Ejiné: I can see that monotonous knuckle-head DayoKanu has been very, very busy with his multiple sock-puppet IDs.

mr Igbo Igbo is surely outrigging ekoile and others.

chima12: mr Igbo Igbo is surely outrigging ekoile and others.

lol @ Mr. Igbo Igbo.

That's a marvellous alias for the dude.

I voted for dapo,the guy is intelligent and liberal.

I have been lurking on NL for a while, and I think it's high time we formed Egbe Omo Oduduwa on NL - to talk exclusively about issues affecting

Odualand. We also need to stop getting involved in the unnecessary tribal feuds on NL, and focus on how to develop Odualand and Nigeria to a larger extent. I'll create topics from time to time to talk about what's going to in Yorubaland; and ask for suggestions on what needs to be done to make Yorubaland great again.

These are some of the names I will like to nominate:

- Negro_ntns
- Katsumoto
- Ekt_bear
- Dayokanu
- Eko_ile
- Desola

Please vote, and you can add more names to the list.

Thanks.

Arole, I saw this thread for the first time last night but I had no time on hand to respond to it. First, I want to appreciate your thoughtfulness and vision in challenging us to this call and purpose. I love it! You will find my involvement and participation very admirable. I also give you my gratitude not only for listing me amongst the possibile candidates but that I am the first name in your thoughts when you dropped this idea. It is indicative of my character and personality and the way I conduct and interact with the rest of people in NL, whether they are Yoruba or not. I love my people, I will die for my people and the land; this is not to say I hate others or desire illwill for them.

Arole, aiye a yee, wa d'agba wa d'arugbo, owo a to e wa, omo a to e wa, ire a to e wa, ohun gbogbo n'ire at'alafia a to e wa, Baba loke a gbe e, Lamurudu a yee si, Oduduwa a r'ewa fun e, Ase!

Next, I thank those who believe in me and voted for me. Onlytruth, I thank you for the support and good words. Ify, thank you also for the backing. I wish these rascals will emulate you and put Chief in front when they address Negro. You all continue to support me.

To the troop of hooligans, the motor park touts, rascals and pimps, thugs and thieves, I saw your comments. . . . . you are looking for war! I will bring it to you.

In reading the various responses I was disturbed to see that the purpose and meaning gradually changed as the thread progressed to where people are talking about an Oba. Someone even said women cannot be Oba in Yorubaland. Really!

Anyway, this is not about an Oba, the OP said leaders who will take the Yoruba conscience from where it is now to where it ought to be if everything was done right and in line with the Yoruba Cosmological Philosophy. This philosophy sees mankind as one brotherhood. Plenty of times here we wonder why is Yoruba the only tribe accomodating those who are rejctes in other places or the only ones where different religions are interwoven through the family fabric and is not a threat to their bond and stability. Well, it is because of this consciousness. We are gradually straying away from who we are and this is time for re-calibration. We need need people who understand the standards and the specifications and can lead the cause for that renewal. We cannot love and help others until we, Yorubas can first love and support one another in our commonwealth family. Arole, please pardon me if my explanation preempts your intent and therefore correct me but this is my own understanding of that few sentences in your vision. Yorubaland first, then others after. So the OP has not really defined what structure he envisions for this leadership. It appears however that the Oba structure is popular. In that case, Oba does not rule alone. . . .he/she must have the Balogun, the Bashorun, the Apena, the Are, the Esho, the Ogboni council. . .and so on.

So I take the majority road. . . of those calling for an Oba. Looking at the list, if I am not the best candidate for the throne I don't know anyone else who is. It should help if Arole would write a brief list of attributes for why each candidate was selected.

