₦airaland Forum

Abagworo:
@nengibo what makes Opobo unique is the fact that the geographical nomenclature is Ibani while the spoken language is Igbo. It us a very new settlement founded on land previously occupied by Obolo speakers but pushed away by Jaja entourage. Right from 1870 Igbo was adopted as the trading and spoken language in the new settlement and it has remained so till date. Bonny where they came from was bilingual with some parts speaking Ibani and others Igbo.

I don't like discussing with people with a biased view because its pointless, if i didn't correct your assertions you would change the meaning of towns name in a language you don't even understand, because of a preconceived agenda.#sad

Abagworo:
Maybe the kingdom is Ibani but the language is Igbo. The "Ama" alone means town or settlement in Igbo language either as a suffix or prefix depending on dialect. Moreover the issue is language not name of town or kingdom.

Ama is an Ijaw word used as far as Edo state Olodiama,

Abagworo:
Actually Igwe nga is Ikot Abasi also 2nd Opobo sometimes outside the Rivers Opobo. Ikot Abasi means People of God in reference to Arochukwu while Igwe nga means slave/prison abode. It's likely that Aro slave traders were using Ikot Abasi waterside for export of slaves via Bonny and had a cell there.

So Aro chukwu igbos gave the Ibibio name ikot abasi, quite interesting, and in igbo language slave abode is igwe nga, interesting, and Arochukwu people in Abia state dominated the now Ikot abasi area in Akwaibom enuf to name it a slave abode.

Abagworo:
That's the Ibani translation but Jaja is an Igbo man and Opobo was founded as an Igbo speaking town very recently in 1870.

Thats the ibani translation? Are you okay, does the name Opobo have two translations, or you don't know Opobo is an Ibani kingdom. Gudnyt and translate more Opobo towns into your own language.
Here are some
Epelema/OpusunjuAma

Iloma
Iwoama
Job-Ama
Kalaibiama
Kalasunju
Minima
Obo- Town
Okorobo -Ile
Olam – Nkoro
Opu kalaama
Opum
Queens Town

B2mario:
Igwenga is not Ikot abasi it's Opobo. it's an Igbo word for exile and Igbo name for Opobo. In ancient time Opobo was considered an exile land

Lol, an exile land for whom? igwenga doesn't mean exile,. In our Ibani Kingdoms Igwenga or Egwenga means wealth or affluence. therefore in our early historic times, all assets including manillas, houses and even human belonging to any chief or war canoe House were refered to as Igwenga. This gave rise to present Ikot-Abasi in our former Opobo to be called Egwenga by us, as King Jaja ,his chiefs,and European trade partners colonized,conquered and dominated that axis for their numerous trading activities across the Opobo main city state. thus Egwenga of the Akwas became Opobo territory uptill after the Nigeria civil war. "IGWENGA BERE KIKI, FI KIKIAGHA means IF YOU CAN STRUGGLE OR BLOCK WEALTH ISSUES, YOU CAN NOT DO SAME TO DEATH" T.M.O

Tamuno gbe izon se

Lol, confused bunch

tjark1:
Pete is covering something

Old age no dey reach dat syd oh

You could have sent your message without displaying these your Ijawphobic sentiments, beleive me the Izon apu are not your problem.

Abagworo:
Central dialect is just a mix of all types of Igbo that makes understanding easier for everyone that speaks one version of Igbo or the other. By purely Igbo I mean it's intelligible to someone in opposing extreme end of Igbo speakers like Afikpo, Nsukka and Ikwerre. Infact "Ali Onye" in Ika is "Ali Onye" in Ehugbo(Afikpo dialect).

What is the point of showing me this map
Smh biafra people, what do u even think igwenga (now ikot abasi) even means

Abagworo:
Central dialect is just a mix of all types of Igbo that makes understanding easier for everyone that speaks one version of Igbo or the other. By purely Igbo I mean it's intelligible to someone in opposing extreme end of Igbo speakers like Afikpo, Nsukka and Ikwerre. Infact "Ali Onye" in Ika is "Ali Onye" in Ehugbo(Afikpo dialect).

