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ellalina:
Fast rising Nollywood actress Simon Evia has taken to social media to express her distress in finding a man. The Abuja based actress is known for her curves which she never fails to flaunt.
Do you know anyone interested

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSAiRwnBJ3/?hl=en

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LOL... HEAVY!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6N-rRcHdG-/

geosegun:
@konquest; I think I have some mis-givens with some classifications regarding DNA ancessories, and no one seemed to have corrected the massive error. Watching Boyes's clip was a bit annoying to me. When it was read that he is 44% Nigerian and 37 % Benin/Togo, etc. Have they not read it in History that those from east part of Bini and Togo are mostly Yorubas. gosh! this is annoying...SO Boye is about 80% Yorubas, Using Countries . especially for sub-saharan Africa is balderdash This has to be corrected.

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@geosegun
I'm surprised that NL did not show me your mention. I was just scrolling
through this topic to reply one a post from Olu317 when I saw your post.

Yes to further clarify Alex Boye's DNA result from AncestryDNA[Ancestry.com],
the Benin/Togo genetic marker that was tested for as of that test is the
"Ewe" genetic marker. The Ewes are indigenous to Togo and Ghana[ Stella Adadevoh's]
paternal line is from the Volta Region which is Ewe ethnicity, and Yorubaland shares
boundaries with the Ewes in Togo. Yorubas in Togo occupy the Atakpame Region
of Togo as well and have also been living in Ghana since the days of the Oyo Empire
over 200 years ago while engaging in long-distance trading.


So we cannot rule out the intermarriage between Yorubas and Ewes, and we know that
Yorubas and Adjas[or Ajas] of Benin and Togo mixed to create the Fon ethnic group
of Benin Republic. Sango's mother was a Nupe [Tapa] woman and I know that there is
a Bariba connection in Ogbomoso[The father of the man who Ogbomoso was named
after is a Bariba and they share direct boundaries with the Yorubas from Kwara North
in Nigeria right into Benin Republic.

So yeah... I feel that Yorubas do indeed have MIXED BLOODLINES especially at the
border areas of Yorubaland extending from Nigeria to Benin Republic and Togo.


Some African-Americans, Haitians, etc have tested positive for Yoruba ancestry on the maternal
and paternal lines using the services of AfricanAncestry.com as well but this is the haplogroup
test.


Hope this helps.

Africaman:
More songs:


1) Ambrose Campbell - Eni Ri Nka He(From 1966, seems like the Beattles did an English version in 1969/70 called, 'Hey Jude') :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leQr98OjGc8


2) AMBROSE CAMPBELL - Obladi.wmv(From 1966, seems like the Beattles did an English version in 1968 called, 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da') :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi_zwfZx0bw


3) Jimmy Solanke & The Junkers - E Je Ka Jo (From 1965, almost like a Yoruba version of Chubby Checkers 1960 hit song 'Let's Twist Again') :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-KkKDa0SY


4) Orlando Julius - Ijo Soul(From 1966, seems inspired by James Brown's 1964 song 'I got You') :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYSEIoW8Ez8

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Wow...

@Africaman your collection of Ol'skool Yoruba/African-inspired songs is one
of the most comprehensive I have ever seen on the Web in one place.
Thanks for this post... you and Naptu2 also have the same type of deep interest
in the groovy 1960s and 1970 music era and you are both very thorough.
Been listening to Dizzy K's 1980s track that you posted here as well and
it sure brings back memories.

I Really like the Lijadu Sisters 1978 track... "Come on Home." "Danger" and
"Come on Home" were very popular songs from the Legendary Lijadu Sisters back in the day
in Lagos and some other Nigerian cities... and those 1960s/1970s/1980s
songs still give me goose bumps! There's something very surreal about them that
I cannot fully explain!


However based on your number 4 entry in this post... I wanted to just quick
point out to you that Orlando Julius-Ekemode [aka, O.J Ekemode] actually
said it was the legendary "Godfather of Soul" James Brown that sampled
his song "IJO SOUL" after James visited Nigeria in the 1960s and visited the
club where he used to perform in Ibadan. He revealed this in an episode of "Teju
BabyFace Show," Season 4 Episode 7, 6 years ago where he and the Latoya Aduke
his African-American wife were special guests... my jaw nearly hit the floor
based on the audacious revelations made... and I believe O.J Ekemode.


Second, Orlando Julius-Ekemode also said it was he that INVENTED the Afro-beat
sound in Nigeria and NOT Fela because back in the day, he had musical engagements
with Fela who got inspired by Orlando's music style.



OK... I just found a video Web link of "Teju Babyface Show Season 4 Episode 7"
==>https://ireporterstv.co/teju-babyface-show-season-4-episode-7/
... Teju Babyface Show featuring the Legend, Orlando Julius and his beautiful
wife, Latoya Aduke. 6 years ago.



Orlando Julius - Afrobeat (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAy1dgjkS0w[5:45]
Oct 30, 2017 - Uploaded by Wyld Pytch/51 Lex Records



Last but not least @Africaman, I wish you a Happy 2020 and
a rewarding and illuminating new decade ahead!


P.S. This is the exact/original message I typed to you
o the 20th of Jan, 2020.

Frankdoz8:
[s]Igbo landing, St simon creek, Georgia USA.[/s]

This picture you uploaded is not from "Ebo" landing. It is a very popular
photograph of an African-American man who was lynched in the U.S.
well after 1900. The photograph was used even on post cards and
they were popular spectacles for whites in the Deep South to watch.

Ibos were NOT the only ones on board that slave ship...
and there were other ethnicities on board that
slave ship. There is a false impression that all those
onboard the slave ship were Ebos[Ibos].

Frankdoz8:
Igbo men onboard slave ship. The vessel is heading to Barbados where there's shortage of labour for their sugar plantation.

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That is NOTa picture of Ibo men going to Barbados on a slave ship.
The picture is a modern-day photograph as you can see the men have
almost well-combed hair.


Some of the pictures you also uploaded here showing hangings
are well-known photographs taken after 1900 during the days of
the mass lynchings of African-Americans and even a few poor
white people were lynched by whites based on mainly false
accusations in the Deep South of the U.S. and lynchings continued
well into the 1940s!


Some of those pictures were published by Newsweek magazine
in 2004. I still have that particular edition in my personal library.


Hope this helps everyone to understand the source of the
pictures better.

Revolva:
Ambassador Abdullahi Ayegba The founder and the foundation of United Igala Kingdom on Feburary 15th 2020 Hosted the Igala National Congress, This is the first historical gathering of all igalas in kogi state and those outside kogi state especially those that can be found in the Niger river zone down to those in 28 states in Nigeria who traced their ancestry to Idah Kingdom and discovered they have igala ancestry and they are truly the descendants of Igala people who left Idah for about 500 to 1000 years ago.

These are Communities where Igalas are spoken out side Kogi today.

Ebu - Osimili North LGA of Delta state

Inyele /Ifeku island/Ilushi in Esan south east LGA Edo state

Nzam in Anambra West LGA in Anambra state

Ette - Igbo Eze North LGA in Enugu state

Elders came from various states across Nigeria to Idah Kogi state the head quarters of Igala Kingdom to attend and reunite after many centuries of separation. This is the result of his five years Discovery works project to Reconnect the Indigenous Igala across Nigeria and beyond. And do you know what? They are the new Igala.

