₦airaland Forum

EUROBOMBER:
Why are you guys like this?@this your attitude is part of the bane of Ndiigbo. Are we not the ones at the centre of it all?

What would it cost to reach out to these people? You may not agree but this is what I call ridiculous pride and has been greatly responsible for our undoing in Nigeria.

Why are you antagonist

EUROBOMBER:
Stop deceiving yorself. We are yet to secure the kind of unity we need in Igboland.


Look at the Yorubas have opened a single thread for Yoruba common wealth but what have Igbos done? One threas is Enugu the pride of the east, another thread is Anambra state light of the nation. Instead of us to be looking at regional integration our people still see themselves as Anambra, Imo, Enugu, etc. What a shame.

You need to see the bitterness between Anambra and Imo people when they fight here. See the shame being displayed by Chino and Customized. I smh.

The longest thread in nairaland that has been on for years is proudly Igbo
And they are in Igbo language


What is difficult and bad discussing about units ..its the units that makes a whole

Mechie onu biko

Donarozzi:
Abraham begot Isaac who begot the twin brothers Esau and Jacob. The descendants of Esau are collectively called the Edom, while the descendants of Jacob are collectively called Hebrews (Israel). It is likely that the original Edom are the Edo/Idoma/Igala/Igbira people, while the original Hebrews are the Igbo. We need deeper intuition and serious intellectual research to unravel these historical connections. The Edom invaded parts of the Igbo territory that was the Urhobo/Isoko area, while the Yoruba intermixed with parts of the Edo territory that was the Igala area. In the Middle East, Israel and Edom are neighbours, and interestingly, the Igbo and Edo are neighbours in Nigeria. (Here, my use of the term "Edo" implies the Edo/Igala/Idoma/Igbira as they occupy the same stretch of contiguous territory and are direct neighbours of the Igbo). Many writers and historians have tried to explain the Igbo/Edo connections to Israel/Edomites, but they have not really used deep instinct to connect the whole dots. Very possible that the original home of the Hebrews and the Edomites was the present-day Igboland and Edoland respectively before their descendants made a planned migration and founded Israel and Edom areas of the Middle East. I have a good theory that explains these historical debates. We cannot rush to conclusions yet...

https://books.google.com/books?id=libxCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT29&lpg=PT29&dq=edom+igala+idoma&source=bl&ots=zdCKgrgYT2&sig=Zcl5OL4jZmsUTiUS5fruTkyhuuo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizg870xKnJAhXJuB4KHba0CCoQ6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=edom%20igala%20idoma&f=false

http://www.hebrewigbo.com/oral.html

https://yemitom./2011/09/23/127/

https://books.google.com/books?id=DkksBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=igbo+israel+alaezi+edom&source=bl&ots=8Tf4ciVQFd&sig=n5rf1DIAfDwa9Y-eqk9UOJRatfM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigsam_yanJAhUIXB4KHVH_C2sQ6AEIQDAF#v=onepage&q=igbo%20israel%20alaezi%20edom&f=false

https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archive/2011/3042/Igbo

Is the so ?/


And u think I will buy this

EUROBOMBER:
Bros, the guys is very correct. Why is it that anybody that tries to look at Igbo issues factually devoid of sentiments immediately becomes a Yoruba?

I know many Igbo guys here doing well in Abuja but are always scared to travel home. Aha cho ka ndimmadu ojoo bia gworun han nsii.

Most Igbos in the villages are very bitter when they see you come back and successful. Most people are killed when they try to start building their houses. I fear our people sha.

Bullshiit


So they gave killed coscharis and ibeto



Ochoro mgbafu siri na aloru ya anya



So forget that


Thank lord that boko haram and lagoon oba made them to think home

DGD1:
our friend is back!

Yes ooooo

dialfa:
Please wake up from your daydream and smell the coffee. Wee Igbos cannot achieve anything in the Zoo.

So what is the way out

Just that we have bunch of idiots as leaders ...I think there is thus Igbo guy that designed the rail for Iran we can call him

We need a speed rail that will link Igbo cities from agbir to Owerri then through pH . this will terminate at the proposed port

We should also plough back our profits home

Thank boko haram and oba lagoon statement as you can see this has seen igbos investing home


We can also focus on ICT let's leave oil. Our gas reserves and coal can power these industrial revolution


We can do this

CACAWA:
[size=18pt]Has anyone noticed that many states in Nigeria are bigger than all the South East states combined (Abia, Anambra,Ebonyi,Enugu,Imo)? [/size]

The way many states in middle East is bigger than Israel

You might have a big landmass but with small brain cells


That's is the anology

bokohalal:
They are not. Happy now?

