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Wow, her mom is even a black American with nativity down South Carolina. How she managed to represent Nigeria and put on the badge with sweat, passion and blood needs to be studied. Imagine someone born and bred in America doing more for her father's country than some born Nigerians. Infact the father Kalu deserves all the praises.

ednut1:
When other countries do the same to us. Nigerians will scream xenophobia

Rather than jail or kill him like South African would do, is it not better to legally deport him?

One mumu is busy shouting Osu Osu with hungry stomach. I won't be surprised if his elder sister dey into Olosho for Osogbo after returning back from Togo as a teenage ashawo.

yarimo:
OTTI your commissioners are not the problem you are the problem, you are actually not ready for Good governernce in the first place. You are out to defraud Abia state

Alex didn't ask for your advice. Your focus should be on your failed state Governor and your failed god at the Federal Tinubu. The earlier you make them your priority the better.

An Iroko has fallen. The Igbo nation mourns. Iwuanyanwu Igbo Nile, Iwuanyanwu Nationale. Rest in perfect peace Sir!

Good to see King Dandeson Jaja representing Ndigbo. I give it to Hope Uzodinma for this one.

@Op, please add a source to the news.

A welcome development. Congratulations to Ndi Anioma and congratulations to Ndigbo. Ned Nwoko only need to do more consultation with stakeholders of Delta North. Sometimes even the naysayers have to be given cogent reason to support the movement.

History will surely be kind to Ned. Ned Odogwu.

NORSYK:
Praise him for what exactly? You talk so much rubbish.

Would you lose a sweat if you praise him?

A welcome development. Imo state cannot be sitting on huge gas reserves and still can't access 24hrs light. I hope the state government utilizes this great opportunity by partnering with investors and other electricity regulatory firms across borders to improve electricity generation and distribution in the state. If done properly, I foresee industrial boom in Imo state and neighbouring states in the South-East and South-South.

Lastly, let me commend Hope Uzodinma for this great initiative and past Governors like Udenwa, Ohakim, Rochas and Ihedioha that fought for the gas master plan in Imo, the result we see today from the Shell Gas Plant, Egbema IPP, and the Walter Smith Modular Refinery being built.

Coolsperm:
The only way this can stop is that the police should stop mounting road blocks in the SE, let them be mounting it the SW or NE

Terrorist don drop quote.

Peterside Idah is mad for asking that Osihmen be banned. Foolish clown. Yeah, apologize but suggesting ban is a stupid thought.

He tried his best but his best wasn't good enough. Chelsea is a big club with ambitious owners. It's one thing to qualify for Europa and another thing to lose the trust of the owners. Poch made some bad footballing decisions that made Chelsea dangle in 10th-12th position for months.

seunjungle1:
Good job the man did. But he should have patronise Innoson motors company, abi him no dey build this kind of truck.

Daylong is an indigenous company based in Nnewi. They've been in the motorcycle business since decades.

Sergio103:
Ohanézè ndiigbo needs to do something about this issue.

We are taking it an inconsequential issue by ogogoro drunkards but in years to come it will actually affect us. Ohanézè needs to speak up to this ijaw riffraffs.

Under our very own watch.....opobo is gone.

I saw a thread in front page yesterday of "ijaw city Opobo".....I was like since when?

We don't have to overlook this.

The mad ijaw dogs are playing on our I don't care attitude.

Finally........the Ikwere People will one day regret ever denying thier igboness. Ijaw is seriously trying to claim the major/most populated tribe in Rivers State...... Ikwere is busy fighting igbos

Is Egbema history in doubt? Becareful how you drag Ohaneze into foolish gossips from dreamers like the Ditari clown.

Not bad, it's still something. My only concern is that it will take 6 hours from PH to Aba. Imagine a normal journey of 1hour 30 mins.

penearth:
Na Rivers man o

He's from Bayelsa but born in PH.

Tetraozonaitera:
What has happened to Esther's killers?

If the Rest Muslims in the west and south are not Evil too, they would be at the fore front asking for Justice for Esther. But since they read the same book and serve the same god. They all keep mum.
So, what can any Yoruba or Igbo, or Ijaw Muslim tell me about peace that will make me believe? Nothing!

There are no Igbo Muslim. Correct yourself. Nothing like Igbo Muslim.

YorubaKing:
Igbo pple and anger be like 5&6.

Chai!

Mods this clown is contravening Nairaland rules.

43Ronin:
The fools will first fly you like 4 hours down to their country, now spend some hours changing to a bigger plane then spend the remaining hours flying back up to our(west/central African airspace) before reaching UK. The day I followed dem to Dubai I regretted it.

Omo, that's madness.

vannessa7:
It's so funny the way you make your baseless claim all because you are too narrow minded and with little horizon,
I have never heard egusi being used as cake in Yoruba land neither Apon which you call ogbono eaten as fruit ,
imagine, smh,
Yoruba have various method of cooking egusi too numerous to mention and the Apon too, there is even an ancient Yoruba proverb that says if the Apon is not slimy enough, leave it and cook okro, which is a proverb normally used to tell someone not to waste time on an impossible project, igbos own Apon indeed.

