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Anambra- 8.5 m
Abia- 4.3 m
Enugu- 5.6 m
Imo- 5.2 m
Ebonyi 4.6 m
Delta- 2.2 m Igbos
Rivers- 5.8 m

Also remember that Igbos are a majority so their population will naturally be larger than that of the SS, NC, and NE.

olawalebab:
The porportion of easterners that are in other part of the country far exceed the number of other ethnic that reside in the east. with that scenario, how will the east be more populated than other zone, anambra in particular

Chinenye, I'm Trying to interpret your signature as "Ngwa must exist till I die". Am I correct?

@ Jarus

Anambra is not a one city state like Lagos, Kaduna and Kano. Anambra boasts Onicha, Awka and Nnewi which are all fully urbanised cities. Nnewi and it's neighboring towns alone are around 2.5 million in population.

Here's a list of prominent people from Anambra:

Nnamdi Azikiwe Owelle of Onitsha - the first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and historically, the only man whose name appeared in the Constitution of his country (Nigeria's Republican Constitution of 1963).
Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, hails from Okoh town, is a frontline Politician, Architect and the first executive Vice-President of Nigeria, serving 1979 – 1983.
Professor Chinua Achebe - a native of Ogidi and best known for the classic, Things Fall Apart was the first African writer whose books are standard curricula in schools and universities across the world.
Emeka Anyaoku - the first black Secretary-General of the Commonwealth;
Nwafor Orizu - the first Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Lieutenant-General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, appointed in 2008 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as Military Advisor on UN Peacekeeping Operations. Previously served as Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Artillery Brigade in Liberia in 1996 and 1997, and as ECOMOG Chief Coordinator of the Liberian elections in July 1997.[9]
Professor Humphrey Nwobu Nwosu. A Professor of Political Science. Former NEC Chairman. Conducted the freest, fairest and most credible election so far in Nigeria.
Chinyelu Onwurah, a British Labour Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, becoming the first female British MP of African origin.
Chuka Umunna, a British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Streatham constituency.
Professor Kenneth Dike - a pre-eminent scholar of African History and native of Awka, was the first indigenous Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and founder of the National Archives.
Professor Ben Enwonwu - a native of Onitsha was the first Nigerian sculptor of international repute with artwork gracing the United Nations headquarters.[10]
Pius Okigbo, CON[7] - a world renowned economist, was the first economic advisor to the Federal government of Nigeria (1960–1962), first Nigerian Ambassador to the European Community and renowned for bringing to light over $12 billion missing in oil windfall receipts from the Central Bank of Nigeria during the first Gulf War.
Professor Samuel Okoye - was black Africa's first PhD in Radio Astronomy who along with Anthony Hewish of the University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star.
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu - Writer, television presenter, lawyer and Big Brother reality star. Noted for continuously pushing for a positive outlook on the 'Okija Shrine'.
Chief Jerome Udoji - from Ozubulu [8], a social reformer was the first African to be made a 'D.O' (District Officer) by the Colonial Administration.

Chimamanda Adichie
Others include:

Amobi Okoye - Youngest American football player to play for the NFL (2004), currently plays for the Houston Texans
Chimamanda Adichie - writer who won the Orange Prize for Fiction (2007) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2008);
Dora Akunyili - ex-head of NAFDAC and current Minister of Information won international awards for cleansing Nigeria of the scourge of fake drugs;
Cardinal Francis Arinze, once considered a potential Pope
Cyprian Ekwensi - MFR, a writer of international repute
Philip Emeagwali - winner of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for Supercomputing;
Prof Chike Obi - a Mathematician famous for his work on non-differential equations won the 1985 ICTP Price [9] and developed a special solution for Fermat's Last Theorem [10];
Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu - a native of Nnewi who was the first Nigerian millionaire and first president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange;
Dim Emeka Ojukwu - the leader of the secessionist Biafra Republic;
Osita Osadebe - a popular Nigerian Highlife musician who also holds the Nigerian record for the highest selling album
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo - a famous economist who spearheaded Nigerian economic reform from 1999–2008 and was ex-head of the Central Bank of Nigeria;
Becky Umeh - dancer, choreographer, and musical director who performed throughout Nigeria 1994 - 2002, and Washington DC, 2002–present.
[[Ezenwenyi Stanley Chidiebere], a great computer engineer,database administrator,and a famous politician. he hails from Umueze in Ezinifite town.
Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy MBE, a London-based visual artist. The first black artist to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II when commissioned to paint the official Golden Jubilee portrait.[11] She was chosen as one of the UK Women of the Year in 2002 and 2003, represented the UK at the Council of Europe and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of East Anglia. During 2006 her work was represented on the national postage stamps of six countries. In 2008 she addressed the Cambridge Union[12][13] Chukwuogo-Roy is a regular contributor to the BBC and other current affairs programmes. In 2009 she was made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

So according to you the population of Oyo state is atleast 40 million ?

musiwa.,.:
People make me laugh, there was no time in nigeria history when 6 zone was created. So it does not make sense. if people want equity , it mean we need to create 9 state in the old bendle state to equal the eastern region.

look the old bendle state(edo and delta state) was 1 , while the old eastern region is now 9 states.

