₦airaland Forum

Yeah, you're right, Jarus has come again!

The contest now is: Who is the most Versatile, currently active Nairalander?
I mean somebody that has something meaningful to say or knows something about virtually everything.

I have three people in mind: Dayokanu, Ibime, Ajanlekoko. I need two more nominations before I put up a poll and we will discuss these personalities, their strengths, their limitations!

Who wears the crown? Most versatile Nairalander? Full citations to come later. The floor is open!

My own old man, now very advanced in age, was a first republic politician, a die-hard Awoist. He also spent few days in prison in the aftermath of that 1962/63 crisis.
He knew both Akintola and Awolowo in person. The greatest politician from our town, Chief Josiah Sunday Olawoyin, was also a core Awoist. But we being northerners(Kwara Yorubas) the Awoists were minorities in the northern parliament. JS was the opposition leader then. He was a firebrand politician with thick tongue. He was present as an observer at the 1959 London conference. He was also imprisoned with Awo and co in 1962.

So you can imagine growing up around these core Awoists. I dare not say Awo is not as saintly as he is being portrayed in teh presence of my old, or else I dey find trouble.
But the good thing is everybody is entitled to independently challenge beliefs he grows up with.

Head or tail, Dayokanu or Katsumoto, this thread has been very enlightening. We thank God Becomrich did not see it, or else . .  .
Much respect to both Awo and Akintola defenders, as everybody has been able to marshal his points, devoid of insults.

I, for one, still hold Awo in high regard, but I will not join those that see Akintola as a traitor.

Yeah, this brings us to another area I have problem with Yoruba brand of politics.
There is this common belief every Yoruba must be in the same party - the Yoruba party.(AG, UPN, later AD).
Any Yoruba that is not in these so called Yoruba parties is seen as a bastard, or more nicely, sell-out.
Many Yorubas will quickly tell us that Abiola betrayed Awo in the second republic. Abiola pitched tent with NPN? And so what? Must every Yoruba man pitch tent with Awo's UPN? The likes of Akinloye, Akinjide and co that were Yoruba leaders of NPN were seen as outcasts for the simple reason that they didn't go with Awo's UPN. I have a problem with this brand of politics.

This is why a Yoruba party has never produced a president(UPN, AD). The stronghold doesn't go beyond the Yoruba territory.
Awo may be a more sagacious politician than MKO, I think MKO played wiser IMHO. MKO dodged politics of regional identification and was able to sell himself to whole Nigerians, easily winning a national election, a feat Awo did not achieve in three attempts.

This is not to take anything away from Awo, who I strongly believe, was the most visionary politician in Nigeria's history, but I have a problem with his style of politics.

I personally enjoy Nairaland community and I'm very proud to be a member, even though some couple of years ago, I was so addicted that it affected my time management in office, but now I have control over when to nairaland and when to stay off. I ahve been able to reach moderation.

That said, I think NL is the leading online informal media in Nigeria today. It has become a force to reckon with in opinion moulding in Nigeria.
I have seen Nairaland mentioned in serious analysis elsewhere. Professor Pius Akinsanmi, the Canada-based columnist with NEXT and member of Nigeria Village Square Editorial board, appears to be visitor to NL here, as I have seen him talk about NL in his article in the past.

Nigerian celebrities also, advertently or inadvertently, take NL seriously. So are journalists.

If this is true then, FO is truly a rogue!

Andre Uweh:
Well done Jarus. But your father's loyalty would not have been with Awo nor Akintola, because they represented the West.

I guess what you meant here was that being from Kwara, classified as North then and till today, my parents would not have had loyalty with Western leaders of Awo and SLA.

Well, from first republic till today, my Offa(Kwara south) people have always identified with teh West. In the first republic, they went for AG, making them minority in NPC-controlled Northern region. In fact the leader of opposition in northern parliament was from my hometown(the late J.S Olawoyin, a die-hard disciple of Awo that was also imprisoned with Awo aftermath of the 1962/63 crisis). In the 2nd republic, they went for UPN, making them minority again in NPN-controlled Kwara state. In 1999, my people voted for AD in an APP-controlled Kwara. It was not until 2003 when PDP swept SW that my LG also lost its opposition bend.

