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Gaybriel:
Hey, that report is not correct. For your information it was 11 institutions(UNIBEN, UI, UNAAB, OAU, UNN, UNILAG, ABU, UNILORIN, FUTA, AUCHI POLY AND UNIJOS in that order) in Nigeria that were part of the first 100 in africa. For genuine info go to www.webometric.com

This is the original link.

University of Benin
University of Agriculture Abeokuta
University of Ibadan
University of Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University
University of Lagos
Ahmadu Bello University
University of Ilorin
University of Jos
Auchi Polytechnic
National Open University of Nigeria


http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa

ChinenyeN:
Igbo people are not mentally prepared for an armed struggle. That mindset of war died with the end of Biafran. So no one can seriously tell Igbo to "defend themselves wherever they are" and actually expect to see them follow through with such. T[b]he only reasonable Igbo response to activities up north, is to relocate down south. Simple. [/b]

+1000

That list look suspicious to me.

What is NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA doing on that list.

ekwy nwa:

how about those that bought lands and built their houses
with certified C of O from the state governments
you cannot compare some  unknown shameless faceless and cowardly  hoodlums (Bokoharam) to what happened in 1966
you are just a confirmed IGBO hater

What land are you talking about.

Will all those killed carry their land to were-ever they are going?

You seem the be ignorant of history ; the-same situation lead to the civil war.

Leave the North NOW – Igbos told

from Written by Jude Ossai -
A one-day meeting of Igbo leaders in Enugu has ended with a call on sons and daughters of Igbo residing in the Northern part of Nigeria to return home to avoid being killed by members of the Boko Haram sect.
The meeting was held on Saturday shortly before the commencement of a joint meeting of the South East governors and the Igbo leaders at the Nike Hotel, Enugu.
The South East leaders made up of governors and leaders of thought rose from a meeting with condemnation for the spate of killing, especially Ndigbo in the country.
“We are angry at and condemned the spate of killings going on in the country, especially as it affects Ndigbo. We, however, commend the effort of the Federal Government in containing the situation.
“We set up a committee to monitor the development and advise on our future actions. We assure our people living in the North and other parts of the country that we are in constant touch with various state governments to ensure the security of their live and property.”
To this end, a committee has been set up to meet President Goodluck Jonthan with a view to stemming the incessant killings of Nigerians and Ndigbo in the North.
Rising from their meeting at the Enugu residence of late Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, told reporters that a committee had been set up to address the issue of returnees from the North, adding that refugee camps were already available in the entire South East zone.
Chief Uwazuruike,   who addressed newsmen in company of the former Presdent-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,  Justice Eze  Ozobu, stated that churches would be involved in rehabilitating Ndigbo who were displaced in the North as a result of the Boko Haram brutality and killings, stressing that Igbo leaders would not sit and watch their sons and daughters killed in the North for no cause.

http://africanheraldexpress.com/blog7/2012/01/29/leave-the-north-now-igbos-told/

ekwy nwa:
who told you Igbos are in another man's land
Abi no be one nigeria again
make igbo hate no kill you ooo

Did any Southerner(Igbo,Yoruba,e.t.c) carry any land to the North?

Or don't you know the village you came from.

Since you are claiming one Nigeria, why did they leave the North before the civil-war.

Salom!!!

MR EZEIFE,

How do you expect Igbos to defend themselves in another mans land.

The Jew could not defend themselves against Adolf Hitler.

Any moves by Igbos in the North to fight-back in the North will back-fire.

You cannot overcome the Hausa/Fulanis on thier land.

TO YOUR TENT OH ISRAEL.

ekwy nwa:
Wetin dey pepper you
SS is made up of Efik, Ibibo, Igbos too
So when we get to the bridge we shall surely cross it
Btw am SS too
God bless SE/SS

And who told you am not SS.

What is an Itsekiri man got to do with Igbo.

Abi na by force to join SE?

ekwy nwa:
they re still fighting over EDO, huh
SE/SS colabo will give some people madness
btwn Igbo 16, Yoruba 9
IGBOS  are still knocking your people out ( as usual)

SS/SE?

God forbid

You think Edo, Ijaw, Ilaje, Itsekiri will go into an Igbo dominated country?

