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Amadi45:
Good one. i'm from ikwerre and proudly Igbo.if any one of my people object that is his own business.

Nice to hear such...

GOD bless the Igbo Nation

rexbuton:
Ika people don't care about their origins anymore.. They care about their present and future. They want their own state so they can develop their areas.. So no attache by force to either binis or igbos

Cc: Kagawa10, Onegai

We cannot force you and We WILL NEVER force you to be Igbo...

Ika likewise Ukwuani is a distinct ethnic groups of their own...
If throughly this view of yours is the view of the majorities, then The Ikas and the Ukwuanis greatess mistake is allowing an Igbo Man from Asaba (Chief Dennis Osadebey) to merge you guys into 'his Anioma's dream'....


The best thing you guys can do is to start disassociating yourself from Anioma State ...
http://www.asaba.com/about/

https://www.nairaland.com/529305/asagba-asaba-proud-igbo-son

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GLeesMODEL:
Following the conclusion of the nationwide auditions for Most Beautiful Model In Nigeria contest, the organisers have released the pictures and names of the finalists who will battle it out on the catwalk.

The screening exercise, which started March 8th in Ekpoma, Edo State, ended in Abuja on May 2nd. About seven cities were involved in the audition, namely; Awka, Owerri, Port harcourt, Enugu, Lagos, Ekpoma and Abuja.

The contest, Most Beautiful Model In Nigeria and African Designers Concert, is a choreographed show that reveals the world’s latest fashions and leading designers from the African continent celebrated by each contestant. It showcases and promotes Africa’s culture and Nigeria’s lifestyle to the rest of the world in an honest and fair competition

The theme of the event, which is “CLASH OF BEAUTY & FASHION”, is a concept that will see the contestants being dressed by fashion designers on the runway, where 3 top winners are expected to emerge.

Top celebrities and artistes like Uti Nwachukwu, Denrele Edun, Kiss Daniels, Gandoki, Klint D Drunk, LK Kuddy, MC Amana, Jodie, Fredbright etc. are expected to put up appearances, as some are listed for awards.

The finale of the Most Beautiful Model In Nigeria contest and the African Designers Concert would be staged at Sheraton Hotels & Towers Abuja on the 13th of June, 2015.

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About seven cities were involved in the audition, namely; Awka,
Owerri,
Port harcourt,
Enugu,
Lagos,
Ekpoma and
Abuja.

I wonder Why 'South-East' leads in everything called "Entertainment."?

bunmititi:
yeeboe dont have oyel.

Lolz... Anioma, Imo, Abia and Anambra state has oil..
Infact, Anambra state govt. is building a massive refinary in Omasiagu near Kogi state... The Construction of the refinary is going on...

We don't wait for FG to do things....

kuuljay:
I guess you want to include Igbos in

No! The Official Niger-delta comprises of 10 states..

ionsman:
I from the Niger Delta,dont support this thrash. Keep wallowing in self deceit.

The OP is ignorant!
Is Niger-delta only six states?
Obviously, Niger-delta comprises of 10 states...

Hmmm

Hmm

May their Soul find Forgiveness in the sight of God Almighty and also rest in peace...

May God Almighty grant their family the fortitude to bear the Loss.... May God forgive them all... Amen

Zoharariel:
I woke up this morning, and after taken some shots of Red Label, was buried in my thoughts & contemplating on the best strategy to deploy to silence these eastern barbarians once and for all.

I just wish Buhari can tune into the same spirit & frequency with me, and allow us take certain steps against these Biafrans, for committing treason, such as Hitler did against the stiff-necked Jews at the Auschwitz Gas chamber, causing at the end 6Million fatalities. Yes, you guessed right [Gassing them all up with biological weapons]

We can just make scapegoats out of Nnamdi Kanu & Asari Dokubo for Treasonable Felony.

Avoiding distractions & staying motivated should be our goal, while working selflessly towards a greater & a united Nigeria

BTW; Thomas Jefferson once shot a man on the White House lawn for Treason

Fact is that you guys don't love us....
We do you no harm, but you choose to hate us.. You don't want us to progress...
Take a look at the fulani herdsmen, maiming and killing people. You guys sees nothing wrong with it...
You guys hates us and see everything wrong for supporting GEJ....

OP. How does it change things on ground?