So my people actually know more about Awo than Sardauna. My father was not left out, a core Awoist he is.

Interested in this topic, but posting from phone, can't post long.
I think we Yoruba are being unfair with this man. He should command the same respect with Awolowo. Due to the blind loyalty of our fathers and grandfathers to Awo, when the misunderstanding btw Awo and SLA broke out in 1963, SLA was portrayed as a traitor, and demonized. My Dad was also a core Awoist and I grew up hearing all sorts of tale about how SLA betrayed Awo, and grew up hating SLA myself. But a dispassionate study of pre-independence and first republic politics convinced me that SLA was not as bad as portrayed and Awo not as saintly as we are being told. The story of Akintola conniving with the northerners was exaggerated. With due respect to Awo, especially as he is to me the most visionary leader in Nigeria's history, selfishness was his bane.
He wanted to eat his cake and have it. In the north, Ahmadu Bello sent Tafawa Balewa to the centre while he remained the regional leader. Awo left regional premiership for his deputy, SLA, went to seek power at the centre but lost out, now he wanted his premiership back, leading to the 1963 political unrest in the 'wild,wild west', there was mass violence, arson, war songs, etc, and since Awo was more respected and had larger followership, public opinion and sympathy were in his favour,and SLA seen as a traitor, a belief that has been successfully transferred up to this generation.
In fact some of the visionary projects known today as Awo's legacy, like Unife,Cocoa House, first TV station in Africa etc were Akintola's ideas, according to some people, I don't know how true that is.
My main point is SLA deserves equal respoect in Yorubaland like Awo.

Ujujoan:
Errrrrrrm, let me guess . . This was written by the aide to Dora's aide! ROFLAMO

It even appears that the aide-writer is even the 1Naira here.
More people are now realizing the place of NL in public opinion moulding in Nigeria.
The guy registered only to post this. I see Dora's agency written all over.
Bukola Saraki is another political figure than has professional footsoldiers on NL here

abioila:
Let me state it clear dat am not taking sides between oau and unn,but wot i dont wanna hear is oau students saying dey av d most bea utiful campus in Africa!chai liv it dont touch it,ABOMINATION.go to university of cairo or cape verde let me see if u guys wil stil be chantin NONSENSE.Besides oau and unn are rubbish compared to those university.one more thing dont dare ask me of ma skul or try comparin urs to mine.

At least, it is incomparably the most beautiful in Nigeria.

Besides oau and unn are rubbish compared to those university.one more thing dont dare ask me of ma skul or try comparin urs to mine.

why una dey fear?

Deen4me has answered ur question well. The rule is a Muslim male must urinate squatting, but the exception is where it is more convenient to do so standing I.e where there is more likelihood of urine touching one's body in squatting position than standing position.

Never knew there are still Nigerians that know this much about our domestic football of old.

UNILAG 86 (26.1%)
OAU Ife 165 (50%)
UI 79 (23.9%)
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-147071.0.html

Lol @ johnpaul's question to DK. Even me, I dey part 2 when DK was in part 5

OAU has defeated UI and Unilag in an earlier thread specifically created for that purpose. Search the thread

Anyway, Nigerians are used to the crocodile tears and faked threats – all in attempts to woo public sympathy. Dora is taking her propagandist skills rather too far!”

This appears agreeable.


