When it comes to adaptation, Igbos are the number one tribe, they don't easily give up.they are very clever and hardworking tribe. When it comes to business, Igbos have the humility guiding business than Yorubas who will shout on you and chase you out from his or her shop whenever you didn't meet up with the actual price of his goods. Yorubas and Hausa are mixture of Muslims and Christians but 99% Igbos are Christians, this is one of the main reason why they are being hated by most especially Yorubas and Hausas. According to Chinua Achebe
“I have written in my small book entitled The Trouble with Nigeria that Nigerians will probably achieve consensus on no other matter than their common resentment of the Igbo,” he wrote under the heading, A History of Ethnic Tension and Resentment. He traced the origin of “the national resentment of the Igbo” to its culture that “gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society.”
He observed that the Igbo culture’s emphasis on change, individualism and competitiveness gave his ethnic group an edge over the Hausa/Fulani man who was hindered by a “wary religion” and the Yoruba man who was hampered by” traditional hierarchies.”
He therefore described the Igbo, who are predominantly Catholic, as “fearing no god or man, was “custom-made to grasp the opportunities, such as they were, of the white man’s dispensations. And the Igbo did so with both hands.”
He delved into history with his claim, asserting that the Igbo overcame the earlier Yoruba advantage within two decades earlier in the twentieth century.
“Although the Yoruba had a huge historical and geographical head start, the Igbo wiped out their handicap in one fantastic burst of energy in the twenty years between 1930 and 1950.”
He narrated the earlier advantage of Yoruba as contingent on their location on the coastline, but once the missionaries crossed the Niger, the Igbo took advantage of the opportunity and overtook the Yoruba.
‘The increase was so exponential in such a short time that within three short decades the Igbos had closed the gap and quickly moved ahead as the group with the highest literacy rate, the highest standard of living, and the greatest of citizens with postsecondary education in Nigeria,” he contended.
He said Nigerian leadership should have taken advantage of the gbo talent and this failure was partly responsible for the failure of the Nigerian state, explaining further that competitive individualism and the adventurous spirit of the Igbo was a boon Nigerian leaders failed to recognize and harness for modernization.
“Nigeria’s pathetic attempt to crush these idiosyncrasies rather than celebrate them is one of the fundamental reasons the country has not developed as it should and has emerged as a laughingstock,” he claimed.

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Alhaji Ahmadu Bello said it all, check his BBC interview on youtube

hw can start a topic lk ds wt natyn following it. Mtchew. Come 2 evn tnk f it, Igbos r nt d most h8d tribe in Nigeria. Dey r more lyk d most industrious tribe in Nigeria #wetalkinmoneyhereutalkinnonsense# echo me#

yhusiee:
hw can start a topic lk ds wt natyn following it. Mtchew. Come 2 evn tnk f it, Igbos r nt d most h8d tribe in Nigeria. Dey r more lyk d most industrious tribe in Nigeria #wetalkinmoneyhereutalkinnonsense# echo me#

Are you Igbo?

yhusiee:
hw can start a topic lk ds wt natyn following it. Mtchew. Come 2 evn tnk f it, Igbos r nt d most h8d tribe in Nigeria. Dey r more lyk d most industrious tribe in Nigeria #wetalkinmoneyhereutalkinnonsense# echo me#

braine:
Are you Igbo?

Yep. U?

yhusiee:

Yep. U?

Oh. Good. I'm Yoruba. I think two of us should make love peace right now. Coz of the tension going on with our tribes.

braine:
Oh. Good. I'm Yoruba. I think two of us should make love peace right now. Coz of the tension going on with our tribes.

Bad boi!!!

braine:
Oh. Good. I'm Yoruba. I think two of us should make love peace right now. Coz of the tension going on with our tribes.

Braine I sight u

He said Nigerian leadership should have taken advantage of the gbo talent

what does gbo mean in the language?

braine:
Oh. Good. I'm Yoruba. I think two of us should make love peace right now. Coz of the tension going on with our tribes.

LOL! Be sure 2 ans qstns wn I am ready 4 u. I am nt lettin dis go. #YORUBAMENLOVINIGBOWOMENSINCETYMIMMEMORIAL#

yhusiee:

LOL! Be sure 2 ans qstns wn I am ready 4 u. I am nt lettin dis go. #YORUBAMENLOVINIGBOWOMENSINCETYMIMMEMORIAL#

and what questions are those? Well, We love you basically coz of food. Soooo....

tpiadotcom:


what does gbo mean in the language?

It means 'end'. Some examples of its usage are:

Tagbo, an Igbo name, meaning 'today ends...'. In full it means, 'today marks the end of prior sufferings/tribulation' or 'the beginning of a new era'.

Another example in a statement is:

gbo ọgu = end fight/quarrel.

bigfrancis21:


It means 'end'. Some examples of its usage are:

Tagbo, an Igbo name, meaning 'today ends...'. In full it means, 'today marks the end of prior sufferings/tribulation' or 'the beginning of a new era'.

