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@lalasticlala, the world needs to learn from this.

Life of course is not a bed of roses, but patience pays....

Who will you blame for this act? The maid or the boss?

On NL we can no longer say our mind. The next thing is a ban. I wish NL mods can ban the herdsmen from entering people's farm the way they ban us when we speak against atrocities committed against our tribe and people.

Firefire:
You see...



If I talk in defense of my race (Yoruba) someone will tag that incitement, and reward me with ban.

I am furious!

President Mohoomodu Buhari, please address your people in the language they understand, your continuous silence means approval for them to continue their rampage.

The government should note that no one has the monopoly of violence.

I had a similar experience in my Uni days. The only difference is that I realized on time that my academics was not as I wanted it to be and fortunately I saw she was just with me for the benefits she can get from me while also putting eyes for other guys.

Fast forward 4 years later, I graduated with a 2.1 (even though my target was a 1st class) and she had about 4 carry overs.

Wetin concern me

here are a handful of stereotypes that Africans hold against each other and this is not surprising due to the multi-cultural structure of our society. Nigeria has over 500 ethnic groups. Among the 500, about 9 languages are extinct while only three are -Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba- leading the pack, and each one of these tribal groups have their peculiarities.

IGBO-MEN

The Igbos of Southeastern, Nigeria are one of the leading ethnic groups in the country. They can be found in Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, and Abia. Despite these peculiarities, a handful of Nigerians have some misconceptions about this amazing ethnic group.

Jovago.com, Africa’s No 1 hotel booking portal identifies 5 stereotypes that Nigerians have about persons of Igbo extraction and offers facts that debunk them.

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They know nothing but business

Let’s give it to the Igbos, when it comes to business, there is no contest. At major markets, they are dominant. In fact, in places where you do not imagine that you will find them, they are always there. But, there is more to this people than business. You find them in politics, literature, education, economy and other sectors. Late Nnamdi Azikiwe, was a businessman, first prime minister of Nigeria and a nationalist as well as a lawyer. The literary lord, the man of words and the author of the evergreen bookThings Fall Apart that made the world change their perception about African literature, late Chinua Achebe was not a businessman, same with Chiwetel Ejiofor, and also Chimamanda Adichie. The list is endless. Take it or leave it, no matter the field an Igbo Man ventures into, the business trait tails him.

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All Igbo women are light skinned

There is no argument about Igbo women being light skinned but the stereotype is tagging all Igbo women light skinned which is not the case. There are chocolate, ebony, and dark skinned ladies among them. In addition, light skinned women are not restricted to Igbo women alone but it cut across all Nigerian tribes. When next you see a light skinned lady, do not make up your mind that she is Igbo!

They love ‘Ego‘ also known as ‘Money‘

Who does not love money? Money is desired by almost everyone in varying degrees. Many say you cannot date an Igbo girl if you do not have money but these preconceived notions are not entirely based on facts. Rather than singling out a particular ethnic group to castigate, this is a blanket perception for all ethnic groups. Same thing for the men. There should be no ethnic colouration when it comes to making money.

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It’s expensive to marry an Igbo woman

Nigerian women are beautiful, expensive and sophisticated. A man should be happy to marry an Igbo woman because she is not cheap. A man should be proud to provide everything on the list presented to him by the parents to show that he is a ‘man’, however, there is always room for negotiation. So, the stereotype that before you marry an Igbo woman, you need to bring an arm and a leg only applies when the groom’s family are not masters at striking a good bargain.

All Igbos have left their villages for Lagos

Lagos is the melting pot for various ethnic groups and the commercial heartbeat of Nigeria as a result, the state is bound to be peopled by different tribes. However, expressing the thought that all Igbos have emptied their various states to reside in Lagos is laughable and wrong. There are individuals who run thriving businesses in these different south-eastern states that have never visited Lagos.





Ogunfowoke Adeniyi
Travel/Technology Writer

http://naija247news.com/2016/03/5-igbo-stereotypes-every-nigerian-must-drop/

That guy must be a correct guy

I am forced to write this after going through the responses and comments of the initial thread.

In as much as it is not a bad idea to do a comparative analysis on some geographical locations of Nigeria as the ops did, I think there should be a basis for the comparism.

Before the creation of states when there were regional governments, each region develop at a very fast pace owing to the fact that they were responsible totally for themselves. Various opportunities were harnessed and there was growth simultaneously across the nation and this growth was even bolstered by the synergic approach the Nigeria citizenry took on National development.

