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African Traditional Religion (ATR) worshippers have appealed to the Federal government to declare August 20 as a national holiday for them.

The worshippers who noted government’s recognition of festive days for Christians and Muslims stated that their annual festival known as “Ise se Day’ should be given the same treatment like other religion.

According to a statement issued by the group’s chairman and Ogun monarch, Oba Ifarotimi Balogun, the annual event was a day the worshippers celebrated all traditional gods (deities) in the country.

He said this year’s edition which would hold at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State, aimed at fostering peace and unity among the deities.

“It is high time the country recognised the importance of Olorisa/Ifa Priest. Muslim/Christian leaders consult us for the progress of the country and they have public holidays in their respective festivals.”


By Ameh Comrade Godwin from www.dailypost.ng

pretydiva:
we no oga

I know you know. But some don't know. That's what I'm saying. I've seen this rubbish that you are referring to as jokes turn into how some fools look at Ibadan. Some people are not equip with common sense to differentiate between real and joke. So, I'm just trying to let some folks know all that crap isn't true about Ibadan or it's people. End of.

If anyone believes all that rubbish then they're equally stupid. It's all online fun. Not true.

@Ginaz, I don't think there's anything anyone can do about it. Like what have been said countless times, men are naturally polygamous. People will say that's no excuse. Agreed. Most married men can't control the urge. Those that have been able to stay away from infidelity are the real MVP. There are just too many lovely ladies around and the level of temptation is so high. You were saying something like "I can't even imaging how their wives feels, how unloved and angry they are!" That's not really the case. Why will their wives feel unloved? Most married men who cheat don't deprive their wives of love or attention. Only the really useless ones do that. I know many that have a happy, loving home. Cheating to them is just fun. Something to spice up one's marriage. However, I'm not saying it's morally right. But I'm saying saying it happens and it can be fun for the parties involved.

ladon1:
Haha! its rather surprising that non of you are able to clear the errors and contradiction in the quaran i listed above.
You clear it first abd i will responds to the scriptures you listed above. I still have lits of them here with me.
As for you guys here that said the bible is a book full of fables, am sure you guys can't context the discovery made by that archeologist professor Garfinkel and Dr martin. If you all can proof what they discovered is not the the remains of Goliath's head, then i won't respond to you. In a nut shell. A fool has said in his heart that there is no God.

When people say the bible is full of fables, they didn't say it's entirely a lie. They're just saying most of the stories are fables and myths. Some of the stories were true. The same thing with the Quran. Most of it is just fables. But they've got some believable stories as well. That's not remotely enough to convince anyone there's a God or not. It's just books about people of certain era telling us about the world as they see it at the time. I don't see you defending Buddism, Hinduism etc with the same fervour as you do Christianity. That's because you were either born into a Christian household or got converted later. That's good for you. But please leave the Muslims alone because you're all the same. A Muslim will be condemning a Christian and vice versa but you lot are birds of the same feather.

johnydon22:
Christians be like " their are no contradictions in the bible but the quran is filled with contradictions... Muslims be like their are no contradictions in the quran but the bible is filled with contradictions" lmao... chai... nawa ooo.
Dang you all are correct, those two ancient primitive books are wreaking of implausible fables, myths, contradictions, atrocities and some good stuffs.
But none of you have the eyes to see the flaws in urs but ur eyes are always open to point out the other...

Na so o! They go dey fight each other over the same crap. I think most of these Christian and Muslim guys are more concerned about having a monopoly of the Abrahamic religion. They each want their side to be the true and only religion from their one Supreme Being. Christians don't want to accept the Muslims' version of their beliefs nor do the Muslims either. There will always be differences in anything we do in this world. Of course there'll be contradictions in these so called Holy books. They're mostly accounts from people who weren't necessarily privy to the actual events. So, no need to worry about all that. You guys are only interested in dismissing each others religion. I'm sure your 'Gods' will be disappointed with u guys right now.