Another example in a statement is:

gbo ọgu = end fight/quarrel.

it doesnt mean strong?

Am a Yoruba Boy, I prefer Igbo girls anyday anytime.. my chioma, Ifeoma, Amaka Chai... All my Crush and future crushes are Igbo

tpiadotcom:



it doesnt mean strong?

Strong is 'ike'. As in Ikechukwu = God's power. Ikenna = Father's strength (father here refers to God).

Are you sure about that translation of 'gbo', Francis?

Or rather, are you sure of the way you translated Tagbo?

Because they are successful and arrogant.

Radoillo:
Are you sure about that translation of 'gbo', Francis?

Or rather, are you sure of the way you translated Tagbo?

Yup I'm sure. Tagbo is not a usual Igbo name commonly heard.

You got any opinions?

'gbo' also means 'old times' too.

bigfrancis21:


Yup I'm sure. Tagbo is not a usual Igbo name commonly heard.

You got any opinions?

'gbo' also means 'old times' too.

Tagbo or taa gboo or taa bu gboo means 'today is early' [and by implication, tomorrow may be too late.]

There's this saying: Echi di ime; taa bu gboo. Tomorrow (or the future) is unknown, today is early (i.e, make an early start today.)

Radoillo:


Tagbo or taa gboo or taa bu gboo means 'today is early' [and by implication, tomorrow may be too late.]

There's this saying: Echi ime; taa bu gboo. Tomorrow (or the future) is unknown, today is early (i.e, make an early start today.)

I think we are saying the very same thing but put differently in different sentences.

'Ta bu gbo' if interpreted literally would mean, 'today is the past'. Or succinctly put, 'today is history', 'the better future starts after today' or 'today marks the end of the past' etc. In the past, Tagbo was usually given as a name to babies (male babies esp) who were born at a time when there was a remarkable change in family circumstances of the family the baby was born into or a baby whose birth seemed to change the family circumstances for good, thus the day that child was born marks the end of the past, and the beginning of the future. Similar Igbo names that reflect status of family circumstances at time of babies' birth are 'obianuju' (one who comes during a time of plenty) or 'nwamulunamma' (a child born during times of plenty) etc. Simply put, 'Tagbo' says that whatever your history is, it doesn't matter, you can always start a new chapter today.

I wouldn't directly interpret 'gbo' as 'early' in English. 'Gbo' means 'past'. In Igbo, we say 'mgbe gboo' or 'oge gboo' to mean 'in the times of yore' or 'in the past'.

Is the hate really strong against Igbos? Could one go as far as to assume igbos are lucky Transatlantic Slavery no longer exists, otherwise adversarial tribes would've abetted in their servitude too

ahh.. history and humans; times change, humans dont

bigfrancis21:



I wouldn't directly interpret [b]'gbo' as 'early' in English. 'Gbo' means 'past'. In Igbo, we say 'mgbe gboo' or 'oge gboo' to mean 'in the times of yore' or 'in the past'.[/b]

As a matter of fact, the most correct direct equivalent of 'gboo' in the English language is 'early'.

'Gboo' only implies 'the past' in certain sentences and certain contexts, the same way the English word 'early' implies 'ancient', 'past', 'history' when used in some contexts.

Thus, the phrases 'early times' and early men' mean 'the old days/the past' and 'men who lived in the past' respectively.

A more correct rendition of your example, 'mgbe gboo' and 'oge gboo' would be 'early times/earliest times'. 'Early' in this context implying 'old', 'ancient', 'past'.

You say you wouldn't directly render 'gboo' as early. That is quite surprising.

What of this sentence:

Bia nabaa ka I tete gboo na echi bu uka. (Go to bed now so you can wake up early; tomorrow is Sunday [i.e., you have to go to church tomorrow])



Or this sarcastic sentence my grandma was always fond of:

I chetal' ya gboo! (You remembered it early enough)

[She would say this, for example, if you had clothes spread outside, and you forgot to fetch them inside when it begins to rain, only for you to run outside 20 minutes after the beginning of a heavy downpour, to fetch the clothes. I chetal' ya gboo! You remembered about your spread clothes on time/early enough before the rain came]

FEW REASONS WHY THEY WILL HATE IGBO AND KEEP HATING IGBO BUT IGBO WILL ALWAYS PROGRESS


7.Igbo in south east Nigeria are 99.9% percent Christians, Biafrans aligned with America and Jews

8.Igbos are everywhere in Nigeria and dominates in everything they do

9.Igbo people are target but why Igbo people the answer is simple:

Before Nigeria civil war in 1967 Igbos were leading all tribes in Nigeria and working hard and it drew envy which have these opinion by USA for example=="Igbos are wandering Jews of west Africa - gifted, aggressive, westernized, and at best, envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the federation "source: US foreign relations documents volume 5, 1969

