₦airaland Forum

Somebody needs to resign after apologising.

spiralwedge:
I have given you a hint, you can now read up history by yourself.

History has no fan of no one, and truth is unfair to nobody.

Ogun State was created in 1976 during which Obasanjo- also from Abeokuta area of Ogun State- was Nigeria`s Military Head of State. The Panel that was set up to recommend where the capital of Ogun State should be located recommended Sagamu as the best place for the capital. Sagamu is nearer Ijebu Ode than Abeokuta. What happened next was that the Awujale of Ijebuland made it clear that Sagamu would become Ogun State capital over his dead body. Awujale`s problem with Sagamu was that the Akarigbo of Ijebu Remo had not been given Awujale enough respect, that was the opportunity that Obasanjo seized to take the capital of Ogun State to Abeokuta. So the crying Awujale today only has himself to blame because it`s the prestige of state capital that is making Alake more popular than him. If Awujale had not objected the location of the capital a stone`s throw from Ijebu-Ode, Obasanjo would have accepted it as recommended. Awo had to be indifferent because one of his parents was from Abeokuta while the other was from Ikenne, not very far from Sagamu.
In fact, each time I look at what happened in this area around that time, I become convinced that Nigeria`s problem is deeper than some tribalists tend to portray it. Before this location tussle about Sagamu, Akarigbo was called Akarigbo of Ijebu Remo. As a result of what happened between them, the people of Sagamu and Ijebu Remo removed Ijebu from their title and call their Oba Akarigbo of Remoland and it has remained so till today

spiralwedge:
That was OBJ's grand plan.
He did that to spite Awo. The Awujale rightly placed the Alake.

I`m not a fan of Obasanjo, but can you tell the whole story fairly?

AreaFada2:
I think it's the issue of young age and not being prepared to be King from birth. It all came suddenly.

He has to learn on the job.

This supremacy talk should have been quelled right from the beginning by a more experienced Ooni.

The politics and diplomacy of kingship are very important skills.

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What is happening now is that some people believe that younger generation has to take over everything, well the consequences are already upon us.
We shouldn`t forget that this ego trip was started by Alake who thought he needed to categorise Obas in Yorubaland. So any attempt at damage limitation by Ooni is going to contradict what Alake has said. Really, the Obas that were degraded most by that categorisation are not the ones fighting back now because the implication of that categorisation is that Oyekan of Lagos, Olubadan of Ibadan, Owa-Obokun of Ijeshaland, Ataoja of Osogbo,Deji of Akure, Akarigbo of Ijebu Remo and Co are not that important in Yorubaland. Once you say that directly or indirectly, some of them are going to call your bluff. Interestingly, it`s not one of them that has gone public, so we haven`t heard the last of this non-sense
This was what was happening before the emergence of Pa Awo who managed to unite Yorubaland, but there is no Awo around anymore and the institution of kingship has gone cash and carry. Just like our military generals, you have Obas who can`t handle any difficult situation. I was thinking that you need to learn certain skills before you can become an Oba, one of which should be the ability to handle difficult situation/question carefully.
The one they call the new Ooni of Ife today is not just happy to marry a career divorcee, he has described himself as a christian, and that is the person that is going to be the custodian of the culture and religion of Yorubaland. Maybe he is too young to know the difference between being Mayor of Jerusalem and the Ooni of Ife. Too many rubbish kings around

danieloy4:
Pls ma fellow brethren i take God beg you, if you come across this address anytime, just ignore. This nameless company no be GNLD o,these ones are professional confirm scammers,so highly organized in the name of recruiting unemployed graduates. They are located in Victoria Island beside GTB bank at that adress in the screenshot,their office is in this eleganza complex,down floor. So you can imagine if a group of people can rent out a huge space like that in that opulent location,my fellow i think its high time we also start doing more research before we go for any interviews cos there is no how you would be told you have an interview on the island and you wouldnt expect it to be genuine cos e b lyk say most of them now believe Island is the main deal now

Dont want to go into the ordeal some of my friends went through today in their hands but for the ones who would say until i see for myself before i believe, well just make sure say you carry your 45k along for the so called training on customer service before you would be placed on 150k salary at any company of your choice,but if you no get dt amount,you fit pay any amount to start even if na 1k(You guys knw na say naso God dey take catch them once they tell you to pay any amount)

And dont even bother carrying your fone along cos you cant use it and you must not talk to anyone and you cant go tru the same way you came in of which sef them go even follow you reach gate so u don't tell others to show you how foolish they are.

Learnt that they just moved from the mainland in less than a month and naso them dey do from one place to another and naso innocent people they troop in daily to their office to be scammed.

Pls lets help others by exposing all these fraudulent agents,GNLD, recruiting exercises cos shey as tins dey tight reach for this country na that time people are looking for how to collect from their pockets cos i knw say the Innocent ones sometimes fall victims.

Pls share your experiences with others,dont keep quiet,lets save others from scam especially those not in lagos,living far away to save them the stress.

