₦airaland Forum

oyatz:
What Reno Omokri said was true as at the time of the slave trade.


There was nothing like Igbo Nation then but there were Igbo people living in clans and villages which made it easy for Bini Armies to raid these villages for slaves.

Infact, 200 years ago the word for slaves in many parts of the Bini Empire was 'Igbon' referring to non-edo peoples from the bush which were regularly raided for slavery.

If you and that daft revisionist who calls himself Reno can't substantiate all these ogogoro-induced tales by moonlight gibberish with academic and historical facts, then maybe you should stop making a further fool of yourselves. Meanwhile which Igbos exactly were slaves to the Benins and tiny Itshekiri's? The Igbo tribes East or West of the Niger? cause it's outrightly preposterous that the same Western Igbos - assuming they are the ones Reno claimed were slaves) who remain among the elite few in Africa that successfully resisted the might of the British colonial empire in for more than two decades, were at any point in time slaves to a tiny Itshekiri tribe what wasn't even near the might and pedigree of any of the Igbo subgroups... or even the overrated Benin empire that got their arses handed to them by the British in just 3 days of fighting.

History is saddled with its equanimity, and it should be the exclusive preserve of sound and logical minds to preserve it.

LegendHero:
So Calabar also sold them?

This thread is revealing then.

Nwanyiogwashi deserve a bottle of palm wine for opening this thread.

Na woman (small girl for that matter) you dey follow drag matter like this? Agbaya! , yeribanza men are so sissified in nature that they shamelessly banter with women, which explains why it took Alimi and a band of malnourished looking Gambari's to perennially conquer a significant portion of Yeriba territory and force its people to accept Islam

Benin Republic govt must be tired of dealing with the refugee/ runaway situation of their yorubandit cousins... from Yewa residents fleeing to their country after been "Kwaranized" by Foo-Lani cattle rearers to the highest ranking warrior in Yeribaland trying to flee to Germany via Cotonou... must be really embarrassing to have such lily-levered people as your ancestral cousins.

ItsTutsi:
So nyamuri flat.heads are not only 3rd class citizens in Nigeria, but were once slaves to itsekiris and binis!!

Kai! Walahi I'm disappointed, no presidency now.. they went down on ranking to 6th class citizen!!

The hunchback bleaching idiot cownu and watery beans will be disappointed

Braindead elephant grass eating terrorist, how many dead bodies slaughtered by bandits and Boko haram have you buried today?

Every minority idiot dey claim say dem take Igbos as slaves (even Itshekiri wey no even reach my local government area in population density sef take follow talk), isn't it an anomaly that the so called slaves these "notice me" minorities claimed to have captured ended up not only outpopulating them in the numbers game, but also completely immersed lots of them who claim to have no Igbo ancestry or link into speaking Igbo (a supposedly slave language?). The useless Ijaw apes who dey follow join matter got their only landmark of historical significance through an "Igbo slave" from Amaigbo, a man whom we all know as King Jaja of Opobo... the useless fetish Bini savages who still worship their useless Oba like he's some demigod still have components of their communities like the Igbanke who speak an intelligible lingua of Igbo... same goes for majority of Delta state like in the Aniocha/Ika axis... same in Rivers state where Igbo is the lingua franca of even the non-Igbo speaking ethnic groups...does it even cognitively make sense that the "slaves" ended up been the ones whose language and culture immersed that of the so called masters?

Honestly these minority jokers will never cease to amaze me with their befuddling attempts to force relevance, very soon even tiny Isoko of yesterday go begin come out with their own version of history... I blame IPOB for all this rubbish anyway, stay in your lane and pursue the Biafran struggle strictly along Igbo nationalism and homogeneity, una no gree... now see the results.

osuulola:
Gymnastics was a no go area for Nigerians because you need to start as a child but Nigeria has no plans for children so to say. Thanks to the united states for bailing us out.

Let's wish him luck, his CV looks good!

More pictures of him

His name is Uche Eke and this is his amazing story.

MSI grad Uche Eke heads to Tokyo as Nigeria’s first Olympic gymnast

Decorated gymnast Uche Eke (MSI ’21) is flying high. He’s recently graduated from the University of Michigan School of Information’s Master of Science in Information (MSI) program with a 4.0 GPA, scooping up a Margaret Mann award for demonstrating exceptional academic ability and professional promise, too.

He’s also reached his ultimate athletic training goal of qualifying to represent Nigeria as the country’s first Olympic gymnast at this year’s games in Tokyo, Japan.

“Both of my dreams came true,” says Uche. “My dream of being an Olympic gymnast is finally right in front of my eyes, and I’m making my parents proud because I have an MSI degree now.”

Uche, who has been practicing gymnastics since the age of three, offers this insight to other Wolverines who aspire to build a multifaceted legacy: “It’s tough. It’s a lot of sacrifices, and that’s why you just have to really want it. If you can answer the question ‘why,’ don’t let anything stop you.”

For Uche, answering that question begins with bringing honor to the country where his father was born and where he visits twice a year.

