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There is a thin line between a case of "accident" and
that of "negligence". one is often mistaken for the
other. According to Section 24 of the Criminal Code
Act:

" Subject to the express provisions of this code
relating to negligent acts and omissions, a person is
not criminally responsible for an act or omission,
which occurs independently of the exercise of his
will or for an event which occurs by accident"

The above section is saying that a person cannot be
held criminally liable for any injury caused by him to another person by accident, except where their is an element of negligence in his act. You cannot claim compensation from someone, for an injury that occurred simply by accident. The question now is when will an incident that caused injury be tagged
as an accident and when will it be attributed to the
negligence of another person.

Accident is an unforeseen happening that occurs
unintentionally and results in “harm, injury, damage
or loss. These involves incidents that happen that
are beyond anyone control. WHEREAS
Negligence is a lack of “ordinary care” or “skill” in
the “management of person or property” that caused injury or harm to another person. This means, even though you never intent to injure anyone , but does an act which a reasonable man
ought to know would result to the injury of another.

When you cause an injury to another person or
damage another person's vehicle while driving. It
might be seen as an accident by a layman, because
there was no element of intention. But if there is a
compelling evidence that you were on phone call as
at the time ; that you have a faulty brake; that you
have no drivers license; that you were painting your
nails e.t.c , you will be held liable for negligence.
This is because you ought to have foreseen the likely outcome of your act or omission, but yet you carried on recklessly. You did not act carefully like a
reasonable man .

In a situation , where you spit out of the window and it landed on someone outside, you can't claim
accident. The law expect that a reasonable man
would first look out of the window to ensure no one
was out before spitting. You acted negligently and
recklessly, and can't be protected by law.

In any circumstances involving risk, it is important
to remember that the key test is that you assess and
act in a reasonable manner. The greater the risk of
injury, especially serious injury, the more the law
expects from you as a duty to plan and guard
against danger. You own a duty of care to you
neighbor.

In today’s society, many people think that it is
possible to sue for compensation whenever an
injury occurs, that windfall damages are dished out
automatically by the courts, things don't work like
that. Whether there is legal liability for any injury-
causing incident is based upon the facts surrounding a case. This is why it is important to
consult and retain a personal injury lawyer to
determine if your injury was “accidental” or due
to “negligence".

captainprogress:
I LOVE NIGERIA...

You love confusion

No be today e start o

“We do not want our Southern neighbours to interfere in our development. We have never associated ourselves with the activities of these
people. We do not know them, we do not
recognize them, and we share no responsibility in their actions. We shall demand our rights when the time is ripe. If the British quit Nigeria now at this
stage, the Northern people would continue their uninterrupted conquest to the sea”. - Sir Tafawa Balewa (1947)

“We the people of the North will continue our stated
intention to conquer the South and to dip the Koran
in the Atlantic ocean after the British leave our
shores.” - Sir Ahmadu Bello (1957)

“The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future”- Sir Ahmadu Bello (1960)

These fulani herdmen value a cow more than a human life.

“We the people of the North will continue our stated intention to conquer the South and to dip the Koran in the Atlantic ocean after the British leave our shores.” - Sir Ahmadu Bello (1957)

gbosaa:
With all the evils of shekau and his boko haram colleagues, they have concentrated their activities in the north.

If Kanu tries anything outside the South East, those men from the barracks, 82 division Enugu etc would get rid of their uniforms and unleash terror on innocent civilians then blame it on boko haram before the coordinators of the real thing sends some men down through trailers and lorries load of tomato and cows.

Btw Nnamdi Kanu talks too much. He should stop taking pictures with hoodlums with rusty guns in the bush. He is embarrassing the igbos. You can't confront Nigerian army with such people who can't hold guns properly.

Bros nawa for you ooo.. Even a toddler knows that picture is photoshop and not real. I can't believe you fall for it.

Good idea

The fear of Jihad is the beginning of wisdom

Buhari is dictator.

Only slowpokes and dumb brains would take a mere list of properties as a public declaration of public. Wise Nigerians are still waiting for buhari to make public the declaration document, and not a lose list .