Imagine an old man came all the way from Ogun state since yesterday evening, slept in an open place only to be attended to today and told to pay 45k again, Can u imagine, na God go punish those people o.

Nobody has a right to demand money from you in other to get a job.

And i pray none of us would fall victim IJN

Did you report this to the police?

erosimo:
U guys will just come online nd say rubbish. Do u have any fact to what u said?

You asking me this tells me I shouldn`t waste my time with you.

Nigerians are funny. America claimed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. So when does America become a credible source of anything? The military Industrial complex needs government money and that can only be approved by the Congress, so US generals making claims should not surprise anyone. They always see threats, even when none exists

Which one of them didn`t sell their children to the white man for over 300 years? Let that one in Yorubaland stand up, then I would begin to respect you and take you seriously
When it was profitable for the last Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuade said he was Ooni of Ile Ife not Ooni of Yorubaland; that was during the June 12 struggle when he wanted contract from Abacha. So only those that are stupid would be taking this lot seriously

You soldiers don`t need to explain; we all know about your cave mentality

bettercreature:
Cheated death? He must be prosecuted and jailed if he is still alive.We have to start doing the right thing in this country

You are like our president, always punishing the powerless little man

FRSC needs to be sued for not preventing him from over-speeding.

janellemonae:
Na today? As if we don't know sarakis antics. I won't even be surprised if d father(daughter) vs son fight was a whole family conspiracy so DT they cld have a representative in both PDP and APC - so DT whichever one enters as ruling party they will kp ruling kwara state. Saraki d 'agbari' man.

Truly like father like son.

Spot on

You don`t have to be religious to know that there is more to our lives than meet the eye. Therefore, a day like this makes it necessary to give thanks to God for all the Nigerians that didn`t just go abroad, but understand the world. My happiest moments come when I read those Nigerians here calling it the way it is. Sadly, if we talk percentages, only 1% of Nigerians fall into this category.
The Mail Group, The Telegraph and The Sun of London never have anything good to say about Nigeria and Nigerians, but this time around, the Mail Newspaper is serialising a book written by one of them. So this is more about the need to demonise a pro-Europe Tony Blair that Daily Mail has always seen as corrupt and greedy than deliberately present a Nigerian leader in good light
It`s nice because the only thing our people trust and believe is what comes from the white man, so is good that what we have been saying since joining Nairaland are being confirmed
The picture of Buhari that was portrayed in this piece is that of the man we all knew in his first coming in the 80s. However, I said when he went to meet his G7 in Germany with what he called his shopping list that, he had committed a serious blunder. The rest is history
Let me use this opportunity to tell all young students of Government and Politics two things
The West has been using the mass media for the demonisation of Africa for centuries. Nigeria and Nigerians are the worst hit. Until you live abroad you can`t believe this, but to the white man, the mass media is an instrument of war, and they have been able to win that war. Mention Nigeria and make sure crime, dishonesty and corruption is all that you talk about. Do that for 50 years, what you get is a hated and endangered entity. Now, what should have been the reaction of the continent or country treated like this? That is the question I want the younger ones to go and think about.
The second issue is going to define the Nigeria of the future. I said it on the day Buhari was sworn in that, what Buhari is going to do for Nigeria is not what Nigerians are thinking. As at that time, I didn`t know that Buhari would be this disappointing. What I thought was that we would get the Buhari of the 80s, so by the time he left office, Nigerians would be saying, Nigeria has been run by a true leader, but yet we have nothing to show for democracy. Before Buhari, no-one had been President in Nigeria that you can call a natural born leader, so Nigerians have every reason to believe that bad leaders are the problem. With Buhari, Nigerians would have seen that, the problem is not necessarily about leadership. For the first time in the history of this country, the intelligent ones among us would begin to question the full meaning of democracy. To help those that are younger than me, I say that there is nothing call democracy. what the West want through what they call democracy is the stabilization of your country for western exploitation. What that means is that, you have acceptable democracy if every segment of the society is corrupt, people are dying from hunger, elections are never free,security is nowhere to be found, but notwithstanding all of the above your president is handing over the economy to the west- through privatization and liberalization- and legalizing gay marriage. As long as the president is doing the last two, the West would describe you as a democratic government. So democracy is not the same as good government.
Young and old need to start to use our brain to think about what additions and substractions African countries have to make before we can have good government. That is the job after Buhari. May God protect the few chosen ones that would do this unique job for Nigeria.
I think I would be going on holiday for one or two days. Peace

maakano:
He look innocent as a boy but he grew up to become a crimeeenar.

Like father like son. I`m surprised guys only found where his dad called himself Fulani, because he changed ethnicity according to the opportunity on offer. Whenever there was an opportunity in Yorubaland, Olusola Saraki would become a Yoruba man. The following year, he would be fulani. Three years further down he would be fighting somebody for speakership in Enugu. I was a nosy kid all this time, but I can`t forget Bukola Saraki`s dad being a butt of jokes among the elders. Nice to see that Olusola Saraki`s son is as criminal as his dad. All you need to be successful in Nigeria is to be born into one of these criminal families.

