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CultureRe: Which Tribe In Nigeria Has The Largest Population? by cheruv: 5:23pm On Nov 06, 2014
Chiwude:
1- Yoruba - Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo, Osun, Kogi West, Kwara, parts of Edo and Delta (Itsekiri) unlikely.
2- Hausa - Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, 70% Kebbi, Kaduna North, Bauchi.
3- Igbo- Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Delta North, 2/3 Rivers, parts of Edo, Benue, Cross River and Akwa-Ibom . (This is how it should be)
4- Fulani - Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba, Bauchi, Yobe, Plateau, Kebbi- All over Northern and Central Nigeria.
The rest are for grabs.
thanks for that superb analysis of the major ethnic nations.for the minor ones here's their own..
5]Tiv- Benue,Taraba,Nasarawa
6]Ijo- Bayelsa,Delta,Rivers
7]Mgboko- AKS,CRS
8]Edo- Edo
9]Nupe- Kwara,Niger,Kogi
10]Gwari- Kaduna,Niger,Abuja
11]Kanouri- Bornu,Yobe

this is Nigeria's first 11..the other ones are just subs in the great Nigerian game
PoliticsRe: Boko Haram: So This Is Why America Said Nigeria Will Split In 2015? by cheruv: 1:07pm On Nov 06, 2014
emperor GEJ should preside over the break up...mubi and later Maiduguri would be the capital of the dzhamhuria Islami bokov haramyastan.
heil BH!!
heil GEJ!!
heil the union of Nigerian socialist republics UNSR
heil me too mehn!! undecided
am damn much

PoliticsRe: I Will Drag FG To Court If The Fail To Designate Boko Haram A Seccesionist Group by cheruv: 6:06pm On Nov 04, 2014
no need to declare BH a secessionist group kos they're fighting for their rights.yoga jona should quickly declare an end to the war on them and recognize their right over the far northern states.
after that,seal the border and execute anyone that crosses south
PoliticsRe: Why Is PA E.K Clark Silent On Ijaw Agenda In Rivers? by cheruv: 2:26pm On Nov 04, 2014
ogonis should rule.. Ijos have ruled rivers so the ogonis should've their turn
PoliticsRe: North: Igbo Are Not The Problem by cheruv: 6:08am On Nov 04, 2014
and then the Chinese would say HAO!!
PoliticsRe: BORNO GOVT: Boko Haram May Capture Entire Three North-east States In Days by cheruv: 6:01am On Nov 04, 2014
Jonathan should simply sign a non aggression pact with BH where both parties would recognize each other.this would also imply seeing areas controlled by BH as boko haramia/haramstan,where the Islamic law they so much love would be practiced.
God bless the rising sun
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 8:46am On Nov 02, 2014
saintneo:
argumentum ad nwanne o!!!
I only asked for the joint, afterall you took it from the author....
hapu ihe ahu cheesy grin
a nom owerre ugbu a,emecha m gaagbaru uturu..I choro I som? undecided
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 7:24am On Nov 02, 2014
coolscott:
[size=18pt]Your statement presupposes that I find fulfillment with my ethnic or national identity in retarded conflicts with other ethnic groups.
Retarded thinkers like you cannot understand the full scope of the retardedness of the scope of your thoughts, just as monkeys cannot understand why we humans refuse to go naked.

~South-South voice.[/size]

[size=13pt]When I feel insulted by statements like this, it is not the statement itself that annoys me. It is because I know the person making the statement is making a dumb attempt to draw me into some kind of ethnic/tribal exchange. Now it may be alright to want to draw one into some kind of argument, but why with such a USELESS BAIT?! keep on waiting[/size]
of course I've no biz waiting for cowards.. even yazidis persecuted by ISIL are proud of themselves!!
I wanted to know your group so that I tailor my response to them instead jabbing the 'whole SS' but since you're ashamed of them, I'd be okay if you don't reply.. undecided
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 7:14am On Nov 02, 2014
saintneo:
cheruv, that joint your smoking is good; make i kiss am small.
argumentum ad hominem!!
I posted someone's work for you to see and criticize,you're busy attacking the msgnr instead of the msg...SMH for you undecided
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 8:23pm On Nov 01, 2014
that's my territory and coat of arms..am very proud of the ethnicities that habit my national territory and hope that one day we would build a sovereign state that would've a strong economy and a powerful military. my nation is united by religion, culture and language.. coolscott,if you're very patriotic to your ethnic nation like I am,lemme see your ethnic national map and coat of arms

