Emmahunk: I hardly write in this section but I came across a post that ordinarily I would have written off as a hilarious joke. Thinking about it, I realized that it is entirely true. Please enjoy and decide for yourself.
Italian Relationship: 1st day= Sex 2nd day= Sex again.
French Relationship: 1st day = movies & kiss 2nd day = Sex 3rd day = Sex again
British Relationship: 1 day= hangout & kiss 2nd day = kiss & hug 3rd day= kissing, hug and smooching 4th day = sex and more sex
American Relationship: 1st day= Date 2nd day= Hug 3rd day= Hug again (warmly) 4th day= Kiss 5th day= Long kiss 6th day= Sex
African Relationship: 1st day= Toast 2nd day= Toast 3rd day= Toast again 4th day= Agree 5th day= Date 6th day= Date again 7th day= Date again with three of her hungry friends or cousins. 8th day= Date & Hug 9th day= Tried to peck but failed. 10th day = Peck 11th day= Tried to kiss but failed. 12th day= kiss 13th day= Long kiss 14th day= Tried to have sex but failed. 15th day= Tried to have sex but quarrelled 16th day= Didn't talk to each other 17th day= Malice till the next day 18th day= The man called but the woman didn't pick 19th day= The man called, the woman picked and asked: "what is it?" The man apologize and the woman replied: "Leave me alone, am not that type of girl" The man continued to beg till the next day. 20th day= The woman accepted the unwarranted apology 21st day= Hug 22nd day= Long hug 23rd day= Kiss 24th day= Long kiss 25th day= Tried to have sex but the woman complains that her phone is bad. Guy promises to buy her a new one. 26th day= Tried to have sex but the woman said until he buys the phone 27th day= Tried to have sex but the woman asked: "where is the phone? U are not serious, call me when you are serious" 28th day= Rape. 29th day= Police case.
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ This has been in the public domain/online for some years now... But it is still refreshingly hilarious when read!
Efewestern: Omo means child in urhobo, but Agege has no root in urhobo, I can't really place any meaning to the name... obviously i think it's a Yoruba name adopted by an urhobo family , which is common anyways.
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ @ Efewestern
OK... thanks for your prompt response! So Omo also means "child" in Urhobo like in Bini-Edo and Yoruba languages.
Well since Urhobo people are of Edoid ancestry, I'm not surprised.
When you have the time to respond again, what do you think may have led to this adoption of Yoruboid names by a few Urhobos? Was there some immigration into Urhoboland by a few Yoruba like the Olukumis did by migrating into Delta North from Benin, to Esanland and finally into the Olukumi areas of Aniocha North and parts of Ikaland?
I saw a YouTube video of "waphyguy" an Urhobo man in the U.S. who did a DNA test with DNALand. It showed that his paternal ancestry has links with Esan and maternal ancestry is connected to Yoruba... his mum is actually an Itsekiri woman.
The DNA was very accurate because if you look at it critically, Esans are also Edoid like Binis, it is clear that Urhobos and Isokos had a strong Esan migrant population centuries back!
Deadlytruth: The theme of the position of the Akoko-Edos on this thread is that we are not Yorubas. Your coming in here to antagonize us logically means you are of the opinion we are Yorubas. So your denial above is self-contradictory.
Wait, were the Yorubas the ones who "forced" the Akoko Edos to add Akoko to their name like you are postulating here? because from what I gathered in this thread I think it was you who said they chose to go with the Akoko tag since there was no unifying appelation for all the people in that area. All that area were known as Kukuruukus before they all chose their different distinguishing names, and i very much doubt the Yorubas were the ones who told or coerced them to chose the Akoko-Igarra tag.
I thought you said you followed the thread from the beginning? How come you have not seen the context in we accuse Yorubas of forcing themselves on us? I made it clear that the then Western Region Government made Yoruba a compulsory Subject in schools located in the minority areas of the region unlike the Binis who did not kick against Ogbemudia's policy that each school should teach the local language of its host town or village in the Midwestern Region. You also did not see the comments here in which Yorubas repeatedly claimed that they founded many Akoko-Edo towns and that Akoko-Edo people are actually Yorubas who just want to wear Edoid status just to be politically correct in the Edo State environment. This is in spite of the fact that Akoko-Edos themselves have used countless unassailable facts and logic to prove otherwise? You also failed to notice where I mentioned that YOLICOM included Akoko-Edo in their recent Oodua Republic map without due consultation of the people themselves? If, to you, all these don't constitute self imposition attempts by Yorubas on Akoko-Edos, then I wonder what ever can in your eyes. You obviously lied with the claim that you have been following this thread. It is now obvious you jumped in at page 9.
So you mean the more than 55 years of independence is not more than enough to correct any policy effect of the Western regional gpvernment that lasted 12 years (1951 to 1963)? That would be quite shocking.
If after taking the pains and time to lecture you on how impossible it is for a people to get their distorted identity corrected under unitary system, with even references to the works of Awolowo the most consummate Federalist in Nigeria's history; you still repeat this rhetorical question, then it means you don't enter debates to actually learn to improve your knowledge but just to play the devil's advocate. Most Southerners regard Ebiras as sharing the same domination ideology over Nigeria with the Hausa-Fulanis. How much have you Ebiras been able to correct that perception within the 55 years we have so far spent under this unitary system? How much have you Ebiras been able to, under this 55 year old unitary system, address the stigmatization which you yourself have just freshly accused other Nigerians of placing on you? How much have the Kanuri's of Borno State been able to, under this unitary system, correct the average Southerner's perception that they are one and the same with Hausa-Fulanis? How successful has the generality of the Middle Belt been in their attempts to, under this unitary system, assert themselves as different from Hausa-Fulanis? If unitary system is practised for 1 million years, distorted identities will remain unaddressed for 1 million years. Go and read up Awolowo's written books on federalism vs unitary system before I can engage you further on this.
Why isn't the same level of policy entrenchment seen amongst people like the Ishans and Urhobos, or even Itsekiris to the same level today as it is seen among Akoko Edos? You were all in it together. You can't blame Western region 100% on this, seriously. This was where my mention of a few ebira villages that have some Yoruba names actually makes sense, because it isn't all about policy somethimes
So you have not heard about the Urhobos' current senator with the name Omo-Agege a purely Yoruba name? You also never heard of The Bini man called Late Ephraim Akpata - the first INEC chairman? Is Akpata a Bini or Midwestern name? You have not visited any part of Delta State to see a lot of streets with Yoruba names? You obviously don't travel wide. Are there not more Hausa-Fulani street names than Yoruba ones in Okene, thereby underscoring the influence of the Hausa-Fulani domination of the Northern Region? If being part of a region does not guarantee policy entrenchment, then how come Bank of the North had a Branch established in Okene but never in Igarra which was not in the Northern Region like Okene was?
