₦airaland Forum

Flangelo12:
Did they achieve their aim?

Their aim was to destroy and steal Syrian oil and mission is accomplished.

Corridon:
Just look at her wrinkled and worn out evil face. A malnourished sickle cell patient. Jailing her for ten years won't be a bad idea.

Don't worry your face go wrinkle pass her own when you reach her age na. Remember time and age do not favor beauty. Pray to reach her age Oga.

NaijaNaWaa:
He don play enter Abike Dabiri hand.

wetin concern Abike Dabiri for here na?
Na she send him.?

GODISGREAT123:
We are borrowing money because Tinubu is a first class graduate of accounting

You can't understand Sir

How do you know? Is he your classmate?

Malami does not have conscience and the fear of God. Oga Malami, please answer these questions. Where are you going with all these?
Where did you get all this money in less than eight years?
Where are your industries?
How many cases did you do and how much were you paid since you started practicing law?
Fear your creator as you will account for a single kobo on the day of reckoning.
Haba this is too much na.
And you still want to become the governor of Kebbi in 2027 and some gullible people are encouraging him. Chai, how did we get here, Nigerians😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Emu4life:
Alh Alinko, abeg consider Steel Industry nah.

I take God beg you..

Make government finish the ones they abandoned all over the country na.

WizardOfNG:
Well, the fact many know you Obidients are very dishonest, lack conscience and a healthy fear of God means most Nigerians are never surprised by your fake news, propaganda and desperate lies.

Oga where did you read that APC conduct mock burial for Wale Edun in the writeup? You must be nuts. Simple English you can not read. The post said staff of the ministry. This is how dafts like you shift the narrative to suit your pay masters just for peanuts. Please go back to primary school to learn how to read. Nonsense 😡

The dude started crying like a baby after his humiliating defeat by Oba Femi🤣🤣🤣🤣

A medical doctor and health advocate, Dr. Jamila Aliyu Dikko, has issued a strong warning against the habitual use of incense, describing it as “very dangerous” due to the harmful chemicals released when burned.

In a viral video clip from her show, Dr. Dikko explained that most incense sticks are coated with synthetic perfumes containing phthalates, parabens, and other toxic substances. When burned, these produce smoke that damages lung cells over time — an effect she compared to smoking, or even worse because of the high concentration of smoke many users inhale directly.

“Smoke is never good for the lungs, whether it smells nice or smells bad,” she said. “Inhaling smoke into your lungs is definitely going to damage your cells. And if you do that over time, yep, it’s as good as smoking.”

Dr. Dikko revealed she has heard of at least three or four cases of women in Northern Nigeria who developed lung cancer without ever smoking. In one case, doctors initially insisted the patient must have smoked, only to discover she was a heavy, habitual incense user who “bathed” herself in the smoke several times a day.

She also highlighted benzene, a known carcinogen released in the smoke, as a major concern.

Dr. Dikko advised that if incense must be used, it should be burned in an empty room and the space aired out thoroughly before returning. She recommended using essential oil diffusers instead for a safer, healthier way to fragrance the home. Watch the video in the comment section.

This image shows a photograph of Alhaja Simbiat Atinuke Abiola, the first wife of the prominent Nigerian businessman and politician Chief M.K.O. Abiola, alongside her husband.
Alhaja Simbiat Atinuke Abiola was a respected industrialist and entrepreneur in her own right, known for her quiet strength and devotion to her family.
She passed away on November 10, 1992, after a brief illness.
The text in the image lists her birth date as May 2, 1938, and her passing date as October 11, 1992, which differs slightly from the widely reported date of November 10, 1992.
She is remembered for her generosity, including a significant donation to Egypt after the 1992 earthquake, which led to a school being named in her honor in Cairo.
Her memory is often honored through family commemorations and religious gatherings.

bandad:
Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return 😭💔
Today, my heart is filled with pain and deep sorrow… I ask, for the sake of Allah, what was the fault of this child? What sin did he commit to deserve such ظلم (injustice)?
Truly, there are people who have already sold their hereafter while still in this world. They have chosen Hell over Paradise… Subhanallah! 😔
Whoever commits such a terrible act should reflect on their heart, because such evil can only come from a heart devoid of faith.
May Allah protect us from falling into such a state, have mercy on us, and preserve our faith. 🤲

