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jimi4us:
Thiefnubuu is too small for the cunny short man from Kaduna. Hell-rufua plays the game too

You said more than this about Saraki. At last the private citizen defeated the Senate President out of office.

Eze Eri, a more paramount King in Iboland than Obi of Onitsha visited Ife recently to see the ancient house left behind by his ancestors and he did not say anything to the contrary after the visit.

If it worked on Eri I guess the deception is solid. . Why is Oku or Uko, whatever his name, bitter? Why this lamentation?

linsa,
Put this "amunity" into use in Yoruba or put a Note underneath and clarify the connection. Thanks

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

May his soul rest in peace!

Thanks. I need something like this

Sanusi is blessed with powerful presence. A good man....but he has been unlucky with politicians, as far back with Abacha.

May his reign last long!

When it comes to assault rifles Russia always lead the innovation. Check Russian gun dealer websites for update.

I am listing words in Yoruba lexicon which were not borrowed or donated but coincide in spelling, meaning and sense with words in English language. This is just an opening, I have many words to add to the list as time progresses. Feel free to add if you know some. Olu would love this exercise.

Sese - Cheese
See reason for modification in following posts below.

Ori - Ore (natural deposits extracted for commercial profit, like iron ore. There are also non-metallic ores)
Note - If mineral extract comes from plants Yoruba call it "ori". If extracted from animal Yoruba call it "ora"; and from fruits Yoruba call it "oro".

Iduro - Endure

Ehin - Behind

Parada - Paradox

Bode - Border

Ibudo - Abode

Agogo - Gong

Agboniregun - Aborigene
Note- Egungun in Yoruba, is the orisha or deity of the ancestor, is cognate with gene, an English word for ancestry.

Oregun - Origin

Okun - Ocean

Osun - Rose
Note - Yoruba's Osun (Camwood) is noted to have the same alchemy properties as high altitude roses. They have same color too. This is different from the Rose specie grown at sea level or low altitude.

Irin - Iron

Tere - Terre
Note - Tere in Yoruba, to spread or sprawl on ground.

Ife - Life

Foriji - Forgive
Note - Foriji in other Yoruba dialects could be written as Dariji

Imole - Illum

Bowo - Bow (Bow to greet or pay respect)

Akoko - Clock
Note - Akuko was the timekeeper in the era of our ancestors. English called it C0ck, as in C0ck Crow.

Akuko - C0ck

Mundia - Maiden

Akoro - Coronet

Esin - Sin
Note - We worship (Esin) as a ritual to cast away Sin.

Karawun - Crown

Bante - Pant

Ike - Care

Pa - Part

Awo - Law
Note - The practice of Law used to be exclusive and practitioners went through initiation rites to belong in Lodges and Inns to learn ethos and philosophies of man and society.

Ise - Use

Sifila - Civil
Note - As a sign of respect Yoruba men of old, on coming in contact or vicinity with another man of repute (by age, status or title), will remove their head covering (fila) as a courtesy to, and acknowledgement of, the individual. Thi is an old practice that we no longer observe. In Western world it is still common to see men attend civilly to one another by taking off hat....or merely touching the tip symbollically.

Ipo - Posit

Ake - Axe

Oro - Word

Sare - Race

Tobi - Robe


.....To be continued

Where was this? Are these not Ibos sitting on the floor? This is my first time ever seeing Ibo sit on ground. They sit awkwardly, its not a familiar position for them. They even look awkward.

Nobody asks him to apologize. Lagos is greater than Kaduna and far more politically advanced and complex than Kaduna. In Lagos Rufai will not win councillorship because his values will not match the aspirations of Lagos to promote diversity. We do not elect bigots and arrogant people that are insensitive to demographic make up of their state. Rufai should watch the direction he faces when next he needs to slime in the mouth.