PoliticsRe: INNOSON Donates 21 Buses To Support Gej's Re-election by cheruv: 6:02pm On Oct 31, 2014
Emmanueledu:
Many people may see this act of innoson as foolishness! Let me educate you guys that Igbo men are so successful is because they take risk. What he did is advert,don't forget that this cars will be driven all over the country!
Good job Chief innocent Chukwuma!
GEJ till 2019!haters hug transformer....
好 !! smiley
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 4:17pm On Oct 31, 2014
coolscott:
[size=15pt]This is why pple should not smoke weed in the day time[/size]

[size=13pt]~South-South voice smiley[/size]
cowards hiding under a fictitious SS charade!!
there are
1]Igbos ...rivers,delta,CRS,Edo,AKS
2]ijos ....delta,bayelsa,rivers
3]jekris .....delta
4]urobos ....delta
5]edos...Edo
6]mgbokos ....AKS,CRS
7]ogonis ....rivers
8]ekoi ....CRS
9]boki ...CRS
10]yalla ...CRS

state your SS group lets start from there...stop masquerading as the voice of a non existent SS!!
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 9:49am On Oct 31, 2014
www​.michaeluchegbu.com

go here for further info
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 9:42am On Oct 31, 2014
Only a vast Igbo Empire which had vast wealth could have yielded the artworks recovered from Igbo Ukwu. These artworks are today housed at British Museum in London. I hereby call on the Government of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Britain to immediately return the Igbo Ukwu artifacts back to Nigeria.

As stated earlier Igbo Kings ruled Yoruba land from the capital ife Ife. The Igbo Kings had the title Ogene. The first Ogene was installed about 600AD while the 98th Ogene was ruling at Ife about 1100AD.

Igbo Army stationed at Ife helped to sustain Igbo rule in Yoruba land. The Igbo army ruthlessly put down any uprising or challenge to Igbo
rule. This Igbo Army was made up of battle tested warriors.
Their battle field tactics, their doggedness and their hard fighting spirit is still remembered in legends up till today.
Moremi is Yoruba girl of outstanding and exceptional beauty. Her shape, the look of her eyes and the way she shook her hips while walking were all seductively and salaciously tantalizing. It is to the credit of Moremi that her exceptional beauty is still remembered today hundreds of years after her death.
A thing of beauty is a thing of joy forever.
As was the custom, once an exceptionally beautiful woman was identified, Igbo soldiers would take the beauty to the Ogene - the Igbo King. Moremi was taken by Igbo soldiers to the 98th Ogene of Ife the Igbo King to be one of his wives
About 1100AD, the Igbo King in Benin otherwise called Ogiso identified Oduduwa - an Edo man as a trouble maker and expelled him from Benin. Flushed out of Benin, Oduduwa headed to Ife gathering supporters as he moved. Arriving Ife, Oduduwa's group attacked the Igbo Kingdom in Ife headed by the 98th Ogene - the Igbo king.
The initial attack by Oduduwa's group was repelled by the Igbo Army. As fighting continued, many Yoruba in Ife joined Oduduwa's group. Even Moremi the wife of the Igbo King - the 98th Ogene defected and joined the Oduduwa led rebellion against the Igbo Kingdom in Ife.
Eventually the Igbo was defeated in Ife and Oduduwa became the ruler of Ife. Oduduwa's rule in Ife lasted less than ten years. The Yoruba were not ready to be ruled by an Edo man - Oduduwa. With the support of theY oruba - the Ooni a full blooded Yoruba man who is not a child of Oduduwa carried out a coup that outsted Oduduwa from power.· Ooni is a Yoruba expression which means "it is not your own". After the Ooni's coup, the people in Ife agreed that since the rightful owners of the throne namely the Ogene and Oduduwa both