Now this is interesting. I think you might be alluding to the fact that the interactions and common boundary between the Akoko Edos and the Yorubas might have had more part to play in this entire Imbroglio that you are ready to admit, because politically, it was no different for Ibillo than it was for Bomadi. And that is the meat of this whole discussion. Neighbouring peoples have been interacting eons before anything colonial in Nigeria.
You have been labouring to change the topic of this thread. But here it is again: Among all the 12 tribal divisions within the Western Region minorities, Akoko-Edo was the most heterogeneous hence had its identity most vulnerable to attacks and distortions by the Yorubas, and so it really ended up. The other divisions were homogeneous thus could unite to fend off Yorubalization attempts to good extents but for Akoko-Edo the required homogeneity to fight back coordinately was absent hence the larger scale identity distortion as Yorubas fully descended on them with little or no resistance. This is the long and short of the whole argument. Why deliberately refuse to get it remains a puzzle to me.
I never said the Ogoris were Yoruba. I said they are usually trilingual. Theya re not Yoruba, Ebira or Edo, they are their own people, yet the influence of all three tribes reflect in their lifestyle. Who is forcing them to exhibit traits that are not indigenous to them? Look at Ososo of today that are celebrating Ebira festivities like Unehe, have the Ebiras gone there to force them to do it?
You are still off track. Our point here is that Yorubas are forcing themselves on Akoko-Edo and I have given you the evidences which rather than acknowledge or prove wrong, you veered into Ogori and Ososo vs Ebira. How is that related to the topic under discussion?
This is apples to oranges comparison based on what is being discussed here. If a Lagosian came here to deny the presence of Igbo dominated areas within Lagos now, then yes you might have a point. Heck some ososo people can eve speak Ebira.
Does that now make Ososos Ebiras any more than your ability to speak English makes you a white man? Has Lagos become Igbo land on account of those Igbo dominated areas of Lagos?
So the fact that Okenes call Etunos derogatory names means what? that they don't have the same root? How is Etuno being of same stock as Ebira Tao (Okene) from the same source in Kwararafa any different from you in Akoko Edo claiming to have come from Benin? Etunos can understand us, Can you understand Benin without learning it?
Why call them derogatory and subhuman names in the first instance if you are sincere in your belief that they are one and the same with you? Have you ever seen a Hausa man call another Hausa man derogatory names? Do Fulanis do that even though they are natives of different states? Do Igalas do so to one another? Do Binis do it? Derogatory name calling is an inter-tribal/inter-ethnic phenomenon and never intra-tribal/intra-ethnic. So, the fact that it is happening between Ebiras and Etunos means they are actually different tribes/ethnicities from each other. Among Yorubas of Ogun State you have the Egbas, the Ijebus, the Aworis, the Yewas, etc. Does the fact that they all share the Yoruba generic name, and understand one another to a good extent mean that all the other three (Egbas, Aworis, Yewas) have become Ijebus just because Ijebus have more population than them? This is analogy of the Ebiras vs Etuno case. A lot of Bini words and expressions feature in Okpameri and Uneme Languages, just that the extent of divergence from Bini has become so large that mutual intelligiblity is now very low. With time too the extent of divergence of Etuno from Ebira will make it compulsory for an Ebira man to deliberately learn Etuno before understanding them speak. It has already gone far enough as of now.
Yes, Imoga and Ekor are more Yoruba than Ibillo by my own experience, that is why I brought them up, they basically attend the same churches as Yorubas , that is why I have chosen to mention CAC.. Do you get to see CAC churches in that much prominence anywhere outside Yorubaland?
Then you have not really studied Imoga and Ekor deeply. Ekor used to be a quarters in Ibillo and just recently got recognized and gazetted by the State Government as an independent Okpameri (not Yoruba) clan. This means Ekor people themselves applied to be recognized as an Okpameri and not Yoruba. I guess you know Ekor people more than they know themselves? Imoga is described as the Largest Okpameri settlement in terms of Land area. Imoga people speak Okpameri which has alphabets v, z and which are absent in Yoruba Language but present in Bini Language. So how Imoga and Ekor are more Yoruba than Bini is a product of your experience got from just driving past them without having really interacted deeply with them.
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Well-informed Yoruba people know that most Akoko-Edos identify as Edo people.
I haven't also come across a major campaign where Yorubas are claiming Akoko-Edos for inclusion in Yorubaland.
Where there is need to clarify and educate any group that may have mistakenly added you to their map, please do so and they will understand. There is NO need to fight or insult anyone like some people have done on this thread because of their lack of perception and analysis.
Thanks for the post though.
All the best!
P.S. Adeiza is an Ebira name. Ade is a prefix that is used by Yoruba, Igala, Ebira, Idoma, and in Edo State [I know of a retired General Ademokhai].
KingSango: Japanese are gays, especially in their military. When they commit war they rape and sodomize. All that Bushido way stuff is about sodomy. Japanese are violent and aggressive despite being a small nation. They practice evil witchcraft especially in forging their swords, its well documented. They love violence and just watch their evil video games and you will see. Where ever you find sodomites you find devil worship that goes along with it and a very violence loving society.
^^^^^^^ In a way... I agree with you because in the WWII especially, the Japanese committed mass sexual atrocities against women during the invasion of Nanking or Nanjing Province in China, and the Korean Peninsula. Even some Dutch women were captured in South East Asia and turned into se.x slaves which was just too bad.
abdulwastecx: I have been trying to educate some of my northern friend about this. The Yorubas got their Islam through interaction with Malian traders and returnees from Brazil. The usman danfodio jiad never gain any foothold in Yoruba land.
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ You are very correct @ abdulwastecx
In fact there are records of Yoruba Muslims in the Brazilian population in the 1800s.
Islam was already being practiced in Yorubaland even in Ilorin before the Fulani-led jihad in 1804.
I'm not a Muslim, but the truth has to be told. People don't read advanced history books or archival materials that are even available in Brazil, Cuba, and the U.S.A about Africans who where captured as slaves and brought to the Americas.
