₦airaland Forum

First of all I am immensely grateful to the two most prominent royal fathers Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamide Adeyemi III and Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi for their display of maturity and bringing together the whole Yoruba race again. I say to both revered fathers, KABIYEESI O!!! (As usual, with my chest flat on the floor). Both of them are great kings of Yoruba land and none should ever be disparaged!.

That being said, we need to clear the air on this superiority issue being bandied around by a lot of people without the sense of history. Some say The Alaafin is the supreme-most king in Yoruba land, while others say it is the Ooni. I would try to give an abridged version of the history of the two and let you, the YoruByte reader make your own decision.

So, it is an agreed fact that the progenitor of the Yoruba race is Oduduwa. Fact undisputed! It also known that Oduduwa had only one child, Okanbi. Fact Unchallenged! Furthermore, It is universally agreed that Okanbi had seven children, Fact Uncontroverted! 5 boys and 2 girls. His first-born was a princess who married his chief priest (the Onirisa) and the first male child of that union became the Olowu of Owu. The second child was also a princess, who became the mother of the Alaketu, the progenitor of the Ketu people (how these two boys [Olowu and Alaketu] who were children of princesses became kings is a story for another time). The third, a prince, became king of the Benin people. The fourth, Orangun, became the king of Ila. The fifth, the Onisabe (king of the Sabes [In Benin republic]). The sixth, Olupopo (king of the popos [Also in Benin Republic]). And the last prince was Oranmiyan. All these princes became Kings who wore crowns as distinguished from vassals who did not dare wear crowns but used coronets called Akoro.

Infact, the benin people have their own arguments too with Oranmiyan but that is a story for another day. As you would have noticed from the geanealogy, the first of the Okanbi princes is the King of Benin and people have wondered why he is not said to be the most important Yoruba king. The issue is that, it is the first prince born AFTER ascension to the throne that is the crowned prince, irrespective of the existence of an elder brother.

Oranmiyan was the only son born after Okanbi ascended the throne, therefore, Oranmiyan became the crowned prince. None of his brothers contested this with him. Oranmiyan was a hunter/warrior, so he was given to expedition. After he became king in Ife (please note that up till Oranmiyan, no ife king used the title Ooni), Oranmiyan decided to expand his territories and so he set forth with some of his men to “enlarge his coast”.

From the days of Oduduwa, the king always had a chief priest who performs the daily worship of the gods of Yoruba land, the title of the priest was Oonirisa (a compressed form of Olorisha) which means the custodian of the gods. The chief priest was never from the royal family! They never had any royal blood in them. Just like in the Bible where you have the kings and the priests. (This lends credence to the fact that the yorubas must have migrated from Egypt and not Mecca. Again, this is a story for another day).

Up till this very day, ALL the gods in Ife must be worshipped DAILY, so Oranmiyan, during his days, was not going to risk the gods not being worshipped because he wanted to go expand his coast. As a matter of fact, he required the assistance of the gods to make his mission successful. In view of this, he didn’t go on his sojourn with the chief priest, he left him at home to worship the gods and be the one to give guidance to the populace he left in Ife. Oranmiyan went ahead to establish the great Oyo empire from the bank of river Niger all the way to the tip of Popo town in the now Benin Republic. The Ooni was left as the leader of the Ife people by Oranmiyan, while Oranmiyan himself remained as Alaafin of Oyo empire. Whenever the Ooni required direction on crucial matters of state, he sent messages to the Alaafin who gave INSTRUCTIONS on what to be done. As time went on, the sons of the chief priests (Oonis) started taking leadership after the demise of their fathers and they also started being kings, but they all deferred to the Alaafins in Oyo from generation to generation. As a matter of fact, there was NEVER any Ooni who challenged the authority or the superiority of the Alaafin before the immediate past Ooni, Oba Sijuade who recently ascended to the realm of the spirits. But always, the Alaafins give special recognition to two kings. One, anyone who is an Ooni, because he sits on the stool sat on by Oduduwa. Secondly, anyone who is an Oba of Benin, because he is the eldest brother. But respect and recognition does not mean we don’t know who actually owns the authority.

This is the reason why ONLY the Alaafin can give a title that cuts across all Yoruba lands. All other kings can only give a title for their lands. E.g, the king of Owu can only bestow on you the title of Balogun of OWU KINGDOM, while Alaafin can bestow on you the title of Are Ona Kakanfo of YORUBA LAND.