We are talking about a political and cultural role. A political cauldron is different from a english laboratory, so what is Katsumoto's name doing in a political hotspot? It takes just one insurrection in his palace and ekt_bear will abdicate the throne before the demand has been made for it, what's his name doing here? Dayokanu is best suited for Balogun or Are. Are titles run in his compound.....DK, choose which you want, Balogun or Are? Outside of Lagos, Eko cannot tell you where the Yoruba domain begin and where they end. He knows everything about Fashola but nothing about Alaafin or Ooni. Why is his name here? Desola loves her homeland, not the commonwealth. . . why is she here? So beside myself, I don't know anyone else in here on this list that know the interior and exterior of Yoruba land, that understand the history and culture of our forefathers and the tributes and frontiers of our sovereignty and I can't see anyone of the candidates defending that territory passionately and tenaciously as Chief Negro would. Vote for me, Black. . . Dudu yemi, ajinbi oga ogun, ogb'ori olori kale lorun gan gan gan!!!

Having said all this, I equally wish to input here that in practical matters I am the best candidate for the throne but I am also the least available to run the affairs of office and the time commitment needed to put in. So I therefore recluse myself from contesting. In doing so, I impose my will as the kingmaker. To those supporting me, continue to do so.. .. .your support for me is a support for my endorsed candidate.

Thanks All and God Bless!

hahahahaha!

no wonder this country is in deep shiit. oily soup madness.

Logic Mind: hahahahaha!

no wonder this country is in deep shiit. oily soup madness.

this is how they produced obasanjo as presdent and akintola and awolowo and tinubu.always moving backward.notice that each yoruba leader is always worse than the previous one.

Please, keep voting for Katsumoto, guys!
Dayokanu shamelessly rigged his way through 23 votes early yesterday. I saw it with my own eyes!
Now, even the legit votes are still catching up with his arse. What a loser

Ejine,

If I hear *Kat. . . from your mouth one more time, the *sumoto* go pass ya yansh escape!

Desola:

Eyin ara egba yi ati claiming sha! Iya to bi Wole ni omo Lisabi amo babae, Ishara Remo lo ti wa. Infact month mo ile won ni Ishara. Looto Abeokuta lo ti dagba sugbon ishara la fori e sole si.

Month ti miss e, sweetheart mi. Where have you been?

Iru amulumola Yooba wo lonfo yi, iwo omidan yi?
So r'aiye re l'ode. Emi aboki gan o gbodo mon fo Yoruba bayi.

Ejiné: Please, keep voting for Katsumoto, guys!
Dayokanu shamelessly rigged his way through 23 votes early yesterday. I saw it with my own eyes!
Now, even the legit votes are still catching up with his arse. What a loser

Trust me, the legit votes cannot catch up. Again, I repeat DK has nothing to do with those votes. People are coming out of the woods to vote for him because they love him so dearly.

Jarus:
Iru amulumola Yooba wo lonfo yi, iwo omidan yi?
S'raiye re l'ode. Emi aboki gan o gbodo mon fo Yoruba bayi.

With all your 242, this is all you can do?


PS: I mean 242 plus 1 . . . Olodo

Jarus:
Iru amulumola Yooba wo lonfo yi, iwo omidan yi?
S'raiye re l'ode. Emi aboki gan o gbodo mon fo Yoruba bayi.

Which kain antiquated Yoruba be this. Is this the Yoruba that is spoken in Kwara?

Kats. should lead. He is one very intelligent and humorous nairalander and i've never had to cringe reading his posts. Others in that list have exhibited to a certain extent tribalism in their posts.

This is a complete fraud. Who gave the OP the authority to pick contestants without primary? Is he Tinubu?
Fraud!

afam4eva:

Which kain antiquated Yoruba be this. Is this the Yoruba that is spoken in Kwara?

it is normal yoruba

Where are shangor Thor, oam4j, Jarus, and those reasonable Yorubas out there?
Which kind list be this where i can count one or possibly two good heads?

alj harem:

it is normal yoruba

Yeah, it's an antiquated version of normal Yoruba. I prefere the Yoruba that's spoken in eko.

afam4eva:

Yeah, it's an antiquated version of normal Yoruba. I prefere the Yoruba that's spoken in eko.

It is actually all the same but different accent which translate to different spelling.

As for the Eko accent, it is excatly the same as Ibadan because of the massive influx of Ibadan people. So what you hear in Eko (most of the time) is Ibadan.

Go to Badagry, and Isele Eko (in some houses) you would hear proper eko accent.

alj harem:

It is actually all the same but different accent which translate to different spelling.

