₦airaland Forum

Meninmen:
You gave example of Kano. Kano is not Benin. They select their Emir from a list of candidates from the ruling houses. Benin doesn't operate that system. Like I told you b4, the next oba of Benin is the first son of the current oba. The oba of Benin is by birth. No governor can change that. It is not based on the whims and caprices of a sitting governor. The oba of Benin is the only first class king that is crowned this way (by birth), I stand to be corrected though.

davidnazee:
Problem with Yorubas is because many of their their Obas are always being embarrassed and disgraced and dethroned for the past hundreds of years till date they think Oba of Benin can be treated like that lol.

davidnazee:
You are indeed funny.. you saw a sentence in one document that said Benin kings paid homage to Ife kings and you are jubilating. keep it up.
I won’t argue Benin’s Greatness and Might with you because you already know that.

I’m only wondering why u are praising small Ife instead of Oyo.. in your small mind was Ife imperial to Oyo too?

YorubaMyKids:
I know that is an achievement these days in Yoruba land, to end up with an Igbo woman. Why can't other tribes brag of wedding a Yoruba woman too?, of course no one wants to have a Tinubu lookalike for an offspring, how now??

LegendHero:
Lol, wake up from your self-induced sleep. The Yorubas are not your mate in all metrics of intelligence.

How many Igbos can hold a front line music event across the world with sold out concerts? We have Davido, Wizkid, both of who sold out the O2 arena.

Even Nairamarey a new artist is holding concert around the world and getting paid globally. What about our new Kiss Daniel, Joeboy, Fireboy, etc.

When the Yoruba artist were busy sponsoring each other to reach limelight, your Igbo artist were busy being selfish and projecting themselves alone. How many Igbos has Phyno help ? Do you see how many people Olamide helped blow? What about the new Nairamarley, he already signed two artist who will Inturn blow and sign other people.

You should start competing with Hausa/Fulanis in the music and movies scenes because the Yorubas are far above you to even compare!

Mbilla:
When you travel all most all the countries in Africa. Igbo culture, Igbo greetings like Igwe(king), Igbo movies industry ( Nollywood) and Igbo gospel music is all that you will see and hear on their TVs and radios station. Flavor song Ada Ada is a national anthem to Ghanaians , Kenyan etc weddings.

YorubaMyKids:
Fucck you, you don't own Lagos why don't you turn Oshogbo to Lagos since you are progressive cone headed children of fallen demon that like to shortchange merit for mediocrity. How many Yoruba junk actors are big outside Nigeria expect Omotola and Olu Jacobs that we made?

afroxyz:
This is what happens when history is not taught in schools. He wanted to rule? Did he not have the right to contest as a Nigerian? Was it not Awolowo and his cohorts that bungled his ambition and sowed the seeds for tribalism. Besides when he was contesting in the West, Philip Effiong was in the east and almost won. It's because of your myopic thinking that you guys were not able to decipher Azikwe's level of thinking. Because while being a nationalist, the rat poison drinker was spreading tribalism with Ahmadu Bello. That's why Africa always remembers Azikiwe and only Yorubas remember Awolowo.

Chatbot1234:
where did you get this ?
photos, write ups and all can you provide it ?

davidnazee:
All this you say still doesn’t make Ife an imperial power or Ooni an imperial majesty..
Any king can style themselves Imperial majesty..

As for comparing Benin to Ife I won’t argue that with you because you already know Ife was never an empire or a force to reckon with.

davidnazee:
You are making Ife look like an empire or one mighty kingdom which it never was.

The title of “imperial majesty” is meant for emperors and conquerors neither of which Ooni of Ife is..

In comparison the Oba of Benin is an imperial majesty..
You are talking about official title, imperial majesty is not an official title given by Nigerian government

I don’t know the meaning of “Oghene” in Benin language but since u know Benin language you tell me the meaning abi..

TAO11:
1. You said I was making Ife look like an empire or a mighty kingdom.

Well, let me shock you. My name is NOT Margaret Plass. My name is NOT Erediauwa I. Neither is my name William Fagg. Nor am I a curator, authority or history expert at the British Museum.

Take it up with these authotities and experts, who noted clearly that the kings of Benin paid homage to Ile Ife, and that they regard the Oonis of Ife as gods.

I was clearly citing the experts and authorities only

BTW, I would love to see you cite experts rather than vomit your personal imaginations. Thanks.


2. Yes, like I have noted above:

"An emperor/Empress is a king/queen of a higher and elevated status.

All emperors/empreses are kings/queens, but NOT all kings/queens are emperor/empresses.

The Ooni of Ife is styled as His Imperial Majesty. The Oba of Benin is NOT."


3. I am still waiting for your evidence from any serious text (of course not from Nairaland or a random Facebook post) of where the Oba of Benin was ever styled as "His Imperial Majesty". Never! He dared not.


