₦airaland Forum

Jhenny:
hmmm. All these pictures sef fit make pesin do wetin he no wan do. These guys shud just reduce d way they flaunt their wealth jare

I tell you

kossyablaze:
Well...lemme summarize it in just few words...The early church is basically Catholic,then later Anglican...If u don't go any of these churches,there's 89% chance you are attending the Modern church where the oga general cruises on ova 4 privates jets and feeds on the gullible followers.
KARL MARX was right afterall...Religion is the opium of the masses!

Point of correction the Early church in the bible the Op talked about isn't catholic

NgwaManNaija4LF:
Just shut the hell mouth,what do you even know about Niger delta,fool.

Now you can see why I said your ignorance knows no bounds

NgwaManNaija4LF:
You are a mad man,without the Igbos,there will be nothing like Niger delta, Eastern Nigeria belongs to Igbos and Ijaws are our little kids,by fireby force we are the real owner of Niger Delta.

Your Ignorance knows no bounds

Girls now looking brighter than their future

Not just Kaffy,alot of ladies now bleach,looking brighter than thier future

walemadu:
muslims aint talking. they know when to keep their rotten mouth shut!

I was just thinking the same thing

20bc:
[color=teal]Wow, why is the TV in the background saying ©2014.. Op are you ®etarded or you are just high because of the cheep weed you bought.....Stop spreading fake news[/color]

Guy your eye sharp,no mind am

chukwudi44:
Ode fuel crisis don end ni? I drove all the way from ojota via Ikorodu road to Surulere and only one filling station were selling fuel with a very long queue.

On the movement of command center what has that one achieved?

I think you live in a different city,cos in Lagos. Fuel is available and now its sold between 100/110 per liter

Mayor21:
Fine woman

fine anyhow,fine like say...

dickrider:
SHE GO LIKE BIG DICK NO BE SMALL SEE HER MOUTH GOOD FOR BJ

you dey vex o

Babes no go talk now ooo

So ICPC still exists?

LIKE REALLY WTF!!! MARRIAGE DON END

jorlons:
We can't deny what is written on the article. It's a shame we live in mediocrity and what's more shameful is our tendency to always play the victim card when told the truth.

I sincerely pray and hope that in the next 48 months, Nigeria will be in the local and international news for good reasons only.

Nigerians hate the truth

remsonik:
No inspiration there its for young girls to learn

To learn what if I may ask?

idupaul:
Ameachi as Chief Security Officer you allowed Wike to get away with the murder of one of ur citizen, this also makes U an accomplice you know

Well said

150 per litre... its really sad as a lot of Nigerians are suffering

Nigerians are the worst set of hypocrites,this man is a public figure for God sake,so if he is sworn in and he meets a female dignitary he should nt shake hands?if only we are as holy as our religious pan gentry Nigeria would be a better place

Adaobi12:
She left you doesn't mean, another lady will do the same. We all are not the same, so you shouldn't generalize. I know many men that are eating on a dinning table today with ladies they drank garri with on the bare floor years bk. Nkechi didn't stay doesn't mean that Nkiru will do the same.

All this stay with u and dtink garri scam was in our mothers time,i bet even u talking here wont give a hard working struggling guy a chance,op hit the nail on the head

Burger01:
These Ndigbo people again. Smh

Una nor vote for Buhari come dey make demands. Your very own Jonathan failed in his promises to you people, yet you voted for continuity of that failure. Smh

Jez carry ya cross alone and stop bothering our 'change' Presido-elect

I think people still do not understand the geo-political zones,For Godsake there is a difference between south east and south south...Jonathan is from the south south not south east

Pls check preboye douiyebralade NIS-000000119556.
Delta state

Woged2005:
How people start out as best friends and marriage turns them into worst enemies baffles me. What is the cause? - fake love, love for money and materialism and desperation to be married to just anything blinds most people to the reality of living together under the same roof with the same person with his/her personal weakness yet vowing to make love only to him/her despite how his/her body turns out after 10 years.

When you take what does not belong to you by hook and crook, it's difficult to enjoy it.

Please say No to LOVE = MONEY. it's leading. to divorces, kids growing up in broken homes, and homicides (men killing their wives).

Love is not equal to money and gifts. It's a genuine felling for someone without material gains. Re-orientate your children today to be less vain and start believing in love

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I think that should go to mothers they are mostly the ones who hiss and and taunt their daughters if they bring home a guy with potentials...what they tell their daughters is open your eyes ooo and of cos our girls dont disappoint

E be like fine woman never do una strong thing before Ba? And truth be told a lot of pretty women are just that,pretty with a lot of issues,many can't cook to save their lives and with the rude attitude?I am a simple man and I love my simple good cook,would do a little work brush her to my taste if she has a good heart its win win for me,no be woman wey be say if my wife dey outside my mind go dey cut say snipers dey target am

Fabjay:
Hmmmmmm for d fact he's a̶̲̥̅̊ man of God I reserve my comments cos I dnt wanna incure God's wrath

Show me in your bible where jesus slapped anybody for any reason. The problem with christians they swallow everything hook,line and sinker with my pastor said mentality

You agree to sell for 20k?then I will call you before the week runs out and I hope the batt lasts at least

Working perfectly,no issues not stolen?