Among the people present at the ceremony was the elder like The Obi Agu (Onu Idu) from Illah, Delta state, Odaje Asi from Aika Ezeolu, Delta state and Igwe from Nsukka, Enugu state , The people of Aika , Igwe of Nsukka, One of the Edo (Ifeku island /Inyele) representatives, and Ossissa and people from Amai and Ogbuenyi Paul Onelum of Illah, Delta state representative at the Igala National Congress 2020,

There was a lecture from the Paramount ruler of the Igala Kingdom His Royal Majesty Agabaidu Ameh Oboni II and it was enlighten and he spoke about the igala kingdom and how igala conquered the Benin empire and many other historical fact of how the igalas outside kogi left Idah as at then called which is in the present day kogi state to where they settled and found new shelter and he spoke of how powerful the Igalas are also how he will be able to show concern of Igala speaking people outside the shores of Kogi state and make every Igalans weather from Kogi or outside Kogi proud to be called Igala and it was indeed an interesting lectures, It was hosted by the Attah Igala HRM Agabaidu Ameh Obo. Igala all over the nation are reunited after over 500 to 1000 years of separation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtyegoM879g


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ6V9tNoKqo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj14lkNtf9E


https://iwonpopular.com.ng/igala-people-all-over-nigeria-unites-at-the-united-igala-kingdom-igala-national-congress-2020/


Cc: Lalasticlala
Mynd44
Bigfrancis

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Hello @Revolva

This topic should be on the front page. More people need to know about
Igala history as it relates to the surrounding ethnic groups that border
Igalaland as well. Since 1991 I have been curious about who Igalas
are after reading a magazine called "Roots" where an attempt was made by
the journalist to say that "Igalas are Ibos[sic]" and that it was an Igala man that then
moved to Ile-Ife and all that ill-digested stuff. But the writer of the article who
was Ibo kept on showing similarities between Igala words and Yoruba words
but could NOT show many central Ibo words that were similar to Yoruba words.
I still have the magazine though. I'm also aware that it was the Igalas who introduced
the "red chieftaincy caps" via Nsukka. This culture of wearing red caps was finally
copied and spread to areas in Iboland that did not even have direct contact
with the Igalas who mainly influenced Northern Ibo areas.


First off, an elderly Ebira man actually posted on FaceBook in 2015 that Igalas
evolved from the fusion of"Ebira Koto" and "Akpoto Yoruba."

Second in 2017, the current Attah of Igala said Igala evolved from
a movement of some people from Wukari which is in Taraba State
today who then fused with a group of Yoruba, Edo and to some
extent some Ibo.

He also said Ifa is consulted before a new Attah of Igala is crowned.
==> https://punchng.com/im-first-attah-in-igala-history-with-one-wife-ameh-oboni/
"I’m first Attah in Igala history with one wife –Ameh Oboni"


I was surprised while doing more research on Igalas in 2017 that the
part where the Attah of Igala mentioned the Yoruba and Edo bloodlines
in Igala nation was dubiously edited/removed from an official Facebook
page used by Igalas. The Punch article above on the Attah of Igala's interview
was re-posted on that official Facebook page used by Igalas and the person
who did it only left the Jukun influence and I think the military conquest
and cultutral influence the Igala Kingdom had on the Ibo area[Northern Ibo
of Anambra, Enugu axis, etc].

==> https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/500-years-of-igalas-in-enugu.html#:~:text=The%20Igala%20people%20who%20in,Government%20Areas%20of%20Enugu%20State.
"500 years of Igalas in Enugu"


I wonder why anybody would try to hide the truth of what the Attah
said about the Yoruba and Edo influences and bloodlines!
Many Igalas who were on that FB page did NOT even realise that the
article had been edited! It would have been interesting to know what they
all had to say about the Yoruba and Edo connection instead of only talking
about the Jukun connection!

An Attah [Idoko]also invited some people or craftsmen from then North
or Niger State axis who settled in Igalaland and have become Igalanised.



It is not strange that Igala language is 65% to 70% Yoruboid
with influences from Idoma and some other surrounding
linguistic influences. The Ifa corpus is also of Yoruba origin so
there is a Yoruba connection in Igala. Ifa is also practiced among
the Edos[Bini and Esan]. The Esans as we know are of Bini origin but
left Bini to Esanland because of the upheavals in Bini under a great
Oba of Benin.



Even Nri which was influenced by Igalas also has "Afa" oracle
which is consulted before any Eze Nri is coronated! Nris had no
kingship system until the arrival of the Igalas. So Nri could NOT
have been the so-called oldest kingdom in Nigeria when it was Igalas
that introduced the kingship system to them. It was even an Umueri
group that revealed this information about the Igala influence
on the Nri Kingship system in the Vanguard newspaper when there
was a controversy over whether it is Umueri or Aguleri or Nri that
is the cradle of Ibos! The article is still online.


"Egungun" in Yoruba and "Egwugwu" in Igala which refers to the
Egungun masquerade [Egungun means "bone" in Yoruba and
metaphorically means that the dead body/spirit has risen]. Egwugwu is
known and used among the Igala-associated communities of Enugu [Nsukka etc],
Anambra [ Onitsha, Aguleri and co], and Delta North[Illah, Ebu, Okpanam, Asaba]
are some of the words with direct similary with Yorubaland. Ifa as used
or consulted before an Attah is coronated by the King Makers is even
a give away.


Some of the Yoruboid words that some people are saying are used in Ibo
where actually introduced by the Igalas whose bloodlines also run in Anambra,
Enugu and Delta axis such as in Illah where Desmond Olusola Elliot's mother
comes from. Infact a lot of the communities in Delta North have Igala bloodlines
especially in the Oshimili axis. As I said, since 1991 I have been curious about who Igalas
are and they are a very unique people with a great culture.


Eri who was an Igala prince and the son of an Igala King[Achado] but I was
surprised when during the visit of some African-Americans who took DNA
tests linking them to Nigeria and they were taken to Anambra State and
the top Ohaneze leader [Chief Nwodo] was refering to Eri's Origin as being
Jewish from Israel. This is insulting to the intelligence of everyone and it seems some
people want to wipe off Igala history in the South East. DNA tests done by
Ibos especially in the UK the U.S. on AncestryDNA, 23andMe, etc show
CLEARLY that all the Ibos do NOT have ANY Jewish bloodlines or DNA
markers as seen in all the videos online.


Even all the Yorubas who tested with these services do NOT have Hebrew
or Arabian bloodlines as some misinformed people are saying but are
indigenous to mainly West Africa just like the Ibos. No caucasian mixing...
except with reference to those who recently married white women and Asians.


==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igala_people
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https://businessday.ng/life-arts/article/the-crowning-of-shimite-bello-spirit-behind-deltas-entrepreneurship-drive/

Africaman:
@Konquest Hi Konquest I saw your id on the response to this thread dated Jan 20, 2020, but no post, so I assume you posted something that got lost in the sytem. If you see this, pls respond cheers.

Meanwhile, continuing with the Yoruba golden tunes(Oldies and some Newies ):


Sonny Okosuns - No More Wars(From 1985, "Orimolade", a Yoruba gospel song starts at 5:30) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF98_U97VFk


Onyeka Onwenu - Gbemi Leke (Audio, From 1991) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsBqwsWZ6dc


Mr Solek-Mo Nwole Jesu(From 2007) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoW2u8R6r1w


Bola Johnson & His Easy Life Top Beats - Mimo L'Oluwa(From the 1970s) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhfpDmYE_k

ciao

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@Africaman
Greetings to you.

Thanks for getting back to me over that post of 20th of January, 2020.
I actually posted a very detailed message to you and the NL Spambot
just trapped my post.

The NL Spambot is one of the 2 things that get me pissed with NL... the
second thing that gets me pissed off with NL is the unbriddled ability
of known trolls to open new accounts instantly by using free throwaway
emails to continue to spread hate speech and misleading information
on here.

