Qelvin:

true,I personally think Yorubas are the only viable counter balance to the Hausa'Fulani subtle oligarchy...why do you think their leaders sought the alliance of the yorubas under the APC umbrella for their son to be president? cause they know and acknowledge the political strength and sophistry of your people...which others might interpret as yorubas playing second fiddle,but smarter yorubas(especially the younger generation) should see this as an opportunity to stage an upset when the frail and almost retiring Buhari approaches the tail of his tenure! we Igbos(yeebos if you may) are too discordant and overtly emotional than logical when it comes to politics in Nigeria,that is why we always loose out in the balance of power equation..maybe this Biafra awakening will bring us back together for good and leave you guys alone! in all I give it to you yorubas when it comes to unity sha..una try for that one,but stop kissing the fulani gluteus maximus, cause you are the only light and power of a flailing Nigeria not them...Igbos lost interest decades ago.

No,Nigeria lost interest in the Igbos long ago.Let me advise those of you agjtating for Biafra....expunge it from your minds that you are taking even a little part of SS and your Biafra would come to fruition.I am saying this because I sincerely and fervently want you to be free...

[size=24]Federal government to build 150 housing units in ondo[/size]

As part of efforts in making houses avoidable for Nigerians, the Federal Government has commenced the construction of 150 units of two and three-bedroom flats in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The project, which is being handled by Meadville Building and Construction Company, is expected to be completed within the next three months. Speaking during the inauguration of the programme, the State Controller of the Federal Mortgage Bank, Mrs. Mojisola Gbadebo, advised interested members of the public to key into the National Housing Fund Scheme. Gbadebo said this would enable them to benefit in the acquisition of the buildings as soon as they are completed. She further explained that the project was being sponsored by the bank in collaboration with the Federal Housing Authority Homes under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Lands and Housing. According to her, a prospective buyer who must be a contributor to the housing fund stands the chance of accessing the loan from the bank with six per cent interest rate with 30 years repayment period. She noted that the amount to charge the contributor depends on his or her income and age, adding that loan is not exclusively for salary earners but all income earners from the age of 18 years.

Qelvin:

lame rebuttal as usual , I'm eager to destroy some y.ariba roach today man, can't have enough of your claw-faced clowns in my hood aleady

I was desirous of rolling in the hay with a couple of you vampirous face cannibals but not on this beautiful thread,if I may say cann. Qelvin...lol

Some states in Nigeria where Yoruba's are aborigines.

Let's go there.

Oyo State

Founded: February 3, 1976

Area: 28,454 km²

Population: 5.592 million (2006)

Ogun State

Founded: February 3, 1976

Area: 16,762 km²

Population: 3,751,140 (2006)

Ondo State

Founded : February 3, 1976

Area : 15,500 km2

Population : 3,440,000 (2006)

Osun State

Founded : August 27, 1991

Area : 9,251 km2

Population : 4,137,627 (2005)

Ekiti State

Founded : October 1, 1996

Area : 6,353 km2

Population : 2,737,186 (2005)

Just an insight into Yorubaland...

The cultural region of the Yoruba people is commonly referred to as Yorubaland (Yorùbáland in Yoruba orthography) (Yoruba: Ìlẹ-Yorùbá). It spans parts of the modern states of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.

Oduduwa is regarded as the legendary progenitor of the Yoruba.

According to an Oyo account, Oduduwa was a Yoruba emissary; said to have come from the east, sometimes understood by some sources as the "vicinity" true East on the Cardinal points, but more likely signifying the region of Ekiti and Okun sub-communities in Yorubaland, Nigeria.
Pre-Civil War

Between 1100 CE and 1700 CE, the Yoruba Kingdom of Ife experienced a golden age. It was then surpassed by the Oyo Empire as the dominant Yoruba military and political power between 1700 CE and 1900 CE.

Yoruba people are said to feel a deep sense of culture and tradition that unifies and helps identify them. There are 16 established kingdoms that are said to have been descendants of the Oduduwa. There are countless sub-kingdoms and territories that are branches of the original 16 kingdoms.

There are various groups and subgroups in Yorubaland because there are many distinct dialects of Yoruba. The government of this diverse people is quite intricate and each group and subgroup varies, but in general government begins at home within one's immediate family. The next level is the clan, or extended family with its own head, baálé, then the town chiefs, Baálè rule over clans, and these chiefs are subject to their oba, and this king may also be subject to another oba.

