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lalasticlala:
President Buhari met with Nigerians living in the United Kingdom today in London and Anthony Joshua was in attendance.

Anthony Joshua greeted President Buhari in a special way by prostrating for him and also took a selfie with him.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGp4JeT_nS8

Bashir Ahmad shared the pictures and videos on his Twitter Page.

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Bow down... or prostrate the Yoruba style....
Nice pics and video.

Venerable612:
This is wrong.

First off the name Amotekun has nothing to do physical semblance as such.

It literally translates - “one who knows as Ekun”.

Again, you are wrong that Yoruba doesn’t have a transalation for Tiger - because our fathers didn’t have an encounter with them.

In fact Tiger has two Yoruba names. It could be called OGIDAN or EKUN. That’s why they say this provide - “Ogidan o ni se Barber, ki aja de be lo ge irun”.

And “KAKA KI KINIUN SAKAPO EKUN, OLODE A MAA RODE.“ Mind you Lion in Yoruba is Kiniun. And no one will ever compare a Lion with a Leopard. No animal can stand the Lion grit for grit amongst the Cat Family other than the Tiger; hence, the comparison.

Also, when Yorubas jokingly refer to someone as Ekun - it’s to represent that the person is a Strong man.

Thus,

Lion - Kiniun
Tiger - Ogidan and Ekun
Leopard - Amotekun
Cheetah - Owawa.

Hope this helps.

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Brilliant... a very brilliant post!
... and I wish you a Happy 2020
and a fulfilling decade ahead.

Even the word Akata is the Yoruba
word for the black panther.


Thanks.

Stevecovey:
See this one. Are you okay, or you are just young?

Yoruba home videos have been produced since the 80's. Very popular all over the west. There were even video clubs already where u could borrow movies in residential areas. You should go read about the yoruba film industry and how old some movies are. And Yoruba drama theatre has been in existence since the 50's.

[s]Living bondage is the first English home video[/s]. Not the first Nigerian home video. Igbos started moving to the SW in the 90's and saw an untapped market for people that can't speak yoruba.

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@Stevecovey
I am just seeing your post and actually had no intention to make
any post on NL today but when I saw your post I had to quickly make
a reply to a little error in your post.


If historical events are not properly documented, the younger
generation who were born in the 1980s and 1990s will muddle and
destroy Nigerian history with the misleading fake news/information
being posted on social media and Websites since after the year 2000!
This has to be tackled ASAP having a central clearing house or official
Websites to document Nigerian history on the events leading right
up to the Nigerian Civil War and the Nigerian movie industry especially!


The modern Nigerian movie industry has existed since the 1960s with the hugely
popular "Kongi's Harvest" by Wole Soyinka which was actually shot and
screened in the cinemas in 1969. Kongi's Harvest was a version of a play
written by Wole Soyinka and produced by Francis Oladele, directed by
an African-American Ossie Davis.

Home video just simply refers to the packaging of movies on Betacam
and later VHS video cassettes or DVDs. Celluloid films were screened in
the cinemas and as of 2020, people have gone back to watching movies
at the cinemas[Multiplex cinemas].




I agree with much of what you posted here... but "Living in Bondage" is
actually the first Ibo language "home video" made in 1992 and it was
sub-titled in English. It was NOT the first English home video!

As far back as 1988 Yoruba home videos where already being produced
by the likes of Ade Ajiboye [The first film produced on video in Nigeria was 1988's Soso Meji]
with and 1989 by Prince Alade Aromire [who died in a car crash in the late 1990s].
The Yoruba films were also screened at the existing cinemas and were the pioneers of the
Nigerian Home video industry.

==>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria
Home Video Boom (late 1980s - mid 2010s)
The first film produced on video in Nigeria was 1988's Soso Meji, produced by Ade Ajiboye.
The film was also screened at the few available theatres at the time. Subsequently, Alade Aromire
produced Ekun (1989) on video, which was screened at the National Theatre, Iganmu,
Lagos State.



Unknown to a lot of the young Ibos of today... the first Ibo film to be sub-titled in English was
"Amadi" and it was produced by Dr. Ola Balogun, the first indigenous language film, Amadi in 1975.
The film was screened in Lagos in 1975 and I have a 1975 magazine that carried the story
of the screening with Gov. Mobolaji Johnson of Lagos State and Justice Adefarasin in attendanc.
Dr. Ola Balogun was actually born 1945 in Aba to full-blooded Yoruba parents and it is said
that the first language he spoke was Ibo. I have a 1975 magazine

In 1975, Dr. Ola Balogun also produced a Yoruba language film, called "Ajani Ogun."

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


Kenneth Nnebue actually stated in a 1997 "This Day newspaper interview
that I still have in my archive that he actually wanted to produce the home
video in Yoruba language [because he was already based in the West/Lagos
and had understudied the Yoruba home video industry and even worked
with them. He also said he used an English name for the film "Living in Bondage"
instead of an Ibo name because he didn't want the film to be viewed
as local! Of course the film became popular among Ibo speakers because
they had been yearning for home videos to be made just like the existing
Yoruba sector of the Nigerian movie industry.


In that 1997 article Kenneth Nnebue also said the Yoruba and Indian movie
industry inspired him to go into making and marketing movies!
I think as things stand, I am the only one who probably has
a copy of that 1997 newspaper article where Kenneth even said
he wanted to produce Living In Bondage in Yoruba because
a movie industry already existed then.


I have the full 1-page interview and I have already scanned it
so I can share it later... because I have noticed that Nigerians
do not keep historical documents and that is why some
young generation of Ibos spread propaganda and fake news about
the origins of the movie industry... and surprisingly some non-Ibos
who were born in the 1980s/1990s/2000s... including some
lazy entertainment journalists who have NO sense of history
have also been misleading people by saying that Nigerian home
videos started in 1992... when even Kenneth Nnebue mentioned
in the 1997 "This Day" article the several home videos in Yoruba
language such as "Aje ni Iya mi" which were produced before 1992.
He said he used to watch Yoruba movies and Indian moviews which
inspired him!

So it was the Yoruba home video industry that started in the
1980s before the first Ibo language home video was made in 1992.
the Part 2 came out in 1993.


Even the insulting and ridiculous terminology called nollywood and
bollywood which means Hollywood wannabes or copycats
was first used AFTER the year 2000 by a foreign journalist! Nigeria
has had a movie industry since the 1960s with Prof. Wole Soyinkas
movie "Kongi's Harvest" which was shot and produced in Nigeria
by a Nigerian crew in English and screened at the cinemas in 1969.
Tunde Kelani actually said this 1969 film called Kongi's Harvest
inspired him to go into the movie industry in the 1970s.
==> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nollywood


I hope this helps to clarify issues on the real history of the Nigerian
movie industry[I don't use the term "nollywood" or "bollywood" which
are condescending or derogatory terms]. The Indians do NOT
like using the term bollywood in their media because it is a condescending
term which they REJECT... and it shows that some Nigerians in the movie
and media have low self-esteem for continueing to use that term "nollywood"
to describe an entire movie industry that has existed since the 1960... from
celluloid movies... to home videos on Betacam and VHS... to DVDs and
lastly to the modern multiplex cinemas that exist in Nigeria, India and
around the world again!

France has no Frollywood, Britain has no ridiculous term called Brollywood,
Korea has no Korllywood, Spain has no Spaniwood, Mexico has no Mexiwood...
so what is the problem with those Nigerian movie and media practitioners
who have allowed a white American journalist to define them and
continue to use that silly Nollywood term?


