₦airaland Forum

IbnAbdullah1:
If Islaam was backward like you claim how come virtually a the Arab countries from UAE to Brunei,from Saudi Arabia to Qatar and other Muslim dominated countries are were Christians now flock to for vacation?
If poverty is rampant amongst people either blame it on the way the economy if the place is being run or blame it the social system set in place.
I have read, studied and checked all the laws of Islaam it has never encouraged poverty neither does it glorify laziness but upholds contentment through hardwork and sincerity which I am sorry to say lacks in the ethics of today's Christianity which more often than not peach prosperity that makes it looks like integrity and being hardworking is a sin not tolerated by today's Christianity:even though it's law except it is tied to a curse or some supernatural occurrence.
If you examine the teachings and lifestyle of Christ(peace be upon him) in the Bible and today's Christendom you will agree with me that there are poles apart.
Islaam is indeed the solution to humanity.

i live in a moslem country and a rich one at that...i can gaurantee u that with out oil, there will be no single rich arab country...industries dont exist here. Everything is haram haram haram...no bubbling entertainment industry, no night life, nothing..just allahu akbar every 1 hour from loudspeakers..everystreet has 2 or 3 mosques but b4 u can see a shop or pharmacy, u go waka die..oil is the only reason why all arabic country is not like yobe state

I want to know the possibility of restarting this odinani religion. And writing a 'holy book' for it, building a small temple and formulating a flow of worship for it.

I will be the dibia or priest..and we will dress in a dignified (yet cultural) way. We will make use of kola nuts as communion. We would have a religious system of welcoming new members similar to christian baptism.

I have great visions of bringing back the omenani

We left our own and started going crazy for everything foreign.

From foreign religion to foreign arts and even foreign dress.

Africa derailed massively from the 19th century.

If we still had our religion..albiet a refined version, we would actually be interesting. The whites and asians would actually have something to learn from us. For now...we are just a backward version of everything european. No originality at all.

mightguy:
The high Time we igbos start minding our bizness the better. I ave gone through ntoakwaibom profile and observed he is pro niger delta republic. His dp is an evidence to that. That's y he is bashing us. We better face our igbo brodas and leave the ibibios. Anangs. Oron and efik alone. I urge all igbos to stop commenting on this thread because they can't reason well to knw that this thread is not about biafra but about ethnic similarities between igbos and ibibios. Omanbala. Selemempe.

nothing concern me for here...as far as am concerned...biafra should be an igbo country...all we need is to get some parts of Anioma dat agree they are igbo...like asaba and also some parts of rivers igbo like elele.

We have everything we need...river port, air port...population..everything. i dont want to leave nigeria and join another mini nigeria

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Odinani (Igbo: ọ̀dị̀nànị̀) comprises the traditional religious practices and cultural beliefs of the Igbo people of southern Nigeria. Odinani has monotheistic and panentheistic attributes, having a single God as the source of all things. Although a pantheon of spirits exists, these are lesser spirits prevalent in Odinani expressly serving as elements of Chineke (or Chukwu), the supreme being or high god.

Lesser spirits known as ágbàrà or álúsí operate below the high god Chineke and are parts of him divided by gender in his mind. Alusi are mediated by dibia and other priests who do not contact the high god directly. Through áfà, 'divination', the laws and demands of the alusi are communicated to the living.

Below the alusi are minor and more general spirits known as mmúọ loosely defined by their perceived malevolent or benign natures. These minor spirits are not venerated and are sometimes considered the lost souls of the dead.

Chukwu: Big God is regarded as the creator of everything (chineke)

Ala: is the feminine earth spirit who is responsible for morality, fertility and the dead ancestors who are stored in the underworld in her womb. After chukwu, Ala is at the head of the Igbo pantheon, maintaining order and carrying out justice against wrongdoers. Ala is the most prominent and worshipped alusi, almost every Igbo village has a shrine dedicated to her called íhú Ala where major decisions are taken. Ala is believed to be involved in all aspects of human affairs including festivals and at offerings. Ala stands for fertility and things that generate life including water, stone and vegetation, colour (àgwà), beauty (mmá) which is connected to goodness in Igbo society, and uniqueness (áfà). She's a symbol of morality who sanctioned omenala Igbo customs from which these moral and ethical behaviours are upheld in Igbo society. Ala is the ground itself, and for this reason taboos and crimes are known as ńsọ́ Ala ('desecration of Ala'), all land is holy as the embodiment of Ala making her the principal legal sanctioning authority. Prohibitions include murder, suicide, theft, incest, and abnormalities of birth such as in many places the birth of twins and the killing and eating of pregnant animals, if a slaughtered animal is found to be pregnant sacrifices are made to Ala and the foetus is buried. People who commit suicides are not buried in the ground or given burial rites but cast away in order not to further offend and pollute the land, their ability to become ancestors is therefore nullified. When an individual dies a 'bad death' in the society, such as from the effects of divine retributive justice or breaking a taboo, they are not buried in the earth, but are discarded in a forest so as not to offend Ala. As in cases of most alusi, Ala has the ability to be malevolent if perceived to be offended and can cause harm against those who offend her.

