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AlPeter:
So During Jonathan's rule Boko Haram were controlling 20 out of 27 LGs in Borno state, 4 in Adamawa, and 2 in Yobe and in less than 6 months they have Been reduced to 2 (assuming Shettima is correct) yet some clowns will be screaming Propaganda! Thank God the Clueless one have left, Oga Buratai should forget the talk and do the work, actions speak louder. We all know you are trying but we need more effort. Thank You

but the govt accepted the situation at hand then. why shud this govt be covering up and lying to us?

effect of Nnamdi Kanu, Northerners will woo him to dumb the Biafra project

Yorubas dont seem to get it at all. Fulanis have freedom of movement in their country, u cant ban them, neither can u register them. the only solution is Odua Republic. Stop talking about what Fulani's did in Enugu or the East. we are not denying their atrocities over here niether do we make excuses or try to find another scapegoat like yorubas. we rather agitate to be a separate country with them after which we can have the powers to deal with them. as for now, the feds own the police and other security formations and appart from issuing long grammer, there is nothin anyone can do. Yoruba plz, activate your Odua republic if u are serious

Emir of Ibadan Loading

and they call Aba names

ahmedkoded95:
Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso,
has said that the federal government should provide
facilities such as grazing areas for Fulani herdsmen
so as to put an end to the endangerment of lives and
properties.


While speaking during the reunion of the Government
College Old Boys’ a$$ociation, Kwankwaso also
urged the government to educate the Fulani herdsmen
so that they can introduce modern means of cattle
rearing in the country.


He said “I am a Fulani man. My father was educated;
I am educated. So, I don’t think if I have cattle, I will
go into the forest to find food for them. Education is
important. These Fulani should be educated.


“They should be settled and by that, they will develop
the modern way of keeping livestock. Go to Britain,
America or other parts of the world, you don’t see
cattle roaming about. In Niger, Chad, Cameroon and
Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen run around endangering
their lives and cattle in the forest. It is not good for
the economy, security or anybody.


“For today, I think it is important for the government
to provide facilities because we require their
services. Facilities like grazing areas for the cattle
and other facilities to make sure that we manage the
situation should be provided. In the North, we used to
have all these grazing areas.


“We used to have cattle ranches, where they go from
place to place without going into the farm. Probably
because of the population now and other issues, all
these places have been taken over by farmers.


Therefore, it becomes very difficult for any cattle to
roam or go to places without going into farms.”
While reacting to calls for the banning of the
herdsmen in the South-West, he said “It is not only
peculiar to the South-West. We just have to have a lot
of understanding of the situation. Some of the issues
being raised by the people, especially politicians, do
not help anybody.


“If you sack the Fulani from here or you fight them,
maybe it is because you are here. If you are a Yoruba
man based in Kano, I don’t think you can contemplate
sacking the Fulani.


“I am from Kano, but right now I am in Ibadan.
Anywhere you are is your home. Today, Ibadan is my
home. God forbid, if something bad happens here, it
will affect me. But for today, I think it is important for
the government to provide ranching facilities, such as
grazing sites, because we require their services. It
now calls for understanding among Nigerians. To that
extent, therefore, politicians should stop over-
blowing the issue.”

cc:lalasticalala

Yorubas should get the bolded into their empty skull, the world is now a global village. the fact that they stick their ass to their rusted roof is nobody's business

either u are igbo or ijaw or urhobo or efik, or ibibio. stop fooling around with ur stupi niger delta or south south

yoruba want freedom but are not ready to pay the price, they therfore resort to dragging other ppl into their peputual state of slavery. Mr Falana, kwankwaso said u ppl should SHUT UP. there is freedom of movement for all nigerians. if u want to make a law that will ban cattle herders then agitate for odua republic like the biafrans are doing

Emir of Ibadan and Lagos loading wen igbos abandon yorubas with their slave masters

OP is an illiterate. who are the niger delltans?? Imo and Abia are niger delta states, and if mean SS, no tribe is SS, Igbo is igbo irrespective of state

they are those that fought in 1967 - 70. gallant Biafra soildiers who destroyed clueless zoo army thowing bombs only at civillian targes

eminikansoso:
Igbo kwenu
How market
Go back to east and develop your zone and leave west with their land.
Abi na by force

hahaha, nonesense, ezendigbo is the leader of igbo association, yorubas are stupid, kwankwaso has told u ppl to shut up, yoruba is the problem with nigeria---- Sanusi. does anybody care if u refuse to leave ur conglomerate of rusted roofs?? u cant stop ppls freedom as guaranteed by the constitution

Oil = Noman's resource
Lagos (product of oil wealth) = Noman's land

why five years? is overtaking not in ur own dictionary??

