saddler:


Nnamdi Azikwe is an igbo man and he was the one who wrote the evidence i just posted.

Do you know what that makes you? An irredeemable clown!

no one in your miserable lineage can ever be like Nnamdi Azikwe, so your opposing opinion doesn't count.

ariesbull:
lol

Clowns ...cross bridge first and say this

IkeIgboNiile:


Lol.....well people can say whatever they like but it doesn't change the fact that after the Igbos left the benin kingdom became to decline or will history deny that igbos played a cruise role in the ile ife and benin Kingdom just like we continue to play till date.

Putinofrussia:


Pls,use your intellect.
How do you know that Eze is an Igbo name when there was nobody bearing such before him.



Yes,II have seen a midwest girl called Nze.
I jokingly asked her if her name is Eze but she said it is Nze.

Nzi,Nze,Izi or close to these could be corrupted to Eze.
It might even be Eze.
It could be his clan or family name.

Moreover,there was no controversy like this when Zik wrote Odyssey where he explained that his granny told him that they originated from Benin and nobody contradicted his assertions.

Ooni of Ife too has this history in his possession and hinted at it but didnt go further because of controversy.

This Obi too is saying the same thing but making it a little milder because he knows how volatile you people are.

Have read a couple of your historians saying almost the same thing.

pazienza:


You are an empty head.
Nze is also an Igbo name and title.
Go to Facebook and type Nze and see thousands of Igbos all over SE and SS bearing the name.

pazienza:


You are an empty head.
Nze is also an Igbo name and title.
Go to Facebook and type Nze and see thousands of Igbos all over SE and SS bearing the name.

Difrent:


Benin declined after igbos left or were driven away is debatable
The British expedition that destroyed Benin met a civilized society thats advanced in bronze works and carvings which they looted and some are just being returned after 200 years abroad ............maybe this will be the beginning of Benin renaissance.

The Ooni palace in Ife holds remains of past Oba of Benin.......... No single Ooni grave can be found in Benin. So the revisionists can go and rest, Benin (not igodomigodo) originated from Ife

professorPABX:


This is not news. My late grandfather iswho was a prominent member of NCNC told us that Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe always reiterated that Onitsha people are from IFE, settling at Benin. When their progenitor died, they stayed for a very long time at Benin before migrating to several places and finally settled at Onitsha.

The Ga people of Accra Ghana are also from IFE. Ekuabo, Ekwuabo , Ekaabo means welcome in Yoruba in various Yoruba pronunciations.

When the late Oba of Benin wrote a book and gave a new history about Benin and IFE relationship and said Oodua is Ekalalederhan a Benin Prince. He said Oodua is not the first person to settle at IFE. He said Oodua met some people who were already living at IFE . The puzzle he left was for historians to find out those early settlers at IFE before Oodua arrived.

His Highness, Oba Akinrutan ( OBAT), the Olugbo of UGBO land in Ondo State claimed those early settlers are UGBO people referring to his people.

My question to His Highness, Oba Akinrutan is to find out if there is any relationship between UGBO people and the present Onitsha people.

saddler:


Bring prove any remains of past oba of Benin being buried in Ife or remain shut.

Just mention one example of a past oba of Benin whose remains is in Ife.

Difrent:


You will need to visit the palace to get a proof since I can't bring a grave on nairaland, but they are there in Ife palace .

saddler:


Just mention a name of any Oba of Benin period.

That gravein ile ife isnt any prove.

Infact, the site waa escavated and there were no proofs of any human remains being buried there.

Difrent:

The first One of Benin and few others after him were buried in Ife. If you want proof , visit Ooni palace In Ife

You kept asking for proofs without providing any. Okay I haven't asked ?
So where is the proof that the site was excavated and nothing was found.

1bunne4lif:
he said; dika ndi Igbo kwusiri na ALA YORUBA, enwere ijebu Igbo. IT MEANS THAT THE IGBOS STOPPED OVER IN YORUBA LAND, A PLACE NOW CALLED IJEBU IGBO

1bunne4lif:
he said; dika ndi Igbo kwusiri na ALA YORUBA, enwere ijebu Igbo. IT MEANS THAT THE IGBOS STOPPED OVER IN YORUBA LAND, A PLACE NOW CALLED IJEBU IGBO

Konquest:

The Obi of Onitsha was unfortunately spitting out FALSE information in that video. Ijebu Igbo is a town that was founded originally by direct migrants from Ijebu Ode who are of pure Yoruba descent. Ijebu Ode represents the inner settlement of the Ijebu people and Ijebu Igbo represents the outer settlement of Ijebu people. Ijebu Igbo had NOTHING to do with Ibo tribess from the East of River Niger. Period.

It's annoying how anyone including a king would blatantly spew out such falsehoods on an Ibo language program and twist other ethnic groups well-known history. Now that what he said has been translated, it would lower his reputation in the eyes of those who otherwise had some regard for him.

From the advanced history and archival materials I've read for decades now, as recent as the 1800s, the Onitsha and Asaba people who were interviewed by the Whites and other missionaries CLEARLY refered to their neighbors east of River as "Ibo" "Igbon" "oni Igbo" (a name given by the Igalas meaning bush people) which were derogatory because the name describes primitive "bush people" who were often captured as "slaves" to be sold. The Asaba and Onitsha NEVER used the word Ibo to describe themselves.

The Bini royal lineage has paternal roots with Ile Ife over 900 years ago through Oranmiyan who came to what is now modern Benin via Usen (a community founded by Oranmiyan's older brother who came with him from Ife [Ufe). So, it is with the Bini Royal lineage who had Ife paternal descent along the line of Oba's from Oba Eweka that had contact with other people in the present Edo and Delta States. The ruling Royal family lineage of Issele-Uku and a few other communities in Anioma areas or towns also had ruling Royal family lineage from the Bini palace which of course has Yoruba ancestry or descent through the paternal line who greet one another by saying L'mogun (which is a praise to Ogun the Yoruba deity of War and Iron). The people of Usen also greet one another with the term "Delauhe" meaning "How is Ife?"