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?

hello house. please i need a contact of a reputable pond construction plumber and mason for a new project in kuje abuja.. kindly quote me and drop a number. Thank you very much

phonesNgadgets:

If I'm right, FDA is in Firenze(Florence). A close relative studied Fashion about 3 years about, part time/ student job is rare to come by, though it is not outrightly impossible.

Florence is a nice place to study, if you have the money.
I wish you the best bro.

Thanks for the quick response. Yea FDA is in firenze . having paid for school fees and accommodation i will need a job for feeding and miscellaneous. Do i need dov as well ?

Hello house, im processing my application for a 1 year programme in Florence design academy. I have a master degree from Gloucestershire in the uk but i want to change my career path to interior designs. will i need the Dov as well? also what are the chances of getting a job to augment while in school? i would have stuck to uk but for a change of environment and FDA is the best in my chosen field thus the reason i want to move to italy for my programme. please note i dont intend staying back after the course but i will need a job while in school. thank you

bulldoza:

Ofcoz

Somebody should please tell me what is so special in the profession

Why should they be earning more

Abeg wetin u read? if at all you went to university

we dont need a lawyer to explain why pdp lost its case, even a truck pusher if explained in his local dialect will uderstand why pdp lost (Timing) . Rather than go back to the drawing board and head hunt intellectuals to come out formidable for pdp in 2019 they keep allowing emotions dictate how they think. Apc almost had this deadline issue with kogi and bayelsa's gubernatorial primary last month and as such rushed by beating the deadline to produce audu and sylvia. Its obvious a honest apc member would have wished for better candidates but as the party was running out of time and other candidates weren't ready to step down votes were shared.

The moral of my epistle is pdp should be smart , cautious and patient so as to have a chance of competing in 2019. if they want to stick to the scripts of screaming gibberish as they do now, they wont be in existence by 2018

Scholes007:
what?! I think this should be written in a book of shame... So you are proud of not having a cabinet for four odd months?

if you have any idea how a ministry works then you will understand that a minister is as good as a figure head. In america there is nothing like ministers but they have secretaries, the uk that we even claim to copy choose its ministers from the house of lords (house of assembly) but we no, we have minister for communication, senate committee on communication, house of rep committee on communication...is that something sensible?

so much for cost saving ...you should also include traveling the whole world in 4 months.
If he doesn't travel how will he build a strong bilateral ties? all the trip he has made till date has been covered by just one donation from us govt on the fight against terrorism.

i just hope some people's jobs/lifes wouldnt be at risk, because you cant reduce ministries without retrenchment of workers and loss of jobs or is there anyother way?

if there's loss of jobs for 1million people on a short term in other to create jobs for 30million people at the long run which makes more sense? we minister of aviation and transport lol is aviation not a means of transportation? Go to china, out of 10people 7 are self employed not "government workers" the way to build any economy is via SME, Agriculture which leads to exportation of crops and production of goods.

go on. will our new promise be among the recurrent expenditure cutting tool?

please start thinking outside the box and dont lets people like fayose stop you from seeing the bigger picture

Scholes007:
i would want to know how they are cutting the recurrent expenditure with this lofty promise

haba, not having a cabinet for almost 4months, do you have an idea what has been saved ? canceling Fg sending vips on religious trips, deciding to cut the presidential air fleet, reducing over head cost in the government, proposal to reduce the ministries, i can go on and on sir. All this will be put into consideration when the 2016 budget is out

Scholes007:
mr intelligent graduate that is what I am waiting for, since the so called messiah govt cannot go for supplimentary bugget or at less fulfil/uphold fully the already laid bugget. For now 2015 is out for intelligent ones like you.

Thank God you used the word supplementry, with the major promises made you can not ask for funds of such magnitude...so the only way it will work is to cut recurrent expenditure which he has been doing towards a new budget. 2016 is here, hold him accountable then .

coming from a graduate of biological science from "ilaro poly"

well talk is cheap

plenty graduates and yet so many illiterates, you all ask the present administration to fulfil its campaign promises, will they do that with their teeth? abi with 13percent capital expenditure in the 2015 budget? Before any sane person can write off these administration you have to wait until the 2016 budget is out, by then we will know what apc has instock

princewole22:
.ok sir when is the vessel coming in.
Thank.
09053650383.08036599910

please can how much will it cost clearing a 2015 camry xle ? . kindly get back to me asap

watch the video of people calling saraki ole at the praying ground today. if you understand yoruba then the video will make more sense as you will hear the lamentations at the background. my conclusion is that these action wasn't planned by any opposition, people are just angry with our present crops of leaders



http://africanspotlight.com/2015/09/24/video-angry-youths-attack-senate-president-saraki-chant-thief/

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edward1984:



Are you being serious or that's just humor ? So making a fish pond means he is uneducated, or all the fishermen in Nigeria are uneducated? You prefer he carries a gun and go rob ?

why waste your time on such comments? its obvious the person using that moniker should be in the age gap of 12-16yrs old

Calyb:

What's your own take. I agree with you that no one knows everything.

i will advice 10by 12 but since the the foundation has been done, i believe you will just be on point with sorting. if you wont start with all the pond at once

Tbagwell1:

Please endeavour to mix concrete in side those blocks.

I know your experienced, what is your take on the 10by10ft size of the pond? @op know one knows everything, so please try and do more research on the size of pond, at this stage you can still make ammends if wrong. best of luck

Stolen:
So he can see money to steal abi? Baba one chance!


A fulani is a fulani anytime or day.

kai go back to school.