No

Explained pls

helinues:
* 5 Igbo traders killed by Unknown Gunmen which ordered them to recite the Holy Quran of which they could not.

The five people believed to be Igbo traders were said to have been shot dead at Madala Market on Thursday Night between 7 – 8pm.Our correspondent reliably gathered that the yet to be identified gunmen were said to have stormed the Madala market and made straight to a shop believed to be that of some Igbo traders and ordered them to recite the Holy Quran of which they could not.

The gunmen who were not satisfied with the development opened fire on the five people at close range leaving them dead immediately.

An alarm which was raised by other traders close to the shop where the five people were killed attracted passers by who sent a distress call to the Divisional Police Officer Suleja where a detachment of armed police were drafted to the scene.

However, before the police men could arrive the spot, the gunmen had already fled, leaving their casualties in their own blood.

The five casualties were later identified as John Kalu, Oliver Ezemah, Uche Nguweze, Sunday Emmanuel while fifth casualty was yet to be identified as at the time of going to press.

An eye witness account told our correspondent no valuables were removed from the shop of the victims after they might have been gun down which invariably confirms that the gunmen were not armed robbers but suspected to be Boko Haram sect members.

Niger State police Command spokesman ASP Richard Adamu Oguche confirmed the story but could not also ascertain the originality of the gunmen.


Source: http://nigeriacamera.net/49915-2/

Do we still have Igbo in north

This is just one reason I am sympathetic to Biafra

A country that has only Christian ...then they will ban islam fully just like Japan

