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lanre80: |
nowpresence:Well, true, we have many attention seekers here. ![]() |
nowpresence:Omote, does someone with that kind of moniker deserve his vomit to dignified by your reply? |
Happy birthday your Majesty! Urhobo culture is very dope. One of the few places in Nigeria where authentic traditional culture is being preserved. very nice. |
IpobExposed:I guess the govt needs to enlighten people more about options. There are orphanages. We also need to look at our conservative and religious society and hypocrisy that flourishes in it. People are having sex, left, right & centre and we all know pregnancies will and result from it. Yet many parts of our society still hold on to "no child outside wedlock". If as a society we cannot rear kids to abstain till marriage and they have sex (or unsafe sex) and get pregnant, then we have all collectively failed in our duties. And we must accept it, try to do better and not stigmatize it because of cultural & religious reasons. But until then more like this will l happen. The recession won't help either. |
Onukube1:. The man is coward no doubt. But what was the woman's occupation before they got married? Did she learn hairdressing, tailoring, or educated to prepare herself for the future? Women cannot afford to see a man's wealth as the route to economic security these days. Female emancipation should go beyond "a man should be the provider" mentality. The West that our women quote when talking of freedom from oppression, the main reason women have more freedom is because they earn their own money and contribute to household finance, equally in many cases. |
Nigerian bankers generally know nothing about CS. Only in adverts they form friendly bank. The few friendly ones are so because of their own nature, not due to bank culture. A common problem in all sectors of Nigeria, from public to private. |
thesicilian: ![]() Why you wicked like this? ![]() |
Another one year of MMM, some state governors might have put the whole budget in it! ![]() |
adundayo:You are very correct sir. I know many too. Good thing is once done, it's done. Always on point to make hey while the sun shines. One can only do more God willing. It surely will be a good feeling looking back only a few years from now. ![]() |
Error111:Word! |
askibee:This may not be necessarily true. Perhaps she's just heeding the common advice that one should not deny the spouse sex. Or just fulfilling what she considers to be her marital duties. Op is clearly not happy about the situation. Believing that the attitudinal change he desires from her is not forthcoming. What if one day the OP finds a way to cater for his sexual urge outside with a hotter lady? Then the bedroom reconciliation modus operandi might become obsolete. What then? Marriage therapy might help the OP & wife. |
victorD3:Ol' boy I nor be Buhari fan, but this hustle don dey tey tey. |
fabfunmi:Good question. ![]() But after all his hustle, it is one young 9ja babe that will enjoy the fruits at long last. He might even upgrade from the "ma pe mi daddy" kids' mum to another level chikito. ![]() Na today? |
This man could have left power smelling of roses instead of lofinda. ![]() But he messed up and now going into exile. I can bet that he will eventually face justice some day. |
Na girl wey carry belle na im spoil. We yaff hearing you oredi oga Saka. ![]() |
OlaoChi:Regarding ethnic war, I have no problem with that. My SW people can huff & puff & swear a lot while claiming to be " a very respectful lot". I'm used to that already. The truth ultimately triumphs. Alake of Abeokuta came up with a reckless talk of hierarchy of Kings a while back and he was roundly rebuffed by Benin people. When a previous Alake overstepped his mark in Western House of Assembly, Ibadan, on January 7th 1952 with: On my right sits the Oni of Ife; On my left, the Leader of our Government, Obafemi Awolowo. The Voice of the West is complete. Oba Akenzua walked out and Mid-West Region followed 11 years later. So no be today. We do not just sit there & let people talk recklessly. Not even if they have the population of China! Benin never shied away from war proper let alone ethnic chest beating. Cowardice is not one of Benin traits. Blaming illiteracy is not the issue. Fact you cannot deny is that the person who begins to write things down first is the most likely to disseminate their own version. That is why ancient writers like Homer, Euripides, Plato, Euclid, Aristophanes, Sophocles, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Archimedes, Strabo, Plutarch, Tacitus, Pliny The Elder/Younger and others had such massive influence on the way the world was perceived philosophically, geographically, religiously, socially, scientifically and more for nearly 2000 years. Not because they were the