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I think this is our best export 4 now.
We are the best in Africa music wise.
U can be proud of it.
Asha, Nneka, Tuface, Psquare, D'banj, 9ice, M.I and the rest.

In the mean time enjoy this calming song from 9ice.
I love it.




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Martins alone missed 5 scoring chances!!!!!

Onlytruth:
Nairaland political section is what I can authoritatively qualify as Nigerian Politics 101. All these other forums are fake, because no one ever says their real minds there. They pretend and recycle old fake lines.

Take it from me, Nairaland is the most authentic Nigerian community website. If you really want to know Nigeria, then visit here. If you want to do window dressing, go elsewhere.

I would keep referring more of my folks to join this forum. It has opened my eyes beyond all other formal education available anywhere.

na endorsement b dis?

I have asked u, Akigbemarun, who codified the igbo language?
U alone should give me an answer to this question.

akigbemaru:
Your idle threats are so innocuous and bland. I bet you, your deranged dog will always recognize its master. The only place where Ibo has mouth is Biafran land.
Remember, we made you, no matter what you do, you can’t do more than your brain.


Yorubas great ancestors had been urbanized 2000 BC.
1) Many of your troglodyte Igbo people back then lived on hills and caves. We did show them the taste of urbanity.
2) They didn't have clothes; we did sow "Aso Oke" for them to wear while they roamed around.
3) They couldn't speak just like monkey in the jungle, we did write language for them to speak. Now, Igbo people say Yoruba copied them.
Let me tell you from the history, the whole language you speak before modernity was so similar to that of our monkeys in Idanre hills, that cried "Amu Amu Amu" from our Idanre Hills. That is why after we helped you formulate your language you still make use of that "amu".      
Reply back and let me show the link on the internet. Cool Cool Cool   That's where you get Amunike, Amucaechi, Amuchukwu, Amueze, Amuani, Amuocha, Amuachi and other Amu amu type of shits. They even name captital of their state after their first language Abia, Amuoya.
No wonder, just because you would have to pass through Ekiti first if you are coming to SW, they killed and ate all our Idanre monkeys. Before Igbo, our Idanre monkeys are 1,000,000 super-strong, now if you go to Idanre, you will be surprised to find zero monkey.

R u sure U r ok.
I have asked u before Who wrote the Igbo language?

I think bashing has become a food to the body and soul to some people.
they eat it till they r belle fool.
hope u guys change for real.

akigbemaru:
I want all polemic ibos on this forum to face me, I have shi.ted on every last one of you before and I may do it again. You know yourself fo.ols!
Not only ibo can talk or criticize, we Yorubas have been talking since inception of this world (Onlytraitor) that is when your people were still monkeys before we codify your language for you.

Who codified the igbo language if I may ask?
Can the person who codified the igbo language do it alone with the someone helping him/her?
I am directing this piece to you, Akigbemarun?

Is this the type of revolution Nigeria is talking about?

SEFAGO:
No, your post did not make sense, so i decided to ignore it until someone interpreted it:
IGBO PEOPLE ARE HUMAN. THEY ARE NOT SPECIAL OR GENETICALLY DIFFERENT.

Yeah they r not special,
bt U continue to make them special, super human and strong by peddling in their affairs.
That's the way I c it.

ok o

SEFAGO:
BACK TO TOPIC

I think this shows that Africans are willing to sell each other at the slightest opportunity to the best buyer. If the igbo could sell themselves so well to white people, man, they could do so in modern day Nigeria. See Ojo Maduekwe- Yar'adua's boy boy. Anyways that is another topic

Can you pls explain the bolded part, I want to know more about it.
Thanks.

Akigbemarun, Y r U ranting here like a wounded lion?
Wetin happen?
Did anybody force Bishop T. D Jakes, Forest Whitaker, Clair Underwood, Edward wilmot Blyden, President Edward James Roye, Africanus Horton, Olaudah Equiano, Simon Jonas, Rev. John Christopher Taylor to claim Igbo ancestry.
Are these guys not old enough to choose where they come from?
Shay Na Igbo people dey their own b4 dis guys came calling.
Chill out ok and celebrate Nigeria's qualification to the semi- Finals.
Peace Out.

amodu job don dey secured because nff giv am semi finals as his benchmark.
Una knw c as e dey go thank enyeama.

You guys love "twisting history".
More greese to ur elbows.

@ SEfaGO
That piece wasnt directed 2 u.
It's a cont. of the piece I wrote to akigbemarun.

