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Judolisco:
I'm saying Ojulari or anybody else should be selected based on competence and not based on tribe, ethnicity or region

Now I understand you.

Thanks for the clarity and answer

numericalguy:
That is why I laugh when ignoramuses talk the way you do. Having similarities among tribes does not mean you belong in that tribe.
Try and expand your knowledge a little bit

I know loads of Igalas and Ibiras that bear Yoruba names, does that make them Yorubas?
I know Igalas that bear hausa names, does that make them Hausas?
I know Igalas that bear Igbo names, does that make them Igbos?

You are really unintelligent

This is their King


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

Komu1048:
Mumu what is his tribe, FYI I am also an Okun man, Okun is still under Yoruba. There is no single Okun name that doesn't have its root in Yoruba even the Okun/Owe dialect. It's like someone saying I am Ijesha I am not Yoruba or I am Ijebu I am not Yoruba. Fools like you are finding it difficult while Yoruba is so great n u r finding loopholes upandan.

Instead of you to learn, you're displaying ur inherited ignorance. oloriburuku

Das y u be omoale jatijati with low self esteem who must hide under Yoruba because you are not proud of ur own tribe

numericalguy:
Stop hitting your head against the wall like a slowpoke.
You cannot know his tribe more than him. Okun is not Yoruba and you are still exposing your ignorance instead of doing your research.

Igalas have some similarities with Yoruba but that does not mean they are Yorubas.

I have to come right into this convo here to correct you and provide more insights for others reading this.

The Okun people are a major subgroup of the larger Yoruba folks located in Kogi State just like Ufe (or Ife), Ilaje, Awori, Ekitis, Ijesas, Ijebu, Oyos, Owos, Egba, Akoko, and Itsekiris, etc, are dialects and subgroups of the larger Yoruba ethnic group which extends from Nigeria, to Benin Republic, and Togo. The Itsekiris are majorly made up of a STRONG presence of 3 major Yoruba subgroups namely the Ijebu, the Ilaje and the Ufe (Ife lineages) who founded many Itsekiri communities. Then the 1480 Bini-Edo migration and exile from Benin of Oba Olua's son, Prince Ginuwa, [whose biological mother was originally from Ile Ife (Ufe)] to settle among the indigenous Ijebus of Ode Itsekiri (whom he met along with leader Chief Lenuwa). Even the English language spoken right in England has various dialects and accents so if you don't listen properly, you'll think they are talking rubbish English.

The influential Chief Sunday Awoniyi from the same Okun people (whose first son was the Deputy Governor of Kogi State during the Governor Wada tenure) was the first ever Northerner of Yoruba descent to become the Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). Chief Sunday Awoniyi was still the ACF Chairman when he got involved in a car accident and passed on later due to the injuries sustained. The first ever Nigerian Air Force female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile is also from the Okun area of Kogi State, though born and raised in Kaduna by a father who is also a pilot. (Incidentally, it was a former male school mate of hers who is an ethnic Igala from the same Kogi State that drove the car which knocked her down at the Air Force base in Kaduna. They were simply excited to see each other and in a freak accident they guy drove the car and knocked her down).

Last but NOT least, The late Attah of Igalaland [HRM Dr. Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni] granted an interview which was published on August 26, 2017 in Saturday Punch. He indicated CLEARLY that Igala language and people came into existence from the migration of a sizeable group of people from Wukari [Jukunland] in Taraba State, and they moved along the confluence of River Benue to Amagede then to Idah where they MERGED with a sizeable group or population of Yoruba people, Edo people, and to some extent a small group of Ibo.

"So the Wukari migrant population merged
with them to form the language called
Igala as a people."

Wukari Jukun+Eastern Yoruba+Edo+small Ibo
=> [IGALA language and people]


READ MORE HERE: http://punchng.com/im-first-attah-in-igala-history-with-one-wife-ameh-oboni/

https://www.nairaland.com/4191766/want-learn-igala-language-get

https://www.nairaland.com/7265393/relationship-yoruba-language-igala-language


I must add that Idoma language has a significant number of word inputs in the Igala language just like the Yoruba language which has up to 60 percent mutually intelligible with Igala due to the ethnic bloodlines that fused together. So, Yorubas and igala people are direct "blood relatives" based off of what the late Attah of Igala said in 2017.