Wealth10.Igbo lost the civil war and suffered for 10 years; 4 years of war and 6 years of occupation and strangulation of Igbo economy and education

11.Igbo have since 50 years ago recovered today and the world is a different and better place

Despite the war and hardship for 10 years Igbos today…

12.Igbo produces more graduates from universities and schools of higher learning than all 370 tribes in Nigeria

13.Igbo enrolls more students and girls in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria than all tribes

14.Igbo graduates more people from primary, secondary and university than all tribes

15.Igbo is first or second in producing more doctors, lawyers, nurses, pharmacist, Engineers, accountant and other professionals in Nigeria

Tribes
16.Igbos in millions are very active in diaspora in America, Britain, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, Asia, China, Brazil, New York, Los Angeles, Texas, Washington, London, Europe, China, India etc.

17.Igbos in diaspora and abroad are sending billions of dollars back to Nigeria for business, family and education. Igbo is stronger today than before because of Igbo in dispora.

18.Igbo football and sports teams and Igbo dominates sports teams in Nigeria and eastern Nigeria like Eyimba, Heartland, Rangers, Sharks, Dolphines etc; Dominates Nigeria league in soccer and football. These Igbo teams and eastern Nigerian teams are the only team wining African cups, west African cups and these teams dominates Nigerian football and the Nigerian national teams.

19.Igbos and eastern football players are the dominant Nigerian players in Europe, America and domnates the national teams (Nigerian eagles)

20.Igbo girls, women and boy are the best players for Nigerian national teams.

21.Igbo agriculture and local industries are thriving in ebony, Anambra, Ogbaru, Afikpo, Enugu, Asaba, Anioma, Abakaliki, Okigwe, Aba, Onitsha, Nnewi, Umuahia and all over Nigeria.

Oil and wealth22.Igboland is blessed with abundant natural resources in commercial quantity. In commercial quantity these are natural resources abundant in Igboland and eastern Nigeria: Crude Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Tar Sands/Oil Shales, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Phosphate, Gypsum, Limestone, Iron Ore, Kaolin, Industrial Sands, Igneous Rock and Laterite. Etc.

23.Beats all 370 tribes in Nigeria in education

24.Commerce, local skills, markets and trade is main stay of Igbo economy

25.Beats all tribes in girls and women education and advancement

26.Literacy in Igbo land for women is almost 90% for women and 90% for men

27.Igbo dominates all ten (10) biggest markets and business in Lagos, Abuja, and in all the major cities in Nigeria

28.Igbo owns and dominates properties and hotels in Abuja

29.Igbo dominates Nollywood acting in films in marketing and distribution in Lagos, East, Aba, Onitsha, Enugu, Owerri, Abuja, West in production and distribution

30.Igbos per capital income is first or second among the 370 tribes in Nigeria

31.Igbo dominates luxury buses transportation business in Nigeria

32.Igbo dominates computer business in Nigeria -computer markets in Lagos, Abuja, Aba, Onitsha, Enugu, Kano

33.Igbo dominates motor parts and car parts business in Nigeria

34.Igbo have developed local manufacturing industries that supplies Nigeria and west Africa with engine parts, leather products, bags, shoes, small engines

35.Igbo dominates electrical parts and electronics business in Nigeria

36.Igbo dominates building materials business in Nigeria

37.Igbo dominates business in East, West, North and South of Nigeria

38.Dominates international business with China, Asia, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, West Africa, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, Cotonou

Health39.Igbo dominates the local pharmaceutical industry and medicine markets in Nigeria

40.Igbos and Igboland have one of the best healthcare systems in Nigeria

41.Mortality rate among women in Igboland is the lowest in Nigeria

42.Igbo land spans the tropical rain forest region and the wet savannah grasslands of Nigeria with the usual rich natural resources

43.Typically, Igbo land is blessed great Human potential which is its greatest endowment. This means that labor procurement is not a problem. This is the region that demonstrated the can-do of Biafrans, an extension of unrequited but envied prowess and industry of Igbos and other Biafrans which contributed to the emancipation of the peoples from the clutches of colonial Britain and to the earlier greatness of Nigeria

44.Natural Resources: Oil, sweet crude oil, the grade most sought-after by an insatiable consumership

45.Abia State

Abia State is blessed enormous mineral resources. The proper exploitation of these minerals has obvious economic and development implications. These include crude oil, Natural Gas, Tar Sands/Oil Shale, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Phosphate, Gypsum, Limestone, Iron Ore, Kaolin, Industrial Sands, Igneous Rock and Laterite

46.Anambra State

The mineral resources of Anambra State are largely unexploited. They include clay, iron stone, natural gas, petroleum, sand stone, kaolin, pyrite, and lignite. For example, tungsten at Oba, and large deposits of lignite in Onitsha, Idemili, and Nnewi LGAs are yet to be exploited. Kaolin is mined in the Ukpor-lhembosi axis for the ceramic industry at Umuahia in Abia State; while the deposits at Aguleri and Enugu-Agidi await exploitation. Sandstones of Ameke Formation are quarried in several places, particularly at Abagana and Nsugbe for construction purposes. Natural gas has been discovered at Ebenebe Ridge, southeast of Ebenebe town. Crude oil which was locked away as “strategic reserve” exists in commercial quantities in the state and is currently being exploited by an indigenous company.

