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Re: Ekiti People by donfineboy(m): 11:08am On Sep 11, 2014
Am proud to be an indigene of efon alaaye, ekiti state.we d best
Re: Ekiti People by oseiwe(m): 11:16am On Sep 11, 2014
NgwaManNaija4LF: Nice one,my girlfriend is from there.
I hope no be my babe you dey claim so?

donfineboy: Am proud to be an indigene of efon alaaye, ekiti state.we d best
cool
Re: Ekiti People by Nobody: 11:17am On Sep 11, 2014
long live Ekiti,long live my town Ikole,long live Fayose

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Re: Ekiti People by Nobody: 11:19am On Sep 11, 2014
topemirates: Proud to be an indigene ...

Proudly Ikole-Ekiti, Omo Elekole Obalayaso

There's no place like home really!

Ekiti kete, inn okun o!!!
i rep Ikole
long live ikole
inn ora nibe o

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Re: Ekiti People by Nobody: 11:21am On Sep 11, 2014
[quote author=Agbgift]
That's a big lie!
They don't have tribal marks, neither are they aggressive.[/quote
so on point
Re: Ekiti People by Nobody: 11:25am On Sep 11, 2014
arbass: wonderful write up OP. Just to point out-it's "Oore" of Moba Land not "Owore". I rep Otun.
plz do you knw d Awoyinka's of oTUn
Re: Ekiti People by Tunjasko(m): 11:25am On Sep 11, 2014
marioking:

Waoooooh i double zoom you oooo......check fajulugbe family dere.......dats my lineage grin grin grin

bozzz....I be frm Oni Olowolagba lineage...idemo street....
Re: Ekiti People by Saraha1(f): 11:26am On Sep 11, 2014
topemirates: Proud to be an indigene ...

Proudly Ikole-Ekiti, Omo Elekole Obalayaso

There's no place like home really!

Ekiti kete, inn okun o!!!

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Re: Ekiti People by Nobody: 11:43am On Sep 11, 2014
Tunjasko:

bozzz....I be frm Oni Olowolagba lineage...idemo street....


do u know omo-oni and his siblings

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Re: Ekiti People by Tunjasko(m): 12:15pm On Sep 11, 2014
marioking:


do u know omo-oni and his siblings

yea....I should...not too sure though
Re: Ekiti People by Ghost01(m): 1:19pm On Sep 11, 2014
Irèmògún, omo àwisè,
Omo alágbède àkókó,
Omo awúkó gbirinrinrinrin bí oni erín fon,
Agufè grrrririririri bûgbè òjò iku....

*Me sef say make I unghost small. Good job, Macof!

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Re: Ekiti People by akejujoe(f): 2:14pm On Sep 11, 2014
I rep Ise - Ekiti. Proud to be from Ekiti.

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Re: Ekiti People by jydor4real94(m): 2:22pm On Sep 11, 2014
macof: Ekiti, the land of hills

Ekiti from Ile-Okiti "home of hills" is a rugged and upland rocky area with most of it's rocks overlayed on each other.

Language
The Ekiti language is a unique Yoruboid language, grouped as Central Yoruba along with Igbomina, Okun, Ijesa, Ife and Ijebu
The Ekiti language however has it's own variant dialects as Moba speaks a dialect similar to Igbomina, Omuo speak that similar to Ijumu Okun, while Efon is similar to Ijesa.
Despite this the Ekiti people understand each other very well