PS.
Sources: https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=pKy-DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Nollywood in Glocal Perspective
Front Cover
Bala A. Musa
Springer Nature, 16 Nov 2019 - Performing Arts - 253 pages






The origin of Film Industry
The history of the film industry in Nigeria could be traced to the pre-independence era. The first film (not video film) was exhibited in August 1903 at the Clover Memorial hall Lagos. According to Alfred Opubor and Onoura Nwuneli (1979:2), “The medium of film was itself new in those days, and still technically in its infancy. Content was largely documentary. The first showings in Lagos, according to the Lagos Standard, included scenes of a steamer moving through water, shown with the vividness of life, and scenes of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1904. One of these newsreel also presented a brief glimpse of the Alake of Abeokuta, a Yoruba king of western Nigeria during a visit he made to England.
==>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323938801_THE_DEVELOPMENT_OF_VIDEO_FILM_IN_NIGERIA_A_RETROSPECTIVE_ACCOUNT









Cc: LabDNA

I like the perspective of the OP on this issue. I also have a slightly
different perspective below... looking at events from above the battlefield.


So experts have said that it is unlikely the attack will lead to all-out war, but that
it is likely to lead to more tension across the world.


World Wars occur as a series of chain reactions and unintended consequences.
Before the end of this century... there is a likelihood that there will be another
World War. This time it will be religion-based and triggered by extremist
Sunni and/or Shiites.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFXE6l4sXNI

=>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-trump-war-us-latest-soleimani-death-attack-revenge-a9273296.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed

=>https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/08/21/i-am-chosen-one-trump-again-plays-messianic-claims-he-embraces-king-israel-title/


Anything can happen because these guys can also lay their hands on
nuclear devices via Pakistan which is a nuclear power already just like
India her next-door neighbor. These extremists are also ready to die
because of some fake promise of celestial virgins... and will also not
hesitate to kidnap and kill ALL Westerners especially from now
on.


To make matters more complex... America has over 7 million
muslims some of them radicalised already just like many Western
countries i.e., in Europe have a huge number of sleeper cells
in the Islamic extremist camps waiting to strike sensitive positions
on Western soil. It has happened before and it will happen
again and that is why Trump said they were already anticipating
reprisal attacks... which will come in different forms.


Iran used to be a very Western-like and liberal country right up
to the late 1970s... but with the Shah of Iran's ouster by Ayotollah
Khomeini and the Shah of Iran's subsequent exile... Iran has not
been the same again.


This Iran [formerly Persia] is the world's first major super-power
under the Persian Empire and Cyrus the Great, the "King of Kings"
or "Shah han Shah" and a great Zoroastrian nation.



Just a quick one: In the bible, Cyrus the Great and even Nobanidus
are refered to as "King of Kings" because they were emperors
and religious leaders or representatives of Ahuramazda the
universal God of heaven. Infact Judaism evolved from the
Zoroastrian religion which had influence over much of the
Persian Empire of which ancient Palestine was a part of
as can be seen from the Cyrus Cylinder.
==> https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/why-the-cyrus-cylinder-matters-today/



I wish Iran's radical Shia leadership can retrace their steps now
and in the near future so that the historical relics of Ancient Persia
will not be destroyed in a future all-out global war triggered by
religious radicalism.


Enough said.

Nairaobserver:
Nigerian cadets parked their cars on the road, dancing, cause traffic jam on expressway because “civilians can’t do anything”.

Watch Video Below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRlpGlVntB8

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Very irresponsible behavior!

Maxymilliano:
Ebora ...

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Awesome black and white picture!

Ebora Owu [OBJ] being followed by Ambassador Jim Young of the U.S.
and the then foreign minister Major General Joseph Nanven Garba of the
famous military/political "Langtang Mafia."

This is an iconic black and white picture from the late 1970s! I have
never seen this picture before.



OBJ should have done away with the cutlass and used portable
mechanised agri equipment instead... to show the modern face
of agribusiness. The picture of him holding a cutlass looks like
a PR stunt to me.

EsomahJD:
[s]Up to 4 cases of ritual killings in a space of one week from South West.

Yoruba who do una this thing eeeh [/s]

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FACT CHECK:
@EsomahJD
There were no ritual killings in 1 week from the South West!


I am dissapointed in the sickening sensationalism and FAKE NEWS
of the Nairaland Moderator of this Religion thread who ALTERED
the title of the Nation article and pushed it to the front
page to mislead people.


Seun has to do something to stop this sensationalism
and misleading altering of newspaper headlines to steer
up ethnic hatred against the South West by even the
moderators. Seun is from the SW, but some people
have hijacked this forum right under him and
are using it to attack the Yoruba who Seun shares
ancestral ties with. Seun needs to know that there
are fifth columnists working as Moderators here
on NL.


A few years ago in this decade, Seun had to remove
some Moderators on NL of their positions because they were
directly sabotaging NL and it is still going on right
now!


Please no dead baby was exhumed. The police have also said
no killings took place inside the church in Akure on prime time
news.

The arson was as a result of the killing of some
men which led to the rampage and the church
being burned.

Last but not least, my research clearly shows that
these so-called ritual killings exist all over the country
called Nigeria among many ethnicities from ... SE, SS,
North etc, and if you look at it
it is the Yoruba people that expose all these things
in their popular media houses... this is why I respect the
Yoruba who will not tolerate such things in their midst.


The rest of Nigeria pretends as if only SW has this
issue but it is all over and if I post all the Weblinks
on the Otokoto ritual killings of the 1990s, the Enugu
Ezike ritual killings of women with their body parts splashed
on the front page of newspapers, the Fulani ritual
killings in the North leading to the removal of eyes and body
parts, the Delta State and Bayelsa ritual killings, a lot
of people will faint if I post the Internet links here.

If you guys do NOT stop attacking the SW or Yoruba people,
I will post all the Weblinks of the gross ritual killings in that
country called Nigeria for all to see.

The fact that the SW media and Yoruba people
expose the few cases of this ignoble crime in their midst
perpetrated by "dubious scammers" shows that they are
reliable people. All other ethnic groups in Nigeria come on
the Internet and pretend that it does not happen with a
lot of frequency in their areas, but thanks to the Internet...
these things have been dug up.

It is time to have death penalty for all these
crimes of killing people. Period!

Konquest:
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Proforce Defence Limited in Ogun State which was founded by
Adetokunbo Ogundeyin can do this manufacturing for them. Proforce
has supplied the Nigerian Military with several APCs and Anti Tank mine
vehicles and also foreign countries have purchased Proforce hardware!

All over the world... it is mainly the private sector that does these
kinds of military hardware manufacturing.

The military should focus more on the fighting aspect of operations
with some minor military research work to produce small light weapons
and drones. Period.


ABOUT PROFORCE LIMITED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFXqdENfrA [1:33]
Feb 13, 2018 - Uploaded by Proforce Armouring
PROFORCE MANUFACTURES IN NIGERIA:
Armoured Personnel Carriers; Armoured Tanks;
Armoured SUVs

Manufacturing Of Proforce Pf2 APC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3pgf-VGh0 [3:23]
Dec 17, 2014 - Uploaded by PROFORCE

Armoured Boats Made in Nigeria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ogwHEfB_M [0:42]
Nov 22, 2014 - Uploaded by PROFORCE
Armoured Patrol Boats, Made in Nigeria By
Proforce Limited.


Adetokunbo Ogundeyin, CEO of Proforce Defence Limited.
Ade Ogundeyin: Strength to Strength - The Business Year
==> https://www.thebusinessyear.com/nigeria-2017/strength-to-strength/vip-interview

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NA really means business over this matter.
They have since gone ahead to produce their
own Armoured Personel Carrier.

They should not push the private sector
such as Proforce out of business... but
it should be a symbiotic relationship
between the private sector and the NA.

My 2 cents!

Nowenuse:
Like I told you, Igbos are more visible in the north because they never integrate with Hausas, unlike Yoruba muslims who integrate with Hausas after the 1st & 2nd generation.

Someone like you who doesn't understand Hausa language very well will never be able to tell the difference between Hausanized people and Hausas. I can tell the difference to a large extent.

When we were in camp there was this girl who speaks Hausa very well and moves with the other Hausa click of girls. Everybody else thought she was Hausa, but when I studied her, I knew she just couldn't be Hausa, she must be Ebira or Auchi. I confronted her in private and she opened up to me that truly she was Ebira but she grew up in Sokoto.
I am very good at this, so for Hausanized yorubas to catch me unaware of this, it tells you how well Yorubas integrate with Hausas, hence go unnoticed unlike Igbos.