^^^
He was trying to prove that the slave trade didnt help, but made it difficult to know the connections between the Egbas and the Igbos.

THE GREATER IGBO NATION-- IDENTIFYING IGBO VARIANTS DURING THE ERA OF THE SLAVE TRADE


THE EGBA ARE IGBO
  Southwest Nigeria is commonly referred to as “Yorubaland” which is home to a mosaic of distinct tribes and tribal states who collectively form the present day Yoruba tribal identity, however the original Yoruba designation exclusively referred to the Oyo, a tribe who at one time lived amongst the Hausas in what is presently Northern Nigeria.  In fact the word Yoruba is of Hausa origins.
  Misrepresentations of Nigeria the Facts and the Figures by Yusef Bala Usman, PhD – Center for Democratic Development, Research and Training.
     “The fact is that the earliest record we have of the use of the very name Yoruba was in the Hausa Language and it seems to have applied to the people of the Alfinate Oyo.  Don Masani wrote a book on the Muslim scholars of the Yarriba.”   Over the centuries the Oyo were gradually driven southward where they in turn became the conquerors of the indigenous people of “Southwest Nigeria” who like their Southeastern counterparts were referred to as the Igbo.  The Southwestern Igbo were protected by an army of masked warriors known as the Egbo or Egba.  Olumida Lucas states that the name Egba is synonymous with Igbo.  [b]The Indigenous Igbo(Egba) lived in the forest area surrounding Ife.  The name Ife derives from an Igbo system of “divination” called Ifa.   It was at Ife that the Igbo(Egba) were first confronted by Odudwa who along with his youngest son Oranyan are remembered as the founders of the Oyo(Yoruba) Kingdom at Ife.  At the time of Odudwa’s invasion the indigenous Igbo(Egba) resided under the leadership of Obatala whose name means the Oba or Obi Ala.  Obi or Oba was initially an Igbo title of authority and Ala is the land deity of the Igbo.  Amongst the Egbo tribes of Calabar the Oba appears in the form of the deity Obassi who is also called Abassi.[/b]   Like the indigenous forest dwelling Igbos, the present day Egbas are historically associated with the Obas.  In fact the name of the Egba ruling council known as the Ogboni relates to the Igbo word Ogbonna which indirectly refers to an elder.
  The Wikipedia Encyclopedia – “Yoruba”
     “The numerous Egba communities found in the forests below Oyo’s Savannah region were a notable example of elected Obas though the Ogboni, a legislative judicial council of notable elders wielded the actual political power.”
(The Ogboni “Cult” played a central role in the Brazil slave rebellion of 1809.)
  In their initial encounters the Oyo(Yoruba) were unable to penetrate the frightening Egba(Igbo) as these intimidating masked forest dwellers mastered the art of instilling fear into their opponents.  In defense of their homeland the Egba(Igbo) went further in raiding and burning down the intruding Oyo(Yoruba) settlements in the town at Ife.
  The Egba were first defeated through the scheming of a woman named Moremi who allowed herself to be captured as she used her beauty to seduce the Igbo(Egba) King into revealing the secrets of the masked Egba warriors.  She later returned to the Oyo providing her countrymen with the necessary information needed to finally conquer the Igbo(Egba) Kingdom.  This defeat of the Igbo(Egba) is celebrated every year at the annual Eid Festival of Ife.   In 1835, the Egba declared themselves to be independent of the Oyo(Yoruba) and in response the Oyo along with the Ijebu drove them out of Ibadan, Ife and other towns north of their present day capital of Abeokuta.  As a result of contact between the Ijebu and the Indigenous Igbo the city Ijebu-Igbo was established.  The founding of the Egba Kingdom of Abeokuta in 1837 is considered to be the last kingdom to be recognized within the “Yoruba federation of tribes”.  By this time the term Yoruba had expanded beyond its original usage in referring to the Oyo and now generally applied to all of the inhabitants of Southwestern Nigeria.
  The tradition of the masked Egba(Igbo) warriors is likewise documented in Southeast Nigeria amongst the followers of the Egbo Society of Calabar.EGBO – A secret society at one time existing as a political bond between various towns especially Eastern Nigeria. – World Book Dictionary A-K 1974.
  In 1876, the Scottish Presbyterian missionary Mary Slessor came to Calabar.  According to the accountings of Ms. Slessor in the “Igbo” dominated areas a secret society known as Egbo went around in masks and beat people.  She claimed to have chased a group of Egbo and tore off a mask.  The image of Mary Slessor would later appear on the 10 pound British Monetary note.  (The Egbo/Egba warriors seem to have a problem or weakness in defending themselves against foreign women.  First Moremi in the west informs her people to burn the masks of the Egba(Igbo) warriors and later in the east Mary Slessor claims to have ripped a mask off of an Egbo man.)
  The Egba of Abeokuta worship a deity called the Oro.  Oro is a god who resides in a bush.  In honor of Oro a sacred ceremony is performed at a secluded spot inside the bush.  This ceremony is called Igbo Oro and is very similar to bush ceremonies observed by the Egbo Society of Calabar.  There are many similar practices and rituals performed by both the Egba of “Yorubaland” and the Egbo Society of the east.   In this regard it is of interest to note the name of the Biafran Officer from Ejagham(Calabar), the formidable Captain Ndom Egba.