What! The heart of man is wicked o 😭😭😭

Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return 😭💔
Today, my heart is filled with pain and deep sorrow… I ask, for the sake of Allah, what was the fault of this child? What sin did he commit to deserve such ظلم (injustice)?
Truly, there are people who have already sold their hereafter while still in this world. They have chosen Hell over Paradise… Subhanallah! 😔
Whoever commits such a terrible act should reflect on their heart, because such evil can only come from a heart devoid of faith.
May Allah protect us from falling into such a state, have mercy on us, and preserve our faith. 🤲

bandad:
Ordinarily, my attitude to this insidious move by the incumbent Governor of Kwara State to initiate a case of criminal liability against me in the unfortunate incident of armed robbery which happened in Offa community eight years ago should be to shrug it off and say that we will meet in court since I know I have nothing to do with the incident or any other crime for that matter.

However, I have been inundated with calls from many well-meaning Nigerians who were surprised by this turn of events. Thus, for the benefit of the general public, let me categorically state that I have nothing to do directly or indirectly with any case of armed robbery or any criminal matter, whatsoever. The Offa robbery incident was designed under the Buhari administration with the connivance of some individuals from Kwara State as an instrument of blackmail to seize political power from our group in 2019.

The case was investigated by the police team from the office of the Inspector General of Police. However, following the investigation, in two separate legal advices dated June 22nd, 2018, and August 23rd, 2018, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) stated that there was no evidence directly or indirectly linking me to the robbery incident.

The DPP in his first legal advice stated that “For the Senate President and the Kwara State Governor, this office is unable to establish from the evidence in the interim report a nexus between the alleged offence and the suspects”. In a second report, the DPP stated that “With regards to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, since there is no departure from the earlier findings in the interim report, this office is still unable to establish any prima facie case against him for any offences of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide”.

Based on the DPP’s advice, four suspects were charged in court by the Kwara State Government. They were convicted at the trial court and the conviction was upheld by the appellate court. The matter is now before the Supreme Court.

Suddenly, the governor woke up after I granted my interview to Channels TV where I commented on the insecurity in the state and thought he could resurrect these baseless charges against his two predecessors. I noticed that in his propaganda plan to circulate his frivolous charges and other skewed documents as paid advertisements in the national newspapers, even before serving the defendants, he intentionally hid the DPP reports and other documents which put a lie to the charade he is perpetuating. These are deliberate efforts to mislead the media and induce them to give purchased publicity to the frame-up.

Therefore, I am under no illusion that this case was a frivolous move and an abuse of court process to embarrass my person. My legal team will definitely meet this governor in court. I believe that Abdulrahman just feels that he could still use this case to harass and defame my person by abusing the judicial process. He had tried to induce the families of the victims to initiate civil litigations against the other respondents and me, but he seemed not to be making progress with that mischievous effort because the families backed out.

I need to remind him that this vicious attack on my reputation because he enjoys the immunity of a governor is a huge joke on him. A sitting governor who is accusing his two immediate predecessors of armed robbery is only making a mockery of the institution. He is only taking the governorship of our dear state to the gutter. This is an example of dirty politics taken too far and too low. He ought to know that nobody at the national or state level is buying his claim. He is the butt of a crude joke. Many of those involved in the plot to blackmail me with the Offa robbery case have since faced the judgments of the law of karma. I do not doubt that this governor will end up the same way.

One would have thought that a governor whose state has lost over 400 lives to banditry between January 2025 and March 2026, with over 100 others kidnapped in the worst cases of insecurity since its creation, would concentrate efforts and focus attention on taming the menace by getting the bandits arrested to face justice. No. He is fixated on filing frivolous and politically motivated charges against his predecessors. This shows the dark mindset of the man who is the governor of Kwara State today. A man who emphasises dirty politics over development and security of lives and properties of the citizenry. He started working on this plot immediately after my interview on Channels TV where I flayed his lack of capacity in tackling the security crisis in the state. He thought this case would erase his record as the governor with the worst cases of insecurity under his watch in the state's history. It is an unenviable record he has sustained by his lack of capacity and ability to tackle serious issues of the state.

This is a mere act of a desperate politician who is losing control in his party and knows that his days in governance are numbered. It is the reason why Nigerians should always take into consideration the level of education of those we elect into office. For a man who never completed secondary school education, it is difficult for him to appreciate the issues involved in any matter. His level of education is definitely affecting his judgment.

