₦airaland Forum

Angelou:
am an okun indigene, from ijumu LGA to be precise... now can i have some peace

wow! Thats good but please in which state. Forgive my ignorant at this junture...lolsss

superstar1:
who cares?

you over care that is why you wrote all this which many people are not interested in reading

Angelou:
how your matter be na??
who asked u
you just blew my cover man!

bros you no be yoruba at all. you just want this guy to go off your back... tel us your tribe

pazienza:
[b] In the chapter, The Calabar Massacre,
Achebe not only totally blanks out the
well-documented atrocities, including
massacres Biafran forces committed
against the Efiks, Ibibios, Ikwerre, when
they occupied their lands and when they
were retreating in the face of federal
onslaught. Achebe writes: “By the time the
Nigerians were done they had shot at
least 1,000 and perhaps 2,000 Ibos [sic],
most of them civilians.” There were other
atrocities throughout the region. “In Oji
River,” The Times of London reported on
August 2, 1968, “the Nigerian forces
opened fire and murdered fourteen nurses
and the patients in the wards.” Achebe
continues still referring to the same Times
article: “In Uyo and Okigwe, more innocent
lives were lost to the brutality and
bloodlust of the Nigerian soldiers (pg137)
.” How the fact-checking services of his
publishers allowed him to get away with
these is baffling. I looked up the 1968
piece, of course. It is a syndicated story
written by Lloyd Garrison of The New York
Times to balance the piece by John
Young, which appeared three days before.
In the piece Achebe quotes, there is no
mention of Uyo or Okigwe or Oji River at
all. This is what is in the piece–the
journalist was quoting Brother Aloysius,
an Irish missionary in Uturu 150km away
from Abakaliki: “But when they took
Abakaliki, they put the 11 white fathers
there on house arrest. In the hospital
outside Enugu, they shot all the fourteen
Biafran nurses who stayed behind, then
went down the wards killing the patients
as well. It was the same thing in Port
Harcourt.” This missionary had believed
the ruthlessly efficient Biafran propaganda
service. Because of the atrocities Nigeria
soldiers committed on the Ogoja –Nsukka
front and the revenge killings in Asaba,
the world had been alerted and it was
hurting Nigeria’s arms procurement
abroad. So, Gowon agreed to an
international observer team made of
representatives from UN General-
Secretary and OAU to monitor the
activities of the three Nigerian divisions
and the claims of Radio Biafra.
In their first report released on 9 October
1968, there was no evidence of the
killings, though it was brought to their
attention. Even Lloyd Garrison and other
members of the international press corps
in Biafra could not find evidence of that
particular killings in the hospital. Also
note Achebe’s statement: “By the time the
Nigerians were done, they had shot at
least 1,000 and perhaps 2,000 Ibos [sic],
most of them civilians.” How can a man
of Achebe’s stature write: “They had shot
at least 1,000,” which is an uncertainty;
follow it up with another uncertainty:
“perhaps 2,000 Ibos” and then say with
certainty, “most of them are civilians”?
How can he be sure that most of them
were civilians when he was not even sure
whether they are 1,000 or 2,000? [/b]


This man is evil, is he denying the massacres perpetrated by Nigerian Army in the East and Anioma?

There are even video evidences of such massacres on you tube, yet this devilish man denies such.

Meanwhile, there no single evidence of Ndiigbo killing Eastern/ Midwest minorities.

The extend Yorubas can go to vilify Ndiigbo is shocking.

na your own mumu na him pass... Am sure you have never read that book called there was a country.

The book is not history of the civil war, it is notes that Achebe made based on things that happened withen the environment where he was. That is why it is called a MEMOIR... It just his PRIVATE JOURNAL which he decided to publish... you too mumu sha!

Have ever asked yourself a question why Nigeria or even Gowon have never made any public publication on the civil war. have you ever asked yourself why Nigeria is afraid talking about the civil war to keep the record straight. have you asked yourself why Nigeria stopped teaching HISTORY in our secondary schools. Nigeria and hausa/fulani people who are the keepers of this zoo called Nigeria want you to keep swimming in ignorance and confusion. They dont want those who called themselves minority to come together and speak with one voice.

Do you know that the Senate is about signing a bill that will make those who live in a dryland like maidugiri to have equal right with Niger Deltans over their oil.

