₦airaland Forum

alomeda600:
Using competition to judge a school.. How are u so sure the school presented their best student for the competitions. Take it or leave it.. OAU is now behind..

What about the performance of their graduate in many field, OAU outshine on many occasions.

Efewestern:
Bini is an ancient civilization and Deltans wouldn't have existed if they weren't there, so I'm not here for comparisons.

Just stating that, The Urhobos were known for their Palm oil exploits that they dominated several states in the 30's. Also, that the Bini's exported palm oil to Europe before the Urhobos existed doesn't mean that Palm Trees weren't found in territories the Urhobos migrated to when they left Bini.

No tribe in modern Nigeria process palm oil like the Urhobos, this has been their way of life and even ethnic groups like the Ikale's will testify to this fact.

Yes, palm oil cultivation spread to many south west state through the Urhobos. Ondo state is a prominent example. The Urhobos presence was very widespread in the southern part of the state, so much so that they speak the native language fluently. Sometimes, you can hardly differentiate an Urhobo person from Ikale. Ondo is also very prominent in Palm tree cultivation.

SouthNigerian:
Person way no like Banga Soup no fit like better thing for him life.


Banga Soup is the reason I swore to either marry from the East or stay single forever.

Banka ko, Banga ni. Can any soup in Africa and Nigeria as a whole stand Egusi mixed vegetables soup and pound yam? Stop decieving yourself

opsyswagger:
I no even no her sef

She's a prominent Yoruba movie actress. If you don't know her, then you don't watch Yoruba movies

FreeSpirited:
Ui is always first in everything Nigeria. Abeg who dey do juju for UI. OAU don porshue porshoe UI tire dey don give up. I comot yansh for Recte safere fons!

Where were you when OAU was toping the list of best universities for years. The same OAU will join UI students in competition and trash them. OAU lecturer might be old fashioned and conventional in their approach, but the university has a system that groom student into hardworking and academic success. OAU graduate are leading everywhere.

South west governors and leader should apologize for Sasha Killing

Omihanifa:
But if no be greed how can Tinubu be nursing the ambition to rule Nigeria again after all the money stolen and he's still stealing from Lagos State government

The man should just go and chill and be enjoying his loot till he dies

Already his hands are shaking and he's even sluggish in communicating. So what's the point of going to a bigger stage to embarrass yourself like Buhari is doing presently

If Tinubu is driven by greed, what drives the smaller politician who aspire for the same office. Tinubu should quite the stage from the smaller greed, who dream of attaining Tinubu status. It's a pity what the general perspective of politics has become in Nigeria.

mofedamijo:
In as much as inflation has hit Nigeria so bad. This is applicable to so many developed countries in the world.

From an economist point of view, how much was the salary then? Maybe N700, how much is salary today?? My point is, salary structure alao changed. I mean, no graduate earns N700 as monthly salary today. Same way the price of ticket from the U.S back then to Africa used to be $150-$288, today, its around $1,000-1400. Inflation has been hitting the world and not just Nigeria, yes, Nigeria might have in rough than others and might have it better than some other nations.

To effectively calculate it and determine how bad it is, economist will try to convert that money to how much it is worth in todays market. And compare the percentage in inflation. You could rent an apartment for $120 in Newyork in the 60s, $120 wont even pay your agreement fee today in Newyork.

So before you bash Nigeria, know that this is a global phenomenon.

And for the record, N100 was a lot of money back then. That is some families monthly salary back then.

I beg to differ. The value of money in the western world and some economically stable nation isn't as volatile as we've witnessed in Nigeria and other troubled African countries. For instance, the case of New York house rent you cited above relates to commodities that respond swiftly to competitive market and other human manipulation. Issue like mortgage, price of oil in international market and price tag of players in football for instance depends on market competition and other factors.
Go and collect data on price of commodities and monetary value in UK as at 1950s, you will still get amount valuable in modern day market. You won't compare this with Nigeria where currency denomination fizzle out of circulation due to rapid collapse of their value. Is it not the same country we buy a rubber of rice at 250 naira in 2015, something that now sell for almost 1000 naira now. The implications of all this is the general decline in the qualities of life. An average Nigerian home in the 70s and 80s have thin and canned food as essential commodities, something this generation has replaced with satchet. Some commodities such as milk are even term as luxury altogether. When I was young, my mother will never fry egg without spicing it up with Geisha or corn beef. How many kids of this generation knows with this things are.

