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OMANBALA1:
Another street shouldn't have been name ,so, Umahi and ESHA can do their worst.

My thoughts exactly. All the same, the spelling of 'abakiliki' on the signage is enough to tell them that they are eternally inferior and inconsequential to anambra state and our people. Just look at the picture of them standing close to the signage like beggars whose existence is tied to anambra. All of them ugly and looking like almajiris who were rounded up for burglary.

aniomafirstson:
Not to derail the thread any further but you can't say anambra is monolithic when even Onitsha is an anioma town....once anioma state is created Onitsha will be seeded to anioma

You don't know jack about sociopolitical structure of that area.
Is it only Onicha ?? There is Ogbaru, Obosi, Nsugbe,they also have Anioma elements. Oh , I know what it is, you want the build up town that can generate revenue for your lazy bones.But don't forget the origin of most people in Enuani, we know history. Gerrit ? Oh ye of little mind.

cjrane:
You are NOT an Anioma person, so don't speak for us!

We have NEVER demanded for Onitsha and will NEVER do so. We want Anioma state on the present Ika land in Delta state. PERIOD!

So you are also an Anioma guy? That makes it 3 of us in this trend. Well done my brother.

OMANBALA1:
You don't know jack about sociopolitical structure of that area.
Is it only Onicha ?? There is Ogbaru, Obosi, Nsugbe,they also have Anioma elements. Oh , I know what it is, you want the build up town that can generate revenue for your lazy bones.But don't forget the origin of most people in Enuani, we know history. Gerrit ? Oh ye of little mind.

Abeg E don do. Focus on the trend.

AuntLaVIV:
2nd Niger Bridge: FG approves N206bn Anambra, Delta link road

ABDULFATAI AYOBAMI IBRAHIM
5 JUL 2018
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the contract for a 11.9-kilometre link road for the Second Niger Bridge.

The road that cut across Anambra and Delta states will gulp N206bn.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Mohammed explained that the contract for the link road also included the provision of associated infrastructure for the bridge.

He said the contract was awarded to Julius Berger Plc, which is already working on the project.

The minister stated that the Public Private Partnership model adopted for the project by the last administration had failed but that the present government was determined to complete it.


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/punchng.com/2nd-niger-bridge-fg-approves-n206bn-anambra-delta-link-road/amp/

He stated that the memo by the minister of state for petroleum sought the council ‘s approval for a revised estimate total cost for the engineering, procurement and construction of the OB3 gas pipeline project. He said,”again this is a project that has been awarded but there was a need for the cost of the redesigning to seek for council ‘s approval so that there will be enough funds to execute the project. “The project is important because it has to do with the delivery of gas from the eastern part of the country to the power turbines and to improve our power supply. This contract is awarded to Nestoil limited and Oilserv limited and the total cost of the contract is usd92m and N765. 968m these were the memos that was considered and approved” .

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/07/05/fg-approves-n206bn-for-2nd-niger-bridge/

aniomafirstson:
Not to derail the thread any further but you can't say anambra is monolithic when even Onitsha is an anioma town....once anioma state is created Onitsha will be seeded to anioma

You are a very big goat. I mean a goat. I have never insulted anybody here, but your comment is stupid. GOAT

TundeBricklayer:
He stated that the memo by the minister of state for petroleum sought the council ‘s approval for a revised estimate total cost for the engineering, procurement and construction of the OB3 gas pipeline project. He said,”again this is a project that has been awarded but there was a need for the cost of the redesigning to seek for council ‘s approval so that there will be enough funds to execute the project. “The project is important because it has to do with the delivery of gas from the eastern part of the country to the power turbines and to improve our power supply. This contract is awarded to Nestoil limited and Oilserv limited and the total cost of the contract is usd92m and N765. 968m these were the memos that was considered and approved” .

