faithugo64: 76.6 million?God is great. I claim this miracle money

First pray to be sacked like him. In other words, claim the sack letter first and the long wait for justice, then the money would follow.

Ayatullah:

Chima014 you should be called Chima419, your report is false. Amigo supermarket was not raided this Saturday morning, but sealed off Friday night by the SSS. Those who are rejoicing about it should be ashamed of themselves because this supermarket employ a lot of Nigerians. I advise our government to be fair and just because Mr. fawaz is not the exclusive owner of Amigo Supermarket, but a co-owner.

Judging by your name, why am I not surprised that you would rather have the Lebanese go free than have the DSS/soldiers do their work?

So if Boko Haram co-set up a factory for instance, DSS/soldiers should not check it out because Nigerians are employed there? And when they start the killings, would it be Chinese people that would be killed?

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dopeJemi: [b]United of course.. Ask benitez or abramovic, a top team like cheLsea shudnt be in d europa League in first pLace, u guys were ashamed 2 be in it at first, imagine barca or madrid pLaying in d europa League, if u think d europa League cup is more prestigious dan the premier League Trophy, why don't u guys let arsenal and tottenham quaLify 4 d Champions League and u guys shud keep on pLaying in d europa League, I mean, who watches soccer on thursdays and fridays . D cheLsea pLayers wud av Loved 2 win d premier League trophy rather dan d europa League cup, trust Me

Real Madrid has played in the second tier league before and even won the league twice - back-to-back.

She now looks like an AIDS patient.

playah P:

I've been to almost every state in nigeria.. I haven't been to most of the northen states though

How could you have been to ALMOST EVERY state in Nigeria when you haven't been to most of the states in the region that has more than half of the states in Nigeria?

PRINCESS INIKPI OF IGALALAND

Princess Inikpi was a very beautiful woman. She was from a royal family. She was a heroin with great attributes.  

There was war between the Bini kingdom and the Igala people. No house was safe. No markets were safe. Even the streams were women and children would fetch water from or have a bath were not safe. The Igala people’s streams were poisoned so that anyone that used the water on the day would die. Fear griped the Igala people for a long time. When the oracle was consulted, it said that their victory could not come unless the princess was buried alive to prevent the inevitable destruction that was hanging on the Igala kingdom during the war with the Binis.

Princess Inikpi was the beloved and only daughter of Attah of Igala then Ayegbu Oma Idoko, who willingly gave herself to be buried alive. Her father, the Attah of Igala loved his daughter so much. When he was informed of the only solution to the problem by the oracle and some of the eunuchs in his palace, he wished there was an alternative.

For days he could not eat or drink. The Princess noticed how downcast her father was and decided to ask him the reason behind his sadness. He wouldn’t tell her. Rather, he would sit her down and tell her folktales under the moonlight. On the seventh day of her asking her father why he was downcast, he decided to tell her as a matter of urgency as the war was making him powerless as a leader and as a human being from the land that was been under attack.

Princess Inikpi did not object. She did not fight. She went voluntarily on the day to the bank of River Niger , the place where she was to be buried alive. It was a sad resolution but the Igala people hailed her for indeed she was their heroine and a brave one at that. After the sacrifice as the Binis were advancing they saw the whole town in flames of fire and went back feeling that there was no need taking a war to a place already on fire. But it was the blood of Inikpi that deceived them.

The Princess Inikpi statue located at Ega in the heart of the Idah market in Kogi state still represents an important historic event in the life of the Igala people. Today, so many people in Idah bear the name Inikpi in honour of the princess.

This sacrifice was an expensive one. It made peace reign on the Igala land. The Igala people were able to live life once again but for how long? Years later until recent, there have been ethnic cleansing on the Igala land. Some of the reasons are political, religious and other reasons best known to the people behind these intertribal massacres.

QUEEN AMINA OF ZAZZAU

Grandfather: probably ruler of Zazzua, a Hausa city-state which is now Zaria province in Nigeria
Mother: Bakwa of Turunka, ruling queen
Brother: Karama (ruled as king, 1566-1576)
Amina refused to marry and had no children
About Amina, Queen of Zazzua::
Amina's mother, Bakwa of Turunka, was ruler of Zazzua. Amina was trained in skills of government and military warfare, and fought in battles with her brother, Karama.

In 1566, when Bakwa died, Karama became king. In 1576 when Karama died, Amina, now about 43, became Queen of Zazzua. She used her military prowess to expand the territory of Zazzua to the mouth of the Niger in the south and including Kano and Katsina in the north. These military conquests led to great wealth, both because they opened more trading routes, and because conquered territories had to pay tribute.