Did you know that there was a Yoruba-Muslim rebellion/revolt in Brazil [Bahia] in the early 1800s simply because they were NOT allowed to do their Islamic prayers?
ballerin: Intertribal wars was the bane of Yoruba that they lost focus on the external enemy.
^^^^^ ^^^^^ Absolutely @ballerin!
The Egbas ALONE were able to defeat Dahomey 3 good times in the 1800s. Ibadan military might also defeated the Fulani/Yoruba Muslim forces in Osogbo, Otun-Ekiti, and some other battles [Jalumi War on November 1st, 1878] towards the borders between Osun and Kwara where the "Fulani" were defeated again.
But Ibadan was also fighting other Yoruba subgroups on other battlefronts. If the Yoruba had not been suspicious of one another after the political rumblings in the Oyo Empire... and they had combined their military forces based on the sophisticated weapons that they had(Schneider Guns and Canons/Gun powder), they would have defeated any invader with ease and taken the war to Sakwato (Sokoto) and inflicted casualties on the so-called jihadist invaders.
Odingo1: This one na your own yoruba version abi, history book did not capture this, Usman dan fodio spread Islam in Nigeria. Fulani brought Islam into western Nigeria, it is on record, it is even said that the fulani scholars gave the name yoruba to yorubas.
If actually that Yorubas are practicing Islam before the fulanis came,then why is it that the number of yorubas practicing Islam decreases from Ilorin to Ondo, North to South trend
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ This your information is NOT correct!
Islam was already in Hausaland, Kanuriland and Yorubaland before Uthman Dan Fodio or even his grandparents were born.
The advanced history books have this information!
Oyo Empire was very powerful from trading as far as Jenne,Timbuktu in Mali, Ghana, Northern Nigeria, and with the Europeans, so the Malian Muslim clerics came to Iwo and you will see the FIRST mosque in Yorubaland there... Over 500 years old. Dan Fodio's so-called jihad started in 1804!
All those Social Studies books don't capture advanced Nigerian histories. They are just meant for simplistic Primary School education.
I hope this helps!
P.S. Please Note: Yoruba is derived from "Oyo Oba" [Oyo Empire].
It is NOT a Hausa word!
Although the Hausas referred to the people of Oyo Empire as "Yarbawa" a "corruption" of Oyo, just like they refer to themselves as "Hausawa."
This is similar to the Hausa "corruption" of English words now in use in formal Hausa language such as: Mechanic, Government, Radio, etc.
ENGLISH HAUSA TRANSLATION 1] GOVERNMENT Gwamnatin 2] MECHANIC Makaniki 3] RADIO Rediyo
The "Yoruba" spelling is closer to "Oyo Oba."
A lot of falsehood is online and the young ones have to get second and third opinions about historical facts because there are propagandists, and very ignorant tribalistic supremacists out there.
Odingo1: If actually that Yorubas are practicing Islam before the fulanis came,then why is it that the number of yorubas practicing Islam decreases from Ilorin to Ondo, North to South trend
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ @Odingo I'm not a Muslim, but I have deep historical knowledge of your question.
Islam has been in Yorubaland for over 500 years starting from Iwo town where the first mosque can still be seen. I have seen some deeply ignorant people online who taunt the Yoruba that it was the Fulani that brought Islam to Yorubaland. This is ABSOLUTELY false! Islam came to Yorubaland from the Malian clerics in Iwo over 500 years ago before Dan Fodio's great-grand parents were even born!
Yoruba language also used to be written in Arabic scripts in the palace records of the Oyo Empire, just like in the Hausa or Habe Palaces of the Sarkis pre-Fulani invasion in Northern Nigeria /Niger Republic, and the Ashanti Empire where Ashanti language was written in Arabic and Hausa[Ajami] too in Nigeria. Ajami is the Arabic that you see on the Naira notes. It is actually Hausa written in Arabic scripts.
Now, the MAJORITY of indigenes of Lagos State, Ogun State, Oyo State, Osun State, Yoruba Kwarans [12 of the 16 LGAs in Kwara are Yoruba -owned. 2 LGAs are Nupe-owned, and 2 LGAs are Bariba-owned], are Muslims! Then you have adherents of other religions from the Christian groups, to the adherents of Ifa, and other religions that Yoruba people practice like Buddhism, Eckankar, Grail Movement, Bahai faith, etc.
Ondo State, Ekiti State, and Okun-Yoruba of Kogi State have MORE non-Muslims than Muslims! The late iconic lawyer from Ondo Town in Ondo State comes from a Muslim family for example.
If you look at the population census of Lagos Island that was done in the 1890s, you will discover that adherents of the Yoruba Religion or Ifa were in the MAJORITY, followed by Muslims, and the Christian groups less than 3000.
I was reading a history book that was published in the 1960s about Nigeria, and came across demographic statistics of the population census of the 1950s and it indicated that in the West, adherents of the Yoruba religion were more than even the Christians [same with the Middle Belt of Nigeria]. This is why you still see people retaining their original family names till today such as [Ifa as prefix] Fasola or Ifasola, Fayemi or Ifayemi, Falomo or Ifalomo, Ogundipe, Awolowo which has "Awo" as a prefix, Awomolo or even Awori which is the name of the largest indigenous sub-group of the Yoruba in Lagos State, parts of Ogun State and Benin Republic.
Y0ruba: No! You did not get Islam from Fulani. Islam had been in Yoruba land before Fulanis or Hausa began to take it serious - see Iwo town in Osun state for example. A good number of Yoruba people in Oyo, Iseyin, Ibadan, Osogbo, Ijaiye& so on were mislims before Afonja invited Alimi. In fact, some of the Ibadan army who fought against Fulani army and defeated them in Osogbo & Odo-Otin were muslims; for example Aare Latosa the head of Ibadan army was a muslim.
Contrary to general belief, Fulani, Hausa & Kanuri were slaves across Yoruba land who served domestic purposes & used during wars. They only used Ilorin as a haven when Afonja declared it a safe zone for them which made all of them flock there. When they invaded Oyo they killed people both Yoruba that were muslim & those who were not.
They did not give you Islam o! This is the mistake most Yoruba people make. We think Fulani brought Islam & introduced it to us, no they did not.
The Hausa which our fathers called Gambari, the Kanuri which our fathers called Kanike & Fulani were used as our slaves when we were practising Islam way before Alimi & Afonja.
Please note this.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ This info is very true!
