₦airaland Forum

European UNION is not a country.

We dont need it. Lets just go back to our previous boundaries and form nations with ethnic groups that we can live with then after that we can have United States of Africa or better a European Union type of arrangement. Africa is way too big to run as a country.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=574674.msg7419410#msg7419410 date=1293498151] how many "mad" can you get? jk jk[/quote]Bout 35 of em. LOL

alj harem1:
udezue my brother, how u dey

i am happy u are here and alive

how are you and onlytruth

stay bless brother

How do I even get a mad @ such special fella like you?
SMH

AljHarem,

Your own problem na mental illness so go see a psych-doctor 1st then I'll holla.

@Oci-Agha

Nigeria, Sudan, Ivory coast, Congo,

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=574674.msg7418839#msg7418839 date=1293490357]My bad. I underestimated your ambition(err greed). I thought you people were modestly claiming a portion of the area, but in fact you want the whole enchilada! lol onye ara, barawo. ole.  [/quote] SMDH @ ur daftness

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=574674.msg7418699#msg7418699 date=1293488956]@udezue, Even if those areas are indeed Igboland, they make up less than 10%  of the land you people claim to be yours. My statement remains correct.

@Sapeleguy, there is nothing interesting about Onlytruth's point of self sustainability of other regions, if he succeeds in his futile attempt at creating the said nation.  It suffices to say remind you people that, it is in the record that, it was the farmers in the North that produced the groundnuts and resources that supplemented the various budgets of the West and East up till 1970.

Onlytruth's superiors have already attempted to carve out a nation from land they did not own - they lost that war and should learn to live with it.[/quote]

slowpoke. Next time do your math and research b4 spewing garbage. Anioma (North delta) and Igbanke-Edo both combined is the  same size of River state minus Ogoni and Ijaw parts of it. Ewu Hausa

Ndu-chuks,

Anioma-Igbo land in Delta and Igbanke-Igbo land in Edo have not 1 drop of oil and they are in SS so what are u talking about? Fool

This is not about barbarism. If you snatch my property away from me then have the guts to chase me with cutlass when I come to reclaim it best believe I will return with mortar and blow you and the house to pieces then no one will be able to live in it.

Ndi-Igbo should not have to beg lazy bums in PH to vacate their property. If u no buy am it aint yours so stay at your own risk.

Sometimes you have to show the ugly side of you for people to appreciate the good side of you. Umu Igbo take note.

He should 1st start his work in Delta state then walk his way up to the national level. I like the man and know he means well but I'm not he is that popular in Nigeria. He should make a name for himself in his native Delta state 1st then people will see clearly what he is all about.

Let all split so peace will reign jare.

My brother in-law was just telling me how they lost their properties in PH and how many Igbo men / women were killed trying to reclaim their properties. These attacks and killings by useless natives of PH were sanctioned by the government. Even non-natives like Saro Wiwa got a good share of the loot. This issue if not resolved will forever cause disharmony among our people. i don't blame Igbo ppl who have disdain for anything PH or even Rivers state.

Lazy treacherous set of people. I swear sometimes umuIgbo need to copy the Hausa-Fulani of Jos and deal with these miscreants. How do you move into another man's property and call it yours? Cheiiii I hate the fact that we are way too gentle with these people and they still have the nerve to call us names.

Nigerian muslims are violent bcoz they practice a violent retrogressive religion.

Jason, just carry ur itsekiri dey waka go Oduduwa. Yoruba inteLlect and Igbo hardwork? Na only for Yoruba land ppl with intellect exist? Can we just stick to forming nations with ppl who are compatible with eachother not all these ethnic self-praise. What happened to all the intellectuals when they refused to see the necessity of breaking away from the North b4?

