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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 10:25pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 10:27pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
hinohsend:I am interested in the answer to this |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by FreeGlobe(f): 10:30pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Guys, How will yorubaland sustain its indian hemp economy? https://www.nairaland.com/2713996/ndlea-impounds-bullion-vans-indian |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 10:31pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
[size=14pt]Governor Amosun Fixes Lagos-Ibadan Expressway[/size] Concerned about the plight of commuters on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Ogun State Government has embarked on palliative work on bad portions of the expressway. Speaking during an inspection tour of the ongoing palliative work being carried out by the Ogun State Ministry of Works on the federal road at about 1 pm on Wednesday, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun State Governor said, “In the real sense of it and for me there are no federal people, the people plying this road and other affected Federal roads within our axis are our people. We are all Nigerians and we are already collaborating with the Federal government to contribute our on quota to ensure that this road is fixed.” The governor who was accompanied on the inspection by his wife, Mrs. Olufunsho Amosun; Ogun State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga and members of the Ogun State executive council, assured that the really bad portions of the expressway currently causing major gridlock around the Arepo area will be fixed within three days. He said this was even more necessary in order to ease traffic on the ever-busy road before this coming weekend when major churches on the expressway are billed to hold their monthly programs that often attract millions of worshippers. While explaining that the situation of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has got the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari who he said would ensure that work commences on the road after the rainy season, Governor Amosun added that the Ogun State government has only decided to carry out the palliative measures in order to ease the suffering of people travelling on the road. The Ogun State governor said his administration had always carried out such works on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Old Abeokuta expressway, Sagamu-Ogijo road and other federal roads within the Ogun State territory. Explaining why some of these roads are often over stretched, Governor Amosun noted that “Ogun State is strategically located in such a way that goods and passengers going to all other parts of the country have to pass through the state. This is coupled with the presence of many religious camp sites that also draw large congregations.” Though the governor noted that the development shows how strategic and important Ogun State is, he however said the pressure on the roads would not have been that much if only the nation’s rail system was functional. Governor Amosun assured that the state government was expediting actions on putting in place palliative measures that would “make the road easily passable within three weeks and we are not only working on this road.” Source: DailyIndependent 2 Likes |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 10:32pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
^^^ I like the Amosun is doing this even if it's FG's responsibility. He's doing it for Ogun state and Ogun people. We need more of our governors to stop waiting on federal implementation. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 10:42pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Not my work...
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by itstpia8: 10:50pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: post dawn stuff on the dawn threads or change your thread title to dawn. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by itstpia8: 10:53pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Ibebe: what concerns you with Akure airport?  |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by itstpia8: 10:55pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: arent you as jobless as the person you're abusing? btw, are you Yoruba? |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 10:56pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Guys please ignore the irritant. 1 Like
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by itstpia8: 10:59pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
Ibebe: can you share a bit of your story with us, i remember you used to be Hausa, then you switched to Ekiti and now you are trying to wear an Ondo skin. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by itstpia8: 11:02pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
IlekeHD: |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by WIZGUY69(m): 11:44pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
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| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Shymm3x: 12:34am On Nov 05, 2015 |