chucky234:
The History of the Ndokwa/Ukwuani
people is as interesting as that of any
other African tribe. This is because no
written account of it is available. Much
of what is known of it, are facts handed down through oral traditions or some scanty detail and accounts as recorded by early European visitors to the area.
The most inspiring thing about our
history is the fact that I have never
come across any Ndokwa/Ukwuani man or woman that believes s/he came from Mecca as is the case with the Bayangida and Oduduwa lineages in Nigeria. Sadly, such tribes in Nigeria that see no folly in propagating such myths are in fact some of the largest black tribes in Nigeria (and Africa).
Further, the Ndokwa people have not
claimed Israel as their ancestral home,
as another big tribe in Nigeria would
want us to believe. To highlight the
flaw in the desire to seek glory
elsewhere, we introduce excerpts culled from the history page of a neighbouring town –Ubulu Ukwu – in
Anioma local government in Delta
State, Nigeria. See the quotes below.
“From Afor to Ubulu-Unor: In fact Ubulu oral tradition states categorically that the grand-parents of Ezemu migrated from Israel and settled at Ife hence Ezemu was often referred to as the king with long hairs – “Ezi Isi Iyomiyo”. From Ife Ezemu and his relations migrated to Afor a village in present day Ndokwa Local Government Area of Delta State.”
From www.ubulu-uku.com/
mysite/origin.htm
. Ironically, no Ndokwa town - including Afor - has corroborated this account of history. First and foremost, we are pure Africans and do not seek to establish our origins elsewhere. If the origins of mankind is in Africa as scientific evidence has shown, with pride and humility, the Ndokwa/Ukwuani people would want to be counted as one of the custodians of these primordial genes.
Rather than fabricate our history, the
Ndokwa people would want to concur
with patterns described by Omole
( www.lagosforum.com/comment.php):
“The term “autochthonous” means
native, aboriginal, indigeous, original.
The available anthropological and
archaeological evidence at our disposal makes it clear that the settlement of the Southern West Africa region is a recent event, going back not more than 5000 years.” And, from the early history of Nigeria( www.countrystudies.us/nigeria/4.htm): “The earliest known example of a fossil skeleton with negroid features, perhaps 10,000 years old, was found at Iii Ileru in western Nigeria and attests to the antiquity of habitation in the region. Stone tools, indicating human settlement, date back another 2,000 years. Microlithic and ceramic
industries were developed by
pastoralists in the savanna from at
least the fourth millennium B.C. and
were continued by grain farmers in the stable agricultural communities that subsequently evolved there. To the south, hunting and gathering gradually gave way to subsistence farming on the fringe of the forest in the first millennium B.C. The cultivation of staple foods, such as yams, later was introduced into forest clearings.”
Having put the history of the Ndokwa in the context of early Nigerian history,let’s now turn our attention to Ndokwa specifically. It is relevant to point out here that the portmanteau word "Ndokwa" generally used to refer to the people of the locality is a recent
coinage. The word Ndokwa has the
morphemes: NDO from the word "Ndo-simili", the people of the Niger and KWA from the word “Ukwuani”, for the Ukwuani speaking people of the lowland. The two peoples reside in the same proximity and share a near
common history. They were both
together during the ABOH division days in the then Midwest state of Nigeria (1960s-1970s). Recently, both regions were under one local government area (LGA) before the splitting up into Ndokwa West, Ndokwa East and Ukwuani LGAs. It is very confusing for those of us who grew up when we had one Ndokwa LGA to conceptualise the emerging distinction introduced by referring to some of the people in the region as "the Ukwuanis" and "the Ndokwas" as if they are totally different entities. Is there any justification in saying that someone from Utagba-Ogbe is an Ndokwa man while someone from Umutu an Ukwuani man? We must be wary of how we present this issue, lest an unnecessary distinction be introduced.
Originally, the people (all) were referred to as the Southern-Ika people before the creation and the re-creation of the local governments of the modern era.
Our northern cousins where called the
Northern Ikas and our neighbour/
cousins from the Ika LGAs have held on to this name till date. Before the advent of the white man, the Ikas, Oshimilis and Aniochas –all in Delta State, Nigeria - were all called the "Enu-Ani" people (Upland people) and the "Ukwuani "(Lowland people) is used to refer to the Ukwuanis/Ndokwas. Prof. E. Isichie in one of her works referenced this fact.
Realistically, the inhabitants of the
Ndokwa/Ukwuani areas are a mix of
different peoples some with a strong
claim to Benin/Edo ancestry while
others lay claim to different origins. The Benin connections, a view held by a majority of Ndokwa/Ukuani clans
cannot be rejected. Although, some
intricate and complicated dimensions
such as linguistics can be brought in,
to test these claims. One must not
forget the fact that the languages in
Aboh (an Ndokwa town) and Benin are
not related.
The Abohs and some other clans in the region claim to have left Benin around the 16th century or earlier, in the same wave of migration that established most of the Igbo-speaking towns west of the Niger and even Onitsha in the east. Egharebva, writes of a period in Aboh (circa 1730 -1750) where the ruling families had to accept emissaries from the Oba (King) of Benin during a dispute.
Surrounding, the Ndokwa/Ukwuanis are other Edoid groups i.e. the Urbobos,the Isokos, the Ijaws. Their influence is palpable amongst the Ndokwas/Ukwuanis socially and culturally. By the same token, it is not out of place to notice that some individuals in a number of clans claim lineage to these neighbouring tribes mentioned above especially those on the border. Group of towns sharing borders with
neighbouring tribes including Abbi,
Emu, Onyia, Ushie and Obiaruku have
inhabitants tracing their origins to
Urhobo,Isoko, Ijaw lands.
Furthermore, a good number of
Ukwuani/Ndokwa towns of including
Afor, Emu, Amai, Utagba-Uno, Onicha-
Ukwuani claim to have been founded
by immigrants from Benin. Onicha is a
variant of the word "Onitsha" and is not a coincidence to have the original
inhabitants of Onitsha (in Anambra
State) holding on to the same story of
King Chime from Benin as its forebear.
There are four Onitshas known today
i.e. Onicha-Olona, Onicha Ugbo,
Onicha-Ukwuani and Onitsha mili (the
popular one). They all share the Benin
migration story. What should be of
import to us is, when did these
migrations take place, and the second
question: Did these new arrivals meet
some other people indigenous to the
land/locality? If so, who were they? It is indeed a tall order to to try to establish these facts because there is an innate aberration in history known that man would always, at all costs, seek to associate with greatness, fame, glory and so on. This, in our case might have robbed us of the information that might helped us pieced together our past history more accurately.
The powerful nature and conquering
role of the old Benin Empire might have influenced many clans favuoring this connection, in the process, either
knowingly or otherwise suppressing
some vital information. As one author,
Rev. Okologu (History of the Ukwuani
people) pointed out in his work, there
are however different extractions in our land – Ndokwa area. For example, some sections of the Abohs believed that they are direct descendants of people from Benin while others look across the Niger into the Igbo hinterland as their origins; yet, some even look far up the Niger to Igala homeland as their ancestral land. It is worthwhile to bring this fact to the fore. What cannot be disputed is political power that the Aboh kingdom held in the past. The kingdom stretched from the fringes of Agbor town (Ika) in the present day Delta State to Ogba (Rivers state), also covering all the Ogbaru region of Anambra State. At the height of its power, the Kingdom of Aboh even had emigrants leaving to populate other parts of old Nigeria. There are quarters in Itsekiri land that claim to have forebears from Aboh town.
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Oga lecturer what is the meaning of ndokwa and ukwuani pls

