“ History of Ezza Ezekuna People Origin, Communities, and New Yam Festival The Ezza Ezekuna people are one of the largest and most historic Igbo sub-groups in Southeastern Nigeria. They are widely known for their deep cultural heritage, industrious lifestyle, and vibrant traditions that continue to thrive across different states in Nigeria. This article explores … Read more
First Class Traditional Rulers in Nigeria: Guardians of culture, heritage, and leadership — highly respected across the nation. Some of Nigeria’s First Class Traditional Rulers In today’s feature on Nigerian leaders and culture, we highlight some of the First Class Traditional Rulers in Nigeria, as documented by Iyierioba.com. According to Nigerian law, 5% of the … Read more
Nitty Gritty of Ozo Ikwo Like many other communities or clans in Igboland that have the Ozo system, Ikwo has the Ozo society fully and actively in place. Ndi Ozo Ikwo are the legislative arm of the Ikwo cultural and traditional leadership structure. While Ndi Eze function more like the judiciary, and town union presidents … Read more
The father of the governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru has become a social media sensation since pictures of his nineteen wives and one hundred and eight children surfaced online. As evidenced pictorially, Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru’s 19 wives are as follows: 1. Mrs. Nwankwo Nwifuru 2. Mrs. Nwofe Nwifuru 3. Mrs. Nwodom Nwifuru 4. … Read more
The recently coronated traditional ruler of Ezzagu autonomous community, Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State, Eze Chinedu Nwankwo has been quoted as claiming to be a personal native doctor to the governor of Ebonyi state, Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru. According to report, he says this in his malicious effort to scare his people and … Read more
Find out why helping someone without asking first can be seen as disrespectful in some countries. Learn how to respect different cultural practices and navigate these differences. One of the biggest culture shocks I experienced here is the way people approach helping others, especially the elderly. Back home in Igbo land, when you see an … Read more
Governor Francis Ogonna Nwifuru spoke about the importance of Izhi cultural values and encouraged people to live by these values at the 2024 Ojiji Izhi festival. iyierioba.com gathered the information from Governor Francis Ogonna Nwifuru’s Facebook page. At the 2024 Grand Finale of Ojiji Izhi, our new yam festival, Governor Francis Ogonna Nwifuru talked about … Read more
Eka-awoke is one of the autonomous communities created in Ikwo LGA by the laws of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly some years ago. It’s a community with five large villages such as: Ndufu, Ndiagu/Ndioffia, Aguinyima, Acharaukwu and Ezeke villages. It’s a community that has a large number of well-educated natives. Nature being so kind, … Read more
The five largest and most popular clans in Igbo land in their order of population are: 1. Umudioka 2. Aro 3. Ezza 4. Nri 5. Ngwa Every true Igbo person comes from either of these clans. The clans are widely spread across the length and breadth of Igbo land. No true Igbo person comes outside … Read more
Dr Bismark Unya, a university lecturer has taken his time to give a concise analysis of the history of wrestling festival in Afikpo, Ebonyi State of Nigeria. He wrote: AFIKPO TRADITIONAL WRESTLING, ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE PART 1 Igbo wrestling (Mgba) is one of the traditional sports that unites the entire Igbo nation. As a … Read more