femi4: The original word is "Boli". You guys in the East down to South South are good in murdering Yoruba words. E.g you changed
Aso Ebi is spelled as Asebi Moin Moin spelled as moimoi
Succinctly stated. When I posted my take on this just now, I didn't even realize that this issue had been dealt with by someone on this thread. It's a rude and crazy behavior. If they are ashamed of using an obvious Yoruba word as a loan word, then they should create their own local names for roasted or grilled plantain (Boli) instead of bastardizing the original spellings of another language. Period.
armzyville: Have you ever tried preparing bole (roasted plantain) at home but end up with a futile result.
All that will be in the past now as I share with you a very easy method of having your roasted plantain well grilled using a gas cooker or kerosene stove.
1. Firstly peel out the unwanted part of the plantain using a knife.
2. place a frying pan on a gas cooker or stove. Make sure the intensity of the fire is not much.
3. Wrap the already peeled plantain in a foil.
3. After about 10-15 minutes, take off the plantatian from your gas cooker and remove the foil wrap from it.
Boom your Bole is ready, waiting to be crushed with your freshly prepared sauce as this below.
It's accurately spelled as BOLI and NOT "Bole." Why you people have to deliberately bastardize a popular word from major Nigerian language (Yoruba) shows deep personality flaws.
Islie: UK-based Nigerian taunts Badenoch, Replaces Shoes, Wristwatch She Claimed Police Stole From Brother
By Daily Trust
A United Kingdom based Nigerian, James Akinwande, has joined the list of Nigerians who have defended the country against the consistent outburst of the British conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch.
Badenoch, with a Nigerian root, has been in the news with her consistent tirade against the country and its government.
She recently claimed in an interview that some police officers in the country stole her brother’s belongings.
“My experience with the police in Nigeria was very negative, and coming to the UK, my first experience with the police was very positive. The police in Nigeria would rob us.
“I remember the police stealing my brother’s shoes and his watch. It’s a very poor country, so people do all sorts of things,” Badenoch had said in the December 2024 interview. But Akinwande, in a recorded viral video showing him purchasing a pair of shoes and a wristwatch in a UK store, said he was proud of his country.
He said the action was to replace the pair of shoes and a wristwatch Badenoch said was allegedly stolen from her brother by officers of the Nigeria Police Force.
He subsequently visited the Conservative Party headquarters and handed the items to security personnel to be delivered to Badenoch.
At the end of the video, Akinwande wrote: “On behalf of every proud Nigerian who felt genuinely hurt by those unfounded disparaging remarks about the Nigerian Police. We ‘buy back’ the stolen shoes and watch! (I hope it fits, tho..).”
The video has since gone viral on social media, but Akinwande’s original video has been taken down.
According to Akinwande’s Instagram profile, he’s the international manager of popular Nigerian comedian, Kenny Blaq.
Microvarsity: The seafood industry has been experiencing unprecedented growth as global consumers develop an insatiable appetite for fish, shrimp, and other marine delicacies. Nigerian exporters have a great chance to take a sizable chunk of the world seafood industry because of this rising demand. Given Nigeria's abundant aquatic resources and expanding aquaculture sector, this spike in demand offers exporters a fantastic opportunity.
Why Nigerian Exporters Should Take Notice
Nigeria is ideally situated to produce seafood due to its abundance of freshwater and marine resources. The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) reported in 2024 that the world's seafood consumption had increased to 162.5 million metric tons in 2021, with per capita yearly consumption reaching 20.7 kg in 2022. In 2024, seafood exports reached over $120 billion, with Norway leading the pack at $15.5 billion and Vietnam coming in at $10 billion, a 12% increase over 2023.
Meeting International Standards
Seafood exporting is not without its difficulties. Strict quality and safety requirements, like HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points) certification, must be followed in order to compete in international markets. To preserve product quality, Nigerian exporters must also make investments in appropriate cold-chain logistics and packaging. But those who get beyond these obstacles will discover a rich market that is eager for premium seafood.
