₦airaland Forum

Febup:
Benin City

The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso and his young paternal uncle. In anger over an oracle, Prince Ekaladerhan left the royal court with his warriors. When his old father the Ogiso died, the Ogiso dynasty was ended as the people and royal kingmakers preferred their king's son as natural next in line to rule.

The exiled Prince Ekaladerhan, who was not known in Yoruba land, somehow earned the title of Oni Ile-fe Izoduwa which is now corrupt to yoruba language as Ooni (Oghene) of Ile-Ife Oduduwa and refused to return, then sent his son Oranmiyan to become king. Prince Oranmiyan took up his abode in the palace built for him at Usama by the elders (now a coronation shrine). Soon after his arrival he married a beautiful lady, Erinmwinde, daughter of Osa-nego, was the ninth Enogie (Duke) of Ego, by whom he had a son. After some years residence here he called a meeting of the people and renounced his office, remarking that the country was a land of vexation, Ile-Ibinu (by which name the country was afterward known) and that only a child born, trained and educated in the arts and mysteries of the land could reign over the people. He caused his son born to him by Erinmwinde to be made King in his place, and returned to Yoruba land Ile-Ife. After some years in Ife, he left for Oyo, where he also left a son behind on leaving the place, and his son Ajaka ultimately became the first Alafin of Oyo of the present line, while Oranmiyan himself was reigning as Oni of Ife. Therefore, Oranmiyan of Ife, the father of Eweka I, the Oba of Benin, was also the father of Ajaka, the first Alafin of Oyo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_City

Interesting analysis, it sounds more convincing than the view that Oduduwa came from an Arab country.

tsdarkside:
become gay,and you will be their best friend.............

Chineke ma n kwe, olorun maje. No b only gay na bay. Make dem carry their friendship go.

haul:
There is still hope, thank God the elders are now taking charge of part of their communal service.

so you believe those people (elders).

viceldo:
The ppl said they wnt freedom and it was been given to them now thier regrecting thier actions

Please, if you are ignorant of something, it is best you shut up rather than spewing garbage.

Stupid and useless post.

omojoshy:
USA don't have permanent FRIENDS or FOES



Violate the human right laws, be corrupt and embrace terrorism, you becomes their FOE. And do the opposite, see yourself as a good friend.....period!

Big lie.

Some people are really block heads on Nairaland. See so many stupid comment above me. How would you plan if you don't know the population of people you want to provide service for. Without proper statistics you would not be able to do so many things.

Interesting questions

I can also call my friends Igbo group and demand that they should better remain in Abuja. Igbo group my ass.

Why do you guys make the mistake of taking the view of people who don't actually have any influence. As for the Biafra question, i feel a referendum would be the perfect solution but i know the present Nigeria elites would not want to see such a move happen. I am not pro-Biafran because of the many uncertainties but Nigeria as a country cannot continue existing like this. I have a question, what is Nigeria, who are Nigerians.

Idrismusty97:
People of all tribes and religion are the problems of Nigeria, not regions. As long as we continued believing a tribe or region is our problem we will be blinded to the real problems.

Humans and their various personality. I get your stand.

emmalexabl:
YORUBAS(SW) ARE THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA............Sanusi lamido sanusi 2014.

lol, i don't have the strength for nairaland tribal war.

If north is not nigerians problem, which region is the problem of Nigeria

It is common knowledge that NCCF family house is not conduscive for those looking for freedom and fun. Well i am a catholic and i stayed in NACC (national association of catholic corpers) house for about 2 weeks and i really enjoyed my stay because the rules were not strict ( you don't have to wear trousers to the bathroom). Most people were actually real not forming holy than thou, we could go out to hang out and do lot of stuffs without one brother dictating to us as far as you didn't exceed the limit. Finally, i knew i couldn't stay there because i needed to have my privacy and the distance of my ppa to my family house was too much.

Terrorist should not be kept in a prison with other forms of criminals where the security arrangement is poor. They should be kept in a maximum security well fortified prison. This move would never go down well with Igbos. Nigeria should build new prisons because the ones we have now are too crowded.

I have been hearing about this Radio Biafra. I would like to hear what the radio station is sayinf so that i could draw my conclusion. I am not pro-biafra because their are so many uncertainties and alot of people would lose what they struggled hard and long to get.

DravenCreighton:
Lol! Like I said mediocre, wa la kin, innee sa e mun.

slowpoke, it seems the only english word you know is mediocre. Go learn something new dumbfuckk.

saxwizard:
ogbeni aregbesola.

weldone

Why una dey tell all this thiefs(politicians) well done. This is something he should be doing. He should pay them and most importantly, he should pay them everything he owes them even if not presently.

