THE OKUN-YORUBAS
The Fulani/Nupe Conquest and Salvation.
Before 1703 AD.

HRH, Late Sir, Adesoji Adeyemi, the Ooni of Ife in 1931 mentioned the Okun people among the twenty six kingdoms founded by the sons of Oduduwa. In ile Ife, the Genesis of Yoruba race (1985), Chief E.A. Fabunmi stated that an Ife man, the older of the two brothers founded Kabba, which is a contraction of Oke Aba.

Bridel H.S. Bridel Esq. 1933, Assistant District officer, Ekiti said of the hag as the largest group of the Okuns. It is difficult nowadays to find Yagbas who know much of their history owing to the devastating period of the Nupe raids which lasted throughout some three generations prior to 1900(1840-1897) when some of the able bodied men were either killed or taken to Bida as slaves. The old men died or were killed without passing on their knowledge and the following generation grew up without the chance to find out much about their ancestors.

Bridles statement above has general application to the entire Okunland and people of 1840-1897. He wasn't too conversant of the plans of the Okuns then to conceal everything within their wealth avoid being deceived further into slavery. Even all through the war there were remnants of Yagba who refused to be taken by holding in caves which could not be reached by the horses of the warrior, as the aborigines rolled bigger stones from the top of the hills to kill them. So some people survived the Nupe/Fulani raids and lived to tell the stories of their tribes to the younger generation.

Indeed hundreds of freed Okun people returned from Bida elsewhere after the cessation of the Nupe/Fulani raids to their homes and villages and joined the remnants to rebuild them. A good example is the group from Ipao in Ekiti state, they reportedly migrated to Ejuku in Kogi State around 1800 at the beginning of the raid commander by Aburbarkar, a Nupe warlord, and returned 40years after to rebuild it during the reign of Oba Nla Oba Amusain (Opekunsoro) Oluyomi. There were cases of remnants who escaped to hilltops and thick forests of Yagbaland but later returned to resettle in their towns, ponyan, Iye (iyemero) are good examples.

Cases of returnee from Bida and Ghana (Gold coast) were established all over Okunland, hence the reason some peoples great grand parents were referred to as Babangana and Iyengana (father and mother from Ghana).

Yagba west, HRH, late Oba Owojaiye (Aina Aganyin) of Egbe who reigned 1942-1955 was a typical example. He returned from Ghana and because of his exposure to western civilisation when in Ghana and his outstanding personality his clan put him forward as the Oba of Egbe.

Late Mr Oshanaiye from Oggawas a freed slave whose master hailed from Abeokuta, Osainaiye became a Christian and a member of the Baptist church, Araromi Lagos. He later received the call to take the gospel to his people of Ogga in Yagba West in 1902.

A sizeable number of returnees from Bida rebuilt their towns and villages in Gbedde and introduced the Islamic religion to their people.

TRADE LINK

Stories have it that there was a prosperous trade route in 1700 linking Akata- Ere in Yagba west LGA with Katunga, the capital of Old Oyo Kingdom. The route was one of the vestiges of the centuries of movement to and fro Benin through Okunland, and the involvement in the reported " lucrative trade" in slaves, pepper and ivory between the south and the north. In the core language of Kabba people it is the trade interaction ps that affected the language of their people. Oranges too were called lemu and caps Fula just like the Hausas.
All these and many comments by renowned Yagba historian Prof. Ijagbemi, on the Yagba are further proofs that Okun are Yorubas. The Owe,s, IJumu,s, Bunu,s and Oworo,s also claim to have migrated variously to their present location from ile Ife, Ejuku, Iddo and Omuo.

The Okuns immediate neighbours have been the Igbominas, the Ekitis, the Akokos, the Igbirras are among the descendants of Oduduwa

Culled from prince philips orebiyi FBW

who on earth setup dis match
father against son


won't daddy pity dear son

aprilfool or julyfool

TrapQueen77:
Keeping in touch with Ur ex it's like walking back n' forth on the same block. I don't do that. I was born to be a traveler. I don't stay in one place once I'm done

what? if you are now the trapped queen? movement totally restricted within same block? then you will a
tourist ?

TrapQueen77:
Keeping in touch with Ur ex it's like walking back n' forth on the same block. I don't do that. I was born to be a traveler. I don't stay in one place once I'm done

what? if you are now the trapped? movement totally restricted within same block? then you will a t
ourist ?

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3. The highest peak in Nigeria is located in Taraba and is called Chappal Waddi which means “The Mountain of Death”.
4. There are 196 countries in the world and at least one Igbo person from Nigeria lives in every one of them.
5. The Pidgin word ‘Sabi’ came from ‘Saber’, Portuguese and Spanish for ‘to know’. Both country’s ships traded slaves from the Bight of Benin.
6. Katsina College (now Barewa College in Zaria) has produced 5 Nigerian Presidents/Heads of State since it was founded in 1921 in Katsina.
7. Ojukwu taught Murtala Mohammed and Ben Adekunle at Regular Officers Special Training School, Ghana. Both ‘fought’ their teacher during the civil war
8. At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, there were 41 Secondary Schools in the North and 842 Secondary Schools in the South.
9. In 1983, Senator Arthur Nzeribe spent $16.5 million to win a Senatorial seat in Orlu (in Imo State).
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12. Offences punishable by death sentence after the 1966 coup included embezzlement, rape and homosexuality.
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15. Jollof rice, chicken breast, serve of ice cream, tea, coffee or Bournvita, with full cream milk and sugar: Meal Cost = 50Kobo- Unilag in the late 1970s
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opson2016:

Still there, next page
If you already have registration number, disregard my update

hmmmmm no LGA(spot for LGA not working no dob( also date of birth nd many lik is this site really for npower ??