Let me however reiterate my unflinching belief and confidence in the ability of the judiciary to give justice at all times and to all categories of persons, no matter who their accusers are and whatever the motivation is. I believe the judiciary will always sort out the chaff from the wheat in the various cases before it. My legal team have been fully briefed and I know this case against me will collapse like a pack of cards.

Oga Razak wetin be this again na. You don finish arresting and prosecuting bandits killing and kidnapping your people? Nonsense 😡

Ordinarily, my attitude to this insidious move by the incumbent Governor of Kwara State to initiate a case of criminal liability against me in the unfortunate incident of armed robbery which happened in Offa community eight years ago should be to shrug it off and say that we will meet in court since I know I have nothing to do with the incident or any other crime for that matter.

However, I have been inundated with calls from many well-meaning Nigerians who were surprised by this turn of events. Thus, for the benefit of the general public, let me categorically state that I have nothing to do directly or indirectly with any case of armed robbery or any criminal matter, whatsoever. The Offa robbery incident was designed under the Buhari administration with the connivance of some individuals from Kwara State as an instrument of blackmail to seize political power from our group in 2019.

The case was investigated by the police team from the office of the Inspector General of Police. However, following the investigation, in two separate legal advices dated June 22nd, 2018, and August 23rd, 2018, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) stated that there was no evidence directly or indirectly linking me to the robbery incident.

The DPP in his first legal advice stated that “For the Senate President and the Kwara State Governor, this office is unable to establish from the evidence in the interim report a nexus between the alleged offence and the suspects”. In a second report, the DPP stated that “With regards to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, since there is no departure from the earlier findings in the interim report, this office is still unable to establish any prima facie case against him for any offences of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide”.

Based on the DPP’s advice, four suspects were charged in court by the Kwara State Government. They were convicted at the trial court and the conviction was upheld by the appellate court. The matter is now before the Supreme Court.

Suddenly, the governor woke up after I granted my interview to Channels TV where I commented on the insecurity in the state and thought he could resurrect these baseless charges against his two predecessors. I noticed that in his propaganda plan to circulate his frivolous charges and other skewed documents as paid advertisements in the national newspapers, even before serving the defendants, he intentionally hid the DPP reports and other documents which put a lie to the charade he is perpetuating. These are deliberate efforts to mislead the media and induce them to give purchased publicity to the frame-up.

Therefore, I am under no illusion that this case was a frivolous move and an abuse of court process to embarrass my person. My legal team will definitely meet this governor in court. I believe that Abdulrahman just feels that he could still use this case to harass and defame my person by abusing the judicial process. He had tried to induce the families of the victims to initiate civil litigations against the other respondents and me, but he seemed not to be making progress with that mischievous effort because the families backed out.

I need to remind him that this vicious attack on my reputation because he enjoys the immunity of a governor is a huge joke on him. A sitting governor who is accusing his two immediate predecessors of armed robbery is only making a mockery of the institution. He is only taking the governorship of our dear state to the gutter. This is an example of dirty politics taken too far and too low. He ought to know that nobody at the national or state level is buying his claim. He is the butt of a crude joke. Many of those involved in the plot to blackmail me with the Offa robbery case have since faced the judgments of the law of karma. I do not doubt that this governor will end up the same way.

One would have thought that a governor whose state has lost over 400 lives to banditry between January 2025 and March 2026, with over 100 others kidnapped in the worst cases of insecurity since its creation, would concentrate efforts and focus attention on taming the menace by getting the bandits arrested to face justice. No. He is fixated on filing frivolous and politically motivated charges against his predecessors. This shows the dark mindset of the man who is the governor of Kwara State today. A man who emphasises dirty politics over development and security of lives and properties of the citizenry. He started working on this plot immediately after my interview on Channels TV where I flayed his lack of capacity in tackling the security crisis in the state. He thought this case would erase his record as the governor with the worst cases of insecurity under his watch in the state's history. It is an unenviable record he has sustained by his lack of capacity and ability to tackle serious issues of the state.

This is a mere act of a desperate politician who is losing control in his party and knows that his days in governance are numbered. It is the reason why Nigerians should always take into consideration the level of education of those we elect into office. For a man who never completed secondary school education, it is difficult for him to appreciate the issues involved in any matter. His level of education is definitely affecting his judgment.