traveled to unknown place, the Ooni should in the interim be ruling in Ife. The people in Ife' however warned the Ooni to always remember that Ooni -it is not your own" ..
With Oduduwa's Military Victory in Ife, Oduduwa's forces headed by Oranmiyan attacked Benin. After some fighting, the Igbo King in Benin otherwise called Ogiso (Sky) King was overthrown. Oranmiyan became the ruler of Benin. The Edo people were not ready to be ruled by a Yoruba man. Eweka with the support of Edo people carried out a coup which ousted Oranmiyan from power in Benin. Oranmiyan was lucky to escape alive from Benin. Eweka following his successful coup against Oranmiyan became Oba of Benin starting a new dynasty that exists till date.
Over time Igbo lost control of Congo, Uganda, Gabon, Central African Republic, Cameroon and other places and Igbo political control became restricted to Igbo land.
The collapse of the Igbo Empire created problems for Igbos. The sociopolitical environment became hostile to Igbo interests. While many Igbo choose to remain in the far flung areas of the empire, others choose to return to Igbo land. Egu and Nkalu lead a group of Igbo returnees from Congo who settled around Afikpo in Ebonyi State about 1180AD. From the Ife-Benin axis the Onitsha returnees settled in present day Onitsha town on land belonging to Obosi about 1200AD. This event led to frequent clashes and. disputes over land between Onitsha and Obosi, resulting in the "Adi amama Onitsha gwara Obosi" proverb Saga.
BY:
HRH. EZE MICHAEL A. UCHEGBU
B.Sc (Hons) ACA AMN1M LLB (Hons) BL
Legal Practitioner, Notary Public & Chartered Accountants
Eze Ndi Igbo of Badagry LGA
PoliticsRe: Ancient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 9:40am On Oct 31, 2014
The Igbo Army which was maintaining security in the empire was highly professional, efficient and effective military fighting machine. This army used iron, bronze and copper swords, and other war instruments to fight. The Igbo army possessed horses mounted with soldiers which assisted the Army to fight over vast areas.
Igbo society was militarized and everyman was trained as a soldier. Traditional wrestling and fighting techniques were practiced. Valour in war fare was rewarded while cowardice and laziness was severely punished. Boats and ships assisted the Igbo to conduct trade and warfare over the sea and rivers.
The great King or Eze ruling at the capital city Igbo (renamed Igbo Ukwu in 1930) derived income from a number of sources.
An income tax of ten percent was levied. This tax was paid for in agricultural produce, livestock and other economic goods. There was forced labour required for public works such as the construction of roads. The Eze also derived income from customs duties charged on trade. Within the empire minerals such as copper and gold mined in the Congo was given to the Eze. Igbo also had control of tin produced in Jos, Iron in Nsukka and lead in Abakaliki. These numerous sources of income from the vast empire made the great King or Eze very powerful and rich. The great king and Igbo engaged in intercontinental and intra continental trade. The Eze or king with the vast wealth at his disposal encouraged the growth of arts, craft and industry. Cloth making and fabrication of different items using copper, iron, lead, tin

