₦airaland Forum

July 1st, panel 38. I went with full smiles because I and my fellow GT interviewees were cracking jokes and making fun as we were waiting for our turn. They were a nice bunch. Went in the panel chairman welcomed me and they all introduced themselves, and I was asked to do same. Then we went into the interview proper. They didn't ask me anything related to NNPC. Just situational questions, definition of pollution and to give examples, then a question from my cv and the HSE question ask was that; what are the safety measures to take when driving a car. Finally they HSE guy asked me if I can drive (I still don't know the reason for this question). I was asked if I had any questions for them and I asked; what are the opportunities for advancement as a GT. The panel chairman answered and that was it. He made a joke about my tie and we both laughed it off. In all I will say the interview took about 5minutes because it was getting late already and there was still others waiting to be interviewed . I left the towers around 8pm. I wouldn't say I smashed the interview 100%, but I gave it my best and I was confident throughout the process even when I don't know what I am saying, I said it confidently .

All the perceived might of BAT comes from his adversaries. Before now I was indeferent about his presidential ambition I.e if it even exists. But from the fear his opponents have for him and from the great "tactician" they have assigned to him, I think I am favorably inclined to voting him as the president come 2023. Because he has the characteristics

Agribusiness

Chimok:
The thickness of that road is quite commendable. I passed there this afternoon and I truely couldnt believe what I was seeing.. With this quality, this road will still be intact in the next 20yrs

Your people are coming for you

SCRIPT OF THE LETTER PUBLISHED IN THE NIGERIAN TRIBUNE ON THURSDAY, 2 MAY, 2019 PAGE 9

In recent time, I have been inundated with calls and even visits to my Palace on a recent Video Tape showing His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife during the Aje Festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State. With all sense of modesty but candour, I cannot recall exactly the number of the video tapes that have been sent to me by well-meaning Yoruba elders and patriots.


(2) In the same vein, the traditional rulers have not been left out of this concern and legitimate worries. All across Yoruba speaking areas of Nigeria up to Kwara and Kogi states, the situation to say the least, has been breathless. Even the Yoruba in the Diaspora; Republics of Benin and Togo, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada etc have also expressed indignation about the current issue.

(3) Initially, my reaction was to stand by my age long resolve, as the king and Head of Yorubaland, not to interfere in the running of the affairs of other Paramount rulers in Yorubaland of which the Ooni of Ife is one. But after listening thoroughly with meticulous assessment and analysis of the tape, I did not hesitate to come to the conclusion that the time for me to interfere was ripe and absolutely expedient less the cherished historical and cultural heritage of the Yoruba is wantonly dragged in the mud. My interference, therefore, is daintily anchored on the sanctity of Yoruba history, origin and custom which I am convinced the said video tape by Oba Enitan Ogunwusi did not observe.

(4) Yet, even in my response, one should be cautious enough against any inter ethnic hostility and malice within Nigerian context, especially between Yoruba and Igbo. But this should not be turned into historical fallacies. I doubt if any Igbo man familiar with the history of his origin will be happy with the fallacious claim that they originated from Obatala.

(5) Also I do not think the Igbo with a record of highly respected origin will feel comfortable after tracing their origin to ancient Israel with lineage to Eri, the fifth son of Gad who was the seventh son of Jacob, who was the youngest son of Isaac, son of Abraham. Eri, the son of Gad was said to have entered the present Egypt, journeying down Africa, crossing the Nile to Ethiopia (present day Sudan) and finally into the present day Enugwu Aguleri (for more details about this see: THE BOOK NIGERIA 2.O. CARAPACE PUBLISHERS NIGERIA LIMITED. Pg 46 ORIGIN OF THE IGBO: OBU GAD (HOUSE OF GAD) ANAMBRA STATE. Khartoum Street, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria or www.dayoadedayo.com). Certainly, the Igbo people who are proud of their origin will not feel comfortable with any pseudo history that will make them superior to Israel.

(6) I am not aware of any business relationship between the Yoruba and the Igbo until the 19th century, leading to the amalgamation of the Southern Protectorate and Northern Protectorate that resulted into Nigeria in 1914. In other words, we are related as fellows Nigerians who have been enjoying mutual relationship for each other. Culturally, linguistically, traditionally and historically, we are basically different. We have always striven to promote harmonious understanding in our diversities.

