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Escabado: A man opened a super market for his wife to enable her contribute to there family in terms of small small family things . And the man usually give the wife 40k every month to buy more goods and stock her shop. But the greatest surprise this woman has never bring out N5 to pay any bill in there home. If her children ask her money to buy pen or pencil she will shout at them and tell them to meet there daddy to collect money from him. The man calm quite untill he find out that his wife just send her junior brother to London. The man vex and went to the wife super market and destroyed everything there .
If you are this man . What will you do
Smart men open business put their wives in charge and put them on monthly salary from the business earnings and maintenance allowance from their own hussle.
BigBabyJesus: I have been meaning to open a thread on the ongoing cross border war between Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbijan over a disputed border region.
The war has been going on for over a month now with virtually all muslim nations top most Saudi Arabia and Turkey backing Axerbijan with military weapons, money and jihadist fighters
Turkey even faccilitated the deployment of the remanants of ISIS to go fight alongside Azerbijan in what has since decended into a sectarian conflict.
The Amernians have received little or no support from the west and Russia has not come to their aide because the current anti Russian and pro Western Armenian president has severed all ties with Russia in return for non existing western financial aid.
The Muslim Azerbijan saw this and decided to occupy the disputed border region knowing very well that Russia will remain apathic to the Amernians . They were right .
Then there is IsraHell which has poured military aid to Azerbijan and put diplomatic pressure on western govts' not to come to Armenia's aid. The Jews even provide intelligence report to Azerbijan and are believed to have military advicers on ground teleguiding the Azerbijan forces .
This is the real Israhell I have been writing and warning you deluded envagelical Christians on their hatred towards Christians and Christianity .
With the Armenians it even gets worse as Jews see them as the descendants of Amalekites who by way of their satanic religious obligation must wipe off the face of the Earth.
The Jews have been killing Amernians ever since and the last time they did so successful was during the Amernian genocide that was carried out by crypto Jews in the Turkish Donneh known as the Young Turks .
The Young Turks were all Jews descended from the Sabbatean cult of Jews who converted to Islam after the threat of being executed by the Ottoman Sultan.
The current PM of the UK (Boris Johnson) is descended from same Turkic Jews and even spent a whole year in a Jewish kubitz in IsraHell .
I had to do this thread to remind and warn you fools who see Judas as an ally .
IsraHELL and Jews are supporting the war on a Christian nation being waged by a Muslim coalition which sees the war as a holy war.
Now you know where the hand of Judas lies and it is with a dagger ready to strike.
Dude do some research before you post things, the land under international law belongs to Azerbaijan. Instead of your beloved christian Armenian to try to buy it they think they can win it by fighting they are luck their president conceded early, if not Armenia for become state inside Azerbaijan
LadyTianna: Only foolish men compare women from first world countries with women from third world countries knowing fully well that the economies in both are very different. Its not like Nigerian men are a prize or anything
If Nigeria is like America or Europe, do you think Nigerian women would act the way they do? Its the same in other third world African countries so use your head and face your leaders who made it so instead of whining on Nigerian girls matter all the time. Useless men everywhere.
Excuses excuses excuses.. are the guys in Nigeria working, living and hustling in first world country?
Knowing which butt shape you have can be important. Also helps to know the type of pant you are to purchase.
Butts =they come in all kinds of sizes and shapes.
THE CAUSE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUTT SHAPES.
Your skeletal structure determines the main frame work for your body shape, like I said on the previous topic (THE TYPES OF PELVIS) .And overall shape that you end up with is determined by the distribution of fat and muscle on the skeleton.
MAIN FACTORS THAT CAUSE THE SHAPE OF THE ASS = pelvis >fat distribution which is largely genetically determined .
Tabasco23: I really just made for fun, I wanna know your thoughts on the foreign women and Nigerian women though you can't actually compare them, because we obviously know if there was a competition.......... anyways this only applies to Nigerians who have been with foreign women... Once again this is for fun
Foreign girls are better, Nigeria girls nowadays see relationship like a business transaction. The moment you start dating they expect you to pay for everything.. even in marriage and they want you to treat them equally with someone that contribute to the monthly upkeep and future of their families.
[quote author=Righteousness89 post=95491478]Why can't We Forgive someone! The young man has Begged! The young Man has Cried! The young man has Apologized! Let's learn to Inculcate the virtue of Forgiveness..
If JESUS Should Do us all like this, Na Who go Make Heaven? [/quote
Lifeisnotbalanc: Please I need help with getting a bank that does Treasury bill. I knew about Zenith bank but I was in their office yesterday and the customer care person said they have stopped it.
I have about 1m that I want to save somewhere I can't access it and invest into something profitable.
Help please. Which other reliable bank does treasury bills?
Treasury bill is not as profitable as before, buhari don spoil am. Go to stannic IBTC bank
So I was gisting with a few friends recently, and we were talking about how we go to the extreme as students to save money.
