NewStats: 3,263,475 , 8,180,241 topics. Date: Friday, 06 June 2025 at 06:25 AM 1z2ma

Agbegbaorogboye:

I see nothing wrong in what he wrote that should warrant abuse or insult
It is just like a man hailing Africans and someone says he's going to get insulted for it
How does that make sense?
People are sick

Where is the abuse or insult in my comment?

People are sick truly

LordBiden:
Sir its not your daughters fault,they married from the great igbo tribe,these set of people in Nigerian are good in taking care of women and are known to spoil them silly with gifts.
They are mostly entrepreneurs and hardworkers.
They also like to call their women pet names.

You are just looking for attention and unfortunately, you will get it

Give the damn award to Hakimi. Very good and consistent player

chopnaira:
Warri is itsekiri land. It has always been Olu of Warri or Olu of Iwerre from time immemorial. Even Warri itself is a corruption of the word Iwerre.

Anyway, this is what happens when you make visitors too comfortable in your homes. They would not only demand your lands, they would also ask to take over your bedroom.

It was Olu of Itsekiri until 1952 when Awolowo through the Action Group fraudulently connived with Itsekiris to change it to Olu of Warri.
Olu of Warri wey Ijaw and Urhobo dey pursue from their territories nai be Olu of Warri?

FreeStuffsNG:
According to the police, trouble began when Maryam left her baby alone in the room to use the bathroom. Upon her return, she found the infant in the arms of her co-wife, Zaliha.


What a family.Smh.

Parents who release their daughters into polygamous families really have mind o.

The mother was just plain naive. I know women who would have locked that door taken her child along to the rest room and manage themselves together just to keep her baby alive.

The police should get Justice for the baby.

Nothing to blame the mother with, not even naivety.
Don't think she ever thought the cowife had ill will towards her or the child especially if/when they never had any problems prior and looks like they never did cause the report did not say the mother made any fuss out of it when she saw the cowife tendering to the baby except only when she saw the baby in distress and not necessarily the cowife carrying the baby.

That cowife is just evil and should be given capital punishment alongside the evil brother. Hurting a little baby in that gruesome manner can only be animalistic

U09ce:


Thanks a lot for the response. I learnt a lot from it. Two questions. What's the etymology of 'Warri'? Are you Urhobo?

The etymology is "Warri" is disputed.

Ijaws say it was 'Wari' corrupted to Warri. 'Wari' is HOUSE in Ijaw.

Itsekiris say it was 'Iwerre' corrupted to Warri. 'Iwerre' is joy, blessings, peace, and good luck in Itsekiri language according to them. But Iwerre is also used to refer to Ode-Itsekiri, their traditional homeland.

In as much as I want to remove sentiment from the argument because I am Ijaw, I kind of believe the Ijaw folklore because "Wari" is closer to "Warri" and makes more meaning of the origin of the name Warri than "Iwerre".
Again, Itsekiris say Ginuwa, a man from Edo their first King is the founder of Warri Kingdom. Ginuwa was married to an Ijaw woman - which leads me to believe Ijaws were already in that warri axis just like the Itsekiri and Urhobo so it is definitely not out of place for the name Warri to have originated from Ijaw.

To add: Itsekiri, Ijaw, Urhobo they all have their boundaries even though sometimes contested. If they respect those boundaries, there will be no problem.
The current problem and the ones before is largely because Itsekiris want to claim over lordship over the others which to be frank is impossible.
None of the three ethnic groups have the power to chase the others out of warri, even the Nigerian government cannot do it because they are willing and ready to die for it.

stmartynz:
The Oba of Benin
The Sultan of Sokoto
The Ooni of Ife
The Oba of Lagos
The Olu of Warri
..... Argue no more, just draw ur answer from this @op

Attah of Igala
Etsu of Nupe
Tor Tiv
Och'Idoma of Idoma people
Abodi Ikale of Ikale people etc

Your point is not absolute so there is nothing to draw from.

Darkjudge24:
Like a commenter above said, the title of olu of warri should be replaced with that of itsekiri to gain lasting peace, that title has nothing to do with peace, i think it's just busybody and pepper eye that is bringing those opinions . everyone should mind their business especially the ijaws, they are colluding with the warri urhobos, and i don't think it's a healthy affair, the warri urhobos should be careful with this their romance with the ijaws because the devil u know is better than an angel u don't know

So Ijaws of Warri are the angels Urhobo don't know?

Do you realize Ijaws have more customary and historical/ancestral links with Urhobos in the western delta than Urhobos are with Itsekiri?
There are several Urhobo towns founded by Ijaw and Urhobo ancestors, there are several Ijaw towns where they speak Urhobo and Ijaw etc in the western Delta.
Even Ginuwa, the first Olu of Itsekiri was married to an Ijaw woman.

U09ce:


Olu of Itshekiri seems out of place, because Itshekiri isn't a place but a tribe. The convention for traditional titles is [Title] of [Place] e.g Oba of Benin, Emir of Katsina, Dein of Agbor, King of England etc. Not Oba of Binis, Emir of Katsinawa....

