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It's simple. The army surprised the militants,killed a few but some escaped. The numbers they killed wasn't enough to seem "impressive" so they killed the man and dressed him up as a militant to add to the numbers. Incredible!

A great thing the individual excellence of this great people is being extended to the immediate society.

Great. Finally,a much awaited breath of life into these roads.

I see a slowpoke two comments up. Post- Rest Well Sir!

jpmorganxx:
Palpable fear has gripped Anambra State government house EXCO members as well as Governor Willie Obiano's aides over the recent frequent appearance and disappearance of an old woman of about 150 years and above in Anambra State government house, which according to inside sources is presently their nightmare.

Though, Governor Obiano who is the chief security officer of the state, has not issued any official statement to cover the allegation, it was reliably gathered that the Governor, Willie Obiano knows the source of the strange old woman.

As it were,One of his Special Assistants(SAs ) who pleaded anonymity because he is not permitted to speak, alleged that the old strange woman, started appearing few days after Governor Obiano had threatened to eliminate any of his aides caught divulging secret information about his administration ,adding that he(Gov.Obiano), was very angry that some of his aides who were privy to his wife's health status, divulged the information to some elder statement that his wife is presently suffering from a strange ailment ,that could not be treated abroad.

Another alleged that Governor Obiano,is not very comfortable with Peter Obi's recent revelation on how much he left in Anambra state accounts, knowing that some of his aides are still loyal to the former governor, hence could disclose useful information capable of exposing certain misappropriation of funds in his administration, hence resorted to deity to checkmate them.

According to him, "the most scaring of the story is that those that have seen the strange old woman are afraid of discussing it, because they were told to keep it to their hearts or become insane. One of us is currently having "mental problem" and it's yet to be made public".

He said one of Governor Obiano's aides who is suspected to know the source of the strange old woman and even informed his colleagues that he (Obiano), has perfected plans to be paying them their salaries under oath from 2017,is presently having mental problem and that they are still hiding it.

"Too many strange things are happening here, but who will expose it", asked Obiano's aide.

Absolute Thrash.

Trouble is brewing. The Niger Delta is truly a problematic area.

Sensible Post.

True. Ijaw militants are definitely hiding under the ND name to perpetuate evil. For the Ijaw,ND is theirs. The dominance they crave will materialize in their re****ic

Not good. Not good at all!

It's Ndigbo blues20.

buharisbae g=46775303:
I quite agree with that of anambra buhh that of abia and IMO joke of the century abia people that have never seen tarred road in their life

What on earth does that have to do with passing Wassce exams? Don't be offended but your statement lacks sense.

Creating Anioma state will be a dream come true for the Igbos. Especially if merged to the SE. If the Igbos can really push for it,we may just get it. I don't think the wicked government will kick too much against it cause most of their oil exploration is in non-Igbo areas in Delta state (Oil is the only interest of the government anyway) though the wicked government will want to keep Igbos splintered. Give SE Anioma state and watch Igbo-denial drop drastically while development soars in Anioma. Igbo Amaka!

I heard a.traditional marriage is in the offing. Please where is it going down? Lemme come and spray dollars and chop isi-ewu.

Very very sad. Militants killing innocent people? Very sad. But are they Ijaw militants? There was news earlier this year that militants are now present in Ikorodu(Lagos) and Ogun. Looks like it was true afterall.

PabloAfricanus:
Cmon dude, dont be clever by half
You like so many before appear to be fixated on conveniently forgetting facts put before you
Lemme help you out there:
1. The first "Igbo" people whom the Europeans met were at Aboh and were identified by the Obi as living
on both sides of the Niger, with the Obi claiming suzerainity over "55 miles along both sides of the river".

2."Igbo" as a appelation for identifying people speaking "Igbo" dialects did not come into being with the Europeans,
rather people were bearing names like Igboanugo, Igbokwe, Igbo, Obigbo,Igboamaeze etc. then and now

3.All the Igbo speaking peoples knew what the appelation "Igbo" meant and understood it to be the "name of the people"
or the "name of the language" by which the "Igbo" people called themselves. It was corrupted to "Ibo" apparently cos the
whites could not vocalize the "gb" sound.

4.The first "Igbo" bible was written in Opobo dialect and was not called "Opobo" or "Bonny" bible, rather "Igbo" bible.
The Igbo appellation was neither invented nor was it strange sounding to the hinterlands when they heard it.

5. The first native Christian missionaries to the Igbo hinterlands came from Opobo, Aboh, Onitsha, Ndi Olu areas and did not find
it that difficult communicating in "Igbo" language to the more unexposed hinterland dwellers they preached to. All it took was acclimatization
to the dialectical differences.

6. To the best of my knowledge, no one needs you to be Igbo or accept the Igbo nomenclature.
It is the crass rejection/denial that makes the "other" Igbos either look funny, bad or foolish, given that this is coming from
a people who were the subjects of the first "Igbo" historical writings by the Europeans.
Moreso, when "geneologies" and "ancestral ties" are invented all in a bid to perpetuate a self inflicted identity crisis,
it only leads to tauntings, mockeries and yes a little disbelief at the foolishness of it all.


My 2 cents.

Strong points there.

oweniwe:
1. Based on point one, since there was nothing like igbo back then, do you think ukwuani, ikwerre, ika etc folks are right to reject being called "igbo "?

E.g.... "I am Ukwuani... I am not igbo because there was nothing like "igbo " before the white man came "...

