Ibadan

I love Ibadan

This is one of the many GRAs in Ibadan

walefresh3:
[b][/b]Tribute To The Yoruba
by Reno Omokri

People often assume the Yoruba are so successful as an ethnic nationality due to their thirst for education, and how it has penetrated down even amongst their remotest rural communities. But study them. Their culture of respect opens doors for them that even education cannot open. Diplomacy gives them supremacy.

And their culture is often mistaken for what it is not by others who do not understand them as a people. What some people ignorantly call cowardice, or sycophancy, is stooping to conquer. It is both a military and diplomatic strategy.

This is what Scripture meant in 2 Corinthians 10:4 “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty”. Wisdom, courtesy, diplomacy, and praise are all weapons. A weapon is anything you can use to achieve your strategic objective. It does not always have to be a physically offensive weapon.

But are the Yorubas even cowards, as some people accuse them to be? Well, let us let the facts speak for themselves.

In the history of Nigeria, only two men have returned to Nigeria to face almost certain death even when they had the option of a very comfortable political asylum abroad. Both of them are Yoruba. In 1985, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida toppled the Buhari regime while Major General Tunde Idiagbon (mixed Yoruba/Fulani) was at Mecca yet Idiagbon returned.

In 1995, Olusegun Obasanjo (pure Owu Yoruba) was accused of planning a coup by the blood thirsty tyrant, Abacha (if you do not like that truthful description of Abacha or if you believe that 'Abacha did not loot', you can go and join him where he is) while he was away in Copenaghen.
He was informed by the then US Ambassador, Walter Carrington, that Abacha meant to arrest, try and execute him, and was offered political asylum in the United States.

He returned to face almost certain death.

What more example of bravery can there be than these two shining ones.

Furthermore, there is the apocryphal example of Colonel Francis Adekunle Fajuyi who chose to die with the then Head of State, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, rather than abandon his guest, which he was at liberty to do.

In addition to the above, in my opinion, they are the least likely to maintain and retain their cultural values, when it clashes with other cultures.

I love how they retain their full culture when they travel abroad. It is a rarity amongst Africans. When you visit London, you may be confused if you think Yoruba is the only African language in existence.

A Yoruba man can enter a quiet bus and receive a phone call and speak in Yoruba, and won’t feel embarrassed. And I am not referring to a Johnny Just Come. I am referring to second generation Yorubas who were born and brought up in England,

I have been traveling the world from childhood, yet I have not encountered people doing that with much wider [/b]spoken African languages, such as Swahili and Hausa.

They may speak it privately in their homes abroad. but not publicly, and even if they do, it is not to the extent of the Yoruba.

It has gotten to the extent that the Metropolitan Police now recruit Yoruba speaking Constables, and Harrods now employ Yoruba speaking cashiers. Oh please do not just take my words at face value. Fact check me.

Go to Houston on a Sunday, you will see Yoruba people everywhere in their native wears, adire, plus abeti aja and eleti aja.

[b]Here in California, other Africans now draw crowd to their parties by saying ‘the Nigerians will be there.’

This will annoy other tribes, including mine, however, when foreigners talk about how cool Nigerians are, they are usually referring to Yorubas.

Take it or leave it, but the Yoruba are the most progressive Black people on the face of planet Earth.

They produced the first Black African Nobel laureate for an academic category (Wole Soyinka), and the first Black African military ruler to have voluntarily handed over to a civilian President (Olusegun Obasanjo), and the first Nigerian to win a Grammy Award (Sade Adu) as well as the first person born and bred in Africa to have won a Pulitzer Prize (Dele Olojede).

The reason why Yorubas are the biggest music stars of Nigerian origin is because they are unabashedly Yoruba. They do not try to sing or act like Westerners. They are very in-your-face with their Yoruba-ness. And when people like themselves to such a high degree, others tend to join them in liking them.

There are an estimated 15 Black billionaires on Planet Earth. Three of them are Yoruba. More than any ethnic nationality in Africa.

US President, Joe Biden, named a Yoruba man, Adewale Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury Secretary. This is the highest position to which a Black African has been appointed (not elected) in US history. Another Yoruba man, Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, became the first person on Earth to successfully perform a surgery by taking out an unborn fetus from its mother’s womb and putting it back after the surgery.

77% of all Black doctors in America, and a very large percentage of these are Yoruba.

I commend the Edekiri people (the real name of the Yoruba). You guys are oni te si iwaju.

#TableShaker #RenosNuggets

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Avid traveller. Hollywood Magazine Film Festival Humanitarian of the Year, 2019.

Wow.

God Bless the Yorubas

lexylaw40:
I'm happy all those is happening in my life time

Well said. I agree.

Tonim:
Mobolaji Johnson Train Station, Ebute Meta, Lagos

Wow. Love this. Looks Great.

Tonim:
Ado-ekiti, Ekiti State

Ado looks so beautiful at night.

I love this thread I swear. Thanks for the updates @tonim

Tonim:
Opening of JARA Stores at the Obafemi Awolowo Civic & Convention
Center, Ado-ekiti.