Casptainspecial:
Elrufai thought Jabagan would respond to his comments in Lagos but Tinubu silence is giving El-rufai serious nightmare

He is looking for a big fish to spar with to get credits but he will be sparring with Oluomo dem, not Tinubu. Tinubu has put people in places Rufai can never get to.

Tinubu does not need to say a word....his soldiers alone will finish Rufai slimy mouth. Nobody needs to do any worse, but he needs to know next time what direction to face when he speaks.

omohayek:
All you've written here is an apologia for keeping the truth under wraps to protect the powers that be. What about when rulers decide to make it illegal to speak the truth, e.g. by passing laws like this same Buhari's "Decree Number 2" and "Decree Number 4" of the 1980s? And even when the law is reasonable on the books, what about when its enforcers are the ones breaking it? Is the public not entitled to know the truth under those circumstances?

Leaving aside all the spin coming from you, sarrki and the CBN spokesmen, it should be obvious that Sahara Reporters can't be too far from the truth in their claims, as there is no legitimate reason why Emefiele should be talking about manipulating the exchange rate by 1 or 2 Naira: the only motivation must be a nefarious one. When I've said in the past that Emefiele's multi-tier exchange rate policies fostered corruption through round-tripping, this was the very kind of scenario I had in mind, though even then I would never have imagined him being so directly involved in it himself. Buhari's "strong Naira" policy, which Emefiele has now been rewarded for pursuing so loyally (and apparently in pursuit of his own personal enrichment) is nothing but a breeding ground for large-scale corruption that drives away foreign investment while crippling the economy, all so a few crooks can make obscene profits at no risk to themselves.

I go go Oshodi for your case o!

Its not just roads, we have plenty drivers even on good roads that are too daring and negligent of road signs and they end up killing other road users. If roads are bad then more care and caution with patience is required. Improper car maintenance also contribute.

After sitting on rusted metal chair few times and getting your white garment stained you learn to improvise and protect your garment next time you sit on same chair. Its called reasoning.

We need to reason through this and not blame roads everytime.

I thought Eze Eri, the descendant of Gad himself just visited Ile Ife and concluded with Ooni that Igbos originated from Ife. Which one be Israel again?

obembet:
What's the worst name you've given to someone on your contact list?

Me: My mugu


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Cc Dominique
Cc mynd44
Cc Seun

Obembet, can i be your mugu? You be my Tonto Dike.

But Nigeria was in peace until Iboman picked up gun and ruined it. Heaven will not answer Nwobodo's declaration because it is made in vain.

Princedapace:
If the government had done the right things from day 1, there wouldnt have been any militant. No one is an animal. One of such right things is allow states handle their resources.

Correct! They did not, this is bad on their part; but SS needs money and it has a huge structure that can attract and sustain economic growth, so what should SS do to bring in money to the region? We can all see that even Ogun state with no oil is beating SS. If Lagos was keeping its VAT instead of remitting to FG it would be capable of bailing out Nigeria as a whole. Without it it stands a chance to bail out 30 states, that's monumental!

If you obtain the accounts and reports of colonial government in Nigeria and read some of the budgets and expenses reports you will see where the colonials abandoned Gold Coast and settled on Lagos as the main money maker for British expansion and administration all over West Africa. They declared in their report back home that Lagos could surpass both Liverpool and Manchester combined in volume of trade and revenue at the rate its mercantile prospects was looking. Liverpool and Manchester both being the main port and hub for industrialized and mercantile England at the time.

Before the colonials, have you read the Letters of Kosoko, an old king of Lagos? Have you read about Madam Tinubu, Iyalode of Egba and her trade in Lagos? Have you read about Ijebu water tolls and how the Ijebus monopolized right of way and ended up the wealthiest Yoruba group in the times before colonial government? Go into history and experience independent Lagos before all these nonsense called Nigeria. Nigeria is a joke as far we are concerned in Lagos....we just dey helep una manage am.

obembet:
Am very sure we have celebrated mother's day this year and I was confused when i hear that today is another mother's day. Maybe you guys have a better knowledge about this. How many times do we celebrate mother's day in a year?