Given that Nigeria produces some of the top prawn and prawn species in the world, experts say this offers Nigerian business people a chance to engage in the industry. "Every component of animal protein is in greater demand both locally and globally as the population grows," the professor, who also serves as the acting head of the College of Environment Resource Management, stated. While urging greater investment in domestic seafood production, he pointed out that the nation's prawns are among the best in the world.
According to analysts, Nigeria's seafood business, valued at approximately $1 billion, has enormous potential for exports and employment generation, but it has not yet been fully realised. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Foreign Trade Statistics, the nation made N53 billion from the export of frozen prawns and prawns, crabs, rock lobster, and other marine crawfish in the first nine months of 2024.
One of the top ten agricultural exports during that time was seafood, which falls under the fishing industry. According to experts, the Niger Delta, the world's second biggest brackish ecosystem, is where Nigerian prawns are primarily produced.
Because prawns are high in omega-3 fatty acids and the antioxidant astaxanthin, eating them can assist to support heart and brain health. Along with being a great source of protein, it is also high in a number of vitamins and minerals. "The subsector has not yet reached its full potential. It is a significant source of income for the majority of Asian nations, and Nigeria may also take advantage of its foreign exchange potential, according to Musa Idris, who exports prawns and prawns to nearby nations.
"There are seafood opportunities. Idris pointed out that even crayfish are now transported to landlocked African nations. Nigeria's largest seafood exporter, Atlantic Shrimpers, is currently controlled by Indians and has invested more than $100 million in the nation's seafood sector.
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... come and see something that is on social media. Some images from the video will be added. What do you know about this?
Galadanchi Bello.
He's talking glibly here in Hausa to a largely impressionable audience. He has to back up his video claims with strong, verifiable facts or get into legal problems with misleading the public down the road. The presence of people who look like Islamic leaders on a visit to the Nigerian President should not lead to him making wild claims of inducements. Period.
TimeManager: The former French Minister of Transport, Mr. Djebbari Jean-Baptiste, has hinted at the desire of investors from his country to invest in the transport sector of Ogun State, especially the agro-cargo airport.
Other areas of interest for the investors, according to Mr. Jean-Baptiste, are the Dry Port, the Olokola Sea Port, and the railway system.
Fielding questions from newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Mr. Jean-Baptiste said he was impressed with the level of infrastructural facilities at the airport, hence the need to draw the attention of French investors to the state
He said: “This is one of the several meetings I have had with the governor over the years. We discussed aviation-related items owing to the fact that the state is developing the Gateway International Airport, the Dry Port, and all the major infrastructural projects related to transport.
“We have many French operators who are involved in transportation, logistics, and aviation. There are many interested in investing in Nigeria and Ogun State because Ogun State is seen as a very dynamic and reliable partner.”
He said he had met the governor on many occasions, including last December at the occasion of the state visit of President Bola Tinubu to President Macron in France, and proposed to come and see how he could contribute to the amazing development in Ogun State in the area of transport and aviation.
According to the former transport minister, during the two-day visit, his team would tour the Gateway International Airport, assess the opportunities regarding the Dry Port, the Sea Port, and the railway system with a view to sharing experiences, adding that “because I can see your products are developing very quickly and booming, the demography and market demand are very high.”
He described Governor Abiodun as a man with a clear vision who took pains to assemble good hands to assist him in realizing his dreams for the state, noting that “it has been six years since the governor has been heading the state, and I can see that the changes are really massive and positive.”
Governor Abiodun had earlier informed his guests that his administration had developed a multimodal transport master plan meant to assist the state in designing its modes of transport to drive the state economy.
“We took advantage of the rail infrastructure that the federal government has invested in; that is what informed our Gateway International Airport, and that is also what has informed the construction of our Dry Port and our upcoming seaport.
“We believe that cargo destined for Ogun State or other states around can be put on the train and transported to Kajola and cleared there. It will make for a more efficient Tin Can and Apapa Ports and, of course, ease the troubles that manufacturers here have experienced in the past.