“What’s driving me is that I want to give back to Nigeria every time I go.”

Uche says his UMSI degree has opened up career opportunities for him, and he's hoping his Olympic pursuits will do the same for his second homeland.

“Combining this degree with my being a Nigerian gymnast, that recognition,” Uche brightens, “I could do something hopefully to better the country.”

Uche says U-M and UMSI faculty and staff have provided important support on the way to achieving his goals, as they’re able to understand what student athletes go through on a day-to-day basis.

“We can book tutoring appointments for free through the University of Michigan and have tutors teach us or go over lectures,” Uche says, “and UMSI has helped me a lot. I remember I would walk into Ed Happ’s class maybe thirty minutes late with a big plate of food like, ‘Sorry, I haven’t eaten for six hours!’ But I would always sit up front to make sure I paid attention.”

In Lecturer Edward Happ’s class, SI 627: Managing and Leading the IT Org, Uche was extra motivated to pay attention after full days of training and classwork. He was matched with a mentor who held the same Chief Information Officer (CIO) role he dreams of working in one day after his gymnastics career is behind him.

“I dream one day to be a CIO or a Chief Technology Officer,” Uche says, “and I have an idea of what I want to do in the future because of this class and because of the MSI degree program in general, which is way more practical and realistic than my other degree in computer science engineering.”

Uche says he even incorporated a management technique from one of his MSI courses into his personal goal tracking system while chasing his Olympic dream.

“I like to write things into existence,” Uche says. “I wrote my Olympic dream on a Kanban board because I learned that in class, and it helped me achieve my goals and make sure I’m going down the correct path.”

Looking toward the Olympic Games
So what’s written on Uche’s Kanban board now as he approaches Olympic competition on Saturday, July 24?

“I’m looking to perform my routines to the best of my ability,” he says, citing the pommel horse and horizontal bar in particular.

“When preparing to do those routines, you want to make sure you get all the jitters out because it’s all about balance,” Uche says. “If someone told you to walk in a straight line, you could do it. But if someone told you there’s a million dollars on the line to walk a straight line, you’ve got to just tell yourself ‘Wait, it’s just walking in a straight line.’ That’s all pommel horse is about ⁠— I guess you can say meditation, but just letting your body flow freely.”

While a meditative mindset is key during competition, prep work is as important to success in gymnastics as it is in academics, says Uche.

“In gymnastics, it’s not just, ‘Oh, I’m doing a flip and I will land.’ No. I happened to land due to a bunch of practice. A competition is like an exam. If you've studied as hard as you could for the exam, then you should be doing well. Same for gymnastics. If you train as hard as you can, then your performance at the competition should reflect your practice.”

https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/msi-grad-uche-eke-heads-tokyo-nigerias-first-olympic-gymnast


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ITHIMQ15-A

aribisala0:
This explains why the SE is overcrowded. The Ijaws , Bini and Efik used the place like a huge slave farm/poultry for slaves.


When the slave trade ended abruptly there was aglut of slaves much more tan their land could carry

Surely Awolowo in all his wisdom, foresight and magnanimity didn't waste his free education legacy for the yorrooba race to be this irreparably stupid and paleolithic in reasoning.

Look at how dirty, poor and miserly the food looks sef, gutter man with gutter orientation. The worst part is that this old waste of human existence can't step foot in any part of Igboland right now including his hometown Nnewi...gulping on Tinubu's limp d**k is the only thing the fool will amount to in the last quarter of his disgraceful life.

Agadi nwoke n'a gu ofe.

The man talks too much and he isn't making Igboho’s already bad situation any better with his poor handling of the whole PR. First he exposed how Igboho was "crying like a child" and this information is now available in the public space... like do you understand how degrading that is? a whole Igboho Oosa, a yoruba warrior whimpering and snickering like pikin wey papa flog for nyansh

Only one Igbo name on that list, does this mean majority of the crimes commited in Imo state recently including the UGM madness weren't done by the indigenes (I believe even Uzodinma even made a claim to that effect)... things like this just makes you wonder...

TripleOh7:
Do you really expect them to give up information about his whereabouts so that Nigeria's sadistic and totally depraved government will try and abduct him and crate him back to the shithole?

People, don't be naive.

Lmfaooooooooooooo This one is still stewing in denial

Pierocash:
lol ,he is pained.

Igboho has been released and already out of the country.

What is igboho's crime to warrant his humiliation?

Benin Republic is a Yoruba Nation,if you think they will hand him over to the terrorist fulani government,then you are the fool here.

You will soon wake up to reality when DSS finalize the extradition process and parade Igboho in Abuja soon.

Na mostly yeye blogs dey carry this report... Until credible media outlets like Punch, Vanguard, Gazette etc confirm it... then we're just fooling ourselves here.

No be only Europe... Igboho wey dey chop ileya meat and rice for DSS custody already in Abuja.

