice. I want to marry the love of my life.

Dude, ensure you can do Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis/profiling.

As part of IVF procedure. That way only embryos or eggs without the sickle cell mutation will be used.

Please do not just go ahead to have babies without planning. Otherwise the suffering of any affected kid will seriously test that love you are talking about. Seriously.

KingAzubuike:
Most Nigerian doctors are perverts. They ask all sorts of silly questions that aren't related to your ailment. It has even gone as far as medical students on ward round , postings or clerking in teaching hospitals. Small boys wey never grow hair for prick will begin to ask you the last time you had sex before they diagnose you with typhoid or malaria. If you have a knowledge of the medical profession, you'd easily understand.

Madam, every question a doctor asks you is important. For example, in every lady from 14/15 to about 55, always assume she's pregnant. Even if with religious appearance like a nun. Unless proven otherwise. This will affect drugs/management given.

Remember that doctors are not just about treating one disease. First and foremost is preserving good health & life. Certain illnesses may cause similar symptoms. So your doctor wants to rule them out.

There are also things called co-morbidities. Two or more conditions may co-exist at the same time. Some may be yet undiagnosed.

Because some people think doctors are just perverts asking irrelevant questions, they answer no when asked if they have any symptoms or family history of diseases. Which can be detrimental to patient's health.

Of course your doctor considers first thing first. That he/she suspects malaria fever/typhoid doesn't mean they shouldn't screen for other possibilities.

If you check well, it will almost cetainly be in Alimosho/Ikotun side.

Na those similar cases dey go the customary court in that axis.

Too much excitement can cause fainting.

StrongandMighty:
Inasmuch as I stand against rape, I don't believe every story about rape. Most are cooked up stories that never happened!!

Which reliable study do you base your position on that most rape cases are false?

If anything because of the stigma, it is under reported. I know of many cases where victims' family members asked them to keep quiet. To avoid stigma.

Lots of men still consider rape a minor thing. After all girls will first say no Na. Even if they want. That is assumption of some men. But no means no. Simple.

You did the right thing.
Is to accept a job by force?

Manage your in-laws wisely.

RIP.

UNICALKING:
US na scam, gone are those days i used to dream of this raciest state as my paradise!

Afamed

Come and see your ex Co-dreamer of American paradise o.

RIP.

Sad if true.

Wait o, ghost sef dey catch Covid-19?

Because na ghost curfew be that na.

IceColdVeins:
I imagine how special you could have felt that time

The guy missed a trick. Had he started a ministry, by now he for don blow.

seunmsg:
I[b] still don’t get why political office holders turn around to fight the same set of people that suffered to get them elected in the first place[/b]. So many of us were very worried when Obaseki started the unnecessary public attacks on Oshiomhole and other Edo State APC leaders. Some very few paperweight politicians and some opposition members were pushing him and he was dancing to their tunes. Every effort made by party leaders within and outside the state to nib the crisis in the bud was shut down by the governor.

The intervention of APC governors is a welcome development even though it is coming very late but I really don’t think they can do much for Obaseki at this point in time. I don’t think a common ground can be found between the feuding parties in Edo State. What they are doing now is what they should have done about a year ago. Aso obo omoye mo, omoye ti rihoho woja.

Anyway, the best solution is for the governors and all lovers of the party to insist on a free, fair, and credible primary election between Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Obaseki. God knows I don’t like size-Iyamu but Obaseki has put himself in a very tight corner unnecessarily. Whoever emerged from the primary should be supported by all the factions. Any other arrangement would not work.

We the masses are the dummies in such affairs.

Fact is such godfathers are too greedy. They want to be governors by proxy. Oshiomhole even wrote the list of Obaseki's SEC members.

Loyalty can be pushed to far at times.

Remember that while Oshiomhole had a recognisable name as NLC leader, he had no money. Obaseki used his business/investment contacts to mobilise funds for Oshio. It got even harder when Oshio lost to Professor Osunbor in 2007. The court battles to Oshio victory cost lots of money. Many people had left Oshio camp after losing the governorship election.

In 9ja, politics relies heavily on money. Especially when starting out.

Uyi168:
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If churches and mosques were closed because of covid19, what purpose do they even serve in the first place..?

Well, psychologically alone it helps people. it's a big social event for many. Both singing and dancing have health benefits. The spiritual aspect is left to individuals to interpret.

But it's very frustrating that an educated and well-traveled man like Chris should find it difficult to understand or accept such a basic epidemiological concept.

It's also very baffling that he doesn't remember how Christians are advised to obey the laws of their land. As in this case that doesn't go against Christian doctrine.

Eberejesus111:
Good so not to cause confusion, then they should begin a cultural reformation. Like the name change and all more vigorously. Rather than sharing language affinities with similar counterparts.

As you said the English came out from Germany and Denmark, but you don't see them calling themselves Malsrov, Naim, or Olia...and their cultures have been so differentiated that you can see the difference. I believe this is what the Igbos are trying to pass across.

