The practice of circumcising males on the 8th day of birth was a practice brought to Igboland, as well as other places in Africa, by European colonial missionaries. As widely known, circumcision on the 8th day is a requirement for all Christian males. It is a symbol that the child is a spiritual descendant of Abraham. The Igbo, like many other Africans who embraced Christianity, embraced to an extent this practice of circumcision on the 8th-day of birth. However, as rightly said earlier, this was never Igbo tradition.We had already been practicing circumcision, and we had our own time frames of when to conduct circumcision:

http://www.dedechibublog.com/2017/11/traditional-igbo-circumcision-and-8th_24.html

When one feels inferior, in order to escape this complex, he often tries to align himself with something of prestige. In the process, fabrications, attempts to draw comparisons, lies, and magic are employed to accomplish this goal borne from low self-esteem. Sadly, this is the case of some elements within the Igbo race: the proponents of a Jewish origin of the Igbo people. These elements are personalities that emerged after the Nigerian civil-war, a time when the Igbo people were persecuted in many ways and some found solace in identifying themselves with people who are said to be "The chosen people and apple of God's eye." But what turns these people on really is the fact that these "Chosen people" are white people, and to them - the sufferers of the slave mentality, nothing could be more satisfying than having white blood:

http://www.dedechibublog.com/2017/11/traditional-igbo-circumcision-and-8th.html?m=1

There has been alot of conjecture surrounding the origin of the name Biafra. Some claiming the name is Portuguese, some saying it was derived from the name of a Senegambian ethnic group, some mischievously claiming it is of Biblical origin, the list goes on. But today, thanks to the Information Age, we are able to know the true origin of the name Biafra, a name given to the shoreline of eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Guinea Bissau, and a name of a breakaway republic that lasted from 1967 to 1970. Before the information on the true origin of the name Biafra is presented, I will expose the different claims, or conjectures, surrounding the name.

http://www.dedechibublog.com/2017/11/the-true-origin-of-name-biafra-and.html?m=1

There is this false narrative being peddled around with the claim that the Igbo nation are the descendants of a man named Eri. Each day, this narrative grows new arms and legs. A man who was traditionally known as an Igala warrior who set up a camp at Aguleri, in today's Anambra State, suddenly became Eri, the son of Gad of the Bible, and the progenitor of the Igbo race. This fictitious biblical claim was hatched by members of the Eri lineage in Aguleri. It appears to have been a scheme to achieve the following:

http://www.dedechibublog.com/2017/11/the-gad-eri-lie-and-igbo.html?m=1

n the earlier pieces of mine I addressed the allegation of ethnic marginalization in two facets of the former Eastern Region: Ministries and Parliamentary secretaries. These accusations were proven to be false, preposterous, and worthy of nothing outside of a dustbin. Although this is the case, I cannot stop there. We move on to other areas of government. The focus of this piece is Provincial Commissioners. The provincial commissioner position is....

http://www.dedechibublog.com/2017/10/eastern-region-nigeria-and-truth-pt-3.html

Ever since the end of the Nigerian civil war we have been hearing, constantly, accusations against the Igbo of domination and discrimination against the minority groups of the former Eastern Region Nigeria. These accusations of course come without proof, a shred of truth, or shame on the side of the persons who make the claims.

The list below is a list of ministerial appointments in the Eastern Region from 1950s to the 1960s. In the list...

http://www.dedechibublog.com/2017/10/eastern-regional-nigeria-and-truth-pt-1.html

PREMIER_YORUBA:

is SW a culture, is ND an ethnicity......? you and ijaw citizen are backwardly educated.

Yorubaland stretches into Warri, a ND soil. that's all!

You better stop sniffing glue boy. So now Warri has yorubo land? Lol...i no fit laugh.

Omo_Tier1: Let it be clear to all, We EDOs have no business with South East. Delta State we gave to you people have remained backward as ever! Edo State, is a lion at heart and do not need some 'leech' in the name of integration. Tell me, what is common between Edo and Anambra, Imo, Enugu, or Ebonyi

Benin City was the heart of the Mid West and in every facet, the thinking of the Edos align with those of the South West, i.e. progressive and forward marching, unlike the Ndigobs that keep crying about Ojukwu and the lost Biafran

Typical posting of a Yoruba. If you dont know what the SE especially anambra, and imo have in common with Edo go read a book.

ijaw citizen: That's the major problem with Igbo people, you depend on map for everything.
#Eastern region "our(igbos) birth right" is just a map
#Biafra and puppet 'rep. of benin' is just a map.
None of these are in touch with reality on ground.

#SE is just a map- it is not the representation of all the Igbo people.
#SS/Political ND is just a map of artificial states, it is not a true representation of ND people. Some ND people were even sliced into the SW all because it is just a map!

Start thinking outside the box Map and face the reality, Igbos are not in the ND!

Igbos are not from the Niger Delta but some peoplw from the SW are? Right, that means a lot of sense.

ijaw citizen: Who told you Anioma (Delta north) and Rivers Igbos (Ikwerre, ahoada, etche, ndoni etc) are in the Niger Delta?

Am from Anioma.We will join Biafra if a disintegration is to happen. There is no doubt about it. Please refrain from mentioning Anioma. I've warned you about that before omo yorobo.

Geez, I wish Dickson would give Jonathan's nuts some breathing room for once.

ijaw citizen: ....Watching quietly from a higher echelon of reasoning as Igbo people fool theirselves

themselves.

Words of an old fool

Mods, please pull this shyt down.