Oriki of Ekiti Towns
AAYE EKITI: Omo eleku lele lele ona
Aaye,Eku Senu Omode Aaye o mu kete ö
ra gburin.
ADO EKITI: Omo Ado Oora Amukara
sabe ewuje, Ikara se meji i temi lukoko,
Ado mei yunle oni kobe osilo monu
AGBADO EKITI: omo owa omo ekun
omo alagbado orara, aimona gbe sinu
agbado
AISEGBA EKITI: aisegba aguda omo
apalufin omo olulu orokeiroloru lasura
omo odoja supon-na lasura
ARA EKITI: Omo alara tin dara,ara la o
mada ,awa o ni daran
ARAMOKO EKITI: omo alaramoko
l'ejidogbon agogo ude; alara m'oi pori
isa okan i ki mi ' a roko aga o, ara ara
pelu ife' jumo k'agbara ga k'ara ye wa'
k'ara san wa; Ara ulu ayo
ARAROMI-UGBESHI EKITI: omo elesi adu
ile adu oko
ARE EKITI: Omo oyi ajawa nfe
murinmurin lule
AWO EKITI: omo alagodo abeni
memu,omo oloke ijisun eru ko yu.omo
eguru sotita ona oke ijisun.
AYEDE EKITI: Ayede geri attah, osoko
ekiti soko akoko, o sakoko rigborigbo.
AYEDUN EKITI: Omo elesun a payiya
yeye
AYEGBAJU EKITI: Ayegbaju obalu odagun
lule odagun loko omo alale kemun tisan
bomi
AYEGUNLE EKITI: Omo amoro epa reni,
Omo amuda sile mogun erun pani
AYETORO EKITI: Elo ajana omo agbo o
yo erun odi, Omo owa omo ekun, edu
iju omo akin,omo ofabere gunyan ki idi
gberigbe ona ma mo. Omo oluku k'aso
ibo,omo abadin hanran hanran.
EFON-ALAYE EKITI: omo oloke ko moke
igun,oke ko malaye i tile ogun,omo edu
ule haun efon kumoye, Omo Oke Wa
Foona Oke Sora Dotaa,Eji gberekede,Eji
gbimorodun
EJIYAN EKITI - Omo Elerii njiyan kan
da’de, akun weji weji, Omo alaye more
Oko ido ale iye, Omo Elegigun iwaju ji’
tehin nrina, Omo Elegigun le ju ade kan
soso, Omo adegigun sori-eko weji weji
EMURE EKITI: Omo Elemure aoro ora,
elemure i japari usu, e i jemulolo udi re,
aarin usu ni kan mu a kelemure mi aje,
Emi lomo eso orita egiri oke, Emure
ijaloke afisu foloore
EPE EKITI: Epemuke moale omo elepe
lologun igi lasan lara oko unbo
ERINJIYAN EKITI : omo oloja odo omo
oloja odo aboyesun, omo erin adigunbo
ERINMOPE EKITI: Omo eridu'ora
omokuku be korantan i han omo han ke
bi han be i dun han Eeemope Omo
Eridu 'ora
ERIO EKITI: Èdú Èrìò ọmọ agbe mùsúù
kẹlẹ, ọmọ ọtayeye lugbọn-ọn mibọbọ
joye, ibọbọ jolodeode, ibọbọ jọta epo,
ọmọ oloke meji takọ tabo, ajoji baa i
gori olodeode, ọta epo larosi de a.
ESUN EKITI : omo elesun oyinbo omo
elesun orinjeyeweere
ESURE EKITI: Omo Elesure okese.
EWU EKITI: Omo Ewu Ogidi uda, omo
amudasile mogun enu pani
EYIO EKITI: omo a muda sile kogun eni
pani
IDO EKITI: omo udo oganganmodu ama
gbado ekuru resin, iha lomo alagbado
ayaiya tan aiha a ya, aire a ya arimona
gbe sinu agbado
IDO-ILE EKITI: ile Omo Ajinare mope
oye, omo owa omo ekun, omo
ajisunhan,omo ajire ni, omo amojo
gbogbo dara bi egbin,omo alagogo ajilu
gbingbin ni sosi,omo onibata kero
kalokabo lona adura omo oni bata
kerokalo-kabo lugbi mo rusimi
onigbagbo.
IFAKI EKITI: Ifaki orinkinran, omo atijo
ogun lele boorun maakin. Esi keejogun
ijale udo ona ifaki lii ha. Omo okorobo
lila isuko firi ona eyika more.
IGBARA-ODO EKITI: Omo eleye i se
weyeweye ati dori ogun
IGBEMO EKITI: omo elefo sigbemo oba
yii efo san bi eni rele efo romi oko ra
lona igbemo
IGBOLE EKITI: omo olurara agbagba tile
oyi biribiri goke lagbe igbole odo
IGEDE EKITI - omo elemi nigede
amadiye sereke, elemi igede niwi ki mi
gbadiye sin, mowi me i sinye omi, oni
laso mo mu kigede soro, agboku
mariwo na mi selewo yuyu
IGOGO EKITI: igogo obiri; omo awoko
merin tia gbe foruru obe je egberin
okele, ekiri oke omo amain urukan
jaraba iyan igogo sebora onielaya edese
IJAN EKITI: Omo ijanmodu alagada
ogun, omi ki ijan i mu ni ijan we esi;
omo elega arisagba.eru ko sagba nibe
arija ayaba,ari sagba arija olori
IJELU EKITI: Ijelu mojo omo olodi
atalemo, omo alayuwa ajoji ko wese,
ajoji koba wese adoni ebo lulera lono ije
IJERO EKITI: omo owa Omo ekun, omo
ejio omo oriomu,omo olose meji
takotabo,omo amomohoko toutobo udi
re
IJESA-ISU EKITI: omo ijesamodu,omo
eleni ewele,omo ameo usu dahun
se,omo a woro labe usu yaa gbe lolo
odikeji,omo ikaka i so'su diro diro loke
amu,omo a muda sile mogun erun
pani.omo agbagba roke orire yaa lu,
omo ehon kitipa ona 'jesa kii'jesa moja
kii'jesa modeyo, laka ule ra lona
IJURIN EKITI: Ijurin moje! Omo alaran
ojiji, omo amuda sile mogun enu pani,
akuku beni lori ya jogun enu lule ijurin
omo agbara sa yaya lori eguru.
IKERE EKITI: omo oloke meji takotabo,
omo aba gbami eye gbami, agbagba