R0ckefeller:
I pity the ss signing their slavery contract with se

We don't even need SS....
SS need Us...

omojie:
1. ika is ika and it is different from the igbo nation , and i dont know what igbo people want to gain from trying to conscript ika people into igbo, i am ika and i dont ever want to be igbo , but if an igbo guy loves ika so much and all igbos want to be ika , then they are welcome.
2. the way igbo people talk about their tribe , is just a spark of ignorance , they talk as if igbo as an etrhnicity was formed by God , they do not even know that igbo ethnicity was put together by the british , just like any tribe is an amalgamation of people who think they share a common ethnicity and want to protect themselves politically . as for the ika people we cannot benefit any thing from an igbo union , and our fore fathers were never in any union with the igbos , we have resisted both the benins claim to own ika in 1930 and the igbo claims to ika in 1967 , during the civil war and that has ended the story .
3. ika people declared in 1930 to the british that ika is different ethnic group , different from any other in nigeria , end of story .and out of this resolve majority of ika people atleast about 98 percent of ika people believe in their ika ethnicity and so we have our onu-ika/ogua-ika as the highest socio-political organisation speaking for ika nation , just as ohaneze ndigbo speaks for igbo people.
4. ika is at the boundary of two major ethnicities which are edo and igbo , and as such is influenced by these two both in language and culture and this gave ika nation , its uniqueness.
5. our names , culture , tradition , beliefs , and language set us apart from the others or how else can you imagine that when the oba of benin is doing igue festival , the kings of agbor , owa , umunede and other ika areas are also performing same festival , when ikaba, ovia , idigun , idinwina and olokun is worshipped in benin , ika people two are bussy doing theirs ? then we also perform ikenga and do new yam festival of iwagi , but we also perform ogbanigbe and osiezi which is only performed by ika people , our kingship and titles are patterned after benin.
6. ika also retains some igbo culture like ikenga , new yam festival and worship of ali , these sets ika apart from others .
7. our people bear both igbo and benin names , but the benin names are usually our family names like osagie, omojie, omigie , osahon, obaigbena ,. irabor and the rest .we also bear ikenchuku , ifeanyi and the rest .
8. the oba of benin visits ika land quite often because the spiritual and ethnic link between ika and benin is still strong , the oba visited owa in 1992 , 1998 , 2009 , to perform some rites .owa kings still visit benin up till dates .
9. there are still some titles in agbor that you have to go to benin to get the chalk before you are given the title in agbor like ugbasogun of agbor title .
10. the reality today is that ika is a seperate ethnic group of its own and any body still dreaming of ika as being igbo is just performing an academic exercise which is wasteful , as of today there is not ika prominent person that belongs to ohaneze ndigbo meeting or speaks for or on behalf of igbos , but they speak for ika , even at the national conference ika was represented there .

We know that....
Ika is a distinct ethnic group so as Ukwuani.
My point is that, there are also Igbo group in Anioma apart from Ika and Ukwuani....
I mean Anioma comprises of Igbo, Ukwuani and Ika....

Onegai:
Tears of pride at my Ika boys. Ewwwww!! Where were una when I wan marry, before one urhobo man snatched me, ehhh

But jokes apart, I don't get the modern Igbo stance. More than half of the people you are claiming (so far, on this thread they have mentioned my family and extended family) DO NOT wish to be associated and aligned with you. Why o why do you persist in such aggression?

That's like me leaving my hubby's house to be dragging over my neighbour who continually tells me he doesn't want me. Why? We respect the Igbo and wish them well, but DO NOT WANT TO BE ALIGNED WITH THEM OR CLAIM THEIR HERITAGE, how can that be a thorn in their flesh?

Even my FIL (an elderly man and a very old legal practioner) stated clearly that Ika aren't Igbo (and he handled cases in the area, h should know), so why all this wahala? My elderly mum said it was Ika when they came to Lagos that wanted to curry favour with Igbos, that started naming their kids with Igbo names, she swears she never grew up with any Amakas, Ifeanyis or Uches until after the Civil war (and she should know, she nearly ended up being an Ika Queen and her father was prominent). Ika names and last names are still found in Edo state, but I am yet to see one in the East.