See Christians condemning Muslims o! Aren't you people birds of the same feather? How can you say they should wipe out their religion because of the problems of a few tho? I understand people's feelings. Nobody likes reading this kind of news. It has become tiring & depressing. But making statements like wiping Islam off the face of the earth is another form of extremism, isn't it? Besides if they must wipe Islam off, then all other religion should follow too. Let's just do away with all of them. We're tired of all those Abrahamic religions. Both Islam & Christianity have been given us wahala especially in Nigeria. If anyone is going to condemn, it should be atheist. They're the ones sharing with theist in this religious palaver.

From Nigerian Tribune - 16th December 2014.


GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Sunday, performed the re-opening of the reconstructed Agodi Gardens, saying that it had the potential to generate not lesser than N500 million to the state government annually.

The Gardens, now re-christened “Agodi Resort and Conferences’’ is sitting on 62 hectares of land in-between the state Government Secretariat and the popular Premier Hotel in the heart of Ibadan.

Governor Ajimobi, while speaking at the ceremony attended by eminent personalities, members of the State Executive Council, students and parents, described the project as a dream come true.

The lighting of Christmas Tree in the gardens was also performed on the occasion by a legal luminary, Chief (Mrs.) Folake Solanke, SAN.

Ajimobi said that his administration was motivated to embark on the reconstruction of the Gardens, in view of its long years of neglect by successive administrations which had left the hitherto popular zoological gardens in a sorry state.

``Agodi Gardens was in a sorry state when we first visited the place. It was desolate and empty. Everything was very bad. It had deteriorated so much and it was very shameful to us in Oyo State,’’ he said.


http://tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/24257-why-we-reconstructed-agodi-gardens-ajimobi/24257-why-we-reconstructed-agodi-gardens-ajimobi

I've just been wondering recently about how we Nigerians have totally taken so much to foreign names. People have even forgotten that religious names are foreign too. Of course, everyone is entitled to their right to bear any name. But I think we should reconsider that fact. The government can make it compulsory for new parents to have a Nigerian name as first and middle. They can then make the third or fourth names foreign. I always feel we as a people are too quick to run away from our identity. Which has been the bane of our existence ever since the Europeans came to our shores. There's nothing wrong in adapting but sometimes keeping what makes us who we are is very important in preserving our culture and heritage.

I don't think a lot of you people understand what having an accent means. You think accent is something you can just pick up from the market? People here are saying there's nothing wrong with someone who hasn't left the Nigerian shores to be speaking with fake American or British accent. That means the British or the American expats living in Naija will have Nigerian accent eventually. What utter rubbish! Have you seen anyone at those embassies who isn't from Nigeria speak with Naija accent? The only reason why we do that rubbish is because we're suffering from colonial mentality. Nothing more.

I'm looking for film projects to work on. I've been working as a DP but now I want to step up to the director's chair. I'm in need of projects in Europe mostly because that's where I am at the moment. I can still work on projects in Nigeria if the script is good. Looking forward to any favourable response soon. Thanks.

I'm from the south west and I still think a lot has to be done to improve the lives of Nigerians. I know some on here have turned this into a 'My dad's farm is bigger than yours' contest. That's expected. But we must always focus on the most pressing issues not tribalism.

Macelliot:
Probably, all tribes does so, but the case of Yorubas are little bit different. They shows off their pagan belief publicly, even some yoruba Christians and Muslims doesn't see anything wrong in mingling with Pagans.

So, you're saying the Yoruba traditional religion is bad? That's ridiculous. If I'm not mistaken, you're trying to indirectly make christianity look good at the expense of other religions. The Yorubas practise of many religions has made them quite unique in Nigeria. Thats why they're more tolerant and accommodating.

Some people don dey do politics with the article. They said it's a makeshift tent to attend to passengers while the reconstruction work is going on. Keep calm!

Culled from Nigerian Tribune - Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon needs little or no introduction. He has been at the forefront of the promotion of Yoruba cultural values for many decades. In this interview with ADEWALE OSHODI, he speaks on why the Yoruba should hold their culture in high esteem, while reiterating the fact that corruption can only be brought to an end when public office holders swear with traditional items during their installation ceremonies. Excerpts:



THE Osun Osogbo is now one of the most popular festivals on the international cultural calendar. What is the secret behind this?
There is no secret behind this. It is the Osun goddess that is propagating the festival. It is not the handiwork of some people, but it is simply Osun at work. You know that the Osun grove is now a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) heritage site. There is little anybody can do about this if Osun herself is not propagating the festival. Therefore, it is Osun who is at work, and not anybody doing anything spectacular.