fiafia alapa faari, omo oju kee boju leru
omo eleo jeun ree omo ekun omo
erukuluji, omo ukere kete oniyan ana
olosunta orun ukere orole baba oke.
IKOGOSI EKITI: omo olomi meji,
gbigbona ati titu.. nibi o tipade
IKOLE EKITI: Elekole o balaya aso, Ikole
to tala bose, e i sepe hon run ma so se,
eshi idale ti a ni, Ikole lomo olose meji
gbarimi rimi kan le. Ikole run ma aso se
kin tala mo sha; atala bose, keru ba
adiye funfun.
IKORO EKITI; Omo eso obe so ikoro
mudapariko omo eruku yoyo onah obe
yajogun enun lobe ooooo, ireke aragan
idun bi ogan iyo, ireke aragan idun bi
oyinmomo.
IKUN EKITI: Emi lomo ikun amure,omo
elero mumu ona oja,omo abeja i se
wotowoto enu asoro
ILAWE EKITI: omo alawe ko tori wiwe ko
makuro soja,ko wi kun naja-naja kun
bomi a lura lona Awe
ILOGBO EKITI: ilogbo okere,abewe usu
gbagangbagan
ILORO EKITI: Omo oloro erijugbin Ari
jugbin ranje mu karahun muni, omo
olotorojo nse ori opalele
ILUKUNO EKITI: ilukuno ose omo a min
ranyin bi ogo iyo
ILUPEJU EKITI: Ulupeju la me a, Omo
Eso ooruta merun wese,
Omo Oke lila ti moto layaa, omo egiri
oke arogunse bi ega
IPAO EKITI: ipao ileji ogbe omo amugbo
sodi orogba omo onile imole ajeji kowo
ajeji toba fipawobe laimepo laimuyo
ammebose
IPOLE ILORO EKITI: ipole omo asewi
leremeta kale to le
IPOTI EKITI: upoti ala, omo amewe eni
j'iyan, awa lomo eleni ewele,omo
amekuru jeko.
IRE EKITI: iremogun omo awuse, omo
owu ti n wuko gbinrin-gbinrin lagbede.
N ba tete waye omo enimeta ni n ba
maa se, n ba jomo, , n ba jomo alakara
maa ma roun fi wan enun, n tun jomo
alagbede ma finanloju-finanle masagban
isale woriwori
IRO EKITI: Uro adidi,omo amugbayeo
IROPORA EKITI: iropora ajija emure ule
ewa ubi kan sewa iyun
ISAN EKITI: Isan moge, omo asote
monru, oloro agogo, omo amuda sile
mogun erun pani.omo owa omo ekun
omo olodi, odi re atile mo,ooni ke mo
rin un modi mo omo elepa omo awo
ISAOYE EKITI: Isaoye akoko alakoko
ororo giro omo amugba buwo
ISE -EKITI- Omo Akin je'Efon. Omo a
gbure Agudugbu s'oju odi k'ari j'Efon
Use ya yan. Ugbo kan mo'sii si kan si
d'Use, a mo foo oun le iijugbo Aje a
l'Use. Adabalukosi lo ba loriigi l'oja Odo,
kan p'ugba Ode jo. Oni mo tita libe, o ta
ogun ifon. A ri mo tita libe, o t'oji akofa.
Ugbogbo kukuruku la gbogi l'oja odo,
k'Adabalukosi fo lo, Emi omo ogidan,o
gun mo gara, Omo at'eran mo ta'ho.
ISINBODE EKITI: isin obi omo olobedu
woroworo,obe kan se ke kute ule jerun
omo oni simi
ITAJI EKITI: omo Itaji òpó kìtìpà léyìn
Èkìtì, mii k'opo ma ja kí Ekiti mó dêyô,
Èwí í bèmí ùdì, Ônítâjî í bèmí èsûn'sû
ôkô, Èwí mí yoo jùdì, Ônítâjî mí yoo mó
ó jóná, un i kôsé ôlójà méjì màá bá tùbá
mi Ônítâjî â lô
ITAPA EKITI: Eso oruta ejiri oke,omo
onimeya ule meya oko,omo asibeota
yayinyo
IWOROKO EKITI: Ihoroko de ile ouro ile
ouro omolore la me ia ogun i pa
ihoroko omo aroloyen
IYE EKITI: Omo alagere kijipa suko firi
ona, omo oloke meji tako tabo
IYEMERO EKITI: OMO ni sedo ewa,omo
ori mogun je,awa lomo awo foo sise..ofi
omo foko to n ti kini abere, Omo
onihun didun lodo di.
IYIN EKITI: Awa lomo eso orita Egirioke.
Uyin logun Uyin lota. Ulu kan rije rimu
tan ke i deni lora; Omo alaede
KOTA EKITI: Omo Elekota ogunroyin
soye, agun soye bi oyinbo. Omo oriire
d'ade.
ODOOWA EKITI: omo eleni ewele,omo
oke lila ti moto laya, olegin lodoyin
ololua lode udogun. omo abu oba ma
se, omo ala ideu,omo egin,omo epa,
omo otokorojo sori opa lelele
OGOTUN EKITI: omo ologotun ojorube,
omo eleni ateeka,omo eleni ewele,omo
amuru ekun sere nibuje,Eja gbogbo
dade,towena dade akun.
OKE-AYEDUN EKITI: omo adagbalu, omo
adelila pa
OKE-ORO EKITI: omo alaure ladao para
seji,omo alaure san yaya gunta. Omo
amekikun modi,omo alaure la Okeoro
para seji aka kan tolokore,okan re ti
apetu
OKEMESI EKITI: omo oloja oke ni di
ogun,omo fabunmi orara lada. omo
afaganja omo arogun yo. omo oke
agbonna, omo oke ludi ogun atiri ogun
OMU EKITI: Omo olomu aperan omo
oloro,Agogo omo amuda sile mogun
erun pani akuku beni lori san jogun
erun lo lona omu
OMUO EKITI: Omo eleye meta oro
kashakasha, iko ina, iko oorun, iko koku
osupa a tani yayaya, Omo olomuo
kerejekereje omuo ore,
OMUOOKE EKITI: Omo Olomi Ajire,omo
alaroju ja ka, omo gbo gbo bi oro, omo
o ba ma aja j
USI EKITI: Usi oro omo atoko bo moun sibikan ni,omo a'muda sile moogun erun pani, omo a'mesuru pagbo, esuru lipo lusi ko dewo sibe...
I rep Usi,United state of intellectual.