There is a thin line between a case of "accident" and that of "negligence". one is often mistaken for the other. According to Section 24 of the Criminal Code Act:

" Subject to the express provisions of this code relating to negligent acts and omissions, a person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission, which occurs independently of the exercise of his will or for an event which occurs by accident"

The above section is saying that a person cannot be held criminally liable for any injury caused by him to another person by accident, except where their is an element of negligence in his act. You cannot claim compensation from someone, for an injury that occurred simply by accident. The question now is when will an incident that caused injury be tagged as an accident and when will it be attributed to the negligence of another person.

Accident is an unforeseen happening that occurs unintentionally and results in “harm, injury, damage or loss. These involves incidents that happen that are beyond anyone control. WHEREAS
Negligence is a lack of “ordinary care” or “skill” in the “management of person or property” that caused injury or harm to another person. This means, even though you never intent to injure anyone , but does an act which a reasonable man ought to know would result to the injury of another.

When you cause an injury to another person or damage another person's vehicle while driving. It might be seen as an accident by a layman, because there was no element of intention. But if there is a compelling evidence that you were on phone call as at the time ; that you have a faulty brake; that you have no drivers license; that you were painting your nails e.t.c , you will be held liable for negligence. This is because you ought to have foreseen the likely outcome of your act or omission, but yet you carried on recklessly. You did not act carefully like a reasonable man .

In a situation , where you spit out of the window and it landed on someone outside, you can't claim accident. The law expect that a reasonable man would first look out of the window to ensure no one was out before spitting. You acted negligently and recklessly, and can't be protected by law.

In any circumstances involving risk, it is important to remember that the key test is that you assess and act in a reasonable manner. The greater the risk of injury, especially serious injury, the more the law expects from you as a duty to plan and guard against danger. You own a duty of care to you neighbor.

In today’s society, many people think that it is possible to sue for compensation whenever an injury occurs, that windfall damages are dished out automatically by the courts, things don't work like that. Whether there is legal liability for any injury-causing incident is based upon the facts surrounding a case. This is why it is important to consult and retain a personal injury lawyer to determine if your injury was “accidental” or due
to “negligence".

In 1957, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto and the Premier of the North, said the following:

“We the people of the North will continue our stated intention to conquer the South and to dip the Koran in the Atlantic ocean after the British leave our shores.”

Believe it or not , the fight is still on

dachpee:
The government said they are unknown gunmen.
The IG said the North Central zone are all cattle rustlers.
These are innocent children being massacred by fulani marauders and what we here everyday is the Berom, Tiv, Idoma and other tribes in the North Central zone. Please PMB you have not relocated any military to the north central, please please please they are gradually wiping our people. The fulanis work freely with AK47.


#PlateauMourn
#plateauspeaks
#stopthekillingsinplateau

Dach Pee
Jos

I hear a lot of people accuse the ibos of being filled
with hate toward other tribe, of being the problem
of Nigeria. But, I have never heard of Ibos attacking
other tribes in their land or outside their land. The
ibo land is one of the most peaceful part of Nigeria,
they pay their taxes and rents where ever they finds
themselves, they relate well with their host. I see no
reason why ibos should be seen as a problem in
Nigeria.

The real problem are the fulanis , they look for
problem where ever they go, they attack their host
unprovoked, destroy farmlands and threaten any
community they enters with death. They move
around freely with guns. Nobody is talking about
this herdsmen bloodsucking demons, their leaders
are not condemning them, the press are silent
toward their evil action.

Every focus and energy are been channeled on the
ibos. The Ibos are hardworking pple who value life,
they are not a threat, the threat are the fulanis. The
fulanis are the real blood thirsty bigots . This set of
pple value cow more than a human life.

By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—Sequel to Imo State government’s
acknowledgment of the receipt of Federal
Government’s bailout fund, the Catholic Archbishop
of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most
Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has again challenged
Governor Rochas Okorocha to publish the state’s
financial statement.

Archbishop Obinna, who repeated the demand while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, wondered why it was taking the governor such a long time to publish the state account for public consumption.

