TalkItalk: A major player in the downstream segment of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector and Managing Director of Rainoil Nigeria Limited, Engr. Gabriel Ogbechie,
has made a strong case for massive investments in the agricultural sector of the nation’s economy by Nigerians, saying that there are huge returns in the sector.
Noting that investing in agriculture, ICT, real estate and other potent non oil sector are the major ways to reignite and grow economies globally, Ogbechie, who spoke as a guest lecturer at the Rotary Club of Ikoyi Economic and Community Development Lecture held at the Westwood Hotel, Ikoyi, urged Nigerians to do more in the sector, which he sees as the next economic boom.
Speaking on the topic, ‘Exploring Investment Opportunities in Nigeria’, the Rainoil boss, who is also a huge investor in agriculture, said, “with a population of about 193 million people, which accounts for about 2.53 per cent of the world population, Nigeria presents a very large market for food and agricultural products.”
He observed that Nigeria’s food import bill for 2016 stands at about $22 billion (N6.9tn), which represents about 93 per cent of the 2017 budget, which he described as unsustainable if the economy must grow, hence Nigerians need to now invest heavily in the sector to tap into the huge opportunities therein and support the government’s efforts to take our economy to greater heights. Available statistics also show that Nigeria is blessed with an estimated 84 million hectares of arable land, representing 77.7 per cent of her total land area, out of which a far less than 50 per cent is currently cultivated, which he said presents lots of investment opportunities. According to him, contrary to widely held belief that the oil and gas sector is the mainstay of the nation’s economy, he noted that the oil and gas sector contributes only 9.6 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product GDP while the food and agricultural sector accounts for 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP as at 2016. He, however, noted that though the “oil and gas sector contributes more in terms of foreign exchange earnings as the country produces about 9.4 million barrels of crude oil per day, which translates to $50million or N90billion per day, a refocusing on investments in the agricultural and related sector will open up the economy.” Apart from the agricultural sector, Ogbechie also disclosed that great investment opportunities exist in the Information and Communications Technology ICT sector of the nation’s economy, accounting for about 9.8 per cent of GDP as at 2016. From a paltry $50 million ICT investment in 2001, the investment profile has grown to over $70 billion in 2016, even as the sector has experienced 3.9 per cent GDP growth rate in the last 15 years. Statistics also show that active telecoms subscribers stood at 139 million as at August 2017, while active Internet subscribers stood at 91.6 million in June 2017, with the sector spending well over $1 billion annually on the purchase of foreign software. President of the Club, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, while speaking at the event, which coincided with some of the activities marking the Economic and Community Development Month, urged Nigerians to help Government move the economy forward by taking the guest speaker’s advise of investing in agriculture and other relevant sectors like ICT and real estate amongst others, to grow the economy and create jobs for the good of everyone.
Ogbechie also listed the real estate and construction segments of the economy as another area with huge investment opportunities, accounting for 3.9 per cent of the nation’s GDP in 2015, with a projected GDP growth rate of 10 per cent and an estimated investment in the sector well over $13.65 billion.
He cited the World Bank, 2014 projection, which said that a total of N59. 5 trillion would be needed to plug the housing gap in the country with an affordable housing deficit of 17 million houses with Lagos accounting for 2.9 million of that with an estimated cost of $363 billion, among several other sectors including entertainment. He observed that if every successful business person come forward with their views like the guest speaker to share their business experience, the nation will be the better for it, noting that Ogbechie having worked at PriceWater Coopers before moving on to set up Rainoil Nigeria Limited, which is today a major player in the downstream segment of the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, is still unrelenting in investing to grow Nigeria economically, as well a pushing his dream of winning more converts to see the golden opportunities in agriculture for the nation and its citizens. Noting that investing in agriculture, ICT, real estate and other potent non oil sector are the major ways to reignite and grow economies globally, Ogbechie, who spoke as a guest lecturer at the Rotary Club of Ikoyi Economic and Community Development Lecture held at the Westwood Hotel, Ikoyi, urged Nigerians to do more in the sector, which he sees as the next economic boom. Speaking on the topic, ‘Exploring Investment Opportunities in Nigeria’, the Rainoil boss, who is also a huge investor in agriculture, said, “with a population of about 193 million people, which accounts for about 2.53 per cent of the world population, Nigeria presents a very large market for food and agricultural products.” He observed that Nigeria’s food import bill for 2016 stands at about $22 billion (N6.9tn), which represents about 93 per cent of the 2017 budget, which he described as unsustainable if the economy must grow, hence Nigerians need to now invest heavily in the sector to tap into the huge opportunities therein and support the government’s efforts to take our economy to greater heights. Available statistics also show that Nigeria is blessed with an estimated 84 million hectares of arable land, representing 77.7 per cent of her total land area, out of which a far less than 50 per cent is currently cultivated, which he said presents lots of investment opportunities. According to him, contrary to widely held belief that the oil and gas sector is the mainstay of the nation’s economy, he noted that the oil and gas sector contributes only 9.6 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product GDP while the food and agricultural sector accounts for 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP as at 2016. He, however, noted that though the “oil and gas sector contributes more in terms of foreign exchange earnings as the country produces about 9.4 million barrels of crude oil per day, which translates to $50million or N90billion per day, a refocusing on investments in the agricultural and related sector will open up the economy.” Apart from the agricultural sector, Ogbechie also disclosed that great investment opportunities exist in the Information and Communications Technology ICT sector of the nation’s economy, accounting for about 9.8 per cent of GDP as at 2016. From a paltry $50 million ICT investment in 2001, the investment profile has grown to over $70 billion in 2016, even as the sector has experienced 3.9 per cent GDP growth rate in the last 15 years. Statistics also show that active telecoms subscribers stood at 139 million as at August 2017, while active Internet subscribers stood at 91.6 million in June 2017, with the sector spending well over $1 billion annually on the purchase of foreign software.
