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Baba God please when next am coming to this world make me a white man because black man mentally is just too shallow.

400billionman:
Have you heard of meteors ?

This is what i saw. I didnt see it alone..

But a meteorite is not an alien or ufo

400billionman:
I have personally sighted flying objects at night like boulders of fire as a kid.

Moreover Youtube is your friend. You go watch sightings tire..

Are you sure your eyes we not deceiving you? You were a kid then and can see things that weren't even there. Also, there is no findings of aliens in Nigeria on YouTube.

Hunnydropps:
I just might do that....

Check it out and let me kno what u think.

ok, copy me and solomonbrown and others do that we can check it out

Hunnydropps:
I know how you feel about the alien thing because I feel the same way. It's a love-hate relationship, hahaha. I'm also into researching in stuff about other paranormal Activity and supposed monsters like Bigfoot, etc. I'm a weirdo

Dude let me tell you...PREACHER is the bomb. At least I think so.

It comes on AMC the same channel that's producing The Walking Dead. It's modeled after a comic book that from what I understand doesn't come out on the regular. New Comics are added at the will of the creators so I definitely want to check that out.
I don't know what I would call the genre. It has fighting and I mean some really awesome Fights/ers, Angels, vampires, just plain bad human beings, and apparently an entity that was created between God and the devil.
This entity got loose from heaven and 2 angels are coming back to retrieve it because they're its guardians but it flies into different people trying to keep away from being captured. The 2 angles trying to do all this on the down low without God’s permission.
The entity usually kills it's host immediately. But it has entered a man who happens to be a preacher and the preacher thinks it's God in him and can control people through it. He plans to use it to win souls for God but I don't think it's going to turn out that way.
The vampire seems to be bestfriends with the preacher and he is funny!
It is really interesting. They've only had maybe 5 episodes so far so there's only so much information we have at this point but it seems really good. I think you might like it and would suggest giving it a few episodes of your time. I'm addicted already and hope it keeps going good after losing Penny Dreadful.
It comes on Sunday nights same as Penny Dreadful did and is on SHOW BOX for download/streaming.

Ok then.. Will start watching from tomorrow. .wgy don't you open a thread on it just like PD so that we can chat as we used too.

Hunnydropps:
Lol...Bro . Been a minute. I miss you guys. I'm good...how are you?

Hey, What you doing here...interested in this topic too? I love researching this type of topic. Even if aliens scare me, haha.

Have u been keeping up on 'PREACHER'? I'm loving it.

I love aliens and UFO but don't wanna believe all those crap because it's enough to drive you insane. .. Whenever anyone brings the alien BS I just ask one simple question. ."Why hasn't anyone seen an alien in Nigeria? " Gbamm! Case closed. . I haven't watched preacher yet.. What's its genre? Is it horror? Does it have a thread? I hope the ratings are good.

Hunnydropps:
Man....I hope they don't exist. I've always been afraid of that. I know one thing that if I ever see 1 or we get invaded I'm going to lose my mind...for real, LOL! SCARY THOUGHT

Scardy cat!! ! How you doing?

sukkot:
ok so in 1974 an american scientist Carl Sagan sent a message via radio wave frequency into outer space, the messier 13 hercules galaxy to be exact. it was a coded message. this is it

https://www.cropcircleresearch.com/imgs/uk01dm/pattern.gif?vm=r&s=1

27 years later in 2001, aliens used their space ship technology to reply this message by burning the message via some weird technology into a crop field. and not only did they reply it but they sent the image of a guy that has an uncanny resemblance to obama. so obama may be an alien lol cuz 7 years after he became the USA president . this is the message and the image. notice the size of the facility behind the message so you can have an idea of how hugeeee the message is


[img]http://2.bp..com/_Xd7Ofx9bi8I/TB84TOgM5vI/AAAAAAAAAzg/xDBb5MVzG44/s1600/uk2001dn3.jpg?vm=r&s=1[/img]

and not only did they send the above 2 messages but they sent an image of what they looked like by using their technology to burn the image into a wheat field. this is it. this was in 2002 i believe. you can fit 100,000 people into that image. thats how huge it is. what technology did they use to do something like that ? some celestial laser technology they just beamed onto the wheat field to draw the image

[img]http://2.bp..com/_R4xAipLLYHI/THWSim_8mhI/AAAAAAAAB70/m73uSNfrEvI/s1600/ROSTO+ET.jpg?vm=r&s=1[/img]

Where Obama for this picture na??