I contacted the Super Mods to untag my original post to and to my surprise I'm
just realising from you that the post which I typed offhand was not
restored by the Super Mods.

I will send the message today because I fortunately saved the post/message
into my computer notepad so I have been able to trace it based on the date
[20th Jan 2020] you supplied to me.

jarawa:
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigeria-not-doing-enough-to-end-insecurity-france.html

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While I agree that Nigeria needs to collaborate internationally
to stop the violence in parts of Nigeria... especially the North,
this man has no right to offer advice that is in the public domain!

What trash is this French Ambersador to Nigeria talking about?

Have the French been able to STOP the Islamists/terrosrists
operating freely in Mali for some years now?

The French are also responsible for giving money to ISIS
and other terrorists who kidnapped their citizens.

The Americans too have been bombing Al-Shabab militants
in Somalia without decimating them as of today.

TayoAinaFilms:
My Journey to 60,000 Subscribers is a video about me sharing my story of how I started on youtube and how you can too. There is also a giveaway included in this video so be sure to watch it to the end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKSpgfWLRto

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@TayoAinaFilms

Tayo, I just love the quality of your videos
and your use of the drones while in Ghana
and elsewhere.

Awesome stuff you've on here and on YouTube.

Do you offer onsite trainings on how to be a
great YouTuber as well?

All the best!

StreetFight:
Bring out your father, let him contest against the Governor-General of the Yoruba race. Prove your worth and your family worth. Tinubu is not perfect, that Tinubu is a looter is not indoubt but neither you nor the ex-convict Bode George is in Tinubu's category.

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These are strong words you have use... looter?
OK... where is the EVIDENCE of looting?

I'm someone who always stands for justice
no matter whose ox is gored!


Remember that the PDP DUBIOUSLY and HURRIEDLY
produced FAKE and unsubstanciated series of documentaries
on Tinubu's alleged looting of Lagos State on March 1, 2015
of 2015 just before the main presidential elections.
AIT did that devilish video which was broadcast
on AIT and online... very defamatory content.


Tinubu took AIT and Raymond Dokpesi to
court and sued him for defamation of character
running into N150 billion and would have won
the case and bankrupted AIT, but for the fact
that the court order AIT to make a public apology
to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on primetime TV on AIT
and also retract all the documentaries.

It was an out of court settlement brokered by
lawyers on both sides LED BY Mike Ozekhome for
Raymond Dokpesi. Dokpesi collected billions
from the reckless and desperate politicians do the
dirty and insulting documentary which
was proved in court to be ENTIRELY FALSE.



Justice Akinkugbe after adopting the settlement by
both parties, ordered DAAR Communications Plc to publicly
and unequivocally retract the documentary and also tender
an unreserved public apology to Tinubu.


Read more here:
1] https://guardian.ng/news/tinubu-dokpesi-settle-n150-billion-libel-suit-out-of-court/
"Tinubu, Dokpesi Settle N150 Billion Libel Suit Out Of Court"

2] http://www.aitonline.tv/post-tinubu_and_ait_agree_to_settle_out_of_court
Management of AIT on January 29th 2016, sent a letter of apology to Tinubu.
Read the letter by clicking the AIT link above.

3] https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/198019-tinubu-withdraws-suit-ait-apology-embarrassing-documentary.html


I was even angry with Tinubu and his legal
team for accepting the apology from AIT
because the Lion of Bourdilon Documentary
really damaged his image and even till
today... some people still believe the contents
of that video that was shown every night on
AIT to tarnish Tinubu and even Buhari's
image was falsely battered on NTA Network
every night via another false documentary.


I hope this helps to refresh your memory
as regards the power play and falsehood
that politicians engage in?

Have a great week ahead... All the best!

kayjay69:
A private citizen that continues to control the commonwealth of the State of Lagos.

Private citizen indeed!

While I do not agree with Bode George nor the politics of win at all costs he oversaw during his Vice Chairmanship of the SW within the PDP,[s] he is always spot on when it comes to his comments regarding Mr Tinubu [/s]and people such as you should stay on point rather than attempt to launder Tinubu's image to the gullible public.

I dislike either men and all they stand for. I believe we Yorubas have more to offer by way of leadership than these two professional thieves. Infact, you can argue that men such as these two have overtime, through subverting of the party machinery, behind the scenes continue to compromise quality leaders or the public's access to quality leaders.

And now such men talk about becoming President, I laugh.

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I agree with most of what YOU have stated in your post...
but Bode George hasNOT always been on point with
reference to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as YOU indicated.

His comments within the last 3 to 4 years have been
completely disjointed... more like schizophrenic
when refering to Tinubu.

Some years back he falsely accused Tinubu
of being behind his prison travails which led the
courts to sentence him to some time in prison for
contract-splitting. Any way I am very sure about the
inflated contracts issue when he was the Military Governor
of Ondo State from 1888-1990 which I talked about in
my first post on this thread. African Concord Magazine
and Newswatch magazine smoked him out with their
brilliant investigative journalism on the refurbish boat
used for water transportation in the Ilaje axis of Ondo
purchased via inflated. Some of us still have sharp
memories on past events because keep magazines
and important newspapers in our personal libraries.


Then he says as a Christian, he habours NO grudges towards
anyone and that he and Tinubu have reconciled about 2
years ago... and then in one fell swoop, he continues to
rant about Tinubu in 2020. Something definitely is not
right here.

And tell me who is going to vote for a 75-year-old now
in Nigeria when younger, savvy men and women below
60 exist? Even Tinubu should only remain behind the
scenes and guide the younger generation because
I have also seen that his reflexes are slowing down.
4 years ago, I saw his hand shaking for the
first time which is a sign of some kind of neurological
disorder such as parkinsons and his voice was slurred.
Although he seems to have improved a bit which is
cool. I know that a new type of surgery exists now
for managing vibrations from parkinsons or alzheimers
called DBS. He may have gone for such surgery
on one of his previous trips abroad.


Anyhow... it is Bode George that needs to shut up
and stop saying things to pull his fellow kinsman
down because of some subconscious envy.


All the best!

hisexcellency34:
https://www.independent.ng/tinubu-failed-as-governor-he-wont-make-a-successful-president-bode-george/

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Bode George is garrulous and talks trash sometimes
at the age of 75!

Tinubu laid the groundwork for the urban renewal of Lagos
State after the massive infrastructural decay that had set in
over the years as a result of the unguided, massive influx
of people from all over the world into Lagos State
especially from the early 1970s to the early 2000s...
and it is still bursting at the seams! The Governors
that took after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu [who is a chartered
accountant and former senior staff of Mobil Nigeria]
also built on the foundation left by Tinubu.
I still prefer his legacies because he helped to
increase the IGR of Lagos State from a paltry sum
in 1999 to the 2000s to the billions per month
that it is today.




When Bode George was a naval officer and was the
military Governor of Ondo State from 1988-1990, he was
involved in a scam that the iconic Newswatch magazine
[originally founded by Mr. Dele Giwa and his close associates
like Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese, etc.]revealed. His government
bought a refurbished passenger boat that was NOT new
and it was passed off as a newly imported boat to be used
in the Ilaje/river side area of Ondo State. The photograph
of the so-called passenger mass transit boat was published
in the magazine... detailing the INFLATED cost and other
contracts allegedly INFLATED by Bode George
and some of his cronies during the military rule
where civilians could not even ask important questions
and get detailed answers... or you could be framed up
sometimes and sent to jail! Democracy is the BEST
no matter what. At least you can asked questions
now.


The Ilajes of Ondo State themselves exposed the boat as a
refurbished SCAM and it developed engine faults right after
it was commisioned. I remember this story broke in the
African Concord and in Newsweek magazine because the
magazines are some of the 1960s/1970/1980s/1990s
magazines in my original library collections.


