Captain8: i dont know who is Adolphus Wabara, but that name wabara is an Ijaw name....... in my western dialect we said wobara....... wabara is a pure Ijaw name
Are you sane at all? Wabara in Ngwa-Asa-Ndoki lexicon is Nwagbara in central Igbo lexicon. It was the same Nwagbarie who was original founder of what is known today as Kalabari. Mazi Adolphus Wabara hails from Oza/Umunteke axis of Ukwa East LGA,
Captain8: now what is ngasi? dont run o... because more ndoki words are coming o, you must interpret them to prove it to the public that igbos can understand ndoki...... Yorubas and other tribes also seeing comments here, do prove it to them that igbos can understand ndoki....
Shut up your putrid mouth. What of "Ofonobaji"? Actually it is not ngasi but ngasa. Ikegi oo, do you know what jojo means in Akwete?
BKayy: Ijaw are not originally from Southern Nigeria that's why they have nothing in common with any group in South. Even seclusive Bini share a lot of things with Esan, Urhobo, Yoruba and Itsekiri but Ijaw share nothing with anybody. They are descendants of mostly Ashanti and Krio people of Ghana and Sierra Leone respectively that the British forced into the British invading force they used to invade southern Nigeria. After the invasion, the British made them to guard the ports of Warri, Ubani, Badagry etc. After the British invasion, the Ijaws settled their and started claiming ownership over those ports thats why some Nigerians that don't know history mistakenly think that they are just water people not knowing that were just British port gatemen Google krio people and see all the Ijaw Customs, language and most especially war canoes with them.
They were actually British porters. They mixed with Filipinos and Indians who were shipmates or deckhands on the British schooners. They were not smart enough to man anything. This is one of the reasons British sought "Igbo Slaves".
Umu Okirika (the so-called Okrika) get names too? I remembered the case of "Amaikiri" which became "Amachree". They could not change Ediabali, Odum, Azumiri, Utazi etc, hence such names have been left in a cooler. I really do not pay mind to turncoats.
cocolacec: *Restructuring, only way forward —Alaafin*
Our revenue has been taken over by the Federal Government. What the Federal Government collects in Value Added Tax in an area in Oyo State in one month is more than what it collects in Adamawa State in three months. Yet, the Federal Government takes all the revenue away from Yorubaland.
The Igbo army came through a coup and took over the government. Aguiyi Ironsi that took over abolished the regional system through decree 34 of 1966. He also scrapped the term Federation of Nigeria and replaced it with a Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Hausa/Fulani felt that with the new system, the Emirs would no longer be able to operate within a republic like before. Their belief was that Ironsi came from a culture that opposed their belief. This led to a counter coup of July 29, 1966. I am trying to tell you why we have to restructure Nigeria.
Gowon that came later returned the term Federation of Nigeria, but not the region.
Lagos is about 20 million people going by the first census conducted and Kano was next. However, within the next 10 years, Jigawa was created from Kano while Kano was split into about 44 council areas, but Lagos remains with 20 council areas. Jigawa that was created from Kano was given 19 council areas. This means that the bulk of what Nigeria realises as revenue goes to the North.
If we are in a regional system, the government of that region can create council areas, but because we depend on a monolithic manner of financing the states, we are in problem. *-Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, July 2017.*
Who gives a ratass what the silly federal government collects in Yoruba land? The idea of restructure without the fundamental reshape of the society is figment of fool's theory. There are places built up with commonwealth in Nigeria. For any restructure to see birth, economic structure must take off. There are Abuja and Lagos which stood as economic stronghold in Nigeria situated in the defunct northern and western regions respectively. Abuja and Lagos must be replicated in the defunct eastern and midwestern regions respectively in order to give to so-called restructure a debate time. According the writer of the above junk, Oyo State alone can feed entire Yorubaland. If Abuja and Lagos cannot be replicated in the defunct eastern and midwestern regions, I say disintegration of the shithole called Nigeria remains the favorable option over the silly restructure. Any nation state out of disintegrated Nigeria can easily setup its Abuja or Lagos.
In 1979, Igbo has only two states, Anambra and Imo whereas Yoruba has four states. Today Igbo has five states and Yoruba has six states.
In 1979, the Igbo has six senators whereas Yoruba has twelve senators. Today the Igbo has fifteen senators whereas the Yoruba has eighteen senators. Calculate the percentage increase. And let us ask, who has been marginalized?
