Take a place like Kano or Kaduna, how did you determine that Igbos have more investments there than Yoruba?. In Lagos, would you say Igbos have more than Hausas?.

New Odus of IFA November 12 2024.

Obara Osa

When a man’s conduct has become a threat to civilization, he is restricted to a correctional home.


This was the IFA cast for Akin Lawanson who said religionists should only be allowed to operate in their private homes while only traditional spiritualities are allowed in public.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied.

Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
Religion has brought untold misery to the human race since its inception over two thousand years ago. It is high time it is restricted to private spaces.

Ogbe Otura

Surround yourself with and admit into your life only those who make your life easier.


Iwori Oturupon
I am in my safe haven and your predicament is caused by you.

This was the IFA cast for the citizen blaming fellow citizens for being homeless.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
It is the job of government to make sure housing is affordable for all and sundry in the country and not that of individuals.

Note

I have encountered many people blaming homelessness in high income countries on poor choices by the homeless but it can not be gainsaid that it is the job of government to fashion out policies that will make sure housing is not out of the reach of anyone in the country no matter their income level.

Ika Otura
The seed is fine tuned perfectly in the nursery.

This was the IFA cast for the spirit of the major ancestor which will not go to just anywhere to incarnate.
It was advised to sacrifice
It listened and complied
On looking people of Po and Offa!.
A major ancestor will not go anywhere to incarnate but where the foundation will be strong.


Ogbe Irosun

When you operate with sincerity, you will be overwhelmed with alignment.

This was the IFA cast for Akin Lawanson during the third world war whose well wishers were numerous.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied.
On looking people of Po and Offa!.
Akin Lawanson enjoyed support from a teeming mass of onlookers during the third world war.
The naysayers and discouragers were a pitiable minority.

Otura Ogunda

We have to tread carefully because whatever we put together this lifetime is what we are going to reincarnate to meet during the next.

Note
Life is a cycle of incarnations. That we don't remember our past incarnations does not mean we were not the ones that lived the lives more so that we are always fighting basically the same battle. If we raise our children well, we will have good lines to incarnate into and this applies to everything we set right.during our lives.


Osa meji
Everything in the holy book is true.


This was the IFA cast for the religionists who would quote their holy books as if they were quoting an academic work.

Note
It is very common for religionists to hold their holy book with reverence more or less surpassing that of published and peer reviewed academic works and this should not be so by any means because even carefully peer reviewed academic submissions are often discredited over time and this does not cause the heavens to fall.

Oyeku Ogunda
An almost out fire can still be livened up

This was the IFA cast for the Jews of the new nation of Israel who brought back a language from near dead status to become a lingual franca for millions.

Irosun Ogunda
Solely for the profits.

This was the IFa cast for the British that formed the first corporations which are associations of individuals solely for making profit.
They were advised to sacrifice
They listened and complied
On looking people of Po and Offa!.
Corporations were set up to make profit for the shareholders and the drive led to the industrial revolution.

Oturupon Owonrin

All printed Qur'ans are deities

This was the IFA cast for the mob of Muslims who set a man on fire for desecrating his own Quran despite that they preach against idolatry.



Oturupon Irosun

Your revenue size is your size as a nation.

This was the IFA cast for the small and efficient nation with a strong revenue drive.

Note
In a world where the cost of living is equalized and revenue drive is equal, the revenue size will be a clear indication of the population size.

Oturupon Oyeku
If I am careful, I will not be caught again.

This was the IFA cast for the old man caught committing a crime who was not forgiven.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened but did not comply
On looking people of Po and Offa!
An old man caught committing a crime is not doing so for the first time.

1Sharon:


What is the root word in Arabic?

I don't know the root word in Arabic. My post said it originally was Europa which meant west of Phoenician. The Phoenician language can be described as the ancestor of Arabic

1Sharon:



In what Malian language?

Not in a local Malian language but in Arabic.

How do you love?.

You can love everybody equally and you must but you can not be responsible for everybody equally. You also can not love somebody more than they love themselves according to the Yoruba saying ' Omo ma pa mi to ba ya a di omo ma pa Ara e!. If a parent is begging a child to behave and let them have peace of mind and long life, the plea will soon turn to behave well for your own good so that you do not die young

Palestinians and Jews should strike a deal.

