travelwaka:
The Oba of Ife is the top in Hierachi in Yorubaland. according to Legend. One of his sons known as Oranmiyan, was sent to Igodogogo (Now Benin KIngdom) , he conquered the Kingdom and He became the first King of Benin. According to history, he was having issues with the people of Benin because they didn't like his style of rulership. So he made his son Eweka the ruler and left Benin for good.

On leaving Benin he settled at Oyo with his men, he became the first King of Oyo. He was a great warrior and he fought all through the South West all the way to Benin Republic , This is one of the reasons why Oyo Empire is so feared. Then after conquering all the major cities, he felt the need to go back home. He returned to Ile Ife with his army and he unseat the ruling King in a very peaceful manner. He told him he is back to take his fathers throne and he would appreciate if he moves elsewhere. LOL . The King had to move because Oranmiyan was a great warrior

travelwaka:
Thanks for this. There are many stories regarding this. I will go and read more about the story from the Benin point of view. Thanks. You are one of the very few Great nairalanders I have met. This is how its suppose to be where we can constructively give our points.


Thank you, you earned my respect.

travelwaka:
1. The palace has a Police posts
They said this hall is the first Hall in Yoruba Kingdom and the Hall has the statue of Obalugbon. One of the strongest Kings in Ile Ife.

travelwaka:
Hello beautiful people, Since after the lock down was eased. I have been doing some wakawaka. So I found my way to Osun State. The place where the yoruba race started. As a lover of history, I decided to trace the story of these beautiful people.

Osun State is located in South west and shares a border with Oyo, Ogun and Ondo State.
Yoruba's believed that Oduduwa is the progenitor of the Yoruba race which makes it easy to trace their origin. This is a folklore that is shared by every Yoruba states.

They believed Ile Ife was where everything started from. Ile Ife is an ancient city and it is believed to be the cradle of Yoruba civilisation. So on getting to Ife, I headed straight to the Palace of the Ooni of Ife and what I saw was really incredible. It can be rated as one of the most beautiful palaces in Nigeria.

The palace has three courts, the Emese Court, the Council of Elders Court and the Supreme Court. The Emese Court is handled by the Emese who are a version of the British Royal Guards. They are in charge of simple matters , The council of elders handle some bigger issue while the Supreme Court is headed by the King

Picture below is the Eruwa Square, it is located opposite the Ooni of Ife palace

https://www.travelwaka.com/ile-oodua-the-beautiful-palace-of-the-ooni-of-ife/

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Shortcut2life:
Forget nothing dey inspiring about this place all ile ife road they bad I see this man convoy they dodge potholes I shame for him matter as a king .. He is just a greedy king that cares about his business only ... shey Na palace we won chop ni ..

erayo2GCA:
Leave benin out of your narrative

travelwaka:
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Salewa97:


Igbos are not royal by nature so you don’t know what true kingship means.

All the warrant chiefs turned to Obi are just a quota system kingship where they also want you guys to participate.

When talking about true Royals you’ll be talking about the Ooni, Oba of Benin, Alaafin of Oyo, and etc.

When you don’t have something, you can’t appreciate it!

Mbataku96:
Beautiful heritage
Yoruba amaka.

Not Yoruba amaka
But Yoruba L'agba!

Yes ke?


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AreaFada2:

Dude forget this your legend. No history of any war with Benin never mind conquest. The writer of what you read smoked Oshogbo weed.
Oduduwa was a Benin Prince banished from Benin.
Till today Ooni still has to slaughter 7 black cows everytime before ever traveling to Benin. It is not because of crossing 7 hills and rivers to reach Benin.

Are there no rivers and hills on the way to Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, London, America, etc? Why is he not mandated by tradition to kill black cows first?

Benin people ordinarily prefer to dey their own jeje. But you guys from Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sky chain, and mountain all at the same time keep peddling silly legend.

Gregyboy
Valirex
Etinosa
Ghostwon

travelwaka:
Please go and learn about history of the benin Kingdom and Yoruba Kingdom. They have been one strong ally , Nobody is causing any marginalization. I am only talking about history of their long term relationship and how it came to be

mrugly:


Now, to start with. Oranmiyan didn't conquered Benin(since he didn't wage any war when he got there). The story is this: The Benins came to Oduduwa and asked him to be their king and Oduduwa refused but gave them Oranmiyan (his last son) to go and rule over them.

Why the Benins came all the way to Ile Ife to ask for king( Some of you might ask)? Well, I can't fully say as there are some stories too that emancipated from Benin Kingdom that Oduduwa's origin is from the Benin Kingdom and that he is part of the Ogizo dynasty (if I could recall the name) which translates to the SKY DYNASTY. Legend also says that he(Oranmiyan) was the one who gave them the name Benin because, AS THEY SAY when he got there, he discovered that there ways of life is full of wrath, so he called that place ILE IBINU which translates to the LAND OF WRATH. It is true that he left Benin in anger when he saw that he was unable to change their ways of living.

You mentioned about conquering every Kingdom in southwest, go through your history book again and check if he conquered the Ijebu Kingdom.

Salewa97:


Igbos are not royal by nature so you don’t know what true kingship means.

All the warrant chiefs turned to Obi are just a quota system kingship where they also want you guys to participate.

When talking about true Royals you’ll be talking about the Ooni, Oba of Benin, Alaafin of Oyo, and etc.

When you don’t have something, you can’t appreciate it!

AreaFada2:

Dude forget this your legend. No history of any war with Benin never mind conquest. The writer of what you read smoked Oshogbo weed.
Oduduwa was a Benin Prince banished from Benin.
Till today Ooni still has to slaughter 7 black cows everytime before ever traveling to Benin. It is not because of crossing 7 hills and rivers to reach Benin.