Also what do you call God , land and your market days

bokohalal:
Bini language is related to Igbo language so incidents of shared words should be high.

Says who ?
How are they related

Just to get them psychological prepped up in case they thief peoples money

citizenisb:
World War III? Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8xsqNmfFc



http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKBN0TD0IR20151124

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-24/turkish-f-16-shoots-down-russian-su-24-warplane-near-syria-border

This is the beginning of an end


What is Muslim Turkey doing in NATO

Kestolovee95:
children of starving oshogbo people wants to advice Igbos on how to build economy. See the chopping infrastructure the built for themselves below. People wey hunger dey use brush teeth every morning.

When he said that Igbo should not be proud I asked him who gave Igbo the humble pie

He went on and opined that Igbo should learn how to cooperate with other regions


Maybe anambra should cooperate with Adamawa in what area
IMO cooperate with osun in what area


I just don't get his logic.Igbo are better off than most of these states

Then I asked him his state so that Igbo can cooperate ..uptill now he is so ashamed to name his state

I've heared that automatic cars use up 20% more fuel than a manual. Surely you would think that an automatic car would select the most appropriate gear for the road conditions vs say, in a manual car leaving it i
No longer a hard fast rule, but they have less parts and are cheaper to produce, lighter. Also less power loss than an auto.
Jan 24, 2011
Friscko
Friscko
also most classic automatic transmissions (we're not talking fancy dsg stuff here) are not able to anticipate what the driver is going to do. So it may change gear too late, which gives higher revs, and higher revs = more fuel consuption.
:t
i dont think i know anyone that drives an automatic car,or ever have....
Janmm
I coast a lot in my manuals. A real lot. As opposed to almost always having your foot on the gas in an auto right up until you need to brake.
Jan 24, 2011
Robbo Delicious
Robbo Delicious
I require a lot of petrol to fuel my penchant for sustained losses of traction.
Jan 24, 2011
Nuendo
Nuendo
Spicy sting diphtheria
as vdub points out, manual transmissions generally weigh less than automatics, although this isn't always the case with higher end engines. automatic transmissions also use gas to change gear, whereas manual uses just the power of your arm. a skilled driver can usually select the right gear at the right time but the higher end automatic models can also do this quite well now.

constantly variable transmission (CVT) is supposedly more efficient but rarely seen in cars but used quite often on motorbikes.
Jan 24, 2011
Friscko
Friscko
Nuendo said: ↑
constantly variable transmission (CVT) is supposedly more efficient but rarely seen in cars but used quite often on motorbikes.
CVT's keep the engine on the rpm where the torque is maximum, so it always runs at the highest efficiency.
But it is pretty strange to see a car accelerating without the sound of the engine changing :smashed:



Coulthard's jaw is still a reasonable size :eek:
Jan 24, 2011
Stu Diablo
Stu Diablo
Bonjour les belles dames
Jesus.

1)OK, imagine revving your engine, when you change gear, being you, as a person in all your amazing glory you are in charge of the gear changes.

2)Now imagine a machine, being a machine it is not aloud to make mistakes or else no one would buy it.

3)So being that you are in control of your car and a machine is only going to change gear when the revs are at boy racer high level. Why do you think an Auto uses more fuel?


P.s. Boy racers indeed use more fuel then Auto.:teeth:

Sorry bro, its a mad way to state it, but I hope you get the jest. Love.:tea:
Jan 24, 2011
2010 or STFU
2010 or STFU
Manual transmissions generally offer better fuel economy than automatic torque converter transmissions; however the disparity has been somewhat offset with the introduction of locking torque converters on automatic transmissions.

