₦airaland Forum

MayorofLagos:
Its easy to label Yoruba mumu in agitation for a firm response to Ibo. You probably did not know this but in as much that Ibos solicit constitutional right as backing for its excesses in Lagos, OPC equally assert its stand on the various statutes of law which demands that law and order in society must be maintained at all cost, with emphasis on AT ALL COST!

Shymm3x:
Sad.

I was in utter shock when I saw the old man they brought from the village in Ondo speaking the English language fluently and educating Wale on some things. And he should be in his late 70s or 80s. My late grandad was also very fluent in English language, but his case was different cos he was born and raised in Lagos and he used to travel everywhere. So that's understandable. But an old man from Ondo? - Awolowo was an enigma!

I read everything you posted about the plans they had for Lagos. Hopefully, folks will educate us on how they planned the other Yoruba cities. Nigeria destroyed Yorubas, I swear down.

Shymm3x:
Loool.

I just wanted to paint a perfect picture of the type of arse whooping Gregory got when Ondo youths pounced on him.

From the rapper, Wale's documentary that I posted today - Ondo is quite densely populated.

I never knew that, to be honest.

Even his grandad is very educated and the old man speaks the English language fluently.

Awo definitely had Yoruba up there, before that sad coup.

Shymm3x:
Sad.

I was in utter shock when I saw the old man they brought from the village in Ondo speaking the English language fluently and educating Wale on some things. And he should be in his late 70s or 80s. My late grandad was also very fluent in English language, but his case was different cos he was born and raised in Lagos and he used to travel everywhere. So that's understandable. But an old man from Ondo? - Awolowo was an enigma!

I read everything you posted about the plans they had for Lagos. Hopefully, folks will educate us on how they planned the other Yoruba cities. Nigeria destroyed Yorubas, I swear down.

turnup05:
The Yoruba speaking people are mainly located in the south western part of Nigeria. This race of people are unique in various ways and internationally known world over for their good culture. Here are some amazing characteristics of the Yoruba people.

1.HISTORY: The Yoruba people have a very rich history and are known to be one of the earliest thriving civilizations in Africa because of the Oyo kingdom. The progenitor of the yoruba race is Oduduwa and it is believed that he migrated from the middle east to settle down in the present Ile-Ife south west Nigeria. He then gave royal backing to his sons to go and rule other kingdoms but have an affiliate with the Ife kingdom regarding it as their source. This is why most kings regard the Ooni of Ife as a foremost and paramount ruler in Yoruba land. It is also interesting to note that each King in Yoruba Land has a different or unique title name given to him. Making the yoruba people to have the highest number traditional title names of Kings in the world. Also each Palace always have a market close to it and they are always called Oja-Oba(kings Market).

2.ARTS, LITERATURE AND CRAFT: The Ife bronze heads shows that the Yoruba people had special knowledge and skills in casting different from anywhere in the world. The Yoruba proverbs also serves as a rich source of moral advise, inspiration and motivation to people. The first nobel prize on literature in Nigeria was given to Professor Wole Soyinka and no one has achieved this feat in Nigeria till now. His rich usage of Yoruba literature has helped him in his profession. The artistic wooden carvings and clay sculptures also lend credence to the rich culture of the people.

3.FOODS: Delicious foods like pounded yam (Iyan) Yam flour meal (amala) as well cassava meals (garri,eba) including the sumptuous stews like melon stew, draw vegetable(ewedu) and vegetable stew (shokoyokoto) has made people from all over the world to cherish yoruba delicacies. Also snacks like peppered plantain chips (dodo Ikire) have always been used as good appetizers. All these mouthwatering dishes are not only tasty but have nutritional value.

4.LEADERS: The Yoruba race has been blessed with a lot of great leaders in various fields and endeavors of life. Ranging from Politics, Religion, Business, Literature and so on. Some of these leaders have been mentioned on the Forbes list as one of the most influential people in the world. The first premier of the western region Chief Obafemi Awolowo recorded a lot of first during his time like the first sky scraper built in Ibadan with cocoa sales (Cocoa House) setting up the first Radio and T.V station as well as the Opening of the First University in Nigeria University of Ibadan are some of his achievements. Chief OluSegun Obasanjo who was former military head of state later became a civilian president 20 years later after he was released from prison. Chief MKO Abiola a former president elect who died in prison is regarded as Martyr of Democracy in Nigeria. Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also been a very influential politician who supported five sitting governors in southwest in elections and they won. So he is regarded as A God father of at least seven governors in Nigeria today. He was also very useful in installing the incumbent President Buhari after he had contested severally. In Business the richest black woman is Chief F. Alakija according to forbes list. Other business tycoons are chief Mike Adenuga owner of Glo the first indigenous owned telecommunication company his other companies are ETB and Conoil . Otunba Femi Otedola is the owner of Forte Oil one of the biggest Oil firms in Nigeria.