It is better for Palestinians to be allowed to return to the land they occupied in 1947 without disturbing current land use in Israel. No sane person is happy at the situation in Israel and Gaza.
Apart from not disturbing land use, the Palestinians should also agree that the land is a co home land for both Palestinians and Jews. All lands want more people. What the Palestinians are experiencing today is what the Jews experienced in AD 70.

If this were AD 70, we would be pressing the Romans to allow the Jews return to Jerusalem the same way we are pressing the Israeli government and the rest of the world to allow the Palestinians return to their abandoned towns and villages in Israel in this AD 2024.
Palestinians should agree that Jews can continue their Aaliyah from any country and that it should go on without hassles. Lands want more people and Jews are spiritually attached to the land. The Jews can only bring progress and development if the deal is struck. An unconditional right of return should be agreed to by the Palestinians.
For both parties, half bread is better than none and it is better they co own the land and co manage it than the situation we have today.
That land even during Bible times have always been shared between Gentiles and Jews and it can return peacefully to that status.
The time we have to spend should not be spent on hating and killing each other but on developing ourselves and our communities.

Donald Trump and why xenophobia is wrong

You should be happy if for any reason foreigners are choosing to relocate to your country to work there and be taxed.
It will then be your task to remould those who are interested in citizenship to what you want them to be.
When any government is planning to deport foreigners or illegal immigrants en masse, then that is a government that is beckoning to failure. That is why I do not support Donald Trump's vision for the United States of America.

The USD: If it is not broken, do not fix it.


Amidst talks by BRICS and associated nations that they will dump the dollar and issue a new currency as alternative global reserve currency, the market is responding.
There was no time the USA compelled all countries to grant the status of main reserve currency to the dollar but after the second world war, the US economy was the most organized big economy and the task of being global reserve currency fell on the US dollar. It could have been the Chinese yuan if China were properly organized with single digit inflation and a large government budget back then.
The USA has managed everything well with inflation never hitting the roof. There have been calm.
There is nothing to point to as gain for the USA as a result of the unspoken concession because many nations without such concessions are better off than the USA on a per capita basis.
Presently the dollars outside the USA is more than the one within the USA as the dollar has become a global currency. The same thing applies to all hard currencies to lesser degrees. The lower the inflation, the harder the currency and the more the confidence the market will have in the currency. The proposed BRICS central bank can not handle inflation better than the US federal reserve has been handling it. Latest US inflation figure is just two percent as at November 2024.
If there is a sudden and universal attack on the dollar, it will hurt the US economy and the US can respond by dumping the dollar and all dollar obligations as well.

Glaciation: Why biodiversity does not support the out of Africa theory.

Scientists believe human beings came out of Africa originally partly because the greatest genetic diversity is found in Africa.
However the genetic diversity can be explained away with glaciation. Twenty thousand years ago, most now temperate regions were under ice and thousands of years earlier they were burstling with life. The people had to evacuate themselves to the south in Africa, South America and etc until the ice started to recede again thousands of years later and people started to return. There was nobody living in Europe twenty thousand years ago but there were people there thousands of years earlier.
The places where biodiversity is low worldwide are relatively newly colonized living spaces and that is the reason for the low biodiversity in those places. It will happen again in the future as people will need to leave their land because of ice. Glaciation happens once in a while and we have no idea yet what causes it.

Not all Nigerians speak English but you can say it is wrong to ask Nigerian graduates if they speak English

Any time government is ready to collect tax, the people are there.

LordReed:


Spend away at what? Only 2 purposes are acceptable, charity or organizational uses eg salaries, maintenance, etc. If your spending doesn't fall into these 2 categories then it is taxed. They do it for businesses so it's not impossible to impliment.

Even the purchase of a private jet can go under those headings. The whole accounts department is there for evading tax.

LordReed:


If the government can tax inheritance, lottery/betting/gambling proceeds then the government can tax church income above a threshold not being used for charity or organizational purposes.

Yes it can be done but their response will be to spend away until the remnants is below the said threshold. Even in for profit corporations, where government makes most money is from personal income tax from workers because payment of salaries can not be hidden

MightySparrow:



I think so but Christianity is commanded to be shared with people.

