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spyder880:
No sound system heard.

Bro,
You wan use laff wound me o!

We shall get there. Insha Allah!

spyder880:
No sound system heard.

Bro,
You wan use laff wound me o!

We should ask ourselves in whose interest is it to create an impression that the government cannot protect the people?
Then you will have unraveled the sponsors of Boko haram.

urboy1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pS5j3uMpH8

That was actually hilarious!

I would have done the same. These yoruba names lol..

Biafra Fallen heroes Funeral and Remembrance

Hehehe... lol..
The same divide and conquer strategy Yoruba and Hausa have been using against Igbo vs. minorities of the east.
They are now using minority against Ijaw.

If they like, let them vote Buhari, I don bloodi kia!

Dem go get sense very soon after north grabs power.

GEJAchievements:
SOUTH WEST #Nigeriab4GEJ

Key Economic Achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan in the South West Zone [2010-2014] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-FUdZcX4vaZcXBjakJqakd5c00/view?usp=sharing

#GEJAchievements

oga,
so if you post them here, instead of the yeye link nobody clicks it will be a crime?

donphilopus:
US War college has once again vindicated the APC Presidential Candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

Source: Sahara Reporter's Facebook Page!

https://m.facebook.com/ReportYourself/photos/a.10152426476322703.1073742183.96184337702/10152524694667703/?type=1&refid=7&_ft_=qid.6103083482386124387%3Amf_story_key.117236077427559588&__tn__=E

[size=20pt]Another fake document created by APC e-rats.

Let Buhari produce the document if it is real or ask his "Alma-mater" to forward a certified true copy to INEC or to him if he had lost the original.

Yeye small boys lying to their father[/size]

waternogeteneny:

Use ur tongue to count ur teeth.


Inward investment today and under Norther rule are not the same.


I am busy, no time to argue about which hole in ur body the shit comes out from.

GEJ may have under performed in the SE principally because the northerners staged an insurgency for him, it will be suicidal for any Igbo person to support APC or Buhari.

Remember Junaid Muhammed,Ciroma, Kwankwaso and Hell Rufai said they have evil plans for Igbos. Who know what they planned to do? These are the men that will be running APC. A word is enough for the wise.....

This is getting serious. If GEJ loses just 25% of the votes in every SE state, it will be very very difficult to beat Buhari.

Yet, i don't see GEJ getting the 95-99% of the votes he got from the region in 2011.

Many people who would have voted GEJ will simply stay home, which will again affect his numbers. GEJ fvcked up by taking the region for granted in projects.

IGBOSON1:
^^^I think Governor Rochas was thinking along those lines you speak of when the Imo state gov't commissioned what i call (for want of a better name) the Igbo heritage center in Enugu last year! Don't know if it's already completed and put to use though!

The area looks like Independence Layout!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AhMB3iZfmc

Whatever they had in mind, one hopes they add a section as Igbo history national museum. Mostly out of our usual way of thinking our own cultural heritage isn't important, those type of building will devote all the rooms as offices or some type of hall.
I once read a racist comment somewhere that black people had no intellectual culture or education system before the coming of the white man to Africa.Such lie could have held if an ancient text was not found in Egypt which referred to a university in Timbouctu, Mali! Which showed the Timbouctu mosque was also a university in those days. My point being that because the Egyptians had a practice of documenting their achievements, none could deny that they were "enlightened" before the whiteman .
Preserving our culture isn't just a smart thing to do, it can also yield revenue through being a tourist attraction!

olabukola:
Is this Enugu?

No, it's a water park in Botswana.