The Igbo will come to tell us that the Hausa/Fulani are bad, they are not educated, they are Muslims, they want to Islamise Nigeria, they are this and that, yet at every election they will go behind to form an alliance with them and voted them into power in 1959, 1964, 1979, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2003, and 2007.
Strategically, under the unitary system, the Igbo has been reducing our economic potential because they have been able to increase their slots in geometric progression and ours is in arithmetic progression.
They have more slots in Federal appointments whereas ours have continued to reduce.
The Land mass that makes up the five Igbo states is not up to Oyo state, yet they have been able to create five states out of it.
The first group of people that started trading in spare parts are Yoruba particularly our people from Ijebu-Ode but they have been muscled out of the business by the Igbo using the proceeds of crimes committed across Yorubaland.
The idea of geo-political zone was mouthed by Ojukwu to favour the Igbo. Now through Jonathan conference they said they are being marginalized because they are the only geo-political zone with five states. Can you imagine that? From two states. That is what I called strategic thinking. Unfortunately, the Yoruba that went to that conference agreed with them foolishly particularly the Afenifere Liberal Wing in the likes of Yinka Odumakin.
What a tragedy. Let's ask them, what did the Yoruba that attend the conference brought home? The answer is nothing.
The issue of Biafra being championed by Kanu is not by accident, it is a grand design to negotiate for more. Now it is coming out, South East Development Commission. Why don't we ask: to be funded by who? If it is agreed they will continue to reduce our economic potential in the Nigerian state.
But, come to think of it why don't you let Biafra be, but only as the Igbo-speaking Biafra. They are adding no value to us and I can bet you that nobody will miss them.
Remember that they fired the first shot that started Nigerian civil war, killing Akintola, Ademulegun and his wife, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello and many other notable Yoruba.
Of recent, Chinue Achebe wrote a book "There was a Country". Accusing Awolowo of committing progrom. What a tragic write up. The question to ask is who started the war?
Can I continue to feed my enemy to have more strength to battle me?
Igbo would never change. Domination is in their blood and they can only be satisfied if they have what belongs to you and you have not.
*Adeyinka Grandson, June 2017.* President of the Young Yoruba for Freedom (YYF)
I do not know if the writer of above crap understood the definition of war talk less how it starts.
The list of names of the so-called responders do not sound or look like indigenous Nigerian names. They sound and look like names from Akwapim-Togo region mixed with English, Filipino and Indian. There goes the so-called Ijaw.
Captain8: shut up cocaine sniffer. ... there is nothing like obi nonsense in rivers state...rivers state only have oyigbo
I guess it takes one useless cocaine sniffer to recognize another on a forum. Above says much about your character which is reflected on the growth of the shithole called Nigeria. When Obigbo was ceded to Rivers State in 1976 draconian boundary adjustment, the community existed before the birth of so-called Rivers State in 1967. When Obigbo existed as a functional community, Rivers State was a pipe dream of northern and western regional elites of the shithole called Nigeria.
JAOS: *Beggars and street hawkers have got a warning – leave Lagos or face sanctions.*
The government has set up a Special Task Force to curb the illicit ventures under which many criminals have hidden to attack motorists and other residents.
The news was broken at a press conference by Commissioner for Youth and Social Development Mr. Olusegun Dawodu, his Information and Strategy counterpart Mr. Gbenga Omotoso and Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa.
Dawodu said setting up the task force became necessary to sanitise the society and restore the dignity of those who have been sent into the streets for alms begging and hawking.
The special team will commence operations “in the next few days”, the Commissioner said, adding that the plan to stop street begging was based on intelligence reports that some of the “so-called” beggars go about with dangerous weapons, assault and rob innocent Lagosians.
He said: “The State Government will deploy a lot of human and material resources towards enlightenment and sensitisation via different media platforms. As they say, enlightenment becomes entertainment without enforcement. That is why the way to go now is to enforce compliance with the laws of our state for sanity to reign in our society.”
Imploring Lagosians to take alms to recognised registered homes, orphanages, rehabilitation and faith-based organisations, Dawodu said donations made to such places would be judiciously utilised in ameliorating the conditions of the vulnerable.
The Commissioner sought the support of religious, traditional and political leaders at various levels as well as the media for advocacy against hawking and begging, adding that all Lagosians should join forces to discourage the inhuman culture, which has the capacity to adversely affect the wellbeing of residents.
His words: “Street begging is a social vice that we cannot afford to watch until it attains an uncontrollable level before we act. Otherwise, all the good plans and programmes to transform our State would be adversely affected. The same goes for street hawking.