He respects his host unlike igbos

Wherever u are at any particular time is ur home - kwankwaso.
Kwankwaso is saying dat fulani in oyo shud be educated by oyo state and settle down in oyo, yorubas dnt seem to understand d implication one nigeria. Continue sticking ur ass to ur rusted roofs

Do yorubas think there will almajiri votes frm d north to help them here d way d did in puting dia mere comisioner in aso rock? See dem shouting corruption, are dey hoping on Buhari's fake anti-corruption crusade d way dey wanted use it to remove Saraki 4 disgracing Tinubu while hailing Amaechi? Nonesense, this is global stage, d pesn u tarnished his image as clueless (Gej) is tanzania nw

Hahahaha. Yorubas hv disowned Ibadan

jamesrichard:
This guy is absolutely right! I am very sure you have stayed in the east before.
Very hostile people! Don't quote me too oooh.or wanna try say rubish...if you know abia very well am posting from world Bank H.E...Don'ttryit!

whether in Abia or kano or Lagos or Akure, all igbos want is equal ryts and level playground 4 competition. u jst dnt hv a Deji or Oba in Abia to giv u undue advantage ova igbos

Biafra constitution will have exit clause, Bifra its will be Confedral state. Minorities in niger delta shud hv botherd to make imput to d Biafra structure dat wil suit d aspiration of all dan this overused nonesense they kip repeating

Biafra agitators siezed an FRCN station in Enugu and almost made a live broadcast b4 being arrested. Was buhari d president then?

OP is a kid

All igboland is Biafra. Other tribes cn join if they want. But if dey want to form dia own, they shud nt dream of touching any part of igboland. We dnt kia abt d ss or niger delta contraption. Evrybody rep dia tribe. Also if dia is true fedralism all agitations will die

Wrong title

Lol, yorubas keep doing amebo on Kanu's mata.

Wat is wrong with oduastans? Who will volunteer to take on FG on Odua matter? D zoo has finally been lured into a legal battle

What is baby factory?? a system whereby teenagers who mistakenly gets pregnant will be taken care of untill they deliver and their baby given out for adoption thereby reducing street urchins and its attendant social implications is what has been criminalised as baby factory do u want the east to be littered with "born throway" like most other part of the country

Omololu007:
so let ibos stop crying about their people been killed in the north,cause they also killed northerners in onitsha and other part of ibo land

u did't kw before?? Not just in Onitsha even ryt there in Kano. we only complain because they are useless ppl and one million million of them cant replace one igbos life. we dont start the killings but we do defend ourselves