President of the Club, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, while speaking at the event, which coincided with some of the activities marking the Economic and Community Development Month, urged Nigerians to help Government move the economy forward by taking the guest speaker’s advise of investing in agriculture and other relevant sectors like ICT and real estate amongst others, to grow the economy and create jobs for the good of everyone.
Ogbechie also listed the real estate and construction segments of the economy as another area with huge investment opportunities, accounting for 3.9 per cent of the nation’s GDP in 2015, with a projected GDP growth rate of 10 per cent and an estimated investment in the sector well over $13.65 billion. He cited the World Bank, 2014 projection, which said that a total of N59. 5 trillion would be needed to plug the housing gap in the country with an affordable housing deficit of 17 million houses with Lagos accounting for 2.9 million of that with an estimated cost of $363 billion, among several other sectors including entertainment.
He observed that if every successful business person come forward with their views like the guest speaker to share their business experience, the nation will be the better for it, noting that Ogbechie having worked at PriceWater Coopers before moving on to set up Rainoil Nigeria Limited, which is today a major player in the downstream segment of the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, is still unrelenting in investing to grow Nigeria economically, as well a pushing his dream of winning more converts to see the golden opportunities in agriculture for the nation and its citizens.
osahonmk: Transcorp Power, a subsidiary of the Transcorp Group business conglomerate, has expressed its desire to partner with Covenant University with a view to exploring solar energy generation and utilization in Nigeria.
The Group General Counsel, Transcorp Power, Mr. Christopher Ezeafulukwe, made this disclosure on Friday, February 10, 2017, when he led representatives of his organisation including that of its partner, ENGIE, on a courtesy visit to the Management of Covenant University.
Mr. Ezeafulukwe, who bemoaned what he described as the “critical situation” with power supply in Nigeria, said that changes in government policies have had a drastic effect on Transcorp Power’s investment and, in its efforts at finding a solution to the challenge, the company had partnered with power producer, ENGIE, on solar energy.
“We did preliminary work to identify stakeholders whose power we would need to address. One is the tertiary education sector, then Covenant University came up,” he said.
While acknowledging the giant strides being made by Covenant University in the areas of teaching, research and provision of infrastructure, Mr. Ezeafulukwe said that Transcorp Power was at Covenant University to understand the University’s energy needs, and areas where his company and the University can work together within the purview of what Transcorp Power was doing with ENGIE.
Shedding light on the operation of his organization, the Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE, Mr. Philipe Miguele, said that energy system was going through significant evolution and ENGIE was set to launch a significant investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of helping customers in growing their energy generation capacity.
ENGIE, he pointed out, wants to partner with Covenant University on power generation and help to reduce the University’s cost as solar energy generation is cost effective.
In his comments, the Director, Physical Planning and Development, Covenant University, Arc. Gbenga Alalade, who expressed appreciation of what Transcorp Power and ENGIE were doing, narrated the evolution of power generation and utilization in CU since inception up to 2015 when the University migrated fully to its own power project, which currently stands at 5.67 megawatts. Power production, he added, would be increased to 10.8 megawatts by the end of 2017.
Arc. Alade revealed that the ultimate goal of Covenant University is renewable energy with focus on solar, wind and waste. It would be ideal, he enthused, for the University and Transcorp Power to work together.
Dr. Hope Orovwode, who represented the Head, Renewable Energy Cluster, CU, Professor Samuel Wara, at the meeting, said that the renewable energy cluster has been doing a lot on solar and the next step was to make it cost effective. The coming of Transcorp Power, he stressed, was timely, and Covenant University would be willing to learn from the company towards making energy accessible to Nigerians.
In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Professor AAA. Atayero, said he was not surprised that Transcorp Power had chosen to work with Covenant University, attributing the decision to divine providence.
He said that the University had gone through many phases in its desire to find a permanent solution to its power needs and currently uses the turbine but looking at shifting to sustainable energy.
The proposal by Transcorp Power, the Vice-Chancellor noted, means the University was in the right direction. However, he pointed out that the University would not be going into partnership as consumers as the institution desires solution that can give its Engineering students experience.
Professor Atayero described the initiative by Transcorp Power as a good beginning, adding that there would be further discussions between representatives of the University and the company.
Also in the Transcorp Power entourage were its Group Chief Finance Officer, Mr. Ibikunle Oriola and Projects Head, Mr. Funto Amire.
And other representatives of Covenant University at the meeting were the Registrar, Mrs. Mary Aboyade; Dean, College of Engineering, Professor Christian Bolu; Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Dr. David Omole; and Deputy Director, Media and Corporate Affairs, Mr. Emmanuel Igban.
Just a quick observation so readers of this interesting thread don't get confused.
The Tour Guide at the Confluence Beach Hotel committed an error while explaining things about Samuel Ajayi-Crowther in the video above.
Bishop Ajayi-Crowther [who is the maternal grandfather of Herbert Macauley the father of modern Nigerian nationalism], DID NOT work as a slave on a sugarcane plantation. Instead the Portuguese slave ship in which he was onboard in 1821 when he was just 12 years old was intercepted by a British Navy Squadron off the coast of West Africa and he was liberated in Freetown, Sierra Leone along with other captives from Nigeria.
So the seized Portuguese slave ship never made it to the Americas where it was initially headed!
9jakool: Yes, there are regional names. Some names are perculiar to Oyo, Ekiti, Ijebu, Okun, and Ondo. It's due to the dialect and culture of the region. In Ijebuland for example, Ojo is not a traditional male name, even though it's widely used elsewhere. Ijebus use "Aina," the feminine version of the name to denote both genders.
Modupe in Yoruba means "I am thankful." The Itsekiri's equivalence is Modokpe.
Probz: I know Yoruba people are united by central Yoruba but are there peculiarities in names according to the region in Yorubaland? Anything specific to the Ekiti/Ijumu/Akoko flank of Eastern Yorubaland?
As a side note I know Itsekiri females answer Modupe as do mainstream Yorubas.
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^^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~ Someone I knew back in my undergraduate days in Nigeria had "Okoro" as his surname. He was a full-blooded, pounded yam-loving Ekiti guy though!