In this, government begins at home. The father of the family is considered the "head" and his first wife is the mother of the house. If her husband chooses to marry another wife, that wife must show proper respect to the first wife even if the first wife is chronologically younger. Children are taught to have respect for all those who are older than they are. This includes their parents, aunts, uncles, elder siblings, and cousins who they deal with every day.Any adult presumably has as much authority over a child as the child’s parents do. All members of a particular clan live in the same compound and share family resources, rights, and possessions such as land

History

Civil War

Following a jihad (known as the Fulani War) led by Uthman Dan Fodio (1754–1817) and a rapid consolidation of the Hausa city states of contemporary northern Nigeria, the Fulani Sokoto Caliphate annexed the buffer Nupe Kingdom and began to press southwards towards the Oyo Empire. Shortly after, they overran the Yoruba city of Ilorin and then sacked Ọyọ-Ile, the capital city of the Oyo Empire.

Further attempts by the Sokoto Caliphate to expand southwards were checked by the Yoruba who had rallied to resist under the military leadership of the City State of Ibadan which rose from the old Oyo Empire, and of the Ijebu city-states.

However, the Oyo hegemony had been dealt a mortal blow. The other Yoruba city-states broke free of Oyo dominance, and subsequently became embroiled in a series of internecine war at a particular period when millions of individuals were being forcibly transported to the Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Venezuela and other parts of the world.
European colonization of the Yoruba

These wars weakened the Yoruba in their opposition to what was coming next; British military invasions. The military defeat at Imagbon of Ijebu forces by the British colonial Army in 1882 ensured a tentative European settlement in Lagos which was gradually expanded by protectorate treaties, treaties which proved decisive in the eventual annexation of the rest of Yorubaland and, eventually, of southern Nigeria and the Cameroons. In 1960, greater Yorubaland was subsumed into the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

According to Yoruba historians, by the time the British came to colonize and subjugate Yorubaland first to itself and later to the Fulani of Northern Nigeria, the Yoruba were getting ready to recover from what is popularly known as the Yoruba Civil War. One of the lessons of the internecine Yoruba wars was the opening of Yorubaland to Fulani hegemony whose major interest was the imposition of sultanistic despotism on Old Oyo Ile and present-day Ilorin. The most visible consequence of this was the adding of almost one-fifth of Yorubaland from Offa to Old Oyo to Kabba to the then Northern Nigeria of Lord Frederick Lugard and the subsequent subjugation of this portion of Yorubaland under the control of Fulani feudalism.THE BRITISH DID A LOT OF ILLS TO YORUBAS,WHO WERE THE HEAD OF WHAT COULD BE CALLED SOUTHERN NIGERIA THEN(BY THE REDDENED).BUT FORTUNATELY,THE YORUBAS STOPPED THE FULANI FROM CLAIMING AND CONQUERING ALL THE SOUTH JUST LIKE THEY DID IN THE NORTH WHERE THE REAL OWNERS,THE HAUSAS,WERE DEFEATED.THE YORUBAS WERE THE ONLY POWERHOUSE OF THE SOUTH AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF THE FULANI HAD GONE THROUGH THE YORUBAS...

Geography

The area of the Yoruba people overflows into the Republic of Benin; with an approximation of 50 million people speaking Yoruba worldwide.

The Nigerian component comprises today's Ọyọ, Ọṣun, Ogun, Kwara, Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos as well as parts of Kogi and Edo states. The Beninese portion consists of Ouémé department, Plateau Department, Collines Department, Tchaourou commune of Borgou Department, Ouinhi and Zogbodomey commune of Zou Department, and Kandi commune of Alibori Department. The Togolese portions are the Ogou and Est-Mono prefectures in Plateaux Region, and the Tchamba prefecture in Centrale Region.

Geophysically, the area of Yorubaland spreads north from the Gulf of Guinea and west from the Niger River into Benin; dividing into costal plains and jagged highland region.

With coastal plains, interior plains, and highlands, Yorubaland have several large rivers and streams that crisscross the terrain...

Twins in Yoruba society


The Yoruba present the highest dizygotic twinning rate in the world (4.4% of all maternities). They manifest at 45–50 twin sets (or 90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may stimulate the ovaries to release an egg from each side. Twins are very important for the Yoruba and they usually tend to give special names to each twin.[95] The first of the twins to be born is traditionally named Taiyewo or Tayewo, which means 'the first to taste the world', or the 'slave to the second twin', this is often shortened to Taiwo, Taiye or Taye. Kehinde is the name of the last born twin. Kehinde is sometimes also referred to as Kehindegbegbon which is short for Omokehindegbegbon and means, 'the child that came last gets the rights of the eldest'.

