₦airaland Forum

qualified:
tell them!
I'm from South East and we have not been represented in this government.
I'm concerned in this topic because of the desperate and deliberate effort to label the man an Igbo man. is it to confuse us and make us accept we have been represented?

Are you saying that Igbo land is the same as SE?

30GB for N500..
OP is it OK?

Sister let's take it further..
Let all SE governors unanimously cede the 6th state to Anioma. Its their right to be the 6th state of Igbo land

disumusa:
na today, ibo took it as duties to even learn yoruba language, they will abrivate there saw name, they also forge sw certificate of origen.

Seun can we start blocking people on NL ..kos there are some people I'd love to block and disumusa is one of them

Femolacaster:
Tanko Yakassai is now the spokesperson for SE!

He took over from yolobas who were wailing on Twitter for Igbos

ki02020:
You guys are holding on to the past of over 3 decades......it sucks

Go to Ityoppia(Ethiopia).. They still relive the 1540 invasion of Ahmad Gran as if it happened yesterday.
Asaba agaghi echefu!

Rose2014:
Lol
Maybe they've even discovered the oil sef

Ndi ofe oil

Biafra would make a fortune exporting palm oil and palm kernel oil to the odua aspect of Arewoduanistan.

MichaelSokoto:
Pm me 1st...
In igbo, nyem ya contact plus ya ping

Nyem kontakti gi na pin gi..that's how we roll in Igbo

njays24:
If the south-easterners are not happy about the appointment of this man goes to confirm that they don't accept delta ibos and the ibos in delta state and ibos in rivers state as igbos. But I doubt the igbos are complaining maybe some mischief makers are just making a mountain out of a molehill.

Read the tweets again and tell me when Igbos started answering yoruboid names?

Sanchez01:
Anioma, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Tiv, Isoko, Esan, Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas, Fulanis are all my brothers. I have friends from these places other than the Fulani tribe. So, before you faint, let it be known that I'm not a bigot and would never bring down myself to be one.

I have a very great Igbo chic as a friend on Nairaland (my favourite). She's one of the many reasoning Igbos who is indifferent and calm about the agitation for a sovereign state. No one is saying you should not call for "your right" but do so without hating, cussing, cursing and wishing others dead. One minute it's a zoon, the next minute you cry of being sidelined. Bigotry is not my thing because those who indulge in it are blind and cannot see afar off. So, knock yourself out by wailing the more!

Bigot!

PDPwayoo:
shut up, Deltans r not Biafra. Ask your grand father where Biafra lost the fight. In case you dont know, is ASABA and AGBOR. Delta north was Nigeria territory with heavy military presence.

No tribe with his senses correct can ever Allie with Igbos. so my dear, stop wasting ur time and hoping for Delta to be part of Biafra.

Admiral Anukwu..Biafra's chief of naval staff was from Abavo of ika in Anioma state.
Continue constituting nuisance bro

ayoolanr:
With language like that I wonder how u hope to achieve your biafra! Has it ever occurred to you that the supposed Yorubas making Comments are Hausa posers? They dread the day the south Yoruba and Igbo unite, cause that will spell the end of Nigeria! It's clear so far all of buharis's appointment has been predominantly northerners! He is trying to make a fool of southerners by appointing one southerner here and there to appease us! I am Yoruba and I have a deep suspicion buhari is a tribal bigot and he will speed up Nigerians division with his blatant disregard of Nigeria's need for not only capable and honest but diverse representation! Yoruba people please we need to stop playing second fiddle to this Hausa bastards! How can a region that is most clearly backward in terms of education and human development dominate the new Nigeria this Daura President is trying to build! This is an insult to our sensibilities on every level!

Your kind of yoloba is hard to come by

dmcdad:
And just yesterday, someone here on NL posted Biafra's map, which included Agbo and Asaba. Now, they are saying a Delta-Ibo man is not an Igbo man. But it's allowed for him to be a Biafran abi?

