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@AyindeLiquors@SirFelio@VIC_kutz Nigeria as a country suppose have air force but because there no urgency and it’s a staged insurgence to amnesty road map and while you guys are the audience cheering them up
These 👇 are not 🇳🇬 Soldiers , they are bandits waiting for travelers to kidnap.
To drivers this season please be vigilant , I believe drivers know their routes and where there are 🇳🇬 Army/Police checkpoints.
To the passengers please 🙏 don't be sleeping while traveling, you have roles to play too .
May Nigeria never happen to us .
Good morning 🙏
@elonmusk Same Britain that raped Benin and subjected a great nation into a non existent state, when nemesis is through with England they will restitute to the sovereignty of Great Benin.
Ancient Ijaw Movement In Niger Delta
Ijaw traditions trace their ancestry to the Oru (or ancient water/spirit people), seen as aboriginal inhabitants of the Niger Delta, Lower Niger, They were skilled fishermen, traders, canoe builders, and navigators who thrived in the creeks where agriculture was challenging. Some oral histories link early movements through areas like Nupe, Ile-Ife, and the Benin region, but emphasize their distinct identity and long delta presence predating many centralized kingdoms.
Ijaw provided valuable services: fish, salt, canoe transport, and maritime expertise for trade. Benins knows them as tenants, fishermen, or contributors in a landlord-tenant dynamic with peaceful co-existence at times, alongside cultural exchanges and inter-marriage.
The narrative that Ijaw being integral “dukes” at the core of the Benin Empire’s administration and the claims of Ijaw as a “vital naval force” or formal dukes under the Oba is obviously exaggerated, it was more of subordinate economic role (fishermen supplying the coastal corridor) not full integration as Benin nobility.
The empire was primarily centered on Edo (Ubini) structures, with influence extending to coastal corridors.
@4Man_urboi@AwakenChirp Allow me educate you, nupe tribe where the original inhabitants and owners of excavated things, the Yoruba tribe dominate in present day Oyo also Oronmiyan was a grand son of the last Ogiso of Igodomigodo (Ubini)
Ancient Ijaw Movement In Niger Delta
Ijaw traditions trace their ancestry to the Oru (or ancient water/spirit people), seen as aboriginal inhabitants of the Niger Delta, Lower Niger, They were skilled fishermen, traders, canoe builders, and navigators who thrived in the creeks where agriculture was challenging. Some oral histories link early movements through areas like Nupe, Ile-Ife, and the Benin region, but emphasize their distinct identity and long delta presence predating many centralized kingdoms.
Ijaw provided valuable services: fish, salt, canoe transport, and maritime expertise for trade. Benins knows them as tenants, fishermen, or contributors in a landlord-tenant dynamic with peaceful co-existence at times, alongside cultural exchanges and inter-marriage.
The narrative that Ijaw being integral “dukes” at the core of the Benin Empire’s administration and the claims of Ijaw as a “vital naval force” or formal dukes under the Oba is obviously exaggerated, it was more of subordinate economic role (fishermen supplying the coastal corridor) not full integration as Benin nobility.
The empire was primarily centered on Edo (Ubini) structures, with influence extending to coastal corridors.
The Ijaw people, who were originally called Izon, were a vital part of the Great Benin Empire. The highest traditional head in the Ijaw community are known as Pere, and these Pere were dukes under the Great Oba of Benin.
* Ijaw clans, including the Mein Clan, have oral histories that suggest their founding fathers migrated from the Benin region. Historically, clans like the Kalanama would visit the Oba of Benin to gain royal approval and receive the symbols of office necessary to establish themselves as recognized Pere.
* Both historical records and cultural traditions indicate that the Ijaw people, formerly known as Izon, acted as the naval force and expert river navigators for the Benin Empire. The Benin Empire spanned inland territories and coastal creeks where many Ijaw people reside, and the Oba of Benin relied on the Ijaws for maritime operations, military transport, and coastal defense.
@4Man_urboi@AwakenChirp Ile ife of today was a political construct of Obafemi Awolowo to enhance his political agenda, Ekaladerhan the son of the last Ogiso of Benin Kingdom went to Uhe located in Kogi state not Awolowo Ile ife.
@Essense7133@adedayo_viktor Ijaw (Jaja Opobo) was nowhere near the kingdom of Benin any Izon you find in the territory of Benin today were mainly settlers Edo people gave land to dwell.
@elonmusk They want to xontrol everyone, tell you what to say and how you say it, and if you oppose them, they will track you down in manhunt. Give the world a space to breathe. Don't sophocate us.