5.ENTERTAINMENT: The entertainment aspect is so rich and interesting. Starting from Music the yoruba have different genres of music like Akpala, fuji, afro juju, Afro beats amongst others. Very popular musicains like Fela, King Sunny Ade are Yoruba people. Young super stars like wizkid, davido are also making waves in the music industry with international stars doing collaborations with them including International yoruba stars like Seal and Wale. The Yoruba film industry is also very big with plenty interesting films being released everyday. Some T.V stations only show Yoruba films through out the day showing the versatility of the industry. Interesting games are not left out; there is chess game so also the yoruba have the Ayo game.

6.SPORTS: the Yoruba can boast of many great sports men like Thunder Balogun and Rashidi Yekini in football. Also Hakeem Olajuwon in basket ball was from the southwest.

7.CULTURAL RENAISANCE: The Yoruba are very proud of their culture displaying it and speaking it at any given opportunity. They are a hospitable race and Welcome visitors including Blacks from the Diaspora who want to trace their roots back to Africa. These diasporans are integrated back into the culture and given yoruba names. They are also thought how to speak the Yoruba language. Yorubas feel their language is becoming extinct when ninety percent of them still speak it with their children even as they hardly speak other languages. The Creoles of the Carribean Countries in the Americas also have yoruba words in their languages.
8.TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL: Yoruba traditional architecture is Unique; most of the buildings roofs are triangular in shape and always slanting downwards past the lintel. They always have a lot of pillars and columns of traditionally carved totem poles with figures. The doors and windows are also carved with figures.

9.RELIGION: The Yoruba people are a very religious group of people. They are also blessed with great religious leaders who are known world over for their powerful anointing. Like under the Christian Faith the yorubas have great men Pastor E.A.Adeboye (RCCG), Bishop OYEDEPO(WINNERS) T.B Joshua(SYNAGOGUE) Pastor Kumuyi (Deeper Life) Pastor OluKoya(MFM) amongst others. The firts bible to be translated to an African language especially in West Africa was by A yoruba Priest Bishop Ajayi Crowther. The great Prophet Ayo BabaLola the founder of C.A.C world wide was a great pentacostal revivalist who spread the word like fire.


10. TEXTILES: The Yoruba have always been fashionable people with their different styles and accessories. The women,s Gele (head tie) are always spectacular. So also the mens cap and agbada which are always captivating. The Aso-Oke always go with diferent yoruba attires. The tye and dye clothes (adire) have always being with them for generations. Also there are different styles like kembe and dansiki which is now coming back to be invogue by the youths. The concept of aso ebi and aso oke where also introduced by yoruba people where people pick a particular pattern of textile material and wear them in an occassion to make for uniformity and solidarity with the celebrant at the event . There are different yoruba hair styles that are also attractive too.
All these and more to numerous to mention needs to be packaged together to form a tourist park which will showcase all these aspects of The Yoruba to the world for future references.

Nigerian women entrepreneurs under the aegis of NACCIMA Business Women Group, NAWORG, have concluded plans to hold the largest exhibition of products, goods and services ever at an event billed to take place in December in Ogun State.

The exhibition tagged ‘Promoting Women Entrepreneurs Through Networking’ will focus on synchronizing women’s economic potentials as tools for societal change and growth in Nigeria.

Briefing journalists at a pre-event conference held at the MKO Abiola Trade Fair Complex in Abeokuta, where the exhibition is expected to take place, Chairperson, NAWORG/National Deputy President, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Iyalode Alaba Lawson, said the event will create a platform for networking and business transaction, as well as learning about each other’s products and services, thereby leading to business expansion and subsequent growth of the Nigerian economy.

“The Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Exhibition, NIWEX 2015, is being put together in collaboration with the ECOWAS Federation of Business Women Entrepreneurs, FEBWE, and Uplift Development Foundation, an initiative of the First Lady of Ogun State, Chief(Mrs)Olufunso Amosun.

“Women entrepreneurs from Uganda, Gambia, Ghana and Sierra Leone have already indicated interest to participate at the event which is also expected to draw participants from across Nigeria,” Alaba told newsmen.