THE BOND BETWEEN THE IGALA
AND IGBO ETHNIC
NATIONALITIES OF NIGERIA -
SOME HISTORICAL FACTS.
Posted by OKAKACHI.COM7q6a
OKAKACHI.COM7q6a – Jul 29,
2011; 12:05am
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Igala are an ethnic group of
Nigeria situated east of the river
Niger and Benue confluence and
astride the Niger in Lokoja. Their
religious practice is broadly
Christianity and Islam, with, of
course, some sketches of African
religion, all of which do not in
any way affect their
interpersonal relationship as it is
common to see in a family in
Igalaland where either the Father
is a Muslim and Mother a
Christian or Parents are Muslims
and Children are Christians or
vice-versa, yet all relate amicably
well in all ramifications.
The Igala population is estimated
at about 4million and overflow to
outside their home base to
regions like Anambra, Delta, Edo
and Enugu States, with strong
traditional base, and now in ABIA
State of Nigeria as partners for
progress. The Igala language is
part of the Eastern Kwa sub
group or the West Benue-Congo
subgroup of the Niger-Congo
language family where the Igbo
also belong, depending on the
school of thought of the
observer. The traditional Igala
society is largely agrarian,
although fishing is also a
mainstay of the people especially
the Igalas of the riverine Idah
area. The Igala are identified by
the old oral tradition of Western
Igbo as descendants of Igbo
migrants who migrated
westward during the expansion
of the proto-Igbo peoples at the
beginning of the 1st millennium.
The central geographical location
of the Igala people has exposed
them to a wide variety of
linguistic as well as cultural
influences from other ethnic
groups in the country. Notable
among these are the Bini, the
Igbo, the Hausa, their closest
sisters-Idoma and the Yoruba
ethnic groups. They are ruled by
a father figure called the Attah.
The word Attah means 'Father'
and the full title of the ruler is
'Attah Igala', meaning, the Father
of Igala. Among the most revered
Attahs of the Igala kingdom are
Attah Ayegba Oma Idoko and
Atta Ameh Oboni.
According to oral tradition, Attah
Ayegba Oma Idoko offered his
most beloved daughter, Inikpi to
ensure that the Igalas win a war
of liberation from the Jukuns'
dominance while Attah Ameh
Oboni was known to be very
brave and resolute and revered
for his stiff resistance of the
British and his struggles to
uphold some ancient traditions
of the Igalas. When he got wind
of a plan to depose and exile him
by the British, he committed
suicide by hanging himself to
forestall the plan; for this and
other numerous exploits
recorded in his time, he is
regarded by most Igalas as the
last real traditional Attah Igala.
The present Atta is His Royal
Highness, Atta Aliyu Ocheja Obaje,
a well read, intelligent and well
respected Father. The Igala word
for King is Onu, one of which has
gathered us here today to
honour some deserving people,
the Onu Igala Abia state, his
highness, Alhaji Usman
Mohammed.
To divorce the Igala influence
from the modern Igbo cultural
evolution would be a travesty of
history. The evidence of the cross
cultural mix appears to be
genuine. According to several
sources, Igbo people evolved
over a long period of 4000 BC to
500 AD in Igbo land through
waves of migrations. Oral
accounts stated that her
northern neighbours migrated
into her heartland in search of
fertile land and rich marine life.
The majority of which were the
Igalas. The Igalas settled
amongst the locals east of the
Niger, altering the historiography
of many towns in today's
Anambra state and parts of the
present Oshimmili Local
Government in Delta state.
For instance in Anambra state,
there are traces of Igala history
in some communities of the Local
Government councils of the state
such as - Ayamelum, Ihiala, Oyi,
Awka North/South, Aniocha,
Dunukofia, Onitsha North/South,
Ogbaru, Anambra East/West and
Njikoka. The migration did not
only affect the area known today
as Anambra state, a sizeable
portion of Enugu state's
communities have Igala ancestry
as well. Thus, it would be right to
call it a reverse migration,
occurring about eight hundred
years after which Eri was
reported to have founded the
modern Igbo nation with its set
of unique religious doctrine. It
was also a period one of his
sons, Onoja, was said to have
departed northwards and
founded the Igala land.
Eri's children were listed as Nri-
Ifikuanim Menri, Agulu, ONOJA,
Ogbodudu, Onogu and his only
daughter, Iguedo. Together and
respectively, his off-springs were
instrumental to founding the
towns of Aguleri, Igbariam,
Ogbunike, Nando, Nri, Enugu-
Ukwu, Nteje, Enugu-Agidi, and so
many other settlements in the
East and West of the Niger. From
the foregoing and other
numerous historical facts, it is
indeed difficult to draw a line
between the Igbo and Igala
history.
However, according to P.E.
OKWOLI, a native Igalaman, and
renowned historian, in the
ancient times, new rulers from
the Igbo communities of Igala
ancestry must go to Igala to be
taught kingship rituals and
ceremonials. Although he
mentioned that Igala and Umueri
towns are related, Umueri
needed not to go to Igala for any
sort of tutelage. An exemption
that might explain Nri-Ifikuanim
and Agulu's seniority to their
younger brother Onoja, the
founder of Igala.
P.E. Okwoli stated inter-alia some
binding revelations that "In
Nsukka and the rest of Igbo land,
there is a popular masquerade
called Agabaidu, and this is a
significant cultural point. In
Nsukka, the word Agabidu is
used to refer to an eminent man,
while it is used to refer to a King
in Igala. Also Asadu is the word
for kingmaker among the Igbo,
while it is called Achadu among
the Igala. There are some other
words which are signs of close
cultural ties shared by both Igala
and the Igbo. These include
Atama, which means Chief Priest
in both languages. Ajogwu
means warrior among the Igala
and the Igbo" Both the Igbo and
Igala have four market days
which are – EKE, ORIE, AFOR &
NKWO in Igbo and EKE, EDE, AFOR
& UKWO in Igala seriatim. What
more can be more binding! Is it
that we both eat OSIKAPA as rice,
ABACHA as cassava, EGWA/AGWA
as beans, store our clothing in
AKPATI called box or that the
names - Okolo, Oji, Okwoli, Akoh,
Odiba, etc in Igala are called
Okoro, Orji, Okoli, Akor and Odida
in Igbo? What is more important
is that we are today celebrating
togetherness.
Long live Ndigbo, long live Igalas
and long live Nigeria.
Thank you all for the attention
and God bless us all!!!
AGONO, Enemaduku, OIK.
(OFFICER of the IGALA KINGDOM)
28th November, 2010.

