₦airaland Forum

AjaanaOka:
There is no Aro village in Onitsha. And I hope you are not basing your claim that Ukpabi Asika was of Aro descent solely on his first name.

And about using their military might to police Awka, I'll just point out that the two times Ndikelionwu tried their hand with Awka they had a terrible time of it.

"A terrible time" how? tell us

sage:
Again the rot in Aba makes it impossible for anybody to appreciate anything you say about Aba. The whole place is rotten

I appreciate what he said. I know about the positives in aba

Naija9090:
Dr. Okonjo Iweala Message To Igbos "Umu Chineke" During The Covid-19.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv2GRXyA5xw&feature=youtu.be

Dr. Ngozi remain blessed. Self made amazon of ogwashi uku. You are indeed a worthy wife to the umuahia people. Yes o, "Umu Chineke" is our slogan in Abia state (God's own State). Keep making ndigbo proud. Jisike ada anyi....

Shashar:
Lol you are wasting your time quoting that boy,It used to be Ebonyi people that he attacks daily,untill they start ignoring his comments about the state.The more you quote him the more he does what he his doing,Ignore him,when he's done fooling around he will logout and face reality...

Thank you

Juliusmalema:
Remove Omambala nationality from that grouping pls.

You aren't Igbo so I expect your grey matter to be rancid.

omonnakoda:
All those so called monarchies were at the geographical periphery for a good reason evident to those with any sense. They were either of a different stock or under different influence from those in the geographical core.
Isn't the contradiction obvious to you you parrot Igbo enwe eze upandan without explaining why you have kings in Oguta,Aro,Nri anc Onitsha
I do not need to Googlenrather I will instruct you. Just last week some of you engaged in an amateurish attempt to rewrite Aro history on Wikipedia. It is funny.
You are claiming Asaba people as Igbo?

The simple truth is that Arochukwu was taken over by the Akamkpa and Ibibio dynasty and they used that as a foothold to plunder and sell core Igbos as slaves. They never considered themselves Igbos prior to colonisation

It's obvious you want to be irredeemably ignorant. Suit yourself. I can't afford to cast my pearls before swine. When you are to be enlightened, Google (and not necessarily Wikipedia) will help you. All the best.

Juliusmalema:
Is that not what the statistics said?

Poverty as high as over 25 Percent to 79 Percent..

Four states down to the blunt hand of poverty.

The National Average is 40% and three states (Anambra, Imo and Abia) are way below that with 15%, 28% and 30% respectively. Do you know how to interpret statistical figures at all? It means approx. 85%, 72% and 70% are above poverty in the respective states.

Three out of five Southeast states (NOT Igbos per se) are above poverty average in Nigeria. We both know that Igbos thrive elsewhere even in northern states. So this isn't all about ethnicity, it's simply geopolitics.

Juliusmalema:
Hope you got my message yesterday. I told you to remove Omambala nationality from that your comparison and statistics.

Truth has turn to taunting

"SE is the poverty capital of Nigeria", who were you taunting?

How ridiculously brain fagged can you possibly get?

Juliusmalema:
Anybody that doesn't agree with you automatically become afonja.

No wonder NBS ranked SE as poverty capital of Nigeria


All you guys do is shouting afonja while others are working on themselves.

Your pathetic mission has always been to divide and taunt igbos. Are you this jobless and sadistic?

omonnakoda:
Aro defeated Ibibio?


When did this happen
Where was the theatre
Why are you folk such shameless liars.

You better don't start what will only end in ignominy

Ibos never defeated anyone. Never.

Your highest evolved level of political administration ever was the Umunna.
Who ask you whether slave trade is bad.

The Aros sold Ibos as slaves. They installed a dynasty that reigns to this day.

I don't have the luxury of sending you the literature for the Aro-Ibibio war and its aftermath. Help yourself with Google Biko.

Eze Aro, Obi of Onitsha, Asagba of Asaba, are some of the monarchies we had in igboland. However, they were guided by a constitution.

Secondly, asides some mornachial communities, most Igbo communities were were democratic in nature whereby a representative assembly moderated by elders ran the affairs in those communities.

