₦airaland Forum

Rayd502:
Dharamveer

my favourite Indian movie ever

Lucky Udu

CodeTemplar:
but Uvwie governor dey run three mega flyover same time.

Delta State has always had the capacity to do that....... and those flyovers are not mega

Allocation (in ₦) to states have tripled while the naira has lost times 4/5 of it's value. The governor's have more money that have no value

Too bad

FatimaAbubakar:
Chronic ignoramus. Ekperima.

E pain am!!!

bleating goat

FatimaAbubakar:
And the same common men couldn't speak against the bad leaders to make them finished? You must be an ignoramus.

uncultured goat, get off my mention

The power of the common man. When they speak in one voice against you, you are finished. The best option for Sam Larry now is to relocate if he has papers

Sapele, a small town with huge mentality. Many Deltans do not know that Sapele is the most civilised town in Delta state in terms of awareness

I like Davido's friendship with Israel, it will save him from depression associated with being very successful and having all you need and most of what you dreamed of

Arobaga:
Tinubu should lead by reciting Nigeria we hail thee





Tinubu no fit read alphabets from A to Z




Wetin full Tinubu head as we speak na “how many finger scoops of cocaine go full one nose”

you have zero chills

The problem of Rivers State is a lack of elder statemen and strong traditional leadership respected by the people. No wonder, I heard from someone that lived in Port Harcourt in the 50s and 60s that the area was completely controlled by the Eastern Igbos at that time. It is obvious that the vacuum of leadership still exists today and it has been exploited by Wike


...,...Meanwhile, Are FG and Labour still pricing minimum wage like crazy fish?

Soyinka, the later day tribalist

Only a total reformation that would create home made system of leadership can salvage this country now

Lutherblaq:
Can a tooth with a large hole be cured without extraction?

Asking for my kid bro

yes. Root canal treatment. Call 07064306004 if u are in Abuja Axis

jimetagambo:
Thanks for the explanation. I wish our ancestors had written books and passed down. Alot of history was passed on through oral narration. We did not start documenting history till Europeans returned in the 19th century. There were a few European history about Benin/ife connection in the 17th century I think. A Benin prince was also sent to I think Portugal in the 16th or 17th century.

I think he was an Itsekiri prince that was sent to Portugal, his name was Dom Domingos. A popular secondary school is named after him

The controversial topic concerning the "Igbo denial" of some/most of the Delta tribes that speak Igbo dialects has been raging on this forum for as long as I have been a member, which is as long as the forum has existed. I have learnt a lot from members argument here and it has also made me do some deep research into the topic. I will drop in this thread, where I am at now in the debate.

One of the oft used argument by the propounders of the argument that the Delta tribes deny their Igbo ethnicity is that the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970 and it's outcome led to these tribes denying their igboness as the Igbos lost the war. From this argument one would infer that these tribes identified as Igbos before the war but ceased to do so after the war.
What does the historical evidence reveal?
From oral and documented records, up until the civil war, the Igbo speaking tribes along the Niger did not identify as Igbos. They considered the hinterland to be Igbos and to be different from them. These people included the Onitshas, Ogbarus, Abohs, Asabas etc. There are historical documents to back this. Marrying a hinterland Igbo during these times was close to a taboo around this time. This didn't change until the political events of a new country, Nigeria, that culminated in the civil war led to the unification of the Eastern Igbo speakers on the banks with the hinterland Igbos. The political exigencies of the times and the geographical proximity made it a no brainer for these people to align. However, the history of the dichotomy that existed between these two group of Igbo speakers is evidence that they are of sharply different origins

The first Igbo speaking tribes with monarchical structure are the riverine igbo speakers, the first being the Abohs. The titular appellation Obi, most likely originated at Aboh and from there to Onitsha, as the Aboh stool predates that of Onitsha by many years. The riverine Igbo speakers therefore were politically and culturally different from the hinterlanders. They(riverine group) tended to assimilate people into their fold, including people of slave origin, which was a taboo to the hinterlanders

Language is the big controversy in the argument. How the riverine group came to speak the same language as the hinterland group. Various theories have been put forward including the theory of a back migration which has no historical proof. My own theory is as follows:

The language called Igbo today might have originated along the lower banks of the Niger. The reason for my assertion is that the riverine speakers were the trading force around the region at that time and the language of trade was copied by the hinterlanders who took wares to the riverside to exchange for trade. It is a known fact that the precolonial hinterland Igbos were not long distant traders. The language at the banks became the dominant language for this reason of trade, just like Hausa is spoken in the North.

Oral history

The oral history of major towns around the lower Niger banks records that the ruling class came from Bini. This is difficult to dispute considering that they established monarchies in these places akin to the Bini monarchy with some traditional titles bearing exactly the same names e.g Iyasele meaning prime minister. These migrants came in large numbers with their entire households, friends, servants etc. They settled and in most cases took over political control of the places they settled. Their language changed to the overwhelmingly spoken Igbo over the years as did the population of those places which today are very mixed in terms of their origin. Unlike the hinterland Igbo speakers who are organized into clans with linear heritages, those of the banks are diverse within a clan and sometimes within a family as seen in Aboh

In conclusion, the civil war and the politics around the civil war era united the eastern Igbo speakers to some degree but had little to no effects on the Western Igbo speakers. The Westerners have retained their precolonial identity and are culturally and politically different from those in the Igbo hinterland. Their values sharply differ but their languages are the same- Igbo

This is the reason the compromised INEC chairman postponed the guber elections. If the election holds on Saturday GRV wins by a landslide. The one week extension is to slow the momentum of the LP candidate and try to market Sanwo-Olu. Even Seun don collect he cut, that is why you see topics like this one selling Sanwo on FP

....but it will boomerang as GRVs popularity may soar even higher in the coming week as more people get to know his stuff and not just his status as LP candidate for governor

Sanwo-Olu is toast

QueenSindel:
Nana to u!! And Why aren't u worshipping Olivia that is also fair skinned!!