Only mentally lazy individuals obsess themselves over oil. We are talking about splitting the failed nation into viable nations and grouping ethnic nations with groups they are more compatible with and some are hear debating about who has more oil. *hiss*

@DayoKanu,

I'm not here to play any silly game with anyone or all that Biafra history crap coz I think u should study history first instead of folktales. Ukpabi Asika, Ikw Nwachukwu, Elechi Amadi fought against Biafra but they are Igbo. Does it mean the Igbo can't be part of Biafra?

Why should the action of Ken Saro Wiwa be an indication that the Ogoni can't be part of biafra when we have men like Kogbara who fought for Biafra?

Why should Adaka Boro's action against Biafra cancel that of Frank Opugo who fought for Biafra and even gave us the name?

Banjo and Soyinka supported Biafra. Banjo even led an army of Biafrans all the way to Ore so are u gonna say the Yoruba were in support of Biafra?

Point blank there were divisions and ppl fought on either side.

@dayokanu,

Ijo, Ogoni, had leaders who played roles in favor of Biafra so its not impossible for them to be part of a new Biafra.

I'm not to sure about the Urhobo-Isoko ppl. They can either go with Oduduwa or with Biafra. Culturally they seem fit to be with either Biafra or Oduduwa nation.

Igala and Idoma are culturally very close to Biafra. Some parts of Nsukka are a mix of both Idoma and Nsuka-Igbo and historically there are towns that shared leadership btwn the two. Almost like a North-South zoning of power. Igala and many Anambra towns got so much in common. Ex, Egwu Igede. Idoma and Igala also share same market days with the Igbo.

What other ethnic groups are in Delta state? Its only 4 of em and they were all covered.

Certain Southern-Eastern and Middlebelt groups have been intermarrying for who knows how long and also have cultural similarities, linguistic ties, also same and similar style of government.
The majority of Igbo, Ijo, Efik, Ogoni, Idoma communities have always had lose type of federation or autonomous entities even b4 British arrived. A form of Democracy did exist.
Yoruba, Bini, Esan, Itekiri, share many similarities and common ancestory. Also they had a more centralized type of government or I guess Kingdom/Dynasty. Some are muslim and some are xtians.

Hausa-Nupe,Kanuri,Fulani got 1 thing that holds em together and its Islam. Nuff said.

Middlebelt is a mixed bunch. One thing that unites them is their opposition to Fulani-Islamic influence. They are also culturally related. They are mostly Christian and animist.

I'm simply going by history, language, type of governance, etc.

I see emergence of 4 nations from Nigeria.

Biafra-(Igbo,Efik-Ibibio,Ogoni,Ijo,Idoma, and Igala)

Oduduwa-(Yoruba-Itsekiri,Bini, and Esan)

Arewa-(Hausa,Fulani,Nupe, Kanuri,Jukun)

MiddleBelt-(Tiv,Gwari,Berom,Angas,Kataf,Ebira)

Plateau is majority xtian state yet Hausa-muslim minority are whooping their butts? Well they have met their match coz truth be told Middlebelt ppl aren't innocent at all. A lot of past military dictators came from there. The Igbo / southerners have toughened up on muslims-Fulani hence they have turned their attention on middlebelt minorities and to an extent the Yoruba.

May the souls RIP.

OnyeNkwu, nwanne u are right. Karma is a big bytch. They had no issue slaughtering and even blowing up fellow christians in tanks back then in the 60s. They worked hand in hand with thei Hausa-Muslim lords so let them get a full taste of their wickedness. Until these ppl or their leaders acknowledge their own wrong and role they played in foisting muslim on themselves they will see no peace. Due to religious sentiment I want to support them but the u remember their dastardly act.

Ileke return to sender

No they don't. Abuja is federal capital. They simply love the money they make up north in an environment filled with lazy ppl who sure can't compete with them. I am Igbo, never been to the North, don't plan on visiting.

tufiakwa!!!!

“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (Luke 10:19)

Afrodiva, I asked you a question and u answered me with a question? Are u that moronic? Biko answer me. I am not going to answer yours until u answer mine coz I posed the question 1st but u are avoiding it bcoz u fear it will contradict all the moronic lies u have been telling.
AGAIN
How many alphabets are in Ekpeye language?
What is "come" in Ekpeye?
How many Market days do u have in Ekpeye?

