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| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by ezeagu(m): 5:10am On Feb 19, 2011 |
Beaf:Yes, you may have heard 'Dibia', which some say is 'Di Obia', practitioner of shrine/sciences/magic etc. Some Igbo towns still use 'Obia'. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by PhysicsRND(m): 5:14am On Feb 19, 2011 |
[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=607521.msg7759168#msg7759168 date=1298088260]I do not believe this for one main reason. Many of the Niger-Congo groups were already in present day Nigeria, prior to the birth of Islam in 610 CE. And Islam did not arrive into Africa until 750 CE. The Arab conquest of the Sudan happened much later, because of the Nubian kingdoms prevented them from expanding into the interior of the continent. That is why I do not believe that hypothesis. I tend to believe that the Ijaws left the other Niger-Congo groups far earlier than the rest of the groups. And probably were pushed into the swamps, by the much larger groups such as the Igboid and Edoid speaking groups. Or the other hypothesis that they arrived from the sea since they have an affinity for the sea. "The Ijoid languages form a branch of the Niger-Congo family and are noted for their Subject Object Verb basic word order, which is otherwise an unusual feature in Niger-Congo[b], shared only by such distant branches as Mande and Dogon[/b]. Like Mande and Dogon, Ijoid lacks even traces of the noun class system considered characteristic of Niger-Congo, and so may have split early from that family."[/quote]That's correct. I don't buy the Arab part of his statement for one minute. However it's still valid in the general sense to me. I suspect the "Sudanic" migration (if it happened) was much much earlier because there is artistic evidence linking Nok/Igbo-Ukwu/Ife/Benin that suggests a possible Egyptian/Nubian connection. I'll open a separate thread about it though in the politics or culture section. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by Kilode1: 5:40am On Feb 19, 2011 |
ezeagu:Excuses  Anyway, since you are my Igbo brotha, I will give you Jamaica. But you have Ethiopians to contend with. Remember? Erm, jah men and Haile Selassie? But we wuz there though, we even left a town behind in Jamaica; http://books.google.com/books?id=QXtf548ntu8C&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=soyinka's+trip+to+bekuta+Jamaica&source=bl&ots=TilTXXn7Ai&sig=J8Sjwrio2XY0rxQCQRZuoSkubsE&hl=en According to Kongi himself, we abandoned the Rum and went back to our palmwine, we left the reggea for Agidigbo. Gotta love Soyinka  It's ok though, you can have jamo. We have the rest of The Americas  You think there's no one in the east attending to those Arushi?I will be happy if y'all can drop that Oyinbo-Catholic thing, roll out the masquerade, revive the Okija shrines and let Amadioha and long-juju reign supreme again. Be like us bro  If they fall short, ask our Orisas for help, our Irunmoles don't hate! I'm rooting for Ndigbo here! You have my support Now I'm done for real. I enjoyed the banter bro. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by kettykin: 8:21am On Feb 19, 2011 |
The next phase for the struggle for the soul and control on nigeria is the economic phase . Like somebody suggested the war will be 60% economic 20% military 20 % others . If nigeria remains united and if crude oil remains a world commodity then niger delta and not lagos will be the new commercial capital and most sought after city states. Presently 5 out of the 6 cities now have an international airport ;Asaba,calabar,Uyo,PH. There are also 6 ports in warri, ph,calarbar , sorry 3 ports but none of them is a deep sea port for an ocean liner. 4 states are major exporters of crude and gas. Presently the south south produces the highest number of graduates (human capital) after the south east. My last strip to the SS, revealed massive investment in civil infrastructures like monorails, dual carriage roads linking cities and states independent power stations (ipp) world class hotels and estates .comparing this with what is happening in lagos wher fashola has been busy planting trees and flowers and hyping a new lekki business corridor, one is left in no doubt that the economic apple cart is about to be tilted from lagos to the niger delta , this is in addition to the fact the GEJ is a nigerdeltan . Inshort nigerdelta is about controlling nigeria politically, economically and militarily. Welcome the new emperrors all hail the new african super powers. What the ibos could not achieve in the 60s , the nigerdeltans have achieved 50 year after. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by asorocker: 8:35am On Feb 19, 2011 |