No, it is not out of place. It was rightly known as Olu of Itsekiri until 1952 when they connived with Awolowo to fraudulently change it to Olu of Warri.

To your second point: there is;

Attah of Igala named after Igala people
Etsu of Nupe named after Nupe people
Och'Idoma named after Idoma people
Tor Tiv named after Tiv people
Abodi Ikale named after Ikale people etc.

The convention for naming that you alluded to is mostly when a tribe or ethnicity has several/more than one kingdom so the stool is named after the land to demarcate and separate one kingdom from the other. Not saying it cannot be named after the land in a single kingdom ethnic group though.

Itsekiri people have a single traditional stool so Olu of Itsekiri is not out of place as it was rightly known until 1952.

Have you not wondered it is Olu of Warri but he does not have traditional authority over the Ijaws and Urhobos of warri. There are places he cannot even go to in warri. Doesn't that surprise you if he is truly and rightly Olu of warri?
Do you know how many times Urhobo and Ijaw youths has chased him away from their territory because he is for Itsekiri. Isn't that shameful.
Which kingdom have you seen where the king lives outside the traditional headquarters of the kingdom? It is the Olu of Itsekiri known as Olu of warri.
The traditional headquarters of the Itsekiri nation is Ode-Itsekiri but the Olu palace is in Warri and not just that, it is in Urhobo territory

akus6060:
Are kings named after tribe? Is there anything like Ovie of Urhobo. Rest if you don't have any sensible thing to say.

Athah of Igala
Etsu of Nupe
Tor Tiv
Och'Idoma
Abodi Ikale

The list is endless.

Looks like you are the one that has no sensible thing to say because of ignorance. Though I knew someone like you will come forward with this same argument because I have seen many Itsekiri people like that.

Firstly, there can be no Ovie of Urhobo or Amanyanabo of Ijaw etc because they don't have a single kingdom like the Itsekiris.
A traditional stool is mostly named after a land when you have several kingdoms within same ethnicity. It is done so to demarcate the land that separates one kingdom from the other.

Itsekiris have a single traditional stool that's why your stool was rightly named Olu of Itsekiri until it was corruptly changed to Olu of Warri in 1952. Before then it was Olu of Itsekiri. Are not even ashamed that you call it Olu of Warri yet the king does not have traditional authority over the Ijaws and Urhobos of Warri. There are places he cannot even go in warri despite bearing the fake name Olu of Warri. Doesn't that mean something to you...

Attah of Igala is named after Igala people, Etsu of Nupe is named after Nupe people, Och'Idoma is named after Idoma people, Tor Tiv is named after Tiv people.

You can bring another ignorant point

U09ce:
Ijaw vs Itshekiri vs Urhobo, wuna no dey tire to fight? Just recently, there were squabbles with regards to delineation of polling units in the Warri federal constituency. Each tribe was claiming superiority and the exercise appears to be in limbo. The unfortunate thing is that the clamor isn't about development but rather pushing selfish interests. A stranger to Warri will be shocked to see the level of infrastructural decay in a place that's touted to be an oil city. Instead of intense bickering, let the citizens embrace peace and tolerance to move their state forward. Whether they like it or not, all the tribes will continue to cohabit till God-knows-when just they've lived for mant centuries.

The number one thing in the road to peace among the three tribes is changing the name of the Itsekiri stool to its original name - Olu of Warri back to Olu of Itsekiri

Like you rightly said, these guys are not even fighting for development but over nonsensical things. With the constant fighting, unsuspecting minds would think Warri is one super place of development. Warri is a ghost town fully owing to the senseless fighting among the three tribes

She should have just said she found cheap labour in Nigeria with no checks and regulatory oversight

Some people relied on the error to insult students

STEWpid:
C h a i..










In the South West Development Commission, we have ìgbos as board .

Hoping same gesture will be practised in the South East counterpart,,

Check that of the South South very well, there are northerners.

Check others well too and not just the South West.
When that of the South East was done, it included people from outside the region

STEWpid:
C h a i..
Check that of the South South very well, there are northerners.

Check others well too and not just the South West.
When that of the South East was done, it included people from outside the region










In the South West Development Commission, we have ìgbos as board .

Hoping same gesture will be practised in the South East counterpart,,

soojar:


If she or her lawyer sees something wrong with the judgement as you said, there is always room for appeal.

Just know that there is always a maximum sentence attached to every case under the law. Once an accused has been found guilty, he/she is now at the mercy of the judge, who can decide to invoke the maximum sentence or be a bit lenient.


We learn every day

Alright

soojar:


Nothing is wrong with the judgement sir. Read the report again, she is a serial offender hence, the reason for no option of fine. The other woman was given the option of fine because she is a first offender.


We learn every day

OK. Is that also the reason her money was confiscated that is not a proceed of the crime she is convicted for. Again, he could have sentenced her to six months rather than a year.
All that for exchanging money at a party and you don't see anything wrong because she is a serial offender.

