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PrincesAsinya:
Nothern cross-riverian means 2nd daughter

Interesting.. It is an Ancient Kalabari Ijaw name which has to do with daughter also but I don't know if it is 3rd or fought but obviously not second cos second is Ogboloba and I have 2 female cousins named ASINYA.

PrincesAsinya:
I am a Uniben student and am not a Rivers babe

So what tribal name is Asinya and what does it mean please ?

PrincesAsinya:
What of UBTH - UNIBEN?

This name ASINYA sounds Rivers..Were you a Uniben student and a Rivers babe ?

Thavybe:
guy...were u sleeping thru out ur stay?

LOL. Where is the teaching hospital ? Am not sure its close to the main campus .

bauer00:
where oau teachinh hospital....are they high on weeds

I never even knew OAU has a teaching hospital when I was in that school.

TONYE001:
Lolz...

OK o...

I get you now...but hippopotamus dey for forest? Abi na for water e dey?

Hippo is a land animal but goes to the water very often.

nayeb:
Hey Genius! My brain can not understand intricate issues (you opine), yet I have been told "LOL.. Uncle Benebo, Go and Teach Physics and make use of the quantum laws that you know better". What can be more intricate than Quantum Mechanics -the most counter-intuitive subject or the the most intuitive task of recalling history? Perhaps it is because I study the counter-intuitive subject that is why I can poke holes in your intuitive arguments, and show you up as the mentally derelict fool that you are.

Tell us what you know about the clans I mentioned and about the various wards that lived in Torusarama piri as independent people prior to the 10th century... That is the argument and not anything about what you have been blabbing about.

ZACHIE:
Shut your trap!

What did you do with your much TALENT?
Your leaders buried them on your behalf and you blame other for investing their meager talents

They should stop sharing our wealth period cos they dont share anything of theirs.

TONYE001:
E be like say you no know the Ke sef... Na lie?

Ke Town is a settlement in Degema Local Government Area. Travelers to Ke and Bonny (as well as Bile) pass through the same sea - the New Calabar River from Bonny Waterside or Abonema Wharf.

And yeah, there are tales that claim that hippopotamuses are found there...

There is a difference between Town and forest. The town is where the people live while the forest might be the forest land of the people. I was referring to KE forest and not KE town.. People fail exams cos they always add to what is not required. Abi Hippo dey live inside town where people live ? Or maybe you no sabi the territory of Ke.. Ask your elders from Ke to tell you.

TONYE001:
In the initial comment I quoted. Abi no be you write am?

....that name brings a lot of memories you know...

Was that KE town or Ke forest ?

NIGER DELTA MONEY DEVELOPING HAUSA LAND FOR HAUSA PEOPLE WHILE NIGER DELTA VILLAGES REMAIN UNDER DEVELOPED.

myproperty:
Niger Delta ministry again? It is a federal ministry. We are talking about what the state government in the north compared to south south. The infrastructures in South South states are far far better in the last 11years , even though the South South have a very difficult terrain.
But for oil pollution a federal government organ is in charge of that. if you have to pick 10 states that have performed well, definitely you would include at least 2 to 3 states in South south if not more

Kano state gets as much money as Lagos so what are you talking about ? While Kano state only has to develop Kano city . They should just stop sharing Niger delta money cos Niger delta people do not have any right in those states that are given NiGER DELTA MONEY. If this is not stopped peacefully it's going to stop the ISIS way ..

cyril10:
Don't deceive yourself because Amaechi is a big thief, he is also a failure.

without 13% oil derivation but the allocation he gets from the federal govt is still more than the states getting 13% oil derivation plus federal allocation.. The federal govt gives Kano money from the same Niger delta. so do the math.. Its the same Niger delta money developing Kano to the detriment of Niger delta creek villages .

nayeb:
I can see, that you are really really mental derelict. The assertion I made to you in the last response is this: If anyone recalls something that disagrees with many other historical accounts and even more so with written documents of events as they occurred, then the history so recalled is false. Did you notice that there is no time-line in the history they recalled. Really you should read my book and learn a few things about how history can be recalled in the context of timeline. Further there is a written record in a diary of an English who was in Bonny when Pere Ekula ate the heart of Amakiri at about 1802. There is an written record in the diary of Captain Hugh Crowe, who was at Bonny at the time at 1770, of the death of King Kalagbaa, the ruler of Kalabari. These records are in the Oxford University Library Archives and people like you can not change them. Do you understand that the nonsense those Idama boys are writing is just that: Nonsense. You are a mentally deficient fool.

You are also mentally deprived; Bukuma recently sued the Opu Benibo family and recovered their lands that he (Opu Benibo) tried to take from them fraudulently. So why hasn't the Ke people sued the Kalabri people and recovered the land that you allege rightfully belongs to them? You are also mentally deprived, because Ke and Kula used to charge the Kalabari people waterways commission for using their waterways as access to the seas to sell their goods, not once did the Ke people or the Kula people ever charge the Kalabari people rent for the land. Does that tell you something, you stupid fool? You mean they could charge rent for use of their waterways and would not charge rent for their land. You are really really stupid.

But you are right, you are too stupid for me to waste my time with you. Age brings with it wisdom. You should never reference anything that is false, because you make yourself look bad as you show up yourself as mental derelict.

KE is the mother of KALABARI... Where were your Abonnema people when Ke successfuly defended itself from BILLE attacks ? Don't you also know that The entire Elem ama region today all the way to Ke forest and elem Ifoko still belong to Ke, Ifoko and Tombia ? The Buguma, Abonnema and BAKANA people are only part of it cos they were the natives of Torusarama piri ( Elem ama ) whose forefathers were Keni, Ifoko and others . Your brain can not understand intricate issues.

nayeb:
I can see, that you are really really mental derelict. The assertion I made to you in the last response is this: If anyone recalls something that disagrees with many other historical accounts and even more so with written documents of events as they occurred, then the history so recalled is false. Did you notice that there is no time-line in the history they recalled. Really you should read my book and learn a few things about how history can be recalled in the context of timeline. Further there is a written record in a diary of an English who was in Bonny when Pere Ekula ate the heart of Amakiri at about 1802. There is an written record in the diary of Captain Hugh Crowe, who was at Bonny at the time at 1770, of the death of King Kalagbaa, the ruler of Kalabari. These records are in the Oxford University Library Archives and people like you can not change them. Do you understand that the nonsense those Idama boys are writing is just that: Nonsense. You are a mentally deficient fool.

