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ArcFresky:
Bro whats the process

Hello Nairalanders!

If you have successfully secured admission for Bsc or Msc in Norway for 2021 academic calendar, please lets meet here.

Thanks.

Small small o

Hmmnnn... History is interesting.

@TAO11 I have an issue to discuss with you.

TAO11:
First, I like to apologize for the impropriety of the manner in which my reply to your first comment on my submission about Ikedu (as well as my replies that follow on the same issue) was put. I have gone back to check the comment you had originally made in that regard, and I have seen that it is actually fair and not rude. My assumption was that it was coming from an Ubinu troll, and I wasn't having it at that time.

However, the position I maintain is that to dismiss Ikedu as non-existent in writing, you require more than a simple and lax allusion to the general muteness on it among academics and natives as well as more than a mere allusion to the secrecy in which it has generally been shrouded; especially when there are prominent scholars who have acknowledged it independent of each other (e.g Akinjogbin as well as C. O. Adepegba as I have mentioned).

Moreover, it is not anything surprising if no one at all in Ife today (or very few people if anyone at all) knows about Ikedu. And my reference to Bukola Oyeniyi, a faculty member in the Department of History at Missouri State University, was NOT ONLY to buttress the fact that he had met and worked with people who know it; but also to highlight the specific area of the Nigeria region occupied by those people.

In other words, the fact the North-East Yoruba border is the specific Yoruba region whose present occupants he identifies with some knowledge of Ikedu is actually quite mutually exclusive to the text been known by the present occupants of Ile-Ife, Osun State.

In fact, in the course of his discussion, I recall that he explained why his observation (on whom the present day custodians of ancient Ikedu tradition are) is what it is.

He identifies WHY these modern custodians are those of our kins in the North-Eastern Yoruba borders -- some of whom he noted to have worked with before. He identifies the REASON with the thesis that Ile-Ife, Osun State is not the first Ife settlement of the early "Yoruba" people.

He noted that there is ample persuasive evidence for the thesis that the earliest Ife was closer to the Niger-Benue confluence than it is to Ile-Ife, Osun State, a position which A. F. C. Ryder et al. also maintain.

A. F. C. Ryder in "The Ife-Benin Relationship" cites a certain "early Yoruba historian, J. O. George" who had noted that:

" 'The present town of Ile-Ife should not be taken as the original Ile-Ife ... the old Ile-Ife was much farther in the interior.' "

Ryder continues in reference to T. J. Bowen's "Adventures and Missionary Labours in Several Countries in the Interior of Africa (Charleston, 1857), pp.265" that:

"Forty years earlier the missionary Bowen was told of an Ife standing upon 'the sea'."

* "The sea" here as shown in the footnote of Ryder's work is a misnomer by the ancient inland people for the "great" Niger and Benue rivers of the interior

In fact, the submission of Professor Wande Abimbola that there are references in odu ifa to seven different Ife, the present one being the last also appear to corroborate this thesis.

[see: W, Abimbola: "The Literature of the Ifa Cult", in Sources of Yoruba History, pp. 55]

More than that is the fact that there is an "Ife" in Idah whose head chief bears the title "Onu" which quickly calls to mind the "Ooni" title of Ile-Ife, Osun State.

In addition is also the fact that one of the most important deities in Idah is called "Olojo" which also quickly calls to mind another deity bearing the same name in Ile-Ife, Osun state; among other important commonalities.

[see: The Present State of Art Historical Research in Nigeria: Problems and Possibilities by Babatunde Lawal in The Journal of African History, Vol. 18, No. 2 (1977), pp. 210-211]

The foregoing goes to show that you were quite mistaken on the fact that you could not see the logic of how our people in the North-Eastern Yoruba borders could have had anything to do with the compiled historical tradition on Ife, called Ikedu.

Lastly, you could follow up with the Professor as I have suggested, to confirm from him whether or not he ever made the statements I attributed to him here.

I like to keep it short for now until I hear from you again.

Peace!

Cc:
Ollaxworld

What is wrong in mentioning their name?

omoteacher:



Why name mentioning ? NL is now Tribal bashing blog.

Joke of the Century.

How on earth will a stolen pants affects one's womb? There is no logical connection at all. Africans and Barbaric thinking and believes. This is nothing but delusions, degradation and mental retardation.

Anointing of Pants HAHAHAHAHA... Nigerians are comedians.

I hope this kind of mindset is not part of the reason Africa is where it is Today.

THINK!

A good looking complex.