This lunatic forgot to take his psychotropic meds again

It's obvious that both men(MNK and Sunday Igboho) have the charisma required to pull the crowd and mass mobilize their people into a frenzy, and this quality possessed by both "freedom fighters" is the perfect blueprint and fulcrum needed to change the course of history in the context of the struggle for secession. For all their flaws and deserved criticisms, they remain the only men who at least got the world paying attention to the situation of Nigeria, for that they more than deserve our respect.

Now here's the problem, both men also share the same exact fallible traits that make heroes become zeroes in the snap of a finger... freedom fighting requires tact, discipline, diplomacy and emotional intelligence... and unfortunately these are qualities Igboho and Kanu lacked despite their good intentions in fighting for the interest of their people respectively. I remain a fervent and unapologetic Biafran idealist, I more than anyone else want Igbos to exit this shitty union as I strongly believe Nigeria has seriously truncated the progress and potentials of the Igbo nation, BUT Nnamdi Kanu despite offering the basic academic intelligence, gift of oratory, and charisma which to his credit helped to massively sensitize the Igbos on the cause for secession to the point of even attracting global world to the plight of Ndigbo, Kanu's biggest let-down came from his own character-flaw- which was his lack of tact, emotional intelligence, and his crude proclivity for inciting violence without adequately covering his own tracks... but at the end, both men Igboho and Kanu are only symptoms of a diseased nation like Nigeria and will always remain very tangential in defining the course of history in Nigeria.

The more progressive South will remain slaves to the backward North unfortunately, the only way this disgraceful status quo will change is when a new generation of intelligent freedom fighters emerge from the ashes of mistakes made by Kanu and Igboho, and leverage on the already powerful foundation of Oduduwa nation (made possible by Igboho), and Biafra (made possible by MNK) to complete the works these two men started, learn from their mistakes in order not to repeat them... and then finally stir the ship of these two powerful nations (Biafra and Oduduwa) out of the turbulent water called Nigeria.

Christistruth00:
Benin Republic have more regard for their Yoruba brothers than Nigeria

Even the non Yoruba tribes are our first Cousins and share ancestry with Yorubas

In Nigeria Yorubas protect the interest of Benin Republic

and in Benin Republic they return the favour

Take it to the bank

Lmfaooooo self-consolation is allowed, you will soon find out the HARSH way that Benin republic no send your forced relationship when they extradite Igboho's arse across the border to eat his cold beans in DSS custody

Christistruth00:
Benin Republic and Yorubas Na the Same Mama and Papa Born Dem. Igboho is home and dry

Your eyes go finally open when Igboho gets paraded by DSS in Nigeria, you think Benin republic will want to risk a diplomatic row with Nigeria because they are related to yorubas? stop been a clown.

DonCandido:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3a40LAIfeA

This is better than your people who were fighting WWE wrestling over sachets of garri and agege bread, abi you want the video receipts

BafanaBafana:
Na lie abeg, calm down bros. State government has no business in employing, training or deploying personnel. Unless you want to say they were assisted by vigilante.
Stop misleading children here.

How am I lying? you think a non-indigene of Imo who doesn't know the peculiar terrains would have successfully dealt with the UGM? I'm telling you for free that the major reasons why UGM were crushed in Imo state was due to mobilization and logistical supports given to lots of men and women serving in the various Imo state security architectures. As a matter of fact the bulwark of the security network that showed UGM pepper were units newly created by Hope Uzodinma, with recruitment and training provided for by the state government.

grandstar:
Nnamdi Kanu is a bloodthirsty megalomaniac anarchist who will bring nothing both death and destitution to the Igbos if left unleashed. Those supporting him do not know the value of peace nor the gory of war.

Eye wey dey cry still dey see road. Thank you for this. May you never bury your children.

Amen brother!

Make I no lie, I'm an Igbo boy and we are definitely up there when it comes to showbiz and having fun... but Yorubas are on a different level on this one oooo! Na dem invent "Jaiye" and other forms of crazy party lifestyles... I was born and bred in Ibadan so my idea of Yoruba lifestyle is very good.

Banmeallday:
People are confusing peaceful with enslavement. Just because you can throw money on the ground and drink Heineken does not mean you are free or enjoy the same priveledges like those from Sokoto....

I'm sorry but this makes absolutely no sense.

freshalien:
And so does your opinion about the guy you quoted. You are inconsequential as well.

Who's this subhuman?

Thanks to Abba Kyari and the Igbo gallant officers and men who fought to restore peace in Imo state, some bastards and their political cronies were trying to usurp the peace of Imo and turn my state into another Zamfara by unleashing thugs, bandits and militias disguised as ESN on my beautiful Owerri, but thanks be to God their nefarious plans failed. What people don't know is that majority of the soldiers, IRT officers, and police crack units that flushed out the UGM from Imo state were indigenes from Imo state employed, trained and equipped by the state government... so Igbos basically got tired of seeing their land been desecrated and had to fight back. I have no personal love or hate for Abba Kyari, but he was only following orders and doing his job... Imo state and most especially Owerri is now peaceful, and that is all that matters to me.