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It doesn't look ancient with the roofing material though quite isolated....such places should be under our security surveillance as it could be a kind of hideout or den of criminality.

Tellmeastory:
I was just exploring Nigerian territory on Google Earth, and to my shock found inside the dense thick forests of southwest Nigeria, ancient towns completely surrounded by thick forest with no way out!!

Meaning they must be several thousands of years old!!

Incredible.

Are they still inhabited?

Surely not!

But who knows?

Whoever the people that are there have been cut off from the rest of the world for several generations!

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Smiles...The beer part is shared...so they will attempt to be arresting our jaye jaye Yorubas seeping beer with asun in the local pubs replete across the SW States because of religion/sharia....lols. It's obviously dead on arrival here. Even my muslim friends will never agree to that. Guys go renouce straight

rotadeco27:
It can only be in your mosques and not in Yoruba land. If u like cut your hands ,stone yourself in the mosques no one cares, but to take away people's freedom in the name of a useless religion whose laws are against the peaceful coexistence of humanity, That wii not be allowed! The traditionalist and Christians have their laws too, if everyone should start using their laws how will the society be? If any one wants sharia law, he or she should relocate to the sharia states. Have u asked yourself, aside killing , raping, stealing and all sort of wickedness,what good has sharia brought to the states practicing it? You people should use your brain now!
You want to practise sharia in a multiregion states, southwest is not the north where hisba will be braking alcohol bottles and arresting people from displaying their markets, they will collect wotowoto! Gone are those days when those people who practise other religions are silent. U can see own your prophet is being draged on social media just because your ustach won't stop fiddling in other people's faith, keep doing it ,it is eye for an eye this time around. You tag something a religion of peace but the practice is all about wickedness. Any prophet that ordered a fellow human being to be slained in the name of not accepting his religion is not sent by God but by the devil himself because God is merciful and not wickedness.

This is one of the main points it cannot hold in well in SW. How will it even be passed/recognised in the SW states houses of assembly...SW setting is not just right for it's practicality unlike in core Northern state where there is consensus over it.

Fiscus105:
The Sharia which is the grandfather of Boko HARAM today,in which millions of people have perished and Nigeria wasting enoumous resources everyday to combat. Yet, these thirty blood suckers never stop to advocating it.

How is it going to possible to establish Sharia in a region, which is almost equal in 2 dominant religions? The region where it's established, where are the gains?
The reason why people lost common sense wen it comes to religion still not clear to me.

Lols. No beat her o. Most of them actually cannot take what they dish others/men. The same thing most of them dish their husbands is not acceptable if other women try it.

essentialone:
MERCY AIGBE divorce her husband and follow her husband best friend.... Nobody dragged her.
FUNKE AKINDELE had two divorces so far.... Nobody have drag her.
INO EDO left her marriage and everybody was fine. Everywhere was silent.
ANITA OKOYE divorce RUDEBOY....and we are cool with it.
TIWA SAVAGE called it a quit and nobody dragged her.
KATE HENSHAW Left her 10 years old marriage... nobody said anything about it.
AY Wife divorces AY and Nobody called her out.
TONTO DIKEH left her marriage but nobody dragged her.
MAY Left YUL and feminist were praising her doing the right thing.
Just yesterday Tubaba call it a quit.... everywhere on social media is on fire saying Tubaba is a heartless man.
I don't normally engage myself in a thing like this but l notice that feminist want equal right with Men.
When it come out from them....she is passing through a lot but when it comes from MEN they will attach emotion.
⛳ Because of this....l block one girl on Facebook and if l see her offline l will block her and beat her just the way MANCHESTER CITY beat CHELSEA.... Enough is enough 😏.

Wow...both Samuels were great Yoruba sons. I never knew they shared consanguinity. The duo's life and times will make an epic, a spectacle of great beauty on screen, if relived...likewise those of outstanding Yorubas of the diaspora, especially those in the Americas, that never lost cultural values.

Konquest:
@Alsenora

[b]Thanks for emphasizing on Samuel Johnson's iconic book, "The History of the Yorubas" first published in London. Did you know that Samuel Johnson and Ajayi Crowther (his mother was from the Yoruba kingdom of Ketu in Benin Republic) are both cousins and direct royal descendants of Alaafin Abiodun, the Emperor of the Oyo Empire who reigned in the 1700s? Unfortunately, Samuel Johnson and Ajayi Crowther they were affected by the slave trade BUT providence beaconed as the British Navy Squadrons intercepted the slave ships headed for the Americas at different times and liberated the captives on board in Sierra Leone.