  Although the concept of Legba varies it began as an ancestral memorial designed to maintain the Egba identity during times of persecution and hardship.  Legba is also known as Eshu and relates to the deity Isua which is honored in the Egbo Society as the Master of Ceremonies.  Legba was also activated in the New World as a means to counter modern slavery and its attempts to wipe out the Egba identity of the captives.  The deity is described in Yoruba mythology as the “Divine trickster” because of his ability to outwit his fellow gods.  Evidences of Legba have been documented throughout the Americas in such places as Brazil, Guyana, Trinidad, Haiti and New Orleans under various names such as Lebba, Legba, Elegbara and Liba.  It is the Igbo descended Mina tribes such as the Ewe and Fon who are most readily associated with the Legba variant.   The term Elegbara is of great significance because not only does the name appear in the Americas amongst Igbo descended captives meaning the Egba and the Mina tribes, but is also the name of a tribe that lives on the Southern Sudanese, Northern Ugandan border and of whom are likewise related to the Igbos of Nigeria as they are known by the variant of Elegbara being called the Lugbara.  When traveling in Uganda I personally met a Lugbara Doctor of Medicine who previously studied alongside of Igbo students from Nigeria.  The Lugbara man stated that he could understand much of the Igbo Language which held a great deal in common with his own Lugbara Tongue.  Through numerous and prominent cultural and linguistic affinities the Lugbara man was definitely convinced that the Lugbara and the Igbo are akin.
  Similar to the Igbo of the east, the western Igbo descended Egba were always known to be revolutionaries in continual revolt against the Colonial British authorities, European missionaries and their traditional Yoruba enemies being primarily that of the Oyo and Ijebu.   In 1929 the Igbo market women of the east led a tax revolt against the Colonial British Government which became known as the Abia Women’s Tax Revolt.  The Egba women carried out a similar tax revolt in 1947 known as the Abeokuta Women’s Tax Revolt of Egba Market Women.  The Egba market women were led by Fumilayo Ransome Kuti, a teacher and wife of a prominent Egba educationalist.  The protest of over 10,000 Egba women caused the governing authorities to abolish taxes on women for several years and the Alake who conspired with the Colonial authorities spent three years in exile in Oshogbo.
  Many of the positive social and ethical traits which are often associated with the Igbo are historically documented as being characteristic of the Egba as well.  Robert Campbell who along with Martin Robison Delaney signed a pact with Egba leaders for the right of resettlement of African-Americans to “Egbaland” states that the Egba are the most industrious people on the face of the earth.  (Burton 1863:101)   James Africanus Beale Horton concerning the Egba(Akus) “It must be admitted without question that there are no people on the coast who are so hard working and so long suffering in proportion to what they expect in return.”  He also went on to say that the Egba as a race are amongst the most industrious, persevering and hard working people on the coast of Africa.  (Horton 1969:149)
  In terms of education the Egba like the Igbo are deserving of great acclaim.  The first Black-African to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature was an Egba man named Wole Soyinka who like the Igbo actively opposed the Nigerian Government during the Biafran War.  Soyinka was detained by agents of the state between 1967 and 1969.  In this regard Booker T. Washington whose middle name, Tanifeani, attests to Egba origins should be noted as the founder of the famous Tuskegee Institute.
  In Brazil an organized Ibo revolt led to the establishment of the Independent “Ibo Republic” of Palmares which lasted 45 years.  Being consistent with “Igbo resistance” Palmares ended in a massive suicide of Ibo warriors who preferred death to capture.  The city Ibotirama testifies to a strong Ibo presence in the region, however as in the case of Haiti, Afro-Brazilian culture and religious practices are more readily associated with that of the “Yoruba”(Egba) including the worship of Legba.   Olukwumu is spoken in Brazil and interestingly enough in a few Western Ibo communities such as Anioma, Idumu-ogu, Ubulubu, Ugbodu, Ugboba and Okwumuzu.  In fact communities bearing the name Olukwumu(Olukumi) still exist amongst the Western Ibo.  Although this dialect cannot be found in the Yoruba heartland it remains in reference as a “lost dialect of the Yoruba Language”.  All of the above clearly indicates that many of the captives in Brazil including those who successfully revolted in the establishment of Palmares were of western Ibo origins and like the Egba are being mistakenly classified as Yoruba.  In Brazil the Western Ibo were accompanied by a massive importing of Ebos from Angola and Ibos from Mozambique, the latter further accounting for the dominant and preferable Ibo usage amongst the Brazilian captives.
  In Cuba the Olukwumu were referred to as the Olukumi, Lukumi or Akumi.  The Egba have traditionally resisted identification with the term Yoruba preferring to be called Egbas or Akus.  Slaves in Cuba known as the Lukumi or Akumi meaning of the Egba people were well known for suicide resistance which often found them handing from the branches of the Guasima trees.  This being very similar to the “Igbo” resisters of Haiti who were likewise remembered for suicide resistance as understood in the Haitian saying, Ebos pend cor a yo, meaning the Ebos hang themselves.  The relationship between the names Olukwumu and Olukumi with that of Akumi(Aku or Egba) further solidifies the common origins which link the Western Ibo and the Egba peoples.
  The Egba who like the Igbo were originally known as forest dwellers are acknowledged to have been at one time living east of their present day location.  The process which led to the vanquished links of brotherhood between the Igbo and the Egba can be characterized by the often strained relations that currently exist between some of the eastern and western Igbo communities of today.
  Biafran Nigerian World Message Board-JAN. 6th 2004 Efulefu of Western Kind.
     “… lately some misguided Igbo people of Anioma/Ibusa (in short Western Igbo stock), have been making anti-Igbo noises.  I read that a group of 419 purporting to represent Anioma and all Western Igbo issued a statement disavowing their Igboness… If you are from Western Igboland and you no longer wish to consider yourself Igbo you have only one option.  Pack your damned bags and leave otherwise we are coming!!!”
  History not only records the common origins of the Egba and the Igbo but their common destiny as they are identified as two groups most devastated by the slave trade which is expressed in the following;
     “The Egba have suffered more than any other nation in West Africa from the depredation of the slave trade.”
















