AN 11-year-old schoolboy has joined Mensa (the High IQ Society) after scoring higher than Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Albert Einstein in an IQ test.
Ramarni Wilfred started showing signs of genius as a toddler, when his favourite book was an encyclopedia.
He could read and write by the time he started reception at school and last year, at the age of 10 and still in primary school, wrote a philosophy paper on fairness that earned him a 2:1 and a mock Oxford graduation.
When his reception class wanted to move him up a year, mum Anthea objected, wanting him to grow up with other kids his age.
Prof. Hawking, Microsoft founder Gates and Einstein all have 160 IQs. Ramarni scored 162, putting him in the top 1% in the UK.
Anthea, 37, said: “He’s still just a little boy doing normal childhood stuff. While he reads the New Scientist and the Sky at Night, he still plays with his dog, watches the Disney Channel and reads comics.
Hmmmm. There are a number of different IQ tests, especially online. Which one did they use on this phenom? It's been a decade since I checked mine. Intelligence Quotient usually doesn't change sha.
Wuuworld: At 162,th IQ is still very small,there is this Anambra state boy in my class then called Emeka umunnakwe okafor,his IQ reach 280 when my teacher use CALCULATOR to calculate it..
PastorAIO: Very interesting thread. I'm learning a lot. As for the historical questions, I think that genetic testing would help in clarifying a lot of these things. If we could compare gene pools of different tribes in nigeria then quite possibly we might find that we are all actually the same people just conquered by various different invaders. Oduduwa, according to these stories, was just an invader and cannot be the progenitor of yoruba peoples.
I think we have to separate Oduduwa, the king, from Oduduwa, the deity.
I've read more than one version of the Oduduwa story. I've even seen versions reading Oduduwa the orisha/god was female and the wife of Obatala. I will find the link.
"(3) ODUDUA. Odudua, or Odua, who has the title of Iya agbe, The mother who receives," is the chief goddess of the Yorubas. The name means "Black One" (dit, to be black; dudit, black), and the negroes consider a smooth, glossy, black skin a great beauty, and far superior to one of the ordinary cigar-colour. She is always represented as a woman sitting down, and nursing a child.
Wow, this was a great thread by our brother, LagosShia. Is it okay to call you "the Sword of Allah"? LOL. I think someone called you that here years ago when the anti-Muslims on Nairaland wouldn't leave this section alone.
I was looking for a link and I typed your moniker and mine and got page 6 of this thread. I couldn't stop reading. Even found many past posters who rocked this section back in the day: Sweetnecta, Muhsin, Lagosboy, BetaThings, and even a cameo by the incomparable learned young man TBaba, the young Baba Adinni himself!
I learned a lot about Shi'a and just ended up concluding and simply believing that we are all Muslims. I found something - not sure if it was Hadith - that goes something like, Just refer to yourself as Muslim; don't say what section or what denomination; you're Muslim and that's it.
At the height of my exchanges on this thread with LagosShia, and afterwards, I was also watching Youtube videos and reading quite a bit about the division between Sunni and Shia. I made up my mind when I saw how too many "religious leaders" were unashamed to cast aspersions on Shias.
I'm sure that will offend some. But I'm not deterred. I believe in religious freedom. We can discuss it civilly, of course.
Right now, I am troubled by the way Ahmadiyyas are so persecuted in Pakistan. (They've even been tagged as non-Muslims. As Muslim Nigerians/Africans, I'm sure many of us are familiar with that name. Even though most Nigerian Mosques/Masjids/Group don't bear that name, many used to belong to that organisation. And the Ahmaddiyas did a lot to spread Islam and build Mosques in Nigeria and all over the world. Maybe they changed or there are some other obscure beliefs of theirs that people started to question, but back dozens of years and over a hundred years ago, they went far and wide to bring Islam to many faraway places. Even me, I never knew we were once Ahmadiyyas. I recently found out from my Dad that the Ahamadiyya-affiliated groups in Nigeria changed their names in the 70s when the campaign against Ahmadiyyas gained ground. Even my old school, X X Memorial Grammar School, used to be called Ahmadiyya. That's actually how I found out - I was reading about how the school ownership and many other schools were released by the Lagos state government to now return to the original private owners. And my school returned to the Ahmadiyya association. I think I'm remembering that right.