A friend of mine said he once dated a girl whose mother sold snacks like fried yam, akara, and potatoes by the roadside, just so he can get some freebies whenever he goes there. The girl was fine too tho, but that was the main reason he took her as a bae.
I remember a friend who took advantage of a food seller who sold watery beans. She buys beans of about #300, and then pour out the water from it, to use as stew for rice and swallow. Lol. Things that people do guys. Please share your experience if you have done anything crazy during your broke days. I want to hear story.
I also made a reaction video about a white guy, who lives his whole life cheaply in order to save money that he doesn't get to even use well. I mean this guy eats from the trash, freezes his atm card so his wife doesn't get to use it anyhow. He reuses tissuepaper, like washes it, dries it and reuse. That's just crazy. He did so many other things, that you will find crazy in this video.
By the way, my channel is a new one, so it will mean a lot if you guys can tell me what you feel about the channel and things I can improve on. Feel free to recommend videos you would like to see me react to.
Good day��, and don't live too cheaply. #EndSars for our safety.
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I once had spaghetti with just ketchup.. I thank God for my life now...
seglabsy: Are you in ibadan and you have 1.5m that you can spare for about 2 to 3 years instead of keeping it in bank,i will give you information on how to turn it to 20 to 30million just WhatsApp me on 08032432089, legitimate investment
tomakint: ICYMI: Bini, not Yoruba, are original owners of Lagos – Ajayi-Bembe
Published November 19, 2017
INTERVIEW
A former President of the Association of Lagos State Indigenes, Chief Layi Ajayi-Bembe, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE says the real owners of Lagos are the Bini, not the Yoruba
What is your lineage as a Lagosian?
My grandfather was Ajayi Bembe; the eighth Obanikoro of Lagos – my father was the last of his children. My mother was the first child of Gbajabiamila (of Olowogbowo fame) – of course, of Lagos. When it comes to the ownership of Lagos, it is sad when people talk about Lagos being no man’s land or Lagos being part of Yoruba land – I consider that position to be an abomination. Yes, because of the affinity or geographical location of Lagos, we’re nearer to the South-West (the Yoruba) than to other regions. It should be stated that Lagos has always been independent of the West. When I returned from England, (Chief Obafemi) Awolowo was in prison; before I came back to Nigeria, there had been agitations that Lagos wasn’t part of the West. No doubt that a lot of us speak Yoruba – in my family, we’re Bini. Oba of Lagos (Rilwan Akiolu) was completely right that the early settlers in Lagos were the Awori and the Bini. We’re talking about the Island of Lagos.
Extending it to the east of Lagos, you have Oshodi, the Tapa (from Niger State) were there. And, of course, we knew one another. I don’t understand why some of our brothers in the West think that we can be enslaved by them. In all my years, I have not seen what Afenifere has done for Lagos to inspire me because during the last constitutional conference, they were not talking about Lagos; they were talking about themselves. Don’t forget that the so-called Edo State was part of the West before. But to say Lagos is part of Yoruba land is not fair; it is not charitable. And when kabiyesi now said, Lagos is Bini, not only because we came from Benin, there are signs and relics of Benin all over Isale Eko. And obas (in Lagos) – we don’t call them ‘obas’, we call them ‘eleko’. My grandfather said in 1903 that when there was a dispute of which traditional rulers should wear crowns – my grandfather was at that meeting. Ooni of Ife had to come all the way from Ife to Lagos upon the invitation of Governor (John Hawley) Glover. And the question they asked him (Ooni) was, ‘Who are the obas that should wear crowns?’ He mentioned them – Lagos was not part of the list. We don’t wear crowns in Lagos. I remember, Pa Edegbele – that’s Prof. Edegbele’s father – when he said ‘oba’ is alien to Yoruba land that only the Bini use that title, there was a furore over that. But Edegbele was right. Note that politicians have done a lot of havoc in Yoruba land more than in other regions of the country. Nobody is going to doubt the hegemony of the Sultan of Sokoto in the North. But the Yoruba are fond of creating problems among themselves in Yoruba land. Permit me to digress: look at the recent installation of some kings in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A governor created 21 kings, for what? Is that what the people need at a time when the masses are hungry, civil servants are owed salaries and basic amenities are not available? It now appears there are more rulers than the ruled.
Are you saying Lagos belongs to the Bini people?
Lagos belongs to us – the Bini. When you get to Enuowa, they (the inhabitants) pay homage to Oba of Benin there. Enuowa is in Lagos; Idumota is like a Bini name; Iduntafa is Bini name; Idunmagbo is Bini name; Iduganran is Bini name; tell me, what further proof do you want (that the Bini own Lagos)? Why have some people tried hard to erode our identity and the labour of our ancestors? Today, if you go to the Lagos State Secretariat, you’ll hardly see the original indigenes of the state hold a prominent position. So, why are people crying about the quota system? You don’t ‘quotarise’ knowledge. Whatever is the case, I believe that the indigenes of Lagos – by the way, I was president of Association of Lagos Indigenes for almost 15 years – we know how our resources were plundered and carted away. Look at the fiasco called ‘Lagos @50’. The state government doesn’t recognise the true indigenes of Lagos State. Some of the indigenes work with them for the purpose of getting whatever they can get from the government. Some people are trying so hard to maintain the stupidity that Lagos doesn’t belong to anybody – that’s annoying.