Except Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun comes to the aide of both the residents and business owners in the state, they would continue to groan over the bad roads that litter the State. Vanguard gathered that, the governor had boasted to make the State an eldorado by fixing most of the roads in the state, but, the cash crunch bedeviling the State crippled the plan.

Amosun who had demolished some houses and shops for the expansion of some of the roads was financially incapacitated due to the dwindling fund from the federal allocation. As a result of this, most of the roads which were half done had become impassable for vehicles across the state.

For instance, Ajebo-Idi-Aba road, Lafenwa-Ayetoro road, Oru-Isara, Ago-Iwoye-Ijesha-Ijebu-Irolu-Remo road, Lafenwa-Adedotun-Ita-Aka road, Adatan-Ake road, Abeokuat-Alabata road and Olokemeji-Orile-Ilugun road, Others are ; Atan-Ota/ Lusada juncture and Igbesa, Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State, Mokola-Ilugun road, Siun-Owode-Ofada-More road among others were in terrible position.

Residents and Shop owners have cried out over the threat to their businesses and life due to bad roads. Most of the commuters and drivers plying the roads said the state of the roads was threatening their economy and their lives and therefore appealed to the governor not to hesitate to do the needful on the roads.

A visit to Atan-Ota/ Lusada juncture and Igbesa, Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State,revealed that the roads, incidentally are the ones leading to and fro Agbara industrial estate, where most of the blue chip, multinationals and small and medium businesses are located.

The level of the deterioration of the roads has forced most motorists to abandon their cars and either taking motorcycles or cabs to their offices and other places. Some of them who spoke to our correspondent lamented their ordeal over the bad roads, appealing to governments at all levels to consider their plight.

A motorist ,Alade Taiwo said the appeal became necessary “to prevent loss of lives, property as well as businesses to the bad roads.” Also, Tajudeen Alowonle who is a welder told our correspondent that most small and medium businesses have packed up as a result of the road situation.

Mrs. Waliat Olaleye, who runs a cold room at the Lusada juncture along Agbara/Atan said often times, trucks bringing frozen foods tumble, emptying their contents. Olaleye, who said she graduated in Accounting from the Lagos State University, recalled that she had always nursed the ambition to be self-employed “even when I was in school”

Along the roads, no fewer than four filling stations have closed shops as students of the ICT institute of Technology, Igbesa, board motorcycles from Lusada juncture for N200 per person. Residents and business owners are sighted in “rain boots”, which they interchange with their normal shoes on and off the muddy barely passable roads.

A commercial motorcyclist, who took our correspondent on the inspection of some roads said the only alternative road to Agbara was to come by boat through Lagos. Commercial bus owners have abandoned the roads, leaving the shuttling business for the few Okada riders.

Companies along the Lusada-Igbesa road include Viju factory, Ogun Guandong Free Trade Zone, housing many factories, among others. Meanwhile, residents and workers as well as motorists have begged Amosun to repair Idi-Aba-Ajebo road which had become almost impassable.

When our correspondent visited the road that leads to Ogun State Television , most people who spoke on the road pleaded anonymity because they are civil servants. They said their cars developed fault on daily basis. The road which was undergoing expansion seems abandoned due to the paucity of fund and had worsen the State of the road from its earlier status.

A visit to Lafenwa-Ayetoro road showed many vehicles were knocked down as a result of the failed portions of the road. It was gathered that those who live at the area lamented that commercial cabs have refused to ply the roads while the few ones operating charged exorbitant fees.

Also, on Lafenwa-Ita-Aka-Adatan road, motorists have abandoned the roads due to the impassable state of the road. Most of the roads in the state which were undergoing expansion have been deserted by contractors as a result of paucity fund and have become impassable. Vanguard gathered the governor was making frantic efforts to ensure that those roads were fixed and made passable.

interloper:
I will be most interested if you can dig out the said thread about Da Rocha's . . . I will certainly would want to refresh my memory about them all and Da Silver too.

My siblings and I went to ADRA0 International School back then, I still have fond memories of Ms. Abimbola Da Rocha Omololu, Ms Ajisafe and Ms. Smith . . . .they certainly helped in molding us in those formative years back in VI, bet they are all late now cos at that time they were nearly senior citizens and for me? i will mark them down as arguable the best educationist/teachers of that era and also the crews at Corona School.