(7) AJE Coming back to the origin of Aje – Commerce, the cowry (Owoeyo) had been the Yoruba medium of exchange long before the Europeans came. Hence the decoration of Sekere drum with cowries in appreciation and honour of Aje deity it is to say the least, instructively abominable for anybody, no matter how highly placed to put any tribe above the Yoruba race as far as legitimate trading business is concerned. This is because Aje remains one of the early deities of the Yoruba whose imagery creation is the popular Sekere music played everywhere in Yorubaland.

( Alaafin Onisile 1738 – 1750: Alaafin Onisile was remarkable for his indomitable courage and lion-hearted spirit. He was moreover very artistic, and was said to have made seven silver doors to the entrances of his sleeping apartment. During his reign, the Sekere (Calabash) drum was ornamented, not only with cowries, but also with costly beads e.g. Iyun (Corals), Okun (Stone beads, Benin), Erinla (stripped yellow pipe beads) and Segi (blue pipe beads), strung with silk thread dyed red; all of native manufacture. He was a great warrior and for his exploits was nicknamed “Gbagida! Wowo I’ewon ab’esin fo odi (Gbagida, an expression of admiration), a man with clanging chains (for prisoners) whose horse can lead over a town wall). The History of the Yorubas. Pg.176 by Rev, Samuel Johnson.

(9) Besides, some families in Yorubaland are classified adherents of Aje deity. Some of these families named their children in honour of their chosen deity, i.e. Aje. Such names include: Ajebandele, Ajewumi, Ajifowobaje etc not to talk of those who dedicate time to worship the deity.

(10) It is also a truism that some cognomen, lineage panegyric, such cognomen include: Aje ti so eru d’omo. Yet another is special request and plea to Aje such as “Aje dakun ma na mi ni pasan re ko se nani” and many others like that.

(11) Coming back to modern trade, I make bold to say that it was the imitative of Alaafin who opened the Yoruba to Trans-Sahara trade with West African Countries as early as the fifteenth century. This was especially between the Yoruba and the Hausa-Fulani across West Africa. Trade routes led from Timbuktu in Mali, Goa, Tuareg and Tripoli. Still as far as (Oceanic) Coastal trade was concerned, the Alaafin used the Port of Allada in Wema to control European shippers. “By the middle of the 18th century, when Oyo had grown into an empire in the full bloom of life, Oyo was bounded to the north by the Niger, to the West by Modern Togoland, to the east by its sister Kingdom of Benin and to the South by the Gulf of Guinea, and Porto Novo and Badagry were its main coastal outlets. Dahomey, it may be recalled, became a tributary state of Oyo in 1730 see: Topics in West African History, pg. 90 Paragraph 22 by Adu Boahen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, University of Ghana. Published by Longman Group Limited, London 1966.

(12) One other imperative of Yoruba in the pursuit of commerce is that any such pursuit must be legitimate with norms of the society. It is on this note that Yoruba sweat and labour as necessary partners; Yoruba do not encourage cheating and unlaboured wealth. Yoruba work very hard to be wealthy.

“Ise ni Oogun ise
Eni ti ise nse
Ko ma bo orisa
Oro kokan torisa
Ibaa bo orisa
Ibaa bo obatala
O di ojo ti o ba sise ko to jeun”

“Work is the medicine for poverty
Who ever is poor
Let him not worship divinities
Nothing concerns the divinities
He may worship the divinities
He may worship Obatala
It is not until he does a profitable job that he would eat”

(13) The above quotations underscore the fact that the Yoruba are very industrious from the beginning with strong emphasis on legitimacy. We have such wealthy and successful businessmen in Lagos who invested heavily on the education of their children. Few examples would suffice. For instance, in 1884, Obadia Johnson, a Yoruba qualified as a Doctor of Medicine. John Randle, son of Thomas Randle an Oyo man who settled at Aroloya in Lagos qualified as a Doctor in 1888, followed by Orisadipo Obasa in 1891. Sapara Williams became the first Lawyer in Nigeria in 1888. In 1893, Herbert Macaulay, a Yoruba man, became an Engineer and A. Agbebi followed in 1911.

