₦airaland Forum

spyder880:
Hmmmm do you think it is profitable to do so, especially where the cows will be kept in one location because our people may not have time to move about.

OdenigboAroli:
Is there anywhere in the world where boats/vessels are left unsecured?

Bishop42:
Buhari lifts ban on importation of furniture, textiles.
www.scannewsnigeria.com/news/buhari-lifts-ban-on-importation-of-furniture-textiles/

Next is the Auto Industry

akwabassey:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/fg-others-share-n409-354bn/

rexbuton:
Idumuesah clan

Idumuesah shares boundary with Ute-Okpu clan in the east, in west and south west by Abavo clan and Owa clan in the north. Idumuesah was founded by a group of people that migrated from Ugboha in Ishan, north of Ika community (Forde and Jones 1967; Whiting 1936). Whiting (1936: 22) states that "It is uncertain whether they came to their first settlement in what is known as the Agbo bush between Oyibu and Aliro before or after Odogu". He stated that Ibile, one of the founders, is said to have come from Ugboha in Ishan Division and to have joined with Abu from Aboh in Kwale District in settling in the Agbo bush. Oje and Ilor came from Uromi in Ishan Division and joined them (Whiting 1936). Idumuesah consists of four villages, which may once have been quarters (Idumu):

1. Iliobome
2. Aliobo
3. Alioje
4. Alilor

It should be known that the name Idumuesa means seven quarters (Idumus) but the above list of current villages shows only four villages. It is claimed that, "the other three which were said to have been very small, have returned to their home towns in other districts" (Whiting 1936: 24). This is the fact that proves Whiting is totally wrong.. Idumuesa is a corruption of idumwun-esan which means esan quarters i.e. the ishan quarters which is a pointer to their origins
Whiting (1936) stated in his report that Owa claimed that Idumuesah served the Obi of Owa (Obi Ise) and revolted later but Idumuesah denied this. But the people of Idumuesah, for some controversial reasons, left their first settlement for their present site, which is south east of Oyibu but, according to Whiting, "they are unable to say why they left their old settlement" (1936: 23) Considering the time frame it may not be unconnected to a series of Ishan migrations out of benin in the mid centuries

Mbiri clan

Mbiri clan lies in the north east of Agbor clan and off the Lagos-Benin-Onitsha highway. Mbiri's oral tradition claims that Arun who migrated from Iwaisi, or the native doctor's quarter in Benin founded Mbiri. Arun, a hunter, reached the present site of Mbiri on one of his hunting expeditions and settled down there. Mbiri's oral tradition also claims that Arun had four sons three of whom were responsible for the founding of the following towns: Ewuhimi, Mbiri and Igbanke. The fourth son is claimed to have returned to Benin (Intelligence report 1932).
Mbiri adopted the monarchical system, based on Benin tradition, found in most Ika clans. According to Intelligence report (1932), "1n 1915 the Mbiris attempted to put themselves directly under the Oba of Benin, and sent a large sum of money to the Oba to gain this end. It is obvious that it was at this time that the present Chief went to Benin and received the title of Obi from the Oba, along with the Ada, or ceremonial sword, which forms part of the regalia of this title. They were again visited by the district District Commissioner who told them that they were part of Agbor District and could not therefore come under Benin"(Intelligence report 1932: 10). The Mbiri clan has the same political system as other Ika clans.


Umunede clan

Umunede occupies a strategic location along the Lagos-Benin-Onitsha highway. Umunede shares its borders with Agbor clan in the east, Igbodo in the north, Akumazi in the east, Otolokpo and Owa clans in the south. There are four villages (ogbe) in Umunede:

1. Ogbe Obi
2. Idumuilege
3. Idumugba
4. Idumuile

Although there of the villages above still retain the idumu (quarter) prefix in their names they are villages. These are perhaps some examples of quarters expanding in size and then forming villages.

Umunede's oral tradition, like those of most of the Ika clans, traces their origin to Benin. However, Stanfield (1936: 1) states the following about his observations of the Umunede people:

From legend of their origin are of Bini descent, but in their language and social structure they resemble closely the Ibos of the Ogwashi and Uburukwu clans in the Asaba Division.