What will they gain for Igbos, when they already have enough OIL.

SS with stay as one.

1 University of Cape Town
2 Stellenbosch University
3 University of the Witwatersrand
4 University of Pretoria
5 Rhodes University
6 University of South Africa
7 Cairo University
8 University of Kwazulu Natal
9 University of the Western Cape
10 American University in Cairo
11 Ain Shams University
12 Makerere University
13 University of Khartoum
14 University of Johannesburg
15 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
16 Addis Ababa University
17 University of Nairobi
18 Mansoura University
19 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
20 University of the Free State (1)
21 Polytechnic of Namibia
22 University of Benin (1)
23 North West University
24 Zagazig University
25 University of Ghana
26 Université Mentouri de Constantine
27 Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
28 University of Dar Es Salaam
29 Al-Azhar University
30 University of Botswana
31 Assiut University
32 Helwan University
33 University of Zimbabwe
34 Cape Peninsula University of Technology
35 University of Agriculture Abeokuta
36 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene
37 Université Cadi Ayyad
38 University of Ibadan
39 Sudan University of Science & Technology
40 University of Tanta
41 Tshwane University of Technology
42 Université Badji Mokhtar de Annaba
43 Strathmore University Nairobi
44 South Valley University
45 Kenyatta University
46 Mauritius Institute of Education
47 University of Nigeria
48 Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport
49 Obafemi Awolowo University
50 Egerton University
51 Suez Canal University
52 University of Lagos
53 Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen
54 Université Ferhat Abbas Setif
55 Ahmadu Bello University
56 University of Mauritius
57 University of Fort Hare
58 University of Namibia
59 Al Akhawayn University Ifrane
60 Université Mohammed V Agdal
61 Alexandria University
62 Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
63 University of Ilorin
64 University of Malawi
65 Université Djillali Liabes
66 Minia University
67 Université d'Oran
68 National University of Rwanda
69 École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs
70 Open University of Sudan
71 University of Zululand
72 Université Abdelmalek Essaadi
73 University of Education Winneba
74 Durban University of Technology
75 African Virtual University
76 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
77 Presbyterian University College
78 Al Azhar Al-Sharif Islamic Research Academy
79 Université d'Antananarivo
80 Mogadishu University
81 Faculté des Sciences Rabat
82 Université Hassiba Ben Bouali
83 Jimma University
84 University of Limpopo
85 École National Supérieure de l'Informatique (ex-INI)
86 Université de Batna 5,
87 Groupe EIER-ETSHER
88 University of Jos
89 Université Senghor d'Alexandrie
90 German University in Cairo
91 Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou
92 Kafrelsheikh University
93 Université Hassan II Ain-Chock
94 Benha University
95 Auchi Polytechnic
96 Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
97 Wisconsin International University College Ghana
98 Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde
99 Fayoum University
100 National Open University of Nigeria

http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa

Obiagu1:
How can a sane person say that Itsekiri, a mere 300000 people, is older than Bini

In that case, probably, the Itsekiri had a one child policy in their custom.

BINI is an  Itsekiri  name .

So what your point.

Obiagu1:
So in conclusion, the Yoruba has no tangible connection with the Bini if one takes Oduduwa out of the equation.

Culturally and linguistically, the Bini share more with the Western Igbos than they do with the Yoruba.

LOL,

Try tell that to the Oba of Benin.

Prof. Tam David West is saying the truth undiluted.

The government is deceiving us big time.

Thanks he is not a Yoruba or Hausa man before you start shouting tribalism.

LOL,

Hear them IT IS NOT MEND bla bla bla.

I though @BEAF said.

JTF will smoke those phuckers out.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-861947.32.html#msg10112812

Now we know ND TERRORISTS are still fighting.

exotik:
google is ur friend.

learn about others and not just about yourself and people u want to claim

See, you have an answer.

Why is the  home of the EDOS ,using an  Itsekiri name BENIN,

exotik:
how?  

i dont care who they met there and what the aworis are, but that does not negate the fact dat the monarchy was instituted by edo

just like onitsha people are igbo and not edo. and the obi of onitsha is an igbo title.

and the first obi of onitsha was an igboman ,  eze chima

yes na, just like most edo use igbo terms and names and igbo do not use edo term

wot else is new?