Igbos are more than Yorubas in the north, I agree. But for every 10 Igbos in the north, there are 8 yorubas. It's not the way people paint it like there are few yorubas in the north, far from it.
My brother met a 3rd generation Yoruba girl in Jos whose father has never been to his village and they died in the Jos crisis. She now claims to be a Plateau indigene and has adopted a Plateau name, as she has nowhere else to go and doesn't even know where she is from in Yoruba land.


If we talk about migration around the world, of course nobody can argue this with the Igbos. However, taking specific countries like Ghana, Togo, Mali, Sierra Leone/Liberia & UK. There are far more Yorubas than Igbos in these places.

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You are absolutely right about this... Yorubas are even the majority among
Nigerians in Cote d'Ivoire... especially in Abidjan and Yamassoukro.

When I travelled by Nigeria Airways from Lagos to Abidjan in 1987 for an international
conference at Hotel d'Ivoire[where Michael Jackson stayed a year before when he
visited Abidjan on a music tour], I was stunned to see a lot of Yoruba traders and
even some cab drivers who I got to know came mostly from Ejigbo in Osun State
and Ilorin as well. Even on my flight back to Lagos on the Airbus A310, there were
mainly Yoruba traders [big-time Alhajas inclusive] who plied the West African coast,
some Lebanese, Etim Esin and members of Iwuanyawu National were also on board
after playing a match with an Ivorian top football side.

I see some ignorant posts on NL especially by some Ibo who claim falsely that
Yorubas do not travel but this is a lie.

Even Hausas are master travellers/traders and can be found in Ghana, Sudan, etc.

You are also right that Yorubas blend with Hausa people in the North, especially
the moslems and even non-moslems because I had a fastastic secondary school
education at an FGC in the North decades back and still have friends from
school who have risen in Nigerian politics and business from all parts of Nigeria.


Even listening to the voice of the first female fighter pilot in the Nigerian
Airforce [Fying Officer Kafayat Omolara Sanni], she has a slight Hausa accent
and you will know she was born or has lived in the North. I even read about
some Yoruba people who had become Zamfara indigenes years back in
Guardian, and also some Yorubas in Katsina State who had stayed there
for long. [Flt. Lieutenant Blessing Liman from Zangon Kataf is the first female
pilot in the Nigerian Airforce but she is not a fighter pilot... and now flies
on the Presidential Fleet].

Nowenuse:
Bro, if you count all the group of people who identify as Ijaw, all the way from the Andonis of Akwa Ibom & Rivers to the Degemas, kalabaris, Okrikas & Ibanis of Rivers state to the entirety of Bayelsa state (besides Ofoni town), then all the Ijaws in Delta south, then those in Edo state with up to 10 towns, then the entirety of Ese-Odo LGA in Ondo state.
Abeg, dem plenty pass Urhobo.
Ijaws dominate more than 20 LGAs in Nigeria and are minorities in like 8 LGAs, haba. No comparison.
Even if you add Isokos to Urhobo, it still won't meet up Ijaw.
Only Tivs, Kanuris & Ibibio-Efiks combined can square up or outnumber Ijaws in Nigeria.

However, Urhobo & Isokos combined should be the 6th or 7th largest ethnic group in Nigeria after the big 3, then Tivs, Kanuris and maybe (Ibibio if they are combined).
However you people combined will be clearly more than Igalas, Idomas, Nupes, Gbagyis, Ebiras, Binis, Esans and Ibibios (if u don't add Efiks & others).

Ijaws wouldn't have been so much, but during the politics of Old Rivers state where all the Lowland peoples were classified as Ijaws, it led to the swallowing up of other lowland tribes into Ijaw identity.
Are you aware that Ijaws are even trying to swallow up the Igbo speaking Ndoki people in Rivers state? Not linguistically of course, but politically.

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@Nowenuse

The CIA statistics is ridiculous because it is a projected estimate
and cannot be relied upon in the absence of a true census in Nigeria.


Yes to the Ijaw, I thought the Apoi of Ese Odo are people
who have their ancestral origins from Ile-Ife but who settled around
the Bayelsa area when they lost their way... and then finally
found their way back to Ese Odo axis where they speak
and bear Yoruba names just like Omoyele Sowore who is
an Apoi.

==>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Apoi_tribe
The Apoi people trace their origin to a migration from the Central Niger Delta in present day Bayelsa State and further to an early migration from Ile-Ife. Prior to arriving at their present location, tribal traditions recall a long period of settlement at Ukomu in what is now Furupagha territory.

The Apoi took their name from Apoi (Opoi) the son of Kala-Okun, who accompanied his grandfather Ujo on their way back to Otu-Ife or Ile-Ife. In a group of nine they got lost in trying to trace the route back without the aid of a navigator. So they decided to settle within the vicinity of the Nun river (Apoi creek), where the present village of Apoi is situated. Ujo who bore the title Kalasuo (KALA-SUO or KALUSO i.e. small god,), died here and his grandson inherited the title.

The Western Apoi call Kalasuo, Kalashuwe or Kalasuwe and Oborowi, Oborowe, and they no longer speak Ijaw language, but a dialect made up of the fusion of Ijaw and Yoruba. Of late they have moved on to adopting the general Yoruba which most of them now speak. At a later stage as part of the Yoruba influence, the rulers took on the Oba title, before switching back to the ancient titles of Kalasuo. As children of Ujo, at Ile-Ife the ancestral traditions name them as one of the sub-tribes that sprung from King Adumu-Ala (alias Oduduwa). The Apoi are pre-14th century.


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


==>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arogbo_tribe
The Arogbo migrated to their present location from the town of Gbaran in the central Niger Delta.
Worship of the god Egbesu is particularly strong among the Arogbo.




Even Bayelsa State which is the epicentre of the Ijaw
or the main Ijaw homeland has the least population in Nigeria!

The so-called 4th largest the claim is propaganda that evolved
sometime after the year 2000. It will also interest you that Bayelsa
also has the least number of registered voters and this tallies
with the last population census which also declares
Bayelsa as the least populous with about 7 LGAs.


I have also observed that some Ijaws claim to be indigenes
of multiple states in Nigeria... hoping from one state to
another to collect state bursaries in the higher institutions.
I got to know of a guy in the 1990s who wanted to collect
bursaries from Delta and Bayelsa States.

When an oil well is newly drilled, almost instantly some Ijaws
who were not living near an oil well will suddenly appear
in their boats and canoes from another old location and
start claiming to to be the owners and indigenes of where
the oil well is located so as to collect royalties!
I lived PH and worked in an oil and gas company in the
1990s so I know these facts.


All the best!

NtoAkwaIbom:
We all remember the bakasi peninsula issue, the people indigenous yo that area where Nigerians mostly Akwa/cross people, but then instead of relying on their occupation and control of the Peninsula as evident by the existence of a functioning government which regulated the area...(this in international law is sufficient means of prove of sovereignty over a territory ) but instead of that, Nigeria was relying on maps and data that were rigged to favor the drawing party, hence, we lost a very rich Peninsula to the cameroons. That my brothers and sister is the risk we face, if we keep quiet when we are supposed to speak up and be heard.

Ordinarily, Akwa ibom state shares borders with Rivers, Cross River, and Abia..
In these areas because of trade, the border communities are always fluent in the language of both areas.. The language of oron is oron, but close to the river border with calaba, on village there gets to be fleuent in Oron and efik... That does not make efik an indigenous community in Oron, the efik people will not claim them to be indegenous... But if oron is gazeted it will be stated that the people atthe fringes speak oron as their main language, but are also fluent in efik which aids them in commerce.

Its the same thing with the areas bordering Abia..
Ika for one has its language, which is named 'Ika" its their main and official language... But because of their proximity to abia state, the people learnt overtime to speak and understand igbo, so as to aid in their businesses and commerce..
But then the people there are indegenous annang people and Igbo is jus a second language they use for commerce with the igbo... But you wont go to the paramout rullers house and speak igbo, it will be an afront... You go there and you speak Ika... You wont see anigbo man being made the village head there, but you will see a sizable number of igbo people there doing businesses..