I really hope it would be an avenue for good justice system than merely good looking.

searchlight:
we all have seen the presidential material in aso rock. the zoo is a joke

So you preferred that Handsome criminals?

CioAngels:
Recolonized? Yes, by sane countries and not Chinese or Indians. It will be a very big shame if Chinese.....

You are correct "Yes, by sane countries".

Have you heard of Confederal system of Government (a fine example is Senegambia).

For instance; we could make arrangement with the UK that all judicial matters relating
to money laundering be TRIED in the UK.

Since, Buhari started his anti-corruption campaign, I don't think he had successfully tried
(in the court) and punished (as pronounced by the court) an offender.

He had only exercised his power by unlawfully detaining criminals like Dasuki.

But with such an arrangement, criminals/corrupt politicians would be tried and sentenced in
the UK and trust me, our country would atleast record positive indices on that stance.

Imagine criminals like Ibori that were Jailed in the UK but was given heroic welcome in
Nigeria.

What a country!

Thank you for the information

YorubaMuslims:
ollaxworld


Ndi Ndi is collective word for group of people, it's always followed by group of people. it can also be ''The''

Ndi Igbo,= Igbo people
Ndi Yoruba Yoruba people
Ndi Calabar = Calabar people
Ndi Ocha = white people
Ndi a = these people
Ndi ahu= those people
Ndi ara= Mad people
Ndi mmuo= spirits
Ndi mmehe= sinners
Ndi eke = slang for Police

Bukola Saraki, though looks Presidential,
trust me, he is no-way a Presidential material.

And thinking He deserves Presidency is like judging a book by its cover.

Wise-up Nigerians.

bigfrancis21:
Igbo comes from Ndi gboo...ancient people. We've been present in our SE region for quite a long time.

Thank you for that.

What is Ndi in Igbo?

The lifeless' pix looks way lively than anyone would thought,
thanks to Bayo Omoboriowo for the photoshop.

Anyways, He is still a better-criminal compared to that Atiku.

Sincerely, Nigerians cant solve Nigeria's problem.
We need to be RECOLONIZED, maybe on a well-structured Agreement.

I am writing an article on this and I will post it soon on this Platform.

BruncleZuma:
We have for Ramotu and Yemisi

Ramotu is not a Yoruba name, its a Muslim name.

What is Igbo in your language?
It means Bush, Indian hemp etc in yoruba

They've just spent your salaries on the recently-concluded primaries.

Cheers

Hate speech

Anigreat:







Have you ever seen a transparent human being before?


If you haven't wait small time you'll see

Nina will be the first transparent human being on earth because of bleaching..

Tayebest Thank you for the contribution. I am still surprise how we Muslims try to make Islam harder than it never was.

How come you guys didnt question Bayo's position when he snapped the pic? He probably climbed the aircraft's wing. This shows that Baba's travel sef na show off. cos ordinarily, he wouldnt have taken such sacrifice under heavy rain to get him captured.

Call my number, you need delieverance

NwaAmaikpe:



Only you failed,
Only you still doesn't want to give oga kpomo.

Now you think blackmailing him will make you pass.
My sister you are on a very long thing.

Your advisers have led you astray.
There's no how that old man would have gone longer than 4minutes and you would have gotten your cool A.

Now see your life.

cool experience

Ive never tried it on Gen. (thanks to PHCN) and I would recommend you get a stabilizer instead of using it on a low voltage electricity.

cheers.

DaudaAbu:
Thanx ollaxworld for taking time to reply to inquiries even though you are not Hisense sales agent.

I hav been planning to buy an LG washing maahing but the price seem so high and i started considering options. I came across hisense and their pricing seem so reasonable and i am planning on getting one .

So far has it been working fine with low voltage (low current i mean) and those it hav any issue opeting on generator? Pls let me know.

I plan to buy it as a gift to my wife. Your response is urgently needed

Thank you

Guys lets drop our predictions

Lalasticlala please shift this to front page, lets support our own AJ

I disagree...Its gonna be a KO against Parker.

Joshua has 100% KO records and he would repeat the feat on the D-day.

Masama:
Joshua to win by UD

Joseph parker training in London at David Haye's Gym





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StNul2LHpik

Lalasticlala Mynd44 Seun


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

you are correct bro

Spadelicious:
Some peeps just want to live in their fools paradise. Don't pass yourself on the street oooo Kate. Are you not the one pictured sitting in your car below just two wks ago? Which kind of face mask is dis that you are showing us, na?