Politics › Re: When Yorubas Travel We Dont Do Interstate, We Go International by Deltagiant: 12:44am On Sep 04, 2015 |
DICK4UCKPUSSY: Yoruba is up to 1,800,000 (2000 US Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations re Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, California and most Southern States.
Languages American English, African American Vernacular Englis French, Yoruba
Religion Christianity, Islam and Yoruba religion
Related ethnic groups Yoruba people, African Americans, Nigerian America Beninese Americans You don't seem to get it! |
Politics › Re: When Yorubas Travel We Dont Do Interstate, We Go International by Deltagiant: 12:42am On Sep 04, 2015 |
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Politics › Re: When Yorubas Travel We Dont Do Interstate, We Go International by Deltagiant: 12:38am On Sep 04, 2015 |
OkutaNla: Nice try kid. Apples and Oranges. A Yoruba man, Ade Ajasa, was on the list of awardees for a NYPD medal of valour.  But the fact is that Yoruba language speakers are significantly inferior in numbers to make the list of languages therein? |
Politics › Re: When Yorubas Travel We Dont Do Interstate, We Go International by Deltagiant: 12:26am On Sep 04, 2015 |
DICK4UCKPUSSY: The year 2000 census in U.S.A that revealed that 1.8 million yorubas live in USA was also done by yorubas abi..?
Receive sense in jesus name  Mr "sense" would u mind linking me up with the official US data on that fallacy? |
Politics › Re: When Yorubas Travel We Dont Do Interstate, We Go International by Deltagiant: 12:21am On Sep 04, 2015 |
OkutaNla: Lol. Na only for im mind Igbos plenty pass Yorubas in the U.S., and even Canada sef. Na places like China, Thailand and Indonesia Igbos prefer to go.  So you wanna stick out your neck for US too? |
Politics › Re: When Yorubas Travel We Dont Do Interstate, We Go International by Deltagiant: 12:18am On Sep 04, 2015 |
DICK4UCKPUSSY: Stop lying mr LiE-NUS. Yorubas dominate any african tribe in USA they have 1.8 million yorubas as at year 2000 census ,take this pill to cure ur ignorance and stop telling lies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_American Ok, Wikipedia, written and edited by Yoruba interest group(s)...no bi so? |
Politics › Re: PHCN Official Electrocuted On A Pole At Police College In Lagos (Photos) by Deltagiant: 4:55pm On Sep 03, 2015 |
Maximus85: I can't see gloves on his hands. That is them...yet some cave men would have something to say in defence of it. |
Politics › Re: PHCN Official Electrocuted On A Pole At Police College In Lagos (Photos) by Deltagiant: 4:52pm On Sep 03, 2015 |
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Politics › Re: PHCN Official Electrocuted On A Pole At Police College In Lagos (Photos) by Deltagiant: 6:12pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
This is the consequence of not following the laid down safety procedures of an occupation. Nigerian technicians, craftsmen and artisans are the most careless set of workers i have ever seen. Brazen stupidity shouldn't be termed 'village witches'.
