Fun Facts About Igbos and lgboland many people do not know

''Igbo" as an ethnic identity developed comparatively recently, in the context of decolonization and the Nigeria Civil War. The various Igbo-speaking communities were historically fragmented and decentralized in the opinion of Chinua Achebe (2000), Igbo identity should be placed somewhere between a "tribe" and a "nation"

Below are some fun facts about Igbos and Igboland many people do not know:

1) Finding a bungalow in #Onitsha is like looking for a fish in a desert

2) #Onitsha has more multistory buildings than a combination of Oyo,Ogun,Ondo,Ekiti and Ondo all put together.

3) #Owerri has the most concentration of hotels,clubs and bars per square meter in Nigeria

4) #Onitsha is the most densely populated city in Nigeria outside Lagos

5) #Enugu in 2014 made the list of Most resilient cities in the world and the first in Nigeria.

6) #Owerri and #Aba have the most organized city masterplan, initiated by former governor Sam Mbakwe of old imo state. Sadly Aba has been left to rot, due to bad governance.

7)#Anambra state has the best urban and rural road network of any state in Nigeria

8): For the past 10yrs, #Anambra, #IMO, #Abia, #Enugu, are the leading states in WAEC, NECO and JAMB, and are also the leading states with NYSC passouts

9) #Imo, #Anambra, #Delta presently have the most PhD holder and Professors in Nigeria

10) By premiumtimes report, #IMO, #Anambra and #Delta are the leading states for law admission for the past 5yrs, while #Imo, #Anambra, #Delta and #Enugu are leading for medicine admission

11)#Anambra #Imo and #Enugu have the highest cut off mark for admission into federal unity schools and colleges, yet these states produce the most graduates from those colleges. For Anambra, it is 139, Imo 138, Enugu 134,

12) In 2017, #igbo students dominated the list of graduates in Engineering and medicine departments in covenant university.

13) In any city, town or village you enter outside #Igboland in #Nigeria, after the indigenous language speakers, the next are the #Igbos

14) #Igbos are the largest diaspora #Nigerians in any country in the world except in the Uk, where the #yorubas hold sway.

15) University of Nigeria Nsukka, has the most influential alumni of any university in #Nigeria

16) #Owerri has the highest concentration of beautiful girls of any city in #Nigeria.

17) #Onitsha main market in #Anambra state and #Ariaria market in #Aba #Abia state remain the biggest commodity markets in west Africa.

18) #Igboland has the biggest and most influential Football and Nollywood stars in #Nigeria

*19) #Onitsha houses the highest concentration of multi storey apartments per square meter in #Sub-Saharan #Africa*

20) In 2018, National Inland Waterways Authority(NIWA), reported that 60 Per Cent Of Cargo In #Nigeria Goes to #Onitsha

21)#Portharcourt, #Owerri, #Enugu and #Asaba airports are the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th busiest airports in #Nigeria respectively.

22)#Uli airport in present day #Anambra state was the first indigenously built airport in black Africa. Built by the #Biafrans during the civil war. Though a makeshift airport, it served its purpose during the civil war but was destroyed after the war.

23) #Imo Airport is the only indigene built and the first state owned airport in #Nigeria. Built from contributions and donations from Indigenes (then #Imo and #Abia). Initiated under the leadership of Sam Mbakwe, but officially commenced operation in 1991

 

Injustice and failed family system responsible for insecurity in the country - Senator Okorocha says

Former Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says the rising insecurity in the country can be attributed to injustice and failed family system in the country.

Okorocha said this while receiving an award of excellence from the United Business Women Association of Nigeria and Diaspora recently.

 

In his words;

 

“A woman is a special creation by God. Women are givers and custodians of life. Nations that ignore their women are considered failed nations while nations that make good use of their women are called developed nations.

So, if Nigeria must rise again, then we must make a turnaround and look at the women. If we don’t carry the women along, we are in for a very serious trouble.

If any nation must get it right, it has to start from the family. It is the bad family system that we have today that has given rise to insurgency and other criminality in the country.

No sane woman who gives birth to a child will allow the child to go astray.

The problem is that we have not taken care of the women and we have not empowered the women. Whatever you give a woman is what you get in return. While we men have succeeded in dividing this country along religious and ethnic lines, the women have remained a force of unity. For as long as we have not empowered the women in the house to give us good family, for as long as our politicians continue on the path of injustice, insurgency, kidnapping will never stop”

Man stabs cousin to death over N150

 A 38-year-old man, Kelfari Jediel, has been arrested in Adamawa for allegedly stabbing his uncle's son, Parambiu Alexander, 20, to death while fighting over N150. 

