₦airaland Forum

Udmaster:
Yorubas have the highest number of Slaves that was taken from West Africa during Slave Trade
so don't go there.

Despite that we successfully embedded our culture in the Carribeans till date.

What did your slaves achieved? Not to even talk of your past present and future Osu castes.

Udmaster:
Nri Kingdom is Well Known.
We IGBOS are more interested in our pre-colonial democracy style where Ndi ICHIE are like the Senate.
- We are A Noble Tribe with a GREAT CULTURE.
So face the benins and leave Igbos out of this issue.

I am sure if the net could slap you, it would have with that "Noble" word you used. What is noble in you? What is the culture you are talking about, apart from dancing the pot of boiling human being, hunting your fellas and selling them off as an Osu and at best fighting over Ngozi's hand in marriage in your hamlet square!!!!

The level obscurity of your Nri in the annals of history is 2nd to none.

Udmaster:
Nri Kingdom is Well Known.
We IGBOS are more interested in our pre-colonial democracy style where Ndi ICHIE are like the Senate.
- We are A Noble Tribe with a GREAT CULTURE.
So face the benins and leave Igbos out of this issue.

I am sure if the net could slap you, it would have with that "Noble" word you used. What is noble in you? What is the culture you are talking about, apart from dancing round the pot of boiling human being, hunting your fellas and selling them off as an Osu and at best fighting over Ngozi's hand in marriage in your hamlet square!!!!

The level obscurity of your Nri in the annals of history is 2nd to none.

Lordave:
Baboon?

Bigot!

Just like your lineage?

Ikengawo:
lol who told you I believe 'there was a jesus or a mohammed (mohammed is a historic figure and existed though, Jesus is debated by historians).

I also don't care about how many of yourselves you sold as slaves as this isn't something to be proud of

See who is talking about slave trade when the capital of slave trade was your land and even osu caste was is and will forever be embedded in your barbaric way of life.

martineinstein:
the picture is invalid..oba of Benin doesn't leave his palace.. Stop killing yourself for our matter. We are not the yorubbish

Another lie.

Do you want to see a picture of Oba Akenzua visiting the Ooni of Ife?

Rayhut:
So Obatala and Orunmila fall down from haeven and give birth to Lamurudu that later gave birth to Oduduwa, haba!!!! Yoruba, Oduduwa remain a Bini prince that conquered the Yorubas.

Whatever. Satisfy your fantasy. Omo Nna help the Binis to look for their son that wandered away, at least you are a descendant of Cain now!!!

Udmaster:
are you people naturally obsessed with Igbos or what? Face the Benins and stop talking about IGBOS.
NRI Kingdom is the Oldest Kingdom in Nigeria We are the descendant of ERI.
We are Proudly IGBOS- Beautiful People with Noble Heritage.

Who knows the Nri kingdom? Tell us the story of how an Igala prince impregnated your daughter nah??

We are listening.

Ikengawo:
what house?
Oduduwa is a mythical character. Every culture has a creation myth, but Greeks won't tell you that the Japanese are Greek because they descended from Zeus and expect others not to laugh. The Oba of Benin is using historic fact while the Yorubas are using mythology that's unverified. For example, why are non of the major yoruba kingdoms headed by 'Obas'. He proved that historically the Oba of Lagos even came after the 50s and that prior the title was Eleko of Lagos which is a 100% Bini title. The Portugese acknowledged that Eko (War Camp in Bini) was a Bini settlement when they arrived there.

Why was lagos not involved in the Kirijiri Wars? Because they weren't Yoruba. Yoruba empires only ruled other Yoruba people. What's also interesting is that at no point in history did the Yoruba rule the Bini, but it's a historic fact that the Bini ruled over the Yoruba.

So saying the Oba (bini title) is a Yoruba man even though the Bini ruled the Yoruba, is like saying that the Queen of England is an Hausa title because of some mythical character.

What is this one saying that he is contradicting himself?

If you believed there was a Jesus or Mohammed, that is your headache, we are not jes or Arabs. We are Yorubas, and we have our Oduduwa that lived and has been symbolised for centuries. that is only applicable to sophisticated cultures like the Greek, Romans, Egyptians, and not some inconsequential ethnicities that do not have any history whatsoever to share with the world.

The same Yoruba was shipped and widely practised both as a culture and religion in the Carribeans.

If you are pained that you are unlucky to be a part of people without history, take God to court.

