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Politics › Re: Anioma State: The Best Choice For Ndigbo by Donarozzi(op): 11:31pm On Aug 12, 2015

Jman06:
I support the creation of Anioma state any time any day.

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Politics › Re: South South: This Is Constitutionalised Modern Day Slavery. by Donarozzi: 3:10pm On Aug 11, 2015

CHESSBOARD:
Igbankes will face their Igbo brother just like any other Igbo dialets and Igbo related ethnic

We support the inclusion of Igbanke in Anioma State, the proposed Igbo state for the South-East.

https://www.nairaland.com/2515691/anioma-state-best-choice-ndigbo#36807226

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Politics › Re: South South: This Is Constitutionalised Modern Day Slavery. by Donarozzi: 12:19am On Aug 11, 2015

omonnakoda:
What is the BASIS? There is NONE
I do not see anything to show that you apprehend the meaning of the word RESEARCH
where does 25% come from?

As economists say, "all things being equal", we can use the population in each of the Igbo Local Government Areas of the South-South zone to quantify the percentage of Igbo population in that geopolitical zone. Here, with the exception of some capital cities where the settlers could outnumber the natives, we can say, give or take, that the rate of emigration cancels out the rate of immigration. Hence, based on the 2006 Nigerian census, we can approximate the percentage of Igbo population in the South-South zone. Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers states make up the South-South, and each of these states contains indigenous Igbo population. It is a fact that the bulk of Igbo population in the South-South is found mainly in Rivers State and Delta State. Almost all the local government areas in these two states are created along ethnic lines. It means that, in these two states, almost every Igbo local government area is exclusively made up of Igbo natives. Again, I am not here to prove a point, and I am not trying to spill out all the details of my academic research. Mine is a rigorous and yet elaborate methodology in critical thinking. The best way to prove or disprove something is by showing your own details to support or oppose the argument. Mr. omonnakoda, in this situation you are only attacking without proving or disproving any point. No one can understand your stance. Are you saying that Igbo people make up more than 25% of the indigenous South-South population, or you are saying that it is impossible to figure out the approximate percentage of a particular ethnic population in any zone? Kindly clarify yourself here.

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Politics › Re: South South: This Is Constitutionalised Modern Day Slavery. by Donarozzi: 10:18pm On Aug 10, 2015

omonnakoda:
How do you determine what is an Igbo Local government Area of the South South what is the source of that? As part of your calculation THE ENTIRE POPULATION of these "IGBO" Local Government Areas are 100% IGBO?

Your "research" is bogus my dear friend ,The bottomlime is your claim is bogus and meaningless,heavy on fantasy and wishful thinking but embarrassingly light on reason or rationality

I am here to respect everyone's viewpoint. So, I would not say that your approach is senseless. I called the result of my research "an approximate percentage". I did not call it an "exact percentage". I said that "about 25%" of the indigenous South-South population is Igbo. So, if you think the figure is wrong or that it is impossible to calculate the approximate figure, then let us know the right way forward.

Politics › Re: South South: This Is Constitutionalised Modern Day Slavery. by Donarozzi: 7:41pm On Aug 10, 2015

omonnakoda:
what is the source of your claim? Is there a source?

Good question. I did the research by adding the total population of the South-South states, and then added the Igbo population in all the Igbo Local Government Areas of the South-South. From these figures, I derived the approximate percentage of the indigenous Igbo population in the South-South zone. I have not come across any published figure showing the exact percentage. That's why I did not quote any source. I did an academic calculation myself and came up with the approximate percentage.

Politics › Re: South South: This Is Constitutionalised Modern Day Slavery. by Donarozzi: 6:29pm On Aug 10, 2015

omonnakoda:
25% ? what is the source of this figure ?

I said "about 25%". That's an academic approximation. So, it could actually be anywhere between 20% and 30%. Just do the research.

