₦airaland Forum

olamikunle213:
I understand the fact that some of us knows all these but let's try and educate some people that have no idea how these state names were formed.

1. Abia
Abia is an acronym from the four main groups of people in the state as at the time it was formed in 1991: Aba Bende Isuikwuato Afikpo.

2. Adamawa
Adamawa was named after a warrior, Modibbo Adama Bin Ardo Hassan, that conquered the region in the beginning of the 19th century.

3. Akwa-Ibom
Akwa Ibom is named after the Qua Iboe (or Kwa Iboe) River.

4. Anambra
The state got its name from the corrupted version of Oma Mbala (Ànyịm Ọma Mbala), a popular river in the area.

5. Bauchi
'Bauchi’ is Hausa word meaning the southern flanks of Hausaland. Tribes living in the southern parts of the Hausaland were referred to as "kasashen bauchi" and the area they lived in later came to be known simply as Bauchi.

6. Bayelsa
Bayelsa is a combination of the acronyms of three local government areas which were pulled out of old Rivers state — Brass LGA known as BALGA, Yenegoa LGA known as YELGA and Sagbama LGA known as SALGA. in the formation of their names is BA + YEL + SA

7. Benue
The state was named after the "europeanised" corruption of 'Binuwe', the Batta word for ‘Mother of Waters’.

8. Borno
The alternative name of the Kanuris, the predominant ethnic group in the state, is 'Borno' which gave inspiration for the naming of the state.

9. Cross River
The state took its name from a River called Oyono or Cross River.

10. Delta
The state is where the River Niger forms a delta as it enters the Atlantic Ocean.

11. Ebonyi
Ebonyi is the anglicised version of 'Aboine', a river that cuts through Abakaliki, the state capital.

12. Edo
The Bini people who dwell in the area had always referred to themselves as Edo or Iduu. This inspired the name of the state.

13. Ekiti
‘Okiti’ is a term that is said to denote a settlement of many hills. It later became 'Ekiti'.

14. Enugu
Due to the many hills and rocky terrain in the area, the people named it in igbo, "Enu Ugwu" meaning "top of the hill". The state is named after the anglicised version, Enugu.

15. Gombe
Gombe is the dialect of Fulani language (Fulfulde) spoken in the area.

16. Imo
Just like many of the Nigerian states, Imo took its name from the popular river, Imo Mmiri.

17. Jigawa
Jigawa takes inspiration from its distinctively golden-coloured soil.

18. Kaduna
'Kadunas' is the plural form of crocodile in Hausa. The state therefore got its name from the many crocodiles in Kaduna River

19. Kano
Kano was the name of a blacksmith from the Gaya tribe who settled in the area while sourcing for ironstone. The state was named after him.

20. Katsina
The state was named after the wife of a popular local ruler known as Janzama. Her name was Katsina

21. Kebbi
It is said that Kebbi was named after the Ka’abba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

22. Kogi
Since the popular confluence in Nigeria is located in the state, Kogi is said to have been derived from ‘kogin’, the hausa word for river.

23. Kwara
River Niger used to be called River Kwara by the Nupes at the Northern border of the state. The state was named after this.

24. Lagos
In 1472, the first set of Europeans to set foot in Lagos were the Portuguese. Due to the many lagoons and rivers in the town, they named it Lagos, which is the Portuguese word for 'lakes'.

25. Nasarawa
Nasarawa is a native word for 'victorious'. The state was named by the founder of Nasarawa kingdom, Makama Dogo

26. Niger
This was named after the River Niger

27. Ogun
This state was also named after a river — Ogun River.

28. Ondo
Ondo is a word used for settlers. The state was named after the settlers of the old Ondo Kingdom

29. Osun
This state was also named after a river — the River Osun.

30. Oyo
The state was named after the Old Oyo empire.

31. Plateau
The state was named after the picturesque Jos plateau. Jos got its name from the mispronunciation of the town 'Gwosh'

32. Rivers
Rivers State was named after the many water bodies present in the area.

33. Sokoto
Sokoto is the anglicized version of the Arabic word ‘suk’ meaning ‘market’ or ‘place of commerce’. The state itself was named after the defunct Sokoto Caliphate

34. Taraba
Taraba state got its name from the Taraba River.

35. Yobe
Komadugu Yobe (Waube or Ouobe) or River Yobe (or River of Yo) inspired the name of the state.

36. Zamfara
This state was named after Zamfarawa, one of the subdialects of the Eastern Hausa group.

FCT: Abuja
"Abuja" was in the earlier 20th century the name of the nearby town now called Suleja.
The indigenous inhabitants of Abuja are the Gbagyi (Gwari), with the Gbagyi language formerly the major of the region language.