So this man should shut his mouth and stop exposing
himself the more... On the other hand I think it is old age
or age-related issues that are making him to talk in
an unguarded manner like this. Silence is Golden!
If he hasn't been talking too much lately, I probably
would NOT have been typing this now.


With the change in the military government, the boat purchase
scam for the Ilaje people for mass transit was buried...
but it can still be resurrected by the law courts!

Enough said.


Cc: Stillthebest, oyatz, kayjay69,

[quote author=OndoFirstBorn post=86937814]Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has commissioned a 6km road leading to the houses of former governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Eyitayo Jegede, former Commissioner for Urban Planning, Prince Solagbade Amodeni and others.

The 6km road is a network of strategic and peculiar roads in the Alagbaka GRA area of Akure. The road, which has been abandoned for the past 23 years, connects 17 streets and links Alagabaka to the Federal secretariat.

The Governor later took to his twitter account to throw a subtle shade at the former PDP Guber candidate in the state.

In his tweets, the Governor said "Morning @TayoJegedeSAN. I hope you like the new road I built in your neighborhood totalling about 6km. It was neglected for over 20 years. Now You'll have less vehicle issues when you start your campaign fully. #DevelopOndo #IbiGiga"


https://twitter.com/RotimiAkeredolu/status/1232207140170891264?s=19[/quote]^^^^^
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What is happening to the multi-billion Naira Bitumen project
in Ondo State? Time is of essence.

It is NOT just about constructing roads. Industialisation
of that state is very important.

Remember that Ondo State lost the siting of the Dangote
Petrochemical Refinery to the Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos
State because the previous government of Ondo State
was slow to take advantage,

TayoAinaFilms:
Cape Verde on a budget is a video about me showing you why Cape Verde is a budget travel destination and also some of the best things to do in Cape Verde. I give you a break down of the costs, how to find cheap flights and more travel tips.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OE0nzr8lHk&t=1s

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Tayo your videos on YT are awesome.
You and PassportHeavy are the best on YT
for travel videos.

Thank you.

splendour7:
thanx for the tips...

@splendour7
You are welcome... and do have a great year ahead!

splendour7:
Aj My Man!!! Dont Let This People Weaken You With Amala And Ewedu!

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How can his people use amala and ewedu to weaken him

Ijebu and Remo sub-group of the Yoruba people of Lagos State
and Ogun State who Anthony Joshua shares direct ancestral ties
with do NOT have amala as their national food.

It is Ikokore they eat and some other delicacies.
Check up Ijebu delicacies online.

It is the Oyo-Yorubas that have amala as a national
food.

The Ekitis, Ijesas, Ondos, etc are noted for pounded
yam as their national food with goat meat egusi
soup, morning, afternoon, and at night etc.

There are regional differences in foods eaten by
the Yoruba people based on soups and others
and not the amala and ewedu some people
erroneously think is the only food in the
entire Yorubaland extending from Nigeria
to Benin Republic and Togo... with Yoruba
settlers located even in Ghana since the days
of the Oyo Empire centuries back.

dre11:
https://m.guardian.ng/news/how-yahoo-boys-subjected-state-house-director-naankang-to-agony-of-slow-death/

^^^^
^^^^
I wish the family of the brilliant woman from Plateau State
who passed on my full condolences.

It is now obvious that it is NOT good for a woman to live alone in
many locations around the world.

In Nigeria, several women have been raped and eventually
killed by domestic aids such as unverified drivers, cooks,
etc, especially foreigners.

I once read 2 years ago about a male domestic worker
in Delta State... Asaba to be precise who was peeping
at his unmarried female employer through a hole in the
bathroom door while she was bathing [she was in her
30s, but had funds to rent a good house and who works
in a financial institution].


A female relative of the lady paid an unscheduled
visit to the house and walked in through the unlocked
front door and caught the fool secretly peeping at his
employer and as soon as the visiting relative came in
she raised an alarm and they young guy fell off
the high location where he was deeply engrossed
and dislocated his waist! He was arrested by the police.


The guy could as well have planned how to rape
his employer later and even robbed and killed
her in desperation if he had NOT been found out.

@Olu317
I love your post on this thread... wish you a great 2020
and a fantastic new decade ahead as well.

All the best!

P.S. I do not want to post anything on that
thread that mislabelled the etymology of Akara
again so as not to further push the thread up
or make it more visible.

I would have acknowledged the comment
that you made to me on that thread and so
that is the reason why I had to make the
comment here.

The little % of Yoruboid words actually
came into the northern area of Anambra
and Enugu via the Igala who speak
a Yoruboid language of between 65%
to 70% similarity to core as even confirmed
by the Attah of Igala Michael Oboni himself
and Igala School here on NL.

Infact an elderly Ebira man whose post
I read criticising some young Igalas on
Facebook for not knowing their ancestry
said that Igala evolved from the fusion
of Akpoto Yoruba and Ebira Koto.
This definitely shows that Yoruba
and Ebira bloodlines flow in the veins
of Igalas who are at the confluence axis
of Nigeria with some mixings later of
some Edoid and a few Ibos to the south
of Igaland.

Igalas also moved via military conquest
the current Anambra and Enugu axis
and mixed with some aboriginals...
and Igala-associated communities
exist such as Aguleri, Umueri, Nri,
Nsukka, Enugu-Ezike, Uzo Uwani
axis in Enugu as well.


Infact some people parading themselves
as Ibo today are actually of direct Igala
maternal and paternal lineage.

This is what the Ooni of Ife and other
Yoruba kings have to know so they
can also interact more with the Attah
of Igala so that more of these FACTS
CAN COME OUT. It seems like when the
Ooni was saying last year about the
link between Ife and the Ugbos [Ilajes]
who are the aborigines of Ife prior to
the Oduduwa Dynasty, he was not refering
to the Ibo tribe east of River Niger as such
but he also seemed to confuse some
of the few Yoruboid words in Ibo by
thinking that it is the Ibos that have
direct links with Yorubas or Ifes... but it is
actually the Igalas who have more DIRECT
blood ties with Yorubas via the Kogi State
axis!


DNA tests also show a high Benin/Togo
Region for some Ibos in the several videos
on AncestryDNA. All the several videos
of Ibos and Yorubas also do not show
any Jewish genetic markers for Ibos or even
Arabian markers for Yorubas which
debunks the so-called Lamurudu
or even any Hebrew bloodline in
Yorubas so far tested.

Alex Boye's Ancestry DNA Results: BRITISH-YORUBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG0DBuBeKWM


My 23 and Me Ancestry Results #NIGERIAN: Lois Akinola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy8BW9ALimw



An African (Nigerian Ibo) gets his Ancestry DNA results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzDwjBDxUmA

A Nigerian-American (Ibo) guy takes an African Ancestry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dAfxRy6no
Shocking Tikar maternal line from Bamenda axis of
Cameroon... his mother is NOT of Ibo direct maternal lineage
as he was expecting. Many Tikars were sold by Fulahs into
slavery in the 1800s as well.


African gets Ancestry DNA Results | Nigerian (Ibo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83FUSobPUg




All Fulanis who are NOT natives of Nigeria
or have a homeland in Nigeria but were
originally from Senegal and Guinea
before invading what is now Hausaland in
Nigeria after 1800 in a so-called jihad [in which
Hausa and Kanuri people were capture and
sold into slavery... such as Ali Eisami a Kanuri
man in the 1800s despite being a muslim]
have not more than 20% North Africa
or Berber/Arab bloodline which I believe
to be the paternal side while the maternal side
was got from the mixing with black women
from West African originally in Senegal after
invasions before the 10th century C.E.