Something is wrong with that judgment. I don't understand why you don't see it so.

samuelson06:


That punishment is too heavy for a petty offense.

That judge is not serious.

Confiscated their business money that is not a proceed of crime and still gave her one year jail term with no option of fine. All for selling naira.

There is no justice for ordinary people in this country

One year imprisonment with no option of fine for hawking naira plus forfeiture of the 3 million POS business money to Federal government - all for hawking naira.

Nigeria has happened to this woman despite being guilty of a petty offence.
I hope she had not argued previously with anyone that Nigeria is a good country for everyone.
I sincerely pity her cause something is wrong with that trial judge

Antiurchins:
I'm an Igbo man, but truth be told.
Tinubu won't lose 2027 election.

First of all, he has never lost any political election since he was born and he will most likely not lose 2027.
He is a genius of Nigerian politics and knows how to gain the of people, he is also among the richest Nigerian politician still living right now and even richer than Atiku Abubakkar. He will use his money to buy his way again.
He has the power of incumbency and won't be as weak as GEJ not to use it to his favour.
I can bet it that he will most likely not lose the election.
You guys made the mistake of allowing him there, now you guys have to wait for 8yrs

What does the bold got to do with the report or whatever you are saying

BeginsAtHome:
The colonialist did theirs, dividing brothers along different countries to weaken them, then the military wanting to deal with the Igbos, borrowed the template.

This absurdity left us with Igbos in Rivers, Delta, Edo, Kogi and Benue states just like Yorubas in Benin, Togo etc.

We must reconcile all natives to their homelands.

Imagine Urhobos in Bayelsa state as Ofonis.

Yes, the deputy governor of Bayelsa state is from Urhobo land.

That is actually a peculiar case unlike the one reported from Edo. Ofoni people actually share two ancestry - Ijaw and Urhobo. They are children of Tarakiri just like some other Urhobo communities in Patani and Bomadi axis like Oduophori, Odorubu etc.
Ofoni people have strong ancestral link with Ijaws that's why you don't hear any problems there - Sen Lawrence, the deputy governor is even a member of the INC despite being Urhobo.

Even Ofoni is an Ijaw name. It is same way in Kiagbodo axis where it is an Ijaw community but you see many speaking Urhobo.

Back to the topic. Same way the Oba of Bini is interfering in matters of people that doesn't concern him with the Igbanke people, he tried to do same with the Ijaw kingdoms in Edo - Egbema kingdom that is divided into Delta and Edo, Furupagha, Okomu, Olodiama, Gbarain.

George Turner is a trouble maker alongside his drunken master

RIP Pope

Citizens want to double their money by all means since government is doubling poverty consistently in the country. More people will still do other ones if they eventually launch.
Being poor in Nigeria is as good as dead man walking and everybody is desperately trying not to be there.


Seeing acute suffering of people around is enough to scare anyone to act without the brain in their quest to make more money.
But Nigerians need to hear word sha.

When they invite you, you must try to know what are they selling? Is it cement, garri or rice etc
Business outcome cannot automatically translate to a predetermined amount and even more difficult when you don't know the commodity they are selling or the service they are providing that will fetch the profit

Something is wrong with the black man especially here in Nigeria.

Even if they want to be stupid which they actually are cause of peanut, it should DISGUST them that another man from another state is presently their governor. The only state out of 36 where a man from another state is ruling them.

Is it that Nigerians can't say NO to something or even remain quiet instead of behaving stupid openly

Righteousness2:
In the Name of JESUS Christ, I
Declare this young man wanted! Wherever he is , I Decree Angelic Invasion nationwide.

I Decree this young Man be Released In JESUS Name...
Amen..

Na by that one?

But Mohammed sold and bought black people as slaves.

Him and his companions beheaded all the men in Banu Quarayza and took the women as slaves.

Can a comionate person do all that.
To add, he fought over 20 wars most of which he started by himself by sacking villages that refused to accept Islam

America will still use diplomatic relations to get them out from life imprisonment ASAP if they are not dual citizens.

Their names look like men from another country and America

This one will not face football.

I still don't understand how the South that's more advanced in almost all development indicators than the North is slave to it.
The way Southern leaders relate with their peers in the North, I wonder if there is something held by Northeners like maybe a "life cord" that they can pull if southerners don't do what they want.

The way Southern leaders behave stupid (almost across the entire south) in front of northerners is beyond me.

Negligence is our trademark in this continent.

We love "nothing go happen ehhh"

dangermouse:
So the owner if the stolen goods will just loose 800k like that?

The judgement get K leg abeg.

I don't think.

I think the sack of ponmo and stock fish is already recovered.
The 100k each is extra compensation for stealing the goods or perhaps for the interest that should have accrued from the sale

24errand:
It’s normal Obi is from Igbo tribe I don’t expect anything short. They don’t love Yoruba and they don’t hide it right from Zik time, reason they don’t vote Yoruba

Obasanjo is Nupe?