DereI:
Lemme continue.



ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE ITSEKIRIS

History has it that, IGINUA (GINUWA) the ancestor of the ITSEKIRIS was a disowned son of Oba Olua of Benin. As a result, in 1480 Iginua was sent away from his home in Benin City and wandered to an unspecified location in the swampy forest regions around the Benin River. By a stroke of fate, he was picked up by the Ijaws of that region in their evil-forest referred to as 'SEIKIRI'. The Ijaws, in their usual act of kindness provided transportation to Iginua and his entourage, numbering about seventy people, all men, across the river to the Ijaws homeland of AMATU. This is the settlement were Iginua and his entourage underwent their first rehabilitation.

This view is supported by the account given by a British national and former professor of history at the University of Ibadan, Professor Allan Ryder, in his book titled "BENIN AND THE EUROPEANS 1485 - 1897". Chapter one, page 13 of the book reads, "Tradition relates that OLUA'S eldest son, IGINUA, became extremely unpopular in Benin where it was made clear that he would not be accepted as Oba. His father therefore…. sent him off…. into the swamp forest around the Benin River. Around this wandering band formed the embryonic Itsekiri Kingdom…". Note the reference is to Itsekiri Kingdom and not Warri Kingdom. In yet, another book titled "HISTORY OF THE ITSEKIRI" written by a renowned Itsekiri historian, William A. Moore, came more revelations. He wrote, "Prior to the advent of the Benin Prince Iginua, the territory now known as the Kingdom of ITSEKIRI or IWERE, was inhabited by three tribes, namely, Ijaws, Sobos and the Mahims. The most populous among them were the Sobos. They (Sobos) occupied the hinterland while the Ijaws occupied the coastline and the Mahims squatted on the seashore near the Benin River…. Prince Ginuwa first landed at Amatu where he squatted for about three decades. He moved to Oruselemo where he married an Ijaw woman named Derumo. After several years stay at Oruselemo, a dispute arose between him and the Ijaws of Gulani (Ogulagha) on account of the woman, Derumo who was killed by him…, He therefore moved to Ijala where he later died and Ijijen (Ijeyem), his senior son took his place. Hence Ijala is held to be the Olu's burial ground by the Itsekiri. Ijijen led the entourage from Ijala to Iwere or Ale-ode-Itsekiri…." The settlement at Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral homeland of Itsekiris occurred at about 1520AD.


IGINUA and his entourage haven been picked up in that portion of the forest known to the Ijaws as 'evil-land' were aptly named by the Ijaws as "SEIKIRI-OTU", meaning people from the 'evil-land'. 'SEI', in Ijaw language means 'EVIL', 'KIRI' means LAND, while OTU means PEOPLE. Similar Ijaw compound words that are descriptive of land that, some of the readers would recognize are; AMAKIRI, BOROKIRI, TORUKIRI, TARAKIRI, DAUKIRI etc. With the passage of time, SEIKIRI-OTU became adulterated to ITSEKIRI by the non-indigenes, but the Ijaws to-date, still maintain the usage of SEIKIRI-OTU in reference to the descendants of IGINUA. Thus, ITSEKIRI, is not a derivative of either an Edo(Bini) or Yoruba language, but of an Ijaw word that underwent an innocent transformation.

It is a sad commentary that, today the descendants of Iginua are claiming ownership of the territories of their benefactors with utter disregard to the magnanimity of their hosts. How ungrateful or low could one get? We would like to remind these descendants that "those whose palm kernels were broken for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble." History surely will not forgive them, should they continue in their path of self-aggrandizement.



PS: My name is Miss Oritsedere meaning "God Decided". AM an Itsekiri too

Op from your post I can clearly tell you are Itsekiri,well its good to know your history but its a shame you know only part or maybe what you have been told or read online..let me break it down..PA Alfred Rewane wrote that according to the Benin historian Jacob Egharevba, the Benin crown prince Iginiwa,who later became Ginuwa 1 Olu of Warri,was mandated by his father oba olua (in 1473) the oba of Benin to go and found a kingdom in and reign over the Riverine areas,Hence,the Olu is called,Ogiame,which in Edo means "The king who Reigns over riversland".Ginuwa 1 founded the warri kingdom in 1480".
THE IJAW VERSION OF THE HISTORY OF ITSEKIRI
In 1475 Olua was king of Benin and his sons where Ginuwa and Ozolua,Ginuwa was outsmarted by his brother and driven out of the kingdom...Benin Historical Records according to MR Talbot
Ginuwa and seventy followers where put in a canoe and st towards the ijaw domain they sailed to the west Atlantic and finally into the Estuary of the River dodo where they were intercepted by Iduwini(ijaws) fishermen they had camwood(isele in ijaw) pasting all over them the ijaws called them Iselemotu (people coated with camwood paste) and they(Itsekiri) are still called that till today