Okoro has something to do with "bitterness" according to the Ekiti version. Urhobos also bear Okoro as surnames. Oko has something to do with "man" in Itsekiri and Urhobo.
Itsekiris use the spelling: "Ogedegbe" while In other parts of Yorubaland, Ogedengbe with a letter "n" is used.
Itsekiris also use Omatsola, Omawumi etc, Omosola and Omowumi are the core Yoruba equivalents. "Oma and Omo" both mean "child" and are simply dialectic variants of each other.
Itsekiri language is classified as Eastern Yoruboid (just like the Ondo State subgroups) being that Itsekiris are majorly of direct Yoruba ancestries from Ijebu, Ilaje, and Ile Ife descent with some Bini migration to Ode Itsekiri (an original Ijebu community led by the Ijebu Chief Lenuwa) through Prince Ginuwa the son of Oba Olua of Benin Kingdom in 1480 with 70 of his men of noble origins.
historyworld030: I don't think there is any such thing as ijaw royal family. They are just dashing titles up and down. Jaja was a slave and he became an ijaw king. Their kingship makes no sense. They have no royal family, they pick and chose who is going to be their king.
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There is!
The history books even reveal that Bonny has royalty and the canoe war houses for example. There are archival documents written by white American slave traders who came to Bonny to buy captured Africans that also clearly indicate this fact!
You're brilliant for bringing up the Jaja issue, I wanted to include that aspect in my original post. I will address it now!
In the major archival materials and aa popular book by Sir Allan Burns entitled "History of Nigeria" Jaja was referred to as a "Middleman Chief" because that is what he was, a go between the white merchants from Liverpool and the interior/hinterland people in the oil palm trade.
Did you know that Opobo [A small part of Western Ikot Abasi - a part of Ibibioland?] When Jaja escaped from Bonny Island, he sought refuge in Ikot Abasi axis in 1870, and he was chased by Bonny war canoes and would have been wiped out completely.
It was the white traders who came to his aid and prevented what would have been a final massacre of Jaja's group that he escaped with from Bonny.
The archival materials reveal that Jaja was very brutal killing/beheading the captured people of the interior such as the Annangs who also were prevented by Jaja's arrogance from taking part in the lucrative oil palm trade with the white traders.
Jaja was a freed slave from Amaigbo [Umu Duru Oha clan] in Imo State and his father was a SLAVE merchant as well. There is an account that I saw on NTA Network 2 years ago on one of my trips to Nigeria where it was indicated that Jaja's father was the one that SOLD Jaja his son - although Walter Ofonagoro who is from Amaigbo denied it. The classic documentary was produced by a Mr.Enemuo of North and South Media. I hope to get a personal copy of that serialized documentary soon.
Jaja also visited his home village as an adult and the house he built in Amaigbo was shown in the documentary.
So my question then was... Jaja could NOT have been made a king or Amayanabo because he is a FORMER slave. He is NOT even an Ijaw freeborn but a NATURALIZED Ijaw via a tribal initiation/conversion ceremony of non-Ijaws. To me, Jaja still remains an Ibo!
So how can modern day school literature and revisionist propaganda refer to him as a king when the British colonial materials referred to him as as a "CHIEF"... a "Middleman Chief?" Somebody just wanted to dash him an artificial Amayanabo title on Ibibioland called Ikot Abasi [part of which became Opobo]. Part of western Ikot Abasi [Opobo] is now in Rivers state and the rest of Ikot Abasi is in Akwa Ibom state! Opobo is made up of people with Ibibio, Ibani [Ijaw], and some Ibo bloodlines!
Jaja was the head of a canoe house in Bonny and later a mercenary leader who supplied 50 mercenaries to the British during the Anglo-Asanti War, so I do NOT consider that kind of person as an African nationalist that some fake history reviews, online blogs and school social studies/Nigerian history books have tried to make him out to be! He was presented with a sword allegedly from the Queen Victoria for helping the British to DEFEAT the great Asanti warriors of Ghana! Those history books and the asinine social studies entries on Jaja should be removed because he was NOT an African hero just as President Buhari's speech writer tried to portray Jaja in 2015 during PMB's swearing-in speech!
The British finally used Jaja, got tired of his cunny ways and extreme brutality to fellow Africans such as the Annangs, Ibibios and some Ibos of the interior who wanted to trade through the Imo River, but were PREVENTED by him with brute force. He was finally removed and deported in 1885 [15 years after he fled Bonny to Ikot Abasi in Ibibioland - now named Opobo] to Accra and sentenced to 5 years jail term in the West Indies.
celebgists: Kogi state in 2015 found herself in the news mostly for all the wrong reasons from the kidnapping of government officials to university lesbian scandal also the election saga that brought the nation to abstract dilemma and so on. Contrary to most Nigerians speculation about the state now and Regardless of all these happenings, like “diamonds in the rough” the state critically have her ways of refining some brilliant and talented minds some of which have made it to Nigeria celebrity stardom.
These are celebrity you dint know originated from Kogi state. God bless Nigerian God bless Kogi state ReKoginizing Mercy Johnson (Nollywood Actress)
Oloripelebe: Thesame way Onitsha belongs to bini according to Nnamdi Azikwe
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75 likes ll 8 shares on thread page 1 as of November 25, 2017!
Bini Royal Rivalry =>Ikhime [corrupted to Chime or Chima] => Onitsha Ado N'idu People
Implications: Nnamdi Azikiwe is of Bini Royal origin dating back to his ancestors in the 1550s. The Ezearoli lineage of Onitsha or Onicha!
There is also Igala and Nri migrational influence among some of the 9 quarters in Onitsha NOT only Bini influences.