Increased fuel economy with a properly operated manual transmission vehicle versus an equivalent automatic transmission vehicle can range from 5% to about 15% depending on driving conditions and style of driving.

Manual transmissions do not require active cooling and generally weigh less than comparable automatics.

The manual transmission couples the engine to the transmission with a rigid clutch instead of a torque converter which slips by nature. Manual transmissions also lack the parasitic power consumption of the automatic transmission's hydraulic pump.

Additionally, they require less maintenance and are easier to repair due to the fact that they have fewer moving parts and are, mechanically, much simpler than automatic transmissions. When properly operated by an experienced driver, manual transmissions also tend to last longer than automatic transmissions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_transmission#Benefits_and_drawbacks

OBAFEMIawolowo:
is Asaba the only place in delta igbo? Asaba is even a part in oshimili south local government. Ogwashi ukwu is also delta igbo in aniocha south, which is quite different from Asaba but that doesn't add to the topic.

Igbos will be better without arrogance.

Oga I think ...I am done with you

English language is known for borrowing from other languages and every word (like everything else) has an origin.

The word “Makurdi,” for example, comes with a story. When our colonial masters first visited the area now called Makurdi, they wanted to meet the person that was in-charge. And the locals kept referring to a rich merchant, whom they called mai-kudi, which translates to ‘owner of money’ in Hausa. Knowing the white man and his habit of killing our African names started calling the whole town Makurdi. And that is how the town, Makurdi, got its name.

Which words have been borrowed from Nigerian Languages? We are going to answer that question today. GiftedGreen is going to provide you with some English words that have Nigerian Origin.

1.Okra

At first you would wonder why this word is called “Okro” in Nigeria, and yet it is spelled “Okra” in English. It is not because you do not know how to spell; it is simply because it originated from the Igbo word “okuro” which also means also known as “ladies’ fingers”.

2.Juju

No Nigerian needs an introduction to the word juju. At first, it does not seem like an English word until you check your dictionary.

According to The Free Dictionary, this word originated from Hausa. And yes, it also mentioned the Yoruba type of music in the dictionary

3.Bogus

Bogus means fake or fraudulent. Bogus is believed to be from the Hausa word “boko-boko”.

4.Tango

Tango probably originates from the word ‘tamgu’ means to dance in Ibibio. How the Ibibio’s were able to name an Argentinean dance still baffles everybody at GiftedGreen. The FreeDictionary still gives credit to the language (Ibibio) so who are we to judge?

5.Buckra

Buckra is a word used contemptuously by Black people, especially in the United States to refer a White man. This word is believed to have originated from the Efik word mba-ka-ra which means master. #slavetradethings

6.Yam

The word yam probably originated from the Fulani word “nyami”. We would bet that you did not see this one coming, did you? If you were to choose a word contributed by the Fulani, you probably would have said cow.

This list does not end here, there are also a couple of words like Dashiki, Agbada, Chigger, Obeah, and many more.

Can you think of any English word with Nigerian Origin? Enter them in the comment below.

starlily001:
Since the demise of the late Oba sijuwade and the choice of Ooni-elect Ogunwusi as his successor, ile ife has been a center of attraction due to the fierce battle that characterized the selection of the next Ooni.
However, unknown to most Nigerians, the emergence of ogunwusi as the new Ooni was mainly orchestrated and executed, not by the ife kingmakers of the Osoros, but by Asiwaju Bola ahmed Tinubu, governor Emeritus of lagos state and national leader of the all progressive congress, APC.

At first, Tinubu, who ignited his age long aspiration to install his close friend and business associate, prince Dipo Eludoyin(owner of ikeja city mall), as the next Ooni of ife but felt crushed when Eludoyin refused to be drawn into the race. When the pressure was too much, the prince left Nigeria to China.

It was at this juncture that Oba Saheed Elegushi, kusenla 111, stepped into the picture. It is pertinent ro add that Tinubu had single handedly installed the ikate monarch in 2010. he was the PA to Asiwaju tinubu. moreover, in 2003, tinubu installed Oba riliwan Aremu Akinolu as the Oba of lagos.
The ELITES gathered that Oba Elegushi sold the candidacy of prince ogunwusi to tinubu.
With persistency and pleading from Oba Elegushi, tinubu who wasn't enthusiastic in investing in ogunwusi caved in.
Even before he got the seal of approval from the lion of Bourdillon, Ogunwusi had showered and spoilt the ife kingmakers with both financial and material gift. Each of d kingmakers became proud owners of choice automobile (prado jeeps, 20 in number) and some became 20 million naira richer.