912:
Bros oduduwa na story. How can some one come down from the sky? Lwkmd
Use snail shell to create river and such use one had full of sand to create land etc. haba dont tell me you believe all that sh!t. Its just . Fictional.character from an old yoruba tale. So the oba of benin that is a human being can not be a decendant of a fictional character. Its funny that people who claim to be christians or muslims in this time and age still believe in this story

Is Jesus Xt birth a story? Is Mohammed a story? If not then Oduduwa too is not.

Get your fact right and do not get it twisted, Oduduwa is not the divinity that came down from heaven. He was man turned to gods. The gods of orunmila, obatala and one other deities are the ones that came down from heaven to create the world.

Don't get it twisted. You cannot comprehend what is beyond you.

Ikengawo:
What about Bini is close to Yoruba. I think Yorubas made up a myth that Oduduwa has the Oba of Bini as a son and sent him there to rule Bini people but


1. This is the only place in Africa where a yoruba has ever been sent to rule non-yorubas, representing a historic abnormality. In contrast, this was common practice of the Bini empire which sent it's generals to rule over its empire

2. No Yoruba empire extended past Yoruba land and it's in fact true that no yoruba empire ruled the whole of Yoruba land at any time in their history, let alone Bini. By contrast, Bini spread beyond their territory, and even ruled the majority of Yoruba land at one point.

3. Oduduwa is a mythical character, so to tell the history of living people through his 'lineage' is laughable.

4. Yoruba land lacked the military capacity of the Bini Empire, so it's odd that they could 'rule' bini people when even the Portugese documented that Bini was the soul power in coastal west africa.

Mr Man because your Igbo culture lack history and it's highly deficient in one does not make everybody to be like descendants of Cain.

Read up on Oyo empire. It extended to Ghana. Even the recalcitrant Ewe had to bow at last to our war machine. Do you know how many kingdoms were paying tributaries on a yearly basis to Alaafin? Read up.

Just because Igbos never developed pass the hamlet status does not mean everyone was as backward as you. No wonder you are still babies in the art of politics and politicking.

Rayhut:
and who is Oduduwa and where did he came from, he fell from haven right, the Benin version of the history is more realistic, Oduduwa that conquered Yorubas is one of the son of Oba of Benin, Oduduwa cant fall from haven with a rooter and a palm fruits

You are jumping the gun.

Nah. Obatala and orunmila are the divinities that came from the heavens while the father of Oduduwa is Lamurudu. Know your history.

Look for your son elsewhere. Maybe he followed a mermaid to under the sea.

We dare your Oba to declare that he isnot from the House of Oduduwa and let his ancestors curse him and his lineage.

912:
The oba of benin is the oba of benin and has no affiliation with the yoruba kings. The sharp variance in the customs, language, way of life and heritage of both tribes clearly shows that there is no hierachical connection between them.

Besides if comments like these are coming from the palace of the oba of benin itself then it is clear that the binis dont consider themselves as yorubas

Bini people were are and will never be Yorubas.

But, the title, crown and throne of their King is ours because he is a descendant of the House of Oduduwa.

He can never deny that fact.

How I wish the poster's ethnicity had any history to share with the world.

Unfortunately, there is none apart from the recorded barbaric act of cannibalising human beings and fighting for Adaora's hand in marriage in their hamlet square, as the best military warfare their forefathers ever had.

Who is the father of Eweka?

Who named Benin?

What Was the original name of Benin?

What is the name they used to called their kings before?

At what point did they start using the word Oba?

Why were they burying their Obas in Ile ife until the 20th century?

Why were they taking permission from Ife before coronation of their Oba?

How did Olokun and other yoruba deities and confraternities ended up in Benin?

Benin people are totally different from Yorubas, but the crown, throne and title are all Yorubas because the lineage of the current Oba of Benin ie Eweka'S dynasty is from the House of Oduduwa.

If the dude loves himself, he should just find a way to go to Nauru or Fiji or Tuvalu Island.

Daring the FG in Gbaramatu can only lead to one thing --- El Zakyzaky treatment of him and his bandits.

I hope it will also not lead to the blotting out of Gbaramatu from the map.