Ancestry DNA Result: African Fulani man, Nigeria, Jalingo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQVlUH30g8

sesan85:
Oga, Akara is a Yoruba word, not Igbo.

^^^^
^^^^
@sesan85

I'm glad you also spotted that LIE from the female Guardian journalist
[Njideka Agbo] as well which is now being spread by uninformed people.
I was beginning to think that I was the only one until I spotted your post.


Yup! Akara is a Yoruba word which is even used among the Yoruba Diaspora
community in Bahia, Brazil as Akara je [Akara Ijesa] because Ijesas were
among the Yoruba sub-groups that were deported on slave ships in the late 1700s
and 1800s to Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Westmoreland in Jamaica where
Bekuta or Abeokuta is located, Venezuela, Columbia, Guyana, etc, ... the
Yoruba language, culture and religion are still strong and respected as
of today!




This is how one fool of Ibo origin wrote a long and FALSE
article that went viral claiming that Abeokuta and Egbas are
Ibos. My knowledge of world history of more than 40 years now
clearly indicates that the Egbas are a branch of the Oyo people
who used to live in Ibadan before they left and sellted in Abeokuta
in the 1830s... and Abeokuta means under the rock.

Of course because of the nearness of the Igalas to Anambra
and Enugu States, these areas have Igala bloodlines mixed with
the aborigines of that area. Some Yoruboid words [Igala is a Yoruboid
language with up to 65% of the words derived from Yoruba]
have found their ways into northern Iboland usage.
Egungun which is masquerade in Yoruba is called Egwugwu
by the Igalas of Kogi and of the Enugu area like Nsukka axis.
Southern Ibos have a different name for "masquerade."

It will interest you and everyone to know that Yoruba
bloodlines flows or exists among the Igala via a group
called "Akpoto Yoruba" mixed with "Ebira Koto." Even the Igalas
emphatically state that they are RELATED to Igalas.
This is why over 65% of Igala language is very similar
to core Yoruba[words such as Ogede, Egungun and more].
But Ibo language which is directly south of Igalaland
does not have even the kind of Yoruba words or
close affinity with Yoruba language.


It is via the Igala military conquests and migrations to the present
Anambra and Enugu States that Yoruboid words[words derived from
Yoruba] got into northern Ibolands via the Igala-associated
communities such as Nsukka, Enugu-Ezike. Indirectly
via Igala bloodline presence in Anambra and Enugu axis,
Yoruba bloodlines exist among the northern Ibos such
as Aguleri and other Igala-associated communities
but some misinformed Ibos and tribal jingoists
do not even realise this fact!


An Attah of Igala [Attah Idoko] also invited craftsmen from Nupe
and Hausa lands to Igalaland and they have become Igala as well.
So Igalas according to the current Attah Michael Oboni have Yoruba,
Edo, Taraba axis, and some Ibo bloodlines, BUT Ebiraland has
bloodlines as well according to an elderly Ebira man that
I saw on FB who criticised some of the younger Igalas
of not knowing that Igala evolved from
"Akpoto Yoruba" mixed with "Ebira Koto."


The concept of Ibo NEVER existed until the arrival of the British
who created a central Ibo language. The groups in Ibo today
did NOT call themselves Ibo prior to the arrival of the British
but identified themselves based on the names of their clans
or sub-clans... NOTHING like Ibo or Igbo ethnic group!


I have written my full response to this distortion of
etymology of Akara and the history of Yoruba.

There are many Yoruba words that have entered
global usage that some young generation of people
do not even know that they are of Yoruba origin.


Words such as:
1. Oga [boss] with variants like Olusoga, Ikorodu Oga
[the full name of Ikorodu named after the male founder]

2. Asewo [a prostitute who is a money changer] which has
a mispelled pidgin English corruption to "ashawo."


I have observed that some Ibos online are very notorious
for claiming words and cultures that did not originate
from them. Not all Ibos do this because there are those who
are culturally grounded especially in the Owerri axis
which is regarded as one of the main epicentres of Ibo
origin.


History has to be brought back to schools otherwise some
misinformed journalists and ethnic jingoists will mislead
others about African history with blatant, falsified history
of theirs.

All the best!

Correctgist:
There was outrage on social media after a video emerged of how two Nigerian pastors allegedly used a particular woman for the same miracle at different intervals.

In one of the video, one the pastors who performed the miracle on the lady whose right arm looked boneless said that some witches stole her bone which is the reason her right arm became the way it was.

He then started praying for the woman as he lays his hands on the affected area asking the witches to return the stolen bone. Low and behold, the bones where returned and the woman regained her hands back.

In the second video, another pastor was seen praying for the woman in an open place where crowd gathered as they joined the pastor in praying. Then the pastor began pouring bottle water on the lady's arm until her arm became normal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWzha1xdcJw

https://www.instagram.com/tv/B3_v_EhgmCF/

Source:
https://zenithnaija.com/outrage-as-two-nigerian-pastors-use-same-woman-for-same-miracle/

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Enjoy the latest video on this topic below!


Charly Boy ft Falz - God Of Men (Fake Pastors) [Official Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEZ8O0u7imA
Premiered Feb 13, 2020


Have those fake pastors been arrested at all?
One of them is based in Lagos
[the young fair guy who appears last is one
of the Ibo pastors based in Lagos and the first time
I saw his church video, I knew he was into psychological
manipulation of his gullible congregation].
This is what happens when people are very desperate for
solutions to their so-called problems which are
actually challenges that can be overcome with
focus and creativity!

These guys need to be punished with hard labor
while in prison and their illegal assets seized.

That TB Josh to is a suspect and one of his former
female member in a YouTube exclusive talked about
how she and some other females were made to
suck TB Josh's d*ck. The over 30 minutes video
is online.

All these guys are the ones who sleep with other
people's wives after manipulating them just like some
fake alfas and imams do.

BiafraIpob25:
https://m.guardian.ng/life/a-brief-profile-of-the-igbo-people-of-jamaica/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

^^^^^^
^^^^^^
This is crazy and irresponsible! Akara is NOT an Ibo word
but of Yoruba origin. Akara is called Kosai in the Hausa
language.



Read more here:
==>https://www.gounesco.com/how-to-prepare-beans-cake-akara-or-kosai/
==>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akara


The female writer [Njideka Agbo] of this Guardian article of 18 January
2018 is peddling FALSEHOOD. She is a cut-and-paste person and a very
unprofessional journalist! I wonder why people like pilfering or falsifying
other people's histories just to make themselves feel good? I have always
insisted that some journalists are a DANGER to world history because
they just copy FAKE or vandalized Wikipedia entries without dues
diligence! Her article is even riddled with more historical errors
as well.


While not denying that "Eboes" were one of those tribes/ethnicities
taken to Jamaica from the AREA between Nigeria, Cameroon,
Gabon, etc from the former Bight of Biafra totalling
1,391,000 people based on the official information from the
Slave Trade Database from the 1700s.



Again majority of Ibos are NOT light in completion but dark brown
skinned.

I do know from my personal observations when I worked with a major
multinational oil and gas firm while also living in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria that some folks from the Umuahia axis can be light skinned,
but over 97% of Ibos are dark brown-skinned or have different shades
of brown skins from the 5 core Ibo-speaking states because I have
always paid attention to little details. The idea by some people
[who have not travelled widely or are unexposed] that most Ibos are
light is the most STUPID thing to have ever come out of Nigeria.
It is just a ridiculous stereotype since you will find Yorubas, Esan
Edos, Bini Edos, Idomas, Efiks, Ibibios, Annangs, Congolese,
Angolans, Taroks who are naturally light skinned and dark brown
as well.