I pity Soludo though. Welcome to Naija politics, no respecter of Prof and his certificates.

ccollins:
If the golden days are past.IFE is NO LONGER THE BEST .EVERY patriotic STUDENT BELIEVES HIS SCHOOL IS THE BEST.FOR EXAMPLE:^^
a havard graduate believes his school is the best just like a south carlifonia dude thinks his school is unique.whatever silly notion a oau dude has that his school is d best is null and void.a yoruba adage say that a child would always believe his father's farm is the biggest,until he sees the farm of others.your minds have been tricked to think your old AWO AND your WHATEver is GREAT AND the best.great ife ko,small ife ni.pass through the gates of UNIBEN.U would see a signboard,GREAT UNIBEN,THE GREATEST UNIVERSITY OF THEM ALL.IF U COME TO ENUGU AT SOUTH EAST.NO ONE CARES OF OAU.in fact,most of them are obsessed and maybe think UNN IS THE GREATEST IN NIGERIA.I AIN'T MAKING DEROGATIVE REMARKS ABT OAU NOR UNDERRATING THEM.OAU IS A GOOD SCHOOL,AND U SHOULD JUst be thanking awolowo for his education legacies.if not, I wonder.OAU EVEN LIED THAT THEY ARE STILL THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS in africa.just enter capetown university or a university close by at ghana whether they won't take u abnormal,LOL.U CAN'T EVEN CONVINCE UPTO 10 million people in these federation of more than 150 million that OAU IS THE BEST, Geez, Stop over rating.do your pride to where it stops.MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WERE NOT FRM OAU OR OLD ARROGANT UNIVERSITY.THIS IS JUST A SHORT VOLUME.OAU WERE JUST LUCKY TO GET THE INTEREST OF SOME FEW INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.haa! Gonna release volume two on why OAU BIG HEADED GRADUATES AND THEIR SHcOol isn't worth it.just dreams they do and being un realistic

Kai, see jealousy written in bold!
Anyway, you have stirred the hornet's nests and be ready to be stung!!!!!
Nobody dares Great Ife and goes out smiling.
Please let's stop derailing this thread and go and open a fresh thread and invite me for a debate. I'm ready to engage you on the points you raised here and your upcoming part 2.
You may name your thread 'Ife is overrated' or something and let's engage in debate. But be ready for a loss, because nobody wins Great Ife!!!

netotse:
@tkb
i like your idea. . .i'm installing visio now. . .i'll work on it.

about the banking thingy nko? i thought it was right up your alley. . .i was wondering whether y'all just sit around a table and say 'let's make these nuisances beg/swear/curse before we give them what they want'. . .so far so good only zenith answered us before the deadline and they were still late.

@thread
okay, i'm now adding driver to my JD, it was engineer and secretary before. . .i need some drawings to prepare a quotation for something and now i have to drive myself down to shiroro to get the data myself. . .quick question, shiroro is like 450km from abuja, should i ask for travel allowance(abi is it night allowance they call it?) i'll be back the same day sha. . .

If I go to the next street there on official assignment, or let's say Marina, from Ajose Adeogun here, I dey claim transport allowance in few thousands o, even if na bike I carry.

TKB has said it all regarding oil trading.

Oil marketing buys in bulk and sells in retail outlets(i.e in filling stations).
Oil trading buys in bulk(and at larger volumes, in metric tonnes) but sells in wholesale. It involves importing and exporting of both crude oil and petroleum products.
That simple.

Ending(locking) and removing(moving to recycle bin) a topic can only be done by Mods or Admin.

@ Jarus, dayokanu and GboyegaD
We heard the numerous tales of OAU in the golden old days.it must be fun to have been part of it, ' all the aluta'

The golden old days of Ife was actually 70's to early 90's, when, when Ife students sneezed, the whole nation caught cold.

niyi09:
[b]We heard the numerous tales of OAU in the golden old days.it must be fun to have been part of it, ' all the aluta' [/b]I stayed in AWO BLK 4 in Part 1 ,moved to FAJ in Part 2 but didn't dig the lifestyle of those FAJ boys( always forming big boys), stayed in AWO BLK 7 in Part 3 and Part 4
_{OAU has taken over the thread}

ohh deja vu!
I enjoyed every bit of my stay in Ife, from academic to Social to religious to entertainment.
How can one forget the numerous alutas and the funny hall clashes?