~~~~~ On the other hand Chief Olayiwola Ajayi-Bembe was rambling and contradicting himself in that Punch interview of page 7, November 19, 2017 by referring to himself as an Awori and then later referring to himself as a Bini NOT Yoruba. In reality, Ajayi-Bembe has Yoruba and Bini ancestries with the Yoruba ancestry probably being more dominant! I think he might be experiencing some AGE-RELATED mental tension as a result of the ramblings
On page 6 of the same newspaper, Alhaji Femi Okunu who is also from Lagos Island LUCIDLY and correctly said "Lagos Island is owned by the Aworis" while also talking about the small migration of some Tapa or Nupe in the 1800s who had married and blended into the Yoruba owners of the land. They introduced the Igunuku into Lagos Island. Sango's mother [Yemoja] was a Tapa or Nupe so no big deal because she is revered in Yorubaland and in the Diaspora populations in Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, USA, etc.
In reality, Aworis are Yoruba from Ife - The children of Olofin, and they are the real owners of Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland with the exception of the Ijebu LGAs in Lagos state of Ikorodu, Epe, and Ibeju-Lekki LGAs. Aworis inhabit Badagry LGA along with the Ogu [Egun] who are of mixed/blended Yoruba and Fon ethnicities.
The white cap chiefs of Lagos Island are descended from the children of Olofin who own Ido Island and Eko. Eko was used for settlement and farming by the Awori-Yoruba before the arrival of the Bini who came in peacefully at first. Eko means FARM [shorterned from EREKOSI which means Pepper Farm in Awori dialect] not war camp like is dubiously seen in Wikipedia as propaganda.
FirstPostNig: Today, 22 November, 2017, the former militant leader Ateke Micheal Tom was Installed as Amayanabo(KING) of Okochiri in Okirika, Rivers State.
He was ordained by both the Okrika and Ogu/Bolo Divisional Council Of Chiefs.
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Never knew he's from a Royal Family in Okrika. According to Ijaw/Kalabari tradition, a slave/freed slave/commoner or freeborn cannot be a king or Amayanabo!
When he was into extreme militancy and his gang killed people he made enemies for himself. I hope he has made up to those he offended when he was into violence.
I wish him a happy reign anyways because I have good professional friends from Okrika Town and I once lived and worked in a multinational firm in PH.
Just a quick observation so readers of this interesting thread don't get confused.
The Tour Guide at the Confluence Beach Hotel committed an error while explaining things about Samuel Ajayi-Crowther in the video above.
Bishop Ajayi-Crowther [who is the maternal grandfather of Hubert Macauley the father of modern Nigerian nationalism], DID NOT work as a slave on a sugarcane plantation. Instead the Portuguese slave ship in which he was onboard in 1821 when he was just 12 years old was intercepted by a British Navy Squadron off the coast of West Africa and he was liberated in Freetown, Sierra Leone along with other captives from Nigeria.
So the seized Portuguese slave ship never made it to the Americas where it was initially headed!
I would love to see this amazing scenery with my physical presence as well, but the several cases of kidnappings and robberies on the major expressways crisscrossing Kogi state have held back many of us who would like to embark on tourist visits.
If the former boss of the DSS who is from Issele Uku could be kidnapped while driving by road with his driver from his hometown to Abuja, then the situation as of 2017 is still dicey.
Good we can still see this on YouTube in the meantime.
Olu317: Ilorin was silenced for for more than 30 years after the war that sunk their aspiration in 1840 . Ilorin that could not conquer their neighbors is the city that you adduce with such glory? You people are funny.. Ilorin that was sending gift and their daughters as tributaries? Yoruba of deep forested area didn't see Ilorin as foreigners but rebellion people who disobeyed their kinsmen because it was a fight between ISLAM and ELA WORSHIP. And am sure you know that Olu Ilorin(momoh) was killed because Yorubas were the ones controlling the city ,I mean Balogun Alanamu and others. Yoruba knowledge on the potency of herbs/flower usage was astonishing and still till today...The war would have been won if there was an attempt to do so because it would have been unified onslaught against Ilorin by all Yoruba groups.
nisai: Somebody wrote this on facebook, so I thought it's best to share it here. Enjoy:
By Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo
Excerpts from "The History of The Yoruba", written by a prince of Oyo, who was taken into slavery, was later rescued, made to settle in Sierra Leone, became both educated and a Reverend Gentleman. Samuel Johnson, Author, Missionary and an Eyewitness to last of the Yoruba/Fulani wars, wrote his book in 1889, however it took a while before the book was eventually published in London in the year 1921.
Something about this excerpt I am about to share has always been a regret of deep proportions, And I shall develop this at the end of this post. First we Read from The Great Book:
"It took the Ibadan rank and file some time to realize the fact that intertribal wars are for ever at an end in this country.
It was customary with them, after the conferring of new titles that they should go to a war, for each chief and especially for the Balogun to recommend himself thereby to the people as fit for the title he holds.
The Ilorins remained the only power they had not come to any definite terms with, so we were not surprised to hear on all hands, " Nje Bower koni si ogun Ilorin yi fun wa " ("Will not Capt. Bower then open for us an Ilorin campaign? "
To be at home with nothing definite to do was rather irksome to those whose trade was war.
Happily most of the important chiefs had huge farms wherein were engaged many of their domestics, and the majority of the men also were farmers, but a good many were warriors pure and simple. No wonder then that for some time burglaries, arson, etc., were rife in the community."
~ The history of the Yorubas : from the earliest times to the beginning of the British Protectorate by Johnson, Samuel ; Johnson, Obadiah Published 1921 ———————————————————————————
This has been my regrets; That The Ibadan warriors were not allowed to decimate the Hausa-Fulani Ilorin forces and reclaim the land. The lands from Ilorin to Ile Oke Oja, that became Lokoja, have always been Yoruba lands... Oyo-Ile itself was a mere 20kms from Odo Oya, that is the Niger River. Ilorin, was the blight, the only land in that axis with a sitting emir..from kwara to Kogi there are no less than 60 Yoruba Obas! The interruption of the British in arguably the last fight to rid the Fulani off Yoruba lands, would have been complete after the Ikirun war in which Ibadan's Balogun Oderinlo completely vanquished the Fulani and drove them as far back as the gates of Ilorin itself, cutting off the heads of Nasamu and Gata-Ikoko the Fulani leaders
If only captain Bower and the meddling British had not stopped the Ibadan, this matter would have long been settled.....!