Na wa ooo. These people no dey gree sha.

Lekwa ya ozo

Rose2014:
I read the op like three times searching for where Igbos said Delta-Igbo is not Igbo but I didn't see


How low ewedu eaters can go. If ewedu eaters continue going this low, they'll soon discover oil

Their oil no small

[quote author=odensibiri post=36603125][/quote]Good...
Am quite familiar with your script so pls permit me to make a correction.
The nsibiri glyphs for Awka/Oka should be
O= the glyph for nasalized O is appropriate.. As in the "O" for 3rd place reference eg O di mma.
Ka= the glyph you gave is correct
Another thing..how do you use it to write on the net,that's any software or something of that sort I can download to use it in writing online.

As for the glyphs number,I think something between 1200-1500 is OK for Igbo.. Kos our vocabulary isn't that large and am happy you took note of the fact that the language is agglutinative in nature.
So maybe you try and revise it and cap it at 1500 characters.. Then try and see whether you can produce it in a format we can use on our phones and laptops. Also ensure that the revised version has Latin alphabet instead of the akagu you used in this one.
God help you as you beautify our language

scholes0:
Why do you want their culture and people to be "Igbonized" ?
Isn't it enough that they are who they are?

We're simply accommodating them within the umbrella that's Igbo.. Its something they accept subconsciously, the Igbo realm has never coerced anyone to be part of it.their Ata would still be there as the grand Duke of igala.
Life is dynamic.. so its not enough that they stay who they're without changing along with life

Mcowubaba:
Hmmmm
Who needs ur love ....The Igbo tribe lwkmd...
Nd who are u
People like you Over rate their influence nd importance..
Narcissism of the highest order..

She didn't know how stvpid she sounded..

scholes0:
Your total disregard for the unique identity of these people is just appalling....

How

bigfrancis21:
Right, since Ibaji has been Igbonized, maybe the Igbonized areas of Ibaji should be allocated to Anambra state where they rightfully belong instead of Kogi.

Ya
Anambra state needs to start working to have ibaji LG of kogi ceded to it.the ibaji dialect is seen as Igbo by igalas from idà and the confluence area and also I've read a document by one Omachona Prof like that that detailed the profound influence Igbo had on ibaji dialect of igala.
All the state needs to do is up the propaganda detailing the difference between ibajis and other igalas of kogi and also the similarities between the omaabala and ibaji areas,thus reinforcing the subconscious thoughts of those ibajis that they're Igbo.
Igalas are yoruboids..but its clear Igbo has had the greater influence on it than Yoruba, so its essential with a view of let's say 100-200yrs we hope to see the igala completely igbonized

melzabull:
I commend this appointment, reason being that this is the most credible and deserving of all appointments. This man is a an American nurtured technocrat which is a far cry from previously skewed and ethically biased appointments.

He is from my place in delta state (SS). However it doesn't take away the fact that the SE does not have any appointee yet from the bouhari govt. Every other region has except the SE and its worrisome.

Me personally I'd not bother if he ends up giving the stuffs to Anioma..either side of the bank is Igbo, so don't bother.
The SE Igbos need to sacrifice a little..and another place this sacrifice comes to place is ceding the 6th state status to Anioma. Those western Igbos need a new lease of life from the "other" delta!

abagoro:
His name sounds more Ikwerre. All the same we are one.

Ikwerres and etches migrated from somewhere in aniocha of delta state

AnambraDota:
You talk everybody's states except yours Benue.


You talk everybody's region except yours Middle Belt.

Why don't you discuss yours and let others carry their own cross ?

Do you want omenka to talk of how his Fulani overlords are suyaing and reveling in the blood of his people
Pls don't be cruel,sweetie

exxell:
Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi, DeltaAnioma, Obigbo.... Come together lets discuss.

Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Calabar etc can join if they wish. It is not by compulsion. They can form the republic of the Niger Delta if they so wish.