Nice.

They have this JARA store at Heritage Mall (Near Cocoa House), Ibadan as well.

Tonim:
Tinubu is a visionary leader for conceiving the Lekki Free Trade Zone
as Lagos State Governor in 2006.

My work is done here.

Happy Sunday everyone

God bless you. You have proven that Tinubu
came up with the Lekki free trade zone
when he was Governor in 2006.

They just have a hard time accepting the truth.

Tonim:


Tinubu is a visionary

Very much so.

KashApp:
Failed governor.. I pray BAO will not be like him

Let's see if the Governor delivers on the airport project
before labeling him as a failure.

President2001:
A wicked woman

I don't understand; how so?

OyeofIkoTuN:


yeah very cool pretty lady

You guys know Bisi Fayemi was born in the UK right?

Omo londoner

Tonim:
ValueJet Receives 2 Aircrafts, Prepares For Demo Flight


Nigerian airline startup ValueJet has taken delivery of its first two Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets. Both CRJ900 jets, with registration 5N-BXS and 5N-BXT, arrived at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport.


The Chairman, ValueJet, Kunle Soname, highlighted Nigeria’s role in driving global trade as an African carrier.

He said: “Despite the challenges in the industry, Nigeria and Africa are well- poised to drive growth with an effective aviation sector. ValueJet is a dream Airline that is gradually being positioned to efficiently facilitate growth opportunities across geographies.”

With a track record of safety, ValueJet will deploy these aircraft for regional flight services once we have completed all mandatory processes and secured AOC approvals, Managing Director Omololu Majekodunmi said.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/valuejet-receives-2-aircraft-prepares-for-demo-flight/

The Chairman and MD of the airline are both Yoruba.

Making us proud. The sky is the limit for us.

Tonim:
King’s Court, Oke mosan, Abeokuta

Completed by Gov Abiodun

This is very nice; like the estates in Lekki.

Kudos to the Governor.

Tonim:
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, was invited to Ibadan to commission the General Gas Flyover
and road dualization project completed by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State

We need more of this unity among our Governors (across party lines)

Lovely.

Nice thread

Tonim:
Ekiti Gov Kayode Fayemi is building an ultra modern bus terminal in the capital, Ado-ekiti

Construction by Planet Project Limited

The terminal would look great when completed.

Great job by Governor Fayemi

Tonim:
Gov Dapo Abiodun is currently building the Ogun Agro Cargo Airport in Illishan Remo, Ikenne LGA, Ogun State.

He is expecting the first plane to land there by December this year.

Here are renderings of the airport.

Wow this is nice. The airport would bring lots of development to Ogun state.

Tonim:
Ilaji Hotel & Sports Resort, Ibadan

Ibadan is a great city

This place looks marvelous.

Tonim:
King’s Court Housing Estate, Oke mosan, Abeokuta

King’s Court very nice like an estate in Lekki

Arnold1:


Wow, looks great.

I believe this new terminal has the capacity to accommodate
14 million annually.

Thank you Tonim

It does look great

The new terminal looks very nice. I am highly impressed.

Nice pictures of Ibadan

I think Lekki Regional Road would be more appropriate.

Tomek09:

Shut up if you don't know how to lie. Ibadan is brown roof eyesore with dilapidated ancestral buildings and mosque littered everywhere.

...And these are pictures of Agodi Gardens, Agodi, Ibadan.

Everywhere has its nice and not so nice parts.

Tomek09:
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Shut up if you don't know how to lie. Ibadan is brown roof eyesore with dilapidated ancestral buildings and mosque littered everywhere.

No need to use profanity. Let's be civil.

As much as it hurts , those are pictures of Ibadan, Oyo State.

The first two pics are in Bodija, the next two are in one of the GRAs
and the last two are Challenge intersection. All in Ibadan




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Top 10 Cocoa Producing States in Nigeria - 2021

https://nigerianinfopedia.com.ng/cocoa-producing-states-in-nigeria/


SW is #1 and in top 5

1. Ondo
2 Cross River
3. Oyo
4. Osun
5. Akwa Ibom
6. Ogun
7. Delta
8. Ekiti
9. Edo
10. Kogi

So, high IGR in SW states excluding Lagos such as Oyo & Ogun is not made up

BKayy:

This Oyo?

This Oyo



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NotoriousBiggyS:



It' is only Lagos state that's is developed in the whole southwest region, others are full of brown roof and dilapidated road, can u tell me one state in the whole Yoruba land that can be compared to delta state in terms of development[b][/b]?

Here are Pictures of Abeokuta. It is not only Lagos that's developed in the SW

NotoriousBiggyS:



It' is only Lagos state that's is developed in the whole southwest region, others are full of brown roof and dilapidated road, can u tell me one state in the whole Yoruba land that can be compared to delta state in terms of development[b][/b]?

Here are pictures of Agodi Gardens, Ibadan.

It is not only Lagos that is developed in the SW