You are also mentally deprived; Bukuma recently sued the Opu Benibo family and recovered their lands that he (Opu Benibo) tried to take from them fraudulently. So why hasn't the Ke people sued the Kalabri people and recovered the land that you allege rightfully belongs to them? You are also mentally deprived, because Ke and Kula used to charge the Kalabari people waterways commission for using their waterways as access to the seas to sell their goods, not once did the Ke people or the Kula people ever charge the Kalabari people rent for the land. Does that tell you something, you stupid fool? You mean they could charge rent for use of their waterways and would not charge rent for their land. You are really really stupid.

But you are right, you are too stupid for me to waste my time with you. Age brings with it wisdom. You should never reference anything that is false, because you make yourself look bad as you show up yourself as mental derelict.

Mr Daft .. The point I am making is this.. Your king Kalagbea was the king of the KALABARI people who were the Koro ame people at Torusarama piri. Mind you the wards of Torusarama piri were independent of each other. Each of the wards had it's own ruler . Members of the wards were from the ancient clans I ve mentioned and other far away Ijaw clans never mentioned like Ogbia and even Nembe. The Koro ame people were known as KALABARI people.. When Okrika destroyed Torusarama piri, The Koro ame ward was the most destroyed. It seemed they lost many of their able men includuing their leaders. And so they could bring an able person to lead Torusarama piri when all the wards wanted a single leader. . I dont want to go further on this.. So let me ask you this question.. DO THE PEOPLE KULA, KE, MINAMA, ABISSE, ANGULAMA, BILLE, TOMBIA, SOKU, SANGAMA, ILELEMA, IFOKO, OPOROAMA , TEMA and so on have HISTORY of their own ? What were their language and were they existing or not Prior to the 10th century ?

itstpia8:
they must have been introduced fairly recently.

the last wild hippos in Nigeria were seen somewhere in the south south around the 1900s or so.

These places are the extreme South South.

TONYE001:
Did someone just mention Ke Town? Hehehe...

Where did you see Ke Town ?

nayeb:
Hey Genius! Please tell what new information you have presented in the above post of yours that have not been addressed before? Looks like you are beginning to recycle the same things again and again. You may have become a schizophrenic -who believes that if you did the same enough times, a different result will come about. Or may be you are just mentally retarded. So then I should start addressing you as Retard Lazy Brain.

Did I not ask you "why there has been no Treaty signed by Amakiri if he was ruling in the 17th Century?" which you could not answer and here you have brought it up again without first answering my question. You are a mental retard

You have understanding problem. Might be due to old age or you are just daft. So move on.. This was not written by me but by IDAMA people and posted on wikki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idama

I stated earlier that the ancient Ijaw people of KULA, KE, IDAMA, BILLE, TOMBIA, KE, MINAMA, IFOKO, ANGULAMA, ILELEMA, SOKU, KRAKRAMA, SANGAMA, ABALAMA, OPOROAMA, TEMA Have their own distinct history and they spoke the same Ijaw language which we now call Kalabari , Ibani Okrika and Bille... These were the same language in the ancient days.

Ke people published their History late 2014 so go meet Ke people and get their history and read.. By the way you never knew KE is among the OLDEST settlements in the Easten Niger Delta and Torusarama piri was a KE settlement ( KE ANGA BE AMA ) which means a town in KE territory..

OboloMAN:
Hippos still exists .. They are found in the Niger Delta .. and Worshipped as a god in Bonny island .. Rivers State.

Not true. Bonny people do not worship Hippo and yes there are Hippos still in Bonny island and few in other parts like Ke and old Ifoko forest.

nayeb:
Oooh! The horror! The horror! Here now, a Lazy Brain with pervasive ignorance. "Kalabari is not an Ethnic Nationality" you opine? Oh the horror of ignorance! The Fools Train has also left the station. Now more fools can join the act of hiding under the skirts of Tom Alabaraba.

However, let me set you straight on the most obvious fallacies of your post for which I can provide you with obvious counter-examples. First I say that Kalabari is a confluence of two languages, and you disagree on the grounds that the Ijaws and the Kuro-ame could not have lived together if they did not speak the same language to begin with. Well, here is a counter example: if people with different languages could not live together and originate a new language, then how was Swahili formed?

Here is another counter-example, if as you opined, the Kalabari language had been the native language of the peoples of IFOKO, MINAMA, ANGULAMA, SANGAMA, KULA, KE, ABISSA, BILLE , OPOROAMA, ILELEMA , SOKU and EKULEAMA, then when did the Ke people originate their native language that is known as the "Ke Language"? Yes, surprise! The Ke people have always had their language but also speak Kalabari. So may be you have to find out from the Ke people when they started speaking Kalabari, and what made them speak Kalabari in addition to their native language? Do you know, why you are ignorant about the fact that these communities have had their languages? That is because i bo na i bara na binrin kalabari na ama bubu, translated "both by your arms and your legs in Kalabari lands, your origin is Igbo". Most of these communities have their native languages which the Kalabari people do not understand, except after living in the communities for a while, and they either still speak their native languages (or have stopped speaking the languages since speaking Kalabari) .

Let me give you another lesson in Kalabari, although I am cognizant of the reality that you are simply an "Imitation Kalabari" and not true Kalabari, do please pay attention and learn, Awome and Awo-ame are not the same, but I forgive you as I said you are Imitation Kalabari. You see Awome has the diacritical mark under the 'o' and the Awo-ame does not have the mark, as a result the pronounciation goes something like this for Awome as "Aw or me", while for Awo-ame as "Aw oh a me". Do you do get you now? You see, speaking Kalabari properly is in the inflexion of the intonation, which the Buguma people till today have not mastered; but then as I have always said the Buguma people do not speak Kalabari anyway. They speak Buguma Kalabari that often has its own meaning consistent with their generally Igbo origins.