So you see...
When one now comes, and says, that because igbo is spoken there as a second language, that that automatically makes the area to be an indigenous igbo community, you can imagine the affront that the people will feel.they will feel threatened and they will be very weary of the igbos in their midst, as they will feel that the next thing will be for the igbos to usurp their powers.

So the arguments that have been on, is not in anyway a form of hate towards the igbos, but a fight for survival and Identity by the owners of these communities.
If there are so many people that are so ignorantly claiming the area to be an Igbo area, what do you think will hapen to the "IKA" people ? They will fade out, and the same way most midle belt cultures faded to become Hausas, the subset will now be overun by the main set the igbo, and before you know, one community after another, and next thing you know will be of the Lost annang tribes.

So fellow Nigerians far and wide, this is not a means of calling for E-wars, but a means of preserving the Identity of a people that may be phased out.. If the ignorant and misinformation that is going on and about should go on.

Akwa Ibom and the Igbo community are good neigbors.. As good neighbors we need to respect each other boundaries for peace to reign..


Cc otuekong1
Cletus77
Lastorator
Emae009

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@NtoAkwaIbom
This is a good writeup.


Can you tell me what is the status of Arochukwu
in the history of the Ibibio people. I am aware
that that place or land originally belongs
to the Ibibio people and is part of Ibibio land.
Is it jointly owned by Ibibio/Ibo or what?
I read this several years back online.


I have also read about the presence of Ibibio
bloodlines in those areas of Abia such as
Arochukwu axis with some bearing Ibibio names.
Would you still call those people Ibibio
or Ibo?

I am aware that the Ekpe society which some Abia Ibos
practice is of Ibibio/Ejegbam/Efik origins and it has even
spread to Cuba where it is known as the Cuban Abacua in
the Matanzas province just like you have a strong presence
of Yoruba culture and religion in old Havana and
Matanzas, Cuba as well.


All the best!

naptu2:
Lijadu Sisters - Danger (1976)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bc6XJvv5Bc

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Re: "Kehinde Lijadu Died and NOT Taiwo Lijadu"

Kehinde Lijadu
Born: September 18, 1948 - Died: 9 November 2019 (aged 71)




OK... I have to pay my respects as well right here and now...

The Lijadu Sisters song "Danger" and "Come on Home",
Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata" 1967 classic, and Ofege's
"Whizzy Ilabo", Sir Victor Uwaifo's "Joromi" [and more] which
were very popular tracks that got played openly on the streets
of 1970s Lagos and other major Nigerian cities, still teleport
me back in time and space... a very mystical and surreal feeling.


Lijadu Sisters - Come On Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myEv3Qr3Efo
Released: 1979
[Very Subliminal Soul Music]


I wish her surviving twin... Taiwo and the rest of the
family... and also all the lovers of great music who were
influenced by them the fortitude to bear the physical
absence of the 71-year-old Kehinde Lijadu.



At Home With The Lijadu Sisters - (Episode 5)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gHxyJSVOxK8



P.S. Hello to you @Naptu2. You have to change the headline
or title of this thread so that folks don't get misled, it is Kekinde Lijadu
that passed on in the U.S. from cancer and not Taiwo Lijadu. I included
2 international sources for you to confirm this.

I actually found this Nairaland post of yours on the first page of Google
while searching for some quick info on the Lijadu sisters. The Tribune
journalist whose article you used did NOT carry out due diligence or
get his facts right before publishing the article which is very unwise
and and shows poor work ethics on the part of that journalist.

He even wrote in that Tribune newspaper that she passed on from
high blood pressure when in actual fact it was cancer that led to
her demise and a GoFund me had to be created for her cancer
treatment.

All the best.


Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lijadu-sisters-kehinde-lijadu-dead-200146595.html
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/lijadu-sisters-kehinde-lijadu-dead-200146595.html

NFarms:
What is the meaning of Oko mi?

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OK let me assist you here...

"Oko" in Yoruba means "Husband"
"Iyawo" in Yoruba means "Wife"

"Oko mi" means "My Husband"
"Mi" means "My"

"Iyawo mi" means "My Wife"

On the other hand the "Oko" spelling can also have multiple
meanings in Yoruba based on diacritical marks and intonations
in Yoruba language.

Oko can mean a car, a hoe, a husband, the male
sex organ, and more, etc.

You can also use Google Translate to find out
the meanings of words you don't know in Yoruba
or any other major Nigerian and world languages.

Hope this helps... and have fun.


Congrats to AJ for becoming the 6th person in history
to reclaim his heavyweight title belts in living... just
like Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfied,
etc!

Tranquillity360:
I have read comments of people accusing Yorubas of abandoning and denying Sowore.

I have also see comments of some people claiming Sowore is an Ijaw man.

I want to know If Sowore is truly an Ijaw man,because to my best of knowledge,Sowore is from ondo state,and ondo is yoruba state.

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Hi... Just a quick one, I am vast in Nigerian and world history so this
is my take on this topic on Omoyele Stephen Sowore [born 16 February 1971].


Omotele's mother is a Yoruba and an indigene of the oil and gas-rich Ilaje
area of Ondo State. His father is of Apoi Ijaw descent... but they bear Yoruba
names and speak Yoruba in their Kiribo community of the Ese Odo area.
===> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Apoi_tribe
===> https://nigeriazipcodes.com/5965/list-of-towns-and-villages-in-ese-odo-lga/



The Ijaws there actually migrated and settled on Ilaje Yorubaland over 100 years
ago and are not originally indigenes. There was a habit in the whole of the Niger
Delta for people of other ethnic groups to live temporarily in the fishing
settlements of one another and the Ijaws of one community used to...
and still live in the fishing settlements of other Ijaw communities
and this has caused crisis among even Ijaws due to accusations
of land grabbing. An example of such crisis among the Ijaws is the fight
over the ownership of SOKU and the Soku Gas Plant. A Kalabari Ijaw group
in Rivers State
accused another Ijaw group from the Nembe axis of wanting to steal
SOKU which is a gas-rich enclave from them and they said those Ijaws
migrated to a fishing settlement in their area for fishing purposes.


So even the Ilaje's, Itsekiris, Ibibio, Efik, Ijaw fishermen had a habit of
migrating out of their areas to settle in fishing settlements in other parts of
Nigeria and outside Nigeria for fishing purposes before returning to their
ancestral homelands. So with regards to the Ilaje Yoruba area of Ese Odo
and Ilaje LGA... with some intermarriages, mixed Ilaje Yoruba
and Apoi Ijaw bloodline children exist. Omoyele belongs to that group
who speak and bear Yoruba names.


So yes Omoyele has Yoruba and Ijaw bloodlines and can be considered
Yoruba since Ijaw culture is matriacal.
==>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omoyele_Sowore




Prof. Ola Balogun's mother came from Nembe in Bayelsa State originally
and his father was from Ogun State and the Nembe culture viewed
the late Prof. Ola Balogun as their own too since his mother came from
Nembe.

No doubt the matriacal culture among the Ijaws clearly shows that
Ijaws migrated as boat people from among one of the ethnic groups in
Ghana that practice the matriacal system of adopting the mothers'
lineage or hometowns just like in Ghana... unlike other parts of Nigeria
that are patriacal. A DNA test from 23andMe or AncestryDNA would
definitely come out with positive matches with Ghana.

According to a top OGONI king whose interview I read in
Saturday Punch online thius year, he CLEARLY said
the Ogoni people also came from Ghana and another branch
of Ogonis came from the Ibibio/Akwa Ibom axis! He
said their language is similar to the one spoken in Ghana.


According to oral tradition, the[b] Ogoni people migrated
from ancient Ghana down [/b]to the Atlantic coast eventually
making their way over to the eastern Niger Delta.
===>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogoni_people



I hope this helps everyone!

LabDNA:
You are very right
Yoruba women traders should stop using the phrase 'ki le fe' (what do you want). It makes the customer look like a thief who is being challenged.