I vote
subbieD


Cc: NLjega

kei GMB na emir faa
u wan forsu emir like allison-madueke

sai baba u go free gej nd fej

demmy0325:
Two more goals pls.. Na reading i wan play for final..

who u help

who u b

aforosco:
An outbreak
.
Meanwhile, the state government has confirmed
the outbreak of the “unknown disease,” adding
that it was on top of the situation.
In a broadcast on a state-owned radio station in
Akure, the state capital, the Ondo State
Commissioner for Health, Mr. Adeyanju, said the
ra taken to a laboratory in Lagos for
tests.


saharareporters.com/2015/04/16/infectious-disease-outbreak-kills-over-25-ondo-health-officials-claim-it-not-ebola

@bolded 9ja govt always on top of the situation

make dem do something fast Ok
make dem no think say na only the poor go suffer am
Ebola hammer both the poor and the rich

xarm:
Operation go and fetch water and pour it on the god
of malokun on going at Irele, nobody wan die even
mama 80

bros na true?

HizMissy:
Tobechuckwu hope u ain't in Irele?

I guess u're in irele town?

PDP votes are like garri ijebu.it might look small wen it is casted but by the time results comes out e go don swell up.😃

dodoniyi:
Ekiti
Ekiti South West LGA
APC 7195
PDP 10,220

@10.21am
Ekiti
Ise Orun Local Government APC 5,675 PDP 9,158 Ikole LGA, Ekiti APC 10,026 PDP 13,306 Gboyin LGA APC: 6,334 PDP: 8,792

@10.25am
Ekiti

Ekiti is still awaiting the results from Ekiti East LGA and Ijero LGA. Presiding officers are yet to arrive. But PDP has won 14 out 14 announced LGAs so far.

what of ido/osi?

They are best describe as genesis love code in relationship which are meant to be uncode by females of virtue coz I believe only whores will fall for this

hmmmmm

nickz:
thought abuzu was praying mantis

madam malaria don't confuse me oh

consult your doctor in case.....

How far is the marriage?
How many kids?
What effect is she incorporating into the family?
Is she creative on her own?
What's your marriage plan "full or educated housewife?

let wait and see

MadCow1:



Bleep NO!!!!!!!





Are you serious that you struggled with Operations research?!

Professor Opafunso thought me that course.. 93%

futarian?

who knows may be the information is all about camp feeding and not monthly allowance

hmmmmmm

just like the initial information about stream ii batch B registration procedures.
with half baked information that they should report according to geopolitical zone "no indication whether that they meant school while everybody was thinking is state of origin

now another half baked information
camp feeding or monthly feeding allowance?

mtcheewwwww
confused set of people

see me see gbege oooo
are you a virgin yourself ?

EroticAngelina:
oh shut up! re-read what u just posted u won't even be sure of something before u start typing trash. incased u still wanna know.. I didn't know when he was about to kiss me! have u heard of a surprise kiss?? someone just kisses u without u knowing! and he has already locked lips with u before u could push him off.

contunu

so far you enjoy the fun as it last.
but let it not out to the vicinity of your friend
to avert the story that touch

He walked up from where he seated. yes you saw him walking towards you and your first thought 'what is he looking for, not all, stood right at your front bend held your head "ghanghan" yet not a restriction. look straight to your face lips contact not a push back. haven't enjoyed the kissing saga "kilonfinseyan" watin dat one wan do person. had it been a more secure abode he would have got down and sample your down below to satisfaction while you knew it in your medulla he's your bestie bf.

and now you need advice

isssssssh

what you need is crucifixion
cox you are a betrayal

temigracie:
.....As for me, I love the wet, short and not too deep kind of kiss.....



....I hate doing tongues...Hian!!!....Super-irritating.....It kinda increase the rate of saliva exchange....


.......Well, still gansef.......The most disappointing and most annoying part is that most Naija guys dont know to kiss......they r simply not romantic....

hmmmmmm
revelation
how many have you kissed?

what is dis one saying it seems u've lost your bearing

I wouldn't be happy if they mistakingly left a point behind
they should just sweep all as the best footballing nation.

naug.hty _randy keshiout

surest guy
I dey hail una
confirmed wit immediate alacrity

cutiepie01:
whats happening to this house?its so dry these days.All of u,come out of ur hiding places and mark ur attendance..
ATTENDANCE FOR THURSDAY,2ND OCTOBER 2014.
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hmmmmmmm

this stream ii of a thing
is like we are not part of nysc
no one to complain to

well
I dey rock d place of my personal assignment

heemah:
Same wv me....And wen I finally gt bk home finkin am thru wv their registration wahala, the NDLEA group leader text me threatening that if i dnt attend d meeting slated for d next day, I'd lose mai membership!! U cn just imagine! Membership ko, citizenship ni....Abi mo ti attend nii

hope you know say na ma ribs you wan break zo?

Valentinooo: The DG said they will pay us by month end. They should start paying hopefully as from tomorrow.

so you still believe the DG fvcktard stories. he's a specialized confusionalism:

they want peace but they won't deviate from act that breed and reinforced pieces

the damn registration cost more than the real camping
like play my laughing account zoomed off now frowning with no single smile and somebody is calling me to resume work