Politics › Anioma State: The Best Choice For Ndigbo by Donarozzi(op): 1:10pm On Aug 10, 2015*

ANIOMA STATE: THE BEST CHOICE FOR NDIGBO

The continued absence of a homogeneous Igbo state on the west bank of the River Niger, had always left the Igbo politically incomplete. This side of the Igbo divide, boasts of great personalities such as Augustine Esogbue the NASA scientist, Mike Onwuejeogwu the renowned anthropologist, Peter Eloka Okocha the business mogul, Sunny Odogwu the insurance magnate, Eddy Okonta the trumpet maestro, Tony Elumelu the dynamic CEO of UBA, Bernard Odogwu the czar of the then Biafran intelligence, Prof. Chukwuma Okonjo, Prof.Pat Utomi, Amb.I .Olisaemeka, Denis Osadebey, and the list goes on.

The political anomalies facing them today, were what their early leaders foresaw and began the campaign for a separate region, or inclusion with the rest of their brothers in the East. Prominent among those leaders of the time were the Late Denis Osadebey and Ogoegbunam Dafe. Their requests were not totally met by the then Nigerian authorities. But, In return Mid-west was offered. An idea that was to be bankrolled from the coffers of Michael Okpara's Eastern regional Government. This financial effort became the corner stone that was to aid an easy agreement between the stake holders in the emerging region, and which saw an Igbo, Dr. Osadebey emerge the premier.

The movement to protect their culture, and the demand for a state, that began with the name Aniocha to Anioma didn't start today. It can be argued unequivocally that the agitation by Anioma Igbos for a state/region of their own was one of the earliest in Nigeria,and by default the earliest within the Igbo nation.

As Ndigbo and Ohaneze Exco move to agree on the location of a state to be created out of Igboland, and as recommended by the rest of Nigeria, history should be born in mind. What must guide us should be the territorial concern of the four cardinal points of the entire Igbo land. There is a need for the Igbo to reclaim her denied political, numerical and geographical space in Nigeria. But, how do we we achieve that? It can't be realized with a parochial approach to our body politic. Ndigbo have to practice informed politics, with vision,sophistication and intellectual flamboyance. The treatment meted to us so far in Nigeria should lively us up to a positive political renaissance.

The argument for Anioma state is far more superior than any other in Igboland. The area and its people, have since the creation of modern Nigeria been repressed,with non-Igbo leadership hoisted on its people. There is an historic precedent to this, dating back to centuries of hostile invasions and forced acculturation by the ancient ruling houses of the then Benin Empire.

One of such legacies was the Ekumeku war of resistance, fought against the British for over thirty years by the Anioma Igbos, and which Benin had to do with the colonial policy at that time. Moreover, there have been attempts throughout history by external political forces to re-invent a different ethnicity for the people, or re-baptize them with names foreign to the Igbo lexicon.

The climax came in 1995,when the present monarch of Asaba,Eze Prof. Chike Edozien, warned that any more move to rezone them outside Igboland would be resisted. Last September,an Anioma organization cried out on the gradual erosion of their culture,and vowed to enthrone the study of Igbo language in secondary and post-secondary institutions.These statements were instructive, and did actually go a long way to silence the pundits that have always assigned Anioma people to a different origin.

Concerning the new state, my take is that Ndigbo should unanimously accept the submissions of the Anioma delegates to the Abakaliki hearing, and concede the new state to them. Apart from the political emancipation of the people,a viable state would be found in Anioma. Our Urhobo brothers and others would happily want to go back to their "Core delta".

In the event of a new state conceded to them, the Anioma people will have their God given right to occupy the Government House Asaba. Having done so, a homogeneous Igbo state, and an extended Igbo political territory would have been established comfortably on the western flank. This would cover 97% of our north western border in the present Delta state, leaving perhaps Igbo akiri (Igbanke) for Edo state for another time.

Politicians from the South-East needed not to be reminded about the geo-political benefits of such a state. Though most indigenes of Anioma are counted as ethnic Igbos,but an Anioma state will make that enumeration more incisive. It is noteworthy that Oshimmili local government Area of Anioma zone lies within Anambra River basin. The area noted for big crude oil reserves. Again, there is a population explosion in Igbo land, east and west,but an Anioma state would help to break the mental barrier,and afford more movement and co-habitation of one people.

The Ohaneze youth Council speaking through their leader Nnamdi Nwokocha, have thrown their weight behind the choice of an Anioma state. He went further to compare the case of Anioma to the lose of Southern Cameroons by the then Eastern regional government.,and warned those responsible to opt for an Anioma state without further delay.

