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So EMMANUELLA, John “Ibu” Okafor, Chinwetala Agu, Patience Ozokwo etc, did not make the list?


Pls don’t quote me, I don’t have data

Igboid:
Keep quiet. Igala itself is an amalgam of Igbo and Yoruba, with a sprinkle of Idoma and Edo, who were conquered and currently ruled by Jukun dynasty from old Kwararafa kingdom.

Your Igala has Igbo in it right from onset. We even still have Igbo speaking enclaves in Kogi East.
If the Igbo, Edo and Yoruba in Igala didn't make Kogi East to stop being Igala , why should few migrant but assimilated Edo and Igala people in Anioma now mean that Anioma should no longer be Igbo?
Doesn't Edo and Igala have Igbo migrants there as well?
I don't blame you Edo and Igala, I blame the confused lots in Anioma who can't make use of their common sense.

Trash haha igala that is as old than many of the offsping tribe , you are saying they made us....Hey oga you dont know what you are saying..who are idomas when you mention igala history?

Igalas are igalas by tribe ok older than any of these tribes who came to settle in idah way back because idah always welcome other tribes and now you are saying igalas came from them.

NigPatriot:
Joe Achuzie 'the hannibal' the mighty man that repelled the Nigerian army from entering onitsha for close to two months.. it is stipulated that under his command, the Nigerian army had their most fatal casualties in the civil war.
He was indeed a great man, leaving his Job at Shell to fight for the great Biafra.

those are men of honour.not Arthur eze the land grabber

Revolva:
Trash haha igala that is as old than many of the offsping tribe , you are saying they made us....Hey oga you dont know what you are saying..who are idomas when you mention igala history?

Igalas are igalas by tribe ok older than any of these tribes who came to settle in idah way back because idah always welcome other tribes and now you are saying igalas came from them.

Idah was not always Igala. Idah was first occupied by proto Igbo and Proto Yoruboid speakers, with sprinkle of Edoids. That was until the Jukuns came and conquered all the groups present and united them under the Attah dynasty.
The Attah is a Jukun man, he knows it. But the Igala are not Jukuns. They are the end product of Yoruboid, Igbo, Edoid and Idoma mixture.
The Igbos in Idah were said to be under the leadership of a certain Achadu.

There is nothing old about Igala. Igala is relatively new. That you had access to better weapons from Trans Saharan trade with which your Jukun conquerors used to terrorize parts of Northern Igbo, does not make you an ancient people.
Even your Attah knows the truth.


Would you mind telling us the origin of the Igala people?

"Talking about the origin of the Igala people, a sizeable group migrated from Wukari in Taraba State from where they came to Benue along the River Benue and continued very close to the confluence at a place called Amagede by River Benue and slightly down from Amagede downwards to Idah and they settled there. And there, they met a sizeable population of the Yorubas and the Benins and to some extent, some Igbo. So the migrant population from Wukari merged with them and produced a language called Igala as a people "

~ Attah Igala

https://punchng.com/im-first-attah-in-igala-history-with-one-wife-ameh-oboni/?amp=1

Bottom line is that you can't claim because few Igala migrants running away from the Jukuns and were accommodated by peaceful indigenous Igbos of Midwest, that Anioma is no longer Igbo because they harboured Igala and Edo refugees.

Because the same can be said of Igala and Edo.

Igala in particular has Igbo component from the very beginning before the arrival of your Jukun overlords. We still know that places like Eke Avurugo, Akpanya, and parts of Ibaji are all not yet fully Igalanized in Kogi East. The aboriginal Igbos there are still showing signs of their Igbo heritage.
Can we now say that Igala is not Igala, because Igbos were involved from the very beginning of foundation of Igala and there are yet Igbo speaking and bilingual Igbo speaking communities in Kogi East?

Igboid:
Idah was not always Igala. Idah was first occupied by proto Igbo and Proto Yoruboid speakers, with sprinkle of Edoids. That was until the Jukuns came and conquered all the groups present and united them under the Attah dynasty.
The Attah is a Jukun man, he knows it. But the Igala are not Jukuns. They are the end product of Yoruboid, Igbo, Edoid and Idoma mixture.
The Igbos in Idah were said to be under the leadership of a certain Achadu.

There is nothing old about Igala. Igala is relatively new. That you had access to better weapons from Trans Saharan trade with which your Jukun conquerors used to terrorize parts of Northern Igbo, does not make you an ancient people.
Even your Attah knows the truth.


Would you mind telling us the origin of the Igala people?

