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Reflect7:
You spoilt your post by hyping her 'British English'.

You Africans need to stop thinking like this.

That's your Number 1 problem - this strange adoration you have for those that enslaved, colonised and brutalized your ancestors, and looted your natural resources as colonialists for a century and more.

It makes you SO vulnerable to their machinations.

The Chinese and Indians are very different.

They don't WANT to sound European or anything else but the way they sound. PERIOD. If you don't like their accent, don't listen. Go away. That is their attitude.

Same with religion. They still worship their cows and dragons etc till today.

They simply updated their religions and continued with them, unlike you that just abandoned it all and carried Arab Koran and English bible.

Now that you've turned to 'black Englishmen' and 'black Arab men', is your country better and safer than those Asian countries that stuck with their own traditions?

Now you want her to even sound more English.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery!

- Bob Marley

According to the literary icon, some Obidients claiming to be radical were playing the script of some other people, which had been designed before the February 25 presidential election.
Noble laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has insisted that some supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, popularly known as ‘Obidients’ are fascists.

Speaking during the question-and-answer session at the launch of his book titled “The Putin Files: Excursions Around The Ideology Of Pain”, the latest in the popular Interventions series in Lagos on Friday, Soyinka described some members of the Obidient movement as appalling to think that only governments and government agencies could be fascists.

Soyinka, who said this while responding to a question asked by poet and lawyer Ogaga Ifowodo, as to why he called Obidients fascists, used the 2020 #EndSARS protest as an example of a struggle driven by pure truth.

“#EndSARS is one of the most successful movements in this country,” he said.

He said that he supported the #EndSARS protest and even addressed some protesters when he was leaving Lagos for Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital during the protest.

“They begged me not to go, I said I’m going,” he said and narrated how he “stood on the median and addressed the crowd”.

In comparison with the #EndSARS protest, Soyinka said that what the Obidients were trying to do was mobilisation of youth to defend an untruth, noting that he had been there and seen when the immediate former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, pushed people to kill innocent serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by claiming he was cheated out of an election.

According to the literary icon, some Obidients claiming to be radical were playing the script of some other people, which had been designed before the February 25 presidential election.

He said long before the election, some people had schemed to tilt the country towards having an interim government.

“That tendency had been apparent even before the election,” he said.

“So some of those who thought they were being radical, they were being ‘mumu’ (foolish), and “playing the script of others”.

The Nobel laureate said that he knew that after his statement on Friday, a mob of Obidients would again launch an attack against him online by opening what he described as their “dictionary of abuses”, adding that he would be happy to face them.

“They can go back to the internet, open their dictionary of abuses ad start all over again, I will come back and tell them that you are ‘mumu’ (foolish). You were not playing your script,” he said.

He noted that if they were knowledgeable, they would be “able to put two and two together”.

Soyinka in an interview with Channels Television before the February 25 presidential election said that if Obi lost the election, it would be his followers who lost it for him.

Reacting to Soyinka’s statement, Obidients lashed out at him on social media and on some mainstream media.

But responding to the Obidients’ disparaging comments against him, Soyinka through a statement titled, ‘Fascism on course’ said the “seeds of incipient fascism in the political arena have evidently matured.”

He added, “It would appear that a record discharge of toxic sludge from our notorious smut factory is currently clogging the streets and sewers of the Republic of Liars. It goes to prove the point that provoked the avalanche Exactly!

Kingsnairaland:
What a joke, to Ukraine military men they moved into a few empty settlements in the skirmish zone otherwise know as the GrayZone kilometres away from the actual Russian defensive lines,

they then retreated from most of them after waving a flag for the photo op before the Russians shelled them, its merely a propaganda stunt to try and placate the western backers of the proxy war,

these little moves will then be spun by the media to try and claim them as serious gains so they can try and use it to get more funding at the NATO summit next month…. 🤷‍♂️

onuman:
Any day Igbos do exodus from Lagos, you are going to beg the Igbos to return to Lagos. If not, why did your parents fight against Biafra?

joshuaedem:
PBAT is preparing the ground for the chosen one PPO

Patriotsleague:
Chinese are dangerous people, very self centered people.

