Haha! You should to insult me but you ridicule yourself. India is bigger than Germany, France, Israel, US, UK etc.

Binis were bloody warriors. They beheaded 3 or 4 whitemen and sent the others back to tell the story thats why the british came in all their might. They had fucking balls.

Did you know the notorious northern jihad got there from Kwara (if I’m not mistaken) and were defeated?? And thats the background story of how some part of it are moslems

My people read!

KingOdart:


Ondo/Ekiti and Lagos are not seen as proper Yoruba only in your delusional mind. At which time or place did you witness Ondo/Ekiti and Lagos being excluded from any South west or Yoruba gatherings?

You are just spewing fallacies and rumours from your delusional mind

Yoruba is larger than Benin and you can't use the same yardstick to judge both, bigger will always be different from smaller this should be very obvious to you if you are smart.

OKAY.

Emilokoiyawon:


Big fvcking liar. Show me the video of an Onitsha man saying he is not Igbo.

This is where the Binis have it going. Their history is too solid. In the whole South, it is unravelled. They do not have any written text but you see all those arts and sculpture of theirs They’ve all got meanings and tell stories dating as far back as 500 years ago. No tribe in the south has that.

People pay good money in Germany and Uk to go and learn their history in museums.

Walkee:
these guys are funny. I can chronologically tell trace all tribes in Edo back to as far back as 900 AD when ogiso igodo formed the ogiso dynasty. Igbos that were scattered throughout Eastern parts of Nigeria and the Cameroons are now claiming to own Edo?

You dont even know anything. Have you even been to onitsha? Lol even the average Onitsha man says he’s not Igbo.

inderhappy:


Go to Onitsha and make that nonsense statement.... make them roast you like plantain ewu

Even if they did; they would understand because he did not undermine their interest. Thats how things work, everyone has interests, respect mine I respect yours. Thats how politics plays out.

FakeUnity:
Igbo don't know how to deceive themselves like hypocritical yorubas who say one thing and mean another. We are straightforward! Even if it costs us a lot political profits in the murky waters of dirty nigerian politics. We are not ashamed of our integrity, even when we see hypocrites reaping political bountiea from evil system.

You think if Tinubu bails Igboho by proxy because he wants to play pranks and keep his presidential ambition alive, the foolanis won't find out?
I laugh in fulfulde.

If you remove him you still have to puck from the ruling family. All of them are brothers. You’ll only replace him with one of his brothers. That would be an effort in major futility.

Emilokoiyawon:


You are talking of Oba Lil Wayne? The oba some tiny part of Lagos. The guy that was handpicked by Tinubu? The day he comes out and claim his throne is bini is the day we will remove him and throw him inside the lagoon.

Hahahahahahahaha!!!

KingOdart:


You are just half smart

It was Eko that the Portuguese named Lagos not Badagry

Eko is also Lagos, but coincidentally the name for the whole state is also Lagos

These things dont just happen. They have an origin. Any student of history understands this. That the whole world wear suit now doesn't mean it belongs or it came to everyone at the same time.

It has an origin!!!

Komu1048:




That the Ekiti/ondo prefers Iyan to amala is not a yardstick. Which culture those Ekiti/Ondo have as resemblance to Bini? Rather we have the Yoruba speaking part of Edo, many culture of Edo and names have same semblance with Yoruba with Yoruba meaning. This is not only peculiar to Bini alone. Go to Kogi, Edo, Delta and Benue, Benin republic n far Brazil etc. There a lot of Yorubas migrant there. But you can say anything to make you feel relevant. Edo have never, will and can never match the yorubas anywhere.

I thought you wanted to discuss as an intellectual. Now I see you’re a complete idiot. Get lost.

OkoNDOoBo:
stop talking nonsense jare, someone with working brain will know that lagos island was former nigeria capital it is normal to glorify the oba with title of oba of lagos.
Mind you oba of lagos dont have any land in lagos island infact he is on borrowed land.

This is the fact but a lot of people from that area dont seem to like the idea, so lets rest it but it is what it is.

Walkee:
ekiti was a colony of Benin just like Lagos and Ondo

Haha! Even the Oba of Lagos and all the ruling families knows they’re from bini. The oba of lagos had a clash with the ooni years ago and declared his allegiance is to the throne in Benin and not Ife.

Do a google search. Unless they have pulled it all down but anyone who was old enough then and abreast of the issues will confirm this here!

Emilokoiyawon:


Which useless bini man is a king in Lagos? Getat!