Stop this your mumuity, it wont do you any good

superstar1:
Another misplaced noise making.

No be ony Biafra u go see, you go soon see Upper Zambezi.

If i hear

your little mind is really mis leading you...

superstar1:
Yeah it is quite long but it is worth reading, to be able to separate the truth from their lies.

Why all this panic? Is it because GEJ lost election and you are afraid that Ndi Igbo and other members of lower Niger are really forming a greater alliance that will liberate them (us) from this zoo called Nigeria.

Di you for once remember that "there was a country is not "just" a book but a memoir. It is his day to day experience etcetera. I know your brain is really dark and is running riot on it is way to rottenness. Who wrote the books you read? Do you know that everything that have to do with the Biafran story was banned in Nigeria before now... During the time of the military? Someone like me grew up outside this country and at the age of 15, i started reading books written by none Nigerian authurs and book by Nigerian authors which were all published outside Nigeria.

You must be running mental by now and your zoo masters of hausa/fulani extraction must be very happy with you for what you just wrote. it is a pity.
1.- Ken saro Wiwa was killed by those who told him and Adaka Boro to fight against Biafra.
2.- Abiola was killed by those he thought that are his friend. And as if that is not enough, they also killed his wife.
3.- The yorubas are still busy fighting the Igbos who have done nothing wrong to them and their man Bola Ige was murdered in cold blood.
4.- Awolowo who couldnt stand against the evils he did and committed against the Igbos, finally committed suicide.

Man if I were you, I will watch my back and be careful while writing about the Biafran people or people of Lower Niger...


Be warned!

VOICEOFTHEMASES:
Seriously this madness going on in the church has got to stop. What are we Nigerians turning the body of Christ into?

Why on earth will a Pentecostal Church not let its members to marry a Catholic person. The moment a wedding announcement is made in the church and one of the member is from a different church denomination, you start hearing murmuring going on. Seriously this rubbish has got to stop.

Look at a church like Jehovah witness, there is nothing on earth that will make them marry an outsider, never. The same thing with Deeper Life yet these same people want to come preach for you. Seriously, we have got to stop all this.

In the book of 1 Corinthians 12:27 & Romans 12:5, the bible talked about we being the body of Christ. So it is an error for any pastor to tell any member of his denomination not to marry an outsider. We must put an end to this madness for there is no where in the bible that says a person cannot marry outside his or her church. The bible never talked about denomination, the bible only talked about the church as the body of Christ.

And to you out there that wants to get married and you are letting this issue of church stop you, I sorry for you because you be original mumu.

In case you don't know, God will not judge you on judgement day based on the church you attended but he will judge you based on your works. So don't let anybody deceive you in the name of religion. Christianity is not a religion but a way of life.

So dear pastors make una talk the one una see.

VOM

why this ranting here? If a Pentecostal marry a Roman Catholic how will they be praying at home? There are many things to consider when getting married. think about Life after the wedding day. Check all the families where parents attend different churches the spiritual life of their children is always unbalanced.

Marriage is more than a man and a woman coming to together in a contract. Unless we want to marry in the American style

TRIBALSTOOGE:
i believe you .


akpabio is a real biafran .



.

you are on point. And beside standing by GEJ was not a mistake to anybody from Lower Niger or Biafran Land.

Angelou:
tbarrister thanks for the reasonable counsel.. i know the ebiras to be tough-minded and they can be lethal if dared but they could never fully resist the persistent fulani jihadists' influence.. seeing a similarity between their traditional religion and islam isn't a candid reason for the ebiras to whole heartedly accept an 'alien' religion which they had hitherto repelled. the influence of the king is what i see as the reason behind that action.
as for your question pertaining my ethnicity, i think i'd like to keep my lips sealed for the moment, because i wouldn't want you going about digging historical flaws about my race and use then to attack me . ser

I think it will be a noble thing to tell angelou where you are from. It means nothing. I will actually go digging about your tribe if you tell me where you are from. I dug about ebira people because Lisahbeth ask me about it.

TRIBALSTOOGE:
this islamic party heee



akpabio don't kiss azz ,you got it ?

make you no believe this fake news oh...

