nyzeo: I am 33 and I come from a state from the south south. I met a girl in Lagos 4 years ago who is from the south east and we have been very good friends ever since then.
I have developed very strong affection for her over time and we started dating. We really love each other now and we have have finalized plans to get married anytime between this year and early next year.
The issues now is that my parents are insisting I marry from my state, somebody who speaks the same language. It has caused me to have issues with my mother because she is the orchestra of all this tribal bigotry.
Please lala and house memeber make una advice me abeg. I have found someone who truly complements my life I really sincerely love this lady. Thanks
oyatz: But the utterances of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB and their supporters is contrary to this claim. Go to Radio Biafra page on Facebook and see the level of hatred against the Fulani and Yoruba people.
Y IS YORUBA GOING TO JOIN UN UNREPRESENTED GROUP WITH BIAFRANS?
[quote author=Poloyanabo1 post=89398193][/quote]FEW GOOD LOOKING HOUSES DIETE SPLIFF CONFISCATED FROM THE IGBO DURING HIS ABANDONED PROPERTY DECLARATION?
U ARE VERY FUNNY.
I HOPE U KNOW THE INDIGENES INCLUDE IGBO INDIGENES OF RIVERS STATE.
I HOPE U ALSO KNOW RIVERS IS A COMPROMISING IGBOID STATE.
oceania100: I don't know why some of you feel/think that the bash Igbo constantly received on this forum is solely because of IPOB. While IPOB are partly to be blamed, the fact is most are fueled by ant-Igbo sentiment. Many only leverage on their unguided utterances to insult Igbo. Take out IPOB today, the insult will still continue. There will always be issues to leverage upon. I think, the first campaign should be against anti- Igbo sentiment in Nigeria. Anything shot of this is sheer waste of time and energy.
Kinematics: The jealousy superimposed with envy is making them run mad. Everyday they open threads to say Rivers is this and that, yet they wont go back to their shithole SE. They keep trooping in Rivers in droves. I told that anambala cow that he is already running mad opening multiple threads everyday to paint PH bad. If he likes let him open 1 million negative threads on PH, Rivers will always remain an investors destination both home and abroad compared to his shithole anambala. The statistics are there to back it up.
Ask yourself how many Rivers people do you see running to the SE for better life compared to the thousands of them migrating to PH on a daily basis?
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THE OGONI HISTORY TELLS US THEY ARRIVED RIVERS STATE IN THE 15TH CENTURY FROM GHANA, EITHER BROUGHT BY THE PORTUGESE OR THE BRITISH FOR SLAVE RAIDS.
THE KALABARI MIGRATED TO THE MANGROVE AND WATERFRONT DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
WE HAVE OPENED EVERYBODY HISTORY.
SAVE THE BULLSHIT FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW.
THE SLAVE TRADE IS WAT BROUGHT THEM TO RIVERS STATE IN THE 15TH CENTURY.
Kinematics: The jealousy superimposed with envy is making them run mad. Everyday they open threads to say Rivers is this and that, yet they wont go back to their shithole SE. They keep trooping in Rivers in droves. I told that anambala cow that he is already running mad opening multiple threads everyday to paint PH bad. If he likes let him open 1 million negative threads on PH, Rivers will always remain an investors destination both home and abroad compared to his shithole anambala. The statistics are there to back it up.
Ask yourself how many Rivers people do you see running to the SE for better life compared to the thousands of them migrating to PH on a daily basis?
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WAT IS YOUR TRIBE?
Y DONT YOU GO AND OPEN A THREAD TO DISCUSS THEM.
RIVERS IS A COMPROMISING IGBOID STATE DUE TO OGONI AND KALABARI SETTLERS.
pazienza: Any living specie that will not adapt to changes in its immediate environment will be extinct in the nearest future. Our environment changed in 1970, we must acquire new traits to enable us squash competition and survive.
Do you consider yourself Igbo or you want Igbo extinct to be replaced with Biafra where you will leak and drink the poo and urine of minorities like you master and supreme commander wants?