The prominence of the kings who are Oduduwa’s grandsons come into perspective when you hear of the story of the current Oba of benin’s visit to the Ooni. When the Oba of benin visited the OOni Sijuade and the Ooni welcomed the Oba of benin by saying “welcome my son”, the Oba of Benin, Oba Omo N’oba, gave the response to Ooni Sijuade by saying “The father can’t be the son” and they both laughed about it. But the Oba of benin indeed passed a message there.

I would like to close by giving two analogie:-.

Very few people know that the Headquarters of the Redeemed Christian church of God is not the one along Lagos-Ibadan express way, the headquarters is in Yaba in Lagos state. Now, there is a pastor in charge of the headquarters of the church but Pastor Adeboye stays at the Redeemed camp. Does this fact make the pastor at the headquarters greater than Pastor Adeboye?

If I am the Only son of my father, and my father marries a wife after the demise of my mother, In African culture, if my father dies, who has the authority to control the home and decide how the inheritance would be shared, Me or my father’s wife? But one thing is certain, no matter what a heir does, he still has to always give respect to his father’s widow. This does not mean the widow would not know who has the ultimate authority.

Now you know the history, now you can decide who the greater king is.

Ooni Ogunwusi, may your reign be peaceful and may your days be long. Alaafin Adeyemi, may your wisdom guide the Yoruba race aright and may your days not end in shame. To both of you my fathers, again I say KABIYEESI o (Now rolling to the right and rolling to the left while still postrating flat on my chest)

Someone that value it’s emotional feelings to certain person than millions of people he’s serving either competent or not…is that not selfishness?

I had a conversation with my brother about one of two interviews he had went for cos he’s a fresh graduate but he’s very reluctant on some of questions I asked but he told me emphatically that when they asked him “how much are u expecting to be paid” he just paused and short of words. I think he’s confused on what to say and that’s where everything breaks down cos from that moment he feels very uncomfortable. Pls is there anyone who could help cos I haven’t done one before as am into buying and selling.

Pls help repost…this old man has been missing since last Tuesday and he’s yet to be found.
He left home to ojodu berger only not to come back till this moment.
Age: 72
Complexion: dark
Language: Yoruba
Name: Jones iluyomade
Pls anyone with useful information should contact the nearest police station or Call 08063021034

Which one is more heartbroken: having about 20 open tickets on sportybet in the morning only to open in the afternoon and see all the tickets spoilt or expecting and hoping on some pending funds only to check your account on agreed or due time and found out that the funds hasn’t reflect on your bank account??

Pls sir/ma…this is my first time of doing this thing but I don’t have any choice than to beg my nairaland people even if it’s just for 1k.
Am into accessories but sales has been so dull. Only GOD can bear me witness, m and my family hasn’t taking anything since yesterday and I can’t watch them hungry. Pls sir/ma…anything to help me sir.
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AntiChristian:
Must everything be publicised?

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. (Matthew 6:3-5)

imagine! Even seeing him pictured when putting the monies inside envelope is disgusting. This is eye service

Biodun Stephen for me…her movie was so good and intriguing.

Seeing and observing the leaders we had today, u are a pure saint sir.

Moniya4Real:
I am a devout Christian- a pastor at that.But no be today people they collapse with heart-attack while giving speech naw.

and it has to be the exact moment he cursed Israel? What a coincidence!

Spirit04:
People attack and curse Israel every single minute of the day. That man probably had a bad heart or some other health condition

so it has to be the moment he cursed Israel?

festacman:
Our own star boy!

If you understand how tough the career prospect of a typical young Nigerian grassroot football player is, you will appreciate how CRUCIAL the moment Emmanuel Amuneke chose him over other strikers in camp was.

Little wonder he recognized Amuneke's role in his acceptance speech in spite of a video that was mischievously circulated before the award.

I wanted to say: now let's go get the African Cup of Nations but then I remembered that we have Peseiro as coach and his brother Uzoho as goalkeeper.

because amuneke never voted for him, he voted salah even though he’s part of the boy’s success story

Oyindamolah:
You did not mention that Lagos will make you regular buyer to puff puff seller cuz you will end up eating both breakfast and dinner in traffic.

You will also become the literal "window shopper" cuz you will eventually buy all the ingredients for cooking including meat, fish and spices in traffic.

Not to mention that you will also be living a double life if care is not taken. Imagine you go to work in a jeep and come back in a molue, depending on what means of transportation you find. Sometimes, it is even boat.

Lagos will turn you to a fleet manager cuz you will have phone numbers of about 5 brothers that you want to beg to keep space for you to go to work next day.

You will also be loved by your security guards because it will look like you are working with them part-time. You open the gate with them by 4:00am when you are going to work and close the gate with them when you are coming back by 11:35pm. Some time they will call you sef to use the spare key they gave you to open the estate gate when you come back from work.