My condolences to his loved ones. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Prefer To Rot In Hell Fire Than Serve The Monster Called God” – Transgender by Deltagiant(op): 3:32pm On Sep 02, 2015*. Modified: 3:48pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Edidiong21: YOUNG LADY, MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. PLEASE, ALL YOUR BIBLE VERSES ARE ALL IN OLD TESTAMENTS WHEN THEIR WAS NO GRACE. JESUS HAS COME AND DIE FOR OUR SINS IN NEW TESTAMENT, THEREBY TAKING AWAY THE ANGER OF GOD OVER SIN. PLEASE, DON'T QUESTION GOD SO THAT HE WILL NOT BRING HIS ROT ON ONLY YOU. HE IS ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, HE HAS RIGHT TO DO ALL THINGS. @ the bolded - The interpretation of the Bible is very fluid that any shadowy character can easily find a snippet therein to accomodate his/her obvious immorality. That said, the Old Testament was/is the unadulterated word of God and should be seen as such. It was at the Council of Nicea in 320 AD that the Roman emperor retouched most of the New testament, invented the name Jesus Christ out of the name Yaweheshua and set the pace for the modern Christendom. If there was any God's set of instructions to be relied upon, it is the OLD TESTAMENT. Ancient Jews were able to secure the scrolls that the invading Roman Emperor and his soldiers were not able to lay their hands on them. The "Tanach" which is the Jewish Bible contains only the original 24 books of the old testament with slight variations compared with those of the Christian bible. That is the authentic word of God. Again, the word of God is never outdated because God made it clear in the book of Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." Nothing could be stronger than this statement. Shalom |
Politics › Re: Dr. Adesina Sworn-In As Afdb President In Abidjan (photos) by Deltagiant: 1:12pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Rotimi47: Get your fact right, though he was a PDP member but his achievement out class any other in Jonathon's regime and as such Tinubu and other Yoruba leaders worked with other APC leaders including Buhari to assist him based on pure merit. "AFDB: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala behind my success" says Adeshina. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president-elect, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has credited his success at the poll to the tireless work of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Finance Minister. In a statement issued on Sunday, Adesina thanked outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan and the newly sworn in president, Muhammadu Buhari but showered special encomium on Okonjo-Iweala...... http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/05/31/afdb-okonjo-iweala-behind-my-success-says-adesina/ |
Politics › Re: WHO IS CHIEF DEINDE FERNANDEZ (PICTURES) by Deltagiant: 8:44am On Sep 02, 2015 |
tony1918: He is 76 years old. He Is A Billionaire. Reputed To Have Not One, But SIX Private Jets. He Owns A Chateau In France, Once Occupied By Napoleon Bonaparte, The Emperor Of France. Friend Of Mobutu. Ally Of Kofi Annan. Associate Of Mandela. I Call Him The Emperor of Blinding Swagger. Terrific Swagger. He Is So Classy That Whenever He Enters A Restaurant To Eat, Everyone Else Must Leave Because He Cannot Eat With The 'Commoners'. He Takes Over Entire Restaurants For The Night To Avoid Encountering 'RiffRaff'. (Chai! Poor Man Don Suffer). Of All The Richest Nigerians I Know, None Comes Close To This Man When It Comes To The Level Of Style, 'Tooshness' & Money-Backed Aloofness. But Who Is He? How He Made His Money? His Marriages? Why He Left His House For A Hotel?
Welcome to the world of one of Africa's richest men: HIS EXCELLENCY, OLUWO ANTONIO OLADEINDE FERNANDEZ, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative (see his writings to the President of the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Secretary General on behalf of President Ange-Félix Patassé of the Central African Republic in 1998 in the pictures). When it comes to the most impressive and exuberant display of the splendour of wealth, Fernandez dusts them all -by miles. The name 'Fernandez' is Portuguese in origin and shows that he is of the popular Fernandez family of Lagos. Historical accounts show that the Fernandezes were originally descendants of freed slaves from Brazil, where Portuguese is the official language. Some of the first modern-styled buildings in Lagos were built by the Fernandezes, and these buildings are known for their spectacular Brazilian architecture. Portuguese navigators were also the first European explorers to reach Lagos State. Actually, they gave the state the name 'Lagos'
For Ovation magazine to feature a man in 40 pages says a lot about his prestigious standing. Very secretive (not in a bad way or let me say he guards his privacy jealously) and aloof (he very rarely comes to Nigeria where he is from), this is one rich man in a class and mansion of his own -with no rivals but maybe a few big cats. His wealth has dazed and fazed many, and left even many more speechless. ANTONIO DEINDE FERNANDEZ. Okay, enough of that. Let's get some bits on him:
-He is the perfect combination of a diplomat (you can also refer to that as ambassador), businessman and yes, a gentleman. He is multilingual, tall and dark (yeah, take a look at the pix again, will you?)