Chief Iwuanyanwu, Joe Irukwu and the South East Governors should peep through history. The Anioma people have always stood by us when it mattered, and this is the time to pay them back by conceding the state to them. Such a state when created, of course, would have some parts of Anambra state annexed to her. And which history would record as an emancipation gift from a big brother.

And for my message to those who dispute the Igbo wholeness of Anioma : the name "Anioma" can only point to one direction. The complete survival of Igbo language,custom and tradition in this area, was made possible by the presence of Igbo aboriginal groups. For a group of non-Igbo speaking migrants or refugees, to have founded an area,and yet loose their language is simply a hoax. Such a thing could only take place if there was,on their arrival, an existing, larger Igbo population.

(written by Ossie Ezeaku, March 2006)

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Politics › Re: South South: This Is Constitutionalised Modern Day Slavery. by Donarozzi: 1:29am On Aug 10, 2015

atbu1983:
The Igbo claim to be one of us because some south south states were part of the old Eastern region.... some tribes speak Yoruba in edo and delta state. why is Yoruba not claiming edo and delta state the way Igbo is claiming rivers and delta states because some people speak ibo in those states?

atbu1983, your above statement is completely wrong and irrational. Igbo people constitute about 25% of the indigenous South-South population. All the South-South states contain indigenous Igbo population, but the bulk of the Igbo population is found in Delta State (Anioma) and Rivers state (upland Rivers including Bonny and Opobo). The important point here is "indigenous population", that is the Igbo population who are bonafide natives of the South-South states. Of course, there are very few Edo and Yoruba population in Anioma area of Igboland. We do not deny this fact. These very few Edo and Yoruba settlers (less than 1% of the Anioma Igbo population) came into Anioma Igbo area some centuries ago when there was an already established indigenous Anioma Igbo population. Moreover, the few Edo and Yoruba migrants have intermixed with the aboriginal Igbo natives of Anioma, and today they are all Igbo. Through boundary adjustment, all the Igbo areas of the South-South can be incorporated into the South-East. That is, an arrangement where the entire Igboland is grouped together in one region.

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Politics › Re: To Your Tents O South East? - Thisday by Donarozzi: 6:43pm On Aug 03, 2015

cheruv:
Nwanne!
Repeat this hard truth again and again!
Moreover I believe the first step for this unity is for the SE governors to unanimously cede the 6th state to Anioma.. Kos Igboland can't exist without the two banks of the river Niger.
Nwa Anioma, biko kwuharia eziokwu a ozo ka ndi nti ike nu ya

cheruv, you got the whole point. You understand the whole situation. Let the most progressive will be done.

Politics › Re: video people in delta region and even in River state claim they are not Igbo by Donarozzi: 9:31pm On May 21, 2015

sebali:
Sharrrrap.

My boss is from anioma and wud neva accept being addressed as an ibo man

Anioma is Igbo just like Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, etc. Igbo leaders must endeavour to include Anioma Igbo area and Rivers Igbo area into the South-East region. Once we bring our brothers back into the general Igbo fold, they will be very proud of their Igbo identity. This can be achieved through state creation and boundary adjustment. Igbo leaders must reason in a sensible manner and declare it as a priority that all Igbo communities in Delta state (Anioma) and Rivers state will be part of the South-East region, and we should work diligently to achieve this purpose. First and foremost, if Nigeria implements fiscal federalism, all Igbo communities can be grouped together in one geopolitical region through boundary adjustment. However, if fiscal federalism is not implemented soon, Igbo leaders must insist on the creation of one more state for the South-East, and that new state must be Anioma for the South-East.

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Politics › Re: Please Help Is This Correct? by Donarozzi: 5:50am On May 19, 2015

Ikwerreboy:
Do You Know A Fool Is Someone:

1) Calling south south biafra, when 98% of them were not and are currently not in support of biafra.
2) Saying there is no difference between south south and south east.
3) Calling an ikwerre,ogba,ekpeye man igbo even when the benin cultural heritage have confirm there benin ancestral link history.
4) Who thinks that the south south would all support an igbo presidential candidate thesame way the igbos supported jonathan.
5) Who visits/stays in port harcourt and hear things like ""all these igbo people ana no go go back ana place, na to dey come hear they do nonsense"" and still call port harcourt igbo land.
6) Who hates and condem the yorubas thesame way the yorubas hate and condem him but has refused to leave lagos/south west, and has even gone as far as buying lands and increasing his investment in lagos/south west.
7) Who says lagos is no man's land but was been threatend by the oba of lagos on the just concluded governorship election in lagos state, coupled with the high use of yoruba language in lagos state.