The incident happened at Fotta community in Gombi Local Government Area of the state after the duo were paid for a job they had carried out. 

 

The father of two, who is being quizzed at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state Police Command in Yola, said he and the deceased were engaged in a plaster job on April 14. 

The duo shared the money they were paid after completing the job, however, he was supposed to give the deceased a balance of #150 but decided not to do so.

According to the suspect, Parambiu kept insisting that he must give him the money. His refusal to give him the money led to a quarrel between them. 

He explained that a woman heard them fighting over the balance and settled the matter by giving Parambiu the sum of N150. 

Kelfari further narrated that after the woman left, the deceased insisted that the original N150 balance must be given to him as according to him, the money the woman gave him was a gift and not the balance.

He claimed that he went to the house of the deceased, met his mother and narrated everything to her, adding that she ''advised him to report the matter to the police.''

 

Kelfari further claimed that he was on his way out of the house when the deceased caught him and held his neck tightly. He claims in self defence, he drew out a knife from his waist and stabbed him on his chest.

Parambiu died on the way to a health center in Fotta while Kelfari was later arrested. 

 

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who confirmed the incident, said that investigation is ongoing after which the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.

Wedding guests feared killed in Edo auto crash

Nine persons travelling for a wedding ceremony at Ewato in Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State, weekend, lost their lives in an auto accident. It was gathered that their vehicle had collusion with a cement laden truck at Ekpon junction along the busy Agbor-Ewohimi Road in Igueben Local Government Area.

The bodies of the deceased passengers were said to have been taken to the mortuary while the only survivor, a boy of about 15 years, is said to be in the intensive care of the hospital. Angry youths from Ewato set the truck ablaze, yesterday, as the driver reportedly ran away immediately after the accident for fear of being lynched.

Confirming the accident, yesterday, Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Commission, FRSC, Henry Benamaisa, said five persons died on the spot while others were rushed to the hospital. “From the report, the accident was as a result of excessive speed and loss of control. The Sienna bus driver was trying to dodge something and left his lane to the other and then went under the truck. The two of them were on high speed otherwise one would have been able to control  his vehicle effectively.”

Photo: A man was burnt to death in an accident

A man was burnt to death in an accident involving four trailers and a petrol tanker in Kwara state.

 

The accident happened at about 9:00 am on Monday, April 26, at Bode Saadu-Jebba expressway, Moro local government area of Kwara State.

 

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the state Fire Service, Hasan Adekunle confirmed the incident and said the accident was caused by overspeeding by the drivers, resulting in a head-on collision.

 

The impact of the crash led to a fire outbreak and burnt the goods in the trailers. A man was also burnt beyond recognition.

 

 

Hasan Adekunle said:

"Today, April 26, 2021, at about 08:53hrs, Men of the Kwara State Fire Service were summoned to a road accident by one FRSC officer called Azeez Olaolu. The accident occurred along the Bode-Saadu-Jebba expressway this morning.

"The accident was a head-on collision that resulted in the fire outbreak which involved five heavy vehicles; four trailers filled with different variety of goods, and a petrol tanker.

"In this terrible accident, a man was burnt to death and all the vehicles involved too were affected by the burning fire, although at different degrees.

"However, our firemen were able to minimize the damage by quickly putting out the ravaging fire on time.

"The report says, the accident was caused due to the over speed by the trailers’ drivers.

"In this regard, The Director of Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa (CFO) therefore urged transporters to be extra careful whenever they were holding a steering."

Anunu Ebe: The Mysterious out standing king of all Trees. The Tree called Anunuebe, mysterious of course as is used to prepare all sort of charms.

 

Anunu Ebe: The Mysterious out standing king of all Trees.

The Tree called Anunuebe, mysterious of course as is used to prepare all sort of charms.

The Anunu-ebe is type of tree on which no bird perches. It grows in the bush far away from peoples homes. It has some medicinal value as some healers and medicine men make use of its leaves, roots or bark. Some of the Anunu-ebe tree grow very big and spread their leaves so wide that they cast big shadows around them. Some other trees around them do not expand or spread their leaves in the same way. In other words, the Anunu-ebe tree turns to be a gigantic object towering over and above other trees in the area.