“This has become big business to some groups of people. Our investigation revealed that beggars and hawkers (children and adults) are transported regularly from other parts of the country to Lagos with the sole aim of doing this odious ‘business’ that demeans humanity and abuses innocence in the case of children, who are being pushed into this degrading trade.”
Dawodu disclosed that as part of the measures being put in place to tackle the menace, the government, through the Rehabilitation and Child Development departments of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, has maintained a Rescue Unit saddled with the responsibility of rescuing and protecting the destitute and the vulnerable.
Explaining that the destitute taken off the streets will be rehabilitated in government correctional centres, the Commissioner pointed out that the team will provide treatment, psychosocial therapy and vocational training to make those taken off the streets useful to themselves and the society.
Speaking on laws backing the decision of the Lagos State Government, Dawodu noted: “Section 157{1(b)and(e) of the Criminal Law, 2015, describes nuisance as any person who prevents the public from having access to any part of a highway by an excessive and unreasonable use of it or does any unlawful act which causes inconveniences or damage to the public.”
He, therefore, urged those involved in the illicit business of street hawking and alms begging to desist as appropriate penalties would be applied on anyone caught flouting the law.
Also speaking at the event, the Commissioner for Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, said “the era of condoning street trading and alms begging on Lagos roads is over.”
Odumosu noted that the Federal and State governments would work with the Police to ensure that the roads are rid of miscreants, who hide under the guise of alms begging or street hawking to engage in crimes. He promised that all destitute persons will be taken off the streets of Lagos to ensure continued safety of all residents.
The above shenanigan can only come from stream of though which belongs to dumbass Africans. Why the Africans who found themselves in the corridor of affluence tend to negate certain calls of nature. Nobody wants to be a beggar or even a hawker for sane reasons. I had wished certain unseen power can suddenly change the position of these loudmouthed fools in Lagos State government to those of the beggars and hawkers. It is the fundamental right of those who beg or hawk to do so.
gidgiddy: Irigwe People have buried 6 out of 68 people allegedly murdered by armed Fulani Militia at Jebu Miango near 3Div barracks. They also staged a protest
The bolded statement in the above post got to think about the 3Div barracks. How could such orgy of massacre take place near a military barrack?
theTranslator: answer the question and stop being dumb
Eboe mythology my left foot
Eboe get history?
Only dumbass fools want answer to every question. If Igbo mythology is your silly foot, why posing question about issue of your dirty foot? You make Nigeria a basket of fools. You might equally pose a question on issue about your dirty finger too. What a dumbass.
TownJ: Using Southern oil money for exploration in Sokoto, others fraudulent, says Edwin Clark-led group
The quests for oil in the Northern region and other parts of the country have received a significant boost with the signing of the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Monday.
However, the Pan Niger Delta Forum lambasted the President for assenting to thePIB without the amendment of some controversial sections, adding that the move was a way to siphon oil money from Southern Nigeria to the North.
By assenting to the bill which legislation wasstalled for about 20 years before it was recently passed by the 9th National Assembly, the President approved at least 30 per cent of the profit to be generated by the proposed Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to go to the exploration of oil in ‘frontier basins’, according to Section 9 of the PIB.Section 9(4) of the PIB reads, “The frontier exploration fund shall be 10 per cent of rentson petroleum prospecting licences and 10 per cent on petroleum mining leases; and 30 per cent of NNPC Limited’s profit oil and profit gas as in product sharing, profit sharing and risk service contracts.
The fund shall be applied to all basins and undertakensimultaneously.”Section 9(5) adds, “NNPC Limited shall transfer the 30 per cent of profit oil and profit gas to the frontier exploration fund escrow account dedicated for the development of frontier acreages only.
”The PIB also makes provision for the establishment of a Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission which will be responsible for the technical and commercial regulation of upstream petroleum operations and also promote the exploration of frontier basins in NigeriaThe frontier basins include Chad Basin, Gongola Basin, Sokoto Basin, Dahomey Basin, Bida Basin, Benue Trough, Anambra Basin, amongst others.
At the moment, crude oil is obtained from eight states in the Niger Delta region which include: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers States.The 19 northern state governments had in 2016 intensified their search for oil and gas in the region with the appointment of a British firm to carry out the exploration activities which was sequel to Buhari’s directive to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to increase the tempo of the crude oil find in the North-East.