and other metals flourished. Other industries include wine and gin production and soap making.
To understand better Igbo Empire and Igbo civilization, it is necessary to review archeological excavation at Igbo (renamed Igbo Ukwu in 1930) and the numerous artifacts recovered from the excavated site in 1939. Isaiah Anozie was digging a toilet when many ancient artifacts were uncovered~ In 1959, Professor Thurstan Shaw - a professor of Archeology at the University ofIbadan excavated the sites. The compound of Isaiah Anozie was found to be a store house of royal regalia dating 800AD. The compound of Jonah Anozie was an ancient refuse disposal pit dating 800AD while the compound of Richard Anozie was a royal burial chamber dated 800AD. The following items were recovered from the excavated sites - The famous Igbo Ukwu bronze roped pot, bronze altar stand, bronze swords, ornaments, two ornate scabbards, bells, chains, necklaces, Pendants, anklets, staff heads, altar and wristlets. Others include copper pectoral plate, a copper fan holder,. a copper crown, copper anklets, wristlets and beaded amlets, copper pointed rods, and 150,000 glass beads. There were many bronze pots and iron blades. These items are all carbon dated to 800AD. The corpse of the great king was also found as well as five servants buried with the king. These items were made by very skilled artisans using the lost wax method of casting. They worked on metals including copper, tin, lead and iron through hammering, bending, twisting and incising. The copper and bronze works at Igbo Ukwu predate the bronze works of Ife, Benin and other parts of west and Central Africa by hundreds of years.
PoliticsAncient Igbo Rule Over Parts Of S Nigeria,central Afrika & Bight Of Biafra by cheruv(op): 9:37am On Oct 31, 2014
By 1900 BC Igbo had settled in their present location. Two thousand five hundred years later by 600AD Igbo had built a vast empire that comprised present day Nigeria including Yoruba Land and Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Central Africa Republic, Gabon and Uganda. This vast Igbo Empire had its capital at Igbo (renamed Igbo Ukwu in 1930) in present day Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The Igbo Empire was ruled by a great Eze or great king whose palace was at Igbo (Igbo Ukwu). The Eze exercised religious, military, executive, judicial and administrative powers over this vast empire. The Eze had a vast Igbo Army stationed all over the empire to assist in maintaining peace. Within Nigeria, the Igbo Army was stationed at Ife, Benin and many other places. The Igbo army was also stationed in present day Congo, Uganda, Gabon and Cameroon. The Army was amphibious and could fight on land, rivers and sea. There were Igbo kings, rulers and administrators in all parts of the empire who were responsible to the great king at Igbo ( Igbo Ukwu)
Specifically Igbo kings ruled Edo land with capital at present day Benin. These Igbo kings were called Ogiso by the Edo people. Their Kingship in Benin was exogenous rather than indigenous. This Kingship did not emanate from within the Edo society. The Kings were Igbo rather than Edo. To the Edo people these Kings literally fell down from the sky and started ruling. The Edo called them Ogiso

Kings or Kings from the sky. By 600AD Igbo Kings otherwise called Ogiso were ruling in Benin.
Igbo was also ruling Yoruba land from the Yoruba capital city ile Ife. Ile means looking at.lfe means things.ile Ife means looking at things. The first Igbo King to rule Yoruba land was installed about 600AD at Ife and had the title Ogene. Ogene means spokesman or talking musical instrument. The Igbo kings called Ogene ruled in Ife for about 500 years from 600AD to 1100AD when the 98th Ogene faced the Oduduwa led assaulted on Ife.
PoliticsRe: JONATHAN IS A SECURITY THREAT TO NIGERIA!! by cheruv: 7:39am On Oct 31, 2014
engrfcuksmtin:
It is very clear that GEJ want to play do or die politics in 2015 with no regard for our security, economy and rule of law. This guy is ready to burn this country to be returned as President. VERY SOON HE WIL UNLEASH HIS TRAINED ASSASSIN AND SNIPERS on people that will attempt to resist him. Most of the people supporting him blindly will regret doing so. Nigeria may burn in 2015.



