"Talking about the origin of the Igala people, a sizeable group migrated from Wukari in Taraba State from where they came to Benue along the River Benue and continued very close to the confluence at a place called Amagede by River Benue and slightly down from Amagede downwards to Idah and they settled there. And there, they met a sizeable population of the Yorubas and the Benins and to some extent, some Igbo. So the migrant population from Wukari merged with them and produced a language called Igala as a people "

~ Attah Igala

https://punchng.com/im-first-attah-in-igala-history-with-one-wife-ameh-oboni/?amp=1

Everybody with their own version of Igala history well so how come Igals traced their history to ancient egypt and every thing can be found

https://www.operanewsapp.com/ng/en/share/detail?news_id=89acb7a922877bb9f503649b354815ad&news_entry_id=s178ac94c200711en_ng&open_type=tanscoded&request_id=1f1081c7381fafe056699ca7c8222daebf9ad56d&from=publisher

Igboid:
Bottom line is that you can't claim because few Igala migrants running away from the Jukuns and were accommodated by peaceful indigenous Igbos of Midwest, that Anioma is no longer Igbo because they harboured Igala and Edo refugees.

Because the same can be said of Igala and Edo.

Igala in particular has Igbo component from the very beginning before the arrival of your Jukun overlords. We still know that places like Eke Avurugo, Akpanya, and parts of Ibaji are all not yet fully Igalanized in Kogi East. The aboriginal Igbos there are still showing signs of their Igbo heritage.
Can we now say that Igala is not Igala, because Igbos were involved from the very beginning of foundation of Igala and there are yet Igbo speaking and bilingual Igbo speaking communities in Kogi East?

this is a fact but these people were as a result of settlement that is all and intermarriage within time that is just it remmeber in the ancient time noting like state and border and politics all they do is conquering lands and kingdom

Revolva:
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Wait do you know donjazzy background more than me

I laugh don jazzy can be regarded as half Igbo ndokwa n isoko is where is father heritage lies and his mum Igbo simple stop arguing ok
Maybe they joking said they are IGbo base on association

But by hertage they are not fully blooded Igbo pls [/s]

So if people are talking, a conquered Igala tribe still ruled by the Jukun monarchy will be talking too. What an insult! From history, Idah your capital has been faced with one rulership to another. First were the Bini’s who gave you the name Idah (in honour to Queen Idia) and Attah in honour of the first Benin Prince to rule you (Aji Attah). And second came, the Jukuns led by the (Idoma warriors) who your Kingship still worship and lately the Fulani who your Attah still bows to from Sokoto, can you tell us any good thing about Igalaland?

Your ethnic group is the true definition of mix blood. From the Yoruba’s who you left centuries ago, to Egbira who pushed you further to settle at the plains of Igboland (present Igaland was Igbo aboriginal). The Igbos gave you your spirituality, later the Idoma came to Jukunize you, and recently the Hausa who you called for help to fight the Jukuns, but who stayed back and are now Igalas (their offspring now the people of Ankpa), can you tell us the ethnic pride of a mud blood people?

Now the question is, how can a mud blood people birth a proud race as the Anioma (an offspring of the Igbo people)? Where in Anioma is this Igala heritage you speak about found? Can a tribe with no good history of their servitude origin claim to have a stake in a place they were never aborigines. If I were your people, I'll look towards north or even Yorubaland to claim brotherhood, because in time coming we may even annex Ibaji, Igalamela Odolu etc and other Igbo heritage areas that you slavish Akpotu stock grabbed from your sojourned from Okun land.

1Dray:
It must be issue till you lowlife Anambrans stop looking down on Ebonyi.

Go and open your own thread and list your own influential people. Make sure you add sinach 50 times and if that does not satisfy you, you can add the governor to your list. Stupid fools always looking for ways to divide nndigbo.

Revolva:
Everybody with their own version of Igala history well so how come Igals traced their history to ancient egypt and every thing can be found

https://www.operanewsapp.com/ng/en/share/detail?news_id=89acb7a922877bb9f503649b354815ad&news_entry_id=s178ac94c200711en_ng&open_type=tanscoded&request_id=1f1081c7381fafe056699ca7c8222daebf9ad56d&from=publisher

Egypt is too far. Take a look at Igala language. It's basically a Yoruba language with Igbo corruption. The other non Igbo and non Yoruba parts of the language are imprints from Edo and Jukun.
This is common sense.