These days, there are many foreigners coming to learn more about the Yoruba traditional religion, at a time when many Yorubas are distancing themselves from such. What do you have to say about this?
It is just so unfortunate. I want to say that the Christian and Islamic missions brainwashed our people when they came to introduce their religions. Those early missionaries introduced their religions to us for certain reasons. They took our religion from us and gave us theirs. But if our religion is not good, why would these foreigners be coming to learn more about our traditional religion today? God is everywhere. God can make the entire world to be practising a single religion, but He didn’t allow that. So, we should not do away with our own religion. For example, in Brazil, there are Orisas houses all over, while in Nigeria, there are churches and mosques all over, but we are not better than them.

What is the way out now?
The way out is simple, yet hard. All Yorubas should embrace the traditional religion. We should embrace our culture; the way we dress, what we eat, the way we greet out elders. The Yoruba culture is complete, but we have been brainwashed by the missionaries. Why is it that when we were practising our traditional religion, there was less crime, but now that we have churches and mosques all over the place, the crime rate is so high. The solution to our problem is just for us to return to our cultural values. There is nothing bad in us embracing our culture, and I hope something can be done before it is too late.

There was a time you were producing Ifa Olokun Asoro D’ayo, a television drama promoting the Ifa religion, and it was really helping to pass the knowledge about the traditional religion to people. Why did you stop that production?
Ifa Olokun is still available. The only problem we had, and we are still having, is that there are no sponsors to help with the production. We will continue with the production if sponsors can come on board to assist us. People are still asking me about this on a daily basis. The drama series have a lot of lessons we can learn, and it will be great if we can find sponsors so that we can revive the production. However, most people and organisations that ought to support us get shy because it is traditional. Hypocrisy is one of the biggest problems facing our people. When these same people have spiritual problems, they run to these gods, but they don’t want to identify publicly with our traditional religion. There are many pastors, bishops, Imams who come to the gods for assistance, but publicly, they will be shouting that our traditional religion is not good; that it is evil. So, Ifa Olokun can be resuscitated at any time once we find sponsors.

You are also a poet, but it’s been long we heard your voice on radio; why is this so?
A poet will forever be a poet. However, I produce my oral poems on compact discs now. In the past, the radio stations paid for the poems, but these days, there are no funds allocated for such, and that is why you are not hearing my poems on the radio stations. Now, all my poems are on compact discs and they are available in the market.

In a previous interview, you said that for corrupt practices to be brought to an end among political office holders, then they should always swear in the traditional way. Do you still stand by this?
I do, and I am reiterating it that corruption will never be brought to an end when our politicians continue to use the Bible and Quran to swear during their inauguration. If we use traditional items during the swearing-in of politicians, they will even be scared to mismanage our money. However, most of them claim that they are Christians and Muslims, and cannot swear with traditional items. Even, if they belong to these two faiths, they should still use the sand to swear.

They should pour a small quantity of sand in water and swear that if they mismanage public fund, the land should punish them.
It is only if they don’t walk on the land that they won’t be punished if they divert public funds to private use. It is just painful when I hear of the huge public funds that are being mismanaged. We have no business with poverty in Nigeria, but when our public officers are stealing the money meant for the good of the country, then it will bring about lack.

Therefore, I am saying it again that it is only the traditional faith that can save us from corrupt public office holders. Even these politicians who claim that they are Christians and Muslims would have visited traditional priests during their electioneering campaigns. One funny thing about most of our representatives is that they are not committed to what they are elected to do. When you watch the British parliament in session, the House is always full to the brim, but when you watch ours in session, you find the whole place scanty. Most of them attend only when there is money to share.

It's funny how we're calling our culture & tradition evil. Are you people serious? Have you been so brainwashed to look down on your own existence? I don't usually attack the two main religions in Nigeria - Christianity & Islam. But some of the comments here have shown how damaging following those religion have done to our psyche. They post some pics of Osun Osogbo Festival & you dey quote bible verses. I shake my head for our people o!