Often people describe the tree as a mystical plant that does not allow other plants to grow around it. Nothing grows under it or within the area it leaves spread or cover. No grasses grow underneath it. Any birds that perch on any branch of the Anunu-Ebe tree may die immediately. It's leaves never touches the ground..cobwebs are woven around it's top where all dead leaves drop...whatever that's alive that comes in contact with the root dies off...that's why no other plant is seen around it. Herbalists and medicine men who use the parts of the Anunu ebe tree are those know for strong charms, and powerful amulets.

How it's gotten is by approaching the tree and from a distance, live rooster is thrown at it after some incantation...no being can survive if you approach it ordinarily. It takes a brave man to get the leave of forbidden king of all trees

53 sailors in sunken Indonesian Navy submarine confirmed dead

Indonesia’s military on Sunday April 25, officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank last week are dead after the search teams located the vessel's wreckage on the ocean floor.

 

The grim announcement comes days after Indonesia said the 43-year-old German-made submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was considered sunk, not merely missing, but did not state whether the crew was dead. 

 

Officials previously said the KRI Nanggala 402's oxygen supply would have run out early Saturday, three days after the vessel went missing off the resort island of Bali.

 

Wreckage from the KRI Nanggala-402 was found Sunday on the bed of the Bali Sea at 850m. 

 

The navy said the diesel-powered submarine may have experienced a loss of battery power and was unable to return to the surface. There was only enough oxygen for the crew to survive for up to 72 hours.

 

 ‘It is possible that during static diving, a blackout occurred so control was lost and emergency procedures cannot be carried out and the ship falls to a depth of 600-700 metres,’ the FT reported.

 

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said: ‘We received underwater pictures that are confirmed as the parts of the submarine, including its rear vertical rudder, anchors, outer pressure body, embossed dive rudder, and other ship parts.

 

"With this authentic evidence, we can declare that KRI Nanggala 402 has sunk and all the crew members are dead,” Tjahjanto said.

 

An underwater robot equipped with cameras documented the lost submarine lying in at least three pieces on the ocean floor at a depth of 838 meters (2,750 feet), said Adm. Yudo Margono, the navy’s chief of staff.

 

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo delivered his condolences in a televised address Sunday.

 

"All Indonesians convey deep sorrow for this tragedy, especially to all of the families of the submarine's crew. They are the best sons of the nation, patriots guarding the sovereignty of the country,” Widodo said.

 

30-year-old primary school teacher arrested for sodomizing male pupils in Ibadan

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old school teacher, Ebenezer Olawuyi, for sodomizing two of his male pupils.

 

Olawuyi, a private school teacher, was paraded by the State Police Commissioner, Ngozi Onadeko, alongside other crime suspects at the police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, on Thursday, April 22.

 

The suspect, who holds a Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) confessed to his crime but said he had slept with only two male pupils. 

 

Speaking with journalists, Olawuyi said the first incident happened when he invited the pupil to his house, ostensibly to help him mark examination scripts.

 

“It was just two times I did it. They are my students. I had sex through the anus with one of two of my students on different occasions. I don’t have a wife. I am a private primary school teacher. I called the last victim to my house to help me collate scripts while I slept with the second one in the classroom before school hours," he said.

 

When asked how he convinced them not to tell their parents, Olawuyi, who claimed to have had girlfriends while in school, said;

 

“I told them that I want to have sex with them and they didn’t argue. Both of them are between the ages of 11 and 14. I told them not to tell their parents because it has health benefits for them."

 

He further said the situation was giving him concern before his arrest because he didn’t know what led him to it.

 

"I think it is the devil. I don’t know what led me to this. I just lost my dad last week. I want the government to help me out of this,” he said. 

 

Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner flaunt their curves in matching bikinis

Kim Kardashian and sister, Kylie Jenner, flaunted their hourglass figure in matching bikinis.

 

The curvy sisters were pictured on a lounge chair by the pool, soaking up the sun.

 

They also struck a similar pose in the photo shared to Instagram 

 

Ada Jesus dies two days after celebrating birthday

Popular Nigerian Comedienne Ada Jesus has died of kidney failure after two days of marking her birthday.

Confirming the news on Wednesday, Harrison Gwamnishu who led group of Nigerians that took Ada Jesus to hospital told BBC news this afternoon. His words; “She is gone.” Recall the popular Comedienne Ada Jesus has been battling kidney problem for some months.

Culled from vanguard....