This is a very strong message to Yorubas. The power of multimedia in our current age and goung forward cannot be underestimated. There arenalways nuances thrown up in news reporting and information sharing and requires sharp eyes bright mind to catch, decipher and set them right. So I call on all Yorubas, going forward from this moment, to join in the race and effort to reengage and reclaim all lands belonging to Yoruba nation.

You do so by simply exercising your mind on territorial arrangements. For example: is it more important for us to have SW or to have Yorubaland? Yorubaland of course is more important. Therefore begin to substitute Yorubaland anywhere you see SW.

If we fail to do this SW in about another 100yrs of repeated association of geozone, SW is all people will know as Yorubaland.

Therefore discretion must be made to use Yorubaland when discussing culture, customs, traditions and land and development concerning Yoruba people as a whole.

Not long ago there was no dispute over who owns Ilorin. The dispute on claims of ownership is slowly working against Yoruba. This is so because Yorubas continue to fail to stand up to the challenge and approach this issue with aggression.

The state was at one time called, correctly, West Central State. Military changed it to North Central. That needs to be revised. We can help the revision by using our mind and voice to shape new association for Ilorin, Jebba, Lokoja...all being Yorubaland.

No more SW. We are Yoruba region. Support the call.

And you think we really are land grabbers?
I tell you, Yoruba's are not going to claim people who want to be distinct. No, we know they are Yoruba's but the others needs to align and not we forcing them to join us.

Olabestonic001:
And you think we really are land grabbers?
I tell you, Yoruba's are not going to claim people who want to be distinct. No, we know they are Yoruba's but the others needs to align and not we forcing them to join us.

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Olabestonic001:
And you think we really are land grabbers?
I tell you, Yoruba's are not going to claim people who want to be distinct. No, we know they are Yoruba's but the others needs to align and not we forcing them to join us.

You did not talk like a politician here at all. Do you know what is at stake? Population!

What is the population of Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi combined? If we fail to shove our pride of "they must seek us" aside and embrace them to us as our true commonwealth we stand to loose that population count.

All the allocations in Nigeria is done based on population and land mass.

So whatever number you came up with when you add Kwara and Kogi subtract it from Yoruba population and give to North. Same with land mass.

Which would you rather choose, " they must come to us"....or "we need to assert our commonwealth"?

BabaRamota1980:


You did not talk like a politician here at all. Do you know what is at stake? Population!

What is the population of Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi combined? If we fail to shove our pride of "they must seek us" aside and embrace them to us as our true commonwealth we stand to loose that population count.

All the allocations in Nigeria is done based on population and land mass.

So whatever number you came up with when you add Kwara and Kogi subtract it from Yoruba population and give to North. Same with land mass.

Which would you rather choose, " they must come to us"....or "we need to assert our commonwealth"?

Well, do you know that Germans and Austrians are one race?
I am very convinced that Yoruba's won't begin to lay claim to others' lands or tag them along. I am telling you that as a typical Yoruba man, we wont go about coercing them into a union. While we know that we are kith and kin, we wont in anyway force ourselves on them. They have a right to self-determination and they already have it. If they think their interest will be best served with Huasa's, there they have it. If its with Yoruba's, we're ready for them and if its stand alone, I'm telling you, they have our support.

BabaRamota1980:
This is a very strong message to Yorubas. The power of multimedia in our current age and goung forward cannot be underestimated. There arenalways nuances thrown up in news reporting and information sharing and requires sharp eyes bright mind to catch, decipher and set them right. So I call on all Yorubas, going forward from this moment, to join in the race and effort to reengage and reclaim all lands belonging to Yoruba nation.

You do so by simply exercising your mind on territorial arrangements. For example: is it more important for us to have SW or to have Yorubaland? Yorubaland of course is more important. Therefore begin to substitute Yorubaland anywhere you see SW.

If we fail to do this SW in about another 100yrs of repeated association of geozone, SW is all people will know as Yorubaland.

Therefore discretion must be made to use Yorubaland when discussing culture, customs, traditions and land and development concerning Yoruba people as a whole.

Not long ago there was no dispute over who owns Ilorin. The dispute on claims of ownership is slowly working against Yoruba. This is so because Yorubas continue to fail to stand up to the challenge and approach this issue with aggression.

The state was at one time called, correctly, West Central State. Military changed it to North Central. That needs to be revised. We can help the revision by using our mind and voice to shape new association for Ilorin, Jebba, Lokoja...all being Yorubaland.

No more SW. We are Yoruba region. Support the call.

nonsense jobless cannibalism

,[/b]trying to grab Fulani land of illorin will be suicidal [b]

See new Royal Rumble


Make i carry my mat come

Olabestonic001:



Well, do you know that Germans and Austrians are one race?
I am very convinced that Yoruba's won't begin to lay claim to others' lands or tag them along. I am telling you that as a typical Yoruba man, we wont go about coercing them into a union. While we know that we are kith and kin, we wont in anyway force ourselves on them. They have a right to self-determination and they already have it. If they think their interest will be best served with Huasa's, there they have it. If its with Yoruba's, we're ready for them and if its stand alone, I'm telling you, they have our support.

Wrong answer!

Land grabbing infers going to a non-native land to usurp authority and change their social order.

