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ukpuru · 4 years

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Okoye, photographed at Agukwu Nri by Northcote Thomas, c. 1911. MAA Cambridge. The marks on his face are known as ichi, given to the people of Nri by tradition.

#Igbo #Nri #Agukwu Nri #Ichi

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bulkbinbox · 4 years

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onyeso, de agukwu nri, nigéria, ao lado de objetos ritualísticos, northcote w. thomas, 1911.

#northcote thomas

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omokoshaban · 3 years

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The Divine Kings (Eze Nri) of Agukwu-Nri: Short Profiles

(The first seven Eze Nris used the regnal title ‘Nri Namoke’ and came from the section of Nri Town known as Diodo. Most traditions have however telescoped them into one Eze Nri, simply known as Nrinamoke.) Ogbuodudu Akakọmme (Nri Namoke I) – Ogbuodudu Akakọmme, the first Nri Namoke, was also known as Okporo Odudu. He was a son of Eri and migrated from Agụleri to Amanuke. Either this Eze Nri or…

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freelanews-blog · 5 years

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One killed, two escape death as flood ravages Anambra capital

At least, one person lost his life, while two others escaped death by flood after a torrential rainfall hit Awka, the capital of Anambra State, yesterday, flooding the entire city. Also, over 10 vehicles were swept into drainage canals as a result of the rainfall, which began at about 5pm. It has been gathered that an unknown man who was said to be a visitor to Awka decided to seek refuge in a hotel in Awka before continuing his journey the next day as a result of the heavy rainfall, but mistakenly missed his steps while crossing the drainage and was swept into the drainage canal. Residents of UNIZIK junction area, who spoke to our correspondent, said the body of the unidentified victim was found on Wednesday morning at Iyiagu drainage were the flood had dumped him. “Usually, that place is where even dirt are dumped when they get thrown into drainages. So this morning we decided to go there and check, and behold, we saw the man. He is a grown up man, and there was nothing on him with which we could identify him,” a resident of the area said.

Also, In Amawbia community near Awka, about 400 school pupils were cut off from their school as they could not access their schools on Wednesday after a major drainage in the area was cut by the flood. Meanwhile, just last week, two children were saved from their untimely death after a heavy rain swept them into a gully as they were coming back from the farm, and it took the timely intervention of workers at a building site to save the situation. According to one of the children, Miss Tochi Nwanna, 16 years old, “We were carrying firewood and the flood was too much and we did not know where to step on and suddenly my younger brother fell into the flood and when I tried to hold him, I did not know how I fell in also”. Meanwhile, over 300 families have been sacked by the gully erosion occasioned by flood disaster in six villages of Amawbia Community in Awka South Local Government area of Anambra State. The community has also been cut off from its kits and kins in the neighboring, Nise, Nibo, Umuokpu and Agukwu Nri towns According to the Director Community Environmental Media Awareness (CEMA) Mr. Okey Maduforo, “The situation needs urgent attention by the state government before the entire community is sacked. “Also affected by the erosion are, Union secondary school, Kabe College, May Rose Hotel as the link roads to those public facilities have become inaccessible by motorists and other road users in Adebebe village.” Read the full article

#Anambra #AWKA #death #FLOOD #RAINFALL #WATER

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ihunanya5-blog · 5 years

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Nigerian comedian, Klint da Drunk involved in motor accident

Nigerian comedian, Afamefuna Klint Igwemba, popularly known as ‘Klint da Drunk’, has took to his instagram page on Friday to share how God saved him from a terrible accident.

Igwemba, who hails from Agukwu-Nri in Anocha LGA of Anambra State was filled with praises as he called on his followers to join him in thanking God for saving him from the accident which occurred along Bauchi-Jos expressway.

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street2viewnews · 5 years

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Nigerian comedian, Klint da Drunk involved in motor accident

Nigerian comic, Afamefuna Klint Igwemba, popularly often called ‘Klint da Drunk’, has took to his instagram web page on Friday to share how God saved him from a horrible accident.

Igwemba, who hails from Agukwu-Nri in Anocha LGA of Anambra State was full of praises as he known as on his followers to hitch him in thanking God for saving him from the accident which occurred alongside Bauchi-Jos…

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#Klint Da Drunk

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segun728 · 5 years

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Nigerian comedian, Klint da Drunk involved in motor accident

Nigerian comedian, Afamefuna Klint Igwemba, popularly known as ‘Klint da Drunk’, has took to his instagram page on Friday to share how God saved him from a terrible accident.

Igwemba, who hails from Agukwu-Nri in Anocha LGA of Anambra State was filled with praises as he called on his followers to join him in thanking God for saving him from the accident which occurred along Bauchi-Jos…

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musicalng-blog · 6 years

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I like Obiano’s style of leadership – Ikedigwe

Oba Uche Ikedigwe is a high chief from Agukwu Nri Community and an APGA Chieftain. In this interview with newsmen he eulogized Governor Obiano for his administrative modus operandi and good work in Anambra State.

He also urged the Governor to double his performance in his 2nd term because the people of the State have an absolute confidence in him to lead them to their envisaged promise land.…

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#LYK

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kokolevelblog · 6 years

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Victor Anichebe on vacation in Nigeria with his girlfriend Maggie Malcheva

Super Eagle star, Victor Anichebe who currently plays as a striker for Beijing Enterprises in China, shared new photos with a white lady identified as Maggie Malcheva, and they both spent the Christmas holidays in his hometown, Agukwu Nri in Anambra state following his recent split from DJ Cuppy, the daughter of Billionaire oil mogul Femi Otedola.