THE BOND BETWEEN THE IGALA
AND IGBO ETHNIC
NATIONALITIES OF NIGERIA -
SOME HISTORICAL FACTS.
Posted by OKAKACHI.COM7q6a
OKAKACHI.COM7q6a – Jul 29,
2011; 12:05am
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Igala are an ethnic group of
Nigeria situated east of the river
Niger and Benue confluence and
astride the Niger in Lokoja. Their
religious practice is broadly
Christianity and Islam, with, of
course, some sketches of African
religion, all of which do not in
any way affect their
interpersonal relationship as it is
common to see in a family in
Igalaland where either the Father
is a Muslim and Mother a
Christian or Parents are Muslims
and Children are Christians or
vice-versa, yet all relate amicably
well in all ramifications.
The Igala population is estimated
at about 4million and overflow to
outside their home base to
regions like Anambra, Delta, Edo
and Enugu States, with strong
traditional base, and now in ABIA
State of Nigeria as partners for
progress. The Igala language is
part of the Eastern Kwa sub
group or the West Benue-Congo
subgroup of the Niger-Congo
language family where the Igbo
also belong, depending on the
school of thought of the
observer. The traditional Igala
society is largely agrarian,
although fishing is also a
mainstay of the people especially
the Igalas of the riverine Idah
area. The Igala are identified by
the old oral tradition of Western
Igbo as descendants of Igbo
migrants who migrated
westward during the expansion
of the proto-Igbo peoples at the
beginning of the 1st millennium.
The central geographical location
of the Igala people has exposed
them to a wide variety of
linguistic as well as cultural
influences from other ethnic
groups in the country. Notable
among these are the Bini, the
Igbo, the Hausa, their closest
sisters-Idoma and the Yoruba
ethnic groups. They are ruled by
a father figure called the Attah.
The word Attah means 'Father'
and the full title of the ruler is
'Attah Igala', meaning, the Father
of Igala. Among the most revered
Attahs of the Igala kingdom are
Attah Ayegba Oma Idoko and
Atta Ameh Oboni.
According to oral tradition, Attah
Ayegba Oma Idoko offered his
most beloved daughter, Inikpi to
ensure that the Igalas win a war
of liberation from the Jukuns'
dominance while Attah Ameh
Oboni was known to be very
brave and resolute and revered
for his stiff resistance of the
British and his struggles to
uphold some ancient traditions
of the Igalas. When he got wind
of a plan to depose and exile him
by the British, he committed
suicide by hanging himself to
forestall the plan; for this and
other numerous exploits
recorded in his time, he is
regarded by most Igalas as the
last real traditional Attah Igala.
The present Atta is His Royal
Highness, Atta Aliyu Ocheja Obaje,
a well read, intelligent and well
respected Father. The Igala word
for King is Onu, one of which has
gathered us here today to
honour some deserving people,
the Onu Igala Abia state, his
highness, Alhaji Usman
Mohammed.
To divorce the Igala influence
from the modern Igbo cultural
evolution would be a travesty of
history. The evidence of the cross
cultural mix appears to be
genuine. According to several
sources, Igbo people evolved
over a long period of 4000 BC to
500 AD in Igbo land through
waves of migrations. Oral
accounts stated that her
northern neighbours migrated
into her heartland in search of
fertile land and rich marine life.
The majority of which were the
Igalas. The Igalas settled
amongst the locals east of the
Niger, altering the historiography
of many towns in today's
Anambra state and parts of the
present Oshimmili Local
Government in Delta state.
For instance in Anambra state,
there are traces of Igala history
in some communities of the Local
Government councils of the state
such as - Ayamelum, Ihiala, Oyi,
Awka North/South, Aniocha,
Dunukofia, Onitsha North/South,
Ogbaru, Anambra East/West and
Njikoka. The migration did not
only affect the area known today
as Anambra state, a sizeable
portion of Enugu state's
communities have Igala ancestry
as well. Thus, it would be right to
call it a reverse migration,
occurring about eight hundred
years after which Eri was
reported to have founded the
modern Igbo nation with its set
of unique religious doctrine. It
was also a period one of his
sons, Onoja, was said to have
departed northwards and
founded the Igala land.
Eri's children were listed as Nri-
Ifikuanim Menri, Agulu, ONOJA,
Ogbodudu, Onogu and his only
daughter, Iguedo. Together and
respectively, his off-springs were
instrumental to founding the
towns of Aguleri, Igbariam,
Ogbunike, Nando, Nri, Enugu-
Ukwu, Nteje, Enugu-Agidi, and so
many other settlements in the
East and West of the Niger. From
the foregoing and other
numerous historical facts, it is
indeed difficult to draw a line
between the Igbo and Igala
history.
However, according to P.E.
OKWOLI, a native Igalaman, and
renowned historian, in the
ancient times, new rulers from
the Igbo communities of Igala
ancestry must go to Igala to be
taught kingship rituals and
ceremonials. Although he
mentioned that Igala and Umueri
towns are related, Umueri
needed not to go to Igala for any
sort of tutelage. An exemption
that might explain Nri-Ifikuanim
and Agulu's seniority to their
younger brother Onoja, the
founder of Igala.
P.E. Okwoli stated inter-alia some
binding revelations that "In
Nsukka and the rest of Igbo land,
there is a popular masquerade
called Agabaidu, and this is a
significant cultural point. In
Nsukka, the word Agabidu is
used to refer to an eminent man,
while it is used to refer to a King
in Igala. Also Asadu is the word
for kingmaker among the Igbo,
while it is called Achadu among
the Igala. There are some other
words which are signs of close
cultural ties shared by both Igala
and the Igbo. These include
Atama, which means Chief Priest
in both languages. Ajogwu
means warrior among the Igala
and the Igbo" Both the Igbo and
Igala have four market days
which are – EKE, ORIE, AFOR &
NKWO in Igbo and EKE, EDE, AFOR
& UKWO in Igala seriatim. What
more can be more binding! Is it
that we both eat OSIKAPA as rice,
ABACHA as cassava, EGWA/AGWA
as beans, store our clothing in
AKPATI called box or that the
names - Okolo, Oji, Okwoli, Akoh,
Odiba, etc in Igala are called
Okoro, Orji, Okoli, Akor and Odida
in Igbo? What is more important
is that we are today celebrating
togetherness.
Long live Ndigbo, long live Igalas
and long live Nigeria.
Thank you all for the attention
and God bless us all!!!
AGONO, Enemaduku, OIK.
(OFFICER of the IGALA KINGDOM)
28th November, 2010.

Just look at the bolded. Onu of Igala Abia state Yorubas really need to cure themselves of tribalism. Deji of Akure is a tout