I remember NK proudly said he isn't Igbo. It's no surprise, because the strategies of IPOB if not halted by Igbos would lead to Igbo extinction, which I suppose is IPOB goal.
U NEED TO JOIN IPOB TO WAKE UP.
U HAVE NO IDEA WAT IPOB IS CAPABLE OF DOING.
THE ENTIRE NIGERIA MILITARY CANNOT WITHSTAND IPOB SHOULD IT COME TO DAT.
THESE BIAFRAN TRIBES WILL NEVER SAY NO TO RULING THEMSELVES AND CONTROLLING THEIR RESOURCES, THIS IS AS FAR AS IGBO RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM GOES.
WE HAVE FAR MORE OIL, GAS, LAND, MINERAL RESOURCES THAN ALL OF THEM EVEN PUT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE INDUSTRIES, COMMERCE AND ENGINEERING.
IN RIVERS TODAY, THE OIL THEY BOAST OF, ARE THEY NOT ON IGBO SPEAKING SOIL?
pazienza: Can you go to any Ikwerre group and tell them they are Igbos?
They would curse the hell out of you and delete you. Go check out their posts in their facebook pages, they are all full of deep seated hate for Ndiigbo, why do you enjoy self deceit and living in denial? Any Igbo who has lived in PH knows that the hate the average Ikwerre person have for an Igbo man cannot be matched by Yoruba or Hausas.
Why do you enjoy self deceit. Whose purpose is this self deceit serving? Because it's obviously not serving Igbo interests.
HAVE THE IKWERE CURSE AMAECHI?
IS AMAECHI NOT PRESENTLY THE GREATEST IKWERE SON ALIVE TODAY?
Those Saying Ikwerre People are Not Igbo are Mad - Chibuike Amaechi
pazienza: They are ruthless with them and show no mercy. Always put their own interests first and foremost with no care for justice equity or fairness for others.
We need a radical shake up in Igbo nationalism and relationships with Every non Igbo groups in Nigeria, starting with The Bini Igboids and other non Igbos in SS.
IPOB is a big liability to us as they are currently constituted. But I know Ndiigbo. If IPOB don't change, they are living on borrowed time.
pazienza: Igboland would sooner than later no longer be accommodating to IPOB if you continue in this your lost way . I understand you believe Igbo interests doesn't matter, you would take our support for granted and sacrifice our interests to please the minorities you are licking their poo and drinking their urine. Soon you would have to go to Yenegoa, Uyo, Calabar, Idah, Warri, etc and carry out your rallies. Because Igboland will no longer tolerate your activities. Do not think you are untouchable. Look at MASSOB today and see yourself in the future if you continue remaining obstinate to words of wisdom from Ndiigbo.
I FEEL THE NEED TO STATE THAT WE ARE NOT LEAVING NIGERIA BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF YORUBA, HAUSA OR FULANI.
WE ARE LEAVING NIGERIA BECAUSE IT IS A FAILED STATE.
I HAVE NEVER KNOWN NDIIGBO TO FEAR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE ON GODS EARTH.
FEAR IS XENOPHOBIA AND TRIBALISTIC OR RACIST ORIENTATED.
pazienza: Igboland would sooner than later no longer be accommodating to IPOB if you continue in this your lost way . I understand you believe Igbo interests doesn't matter, you would take our support for granted and sacrifice our interests to please theminorities you are licking their poo and drinking their urine. Soon you would have to go to Yenegoa, Uyo, Calabar, Idah, Warr i, etc and carry out your rallies. Because Igboland will no longer tolerate your activities. Do not think you are untouchable. Look at MASSOB today and see yourself in the future if you continue remaining obstinate to words of wisdom from Ndiigbo.
AT BOLDED, POINT OF CORRECTION, BIAFRA TRIBES.
WHY DID NIGERIA ATTACK NNAMDI KANU HOUSE?
WE WERE HEADING TO ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED PLACES NEXT.