HRM Attah Michael America Oboni's 2017 Saturday Punch interview sheds more insights on why Bowen's research classified Igala (and Itsekiri) as Yoruboid languages. This is because both groups have direct Yoruba bloodlines in they ancestral family tree due to the fusions of ethnicities and people around the river Niger and Benue confluence going back to at least 700 to 800 years ago. It's also a FACT that Igala language is 60 percent mutually intelligible with Yoruba language and the rest of Igala words have strong roots in Idoma language.

numericalguy:
That is why I laugh when ignoramuses talk the way you do. Having similarities among tribes does not mean you belong in that tribe.
Try and expand your knowledge a little bit

I know loads of Igalas and Ibiras that bear Yoruba names, does that make them Yorubas?
I know Igalas that bear hausa names, does that make them Hausas?
I know Igalas that bear Igbo names, does that make them Igbos?

is it that you don't read or something... If u say the okun are not Yorubas then ekiti and ondo people ain't yorubas, because if they speak their dialect a person that can speak Yoruba won't understand even a word.... Now my question to you is who are the Yorubas and where can they be found?

Judolisco:
is it that you don't read or something... If u say the okun are not Yorubas then ekiti and ondo people ain't yorubas, because if they speak their dialect a person that can speak Yoruba won't understand even a word.... Now my question to you is who are the Yorubas and were can they be found?

Step out of your little comfort environment and study Nigeria a bit
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Fulani
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Kanuri
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Gwari
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Nupe
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Bachama
I can go on and on about the hundreds of tribes in northern Nigeria with very strong similarities to hausa but in actual fact, these tribes not Hausa

I asked you a simple question which you decided to ignore because it would instantly puncture your argument. Are Igalas Hausas, Yorubas or igbos since they have similarities to all these three tribes.
I particularly chose the Igalas to use as example because it is a unique tribe with similarities to all three major tribes in Nigeria

Latakia:
Tinubu started the ONE DAY GOVERNOR of a thing where a brilliant student that emerge winner from the spelling bee competition become a one day governor in Lagos.

Report reaching me say Jagaban is planning to start the same program at the federal level but this time na for adults who can emerge as one day president. This is a big opportunity for Peter Obi. But can Peter Obi win a spelling bee competition?

Can Bulaba who couldn't debate other presidential candidates during election campaign win the spelling bee competition too?

numericalguy:
Das y u be omoale jatijati with low self esteem who must hide under Yoruba because you are not proud of ur own tribe

So what's my tribe. Mr cockroach .

numericalguy:
That is why I laugh when ignoramuses talk the way you do. Having similarities among tribes does not mean you belong in that tribe.
Try and expand your knowledge a little bit

I know loads of Igalas and Ibiras that bear Yoruba names, does that make them Yorubas?
I know Igalas that bear hausa names, does that make them Hausas?
I know Igalas that bear Igbo names, does that make them Igbos?

You should be the one to stop insulting Our sensibilities.. their is no okun that would tell you they aren't Yoruba.....okun is a dialect in the Yoruba nation which cuts across kogi, kwara and Ekiti.
Igala isn't Hausa,ebira isn't Hausa just like kanuri isn't Hausa despite linguistic affinity......okun however is Yoruba through and through.

SaLongs1:
Can Bulaba who couldn't debate other presidential candidates during election campaign win the spelling bee competition too?

eeyah

smeag0l:
This is exactly the comment I was looking for. BAYO ojulari is yoruba and not a norhterner, period! If BAT wanted a northerner there are northerners that are as qualified as Bayo Ojulari for that job. Bashir Bello, who is one of the northerners on the board of his own Oando and Musa Kida who is on the board of several Oil companies in Nigeria are two very qualified northerners who can do the job.

Did you know that a Yoruba man from the Okun people of Kogi State, Chief Sunday Awoniyi was unanimously elected the first ever Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum back in the 2000s? He was clearly representing the interests of all Northern Nigeria ethnicities as the ACF Chairman. Even Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television once told a guest on his Politics Today program that he is a Northerner based off of the fact that he is a Yoruba dude from Kwara State in the North Central of Nigeria. Until the request at the last Constitutional Conference for carving out the Yoruba folks of Kwara and Kogi States into one single region with their kith and kin in the West of Nigeria, they remain Northerners just like the Nupes, Baribas (Batonu), Ebiras, Igalas, Beroms, Jukuns, Angas, Tarok, Bachamas, Tivs, Kanuris, Hausas, etc.