As for the Eko accent, it is excatly the same as Ibadan because of the massive influx of Ibadan people. So what you hear in Eko (most of the time) is Ibadan.

Go to Badagry, and Isele Eko (in some houses) you would hear proper eko accent.

I'm actually referring to the adulterated yoruba that's spoken by Yoruba youths in Lagos.

afam4eva:

I'm actually referring to the adulterated yoruba that's spoken by Yoruba youths in Lagos.

Ha, You mean the slangs they use ? Yes you are right it is different

My nomination

Gbawe….. Cool headed analyst, he doesn’t get swayed by popular tide like many mindless groupies that I know in NL

Bittyend….. nether here nor there, more into Igbo women and Oha soup at least an Igbo woman will get to be the Olori.

Alh harem (if truly he is Yoruba) always playing the devil’s advocate but he could be cool sometimes,does a lot of baseless and annoying ‘’copy and paste’’ of long garbage. He has a grasp of Yoruba history though.

Jarus matured, reasonable and focused posts, he is always on top of his game.

Negro/Dudu/Odua Nnts… knows when to let go, vast in Yoruba history.

Katsumoto. long essay writer, he should be competing with Mariama Ba the author of so long a letter.

And the winner issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

A very close call between Gbawe and Negro,

Is it me or what? ve anyone noticed that Dayo ve not popped up on this thread, is it cos Bianca and Ojukwu names were not mentioned by the poster or what?. Something is really fishy about his uncanny absence on this thread.

There are many issues that need to be tackled in Odualand such as Education, Infrastructure, Security, moral decadence, etc. Given that most people know about these issues, how will having an Oba on NL help tackle these issues? Will the Oba have the ear of the powers that be? Maybe, otherwise what’s the point? Nevermind that most of the real Obas are not even concerned about the welfare of their subjects.

I believe that forums such as this can be used to discuss issues and potential solutions suggested by all who have the interest of Odua at heart. If there are those who are close to governors, senators, etc, then perhaps you can suggest to them to visit NL and read the views of well meaning individuals. There was a thread (I believe it was started by Ekt Bear) about whats next for the SW; there were a lot of suggestions on that thread especially about infrastructure development.

Odualand was almost destroyed by Obasanjo’s PDP; now the ACN is in power and is struggling to articulate a vision for most of the states in the SW. Save for Fashola, the rest are struggling. Aregbesola is wasting precious time attacking Mimiko for not being in ACN; Amosun is wasting time criticizing Daniel. Fayemi is about to waste funds building a new governors lodge. I am not even sure what Ajimobi is doing. ACN is not doing a good job as the opposition; it is criticizing everything PDP is doing wrong instead of finding strategic issues to shout about.

Tinubu has done well in getting rid of OBJ but it is time for Tinubu to demonstrate his love of Odualand. It is time for the ACN to imbibe and inculcate the spirit of fairness and democracy as espoused the AG in the 1st Republic. I believe that the ACN should adopt the political ideology of democratic socialism as practiced by the AG in the 50s and 60s. If Tinubu is unable to articulate a proper vision, then he should step aside for someone else, maybe Fashola. Getting rid of PDP is not enough.

Rant over

ekwy nwa: My nomination

Gbawe….. Cool headed analyst, he doesn’t get swayed by popular tide like many mindless groupies that I know in NL

Bittyend….. nether here nor there, more into Igbo women and Oha soup at least an Igbo woman will get to be the Olori.

Alh harem (if truly he is Yoruba) always playing the devil’s advocate but he could be cool sometimes,does a lot of baseless and annoying ‘’copy and paste’’ of long garbage. He has a grasp of Yoruba history though.

Jarus matured, reasonable and focused posts, he is always on top of his game.

Negro/Dudu/Odua Nnts… knows when to let go, vast in Yoruba history.

Katsumoto. long essay writer, he should be competing with Mariama Ba the author of so long a letter.

And the winner issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

A very close call between Gbawe and Negro,

The winner is bitttttyendddddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!

