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Real devotion to duty! Teaching is indeed his passion. God bless him and his children/grandchildren abundantly for all he has done to impact young lives positively.

He deserves an award.

Sad. He really feels pushed to the wall.

Cyriacus the Ejigbo community reporter!

justi4jesu:
The comments are too funny haba

Nairaland ..laughterland.

All that we need to do is to breed our own cows. Ranch bred cows are healthier, more nourishing and produce more milk. When there's lower demand for 'wakawaka' cows, there'll be peace.

Meanwhile the private universities that are villified so much have well equipped hospitals with efficient and well trained staff. Babcock University's teaching hospital is a very good example. I'm aware that Obafemi Awolowo UTH has diligent and experienced staff but the facilities are not good enough.

Everything 'government' in Nigeria is a problem. Nepotism, tribalism, incompetence and lack of maintenance usually ensures that the organisations accomplish very little. Aisha Buhari and Zahra gave a shout out on Aso Clinic. Nothing has happened to date. Yusuf had to be rushed to a private clinic after all the billions spent on Aso Clinic.

One wonders what this government has really achieved.

May God grant her soul eternal rest in peace.

Young ones are busy watching BBNaija and enriching MTN. Young people in South Africa worked hard to remove Zuma. Here they're busy hailing the same Babas who have mortgaged our future.

That's great! Congrats to him. More grease to his elbows. Refreshing news from the North away from the killings etc
He'll surely go places by God's grace.

Alfaab:
There is nothing like oyoroba that you formed out of the air.
This is how Yoruba came by..


