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anonimi:
With your common sense you cannot answer a simple question. Of what use then is your common sense

stop displaying your ignorance, let the money on your education show for once... since its hard for you to comprehend let me break it down to your level. if emeka sold toyota bumper in 2015 at 70 naira and then sold the same number if bumpers at 30 naira tge following year. can he generate the same revenue?

anonimi:
First, should you not find out how much was paid into the same Federation Account by NNPC in January 2015?

oga u people should be applying common sense nah. nnpc is producing about the same quantity of oil but in January 2015 it was like $70 per barrell, January 2016 $32 per barrell, do you need a 2year old boy to explain this simple maths for u?

Macfloyd:
Please mention the roads built by Amaechi that Wike is reconstructing in rivers state? Wike dat is completing projects dat Amaechi did up to 80-90% and he'll commission it as a new project!!

Also, pls remind me the 1st class roads built by Fashola in Lagos dat Ambode is now reconstructing?
U are just deprived of knowledge about basic things. It's not a must for u to comment if u have nothing to say. Fashola's projects were mostly for the elites and in high-brow areas in Lagos. Ambode instead is concentrating more of his developments in d subs and interior parts of lagos. That's d beauty about continuity of progressive govts.

As for d topic, I have nothing to say becos dier ineffectual buffon has repaired and completed all d Federal roads in d east so I would advise Buhari to disregard dier requests.

arguing with an ipob is like explaining the laws of gravity to a 9months old baby! they just cant phantom the thoughts...

a year one law student, wait sef any human being with comkon sense will know dansuki has no case. The lawyers fighting for him are just being half smart and also making loads of money representing him. If not for the money we are trying to recover, dansuki should be in hague now facing war crime ! just kuje here that im sure his getting preferential treatments he's shouting for bail

when osibanjo said corruption is a virus in the system and it will take total overhauling of our mind set as a nation, he was right.

Drabeey:
Issokay..

I can feel the phlegmatic soothing breeze of jigsaw blowing far and wide. This news catapult a singalla syndrome , making ways for fallowing bargardy in my jinktum. I am pleased that the fingers that drew the soup of belagoree is now accounting for it chartardlly.


Anyways...



DrabeeyWasHere

Are you a seed of obiahghon? loool

.As long as God is on the throne, buhari will live long to fulfill all his heart desire for Nigeria.. I was meant to take my niece to the cinema but was tired cos of a night out, her mum called me that my neice wants to speak with me , below is our conversation

niece..hi uncle

me ..hello hun how was ur night?

niece.. fine uncle, when r u coming to pick me up

me...aahhh im really tired today oh, i had a long night out but dont worry i will bribe u with ur favourite ice cream when we see in church tomorrow

niece... ahh bribe keh? uncle this is the era of change! dont bribe me ooh.. i will be ready for 2pm come and pick me up

as funny as it was , that message struck me. some clowns are already joking with #bringback our corruption# can you imagine?

What legacy will you leave for generations to come?

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long overdue! Nigeria will be great again

.He gave a breakdown and some people in their room is debunking the story without any fact. The feeding programme has a value chain of farmers, transporters, cooks, supervisors, the catering company etc...

erico2k2:
guy for one year? we go wait until one year b4 budget? so are they gonna remove spent monies from the budget when it is finally passed? the money they are spending now who is going to account for it, from what budget? see massive fraud going on right in front of our eyes.stay there, no wail

very matured response and i give you kudos for that , however let me break it down on how it works. The money been spent at the moment is the supplementary budget of almost 600billion that was passed last year around September. in a lame mans explanation, if you want to build house and the builder gives you quotation, can he starts building without the owner giving him funds? The answer is NO.. so what Nigerians should do is to direct the wailing to the national assembly to hurry up and pass the budget then hold buhari accountable if he still uses we will when the budget is passed. For now na siddon look we dey until the budget is passed . cheers

A brand new car will last a minimum of 10 good years before a major problem occurs if properly maintained. Telling us vehicles of 3years plus is beyond repair is another cock and bull story from the senate president. we aren't dummies and most of us drive. An average nigerian buys a 10yr old tokunbo and still rocks the car for another 5 to 7years before wear and tear on the car. We are talking about mecerdes benz that has a fantastic reputation for durability when maintained properly. march 10 is on my mind

dukie25:
Borehole is equal to primary health care?
Anyway this propaganda is strictly
for Sai-babarians.

only if school passed through you then you will know clean water is a major aspect to primary health care, alot of diseases affect rural areas due to villagers not being able to drink clean water. if the borehole is available it automatically prevents some illnesses ..

