₦airaland Forum

mandarin:
You can say you want to be igbo which is a new word. Even in past literature it has always been Ibo like used by Chinua Achebe.
Is there any reason these cannot be used interchangeably?

newmoney133:
Please which part of Kogi is Igbo.Can someone educate me.are Igbos truly in Kogi? I know we have Yorubas in Kogi but Igbo?

Slippy:
Funny enough, there cannot be an Igbo history without the Anioma kingdoms.

Some of the most powerful and influential kingdoms in Igboland were rooted in that region.

In fact, European explorers - who often classified peoples into “tribes” by grouping kingdoms and cities with shared culture and traditions - at one point referred to Obi Ossai of Aboh as the King of Igbos.

It's really surprising today to see some Delta Igbos distance themselves from this shared history.

donmixc:
They’re no Igbos in Kogi, they should free that state Abeg😒

lawani:
I did not mention landmass at all. I talked about population only. Then Igbo speaking villages in the North have always been in the North just like Yorubas are in the North. Dividing Igbo's after the civil war does not apply to the North central. The British did not partition Nigeria properly from the onset.

It is water resources that mostly determine population. Iflf you are rich in water resources then your small land can support a huge population. This is true for the SE. However the SW is large and also rich in water resources and fertile land. All evidence including census abroad show that Yoruba is far more than Igbo in population. That is my point.

lawani:
Franchasng was saying the military added some parts of Igbo land to Kogi and Benue and that is what I said is not true. No part of the south was added to the North by the military

Yujin:
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Can you quote or show just one pre-independent document that stated Yorubas have more population than Igbos? I'll provide you with two that states otherwise.

shortgun:
How is he an attachee?
Ned Nwoko is an Igbo man from Delta State. He has never for once denied his Igbo heritage.

newmoney133:
Please which part of Kogi is Igbo.Can someone educate me.are Igbos truly in Kogi? I know we have Yorubas in Kogi but Igbo?

SonOfDSoil01:
they just want to press the mumu botton of our emotional blodas who get triggered by news like this you can’t force anyone to be eboe if they don’t want to associate with the tribe and I don’t blame them.

I once dated an anioma girl by the name chikiama, and I could remember in our short relationship because i don’t have plans to wife any chi but just to date for fun she always deny are eboe heritage and get defensive anytime I call are eboe

She even told me are late dad won’t accept an eboe man for her as husband and I was surprised that such sentiments still exist. She even told me she it was her wish to date and marry a Yorubaman and another anti Eboe sentiment I also experienced was during my service year in owerri. One of my flat mate also a corper from Agbo also never identified with his Eboe heritage, despite the fact the he understands eboe and also an Eboe name.

This sentiment are real, even amongst the eboe tribe in SE, they still segregate themselves with this primitive osu system and inequality where some eboe like Anambala see ebonyi man as lesser eboe calling them nwa abakiliki and some also referred to as Wawa, so how do you expect others to join you when they see the segregation and lack of unity

Yujin:
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Can you quote or show just one pre-independent document that stated Yorubas have more population than Igbos? I'll provide you with two that states otherwise.

Scholes007:
it's funny how you sound more emotional than the accused.

mandarin:
You can say you want to be igbo which is a new word. Even in past literature it has always been Ibo like used by Chinua Achebe.
Is there any reason these cannot be used interchangeably?

SonOfDSoil01:
how is stating the truth sound being emotional?? What is the color of your pain so we can administer drugs

georgeakins:
Amaechi and Wike have disowned you severally on national television
Stop embarrassing yourselves

sharone21:
ANIOMA aboriginals:70% EDO....20% IGALA.....10% YORUBA/ OLUKUNMI. We don't know who Ned's dad is as only his mum can testify if he is from across the Niger.

Since, he is dedicated to serving the Easterners and a sympathizer to UGM, we donate him to the East for his next Senatorial election since he is not serving our interests but rather AGAINST us.

Ever since he started fraternizing with his REAL blood brothers, no more peace rather, kidnappings in Delta State.

lawani:
Any document that says Igbo is more than Yoruba is a sham document it does not matter if it is pre or post colonial. The SW is more than double the SE in population. If there are non Yoruba's in Yoruba land there are Yoruba in other places too. It cancels out. Census in both the UK and the US show Yoruba to be at least twice Igbo in population in those places. How on Earth can Igbo be more than Yoruba in population?. If they are independent nations today Yoruba will have more than double Igbo budget. There is no basis for comparison at all. Evidence on the ground today shows that Yoruba is more than double the population of Igbo as at 2025. The Yoruba more than others are being shortchanged in Nigeria. Forget any colonial census and deal with data on ground that can not be refuted.

Scholes007:
Too much vile no substance. What are your truths let's discuss it. Or do you think making emotional stereotypes makes your statements true??

gidgiddy:
Do you know that there are more Igbos than Yorubas in Lagos?

Do you know that Oyo has about the same population of Anambra?

Do you know that Ogun has about the same population as Imo?

Do you know that Igbos are the largest ethnic group in every state in Nigeria after the Indigenous ethnic groups of that state?

So how in your mind do you think there are more than Igbos?

lawani:
Franchasng was saying the military added some parts of Igbo land to Kogi and Benue and that is what I said is not true. No part of the south was added to the North by the military

anonymous1759:
So igbos that fled to ivory Coast will claim part of ivory is their land because they were accomodated during civil war ?
nobody is denying igbos their heritage, but don't claim someone's land that accomodated you to prevent death during the civil war.

franchasng:
there are Igbo speaking communities in Benue and Kogi that belonged were supposed to be in Southeastern states but got out in Northcentral by the military heads of states that created the 36 states.


You don't need to argue this.

Go and research if there are Igbo speaking communities in Kogi and Benue, that's what you should do not argue here please

lawani:
Any document that says Igbo is more than Yoruba is a sham document it does not matter if it is pre or post colonial. The SW is more than double the SE in population. If there are non Yoruba's in Yoruba land there are Yoruba in other places too. It cancels out. Census in both the UK and the US show Yoruba to be at least twice Igbo in population in those places. How on Earth can Igbo be more than Yoruba in population?. If they are independent nations today Yoruba will have more than double Igbo budget. There is no basis for comparison at all. Evidence on the ground today shows that Yoruba is more than double the population of Igbo as at 2025. The Yoruba more than others are being shortchanged in Nigeria. Forget any colonial census and deal with data on ground that can not be refuted.

lawani:
I did not say Igbo speaking communities don't exist in those states but what I am saying is that they were never part of the east just like Ilorin was never part of the west. They are however small communities. If Nigeria breaks up they can join the east