to eru ba joba eniyan o ni ku kan
when a slave becomes king he destroys the true borns
am seriously waiting for the country to burn...fishing in troubled waters isn't a problem for me grin
PoliticsRe: "one" Nigeria And The Circle Of Blood by cheruv: 7:27am On Oct 31, 2014
to keep Nigeria one is a task that must not be done lipsrsealed
PoliticsRe: Breaking News!! Boko Haram Have Hoisted Their Flag In Mubi-adamawa by cheruv: 2:09pm On Oct 30, 2014
diluminati:
why do you think gej will tell you the truth? which truth? that he is using Boko haram to destabilize the north so people would be scared to turn out to vote next year? so he can control votes from the s.e, s.s and s.w?
frankly I don't see BH as Jonathan's problem.. its a northern one and they make a lot of noise, we would split the country so that each ethnic nation would answer its father's name
PoliticsRe: Breaking News!!why Okorocha Chickened Out Of APC Presidential Candidate Race. by cheruv: 1:51pm On Oct 30, 2014
shame on Rochas and all Igbos in APC..
rather than stay in a party with bright prospects like PDP or rather still canvas for the country's split,they're busy bootlicking for those who'd rather visit the shoah on them!!! angry
ihere diri Rochas!!
ihere diri ndigbo no APC!!!
ihere diri MOD o bula gaacho ibanim maka eziokwu a m kwuru!!!
oga Yona ruo 2019


ya dibanu umunnem cool
PoliticsRe: Today In History - October 29th by cheruv: 1:21pm On Oct 29, 2014
today in 1967,Biafran forces under nwawo,nsudo and achuzia throw back with heavy casualties,col muritala's river borne invasion of Onitsha smiley
PoliticsRe: .... by cheruv: 7:14pm On Oct 28, 2014
Omimah:
You should be ashamed of yourself, a former moderator being threatened with a ban in a section he once moderated. You have moved from the sublime to the ridiculous. What an anti-climax! You were moved to the crime section and ethnic/racial section which are appendages of the politics section, which people hardly frequent except when threads in the politics section are moved there. If I were you I will quit.
argumentum ad hominem undecided
Dede Yona ruo 2019 cool
PoliticsRe: Don’t Be Afraid To Proclaim Biafra, Uwazuruike Tells MASSOB by cheruv: 6:29pm On Oct 22, 2014
the state of Biafra comprises of all Igbo territories in the SE and SS.she has a flag and coat of arms..
with capital at Enugwu,its official lingo is Igbo and its religion is Judaic Christianity.
with an enterprising people who number ~45M worldwide, the nation is set to be the most powerful in Afrika...just take a look smiley cool

PoliticsRe: Withdraw From Presidential Race Now! Sheikh Gumi Warns Buhari by cheruv: 9:22pm On Oct 21, 2014
but seriously buhari is incompetent... all the policies enacted by his regime were thought out and implemented by tunde idiagbon.that's why IBB had to wait till idiagbon had gone on pilgrimage before sacking buharis 20month rule. APC should find someone else...like BRF or CRA to fill in the gap or risk seeing this cesspit broken up like an old earthenware undecided
CultureRe: Igala Language In Anambra State. by cheruv: 6:45pm On Oct 21, 2014
letu:
Well i'm from Ngwa and the place you are speaking of are three community, the are mgboko umuanunu - origin-Nvosi,mgboko amairi-origin- Ntigha,mboko itu ukpa-origin-Nsulu, so help explean the akwaibom/croos rever side of it.
thanks...
the rate peeps spill shiyt on NL is alarming shocked
CultureRe: Igala Language In Anambra State. by cheruv: 8:28pm On Oct 20, 2014
abagoro:
Only Imo State is a complete Igbo State by language. Abia has an Ibibio speaking group known as "Itu mbuzon". Even Imo State's complete Igbo status could be questioned if [s]Ukwuani, Etche, Egbema and Ikwerre[/s] are considered as distinct languages.
see I'd be polite by not asking whether anything is wrong upstairs neither would I give a flying fvck about how good you're in geography. undecided
all those groups you mentioned are in delta and rivers states..unless you yourself carved them up into Imo !!
as per Abia,that name sounds Igbo to me...itu mbauzo which means itu in diaspora.
brush up on your geography bro..NL isn't a place to yarn shiyt!! angry

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