Also for the people lamenting be patient, without budget the government can only tell us their plans but cant roll it out! when the budget is passed then you can judge, wailing now is just a sign of ignorance

Nothing will happen if remitta decides to cancel the deal . The part of corruption we are against is what is happening right now , the fg doesn't need the services of remitta but due to the fraud of last administration we have been put in a lot of mess. There is a department under the oagf that can do exactly and much more than what remitta is doing but due to fraud they chose to give a private company. read about gifmis then ypu will understand better

Melkizedek:
Only a political zombie and a member of aisha rice eaters association (AREA ) will vomit such rubbish...so the angels are fallible, but a mere mortal man like buhari is infallible? just when you think you've seen the apex of sycophants in this geographical expression, someone comes along and surprises you the more!

like they say , the cup can be half full or half empty, PERSPECTIVE ... you spoke according to the limit of your brain so i forgive you

Iroh88:
I wanna believe you read my post in the other thread before posting this comment.

That is. Just the truth. Had the ministers "done the needful", all these wouldn't have come to the public.

Welcome development it is indeed!! Let them do their work. No more padding of budget and giving kickbacks to legislooters to seal their lips.

By the way, we are still waiting for the NASS to make public details of their own budget.

lool i dint oh , but i worked for an ex senator in the last administration and you would think i go to the gym due to the amount of ghana must go bags we lift frequently lool

corruption is everywhere, even in heaven hence why lucifer fought with God before he was thrown down to the pit of hell. everybody cant be buhari and he cant monitor every single deal by himself. what will differentiate buhari from gej is after hearing allegations such as this and not investigate . if boro is found guilty he should be another scape goat finish

I am a buharist but i will never support inflated budget, However the reason everyone seems to be doing their work accordingly in national assembly is because the budget was'nt accompanied with ghana must go bags for the legislators. If it was the usual practice we wont have heard anything! This is a welcome development for our democracy, as long as the executive arm and legislators try to outshine each other then a better Nigeria is ahead

Nbote:
One of the numerous reasons why our educational system needs to be reviewed and overhauled. These are supposed to be some of the basic topics covered in indigenous history instead of all those baseless folklore they made us read.

well said

The source of Yoruba from Benin is very authentic.

THE statement credited to Oba Erediauwa Omonoba Uku
Akpolokpolo, that the Yoruba race originated from
Benin Kingdom, was very rich in details and calls for
re-examination by historians of high repute from all
the Nigerian Universities and recognised institutions
not from uneducated and bias sources of chambers or
shrines of some Obas or traditional rulers as
presently being envisaged or contemplated. The
statement from Ooni of Ife disputing the fact of Oba
of Benin was not strong enough.

I was fascinated by the different versions of
uncoordinated folk stories we were told about the
origin of the Yoruba. As a Yoruba man from Abeokuta I
was told Oduduwa was the first man created by God just
like the Bible said Adam and Eve were the first to be
created by God.

The Bible says Cain the only surviving child of Adam
and Eve went to another city called Nod to marry his
wife. The question is who created the wife, the wife's
parents or the family of the in-law if any. Just like
I asked in my innocent mind as a student in the
primary school then who created Oduduwa and how did
Oduduwa marry his wife? My Teacher never told me the
answer. We were even told Oduduwa was the son of
Lamurudu from far East in Saudi Arabia and that some
of ourYoruba cousin can be found in Uganda. Many
conflicting stories which are very difficult to prove
or binding on history.

These are some of the missing gaps of history.

Oduduwa had sixteen children we were told and the
eldest was Orangun of Ila and the Egbas in Abeokuta
were descendants of the female child of Oduduwa named
Alaketu. None ever disputed the fact that Oranmiyan
the last born of Oduduwa also ruled the Benin Kingdom.
Why did Benin allowed the last child of Oduduwa to be
made a king over them or his descendants, if there was
no blue blood connection? Oba of Benin gave a
detailed account of fact of history that are very
difficult to dispute.

The Yoruba share so many things in common with the
Edo's in names and culture, which must be the reason
why it is very difficult to dispute the version of
Omonoba Uku Akpolokpolo

Again, to the Bible, Adam and Eve never told or shown
Cain the only surviving child the Garden of Eden where
God created them, just like Oduduwa never shown the
place and real evidence how he was created by God.
Archeologically, the Yoruba race is not more than 2000
years meaning other tribes existed before the Oduduwa
appearance. None availability of any other serious
fact to negate this lend credibility to Oba Benin's
version.

