bolajess: WHAT Indeed we have serious problems in Nigeria. I can't imagine how you all would hail something people in ILE - IFE considered a failure. I was there yesterday and was held in traffic for over 2 hours for a 5 mins drive when the Governor and all ACN members across the state stormed town like bees. This is a head that the politicians spent N50M on and it adds no real value to the people. Mind you I am bread and butter of ILE IFE and I keep regretting voting Aregbesola everyday .. this is a Governor who spent N150M on explosives(banger) during the yuletide. Now I can see the problem with Nigeria is not PDP, ACN or LP, it is the masses. Shame on you all .... A governor who hasn't commissioned a completed road project in 2 years came to a round-about block the town and disturbed our peace, yet you all think he deserves some praise

My prayer is that real change comes soon .. not the crazy change GEJ, ACN and others are giving us .. It's still the same template just change of government. Please Rise fellow Nigerians.

babaolofin: Bros, I know your problem is 2015. Be sure you will get it only if the fulanis you dreaded most allow it.

The fulanis conquered only the Ilorin Town. Afonja was the Aare Onakakanfo the head of the Oyo empire Army. During the reign of Aole (Alaafin of Oyo).He made himself the ruler of Ilorin and refused to pay homage to Alaafin by making himself and Ilorin independent of the empire. The Fulanis came as strangers, out of hospitality culture, he accommodated them and gave them free hand anywhere.They had another motives. They were with him as brothers not as Jihadist against him until the war borke out. He sought assistance from the Oyo empire but was refused. Ibadan warriors later defeated them and sent them back. This is the reason no traditional ruler in Yoruba wears turban or Lawani in Yoruba language except the emir in Ilorin. This is just history. On Diya, Sani, Ishaya and Al-Mustapha will explain better.

On the Mayfair roundabout and pot holes from Modake and Lagere roads or drainage. The writer is well done. The roads are okay, maitenance is an ongoing thing. Anybody passing through Ife town from Ife/Ibadan road will notice that these roads are maintained in dry season.

The Yoruba culture is a celebrated culture. All the opposing views to Aregbesola gesture is out of jealous. They are the same people calling him islamic fundamentalist

elopee3000: where was ori olokun when usman danfodio attack with horses everything about yoruba is weak thier gods re weak the people self dey weak like oladipo diya

X-factoria:


Hey dude, get your facts right. The fulanis were defeated at Oshogbo and they retreated to Ilorin and that was before the British occupied Yorubaland. It was a conclusive war and the Fulanis lost.

What the Bristish settled were the wars of independence between Oyos and other Yoruba tribes.

babaolofin: There are over 400 gods before the coming Islam and Christianity to Yoruba land.

PeterKbaba:


So funny, you can imagine........ Do you know Aregbesola's sister is also a christian. This shows you that most Yoruba's don't really care about Christianity or Islam, we only hide our sacred world our-story traditional religion behind other religion. That is why our ideology to life and spirits are so different. Watch Yoruba movies and can tell.

babaolofin:

Bros, I know your problem is 2015. Be sure you will get it only if the fulanis you dreaded most allow it.

The fulanis conquered only the Ilorin Town. Afonja was the Aare Onakakanfo the head of the Oyo empire Army. During the reign of Aole (Alaafin of Oyo).He made himself the ruler of Ilorin and refused to pay homage to Alaafin by making himself and Ilorin independent of the empire. The Fulanis came as strangers, out of hospitality culture, he accommodated them and gave them free hand anywhere.They had another motives. They were with him as brothers not as Jihadist agaist him until the war borke out. He sought assistance from the Oyo empire but was refused. Ibadan warriors later defeated them and sent them back. This is the reason no traditional ruler in Yoruba wears turban or Lawani in Yoruba language except the emir in Ilorin. This is just history. On Diya, Sani, Ishaya and Al-Mustapha will explain better.

On the Mayfair roundabout and pot holes from Modake and Lagere roads or drainage. The writer is well done. The roads are okay, maitenance is an ongoing thing. Anybody passing through Ife town from Ife/Ibadan road will notice that these roads are maintained in dry season.