To have a grasp of the prevaling bitting inflation in Africa, take the example of Zimbabwe. They were forced to Dollarise their economy because of the rapidly collapse of their own currency.

I have said it that with the current inflation rate in Nigeria, a time will come when you will enter food canteen and ask them to sell you, 1 million naira plate of rice, 2 million naira meet and 5 hundred thousand naira dodo

Givaxy:
But most of them now speak and understand Yoruba language and even bear Yoruba names

The tigh with Ijaw though recognize, is very remote. Their language has been transformed over the years due to close contact with Ilajes, who speak variant of Yoruba language. Frankly speaking, most Yoruba state and towns have their own distinct variant or dialect. Only Oyo and Osun speak language in close semblance with central Yoruba. but naming culture across Yoruba land done in the general language because of it's official nature. Though on some occasion, especially in Ondo south, people gave name in the dialect e.g Temetan- Temikotan in general Yoruba meaning mines isn't finished ( I'm not finished)

myobjective:
Because the standard Yoruba is being spoken by the overwhelming majority of the people in the state.

The standard Yoruba is not indigenous to any town in Ondo state. Everyone has their own distinct variant of Yoruba.The Akure Language is closely related to Ijesha and Ekiti. Akoko have their own numerous dialect. Ondo town and the neighborhood speak what we call Ondo language.

Goke7:
This is their pain, yorubas are proud to exhibit their culture anywhere they are which speaks of healthy self image reason they don't have issues with their host unlike others whose inferiority complex is always a basis for useless agitations.

Apoi recognize their Ijaw as their ancestry. In fact, many town in Apoiland have a name with Ijaw root e.g Igbobini. Even their festival are still conducted in Ijaw language.

Fantasticcc:
Ondo is not a Yoruba state, Yorubas should be careful

The composition of Ijaw in Ondo state deserve to be observed from historical perspective. Ese-Odo local government where Ijaw had carved a home for themselves are of two subethnic group, the Ijaws and the Apoi. Though Ijaw constitutes the minority in these areas, it is believed the majority Apoi are historical descendants of Ijaw. Their arrival into the territory predate the currently known Ijaw people. Theit language had also transformed over time. They now speak a close variant of the numerous Ondo south dialects. The activist, Omoyele Sowore is an Apoi man. That explain why he claims not to be Yoruba.

The same can be said of Ikale tribe, who occupied the two local government of Irele and Okitipupa. It is claimed the Irele migrated from Benin. I've also come across Okitipupa person who claim her family are Benin. Their ancestral surname is Idebi, a Benin language.

O boy! Fiji. People can travel o. Fiji is a far-flung land. A tiny remote island in East Indies. I was fascinated with while i study atlas as a kid.

I need no briefing on the fact that Russia is cheaper than America and many EU countries. A friend of mine; we were together in the university and in the course of his protracted extra years in OAU, I harboured him in my rented apartment countless time. He graduated with a third class and just before I knew it, he was flooding his Facebook page with pictures in Russia. He already got admitted to a master degree in oil and gas engineering. This after a third class in industrial chemistry.

We still haven't solved the problem of Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, we want to add another one.

My father didn't go to school but how his oral account of Dimka couo and arrest as well as other history of Nigeria came very close to the true story surprises me. I think the level of consciousness of that era and the oral tradition of history in Africa is underrated.

Dimka was a very handsome and athletic man who loved women. That's the exact description my dad of blessed memory gave

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iwaeda:
Awa Kwara are proud of our achievements in Lagos. Go to Isale Agbede, Surulere, Yaba, Oyingbo our trade mark of being industrious are stamped everywhere. Educationally we are there, check our students in Unilag and LASU. We are not thugs or destroyers. Proudly Igbomina, reason we are celebrating Baba Oni Jakande lati Omu Aran, Igbomina.

Elsewhere, Kwaran are dagi dagi yam farmers and Kwara state education is nothing to write home about.

Tectono:
How come Jakande did all these things and was not allowed to go for second term? Click on the first link on my signature to master how you will be making millions of naira from export business.