9jacrip Just got home now - about to read it. I should be back with my opinions. Thanks again, bruddah - you're a star. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 1:16am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Guys, let's ensure that all these projects are happening. [size=15pt]Cash-strapped Osun returns to Cocoa; factory to begin production November [/size] The moribund Cocoa Processing Company in Ede, Osun state, on Thursday received a lifeline with the intervention of two Chinese firms who have promised to resuscitate the comatose industry. This is supposed to take off this month....... 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 1:21am On Nov 05, 2015 |
[size=14pt]Ibadan; One of Three Nigerian Cities That Can Create Another Yaba Tech Cluster [/size] Silicon Valley, the world’s technology mecca, has been replicated in different parts of the world with naming convention that points shamelessly to it. In New York, you have Silicon Alley. Silicon Roundabout is in East London and Silicon Wadi in Israel. Source - TechCabal |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 1:28am On Nov 05, 2015 |
[size=14pt]Nigerian named first Dean of Law at American University [/size] Nov 4. 2015 For the first time in the history of the American University in Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State, a Nigerian has been named the Dean of the Faculty of Law, lending credence to the fact that there are people in the country who are at the top of their game in every field. Another "first" for the Yoruba nation. Yorubas are silent giants and pacesetters........ |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:19am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Sungbo’s Eredo in Ijebu Discovered: One of the Largest Archeological Phenomena South of the Sahara Desert  Over a thousand years ago in Ijebu land, a mysterious woman, Sungbo, carved out an empire whose ruins dwarf the pyramids of Egypt and even compare with the Great Wall of China, and is now considered one of the largest archeological phenomena on earth. The locals call these ruins “Sungbo’s Eredo” The Eredo monument, hidden away and submerged within the thick rain forests of Ijebu land, southwestern Nigeria is about 160km-long along its boundary, and is made up of a system of ditches (moats) and earth wall ramparts, in which the almost-vertical ditch walls (over 10m-high in some places) are excellently well-preserved over the centuries. They are very big earth works and in some places tower seven storeys high, replete with guardhouses and garrison barracks. The ancient Ijebu land area enclosed by the uneven ring formed by the monument is about 35km wide along its east-west diameter and 40km-wide along its north-south diameter, thereby covering an area of about 1, 400km2. Although the local Ijebu villagers and pilgrims knew about the Eredo all along, however, the monument was rediscovered in 1994 by Patrick Darling, a British Geographer, who chanced upon a small segment of it when he stopped his car along the Sagamu-Ore-Benin Express Way (also known as the Pan-African Highway) and set off on foot into the undergrowth. Darling later returned in 1999 with his team of Archeologists from United Kingdom to survey the monument and bring it to limelight. They discovered the charcoal remains of fires set by the ancient builders to clear the bush before the walls were built and radiocarbon dating of the charcoal revealed that the charcoal was around about 1200 years ago, which indicates that the rampart was dug at least 1,000 years ago. Further research has also shown that it is the earliest proof of the building of a kingdom in the African rainforest. Researchers also estimated that it took about three and a half million man-hours to construct the Eredo- an estimate which is about a million more than that used to build the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. It is amazing to observe the skill and precision with which the ancient Eredo builders kept the rampart on course irrespective of the obstacles they encountered, without compass or aerial photographs. The Ijebu people believe that the construction of the Eredo was masterminded by a great, wealthy, childless widow, called Bilikisun Sungbo , who ordered her slaves to dig the moat for her remembrance. This powerful woman is also regarded as the Biblical and Quranic Queen of Sheba, who the people believed to have migrated down from Ethiopia to Ijebu land and ruled the kingdom. Our Trip On a beautiful Sunday morning, just before the rise of Nigeria’s tropical sun, I jumped off my bed and rushed through bathing and shoving my camera, lenses and a few stuff into my backpack and dashing out to meet up with my travel group somewhere in Victoria Island. Everyone was enthusiastic and anticipating an awesome adventure. We departed from Victoria and snaked our way through the fairly light traffic along Lekki express way, through Ajah and continued down to Epe and finally arrived at the small sleepy village of Eredo, located along the Epe-Ijebu Ode road. The village was not too difficult to locate, although we had to stop a couple of times to ask people along the road for direction. The whole journey from Lagos to Eredo village took about forty-five minutes (45mins). Eredo village sits along a tiny segment of the ancient Eredo monument, and although the moats meander through several other villages and towns in Ijebu land, this small village has been named after it.  