Let me however reiterate my unflinching belief and confidence in the ability of the judiciary to give justice at all times and to all categories of persons, no matter who their accusers are and whatever the motivation is. I believe the judiciary will always sort out the chaff from the wheat in the various cases before it. My legal team have been fully briefed and I know this case against me will collapse like a pack of cards.

Arkansas reform school massacre of 1959

On March 5, 1959, 21 Black teenagers died when a fire engulfed a padlocked dormitory at the Negro Boys Industrial School (NBIS) in Wrightsville, Arkansas. The victims, aged 13 to 17, were trapped inside by, or left with, no staff members on duty to unlock the doors, with 48 others escaping the blaze. This neglected, segregated facility housed boys for minor offenses, and the incident was largely overlooked for decades.

Key details of the 1959 Wrightsville Fire include:
The Incident: Early on a cold March morning, a fire broke out in a dormitory housing 69 boys who were locked inside with wired, mesh-covered windows, according to reports in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
Neglect and Conditions: The school was famously underfunded, with the boys suffering from deplorable living conditions, including ragtag clothing and lack of proper supervision. Many of the victims were sent there for minor offenses or because they were orphaned.
The Aftermath: The cause of the fire was never officially determined, and no one was charged, notes the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The event was called the "Wrightsville Massacre" or "secret holocaust" by survivors.
Memorialization: Fourteen of the boys were buried in unmarked mass graves. A monument to the 21 victims was finally unveiled on April 25, 2019, at the Wrightsville Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, which now occupies the site.
Survivors and advocates, including those featured in the documentary research by Frank Lawrence, have worked to bring attention to this incident, which is discussed in detail in the book Black Boys Burning: The 1959 Fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School by Grif Stockley.
Wikipedia

God will punish them right here on earth and in the hereafter. They shall know no peace. Woe onto them and their sponsors.

merrymike47:
No shaking baba, I'm with you 😂. I love how God is using you to punish Nigerians. Nigerians must have sense by force 😂.

Including you ba. Abi se I lie😅

HacheNoire:
The last political demigod has spoken!

How! How do they want to go about defeating His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)

The problem with these humans is that, they don’t know what they are up against.

They have believed the “forces that make be” are fictions!

2027 is around the corner again and we will for the last time let them know why His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) is a demigod!

He is the last of his kind and practically nothing can stop him. The gospel has to be fulfilled!

Asiwaju 1:8

And the Lord said unto Satan, “Hast thou considered My servant Asiwaju, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who feareth God and escheweth evil?”

Nothing can stop him but God his creator can stop him as he can fall sick or dead before 2027. Nobody owns his life and nobody knows when, where and time one will die Oga.

Dogalmighty17:
A girl with that level of autism has no business being married and the pastor is extremely stupid for this.

You mean it? But why na? Haba Oga.

“THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS GRAVE”

In Arlington National Cemetery, in the United States, there is a grave almost no one would dare to visit. This is the grave of Richard Leroy McKinley, considered by many to be one of the most dangerous on the planet.

Access is extremely limited and security on site is heavy. Getting too close is already something that requires strict permission.

If anyone could reach it, they would find something out of the ordinary beneath the ground: a massive metal sarcophagus, over three meters long and walls about 30 centimeters thick. Inside him, another sarcophagus... and then another .... like successive layers, designed to contain something far more dangerous than a simple body.

At the center of it all, there is a lead-coated coffin, wrapped in cotton, plastic and vacuum-sealed with special nylon. Even after more than 60 years, the body remains surprisingly preserved... but getting close to him would practically be a death sentence.

McKinley was a victim of the SL-1 Incident, a serious nuclear accident that occurred during testing of an experimental United States Army reactor. The radiation released was so intense that his body became a highly contaminated source, requiring an extreme and definitive burial.

Thus, under layers of metal and earth, rests a man whose body still bears the effects of one of the most shocking nuclear tragedies in history.

BOMBSHELL!!!!
Lagos is NOT Yoruba Land.
~ Oba Akiolu.

Coming from the palace, with what I was told by my late paternal grandmother who is a descendant of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. Also reading from factual Historical books.

Let me share this Knowledge with you all on Eko/Lagos.