The fiery Catholic cleric challenged journalists to
invoke the Freedom of Information Act, and force
the governor to release the document.






www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/publish-the-state-financial-account-archbishop-obinna-tells-okorocha/

Am not in support of war; but only a fool will believe that a court established under Nigeria law will support the division of Nigeria. Moreover the constitution of Nigeria stated that, "Nigeria is indivisible". The only option the biafrans has is to implore the UN Charter Right which provide for the indigenous right to self determination. UN law supersedes the constitution of Nigeria. So anybody taking biafran matter to a Nigerian court is only deceiving himself and some gullible ones.

All that need to be done, is to find a way to draw the attention of the UN to the fact that their are a vest indigenous pple in Nigeria who seriously want a self determination. Only then will the UN intervene and give directive to the president of Nigeria to organize a referendum.

"If two men are having a fight and the wife of one tries to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's joystick, show her no mercy; cut off her hand. "

#DEUTERONOMY 25:11-12

disumusa:
silly ibo boy, so its amadu bello,sadauna of sokoto that introduce islam to sw.
More so is there any time yoruba and ibo unite b/4?

At least you are not denying the fact that Amadu bello made the above statement quoted in the write up.

The SW is down, remaining the SS and SE

In 1957, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto and the Premier of the North, said the following:

“We the people of the North will continue our stated intention to conquer the South and to dip the Koran in the Atlantic ocean after the British leave our shores.”

Believe it or not , the fight is still on; the south-west is almost conquered, christianity is nearly a minority in the South-west. The remaining part of the South to be conquered is the South-South and South-East. This is why the SS and SE have to team up. Together we will stand - divided we will fall. They will try to divide us , make us hate each other, so that when one side is under attack, the other side wouldn't intervene; that was how they brought hatred between the SW and the SE in other to conquer the SW.

Why do you think IBB, Buhari and other fulani top leaders are silent over the herdmen cleansing of minority christians tribes going on in the NC ? They walk around with sophisticated weapons; Who do you think gave this ordinary herdmen such weapons?

He who has ears, let him hear.

In 418 B.C. Herodotus, the Greek philosopher who is known as the “father of history”, said “a man who does not know anything about the events that took place before he or she was born will remain forever a child.” Not only was he right but one must go a step further by saying that those who refuse to learn from their history are condemned to repeating its mistakes.

In 1957, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto and the Premier of the North, said the following: “We the people of the North will continue our stated intention to conquer the South and to dip the Koran in the Atlantic ocean after the British leave our shores.”

Three years later, on October 12, 1960, he went a step further by saying the following words to the Parrot Newspaper: “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a
change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future”.

That same year he said: “I will allow Sir Tafawa Balewa to go and become Prime Minister and lead the unbelievers of the South whilst I will stay in the North and lead the faithful”.

One year later, in a television interview with the BBC (which can still be viewed on YouTube) he was asked whether his “Northernisation Policy” would be a temporary or permanent feature. His response was as follows. “In actual fact the policy is a northerner first. If you cannot get a northerner then you get an expatriate like yourself on contract. If we cannot get that then we will employ another Nigerian from the south on contract too. This is going to be a permanent policy as far as I Forsee”.

Not to be outdone, in January 1947 on the floor of the Northern House of Assembly, Sir Tafawa Balewa, a man who was to become the first Prime Minister of Nigeria 13 years later, said the following words:

“We do not want our Southern neighbours to interfere in our development. We have never associated ourselves with the activities of these people. We do not know them, we do not
recognise them, and we share no responsibility in their actions. We shall demand our rights when the time is ripe. If the British quit Nigeria now at this stage, the Northern people would continue their uninterrupted conquest to the sea”.

The passion for the total domination of the Nigerian state by the North has not in any way diminished over the years. As a matter of fact it appears to have become even more pronounced and, for some, it has become an obsession. Consider the following.