Katsumoto: There are many issues that need to be tackled in Odualand such as Education, Infrastructure, Security, moral decadence, etc. Given that most people know about these issues, how will having an Oba on NL help tackle these issues? Will the Oba have the ear of the powers that be? Maybe, otherwise what’s the point? Nevermind that most of the real Obas are not even concerned about the welfare of their subjects.

I believe that forums such as this can be used to discuss issues and potential solutions suggested by all who have the interest of Odua at heart. If there are those who are close to governors, senators, etc, then perhaps you can suggest to them to visit NL and read the views of well meaning individuals. There was a thread (I believe it was started by Ekt Bear) about whats next for the SW; there were a lot of suggestions on that thread especially about infrastructure development.

Odualand was almost destroyed by Obasanjo’s PDP; now the ACN is in power and is struggling to articulate a vision for most of the states in the SW. Save for Fashola, the rest are struggling. Aregbesola is wasting precious time attacking Mimiko for not being in ACN; Amosun is wasting time criticizing Daniel. Fayemi is about to waste funds building a new governors lodge. I am not even sure what Ajimobi is doing. ACN is not doing a good job as the opposition; it is criticizing everything PDP is doing wrong instead of find strategic issues to shout about.

Tinubu has done well in getting rid of OBJ but it is time for Tinubu to demonstrate his love of Odualand. It is time for the ACN to imbibe and inculcate the spirit of fairness and democracy as espoused the AG in the 1st Republic. I believe that the ACN should adopt the political ideology of democratic socialism as practiced by the AG in the 50s and 60s. If Tinubu is unable to articulate a proper vision, then he should step aside for someone else, maybe Fashola. Getting rid of PDP is not enough.

Rant over

WISDOM.

Dudu_Negro: I have been lurking on NL for a while, and I think it's high time we formed Egbe Omo Oduduwa on NL - to talk exclusively about issues affecting

Arole, I saw this thread for the first time last night but I had no time on hand to respond to it. First, I want to appreciate your thoughtfulness and vision in challenging us to this call and purpose. I love it! You will find my involvement and participation very admirable. I also give you my gratitude not only for listing me amongst the possibile candidates but that I am the first name in your thoughts when you dropped this idea. It is indicative of my character and personality and the way I conduct and interact with the rest of people in NL, whether they are Yoruba or not. I love my people, I will die for my people and the land; this is not to say I hate others or desire illwill for them.

Arole, aiye a yee, wa d'agba wa d'arugbo, owo a to e wa, omo a to e wa, ire a to e wa, ohun gbogbo n'ire at'alafia a to e wa, Baba loke a gbe e, Lamurudu a yee si, Oduduwa a r'ewa fun e, Ase!

Next, I thank those who believe in me and voted for me. Onlytruth, I thank you for the support and good words. Ify, thank you also for the backing. I wish these rascals will emulate you and put Chief in front when they address Negro. You all continue to support me.

To the troop of hooligans, the motor park touts, rascals and pimps, thugs and thieves, I saw your comments. . . . . you are looking for war! I will bring it to you.

In reading the various responses I was disturbed to see that the purpose and meaning gradually changed as the thread progressed to where people are talking about an Oba. Someone even said women cannot be Oba in Yorubaland. Really!

Anyway, this is not about an Oba, the OP said leaders who will take the Yoruba conscience from where it is now to where it ought to be if everything was done right and in line with the Yoruba Cosmological Philosophy. This philosophy sees mankind as one brotherhood. Plenty of times here we wonder why is Yoruba the only tribe accomodating those who are rejctes in other places or the only ones where different religions are interwoven through the family fabric and is not a threat to their bond and stability. Well, it is because of this consciousness. We are gradually straying away from who we are and this is time for re-calibration. We need need people who understand the standards and the specifications and can lead the cause for that renewal. We cannot love and help others until we, Yorubas can first love and support one another in our commonwealth family. Arole, please pardon me if my explanation preempts your intent and therefore correct me but this is my own understanding of that few sentences in your vision. Yorubaland first, then others after. So the OP has not really defined what structure he envisions for this leadership. It appears however that the Oba structure is popular. In that case, Oba does not rule alone. . . .he/she must have the Balogun, the Bashorun, the Apena, the Are, the Esho, the Ogboni council. . .and so on.

