₦airaland Forum

InvertedHammer:
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History is good.

But of what significant importance is this information? Will Benin start collecting taxes from Lagos with this information or just for bragging rights?

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It's to set the records straight.

Some people keep distorting history.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Funny thing is that some of the dullards who insulted the great OBA of Benin are not from Lagos. Man was in Lagos, lectured the governor... nobody asked him questions or countered his claim. He returned to his palace then miscreants went to social media to insult him.

Miscreants

Mille:
There is no need for useless maps. Dwelling on the past will be useless to me. To think I want to even start the comparison of a very tiny kingdom the size of Ibadan (if we can call it a kingdom sef) Oyo was greater than military and economically.

Oyo's power can be seen in several successful cities across 3 countries still existing today. From Porto Novo and Ketou (both in Benin republic), Ibadan, Iwo , Abeokuta, Osogbo , Ota, Offa ,Badagry, Ilaro, Ogbomosho, Illesa, Ijebu , Iwo, Gbongan, Saki, Iseyin, Ondo Atakampe(Togo) etc. Over 40 million people speak the language of the old Oyo empire across different countries.

Touted as a great kingdom, its language couldn't even survive outside of Edo state not to talk of influencing others. A supposedly great empire with no successor city or state (except we have to count Libya and Italy).

You go explain tire, no evidence

Just a map, save us the sermon

This one don fail already.

You can't speak the language of your people, yet you want to represent them.

Mille:
A very useless map. A map without the great Oyo empire. I'm certain the Oyo empire in the said 1747 controlled more land than the Benin empire.

I personally have no issues with the Oba of Benin. He is partly Yoruba himself by virtue of the first king we gave to the old Benin empire.

The Oba should focus more on developing Benin city to become a capital city they can be proud of considering their past greatness and not try to claim a more prosperous city belonging to his distant cousins. And if he is a hurry to start claiming cities, he should start with parts of Ekiti and Ondo states which were actually taken from the Benin empire by the Yorubas instead of a coastal city over 300km away from Benin city.

I didn't not know immigrants who settled in a very small neighbourhood (Isale-Eko) of the state can later claim to have founded the city-state. A very annoying claim that is disrespectful to someone like me whose both maternal grandparents and hence ancestors were both Aworis of Lagos origin. The Italians can as well claim to have founded New York City by just settling in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan.

Everybody is just trying to claim this Lagos sha. I wonder what stops them from creating "a Lagos" in one of their native states.

Learner lol.

Show us your own map that shows Oyo empire and can be backed by historical fact and figures

FoolishBoy419:
They will definitely seize them. It should best go to Hezbollah and Syria

True

okeysoninv:
when Bible said 200million army will come against Israel people thought it's a joke. If Iran can donate 10million. How many will Pakistan, Indonesia donate.

Abeg go play with mud

dermmy:
Countries are retiring this thing because of bird strike.

Imagine birds being threats to a military weapon lol

WriterNigg:
⚡South Korean Air Force decided to retire its F-35A Lightning II fighter jet after a bird strike in January 2022.

The cost of repairing the aircraft was estimated at 140 billion won ($107.6 million), which exceeds the cost of purchasing a new F-35A aircraft.

Lol junks

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
The guy is denying the obvious truth. The muslim guys too will tell us they don't go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj.

They can't deny this

Muslims see theirs as a must.

Stoplying:
I was partly raised in the house of my great grandmother who lived a long life and was the wife of an Enogie (my great grandfather) and became the mother of an Enogie when my great grandfather passed away. She was a kid during the war between Benin kingdom and Britain. And I met her, I lived in her house and exchanged with her.
She is probably the most important person I would ever meet in my life (I've met the former French President Holland) except if I ever have the chance to meet the Oba. She was a living witness to history.
People don't realise this but 1897 is not that long ago. My mom's grandfather (Chief Agho) witnessed it all as an adult who assumed the regency of the Kingdom during the interregnum. The British used him. That was so unfortunate.
But we can't change history.

What a privilege

Your children must be enjoying such privilege.

You're exposed to first hand experience.

I heard alot of chiefs betrayed the kingdom and outsiders (fellow Africans now within Nigeria) were used to ransack the Benin empire by the parasitic Britain

WriterNigg:
⚡Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer urges Europe to arm itself.