(14) Earlier on a Primary School had been established in 1842 in Lagos by the Missionaries. The CMS Grammar School was established in Lagos in 1859 by T.B Macaulay who is the father of Herbert Macaulay. The Methodist Boys’ High School followed in 1876 and in 1879 Methodist Girls’ High School, 1881 St Gregory’s College, Lagos and in 1885 the Baptist Academy (see J.F. Ade Ajayi “The Development of Secondary Grammar School Education in Nigeria, pg 523.

(15) It also on account of such entrepreneurship backup with distinguished scholarship that the Yoruba established the first Television Station in Black Africa, the first five-star Hotel – Premier Hotel, Ibadan, first Stadium, first dualised Road – Mokola – to State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, first Food Canning Industry, first Skyscrapper – Cocoa House, Ibadan, first farm settlement, First Free Primary Education, free Medical services for school children; all in the former Western Region of Nigeria under the premiership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The first African Bishop was Bishop Ajayi Crowther, who spoke twelve languages: English, Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, Fulfulde (Fulani) Nupe, Kanuri etc, Bishop Ajayi Crowther discovered the first ever Igbo Alphabet ‘ISIOMA’ just as the first Newspaper to be published in Nigeria. These are just a few of the “firsts”.

(16) In summary, let it be stated that Nigeria, despite the multiplicity of its ethnicity has been together in harmony in spite of their heterogeneity. All of us leaders should guide against any utterance that can create an atmosphere of suspicion and rancor among the various ethnic compositions.

IKU BABA YEYE

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Oba (Dr.) Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, JP. CFR, LLD, SAP, D.LLTS, DPA
The Alaafin of Oyo and Permanent Chairman Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs
Chancellor, University of Maiduguri, Borno State
Chancellor, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
Pro-Chancellor, Keisie International University South Korea Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

Our next vice president

It's two weeks to the election. Know this, elections/presidents will come and go but your relationship with others will remain. Whatever your political allignment is, you should respect other people choice of candidate even if you disagree. And let's pray that whoever is eventually elected president, his actions will be of benefit to us.

PEACE ✌✌

I don't know why people like comparing $ to ₦ as if they have the same purchasing power. An equivalent of $1 which is about ₦360 can buy you lunch containing the six classes of food while you can't get the same with $1.

If the media is to report every thing that BHT does, then that's all we will be reading on the FP of every media. BHT commits different atrocities that is what they are for and that is what they do.

Giving them exclusive media coverage will only encourage and enbolden them to do more as they will see themselves as celebrities. Why do you think they are always making propaganda videos. Putting their news on FP always is like giving them what they need on a platter of gold and will only encourage them to do more.

poiZon:
24hrs a day power supply.

is that not what they promised?

With the dedication and commitment of this government, we will get there. But it's not possible to do that in a short time.

udemzyudex:
Like how many years, cos I know we have money and gas.

I just think these people are not ready to fix the electricity problem we have in Nigeria, fashola already said it is not rocket science, I guess he is overwhelm by the powers in the system.

From what I can perceive, I can say this government intend to deliver on this. I cannot give you a specific timeline because I don't have such information.

poiZon:
is this what he promised?

What was the promise and what were you expecting?

udemzyudex:
Is it money or gas?

Mostly money. And even if there is money available, procurement, construction and installation takes time.

Butterflyleo:
Only truthful comment here

Quoted by the nairaland famous butterfly. I always look out for your posts and comments. And really admire your entrepreneurship agribusiness approach.

udemzyudex:
How many years will it take to do that?

Get out of here jare.

You have to understand that this things take time and resources of which there is little.

He expanded the grid transmission capacity from 4000MW to 7000MW, this is the first phase of increasing the power supply. The next phase is increasing power generation.

It's only logical to increase the transmission capacity before increasing generation.

Hi guys,

I just got a hot 5, but it doesn't fast charge. Is there a setting or something I could do to enable fast charging. Thanks

Yyvonne:
Tecno spark 2 variant.. 2GB.. It's 38k, you'll enjoy it.. Nice camera, large storage space plus good battery performance(3500mAh) and many more you'll get to discover when you go for it

Innit:
Add small change & buy Samsung J5 pro [slot] or J4 tear nylon

dyfaze:
Go for Xiaomi Redmi's phone brand and thank me later..

bamac:
Find below my recommendations, apart from the Elephone, the rest have warranty. But if you ask me, i would prefer you go for the Spark 2.

