₦airaland Forum

samuk:
Guy, you are worst than the comical "adjectiver Brother Shagi" go and look for your mate to engage. It will require a Yoruba interpreter to engage you further.

samuk:
Let me once again pretend that you don't have problems with English comprehension. I asked again, could you show the readers where/how any Benin person including myself twisted or wrote the history of Onitsha or any other Igbo community for that Matter.

Let me warn you that each of your reply actually reveals whether you have anything other than insults in your brain.

samuk:
You are a complete waste of time, you can not comprehend simple question put to you.

The whole bini people are a complete waste of time if they think now is the time to be acknowledging ..... people that dont speak a single edo word you are going Around acknowledging them hoping they will come to bini and bow to your king and say " Oba ga ta kpee" or whatever Bullcrap you say, You lots are suffering from inferiority complex mixed with delusions

samuk:
Let me once again pretend that you don't have problems with English comprehension. I asked again, could you show the readers where/how any Benin person including myself twisted or wrote the history of Onitsha or any other Igbo community for that Matter.

samuk:
Benin don't lay claim to anyone. It's the other way round. All we do is to simply acknowledge those that lay claims to Benin, nothing more. I am yet to see the version of Onitsha history that was written by Benin, if you have it, kindly share for all to read.

samuk:
Benin don't lay claim to anyone. It's the other way round. All we do is to simply acknowledge those that lay claims to Benin, nothing more. I am yet to see the version of Onitsha history that was written by Benin, if you have it, kindly share for all to read.

There is nothing to acknowledge bros, they didn't claim to be bini people neither did they claim to be related to bini, just that they arrived where they are from bini and you are acknowledging ......If thats not inferiority complex what is?

samuk:
Benin don't lay claim to anyone. It's the other way round. I am yet to see the version of Onitsha history that was written by Benin, if you have it, kindly share for all to read.

samuk:
Benin did not write any version of Onitsha history. Take you frustration to Zik wherever he is.

You are the frustrated person here, you are also Delusional if you can't lay claim to igbanke people who are pretty much an igbo community under your nose in edo state but jump all the way across the Niger to Onitsha

capitalzero:
Not really Yoruba men are more liberal than igbo men.

samuk:
It is unfair to disparage Zik for the version of his history of Onitsha written in 1970. Those that are quick to tell us that there is no historical links between Benin and Onitsha for such historical accounts to be plausible also forget that despite the fact that the Europeans that study Benin history found no historical links or customs or traditions linking Benin with Ife in the first 400 years (1400s - 1800s) of European eyewitness documentation of of Benin history, yet some still hold on to this Benin/Ife connection that has no historical backing earlier than the 1800s as historical truth.

What is sauce for the goose should also be sauce for the gander.

Benin/Ife relationship was created in late 1800s, Zik's Benin/Onitsha relationship was written in the 1900s and Benin and several other communities relationship are still being written and yet to be written.

All versions of historical accounts should be put out there for all to examine.

History of Onitsha According to - Nnamdi Azikiwe-
Prior to Nigerian independence in 1960 they were known not to have kings except perhaps for the Obi (from Oba: king) of Onitsha, hence the common saying: "Ibo enwero eze" (the Igbo has no king). Individual towns, clans and families see themselves as independent as they are very clannish. They are also known to look down on other peoples, hardly integrating with their hosts though also feigning friendliness. Not surprisingly foreigners see little motivation in investing and residing in their homeland. Indeed the name of one of their most prominent settlements, Onitsha, is said to be derived from Onini (to despise) and Ncha (others), meaning "one who despises others." Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, former Nigerian president and Igbo leader, even described the attitude as supercilious.

Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Genealogy and Nativity

"Thus, in tracing my paternal lineage, I could say that both parents of my father are direct descendants of Eze Chima. As for me, I can trace my paternal ancestry in this wise: I am the first son of Chukwuemeka, who was the third child and first son of Azikiwe, who was the second son of Molokwu, who was the third son of Ozomaocha, who was the second son of Inosi Onira, who was the fourth son of Dei, the second son of Eze Chima, the founder of Onitsha."
SOURCE - Nnamdi A zikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" p4
http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/75723-meaning-history-onitsha.html


"I can trace my maternal ancestry thus: I am the first son of Nwanonaku Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno)Azikiwe, who was third daughter of Aghadiuno Ajie, the fifth son of Onowu Agbani, first daughter of Obi Udokwu, the son who descended from five Kings of Onitsha. Five of these rulers of Onitsha were direct lineal descendants of Eze Chima, who led his warrior adventurers when they left Benin to establish the Onitsha city state in about 1748 AD.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" p5