According to reliable sources, Asiwaju Tinubu simply instructed Aregbesola thus "Go and announce that friend of saheed Elegushi as the next Ooni of ife" It was a fiat order which Aregbesola dared not flout. But one which he surreptitiously carried out.

The elites gathered that Governor Aregbesola was expressly ordered by his leader tinubu to join him in London that Sunday night, he was also adviced to board the plane before the announcement was made. Aregbesola therefore instructed the secretary to the government of Osun state, Alhaji moshood Adeoti to make the announcement only after he had boarded the plane.

Culled from the ELITES

http://www.newspunch.org/top-secret-how-tinubu-solely-installed-prince-Adeyeye-Ogunwusi-as-the-new-ooni-of-Ife


It's a pity to know tradition too is not above corruption. As an ife native am pained that my culture is not as I thought it was. After all the mouth that they would swear for anybody who didn't follow the tradition, it was the kingmakers themselves who failed their oaths. They ended up not consulting the Oracle and just followed their greedy minds. Whoever the real king is out there, may God justify you. And to all reading this may your destinies not be corrupted or taken from you. AMEN.

So tinubu is now a paramount king maker and also governor maker


This is the greatest Yoruba man both living and death



Much respect


Jagaban

OBAFEMIawolowo:
is Asaba the only delta igbo?

You are ...you don't even know where your mum is from .....

OBAFEMIawolowo:
I never said my mom was from Asaba, she's a delta igbo and my place of origin is inconsequential to this discussion.

Please take yield of the advice already, no one is asking you not to go but learn how to be cooperative.

I go always pray for you.

It is very consequential .why talk with both side are you not the one that said that your mum is from asaba

Oga u no get talk


Your too ashamed to prove the workability of your advise by telling us how you have applied it in your place .

It's so bad that your ashamed of your father's place to identify with mum place .let's even try to believe what your saying has like 3% of truth in it .


How can a logical mind like me believe you


Show us the workability?

Is that hard

vivianblog1:
President Muhammadu Buhari, business mogul, Aliko Dangote, blogger Linda Ikeji and 17 other Nigerians have been named amongst the 100 most influential Africans of 2015. The list complied by New African Magazine was dominated by Nigeria and South Africa, with 20 and 16 personalities respectively.
Kenya, Uganda and Cameroon also feature strongly with eight, six and six entries each respectively. Of the top 100 personalities, 65 are men and 32 are women, with the other three being groups of people. South Africa’s students, for example, were recognised this year for their role in South Africa’s #FeesMustFall and #Rhodesmustfall campaigns.

The list presents the continent’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields: 22 from politics ; four from public office; 21 from arts and culture; 21 from business; 11 from civil society; nine from technology; seven from media, and five from sports.

In one of the continent’s most dramatic and unusual elections of 2015, and Nigeria’s most significant in recent history, Muhammadu Buhari defeated his opponent and incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. Both are recognised in New African. Other Nigerians recognised include the former UN Special Advisor on Post Development Planning, and current minister of Environment, Amina J. Mohammed; AfDB’s new President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina and a surprising addition in the form of Nigerian Diasporan, UK MP, Chuka Umunna, who was in the frame Labour Party leadership.

South Africa also had its fair share of political influencers, among them “the black leader of South Africa’s ‘white’ opposition” party, the DA’s youthful Mmusi Maimane who also makes the list as one to watch during the next elections.

Prominent women making the list are UN Women’s Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and fellow South African Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the current chairperson of the AU Commission, widely tipped to be a potential successor to her former husband, President Jacob Zuma.

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is recognised together with her fellow heads of states, Alpha Conde of Guinea and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, for beating the odds to win the war against Ebola in 2015.

African financial giant and Credit Suisse boss, Tidjane Thiam, from Côte d’Ivoire, makes this year’s most influential list for Business and Economy, where he is joined by new World Bank VP and Treasurer, Arunma Otteh, Kenyan ‘DJ’ businessman Chris Kirubi and the entrepreneur and innovator behind Tesla cars, Elon Musk, among others. Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote also makes the list.