-Even though he is Nigerian, he was appointed the Permanent Representative of Central African Republic (CAR) at the United Nations in 1997 (ain't that classy?, but with the current turmoil in CAR, with former President Francois Bozize fleeing the nation, things are hazy). -Fernandez is said to have interests in the CAR's oil industry (at a time, he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic). That does not include his bauxite (for aluminum) exports, gold mines (in Angola) and diamonds pits. He owns Petro Inett, an oil company. Petro Inett is just one of them. He also has shares in View, Sandcat Petroleum, Sanantonio, Goldfields, Voguehope, Grantdalem Inuola, Sandcat Goldfields (cat, cat, now I understand those two cats...lol), Woods and Petro Inett Equatorial Guinea.
-Before then, he had served as the Special Adviser to the President of Mozambique on International Economic Matters and from 1992-1995, he was the Ambassador-at-Large for the Republic of Togo and Angola.
-He was also once the Consul for Benin Republic (then Republic of Dahomey) (1966), made the Economic Advisor to the Angolan Government in 1982 (just for perspective, only Nigeria produces more oil than Angola in Africa, shey you gerrit?). To be specific, he was a long-time adviser to President José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola (he’s been ruling since 1975).
In 1984, he was the Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations. At a point, he was a Deputy Minister of Finance in Swaziland.
-He has houses in Kano, built a tower for himself in Lagos (where he was born in 1936), New York (where he is said to stay almost permanently), Scotland, France, Belgium and the United Kingdom. But that’s not all, he has accounts in the Cayman Islands, France, Switzerland (I love that country joor), Ireland, Hong Kong, Scotland and the United States. Don’t ask me of Nigeria.
-He surrounds himself with the finest, classiest and the most exquisite things that money can buy.
In a divorce case with one of his former wives, it was revealed that he splashed 200,000 British Pounds on his seven-storey townhouse to buy 1,000 books of gold leaf to ‘toosh’ up the already ‘tooshed’ cornices and balustrades.
-A high chief of the Ogboni Confraternity, he is highly revered in his Yorubaland and his family motto is: Aguntan meji kii mumi ninu koto kan na (see images for the insignia). Okay, what that simply means is that two rams cannot drink from the same container. Or some people will say, there cannot be two captains on a ship.
-He once married (some reports insist they were only romantically linked) the Erelu of Lagos, Abiola Dosumu but they fell apart and the Erelu of Lagos has since stopped using his name, Fernandez.
Today, he is married to a beauty from Kano State. Her name? Haleema, and has a daughter, Mahreyah. She is said to be of the Alhaji Muhammadu Maude (also known as Maude Tobacco) family of Kano. Alhaji Maude was the Presidential Liaison Officer for Kano State during the Shehu Shagari presidency. A wealthy businessman, he made attempts to become governor of Kano State in the 1980s but lost even though his campaign was one of the most colourful and was associated with the use of yan banga, local thugs.
In 2012, he denied reuniting with Aduke, his former wife. The chief thundered: ‘It’s a big lie. It will never happen, even in a million years.’
-He owns one of the most luxurious homes in Kano State (with one of the largest horse stables and farms in Nigeria, one of the Boko Haram battles in January 2012 during which the pregnant wife of one of the Boko Haram leaders was reportedly killed, was close to his property). But the house is now said to be falling apart. Well, he doesn’t stay at home! He finished from Cambridge University and Columbia University (business degree) and has been using private jets long before people like Dangote and what is the name of that man again o….ehen! Adenuga! started dreaming of a billion dollars.
-He has been in the diplomatic business since 1966 so billions are not new to him. He has direct contacts to some of the most powerful world leaders, business executives and entrepreneurs. He is said to be very close to leaders like Nelson Mandela and George Walker Bush -and they address themselves by the first names. He surely pulls the strings. At a time, he wanted to sue a decorating firm for publishing the pictures of one of his properties that they had worked on. Okay o.