What about Alhaji Femi Okunnu’s view of the Awori being the original owners of Lagos?
I am not a lawyer but Femi Okunnu is a lawyer – a Senior Advocate of Nigeria for that matter. On the issue of the original owners of Lagos, my attention was drawn to an article focused on the Idunganran celebration. Mr. Femi Okunnu happened to be my mentor; he was an inspiration to me particularly when I returned from England. He was not only elder ‘brother’ to me because we lived close together. They were living at No. 1 Ido Olowu Street and I was living at No. 7 Ido Olowu Street. I have known him for a long time. I remember when he came back from England as a young and vibrant lawyer. When Femi Okunnu himself was the Federal Commissioner for Works during the military regime, he was the one who actually acquired the area where you have the National Theatre, Iganmu. From whom did he acquire it? He got it from the indigenes; my grandfather had a place there. We must have a good perspective of history. People should learn not to mutilate history. The owners of Lagos are not the Yoruba; they are the Bini. We are Bini; there’s no ambiguity about that. To prove it further, the obas or the elekos, when they died, their bodies were taken to Benin for burial for a time. Tell me, who owns the land then?
Who are the Awori?
The Awori and the Bini are the same. If an Awori spoke to me when I was young, I understood him. My parents spoke Awori. The Awori are partly from Dahomey and partly from Benin. My forebears came from the riverine area through the Bight of Benin and settled in Badagry for a long time before moving down to Lagos. And when they moved down to Lagos where did they go? They went to Idunsagbe – a place famed for Bini culture and tradition. I am an Awori. Tell me, which state did they create for the Awori now? If you say the indigenous people of Lagos State are the Awori, then the Awori are the Bini. We must put history in its right perspective. The right perspective is that Lagos does not belong to the Yoruba; it belongs to the Bini. According to the Lyttleton Constitution, the West was created; the North was created and Lagos was made a colony and it later regained its independence.
Some may argue that the original Lagosians didn’t protect their legacy, allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry to hold sway politically and economically.
It is true that Lagos is open to everybody that could bring ideas. But when it comes to certain elements within the political spectrum in Nigeria… Look at it this way, will it surprise you that a representative of Lagos who calls himself a Lagosian representing the state in the National Assembly went to Kogi State to vie for the governorship? Isn’t that insulting? Some are even saying once (Osun State Governor, Rauf) Aregbesola has completed his tenure in Osun, he will come back to Lagos to contest a senatorial seat. We called Bola Tinubu, sat him down and told him how we accepted him and he let us down. I know the role I played when Bola Tinubu was coming in; when I gave him my second cousin, (Musiliu) Obanikoro to go along with him (I don’t talk to that one (Obanikoro) again after he had his hand in something embarrassing; because you don’t disgrace your family). I am not looking for anything from them. It is very wrong that people should trivialise the affairs of Lagos. For example, we kicked against (Prof. Wole) Soyinka being made the chairman of the Lagos @50 celebration. But nobody listened to us. Look at the fiasco; was it a success? Who bothered about it? People who will not celebrate the living are celebrating the dead – it doesn’t go beyond that. You acquire land from me for a public purpose and the next thing you did was to share it with your siblings, friends and other loved ones. It is really sad for people to proclaim Lagos as no man’s land. Lagos is so accommodating; it is only here you see an Igbo man being made a commissioner. Even the Yoruba that are shouting, how many Lagosians are in their cabinets? They all live in Lagos; we know them. Some of them benefitted from the liberty Lagos offers. But ask them: what have they done for their host communities? Can you imagine Orji Kalu, who bought land here, saying Lagos belongs to nobody? They just talk.
Don’t you think Prof. Wole Soyinka deserved to have been the chairman of the Lagos @50 celebration?
I am not used to Soyinka and I don’t want to be acquainted with him. It is unfortunate that because he was made the chairman of Lagos @50, he began to insult people, claiming that his father had a land in Lagos. We traced the land – one plot of land – and discovered that the land was bought from my grandfather. People like him go around insulting others. Has he not insulted Femi Okunnu before? Tell me who Wole Soyinka has never insulted? He is part of the Tinubu group. Is he not an Ogun man? I don’t think he has a right to say that Lagos is no man’s land. Who is he to say that? I think Okunnu knew better; I don’t think he meant what he said the way the press reported him. What he said is that Lagos is ‘part’ of Yoruba land; he didn’t say it was owned by the Yoruba. We need to be discreet in our definition. Geographically, we’re in the West and culturally, we speak Yoruba. If an Igbo man speaks Yoruba fluently, does that make him a Yoruba? Go to Lagos State House of Assembly and count how many of them are truly Lagos indigenes. Again, Okunnu was an active participant in the creation of Lagos State together with (Philip) Asiodu and Alison Ayida. They facilitated the creation of the state; there was a western state then. If Okunnu had advocated the merger of Lagos with the western region then, one would have thought otherwise. Wole Soyinka didn’t want Lagos to be created at that time. Soyinka used to be very radical but having got into the group of Bola Tinubu’s scientific imposition, he has been mellowing down. Soyinka would be the one that would stand for the truth when people were accused of certificate forgery and other ills. He was always at the forefront; he has become a turncoat. What happened to him? I respected him; he may not know me and he doesn’t need to know me.