only brilliant people or had the most correct versions. Versions that were not written down mostly died within the locality they were initially known in. Even plays by Shakespeare have had a lasting effect on how English society, royalty and more are still perceived till now. So do not underplay that advantage of early education. Now, my ancestry gives me a personal stake in this history/story, so I will proudly & vehemently defend what I believe is the truth. And I have done so for years. Both here online & in real life. You have just resorted to pettiness. Question: Because people use various versions like Oodua, O'odua, Ododuwa, Oduduwa, does it make the person fake or fictitious? Or Oranyan/ Oranmiyan suddenly make that man fictitious? ![]() I would have taken the Oke-Ora version seriously if it wasn't just a later one of many versions. Another one may come up yet. ![]() You need not remind me of the oriki, since it is basically what I heard daily in the morning growing up. Sorry you hate hearing personal links with it. ![]() Oriki is not strictly necessarily constant. It is more or less poetry. It depends on the erudition, skills & knowledge of the person calling it. Can you say boldly that you know the full oriki of the Oba? Even I do not know my full oriki that derives from same Odua/Oranmiyan/Eweka I as the Oba's. Hardly any two versions I heard from different elderly women were same. Copying & pasting bits from online is nothing really. ![]() |
adundayo:Smile @ bolded. ![]() Congrats Odunayo. Very nice job. Soup wey sweet na money kill am. ![]() I do not want to sound bad belle o. But most of us are a bit "guilty" of over-building in 9ja. ![]() Having used too much money on projects in 9ja in the past, I look back now and ask if I really needed to do all that fancy stuff. All rooms en-suite, pillars, designs, etc. Stuff that created ample avenue for some to siphon. Especially people like us in diaspora that will probably spend less than 2 months a year in such houses. I'm now a convert to simple, streamline and functional stuff. Maybe age is just catching up with me these days. ![]() |
lionofafrica:From your assertion, it is obvious you believe all these gists you read in blogs. The matter between the current Oba & Isekhure is not new. But Oba Erediauwa was able to keep it in check over the last few years. It has little to do with APC/PDP kind of politics. If anything, one would expect Oba Ewuare to have a soft spot for PDP. His ambassadorial appointments in Africa & several European countries were during PDP years. As an ambassador, he was also outside Nigeria during much of our current political period until a few years back. Not to mention the political neutrality he had and has to be seen to demonstrate. Now a bit of history: The suspended Isekhure descends from one of the ancient relatives of the Oba. From Oranmiyan time. The ancestor of the current Isekhure was Chief Ihama of Benin. Ihama (Head of Ihogbe Palace Society/Department) is till today a high chief of Benin and senior to Isekhure. Ihogbe is the Palace department in charge of many private aspects & rituals of the Royal Household. Including royal funeral. They were very privileged in Imperial times being Oba's relatives. They are the family the Oba calls upon when family things have to be done. Isekhure is one of the senior chiefs within this palace department. Isekhure title/position only came about 800 years ago because the Ihama at that time was old and frail and his palace was faraway from Oba's palace. Crossing rivers and walking long distances to perform rituals whenever the Oba needed him (quite often then) was becoming very difficult. So Oba Ewedo (great grandson of Oranmiyan) instructed him to nominate one of his sons and send him to live near Oba's Palace in Benin proper and perform Ihama's duties as chief priest on his behalf. It was just for expediency & practicality. With time Isekhure became a permanent position, but still generally under Ihama's lead in the department. With time, Isekhure became leader the Ihogbe group that near Oba's palace (within Benin City proper). I guess this leadership of a section of Ihogbe must have made Isekhure assume he's overall senior chief of Ihogbe. But history is very clear on this. The current Isekhure is alleged to be claiming seniority over certain chiefs that is traditionally not the case. Worse still, he's alleged to be claiming Leadership of the Royal Family. This discussion has been on among Ihogbe people for sometime. What happened now is no surprise. With influence, wealth & privilege, it is only normal that humans begin to feel too important and want more of everything. It is lesson in human nature. |
Lol. |
Pics please. |
So this MMM thing is true fa? I thought it was all a joke ![]() So you mean people actually put money in MMM, even kids' school fees & house rent? Very funny. ![]() |