So in other to have equity it means the old bendle state must have equal number of state as the former eastern region.  

It is unfair that the old bendle state have 2 state while the east have 9 states.

let remove ethnic bias and ethnics hate, there is nothing morally right to still allow akwa ibom to have 30 local govt after we have seen the satellite picture.

And there is something moral wrong to continue to give Abia state Oil derivation when abia state have no oil.

How do you create state, Oyo state is at least 20 times the population of Bayelsa state. Do you create 20 state in oyo state. Look the only solution is to remove edo,delta and Yorubas from nigeria.

The day they create 6 zone is the last day Nigeria will cease to exist. Look no single of them will remain governor if you know Nigeria. Look they will execute Jonathan Goodluck the day he dare try that. this is what they history of nigeria tell you. That is the day governor will go and join his grandfather. They know that, so are they creating more problem.

The only solution is to remove Edo,delta and Yoruba out of Nigeria. They know this.

~Bluetooth:
So does that makes ebonyi more popular than bayelsa that produced the president ?

When did I ever say that?

Stop drawing us into stale conversations. It's been explained several times that Rivers is a majority Igbo state. Now let's move on.

Well now you do.

South East wants to remain an "Igbo" zone. Adding Cross River would also divide the Ibibio-Efik people and soon they will start clamouring. Best option is to add Rivers into SE and create Anioma state by slicing of the Northern part of Delta.

GAR3TH:
Instead of creating pointless states why not just move the boundaries of the Geo-political zones. we have 36 states and 6 Geo-political zone so 6 states should be in each zone.

But instead we have these ediots calming they want another state in the already small & cramped south east. Obviously they are just in it for themselves so they can create pointless government positions for their brothers in the new state.

Why arent they proposing to rearrange the already existing boundaries? Why not move cross rivers state to the south-east then move ondo state to the south-south then move kwara state to the south-west and then move kaduna to the north-central.

Its simply and not hard but instead they are choosing and advocating for something as ridiculous as an extra state when we already have 36 states and 6 geopolitical zones.

Or do these ediots believe that the south-east geopolitical zone equals igbos? Because it doesn't. Is that why they want to create an extra state instead of just moving the boundaries.

I seriously hope not because if thats the case then they will go down in history as the dumbest most ethnocentric move in Nigeria's history.

Problem solved

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Prince Nico Mbarga (the guy that sang the song "Sweet Mother" which I know all of you have heard) is from Ebonyi State. He put Ebonyi on the map just like Fela put Ogun.

^^^

What do you mean by claiming Igbo? We are all Igbo regardless of dialect. Whether we speak Ukwuani, Ikwerre, Wawa, Abakiliki, Aro, Ngwa, Abiriba, Ika, Ekpeye, or Nri we are all one Igbo people.

Just because you don't understand the form of Igbo I speak doesn't mean that I'm not Igbi and vise versa. What do you mean by adulterated? How are you sure that the way you perceived her dialect wasn't the way she perceived yours. As far as language is concerned, her dialect is as much Igbo as yours or mine.

Didn't I give you a source?

Anambra is one of the most densley populated places in Africa with over 1500-2000 people per square mile. It is also the second most populous Southern state.

Here's one source: In this source the 2005 estimate was given at 7.8 million http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/places/states/anambra.htm

Here's another one where the 2010 estimate for Anambra state was 8.5 million. http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/html/anambra_state.html

Don't believe everything on Wikipedia, anyone can log into it and change the data or worse put up false data as you were given.

^^^

Those are outdated and inacurate census estimates not actual censuses. Today Anambra has a population of 8.5 million http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/html/anambra_state.html

Do not trust everything on wikipedia

Igbankes are people seeking for recognition in a possible new Igbo state. They are obviously a marginalized minority in Edo as it is. But as for Igbankes being of the same stock with Edo, I beg to differ. Igbankes are of the Ika-Igbo stock.

Anambra is the second most populous southern state and third most populous state in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano so yeah it deserves a spot somewhere on the top.

