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The Bonny people claim an I'gbo descent.

Their territory, which is not very extensive, is by them named Ebane, whence Bonny.

By the I'gbos, it is pronounced Obane, and by New Kalabar Ibane.

The Bonny-town or Grand Bonny-town of the English is correctly Okuloma, by Brass called Okuloba, for which I heard at Bonny the following derivation.

When people first came to this place to build a town, they found it a vast swamp, where bred numbers of a bird resembling a curlew, which they called Okulo. After settlers became numerous these birds deserted the spot, whence they said Okuloma, i.e., the curlews fly away.

Peppel said that Abo men often called Bonny Osimini-ku, but I have myself at Abo heard of Okuloma. New Kalabar is in Bonny named Karabari, but is also known as Bom ; the language differs somewhat from the Ebane, but not so much as to prevent people of the one tribe from understanding those of the other.

Oru is known at Bonny as Ejo or Eso.

Bonny men talk of Abo as E'be and A'be, but sometimes distinguish between Abo and Okurotumbi in Oru, styling the one Abo'ba or Great Abo, and the other Abo'nta or Little Abo, so that Lander was not so far wrong about " Little Eboe " after all.

Bonny people do not make their own canoes, but purchase them from the Bassa people in Oru. Much palm-oil is bought by Bonny traders in Ndoki, which place is known to them as Mina. Among places mentioned to me by Peppel as known to himself were Ndeli, U'zuzu, Ikpofia, Egane, and A'bua, these being written according to his pronunciation.

Ndoki, Ngswa, and parts of Isuama and E'lugu, can, he stated, be reached by canoe.

He also said that A'ro, to which his people make pilgrimages as well as the Igbos, is from four to five days' journey from Bonny-town. In Bonny no national mark is employed, but in New Kalabar some mark along the forehead over the eyes and shave parts of the head.

Between Bonny and New Kalabar is a small territory named Okrika, in-habited by a separate tribe, but tributary to Bonny. The people from this place never trade directly with white men, but are obliged to sell their articles either to New Kalabar or Bonny traders ; they spend much of their time in canoes, and are great fishermen.

Beyond New Kalabar are people living on the river Sombreiro, who speak a dialect nearly approaching to that of New Kalabar, to which place they bring palm-oil.

To the eastward of Bonny are the Adoni or Andoni people living on the river Andoni or St. Domingo. About 1848 or 1849, there was a war between Bonny and Adoni, which ended in the subjugation of the latter.

The religion of all these places is fetish paganism, the dju-dju or sacred object of Bonny being the Iguana, of Okrika the pigeon, and of New Kalabar the shark. Further along, at Brass or Nimbe the snake is the dju-dju.

At Bonny the week of seven days has for some time been adopted, but formerly, king Peppel informed me, the week was one of eight days, of which he gave me the names of five, but he had forgotten the others.

At Bonny and in that neighbourhood blue baff or calico is used as mourning, at the Benin river and in that direction white baff is similarly employed, while at Brass both are worn.

Old Kalabar is known at Bonny as well as in I'gbo as Efiki, and at A'ro they talk of a people living near or among the E'fik, whom they call Monor Mong. Old Kalabar is not known at all at Abo.

At Bonny yams are not cultivated, for home use a few are got from Okrika, but the greatest supply is from the market at Ogobendo ; the ships again have to send for this valuable tuber to Fernando Po.

Narrative of an exploring voyage up the rivers Kwóra and Bínue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854.
With a map and appendices. Pub. with the sanction of Her Majesty's government.

By William Balfour Baikie

Published 1856

Igbo this, Igbo that. Who's been running Nigeria to the ground since 1966? Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba! They've ensured that Nigeria remains underdeveloped. On top of that, Yorubas have learnt to use religion to make millions. While Hausa's take as much oil as possible from Naija Delta. We Igbos have to find a way to make it. We do business and use our brain.
Igbos are not the only ones who do 419 but they're the most successful at it. Imagine defrauding a bank and using the money to own 40% of union bank, establishing businesses and developing Nigeria. That's why they get chieftaincy titles not because of fraud.

Nigeria is full of cowards.
Rest in peace to our sister and God bless the dead.
The Nigerian police and army are not disciplined. You don't open fire on unarmed protesters.
How many people died in the American Revolution? How many people died in the Haitian, French, Cuban, Russian and even the anti-Apatheid struggles?
There will always be casualties but this casualties will forever be ed as heroes of the struggle! If you're determined that your children will live in a free country then no price is too small.
Blacks too dey fear! That's why the elites are stealing like no man business because they know you'll rather suffer and die than rise up and fight the power! We won't be scared, we’d rather die than live in a hopeless country! Is Singapore not Nigeria’s mate? This isn't even about Igbo or no Igbo.. This is about real independent for the black man! In 1929, Igbo women protested against British rule, the British opened fire and killed about 50 unarmed women.. It didn't start today! We’ll always fight for our freedom! Viva Biafra!