But let them always remember that the marginalization also includes them coz the North sees the South South as a place where they can come and feed from the oil of that nation without any visible compensation or development. Your son Jonathan "failed" because they programmed him to fail... Thats the truth.

You don't say delta my friend!!
Anioma is the right term! Ohaneze recognizes Anioma as a state not delta.
Next time pls use Anioma to save us an invasion by vermins!!

Chiaka:
Please whenever you make a call to the Igbos please include we SS

SS is an amalgam..just state the nation you want us to coopt and we'd make plans towards accommodating you guys.as for the Igbo SS,they're already part of us

exxell:
WRITTEN BY INSPIRATION

THE WAILINGS OF A TRUE IGBO SON: I AM A WAILER AND PROUD TO BE ONE!

TO THE PEOPLE OF MY NATION READING THIS, I WANT YOU TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE PARTS IN BOLD

I usually laugh with scorn whenever I come on Nairaland and read threads like; Igbos this and Igbos that. One of such threads is this; https://www.nairaland.com/2500452/joe-igbokwe-igbo-play-opposition. Who made Joe Igbokwe the mouth piece of the Igbos? Can these fellows live a day without mentioning the Igbos? If one were to observe very well, they will notice that Nigerians expected the Igbos to cry blue murder when Jonathan was evicted. Nigerians expected the Igbo nation to cry and beg for political appointments. But they were surprised. Life in the East has remained normal. Had it been their Northern candidate lost, we know that hell would have broken loose by now! But in the East and South, It was as if Nothing happened. Even when their preferred candidate Jonathan lost; no riots was experienced in the East. Everything was normal as expected. But will Nigerians leave Igbos alone? I doubt that. Will they stay a day without mentioning this unique tribe? Very impossible.

What did the Igbos do? Is there anything wrong that we did specifically? I DOUBT THAT. Why then are the Igbos hated so much? Why are the powers that be (Hausa Fulani), always trying to marginalise the Igbos? Why are other major tribes; Hausa, Yoruba etc so resentful of the Igbos? I know that quite a number of Nigerians and a quite number of the Igbo nation are still seeking the answers to this salient question. Now your search ends. I have known these answers all these years from my experience in traveling round the country and some other parts of the world. I AM AN IGBO MAN AND WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD I WAS CREATED ONE. I CAN NEVER DENY MY IDENTITY FOR POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS NOR SELL MY TRIBE FOR MONETARY GAINS! ANYDAY I TRY SUCH, GOD TAKE MY LIFE! I LOVE THE IGBO NATION WITH PASSION AND YES: I AM TRIBALISTIC! I WILL NEVER DENY THAT!

Back to the answer as to why the Igbos are resented and hated so much, I wouldnt know how to summarize it in a writing but am going to do it by borrowing a paragraph from Chinua Achebe's "There was a Country". It goes thus;

"I have written in my small book entitled "The Trouble With Nigeria" that Nigerians will probably achieve consensus on no other matter than their common resentment of the Igbo. The origin of the national resentment of the Igbo is as old as Nigeria and quite as complicated. But it can be summarized thus: The Igbo culture, being receptive to change, individualistic and highly competetive, gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society. Unlike the Hausa/Fulani; he was unhindered by a wary religion and unlike the Yoruba, he was unhampered by traditional hierarchies. This kind of creature fearing no god or man, was custom-made to grasp the opportunities, such as they were, of the white mans dispensations. And the Igbo did so with both hands. Although the Yoruba's had a huge historical and geographical head start, the Igbo wiped out their handicap in one fantastic burst of energy in the twenty years between 1930 and 1950!

Had the Igbo been a minor ethnic group of a few hundred thousand, their menace might have been easily and quietly contained. But their members ran in millions. As in J.P Clark's fine image of "ants filing out of the wood", the Igbo moved out of their forest home, scattered and virtually seized the floor".