I'l stop there. This was a travel back memory lane. Thanks, LagosShia!
Makbo: Ouattara is a despicable shameful French puppet used to topple the dignified and visionary son of Africa by the name of Laurent Gbagbo. You should get more educated about what going on inside the francophone countries in Africa, where colonial taxes are still being paid to blood sucker France, and where national presidential palaces are still being rented by France to African so-called independent countries. Ouattara is just rushing to Nigeria to seal the same devilish deal he made with rookie Jonathan Goodluck that drove Ivory Coast into chaos. Buhari who embodies hope for Nigeria and the whole west Africa should stay clear from this rogue sold out character like Allasan Ouattara.
cap28: IMF puppet Allassane Ouatarra is in Nigeria to pay homage to Buhari our newly inducted imperialist puppet and IMF errand boy - I used to have a lot of respect for Buhari but now I realise that every one has a price, Buhari wanted power at all costs and was willing to sell his soul to the demonic imperialists, okay lets see how this is going to end.
Wow! I just saw this thread! Quatarra or whatever he calls himself is the worst excuse for a human being there is out there leading an African nation. That guy is a puppet of the French just like Houphouët-Boigny was.
Throughout his presidency, Houphouët-Boigny maintained a close relationship with France, a policy known as Françafrique, and he built a close friendship with Jacques Foccart, the chief adviser on African policy in the de Gaulle and Pompidou governments. He aided the conspirators who ousted Kwame Nkrumah from power in 1966, took part in the coup against Mathieu Kérékou in 1977, and was suspected of involvement in the 1987 coup that removed Thomas Sankara from power in Burkina Faso. Houphouët-Boigny maintained a strong anti-communist foreign policy, which resulted in, among other things, severing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1969 (after first establishing relations in 1967) and refusing to recognise the People's Republic of China until 1983. He provided assistance to UNITA, a United States-supported, anti-communist rebel movement in Angola. In 1986 he re-established relations with the Soviet Union, shortly before the fall of its confederation.
Cap, did you know a lot of the upheavals, wars and assassinations of African leaders in the 50s, 60s, 70s that were initiated or supported by France were routed through Ivory Coast and Houphouët-Boigny for propaganda and implementation? Including Ojukwu's demand for Biafra and the war that cost so many lives?!
Buhari should not breathe the same air as that Quattara despot. Quattara spent his time at IMF being properly prepared to be the next great traitor of the African people (just like Okonjo-Iweala). This is very bad. This accursed brute shouldn't even be president of Cote d'Ivoire. He should be in a jail sweating while being charged with treason and war crimes. https://www.nairaland.com/919560/cote-divoire-one-year-after
Françafrique[edit] Throughout his presidency, Houphouët-Boigny surrounded himself with French advisers, such as Guy Nairay, Chief of Staff from 1960 to 1993, and Alain Belkiri, Secretary-General of the Ivorian government, whose influence extended to all areas.[93] This type of diplomacy, which he labelled "Françafrique", allowed him to maintain very close ties with the former colonial power, making Côte d'Ivoire France's primary African ally. Whenever one country would enter an agreement with an African nation, the other would unconditionally give its support. Through this arrangement, Houphouët-Boigny built a close friendship with Jacques Foccart, the chief adviser on African policy in the de Gaulle and Pompidou governments.[5]