Igala are truly cousins to Igbo.
Attah Igala: HRH Alihu Obaje said that much many times.
Nnebisi was an Igala prince and other historical facts of trade and marriage.
The issue began when the British added Igala people as part of Northern Nigeria. The indoctrination and politics of north and south separated the peoples beyond recognition.

backtosender:
you re right but the same time nike lake hotel was build long time ago the new ideas of water bikes was not around at the time,i think as tourism grows in the state the govt will acquire all those things and trust me i will like to ride on one of it once is available,that lake will be a nice tour...

kettykin:
Artificial lakes and lake expansion by channeling nearby rivers to it can help. The lake can be made bigger and redeveloped as a tourist attraction instead of the natural way it is.

I just realized that Dubai makes more money as a tourist destination than it makes from oil

Thanks Bro,
As a matter of fact, one of the issues with Nigerians and tourism development is our mentality that tourism is based on some "Natural wonder" which people will have to cross continents to see. It's all about creating fun things to see or do when some visits your city. For instance many African capital cities located in arid deserts may create water parks where tourists can have fun at the back of a hotel!
That is also a tourist attraction in the city! it doesn't always have to be a natural park or some natural wonder as we tend to think.

Shots how other cultures have documented their past in museums for posterity and the future generations.

A museum in Brazil built depicting an ancient "hospital" showing how the "dibia" would have sat in his shrine,wearing his sacred mask and "diagnosing" all the ailments or fortunes. The whole thing was built to scale in mud houses outdoors so that people can experience it first hand. This culture is similar to ours, but others have found ways of making tourist capital out of theirs, which is not even a deep as Igbo cultural practices.

I am actually more interested in building a modern museum ofr Igbo culture to preserve these things for the future generation that will not see where we started from.
The Umuahia war museum has done well to preserve some of the war materials. But that was just 3 years of our history preserved. What about our 1000 years history? Our ancient plates, cups from animal horns, clothing, farm tools, tradtional war weapons, customes of our ladies,jewelry,cowrie money,men's clothing, ceremonial beads,kings costumes,chiefs and indeed the entire Igbo culture. We should begin preserving these things now before they all disappear.

Around the world, most indigenous peoples and cultures preserve their traditions in cultural museums for the future generation to see what it used to look like.

Handsomegod:
@CJ. U mean alll these facilities you mentioned willl be in that complex when completed? I dare say that complext alone holds the key to the bursting of Enugu's tourism potentials because I know countless of my folks overseas who will give anything to catch a glimpse of an Igbo exclusive museum having being disconnected from their roots,no thanks to long years sojourn abroad. Meanwhile,I read somewhere on this thread before the NL tsunami that it was contractual complications that stalled the completion.Trust me,if completing that complex which I saw from the original render will also contain a specialist hospital and medical schoool is the only thing Gburugburu will do,I for one will be satisfied cos it will enhance both the prospects and landscape of Enugu.

Yes, The land where the Enugu International Conference "Dome" is located will have a mini Conference Hall of 1,000 sitting capacity, 5 star hotel and Igbo Museum.

The website ebeano.com has been taken down, you would have seen the plan for the area. If i find it somehow, i will post it here.

HappyJoe:
This is Nike Lake, I'm not sure it is that big.

In some Hotels in Arab countries, they have water bikes on big swimming pools. The lake is small but the can devise some ingenious fun activities to use it for. Building hotels near beaches or lakes isn't just to look at the water, it is because they want to use the natural water body for some fun activity too.

[size=30pt]No!!! to Terrorist murderers!
No to the murderous Buhari![/size]

investnow2013:
[size=18pt]BY SAHARAREPORTERS,[/size] NEW YORKJAN 09, 2015

@ the bolded, story shouldn't have been posted here at all.

These are disgruntled Yoruba propaganda room.

Madam Stella Oduah's name gives them HELL because she wouldn't tolerate the constant cheating of Igbo by the animals.To dare to give Igbo their due in Nigeria was the crime she committed in the eyes of yoruba.

They know they have no power to stop her since it is her people voting for her Senatorial ride, so they have turned to their dirty faceless yoruba propaganda room-sahara lie porters.

Madam Stella Oduah have been a proven performer.The only other Igbo politician that comes close to her magical performance is Sullivan Chime. Perhaps, in time Willie Obiano will be added to these group of Igbos with a Midas touch to change things for the better.