DravenCreighton:
How petty, your insults are mediocre at best, so me retaliating wouldn't be fair on you. Just stay out of things that don't concern you Don't you have something like bayaca or something to attend to?

Nonsense, you insulted me and you want me to clap for you. Nobody can cyber bully me. If you don't like my comment you either counter it logically or you can choose to bang your skull on your wall.

DravenCreighton:
They're muslims, dumbo!

Stupid fool, a big bigoted bastard like you. So even if they are muslims they have the right to free association, freedom of speech as provided by Nigerians constitution. People like you are the vultures and vomit of our time. Dumb robot, i wonder how someone as daft as yourself exist in this world. I blame the people who brought you here. You should have been a wasted sperm. Idiot!

Useless country, how can we be using different Laws in the same country. Can't those convicted individuals appeal that sentence in our normal courts.

I think for him admitting that he can't solve the problem in Osun state, he should be sent packing.

Monikween:
I prefer staying alone..... roommate?... nooo we go fight tire...

why can't girls co-habit with themselves. Just give them two days to be roomies, they would tear themselves apart. That one na story for another day, i like your pics o, would like to chat with you on watsapp.

Sard:
Sorry about the wrong assumption. But all the Same, I honestly believe it's a good development, it's going to be to our benefit in the long run

Which benefit. Nigeria would never grow if individuals don't learn how to develop wealth by themselves. If you think releaving those men who should still be working would solve our problem in Nigeria. Honestly i give up on this country because it is not only the leaders that are stupid. What is wrong in creating new jobs.

Sard:
I really don't get your point, man. Won't they be given gratuity and pension afterward?
Besides, most of the people that will be affected ain't even that agile again, most of them don't do much work again in their offices. You may say their wealth of experience count but what about those that have been in the service for 20+ years? Are they also not experienced enough to be in charge?
Nigeria is not all about you and your family, let others work for Nigeria too.

Economically, legally, on moral ground it is a wrong and stupid policy. For your statement on my Family, you are absolutely wrong, most members of my family are employers of labour. This would not solve any problem in Nigeria.

Panshow:
If he'd said otherwise, Tanoids would've still crucified him.
Tanoids are allergic to good news.

please what is good about the news. This is a stupid, dumb and foolish move/ news.

Sard:
Good move by the president. What do we stand to gain from this move?
1. Employment opportunities for young people
2. Due to their physical strength and up-to-date knowledge of happenings around the world, the newly employed ones are likely going to increase productivity of their various ministries.

It is a very stupid move. What would happen to those civil servants and their family. Reading this news alone just spoilt my day and some wicked idiots still have the guts to support this stupid rumour. If he actually said something like this, he would be a the biggest hypocrite on planet earth if he doesn't resign. I never really cared about Nigeria government but if this is true, i think honestly i am beginning to hate this government.

GodswillAJudins:
FUTA is far better than FUTO.

I feel it has to do more with personal development. I graduated from FUTO. Honestly FUTO is a good school to build your engineering awareness. FUTO has some pretty cool gadgets but our schools in Nigeria has to do more because we have a very long way to go and we also have to invest in sponsoring research. Finally, all schools have good students and bad students, So bragging is not important to me.

500GP:
WHY SHOULDN'T THEY PRACTICE WHAT'S IN THEIR HOLY BOOK QURAN? DIDN'T THEY'VE THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE THEIR SHARIA LAW?
THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON SMOOTHLY UNTIL THE KILLING OF MOHAMMED YUSUF...........

The un-lawful killing of Yusuf was wrong, he should have been tried for disturbing public peace, intimidation and sometimes his members executed some notable cleric and different innocent Nigerians and so many other crimes that he was accused of.

500GP:
OBASANJO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BOKOHARAM INSURGENCY..

IT STARTED DURING YARADUA'S REGIME BY THE THE RECKLESS KILLING OF THE FIRST BOKOHARAM LEADER IN THE POLICE CUSTODY.....

GEJ FAILED AS A PRESIDENT TO CURB THE INSURGENCY...

HOW DOES ENFORCEMENT OF SHARIA LAW LEAD TO BOKOHARAM? SHARIA LAW IS PART AND PARCEL OF ISLAMIC RELIGION.....



#IT MAY BE TO LATE NOW TO CONTROL THE INSURGENCY BECAUSE OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST REGIME...

Can't you comprehend the message or maybe you are just biased. The writer is trying to pass a message that if OBJ had acted on some decisive things when he was in power, this dragon would have been destroyed at its infant stage. The north also have to be blamed for its attitude when this monster was still growing. OBJ as the president of Nigeria should had never allowed any section of the country practice any law contrary to the law of Nigeria.