Also on the list are innovators (Cameroon’s Tonje Bakang), philanthropists (Senegal’s Akon), athletes (Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana), actors (Zimbabwe’s Danai Gurira and Keyna’s Lupita Nyong’o), writers (Zambia’s Namwali Serpell), cultural and media personalities (Trevor Noah and Linda Ikeji), along with the activists, artists, models, musicians that have made the headlines and shaped opinions during the year.

source http://www.viviangist.com/linda-ikeji-president-buhari-aliko-dangote-and-others-make-africas-100-most-influential-list

Cc; lalasticlala

Does influential list guarantee the supply of PMS in my car


Mtchewwww

spanishkid:
flàthead I dey o.

So how your sister @ Milan and also the one in Amsterdam been sampled in show glass. ...hope this winter aibt f
The Christmas season, is a season of forgiveness, love, rejoicing, and thanks giving to God, for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who died on the cross, that the whole world may be saved,with the salvation of their Souls.


In Igbo land, there are two major religions, the traditional African religion, which involves the worship of gods, ancestral spirits, and idols, and Christianity.

Most communities in the South East like other African communities,practised the worship of a specie of the python, known as Python Regius.A harmless and beautiful snake, which used to roam about the villages. Now in this part of the world, Pastors and indigenes biker whether to kill or not to kill the snake, due largely to the Biafran war, when people ate the snake without repercautions. Unfortunately,this reptile must be facing extintion in the South East today.

Christianity,is the next major religion of the Igbo land, as introduced by early missionaries, mostly the Catholic Church, the Church Mission Service (CMS), protestants as they were called in those good old days.The Catholic church is of serious prevailence in Igbo Land. Most adults have at one time or the other served mass in the Catholic church, or worked in the CMS, until now when we have pentecostals too.

In those days, most christian Igbo families,as early as the month of August of the year, the tailor would be invited to take measurements for christmas clothes, shoes will be bought, the small hand guns for the boys, and assorted christmas gifts, arranged and kept away by September. The girls would form a group, and one Auntie will be rehearsing one kind of dance or the other for christmas. We all would continue to live with high expectations for the Christmas rice, clothes, shoes and dances.
From 15th December, we would be moved to the village, to remain there till about 15th January, when schools would reopen.

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It was a lot of fun, for us as kids.We met with all our relations, played, went to the river, swam, went into the bushes around to hunt small creatures, doing what young kids do. We would arrange how to spread our breakfast from one house to the other. It still happens today,
Christmas is beyond going to church, exchange of goods, and gifts, for the Igbo man. It goes beyond sewing clothes, buying new cars and property. It offers opportunity for reunion, marriages, friendship, resolution of family matters, community meetings, town hall meetings, conferment of titles, development plans for the people, and their society.

It is also a time for conscious, and serious assessment of an idividual’s life achievements in the year, enabling people to plan for the new year.When you meet your mates and age grades, you see for yourself, and know if you need to catch up some where in your affairs.

This is why the Igbo man must pay special attention to the condition of roads, airports, because they will constitute the majority of commutters from all parts of the country to the Igbo land during christmas, given our presence all over Nigeria.

Year in year out for the past 20 years, I have seen huge traffic gridlocks on all roads towards the South East during this period.Benin Ore road, has remained a source of pain,danger and anguish, for travelling Easterners during Christmas for the past over 20 years. If the past Federal Governments have failed to address this perrenial problem, should the South East Governments not do something about it? I think the South South and South East Governors should create a Task Force, empowered and equiped to augument the efforts of the FRSC and the Police to keep the roads free and safe during the months of December and January every year.

The Task Force should have Giant Hiabs and Tow vehicles located at strategic locations along Benin-Ore Road, Benin-Onitsha Road, Helicopters, and Patrol vehicles to cover the road during this period.The Major Road Transport Companies, like, ABC, De Young, Ifesinachi,Ekene,GUO, God is Good, Agofure, Edegbe, Peace Mass, ITC, Tracas, Entraco,Abia Teansport, and many more should be made to partner with government in funding the Task Force. The idea is to ensure that 2014 December does not visit us with same hardships again.

Our transporters must as a matter of dignity, and honour, stop the exploitation of their own, during the Christmas period. While it is true, that airfares increase during christmas and peak travel seasons in other countries, those airlines have christmas packages for their patrons/customers. In Igbo land, nothing special is offered to commuters during, in and out of the seasons. All we get is arbitrary change in fares during Christmas, except ABC that maintains a dignified constant fare in and out of seasons. The, ABC is a great team, a winning team, and should be emulated by others in keeping the discipline of stable fare during Christamas, and other festive seasons.