How can one forget:
-Various hall clashes: Awo vs Angola, Angola Vs Moz, Awo Vs Moz
-The "Will Exams hold?" crisis of 2003
-The November 4, 2004 mother of all alutas
-The manisfesto nights
-Impeachments
-The congresses
-the sophisticated political intrigues and calculations
-the annual ewa day in Awo
-the indecency crisis of March 2006

oh Ife

moved to FAJ in Part 2 but didn't dig the lifestyle of those FAJ boys( always forming big boys

Same here o
I was given Faj 231 in final year but sold it to buy a space in Awo back
Faj was too cool an environment for me

GboyegaD:
@Jarus, I think you have made a mistake here. There was no session in 2000/2001 and 2004/2005 due to the Nov.4 crisis of 2004 thus, dey did another 60/40 for dose who resumed in 2005.

Yeah, thanks for correcting me.

As for school fees, the highest in Ife still remains N12750 which is Medicine and Pharmacy cos they pay faculty fees of N10000 per session. School fees at the moment still ranges between N5,250 and N12,750

I trust Ife.

Finally, Ope best graduating student before us dey marry next week Saturday ooo. U suppose don hear cos na your paddy but incase u never hear den I don tell U b dat oooo.

Just hearing. Lost his contact. Will hook up with guys for full details. I'm only aware he won PTDF overseas scholarship. He's with ETB.

dayokanu:
Hem-Hem and his brother used to stay on the same floor with me.

Their room wasnt far from "Obeseres" Obe-surutu

Block 7 medical floor was fun then we had all these Foreign students from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cameroun who would give us gists about the war in their countries and role of ECOMOG

But before that I stayed in Core-Awo Block 3, 4 and 5

Yeah, I know all of them. I also stayed in Awo block 7 from years 2-4. 189(ground floor) in yr 2, 204 & 203(middle floor) in years 3 and 4.

I can see from here that we were on same block in your final year and my own part 2, me on ground floor and you on medical floor. That floor used to rock o, the Obesuya factor? I know some of those foreign students too. Simpson, a Liberian, was my friend and classmate and was always talking about Liberia war etc. There was also this Camerounian guy that used to sit in front row in Awo TV room anytime Barca was playing ball(Eto'o)U know VC, the longest serving student that colonized a room on that floor?

Oh memories f Awo Hall!!!!

dayokanu:
So Hemhem was impeached? Na my department the guy dey.

Na my paddy sef. We lived on the same floor in Awo I was in Room 208 Block 7 Foreigners floor.(the topmost floor where those foreign students live) When in final year na we go organize to vote him in.

Since i collected my NYSC letter in 2004, I have never stepped my foot in OAU. Didnt even attend Convocation

Yeah, hemhem was like a school father to me. . .when I came in as a jamito he was a friend to my sister in year 3 then and I landed in his hands in OAU.

Also campaigned laboriosuly for him but he messed up on getting there . . trust Graet ife students, he was impeached.

Mett all of them ke

Part 1 - Burkina (later impeached)
Part 2 - Akin Revolution
Part 3 - Hemhem (later impeached)
Part 4 - Diamond

odiaero:
b ut come to think of it, this is stealing by trick, $40 million gone just like that

Dem beg u to bid? Dem no see the terms before applying?

Good to hear from you Uplawal. How was the moon?
Barakalahu fihi. . .may Allah bless the union

matoyeh:
My girl friend traveled to Plateau State for hepatitise B treatment and she said it has been cured completely. She told me this after I had a kiss with her
Somebody help me, is it curable ?
and even if it is curable, cant i contact it from her?

Go do test, if negative, then take vaccine.

macfarland:
FUAM is the cheapest. I paid a total of N2,150.00 from first yr to final yr. Though i dont know how that place is now since 2003 I left the place but I still think it is a relatively cheap institution.

This is unbeatable o

bisilawal,
eku ise wa o

Ribadu is more marketable and strategic than Oshiomole. At least not teh Oshiomole that is now flirting with IBB. But I don't think Ribadu wioll contest against GEJ that pardoned him.

At different periods, different people take this tag, but currently I think Mamagee and Becomrich are the most controvesial.
Mrcrackles/Brash once held this tag for long.