Olivia has a dirty bleached skin

thatigboman:
tnx mambi. Naija jagajaga election do me strong thing. I have really lost interest in this programme. Just remembered and gave my very beautiful and very lovely Yvonne some votes. And came here yesterday just to see some people saying juvone will bounce tonight. They bounce, that's the end of my posts on this thread. Yvonne that invented "juju baby" that biggie is calling Justin this now.
And one zulu from soweto called sanqa is saying that Justin, an afrikaan oyibo from Netherlands is black. Xenophobic people who only live by drinking umquoboti, looting and matcheting black migrants in South Africa while the whites have all the money, resources and economy of South Africa.

Justin has said it on the show that he is definitely not White. The way we view race is different from the way white people view it. Try and read up the "one drop rule"

QueenSindel:
Pray tell yet she garnered the fans she has effortlessly just sitting pretty

that's because we worship fair skin in this parts. Nana is by far prettier than yvonne

Avedonn:
You're very observant. I think their face type is similar to that of bushman tribe of South Africa.

Those guys that acted the gods most be crazy movie.

was just going to mention "Gods must be crazy". Tsatsii looks like the main character

QueenSindel:
Yvonne too with her charisma and looks has men lined up outside for her!! Both had the highest PR hype and the physical appearance going for them but failed their lineage!!

Yvonne is not pretty, na yellow skin help her

Wotowotoman:
You see camera dey look you, you come start to dey do affirmation. And you think that’s normal? True dey smell

Kanaga is too fake abeg

blabulu2000:
*If you're a Yoruba supporter of Obi, ask your self if Igbos voted for Awolowo or MKO*.

*Why is it always your own elders that are bad, but theirs are saints??*

*Was MKO's (SDP) Party in government previously in 1993 just as is APC now for Tinubu?*! *The reality of your decision today is that your tribesmen may never be president again.*

*All your elders and leaders are subject of mockery but Igbos can bring an unknown entity, rebrand it, and sell to you as a saint*. *They tell you it's not about tribe but, historically they had never voted Yoruba candidates for presidency*.

*In 1979 elections, Chief Obafemi Awolowo recorded an abysmal 0.8% and 0.7% of total votes 🗳 cast in the then Imo and Enugu state*. *Was Awolowo not competent too or was he also too old for the job? Is Awolowo ticket a Muslim Muslim ticket?*🤔

*Google 1993 election results and see that they did not also vote for MKO Abiola*. *Abiola lost in Enugu, Abia, Imo, and River states*.

*For me, if you don't patronize me, I will not patronize you*. *I'm not a fool!!* *This is a federal election and not state election like Osun state where the candidates are Yoruba vs Yoruba*.

*For the fact that a candidate failed in a party does not AUTOMATICALLY mean that everyone in the party will underperform if given the opportunity*.

*The same Igbos misleading our people are part of the problem too with their Biafra agitation which they have cleverly suspended for.*

*They championed EndSars protest as directed by Nnamdi Kanu to destroy Lagos*. *They are always insulting and troubling this Buhari man and even things he did well, they will never give credit*.

*We should never forget in a hurry how they called Nigeria a Zoo and all of us living in it, baboons.*

*Must it be their own president for us to progress?*

*Is that how developed the South East is, or we Yorubas are already emotionally blackmailed to the point that we see nothing good about ourselves again?* 🤔

*Yoruba e je ki a Ro'nu jinle oooo.* 🤔🤔🤔🤔


#ThinkYorubaFirst

the Igbos voted Obasanjo twice 🤔

duro4chang:
Who are your parents? Which state are you from? I just want to know so that I will not be talking to an osu.

Oyo state

duro4chang:
He told you that? We're you his father? Oyetola is from Osun, Tinubu is from Lagos. Stop your beer parlour talk. Have you ever seen any of his record claiming he was from Osun State? Use your brain.

who are his parents?

duro4chang:
No he is born and bred in Lagos. A true Lagos indigene. His parents were Lagosians. Not like those who came to Lagos by night bus from Agulu. We say Tinubu Akanbi Omo olodo ide. He is the next president of Nigeria. The best man for the job. The Jagaban himself. I congratulate him in advance.

how come Oyetola the former governor of Osum state is his cousin?

duro4chang:
Tinubu will vote at Ikeja, Lagos.
Atiku will vote at Jada, Adamawa.
Peter Obi will vote at Ikoyi, Lagos.Why not in Agulu in Anambra? I need answers

Following your logic, Tinubu should be voting in Iragbiji, Osun State

inoki247:
Is Kaduna State a Federal Capital...


Since you need justification....

How is this relevant to your argument?

Where is Aisha?

hisexcellency34:
Like Joe Igbokwe, Jude Idimogu, Ben Akabueze and others, do we have any prominent Yoruba Political Office Holder In the entire South East region?

Like Lagos, was any part of South-East federal capital?