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/07/05/fg-approves-n206bn-for-2nd-niger-bridge/

I guess Century power plant will come on stream soon, from the previous report OB3 gas project will suppy gas to century power plant Okija

Previous report on the project
Its Assistant General Manager (AGM), Group Business Development, Mr. Simeon Tor-Agbidye, told The Nation that the firm is tidying up arrangement for gas supply to the power plant from the East-West gas pipeline also known as the Obiafu/Obrikom – Oben (OB3) gas pipeline. The gas will be taken from the eastern part of the pipeline.
He also noted that a subsidiary of the Obijackson Group – Energy Works Technology Limited, is fabricating part of the topside facilities of Total’s Egina floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
He said: “A few weeks ago, we had a sail off for the Oil Loading Terminal (OLT) piles for the project. We sailed them off to South Korea where they will be integrated on the FPSO. We have finished that.
“We are at the final stages of completing K2s pipeline for Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The project is an engineering, procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the 40km x 20 inches export pipeline to re-route Kolo Creek gas to Soku Gas Plant.
“We are also progressing smoothly with the OB3 pipeline. Obiafu/Obrikom–Oben is an EPC contract for the 64.5km x 48 inches gas pipeline project. We will soon complete that too. He explained that the scope of OB3 was actually split between Nestoil and Oilserv,” he said.
Tor-Agbidye said while Nestoil is coming from the West, Oilserv is coming from the East. He said: “One of the major achievements we have accomplished on this project is being able to surmount the challenges of the terrain. Coming from the West, we had some of the most difficult terrain crossing several rivers. We have crossed these rivers successfully with the innovative horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology with our client, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Our subsidiary, NestHak HDD Limited is an expert in the technology and only company in Nigeria that has 100 per cent success in the job.”
“Few days ago we completed the crossing of the Ashe River, and currently we are looking to the crossing of the River Niger. We will drill under the River Niger and pull a pipe through so that it doesn’t lie on the water and constitute hazard to shipping and other users of the river. We will lay pipes under the River Niger. It is almost two kilometers. It looks small but the way it is done is not an easy feat.

aniomafirstson:
pu ebeaa ne.....whether we want Onitsha or not is a discussion for another day.
just stating that onitsha is an anioma town therefore anambra is not monolithic

if I am not anioma then what am I
all this efulefu

anioma town extends even to oguta in IMO state

Thunder fire you and that your stupid anioma!
This is Anambra not Delta, you guys should face that your stupid delta

OMANBALA1:
I knew the fall of Nnamdi Kanu was imminent when people started bowing down for him...ego and pride is the fasted route to downfall.
Just like Odumegwu Ojukwu that drag Ndigbo to a war he knew he had no chances of winning but pride wont let him. He wanted to show Gowon he is more educated and from an affluent background. Ndigbo are so dumb they didnt even know why the war was fought ...The war war to prove to Gowon that the ALMIGHTY IKEMBA NNEWI AND EZE IGBO GBULU-GBULU is superior to Gowon. He lead an unprepared people to war and not only brought death but untold hardship that we are still suffering today.

Most of these Ipob members are block heads raving with unbridle emotions. I thought Nnamdi Kanu was gonna give them history lessons just to keep them informed and aware but he was to busy enjoying his brief kingly status. I hate IPOB and everything they stand for because they sound dumb as hell.
I will equally laugh at them when Yorubas mock them because they dont want to listen to my teachings.

....So even with all these killings, genocide on Christians, nepotism of the highest order, etc...you still haven't figure out that the war was forced on you unprepared?.

knowledgeable:
....So even with all these killings, genocide on Christians, nepotism of the highest order, etc...you still haven't figure out that the war was forced on you unprepared?.

You dont go to war unprepared and 1967 and 2018 is not the same. Build security outfits and equip them with the most sophisticated arms and ward off these terrorists. There are number of things to try before you get to war. War should be the last option.

#ThrowbackThursday

Timeline of Onitsha City Development (19th century)

1830s – First British explorers – The lander Brothers (Richard and John); MacGregor Laird arrive Onitsha. Laird Port was established.

1850s – Dr. William Baike (Scottish explorer and naturalist) may have arrived Onitsha as he mentioned in his 1854 book “Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the Rivers Kwora and Binue”. His name “Baike” would become synonymous to the English Language in Igbo – Bekee.