From the historical archives, the first mosque in Yorubaland was in Iwo town in the present Osun State... or State of Osun over 500 years ago. This was even before Uthman DanFodio was born. Islam first came from Mali to Yorubaland and that is why Yorubas referred to Islam as "esin imale". Esin Imale means "Religion of Mali." Yoruba Muslims now prefer to be called "musulumi" instead of the former "imale."
There were also slaves of Northern origin in Yorubaland who tended to the horses that Oyo Empire imported via Nupe country to build a very powerful military cavalry, but the weakening of Yorubaland through internal disagreements of high-ranking officials and ruling class in the Oyo Empire just like in Nupeland led to enemies from outside taking advantage of the situation to strike!
Nobody would have dared the Yoruba/Oyo Empire if there was UNITY... and this lesson of unity must be strictly followed to succeed in life... either in the family, business, nationhood etc.
Over 90% of Ilorin indigenes are of Yoruba ancestry. The so-called Fulani being referred to in Ilorin are actually of mixed bloodlines (Yoruba/Fulani) and Yoruba is the language that is spoken in Ilorin because it is part of Yorubaland - right up to Jebba on the banks of River Niger where there is an Oba of Jebba, Kwara State.
Abdulfatah Ahmed the Governor of Kwara State is a Yoruba man from "Share." Even Sen. Bukola Saraki's grandfather who was the leader of Nigerians in Côte d' Ivoire in the early 1960s was originally from Abeokuta before migrating to Ilorin for Quranic studies! This is an open secret in Kwara state. Bukola Saraki's mother is from the Royal family in Owo, Ondo State. I mean the Olagbegi Royal Family!
The late Dr. Olusola Saraki's mother is from Iseyin [Agarawu Compound, which is a Royal House] in Oyo State. I have an August 15, 1998 Saturday GUARDIAN, page 12 interview where Dr. Olusola Saraki said if the majority of Yoruba of Kwara and Kogi choose to join their kith and kin in the West in a boundary adjustment, he is in support of it because he considers himself a part of the West. He even made reference to his ancestral link with Abeokuta in that interview... But he only made reference to his father's grandmother [Dr. Olusola Saraki's paternal great grandmother] as being the daughter of Baase in Lafenwa, Abeokuta!
Even the British colonialists indicated in the colonial records and archives that Ilorin is a Yoruba town! Sir Allan Burns ALSO indicated this FACT in his book "The History of Nigeria" so there is NO need to fight or kill anyone.
The battle should be a LEGAL and intellectual battle by using the historical documents that the British left which clearly indicate that Ilorin is a Yoruba town! A referendum will be done and the Yoruba Oba will come into being. This is what the Ekundayo Panel suggested. You can Google the results of the Justice Ekundayo Panel on the Ilorin Chieftaincy struggle online.
Sir Allan Burns was the Acting Governor General of Nigeria and also the Governor of Gold Coast, so, he was saying the right thing.
GuidoVanRossum: You shouldn't be surprise next time you meet an Akoko- Edo person who have a Yoruba name. It's very common. I have a Yoruba name as well but I use my Jewish name more. For different reasons, people from my area have Yoruba names (some even have Yoruba surname).
For me as an example, my dad stayed most of his life in Yorubaland and his first wife was even a Yoruba woman. Hence, all of us have Yoruba names. But we are not really Yorubas.
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ @GuidoVanRossum
Your response is brilliant!
There are Akoko-Edos that can literally blend into the rest of Yorubaland and you will NOT know they are Edoid unless they tell you like my friend Femi Ajakaiye...
It was NOT until my 5th year in the university that I got to know that my course mate wasn't Yoruba but Edo. So Yoruba people...and non-Yoruba will have to GET used to that FACT and not be surprised... Just embrace the situation with love and understanding.
Even in Akure, the quarters of the AKURE Edos still exists. Some of them that I've met in life actually bear FULL Yoruba names. But the family history indicates that they have some Edo ancestry as well.
People have a right to choose any name they want as long as those names have meanings in their lives.
I read a copy of The NEWS magazine in 1999, on the origin of the people of Akoko area of Ondo State. They come from multiple origins and speak different dialects but the then LGA Chairman of Akoko said they ALL speak the mainstream Yoruba so that they can understand one another.
That magazine article also indicated that even nearby villages speak different languages /dialects because some came from Edo axis, Kogi axis, and other parts of Yorubaland.
All the best!
PS. Are all Akoko-Edos all of Bini-Edo origin or ... to put it differently are there communities that have Igala, Yoruba migrant indigenes in Akoko-Edo, like Lampese or something?
baby124: Ilorin is Ile Erin- land of the elephants. We must have had elephants in that terrain a long time ago. Some other Yoruba proverbs include reference to elephants. So it's plausible
Ikoyi - oko yi - farm land. My guess is it connote onikoyi's farmland.
Ikotun - oko Otun - most likely a chiefs farm
Ikorodu - Ikorodu was always known to be a big farm land. It's meaning definitely has something to do with farming.
Egbeda - means the edge of something. You know a lot of these places had towns and rivers or deity's whose names are now lost.
Oshodi - that was named after Oshodi.
Ijaniki - site of a serious battle.
Shomolu - Osho- mo - olu - Osho deity was king/ their deity of choice and worship.
Ijegun - this meaning connotes the importance of masquerades in that area.
Mushin- is a short form of a longer name but will connote habitation of a place by a particular group. There is another place in Yorubaland called Ijebu-mushin.
Idimu - Bottom of ... (you have to look at the topography of that area to understand the meaning)
Owode Owode-onirin) - The town/settlement of Owo ( not necessarily the owo people). They most likely specialized in iron work.
Oworonshoki - settled quickly by this same Owo group.
Ajase - aka Eegun people
Ipaja - apa-oja - market area
Ojota - Celebration/day of Ota. (Ota comes up in other areas like Sango-Ota and so on. It's must have had an important meaning)
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ This is absolutely brilliant!
Well written post...
Well here is my little contribution to this thread!
I read that: 1. "Alakuko" area in Lagos State means "Cock Seller" in Yoruba. In the 1950s, there used to be a poultry farm around the Alakuko area, and so commercial vehicles coming to the area would stop at Alakuko.
2. "Agege" area in Lagos State means "We Cut" ... The early Awori-Yoruba settlers in Agege had to cut through the "thick forests" that also had a lot of elephants.
Agege still had elephants in the forests as of 1910. I read this in some historical documents.
Efewestern: we already trashed this.. I don't know why the guy can't pass his message without throwing tantrums.
they mean different things.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ @ Efewestern Thanks for your contributions on this thread.
