₦airaland Forum

pazienza:
Ironsi wasn't the one who dissolved the regions and their autonomy, he merely united the federal civil service. It was Gowon and Awo that dissolved the regions and created dysfunctional entities called states.

It wasn't the Igbo man that cancelled the 50-50 sharing formula between the owners of resources and the FG, It wasn't the Igboman that created the Land use decree that stole the resource rich lands of ND and made it bonanza party for all Nigerian groups, especially the Arewa-Odua.

But I have never seen you utter any anti Yoruba or Northern words on this forum, you remain innately Igbophobic, your veneer is wearing thin bro.

Are you sure you are not from the lands west of Ikalands, you now sound exactly like them, your veneer is wearing off fast and furious, better answer your father's name now. An anti GEJ SS commoner? It must be freezing in hell.*grins*

socialmediaman:
This charge and bail lawyer obviously doesn't know what he's saying. A president who hasn't assumed office to know the true state of the economy and have a closer look at budget and other expected revenue and perform on the spot accesment would be announcing to the world a blueprint based on no available data?

You didn't hear when he said the outgoing government didn't furnish him with information regarding all these important details?



I have nothing else to tell you and your supporters...

Mapletraks:
@Op

That is Great!

Bahia in Brazil was the major point in Brazil
where thousands of Yoruba captives from Nigeria and Yorubas in Benin Republic landed.

Some returned to Nigeria after the slave trade ended and many became very wealthy.

The Alakija family came back from Brazil. Candido DaRocha was of Ijesa ancestry whose father also came back from Bahia in Brazil. Candido DaRocha built the Water House on Kakawa st. Lagos Island with another exact replica built by him in Bahia, Brazil in the late 1800s[DaRocha was a very rich man and he was the father of the founder of ADRAO International School, VI].

StOla:
First of all, your question should be Ilorin, not Kwara. Kwara has distinct Yoruba regions like Offa and others, and distinct non-Fulani and non-Yoruba regions too.

Concerning Ilorin, The inter-marriage between the Fulani occupiers and Yoruba natives is majorly responsible, while name adoption is limited to very few insignificant instances.

For Bukola Saraki, of his 4 grand parents, only one is Fulani (whose ethnic homogeneity is even in doubt), the remaining 3 are Yorubas.

So Bukola's claim to being Fulani is just the surname.

I want to believe the Yoruba name of the Emir of Ilorin is Folorunsho, not Kolapo. I doubt if I'm wrong.

The present governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is a full blooded Yoruba man from outside Ilorin, same with late Mohammed Lawal who was even from Ilorin (who ruled before Bukola Saraki).

Concerning Tunde Idiagbon, I fail to see any Fulani connection in his name.

mulattoclaro:
1. Aduge is an Edo dialect spoken by the people of Kwara State, Oyi LGA.

2. Degema is an Edo dialect spoken by the people of Rivers State, Degema LGA. Dialects are Atala, Usokun (Kala Degema).

3. Engenni (Ngene, Egene) [ENN]. Rivers State, Ahoada and Yenagoa LGAs. Dialects are Ediro, Inedua, Ogua.

4. Epic (Epie-Atissa) [EPI]. Rivers State, Yenagoa LGA.

5. Isoko, Delta State, Isoko and Ndokwa LGAs.

6. Iyayu (Idoani) [IYA], Ondo State. One quarter of Idoani town speak this dialect. The people are sometimes called "Idoani ".

7. Okpe (Oke), Delta State, Okpe LGA. Distinct from Okpe-Idesa-Oloma-Akuku which is Northwestern Edoid.

8. Okpe-Idesa-Oloma-Akuku [OKP], Edo State, Akoko-Edo LGA. Dialects are Okpe, Idesa, Oloma, Akuku. Oloma may be a separate language different from Okpe which is Southwestern Edoid.