Destabilization of revolutionary regimes[edit] By claiming independence for Guinea through the 28 September 1958 French constitutional referendum, Ahmed Sékou Touré had not only defied de Gaulle, but also his fellow African, Houphouët-Boigny.[60] He distanced himself from Guinean officials in Conakry and the Guinean Democratic Party was excluded from the RDA.[94] Tensions between Houphouët-Boigny and Touré also began to rise due to the conspiracies of the French intelligence agency SDECE against the Sékou Touré regime.[95] In January 1960, Houphouët-Boigny delivered small arms to former rebels in Man, Côte d'Ivoire and incited his council in 1965 to agree to taking part in an attempt to overthrow Sékou Touré.[96] In 1967, he promoted the creation of the Front national de libération de la Guinée (FNLG; English: National Front for the Liberation of Guinea), a reserve of men ready to plot the downfall of Sékou Touré.[97]
Houphouët-Boigny's relationship with Kwame Nkrumah, the leader of neighboring Ghana, degraded considerably following Guinea's independence, due to Nkrumah's financial and political support for Sékou Touré.[98] After Sékou Touré convinced Nkrumah to support the secessionist Sanwi in Côte d'Ivoire, Houphouët-Boigny began a campaign to discredit the Ghanaian regime.[98] He accused Nkrumah of trying to destabilise Côte d'Ivoire in 1963, and called for the Francophone states to boycott the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) conference scheduled to take place in Accra. Nkrumah was ousted from power in 1966 in a military coup; Houphouët-Boigny allowed the conspirators to use Côte d'Ivoire as a base to coordinate the arrival and departure of their missions.[99]
Also in collaboration with Foccart, Houphouët-Boigny took part in the attempted coup of 16 January 1977 led by famed French mercenary Bob Denard against the revolutionary regime of Mathieu Kérékou in Dahomey.[100] Houphouët-Boigny, in order to fight against the Marxists in power in Angola, also lent his support to Jonas Savimbi's UNITA party, whose feud with the MPLA party led to the Angolan Civil War.[101]
Despite his reputation as a destabiliser of regimes, Houphouët-Boigny granted refuge to Jean-Bédel Bokassa, after the exiled Central African Republic dictator had been overthrown by French paratroopers in September 1979. This move was met with international criticism, and thus, having become a political and financial burden to Houphouët-Boigny, Bokassa was expelled from Côte d'Ivoire in 1983.[4]
Alignment with France[edit] Houphouët-Boigny was a participant in the November 1960 Congo Crisis, a period of political upheaval and conflict in Congo-Kinshasa.[102] The Ivorian leader supported President Joseph Kasa-Vubu, an opponent of Lumumba, and followed France in supporting the controversial Congolese Prime Minister Moise Tshombe.[103] Tshombe, disliked by much of Africa, was passionately defended by Houphouët-Boigny and was even invited into OCAM in May 1965.[103] After the overthrow of Kasa-Vubu by General Mobutu in November 1965, the Ivorian president supported, in 1967, a plan proposed by the French secret service which aimed to bring the deposed Congolese leader back into power. The operation was a failure. In response, Houphouët-Boigny decided to boycott the fourth annual summit of the OAU held in September 1967 in Kinshasa.[104]
Houphouët-Boigny was also a major contributor to the political tensions in Biafra. Considering Nigeria a potential danger to French-influenced African states, Foccart sent Houphouët-Boigny and Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Bichelot on a mission in 1963 to monitor political developments in the country.[105] The opportunity to weaken the former British colony presented itself in May 1967, when Biafra, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, undertook to secede from Nigeria. French-aligned African countries supported the secessionists who, provided with mercenaries and weapons by Jean Mauricheau-Beaupré, began a civil war.[106] By the end of the 1960s, French-supported nations suddenly and openly distanced themselves from France and Côte d'Ivoire's position on the civil war.[107] Isolated on the international scene, both countries decided to suspend their assistance to Ojukwu, who eventually went into exile in Côte d'Ivoire.