The etymology or origin of the word AKARA is Yoruba.
Even in Brazil and several countries of the Diaspora,
Akara Ijesha is still eaten in Bahia, Brazil till today.
The Yorubas brought Akara to Brazil and it also spread
to other Caribbean countries where Yorubas were
deported to on slave schooners or ships in the
1700s and 1800s. It is a major fact that the Yoruba
are credited with the word Akara and they even introduced it
to Ghana because Yorubas of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo
engaged in long-distance trading and have had business
dealings with Ghana since the days of the Oyo Empire
which extended to Togo, way before Nigeria came
into existence as a political entity.

Many Yoruba descendants still live in Ghana for over 200 years
now and many are Ghanain citizens.



PLEASE read the link here: https://www.196flavors.com/nigeria-akara/

The origin of the word acarajé is interesting. Yoruba people (an ethnic group of Nigeria and Benin) shout “acará -je” when they sell akaras on the roadsides. This can be translated to: “I have akara” or “come and eat akara”, and that is what the Baianas women who sell it typically shout.

In Bahia, acarajé is deep-fried in palm oil, also known as dendé oil, then sliced and served with various sides such as vatapá (dried shrimp paste), camarão (small sundried shrimp), pimenta (hot pepper sauce), caruru (okra stew) or salada.


But back to West Africa, where this snack was originally created. It is called akara by the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria, but also kosai by the Hausa people of Nigeria or also koose in Ghana where it is a popular breakfast dish.

Source: https://www.196flavors.com/nigeria-akara/




Last but not least, majority of those brought to Jamaica
were of Akan origins [Coromantees or Fante/Asante, etc]and
of Angola/Congo origins as well... but Africans were brought
from 8 Regions of Africa including Mozambique and Madagascar.
Several Jamaicans have also taken Haplogroup and Autosomal
DNA tests from AfricanAncestry and AncestryDNA which reveal
that a lot Jamaicans are 100% Africans without white bloodlines
and they come from very diverse ethnic origins.


I hope this helps to clear up the misleading information
from that female journalist.

Cc:sesan85

lalasticlala:
Meet Mrs Micheal Fisayo OLAGUNJU

Curvy actress, Anita Joseph and her lover, Real Mc Fish did their wedding on Valentine’s day.

Anita Joseph has released their official wedding pictures via her Instagram Page.

Anita captioned one of the photos:

“Forever Mine”
My Husband The Crown on my Head”
Valentine Bride very sexy
@realmcfish for Richer for Richer"

In another, the actress wrote:

" Behold your Treasure MRS Michael Fisayo OLAGUNJU
Caption this“

Anita Joseph's husband, MC Fish recently revealed on Instagram how people said negative things
about her to discourage him from getting married to the actress. [/b]

^^^^^^
^^^^^^
The guy is slim and handsome but I've never heard of him
until now... nice pictures too.

On the other hand, I hope he can handle Anita J mentally,
physically and emotionally within the next 5 years because
she has a hyperactive personality to me... or maybe she
has simmered down now.

They should both listen to each other and not be selfish
in their dealings with one another now... and down the
road.

Congrats to both of them!

pflourish:
Otedola is in the class with Emoney, Hushpuppi and Mr. Wood berry. More like audio money.

^^^^
^^^^
... same class with Emoney and Hushpuppi?

Femi Otedola was on the Forbes list of dollar billionaires right until 2016
so his networth dropped due to inflation and the fact that he has
divested from the shares he had in the oil company [Forte Oil Plc]
of which he was the former chairman.

Forbes also only deals with networths based on prices of stocks
and shares... NOT physical cash.

He has instead recently invested in power generation as part of the
liberalisation of the sector in Nigeria. He has also donated money
running into billions to worthy causes in local currency... so that to
me is the definition of TRUE WEALTH and he earns my complete
admiration!

If Michael Adenuga who is in 3rd position of African-based billionaires opens
up more on his full assets [instead of being reclusive] just like Aliko Dangote
has done, he would most definitely overtake Aliko Dangote based on the
latest billionaire rankings below:
==> https://www.forbes.com/africa-billionaires/list/


Hope this helps.

Exmay:
One sometimes wonders why we blacks are failing to progress. The fact that we fail to move beyond the colonial era is very saddening.
Have anyone seen any of these EU countries protesting about an internal issue in front of any African country’s embassy.
So you believe that by reporting to ‘your’ superiors change can be enforced?
I’m just wandering if they were expecting France of all nations to send troops to Nigeria to help offset the sitting government.
PDP needs to get their game right. These is opposition devoid of common sense.

^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^
I was just about to post my thoughts which are similar to yours when
I saw your well written post and decided to quote YOU
since you have said it all.

These guys in the PDP are actually DISGRACING Africans by protesting to
the embassies of these European countries[EU], and a few weeks back to
the U.S. and UK embassies instead of resolving issues within Nigeria
democratically since Nigeria is in a democracy. Uche Secondus and his
gang members [such as Ologbondiyan and co]in that party called PDP
should fight this battle without being spoon feed or given breast milk
by the Europeans and Americans who have their own serious issues to
deal with!

France for instance has been in Mali trying to fight the Islamist insurgents
with great difficulty, and even the U.S. has been bombing Al-Shabab
terrorist positions in Somalia for years with jet fighters without
being able to immobilise them and the terrorists have been attacking
Kenyan soil as well because there are ethnic Somalis in Kenya so it is
easy to Somalis to hide in Kenya as well and cause damage to Kenyan
targets.


All the best.

Chevronstaff:
Dear Nairaland Moderators,

I emplore you to always work on your captions. They're somewhat misleading. Those that didn't read the article will react base on the headline.
China has stopped the issuance of visa to everyone in the world seeking to come into China until the Coronavirus is contained, not just Nigeria.

I repeat work on your captions..They're sometimes misleading...!!!!

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^^^^
Absolutely correct @Chevronstaff
Thanks for bringing this up.

I had to correct some folks on this thread about the
misleading... and annoying headline or caption of the thread
before I actually saw your post on page 1 of this thread!

It's actually the Mods that change or modify headlines
of OPs perhaps to manage space in the title space, but in
doing so, they have to make sure they do NOT mislead
readers of this forum because there are many well-read
and intelligent men who use NL and also some very
impulsive readers who only read the headlines and begin
to type furiously away by cursing and without reading
to comprehend.


China has done the RIGHT thing by protecting
citizens of other countries by stopping the issuing
of visas and preventing all Chinese citizens from
leaving China because as of yesterday, over 300 of
Chinese citizens especially from the epicentre of
the viral outbreak in Wuhan have passed on. A
Chinese from Wuhan also died 2 days ago in the
Phillipines after coming in enroute Hong Kong.

There are now more than 160 confirmed cases in
26 countries or territories outside of mainland China.
Germany confirmed its 10th case on Sunday, and there
were also new cases reported South Korea, Vietnam,
Malaysia, Macao and Hong Kong.


=>https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/02/asia/wuhan-coronavirus-philippines-intl-hnk/index.html
=>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/world/asia/philippines-coronavirus-china.html
=>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51345855


It has nothing to do with Nigeria or China messing up!
It is NOT just Nigerians that will be denied entry
into China... but citizens of all countries especially as
Corona Virus has NO cure as of NOW!


If this thing makes landfall in Nigeria for instance
it will be DEADLINE because that country is still
reeling from the Lassa Virus[ I prefer to call it Lassa
Virus and not Lassa Fever which is very deadly like
Ebola with the same symptoms such as very high
fever or body temperature and internal bleeding
from the gums and body linings].