Add yours no insults...

Ikwerreboy, you must understand that Ikwerre, Etche, Ogba, Ekpeye and Orashi areas are all Igbo. You are from Ikwerre, and you are Igbo. Do not be brainwashed of your Igbo identity. Do not let liars deceive you with a fictitiously fabricated history. Enemies of the Igbo nation have brainwashed some Igbo of the South-South to believe that they are different from the Igbo of the South-East. Igbo leaders have also contributed to the miseducation and division of the Igbo people. I call for a fundamental re-orientation of the Igbo psyche so that we can collectively move forward as one people. That is why I solidly agree with Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Prof. Chike Edozien (the Eze of Asaba) who insisted that the entire Igboland should be grouped together in one geopolitical region, as such would ensure Igbo unity and facilitate the rapid development of the Igbo nation.

Politics › Re: On Biafra And Lower Niger by Donarozzi: 8:02pm On May 18, 2015

EBCO:
I am sorry to disappoint you guys, I am not in for this Biafra and Lower Niger thing, neither am I in for this cessation nonsense!

I will not be party to an institutionalized creation of smaller minorities within the minority.

Before we leap, don't forget: The Igbos used the instrumentality of government power to almost extinguish the other tribes and ethnic groups on this side of the Niger, during the reign of regional system of government; All schools were in Igbo land, even though the white man came through the sea; All commercial cities were in Igbo land even though the produces were from Etche, Ikwerre, Ogoni, Orashi, and ijaw lands...

Eze Basil Chinwendu Oluo.
Writing from #1 Amadioha avenue, Etche.

Chinwendu Oluo, you must understand that Etche, Ikwerre and Orashi areas are all Igbo. You are from Etche, and you are Igbo. Do not be brainwashed of your Igbo identity. Do not let liars deceive you. Enemies of the Igbo nation have brainwashed some Igbo of the South-South to believe that they are different from the Igbo of the South-East. Igbo leaders have also contributed to the miseducation and division of the Igbo people. I call for a fundamental re-orientation of the Igbo psyche so that we can collectively move forward as one people. That is why I solidly agree with Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Prof. Chike Edozien (the Eze of Asaba) who insisted that the entire Igboland should be grouped together in one geopolitical region, as such would ensure Igbo unity and facilitate the rapid development of the Igbo nation.

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Culture › Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Donarozzi: 4:47am On May 07, 2015

Radoillo:
I do not even believe Eze Chime sojourned in Benin at any point, but at this stage this is still largely my personal opinion.

Radoillo, I completely agree with your original imagination. Authentic oral tradition shows that Eze Chima did not sojourn to Benin. From my deep-rooted and unbiased research, I think Eze Chima was from Arochukwu. Between the year 1700 and 1748, when the slave trade was still going on, Eze Chima from Arochukwu camped in Nri-Awka region with his followers from Abam, Ohafia and Bende areas. It is a known fact that the people of Arochukwu controlled slavery in Igboland. Just like many Arochukwu merchants at that time, Eze Chima knew accurate details of the entire Igboland and beyond. Having been very successful in the slave business, he finally wanted a large expanse of land where he could settle with his followers and form his own kingdom. Initially, he wanted to conquer some communities around the Nri-Awka region, but seeing the religious leadership of Nri and Aguleri people, he changed his mind, made friends with them, and decided to venture into the Igbo communities west of the Niger river (today's Anioma area). His new friends from Nri-Akwa area together with his original followers from Abam, Ohafia and Bende areas, crossed the river Niger with him, and as they went westward, they considered all those communities conquered because they did not encounter any resistance until they got to Agbor. It was at Agbor that Eze Chima and his group began to see huge opposition, and as a result, they decided to flee eastward, and in the process of their escape they founded the villages of Onicha Ugbo, Onicha Olona, Obior, Obomkpa, Onicha Mmiri, etc. Please refer to the book "History of Greater Agbor" written by an Igbo man named Iduwe Egwabor who is a native of Agbor. Even today, Onicha Ugbo, the descendants of the first son of Eze Chima, say emphatically that Eze Chima came from Nri. This oral tradition purely remembers the place where Eze Chima's secondary migration started, while his primary migration started from Arochukwu.