Modern-day Lagos was founded by Prince Ado, the son of the Oba of Benin, Prince Ado was the First Oba of Lagos, the son of the Bini King, Prince Ado, named the town Eko until the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Segueira changed the Maritime town to Lagos, which at that time from 1942 was Portuguese expedition center down the African Coast.

It was a major center of the slave trade until 1851. Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos treaty of cession in 1861, ending the consular period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of Modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1886, when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its Capital due to the struggle of the Bini King.

Lagos experienced growth pro to the British Colonial rule and even more rapid growth during the Colonial rule throughout the 1960s, 70s, continued through the 80s and 90s till date. Thanks to the Awori's, Bini's, Yoruba's, migrants across the Nation and World at large, as no particular group of people can take the Glory alone.

Lagos is made up of Lagoons and creeks. The Lagos lagoon, Lagos Harbour, five cowne creeks. Ebute-Metta creeks, Porto-Novo creeks, New canal, Badagry creeks, Kuramo waters and Light house creeks.

The Awori's and Bini's are known to be the first settlers of the Eko Land. The Awori's are speakers of a distinct dialect close to that of the Yoruba Language with a rich Bini mixture. Traditionally, Awori's were found in Ile-Ife, they were known to be the Bini's who followed their self exiled Prince, the first son of the Ogiso (now called Oba) of Benin Kingdom, whose Step-Mother was after his head.
The Exiled Benin Prince Izoduwa known to the Yoruba's as Ooduwa (Oduduwa) was made ruler of the Ife people due to his Powers and followers from the Great Benin-Kingdom.
Izoduwa (Ooduwa) was made the First King of Ile-Ife in 1230 AD. His followers from his father's Kingdom in Benin are the today's Awori people who settled in Eko now called Lagos.

In the 1300, the King of Benin-Empire heard from one of his traders who was a settler in Eko on how the Bini's were treated by the Awori's who lived in their area. Upon hearing this the King of Benin commanded the assembling of a War expedition, lead by his Son Prince Ado, which headed the settlement of the Awori's and demanded and explanation.

On arriving Eko, Prince Ado and his Army were more than received. The Awori's asked the Bini Prince to stay and become their leader. Ado agreed on the condition that they surrender their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the people agreed.
Hearing this, the King of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko.

The Oba of Benin sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu, Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist his son Oba Ado in the running of Eko. From the crowing of Prince Ado as the First Oba of Lagos (then called Eko) Lagos served as a major center for Slave- trade from which the Awori's, the Oba of Benin and his son the Oba of Lagos and all the children/descendants who took over as his successors for over four centuries supported the trade.

The Oba of Benin was head of the Benin-Empire which are present day Western, Southern and Eastern Modern- day Nigeria.
The King never obliged anyone to speak the Bini language as he believed everyone was entitled to their own choice of language.

The name Eko was given to it by the First King of Lagos Oba Ado, the young and vibrant Prince from Benin. Eko was the Land now known as Lagos Island, where the king Palace was built. The palace is called IDUNGARAN meaning "palace built on pepper farm" Oba Ado and the Warriors from Benin together with the early Bini's settlers in Eko and the Awori people settled in the Southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko". "Isale literally means bottom ". Must have been used to indicate downtown (as in down town Lagos)

Until the coming in of the Benin's 1300AD , Lagos geographical boundary was Lagos mainland, Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing post. No one was living there.

About 1450 AD some Yoruba's who hailed from Isheri in Ogun-State and Ekiti were allowed by the King to settle in Eko during a war, they came in very large numbers thereby surpassing the numbers of the Awori's and Bini's. (Hence Yorubas claim to own Eko due to their numbers).

Oba Ado fell in-love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chief, they had two sons and also a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere who later became King.

Oba Akintoye descendant of Prince Ado whose mother was the First Queen from Awori ascended the throne as Oba of Lagos in 1841, he attempted to ban Slave-trade with the help of the British, but the Local merchant, the Awori's, Bini's and a few Yoruba's who was already integrated and married to Awori's and Bini's strongly opposed the intended move, and disposed and exiled the King and installed Akintoye's brother Kosoko as Oba, at exile in Europe, Akintoye met with British Authorities who had earlier banned Slavery in 1807 the British decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne.