Lisahbeth:
Chigold101,Thank you

u r welcome plenty

Tbarrister & angelou... Instead of throwing challenges, let us delve into infomation that we are privy to.

Say what you know about life & conquest without mking it look as if two of u or anybody at all is in a fight.

Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/plot-to-sack-muazu-nwc-pdp-leaders-in-dilemma/
Lalasticlala, ishilove seun FP things...lolzzzz

Source is down i cant add it to the main post with my phone.

modified
lolzzzzzz...na small phone make me post those funny stuffs before

The official, who craved anonymity, said the PDP
faced the most formidable opposition in Buhari and
Tinubu who he described as the party’s nemesis.
Said he: “I think it’s high time we stopped this
fruitless blame game. Buhari and Tinubu were our
nemesis and not the NWC members.
“If you are a member of a club, you must be bold
enough to say the truth when things go wrong. Tell
me, how many of us can match Buhari’s popularity
in the entire north? How many of our members can
stand against Tinubu in the Southwest, even in the
states that are not under the control of the APC?
“Let me tell you something, during the campaign,
some of us from the north were compelled to
chant ‘Sai Buhari’ by the same people we tried to
sell our presidential candidate to.
“So, whatt can anybody do in a situation where
your audience insisted that you must hail your
opponent. So many of our people in the North see
Buhari as a kind of god. We were helpless.”
Meanwhile, the Post Election Assessment
Committee set up by the party to review PDP’s
poor performance at the poll has called for
memoranda from members across board.
At a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, the
Committee Secretary, Senator Walid Jibril said
there was need to seek input from diverse opinions
within the party.
According to him, restricting contributions to
leaders and chieftains of the party would not yield
the desired result, stressing that contributions from
followers, who constitute the bulk of the voting
segment are very crucial.
He vowed that any party chieftain found to have
acted in ways and manners suggesting anti party
activities would not be spared.
Jibril, who is also the secretary of the party’s Board
of Trustees, added that the PDP would succeed in
putting its house in order sooner that most people
expect.
“I can assure you that we are working very hard to
get our rhythm back. We have put the last election
behind us and we are focusing on the future of the
party ahead of 2019”, he stated.

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source:http://thenationonlineng.net/new/plot-to-sack-muazu-nwc-pdp-leaders-in-dilemma/ lalasticlala oya over to you oh

Key stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) are are caught in a dilemma over the next
line of action on the party’s National Chairman,
Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and his team in the National
Working Committee (NWC).
Two separate meetings of the party’s national
leaders and elders, called by President Goodluck
Jonathan during the week, failed to take a definite
position on the fate of the elected party officials.
While some of the stakeholders are calling for the
sack of Mu’azu and his subordinates, others have
argued that they be allowed to complete their
tenure, which expires in March, 2016.
The disagreement is coming just as a prominent
chieftain of the party has fingered the President-
Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the national
leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the ruling party’s
“nemesis”.
Our correspondent’s investigation revealed at the
weekend that all the party’s outgoing governors
have insisted on outright dissolution of the NWC, to
pave way for a new set of executives.
The governors, investigation further revealed, are
being backed by a leader of the party in the
Southwest zone, Chief Olabode George and a few
others. A source privy to the meetings said
President Jonathan has chosen to remain neutral.
Our source also said the President had directed the
stakeholders and contending parties to embark on
further consultations, with a view to finding
amicable solution to the raging crisis.
The anti Mu’azu forces, particularly Governor Ayo
Fayose of Ekiti State, had argued that retaining the
present crop of the party’s executive members
would be counter-productive.
According to them, rather than mobilising support
for the President in the last election, the Chairman
and his team members were preoccupied with
pecuniary pursuits to the detriment of the party.
Allusions were made to instances where the party
officials shared money among themselves when
they were supposed to disburse same for campaign
purposes.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa
Metuh, had at a recent media briefing, stated that
members of the NWC collected N30 million each.
Metuh however, explained that the money was for
the backlog of allowances and medical expenses of
the NWC members.
Apparently, the money was part of the proceeds
of sales of nomination forms for the various
elective positions in the last general elections.
He had insisted that funds were not made available
to the party officials for the presidential campaign,
saying the funds were directly placed under the
control of the Presidential Campaign Council.
Buttressing Metuh’s position, a high ranking
member of the party’s top decision making organ
said the NWC should not be blamed for the
crushing defeat the PDP suffered at the poll.