Personally, I think that any right thinking Nigerian youth should rather be weeping for this Nation and should look for a way to contribute his own quota to National development. As for me, all the regions are in shambles. They are all below the pass mark. There are various indices to calcualate development. Not just buildings. These indices are but not limited to

1. Life expectancy
2. Education
3. Health care
4. Power supply
5. Transportation
6. Housing
7. Security
8. Technology
9. Youth development
10. Agriculture
11. Direct Foreign investment
12. Industrialization


If your region has 100% in these indices, you have the bragging right. But if not, my people I will suggest we sit back and reflect rather than make premature comparism that will take us no where.

This really touch me..

It is a thing of pride to be an Anambarian. Living up to our name. Light of the nation.

Who?

Karma

This is a real lesson.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2270998/mom-note-son-realest-lesson/

Estella Havisham has had it up to here with her son, Aaron. The 13-year-old YouTuber from Australia lied to his mom about doing his homework, and now he has to pay the price — literally. His royally irked off mom wrote him a note that delivers the toughest of love on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

“The child [Aaron] is going to have a rude awakening today after the words he exchanged with me last night,” Mama Havisham captioned the photo below on her Facebook. “Not only will [h]e find this on the door, but his mattress stripped, and the toys and clothes that I bought confiscated.”

Aaron makes a “teeny tiny bit of money” off his YouTube vids according to his mom, but nowhere near enough to pay her back for covering 13 years of his life, obviously. (Meanwhile, all of us city dwellers are weeping at the beautiful $430 rent.)

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“I made the point to show what life would look like if I was not his ’parent,’ but rather a ’roommate,'” his mom explained in a follow-up Facebook post. “It was a lesson about gratitude and respect from the very beginning. Sometimes, you have to lose it all to realize how well you really had it.”

Her methods worked. When Aaron found the letter, he “stormed” out of the apartment in anger but later returned to his room, calmed down and said sorry.

“He apologized, and asked what could he do to make things better and start earning items back,” his mom wrote. “He earned his comforter and some clothes right back. I did leave him some clothes to begin with, just not the ones he would want to wear every day.”

This is definitely one valuable lesson Aaron will always remember.

I join

Peeps honestly, if this is the only source of water around you and you are so thirsty. Can you drink from this tap?

[quote author=Kaakulator post=37717220][/quote]Why all these cancelling? Why not open a thread about your own state. Mtcheeeew

Ops, I think a goat get sense pass you. Mtcheeeeeem

mekaboy:
As an igbo man when i see threads about igbos competing and comparing with other tribes, i become embarrassed.


What do you gain if other tribes accept you are superior?

Will it fix the roads in the east or create employment or improve security or stop governors from looting?

Why not focus this energy u use for biafra madness and competition online on solving problems in the east and developing the region?

And yoruba people carry Lagos as if it is New York. Mtcheeeeeeeeeew

Yehman:
Eko oo

Your fat.her there. Instead of a hate message, why not open a thread on the history of your tribe? Useless f.00l

kestolove95:
Dix useless group of people killed hausas dia superior and few yorubas dia damigods...as if dat was not enuf...dia smoker son call OJUJUkwu tried secession...well dey are still suffering all dat till date...running north to west just to make a living..

The Igbo, sometimes referred to as Ibo, are one of the largest single ethnic groups in Africa. Most Igbo speakers are based in southeast Nigeria, where they make up almost 17% of the population; they can also be found in significant numbers in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Their language is also called Igbo. The primary Igbo states in Nigeria are Anambra, Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, and Enugu States. The Igbos also are more than 25% of the population in some Nigerian States like Delta State and Rivers State. Traces of the Igbo Culture and language could be found in Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa States. Igbo language is predominant in such cities like Onitsha, Aba, Owerri, Enugu, Nnewi, Nsukka, Awka, Umuahia, and Asaba, among others.

Igbo Origins

There have been postulations of different origins of the Igbo; however, serious studies based on testable facts clarify that the Igbo have lived in their country for tens of millennia. The archeological finds at Ugwuele Okigwe make an insightful proof of human activities in the theatre of Igbo civilization more than two hundred and fifty thousand years ago. Evidence of man-made tools like axe, pottery and carved stones dug up at the present day Enugu and Ebonyi states establish the credibility of the habitation of Igbo for a very long time. In other words, traditions of Igbo origin favor Igbo genesis in Igboland.

According to Professor Oriji as well as Forde and Jones, the Isu group of the Igbo nation would appear to be the largest in population and seem to occupy a contiguous stretch of land from the center of Igboland expanding to all directions. This implies that the initial Igbo cultural and structural ideas likely evolved from the Isu. Their spread has helped to harmonize the features of the Igbo Cultural Area. In the Orlu section of Isu that claim autochthony for instance, a primogenitor was recollected of the name Igbo Ngidi, who was spiritually and scientifically advanced. He founded Ama Igbo [The home of the Igbo].

