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Osagyefo98:
What are you still doing under igbo issues Mr?

I thought u guys have floated new ethnic nationalityv

OfoIgbo:
I don't believe you even raised the first question, especially after you had already determined that Ife is 19 moons away.

Just by mere looking at the position and distance of any of the core Nri towns, and comparing that against the position and the distance of Ife, it is clear you have no point.

On a straight line, Ife to Benin, is slightly a little longer than Nri to Benin. What does that tell you, vis-a-vis the calculation you made for Ife, in which you came up with a figure of 19 moons?

1, Ife is to the northwest of Benin while Nri is to the EAST OF BENIN (Nri's direction matches the records of early Portuguese)
2. Ife is about 19 moons away from Benin, while Nri is also approximately 19 moons away from Benin, according to your calculations for Ife (both Ife and Nri are near enough to the distance/time noted by the early Portuguese)

So from the above, the score is 2 - 1 in favour of Nri

However in my estimation, these journeys were not straight-forward, so one had to know the towns they stop over to rest and stay in. What this means is that it requires a little bit more sophisticated mathematics to determine. One will need knowledge of the towns they stop over in, the knowledge of Pythagoras theorem, sine, cosine and tangent rules. And to determine the curves in the journey, one needs an appreciable knowledge of calculus.

In my estimation, if a more exact science is applied, it may extend the trip to Nri to a little over 20 moons, while the journey to Ife, will then take about 21 moons

So basically the OGHENE n'NRI (NSHI) resided and still resides in a kingdom to the EAST OF BENIN, and is APPROXIMATELY 20 MOONS JOURNEY away.

The OGHENE n'UHE resided and still resides in a kingdom to the NORTHWEST OF BENIN, and is APPROXIMATELY 20 MOONS JOURNEY away.

NRI gets it.


Now getting to the other points you raised which I am sure you brought up just to throw up some dust so that people will miss the point, which is that the kingdom to the EAST OF BENIN remains NRI.

First of all, I noticed you did not mention the staff that the Eze Nri also issued to the past Obas. Well, we refer to it as OFO or OVO or OWHO. Nice to know that the Portuguese explorers noted that. Even up till today, a very few number of Igbo monarchs still collect their OFO from Nri. That is about the only major thing that is given, as Nri is no longer as sovereign as it once was, and as such is totally dependent on the paltry allowance the governments provide, and he receives about the same amount as any meaningless warrant chief in Anambra, so with that in mind, it will be difficult for the Nris to go all out to bestow more regal paraphernalia on deserving monarchs.

Head piece is not necessarily worn on the head. The first two picture attachments prove this point.
The head pieces that both the Attah of Igala and Ezenri of Oraeri wear are made of BRASS, and could be said to be shaped like SPANISH HELMETS of that period. In Nri, the head piece is called NWATA ONA. Now, whether it was placed on the head, or have always been worn around the neck, we will never know unless more evidence emerges, but for the moment, let us assume it was always worn around the neck, or maybe the Benin monarch wore his on his head.

THE ASSIGNMENT I WILL GIVE YOU IS THIS: Find a picture of the Oba of Benin wearing a piece of brass helmet on his head, and a cross around his neck, and I will show you a picture of a brass helmet and a cross, the ancient Eze Nris issued the ancient Obas.

It's very clear that the ancient Eze Nris most probably gave these brass masks to rulers under the Nri sphere of influence, which obviously included the OBA of BENIN. Haven't you noticed that NWATA ONA looks suspiciously like the FESTAC official mask?
So basically, the Nris still crept into the mainstream African arts extravaganza, without the powers that be, knowing about it.

It is officially known that Oraeri kingdom predates the Ife, Igala and Benin kingdom by many centuries, so the NWATA ONA worn by the monarch of Oraeri was definitely not copied from any of these other kingdoms, and as a matter of fact, bronze/brass casting was practiced in Igboland centuries before Yorubas and Benin got into the practice..

It will be interesting to find out when the Eze Nri of Agukwu-Nri stopped issuing some of these royal items, which includes the head piece and the cross item to these traditional rulers.

Lest I forget, take a look at the last picture of the Oraeri regent. You will notice a bit of scarification on his forehead. So don't think that the white chalk applied to the face of a Benin oba being crowned, signifies Yoruba scarification. The Nris also had that practice only that our scarification works were so professionally executed. Much better than the Yoruba tiger claw marks.

If you need more anthropological and historical evidence of the Nri cultural, spiritual and political overlordship over Benin, then I suggest you read this passage from the Portuguese explorers/historian one more time.