I recall a school day when the Bar beach overflowed her banks, ADRAO back school premises is/was facing the Atlantic Ocean and it so happened the ocean over flowed her banks. The fear/distress we all went thru was better imagined than experienced . . . .the whole school grounds and lower classrooms blocks was covered with ocean water and also down to the main road/adjoining streets . . . . .that incident killed my swimming appetite till today . . . . I really thought the whole school was going to go under and we were all gonna drown but thank goodness! the Lord spared us all.

FAN Milk Nigeria came calling not too long afterwards with hot jammed doughnuts/milk, we were all given hugs and reassured it was never going to happen again meanwhile the whole of Ahmadu Bello Way and beyond was experiencing serious traffic gridlock due to panicky parents rushing down to pick there kids. Apparently word on the streets of Lagos was that, the school had gone under and was swept into the Atlantic Ocean by strong currents and taken the we the school kids along <grin.png>.

It might interest you to know ADRAO International School was/is (till today) still sandwiched between NTA and the Nigeria Minting Corporation (donkey years have being out there), those were really exciting times in Nigeria (NTA boarded us to the right and the Mint was to the right) Being neighbours with this organisation had is own perks then, we had unfettred access to all the stars on the set of Village Headmasters when they came in for filming, Uncle Dejumo Lewis (Oloja of Oja) continue to RIP was a v big hit among we the kids, we could mime his signature laughter all day long hehehehehehe . . . . . and he always had a smile and kind words for us all.

I also remember Uncle Funsho Adeolu (Eleyinmi), Justice Esiri, Sisi Clara, Amebo and co, they were v courteous, professional, fatherly/motherly and approachable any time. . . . .those were indeed a beautiful time in Nigeria if you ask me! . . . . . I still don't know how we dropped the ball.Anyway how could I forget the cast of Adio's Family, Second Chance and the rest of them . . . . .everybody most come to NTA then, the hydre headed broadcasting station of that period so even if you were doing Cock Crow At Dawn in Jos, at some stage you would had to come to the HQ in Lagos.

Then onto our lovely neighbour to the right, the Mint! it was not unusual picking up partially burnt Nigerian currencies on the school ground, the old currencies were literally burnt on site and once the chimney emits her content into the sky, thanks to strong ocean winds u can be sure to come across burnt currencies within the school presmises, the fun in this was as kids, we endeavoured to look for more partially burnt currencies during recess and try gumming them together like a puzzle map and perhaps get to spend it afterwords (yes we wish) . . . . naive kids we were as no one I recall was able to achieve this feat like you would expect . . . . sighs

Then you have Federal Palace Hotel down the road, it was an architectural master piece at that time and any excuse to pop in there was a real delight. I also recall the Ali Must Go student riot . . . .first time I saw and understood what riot was, it was one "L" of a bloody day in Lagos and again when Fela's mum was killed by "unknown soldier” omg!, Lagos was not child friendly on those days . . . .

Despite the many challenges Nigeria had then, we were certainly on the path of economic prosperity even at that stage but some thing went so wrong along the way and we lost it big time, I hope to God we can find our way back as a nation sooner than latter . . . . . .

Lagos Island was indeed the place to be and all her rich history will forever linger on in my memory . . . . .the Brazilian returnees really did influence many stuffs on the Island and Da Rocha family will go down in history as one of the great driver of education/ wealth of that era too.

P.S . . . ADRAO International School actually started right under the Jibowu Bridge on the Ikorodu road, they had to relocate to the Island when the bridge was being constructed, and each time i drive past Jibowu years afterwards . . . .a lot of changes has certainly taken place in good o’l Eko Akete . . . .

interloper:
My siblings and I went to ADRA0 International School back then, I still have fond memories of Ms. Abimbola Da Rocha Omololu, Ms Ajisafe and Ms. Smith . . . .they certainly helped in molding us in those formative years back in VI, bet they are all late now cos at that time they were nearly senior citizens and for me? i will mark them down as arguable the best educationist/teachers of that era and also the crews at Corona School.

It might interest you to know ADRAO International School was/is (till today) still sandwiched between NTA and the Nigeria Minting Corporation (donkey years have being out there), those were really exciting times in Nigeria (NTA boarded us to the right and the Mint was to the right) Being neighbours with this organisation had is own perks then, we had unfettred access to all the stars on the set of Village Headmasters when they came in for filming, Uncle Dejumo Lewis (Oloja of Oja) continue to RIP was a v big hit among we the kids, we could mime his signature laughter all day long hehehehehehe . . . . . and he always had a smile and kind words for us all.