Please don't be in a hurry to reply. Follow up what I have stated and get your findings first before responding.

God bless you.

IDENNAA:
Which Aro Idenmili ,nwokem ? Aro didnt pass the southern fringe of Anambra and there is a good explanation to that.

Oya explain. I am waiting.

IDENNAA:
Which Aro Idenmili ,nwokem ? Aro didnt pass the southern fringe of Anambra and there is a good explanation to that.

Oga, it did. It even went to igbo-speaking Delta.

omonnakoda:
Rubbish Aros colonized which Ibibio ?
You guys and revisionism.

The dynasty of Akuma of Akamkpa reign to this day in Arochukwu
What has Ekpe society got to do with Igbo people historically?
They were a civilising influence

Perhaps "Colonize" sounds unfairly condescending to you. I will put it this way:

Aro defeated the ibibio and took over their juju shrine (ibini ukpabi) while also, controlling the agricultural and slave market there.

Enough of your revisionism. Slave trade is bad, but it doesn't change the greatness of aro confederacy.

omonnakoda:
The Aros weret a colonizing force just like the Fulani were to the Hausa ,they established a dynasty.
Whatever happened to "Igbo enwe Eze"?

They brought in their institutions and essentially used Aro as a foothold to raid core Igbos as slaves sold via Calabar.
It was not a benign relationship rather a predatory one.

It may be inconvenient to remember reality but modern day fraternity is a post colonial/ construct brought about by the Collective existential threat posed by the Nigerian state.

Wrong. The aro colonized the ibibios. infact in ancient times, Much of modern day Arochukwu land was formerly owned by the ibibios.

Secondly, Aro was not all about slave raiding, that was a colonial excuse for British forces to invade igboland. Aro traded in Palm Oil, Spices and other agricultural goods.

UdechiHD:
They are jokers. A kinship built with force, stolen lands, raids and slavery won’t stand. Does it? In other climes the Aro would have been mandated to apologize for the demonic acts carried out by their fathers. But no, they still brag about it. There exist relics of slavery in Arochuckwu till this day that reminds us of that wicked atrocities.

I expect people to begin to challenge that idea. A confederacy that sounded the death knell on Igbo ancient civilizations.
The Aro confederacy is dead and buried and never to be unearthed again. An evil confederacy that sold our fore fathers to slavery and hasn't still apologize is talking about re-enacting one dead confederacy.

These Aros destroyed and renamed rival shrines of the Isu in Igwekala and that of the Awka in Agbala to Aro owned and still went ahead to elevate one Ubini Ukpabi. A confederacy that institutionalized Osu system in Igboland all for greed.

While their mates in Oyo were expanding their territories, and co-opting other tribes into the Yoruba empire, the useless Aro focused their attention on the destruction of Igboland.

Those in Arochukwu kicking up this idea are only grasping at straws. Why don’t they ask for their Aro Eshiet territory in Calabar who are bilingual till this day? After all they exist Aro terroritories in Efik/Ibibio land, in Ijawland, in Benue and even in Cameroon. But they can’t do this because they've always been local champions. If they don’t want to commence another round of Arophobia as happened in Ikwerre land and even Ngwaland, they should keep shut and rather promote Igbo agenda.

Truth be told, the coming of the Aro slave confederacy and even the Nri hegemony to relevance dragged ancient Igboland backwards. Both elevated their chief priest business that elevated mass ignorance, killing innovation and growth. All ancient Igbo civilizations we're destroyed because of some monopolistic greed by a people. We should thank our goodness that we still have the Igbo Ukwu archeological bronze works and those discovered in Nsukka that once reminded us how great the ancient Igbo were.

Almost every nation on Earth traded slaves in the past, so deal with it.

The history of the osu caste system predates Aro Confederacy and to start with, its beginnings had good and noble intentions. Other cultures had some form of fugitives and outcasts.

For your info, the Aro are a proud, war-like, resilient, well traveled and industrious people. They were the Spartans of the Igbo race. They helped develop places in and beyond ignoland interns of trade and commerce. So deal with it.