At the request of Paris, Houphouet-Boigny began forging relations with South Africa in October 1970, justifying his attitude by stating that "[t]he problems of racial discrimination, so painful, so distressing, so revolting to our dignity of Negros, must not be resolved, we believe, by force."[108] He even proposed to the OAU in June 1971 that they follow his lead. In spite of receiving some support, his proposal was rejected. This refusal did not, however, prevent him from continuing his attempts to approach the Pretoria regime. His attempts bore fruit in October of that year, when a semi-official meeting between a delegation of high level Ivorian officials and South African Prime Minister B. J. Vorster was held in the capital of South Africa. Moreover, mindful of the Communist influence in Africa, he met Vorster in Geneva in 1977, after the Soviet Union and Cuba tried to collectively spread their influence in Angola and Ethiopia.[30] Relations with South Africa continued on an official basis until the end of his presidency.[109]
Houphouët-Boigny and Thomas Sankara, the leader of Burkina Faso, had a highly turbulent relationship. Tensions reached their climax in 1985 when Côte d'Ivoire Burkinabés accused authorities of being involved in a conspiracy to forcibly recruit young students to training camps in Libya.[110] Houphouët-Boigny responded by inviting the dissident Jean-Claude Kamboulé to take refuge in Côte d'Ivoire so that he could organise opposition to the Sankara regime. In 1987, Sankara was overthrown and assassinated in a coup.[111] The coup may have had French involvement, since the Sankara regime had fallen into disfavour in France.[112] Houphouët-Boigny was also suspected of involvement in the coup and in November, the PDCI asked the government to ban the sale of Jeune Afrique following its allegations that Houphouët-Boigny had participated in the coup.[113] The Ivorian president would have greatly benefited from the divisions in the Burkina Faso government, so he contacted Blaise Compaoré, the second-most powerful man in the regime. It is believed that they worked in conjunction with the Laurent Dona Fologo, Robert Guéï and Pierre Ouédraogo to overthrow the Sankara regime.[114][115]
Besides supporting policies pursued by France, Houphouët-Boigny also influenced their actions in Africa. He pushed France to s[b]upport and provide arms to warlord Charles Taylor's rebels[/b] during the First Liberian Civil War in hopes of receiving some of the country's assets and resources after the war.[5]
If you don't like Wikipedia, there's similar information all over the place. Quattara was Prime Minister under Houphouët-Boigny, and is now simply continuing his self-loathing anti-African NEO-COLONIALIST agenda.
delishpot: It could be [b]Tiro Aka eye liner. [/b]Try to pull the top and you will see it has some black powder in it. I had a malam customer I used to buy spices from and he sells them. He sells the black powder and also diff types of containers for the tiro. Its cow hide. What you call feather is the hair/fur from the cow. I see no feather there sha. Unless you removed them.
Hahahaha. He's calling the cow hairs/fur on the hide "feathers." Dumbass kids noo ni gbogbo wa won.
Wow! But that takes me back o. Who remembers "tiroo"? You're special, in a good way.
Justbeu: i was dere,@agbabiaka street,oke-agbo here in oto-awori lcda....taking my ussual bottle of gulder @ Asa beer parlor..when it all happend...d story was indeed truth but d woman actually stabed d little girl wit a stainless cup,& not a bottle,after which dey ran away,only to show up d next day wit a police corporal...but when d neigbour narate d true story to d officer,he invited every party involved,to the..police station. well wateva dat woman & her husband planed dey are evil....and dat compound has an history of bad things,a guy was raped by some fellow guyz in dat compound,so i think d owner of dat house should really scrutanize d tenants in dat house @Joshua street.
It sounds like a den of evil.
They should find the person who was abusing and exposing inappropriate things to the 10-yr old and jail them too, along with the criminally-insane couple who should get life in prison with hard labor, since rape and violent assault doesnt get death penalty, unfortunately.
All these names with "gangan" in them. What does it mean exactly? Is it pertaining to the drum, emphasis on authenticity, or something else?
(I really wanted my moniker to be isalegangan, but NL max was 10 characters when I signed up. Was hoping Seun would accede to my wishes and fix it for me during the mass username streamlining he did. I'm not even sure I asked him after I found out dude doesn't like name changes at all. I kinda understand sha.)
