₦airaland Forum

Oahray:
Please reference more credible sources. I like to learn.

since Oranmiyan dynasty started in Benin all the heads of the Obas of Benin on demise were buried in Ife in a sacred place called "Orun-Oba-Ado" up to the year 1900.
records in the archives made it clear that since 1191 AD, the Ooni of Ife had to be informed, and clearance must be given by him on the new Oba of Benin to be installed up to 1916
the official language in the palace of Oba of Benin till 1934 was Yoruba.

Enahi:
You are the biggest liar and fool on nairaland.
Yorubas are copycats.

ProfShymex:
Blame snitches. Anyway, I created this one for our now extinct commonwealth thread due to spambot. Shyte, I'm just a consistent offender.

Anyway, Binis and Yorubas are cousins united by Oduduwa's crown, though the people/language are distinct - hence the two groups never went to war. Oyo would've taken the war to Bini if both groups weren't somewhat related cos Oyo was mighty when it reigned supreme. Conversely, Bini would've done the same. Let's just continue the mutual respect and stop the unhealthy revisionism since both groups birthed Itsekiris - our offspring.

Oahray:
I was enjoying this argument until you brought this lame crap as corroboration. If the Obas succeeded the Ogiso dynasty (because of progenitor issues), and Oba Erediauwa is the 38th oba of Benin, how possible is it for a grandson (even if it's great grandson sef) of the last ogiso who died without any heir (several centuries ago for that matter) to be a deputy chairman in Delta State that was created in 1991?

This is why I'm more inclined to follow the Bini account. It's more realistic, trustworthy and logical.

Both cultures originated independent of each other, but they definitely influenced each other at some point.

ProfShymex:
Lol.

No comment.

YourNemesis:
Exactly.
If one looks closely at the Yoruba and Bini Cultures, One sees that The etymology and Use of the word Oba is more enmeshed/Ingrained in the Yoruba culture that that of the Binis, which can only point to one thing.... the group and direction from which the word came into Benin's vocabulary.

Take for Example, ALL KINGS in YORUBALAND are known as OBA ALADE........ In the areas ruled by Benin, who else is called Oba, apart from the ruler of Benin city and Benin alone?
Even Auchi, Ekpoma, Urhomi that are other towns in the same Edo state, etc DO NOT call their kings Oba. I think original words for royalty in Edo languages are Ogiso, then Enogie, Ogie, Ovie, Enojes etc....

sauceEEP:
Why she come black nah? But this geh no too fine o!

GodMode:
Modelling is not a talent.... she should the money she gets from the modelling to start a business as soon as possible..

Shymm3x:
Err, if it's based on haplotype - then Fulanis should also be immune to the virus. Yorubas and Fulanis have a lot in common based on haplotype.

Anyway, it's very plausible. Most Nigerians don't even know that the genetic make-up of all the groups in the country aren't the same and the occurrence of certain haplotype in the different groups varies. Yorubas for example have more in common genetically with the Bamilekes of Cameroon, Tutsis of Rwanda, Mandinka all over West Africa, Fante/Ga/Ewe folks of Ghana etc. than 99% of all the other ethnic groups in Nigeria. While Igbos for example genetically have more in common with a lot of groups in East/Central Africa than Nigeria. Ditto Hausas and the Sahel region of Africa. Etc. Just cos folks have the same phenotype, that doesn't mean that they're genetically the same, though they're all from a larger tree that branched out into different things.

There are certain people, especially in East Africa, that are naturally immune to HIV.

Regardless, since it's a Nigerian professor (not dissing the guy) who discovered this - I don't think I'll take it seriously. But there's nothing bad in doing further research on the hypothesis.

A university lecturer, Prof. Christian Happi, has claimed that Yoruba people, by the make-up of their genes, are immune to Lassa virus that causes Lassa fever. The researcher, who is Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, said research was ongoing on why this is so, adding that few cases of Lassa fever recorded among Yoruba people are “imported.”

Speaking on the new breakthrough on the rampaging Lassa fever, Happi, who is Director, World Funded African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, ACEGID, while speaking in Ede, said Lassa fever virus originated from Nigeria about 1,060 years ago.
He further explained that the disease spread to other West African countries about 400 years ago, stressing that Yoruba have capacity to resist the virus more than any other ethnic group in country.

He added, “Using next generation sequencing approach, we have identified a signal of natural selection in human gene called LARGE in the Yoruba populations of the South-West of Nigeria that may be associated with protection to Lassa fever virus. We have hypothesised the potential mechanisms of protection and believe that this could be the key to the future Lassa fever vaccine.” Meanwhile, a 28-year-old lady has died of Lassa fever in Ogun State. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, said that the young lady was the first to have died of the disease in the state. Ipaye, who said this during a press conference held at Oke Mosan in Abeokuta on Thursday, said the victim had travelled to Ebonyi for a burial programme and returned to Ogun on January 15, and later started manifesting the symptoms of the viral disease.

Happi berated the Federal Government for what he described as its “lackadaisical attitude” towards using products of several researches by scholars to tackle myriads of challenges affecting the growth and development of the nation. Noting that despite the huge amount expended on discoveries on Ebola virus by the institution, the findings remained unexplored by government and relevant institutions. He also condemned the discriminatory policy of TETFUND, which only support researchers in public tertiary institutions, even when private universities have maintained lead in research findings across the globe over the years. He stressed that, if adequately funded, private universities are capable of living beyond expectations of Nigerians in the area of research work.

On new research findings, Prof. Happi said it has been discovered that Ribavirin that is currently used to treat Lassa fever was not designed for the disease and as such, would only be effective when given in the early phase of the infection. He posited that with the discovery, ACEGID took advantage of its current knowledge of genomics technology to have better insight into the virus genome and eventually, it has been able to identify potential drug target. “Using next generation sequencing, we successfully sequenced hundreds of Lassa fever viruses, thereby generating the largest catalogue of Lassa fever virus sequenced in the world, which in turn resulted to the identification of new epitopes in the virus,” Happi concluded.

Adelaide2:
There is very low productivity in Nigeria, but among the ethnic groups, Igbos are the only ones producing anything at all. The rest are either just servicing the economy (e.g., banks, telecoms, etc) (which Igbos are also into) or are just chopping our national cake like thieves (which, unfortunately, some Igbos are also doing)

pazienza:
So in your
eyes, Igbos are almost double of Yorubas,
right?)

This is the fact you have to swallow, it's bitter, but it will heal you of your Igbophobia.

Wulfruna:
From school days, we were taught the Tiv were the largest minority ethnicity in the Middle Belt. The Nupe probably come in second.

Nowenuse:
Yes, Tivs are larger than Nupes.
Nupe is a divided ethnic family. Bassa nge, Bassa kumo, kakanda, Dibo, Ganagana e.t.c are all Nupe speaking tribes (nupoid speakers), but they are mostly classified differently. If they were all classified ethnically as NUPE. Then i probably think Nupes would have been able to challenge the Tivs in population.

Another tribe that could have possibly challenged the Tivs in population in the middlebelt are the GBAGYIS, they have a by far larger landmass than the Tivs. They occupy far more LGAs than the Tivs, only that they are also divided somehow too.
Nupes do not occupy areas as the tivs do. Their land is also quite sparsely populated unlike the tivs

Amberon:
now this is the scholes I'm used to.

Scholes007:
clearly you have nothing to say and that's it... I am done with you at least for now. Thank you and happy sunday

Scholes007:
small boys always call people small boy. Abeg make we hear joor you no get yan. If you don't have relevant thing to say just rejoice say person even mention you.