Category: History

The Agbo People – Igbo People Of Cross River State

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

Guiness World Records Confirms Igbo Record Breaker

Guiness World Records has recognised Igbo and Nigerian football star, Harrison Chinedu as the first man to travel the farthest distance while balancing a football on his head. The Cambodia-based footballer set the record after walking a total distance of 48.08km from the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to the…… Continue reading Guiness World Records Confirms Igbo Record Breaker

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

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