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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by lyricalpontiff(m): 12:15pm On Jul 15, 2016
Good info
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by deesad2002: 12:18pm On Jul 15, 2016
fratermathy:


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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by worlexy(m): 12:19pm On Jul 15, 2016
Offa is not part of Igbomina. FYI. Offa people speak a dilect called Ibolo

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by xreal: 12:21pm On Jul 15, 2016
EvilSeeed:
10 interesting facts about Kwara?





Nobody cares about fhucking Kwara State except those unfortunate to be born from there.

tell me 10 interesting things about a productive and blessed state like Ekiti.

You are such a f00l and edeot to make such a comment.

I am sure, no one from your state has ever been a Vice to the head of state, Senate President not even a footballer on the National team.

Yet you come here to make comment, must you?
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Qyubee(m): 12:26pm On Jul 15, 2016
moneybag100:

No private companies?
No Tuyil? No kam wire? No unifoam? No cocacola? No pepsi?
May be you don't know kwara.
please tell me the employment potential of these companies.
No major company in kwara state, the rich only invest in hotels and petrol stations.
Kwara state is still backward compared to osun not to talk of bigger states.
The situation has not been helped with the kind of leadership kwarans have gotten from the saraki dynasty.
Kwarans need to wake up!

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by zicoy6k: 12:29pm On Jul 15, 2016
YourNemesis:


How can they be "Yorubas in every sense of the word" if they are of Fulani descent like you claim they are?
The Fulani descended people of Ilorin are a relatively small and well known political class within the city, not the masses.
Anyways, you still have a lot to learn about Kwara.
The op is correct. He was not referring to Ilorin residents, he was talking about Ilorin indigenes. There has been a lot of intermarriage between the yoruba and fulani people of Ilorin over the years. Most of the yoruba looking and speaking indigenes of Ilorin are actually of Fulani descent. There are many yorubas but those of fulani descent are more. Note: Leave out non indigenes who are just residents and migrants.

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by princessbecky(f): 12:32pm On Jul 15, 2016
Patigi road is nothing to write home about, very bad and nothing has been done about it.they are so backward.My view anyway
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Rapmoney(m): 12:33pm On Jul 15, 2016
AngelAhnie:
Your signature is funny, uncle give me bobogrin
But I don't sell bobo nah! grin
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Rilwon: 12:40pm On Jul 15, 2016
YourNemesis:


shocked shocked
Jeez! where did you get this from Ogbeni Fratermathy ?
Ilorin is overwhelmingly Yoruba and that is why Yoruba language could become the dominant language of the city, the Fulanis in Ilorin and Kwara are infact the smallest minority.

Don't mind the guy. I don't know where he's getting his own absurd facts from.

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by YourNemesis: 12:41pm On Jul 15, 2016
zicoy6k:

The op is correct. He was not referring to Ilorin residents, he was talking about Ilorin indigenes. There has been a lot of intermarriage between the yoruba and fulani people of Ilorin over the years. Most of the yoruba looking and speaking indigenes of Ilorin are actually of Fulani descent. There are many yorubas but those of fulani descent are more. Note: Leave out non indigenes who are just residents and migrants.

This your claim can never stand in the face of concrete evidence and vivid scrutiny.
How did Yoruba become the dominant language of Ilorin if the city's original Fulani settlers outnumber the Yoruba aboriginals? Does that make any sense to you? Ilorin that was originally a big bustling Oyo town before Fulani even knew it existed.
Ilorin, a city barely 30km from Offa Olalomi, 34 km from gigantic Ogbomosho, 40km from Igbeti, 25 km from Ajashe Ipo, 31 km from Oro, is majority originally Fulani?
Even Jebba on the South bank of river Niger is majority Yoruba, not to talk of Ilorin that has every practical feel of a typical SW city with Islamic flavour. Actual Fulanis in Ilorin (even the older ones) still stick out like a sore thumb and look like migrants till today, while Yoruba immigrants into the city just blend in seamlessly.

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by AngelAhnie(f): 12:46pm On Jul 15, 2016
Rapmoney:
But I don't sell bobo nah! grin
Then give me what you are sellingcheesy
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by opecuddy(m): 12:46pm On Jul 15, 2016
Nice write up. coolNice write up.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Rapmoney(m): 12:48pm On Jul 15, 2016
AngelAhnie:
Then give me what you are sellingcheesy
How? Its not edible.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by fatymore(f): 12:55pm On Jul 15, 2016
my fiance state.....love dem 4 dia rich knowledge of Arabic
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by toye440: 1:03pm On Jul 15, 2016
EvilSeeed:
10 interesting facts about Kwara?





Nobody cares about fhucking Kwara State except those unfortunate to be born from there.

tell me 10 interesting things about a productive and blessed state like Ekiti.
1.Fayose
2. stomach infrastructure.
should I continue... or should I keep quiet...
.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by AngelAhnie(f): 1:03pm On Jul 15, 2016
Rapmoney:
How? Its not edible.
I get, badt boy..grin
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by maryhaam(f): 1:06pm On Jul 15, 2016
Nice one,what a good insight.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by harlayoh(f): 1:07pm On Jul 15, 2016
EvilSeeed:
10 interesting facts about Kwara?





Nobody cares about fhucking Kwara State except those unfortunate to be born from there.

tell me 10 interesting things about a productive and blessed state like Ekiti.