“Our airport, in terms of physical construction, has been completed; the runway is 100% completed, and the control tower is 100% completed with all the equipment installed. The terminal building is maybe 90% completed; it is completed physically, and they are doing the fit-out in terms of fittings. We have a temporary terminal building,” he said.
The governor said commercial operations would have started in the last quarter but for the non-installation of navigational equipment like the runway lights, emphasizing that the aim of his administration is to make it the best-equipped airport in Nigeria.
“The airport, as I told you, is an ecosystem. It is situated in what we call our aerotropolis, so we have a Special Agro-Processing Zone there, and we also have the Nigeria Customs and Excise Village because we envision the airport to have a system where Customs and Excise can process things very fast,” he added. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2025/01/22/french-investors-eye-ogun-agro-cargo-airport-others/?amp
Almiron: Barron Trump, 18, appears to be following in his father’s footsteps — as he’s preparing to launch a luxury real estate venture with two young business partners.
The youngest son of President Donald Trump briefly incorporated his business, Trump, Fulcher & Roxburgh Capital Inc., last July in Wyoming, but the company was dissolved just four months later after Donald’s election win, according to a report in Newsweek.
The venture, which had listed Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach as its principal address, according to records obtained by The Post, is reportedly set to relaunch in spring 2025
Barron’s co-founder, Cameron Roxburgh, told the outlet the company was paused to avoid election-related media attention — but will eventually focus on high-end real estate projects, including golf courses and properties in Utah, Arizona and Idaho.
When reached for comment, Roxburgh — a high school classmate of Barron — told The Post they were “working out logistics,” and “might relaunch” in the spring. Source: NYPOST
He’s still a college student though.
It's NOT unusual for a boy from that kind of wealthy background and a vast social network of people to strike out at that early age (alone or in partnership with others) with the guidance of paid professional business coaches and more. They tend to be clearly intentional about striking out early in the world of business and investing.
seunmsg: The meeting was not about pipeline vandalism but about how to resume crude oil production in Ogoniland land after about 30 years.
We have over 100 oil wells hooked to 5 flow stations wasting away untapped since around 1995. If Tinubu can pull this off, it will be a big victory for the country. We are looking at an immediate addition of around 150k-200k bpd to our production. Big win for Rivers State, Big win for Nigeria.
You did very well by correcting that guy you quoted. I was stunned that he didn't emphasize on the FACT that the meeting was really meant to discuss the commencement of crude oil production in Ooni land which had ceased since 1993 during the Ken Saro-Wiwa-led Ogoni crisis against Shell Petroleum and oil spillages that destroyed the Ogoni environment. The video reports on the meeting are right BELOW:
Tinubu, Wike, Fubara, Ogoni Leaders In Closed Door Meeting
naptu2: Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun, CON @DapoAbiodunCON
Today, we were delighted to receive Rear Admiral Mike Oamen, the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, in our office.
During our discussion, we informed our esteemed guest about the progress made towards establishing a naval base and dockyard in Ogun State. This initiative began when the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, graciously acknowledged the importance of such a facility in our riverine areas. Following this, a committee comprising representatives of the Nigerian Navy and our state government was formed to identify suitable locations for the project.
After careful evaluation, a location in Ogun Waterside was selected, and we allocated a 100-hectare parcel of land for this purpose. We have since completed all formalities for the land allocation, waived fees and charges running into several billions of naira, and forwarded the Certificate of Occupancy to the Naval Headquarters.
During the GEJ Presidency, Ijaw migrant bandits from especially Delta State according to Intel available became so bold while vandalizing pipelines in the creeks of Arepo in Ogun State while murdering, raping women during armed robbery ooerations, kidnapping people in Lagos and Ogun States (in Arepo, Isheri North, Ogun Waterside right into Ondo State) for heavy ransom. It was NOT until July of 2016 after the former President Muhammadu Buhari had been briefed about the many prominent people who had been kidnapped by those gangsters by Gov. Ambode of Lagos State and security agencies that Operation Awatse consisting of the land, sea, and Nigerian Air Force components bombarded the creeks of Arepo especially because that was the militant criminals' major camp. Over 100 of the vandals lost their lives in the targeted bombardments. After that episode, peace was finally restored for a couple of years.
