₦airaland Forum

donspony:
what does 'Yoruba' mean?

'Yoruba' is a commonly used Yoruba word, I don't know the meaning, but it is similar to 'Omo nna'.

ChinenyeN:
Ezeagu, really? As if to say you don't know. . . The Ngwa (like other Igbo groups) have always been their own ethnic identity. Igbo "ethnicity" is a new concoction; an attempt to establish what still isn't.

Igbo ethnicity isn't new. The general use of the word might be new but the Igbo, who's trade routes went on for thousands of miles weren't stupid enough to not know their own ethnicity. The Nri knew this and used it to their advantage to extract tribute, they gave the yam the power it has today. Like every other 'fraction' of the Igbo, the Ngwa originated somewhere between Orlu and Okigwe. Communities in Igboland, especially in the 'borderlands' which include the very recently Igbo settled Abia can trace their communities back to another village/city/town over the Imo. Many of these communities (now from 'different groups') still come together at times to meet up with their kinsmen, yes kinsmen. Many of them share the same village progenitor. Here, click, Coleman tells your peoples story. I know at least Umuahia isn't more than 500 years old, its name and the concept of it being a town that it is now is not any older than Lugard; I don't know about Aba.

All of you people (ALL) are confused. Give Ngwa a few years now and they'll be a whole new ethnicity. Infact I'm going to go and advice the Brummies, Cornish, Manx, Scousers and Londoners to create a Brummy, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Scouse and London state in England.

St. Georges Day what?

ChinenyeN:
Haha. . nnwa Ohnuhnu, you have jokes. This is the 21st century, and as such, we reserve our right to demand for our people. I speak the truth, too. I'm not denying that Ngwa has fallen from the limelight, but that does not, in any way, mean that I and my people must agree to being stuffed together with old Bende.

By the way, I am male, in case your Aro eyes seem to be failing you.

What will 'Aba state' give 'your people'?

ChinenyeN:
Speak for yourself.
Since when did development tie into state creation? This is all politics my friend. Kinsmen. .? hahah. . direct that statement to someone else. We are not synonymous with the rest of the old Bende district of people. So, no such thing as kinsmen, nnwa Ohnuhnu.

Which one is this one?

EzeUche:
^^^^
Gbam!!!

And divide the fictional SS between the SE AND SW!!!

You cannot divide the Ijaw people.

Hardtalk:
What kind of country is this? Common computerised notice board cannot be afforded by airport management, yet, people are jubilating International status!. Anyway, I am not surprised. Our own definition of International airport is removing the black board or paper, and now fixing another one with graphics design. As for the runway, it is another way of embezzling money. Soon, a probe panel will be set to investigate the over-bloated cost of changing their so-called status.

That's subject to any money being put in in the first place.

sjeezy8:
I just had to comment on this

haha thats the lamest come back ever- everyone has been bangin igbo babes before the civil war, during the civil and even after. so kini big deal lmfao

Yeah, it's called ®ape.

xterra2:
Why criticizing this?
Built by 27 nigerian engineers clearly thats something to be happy about
A satellite that will be launched to space is not joke buiding it but done by nigerians shows we can do other things ourselves instead of giving white idiots
YES WE CAN!

Did your post really make sense?

tensor777:
What arrant nonsense. The vast majority of Lagosians certainly do not live in makeshift settlements like Makoko. You need to find other data in order to achieve your obvious objective of cheap political point-scoring.

After all that English 70%+ of Lagos inhabitants will still live in waste and the people who developed the language will continue to laugh at your denial.

ElRazur:
Possibly. However, it should be noted that a few reports suggested that a plane can be used by terrorist to crash into tall rise buildings, but it was never taken serious.    .    .    .  Until 9/11 incident happened.

Security risks should be addressed, I think that is the point I am trying to make.

It's such a joke when Nigerians compare Nigeria to the United States.

The BBC showed the reality for 70%+ of Lagos inhabitants, anybody saying otherwise has never been to Lagos.

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=238608.msg5946380#msg5946380 date=1272136299][color=deeppink]Yorubas is the only tribe that's scandal free in Nigeria, that may be the cause of Igbos marrying from the tribe.[/color][/quote]Over political correctness is not good, neither is over 'take-that-me!'

agbotaen:
ikas cannot be intimidated , we are different from igbos, so you can decided to write whatever you like , or say whatever you like, when the chips are down a proper ika man will never go with an igbo man , and we do not want our tradition and culture to be destroyed .we have proper history we did not create our history in modern times.we have existed as our own people for thousands of years and no tribe can force us to be what we are not ,we are ikas and that is it.
go with your igbo agenda and let us go with our ika agenda.

sonya4all:
@abotean,i and other sons of ika are proud of u,just like in other threads about the ika issue,i have tried but if fell on most block headed igbos chaird by andre. They are trying 2 make matters long.And u knw silence is the best answer to a fool,as to no matter what we say here can change their perceptiom,and for those saying that ika has no oil,i wuld like 2 let u knw that my village umunede is blessed with crude oil,my grand mother and my mother said that it sprang up in their farm and til date dat land is unproductive,also in owa,few years ago oil was discoverd there,so i see no reason why u have 2 keep say that the igbons hav nothing 2 gain fro claiming ika,we knw wat u want,u want to add delta,rivers,edo cros river to your day dreaming biafra so as to be knwn as a small oil rich nation,any way keep dreaming,ika is not and wil never be igbon(slaves),i had all my education in the east and even wrote igbo in my waec and had a pass,i hav many igbo guys,but dat doesnt make me igbo,talking about ohaneze ndigbo havin people frm ika joining them,i tell that it is a lie,here in aba,we have a meeting for ikas called otu ika,another is O.N.I.A(oshimili,ndokwa,ika and aniocha)meetings,in ph,we have u.p.u.(umunede progresive union)all these stil exist abroad.So your claims are baseless,i can never be an igbon,IKA FOR EVER.Thanks.@other ika guys i have a thread created at the culture section we can meet there.Nwe ebon.Ika rii nma! Ori ni enyile

Anybody reading can judge the intelligence of the above posters from their spelling, after that make up your mind whether you should listen to anything they say.