They both attended a wedding together in his…

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#Victor Anichebe

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streetsofnaija · 7 years

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Comedian Klint Da Drunk And Daughter Are Too Adorable For Words

Klint Da Drunk recently shared adorable photos with his cute daughter on social media.

The comedian wrote;

” “Moments with my daughter! My Adorable! @prettylilien thank you!”.

MrAfamefuna Klint Igwemba, popularly known as ‘Klint da Drunk’, is born of Ibo parents. He is from a family of 3 and he hails from Agukwu-Nri in Anocha LGA, Anambra State.

He graduated with a B.A in Fine and Applied…

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ukpuru · 5 years

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An Igbo man from Agukwu Nri decorated with what appears to be ùlì, a semi-permanent dye from a plant and a system of symbols of the same name. Photographed by Northcote Thomas, c. 1910-11. MAA Cambridge.

#uli #uri #Igbo #art #Nri #Agukwu Nri

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ukpuru · 7 years

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I was Buried for Three Days Before I was Crowned King – Eze Onyensoh

For you to be an Eze Nri, you also have to die.

How do you mean sir?

Yes, the candidate for the Eze Nri must die symbolically, and after three days, the person will wake up. During the person’s death, he takes a new body and when he wakes up, he must shine like a star.

Really?

What I am telling you may sound like exaggeration but I tell you, it is the truth! The candidate must die! When the candidate dies, he will be buried in a shallow grave for three days; his body will be buried, but his head will be left outside the grave. During that period, he will undergo a transformation; pass through a stage, from human being to spirit, after which he will wake up and his body will be adorned with white chalk (Nzu) and he will shine like a star.

What happens next?

From there, he will leave his father’s compound. He will not leave through the door. It is presumed that he has grown above passing through the door.

So you didn’t pass through the door?

No. They had to put a ladder for me to climb over the fence and I landed outside and I left my father’s compound. This happened like 28 years ago.

And what happened to your family during the time you ‘died’?

While you are in the grave, you are being mourned by your family and the entire village will be in festive mood, eating and dancing every day. After that traditional mourning, when you wake up again, you take a new body and you are now a spirit.

After that stage what follows?

So when you have taken a new body, you go to a confluence river. The nearest to our community is the Ezu River, which is in Aguleri. At that confluence, they employ divers, who go down deep into the sea to scoop clay, which would be used to mould a pot. The Eze will drink from it and we call that pot, Udueze.

After the Eze has drunk from it, the pot would be seen as a very precious pot because the clay used in moulding it was got from the depth of the sea, from a confluence of two rivers.

When the divers go in there, they would want to test your agility and spirituality as an Eze. If the diver does not come out, well, that is it! But if the diver comes out with the clay that would be used in moulding the pot, then you are Eze (king).

Around our place here, we have two confluence rivers where an Eze Nri could be taken. There is Lokoja and there is Aguleri. Since Lokoja is far from us, we have to go to Aguleri, that is Ezu na Omambala, Abanaba.

From there, you will visit all communities that are descendants of the Nri Kingdom and then you go home triumphantly as a king. Then you embark on another visit to Umueri clan, which contains 118 settlements. You have to visit as many as you can, and they will know that a new Eze Nri has emerged.

After then, the clans will now return the visit to Eze Nri, where the Eze Nri will settle in his Obi (domain) and receive them.

During that period, the Eze Nri will stay in a hut that is akin to half room, and will return to the spirit world for eight days, before he will now become a human being again.

While he is in that spiritual state, he does not receive visitors because he is still a spirit. But after the two market weeks of eight days, he could receive visitors.

But before then, no one sees him, he is served food from underneath the door; no one is permitted to see him physically. When he leaves the Obi after eight days, he moves to his palace, which at that time, must not be a zinc building but would be built by a certain leaf, called Uma, which is usually broad. That is where he would stay for two years before his palace would be changed.

What is usually the first thing the Eze does when he begins to reign?

When the Eze now begins to reign, his first performance must be Iguaro (annual ritual). The purpose of the Iguaro is to give all the communities the opportunity to see the Eze for the first time. Before then, there is a transfer of authority from the previous Eze to the current Eze. This is usually done by the children of the former Eze. While that is done, no one enters the room where it is happening until everything has been done. Thereafter, the Eze has completed all the requirements, and he could then begin to take decisions.

His first decision is taken from a mud elevator platform, and anytime he wants to make decisions, he has to sit on that platform. The throne you now see is a new innovation.

Full Interview of the Eze Nri, Igwe Obidiegwu Onyensoh, Nri Enwelana: [punchng.com+]

#Nri #Agukwu Nri #Eze Nri #Igbo #officials

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ukpuru · 4 years

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Titled elder Onyeso of Agukwu Nri washing hands for a rite before a shrine to Agwụ̀, a divinity of doctors (dibị̀à). Photographed by Northcote Thomas in 1911. MAA Cambridge. Agwụ̀ is an entity of unconventionality and hence creativity that guides the dibị̀à. Agwụ̀ is related to strange occurrences and mishaps. Such occurrences are often signs to individuals that are destined to become doctors.

#Agwu #Igbo #spirituality

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bulkbinbox · 4 years

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