My dear forget lagos, lagos is a dead or dying city. It is very much unplanned , congested and dirty. If the nigerdeltans build a deep sea port somewhere around Akwa Ibom and build world class refineries that will refine and export crude, link all their cities from calarbar to warri using a high speed rail link, invest in large scale IPPs , Petrochemical factories that will churn out plastic , hydrocarbon chemicals , fertilizer companies and possibly a real steal complex then and only then can they rank with south africa , angola and the dubai. I wish and pray they can get their stuff right. The south south might be the saviour of nigeria |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by wealthtrak: 2:00pm On Mar 02, 2012 |
My dear forget lagos, lagos is a dead or dying city. It is very much unplanned , congested and dirty.asorocker,you probably don't realise that there are crude oil reserves in Lagos State - Badagry axis, offshore Badagry and wait for this - Lekki axis. Yinka Folawiyo Petroleumdiscovered oil in these places but oil is not being drilled yet. Lagos also falls within the bitumen belt - which stretches from Edo, Ondo, Ogun to Lagos axis. Just like Ogun State also has oil reserves which have not been drilled yet! The Ilaje-Yoruba axis of Southern Ondo State is already a confirmed oil producing area in the Niger Delta axis of Ondo State.  So Lagos has hidden riches! I wonder if that was the reason why the proposed Greenfield refinery is being sited in Lekki axis. Lagos State - [not Lagos city] as you indicated in your post is not dead and cannot be forgotten.  1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by maxell(f): 10:11am On Mar 12, 2012 |
If Lagos is not yoruba, then ask the Ijaws to go and run for office there. Abeg talk better talk jare |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by hakanai(m): 11:15am On Mar 12, 2012 |
Ijaw expansionist agenda 101 !!!!! |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by pcicero(m): 11:30am On Mar 12, 2012 |
Binis own Lagos, Igbos own Lagos, Ijaws own Lagos bla bla bla. I am sure the Jukuns, the Chambas, Igbiras Ikwerres, Urhobos and every other ethnicity that Lagos has been magnanimous enough to accommodate will also lay claim to Lagos. I was with some guys from Delta state (one from Ibusa and the other an Urhobo), and I was reeling with laughter when the Urhobo proclaimed that we should watch out for him becoming the governor of Lagos state. I didn't display any resentment as a Lagosian (an indigene), I only imagined a man in his 40s dreaming of ruling Lagos from his grave. In any case, I don't blame them, Tinubu caused some of these things. I can assure you that Lagos will be reclaimed soon by its rightful owners before an Igbo man thinks of succeeding Fashola. 1 Like |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by loco4love: 9:50pm On Aug 08, 2012 |
God bless Yobaland. Yobaland bless God. Eko-Ile is Yoba property. We the Yobas own it together. We welcome outsiders but no encroachers. The British and the Portuguese set up colonies and trading posts in Eko-Ile Lagos. They brought some civilisation and development to our Province. Eko-Ile belongs first to the Omo Eko -Ile then to the whole Yoba Community. Shout out to the Omo Eko-Ile.Be blessed. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by babsjnr(m): 12:24am On Aug 09, 2012 |
Aworis,eguns and ijebus are the real deal. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by bittyend(m): 12:31am On Aug 09, 2012 |
Dumbest thread ever!! The OP needs to be tied down and flogged till he bleeds to a state of coma. Empty headed pee-on!! |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by Localtrouble: 2:46pm On Apr 06, 2013 |
[quote author=EzeUche_]What the hell does Igbos have to do with this topic? Most Igbos do not claim Lagos. And the Igbos who refered to claiming Lagos, such as myself were only doing so jokingly, because we know how some Yorubas get when we discuss Lagos. We Igbos have more pressing matters like Port Harcourt and Bonny. [/quote]Tiff..slaves that were brought in to Procreate now want to claim land. Bunch of Ismeals |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by neller: 3:13am On Jul 22, 2013 |