1857 – British vessel(Commanded by Baike), Dayspring anchors at Laird Port, Onitsha to established in British Trade Station in Onitsha. Ajayi Crowther established the CMS mission; W.B Baike would speak to the Obi of Onitsha, Akazue, for the British Government; Captain Grant would negotiate for commerce. Freed Sierra Leonean-Igbo Slave, Rev. John Christopher Taylor would remain in Onitsha to run the CMS mission and starts educating the natives. The area along the River Niger was mostly uninhabited as the Onitsha main town was about 2 – 3 miles from the Waterside.

November 23 1857 – Odoje – Umudei clash over land. Other internal disputes occurred due to disagreement with where to allocate for trading with the Sierra Leoneans.

Late 1857 – Otu Nkwo (present-day Main Market) was founded around the British trade Station to accommodate the Sierra Leonean traders, European traders, later Hausa-Nupe traders (the great influx of these Northern elements was highest towards the end of the 19th Century) and the native Onitsha traders. This brought the first feeling of a cosmopolitan Onitsha.

Jan – Feb 1858 – Onitsha-Ogidi war. The two towns had had clashes from the previous year. The Onitsha people had more casualties.

April 1858 – First Onitsha man – Okosi – converts to Christianity under Rev. J.C Taylor.

1860s – A number of Onitsha people had convert to Christianity and had embraced education. Most people educated during this era would later become indigenous figures in colonial Nigeria.

1873 – Smallpox breaks out in Onitsha. Most people that were saved were the native educated Christians that lived at the Waterside. Many Onitsha people would convert to Christianity during this period.

1874 - Obi Akazue dies. The new king, Obi Anazonwu would see the development of Onitsha from just a small town to a British territory.

1879 - George Taubman Goldie, a British administrator cum businessman sought to unite all British interest on the Niger into one company thus, the founding of the United African Company (UAC) with headquarters in Onitsha.

1879 – British war boats under G.T Goldie bombard and destroy Onitsha due to the assault the European residents reported from the natives.

Late 1870s - Omu Nwagboka (known as the Queen of Onitsha), the leader of the market women in Onitsha would oversee the European trade within Onitsha.

Early 1880s - French companies established in Onitsha making it difficult for the British to have territorial rights over Onitsha.

1885 - French missionaries arrive Onitsha. Led by Rev. Fr. Lutz, the Roman Catholic French missionaries met with Obi Anazonwu.

1885 - the British would lay claims to Onitsha during the Berlin Conference. They had earlier bribed the French companies in the Niger out.

1886 - German agent, Herr Hoenigsberg, sent by Otto Von Bismarck to disrupt activities of the National African Company (renamed from UAC in 1881) on the Niger and seek treaties between the Niger people and Germany was arrested in Onitsha. The Germans still fought to claim Onitsha up until 1890.

1886 - To avoid the Germans from taking over, the NAC would involve the British Government thereby renaming the National African Company to the Royal Niger Company. The British government would thereafter sign treaties with the local chiefs on the Niger including Obi Anazonwu of Onitsha.

1889 - the Royal Niger Company could no more resist the state-supported French and German protectorates. The revoked their charter.

1st January 1900 - the RNC sold off its territories £865,000 to the British Government, hence the fall of Onitsha to British rule under the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. British indirect rule begins in Onitsha as they install catechist, Samuel Okosi as Obi of Onitsha following the death of Obi Anazonwu in the previous year - 1899.

#OnitshaCity #OnitshaHistory #OnitshaSocialMedia #ThisIsNewOnitsha

#ThrowbackThursday
Timeline of the development of Onitsha City (Colonial Era Onitsha 1900-1960)

By the end of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, Onitsha City developed rapidly along the Niger: Onitsha had become a British Administrative town and hence British offices and European residents had started sprouting at the Ozalla – an area south of Onitsha, down to the Anambra River, and water through by the Nkisi Stream. The area was called “European Quarters” (Present-day GRA, Onitsha). The Sierra Leoneans and new Onitsha converts developed and lived in Ogbe Umu Onicha; the Hausas owned Ogbe Awusa; the Nupes lived in Ama Nupe while tribes of present-day Delta State inhabited Ogbe-Ijaw (Ogbe Ukwu). The Eastern Igbos came after the development of the new waterside city (Otu Onitsha).