Now lets see, I have proven by counter-example that any two peoples who originally did not speak the same languages can live together and originate a whole new language; I have proven by counter-example that the Kalabari Clan communities always had their own native languages which they either still speak or do not speak any more, but had one prior to speaking Kalabari; I have also shown by the idiolect of the kalabari language that Awome is not the same as Awo-ame, after all, Awome is as pronounced in "Awome Kasso" in recognition of the people who brought the Kasso to Kalabari. So when I say to you that I am of the Kuro-ame and they were not called by Kuro-ame but rather by "Awome" until the reign of Opukuroye (who was indeed grandson of Awome) then you will know where the expression "Awome Kalabari" came from -which incidentally was the name by which the Kalabari peoples were referenced when King Awome ruled Kalabari. But I forgive you the ignorance, you are of Igbo stock in Kalabari, so you would not know these things, then, of course, you are a lazy brain.

I could tell you what the true Kalabari people mean when they say "they are neighbors of Mboko" but I wont. In the olden days it was becoming to say it, but not these days as we have become modern and civilized. The last time someone very close to me yet much older used the expression with its full meaning, I was nineteen and I cringed and appealed to the person never to use it again. I was told that it was the truth but even then I still cringed and repeated my appeal. But if you must know, ask the Akwa Ibom elders why they hate the Kalabari people being neighbors to them, and if they are calm enough, they will tell you.

Do note that "Suku" is used mostly by the Amachrees and their slaves, Ombo, Edi Abali, etc; and when they use the expression SUKU they do not mean anything even remotely close to Arochukwu like the Igbos. Let me educate you yet again here: When the Amachrees and their slaves take someone to SUKU they simply take the person to a remote location, kill the person and feast on the body. Amakiri came to Kalabari as a result of arson he committed on his hometown of Kolo for a supposed slight to his family for not being given proportionate amount of human flesh to eat during the community's annual ceremony of human feasting. The Amachrees are cannibals and they used to annually feast on human beings. Get it into your head, SUKU is a euphemism of the Amachrees and their Igbo slaves for human feasting festivity. I hope that I have been able to educate you on this critical issue.

Finally about my use of the term Bantu. You see, you are stupid because if I use a term repeatedly in a manner that has a different meaning from your understanding of the word, the right thing to do -which is what an intelligent person would do- is to ask me what do you mean by your usage of the term Bantu? I continue to use it because I am implicitly telling you that your understanding is wrong. You see, there is still today a small place around Dukes town in Cross-Rivers State that is identified as Bantu in assertion of their difference and origin. In my book, I took the time to explain the significance of their doing so, even as the Duweinyi-Ala family has now taken to differentiating themselves from the rest of the Briggs by pointedly calling themselves as Akiala. These Bantu people are the remainder of the community from which Awome and his people came to join Kalabari at Obu-amafor (Elemu Kalabari), and their original language forms the base of the current Kalabari language, which was also originated at Obu-amafor before the migration of the whole community to Iwo Kalabari (Old Shipping). Please note that when a true Kalabari person says "Elemu Kalabari" they do not mean Old Shipping, they mean Obu-amafor, only the "Imitation Kalabari" or Buguma people think Elemu Kalabari means Old Shipping, but that because they mix up Elemu Ama with Elemu Kalabari. Elemu Ama, which is normally used relative to the present "Ama" in reference, would be Old Shipping or Iwo Kalabari, but not Elemu Kalabari

Next time I will educate you on how the Kalabari language that was developed at Elemu Kalabari became so pervasively used in the eastern Niger Delta. I had been asked this question before when I was on Ijawnation chatroom, and answered it.

BRIEF IDAMA ( EKULEMA ) HISTORY BY THE NATIVES.

Idama is an island located in the creeks of the mangrove forest of the oil rich Niger Delta area of Nigeria.it is part of Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers. There are numerous settlements in the Idama territory, which combine with the Idama clan to form the Idama Kingdom. These are situated in various locations around the area, the Idama clan is the major settlement in the kingdom, which serve as the headquarters. Idama kingdom, like other coastal kingdoms, is a low-lying land in the vast mangrove forest region and is only few feet above sea level. It is situated in the south-western part of Present Akuku Toru Local government area of Rivers State. It is an island on the bank of Idama Creek, a tributary of the sombriero River (Olulo Toru) and the San bartholemew River. Someone coming from Abonnema will sail along the sombriero River south-west into the Idama creek, Welcoming you into a warm embrace.
History
Before King Amachree I became the ruler of the main Kalabari people at their "ELEM AMA" or the Old shipping settlement near the north of the Atlantic Ocean in the New Calabar River, in the 17th century, and brought about the amalgamation and unification of all the kalabari kingdoms of today, under his over-riding power and Rulership. The Idama Community was existing as a distinct and autonomous community of it own. Still in the area presently occupied by the community between the axis of the San bartholemew and sombriero Rivers. The Idamacommunity People, by history were Ijaws who migrated from Okpoin-AMA, the native place of the Idama people, in the present day Ijaw Area of Bayelsa State, in Pre-colonial days, in time immemorial. The people left Okpoin-AMA in search of a better place of abode and fortune, as Okpoin-AMA was frequently threatened by devastating Flood. Six headmen, lead the migration, these were; Opu-adwein Ebe Otukpo Obio Akain Atumogoli Being predominantly migrant fisher folks, the people sojourned from one fishing camp to another along their route, settling in such notable places like Aba -AMA and Boro-AMA in the tributary of the San-Bartholomew river, Kala-EKULAMA and Darima near Ke, in present day Degema Local government area of Rivers state of Nigeria. After a period of time at Lele-AMA the people finally settled at a firmer and bigger bush land in the interior, but close to the open sombriero River, a place they christianed Okpoin-AMA after the recent place of the EKULAMA people. The only people at that time around the Okpoin-AMA where the Ebema and Bille people. Ebema was founded by EBE who shifted camp from Okpoin-AMA to a dry land just across the sombriero river on the opposite side of Okpoin-AMA and settled there with his family. While living at Ebema, Ebe the Amayanabo of Ebema became friends with Agbani the Amayanabo of Bille. This relationship made Agbani to marry a woman from Ebema, who gave birth to a male child named Agbaniye- OKIO. While living at Ebema,

OboloMAN:
AMID a raging debate on the Petroleum Industry
Bill, Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Business and Rules, Senator Ita Enang, on
Wednesday, said that 83 per cent of oil blocks in
the country are owned by Northerners.