How come they haven't been seen in places like Nigeria?

vedaxcool:
It should be televised so that hero of thieves can cease his deceitfulness .... he will be thoroughly embarrassed by his disciple on the path of stealing.

Go and video it na.. .mttcchhhewww

And they are shouting for biafra.. .SMH

[size=16pt]So who is the real Fulani slave? Your answer is as good as mine[/size]

mmsen:
4 Fulani presidents from a region that has some of the worst human indices on the planet. Not one of those presidents did anything positive worth talking about. The best of them is Yar'adua who came into power because 'he wasn't corrupt', they ignored the fact that his wife is.

This is why I'm angry with Igbos and Yorubas. Instead of realizing that they have both made progress over the past 20 years (unlike the North) and work together to build Nigeria into something great they choose to fight each other. Very silly people.

You are very right.. If igbos and Yoruba's can stop this their stupid fights and unite the whole Southern Nigeria, no one will need those northern crooks.

I am glad that the whole Southern Nigeria is seeing the deception from the north.. Very soon we shall be fully United and kick the northern crooks out.

Igboid:
The Igbo man is a cheerful spirit, always eager for progress, but all around him, he is faced by Igbophobic groups, throwing mud at him, his homeland, his pride, groups making up lies against him to tarnish his imagine in an atavistic mud slinging way, and you think he will fold his hands and watch you lots?

Only a tree heard that it was about to be cut down and stayed one place. A human being will react. What Ikwerre is getting is reactions from Ndiigbo, nothing more and nothing less.

I disagree. .You claim ikwerre hates you yet you have created so many threads to spite them.. You claim other tribes hate you and you do the same too.. Can't you see that someone is sowing the seed of hatred in you guys hearts? Seriously I never knew igbos can be this hateful because I have a lot of them as friends , maybe it's a nairaland thing.

Firefire:

END of road for the terrorists.

I drop my 'small' feelings for them since they threatened to come bomb SW & 3rd Mainland Bridge. (We are still waiting for the fooools)

I dropped my support for them long ago when they failed to request for rapid development in the nigerdelta and for resource control for us nigerdeltans. They are now loosing their relevance.

This Mezie Ipob blogger again? Who did twitter send this tweet to? You abi? Believe this dubious liar at your own peril.

Reminez:
I am an OSU IBO from Ebonyi . Our fellow red mudders often say we are not true gullibos because our head is not as flat as theirs . We are not angered by this because we know as OSU and second class ,we cannot compare ourselves with the true and unadulterated ibos from Anambra who are descendants of NRI and thus are the only authentic and alpha IBO's .
Our destiny is to lick the butt of the Nigerdeltans like leeches that we are so that we can steal their resources and sea for the first class IBO's in Anambra who are not Second class like us .
Our second destiny is to curse the Yorubas because they made our land barren and unproductive . They use juju to drag us to Yoruba land . They also use their juju to make the dynamites that we want to use to blow Niger bridge that connects us to them not to work .
We will not take it !!! The zoo must fall !!

Hahaha, guy you be clown

Another shameless thread created to bash the ikwerre people. .Na by force to be Igbo? Shuooo.. You guys should leave them out of your hateful ways.. . Igbos were never this hateful in the past, am now beginning to think otherwise. . SMH

[size=16pt]Niger deltans are just too blessed[/size]

TheBiafran:
some of their tweets..............
Niger Delta Avengers ‏@Niger Delta Avengers 23h23 hours ago

At 1:15am on Sunday @Niger Delta Avengers blow up two major Chevron Oil Wells. WELL 7 and WELL 8 close to Abiteye flow station in Delta state


ALL FIVE OPERATIONS WAS CARRIED OUT BY @Niger Delta Avengers STRIKE TEAM. WELL DONE SOLDIERS.