Yoruba calendar

Time is measured in ìṣẹ́jú (minutes), wákàtí (hours), ọjọ́ (days), ọ̀sẹ̀ (weeks), oṣù (months) and ọdún (years). There are 60 ìṣẹ́jú in 1 wákàtí ; 24 wákàtí in 1 ọjọ́; 7 ọjọ́ in 1 ọ̀sẹ̀; 4 ọ̀sẹ̀ in 1 oṣù and 52 ọ̀sẹ̀ in 1 ọdún. There are 12 oṣù in 1 ọdún.[96]
Months in Yoruba calendar: Months in Gregorian calendar:[97]
Ṣẹrẹ January
Erélé February
Erénà March
Igbe April
Èbìbí May
Okúdù June
Agẹmọ July
Ògún August
Owérè (Owéwè) September
Ọwàrà (Owawa) October
Belu November
Ọ̀pẹ December

The Yoruba week consist of five days. Of these, only four have names. Traditionally, the Yoruba count their week starting from the Ojó Ògún, this day is dedicated to Ògún. The second day is Ojó Jákúta the day is dedicated to Sàngó. The third day is known as the Ojó Òsè- this day is dedicated to Òrìshà ńlá (Obàtálá), while the fourth day is the Ojó Awo, in honour of Òrúnmìlà.
Yoruba calendar traditional days

Days:
Ojó Ògún (Ògún)
Ojó Jákúta (Shàngó)
Ojó Òsè (Òrìshà ńlá / Obàtálá)
Ojó Awo (Òrúnmìlà / Ifá)

The Yoruba calendar (Kojoda) year starts from 3 June to 2 June of the following year.[98] According to this calendar, the Gregorian year 2008 CE is the 10,050th year of Yoruba culture.[99] To reconcile with the Gregorian calendar, Yoruba people also often measure time in seven days a week and four weeks a month:
Modified days in Yoruba calendar Days in Gregorian calendar
Ọjọ́-Àìkú Sunday
Ọjọ́-Ajé Monday
Ọjọ́-Ìṣẹ́gun Tuesday
Ọjọ́-'Rú Wednesday
Ọjọ́-Bọ̀ Thursday
Ọjọ́-Ẹtì Friday
Ọjọ́-Àbámẹ́ta

Aareonakakanfo and ileke you are right ondo governor is just a very big m*mu. Let me gist you when we went to oke idanre hills oo just to stretch our legs oo we got there and discovered that the whole thing was FREE as in FREE as in FREE of charge lol. Me I know in western countries there is no free tourism site anywhere even to enter museum u must pay (despite the artefact were my ancestors properties lol ife heads etc) there is no free tourism sites there. Even if its to be charging 100naira or 200naira or 500naira per person it might seem small but its better than free of charge. The spanish ppl and americans that day didn't even pay anything choii it was peppering me in my body and we were much about 70 ppl that day plus nigerians too. And the tour guide wasn't looking well at all, looking poor. The only ppl that benefitted that day were the coke, fanta and water sellers. Our people are very funny I wonder if they have a tourism commission in ondo. Mimiko is not even a serious person at all. This was 2013 sha don't know if things have changed.

1. Power, housing and works
2. Finance
3. solid minerals (next best thing from the body language of this administration)
4. Information.

I said it yesterday that Yorubas will be the shinning light of this administration.

I am a bit disappointed that Dr Kayode Fayemi was made the minister of solid minerals. The ministry of foreign affairs would have been okay

FFKfuckedBIANCA:
I am a bit disappointed that Dr Kayode Fayemi was made the minister of solid minerals. The ministry of foreign affairs would have been okay

Solid minerials is the next best thing o, only yesterday we were discussing mineral deposit in the SW and how it can boost revenue. Somebody is grooming these guys for the future.

We can't really feel his impact in foreign affairs, all they do there is blow grammar

Lagos State

Founded : May 27, 1967

Area : 3,577 km2

Population : 21,000,534 (2006)

IyaIode:

Solid minerials is the next best thing o, only yesterday we were discussing mineral deposit in the SW and how it can boost revenue. Somebody is grooming these guys for the future.

We can't really feel his impact in foreign affairs, all they do there is blow grammar

I pray they all put up a stellar performance and do us proud.

Whao beautiful contributions from profshymex,mayoroflagos,zimoni,ritchiee,wizguy69,superduperjay and every other person I forgot to mention

[img]http://3.bp..com/-GL8QXYUKatA/T3ORe07boBI/AAAAAAAAA3g/WbX4xEzYmig/s320/the-rock-clapping.gif[/img]

Shymm3x all we do in Naija is copy and paste.

