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OBAFEMIawolowo:
what's the difference?

If you don't know the difference between kingdom and empire then you don't deserve my attention as it is a complete waste of time and resources for me.

Well, let me state this.
There are some things that must be cleared here.
The thread started by stating that:
NRI was a Kingdom
Oyo was an Empire
NRI is older than Oyo

Somewhere along the line, some people have deviated from the course of discussion maybe out of sheer ignorance or deliberate attempt to cause confusion.

We need to read up on these technical terms:

Kingdom
Empire
Dynasty

As a historian I'm well aware that before an entity becomes an empire it has to pass through kingdom. So, empire, in other word, is an agglomeration of Kingdoms. It is always very very heterogeneous and doesn't get king as the head but an emperor.

Kingdom on the other hand has a king as the head and is almost always homogenous. It takes years, if not centuries, for a kingdom to graduate to an empire.

Dynasty is the bloodline of rulers. If the headship of an entity remains within a bloodline for long, this is a dynasty. It could be son succeeding father or brother succeeding brother or even daughter succeeding father or brother. When another bloodline takes over the headship another dynasty has just been installed. Sayfawa Dynasty of Kanem-Bornu is the longest dynasty in the world

Back to the topic, Nri kingdom, based on the dates provided by this OP, is older than Oyo Empire and not Oyo Kingdom. Oyo was a kingdom for long before it became an empire and later came back to kingdom. Oyo was an offshoot of Ife Kingdom but later grew to become empire that enveloped Ife herself and all the other neighbouring kingdoms, fiefdoms, city-states etc.

That stated, one unique thing I found very interesting about Nri kingdom is its ability to command obedience without force. It was a kind of theocratic state; no standing army, yet, no one disrespected its authority.

Mogidi and Lalasticlala should move this to the FP for Nigerians to learn important aspects of our history.

When will we have history of Enugu posted here from google?

Hagm0nd:
one Nigeria kini?
better choose a side,one Nigeria is a big scam,that will die its natural death soon.

Your wish. But wishes aren't horses. Get that?

Hagm0nd:
sarcasm!
that's what ipob goons will say.

I'm so sorry bro. I'm from both IMO and Ogun States but I'm for one, big, strong, indivisible Nigeria. We have our differences and we shall resolve it by ourselves withing ourselves. Nobody, I mean no bagga, is going anywhere because I don close all the exit gate out of Nigeria.

God bless Nigeria and Nigerians.

Hagm0nd:
you are definitely a yoloba

See them, them don come

The police and DSS should arrest and detain the two of them. AbdulMumin was aware of the padding and he didn't do anything which makes him complicit in the act. He was aiding and abetting criminal acts of the speaker. He only spoke out when he was booted out. Thieves, criminals, barawo, banza, shege, ole, olosha, jaguda, ndi ara.

Ok

Hmmmmmm, is this how we're going to be governing ourselves when we eventually secede from Nigeria? I'm much aware of differences between and among the Igbo nations.

How that one take concern me?

I saw this writeup on Facebook and have decided to give it maximum publicity within my limited capacity. Enjoy it with clear, objective mind.

SHETTIMA ALI MONGUNO (1926 - 8 July, 2016)
Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno died on Friday in Maiduguri at the very ripe age of 90.
I know u want to know who he was.
Well he was a politician of 1st and 2nd Republic about whom I think many politicians today should learn. He was a man of , not just high but very high integrity.
In 1974, as Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Shettima wanted to build his personal house in Maiduguri. He applied to the bank for a loan of N40,000. The bank wanted a guarrantor. He approached his boss, General Yakubu Gowon, Head of State and Commander-in-Chief, for a letter to this effect. Gowon refused, saying that it would amount to abuse of office for him to allow him take a loan to build the house.
End of story.
Shettima mulled his options.
Julius Berger was already well established then. He approached them to build the house for him.
They agreed.
On one condition.
JB would build the house and then rent it out for the number of years it would take to recover the N40k.
Shettima agreed. That was how he built his bungalow in Maiduguri.
Wait a minute.
He was Minister of Petroleum Resources then.
He was President of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.
Yet he didn't have the resources to build a house!
He could only do it via a BOOT (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer) arrangement with JB.
Why can't we have such men in power today again?
The answer is known to you and I.
Meanwhile, adieu Shettima Ali Monguno!
May God Change Our Current Leaders' Mind to Goodness and judge our unrepentant corrupt leaders quickly!....... Nice weekend

Lalasticlala Seun Mynd44 Obinoscopy Mogidi please help give this illustrious Nigerian the publicity he deserves. Tenku.

HydrogenForest:
Tell Nigeria to stop marginalising the Igbos, we are too big to be pushed under.

OK, I will relay your message but Nigeria isn't going to break. Get that?

HydrogenForest:
Please what state are you from?

How does that matter. I'm a Nigerian from both Ogun and IMO States. Did I answer your Q?

IPOB nor, iPod ni. Yeye dey smell. Nigeria will remain forever and ever. Amen, amin, ase, ise etc. We have our differences and these shall be resolved by ourselves within ourselves.

His rating just keep waning by every switch he makes. I thing Ribadu isn't a good politician, he should stick to bureaucracy.

it's her life and personal decision but I know some hollier-than-thou peeps won't take chill over this.

Cc: Seun Lalasticlala Obinoscopy Mogidi

Why did it take him this long to voice out? I implore EFseesee to SEE to the allegation from the point of aider and abbetter. Dogara should be investigated and prosecuted alongside AbdulMumin because the latter knew about it but kept it to himself until he fell out with Dogara.

Little wonder they are shouting and clamouring for immunity against prosecution for 'lostmakers' abi na 'lawbreakers' them be self.

Why did it take him this long to voice out? I implore EFseesee to SEE to the allegation from the point of aider and abbetter. Dogara should be investigated and prosecuted alongside AbdulMumin because the latter knew about it but kept it to himself until he fell out with Dogara.

This is good. United we stand and divided we fall. I see strength in our diversity.

Ok

optional1:
Me is dey room weather for too i alone here....

Issorite, Pele dear.

Hmm, some verybnice observations were make in this article.

Hungry man

Mynd44 Seun Lalasticlala Obinoscopy

optional1:
I does fine buh code catchin here.... Ope is you fine too?

Cold kwa? Where is you are? Me is dey like Dele here o

Link

optional1:
Lolz Bros I does nothing nah....

You does a lot o. How is you anyways

Some bEasterners no go like this. Remember, not all but some.

Lolsss @ Indomie generation

Optional1 you're mean

Ok

This shuu hit FP in no time

OK na