That is why there is need for legislation in all countries to restrict religions (Christianity and Islam and maybe Judaism) to private homes

Kobojunkie:
Stand alone? That you have only been generally exposed to majorly those two does not in any way make them unique as far as religions are concerned.

They are unique in that they are the only ones with caveats for unbelief. They insist God punishes people for unbelief.

Kobojunkie:
There is nothing spiritual about academic disciplines though. Also, many religious ideas are traded in academic settings. That does not make them any less religious, does it?

You refuse to agree that Christianity and Islam are stand alones despite all my efforts to make you see otherwise and all the evidence. I can not enter into your head.

BadBradley:
Lagos attracted the population by virtue of being the former capital territory and having the only seaport gateway in Nigeria na having all multinational manufacturers base their headquarters their even without having any production centre.

Rover state proposers as the oil production capital of Nigeria and of the old eastern region. The infrastructure is a result of the oil

Lagos state goes from business to business to ensure compliance with PAYE and that is their source of income. Any state could have done it.

Kobojunkie:
Do you then approach these ancestors of yours or do you approach living beings for advice on this spirituality of yours? If you rely in any way on living humans —not psychiatrists and medical doctors — for your spiritual understanding, how different are you from the religious folks who equally do the same?

Approaching people to be taught or guided is the hall mark of every academic discipline

MightySparrow:
Your problem .

I am a Christian without apology.

Well, do you at least agree that religion should be done in private?.

EmperorCaesar:




This is progress. Apparently statistically and from an Economy POV, we are actually moving forward

As per the main subject, There are just 6 economically viable states in Nigeria...Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Anambra, Edo and Kaduna

States in other regions should be merged together to form one

Useless Govs everywhere

If you merge them it does not solve the problem since they will still not be able to foot their bills

Religion is when you hold God to a standard lower than your Earthly father. I mean your Earthly father if he is a good man, can not be burning well behaved people in hell fire because of unbelief in some tales. Your Earthly father if a good man can not burn you in hell for worshipping other gods.
My ancestors had no religion but they had spirituality.

Steep:
people have rights to practice religion as long as it does not violate human right. You are advocating for fascism because you don't fancy religion, people have the right to practice what you don't like as long as it does not voilate the right of others.

Do you really believe Christianity and Islam should be able to.threaten law abiding people with hell fire in the public space tagging them unbelievers?.

LordReed:


I agree that Churches are taking advantage of their tax exempt status but the thing is we need tax exempt charitable organisations because of how society is set up. Tampering with that might have unforeseen repercussions. IMO though I think Churches should be taxed for any income that is not used for charitable works or the running of their organisation.

Churches are NGOs where monies are collected to spread the gospel. Spread the gospel means telling people their past and future sins are paid for by Jesus Christ, a Jew who was executed for blasphemy two thousand years ago. Any other thing they use money for is by the way. Any charity is by the way. The Muslims and Christians use the public space to threaten law abiding people with hell fire and that ought to stop. It will be stopped at one point. Churches are NGOs and they don't make profit. All the government can get from them in an organized settings is personal income tax from their workers.

2special:
I think the government should ban the religion that preaches violence and hatred first.

Both religions preach hatred and if you count the violence Christianity have done in past centuries, you will see that they are no different from Islam.

Mega churches and the economy

Mosques don't generate automatic revenue. An Alfa will work for you and charge you like a lawyer does and that will be the end of the transaction. That is why we don't have mega mosques like we have mega churches and why we don't have Alfas sitting on top of the economy like private jet riding Pastorpreneurs.
Any serious government will not allow any extra government institution to be laying claim either covertly or overtly to a portion of people's income in the nation and that is what tithe collection is which puts churches in direct competition with the state.
It is high time a law is made to ban tithe collection by churches though what is actually needed is to ban religion altogether from the public space. Any spiritual counselor should use methodology that can be taught and they should belong to a chartered body.

New Odus of IFA October 29 2024.


Oturupon Owonrin
A mother must like the child she birthed.