-A very deft diplomat was also instrumental to the Bangui Agreements of 1997. He has denied having any links with the Nkomati Accords signed in 1984 between Mozambique and South Africa, to which some have given him credits. He gave brilliant speeches at the United Nations, and below is an excerpt:
Mr. Fernandez (Central African Republic) I take pleasure in congratulating Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, and I pledge my delegation’s full cooperation. I commend his predecessor, Mr. Udovenko, for bringing the fifty-second session of the General Assembly to a successful conclusion. I take great pleasure in expressing my pride in our Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan. His leadership and many achievements during the short period of his tenure are highly commendable. Just as this session of the General Assembly coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it also coincides, providentially, with the fiftieth anniversary of the commencement of peacekeeping operations by the United Nations.
These coincidences are striking because, while one was envisaged in the Charter of our Organization and was the subject of painstaking negotiations, the other was a chance development, not having been envisaged in the Charter. Yet both have had a profound effect on the influence of the United Nations in global affairs and on the perception of the Organization by those whom it was established to serve and who were identified in the opening words of the Charter as “We the peoples of the United Nations”.
The double celebration this year should also enable us to appreciate better the interrelationship between human rights and peacekeeping. There can be no question of human rights being enjoyed in a situation of conflict. Put another way, conflicts create conditions for the most outrageous violations of human rights, since, contrary to all international law and rationality, the most vulnerable in society — children, women and the aged — are often targeted and deprived of the most basic of human rights, the right to life.
As we define and refine our Organization’s responsibilities in peacekeeping, which, by common consent, is now taken in its broadest sense to mean the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, let us always be conscious that the universal enjoyment of human rights, one of the major aspirations of humanity, cannot and will not be achieved unless we devote as much effort to the elimination of the conditions that provoke the violation of those rights.
I believe that it is with this fact in mind that international organizations, whether global, regional or subregional, have been devoting considerable time to devising effective means of preventing, managing and resolving conflicts in their various area of competence. Of course, the United Nations, with its unique role as the only global Organization invested with authority for the maintenance of international peace and security, is, appropriately, taking the lead in these efforts….
-In 1987, his American wife of 25 years, Barbara J. Fernandez, filed for divorce, and the proceedings of the case was at the Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut (Barbara Fernandez v. Antonio Deinde Fernandez (13283) and the case ‘involved the applicability of the doctrine of diplomatic immunity to an action for marital dissolution and equitable property distribution.’ As at the time of the divorce, Barbara Fernandez stated ‘an international businessman and diplomat who has admitted to being one of the richest men in Africa. He heads dozens of companies, and I believe his net worth exceeds $75 million.’ She (plaintiff) also stated that, in her opinion ‘the defendant could easily sell or transfer assets that are relevant to her claims for relief.’ (Fernandez vs. Fernandez).
-Ambassador Antonio Deinde Fernandez ‘claimed diplomatic immunity by virtue of his status as an ambassador to the United Nations for the People’s Republic of Mozambique’, and moved that the court dismiss the entire suit for lack of personal jurisdiction. A waiver was later provided, and the full text of the waiver went thus, providing: ‘Limited Waiver of Immunity.’ ‘Pursuant to Article 32 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the People’s Republic of Mozambique hereby waives the immunity extended by the United States of America to Ambassador Antonio Deinde Fernandez under the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to the following limited and restricted extent only…’
One very unique thing about this Yoruba high chief is that unlike many other moneybags in Nigeria today, he did not make his money in Nigerian public office but rather by working as a suave and most talented diplomat FOR other nations of the globe, at a time when IBB and others were struggling over coups to rule Nigeria, he was already dealing with governments one-on-one. He has no traceable business or investment in Nigeria and stays virtually permanently outside the country (na your money o but nothing for we people of Nigeria,not even a tashere foundation or school tabi hospital. No lele o, Baba God at the top is watching all of us on His Samsung Galaxy). It is quite unfortunate that quite little is known about him (haha, I know how much I wrote on Adenuga na…lol!) because of intense privacy (which he has every right to), and what that means is that we may never know his real worth. At any rate, I stick to Forbes and Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index which lists Aliko Dangote as the richest black person on the third planet in the Solar System. Maybe a day will come when the Big Masquerade, the Afobaje (Kingmaker), the Custodian of Prosperity & Panache, Olori Ogboni Agba (Supreme Ogboni Chief) and Olori Oluwo (Head of the Occult) of Lagos, will come out and displace the Kano tycoon. If that day comes, this piece will be rewritten. Let’s take a good look at some of his titles, honours and awards (he is a tribal Yoruba chief and said to be one of the most prominent members of the Ogboni Confraternity):
His Excellency, AMBASSADOR, CHIEF ANTONIO DEINDE FERNANDEZ.
