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pleep:
Yup, polo black is a classic great scent. Haven't tried Calvin cline yet though.

I would recommend diesel, their mens stuff is really good for under 20 yr olds, I wear diesel fuel for life.
All their scents are really sweet and candish smelling though. They have one that reminds me of skittles.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Ileke-IdI:
Look, patient odumchi, get yourself checked. Let me not start with my medical treatments (for you) on NL.

How can a reasonable person say that Enugu and Anambra are not part of Yorubaland? Ignorance is not bliss. just because we're not that many, does not mean some part of those states dont belong to us.

Chineke, Malaria don do you bad. These are the symtpoms of malaria, hallucinations and etc.

Ileke-IdI:
very respectful. Good boy.

One cannot argue that Yorubas/Fulanis are also indigene of Anambra. Infact, even Enugu is somewhat Yoruba. The Olukumis have been in Igboland for God knows when.

Now I know that you are not fine. Please take a brake from Niaraland for a while and let your head cool down, then come back and tell us how you feel.

There are no Yorubas indeginous to anywhere east of Ondo state. There are no Fulani indeginous to anywhere south of Nassarawa state. Enugu is not Yoruba nor is it Fulani. The Olukumi (whos numbers do not surpass 10,000) who are claimed to exist in Delta state exist in the fringes of Igboland. Their community borders some Igbo speaking communities in Delta State, and their language is related to Bini more than it is to Yoruba. They speak an Edoid language like the Urhobo, Isoko and Binis. For the record, there are no non-Igbo ethnicities within Igboland. Everything from North east Delta state to the River cross River bordering Abia state and Cross-Rivers state is Igbo. Everything from A few miles into Southern Benue south to a few miles from the Ocean in River state is Igbo.

Ileke-IdI:
Say "Please".

Ejoor

Ileke-IdI:
Is there sth I need to outline for you?
Dont worry, I work with dyslexic patients, I'll try as much as I can.

Patients treating patients? What kind of medical system do we have?
Anywhay yes outline it for me.

Beowulf:
Dude stop splitting hairs jo! What is Anioma? It is an acronym for the Ibo groups that make up Delta State to wit Aniocha, Ndokwa, Ika, Oshimili. It was a term coined by Dennis Osadebay who incidentally was a founding father of Ohaneze. Maybe you should go and tell Raph Uwechue, the Ohaneze President or Joe Irukwu the erstwhile Ohaneze Sec-General that he is Anioma not Igbo. For your information both are not mutually exclusive. And what is Enuani? It is simply an Ibo dialect spoken in Aniocha and Oshimili areas of Delta state. It is also spoken by the Ogbaru in Anambra. It is like classifying the Izza or Izzi dialects of Ebonyi State as a separate ethnic group or classifying the WAWA people of Enugu State as a separate ethnic group. I don't know why Ibo people's stuffs will always end up in controversy.

@ OP: Igalas are found in Anambra State too but in very small numbers. The Ebu are also found in Delta State in very small numbers too.

Well said.

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@ OP

Nigeria and the rest of Africa had a bright future at 1960 which wa sthe Independence era for most of colonial West AFrica. Nigeria, was then the Giant and bright star of Africa. Nigeria had wealth in many avenues. It was Africa's most populated country with over 50 million people and withs its newfound welath of oil it symbolized the bright potential and future for Africa.
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The early years of the 60's were bright years for Nigeria. Its eager and ambitious leader set out with the task of nation-building, ran out and set up many proposed programs and projects designed for the benefit of the people. In the olden days, trains ran steady from Lagos to Enugu, Enugu to Kaduna, Kaduna to Kano. The governemnt gave out free milk to parents urging them to feed their children lots of milk because as the governemnt put it, "they wanted to have health, and strong youths".[/b]The first half of the 60's were good times. Nigeria was teeming with foreign interest, and its economy wa sthe fastest growing in Africa. The oil wealth had given the government alot of spending power, and soon, the lure of welath had intoxicated some members of the government. The military, seeking not to lose this era of prosperity, and the numerous priviledges which they had held, decided that it was timee for someone to take action and they performed Nigeria's first military coupe. In this era, coupes were becoming rampant in W. Africa in nations like Benin, and Togo. I'll skip the civil war era, its too controversial.

So here we are 1970, the East was defeated and Nigeria was one again. In this period, there spread a large amount of dissatisfaction since the East was not fully "Nigerian". It was in this era that Nigeria began to truly spoil.. This was when the political alliance between the West and the North, excluding the East, officlaly started. In this era, Nigeria experienced an increase in oil production since the Biafran oil fields ha been returned to the republic. The rulers were intoxicated by this new stream of wealth and began mismanaging it. Roads were no longer built, bridges no longer repaired, trains no longer maintained, and many public services died off. Nigeria and much of Africa, despite the oil boom, was in an economic depression which dragged into the 80s.

In the 80's the people grew restless, their basic services  whic they came to cherish, were long gone, and they stood no chance of voicing out their grievances in a military-dominated governmental structure. The leaders, noticing theis launched one economic revival program after another but to no avail. Things became worst in the 90s. In the 90s, the people were inspired by many pro-democratic movements across the world like in Berlin and in Russia. The governemnt promised the return of demorcacy to the people, and the people waited. After ABiola won Nigeria's first true election, the people were given hope. They were given hope that their roads, which had never been repaired since the 1960s might be fixed. That their electricity whiched they were promised by 1980 would finally arrive, and theat lastly, they would have rights. But Abacha killed that, and the people were on the brink of rebellion, and yet again, the governemtn promised democracy, this time by 1999.