Please call/whatsapp on 08091180137 to order from Jumia through a reliable and trustworthy Jumia sales consultant.

Psoulsport:
Tecno Spark 2 pro is cool

Creg7:
Tecno spark 2 nd Pouvoir 2

Realboygenius:
Tecno Spark 2 the 2gb RAM version is good.

Pekuliar:
You can get the tecno spark 2 which is below your budget... It's 36k with 3500mAh battery capacity

... Make sense

Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. I went to the market having tecno spark 2(2gb version) in mind, but the size (dimensions) of the phone discouraged me (I don't like big phones) so I went for infinix hot 5. It fits my specifications with a plus (4000mA battery) and I have been enjoying it since.

Once again thank you all.

Hello fellow nairalanders,

I am looking to get a new phone with the following specifications. I will appreciate your guidance and advice.

ROM: 16GB
RAM: 2GB
processor speed: > or = 1.3GHz
Battery capacity: ~3000mA

I am not very keen on the camera and i want to get a good value for money. My Budget is 40k max. I intend going to computer village tomorrow.

Thanks in anticipation.

Hello fellow nairalanders,

I am looking to get a new phone with the following specification. I will appreciate your guidance and advice.

ROM: 16GB
RAM: 2GB
processor speed: > or = 1.3GHz
Battery capacity: ~3000mA

I am not very keen on the camera and i want to get a good value for money. My Budget is 40k max. I intend going to computer village tomorrow.

Thanks in anticipation.

You forgot a very important one

*MDGs which is now SDGs CDS group.

Its like the father if all CDS.

MicroFuse:
i want to give out Two free Lynda.com account, interested? just quote

Just Two, the first two

...

I just saw this post. hope you can still spare me one.

dolaola123@yahoo.com

thanks in advance

Viula:
Read full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Speech at the UN General Assembly
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 00:0


In the urgent matter of the nuclear stand off with North Korea, we hope that calm heads prevail. And as our ancestors say, that the disobedient fowl does not wait to be put into a pot of soup before it obeys. We in Africa hope that North Korea and, indeed, all the nations with nuclear weapons will hasten to eliminate them all. We don’t aspire to have nuclear weapons in the continent of Africa, the cradle of mankind. We will preserve Africa in case the nuclear-armed nations of the world decide to destroy themselves in their so-called mutual assured destruction. Should that happen, be assured that there will be a place in Africa for those of you who will be lucky enough to survive your self-inflicted annihilation. While we do not wish for that, we have this saying in Nigeria that, “na when soldier slap you, you go sabi say police na your friend.

This is the most interesting part of the speech

which people is he referring to here. This nass members are taking Nigerians for a ride.

So what he is saying is that they can decide to give themselves immunity, unlimited allowance, and whatever they wish.

I am of the opinion that the national Assembly should be scraped or at least we should only have house of reps. That institution is a complete waste of the nations resources. They are like a thorn in our flesh.

I was expecting a picture of the cattle grazing

what kind of report is this?
coming from sahara reporters. I am very disappointed. it is very clear that the reporter have an evil intention. why is he trying to insight some set of people against the other.

if this kind of thing should continue, then I support the bill that seek prosecution for people that post such thing in the media.

even if there is an iota of truth in the report, the reporter is not in any way professional about writing and publishing it.

MILFangela:
Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar is the owner of Umza Rice Mill Kano, and the construction of the Mill Plant started during the administration of former President Jonathan. The former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina also played a major role in this

whether na OBJ or GEJ or PMB it doesn't really matter right now. the main thing is for the masses to get food at affordable prize.

of what benefit is it?
the post doesn't contain enough details

This is another attribute of a good leader. To listen to the opinion of his people. but not Everyone's opinion matters.

there are a lot of development departments and development agencies already, they should make use of them instead of establishing new once.

we have to be efficient with what we have now.

nice one
they should keep it up

one thing about president buhari is that he is comfortable working with people he is familiar with and those that have proven themselves (I am not referring to Hon. Dogara )

that is a characteristic of a leader.