Politics › Re: The Igbos That Helped Buhari To The Presidency by Donarozzi: 10:52pm On May 02, 2015

sanerugwei:
South south or south east is just a geopolitical division for zoning. It has nothing to do with tribe or tongue of a people. Igbo people as collective tribe spans about 7 Nigerian states namely Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, part of Delra state and a third of population of present Rivers State. Same way you have yorubas in kogi and kwara and even brazil....
I hope you have been well educated... The Ikwere is not Igbo divisive tendency started with the civil war...go read your history books about the abandoned properties...the concious reorienting of Ikwerre people the change of village names like umuokuta to rumuokuta...obigbo to Oyigbo....and all the other rumu's... History cannot be rewritten in so short a time na..less than 50years.. Ask the isaac adaka Boro...Alfread diete spiff..saro wiwa...david mark...Gowon...and even Awo...

"We the Ikwerre are Igbos" (see link below)
https://www.nairaland.com/867857/ikwerre-igbos-ikechukwu-ogu-interesting

Politics › Re: The Igbos That Helped Buhari To The Presidency by Donarozzi: 8:37pm On May 02, 2015

Jklue007:
GMB my HERO!
AMEACHI my ROLE MODEL!!

Chibuike Amaechi is a great Igbo man of Ikwerre extraction.
"Abu m onye Igbo (I am Igbo)," Amaechi said during his speech.
He is a good leader and he is proud of his Igbo identity.
Ikwerre people are a great Igbo tribe who are related to the Uratta, Ngwa, Etche, Arochukwu, and Ohaji.

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Culture › Re: What Does 'rumu' Mean? by Donarozzi: 6:17pm On Dec 05, 2014

bigfrancis21:
Linguistically and technically, the Ikwerre people and Igbo-speaking people of Rivers state belong to the continuum of Igo dialect clusters. The anti-Igbo sentiments in Rivers state mostly started after the civil war. Before the civil war, they had no problem accepting they were Igbo. The history is a long one. And before the war, those places with 'rumu' were formerly 'umu'. i.e. umueme, umu igbo (this name alone is quite evident and proves that they are indeed an Igbo group, which was later changed to Rumuigbo. Even the pronunciation of RumuIgbo now is quite different.), Umuola, etc.

The solution to the Igbo identity crisis of Rivers state is quite an easy one. I have proferred this solution before. Tracing back to the beginning of the Igbo denial was the very creation of Rivers state. The creation of Rivers state, the exclusion of the respective Igbo groups from the southeast region (Imo and Abia) and the inclusion of these very groups in the newly-created state, and location of the state in Niger Delta - and not in South East served as a catalyst and a basis for the people who found themselves in that state and region to deny their Igboness. The funny thing is if you ask any of them, who speak fluent Igbo as you but claim they aren't Igbo, why they think they are not Igbo, their response most times is always is, 'I'm not from the south east'. They would hardly give you any reason other than that. These people equate geographical location to tribe. They latch on to 'Rivers state' for their identity. In other words, their very identity hinges on the geographical entity of Rivers state which they find themselves in. State borders are artificial things which don't define a tribe or language, and can be readjusted. Reverse the conditions that served as the perfect catalyst to the Igbo denial issue and you tackle the problem. Take out these borders and you break the very artifical identity they hang on to as their real identity. Border or state readjustment solves the problem. Meaning that if you give them new state identities, they are most likely to latch on to their new identity. Specifically, adjust Abia state borders to include Obigbo (Oyigbo), Ndoki areas etc., Imo state to include Egbema, Etche, Ikwerre areas, Anambra state to include the Ndoni area. This way, new identities are reformed, and everyone blends in to conform to their new state and identity.

In simple summary, merge all Igbo communities into one region, and the identity crisis will stop.

Politics › Re: Delta Igbo Must Not Get PDP's Guber Ticket Else.......urhobo Tells Gej,uduaghan by Donarozzi: 6:01pm On Dec 05, 2014

pazienza:
One naira is from Asaba, he is a proud Igbo man. Most Asaba people are proud Igbos, for example, the Asagba of Asaba, Chike Edozien, is a grand patron of the apex Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndiigbo.