OlaoChi:Well, the non-Benin historians you mentioned probably went to University of Ibadan or Ife or maybe Lagos. If not, they probably just followed the history books written by mostly Yoruba people, not out of genuine original research. Take for example: it took me reading about 10 different books on Napoleon Bonaparte to get a more balanced view. Those books mostly written by British writers (and partly Oxbridge-educated Americans/Australian/NZlander) largely cast him as a villain. Those written by French writers see him as a hero. But those written by Swiss, Dutch, German & Scandinavian writers provided interesting details that both the anglophone & francophone writers omitted when it didn't suite the narrative they want to put forward. Izoduwa/Imadoduwa are synonymous, so no controversy there. This matter of oriki is over-hyped. Every Benin person has an oriki. I have thoroughly explained it before. You're praised by your oriki every morning when you greet your elders. Benin do not greet elders "good morning/afternoon/evening.....Ekaro/ekasan...etc". You greet according to your family lineage and the virtues of your ancestors are extolled in your oriki. My humble self and thousands more who descend from Oba Eweka I basically have the same lineage oriki like the Oba. The Oba has additional regnal oriki when he ascends the thrown. Descendants of Chief Ero (Duke & Keeper of North-Western City gate) have theirs, of Chief Ezomo...Field Commander of the Royal Army have theirs, of Elawure (Duke of Usen) and more have theirs. QEII of England has Oriki & she does not descend from Oduduwa. ![]() Your lineage, history and ancestry are encapsulated in your morning greeting. History lives & breaths in Benin. Not something you can just wake up one day & make up. How can it be new when I heard same history consistently from people born around 1875? People who were over 100 years old in 1985 & were already in their 40s and more when WW1 broke out in 1914? British people's refusal to build schools in Benin did Benin people a lot of disadvantage. They feared that Ovonramwen having been exiled to Calabar not long ago, and anger in Benin, educating Benin people would create an educated class that would cause the British much trouble. They had learned from the struggle of those Africans educated at Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone & Lagos schools against the British. Those who founded Local Newspapers & were to found political parties later on. The British officers noted that in their memos to Whitehall/Govt in London. They/the British even refused Benin communities like Oghada that wanted to build & fund schools for their kids by themselves. Those communities were quite financially buoyant from booming latex rubber tapping & trade. SW used that early educational advantage to write down whatever they wanted. When Benin people now came forward to correct those errors, SW now claim that Benin version is new. Look, my ancestry shows clear descent from Ododuwa. I wonder if even you can tell us exactly how you descend from Ododuwa. Because NOT all Yoruba people descend biologically from him. Spiritual/political ancestor of all Yorubas I agree. Ododuwa lived less than 1000 years ago. Yoruba people have been in current SW area with movements now & then for about 5000 years. I wonder why you think you are more open-minded than me. Very funny. Aside ancient Ododuwa, my other relative in more recent history is a first class Oba in Eastern Yorubaland. Just so that you know. I write my epistles for the benefit of many out there who quietly read it and learn. |
timmycris:Where did this come from? Your Maths no add up. ![]() |
OlaoChi:Correction. Maybe some Yoruba or Yoruba-influenced historians. What would you expect in a country where propaganda, bigotry & tribalism reign supreme, where truth has no place? Just like no Benin or Benin-influenced historians take no Desert/Middle East or Oke-Ora version seriously. Well, I guess my SW people finally realised just how flawed and ridiculous the Middle East story sounds and had to come up with another story. ![]() The new version is at least better but they should have made up their mind on which version to tell the world earlier. Still it does not make it any more credible. SW trying to use numerical advantage and early advantage of Western education too try to dictate history clearly does not wash. Just because they can sell their Brazillian/Cuban ex-slave diaspora fictitious stories does not authenticate it. Benin has no ex-slave diaspora (were never conquered by slave traders and never sold themselves into slavery) to have to brainwash. Benin story is pretty intact and consistent and do not have to invent various versions hoping that historians will finally take one seriously. ![]() |