Since you're Urhobo, I'd love you to kindly clarify what "Omo Agege" means in your language. Omo Agege is the family name of a very popular politician of Urhobo ancestry.
The word "Agege" in Lagos means "We Cut" in Yoruba.
"Ge" means to "Cut." As of 1910s, elephants still roamed in the thick forests of that part of Lagos State called Agege. Based on the accounts I read over 20 years ago in some archival materials, the first Awori-Yoruba settlers had to "CUT" through the "thick forest" and this is HOW the name "Agege" evolved.
TRUTHTOPOWER: Can you break "Ogedengbe" down etymologicaly. Yoruba says: Ogede=Incantation or Invocation. gbe=save. Meaning literally saved by invocation. I will understand if you have to resort to insult as your response. Thanks
The Japanese will take no nonsense [from the Chinese or even the North Koreans] with their very advanced technologies - both military and civilian technologies.
The Chinese do not stand a chance despite having some new technologies as well in the space and military fields!
Are you saying you know the people of Ibillo, Ikpeshi, Isua, Ogori ,Imeri, Lamkpeshe, Ososo, Etc more than the people themselves? If you have been through the area, you will know that these people of Northern Edo/North-East Ondo (AKOKO/AKOKO-EDO) are Yoruba, with some Edo influences.
Each group in Akoko and surrounding areas have their own language, one town can have one language/local dialect, but the general language and predominant culture in the area is Yoruba.
ezanafe :
You are some how right that Aiyegunle which is part of Akoko Edo speaks Yoruba dialect. In other words they still have their own self-developed and spoken dialect which is different from Yoruba.
Ibillo is part of the greater Akokoland, although politically they are Akoko-Edos. Yoruba culture is predominant in this area and a dialect of Yoruba language is officially spoken in this area. So, it is logical to categorise them as part of the Yoruba commonwealth.
Sir, Ibillo's official spoken language is Ibillo. But truly Yoruba culture is predominant in the area. Thanks.
scholes0: True, The local dialect spoken in Ibilo town is Ibilo (Okpameri) - but It is gradually fading away to Yoruba influences. Many of the Younger generation cant speak it anymore. How can we preserve the local dialects of the area?
redoil:
One thing i am very sure of is that the people of akoko edo speaks more than 20 languages and which Yoruba is not part off. The fact that the people of akoko edo have decided to assimilate and associate with Yoruba people, culture, and language for easy access to trade with them does not make akoko edo people more or less originated from Yoruba land.
scholes0:
The people of Akoko Edo are very fragmented, just like the peoples of Akoko proper. Almost every town have different languages and dialects, but speak Yoruba as a general language. And it is not for trading with Yoruba people but rather, trading and relating with themselves.. Between Isua Akoko (Ondo state) and Ogori Magongo (Kogi state) for example, you might come across up to 20 languages and dialects, how else are they supposed to communicate with one another.
Culturallly speaking the area is at the boundary where Yoruba-Edo and Ebira meet, and the people themselves are a mixture of all three, with Yoruba ancestry being dominant.
I asked a friend (who always claim to be a yoruba) who asked his father, the response was:
[b]Akoko-Edo is a nodal area with different languages [/b]but edo culture (not language) is dominant. There is also the presence of some Ebiras. The presence of Yoruba language and culture is due to proximity to akokos and influx of Yoruba businessmen. Although some areas( which was not stated) claim to have their ancestral origin from Ife.
Thanks GuidoVanRossum I have my own opinion of Akoko-Edos Bye
calebfm: new tactics use by kidnappers. KIDNAPPERS NEW TACTICS - IMPLICATING OTHER PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THEIR CRIMES.
This is a true story, pls read to the end.
My colleagues husband is in police custody as we speak.
What was his crime?
He is being accused of conniving with KIDNAPPERS or of being a KIDNAPPER.
Unfortunately he is innocent.
How then did he get involved?
My colleagues husband (Let's call him Mr. X) was in his car sales shop in Owerri over the weekend when a man walked in and claimed he was there to buy a car (Let's call him the customer).
Mr. X looked at The customer and noticed the following
1) His pockets were bulging with cash 2) He was uneasy.
Mr X was immediately suspicious. The man claimed he wanted 2 buy a Toyota Siena which Mr X told him cost 1.8M naira. The customer did not argue or bargain. He simply said Ok and asked Mr. X to give him his account number so he could transfer the money to him. Mr. X did as he asked tho he wondered how a man could purchase a car without even inspecting it or even trying to beat down the price.
The customer transferred the account number to another person by text, as he explained to Mr.X that it was that person who would do the transfer. Few minutes after, Mr.X received an alert for 500000NGN. He asked his customer why he transferred 500k when that wasn't what they agreed on. The customer made a call and began shouting at the person at the other end, asking him why he transferred an amount less than the agreed amount.
After he ended the call, he told Mr.X not to worry again. He wouldn't buy the car again, he said. He pleaded with Mr. X to go and use an atm, withdraw the cash and give it to him. Mr X was uncomfortable and said no. The customer insisted and even offered that Mr. X could take 30,000 ngn from the money for his trouble and withdraw 470,000NGN for him. Mr.X refused, insisting that he would return the money to the original sender. The customer left. The next day Mr. X proceeded to the bank where he filled a teller over the counter and paid the money back to the account number that made the transfer. In the remarks section he wrote - suspicious transaction.
He went home.
The following day he headed for the bank again to withdraw some money and observed that he couldn't use his atm card - it had been blocked. He went to other atm machines and observed same. So he proceeded to his own bank to make a report and he was instantly detained and subsequently taken into police custody. Apparently his account had been placed on red alert by 1st bank - his bank. It was at the police station he was told that he was a kidnap suspect. The 500000NGN he received in his account was paid in by a member of the family of a kidnap victim. The victim was kidnapped in Enugu.
The KIDNAPPERS also raped another member of the family before making away with the victim. Aware that they were being investigated, they deviced a means of collecting the ransom monies.
Apparently, the customer's bulging pockets were from people whom he had successfully convinced to unwittingly assist him in collecting his ransom. He hoped Mr.X would withdraw the money and give to him so he could collect the ransom without exposing himself. So they planned to implicate innocent people by cooking up the ruse of buying something from them, then pretending that there was an issue and asking for the money to be withdrawn and given to them, cash.
Right now Mr.X husband is still in police custody.
