₦airaland Forum

Ereolamide:
I don't intend to mock Igbos, Igbos have the right to self-determination; whatever ways they choose to pursue it and its consequences are none of my business.
Our elders say that 'Ogbon ologbon ko je ka pe agba in were', 'Agba to jin so koto o ko ara yoku logbon'

Some months ago a young man released a video claiming to be the chosen leader of Yoruba youths ready to fight the Nigeria government with chemical weapons and other war thingamajigs for Yoruba's self determination, some people recognized him as Adeyinkas grandson, the internet went agog, a lot of jest was thrown around about how cowardly the tribe (Yoruba) the man claimed to represent, some even dared him to come down to Nigeria since he was domiciled abroad.

Here on Nairaland, many well known Yoruba monikers tapped into his rage, they started insulting Yoruba elders 'they're too docile, they're cowards and so on.'

The question these Yoruba youths should ask themselves are: during June 12 protest who led the protest, who fought Abacha government, who sponsored Radio Kudirat?

Simple answer: our fathers and mothers did, not just any Yoruba father and mother; well known and popular Yoruba bigwigs, politicians, some kings, lawyers and human right activists; they all came out to embrace the bullet, they dared the evil in human form Sani Abacha; how many Yoruba youths were killed, how many elders were killed? Many, but not as much as it would've been without the support of our elites.

They turned up the heat so much that a terrible military dictator couldn't step into the southwest, the beast died like a dog at the end, you may wonder why that was so?

Yoruba elite supported the masses and vice versa, for the injustice meted on Yoruba tribe, the region was chanting the same pledge, that is the power of a stable culture and tradition, our culture should keep having a stronghold on our lives, let our leaders and elders be the one to talk first, like they have done at the recent Ibadan conference which was a perfect example of the Ogboni conference of ancient times, it is not a sign of cowardice if we obey them, we have this system of checks and balances that won't allow a single person no matter how right he might be, lead us astray into quagmires.

We all know the proverb that says: what an elder sees when sitting a child will not see even if he's atop a tree; our elders have the foresight and ancient wisdom, let them lead us gently, with their international recognition they'll get us out of this useless contraption called Nigeria when the time comes, as we too become elders let us embrace the virtue of patience and tact.

Weeks have passed, so many dawns and dusks, what have we heard about the grandson of Adeyinka?

May God bless and admit you under his mercies and shield. Ase Edumare!

This is the pill we need and I hope every eye sees this and heal from your message.

perez100:
These Yoruba fools online - I mean the parasites don't want Igbo in their land yet they go mad supporting one Nigeria. Lets split but they are afraid. Dead thread!

You mistake Oduduwa for Arewa...the same way Ojukwu mistook the direction to North and headed to Ore instead of Kaduna.

Watch it now...there was no GPS in 66, you will have no excuse this time around.

Ngozi123:
I suppose you think that we taught you how to kidnap people, cut off their body parts for money rituals and rape women, don't you?

People like you are the reason why Nigeria will never progress. Keep blaming Ndigbo for all of your problems- let's see how far that'll take you .

We are content with our own crimes. We don't need any more imported to us.
End of talk!

Hell NO!

As much as I sympathize with what SE is going through at moment, relocating them to Yorubaland is cruelty to Yoruba children who will end up as victims of their insolence and criminalties. Unemployment is high at moment, bringing them in will double the scale. With no job, crime will be everywhere in Yorubaland....even places that were previously immune from the overcrowding and erosion of cultural values resulting from Ibo migration to places like Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Akure, will all become victims.

HELL NOOO!!!

RexEmmyGee:
France
Monaco wants Independence.
President: Give them Autonomy.

Spain
Catalonia wants Independence.
King: Give them more investment and Semi Autonomy.

United Kingdom 
Scotland wants Independence 
Queen: Give them a Referendum.

Netherlands 
Macau wants Independence 
King: Hand them back to China. 

Nigeria:
Biafra wants Independence 
President: Kill them all!

Have you heard about Kurdexit? The Kurds of Iraq have been given date for referendum - Sept 25th.

ElizaVeta:
Lol Bae.. Yeah!

