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GODPUNISHALABI:

Norwichsailor:
Its an Annang name precisely
I think second son or born
What does it mean in igbo tho

Chizzyjforce:
There's nothing tribal about my sentence, if you don't know the meaning of tribalism kindly check your dictionary. Talking about bitter soul, I think you should work on yourself to overcome that. Good day

GODPUNISHALABI:
Calabar man and fùck ehn dem no dey carry fùck play for that side....if them carry fùck come Olympics na calabar men and women go dey dominate gold medalist ,year in year out

Chizzyjforce:
Udoka is full Igbo name though. The guy dropped the Akwa Ibom name and continued with Igbo name even unto his child/children.

We can see it's not only Africa that shy away from office tangolo.

powerhouse3:
...oga history are told for a reason,...it's was said that when the European arrived the shore the found themselves in a narrow creek of ifiayong in uraun,.. which the people now direct them to big water know as Akwa akpa(big river)and ofcourse the king or t merchant then migrated to the shore and start slave trade,,which took them forward inward of cross river which they called it then ''akan aba''... survival of the fittest,..but by and by they now see themselves as different and we must give them thier space not to sound like those that question existence of south South


Nsom in uraun till present stand as the mouth piece before any Efik king is crown..


So where did I go wrong �,and they present uraun indigene are from where.

AkuOlisa:
The Aro confederacy has its roots in the founding of Aro Chukwu, Arochukwu is situated by the Enyong creek and the Aro side of the creek is called Unene while the Ibibio side is called Iwere

Aro Chukwu clan or group has three lineages, the Eze Agwu, the Oke Nnachi and the Ibom isii,
They coalesced to form the current Aro people in the following order,

Eze Agwu Nnobia led his group from a North Easternly direction on the Eastern banks of the River Cross across on the western bank to settle in the current location of Aro, some accounts say he was a descendant of Oti Eze son of Ife Nta from whom the Ohafia(Uduma Eze), Edda (Imoh Eze) and Abam(Onyerubi Eze) are also descended, Oti is hailed as a supreme ancestor of the Aros

They met the Ibibio in the new land they had settled, the aborigines of the land had been some Ekoid groups known as the Nchalagha and the Losi before the Ibibio also settled alongside, so when the Aro came they found these three groups domiciled there and lived with them until some disagreement over a marriage sparked the Aro ibibio wars, which ended in a stalemate, prompting Eze Agwu Nnobia to call the assistance of an Edda Chief Priest, Nnachi Ipia, after they struck a deal with Akpokpo Okon the half brother of the Ibibio Chief at Obong Oko Ita which failed, they enlisted the help of some clan of Akpa warriors from Akamkpa in cross River, they new clan were led by Osim and Akum Nnubi, they defeated the Ibibio and that was how Arochukwu was founded,
The defeated and assimilated Ibibio formed the Ibom-isii lineage of Arochukwu and Obinkita (said to be a corruption of obong oko ita) the Eze Agwu lineage were formed by the Eze Agwu group while the Oke Nnachi lineage were comprised of Nnachi and Akpa descendants,
Akum Nnubi was the first Eze Aro,

With the founding of Aro, it didn’t take long before they grew into a powerful clan, quite adept in blacksmithing, mercantile activities and their most ingenious invention of all, the shrines and the settlements,
Three things marked the Aro rise to power: slaves, the shrines and the settlements
As the Aro expanded they wandered through the hinterland establishing settlements, markets and shrines for the sole purpose of trade which were largely comprosed of slaves, they were able to build a vast slave empire, a connection of Aro settlements and shrines which had a stranglehold on all Southern Igbo society and would shape them forever,

To build their settlement and hold their power the Aro took with them warrior clans such as their fellow ife Nta people: Ohafia, Edda Abam, Enna and even Ekoi mercenaries,
These were renown head hunters and could clear entire villages,

One typical example is the Aro Chief Izuogu Mgbokpo and Ikpa Ora who led his Aro/Abam warriors to sack and pillage the original Isuama settlement of Ikpa Ora, and founded Aro Izuogu in it’s place,

Another example is Okpo Nwagidi the founder of Isiokpo (currently in Ikwerre LGA Rivers State) who came from an Aro settlement in Ozuzu Etche

In a similar fashion, prominent Aro men went round founding settlements, Ekpe lodges and Markets just to ensure their network and free flow of slaves and goods down to the port,

There is hardly any part of Southern Igbo land that does not have Aro settlements today, from Izombe to Atta in Owerri area, to Ngwa down to Obio/Akpor and Bonny, and even some parts of Northern Igbo (Anambra and Enugu) has Aro Settlements, however I have no record of any Aro settlements in Western Igbo (Anioma)

Through this settlements they were able to form alliances in some areas with the indigenous people to ensure free flow of slaves, that was the back bone of the confederacy therefore it is worth noting that the Owerri clans corroborated with and struck a deal with the Aro to traffic isoma(isuama) slaves through their territory, guaranteeing the Aro a free passage as long as no Owerri clan was attacked or disturbed, however this did not stop the Aro from establishing shrines all over Southern Igbo with which they controlled and shaped Southern Igbo society, in fact the Aro is part of the reason why the cult of Amadioha/Kamalu was widespread, also why the name of Amadi was widespread, as well as the concept of Diala who cannot be enslaved, which I’ll discuss later...