According to Stanfield (1939: cool, "there were no titles in Umunede until 1919 when the then Eze (named Niago) obtained an Ada from Eweka, Oba of Benin." This resulted in the first Obi title and the start of the monarchical system like those found in some of the Ika clans.

Otolokpo

Otolokpo shares borders with Umunede and Akumazi clans in the north, Ute-Ogbeje clan in the east, Ute-Okpu in the south and Owa and Umunede in the west. There are seven villages in Otolokpo:

1. Ogbe Obi
2. Idumu -Oji
3. Achala
4. Idumu-Okete
5. Idumu-Obome
6. Umuhu
7. Alugba

According to Stanfield (1936), Gbobo, from Benin founded all villages apart from Umuhu, formed by migrants from Agbor, and Alugba village formed by migrants from Ute-Ogbeje (Standfield 1936).

Akumazi and Igbodo clans

Akumazi clan shares borders with Umunede in the west, Igbodo in the north, Otolokpo in the South and the Anoicha speaking town of Obior in the east. They trace their origin to Benin from where their founder fled (Simpson 1936).

Igbodo occupies an area in the north east of the Ika North local government area. It share border with Akumazi in the south, Mbiri in the west, the Ishan groups in the North and the Anoicha groups in the east. Like many of the Ika clans, they trace their origin to Benin (Fordes and Jones 1967).

In summary, while Owa and Ute-Okpu, Ute-Ogbeje have their origin in both Igbo and Benin areas, Agbor, Abavo Ute-Ogbeje, Akumazi, Umunede, Igbodo and Mbiri trace their clans to a single source, Benin (Fordes and Jones 1967: 47). Idumuesah traces its origin to Ishan but there also are villages that may have been established by people of Ukwuani origin. While Otolokpo traces its origin to Benin there are also villages in Otolokpo that trace their origin to Agbor.

The relationship among all the Ika clans appear to be mainly in their Benin origin as well as a population shift, for various reasons, which resulted in movement or relocation of villages from one clan to another forming new allegiances as well retaining their former relationship with their origin.


OTHER Igbo- Bini hybrid speakers in the region

Igbanke clan

Igbanke clan is north of the Ika south local government area. It is located in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. Orhionmwon Local government area, except for Igbanke, is mainly an Ishan language speaking area. Igbanke is made up of six villages (Osunde, 2000):

1. Ake
2. Igbontor
3. Ottah
4. Idumodin
5. Umolua
6. Oligie

All six villages speak the Ika language. Farmers from Ishan and Agbor villages who settled in this area, which is within Benin territory, founded the five original villages, namely Ake, Igbontor, Otta Idumodin and Umolua. Oligie village, the sixth village in the Igbanke clan, is claimed by Oligie people to have been founded by Ottor from Benin (Kerr, 1937; Simpson, n.d).

I got the above from a work by Onyeche Ifeanyi Joseph, PhD and make some relevant comments beside italicized errors

FieryFilm:
What about the drainage. The gutters are blocked.

Emperoh:
You guys ain't totally wrong mehn!
I left Enugu in 2006. . . .i still visit almost every other month to see my parents. The last rent we paid in Achara Layout in 2010 was N240k for a 3 bedroom flat. I knew New Heaven was going for around N260k - N280k around then. Independence Layout, were my uncle lived in a stand alone compound (bungalow) was N400k. But men, N1m in a space of 5 years?

