₦airaland Forum

PointB:
those though important are not the electorates. the electorate of lagos are scattered across the state. they are not really influenced by the obas and area boys of this world. by the way, I know a few area boys myself, and they are bunch of losers!

Negro_Ntns:
Well you see, Yoruba society is a patrilineal one. Identity in Yorubaland is sourced through family lineage and so in old days when we had tribal marks, the marks are distinct and denote lineage.

Let us assume family line A (agbole A) lost a son on the battle front and he wore no name tag or picture badge. If the soldier had a tribal mark we can locate his family and house. So in a sense yu can say Yorubas had a means of personal identification (SSN) that predated modern civilization.

Now, if a male from agbole A marries female in agbole B, their offspring have entitlements primarily in A and secondarily B.

In the case of Lagos the Island has always been the center of political, cultural, commerce, social anD so on, so most often people talk of Lagos abdsent mindedly and in exclusion of other Obas in the stateAn like in Epe, Ikorodu, Badagry, Ikate, Isolo and so on. But even when you limit candidacy to Island, still, the agbole and the lineages are distinct and they are all known by the politicians and their aides.

A very good example of such dispute over lineage was in Governor Jakande. There are two tapa (Nupe) chiefs in Lagos; Oshodi-Tapa and Jakande. The dispute itself was nothing but just political treachery.
What if Yinka Willoughby wants to be Governor, how would that be decided? In fact this has also happened in past. The Willoughbys, the Browns, the Williams, DaSilvas, Sabados (Salvadores), their ancestors weré resettled slaves and they lived in the campos/igbosere/kakawa corridor and they have their own lineages but due to influence from the CMS missionaries and education, these families kept an arms length distance from this tree-identity structure and never thought anything meaningful of it but I hear they have  reassesed that and now follow the Yoruba model.

Most people think Lagos is cosmopoltan and so anybody can see office and win. Wrong! The parties vouch candidates frm bottom all way up to the head family of that Agbole. The first endorsement comes from the family llineage. If the candidate's birth/blood pedigree is in question the family will not endorse.

My candidate is a true lagosian on mother's side. His father maybe too, from other parts of Lagos state maybe but Mamora is not an IsLand name.

PointB:
^^^
Lagos metropolitan nature will be tested after fashola. Igbos, Ibibio, Efik, hausa, Ijaw, etc will decide who rule lagos after fashola. Not all these internet warriors.
How about [b]Ben Akabueze [/b]for Governor of Lagos?

tpia@:
it wouldnt stop him from contesting but can you share more about this[size=15pt]. I dont know much about that town.[/size]


tinubu was also said to be originally from osun or ogun state.

Andre Uweh:
There is Yoruba in Benin but they are small. It is about the size of two local govt areas in Ogun state. The three major ethnic groups are found outside Nigeria. For example, Yoruba in Benin, Igbo in Equatorial Guinea and Hausa in Niger republic.

tpia@:
i wouldnt be surprised.

he has an oyo-ish look about him.

afam4eva:
Why is it that Yorubas from the old ondo state are usually fair in complection as opposed to other Yorubas? And may of them have the disposition of Igbos.

sbeezy8:
[size=14pt]ok back to ezeuches nose- shiot is sooooooo biggg

he is so dumb hes darkskinned talking about skin color n being lighter. LOL

niggaz confused
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ezeagu:
Most people in Nigeria disagree with you, so it's your own taste.

EzeUche:
sbeezy has an inferiority complex like many of his people. Sad. . .

Calling Oluchi and Genevieve ugly? What world is he from?

He needs his head examined.

Ileke-IdI:
Even my grandmothers have beautiful skin, and I'm sure they dont have the money most Igbos assume they have.

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Ileke-IdI:
A mixture of Yoruba and Igbo. Mom Yoruba, dad Igbo

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EzeUche:
[img]http://2.bp..com/-V6Dwq3HE69w/TeeqlV-ZHqI/AAAAAAAAABg/i9pL29Cj7mA/s1600/oluchi252.jpg[/img]

It doesn't matter what complexion an Igbo has, we still look good.  

ezeagu:
. . . . and Igbo people are supposed to be the ones with a complex. Genevieve look like a monkey.

Ileke-IdI:
Oh really? And yet you're the one that keeps screaming about dark Yoruba ppl. Most Yorubas that bleach are celebrities, and Igbos bleach more on nollywood than Yorubas. You tend to see dark skin in Yoruba movies.
We love our skin shade as is. More more concern with body shape than skin color.

EzeUche:
This explains it. There is reason why "Red eboe" is used amongst Caribbeans.

It is simply genetics.

We also have a high prevalence of albinos as well.

Ileke-IdI:
We celebrate her nd not just Yoruba ppl, but mostly Igbos too because she's one of the best. But Funke is surpassing her.

https://omonaijamag.com/mag/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/4.jpg

EzeUche:
Why are you hatin? Any babe that you get, I can take her from you.