All the Yoruba trumped up charges to remove her from the aviation sector has been proven to be a lie.

[size=18pt]Princess STELLA ODUAH IS OUR SENATOR 2015![/size]

daben1:
Pictures!!!

Picshures of the massive turn out, or carry your lies to the Ottah chicken farmer

joeisreal:
Someone should pls stoke the fire of this thread before it goes off completely. Anambrarians home and ones who just returned to their respetive bases should please post pics of what they witnessed.

Long live Anambrarians!!!

Long live Igborians!!!

In this new year, my hope is that some how the bridge connecting ## or Nsugbe to the Anam city is built.
It will enable Anambra to use her shore on the River Niger to build exquisite locations, Tourists can do luxury ferry rides along the River Niger to retrace part of Mungo Park's trip etc.
Private Individuals can build between 3-5 star hotels,offices etc in the area to take advantage of it's view of the Niger River. Not to talk about the fact that it will kick-start the Anam Ultra modern city, Anambra equivalence of Eko Atlantic city.Imagine the economic transformation such a well planned city next to Onitsha will accrue to the state.

investnow2013:
OUR TRUE HEROES TO BE HONOURED ON MONDAY! Anambra State Government has set aside January 12 as the date to conduct a formal burial ceremony for all the people who lost their lives in different harsh circumstances of pogroms, riots or wars and who could not be formally buried.

The event themed Ozoemezina... Never Again will take place in Awka, the state capital and is targeted at recognising and to honour the unknown dead for a selfless sacrifice.

A statement by the Ozoemezina event planning committee reads "It is the right of every person, especially African to be given a befitting burial. This initiative stems from the several demands of our people who continue to believe that these dead souls are wandering without rest and need to be respected and accorded their final rites. The Obiano administration has found it necessary to answer this call, by its people, and is ready to do this in a very simple, sombre and peaceful manner."

As part of the activities line-up for the event, a cenotaph and tourist garden is currently been built by the state government while a memorial plaque depicting names of different people known to have died at one time or another is soon to be unveiled at a conspicuous venue in the state capital city.

This is a great event to remember all those who were killed in the war through every means possible as well as those killed in the pogrom riots that provoked the war.

May almighty God grant their souls eternal repose in heaven in Jesus Name. Amen.

spyder880:
Maybe Ugwuanyi has not realised it yet, but the type of expectations we have of him will need him to be on his toes daily just to meet up. He needs to beat Sullivan or people will see him as unfit to rule.

Making Enugu an international holiday haven must be taken very seriously. As well as building a coal powered power plant to ensure regular electricity in the city.
We must complete that abandoned International Conference Center building and the Hotel and Igbo history museum planned for that location. These will help build on conference tourism as well as bring people to see ancient Igbo cultural tools,agricultural tools, gods,clothing, mud house design, Igbo village design etc displayed in a museum. This also helps us preserve these cultural things for future generations to see as we modernize.

I wish Nike lake is developed for leisure boating as an added attraction for couples coming into Enugu.

Me sef,
I will not show any certificate to work any job. Afterall you can qualify to work the highest job in Nigeria without WAEC result

Some Coal city sculptures

ENUGU, The Coal city State

APC is just about lies!

Soon, it will be the Pope's twitter handle "endorsing" the corrupt former Dictator Buhari

Why can't we simply divide this fake God forsaken country called Nigeria??

kurt09:
Amaechi: I’m Igbo, Jonathan who says his name is Azikiwe can’t speak the language

By Fredrick Nwabufo

Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers state governor, on Friday declared that he was Igbo and could speak the language while President Goodluck Jonathan whose other name is Azikiwe could not.

Speaking before a crowd of supporters at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign in Aba, Abia state, Amaechi said: I am a bona fide Igbo man.

“My name is Amaechi, but President Jonathan who says his name is Azikiwe cannot speak the Igbo language.”

“He says his name Ebele; let him speak Igbo and let us see.”

Meanwhile, Muhammadu Buhari, who was given the title of Ogbuagu 1 by the traditional ruler of Aba, emphasised that security and the economy remained the key issues in his campaign.

He extolled the entrepreneurial abilities of the Igbo, assuring them that his government would create jobs through farming and mining for the unskilled youth while local entrepreneurs would be encouraged.

“The Igbo people ARE hardworking and my government would do everything possible to ensure that the people are empowered,” he said.

“The main concern of the APC is to make sure there are no idle Nigerian youths roaming the streets without jobs.”






http://www.thecable.ng/amaechi-im-igbo-jonathan-says-name-azikiwe-cant-speak-language

Amaechi Elections wonders!!!

When did an Ikwerre man become Igbo?...and even self admits?

Wonderful shall never end lol!!