@rexburton please one small point: you said owa/Agbor people claim descent from the East. That's not true as my grandmother passed away at 104 and I asked her this question and she was very clear the Agbor/Owa are NOT from the East. I choose to believe a woman who lived from that era than someone probably even younger than me.

But noooo. That is not enough for you. Please let us be, we have our own identity. Be assured, everyone respects you but enough of this claiming.

And where's that poster that put up proper Ika names, remind me to send you one very pretty Ika geh as reward. ; D

Also, which of you is from a prominent Ika family, let us betrothe our children now (because their papa is using style to try and marry them off to his Urhobo chiefs and I'm just giving him side-eye).

You sounds so aggresive...
Rexburton, I know that Ika and Ukwuani are distinct ethnic group... They have similarities with the Igbos..
My point is that, in ANIOMA, There are Igbo people apart from Ika and Ukwuanis...
Anioma comprises of the Igbo, Ika, and Ukwuani ethnic groups....
Thanks...

FrancisTony:
Meaning
My statement means, I won't accept.

Huh!

rexbuton:
All the yoruba fragment groups never claim they are yorubas or see it as a big thing.. The ikares, illajes, eguns, ijebus and all the others see demselves as who they are! They don't come out on Tv to claim lagos or ondo because of oil or any reasons.. But u guys transport urselves from the east and start claiming the midwest.. Easterners don't like ebonyi state d way dey like rivers and delta just because of oil! If u really love anioma why have u never supported their bid for anioma state? In all the fora that the issue has been discussed igbos distance themselves claiming that anioma state would be an extra southsouth state.. In the whole country no group is more befitting of a state than anioma, yet u all turn blind eyes and come round to claim dem as ur own

Your case is a personnal issue...
Igbo didn't transport themselves...
Fact is that, the inhabitants are Igbos since time immemorial....

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No more arguement with you... That's your personal problem and doesn't represent the view of all...

rexbuton:
There lot of similarities between ika and igbo.. In modern times no other tribe has had more influence on them than the igbos.. We all know this! But it doesn't change who they are.. Even if an agbor and igbanke man bears bini names and understands some bini, he is not a bini man.. Also he is not an igbo man either.. He is an agbor/igbanke man or better still he is an ika man.. He is a nigerian and brother to all.. There is even a greater semblance between the fulani and hausa and kanuri man.. They understand each other but are fundamentally different.. They are different ethnic groups.. So be more accommodating and less domineering

Even though, the title of the king of Agbor is "Obi" from time begin..
We all know that Anioma comprises of different dialects...
Which ethnic group do the people of Asaba belong?

Rilwayne001:
I nominate
francistony
macelliot
tola9ja

Lolz.

FrancisTony:
Thanks.
I'll pass

Wish u well

rexbuton:
Not a long epistle.. You should read more often!

I read it...
The fact that you don't feel like being an Igbo doesn't mean others should follow suite...
You keep showing Similarities between Ika and BINI, But not between Ika and IGBO...
The Yorubas derive pleasure in the dis-intergration of the Igbos...
Apart from South-west, the Okun people of Kogi state are Yorubas... The Ilorin people(capital of kwara) are Yorubas...
Though, they(Okuns and ilorins) are in the northern regions... They have never doubted being Yorubas...
The FG wanted to make the Okun people a distinct ethnic group, but they declined it...

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I wanna ask a question...
Which ethnic group do the people of Asaba belongs to??

disumusa:
but he later dress like woman and cowardly escape to ivercoast

He single-handedly fought numerous Nigerian Warlords...

chamboy:
He Left Nigerian Military a Colonel, he made himself a General. The Military Board never made him One

I don't believe you....
Where is your proof?

chamboy:
he was neva a general

Major General

Everybody just dey book space... Chaii, there is God oh!

Incase I forget...
Today is Biafra day...

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The great Biafra
[color=orange]Land of the rising sun[/color]


In Memory of our fallen heroes, We remember!
Major Gen. Dim ChukwuEmeka Ojukwu
(president, republic of great Biafra 1967-1969)

and

Major Gen. Phillip Effiong
(vice-president, 1967-1969, and later president 1969-1970)

rexbuton:
Anioma: Igbo, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Isoko, Leave Us Alone!