Saudi Aramco’s Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said China is still driving growth in global oil demand. In an interview with Bloomberg's Joumanna Bercetche he also discusses sanctions on Russian oil, OPEC+ spare capacity and what to expect in the energy sector as US President Donald Trump returns to the White House. Nasser speaks on Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
00:00 - Saudi Aramco CEO on market impact of US sanctions on Russian oil 01:32 - Amin Nasser on oil barrels spare capacity, OPEC+ 02:50 - Aramco CEO on Asia markets growth, China, India 03:33 - Nasser on China transport fuel, oil demand 05:53 - Saudi Aramco CEO on Donald Trump, 'drill baby drill' mantra, US exports
muhammaduyusufu: 1968: Col. Benjamin Adekunle "Black Scorpion", Shares drink of victory with his men after they retook Port Harcourt from Ojukwu’s Biafria rebels who had laid siege on Port Harcourt.
Drinking from helmet, he shares drink of victory with his men following the recapture of Port Harcourt.
To his left Chief of staff Lt.Col Godwin Alabi-Isama, Col. Alani Akinrinade squatting far right.
Identified in the back row: Sunny Tuoyo, Godwin Ally, Yemi Alabi, Kunle Elegbede, and Alimi Ogunkanmi.
Credit: Brig General Godwin Alabi-Isama.
To his left Chief of staff Lt.Col Godwin Alabi-Isama, Col. Alani Akinrinade squatting far right.
Identified in the back row: Sunny Tuoyo, Godwin Ally, Yemi Alabi, Kunle Elegbede, and Alimi Ogunkanmi.
Credit: Brig General Godwin Alabi-Isama.
These gallant Federal troops of the Third Marine Commando Division of the Nigerian Army captured Port Harcourt from the secessionist rebels on Saturday 18th May 1968. Prior to that, Calabar and Bonny Island had been liberated in 1967 as well. ~~~~~~~ Battle of Port Harcourt: Col. Adekunle's 3 Marine Commando Div. Deny Biafra Access To Sea | May 1968
FreeStuffsNG: Nigeria expresses concern over Trump’s tariff and taxation strategy on foreign countries
by Israel Ojoko
Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, has expressed concerns regarding US President Donald Trump’s announcement to establish an external revenue service to impose taxes and tariffs on foreign countries.
During his inauguration speech on Monday, President Trump announced the creation of an external revenue service to collect tariffs from foreign countries exporting goods to the United States.
“I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” Trump stated.
“For this purpose, we are establishing the external revenue service to collect all tariffs, duties, and revenues. It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury, coming from foreign sources. The American dream will soon be back and thriving like never before, to restore competence and effectiveness to our federal government.”
Possible disruption of international trade Reacting to Trump’s statement on his X handle, Oyedele noted that this move could disrupt international trade and further complicate the already complex global tax system.
“Today (June 20), the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, announced plans to establish an External Revenue Service to impose tariffs and taxes on other countries.
“This move could disrupt international trade and further complicate the already complex global tax system, highlighting the importance of our ongoing tax reforms.”
Regarding how Nigeria can mitigate the impact of this development on its economy, Oyedele emphasized the need for a revamped tax system.
“By revamping our tax system, we can better navigate potential challenges and seize any opportunities this development may present,” he added.
What you should know Trump’s announcement follows his threat last month to impose 100 percent tariffs on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (the BRICS nations) if they create a new BRICS currency or back any other currency to replace the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
Tariffs, with the threat of a potential 25% levy on all goods from allies like Canada and Mexico and 60% on goods from China, have become a benchmark of Trump’s economic agenda as he begins his second term. The creation of a new agency requires an act of Congress, and Republicans hold the majority in both the House and the Senate.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, currently collects tariffs, which are paid by importers (not foreign countries). Those importers often pass the added costs of the tariffs onto consumers, driving up prices.
