donstan18:
The only Yoruba actress I fancy is Margaret Bandele Olayinka, popularly known as Iya Gbonkan.

There's this unexplainable Orgasm I derive each time I set my eyes on her.

I wish to go on a date with her someday.
You Dey take piss lol

donstan18:
The only Yoruba actress I fancy is Margaret Bandele Olayinka, popularly known as Iya Gbonkan.

There's this unexplainable Orgasm I derive each time I set my eyes on her.

I wish to go on a date with her someday.

fattprince:

Well Anjorin means "we walking together" or friends in Yoruba I don't know about Egun. This Egun use Yoruba names too but I know is that she said it herself in a video interview that she is Egun from Badagry. We have Egun tenants with the surname Bamgbose.

MENELIIK:


The title OBA as used in Benin is a Yoruba word. Akoko Edo people speak (as second language)and bear Yoruba names just like their neighbours in Ogori/Magongo in Kogi. There was no Benin empire rather Benin Kingdom and no Yoruba people were captured by any Benin

IAMPhoenix007:


There is no Yoruba speaking tribe or part in Togo, the only people who speak Yoruba in Togo are Yorubas who do business in Togo or togolese who once live in western Nigeria.

SaintLucia:
Lol and they later became minority

RuggedSniper:
^^^1. Binis, Esans, Urhobos, Isokos, Etsakos, etc, are subethnic groups of the Edo. 2. Aworis, Ijebus, Egbas, Ijesas, Ekitis, Ilajes, Itsekiris, etc, are subethnic groups of the Yoruba. Hope this is clearer... P.S. Itsekiri language has over 65% similarity with the parent Yoruba, especially Ijebu and Ilaje dialects. Some Bini, Portuguese, English words are also mixed into the Itsekiri language which is officially classified by linguists as Yoruboid just like Igala which also has over 65% similarity with the Yoruba language via the Kogi/River Niger trade/migration intersection.

prezeus:

Here what palace chiefs and the Oba of Lagos had to say

SaintLucia:
Lol and you finally concluded that Oranmiyan was the great great grandfather of the Edo people. See as I give you assignment

Heavensent01:
na only Yoruba go ask if outsider have eaten before their own kids




what a tribe with sincere heart. imagine North, northerners are trying, imagine Igbo and others are like that?

RuggedSniper:
Edos' ancestors have been in existence before Oranmiyan. It is ONLY the Bini Royal family that has ancestral ties with Oranmiyan who came from Ife and fathered Oba Eweka. The towns of USEN, Egbeta and a few small towns in Edo state migrated from Ife and some eastern Yoruba communities. TAO11

SaintLucia:
Lol and you finally concluded that Oranmiyan was the great great grandfather of the Edo people. See as I give you assignment

RuggedSniper:
Edos' ancestors have been in existence before Oranmiyan. It is ONLY the Bini Royal family that has ancestral ties with Oranmiyan who came from Ife and fathered Oba Eweka. The towns of USEN, Egbeta and a few small towns in Edo state migrated from Ife and some eastern Yoruba communities. TAO11

TAO11:

cc: SaintLucia

"Lieut. King found that “the king can sell his subjects when convicted of crime, or when they have incurred his displeasure." The royal right of abuse seems to have survived to the last days, for Gallwey (p. 129) mentions that “the Benin people ... are treated as slaves by the king, the title of king's slave being considered an honour." ... the mass of the people were practically slaves to the king, and those who were not to the king were so to their chiefs." -- Reference: H.Ling Roth (1903), p.103.

Food For Thought: A king NEVER regards his subjects as his slaves IF he truly belongs to the same ethno-linguistic group as them.

Abieyuwa N'ovbi Oodua N'Uhe ghato kpere ... Ise!

Long may you reign, [Oh] son of the wealthy Oodua of Ife ... Amen!