How many Igbo terms,names and titles are used by the EDOS.

exotik:
really? i have already posted a few words that i know in yoruba and igbo with same meaning. and dont yoruba circumcise their males like igbo?  



well, geographic placement do influence cultural unity.

so where is it then? the midwest?

this is what we are saying, una nor dey accept due to una inferiority complex. forget ife, lets talk about recent ones. it was edo dat instituted the monarchy in eko(lagos)  that is now being claimed by yorubas. the same edo instituted the monarchy in warri with the itsekiris. and guess who are the ones claiming the itsekiris today? na the same yoruba.

Too much bigotry is killing.

Who did Edos meet when they came to Lagos(IDDO, EBUTE-META and Idumota) ? THE AWORIS(except you tell me the AWORIS are not Yorubas.)


The ITSEKIRIS you are talking about are part of Yoruba, infact the name BENIN is ITSEKIRI and not EDO.


The OLU OF WARRI(formally Olu of Itsekiri) is a Yoruba title .

The first OLU is a Yoruba man.

Most EDO use Yoruba terms and name, but Yoruba don't use EDO term.

ACM10:
Do u really understand English at all?

Pls spare me the folklores(folktales/mythology)

and present a concrete evidence of the relationship between edos and yorubas.

Why squeezing in the folklore nicodemusly?

I am not surprised you are still fighting here.

Did the Edo deny Yoruba? NO

Did the Yorubas deny Edo?NO

So what is your problem.

Go tell the Oba of BENIN he is more of  Igbo than Yoruba and see what you get.

Why no change the Oba title to Igwe if you are no satisfied.

alj harem:
tehehehehe dude you are just fighting the air

anyway efuko'lo ne me ? meaning do you have a job in igala language ?

Yep I understand Igala it quite alright and it is very similar to yoruba

Abegi leave these Igbo people alone,

First they said Edos are less cultural link to Yoruba than Igbo now it is Iglala they are fighting for.

I bet If Ijebu land is located in the SS the will say Ijebus are not Yorubas.

[quote author=ade_77 link=topic=862912.msg10126552#msg10126552 date=1328446377]In Yoruba land, there are a lot of dialects and some have similarities
Ekiti
Owo
Akoko
Ilaje
Ondo
All these people speak different languages that the other tribes don't understand So to prove that the languages are not similar, you need to research very dialect not just the general Yoruba language.[/quote]You forgot to add IJEBU which most IJEBU children don't understand.

ACM10:
That's a lazy way to debate.

Point at those cultural, linguistic similarities.

I said some, and Itsekiri is not included in my list

Can we start with Igala and Edo then progress to others?

We have enough of that on NL.

Agbor  are not EDO, they are Igbos

Agbor, also known as Agbor Boji Boji, is a town in Delta state, Nigeria. The indigenes of Agbor town are of Ika descent, a [distant Jews people] group with heavy survival influence. The name "Agbor" is from the Gbori word "Gbori" which means "Growth" or "Develop" land. The people of Agbor have traditionally relied on farming and fishing for their food and commerce. Its history is dominated by the many warriors it has produced. Agbor was once affiliated with the Benin Empire before the British conquered Benin, although the idea of Agbor being a colony of Benin is disputed.[1]
The traditional ruler of Agbor is known as Obi. The current Obi of Agbor is Benjamin Ikechuku, Keagborekuzi I who goes by Dein (De or Deede in other Igbo dialects), the name of his ruling house,[2] instead of Obi

ACM10:
There is no relationship whatsoever between Yoruba and some of those tribes no matter how u twist it

LOL,

What tribe are you talking about Itsekiri, EDO or Igala.

Go read you history well.

ACM10:
I couldn't respond to to Alj_harem on this issue of yoruboid since I was using my phone then.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sl_dDVctycgC&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=Ayere-Ahan+yoruba&source=bl&ots=4X2Hb9-ed_&sig=UQT1-yAtYIdMM8os3pqTi8p6wUI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=isQtT7uPA8Wh8gP0qNSWDw&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Ayere-Ahan%20yoruba&f=false

As far as I'm concerned, yoruboid is a neologism.

There is nothing like yoruboid, igboid, hausaoid, fulanoid, ijawoid etc

You crack me up by lumping Igala as part of yoruboid.