From Ama Igbo in Orlu, he instituted various blacksmithing centers, agricultural practices, commerce and religious oracles. He further established his ideas at a place he called Igbo Ukwu [Igbo the Great] in praise of his success. It was from these places of initial causes (Ama Igbo and Igbo Ukwu) that the Igbo multiplied and occupied the present-day Igboland. It is recollected that Igbo people called themselves Umu Igbo Ngidi [Children of Igbo Ngidi], which was shortened to Umu Igbo. Today, Igbo means the people, the language and the land. Etymologically, the word "Igbo" connotes "human community".

With regard to the genesis of the Igbo in relation to their original population stock and areas of initial settlements and dispersals, four views are worth mentioning:THE AMAIGBO VIEW OF IGBO ORIGIN

There exists the speculation of settlement from antiquity among the Orlu and Isu group. Within this zone, Amaigbo stands out with complex sophistication that ushers valid insight into Igbo settlements of old as well as the evolution of the cultural, linguistic, behavioral and psychological patterns that give the Igbo a distinct outlook. Some historians noted that with population explosion, people from this region spread rapidly and founded other parts of Igboland. The axis in question constitutes the upper half of the "Southern Igbo" involving the Isu, Orsu, Orlu and Ihiala group. THE OWERE VIEW OF IGBO ORIGIN

This is shared by both indigenes and foreigners alike, who see the Owere region as the archetype originality of Igbo. Critical insights into the height of linguistic and cultural evolution attained here attest this standpoint. This region covers the stretch of land from Urata surroundings to Umuahia areas. This view is held by Elizabeth Isichei, who suggests that Igbo origin has its root somewhere in Owere-Umuahia axis. Hence, from here, there skyrocketed the outward radiation of Igbo characteristic elan. In other words, the original population stock from this region expanded north, south, east and west. THE AWKA VIEW OF IGBO ORIGIN

It suggests an earlier habitation of the Awka and Nri axis, whose people emerged as the first and original Igbo group. After elapsing series of internal evolution, there was the need to expand due to population pressures. There are claims of autochthony here, where migrations are just remembered to be a few miles from the present abode. Igbo cultural thoughts could have developed by this region around the Omambara and Ezu river basins being among the important elements of civilization. Factors that fuel this view include the Awka smithery and the emergence of Nri ritual functions. THE OWERE-AWKA VIEW OF IGBO ORIGIN

The fourth satisfies the result of archaeological studies that noted the continuous inhabitation of Igboland from prehistoric period. Regarding the complex dynamism involved in the question of Igbo origin, K.O. Dike and P.A. Talbot argue that Awka and Owere form the focal foundation of early Igbo dispersal. Chikezie Uchendu also holds this view that the area stretching from Awka to Owere form the Igbo heartland belt. Botanical and anthropological evidence confirm a continuous settlement of the Igbo in Igboland with a cultural continuum from the lithic periods to this day. Uchendu elaborates that "the belt formed by Owerri, Awka, Orlu and Okigwe divisions constitute this nuclear area" of Igbo evolution. People in this area have no tradition of coming from anywhere else. Within this belt, villages are small in area but are very densely populated due to internal sub-divisions over long period of habitation and group autonomy. Communities lying outside this core belt make a sharp contrast, where villages are large in area but are scantly populated. In summary, the Igbo are African people who have occupied their land for many millennia, splitting off from other Africans and evolving a distinct system.

Before Foreign Colonization

Pre-colonial Igbo political organization was based on semiautonomous communities, devoid of kings or governing chiefs. With the exception of towns such as Onitsha, which had kings called Obis, and places like Nri and Arochukwu, which had priest kings known as Ezes, most Igbo village governments were ruled solely by an assembly of the common people. Although titleholders were respected because of their accomplishments, they were never revered as kings, but often performed special functions given to them by such these assemblies. This way of governing was immensely different from most other communities of Western Africa, and only shared by the Ewe of Ghana. Igbo secret societies also had a ceremonial scriptcalled Nsibidi. Igbos had a calendar in which a week has four days. A month has seven weeks and thirteen months a year. The last month had an extra day.They also had mathematics called Okwe and Mkpisi and a saving and loans bank system called Isusu. They settled law matters by oath-taking to a god. If that person died in a certain amount of time, he was guilty. If not, he was free to go, but if guilty, that person could face exile or servitude to a deity.