“There should be equity and federal character in
the allocation of oil blocks in this country.
Eighty-three per cent of all present oil blocks are
held by northerners,” Enang said on the floor of
the Senate, without any of the senior lawmakers
contradicting him.

Enang, representing Akwa Ibom North-East
(Uyo) Senatorial District, therefore demanded a
review of oil block licences in the country even
as other senators from the South urged him on.
Enang’s disclosures came a day after the debate
on the Petroleum Industry Bill had split the
senators along North-South lines. The senators
held a rowdy session as those from the north
stoutly opposed the provision of 10 per cent
Host Community Fund in the bill.

The provision requires operating companies in
the Niger Delta, home to Nigeria’s vast oil
resource, to pay 10 per cent of their net profits
to the fund for the development of the
communities.
Strengthening his submission, Senator Enang
gave a summary of major oil blocks vis-a-vis
their ownership.

Enang said Cavendish Petroleum, the operators
of OML 110, awarded to Alhaji Mai Deribe of
Borno State (North East), makes an average of
about N4bn monthly.
He said, “Seplat/Platform Petroleum, operators of
the ASUOKPU/UMUTU marginal field has Prince
Sanusi Lamido (not CBN Governor) as a major
shareholder and Director.
“South Atlantic Petroleum Limited (SAPETRO),
was established by Gen. Theophilus Yakubu
Danjuma, who is also the Chairman of ENI
Nigeria Limited. SAPETRO partnered with Total
Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) and Brasoil
Oil Services Company Nigeria Lomited to become
operators of the OPL 246.
“AMNI International Petroleum and Development
Company is owned by Alhaji (Colonel) Sani Bello
of Kotangora, Niger State. They are operators of
OML 112 and OML 117.

“A former Petroleum minister and former OPEC
chairman, Rilwanu Lukman, another northerner,
manages AMNI oil blocks and with very key
interests in the NNPC/Vitol trading deal.
“Oriental Energy Resources Limited, a company
owned by Alhaji Indimi, runs three oil blocks:
OML 15, the Okwok field and the Ebok field.
“Alhaji Aminu Dantata’s Express Petroleum and
Gas Limited operates OML 108.

“OML 113 allocated to Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum
Limited is owned by Alhaji. W.I. Folawiyo.
“OPL 291 was awarded to Starcrest Energy
Nigeria Limited, owned by Emeka Offor, which
was sold by Starcrest to Addax Petroleum.
Emeka Offor still has a stake in Addax operations
in Nigeria.

“Mike Adenuga’s Conoil is the oldest indigenous
oil exploration industry in Nigeria with six oil
blocks;
“Alhaji Saleh Mohammed Gambo’s North East
Petroleum Limited is the holder of the OPL 215
licence. NOREASTER Petroleum was awarded
blocks OPL 276 and OPL 283 and closing
thereupon a Joint Venture Agreement with
Centrica Resources Nigeria Limited and CCC Oil
and Gas.

“INTEL is owned by (Abubakar) Atiku, Yar’Adua
and Ado Bayero and has substantial stakes in
Nigeria’s oil exploration industry, both in Nigeria
and Sao Tome and Principe.
“These need to be looked into, revoked and re-
awarded. The Federal Character which is a
principle applicable in every aspect of our
national existence should also be brought to
bear in the application of our oil blocks, marginal
fields and prospecting licences.”
Enang’s disclosures came amid a consensus
among the lawmakers on the need to let the bill
sail through second reading, while further
legislative work would take care of the
contentious issues.

Enang, who spoke in support of the PIB, also
argued for the retention of the 10 per cent host
community fund, adding that it did not amount
to an additional derivation.

Speaking also in favour of the bill, Senator Chris
Anyanwu (Imo East) said the bill would address
the issue of criminality in the sector.

She said, “The element I like most in the bill is
the host community fund because it removes the
motive for crime. It gives them a sense of
belonging and ownership. Until the PIB is ready
and people know that their investment is safe,
they will not come to Nigeria.”

Senator Ayogu Eze from Enugu North also urged
his colleagues to support the bill so as allow for
the fine-tuning of other controversial areas.
Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (Oyo South) argued
that Section 191 of the bill gave too much
powers to the President, which must be
curtailed.

Norther senators whose earlier position was
outright rejection of the bill have moved to give
the bill a chance.
Senator Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central) captured
the new mood when he said, “I was one of the
people completely opposed to the bill but from
the trend of the debate it looked like the Senate
is ready to do a thorough job without fear or
favour. For this reason, I will join others in
asking that this bill be considered while the
contentious positions are addressed.

“It is necessary that the powers of the minister
be reduced so that whosoever is the minister is
not a super minister.”
In spite of this, Deputy Leader, Abdul Ningi
(Bauchi Central); Senators Abdullahi Adamu
(Nasarawa West); Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna
North); and Nurudeen Abatemi (Kogi Central)
raised concerns on the provisions for host
communities’ fund.

They also expressed hope that the issue would
be properly thrashed at the critical stages of the
bill.
The debate on the general principles of the bill
would be concluded on Thursday (today).

source: Punch newspaper

What does an oil block mean and what areas of the entire Niger Delta are shared as oil blocks ? What is the politics of oil blocks ??

nayeb:
So now your concern is that of Ijaw History of the 10th Century. You see, you liar Amachrees gang have been getting away with your lies which you are frequently revising because the Kalabari descendants have been ignoring you as commoners about whom they wish not to be bothered. But I always knew, even as Alaye Fubara Manuel observed earlier in his books, that once the Kalabari decide to take you on on your pseudo-history telling, you will all become silent with these your lies.

Know this, ninny Tom Alabaraba, I am of Ngo; Ngo being a grandson of Owuerre-Daba; Owuerre-Daba being the grandson of Opukuroye; and Opukuroye being the grandson of Awome who was not related in anyway to Kalabari. So please note that Opukuroye was never a child of Kalabari but a grandson of Awome of Bantu origin.

Also know this I am of the Ende-ame, being of Benebo who was the son of Oruama, the only daughter of Awoye Owukori, the son of Prince Awo to whom the Europeans entrusted their goods being the royal even when Amakiri was poxy for him.