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@LabDNA @staro

"Ki ni e fe?" [What do you want?]or "Ki ni e fe ra?" [What do you want to buy?]
is a VERY POLITE way of addressing customers in Yorubaland. It is NOT OFFENSIVE
LIKE you both have indicated. Do not demonise Yoruba women traders with this
misleading perception of yours.

How can you say that they should stop using the
common Yoruba phrase?

You guys need to learn how to tolerate and accomodate others without
suffering from skin-deep prejudice. It is possible that 1 or 2 women you
approached in the past were having some stress or anger issues like most
women do every month and so you formed that wrong impression
that "Ki ni e fe?" is an "attacking question."



A few Ibo traders... especially the males have been rude in the
past and even sold fake items to me way back in the 1990s, but that
did not prevent me from still doing occassional purchases from
genuine Ibo traders who were recommended to me by even
Yorubas and a few Ibo friends of mine.

All the best!

Mizwisdom:
Why didn't she look for a better location to take the picture? we keep comparing our worst with people's best only to mock ourselves

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The pictures are clearly photoshopped!... they are
NOT real. The girl was just superimposed on the
foreign and Naija pictures.

Coldie:
This girl is evil.

She went to the best location to snap picture abroad and went to the worst to snap picture in Nigeria.

This picture is qualified to be called hate speech.

I dont know what Nigerians gain from spoiling Nigeria's image, if u have travelled across Africa u would know Nigeria is far developed.

Apart from South Africa, and some few African Nations a lot of African countries are one city countries with plenty towns and villages.

Someone from Osun or Abia go to only the capital city in that country compare it with there home state Abia or Osun then come back and start talking rubbish about Nigeria.

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The girl in the pictures did NOT travel abroad!

She didn't go abroad. This original post is very
misleading and those 2 pictures of the girl
are CLEARLY photoshopped!

Why do some Nigerians like demarketing their
country online instead of DIRECLY engaging
the government officials on official social media
handles? The VP of Nigeria can be contacted DIRECLY
on Twitter to complain about specific bad roads that
are vital to the economy of Nigeia with pictorial
and video evidence such the Lagos to Abeokuta
Expressway via Twitter @ProfOsinbajo



==> https://twitter.com/ProfOsinbajo



A lot of the negative info on the
Internet and social media are actually
posted by some so-called Nigerians
and foreigners get to read them on
YouTube, Twitter, FB, etc.

The government/Senate too needs to quickly
pass the budget so that some of
those roads can be fixed. If all Nigerians
abandon Nigeria and run abroad, who is
going to fix all the roads and Nigeria
as a whole in order to make it a major
tourist destination for Africans in the
Diaspora who are now using DNA tests
to trace their roots to specific African
countries such as Nigeria and Ghana?

Babatunde Fashola too is also on Twitter and a
major online campaign to draw his attention
can start from there. This is what social
media should be used for... providing solutions
to real issues... not for spreading hate speech
and demarketing a whole country.

If Babatunde Fashola had fled Nigeria to
stay permanently in England or the U.S., would
we have the iconic Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge today?

If Godswill Akpabio had fled Nigeria, would Akwa Ibom
cities and towns such as Uyo have developed when
he was a PDP governor... These people allowed
their fertile imagination to spur them on to come
up with iconic structures when they were APC and PDP
governors!



All the best!

DipDap:
This is 24 years old, Lieutenant Kifayah Muhammad Sani. A jet fighter pilot with the Nigeria Airforce, she is currently undergoing drills with the U.S Airforce.
According to Reddit, Kifayah is one of the youngest Nigerian Air Force pilots as well as the first female fighter pilot.
Earlier in 2017, posts trending on the social media claimed that a 22-year-old Nigerian girl, Kifayah Sani, graduated as the best flying student from the Nigerian Air Force (2017 set).
Hopefully this superhero would avenge those girls killed and abused from Chibok.

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#UPDATE:
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) first decorated female fighter pilot,
Flying Officer Kafayat Omolara Sanni, and the first female helicopter pilot,
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile.

True Nigerian Alpha Females!
Proud of Kafilat Omolara Sani's and Tolulope Arotile's
air combat exploits.
#Wings of Justice


NAF wings first female fighter, helicopter pilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf0A2owUM54
Uploaded on Oct 16, 2019


NAF Officers make history as first female fighter, helicopter combat pilots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p65bBM5rGc0
Uploaded on Oct 16, 2019

ijebabe:
Titilayo Oyinbo and Kayode visited New York to experience Nigerian food again. Both of them were in Nigeria for 9 months learning Yoruba language.

Hear them converse fluently in Yoruba.

Damn! I am so ashamed of myself. Na only E karo I sabi


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNalAJOrl28

Kayode Oyinbo in the Studio - Impressive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1aPBazfjo

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Very Brilliant! This should be on the front page to motivate
those whose spoken Yoruba and other Nigerian/African
languages is rustic or not fluent enough to start learning
by practice and association.

They have an opportunity to work in the fields of
international relations and tourism... especially since Yoruba
culture is an international culture with Diasporan descendants
in Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela,
Sierra Leone, Gambia, etc... aside from those indigenous
to Nigeria, Benin Republic, and Togo.


More Videos below:
A History Of The Yoruba People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-fMG1XTZzs
Apr 19, 2019 - Uploaded by HomeTeam History

millco88:
For those in Nigeria and abroad that are ashamed of their heritage, here's a video of an oyinbo from America, embracing the Yoruba culture. She sure put alot of half of nairalanders to shame.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsltcnHxzfI&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLzWfxBRa8Q&feature=related

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IgalaSchool:
It is the Attah that is mostly from Kororofa (Jukun) , not the general people, everyone makes that mistake including Igala people.
Many Igalas say we came from Jukun land, personally i don’t believ that.

I believe you have been given the meaning to the other words you asked.

Adejo can mean two things:

Servant of God - Adu Ojo
We are all together - A de Jo

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Brilliant post!

"Ooni, Attah speak on Ifa as connecting link to Nigeria's diversity"
=>https://thenationonlineng.net/ooni-attah-speak-on-ifa-as-connecting-link-to-nigerias-diversity/


"Ifa oracle is the connecting link of original Nigerians"
=>https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/igbo-yoruba-affinity-ifa-oracle-is-the-connecting-link-of-original-nigerians-attah-of-igala/


Ifa Divination is of Yoruba origin... and an integral aspect of the Yoruba Religion
which has spread to other parts of the world... such as Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad, Haiti
as Vodun, Guyana, and the USA. The Igalas who are Yoruboid linguitically took
Ifa via conquest to the northern parts of what is now Anambra and Enugu where the
pronounciation became corrupted to Afa. Nri, Aguleri and other Igala-associated
towns exist today where Igala bloodlines exist. This is the reason why there has been
this confusion of the part of some people about some words in Ibo that sound
and are similar to Yoruba words.

The Attah of Igala also said during the installation of an Attah, Ifa oracle is
consulted... Attah Michael Oboni did NOT even corrupt it. He used Ifa in
the Saturday Punch interview published on August 26, 2017.
READ MORE HERE: http://punchng.com/im-first-attah-in-igala-history-with-one-wife-ameh-oboni/


This similarity is just because of the Igala influence. It is very clear that if
Yoruba bloodlines exist in Igala, then Yoruba or Yoruboid bloodlines
exist in Anambra and Enugu States... not in the areas that Igalas did not
have influence. DNA tests which are available now for tracing ancestral
origins such as AncestryDNA and 23andMe can prove this now.
Yorubas are Igalas are cousins. There are other ethnic mixes in Igala
such as Idoma and Ebira Koto, but the fact that 65% to 70% of Igala
and Yoruba are similar just like Itsekiri language shows that they
are family. Areas in Anambra such as Gov. Willie Obiano's Aguleri
people also will be cousins with the Yorubas via their ancestral
links with Igalaland starting from a few centuries ago!