-His Imperial Highness Garsan Fulanin Kano (Kano State, Nigeria).
-Baron of Dudley (England). -Grand Officier de l’Ordre National du Leopard (Grand Officer of the National Order of the Leopard, the Democratic Republic of Congo)
-Grand Officier de l’Ordre du Merite Centrafricain (Grand Officer of the Order of Merit, Central African Republic).
-Grand Officier de l’Ordre du Mono (Grand Officer of the Order of Mono, Togo).
-Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Merite du Gabon (Commander of the National Order of Merit, Gabon).
-Officier du Ouissam Alaouite (Officer of the Ouissam Alaouite, Morocco where the descendants of the Alaouite dynasty rule as kings. The present is King Sidi Mohammed VI)
Thanks for your time. Acknowledgement to IYANIWURA123 Oh! I remember his family was one of the early Brazilian immigrants into Lagos colony. Tower aluminium etc.. |
Politics › Re: Hahaha! See What A Colonial Oyibo Writer Said About ''Eboes'' (Igbo) by Deltagiant: 8:26am On Sep 02, 2015*. Modified: 8:58am On Sep 02, 2015 |
carnegiefan: No, it simply means that he observed more fair skinned populations in Igbo land than in other negroid places in Africa.
I have often cautioned my Igbo brothers not to quickly dismiss a possible link with the Israelite of the Bible. The first day I saw Bianca Onoh, I was convinced that her mother must be white -cos I knew her dad was black- but it turned out that her mum was black also. If both of her parents were black, where did her looks come from?
Even today,I know many Igbo who have "white" features: skin complexion, hair texture, frame, etc.
Without a doubt, there is something very "Un-negro" about the Igbo, but we are proud Africans. This is not the first time a white would make this "white" observation about the Igbo people. There are so many of such observations in medieval anthropolgy. A cousin of mine, IGBO, with black features who lives in the US once told me how she was informed that her geneology showed traces of caucasian people. She was so surprised and decided to do it the second time elsewhere, and convincinly the result was the same. The issue of Igbo and or semitic connection has been proved beyond reasonable doubt. GAD was the son of ERI, ARELI and ARODI in the Bible, Genesis 46: 16. ERI, so pronounced, replicates as a man who founded Umu-Eri town. ARELI, so pronounced, replicates as a man who founded Agu-reli town and so with the Arodi and Aro town. Then the ancient courtyard/temple called Obu-Gad (the abode of Gad in Aguleri existing for thousands of years). How could all these be by happenstance? Then the unique hebraic customs of Igbo people.... Something un-negro about Igbo people? A resounding yes! |
Politics › Re: Hahaha! See What A Colonial Oyibo Writer Said About ''Eboes'' (Igbo) by Deltagiant: 7:58am On Sep 02, 2015 |
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TV/Movies › Re: "Concussion": Will Smith Plays Nigerian In New Movie by Deltagiant: 5:41pm On Aug 31, 2015 |
Dr. Bennet Omalu...IGBOs...Very gifted lot. |
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Politics › Re: Nigeria Ambassador To USA Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by Deltagiant: 11:08pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Txonyi: The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Adebowale Adefuye, is dead. According to Sahara Reporters, Mr. Adefuye, a former History professor died on Thursday at an undisclosed hospital in Washington DC.
