Very dull set of individuals. All you people do is abuse each others tribe and ethnicity on a daily basis. I have never seen a more tribalistic set of individuals like we have in this forum.

You guys wonder why we are not progressing as a nation and why we keep getting bad leadership? Look at your tribalistic selves, you guys are the problem we have in this country.

I spit on all of you. Rubbish

Nigerian politicians eh, all in the name of campaign? Hian. Nothing we no go hear

OfoIgbo:


Oba of Benin's origin has absolutely nothing to do with Ife.
Benin Oba tradition is way older than Ife.

Oba remains a title in Nri till date, and it doesn't mean King (Eze or Igwe). It is perhaps one of the highest titles in Nri territories, beside that of the Eze or Igwe.

In Benin, Oba doesn't also mean king. That immediately reveals the Benin obas are not spin-offs from Ife.
In Yorubaland, Oba means king, which is probably an idea they got from Benin, thinking it meant king in Bini.

Up until a little over a hundred years ago, Eze Nris bestowed the ofo on every Oba of Benin and Attah of Igala.

The Ooni of Ife never bestowed anything on the Oba of Benin. The Nris would have been aware of such a thing. Thank God Portuguese explorers made it to Benin during the reigns of Oba Ewuare and Oba Ozolua in the 1400s to confirm the pre-eminence of Nri cultural supremacy of Benin.
If those explorers had visited Ife, the Ooni of Ife would have told the Portuguese about the Nri cultural supremacy of Ife at that particular time also.

Never mess with Nri. Again, as I wrote sometime ago, when the Nris speak, the true Igbo territories will be known.

Pay no attention to some cultural journeymen in Igboland at the moment, like the Aguleris and others. When Nri speaks, Nigeria will know.

You are obviously drunk for saying this jargons about Oba and its origin!

Sanity33:

Stop talking to me.

I was hoping I would be getting educated about my Benin heritage, poor Shame

Sanity33:

Following your logics, obama must be a Yoruba, right ?
Look, I gave you facts.
The title Oba is from the Oba of Benin !

Oba in Obafemi means, King loves me


OBA means king


Does Oba in Obama mean king?

900winer:

What do you wan't me to prove to you again? The Abaobaku tradition have been practice among Yorubas before the Europeans came and it still been practice so what do you not understand here? I gave examples of names that have Oba and have been in existence among the Yoruba before the Europeans, names like Obatala is in Odu Ifa oral history long before the Europeans, O means he Ba means preside all together means he who presides, all this are in Yoruba lexicon, that is why you will always here the Yoruba saying Oba ba lori owon gbogbo which means he who presides, presides over everything. hope am clear now? It your turn to tell me the meaning of Oba in Edo lexicon.

Congrats, you have just written a bunch of gibberish, now prove your claim.

Haywhysat:


Oba in Obafemi means, King loves me


OBA means king


Does Oba in Obama mean king?

Deluded yar.iba

omazus:
Even the Oba is amused that a full blooded Igbo man is calling himself a Benin man so as to escape God knows what. He tried not to laugh but he couldn't help it.

Ikwerre over to you.

This is not correct, having benin ancestry does not exclude their relationship with the Ibos. Even Onitsha and the Delta Ibos have links with the ancient benin Kingdom and this does not negate their Ibo heritage. The two can go together. I am neither Igbo nor Bini but my ancestry have both Bini and Igbo ties and there are lots of places like this in Nigeria.

Do you expect the Oba who is a great grandson of Oranmiyan to insult him in the first place? The Oba has to please him so that he can quickly go back to River state where traditional rulers wear something on their heads that looks like USMAN DAN FODIO

Sanity33:

Congrats, you have just written a bunch of gibberish, now prove your claim.

Hahahaha...

Edo boy is pain tell me the meaning of Oba in Edo language you can't, you asked me to prove my claim i did, now prove yours you can't.


Chai!!

Mraphel:

Olu is Yoruba but Olu of warri doesn't mean he's Yoruba

Arguably, he is !

IspitonCowards:
Ewedu man, I have your spyrogyra food ready for you

what da heck is this,

Sanity33:

Congrats, you have just written a bunch of gibberish, now prove your claim.

Sincerely, Its not gibberish.

Do you have a cogent point to counter his claims?

We are not from Igbo land,if we have connections with you guys, it should be that you guys migrated from our land.
For now, we see ourselves as Bini till we find a reasonable and lucid counter.

Uchasa:
We are not from Igbo land,if we have connections with you guys, it should be that you guys migrated from our land.
For now, we see ourselves as Bini till we find a reasonable and lucid counter.

Ikwerre Bu Otu

IkwerrePikin:


You don’t know anything about Ikwerre people. To start with you don’t even know how many locals govts of the ikwerre people.

I will believe you when duncan mighty stop singing with language me igbo person understand and start singing in Benin language then I will know Ikwerre is from Benin,

BigSarah:


I will let you know my opinion, isn’t that good?

What is your aim ikwerre indigenes should abhor igbos? My mom is from anambra state ihiala okija.. so many intermarriage btw SE Igbo and ikwerre...the sAme marriage rites, I cannot see any difference and I’ve never noticed even in extended family members... your topic is misleading from the video content

You don’t know history. You can’t know more than our elders in ikwerre, ekepeye and Ogba people who have the true history of our people from Benin which the Oba of Benin have confirmed a lot of times. If truly your father is Ikwerre than your mother has brainwashed you and this is not new to us as igbo women do this alot to their kids even though they know their ikwerre husband do not share that view of ikwerre being igbo, and that is why some Ikwerre families don’t marry igbo. find time and read ikwerre history and ask your father questions and join ikwerre groups to learn more.