Other parts of Ibo area like the Southern Ibo were not influence by
Igala Kingdom's conquest, but they have adopted Igala influences
from Nsuka axis... such as the wearing of the red chieftaincy caps
which is clearly Igala. Several Middle-Belt groups including the
Yorubas or Kogi and Kwara State wear the red chieftaincy caps
as well.

kjhova:
My brother, he has answered you well enough. A proper Igbo only Biafra will be landlocked and likely surrounded by hostile neighbours. Yes, the Imo river pours out to sea. However it passes through Niger Delta (which will be a foreign country under this assumption) who may then impose bans or tariffs on cargo destined for Biafra. Also, the river isn't navigable across its entire length and if the Niger Delta refuse to dredge their end, building an up-river port in Biafra is dead on arrival.

You suggested Airport delivery. There is a reason why 90% of global freight is by sea. Airfreight is freaking costlier than sea! Also, not all cargo can be airlifted. Suppose, Biafra needs to import crude or petroleum products, what quantity can you easily fly into Biafra? More so, airfreight require specialized airports which will be costly to build. Also, hope you know that Biafra's neighbours can close their airspace to Biafran bound planes at the threat of shooting down violators.

Overall, Biafra being a landlocked country will increase its costs of doing business and its dependency on her neighbours. Her credit rating will be lowered due to this vulnerability and cost of funds will be high.

The chances of Biafra becoming an economic success is thus lowered and hinged on the whims of her neighbours.

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@kjhova

Your analysis is on point. This is what I've also been saying about this issue and the overbearing
attitude of some of these guys who have BEEN PUSHING for the so-called secession. They have to
contend with international treaties and inability to directly access the ocean except through
very dredging which has to be done every 2 years. What has happened to the ONITSHA RIVER
PORT[not a Sea Port as some misinformed people from Iboland usually call it] since the last
President Jonathan commisioned it? It simply is NOT viable because it is a River Port.
Even Warri and Calabar are River Ports and NOT a Sea Ports and in International shipping big Ocean-going
ships will not go there except to Lagos or Onne.


I remember reading an article in Punch in 2006 when Olisa Agbakoba said he and his immediate older
brother were forcibly conscripted into the rebel fighting force, while his own legal practitioner father was
located on Nigerian soil. Olisa Agbagogba said in that 2006 Punch interview [which I still have in my library
archives] that there was a lot of HOSTILITY towards Onitsha indigenes by Ojukwu's forces and many Onitsha
indigenes were arrested and locked up in prisons in Onitsha and other places... including himself at just
16 years of age and his immediate older brother. It was later that they were forcibly conscripted to fight
Nigeria against their will. He said this must have been as a result of suspicions about the role of Nnamdi
Azikiwe's relative Ifeajuna and the fact that Ojukwu and his ilk felt that Onitsha indigenes were not commited
enough to the failed secession project... which im my opinion was already dead on arrival because Hilary
Njoku the first commander of the rebel fighters [before Alexander Madiebo took over from him] where not
prepared for the war. Ojukwu had Hilary Njoku thrown into prison throughout the duration of the Nigerian
Civil War. Magaret Ekpo whose father is also from present-day Anambra State and her mother from Calabar
was also thrown into prison along with several Ibo-speaking people for opposing the war of secession
that was started through mass hysteria and also the stubborness of Colonel Emeka Ojukwu.


All the best!

AutoJoshNG:
https://autojosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Lagos-Ibadan-Railway-Track-2.jpg

The Federal Government is currently constructing a railway line connecting Lagos to Ibadan.

The railway line is going to be the first Double Standard railway line in Nigeria.

The 156 kilometers railway track is being built according to Chinese standard and technology.

The project which will cost $1.6billion dollars has employed the services of about 7000 Nigerians in the construction.

This design of this railway line is based on traffic volume forecast of over 3.2 million tons of goods/cargoes per annum, while the passenger services can take 16 pairs of passenger trains.

The project includes the construction of eight  ( railway stations and Apapa and Ebute-Metta and Intermediate stations at Agege, Kajola, Papalanto, Abeokuta, Omi-Adio.


Read also: 30 Things To Know About Recent Railway Construction In Nigeria (1999-2019). To Read, Click HERE



The station at Olodo is a passing station while the station at Ibadan is an intermediate station with technical operation.


The services for the locomotive workshop, rolling stock depot and marshaling yards will be located at Kajola, Ogun state.


The extension of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line to the Lagos seaport will significantly enhance the export and import trade of the country. This project is multi-functional for both passenger and freight services connecting three states-Lagos, Ogun and Oyo.

The railway line in the nearest future will be extended from Ibadan to Ilorin, Minna, Kaduna, and Kano and will link the Federal Capital Territory via Kaduna.

Meanwhile, construction of the railway track has recently commenced at the Yaba.

See photos below.


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https://autojosh.com/lagos-ibadan-railway-construction-work-commences-at-yaba-see-photos/

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Brilliant!

obafemee80:
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Want to see the second generation Mercedes-Benz GLS SUV stand beside its main rival, the BMW X7?

The three-row GLS,unveiled at the 2019 New York International Auto Show , is currently the largest SUV Mercedes makes. It is dubbed ‘The S-Class of SUVs’ – which may very well be accurate from a technical standpoint.

The X7, the pinnacle of BMW’s XSport Activity Vehicle lineup was unveiled six months ago. It sports the largest kidney grill ever designed for a BMW model .

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Dimensions
The all-new GLS measures 5,207 mm (205.0 inches) in length, 1,956 mm (77.0 inches) in width and has a 3,135 mm (123.5 inches) long wheelbase.

The X7, on the other hand, is 5,163 mm (203.3 inches) long, 1,999 mm (78.7 inches) wide and has a 3,103 mm (122.2 inch) wheelbase. Going by the numbers, the differences are negligible.

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Interior
Inside, the 7-passenger luxury  SUV features Mercedes’s new MBUX infotainment system with a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a 12.3-inch central touchscreen with navigation.

The BMW X7 also comes with twin 12.3-inch displays for the gauges and for the infotainmentsystem.

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The 2020 GLS comes in two versions . The entry-level 450 model uses a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine, producing 362 horsepower while the more-powerful 483hp GLS 580 gets a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 with EQ Boost hybrid technology .

The new 2019 BMW X7 launches with two updated petrol engines. Heading up the range is the BMW X7 xDrive50i, with an extensively updated 4.4-liter V8 engine. A 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine, found under the hood of the new BMW X7 xDrive40i rounds out the model line-up.

Which Of The Luxury SUVs Would You Rather Have?

See more pictures here: https://autojosh.com/photo-comparison-2020-mercedes-gls-vs-2019-bmw-x7-which-side-are-you-on/

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2020 Mercedes GLS
The REAL DEAL!

maureensylvia:
How to steal a fowl!
1. Survey the area for about 1 week.
2. On the day of operation wear an
oversized shirt.
3. Be at the place between 11am
to 2:30pm. At this time of the day, the owners will be
gone to work or be indoors. The fowls will be playing
outside happily.
4. Walk at the edge of the street and let the fowls walk freely at the center.
5. This is where u make the grand move.
6. Dive like a goalkeeper and grab the fowl by the head. Quickly fold the head into the
feathers and put it in side ur oversized shirt.
7. Move on as if nothing happend. No looking back. THANK_ME_LATER

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AutoJoshNG:
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Tukur Buratai who is Chief of Army Staff said the Nigerian Army needs N1billion to boost capacity of its vehicle manufacturing company to produce more combat vehicles, which will help to counter terrorists and other insurgents.

In the closing ceremony of the Nigerian Army Combat Arms Training Week on Saturday, Mr. Buratai revealed that the Army would take a loan from its “number of investments that have been generating huge amounts of money”, for the purpose.

“The innovations by the Nigerian Army in the areas of equipment production, localizing and bringing back vehicles and equipment that are hitherto abandoned, is another major achievement that we recorded,” he said.

“You have been promised by the Group Managing Director of NAVMC that in the next three to four months, we should have brand new vehicles originally produced by the Nigerian Army for use in the Army and the general public that may find it useful, especially the paramilitary agencies. This, we believe, will transform the Nigerian Army and Nigerian industrial companies when we start mass production.