9. Uhami (Ishua) [UHA], Ondo State, Akoko South and Owo LGAs.

10. Ososo [OSS], Edo State, Akoko-Edo LGA.

11. Sasaru-Enwa Igwe (Sasaru) [SSC]. Edo State, Akoko-Edo LGA.

12. Urhobo. Delta State, Ethiope and Ughelli LGAs. Dialects are Agbarho, Isoko.

13. Uvbie (Evhro, Uvhria, Uvwie, Evrie, Effurun). Delta State, Ethiope LGA. Related to Urhobo.

14. Ukue-Ehuen (Ekpenmi, Ekpenmen, Epinmi) [UKU] including Ehuen, Ukue, Ondo State, Akoko South LGA. Dialects are Ukue, Ehuen. Crozier and Blench 1992 treat Ukue and Ehuen as separate languages.

15. Uneme (Uleme, Ileme, Ineme) [UNE]. Edo State, Etsako, Agbazilo and Akoko-Edo LGAs. Ghotuo-Uneme-Yekhee.

16. Yekhee (Etsako, Etsakor, Afenmai, Iyekhee, Kukuruku). Edo State, Etsako, Agbako and Okpebho LGAs. Ghotuo-Uneme-Yekhee. Dialects are Auchi, Uzairue, South Ibie, Uwepa-Uwano (Weppa Wano), Avianwu (Fugar), Aviele, Ivhiadaobi.

17. Ikpeshi (Ikpeshe, Ekpeshe) [OKP]. Edo State, Etsako LGA.

18. Ghotuo (Otwa, Otuo) [AAA]. Edo State, Owan and Akoko-Edo LGAs.

19. Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe [ATG]. Edo State, Etsako and Akoko-Edo LGAs. Dialects are Ivbie North (Ibie North), Okpela (Okpella, Ukpella, Upella), Arhe (Atte, Ate).

20. Esan (Ishan, Isa, Esan, Anwain) [ISH]. Edo State, Agbazilo, Okpebho LGAs. Dialects are Ekpon, Igueben. Many dialects are apparently inherently intelligible.

21. Edo (Bini, Benin, Addo, Oviedo, Ovioba), Ovia, Oredo and Orhionmwon LGAs.

22. Emai-Iuleha-Ora (Kunibum, Ivbiosakon) [EMA]. Dialects are Ivhimion, Emai, Iuleha, Ora, Edo State.

23. Eruwa (Erohwa, Erakwa, Arokwa) [ERH]. Delta State, Isoko LGA. Related to Urhobo. Most speakers are bilingual in Central Isoko which is replacing Eruwa. Not intelligible with any Isoko dialect.

24. Okpamheri (Opameri) [OPA]. Edo State, Akoko-Edo LGA. Dialects are Okulosho (Okurosho), Western Okpamheri, Emhalhe (Emarle, Somorika, Semolika). Sub dialects of Okulosho are Ojirami (Eekunu), Dagbala (Dangbala), Oja (Oza), Makeke (Uuma), Oma. Sub dialects of Western Okpamheri are Ekpe, Bekuma, Lankpese (Lampese, Lankpeshi), Ibillo (Ibilo) Imoga (Imorga, Uma), Eko (Ekon, Ekor), Ikaran-Oke (Ikeram-Oke), Ebunn-Oke, Ikaran-Ele (Ikeran-Ile), Ebunn-Ugbo, Ikpesa, Igbo-Ola-Sale (Ugboshi-Oke), Onumo (Onumu), Ogugu, Ogbe-Sale, Ogbe-Oke. Emhalhe may be a separate language.

Akuneshiobike:
★BIO-DATA:

◆ NAME: Muhammad Buhari;
◆ DOB: 17th December 1942;
◆ NATIONALITY: Nigerian;
◆ STATE OF ORIGIN: Katsina State;
◆ HOME TOWN: Daura;
◆ MARITAL STATUS: Married


★[b]EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:[/b]

◆ Elementary School, Daura ~ 1948-1952;
◆ Katsina Model School, Katsina ~1953;
◆ Katsina Provincial School (now Government College Katsina)~1956-1961;


★MILITARY CAREER/TRAINING:

◆ Military Training School, Kaduna ~1963;
◆ Officer’s Cadet School, Aldershot (UK)~Oct.’63;
◆ Platoon Commanders’ Course Nigerian Military College, Kaduna ~1964;
◆ Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course, Army Mechanical Transport School, Borden (United Kingdom) ~1965;
◆ Defence Services’ Staff College, Wellington (India) ~1973;
◆ United States Army War College ~ 1979-1980;


