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I hope the people of Ilupeju and Oye Ekiti settle their differences and stop fighting.

Explorers:
6. Jose Mujica, Uruguayan President(1978 Volkswagen Beetle).


Jose Mujica, president of Uruguay since 2010, is known to be the world’s poorest president. Jose donates more than 90% of his $12,000 per month salary to benefit the poor and to help small entrepreneurs. If we need more of anything in this world, it would be more people like this. This man doesn’t put value on his appearance or clothes. He is criticized for his posture and clothes, but Jose puts more value on other things in life instead. The president and his wife work the land themselves, growing flowers. This austere lifestyle and the fact that Mujica donates about 90% of his monthly salary, equivalent to $12,000 (£7,500), to charity has led him to be labelled the poorest president in the world." I'm called the poorest president', but I don't feel pooI, ive lived like this most of my life," he says, sitting on an old chair in his garden, using a cushion favoured by Manuela the dog. "I can live well with what I have." His charitable donations which benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs mean his salary is roughly in line with the average Uruguayan income of $775 (£485) a month.


source: http://astoundable.com/worlds-poorest-president/

The current Nigerian President can also do such but I doubt if those law maker will allow him

zimoni:
Akokos are just like every other Yoruba sub-ethnic group. They speak general Yoruba and their local dialects.

What's funny about Akokos is that each community/town has its own dialect. I as a Yoruba hear some of the dialect when they speak while I don't understand some. Some Akokos don't even underatand each other. For instance Ibaramu Akoko, no one understand them when they speak apart from a native of Ibaramu Akoko.

I studied at FUTA and had some Akokos as friends. Let me invite one of them to show up. Ogbeni tolababa, your attention is needed here.


Where is Prof Katsumoto nah? How I wish he could make contributions to the thread.

What a lovely thread.

Please I want to sleep na


That is what am saying, I also graduated from FUTA, had some friend from their. My roomate in 200l is from Ikaram Akoko whenever he is on call I was like OH GOD! This guy don start again

Leme go and sleep. Good Night

Aareonakakanfo:
The yoruba Okun people speak is as clear as the one the yorubas in Lagos speak

Ho! Is that so, well those are the part of Yorubaland I haven't been to anyway, so I haven't listen to them whenever they speak on their soil.

superstar1:
Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shocked.

I thought there is always this story of Nri and Eri and the link with the Igbos. I have always felt they are Igbo's cousin, the same way Itshekiris and Binis are ours.

Yea they quickly understand Yoruba Language whenever they move west also cos of the little Language similarities.

Missy89:
Yea they do see themselves as Yorubas. They have full Yoruba names etc and the language is not really similar but i am not sure how i can explain it to you.Yoruba is generally spoken anyways. But if you only speak yoruba you wont understand it language.

I am from the South East so that is mostly the part that migrated to the West,founded their own towns and mixed with other Akokos and can trace their ancestry back to old Benin.

Hmmm. That is one thing I noticed whenever I speak general Yoruba, dey understand. But whenever they are communicating withing themselves I don't pick a single word from it.

I think same with the Yoruba of Kogi and some Part of Akoko Edo also.

superstar1:
I do ot even know anything about the Ogori Magogos. Igalas have more link with the Igbos than the yorubas.

Olukumis are descendants of Oduduwa. Likewise the ruling houe of Bini.

I even read that the official language of the Oba of Benin within the courtyard is Yoruba, I do not know how true that is, but taking the eulogy of Oba of benin -- Iku Akpolokpolo -- it might be true.

Wrong.


Igala people culture and language more closely to Yoruba.

Come and eat in Igala = wa ba mi jeun

Vigilante = Olode

And some other stuff like that.

laudate:
Train, ke?? In Nigeria?? In fact, anytime I think about rail transportation in this country, I feel like crying. The management of NRC needs to be overhauled.

Its not funny o. I just pity those people that seat at the economic class. Even at a point the air condition stop working and the whole glass was sealed it can't be open. We got to Ibadan few mins past 8pm abeg make I no remember that experience again jare.


I was so ashamed to even narrate it to my siblings when I return home. My elder bro was like " nkan ti oju eyin arin irin ajo ma n ri ni yen"

Missy89:
Yes i know

I have listened to most of their language, the more I tried to understand it the more I get lost

From one town to the Other

Aareonakakanfo:
Lagos to Ilorin is about 4 hours 30 minutes journey according to Google but don't forget this is Nigeria.I've heard some people say its over 10 hours by train.Its only in Nigeria I know a Car can be faster than a train God bless us

I joined the train sometime from lagos to Offa, we left Lagos 10am and got to Offa 3:45am the following day

IlekeHD:
Interesting.

I understood 10% of what she's saying


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBb3Xu2uHY4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmGUoVPFv8

Yea you will still understand these ones. If you have travelled round most of the Yoruba town you will still pick 50-60 percent of what they speak.

But not the Akoko people

mandarin:
I did answer your question. I said not just the Akoko are Yoruba but also many other tribes not well covered in Samuel Johnson history which centred on Oyo empire. Tale the Ogongo Magori ,Igala, Olukumi and the Bini royal houses

Ti mo ba ni o ye mi, Iro ni mo pa

tchiwinnie:
Thank u so much

I thought u said how u can make this thread your signature

IlekeHD:
I don't speak Ijebu o.

Sorry. Ijebu people plenty for NL tho, find one Ijebu mamacita to speak in tongues



@Aareonakakanfo

How different is your Ondo dialect from Ekiti?

Akure Dialect and Ekiti is almost similar, but Ondo Dialect is a different from them.

mandarin:
When you study Samuel Johnson history of the Yoruba, it was centred on Oyo Empire and by no means exhaustive of all Yoruba tribes.Basically it was pro Oyo but Oyo was the youngest empire as at then, there were other kingdoms way back before Oyo and even before Ife.
Most pro Yoruba groups across the world talked of Ife but ife became prominent at the time of Oduduwa and before Oduduwa became the Adimula Olofin, there has been over 90 kings that had reigned. If for instance a king reigned an average of 10 years(some would be less others could be up to 50) then Ife had been having kings for over 900years. So what about those years? The Revd history never covered all of ife just largely Oyo.The Oyo were referred to as the Yoruba initially which now apply to all.Historically, places like Ekiti to Ondo, Idanre ,Owo and may be Ijebu predate ife and Oyo
Alot of Yoruba tribes not captured in Revd Johnson history include most of Ekiti, Ondo states, Yoruba in Kogi, Bini, Itsekiri, Olukumi, Gbagyi and Igala,Ilaje, Ikale etc

Am more confused bros u no answer my question

Missy89:
Depends on the part of Akoko you are talking about. Some parts like the South East migrated from Edo

Am talking about the Akoko of Ondo state

Rigging is in their blood


PDP = People Deceiving People

Owu Ilu Egba

The Akoko, are they really Yoruba

Wahala wa o

Hahahaha

IYANGBALI:
l dey no 4 dey shiiiit on top of you wey dey no 15. How you dey enjoy our shiiiiiit?

Nothing do me

Let me view the pix first

So na you sing the song wey dem take dey yab my Chelsea now abi

Ayolight

When next u coming for the interview, I think you should come fully prepared if possible travel for the surgery without wasting much days again.

God will take absolute control that day.

IYANGBALI:
your customers

Na you be the only prostitute wey I dey patronise na. Yeye Womanunited

Na him make u no fit beat ordinary ManCity

Hmmm

Why all these news about Prostitutes today self

Hmmm

This man is just saying beautiful Stories


Vacate government house I don't know what is difficult in that

Amen