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[quote author=na_joke]gbam!!!

Oya oga Beaf abi na rotten Beaf over to you.[/quote]Why do you guys take turns to sound more daft than the other? Its puzzling!

Abeg, continue your winshes party jare! Any blood of children to divide? Any vultures de dance kokoma for una?
Winshes must fly na! Obubra airways! LOLZZZZZ!!!

Buncha pathetic losers.

@PhysicsQED and Arosa
If Oba is purely the kings title, then you might be pained to find its true origins. I very much doubt that it has a meaning in Yoruba either.
The answer to the question might lie with someone who has deep knowledge of either ancient spoken Bini or ancient spoken Yoruba.

Willzkid: @Beaf, I believe Oghene is a also name of God in Edo dialect, though no longer of common use ...You should have heard Benin names like Ore[b]oghene[/b] (A street off TV road in Benin bears that name) and Aiwere[b]oghene[/b]...I believe the latter literally means you cannot agitate God.

Its funny that as well as I know Benin that coincidence never occured to me! I guess the origins of the word in Isoko and Urhobo is plain to see now. Lol!

[size=23pt]O-Power! O-15kw! O-Lies![/size]

The road quality is excellent.

Arosa: Oghene is an ancient King/god. we in Benin acknowledged him too.

I didn't know you were a Bini guy. That means Arosa must be your real name then?
Here's an illustration from a white explorer showing the Oba's palace as it looked to him at the time (you can make out the eagles on the steeples):

https://www.dmaconnect.org/idc/groups/public/documents/web_asset/dma_406156.jpg

This pic shows a broken plaque with parts of the palace showing (without eagle, but you can clearly make out the copper roof tiles):

[img]http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/Exhib/EX_000001/96460_520265.jpg[/img]

Why is Gbawe not coming to O-Apologise for telling FAT O-Lies?
Is he so O-Shy now? Lol!

PhysicsQED: Jason, at best the Oba of Benin's remains might have been buried in Ife as Egharevba wrote in his revised editions of his book, if at all. All of this "head" stuff betrays a kind of cluelessness about the very institution about which the claim is being made.

"Iyoba " is "Iye Oba", literally the Oba's mother. Edo borrowings from Yoruba religion, I'm not sure I see the significance of that in relation to what you're asking. Are you saying the direction of the flow of certain ideas (possibly at a later time) is necessarily some kind of proof of a specific event? The Binis probably got their "ikegobo" from the Esan who almost certainly got it from the Igbo "ikenga" so we can't always assume direct transmission of an idea from the source (Igbo) to its recipient (Bini). Some of these names you mentioned I see as probably gotten from Ilaje (who the Edo called Ilaze), Owo (Ogho), Akure, etc., but you see it as coming directly from one place.

Oba not Ogiso - that was already explained in the Oba of Benin's account. I honestly think Ooni is a version of Oghene (since the Yoruba at Ife drop the "gh " sound from words) which is itself an Edo title meaning Lord. I think all these etymologies that try to make Ooni mean slave or sacrificial victim might be out of confusion over why the title isn't just Oni, and I think the reason the Edo of the past had never heard of an Ooni but had mentioned Oghene numerous times is because the title actually was Oghene originally . My 2 cents on the matter.

Interesting.
Oghene is Almighty God in Isoko and Urhobo.

jason123: O'boy, you are in the same category as the person you are O-insulting, Gbawe; government propagandists. The only difference is that Gbawe is a civilized gentle man while you command respect among the bigots like Willy-willy and co. As for the insults, I am bigger than that childish trash. "Fool", "olodo" etc are as childish as you anyone can get. You lack manners and that's to say the least. Don't bother replying me with your silly insults and pictures. Really, its immature.

Again, its on the high side, I never disputed that. However, at least, something is done. Other state governors are doing nothing. In as much as there is no excuse for the price, I am of the opinion of half a bread is better than none! Some other state governors will do nothing as steal twice as much!!!