Mud walls around cities became known as "Amina's walls" because Amina is said to have build such walls around her military camps.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF HER LIFE

Amina Sukhera (also called Aminatu) was a Hausa Muslim Queen of Zazzau (now Zaria), in what is now north central Nigeria.[1] She is the subject of many legends, but is widely believed by historians to have been a real ruler, though contemporary evidence about her is limited. There is controversy among scholars as to the date of her reign, one school placing her in the mid-15th century, and a second placing her reign in the mid to late 16th century.

The Arabic female name Amina means truthful, trustworthy and honest.

The earliest source to mention Amina is Muhammad Bello's history Ifaq al-Maysur, composed around 1836. He claims that she was "the first to establish government among them," and she forced Katsina, Kano and other regions to pay tribute to her.[2] Bello, unfortunately provided no chronological details about her. She is also mentioned in the Kano Chronicle, a well-regarded and detailed history of the city of Kano, composed in the late 19th century, but incorporating earlier documentary material. According to this chronicle, she was a contemporary of Muhammad Dauda, who ruled from 1421–38, and Amina conquered as far as Nupe and Kwarafa, collected tribute from far and wide and ruled for 34 years.[3] A number of scholars accept this information and date her reign to the early to mid-15th century.[4][5]

There is also a local chronicle of Zaria itself, written in the 19th century (it goes up to 1902) and published in 1910 that gives a list of the rulers and the duration of their reigns.[6] Amina is not mentioned in this chronicle, but oral tradition in the early 20th century held her to be the daughter of Bakwa Turunku, whose reign is dated by the chronicle from 1492–1522, and on this basis some scholars date her reign to the early 16th century.[7] Abdullahi Smith, using similar discripancies places her reign after 1576.[8] It is on the basis of her absence in this source as well, that claims that she never ruled but was only a princess are made.[9]

More recent oral tradition has a series of lively stories about the queen, and these have found their way into popular culture. Among them were: Amina was a fierce warrior and loved fighting. As a child, her grandmother Marka, the favorite wife of her grandfather Sarkin Nohir, once caught her holding a dagger. Amina holding the dagger did not shock Martha, rather it was that Amina held it exactly as a warrior would. As an adult, she refused to marry like Elizabeth the First of England for the fear of losing power. She helped Zazzau (Zaria) become the center of trade and to gain more land. Her mother, Bakwa, died when Amina was 36 years old, leaving her to rule over Zaria. She was also said to have taken a lover from among the conquered people after each battle, and to have killed him in the morning following their night together

KURUNMI OF IJAYE

After the defeat of Ilorin by Ibadan in 1840, rivalry between Ibadan and Ijaye grew. In Ibadan the population had increased to over 60,000 by 1851. The Oyo Yoruba had come to dominate the political life of the town, and a political system gradually evolved which was well suited to military expansion (Awe,1967). There was no Oba, and chiefships were not hereditary. The chiefs were organised into four lines: the civil chiefs, led by the Bale; the military chiefs in two lines, headed by the Balogun and the Seriki; and the women chiefs led by the Iyalode. Within each of these lines the titles were ranked, and each chief moved up a rank as those above him died or were killed in battle. The bottom ranks were filled by magaji, the elected leaders of the Ibadan descent groups. The most senior title, that of Bale, was usually filled by a Balogun who had proved himself in war. The fact that there was no oba reflected the theoretical suzerainty of the Alafin, though from its foundation Ibadan pursued an independent foreign policy. In the 19th century the military chiefs usually had the greatest authority. Promotion to a title depended on a man's ability to mobilise a following and on military skill. Prestige and wealth came from warfare and the result was an aggressive policy of expansion.

Ijaye was founded about the same time as Ibadan, by refugees from the Ikoyi area, led by Kurunmi, described by Johnson as the 'greatest soldier of his age'. It became an important communications centre, and under strong leadership it prospered. Mann, the CMS missionary, lived in the town in the 1850s, and he provided much first-hand information on it. By this time, Ijaye probably had a population of 40,000 or more. Initially, relations with Ibadan were good, but rivalry between the two gradually developed. An issue for a final confrontation was provided by the death of Alafin Atiba in 1859. He was succeeded by the Aremo Adelu, and Kurunmi refused to recognise the succession. Ijaye and Oyo were already at loggerheads over the control of the Upper Ogun towns around Saki. In any case, Ibadan sided with the new Alafin and war broke out. Kurunmi died in 1861, before the final capture and destruction of his town.

SANGO OF OYO KINGDOM

Sango was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom prior to his post-humous deification.