If you don't know that Ogbono which you people call Apon is a fruit while the seed is used for the soup, then no need having this argument with you.

vannessa7:
Your insecurities speaking, igbo created the world

And your insecurity is glaring. Yoruba created Heaven and Earth. When it comes to soups we don't drag what is ours. Learn how to cook soups first before coming to contest our soups.

Dsimmer:
I'm not talking about melon or melon seeds (which is Egusi, a Yoruba name) but Apon which also has a proverb for it in Yoruba proverbs..

Secondly, Ogbon means nothing in Igbo language.

Thirdly, Apon was one of the delicacies introduced by Ajayi Crowther to the Igbos. Ogbon was corrupted from Apon since Igbo couldn't pronunce Apon.

I won't argue my language with a non-Igbo. You call it Apon in your language. Apon has meaning in Yoruba language. We call it Ogbono and Ogbono has meaning in Igbo language.

Lastly, for those claiming that Ajayi Crowther brought the Ogbono and Egusi fruits from Yorubaland to Igboland. You have to show proof. No fruit came from Yorubaland. Those of us who are familiar with these seeds will tell you that their are foreign and not indigenous to our climes, perhaps brought by either the Portuguese or the British. If we agree that the CMS mission led by ex-slave of Yoruba origin Bishop Ajayi Crowther from Freetown Sierra Leon and assisted by Igbo ex-slaves like Taylor and Jonas, brought the fruit, then it was by the British and the CMS mission that came from Freetown Sierraleon not from Yorubaland

Dsimmer:
Yoruba have Proverbs for it, where it calls it a drawing soup. Apon seeds don't even grow in south east but rainforest. Ogbono means nothing in Igbo language. It's a corruption from the Yoruba Apon. It was Ajayi Crowther who introduced it to the Igbos.

Funny you. Ogbono grows in Igbo villages. It's a fruit and is plucked when riped. But the seed is used for soup. The same with Egusi. The melon seed for Egusi is different from the agric melon grown in the north. Northern melon is big while Igbo melon is small. Igbo Egusi melon species is usually grown in a yam plantation. It's placed inside so the leaves can rope the yam tendrils and also to manage lands for other farming. Igbo due to lack of lands, plant the maize and melon in between Yams.

Ajayi Crowther didn't introduce anything to Igbo. Ajayi Crowther wasn't the only person that was in the mission to Igboland, they had Igbos and other Sierra leaonians as well. Perhaps the Portuguese or British might have introduced it to our parts of West Africa but those who deciphered to use it for soup were the Igbos. Yoruba's ate it as fruit and for medicine but Igbos used it as soup.

Dsimmer:
Lol. I only stated fact though. Yoruba have Proverbs for Apon soup. Igbo couldn't pronounce Apon thus pronounced it as Ogbon which has no meaning in Igbo language.

Funny how some say ogbono means slimy while another says it means boiling. Lol. Meanwhile, slimy and boiling in Igbo language means another thing entirely. Boiling means "esi" for example. Btw, All soups boils, so why don't Igbo call every soup boiling? Lol. And that's not how boiling is pronounced.

Ogbon means nothing in Igbo language. It was a corruption from the Yoruba Apon.

Your people and Igbo don't call Ogbono same thing. You call it Apon and Igbos call it Ogbono. You lots might have eaten the Apon as a fruits and medicine. Igbos too eat the Ogbono as fruit and also used the seed for soup. Ogbono has deep Igbo meaning.

Esi or Eshi in Igbo is to cook but boiling is Ogbo.
For instance when you want to ask someone if he can cook rice, you say Ima rice esi or Ima rice eshi depending on the dialect. Ogbo means when something is boiling.

vannessa7:
Imagine, I'm sure the egusi does not grow well in their land as well as say in south west and some other countries.

Egusi that has been a staple in the south west long before civilization they are claiming to be theirs, Yoruba even have many different ways of preparing it, even the ogbono they think belong to them grows well in Yoruba land and we call it Apon, if your land can cultivate it well then it it indeginious to you,
inferiority complex making them look for relevance up and down.

Egusi is found in all parts of West Africa. Perhaps the Yoruba's might have used the grinded seed for cakes of all kinds. But those who made use of it for soup are the Igbos. You can tell from the manners it's cooked.

Ogbono is pure Igbo soup don't go there. Even the word and style of cooking is Igbotic. Of course you lots might have eaten it as fruit and in preparing medicine but the soup is Igbo. All tribes eat the fruit and not just Igbo and Yoruba, but the soup is Igbo.

AmuDimpka:
It is Egwusi which is purely Igbo

Just like Ogbono ( meaning a place that is slimy )


Yoruba no Sabi cook abeg

That's not the meaning of Ogbono. Ogbo means when it boils and Ono means it's stays. Ofe Ogbono. The fruit is found in all parts of West Africa but the discovery of the seed for soup is purely Igbo. Ogbono just like Okra (Okwuru) is Igbo soup.

Tdotbluejays1:
Egunsi is a Yoruba word.

Funny. So a guy who call melon something different in his dialect will teach us what Egwusi is in central Igbo. Have you ask the guy if Egwusi soup is native to his village same as the screenshot you posted from his ignorant followers

Simple math. Just apply the law of Portable, Ginger oh + Swagger oh and you get the answer .

The Super Eagles played well forget the score line. I see them wining this match. 2-1FT