At 11:26pm on Saturday @Niger Delta Avengers blow up two NPDC major crude trunk lines close to Batan flowstation in Delta state

If they like let them blow up everything.. Nobody is bothered again.

mu2sa2:
The man wants to go to heaven but apparently doesn't want to die!

You want your bokoharam brother to kill him abi

quid:
He clearly not Yoruba for sure.

Of course everyone knows that.. Oghene egboh is isoko/urhobo...Either one of them, am not sure.. . I came to Lagos on official assignment then when the campaign started and heard about it.. Am happy for the 3 of them though which shows that Lagos is not a bigoted state.. .How many states can accept such? The OP is high on osogbo weed.

quid:
And how many Igbos are in Delta state?

Oghene egboh is from where in delta State?

EMMAUGOH:
that's the pure truth of the matter. The number of Igbos and south south in Lagos surpass other tribe put together. That's one of the biggest hate the yorouba has against igbos.

You have a point there but no statistics to buttress this point. There are regions where a particular tribe surpasses some others

quid:
Just like Ojo Maduekwe is not the name of an Igbo person
Keep deluding yourself over no-mans-land

Oghene egboh is from delta State. ..There is no debate on this

Progressive01:
Just look at this. Yet some idiots who claim to have passed through school would come here to tell us what difference there are between cultists, militants and terrorists.

Deepest condolences to their loved ones.

How do you know that militants did this? So everybody holding a gun is a militant? Mttcchhhewww

The culprits should face the full wrath of the law.

Fugazi:
So sad

quid:
So these actors and actresses are wearing Igbo caps so as to implicate Igbo people . . .yeye dey smell.

The picture is not related to the story.. As usual ipob always trying to join themselves whenever they hear any militant related news just to look relevant ..See as they look like palm wine tappers.. SMH

shachris02:
Chambers Dictionary (William Geddie, ed. 1962) says: “A nation is a body of people marked off by common descent, language, culture, or historical tradition: the people of a tribe.” However, S.O.L. Amadi-Nna (1993) avers that: “A tribe is a group of clans under recognized chiefs and usually claiming common ancestry. Ikwerre can therefore not be a clan but a tribe. The Ikwerres claim a common ancestor. Ikwerre is an independent small tribe.” In the words of K.O. Amadi (1993), “Traditions suggest that Ikwerre is a nickname given to Iwhnuruọhna people…..They have ever since regarded themselves as a distinct group and have happily come a long way in their struggle for self-identity as evidenced by the recognition of their language as one of the Nigerian languages.”

Amadi-Nna (1993) added that: “The Ikwerres are a small but distinct tribe. The Ikwerres have distinct linguistic, social and cultural traits and formations that distinguish them from other close neighbouring tribes like the Ijaws and the Ibos. Majority of the Ikwerre settlements have their roots traceable from the old Benin Empire.” Iwhnurọhna people descended from the ancient Bini Kingdom. The name of the grand ancestor is Akalaka. Their relations in Rivers State are Ekpeye and Ogba people. The reigning Oba of Benin when Akalaka, the ancestor of Ihruọha (later called Iwhnurọhna) fled was Oba Ewuare (Ogwaro). Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal family, fled in the 13th century on allegation of plotting assassination of the Oba. He died in 1462. Iwhnurọhna his third son settled east of the Sombrero River by 1538 AD, as detailed below.