First off, 'Bayo Bashir Ojulari is a Northern Nigeria Yoruba man from Kwara State [where out of a total of 16 Local Government Areas, 12 are owned OR indigenous to the Yorubas, 2 LGAs are indigenous to the Nupes, and 2 LGAs are indigenous to the Bariba ethnic group (otherwise called the Batonus) where Farooq Kperogi is from] based off of the British Colonial regional classifications that existed before 1914 and after 1914 when parts of Yorubaland were carved out under the sphere of George Goldie's Royal Niger Company and placed in the defunct Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. The other parts of Yorubaland were placed in Southern Nigeria. Fortunately, 1914 led to the amalgamation of these two separate entities under Lord Lugard thereby bringing Yorubas of the North and South in closer geopolitical proximity again. Yorubaland also extends right into Benin Republic and Togo with Benin Republic alone having up to 30 Obas or Kings ruling various towns such as the Kingdom of Ketou (Ketu) and the Kingdom of Ajase (alternatively called Porto Novo), etc.

My point here is that Bayo Bashir Ojulari is an experienced man in the top echelons of NNPCL and the current man, Kyari is from Borno State. In the event that he retires, of course if a Yoruba man is the NEXT experienced person in the line of succession, then he'll get to head the NNPCL based on merit. This is distinct from just placing an unqualified person in a professional position simply because he or she is from a President's ethnicity or region.

Because the Yoruba folks have a huge population of over 60 million worldwide, it's NOT strange that many because Yoruba families place emphasis on the education of both male and female children, Yorubas occupy corporate positions as oil workers, accountants, engineers, medical practioners, robotics specialists, aviation, and other STEM and non-STEM fields. So, you're gonna find a high number of Yoruba folks up the hierarchy of these fields just like you'll find Edos, Igbos, Efiks, Ebiras, etc, and others who also value education or encourage their children to gravitate towards Western education.

Judolisco:
oga, ekiti, ondo, Ijebu etc all have their dialect and they are Yoruba.... Oga na u no knw anything.... I'm also okun... Ijumu local government to be precised.... So nothing u wan tell me about my region

If you are Okun as you claimed, are you aware that the Yoruba people are yet to accept Okun as Yoruba, their was a meet with Oni of Ife last year(2024) in that regards. I might not be saying the truth so do small research and know more.

numericalguy:
Stop hitting your head against the wall like a slowpoke.
You cannot know his tribe more than him. Okun is not Yoruba and you are still exposing your ignorance instead of doing your research.
Igalas have some similarities with Yoruba but that does not mean they are Yorubas.

Sukudi, when we need the opinion of lower primates, we'll call you. Now, you may go outside and play on that tree that your ancestors were playing on before Ajayi Crowther civilized them.

numericalguy:
Stop exposing your ignorance. Do some research

LoL. Nairaland is truly a free-for-all. A place where a blank ignoramus would so proudly resist correction and may even tell his benevolent 'tutor' to "do some research".

Komu1048:
Small boy I spent all my early lives in Kabba, almost if not all Yoruba town has their dialect. But they still speak Yoruba. So places like yagba, Kabba, down to Ekinrin n iyamoye are not Yoruba because they have dialect

Lolz. So, Yagba people don't speak Yoruba? All these braindead 5 year olds that their parents leave their phones with sef. As in, only an Igbo can be so proud and confident in his ignorance as this. I wanted to tell you to ask your dad about it (since you're still learning how to use google), but I think I will help you. Check the image below. You may still have more idi.ocy in your repertoire to entertain me with. I really want to have some more laugh.

albert2512:
If you are Okun as you claimed, are you aware that the Yoruba people are yet to accept Okun as Yoruba, their was a meet with Oni of Ife last year(2024) in that regards. I might not be saying the truth so do small research and know more.

lol... Who and who are the yoruba people that are yet to accept us....d only issue is that we are not in the west.... That's d only issue... I don't need any endorsement from any ooni... I have my own Olu and we speak Yoruba and have Yoruba names and culture

yummy001:
The Okuns(A Yoruba sub-ethnic group) have their own own dialect same way other Yoruba sub-ethnic groups like the Ijebus, Egbas, Ekitis, Ijesas have theirs.. A dialect is a genre of a language.. If you go to England, different parts have their own dialects same way the Enugu dialect of the Igbos might be different from Anambra people..