I hope that the research for the new vaccine cure by
British researchers for corona virus can be found ASAP so
that the global economy does NOT go into a quick recession
due to low demand of crude oil and disruptions
to international travel and international business
transactions.

All the best.

Vortex369:
Very emotional decision by the Chinese. It is also worrisome how Nigerians make fun of chinese at their trying times but depend on her for their basic survival products, and the chinese couldnt handle the criticism?

[s]Fucck China, Fucck USA, Fucck Buhari, Fucck APC for all these nonsense and insult.[/s]

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^^^^^
@Vortex369

Hang on right there... What's with the
"F" WORDS from a female, that is if
you are what you say you are?

China has done the RIGHT thing by protecting
citizens of other countries by stopping the issuing
of visas and preventing all Chinese citizens from
leaving China because as of yesterday, over
300 of her citizens especially from the
epicentre of the viral outbreak in Wuhan.

It has nothing to Nigeria or China messing up!
It is not just Nigerians that will be denied entry
into China... but citizens of all countries especially as
Corona Virus has NO cure as of NOW!

I hope that the research for the new vaccine
cure for corona virus can be found ASAP so that t
he global economy does NOT go into a quick recession
due to low demand of crude oil and disruptions
to international flights and international business.

All the best.

Jack500:
See some dumb head above me that their fingers is faster than their brain, the visa ban is because of the coronavirus, or u people want go China now?

They should keep their coronavisa for now.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^
... Coronavisa... I like your sense of humor.

Corona Visa... The new lexicon!

China has done the right thing to protect citizens
of other countries by stopping the issuing of
visas and preventing all Chinese citizens from
leaving China.

I hope that the research for the new vaccine
cure can be found ASAP so that the global
economy does NOT go into a quick recession
due to low demand of crude oil and disruptions
to international flights and international business.

All the best to everyone.

naaija:
Catastrophic scene as vehicles and trucks were caught up in a chain accident at Dolphins - Osborne road, Ikoyi in Lagos State.

The multiple car chain crash is said to have happened around 5pm with no death casualty reported.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDcLTJP4eY

https://twitter.com/i/status/1222195840426631170

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Great! Nobody passed on.

Extra care is needed when accelerating
or applying the car brakes.

k2money:
Am here to counter the word Muhammed was chasing idolatry out of Arabia for Odùduwà to come to Yorùbá land and Odùduwà was the one that brought Ifá to Yorùbá.
First the part of Muhammed was is a scope from Islam to belittle the Yorùbá religion and that of Ifá, is Orunmila that brought ifá to Yorùbá land.

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^^^^^^
@k2money
You are absolutely right... autosomal and haplogroup DNA tests that
have been done on Yoruba people in the U.S. and UK via AncestryDNA
and 23andMe clearly shows that Yorubas have NO Arab or so-called
Hebrew DNA genetic markers. Yorubas who number over 45 million
in Nigeria alone and more in Benin and Togo have ancestral bloodlines as
well with the Benin/Togo region and some percentages from Ghana/Ivory
Coast. This is as a result of the fact that Yorubas share boundaries
with the Ewe of Togo/Ghana and also with the Fon and Aja. So you
have some genetic intermingling at the frontier areas of Yorubaland!


The Oyo Empire also extended to the Togo axis and I believe some
Yorubas actually have maternal origins from the military conquests
of centuries back from Benin and Togo region... including some Nupe
[not up to Niger State but the Kwara Nupe] and the Bariba/Batonu of the
Kwara axis that were also conquered and incorporated into the Oyo
Empire as vassals. You can check YouTube for several videos on Nigerians
and African-Americans/Afro-Caribbeans who have taken those autosomal
and haplogroup DNA tests. Below is a 2016 DNA test for Alex Boye
who is a British-Nigerian of Yoruba parentage, but now based in the
U.S. where he lives and is married to a white American woman.
In 2018, there was another major update to all the results and all Yorubas
where merged with the Benin/Togo Region.


DNA RESULTS! ALEX IS NOT 100% NIGERIAN!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG0DBuBeKWM[10:13]
Oct 31, 2016 - Uploaded by TheBoyeFamilyJewels




So the reference to Arabian/Mecca bogus migration/information by some
people is unfounded and this has been laid to rest with authentic
DNA tests. Yorubas are indigenous completely to West Africa
or are naturally 100% unicorns with the exception of recent marriages
with caucasians or Europeans and Lebanese/Iranians that I'am aware of...
NO MIXTURES whatsoever with Arabs, Berbers, Jews, etc, from several
centuries back!

Fulanis who number 20 million in the entire Africa have some North Africa
bloodlines of less than 20% from Morocco[Berber] with a little Iberian Peninsula[Spain]
based on the over 700 years of Berber/Arab invasion of Spain and Portugal
before the original land owners defeated the muslims and pushed them
out of Europe in 1492! The rest of the larger Fulani ancestry percentage is
indigenous to West Africa from the Senegal/Guinea/Mauretania area
which I think is mainly the maternal lineage from conquest of some
indigenous African ethnic groups like the Bambara, some Hausa, etc.
The Fulani DNA test video is below.



Ancestry DNA test for Fulani of West Africa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U40rqwRp9gk[12:57]
Jul 26, 2018 - Uploaded by Mamzo Barry



Lastly, even the Ibos that have been falsely claiming Jewish origin
do NOT any Jewish DNA markers in their bloodline. They are pure
West Africans based on tests done on Ibos living in the U.S. and UK
via AncestryDNA and 23andMe. They have Nigeria, Benin/Togo,
Cameroon/Congo in varying percentages as well.


I hope you find this information useful!

All the best!


Cc:godspeed

berbs:
Which one is Black Leopard now?

^^^^^^
LOL...

@berbs

Ok... Click on the Wikipedia link above or here
==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther
to see the dark-haired Black Leopards of Asia
and Africa. In America it is usually Black Jaguars
that are called Panthers.

Black LEOPARDS and Black JAGUARS
arise due to genetic variations just like
we have ALBINISM in almost all species
of animals... including white people
who living with albinism.

These[black leopards and black jaguars]
are generically refered to as BLACK PANTHERS
from the PANTHERA FAMILY or CAT FAMILY.

Below is a picture of the black leopard
attached to my post... which is called "Akata"
in the Yoruba language... and is also the symbol
of the iconic African-American Civil Rights
organisation called the "Black Panther Party"
of the 1960s and 1970s that Nigerians of Yoruba
ancestry in Nigeria and the United States refered
to as "Akata"!

==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party


Third, Akata is also used in Yoruba language as a metaphor
for any person of African ancestry who has lived abroad
for a long time especially in the U.S and UK, etc. Yorubas
in the UK proudly refered to themselves as Akata and even
parents and Yorubas in Nigeria used the word Akata
as a word of prestige... meaning that someone has
travelled abroad for studies or lived abroad!

Contrary to some fake news/misleading Youtube videos posted
online especially on Wikipedia and some African-American fora,
the word Akata has never been used by the Yoruba people
[who number over 45 million people in Nigeria alone... not counting
those in Benin Republic, Togo and the larger Diaspora]as a
derogatory word for African-Americans. Akata also applies to
Yorubas and non-Yorubas of Nigerian and African origin who have
lived abroad for long. The metaphoric opposite of "Akata" or black
panther is "Ologbo"or the domestic cat/house cat. So Nigerians who
live on African soil are metaphorically-speaking "Ologbos" since
the black panther is not domesticated but lives in the jungle
or "abroad."

Many languages around the world including English include
metaphors for communicating... i.e., if you say a man or woman
has a "heart of gold" it is a metaphor for a man or woman who
is kind-hearted.