List of senators whose votes helped legalise underage marriage and how it happened (Voting Sheet)


by Stanley Azuakola

We now know how senators voted on the constitution amendment bill which caused an uproar in the senate on Tuesday.

READ: Senate Fails To Get Enough Votes To Deal Blow On Underage Marriage, Backs Pension For Its Leadership

The section up for amendment had to do with persons qualified to renounce Nigerian citizenship. The constitution in Section 29 says anyone of age can do so. Section 29(4) (b) says that ” any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” It means that even a child if married can be seen to be of full age and as such can renounce citizenship. The committee proposed that that provision be deleted.

When it was put to vote, 2/3 of members present voted for it which meant it was deleted. But, not so fast.

Enter Senator Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara, the controversial former governor of Zamfara who tried to stoke religious sentiments. He said it was against Islamic law. Yerima got married to a teenager a few years ago, and going by the provision, the girl who is still not 18 cannot be said to be of age.

Sen. Yerima needs to watch this video: Watch: Genius: Meet The Most Politically Aware And Lucid 12 Year Old In The World

He kicked and began to mobilise his fellow Muslims in the Senate and it was threatening to cause confusion. Despite the senate president, David Mark insisting that it could no longer be revisited as it had been voted upon, Yerima continued his objection.

Due to the sensitive nature, Mark had to call for another vote. At this point the Senators who were in favour of this clause could no longer muster 2/3 of the votes that will retain Section 29, Clause 4 (b). Senators still voted 60 votes to 35 votes for the clause to be deleted, but it did not satisfy the 2/3 requirement and so, according to the senate version, “any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.”

Thanks to Sen. Babafemi Ojudu (Ekiti Central, ACN), we have the full list of the senators who voted NO)

The senators who voted NO, that is those who did not want the clause deleted, include the following:

1. Sen. Abdulmumin M. Hassan (Jigawa South West, PDP)

2. Sen. Abdullahi Danladi (Jigawa North West, PDP)

3. Sen. Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa West, PDP)

4. Sen. Ahmed Barata (Adamawa South, PDP)

5. Sen. Akinyelure Ayo (Ondo Central, Labour Party)

6. Sen. Alkali Saidu A. (Gombe North, PDP)

7. Sen. Bagudu Abubakar A. (Kebbi Central, PDP)

8. Sen. Dahiru Umaru (Sokoto South, PDP)

9. Sen. Galaudu Isa (Kebbi North, PDP)

10. Sen. Garba Gamawa (Bauchi North, PDP)

11. Sen. Danjuma Goje Mohammed (Gombe Central, PDP)

12. Sen. Gobir Ibrahim (Sokoto East, PDP)

13. Sen. Gumba Adamu Ibrahim (Bauchi South, PDP)

14. Sen. Hadi Sirika (Katsina North, CPC)

15. Sen. Ibrahim Bukar Abba (Yobe East, ANPP)

16. Sen. Jajere Alkali (Yobe South, ANPP)

17. Sen. Jibrilla Mohammed (Adamawa North, PDP)

18. Sen. Kabiru Gaya (Kano South, ANPP)

19. Sen. Lafiagi Mohammed (Kwara North, PDP)

20. Sen. Lawan Ahmad (Yobe North, ANPP)

21. Sen. Maccido Mohammed (Sokoto North, PDP)

22. Sen. Musa Ibrahim (Niger North, CPC)

23. Sen. Ndume Mohammed Ali (Borno South, PDP)

24. Sen. Sadiq A. Yaradua (Katsina Central, CPC)

25. Sen. Saleh Mohammed (Kaduna Central, CPC)

26. Sen. Tukur Bello (Adamawa Central, PDP)

27. Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP)

28. Sen. Umar Abubakar (Taraba Central, PDP)

29. Sen. Usman Abdulaziz (Jigawa North East, PDP)

30. Sen. Ya’au Sahabi (Zamfara North, PDP)

31. Sen. Zannah Ahmed (Borno Central, PDP)

32. Sen. Ahmad Rufai Sani (Zamfara West, ANPP)

33. Sen. Ahmad Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP)

34. Sen. Bello Hayatu Gwano (Kano North, PDP)

35. Sen. Ibrahim Abu (Katsina South, CPC)

Some senators did not register to vote, while some abstained.