So, you think Okunnu is on the same page with you when he talked about the early settlers of Lagos?
I believe Okunnu was actually agitating for the indigenes. He was president of Lagos State indigenes before me – we have Isale Eko Descendants Union, which we all belong to. All I am saying is this: Lagos is not part of Yoruba. The settlers are Bini. Wasn’t Benin part of the West before until the Mid-West was created? The Bini agitated for that, insisting that we’re not part of the Yoruba. Why can’t the Yoruba leave us alone for God’s sake? My grandfather went to court in 1889 to claim all the lands that belonged to him. He got a judgment. Then some people said, these lands were too much for one family – the place now called Ikorodu Road, they acquired it – for how much? For £27,000! My grandfather wasn’t around; he’s dead. But they forgot that this man gave them a land to build the first police barracks in Lagos. How could Bola Tinubu come all the way from wherever he came from (Kafaru brought him to me, turn Lagos into a place for Osun people in the secretariat). They’re radicalising the owners of Lagos with the way they’re acting. By the time they stand up you’ll be shocked. What are the people asking for? Give them what they deserve. Show them some respect. Okunnu did a lot for Lagos State; most parts of Victoria Island were sand-filled by the Federal Government. He and his colleagues at King’s College were able to excise Victoria Island and gave it to Lagos. In fact, Okunnu has done more for Lagos than any governor. Okunnu had his roots in Isale Eko.
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tomakint: ICYMI: Bini, not Yoruba, are original owners of Lagos – Ajayi-Bembe
Published November 19, 2017
INTERVIEW
A former President of the Association of Lagos State Indigenes, Chief Layi Ajayi-Bembe, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE says the real owners of Lagos are the Bini, not the Yoruba
What is your lineage as a Lagosian?
My grandfather was Ajayi Bembe; the eighth Obanikoro of Lagos – my father was the last of his children. My mother was the first child of Gbajabiamila (of Olowogbowo fame) – of course, of Lagos. When it comes to the ownership of Lagos, it is sad when people talk about Lagos being no man’s land or Lagos being part of Yoruba land – I consider that position to be an abomination. Yes, because of the affinity or geographical location of Lagos, we’re nearer to the South-West (the Yoruba) than to other regions. It should be stated that Lagos has always been independent of the West. When I returned from England, (Chief Obafemi) Awolowo was in prison; before I came back to Nigeria, there had been agitations that Lagos wasn’t part of the West. No doubt that a lot of us speak Yoruba – in my family, we’re Bini. Oba of Lagos (Rilwan Akiolu) was completely right that the early settlers in Lagos were the Awori and the Bini. We’re talking about the Island of Lagos.
Extending it to the east of Lagos, you have Oshodi, the Tapa (from Niger State) were there. And, of course, we knew one another. I don’t understand why some of our brothers in the West think that we can be enslaved by them. In all my years, I have not seen what Afenifere has done for Lagos to inspire me because during the last constitutional conference, they were not talking about Lagos; they were talking about themselves. Don’t forget that the so-called Edo State was part of the West before. But to say Lagos is part of Yoruba land is not fair; it is not charitable. And when kabiyesi now said, Lagos is Bini, not only because we came from Benin, there are signs and relics of Benin all over Isale Eko. And obas (in Lagos) – we don’t call them ‘obas’, we call them ‘eleko’. My grandfather said in 1903 that when there was a dispute of which traditional rulers should wear crowns – my grandfather was at that meeting. Ooni of Ife had to come all the way from Ife to Lagos upon the invitation of Governor (John Hawley) Glover. And the question they asked him (Ooni) was, ‘Who are the obas that should wear crowns?’ He mentioned them – Lagos was not part of the list. We don’t wear crowns in Lagos. I remember, Pa Edegbele – that’s Prof. Edegbele’s father – when he said ‘oba’ is alien to Yoruba land that only the Bini use that title, there was a furore over that. But Edegbele was right. Note that politicians have done a lot of havoc in Yoruba land more than in other regions of the country. Nobody is going to doubt the hegemony of the Sultan of Sokoto in the North. But the Yoruba are fond of creating problems among themselves in Yoruba land. Permit me to digress: look at the recent installation of some kings in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A governor created 21 kings, for what? Is that what the people need at a time when the masses are hungry, civil servants are owed salaries and basic amenities are not available? It now appears there are more rulers than the ruled.