Some of the Aro settlements I have been able to recollect includes as follows,

Aro Ajatakiri: In Ikwuano, Umuahia, Abia State
Aro Achara: In Ama-asa, Isiala Ngwa, Abia State.
Aro Umu Nkpe: In Isiala Ngwa, Abia State.
Aro Nbawsi: In Isiala Ngwa, Abia State.
Aro Omoba: In Isiala Ngwa, Abia State.
Aro Okporoenyi: In Ikwuano area of Abia State.
Aro Iyama: In Ikwuano, area of Abia State.
Aro Amuru: In Ikwuano, area of Abia State.
Aro Ndizuogu: Ideato area of Imo State (The biggest of all the settlements).
Aro Ndiowu Anambra State
Aro Ndi Ikerionwu: In Anambra State.
Aro Ajalli: In Anambra State.
Aro Nzerem: In Ebonyi State.
Aro Atta Ikeduru Owerri area Imo State
Aro Amokwe: In Udi area of Enugu State.
Aro Isuochi: In Abia State.
Aro Isiokpo/Igwurita Ikwerre area in Rivers State.
Aro Abagana: In Anambra State.
Aro Oru: In Imo State.
Aro Nempi: In Imo State
Aro Ngwa: In Abia State.
Aro Ezeagu: In Enugu State.
Aro Achi: In Enugu State.
Aro Oboro Ite
Around Kalahari: Rivers State
Aro Opobo: In Rivers State.
Aro Uturu: In Abia State
Aro Anwu Anwu: Eziukwu Durunnihe in Umudurunna ABBA Nwangele LGA Imo State
Aro Okija (Ndi Ezennia Awa Okoro Orji): Anambra State
Aro Egbuoma in [oguta] area of Imo

Add any you know of which is not included here.

Next we shall look at how the Aro entrenched their control in Southern Igbo by establishing shrines throughout Southern Igbo and even taking over many of their existing shrines and how the Aro major shrine was founded at Ibritam and how they used it to facilitate the collection and exportation of slaves.



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powerhouse3:
Atakpo ndem uraun inyang...


Seat of **** in Akwa ibom..


Origin of the great Nyong Essien...

Everlasting place of NSOM..if I go on now ,it's will bring tribal war between us and Efik ..so let me stop here.

Ntebpoh ibibio

It's was said that when my grandfather ascend the throne and a stone was sent to him all the way from Efik land ,..that the stone touch only the soil of uraun in the whole of Akwa ibom before it's was brought to my grandfather

Lastly,the uraun play thier sorcery, witchcraft in the day time ...

Nkim itong happen only on leap year and those that partake in it must find a way home else....


Apart from seating on the stone(itiad Ekpe), which was compulsory for all king lineage ,my father didn't allow us to partake in other initiation and I'm very happy for this..

Abod oo,atad oo,nnabo ,nsibidi oo,I bahn all of them , but they one that incision must be given in my body was not allowed by my father..


Uwa anem ita,..but ku ta becos of mben seh ukene ke edem...my father said that

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dharmieee:
Which land are the jews fighting for please? Do i even need to be arguing with you self. Cos you seem like a complete ignoramus. So they can lay claim to GAZA because it belongs to them from before Christ was born?Where was ISREAL IN 1940? What is the difference the invasion of ISREAL and that of RUSSIA? You dey tell me they are Kazaks, Kazaks nikan ko Red indian nii

dharmieee:
Wetin you dey talk gangan? that they are having refugee crises in Russia? Nah NTA 2 channel 5 you dey wtach?

dharmieee:
Nobody is worse than the west. NO FUCKING BODY. As an African the felt the direct brunt of BOKO-HARAM. Why the Bleep did they invade LIBYA. Its unforgivable. i dont understand how you guys see the west, but those guys are the real devil. All the sanction on Russia epitomizes the hypocritical world we live in; COS what is the difference between Isreal invasion of Palestine and what Russia is doing?

dharmieee:
1,700 in a population of 140Million. Chairman abeg press your calculator.

dharmieee:
Was it in the 18th century that NATO invaded LIBYA and IRAQ. Saudi is doing ethinic cleansing in Yemen. Where was your energy?