O-Lodo! O-Fool! O-Liar!
You made yourself look foolish by jumping into a matter you have no clue about now you are crying tears by the bucket. Even O-Kids are wiser.
And please stop propagating the same lies O-Gbawe started with, cos we will turn on you as the new liar in the house. You've been told enough times that its an FG project, but you are deliberately quite O-Daft.

[size=23pt]O-Lodo! O-15kw IQ![/size]

Arosa: 1)Oduduwa was already a king in Ile'ife and had established his own dynasty there. His Children ancestral home was Ile'ife. also the heads that you are talking about a not real head they are works of art by Benin crafts men.
2)I never knew those gods where/are Yoruba. So Olokun is a Yoruba name?
3)whenever there is a new dynasty the title of the king changes.

Don't mind Jason, those names are Edo. I recall the Oba of Lagos once giving a thorough insight into rituals, festivals, the gods and their origins.
I hope I can find it to post later.

[quote author=Awhy.com]O-ok, I understands you, all states should start using 300million to generate O-15kw O-power, and also tell the people that it will O-power Ijesha axis, and also called it their O-project when it's just an O-FG research project. O-gao[/quote]Unu go wound pikin wit laf o!
O-Damn!

jason123: You've started, abi?!

Nevertheless, if not for the cost and probably the propaganda laced news agency (you do the same anyway ), you can't fault any form of renewable energy. At least, they are helping in their own little way. Most states simply sit down and do nothing.

If you don't know what 15kw means (or that the project concerned belongs to the FG) and decide to make an O-Fool of yourself as loudly as possible, whose fault is it?

O-Lodo.

Delafruita: am sure you'd ascribe this to GEJ.this shows that things can happen even with immunity clause in place.BTW you seem to luv aregbe

This is not enough, bro. This was merely a civil case.
There is no reason why sitting governors cannot be prosecuted for corruption by members of the public and sent to jail by courts if found guilty. We need accountability in this country to end a 99% of the madness going on.

[quote author=onye_ngbu*]Who are the you here? Anu mpama!

Bitter pills ko! As if they dont kill your people too! When they kill your brothers (like they did in Bayero University some weeks ago), you people will begin to call for nigeria's break up and when its others, you will term it bitter pill. Continue living in denial.

Talking about frauds, who taught who?[/quote]Don't mind that crude fellow jare! There's no point mixing words with red-eyed desperado's who derive their morals from the gutter.
What sensible person would become the defender of a governor who couldn't be bothered to pay his rent to an ordinary citizen?

O-My bele!
Pesin wound wit laf o!

jason123: If true, then I can't help but commend Osun state. . . .at least, that's another 15 kW off the national grid FOREVER (renewable energy). Although, I must say its too expensive for 15 kW! Naija politicians!
That aside, this O- stuff is hilarious!!!

Can you please tell us what your state puts back to the Nation?! If every state has one or two of such project, I am sure our power problem would have been half solved!

A single portable gen can convincingly output 15kw.

O-Lodo!

Arosa: When the Europeans came to Benin, in one of the descriptions they gave of Benin, they said they saw a mini pyramid with a snake on it. I am going to google it, to see if I can find the image.

Thats a description of the Oba's palace the whites met (destroyed with the Benin massacre). It was a building with a tiled roof topped with a copper eagle. It also had a copper snake running down from the roof.

metodman: It is obvious this fellow called Beaf dislike or infact hate Aregbesola. You would think the guy (aregbesola) once duped him.

Sometimes I wonder where Beaf's sense of objectivity is? Anything or anybody against Gej is an enemy.

A day is coming when you shall realize the truth

You got that right, bro.

O-Power! O-Liar!

robinhoodd2: Beaf or whateva dey call ur name,u must b a goat,FRESH AIR INDEED,i lives in ABJ south-south governors that frequent Abj are countless,all u can use as instance is Aregbesola n one Zamfara Gov,WISE UP MAN,even if GEJ gave u some money to b singing his praise,what about your heirs.PEACE

You sound silly, thuggish and uneducated, bro.
Fresh Air!

djcmeon39: @beaf,coward like u,hw can d eviction of a governor be a transparency for change,fresh air in deed,dere ar serious cases dat need attention and all u culd do is applaud dis jurgement as transperancy in badluck's govt.am beginin to tink dat u ar a juvenile.