Are there no rivers and hills on the way to Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, London, America, etc? Why is he not mandated by tradition to kill black cows first?

Benin people ordinarily prefer to dey their own jeje. But you guys from Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sky chain, and mountain all at the same time keep peddling silly legend.

Gregyboy
Valirex
Etinosa
Ghostwon

EdoDefence:


Don't tell me my history, I will speak for my history, not you speaking for me.

Benin and Yoruba were never allies rather had the relationship of Master and Vassal relationship.

Don't come here to spew fake stories

IT'S NOT BY FORCE TO BE YORUBA

Olofin2:


There's nothing like "Obalugbon". It's Obalufon.

AreaFada2:

Dude forget this your legend. No history of any war with Benin never mind conquest. The writer of what you read smoked Oshogbo weed.
Oduduwa was a Benin Prince banished from Benin.
Till today Ooni still has to slaughter 7 black cows everytime before ever traveling to Benin. It is not because of crossing 7 hills and rivers to reach Benin.

Are there no rivers and hills on the way to Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, London, America, etc? Why is he not mandated by tradition to kill black cows first?

Benin people ordinarily prefer to dey their own jeje. But you guys from Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sky chain, and mountain all at the same time keep peddling silly legend.

Gregyboy
Valirex
Etinosa
Ghostwon

travelwaka:
Opposite the Palace is the Eruwa Square, once you see this place you know you are about to Enter the Royal palace

Eruwa Square has the statue of Oduduwa, the Progenitor of the Yoruba race. This place is dedicated to him.

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Aksnoopy:
If Ile-ife was indeed the cradle of yoruba race, why did ordinary slaves(modakeke) almost wiped them off the surface of the earth?
If ile-ife people are indeed powerful, why did modakeke warrior almost burned down the ooni palace, sacred houses and sites and the whole town.
Ile-ife was saved by warriors/ marcenaries from Ekiti-state.
Don't be fooled, Ile ife and ooni isn't as powerful as you might think.

Creeza:
You just poured out my mind.

Leave these Youruba people who are bent on flaming the Ambers of tribalism between Binis and their tribe. If e set, you guys will run o

Just like Oramiyan pick race and vamoose Igodomigodo. From tine immemorial, the Edo man likes doing things his own way jejely, but if you try to show him superiority be rest assured he will put you in your rightful position: which is nothingness.

I'd advise my Yoruba brothers to face their fight with Arrewa and Igbos, just leave Edo man out of your wide mouth so you don't loose the little respect we have for you guys.

A word is enough for the wise.

Shortcut2life:


He has the position as the king to appeal to the government no be to they take photo shoot be the koko ... even local roads are bad and there’s no infrastructures in that city at all .. Na to mine Osun state Gold him sabi ..

lordmans:


Pls get your facts right.
The Modakekes are not slaves but descendants of great Yoruba warriors of mostly Oyo extraction. They left for Ife after the carnage visited on their land by the rampaging ILORIN army. It's natural that the then ruler of Ife offered them a parcel of land to settle. Afteral they are Yorubas, and yorubaland belongs to all Yorubas. The war between the two was a misunderstanding that was later resolved. The Modakekes may have tactical advantage over the Ifes cos they are born warriors like the people of Ibadan, while Ife has never been interested in wars not try to annex any other communities like other Yoruba kingdoms.

That war is over and the bad blood has evaporated.

AreaFada2:

Dude forget this your legend. No history of any war with Benin never mind conquest. The writer of what you read smoked Oshogbo weed.
Oduduwa was a Benin Prince banished from Benin.
Till today Ooni still has to slaughter 7 black cows everytime before ever traveling to Benin. It is not because of crossing 7 hills and rivers to reach Benin.

Are there no rivers and hills on the way to Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, London, America, etc? Why is he not mandated by tradition to kill black cows first?

Benin people ordinarily prefer to dey their own jeje. But you guys from Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sky chain, and mountain all at the same time keep peddling silly legend.

Gregyboy
Valirex
Etinosa
Ghostwon

lekki1444:
nigga keep quiet. yoruba and benin were allies. i am a product of a benin and yoruba merger in the 1600s when some members of the benin kingdom travelled to ikorodu and merged with the yoruba. till today in ikorodu there are two obas, one oba of benin extraction called the Olisa and then another of yoruba extraction but all the benin people of back then all bear yoruba names now. the commisioner for transport for lagos state Dr Fred Oladeinde and the CEO of polaris bank Dr Tokunbo Abiru are a product of that merger and these two are from ikorodu and have yoruba names now but their heritage is benin from the olisa faamily

Bobotic:
Oba of Lagos State right now

hardbody:


I respect him and his office and has indeed visited him (in company of my MD and a few others) but I do not know where 'the King of Africa' title is coming from.

What do you know about other civilizations including sub-saharan africa?

Let us stick to what is being discussed.

@OP

I found time to go as far as Ifewara the last time i visited, what again is the connect between Ifewara and Ife? Kabiyesi told us but I have forgotten

Evidenx:
EGBON U CAN LIE OOOO.
GO FIND OUT,D ONLY KING IN NIGERIA THAT QUEEN ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND RECOGNISE IS THE OBA OF BENIN,THATS WHY SHE ALWAYS SEND REPRESENTATIVE ANYTIME A NEW OBA IS TO BE INSTALLED IN BENIN CITY. NOR TALK WETIN U NOR KNOW.

EdoDefence:
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Lies, Oduduwa left Benin for his life was threatened

EdoDefence:
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Lies, Oduduwa left Benin for his life was threatened

Donspicey:



Nice one.....

Pls help visit aso rock and tell us wia the president's louge is located i want to check sometin.....Thank you