47.Ebonyi State

Ebonyi is primarily an agricultural region. It is a leading producer of rice, yams, potatoes, maize, beans and cassava. Rice and Yams are predominantly cultivated in EDDA. Ebonyi also has several solid mineral resources including lead/Zinc ore, salt, limestone, ball clay, refractory clay, gypsum, and granite. Ebonyi is called "the salt of the nation" for its huge salt deposit at the Okposi and Uburu Salt Lakes.

48.Enugu State

Enugu The most prominent solid mineral resource in Enugu state is coal. The state is the reservoir of cal in Nigeria. The city of Enugu developed our of this resource. Coal was the main raw material that sustained the Oji River power station that pwered the whole of eastern Nigeria up to the civil war. Other minerals include lateritic clay, crude oil, kaolinitic clay, ball clay, iron-ore, glass sand, petroleum, gypsum, silica sand, and ceramic clay

49.Imo State

Imo State is blessed with abundant natural resources. These include crude oil, lead, zinc, white clay, fine sand, limestone and natural gas in commercial quantities. Imo State has a number of mineral-based raw materials for industries. Existing factory and crafts industries are classified into seven groups reflecting the types of major activities.

50. Delta and Rivers States

As already indicated Delta and Rivers States have very significant populations of Igbo people in Ikwerre and Anioma areas respectively. Both states are in the South-South geopolitical zone. Delta State is endowed with crude oil where it ranks second to Rivers State. Nigeria's first refinery is located in Rivers State while the second as well as petrochemical plant are located in the state at Warri

A DIARY OF IGBO VICTIMS OF NORTHERN NIGERIA's JIHADISTS:

1. Jos, June 22, 1945 - Over 200 people were massacred in Jos, and their property looted. The colonial authorities failed to institute a probe, and no justice was obtained for the victims.

2. Kano 1953 - over 150 killed following the political riots in protest of the so-called treatment of Northern political leaders in Ibadan .

3.Between May and October 1966 - over 50, 000 Igbo were killed in an organized pogrom following the Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna-led coup of Jan.15, 1966. In July a counter coup was staged in which the Igbo General Ironsi was killed in Ibadan with his host, Col. Francis A Fajuyi. Ironsi’s murder did not stem the massacres, but it was intensified from September 1966 .

From July 1967- January 1970 over 2 million Igbos were killed fighting for liberation in Biafra . The International press reported acts of genocide against the Igbo in places like Asaba which were generally ignored. 3) Many Biafran civilians died mainly from starvation as a result of the federal blockade and mass starvation policy.

3. Kano 1980 - over 1000 Igbos were killed

4. Maiduguiri 1982 - 1983 over 500 Igbos were killed

5. At the beginning of 2001, the Islamic Sharia law was implemented in Kaduna State and a particular incident in 2002 saw at least more than 1,000 Southerners killed in a particular riot and most of those killed were Igbos. Among those murdered were parents of Victor Moses (Austin and Josephine Moses), current member of Nigeria’s national soccer team that won the continental trophy in 2013

6. Between February 16 - December 26, 2002 thousands of Igbo were killed in northern Nigeria and the root cause of the killing and riot was the implementation of Sharia law in the northern states of Nigeria . Among those killed were three Igbo Christian pastors including George Orji who was killed by beheading.

7. In November 2002, hundreds of Igbo were massacred again following controversy around the hosting of Miss World beauty contest in Nigeria

8. The APO-SIX killings occurred in June, 2005 in which the Nigeria Police Force extra-judicially killed six young Igbos (Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony and Augustina Arebu) in Apo-Abuja. Till this day none of the police officers accused of this shockingly evil crime has been brought to justice.

9. On 18th of February 2006 in Maiduguri and in almost all the northern states of Nigeria , the Muslims protesting over the publication of the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad by a Danish newspaper killed more than 100 Igbo. The Muslims attacked Christians and burned churches in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.

10. From March 2006 to July 2007, hundreds of Southerners were killed in almost all the northern states of Nigeria especially in Jos. The crisis was between Muslims and Christians.

11. On October 8, 2007, another religious violence again broke out in Northern Nigeria in a row over the publication of the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad by a Danish newspaper and over 100 of people were massacred, majority of them Igbos.

12. Between March 11, 2010 and September 1, 2011 over 500 Christians were massacred outside Plateau state capital, Jos. This time the killings took place in a mainly Christian village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state.