“We are already sourcing the sum of N1billion to support the Nigerian Army Vehicle Manufacturing Company. We a have a number of investments in the Army that have been generating huge amounts of money and we will take a loan from there to support Nigerian Army Vehicle Manufacturing Company to realize our dream of producing indigenous armoured fighting vehicles and to continue to maintain our existing equipment.”

“The Nigerian Army and Police have helped to keep Nigeria and Kaduna safe,” he said. “They have helped in combating terrorism, armed banditry, kidnapping and other forms of insecurity.”


SOURCE: https://autojosh.com/nigerian-army-loan-local-vehicles/

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Proforce Defence Limited in Ogun State which was founded by
Adetokunbo Ogundeyin can do this manufacturing for them. Proforce
has supplied the Nigerian Military with several APCs and Anti Tank mine
vehicles and also foreign countries have purchased Proforce hardware!

All over the world... it is mainly the private sector that does these
kinds of military hardware manufacturing.

The military should focus more on the fighting aspect of operations
with some minor military research work to produce small light weapons
and drones. Period.


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binsanni:
Ohionwa is one of the autochthonous clans of Ihima whose (Ihima) primaeval name, Onotu means the next in Kingship or one whose compound God has chosen for grace,glamour or even a pristine saddle His showers of favour. In Ihima-Onotu land, Ohionwa is one of the three aboriginal clans i.e Emani and Ohueta whose clans’ traditional stools bear Obobanyi-great hunter.

We must however note that in Ihima the title of Obobanyi is not ranked higher than other native clan stools like Ogasube of Ure,Ohiomata of Odumi and Idu of Oha; the reason being that Ihima is typically an Ebira Republican town where no one enters his household through that of his sibling. It is a town in which every person is proud to bear his father’s name yet they are quick to radiate love, emit confidence and exude civic responsibility towards Ihima, forming a formidable front when an issue of kindred concern arises. These Republican dynamisms, its endowments and its jealously guided kernel for which the town is exceptionally famous should and must not now be doubted or even tested by other town kinsmen.

It is in this proud, classless and ancient town that HRH Jeremiah Akaava is the incumbent Obobanyi of Ohionwa clan, the most populous and second youngest of the six clan children of Ihima- Onotu in Ebira of Kogi State, Nigeria.

According to findings, Chief Akaava is today the oldest monarch in the world. Akaava as the 12th person to have ascended the over 300 year’s old throne of his ancestors’ sublime saddle is by the grace of the most high God 114 years old. Though he mounted the ancestral stool in his late twilights as old customs demanded then, the Ebira monarch is 34 years on the throne.

Relying on the Guinness World Records, the oldest monarch in the world is Queen Elizabeth ll of England who turned 89 in 2015. She is 91 years in 2017.This ranking after the demise of king Ab dallah of Saudi Arabia. Abdallah died at the advanced age of 90.
Coming nearer home, Awujale Sikiru Kayode, king of Ijebuland,Ogun State who some people erroneously believed is the oldest monarch in Nigeria is only 83 years of age. Even the Ebira paramount Ohinogi, HRM Alh. Ado Ibrahim much older than the monarch of Ijebuland the revered Awujale can only be the agemate of the Obobanyi’s child; Mama Eneyamire Abu who died three years ago at 78.Eneyamire was Pa Akaava’s third child after losing the earlier ones.

The Obobanyi is from a clan lineage in which longevity is a familiar favour from God.In a discussion with this writer some years back, the Ohionwa clan royal patriarch revealed that living a much longer life is a blessing to the family, citing the example of his uncle, the great OchadoOsansan Agama who lived up to 130 years. Because of his age and exploits, the Obobanyi reported that famous people like Yakubu Wokili, the younger brother to the first Ohinoyi of Ebira land, Pa ChogudoOnoruoiza were thronging Ihima like Mecca to admire him. Ochado was the foremost Ebira warrior who was the nemesis of Fulani Jihadists of Nupe extraction carrying war to the thresholds of Ebira land.

According to his 2013 thirtieth anniversary profile as the Obobanyi,Pa Jeremiah Akaava was born to the sprawling and respected family of OparaAkaava of Ehi lineage of Aisina sub clan of Ohionwa. Akaava’s mother, mama Ameri was from Avi clan Obangede.

As a young boy, Akavva began his life farming for his fathers, both maternal and paternal, as custom required before his own. He started his personal farm work at Akunnu of the present Ondo State.Not being a lazy person, he added trading to his farming, selling jute bags, Ebira-hand woven clothes and associated wears.

With one bicycle, the young Akaava had no difficulty plying for his trade in the nooks and crannies of many Yoruba land especially where Ebira people lived in thick settlements.
Not fully satisfied, Akaava went to Ado Ekiti in search of greener pastures where he quickly settled down and began full scale farming. Before long Akaava went home and built a house for his father. By this achievement Akaava was regarded as a remarkable farmer.

Because he could speak Yoruba fluently, it was not long before he was made an elder in the Church.

Though he got baptised as a Christian in the early 40s, Church going was never news to him. In the church, he simply distinguished himself as an astute administrator.

In the early 60s, he was invited by his people to take part in a councillorship contest. Akaava became a two-term councillor. But for the 1975 coup d’ etat led by Muritala Ramat Muhammed, Hon Jeremiah

Akaava would have been asked by his Ihima people to continue his legislative job.
A politician of repute, he had the option of going back to his trading skills. But the farmer- turned politician returned to his much familiar farming vocation. His new farm place was Iyara in the old Kwara State. Iyara is now a town in Ijumu LGA.

Like a golden fish seeing no hiding place, the then Olujumu of Ijumu had spotted in him some sterling leadership qualities. The ljumu chief therefore designed a role for the non natives intending to have Akaava with him in the council as Ohinoyi Anebira of Ijumu. His name had been forwarded to the then Kwara State Governor, Alh Adamu Atta. to that effect, when his people again, this time his clan relations, Ohionwa clan invited him to wear the pristine crown of his great ancestral fathers as Obobanyi of Ohionwa; theOhionwa hunter who performed the feat of killing the rare white Bufallo.

According to records, his oral birth date which dove tails with a certain booklet of some Ebira event records, the current Obobanyi of Ohionwa, HRH. Chief Jeremiah Akaava was born in 1903, few months before the mysterious, devastating but historic burial of the famous Odimboro of Anyoke in the present Adavi LGA.

An account was given of how the vast compound where Odimboro’s remains was being dressed for interment suddenly and mysteriously caught harmattan like fire killing almost all of the sympathizers from across Ebira land that attended the burial. The ever hovering ghost of the charred remains of the mourners has made that singular event memorable in the land to the extent that it is still being variously inset in song by Ebira folk singers.

From the foregoing, it is clear that the Kogi (Nigeria) monarch, HRH. Pa Jeremiah Akaava is much older than Queen Elizabeth the second who obviously inexhaustible findings had ranked as the world’s oldest monarch. We therefore wish to call on the handlers of the Guinness World Records to accord the centenarian Obobanyi the Great of Ohionwa his long overdue title as the living longest monarch on earth.

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Oldest Monarch in the world, The Obobanyi of Ohionwa in Ihima, Okehi Local
Government of Kogi State, Chief Jeremiah Akaava, has died at the age of 116.
I read this on the NL Front Page yesterday night.

===>https://www.nairaland.com/5157183/jeremiah-akaava-dies-116-kogi

CastedDude:
Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has proclaimed Bahia, a state in Brazil as the headquarters of Yoruba nation in the Americas. The royal father made the proclamation on during a visit to the oldest temple owned by the blacks in Salvador, the headquarters of Bahia state.

The royal father, alongside 17 notable royal fathers drawn across South West states and Kwara, Ifa priests, university teachers, culture promoters and newsmen, are currently on the tour of the Latin American nation.

The temple called Espaco Cultural Da Barroquinha, according to Bahia state's Commissioner for African Affairs, Arany Santa, was established about 600 years ago by the African descent.

She further explained that the temple used to be a Catholic church, until the blacks acquired it, and had since used it as a place of worship by the adherents of traditional African religion.

