NewStats: 3,265,204 , 8,185,997 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 08:46 PM 1h4i1a

kopite:
60% of nairalanders are either feeding or bn fed by false stories. That is why dis interesting forum is turning out to be a den of ignorant people. In rivers state your so called afam n oyigbo is predominantly Igbos. But the land is called oyigbo cos its originally an ogoni and Ikwerre people farmland.
Dude yu need to stay n interact with ph indigenes(Ikwerre people) or other rivers people to understand where yu are. Or make an in-depth research and you'll be amazed at how deeply enmeshed yu r in ignorance.

are u an indigene,pls enlighten me more

stebell:
I dont get it. wat is the shock in dis ur useless visit. wat do yu expect people who trade and do biz to speak??

OP, it's like yu are a learner. yu visited Ph and probably Obio/Akpor and yu want them to speak Hispanics.

what do u mean,besides DIOBU is not obio/akpor rather its PH lg

otokx:
A lot of IBO's stay in PH but to say it is the most widely indigenous language begets mischief. Ikwerre appears to be the major indigenous language spoken in PH; some IBO's erroneously mistake it for their language. Ijaw is the next popular language and both tribes are the ethnic majority landlords of PH.

I don't think u have ever been to PH or river state...there is no Ijaw speakers rather okirikans inhabit mostly abuloma,borokiri,elephant island and other watersides,this places feel typically like the niger delta and no Ijaw is spoken there rather pigin

otokx:
A lot of IBO's stay in PH but to say it is the most widely indigenous language begets mischief. Ikwerre appears to be the major indigenous language spoken in PH; some IBO's erroneously mistake it for their language. Ijaw is the next popular language and both tribes are the ethnic majority landlords of PH.

Yoruba prick. Op...these are the people that have deceived you all these while...."PH is Ikwerre, PH is Ijaw"...FOOL!

OP Glad you went there and see for yourself. This idi$ot has never stepped foot out of his mud house built by his great great grand father in Oshogbo. Whenever Igbo is mention in SS, they lose every sense of reason. Why is that? Go and tell Patiance Jonathan is not Igbo and see how she will slap the yoruba out of you.

Op...tune in to Radio Biafra; they will educate you well on Ugwuocha...meaning Port Harcourt!

OP is a learner, inasmuch as i dislike the role the Ikwerres played during and after the civil war, I do still understand the dialect(s) of Rivers Igbo than that of Abakaliki or Nsukka but .........

I even thought I would read about the high level of filth in PHC... Port harcourt is too dirty. "There was a garden city".

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joeprince23:
I'm a current serving corp member in PH, I was born and raised in lagos,to a mum from oyigbo rivers state and dad from nnewi anambra. I was naïve about ss/se having been in lagos since birth and studied in Uniben, I have always wanted to visit my maternal home(PH). I got posted to rivers for nysc(nowa tai camp). I traveled wit a friend from benin to aba abia state(his hometown). The next mornin he left for camp in Akwa ibom state and I left for ph,to my suprise just after 35mins of leaving aba we were already in ph,eleme jntn (wel I later learnt that aba was the nearest major city/state to ph)which I always thought should be yenagoa or owerri. My colleages at my PPA told me that many residents of PH actually trade/work in aba and owerri wich was just a shutle away. My 2nd suprise was the lingua franca, having schooled in uniben I wasn't suprised to hear pigin being widely spoken, however I was shocked to hear igbo being speaking by many residents and majority of indigenes speak igbo as their lingua franca, infact my mums home town of afam in oyigbo LGA speak full blown igbo, I felt like a visited nnewi...

kopite:
60% of nairalanders are either feeding or bn fed by false stories. That is why dis interesting forum is turning out to be a den of ignorant people. In rivers state your so called afam n oyigbo is predominantly Igbos. But the land is called oyigbo cos its originally an ogoni and Ikwerre people farmland.
Dude yu need to stay n interact with ph indigenes(Ikwerre people) or other rivers people to understand where yu are. Or make an in-depth research and you'll be amazed at how deeply enmeshed yu r in ignorance.

The real name of Port Harcourt is Igweocha. Do you still need to convince OP that its not an Igbo speaking city?

atlwireles:
Children of today, una wahala too much

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freshvine:

kopite:

The real name of Port Harcourt is Igweocha. Do you still need to convince OP that its not an Igbo speaking city?

[size=13pt]Incorrect. This is the Origin of the the name, Ogwu ocha.
Click on the link to see how Port Harcourt is not only NOT IGBO, but the name you call was how Ohafians referred to it
A screenshot of the page you will arrive at when you click on the link below has also been attached[/size]

[size=13pt]McCall, John Christensen (2000). Dancing histories: heuristic ethnography with the Ohafia Igbo. University of Michigan Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-472-11070-5.[/size]
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ramdris:
Another loose canon. Mtcheeeew! God will judge u for wasting my time reading this thrash!