Stories about Shango's life exemplify some major themes regarding the nature of character and destiny. In one set of stories, Shango is the son of Aganju and Obatala when in female form. As the story goes, Obatala, the king of the white cloth was travelling and had to cross a river. Aganju, the ferryman and Undergod of fire, refused him passage. Obatala retreated and turned himself into a beautiful woman. He returned to the river and traded his/her body for passage. Shango was the result of this unusual union. The tension between reason represented by Obatala and fire represented by Aganju would form the foundation of Shango's particular character and nature. In further patakis or stories of the faith, we find that Shango goes in search of Aganju, his father, and the two of them play out a drama of conflict and resolution that culminates with Shango throwing himself into the fire to prove his lineage. All of the stories regarding Shango tend to revolve around dramatic events such as this one. He has three wives; his favorite (because of her excellent cooking) is Oshun, a river Undergoddess. His other wife, Oba, another river spirit, was conned by Oshun into offering their husband her ear to eat. His anger was greatly kindled by this, and she is said to have fled from his presence to subsequently become the Oba River, which merges with the Oshun River to form dangerous rapids that are believed to be the physical manifestation of her life-long hatred for her fellow royal consort. Lastly, Oya was Shango's third wife, and was the one out of the three who managed to learn the secrets of his special powers to use in later life.

Another Sango pataki from Yorubaland goes like this; Sango was an Alaafin, ruling as king in Oyo. He learnt the some of the secrets of his special abilities from the Ibariba, his mother's people. He came back to Oyo and amazed with his ability to make fire come out of his mouth. He thus ruled with fear of his special powers. He had two war generals, Timi and Gbonka. Timi Agbale Olofa-ina could shoot arrows of fire. Gbonka was equally powerful. Alaafin Sango sensed that he was not safe with these two powerful generals and tried to set them against each other. He sent Gbonka to Ede, another town in Yorubaland, to capture Timi. Gbonka was immune to Timi's fire arrows, because he also mastered the secrets of fire, and put Timi to sleep by chanting incantations. He brought Timi back to Oyo. Sango insisted they fight again in the public square. Gbonka repeated his feat, was again victorious and cut Timi's head off. Gbonka then asked to be burned alive. He was burnt to ashes, and miraculously re-appeared on the third day. Gbonka then gave Sango the ultimatum to leave town for his infidelity. Sango is then said to have sadly left town and committed suicide on the Ayan tree in a place called Koso. His followers quickly rallied and declared defiantly that the king did not commit suicide, rendered in the Yoruba language as "Oba ko so". They then attacked anybody who said otherwise with the lightning that they had been allowed to wield by the death of their lord. That is why anyone killed by lightning in Yorubaland is buried by the members of the Royal Cult of Sango, whose members are typically referred to as Baba-mogba. As a tacit acknowledgement of the propaganda that is ascribed to the cultists, one of the late king's praise names is Olukoso- the one who did not hang.

The earlier story of Shango and Oba, meanwhile, seems to be the tribe's way of saying "one must be wary of dark counsel". As we have already said, Shango had three wives, Oba, his first and, in a traditional sense, legitimate wife, Oshun, his second wife, and Oya, his concubine and the only one of his wives that he made his princess consort. At that time they are said to have lived in a compound. In that compound, Shango had his own house and each wife had her own house surrounding his. He would then visit his wives in their houses to eat and to sleep with them. Oba went to Oshun one day and asked her how she kept Shango so happy. Oshun, being asked this, is said to have been filled with resentment. As children of the first wife, Oba's children would inherit Shango's kingdom. Her children would not have nearly the same status, being birthed by his concubine. She then decided to play a trick on Oba, out of jealousy. She told Oba that many years ago, she had cut a small piece of her ear off and dried it. From this she made a powder which she sprinkled on Shango's food from that moment on. As he ate it, she told Oba, Shango would desire the food and Oshun all the more. Oba, excited by this information, ran home to prepare Shango's amala, his favorite meal. Once it was done, she decided that if a little piece of Oshun's ear produced such an effect, her whole ear would drive Shango mad with desire for her and he would forget Oshun forever. She sliced off her ear and stirred it into Shango's food. When Shango came to eat, he sat down and began eating without looking at his dish. When he finally glanced down, he saw an ear floating in the stew. Shango, thinking Oba was trying to poison him, drove her from his house. Oba ran from the compound, crying, and fell to the ground to become a river, where she is still venerated today. As an Orisha, she is the patron of matrimony and is said to destroy any marriage that abuses either partner.