Paul Anber explains;

"With unparalleled rapidity, the Igbos advanced in the shortest period of time of all Nigeria's ethnic groups. Like the Jews , to whom they have been frequently likened, they progressed despite being a minority in the country, filling the ranks of the nation's educated, prosperous upper classes...... It was not long before the educational and economic progress of the Igbos led to their becoming the major source of administrators, managers, technicians and civil servants for the country, occupying senior positions out of proportion to their numbers. Particularly with respect to the Federal public service and the government statuory corporations, this led to accusations of an Igbo monopply of essential services to the exclusion of other ethnic groups"!



To Be continued!

Nwannem,
Tupum soro gi gaa nihu,kam kwanyere okotoko anyi ugwu!

McSterling:
So it's high time we got kicked back to Idah, right?

What of kogi ceding the ibaji area to us..since their people are already igbonized

60GB for 1000

Should I?

bigiyaro:
like d north pole, all northern side n tins r always problematic n unproductive, as for south koreans, i tink its citizens r plain sheepish n more docile dan zombies.

I couldn't agree more with you.. If it were a responsible Korean govt,Korean tanks and soldiers would've been sitting on the banks of the Yalu river by now.
Instead they chose to hide behind American skirts!

BrainnewsNg:
Number 5 looks like law set by children!

True or True?

Jang Song Taek
張宋澤


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GodsMercy1:
One of the monarchs that have carried himself with admirable gait and candor in Niger Delta, nay Nigeria and the world is His Royal Majesty, HRM, Benjamin Ikenchukwu Keagborekuzi, Dein of Agbor Kingdom, an Igbo town in Delta North Senatorial district, Delta State
Born June 29, 1977, the 38 –year-old monarch, who became the world’s youngest monarch when kingmakers installed him in 1979 at the age of two years, four months, has demonstrated wisdom beyond his age. The Guinness Book of World Records captured the rare feat in its 1981 edition.

He has avoided scandal like a plague and rarely grants press interviews. However, he broke his time-honored silence, last week, when he played host to a team of Vanguard, led by the Editor of Niger Delta Voice in his palace. Excerpts:

WHAT was childhood like, how did you grow up?

As many people know in Nigeria, I crowned at the age of 2 years, 4 months and not too long after that for security reasons, I had to travel abroad. As at the time that I was crowned, I will take as honour to Nigeria because honour to anybody in Nigeria is an honour to the country.

The Guinness Book of Records recorded the country as having the world’s youngest crowned monarch at the time. I grew up in the United Kingdom; it was very interesting and as far as am concerned, that was the building block of who I am today.

Security reasons

Rather than growing up with silver spoon in my mouth, which I would have grown up with had I been here with my father, instead I grew up in a country where I had to be very silent about who I was for security reasons. However, the relevant authorities, royal palace and queens’ palace knew who I was and where I was. The headmaster in the schools always knew who I was, but thanks to those who made it so and I am very grateful for this, I was able to grow up pretty normally without the rest of the children knowing who I was and I have always enjoyed that. Therefore, it was somewhat a strong training ground for me. I finally came back to Nigeria in the year 2000; I had been to Nigeria previously on two occasions for short visit. The final coming back was after I aged 15, I had become very pro- African after understanding that Africa is actually the cradle of civilization. Africa is where the great stories of the Bible mainly took place, Africa is where you can find the Garden of Eden, we are great people in Africa and at 15 years, I dedicated my life to making sure that the world one day will recognize Africa as it was in the distant past.

So, it has been a very interesting life, it has taught me one thing, we are all human beings, those in position of power and leadership are simply in a position of trust, our people trust us and we must dedicate our lives to serving them. Once again, being abroad taught me that even it is once every year, those in leadership should go somewhere where nobody knows them.