On October 2, 2014, one Aliyu Gwarzo said the following to Pointblanknews:

“When I say that the Presidency must come to the north next year I am referring to the Hausa-Fulani core north and not any northern christian or minority tribe. The Christians in the north are nothing and the minorities know that when we are talking about leadership in the north and in Nigeria, Allah has given it to us, the Hausa-Fulani. They owe us everything. This is because we gave them Islam through the great Jihad waged by Sheik Usman Dan Fodio. We liberated all these places and all these people by imposing islam on them by force. It was either the Koran or the sword and most of them chose the Koran. In return for the good works of our forefathers Allah, through the British, gave us Nigeria to rule and to do with as we please. Since 1960 we have been doing that and we intend to continue. No Goodluck or anyone else will stop us from taking back our power next year. We will kill, maim, destroy and turn this country into Africa’s biggest war zone and refugee camp if they try it. Many say we are behind Boko Haram. My answer is
what do you expect? We do not have economic power or intellectual power. All we have is political power and they want to take even that from us. If they don’t want an ISIS in Nigeria then they must give us back the Presidency and our political
power. Their soldiers are killing our warriors and our people every day but mark this: even if it takes one hundred years we will have our revenge. Every Fulani man that they kill is a debt that will be repaid even if it takes 100 years. The Fulani have very long memories”.

The full text of Gwarzo’s contribution can be read on Pointblanknews or elsewhere. His words are self-explanatory and they need no further analysis. Thankfully his views do not represent the thinking of the majority of Hausa Fulani people but he does speak for a dangerous and vocal minority and his
words constitute a clear statement of intent. Simply put, it is his desire to conquer and subjugate Southern Nigeria and to restore northern domination and supremacy in the affairs of our
nation in perpetuity. The quest for Northern domination in the affairs of our country is as old as the hills. It led to a brutal civil war between 1967
and 1970 in which millions were killed. It led to pogrom after pogrom and slaughter after slaughter in the North. It led to a series of military coups and counter coups. In 1991, it led to a coup by Major Gideon Orkar which, if it had been successful,
would have resulted in the excision of the core Northern states from our country. It led to the annulement of Chief MKO Abiola’s presidential election of June 12, 1993, which almost resulted in a second civil war. It led to the brutal suppression of the South by General Sani Abacha and the murder, torture, incarceration and exile of many southern leaders. It led to stiff opposition to the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo in the North
which came in the guise of “political sharia”. And finally it led to it’s most barbaric and hideous expression in the relentless opposition to the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan which
came in the form of Boko Haram.

Judging from recent events, with President Buhari now in power it appears that those who have been lusting for total northern domination for the last 55 years have finally had their way. The inability to think deeply or profoundly is a curse. The
inability to read widely and learn from others is a pitiful and costly affliction. If there were ever a time for profound thinking and deep and sober reflection when it comes to the affairs of our nation, it is now. I say this because only three months after President Buhari has been sworn into office the power configuration, vis-a-vis North and South, has resulted in the following mess.

There is no gainsaying that this is unacceptable. Some of us
warned that this would happen but we were insulted and lampooned for doing so. These appointments are not only
lopsided but they are also a manifestation of the fact that in
just three months southern Nigeria has finally been relegated
to being little more than an occupied region and a vassal state.
The people of the south appear to have been placed in
servitude and bondage. Our chains may be invisible but they
are very much there.

The question must be asked: is Buhari the President of Nigeria
or is he the King of the North? Some have argued that the
federal character formula has no place in our affairs anymore
and that merit ought to be the only criteria for government
appointments. Permit me to qoute a young man from twitter
who responded to that absurd logic rather well by saying “if
federal character isn’t important, why is the Vice President also
not from Daura? Educated people should not speak like
illiterates”.

Others have said that we should wait for the ministerial list and
that after that things would balance out. Again this is absurd
logic and those that spout such convoluted thrash appear to
have forgotten the fact that the President is compelled by law
and the constitution to appoint a Minister from every state of
the federation, including each of the southern states.

Whether he is President of Nigeria or King of the North, Buhari
would do well to retrace his steps. The consequences of not
doing so for both his government and the unity of our country
will be grave and costly. The south cannot be subjugated and
treated with contempt and the people of the South will never be
slaves. Fairness and equity in the distribution of national
resources and key government appointments are a fundamental
pre-requisite for peace, security and national unity in our
country.

It has served our collective interest well for many years. Those
who seek to upset the applecart and jettison it today are not
considering the inevitable and monumental consequences of
their actions. Power may have returned to the North but the
people of the South must be treated with respect, sensitivity,
dignity, fairness and decency. Those that refuse to accept this
counsel and that insist on charting a different course do so at
their own peril.


http://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/?p=168679

The worst mistake a beautiful woman can do is to fart in the present of her man. In the eyes of a man, she is seen as an Angel; she has to maintain that statue, the moment she starts farting around on the man's face, she will be seen as one of the boys; her attractiveness depreciates anything the man remembers the smell or sound of the fart.