It does not invalidate the fact that the Okuns migrated from ancient Ile-Ife just like most Yoruba sub-ethnic groups to the present day Kogi State. In fact, there is a town called Iffe(coined from the word Ile-Ife but spelt with the double "f"...) in Okun land. Please stop displaying your ignorance in the public space.

I partially agree with you with the language thing. I am from Ife in Kogi (different from Iffe you mentioned). But note that all you wrote has not validated Okun as yoruba. We definitely have a link with yoruba like many other ethnic group within and outside Kogi but that doesn't make them Yoruba. Note finally that Okun are yet to be formally accepted by Yoruba land as Yoruba. Some group in Okun are agitating for the inclusion.

Please withdraw your statement labelling me as ignorant sir.

Judolisco:
lol... Who and who are the yoruba people that are yet to accept us....d only issue is that we are not in the west.... That's d only issue... I don't need any endorsement from any ooni... I have my own Olu and we speak Yoruba and have Yoruba names and culture

Just like some ethnic groups in Delta State but that does make them Yoruba sir.

OlujobaSamuel:
Having a dialect doesn't mean one do not belong to an ethnic group, eg, ijebu, egba, awori, ijesha, ondo, etc, has their dialect that you won't even get any idea when communicating around you, yet they are Yorubas.
NB: I'm not saying the Okuns are or are not Yoruba, I don't really know much about Kogi, just aware that there are some Yorubas there

You are right

numericalguy:
Step out of your little comfort environment and study Nigeria a bit
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Fulani
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Kanuri
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Gwari
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Nupe
Are you aware that Hausa are different from Bachama
I can go on and on about the hundreds of tribes in northern Nigeria with very strong similarities to hausa but in actual fact, these tribes not Hausa

I asked you a simple question which you decided to ignore because it would instantly puncture your argument. Are Igalas Hausas, Yorubas or igbos since they have similarities to all these three tribes.
I particularly chose the Igalas to use as example because it is a unique tribe with similarities to all three major tribes in Nigeria

oga.... This thing is simple, igala like itsekiri is part of the yoruboid group of languages, they even share the same numbering system as the yorubas due to historical and cultural ties....

Okun on the other hand are Yorubas, there's no difference between them and other Yoruba sub-groups from ekiti, ondo and Ogun.... If you say okun people ain't Yorubas then ekiti people and ondo people ain't yorubas because of their dialect.....

The issue I have with you is that you have the Internet, you have data, Google is free, chatgpt 3.5 is free coupled with a lot of AIs, but instead of you to use it, you keep arguing.... D Yoruba language have different sub-groups.....

U r asking me to step out of my comfort zone... No be your fault... Everybody get opinion online

Komu1048:
Small boy I spent all my early lives in Kabba, almost if not all Yoruba town has their dialect. But they still speak Yoruba. So places like yagba, Kabba, down to Ekinrin n iyamoye are not Yoruba because they have dialect

God bless you oh... Even the okun language is different, the okun we speak in ekinrin is different from kabba, same thing in Ekiti, the ekiti they speak in omuo is different from the one they speak in Ado-ekiti.... Some people go jst dey yarn dust online

albert2512:
Just like some ethnic groups in Delta State but that does make them Yoruba sir.

see bros I don tired for una matter, use Google, use AI.... The ethnic group in Delta also belong to the yoruboid group of languages.... D only issue is thier geographical locations.... Bros, if you get assignment for sch, shey u go do research now... Use Internet browse all this things instead of arguing blindly....

albert2512:
I partially agree with you with the language thing. I am from Ife in Kogi (different from Iffe you mentioned). But note that all you wrote has not validated Okun as yoruba. We definitely have a link with yoruba like many other ethnic group within and outside Kogi but that doesn't make them Yoruba. Note finally that Okun are yet to be formally accepted by Yoruba land as Yoruba. Some group in Okun are agitating for the inclusion.

Please withdraw your statement labelling me as ignorant sir.

Your fellow okuns have corrected you but you still insist.The Okun are Yoruba wrongly placed in the North by the British. They are not in any way different from other Yoruba.