When a leader with vision who will change Nigeria and Africa comes along. We'll all know, but it ain't Buhari or GEJ or Obj or Ibb or Fashola.
Only 2 women on the list? What a shame, when we have many smart & conscientious women in Nigeria.
Only 2 or 3 Igbos when there are over 30 million Igbos.
Same men who have been in power b4 and their states remain the same ; Amaechi, Ngige, Fashola. They didn't turn their states to Dubai, they built roads like every other Mediocre Nigerian politician.
What is Buhari's economic plan for Nigeria? We've seen this movie b4, you can flog people into line without having any coherent economic plan for development. Africa is the laughing stock of the world, Africa imports spoon and food.

Tecno Nwa mama. marketed and distributed by Zenco Communications. I believe Nigerians don't really see tribe in their day to day life expect online. Zenco Na Igbo boy, but all man still dey buy Tecno phones. And then using the phone to type 'igbotic' we are proud to be igbotic lol

Scarface told you all: first you get the money then the girls come.

Nigerians love photo shoots & weddings. I suppose you can call it escapism. It's the only time things look picture perfect.

All wrong and misinformed. The poor have more children because of survival. They lack access to good healthcare, good nutrition and a good standard of living, this means that their children are more likely to die before adulthood, more likely to die at childbirth and most likely to die from the many diseases that come from poverty and lack of health.
A lot of the poor live in rural areas where they depend on farming. More children means more farm hands and hopefully more farm produce.

atleast over half of all women can only orgasm through simulation of the clitoris. This means that it is important to chop the toto if you want to satisfy your gf/wife. If you don't want to do that then the house boy is always willing. Or your wife/gf can email me.
You will eat dirty suya on the road side but to chop your wife toto you dey act anyhow? Abeg park well.

Abacha and men like him should burn in hell.

I don't like when Nigerians reference Reagan. Reagan was a terrible president. He was very good for the mostly rich white elites. He sold arms to Iran (read about the Iran Contra) he flooded black neighbourhoods with crack. He was against the poor, he was a known racist. He was a mediocre president and African leaders shouldn't look up to him.
As for Buhari and his slowness, you'd think that somebody who has been running for office since 2003 would hit the ground running. Nigerians voted for the lesser of two evils, that is not how to move a country foward, it's up to the people to break free from the control of the elites and put foward a candidate from among themselves. APC belongs to very corrupt persons, Tinubu, Saraki, Amaechi, Atiku etc, Nigerians can pretend all they want, they must face the reality, the reality is that APC and PDP are one and the same. One just had better strategy on how to get to the source of money which the other has been enjoying since 1999. Forgive the typos, I'm at work.

I can't understand the mentality of many Nigerians. Salaries are unpaid for months, no electricity, no security, no employment for millions of people, children are getting raped, police brutality, terrorism, but no protest, no trekking for these problems yet you will trek for Atiku? What has Atiku done for the poorest 100 million Nigerians? He might give you a plat of rice and a few thousands but what policies, what actions has he taken to better the lives of ordinary Nigerians? Fela was right.

She's average. Good on her for getting her education, many Nigerians don't have that privilege.

People should be free to believe what they want. After all, the two dominant religions in Africa (Islam & Christianity) are not African. They're the religions of Arab conquerors and slave traders and European colonists and enslavers. In an age of reason and logic, a believe in God doesn't make any sense. It is clearly man made, it is littered with human errors and human thinking. Humans set other humans on fire for stealing, humans have massacred entire tribes or race for looking different, hence why a human idea of God is one wh would punish you, throw you in hell to burn alive just for daring not to listen to his words. That's beyond petty. What kind of God create a world that is hostile to human yet religious people claim it's a perfect God. The world is far from perfect, science and human efforts is what has made it possible for humans to survive. Go to the North Pole without clothes just as 'God created' you and you'll die in a matter of minutes, go to the Sahara without enough protection and the sun will bake you. I understand that humans needed something to help them cop and claiming these believes were from some God made it more likely for people to believe it but it doesn't make it true or real. In a world full of suffering and man's inability to accept that suffering is part of existing has made men become religious animals. If heaven is a place of no suffering, why are people not killing the elves and rushing off to heaven? Yes, religion is therapeutic especially in places like Africa, the pastors take advantage of this and enrich themselves. People need therapy to endure suffering but religion should stop stepping outside that role and trying to control every other human aspect, that will never work! No sex, no this, no that. Humans will always be humans.