With the Success of the British intervention in 1851 Akintoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however the British influence over the Benin-Empire had become absolute, and then years later in 1861 Lagos was formally annexed as a British Colony.
This lead to the fight of the British and the Bini King, the leader of the Benin-Empire for years, which finally lead to the fall of the Empire and the capturing of Oba Ovonramwen.

Oba Akintoye of Lagos was the first Oba not to be buried in Benin. Prior to this all the Kings of Lagos were buried in Benin. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Benin until the British settled in.

Until today the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Oba's in Lagos because the Bini's believe that wherever they or their offspring are they are senior. The Status of the Oba of Lagos is different from other Obas most of whom were given back their crowns and staff of office only within 40years ago.
Those who got their lands back was the original land owners they were mostly descendant of Prince Ado others children of the Olofin.

We are all one and related, so please let's share lots of LOVE!
#edoculture

ayusco85:
God will visit him at the appointed time

Neither he or anyone can escape that. Let him do whatever he feels like. It will all stop by the time he leaves office or he is no more. Nonsense 😡

bandad:
He Disrespected a King. By the Next Morning, He Was Dead.

He was brilliant. He was powerful. And he knew it perhaps a little too well.
Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas was the kind of man Lagos produced and the world noticed. Born in 1919, educated in London alongside legal giants like FRA Williams and Remi Fani-Kayode, he co-founded Nigeria's first ever law firm — Thomas, Williams and Kayode on Jankara Street, Lagos. He became Minister of Transport. A founding member of the Action Group. A rising political star who, at just 34 years old, had already achieved what most men couldn't in a lifetime.
But there was another side to him. Behind the sharp legal mind and the tailored suits was a man whose arrogance had become legendary. Judges winced at his conduct in court. Colleagues kept their distance. He was called brilliant, yes but also a bully.
And on the 22nd of November, 1953, that arrogance walked him straight into something he could not argue, legislate, or lawyer his way out of.

It was a routine meeting of the Oyo Divisional Council. Now, to understand what happened in that room, you have to understand what the Alaafin of Oyo represents. The Alaafin — meaning "Owner of the Palace" — is not simply a king. He is one of the most sacred and revered thrones in all of Yorubaland, a seat of power that stretches back centuries to the height of the Old Oyo Empire, one of the most powerful kingdoms West Africa has ever known. To disrespect the Alaafin was not just a social misstep. In Yoruba tradition, it was a spiritual recklessness, the kind that elders warned young men about in hushed tones.
Bode Thomas either did not know this, or did not care.
He arrived at the meeting and as he entered the room, every man rose to greet him. Every man, except one.
Alaafin Adeyemi II. King of Oyo. A man in his sixties, seated with the quiet authority of royalty that needed no validation from a 34-year-old lawyer.
Bode Thomas looked at the king and did the unthinkable. He challenged him. Publicly. Rudely. Demanding to know why the Alaafin had not stood up for him like the others.
The room went cold.
The Alaafin did not shout. He did not raise his hand. He simply looked at the young man before him and said, calmly, in Yoruba:
"Shey emi ni o n gbo mo baun? Emi ni o n gbo bi aja mo baun? Ma gbo lo."
"Am I the one you are barking at like that? Am I the one you are barking at like a dog? Keep barking."
In Yoruba culture, words carry weight that goes far beyond their syllables. The elders say "Ẹnu ni ibon àgbàdo" — the mouth is the gun of the corn. What a man of power speaks over you does not simply hang in the air. It follows you home.
Bode Thomas went home that evening.
And then he started barking.
Through the night, witnesses said he barked like a dog. Uncontrollably. Desperately. As though something had seized him from the inside and would not let go. No medicine. No reason. No explanation that the modern world could comfortably offer.
By the morning of November 23, 1953, Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas — lawyer, minister, co-founder of Nigeria's first law firm — was dead.
He was 34 years old.
Some said poison. Others pointed to darker, older forces — the kind that Yoruba tradition has always acknowledged quietly, the kind that live in the space between the seen and the unseen. Nigeria has always existed at that intersection. Between what can be proven and what is simply known.
Today, there is a street in Lagos that bears his name. A reminder that no title, no education, no political office can substitute for the one thing that Yoruba culture has always demanded above all else — ọwọ̀, respect.
He was told to keep barking.
He did.
📌 Share this story — because some lessons were never meant to be forgotten.
You are reading from Nigeria Untold — the home of hidden histories and forgotten voices.

