Mid night prayer for @EricaNlewedim
Oh God the creator of heaven and Earth, I commit Your daughter Erica Nlewedim unto your precious arms... Mighty Jehovah over do guide and protect her for us from every evil manipulations, demonic influences and spiritual covens... Every plans
Earlier today, we successfully commissioned three roads in Aba: Udeagbala, Umuimo, and MCC/Old Express roads. These roads have been reconstructed and rehabilitated by our administration as part of our ongoing efforts to rebuild Aba's decayed infrastructure and reposition the city as a hub of business, trade, and commerce. Rebuilding Aba has always been a priority and fulfills part of the promises I made to the good people of Aba during my campaign.
I was honoured and delighted to have the assistance and presence of Pastor Lazarus Muoka, the General Overseer of The Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, during the commissioning of MCC Road. His prayers and blessings for the prosperity and peace of our state are deeply appreciated.
I also thank the people of Aba for their unwavering support and cooperation throughout the execution of these projects.
Cristiano Ronaldo - "I have to thank my friend Albert Fantrau for my success. We played together for a youth club. When people from Sporting arrived, they told us that whoever scored more goals would be accepted to their Academy".
Igbo language is the soul of music.
An Igbo priest breakdown in tears in far away Switzerland on hearing his parishioners sing in Igbo.
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“My father was a street Evangelist quite early in his life, before he even got married to my mother. And He said there was a revelation that one of his children will be a minister of the gospel.
Then he got married to me mother, and they gave birth to my elder brother and I. The year was 1969, and I was 2 years old when my father sent my mother away and she went back to her village with the 2 of us.
It wasn’t long, my Father married another woman and brought her home.
My Response to His Royal Majesty, Ooni of Ife About His Speech that the Igbo Race Migrated from Ile-Ife.
I am Maazị Ogbonnaya Okoro, an Igbo linguist and cultural advocate. I read from the Vanguard News published on 8th October, 2023 about the Ooni's speech on history, with a claim that the Igbo race migrated from Ile-Ife. It is a good attempt to speak about the correlation between the Igbo and Yoruba which the verifiable evidence could be traced to the fact that both have linguistic similarities and features to an extent, and belong to the same language family which is proto-kwa, grouped under Niger-Congo phylum.
First and foremost, the Igbo race is diverse. The Igbo were sojourners and travelers who lived in different places for years and contributed to the economic development of any place they found themselves.
I understand that angle he is coming from as regard the Ife case. In Igbo Studies, it's called Igbo recoil. The Igbo who lived in different parts, especially the western part of today's Nigeria, trying to move back home. Some had a stop at Benin. Some continued their journeys and stopped at different places, down to Ọnịcha Ado and other Igbo hinterland. The case of Eze Chima who moved out from the Benin and founded many places in Anịọma and present Ọnịcha Ado is related to the same Ife story.
Now, about the Igbo race, they didn't migrate from Ife in its entirety and settle where they are now. Some sojourners who still travel till date always return home, some don't at all, they live there and multiply. This is why the argument about Ile-Igbo as Ooni posited as evidence to prove Igbo rootedness in Ile-Ife is not enough to show the Igbo race migrated from there.
Let's start with some historical and archeological facts about the Igbo.
Smelting of iron in Igbo land for instance began prehistorically. From the artefacts found in Leja in Nsụka, smelting of iron in that place was backdated 2000 BC. The first recorded iron smelting site in the world. This was even long before Europeans knew about iron smelting. The Igbo have seen road and existed in Igbo land.
Apart from Leja, other places known for iron smelting prehistorically include: Opi, Akụ, Obimo, Ọbụkpa, Owere Elu etc. These communities are in Nsụka only. We are yet to talk about other areas.
The historic nature of the Igbo wowed the western world in that they have to try everything possible to hide some information. Archeologists have dug out various artifacts regarding the Igbo in various places and I see no reason to doubt those who say that ndị Igbo bụ ndị gboo. Meaning the Igbo are the ancient people.
Talk about Nsude pyramid in Udi that backdated the Egyptian pyramid.
Talk about blacksmithing of Nkwere and Ọka. Nkwere makes gun which earned them the motto and slogan: "Nkwere Ọpiegbe". With blacksmith, Ọka produced gun known as "Awka made" by some persons. The Igbo used it for hunting not for killling.
Is it pot making? Ishiagụ are known for pottery that's why they are called Ishiagụ Ọkpụite. Is it the textile industry? The artefacts in Uturu will wow you to see that they had been existing in their land and still traveled out for more adventure and business. Are we talking about the Okpoto in the present day Ebọnyị State that believed to be an ancient spiritual people in Igbo land?
Igbo is deep and wide. There were aboriginals and those you refer to as migrants were travelers who returned home.
Let me get back to the argument: Ooni said and I quote him verbatim: "We have good evidence to believe that Igbo race has its roots here in Ile-Ife. There is Ile-Igbo here in the palace which was not a recent creation but has been existing here for decades."
If going by this statement, it means that some ndị Igbo were amongst the early inhabitants and founders of Ile-Ife. Since he said there is Ile-Igbo in the palace which proves his point that the Igbo had a root in Ife,