Amadioha (from ámádí + ọ̀hà, 'free will of the people' in Igbo) is the Alusi of justice, thunder, lightning and the sky. He is referred to as Amadioha in southern Igboland, Kamalu, Kamanu, Kalu among the Aro and other Cross River Igbo people, Igwe among the Isuama Igbo and in northwestern Igboland, and Ofufe in certain parts of Igboland. His governing planet is the Sun. His color is red, and his symbol is a white ram. Metaphysically, Amadioha represents the collective will of the people and he is often associated with Anyanwu. He is the expression of divine justice and wrath against taboos and crimes; in oaths he is sworn by and strikes down those who swear falsely with thunder and lightning. Amadioha shrines exist around Igboland, his main shrine is located at Ozuzu in the riverine Igbo region in northern Rivers State. While Anyanwu is more prominent in northern Igboland, Amadioha is more prominent in the south. His day is Afo, which is the second market day. In mbari houses Amadioha is depicted beside Ala as her consort.

Anyanwu: Goddess of the sun is considered as the wife of Amadioha. She is also linked with wisdom hence the popular saying that nothing is hidden under the sun.

Ikenga (literally 'place of strength') is an alusi and a cult figure of the right hand and success found among the northern Igbo people. He is an icon of meditation exclusive to men and owners of the sculpture dedicate and refer to it as their 'right hand' which is considered instrumental to personal power and success. Ikenga is a source of encoded knowledge unraveled through psychological principles. The image of Ikenga comprises someone's chi ('personal god'), his ndichie (ancestors), aka Ikenga (right hand), ike (power) as well as spiritual activation through prayer and sacrifice. Igbo cultures value of resourcefulness and individualism in society utilises the concept of Ikenga to regulate the relationship between individuality and family relations and obligations, as well as free will and industriousness balanced with destiny decided persons chi. Ikenga acts as a physical medium to the consciousness and emphasises individual initiative through reflection and meditation.

Ekwensu was adept at bargains and trade, and praying to Ekwensu was said to guarantee victory in negotiations. As a force of change and chaos, Ekwensu also represented the spirit of war among the Igbo, invoked during times of conflict and banished during peacetime to avoid his influences inciting bloodshed in the community, warriors set up shrines to Ekwensu to help war efforts. This is based upon the finding of old shrines dedicated to the worship of the spirit as well as the recounting of old oral stories which depict the character of Ekwensu. Ekwensu was a bringer of violence and possessed people with anger. Ekwensu holds the propensity of bringing misfortune and is regarded as an evil spirit in this sense. Among the Christian Igbo Ekwensu is representative of Satan and is seen as a force which places itself opposite to that of Chukwu. Ekwensu festivals are held in some Igbo towns where military success is celebrated and wealth is flaunted.

Price bro

Mynd44:
Double taxation, how easy it is to get property to start a business, transportation etc.

It is a nightmare

hiding my comment wont do u any good

If u want to believe that kogi with almost zero infrastructure and owing up to 10 months salary is doing better than enugu...then believe it.

But shame on u for not moving the waec stat to front page..cos it didnt favour ur thinking

IGBOmarryme:
You must be from Edo you want to be swimming in oil alone.

so he should not own resources found on his land because of one nigeria

Is that why u yoroobas hate nigeria to divide? Cos u are leaches

Butterflyle0:
My brother I have not seen a party playing very divisive and hateful religiously and ethnically bigoted politics like PDP blood suckers party.

Yet in their party they still have northerners and southerners and Muslims and Christians in it and they all laugh and eat together yet they are pushing Nigerians to hatred of each other all because want votes from certain regions.

PDP is brutally wicked and Satanic

wat u wrote has nothing to do with wat ffk wrote. Is buhari not among those who did that coup? Answer the question

OneCorner:
Igbo amaka

demon in yoro clothing

BestDude:
What sort of insult is this? You these nairaland Igbos will just look for fight where non exist. I feel ashamed most times sharing a sand tribe with you dumb fools.

see as this one just insult igbos... u be ediot bro...i dont even understand wat u meant by the bolded..but am sure i can never share anything with a fool like u

zlantanfan:
To be sincere many forget the reasons north vote isn't like south, as long as they get a bigot who pushes northern interest they are cool.