1900 – Onitsha becomes part of the British colonial Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

1902 – The Roman Catholic Mission had its first major success in the Inland Town as young Irish Priest, Fr. Joseph Shanahan establishes the Ogboli Mission. The Ogboli Mission would later grow to become present-day’s indigenous St. Mary’s Church.

1906 – The Southern protectorate united with Lagos and were divided into Eastern Province (Capital In Calabar), Central Province (Capital in Warri) and Western Province (Capital in Lagos). The Central Province included the Onitsha District (roughly all of Present-day Anambra State) and had a District Officer residing in the town and overseeing the district (there were Assistant District Officers though – One lived in Nnewi). The most popular D.O in Onitsha was Captain D. O’Connor.

c. 1906 – First Bridge built across the Nkisi Stream. The Marina road may have been constructed during the same period. Other roads constructed between 1906 and the 1920s are Old Market Road and New Market Road (connecting the trade points to the rest of the region), Egerton Road (named after Sir Walter Egerton Governor of Southern Nigeria), Moor Street (After first Governor of Southern Nigeria Ralph Moor), Venn Road (Maybe named after anti-slavery Anglican priest Henry Venn) etc.

1910s – American companies and missionaries arrive Onitsha. They developed and lived in the area north of the Ose Okwuodu Market and south of the Inland Town bordering the European Quarters. The area is till date called “American Quarters.”

1920s – Odoakpu develops. From the name, the place was originally a huge farm of cassava. But as the city expanded from the Waterside Odoakpu would be caught in the urban sprawl. Onitsha men, including sons of wealthy Onitsha man, Modebe, (Modebe Avenue bears the family name) began investing in real estate. Soon, Odoakpu had become the new quarters for neighboring Igbo towns, especially the Nnewi people who became the commercial gurus in the city.

1925 - First secondary school in Igboland Nigeria, Dennis Memorial Grammar School is established by the CMS. The school is named after Archdeacon TJ Dennis.

1930s – Fegge develops. As the population of Onitsha began increase with the rapid influx of the Eastern Igbos, the Government felt the need to plan a new layout. This new gridwork layout was built at the site the Nupes had stayed for decades. Fegge may be derived from the Nupe language but the Europeans called this area “Foreigners’ Layout”.

1933 - First Catholic Secondary school, Christ the King College is established in Onitsha by Archbishop Charles Heerey.

1942 - the First all girls mission school, Queen of the Rosary College opens in Onitsha.

1945 – After World War 2 (called Agha Burma in Onitsha and other parts of Igboland -since the British Nigeria joined the British Army and where positioned at Burma/Myanmar) , the Nigerian colonial administration was still dynamic. As at 1945, Onitsha Province existed (Most parts of present-day Anambra and Enugu States where under Onitsha). The Divisions under the Onitsha Province include Awka, Awgu, Onitsha and Nsukka Divisions. Other Provinces in Eastern Nigeria were the Owerri Province, Rivers Province, Calabar Province and Ogoja Province.

1949 – Onitsha Native Authority began a project to reconstruct Main Market. Before then the market lacked shops as the structures that scattered the whole place were just corrugated iron sheets roofed with palm mats. The market was getting congested, lacked organization and posed chaos on the city.

1952 – Government of Eastern Nigeria gives the approval for the reconstruction of Main Market.

1956 – the actual rebuilding of the Main Market began.
1958 - the city is enjoying self-goverance within the Eastern Region of Nigeria away from Britain.

Late 1950s - Onitsha has become a model. Apart from the Otu Onitsha (Waterside city) region, the Enu Onitsha (Inland Town) has started developing rapidly with European styled buildings within the town. The present-day principal axis from the DMGS roundabout - Awka Road, Oguta Road, Upper New Market Road and Ozalla Road - was already in place. A Road (possibly Old Enugu-Onitsha Road) has connected Onitsha to the now Coal-rich Capital of the Region Enugu. The Water works was already functioning up the Nkisi Stream, providing water for the Onitsha municipality. Parks, hotels and clubs makes the city lively. Preparations are being made to construct a bridge over the Niger to connect the Eastern and Western Regions in Onitsha and Asaba respectively. The system of crossing over the River Niger is by the use of ferries or cheaper Ponteau raft (logs of woods that may float in water)

1960 - Nigeria gains independence as Onitsha celebrates her great son, Nnamdi Azikiwe.