Well, I do not think it's Igbo or Benin who have to pass anything across to Ikwerre as to how to structure anything. Be it culture or language or anything.
Obviously their current and still evolving (like every other) culture happened by virtue of what fate gave them. In terms of ethnic mixes and where they found themselves.

As for Germany and England only novices won't know their cultural and linguistic affinities. Reformation began in Germany and England became the biggest protestant/Anglican nation.

Check out English/German names:

Gerald/Gerhard
Ana/Anja
Bernard/Bernd
Judith/Jutta
Charles/Karl or Carl
George/Georg or Joerg or Juergen
William/Wilhelm
Roger/Ruediger.

And many more.

I deliberately avoid most Biblical names to reduce influence of religion on their uniformity/similarity across languages.

I have never heard the Germans instructing the English to remove German origin names from their language.

Especially now that the British voted to leave Europe in Brexit vote.

letu:
OP please which one of this greetings belongs to Ikwerre people , Ogba/Egbema people, Ekpeye people, Anioma people, Oguta people, because they all said that they originated from Binin inwhich they do address themselves as we the Binin people of_ _ _ _ .
So OP kindly show us which one be there greetings for this your Binin greetings.

Dude, I know you want to be cheeky. We know Olu of Warri, were his family to have remained in Benin, his family would have Lamogun as morning greeting. Like yours truly.
But the Itsekiri culture that he came to be at the Apex of do not use family morning greeting.

Urhobo, Okpe, Isoko, Degema, majority of Esan people, Isaleko and royalty/Aristocracy of Lagos and many who acknowledge their Benin connections have no family morning greetings.

This in no way negates the fact they have Benin/Edo ancestry. Same applies to Ikwerre and others if reliable history says they have Benin connections. Cultures evolve in time and location. Not static.

Eberejesus111:
So in essence what you're trying to say boss, is Ikwerre are from Benin but assimilated to the Igbo group and now want to go back to Benin.

I believe a significant number of Ikwerre are Benin. Obviously due to location over the centuries they have mixed with a large number of Igbo.
From what we read and hear mostly, I believe Ikwerre want to be seen as now having a distinct identity. Not go back to or move to anywhere.

From what we read it's some Igbo people who swear at others and disparage those that disagree with the identity they want to give others.

Looking from outside, I believe Ikwerre see themselves as having a distinct identity now.

The English migrated from Germany and Denmark largely. They acknowledge this. But they have not said they are moving back to Germany and Denmark.

RedboneSmith:
Let's also keep in mind that in that same Rivers State, with no contiguity with Edo-speaking lands, are three tiny groups that have maintained their Edoid languages: Degema, Epie and Engenni. Three very tiny groups. They have kept their Edoid languages.

Yet a relatively large group like Ikwerre, larger by far than all three groups combined, succumbed to this "Igbo onslaught" that we don't even have historical evidence for.

Well, maybe what made Ikwerre relatively large is mixing with a large Igbo ethnic group. Perhaps whereas Degema and others may have lived more remotely and were able to preserve their Edoid features more easily.
In the same way Yoruba today deny that Edo people ever lived in decent numbers in Lagos and Eastern Yorubaland.

As we know the large Yoruboid culture easily swallowed Edo culture in Yorubaaland. If not for Lagos Royal family and Lagos aristocracy like Obanikoro, Eletu Odibo and others who managed to keep their Edo awareness, they would have said Edo or Benin never ventured into Yorubaaland. Some still say anyway.

Oba of Lagos has still incurred the wrath of Yoruba people by openly flaunting his Benin origin.

Even in Warri here, it's the monarchy and aristocracy that kept Benin links alive.

Yet, monarchy and aristocracy do not move to another place without hundreds of people following them either concomitantly or subsequently.

What Igbo and Yoruba have in common is size. Ability to assimilate smaller groups almost beyond recognition.

In Colonial and post colonial era it became easier to tag along bigger tribes for political relevance. Considering that Benin and the British had an easy relationship that marginalised Benin greatly. Benin suffered marginalisation from 1897. Igbo from 1967-1970.

If not for Biafra war, many Ikwerre would probably have preferred keeping the Edo links under wraps.

At the end only the Ikwerre can determine where they want to belong.

Eberejesus111:
Okay, but what puzzles me is, if they said Benin was their own ancestral land, they should begin to assimilate with their ancestral lands.

For example, the Illorin or Kwara people of Yoruba, had long been with the Fulani and even began to assimilate their culture, but still held Yoruba names, the minute they knew their origins and were definite about them, they began to assimilate to their cultural status.

No body would disturb Ikwere or any other tribe that has the same cultural affinity with Igbo's if they weren't acting like their kin.

Are the Igbo's saying Edo or Ijaw, or Isoko, or any other tribe is Igbo.

Even though Ibibios, and Efik are more in closer ties with the Igbo's we respect them for their identity and we don't call them Igbo's, or forcefully tell them you're Igbo's.

Remember that Ikwerre have no contiguity with Edo or Benin land. When you are totally cut off from original cultural home and other cultures super imposed, it's easy to asssume an almost different Identity. Not to mention mixing with a large Igbo people.