"Joao de Barros in his accounts wrote of a possible pre-Christian influence in ancient Benin Kingdom:- “Among the many things which the king D. Jodo learnt from the ambassador of the king of Benin and also from Joao Afonso d Aveiro of what they had been told by the inhabitants of these regions was that to the east of Benin Kingdom at twenty moons journey which according to their account and the short journeys they made would be about two hundred and fifty of our leagues (5.556km or 3.456 is a league) there lived the most powerful monarch of these parts who was called “Ogane”. Among the pagan chiefs of the territories of Benin, Ogane was held in as great veneration as is the supreme Pontif with us.

“In accordance with a very ancient custom, the King of Benin, on ascending the throne, sends ambassadors to Ogane with rich gifts to announce that by the decease of his predecessor, he has succeeded to the Kingdom of Benin and request confirmation.

To signify his assent, the Prince Ogane sends the King a staff and a head piece of shining brass fashioned like a Spanish helment in place of a crown and scepter. He also sends a cross, likewise of brass to be worn round the neck, a holy and religious emblem similar to that worn by the KNIGHTS of the order of Saint JOHN.
Without these emblems the people do not recognize the King as lawful ruler, nor can he call himself truly king.”

“All the time this ambassador is at the court of Ogane, he never sees the Prince, but only the curtains of silk behind which he sits, for he is regarded as sacred. When the ambassador is leaving, he is shown a foot below the curtains as a sign that the Prince is within and agrees to the matters that he has raised; this foot they reverence as thought it were a sacred relic”

“As a kind of reward for the hardships of such a journey, the ambassador receives a small CROSS, similar to that sent to the King, which is thrown around his neck to signify that he is free and exempt from all servitudes and privileged in his native country as the KNIGHTS are with us.

“In the year 1510 A.D Certain ambassadors of the king of Benin came to this kingdom, among whom was a man about seventy years of age who was wearing one of these CROSSES. I asked him the reason and he gave me an explanation similar to the above."

OfoIgbo:
Thanks for sending out that picture. I need it for the reply that I am preparing.

By the way, Oraeri is centuries older than Igala kingdom. The traditional ruler of Oraeri also goes by the title EZE NRI, because they are related to the core Nri people of Agukwu, ENugwu-Ukwu, Enugwu-Agid and Nawfia.

Oraeri is an offshoot of Nri, and in fact they are the people directly responsible for the Igbo-Ukwu artifacts.

Oraeri is centuries older than Ife. Oraeri is centuries older than Benin. Oraeri is centuries older than the Igala kingdom.

Oraeri is possibly about the same age mate with Igodomigodo, both set up by the Nris.

The artifacts that they were responsible for, have already proven the fact that they predate these other kingdoms/empires.

The day Igbos will start taking Benin and Ife claims of matching Igbos in historical sophistication serious, is the day Benin and Ife can prove that they are as old as Igodomigodo or Oraeri (both of which are younger than the core Nri).

ayoola27:
U nor see say her footsoldiers don dey defend am
.. the mumu dey talk of life progress
Person spend all him life resources Jus to look for loopholes for another man story... now the thing don affect am ..she come want make we do send off party for am

lmao ...

Explorers:
* The condoms were seized by police from a warehouse in Binh Duong, Vietnam.

* The owner, Pham Thi Thanh Ngoc, allegedly cleaned them before reselling them.

* She washed and dried them before reshaping them with a Love Machine, reports say.


Police in Vietnam have seized 324,000 used condoms which were being recycled to be sold again.

Paid workers were tasked with cleaning the rubber contraceptives before reshaping them with wooden dildos.

The condoms were then repackaged before being resold to the public and thousands had already been sent out to the unsuspecting public.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8767527/Police-seize-324-000-used-condoms-washed-resold-raid-factory.html?ito=social-facebook

YEBOmadiba:
Groups of protesters have demanded more stringent immigration laws while marching through South Africa's capital city of Pretoria directing their anger at African immigrants.

Under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, small groups of people marched from Church Square to the Nigerian Embassy.

They said government has failed to put South Africans first and have called for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants as well as the revoking of grants and other state benefits.

Various organisations including South Africa First and “Only One SA” have handed over a memorandum of demands at the Nigerian Embassy following a march through the Pretoria CBD.

Action for change’s Nandi Gachwari said their demands were clear.

“We demand an end to human trafficking in Pretoria and, broadly, South Africa; the deportation of all illegal immigrants; the exposure of corruption in flawed Home Affairs processes that grant citizenship to undeserving foreign nationals.”