Truely,we can definitely break the jinx about black Africa. We've done it before

Ilekehd get into the studio and compose a song ASAP

Superduperjay that Idanre hills is messed up.The locals are just messing around the whole place.There are videos of it on youtube.smh

Kwara State

Founded : May 27, 1967

Area : 36,825 km2

Population : 2,591,555 (2005)

Yes I could see traces at that time the place wasn't organised at all but when its not under anyone's watch what do you expect??

Aareonakakanfo:
Whao beautiful contributions from profshymex,mayoroflagos,zimoni,ritchiee,wizguy69,superduperjay and every other person I forgot to mention

[img]http://3.bp..com/-GL8QXYUKatA/T3ORe07boBI/AAAAAAAAA3g/WbX4xEzYmig/s320/the-rock-clapping.gif[/img]

Shymm3x all we do in Naija is copy and paste.

Truely,we can definitely break the jinx about black Africa. We've done it before

Ilekehd get into the studio and compose a song ASAP

Superduperjay that Idanre hills is messed up.The locals are just messing around the whole place.There are videos of it on youtube.smh

Kogi State

Founded : August 27, 1991

Area : 29,833 km2

Population : 2,099,046 (1991)

See full list of their Portfolios:

1. Chris Ngige – (Anambra) Minister of Labour & Employment

2. Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) Minister of Solid Minerals
3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) Minister of Transportation
4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) Minister of Power, Works and Housing
5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) Minister of Interior

6. Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) Minister of Women Affairs
7. Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi) Minister of Science and Technology
8. Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) Minister of Finance

9. Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi) Minister of Justice
10. Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina) Minister of State, Aviation
11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo) Minister of Communication
12. Suleiman Adamu – (Jigawa) Minister of Water Resources

13. Solomon Dalong – (Plateau) Minister for Youth and Sports
14. Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta) Minister of State, Petroleum
15. Osagie Ehanire – (Edo) Minister of State, Health
16. Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) Minister of Agriculture

17. Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom) Minister of Budget & National Planning

18. Lai Mohammed – (Kwara) Minister of Information

19. Amina Mohammed – (Gombe) Minister of Environment

20. Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa) Minister of State, Environment

21. Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe) Minister of State, Foreign Affairs

22. Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo) Minister of State, Niger Delta

23. Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo) Minister of State, Education

24. Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu) Minister of Foreign Affairs

25. Dan Ali (Zamfara) Minister of Defence

26. Barr James Ocholi (Kogi) Minister of State, Labour & Employment

27. Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) Minister of State Budget and National Planning

28. Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) Trade, Investment & Industry

29. Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) Minister of Federal Capital Territory

30. Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu) Minister of State, Power

31. Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) Minister of State, Trade & Investment

32. Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) Minister of State, Agriculture

33. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) Minister of Education

34. Isaac Adewole (Osun) Minister of Health

35. Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger) Minister of State, Solid Minerals

36. Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River) Minister of Niger Delta

37. President Muhammadu Buhari- Minister of Petroleum

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/breaking-buhari-names-self-minister-of-petroleum/

Let us see if Nigeria can still work but better still,WOULD SOMEBODY TELL THEM THAT WE WANT REGIONALISM OR ALLOW EVERYBODY TO GO THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS...phew...I nearly lost my voice there.

Aareonakakanfo:
With these ministerial appointments, Its safe to say regional autonomy is a pipe dream for now

Fayemi who was the brightest champion of it during GEJ's era has been made a minister

These appointments came as a shock to me though because I was expecting the Hausa/Fulani dominance

Smashed eggs on the faces of we critics

Nope, I do not think so.

Ministerial appointment does not mean much, really.

The more Nigeria continues to take hits locally and at the international level as regards security, stability and most importantly, revenue - regional system will continue to remain our hope that will never die.

Hmmmn 9jacrip oro nla.

But don't you think If these ministers perform well, the talk of regional autonomy will surely die?

Because I get this feeling the guys appointed will do well



[size=13pt]Ondo Assembly approves N7b loan for Mimiko[/size]



The Ondo State House of Assembly has approved the government’s proposal to take a N7billion loan from Zenith Bank Plc for the completion of all ongoing projects.

The House yesterday observed that the loan was necessary to allow the government complete its projects and embark on new ones.

The Speaker, Mrs Jumoke Akindele, also cancelled the previous resolution dated August 4, which earlier enabled the government borrow N7 billion from Access Bank Plc.