Key stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) are are caught in a dilemma over the next
line of action on the party’s National Chairman,
Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and his team in the National
Working Committee (NWC).
Two separate meetings of the party’s national
leaders and elders, called by President Goodluck
Jonathan during the week, failed to take a definite
position on the fate of the elected party officials.
While some of the stakeholders are calling for the
sack of Mu’azu and his subordinates, others have
argued that they be allowed to complete their
tenure, which expires in March, 2016.
The disagreement is coming just as a prominent
chieftain of the party has fingered the President-
Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the national
leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the ruling party’s
“nemesis”.
Our correspondent’s investigation revealed at the
weekend that all the party’s outgoing governors
have insisted on outright dissolution of the NWC, to
pave way for a new set of executives.
The governors, investigation further revealed, are
being backed by a leader of the party in the
Southwest zone, Chief Olabode George and a few
others. A source privy to the meetings said
President Jonathan has chosen to remain neutral.
Our source also said the President had directed the
stakeholders and contending parties to embark on
further consultations, with a view to finding
amicable solution to the raging crisis.
The anti Mu’azu forces, particularly Governor Ayo
Fayose of Ekiti State, had argued that retaining the
present crop of the party’s executive members
would be counter-productive.
According to them, rather than mobilising support
for the President in the last election, the Chairman
and his team members were preoccupied with
pecuniary pursuits to the detriment of the party.
Allusions were made to instances where the party
officials shared money among themselves when
they were supposed to disburse same for campaign
purposes.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa
Metuh, had at a recent media briefing, stated that
members of the NWC collected N30 million each.
Metuh however, explained that the money was for
the backlog of allowances and medical expenses of
the NWC members.
Apparently, the money was part of the proceeds
of sales of nomination forms for the various
elective positions in the last general elections.
He had insisted that funds were not made available
to the party officials for the presidential campaign,
saying the funds were directly placed under the
control of the Presidential Campaign Council.
Buttressing Metuh’s position, a high ranking
member of the party’s top decision making organ
said the NWC should not be blamed for the
crushing defeat the PDP suffered at the poll.

sirr:
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Well said an2elect2, seriously, u spoke very well, but this article was made to make the topic mild, not like a preach, but a motivational talk, its a view of "abstinence from sex" from a socio and educative point of view.
If I had written from a "Biblical/moral" perspective, you and I already know that youths won't want to listen, but a few. I therefore wish to ask, how many young ladies believe in prayeing and fasting, let alone "Seeing Christ in themselves"?? Very few, so in otherwords, writing from a biblical sense wouldn't make any meaning to many out there,
Thank God for ur belief.
Gods grace to U dear...

please I will like to ask you a question.

1.- Is it only guys that have sexual urge?
2.- Is it only guys that ask for sex?

I think sometimes i get pissed off with the topic of sex and how people write and advice others without making research on what triggers sexual request. Some girls may be able to withstand sexual advances from some guys and give it to another guy. Like wise the guys. You should know that girls alos have sexual feelings like the guys and girls enjoy sex more than the men, just that men are the physical hunters while the girls are the emotional hunters.

Most sexual adventures some guys has gotten themselves in was initiated by the girl without the guy knowing it.

I wont write more than this. But go and check the number of people who get involved in mastur.bation. You will discover that we have more girls than than we have guys (pay a visit to sexuality section and see for yourself). Many girls are doing it just to protect their virginity. But tell me which of the sin is the greater sin.

Sex outside marriage is a sin before God that will lead to hell fire if the one dies in it without repenting. If we want to teach abstinence we should balance it so that it will benefit both side...

wow!!! ReSexzskilz you are so soft and cute... you look good dear

is this for real? What of shekau when will he be killed for the lasttime?

freedom96:
Hmm...youths might not necessarily bring the change u desire.

humn... Even if youths wont bring the change that is needed. Where then are the technocrats which they said they will use to be change?

Okay, why are they recycling the same old politicians.

Apart from Duke, Fashola, Isaiah & Dele the rest have been around for a long time.

