₦airaland Forum

proeast:
I'm happy with the progress so far. However, with time as we progress, we will have to draft a list of all the Igbo clans and communities wherever they are found in Nigeria, be it SE, SS and NC. We would have to conduct a research and also as new members join on Facebook, they would mention their village/clan as well as LGA and state.

Then communal assistance through freewill donations will be to offer assistance to those clans at the fringes of Igboland, by popular vote, after the admin must have listed the clans that could be assisted. The account that would be receiving the donations would be managed by the Catholic/Anglican Church to aid transperancy.

Assistance to communities could be in the form of bore holes, health centre renovations and stocking of basic drugs, donations/grants to needy widows and orphans etc. With time and depending on how donations are coming, we can expand to other areas. Such donations would be done in the presence of the community Eze and the banner clearly written that it is coming from the group because the community is part of the Igbo nation. Any Eze or community that is still suffering from identity crises or doesn't want to belong or be seen as Igbo would not enjoy the benefits.

With time, the national Secretariat would be in Enugu with state Exco members that would be registered in all the states that have Igbo clans in it. It would be the duty of these registered exco members to organize any visitation or supervise any project going on in their domain. They must also be Igbo indigenes of those respective states and they must be passionate about Igbo affairs and be ready to defend Igbo interests at all times.

Otua ka oha m n'onu. Ka anyi bidogodu ebea.

BKayy:
The issue most of you have with history is that you go for folk tales instead of recorded, archaeological and relationship reports.
What you read is just folk tales. It is in the same category as that of Oduduwa falling from the sky, Eri travelling from Israel and so on.
It is not history but story. Not for academic purposes.
Nowadays, they make out a column for it and classify it as folklore

Vintagepipes:
I do not mean to be insulting though but yeah, they were described that they quarrel, amongst themselves and amongst strangers. That they would drink Ogogoro and then become suicidal.

Here is an excerpt.

Vintagepipes:
Yes, in the researched book, Brass was treated as separate entity from the Ijos.

In this account, James Spiff, the chief of the Brass people was angry with the Ijos for paying homage and worshiping the Aros for eliminating smallpox. It seems like he has some beef with the Ijo for their servitude to the Aros.
I believe the Spiff's beef no be today.
CC: Bkayy.

Vintagepipes:
It is interesting, I found in this book compiled from 1800s and published in 1906 was one of the most thorough works done on the the people of the Lower Niger.

The Okrikans elders were interviewed in the 1800s and they claim that their ancestors came from Afam in Igbo land.
CC; Bkayy, slayerforever, Ariani.

BKayy:
Click his link first so that you won't waste your time further.
And please don't bother wasting time on pondering on what IYC wrote on one blog in 2000s or what Alagoa wrote in 1972

JANK23H:
Oga,no difference between Ijaw and Izon.Stop confusing your self.Ijaw is the white man "adulterated" way of saying Izon. There is no J sound in the Izon language, hence we couldn't have called ourselves Ijaw.

Kalabaris regard themselves as Ijaws,unless the ones with Igbo mothers with an agenda.

JANK23H:
No dey listen to IPoB,una no go hear.

http://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/ijaw.html

Supremos:
I and a friend of mine are waiting for approval. You should vet us though.

JANK23H:
It's either you are ignorant or consciously mischievous.
Kalabari and Ibani are two distinct Ijaw clans.

JANK23H:
Stop typing rubbish!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-43143119.amp

Veggieseedies:
Op
Friends list, discussions with friends previously should determine.

That suggestion is wow

Supremos:
good one. Try and approve those joining after thorough vetting. Many had already clicked to join

DubaiLandLord:
I can also speak Igbo. I go dey drip update from the group on Nairaland.

OfoIgbo:
I will even encourage you to paste the link on the first message on this thread. So that people will not have to go looking for the facebook page and not finding it. They may not be patient enough to keep reading this thread until they eventually find the link.

OfoIgbo:
Thanks nnaa. Much better. I found the group by clicking on the link. I will join in the next few days. I appreciate your effort

Madmohamed1:
on my way to face book

Modifyi bro the page is empty no where to join

BKayy:
I don't think you understand the Man.
He is neither here nor there. He never said that Aboh is Igboland.
He is still maintaining neutrality, that is Igbo/Bini/Isoko.
In other words, Aboh could be considered as a "No man's land" from his submission. But that doesn't mean Ndigbo will dive in when the Indigenes never proclaimed that they are on any of the three party, Infact they are openly against pro-Igbo movement.
Go back to the thread from the Aboh dude when he was claiming Igbo. His intention was made clear that is
"OK I am now igbo. I have considered to be Igbo after much persuasion and grovelling from Ndigbo, but Aboh must be reinstated as the commercial hub of Igboland over Onitsha then Aboh again shall be considered as the Cradle of Igbo Civilisation with Aboh Obi considered as the kind of Ndigbo"
This is exactly what his thread was saying. Go back and read it again. Read in between the lines.
The Dude is never Igbo and won't in the near future. Don't let Aboh of all people play the Ikwerre game on Ndigbo over again.

Biafman:
BETTER YOU COPY AND PASTE THE LINK HERE.

cheruv:
Make standard Igbo the official language there and don't hesitate to expel 5th columnists...
Onye kọga ihe na-agbsahọ Igbo... E zi ya ezi

ThEGodFaThEr103:
I've sent request so accept it sharpally before I killi somebody here.......ighotago?

Abohboy:
Depends on how you view yourself but it's unlikely unless you can prove that you're loyal to the Igbos and the south and not the Fulani north

Abohboy:
Oh okay i've joined now

RobbStark:
Nah! Proudly Ijaw. Ibos are great people but you lot online, are not helping matters.
I don't even bear Ibo name, I wonder how I am Ibo by you.
Just becos some persons speak Ibo doesn't make them Ibo.
I speak akwa ibom too if you must know

PIMPAR:
Can someone whose Mother is from Igbo but married to a fulani man join the group?

RobbStark:
I am from Kalaibiama.
You know there

Abohboy:
Oh, then how come nobody can find it?