Mrs. Akindele declared that “the resolution dated August 4, which enabled Ondo State to borrow N7 billion from Access Bank Plc is withdrawn, cancelled and of no effect whatsoever.”

According to her, “the Ondo State government is hereby allowed to borrow N7 billion from Zenith Bank Plc to finance ongoing capital projects.”

The majority leader and member representing Ondo West II, Ifedayo Akinsoyinu, moved the motion to cancel the previous resolution and give a new resolution to the government to secure N7 billion loan from Zenith Bank Plc.

The Minority Leader, Mukaila Musa representing Owo 11, seconded the motion.

http://thenationonlineng.net/ondo-assembly-approves-n7b-loan-for-mimiko/

Isaac Adewole (Osun) Minister of Health

Lai Mohammed – (Kwara) Minister of Information

Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) Minister of Finance

Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) Minister of Power, Works and Housing

Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) Minister of Solid Minerals

We are not doing badly.

I hope Fashola will work towards generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in each state. The current arrangement is not working.

FG must scrap the damn privatization and let each state be in control of their destiny.

There are lot of companies who are ready to invest into electricity. I bet, everybody will want to buy Lagos' slot. 21million people is a huge market. I would like to buy that of Osun shaa

Aareonakakanfo:
Hmmmn 9jacrip oro nla.

But don't you think If these ministers perform well, the talk of regional autonomy will surely die?

Because I get this feeling the guys appointed will do well

Performance does not necessarily interprete better standard for southwest or integration on all levels as envisaged.

ProfShymex:
I know the FG has no interest in de-congesting Lagos.

However, if we ever get the needed regional government we desire, we can follow the blueprint that was used to de-congest London after the 2nd world war - to help with housing issues and help rebuild London.

The following cites were built across satellite towns around London and a lot of people were moved to this new cities:

- Stevenage
- Crawley.
- Hemel Hempstead.
- Harlow.
- Newton Aycliffe.
- Hatfield.
- Peterlee.
- Milton Keynes.
- Basildon.
- Welwyn Garden City.
- Bracknell.
- Corby.

This is the PDF file of background story and the new cities that are being planned all over the UK: http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/TCPA_New_Towns_Study_Stage_1_An_Introduction_EMBARGOED.pdf

Similar suburbs have been springing up on the outskirts of Lagos too, but unlike London those suburbs are sprawling, unplanned communities with poor levels of infrastructure and zero amenities.

In the past decade, areas like Ajangbadi, Igando and Okokomaiko along the Mile 2-Badagry expressway have sprung up; Ikorodu and Ijede is another sprawling area outside Lagos that is currently receiving govt attention, as housing estates of all sorts are being built there;

Omole, Ojodu-Berger, Isheri, etc., are also new areas that have expanded rapidly along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and have become densely populated mini-cities on their own, unfortunately the level of infrastructure has not kept pace with the population explosion on that axis.

Along the Lekki-Epe expressway, areas like Sangotedo, Awoyaya, Abijo, Lakowe, Bashorun, Ibeju-Lekki, Akodo have all sprung-up along that axis. Again, the population in those communities has quadrupled astronomically, but sadly infrastructure again cannot keep pace with the rise in population along that axis. The remodelled Lekki-Epe expressway is still inadequate to cope with the traffic in that region due to bad planning. 15 years ago, that whole stretch after Ajah to Epe was nothing but dots of villages, idyllic beaches, tons of palmtrees and not much else. I used to go for picnics with my friends then at Epe, as a youngster. Today, it is a totally different story. Those village lands have all been bought up, and have witnessed a heavy influx of people, businesses and all sorts. They have turned into another arm of the city, on its own.

Ambode recently promised to install electricity in about 67 communities in the Lekki-Epe area. Let's hope he fulfils his promises.

IyaIode:

Solid minerials is the next best thing o, only yesterday we were discussing mineral deposit in the SW and how it can boost revenue. Somebody is grooming these guys for the future.

We can't really feel his impact in foreign affairs, all they do there is blow grammar

You have said it All
since my political best friend (fayemi) is now the minister for solid minerals. let's see how he can use his office to generate revenue for odua states. but I think the revenue will be going to FG account right

And Also Mrs kemi congrats
thought the red mud romanis said they are the only people that can handle money. too much mouth.

dawn is trying...

9jacrip:


Nope, I do not think so.

Ministerial appointment does not mean much, really.

The more Nigeria continues to take hits locally and at the international level as regards security, stability and most importantly, revenue - regional system will continue to remain our hope that will never die.

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