13. On 24th April 2011, more than 1,000 were killed in post-election violence in Nigeria and among those killed were Obinna Okpokiri, who returned from London to serve his fatherland and was posted to Bauchi State, and Eucharia Remmy a graduate from the University of Nigeria in 2010, serving in Damaturu, Yobe State. Muslim youths launched protests in northern towns and cities after President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from Biafra, was declared the winner of the 16 April election, defeating northern Muslim Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler.

14. On June 16, 2011, a Boko haram suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises of the Louis Edet House in Abuja , the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force with a possible intention to kill Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim whose convoy he followed into the compound. He was however limited by the concentration of security personnel within the entrance. The bomber and one Igbo traffic policeman were killed, though authorities said up to six people may have been killed

15. On 26 August 2011, the Islamist group, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for an attack on the United Nations building in Abuja which left over 40 people dead most of them Igbo

16. On September 25, 2011, five Igbo traders were shot dead at Madala Market, outskirts of Abuja on ThursdayNight between 7-8pm. According to the report, the gunmen stormed the Madala market and made straight to a shop believed to be that of some Igbo traders and ordered them to recite the Holy Quran which they could not do. The gunmen who were not satisfied with the development opened fire on the five people at close range leaving them dead immediately. The five casualties were later identified as John Kalu, Oliver Ezemah, Uche Nguweze, Sunday Emmanuel. The fifth casualty is yet to be identified

17. On December 25, 2011 Boko Haram claimed responsibility for Christmas Day Bomb attacks at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Madala - near the capital Abuja - which left more than 50 Igbos dead. Mr Dike and his children were roasted alive

18. On January 5, 2012 more than 43 Igbos and other southerners were killed in Adamawa State north-eastern Nigeria . The first victims, 16 in all, were murdered on Friday night during a service at the Christ Apostolic Church , Yola, the state capital. Twenty-seven others described as mourners had been killed earlier on that day at Mubi by gunmen while they were meeting at the residence of another Igbo man who had been shot dead by Bokko Haram Islamist terrorist group a day earlier to plan for his burial

19. On January 11, 2012 Boko Haram terrorists shot dead four Igbo men who were believed to be fleeing violence-torn Maiduguri, residents said." Their car had just pulled up at a filling station outside the town to refuel when suspected Boko Haram gunmen in another car also pulled up and opened fire on the Igbos, killing them on the spot."

20. On Monday Jan 16, 2012 members of the Boko Haram terrorist group again shot dead five Southerners in their homes in Maiduguri. Three people among those shot dead have been confirmed as Igbos.

21. On 21st January 2012 at 2:55 GMT, more than 250 Southerners were killed in a series of bombings and attacks by Islamist zealots in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. The terrorist group, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the attacks.

22. On 16 March 2012, Mr John Nubrim was visibly traumatized after fleeing the north-eastern town of Maiduguri following attacks by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. According to him, "Only God knows how I escaped from that Maiduguri. They bomb over there." "They burned my shed. All my property, all my things, are there," said the young electronics trader, before letting out a short scream. "My parents, my brother and one of my sons died there."

23. On February 3, 2012, men of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, struck early in the morning in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, killing four southerners. A police station and a first generation bank were burnt by the group. In another incident, at least six Igbo were killed in Maiduguri by the same Boko Haram.

24. On August 8, 2012, Boko Haram terrorists attacked a church in Okene, Kogi State with guns killing so many Igbos. On the same day, an IED was discovered in another church in Lokoja, Kogi state which exploded and killed more than 20 Igbo.

25. On Monday 19th March 2013, the whole world woke up to the sad news about the explosion of five luxurious buses by Boko Haram at Sabo-Ngari area in Kano State Nigeria, killing over 250 southerners and maiming several others, mostly Igbos.

26. On Friday May 24, 2013 at about 7:30pm. Kano Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya confirmed to 247ureports.com that unknown gunmen believed to be Boko Haram terrorist group struck the Kurna Asabe area of Kano and shot dead two Igbo business men- a Vulcanizer and an Electronics dealer. Both victims hailed from Nsukka, Enugu State and were identified as Ibe Ugwuanyi, 30 (Vulcanizer) and Eke Osita Joseph, an Electronics dealer, 35.

27. A dark cloud of mourning enveloped the Ezihe-Umueze kindred in Uga community, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the people awaited the return of their kinsman, Mr Nnamdi Ezebuala whose three children were killed in the latest Boko Haram bombing incident that occurred on July 29, 2013 in Sabongari, Kano. This very man eventually died from wounds he sustained from the bombs which killed his three children. They were all buried the same day; four of them.

28. On September 2, 2013 gunmen on the rampage swept through three states of Borno, Kaduna and Plateau in Northern Nigeria killing more than 50 Biafrans.

29. On September 3, 2013 more than five Christians were forced from their vehicle in Jos and executed in a ditch in the latest attack by Boko Haram terrorist group. It was reported that these five individuals were executed by the terrorist group after declaring themselves followers of Jesus Christ.

30. Abuja, Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:32pm EDT (Reuters) - At least seven southerners were killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram in the capital Abuja .