Sagamite:
So you are saying the reflection of the 2 episodes you have seen so far is the average lif of majority of the 16m in Lagos?

You're asking that question like it's not.

Could someone please tell me where in London or the whole of the UK any person picks food from a rubbish tip because they have to? And could you also tell me what happened to homeless shelters and benefits?

The ironic thing about this response from Nigeria is that people will further see them as even more corrupt while they're trying to hide these seemingly innocent people in order not to 'tarnish' Nigerias non existent image. They'll look like dictators and people afraid of the truth, which isn't far from the truth. . . . . at all.

And for all these people talking about 'they didn't show the good side', here it is in simple language: Lagos is a pile of crap with wealth dotted around it. You can't put lipstick on a pig and expect people to call it a swan, NOOOO, it's a SWINE. . . . . SWINE, SWINE, SWINE! Most of Lagos is a dump, most Nigerian cities are dumps, go on and tell your white friends (that you already feel inferior to) that it is film tricks BBC spun.

panafrican:
This is not Black on Black. It looks like those skin head shootings that killed one black girl near a MC Donald in the USA.

Let's get real. . . .Come on. This is Hackney, one of the blackest places in the UK AND the suspects have been described as young black males. Anyway, why do people still live in Hackney, the place voted the worst place in Britain, yes the whole of Britain!

No Wee:
I will soon travel to Enugu but I don’t know what to do now that Enugu airport is closed because of the ongoing upgrade.

Oh, so they're actually upgrading it? Great news if this is the case.

Opobo was originally Ibibio land, people should take note of this when talking about what language is 'native'.

Thread back to life.

006:
^^^

As far as I know, majority of Igbos are decendants of Eri/Nri, so why call only me Nri Igbo?

Like I said before, we have no classification.

I don't know about that. And they can't be called Nri Igbo because they do not practice the Nri Igbo culture, do you celebrate Ekpe or have oyaya war dancers in your town?

006:
I never knew that. So does it mean all of Anambra is Nri Igbo (except Onicha)? because such classifications are rare in Anambra. Enugu folks nicknamed as "Agbaenu". They never called us Nri.

Onicha are on their own, they have a king and originate from different places, e.g Igala. How many Igbo people know what Nri's significance is?

sjeezy8:
Aguda/Amaro is my ethnicity Nigerian is my natonality, Yoruba is culture and language.

So you're "sufficiently conscious of your unity" with Igbo people and Igboland?

006:
I am from Anaocha local gov’t area of Anambra State. We’re neither Oka, Nri, nor Onicha. In fact, we have no classification.

You contradicted yourself. From your definition of Nationality, Aro, Ngwa, Ikwerre, are all Nationalities but not ethnicities.
Igbo Ethnicity is made up of several Igbo nations.

You are actually Nri Igbo. And yes you could say the Ngwa and Ikwerre are nations.

violent:
why are we having this discussion to begin with?

Peeps that want to discuss nationality, tribes, and other stuff should make their way to the "culture" section, its just down by the corner!

So the idea that people see themselves as separate nations in the so called 'Nigerian na[rra]tion' is not political?

006:
What's the meaning of Igbo Nationality and Ngwa/Aro/etc Ethnicity?

Folks una don come again, na so Ikwerres take start oo, before you know it, dey say dey no be Igbo.

Myself, I no get any classification like Aro, Ngwa, Nsukka, does it mean I no get ethnicity?

I beg make una stop dis nonsense.

What area are you from? Nationality is, according to dictionary.com:

–noun
1.
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.

The Igbo did not indetify as 'Igbo' 200 years ago, some didn't know some 'sub-groups' existed even till this day, have you heard of Ikwo?

ethnicity

–noun
1.
ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association.

Most communities in igboland identify with themselves first before the larger Igbo body, hence the Ezillo-Eza clashes, did you hear about that? There's actually an ongoing war in Igboland, but in a relatively unknown state.

If the majority of a group does not identify with another group, they should not be forced to, this is in regards to the Ikwerre.

EzeUche:
You dare insult the Ndi Aro? 

Igbo man, you are lucky that gone are the days when Aro raiders would raid Igbo villages for slaves!!! 

When we were the true power in Alaigbo!!!

See Aro sense. That is why nobody helped you in the war against the British. Aro had as much power as MEND in Niger Delta, at least they're not half caste and don't sell people like you Kanu's. . . . . . . as much. Which true power?

udezue:
Chinyem,
Obu onye siri gi na obu failed raids?? Nna odimka imagi maka ndi Oke Igbo Aro

Ta! What is Aro? 

Not the first time this has happened. He probably read about other stories. He would have died from freezing anyway, especially as it is nighttime.

EzeUche:
Oh you Ngwa people, 

Remember we Aro r d best

You mean 'half caste' Aro are the best Igbo or Ibibio?

FL Gators:
Yoruba ni nationality mi, Ekiti ni ethnicity. Ibeere wo lo ku lol?

Don't you belong to some kind of subgroup? If not then you agree that your ethnicity was created by Abacha.

Depends on the pay.

Pentecostalism is the worst concocted piece of garbage that Africa has ever had the displeasure of facing, At least Catholics have charities that do stuff.