No 45 Chime Avenue New Haven Enugu.
No 139 Nike Road Abakpa Enugu.
áwọ ánāghị àgbá ọsọ ēhihiè nà nkịtị.
English:
A TOAD DOES NOT RUN IN THE DAY TIME FOR NOTHING; IT'S EITHER AFTER SOMETHING O SOMETHING IS AFTER ITS LIFE.THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE.
Ịhé ọkụkọ bù mmírī àchụ dì yà óké mkpà.
English:
THAT WHICH A FOWL PURSUES IN THE RAIN MUST BE VERY IMPORTANT INDEED. A JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY PERSONAL SACRIFICES THAT WE MAKE TO ACHIEVE A DESIRED END.
ònyé kà yá nà chí yā dì ná mmā, ọ chọrọ díbià bìlié?
English:
WHO WOULD EVER SEEK OUT A MEDICINE MAN IF THEY WERE AT PEACE WITH THEIR GODS? THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN.
à nághị ābànyé ụkā àlèlúyà n'ányá ọmá.
English:
NO ONE JOINS A RELIGIOUS CULT WHO HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN THERE BY SOME PROBLEM OR OTHER. (AN ALLUSION TO ANY MAJOR AND CRITICAL STEP TAKEN OUT OF DESPERATION).
Ọ dịghị ōnyē ā kwọ àkwọ àhụ dị mmā.
English:
NO ONE WHO TRAVELS ON ANOTHER'S BACK IS AT ALL IN GOOD HEALTH. ANYONE PERPETUALLY DEPENDENT ON ANOTHER'S GOODWILL IS NEVER AT HEART EASE.
ódùdù ígù ánāghị àtụ nwá ńzā ēgwù, n'íhì nà ọ bụ ébé ńné nà ńnà yánọrọ tóó ōkōrō nà àgbọghọbịà.
English:
THE LITTLE WREN DOES NOT FEEL ANY VERTIGO AT THE TIP OF THE PALM LEAF, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE ITS PARENTS PRACTISED THE ART OF GROWING UP. NO ONE IS INTIMIDATED BY FAMILIAR TERRITORIES.
ónyé árā sịrị nà ịhé yá gà-èmé kàrịrị àkárị, tínyéré égwú yá gà-àgbán'ụzọ, nàkwà ịhé ńdị yá gà-àchọ n'íkpó áhịhịá.
English:
THE MAD MAN SAID HE HAS LOTS TO DO, INCLUDING THE ROUTINE DANCE ALONG THE ROAD, PLUS THE SEARCH HE WILL CONDUCT AT THE RUBISH DUMPS. (USUALLY AN EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO MEET UP WITH ALL CONFLICTING PRIORITIES).
Ọ bụrụ nà á gbānyērēghị ụzọ òwèrè mgbá, ọ nághī èchí.
English:
UNTIL PEOPLE HAVE WRESTLED OVER AN ILLEGAL THOROUGHFARE, IT NEVER CLOSES... (UNTIL ONE CONFRONTS AND DEFEATS A PERSISTENT NUISANCE, IT NEVER STOPS).
Ọ bụrụ nà mámịrị dì mfé, ọkụkọ àká ānyụ yā.
English:
IF PASSING URINE WERE SUCH AN EASY TASK, FOWLS WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IT. CERTAIN TASKS ARE NOT AS EASY AS CRITICS MAY THINK; SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE A WAY OF MAKING HEAVY BURDENS FEEL SO LIGHT.
Ọnụ ọmá kpụrụ ọkpụrụkpụ, ọ dí kà ọ kpụ ọsụkwụ.
English:
WHEN THE RIGHT MOUTH GRAPPLES WITH A HARD PALM NUT, IT FEELS TO THE ON-LOOKER LIKE THE SOFT VARIETY. SAME AS ABOVE.
ánụ chị ụmụ ánāghị àgbá ósó élēghī ānyā n'àzụ.
English:
THE ANIMAL RUNNING WITH ITS YOUNG NEVER RUNS WITHOUT A BACKWARD GLANCE. AT ALL TIMES,NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THAT WHICH NEEDS GUARDING AND PROTECTING.
à nághị ēkwò mgbágbú ághàrá ọgụ.
English:
ONE DOES NOT FOR FEAR OF DEATH SHY AWAY FROM THE WAR FRONT... (IF YOU WOULD NEVER START A ANYTHING FOR FEAR OF FAILURE, THEN YOU WOULD NEVER ACHIEVE ANYTHING...)
ókènyè ánāghị ānọ n'úlò éwú āmūọ n'ọgbū.
English:
AN ADULT DOES NOT SIT AND WATCH A GOAT SUFFER THE PAINS OF CHILD-BIRTH ON A LEASH. (NO RESPONSIBLE PERSON WOULD SEE SOMETHING GOING WRONG AND NOT INTERVENE TO STOP IT).  
ónyé é mèrè ịhé iwē, ọ ghàrá ịwẽ iwẽ, é méé yā ihê ọnụ, ọ gághị ānụọnụ.
English:
A PERSON WHO FAILS TO RECOGNISE WHEN HE HAS BEEN OFFENDED WILL ALSO NOT RECOGNISE A KIND AND PLEASANT GESTURE WHEN IT COMES HIS WAY.ANY SENSIBLE ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACT APPROPRIATELY TO ALL LIFE EVENTS.
Ị hụ ónyé íjijī bèjùrù ọnụ, ényēlā yā nsògbú, n'íhì nà ì mághī mà ụmụnnàyá ànà-èrí íjījī.
English:
TROUBLE NOT THE MAN WITH FLIES ALL OVER HIS MOUTH, FOR YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER FLIES ARE SUCH DELICACIES IN HIS CLAN. IF SOMEONE DOES NOT WELCOME YOUR KIND ADVICE, BACK OFF; IT IS THEIR LOSS NOT YOURS.
Ọchụrụ ònwé yā n'ụgbộ āsjkwala nà ụgbọ érūtēghī yā.
English:
HE WHO DROVE HIMSELF OUT OF A BOAT SHOULD NEVER SAY THE BOAT HAD NO ROOM FOR HIM.NEVER BLAME OTHERS FOR ANY LOST OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE YOUR OWN DOING.
ónyé kpọọ ọbà yá mkpọkọrọ, àgbàtàóbì èjìrí yā kpōrō ñtụ.
English:
WHEN YOU CONDEMN YOUR OWN UTENSIL, YOUR NEIGHBOUR WILL FIND A USE FOR IT AS A TRASH CAN. A CALL TO APPRECIATE OUR OWN, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T, NOBODY ELSE WOULD.
ónyé túfùó íhé ó jì àmá mmā, mmá yā arụọ.
English:
WHEN A PERSON THROWS AWAY THAT WHICH MAKES THEM PRETTY, THEIR BEAUTY IS RUINED. THINGS THAT WE HOLD SO DEAR NEED TO BE CLOSELY GUARDED AND PROTECTED.
úkwú jié ágụ, mgbàdà àbịá yā ụgwọ.
English:
WHEN A LEOPARD GOES LAME, A DEER WILL COME TO DEMAND A SETTLEMENT OF DEBTS. WHEN THE TABLE IS TURNED,THE UNDERDOG WILL FIND AN UNUSUAL STRENGTH.
Ọkụ dàá ìbùbè, ọ dí kà ọ nyụrụ ànyụ.
English:
WHEN A FIRE IS COVERED IN ASHES, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S TOTALLY OUT. CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE A WAY OF MAKING THE BRAVE GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A WEAKLING.