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May their souls rest in peace.

Your dad should call on your sister to know the kind of in law you have and his attitude towards money. Your dad should not have given the money without the consent of your sister, that is an error because it is your sister that links the family to the man. Let your sister advise your dad on the way forward. His family will know about it and everything should be documented for posterity.

This is a well researched article though as good as it is, the bible does not encourage polygamy especially New testament. If you desire the post of bishop or deacon you have to be husband of only one wife. The question is what of if you are not ready to be a deacon? You will equally be told that we are all deacon as a Christian. From exigency point of view most of the reasons for polygamy are plausible but then it should be a circumstantial issue. One should not go out there with the intention of marrying more than one wife but if your situation permits well it is left for you.

The man is just covering up. He is a fool. When he committed suicide who will take care of his family?

This post is nonsensical. It is just meant to denigrate the personality of Tinubu. If Buhari feels he does not need Tinubu, it is ungratefulness, the same way Jonathan, disrespected Obasanjo, it is ungentlemanly. If they can do such things to people that literarily put them in power, they can do anything to the masses. No wonder we have been in this mess. We lack culture of gratefulness.

There was nothing bad to realign with the north at that time. If Buhari is not good as a leader with what he passed through, his experience, age, we can hardly trust any person from the north. Morally, it was the turn of the North, that was why the majority of the West support the north against Jonathan who was too laisser-faire. Maybe Atiku or Kwankwanso could have been better, I do not know. Point of correction, Awolowo was never used and dumped, read your history very well. It is those who were benefiting from the large scale corruption supervised by Jonathan that wanted him to be there for life. SE, SS and SW will never align because you cannot align with somebody who hate you. SE & SS do not like Yoruba. When Awolowo formed alliance with Mike Okpara, majority of the Igbo went with the North. SE & SS have always aligned with the north at our own expense. During the First coup, Agu Ironsi framed Colonel Banjo as part of the coupists even when it was glaring that he was not part of them , he failed to release him and Ojukwu finally killed him despite the fact that he begged this man to stay behind to help him prosecute the war. Ademoyegun managed to escape to Ibadan. The Yoruba are very trust worthy arguably the most trustworthy ethnic group in Nigeria but can easily read between the lines and know when to retreat or move forward.

I am so surprised the way some people are responding to the shallow talk from Yakassai. Even those who should know refuse to learn. It is unfortunate Nigeria is made up of unequally yoked people. Some people want good governance while some people care only for themselves. Yoruba has demonstrated what they can do when given the opportunity to do so. Right from the time of Awolowo to Tinubu, the Western region is developed above any region in Nigeria, no wonder every Tom, Dick and Harry find it gratifying to attack the Yoruba even without provocation. Yoruba has been agitating for a better Nigeria, that is what restructuring is all about. Somebody said Jonathan should have continued, I disagree with that: " According to the American constitution, if you acted as a president for two years before the election you can only go for a single term of 4years." This should be applicable to Jonathan, after all, he begged for a single term. Yoruba believe in what is just, what is right, no matter what anybody can do or say can change that. Western region remains the most peaceful region in Nigeria. If you say, we should have supported another northerner instead of Buhari I will agree with you.

For God sake, we are in Nigeria not America. It is an act of stupidity and mischief for anyone to name his pet after a popular person. Calling your goat Jonathan or your dog Buhari is the height of hatred and should not be tolerated by any sensible Nigerian who has not lost his moral value. In my area, we have people bearing Shagari, Babaginda, Gowon Ojukwu, Goodluck Obasanjo depending on who was on the throne as at the time the child was born but definitely not animal. If you believe what the guy has done is good kindly change your surnames to Dog or Goat so that I can believe you are serious with what you are saying.

I got an email from them responding to my application to an advertisement purported to have emanated from Pfizer. On getting there they were talking about business development, they did not talk about the vacancy. I told them how disappointed I was and I left. Their attitude is tantamount to 419.

gimbayaro:
how could this be true? I cant imagine what the minister of interior is saying...whats are your thoughts?

This is information is misleading and wrong. He said N10 billions for 70,000 inmates per annum this will give us N391 daily. https://www.today.ng/.../spends-n10bn-annually-feed...

http://withdrmalik.org/2015/05/stop-saying-eating-indomie-is-dangerous-health-lies.html. Most of the criticisms against indomie are mere exaggeration that are not supported medically.