I know the history of the Ede-ame because I am of the blood-line of the Ende-ame, so I can concern myself about Ijaw history if and when I want; I know the history of the Kuro-ame because I am also of the bloodline of the Kuro-ame, and I can concern myself about the Kuro-ame history when and if I want.

What is your reason for concerning yourself about the history of the Ijaws of the 10th Century, after all, i bo na i bara na binrin kalabari na ama bubu? So why do you concern yourself about 10th century Ijaw History, i yeri Ijoi na bo?

KALABARI is a kingdom and not even an ethnic group. It is a kingdom made up of Tombia, Kula, Ke, Ifoko, Minama, Angulama, Sangama, Abalama, Oporoama , Abissa , Soku, Ekulema, Ebema and the Kengema group and they are all Ijaw ....so your statement ( What is your reason for concerning yourself about the history of the Ijaws of the 10th Century, after all, i bo na i bara na binrin kalabari na ama bubu? So why do you concern yourself about 10th century Ijaw History, i yeri Ijoi na bo? ) does not make sense. It only shows how ignorant and naive you are about KALABARI .

If you were not daft you'd ve seen that I've been referring to history of the people prior to the 10th century when all the communities and clans I've been mentioning existed not as KALABARI towns but as independent Ijaw settlements with distinct history. . You are so daft that you can not even use simulation to get to a near fact of event. If you were not told by one tale teller you could not also be able to research to find out.. Did God create AWOME directly ?. Have I not explained to you what BANTU is ? Why then do you still say of the BANTU region ? Yorubas, Igbos, Efiks, Ijaws are all part of the BANTU race . Does the word Awome make sense to you ? Can't you even see that the word Awome is an adulterated form of AWO ame which means group of Awos. It's the same group of people that referred to themselves as koro ame and they are just parts of the Opukorye group....Now check your brain by answering these questions.. 1 WHY do KALABARI say they were neighbors of the MBOKO ?? 2. How could Owere ye daba paddle to Arochukwu land from the present day KALABARI land if Owuere ye Daba existed at this modern Kalabari region ? ..3. How could the KALABARIS paddle to SUKU ( Arochukwu ) If they were at this modern Kalabari region ? 4. Did you ever hear of KALABARI paddling across Bonny territory in the days of old ? ..5. If the Awo ame AKA Koro ame were not similar with the Ende ame and the rest how could they have come to live with them speaking the same dialect ? 6. Where are the burial places of all the so called kings you mentioned that were kings of KALABARI at Torusarama piri if they ever existed there ? Go to CALABAR today and start digging and you might find remains of ancient Kalabari KINGS you are talking about.. . Does the word or name Opu koroye sound like Igbo, Efik, Andoni or Ogoni to you ?.. Was it only Ende that Perebo kalabari gave birth to ? Opukoroye is a descendant of Perebo Kalabari . Now one other thing you do not know is this.. That the word KALABARI was not a name but a derog. The Ikwere people of AMAFO AND OTHERS that traded with the Ijaws simply referred to the people as KALABARI because the people were always begging for more by saying .. KALA KE I BARI ( KELE KE IBARI )..This became a derog used by the Ikweres to refer to the Ijaws as in KELE KE IBARI people.. The so called Perebo was just called by his nick name PERE which the Ikweres also understood as leader hence he was dubbed Pere bo of Kele ke ibari people.. ( Perebo KALABARI ).. His real name was not known just as the name of his father was also not known. His father was simply known as a MEIN MAN ( MEIN OWEI ) that came from Ogobiri. . So stop writing 19th century history of few families you know to make it seem Kalabari history. Go and study the history of the IFOKO, MINAMA, ANGULAMA, SANGAMA, KULA, KE, ABISSA, BILLE , OPOROAMA, ILELEMA , SOKU and EKULEAMA ..And study the history of the Koro ame ( Awo ame ) and their movement from the Far East to Torusarama piri in the 16th century. When the Dutch were ruling and in control.

nayeb:
Tom Alabaraba, would you please stop this nonsense of telling lies. My last name Benebo, is extracted from Chief Benebo Kuruye-Alele, popularly known as Chief Wokoma, who was son of So-Alabo Akoko who was son of Ngo who was the second cousin of Seleye Fubara, which is why Jackreece and Wokoma families are next to each other in Buguma. Seleye Fubara had no child and adopted Jackreece as an Igboman. Seleye Fubara traded with the English at the time under the name of Jack. When the English asked him whom he had brought with him to trade that day he told then this was a man whom he had bought to help him by, and they then in reply said (I paraphrase): "Ohh so this is Jack's leash then" and from then on became known to the English as JackLeash. Interestingly this information is also in the records of the Buguma people and the documents they frequently used to contest the leadership of the Amakiri Enclave and Families and now known as the Amanyanabo of Buguma. Jackleash has since been written as Jackreece when I lived in Buguma and now you fools prefer to style yourselves Jackrich. You are a joker.

You fool, Ombo (or Harry as he is also known) was never from Soku. He was an Igboman murderer that Amakiri bought and brought to Kalabari to kill for him, and the first person he killed was Osimininye Alali. This information is in the Portuguese record and also in the English documents. Ombo was an Igboman and had nothing whatsoever to link to Soku, just as JackLeash has nothing to do with Sangama.

Oh just so you know, Osiniminiye Alali of the Akiala-ame was killed because he came straight-out called Amakiri a slave. Also Amakiri was challenged by Gbana the sister of Osiminimiye Alali to prove that he was in fact not a slave and show the justification he had for murdering her brother which he was never able to prove. He was also called a slave and publicly vituperated by the Chief od Duweinyi Ala families of the Akiala-ame to behave himself, for which he nearly killed off that family after the Chief died. Imagine three people from the same Akiala-ame family called out Amakiri as a slave. These records are available in the Portuguese and English archives and dated as having occurred at about 1772. that means Amakiri was not made a King in the 1600s as you assert, and in fact was never even a Kalabari Chief less he would never have been called out a slave according to the Kalabari culture. These events or incidences are all in the records and dated. So do you realize that you have now shown up yourself as a pathological liar in suggesting that Amakiri was made a King in the 1600s?

By the way, how are doing with your hiding from the US Government regarding your swindling them from the Medical Supplies services? Are you still hiding and writing all these? I suggest you be careful because the NSA just might use this to track you down and have you arrested or extradited from whichever country you are hiding in. That reminds me you are now even a fugitive criminal as a consequence, right?

