₦airaland Forum

jason123: Nice one Rochas! A solid relationship between the two states will be good indeed. Rochas,being the only APGA governor, clearly is the progressive among the SE governors.

timilehin007: ....Hmmmmmmm angeli ton pinre oju e da, its our turn to shine no retreat no surrender..

agbotaen: igbos are never tired of propaganda , and if the obi of owa considered himself an igbo man why did he assist nigeria troops to expell biafra from ika land ? and why did biafrans want to arrest him dead or alive ? and why is the obi of owa bearing a bini name called efeizomor ? and why are major and important titles in owa kingdom benin titles? and why does owa language have lots of bini words in it and why is our world view similar to those of the bini? and why does every owa indegen avoid been seen as igbo, and for your information i am a part and parcel of owa royalty as royalty is in my blood as my forefather was a king in owa and i come from one of the six royal villages in owa. so you cant tell me owa history , and you igbos think owa obiship is same as igbo igweship . our obi is not the highest authority on traditional matters as if you want to know the tradition of our people you must consult -the ihama, ihogbe, elders and the olihe-ovia of owa kingdom. and if you still want to know our history check this website-www,ndiowa.com
our obi never said owa was founded by nri people alone ,he only said owa has nri and edo ancestory and this has been mentioned by the british as far back as 1913 ,before this crazy igbonisation of every body in delta north started,but am happy that we ika have taken a firm stance as we a seperate ethnicity.we cannever be igbo.any attempt to igbonise ika will fail and if i were you ,i will go and ask my self why did the ika reject igbo and biafra in 1966 ? and why are we still rejecting igbo now in 2012 ?
but the truth we as owa citizens know is that the benin people were the first to settle in owa kingdom and they lived in a place called owa-ofien and they came from ovia local govt in benin ,and their leader was adagba. that is why we still greet owa people as owa adagba ni ikoha- owa those whose ancestors came from ikoha. and no force of igbo propaganda will make a real owa indigene say he is igbo .
our people dont even like to associate with igbos because we believe they have fundermental flaws in certain traits they possess and they also like to churn out lies and propaganda at will .
i am a core ika man because we are not at the pheriphery of extreme igbo culture and my family is a major stake holders in owa tracing our history to the thirteenth century ,we are not recent migrants into owa or ika , and if you want to hear my fore fathers were part founders of owa kingdom and founders of idumu-ezomor village,so i know my history as passed from generation to generation,and if you are in doubt please go and check.

odumchi: I agree that the Yoruba are generally a warm and inviting people, however I don't subscribe to the thought that they are an exception when it comes to hospitality. I also don't believe that, as the author put it, "more Nigerians have been successful in the Western part of the country than inside or outside of Africa." Location is only one of the several factors that result in success. Living in western Nigeria doesn't mean that one will be more sucessful than someone living in the North or East.

The real catalyst for "success" in western Nigeria is Lagos; a seaport; Nigeria's main commercial doorway. In the modern context, the main reason why people are attracted to the west is because of this particular port. It offers people a place to do business that would be otherwise difficult to do in other parts of the country. When the first traders settled in Lagos, they brought with them their different attitudes, beliefs, and perspectives. However, they were united under the common aspiration to succeed. This resulted in a blend of cultures that made Lagos a multi-ethnic city open to diversity and liberalism.

The Westerners were among the first to experience colonial rule in Nigeria, thus their early exposure to foreigners. I believe this is the reason why the South (as a whole) is generally more liberal than the North. Since the South was exposed to foreigners while the North was generally untouched by the Europeans, the North's traditional conservatism is still with it politically, religiously, and socially. I believe that it is this unfamiliarity with change that has resulted in the violence in the North. That being said, it now seems clear (at least to me) that the West (with its combination of liberalism, hospitality, and commercial significance) is generally a place where people succeed.

However, that doesn't mean that success (or hospitality) is not found in other regions or places. The same thing written about the Yoruba in this article could also be written about the Ijaw or Igbo. The Eastern Ijaw people believe that a man's origin and history are not important when deciding his destiny. According to them, every one (whether born a slave or a prince) is able to achieve great things irrespective of their pasts. It was this same mentality that allowed Jaja Jubogha, an Igbo slave, to rise from servitude to royalty and establish his own Ijaw trading town.