Mr. Adefuye was appointed the head of the Nigerian mission to the U.S. in 2010 by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Mr Adefuye will be remembered for his dogged lobbying for declassification of Nigeria as “a country of interest” in the American terrorism watch list.
He also tackled the U.S. government over its refusal to sell arms to Nigeria to aid the country in the war against the extremist Boko Haram sect.
He was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State in 1947. He was a graduate of the University of Ibadan where he bagged his first degree in 1969.
He was also a Fulbright Scholar and did further studies and research work at the Columbia University in New York, the University of North Florida, and the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Prior to his being named Nigeria’s ambassador to the US, he served as ambassador to Jamaica, and deputy high commissioner in the U.K.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/189115-nigerian-ambassador-to-u-s-adebowale-adefuye-dead-report.html For the arms deal, he got it wrong. But Nigeria does not need to be sold any kind of weapons given the brutal track record of her armed forces to the unarmed civilians. Even as the real enemies at the battle front continues to humiliate them. |
Politics › Re: FIRS Boss, Tunde Fowler And Wife At Event In Lagos (Photos) by Deltagiant: 6:53pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Has the 'Phd' issue been resolved? |
Celebrities › Re: Richard Mofe-damijo Stuns In Red (photo) by Deltagiant: 10:03am On Aug 26, 2015 |
It's now time to court the A.boki...Nigerians and their pathological shifty character  |
Politics › Re: Prince Of Ile-Ife Barrister Adedamola Aderemi Spotted With Gov. El-Rufai(Pic) by Deltagiant: 9:29am On Aug 26, 2015*. Modified: 9:52am On Aug 26, 2015 |
saxywale: Shame on damola Aderemi. How can a prince from ife take off his shoes for a kano emir. Ife princes or princesses are exempted from taking off their shoes when visiting or being visited by other royals, even when visiting the Ooni. Yet, damola sees nothing wrong with taking off his own shoes for an hausa emir in kano. That's just them... The average Yoruba, prince, king, commoner or queen, is unassertive, shifty and servile by nature...Even to embarrasing level. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi knew this and hence penned a master insultive piece about them (Yoruba) a few years back...There is a reason they called them "beyerube". |
Celebrities › Re: Ernest Asuzu Suffers Partial Stroke In Lagos by Deltagiant: 12:44am On Aug 26, 2015 |
HopeAlive14: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) is a dangerous silent killer!
Do you know your Blood Pressure? When last did you do a Blood Pressure check?
I wish you speedy recovery, sir. They don't listen when you tell them...Very ignorant set of people in that country!!! They will rather tell you "God forbid bad thing" than try to find out and admit they have an health issue. You'll expect a trendy looking, perhaps educated someone like Ernest, to have known the nature of his blood pressure from day one. Those dead nerves that have partially demobilized him will never come back to life again. Something an inexpensive drug would have prevented only if he had been wise enough. Now, more over, chances are the big one will strike. So sad. |
Politics › Re: Anioma/asaba People Are Not Igbos. by Deltagiant: 6:20pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
OdenigboAroli: I don't know if I get you but I am not saying they didn't migrate from Bini,my take is that migration from Bini doesn't mean they were ethnic Bini. This Bini propaganda is very shameful and embarrassing and to make it worse the Bini themselves don't give a f.uck because they know these eidiots are just sucking their d..icks for free.....sad...sad...sad. That's why i drew down the whole thing to who we are today. The whole oral tradition mumbo jumbo cannot be verified. The reverse migration theory stands a better logic...so sad. |
Politics › Re: Anioma/asaba People Are Not Igbos. by Deltagiant: 6:06pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
OdenigboAroli: The question is whether Ikelike people are Bini? Just like Ezechime and co they are most likely Igbo. They are Igbo and speak nothing that comes close to Bini today. I've read where the Obi of Ogwashi Uku, Chukwuma Ani-Nri Okonjo say the Ikelike village migrated from Benin...While the ruling family came from Nri and one other set led by one Muokwe came from Onitsha mmili. That's why I gave it to them. Afterall everyone came from somewhere but the question is who you are today. By this i mean language, arts, culture and tradition. These are what defnes us. |