☆MILITARY APPOINTMENT/EXPERIENCE:

◆ Platoon Commander, 2nd Infantry Bat. ’63-64;
◆ Mech Trans. Officer, Lagos Garrison, ’64-65;
◆ Transport Coy Commander, 2nd Brigade,’65-66;
◆ Batt Adjutant/Commander, 2nd Brigade,’66-67;
◆ Brigade Major, 2nd Sector, 1st Infantry Division, April to July, 1967;
◆ Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Div, 67–68;
◆ Acting Commander, 4th Sector, 1st Div!’68–70;
◆ Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade, ’70-71;
◆Assistant Adjutant-General, 1st Infantry Div. Headquarters, ’71-72;
◆ Colonel, General Staff, 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters,1974 –1974;
◆ Acting Director Supply & Transport, Nigeria Army Corps Hqts,1974 –1975;
◆ Military Secretary, Army Hqts. 1978-1979;
◆ GOC, 4th Infantry Div.~1980 – 1981;
◆ GOC, 3rd Armored Div. ~ 1981 –1983;


★POLITICAL APPOINTMENT/EXPERIENCE:

◆ Military Gov., North Eastern State ~’75-76;
◆ Fed Commissioner for Petroleum ~ ’76–78;
◆ Chairman, NNPC ~ 1978 –1978;
◆ Member, Supreme Military Council, ~ 78-79;
Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces ~ Dec 1983 – Aug. 85;
Executive Chairman, PTF ~ 1995 – 1999;


★ AWARDS AND MEDALS:

● GCFR: Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
◆ DSM: Defence Service Medal
● NSM: National Service Medal
◆ GSM: General Service Medal
● LSGCM: Loyal Service and Good Conduct Medal
◆ FSS: Forces Service Star
● CM: The Congo Medal

Source: http://dailymail.com.ng/biographyprofilecurriculum-vitae-of-general-muhammadu-buhari-at-a-glance/

lalasticlala:
http://pulse.ng/entrepreneurship/ladi-delano-meet-nigerias-youngest-billionaire-id3743309.html

UGLYS:
This will shock you like PHCN’s high tension wire.  How will you feel to raise a child only to find out he is not yours. Lagos DNA expert, Dr. Oyinwola Azeez has revealed something thought provoking. According to Dr. Azeez 40% of the first borns are not from their so called fathers. He spoke to City People Magazine from his Lagos based hospital. Read him:

I can tell you this happens to so many men. Do you know that 40percent of most of the first born don’t belong to their so called biological fathers; all over the world, reason? Most of the ladies often have one or two boyfriends, he said.

Mr Oyinwola however said he ventured into the trade after his own personal experience. He lost his wife and decided to give another woman a chance. He met this lady in London and invited her to Germany when he went for a visit. She came, they made love and that was it. After one year she called him to say, well that night’s love making has resulted into twins, he was shocked and then said okay. Continue…
After a while, he flew to London at exactly when the twins were one, he went with one of his friends and they had a birthday celebration for the kids. He started taking responsibilities, after two years he bought her a car.

After the whole scene, it was already four years that he lost his wife and wanted to give marriage a second chance. So he flew to London again, but before flying he told his brothers about the twins and said, he will carry out a DNA test, and if they were his he will be bringing them home, his brother agreed and he left. When he got to London, they went for a DNA test, while waiting for the test, they flew to Italy for dinner. After a while when they got back to London, he remembered the test and said, Lady let me check my mail, lo and behold the kids were not his. He was disappointed and he left.
But before then, he was already planning to move her in to Nigeria. She was already dictating to the carpenter the way she wanted her room to be and so on. The whole plans got shattered because she lied, that was how I would have been training another man’s children, he explained.

***Similarly, I was glued to my radio during a family section program and heard another shocker; A woman was married to a man and they had Four (4) kids. All Four children do not belong to the man and all Children had different fathers.

So here was my thought, Perhaps the man was incapable of having children and the lady doesn't want to lose her husband and her home. If she had fathered the children via One man, then I Can categorically tag her a "A heartless cheat". Mind you, she still cheated but maybe compelled to do so due to prevailing circumstances.

