In Igbo land, masquerades are seen as superior beings. When a masquerade is seen in public, they have to be treated with respect because it is believed that they embody both the spirit and human worlds. There’s also a popular…
Nigeria: Female Inheritance – Why Some Igbo Women Stand By Their Culture
By the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in a landmark decision to uphold the right of a female child to inherit properties of her father, the apex court has voided the Igbo age-long law and custom which forbids…
Igbo Names For Girls And Their Meaning
Naming a child is a very important decision for the child’s parent, as the name forms the basis of the child’s identity. The Igbo people, an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria, bear names that are rich…
Beliefs and taboos in ancient Igboland
These things were believed by the Igbo people in the ancient days and some still prevail to this day. Beliefs and taboos in ancient Igboland. [igbocybershrine] The Igbos are the people of an ethnic group native to southeastern Nigeria. In…
Nigerian Army adopts Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa languages in tackling insecurity
The 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army has collaborated with the National Institute for Cultural Orientation in a bid to train its men in the mastery of the three major indigenous languages in the country The move, which was…
Ooni asks historians to research on Yoruba-Igbo family ties
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has charged researchers to study the age-long relationship between the Yoruba natives and the Igbo people of South-east Nigeria so as to deepen their knowledge of African history. He made this call on Thursday…
Yoruba-Igbo Ties: Oduduwa was never last born to Igbo Prince ― Oluwo of Iwo
In a bid to put the record straight and lay the controversy over Yoruba-Igbo ties to rest, a first class monarch in Osun state, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has said the founding father of Yoruba,…
OONI OF IFE: Yoruba, Igbo, and Igala Are Oldest Races in the World
Why Ogun State First Lady Is the Living Moremi He is a blend of majesty and history; the bridge between modernity and tradition. His lungs are filled with ancient air though he breathes in the oxygen of the future with…
Yorubas, Igbos and the Lagos question
When a former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian newspaper penned reasons as to why there must be a limit to Igbo’s participation in the politics of Lagos, his friend and former classmate of Igbo background thought the submission betrayed his exposure,…
Reno Omokri Speaks On Igbo/Yoruba Rift
Former Presidential New Media aide Reno Omokri has stated that any tribe is at liberty to contest for an elective position in any part of Nigeria. Reports had emerged of Yorubas in Lagos allegedly stopping Igbos from voting, while also warning people from the…