Do not take the name of the Lord in vain. Exodus 20:7

joeprince23:
I'm a current serving corp member in PH, I was born and raised in lagos,to a mum from oyigbo (Obigbo) rivers state and dad from nnewi anambra. I was naïve about ss/se having been in lagos since birth and studied in Uniben, I have always wanted to visit my maternal home(PH). I got posted to rivers for nysc(nowa tai camp). I traveled wit a friend from benin to aba abia state(his hometown). The next mornin he left for camp in Akwa ibom state and I left for ph,to my suprise just after 35mins of leaving aba we were already in ph,eleme jntn (wel I later learnt that aba was the nearest major city/state to ph)which I always thought should be yenagoa or owerri. My colleages at my PPA told me that many residents of PH actually trade/work in aba and owerri wich was just a shutle away. My 2nd suprise was the lingua franca, having schooled in uniben I wasn't suprised to hear pigin being widely spoken, however I was shocked to hear igbo being speaking by many residents and majority of indigenes speak igbo as their lingua franca, infact my mums home town of afam in oyigbo (Obigbo) LGA speak full blown igbo, I felt like a visited nnewi

Born and raise in Obigbo. Somewhere along Afam road from the Afam junction on the Old Aba/Port Harcourt Road. Some goons on the nairaland will tell you that Eleme and even Afam are Ogoni.

No value reading your post, it is not a true life story.
Plz try to post wisely

joeprince23:
even where I eat bolle at ikwerre rd in DIOBU,people still speak igbo...I think its like lagos where apart from pigin,yoruba is also spoken

The name Diobu is even an Igbo name....So ignore him

joeprince23:
I now know my maternal roots,plus so many others still have misconception of PH,especially people like us that live in lagos

I won't blame it on you anyways. Many a Lagosian are exactly like you are. They would be very dumb about reality, but will be online acting as if they know the whole of Nigeria better than people who physically transverse the width, breadth and length of this country everyday for a living. With all the TVs and internet at their disposal, it is still very disheartening that some of them are so dumb to the point that they think people live in stilted house in Bayelsa and that everybody who has ed through Warri is a rough, tough, badt guy...

The most annoying thing is that they'll still be acting and arguing so profusely in their stupidity that one has no choice than to just ignore them...

tonychristopher:



The name Diobu is even an Igbo name....So ignore him

It is not. It was named after a town in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State with the same name. Same goes for Sangana and some of the streets around that area...

joeprince23:
I'm a current serving corp member in PH, I was born and raised in lagos,to a mum from oyigbo rivers state and dad from nnewi anambra. I was naïve about ss/se having been in lagos since birth and studied in Uniben, I have always wanted to visit my maternal home(PH). I got posted to rivers for nysc(nowa tai camp). I traveled wit a friend from benin to aba abia state(his hometown). The next mornin he left for camp in Akwa ibom state and I left for ph,to my suprise just after 35mins of leaving aba we were already in ph,eleme jntn (wel I later learnt that aba was the nearest major city/state to ph)which I always thought should be yenagoa or owerri. My colleages at my PPA told me that many residents of PH actually trade/work in aba and owerri wich was just a shutle away. My 2nd suprise was the lingua franca, having schooled in uniben I wasn't suprised to hear pigin being widely spoken, however I was shocked to hear igbo being speaking by many residents and majority of indigenes speak igbo as their lingua franca, infact my mums home town of afam in oyigbo LGA speak full blown igbo, I felt like a visited nnewi

The area you are referring to is not Port Harcourt, it is Obio/Akpor, sorry to say that you never got to Port Harcourt, it is by the sea and covered up to the boundary at Ogbunabali, which marks the beginning of Ekwerre. Its a pity you still can't tell where you maternal home is, what a shame...

otokx:
A lot of IBO's stay in PH but to say it is the most widely indigenous language begets mischief. Ikwerre appears to be the major indigenous language spoken in PH; some IBO's erroneously mistake it for their language. Ijaw is the next popular language and both tribes are the ethnic majority landlords of PH.

Ogaaa, you can lie for Africa.

kopite:
60% of nairalanders are either feeding or bn fed by false stories. That is why dis interesting forum is turning out to be a den of ignorant people. In rivers state your so called afam n oyigbo is predominantly Igbos. But the land is called oyigbo cos its originally an ogoni and Ikwerre people farmland.
Dude yu need to stay n interact with ph indigenes(Ikwerre people) or other rivers people to understand where yu are. Or make an in-depth research and you'll be amazed at how deeply enmeshed yu r in ignorance.

YNWA

Ikwerre méká o! Etche chikaa nu! Udo diri nu.

FlyboyZee:

It is not. It was named after a town in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State with the same name. Same goes for Sangana and some of the streets around that area...

Ok...Tell me the meaning of Diobu in ijaw pls