Culled from Nigeria stories @Nigeriastories

LAGOS- The Portuguese named Eko, Lagos De Kuramo as a result of its resemblance with a city called Lagos on the outskirts of Lisbon.

how much?

Racoon:
http://saharareporters.com/2020/04/26/lagos-speaker-obasa-gets-n17m-monthly-maintenance-personal-residence-guest-house

was he the one sharing bread?

Racoon:
Good riddance! Another tyrant have kissed the dust.

We have far bigger tyrants and maniacs here who pretend to be saints.

I lost seven up to date and all had a positive impact in my formative years.

First was my bossom friend who died of a terminal illness in 2000.

Second was my mentor and teacher in 2001 while on transfer to Abuja. He started life and sadly for fear of hernia surgery, he died of it's complications.

Third was a neighbor whose family I respect so much. He died of cancer complications.

Fourth was my dad in 2005. Stepping into the shoes as the head did not come sudden as he had prepared me for the task since childhood.

Fifth was another bossom friend I lost in that infamous Bellview plane crash October 2005. He boarded the plane for the fact he witnessed a fatal accident on the way to Lagos.

Sixth is another bossom friend, a Lieutenant Colonel who died in the hands of Boko Haram on his last mission on the battlefield. His promotion to Colonel came four days later and the Mystery around it is his father died at the same age while we were young.

Seventh was of recent. Barrister Soalabo West, the Rivers State attorney and former gubernatorial candidate who are was kidnapped and killed by his captors.

May God forgive their shortcomings.

Rest in peace friends.

E get fridge

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/abba-kyari-tried-to-clean-up-nigeria-says-the-economist-of-london

But these dumb idiots did not tell us his Rolex Watch was worth GBP 37,600 (N17,000,000).

That is a picture of the man who wants to save Nigeria. It did not disclose how his daughter became a Director in NNPC and shoddy appointments and the silencing of VP Osibanjo by the cabal he represents.

Abba Kyari was the surrogate president.

The weekly is called Economist because it is economical with the truth.

bolaayenimo:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos



https://www.independent.ng/covid-19-app-yahaya-bello-an-embarrassment-to-nigerian-youths-ubani/

When you elect a clown, expect a circus.

titiloyeblog:
Covid-19: After receiving backlash, Trump claims disinfectant ‘injection’ idea was sarcasm (video)



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/24/disinfectant-injection-coronavirus-trump/%3foutputType=amp

When you elect a clown to expect a circus.

ogododo:
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his powerful son.

Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups.

But they say the headline legal reforms overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have brought no let-up in the conservative Islamic kingdom’s crushing of dissent, including through the use of the death penalty.

The Saudi supreme court said the latest reform was intended to “bring the kingdom into line with international human rights norms against corporal punishment”.

Previously the courts could order the flogging of convicts found guilty of offences ranging from extramarital sex and breach of the peace to murder.

In the future, judges will have to choose between fines and/or jail sentences, or non-custodial alternatives like community service, the court said in a statement seen by AFP on Saturday.

The most high-profile instance of flogging in recent years was the case of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes in 2014 for “insulting” Islam.

He was awarded the European parliament’s Sakharov human rights prize the following year.

The abolition of corporal punishment in Saudi Arabia comes just days after the kingdom’s human rights record was again in the spotlight following news of the death from a stroke in custody of leading activist Abullah al-Hamid, 69.

Hamid was a founding member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) and was sentenced to 11 years in jail in March 2013, campaigners said.

He was convicted on multiple charges, including “breaking allegiance” to the Saudi ruler, “inciting disorder” and seeking to disrupt state security, Amnesty International said.

Criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record has grown since King Salman named his son Prince Mohammed crown prince and heir to the throne in June 2017.


The October 2018 murder of vocal critic Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and the increased repression of dissidents at home have overshadowed the prince’s pledge to modernise the economy and society.

(AFP)

https://punchng.com/saudi-arabia-abolishes-flogging-as-punishment/?

When will they abolish the kafala system that enslaves other races apart from Arabs? As far as I know Islam abolished slavery under the prophet Mohammad but the Arabs revived it under the transantlantic slave trade.Can you count how many housemaids, drivers, bricklayers, traders and other petty workers who have died under mysterious circumstances because of the kafal system.

Punchline33:
Fela sang:
Confusion break bone.. double wahala for dead body....
Ali must have bought into the propaganda of NA that Shakau is weakened and trying to surrender. He ought to know he is a top target for BH even if the war eventually ends. He is like a masquerade who farts inside his attire, he must smell it alone.
He should kindly send good money to the family of the late policemen.

Noting the fact that the whole thing escalated under him.

Advancedman:
Igbo amaka

I am Yoruba by tribe. But there is a lesson for everybody in this

We

Kimzo:
I could remember walking home late from school in the evening, as I was playing football and my younger left me at school

I was surprised to meet my Dad in the living room, cos he wasn't supposed to be home at that time, I wasn't even aware my school uniform wasn't in me and that I had just my singlet and school trouser on, he asked for my shirt, I was surprised when I couldn't find it in my bag and inside my pocket (public school stuff).

The man just went in, before he came back I was on my way to school, when I got to the field where I was supposed to forget my Uniform, I was surprised to see one dirty shirt hung on the pole, I couldn't believe that was my uniform, I just took the cloth, went to school hostel, stole a friend's shirt, I was just walking back home crying and talking to God that I will become a Pastor if I don't die that evening..

On getting home, I saw my Dad well fined Cane, my Mum knelt and begging him, the man surprisingly was calm, until he told me to wear the uniform, behold, that shirt was almost touching my knee, Mogbe.

It wasdefinitely my Dad size, immediately the curse I sent to Femi, is definitely still affecting his life, to cut the long story shot, I went outside, held on to our Antenna pole, the rest na the dark patch I still have on my butt, and back... Ever since that day I no Dey wait make dem ring bell fo closing, I don Dey near class door, at the sound of the bell, I am already at the school car park waiting for bus..

I miss my Dad though, and I so much wish he is alive today... RIP DAD

Share your own story....

Nobody should pray for my experience and I don't wish my enemy this. I got a JAMB direct admission in 1994 but due to undue favouritism towards my siblings because of my parents archaic belief that the girl child were more valuable than the male child, and being the eldest child, my parents conspired and liked that they could not finance it. Some family friends offered to sponsor my education, especially one who at that time was a Judge of the Court of Appeal Enugu Division, but they blocked it. Instead they raised money for the women education while I had to work various jobs to survive.

Humiliation followed because of my inability to further my education but as fate will have it I was introduced to the world of finance and with my GCE became a ICAN chartered accountant and ACCA qualified and owning my own business. That also makes it a source of envy as I am the first born.

Raydos:
Here are some beautiful pictures of Empty Lagos Roads, As everyone is staying at home to contain the virus!

Photo-credit: Tobinator

Stay at Home, Stay Safe!

@Raydos boss, what brand of drone are you using and how much will it cost?

VivleBriella:
Good day everyone

I've been a guest for a couple of years now, created an account to seek advice

My dear nairalanders, does it always end well marrying the Breadwinner of a family? He's the last born with 4 elder siblings but they all depend on him.

Yes, I knew he was the Breadwinner from day one but I thought with time, everyone else will be able to stand on their own, but it hasn't happened yet, we've dated for 3yrs now and he doesn't support me financially. I don't complain but he feels entitled to my money and when I get tired of him always asking me to lend him some money and decide to say no, he nags and tells me I'm not being supportive enough.

This is driving me really crazy cause he reminded me of how unsupportive I've been to him and his family, he's driving me insane, you can't possibly put the responsibility of your family on my shoulders, that's crazy and insensitive, over the years, I've borrowed him nothing less than 500k which I know for sure he's never giving back.