It would shock 90% of the core northern defectors that they actually rode on pmb northern train to victory.

nonsense talks like this just shows everybody that buhari is not a just and honest nation builder...but a devilish ethnic champion

OneCorner:
Okoro amaka.
We dominate Lagos so those poor fellas are 90% Jewdas

u must hate being yoro

OneCorner:
Cheating man. U deserve it

u truely have a weaked soul...u afonja demon descendant

OneCorner:
Afonjas are angry knowing d guy is Igbo

but why do yoro ba people have low self esteem like this?

U will never see ab igbo guy going about doing the childish tins u afojos do on nairaland...shame on ur family bro

NgeneUkwenu:
SunNewspaper!

u keep using poor northern people to show that buhari has a cult like following in the north.

U dont realise that its actually an indictment on buhari. We know gej built many schools in the north to lift people out of ignorance...we know gej first tried to dialogue with boko haram...wat has buhari done for this poor northerners other than to keep them poor and try to take their ancestral lands?

Meanwhile sunnews is own by an APC stalwart

sarrki:
Wike will be disappointed in 2019

He should play is politics like us counterpart in Ekiti

Nigeria sai baba

mumu boy

Guestlander:
If all Hausa gatemen were to be sacked in Yorubaland, think about it. Thank God we are smarter than that, we don't give in to the most basic of instincts.

sometimes u should. The north has bullied every ethnic group and got away with it because we have not ganged up against them to tame and cool their heads...if every southern tribe has igbo mind, the north would be very calm by now

pyxon:
I swear, I saw that Julius's post. I have screen grabbed the comment

he is here gloating that the north is winning

Juliusmalema:
Be steady....Allah will bless u....be steadfast....dont derail

The caliphate must stand.......thank u 4 doing a nice work.

i always knew u were hausa

An independent igboland will have a functioning river port at onitsha..a functioning international airport at enugu, 8 viable cities of Asaba, awka, onitsha, enugu, abakilliki, owerri, Aba and umuahia.

B4 u know it we would easily have steady power supply from gas, coal and renewable energy.

We would have the same gdp with at least lagos state once our people relocate their business.

We can continue our trading in other african countries if nigeria becomes hostile.

Fvck presidency...support disintegration

DoTheNeedful:
So freedom of religion will not be guaranteed in Biafra abi?

biafra is a christian country....we are not here to do any stupid freedom of religion with u

horsepower101:
True that's an exception but it was also created during regional government and the constitution of then gave clear rules on how to do so. Today's constitution was handed over by the military. The changes that we seek to see cannot happen without restructuring and rewriting the constitution. Unfortunately, I think Anioma state will not happen if the status quo remains.

the statusquo will not remain the same for long

Daewang:
I agree with you on everything except consolidation of alliance with SS. We do not need SS because we can stand alone perfectly.

Yes i can agree that if igboland is complete, we can stand on our own as a country..but u see i believe that in nigeria, we need allies. Ss are natural allies and we should keep it that way

horsepower101:
I agree with you that we need to integrate the our Anioma family into the south east geopolitical zone and majority of Igbos agree to it. How we get there is where the major problem comes. All the states in Nigeria today was created by Military fiat. It wasn't done democratically. How can we create Anioma state with the current constitution?

mid west state was done democratically

Ndi banyi e kelee m unu.

Seeing that this is a pan-Igbo thread and not just SE, Let me join my voice in the thread and call for 3 things.

1. Let our leaders work towards the creation of Anioma state and its inclusion into the south east zone.

2. Let our leaders take a stance on restructuring that will favour the SE

3. Let our leaders partner with SS leaders to see the ports in SS are opened and used by igbo importers.

Explanation.

On my 1st point, seeing that the civil war is over and yet the division it brought is still present, I would call on our leaders to reunite the igbo nation and bring as many as possible under the south east umbrella. The SE needs one extra state for equity, we can start breaking our small region further into tiny states or we can do the smart thing and expand our borders across the river niger. Soon we would be an over populated region...with Anioma state in south east, we can have more space for agric and housing.

On my 2nd point, restructure means many things to many regions. Our leaders should have a meeting with SS leaders and then come out and make their stance known. Personally i would like our stance to be things like: creation of state police, increasing oil revenue derivation from 13% to 25%, allowing most items in the exclusive list to be in the concurrent list, allowing states to exploit their natural resources and pay to the fg.

On my 3rd point, i think its time we come together to cut lagos to size. We have been insulted over and over by the rest of nigeria. Yorubas are not out allies, the SS are. Let hausa importers use lagos ports while our own importers will use SS port. By this we can further consolidate our alliance with SS