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I believe some countries have traditional Mother's day connected with their native rituals or festivities, separate from the commercialized and globalized one from the Americans or Europeans.

First, In mythical beliefs planting season (spring) is associated with Earth day which because of its fruitfullness is also called "mother", as in mother-earth. So native cultures will celebrate planting season as mother's day and it may correspond with, or not, on the gregorian calendar with the American version which is always second Sunday in May of every year.

Second, Internet news from remote areas around the globe has given us awareness of things that had always been there but never heard of.

I think the first and second factors contribute to give the perception of many Mother's day celebrations.

obembet:
When we see people talking or defending Masses like this I thing we need to encourage them instead of attacking ourself. Forget about tribe issue, let face the truth.

O ya go back and edit that ur stupid comment and apply some sense.

Dont mind him.

Everyone missed the point Aare is making here.

Interior Minister Dambazau and Defense Minister Dan Alli instructed Emirs in North to move forward with preparations for Community Policing. In the same week Buhari had a dialogue with MACBAN leaders on ways to assist dismantle the pockets of terror in Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and so on. In that same week the Kaduna dry port opened for operations and El Rufai said containers meant for Kaduna will not be inspected at Lagos or even be opened until it arrives at Kaduna terminal.

Aare has been in militancy and led defensive guards successfully against the Army of tyrant Abacha and so he knows what the Northerners are cooking behind closed doors even before the aroma sips out.

He is telling Buhari that to fund Miyetti Allah to raise a Community Police Force and a pretentious fight against terrorists is unacceptable unless the policy is uniform and in the case of SW we have para-military guards with proven records of peacemaking in the community and they should also be included in the program.

obembet:
Sharara reporters did the right tin. If they inform the security agency first, they would have buried the case

That brings me to the followup.

Investigative journalists never reveal to us their first findings. What we get in report is the edited copy of corroborations and counter validations. Why don't they report their investigated report right away? Because they want to be on the side of law.

So it is appropriate to first give their discovery to the Security Agency and then followup on it. If no action in an appreciable amount of time they can then report it to the public and include the actions thy took to involve authorities. That's responsible journalism....not jumping to the wire to be "first to report" the news. Sovereign Security should be sacred! In this report Saharareporters failed to do due dilligence.

EzegeNG:
A Nigerian lady who is currently married with two children and living in same house with her husband caught on a glass house showing of her assets in the next city close to her city Amsterdam.

Her husband's friend who's name is withheld secretly went to that city to record her and send the video to her husband on WhatsApp.

But the husband now creating trouble with his friend for exposing his wife to the public.

Watch the video
https://zenithnaija.com/nigerian-lady-married-with-2-kids-caught-on-a-glass-house-showing-off-her-assets/

cc: lalasticlala dominique Mynd44

If I knew when I joined Nairaland that Politics section was this fun and hillarious I would never have bothered spending over three years exclusive to Culture section. After my recent discovery of Politics section I abandoned Culture. If you have a headache and you come to Nairaland Politics section it would turn to migraine and the doggone head might explode but if you are stressed and worried about some issues in life this section will lighten you up very quickly and make you forget you had problem.

Wow! OP, this your article is number 1! First, a wife currently married with two children and "living with her husband" threw me off the chair I sat on. I didnt know married women are supposed to live "in the same house" with their husbands. Second, I almost rolled down the stairs when I saw she was in a glass house showing her assets in the next city to her city, Amsterdam. Now thats it! You, Sir, have earned an award as the best news reporter for this year! Wow!! I cant stop laughing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_U09EJ1kyU

Very good initiative. I love it!
People living in Ajele should get on their social media and root for them with support.

livelymatilda22:
You always wail..

Wow! That little boy with his cute self is an old man reincarnated. Does it look like he has a faint moustache or is it my eye. .