History discuss that ends in the us vs them debate is always worthless and thats where this is headed. All of these happened years ago and hold no significance now but we must speak it as it is for proper understanding not to soothe any ego.

Even within the yoruba, all of you ondo/ekiti and even lagos are not really seen as proper yorubas. You have to travel to places like ibadan and kwara to understand this. Have you sat to ask yourself what is the reason. Food is an important part of culture, why is everyone of the same ethnic stuck dressed differently or eating differently. There are cogent reason for the mind that wants to learn. The complex contrast in your indigenous languages is also telling.

No one is trying to take anyone’s identity away. Even the great bini empire is now a minority now. Its just about understanding our past.

Komu1048:




That the Ekiti/ondo prefers Iyan to amala is not a yardstick. Which culture those Ekiti/Ondo have as resemblance to Bini? Rather we have the Yoruba speaking part of Edo, many culture of Edo and names have same semblance with Yoruba with Yoruba meaning. This is not only peculiar to Bini alone. Go to Kogi, Edo, Delta and Benue. There a lot of Yorubas migrant there. But you can say anything to feel at home. Edo have, will and can never match the yorubas anywhere.

We are saying mostly the same thing. I cant tell who the portuguese met first but history has it they first landed in Lagos. They probably met the king their who is a descendants of the bini throne. I use the word ‘is’ because they are still the kings in Lagos. There has never been a shift since they took power in Lagos.

Techguy96:

Lol, u have no idea what u are talking about Even the Portuguese will tell u they came in contact with the itsekiri before the Bini.

Itsekiri was a kingdom form by Bini royalty so how can they be under the Bini.

Mind the founder of itsekiri was a Bini Prince and heir to the throne.

But the brits won.

Walkee:
it was done by mainly fellow Africans. The British couldn't defeat the Benins. The reason everything was looted was that the Brits promised all the African protectorates soldiers from South Africa to the Niger deltas lots of bronze and gold if they were able to take the kingdom so they had to turn everything upside down in search of valuables the moment the kingdom fell. Britain vs Old Benin in a one on one battle Britain would lose 99/100 and be completely slaughtered.

When you conquer an area, you don’t have to go into every of its towns and villages to do so. Once you attack and capture its seat of power, it’s considered that you have captured the whole area under the influence of that power.

It is for a reason that the Oba of Lagos is in Eko yet he is not called Oba of Eko but Oba of Lagos. But the Oba of badagry is called Oba of badagry not Oba of Lagos. Now do you get?

zinizta:


Not semantics

Eko is referred to the area now known as Lagos Island.... The world Eko got it's origin from Benin

Lagos is a name given by the portuguese because it shares semblance with a port city in Portugal bearing the same name and the area includes but not limited to the Lagos Island

You get?

Can you avail me your source please.

Why do you think that a lot of Ekiti/Ondo culture tilts towards the Edos other than the yoruba? Even the Iyan they eat or claim as theirs is Edo’s food. The core yorubas are known for Amala, lafun etc. Even their indigenious language is arguably Edoid.

Christistruth00:


While is not completely true I would like to remind you that Ogendegbe of the Ekiti Army Successfully invaded the Benin Kingdom in the 1870s and not only Captured many Slaves but almost took over Benin itself but for the desperation of the Oba of Benin in reaching a Peace agreement with him

I would also like to remind you that as the the Ekiti drove Benin out of their Lands under the leadership of Otun Ekiti so did the Ijebu drive the Benin out of Lagos except for. Isale Eko on Lagos Island where a remnant of Benin Sought refuge

On a second thought:

“ The Roman Catholicism, through the Society of the African Missions, came in 1862. The ex-slaves were organized and stations established in Lagos and Abeokuta. When the Italian Priest, Father Broghero, visited Lagos in 1863, there was a catholic church in Yorubaland.”

golddust6000:
that is why you must read a book, your brain might be too dull to know that I said Catholicism not Christianity.

Ignorance on steroids. I take my leave.

golddust6000:
that is why you must read a book, your brain might be too dull to know that I said Catholicism not Christianity.

Your bile stems from sentiments that are beyond the scope of this discuss. I can not appease you. Farewell.

Emilokoiyawon:


You don't know the meaning of the word semantic. Using the same word for Nigeria and the entire continent of Africa is not semantics. It is ignorance.

Semantics but if you please.

zinizta:


Eko not Lagos .... Eko is the Lagos Island .

It was burnt to the ground and everything tangible carted away.