Sexytemi: To All Ladies Out There, I Say Please Have A Side Boyfriend!
After reading toke makinwa's book "on becoming" I'm of the idea that if toke had had a back up plan, a guy she could count on if her boyfriend at that time maje(later ex husband) was in his usual act of cheating then maybe he would have taken her serious and respected her more..
I've been there where I gave my all into a relationship and was very loyal to my guy and yet after 5yrs of dating he decided I wasn't good enough for him, and left me stranded, it wasn't funny because I saw the signs but like every other girl in love, I ignored the signs and also ignored guys that would or might have made me more happier than he ever made me.
A friend of mine started dating a guy, and she got to realize he was cheating on her, and not only was he cheating but with a girl so young, when my friend confronted him, this guy practically lied and denied everything even he knew my friend saw all the evidences he still blamed her, and she asked me what she did wrong, all she ever did was love and give him all of her, she ignored all guys because of this guy yet he threw her love to the dogs.
Then another of my friend met up with a guy and ohh she fell for his charm, this my friend has had a fair share in the heart break department, her heart has been broken not once, twice and not even thrice. when she chatted me up and said"babe I've met a guy and he loves me with his all, babe he wants to marry me and babe thank God for me" I got to admit I was happy for her and in fact I thank God on her behalf and used her case as a testimony of good things to happen, I tap into her good luck and believe someday I'd also meet a guy who would love me as much as her guy did, little did I know the guy was nothing short of bastard, a guy who makes ladies curse other guys, a guy who is a disgrace to other guys...this guy impregnated my friend and made her father chase her out of the house, with nowhere to go she moved in with him and got to know who he really was, this guy still went after girls, cheats on my friend even in her condition, lodge in different hotels with different girls, and whenever she confronts him he denies it to her face, and in my friend's voice"babe, I'm so scared of him, he lies so much that when he greets me good morning I go out to make sure its really morning", and I'm sure we all know its wrong for a pregnant lady to think, but oh my friend is always thinking and sad all because she fell in love with an ahole and was loyal.
And this makes me wonder is it wrong for ladies to be loyal in their relationships?, is it a bad thing to fall in love and give you her all?, is it a crime for ladies to do all just to please their guys?, and why can't guys just be faithful to their ladies?. and my answers to these questions is just for ladies to have side boyfriends, with a side boyfriends you won't have the fear of the main guy waking up one day and leaving you for another girl, you won't have the heart attack of thinking of what your boyfriend is doing at the moment, and you won't be so involved in the life of your boyfriend for him to tell you you are choking him or think less of you.
Nollywood Actor Odunlade Adekola who will be graduating very soon, he shared the video and photos of himself and Other Unilag students Signing Out in style.
No Bini are not Yoruba... the Bini had their own culture and language in the Ogiso era before the rise of the Oranmiyan/Eweka Dynasty. It is the Bini Royal family that has links with Ile Ife because they are cousins. If an Ooni passes on, the Royal Palace in Benin kingdom and other top Yoruba kingdoms are always informed, before the whole world gets to know.
There was also mixing of blood via marriages between Bini-Edoid and Yoruboid groups especially in Eastern Yoruba part of the Benin Empire, such as Owo, Ondo town, parts of Ekiti, Eko or Lagos Island , Itsekiri via the movement of Prince Ginuwa, a Bini prince settling among the Itsekiri of Ijebu origin in Ode-Itsekiri in the year 1480 etc. Prince Ginuwa's mother was from Ife.
With Yoruba and Edo, all is good because of the historical and cultural links that bind the 2 ethnicities.
Kaduna was founded by the British in 1913 and became the capital of Nigeria's former Northern Region in 1917. [3] It retained this status until 1967. The first British governor of Northern Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard, chose the present site due to its proximity to the Lagos-Kano Railway. [4] Sir Ahmadu Bello, the premier of Northern Nigeria (1954-1966), was assassinated in Kaduna on January 15, 1966 in an all Igbo military coup. This contributed to the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970).
Lord Lugard wanted Kaduna which was well planned in terms of layout by the British to become the capital of a unified Nigeria in 1914 because Lagos Island was small, enervating, and already populated by the Yoruba natives, but the British Home Government overruled him and made Lagos Island [not Lagos State which did not exist till 1967], the administrative capital of a unified Nigeria!
Basic123: .The 3 cities established by the britain in Nigeria are Enugu,port Harcourt and Kaduna.That is why those three cities dont have very old districts like kano city and Ibadan city.
1.PORT HARCOURT 1912/1913
The area that became Port Harcourt in 1912 was before that part of the farmlands of the Diobu village group of the Ikwerre, an Igbo sub-group (a controversial claim). [16] The colonial administration of Nigeria created the port to export coal from the collieries of Enugu located 243 kilometres (151 mi) north of Port Harcourt, [17] to which it was linked by a railway called the Eastern Line, also built by the British. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Harcourt
MightySparrow: So Igbo came from Bini who came from Ile - Ife. A=B A=C A=B=C
Simple mathematics IPOB won't accept. Looking to Israel who doesn't believe in their claim.
^^^^^ ^^^^^ Not necessarily. Different villages in what the white man called the Ibo people have multiple origins.
There is a mixing along the border areas of ethnicities and interaction of languages. Eg, some words in that are to Yoruba words such as Okuta [Okwute in Ibo], Enu[Onu in Ibo], Obe or soup in Yoruba [Ofe in Ibo], found their way in the SE via Igala contact. Igala blood flows through the veins of some Anambra[derived/corrupted by the British from the IGALA word called OMAMBALA. Omaobala or Omambala River flows from Kogi state and empties in the River Niger via Onitsha].
OMA is an Igala word for child. Please note that OMO means child in Yoruba. Igala is classified as a Yoruboid language sharing similarities. The current Attah of Igala HRM Ameh Oboni in a Saturday Punch interview 3 months ago[August 26,2017], said that a group of what is now known as Igala left Wukari [this is Jukunland] in Taraba and merged with a significant number of Yoruba, and a significant number of Bini/Edo and a small number of Ibo in the southern flank. These events happened within the last 1 thousand years!