When i was growing up in Anambra, I could remember that news were broadcasted in both Igbo and Igala language.

Many people in Igboland can unerstand and speak Igala fluently and the cultural similarity between those two tribes is never in doubt.

That piece should be confined to the trash-bin

Sorry yoruboid exit.

All Yoruboid languages are tonal, with most of them having three level tones.


Igala is a language of the Yoruboid branch of the Volta–Niger language family, spoken by the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria. In 1989, an estimated 800,000 spoke Igala, primarily in Kogi State, Delta State and Edo State. Dialects include Ebu, Idah, Ankpa, Dekina, Ogugu, Ibaji, Ife. The Agatu, Idoma, and Bassa people use Igala for primary school. Igala is related to Yoruba. The Igala language as well as Igala culture and tradition has influenced other languages and cultures around the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers

ACM10:
Ol boy!
You are proud, arrogant and disgusting.


Well I wont go into this debate today.
Igbos does circumcision for every male child on the 8th day after birth just like Jews. I think that's a coincidence. I can still point to other similar cultural practices if u want.
BTW, how many tribes does compulsory circumcision in ancient times outside Jews and Igbos. But I'm not arguing that Igbos are Jewish descendants since I have insufficient evidence to back it up. But too many coincidence in the ancient cultural practices between the two tribes is mind-boggling.


I've been following your arguement all along.
Your arguement is that Yorubas share common boundary with Edos and therefore they are more related to Edos than Igbos. Well, at times it doesn't work that way.

Greece shares common boundary with Turkey, but they are not related to Turkey. Turkey is a conqueror tribe that migrated from central Asia of inner Mongolia. Had it been that their history is not well documented. Turkey will rise tomorrow to argue that they are more related to Greece and Armenia because they share common boundary. Ofcourse refresh your knowledge by absorbing the fact that Armenia is more related to Rome than Turkey. Does Rome and Armenia share common boundary?

Afterall Yorubas has co-existed with Edos for many centuries. Why haven't they mixed beyond doubt?

Igbos have co-existed with Ibibios and Ogonis, and if u ever visits those areas, you'll see some undeniable evidence of centuries of relation between the tribes. I'm amazed that many Ogonis and Ibibios can understand Igbo. But how many Yorubas can understand Edo, vice versa. This is not about forced attache. This is just about setting the record straight. It's on record that Awolowo wants Oba of Benin(who is a custodian of Edo language) to attend a crash course in Yoruba language. Why should that be? Why wont Awolowo attend crash course in Edo language? But go to the court of Obong of Calabar. You'll see that a lot of them can speak a simplified Igbo. What does it benefit u by twisting the record inorder to serve your bigoted intention?

How many Yorubas understand IJEBU AND EGUN.

The Edo people are HETEROGENEOUS(MIX) [/b]that is why find lot of tribes among them e.g the word [b]BENIN is ISEKIRI [/b]and not EDO.

[b]Do you also ask why most Auchi people are Muslims.


Yoruboid is a group of languages composed of Igala, a language spoken in central Nigeria, and the Edekiri group, the members of which are spoken in a band across Togo, Benin and southwestern Nigeria. The name Yoruboid derives from its most widely spoken member, Yoruba, which has more than 20 million speakers. Another well-known Yoruboid language is Itsekiri (Nigeria, 600,00-800,000 speakers). The Yoruboid group is a branch of Defoid, which itself is a branch of the Benue–Congo subfamily of the Niger–Congo language family.
Igala is a key Yoruboid language, spoken by 1.8 million people in the Niger-Benue confluence of central Nigeria, it is excised from the main body of Yoruboid languages to the west by Ebirra and the Edo languages. [/b]Igala is closely related to both Yoruba and Itsekiri languages.
[b]All Yoruboid languages are tonal, with most of them having three level tones. Grammatically, they are isolating with a subject–object–verb basic word order.
The Itsekiri's are a riverine Yoruboid people who live in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. They maintain a distinct identity separate from other Yoruboid people. Their neighbours are the Urhobos, The Ijaws, and the Mahin Ilaje, a Yoruba clan.