Are you saying Lagos belongs to the Bini people?
Lagos belongs to us – the Bini. When you get to Enuowa, they (the inhabitants) pay homage to Oba of Benin there. Enuowa is in Lagos; Idumota is like a Bini name; Iduntafa is Bini name; Idunmagbo is Bini name; Iduganran is Bini name; tell me, what further proof do you want (that the Bini own Lagos)? Why have some people tried hard to erode our identity and the labour of our ancestors? Today, if you go to the Lagos State Secretariat, you’ll hardly see the original indigenes of the state hold a prominent position. So, why are people crying about the quota system? You don’t ‘quotarise’ knowledge. Whatever is the case, I believe that the indigenes of Lagos – by the way, I was president of Association of Lagos Indigenes for almost 15 years – we know how our resources were plundered and carted away. Look at the fiasco called ‘Lagos @50’. The state government doesn’t recognise the true indigenes of Lagos State. Some of the indigenes work with them for the purpose of getting whatever they can get from the government. Some people are trying so hard to maintain the stupidity that Lagos doesn’t belong to anybody – that’s annoying.
What about Alhaji Femi Okunnu’s view of the Awori being the original owners of Lagos?
I am not a lawyer but Femi Okunnu is a lawyer – a Senior Advocate of Nigeria for that matter. On the issue of the original owners of Lagos, my attention was drawn to an article focused on the Idunganran celebration. Mr. Femi Okunnu happened to be my mentor; he was an inspiration to me particularly when I returned from England. He was not only elder ‘brother’ to me because we lived close together. They were living at No. 1 Ido Olowu Street and I was living at No. 7 Ido Olowu Street. I have known him for a long time. I remember when he came back from England as a young and vibrant lawyer. When Femi Okunnu himself was the Federal Commissioner for Works during the military regime, he was the one who actually acquired the area where you have the National Theatre, Iganmu. From whom did he acquire it? He got it from the indigenes; my grandfather had a place there. We must have a good perspective of history. People should learn not to mutilate history. The owners of Lagos are not the Yoruba; they are the Bini. We are Bini; there’s no ambiguity about that. To prove it further, the obas or the elekos, when they died, their bodies were taken to Benin for burial for a time. Tell me, who owns the land then?
Who are the Awori?
The Awori and the Bini are the same. If an Awori spoke to me when I was young, I understood him. My parents spoke Awori. The Awori are partly from Dahomey and partly from Benin. My forebears came from the riverine area through the Bight of Benin and settled in Badagry for a long time before moving down to Lagos. And when they moved down to Lagos where did they go? They went to Idunsagbe – a place famed for Bini culture and tradition. I am an Awori. Tell me, which state did they create for the Awori now? If you say the indigenous people of Lagos State are the Awori, then the Awori are the Bini. We must put history in its right perspective. The right perspective is that Lagos does not belong to the Yoruba; it belongs to the Bini. According to the Lyttleton Constitution, the West was created; the North was created and Lagos was made a colony and it later regained its independence.
Some may argue that the original Lagosians didn’t protect their legacy, allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry to hold sway politically and economically.
It is true that Lagos is open to everybody that could bring ideas. But when it comes to certain elements within the political spectrum in Nigeria… Look at it this way, will it surprise you that a representative of Lagos who calls himself a Lagosian representing the state in the National Assembly went to Kogi State to vie for the governorship? Isn’t that insulting? Some are even saying once (Osun State Governor, Rauf) Aregbesola has completed his tenure in Osun, he will come back to Lagos to contest a senatorial seat. We called Bola Tinubu, sat him down and told him how we accepted him and he let us down. I know the role I played when Bola Tinubu was coming in; when I gave him my second cousin, (Musiliu) Obanikoro to go along with him (I don’t talk to that one (Obanikoro) again after he had his hand in something embarrassing; because you don’t disgrace your family). I am not looking for anything from them. It is very wrong that people should trivialise the affairs of Lagos. For example, we kicked against (Prof. Wole) Soyinka being made the chairman of the Lagos @50 celebration. But nobody listened to us. Look at the fiasco; was it a success? Who bothered about it? People who will not celebrate the living are celebrating the dead – it doesn’t go beyond that. You acquire land from me for a public purpose and the next thing you did was to share it with your siblings, friends and other loved ones. It is really sad for people to proclaim Lagos as no man’s land. Lagos is so accommodating; it is only here you see an Igbo man being made a commissioner. Even the Yoruba that are shouting, how many Lagosians are in their cabinets? They all live in Lagos; we know them. Some of them benefitted from the liberty Lagos offers. But ask them: what have they done for their host communities? Can you imagine Orji Kalu, who bought land here, saying Lagos belongs to nobody? They just talk.
Don’t you think Prof. Wole Soyinka deserved to have been the chairman of the Lagos @50 celebration?