History of the Yoruba:
Decoding the History of Yoruba
within the meanings of
language and the symbols
One of the things that is
very consistent in the
History of Yoruba people
and family nations has been
that King Lamurudu was a
powerful hunter who had
several children and one of
them, Odua or Oduduwa the
last child, became the
founding ancestor of the
Yoruba people and family
nations.
Our prehistory is based on
oral traditions and, like all
oral stories, subject to
change by omission and
commission -- after some
thousands years of told and
retold. When groups and
family nations have found
their niche and security
within the land, independent
of one another, different
stories about groups'
origins become more
fashionable.
And the advent of
colonialists did not help our
history. It was like the
'sermon on the mount' --
"Give ye not that which is
sacred to the dog, neither
cast your pearl before the
swine, for the swine would
trample them under their
feet and the dog would turn
and rend you." For some
thousands of years we have
given our history to alien
powers; as we use their
expertise and their language
to interpret and write about
who we were and are.
The situation was made
more complicated as
colonialists (another alien
powers) moved in and
assigned different alphabets
to the spoken words of
similar groups within group.
For example: Some groups
were assigned the letter C,
some got Z and another got
S -- for similar sounds. In
one similar sound, some
groups were assigned Ch, or
Sh, or, even S. Some group
received the K and others
received the Q for similar
sound, and so on and so
on. Each group accepted its
alien alphabets without
reexamination and change.
Furthermore, isolation of
groups from each other led
to different pronunciations
of words and their uses
took new, but related,
meanings.
Please allow me to digress
a moment. I went to see a
Ghanian colleague in
Richardson by Dallas in
Texas. He and I went out for
a couple of hours and, upon
return, his wife welcomed
us back home with the word
that sounded like Yoruba
"eku aabo,"which means
"welcome" in Yoruba. But I
was wrong. She was
speaking her Ghana
language when she said
"akwaaba," which means
"welcome." Another group in
Ghana spells the same word
"aquaaba."Our languages
and symbols, highly codified
by our ancestors in order to
promote survival, could be
very useful in determining
our true history.
We must look at prehistory
and other available
references from ancient
times related to oral
prehistory and our cultural
symbols to correct the
mistakes in written history.
Last year I wrote: "The
Yoruba language is
excellent in what is called
"euphony." Euphony is a
method by which one makes
a phonetic change to make
a word or phrase more
pleasant to hear or
pronounce. For example, in
Yoruba, "li" or "ni" can
interchange. Some Yoruba
ethnic can say "ni ana" or "li
ana" which means "as of
yesterday." "Ni oni" or "li
oni" which means "as of
today." For the sake of
euphony, both phrases
become "lana" and "loni"
respectively. Now, let us
apply the same to Nimrod,
Nam'Ur-ud and the father of
O'dua -- Lamurudu.
First, take out all vowels in
each name. Nimrod will
become NMRD, Nam'Ur-ud
will become NMRD. For the
sake of euphony, replace
the "L" in Lamurudu with N
and you have NMRD.
Lamurudu was the
beginning of ena; the
inversion or change of
letters, words, syllables or
sentences in order that the
sense is disguised.
Lamurudu is thus
concealed.
It has now become an
instinctual response for the
Yoruba to trigger the "u"
sense upon contact with
Arabic names, which have
their root in Aramaic, the
language of the Canaanites.
Ask yourself this question:
How did the Greek come to
have the "Staff of Orion" and
the Yoruba also have the
"Opa Oranyan?" Orion and
Oranyan are the same but
utter confusion.
But our elders would
exaggerate some words.
Oranyan (Orion) became
Oranmiyan -- the same utter
confusion. The Greek and
the Hebrew borrowed a lot
from their Canaanite
masters from prehistory.
The art of writing came from
the Canaanites. The Hebrew,
the Arabic and the Greek
borrowed from the
Canaanite. Some older
dictionaries would let you
know that.
But modern dictionaries
have begun to omit the
Canaanite as first in writing.
And that is purposeful. For
example, the letter "O" is
used by the Canaanite to
mean "end or completion." It
is "omega" in Greek which
means "end." The word "dua"
is Aramaic/Arabic for
"prayer" or "supplicate
before God." In Arabic "Ya"
is "O." Therefore if you
named your child "Ya'dua"
and I named my child
"O'dua," we are both
thanking God for answering
our prayers for giving us the
child we want.
The name is usually given to
the expected last born son.
In modern Yoruba, a'dua has
acquired the letter "r" to
become "adura. "Following
the deluge, after a few
thousand years with the
kingdom under water and
under deserts, other people,
including the Hebrew,
invaded with confidence to
take over the land gradually
because the great king was
gone. The Canaanites
scattered under different
names to hide because of
persecution, genocide,
splinter groups and within
group fighting. One group
became Yoruba, which was
'Yerubbaal' -- the 'People of
Baal'. Baal was a
monotheistic God.
With new names for the one
and only God, the word
'Baal' was absorbed from
the Canaanite into Hebrew
to mean 'lord or master of
the house' and it is the
same as 'baale' in Yoruba.
The people further changed
the identity of Baal to
Shango.
Please make the effort to go
to a good museum where
you can find the drawing of
the Canaanite God Baal and
compare it with any statue
of Shango. And for that
matter, we should compare
the sculptures and arts of
the Canaanites
(Phoenicians) with that of
the Yoruba, Benin, Asante
and others for similarities.
And we should not allow
any stolen history found in
the Old Testament cause us
to shy away from our
prehistory. The Canaanite
word "ilu" gave us Olu, Eli
and Ala. The same people
gave us "ob" from which
Obd, Abd and Oba came.
For example in the Bible, we
have OBADIAH which is
"servant of God." It is
oxymoron when our Yoruba
ministers call God "Olorun-
oba." the Owner of the
Heaven cannot also be
called the servant. Olorun
by itself is a great attribute
for God. Oba in prehistory
was the servant of the
people appointed by the
King to administer his
territories -- conquered or
acquired. At that time, Obas
were like Governor Generals
under the British rule in our
present day. They were not
meant to equal the status of
the king.
In the same line of
conversation, the deity
"Obatala" in Yoruba was the
'servant of God' and God is
'Ala Ta Ala' in Islam. The
time is now for our
linguists, lexicologists,
educators and simply
ordinary persons to help
update the Yoruba
Dictionary to include the
roots and origins of words.
Our alphabets, developed by
a European anthropologist,
only put us further away
from our origin, especially
those letters that carry a dot
along with them.
Take for an example, the
letter 'O' as in 'imo' and
'ino'. Both words mean
'light'. But in Aramaic and
Arabic, the words 'light' will
be 'ur' and 'nur'. Let us
declare our own Age of
Enlightenment with the new
millennium.
Author: M. Kayode Oladale
Molake

Thanks for this detailed insight. We keep learning.

Meanwhile he has abandoned the old government schools to PTAs and Old Students. There's little or no funding. There are very few teachers (employed by OYSG) and huge population of students. What impact will the few new schools make when the majority of the schools are not performing so well? Moreso, it reflects the same elitist school system that former governments tried so hard to eliminate resulting in the degradation of the schools.

Why not hand over the old schools to the original owners like it was done in Lagos, Ogun, Anambra? for effective management. Igbobi College, St Gregorys, Ansarudeen et al are back on track in Lagos for instance without impacting negatively on the provision of relatively free education for indigent kids.

This is so sad!

This guy who used to sound reasonable while preaching on Cool FM! Interesting that he wants no tithes but will accept donations. What's the difference between six and half a dozen? Real wayo Church in the making. Anyway only God knows those who truly serve Him.

Buy Naija! Our rice is fresher and more nutritious. Try Ebony, Lake and others. They're far better than the preserved, over polished ten year old rice from Asian countries.

I look forward to the day that the younger generation will stop campaigning for old recycled politicians to plan their future in this digital age.