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Re: Ekiti People by jydor4real94(m): 2:28pm On Sep 11, 2014
Rep Usi Ekiti, United state of intellectual...USI
Re: Ekiti People by Temmyfoj(f): 3:05pm On Sep 11, 2014
Macof I love u for this grin. This is grt...... Am from Ise-Ekiti and am proud to be. Tnk u so much for dis.

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Re: Ekiti People by Consultville(m): 3:07pm On Sep 11, 2014
quite an history
Re: Ekiti People by topemirates(m): 3:07pm On Sep 11, 2014
IHate9ja1:
i rep Ikole
long live ikole
inn ora nibe o


Ooooo, mi ku okun o

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Re: Ekiti People by topemirates(m): 3:08pm On Sep 11, 2014
Saraha1:
Praise!!!!!!!!!!God, atleast I don see one person from my villiage.


Where are the Ikole-Ekiti bros and Sis ?


We gallant for here o
Re: Ekiti People by Pelupelu: 3:25pm On Sep 11, 2014
MabraO: Na only book dem sabi for ekiti
Development is zero
In Moba(osun-ekiti)no network is working common pure water them no get. Otun ekiti is a lil better.
and hw far is osun ekiti to otun? Can you compare the status of the road\electricity supply to that of ur village
? Learn to appreciate.
Re: Ekiti People by basty: 3:32pm On Sep 11, 2014
Proudly Yoruba

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Re: Ekiti People by MabraO: 3:38pm On Sep 11, 2014
Pelupelu: and hw far is osun ekiti to otun? Can you compare the status of the road\electricity supply to that of ur village
? Learn to appreciate.