I hope this clears up the initial confusion?
All the best.

AMOTEKUN2023:
Cobra - Sebe
Ox , Bull - Malu
Dog -Aja
Hedgehog -Ọya
Crocodile -Ọoni
Alligator -Ahọnrihọn
Pig -Ẹlẹdẹ
Vulture -Igun, Gunnugun, Gurugu, Akala
Wood-Carrier -Arigiṣẹgi
Hawks - Asa
Palm Bird -Ologiri
A species of Bird -Olofẹrẹ -
Sparrow -Ologoṣẹ
Peacock -Ọkin
Squirrel -Ọkẹrẹ
Rabbit -Ehoro
crickets -Okinrin
Pouch Rat -Okete
Wild Goat -Edu
A specie of Deer -Ekulu
Shark -Akurakuda
Rat/Mouse -Eku/Ekute
Earthworm -Ekolo
Sing Bird -Ẹyẹ-Orin
Partridge -Aparo
Horse -Ẹṣin
Donkey -Kẹtẹkẹtẹ
Camel -Rakunmi
Ass -Ibakasiẹ
Bat -Adan
Pelican -Ẹyẹ-Ofu
Water-bird -Osin
Dove -Adaba
Viper -Paramọlẹ
Sea-Gulls -Pẹju-pẹju
Yellow-haired Monkey -Sọmidọlọti/Oloyo
Sea-Bird -Yanja-yanja
Mosquito -Ẹfọn/Yanmu-yanmu
Raven -Ẹyẹ-Iwo
Snail-Igbin/Aginniṣọ
Freshwater Snail-Iṣawuru
Stay - Igala
Steer -Ẹgbọọrọ-Akọ Malu
Trout -Ẹja
Buffalo -Ẹfọn
Monkey-Ọbọ .
Ape -Ẹdun
Lizard-Alangba, -
Lobster-Alakasa
Boa-Constrictor Ere
Boar Ẹlẹdẹ-Igbo,
Gorilla, Baboon -Inaki, Inoki, Iro
Chimpanzee - Elegbede
Phython-Constrictor -Ojola
Electric Fish -Ojigi
Scorpion -Ojogan/Akeekee
Toad -Opolo
Antelope -Egbin
Tick/Flee -Eegbọn
Hippopotamus -Erinmi
Rhinoceros -Ẹranko bi Imado.
Reynard (Fox) -Kọlọkọlọ
Hyena/Wolf -Ikoko
Giraffe -Agbanrere
Cow Abo-Malu
Crab -Akan
Wild Pigeon-Oriri
Porcupine -Oorẹ, Eerẹ, Ojigbọn
Black-Ants -Tanpẹpẹ
Centipede -Tanisanko
Millipede -Ọkun
Frog -Konko
Chicken-Oromọ-Adiẹ
Nocturnal Animal-Ajao
Hound-Aja-Ọdẹ -
Elephant-Erin/Ajanaku
Sheep-Aguntan
Ram-Agbo
Woodcock -Agbe
White-feathered Bird -Lekeleke
Chamelon Ọga, Alagẹmọ
Crane-Bird -Akọ -
Parrot -Odidẹrẹ
Ostrich -Ogongo
White-Ant Ikan, Ikamudu
Tortoise-Ijapa
Tiger-Ẹkun
Lion-Kiniun
Pigeon-Ẹyẹle
Pig/Swine Ẹlẹdẹ
Eagle-Idi .
Guinea Fowl-Awo
Guinea Fowl-Ẹtu
Guinea Pig-Ẹmọ-Ile
Spider-Alantakun
Butterfly-Labalaba
Bee-Oyin
Cockroach -Ayan
Cricket-Irẹ
Crab -Akan
Housefly-Eṣinṣin/Eṣin
Gnats-Kokoro-Ojuọti
Wall-Gecko-Ọmọnle
Mouse-Eliri
Colt Young Horse-Agodongbo
Woodpecker-Akoko
Palm-Bird-Ẹga
Insect-Ipin
Red-Ant-Abonilejọpọn
Civet-cat-Ẹta
Zebra-Kẹtẹkẹtẹ-Abila -
Owl-Owiwi
Lice-Ina-Ori
Bed-bug-Idun
Jaguar-Amọtẹkun
Hind Abo-Agbọnrin
Cat-Ologinni
Turkey-Tolotolo
Swallow-Alapandẹdẹ
Kine -Abo-Malu
Stallion-Akọ-Ẹṣin
Gadfly-Iru, Eṣinṣin- Nla
Duck-Pẹpẹyẹ

Jackal-Akata

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A very NICE list but...

Akata means Panther [i.e, The black panther or black leopard]

A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of any Panthera, particularly of
the leopard (P. pardus) in Asia and Africa, and the jaguar (P. onca) in the Americas.
===> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther

lindaayim:
very great write up. Honestly, there have been instances where i questioned the privileges of my citizenship. like in certain federal jobs and managerial positions in private american firms. I'm an american (naturalized) but i see my country as a collection of different nationals-Chinese, Indians, Mexicans, Nigerians etc etc claiming the tile american in lip service but in reality are Chinese living in america, Mexicans in america. this does differ if i were to be native born. just to buffer my point and i may be wrong. i am not everywhere in the USA but i have never met a Nigerian born immigrant (immigrant in from early 20s) who is in the police force. i have been told by several naturalized Nigerians that they never got accepted into the police force no reason given.

^^^^^^
^^^^^^
OK... it's time to bump this insightful thread up in 2020!
The post is still very relevant as of today.


Just to name a few...
There are naturalized Americans of Nigerian descent in the U.S. Police...
Deputy Adewale Olukoju who is an ex-Olympian is one of them. He is
ex-Olympian Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju's Husband and they got married in 1998.
Here is a link below on Adewale and Fatima Olukoju
==>https://www.pe.com/2013/01/11/riverside-fitness-coach-never-forgets-her-roots/


Another guy of Nigerian descent is[b] Officer Akintayo Akintunde[/b] who has worked with the
Washington, District of Columbia police in the United States since May 2016.
Incidentally Akintayo Akintunde who graduated in 2016 from the University of Baltimore
has joined the league of young people that are profiled as suspected criminals based
on their looks [i.e wearing braided hair or dreadlocks] by the Nigerian police
after only spending 4 days in Nigeria!

Akintayo Akintunde was featured in "Beyond the Badge" D.C Police Web-series.
==>https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/beyond-badge

~~~~
Beyond The Badge: Ep. 2 | "Rise~N~Grind"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4LBRGDkUrc[2:39]
Nov 6, 2018 - Uploaded by OfficialDCPolice
Episode 2: "Rise~N~Grind" In this week's episode,
we go beyond the badge with Officer Akintunde.
~~~~





On the other hand many U.S.-born and naturalized Nigerians are in
the U.S. Armed Forces and have been on combat duties right from the
1st Gulf War in Iraq and the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990.


Perception is stronger than reality... so most of the time
if a person begins to have that inner dialog about
being sidelined in American or any Western country,
that is what will manifest in the physical world... because
people can subconsciously sense if another person
has low self-esteem or doubts himself or herself.

So "faking it till you make it with a smile," i.e, "learn how to win
friends and influence people" and anybody will see his or her career
skyrocket! Even with some racists or white supremacists still
existing in America... and worse still in Russia where even
mixed race children and young adults get picked on
by the some young Russian gangs.


Well with the rise in ancestral DNA tests from Ancestry.com,
23andMe, and AfricanAncestry, a lot of whites are begining
to appreciate the FACT that race is indeed a social construct
and I have met many friendly whites and have never experienced
racism though in all my dealings and travels!

My 2 cents, Hope this helps.

All the best!