SOUN OGUNLOLA OF OGBOMOSO

The traditional head of Ogbomoso is called the Soun. Soun came to the site where the town is today over three hundred and fifty years ago. At that time, the area was a dense forest, however, the area is now an open Savannah . Ogbomoso traditions insists that Soun was a great hunter of Bariba origin who Migrated Southward about 1659. The migration of Soun was consistent with the usual pattern of north-south movements that were common at that time.

Soun Ogunola was a great hunter who enjoyed hunting expeditions. In one of his hunting expeditions, he pitched his camp under the Ajagbon tree. The site of this tree became the centre of Ogbomoso town where the Ogbomoso Palace stands today. Not far from Soun's Camp three other hunters had also established their camps. One of them was a Nupe elephant hunter who had his camp in a place known today in Ogbomoso as Oke-Elerin (Elephant Hill). Another was an Otta Prince who left his place because of chieftaincy dispute. His descendants became Baales of Ijeru. There was also another hunter who had his camp at Isapa. It is related that Soun Ogunola observed that these hunters were not far from his camp because of the smoke that came out of their fires. He later went to invite them to his camp. Ogunlola established his supremacy over these hunters because his wife was very good at preparing tobacco snuff and corn-wine which always attracted the tree hunters to his camp. Apart from that, disputes were always settled in Soun Ogunlola's camp as the settlement became bigger.

As a restless warrior, Soun Ogunlola heard of the developments of Oyo-Ile during the reign of Alaafin Ajagbo. The Alaafin was faced with attacks from a certain Elemoso, who with his arrows put many inhabitants of Oyo to death. He therefore engaged Elemoso in a battle. Soun Ogunlola shot Elemoso with an arrow. After his victory, he returned to his camp and continue his leadership. Subsequently, his camp was called “The camp of him who took Elemoso's head” meaning in Yoruba. “ Eyiti Ogbori Elemoso. “This was shortened for Agbelemaso and over time it evolved to Ogbomoso.

This history of Ogbomosoland was very peaceful until the early 19 th century, when the Fulani launched the Jihad (or holy war) against the Yoruba.

vorosmartm:

This is the weakest story i've ever read. If its a true story, then your life is so whack. The fact that you are an adulterer does not make u a player one bit. You are just a WEAK[/b]man. With your intro, tot by now your beans serving count go don reach 30 minimum. [b]WEAK GUY TELLING HIS WHACK STORY

Thank you very much.

Inked_Nerd:

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Thank you.

9ijaprince:

There is nothing coded in your memoir.

Thank you.

I did say from the beginning that this was not a thing I'm proud of. I have not even narrated up to half of my memoir yet impatience made people to make ludicrous statements like the ones above.

Well, may be it was a mistake starting this narrations in the first place. I am therefore, prepared to make right the wrong.

Thank you.

190:

wait,

She had her menses again,

a month after u 1st met and u still had sex wiv her amidst the smell and everytin,

This your story get K-LEG o

Kindly read through well before drawing that conclusion: I NEVER SAID THAT I SLEPT WITH HER WHILE SHE WAS MENSTRATING!!

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I am sorry to disappoint those who wanted this memoir to take a 'more interesting turn'. It could have been so if it was a story made up but this is just a recollection of a true life story. Life, it turns out does not always go as interesting as we may want it to go.

Also, if the reader wants a straight forward sexual stuff, that may be from someone else but not from me. This is not all about sex.

For those who liked it, thanks but I am not proud of it.

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ikamefa:

come u dis lajaja persin

u nor dey answer kwueshion if persin ask you sortin?

go to page one of this thread na kwueshions full dia na wetin?


2ndly dis your 'tory don get [size=14pt]W[/size] legs tey! tey!

nor be 9ja ashewo-gal u kribohboh? how come her sortin come get red hair? she put dye?

anyway keep it coming

Sorry, Ma'am. I didn't mean to be rude. I just don't want to be distracted so that I will not join issues with people.

All I want to do on this thread is tell my story. It's been a burden to me.

Macgreat:

Keep Racking your Brain Man. . .

will keep on reading

Sorry to disappoint you, sir/madam; this is no creative work, it's a memoir.

annawhite:

how come you remember everything , did u kip a diary or something?
keep it coming ----i bet in no time you will not have anything to write

You can go ahead and bet, Ma but only brain dead people fail to recollect their OWN LIFE'S TALE. With due respect, the choice is yours.

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I'm sorry I have not been available for a while.

My computer's anti-virus suddenly classified NAIRALAND as RED and developed a mind of its own by blocking my access to the site.

I guess it has pardoned me now.