Stupid Kalabari man digressing from the topic to an assassination attempt... All the rulers of KALABARI are referred to as AMAKIRI so it depends on which AMAKIRI you are talking about. And I am not about History of KALABARI of the 18th and 19th centuries.. I am on IJAW people that lived at the Eastern Ijaws before the 10th century who were never CALLED KALABARI AND they were the IFOKO, SANGAMA, KULA, BILLE, SOKU, ANGULAMA, KE, ABISSA, OPOROAMA , MINAMA, ILELEMA. They were never known as KALABARI and they exsited before the 10th century....

nayeb:
So now we are clear that you concede that the Ombo (or Harry) Family assertion of their Ombo founding Soku is false. Okay then.

You also said my people also claimed the ancient land of Degema? Which my people? The Degema people are Engennis and not Kalabari people and they proudly assert that. If my people claim the ancient land of Degema, and that claim is false why then did you imply that the Enginnis are also Kalabari and must be considered as such? Look the lands of Abonnema and Bakana which is where the Kalabari people proper are not Enginnis land, and they are not contesting them.Are you certain that your head is screwed on right?

Listen These people you mentioned only had their mothers as natives of Soku. I am also part Jackrich and it is just the same stupid blind claim where people say the Jackrich owns SANGAMA where as the truth is a Sangama mother gave birth to Jackrich... SOKU is a very ancient settlement.. The OMBO family perhaps due to their SOKU link simply claimed to be bona fide Soku natives which was misunderstood to be Owners of SOKU.. Why don't you go to the SOKU town and get their history ? Is SOKU extinct ?. They were known as SOKIN. Refer to their history in the History of Nembe. SOKIN existed even before ELEM SANGAMA and the Neighbors know SOKU very well. It was a distinct Ijaw town .

nayeb:
Do you even realize you made a ninny of yourself with this gibberish you wrote? You would have granted yourself some modicum of consideration had you put the supposed information in a time-line. But I forgive you, indeed, as sequential thinking to the end of construction logic escapes your ability.

Really, all you had to do was simply disprove my assertion, one by one: (1)Kininyanabo of Kalabari Igonibo ruled during 1715 - 1721, so there could not have been Amakiri. You could have simply asserted that there is no written record and I would have proven you wrong. But you couldnt because you know you are a wanton liar.
(2) Kula subordinated their monarchy to the Kalabari Kininyanabo during Igonibo's reign of 1715 -1721. You could have simply asserted that did not happen, and I would have proven you wrong too. But you couldnt because you know that you are just a wanton liar.

Now I will even help you along some: You know, soon after the fraudulent claim of Theophilus Princewill, as Amanyanabo of Buguma, he visited Portugal and researched there archives looking for Treaties signed between Portugal and Kalabari City State People, and not in any one of them did he find the signature of that criminal fugitive Amakiri or Amakoromo. then that murderous Theophilus Princewill travel to Holland also to search for their archives for any shred of evidence that Amakiri was around when the Holland people (also called Dutch) signed Treaties with Kalabari City State (at Old Shipping) and traded with each other, and even there he found known. All documents he found were signed by either Owuerre-Daba or Akeamaoloye and his sons, and inbetween them Mangi-Suku. Sadly none by Amakiri. let me noww tell you the reason why this is so, and not many people understand it, during the period Amakiri was let to proxy for Prince Awo, the European trader refused to recognize Amakiri and continued to insist that Prince Awo sign all documents and was entrusted all their goods in consignment. Their argument was simple, the royal family has a dignity and trustworthiness that was unequaled by any other, and that certainly Amaikiri was an unknown quantity and so not to be bothered with. Do you get it now. So let give you another challenge: produce one document ever signed by Amakiri with the Europeans on behalf of Kalabari.

You wrote this piece that I find very interesting:
It is cos of the claim of your ancestors as Lords over the real land owners and the original people that made people like IBOROMA of Ifoko , Iyalla of Tombia , Berepiki of Kula , Teme of Abissa and many others from the various original ancient settlements to align with IGBANIBO against your people.
How was it that an Igbanibo alliance was formed between my people (part Kalabari family) and the original land-owners against my people? Are you mental? You and your gang claim that King Igbanibo rebelled against Abbi now you assert that he ( Igbanibo who was my cousin) fought against my (also his) people. Now let me set you straight again. There was no allinace between Chief Iyalla and King Igbanibo, for the simple reason that as boys Iyalla, Allanbo and Igbanibo were raised together in the same household as brothers by Kombo agolia. Of course, Iyalla was adopted into that family to stop Karibo Amakiri from killing him, and therefore was raised in the family as the older brother of both Allanbo and Igbanibo. Further Iyalla's Chietaincy was also of the Odum family: Iyalla became a Kalabari Chief in the Odum family before relocating to Tombia, so a chieff Iyalla was never a Tombia man but a full blooded Kalabari citizen who was residing at Tombia. In any case when his (Iyalla's) baby brother Igbanibo went to war, Chief Iyalla stopped everything he was doing and joined up with his brother. Now do you get it. The various other families wanted to be adopted as citizens of the Kalabari Union and therefore joined up with Igbanibo and become such -citizens of the Kalabari Union. A privilege that the Amakiris have sought to acquire till today and they have not gained and will never gain. Now let me give you another challenge: Prove me wrong that Kombo-agolia did not raise Iyalla as a teenager, and also that Iyalla did not become a Chief in the Odum family.

By the way, I hope you understand now why Chief Iyalla singularly took on the Okaki war against the treacherous family of Abbi pretending to attack Kalabari in a charade until Iyalla literally wiped them out. Iyalla just did not want to be bothered with his younger brother Allanbo going to war, and smelling the treachery of Abbi, went out and wiped out the useless people of Okaki, Nembe. When Abbi finally claimed to be going to war, the remnant Okaki warriors took to their heels thinking that Iyalla was yet returning to completely annihilate them. Military Strategy analysis shows Abbi's claim to be utter falsehood. Now one more challenge prove me wrong by stating the source by which Chief Iyalla became lame for the rest of his life.

I am going to stop here now, you have got a lot to do. Stupid, snorty-nose ninny you are.