A lot of Yoruba royal family members from different kingdoms fell victim to the slave trade to such an extent that one of Alaafin Abiodun's biological sons was taken as a captive to Bahia in Brazil, where he got married to a Yoruba woman he met who gave birth to their famous son in Brazil named Dom Oba II. So, Alaafin Abiodun's grandson named Cândido da Fonseca Galvin (under the title of Dom Oba II), was a military officer, nobleman and an important South American abolitionist during the rule of Pedro II of Brazil.

So, the "History of West Africa" was my FIRST source of information on the Ekiti-Parapo War. Samuel Johnson's book "The History of the Yoruba" became the SECOND major book that I read decades back which detailed the Kiriji War events of 1877 to 1893! I then gravitated towards other archival materials as well. Sir Allan Burns who was the British Colonial Governor General of Nigeria and the Gold Coast too mentioned the war in his iconic book, the "History of Nigeria."

Just like you said, the book was vivid and it evoked all kinds of emotions in me, (from shock, to anger, to a state of being sober). The internecine wars of the 1800s that led to major population shifts in Yorubaland as a result of the faltering Oyo Empire must NEVER be repeated and effective communication would have prevented those wars. With the internal civil wars, it made it easy for external aggressors from other lands to attack outlying Yoruba communities in Nigeria and Benin Republic. With modern tools of effective communication such as video conferencing, mobile phones, and the use of effective negotiation strategies, the Yorubas must never allow what happened in the 1800s to get repeated. The Kiriji War and other wars of the 1800s were major tectonic shifts in Yorubaland.

Samuel Johnson in his book, The History of The Yorubas, also gave a vivid description of the war and the historic signing of Peace Treaty in Imesi Ile, ending the war...

Konquest:
That's impressive... Lateef Adedimeji and his spouse are involved in this.

The 98-year-old legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola's biological daughter, Bolanle Austen-Peters who is a lawyer is the founder of the famous TerraCulture on Victoria Island (and she's also an A-list movie producer with very good story lines of international standards). Her advice or input in the movie would be great since she's paternally of Ekiti descent.

The Ekiti Parapo War is one of the fascinating histories I've ever read about the military wars that took place in Yorubaland in the 1800s. The Ekiti Parapo Union was originally founded on Eko Island (Lagos Island) back in the late 1800s to purchase modern weapons from Lagos to prosecute the Ekiti Parapo War. So, the Ekitis who lived in Eko purchased these weapons and moved them to Ekiti. The Ekitis also manufactured gun powder and other military equipment to complement what they had to prosecute the war.

A lot of historical lessons from the 1800s must be learned by all to ensure that these errors of the past are NOT repeated. NOBODY should seek to dominate others. The Ekitis and their next door cousins the Ijesas had had enough of the dictatorship of some Ibadan military and political agents sent to Ekiti and this triggered the revolt.

Historically, the Ekiti Parapo War (otherwise known as the Kiriji War because of the sound the Ekiti canons made when fired) went on for 16 years due to Ibadan imperialism in Ijeshaland and Ekitiland. The famous Ijesha General Ogedemgbe Agbogunboro (who had served in the Ibadan army) was one of the military leaders of the revolt from Ijesa and Ekiti areas which had come under Ibadan Empire rule. A lot of Yoruba missionaries such as the Anglican Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was on of the Yoruba returnees from Sierra Leone who had to intervene to bring about peace with British assistance.

Baba didnt even say he serves 2 masters. The guys should ask himself what his forefathers worshipped before tha advent of Christianity and where they will be today having departed this world long ago?

LegendHero:
Your god of Israel wey dey look like mumu when Israelis dey mud kid for Palestine na em you wan make Obasanjo support?

Who is deceiving themselves between you and OBJ? You wey dey praise the god of murderers or OBJ wey dey praise the god of his ancestors?

Sometimes I dey think say you religious fanatics get mental issue.

He likely meant he is running a high fever...

Hungerbadoo:
LMAO the guy really need mosquito net

Lols. This is why most men that lack sense/self control will continue to get manipulated by the 'ass carriers' that may lack sense themselves.

timilehin007:
but to be sincere that ass will get more attention than the topic it. self, the ass is. really nice albeit

Lols...not yet confirmed but let's assume Nigerian youths from the South are involved until proven

Bede2u:
E no go pass Yoruba boy

They aren't just brainless here but they glory in stupid postulations of gutter talks. I hope the killer(s) will be apprehended soonest by the security. And may God console the family and loved ones she left behind.

trtola:
I'm surprised many readers and commenters on Nairaland cannot comprehend simple English. The way news are twisted and manipulated is beyond my comprehension.