I read via Emeagwali that Onitsha people call corn Agbado which is the same in Yoruba. He postulated that the Olukumis [people of Yoruba ancestry] in Delta North, i.e., Aniocha North LGA had contact with the children of Ikhime or Chime/ChimaOka is what other Ibo call corn. I'm typing this offhand though.
It just goes to show that some ethnicities/ people in Nigeria have interacted before the white people came and created Nigeria in 1914!
McSterling: Another nairalander opened a similar thread some time ago. Many people are oblivious to the fact that Igalas can be found outside Kogi State. Several young Igalas from Kogi state think all members of their ethnic group are within the confines of the state. From my own experience, only their elders seem to know there are other Igalas outside, but not much emphasis is laid on this fact. Infact, I have recently met people who have never heard about the Igala people. Well, no thanks to our ethnic diversity in Nigeria.
The Igala people can be found in Kogi, Anambra, Delta(Ebu), Enugu, and Edo states of Nigeria. Of course, the majority of Igalas are found in Kogi state and Idah in Kogi state is the ancestral home of all Igalas. I am an Igala whose hometown is located in Anambra state. This news is often greeted with incredulity. It seems like a travesty, right? "Anambrarians" are all supposed to be igbos, right? No, the truth is that some aren't. The Igala people in Anambra state are found in Anambra West LGA, and are made up of the following villages/towns: Nzam, Igbedor, Inoma, Odekpe, Owelle, Ukwala, Onugwa, Ode, Ala and Igbokeyi.
I think we Igalas in Anambra are little known largely because of our own attitude. The fault largely lies with us. We attempt to deny who we are or where we're from. We attempt to deny our very identity. Some of us claim to be Igbo while some altogether deny being from Anambra- they claim to come from Kogi state. My parents belong to the latter group.
This latter group usually bear Igala names rather than Igbo ones. Some times, they altogether dump their Igbo names and adopt new Igala ones. Others choose to transliterate their Igbo names to Igala. By doing this, they try to affirm their Igala ethnicity ( which I support and encourage BTW). But then, they go further. They say they are indigenes of Kogi state which is simply not true. What exactly they intend to achieve from this remains unclear to me. Some of these people don't even know the name of the Kogi governor. When they need infrastructure and social amenities, they cry to the Anambra government and yet they say they're from Kogi. Simply doesn't make any sense. The kogi government doesn't know them yet they foist themselves on the state. Do they expect special privileges from the kogi government? The same moribund government that has neglected true indigenes of kogi and has largely remained ineffective? Makes absolutely no sense.
The former group, as I noted before, claim to be igbo. They deny being Igala. They love their Igbo names and would rather bear them. They would rather speak Igbo than Igala. These are the ones who make weak and frantic arguments to show they're Igbo. They hide their Igala identity or simply don't give it any thought when they say they're Igbo. Granted, I might be overgeneralizing here. Some do this just to get favours from the Igbos whilst privately affirming their Igala ethnicity.
Now, these two groups create a lot of confusion and complexity for us young folks. You see a situation where relatives or siblings are from different states of origin. One is Igbo and the other Igala. You see a person who says he's from kogi but can't precisely tell us where exactly in kogi he's from. I used to be very confused during my childhood. Here, I had my parents who say I'm Igala from kogi. There, I had my relatives who say I'm Igbo from Anambra. This was a rather peculiar dilemma. Which exactly was I? Neither painted the balanced picture. Both were opposite extremes. Thankfully, a well informed cousin provided the answer to this conundrum: we were Igalas but located in Anambra state.QED. As simple as that!
We Igalas in Anambra state must stop living in denial. We are not Igbo. We are not from kogi. Let us create this awareness, let people know who we are and where we're from. We may be a minority but we don't need to prevaricate, lie or be equivocal about it. If your parents made these mistakes, you don't need to perpetuate the same mistake for your kids. Let's correct this error and thus obviate this unnecessary dilemma for our children and generations yet unborn.
Thank you.
PS: Lalasticlala , Seun , Ishilove , Fulaman198 , odumchi , bigfrancis21 or whoever is in charge here, please help me push this to front page. It's really important.
Klinee: Some of u did not know that the word ANAMBRA which is purely pronouced OMAOBALA is igala language. There is a town along the river OMAOBALA(ANAMBRA) called OBALE. Its believed that river omaobala is own by the SONS OF OBALE(oma-obale river). OMA means sons in igala language. For example if the sons of tabletman have a house, people may refer the house as "UMU TABLETMAN HOUSE". River OMAOBALA was misinterpreted by the whitemen so they wrote ANAMBRA.
victor4ekele: IGALA:THE PLIGHT OF IGALA PEOPLE IN ANAMBRA STATE.
lgala is an ethnic group In Nigeria with over ten million population as of now. The home of the Igala people is situated east of the river Niger and Benue confluence and astride the Niger.
the Igala people share boundary with the igbos(ibo) people at the south, idoma at the east, Benis people at the west and Ebira people at the north.
The Igala people are found in Kogi state with 55 percent of kogi state population and also found in Anambra state, Enugu state, Edo state and Delta state.
The Igala people which are found in the Anambra west are mostly Mmiata Anam, Umuoba-Abegbu Anam, Umuenwelum Anam, Oroma-Etiti,Umueze Anam, Umudora Anam, Umuikwu Anam, Inoma-Akator, Nzam, Igbedor and Iyiora Anam all from the family of Ogbe the descendants of General Ajida, a notable warrior of Idah origin(Idah is traditional headquarters of Igala kingdom) Ajida is the father of field marshal Ogbe who was married to Iyida. The family of ogbe and other Anambra west villages. Anam, Anako, and Akpanam people have recently neglected their real tribe Igala which was the language they were speaking originally as their mother tongue before the Nigeria civil war. As a Igala tribe in an Igbo state, it is very difficult because Anambra state government has make it compulsory for all the school to speak igbo(ibo) through out which sometime makes it difficult for Igala young one to speak Igala.