One naira had many times vigorously defended the honour and integrity of ndigbo on this forum, when members of other Nigerian hate and Igbophobic ethnic groups tried to tarnish the image of Ndiigbo.

You must not mistake him for the low lives suffering from identity crisis in Anioma, you owe him an apology. You can't be more passionate about the well being of the Igbo nation than one naira, take your time and go through his post history.

Integrate all Igbo communities into one geopolitical region, and the identity crisis will cease automatically. If all Igbo communities are merged together in one region, every Igbo man will be proud of his Igbo identity. The Eze of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien, has stated this idea on several occasions. Igbo leaders should work towards achieving this goal.

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Politics › Re: Why Anioma State Should Not See The Light Of The Day by Donarozzi: 4:21pm On Nov 28, 2014

victor1464:
My bro its not denial.dat is just d truth..igbo,ika,ukwuani, ar familiar people.for example d anioma people-delta state comprises of d igbos(aniocha/oshimili),the ukwuani,and ika ethnicity.dis group of people where being group by d colonial masters as western igbo because of d large igbo influence..but not all of dem accepted dat name most expecialy d ukwuani and ika people because of their different origins.althoug ther might jus be som litle similarity but dey r totaly different tribes.by d way ,it was d colonial masters dat groupd dem as one...but now evertin has bin corrected..despite d similarity btw urobo,and bini, dey still remain urobo ethnicity ..dis also applies to Ukwuani...so get confused by belivin history because som ar jus fake political propaganda.som writers ar very much bias in writings jus to achieve thier selfish aims(just like d colonial masters).let ukwuani be and let igbo be..they might belong to d same territory but dey r diffrent tribes..

The entire Igbo people should be grouped together in one geopolitical region. This will comprehensively solve the problem of identity crisis.

Culture › Re: Why Do Edo People Speak Yoruba? by Donarozzi: 7:48pm On Nov 24, 2014

RadoilloII:
See my problem with this classification:

Ezza-Ikwo-Izi etc are listed as seperate languages, whereas, Abiriba, Nsukka, Ehugbo, Okposi etc, which many people in the urban centres in the southeast hardly understand, are all subsumed under "Igbo proper". If we apply to "Igbo proper" the same principles which we used to seperate Ogbah and Ukwuani from "Igbo proper", we would find that "igbo proper" CAN be further split into as many as two score seperate languages. Which of these two score languages would you then call 'Igbo'? None. Igbo is simply a generic name, an 'umbrella' term, embracing cognate lects spoken east of the Edo speech area.

I personally think 'Igboid' is a misnomer. -oid means 'similar to'. So that 'Igboid' would mean 'similar to Igbo, but not Igbo'. The problem with this is that some of these so called 'Igboid' languages are more intelligible to me than some 'Igbo' dialects.I've never set foot in Ndokwa territory. Yet first time I heard my Obiaruku electrician speak to his brother on the phone, I understood almost everything he said; but I can hardly tell Afikpo dialect from Greek. We once had an Afikpo housegirl, and conversation with her was only possible if we used English.

Yet Afikpo is Igbo proper; and Ukwuani is Igboid.

Who is making the classification? Are they basing their studies purely on linguistics, or are they influenced by factors like group identity and geopolitical factors?

This divisive attitude and identity crisis are caused by leadership failure among the Igbo political elite. Igbo leaders must ensure that all Igbo-speaking people are grouped together in one geopolitical region. This way, the problem of identity crisis among some Igbo groups will be permanently solved.

Politics › Re: More South-East Billionaires Listed On Forbes List Of Billionaires by Donarozzi: 3:31am On Nov 21, 2014

presher:
most delta igbos are proud igbos,jim ovia and elumelu are pro igbo.dnt mind people that try to create division among igbos

Anioma people of Delta State should be merged with their Igbo brothers in the Eastern Region.