After The Colonization

The arrival of the British in the 1870s and increased encounters between the Igbo and other Nigerians led to a deepening sense of a distinct Igbo ethnic identity. The Igbo also proved remarkably decisive and enthusiastic in their embrace of Christianity and Western education. Under British colonial rule, the diversity within each of Nigeria's major ethnic groups slowly decreased and distinctions between the Igbo and other large ethnic groups, such as the Hausa and the Yoruba became sharper.

The novel Things Fall Apart by Igbo author Chinua Achebe, is a fictional account of the clash between the new influences of the British and the traditional life of the Igbo.

Instability and Biafra Seccession

In 1966, a failed coup d'état by Nigerian army officers led by an Igbo—Major Kaduna Nzeogwu—resulted in the death of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, a prominent northern Nigerian of the Hausa ethnic group. Although the coup was foiled primarily by another Igbo, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, the belief prevailed in northern Nigeria that Hausa leaders were singled out for death. This situation gave rise to a retaliatory pogrom in which tens of thousands of Igbo were murdered in northern Nigeria, which led to the headlong flight back to the Eastern Region of as many as two million Igbos.

Eventually, the crisis reached an apex in May 1967 with the secession of the Igbo-dominated Eastern Region from Nigeria to form the Republic of Biafra headed by the aforementioned Colonel Ojukwu. The secession quickly led to civil war after talks between former Army colleagues, Yakubu Gowon and Ojukwu broke down. The Republic of Biafra lasted only until January 1970 after a campaign of starvation by the Nigerian Army with the support of Egypt, Sudan and the United Kingdom led to a decisive victory.


Derived from the last wartime speech of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Head of Biafran state.

"In the three years of the war necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years of heroic bound, we leapt across the great chasm that separates knowledge from know-how. We built rocket, and we designed and built our own delivery systems. We guided our rockets. We guided them far; we guided them accurately. For three years, blockaded without hope of import, we maintained all our vehicles. The state extracted and refined petrol, individuals refined petrol in their back gardens. We built and maintained our airports, maintained them under heavy bombardment. Despite the heavy bombardment, we recovered so quickly after each raid that we were able to maintain the record for the busiest airport in the continent of Africa. We spoke to the world through telecommunication system engineered by local ingenuity; the world heard us and spoke back to us! [/b]We built armored cars and tanks. We modified aircraft from trainer to fighters, from passenger aircraft to bombers.[b] In the three years of freedom we had broken the technological barrier. In the three years we became the most civilized, the most technologically advanced black people on earth."

Contemporary Igbo

After the Nigerian Civil War, Igboland had been severely devastated. Many hospitals, schools, and homes had been completely destroyed in the brutal war. The Federal government of Nigeria denied the Igbo people access to all the hard currencies such as pound sterling they had saved in Nigeria banks before the civil war, and only allowed them a minuscule compensation of £20 per adult bank account holder. For example, a man who had over £450,000.00 savings in one or several bank accounts could only receive £20.00 following this policy.

In addition to the loss of their savings, many Igbo people found themselves discriminated against by other ethnic groups and the new non-Igbo federal government. Due to the discrimination of employers, many Igbos had trouble finding employment, and the Igbos became one of the poorest ethnic groups in Nigeria during the early 1970s. A[b]s an even greater insult, in Port Harcourt, their control was handed over to their Ijaw neighbours and the Ikwerre (an Igbo subgroup who have separated and claimed no Igbo origin). Igboland was gradually rebuilt over a period of twenty years and the economy was again prospering due to the rise of the Niger Delta petroleum industry, which led to new factories being set up in southern Nigeria. This recovery, from the depths of the Biafran War, is an example of the uncanny resilience and resourcefulness of the Igbo. Many Igbos eventually regained government positions.
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The Igbo, however, also face many problems and challenges today. Even today, Igbo people have sometimes continued to face discrimination from other ethnic groups. Igboland towns, such as Enugu, Onitsha and Owerri, lack sufficient resources and good infrastructure for their inhabitants. Also, because the traditional Igbo homeland was becoming too small for its growing population, many Igbo have emigrated out of Igboland.

The Igbo Diaspora

After the Nigerian Civil War, many Igbo emigrated out of the traditional Igbo homeland in southeastern Nigeria due to a growing population, decreasing land, and poor infrastructure. Not only have the Igbo people moved to such Nigerian cities as Lagos, Benin City, and Abuja, but have also moved to other countries such as Togo, Ghana, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Prominent Igbo communities outside Africa include those of London, UK, Houston, Atlanta and Washington D.C USA. Finland, Malaysia. Infact Igbo’s can be found in virtually any part of the world.