Igala people in Anambra west are making a lot of mistakes now because some of them are given igbo names to their children rather than Igala name. They know that they are Igala people but the Anambra west generations of youths does not really knows who there are rather they thinks they are igbo because most of them bears Igbo names.
The history of Nzam are traces back to descendants of General Ajida, a notable warrior of Idah origin who came to the town. Ajida is the father of field marshal Ogbe who was married to Iyida. He was the first settler of the present place Ogbe area of Anambra west.
In my interview with a man called chinedu Idoko an indigene of the land. I ask him about himself and his tribes and also his names.
This was his reply, my names is chinedu Idoko, I am an Igala man, but I bears igbo names while my father names Idoko Atama an Igala names. I was given the name after the Nigeria civil war in in 1971. Speaking further to chinedu.
Why is it you people in this Generation doesn't want to give yourself Igala names again? I don't know maybe it is because we are living in Anambra an Igbo state. But we still speak our Igala language as our mother tongue.
Most youths in Anambra who are bearing Igbo names and some times are not living in Anambra west will thinks that there are igbos not knowing there Igala people.
Our land has lack development and government neglection on our land. Our only roads that links our town is not something we might talks about because it is not good.
We are the least undeveloped area i Anambra state lacking many facilities. Nzam people must know their origin and try to preserve their origin before it dies off.
An advice to Ogbe family of Anambra west. Stop given your children Igbo names and teach your children how to speak Igala.
Do you know that the king of Nzam originally was called Ide of Nzam. Which means the Guardian of Nzam people. Ide means Guardian in igala not igwe now they are calling them.
This post was written by Ojonugwa Victor, an admin of Igala nation unite freedom fighter and should not be copy without consulting me.
Basic123: This is a big fat lie,Chima himse is a Benin prince!..Do you even know the first Oba of bini(not ogiso) is an ile-ife prince(oroyon) and the same man is the first Alaafin of Oyo.
ONITSHA
Onitsha Mmili was known as Ado N'Idu by migrants who departed from the vicinity of the Kingdom of Benin near the far western portion of Igboland (near what is now Agbor ), after a violent dispute with the Oba of Benin that can be tentatively dated to the early 1500s. [5] These migrants traveled eastward through what is now Western Igboland and various towns also called "Onitsha", for example Onicha- Ugbo, "farmland-Onitsha". Folklore has it that, Onitsha was founded by one of the sons of Chima, the founder of Issele-Uku kingdom in western Igboland . Chima, a prince of the ancient Benin kingdom emigrated, settled and founded what is now known as Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area. The eldest son of Chima eventually emigrated across the Niger River to establish the Onitsha communit
FOR HOW THE FIRST OBA OF BINI WAS ILE-IFE PRINCE,See the pictures below
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Ikhime is said to be the Bini version of Chima/Chime which is a corruption. Onicha Ugbo were the current Minister of State Ibe Kachiku comes from in Aniocha North has Bini and Nri influences and ancestries from reading the official Websites of Onicha Ugbo who are directly related to Onitsha Ado people in Anambra!
Philip Emeagwali who is a son of Onitsha also wrote on his Website Emeagwali.com about 9 years ago that there is a link between the Bini and his people in Onitsha. He even said Phillip is called Felipe in Spanish and that Chima/Chime is a corruption of Ikhime a Bini name.
Onitsha has 9 quarters from my previous studies. The so-called Chima group is just 2 out of 9 quarters.
Igala immigration also exists in Onitsha and Nri as well. Onitsha is one of the Igala-associated communities in Anambra, Delta, Edo, and Enugu states such as Illah, Ebu, Okpanam, Asaba, in Delta North. Anambra West, Ayanmelu, Ogbaru, Dunukofia, Aguleri, Igbariam, in fact up to 13 LGAs have traces of Igala immigration/settlement out of 21 LGAs.
DNA tests are now available that can accurately prove not just the original links between Onitsha and Bini, but Onitsha and Igala.
JeetKuneDo: Forbes released a list of 600 of the brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers under 30 in different sectors
Only 4 Nigerians made this list. 3 of them Yorubas. Adelanwa Adesanya for Healthcare, Iyin Aboyeji for Enterprise technology, Sabaah Folayan for Hollywood/Entertainment. The last person's name is Iyore Olaye. I have no idea where in Nigeria she's from but I know it's somewhere in the ND
Iyore Noelle Olaye is a Nigerian-American of Bini-Edo ancestry. Her father is Michael Imafidon Olaye originally from Edo state in Nigeria, while her mum Christy Anne Coates-Olaye is an African-American.
Olaye is used by Bini people.
On the other hand, Mr. Segun Emmanuel Olaye, a 1984 Ukrainian-trained engineer who is also married to a Ukrainian, is the founder of Ayoola Foods Ltd which he started in 1994 [makers of the popular brand, Ayoola Poundo Yam]. He schooled in Ifon in Ondo state and he is Yoruba. Although I read an interview his wife had with Punch 4 years ago and his Ukrainian wife said non of their children speaks Yoruba and that since her husband is very fluent in Russian, they speak Russian at home. That wasn't impressive to me because there are children from mixed Nigerian/Yoruba and Russian or English heritages I know who speak fluent Yoruba. Aduni Ade's father is Yoruba and her mother is a white American of mixed British and German origins.
So Olaye is a name used by Yoruba and Bini people - maybe with slightly different intonations.
It's a positive move but a toll gate like the one at the boundary between Lagos and Ogun states MUST NOT be sited there because fatal truck accidents have been occurring there as a result of the relatively sloppy and narrow nature of that part of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Break failures are also a factor in those multiple road accidents at the tollgate.
I read in the media from time to time about the several deaths at the so-called old toll gate, then you can imagine what would happen when tolling is returned.
It should be sited deep into Ogun State where there is enough space after the Sona Breweries.
Raji Fasola should make SURE that DEEP drainages are constructed along badly damaged expressways such as Lagos-Abeokuta, Calabar-Itu, Ilorin-Kiama, etc.
