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Akuko ndia di kwa three much. I continue to praise God for your presence on this board to debunk their fallacies and false stories. In my hometown where the njawa originates, we call this akuko ifo. People continue to dream and this dream they portend to be history. Once nwanna Obi Nwakanma queried in amazement on this board about this mighty civilization with no ruin. He asked about the ruins of the administrative buildings, the court house. Where are the signs of this greatest civilization that we have read about. Nnaa akuko ifo continues to amaze us and we are all ears. As for the heartbeat, one wonders, if benin ceases to exist, would Nigeria disappear? This question seeks an answer nut none will provide it as you know.
Folks:
This is a very good interview from the Royal family. Oba ator ukpe-re. Ise. This is truly why Edo State is nicknamed "The Heart-beat of Nigeria." It is all glory. Cheers and peace.
Alenbaluye (Alen) Ighedosa
Please don't think I will ever like you, just because I am addressing you. You still owe me a reason why you think my Ijaw parents can not own land in the only region of Nigeria they ever know. Those selfish Edo people, we fed them with our fishes, they never appreciate anything.
Be warned, don't come after me for my comment, I will open book o.
Smile, Alen, God loves you.
Gloria Johnson, MSN., MBA., Almost Ph.D.Dean, School of Re-Education,
College of No-nonsense, GLORIA JOHNSON UNIVERSITY. Our satellite campuses worldwide.
Alen, the interesting thing about Benin is that it has history told over and over again and known perhaps, across Nigeria. That is it. Benin is no heartbeat of no Nigeria...take that double negative. The thing that interests me here is how straight and simple is the history recounted by your monarch, which every thinking man and woman of reasonable prudence will buy. I read a piece here submitted by some Izon group claiming to own some land space all over Nigeria, andI quipped, that if we let them Izon, they might lay claim to all of the dry land space in Nigeria. My knowledge of the Izon through out my stay in the old Mid West from whence I took off to Oyibo land, were this people who disembarked their canoes at the water's edge in Warri, and headed off into Warri city. I never could imagine they had a thing to do in dry, dusty, red earth Benin Land, being of the water. Ogam Vincent has to read this and his mind will run to PH, as does mine, each time I read Izon dry land grab mindset. During my infant days in the 60s in PH, there were no Izon. I knew only one of them, from Brass or so, a classmate. Then there were the Kalabari, Okrika, Buguma, Bonny (mainly Igbo). Suddenly of late, not more than a decade now, every Okrika says they are Izon, Kalabari..etc. Suddenly too, they developed dry land grab mindset, and set about claiming even PH, an Igbo town, where once they were only peripheral inhabitants at the water's edge. It simply riles the blood when once a settler, begins to lay claim on land to which he or she has not history of ownership. The same Izon turned the once great Warri town, into a war zone, on account of false ownership claim of the town. People should now know what this Izon people are up to, and gird their loins to do battle with them, wherever they are and whatever claims they make, that are bound to be pretext for dry land grab.
peter opara
Peter:
You wrote: "Alen, the interesting thing about Benin is that it has history told over and over again and known perhaps, across Nigeria. That is it. Benin is no heartbeat of no Nigeria...take that double negative."
Well, Peter, If you have never been associated with greatness, you do not know the joy in it! We are not seeking nor waiting for your approval in this discuss. Criticisms and challenges are obviously expected from skeptics and bigots like you but, they carry no weights for obvious reasons. The might and significance of Benin Kingdom, Benin Empire, and back to Benin Kingdom, are very well documented in the annals of world history of expansionism and governance. It is no surprise that you may scorn the relics of what made Benin Kingdom great. After-all, Jesus Christ was killed by his people. They prefer to remember him as the son of a poor carpenter who himself led the life of a destitute.
ok, ok, more will be published later. thank you gentlemen and ladies.
The strategic location of Edo Nation to-date in Nigeria, speaks for itself. It may be geographically small but, it remains the prominent catalyst in defining Nigeria of tomorrow, believe it or not. The potency of confidence, leadership, and intelligence resonate in Edo Nation to-date.
I grew up to know the Izons (Ijaws) to live on large canoes along river banks! Since life has changed due to modernity, their educated children should humbly and politely negotiate for parcels of dry land to build permanent homes as opposed to living on floating canoes. More grease to your elbows my good friend, Peter. Cheers and peace.
Alenbaluye (Alen) Ighedosa
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