Ngwa man is simply Ngwa... Osha man is simply Osha... Ndienigu are simply Ndienugu... Ukwuani is simply Ukwuani... Ikwerre is simply ikwerre.... There's nothing like "Igbo "

Do you see ' reason ' in the above statement?

In the current Nigerian make-up,the statement does not make sense. No offence. Maybe in precolonial Nigeria or immediately after independence such may have being attempted but not anymore. In a time when Igbos are currently trying to save their skins,balkanizing ourselves will be foolhardy.

macluvph1:
In my opinion we are part of igbo nation, history books should be your friend(Nkwerre and ikwerre).

i won't go further till the need comes up.

Hmm. Your type is rare. Shalom!

macluvph1:
I dont blame people that insult other's i blame the parents that brought them forth to this world for failing in their fundamental obligation.

Secondly everyone and their own opinion,so who am i to determine for them.

But a visit to Pitakwa will solve the problem of the argument.

The guy you quoted is an imposter and he is high on Oshogbo weed.

@Bolded-In your opinion is Ikwerre Igbo or not?

Schematics:
What made you think an Igboman wants to identify with lazy ikwerre people that live in shanties all over PH? Maybe I will start posting pictures to drive home my point.

Please do.

Marcelini:
Don't fall for his trap.

The game plan of the Yoruboids and their Edo partners are:

1, Impersonate Ikwerres, Ikas, Etches, Oshimili, Ukwuani etc,

2, Start making anti Igbo / Igbophobic comments. Provoke the SE Igbos to make harsh comments towards Ika, Ikwerre, etc

3. When the SE falls into the above trap by making harsh statements against those Igboid groups in anger, they ( Yoruboids) withdraw back and use our words against these Igboid groups against us, by presenting it to the Igboids as a the proof that the SE has no genuine love for them but are rather attached to their oil wealth and ld space.

My brother I know of the rubbish obtainable here on nairaland especially politics section and I don't fall for it. But I've Ikwerre inlaws and trust me most are not worth the effort. All in all,it is well.

Marcelini:
It's possible that Ogbunuabali was fabricated. But that does not change the fact that it literary translates to "He that kills in the night".

For example, we know that Anioma was fabricated by Osadebey using A= Aniocha, N= Ndokwa, I= Ika, O= Oshimili, then adding adding MA as a common denominator to create ANIOMA.
But that does not change the fact that in all Igbo speaking territories, ANIOMA literary translates as "Good land".

By the way, Hopeathand is not an Ikwerre person, stop wasting your time on him.

I understand fully what you mean but Ogbunabali has a meaning of it's own which the impostor cannot decipher. Anyway who cares about Ikwerre or Hopeathand. Bigger things are on deck.

Marcelini:
Ogbunuabali literally translates to " He that kills in the night". It means the same in Ikwerre and all Igbo dialects.

An Ikwerre man from Ikwerre LGA that hadn't been to PH before will translate it as that too.

And anybody who has interest can always investigate how the name came about, he mustnt be an Ikwerre person to do so.
So you telling the history of how Ogbunuabali was coined does not make you an Ikwerre any more than me knowing that Ilorin was coined from "Ile erin" make me a YORUBA person.

Personally I think its the depth of callousness for an outsider to hide and claim Ikwerre just to cause disunity. Ikwerre can be whatever they choose but some tribes are really really cursed!!!

HopeAtHand:
Ogbunabali is a town which was founded on a land belongigng to Orogbum and Oroabali communities.. The full spelling of the name is Ogbum-nu-abali.

Another example is Okoro-nu-odo. That is the area where that big Anglican church at Rumuokoro roundabout is situated. The name is a combination of Rumuokoro and Rumuodomaya.

Thank me later.

I'll slap you! Are you a little kid? Tell me the meaning of Ogbunabali,you're telling me it's was almagated fabricated. As an Ikwerre tell me the interpretation of "Ogbunabali"

HopeAtHand:
PH is Old GRA, borikiri, AmadiAma, Abuloma, Town, Eagle Island, Mile1-Mile3, Elekahia, Nkpogwu, Oroabali, Oromerezimgbu, Rumukalagbor, Oroworukwo, Orogbum and Ogbum-na-abali (also referred to as Ogbunabali, a combination of Orogbum and Oroabali)

New GRA, air force base, 1st and 2nd artillery, garrison, mile 1, rumumuola down to Iriebe is Obio/Akpor,

from Agip junction down to Rumuokoro down to elelenwo before petrochemical is Obio/Akpor.

From Rumuokoro down to choba by the choba river is Obio/Akpor@ from Rumuokoro to Rukpokwu is Obio/Akpor.

Igwuruta to new stadium, airport are in Ikwerre LGA.

ogbunabali ( which means someone that kills in the night (seriously?) etc

Tell us the meaning Hopeathand

This is serious

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Can a non-igbo tell me who is igbo and who is not Igbo?

Only on NL

The Delta state government has said Agbor and Asaba are Igbo cities. Agbor disputably. Asaba being an Igbo enclave is already a conclusion. Port Harcourt can be classed an Igbo city but argue all you want. The way some particular people are pouring their frustrations here is alarming.
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Ikechu12781:
There's no protest or March in Enugu, Abia or Ebonyi as well does that soak volume to you as well. The event was scheduled for onitsha Anambra state only and every one was informed to go to there for the celebration....it spilled to Asaba as well because of the close proximity. Smh at people displaying their ignorance on daily basis on this forum

Control your emotions brother. You jumped the gun and missed the whole point

LOL!!!

No March or Protest or any sort of commemoration in Port-Harcourt. Smh.Speaks volumes...