The lack of DRAINAGES has led to the repeated collapse of those roads even after patching in previous years! Mr. Raji Fasola must do this in addition to the reintroduction of digitally-certified tollgates to avoid embezzlement by tollway money collectors.
adebisiseun2: His Royal Majesty, Omo N, ‘Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolor, Oba Ewuare II- Oba of Benin, on Wednesday made an historic visit to Abuja after his coronation in October 2016. The Oba who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5:05p.m., was received by some Benin traditional chiefs, prominent Benin indigenes and friends. Chief Odigie Oyegun, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the Edo indigene at the Airport to receive the Monarch, said that the visit by the Oba was historic being his first after his coronation. Quote “The Oba’s visit is bringing peace, hope to the country and change in the nation. “Everybody is here as you can see came to give him a rosy welcome. It is an historic occurrence, our new Oba, a unique Oba with a unique culture. “We also have a unique president in the person of Muhammadu Buhari with a unique way of doing things. A lot of good things will come out of this visit,’’ he said. Similarly, Johnson Agbonayinma, a member of the House of Representatives, said the Edo indigenes in Abuja are excited to welcome the Oba which he described as caring. “There is a saying that if you do not value what you have, somebody else will help you devalue it. I value my traditional Institution and all I can do is to tell my Honourable colleagues, friends of Edo to let them know that we have a caring King “I am happy to see the crowd that came to receive the Oba; I ask God to bless them and the chiefs as well. This is to tell you that our Oba is one who deserves all the respect accorded to him without being sentimental. “It is a glorious day as his mission is to also show appreciation to all those who supported him during his coronation. It will be an honour to understand that we have an Oba who cares about the unity of the country." Also Mr Dickson Omoregie, the President of Benin community in Abuja described the visit as a multi-dimensional as he would move from one place to another to appreciate those that supported him during his coronation “That is why he is starting here in Abuja to visit his children, we are delighted to receive him. When your daddy comes to visit you, you are so excited; It is a joyful day for us Edo people in Abuja.’’ Also, Mr Osazuwa Imasuen described the Oba as a man of the people, a highly trained diplomat who knows the value of friendship. “We are glad to receive the Oba as he brings us peace and goodwill,’’ he said. Traditional dancers from Benin Kingdom and Abuja thrilled the crowd who came to receive the Oba. https://www.naijapals.com/newsimg/oba_ewuare_arrives_abuja.jpg https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2017/nov/23/abuja-oba-of-benin-1.jpg https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2017/nov/23/abuja-oba-of-benin-2.jpg view more: [url=http://techfile.wapkiz.com/site-forum-view.html?to-forum=3068&to-forumtitle=Oba%20Of%20Benin%20Oba%20Ewuare%20II%20Makes%20History%20As%20He%20Arrives%20Abuja%20In%20Style%20Via%20Private%20Jet.Photos&to-cat=general]view more photos here[/url] cc; lalasticlala
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ The Oba of Benin Kingdom has finally traveled out and returned! Thought some folks said the Oba of Benin Kingdom doesn't go out?
Anyways, I love the Bini Royal regalia and crown - and the way the "ada" or Royal cutlass is carried around by those handsome aids of the Oba.
I'm just seeing this info on Teragro which skipped my eyes when I visited this thread in the past.
Teragro Commodities Ltd is a subsidiary of Transcorp Group, and the C.E.O is Dupe Olusola, an intelligent and delectable mother of 2 girls and wife of the top lifestyle and finance coach [Usi Ekiti-born Lanre Olusola]. What Delta-born Tony Elumelu did was to use top female executives to oversee the different subsidies of Transcorp Group including Awele, his Delta-born wife.
Since women have been found to be good corporate managers, I think he took that decision of using women to head specific projects. I noticed a significant number of top corporate Yoruba women heading those subsidiaries.
But it does not survive flood, fire or vehement winds and the likes.
It may be cheap and easier to erect, but will not really replace bricks building.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Prefabricated houses are good for secured housing estates and can be put up easily.
For more durability, I think stabilized laterite bricks [or adobe] are the best - better than the regular sandcrete blocks which have holes in them and can easily be broken into by determined criminals.
This has happened several times with devastating consequences.
eodavids: It is no longer news that the popular and hardworking ethnic group, popularly known as the Fulani's and, or Fulbe are viewed differently across Nigerian depending on your encounter, affiliation or experience with them.
If you meet a Fulani person in urban areas across the world, you will see a matured, good looking, brilliant and hard working individual. If you did not make trouble with him/her, you will enjoy the acquaintance.
If on the other hand you meet a herder Fulani in the farmland while he's determined to feed his cattle; you will have to be lucky not to get a raw deal from him/them.
HERE IS THE QUESTION:
WHY WONT THE CIVILIZED AND EDUCATED FULANIS COME UP WITH THE SOLUTION TO THE MENARCE OCHESTRATED BY THE NOMADIC FULANIS, TO GIVE THE ENTIRE FULBE RACE A NOBLE CLOAK/NAME?
Just last week, while in one of the Northern states of Nigeria, I entered a market to buy ocra.
Alas, the commodity was too expensive. So I politely asked the guy "but this is too costly compared to how it was sold a week back"?
The guy opened up and said that this is just the beginning. He said that cows have already entered farmlands and from now on, many will be eaten by cows while the few making it to markets will be costlier than this.
I asked again "why do cow owners allow the cow eat up across in other people's farmlands"? He answered " because they will kill anything preventing the animal from feeding on the acro and ocra is very vital to cows"
In order not to look odd, I told him that I have cows, but I will not destroy other people's farm, rather I will farm ocra and make my cows feed on my own ocra farm.
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ @ eodavids
Very profound. I love the way you write well with good punctuations and NO typographic errors.
All the best!
PS: Is ocra your own style of spelling okro or is it a spell-checker issue?
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ This AJs look-alike will soon get to met him in real life - I believe before the end of 2018. AJ being a level-headed guy would like to met him!
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