But these are my thoughts, what will you do as a man, if you discover that you aint the father of your first son or Four children?

fkaz:
I thought Onitsha river port was commission by president Goodluck Jonathan

Onitsha River Port Begins Operation
01 Sep 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan
By John Iwori
Following its formal commissioning by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Thursday, the multi-billion Onitsha River Port Complex, Anambra State has begun operations.
Various cargo handling equipment were seen in operations as the euphoria that heralded the formal commissioning of the Onitsha River Port Complex ebbed with the departure of guests to the venues of other projects earmarked for commissioning by President Jonathan.
The formal unveiling of the Onitsha River Port Complex, which is located in the commercial nerve centre of the Eastern part of the country, followed its complete rehabilitation by the Federal Government.
While performing the cutting of tape ceremony, President Jonathan said the N4.6 billion River Port was unique and a signal for more things to come.

TheOtherview:
What osisi's bigoted Christian mind regards as Yoruba juju and fetish practice is a belief system recognised under the United States constitution and in other saner climes.



Yoruba fetish aided the liberation of Haiti, which made the formation of the United States from which you spew your jaundiced and ill-informed opinions possible.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A2q60qg0WA

Ilekeh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8m9yb5uuhE


She's not white tho. Damn but her Yoruba sweet me for body

stabillo:
They should go to Cuba too, My best Cuban artist are the IBEYI ...Naomi & Keinde Diaz ...they sing with yoruba language

Goddex:
This devilish APC at the center will scuttle that Ibaka project. Mark my words.





However, Warri, Calabar and Onne (PH) have sea ports

bigfrancis21:
@bold...you would never know what I know because you are not in my head. And you can't judge what I know based on a few lines you read on the internet. You don't even know me an inch. I have had this particular argument in the past before in 2013. Going through my posts of 2013 will prove this. I suppose you are an adult, and not a child, and expect some level of decent reasoning from you.

As for the issue of migrants, academic sources recognize that the Yorubas in Togo and Benin are migrants from Nigeria. Nigeria is their main dormot, from where they spread to other regions. Whether recent or early migrants, they are Nigerian immigrants in that sense. The whites of US today who claim natives are immigrants from Britain who settled in the US. We all know their origin - europe and we all know where they will go back to when the time comes. The whites may be 'natives' in America today, but they are immigrants and they recognize they are immigrants, US land originally belongs to the Red Indians. Same goes for the africaners of South Africa are descendants of dutch immigrants who settled in SA. They struggle for land with the black african natives as if they own the land, when they are only but mere immigrants.

I am only regurgitating what I have read from academic sources. If you have issues with accepting the fact that Yorubas are migrants in Benin and Togo, redirect your hyperventilation towards the academic sources that brought it forward. I don't expect to teach you common sense.

obinnaifeoma:
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=101474

abu12:
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/01/23/alaba-trader-builds-mansion-with-robbery-money/

A trader at Alaba International market, Ojo, Lagos, western Nigeria, and leader of an 8-man trans-border robbery gang, Nnamdi John, has confessed that he led a successful robbery operation during which they carted away N100 million.
He said he used his share of N28 million to build a mansion in Lagos State, western Nigeria.
The 42-year old John was paraded along with seven other members of his gang by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti on Thursday.

Those paraded along with him include Samuel Igbi, 59, Anthony Umeh, 38, Chinenye David, 29, and Uchenna Ezeh, 35.
Others were Victor Anamalechi, 45, Iheanacho Igwe, 35, and Desmond Obinna, 32.
The Abia State-born John said he used part his share of the proceed to build a magnificent mansion at Igando where he lives with his family, adding that he also bought other properties with the robbery loot.
The father of three said he was a trader selling musicsal instruments at Alaba market before he decided to join robbery after he discovered that he was not making enough money in his business.
He said after he was introduced into robbery by his friend he identified as Okonkwo, it did not take long before he became rich.
John also revealed that their robbery operations were carried out beyond the shores of Nigeria as they raided other African countries such as Niger Republic and Mali where they made huge sums of money in foreign currencies.
He said his men raided a community bank in Port Novo in Niger Republic, and a Bureau de change and filling station in Mali.
In Nigeria, John confessed that his gang has been involved in robbery operations in Ikorodu in Lagos, Port Hacourt in Rivers and Kano State.