Two versions of history

Both version of History from Oba of Benin and Yoruba
agreed that Oramiyan the last son of Oduduwa returned
to Ife from Benin after he installed his son, Eweka
the first as Oba of Benin. He met his father Oduduwa
who was very advanced in age and blind, more also all
properties had been shared and distributed among his
fifteen brothers and sisters. Alternatively, seven
brothers according to Oba of Benin, Oduduwa was at a
dilemma on what to do because he assumed Benin Kingdom
would be enough as Oranmiyan's inheritance. Both
version of history agreed that the name Benin meant
"the land of the annoyed" because Oranmiyan left the
place in annoyance. Again, Oba of Benin was right on
this.

Oduduwa found an easy way out. He gave Oranmiyan his
staff as symbol to show his brothers and sisters to be
able to collect ten percent of revenue derived from
yearly harvest through out Yoruba land. With this,
Oranmiyan was able to collect over 150 percent of all
the returns throughout the uncoordinated kingdom.
Oduduwa also grudgingly agreed to allow his last son
Oranmiyan to be king at Ile Ife after his death. The
reason for this was unknown as this was against the
custom and tradition of giving priority to first child
or son who was Ila of Irangun. On the other hand,
could it be said that Orangun was too afraid to
challenge his junior brother or Oranmiyan was indeed
the senior? This is something the present Orangun of
Ila should explain.

Oduduwa was primarily a priest and voodoo man. It is
said until today that it is only one day that is free
of ritual worship in Ile Ife and the day is never made
public. Oduduwa took vacation just for one day. In one
of the ritual ceremonies where nobody was allowed to
be seen outside, a foreign woman of no means of
tracing her background was captured and was to be used
as scarifices for the gods. She was later spared
because she was found to be pregnant beside, it was
against ritual requirement. The child from the woman
was dedicated to the gods and act as a servant to
assist Oduduwa in his day-to-day ritual and voodoo
job. The child was named Ooni: meaning "this is Spared
One"

After the death of Oduduwa his son, Oranmiyan was
invited to take over the job of his father, which was
primarily ritual and voodoo, as well as traditional
ruler of Ile Ife. Oranmiyan refused because he had
succeeded in building an economically viable place at
Oyo Ile with administratively sound method of
government around the Oyomesi council in chief and it
would be degrading to leave this and move to Ile Ife
to be involved in daily ritual sacrifices.

Oranmiyan gave a condition that he must be buried at
Ife to symbolise his right to Ife thrown. It was on
condition of this that Ooni the son of the slave
woman that was captured and dedicated to gods that was
assisting Oduduwa continued the work of Oduduwa at
Ife. This is the reason why ALafin of Oyo will never
accept Ooni of Ife as a king or a superior in any
Yoruba gathering of Obas.

Ooni's assumed superiority was a British creation
because the King of England assumed a king at Ife, the
cradle of Yoruba, must be superior to all Obas just
like the British did in Abeokuta by imposing Alake's
superiority over other Obas at Abeokuta. In case of
Egbas, Sorunke who led the Egbas from Ibadan to the
present Abeokuta was from Oke Ona, where Oba Tejuoso
is the King. This is the reason why there is conflict
between Alake and Osile till date.

Oranmiyan was buried at Ife and not at Oyo, which is
the reason for the Opa Oranyan at Ife till today. Ooni
was not a true son or direct descendant of Oduduwa and
his title was not recognised. Ooni was just his name
which became his title. Ooni like other Yoruba Obas
paid duties to Oranmiyan during and after the death of
Oduduwa.

This practice stopped after the Oyo Empire was
destroyed. It is rather difficult to accept the Ooni's
version as against the Omonoba Polopolo. Oranmiyan
was a belligerent person. A war hero and where his
brothers and sister refused to give the yearly ten
percent duty as agreed with the staff of Oduduwa he
would use force. He later appointed his
representatives in each of the kingdoms of Yoruba to
monitor the returns, thus the creation of Oyo Empire
that led to the end of the kingdom Oduduwa created
which was not properly coordinated. The new empire
grew with amazing rapidity throughout West Africa and
was like the Ghana or Shonghai Empire of the medieval
history in the south of Sahara. Oyo Empire started
slave trade to weaken opposition.

An administration like the British

Oranmiyan's administration was the best in Africa and
could be likened to the British system of
Administration during the colonial government. The
empire expanded up to the present Benin republic.
Those who escaped the control of Alafin are the
Yorubas living in Benin Republic, which was formerly
Dahomey, On the East side, Oranmiyan never bothered
Benin Kingdom because of his son, and his son never
looked for him. At least there was no record of
history of any transaction between father and son.
Benin Kingdom continued to progress and Oyo Empire
continued to expand to the west coast. In Lagos, there
could not be a clash, it was a place of reunion for
Edo's and Yoruba it was said Eko, which is Lagos, and
in our local dialect is a Benin word.