I Know right now, all these politicians Big men, will travel out.. Leaving us

Its well!

You all will be okay, by God's Grace.
It's truly painful to read some of the posts here.

Please lets stop mocking Ibos, let them go. Free them abeg and let them get Biafra. No need to waste lives. I believe North is scared of loosing Middlebelt cause they know if Biafra goes it will set precedence for others to start forming secession. No one is more afraid of separation than North. They have nothing to sustain them up there. It's like they are ready to kill to retain their source of sustenance.

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

Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!

Whichever way we cut it, this siege by Nigerian Army on Iboland is a wrong and cruel move. I am sure all Yorubas will agree on that. However, the cold responses from Yoruba is an indictment of Ibo bad behavior and their aggressive assaults on Yoruba culture and society. It appears Ibo will be well received, and even defended, if the relationship was cordial.

The sole reason Ojukwu suffered much losses was he thought himself self-sufficient and needed no one behind him in the fight against Nigeria. If Kanu looses this fight to actualize Biafra it will not be because he lacked a fighting spirit, but that his fights were directed at those he needed in support of his struggle. Yoruba alone, shielding Kanu, can detract his opponents and bogg them down in political intrigues and compel them to yield to the demands of secession.

Developing a positive and progressive relationship with the Yorubas ought to be a policy in the top three agenda of IPOB, and Ibos generally. It is parri passu with the goal of winning independence and sovereingty for Biafra.

When it comes to Yoruba, Ibo need a new attitude...a non-rebellious, non-aggressive attiitude.

By Niyi Akintola

As Yoruba, I was brought up and trained to show respect to elders and listen to their words of wisdom. So I will refrain from trading insults with the elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai.

I was present at the Yoruba Summit of last Thursday. In fact I moved the motion for the adoptions of our resolutions, declaration and communique. All the Governors were present or represented.

In fact the presentations of Governor Aregbesola of Osun state which were in writing and that of Governor Fayose of Ekiti were far more radical than what we finally arrived at.

The younger elements and the more radical Yoruba Liberation movement actually wanted outright Oduduwa Republic and called for collaboration between the Yoruba and their Niger Delta counterparts. But in line with the traditions of the Yoruba, we the moderates and the elders were able to rein in the militant youths to see the wisdom in the position of the elders, the Professional groups, the Clergies , the Academia, the traditional institutions led by the Ooni and Alaafin ably represented by the Basorun of Oyo the traditional Prime Minister.

The Yoruba council of Elders, Afenifere, The ARG to which I belong, the VP was represented by the Political Adviser to the President, Femi Ojudu, people of diverse political divides who ordinarily would not sit together , critical elements of the APC and PDP such as yours truly and Femi Ojudu for APC and Gov Fayose and Femi Fani-Kayode for PDP together with thousands of party supporters from both sides of the divide buried our differences temporarily to discuss issue of common interest to the Yoruba of Western Nigeria.

It may interest Pa Yakasai that the Yoruba elements outside the borders of Western Nigeria such as those in Kwarra, Kogi, Edo, and Delta were present in full force and made representations. Legislators from all the Yoruba states and the National Assembly were also represented and made their presentations both in writings and orally.

All these were put together, dissected and processed by our hard working rapporteurs headed by a respected Professor from Harvard who used the combinations of computers, words processor and other forms of modern communication gadgets to give us and acceptable resolution, declaration and communique which was dutifully placed before the general Assembly of Yoruba people by me in form of a motion and seconded by Chief Kehinde Sofola SAN and adopted by the General Assembly without any dissent.

Of course, the outsiders who still don’t understand the strength of unity of the Yoruba world wide tried unsuccessfully to play the religious card to cause division a day before the summit.

They posted on the internet that the gathering was that of Christians. We laughed them off when our attention was drawn to the publication.

Firstly, Chief Sofola SAN the leader of Yoruba council of Elders is a Moslem, and he is a prime mover of the summit. Governors Aregbesola, Ajimobi and Amosu , strong supporters of restructuring are devout Muslims, Alhaji Wale Osun the leader of Afenifere Renewal Group ARG another mover of the summit is a Muslim leader from Ogun State and so also is one of our resource persons at the summit, Alhaji Taofeeq Akinwale ,a highly cerebral Muslim cleric and SA to the Governor of Oyo on Muslim Pilgrimage.

