₦airaland Forum

Sweetyie:
u r an anglican ryt?

fippycbk:
You are an Anglican I guess?

chymevicks:
Your SCREEN NAME baffles me but I guess you are Methodist, Presby or most Likely ANGLICAN

Goodboiyy:
if am from Yoruba I will b proud of It.
So free free, tag me a Yoruba boy, I will b proud

Goodboiyy:
Igbo man stop dragging Itsekiri into ur comments. Let us b,
d guy u quoted never said we re Yoruba, We share same culture with Edo, and same almost same language with Ilaje and Ijebu

#Igbo trying so hard to make us 8 Yoruba, SMH.
Outta thread

scholes0:
Britain didn't create the Yoruba tag...... Also, the fact that many Large cosmopolitan Yoruba Urban settlements already existed long before colonization meant that a lot of Yorubas were already aware of most other Yoruba groups..... I am not saying there are no disparities between Yoruba groups, but it isn't nearly as strong as that which exist between Igbos. A colonial documents describes Igbos to live in isolated homesteads scattered accross the land, such that family A sees Family B as "strangers" and town A sees town B as a completely different group of people entirely.

Also, the Ika just like Ekpeye are Igboid languages and not just dialects of Igbo.... There is a difference. Ngwa, Etiti, Mbaise, Etc are dialects of Igbo. While their culture and arguably also the people, are a mix of their own Igboid cultures, and that of the Edoid people around them (More Bini influence around Ika, and more Urhobo influence along the Ukwale axis), just like the Itsekiris are primarily South Eastern Yoruba, but have also mixed in with some Edo and Urhobo...... It is not a surprise that the acceptance of the igbo identity among the Aniomas grows stronger the closer one gets to Onitsha/The river Niger, and wanes further West and South, such that the scenario in places like Kwale and Agbor is completely different from what is obtainable in Asaba or Ibusa..... Not a co-incidence imo.

I can't say that it is unfortunate that they are not situated in the South East, since I am sure they are proud of their current location in Delta state of Nigeria-. But if they were, I am pretty sure their original identities would have been watered down by now into an Igbo one.... It would be the same thing if Itsekiris were located somewhere in Ogun state .... But these people are who they are, and people should just learn to accept it.

CHM11:
The bolded is a decision taken by a people . I think its good that their decision is respected.

The word 'igbo' was definitely coined out one day too. Today its respected as a tribe in general. So if the Ika say they are Ika people and not igbo people, I feel its best they are left alone as ika people.

There was a time Urhobo, Isoko, itsekiri, Etsako as different tribes never existed, they were all just clans in the benin kingdom with diFferent ways of speaning. Today they are identified for what they say they are.

Goodmorning bro.

iamrealdeji:
and the only Nobel Laureate you have in the country is a Yoruba man,yet your foolish ass would travel outside Nigeria and brag about Wole Soyinka being a Nigerian

ksbusari:
Yoruba tribe and precisely Ekiti pple bt yet they r still being marginalized. It has nt helped them in makin good decisions.

gleaf:
THE BEST GOVERNOR NIGERIA HAS EVER PRODUCED, PETER OBI MADE IT POSSIBLE!!! OBIANO SHOULD FOR THE SAKE OF POSTERITY ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF HIS PREDECESSOR.... MEANWHILE I STRONGLY SUGGEST HE INVEST MORE. ANAMBRA IS ON TRACK

Haywhymido:
for ur mind u don talk like dat o With what u av said above would u say u r promoting peace or violence.The different between u n bokoharam is dat u av nt openly declare urself to the world as an enemy of peace. #Say NO to religious bigots
#Say NO to violence

9jeria:
Dear friends, i wrote the 2015 Administrative Staff College of Nigeria exam and was so surprised when i way my statement of result. I am very very sure that that was not my result. my greatest anger is that i was given zero in a particular course that i wrote so well. this is so humiliating. even though i got B in the overall, i still want to challenge my result. please friends give me advice on how to go about it. i have sent email to them and they did not respond. call the numbers to no avail. to visit the office is so far away from me. i need your contributions. http://www.ascon.gov.ng/contactascon.aspx

Smooyis:
To be delusional , his speech is okay this morning except your television speakers are bad. Let's eschew unnecessary hatred.

Orikinla:
Who is jobless?
And she earns enough to feed you and your entire family.

Can anyone in your family have the following résumé?
[size=18pt]Oby Ezekwesili
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/oby-ezekwesili/59/612/229

Senior Economic Advisor at Open Society Foundation

New York, New York
Nonprofit Organization Management

Current

Open Society Foundation

Previous

World Bank Washington DC, Federal Government of Nigeria

Education

Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

Summary

Rich experience in economic policy and in private sector, civil society, public sector, international non governmental, global economic development with international financial institution, corporate and non-corporate boards. Additional niche in anti corruption, economic governance, transparency and accountability solutions. Wide network across top leadership in Government, Business and Civil society in Africa.
Experience
Senior Economic Advisor- Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative
Open Society Foundation
June 2012 – Present (3 years 2 months)New York, USA/.Abuja, Nigeria

Senior Economic Advisor to a number of economy reforming Presidents of African countries and their cabinets on their economic development strategy, policies and implementation.
Vice President
World Bank Washington DC
May 2007 – May 2012 (5 years 1 month)

Responsibility for delivery of economic policy advisory, over $40Billion in finance and convener of partnerships for 46 African countries in support of their economic and social development programs.
Cabinet Minister of Education
Federal Government of Nigeria
June 2006 – April 2007 (11 months)Abuja, Nigeria

(Open)1 honor or award

Cabinet Minister of Minerals
Federal Government of Nigeria
July 2005 – June 2006 (1 year)Abuja
Presidential Aide in charge of Public Procurement Reforms
Federal Government of Nigeria
October 2002 – July 2005 (2 years 10 months)Abuja
Director Harvard Nigeria Strategy Program /Presidential Aide in charge of Public Procurement Reforms
Federal Government of Nigeria
October 2000 – July 2002 (1 year 10 months)Boston, Massachusetts / Abuja, Nigeria
Honors & Awards
Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic
Federal Government of Nigeria
December 2006
Doctor of Science (Honorary)
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
May 2012
Organizations
Bharti Airtel India
Independent Director
Starting September 2012
World wide life Fund - WWF, Switzerland
Director
Starting April 2013
Global Ocean Commission, United Kingdom
commissioner
Starting March 2013
School of Public Policy, Central European University, Hungary
Member of Advisory Board
Starting April 2013
Transparency International, Berlin, Germany
Co-Founder
Starting April 1993
The Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Advisory Board
Starting April 2007[/size]

koladebrainiac:
GAY MINISTER WELCOMING BABA ADEBOYE LOLS...