Now it seems you are a daft... 1715 was the 18th century.. AMAKIRI was made king in the 1600s and that was the 17th century.. Prior to that time, there was no King in TORUSARAMA PIRI cos the people of the settlement were independent of each wards.. And Torusarama piri was just an ordinary settlement owned by KE people hence it was referred to as KE ANGA BE AMA. tHE VARIOUS leaders of KALABARI you are talking about must be the rulers of KALABARI when they the Koro ame WERE still in the CALABAR region cos that was their aboriginal land where they had MBOKO neighbors..It was OWUERE DABA that led them away from Calabar. Now it is not clear if Owuere Daba actually touched down on TORUSARAMA PIRI...At this time, Torusama piri, Ke, Ifoko, Tombia, Minama and the rest towns were not called KALABARI towns. It was when King AMAKIRI mounted the Throne that they decided to call the amalgamated region KALABARI... This is the part many people like you are finding difficulty to understand cos your mind is fixated on KALABARI excluding the ancient region of the OPU KORYE people.. Your blocked Brains can not even reason when your orasl TRADITION says KALABARI were neighbours of MBOKO.. Did you see any MBOKO as KALABARI neighbors today ? Where is AROCHUKWU near KALABARI today ? AROCHUKWU and MBOKO were near KALABARI when KALABARI was the region known as CALABAR today and that was where all the Kings you mentioned as KALABARI kings ruled and not in Torusarama piri..

You daft monkey, you think Iyalla was alone. Iyalla was the leader of a people and he led a faction of Tombia people that lived in ancient Tombia and not in Torusarama piri.. Go and read Tombia history or better still the history of the Iyalla family of Bakana.. Iyalla was a strong Tombia warrior..

nayeb:
The lies of this man never ceases to flow. He has become so pathetic that he no longer even knows when his lies have started to become very obvious: Consider for instance his statement as made bold above. For that statement to be true, then Ogobiri will have been formed since 100 AD but that would be before the Arabs attacked the Blacks from North Africa southwards that started the migration of the Ijaws along the West African Coast lands. The fact is at about 100 AD the Sahara Desert was still teeming with life being in some state of forest. Shame he does not even realize that he is declaring himself as a pathetic and pathological liar.

LOL.. Uncle Benebo, Go and Teach Physics and make use of the quantum laws that you know better . That is your field.. You just can not collate and arrange pieces of history from different places to come up with an acceptable Book. Your history of KALABARI also effectively excluded the Aboriginal Engennis of the land KALABARI kingdom now occupies. Usokun Degema , Atala Degema, Obonnoma, Bukuma, Ogruama just to name a few. Now I ve given you more stuffs to go think about. .. You also do not know nothing about what happened to ancient OLOMA people and their relationship with ABISSA ( Ayabisa ) , The people of ancient OPOROAMA that splitted to become Oproama and Sama today, And the bubbling Coastal town of Ifoko met by the Portuguese . These were not KALABARI people but people who became KALABARI under AMAKIRI . Study also the people of Ibelema who became Krakrama today and find out how the Bulk of them settled in Torusarama piri to become parts of the Elem AMA town settlers . You are by now getting a picture of how the settlement of Torusarama piri was formed . It is cos of the claim of your ancestors as Lords over the real land owners and the original people that made people like IBOROMA of Ifoko , Iyalla of Tombia , Berepiki of Kula , Teme of Abissa and many others from the various original ancient settlements to align with IGBANIBO against your people. Go and study BAKANA town and know the constituents of that town to know the IGBANIBO ALLIANCE was formed. More than half of the fighters were never Elem ama dwelling people . So stop using the history of just one group to mean the history of KALABARI Kingdom. You are not wrong in the piece of history you are presenting but that is simply the history of a faction of Elem KALABARI dwellers which is not close to 5% of the History of KALABARI kingdom... KALABARI is made up of clans like, 1.Kula, 2.Ke.3 Ifoko. 5.Tombia. 6. Oporoama . 7. Minama. 8.Angulama. 9 Ibelema ( Ancient Krakrama ) . 10 Ekuleama ( Idama ) / Soku . 11. Ebema . 12 Aya bisa ( Abisse ). 13 . Oloma . 15. Sangama. 16. And even BILLE which refused to join the amalgamation.. 17. The KORO AME who came from the Far East to influence the settlers at Torusarama piri. and ofcourse the Ende ame whose history you do not know... To write KALABARI kingdom history, you must first outline the history of these various Ijaw groups so on the time line of the KALABARI history.. EXISTENCE of these groups as independent settlements would be at the 5th----10th Level. .. By the 8th century, Torusarama piri was settled by different Ijaw people including Bille people, Ke people, Ifoko people, Ibelema people, Angulama and Minama people, Kula people and people from far away other Ijaw land. TORUSARAMA PIRI became a larger settlement that had numerous Ijaw clans so these people lived along their various clans which we keep referring to as wards. .. At the same time period, OBU AMAFA was existing.. Obu amafa was a market where Ijaw people met the upland dwellers to exchange goods ( buy and sell ). Such market places are always like normal settlements and so Obu AMAFA was a settlemnet on the Ikwere land mass . This Market also attracted Ijaws from different parts.... MIND YOU,, AT THIS TIME...THERE WAS NO KALABARI Kingdom . The destruction of Obu AMAFA led to the Ijaw people of the place dispersing to different places... But Before the destruction of OBUAMAFA, PEREBO KALABARI who was born by a man from MEIN to Possibly a KE woman exsited in the market town. This man had children who grew up to own their various families. Children of this man were the people of KALABARI... Now you having a picture of how KALABARI came about. A faction of the children of this man led by OPU KOROYE had already left Obu AMAFA to the far east and proceeded to found settlements there. ( These people might be the Ijaws that became Defaka and later Obolo due to mixture with other non Ijaws ). Defaka was just one name they gave themselves which in today's tongue is DAFA-A ( in Kalabari ) and DAFAKA ( In Okrika ) simply meaning Our father or ancestor is still alive.. Their ancestor was Perebo Kalabari . They were met by the Portguese and documented as Calabar people.Although many of them led by Owuere Daba abandoned the place and moved back westward, some remained and mixed up with the neighboring people to become Obolo . While Nkoro is the purest form of the people existing today in that region. NKORO is the AROCHUKWU accent for the word KORO people. They are remnants of the Koro ame Ijaws. ......Now by the 10th century, OBUAMAFA was in crisis and eventually destroyed sending every Ijaw people away from the place... People went different ways. ALAGBARIGHA was one Kolokuma man that lived there who also left with some Ikwere friends notably NDOLI and others. They first settled at a place called Orupiri ( land of the gods ) which is just a little bit away from modern day Bakana to the South. But they left the place and went to join some Ijaw people at a town called NYAMPKO where Finima and Tombia people lived. The arrival of ALAGBARIGHA people to the place made the TOMBIANS abandon the place due to disagreement. The remaining people had to share the settlement with ALAGBARIGHA side by side with each group having a name for their part of the settlement hence giving birth to the names FINIMA and OKOLOMA... The Tombians went to settle near Torusarama piri just at the North of Ifoko town ...