Arguments and problems



It will make them to remember that we are all the same, I drive and I go out incommunicado on my own, we all bleed, we all cry, we all have good days and bad days and we will all join our ancestors one day. Therefore, what we do in life is cherish what we have and people around us and stop the war, the arguments and problems, be your brother’s keeper, these things are part of my growing up and what made me who I am today.

There was a report then that the Oba of Benin took custody of you then, can you confirm this?

Certainly, you can imagine that the Oba of Benin and Ooni of Ife were quite instrumental with the government of the day in making sure that I was crowned. Many people do not understand that the relationship between Benin and Agbor kingdoms is a very ancient one.

We are direct blood brothers, so at that time, there was a lot of pandemonium, my life was at risk, the safest place for me then was to have stayed with my brother, the Oba of Benin. Therefore, I was there briefly before they finally took me abroad.

At what point in your life did you find out that you are a king?

From the moment I was born, I knew that I am a monarch to be, just like my son, he carries his royalty very well.

There was this succession battle while you were outside the country, how did it play out?

First, there was never anything like a succession battle, so you have two assumed facts that are very incorrect. We have a tradition here that dates back to 721 BC, which is our first dynasty of which I am the 19th monarch. From 1270 AD, the monarchy here is hereditary, so if you know that there is a hereditary monarchy and there was a vacuum, then there cannot be a succession battle. The interest then was simply a matter of the Regency Council; a regency council had to be in place to manage the affairs of the kingdom.

Of course, the regency council is just like an authority, an agency, it is something that happens whenever there is a vacancy anywhere in this country, so everybody was very interested, that was simply what it was.

Can you recall while in the UK how you carried yourself knowing you are a king?

The same way I have always carried myself with the knowledge and responsibility that I have people that are relying on me. It is the same way that I still carry myself knowing that if I embarrass myself, I embarrass my people.

Interest in parties

Anybody in a position of power should know that, I have always kept myself very quiet; I have never been interested in parties and going out with friends and or that. My interest is to serve my people and how best to promote Africa. We produce the resources; Africans feed the world, so it has always been very important to me that Africans should organize themselves so that we regain back our glory from the days of Egypt. Unfortunately, every nation goes through its bad stages. Africa has gone through its bad stage of slavery and it disorganized us. During slavery, they carried away the best and fittest of our people, they took them away to build Europe for them, build America for them, we are proud of these things, but at the same time, we, as Africans have to look back and start doing for ourselves what we have done for others.

Therefore, in England, I have my friends, I have my Indians friends and African friends too and I enjoyed it because it was a period of learning for me, just like any other young man at the time.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/what-buhari-should-do-with-tompolo-asari-dein-of-agbor/#sthash.SwrRzWLE.dpuf

The Dein is Igbo..see the bold part,coolitempa

Sweetlemon:
I taya o!

@op. You are not being entirely truthful because you did not liten to Buhari's full words. He also added that he has no choice but to evenly distribute government benefits everywhere because of the constitution.

As for Igbos not caring about appointments. Really? So why do they keep crying and wailing and tearing their clothes apart whenever they see a non SE appointment?

Ogbo oto gaa yiri efe biko!

AnambraDota:
The issue is why is it difficult to restructure Nigeria and end this skirmishes here and there.

Everybody has something against Nigeria but the North sit ontop the problem while the SW is scared to say something.

The reason why I hate Nigeria is because of northern domination and arrogance, I wouldn't like Biafra to break but Nigeria need to be restructured.

The way am seeing this country Nigeria is very vulnerable now because its divided along many lines, any country that want to finish Nigeria just need to seek for Niger Delta or Biafra to come into Nigeria and wreck serious havoc because the national interest and patriotism are lacking in these two strategic areas of the country.

Nigeria is very weak and delicate now

To make it easier.. All nnamdi kanu needs to do is to get France to get its proxies in kamerun & chad to launch an invasion of the whole eastern border.
Moving quickly and seizing strong points, the Nigerian army would collapse like a pack of cards