"One day I asked her (grandmother) the meaning of the word 'Onitsha'. She explained that it had historical significance. The terminology meant one who despised another. It is a contraction of two words, Onini to despise, and Ncha meaning others. So that the two words when joined together mean one who despises others. Then I asked her why we despised others. She patted me on the back and told me that it was due to our aristocratic background and tradition. I insisted that she should explain to me the basis of this supercilious social attitude. She told me that we despised others because we descended from the Royal House of Benin and so regarded ourselves as the superiors of other tribes who had no royal blood in their veins, "

"I continued to belabor my grandmother to tell me more of the history and origins of the Onitsha people. She narrated that many many years ago, there lived at Idu (Benin) a great Oba who had many children. Due to a power struggle regarding the right of precedence among princes of the blood and other altercations, there was a civil war in Benin. One day, the supporters of one of the princes insulted and assaulted Queen Asije, the mother of of the Oba of Benin, who was accused of having trespassed on their farmland. Enraged at this evidence of indiscipline and lawlessness, the Oba ordered his war chief and brother, Gbunwala Asije to apprehend and punish the insurgents. In the attempt to penalise them, Chima, the ultimate founder of the Onitsha city-state, a prince of the blood in his own right, led the recalcitrants against his Uncle, Gbunwala. This intensified the civil war which rent the kingdom of Benin in two and led to the founding of Onitsha Ado N'Idu, , " "As the great trek from Benin progressed, some did not have the stout heart of the pioneer-warrior, and decided to settle at different places, known today as Onitsha -Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Onitsha-Mili, Obior, Issele Ukwu, Ossomari, Aboh, etc,
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" p 11 - 12

sarrki:
They know we are well brought up and cultured

They love Yoruba men

I love Igbo women

yoruba elite want to die untop igbo women matter ..... They are premium and only for well to-do yoruba men

SuperBold:
Because Yoruba men are liberal, not demanding and less patriarchal.

We can marry Igbo Hausa Yoruba Fulani because Merin Ni Olorun so

Words of consolation, We all know the dream of every yoruba man especially the elite is to have an igbo woman by his side

SuperBold:
How many innocent igbo land did you use?

Just listen to yourself....... Trying so hard to be a tribalist end up sounding like a demented goat

"How many innocent igboland did you use" kor

willybaby:
hate breeds stupidity, that's why you would never know that was old news, infact am glad to tell you, we expecting the concluding batch soon..

Oh God these babies are bad ass, especially the SH-1 self propelled artillery piece, sending bokoharam in there hundreds to awaiting virgins

theTranslator:
they will be used in the east the way things are going

Have McLaren got a headstart in signing one of motor racing's stars of the future? They'll certainly be hoping so after signing FIA European karting champion Ugo Ugochukwu to a long-term deal at 13 years old - the same age Lewis Hamilton was when the Woking squad secured his signature.

Ugochukwu, who has been described as a "revelation" by McLaren, was victorious in the 2020 FIA OKJ European Champoinship and has also won various national and international karting accolades in his native USA and in Europe.

The Woking team have a history of picking rising stars, with Hamilton, Kevin Magnussen, Stoffel Vandoorne and Lando Norris all alumni of their "tailored" young driver programme.

Team Principal Andreas Seidl explained how McLaren will continue to identify and sign young talent such as Ugochukwu.

He said: “This signing reflects our refocused approach to identifying and supporting new talent, away from a formal young driver programme to a more tailored basis.

“Ugo is a promising young talent with strong development prospects. While he is still early in his career, it is clear he has the ingredients to be successful in the sport.”

McLaren CEO Zak Brown gave an insight into how long the team have been watching Ugochukwu's progress in prestigious karting competitions such as the FIA's European Championship, and the Challenge of the Americas Junior Championship that he won in 2018.

“We’ve been watching Ugo’s progress with interest, so when the opportunity to sign an agreement with him became available, we had no hesitation moving on it,” said Brown. Now we’ll focus on giving Ugo the right support when he needs it to help him fulfil his potential.”

Ugochukwu, who began his karting career in New York State in 2013, added: “I’m honoured to be signed by such an iconic team as McLaren Racing so early in my career. To have the support of McLaren is fantastic and what any young driver dreams of. I’m focused right now on developing as a driver and racer, so having McLaren by my side can only help me on and off the track.”