Another group of Ijaws from the destroyed OBU AMAFA who called themselves ENDE AME were also said to be Children or people of Perebo Kalabari of Obuamafa. They never settled on a virgin land but decided to settle among the Ijaws of Torusarama piri and formed the Ende ame ward of that settlement . The people continued to live along their various wards independent of each other with every ward having it's own leadership. . At this level, Before the Koro ame came by the 16th century, they were already the richest slave traders haven dominated the calabar river route where they had contact with Arochukwu Igbos at the river source. It was also their time when KALABARI was neighbors of the MBOKO. At the same period when SUKU was a house whole name among them. They would also take their problem to SUKU just as the Igbos did where a guilty person would be said to have been taken by the gods where as in actual fact, at the back of the Long Juju was a waiting covered boat that would take the person away as a slave to be sold to the Igbos. They were the Koro ame who also called themselves Kalabari .

So at Torusarama piri they were influencial and continued to call themselves partly as KALABARI people and KORO AME at the same time. Meanwhile, the Ende ame were also Kalabari PEOPLE so at that time, there ere two Kalabari family or ward groups in ELEM AMA ( Torusarama piri ). TORUSARAMA piri became a bee hive of activities and the English were looking for ways to control the entire NIGER DELTA region. So the idea to pick clan leaders or settlement leaders that would be used as indirect middle men to organize a trade system and a form orderly living arose.. OKOLOMA was also bubbling with Ijaw activities while the Okrika Ijaw s wanted to have contact with the Europeans without necessarily dealing with Okoloma chiefs. So they thought destroying Torusarama piri would pave way for this to happen and so they stroke one day when able Torusarama piri people were all away for the daily business. On arrival, Torusarama piri was attacked by the Okrikans. This attack was the first call that made Torusarama piri people to form an alliance to form a central government. Meanwhile, the worst hit part of the town was the KORO AME section. This made the KORO AME people to lack the man power to produce a person to rule the town. This is the link where MANY KALABARI historians are seeing to be the end of the dynasty of the KORO AME leadership of KALABARI when in actual fact, KALABARI kingdom was not even born yet cos the KORO AME people were all the time simply ruling themselves as KALABARI people.

Eventually TORUSARAMA PIRI people backed by Tombia, Ifoko, KE approved AMAKIRI to be their leader. This was the beginning of the era of the King AMAKIRIS. . Amakiri then extended his rule to all the ancient clans but could not do so to the clans just across the river because the OKOLOMA king there is already in control of the people.. That OKOLOMA ruler was king PERE KULE.. This was the time when the Ijaws of that territory found themselves now divided along new LEADERSHIP with the bulk under AMAKIRI and the rest under PERE KULE. The King AMAKIRI leadership then decided to call the entire clans, settlements and groups under his rule as KALABARI people with only the people of BILLE refusing to be part of....

nayeb:
The shota fool continues the parade of his ignoramus self: consider that he lies about Igodo-ame being Edo people resident of Torusarama piri which is the same as Iwo Kalabari (Old Shipping) and when he is called out as a liar that the people are actually in Iduwini Clan in the Ijaw lands, then he writes thus: "My brother Thank you for that correction.. That's what I had in mind to drop tho..". Now how in Gods name does Old Shipping become Iduwini Clan locale? Other than that the man, the Shota fool, is disgracefully pathological mentally and in recognizing truths. How was it that he had it in mind to show that Old Shipping is also Iduwini Clan locale? The mental state of this man has become questionable. Really he needs help.

You lack the sense of understanding.. He said the people of Iduwini are also Igodo ame of ancient Benin and were Ijaws .

nayeb:
This shota fool, indeed has become a disgrace to himself, as he has started to disgrace his community: Consider that he writes Soku had been in existence for 100s of years before Amakiri formed the ' kingdom of Kalabari", yet the Harry (Ombo) family has been claiming that their father Ombo founded Soku, although Amakiri was the man who bought Ombo as an Igboman slave whose towns folk were selling off because he was a murderer and Amakiri needed murderers to kill the Kalabari people and so brought Ombo to Kalabari City State. So then how was it that Ombo founded Soku 100s of years before Amakiri formed "the Kingdom of Kalabari"? Now it is becoming obvious why these wanton liars would never write their lies into a book with their names attached, less they become branded as pathological liars like that other fool, Enefaa Johnbull.

Did your people also not claim the ancient land of Degema ? I am sure you do not even know what SOKU is if not you 'd know that Abonnema people control Soku today and not even Buguma people of any Omo family. Why did they not come up to lay such claim when Abonnema chiefs protested against the ceding of Soku land to Bayelsa ?

olad2020:
Apology accepted. Sincere confession appreciated.

Jonathan's name could have gona down in history as a hero who fought corruption.

These people think the president of a Country has the power to arrest and jail anybody. I pity these Low Lives.

somegirl1:

There's never been and never will be an era in which people did not or will not travel 100km and more.
Long distance travel will endure until the end of time. Only thing that has changed/ will change is the mode of transportation.
So your last statement makes no sense.

In response to your first statement, if I recall correctly it was infact Danjuma's failure to apologise that was supposed prompt whatever you were going to do.

How dare you even compare yourselves to Igbos when it comes backing words with action.

Talk is cheap, I reiterate.

Find an Ijaw man for a husband for you to enjoy the NIGER DELTA.