I also remember Uncle Funsho Adeolu (Eleyinmi), Justice Esiri, Sisi Clara, Amebo and co, they were v courteous, professional, fatherly/motherly and approachable any time. . . . .those were indeed a beautiful time in Nigeria if you ask me! . . . . . I still don't know how we dropped the ball.Anyway how could I forget the cast of Adio's Family, Second Chance and the rest of them . . . . .everybody most come to NTA then, the hydre headed broadcasting station of that period so even if you were doing Cock Crow At Dawn in Jos, at some stage you would had to come to the HQ in Lagos.

interloper:
about 10pm Nigerian time

Aareonakakanfo:
I don't have anything in mind for now

As per the emboldened,GOODLUCK! I already got my popcorn

MayorofLagos I'm waiting for you

Se mo le te awon Gbogun gboro yen si bi?

Mo mo wipe eyin le ko

9jacrip:
Egbon mi, I really haven't looked into this angle you've brought up. Quite interesting I must say o.

We know the Ijebu were active in the commerce but not sure about the coastline.

The Ilaje and Itsekiris probably hold unrecorded details of their feats in the seas/coasts. I would love to read details on this o.

MayorofLagos:
Agreed! Aare, can you please highlight this for discussion.

MayorofLagos:
Its easy to label Yoruba mumu in agitation for a firm response to Ibo. You probably did not know this but in as much that Ibos solicit constitutional right as backing for its excesses in Lagos, OPC equally assert its stand on the various statutes of law which demands that law and order in society must be maintained at all cost, with emphasis on AT ALL COST!

MayorofLagos:
There are intelligent women in NL. They have social pressures and are conditioned to yield to these pressures. This is why plenty of them are entrapped in online relationship scams. Men are sometimes caught in this entrapment as well.

I saw your convo with tupac and im thinking to myself he needs to be more careful than he has been if hes serious about finding a woman here to settle with.

Part of the pressure is age and procreation, other things are put aside. So, not all, but there is a reason romance, sexuality, family, cooking is filled with women than you find in politics....plus they trade their feminine appeal easily in those sections, whereas those appeals have to be suppressed if they were here interacting in politics section.

MayorofLagos:
Nice writeup!

interloper:
NB: POINT OF CORRECTION DEJUMO LEWIS (KABIYESI, OLOJA OF OJA) STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE AND ACTING

birdman:
memories! this gave me chills. I wonder if Corona still exists today. As for dropping the ball, I seem to remember about the time SAP really started to kick in, a lot of these things just died off, slowly at first. There was no internet back then(many phones were still rotary even), so for the Nigerian on the street, we just knew quality of everything was degrading but there was no one who could put a definite finger on it.

Aareonakakanfo:
Is it the same Dejumo Lewis who played the Kabiyesi role in Village headmaster?

interloper:
Yes Boss . . .had Councillor Balogun whilst penning that portion of the write up but most have erroneously penned Oloja to the RIP portion . . . .Apologies y'all

Ilaje44:
A lot of the people are very young. I got to exchange info with some, but they are simply too young. I lost my hearthrob not too long ago, and I am more inclined to find a woman, but I prefer someone from 30 upward, though that is still going to be a very big age difference nonetheless. Nairaland is full of twens people.

9jacrip:
Egbon mi, I really haven't looked into this angle you've brought up. Quite interesting I must say o.

We know the Ijebu were active in the commerce but not sure about the coastline.

The Ilaje and Itsekiris probably hold unrecorded details of their feats in the seas/coasts. I would love to read details on this o.

Ilaje44:
Ilaje people have been fishers and merchants. Our exploits have been directed more towards the east. We had scattered Ilaje huts along the coast of Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Cameroun, Gabun. Most of these folks have been assimilated into the main folks in these regions.

Besides, there were hardly reason for Ilaje to be subdued, because we were like the nomads, but on water. Our region was also not very accessible. We have lots of waterways, but they were not navigable for big ships. And even though we have a long stretch of sandy coastline, it's below sea level. The Atlantic always overflows the beaches atleast once a day. I do not know how it is nowadays, but that was how it was in my younger years (early seventies), when we used to go to my uncles on the beach of AbeAlala (Eteekun Abaala). And due to climate changes, I presume the situation might be worse now, except the beaches have been sand filled.

IlekeHD:
tpiah

You don't need an older woman to find intelligence...... I know some pretty young, brilliant females on NL. When searching exclude the politics, family and romance section.