SaintLucia:
Lol and they begged the Ooni of Ife to allow the Benin to bury the head of their dead Oba in Benin land instead of Ife as being practiced by tradition after paying huge amount of tributes

SaintLucia:
In a nutshell Edo most especially the Bini are great great grandchildren of Oranmiyan

Wale03:
My brother I'm from Edo state, my name is Ajayi Oluwole, I speak Yoruba as my first language and I'm from ovia south west of Edo state, there are many villages in Ovia local government that are been oppressed by the Oba of Benin, I'm from Usen town and we don't speak Bini but Yoruba, Utese is also a Yoruba town in Edo south and we speak same dialect the Ikale of ondo speak, so learn more about your Edo and stop spreading lies, we in ovia see ourselves more as Yoruba than Benin, more time we have fought to be merge with Ondo state but the Oba always suppress such moves
Which Edo people speak Yoruba as a second language Don't say what you don't know.
There are tribes in Akoko-Edo LGA that speaks Yoruba asides them no other tribes speaks Yoruba in Edo state. Historically the Akoko-Edo people are Yorubas captured by the great Benin empire.

prezeus:

Here what palace chiefs and the Oba of Lagos had to say

labelle123:
. That one na over sabi. charity begins at home

Ykc2:
oga I said ,if lagos was never a capital of nigeria it will be like other states in nigeria ,if ondo state was the capital of nigeria for many years like lagos you will will still say the same thing,imagine river state the capital of Nigeria for many like lagos with it more land mass oil and gas ,sea port air port all in river state all the oil companies and manufacturing companies all in river state, if lagos is making 200 billion monthly river state will be making like one trillion ,because government invested all most everything in lagos then that's why people are moving to lagos to make living nothing more,no one likes to stay in a traffic while people going to London will get to london first

AreaFada2:

As late as 1940s, no Yoruba king used the title Oba. Yes, people knew them as "Oba". But why has Oba become part of every King's title since the last 40 to 50 years?
How did it become generic?

Copied from an illustrious user of that name.

That is a fact. You are the super ignorant one.

We have discuses the topic on Nairaland now for nearly 10 years.

Generic ko, genetic ni!

TAO11:


First of all, Oba Akiolu has debunked those misconstrued statements circulating in the poor media.

(1) Does 'Lagos Island' have historical relationship with Benin? YES!

(2) But did Benin conquer and imposed an Edo monarchy on 'Lagos Island'? Absolutely NO!

The Lagos monarchy traces back to Ashipa and his son Ado (born to him by a Bini princess).

(1) Ashipa is rightly and clearly recognized in the Lagos/Awori traditional account as an Awori prince, of Ife royal descent, from Isheri.

(2) The Bini traditional account, on the other hand, claims that he is a Bini prince, but same Bini account is unsure if he was a son or grandson of the then Bini king.

(i) However, an independent written account by Sir Allan Burns, the then Governor of Ghana and one time Governor General of Nigeria shows that Ashipa is a Yoruba -- an Awori chief from Isheri.

(ii) Also, linguistic argument upholds the Lagos/Awori account which is to the effect that the name "Ashipa" is clearly Yoruba in both pronounciation and meaning -- "the one who paves the path [for others to follow]". In other words, "the leader".

This name is found all over Yorubaland, even from 1500 Oyo Empire.

From the Bini side, however, it is claimed that his name is originally "Aisikpahienbore" -- meaning: "we shall not leave here"

This argument is clearly weak and an after-thought for the simple reason that this cannot possibly be the name of any human being -- "we shall not leave here".

(ii) Moreover, the burial practice of the then 'Lagos Island' kings shows that while their body is taken to Benin (emphasizing maternal and political connection), their heads are retained behind in Lagos (proving their paternal homeland). -- See: Robert Smith, "The Lagos Consulate, 1851-1861", p.6.

cc: RuggedSniper

Efewestern:


Yes, not only Ajegunle, they occupied several parts of eastern Yoruba territory, like Ikale and Ilesha.

I created a thread about the Urhobo migration to Ikale, that was during the palm oil boom, the Urhobos ran the industry, took raw produce to Lagos for exports, reason you could find several generations of Deltans in those parts.

https://www.nairaland.com/5916221/look-urhobo-migration-okitipupa-other

sesan85:


Another typical ignorant Bini revionisist. It's your own problem if you don't know the meaning of the term "generic." Just look at this all-educated dross: "As late as 1940s, no Yoruba king used the title Oba." What does this dishonest, fraudulent, ignorant horseshit even mean!?

When Afro-Brazilian
Cândido da Fonseca Galvão (1845-1890) called himself "Dom
Obá II D'África" because he was a grandson of Alaafin Abiodun of Oyo as far back as the 19th century? When the Oyo Empire itself had Oja Oba (King's market) near the palace?

What next, Bini revisionist; that Ogun, Shango (whom you call Ishango) and Eshu are Bini deities? Bloody liars!