TheIgbo people are the third largest ethnic group in Nigeria. They are natively found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, part of Delta, and Rivers State.[213] TheIgbo language is predominant spoken throughout the South-East, although Nigerian English is spoken as well. Exalting Igbo Excellence amidst Tinubu’s Exclusions in the recent National Honours. By Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma, AI-KO.Igbo contributions to Nigeria’s intellectual, artistic, and scientific advancement are either minimized or appropriated. The foregoing inspired the need for this study. The eclectic method of analysis is employed and the discourse is organised in themes to ensure articulated presentation. It is observed that theIgbo passed through a major phase that has been affecting their status in the affairs of Nigeria. of Igbo survival in Nigeria. It considers Igbo communal spirit as a veritable panacea.Theresilient spirit oftheIgbo people, according to Abaribe. (2017) guaranteed that within a short time after the war, almost all the important markets in Lagos state, as in other. TheIgbo people survived a civil war that raged between 1967 and 1970 and that devastated their land and reduced their population because of more than three million deaths. The Indigenisation Decree of 1972: With this law, Nigerians were given an opportunity to get involved in the country’s productive enterprises. Igbo people, because of their post-war situation, feel they were not ready for such exercise and were alienated from the nation’s economy. Keywords: Igbo people, Biafra war, Nigerian history, Igboresilience, ethnic nigeria, West African conflict, historical analysis, Igbo culture, political nigeria, post-war nigeria. This is an AI-generated summary ofthe content, and is not intended to provide factual context.