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Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: "Nwanyị chọba nwunye dị ya okwu, ọsi ya nye ya mmanụ ka ojiri jụọ mkpụrụ nkwụ.”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “When a married woman begins to hunt for trouble from her mate, she will ask her mate to give her Palm Oil for chewing Palm nut”.

I am from Ibele autonomous community in Njaba Local Government Area in Imo State. My community is popularly known as the abode of Njaba goddess. The Njaba shrine is located at the Ibele market square while its traditional staff of authority is held by the people of Umunele community. In a certain time in history, Ibele, Umuele, Amakor and Obeakpu amalgamated as one community called “Amazano” meaning “Four compounds of Ozo title taking”. Culturally, the constituting communities of Amazano were distinct villages that operated independently before the amalgamation. Ibele community had the history of having the first Nze title holder being Nze Duruodo who begath all villages that currently composed into Ndiokwu and Nduihu clans. The Njaba shrine was erected at Ibele land while its staff was possessed by people of Umuele. This was because of the fact that the goddess drew its name from Njaba river and the river did not pass across Ibele community as it did at Umuele, Amakor and Obeakpu. As

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: "Agadi-nwanyị agbaghị ọsọ abụghị mgbe ewu parala ede anwụrụ ya.”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “The saying that an old woman cannot run is not aplicable when a goat carries away her snuff box”.

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: "Arụnsi riri mkpi, rie ebule, ka na achọkwa ihe ọzọ, na achọzi isi onye n'efe ya.”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “An oracle that received ritual sacrifices of both ram and male goat and continue demanding for more is invariable seeking for the head of its servant”.

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: "Nwata toffee na inụ mmiri akụ oyibo, oturue na inụ mmanya nkwụ-elu”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “When a child outgrows the age of drinking coconut water, he will graduate to the age of drinking Palm wine”.

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: "Kedu ebe okwu ọma gara, okwu ọjọ jiri pụta n' ụgbọ?”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “Where went a palatable word when an impalatable word came out in the public?”.

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: “Ihe anụ na eri ka eji enweta ya n' onya” Translation:     My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “Whatever an animal loves to eat is used to attract it to the trap”. 

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: “Ọsa nọ n' ọdụ igu, nọ n' mmapụ.”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day: “A squirrel that is at the tongue of Palm front is at the verge of jumping out of the Palm tree”.

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: “Oke na erubeghị n' akụkụ ọnụ ya, anaghị agbahosi nwa- olugbo anya”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “A rat that has never arrived at the corner of its hole cannot gloat at a cat”.

Like any other ethnic society in Nigeria, the account of origin of Igbo society remains unknown and therefore goes by guesswork and legends handed down from the ancestors. Early colonial reports on such subject suggested that Igbos migrated to their present abode from Egypt. This theory was upheld by many anthropologists who based their claims on the similarities between Igbos and ancient Egyptian cultures. This migration theory holds that Igbos migrated from Nile Valley and passed through Sudan into their present settlement. Another theory hold that Igbos are Hebrews and specifically one of the extended branches of the 12 lost tribes of ancient Hebrew nation. In the early days, the African scholars rejected the Hebrew/Igbo migration account but the idea gained momentum and became spiral during the Nigeria/Biafran war of 1967-70, when Igbos began to relate their fate in Nigeria to those of Hebrew nation amongst European nations. Other scholars hold that Igbos migrated from the