Africans sha; LIBYA invasion has one of the most devastating effects on Africa in recent times because the weapons from the armoury that NATO opened to rebels were actively used by BOKO HARAM and AL-SHABAA. Where was this energy?

When the CIA made over 100 assassination attempts on a sitting president of another country because of his alliance with Russia(FIDEL CASTRO); Where was this energy? A lot of you are too ignorant to be commenting on this war publicly.

tollyboy5:
Special adviser to putin on war tactics.
Ukraine has agreed to stay neutral.

Keep helping putin to think how to maintain balance.

FoolishBoy419:
Clowns. How many nuclear bombs would it take to wipe out that island? Militarily, these people still haven't realized they are on past glory.

If Russia should attack a NATO territory and USA decides not to fight, I swear you won't hear 'pim' from Britain or any other NATO nation. Without USA, they are toothless and even USA is carefully about the Russian federation as we can all see today.


The only time you see the bravery of NATO is either when they are GANGING UP against a 3rd world country or in their movies. Even when they gangup with their coalition, they sometimes fail. The Korean and Vietnam wars are good examples.

Invitationn:
I don't know whether you are being mischievous or just ignorant.
Lekki, Banana Island, Eko Atlantic are miles away from Ibeju Lekki (The site of Dangote refinery and the Deep sea port).
Google map is at your fingertips, stop making people dumber here.
The locations are at least 85km apart.

adefitim:
And you sabi pass the government and private companies who are investing in that area?

tollyboy5:
Its not any catch 2-2 situation. Ukraine has accepted to stay neutral on NATO base on putin's request.

Ill already know this will happen when the threat come closer to kyiv.

Make we stop all thus analyst when russia dey actually deal with ukraine on all side.

Difrent:
Some sanctions imposed on China since 1989 tianamen square protest are still in existence till date.....China only suffered the effects for a few years and today they dont care about sanctions anymore and the west stopped imposing sanctions seeing its not working against china.....Russia knew severe sanctions will come afterall they have been under sanctions since 2014 and have been preparing for it.....they will feel it in the interim but will eventually overcome western sanctions.....just wait until putin stops export of natural gas....increase crude oil production and maybe go as far as Lagalise cryptocurrency then you will see the sanctions have no serious consequences that cant be overcome. Venezuela that America ensured its citizens suffer for electing a socialist hugo chavez who spread the oil wealth of the country to the poor and as a result America punished the poor masses of venezuela by imposing crippling sanctions on its economy.....its the same venezuela that America now wants to buy crude oil from....God is great

aylagos:
now I know you don’t know anything about Lagos you are in your village and commenting on Lagos thread. You that said Asiwaju did not attend Secondary school in one of your topic. ������

https://www.nairaland.com/6582595/tinubu-never-attended-secondary-school

You envy any development from Lagos knowing that they are all Tinubu legacy.

aylagos:
nah HBP go kill you ontop Lagos matter

aylagos:
two different local government and more than three different local development areas. Please stop commenting on this topic you don’t know Lagos

aylagos:
MR Man stop the envy just tell us that you are pained. Why is Eko Atlantic own here now. What is Lekki own too? Oga don’t comment if you don’t know anything about Lagos. Go and fight your own Governor leave Lagos for us.

RedEnergy:
Lekki is different from Ibeju-Lekki. It's like you don't know Lagos. You must be living outside Lagos. Go to FTZ area, the local population there has exploded massively. Go around 6pm on a working days and you might mistake the area for Oshodi or Idumota in terms of crowd movement. Sensible people are already living there and more will still join.

Dashlish12:
. Well i dont know if i got the km right though but those projects (refinery, lekki deep sea port, lekki free trade zone, lagos free trade zone etc.) are situated under ibeju/lekki local government while your eko atlantic is under lagos island local government

RedEnergy:
Eko Atlantic has nothing to do with lekki Sea port and refinery. They are at different locations entirely. Sea port and Refinery are at ibeju lekki around FTZ area, while Atlantic city is at Victoria Island, around Kuramo / Bar Beach area.

The only issue with Ibeju might be environmental pollution from the refinery, which we hope the LASG / FG won't compromise and set proper regulations with effective monitoring. Other than that, ibeju lekki is a fantastic area with massive beach line across the city. It's a shoreline to the Atlantic Ocean. They can't feel any heat. The breeze from the ocean alone keeps that place ventilated and cool.

I will advise anyone that has the money, buy plenty land at Ibeju Lekki axis now, that place is going to be explosive for real estate value, like 10000% appreciation in a few short years. It's going to be the new goldmine in Lagos. They are building another Int'l airport there too.

Dashlish12:
No bruh; this are two different lekki (almost 500km apart) although u won't know this if u are not conversant with the island; hence your theory up there is on the contrary