John confessed that one of their biggest heists was their robbery operation in a bank at Alakija area of Lagos where they carted away N100 million and shared it.
Parading the suspects, Aderanti said he received information about some deadly trans-border armed robbers in Iba, Festac and Igando and immdiately directed the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, led by Abba Kyari to go after them.
He said the SARS went to their hideout at Victory Estate, Iba along LASU/Igando Road where Igbi and Umeh were arrested.
He said their arrest led to the arrest of other suspects including their leader, John, and seizure of their operational Toyota Sienna Space bus with registration number, KSF 876 CU.
Aderanti said two AK47 rifles and 11 AK47 loaded magazines were recovered from the gang.
•The house he built in Igando with robbey money

LKO:
I m not a fan of Bode George but his take on Tinubu should not just be wave aside. He talked about Tinubu's primitive aquisitive tendencies, even Tinubu ally would agree to this deep down in their heart. If Tinubu do not mellow down, it won't be long before him and Buhari would fall apart.

iaatmguy:
Thought of keeping mute concerning the issue of indigenous lagosians, but the way and manner some ignoramus reiterate "lagos is no man's land" is nauseating. Its only shallow thinkers, superficial beings, greedy people and bigots, who have this notion. If a deranged junkie spewed that out, doesn't mean its a fact.
In a likewise manner can that be said about kano, onitsha, port-harcourt, where all ethnic groups converge for businesses.
Likening the matter to a man who calls is neighbor to a meal, prepared in his own house, the neighbor then holds the owner's hand and says this food belongs to everyone.
If lagos is no man's land, then Niger deltans should stop ranting about "our oil", if lagos is NO man's land, tell that to the obi of onitsha, that a yoruba man should be his chief, if lagos is no man's land, then kano belongs to who , the igbos or urhobo ?.if lagos is no man's land then the igbos should present a hausa man as their king. The over indulgence enjoyed by non-indigenes of Lagos can not be accepted by any other ethnic group Elsewhere.The truth is we are all citizens of Nigeria at the same time indigenes of our different state respectively. We are one NIGERIA but belong to our respective states, though this sounds ambivalent concerning our unity, but its the fact.
IGBOS OWN THE SOUTH EAST, HAUSAS OWN THE CORE NORTH, YORUBAS OWN THE SOUTH WEST INCLUDING LAGOS.

illiad:
The madness in your family was what made Awolowo to hang himself. Such is the end of you the accursed.

Look here kid...

Chief Obafemi Awolowo, SAN, never hung himself as is being
bandied on some Ibo-oriented Websites I've been reading since
2004. Chief Obafemi Awolowo who was a lawyer and Senior
Advocate of Nigeria [SAN] died peacefull in his house in 1987.

I'm in my 40s and was alive then. IBB even eulogised him very well
so there was no coup plot by Awolowo against IBB which is one of those
misleading information being spread online by people who I observed are
of Ibo origin.

Stop spreading false information here... OK?

Awoofawo:
You have time for engaging those fools.... Forget them and left them to their delusion.
When the bubble burst, they will comprehend that silence of Yoruba so far is a double edges sword.....

I had to just reply some of these ignorant statements
because if NOT done on time these guys will distort other
peoples' ancestral history jsut like they have been
doing on some pro-biafra and pro-ibo Websites where
they insult and abuse other ethnic groups in Nigeria - from
Northern , South-West and South-Southern [Ijaw, Ikwere, etc].


Those pro-biafra Websites [that I have been reading since 2004]
are NOT worth stating here but you can Google them to read what
massive trash these people write online.

An2elect2:
sorry there is only one God and no igbo is under your "great king"

Your oba has brought disrepute and scorn to his thrown. He should apologise.

Faraidi:
This useless oba that is controled by Tinubu.South west kingship is rubbish,it is suppose to be primogeniture

ayokellany:
Any Lagosian Igbo Yoruba all others just have to be sick in the brain if they think PDP with it's barrage of failures can transform Lagos

christopher123:
bullshittt.... lagos is lagos and was developed by whole nigeria not gbegiri money

topstar80:
wow..