So I take the majority road. . . of those calling for an Oba. Looking at the list, if I am not the best candidate for the throne I don't know anyone else who is. It should help if Arole would write a brief list of attributes for why each candidate was selected.

We are talking about a political and cultural role. A political cauldron is different from a english laboratory, so what is Katsumoto's name doing in a political hotspot? It takes just one insurrection in his palace and ekt_bear will abdicate the throne before the demand has been made for it, what's his name doing here? Dayokanu is best suited for Balogun or Are. Are titles run in his compound.....DK, choose which you want, Balogun or Are? Outside of Lagos, Eko cannot tell you where the Yoruba domain begin and where they end. He knows everything about Fashola but nothing about Alaafin or Ooni. Why is his name here? Desola loves her homeland, not the commonwealth. . . why is she here? So beside myself, I don't know anyone else in here on this list that know the interior and exterior of Yoruba land, that understand the history and culture of our forefathers and the tributes and frontiers of our sovereignty and I can't see anyone of the candidates defending that territory passionately and tenaciously as Chief Negro would. Vote for me, Black. . . Dudu yemi, ajinbi oga ogun, ogb'ori olori kale lorun gan gan gan!!!

Having said all this, I equally wish to input here that in practical matters I am the best candidate for the throne but I am also the least available to run the affairs of office and the time commitment needed to put in. So I therefore recluse myself from contesting. In doing so, I impose my will as the kingmaker. To those supporting me, continue to do so.. .. .your support for me is a support for my endorsed candidate.

Thanks All and God Bless!

Boy your claims are false. There was a thread about Yoruba civil wars which I followed closely. That thread brought out the best Yoruba brains and you were vissibly missing. There is this chap called Coogar, he rqually did well though he was not nominated. Jarus would have been the best candidate for this role but he has pulled out.
I will now go for Katsumo, though Yorubas here do not know where he comes from. Am sure Katsumo is not my friend from Ghana called Quarcoopome-a teacher at Ibadan who knows Yorubaland more than the Yorubas.
As for DayoKanu, the role of a sports liason officer will suit him most. If its acertained that Kats is actually Yoruba, then let us give it to him.

Andre Uweh:
Boy your claims are false. There was a thread about Yoruba civil wars which I followed closely. That thread brought out the best Yoruba brains and you were vissibly missing. There is this chap called Coogar, he rqually did well though he was not nominated. Jarus would have been the best candidate for this role but he has pulled out.
I will now go for Katsumo, though Yorubas here do not know where he comes from. Am sure Katsumo is not my friend from Ghana called Quarcoopome-a teacher at Ibadan who knows Yorubaland more than the Yorubas.

As for DayoKanu, the role of a sports liason officer will suit him most. If its acertained that Kats is actually Yoruba, then let us give it to him.

"Us"? Did I read you well, Ngodigha? The last time I checked, the thread clearly read "Yorubas only" Have you now become one of us?

Desola:

"Us"? Did I read you well, Ngodigha? The last time I checked, the thread clearly read "Yorubas only" Have you now become one of us?

Please respect yourself. I have once warned you that we are not same.
Am from Ibadan in Oyo state as I did spend more years in Ibadan than in the East where I originally come from. Don't be surprised to see me one day representing Ibadan North in the house.

hehehehe

Andre Uweh:
Please respect yourself. I have once warned you that we are not same.
Am from Ibadan in Oyo state as I did spend more years in Ibadan than in the East where I originally come from. Don't be surprised to see me one day representing Ibadan North in the house.

Hahahahahaha, menh!!! NL is very funny.

Desola:

Eyin ara egba yi ati claiming sha! Iya to bi Wole ni omo Lisabi amo babae, Ishara Remo lo ti wa. Infact month mo ile won ni Ishara. Looto Abeokuta lo ti dagba sugbon ishara la fori e sole si.

Month ti miss e, sweetheart mi. Where have you been?

ewo tun ni Month, for crying out? Month ti miss e abi mo ti miss e? Likely, gambari ni iwo omode yi.