If the Ebira didn't migrate and separate Igala from Okun people, Igala would have retained touch with Yoruba language changes over time and would by now remain an integral part of Yoruba land.
You don't also need a soothsayer to know that many parts of Ibaji are actually Igalanized Igbo enclaves.
As the Jukuns pushed southwards under pressure from the Caliphate, the Igala pushed Southwards as both refugees and invaders and occupied parts of lands originally inhabited by Igbo speaking aboriginals. What happened in Ibaji, Akpanya and Co, now claimed by Igalas, was about happening in Igbo heartland of Nsukka and Anambra north where we have Igala invaders and refuges now co existing with Igbos.
The history of Nzam and the invasion by General Ajida portrayed this history very well.

History is science and do follow logical sequence.
Telling me Igala fell off from Egypt or Igbo from Israel is irrational and doesn't make sense.

Igboid:
Egypt is too far. Take a look at Igala language. It's basically a Yoruba language with Igbo corruption. The other non Igbo and non Yoruba parts of the language are imprints from Edo and Jukun.
This is common sense.

If the Ebira didn't migrate and separate Igala from Okun people, Igala would have retained touch with Yoruba language changes over time and would by now remain an integral part of Yoruba land.
You don't also need a soothsayer to know that many parts of Ibaji are actually Igalanized Igbo enclaves.
As the Jukuns pushed southwards under pressure from the Caliphate, the Igala pushed Southwards as both refugees and invaders and occupied parts of lands originally inhabited by Igbo speaking aboriginals. What happened in Ibaji, Akpanya and Co, now claimed by Igalas, was about happening in Igbo heartland of Nsukka and Anambra north where we have Igala invaders and refuges now co existing with Igbos.
The history of Nzam and the invasion by General Ajida portrayed this history very well.

History is science and do follow logical sequence.
Telling me Igala fell off from Egypt or Igbo from Israel is irrational and doesn't make sense.

That's why Biafra will emerge and will recover all our territory.
Though avurugo and odolu are in kogi state but they are all igbo speaking apart of kogi states.
All of us farm, intermarry and settle there till date

Igboid:
Egypt is too far. Take a look at Igala language. It's basically a Yoruba language with Igbo corruption. The other non Igbo and non Yoruba parts of the language are imprints from Edo and Jukun.
This is common sense.

If the Ebira didn't migrate and separate Igala from Okun people, Igala would have retained touch with Yoruba language changes over time and would by now remain an integral part of Yoruba land.
You don't also need a soothsayer to know that many parts of Ibaji are actually Igalanized Igbo enclaves.
As the Jukuns pushed southwards under pressure from the Caliphate, the Igala pushed Southwards as both refugees and invaders and occupied parts of lands originally inhabited by Igbo speaking aboriginals. What happened in Ibaji, Akpanya and Co, now claimed by Igalas, was about happening in Igbo heartland of Nsukka and Anambra north where we have Igala invaders and refuges now co existing with Igbos.
The history of Nzam and the invasion by General Ajida portrayed this history very well.

History is science and do follow logical sequence.
Telling me Igala fell off from Egypt or Igbo from Israel is irrational and doesn't make sense.

See I understand all your ideas these thing you wrote here are false it has been made to believe by some writers and i can believe that most igbos in ibaji and odolu igalamela who settled there were as a result of migration with from way back wars and farming and other natural causes which in those days nobody have time for segregration .

People welcome people to settle with them, and you saying igala came from yoruba its a big lie...then where is yoruba from? Oduduwa fell from the sky abi?

Oduduwa is a run away prince from benin who was even named oduduwa by the igalas when he settled in Idah as he fled away for fear of being killed in benin he went northward the river niger and it was idah and the then Attah welcome him and gave him comfort because he looked rich and well fed and they allowed him to lived amongt igala which he then moved to another part of igala land called ife and married some igala women about three of them and gave birth to children ..then he moved to a third migration southwards .

to present day location and it was the name he got form the ife in igala land he used to name the present day ile ife in present day yoruba kingdom.

Then he gave birth to oraimyan and some of his children , oramiyan later went back to benin to rule and they could not understand his language because he has been taught igala tonation which is what we call a mother tongue ( if your mama born you and speak your native dialect no be the dialect you go understand when growing up).
so that was how oramiyan went to benin n ruled a while but he was having difficulties to communicate with the benins he left there to ibadan and continue by then his dialect has changed to what we know as yoruba..