Of course, a governor losing a case to the common man and getting evicted would not seem like progress to some.
Thats life for you.
Fresh Air!

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Thanks for the info on the 2nd bridge.
Perhaps, vantage points on the road network through Asaba will play a part in determining its exact location. It has to be at least 4 lanes wide to be sensible.

I'm hoping the new bridge is built before anything catastrophic happens to the current one. That thing is just too old and narrow now, I feel trepidation each time I cross it.

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There is no ethnic group called Warri, so that history must be dodgy. Warri has 3 indigenous ethnic groups; Urhobo, Ijaw and Itsekiri. There are also Ilaje farther out on the outskirts.

PhysicsQED: I did go overboard in my accusations (of full blown ethnic bigotry) and should have just said that I didn't think the comment was appropriate, even if the guy you were arguing with was bigoted himself. I take back my accusation though.

No qualms.
You should also know that there are a few copycat beafs around too that could be mistaken for me.
I consider myself an Edo man by ancestory, so it would be odd for me to say anything derogatory about Edo people. Anyways, let all that pass.

--Hugs PhysicsQED--

@OnlyTruth
Do you know where the new Niger Bridge is planned to be built? That might also affect the future expansion possibilities.

PhysicsQED: I thought about posting that, but the author's tone/attitude is too disrespectful toward Egharevba, in all honesty. Egharevba is still rightly regarded highly by his people and is not just any other author.

Dude, I still find it difficult to forgive you for telling that story against me. There is no pain worse than the pain felt when falsely accused.

That said, yes I agree that the authors tone is disrespectful and not very polished. However, he was able to quote an interview Egharevba had (as well as the date), for that one can overlook the authors manners (which are no better than Ade-Ajayi's, with his direspectful tirades against the Oba who is a cultural icon).

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During the time of Ekhaladeran (Izoduwa) and Ogiso Owodo, there was only an Edo Empire (which had been in existence for centuries. There was no Oyo Empire yet, so how could there have been war between them?

I still can't believe that Gbawe is not man enough to apologise for telling so many lies.

Here is a small portion of the litany:

1. That O-Power is a mega project to power Ijesa axis... But it is just a 15kw [/b]FG research project. [b]O-ga o!
2. Osun paid counterpart funding for the FG! O-kill me!
3. O-Power with its 15kw generator level output cost Osun 300 million Naira! O-jigbi jigbi!
4. That Osun created the project for NASENI and the FG! O-Nooooo!
5. Osun is working directly with Unido! O-My God!

O-Fraud! O-Pathetic!

[size=14pt]On behalf of the long suffering NLers who have been the victims of such flagrant abuse, high stories and acrobatic lies by brother Gbawe; I demand an unconditional O-Apology![/size]

At this rate, ayam beginning to think that we should commence a crowning ceremony to formalise brother Gbawe as the Egbon surutu, His O-Higness, the O-Liar 1 of O-NL.

O-Shiit! O-Power!!

O-Jigbi jibi! and the not so nice, O-Anus.

To claim that Egharevba was right to continuously revise his books was another gaffe .Ade-Ajayi did not explain the kind of revision and their basis expected of a professional. The revisions were not based on credible evidence and were largely introduction of materials that suited his fancy, pet theories and his mentors. All these are evident in his works. He was continuously challenged for his biases. Even in his later life, Egharevba stated that and I quote that "..Oduduwa was not a Yoruba man. Oduduwa found the yorubas already living in Ife when he arrived"(Text of interview 3rd May 1975). I am sure that if Ade-Ajayi (and the yorubas whose cause he is championing) were aware of this , he(they) will start having a second thought on calling him for evidence to support their case.

EWAEN EDOGHIMIOYA
B.A(Hons) & M.A.History
Member,Institute for Benin Studies,
18 Ezoti Street,
Benin City.

http://www.edo-nation.net/edoghimioya1.htm

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The O-Anus just farted!