What won't Lagos make you do?

I can’t stop laughing…brother what u said is what am experiencing. We don turn paddy sef…to the extent that if my mistake or luckily I came back from work early, they must call to know what happened.
And for the fleet manager, Bros I get reach 10 sef. Am tired sef. I go dey inside one car another one go dey call me say dem dey wait for me. May GOD help us in this Lagos.
The funniest things is that, I use to complained of loneliness, easy and less-busy life of other states when on official duty to other state.
Nawa o! Make wahala no master person

Lovelyn451:
Abeg make we hear word, lagos this lagos that,...some state hot pass this lagos sef, you've not been to any state....go Benin, go portharcourt, lagos that's full of lousy cowards, noise makers!! Travel around and see people wey dey talk and do fear go grip you

madam, do u know what makes Lagos special?
Pls go look and check for the lyrics of Jimmy jatt ft 2baba and elajoe, u will understand what it means to live in Lagos.
Edo state isn’t hot if u remove Benin city, same for delta if u remove asaba, Rivers if u remove Portharcourt or Ogun if u remove Abeokuta.
But every crook and crannies of Lagos need tou to think ahead of ur movement. Agege, Mushin, Bariga, Abule Egba, ojuelegba, Surulere, Obalende to mention few…am not even talking about Ikeja which is the Capital cos all these i listed were hotter than Ikeja sef.
Lagos is not for the weak minded…all streets dey vex.

How can benin claim lagos…the original inhabitants of Lagos are the aworis. But during the reign of King Ado, benin people conquered the aworis and name the place eko which is like a war base for the benin people.
At the reign of another king, the Benin people were conquered and were chased to another quarters.
Because u conquered the original inhabitants and named the place means u are the owner of the land. Before the benin people came to trade because those days they are known for their trade prowess, there are original settlers.
So, for the fact that benin once fought and conquered the first and original settlers of Lagos and as that time name the place doesn’t mean that are the owner.
And even history says, the benin people were Lagos conquered by the aworis in returned.

How can benin claim lagos…the original inhabitants of Lagos are the aworis. But during the reign of King Ado, benin people conquered the aworis and name the place eko which is like a war base for the benin people.
At the reign of another king, the Benin people were conquered and were chased to another quarters.
Because u conquered the original inhabitants and named the place means u are the owner of the land. Before the benin people came to trade because those days they are known for their trade prowess, there are original settlers.
So, for the fact that benin once fought and conquered the first and original settlers of Lagos and as that time name the place doesn’t mean that are the owner.
And even history says, the benin people were Lagos conquered by the aworis in returned.

Shattuck:
neither the aworis nor the binis can lay claim to the entire Lagos, the aworis had their territory in Lagos the binis also had their territory, Lagos is a state just like osun, just like you have the Ooni of ife who governs the ife territory of osun state, there are also other traditional rulers in the same osun, you can't come today and claim the ancestors of the Ooni founded osun state they only founded ife, same can be said about Lagos and how you guys always try to make it look like the aworis controlled the entire Lagos, the binis also had their territory, which means the oba isn't wrong.

pls can you enlighten me more on which territory benins controlled in Lagos? Just asking ooo

But I thought Rema and tiger were on the same jonzing records. Have never seen them. Perform together. Pls are they on good terms?

MrPOTUS:
I blame your father for raising a psychopath like you that insults everyone having a contrary opinion.


This same brainwashed møron just like you will never make sacrifices for God.

Ask him to fast for 3days and see him blabbing, but he can trek for 7days for a pastor.

Anything that doesn't exalt or glorify God, especially in church is useless.

Now ask your dumb brain, that's if there's actually a brain there,

Does his 7days trekking for a pastor glorify the name of God?

If God forbid, he got killed on his way, will it be a free ticket to heaven because he was trekking for a pastor?




Pls don't quote me if you have no answers to my questions, you sound dumb and brainwashed, I don't want to argue with a fanatic.

I totally agreed with u brother… is this how to glorify GOD. Is the trekking real? This man that has many people doing the fake thing for him. Hmmm

This Suleiman of a pastor is a joke… for the fact that am a Christian makes me look in awe how gollible worshippers believed in him…Abi na juju?
First, many celebrities accusing him of having sex with them, even his personal assistant reveal unbelievable things about him, unknown money from heaven entering worshippers account and this.
The controversies around this man is just too much and don’t tell me, all were fake. There’s no smoke without fire.
When everyone had gone pass him now, boom another one. All these fake pastors are quick to condemn TB Joshua as if them no be the same.
Sometimes, something like this discouraging me going to church.