LeSudAfricaine: Take the South Africans out of the equation, the question is who likes Nigerians? Let's be honest, which country welcomes Nigerians with open arms? Your reputation precedes you where ever you go! It's not a South African thing but a global one, so stop making this about South African blacks! If you were so enterprising how come you country is in the state it's in?why do you feel the need to be enterprising on foreign lands but your own? Hardwork is not exclusive to Nigerians, let's be real for once! You say tha we are Xenophobic and yet you say you marry our women at ano alarming rate, aren't the women also supposed to be Xenophobic?
I respect your spirited defense of your country. You're passionate about your culture/land/history. I appreciate that.
When I wrote "alarming." it should have been in quotes. Alarming to some, not all. Not to me or you or many others. And it very could be in small numbers, but anything unwelcome is disturbing and alarming to a prejudiced and fearful person. Again, not you specifically.
Yes, Nigerians have a reputation. People think we all do internet scams. I recently pointed out to an American (the 3rd one in 3 weeks) who felt the need to acquaint me with the image of Nigerians being notorious for online/email scams, "Look, if we're all crooked, who are the crooks stealing from? Every country is tagged with some sort of stereotype. Worry less about the phantom internet scammer, go into your hospitals and you'd see most Black doctors in USA are NIGERIANS!!!* Get over yourselves. Are we all scammers now? How'd you like them apples?"
( *Yes, they will go back gradually to help save lives in Naija. Yes, we need them. The time will come. )
LeSudAfricaine, I will read more of your posts. This thread is massive and I will have to catch up. You make a lot of sense. Just keep it civil, and when the emotions have calmed down, the sensible part of your posts will shine through.
morpheus24: Its because your sensitive azzez have been isolated for a long time and just been let out of cages recently that you cannot get the rivalry that exists between Ghana and Nigeria.
The hate you dream of is just and intense sibling rivalry. We have shed our blood for our brothers and they for us.
Look at his beautiful Ghana and Naija couple below. No beef!
The infamous Morpheus returns! How was the Matrix, bruh?
Bros, be real, you know the Ghanaians had issue with us. . .once. . . or twice. . . There was even a song. So I've heard.
Caracta: Lol. Do they really hate Nigerians that much? And they just had to bring up "Ghana-must-go" ish huh?
Killing foreigners won't solve your problems SA.
Many South Africans have never hidden the fact that they hate Nigerians. It's been going on for a while now. The Blacks resent the enterprising nature of the Nigerian Immigrants and their success with their women who are marrying or hooking up with hardworking Naija boys at an alarming rate.
And forget about the Zulus. They (their "leaders" ) have been traitors to Black Anti-Apartheid struggle since the beginning of time!
I am Pan-Africanist to the core, but real is real. I hope this inexplicable and unwarranted and self-destructive hatred helps tribalistic and intolerant Nigerians to see each other as brothers and sisters.
One day all Africans will feel the brotherly sentiment towards their fellow Africans . . . hopefully.
Faculty14: . .nice innovation but e nogo sell for market see d kind small groundnut wey dey am person lyk me wey dey lyk chop plenty groundnut this na no no for me
estacyresource: Faith Leaders Tell UN That Christian Persecution is the "Greatest Crises" on Earth Today
"One of the first people of the age to ever help persecuted Christians was the apostle Paul. Paul was a Jewish Believer. So as Jewish Believers it is part of our heritage and calling to speak out on behalf of those who are persecuted." -Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
(New York, NY) - At time when the persecution of Christians has reached "historic proportions," Rabbi Jonathan Cahn and other faith leaders will address the United Nations on Friday about what Cahn calls one of the "greatest crises in the modern age." (Photo via Charisma News) ... http://chriistianityupdate..com/2015/04/faith-leaders-tell-un-that-christian.html
A Rabbi is standing up for Jesus, huh? Smart Jewish lobby - using Evangelical Christians as Zionist pawns since before the Intifada.
Pray with him, and end it with "in Jesus name" and watch his reaction.