This has raised concerns about spiking inflation if Trump follows through on his campaign threats to impose a universal tariff of between 10 and 20 percent on all imports into the United States, as well as additional tariffs on top trading partners such as China, Canada, and Mexico.
Trump and some of his top advisers have suggested that tariffs could replace the income tax as the main source of revenue for the United States.
Makavelli001: Oga, you are wrong. Absolutely wrong in your narrative. I'm not here to argue with you about ikwerre this or that....but to correct you. IGBOS are not forcing ikwerres to become Igbo, is just that they have something that belongs to the IGBOS that will alway make IGBOS come for them. The Land, language, cities and individual names ,customs and traditions.
You claim to know history but you haven't read about the 1954 supreme court declaration of port Harcourt as Igbo land. During when the IGBOS and ijaws were tustling for the ownership of port Harcourt. By then ikwerres fully identified and aligned with the hinterland IGBOS. The ikwerres that are denying and touting IGBOS do not know the gravity of what they are doing.
They don't know they are currently at war with the IGBOS. In politics, issues that cannot be settle in a round table, will definitely be settled at the war front. Akalala their ancestor which they claimed that came from bini bears Igbo name. He was returning to Igbo land (presently ikwerre) from slavery which he was condemned to in bini. Port Harcourt is very important to the IGBOS. When the time comes those that do not identify with IGBOS will be send back to bini where they came from. If you are not Igbo, you are definitely a nuisances in Igbo land.
Do you want to tell me that those slave returnees that are currently lagosians but still bearing Portuguese and labanese names in Lagos are not Yoruba?
Or you want to tell me that Rumuokoro, Rumuola, Rumuji, isi-okpo, Rumuodomanya, elele nta, elele ugwu, Rumuigbo etc are bini names. For your information, cities name shows the kind of people that were there in the earliest time. Although most of these nam have been altered, But we still have their original name it in our achives. Obigbo is now oyigbo, the R have been added to Umu, and Obi-akpor has become Obio/akpor. I can go on and on....but for time sake.
IGBOS knows where their boundary end. Go and ask an elderly okirika man, he will always tell you that ikwerres are IGBOS who came from south central part of Igbo many centuries ago, in search of farmland, and they eventually settled in their presents location
So oga, don't intrude into issues you know little or nothing about.
I will deal with some specifics here and give succinct keypoints with CLEAR videos and Weblinks as evidence. I CLEARLY stated in an earlier thread post on the page before this one that both Ebiras and Akoko Edos (Akoko Edos are ancestrally largely related to the Ebiras of Kogi State) of Northern Edo State share common land boundaries with the indigenous Okun-Yorubas of Kogi State and Akokoland in Ondo State. These ethnic groups speak Yoruba language and some bear Yoruba names due to acculturation and intermarriages with the Yorubas who are more than 60 million people worldwide, BUT you will NEVER find Yorubas claiming them in bogus expansionism because the Ebiras and Akoko Edo have their own distinct languages and cultures! There are many cases of ACCULTURATIONS around the North and South of Nigeria and the world.