WHY DO YOU THINK YORUBA LANGUAGE N IGALA ARE THE SAME ALMOST ORALLY

these yorubasdont even agree their progenitor are from benin kingdom with igala mother , instead they say benin are from them..so sad because of population explosion and education and returned slaves of the modern time to add up their population.

see what other connection igbos have with igalas tell me ..Yorubas own is so clear and i will let you know igbos came to igala land just for settlement like the other igalas that left idah to ibaji n illah and nzam and asaba as well and presently in Ebu in Oshimili north in delta speaks igalas till today they know their origin is from idah


https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/life-arts/article/the-crowning-of-shimite-bello-spirit-behind-deltas-entrepreneurship-drive/amp/


Ibajis then started mixing with igbos and edos due to trading and influence of the river Niger nearness and this foster marriage within these tribes but that does not stop ibajis from n ot being igalas till today they are still igalas
as for the case of eko avurugu and ette and akpanya its the same similarity , igbos settled there due to settlement and trade and mixed up. same way igalas settled in Nsukka and mixed with them as well , infact influencing many of Naukka traditions from masquerades and red cap which igbos wear today is from iagala and Attah onced ruled there hope you are aware.

its goes within the two community within the borders of igalas and igbos we coexist butijn terms of ancestry we got noting in comon much, we both have influenced ourselves in marriages and trades only the yoruba i can attest because of the language.

remember in the ancient time people travel a lot.

UdechiHD:
So if people are talking, a conquered Igala tribe still ruled by the Jukun monarchy will be talking too. What an insult! From history, Idah your capital has been faced with one rulership to another. First were the Bini’s who gave you the name Idah (in honour to Queen Idia) and Attah in honour of the first Benin Prince to rule you (Aji Attah). And second came, the Jukuns led by the (Idoma warriors) who your Kingship still worship and lately the Fulani who your Attah still bows to from Sokoto, can you tell us any good thing about Igalaland?

Your ethnic group is the true definition of mix blood. From the Yoruba’s who you left centuries ago, to Egbira who pushed you further to settle at the plains of Igboland (present Igaland was Igbo aboriginal). The Igbos gave you your spirituality, later the Idoma came to Jukunize you, and recently the Hausa who you called for help to fight the Jukuns, but who stayed back and are now Igalas (their offspring now the people of Ankpa), can you tell us the ethnic pride of a mud blood people?

Now the question is, how can a mud blood people birth a proud race as the Anioma (an offspring of the Igbo people)? Where in Anioma is this Igala heritage you speak about found? Can a tribe with no good history of their servitude origin claim to have a stake in a place they were never aborigines. If I were your people, I'll look towards north or even Yorubaland to claim brotherhood, because in time coming we may even annex Ibaji, Igalamela Odolu etc and other Igbo heritage areas that you slavish Akpotu stock grabbed from your sojourned from Okun land.

1Dray:
Lowlife Anambra blogger, you list names of your village people and name "Top Igbo influential people". Where is the name Sinach who made the Forbes list of 100 Most influential persons in the world, None of your listed village people made that list. You purposely omitted Sinach because she's Ebonyi. I guess Ebonyi is not Igbo. Silly village tribalist. No single Ebonyian made your list, because you too scared to admit... Is Anambra more Igbo than Ebonyi?

Please stop this nonsense
so many names there are not from Anambra tho I don't like that silly list
Apart from few others are not worthy to be there

Dedetwo:
You simply cannot help yourself not engage in silly tribalism. The poster did not remotely stopped you from posting the silly 5 Yari.ba peeps who could have beat the poster's list before now. If you are not visionary, please stop your tribal irredentism when other people show their inventive genius.

U go dey aiit bro .. Just stop creating monikers to cancel people comment

Imagine listing Chinwo ahead of Sinach? No Mama Iweala, but emoney you cant even mention his source of wealth made it? Dear poster your are not only very primitive in reasoning but needs to be flogged. There is an Igbo man that is the first black vc of a univ in the u .k, so also a medical doctor assigned to the white house, who happen s to hold the record of discovering the disease caused by concussion suffered by football players. You shoukd read more and wide. You know nothing.

Muna4real:
Go and open your own thread and list your own influential people. Make sure you add sinach 50 times and if that does not satisfy you, you can add the governor to your list. Stupid fools always looking for ways to divide nndigbo.

See who is talking about division, when you silly lowlives have been doing the division yourselves. The sooner you lowlife tribalists stop the discrimination the better for the igbo race. If you don't stop it, I'll always be here to checkmate your foolishness.

I'm from Ebonyi and I can stand any Anambra champion any day.