Imagine one pastor calling himself “Baba AK47” lols

I don’t know why people were against divorce. Until something terrible happened? It’s obvious she doesn’t like or loved u. This is how it started until paternity fraud sets in. Sir, it takes two to makes a marriage works. If the other was saying or acting otherwise, then something is wrong.
Stay alive hale and fresh is very important than being in a marriage of frustration and sadness. My candid advise tho!

Just imagine…that serves him right. He destroyed PDP because of his impatient for Goodluck to serve second term. He created the coup with fellow coup plotters left PDP and co-created APC which is tormenting Nigerians now.

After he knows that he can’t clinch the party presidential ticket, he left APC to rejoin PDP which he had already destroyed with his nPDP. Imagine had it been he waited for Jonathan for just 4 years, it might be his turn but greed and impatient made his political career faded with time.

Now, u have destroyed PDP and u think u can build a mansion on faulty foundation. Greed Greed and Greed is all about Atiku. Just 4 years waiting now turn to be a great lost for u.

Am not a fan of wicked wike but sometimes I like and enjoyed how he treated Atiku. Now, all he does is to run to the press or his so-called world press to lament. U and ur foolish nPDP lead and deceived Nigerians to accept APC and portray PDP has a corrupt party. U(Atiku) are one of Nigerians biggest problem.

I feel no shit about him and this current APC presidency even though am a Yoruba from Ondo state.

Am interested but am based in Lagos

Milenia:
please guys, please I've tried to get little help here to no avail, please I beg you in the name of Almighty GOD pls, If any good samaritan can please help me, no matter how little so we can buy foodstuff and cook, I will be very happy. my daughter and I we are starving. Please help us the last time we ate a good food was from our neighbor on  sunday. Since then we have surviving on drinking garri since Monday and the garri we use to have hope has finished. the little money I have I used it to pay for house rent so that we can at least have roof over our head. am pleading for help please, not for my sake but for my daughter please am a single mother. No matter how little it will go a long way to help us. Almighty God bless you

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My name is Angela Oyom. Almighty God bless you and your family

Bros or sis, u no dey tire?

KingCold:
Read and read for comprehension, you attribute everything to "laziness', everything the next person does or fails to do is because of a supposed "laziness"..there can't be any other reason. This is simple thinking

pls what’s ur point man?

Nextt:
I hope you know that in ignoring comments like hers it is possible people who have no idea will pay with their lives?

None of the ladies on the front page cautioned their fellow who made such treasonous, poisonous, dangerous, and obnoxious comment. Double standards in full glare.

hmmm I fully understands

KingCold:
Oh ofcourse, everything boils down to "laziness" with you Nigerians...such simple thinkers.

Nigerians lazy? Am hearing this for first time. Lols

izubext007:
And most Nigeria treat their wives any how here in Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

and most Nigeria women took Nigeria men generosity as a Simp.

qtx:
you have d mind to write this shi.t on a Nigerian site? who de he.ll are you?

Baba, don’t mind him or her. U can tell maybe He or she is one of those Nigerian men has took his girlfriend or her brother’s girlfriend. Do they even have a standard and innovative blog u can visit? What do they have that can educate u? Pls let him or she comes to Nigeria site or blog to level up….

Still act of coward mess in the part of other African countries to attack Nigerians. Nigerian men are not lazy, they don’t joke with their money and it shows in their desperation for money. Other African women are not used to men working and feeding them.

70% of Nigerian men don’t allow to be fed by their wife as it’s like a taboo in most tribe in Nigeria. Go to benin republic, Ghana, South Africa or Togo, hardly u see men struggling for their family to survive.

We find it strange here for women to feed us. Even if u feel relaxed, ur neighbour, family even ur friend will mock u unlike other african countries.

Hence, the hate and jealousy. It’s not our fault that u guys are lazy. It’s not our fault that ur women like hardworking guys, it’s not our fault that ur women were attracted to us by nature. It’s only our women that doesn’t value us cos they are used to such treatment and society from inception.

We might not like ourselves or have our own differences due to some political interest but outside, we support and guard ourselves in diaspora.

KillIgbohoN0W:
Kill her first.
She may be an Igboho follower.

u are very stupid for such advise…see empty brain.

Coolsperm:
God bless the babies, Yoruba are one is used only when members of Yoruba Muslims miscreants wants to deceive other Yorubas, when Ifa prist a Yoruba man was arrested and locked up, no body fight for him, why?

what’s ur point Baba?