PhysicsQED:
NCNC and AG were both popular in the Midwest, I think that much is clear, but NCNC was more popular than AG from what I've read. I don't think this necessarily indicates anything about "ethnic alliances", though.

Ethnic alliance is what brings EDO AND YORUBA together.

chino11:
Am sure you must be very very high on hard drugs tonight. Where are the so called development in the SW before and during and after amalgamation of North and South Nigeria??

I hope you don't want us to post the rusted roofs and under-development in the yooroba land, unless you don't want heart failure tonite, keep quiet. Don't push your luck any further. Dalu

Bigot go read-up about SW development.

Onlytruth:
It wasn't so in 1966 just before the coup that changed everything. NCNC once owned the midwest. It can be that way again in the future. It all depends. Don't let ACN governorship of Edo today fool you.

What political 1966 are you talking about.

Did 1966 change the use of OBA word in benin?

Did 1966 changed the name BENIN(not an Edo name)?

Did 1966 change the use of Yoruba names buy BENIN people?

Go dig up history You will see Edos and Yorubas are culturally mixed.

alj harem:
Ibeju-lekki is not part of Ijebu settlement, Parts of Badary is Ijebu and actually back in those days Ijebus held the control of the trades between the upperland yorubas and the british/portugeses. Badary was a famous trading point

Ikokore that is true, how do you make it ?

Hmmmm I dey watch you, no make mistake o !!!

EWESO, @alj harem

Original settler in Lagos.

From Sagamu- Ikorodu- Bariga =Ijebu

From Abeokuta-Abule Egba -Iyana Ipaja -Egbeda= Egbados

From EPE-AJA- -LEKKI =Ijebu

Badagry=Egun

Iddo-Ebute Meta =Awori

Isale-Eko= Retuned Slaves.

LOL,

@OP is[b] OBA[/b] an Igbo or Yoruba word?

Benin in is not an Edo word it is Itsekiri(Yoruba dialect.)

Edo and Yoruba are culturaly fused.

But Edos are not HOMOGENEOUS like Yorubas.

chino11:
Am sure you need to be stoned alive.  .

What type of spirit does yoroobas have, if not inbreeding monstrous spirit reigning hell in them? You should mind what you say in an open forum like this.

I have been watching you closely, you have exhibited the lowest level of intellect and above all shown the highest height of stark daftness and buffoonery which marks the hallmark of yoorobas.

With all the heavy investment you claimed on behalf of Yoruba, why is it that Yorubas remained among the poorest regions in Africa after Somalia and Niger?

Apart from Lagos which was developed by FG and other Nigerians outside the SW, what other Yoruba state can compete with the least state in the SE/SS? The best description of SW states is stone age.

See were your bigotry push you.

SW has been develop before you people ever dreamt of Nigeria.

Better drop bigotry and start reasoning properly.

Obiagu1:
No I'm not attacking Jason but he seems to be disconnected with reality.
In Warri under which Itsekiris voted in the referendum, 96% of them said NO to Yoruba but he didn't know that.

LOL,

They didn't VOTE NO TO YORUBA, THEY VOTED NO TO THE SW POLITICAL STRUCTURE(meaning they want their own zone).

Itsekiri, Ilaje and Edo are part of Yoruba history.

Do you know that the first Olu of Warri(formally Olu of Iteskiri) is Yoruba.

[quote author=Missy_B link=topic=862084.msg10116101#msg10116101 date=1328305104]Frankly, I'm not one to cause a scene in public or delight in being the protagonist of a scene, so I usually avoid such situations in real life.
Knowing me, I'd most likely ignore the conductor or consume my pepper soup (as the case may be) and leave - never to return.
But you know what, it was not me, not everyone is like me, we all have different characters and different approaches to issues.

If you give someone a 'You deh crase', you must not expect a 'You deh crase' in return, you might get a slap, a punch or even a bullet, and before we begin to deliberate whether the reaction is proportional to the pre-action, the harm must have already be done.
To be on the safe side, respect yourself and respect others.[/quote]HM,

Well some people are perpetual trouble-makers, e.g Touts, Conductor and Beer-Parlor/ Pepper-soup joint Owner and Waiters.

If you work with these people be ready for anything, cos they don't show anybody(Police, Army.e.t.c) respect except you have a GUN.