Ijaw man, keep Ukwuani and any part of Anioma out of your mouth. We have nothing to do with Ijaw or your
Oru.

Words for Atiku..... He's Yoruba. What else did you expect? Did you expect a snake to bark like a dog?

Yawns. Daily Trust again. Pass

Free education yet you people are still poor and illiterates. Trumped up "free education" lie that you yoruba people put in the media, lol. Awol was a nobody he accomplished nothing compared to the great M.I. Okpara. Apart from your trumped up "free education" lie that produced the likes of the "My oga at the top" illiterate whatever other projects or programs did the retard Awol accomplish?

Jonathan is a staunch tribalist. No reason why George shouldn't have been pardoned if an international crook like alamsco was pardoned. its obvious that alams was the target.

Its because of the stealing of money from igbo people that Awol was able to resurrect series of business,etc. He's no different than Alamsco.No wonder obasanjo vowed never to hand over power to him and also Abiola hated him.

Are some people actually here doubting Chinua Achebe? I warn our SW "brothers" to don't become internationally isolated. There is never been a man EVER in all of Yoruba land that has made anywhere close to, on the level of, or more of an impact in the world than Chinua Achebe. I dare the yorubas to name one. Even Fela, had more of an impact than Awolowo,lol. I'd say he is the closes that orubas can get to Achebe and he's even at a distant close. Please come back to reality people and stop making fools of yourselves.

~Bluetooth:


May her also rest in peace.




I hope ileke-idi can now apply for the post of ekiti state deputy governor.

You're an idiot. You're still playing around with people's death i see.

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Actually, Mugabe's driver junior sister's neighbour is from Mbiase in Imo State. Imagine taking their stupidity to international arena? They owned Lagos, Kano, Portharcout, London, Johannesburg, chad, Niger and now Gabon?

Alj Haram, how na?

[size=18pt]IYC, ex-militants picket oil firm over sacked N-Delta staff[/size]

On March 21, 2013 · In News
12:06 am
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By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI



PORT HARCOURT – Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, joined by a throng of Niger Delta ex-militants, have picketed the Rumuokurushi operational base of Trans-Ocean Company in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, over alleged unfair sack of Niger Delta staff of the oil company.

The angry youths disrupted the company’s operation for the day as wokers, who had arrived before the protest scampered through the company’s rear gate for fear of assault by the rampaging youths.

Expressing their anger, Mr. Bristol-Alagbariya Emmanuel, National Director of Mobilization, Strategy and Planning, IYC, who led the protest, said they would not vacate the company’s premises untill the sacked workers were recalled.

He said: “Trans-Ocean Company has chosen violence rather than dialogue after ordering our youths to leave the company without telling them their sins. When the report came to us, we invited them but they refused to honour our invitation.”

He added that both parties had been summoned by the Minister of Labour and Productivity to address the issue to no avail, accusing the company of failing to honour the minister’s advice to make peace with the aggrieved youths.

When contacted, Public Relations Officer of the company, Mr. Hyacinth Aloko, said “Sorry, I will not react to the issue for now.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/iyc-ex-militants-picket-oil-firm-over-sacked-n-delta-staff/

Ahmadu Ali is spot on. Conuldn't have said it any better myself.

Product of "free education"

dayokanu:

I never knew we would see a Southerner clamouring for Federal Character and this same people would attack Northerners for the same Federal Character.

Only lazy bones like you want Federal Character. We want and clamour for merit

Oh so now its about merit right? Lol....Look the fact is, you guys have overhauled the companies with your people and tribally fixated it to the point that the best way to kill the discrimination is to go by federal character. Ya gettin scared na,huh? Lol

This article has opened their yansh wide open. They don't want federal character what they want is to dominate everything through their own tribalism.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 002423

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/10/2016
TAGS: PGOV ECON NI
SUBJECT: A YORUBA PLOT TO CONTROL NIGERIA'S ECONOMY?

REF: ABUJA 2335

Classified By: Ambassador John Campbell for Reasons 1.4 (b and d)

¶1. (C) Chief David Serena-Dokubo Spiff, an attorney for the
Halliburton subsidiary contracted for the Bonny Island LNG
project (ref A), requested a meeting with Ambassador to
discuss Bonny issues and the Delta situation in general.
After discussing the legal and community issues that had
forced a Halliburton subsidiary to suspend work on a Bonny
Island project, Spiff turned to the general situation in the
Niger Delta. He expressed little optimism that things would
improve soon.

¶2. (C) Spiff said that much of the problem is the result of
a "Yoruba plot." He echoed the longstanding complaints that
the Yorubas (from the southwest of Nigeria) control most of
the oil industry and much of Nigeria's economy. Spiff
blamed the Yoruba for scuttling an attempt to require more
local content in oil services, a plan that should have put
more business into the Niger delta and its indigenes. He
also noted that while indigenes "know that the Yorubas are
behind this," the international companies are much more
visible and provide the rallying point for the wide range of
complaints from the region.

¶3. (C) Spiff said the USG is seen as ignoring the problems
instead of being a "reliable proponent of democracy." Spiff
said that Rivers State Governor Peter Odili "could perhaps
resolve some of the issues" in the delta. However, he
continued, solving the problems would "impact negatively" on
Odili's presidential ambitions.

¶4. (C) COMMENT: Spiff's analysis of the situation tracks
with the general comments floating around the area for many
years, particularly the accusations against the Yoruba tribe.
The difference appears to be that the complaints are
becoming much more public.
CAMPBELL

dayokanu: 2015 is around the corner all these would be useful in electioneering in the SW

As it will be in the SE, SS, and Middle Belt as well