Is it normal to be in a parasitic relationship whereby the female remains the host that's being fed on?

I'm only 24 while he's 31.

Move off and run for your life and take care of your future. He and his family are leeches who want to take advantage of this opportunity to sink you financially, morally and this may affect you mentally and in the future. Please leave that relationship and run away now before you regret it.

dobrinswizzy:
Hello nairalanders

A married man is woeing my babe o
Saying all sweet things to her, promising her different things, although the man is quite wealthy, he said he want her to be his wife

Guys what should we do?

Men, do you have any other work at all?

Women should only be your priority when you want to marry them but not as girlfriends.

Focus on your life and leave yarnsh alone.

When you don gather enough coins then every girl will be at your feet.

let her follow the man or otherwise you will contract a heartbreak which will result in a heart attack.

We need you here not in the grave. Some people can do anything, even kill, to snatch a woman.

Esseite:
Appreciate their gestures, how many billionaires on their level are concerned about Africa?...

Without their foundation, do you think Nigeria would have won the fight against polio?

they are doing that to achieve a dastardly act of micro chipping everyone on the continent and testing their poisonous vaccinnes here.

donbachi:
fyi; i'm from rivers state.bonny kingdom,from the strongest known war canoe house and my mum is from kula...elizabert jack-rich is married to tienao seyelifubara jack-rich,ceo of belemaoil..the sarki ruwan hausa(water provider of hausaland)..should i increase the volume?

I wanna hear that again please. Raise the the volume to highest so that some extremely very dumb people can feel the vibe.

where is mr Kwaraption?

festacman:
The things that I deduced from Bello El-Rufai outbursts on that fateful Sunday and subsequent unnecessarily prolonged grandstanding until this apology are:

- He is morally bankrupt given the ease with which he switched to reckless use of x-rated graphical sexual innuendos about someone's mother.

- He is a spolt brat who lacks sense of respect or deference to parental or moral authorities given the way he brushed aside Oby Ezekwesili's motherly admonition and the long time it took him to apologize long after his mother's regrets and apology.

- He has anger control problems given how he flared up against a stranger like a demon-possessed man.

- He has low level of intolerance given that he insulted POTUS Mr. Trump who is somebody's daddy but wouldn't stand other people's poor opinion about his daddy.

- He is a disgrace to young Nigerians given that inspite of his exposure and high intellectual capacity, his mindset is ethnically jaundiced and strongly prejudiced.

- He lacks political tact and sagacity to grow into a national politician or future statesman, given his lack of environmental awareness and emotional intelligence.

However, nobody is a saint. We all have our moments of madness. To err is human. He should be forgiven. However, he has to, SERIOUSLY, work on his attitude and mindset.

you forgot to add that he is short fused, short tempered and a short devil like his father.

Noneroone:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/africa/hand-made-coronavirus-kits-nigeria-spc/index.html

CNN gave Nigeria positive coverage for the first in a long time.

ikorodureporta:
How true is this assertion that prayers @3 o' clock are more effective??

The Catholics call it "Divine Mercy" prayers

People say 3AM is the Devil's time, since Christ died in sacrifice at 3PM on that Good Friday, ( Matthew 27 Vs 45: "From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land" ) , and the Devil likes to twist everything God makes, he would choose the opposite time to make his misdeeds. So, some people would wake up at that time to pray, believing that it's more necessary, while others always add that it's the period where there was a Divine interaction between man & God, an ease of passage of Man from physical into supernatural, (In Chris's death), therefore God is usually more accessible at that hour.

Have you ever experienced any of such "effectiveness" in prayers @ this hour??

I have a friend who testified to that...

There are authorities that surround that even before the advent of Christ. Prophet Moses climbed Mount Sinai to talk to Our maker mostly late at night.

DeejayTeeno:
Please what's your DaTa plan BrO?

Mine?

10 Gig on my android and 30gig for my modem?

N10,000 or less using SME data agents

PoshBoss007:
Me : wake up 6am, do abs for 30minutes or more. Shower. Go to the local gym. Come back around 10ish. Do dishes. Wash. Shower. Breakfast. Game (if light dey) or read. Lunch. Dinner (before 8pm). Bedtime by 10 pm. Repeat next day.