THE CHANGE OF THE THE OLU OF ITSEKIRI to OLU OF WARRI
After the blody riots in warri of 1952 a 9ommision was set up by the late Awolowo in Ibadan and funny only the urhobos and Itsekiri were invited,to show how long the Ijaw man has been marginalized,Alfred Rewane in his book "The link with the past" wrote that through the suggestions of chief Okorodudu,the warri province would be changed to Warri and that the tittle Olu of Itsekiri would become Olu of warri,both the Urhobo and Government delegation accepted and it has remained till this day

Dom Domingos
It is not far from the truth that Itsekiri women can be loose,and this was affirmed by women of Itskiri stock milandiring with portuguese traders,they unlike the ijaws and urhobos who at that time saw it as an abormination to marry outside from their tribe,had affairs with these traders and the result where children of mixed stock known as mullatos,Dom Domingos(Eyeomason Atoangboye) he returned from portugal and was installed as king (Atuwatse) in 1625

In conclusion it is a known fact that the Area known as warri today is originally owned by the Urobos who where farmers and stayed hinther lands and the Ijaws who where fishermen and lived to the coast,I say it with all sense of Confidence cos I have done years of research on this topic and time and space won't let me on this forum but the Itshekiri were visitors to these lands and the Urobos and Ijaws welcomed them with open hands,the Ijaws have always been people who were timid and hardly mixed with the outside world things that still affect them today,the Itsekiri were open to Education vis avis their relationship with the Portuguese this made them enlightened and made them Educated people hence it was to their advantage has they started having people in power and government,these were the issues that led to the warri crisis in 97/98 but all said,we have come to live together in one state and I believe God placed us together for a purpose

Op from your post I can clearly tell you are Itsekiri,well its good to know your history but its a shame you know only part or maybe what you have been told or read online..let me break it down..PA Alfred Rewane wrote that according to the Benin historian Jacob Egharevba, the Benin crown prince Iginiwa,who later became Ginuwa 1 Olu of Warri,was mandated by his father oba olua (in 1473) the oba of Benin to go and found a kingdom in and reign over the Riverine areas,Hence,the Olu is called,Ogiame,which in Edo means "The king who Reigns over riversland".Ginuwa 1 founded the warri kingdom in 1480".
THE IJAW VERSION OF THE HISTORY OF ITSEKIRI
In 1475 Olua was king of Benin and his sons where Ginuwa and Ozolua,Ginuwa was outsmarted by his brother and driven out of the kingdom...Benin Historical Records according to MR Talbot
Ginuwa and seventy followers where put in a canoe and st towards the ijaw domain they sailed to the west Atlantic and finally into the Estuary of the River dodo where they were intercepted by Iduwini(ijaws) fishermen they had camwood(isele in ijaw) pasting all over them the ijaws called them Iselemotu (people coated with camwood paste) and they(Itsekiri) are still called that till today

THE CHANGE OF THE THE OLU OF ITSEKIRI to OLU OF WARRI
After the blody riots in warri of 1952 a 9ommision was set up by the late Awolowo in Ibadan and funny only the urhobos and Itsekiri were invited,to show how long the Ijaw man has been marginalized,Alfred Rewane in his book "The link with the past" wrote that through the suggestions of chief Okorodudu,the warri province would be changed to Warri and that the tittle Olu of Itsekiri would become Olu of warri,both the Urhobo and Government delegation accepted and it has remained till this day

Dom Domingos
It is not far from the truth that Itsekiri women can be loose,and this was affirmed by women of Itskiri stock milandiring with portuguese traders,they unlike the ijaws and urhobos who at that time saw it as an abormination to marry outside from their tribe,had affairs with these traders and the result where children of mixed stock known as mullatos,Dom Domingos(Eyeomason Atoangboye) he returned from portugal and was installed as king (Atuwatse) in 1625

In conclusion it is a known fact that the Area known as warri today is originally owned by the Urobos who where farmers and stayed hinther lands and the Ijaws who where fishermen and lived to the coast,I say it with all sense of Confidence cos I have done years of research on this topic and time and space won't let me on this forum but the Itshekiri were visitors to these lands and the Urobos and Ijaws welcomed them with open hands,the Ijaws have always been people who were timid and hardly mixed with the outside world things that still affect them today,the Itsekiri were open to Education vis avis their relationship with the Portuguese this made them enlightened and made them Educated people hence it was to their advantage has they started having people in power and government,these were the issues that led to the warri crisis in 97/98 but all said,we have come to live together in one state and I believe God placed us together for a purpose

Pretty girls have a lot of attitude