Thank you for reading.
#NigeriaUntold #BodeThomas

Great lesson here 👍 Elders must be accorded their due respect no matter how influential one may be in the society.

bandad:
He Disrespected a King. By the Next Morning, He Was Dead.

He was brilliant. He was powerful. And he knew it perhaps a little too well.
Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas was the kind of man Lagos produced and the world noticed. Born in 1919, educated in London alongside legal giants like FRA Williams and Remi Fani-Kayode, he co-founded Nigeria's first ever law firm — Thomas, Williams and Kayode on Jankara Street, Lagos. He became Minister of Transport. A founding member of the Action Group. A rising political star who, at just 34 years old, had already achieved what most men couldn't in a lifetime.
But there was another side to him. Behind the sharp legal mind and the tailored suits was a man whose arrogance had become legendary. Judges winced at his conduct in court. Colleagues kept their distance. He was called brilliant, yes but also a bully.
And on the 22nd of November, 1953, that arrogance walked him straight into something he could not argue, legislate, or lawyer his way out of.

It was a routine meeting of the Oyo Divisional Council. Now, to understand what happened in that room, you have to understand what the Alaafin of Oyo represents. The Alaafin — meaning "Owner of the Palace" — is not simply a king. He is one of the most sacred and revered thrones in all of Yorubaland, a seat of power that stretches back centuries to the height of the Old Oyo Empire, one of the most powerful kingdoms West Africa has ever known. To disrespect the Alaafin was not just a social misstep. In Yoruba tradition, it was a spiritual recklessness, the kind that elders warned young men about in hushed tones.
Bode Thomas either did not know this, or did not care.
He arrived at the meeting and as he entered the room, every man rose to greet him. Every man, except one.
Alaafin Adeyemi II. King of Oyo. A man in his sixties, seated with the quiet authority of royalty that needed no validation from a 34-year-old lawyer.
Bode Thomas looked at the king and did the unthinkable. He challenged him. Publicly. Rudely. Demanding to know why the Alaafin had not stood up for him like the others.
The room went cold.
The Alaafin did not shout. He did not raise his hand. He simply looked at the young man before him and said, calmly, in Yoruba:
"Shey emi ni o n gbo mo baun? Emi ni o n gbo bi aja mo baun? Ma gbo lo."
"Am I the one you are barking at like that? Am I the one you are barking at like a dog? Keep barking."
In Yoruba culture, words carry weight that goes far beyond their syllables. The elders say "Ẹnu ni ibon àgbàdo" — the mouth is the gun of the corn. What a man of power speaks over you does not simply hang in the air. It follows you home.
Bode Thomas went home that evening.
And then he started barking.
Through the night, witnesses said he barked like a dog. Uncontrollably. Desperately. As though something had seized him from the inside and would not let go. No medicine. No reason. No explanation that the modern world could comfortably offer.
By the morning of November 23, 1953, Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas — lawyer, minister, co-founder of Nigeria's first law firm — was dead.
He was 34 years old.
Some said poison. Others pointed to darker, older forces — the kind that Yoruba tradition has always acknowledged quietly, the kind that live in the space between the seen and the unseen. Nigeria has always existed at that intersection. Between what can be proven and what is simply known.
Today, there is a street in Lagos that bears his name. A reminder that no title, no education, no political office can substitute for the one thing that Yoruba culture has always demanded above all else — ọwọ̀, respect.
He was told to keep barking.
He did.
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Great lesson here 👍 Elders must be accorded their due respect no matter how influencial one may be in the society.

He Disrespected a King. By the Next Morning, He Was Dead.

He was brilliant. He was powerful. And he knew it perhaps a little too well.
Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas was the kind of man Lagos produced and the world noticed. Born in 1919, educated in London alongside legal giants like FRA Williams and Remi Fani-Kayode, he co-founded Nigeria's first ever law firm — Thomas, Williams and Kayode on Jankara Street, Lagos. He became Minister of Transport. A founding member of the Action Group. A rising political star who, at just 34 years old, had already achieved what most men couldn't in a lifetime.
But there was another side to him. Behind the sharp legal mind and the tailored suits was a man whose arrogance had become legendary. Judges winced at his conduct in court. Colleagues kept their distance. He was called brilliant, yes but also a bully.
And on the 22nd of November, 1953, that arrogance walked him straight into something he could not argue, legislate, or lawyer his way out of.