Fabulousl0l:
Please stop this nonsense
so many names there are not from Anambra tho I don't like that silly list
Apart from few others are not worthy to be there

Don't quote me if you don't have anything good to say.

phemmyfour:
OP, Invictus Obi didn't make the list ni?

When you’re compiling the lists for Yorubas add Hushpuppi, Mompha, Woodberry etc.

Sammy07:
I swear, 5 Yoruba names will beat all these nonsense they wrote.
5 names I'll mention,
1 in the art of literature
1 in the politics
1 in music
1 in legal practice
1 in traditional way (kings )

influential people kill them there

I won't even go to religion or Activitism

Again, influential people kill them there

This has always been my anger with you people, later you’ll say it’s chestbeating
Why do you have to spoil the beautiful thread with your inferiority complex when you could have easily ignored and opened a new thread of influential Yorubas.
Guy all tribes in Nigeria have influential people.

kingzizzy:
Former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is also an Ikwerre man and proud Igbo man and he says it in the video below. So which Ikwerre is Igbo and which one is not?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwj28U8eQE

Majority of Ikwerre people do not see themselves as Igbos . Rotimi Amaechi is only saying that because of his 2023 presidential ambition .

kevid:
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4) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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5) Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike (Phyno)

Phyno is a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He started his music career as a producer in 2003. He is renowned for rapping in Igbo language and has numerous endorsements as well as other investments. He is a brand ambassador for Airtel Telecommunications.

6) Mercy Chinwo Nnenda

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7) Pete Edochie

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8. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu

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10) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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11) Obiageli Ezekwesili

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16) Professor Joy Chinwe Eyisi

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He is a famous Nigerian billionaire, entrepreneur, investor, business tycoon and the CEO of Five Star Music.

41) Williams Uchemba

He is a well-known social media user with over 2.5 million followers on Instagram, a philanthropist, Nollywood actor, movie producer, model, comedian, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and television personality. He is currently the United Nation Ambassador and African youth Representative to the United Nation.

42) Augustine Azuka (Jay-Jay Okocha)

He is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is considered the best Nigerian and one of the best African players of all time due to his confidence with the ball, technique, creativity and dribbling skills. He has a stadium named after him, the Jay-Jay Okocha Stadium in Ogwashi-Ukwu.

43) Chiwetel Ejiofor

He is a British actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous awards and nominations for his world-class acting starring in notable movies like The Lion King; The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind; Doctor Strange etc . He is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013) for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.

44) Nelly Agbogu

She is the founder of Nellies Healthy Snacks and Meals. She is the convener of the annual Naija Brand Chick Trade Fair, she is the Naijabrandchick Instagram influencer and the facilitator for Naija brand chick Instagram Boot camp.

45) Tobechi Nneji

She is commonly known in entertainment circles as TobeDaDiva. She is a Nigerian On-Air personality, broadcaster and events compere. ThisDay described her show as the “most listened to show in all of Eastern Nigeria at mid-day” in 2013.

46) Onyema Ugochukwu CON

He is an economist, a journalist par excellence and indeed a gifted one. He served as the Senior Special Adviser on Communication to President Olusegun Obasanjo and also the first Executive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He vied for the position of the Governor of Abia State in 2008 losing to Theodore Orji.

47) Priscilla Ekwere Eleje

She was the first Director of Currency Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She is the first woman to have her signature appended on a Nigerian Currency, the 1000 naira note.

48) Innocent Chukwuma

Popularly known as “Innoson”, after his automobile brand, Innoson Vehicle Motors, the “Ifediaso of Nnewi” is a business mogul with holdings in automobile production and distribution, plastics, and general merchandise. He’s is the first automobile manufacturing company in Nigeria starting operations in the early 2010s.

49) Micheal Collins Ajareh (Don Jazzy)

He is a Nigerian record producer, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Mo’Hits Records and the owner of Marvin Records.

50) Chile Eboe-Osuji

He is the judge and 4th president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) The Hague. He was the Legal Advisor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

51) Nnamdi Kanu

He is a British Nigerian Biafra political activist and also the phenomenon leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Nnamdi kanu is the director of a UK registered radio station named Radio Biafra.

Source: https://www.anambraupdate.com/2020/07/arthur-eze-elumelu-peter-obi-adichie.html

https://www.nairaland.com/5996452/arthur-eze-elumelu-obi-ikwechegh




This is my first time seeing this list and what exactly is Mercy Chinwo Nnenda doing on that list. This is height of insensitivity and clout chasing taken too far.