Tolexander: No it isn't maintained, only that no rain falls in the dry season, to expose the bad drainage of the roads. It is somewhere i passed everyday from my childhood.

PeterKbaba:


So funny, you can imagine........ Do you know Aregbesola's sister is also a christian. This shows you that most Yoruba's don't really care about Christianity or Islam, we only hide our sacred world our-story traditional religion behind other religion. That is why our ideology to life and spirits are so different. Watch Yoruba movies and can tell.

Egba girl:

Do you still pass it today? Or it was only during your childhood?

X-factoria:


Hey dude, get your facts right. The fulanis were defeated at Oshogbo and they retreated to Ilorin and that was before the British occupied Yorubaland. It was a conclusive war and the Fulanis lost.

What the Bristish settled were the wars of independence between Oyos and other Yoruba tribes.

Drock4christ: [img]http://4.bp..com/-FJSNYBcQOBc/T6UAFTiaPPI/AAAAAAAABPg/dKDSXoGtWPQ/s640/Ori-Olokun.jpg[/img]
Yoruba Culture Symbol, Ori Olokun Unveiled In Ile Ife Osun State
Osun state Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday in Ile-Ifeunveiled an Ife ancestral monument, popularly called Ori-olokun, as part of activities marking the inauguration of Ori-olokun Garden .

The governor performed the unveiling of the huge Ori-Olokun sculpture at the Ori-Olokun Roundabout, formerly Mayfair Roundabout in Ile-Ife.
He described the monument as a precious heritage of the Yoruba race, and urged the people to protect and preserve it.

Mr Taiwo Olaiya, the Executive Secretary, Ife Central Local Government, under whose jurisdiction the garden is situated,also described the monument as the most famous in history.

According to him, Ori-Olokun monument was discovered in the early 20th century by German explorer Leo Frobenius. “Frobenius could not imagine that such works were of African origin and came up with the theory that this great art was evidence of the lost Atlantis of the Greeks. “He further declaredthat the Yoruba deity, Olokun, was the same god as the Greek Poseidon. “The monument was further identified as a modern sand casting of a brass, which comprises copper and zinc.

“The name, Olokun, attached to this head refers to the fact that it was dug up in the late 19th century in the Olokun Grove and used in annual rites to honour Olokun ,’’ he said.

An Ife priest, Chief Faloba Fagbenro, described Olokun as the goddess of the sea and patronage of bead making, which makes glass bead working an important industry in Ile-Ife .

He recalled that the head of Olokun (Ori Olokun) remained in the hands of the family responsible for the Olokun cult until Oni brought it to the palace for safekeeping in 1934.

The the terra-cotta head of Olokun has been replicated in strategic places of the world, including Latin America, and Europe. The image always brings back to memory the civilisation in the areas of art and technology that took place in Nigeria and Africa before the British invasion.

Sen. Jide Omoworare, the senator representing Ife-Ijesa Senatorial District, was among the dignitaries that attended the occasion.

Source: PM NEWS.

tpia@:


interesting how the features have a more "modern" adaptation to current looks.

tpia@:


interesting how the features have a more "modern" adaptation to current looks.

pleep: That statue is a masterpeice.

and @ that poster of yoruba gods... what exactly are they selling, religion or dick?

elopee3000: where was ori olokun when usman danfodio attack with horses everything about yoruba is weak thier gods re weak the people self dey weak like oladipo diya

babaolofin:
Also, for the name of gods starting with CH or Z. This is dependent on the flavour of Yoruba Language used in that area. For instance, the Brazilian or Cuban Yoruba flavour (Anago) or the one used in some west africa countries might be pronounced or spelt that way. I have seen where Sango was spelt as Zango outside Nigeria. There are over 400 gods before the coming Islam and Christianity to Yoruba land.

babaolofin:
Also, for the name of gods starting with CH or Z. This is dependent on the flavour of Yoruba Language used in that area. For instance, the Brazilian or Cuban Yoruba flavour (Anago) or the one used in some west africa countries might be pronounced or spelt that way. I have seen where Sango was spelt as Zango outside Nigeria. There are over 400 gods before the coming Islam and Christianity to Yoruba land.