He has been transferred to Enugu where the kidnapping was carried out . His saving grace was that he transferred the money right back to the source and indicated on the teller that it was a suspicious transaction People, we must be vigilant.
We must be observant. We must ask questions.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Only the PARANOID Survive...!
That "rape" of the family member in Enugu is very humiliating.
Be vigilant... especially in the S/East and PH./ East-West Road axis!
This my new post is in reply to the internet troll guy [who claims to be a "Sicilian"] who was "rambling on" and "making insulting" comments to my post on this thread INSTEAD of engaging in intelligent discussions in other to learn NEW KNOWLEDGE. He doesn't sound like a BINI guy even though he claims to be one.
"The Excerpts of the Coronation Speech of Oba Ewuare II the 40th Oba of Benin from the time of Oba Oranmiyan."
Why I’m 40th Oba of Benin – Ewuare II
Addressing the crowd, Oba Ewuare II, who urged the crowd to observe a minute’s silence in honour of his late parents, admitted that as heir apparent to the throne, he benefited immensely from his father’s wisdom. He also announced that his mother should henceforth be addressed as Queen Mother, for which he said a ceremony will be announced later.
“During my father’s reign, the palace was a home for all despite your religious or ethnic background, for all who needed guidance and assistance. Traditional rulers from far and near consulted him on several issues and he ensured that he advised them accordingly. He was a good father to all of us all. As the custodian of our culture and tradition, he was open to new ideas and respected new innovations,” he recalled.
Oba Ewuare II, who explained why he should be regarded as the 40th Oba of Benin contrary to the belief that he is the 39th Oba, said: “There may be some divergent views about the origin of some of our ancestors but there is unanimity in the shared heritage between the people of Benin and Ile-Ife in identifying Oduduwa as a forebear of kingship in parts of Africa and Nigeria of today. “Historians all agreed that Oduduwa sent his son Oranmiyan as requested by elders of Benin to return with them as ruler of their realm. Oranmiyan stayed in Benin, but his stay was short. But by the time he left he had a son known today as Eweka I. Oranmiyan’s time in Benin was however short-lived, he was an Oba. So he was the first Oba after the Ogiso dynasty, he established Obaship in Benin. Therefore the listing of past Obas should start from Oranmiyan. This actually made my late father the 39th Oba of Benin while I am the 40th Oba of Benin.”
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"THE NEW OBA EWUARE AND HIS ALLEGED CORONATION SPEECH" written by Our Reporter October 23, 2016
"The Ogiamien Family Account of Benin History - Oba of Benin Has NO Connection With Ogiso": By Dele Awogbeoba
Most Nigerians were either bemused or celebrated with the people of Benin on the coronation of their most recent Oba of Benin. Benin was one of Nigeria’s most iconic and prestigious empires especially from the 1400 AD. It is fitting that the new Oba chose Ewuare as his royal name as Ewuare the first was responsible for transforming Benin from a small village state to the massive empire it would be known for across much of West Africa and Europe...
For some reason, a change of the guard seems to have occurred over the last two years in the leadership of many hereditary dynasties in Nigeria. From Kano, Ife, Warri and now Benin, the cycle of life burns bright for the living to experience. Many traditional rulers from all parts of Nigeria congregated to witness the coronation of the new Oba. The Oba in his coronation speech was reported, by the Punch newspaper (in an article titled “Oba of Benin gets staff of office, unfolds development agenda”), to have stated:
“I therefore stand before you as the 40th Oba of Benin, a direct descendant of Oranmiyan, the son of Oduduwa, whom the Benin people of that era knew as Ekaladeran, their self-exiled prince who later became ruler in Ile-Ife. The Benin people recognise Oduduwa and his origin but it is not our place to force this recognition on others outside our boundaries.
“The history of the world is a shared one and there will certainly be unexpected connections in the future. This is, thus, a time for unity and not divisiveness, a time for mutual respect, recognising that our wholeness as people is so much more than the sum of our parts.”
Such a statement seems ill-advised and in extremely poor taste when viewed against the prism of the invitation to the Ooni of Ife and other Yoruba Kings and their presence at that event. I say it was ill-advised because his assertion is clearly at variance with the position of the Ooni of Ife on that matter. Secondly, it is extreme bad manners to invite a guest and then to call into question his ancestry to his very face when it would be impolite for the guest to dispute and correct such an erroneous statement at that occasion.
One also needs to make clear a number of factors here. Both highly controversial accounts (the Bini and Yoruba accounts that is) come from word of mouth accounts handed down from generation to generation. Apart from the fact that Oba Ewuare’s account is disputed within Benin by the Ogiemien family (who point to the Ekiokpagha Treaty that requires every new aspiring Oba of Benin to pay a once in a life time rent to the Ogiamien (as the true aboriginal monarch) before being able to ascend to the throne of Benin), one doubts that the Oba of Benin is in a better position than his cousins in the South West to give an account of the ancestry of their common ancestor. I say this for the following reason. Eweka the 1st had minimal contact with (a) Oduduwa (b) Oduduwa’s son Akanbi and (c) Oduduwa’s grandson (and Eweka’s father) Oranmiyan.
By Benin’s own account, Oranmiyan spent less than a year as Oba in Benin and had a child with a Bini native and mother of Eweka I. Eweka’s mother was not the wife of Oranmiyan nor was she a long time concubine of Oranmiyan. Their time together was less than a year.
Oranmiyan left her in Benin and she raised the young minor and new King Eweka I in Ile Ibinu (now called Benin) after Oranmiyan’s departure to his newly founded Oyo Kingdom. Thereafter, Eweka had minimal contact with Oranmiyan or his paternal line. As his view of his origin emanates from his Bini mother (who in turn had very limited knowledge of Oranmiyan or his ancestry), the history as espoused by the current Oba of Benin (the descendent of Eweka I) can be nothing other than one premised on lack of knowledge.
The Oba’s of the South West have no such impediments. Oduduwa was king In Ife and his descendents in the South West grew up with him, his children and grandchildren. They had the benefit of direct communication and constant interaction with the Oduduwa side of the family (a luxury Eweka I never had).
"Additionally, the Ogiamien family averred that the new narrative espoused by the Oba of Benin was a story that only started to rear its head in the 1970’s and has described it as false. The Ogiamien family has stated that the Oba of Benin has no connection whatsoever with the Ogiso family line."[i][/i]
When you are in a heated arguement with another Lagosian especially conductors or those agberos and it looks very likely that a physical fight is on the way, just shout the word 'Aaaaaaah!' 3 times and end with by screaming the word 'Emi, emi, emi, wa ku leni!' Say this and you would immediately notice a look of panic on the other guy's face.