Smh biafra people, what do u even think igwenga (now ikot abasi even means

ThinkSmarter:
u probably didn't follow up the argument.
The initial argument I made was that I compared Rivers, Delta and Akwaibom as SS states, in the argument I tried highlighting the reason why Rivers is prone to election violence compared to Akwaibom and Delta.
Which I analyzed to be as a result of low number of Rivers indigenes enrolled in school compared to the higher number u will get among Delta and Akwaibom states.
That was when I brought Ebonyi to the argument cuz it is among the list of educationally disadvantaged state in Nigeria, just like Rives, Bayelsa and most Northern states.
These facts re gotten from NBS.
That's y indigenes of these States re given special chances in all FG owned universities across the country.
Jamb as an exam body hv record of all Nigerians by "LGA and state of origin" that hv been admitted to higher institutions in their database .
Unarguably Rivers re more educated to Ebonyi.
But they re less educated compared to their neighboring states.
U may be a professor, which doesn't translate that all people in ur state re educated.
I may be educated which doesn't also translate that all my people are educated.
#NoOffenceMeant

Please can you share the link to the stat which u are using to base this argument

ThinkSmarter:
facts don't lie
There is no need calling me names cuz I never berated u.
Rather I tried pointing to facts that will better ur lots.

I'm from Ebonyi, my state is one of the educationally disadvantaged state like Rivers, it is always characterised with election violence in the past, though not as intense as that of Rivers.
But today, we hv so much embraced education as u can see from the Statistics. We hv only 13LGA.
This measure hv reduced the ugly trend drastically as no undergraduate or graduate will agree to be a thug to any politician, except the person is a clown.

Guy just shutup if u dont have what to say, comparing ebonyi state to Rivers state in terms of education

ThinkSmarter:
Rivers should simply learn from Akwaibom and Delta State, their citizens re so much interested in education, that's why election violence is less cuz they have low number of tauts.
They should utilize their 13%derivation well.
It's only education that will stop the mess in Rivers.

If you feel rivers people are not educated then you need education

Abagworo:
This song is purely Igbo and nothing Edo. 99% of Igbos will understand it to an extent but I doubt if up to 5% of Bini can comprehend it. Even the titke "Ali Onye" is already 100% Igbo and I wonder what is Edo about it. Like I've always maintained it is better to quit using language as a basis for Igbo denial and simply admit the fact that Ika language is a version of Igbo language. Many Ikas can claim Benin origin but the language is purely Igbo.

With these fictional statistics you have brought foward, it is clear you are coming with an prejudice opinion. And what do you mean by purely igbo, is it the central dialect?

9ja baby

cheruv:
What's even Niger Delta
We don't need all these lazy SS minorities who know nothing nothing else aside oil in our Igbo empire. Be drunk on your oil and never dream of adding SS Igboland to your phantom NDR

Be dreaming of Igboland in ss, "hardworking ppl" begging for relationship with lazy ppl

raker300:
Why the "controversial" in his name?

He runs a fake news outlet

cheruv:
Lies ke
Am not even bothered... Keep dreaming about ihuruoha, ekpeye, echee, ubani and opobo you plan to drag us into your NDR. When Nigeria cracks you'd know you've been sleeping on the hard floor since then
We SS Igbos know ourselves... And we don't need a Rukwo like you to tell us who we're

Idiot said ubani and opobo, so u wan drag Ijaw inside ur madness attache

cheruv:
Am even laughing at him bkos he's on a long thing
All SS Igbos, despite the politics know ourselves and if Nigeria dies we know where our interests are best served.. Certainly not in their phantom NDR
Just leave the nengibo guy to keep ranting... When jungle mature him go know say na surugede em dey dance since

If you like speak urhobo or ika or ndoki, no Niger Deltan is leaving to become slave to eboe biafra, u think anyone is stupid enuf to folo una again

dreamworld:
The one in ur mamas pucci, divide and rule

Such vulgar words only depict ur low level of intellect, Ojukwu husain bolt brother

cheruv:
Nye Rukwo a...
Keep dreaming about incorporating SS Igboland into your phantom Niger Delta Republic...when Nigeria divides you'd know that 13 no be B
Igbos know their territories

Attache, your lies didn't work in 67, it wont work now

Welcome development

Fayose

dreamworld:
Ororo Afonja, and they told u igbo's both on se and ss don't have their own oil abi. Grow up

Which oil u get, attache

thesicilian:
But isn't it evident, with the likes of Ibori, Alamieyeseigha, and hundreds of other corrupt leaders, that the Niger Delta with or without oil still would have remained an impoverished, waste land?