They also tried playing the political card by saying that it was going to be the gathering of PDP but we quickly reminded the proponents of the satanic view that most members of ARG are APC members, The VP who was represented is APC, five of the six South West Governors are APC, most of the members of the State and National Assemblies going to be present are APC, most of the Professionals, Clergies, Academics and students’ bodies going to be present are a political.

I had gone this far to show the likes of Pa Yakasai that the train of Restructuring is taking off in the Southwest with all the gatekeepers and crtical stakeholders in Yorubaland on board. Any one left out in Yoruba land will have himself/herself to blame.

I know the Yakasai of this world are still wondering why and how such huge and unprecedented crowd could have gathered in Yoruba land for the purpose of taking a common stand by a supposedly divided ethnic nationality.

Let me refer such cynically compatriots that in Yorubaland we have a concept which is called “OMOLUABI” . That ethos is so strong and very dear to the heart of every thorough bred Yoruba man and Yoruba woman.

There is a very thin line between honour and dishonour in Yoruba land. You May not even see the line but if you crosses same whether deliberately or unintentionally, you are a goner. If you are in doubt, ask though belatedly, Dr Olu Onagoruwa and his colleagues of South West extraction who defied Yoruba resolution at a similar gathering ordering them to quit Abacha government and reaped the fruits of perfidy and still reaping same even decades after the demise of Abacha and his inglorious regime.

He who has ears let him hear. In Yoruba land we have a way of dealing with traitors and treacherous elements amongst us and the punishment is eternal extending to the children yet unborn including grand children and great grand children. Check it out.

As for the Yakasais of this world, let me remind him of the popular Yoruba wise saying which goes thus- ” Die to ninu nkan oninkan” Meaning that “it is better to have small of something than to lose all”.

Though the Yoruba of Nigeria stand for the unity of Nigeria and have worked assiduously for same for over a century even when both the North and the East have at different occasion questioned the basis of the said unity, the position of the Yoruba must not be viewed from the stand point of cowardice but that of pragmatic and good reasoning laced with large doses of native intelligence. Let me pause here for now.”



http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/09/yoruba-summit-what-yakassai-others-got-wrong/

BY WOLE OLANIPEKUN, SAN
YESTERDAY….

The lecturer explored some distinctive traits of the Yoruba and narrated the values of education. He also argued that the Yoruba traditional political system is naturally federal in character, saying that is why the Yoruba race has always been at the forefront of Nigeria’s socio-political evolution to federalism.

The only logical answer to this poser is in the negative; and this therefore invokes, triggers and activates Awo’s 4th rule of federalism, id est, “a unitary constitution in a bilingual or multilingual or multinational country must fail, in the long run”. This informed and prescient proclamation is now living out in this country. The Constitution of a people should be the codification of the mind and soul of their union, the foundation of their existence and the articulation of the substance of who they are, what they live for and how they have chosen to live. In Joel J. Seidemann’s words, it is the “birth certificate” of the people.” But when this foundation is destroyed, what can Nigerians do? I have consistently submitted at other foras that the problem with the 1999 Constitution is not only its many ill-thought provisions, but even the manner of its promulgation. I employ the word ‘promulgation’ very advisedly, seeing that it was an offshoot of military shenanigan, a relic of our dark past and a product of a skewed process.

Contrary to the preamble of the Constitution that “we the people … hereby make and give to ourselves the following Constitution”, it was they ‘the Federal Military Government’ who through Decree No 24 of 1999 foisted this albatross on us! It is therefore only normal that over the years, and more so, in recent times, the agitation for a truly federal and all- inclusive Nigeria has reached a deafening crescendo. This is the hottest topic in the polity as we speak; whither Nigeria? Must we continue in the uneven arrangement and alliance in which we have found ourselves? Have we not pushed this beleaguered arrangement called Nigeria to the brink, mandating us, as a matter of survival, to take urgent but calculated steps to retrieve it from impending implosion? At the launch of a book titled; ‘We Are All Biafrans’ in June 2016, a former Vice-President of Nigeria and former presidential hopeful, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, again broached the subject of restructuring Nigeria. In the Guardian Newspapers of June 1, 2016/8 Atiku enthused thus; “Agitations by many right-thinking Nigerians call for a restructuring and renewal of our federation to make it less centralised, less suffocating and less dictatorial in the affairs of our country’s constituent units and localities. As some of you may know, I have for a long time advocated the need to restructure our federation.