With Monday’s presidential assent to the PIB, which would regulate all matters in the oil sector, the oil exploration move of the 19 northern governors had received a huge boost.But the group led by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, toldThe PUNCHthat the President, by signing the PIB into law without the amendment of some clauses, showed that he had no feeling for the peopleof the Niger Delta who continue to suffer the environmental degradation which has been the consequence of oil exploration in the zone.
It is completely out of nature for an old dog to learn a new tricks. Edwin Clark, you got your ministerial appointment from Gowon and the game was over. You simply cannot eat your damn cake and have it. There is nothing fraudulent in a seemingly open policy of the government. If there some forms of fraudulence in PIB bill, the courts are open for business.
BiafraInc: Once Biafra is restored, any Ijaw person found in Opobo and Ijaw will be evicted by force. Those two cities are purely Igbo cities and must be secured militarily.
Already every Ijaw in Igweocha is a registered tenant.
Newton85: Well, this is about state of origin and not about Nigerian citizenship though.
This is funny indeed. What the hell is state of origin? His/her mother's state of origin is bestowed on the chap who claims his/her mother's side of the divide.
Captain8: people like you land and heritage grabbers are the reason nigeria is a wild animal kingdom today.....
IjawNdokis occupied space in oyigbo Obigbo and abia
Shut your putrid mouth. I was born and raised in the vicinity in discuss. There is no statutory law or any law for that matter which created the silly "Oyigbo" in Rivers State. The crap known as "Oyigbo" was the silly machination of Bori LGA supervisory councilor in 1976 who was idiotic land grabber from Ogoni. The signboard was removed many times by the youths from Imo River Town and Obigbo in 1976. Today, Obigbo LGA has no connection with Ogoni. In fact, Bori LGA ceased to exist.
theTranslator: but the "Biafran" colours have significance in Eboe mythology Abi?
hypocritical fools everywhere
This question can only be formulated in the back space of a medulla oblongata which belongs to a drooling fool. What the hell do you know about colors in Igbo mythology?
Captain8: oyigbo is local government to occupied Ijaws ndokis and Igbos
There is absolutely nothing such as "Ijaws ndokis". Most Nigerians keep showing the trait of intellectual backwardness in a public arena. No wonder today's Afghanistan is better than Nigeria.
I guess it takes one useless thief to recognize another. By the way, the colors on your silly flag of Republic of Igboland had no significance in Igbo mythology.
SlayerForever: NDOKI An Ndọ̀ki community on the banks of a river, possibly the Imo, circa 1908. The Ndoki subgroup is at the South Easternmost part of Igbo land, straddling between Ukwa area of Abia State, Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State, and pockets of them in the Western limits of AkwaIbom State. Some people in Ijoid groups like Okrika and Ibani are of Ndoki descent. The Igbo dialect spoken in Bonny and Opobo areas of Rivers State is that of the Ndoki. The Imo river flows through Ndoki land on its way to Opobo. Ohambele Ndoki was a notable slave depot in the past. Azumini was another market town, notable for oil palm trade at the dawn of legitimate trade. The oil palm wealth of Ndọ̀ki, along with that of the Ngwá, Ibibio and Annang hinterlands 'had contributed to the wealth of the Opobo citystate, who along with other riverine citystates were the middlemen in the trade between the Europeans and the people of the hinterlands. Some scholars argue that Jaja's resistance of the British was not out of the desire to stop imperialism but due to his desire to make more profit in the trade by controlling the oil palm markets in the hinterlands, as letting the British trade directly with the hinterland markets would bring decline to the citystate's economy.. A legend is told about one "ODUM EGEGE" who had stood up against the domination and oppresion of Ndoki by the King and people of Opubo-ama, who lived miles, downstream the Imo river. The King ordered Abiriba and Aro smiths to sculpt and mummify "Odum Egege" alive ! according to the legend... Ndoki, an Igbo subgroup is bordered by the Ngwa and Asa Igbo subgroups to the North and West respectively, the Annang to the East, and the Ogoni to the South. Together with the Asa, they are known as "Ụ̀kwà" They have historic and trade ties with the Bonny (Ubani) and Opobo peoples. Okolo ama (Amaokolo) is a clan name in both Ndoki and Bonny. The name "Ubani" is common among the Ndoki as well. Akwete, an Ndoki clan is an Igbo heritage site for traditional cloth weaving. The prized fabric produced by the women of the clan also goes by the name of the clan "Akwete", a source of ethnic pride to the Igbo. However, the cloth weaving industry began declining gradually, with the introduction of foreign fabrics. Nwọtam is an Igbo masquerade with its origin in Ndoki land. Akwete, Azumini, Akirika-obu, Afam and Ohambele are notable Ndoki clans. NDOKI MMA-MMA NU ! Source: Igbo History since 300bc
