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dejavski:
Nope not that oil rivers own ther was proposed talks of one coastal state then in 2008.
It consists of the riverine communities of Ondo edo and Delta I think

The Edo map looks funny though I thought they had direct access to the sea until recently when I studied the map, that was when I realised that our community was the obstruction

Tripleclick:
[b][/b] WE ARE NOT ILLITERATES THAT NEEDS TRANSLATION TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.. BBC HAUSA HAS BEEN IN D NORTH CUS OF ILLITERACY.. D ILLITERACY IS FAST GROWING IN South West.. SO UNA NEED INTERPRETATION

The list of services to be expanded using the funding include enhanced TV services for Africa, new radio services for audiences in North Korea and radio and digital services for Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Details of which languages the BBC will broadcast in to Ethiopia and Eritrea will be announced later.
The BBC will also expand TV, radio and digital offerings in Somalia, India, Nigeria and Thailand.
A TV service will be added to the existing service for Somalia.
[size=14pt]For Nigeria, a digital service will be started in Pidgin and Yoruba.[/size]
"Pidgin is a popular language among young people in Nigeria and across West Africa," said Liliane Landor, controller of languages at the World Service.
It will also help boost digital and TV services for Russian speakers, both in Russia and the surrounding communities.
The corporation presently reaches 308 million people worldwide, and it hopes to increase the number to 500 million by 2022.

Nigerian tourists became the fifth biggest spenders in London in 2014 with a 50 percent increase in spending compared to 2013. The continued growth will put pressure on retailers in London and other markets to adapt to the needs of relatively new African consumers.
Nigerians buy on average four times more than U.K. shoppers, PropertyMagazine reports.
It is no longer enough to have Mandarin-speaking staff, according to the CBRE Luxury Retail 2015 report. [size=14pt]Those with a grasp of Yoruba are also in high demand.[/size]

It is also not about making specific purchases, says PropertyMagazine. Consumers want to engage with the authentic brand experience that makes them feel more valued.
Retail space in Lagos is limited and high real estate costs on top of high import duties are slowing growth, LuxuryDaily reports. With its population of 13 million, the Lagos urban area is bigger than Paris with 15,500 people per square kilometer — more than double that of Shanghai. Most malls cater to mid-low income consumers, leaving luxury brands entering the market to opt for emerging high streets.
In Lagos, younger consumers have shown increased willingness to spend on luxury goods. More luxury malls will provide a medium-term solution, but until then brands should localize touch points and prepare for tourists, says LuxuryDaily.
Sub-Saharan Africa has emerged as the “next big thing” as the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) become increasingly developed, according to a September report by A.T. Kearney.

A young, connected and fast-growing middle class — many still discovering their next favorite brands — will likely drive growth in sub-Sahara over the next few decades. A.T. Kearney’s “Retail in Africa: Still the Next Big Thing” report, part of the “2015 African Retail Development Index,” looks closely at these consumers and the economies of their home countries to determine the opportunity for retail marketers as a shopping culture emerges. As wealth gets more evenly distributed across the world, Africa is following in china’s footsteps as a major source of luxury spending power, PropertyMagazine reports.

Africa’s embryonic luxury markets are interesting largely due to the rise of disposable income and broadening yunger consumer base willing to spend more on luxury goods. Key cities in Africa will continue to remain on the radar of prominent luxury retailers planning entry or expansion in countries, despite impediments such as high import duties and stock quality.
The African Retail Development Index (ARDI) ranks Sub-Saharan African countries for potential and urgency to enter the country. Countries considered for rankings were preselected based on three criteria — a country risk of 35 or higher in the euro money country-risk score, population size greater than 1.5 million and a GDP per capita of more than $1,000, LuxuryDaily reported in September.
Gabon and Botswana ranked No. 1 and No. 2. Angola ranked No. 3, Nigeria No. 4, Tanzania No. 5, South Africa No. 6, Rwanda No. 7, Namibia No. 8, Ghana No. 9, Senegal No. 10, Gambia No. 11, Zambia No. 12, Cote d’Ivoire No. 13, Ethiopia No. 14 and Mozambique No. 15.

meforyou1:
it is given that APC will win. 17,000 registered voters in dekina LGA, the rest spread across other 18 LGAs. People that will even come and vote that day wount be up to 20,000.
But APC is not giving it to falake or Yahaya, they have announced that they will conduct any primary

omowolewa:
It goes to the running mate.
Though its dicey, the best is for the court to interprete that, but after the deputy is declared.

The constitution is clear on those grounds which INEC could cancel election. Death on election day isn't inclusive.

zuchyblink:
If anything happens to NK we will organize fund raising for Boko boys and Niger delta militants deal with the zoo while we join later.

iokpebholo:
y do u always show d world how stupid u are?wishing ur fellow human being death jst cos he is not from ur tribe.pity ur miserable life.

Firstman01:
Which of ilaje/itsekiri has the "egberi"? -it's a local news broadcast on ondo TV in those days while I was in ondo.

dejavski:
In my opinion yoruba is more like a group of people with mutual relationship that have lived together for a long time in peace and harmony. In other words you cannot call yoruba a tribe. This is because most of these clans do not have common cultural and monarchial heritage.
I haven't come across anywhere in yorubaland where they celebrate Aiyelala or umale or umalokun festival as it's being celebrated here in ilaje.
Same also lies to other dialects such as Owo Ikale and so on.
The only thing you can celebrate general is the Ogun festival which is also celebrated in Benin.
For the monarchical System, the ilaje System was derived from benin Kingdom. The same applies t ikales.
Why didn't we hear of a dominant yoruba Empire in the 14th century up till 19th century? Even the Oyo empire we hear of had its boundaries and territories(google it) it didn't extend to the eastern parts such as ijebus Owos ilajes ikales etc

jerome4u:
History says that the itsekiri are frm edo, but as a itsekiri man I understand yoruba to an extent, nut I don,t understand jack in edo language, hw come. Itsekiri,s understand yoruba and they don,t understand edo which history says itsekiri are from.

hurlar2014:
Ilaje Aiyemafuge

olukenzo:
We the Ijebus say dede too.

jaymichael:
I like your clarifications. Let me add, on the use of the word "dede" , Ijebus also use the word "Dede" my mother's Ijebu dialect will say "dede wen" but my father's Ibadan dialect will say "gbogbo yin" meaning "all of you".

Henry22:
yorubas copying/learning from igbos since the days of noah.

banio:
Non-indigenes are the problem in Rivers State. Igbos every where in Rivers State. The left their dry red mud lands and rush to the goose that lay the golden egg.

Igbos go to your Biafra

arresa:
IWO HIGH SCHOOL under construction...



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