If the pic was pulled from their social web page, I don't see a tacit approval or consent to post it anywhere else. Especially ending up on a questionable site like Nairaland. Furthermore, children cannot give consent to such. And the oldest appears to be under 21. (So, that is even moot. ) Naija is a place with a lot of colonization-fueled ignorance and religious intolerance. Don't people get killed 'cos someone decides they're "cultists"? Children can't even practice or fulfill the obligations of their religions without ridicule and rancour. Look at ALUU. Look at what Fashola, and regrettably the Attorney General, supported in Lagos. . . to prevent adolescent girls in school from covering their heads if they so choose. Such can't even happen in public schools in an anti-Muslim country like USA. (i don't want to get off-track, but I am kind of a stickler for individual liberties.)
So, that is why I didn't want the children's picture at a Sango event on NL. If you don't feel it will subject them to public ridicule, then fine. Still enjoying your posts, homes!
fm7070: Didn't you pay for the hall you used? Didn't you buy new clothes, shoes for the traditional and proper wedding? It is part of wedding expenses na. I strongly doubt this story
I'm sure they will proclaim to disinterested parties how they are "saved children of the only living god who covers us by his blood" making a show of their righteousness and piety every Sunday morning. Hypocrites all around.
Now, if the parents of the 10-year old were to avenge what these bastard children of mad people did. . .where will it all end?? Anyway, revenge is a dish best served cold.
P.S.: Coincidentally, I was listening to this:
Mo r'Aiye mo sa f'Aiye o Mo r'aiye mo sa f'aiye Ayinde, Mo r'Aiye mo sa f'aiye o Mo r'Aiye mo sa f'aiye Eru eda ma ba mi Mo r'Aiye mo sa Eru ma ba mi o Ibunu re omo Adama Mo r'Aiye mo sa f'aiye.
GenBuhari: Italy is committing genocide and sinking boats with African migrants.
The Gambian president made the point that the boats survive hundreds of miles of rough sea, only to sink in last 100metres of calm coastal waters of Italy.
GenBuhari, Thanks for sharing this with me, and for many invaluable shared posts and threads over the year(s). Please, when you share, is there an option on whom to notify? Are you sharing with all those that follow you? Or all those you follow?
9jacrip: From my BA research (cultural significance of Edi Festival in Ile-Ife:
Origin of the Festival
During Moremi’s era, Ile-Ife was subjected to foreign raids and attacks by a group known as the Ugbos9 who are also referred to as Igbos10, some people regard them to be the present day Ibos (Igbos) but research shows the Igbos and Ile-Ife didn’t have an inter-group relation of this sort during this period. This Ugbo attacked Ile-Ife and took Ife people as captives away into their own Ugbo land. They were able to do this through their god-like appearance which scared the people of Ife.
This continuous raids and attacks placed Ile-Ife under civil unrest. Due to the situation of things in Ile-Ife, Moremi felt the urge to find a way to put a stop to this ongoing problem and save the people of Ife from it. As a result she consulted the river goddess Esinmirin11, her plan was granted success in return for a sacrifice of whatever the river goddess requires of her on her return which she agreed to.
On the next raid, Moremi made herself available to be taken into captivity and she was carted away with several unlucky captives to the Ugboland. And as a result of her striking beauty, the king of the Igbos took her in as wife, so she was not enslaved nor killed. During Moremi’s stay she was able to extract details about the tactics and arrangements for these raids. She found that these Igbos were not gods but rather human beings who were clothed in Ekan grass and bamboo fire12 and could be defeated with flaming torches placed on the dried grass on their body.
Upon gathering the needed information, Moremi set forth back to Ile-Ife. On arrival she broke the news to the people of Ife and urged them to attack these raiders with flaming torches and would be defeated. Eventually, these raiders attacked Ile-Ife once again but this time they were attacked and some were taken as captives with an existing family house in Ile-Ife today known as ’Oluyare’.13 After this victory over this incessant raids and attacks, Moremi was required to offer the sacrifice she pledged to the river goddess Esinmirin. She was required of her only son, Ela or Oluorogbo and as a result she tried to offer several other items but they were rejected, so she finally had to give up her son, Ela or Oluorogbo to be offered to the river goddess.