2mch:
The government should not allow any foreign company or persons own such agricultural land. Chinese were stopped from doing this in US. This is wrong and will kill local farmers. If it’s not technology foreigners are bringing in then they should be restricted.

1Sharon:
Ghanaian immigrants? That's possible. But the dish is now Pan- West African. So who's responsible? Sahelians are the only group of people that move around the most.

What do you think of the link?

1Sharon:
Historical trends have shown that information and culture in West Africa usually spreads from the far west sahelian countries (Mali/ Senegal) This happened with Jellof Rice & Islam,

And do yorubas really think this didn't happen with Agbada?

In regards to your question on iro & buba. Have a look at this:

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/boubou/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20has%20been%20suggested%20that,until%20the%20late%20nineteenth%20century.

ImperialYoruba:
Na Yoruba originate Agbada.

Look, the Arewa symbol that Northern people put on everything, na Yoruba own am.

It is taboo in Islam to identify with image, or so Notherners thought. Right about 1957 when colonial government was looking for a symbol that each region will use for self identification, Hausa North turned down every symbol proposed and claimed it was not in line with Islam. So in frustration, colonial govt began using the Solomon Knot (which is an ancient totem and a heirloom of Yoruba royalty) for any document and state symbol for North. Thats how it became an official symbol for them. Luckily we have pictures of Yoruba Obas that predated 1957 and you can see the weave on their Agbada. However, no picture or representation of the symbol anywhere in North prior to its 1957 adoption. The specific lineage of this totem is Oranmiyan. He bequeathed it to Oyo. From Oyo it gained wide usage in Yoruba.

Dont play with Yoruba when it comes to archived history and culture. We are originators.

I will even go further and say there is a very expensive clothing worn by Ibo women and is called George. Its origin is Yoruba and it was a weave pattern. In modern times that pattern would be patented. The specific Yoruba group that owned and made the weave was Ijebu.

Now, how did it get to Ibo?

Itsekiri traded it with portuguese merchants. From them it got to Calabar. Feom Calabar to Iboland.

I will teach Ibo history of its ancestral journey from nude to semi nude to this modern time copying Yoruba dress style and urbanism.

Princessstee:
Odunde simply means "The festive period has come" in yoruba and its the largest African American festival in USA.

yoruba will rule over the whole word, it's just the matter of time.

sukkot:
alright bro we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. But I know demonic possession when I see one. Try to watch the ja Morant videos where he is in the car acting possessed and pulling out the gun

sukkot:
the incredulity of the whole thing is why I am telling you that these guys are possessed by demons. They are not in control. Ja can't control not flashing guns and when the demon leaves him he gets sober and starts begging the NBA and his fans and he gets sober. Then the following week the demon takes over again and he starts flashing guns. Bro I know you are not into spirituality but trust me these guys are possessed by demons.

Heffalump:
From the Census report, it also shows that the Nupes and Hausas also have origin in Lagos and can claim ancestral heritage to Lagos.

The moment other settlers came early to co-habit with the original settlers of Lagos, and both settled seamlessly like the ones from Benin Republic and Togo, one is safe to say that Lagos does not belong to Yoruba alone.

sukkot:
lol it's mind boggling but you know what ? I think it's deeper than that . These 2 have been possessed and taken over by demons. You see ? Demons use those visible amongst us to send messages and that would be celebrities. And what would the message be ? Notice how their names are ja and Zion meaning God and Israelis-solace ? So the demons are trying to degrade the spiritual foundations of men OR

sukkot:
zion and ja morant. african american debauchery and hedonism

babaolofin:
You are an illiterate and an uncivilized crude Onitsha main market trader.