Nigerians don't know the importance of helmet . If this victims were putting on helmet, I don't think they would have died.

RIP to the dead

oluseyiforjesus:
We call it, Runs girl Wat do we call ur English too, over to u @ op

Call it whatever you like, but it's far more better than yours.

Jarizod:
lol

Ashawo
Olosho
okpo
Osho
Etc

Your above list are for women who sleep with different men in exchange for cash.

IamLEGEND1:
offering box.

Abi na "public toilet"

Jarizod:
dont tell me u seriously dont know

Omo, seriously I don't know. Tell me if you seriously know?

If a man who sleep with many different women is called a womanizer; what do we call a woman who sleep with many different men?

The notion that Igbos migrated from Israel was
never a fabrication by the Igbo indigenes, it was first identified by the early europeans to enter the shores of Nigeria. They were astonished of the fact that the tradition practice by the Igbos were of similarity to those practice by the Israel of the Bible, even though their had never been any bible exposure to Africa as at then .

Daniel Lis, from the Institute for Jewish Studies,
University of Basel, Switzerland, is one of the
foremost researchers on Jewish identification
among the Igbo. He says there has been a clear
continuity of Jewish identity among the Igbo. "It's
not just something that happened yesterday," he
says.

The Swiss-Israeli anthropologist says that Igbo-
Jewish identity can be traced back to the 18th
century. Cross-cultural comparisons have been
documented by people ranging from George
Thomas Basden, the influential Anglican missionary
and ethnographer who proposed that the word
"Igbo" evolved as a corruption of the word
"Hebrew," to Olaudah Equiano, a freed Igbo slave
living in 18th century British society. The oral stories and historic notations of cultural resemblances between the Igbo and the Jews have proven compelling enough to lure a diverse array of
people to southeastern Nigeria.

Michael Freund, an American Jew based in Israel, is
planning his first trip to Nigeria to get a first-hand
look at the culture of the Igbo. "I've read about them but of course there is nothing like actually hearing the stories of the people themselves," he says. Discovering "lost" Jewish communities around the world is what Freund does. He is the founder and chairman of the independent non-profit
organization Shavei Israel. According to its media
spokesperson Arik Puder, Shavei Israel is the only
organization in Israel that focuses on finding
descendants of the legendary lost tribes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/01/world/africa/nigeria-jews-igbo/

Below are some of the known traditions of Igbos
even before missionaries came to Africa:

1. In Igboland a woman lives apart from their
husbands nor cooks for them or enters their
husband’s quarters when she is on her period, she
is seen as unclean . Even up till today such practice
is still applicable in some part of Igboland especially
by the traditionalist. Before a woman can enter the
palace of Obi of Onitsha , she will be asked if she is
on period, if yes, she will be asked to stay out.

Leviticus 15: 19-20
When a woman has her monthly period, she
remains unclean, anyone who touches her or
anything she has sat on becomes unclean.

2. An Igbo man’s ancestral heritage, called “Ana Obi” is not sellable, elders will not permit this. If this is somehow done due to the influence of the West the person is considered a fool and is ostracized by the community.

1 king 21:3
I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors, and the
lord forbid that I should sell it, said Naboth.

3. Igbos have practiced the taking a late brothers
wife into marriage after she had been widowed until
the white men came. Now it is rarely done but
except in very rural villages of the bush.

Deuteronomy 25:5
A widow of a dead man is not to married outside the family; it is the duty of the dead man's brother to marry her.

4. In Igboland, there is a unique form of
apprenticeship in which either a male family
member or a community member will spend six(6)
years (usually in their teens to their adulthood)
working for another family. And on the seventh year, the head of the host household, who is usually the older man who brought the apprentice into his
household, will establish (Igbo: idu) the apprentice
by either setting up a business for him or giving
money or tools by which to make a living.

Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six
years. In the seventh year he is to be set free
without having to pay you anything.

