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blacksta: Oya beaf come and interpret

i never understand what this dullard is talking about - I never knew we have protocol not to say amen - for so called christian president.

alj harem: Papabrown, Edo Bini history is not free from folktale etc. Ogiso dynasty which I heard is the greatest dynasty is no different from Oduduwa dynanty. If I remember correctly Ogiso are people that fell from the sky.

Also another fallacy is the fact is it ogiso or something that gave birth to Itsekiri, Ijaw, yoruba etc Sorry sir I for one don't believe that.

Lastly Eko means war camp in Bini while in Yoruba it means farmland

Different people with different way of viewing things. Anthony Oladeji Enahoro was Esan

All Obas of bini have yorubiod names

Pre-Imperial Obas of Benin (1180-1440)
The dates of reigns of these early kings are highly uncertain.[1]
Eweka I (1180–1246) owo mi/we ka (he could not speak and the first word he said at age 7 or 9 which ever one was Owo we ka meaning I can speak now or I understand it now)

This was your first king after Ogiso dynasty isn't it right ? Now what does Eweka mean in edo ?

Even Oba Erediauwa aka which we call Oduduwa

How can a larger empire spanning through 3 different countries come from Edo ? It is totally illogical

Lastly but not the least, All this edo are yoruba or not starting to bore me.

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Conner44: i and my friend are currently arguing about this topic.

He says they all taste the same and the only difference is the time it takes to get the food done.

As for me i believe that firewood is the best for bringing out the taste of any cooking, my mum and grand mum both confirmed this fact.

But for the benefit of doubt, i will like more views on this issue. Can anyone add their observations please . . .

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LocalChamp: Yorubas disown Kano Boko Haram leader
By Kolade Adeyemi, Kano 2 hours 5 minutes ago
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Security operatives during the raid on Friday. Photo: Kolade Adeyemi
• Ogbomoso community also disowns him


The Yoruba in Kano and especially the Ogbomoso people yesterday denounced media reports which described a suspected operational commander of Boko Haram in the metropolis as a Yoruba from the Oyo State town.

Suleiman Mohammed, his wife and five children were arrested by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) during a dawn raid on his residence at Farawa Quarters on Friday.

Ten crates of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), one AK47 rifle and three pistols were recovered in his residence.

As soon as the various publications hit the newsstands yesterday, the Yoruba within and outside Kano began putting phone calls through to their contacts to ascertain the background of the suspect with no one able to confirm ever knowing him or his origin.

A group of concerned natives of Ogbomoso dismissed the reports as "suspicious and lacking in clarity".

Spokesman for the group, Mr Afolabi Omotoso, advised the security agencies to be thorough in their investigations and stop playing to the gallery.

"We are saying with all emphasis that there is no Ogbomoso indigene bearing that name. And if the security operatives doubt it, let them tell us the suspect’s family compound name. We demand for clarity of purpose from the security agencies", he said.

A source at the palace of the monarch of Ogbomoso who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak told The Nation on phone, "Since the news broke the palace has been inundated with calls and enquiries. However, our reaction for now is that we’ll want to know more about the suspect. Who is his father and from which compound or adugbo (ward) does he come from."

According to him, because a suspect claims he hails from a place is not enough to believe him. He called on security agencies to do their investigations well before making public information that would further divide the country and lead to disaffection.

Also, former secretary of the Yoruba community in Kano, who simply identified himself as Ojo for security reasons, said the suspect is not known to the group.

He said the Yoruba in the metropolis network very well and are reasonably familiar with one another adding that Suleiman Mohammed is not known to any member of the Yoruba community.

He said:"As far as we are concerned we do not know him. He is only claiming that he hails from Ogbomoso but there is a group, known as Ogbomoso Parapo. You can contact them at their secretariat on Church Road to confirm whether they know him but for the Yoruba parent body in Kano, we do not know him."

He said Suleiman’s alleged action is contrary to the Yoruba core values of religious tolerance, good neighbourliness, and peaceful co-existence.

"No business can be transacted in a chaotic atmosphere, that is why we are very surprised over his involvement in the sect’s activities and we are therefore looking forward to a comprehensive investigation over the incident so that the truth about the issue can be made public."

He particularly demanded the suspect’s Yoruba name to prove that he is actually one, saying : "The Yoruba community doubts his identity as a true Yoruba man. We are interested in knowing his Yoruba name."




In his reaction, the acting president of the Yoruba community in Kano, Prince Ajayi Memaiyetan said the suspect was never known to have participated in the activities of the group and was therefore not known to the community.


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/46426-yorubas-disown-kano-boko-haram-leader.html

Okay this is one of the characteristic i hate in my people, turning your back on your own, just because they have committed an abomination etc. I Dont think any man will lie about his heritage like that, and why would he tell them his compound, so that they can go harass his left over family? I believe that you dont turn your back on your child no matter what they have done, you make them face the punishment that his or her crime brought. I also dont get why they arrested the children and wifey ati iya with him, what the hell. He committed the crime, not his mom or children. Anyways make God helps us all. Abúni ò tó abẹ̀rín; bẹ́ẹ̀ni abẹ̀rín ò mọ ẹ̀hìn ọ̀la. Happy mothers day all, and stay blessed!

alj harem: Mimifonwon

I was thinking how you were able to know the percentages of the ethnicity you were ?