Where in this post did the OP mention any part of her body is missing? She was killed in cold blood, and her body found on her farm. It could be anyone, we should not even link it with herds men, unless investigation reveals so!

I wonder why people without reasoning just type whatever comes to their brain on public space like this to spread hatred and bigotry.

Someone even said she was married to a Yoruba man, even though it was stated her husband is also from Benue state.

We should know it's not about region or race. Insecurity is everywhere. Whether North, East, West or South, ritual killings and organ harvesting is done every where.

Majority of our problems in Nigeria is on social media where we have almost brainless folks spreading hatred like wildfire. Speak to the issue in ground if you must comment, rather than linking it with your selfish ideologies.

If only some things were done right after the Januray 15 coup, the civil war could have been averted....making just of/taunting the Northerners your officers killed in their own land was the last straw(some still call this bravery today as they see other souther ethnicity as weaklings)

Topman7:
THIS LED TO THE CIVIL WAR MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

Imagine the arrogance of Igbos of the time.

They were living in the north in their millions (as usual).

Igbo officers then went there and slaughtered the northern Prime Minister and northern leaders including the highly revered Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto.

Then they began insulting the northerners and their leaders that were murdered by Igbo officers.

Meanwhile Ironsi, the Igbo military dictator at the helm in Lagos, refused point blank to prosecute the coup plotters!

I mean.....for crying out loud.

And then the northerners in UNDERSTANDABLE FURY, descended on Igbos in a bloody massacre.

Then Igbos ran back to the East, and Ojukwu declared secession, NOT with Igboland alone, but with the NIGER DELTA which accounted potentially for 90% of Nigeria's earnings!!!!!

SORRY, BUT IGBOS HAD IT COMING, THEY ASKED FOR IT.

How can you treat other people like dirt and vermin and expect peace and love, back?

WE MUST NEVER PITY THEM, OR TOLERATE THEIR NONSENSE TODAY.

SPIT!!!

His likes should know that most of these people recounting the dastardly act of 15 January 1966 are directly involved having survived the horror in close shave. And all Nigerians today are affected as it altered the foundation of our pregressive economy that we are yet to get over.

JoeyNaza:
Please help us, dig through recent media and point out 2 voices of repute that are trying to rewrite history by screaming concocted lies as you claim. Bigots will be bigots, but don't come and claim someone else is dancing with you when you are the only one dancing to your sad tunes.

Lols...they shoukd list the rotal numbee of the so called appointments, list the names of appointees and lastly brake it down to the percentage the regions appointees come from for us all to see the claims here...

zero8zero:
Give us the lists of the skewed appointments. You guys are plain senseless with your fabrications.

Your take is on point. The position of Alaafin is not the sole preserve of Islam or Christianity but purely traditional and the so called Isese devotees the two Abrahamic religion practitioners often detest have more right to the throne and to feel siedelined if at all. Not these one entitled ones making noise

Amalekki:
Is Alaafin's throne a muslim office? What sort of disrespect to Yoruba tradition and non-muslims is this? All in the name of a foreign religion.

The Governor's decision is final. He is just being courteous. If the criminals manipulating the process are not careful their case files at EFCC will be reopened

Exactly...at least the consignment must have a place of origin that is traceable to sponsors. Let's ser what becomes of this latest discovery?

TimeManager:
This validates what the CDS was saying as reported earlier. Who are those funding these terrorists?. UN must be serious about this and get to the root of it. Imagine if those shipments had entered Nigeria, imagine the damage. Why do they not want peace in Nigeria?. And some ignorant mofos would come online blaming the military as if they are not trying enough.


-Kiss the truth!

God bless you...she couldn't perceive the big picture in what she does. We can only advance as far as what our minds can see. Someone else with a positive mindset can take the same business international as a proud graduate.