5. In Igboland , the yam is very important to the Igbo as it is their staple crop. There are celebrations such as the New yam festival (Igbo: Iri Ji) which are held for the harvesting of the yam. New Yam festival (Igbo: Iri ji) is celebrated annually to secure a good harvest of the staple crop. Those old days it is an abomination for one to eat a new harvest before the festival. It's a tradition that you give the gods of the land first as a thanks given.

Deuteronomy 16:9
Count 7 weeks from the time that you begin to
harvest the crops, and celebrate the harvest festival
to honor the lord your God, by bringing him a
freewill offering in proportion to the blessing he has
given you. Celebrate in the lord's presence together
with your children, servants, foreigners . Be sure
that you obey my command, said the lord.

6. In Igboland it's a tradition that the male children
are circumcised on the 8th day. This tradition is still
practice till date.

Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

7. In Igboland, there a practice known as "ile
omugwo ". After a woman has given birth to a child,
a very close and experienced relative of her, in most case her mother is required by tradition to come spend time with her and her husband. In which she is to do all the work of the wife, while the new mom’s only assignment to the baby will be to breastfeed. This goes on for a month or more. In the Igbo old tradition, at this time, the new mom lives apart from her husband, would not cook or enter his quarters.

Leviticus 12:1-4
For seven days after a woman gives birth, she is
ritually unclean as she is during her monthly period. It will be 33 days until she is ritually clean from the loss of blood; she is not to touch anything that is holy.

blaqoracle:
equiano was never an Igbo, he never claimed to be one,it was Achebe that started literary fraud that claimed that equiano was Igbo.

Stop saying what you don't know. Go and do your research . Equiano wrote a book , in which he stated that he from Igbo. I wonder why you and ur kind are trying hard to reshuffle history.

Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade. His autobiography, published in 1789 and attracting wide attention, was considered highly influential in gaining passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended the African trade for Britain and its colonies.

According to his own account, Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 to the Igbo people in the region now known as Nigeria. His name, Olaudah, means "one who has a loud voice and is well spoken", and signifies good fortune. He was the youngest son, with six brothers and sisters. His father was a man of dignity, given the title "Embrenché" (modern Igbo: mgburichi), a man whom he remembers bearing scarifications on his forehead, which signified his father's status. When he was around the age of eleven, he and his sister were left alone to look after their family's compound, as was common when adults went out of the house for work. They were both kidnapped and taken far away from their hometown, separated, and sold to slave traders.

In Virginia he was sold to a Royal Navy officer, Lieutenant Michael Pascal, who renamed him 'Gustavus Vassa' after the 16th-century Swedish king. Equiano travelled the oceans with Pascal for eight years, during which time he was baptised and learned to read and write. Pascal then sold Equiano to a ship captain in London, who took him to Montserrat, where he was sold to the prominent merchant Robert King. While working as a deckhand, valet and barber for King, Equiano earned money by trading on the side. In only three years, he made enough money to buy his own freedom.

In 1786 in London, he became involved in the movement to abolish slavery. He was a prominent member of the 'Sons of Africa', a group of 12 black men who campaigned for abolition. In 1789 he published his autobiography, 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African'. He travelled widely promoting the book, which became immensely
popular, helped the abolitionist cause, and made Equiano a wealthy man. It is one of the earliest books published by a black African writer.

In 1792, Equiano married an Englishwoman, Susanna Cullen, and they had two daughters. Equiano died on
31 March 1797.


www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/equiano_olaudah.shtml

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaudah_Equiano

kestolove95:
do u think d Israelites will tolerate all dix drug trafficking and robbery we nigerians ar tolerating from dix igbo people?

All those crimes u enlisted are not solely an igbo thing if you can be true to urself. Nigeria is a dream killer, the political pace is rotten with corruption and bigotry.

dejavski:
In other words you are trying to tell the Ibos to leave Biafraland and relocate back to Israel their ancestral home

Their are recognized jews in America, swiss , Ethiopia etc. They don't need to relocate to Israel. The Jews around the world know themselves, and they stand and help each other in times of problem.

The notion that Igbos migrated from Israel was never a fabrication by the Igbo indigenes, it was first identified by the early europeans to enter the shores of Nigeria. They were astonished of the fact that the tradition practice by the Igbos were of similarity to those practice by the Israel of the Bible, even though their had never been any bible exposure to Africa as at then .