Sir, Bayo Ojulari is yoruba. Secondly, he doesnt work for NNPCL. The last role he held in the oil and gas industry was as the MD of one of the companies under Shell Nigeria(SNEPCo). He has a very limited broad experience in the industry when compared with Ahmed Musa Kida and Bashir Bello. Both of these guys also retired in the very top management of Total Nigeria and Shell Nigeria respectively so he cant boast of being more experienced than they are. Therefore, if BAT wants to justify his selection of Bayo Ojulari on the basis of competence or ethnicity, it wont hold water.

Konquest:
Did you know that a Yoruba man from the Okun people of Kogi State, Chief Sunday Awoniyi was unanimously elected the first ever Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum back in the 2000s? He was clearly representing the interests of all Northern Nigeria ethnicities as the ACF Chairman. Even Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television once told a guest on his Politics Today program that he is a Northerner based off of the fact that he is a Yoruba dude from Kwara State in the North Central of Nigeria. Until the request at the last Constitutional Conference for carving out the Yoruba folks of Kwara and Kogi States into one single region with their kith and kin in the West of Nigeria, they remain Northerners just like the Nupes, Baribas (Batonu), Ebiras, Igalas, Beroms, Jukuns, Angas, Tarok, Bachamas, Tivs, Kanuris, Hausas, etc.

First off, 'Bayo Bashir Ojulari is a Northern Nigeria Yoruba man from Kwara State [where out of a total of 16 Local Government Areas, 12 are owned OR indigenous to the Yorubas, 2 LGAs are indigenous to the Nupes, and 2 LGAs are indigenous to the Bariba ethnic group (otherwise called the Batonus) where Farooq Kperogi is from] based off of the British Colonial regional classifications that existed before 1914 and after 1914 when parts of Yorubaland were carved out under the sphere of George Goldie's Royal Niger Company and placed in the defunct Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. The other parts of Yorubaland were placed in Southern Nigeria. Fortunately, 1914 led to the amalgamation of these two separate entities under Lord Lugard thereby bringing Yorubas of the North and South in closer geopolitical proximity again. Yorubaland also extends right into Benin Republic and Togo with Benin Republic alone having up to 30 Obas or Kings ruling various towns such as the Kingdom of Ketou (Ketu) and the Kingdom of Ajase (alternatively called Porto Novo), etc.

My point here is that Bayo Bashir Ojulari is an experienced man in the top echelons of NNPCL and the current man, Kyari is from Borno State. In the event that he retires, of course if a Yoruba man is the NEXT experienced person in the line of succession, then he'll get to head the NNPCL based on merit. This is distinct from just placing an unqualified person in a professional position simply because he or she is from a President's ethnicity or region.

Because the Yoruba folks have a huge population of over 60 million worldwide, it's NOT strange that many because Yoruba families place emphasis on the education of both male and female children, Yorubas occupy corporate positions as oil workers, accountants, engineers, medical practioners, robotics specialists, aviation, and other STEM and non-STEM fields. So, you're gonna find a high number of Yoruba folks up the hierarchy of these fields just like you'll find Edos, Igbos, Efiks, Ebiras, etc, and others who also value education or encourage their children to gravitate towards Western education.

Judolisco:
Kwara is 90% Yoruba and I challenge anyone to tackle me on dis, kogi has a majority Yoruba tribe in the west, Dino melaye, smart adeyemi, deji adeyanju, and abiodun faleke, are all from dis region..... North-Central zones has a lot of diversity in terms of language as many tribes fall into dis zones..... It amazes me that instead of looking at competence in 2025,some people are still playing regional politics.....

they are not pure Yoruba, they are northern origin

Sofistcatdmoron:
they are not pure Yoruba, they are northern origin

Define a pure Yoruba person? North Central is just a geopolitical zone not the tribe.

The tribe of the Okun people is Yoruba.

Simple.

albert2512:
I partially agree with you with the language thing. I am from Ife in Kogi (different from Iffe you mentioned). But note that all you wrote has not validated Okun as yoruba. We definitely have a link with yoruba like many other ethnic group within and outside Kogi but that doesn't make them Yoruba. Note finally that Okun are yet to be formally accepted by Yoruba land as Yoruba. Some group in Okun are agitating for the inclusion.

Please withdraw your statement labelling me as ignorant sir.

I am Okun and I am 100% Yoruba. Apart from the fact that I have a full understanding of my lineage and bloodline, I do not need the validation of ignorant folks who think the great Yoruba race are limited to only the South West of Nigeria..