^^^^ ... only in lasgidi... LOL! Crazy!... "Aaaaaaah!"
Elon Musk Fires World's most powerful rocket and a Tesla Roadster To Mars.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy megarocket has finally blasted off from the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, carrying Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster on a journey to Mars.
Today's successful launch marked the maiden flight of what's now the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
Just over three minutes into the launch, the side boosters detached from the rocket and launch operators confirmed it was on the right trajectory.
The journey to Mars orbit will take about six months, with the module and the attached Roadster traversing roughly 140 million miles (225 million kilometres).
Now that the rocket and its payload have successfully made it through the ascent – a critical stage in which Musk himself has admitted it risked blowing up – the SpaceX boss says the sports car ‘will be in deep space for a billion years.’
A view inside the Roadster after today's launch showed one last look at the dummy, dubbed Starman, behind the wheel on its journey to Mars.
step1: The Origin and Development of Yewa (formerly Egbado) history is linked to and greatly influenced by the history of lle-Ife and Oyo - The Cradles of the Yoruba People.
Samuel Johnson and Anthony Asiwaju; authorities on Yoruba and Yewa history respectively describe the Yewa as a sub-ethnic group of the Western Yorubaland.
The founder of the early settlements of kingdoms in this part of Yorubaland were princes, great warriors or hunters who migrated from lle- Ife, Oyo or Ketu.
Essentially, the settlements were as a result of independent migration of these founders and their entourage -a pattern which led to Yewaland being populated by independent kingdoms and chiefdoms made up of diverse ethnic and sub-ethnic groups.
Available evidence suggests that the Northern parts of the area must have been founded in the 13th or 14th century. However, major groups of settlers migrated to the area in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries according to the history of these settlements. Owning to the Egba and Dahomey invasion of some Northern Yewa towns, however, another wave of migration southwards occurred in the18th and 19th centuries.
Today, the Yewa people are mainly located on the Western part of Ogun State of Nigeria. They comprise the Ketu, the Sabe, the Ije (Ohori),Ifonyin, Anago, Eyo and Ogu (Egun)
On the Northern part of Yewaland is the Ketu sub-ethic group. Ketu towns of Ijoun, Ijaka, ljale, Egua, Igan Alade, Imeko, Owode-Ketu, Tata, llara and Idofa etc. were founded by emigrants from Ketu (founded by Alaketu and now in the Republic of Benin).
South of he Ketu are the Ije (Ohori) located in Oja-Odan, Obele, Ohunbe, Ibeku and lsale. Further to the South of the Ohoriare the Ifonyin whose main kingdoms are Ikolaje, llashe and Ifonyintedo.
To the Eastern part of Ketu, Ohori and Ifonyin are the sub groups originally referred as Egbado. These include the people of llaro, Ibara, Ilewo, Ilogun, Imala-Aiba, lIobi, Ibese, Igbogila, Imasai, lsaga, Igan Okoto, Joga, Ayetoro, Idofoyi, Tibo, Keesan, Oke-Odan, Erinja and Ajilete, among others.
South of the Egbado are the Awori who settled in towns such as Ota, Ado-Odo and Igbesa. West of the Awori are the Anago interspersed by the Eyo who settled in Ipokia, Agosasa, Ijofin, Ibatefin and Ihunbo.
To the south of the Awori and Anago are the Ogu (Egun) largely concentrated in and around Badagry. The Egun have intermarried with the Aworis, Anagos and Egbado and their main settlements are Tube and Maun.
All these sub-ethnic groups were administratively grouped as the Egbado Division of Abeokuta Province in the closing years of British Colonial Rule in Nigeria. Over the years however, the area has been divided into various numbers of councils. Today, the Yewas are mainly located in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government, Ipokia Local Government, Yewa South Local Government, Yewa North Local Government, Imeko- Afon Local Government, and Abeokuta North Local Government areas of Ogun State.
In 1985, the people formerly referred to as Egbado, resolved to change their names to Yewa. The change was motivated, first by the need to tackle an identity problem of correcting a double misnomer that had applied to the wider multi ethnic area and the particular sub groups formerly labeled as "EGBADO". Secondly, and more significantly, the change was based on self-determination of the entire people who not only share cultural but also geographical affinity over the Yewa River to explore new grounds for Unity and Progress.
Although, this aspiration are largely being realized, it is hoped that Yewa people and their land will by the grace of God and the Goodwill of mankind get its fair share in the scheme of things in Ogun State in particular and Nigeria in General.
The postal code of the area is 312. The towns include Atte, Igarra, Enwan, Aiyegunle, Ugboshi-Afe, Ugboshi-Ele, Ekpesa, Ibillo, Ikiran-Ile, Ikiran oke, Ekor, Somorika, Lampese, Imoga, Ojah, Uneme-Akiosu, Ososo, Akuku, Ojirami-Dam, Imoga, Eshawa, Ojirami-Peteshi, Ojirami-Afe, Dagbala, Makeke, Ekpe, Ekpedo, Bekuma, Okpe, Ogbe, Onumu, Akpama, Anyonron, Ogugu, Ikakumo, Ijaja, Oloma, Uneme-nekua, Ikpesh
^^^^ ^^^^ Decades back in the University a friend of mine by the name Femi Ajakaiye told me that he is from Edo State and NOT Yoruba. I was a bit surprised because he had a Yoruba name. This is not strange though because along the Ondo/Edo border areas... intermariage has taken place with Yoruba/Edo peoples. Akoko Edos have their own dialect but speak Yoruba as well.
Onoshe Nwabuikwu who is married to a guy from Abia State currently writes a column "AIRTIME PLUS" for Sunday Punch is She's an indigene of Lampese in Akoko Edo in Edo State.
UGHELLI—A clash between Itsekiri youths and their Ijaw neighbours is imminent as both groups are planning a protest in Abuja, for and against plans to change the name of the location of the Nigerian Maritime University, NMU, in Delta State, from Okerenkoko to Okerenghigho as advised by the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, in a memo to the National Assembly.
Nigerian youths Publicity Secretary, Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, Joseph Uwawah, in a statement, had said its members in all the states of the country are being mobilized to converge at the National Assembly, Abuja, over the controversy of the ijaw landgrabbers trailing the naming of the university’s location.