High Commissioner Kabiru Bala said while he accepted the memorandum, it was unfair that only Nigerians should be blamed for South Africa’s social and economic ills.

The organisations vowed to return to the streets if their demands were not met.

https://ewn.co.za/2020/09/23/unfair-that-nigerians-blamed-for-sa-s-social-ills-says-high-commissioner-bala

eplanning:
When we say tradition tradition tradition or even traditional religion.... Are you aware that there's pure Bantu/ negro worship that is without bowing down and offering sacrifices to idols? That's what the Most high Himself gave us. Worship doesn't have to involve idols to be powerful.

All that Idolatory, our ancestors learnt from other nations (Egypt, Nubia, Kush etc.) as they migrated through the continent. And YISOLELE (ISRAEL) is still unwilling to REPENT.

The Most High has always been against the making or worship of idols, whether wood, stone, men or ancestors and he's not about to change. He alone deserves worship.

donnie:
7 Ancient Maps of Africa showing that MOUNT KENYA is the actual MOUNT ZION:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfikHjojDF8

Go research about the Gikuyu seers who have watched over that Holy mountain for centuries as guardians of the Ancient Scrolls and the biblical Ark of Covenant.

We are not talking here about bowing down to wood and stone that can neither see, speak nor hear. Customs that your father's learnt from Egypt, for which reason they were punished.

sonmvayina:
You are not well at all.. Please see a psychiatrist ASAP

solite3:
My God cannot be represented by any man made object.

Any body can make anything and call it God, but the true God cannot be represented by physical object.

John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

solite3:
Dont get blinded by tribal sentiment. The truth knows no colour.
It is either God or the devil there is no middle ground.
God has open the door for all nations of the earth to be saved.
Dont let satan keep you out from God's grace by using, tribe or gender.
Jesus died for you all, listen God has flung the gate of eternal life open to all who will come to Jesus.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

solite3:
A god that is represented in items is not God! Those gods had to be represented materially because they are no gods, their power is only in the minds of the worshipers.

Whiteangel1234:
Roxy Ogechi Ndebumadu

Making Changes

Much of my inspiration for the philanthropic work that I do stems from being a domestic abuse survivor. Surviving abuse inspired me to help fundraise for the Women's Center, an organization that provides abuse survivors and families with scaled counseling, education, support, and advocacy services along with leadership and career mentoring. My passion for world issues steered me to become co-chair of the Robert S. Brookings Society, Washington, D.C. chapter at the Brookings Institution, a think tank that engages thought leaders in conversation around policy and changemaking, where I recently helped lead discussions on technology access and the urban and rural divide. Serving as a mentor for Women in Technology, a program that promotes technology careers, highlights rising stars, and emphasizes STEM education, showed me how we can use technology to open up possibilities and opportunities for the next generation.

Some people told me I was young to consider political office. But I’ve lived through plenty of tough experiences in my life, and they gave me the courage to survive, transcend, and grow. That’s what I bring to my hometown of Bowie, as the current elected City Councilwoman.

https://roxyforbowie.com/meet-roxy

Hellraiser77:
Ijebu women led by Tao11 showing of their gorgeous attires



Cc Googi LegendHero babaramota1980

Image123:
Using a picture taken probably in Uganda less than 50years ago to prove that this same people were in Australia 500 years ago. If this is not close to madness, i don't understand ohh.

Image123:
Using a picture taken probably in Uganda less than 50years ago to prove that this same people were in Australia 500 years ago. If this is not close to madness, i don't understand ohh.

TAO11:
Wearing clothes is better than roaming about na.ked.

You must first accept this statement in order to earn my attention.

Kazikazi:
Lake natron

ProfBrugo:
Igbo women have been in slavery since. Today they have found freedom.

As expected many igbo men disagree with the judgment because they now have to share with their sisters. The greed is too much.

Any igbo man who denies his sister her share of their father’s property will be dragged to court to vomit the yams.

Backwardness is not attractive abeg.

Next on the agenda is OSU caste system. That will take another 25 years but slowly they will have sense and abolish it themselves.

CuteMercury:
Ladies and gentleman for so long AFRICANS have lost it, we have been made to accept things that were not right, things that have been said about Africa.

A recent video of pastor Chris oyakhilome surfaces when he Said AFRICANS should stop accepting that they are black and to my surprise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dIAaD6_um4

lots of NIGERIANS started to attack him, well i really don't blame them because most NIGERIANS/AFRICANS are not Enlightened and this is why the whites secretly laugh at us.