Though i dont think that this list here is authentic.

bigtt76:
This woman shaaa must get something tok Remarrying is everyone's choice. Some women don't just like the idea or better still scared of what people would say about it. The strong ones amongst them do remarry.

first of all most widows are so tired to their late husband & do not want any other man to come inbtween. So they pour out the love on their children.

Many other do not trust other men that come close to them.

Another thing is that men do not really carying extra bagege. Taking care of another man‘s children is not that easy.

Some widows who already have two or three children when they re marry, they only stay in the marriage for love making without given their new husband any child.

It happend for a pastor that i know. For over eight years the woman was using the guy. She refused to take in, the man was training the children from her first marriage in school. The woman even accussed the man of being impotent but one day the woman packed her bag and left never to return after about one or two years the man remaried and have an issue already.

So widows can be very dangerous oh

riddler4real i dont think the op said that oduduwa came from the east. He said he overthrew the so called original dwellers & took over the place.

As a student of history, i think you should go through all those sources & books they have been quoting in this post. It will help in giving you a wider view & understanding of what really happend.

ANAMBRA11:
shatap mumu yorubas want to be igbo more than vice versa, in lagos most good looking yoruba girls re being called omo ibo

correct guy... Nyfine girl or person is always called Om Igbo... I still wonder why.

Lisahbeth here is the story about your people... I have done as i promised though i couldnt finish cos of series of ban i v been receiving since i started it...

shamelly:
Taking a rest outside nigeria?
Can u see life
Assuming he did well in his 6 years stay in office he won't have to worry about other countries
If their various heads of state are like u will u run to their country?
I believe in our nigeria
Go take ur rest jona

can you listen to what you are saying abi read what u r typing?

Are you saying that all those flock into African countries during summer are doing so because Africa is better than their countries?

Mydear people dont go far to rest because things are not better in their places but because it is always good to have a change of environment and weather. Stay far away from unnecessary visits & have a relaxed mind to continue when u come back.

Remember that a traveler has more stories to tell than an old man.

By the mid 19th century, about the 1860’s the Jihadists invaded the Ebira settlement and distorted
their socio–political organization. The Jihadists, under the leadership of Madaba from Bida, first
incursed into the Okene area by way of raiding. For the first time, the Ebira were faced with
formidable and a united force under a purposeful and dynamic leadership that could challenge these
Jihadists. These leadership traits were found in Ohindase Ukpai and he did put very strong resistance
in this direction.
In the second incursion, which came about the 1870’s, was a combined force of Bida, Ilorin and
Ibadan under Nupe leadership. With a determined and united Ebira under the Leadership of
Ohindase Avogude, the Ebira resisted once again. It is quite impressive to note that of these
Jihadists’ incursions in Ebira was successful. It is also noteworthy that these incursions had set the
people on the way to central Leadership.
Under colonial rule, the people of Ebira lost their sovereign right. The existing structures were
dismantled and replaced with new ones. There was imposition of colonial agents through whom the
colonialist communicated with the people. There was the imposition of poll tax (Ekehi irehi or house
money), there was forced labour to construct rail lines, road network, etc.
The people resisted patriotically colonial imposition in various ways. Ibrahim (1985) identified that
there were military resistance against the colonialists in such places like Ikuehi, Kuroko and Okene.
These various oppositions to colonial imposition led to the Oyibo Arimo crisis of 1924 and 1926. It
was these series of crisis that culminated into the formation of Igbira Tribal Union (ITU) that
constituted a major political force in the post independent era.
When the British invaded and conquered Ebiraland at the beginning of the century. The people found
a confederation of five-clan groups (they are Eika, Okehi, Adavi, Okengwe, and Ihima) each
operating a devine form of government as established by Ododo of Okehi and Obaji of Eika (the two
greatest heroes of Ebiraland).
Following a breakdown of traditional law and order as a result of wars, migration, famine etc the two
heroes enthroned cult of eldership, resuscitated the masquerade cult and established iragba and the
masquerade as the institution of government and instrument of discipline respectively. Ododo and
Obaji also established a devine form of chieftaincy. The installation of the Chief priest was linked
with the Iragba and the priest elect would pass through a ceremony of death and masquerades and
was finally installed by the Ekuoba.
Each clan group in Ebiarland was politically autonomous with its clan’s chief priest rotating among
the clans in order of seniority. This was the situation until the invasion of the Ajinomoh in the
second half of the 19th century. As from 1900 the British took over Ebiraland, created Kabba
Division and appointed Owudah Adidi as agent in 1902 Omadivi took refuge in the house of
Owudah Adidi at Obangede. Omadivi was a widely traveled man. He appreciated the white man’s
power and motive for invading Ebiraland. He quickly allied with them. Omadivi had wielded much
power around himself and events worked in his favour when in 1904 he was installed the chief of
Ebiraland after the Major Marsh expedition which sacked Okene.
In 1917, Omadivi died as the District Head of Ebiraland and the stage was set for the struggle for his
position. Among the contenders for this position were Ohindase Arudi Adano, Ibrahim Chogudo
Onoruoiza and Ozigizigi of Obehira.
Ibrahim Onoruoiza won the contest at the youthful age of 17 amidst bitter opposition. The credentials
that won him this position included high level of intelligence, brilliant and efficient performance as
white man’s tax assessment scribe and messenger. Ibrahim immediately commenced his activities to
open up roads to Ajaokuta and Lokoja for trading activities. Fascinated by the work of Ibrahim, the
British Resident officer, Mr Byng-Hall created Ebira Division with the Attah as the Sole Native
Authority.