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State.

The Anambra State Government says it plans to partner with an Austrian firm to generate electricity through waste-to-energy technology.

Mr James Eze, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Willie Obiano stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka.

Eze, who is part of a delegation on an official visit to Austria, said government was exploring best possible and cost effective ways of converting tonnes of waste in the state

“The state delegation has visited leading electric power and gas companies in Austria, we visited Energie Versorgung Margarethin GmbH, (EVM) Biomethan station in Vienna among others,’’ he said.

Eze said the state was in dire need of electricity to power its industrial sector which has lots of employment potentials.

“Chief Willie Obiano took his quest for a better Anambra to the premises of EVM Biomethan station in Vienna.

“He is looking for how to convert the huge waste generated in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka to electricity that we are in dire need of as well as gas.

“There are strong indications that EVM and the state government might go into a partnership that will turn the heaps of waste generated across the state into electricity.

“This initiative will lead to the creation of jobs and more jobs for the people,” he said.

According to Eze, the Chief Executive of EVM Mag Wermer Wenolf was delighted to receive the governor and his team.

“The Obiano and his team later held preliminary discussions on the possibilities of setting up a similar project in Anambra,”a he said.

investnow2013:
#ThrowbackThursday
Timeline of the development of Onitsha City (Colonial Era Onitsha 1900-1960)

By the end of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, Onitsha City developed rapidly along the Niger: Onitsha had become a British Administrative town and hence British offices and European residents had started sprouting at the Ozalla – an area south of Onitsha, down to the Anambra River, and water through by the Nkisi Stream. The area was called “European Quarters” (Present-day GRA, Onitsha). The Sierra Leoneans and new Onitsha converts developed and lived in Ogbe Umu Onicha; the Hausas owned Ogbe Awusa; the Nupes lived in Ama Nupe while tribes of present-day Delta State inhabited Ogbe-Ijaw (Ogbe Ukwu). The Eastern Igbos came after the development of the new waterside city (Otu Onitsha).

1900 – Onitsha becomes part of the British colonial Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

1902 – The Roman Catholic Mission had its first major success in the Inland Town as young Irish Priest, Fr. Joseph Shanahan establishes the Ogboli Mission. The Ogboli Mission would later grow to become present-day’s indigenous St. Mary’s Church.

1906 – The Southern protectorate united with Lagos and were divided into Eastern Province (Capital In Calabar), Central Province (Capital in Warri) and Western Province (Capital in Lagos). The Central Province included the Onitsha District (roughly all of Present-day Anambra State) and had a District Officer residing in the town and overseeing the district (there were Assistant District Officers though – One lived in Nnewi). The most popular D.O in Onitsha was Captain D. O’Connor.

c. 1906 – First Bridge built across the Nkisi Stream. The Marina road may have been constructed during the same period. Other roads constructed between 1906 and the 1920s are Old Market Road and New Market Road (connecting the trade points to the rest of the region), Egerton Road (named after Sir Walter Egerton Governor of Southern Nigeria), Moor Street (After first Governor of Southern Nigeria Ralph Moor), Venn Road (Maybe named after anti-slavery Anglican priest Henry Venn) etc.

1910s – American companies and missionaries arrive Onitsha. They developed and lived in the area north of the Ose Okwuodu Market and south of the Inland Town bordering the European Quarters. The area is till date called “American Quarters.”

1920s – Odoakpu develops. From the name, the place was originally a huge farm of cassava. But as the city expanded from the Waterside Odoakpu would be caught in the urban sprawl. Onitsha men, including sons of wealthy Onitsha man, Modebe, (Modebe Avenue bears the family name) began investing in real estate. Soon, Odoakpu had become the new quarters for neighboring Igbo towns, especially the Nnewi people who became the commercial gurus in the city.

1925 - First secondary school in Igboland Nigeria, Dennis Memorial Grammar School is established by the CMS. The school is named after Archdeacon TJ Dennis.

1930s – Fegge develops. As the population of Onitsha began increase with the rapid influx of the Eastern Igbos, the Government felt the need to plan a new layout. This new gridwork layout was built at the site the Nupes had stayed for decades. Fegge may be derived from the Nupe language but the Europeans called this area “Foreigners’ Layout”.