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Even the idea of having Federal Roads in towns and cities has become outdated and urgently needs revisiting. That means we need to tinker with our constitution to accommodate new thoughts that will strengthen our nationality. Restructuring and devolution of powers will certainly not provide all the answers to our developmental challenges; it will help to reposition our mindset as we generate new ideas and initiatives that would make our union worthwhile.

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Most of us have been in government before and what we ask is, why should somebody sit in Abuja and determine how primary education in Yobe, Yenogoa and, in Benin will be run and which teacher should teach the local language? … For us, that is an impossibility because primary school education has nothing to do with the Federal Government;primary education is cultural … It is only a grass root person that can teach a child his language, culture and values.


Most of us have been in government before and what we ask is, why should somebody sit in Abuja and determine how primary education in Yobe, Yenogoa and, in Benin will be run and which teacher should teach the local language? … For us, that is an impossibility because primary school education has nothing to do with the Federal Government;primary education is cultural … It is only a grass root person that can teach a child his language, culture and values.

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This leads me to ask; what then should be the stance of the Yoruba nation? What should our role be in the raging debate?

The elders at the Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative were apparently conscious of the need for the Yoruba nation to take a united stand when they remarked thus; “the time has arrived for Yoruba people to put on the thinking cap and take a stand on the current agitation across the ethnic groups in Nigeria” I cannot agree more. We must ensure that our voice is not drowned out in the tumult of agitations across the country. In addressing the subject of what our stand should be on the restructuring of our federal system, let me state that there should be no areas/subjects termed as “no-go areas”. This has been one of the undoing of past government efforts in this regard. In the run up to the 2005 National Conference, President Olusegun Obasanjo handed down some no-go areas” to delegates at the conferenceand, unsurprisingly, this signalled the futility of the entire exercise.

A communique released by the Yoruba Assembly (an umbrella body for several socio-political groups in Yorubaland) on June 26, 2017, succinctly captures the need for exhaustive discussions on the state of Nigeria, including its unity or otherwise. Reacting to naysayers who insist that discussions on the unity of Nigeria is a no-go area, the Assembly stated thus; “The on-going methodology of stemming the crisis by the presidency,whilst commendable for at least opening a fresh chapter in crisis management in Nigeria, has not provided any window of redress, as it seems only interested in affirming the worn cliche that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable. That statement cannot hold true under a civil setting or democracy.


Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/homogeneity-heterogeneity-redeeming-yoruba-identity/

This is raw dramatization of self-sufficiency and looking inside to care for and resolve own issues without depending on the center or any other authority but self-governing authority. Kudos to IPOB and big cheers to the ladies. Good sense of patriotism.

If Ipob will do more of this in education, in politics, in envronmental, the population will turn around and believe in them. They should make list of all social services that are not exclusive of the Federal Government responsibility and focus on service to the people.

This is taking ownership, instead of waiting for some phantom authority to allow you serve your people.

Fvck Kanu and ipob but Kudos to the Nurses and the people!

I do not like how Jonathan is silent and not offering any sort of voice to deflect blame from her.

I don't understand OP.
Is Ooni not suppposed to speak Yoruba fluently?

It should be "White lady speaks fluent Yoruba in her address to Ooni".

fineboynl:
if they are asking for borrow its an understatement. i can willingly borrow them if i have it and there is assurance they will pay back without stories or begging. if i should date a girl and she is asking for money to start a business of her own especially in small scare like money other girls spends on makeup and showoff.

i can empty my account to sponsor her so that she can be financial independent if i have and might also be of help to me tomorrow maybe i need to borrow as well. i like to borrow each other instead of asking for just favor.

but giving them money for makeup or other personal needs is a no no for me. i don't do that. i always find it hard.

i am planning to setting down soon but life is somehow difficult. and there are no girls who are ready to take charge other than runs girls hustling with their toto.

a woman that need her rule and portion of bills if we must live together. i plan to invest 1 million on her so she can never ask me for money after we married outside of borrow me i borrow you.

it seems there are no girls in the country anymore. one of the reason i want to make money and marry a white woman.