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Culture › Re: Which Tribe In Nigeria Has The Largest Population? by Donarozzi: 7:31pm On Nov 06, 2014

Chiwude:
1- Yoruba - Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo, Osun, Kogi West, Kwara, parts of Edo and Delta (Itsekiri) unlikely.
2- Hausa - Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, 70% Kebbi, Kaduna North, Bauchi.
3- Igbo- Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Delta North, 2/3 Rivers, parts of Edo, Benue, Cross River and Akwa-Ibom . (This is how it should be)
4- Fulani - Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba, Bauchi, Yobe, Plateau, Kebbi- All over Northern and Central Nigeria.
The rest are for grabs.

Igbo: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, 1/3 Delta (Anioma), 2/3 Rivers, parts of Edo, *Bayelsa*, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Benue

Politics › Re: What's The Most Populous State In The South East? by Donarozzi: 2:18am On Sep 20, 2014*

odumchi: I'm guessing the most populous state is:

Imo

Followed by:
Anambra
Enugu
Abia
Ebonyi

Let me rephrase the question this way: "Rank the Igbo states according to indigenous population and according to general population".

First of all, let's assume that Anioma State has been created (that is, the Igbo areas of Delta State) and that the new Rivers State has been created (covering the Igbo areas of Rivers State). So, we can say that we have a total of SEVEN Igbo states: Abia, Anambra, Anioma, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and Rivers. Then, let's answer the question.

In terms of *indigenous population* of each Igbo state, this is the ranking:

1. Imo
2. Anambra
3. Abia
4. Enugu
5. Rivers
6. Ebonyi
7. Anioma

In terms of *general population* of each Igbo state, this is the ranking:

1. Imo
2. Anambra
3. Rivers
4. Enugu
5. Abia
6. Anioma
7. Ebonyi

Here, *indigenous population* means the total number of the natives (both home and abroad), while *general population* means the total number of people currently in the state at the moment (both the resident natives and immigrants).

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Politics › Re: New Map Of Nigeria, As Proposed By National Conference- Confab by Donarozzi: 11:41pm On Sep 10, 2014

Deltagiant: The Ikwerre people and the Rivers state will by default become landlocked. The new Oil Rivers state will however be shared by Ijaw and some other Igbo groups, but i think GEJ's plan here is to have the capital on the coast on Ijaw territory.

No Igbo community should be part of the "Oil Rivers State". All Igbo communities must remain in the new "Rivers State".

The *new* Rivers State involves the following Igbo areas: Port Harcourt, Obio-Akpor, Obigbo, Opobo/Nkoro, Bonny, Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Emuoha, Ikwerre, Etche, Omuma, together with the Ogoni (Eleme, Tai, Khana, Gokana).

Culture › Re: A Brief History Of Ikwerre.(port Harcourt) by Donarozzi: 8:15pm On Sep 09, 2014

pazienza: 'Omu' is not a mis spelling, saying that it is a mis spelling reeks of insensitivity and gross disrespect to Omerelu people, the idea of using a particular dialect of Igbo as a standard to measure what an Igbo word should be, is never going to help unify the Igbo nation.

Omu, Rumu, Umun,Umu, are all Igbo words for the English word 'children', that 'Umu' was chosen to be the standard Igbo word for children, does not make the other variants mis spellings.

There is currently no language called Igbo language,what we study as Igbo language in schools today is an artificial creation,made by picking out words from various dialects, but we all know that at a point in history, there must have been an original Igbo language from which the various dialects we speak today,originated from. But non of us can objectively determine which of the current dialects we speak today,is closest to the original Igbo language.

"Omu-" is a mispelling of "Umu-" used in the ancestral designation of many Igbo village names. Yes, truly, in some situations, the "U" pronunciation sounds like "O" pronunciation. However, it is "Umu-" and not "Omu-". Of course, there are other dialectal variants of "Umu" which include "Nmu" in some Ika areas, Rumu in some parts of Ikwerre, and "Umun" which is a rare nasalized version. "Idumu" used in some Igbo communities is related to the same "Umu-" as both words are used to describe the descendants of the founder of a village, a section of a village, or the people in the community themselves. As the Igbo language is getting standardized into uniformity, such community names like "Idumuodikpe" and "Rumuola" will become "Umuodikpe" and "Umuola" respectively. Evolution will always move towards simplicity and uniformity.