They’re still a force though but nothing like what they were. Even the Usman Dan Fodio Dynasty in the North is nothing like it was. Times have changed.

27Pushing30:


Na why Bini no fi rise again na

fear whites o

Decimated that empire never to rise again

Hahahahahahaha!

So what war brought catholic to the SW & SS. Even the first church in Nigeria was in Abeokuta. Christianity was first brought in by the Portuguese but they didnt set up any church. Go and read extensively. This is not to bring down as tribe or people. It is what it is. The Christianity in Nigeria today came through the Church of England!

golddust6000:
catholism was spread during the Nigerian/Biafra war, it wasn’t by conquest. Most of the missionaries are from Ireland and Poland. None of them are British. We excepted it by faith not by force.

Adolescent girls who are well taught and read can have something meaningful to say.

this conversation is beyond you.

Go read and educate yourself properly. You’re embarrassing yourself.

jahsharon:


Bini Empire spread to Lagos, Ekiti and Ondo, stop sitting with drunk old men, they talk like adolescent girls.

He knows the truth. Out of despise, he turned history on its full head!

He knows.

UDUJ:


You seriously need to be properly educated

https://www.edoworld.net/BENIN_PREHISRORY.html

Leave the Yoruba & focus on this one - Itsekiri. This is what the Britannaca had to say about the Itsekiri:

“The Itsekiri live on the coast in an area of extensive mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands. ... Myths of origin establish that Ginuwa, the Itsekiri founder and first olu (king), was originally a prince of Benin, so that subsequent kings are descendants of the oba of Benin.”

If you please and wish to discuss, create a separate thread on the relationship between Edos & Yoruba. I’ll meet you there!

jneutron4000:
When you are talking about Bini empire you are referring to the Oba dynasty which was created by Oranmiyan a Prince from Ile Ife. There was nothing like Idu/Igodomigodo empire or Ogiso empire, so in other words the Yoruba Prince from Ile Ife actually formed the Benin empire and he was the one that also form the Oyo empire. The sit the first Oba of Lagos who of course is 100% Yoruba man was given to him by Aromire because of the bond that they are all from Ile Ife. The Idu/Igodomigodo had no single influence in any Yoruba land even itehkiri land, it is only the Oba of Benin who of course has his ancestry link to Ile Ile Ife. Yoruba Itehkiris migrated from Ile ife almost the same time with Oranmiyan and the Usen people in Edo state. When the Benin Royal house started formulating stories of Ekaladerhan initiated by Erediauwa the Yoruba cut the link and stopped the special preference in Yorubaland. Even the recent appointment of the Olu of Warri shows that the Yorubas have stopped the special preference given to the Benin Royal house.

Haha! Dreamer. Who did you conquer and took as slaves? What battles did you fight? Did you even have an established monarchial system? When the British came, while the Binis fought and stood firm, didn’t you bend over and took it all?

Or why do you think the catholic culture and priesthood is well rooted in igbos than anywhere else in the south even though they crossed several southern tribes to get to you. You couldn’t resist, after you heard of the fall of your masters - bini throne to the British, you bent over easily. You took it all.

Hardfacts234:
We Igbos also have Yoruba ,Benin and itshekiri slaves among us.

We also have Benin and Yoruba related names in our Igboland

If its referenced to have had links to as far as Ibadan & Ile Ife; I’d say all of Ekiti.

DECLAN2015:



Where in Ekiti ?

A decent angle.

Chidimercy:
But two wrong cannot make a right, if she insisted you use your right hand, just simply smile and turn it over to the right.
Me I no dey like trouble at all..

Have police CRU numbers on your phone. They’re mostly young, educated, enlightened professionals in that unit.

They’d have put her where she belonged in a minute. You allowed one yeye constable mess you up for nothing.

Even the Itsekiris were under the Bini. Reno is being smart by half for saying the Itsekiri and the Binis. It was actually the Binis.

The Bini empire was the only one in Nigeria the Portuguese and later the British referred to as ‘Great’ in all of their text. Its influence spanned into the south west to present day lagos, ondo & ekiti, beyond the river Niger up to the kalabari and even cross rivers.

Its was for the untainted loyalty of the king in calabar to the Bini throne that he choose to be banished there by the British.

AfricanColumbus:
Reno Omokri :



# RenosNuggets

Are petty thieves not criminals?

Stan2330:
They have left their primary objective of going after Fulani herdsmen to be going after petty thieves

The fried eggs and sardine are totally unnecessary. You’re going to move this man closer to his grave at this rate.