First off, I lived in Port Harcourt and worked with a major multinational oil and gas company back in the 1990s right into the 2000s. So, I'm well-informed about the historical geopolitical dynamics of Port Harcourt and Rivers State. My first contact with Ikwerre folks was back in the 1980s with 2 buddies of mine who are individually prominent or well-known today from a very prominent Ikwerre family in PH. ALL the Ikwerre folks that I knew in PH told me they are NOT Igbos and I did ask how they came to bear Igboid names and some similarities in culture. Acculturation was the reason given
An Ikwerre friend of mine who's based in Lagos (He's now in his early 70s) told me just over a decade ago that he is Ikwerre NOT Igbo, though he's married to a woman from Imo. He told me how Nigerian Federal troops liberated Ikwerres from the repression of secessionist rebels because he was right in Port Harcourt region as of May 1968 when the city was liberated. On the other hand, a young man I knew in PH back then in the late 1990s who wasn't even from Rivers State but originally from Imo State got so impulsively irritated and volatile while angrily insisting that Ikwerres are "Igbos."Even after I left Port Harcourt and Rivers State down the road, I never forgot Rivers State and the intelligent, beautiful Ikwerre, Okrika, and Ogoni friends and other who left positive imprints on my mind. So, contrary to that last paragraph you IGNORANTLY posted, I very well have a RIGHT to "INTRUDE" into the issues and history of the Ikwerre people. YOU DON'T tell me what to get involved with or NOT! Right from 1981 till date, I've had a vast body of knowledge of advanced Nigerian history with massive collections of rare historical and archival materials in my home library and some of them are rare history books purchased in England (including old colonial records published before 1900)
Historically, as far back as 1956, the Ikwerres along with other ethnic minorities were part of the "Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers Movement" (OR COR Movement) demanding for a separation from alleged Igbo domination in the Old Eastern Region. The Southern Cameroonians NEVER hid the fact that they left the Old Eastern Region for Cameroon in 1963 because of perceived Igbo domination of other groups. As of 1963, the Ikwerres FINALLY established a new umbrella socio-cultural group named "Ogbakor Ikwerre Worldwide" with E. J. A Oriji as the pioneer Chairman and CLEARLY emphasized that they are NOT Igbos but of the Ikwerre ethnic nationality.This was way back in 1963 before the exactly 30 months Nigerian Civil War ever started in July 1967 to January 1970. (This wasn't a case of "denial" after the Civil War ended as alleged by highly ill-educated young groups of ipob Igbo members online and offline). It happened in 1963 right BEFORE the Nigerian Civil War. As of today, the Nigerian constitution recognizes the Ikwerre ethnic nationality as a distinct group in Rivers State.
In the 2016 NL thread BELOW that was created by an Ikwerre NL member, he detailed out exerpts from a biography book about Captain Elechi Amadi, a Nigerian Civil War veteran who served in Nigerian Army's 3rd Marine Commando Division:
As of the commencement of the construction of modern Port Harcourt, it was located at Rebisi, but expanded to incorporate neighboring villages, which include those from Ogoni and Okrika villages. Lord Frederick Lugard founded Port Harcourt originally at the Ikwerre and Ijaw settlement areas previously called Rebisi. (Years later this place became the epicenter of clashes over land ownership and court cases). Umuahia and Enugu were also founded by Lord Lugard around the same time frame as Port Harcourt.
There's NO doubt, people such as Azuta Mbata and the lawyer Uche Okwukwu (who I see from his recent video interviews to be an irredentist based on some of his highly volatile or incendiary comments) align with an "Igbo" identity. I have it on record from direct Ikwerre sources that some of those who claim to be Igbo in Ikwerreland are either of Aro settler descent or have Igbo mothers which are responsible for them identifying as Igbos. The core OGBAKOR IKWERE Worldwide STRONGLY affirmed in the Press Conference video of January 9, 2025 that Ikwerres are officially and legally recognized as a distinct ethnic nationality and any attempt to violently undo that status quo by especially the ipob Igbo with the relentless expansionist agenda against the Ikwerres in PH and environs, and the Benin-Edos, the Esan-Edos, the Ijaws, etc, will be met with very severe consequences.We've seen some viral videos of highly irresponsible young ipob Igbo members openly threatening to include OR annex the homelands of the Ikwerres, Benin-Edos, Isan-Edos, Ijaw communities, parts of Igalaland, etc, into the rest of Igbo land claiming those land as Igboland. These have led to a strong backlash of videos from angry male and female Edos from Benin, Esan, and Ijaws vowing to deal with Igbos in retaliation for the relentless unprovoked aggressions and toxic hate speech henceforth. All these have definitely been triggered by the hate videos created and uploaded online by highly irresponsible Igbo ipob aggressors. Those who FAIL to learn from verifiable history will learn the very hard way. Period.