Nd who gives the Bleep about Ekiti state besides what is fortunate about being born from Ekiti
shit happens but it sure doesn't happen with kwarans... Gracias!!
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by DisGuy: 1:08pm On Jul 15, 2016
fatymore:
my fiance state.....love dem 4 dia rich knowledge of Arabic

the same arabic they use to kowolobeje like almajiris grin
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by fatymore(f): 1:10pm On Jul 15, 2016
DisGuy:

the same arabic they use to kowolobeje like almajiris grin
maluuuuu
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by fratermathy(m): 1:10pm On Jul 15, 2016
YourNemesis:


This your write up is damaging.
Let me Explain Kwara state to you in a nutshell and as fast/quick as I can....

There are 16 LGAs in Kwara state.
12 are Yoruba dominated including those of the Ilorin metropolis, however there exists a small pocket of Fulani political class within the city who wield a lot of influence (disproportionately so) due to Northern backing, as well as nomadic Fulanis spread across the state with their cattle just like in every other part of Nigeria.

2 LGAs is Nupe dominated, they are Edu and Patigi
2 local governments are Bariba dominated and also very sparsely populated (Kaiama and Baruten)
These Nupe and Bariba LGs together with Moro make up Kwara North. The other 11 are in Kwara central and South.
Among the Yoruba stock, the Igbominas are the majority, but 2 local governments are ethnically Ekiti (Oke Ero and Ekiti LG), then there are also the Oyos and the Ibolos who make up a significant proportion of the Yorubas in the state, as well as a very small Yagba population.


Thanks for this.

Learning, they say, is a continual process.

If not that I opened this thread, I wouldn't have known these new facts now.

Even though I have my own reservations based on my findings, I'll let this slide because I am not an indigine of Kwara.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Awoofawo(m): 1:15pm On Jul 15, 2016
smartograpy:
i live in kwara in Oro we dont need to argue over this, the roads in kwara are very poor and there is no meaningful inprovement i hav travelled to many places within the state there is no road construction in any area go to other states go to Oyo,Ekiti,ondo,Osun you will know that kwara has nothing to show forth in terms of road construction



WELL compare Kwara with states in, Swest thought folks said Kwaran are Fulani and nothrrners............ cool









Hshshahahaha!
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by YourNemesis: 1:21pm On Jul 15, 2016
fratermathy:


Thanks for this.

Learning, they say, is a continual process.

If not that I opened this thread, I wouldn't have known these new facts now.

Even though I have my own reservations based on my findings, I'll let this slide because I am not an indigine of Kwara.

You are welcome.
You are right, that the "northern looking" dresing seem to be a popular feature of Ilorinite muslims, But do not let the dressing deceive you, it is more an indicator of Islamic influence than Fulani/northern presence, if anything.
Also, the Nupes and Baribas who also live in Ilorin (Being the capital) seem to have lost many elements of their original culture.
The Nupes themselves are campaigning for an Edu state (You can google up their agitation) to be carved out from their local governments in Kwara and Niger, because those in Kwara are tired of Yoruba cultural domination, while those in Niger are tired of Hausa-Fulani and even gbagyi political dominance.

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Awoofawo(m): 1:21pm On Jul 15, 2016
Within dey have to Nairaland d, because having problem posting since yes/day



And as if that is enough wahala , Nairaland is now showing arabic scripts in photos upload box oh ga o!


Oga Seun hope kosi wahala from hackers again?
cool

Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Buikechukwu35(m): 1:38pm On Jul 15, 2016
Kwara conquered state from Oba to Emir
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Buikechukwu35(m): 1:38pm On Jul 15, 2016
Kwara conquered state. from Oba to Emir coward yoruba's
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by hitchowoyemi(m): 1:49pm On Jul 15, 2016
EvilSeeed:
10 interesting facts about Kwara?





Nobody cares about fhucking Kwara State except those unfortunate to be born from there.

tell me 10 interesting things about a productive and blessed state like Ekiti.

Evilseed is indeed ur name! Smh.. educated illi oshi.. except those unfortunate to be born there? U need salvation, goat! I'm a proud kwaran, offa to be precise.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by Bigajeff(m): 1:51pm On Jul 15, 2016
No functional TV Station, majority depends on cable TV except functional FM station like Royalfm, Unilorinfm, Harmony, Radiokwara and Raypower. More need to be done as regards media broadcasting house or infastructures.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by JFT24(m): 1:55pm On Jul 15, 2016
Op THEIR IS A MIXUP. OFFA PEOPLE ARE NOT IGBOMINA, WE'RE IBOLO PEOPLE. OFFA YORUBA DIALECT IS IBOLO WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE DIALECT OF OYO DIALECT. PLEASE MAKE AMENDS

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by ariyebaba(m): 2:08pm On Jul 15, 2016
I work and reside in Ilorin.

Ilorin is a peaceful city.

Enjoying every things here.

O se baba !

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Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by fratermathy(m): 2:14pm On Jul 15, 2016
JFT24:
Op THEIR IS A MIXUP. OFFA PEOPLE ARE NOT IGBOMINA, WE'RE IBOLO PEOPLE. OFFA YORUBA DIALECT IS IBOLO WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE DIALECT OF OYO DIALECT. PLEASE MAKE AMENDS

Thanks. I acknowledge my error on this.
Re: 10 Interesting Facts About Kwara State by HayZee06(m): 2:15pm On Jul 15, 2016
How you know all these facts abt kwara and you only did ur nysc in d state is what i dnt get @op undecided abi Google is ur frnd?

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