Whether through legal or illegal means, just get our yams back from the yam eaters, by fire by force.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday declared a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, wanted.
The anti-graft agency in an advertorial signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said it declared Tompolo wanted following two bench warrants issued against him by a Federal High Court in Lagos, where he has been charged with N45.9bn fraud.
In the said advertorial which carried a photograph of Tompolo, the EFCC described him as a 47-year-old, dark-complexioned man from Okerenkoko, Gbaramotu Kingdom in the Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.
The wanted Tompolo, whose address was given as No. 1, Chief Agbanu Street, DDPA Extension, Warri, Delta State, is said to speak both Izon and English languages.
The public announcement issued by Uwujaren read in part, “The general public is hereby notified that Government Ekpemupolo (a.k.a. Tompolo), whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in relation to the offence of conspiracy, illegal diversion of the sum of N34,000,000,000.00 and N11,900,000,000.00 belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.”
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos issued a bench warrant against Tompolo on January 14 after he shunned a summons dated January 12 issued on him by the judge to appear in connection with the fraud charges filed against him and nine others by the EFCC.
Justice Buba had then ordered the law enforcement agencies to produce Tompolo before him on February 8 for him to answer the charges, but rather than appear in court on January 8,
Tompolo brought an application seeking to quash the bench warrant and arrest order.
The judge, who dismissed the application for lacking in merit, renewed the arrest warrant and directed all law enforcement agencies to produce Tompolo before him on February 19.
Tompolo’s lawyer, Mr. Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), after failing to get the bench warrant vacated, turned down the responsibility of undertaking to produce his client in court.
Oyetibo said it was the responsibility of the prosecution to produce the suspect in court.
The EFCC filed 40 counts against Tompolo and nine others, including the immediate-past Director-General of NIMSA, Patrick Akpobolokemi.
The other suspects in the charge are Kime Engozu, Rex Elem, Gregory Mbonu and Capt. Warredi Enisuoh.
The suspects were charged along with four companies, namely: Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, Odimiri Electrical Limited, Boloboere Property and Estate Limited and Destre Consult Limited.

The suspects were accused of diverting and converting to their personal use a sum of N34bn and N11.9bn belonging to NIMASA.

The offence, according to EFCC, is contrary to Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012 and were liable to punishment under Section 15 (3) of the same Act

AlPeter:
the edo gave them Olokun.

Do you know the meaning of Olokun?

Born2Breed:
These are Myths and Folklore's. These was never Sango or whatever.

Btw is it not the same Ooni that goes kneeling before Tinubu and Obasanjo to be nominated and installed as ooni. He should read his history books if his father did not.

Sango is a myth but Jesus or Mohammed were real.

See another brain washed African.

In our land, Shango, Ogun Oya, Oba, etc are all men with flesh and blood that lived and they did extraordinary things.

monex:
you know this are historical accounts formed merged with some folklore so dont take them seriously.

however the statement isn't self contradictory. The stool having no relationship means the stool and the Oba of benin never came from yoruba land. That a Benin prince setup the stool in Ife doesnt mean vice versa.

note that the yoruba account says that the binis banished their prince and heir apparent (Ogiso dynasty) and needed a king and asked the ife king to give them his son who became Oba Eweka 1.

The benin account is that the prince they banished "Omo-odua" founded Ife and sent his grandson back to benin.

Lamurudu is the father of Oduduwa, look for your wandering lost son somewhere else.

class0247:
I taught Oduduwa fell from the sky ??

What you do not understand read up.

Read up on Obatala and Orunmila, if you want to understand the mythology of descending from the sky.

OBAGADAFFI:
I like the use the that phrase House of Oduduwa by Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi

Its got a wider meaning not limited to the Yoruba Nation.

All these one everybody is blowing nah grammar.

We are daring the Oba of Benin or his stooges to come out and say he is not from the House of Oduduwa.

Simple.

What is there in uttering those simple words as statement.

This Bini people should go and look for their lost son somewhere else.

The father of Oduduwa is Lamurudu. The word Oduduwa is Odu-to-da-iwa ie divination that preceeds good behaviour. Odu in this case is in relation to Odu-Ifa, which is the "holy verses" of ifaology.

Yoruba is not only the culture and a nation but a religion too.

The undeniable fact are:

They used to name their kings Ogisos

Oranmiyan impregnated their princess, who gave birth to Eweka, who started the Eweka Dynasty and he was the 1st Oba.

Oranmiyan named Bini from the word Ile-Ibinu, which is another Yoruba word. If he named your town, it is only normal that he would have named the title of your throne too.

We dare the Oba of Benin or stooges to declare they are not from the House Award Oduduwa. Let him utter it and let his ancestors place a curse on his lineage. We are daring him.

Benin people are not Yorubas but their crown and throne and title are ours, courtesy of the ruling dynasty that started by Oranmiyan.

They are therefore from the House of Oduduwa.

By now, the 2nd slavery to the Carribeans Sugarcane Plantations would have started.

By now Dieziani would have been richer than Nigeria.

It's obvious that some people do not know the meaning of closing a prosecution.

Jesusloveyou:
u see what we mean, a divided kingdom cannot be stronger than a single entity, omo n' oba means -child of a king, meanwhile u fail to answer -who is d father of oduduwa

We are talking of a nation you are talking of a kingdom.