What makes him the least qualified? Is it because he is a Yoruba? Is it because he has an engineering background? You are a fool.

You can see how shallow minded you are. While it is true that not everybody who works in bank is a banker, also, it is not every banker that can become CBN governor. Management of monetary policy (financial system regulation and fiscal policy) of a Nation is different from core banking operations. An engineer that has been in the banking environment for over 3 decades by training is well equipped to head CBN.

Firstly, I am an engineer in addition to other professional trainings and qualifications. My engineering training opened my intelligence more than any other training I have done because of hard thinking, mathematical modelling and analysis, control systems, statistics, engineering economics & management.
If I have devoted my entire life in the financial sector of the economy, I would be better than anybody in the understanding of the operations of economy. Digital economy and Financial Tech platforms (Cryptocurrency, online banks,etc) are not isolated from fiscal policy, micro and macro economic analysis of the economy.

Head of Operations department of CBN is not just to oversee SWIFT and International and Local Electronics Financial Telecommunications (EFT) platforms or various Financial TELEX platforms but must understand the economy and operations.

Kindly show us the Organogram (Organization Chart) of CBN that makes the Deputy Governor (Operations Department) the least qualified to be an Acting Governor of CBN. You are very parochial and unenlightened. I am taking you for a crude and an uncivilized Onitsha main market trader. Representing a governor at events does not mean the person automatically is the next governor. It might be due to the relationship between the governor and the person, it might be due to deals and not necessarily the month or year of appointment to the board. Soludo used Tunde Lemo as his right hand man not because Tunde Lemo was older on the board than other Deputy Governors but because they graduated from Nzuka.

Is the Financial System stability or Corporate Services more than Operations Department? What is the effect of the Financial System stability or Corporate Services on the operations of the banking systems and various International and local banking platforms being used in Nigeria? Operations Department is the engine room and the heart of the banking systems. This is where fraud and deals are transmitted electronically and this is where EFCC and DSS monitor and track.

Tinubu is different from Obasanjo, Yaradua, Jonathan and Buhari. Tinubu had first class in Business Admin (Accounting).

CBN governor is not the only person managing the economy. We have economic team. Economic Adviser and Minister of Finance are part of the team. Tinubu as the President and a private sector expert is the Chief Economic Adviser to himself. Tinubu understands economics and economy. Tinubu had dialogue with the private sector during campaign. He will continue to interact with them. He needs a Tech person now.

Finally, your problem is that the Acting governor is Yoruba. If Fola Adeola, the founding partner of GTB is appointed as CBN governor, you will still cry, you will still wail. Show us all the Jonathan appointments. Show us all the Yaradua and Buhari appointment.

You are very uncivilized, it is better you focuse on trading and clearing and forwarding matters.

Scatterscatter:
There is a difference between knowing and having concrete evidence.
He surely knows the Cabal but he needs them to know he has their balls. What they will be focused on now is how to seek BAT'S pardon or how to cover their tracks.
Covering their tracks at this stage will only lead to them leaving more trails because BAT has installed a loyalist as the temporary head of the CBN.
Can you smell Checkmate?

Scatterscatter:
If you understand the game of power, you will understand this move better.

Now that he has the Cabal's puppet, he will sing and name names which BAT will then use as a joker to tame the Cabal and make them dance to his tune.

Emefiele is the fall guy in this "game of throne"

Information is Power
Power is power
Tinubu has both 🙌

It is time to indict, arrest and try his accomplices as well. They include his principal, @MBuhari , the ex-Attorney General, Abubakar @Malami SAN. Buhari’s cousin and ex- Private Secretary, Tunde Sabiu, Chief of Defense Staff, General Irabor whose wife was given the task of printing naira notes under the pretext of being falsely appointed by the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company.

FreedomfromtheT:
Ok. If Gbadamosi according to you, is likely not a Lagos indigene, then who are the indigenes of Lagos?