Oyo Empire later suffered from over expansion and some
local hero started to emerge to challenge the
authority of the Oyo kingdom or that of the Alafin of
Oyo. Among them was the Lisabi Agboagbo Akala who
liberated the Egbas from Oyo Empire to create a
fearless Egba Kingdom.

Lisabi was never a king. In fact, he was murdered by
the Alake of Egbaland because of his popularity. Egbas
as a kingdom with its own National Anthem "Lori Oke
ati Pele" was merged with Nigeria by the British
Empire after 1914. In addition, Lagelu emerged from
Ibadan, Ogendegbe from Ijeshaland and Shou of
Ogbomosho and Ilorin through the deserter Chief of
Army Staff of Oyo who was killed by Alimi a Fulani;
thus, the end of Oyo Empire. The attack from the
Sokoto Caliphate from the North finally nailed the
coffin of the Oyo Empire.The collapse of the Oyo
Empire led to the Yoruba Wars. The present Oyo town
has nothing to do with Old Oyo town, it was just a new
creation to symbolise the memory of the Old.

The Egbas and Ijebus took over the control of
southwest towards the Atlantics because of lucrative
slave trade and closeness to the white man. The
emergence of western civilisation further weakened the
Old Oyo empire, the empire collapsed and the ruminants
of it can still be found at the old site. The irony of
it is Alafin of Oyo in the present Oyo town
continued to live in the memory of his ancestors'
glory of the Old Oyo empire.

In conclusion, Ooni who is not a direct son or
descendants of Oduduwa cannot be considered viable in
this discussion, but Alafin of Oyo must examine his
place in history and that of his senior brother
Orangun of Ila the first son who had disappeared into
history because he never challenged Oranmiyan. The
abdication of the thrown is a loss of right. However,
can a son be greater than his father? or can a river
be greater than its source? The source of Yoruba from
Benin is very authentic than Saudi Arabia or Lamurudu,
which cannot be traced, in Saudi Arabian history.


culled from VANGUARD Thursday, May 20, 2004
http://www.edo-nation.net/sowunmi1.htm

Well said, and i think its not only a nigerian factor but an African factor , no wonder bob marley said " emancipate yourself from mental slavery" until we stop being inferior to the western world we might not get it right. according to emiefele nigeria's largest importation after refined crude (pms, ago and kerosene) is rice . Imagine that? if you have eaten a locally sourced rice and uncle bens rice then you will understand that the foreign rice is rubbish! yet importers spent 2 billion dollars in 2015 to import rice. Its all about demand and supply, its so bad people pay house rent in dollars , spend dollars in clubs like its our local currency . Any body blaming buhari or cbn governor for the fall in naira falls into 2 categories, a stark illiterate with no wisdom or an anti Buhari pessimist filled with hate

zizirecords:
God or fertility treatment?
Nigerians and their gullibility. Not saying God cannot intervene but anybody with a brain knows that fertility treatments usually result to multiple births like this one.

only if you knew better you wont bank on fertility treatment alone. IVF isn't guaranteed and with my experience i have seen couples travel to usa, egypt, india all in the name of IVF and it wasn't successful . Like doctors says " we only treat but God heals "

kai and buhari just went to united state to eat chicken!

more pictures

David christian cetre amuwo idofin lagos went around its neighbourhood to feed 2000 families. It was named operation feed 2000.

fish farmer manager is needed in a new farm located in abuja. The candidate must have a proven track record of managing a farm successfully. if interested kindly send a message to ceegee22000@yahoo.com and we will get back to you.

fish farmer manager is needed in a new farm located in abuja. The candidate must have a proven track record of managing a farm successfully. if interested kindly send a message to ceegee22000@yahoo.com and we will get back to you.

it was boldly written that the bench mark for oil price is $38 per barrel and we produce 2.2million per day and yet people are still asking if he wants to borrow money.. A primary school student will understand that the proposed budget is 38× 2.2million. please also note that customs, firs, nimasa and co wasn't even included. 6trillion is very possible.

most anti buhari chooses what they want to see and not what is seen in reality. I live on airport road, my office is in maitama and my wife's shop is in garki. These are 3 different location that i can confirm 16-22 hours light in a day. so please nnamdi small is the abuja your refering to in biafraland?