I mean, assuming most Nigerian came from the same geographical space, the genes would be similar and the only difference in ethnic groups in Nigeria are the culture and food.

If we see someone who is light skin, we are quick to call the person Igbo or Fulani. I have seen some very light skin Yoruba, Ijaw, Ibibio and co

If we see someone very dark we are quick to call the persoN Hausa, Kanuri or even Yoruba, but I have seen some pretty dark skin Igbos and fulani

Lol my dear watson, tis elementary, lol. my mom is almost albino in complexion, but she isnt. she has hazel-greenish eyes, and most people always ask her which part of her is european, and she always laughs when telling people that she is 100% igbo, both mother and father. So color dont matter, but i think features like bone structure at times matter. To answer your question on how i found out, well sir i went through three routes to find out. I work for a research lab, but other than that i had a group that helps african americans find the african past called african ancestry, then i did my own testing at work, then i had a third private genealogy lab courtesy of a family friend -Professor henry louis gates. all the test though not identical came up with that i had more igbo than any other tribe in me, though my mom is the only one who is an immediate igbo woman. They used my dna, my dad's and my mom's sample, but the tests from african ancestry do not determine overall admixture. that is why i made inquires with other genealogical labs, plus my own experiment. Most of these are done through the extraction of nucleotides from ones dna. Every tribe have a specific genetic matrilineal dna that never changes, the father's changes a bit-but not that much.

When it comes to determining you paternal ethnicity-
" The most popular ancestry tests are Y chromosome (Y-DNA) testing and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing, which test direct-line paternal and maternal ancestry, respectively. DNA tests for other purposes attempt, for example, to determine a person's comprehensive genetic make-up and/or ethnic origins." Because each tribe have a specific genetic code, mainly carried by the mitochondrial dna never changes, unlike i.e ( paternal and maternal grandmothers).A man's patrilineal ancestry, or male-line ancestry, can be traced using the DNA on his Y chromosome (Y-DNA) through Y-STR testing. This is useful because the Y chromosome passes down almost unchanged from father to son, i.e., the non-recombining and sex-determining regions of the Y chromosome do not change. A man's test results are compared to another man's results to determine the time frame in which the two individuals shared a most recent common ancestor or MRCA. If their test results are a perfect, or nearly perfect match, they are related within genealogy's time frame.
Each person can then look at the other's father-line information, typically the names of each patrilineal ancestor and his spouse, together with the dates and places of their marriage and of both spouses' births and deaths. This information table will be referred to again within the mtDNA testing section below as the (matrilineal) "information table". The two matched persons may find a common ancestor or MRCA, as well as whatever information the other already has about their joint patrilineal ancestry prior to the MRCA—which might be a big help to one of them. Or if not, both keep trying to extend their patrilineal ancestry further back in time. Each may choose to have their test results included in their surname's "Surname DNA project". And each receives the other's contact information if the other chose to allow this. They may correspond, and may work together in the future on joint research.
Women who wish to determine their direct paternal DNA ancestry can ask their father, brother, paternal uncle, paternal grandfather, or a cousin who shares a common patrilineal ancestry (the same Y-DNA) to take a test for them. *courtsey of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_DNA_test. When it comes to your Maternal DNA, Which like i said, unlike any other never changes or gets watered down-i.e thats why we say nneka(mother is supreme)(lol jk).,

so for example :A person's matrilineal or mother-line ancestry can be traced using the DNA in his or her mitochondria, the mtDNA, as follows: This mtDNA is passed down by the mother unchanged, to all children. If a perfect match is found to another person's mtDNA test results, one may find a common ancestor in the other relative's (matrilineal) "information table", similar to the patrilineal or Y-DNA testing case above. However, because mtDNA mutations are very rare, a nearly perfect match is not as helpful as it is for the above patrilineal case. In the matrilineal case, it takes a perfect match to be very helpful.[7]

Note that, in cultures lacking matrilineal surnames to pass down, neither relative above is likely to have as many generations of ancestors in their matrilineal information table as in the above patrilineal or Y-DNA case: for further information on this difficulty in traditional genealogy, due to lack of matrilineal surnames (or matrinames), see Matriname.[8]

So I was wondering how you were able to decipher the percentages of your ethnicity. Thanks

odumchi: Here are some links:

https://www.nairaland.com/582173/traditional-edo-attire-pictures Edo

https://www.nairaland.com/806789/traditional-eastern-ijaw-attire-pictures Ijaw

https://www.nairaland.com/647752/modern-traditional-attire-nigeria Modern

https://www.nairaland.com/478074/post-pictures-traditional-weddings Traditional Weddings

https://www.nairaland.com/931002/cultural-political-attire-different-states/2#10798857 State-by-state

https://www.nairaland.com/158215/pictures-nigeria-traditional-attire General