He definitely won a second term, like Adekunle Ajasin of Ondo state but likely rigged by the ruling NPN of Shagari before getting his mandate back through court. At least that was the case in Ondo with Adekunle Ajasin. They were all members of Awo UPN and there performance were unmatched. The corruption of ruling NPN brought the military coup that truncate the regime.

Tricksters could easily ochestrate this. She might have been shown some real cash, after which the swindler would cleverly replace it with paper. Another approach to this is to have the paper covered by real cash while the white paper lies within the pack. Trickster employ several manipulative way. This is too cheap to be a magic

Good development. This should also lead to creation of more local government. It is only toward this end that constituency delimitation can be ensured.

Akeredolu will build one poultry and called it classroom, then come to social media to paste it everywhere. I though Yahaya Bello was the most stupid and under performing governor until I began to place term Akeredolu. This state has turned out to be the least performing in the last ten years started from Mimiko to the current white beard idiot. Imagine a state where no teacher has been employed into secondary school for over ten years despite succession of retirement.

ShackWes:
which country be Myanmar again ?

I'm sure still better than Nigeria

Myanmar is also called Burma. The people of Burma are Burmese. Does that ring a bell? If not, go to the last or beginning page of the small blue pocked Bible called Gideon international, where John 3:16 was qouted in many languages. Burmese was one of it.

The same Aug San zuu ki who presided and kept a sealed lip over the killing and displacement of Rohinga Islamic tribe from the country. Citizen of your country who have no other place to call their own were brutally flushed out of their land. It took the generosity of Bangladesh for these people to find a haven't. This coup is bad for democracy but good for Aug San zuu ki

DoctorDree:
Good move

What's good about the move. Only unproductive nation with no interest in creativity will seek to export everything it sees as raw material. That bamboo stick will be turned to finished product and import back to Nigeria at higher cost or used to develop a foreign land. If bamboo serve some potent economic value, why not try and learn about the creative way it is employed, then use it here.

Zoharariel:
The only Yoruba Movie I love so much is TALONGBEMU (Who dey carry nose).

It was released in 2001 and I think it was the first major production of Mr. Latin (Not Sure).

Around 2006, I went to Eko Idumota and rumaged through the entire Movie Section at (Ebinpejo Lane or so) looking for this movie and I couldn't get it.

Well, I stopped watching Yoruba Movies long time ago since they only promote Cultism, Oloshoism, Armed-Robbery & other useless societal vices but - there can never be any Yoruba Movie as interesting & funny as TALONGBEMU BABA ONI WAIDI.

Mr. Latin, if you're seeing this, kindly make TALONGBEMU available for us.

Is that the same movie where he used the word "Na awo de" It's now a popular slang meaning "fuk till your dick soften"

G

At last, the guy lost it. He has been out of public circle for years and rumoured of sickness and recovery has been the major news about him. The truth isn't always clear. But the guy get swag in those days

Igbere TV gathered, Igbere TV report. This Igbere TV na scam. Reporting without video, no station in any part of the federation. Few online presence, yet it claim to be the source of every news on nairaland.

kambili999:
Speaking eloquently shouldn't be solely from university. IMO, one should learn how to speak eloquently from primary school. University should just help polish a person.


I like how she speaks

University shouldn't even be a requirement for speaking good English. Basic education that inbued you with fluent reading skill is enough and that is attained in secondary schoool while speaking ability improve for a lifetime or until brain began to set into decline. The only requirement is not to abandon reading completely. Reading, anything like newspaper, novel or even Facebook post contributes to improving one language skills. Trying to complement what one read by speaking it from time to time will aid the mastery. Most of those who attended university didn't go their to study English, it's only that it coincided with the Peak of their formative years. I went to university late, almost age 30 but then, most university graduate and even master degree holder couldn't match my spoken English.

edimaan:
In what way has she dented the image of GREAT IFE? So, you expected her to keep silent and allow the randy lecturer to have his way with her? Put your any of your sisters in her shoes and see how painful it could be for a lecturer to insist on having sex with her before she can pass his course.

Many female students allow those randy lecturers to sleep with them and cry in silence! . It's the lecturer that dented the image of GREAT IFE. Not the lady.

It's so unfortunate that the university senate and the VC ganged up again the lady.

The lady has her first degree in OAU