I want to preface this write-up by emphatically stating that we are “Anioma,” our region can and should only be correctly referred to as “Anioma” and not “Western Igbos,” “Ika Igbos” or even “Delta Igbo,” all of which presage nothing but “fake Igbos.” Care should also be taken not to refer to us as “Delta North” as we have never heard of “Ebonyi East,” “Lagos North” or “Sokoto South” these derogatory and discriminatory references are threateningly tending to overshadow and send our prestigious name, Anioma to its early grave, so the proper usage of this name is of uttermost concern to me.



Contrary to prevailing circumstances and dilemma which relegate us to the background in Delta State and Igbo politics, such as poor representation in political affairs of the State, lack of amenities, ethnic identity crisis, deliberate marginalization, abandonment by our Igbo kiths and kin from the South East etc, we know we are still a great nation to reckon with. This write-up will therefore focus on the two factors which have been egregiously and heavily weighing down the Anioma ethnicity, and at best have prevented us from finding our bearing, how our Anioma region with innumerable associations, countless social groups, technocrats, political office holders, professionals of Anioma extraction, etc have contributed to the disgraceful predicament of the present state of the region.



The first and major issue of dilemma confronting this region is the problem of ethnic identity, the present state of the region weakened by abandonment and lack of vision has again raised the question on whether Anioma people are Igbo or not. This question has generated a lot of debates in the past and present, and will continue to do so even as it hampers growth and development in this region and presents us with nothing but pauperization. I make bold to comment that the attitude of the Igbo of South East to their Anioma counterparts have not really justified that Anioma are Igbo except on papers, and that if ever the people South East deem this necessary, they have always relied and ended such only with historical support and not more, however actions have failed to justify this.



Evidently the Igbo will always count on us to support the large population density of the entire Igbo nation by for instance stating that the Igbo are 40 million if a thorough and unbiased population census is organized in Nigeria but it does not go beyond this. An Igbo may also want to merely count on similar names existing between the Igbo and Anioma as a reason for justifying the Igboid relationship with both regions, but ask an Anioma just what he has gained from the South East; he looks at you endlessly and tells you “nothing.” We have been in this situation for long, so it is not in the least surprising. The Igbo are taught in school that the Igbo are only in South East, in this case what happen to others? It is for this reason that the phrase “core Igbo” exists in our dictionary today.



I am still racking my brain to remember the last time any Governor from the South Eastern part of the nation officially visited the Anioma region even if it is solidarity one. The place of issues bothering on Anioma is what is missing in Ohaneze Ndiigbo’s agenda, do we not know this? Interestingly, the Igbo have in some way been frustrating the race for the actualization of Anioma State because to them there is no reason why the State should emerge, this apparent when a committee headed by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu on State creation for the Igbo completely and arbitrarily ruled out the choice of Anioma State for the Igbo because according to them this could mean another State for the South-South geo-political region, but right senses accord us the knowledge that the emergence of Anioma State would make a sixth State for the South East, if the Igbo so desire it to be, Is Onitsha today a community within the South East not an Anioma community I ask? We may for certain reasons, clear or unclear ignore this but history will not because no one can turn back the hand of clock. An Anioma State would have been a full-fledged Igbo State for the Igbo, the great Chuba Okadigbo realized this before his death.



It is a fact that the Anioma people have never been in the agenda of the Igbo contrary to what an Igbo writer like Ogaranya Uju Nkwocha Afuleze tries to force down into

Long epistle....
What's your fear of being Igbo??
I can't speak 4 the Ikans...
But, as far as I'm concerned.. Asaba here is 100% Igbo and nothing less...

Bless you.,

MayorofLagos:
Really?
Ordinary Niger bridge, a distance of 1.8km, and the gateway into your land, all five states put together no fit build. Meanwhile Fashola has used revenue taxed from your labor to erect a 1.8km bridge and then stationed a toll gate to further tax you as you ride the bridge to get to Lekki, where it is claimed Ibos own 80% of mansions.

Lol....you get mouth, but Yorubas got brains!

We shall make you a eternal labor slave in Lagos. You want to own Lekki? Come on and get it....go bring all your clan from village. ....but dont ever think of industrializing East, or you will anger our leaders, you dont want to upset Yoruba leaders.

I'm an Igbo guy...
I recieved a shock of my life after reading this...
You just taught me something...
I will keep remembering this very "statement" of yours...
Hmm, what a world?
But surely, the End justifies the means...
God bless you....