Shehucom:
My point is, you guys jump into unnecessary conclusion just to satisfy biased sentiment

Please stop holding brief for people that are doing the wrong thing regardless of religion or ethnicity. Hasn`t this Sultan married a teenager before? Please let`s be objective. How can you lead traditionally or religiuosly if you are morally and sexually dogdy? If you can`t show discipline when dealing with women, then you can`t lead. Girls disappearing only to appear inside Sultan`s palace, and you said that is no kidnap or paedophilia; it`s a relationship between two consenting adults. Really?

Shehucom:
What happened to Ese Oruru is something that
happens every other time in cities and villages
of south south, young girls of secondary school
age moving into men's house without their
parents' consent. They don't tell them they are
too young. The only thing they tell them is: "you
can go to anywhere you want but no bring belle
come my house" (lolz). If Ese Oruru was to be
'abducted' by one peter or James and taken for
honeymoon in sambisa forest, we won't get
public outrage. All you'll hear is, 'that is the
power of love' and it only ends as another tale
of two lovers who fell in love and nollywood will
be there to release part one to five. And
activists will be there to bark 'its her choice'.
While we expect that she is returned to her
parents soon, i hope our human rights activists
will also be there to protect her choice and
rights of being a muslim while she is in Bayelsa.
I hope they will also voice for her when she is
18 and expresses her interest to return to her
'husband' in kano.
@activists: always maintain balance in your
quest for justice and fairness to all.
@activists : stand up against evils happening
within your immediate community and not
always waiting to bark when 'outsiders' commit
those evils against 'your own'. Charity begins at
home.
@journalists : be balanced in your reports and
stop the hypocrisy ;even when you heard the
audio recording of the girl, you kept reporting
that she was kidnapped, abducted, forcefully
converted and forcefully married off
@general public : learn to be a JUDGE, every
good judge will always listen to BOTH parties
before taking a stance.

Are you a paedophile? If not, why excusing it?

I was thinking that only Swaziland has paedophile king, now I know better

Problem is, Ohanaeze cannot win against Kalu; doesn`t matter who is right or wrong

With bribery and corruption, nothing is impossible

Niyinficient:
Bias reporting and media imperialism: the bane of third world and developing countries.

Don`t forget that those in government here are not complaining. In fact, they are happy that Oyinbo man is taking pictures in their country.

Those who have NOTHING would do whatever they have to do to survive. We can continue with the holier-than-thou sermon, especially if you are one of those that believe in casino capitalism that destroys and disown society. Not until we can look beyond human beings like this and begin to look at politicians that accummulate wealth for personal use, shall we be closer to an ideal society. Society gets from its people what society gives to its people. Here we are, expecting humanity from those that we have abandoned from birth, it doesn`t work like that.

marvelck:
Is it true that in Naija, if a guy shows his girlfriend too much love, she's bound to misbehave?

There is nothing Nigerian about this

Poor girls, unlucky to be born in a country where only losers lead

Amaju Pinnick Must Go. You have done enough damage to our football. You look like slave, you talk like slave, you walk like slave, but most importantly, you administer football like a slave. You never played football before, yet you think you know better than Keshi and Oliseh. Please resign before it`s too late. How dare you try to play on our intelligence? You are a bad and corrupt leader trying to cover up your mediocrity by saying all this nonsense. Once again Amaju Pinnick Must Go. NOW!!!!!

MonPro:
You are Never going to get their, you can hope till thy kingdom come but God gave you the chance, you wasted it. God has taken back his blessing and have rightfully cursed you with fall in Oil prices. Cry from now till tommorow it won't change a thing. It never did for the past 100 years, it won't for the forseeable future.

Past 100 years? How do you mean? In the 70s our naira had more value than the dollar and every western country, especially the UK would give Nigerians red-carpet treatment whenever our parents went shopping there- which should tell you how baseless your assertions are.

kestolove95:
Forgt dat country it has been personal bless by God and dey strictly adhere to qur'an inductions..so Allah love dem for dat

As a woman would you feel blessed if you are not allowed to drive a car on your own? Trust me, if Nigeria is a nation of 30 million people producing almost 10 million barrels of oil per day, we would be doing better than we are today. By the way, regardless of the imperfections, we elect our leaders regularly, something many Saudis are desperate to have, See... it`s not all doom and gloom.

We are talking Boko Haram and the most senior military officer guilty of something is a Yoruba man. Come on Nigerians, we can do better than this

Nice one

emekamn:
why not an indeginous firm of charterred accountant? Let's go local 100%. Seems people who preach to us about paradice don't believe in it.

Don`t make me laugh, saying this in a country that was and still being built by Julius Berger. We don`t do indigenous in Nigeria; our brain cells are too defective for that. You will continue to get the type of bull-shit you are reading here when the truth is out there and known by virtually everybody