4. Furthermore, "official" means "one who holds or is invested with an office" [Merriam-Webster Dictionary].

No where does this definition say it must be a country's government. A royal styling becomes "official" as soon as the palace sanctions it. May be it's hightime you sued all your English teachers and request refunds.

And as far as I know the Benin palace never uses "His Imperial Majesty" for the Oba of Benin. They dared not.

The Ife palace on the other hand uses "His Imperial Majesty" exclusively. Benin dared not.


5. All along I had thought I was having an exchange with an Edo child who knows even the most basic stuffs of his language and history. It's a shame you don't know why Omo N'Oba N'Edo Erediauwa I admitted that the kings of Ife were known in Benin kingdom as "Oghene".

davidnazee:
You are making Ife look like an empire or one mighty kingdom which it never was.

The title of “imperial majesty” is meant for emperors and conquerors neither of which Ooni of Ife is..

In comparison the Oba of Benin is an imperial majesty..
You are talking about official title, imperial majesty is not an official title given by Nigerian government

I don’t know the meaning of “Oghene” in Benin language but since u know Benin language you tell me the meaning abi..

johnwarax:
Just hearing the story for the first. But the Oba blatantly rejected all the offers from the colonial masters and no conditions where given. One thing I know is that the Benin kingdom fought colonialism

Oritsewhandey:
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Benin Kingdom was the first and the only to interexchange diplomatic Emissaries from Portugal & Spain and vice versa; dates back to 1723!

The only kingdom, before & during colonial time, already skillful in art of metal sculpting, as arts, war tools ...

The only kingdom, already versed in trade of courier services and money transfers from abroad and vice versa.

The only kingdom in Nigeria whose King moves around with 700 entourage.

johnwarax:
Just hearing the story for the first. But the Oba blatantly rejected all the offers from the colonial masters and no conditions where given. One thing I know is that the Benin kingdom fought colonialism

johnwarax:
Because the Ooni was submissive to the colonial master. The Oba Ewuare was never submissive to their indirect ruling system. The Ooni was Vulnerable and an ass licker. The Oba knew that going to exile in Calabar after being betrayed was better than being submissive.

Chatbot1234:
imperial is used for emperors/empresses
royal is used for kings/queen

perryy:
Anybody from the ruling families can be Alafin, but only the Edaiken can succeed the Oba. Edaiken is the first son of the oba who must have been initiated into the Edo mystical system from birth as the head. Again, Edaiken can only succeed his dad on his passage. Oba of Benin is still more difficult to dethrone than Alafin

dietola01:
Popular social media enthusiast, Tunde Ednut has stated that in Benin city, Edo state, governors kneels to greet the king but in other kingdoms, the king shivers before the governor.

Speaking in an Instagram post, Ednut shared a photo of Governor Godwin Obaseki kneeling before Oba of Benin...

ghettokid1:
Election things

Mymynd4u:
Yes I am a woman

sisisioge:
They have their criteria o. There was ever a time when one thin rod model beat people like Beyonce, Rihanna and many more to be number one.

XhosaNostra:
A Cameroonian maybe, they're sexier

sisisioge:
The dude won back to back sef! Trust me, he's crazily handsome, funny to bits and playful like dontbesilly!

Etumudonsmart:
To me, is not a enough it supposed to be MSC in political science, Law, sociology or Economics not just HND. Obama studied law, Trump studied Economics u can see d difference with our own.

Mymynd4u:
I wud love to marry an ekiti lady seriously.... I love That state so much.. Even though I be Ghanaian

SangoOlukosoOba:
Royalty has been disfigured

The title will never be what it used to be.


Am Emir is now like a pig knowinghe can be removed at anytime

Imagine dethroning the Great Oni of Ife.

24kmagic:
Foolishness and stupidity is when you're from the south but are more interested in what's happening in Kano even more than those from Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State.

For God's sake how does Sanusi's dethronement affect the southerners?

Sanusi this, Ganduje that.
How e take affect you?

How does his enthronement or dethronement help you as a southerner or even none indigene of Kano state?

Ok, he's always talking about the ills in the core north and so fvcking what? Is he the first to do that? You think aboki people don't know their problems? Islam is not like Christianity where one pastor will go and bring his own version of the Bible just to pass a particular message to his sheeples. Islam is conservative. It doesn't matter what Sanusi say, what matters is what the Quran and the hadith say.

Southerners, stop poking into the affairs of the North, face your problems. This is not a national issue, it's a state issue and only Kano indigenes should be interested.

As for the wailers that don't want to move on from 2015. Celebrate his dethronement all you like, Goodluck isn't coming back, deal with it!

Having said that

Fvck Sanusi
Fvck Ganduje
Fvck Bubu
Fvck Goodluck


Again, leave aboki to sort themselves out please.

Witcher:
I think Ganduje did him a favour, that museum never suits him in the first place now he av become more popular let him gun for the presidency

Maxymilliano:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/adeboye-told-me-i-would-recover-my-mandate-diri/amp/