It was from here that the wave of migration dispersed the Ebira and other associated groups to the
confluence area. From here also the people migrated to Ebira opete and the Okehi hills.
Several reasons were given for this migration. They were succession disputes, outbreak of epidemics,
and flight from punishment which the people considered as unjustified and oppressive.
There is yet another period of Ebira historical development. This began with their migration across
the Niger at Itobe to the right bank of the Niger around the present location of Ajoakuta. This place
was known as Ebira opete.
The Ebira had to move further from the Igala territory for obvious reasons of succession. It was a
common practice in the royal circle of Idah that the losing side in succession dispute was always
obliged by tradition to move out of the capital enmasse to the inland and sometime beyond the
boundaries of the Kingdom (in this case, the Ebira belonged to the losing side and so had to move).
According to Ozigi (2004) the dominant theme in the struggle of the Ebira opete settlers was to
secure political independence of Attah in Idah. So, it was their desire to be rid of Idah’s political
influence. This forced the people to begin gradual westward. Some settled in Okehi and Upai hills
and others in Egarra (Etuno) area. From Opete the Ebira moved gradually in families, lineages and
clans to the hills of Okehi, Upai and Eikaoku, a compact area chosen for security purposes.
Political organization of the people in their new area reflected the settlement patterns based on
family lineage and clan group conducted its affairs as a semi autonomous entity. In each clan group,
lineages often acted independently. The leaders of these clan groups never failed to strengthen their
political authority through religious sanctions ordained by the ancestors. Institutions of ancestral
cults featured spirits like “Eku oba”, “Eku echichi”, akatapa’, and “Eku irahu”, that gave political
potency to their religious sanctions.
By mid 19th century, the Ebira had settled permanently in their present locations and lived in the
district founded by the ancestors. Various settlements were founded by the Ebira children like Okovi,
Agada, Eika, Adavi, Ihima and Eganyi. These settlements were named after them.
The main clans and sub clans in Ebira settlements were as follows:
Okovi (Asuwe, Adobe, Ehebe, Omavi, Ure and Omoye as sub clans)
Agada (Akuta, Avi, Ogu, Esusu, and Ohimoroko as sub clans)
Eika (Ihiaga, Iyewe, Avasa, Eyire, Epoto, Anchi, Iheme, Agiri, Ubobo, Uhuodo and Ogu as
sub clans)
Adavi (Aniku, Uhami, Uka, Upopo uvete as sub clans)
Ihima (Emani, Ure, Ohueta, Odumi, Ohionwa and oha as sub clans)
Eganyi (Eheda, Onoko, Esugu, Ogodo, Onogu, Ede and Ogu as sub clans)
These clans were very important in the socio–political life of the Ebira people. They were the basis
of authority and social relations in Ebira traditional community.