I am not used to Soyinka and I don’t want to be acquainted with him. It is unfortunate that because he was made the chairman of Lagos @50, he began to insult people, claiming that his father had a land in Lagos. We traced the land – one plot of land – and discovered that the land was bought from my grandfather. People like him go around insulting others. Has he not insulted Femi Okunnu before? Tell me who Wole Soyinka has never insulted? He is part of the Tinubu group. Is he not an Ogun man? I don’t think he has a right to say that Lagos is no man’s land. Who is he to say that? I think Okunnu knew better; I don’t think he meant what he said the way the press reported him. What he said is that Lagos is ‘part’ of Yoruba land; he didn’t say it was owned by the Yoruba. We need to be discreet in our definition. Geographically, we’re in the West and culturally, we speak Yoruba. If an Igbo man speaks Yoruba fluently, does that make him a Yoruba? Go to Lagos State House of Assembly and count how many of them are truly Lagos indigenes. Again, Okunnu was an active participant in the creation of Lagos State together with (Philip) Asiodu and Alison Ayida. They facilitated the creation of the state; there was a western state then. If Okunnu had advocated the merger of Lagos with the western region then, one would have thought otherwise. Wole Soyinka didn’t want Lagos to be created at that time. Soyinka used to be very radical but having got into the group of Bola Tinubu’s scientific imposition, he has been mellowing down. Soyinka would be the one that would stand for the truth when people were accused of certificate forgery and other ills. He was always at the forefront; he has become a turncoat. What happened to him? I respected him; he may not know me and he doesn’t need to know me.
So, you think Okunnu is on the same page with you when he talked about the early settlers of Lagos?
I believe Okunnu was actually agitating for the indigenes. He was president of Lagos State indigenes before me – we have Isale Eko Descendants Union, which we all belong to. All I am saying is this: Lagos is not part of Yoruba. The settlers are Bini. Wasn’t Benin part of the West before until the Mid-West was created? The Bini agitated for that, insisting that we’re not part of the Yoruba. Why can’t the Yoruba leave us alone for God’s sake? My grandfather went to court in 1889 to claim all the lands that belonged to him. He got a judgment. Then some people said, these lands were too much for one family – the place now called Ikorodu Road, they acquired it – for how much? For £27,000! My grandfather wasn’t around; he’s dead. But they forgot that this man gave them a land to build the first police barracks in Lagos. How could Bola Tinubu come all the way from wherever he came from (Kafaru brought him to me, turn Lagos into a place for Osun people in the secretariat). They’re radicalising the owners of Lagos with the way they’re acting. By the time they stand up you’ll be shocked. What are the people asking for? Give them what they deserve. Show them some respect. Okunnu did a lot for Lagos State; most parts of Victoria Island were sand-filled by the Federal Government. He and his colleagues at King’s College were able to excise Victoria Island and gave it to Lagos. In fact, Okunnu has done more for Lagos than any governor. Okunnu had his roots in Isale Eko.
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Lagos, Eko or whatever you want to call it belongs to the AWORIS..... Any other thing na long thing. The Bini's met the AWORIS when they arrived so what right do they have to claim ownership
Saifulah: I would like to hear from those from the North especially. For me I live in the North central region and from my little knowledge SARS is not as notorious or menacing as it is in the south, so I assume that's why there isn't much clamour up hear.
Those in the Northeastern and Northwestern what is your experience, is SARS/community relationship a problem there?
We don't have SARS issues in the north.... Banditry and hunger is the problem here
wearsandtrends1: Queen Amina was a great leader and a warrior that conquered Kingdoms. She became the queen of Zazzau after her brother's death in the 16th century.
She ruled for 34 years, and those 34 years was wars from one Kingdom to another she conquers. Other Hausa kingdoms brought tributes to her.
She was so engrossed to power that she did not give birth, nor had a family of her own. This was due to the fear of losing her powers.
She slept with captured men during her expedition to satisfy herself. Afterward she behead them the next day to keep it a secret. This act of hers also led to her demise. As one of the men she slept with escaped. She became so worried that she took her own life.
Her story is not a myth, its documented by history scholars across history.
She is well honoured in Nigeria. Schools are named after her. Monument built for her. ... Edit: I'm looking for writing jobs_ nairalanders hook me up!
remsonik: Our currency rate is really dropping down this days and this has been bothering me for a long while. I saw some five naira notes. It's been in my purse for some few weeks but I don't see what five naira can buy this days. Yet the CBN still prints it out. Is the five naira note going extinct?
1 room temp pure water is 5 bucks in Sokoto 1 milkos sweet also 5 bucks 2 Chew gum also 5 bucks I think 5 naira is still useful here
Yobabad: We the Yorubas are happy and proud of Buhari govt. Buhari will make Nigeria to look like China. All Yorubas both living and dead are supporters of Buhari.
Ode speak for yourself ki Ogun lakaye osun mo le to pa Iwo ati awon ti o ni e
Phabulous828: Mine was 5k working from 7am to 5pm, worked for two months till somebody asked me about my pay, I told em that it's 5k, he was surprised cux he know the Firm I'm working for won't pay 5k for my kind of work, he later made some enquiry and we realized that I'm been paid quarter of my salary.
nairatag: Barring any last minute change, Emiliano Martinez will be a Aston Villa player before the end of the week for £20m.