@akigbemarun
Do U know the writer of this piece is a yoruba man.
He was only trying to say the the present day Egba stock might be connected to the Igbos of southeastern nigeria and other Igbo  tribes in other African countries.
Am so sorry U failed to read and understand the piece.
The writer ieven went further to say the Igbos are  one

@ katsumoto
Do u knw Orji Kalu appointed Abiola's daughter as a senior special adviser. cant rmbr her name now. There were several non indigenes dat held high and sensitive post in Abia state during his 8yr tenure. Go ask anybdy frm Abia.
So if oda gov'rs r doin it now, it's nothing 2special.

Nobody is missing anything here. The reporter is uncivilised. The reporter just behaved like a typical nigerian reporter.
New York wey im dey self no help am @al ask beta question.
What has Abacha got to do with the absence of Yaradua.
I think He should go for more training on how questions are asked.
The Foreign minister did his job but He shouldn't have made that statement.
He is a complete mofo.
Both the reporter and the minister need to be given six strokes.

Nobody is missing anything here. The reporter is uncivilised. The reporter just behaved like a typical nigerian reporter.
New York wey im dey self no help am @al ask beta question.
What has Abacha got to do with the absence of Yaradua.
I think He should go for more trainings on how questions are asked.
The Foreign minister did his job but He shouldn't have made that statement.
He is a complete mofo.
Both the reporter and the minister need to be given six strokes.

soccer is all abt scoring goalz (beautiful n scrappy), so if Zambia scored more den they shud come topz in deir group which dey did.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=385137.msg5358945#msg5358945 date=1264055129]is there love between south talkless north and south[/quote]

revolt:
Thats like homosexuality

This is crazy. R u sure U ok?

Who won dis contract?
Dis one na WAYUO.
No be 2day world bank begin play us soccer.

@ katsumoto
4 christ sake, Zik and Ifeajuna were never cousins, bt they were from Onitsha.

Which grammy are u guyz talking about?
Hope it's not the one am thinking about.