Kwara is a native Yorubaland. Jebba has an Oba. Moremi is a native of Offa. Ifa verses narrates on Offa. There were two centers of scholarship in Imperial West Africa, Timbuktu was one and Ilorin was the other. Ilorin accomplished for us in scholarship what Ibadan did for Yoruba politics and Lagos for our commerce.

Beside that, and in case you don't know, land grabbing is a mark of superiority and power. Yorubas historically, are land grabbers.

Your discomfort and fear of the word "land grab" is in consequence of intimidation that Ibos will stamp a label on us and call us land grabbers. Who cares what Ibo think of us?
Our concern should be on securing our native land and the people in it as we all bond in a unity of commonwealth.

We (Okun...Yorubas in Kogi state) had previously mentained and still want to be to be constituted into a state and a zone that shall be predominantly Yoruba and we often express this position at any giving opportunities.
Our kiths and kins are in the "south west" and looking at the Nigeria map critically, i don't see us being in the North. We were imposed into this artificial boundaries by the military and the politicians came and branded it "geo-political zone".
This has deprived us frm having our share from anything that is meant for the North because they see' us as yorubas, same thing applies to any benefits that is meant for the "south west" because they believed our take has been taking care of at the "North central".
To put an end to this injustice, we shall continue to ask for boundary re-adjustment that would unite us with the South-West region.
But will the south west support us in this struggle

BabaRamota1980:


You did not talk like a politician here at all. Do you know what is at stake? Population!

What is the population of Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi combined? If we fail to shove our pride of "they must seek us" aside and embrace them to us as our true commonwealth we stand to loose that population count.

All the allocations in Nigeria is done based on population and land mass.
So whatever number you came up with when you add Kwara and Kogi subtract it from Yoruba population and give to North. Same with land mass.

Which would you rather choose, " they must come to us"....or "we need to assert our commonwealth"?

Why did u keep saying KOGI is yotuba state? The closest to Yoruba in KOGI is okun people and that is because they are closer to ikire. There are so many tribes in KOGI state alone but the ebira is much.

Kwara is closer to the north, and KOGI was even carved from Kwara. Judging by KOGI, u shld knw why Kwara will have more Hausa's. The same with PH or the ijaws in Ondo.

kikikikikkkiki, Iboes will be laughing at us as we struggle to take back our land conquered forever by the Fulani-led caliphate even when we fight against their wish to leave nigeria.

Please don't let the Iboes laugh at us. Close down the thread in the name of Allah! .

Guseh:
We (Okun...Yorubas in Kogi state) had previously mentained and still want to be to be constituted into a state and a zone that shall be predominantly Yoruba and we often express this position at any giving opportunities.
Our kiths and kins are in the "south west" and looking at the Nigeria map critically, i don't see us being in the North. We were imposed into this artificial boundaries by the military and the politicians came and branded it "geo-political zone".
This has deprived us frm having our share from anything that is meant for the North because they see' us as yorubas, same thing applies to any benefits that is meant for the "south west" because they believed our take has been taking care of at the "North central".
To put an end to this injustice, we shall continue to ask for boundary re-adjustment that would unite us with the South-West region.
But will the south west support us in this struggle

In the age of social media everything is in the mind. Concept is the building block to structure the discuss and resolve. Therefore, use of proper terms and language to describe YORUBAland and YORUBApeople will give fruition to acceptance and traffic.

Historically, in Yoruba context, the Oya (Niger) river forms the frontier or Northern boundary hence "Oke oya" or "North of Niger" is usually associated with Northerners. So the boundary of the North is at the Niger river not below. I still don't see why we have this ineffective regionalism that's so misrepresenting. It's bad enough the British, French, and Germans split Yorubaland into three countries. The British don't own Nigeria anymore, we control our affairs. Why do we continue to live in the shadows of colonialism? Why can't we have regions that represent the will of the people in this day and age.

OmidinaKayode:
kikikikikkkiki, Iboes will be laughing at us as we struggle to take back our land conquered forever by the Fulani-led caliphate even when we fight against their wish to leave nigeria.

Please don't let the Iboes laugh at us. Close down the thread in the name of Allah! .

In your myopic mind, you have said something reasonable right?

People are discussing issues that may shape the future of the yorubas, you are here displaying your foolishness.

A 50 naira condom could av save the Internet shame

KINGwax007:
Why did u keep saying KOGI is yotuba state? The closest to Yoruba in KOGI is okun people and that is because they are closer to ikire. There are so many tribes in KOGI state alone but the ebira is much.

Kwara is closer to the north, and KOGI was even carved from Kwara. Judging by KOGI, u shld knw why Kwara will have more Hausa's. The same with PH or the ijaws in Ondo.

Oga kwara doesn't have majority Hausa population. Please get your fsvte right and don't mislead people.

KINGwax007:
Why did u keep saying KOGI is yotuba state? The closest to Yoruba in KOGI is okun people and that is because they are closer to ikire. There are so many tribes in KOGI state alone but the ebira is much.

Kwara is closer to the north, and KOGI was even carved from Kwara. Judging by KOGI, u shld knw why Kwara will have more Hausa's. The same with PH or the ijaws in Ondo.

First, Okun ARE Yoruba. They occupy one of the three senatorial districts. It's well known that Igala are the largest group in Kogi by area and population. There are also a lot of Ebira as well.

Second,Yoruba are the majority and the Hausa population are one of the smallest minority in Kwara. There are many more Nupe and Bariba in Kwara, even more so than the Fulani.

There is no need for this explanation. This is just facts plain and simple.