References:

Isichei, Elizabeth. A History of the Igbo People. London: Macmillan, 1976.

Onwutalobi, A. C, History of Otolo Nnewi, http://codewit.com/historyofotolo.php

Oriji, Nwachimereze J. Traditions of Igbo Origin: A study of pre-colonial population movements in Africa. New York: P. Lang, 1994.

Talbot, P.A. The Peoples of Southern Nigeria. Vol. 4. London: Oxford, 1926.

Uchendu, Victor C. The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria. New York: Holt, 1965.

Just say something

One word for this.

Where is the Pastor from?

Can an animal from the ZOO produce Awo's quotes?
Let me hear what that coward rat-poisoned fool has to say.

Can an animal from the ZOO produce Awo's quotes?
Let me hear what that coward rat-poisoned fool has to say.

tochukwuifeduba:
He Is Our Demi God Compadium Of 9 Powerful Quotes Of Ojukwu by Ifeduba
1. The history of the world is a chronicle of oppression.
2. Since oppression is maintained by force, it is only possible to remove that oppression by a counterforce.
3. The illegal regime in Lagos under Gowon has accused Biafra of playing politics with her people’s misery. Our answer is simple: “We do not play politics. We are not masochists; rather, we are a people who choose to hunger a little to remain alive instead of feeding fat to become respectable corpses.”
4. We do not ask for pity. We make no apologies for the social phenomenon known as the Biafran revolution; rather, we proclaim with pride the inevitability of our struggle, the indestructability of our people, and the assured finality of our success.
5. Biafra is a child of circumstance…His existence and survival are always a marvel, sometimes bordering on a miracle. His life is a tribute to man, his courage is his endurance, his ingenuity is his humanity.
6. For unity to be meaningful it has to be creative, not the unity of Jonah in the whale but the unity of holy matrimony. The first can only lead to defecation, the second to procreation.
7. If a leader accepts himself as already dead to society, there will be no reason for cowardice in his leadership. One thing that frightens leaders and lead them to a number of excesses is usually fear of death. No leader should fear death. In fact, you should accept the fact that from the moment of leadership you are sacrificed to death. Each subsequent day becomes a bonus for the preparation of one’s memorial.
8. What I have become, in this struggle is the mouthpiece of my people. I go where they push and no more. The day I think otherwise, the day I act otherwise, that day my people, without compromising the struggle, will find another person to express their aspirations.
9. We are humans. We live. We fight, fight because the decision to be free is a decision taken freely and collectively, because to become involved in violent struggle for freedom is the only honor left to an oppressed people threatened with genocide, because in the final analysis the only true bulwark against death is to live. Biafra rejects death…Biafra lives

To be candid, I will advise you look for someone neutral to man to position.

phrancky:
My ex and i worked for the same company before i switched over to my present company(about 5 months ago). We finally ended the relationship about a month ago and she has been stalking me ever since and reminding me of how wicked men like me will never know peace, cursing and even sometimes threatening me just because i felt we ain't compatible to hit the alter. Now to the crux of the matter... When the going was smooth, i was helping her source for jobs in my present company and everywhere else as she works in an isolated area and the work environment not conducive for women. Just today, i got a mail from my Operations Manager that I should recommend my ex-colleagues or anyone i know is competent to fill in an open position(same position as mine) in another city entirely. Am in a confused state right now as i don't know if i should recommend my ex or just pass the baton to a neutral person.

Please i want candid advise from fellow nairalanders who have experienced same or similar situation before. Do i help her get the job and this might mean that our path will still cross, or do i just recommend another so that with time the pain in her heart will heal permanently because am sure she still wants me.

You will be surprised to know my tribe. Anyway, such info is not for imbeciles like you.

ibkgab001:
Op is from the Worst tribe so far ...

Heartless and careless set of people

This bab.oon just confirmed point No 5 raised.

ope2711:
Igbos are enemies of peace; they are as stupid as illiterate donkey, history shall never forget the past, your grandfather Mr Ojukwu (may his useless soul hang in hell fire) was the first terrorist in the history of Nigeria who causes the lost of million lives. For that I never surprise why you people are still criminals and enemies of peace in nigeria. Idiots children of factory products.

Thank you

400billionman:
Abobaku..

A robber is a person who takes what does not legally belong to him/her.

Below are facts to show that these set of people called Yo-robbers are true robbers.

1. FFk claims to have slept with Bianca
2. OBJ sleeping with his son's wife.
3. Awo confiscating all Igbos properties during the civil and paying them 20Pounds.
4. The stupid boy caught in Ogun state f**king a goat. (He stole the goats right to animality).
5. Yo-robbers commenting on this thread.