Do u know wat I tink,if y'all yorubas are so smart why can't y'all fight 4 a state 4 ur selfs atleast d ijaw man ain't a fool,he's someone who's ready to fight 4 his rit.....and another tin y'all cowards....scared of d housa man....tink about it. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by tammyy2k1(m): 2:07pm On Nov 05, 2013 |
A lot of trash talking about Ijaws wanting to take over Lagos. Well let me just comment my reserve. The Ijaws have always been blessed. Ask the Ilajes. So the Ijaws dont need to claim anywhere cos we are content with whatever we have unlike the conniving bastards. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by leisuretym: 3:35pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
The OP , The writer and this Trash belong in the trash can.. Omo Ale jati jati |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by NewNigeriaMind: 4:11pm On Apr 13, 2015 |
All over this thread are igbos and yorubas fantasying about claiming and sharing the south of Nigeria. What happens the minorities, marry the females and exterminate the males. God is watching you all. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by lawani(m): 6:38am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Alausa does not mean someone selling Hausa slaves the tonation is not re mi mi mi but re mi do mi. It means the stand of those selling awusa Alawusa. Awusa is walnut also called Asala. It has nothing to do with Hausa people. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by NNPCFACTS: 6:58am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Most stools in Lagos never existed until 1960 same with the concept of olu of Warri. All of which was the brain child of Awolowo to institutionalise the Yoruba way of life in Nigeria. Pretty much, beyond the alien concept of oduduwa dropping off the sky, there is little or no connections to the many stools in Yoruba land. One thing we all as Nigerians must know is that our history or the history of any group of people in the world always says that we came from somewhere. Non of us germinated from our current place of settlement. The argument about who owns Lagos etc is belabored ... We all need to enthrone the spirit of cohabitation. Reasons being that, if rain falls in Lagos, it does not fall only on one ethnic group. If armed robbers are attacking, they don't care where you came from, if shambode decides to settle down and work, it will be for the benefit of all Lagosians. Thus, Lagos or anywhere else in Nigeria, is a no man's land. We are all migrants. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by iconize(m): 7:05am On Nov 01, 2015 |
These Ijo folks are hell-bent on claiming every costal locations in Nigeria. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by lawani(m): 5:03pm On Nov 04, 2015 |
NNPCFACTS:You are wrong that Awolowo created the Eleko of Eko or Oba of Lagos. All Yoruba groups have always had the traditional monarchy. Infact, the British occupying Lagos did not happen easily, it was achieved by military bombardment and it only achieved the supplanting of a hostile Oba with a friendly one, not the abolition of the monarchy. Have you read Lagos history? It was the Awori that established Lagos, that is the point. If not for Nigeria, Lagos would have been a laid back Awori village like other coastal villages along the West African coast. Over 80 percent of Lagos land is still nominally held by indigenes and there is actually no place in the world that fit the description of a no man's land. If you go to the sahara desert, you will need to defer to some people or institutions in some way. Then Oduduwa is believed to have landed on Earth from space, obviously from an alien human civilization but that is the ancient Oduduwa, not the one that came from Mecca. The belief is that our earliest ancestors landed on Earth from space. An oriki of the Ugbo in Ondo state is Ugbo Atorunwo which means Ugbo, he who descended from the sky. The Ugbos are a neighbouring to Ife who raided them in the past leading to the Moremi story. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by onagon7: 12:14pm On Jul 28, 2017 |
in 12th century, Igbira people migrate from ancient Opanda Kingdom to Benin Empire. after they have conquer Benin dynasty of Ogiso and Uzama, some of these Igbira warriors headed by their prince Ado (Ada), went to Lagos Island and conquer Ilaje (Ugbo People) and mix with them. this mixture of Igbira and Ilaje peoples has resulted to Awori People and their Language. |
| Re: Yorubas Do Not Own Lagos, The Ijaws Do. The Mahins, Ilajes And Aworis Are Ijaws by LZAA: 9:02pm On May 21, 2022 |
Helinues and afamed wee not like this Cc sarrki Sai lagos |
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