An Ndọ̀ki community on the banks of a river, possibly the Imo, circa 1908. The Ndoki subgroup is at the South Easternmost part of Igbo land, straddling between Ukwa area of Abia State, Oyigbo ObigboLGA of Rivers State, and pockets of them in the Western limits of AkwaIbom State. Some people in Ijoid groups like Okrika Umu Okirika and Ubani are of Ndoki descent. The Igbo dialect spoken in Bonny Ubani and Opobo Opu Obu areas of Rivers State is that of the Ndoki. The Imo river flows through Ndoki land on its way to Opobo Opu Obu. Ohambele Ndoki was a notable slave depot in the past. Azumini was another market town, notable for oil palm trade at the dawn of legitimate trade. The oil palm wealth of Ndọ̀ki, along with that of the Ngwá, Ibibio and Annang hinterlands 'had contributed to the wealth of the Opobo Opu obu citystate, who along with other riverine citystates were the middlemen in the trade between the Europeans and the people of the hinterlands. Some scholars argue that Jaja's resistance of the British was not out of the desire to stop imperialism but due to his desire to make more profit in the trade by controlling the oil palm markets in the hinterlands, as letting the British trade directly with the hinterland markets would bring decline to the citystate's economy.. A legend is told about one "ODUM EGEGE" who had stood up against the domination and oppresion of Ndoki by the King and people of Opu obu-ama, who lived miles, downstream the Imo river. The King ordered Abiriba and Aro smiths to sculpt and mummify "Odum Egege" alive ! according to the legend... Ndoki, an Igbo subgroup is bordered by the Ngwa and Asa Igbo subgroups to the North and West respectively, the Annang to the East, and the Ogoni to the South. Together with the Asa, they are known as "Ụ̀kwà" They have historic and trade ties with the Bonny (Ubani) and Opobo Opu obu peoples. Okoloama (Amaokolo) is a clan name in both Ndoki and Bonny Ubani. The name "Ubani" is common among the Ndoki as well. Akwete, an Ndoki clan is an Igbo heritage site for traditional cloth weaving. The prized fabric produced by the women of the clan also goes by the name of the clan "Akwete", a source of ethnic pride to the Igbo. However, the cloth weaving industry began declining gradually, with the introduction of foreign fabrics. Nwọtam is an Igbo masquerade with its origin in Ndoki land. Akwete, Azumini, Akirika-obu, Afam and Ohambele are notable Ndoki clans. NDOKI MMA-MMA NU !
There are more than the eye could see. One day in time, the truth will run like wild river down the stream lane. Half of Bayelsa State is Igbo land.
We know this already, but it's very saddening and at the same time refreshing hearing the obvious truth from this brave ibo man..
Talk of hatred, Ndigbo had never picked up arms to kill Nigerians whose main aim was to have a homeland they can call a country. The none Biafran Nigerians hated the Biafrans so much there was a need to wipe out the Biafrans. If there is any hatred from Igbo person towards none Biafran Nigerians, it stemmed from the Nigerian-Biafra war.
nsukkachap: I am from Nsukka but been living in Ghana .
I was watch this video this morning, I can't just but state that Enugu is an overhyped jungle. Red mud everywhere. Bad roads and filth everywhere. This is a town that has been in existence even before PH was carved out as a town.
Enugu is such an empty backward town, with almost non existent infrastructure, poverty level is high, no industry, no real economy.
Enugu is the most backward town in southern Nigeria, if we consider that it has been over 100yrs in existence.
Galaxybar: I won’t be surprised Reno is trapped in a stuffy closet and is fighting coming out. Anyone who has an irrational hatred for homosexuals, to the point of defending polygamous marriages of unwilling women and underaged girls in an extremist land, definitely has frequent wet dreams about his own gender he can’t control.
Take a look at Dababy. Openly disgustingly homophobic but it has come out that he made sexual moves on a man and may have had an affair with Lil Nas.
It doesn’t make you macho or a “red piller” to be so violent against homosexuals. It just makes you look like a homosexual in denial and in some cases, a guy who probably has been busted open by an older man.
There is nothing wrong with polygamous marriages until the love for a fellow man blossomed. Those who wanted to engage in the homosexual practices were ardent opponents of polygamous marriages.
Politics › Re: Ndoki, Bonny, Opobo by Idiko1: 10:58am On Aug 19, 2021