1933 - First Catholic Secondary school, Christ the King College is established in Onitsha by Archbishop Charles Heerey.

1942 - the First all girls mission school, Queen of the Rosary College opens in Onitsha.

1945 – After World War 2 (called Agha Burma in Onitsha and other parts of Igboland -since the British Nigeria joined the British Army and where positioned at Burma/Myanmar) , the Nigerian colonial administration was still dynamic. As at 1945, Onitsha Province existed (Most parts of present-day Anambra and Enugu States where under Onitsha). The Divisions under the Onitsha Province include Awka, Awgu, Onitsha and Nsukka Divisions. Other Provinces in Eastern Nigeria were the Owerri Province, Rivers Province, Calabar Province and Ogoja Province.

1949 – Onitsha Native Authority began a project to reconstruct Main Market. Before then the market lacked shops as the structures that scattered the whole place were just corrugated iron sheets roofed with palm mats. The market was getting congested, lacked organization and posed chaos on the city.

1952 – Government of Eastern Nigeria gives the approval for the reconstruction of Main Market.

1956 – the actual rebuilding of the Main Market began.
1958 - the city is enjoying self-goverance within the Eastern Region of Nigeria away from Britain.

Late 1950s - Onitsha has become a model. Apart from the Otu Onitsha (Waterside city) region, the Enu Onitsha (Inland Town) has started developing rapidly with European styled buildings within the town. The present-day principal axis from the DMGS roundabout - Awka Road, Oguta Road, Upper New Market Road and Ozalla Road - was already in place. A Road (possibly Old Enugu-Onitsha Road) has connected Onitsha to the now Coal-rich Capital of the Region Enugu. The Water works was already functioning up the Nkisi Stream, providing water for the Onitsha municipality. Parks, hotels and clubs makes the city lively. Preparations are being made to construct a bridge over the Niger to connect the Eastern and Western Regions in Onitsha and Asaba respectively. The system of crossing over the River Niger is by the use of ferries or cheaper Ponteau raft (logs of woods that may float in water)

1960 - Nigeria gains independence as Onitsha celebrates her great son, Nnamdi Azikiwe.

I am enjoying this. Keep it coming.

Onicha Ado N'Uzu of Yore!

Omanbala1 just look at your satanic statements on your fellow Igbo. And tomorrow some bastards will be shouting Biafra Biafra.where is the Unity.No wonder the Anioma people said that they are not Igbos.Even here in portharcourt,people are rejecting their Igbo ness.Shame on you

#ThrowbackThursday

Timeline of Onitsha City Development (Post Independent – Civil War 1960-1970)

October 1960 – Onitsha is part of Independent Nigeria.

1960 – Onitsha – Obosi land tussle gets intense. Many casualties recorded.

December 1965 – The Niger Bridge is completed and commissioned. The construction started in 1964 by French company, Dumez, cost £6.75 Million.

May 27th 1967 – The Federal Military Government divides Eastern Nigeria into three to cut the power of the Igbos. The new states became Rivers State, South Eastern State and the Igbo-secluded East Central State. Onitsha would fall into the East Central State with her son, Anthony Ukpabi Asika becoming the Administrator.

May 1967 – Onitsha is part of an “independent” Biafra. The Governor of Eastern Nigeria, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, had a fallout with the Federal Military Government and would declare his territory independent of Nigeria.

6th July 1967 – The Federal Government declares war on Biafra. Fear grips the residents of Onitsha. Most European presence in Onitsha was evacuated by the Federal Government. Those that refused to leave the city were forced to do so.

September 1967 – Niger Bridge burns. As the Nigerian Army matched to occupy the Mid West, retreating Biafran soldiers had to restrict their movement into the east by burning down the Niger Bridge and trapping them at the Asaba side of the Niger. Most residents of Onitsha deserted the city for safer places further inland.