Google map showing Epe and Eredo town  – Google map showing Eredo town and the Eredo trenches traversing the outskirt of the town. As soon as we arrived at the village, we began to ask around for the official tour guide for the Eredo. We met two young men who eagerly acknowledged that we have come to the right place. They took us to the house of the Baale of Eredo (reigning governor of Eredo community) but we only met his absence. We were told that he went to the farm. We were then taken to another compound down the road which had a small signboard that read “Contact Sungbo’s Local Guide Here”. We had to wait a little for the tour guide to arrive. He was an old man, brief in height and feeble in appearance, but with his muscled arms, ebony dark skin toughened by decades of exposure to the searing African sun, gentle face with sparse and white facial hair growth, eye balls carefully set in their sockets, and dressing in an heavily patterned ankara attire, and an adornment of gold neck chain, the tour guide emerged as a perfect rustic African man but with a subtle dash of civilization and flair for good looks. He is regarded as one of the oldest and most respected men in the village, and he is also regarded as the most knowledgeable man in the village on the history and discovery of Eredo. He welcomed us with a broad smile and introduced himself as Baba Sunny. We also introduced ourselves and explained the purpose of our visit. He expressed his appreciation for our passionate gesture in coming down to their small village to see their jealously guarded heritage and quickly ordered his son, Ibrahim to guide us into the forest to see the Eredo, along with the two young men that brought us down to his house. His son also bore his skin tone, but he looked sturdier and energetic. He picked a cutlass from the side of the house and asked us to follow him. |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:20am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Descending into the Eredo The footpath leading to the Eredo was at the back of Baba Sunny’s house. We trekked for a few minutes along the overgrown track as Ibrahim slashed at the forest thickets with his cutlass and trampled the fallen plants underfoot for us to have a clearer path to walk on. We later arrived at a point where the forest appeared to mask a deep gorge within its belly. He pointed into the gloomy depth and said “this is our entry point into the Eredo!”. We were immediately and uncontrollably overcome with fear as we peeped into the dark gorge enclosed by the forest thickets. Ibrahim led the way as he continued to cut through the thickets. We followed him slowly, each one carefully watching his steps as we descended into the subterranean trough and trudged through its network of connected trenches, submerged in dense overhanging forest canopies. The floor of the Eredo was permanently covered with layers of dead leaves and shrub undergrowths overlain at different points by fallen tree trunks. The air was soaked with a palpable fetid smell of rotting vegetation. It was a perfect forest set, except for the almost-vertical and roughly smooth, moss-coated walls of the ditch soaring high above our heads on both sides, with forest climbers hanging loosely down the walls from large trees standing tall on upper rims of the ditch like battlements. The Eredo was apparently hand-dug. We continued the trek, marveling at the beauty of nature around us. At a point within the Eredo, everyone halted to savor the spell-binding charm exuded by a group of mushrooms sprouting on the decaying bark of a big fallen tree trunk. The thin but sharp fingers of sunlight piercing through the thick foliage above cast sparks of radiance and glow on the white caps of the mushrooms. Water-filled Earthen Pot that has Never Run Dry We were told that the Eredo connects with various swamps where evil spirits are thought to dwell and we became even more scared to continue along the trek. We got to a point in the Eredo where we were shown a water-filled, moss-coated earthen pot with African art impressions near its rim. It had been sitting there peacefully in the shade of a bush thicket for several centuries since the construction of the Eredo. It was reportedly placed there by Queen of Sheba herself and miraculously, the water inside the pot has never for once dried up. Earthen pots of various sizes and shapes can be spotted at different points along the Eredo; some were used to sacrifice to the gods of the land, while others were probably lost belongings of the ancient people. Ancient Toll Gate along the Rampart After a long while, we got to the end of the ditch in which we had been maneuvering. The ditch seemed to have been cordoned off by a wall of earth that appeared like a bridge across the ditch. we climbed up the earthen blockade and realized that the Eredo continued on its other side. Ibrahim then told us that the blockade served as a bridge across the Eredo for people travelling from Epe into the ancient Ijebu Kingdom in the times of old. He also noted that the bridge served as a toll gate where the king’s officials collected cowries (ancient currency) from visitors entering to Ijebu Kingdom. We were also shown a broken earthen pot containing cowries, place at the foot of a tree. Tree with 24 Rooms We descended down the other side of the earth bridge and trudged through thick