When Deomcracy finally returned, Nigeria's first president of the new mellenium was a Southerner. He was chosen for the worng reasons. He was chosen because the people were tired of Northern rule, not because of his abilities, and this ultimately led us to where we are today.

So op, in short, mismanagement of wealth killed Nigeria. Look at Ghana, they are much poorer than Nigeria, but their economy is priogressing. Why? Becuas ethey have good managers. They do not spend $300 million on planesw when they know that they have 20 million mouths to feed. They do not start half-finished projects when they know that they have three hundred miles of roads to build.

alj_harem:
odumchi, I know what I am talking about

Hausa is not alone because it is called hausa/fulani thus they are the most populous people in Nigeria

Now if they find out the ijaw is more than yoruba or igbo would you people not take to the street (riots)

I hope they do the ethnic census

The Fulanis are bunching with the Huasas politically so as to not be labelled as "minorities". There are not up to 5 million Fulanis in Nigeria anyway.
Hausa people may not be the most populous. The number of ethnic "Hausa" is most often confused with the number of "Hausa" speakers. There are non-Hausa but Hausa-speaking ethnicities that are counted as Hausa. No, there would be no riots because first of all such a thing could never happen.

^^^
Thats true, I've see Malian, Guinean, and even Egyptian parents conversing with their parents publicly in their native languages. I once saw a small muslim West-African child (probably no less than 6) reading a children's novel written in Arabic in a train in full view of everyone. When seeing this, I feel sad that an alarming number of Igbo children in Diaspora cannot understand the Igbo language not to talk of speaking it.

alj_harem:
what if there is an ethnic census and igbo or yorubas are found to be minorities

would you people not be screaming north this north that. Aboki has done it again

or if the, lets say igala are more than igbo, or yoruba

would you people not take to the streets in protest that you are being marginalised

i think we should think carefully about what we want

There is no way that Igbos or Yorubas could be found as "minorities". The Igbo have been undercounted and the Hausa have been overcounted, we want reasonable/reliable figures.

sadiq88:
shoooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwww!
i thought this website/forum is owned by yorubas, why is is ibo beating them in population?

op
why can't i vote twice or more than?

You cant vote more than once because we want to eliminate cheating or corruption, or atleast keep it to a minimum. If you are mixed, simply choose your father's ethnicity, if your father is mixed, choose your grandfather's, if he is mixed, simply chose the nearest unmixed male in your lineage.

I just checked Fifa site, it says NGA 5- 2 CRA why hasnt anyone updated the title? it still says 2-1

Why did the mod change the topic from "Igbo recognised" to "How to get"?

@Nija4Life

Yeah you're right.

Yewe2011:
there's a lot of us Ghanaians on here, we should have "Ghanaian" option

this is not a Nigeria census but a Nairaland Forum census correct?

You have apoint. Too bad polls cannot be edited.

Andre Uweh:
@Alh Harem, is there any reason why Nigerian successive govts do not want to include ethnicity in census data?.

The numbers would be shocking.

For those of you with mixed background you can chose tto pick your father sor mothers die. In most of Igboland you can have a white mother but as long as your father is Igbo your ethnicity is Igbo.

DRlulu:
someone mentioned that ikwerre and anioma groups were not listed, if na like that then onitsha,izaa,ekpeye,achi,owerri,ngwa,mabaise,issi,nsukka,oba,mbano,oguta,aba,abakiliki,agbor,ukwuani,etche,otueke,ogbaru,nri,nnewi, nnokwa,ndoni,oyigbo etc should also be listed oo no wayo for here oo .make we no start to dey fabricate ethnic groups from no where.

All of those groups you listed are Igbo.

Carlmax:
Bassa, Estsako, Esan, Ogoni, Nupe, Ebira, Gwari, these tribes are all more than 1 million each. your poll is null and void.

I'm sorry man but people will always talk. If i include some, I will always forget the other, Nigeria is too large for me to reate a list with every single thnicity. But those groups speak Hausa to some extent so they can vote as "Hausas".

^^^
It gives me pride in knowing that yoou guys are still paying attention to this thread :')

Quote:

UK 2011 Census
Igbo is one the official languages that the UK 2011 Census forms are available in, this shows the recognition extended to us by the UK government, in order to further enhance this recognition when you fill your Census form please do the the following

Under the Ethnicity part of the form choose option (c) of African Ethnicity, then where is says Specify write in Igbo
this will ensure that the Igbo’s become a recognised Ethnic group within the UK and help us in achieveing a lot of things including hopefully the inclusion on Igbo language classes in some of the schools.

Please share this information with all the Igbo people you know and help us make a change to show how the Igbo’s positively contribute to the growth and development of the UK.

http://www.thecicuk.org/uk-2011-cencus

Finally, Ndi Igbo are gaining world recognisation. 

@ OP

By Poor Nigerians what do you mean? The average number of children per family tend to differ across the country. In the North, poor couples tend to have mre children because they tend to depend more on the community to take care of their children through menial jobs, begging, farmwork and etc.

In the East you will hardly see a very poor man with more than 5 kids. Most people marry only when they have c lear means of supporting their families. You will never see an Easterner with N20 looking for a wife. As for the West I can't say.

But here are the main reasons why poor people have many children

1. Lack of Cable televison/electronic pass-times
2. The need of more helping hands on the farm and etc.

tpia@:
^^you're igbo?

well, they say they're not and besides, they originally came from ghana, i think.


i'd have to look up more info about them.

they have igbo and ijaw influences, not igbo alone.

A majority of them speak Igbo as a second language. But about Igbo coming from Ghana, thats not likely.


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