Also many of Nigerias celebrities have originated from Anambra including Chinua Achebe.

Most popular States:

Lagos
Kano
Anambra
Rivers
Enugu
Kaduna
Imo
Ogun

Least Popular States:
Kebbi
Gombe
Jigawa
Nassarawa
Niger

There are a host of names that you can choose. It's best to have a special reason to name your child a certain name. Here are some names:

Ugonnaya (his fathers eagle or pride)
Chukwuma/Chima (God knows)
Obinnaya (his fathers heart or mind)
Uchenna (the will of the father)
Ikenna (his fathers strength)
Emeka (well doing)
Chiemeka/Chukwuemeka (God has done well)
Olisa (God)
Chigoziri (God blessed)
Ikebuuche (The strength that is wisdom)
Enyinnaya (his fathers friend)
Kelechi (thank God)

Traditional names:
Okeke
Nwankwo
Okonkwo
Nworie
Okorie
Nwafor
Okafor
Amarinze
Nwosu
Osita

The list could go on forever,

Within every community, knowledge lies with the elders. Those who are older have had more exposure to Igbo dialects and therefore possess a greater knowledge of the Igbo language.

I get what you're trying to say regarding urbanization and the mixing of dialects. But however, true examples of this intelligibility lie with our elders. I am sure that the ndi ichie are really the ones who can understand the true difference between dialects and also speak and understand them well. However Igbo is Igbo so as long as it's one language.

You might be confusing "odigi" with "odighi" as in "it's not there".

"Odigi" means "no" it's short form is "odi" and "ekpege" and "okpogo" both mean "money". What I'm trying to say by that example is that it does not necessarily have to be central Igbo before it is considered Igbo. We might as well say that there are two types of Igbo, one standard written Igbo and another oral Igbo.

I'm saying mutually intelligible because a man from Nsukka Enugu will understand the type of Igbo a man from Port Harcourt speaks. Usually, what helps in intelligibility is contact. A person from Asaba who goes to live in Aba will begin speaking Ngwa dialect but will also be able to speak Ukwuani.

For example, British English and American English are two separate dialects of the sane language and despite the fact that there may be some words unique to both, speakers of both can understand each other. It's the same way with Igbo.

Heres an example, can you tell me what odigi and ekpege mean?

some-girl:
English                      central igbo              Owerri
Comb                           Mbo isi                 Mvo ishi
Night                         Abali/ anyasi             Udishi
No                                Mba                     Olo
God is powerful            Chibuike                Chiwuike
Where?                         Ebe?                    Ole nga?
Clothes                         Efe                       Uwe
House                           Ulo                       Uyo
Welcome                      Ilola                      Iyola
Let be                         Hapu                     Hafu
human                         Madu                     Manu
Bring                           Wete                     We a
What                           Gini                       Nini

Guess Owerri should be considered a different tribe from igbo

That's the beauty of the dialect. Each dialect has it's special words and the amazing part is that they are commonly intelligible. But Chibuike and Chiwuike are the same thing. "wu" and "bu" belong to no dialect and are commonly interchangeable. Also not all Igbo dialects say what as "gini". Gini us central Igbo but Aros say "ngen", Ohafias say " Ishi ngirii". And in my dialect, we also recognize "shirt" as nwei and efe just like Owerri.

Ano m na Abia . Umu Abia kwenu!

Igbos were being killed in the North for no reason other than their ethnicity and the government turned a blind eye to it and in some places even supported it. Eastern province of Nigeria declared independence and that was it.

lepasharon:
honestly,pardon my ignorance but seriously, what was Biafra about?

Isn't the genocide that occurred in Nigeria larger than that of Rwanda? In Nigeria, 1 million Igbos and thousands of other Easterners died due to genocide. That equates to 5 million people in today's standards. Alot of things have happened and sometimes scars can run deep.

Central Igbo is changing things. I never knew that things as simple as saying "clock" were changing so fast. Anyway thanks for the description.

How do you say Clock in Ibibio and in Efik?

Thanks for the deep clarification. You know sometimes it makes you wonder where the origin of certain words lie. Now I'm curios if there are any other communities/people that refer to clock as "ataang" or
Does it stem from Ibibio?

And Ify onwekwa mgbe igwaram na ndi gi bu ndi Aro, so do you normally use "Elekere" or do any of them use "ataang"?

@ Chinenye

Interesting. I found out that in central Igbo the original intent of "Elekere" was to represent minutes and hours rather than the clock itself but it has come to mean
Clock in many areas.

In my place, ataang is actually "hand-bell" but since time has come to be associated with clock it has cone to mean both things. Language evolution is amazing.