Saao:
oh ok thanks alot. but in the case of unilag. in the school website, i saw m.sc and M.phil in environmental toxicology and pollution mgt, which fall into the explanation you gave. then i discovered they have M.phil in toxicology but no M.sc in toxicology and i prefer to go for toxicology. what do u think i should do? sorry for asking too much

I think it's better you get the department and make a direct enquiry.

It could also possibly be that there may not be any MSc. program for the course at the moment, but MScs from other universities could be welcome for a pre-PhD program (MPhil)

Saao:
hello Nairalanders,

what's the difference between M.sc and M.phil?
secondly, can someone apply directly for M.philosophy? e.g unilag. i know m.sc is by coursework while M.phil is by research, my question is base on admission requirement.

I'm planning to apply for admission. i have b.sc in environmental studies and toxicology (upper div.)
went to unilag website, i saw m.sc environmental toxicology and pollution mgt and M.phil toxicology. again saw m.phil environemntal toxicology and pollution mgt.

what do you know about the above interms of admission requirement? can b.sc apply for M.phil in toxicology?

thank you

No.

MPhil. is a post-masters research degree

if you are above 3.49 but below 4.0 in your masters certificate, you can't apply for PhD directly. You need to go through MPhil before moving on to PhD.

Sometimes, the university you are applying to for PhD may not fully appreciate your masters certificate from another school. They would rather place you on MPhil first before allowing you move ahead with their PhD program.

enehvictor:
In order of the states with the poorest people:

- Ebonyi = 79% poverty status

- Enugu = 57% poverty status

- Abia = 30% poverty status

- Imo = 28% poverty status

- Ekiti = 28% poverty status


From the map, states marked in yellow are states with least poverty in the southern Nigeria, while the states marked in brown are states with high rate of poverty.

What are you insinuating? Jesus, you're so ignorant.

LAGOS been the least poverty ridden state is because there are no sizable igbo population there right?

Quit being mischievous biko

Eastlink:
Lol! You know their pattern. Julius Malema other handle

please I beg you in Jesus name, stop this nonsense.

SpaceTour:
That's why you should focus your reprimand more on Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi. The poverty map is clear on the segregation

My point is clear - NDIGBO, THINK HOME!

SpaceTour:
OP this advise should go to Abia, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi states. These are where their people should wake up. God continue to bless Anambra- the light of nation

sir, even anambra shouldn't be where she is presently. She can do better by achieving a single digit poverty index. Let's not segregate please.

cjrane:


Op, Keep deluding yourself

What is wrong with you people for Christ sake? How am I deluding myself? Was I the one who prepared the survey statistics? Are you okay?

pazienza:
This one is trying to play cheap divide and conquer tactics.
Soon he will log him with his multiple monikers claiming to represent all SE states and attack each other to create the impression of Igbos from different states fighting each other.

pazienza, pls stop this nonsense and address the issue at hand if you want to. Stop being childish.

I'm surprised you are spewing this nonsense. Are you okay at all?

horsepower102:
If this poverty index is finally verified by the experiences of those on the ground, it will be the biggest wake up call for Igbos.


But I am highly suspicious of the numbers...

Just yesterday, DELTA STATE GOVERNOR proudly declared his state's progress, outshining states like Ogun, Rivers, Kaduna, Anambra etc.

This is because Delta State ranks SECOND in the poverty index

According to the recently released figures from National Bureau of Statistics, Anambra is the only state in the southeast with her poverty index within the 0-20% bracket. It has the least poverty index in the southeast.

Imo and Abia follows in the poverty index ranging within 21-40% bracket.

Enugu State surprisingly crashed and is above the 40% poverty index. Theirs is even inching towards 60%!

Ebonyi State Poverty remains the highest and one of the highest in Nigeria with an index inching towards 80%. This is disturbing.

Generally, our geo-political zone ranks third out of the six zones, tailing after South west and South south geopolitical zone.

Please, I plead with igbos all over the country to THINK HOME. Stop aiding in the development Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, etc and start aiding the development of the SOUTH EASTERN STATES. Fine, make your money there but THINK HOME BIKO.

OAM4J, Mynd44....over to you sirs