Part 1 Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 25, 2025 For my Yoruba professional colleagues in the field of historical studies, the now protracted rivalry between the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi— Ojaja II and the Alaafin of Oyo Oba Abimbola Akeem— Owoade X, is too sensitive …
Part 7 Much of West Niger Igbo Originated From Ile-Ife and Not Southeast Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 21, 2025 On Friday the 8th day of July 1983, one of the most respected Supreme Court Justices in Nigeria His Lordship Justice Ayo Gabriel Irikefe delivered the lead judgment in Suit Number: Sc.85/1982 in a …
Part 6 Much of West Niger Igbo Originated From Ile-Ife and Not Southeast Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 20, 2025 In the last part, we were able to establish the origins of the words “Ado” and “Benin”, and subsequently confirmed that the word “Edo” was a British colonial term coined from “Ado” by the …
Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 15, 2025 I read a news report from the Guardian newspaper issue of August 14, 2025 titled, “Delta Governor’s aide offers freed Ibom Air passenger N500, 000 monthly pay”, and it bordered me not because one man who calls himself Ossai Success made such a moronic pledge, …
Part 5 Much of West Niger Igbo Originated From Ile-Ife and Not Southeast Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 13, 2025 From the last part, we were able to establish the historical evidence of autochthonous Igbo settlers at Ife and much of Eastern part of Yorubaland before the arrival of …
Part 4 Much of West Niger Igbo Originated From Ile-Ife and Not Southeast Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 3, 2025 Odogwu of Ibusa Former Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com Let me begin by stating that there is a component of objectivity in scholarship inherent among the average …
Chapter Three PROF AHMED BAKO’S STRUCTURAL ABUSE OF THE HISTORICAL PROCESS There are three basic structural elements any professional historian assessing any work of history like the present Inaugural Lecture by Prof Ahmed Bako or related disciplines, will first look at before going into the main text. The first is the title. The second is …
Part 3 Much of West Niger Igbo Originated From Ile-Ife and Not Southeast Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD August 3, 2025 Odogwu of Ibusa Former Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com From the foregoing two parts, we have been able to prove that the issue of Benin origin, migration, …
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Part 2 The Truth about Benin Influence and Origins among Anioma and Southeast Igbo Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD 30 July, 2025 Odogwu of Ibusa Former Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com It is instructive to point out that this contentious issue of Igbo-Benin relationship was partly …
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Part 1 Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD 26 July, 2025 Odogwu of Ibusa Former Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com Visit: https://icac-gen.org As an Igbo scholar, traditionalist and activist, I don’t think any of my Igbo contemporaries both living and dead, including those of older generations …