October 1967 – The Nigerian Army, under Murtala Mohammed, crossed over on boat to Onitsha from Asaba. They burnt Onitsha main market to the ground and looted valuables from the market. As they were doing this the Biafran army had more time to take position and attack the Nigerian soldiers. This event was the termed “the First Onitsha Invasion” and was victorious on the Biafran side.
November 1967 – USSR-aided Nigeria warplanes began flying and bombing towns around Onitsha.
March 1968 – The Second Onitsha Invasion. With the failure of the Nigerian side to win over Onitsha, they retreated to the West before crossing back east of the Niger at Idah in January 1968. From Idah, Murtala Mohammed led the Nigerian side to Enugu. After getting Enugu down, they proceeded West to Awka en route Onitsha. They finally reached Onitsha in March 1968 and after a fierce battle, the Biafran side was forced to retreat to Nnewi. Onitsha fell to the Nigerian side.

1970 – War ends. Onitsha had been devastated. The markets had been burn to the ground; houses shattered. Returnees to the city were broken. The Federal Government would, through the Administrator Asika, try rebuilding the city. The richest man in the city had £20. The beginning of a “new Onitsha”!

DawatNama:
This is the hate many people don't understand, Nigerians are pained Igbos came out of the civil war stronger than they were. let me tell you, all these pentecostal pastors like Adeboye and co hate igbo progress but you guys don't know, he is fond of making jokes about igbo civil war tragedy and the girl eating lizard she picked during the war. There was one animal i busted here calling himself Developeast, he claimed to be Igbo but its always on painment whenever a project is commissioned in SE or an individual put one decking on another building.

This Enugu thread is a dagger to many people's chest if you dont know, travel wide Nigeria and see the reason they hate us, they live in antiquated mud horizontal buildings while we build concrete vertical structure but they claim they are develop when 100 people share one bathroom and toilet in their dusty villages. These people you see on many Igbo threads trying to cause confusion arent Igbos, they want to fracture us.

I will repeat it, they hate us because they thought after the war we will be lining the streets with green bowls begging for alms.

God bless you brother!
The hatred towards Igbo is worse when they see any type of progress in the East. They took ALL the federal projects, Federal jobs, Federal Civil service, and all economic enablers, like sea ports, yet they are not happy.

The worst is that they target innocent hard working people to try and kill their business simply because they are Igbo. See what DANGOTE did to IBETO and what GT bank is trying to do to INNOSON. They ban Igbo companies at the flimsiest excuses.

Yet, somebody like DANGOTE who will not build even a hurt in the entire SE is selling most of his cement to Igbos? Why can't Igbos buy other brands to protest the evil actions of these people against Igbo people? Why are we always distracted from doing what we must to boycott these people trying so hard to impoverish us?

I am hoping contractors like Spyder and other home owners try to buy cement from other companies and NOT Dangote. If IBETO did what Dangote did, the Emirs will issue a Fatua that anyone selling his cement or products in northern Nigeria be attacked by the youths of the area.

We should start thinking seriously and sanction anyone that plots the destruction of Ndigbo NOT GIVING THEM CHIEFTAINCY TITLES !


http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/What-Crime-Did-lbeto-Commit--H/what-crime-did-lbeto-commit--his-crime-is-being-an-igboman.html

https://www.naija.ng/2279.html#46308

Shoe manufacturers at Onitsha-Owerri road are being moved here at the outskirts of Onitsha city which is Nkwelle. This is part of the strategy to move large businesses to the outskirts of the city. Nkwelle is equally part of greater Onitsha metropolis.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L1yZN7qq2g

We are lucky , our people only want Infrastructural Development Incentives and enabling environment for them to thrive .
My effort from day one has always centred on mobilizing stakeholders towards bridging infrastructure gap within our Constituency in order to sustain economic growth .

My understanding of business is that you can't sustain a business without Infrastructural incentives .

Ndi banyi , let's sustain synergy towards filling infrastructural gap in our towns .

We are on this ever important matter ( Infrastructural development ) !

Come with me , let's keep the fire on !

By HON AZUBOGU

ANSMEDIA:
Shoe manufacturers at Onitsha-Owerri road are being moved here at the outskirts of Onitsha city which is Nkwelle. This is part of the strategy to move large businesses to the outskirts of the city. Nkwelle is equally part of greater Onitsha metropolis.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L1yZN7qq2g

Hopefully, they can clean up the left over trash and cement bags on the floor. Sweep and wash the place, then give a specific date when all shoe manufacturers must move from the Okpoko site where they are to this new site.