It was a routine meeting of the Oyo Divisional Council. Now, to understand what happened in that room, you have to understand what the Alaafin of Oyo represents. The Alaafin — meaning "Owner of the Palace" — is not simply a king. He is one of the most sacred and revered thrones in all of Yorubaland, a seat of power that stretches back centuries to the height of the Old Oyo Empire, one of the most powerful kingdoms West Africa has ever known. To disrespect the Alaafin was not just a social misstep. In Yoruba tradition, it was a spiritual recklessness, the kind that elders warned young men about in hushed tones.
Bode Thomas either did not know this, or did not care.
He arrived at the meeting and as he entered the room, every man rose to greet him. Every man, except one.
Alaafin Adeyemi II. King of Oyo. A man in his sixties, seated with the quiet authority of royalty that needed no validation from a 34-year-old lawyer.
Bode Thomas looked at the king and did the unthinkable. He challenged him. Publicly. Rudely. Demanding to know why the Alaafin had not stood up for him like the others.
The room went cold.
The Alaafin did not shout. He did not raise his hand. He simply looked at the young man before him and said, calmly, in Yoruba:
"Shey emi ni o n gbo mo baun? Emi ni o n gbo bi aja mo baun? Ma gbo lo."
"Am I the one you are barking at like that? Am I the one you are barking at like a dog? Keep barking."
In Yoruba culture, words carry weight that goes far beyond their syllables. The elders say "Ẹnu ni ibon àgbàdo" — the mouth is the gun of the corn. What a man of power speaks over you does not simply hang in the air. It follows you home.
Bode Thomas went home that evening.
And then he started barking.
Through the night, witnesses said he barked like a dog. Uncontrollably. Desperately. As though something had seized him from the inside and would not let go. No medicine. No reason. No explanation that the modern world could comfortably offer.
By the morning of November 23, 1953, Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas — lawyer, minister, co-founder of Nigeria's first law firm — was dead.
He was 34 years old.
Some said poison. Others pointed to darker, older forces — the kind that Yoruba tradition has always acknowledged quietly, the kind that live in the space between the seen and the unseen. Nigeria has always existed at that intersection. Between what can be proven and what is simply known.
Today, there is a street in Lagos that bears his name. A reminder that no title, no education, no political office can substitute for the one thing that Yoruba culture has always demanded above all else — ọwọ̀, respect.
He was told to keep barking.
He did.
📌 Share this story — because some lessons were never meant to be forgotten.
You are reading from Nigeria Untold — the home of hidden histories and forgotten voices.

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#NigeriaUntold #BodeThomas

BREAKING: The embattled INEC Chairman, Prof. Amupitan, is reportedly planning to update the names of David Mark’s NWC on the INEC portal in an attempt to distract Nigerians from the growing calls for his resignation.

It is now obvious, critics say, that the embattled INEC Chairman is an APC card-carrying member and a staunch supporter of President Tinubu. Any such move would therefore be seen as part of a plan to secure his continued stay in office.

The ADC stated that developments of this nature only deepen public concern about the neutrality, transparency, and credibility of the electoral process. According to the party, any action by INEC that appears politically timed or improperly motivated will naturally attract scrutiny from Nigerians who expect the commission to act strictly within the law and above partisan suspicion.

The party also noted that the present moment demands calm, openness, and institutional integrity from all democratic actors. ADC urged INEC to avoid any step that could be interpreted as an attempt to manage perception rather than address the substantive issues that have generated public debate. It said trust in electoral institutions is too important to be undermined by avoidable controversy.

ADC further maintained that its growth and expanding national presence cannot be ignored, pointing to the increasing level of public attention around its activities and internal processes. The party said this moment reflects the wider interest many Nigerians now have in alternative political platforms, and called on its members to remain focused, lawful, and committed to democratic engagement.

#AmupitanMustGo

Gerhards:
Where is the fake news? Why do you Tinubu supporters hate truth?

I wonder o my broda.

Chai Ojukwu Godwin, why na? See your life now. You want to form big boy for village. RIP in advance. Chai Chai 😭😭😭😭😭

No wonder some of our doctors prescribe using chatgbt. Take a closer look at them you will see them pressing phone before they make prescription.
Awon olodo doctors every where who cut corners by cheating in exams. Nonsense 😡