A woman demands something valuable to you, not necessarily because she wants to deprive you or play fast on you but she sees it as her connection with you. Women see everything from emotional angle and if she associate you with money then her emotional to you will be expressed through money.

I once dated a girl that would always ask me for money to pay stuffs when we were out, even when she just got her salary and has a bagload of cash. I was confused why she did that and a little suspicious at first but I allowed it to go on. Everywhere and everything that required money I paid it. Yet, she would not open her legs for me but would keep reminding me not to worry. Then one day we were out and I was reaching into my wallet but she told me not to, she paid for the items. That got me even more confused. I had not paid attention, all along she was reading my habits and doing things I had no knowledge of. Everypenny I paid she took stock of. My apartment was just a typical boy's pad when we met and she told me she didn't like it, which kinda hurt my ego. So one day I got home and the old boring furnitures with spill stains and cracked glass center table and creaky bed in the room were all gone, in their place were brand new and more appealing colorful mix and match sets, from the living room, the kitchemn utensils and even bedroom. I could not recognize my apartment. This girl had returned the money I invested in our outing and transformed my living. She upgraded me. lol. We slept comfortably together that night and it was a different kind of intimacy, I felt her closeness and love, even she never told me once she loved me...but she showed it. So pay attention and don't struggle too much with a girl, they see what we dont see and some of them are actually angels sent to upgrade and improve our perspective and growth.

Very wise counsel.

Character
Discipline
Focus
Honest income
Apply yourself
Develop your image

Lagos and Ogun Police PRO

Yes, Madam, I give you 100%, you sabi your job!

Officer Badmus if you are reading this...
I remember the service uniform Nigerian Police wore before the current one. It was dark, unattractive, unappealing, no matter how clean it was it appeared dirty and damaged the persona of even the most friendly police officer on patrol duty. The new uniform is the opposite of the old one, on the most corrupt officer it gave image of innocence and friendliness....it has appeal, it is clean and smart. This is just the uniform, which is an outer image. There is something on the inside, in the conscience and the thoughts of a police officer that is still dirty, ugly, unappealing and cold. NPF should use a similar strategy and approach that changed the outer appearance, to work on changing the inner character and service to the citizens.

You may have been out there handing out gifts....your ordinary officers are out there issuing threats and harrassment. Apply the rule of 80/20.
There are bad and corrupt Canadian Ofificers also, but they are not in the 80% band of citizen friendly cops, they are in the lesser 20%. Let's shift NPF and use the 80/20 rule to create new force that citizens are proud of and are ready to obey and respect.

Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!

Well, I don't know what to say. There is a story of how a stream flows over rocks and in the course the rocks get dislodged after a while. The rocks that the current carry with them have sharp edges. As they roll in the water they bounce against the bed of the stream, they also brush against each other and the force of the contact and friction help chip away their roughness gradually. Over hundreds of miles and time past, they are reshaped from angular jagged sharp objects to round smooth treasures. This story shows the miraculous transformation of the rock from a coarse and unrefined object that no one wants, to a smooth, round and pleasing treasure that no one can ignore.

The coarseness and unrefinement of Ibo is legendary, but their refusal to transform and become a treasure is the greatest obstacle to their progress and why everyone turn them away with disgust.

I pray that God Almighty intervene in your fate and bring you out of this calamity.

There are many people whose background and welath you can question, Folorunsho Alakija is not one of them. Her father was wealthy and she married into wealth, then she built wealth. This is old money!

1 - Do these girls look like they are from poor background?

2 - Another portrait of the family.

1 - Folarin recently remarried. Here he is dancing with his bride, joined by Folly, Deputy Governor of Lagos, First Lady and wife os Senate President.

2 - This was taken last year, family portrait, the little grand daughter is growing.