“The EU needs its own nuclear deterrent. The world has changed, Putin is also working with nuclear blackmail.”

“I hope that America and Europe remain connected. But what will happen if Donald Trump is re-elected? Even with this scenario in mind, Europe must seriously ask itself the question.”

The arsenals of France and Great Britain are not sufficient “as an answer to the changed situation”.

The US has put you guys on handicap level. You're now dependent on them. No defence

WritterNig:
⚡Iranian Foreign Minister: "China and Russia have not yet undertaken any active and productive intervention in the Palestinian issue."

Amir Abdullahyan in conversation with Al Mayadeen:

“We have appreciated the position of China and Russia in vetoing resolutions that the United States intended to pass in the Security Council, but China and Russia have not yet undertaken any active and productive intervention in the Palestinian issue.

But our demand from China, Russia and other international players is to see the facts and understand the nature and consequences of the occupation. The root of the current situation in the region lies not in October 7, but in the 75-year Israeli occupation.”

Iran the only active helper of the Palestinian people

WritterNig:
⚡Iran's Deputy Defense Minister:

We are planning to export Air Defense Missile Systems to friendly countries

Iran is among 9 countries in the world capable of producing air defence systems.

Send to Hamas and Palestine if only the Zionist won't steal them

Stoplying:
I left nigeria in 1997.
In all my time spent in Nigeria I had never seen a person insult another person's parents, no matter how much they hated each other.
I had seen people fight each other, and when the parent of one of them showed up, both would stop and show respect to that parent.
To us back then, a parent was parent not only to his kids, but to all kids.
The Nigeria I left had good manners. Respect for tradition and traditional values.
The Nigeria of today looks like a wild Forrest compared to the one I once knew.
Also, Nigerians were much more intelligent back then, and I'm not only talking about literate people.
I saw people who couldn't read or write but had an extremely solid logical thinking skill which most Nigerian literate people of today do not have.
Nigerians have given up logical thinking for mastery of English vocabulary. So now they are dumb, but with their good level of English (written and spoken) they can pretend to be smart.

Real education is no longer useful now

Stoplying:
Nigerians are champions in hating the truth.
This comes very close to home.
Nigerians will attack you for saying the truth, you must tow their lie.

Like a particular set of people are doing against a respected king who simply said a truth back by history.

WritterNig:
⚡More than 10 million Iranians applied on a website created to register volunteers willing to participate in the war against the Israel.

10 million AAA

Wahala

WritterNig:
⚡The official website of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, published detailed statistics on the relationships between Muslim countries and Israel.

Turkey (metals, construction materials, electricity, energy; total exports - $5.7 billion) and the UAE (cybersecurity, agrotech, fintech, construction, investments in aerospace, energy, medicine, various industries; trade turnover amounted to $2.5 billion) are the most actively engaged with Israel.

Additionally, Israel's cooperation with Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan is noted. The latter two countries satisfy more than 60% of Israel's oil needs.

Iran a non Arab country has exposed the hypocrisy of the Arab world towards Palestine

FoolishBoy419:
This is why we need to introduce history in our curriculum. I know that Britain killed people in the South and certain parts of the North but I never knew that it was on a large scale like that. Most of the materials I read gave the impression that Britain got those artifacts through deceit, religious indoctrinagion,and limited force. Thanks for this.

It was via war and destruction they got the artifacts.

Kingsnairaland:
There is no pilgrimage for Christians because our God is everywhere.

Lies

Christians go to Israel every year for pilgrimage.

Infact sponsored by govt.

aremubabs:
Literacy is not a basic feature of education.



It is a basic feature of formal education. But education is more than just formal education.

Read within context

The OP is talking about formal education.

Not talking about general education.

Again, comprehension is a big part of education.

WrriterNig:
⚡A bird shot down an American hunter in South Korea.

The plane collided with the eagle, which was sucked into the vacuum pump. The collision caused numerous malfunctions and failures of some systems.

According to various estimates, the repair would cost $107.6 million. A new aircraft of the same model costs less.

Expensive garbage

lanre316:
Whichever way, the 2-state solution will only be actualized by talks, negotiations and concessions; after the battle has been fought and one or both party is exhausted.