SalamRushdie:
She can use what she learnt in school to grow her Zobo business into a Behemoth

We are saying same thing. The only difference is our view of Slot's selection. He can't always make decisions we fans will like or understand especially if result aren't cool.

crazygod:
What happened to Harvey Elliot, Trey Nyoni? I hope you are aware that the scorer of Spurs goal is an 18year old.
When Klopp was in charge, he gave chance to academy players like Elliot, Bobby Clarkson, Stefan Bajcetic and even Jones.
Slot will run this senior players to the ground. It's not the defeat the vexes me it's the fact that we lost to a makeshift 3rd defence of spurs with our senior players.
Salah needs rest. Allison is not in form. Jones is a squad player no matter how you slice it.

The weather also had its toll on the match besides low performance.

djon78:
Actually Man Utd game showed the weakness of this Liverpool team. Playing them aggressive football dismantle them

Man Utd showed that
Tottenham played them same way and won. They don't deserve a gentleman football but aggressive tight football

The next 2 games are key . He needs MC Alister and some key players fit...reason the squad selection.

crazygod:
Be like say Jones get some dirty pictures of Arne Slot and he is threatening to expose them. I don't see why you remove Macca and leave Jones wey dey slow down game. He had no reason to be there for 90mins.
Then another thing I am noticing, it seems like last season is repeating itself again.
Slot better get his acts together.

It is his believers that should at least list his credentials/achievements to counter contrary claims by anyone...instead they will only reply with abuses.

fuckJones:
everyone is saying the same thing that obi didn't have any tangible project when he was the governor, it's time for him to come out and clear him fuckingself

Her late husband once explained he was in the gathering of onlooking students as she presented the flowers....

Softmirror:
The most interesting one is Florence Ajimobi. There she is as a flower girl welcoming a Military Governor. She turned out to become the wife of a Civilian Governor. Some people star don dey shine since from small pikin.

Exactly...What you explained is termed Dialect Continuum.

Tflex01:
Those guys are right. You are the one that should try and get some education.

If I decided to speak my town dialect to an Oyo man, he won't have a clue about what I'm talking about until I interpret to him in central Yoruba language. My town is in Ondo state and we are Yoruba 💯. All Okun people identify as Yorubas but some trolls on NL that haven't been to Kogi West like to cause confusion.

Who are these disgruntled ones threatening. Vote your candidate in next election. Between now and 2027 is enough to get Nigeria better positioned with the pace current govt is going. By then the standard must have been set for Nigeria's economic growth no prevailing administration will ever want to act below.

All but point 13 on point...being introverted shouldn't be a barrier to achieving all.

Regional system of government was what the country started with. It at least Identified and suit our peculiar ethnic nationalities/differences while still in a country as Nigerians. The status quo was distrupted when some military leaders from a particular region toppled governance and proscribed Regionalism. On if we should balkanize the country, it will not come easy either like a roundtable agreement becouse same set of people from a region had opposed cessation clause in our constitution prior to independence.

9japride:
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The issue with Nigeria is just politics of religion.
Normally, the country was Joined together with people of different ideology of life.
It's best every region manage themselves. Some will prefer to live like Afghanistan and it's ok.
Even with our differences, a good and sincere leadership can manage the situation effectively. But, a lot of people will prefer their own tribes person who is incompetent to a better person of different tribe/religion.
In Israel, they have various religion, but they all come together to defend themselves.

You're right but the 2 countries can't just be compared like that...: Iseael is a high tech Nation, it is quite small in size and the citizens are mostly of same ethnicity...to say the least. If you justapose these to Nigeria you will understand better.

9japride:
All these rubbish can't happen in Israel. That's a country that value every living thing associated with the country.

If you read up on those who rejected secession clause in our constitution and those who proscribed regional system of govt., you will not blame others. Happy New Year...

EyeCumInPeace:
Germans, Spaniards, Italians, Portuguese, French, English, Swedes, Norwegians.... all have a country of their own.

Only in Africa you find different ethnic Nationalities forcefully coexisting together.

Danfos don't fall in the range of modern vehicles explained...

Komu1048:
Na danfo camera wan steel

Exactly...the govt should continue to disappoint them with many more achievements. It is their right to continue to hate, living in bitterness. Who gives a hoot about somecfaceless online trolls/pessimists...

Thunderfayamods:
You need to do something about your mental health.

Let them continue dwelling in pessimism. They are what they think. May God bless Nigeria and citizens who believe in her.

yarimo:
Bitter ones will soon come up with false narrations against this warri refinery again

God bless you for replying the fellow's uncouth remark with blessing. He could reject it just as country's current gains are denounced by him/them. Lols.

helinues:
God bless you

Happy new year in advance