Not many people are aware that there are Igbos in Cross River State. One of such communities are the Agbo, who are Igbo people indigenous to Cross River State. They speak the Legbo dialect of Igbo and share a lot with the people of Izzi in Ebonyi State. According to a source, a river is what separated them from…… Continue reading The Agbo People – Igbo People Of Cross River State
Category: Culture
Opobo And Bonny People Are Part Igbo
I have been saying on this blog for years that the people of Bonny and Opobo have significant indigenous Igbo population (the great Ijaw people make up the other significant indigenous population). You remember Jaja of Opobo (founder of Opobo), who was originally Mazi Jubo Jugboha of Ama Igbo in present-day Imo. Wht of the…… Continue reading Opobo And Bonny People Are Part Igbo
Igbo Land Is Becoming A Lawless Land, But The Lawless Shall Fail In Jesus Name!
Igbos are one of the most blessed lands in the planet earth, but since the end of the civil war, the place has been increasingly taken over by the wrong sought of ‘leaders’. We no longer have philosopher kings like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Alex Ekwueme, Chuba Okadigbo and others. Leadership in Igbo Land has gradually been…… Continue reading Igbo Land Is Becoming A Lawless Land, But The Lawless Shall Fail In Jesus Name!
Origin of the words ‘Obatala’ and ‘Olukwumi’ (Lucumi)
He who was born in Igbo town and went to be king at Iranje. Divinity of Igbo. Source: Attributes of Obatala Obatala was not one person, but the surname of the aboriginal kings of Ile Ife. This is their story. We will use the quote above to lay out a short but concise history of…… Continue reading Origin of the words ‘Obatala’ and ‘Olukwumi’ (Lucumi)
4 Proofs That The Igbo People Are The Aborigines Of Ile Ife
We have heard many historians and scholars speak of Queen Moremi a beautiful Yoruba woman from Offa, and how she used her beauty to win the heart of Obatala Oreluere, the King of the aborigines of Ile Ife who was forced into exile when The Great Oduduwa led the Yorubas to dislodge the Ife Aborigines of…… Continue reading 4 Proofs That The Igbo People Are The Aborigines Of Ile Ife