undergrowth and muddy floors of the Eredo till we got to what appeared to be a fallen and rotting tree trunk. The huge and wide ridge formed by the organic rot hinted the monstrous size of the tree itself before it fell. There was a muddied white stretch of cloth material that had been twisted and wedged into the rot. Ibrahim the explained that the tree was once the largest tree in the land before it was crushed down in 1993 by a violent and destructive thunder that struck the land. It is believed that the tree had spiritual powers and contained 24 spiritual rooms of power, and people of Eredo revered and worshiped it annually with two cows. He noted that the soiled white cloth was tied round the lower stem of the tree where the worshippers normally dropped their sacrifices and performed their annual rituals. We also sighted an old muddied lace material close to the rotting tree trunk, which we believe probably belonged to old worshippers of the tree. We trekked back to the earthen bridge and clambered out of the Eredo. Our pants and boots were terribly soiled with mud and moss. We walked took another footpath that connected us back to the road that led to the Baba Sunny’s house. He brought out laminated scientific publications on the discovery of the Eredo and narrated the history and stories of Bilikisun Sungbo (Queen Sheba) and her connection with the Eredo. We asked questions and took photos with Baba Sunny. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:21am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Eyinfun and Oluweri Spiritual Springs There are two major springs in the enclave and both of them are said to exude from a rock and have spiritual healing powers. The nearest to the village is Eyinfun Spring, while the other one, Oluweri, is farther away in the forest. After bidding Baba Sunny good bye, Ibrahim offered to lead us to the Eyinfun Spring. We drove into the forest for about five minutes, then pulled up at a clearing, where we began to trek down a dusty foot path which abruptly terminated at the edge of a thick forest. The path leading into the forest plunged down a steep rocky path, enclosed by dense vegetation and heavily shaded by thick overhanging canopies. The mildly reflecting reddish-brown hue of the ferruginized laterite rocks cast a slight tinge of brown on the leaves of low-lying plants in the undergrowth. We slowly scampered down the path and heard the euphoric noise of kids splashing water one another. One could barely see what was going on at the bottom of the gorge. The noises grew louder as we descended deeper and closer to the cliff foot. Ibrahim screamed at the children to get out of the water and in an instant, the euphoria subsided and was taken over by the noise of splashing waters as the naked young humanities hopped out of the water onto the banks. The cliff bottom was now very clear as we were just a few meters higher. The naked children were wet from head to toe and they lined up along the rock path, opening the way for us to pass. Water dripped from every opening on their bodies- eyes, noses, ears etc. and they grinned at us as we passed by and laughed at them. They laughed back too. They seem to have been having fun and couldn’t wait for the ‘intruders’ to take their leave so they could return to their merriment. There laid a pool of water at the bottom of the cliff, its surface glimmering and glistening with the few sunrays that managed to escape down the canopies from above and break into the belly of the crystal clear waters below. The waters crept out at one end into a small stream that meandered away into the forest, while the far banks of the pool are masked in a cover of dead and fresh leaves. A dead tree stump at the centre of the pool dramatically takes the form of a stool with its top rising a few centimeters above the water surface. At one corner of the pool, where it touches the high cliff face, numerous holes punctuated the reddish whitish sandstone rocks from which the cold spring exuded. The surface of the aquifer rock is smeared with pinkish pigment in different places and dry strands of grass underneath the water at the spring point made the water surface glisten softly with a honeycomb effect. We took off our boots, rolled our pants and stepped into the waters. It was amazingly cool and soothing, its calming touch reaches into the heart and mind. Ibrahim smiled as he noticed the thrilling effect the water was having on us; and before we departed, he asked us to take a scoop from the spring point and make a wish. He explained that people come from outside Nigeria to fetch the water of the spring for healing purposes. Each of us decided to take a sip of the fresh water and make a wish. I joined the queue and when it finally got to my turn, I took a sip and immediately forgot about making a wish as I was instantly enraptured and mesmerized by the natural taste of the water. It wasn’t sweet per se, neither was it sour or tasteless. It had a taste- a indescribable, unique, charming and magical taste, one that can only be interpreted by a heart bound in the chains of wanderlust. We later departed Eredo town and took off to Oke-Eiri village on the outskirts of Ijebu-Ode town, about one hour (1hr) drive from Eredo, to see the burial site of the legendary Queen of Sheba, known to the locals as Bilikisun Sungbo. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:25am On Nov 05, 2015 |