31. On 28th September 2013, Boko Haram terrorists bombed three banks and killed 4 in Kaduna . Heavily armed Boko Haram terrorist members bombed three commercial banks in Saminaka, headquarters of Lere local government area of Kaduna State and four lives were lost in the attack.

32. Early in 2013, hundreds of people of Igbo extraction were physically deported from Lagos by the Lagos State Governor and dumped at the Niger Bridge-head in Onitsha for no justifiable reason. Which country in the history of the world has ever deported its citizens from one part of the country to another? The only instance that comes to mind is the transportation of Jews by the German SSS to death chambers during the Second World War. The Indigenous People of Biafra has determined that only in the Sovereign State of Biafra will they really be safe and assured of their basic inalienable human rights. Of course, there are those we cannot omit stating in clearer terms:

1. December 18th-20th 1980_ Kano , Kano State_ Islamic Revivalists (Maitatsine group) attacked Christians and burnt churches; over 4,000 Christians were killed and their properties worth millions of naira lost.

2. October 25th-30th 1982_ Kaduna, Kaduna State_ another Maitatsine riot; over 50 Christians estimated dead.

3. October 30th 1982_Kano, Kano State ( Sabon Gari Municipality )_2 Churches burnt to ashes, 6 more destroyed.

4. December 26th-29th 1982_Maiduguri, Borno State, Maitatsine riot: over 100 Christians lost their lives and properties destroyed.

AAinEqGuinea:
Is the hate really strong against Igbos? Could one go as far as to assume igbos are lucky Transatlantic Slavery no longer exists, otherwise adversarial tribes would've abetted in their servitude too

ahh.. history and humans; times change, humans dont

5. February 15th -2nd March 1984_ The Gongola State (Jimeta-Yola) _ The Maitatsine group attacked Christians; over 500 Christians were killed.

6. April 23rd-28th 1985_Then Bauchi State (Gombe)_Maitatsine uprising: more than 100 Christians lost their lives

7. March 6th-12th 1987_ Kaduna State (Kafanchan, Kaduna, Zaria ) & Katsina in Katsina State_ Muslim students attacked Christian students at College of Education in Kafanchan and Christians fought back. The fight later spread to other places as indicated here under location. More than 150 churches were burnt and over 25 Christians killed.

8. March 1988_Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Kaduna State Government destroyed a Christian Chapel under construction. This led to religious uprising.

9. 1988, Kaduna State ( ABU University Zaria ), Benson Omenka, final year student, killed by Muslim students during Students Union election. Christian students were also stoned, maimed and raped.

10. 1988_Bauchi State, Gombe in Bauchi State Secondary Schools, Muslim students attacked Christian Teachers and students in GSS Gombe, GTC Gombe and GSS Bauchi and other Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. Some of the Christian students were badly wounded.

11. April 20th-23rd 1991_Bauchi, Bauchi state: Fighting between Muslims and Christians; more than 200 people lost their lives and 700 churches and mosques were burnt.

12. October 14th-16th 1991_Kano State, Kano: The Reinhard Bonnke riots fighting between Muslims and Christians as Muslim activists rampaged and protested against a planned revival meeting during which a German Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke, was expected to be the guest preacher.

13. October 1991, Plateau State: A young man from Anaguta was beaten to death on a field opposite University of Jos during election primaries of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP).

14. February 1992, Kano State : Many Christians were massacred and churches destroyed.

15. February 1992, Plateau State , Jos. A young Christian, married with one child, was beaten to death by Muslims as he was going home from an evening church meeting, at Yan Taya junction, Jos.

16. April 15th-16th 1992_Kaduna state, Zangon Kataf local Government Area. What was supposed to be a communal riot between Christians and Muslims and spread throughout Kaduna State . Hundreds of people lost their lives and buildings were burnt.

17. May 18th 1992_Kaduna, Zaria: Rev. Tacio Duniya of E.C.W.A, Rev. Musa Bakut and a host of others were murdered by Muslim fanatics.

18. April 12th 1994_Plateau State, Jos. Fighting between Muslims and Christians over the appointment of one Aminu Mato as chairman of the Caretaker Committee for Jos Local Government Area. 16 lives were lost and properties were destroyed.

19. 1999, Borno State . Religious riots as Borno State government mooted the idea of not allowing the teaching of Christian Religious Knowledge in Schools.

20. February 4th -22nd 2000_Kaduna State. Riots began after a Christian march opposing the implementation of Sharia law. Travelers were killed as they tried to escape from their vehicles. More than 1,000 people died in various clashes.

21. February. & May 2000_Kaduna State, Kaduna Christians in Kaduna were attacked on two different occasions as Muslim fanatics protested against the delay in introduction of sharia in the state.

22. May 16th 2000_Kaduna_ Muslim youths destroyed ECWA in Kaduna only hours after peacekeeping troops left the area.

23. May 22nd 2000_Kaduna state_ Muslim youths torched the First Baptist Church and Christian homes, leading to retaliation by Christian youths. At least 11 people died and many others were injured in the incident.