Chukwu gozie GI dede. we will not stop, we will utilize social media to counter ipob stupidity. its either restructuring or A homogenous Igbo only country. simple and Short
Smoke55: What Is This One Saying? So Tell Us What Offence Did Yoruba Commit Against The Igbos That Made You Hate Them? I Still Maintain It Ss Are Not Our Brothers! We Are Better Off Without Them,who Bled With You During The War?,should I Tell You The Role Played By Those Ss U Claimed To Be Our Brothers During The War? Do You No About The Asaba Massacre? Please I Will Do Any Thing Within My Power To Make Sure That The Igbos(se) Put The Ss In The Same Record They Put The Sw...I Will Choose Yorubas Over Ss Pple Any Time Any Day!
THE PEOPLE THAT BLEED WITH IGBOS DURING THE BIAFRA WAR ARE THE SS BIAFRAN TRIBES.
THE MINUET NIGERIA GOES UP IN SMOKE, WE WILL TELL THE BIAFRAN TRIBES TO EACH FORM A GOVERNMENT IN THEIR LAND AND RULE THEMSELVES, THAT BIAFRA HAS RETURN.
WE HAVE OUR OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS AND LIVING PEACEFULLY SIDE BY SIDE.
Amarabae: he is saying that because he wants to ride on the fragile emotions of IPOBs and attaches in order to have a wide platform of getting federal positions. remember when GEJ adopted azikiwe while in office and throwed it away when he left office
FOR AS LONG AS YOU A RIVERS STATE GIRL CLAIM TO BE IGBO.
WE HAVE A RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR AND SERVIG MINISTER CLAIMING TO BE IGBO.
THAT IS AS GOOD AS IT CAN GET TO MAKE RIVERS STATE A COMPROISING IGBOID STATE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SOME OGONI AND KALABARI SETTLERS.
THE MAJORITY IN RIVERS ARE IGBO.
I HAVE A VIDEO OF ASARI DOKUNBO CONFIRMING THIS AND EVEN NAMING ALL THE IGBOID GROUPS IN RIVERS STATE.
IPOB IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF THROWING AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATH WATER.
WE WILL NOT LET GO OF AN INCH OF BIAFRA LAND.
THE FACT WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT OUT GUNS, DONT MEAN WE DONT HAVE BOOTS. GET IT!
Amarabae: another emotional Ipob baby, go and slowly read my post again, wailing from now till eternity solves nothing, read my post again and understand my point, if not ,don't bother to disturb my mention
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MRS INTELLECTUAL, I REPEAT, WAT DO U HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
ARE U MORE IKWERE THAN AMAECHI?
ARE U MORE RIVERS STATE THAN AMAECHI?
Those Saying Ikwerre People are Not Igbo are Mad - Chibuike Amaechi
Amarabae: you are bereft of any intellectual assertion over this thread. mazi chukwuma and mazi ukandu wearing ijaw attire to your meeting or whatever does not imply that Ijaws are with you. the bitter truth is that in Nigeria, Igbos are alone . the dignity of the Igbo nation must be restored.
MRS INTELLECTUAL, WAT DO U HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
ARE U MORE IKWERE THAN AMAECHI?
Those Saying Ikwerre People are Not Igbo are Mad - Chibuike Amaechi
Ezewuzie01: Ikwerres are not Igbos. They are a distinct ethnic group. I don't understand why Ipob is forcing themselves on people who have rejected them.
This is a piece from an Ikwerre intellectual about his people, their origins, controversies, struggle for recognition etc. I hope nobody calls me afonja because I didn't join Ipob to beg other people to become Igbos.
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Who is the Ikwerreman?

Written by T O N Y E N Y I A, PhD, MNIM 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.”
From Benin to Iwhnurohna
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.
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RUBBISH!
IKWERE ARE IGBOID GROUP.
RIVERS IS AN IGBOID STATE. KISS THE TRUTH
GO AND TELL THE GREATEST IKWERE MAN TODAY, CHIBUIKE AMAECHI THAT HE IS NOT IGBO
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