[b]I DON’T HAVE ISSUES WITH IGBOS, I’M AN UNREPENTANT IKWERRE MAN
Last but not least, NO single Yoruba returnees and their descendants (from Brazil, Cuba, Sierra Leone, etc) to Eko Island (Lagos Island) OR Abeokuta from the mid to late-1800s bears a "Lebanese" name (sic) like you incorrectly stated in your post. What they have are Spanish surnames for returnees from Cuba, Portuguese-Brazilian surnames, British surnames for Yoruba returnees from the United States (such as the Vaughan and Jackson families) and Sierra Leone, the former British Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.
As part of a wave of African nationalism, some Yoruba returnees from Brazil and elsewhere dropped their foreign names (such as the famous Prince of the Egba-Yoruba Royal family lineage of Abeokuta, Sir. Adeyemo Alakija, who founded Daily Times newspaper and he was the FIRST Nigerian to become a Queen's Counsel (QC) who dropped his old names after returning from his law studies in London to Nigeria in the 1910s. His former Brazilian name was Placido Adeyemo Asumpcao). Sir. Adeyemo Alakija is the direct patriarch of the lawyer, Modupe Alakija (the spouse of the Ikorodu, Lagos indigene and business mogul, Mrs. Folorunso Alakija).
lyricalpontiff: ~ Man wey naked no dey put hand for pocket Translation: You can't do some things if there are no certain conditions.
~ Today newspaper na tomorrow Suya wrap Translation: Keep calm! Nothing last forever
~ Cow wey dey in a hurry to go America go come back as corn beef Translation: Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush!
~ Akara and moin moin get the same mama na wetin dey pass tru make dem different Translation: How you start doesn't matter, what matters is how you finish.
~ Wetin consign nama (cow) with face cap? Translation: Mind your business.
~ I get am before No be property Translation: stop living in the past and start living in the present.
~ If person too tey for party e go follow dem wash plate Translation: Don't outstay your welcome
~ Craze no hard to form, na the trekking be wahala Translation: Easier said than done
~ No matter how hot your temper be, e no fit roast yam. Translation: Calm down, your temper won't solve the problem
~ Every aboki to him kettle. Translation: Every man for himself
~ You no need cutlery to chop slap Translation: You don't need my translation to understand this, lol
~ E go better e go better,na im make Igbo man still dey Kano Translation: When there is hope, there is Life.
~ The different between bole and plantain chips na packaging Translation: Don't judge based on appearance alone
~ Escort me, Escort me, naim slave trade take start. Translation: Serious things sometimes start like joke
~ Na from play play dem dey form PLAYER Translation: Serious things sometimes start like a joke
~ Pikin wen use agbada take start guy go talk wetin e go wear wen e old. Translation: Slow and steady wins the race
~ The water wey dem use take make eba no fit come back. Translation: Don't cry over spilt milk
~ Shit no get bone but if you match am, you go jump Translation: some people or things we under estimate are often powerful.
~ Water no get enemy Translation: some things are necessary in our lives no matter their disadvantages.
~ Na carpenter sew your coat? Translation: a way of disapproval or saying something is wack
~ Them do you? Translation: an exclamation used to call someone to order
~ The way mess smell na so the shit too go smell Translation: the way someone starts something will be the same way he will end it.
~ Muscle pull hold your mouth? Translation: to make someone say something by him or her self
~ Instead of Satan to romance mummy water Translation: when the worse comes to worst
~ The mouth wey them carry go market no be the same mouth them dey carry return. Translation: situations and things can change due to certain circumstances
~ Person wey no get money go say small stout bitter Translation: people discourage things they lack
~ Na today yansh dey back? Translation: a way of saying you are well experienced in something.
~ No be power them dey use stand dick Translation: some situations need to be handled without force
~ Even ashawo sef dey get serious boyfriend Translation: (someone should help me here)
~ Na mopol dey sell am? Translation: a way of telling people that it is easy to access something
~ If dem born you for bakery no make you bread. Translation: even if you find yourself in hard conditions, you can come out of it rather than getting used to it.
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diamond68: See that distant look for akpi eye ? That na the eye of somebody wey done see trauma inside jail. Be like say one of these jailbirds pour mamador oyel inside akpi yanch😆😆😁😁😄😄
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