The Arsenal goalkeeper has been vociferous of his plans to start in every game for the Gunners. Emiliano Martinez profited from an injury to first choice goalkeeper Bernd Leno who got injured after a clash with Brighton Neal Maupay. Arsenal Emiliano Martinez shoned brightly in his unexpected first team opportunities as Arsenal won the FA cup and Community shield. His spectacular saves, calmness, and distribution of ball endeared him to the heart Arsenal fans as many clamoured for him as the club first choice goalkeeper. This probably got into Emi Martinez head as he started asking for a starting shirt and won't accept anything less than that.
Bernd Leno has been Arsenal best player until the injury against Brighton. He saved the Arsenal numerous times under Unai Emery who turned Arsenal to a mediocre club. The gunners faced more than thirty shots against relegated Watford which shows what Leno have survived.
Emiliano Martinez came in at a time Arsenal was enjoying some stability under Mikel Arteta. They lost just two matches in the period Martinez featured which showed that it's not about Martinez alone but the club as a whole.
This is not to rubbish Martinez efforts because the Argentine has been superb since coming in as Arsenal number one.
Aston Villa move is totally wrong
In as much as I would have loved Emiliano Martinez to stay at Arsenal, I believe his wishes need to be respected. He have the qualities to be a decent keeper and can play for any mid-table club. Despite this, I believe his impending move to Aston Villa is ill-advised. It is an act of desperation that could backfire.
Aston Villa escaped relegation with just a point separating them and Bournemouth last season. They will be in the relegation fight this season too. Their conceded goals statistics is alarming as they conceded 67 goals which is the second highest in the 2019/2020 premier league season. Their championship performance in 2018/2019 season saw them concede 61 goals which is an increase from 2017/2018 42 goals.
A look at the game week 1 matches in the 2020-21 premier league season shows what's in store for Aston Villa.
You can deduce from the above that Aston Villa will concede atleast 50 goals this season which will paint Emiliano Martinez bad. It's not going to be only his fault but the whole Aston Villa team poor performance.
Aston Villa have not shown any sign of seriousness in the transfer market and that might lead to their drop to the Championship. Grealish cannot be relied upon in every matches. He won't play all the positions especially the defense where they are lacking quality players.
Emiliano Martinez is toeing the path of former Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski who left the club for Swansea in search of first team opportunities. Swansea eventually got relegated and Lukas Fabianski transfer to Westham to avoid the Championship oblivion.
It's not all about the premier league. There are other teams out there that can do better financially and trophy wise than Aston Villa.
Take a look at Wojciech Szczęsny. The Polish international goalkeeper was on Arsenal books before being shipped out on loan to Serie A As Roma. His performance there earned him a move to Juventus where he served as backup to Gianluigi Buffon before taking first team shirt. He's currently playing champions league football and winning trophies.
Ospina is another example that found solace in Napoli. Leno arrival means lack of playing chances and subsequently shipped to Napoli on loan. His first season performance made Napoli sign him on a permanent basis.
Emiliano Martinez agent can do better than Aston Villa. There is Inter Milan with the aging Samir Handanovic who is 36 years already and backup goalkeeper Daniele Padelli who is 34 years. They are a better club under Conte and Martinez will fit in seamlessly. He will have a better chance at trophies and national team callup.
Inter Milan new found love with Premier League players have made things easier for him and his agent. Inter Milan are in the champions league and hoping to beat Juventus to the Serie A gong.
Joining Aston Villa at the age of 28 means he will be 29 by the end of 2020-21 season and the chance of moving to a top club is slim if Aston Villa should get relegated. He will only be rotated among bottom clubs just like Fabianski left Swansea for another bottom club Westham.
I hope he rethink the Aston Villa decision and move to a better club. He deserves a top club where he will showcase his talent.
The ball is in Emiliano Martinez and his agent court. Follow Wojciech Szczęsny path to greatness or fade away like Lukasz Fabianski.
Let me know your thoughts below. Do you think Emiliano Martinez should join Aston Villa or find another top club.
Both Martinez and Arsenal knows that he is too good for a backup keeper, plus Arsenal need the cash to rebuild since they don't have a sugar daddy. It's a win win for both side.... Good luck to Martinez. At least Arsenal is making more money from Martinez sale than they did for fabianski, Szczęsny and Gbabry combined
bishopmc: My girlfriend is has been cheating on me for weeks now, if not more than that. And I know nothing about that, until this night when I checked her phone. I haven't told her anything yet, because I intend to marry her as my wife.
Please what should I do? I got evidence.
From the phone number of the guy, he is a choir member in the same church with her. It's a very long chats for months, I just screenshots the evidence I got.