TinaAnita:Charge & bail dem, bah? ![]() Well, we do not know the severity of the injury inflicted. Stabbing a person in his line of work (however mean those guys can be) cannot be justified with "provocation". As a woman, she might get away with it. |
Na wa o. She could easily have turned murder if stabbed in the wrong body part. There is much frustration in the land. Many eyes are seriously red. But we're playing politics rather than face reality. ![]() |
manutdadex:Well, for your information, people actually take their time to analyse statistics. I almost fell for "he makes only back passes" yarn online. Considering how many people (including Nigerians) kept saying it. Until the day one pundit pulled out the figures. The vast majority of his passes were either forward or sideways. NOT BACKWARD. The ratio of games won while he played was most impressive. Look, you cannot compare the careers of Europeans who were developed in their own country, played mostly in one club and had maybe 16 years to establish themselves at their club. Africans often have to embark on Israelite journey to get a chance in a foreign environment/Culture. Imagine how Okocha would be rated today if he was a Dutch, German, French, Italian or Spanish player who began his career at Barca, Bayern Munich, ManU, PSG, Juventus or some other top European side. One has to applaud Mikel's discipline to do the job he was given. Even when he had to do it against his natural offensive instinct. . |
SEKUNDA:Mikel's game changed from offensive midfield to defensive midfield under Mourinho's first coming at Chelsea and he came to specialize in it. Many players change position in the course of early football career. He might never have achieved quite as much or stayed that long at Chelsea if not that he had the dirty defensive job to do. While his position wasn't glamorous or scoring goals like Messi, he held his own in his position, did all the hard/dirty work in defense and won an awful lot of trophies doing so. Statistics in all the games he played clearly show his efficiency. His best performance coming in CL semifinal against Barca. Carragher that was Steve Gerard strapped to his back like a baby to achieve modest success should just keep quiet. Were he an African player, he'd be lucky to have played for High Weycombe Wonderers FC. ![]() |
RIP |
emmasege:There is nothing new here. The argument is not about Oba of Benin being descendant of Oduduwa through Oranmiyan. Nobody in Benin has ever disputed that. We have thrashed this matter over the years here on NL. Including during coronations of Ooni & Oba of Benin in the last few years. The matter is that in Benin history, Oduduwa himself was an exiled Benin Prince called Ekaladerhan. Benin do not believe Oduduwa wandering from Arabia/Egypt/Sudan or even Israel as various Yoruba sources assert. ![]() Another person that came with Oranmiyan from Ife is Oloton. Chief Oloton today is the keeper of royal ancestral shrine in Benin. I think some of our SW people are sometimes too obsessed with claim that Benin people deny any relationship with Oduduwa that they do not actually even analyse what Benin people say about their history. I think attempt at political tribal/numerical supremacy is what some of you really demonstrate. What irks many Benin people even more is some reckless utterance by some SW people that Benin people are descended from Yoruba. Even though philological and anthropological studies clearly prove otherwise. Nothing new about a foreign raised prince taking courtiers from home with him if going to become King in another land. It abounds in history since antiquity. Whether it is Ptolemy I Soter (and other Alexandrian diodochi/successors) from Macedon becoming Pharaoh of Egypt, William of Normandy becoming King of England, Prince Iginiwuwa of Benin becoming Ogiame of Warri, Prince Ado becoming Eleko of Lagos, Austrian Prince Ferdinand Maximilian becoming Emperor of Mexico and so on. All went with courtiers from their homeland. Benin people's culture, traditions and sense of history are too strong that not even America, or EU can impose any version of history on Benin. |
Billyonaire:The Oba can suspend anybody/any chief even if he's the chief priest if he goes against the tradition. In any case such duties attached to a position that is occupied traditionally by royal relatives can revert to another chief within the class of royal relatives (Ihogbe). It is even much easier in this case because those duties were once performed by Chief Ihama of Benin. He can retain the title nominally. Traditions and antecedents are there to follow. Even though detractors would relish a crisis, there is none over such a suspension. He will have to go and beg for forgiveness and if the Oba wishes, he can forgive him. QED. |
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