The truth is bitter my friend
U don't to be bitter about my said truth
Re: Ekiti People by ayyoshert: 4:27pm On Sep 11, 2014
Arinta Falls in Ipole Iloro Ekiti, Ekiti State.

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Re: Ekiti People by toxco: 4:47pm On Sep 11, 2014
donfineboy: Am proud to be an indigene of efon alaaye, ekiti state.we d best
Am proud too.
Re: Ekiti People by odukoko(m): 5:27pm On Sep 11, 2014
Ekiti,i hail!the only under developed state in the southwest.70 percent of houses in Ado the state capital no get toilet,na bush and gutters people they do their bizness!very lazy set of yorubas!they love education but self development is zero!main source of income is being a civil servant and politics!only bizness is water biz i.e ikogosi,pure water and hotels/beer parlous where the so call educated people meet to get drunk from morning to nite discussing stomack infrastructure and sport!.all kudos to our ibo brethrens who now owned about 75 percent of both lands and buildings in Ado the state capital who are now developing the state.pls note the Ewi of Ado has now prohibit the selling of lands and properties to any ibo person to prevent total annexation by the tribe! The little farming in the state are done by the igbiras 'the kogi indigenes' living in the state!what about cost of living?rents? dont mention it!them dey expensive like die!!!
Re: Ekiti People by oluwapomile(m): 5:32pm On Sep 11, 2014
Since the inception of Gov Ayo fayose,fountain of knowledge became fountain of ignorance...
Re: Ekiti People by tsure2: 5:58pm On Sep 11, 2014
akejujoe: I rep Ise - Ekiti. Proud to be from Ekiti.

Ise-Ekiti too!
Re: Ekiti People by odukoko(m): 6:08pm On Sep 11, 2014
oluwapomile: Since the inception of Gov Ayo fayose,fountain of knowledge became fountain of ignorance...
Actual Ayo fayose brought and start the little development you can see around the state been consolidated by kayode fayemi.but belief me ekiti people are very,very stingy die and i thot dem say ijebu stingy!and this has makes it very hard for them to progress like other yorubas except in academics.its always wetin u bring !
Re: Ekiti People by akejujoe(f): 6:35pm On Sep 11, 2014
tsure2:
Ise-Ekiti too!
I'm from Okesokun,Odo Ise. Where in Ise are u from?
Re: Ekiti People by topearos(m): 7:23pm On Sep 11, 2014
odukoko: Ekiti,i hail!the only under developed state in the southwest.70 percent of houses in Ado the state capital no get toilet,na bush and gutters people they do their bizness!very lazy set of yorubas!they love education but self development is zero!main source of income is being a civil servant and politics!only bizness is water biz i.e ikogosi,pure water and hotels/beer parlous where the so call educated people meet to get drunk from morning to nite discussing stomack infrastructure and sport!.all kudos to our ibo brethrens who now owned about 75 percent of both lands and buildings in Ado the state capital who are now developing the state.pls note the Ewi of Ado has now prohibit the selling of lands and properties to any ibo person to prevent total annexation by the tribe! The little farming in the state are done by the igbiras 'the kogi indigenes' living in the state!what about cost of living?rents? dont mention it!them dey expensive like die!!!
You don take Erythroxyllon coca so you are high.
Re: Ekiti People by omotoyiwa(f): 7:49pm On Sep 11, 2014
Proudly Ekiti
Re: Ekiti People by winbyforce: 9:44pm On Sep 11, 2014
Make I sign in ,Ekiti abroad smiley. Not proud of much right now. My ancestors,especially the one that got his PhD from UCLA,be looking at me from heaven and saying ''What is wrong with this boy ke? Don't fall our hands o'' smiley Dear God,please help me cry

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Re: Ekiti People by Coefficient(m): 10:10pm On Sep 11, 2014
tpia1:

its more common with ekiti, ijebu and akoko.

i also have a feeling most of the monikers responding are fake and actually not from the places they're claiming.

the few that are, have an agenda behind their doing so.

just a hunch, could be wrong.

Who cares what you feel?

Will you get lost from here! You this bitter old hag!

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