I wish they can also build these types of markets with large marked parking spots for many other trading associations in the state. Our people should learn to do their hardwork in conducive environments not working in a piggery-like market.

Onitsha moves to beat okada ban with this and many other innovations!

Sometimes, i wonder if our generation is inferior in thinking to our grandfathers generation.

If our grandfathers were able to build these types of large markets, why can't we replicate that in at least 5 locations today?

Everyone is running to fit 5 million people into a market they built to accommodate 50,000 people? Why can't we build more and better ones at new locations for this generation?

Investnow, I really enjoyed the history class especially when you ended it with.......... The beginning of a new Onitsha.

Yyeske:
Investnow, I really enjoyed the history class especially when you ended it with.......... The beginning of a new Onitsha.

Me too.I just love that guy. You don't need to be told he is truly an Anambrarian, interested in the development of Anambra state and seeking great ways to showcase the potential and progress of the state.

Compare his effort to people who want to divide Anambra people and Igbo people, claiming Nnewi people are not as Anambra as Anam or Aguleri people. You clearly see through the thinly veiled pretences of such people that they want to provoke ethnic hatred and disunity among core Anambra groups. If that is their aim, you immediately know they are not Anambra people even if they chose monikers as developAnambra or AnambraMyBelovedState or AnambraRiver01. It is all their silly pretences to hide their identity to cause havoc pretending to be Anambra people.

Nobody is deceived by their silly pranks. By their fruits, you shall know them.

Gbamesss!!!

cjrane:
Me too.I just love that guy. You don't need to be told he is truly an Anambrarian, interested in the development of Anambra state and seeking great ways to showcase the potential and progress of the state.

Compare his effort to people who want to divide Anambra people and Igbo people, claiming Nnewi people are not as Anambra as Anam or Aguleri people. You clearly see through the thinly veiled pretences of such people that they want to provoke ethnic hatred and disunity among core Anambra groups. If that is their aim, you immediately know they are not Anambra people even if they chose monikers as developAnambra or AnambraMyBelovedState or AnambraRiver01. It is all their silly pretences to hide their identity to cause havoc pretending to be Anambra people.

Nobody is deceived by their silly pranks. By their fruits, you shall know them.

I just tire for some people bros, when the likes of investnow, Omambala and others try schooling those "my mama say I be Ibo" kids, they start forming more Igbo than the original Igbos yet, they know nothing about Igboland.

cjrane:
Me too.I just love that guy. You don't need to be told he is truly an Anambrarian, interested in the development of Anambra state and seeking great ways to showcase the potential and progress of the state.

Compare his effort to people who want to divide Anambra people and Igbo people, claiming Nnewi people are not as Anambra as Anam or Aguleri people. You clearly see through the thinly veiled pretences of such people that they want to provoke ethnic hatred and disunity among core Anambra groups. If that is their aim, you immediately know they are not Anambra people even if they chose monikers as developAnambra or AnambraMyBelovedState or AnambraRiver01. It is all their silly pretences to hide their identity to cause havoc pretending to be Anambra people.

Nobody is deceived by their silly pranks. By their fruits, you shall know them.

I would urge you to check the history of the character that you are talking to and the role he has played in the disruption of this forum. I respect you as a person but I expected you to know better.

He went from one of the most anti igbo character on nairaland, Then suddenly he became pro-Anambra towards obiano election campaign last year.

I won’t respond to him if he quotes me. I and others who have been paying attention know his true mission.

horsepower101:
I would urge you to check the history of the character that you are talking to and the role he has played in the disruption of this forum. I respect you as a person but I expected you to know better.

He went from one of the most anti igbo character on nairaland, Then suddenly he became pro-Anambra towards obiano election campaign last year.

I won’t respond to him if he quotes me. I and others who have been paying attention know his true mission.

Mr IPOB who has never joined any IPOB procession and not even in Igboland wants to talk too. FYI, IPOB isn't same as Igbo, I hate IPOB for sure but I don't hate other Igbos, I only attack other Igbos when Anambra is being attacked for no reason by them.