As for ur Ojukwu not invited every village chief in Ekpeye LOLOLOLOL I don't even know whether he invited Aro king or Igwe of Awka. He didn't have to silly.

Aro and Abiriba have significant influence from efik-Ibibio but guess what no Aro or Abiriba man will deny being Igbo just because his name is Archibong, Mang, Ofong, Obasi, Eni, etc. Maybe its due to our level of education and also contacts with many people so we tend to not be as ignorant and uneducated as our mba mmiri neighbors.

In many Igboid communities the greeting vary, we have several like,

Ndewo (central Igbo), Njokwa (Abakiliki, Afikpo) , Ajeh (Ukwuani, Anioma), etc.

Kedu (central) , Olia (ngwa) , Nda (ikwerre, aro), etc.

Nne Yoruba language have dialects just like the Igbo and Ijo.

The last time they wanted to install EzeNdiIgbo in Rivers state it leader of Ikwerre Liberation Movement who came out opposition to it and his reason was that majority of River state ppl and their culture is Igbo hence there is no need having an Eze Igbo in Rivers since it contradicts the belief that his Ikwerre ppl and other subgroups are Igbo. U don't have Eze Igbo Delta state. Do you?

As for Ekpeye having their own group and Ikwerre having their Ogbako Ikwerre, AFRODIVA!!!! Arochukwu also has NZUKO ARO, and other Igbo groups have their own respective groups coz just as much as we recognize our common Igbo heritage we also recognize our distinct local identities.

What Igbo group influenced Ekpeye, made the change their names, their language, their attire coz the last time I checked Igbo subgroups were very independent of eachother unlike Yoruba, Fulani who moved most of the time as one entity.

@ Afro,
And there were upperland Igbos like Ukpabi Asika, Ike Nwachukwu who also fought against Nigeria so does that make them non-Igbo? Please don't try to act innocent because ur comment to Andre wasn't the nicest hence I feel no need to be nice to you either ODE. What makes Ekpeye non Igbo and Abiriba Igbo? Can you tell me that? No you don't get to choose who you are because God created you already as whatever. I can't just wake up one day claim to be only Awka or Aro but not Igbo. Thats very stuppid.
The term Igboid language means dialect of the Igbo language.
An Awka dialect is way different from Afikpo dialect.
An Aro dialect is way different from Ukwuani dialect.
Igboid languages are Awka, Aro, Abiriba, Ezza, Igbanke, Ekpeye, Ikwerre, Ndoni, Kwale, Okigwe, Olu, Enugu-Wawa, Owerri, Mbaise, etc.
Most Igbos like me who grew up in cosmopolitan cities like Enugu speak the central dialect and also mixture of these other Igboid dialects due to our mixed background of several Igbo communities. I am still not fluent in Awka and Aro. I haven't even dared to learn Agbo dialect / langauge.
Please leave Chinyen out of this. It shows your desperation. FYI Chinyen is proudly Igbo. His disagreement with many Igbos in NL has a lot to do with his overly in-ward attitude towards Igbo affiars especially Ngwa issues not becuase he denies being Igbo. I know him both on NL and Facebook and we agree and also disagree on issues.

How many alphabets are in Ekpeye language?
How many market days do you have in Ekpeye?
What is "come" in Ekpeye?

Honest answers please.

wow!!

Afro,
Like Andre said stop chatting crap. The Ekpeye fought in Biafra and faced a lot repression after it for their support so who forced them? Ekpeye is clearly Igbo so go sit ur butt down with that Igboid crap coz for ur info the same way Ekpeye is Igboid is the same way Awka or Ukwuani is Igboid. Going by ur moronic assertion I should conclude that Abiriba or Arochukwu is Ibibiod since there are certain similarities and sharing of same words.