Culture › Re: A Brief History Of Ikwerre.(port Harcourt) by Donarozzi: 10:55pm On Sep 08, 2014

Ikwerreboy: Mr man. am an ikwerre man from omerelu. when and how come ohaji nd omerelu nw speaks desame language for God sake? Do u knw wat your saying at all?
Why didnt u include obima,obidioga nd Elele?
You must be silly for saying dat.
If omerelu speaks dsame language with ohaji how come we are not igbos nd why the so much hatred btwin the omerelu nd the ohaji people?
Why is the community names inside omerelu sounding ikwerre nd not igbo?
In omerelu we have community names like:
Omuchi- in omerelu
Omuhombia- In omerelu
Omueke- in isiopko
Omubisi-In ibaa
omuagwa- In omuagwa

Abeg no talk watin u no know.
The bishop of ikwerre diocese(Anglican) is currently from omerelu.
The ogbakor ikwerre convention was recently conducted in Omerelu.

Ikwerre are Igbo, and they know that. It is ludicrous that some Ikwerre people are miseducated and brainwashed to believe in some fictiously fabricated history. The names of the villages you wrote above using "Omu-" are just misspelt wordings. The correct spelling begins with Umu- as in Umuchi, Umuhombia, Umueke, Umubisi, Umuagwa. Ikwerre people originated from various Igbo groups moving Southwards especially the Etche, Ohaji, Uratta, and Ngwa. There is even a village in Etche called Ikwerre-Ngwo.

Culture › Re: A Brief History Of Ikwerre.(port Harcourt) by Donarozzi: 11:10am On Sep 03, 2014

Ihuomadinihu: You need to put things in context when you read my comments in future. Asaba-Benin origin does not mean that all the founders of Asaba came from Benin. Asaba is melting pot consisting of Igbos(Anambra),Idah/igala(Nnebisi) and Benin. The first settlers in Asaba are Ikelike people from Benin! That Arochukwu has links with Efik does not mean that they all originated from them...SMH. I was trying to explain to the ikwerre guy about ancestral links and affliation before your rude interruption.

Ikelike people are Igbo. Ikelike is an Igbo name, and the Ikelike people were never Bini people. They are full-blooded Igbo people. When Ogwashi-Ukwu migrants arrived from Nri, they met the original Igbo inhabitants, the Ikelike people. It is totally wrong to link Anioma history to Benin Kingdom. Igbo people existed long before the evolution of Bini/Edo people. It is likely that majority of today's Bini land was part of the Igbo nation. But due to the expansion and forceful leadership of the Bini people, some of the original Igbo communities were absorbed and most of the original Igbo inhabitants there fled towards the East.

Now, let's look at the truth regarding the Ikwerre Igbo. The Ikwerre people have ancestral links with the Etche, Ngwa, Ohaji, and Uratta. The Ikwerre remember one of their ancestors called Iwhuruohna or Iwhuoha, and this is just the same Igbo name "Ihuoha" found in Etche. Igbo leaders need to organize re-orientation seminars aimed at correcting the distortions on Igbo history. Most importantly, the identity crisis among the Igbo of the South-South is caused by the fact that they are not grouped together with majority of their Igbo brothers in one geopolitical region. So, grouping the entire Igbo people together in one region will totally solve this identity crisis. We all are Igbo.

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Politics › Re: Anioma State Must Be Created by Donarozzi(op): 8:26pm On Nov 07, 2013

solomon111: If anioma state is created,with the level of human and natural resources it has,it could end up becoming the success story of state-hood in Nigeria.
It has the potential of becoming the 'model state.'

Igbo leaders should think brightly, educate themselves, hold meetings, organize seminars, and bring Anioma into the South-East fold. Anioma must be the next Igbo state. Any other thing would mean lack of vision in Igbo leadership.

Politics › Re: Anioma State Must Be Created by Donarozzi(op): 3:31am On May 04, 2013

otokx: Its not a crime to make requests sha & that is where the story will end.

Anioma State should be created and merged with their brothers in the South East. Anioma State is the 6th South East State for the Igbo.

Politics › Re: Anioma State Must Be Created by Donarozzi(op): 9:16am On Apr 06, 2013

At this point, it is not wise to split the 5 South East states further. The best decision is to create Anioma State and move it to the South East. This gives the South East the 6th State it has been asking for, and most importantly, it shows the imperative of uniting the Igbo people into one region.

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