Cast IFA for Mohammed the prophet of Islam who committed all known crimes but is still liked by many


Otura Obara

What you went to look for in Sokoto is right there in the pockets of your sokoto.

This was the IFA cast for the man facing many problems who was looking for loyalty.
He listened but did not comply
On looking people of Po and Offa!
Loyalty comes bountifully from the right quarters when you are of the right conduct.


Osa Otura

There is more than one path up the mountain

This was the IFA cast for Akin Lawanson on the day people were saying he was trying to create one spirituality for the whole world.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied.

He told them ‘What I do with IFA, another person can do with tarot cards and etc and what will be important is what you do with your character after getting the know how’.

Irosun Owonrin

Surplus amidst lack

This was the IFA cast for the high income countries who would have the biggest high net worth individuals alongside homelessness.

They were advised to sacrifice
They listened but they did nor comply
On looking people of Po and Offa!
The more the HNIs were able to afford luxury goods the more the people became homeless.

Odi Irosun
You have to be able to defend ALL your actions. Once you can do that, you are perfect enough

Odi irete
Two way submission.

This was the IFA cast for the man and shared to the woman intending to marry themselves.
They were advised to sacrifice
They listened and complied
On looking people of Po and Offa!.
People that will marry each other must submit to each other.




Odi irete

Any good leader will quickly let their followers know they are as human as them. They will not present themselves as super human.



Iwori Ika

There is no consultancy like your own irunmale.

This was the IFA cast for the Awo who spent the whole day consulting IFA.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
There is no companion like your irunmale.




Osa Oturupon


Even if people want to pay tithe, government can say No because the collection of such monies should be reserved for government alone.


Osa Oturupon
I will do whatever is needed to maintain my status.

This was the IFA cast for the Pastor leading a congregation of millions who would murder people to protect his fragile ego.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened but did not comply
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
Hardly can you find a Pastor leading millions without government help who will not kill to protect his ego.

There is nothing wrong in a Babalawo taking a fraction of what is given to him to make ebo for stray animals to eat. God definitely loves that but there is a lot wrong with many habits of religionists. Deal with those and leave those doing ebo alone. You don't have to like it or do it but there is nothing wrong with it and it is wrong for you to be castigating and condemning those doing it.


Iwori Obara
Ọ̀sẹnsẹn ẹbọ ni npa Igun lẹ́ẹ̀rìn
T'Awo l'epo t'Ọ̀gbẹ̀rì l'ẹ̀jẹ̀
Adífá fún Olú Ọrà ní sòdè
Ìwòrì ò bẹ̀rẹ̀, ọmọ ṣeélà kínú ó bí baba

A big sacrifice causes the vulture to laugh
Oil for the Awo, blood for the Ogberi

This was the IFA cast for olu Ora ni sode

Iwori did not bend!
How can the prosperity of a child make the father to be cross?.

There are cattle Fulani in Yoruba land who.have no other place to call home. Some are even titled people.

How do you qualify to be orisa?.

People often say if Mohammed and Jesus were Yoruba, they would have been orisa, I beg to differ, you.have to substantially move humanity forward to qualify. Not all ancestors were orisas. If Claude Shannon who wrote the best science dissertation of the twentieth century were a Yoruba ancestor, he would be an orisa. I agree with that.
Religion did not add anything of value to humanity.

New odus of IFA October 12 2024.

Okanran Ogunda
Your future should be devoted to whoever saved your life.

This was the IFA cast for Akin Lawanson who was opportuned to do work for humanity on a scale hitherto unknown because he was under the protection of a USA led alliance representing all the good people of the world.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
It is who saved you that you are living for.


Note
You live for those who saved you and this is the reason we care for our parents.


Eji Ogbe

How the aborigines of any land look is how you will look if you stayed there for a millennia.


Note
Even without factoring in reproduction, mutation and etc, the skin color can change on its own if you work outdoors and you live long enough.

Owonrin Otura
For trousers not to slip, we gird our loins.

This was the IFA cast for rent control which is the master stroke that will end homelessness.
It was advised to sacrifice
It listened and complied.
On looking people of Po and Offa!.
Rent should not be given a free rein to go over the board in any country.