24. May 25th 2000_Kaduna state. Several days of violence over the introduction of Sharia led to the death of at least 150 people. Homes, shops and churches were also destroyed.

25. September 7th-9th, 2000, Gombe State . In Bambam, 25 people died as a result of clashes between Muslims and Christians due to possible implementation of Sharia. Property damaged was estimated in millions of Naira.

26. November 2000_ Kebbi State, Christians showing the Jesus film were warned not to continue showing the film.

27. June 2001_Jigawa State_15 churches and 14 Pastors' residences were burned down in Gawaram. A similar attack on 11 churches occurred earlier in that year in Hadejia.

28. 5th August 2001, Bauchi State: according to the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), Muslim mercenaries had attacked Christians in the Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro areas on two occasions. The attacks left more than 100 dead and 3,000 refugees.

29. 7th-12th September 2001_Plateau State, Jos Muslims attacked Christians. Properties were destroyed and people lost their lives.

30. September 7th-17th 2001, Kano State, seven churches were demolished; six churches set ablaze by a mob. Fifty four churches given demolition notices and seventeen churches demolished by the Kano state government. The Governor stated that all churches in Shagari quarters of Kano city were "illegal structures", probably due to the religious conflict in Jos.

31. October 7th 2001Kaduna State. Muslim youths attacked three churches and 10 Christian-owned shops with gas bombs, setting fire to the buildings.

32. October 14th-18th 2001, Kano State: As a result of Anti-American protests, 600 Christians were missing and another 350 were killed; at least five churches were burned during the resulting riots.

33. December 24th-25th 2001_Gombe State. A visit to Gombe State by the Israeli ambassador sparked a riot, at least 4 people were killed, 50 injured, and two churches damaged.

34. 2nd May 2002_Plateau State, Jos: Muslims attacked Christians. Properties were destroyed and people lost their lives.

35. May 2002_Zamfara State . The whereabouts of two Christians charged with apostasy, converting from Islam to Christianity, was unknown. Lawali Yakubu and Ali Jafaru disappeared after a judge refused to sentence them to death.

36. May-June 2002, Niger State . At least 75 Christians were arrested for opposing the state's Sharia law.

37. June 6th 2002, Katsina State : A Christian Police Officer in Katsina was clubbed to death by a mob of Muslims after being accused of trampling a Koran. The Police Officer had warned a Muslim preacher to stop inciting violence against Christians. Afraid of being arrested, the preacher fabricated the Koran story to provoke the crowd.

38. September, 2002_Kaduna State, Federal Government College Zaria : Muslim students fought against Christian students discovered that a Christian was likely to win the position of Students Union President during a student election. Many were killed and several female students raped.

39. October 13th 2002_Kaduna, Zaria : A clash over a student election at the Federal College of Education in Zaria ended in the death of 20 Christian students.

40. November 20th-21st 2002_Kaduna State, Kadoka and Kano Muslim mobs ransacked Thisday Newspaper's Office and then began to attack Christian targets, damaging up to 20 churches. Over 200 people were killed and 1,200 injured in the attacks.

41. December 26th, 2002_Bauchi State : An armed Muslim mob attacked Christians concluding Christmas celebration. The Celestial Church of Christ and many Christian homes were burnt.

42. April 22nd 2003_Kano State: A pastor and 6 of his members were killed in a house fire which was believed to have been set by Muslim militants.

43. December, 2003_Plateau State, Rim: Christians killed, houses and churches destroyed, individuals injured and many other damages.

44. February 2004_Plateau State , Yelwa Shendam_47 Christians burnt in church with a lot of houses and properties destroyed.

45. April 2004_Kano State : Reprisal of Jos crisis: many Christians killed, houses and properties lost.

46. February 18th 2006_Maiduguri_56 churches burnt and 63 Christians killed in an orchestrated attack.

47. September 2006_Jigawa State_26 churches burnt.

48. September 28th 2007_Kano State, Tudun Wada_3 killed, 72 injured, 8 churches burnt.

49. December 2007_Bauchi, Yelwa: Ten Christians killed and 47 injured.

50. May 13th 2008_Bauchi State, Ningi, Tafawa Balewa: Six churches burnt and vandalized.

51. November 28th 2008_Plateau State: Over 100 Christians killed, 71 churches burnt, 1,647 families lost their homes, 535 businesses burnt.

52. December 2008_Sokoto_NCCF (NYSC) bus burnt.

53. February 21st 2009_Bauchi_19 people dead, 12 churches burnt, 50 Christian houses destroyed.

54. 29th July 2009_Borno, Bauchi and Adamawa States: A group called Boko Haram killed Christians who refused to accept Islam, burnt their churches and attacked security operatives.

55. 27th December 2009_Plateau State : Muslims burnt Baptist Church at Yelwa and stabbed some Christians on the streets of Jos.

