₦airaland Forum

Mhizsonia:
Lol.

my answer is nt in d option.....my ansa is NAY!!!

uupgrade:
Only Read if You are Proud Son of ur Family. History Must Be Respected.

Part One.

I was reading an article titled “Press release by Ijaws of Egbema Clan: Rejoinder”, and I was particularly
interested in sections that dealt with the history of the Ijaws and our neighbours.

It is the duty of historians to investigate and arrive at the truth concerning the history of peoples. In
truth the history of the Ijaws and our neighbours the Itsekiris, Urhobos, Binis, Edos, Yorubas and Igbos
are intertwined as we go further back in time. And it is because historians have not come to terms with
this fact, that people can make claims and counter-claims as to who owns the land, and who arrived in a
region first.

In various historical documents that I have sent in to this forum, I have demonstrated that all the ethnic
nationalities comprising Southern Nigeria, did not exist as we now know them to be now, 2000 years ago.
Most are a product of fusion of ancient people, the Ijaw people being one of the most ancient survivals
of the original ancient people that fused with others to give rise to the ethnic nationalities that exist
today.

What is meant by the term Autochthonous?
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. While the Northern part of West Africa,
may stretch back to 10000 years, if we take into consideration the Sahara grassland of antiquity.

The so called Proto-Niger-Congo language, of which the Ijo language is classified into, is divided into the
following language groups - Kordofanian, which split into Kordofanian and Mande-Congo, which also split
into Mande and Atlantic-Congo, which also split into Atlantic, Ijoid, Dogon, and Volta-Congo. Volta-Congo
split into North Volta-Congo and Benue Kwa, which split into Kwa and Benue-Congo. Now the Ijoid
language split into Ijo and Defaka, while the Benue-Congo split into Yoruba, Igala, Edo and Ibo and some
other southern Nigerian languages.

According to the Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa-Archaeology, History, Language, Cultures and
Environment, edited by J O Vogel (1997, p172);

“…The indigenous languages of western Africa belong to three of the four phyla of African languages
established by J H Greenberg in 1963: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-Congo……Consequently, the
homeland of Niger-Congo is normally placed in western Africa, whereas those of Nilo-Saharan languages and
Afro-Asiatic are sought farther to the east and northeast respectively. From time to time, suggestions have
been made that Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo are ultimately related. Recently Roger Blench has proposed
that Niger-Congo is simply a branch of Nilo-Saharan, most closely related to the Central Sudanic family of
Nilo-Saharan in the centre of the African continent. If this view is correct, Niger-Congo would have originated
farther east than is us ually assumed, perhaps to the northwest of the present-day central Sudan. The Congo
family, in Sudan, is assumed to have moved eastwards. The other families of Niger-Congo presumably were
gradually compressed into West Africa as a result of the desiccation of the Sahara. As Western Africa became
more crowded, Adamawa-Ubangi and Bantu expanded southwards into central Africa and later, in the case of
Bantu, into eastern and southern Africa….Two relatively small families, Dogon and Ijoid, are thought to have
split off next. Dogon with little internal differentiation, remained on land, south of the bend in the Niger, while
Ijoid, with somewhat more internal differentiation into Defaka and the Ijo group, moved down the Niger to its
confluence with the Benue and then either directly along the Niger or via the Benue and Cross River to the
Niger Delta and associated waterways where it is found today….

Oritshe

infoblaster:
"Are you a job Hunter?
Are you intimately Lonely?
Are you seeking thriving business opportunities to match the threatened economy?
Are you in need of ideas?
Are your bags packed?"

Then the right place for you to be is at the South-South and South East Conference of the Junior Chamber International which will be holding in Benin City, Nigeria, from 16-19 June, 2016.

It is going to be really exciting, fun-filled and a fertile ground to network with like minds who will be attending from across the country.

mr op, no vex o. We don attend tire!

PoliticalThuG:
Who would that be?

None of dem coz i cnt imagine seing my dickson moved to d frontpage

jessicajay:
The late actress Henrietta Kosoko and former wife of the prominent actor, Jide Kosoko had her wake keeping yesterday June 9, 2016. Present at the solemn service was Mercy Aigbe, Yomi Fash-lanso, Toyin Aimakhu, Foluke Daramola, Desmond Elliot, Adeniyi Johnson, Baba Pupa, Mercy Aigbe et al.