Joshuaoseoboh:
God please when I get the job help me not to have this kind of people as co-workers. Amen

You truly need a job. Faith without works is dead though so go out and search daily. God can only bless the work of your hands I.E. your efforts
May God grant your wishes very soon.

You need another job. Diehard looters rarely change.
Pray that you're not implicated while you're there. Remember that not all prisoners are guilty of any offence.

I don't understand why her case alone is receiving so much attention. The reality is that many of the wealthy people in this country derived their wealth from or through the government. Oil blocks, import waivers, beneficial laws with insider knowledge, indirect monopolies, outright looting etc

When we learn to follow due process without fear or favor and punish those who refuse to comply, things will change.

obojememe:
something that i bought in alaba market and watch it in d comfort of my sitting room with cold baileys...

That's encouraging piracy! Reaping from another man's sweat isn't being smart.

zionmade1:
Thank God its not a Christian that was kidnapped

We're all the same before God. By the way, Evans is a Christian and most of his alleged victims were Christians. Anyone can be kidnapped and kidnappers don't single out any particular religion for their nefarious deeds.

SamuelAnyawu:
I Can't stop Crying. I never believed I'll loose you same day we were both in Rann discussing how we are going to meet again a during our annual break in Makurdi... Never believed it was the same day you going to leave earth Yawe my Friend.

Yea everyone is saying I should give a testimony and thanksgiving that I left Rann on Heli an hour before the attack. But I don't give a Bleep. I lost loved ones who sacrificed in our Humanitarian Response in Rann. it's really painful bro.

I really miss you Yawe Son... from the streets of Makurdi we grew up down to Our hussle in the Northeast. The Rann Team will surely Miss you.

RIP Yawe Son

RIP Doctor Kachi

RIP To all Gallant Mobile Force personnel.


RIP to all Gallant Soldiers.

May God comfort and uphold you. May He make His face to shine upon you and grant you peace. Amen

Accept my condolences dear brother even as I don't know you. I continue to pray for courage, strength and provision for all try those involved in humanitarian efforts in the North East. May God guide and protect you always. Amen

May the souls of the departed rest in peace.Amen

TonyeBarcanista:
Spent forces and expired politicians.

Form your own party. We simply want more options and distinguishable manifestos to choose from. I'm all for younger people coming together to make a difference. Sitting on the fence to complain is certainly not the way to go.

How about shaming looters?

DaRuud:
Mr. Ogbonna Uchenna , weldone , from going to India to sell drugs , you decide to marry Shashitra Khan , Mama Ifeoma dey wait for you for Nnewwi , Kwantinue !!!

For real or just a joke?

DaRuud:
Mr. Ogbonna Uchenna , weldone , from going to India to sell drugs , you decide to marry Shashitra Khan , Mama Ifeoma dey wait for you for Nnewwi , Kwantinue !!!

Hmmm!

I wish Prof or his family derived some benefit from this. He was indeed an artist par excellence!

I wonder why our Culture Ministry made no moves to claim the painting for Nigeria/ his family.

It seems to me that what she said was deliberately misconstrued. All I see is someone who seized an opportunity and made the best of it by faith or whatever. She wasn't the only one given. Others didn't do anything about it. She fought hard for 12 years before she could start working on the oil block. She deserves all the blessings she has derived from the oil block.

So many lazy and ignorant people believe nothing can be achieved by a woman without sexual harassment. It's the reason many will remain in poverty for a long time.

Interesting topic! So much to learn about our history and cultures.

Good move! Watching some young politicians speak in the South African Parliament reminded me of the days of NUNS not todays NANS which is so divided and unfocused. If only a large percentage of the younger generation can decide to be involved as Fela has done, we'll be taking sure steps towards a better future. Young people need to arise and make this country shine again.

Start by getting your PVCs and getting involved in any political party of your choice. The future is yours!

How does a Boko Haram convoy pass through villages without being sighted by the military who are supposed to be all over the North East? This happening shortly after the rumoured escape of Shekau speaks volumes.

I pray that the remaining missing girls are found.

God bless him and lead him to greater heights. Amen

May Terry G experience amazing grace and abundant blessings always. Amen

yeyerolling:
People who used connect/fronting to make it shud fuk off abeg. IBB gave u OML cos u be hin wife padi. Where in the world does a tailor get oil mining license. Madam just sits at home with her 45% share of OML. Get total and odas to operate it and she gives dem share of profits. Oniranu.Pple like cosmas maduka too will come bobo us hw dey made it. Bt in reality na runs and connects

Well, many others got their licences the easy way too yet they achieved nothing. Honour to whom honour is due. She focused on making something out of the opportunity given to her (whichever way) and is a resounding success today.

She was a staff of one of the biggest merchant banks in the 80s/90s. That also probably equipped her with financial wisdom. She's a trained secretary (UK) apart from being a fashion designer.