The Igbo subscribe to the following ideologies: "live and let live" and "one's ability to succeed is firmly entrenched in the strenght of his/her aka Ikenga (right hand)". The Igbo believe in offering hospitality and warmth to outsiders such as was displayed by the people of Mgborogwu to Omenuko in the novel Omenuko. In this novel, the people of Mgborogwu allowed Omenuko, a foreigner, to succeed and thrive in their land even to the extent of serving as their Chief. The difference between this philosphy and that of the Yoruba is that the Igbo are generally not alright with allowing their visitors to exceed them to the extent of threatening them, hence the Igbo proverb that no matter how long a visitor stays, he must always return to his homeland.

What I'm trying to say is that success and hospitality are not unique to the Yoruba, as the author made it seem. However the truth must be told that, like many other peoples, the Yoruba are generally warm and accepting of foreigners (as in the case of Lagos).

davades: Mi Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ GBO payan oOº°˚˚˚˚°ºO

muktar mtt: Y nijer delter militancy or not call terrorists r dey not killin ppl nd vandalyzz our economy, or u have to b a muslim to d a terrorist God 4nish u all hypocryt.

Eko Ile: What a re,,,tard. Your yeye village river port dey rot away for years while you losers dey sit around for some yeye man to order you to go to work and make money, but you fool dey here yelling tnubu ....I forget say name tinubu be your real daddy instead of the useless man we you dey wait for before you chop.......lmao.


Suxcs to be agipa sha

agbotaen: more genuine questions about ika and owa culture and language are welcomed ,when the great german historian ulli bier came to nigeria in the 1950s,he wrote that agbor /ika was the land where the west meets with the east ,as he sad that ika/agbor bears both edo and igbo cultures.this distinct people are very ancient and have a uniquely wonderful culture.
this our ika language and culture must be protected and left for our children and other generations coming after us .and no ethnic group either igbo or bini must be allowed to destroy the traditions that our ancestors have strove to protect

muktar mtt: I lyk to ask 1 question if I tink d war is lyk b/t muslim nd xtian abi? Dokubo said he will cut off north so[b] wt r ur plan 4 ur Christian brothers in d north I mean d indigene of north dat r christian ware will dey go r goona let dem to b kill by muslim? [/b] Some one answer dis question pls wat is d plan 4 dem?

Eko Ile: Unfortunately for you clown, the joke is on you since you no fit chop, you no fit brush take teeth, you no fit tie ya shoe without useless mumuchukwu we no get ya time....

Sucxs to be agipa for real....

Antivirus92: is this bosalin nwakor? Awka don cast!

Eko Ile: Poor agipa people still siting on their hands waiting for useless El Abdul MumuChukwu Retardeen Umblerra to commision another fake project.....


The Last time the fool commission anything in agipa land, it was a dirty, dusty old airstrip with ribbon and ladder on top. Even your village seaport still dey gather dust while still waiting for the same clown to show face.

Must the whole of agipa land be so naive and incompetent? What's next? Wait for Mumuchukwu to tie your shoes for you?



smh....

Malawian: O kwa onye oraukwu di ihe a. Hapu kwa malawi i furu. Hapu ihe edere na moto .......

TRADEMARK: Flavor=Mr Remixes*Small Talent+[b]Typical Igbo hype,[/b]just like Yori Yori and the bunch of dem

Malawian: abi o! Next gov should use oil money to build a new city and call it nollywood. More jobs for ndi anambra and will put us firmly on the world map! Cant wait!

cykababe: we Igbos all know that u pple are not Igbos and u hav sounded it enough already.And to me, niger-deltans dont behave like our core Igbos. its high time u pple start making impact on d so- called claims that u r not Igbos and start from changing your names to ur own language.why is it that u pple still bear our names till now even the new borns of today e.g chioma,nduka,chukwuka,chinwe ,etc. are these not Igbo names?

chino11: Whether its 10 or 8 lanes its still the same. Btw, Its not by structures only, infrastructural development is part of it biko. Today government is restructuring and remodelling Head Bridge to befit a big city of Onitsha and glory of Igboland.

bright007: Simply because u are ignorant of those facts up there do not make them conjectures.Simply grow up and learn.
You don't where I âm from,so don't tell me to stop saying what I know about my history.