Yoruba is a nation, an amalgamation of kingdoms while your Benin Kingdom is a single kingdom.

Where in the world and history have you seen a Kingdom being greater than a nation?

bendeniceguy:
This goes the same way you bloody cowards tell dirty lies in your desire to twist history and turn it on its head. Now, here is a simple question for you and your likes on here who love to run their dirty little fingers typing and filling up the worldwideweb with LIES drawn from the pit of HELL. You shamelessly claim that Lagos is yorubaland, now my question is, what is the yoruba name or title for Lagos? EKO? which is undoubtedly EDO(quarter or camp) or LAGOS which is Portuguese for lake. If Lagos is yorubaland like you all unashamedly claim everywhere,then tell the world why you have no name or title for that piece of real estate that is indigenous to you loud-mouthed yorubas. Ibadan is yorubaland no doubt same as Abeokuta, Illorin (funny) or Ijebu ode. Those are yoruba names or titles and thats why i challenge you to use this opprtunity to tell the WORLD your yoruba name or title for LAGOS or forever keep quiet when history and not FABLES is discussed anywhere. The Great OBAS of Benin are way and above any title or appellation you choose to hang on any of your yoruba ruler. By the way, ever cared to ask yourself why you have so many ADOS eg Ado Ekiti appended to your yoruba towns and cities? Go ask the Dahomians why they by-passed all of yorubaland to seek permission from the great OBA of Benin to rename the country the republic of BENIN and not the republic of Ijebu ode, Ibadan or Abeokuta. To hell with you and your sickening lies and brazen distortions of historical facts. You had this rebuttal coming.

Republic of Benin was taken from Bight of Benin and not because of your Benin Empire.

How come Bini is not a recognised language there but Yoruba is?

Debesther:
I don't know what most of you mean but
1,The head of any of the kings in Edo has never been buried in Ile Ife.let the Ooni clarify this.
2,You guys should not be sure of stories told by self seeking traditional rulers.
3,It only in Yoruba land I see kings lost their values and cultures but the Edo's kingdom culture is still intact.
4,how can kings who says Omo noba throne is a third class couldn't have an empire, while the Edo's had a long lasting one, Oyo empire was brief.Pls check the records to confirm.
Let me mention a few.
Guys let us research about our traditions not just because we belong to a perticular tribe

Your further research will tell you what w e have been telling you.

The heads of your past Oba of Bini are in Ile Ife and before any coronation of Oba of Bini, Ooni's permission is always sought.

That is the tradition and a fact.

LaurelP:
Why not focus on the subject of the news.
This is really getting annoying

Are you a wailer or an iPod?

The Department State Services (DSS), has announced the arrest of one Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, alleged to be a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In statement by one of its officials, Tony Okpuiyo, the DSS said Mr. Yunusa was arrested in Kano on January 17, 2016, after he “completed arrangements to embark on a journey to join an ISIS terrorist training camp in Libya, with other Nigerians whom he recruited for the ISIS.” DSS OPERATIVES The statement read: “In line with the Service statutory mandate to decisively and continually provide actionable intelligence as well as act to degrade persons and groups that threaten internal security in the Country, the Service initiated series of tactical operations, involving raids and enforcement actions against identified criminal and extremist kingpins and syndicates across the country. “These recent operations have significantly degraded the key extremist groups and kidnapping gangs, terrorizing innocent citizens in the Country, particularly in the South-West, North-West and Middle-Belt regions of the Federation.

“On 17th January, 2016, one Abdussalam Enesi YUNUSA, a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was arrested in Kano. His arrest was sequel to available intelligence which indicated his terrorist antecedents and covert drive to indoctrinate and recruit susceptible youths in the country. Prior to his arrest, YUNUSA had completed arrangements to embark on a journey to join an ISIS terrorist training camp in Libya, with other Nigerians whom he recruited for the ‘Islamic State’.

These recruits include the trio of one Muhammed RABI’U, Yahaya Momoh JIMOH and Zainab SUNDAY (f). YUNUSA is a 400 level undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, where he was studying for a degree in Information and Media Technology. “He was subsequently radicalized and became a member of an extremist cell, comprising of one IBRAHIM (fnu) and Abubakar LIGALI, whom he revealed are currently undergoing terrorist training in Libya. He listed one AMINU (fnu) and Ibrahim JIHADI (Nigeriene), as other ISIS agents operating in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. The cell was being funded by one Abu-sa’ad Al Sudani, a media expert with the extremist group using Western Union money transfers to fund the terrorist cell agenda.