Chief N.M.T. Solomon (2004), native of Ikodu Ubie in Ekpeyeland, in his narrative draws heavily from the now authenticated written historical records delivered by various informed sources including “Eketu (Weber) of Ubeta, assumed to have lived for over two hundred (200) years as the oldest man in all Ekpeye, Ogba and Iwhnurọhna (or Ikwerre), at that time (and) was asked to narrate the history and customs of Ekpeye people” as unfolded in his lifetime. Here is what he said, which has been validated by the accounts of the current generation through responses to our questionnaires and direct interviews thereby increasing our level of confidence on the data:

Ekpeye, born in Benin, was the first of the three sons of Akalaka. While in Ndoni, he married a second wife to gain the love and favour of the people. The new wife gave birth to a son, which he named Ogba. Akalaka was still in Ndoni when his first wife, the mother of Ekpeye, gave birth to his third son called Ihruoha (Ikwerre).

Similar historical fact by J.N. Olise (1971) averred that: “Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal family, fled with his wife from Benin to Ndoni, a community located close to the River Niger, to save the life of his new born baby (Ekpeye) … While at Ndoni, Akalaka took a second wife. … Akalaka had two sons, Ekpeye – born to him by his Benin wife, and Ogba – born to him by his Ndoni wife. According to F.E. Otuwarikpo (1994): "After the death of Akalaka in 1462 AD, his two sons, Ekpeye and Ogba had conflict, which compelled Ogba, the younger son, to move northwards where he founded Ohiakwo (Obigwe) and settled with his family. Ekpeye who remained at Ula-Ubie had seven sons – Ubie, Akoh, Upata, Igbuduya, Ekpe, Awala and Asa. The last three sons – Ekpe, Awala and Asa – crossed to the other side of Sombreiro River (present day Ikwerreland and settled there since 1538 AD.” He added that: “Ekpe migrated to present day Rumuekpe and spread through Elele (Alimini), Ndele, Rumuji and part of Ibaa. Awala migrated to present day Isiokpo …”

Amadi-Nna (1993) also said Akalaka migrated with his half brother called Ochichi from the area of Benin Empire. Ochichi sons were Ele (Omerele, now Elele), Elu (Elumuoha, now Omerelu), Egbe (Egbeda) and Mini (Alimini, Isiokpo).

The crucial point here, which is of great importance in tracing the joint origin of the ancestors of the Old Ahoada Division (in the Governor Diete-Spiff administration), is the mention of the number of children that Akalaka had, namely: Ekpeye, Ogba and Ihruọha (Ikwerre). It is noteworthy that the pedigree and name of Ikwerre people, Iwhnurọhna, obviously took its root from this original name – Ihruọha. Chief Solomon therefore establishes a very vital historical link, which has been missing in literature on Ikwerre origin that would assume more significance in the discourses of Ikwerre genealogy in the future – the fact that Akalaka was the direct father of Ihruọha (Ikwerre). Iwhnurọhna, in Ikwere parlance, means the face of the community (town, city or village).

Nigerian colonial history records that the name "Ikwerre" was given by the colonial administration when they wanted to acquire the Rebisi waterfront to build the wharf. Using an Ibo interpreter to talk to the illiterate Rebisi (Port Harcourt) chiefs, they asked them: Would you permit us to use the waterfront to build the wharf for ships to berth? And they answered: A KWERULEM, meaning - "We have agreed." What the white-man was hearing was "Ikwerre," so he recorded it in the official gazette that the IKWERRE PEOPLE have agreed for the colonial administration to build the wharf. And since it was the official record of government, the name Ikwerre became the name of the Iwhnurohna people in all official documentations till date.