Politics › Re: Anioma/asaba People Are Not Igbos. by Deltagiant: 5:47pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
I wanna ask the Op when Asaba and their neighbors became Benin or something else...Was it after they were massacred as Igbos in 1967? Even the piece he posted was a distorted account of the primary immigration into Asaba. The Ikelike people he mentioned were the first to settle in Asaba have nothing to do with Asaba. They are a tiny segment of Ogwasi ukwu for that matter Asaba history has never changed from the established knowledge which is that the first inhabitant of Asaba, UGBOMA, and his followers migrated from Awka. This is an oral tradition agreed by all Asabans from the Igwe himself to the last commoner. And which they have made public here http://asabausa.com/asaba-traditional-government/ |
Politics › Re: ICC Investigates Oba Of Lagos For Anti-igbo Remarks by Deltagiant: 2:25pm On Aug 23, 2015 |
Good one by Onoh |
Politics › Re: Onitsha Port: Anambra Shippers Task FG by Deltagiant: 11:14pm On Aug 21, 2015*. Modified: 11:37pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
Although Warri like Onitsha is a river port, it's more strategically located, 65 km to the sea and Onitsha 140 Km.
Well, most of the 'seaports' in the world were built on rivers flowing into the seas!
I believe the two ports will complement each other's activities in no small way that they will become very popular.
Even as they will serve as the feeders of the Ports at Lokoja and Baro.
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Politics › Re: Check Out Nigeria's 2nd Senate President, Akweke Nwafor Orizu Garage by Deltagiant: 9:27pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
TimothyNkenu: They have always been thieves. Prince Akweke was born an aristocrat like Emeka Ojukwu into the Orizu dynasty of Nnewi. He lived big, rode expensive cars like Ojukwu as a student in the US. Even if he was a thief, which i am sure he was not, these cars were nothing to him. |
Politics › Re: An Igboman Was Once An Oba In Benin Kingdom(how True Is That) by Deltagiant: 6:19pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
coolitempa: The truth is that Anioma.....ikwerre...and other parts of ibo land including inside Anambra ......are Benin.....  The truth is also that you guys will continue saying all these while the people continue speaking the only language in their culture which is Igbo, customs and tradition which is basically Igbo. Their boundaries contiguous to other native Igbo speakers. Then, why burn this energy? |
Politics › Re: Onitsha Port: Anambra Shippers Task FG by Deltagiant: 5:22pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
asha80: I think the issues is if that lower niger river has been actually dredged? And of the of course the maintenance issue...and this warri port functional thing is more of a recent phenomenon I believe it has ben dredged to the extent that big barges can sail in. FKO8 just informed us that JB's equipment and other hardwares have been all along ferried into Anambra from Warri via barges. This couldn't have happened without dredging. However, the Warri Onitsha channel still remains a shallow draught for ocean-going vessels. They'll still need to dredge more and equally embark on maintenance dredging for these sea farers to come in. Now, for big barges, yes. |
Politics › Re: Onitsha Port: Anambra Shippers Task FG by Deltagiant: 5:01pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
This is a business opportunity indigenous Nigerian business men failed to take. GEJ administration begged them to invest in barges to ferry cargos to Onitsha but they kind of chickened out. Now, Julius Berger, not only is floating a maritime fleet to sail around the world and berth at Warri. I'm sure they will equally float barges to discharge at Onitsha, Lokoja and Baro. What a boom for them. |
Politics › Re: Onitsha Port: Anambra Shippers Task FG by Deltagiant: 4:28pm On Aug 21, 2015 |
FKO81: Perfectly right, last time I visited their site a friend of my working with JB told me that all their maritime logistics for second Niger bridge are done through Onitsha port via Warri sea port. I ones posted the pics I took then I reasoned they wanna take the oportunity to explore the area economically. It's very good for all of us. |