 Signboard pointing to the Baba Sunny’s house, the official tour guide of Sungbo’s Eredo  - The house of Eredo’s tour guide. Note the vernacular architecture of the door frame and windows. Simply classic!  -The footpath leading to the Eredo was at the back of Baba Sunny’s house. We trekked for a few minutes along the overgrown track as Ibrahim slashed at the forest thickets with his cutlass and trampled the fallen plants underfoot for us to have a clearer path to walk on.  – He pointed into the gloomy depth and said “this is our entry point into the Eredo!”. We were immediately and uncontrollably overcome with fear as we peeped into the dark gorge enclosed by the forest thickets…  - A shrine within the Eredo  - Right in the belly of the Eredo.  – Beautiful millipede on the forest floor.   1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:29am On Nov 05, 2015 |
   - Small earthen pot on the floor of the Eredo.  - Grasscutter’s hole  - Glorious mushrooms 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:31am On Nov 05, 2015 |
  – Ancient Toll Gate where the king’s officials collect cowries from foreigners entering Ijebu Kingdom.  - In the Eredo, rotting remains of a fallen giant tree with 24 spiritual rooms. The people used to worship the tree with two cows every year, until it got struck and crushed by a destructive thunder over a decade ago.  – Another segment of the huge rot. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:35am On Nov 05, 2015 |
 - He noted that the soiled white cloth was tied round the lower stem of the tree where the worshippers normally dropped their sacrifices and performed their annual rituals.  – An old muddied lace material close to the rotting tree trunk, which we believe probably belonged to old worshippers of the tree.   - Earthen pot containing cowrie.  Water-filled, moss-coated earthen pot with African art impressions near its rim. It had been sitting there peacefully in the shade of a bush thicket for several centuries since the construction of the Eredo. It was reportedly placed there by Queen of Sheba herself and miraculously, the water inside the pot has never for once dried up. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:42am On Nov 05, 2015 |
  – Back in Eredo village  – Baba Sunny narrates the history and discovery of the Eredo and showed us various publications on the ancient monument.  - Map of Ijebu Kingdom showing the Eredo encircling it.  - Cross section of Sungbo’s Eredo fortifications. By Nyame Akuma, 1998.  Patrick Darling, the British geographer who rediscovered the Eredo.    – A book written by a Nigerian scholar on the Eredo and its ecotourism potentials. Amosun should grab a copy of this book 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:46am On Nov 05, 2015 |
[size=13pt]Eyinfun Spiritual Spring[/size]  - En-route to Eyinfun Spiritual Spring.  – We pulled up on a clearing and began to trek down a foot path which abruptly terminated at the edge of a thick forest.   The spell-binding pool of Eyinfun Spring with surface glimmering and glistening with the few sunrays that managed to escape down the canopies from above and break into the belly of the crystal clear waters below…  - Limpid and chilly spring water, crystal clear as glass.  – We took off our boots, rolled our pants and stepped into the waters. It was amazingly cool and soothing, its calming touch reaches into the heart and mind.  – The dead stump of a tree forms a stool at the center of the pool.  – The spring point just at the corner of the pool.   – Dry strands of grass underneath the water at the spring point made the water surface glisten softly with a honeycomb effect. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 4:53am On Nov 05, 2015 |
 - Taking a scoop to make a wish…   - Cool village kids of Eredo town  Peace yo! Hahaha they look like the younger version of Jodeci  Bbeautiful kidsTourism maaan Tourism! Amosun thiiiiiink!Aregbe thiiiiiink!Fayose thiiiiiink! We don't need oil. 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:00am On Nov 05, 2015 |
I'll be posting a lot on tourism and culture this week but i'll make it periodical so i won't bore you all with it 1 Like |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:30am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: More please!!! I'm Oliver Twisting for more !! |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:34am On Nov 05, 2015 |
IlekeHD: Iwo ko farabale. wa jeun dada lose yii. i'm just trying to make it like one of those xtras.Watch out for the next episode of "Tourism with kakanfo" |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 5:37am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: What does aarekonkofo stand for? For non-Yoruba speakers!! Yorubaland = Execellent + Potential + Inestment |
| Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 5:40am On Nov 05, 2015 |
IlekeHD: It means "The Generalissimo" or the "Commander of the Army" and its not konkofo,Its kakanfo.kilo ma n se yin gan na. Ilekeh check this out,I love this girl.O rewa baje I'll like to marry her.I'm subscribed to her page as well and i help her advertise it.You can find my comments on most of her videos.Please subscribehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOK2BqshVso?list=PLD_ZW3soJYWwNNEmzPdXfVMW2D5aBC2bL |
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