This year’s Christmass appears likely to be less boisterious and humble, generally, beause of sheer economic hardship.

The rate of poverty has increased in the last 10 years. Some say it is a period of sacrifice for a better tomorow, but many of our leaders, senators, members of Houses, political office holders and their cronies are having house warming parties, launching news cars, with many thanks giving services. That is the country we are ending up with; Their own Nigeria, and Our own Nigeria.God help the common man in Nigeria, especially the Igbo Man.

Ndigbo should begin to delevelop solutions, and structures to address their own perculiar problems, and challenges in this great nation.
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OBAFEMIawolowo:
this same arrogance we are talking about. Yoruba and hausas are more cooperative and that's why they will always rule this country.

The arrogance of ndigbo have reduced them to ordinary citizens that won't be allowed to hold a VP position, not to talk of president.

You keep bragging over nothing

OK that's fine ..that's why Igbo are saying let those that are cooperating continue as pej will say

Then let the uncooperative Igbo go .

And Igbo has made this clear for you and everybody including the international community

So why come to beg and appeal to them


Please show some dignity and respect


If trully your mum is from asaba ..you will have the best of both world
Biafra passport you will have courtesy of your mum.I'd your saying the truth
Then Nigerian passport courtesy of your cooperative tendencies



So why lose sleep


But you have not told us ur place




Is association by force ?

spanishkid:
Some of them are already attacking the op. Op stop wasting your time talking to these cursed fools. They'll never listen. They're so dumb to learn. I'm patiently for them to start destroying the zoo like they call it and when Buratai and boys will start using their flàtheads for target practice and also when we will start occupying their properties again. Nigeria doesn't owe them anything. They chose to follow the line of treason in 1967 and they'll continue to be treated as the conquered people that they are. After all, they surrendered, didn't they? Op stop wasting your time preaching. These flàtheaded monkeys will never learn. They're going back to biafra with their 5 SE states and Asaba. May Chukwu okike abiama destroy the intestines of any igbo that doesn't want to go back to Biafra.

Benin boy

How far

OBAFEMIawolowo:
my mom is an Igbo woman, I'm closer to Igbo people than even my tribe.

I love Igbo people and I want them to excel, they are hardworking, industrious but not united.

Igbo will be the greatest tribe in Africa with just little unity within them.

You lie and you are just doing a PR stunts .....whwhere has your advised worked

We need a workable plan that we can understudy


Are you had to tell us your place


Dont tell us that you have inferiority complex or identity challenges

OBAFEMIawolowo:
where I come from doesn't matter. Take the message

Igbos should cooperate, you have everything to lose.

It does matter


We need an empirical evidence where this your advise has worked

OBAFEMIawolowo:
the arrogance of Igbo people caused it.

No one would have massacred Igbo if they weren't arrogant. Na better advice I dey give una oooo

I am waiting adviser general


I can bet it



Your mum isn't an asaba woman


Read my signature

OBAFEMIawolowo:
where I come from doesn't matter. Take the message

Igbos should cooperate, you have everything to lose.

Show us how this your cooperation has transformed your place

This is simple question


Where are you from ? We need to go there and understudy your model
Is that hard ?

OBAFEMIawolowo:
every other region have thier various achievements and there's nothing to be proud about in what igbos have achieved.

It was arrogance that killed aguiyi ironsi

It was the same arrogance of ojukwu that started the biafran war

That same arrogance made all other tribe in Nigeria hate igbos

The same arrogance will make most tribe in south south not to follow igbos in their biafra agitation

The same arrogance is what is controlling nnamdi KANU, and it will cost Igbo nation a lot if not properly controlled.

It is the same arrogance that is control you and making you to want to brag about Igbo achievements.

Now this has turned to dick measurement


Yes you are correct but please show me how you replicated this wonderfully made grandiose advise in your place . we need empirical evidences


If not


Can you pls shut the fvck up

OBAFEMIawolowo:
what truth didn't I say?

Igbos are competing instead of cooperating

Igbos are arrogant.

Only a true friend will tell you your flaws, I love Igbos much but sometimes they fall my hand.

I wouldn't want to call your place ...I know your types but shame and complex won't allow you to even name your tribe

Give us your economic and cooperation model Mr adviser