Now taking a look at the new music video of Beyonce featuring Wizkid came out days ago and the song was titled "Brown skin girl"

Now was Beyonce trying to pass a message?

Why did she not use title like "Black skin girl"?

Why Brown skin girl?

What is with the name "black" that made her to refuse the name looking at the fact that according to general Believe, she is a black American.

Can't you all see that she is trying to pass the same message that pastor Chris oyakhilome is passing.

Let me ask you people especially NIGERIANS.

They say NIGERIA is the most populous black country in the world but are NIGERIANS truly black? How black are we?

A larger percentage of NIGERIANS are brown skin which is 100% fact.

There is nothing black about us so we should open our eyes and stop accepting Nonsense.

Perhaps the reason why AFRICA is where she is today is because we have accepted something that we are not supposed to accept from the beginning.

How do you expect good things to come to you when you accept that your life is black.

Little wonder BoB Marley said in one of his song. "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery' perhaps he was talking to AFRICANS.

THIS is the video of Beyonce's brown skin girl.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFS0MYTC1I

Now this is the lyrics to the chorus of the song.

Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
Never trade you for anybody else
Singin' brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
I never trade you for anybody else


Now like i said, why didn't she use "black skin girl'

Perhaps she knows something that pastor Chris oyakhilome knows too that is associated with the word "Black"

She was trying to pass a message but only the Enlightened will understand.

TMSMedia:
https://igberetvnews.com/1362432/africans-must-stop-calling-black-black-evil-pastor-chris-oyakhilome/

PAGAN9JA:
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obowo69:
This is something I can't understand. Why is it that Somalia that has been in decades of war and devastation have better looking cities than places in Nigeria that Never ever experienced war?

dejol88:
Please read history very well. Before the Muslim ruled Spain, who was ruling?

For what turkey is doing, same minds should condemn it in totality. This is what most Muslim won't take if done to them. Just imagine if Israel converts Aqsa mosque.

Hellraiser77:
Ilorin was also lost by this same Oyo Pu***sies to the Sokoto Caliphate

donnie:
Why is it peppering you? Are you a white Jesus worshipper? If yes, let it pepper you there.

White Jesus includes the powers and the spirit of deception behind the image. White Jesus is the backbone of white supremacy. It is the image of the BEAST Rome. It is Satan's image.

You say it doesn't exist but if you have true discernment, you'll know it is an idol in the hearts of most Isrealites today that has to be uprooted. Thunder fire white Jesus!

donnie:
Why is it peppering you? Are you a white Jesus worshipper? If yes, let it pepper you there.

White Jesus includes the powers and the spirit of deception behind the image. White Jesus is the backbone of white supremacy. It is the image of the BEAST Rome. It is Satan's image.

You say it doesn't exist but if you have true discernment, you'll know it is an idol in the hearts of most Isrealites today that has to be uprooted. Thunder fire white Jesus!

donnie:
Why is it peppering you? Are you a white Jesus worshipper? If yes, let it pepper you there.

White Jesus includes the powers and the spirit of deception behind the image. White Jesus is the backbone of white supremacy. It is the image of the BEAST Rome. It is Satan's image.

You say it doesn't exist but if you have true discernment, you'll know it is an idol in the hearts of most Isrealites today that has to be uprooted. Thunder fire white Jesus!

donnie:
Why is it peppering you? Are you a white Jesus worshipper? If yes, let it pepper you there.

White Jesus includes the powers and the spirit of deception behind the image. White Jesus is the backbone of white supremacy. It is the image of the BEAST Rome. It is Satan's image.

You say it doesn't exist but if you have true discernment, you'll know it is an idol in the hearts of most Isrealites today that has to be uprooted. Thunder fire white Jesus!

UdechiHD:
Nigga did you just utter this trash. I was just watching you and the Yoruba’s dance naked in public. But never you say this trash, tupu egbe eli gwe gba gbuo gi ebe ahu.
OfoIgbo aka Nripriest, Idenna. Nri is among the youngest clans in Igboland. Face your Yoruba fighters, before you foolishly pour sand into this food you’ve been cooking. You’ve got Legenhero and TAO the two Ife champions out to grab Bini influence and you an Nri son doing the same. Pick your fight wisely anuofia.

Which Nri sphere of influence? Is it the Nri that had to borrow culture from the Umudiana after the Igala push you guys away from the middlebelt or another. Are you sure you want this trouble?