After the second voting, Yerima tried to get up to thank the Senate Present and his colleagues in an attempt to claim victory, he was shouted down and booed.


From: WWW.THESCOOPNG.COM
http://www.osundefender.org/?p=111726

Beautiful houses! Better than some towns & cities sef.

delpee: I remember the train ride to the chilled, seemingly snowy grotto to see father xmas in kingsway, Ibadan in the 70s. Then we had Kingsway, UTC and Leventis within walking distance from each one at dugbe. Seems shoprite is in that area near Cocoa house.
The stores then stocked virtually everything needed in a home including clothes (e.g. St michael ) and hardware.
The hot meatpie and chilled coke in kingsway was unbeatable. Apparently the forerunner of Mr Biggs!

Damn, sis! Those are the good old days of our beloved Ibadan. That's what I constantly tell most of those people that think Ibadan only started existing 10years ago. They think because they're building new houses in their cities they can come here and badmouth Ibadan. We're a city with historical architectures and in time we'll balance it with modern buildings. Mind you, Ibadan has classy areas with classy buildings. You just have to be there to know that. Ibadan is big and most of you haven't been to half of the city.

vosquare: dat local nd dirty ib...y dem no go abk,egbeda,ijebu igbo??

It seems you're an immature person. So, you're angry there's a Shoprite in Ibadan? That's why you're calling them dirty? What you should understand is that true and proper businesses don't operate with the kind of stupidity you just exhibited. It's a numbers game and Ibadan has got it. For your ignorant information, Ibadan have always had supermarkets similar to Shoprite. We've had in the past great department stores. I know for you Shoprite is like Dubai but for us in IB, na just another popular grocery store. I'm sure pretty soon, your type will be moving to Ibadan.

Some people are just idiots. Calling people ugly and razz because you can get away with it, is in itself a coward way of doing things. I agree it's your opinion but a little self control is needed sometimes when you wanna comment.

[quote author=SEYI_KP]GUY THE FLOOR IS INTERLOCKED. U WANT THEM TO GO FOR ARCHITECT IN GREECE OF FRANCE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD GOCERY. IF THEY WANT TO BUILD MALL THEY SHOULD NOW GO TO HEAVEN AND BRING ARCHITECT. GUY PLEASE WAKEUP FROM UR SLEEP AND APPLAUD GOOD THING DONT COPY THAT SHRINE MAN.[/quote]When I said architectural design, I didn't mean they should build the Taj Mahal. I was talking about building designs generally in Nigeria. I applaud what the government is doing but the flooring in the market's compound should be better than that. I didn't come here to talk bad about Oyo State or Ibadan. I love my city & state better than that.

I think the argument here is two folds. One applauds the building of a market while the other thinks the market should have been better designed. Both side is right. I'm glad they're moving the market people into a controlled and safe environment. But I don't like the way we always do our building designs in Nigeria. We should stop all these mediocre buildings & start making statements with our architectural designs. I thought the market should've looked better. We should learn how to do our floorings. There's no concrete or tiled flooring in the market. When rain comes, the place is gonna look messy. I hope they fix that sha. All in all, kudos to the Oyo State government.

I think most of you criticising because he sings in authentic Yoruba are suffering from 'Colo mentality'. So, our language has now become an 'ifa' incantation abi? If you don't like a song, just say so. Don't be applying that illiterate mentality to the topic. Please. And for those that said his only good song is 'Gongo Aso'. Really? Have you forgotten about 'Photocopy', 'Street Credibility', 'Party Rider', 'No Be Mistake' or 'Gbamu Gbamu'? You're not making any sense!

OP, I understand you 100%. I think it's easy for people to condemn you because you've come on a public forum to tell us what we already know. People think because you're 'married', you switch off your feelings for a guy or lady. As long as we still interact with each other there will always be feelings between people - married or single. The OP wasn't planning to fall for this married guy. It just happened and it has gone further than she anticipated. Morally it might be bad but these things do happen.