We even have the Yoruba Ajase who migrated from Ancient Ile Ife to the present day Benin Republic.. They are not even Nigerians.. They are even more Yoruba than some Yorubas of the South West who are more Arabic or European in their worldview compared to these non-Nigerian Yorubas who are more culturally grounded.. Same way we have Yoruba Anagos in the Gambia and Togo who are not even Nigerians..

What you are saying is similar to an indigenous Hausa man who hails from Mali or Ghana waiting for the Hausa man in Northern Nigeria to validate him as a Hausa man because he thinks the indigenous Hausa man can only be found in the Northern region of Nigeria.

You should be the one apologising to the general public for displaying an incredible amount of ignorance in the public space.

smeag0l:
Sir, Bayo Ojulari is yoruba. Secondly, he doesnt work for NNPCL. The last role he held in the oil and gas industry was as the MD of one of the companies under Shell Nigeria(SNEPCo). He has a very limited broad experience in the industry when compared with Ahmed Musa Kida and Bashir Bello. Both of these guys also retired in the very top management of Total Nigeria and Shell Nigeria respectively so he cant boast of being more experienced than they are. Therefore, if BAT wants to justify his selection of Bayo Ojulari on the basis of competence or ethnicity, it wont hold water.

Oga when you become the President of Nigeria, you can choose anyone of Ahmed Musa Kida and Bashir Bello.

As for the current President of Nigeria - Tinubu. He has right to choose anyone he prefers.

He doesn't really owe us any explanation on his choice of workers that he is allowed to choose.

idanone:
Am from southern Kwara and am a full blood Yoruba man, in politics our name is North Central, but in reality we are South West Nigeria.

the game is the game

smeag0l:
Sir, Bayo Ojulari is yoruba. Secondly, he doesnt work for NNPCL. The last role he held in the oil and gas industry was as the MD of one of the companies under Shell Nigeria(SNEPCo). He has a very limited broad experience in the industry when compared with Ahmed Musa Kida and Bashir Bello. Both of these guys also retired in the very top management of Total Nigeria and Shell Nigeria respectively so he cant boast of being more experienced than they are. Therefore, if BAT wants to justify his selection of Bayo Ojulari on the basis of competence or ethnicity, it wont hold water.

Indeed, for Bayo Ojulari prior to his assumption as the MD/CEO of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPco) from 2015 to 2021, he had worked in management positions in the oil and gas sector in Europe and the Middle East. He then became the Chairman of the board of British American Tobacco (BAT Advisory and Energy Company).

The other two gentlemen you talked about right above are also highly qualified and indeed worked with Total Energies and SPDC.

But how did Bayo Ojulari even become the talking point here when his choice has NOT even been confirmed yet? Farooq merely said in the quote right below:

"A trusted older friend (with links to the APC) pointed out that Bayo Ojulari, who is RUMOURED to be Tinubu’s pick to succeed Mele Kyari as head of the NNPC."

Farooq has to also learn to be very circumspect about the information he pushes out into the public domain especially those told to him in confidence by folks like this alleged "trusted older friend" of his.

Whatever be the case, whoever is finally chosen to take charge of NNPCL must be a core technocrat from the oil and gas industry (whether it's the brilliant Ahmed Musa Kida from Borno State who is also a famous former basketballer OR another) and must work to ramp up the performance of that organization by modeling it after global oil and gas success stories such as the Saudi Aramco. Borno State has always produced brilliant folks because the current NNPCL GCEO, Mele Kyari is also from Borno State.

North Central People
Hope you understood the message they sent you very well


A Word is enough for the Wise

lawani:
Your fellow okuns have corrected you but you still insist.The Okun are Yoruba wrongly placed in the North by the British. They are not in any way different from other Yoruba.

The guy you quoted and corrected isn't an Okun from Kogi State... I assume he is referring to a place called "Ife" in Igalaland where he says he comes from. I doubt he's even an Igala. This is why he's all over the place saying incorrectly that the Okuns are not Yoruba and have NEVER been accepted by the mainstream Yorubaland which is clearly falsehood! His false submissions here mirrors the very reckless propaganda and fake news being dished out by the members and paid online troll farms of that criminal group called ipob who the BBC Global Disinformation Team exposed in an exclusive 2022 documentary video that is still on YouTube for spreading massive toxic hate speech and disinformation online to destabilize Nigeria by using multiple social media platforms such as Facebook, X, YouTube, including NL.