Actress Toyin Aimakhu paid tribute to the actress where she said “Rest in peace mama Henrietta Kosoko. We love u,”

Source: http://blog.iyodatv.com/nollywood-stars-flood-henrietta-kosokos-wake-keepphotos/

chai Foluke o....ur m*lk industy is flourishing

skywalker001:
Can someone become deaf by using earpiece (earphone) ? Because many people has being warning me recently that my ear will soon damage by using this stuff and i'm someone that can't do without my earpiece...

yea.... too much of evrytn

Jadeite:
Urhobos don't joke with such..Even if u bury the body in London, them go uproot am
....My aunt was out of Nigeria 4 27yrs, when she died, her kids were warned not to bury her in London soil....Make Jide allow them to carry her home

sorry are u related to Jadekitana?

klassd:
I would have loved for this to get to the front page so that people can read this and see. I placed a withdrawal of #10,000 since last month even though their minimum withdrawal is 5k. Up till date the haven't credited my account...their customer care is so useless that they don't even reply messages sent to them! A friend of mine also plce a withdrawal of 5k and has not been paid! Bet9ja online please pay us our money....

its nt bet9ja issue....d problem it 4rm ur bank, hold dem well

Olibboy:
I am TEECLEF

my monicker

Whizzcute:
The Togolese striker took to his instagram page earlier this morning to express his shock and how saddened he feels on the death of Stephen keshi .

RIP TO KESHI


https://www.instagram.com/p/BGZidt8P5ty/

his longtime beef mate

icebis:
If you look closely at the picture above you will
agree the RIH-semblance is remarkable!
See more photos here www.vipgist.com/2016/06/model-chinenye-ulaegbu-look-like.html?m=1

no b only Rihana, na Ri-sarah

khristals:
Did you know?


The moment you tell an Igbo girl you love her, you're owing her money already but you don't know

khristals:
Did you know?


The moment you tell an Igbo girl you love her, you're owing her money already but you don't know

inshort, 12 cartons of red label 4 u

Jideams:
This is an advice from experience as I live and work in the UK and my Kids and wife are in Nigeria. There are various combinations and you will have to weigh the Pro and Cons as every decision come with its own challenges.

1. All the family in Nigeria.

If you have the resources and can clearly define how you will maintain or meet your financial responsibility, then this is a good option. Remember ( your financial responsibility matters here), once you fall short of that all plans will fall apart. If you have a steady income form the UK say approx 1000 pounds a month then you should be able to hold steady in Lagos while you build a steady income stream. Form my calculation you need 1 million naira every month to hold steady and meet all your income on a family of 4 ( husband, wife and two kids). To relocate without any infrastructure on ground (no car, house,) you will need at least (15 million). this will get you a car, rent at 1.5m/year, kids in school for a year at 3M (note - baording school) as a day student 2 million would be fine. Remember you will need to furnish the home for another 3M (chairs, generators, beds...) and some other things i cannot really itemise. Once all that is done, as steady income of 1million or at least 700k a month will get you going.

2. Your Family in Nigeria and You still based in the UK (but you must downsize and reduce overhead)
This option will keep you going for a while, the kids and wife will love it for the first year after which the pressure might set in. The wife will have a steady income, you will concentrate on work and provide a stable environment for them while you get ready to move back and join them. The issue here is that you need to define how long and make sure you stick to it not matter what happens, make sure you are not fully dependent on foreign funds, you need to make sure your wife starts something and contribute to the running of the home. The drawback here is this, if you are over dependent on the money you send abroad, there is a possibility you will be trapped in UK as you do not want them to suffer and the distance and time apart will catch up. It is one of the fastest way to marriage breakdown. Unless your wife have full interest of the family at hand and understands that life is not a bed of roses, the relationship could break down. so you have to be very very carefull with this option as i lived through it.

3. Stay in Uk and forget about Nigeira.
This depends on where our heart is, trust me I make good money in the UK (405 pounds a day) but my heart is not here, I plan to go to Nigeria to farm and really working towards that. My kids are in secondary school now (boarding) and they are doing great, trust me I could not ask for more but my marriage had broken down as my wife has already settle for someone else. So you have to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best.#

Right now I have remarried and my wife i still in Lagos as that is my final destination and very much close to doing that. Take this from me, ti is first hand information, send me a mail and i can talk to you about it better. I would not want you to make the same mistakes i made even thought it was still the best decision I made but you cannot have it all.

mr article! I deh feel u

na ramadan hook ds one o

calliope:
Funny you

my 6sta if i av my way, i'm gonna jet out

Berlyn:
What about 'get rich before i marry you' coz no one wanna marry a kobo kobo man

yez na 'get rich' 4 men is allowed.....dats y we'r balling hard

dats d trend dear.....nobody is ready to marry a 'basket' as a wife

2nd post

SSkillzzz:
chikneke!! chisos!! uncle d poor girl offend yu b4 ni

no bt she dint respect an elderly woman




Btw shez nt poor o

calabar rovers

its hereditary

CaroLyner:
this girl has been fifteen for 5years now

smiles....is she ur neighbour?

photo or.......

Tanks[b]Tanks[/b]Tanks

Oyimeoyimemua:
toh

mai ne toh? gaya ma'n mana.....kinyi aure ne?

u try

Oyimeoyimemua:
mai ya sa kake tambaya

ina so in sani ne, domin in kafanca yanda kinji su yaren din

ErnieSmallzz:
uncle!

wats dat?

Oyimeoyimemua:
haba,ina jin hausa gaskiya

wone gari ki ke zama ne sef?