We have SINACH someone whose profile and all appear all US Base is now been replaced by a local champion bearing in mind that most of the names on the list ain't igbo. The person who compiled this went ahead to replace proud igbo daughters with non igbos just to clout chase...this is madness taken too far.

The list should be discarded. Doesn't reflect reality

SINACH
Osinachi Joseph (née Kalu ), known professionally as Sinach , is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and senior worship leader at Loveworld. She has released several gospel hit songs, including "Way Maker ", "I Know Who I Am", "Great Are You Lord", "Rejoice", "He Did It Again", "Precious Jesus", "The Name of Jesus", "This Is My Season", "Awesome God", "For This", "I Stand Amazed", "Simply Devoted" and "Jesus is Alive". Sinach received a Bethlehem Hall of Faith certificate of commemoration during her visit to Israel in December 2017.

What about chioma jesus.....Mrs Okwuoha....Okemmuo

Evangelist Amaka Okwuoha popularly called Chioma Jesus is a female Nigerian gospel artiste and one of the most popular indigenous gospel songwriter from the eastern part of Nigeria.
Chioma Jesus hails from Imo State and she came to limelight through her first song in 2003 titled “Chioma Jesus” Ever since then, her name has been a household name and it has continued to ring a bell in the gospel music world.
Chioma Jesus is best known for using Igbo language to write and sing her songs, occasionally seasoned with English.

Full Name : Amaka Okwuoha
Stage Name : Chioma Jesus
Date of birth : 12th of February, 1972
Age : 47 year
Father : Nze Euzebius Chukwumaeze Ebizie
Mother : Polo Dorothy Ebieze
Husband : Callistus Okwuoha
Children : [three]
Occupation : Singer, songwriter
Genre : Gospel




[s]Mercy Chinwo Nnenda
Mercy Chinwo is a Nigerian gospel singer, a talented composer and songwriter. She was the winner of the Nigerian Idol Season 2 in 2012 and named the winner in three categories – Africa Gospel New Artiste of the Year, Africa Gospel Female Artiste of the Year and Africa Gospel Song of the Year (Excess Love).[/s]


https://www.nairaland.com/5996452/arthur-eze-elumelu-obi-ikwechegh

Asgard13:
Another igbo full....


So what do we do with the names...

Start competing or chest beating... atimes some igbos comes with Yoruba package..

Maybe the op is not even igbo.. is becoming a nairaland thing.. every morning one igbo thread must be open to traffic and before you kno... fiam! .... page 10.

Op you need brain reset

Blame the idiot that sat down compiling this and not the op

that's far how kanu has drained their brains.

MetaPhysical:
Is there a Nigerian tribe that does not have Great sons and daughters?

This list is produced by an Anambran man. A true Igbo of Abiriba, Arochuckwu, Ohafia, Afikpo, will never do something like this. This is handiwork of Anambra.

anambra is always your nightmare. you keep calling them because you don't knoww them.
anambra will be the least to think of compiling such list....you need to learn about them well.

the list is fully compiled by abia State son...


nevertheless anambra will always be your dream but u can't reach.

kingzizzy:
What do you mean by 'Igbo state'? Are you not aware that about 65% of the indigenes of Rivers are Igbo speaking people?

story and delusion

Ezemust:
how did Mercy beat Frank Edward?how did phyno beat psquare?how did Arthur eze make the list?who is ezeqwesili?do u know who emagwali is?do u know who Joe achuzie is?

I tire oooo

the list na clout chasing list and not reality.

Dedetwo:
The above post reeks of idiocy. This is one among numerous reasons to disintegrate the shithole called Nigeria. I shall be completely drunk to regard the above poster as a compatriot.

he is correct.

Mercy has no business on that list.

murphyibiam15:
Is a trash list.. Even if nkem owo can be there why not chinwetalu Agụ and patience ozokwor.. If phyno can be there why not flavour or tekno or patoranking

Very trash list

have to agree with u.

Anonymous42:
Funny how you claim Mercy Chinwo who is from Rivers State..and fail to put Sinach or Frank Edwards

highest stupidity ever...I was shocked seeing that,

clout chasing of the highest order.

martineverest:
aniomas at deltans.they don't see themselves as Igbos.


just like the way itsekiris don't identify themselves as Yorubas

Oba Benin is a yoruba man..

SmartPolician:
Keep fooling yourself

So your igbo

Dansuqi:
So your igbo

Na you mu.mu passs

SmartPolician:
Na you mu.mu passs

You haven't answered me.abyway I've reported you