Similar cases of Anglicization of native names in the Niger Delta region by the colonial administration are Benin for Bini, Okrika for Wakrike, Degema for Udekema, Abonnema for Obonoma, Brass for Gbara sni, Bonny for Ibani, Pepple for Perekule, Ahoada for Ehuda, etc

Even so, “… there were dissenting voices, … who believed that Ikwerre origins lay outside Igbo land, … in the Benin Kingdom of old. It is, therefore, obvious that the interminable debate about Ikwerre origins and migrations including the repudiation of the Igbo tradition is not a phenomenon of the post-civil war period. The controversy, as it were, is not necessarily the product of the present political realities wherein groups which hitherto were seen to have cultural affinities now find themselves in different states or administrative systems.” -- K.O. Amadi (1993)

The Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention, a cultural organization of Ikwerre people, in a paper presented to the Human Rights Violation Commission headed by Rtd. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa on 10 October 2001, said: “Ikwerre ethnic nationality is not and has never been a sub-group of any other tribe in Nigeria including Ndi-Igbo. There is no doubt that the advent of the British and later regionalization put Ndi-Igbo at the helm of affairs in Eastern Nigeria. This brought Ndi-Igbo into Ikwerre land. In course of time, the Igbo took advantage of their position in the then Eastern Regional Government to grab land in Ikwerre and occupy political positions such as the mayor of Port Harcourt. In the process, Ikwerre along with other minority groups were marginalized and driven to the background.”

Professor Godwin Tasie noted that in 1913 the Rt Rev Herbert Tugwell, the Anglican Bishop on the Niger, undertook an experimentation tour of Ikwerre towns and villages assumed to be Ibo-speaking to test the Union Ibo Bible Nso being introduced in Iboland. "Tugwell discovered from the tests he carried out that although the Ikwerre were often regarded as Ibo… the Union Ibo Bible translation, surprisingly, was not easily understood by the Ikwere." This is obviously why Igbo vernacular was compulsorily introduced and taught in all schools in Ikwerreland before the Nigerian Civil War to the assimilation (i.e. destruction) of the Ikwere language.

This also obviously led to the Rumuomasi Declaration in 1965. " … in their meeting at Rumuomasi in 1965 the Ikwerre had, under the umbrella of a highly promising new body that was to get the Ikwerre together as a people of new and clearer vision, they had declared themselves as a people of the distinct identity of Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality - not Ibo, not Ijo, not anything else but Ikwerre, Iwhnurọhna. This was the historic Rumuomasi Declaration of 1965 (G.O.M. Tasie, 2000). The full implication is that Ikwere people began to assert themselves forcefully as an ethnic nationality of their own and not Ibos or Ijos, and efforts were made to revert to the original Ikwere names for families, villages, communities and landmarks. For instance, there was the change from Umuola to Rumuola, Umuoro to Rumuoro, Umukrushi to Rumuokwurusi, just to name a few.




T O N Y E N Y I A, PhD, MNIM
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
IWHNURỌHNA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Saturday, 5 February 2011

References:
Olise, J.N. (1971)

The Peoples of Benin, Oxford University Press
Amadi, K.O. (1993)
Amadi-Nna,S.O.L.(1993) Otuwarikpo, F.E. (1994)

Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture, in Nduka, O. (ed) (1993) Craft Publishing Ltd
Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture, in Nduka, O. (ed) (1993) Craft Publishing Ltd
The Phonology of Ekpeye: A Descriptive Analysis, unpublished MA Thesis, University of Jos
Solomon, N.M.T. (2004)

A Short History of Ekpeye People (an excerpt from an upcoming book entitled “THE EKPEYE BOOK – A Comprehensive Guide in the History and Culture of Ekpeye People of the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria” published by Usama Ekpeye USA Inc,
Tasie, G.O.M. (2000) Chairman's Opening Remarks at the Maiden Ikwerre Annual Thanksgiving Day, mimeo

http://iwhnurohna..com.ng/2012/11/a-brief-history-of-ikwerre.html

@chrisxxx and Bigmillz , you guys need to read this.Thank me later and keep up the good work .

dulaman:
They say NDA on the headline and I also saw IPOD.
Are the two related ni or is it the same thing?

They aren't the same thing but as usual ipob is irrelevant so they always use news of NDA to seek relevance.

aresa:
Just to let you know, the news is from ipob igbekere blogsite and not DSTV...

Be warned...

Just like that useless ipob Mezie blogger that loves posting false news to cause problems.