Reading my fifth book. The other four are as follows.

Gaddafiyusf:
Women= weo to men

Woe unto men

hisexcellency34:
By Temidayo Akinsuyi



https://www.independent.ng/like-abacha-god-will-deliver-nigerians-from-buhari-adebanjo/

For the fact he encouraged Abacha to commit those atrocities and went ahead to assassinate his enemies.

fulaniHERDSman:
Amen!

Let those useless things who has abhorrence for Truth and affinity for wickedness come and start attacking their grand father.

And the Almighty God will Descend on them one by one or collectively.

sapientia:
Quit Nairaland for a month.

You need rest.

His brain is over saturated with various types of news.

NwaNimo1:
https://thenationonlineng.net/nnpc-to-stop-running-refineries-kyari/

They won't stop lying

Kingzizu:
Good day,

I've been masturbating at an average of twice a day for the past 8 years, I really can't explain how it got to that level but I was so addicted to it that I could self-service when I'm sick or even fasting.

So recently I decided to call it quit, it's been 1 month now and it seems I'm waking up to the reality of not being in a relationship all my life, I'm 26 BTW and I've never felt so much urge and desire to be in a relationship as I'm feeling right now. I'm always of the opinion that I don't need a girl now and would definitely get one when I'm ready to settle down but it seems very hard for me to approach a girl and the thought of being in a relationship scares me, I feel the relationship might not last, I might not be committed and the girl might get bored and leave.

Through out my stay in the university and my NYSC days I had no single female friend and presently I have no female friend. When I'm in the midst of people I don't give audience at all to any female and might not even speak to them but I have lots of male friends, I know I'm not gay but I just don't feel that need to talk to a girl or keep up with them, I don't even have a single female contact on my phone.

I'm working and fairly comfortable now but I'm beginning to worry that I might not be able to fall in love or even get to approach a lady for any meaningful relationship and the worst of it all is relapsing (start masturbating again). Please I need your advice.

If you believe in the Almighty Creator and believe in the power of prayers, and you work towards your goal then you will find your better half or she will find you.

Pray to Him to give you your best friend and not a wife please. There are more girlfriend materials posing as a wife in this world today.

Just do that and stay focused.

Wishing you God's guidance in life.

MelesZenawi:
Wike has full rights.

Federal govt power ends in aviation while Wike is the Governor of Rivers state.

If we go by your logic of exclusive list and aviation the plane will remain in air and if it lands both the persenggers will remain in the airport. if they step foot outside the airport they are venturing into Wike Jurisdiction because he remains the Governor of Rivers State and land belongs to state government


These are nonsense 1999 constitution that is keeping this republic down

This our military constitution that is causing confusion since 1999.

Yenefer:
They'll never be held accountable and they wont even arrest anyone. I've actually wondered if what they've done could be considered criminal act... regardless, we can slap labels and throw charges at them, but like Politicians and top officers, they are well guarded and protected. First we need to have an investigation to get into the real truth and all those involved if this was intentional, trolling or accidental. We need judges that will rightly divide the truth and then justice will come. Don't even think it.
It would be ridiculous. The Evil children will never give up their leaders and they have the tribal leaders to make it stick. Everyone who signed on to this would look like fools.
On the other hand, psyops to convince the children of darkness that the Politicians and business people have lost the "Mandate of Heaven" might work... If u don't understand this because I don't want to get ban, when I called the actual people behind this, they're a tribe that celebrate crime culture.

Anyways

Kanuri people have the most dangerous juju in Nigeria followed by fulani, then Yoruba. Kanuri people literally make Buhari Wondered in the desert when he said fulani will going to rule over Kanuri,.. when he is military governor. they make Dan fodiyo wondered in the desert with his army for months he never conquered Kanuri people. Anyone wonders how Boko Haram got so much power. Just look at there politicians Modu sheriff, kashim, kingibe, Abba kyari, magu, even that police that arrested top criminals,.. kyari is Kanuri, Mele of NNPC, buratai COAS, ETC fear Kanuri people when it comes to this kind of stuff not ogun people not fulani

After them na Katsina and Nupe in Niger, Kwara and Kogi. Then illorin people follow them for this business.