Its better than the oil being in the hands of Ojukwu husain bolt

Newworldorder:
Alright, let me explain the random title. I am curious as to why in over 10 years of living in the United States, I have never met a Hausa man or woman in my age range. As far as I am concerned, Hausa people are practically extinct. Of course, I know they exist, I grew up and went to school with Hausas. However, I have only met 2 Hausa people in the U.S. I met a Hausa man (and official pervert) while working at Blockbuster and a relative of mine is married to a Hausa lady. Neither of these two are my age mates and I am desperately seeking Hausa people for reasons that will become clear as you continue reading.


How did this issue come about? Well, my brother-in-law (a non-Nigerian) recently asked me to talk to him about the main ethnic groups in Nigeria. I had no problem talking about Igbo people and Yoruba people. I talked to hime Efik people, Ijaws and the Calabari, to name a few. When it was time to talk about Hausa people, however, I stuttered. It wasn't because I didn't know what to say, it was because all I had to say were negative stereotypes. That made me worry. I couldn't help but think about how some white people always claim to have at least one black friend and thus are not racist. Well, I couldn't even make a similar claim! I have no Hausa people as close friends or acquaintances and am now worried that I have a serious bias against Hausa people.

So, am I biased against Hausa people? I like to think not as I wouldn't have any reason to be. I have never had any bad experiences with any Hausa people, except for the pervert I referred to earlier. I have fond memories of sharing meat with muslim Hausa and non Hausas as is customary after Ramadan. I also have fond memories of drinkng funa de nunu (I hope I got that right) as a child when my mother was transferred to Abuja. Yet, I do have a lot of negative stereotypes in my head. Living in Lagos, a lot of the 'gatemen' were Hausa and I still to this day wonder if they, as a group, encourage schooling as much as other ethnic groups. I also, can't help but think of a girl I went to secondary school with who was rumored to be married off to a wealthy Alhaji quickly after she took her SS6 exams. Oh, and the fact that so many of Nigeria's military dictatorships were lead by Hausa men e.g. Babangida, Abacha.

When talking to my brother-in-law, I quickly realized I hadn't said anything positive, so I dug deep into my memory and remembered books I read about Hausa history. I told him the story of Queen Amina, explained that Hausa people tend to have a serious horse culture, play lots of polo, have a lovely language and have stories of great warriors and so on.

So, again, I ask - where did all the Hausa people go? My uncle explained that he knows a lot of Hausa people. He's 64 years young. He thought the reason why I didn't know any was because some Hausa people are a little conservative and I would not meet them at the normal Nigerian social functions. I figured that was fine, but how come I had not met them at the usual intellectual arenas? Such as conferences or institutions of learning. Not even at my local African store or any store where I live. Before you start thinking that that sounds ridiculous, please consider that the residential community in which I live is packed with Nigerians. In fact, my city has so many Nigerians that we have a Redeemed Church around the corner and you can never leave your house without seeing gele, buba ati iro, and hearing Efik, Yoruba, Igbo or even Calabari. You constantly see mothers screaming out for little Chioma or Lanre at the local Target store, Walmart store, Safeway and Shoppers supermarket or even the many playgrounds and parks that litter my neighborhood. In fact, in my little part of my residential community I can count at least 4 Nigerian families within seeing distance.

Anyway, what really has me worried above all else, is a concern that there is a disconnect between most southerners and northerners. I worry that southerners have had the opportunity to create social, intellectual, business, romantic and financial relationships with each other and not with northerners. I am concerned that in the future, this lack of interaction with northerners could have negative consequences and possibly foster a lack of trust and understanding. You might think that is an exaggeration but remember that this lack of understanding became evident to me during my conversation with my brother in law. Now, I wonder if there are others out there with the same predicament - not knowing what to say about certain Nigerians.

Kalabari is a tribe of Ijaw people and is spelt with a k not a c,

Wike looking at Fayose like....who be dis one

Dude seriously wanted dat wedding rice, u waited for rice till 5pm

DozieInc:
Feeding bottle mentality.
He thinks everything is all about "Federal Character".

Lol

Continue protesting in port Harcourt, athink na part of igbo land. Useless miscreants

When south Africans see this