Note: Ugbo are the present day Ugbo in Ondo state.
Also, the Oluorogbo people have disputed Oluorogbo being a son to Moremi. He is a deity who lived way before.
This is enlightening. The fact that she already made the sacrifice of being captured as a slave and lived with the enemy and subjected herself to danger of being found out, was that not a sacrifice enough? What was the rationale for her having to sacrifice her son? My second question. . .more a comment, really. Your note at the end about Ugbo people being in Ondo - that is very interesting. Also I recently met someone whose last name is Ugboo but they hailed from Benin. I thought it was interesting because you would think Ugbo sounds like a S.E. name, but instead are Bini or Ondo. Thank you.
nedu2000: Africans & their "I must marry mentality".....you never get money & ur relying on hope,why not wait till the white collar job comes first,that's how we bring children into this world to suffer!!!*hisses*
So, every man must have a 'white collar job' before he can fulfill his purpose for being on this earth and start a family? And if he's a farmer nko?
Had a funny experience, budgeted 1.5million last year buh had a million jan. 2014 instead of proposing nd takin d bull by d horn. Had 2 postpone d proposing till I get d extra 500k. While I waited she did not wait nd now I don't even ve d million box nd ve lost out on her.
Wish we culd really learn to cut our boxers to size us..
You were waiting to have enough money until you could do the 'right thing.' Meanwhile she's thinking you lost interest or were just dragging ur feet? Just a thought. Nevertheless, the 'right one' will come along. Hopefully she accepts you for you and not what you have in your account. Be more upfront next time. Be candid. Goodluck.
OP, did you watch the videos? There's not enough authentic videos online - at least, not since the last time I checked.
Is it correct that Sango devotees wear mostly white, with just a hint of red?
Thanks for the post. I followed you weeks ago mmediately due to your moniker. I knew there was a chance of learning more about Sango, and Ifa in general.
geedeex2: Because he arrived from work and the wife isn't home, he killed her. This wouldn't have happened if PDP had won Lagos gubernatorial election . . .
It sounds like during the beating/struggle/fighting, she fell and hit her head. The story reads that she fell unconscious. A head trauma would be the first thing I'd think of, barring any other weapon involved.
Yeah, I also thought, "Did she vote against his candidate?" But it's a serious matter. Was he that hungry after returning home from work? Or they've had this issue of her missing before? There is a 17-year age difference between them. Anyway, he should be very worried. Petrified even. Her family will deal very seriously with him. He is better off hiding in jail.
patriciafro: My Name is Judge Burgler. I will love to share my testimony to all the people in the love site cos I never thought I will have my girlfriend back and she means so much to me...The girl I want to get marry to left me 4 weeks to our weeding for another man.. When I called her she never picked my calls, She deleted me on her Face book and she changed her Face book status from married to Single...when I went to her place of work she told her boss she never want to see me..I lost my job as a result of this cos I can’t get myself anymore, my life was upside down and everything did not go smooth with my life...I tried all I could do to have her back to all did not work out until I met a Man when I Travel to Africa to execute some business have been developing some years back..I told him my problem and all have passed through in getting her back and how I lost my job...he told me he going to help me...I don't believe that in the first place. But he swore he will help me out and he told me the reason why my girlfriend left me and also told me some hidden secrets’ was amazed when I heard that from him...he said he will cast a spell for me and I will see the results in the next couple of days..then I travel back to US the following day and I called him when I got home and he said he's busy casting those spells and he has bought all the materials needed for the spells, he said am going to see positive results in the next 2 days that is Thursday...My girlfriend called me at exactly 12:35pm on Thursday and apologies for all she had done..She said, she never knew what she's doing and her sudden behavior was not intentional and she promised not to do that again. it was like am dreaming when I heard that from her and when we ended the call, i called DR TUNDE OSUMANDI and told him my wife called and he said I haven't seen anything yet... he said I will also get my job back in 2 days time..And when its Sunday, they called me at my place of work that I should resume working on Monday and they going to compensate me for the time limit have spent at home without working...My life is back into shape, i have my girlfriend back and we are happily married now with kids and I have my job back too, This man Dr TUNDE OSUMANDI is really powerful..If we have up to 20 people like him in the world, the world would have been a better place...he has also helped many of my friends to solve many problems and they are all happy now..Am posting this to the forum for anybody that is interested in meeting the man for help. You can mail him on this e-mail; osumanditemple@gmail.com I can’t give out his number cos he told me he doesn’t want to be disturbed by many people across the world..He said his email is okay.
