IGBO NEWS

By David ChiNedu  The Ndibe beach waterfront in Afikpo . The beautiful river served as an economic trade corridor in the Igbo Country (before British invasion) connecting  strategic trade networks  in modern day Ambazonia, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea . The Ndibe river is the 4th navigable international waterway of the Igbo country, others include: 1) The Niger.  2)Obuaku-Azumini via Imo river 3) Oguta I usually laugh when I hear people say igbo land is landocked.

By Kevin olaudah Jones This will anger some but so be it, this needs to be said. There are no people on Earth that attacks their own culture. Every person defends their culture. If someone you "believe" to be Igbo is attacking Omenana, this is a clear sign they are not Igbo. Every people has a culture and a way of life. It is not DNA that defines a people but rather Culture. Jacob and Esau came from the same mother and father, yet we are told that they are two different nations and two different peoples. Jacob and Esau had different cultures. So if someone identifies as a Christian, that is their culture, and they should not be confused with Igbos. Igbo culture is Omenana, which Igbos practice. Even those practicing Odinala, are practicing a corrupted form of Igbo culture, but have not completely departed. Education can be done and bridges built, but Christanity is a complete departure to become another culture and another people. There are some that CHI UKWU is c...

By Francis Duru  As Igbo, you Pray with OFO na Ogu: you approach JUSTICE with INNOCENCE One BEAUTIFUL thing about traditional igbo prayers is that you approach the prayers with 'Ofo na Ogu'. You MUST have clean HANDS and HEART otherwise you would be passing JUDGEMENT on yourself. Each time the Igbo prays he/she comes to judgement. If you hands are tainted with EVIL and ARU, the words would be too 'HEAVY' for you to pronounce as you pray. Your CONSCIENCE would minister to you that you do NOT qualify to utter some of the words as you pray.

By Remy Ilona  Tithing is Omenana. CHI UKWU gave it to us so that we'll not have extreme poverty in umunna (family). We call it ibu ihu or nghru. If you're Igbo your tithes must stay in the Igbo community. If we get all Igbos out of hunger, there'll be less anger and less crime and less sin ..

By Francis Duru  Among the Igbos NOW we have those who DENY their heritage, ignore OMENALA and hold it in utter contempt and also those who COLLUDE with the ENEMIES of their people to under-mine and sabotage their wellbeing. We also have those in the movie industry who deliberately MISREPRESENT Omenala to make it appear evil, backward, and odious BUT they forget that their ANCESTORS kept the land which they handed over to them and now with their borrowed NEW, MODERN ways they are about to lose it to better focused and determined enemies.  Rewind to Israel in the days of King Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria. The Hellenist Greeks dominating over the land of Israel was determined to STAMP out Israelite beliefs and Practices. They banned Torah studies, banned CIRCUMCISION, banned the Jewish festivals and Rituals and began to promote Idolatry and pagan rituals. They readily found and enlisted RENEGADE Jews who were ready to abandon their CULTURE and RELIGION for that of th...

By Francis Duru While many Igbos continue to FOOL themselves, Femi Fani-Kayode, a thoroughly well educated and intelligent Yoruba man DROPPED them a hint. He told his Igbo wife Precious in a fit of anger: "You people (Igbo) don't have HIERARCHIES. That is why you are so RUDE" What was he saying? He has nicely SUMMARIZED the Igbo. He is reminding us that in our communities, there are no KINGS or SUBJECTS, NO big or small man. No prince or princess, no Big man or hoi polloi etc. If you are a Billionaire for whatever reason, you cannot shout down the palm wine tapper in a gathering of the umu nna  neither would he QUAKE before you. We practiced real democracy before the Greeks but history books gave the credit to the Greeks.  But many funny Igbos are busy TODAY erecting hierarchies where non EXISTED. They have exported 'eze igbo' as far afield as Japan. From my observation an Igbo man looks RIDICULOUS in the garb of a monarch. The first monarch in my comm...