LANGUAGE
Ebira people speaks Ebira (Egbira), a Nupoid language belonging to the larger Niger-Congo language phylum. Ebira is spoken by about 2 million people in Nigeria especially in Kogi State.
According to Greenberg’s classification of African languages, Ebira belongs to the Kwa group of the Niger-Congo family, which also comprises the Nupe, Gbari and Gade (Greenberg, 1966). But Hoffman and Bendor-Samuel in their studies of Nigerian languages set up Ebira as a separate entity (Adive 1985:56-57).
HISTORY
There are two schools of thought about the Ebira origins. The written source (archeological) and the oral traditions. The Ebira, through oral tradition, trace their descent to Wukari (in the present Taraba state) where they were a constituent part of the Kwararafa confederation. In about 1680 AD, they (along with the Idoma and Igala) migrated out of Wukari a chieftaincy dispute. The Ebira later split into various groups and settled in different locations between 1680 and 1750 AD. The Ebira Tao first sojourned with the Igalas at Idah but later crossed the River Niger and settled at Ebira Opete located the vicinity of Upake in Ajaokuta LGA. The 'father' of the Ebira Tao who led them to this premier settlement in Ebiraland was Itaazi. Itaazi had five (5) sons who all later migrated from Ebira Opete and were the founders of the various districts in Ebiraland. The children and the districts they founded are Adaviruku/Ohizi (Adavi), Ododo (Okehi), Obaji (Eyika), Uga (Okengwe) and Ochuga/Onotu (Ihima). His daughter named Ohunene settled in Eganyi district. Members of the various clans in Ebiraland are descendants of the children of Itaazi. Ohizi had five children who are progenitors of the five traditional Adavi clans named after them. These are upopo-uvete (Apasi), Uka, Idu (Aniku), Adeyika and Uhwami. A migrant group from Eganyi known as Ezi-Onogu clan is also found in Adavi. The sons of Ododo who are the ancestors of Okehi clans were Okovi Oviri and Enwgukonyai. Obaji the founder of Eika had ten children named Ohiaga, Iyewe, Avassa, Ehemi, Anchi, Epoto, Egiri, Ubobo, Ogu and Eyire. Uga of Okengwe had two sons whose children constitute the present Okovi and Agada group of clans. Due to a sizeable concentration of other Ebira clans in Okengwe district, they formed a socio-political coalition known as Ada-ehi. Ochuga had six children and their descendants make up the six clans in Ihima. These are Emani, Oha/Idu, Ohueta, Ure, Ohongwa and Odumi. The seventh clan is Akuta who migrated from Okengwe. Though Itaazi's daughter named Ohunene was the founder of Eganyi, not all the clans there are descended from her. Eganyi clans are Ede, Esugu, Eheda, Ogu, Onoko, Idu, Anavapa and Ogodo. The Aningere who are skilled craftsmen are found in all districts. They are, however, more concentrated in Okengwe and Adavi districts.
From the written source, Ohiare (1985) linguistically defined Ebira as those who speak the language or dialect called Ebira or those who recognize themselves as one but have lost touch of the ability to speak the language as a result of some historical development. Describing their location, Ozigi (2004) said that Ebira are predominantly in the Niger–Benue confluence area and scattered in locations as Okene, Okehi, Adavi and Ajaokuta. These are the Ebira Tao group of the central senatorial District of Kogi State.
There are also the Ebira kotos. They are found in Koton Karfe area of Kogi Local Government of
Kogi State. There is the Ebira Mozum of Bassa Local Government area of Kogi State.
There are large Ebira settlement in other areas apart from Kogi State as found in Umaisha, Toto,
Lafia District of Nassarawa State and Federal Capital Territory. There is also Ebira Agatu in Benue
State, Ebira Etuno in Igarra area of Edo State.
The concern of this paper is the Ebira Tao group. Historically, the people belong to the Kwararafa or
Apa group of the middle belt region. Among the other ethnic group in the Kwararafa region are the
Jukun, the Igala, the Idoma, the Langtang, Kaje etc.
The tradition of origin of the Ebira Tao first started in the Gongola Basin and ended with their
migration to the lower Benue valley.
The Ebira took their name from the lower Benue valley. They described themselves as people from
Ebira. Tradition collected from among the Idoma say Ebira were already in the area of Abinse down
to the area of modern Agatu district when Idoma ancestors met them. This was about the 15th and
16th centuries as claimed by Ohiare (1985). This indicated that the Ebira presence around the Benue
valley was about the 14th Century.

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