3 - Folly with brothers and sister. Their father, Alhaji Ogbara was a very wealthy Muslim Leader in Ikorodu and had over 50 children. Back in days when it was not popular or common to send girls to university, Alhaji Ogbara's daughters were sent to England for schooling. In fact Folly herself was sent to England at age 7. Her older step sister was in University in England and she and Folly were inseparable, when she left she took her baby sister with her. Because Folly and Doyin were also close, Doyin ended in England also. How many fathers in Nigeria had three daughters enrolled in an England school at same time in the 60s? Not to mention boys that were also schooling at various institutions in Nigeria and abroad. In the 60s! That's wealth! Notice the close resemblance between the sister in this picture and the granddaughter.

4 - Here she is with her step sister Doyin and Doyin's mom. The two were like twins and very close, did everything together.

Here are some pictures for bad belle people to marvel at.

1 - Folly rocking it!

2 - Folarin, standing 1st to your left got married recently. His first wife died.

3 - There's Folarin's daughter from his deceased wife.

4 - Mr and Mrs Alakija

AbelDjassi:
So what exactly qualified her for an oil block? Being in close proximity to the axis of corruption?

Now while you are trying to come up with an answer to my poser, please regale us with precisely what constitutes "intelligence and business acumen to seek out foreign technical partners" within a rentier state?

Your mind is confined to trading in small 2x2 shops, this is the most you can think of when it comes to creating and growing a business. The thought of a woman going from design and couture to oil and corporate excellence and becoming the world's richest black woman is deeply worrying and difficult for you to grasp. I also noticed that many of you are well secured in tangible commodities, the idea of prospecting in non-tangibles and features is too complex for you all to understand.

Are you aware that a national budget is a prospect? It is forecasted against future earnings and revenues based on a performance index and calculated growth. For Nigeria, tax revenue and oil proceeds are some of the bases used to calculate budget proposal. If oil decline, budget will not perform. If tax receipts decline because lack of foreign exchange killed businesses that depend on imports to operate, then budget will not perform. But if oil and tax grow beyond forecast, not only will the budget meet expectations, it will be in surplus and exceed projections. Start by understanding how budget works, then you can comprehend how exploration, prospect, rights and rewards all tie together.

ExcelNG:
You think am ignorant? So no funding was made at all to win the bid? If there was any bidding? You made mention of her wealthy clients right? Who are they?

The CAC, Corporate Affairs Commission, keep an open book on all registered business in Nigeria. Famfa submitted its prospects and company profile to them and is on file for public inquiry. Please act like you received a University education, even if you never got one, for the sake of those here who find uneducated and unintelligent responses offending. Visit CAC or write and inquire about the corporate filing for Famfa and tell them what you need to know.

ExcelNG:
Did you see where I said it is still active? Is Famfa Oil Limited is no longer active?

When it was active, how did she get the money to explore it?

There is nothing OPL in her posession. You kept referring to OPL216 as if the OPL is still active. That is misleading. The OPL was to explore which she did through foreing investment and when they obtained oil their fortune changed. St Ola has repeatedly mentioned the source of her investment but you continue to ignore it. The query is where and how she obtained money to invest. She did so by inviting partners and as well using her wealthy family resource. Like I said, Alakija is already a wealthy family, the oil is an addition and boost to what they were already blessed with. Look at DJCuppy, she is nothing but a DJ but her background is stinking rich. So to call Mrs Alakija a tailor is intended to ridicule her background and this is so because you are all unaware of who the Alakijas are. Apply intelligence when you contribute inputs.

Like I said, Alakija is the wrong pick for you all to attack. You will be well flogged with facts and data that will truly reveal your illiterate and infantile minds.

One day Edwin Clark warned FG that Delta Elders are no longer able to control the youths from acts of sabotage against oil facilities
Next day the AP visited with Delta elders
Following day Edwin Clark instructed youths to calm down

hahahahahahahaha ....

Abagworo:
Only an uncultured fool will make mockery of old age.

Thank you and God bless you!

Old age and illness should be exempt from all viles and rivalries and jabs flying across. Those attacking and assaulting Nzeribe have poor upbringing. The same set of prodigal children that attacked and mocked Buhari illness.