Iwori Owonrin

Bowing to the Kaaba is not idolatry


Cast IFA for the moslem who would bow down to the direction of the Kaaba five times every day while castigating others as idol worshippers.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened but did not comply.
On looking people of Po and Offa!
Nobody is more idolatrous than the Muslim that worship the Kaaba and kill people over the Quran and the prophet.

Ogunda Oturupon

Magic is my department

This was the IFA cast for the Pastor who instead of joining hands to build the country was praying for people for visa interviews.

Ogunda Oturupon

You need people more than you need money.

This was the IFA cast for the business owner who sought for investors rather than loans.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
An inclusive ownership structure is a resource for any business


Iwori Irete
A good name is better than any other thing.

This was the IFA cast for Alfred Nobel who left his fortune to a foundation to be generating award monies for trail blazers in the academia and leadership because he wants to be remembered well.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!
Alfred Nobel will never be forgotten.



Owonrin Ika

A free born can never wear the garb of slaves

This was the IFA cast for the ijebu who would say ‘There is no people you can not find in a slave market apart from the white man and the Ijebu’.
They were advised to sacrifice
They listened but they did not comply
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
The Ijebu were sold into slavery at the Calabar port far from Ijebu control


Obara Okanran

Half bread is better than none.

This was the IFA cast for the Palestinians driven out by Israel in 1948 who accepted to return and take over whatever land is left.

They were advised to sacrifice
They listened and complied
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
The Palestinians said ‘Half bread is better than none’.




Owonrin Obara

What a parent wants is what their little children must support.

This was the IFA cast for Pharaoh Akhenaten who founded a religion for Egypt that lasted only for the length of his reign.
He was advised to sacrifice
He listened but he did not comply
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!
Egyptians said No.


Oturupon Osa

We are going to drag this economic space together.

This was the IFA cast for the church whose tithe collection is in direct competition with the state’s tax collection.
They were advised to sacrifice
They listened but did not comply
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
The church is contesting with the state for citizens.


Ose Obara
The newborn baby will never lack milk.

This was the IFA cast for the Awo Orunmila who whenever with his divination tools will never be lonely.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
The Awo Orunmila will never be lonely because he communicates with the spirit realm

Owonrin irete
There is no overbearing burden at all.

This was the IFA cast for the nation where taxes is not being paid at all according to the desire of the people.
They were advised to sacrifice
They listened but did not comply
Onlooking people of Po and Offa
A nation that does not pay tax at all is not going to be a good nation. They are detached from their government.

Spirituality and religion

A wrong definition can make you lose a debate or a war. This is why the right definition of religion should be precipitated. Good old spiritualities that have always been there and have nothing against each other must be differentiated from Christianity and Islam. In other words, Christianity and Islam must be isolated for what they are. They are the only two broad groups that condemn unbelievers to hell fire. They are the only religions while others are amiable spiritualities that God approves of.
Definitions are crucial and all spiritualities can not be grouped with Christianity and Islam.


Aiforo we oro lo pa Elempe akoko
To ni Igba wuwo ju awo lo.

Lack of proper clarification killed the first Elempe (King of Nupe) who said a calabash is heavier than a plate.

He wanted to say a calabash soaked in water is heavier than a plate.

Definitions and clarifications are important.

The birth and beginning of religion

The first place on Earth where idolatry was made illegal was the Egypt of Pharaoh Akhenaten. He closed down all the temples and directed the people to worship only Aten who can not be seen. The sun was made to represent Aten. The meaning of his name Akhenaten is Valiant for Aten. They were speaking Yoruba and it is the same way a Yoruba man today can be named Akinogun to mean valiant for Ogun. The forced spirituality lasted until his demise upon when Egyptians returned to their old ways and declared him an heretic. The event might be the basis of the assertion in the Quran that the first Muslims were Egyptians of the three or so claims of the origin of Islam in the book. It is also very likely that the foundation of Judaism is Atenism. Their founders could be Egyptians who refused to revert to the old ways after which the practice evolved or transformed to become Judaism today.
Pharaoh Akhenaten like Jews today did not threaten Idolators with hell fire but he made the practice illegal.
The hell fire threats and the drive to convert the whole of humanity are additions by Christianity and Islam.