Few things to note here.

1. In the narrative of its press release CBN acknowledges that this conversation indeed took place. So it means it is not fake. OP correct the heading of your thread.

2. CBN says the context of the leaked portion is not fully representative of its dialogue. Therefore it is biased....but not fake.

3. CBN is part of the Sovereign Security assets and is covered under confidentiality statutes. If a news media is able to obtain raw recording of its close circle conversation then security at CBN is very laxed.

4. As a news media registered in Nigeria Saharareporters is obligated to protect national assets and security. Discoveries like this should first be tabled before custodians of Sovereign Security....rushing to internet to blow the whistle on sensitive matters like this is ethically wrong.

5. Saharareporters, if it enjoys any privilege of security clearance, should have it suspended to impact a lesson. If it does not have any such privilege its editors should be invited in by Security Agents and given training and made to sign undertakings against a repeat of such in future.

6. Saharareporters did not violate a law by merely blowing the whistle but it demonstrated an ethical deficiency, and the circumstance under which the recording was created, stored and then distributed....or the act of breaching cybersecurity at CBN to obtain the recording may in itself be prosecutable.

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ElectorAlexande:
Before 1879, most of the interior and hinterland of the African continent was made up of states and kingdoms that enjoyed self government, sovereignty and limited independence from influence of the colonial might and their imperialist ambitions.

Apart from a few territories, the coastal areas like cape colony, Algeria, Senegal, Luanda , the Canary Islands and parts of the Gold Coast, which were directly or indirectly under European control, Africa's hinterland was free of colonial influence. European nations with lands and possessions along the African costal cities by 1879, including Portugal, British Empire, France and Spain. Powerful kingdoms in Africa at that time included the Fulani Empire Buganda, the Zulu kingdom, the Congo Kingdom, Asante and Zanzibar. These states of Africa had well organized political systems, sound societies and flourishing economics. The Europeans that traded with Africans did so with respect and at equal basis.

https://www.historicalville.com/2019/05/african-history-before-1879.html

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Stark rubbish!
Which Kingdoms did Europeans treat with respect and equality?

Mods close this racist, anti-African thread abeg or move to history section.

pazienza:
The same Lagos were Yoruba Bado boys terrorized residents, where Tinubu Yoruba thugs harrassed and molested people who tried to vote for PDP, in broad daylight and on camera is peaceful? Same SW of head hunting and skull mining?

Where in Lagos is more peaceful than Akwa ibom or Enugu .

Someone suggested 6Federal capitals and decentralisation of federal infrastructures to these capitals to be chosen from each zone, and you are already getting jittery, trying to claim other zones lack the security to host such infrastructures and FG presence that would attract multinationals, depopulate and demystify Lagos.
You rather the rest of us in SS and SE continue having to depend on Lagos and Abuja, while you brag about how you made Lagos? You claim you are most solvent,yet are scared of change in the current structure of Nigeria that favours your Lagos, or even outright break up of Nigeria, which would mean that Lagos serves only your Yoruba people, while new emergent nations build their own nations.

It will only take time. But that you fear most, would surely befall you guys. Nigeria will either restructure or break up. It has no option. You live on borrowed time. Enjoy it while it lasts.

I said you lack accountability to self regulate and make your zone more business friendly for big revenue, and so you responded and truly put your laxity on display.

If i tell you the history of Lagos going back as far 1500 and its state of independence you will shed tears. How old is Nigeria compared to Lagos? So does Lagos care if Nigeria exist or not? . Split Nigeria, cut Nigeria, somersault Nigeria, implode Nigeria, stretch Nigeria, ....whatever you like do to Nigeria....Lagos dont give a damn!

If you want to be like Lagos do what the Ancestors and Elders of Lagos do...be self-accountable. Businesses will find you attractive and locate in SS and pay you huge tax...in addition to many other derivable economies and profits that will surge your IGR.