Daniel Lis, from the Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland, is one of the foremost researchers on Jewish identification among the Igbo. He says there has been a clear continuity of Jewish identity among the Igbo. "It's not just something that happened yesterday," he says.

The Swiss-Israeli anthropologist says that Igbo- Jewish identity can be traced back to the 18th century. Cross-cultural comparisons have been documented by people ranging from George Thomas Basden, the influential Anglican missionary and ethnographer who proposed that the word "Igbo" evolved as a corruption of the word "Hebrew," to Olaudah Equiano, a freed Igbo slave living in 18th century British society. The oral stories and historic notations of cultural resemblances between the Igbo and the Jews have proven compelling enough to lure a diverse array of
people to southeastern Nigeria.

Michael Freund, an American Jew based in Israel, is planning his first trip to Nigeria to get a first-hand look at the culture of the Igbo. "I've read about them but of course there is nothing like actually hearing the stories of the people themselves," he says. Discovering "lost" Jewish communities around the world is what Freund does. He is the founder and chairman of the independent non-profit organization Shavei Israel. According to its media spokesperson Arik Puder, Shavei Israel is the only organization in Israel that focuses on finding descendants of the legendary lost tribes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/01/world/africa/nigeria-jews-igbo/

Below are some of the known traditions of Igbos even before missionaries came to Africa:

1. In Igboland a woman lives apart from their husbands nor cooks for them or enters their husband’s quarters when she is on her period, she is seen as unclean . Even up till today such practice is still applicable in some part of Igboland especially by the traditionalist. Before a woman can enter the palace of Obi of Onitsha , she will be asked if she is on period, if yes, she will be asked to stay out.

Leviticus 15: 19-20
When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean, anyone who touches her or anything she has sat on becomes unclean.

2. An Igbo man’s ancestral heritage, called “Ana Obi” is not sellable, elders will not permit this. If this is somehow done due to the influence of the West the person is considered a fool and is ostracized by the community.

1 king 21:3
I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors, and the lord forbid that I should sell it, said Naboth.

3. Igbos have practiced the taking a late brothers wife into marriage after she had been widowed until the white men came. Now it is rarely done but except in very rural villages of the bush.

Deuteronomy 25:5
A widow of a dead man is not to married outside the family; it is the duty of the dead man's brother to marry her.

4. In Igboland, there is a unique form of apprenticeship in which either a male family member or a community member will spend six(6) years (usually in their teens to their adulthood) working for another family. And on the seventh year, the head of the host household, who is usually the older man who brought the apprentice into his household, will establish (Igbo: idu) the apprentice by either setting up a business for him or giving money or tools by which to make a living.

Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay you anything.

5. In Igboland , the yam is very important to the Igbo as it is their staple crop. There are celebrations such as the New
yam festival (Igbo: Iri Ji) which are held for the harvesting of the yam. New Yam festival (Igbo: Iri ji) is celebrated annually to secure a good harvest of the staple crop. Those old days it is an abomination for one to eat a new harvest before the festival. It's a tradition that you give the gods of the land first as a thanks given.

Deuteronomy 16:9
Count 7 weeks from the time that you begin to harvest the crops, and celebrate the harvest festival to honor the lord your God, by bringing him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing he has given you. Celebrate in the lord's presence together with your children, servants, foreigners . Be sure that you obey my command, said the lord.

6. In Igboland it's a tradition that the male children are circumcised on the 8th day. This tradition is still practice till date.

Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

7. In Igboland, there a practice known as "ile omugwo ". After a woman has given birth to a child, a very close and experienced relative of her, in most time her mother is required by tradition to come spend time with her and her husband. In which she is do all the work of the wife, while the new mom’s
only assignment to the baby will be to breastfeed. This goes on for a month or more. In the Igbo old tradition, at this time, the new mom lives apart from her husband, would not cook or enter his quarters.

Leviticus 12:1-4
For seven days after a woman gives birth, she is ritually unclean as she is during her monthly period. It will be 33 days until she is ritually clean from the loss of blood; she is not to touch anything that is holy.