I'm am of the school of thought that the fighting stage duration could and should be reduced as much as possible. This, I believe, is when the strongest supporter nations could make a case for permanent ceasefire talks. eg Turkey, Iran, Qatar. Just my thoughts, though.

Trust me, Israel would eventually bow to pressure, as more and more nations pressure USA to talk to their lapdog, Israel. They know they cannot fight a forever war with Hamas and they definitely could not destroy the whole Palestine population.

How many years has the 2 state solution been on the table without violent resistance from the Palestinians?

aremubabs:
You wrote that they are BASIC features... They are basic features of formal education.



An illiterate can be regarded as educated.




An illiterate farmer can tend his farm better than a formally educated person who has never been on a farm.




My great grandfather was a surgeon before colonialism. He was illiterate (could not read and write), but educated in medicine. He knew herbs like the back of his hands.





When the colonialists came, the ones in my village relied on my great grand father's knowledge of herbal medicine.

I'm lost.

What's the argument on again?

FoolishBoy419:
He belongs to the class of people that would have called Nelson Mandela a terrorist. Most of them don't understand that fighting for freedom against a murderous regime requires some level of violence. The Algerians did it, the ANC did it, the Americans did it against Britain, and so did so many other oppressed people (who were ALL called terrorists/savages). Israel is not the kind of country that you can get freedom from by simply protesting. It's not like the colonialism we experienced here. In Israel, protesting only gets you jailed or murdered in cold blood while those who claim to defend human right applaud them and the press calls you a terrorist. The best way out is to either flee or stand and die for your rights. Let's ask ourselves if this is how Palestinians started. First, it was with stones before they started using crude weapons. Now, they are laying their hands on fairly modern technology. Between October and December, Israel has lost millions of supporters (including Western citizens) and it will only get worse.

It's because of people like him that Africa is still where it is today. They'd rather maintain the status quo, Japa, or believe in delusions (faith) instead of trying to change their destiny. Fighting your oppressor seems to be only stupid in the eyes of Africans.

They kept protesting peacefully until they lost 80% of their lands to the Zionist Apartheid state.

lanre316:
If they think attacking Israel will get them what they want, by all means they should continue, I wish them luck.

What I detest is claiming to be victims of retaliatory attacks of their enemy. Action and reactions are opposite and sometimes unequal.

If they are man enough to fire, they should be man enough to take fire without crying "genocide" up and down. I wish them good luck.

Until the IDF remove all the apartheid system created all over the Palestinian lands, the Palestinians remain victims.

You can't occupy a people and ask them not to be seen as victims when they fight back.

What you're saying above is very far from the situation that has grown bad for years.

lanre316:
I expect a more diplomatic efforts to get their 2-state solution after the ceasefire. Bravery without good strategy is just being foolhardy and will not get the desired result.

They already made a very strong statement with their fights since October 7. I expect a more strategic warfare on a diplomatic level at this stage. They've got the hostages, they've got global support, they've got some Arab neighbours willing to ensure their 2-state solution.

Their bloodthirstiness and eagerness to fight immediately after a ceasefire shows that they want something else apart from freedom from apartheid.

With statements coming from Netanyahu and his Zionist cult members, they're not looking at any 2 state solution.

What they keep saying is destroying Hamas and having one Israel whatever.

Urheadmaster:


Lauretta Onochie doesn't know that Nigerians don't really have time for this rubbish

But you posted

lanre316:
I remembered it was Hamas who fired the first shot

Hamas is not looking for status quo, what they want is end to Apartheid.

Enough with this 'fired whatever shot first'.

They didn't start what they started just to achieve nothing outside freedom.

2 state solution or nothing!

aremubabs:
Ability to read and write is literacy. It may be a part of some forms of education, but not all forms of education.




If we considered that certain civilizations did not have written languages and yet created/invented things, it meant that we have had illiterate inventors or even scientists.




Formal education has caused us to narrow down on the definition of education.

Ability to comprehend is also a feature of education.

No where in my post did I saw both are the only features.

Before you can think of other features, you must have acquired these 2 first.

Primary and secondary education is basic education.

So yes, he or she is educated.

Ability to read and write is the basic features of education.

You keep signing agreement with Siemens every 4 years.

Yeye people.