If you want to marry someone you tell them from the beginning and if the person cheat with someone else dump his/her ass. Simple as that, if you can't trust them to be faithful so what the point of staying with them
ARSSENAL ARE YET TO WIN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE(NOT EVEN IN ITS OLD FORM OF UEFA CHAMPIONS CUP WHICH NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAS WON). AS A MATTER OF FACT IN FOOTBALL HIERARCHY AFTER COUNTRIES BEEN ABLE TO WIN THE WORLD CUP THE NEXT IS THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
Going by your logic Nottingham forest are ahead of your Chelsea, man city , Dortmund, PSG and many more
Great100000: Meet one of the most powerful women in football world who is behind Chelsea transfers(See photos)
Chelsea have truly turned into one of the biggest powerhouses in the transfer market thanks to Marina Granovskaia, the one figure who has arguably played the biggest role in recent years.
After all, she has become the most powerful woman in football and the figure who Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich relies upon to get things done at the club.
Granovskaia started working as Roman Abramovich's PA at his oil company, and later became involved in transfers and contractual dealings for Chelsea FC. Her task of managing transfers sometimes put her at odds with managers who had their own ideas of whom to sell or buy during the transfer window.
Granovskaia was promoted to chief executive of Chelsea FC in 2014. According to The Times, her promotion made her the "most powerful woman in football
Marina Granovskaia is a Russian-Canadian who is currently a director at Chelsea F.C. She was responsible for brokering the team's sponsorship deal with Nike, that will fund £60m per year to the club until 2032.
Having had the transfer ban last summer and spending nothing in the January transfer window, Marina has helped Chelsea come out of the global crisis relatively unharmed.
You got to give a lot of credit to Marina Granovskaia. She managed to get sales of £523 million in the last 5 seasons for Chelsea.
Thanks to her, Chelsea somehow ended up with — a then-world record for a defender — £50million from PSG for Luiz.
Another example is the £60m Shanghai SIPG paid to Chelsea for Oscar n 2016.
Chelsea also managed to sell Diego Costa for £60m in January 2018 despite having signed the Spain international for just £34m two years prior.
Eden Hazard’s £85m last summer’s transfer to Real Madrid which reportedly could raise to £150m which pretty much covered Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner’s signings.
With Granovskaia leading the business, Frank Lampard leading the team, and Petr Cech as the bridge between the two; Chelsea may have found the ideal ingredients for chapter two of Roman Abramovich dynasty.
In truth, Chelsea FC wouldn't be the club it is today without Marina, we simply couldn't operate the way we do without her. We owe a lot of our past success to her and the success that is coming over the horizon to her as well. We are building a new Chelsea under Frank Lampard, a new era of the club, the glory days are returning and Marina is at the helm of it.
She's just an employee, what about many women that own and run football clubs.
Vincenzomum: I am not a Nigerian I live in Italy with my Nigerian husband we have 2 children , and I am expecting twins next month. My first child Vincenzo is not from my husband , I had him with an Italian man we later separated. I met my husband 5 years ago we talked about not naming any of our children with traditional names as their first name maybe middle name because I strongly believe children abroad should be given names that everyone around will feel comfortable to pronounce them, that will also help them from not getting bullied in school we both had accepted. Our first daughter we named her Olivia munachi , we have both decided to named our twins aleesha and alexia but at last minutes my husband changed his mind , he want us to name them with Nigerian names as their first names which I am against him, this problem is bringing a lot of problem in the house because I will not accept him to give my babies any Nigerian names as their first , I prefer it to be their middle names, he is angry and refuse to talk to me. But this thing we had discussed even before we got married I don’t understand why the sudden change in him. Please help me judge this matter who is wrong between the two of us ?
Whatever you named them they will have to deal with racism if you intend to live in Italy, so it's better for you to name them in your image and teach them to embrace the fact that they are African from young and please do teach them about their culture.
Tetrahedron: It seems that nairaland is encouraging and even aiding animal cruelty criminals on its website, I have raised this issue several times but nairaland has refused to do its bit to discourage by deleting pics, videos and posts of poachers, certain hunters and criminals. This certain person “flyinnizam” has several posts of his trophies he has killed and Seun has not done anything to discourage this. Below are some of the gory sights of animal cruelty
People anywhere in the world are allow to hunt wild animals for food, so all this animal right bullshit should look away when you come across them.... Even developed countries have no ban on hunting wild life for food, they only regulate it and you can see it on discovery channel , history channel on DStv
I don't support this, poverty index in Nigeria shows that there are more poor people living in the north than south so the South will be paying their electricity bill even though a lot of the super rich Nigerians are from the north. People should either pay based on their income or based on what they consume.
Whenever you are ready to argue without sentiments I will be ready for you but for now bye..
I'm just giving you things to think. about I sincerely wish you all the best in your efforts to escape this zoo. Read/Googlethose things I said and see what I m trying tell you.
Gaming / Re: Football Manager Mobile 2021 Fmm21 Fmh21 Official Thread And New Features by Ghengiskhan(m): 5:00am On Nov 17, 2020 