Um, I cant believe I read all that wall of words with no paragraph, Lord!
Yeah! I'm happy you got your wife and job back. Truly, I am. But it was not due to any spells.
Just to add a voice to the debate about First Class Kings.
There is a difference between a King being one of the Seven Obalades and a King elevated by political office holders. For the former, you were one of Alaafin of Oyo, Olowu of Owu, Orangun of Ila-orangun, the Owaoboku of Ijeshaland, the Alaketu of Ketu, the Onipopo of Popo, and the Onisabe of Sabe. In the latter, your kingdom was/is elevated by a governor of a state.
macof: Surely you got this from Samuel Johnson's book There are more than 7 Obalades, where is Ajero who is said to have initiated the idea of leaving Ife, what of Ewi, Elekole, Ajapada(Deji), Olowo
Obalade, meaning the thrones occupied by the direct heirs of Oduduwa, right?
I understand most Yoruba historians recognise 8 Obalades. Were there more than 8 of Oduduwa's sons who were given their own kingdoms? What of Alake of Egbaland? I think that throne would complete the list above and make it 8.
Also, is Owa of Ilesa the same as Owa Obokun of Ijesha?
Are Ajero, Ewi, Elekole, Ajapada recognised as being Oduduwa's children or are there other criterions beside being a son of Oduduwa being used to classify an Obaship as an Obalade?
This is very interesting to me. The Onipopo and Onisabe thrones even more so because most times when we discuss Yoruba history, we sometimes overlook them, since they're in Republic of Benin.
bolliejay: Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said Tuesday night, she was not seeking asylum in any part of the world, as claimed by her traducers. Madueke, who spoke through the Group Public Affairs General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, denied ever contemplating relocating from Nigeria. An online publication reported Tuesday that the minister had been denied asylum by six countries where she had so far applied but did not mention the countries involved
hercules07: The guy just put a big hole in my praise of the Ijebus, oya, Ijebus were weaklings, Egbas were the masters, but, why were the Ijebus supporting the Egbas against Ibadan when the Ibadans were actually defending an Ijebu town?
Well, who said historians can't be biased? First establish that Sensei Kasunmu is not a revisionist intent on glorifying one group over the other(s). I'm not accusing, just positing a theory. (Or hypothesis. Either way, I just dey play devi's advocate. Katz, na joke )
BTW, I enjoyed your posts on the Kiriji thread and contributions on (Yoruba) history any time.
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As Muslim Nigerians/Africans, I'm sure many of us are familiar with that name. Even though most Nigerian Mosques/Masjids/Group don't bear that name, many used to belong to that organisation. And the Ahmaddiyas did a lot to spread Islam and build Mosques in Nigeria and all over the world. Maybe they changed or there are some other obscure beliefs of theirs that people started to question, but back dozens of years and over a hundred years ago, they went far and wide to bring Islam to many faraway places. Even me, I never knew we were once Ahmadiyyas. I recently found out from my Dad that the Ahamadiyya-affiliated groups in Nigeria changed their names in the 70s when the campaign against Ahmadiyyas gained ground. Even my old school, X X Memorial Grammar School, used to be called Ahmadiyya. That's actually how I found out - I was reading about how the school ownership and many other schools were released by the Lagos state government to now return to the original private owners. And my school returned to the Ahmadiyya association. I think I'm remembering that right.
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