Massive mehn!!!

hopilo:
GOVERNORS OUR PROBLEM

Kcinho:
let's start with the employment opportunities and food security first.
Then the tax

Olamitisoji:
http://www.talkglitz.tv/2015/06/19/ngozi-okonjo-iweala-finally-vindicated/





‘’I don’t know why a lot of us
Nigerians suffer from a pitiable
form of amnesia. Were we not in
this country when the then Finance
Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala kept
harping on the need to save funds
in the Excess Crude Account but
the state governors insisted on
sharing same claiming they had
‘people-oriented’ (more like
pocket-oriented) projects to spend
on?
Were we not in this country when
the FG at a time instituted a
Sovereign Wealth Fund which was
bitterly opposed by the same
governors to the extent that some
went to court all in a bid to share
whatever accrues to such a fund?
Were we not in this country when
Rotimi Amaechi accused the FG of
looting the Excess Crude Account
but the Ministry of Finance
published figures showing that
Rivers state among other states
had collected billions and billions
from the same funds he claimed
was looted?
Why don’t we recall basic facts like
and tell those governors to do
either of these:
1) Produce those funds from
wherever they kept them and pay
their workers
2) Resign if they’re so helpless or
3) Go to hell and quit irritating our
ears with their infantile ejaculations
of helplessness.
All this hue and cry about states
besieging the FG for bailout simply
reinforces the desperate need for
the true fiscal federalism some of
us have been shouting about for
years now’’.

spyder880:
Well, I dont like comparing Igbo states, if not I would have loved to challenge you to a picture contest, picture for picture, sector by sector, Local government by local government, town by town between Enugu and Imo states. But we are too big for that.

Imo state developmental progress has been without direction in the past few years. There are no widespread housing estates developed by the government. I went to execute a project at Umuguma Owerri housing estate. No roads, total neglect.

Do you really believe the federal government helps states that are not in the opposition?

I wanted to shop in Owerri, where? Traffic in Owerri is just unforgivable. If keke napep no scratch your car as they have so much taken over the city. Taxis in Owerri are non existent. Where are the roads they will ply? Apart from Whederal and Douglas, where else will a taxi make his money?

Let us call a spade by its proper name, maybe things will change if we change our ways.

spyder880:
As the poster above me said, I think its more of an accountability issue, the number of big shops in Nkpor, Obosi, Onitsha, Ogidi, Nnewi and Oba is large enough to increase the IGR by a big margin. (Heavy importers with large warehouses) The big industries are also generating revenue. Some companies in Onitsha has operated for so many years so why give them incentives if they are to grow to stability.

InyinyaAgbaOku:
The problem here is just accountability of the tax collectors to the state government. If the taxing agency collects #50 and accounts for only #10, igr will be falsely recorded at #10, flat.
So, loopholes for embezzlement should be identified and corrected

tpiadotcom:
If oyinbos tell you the thicker part can be used in cooking, will you be happier?

However, I agree moderation is necessary for any type of food.

tpiadotcom:
That's the packaging you're looking at ( processed for export).

centje:
For those saying Enugu state is not improving its IGR, I never thought Enugu state will make the first 10. It's not about noisy it's about working quietly with target.

Ologunjude:
The news that the vehicle was being shot at just came in now. Do you guys have any links to this.

investnow2013:
On-Going Work at the Nnewi base of Ifeanyi Uba FC!.Here Ifeanyi Uba inspecting The Artificial Turf to be layed on The Stadium!

Cjrane:
^^^^^^^^^^
Great shot, thank you Liberty300!
I like the fact that the median of Chime avenue is green, but the grass needs to be kept low.
We also need palm trees to line that road to give it a truly awesome feel of a great city center.
We want Chime avenue to look like the picture below. https://www.nairaland.com/979128/enugu-pride-east/282
Someone should please upgrade Chime avenue from an okay to an awesome avenue complete with trees, lined streets and all. It is afterall part of Enugu CBD in a way.

Igboson1&2, i nokwa ebea?

omicron:
What does it matter? It's work by the government? And Sullivan was never the government.

That is one of our many developemental mistakes in Nigeria, where projects are seen as "my works", "his works" etc. And where projects are undertaken for political gains rather than with actual development in mind.

ICC remains Chimaroke's work? Perhaps that is why it is still abandoned.

The fact we cannot say if this is "Sullivan's work" or "Ugwuanyi's work" is heart-warming.

The thinking that the project is connected to Peace is "bear-palour talks".

liberty300:
New haven, enugu this morning