“On 17th January, 2016, in Daura township of Daura LGA, Katsina State, another budding extremist cell affiliated to ISIS, was intercepted by the Service. One Ibrahim Mohammed DAURA, Zaharadeen SALISU and five other elements of the proscribed extremist group, Ansaru, were arrested by the Service. This group was discovered in an active stage, as its members were already co-ordinating themselves for attacks in Katsina and Kano States. “In the same vein, on 22nd January, 2016, one Obansa SALAMI, Ejide TIJANI aka Abu Uwaise II, Mohammed RABIU aka Ubida II, Zainab MOHAMMED and Abdulqadir Salisu AHMAD were arrested in Kano by this Service, while migrating to Libya, with their immediate families including infants, in a bid to join ISIS. This group was apprehended after painstaking monitoring of its network and plans.

“On 29th January, 2016, the Service arrested Mohammed Aliyu NDAKO in Kwara State. NDAKO is a seventeen (17) year old undergraduate student of a tertiary institution in the State. He was arrested sequel to credible intelligence on his plans with one Abdulkadir Salisu AHMAD a.k.a Daddy Tall, another student in Kano State, to carry out coordinated lone-wolf attacks on selected populated targets in Nigeria preferably worship centres or recreation venues. Suspect had hitherto been communicating with foreign extremist elements, while sourcing online terrorist training and support.

“Within the window of these tactical operations, between the month of December 2015 and February 2016, the Service, busted the network of syndicated kidnap gangs spanning different regions in the country, especially Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger, Nasarawa, FCT, Oyo and Osun States. Foremost in this line, was the arrest of a gang of five (5) kidnappers, Abubakar HASSAN, Usman MUSA, Usman ADAMU and Idrisa Babangida AHMADU at Ife junction, Osun State, on 3rd February, 2016.

“On 5th February, 2016, the fifth member of the gang, Saidu ISYAKU was arrested at Ojo area, Oyo State. These kidnappers, Six (6) AK 47 rifles, five (5) magazines and about one thousand rounds of ammunition were recovered. This gang has been active in the South West axis of the country and were at advanced stages of kidnapping high value targets for huge ransom, before they were intercepted.

“Another breakthrough in the fight against kidnapping was the killing of Abubakar MOHAMMED (aka BUBA), and an unidentified member of his group, on 8th February, 2016 close to Jebba Medical Centre, Jebba, Kwara State by security operatives as they tried to escape during a shootout with security operatives. MOHAMMED was a notorious kidnap kingpin known for his brutality and various acts of lawlessness. It is disheartening that this criminal and his men had terrorized, to no end, residents of the South West zone. He was also linked to the kidnap of the elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae, in Ondo State.

“In the wake of deliberate vandalism of oil pipelines by criminal elements in the South-South region, the Service arrested one Nengi Samuel IKIBA aka Kockman Abula, a notorious pipeline vandal on 27th January, 2016, in Bayelsa State. IKIBA confessed to vandalizing several pipelines in the State, including the 24” Agoda/Brass Oil pipeline at Idema community in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State.

“The modest success of the Service in its support to the Federal Government to achieve its desired economic objectives and stability may also be noted. To this effect, the DSS have arrested a group of fraudsters who had concluded plans to hack the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) domiciled in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation in order to steal Four Billion, Five Hundred Million Naira (N4.5b) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). “The gang was led by one Sunny OKOH, a hacker who worked in collaboration with the trio of Uwem Udo EKPO, a Chief Program Analyst in the OAGF, Maxwell EKENE, a retired security operative and Dozie EGWU, based in Malaysia and who is now at large. The suspected fraudsters intended to use a software they had sourced and codes released to them by EKPO to hack Government accounts in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and defraud the Government of this huge sum.

“It is instructive to note that a credibility problem would have arisen over the TSA policy if these hackers had succeeded in their plan and thus lend credence to the critics of the policy that it ought not to have been introduced and implemented. For the avoidance of doubt, the suspects have been handed over to the EFCC for further investigations and prosecution.

“It is pertinent to state that these successes were recorded as a result of proactive and credible intelligence offered by members of the public, sister security agencies and other stakeholders. This Service wish to state that it will continue to deploy every means necessary within its statutory mandate, and armbit of the law to ensure the security and safety of all law-abiding residents and citizens wherever they reside.

“It is also germane to urge all and sundry to be extra-vigilant, as well as report any suspicious persons/groups or activities to relevant security agencies, for the sustenance of relative peace in the country.

The Vanguard.

DSS is infringing on his right by arresting the ISIS recruiter.

That will be the new song of wailers and iPods.

We are waiting.