Ikwerre names:

Bekwele
Chituga
Ovunda
Nmerukini
Kinikanwo
Okabie

Just name a few. But tell me which part of Ikwerre are you from as claimed?

Haywhysat:


Oba in Obafemi means, King loves me


OBA means king


Does Oba in Obama mean king?

The guy is funny how can you claim a word that has no meaning in you language is a suprise for me. You should have asked him if Obama and Oba sound thesame and watch him change to insult

IspitonCowards:
Only Four Local Governments? Chai!!....3million? the whole ikwerre is just 3million?.....Minority inside Minority Shaa

What is the population of Abia state? Or Ebonyi?

Sanity33:


Oba is not a Yoruba word and Yoruba chiefs adopted it in the 1930's. The original owner is the Oba of Benin. Omo n'Oba n'Edo.

Uku Okporlorkporlor.

Sanity33:

So you have shifted the goalpost already.
They have told you loud and clear: they are not Igbo ! They are Benin descendants !
Let it rest for god's sake !

It is you that need to go and convince Chibuike Amaechi, and the current Ohanaeze Ndigbo secretary general, Uche Okwukwu, that they are not Igbo.

You can convince them to change their language to Bini also.

You can also force their kings to adopt Oba instead of Eze.

They should also change their town names to Bini names.

Better hope that when a proper DNA investigation is made, their genes show up as Bini descendants
This is the one that will f*ck you guys up

You have a very long way to go

Sanity33:


Deluded yar.iba

This what i'm talking about he divert to insults whenever his been trashed

OfoIgbo:


Oba of Benin's origin has absolutely nothing to do with Ife.
Benin Oba tradition is way older than Ife.

Oba remains a title in Nri till date, and it doesn't mean King (Eze or Igwe). It is perhaps one of the highest titles in Nri territories, beside that of the Eze or Igwe.

In Benin, Oba doesn't also mean king. That immediately reveals the Benin obas are not spin-offs from Ife.
In Yorubaland, Oba means king, which is probably an idea they got from Benin, thinking it meant king in Bini.

Up until a little over a hundred years ago, Eze Nris bestowed the ofo on every Oba of Benin and Attah of Igala.

The Ooni of Ife never bestowed anything on the Oba of Benin. The Nris would have been aware of such a thing. Thank God Portuguese explorers made it to Benin during the reigns of Oba Ewuare and Oba Ozolua in the 1400s to confirm the pre-eminence of Nri cultural supremacy of Benin.
If those explorers had visited Ife, the Ooni of Ife would have told the Portuguese about the Nri cultural supremacy of Ife at that particular time also.

Never mess with Nri. Again, as I wrote sometime ago, when the Nris speak, the true Igbo territories will be known.

Pay no attention to some cultural journeymen in Igboland at the moment, like the Aguleris and others. When Nri speaks, Nigeria will know.

I know why some people like this like lying to themselves.

byinks:


Arguably, he is !

Very true

IkwerrePikin:
Oba of Benin has once again affirm the ancestral relationship between the Ikwerre people and Benin Kingdom.

Watch video:

God bless Ikwerre!
God bless Benin kingdom.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNR0LmlC9l8

This Mugu doesn’t understand that it’s easy to break a broomstick alone, but impossible to break the same broomstick when it’s in a bunch with other broomsticks.

If any Ikwerre says he/she is not Igbo, he/she is subjecting Ikwerre to continued RAPING by outsiders in Nigeria.

The amount of hate speech that goes on in this forum is alarming. Elders please manage it.

IspitonCowards:
Ewedu man, I have your spyrogyra food ready for you

IspitonCowards:
Prove your Oba title, also who is arguing anything?.....I agree ikwerres are Bini they don't behave anything like Igbos, So they should make their Bini'ness reflect in their names and language, Don't be Bini and you are callin God "chukwu" and Not "Osa" like all Bini people

I don't like to be tribal. But you can't say someone is Igbo simply because he bears Igbo name. There are so many people bearing English first me and last name in Nigeria. That doesn't makes them English men. Agbor people bears Benin name but they are not benins. Happy sunday

Itsekiri and Yoruba have common ancestry. Look at the languages. Very similar. Oritse, Orisha.

Mraphel:

Olu is Yoruba but Olu of warri doesn't mean he's Yoruba

You cannot bear Igbo name just for nothing. Those that bear English names do so because their countries were COLONIZED by the Brits, or dominated by them in one form or the other. The Igbo never invaded any land to conquer them. Of your free will, you bear Igbo names. It is only because, you have common origin. SIMPLE. I have never seen an Ikwerre, bear Benin name. If you are so related, why bear Igbo names and not Benin? It makes no sense. Use your head, if you have one. Agbor people bear Benin names because they have common origin. The Ika language is a mixture of Benin & Igbo.

lograr:

I don't like to be tribal. But you can't say someone is Igbo simply because he bears Igbo name. There are so many people bearing English first me and last name in Nigeria. That doesn't makes them English men. Agbor people bears Benin name but they are not benins. Happy sunday