From the songs rendered, mode of dressing and worship, the adherents clearly established their links to the Yoruba race and expressed their desire to further deepen their knowledge about their roots.

Addressing the adherents, Ooni Ogunwusi, said before leaving Nigeria, he consulted the ancestors and prayed for successful trip, adding that signs were obvious since he came into the country that things were going to change for better for not on
Responding, Christiane Taquari, Bahia state Commissioner for Culture, commended the royal father for the visit, and assured him of their readiness to obey all his admonitions and further preserve Yoruba traditions and culture.

Also in a remarks Ambassador of Guinea Bissau to Brazil, Dr. Rui Barai, acknowledged the leadership role Nigerian government has been playing in Africa, especially West Africa at ensuring that peace reigns across the region.

Barai added that he chose to attend the event because of severial reports about activities of Ooni Ogunwusi he has read and urged him not to relent in his pursuance of peace and efforts aimed at reuniting all descendants of the Yoruba race.

Also commenting, honourary consular, Guinea Bissau to Brazil, Adailton Maturino does Santos, called for support for Ooni Ogunwusi for him to successful implement all his laudable programmes designed to foster unity among the descendants of Oduduwa.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/06/ooni-of-ife-visits-oldest-african-temple-in-brazil-which-used-to-be-a-church-photos.html

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Fantastic! From Nigeria to Bahia.
Yoruba Nation on both sides of the
Atlantic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxUb-rZ0Mdg

AdeizaPaul:
I have been wondering for a very long time now. It is well known in Kogi central zone (Anebira) that the people of Adavi Eba and Ihima are called Yoruba by other Ebira people, some even say their founders came from Yorubaland. Please how true are the stories?

I have attached a map of Ihima. Let us discuss.

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This is a very interesting post @AdeizaPaul.

I found your post while doing some more reading on the history of Ihima and the oldest monarch from Ihima. Are you originally from
there?


Oldest Monarch in the world, the Obobanyi of Ohionwa in Ihima, Okehi Local
Government of Kogi State, Chief Jeremiah Akaava, has died at the age of 116. I read this on the NL Front Page yesterday night.

===>https://www.nairaland.com/5157183/jeremiah-akaava-dies-116-kogi


On the other hand while searching for some information on Igala history in 2015, I came across a post by an elderly Ebira man on Facebook who said he was surprised that young Igalas online did NOT realise that Igala
is the UNION of EBIRA KOTO[Apa]+AKPOTO YORUBA
====>https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get/7
====>https://www.nairaland.com/2945025/facts-ebira-people


Igala has about 65 to 75 percent Yoruba words in it. I believe there are ancestral ties between the Yoruba, Ebira, Igala, Idomas around the Niger and Benue confluence going back to over 1000 years ago.
====>https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get/



People have to read more about the ancestral ties that bind our people together.

Thanks to the Internet for removing the inefficiencies that existed in the past in the areas of historical research.


All the best!

STRENGTHesq:
Sure it helped
But I also know that Idoma and Igala have historical ties with the Igbos
But have no knowledge of Ebira people having ties with Igbos

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@STRENGTHesq

Ebiras, Igalas, and Idomas are also directly related. This
is based on my years of historical research on the very
exciting history of Nigerian peoples.

https://www.nairaland.com/2945025/facts-ebira-people
https://www.nairaland.com/3840879/why-kogi-central-ebira-people
====>https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get/
====>https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get/7


On the other hand while searching for some information on Igala history
in 2015, I came across a post by an elderly Ebira man on Facebook who
said he was surprised that young Igalas online did NOT realise that Igala
is the UNION of EBIRA KOTO[Apa]+AKPOTO YORUBA

====>https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get/7

Why Do Kogi Central (Ebira) People Call Ihima and Adavi People Yoruba?
====>https://www.nairaland.com/3840879/why-kogi-central-ebira-people


Even the Igalas have close links with the Idomas. There was a lot of
intermingling of peoples within the last 800 to 1000 years.


There is a 2017 NL post here on an Igala thread where we discussed
some of the relationships below.

https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get/7
https://www.nairaland.com/2945025/facts-ebira-people
https://www.nairaland.com/3840879/why-kogi-central-ebira-people




http://www.idomanationalforum.org.ng/THE%20IDOMA%20ETHNIC%20GROUP.pdf
PAGE 12OF45
Idoma origins and ethnic identity have also been related to the Igala.
This view sees the Idoma as being of Igala extraction, itself believed to be a subgroup of the Yoruba
and therefore distinct from the Okpoto. According to this thesis which was made popular by
W. B. Baikie, before 1500 A D, both the Okpoto and the Igara (Igala?) occupied separate
territories around the Niger, the former on the East and the latter in the West of the Niger.
However, by about the first decade of fifteenth century, the Igaras were driven East of the Niger
where they settled among the Okpoto. The Idoma, according to this view, are a
hybrid of the Igara and Okpoto fusion 27. This view appears to suggest that the
Okpoto and the Igala were originally Yoruba speaking and the present Idoma
ethnic group is a synthesis of the two. This view gets reinforcement from lexicostatistical
evidence, which grouped the Idoma, Igala and Yoruba under the Kwa sub-unit of the
Niger-Congo family of African languages.

It must have been on this basis that Erim concluded that the Yoruba factor in
both Igala and Idoma cultures cannot be completely ignored 28.






https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijah/article/viewFile/139854/129564
A Study of the Origin of an Indigenous Community in
Central Nigeria: Interrogating Akpoto-Igala Phenomenon

IJAH 5(3), S/NO 18, JUNE, 2016 191
Traditions of Origin
The origin of the Igala is surrounded with myths; several traditions of origin
points at Agenapoje, Jukun, Bini and Yoruba. (Boston 1962, p.373). These traditions
were reflective of the relationship that had existed between the Igala and the various
peoples. Equally, an analytical study of the various traditions reveals that they were in
most cases, historical traditions or explanations that tend to trace the history of the
ruling clans. In other words, most of these traditions are directed at the patterns of
migration and possibly the history of the Attah Kingship. Therefore, what existed as
the history of the people constituted a meagre fraction of the entire history of the polity
and people of the Igala. Early European explorers, writers, anthropologists and
historians who delved into the history of the Igala people could not make any serious
analytical study of the area except through the instrumentality of inter-group relations.
Also these scholars could hardly trace the historical origin of the Igala except those that
connect their kingship ties to either Bini, Jukun and so on. Therefore, what actually
existed as the probable historical origins of the people were those that have been
established as a result of language affinities as is the case of the Yoruba or those that
have to do with either cultural or kingship relations as is the case of Bini and Jukun.
(Boston1968, p. 13-14) expresses the problems surrounding the historical origin of the
Igala thus:

The Igala are located at one of the natural crossroad in Nigerian
geography…this has brought them into contact with a wide range of
peoples. The confluence area like Poland in Europe seems to have been
pulled in different directions at different periods. At times, the Igala
have been oriented towards the Yoruba, at other times towards Bini,
or again, later on, towards the Jukun Empire, and they themselves have
exercised a considerable influence on surrounding peoples such as the
Idoma, the Northern Ibo and the Nupe.




All the best!

STRENGTHesq:



His cap is Igbo like

Are Ebira people related to the Igbos?
Wow

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The red chieftaincy cap was originally
introduced into the Nsukka area by the
Igalas. It is NOT originally native to
the Ibos. The Ibos borrowed certain
dressings, foods and cultures from their
immediate neighbours such as Igalas,
Edos, Efik, Ibibio with reference the Aros,
Abriba, Ohafia etc. The popular Nsibidi
art is actually of Ejegbam, Efik origins.
The style of dressing of the Efiks or Ibibios
and their foods are similar to Ohafia and
Aros etc. because of their historical and
cultural links.

Ibos are NOT the only ones who wear
red chieftaincy caps.

Yorubas of Kogi and Kwara wear the red
chieftaincy cap.

Ebiras, Igalas, Idomas, Edos and some other
Northern ethnic groups wear red chieftaincy
caps.

I hope this helps.