Reacting to the planned protest by the Itsekiris, Chairman, Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Gbaramatu clan, Goodwill Wuruyai, said that the ploy by the Itsekiris was an attempt to “force and cow the National Assembly to reject the ideal name of the university’s location.” He noted that the protest, if not instantaneously matched with a counter protest, will ridicule members of both the green and red chambers and may erroneously create the impression that both Houses are working in tandem with certain saboteurs to undermine an important project. He said: “For this reason, Ijaw youths across the Niger Delta, under the aegis of the IYC, have unanimously agreed to stage a five million-man-march in Abuja on the same day with the INYC’s proposed project in defence of the position of the lawmakers.” The youths also explained that they were ready to defend the decision of the National Assembly with respect to fair hearing from both Itsekiris and Ijaws as encoded in democratic principles.
Omadino people laud AGF
Meanwhile, following the advice by the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, to the National Assembly to act in accordance with the judgment of the Supreme Court on the issue and retain the name “Okerenghigho” as the lawful name of the location of the proposed Maritime University, the people of Omadino, who have been adjudged the owners of the said estate by the judgment, yesterday, lauded the AGF for his dexterity, skilful devotion to duty, uprightness and fearlessness as demonstrated in his well-informed legal opinion on the subject.
Dr. R. Eyekosi-Uwatse, Chairman of the Omadino Management Committee, who spoke to Vanguard in Warri, Delta State, said: “I am deeply disappointed that in this modern age, there are people who consider themselves educated and desirous of a university but unfortunately at the same time are exhibiting the primitiveness of absolute disregard not only for the judgment of the court of law but that of the highest court in our land, the Supreme Court.” He urged the National Assembly not to succumb to the blackmail of the Ijaws of Gbaramatu, who have threatened that should the said judgment be enforced, they would resume bombing of pipelines in the Niger Delta region. “In a constitutional democracy like the type we practise, it will be the blunder of biblical proportion for the judiciary to interpret the law only for the legislative arm to act in contempt of it,” he said. He called on all Nigerians to unanimously speak out for once and speak the language of respect for the rule of law as, according to him: “This is the only way this country can sustain its gravitation away from the primitive state of nature where might is king.” He requested members of the civil society, especially the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and the international community not to maintain their silence on what he called a threat to civilisation.
It's now illegal to hold your phone on public roads even when you're pulled over to the side of the road, whether you're blocking traffic or not as authorities are going after drivers who text or call while driving.
Road deaths have been on the rise lately in France and with nothing much else to pin it on,the high court ruling means that taking what some consider to be a safe step like pulling over to talk on the phone, could still result in points and a fine of 135 euros.
Previously, the law banned the usage of a mobile phone while "circulating in traffic", which means texting or talking on the phone is allowed when pulled over.
Rather create a new law, the ruling has clarified exactly what it means to be "circulating in traffic." Now, it's not enough to pull over and switching off the engine in order to use your phone; you have to be parked in a designated spot. When you've had an accident or breakdown, however, you are allowed to call or text.
France, a country with a well-deserved reputation for crazy driving, has introduced new laws to try to stem an accident rate that has been slowly rising after decades of steady decline. It recently reduced speed limits on two-lane roads from 90 to 80 km/h (55 to 50 mph), upsetting motorists across the country.
Do you want the Federal Government to implement this kind of laws in order to fight the menace of road accidents on Nigerian roads?
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Car owners should be able to use their mobile phones when they pull over to a safe place.
It is ridiculous for the French authorities to say that you can't use your phone when you pull over.
Some of the French-speaking African countries such as Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa might also copy this French law because they like cloning the French a lot.
Côte d'Ivoire though is known for traffic orderliness and neatness...
When I first visited that country by air in the late 1987, right from the Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport in Abidjan to Hotel d'Ivoire in the Cocody district of Abidjan where I lodged... car drivers obeyed traffic lights and it is still the same as of 2018!
onuwaje: *THE PRE - IGÍNÚWÀ PERIOD IN ÌŞĘKÍRIÌLAND (ITSEKIRILAND)* : ```THE ORIGINS AND VALUES OF THE CORONATION RITUALS OF THE OLÚ OF WARRI AND THE ITSEKIRI PEOPLE``` .
*ORIGIN OF ÌŞĘKÍRIÌ (ITSEKIRI)* The claim by _WILLIAM A. MOORE_, that according to tradition, a peculiar species of some immortalized beings known as ÙMÀLÈ that is, water beings or juju, were the Aborigines or Ancestors of ÌŞĘKÍRIÌ (ITSEKIRI), is fabulous and thus so rejected in this thesis.
It is dehumanizing, defamatory and derogatory. This is so because, from the process of information, and participation in some festivals and religious ceremonies, the origin of the ÌŞĘKÍRIÌ (ITSEKIRI) tend to draw all attention to YORÙBÁLAND.
_MOORE's_ claim lacks proper representation and interpretation. There is the indisputable fact that ÌŞĘKÍRIÌ (ITSEKIRI) is almost wholly a dialect of YORÙBÁ, with some BÌNÍ, derived from IGÍNÚWÀ's arrival, and names of imported goods derived from PORTUGUESE and SPANISH contact.
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ @Onuwaje
This is absolutely true [i.e., the Yoruba (Ijebu, Ife, Ilaje), and later the Bini influences in Itsekiriland]... a very informative thread!
[Ugborodo (otherwise called Escravos) which is an oil and gas-rich community was originally founded by Ilaje immigrants over 600 years ago]. I got to know this from an indigene of Ugborodo almost 10 years ago, then I did my research and found out he was saying the truth! They migrated from Ugboland in present-day Ondo State and moved eastwards. They are Itsekiris though with Ilaje ancestry.
Omadino in Itsekiriland was originally founded by Ijebu people.
The border areas of Ondo State like Owo, Ido-Ani, have mixed Yoruba and Bini cultures as well. Ido-Ani was founded by Yoruba returnees from Bini led by Ani who was related to Oranmiyan [the first Oba of Bini according to the current Oba of Benin]. They followed Oranmiyan originally to Benin and when he left to establish Oyo kingdom, they too left to establish new communities or live in existing communities.
I'll read Part 1 later in the day... Thanks for the post.
dammy13: Former YBNL artiste, Adekunle Gold has just recently released the visual for his latest single, ‘Money ‘. The alternative pop singer teams up with ace director, Aje films to produce this masterpiece.
The visual is a perfect representation of Adekunle ‘s story line on the song.
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