56. 29th December 2009_Bauchi_A group called Kalikato attacked people in Bauchi, leaving 39 people dead and houses burnt.

57. 17th 21 January 2010_Plateau State: Muslims unleash destruction over 24 communities in Jos North, Jos South, Barkin ladi, Mangu, Pankshin and Dangi, claiming numerous lives and burning Christian homes and Churches including Bukuru Market.

58. 20th January 2010, Sokoto state: A Christian man was killed in retaliation over the incidence in Jos.

59. 22nd January 2010, Kaduna Sate: Muslims attack Christians at Mararraban Rido (close to NNPC depot).

60. 28th January-1st February 2010 Gombe State: Muslims burnt ECWA primary and secondary schools at Bolori, burnt houses belonging to Igbos at Duku, burnt Yoruba Hall at Jekadafari and also burnt two churches with one vandalized.

61. Since 2010 BOKO HARAM Terrorist groups, Islamic Jihadists, Shariarist and moslem terrorist have killed hundreds and thousands of Igbos, Christians and southerners in Northern and Central Nigeria by bombing, attacks, burning of Igbos properties, Christians churches and southern people living in Northern Nigeria by bombing their churches, businesses, schools, homes, markets and at out doors activities

Radoillo:


As a matter of fact, the most correct direct equivalent of 'gboo' in the English language is 'early'.

'Gboo' only implies 'the past' in certain sentences and certain contexts, the same way the English word 'early' implies 'ancient', 'past', 'history' when used in some contexts.

Thus, the phrases 'early times' and early men' mean 'the old days/the past' and 'men who lived in the past' respectively.

A more correct rendition of your example, 'mgbe gboo' and 'oge gboo' would be 'early times/earliest times'. 'Early' in this context implying 'old', 'ancient', 'past'.

You say you wouldn't directly render 'gboo' as early. That is quite surprising.

What of this sentence:

Bia nabaa ka I tete gboo na echi bu uka. (Go to bed now so you can wake up early; tomorrow is Sunday [i.e., you have to go to church tomorrow])



Or this sarcastic sentence my grandma was always fond of:

I chetal' ya gboo! (You remembered it early enough)

[She would say this, for example, if you had clothes spread outside, and you forgot to fetch them inside when it begins to rain, only for you to run outside 20 minutes after the beginning of a heavy downpour, to fetch the clothes. I chetal' ya gboo! You remembered about your spread clothes on time/early enough before the rain came]

I'm not familiar with the usage of 'gboo' as early. My mom rarely used it to mean 'early'. Maybe that's dialectical varying with Igbo clans. For example, 'echi' means 'yesterday' in Owerri Igbo, meanwhile it means 'tomorrow' elsewhere in Igboland. Owerri peeps thus differentiate yesterday and tomorrow as 'echi' vs 'echi le' respectively. A few times when I speak Igbo I've used 'echi' for 'yesterday', only to correct myself and say 'nyaafu'. Or maybe I grew up in the era when engliligbo presents us with relative English forms such that younger generations barely know their relative Igbo forms. So many Igbo people would barely know what 'except' is in Igbo, which of course is 'beelu so' in Anambra dialects.

We wouldn't assume 'gbo' means only 'early' in English, going by sentence usage examples, would we? From contextual usage examples, can we safely conclude that 'gboo' can be roughly translated as 'past' and 'early' in English?

bigfrancis21:


It means 'end'. Some examples of its usage are:

Tagbo, an Igbo name, meaning 'today ends...'. In full it means, 'today marks the end of prior sufferings/tribulation' or 'the beginning of a new era'.

Another example in a statement is:

gbo ọgu = end fight/quarrel.

bros u might be correct on d Tagbo but d one I knw, if u put it as a sentence is "Taa bu gboo" literally meaning that today is still early. usually used wen advising someone to strt doing something

bigfrancis21:


I'm not familiar with the usage of 'gboo' as early. My mom rarely used it to mean 'early'. Maybe that's dialectical varying with Igbo clans. For example, 'echi' means 'yesterday' in Owerri Igbo, meanwhile it means 'tomorrow' elsewhere in Igboland. Owerri peeps thus differentiate yesterday and tomorrow as 'echi' vs 'echi le' respectively. A few times when I speak Igbo I've used 'echi' for 'yesterday', only to correct myself and say 'nyaafu'. Or maybe I grew up in the era when engliligbo presents us with relative English forms such that younger generations barely know their relative Igbo forms. So many Igbo people would barely know what 'except' is in Igbo, which of course is 'beelu so' in Anambra dialects.

We wouldn't assume 'gbo' means only 'early' in English, going by sentence usage examples, would we? From contextual usage examples, can we safely conclude that 'gboo' can be roughly translated as 'past' and 'early' in English?

Rodoillo is correct. concerning echi, we say "echi gara aga" for yesterday and echi for tomorrow. am from Abia. by-the-way I enjoy u guys discussion