Thank you for this information. Somebody should get the service of a Lawyer and sue him to court. This is bad. This should also get to other social media.

Tecno winpad 10 is going for N58,000.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/ugbo-ilajes-place-in-yoruba-history-by-oba-akinruntan/
Ugbo-Ilaje’s place in Yoruba history, by Oba Akinruntan
• By Niyi Bello on August 14, 2015
Akinruntan
CONTRARY to claims by historians and some sections of oral tradition that the Ugbo people were driven away from Ile-Ife at the beginning of the Oduduwa Dynasty, the Olugbo and paramount ruler of the Ugbo-Ilaje people of the coastal stretch of Ondo State, said that his people left Ife out of their own volition.
The Ugbo-Ilaje, a sub-ethnic group of the larger Yoruba culture who presently occupy the country’s western coastline of the Atlantic ocean with fishing as the mainstay of their economic activities, have been confirmed by various historical sources and through living traditions to be the original inhabitants of Ile-Ife who had been living in the ancient community centuries before the arrival of Oduduwa and his people “from the East.”
Now occupying the bank of the “great waters”, the Ugbo-Ilaje, the only Yoruba grouping living in an aquatic environment with traditional spiritual links to the ocean through the worship of Malokun, the water deity which also signifies thir believe in the mightiness and richness of the vast ocean, the Ilaje are itinerant fishermen known for their seafaring exploits along the West African and Central African coastline.
The Olugbo, a First Class monarch, who resides at Ode-Ugbo, their ancestral home, reigns over about two hundred small kingdoms scattered along the 80-kilometer coastal stretch of Ondo State and to signify the uniqueness of the stool and the importance of fishing to the tradition of the people, the biggest fish, when caught, is always reserved for the Olugbo.
A recent disclosure in The Guardian by Ambassador Olu Agbi, a professor of History, in the wake of the controversy over the demise of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, had stated that the Ugbo people were forced to flee a land they had been occupying for centuries “because of the overbearing influence of Oduduwa against the aborigines.”
But the Olugbo, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, told The Guardian while responding to the Agbi claim, that “it is true that we were the original inhabitants of Ife, but our history told us that we left, not because we were craven away but because the land was not fertile enough for our economic activities.”
The Olugbo who cited many authorities to back his claim, said the Moremi story, a historical narrative that is still being observed today in Ile-Ife as a festival, rather than confirm that the Ugbo people were driven away, only strengthen the fact that the original inhabitants were physically and spiritually stronger that the newcomers. According to Oba Akinruntan, “the Ugbo people were the original custodians of the spiritual art of divination through the Ifa oracle and it was the oracle that directed the inhabitants of Ife to leave the place and move southwards.
The raid on the Ife community that led to the sacrifice of Moremi’s son, Ela, confirmed that the original settlers were ahead of the newcomers in the art of warfare. ‘It was only through divine consultations that the Ife settlers were able to free themselves from the raids by the Ugbo people during which our forebears in Ugbo seized slaves and women from Ife. History taught us that the raids were as a result of the hostilities between the two groups back then in history.
“We were not driven out of Ife. Ifa and Osanyin deity directed that our ancestors should move southwards to the body of great waters because Ife was baren. Ugbo in our dialect means “this is where we are to stay” and we settled at Ode-Ugbo. “Oraife, a very important historical figure which has a shrine in Ife was the father of Osangangan Obamakin, the progenitor of the Ugbos and it is the same personality as Oranmaken who was the Olugbo when Moremi was carried off as a slave to Oke Maforanga, the war camp of the Ugbos which is located at a place near today’s Oke-Igbo.”
Relying on oral Ugbo palace tradition and current cultural linkages between the Ugbo and Ife, the Olugbo said “according to oral history, sixteen broad-chested men were always leading raids against Ife and when Moremi eventually made a deal and the raiding gang was busted when the secrets of their costumes leaked, seven of the raiders from Ugbo stayed back while nine found their way back to Ugbo. “Those who stayed back in Ife, till today, still maintained their Ugbo links and anytime that the Ugbo palace is celebrating anything, they always send representatives.
For instance, they are always present at my coronation anniversary to maintain a tradition that they have been observing for centuries. “As I speak to you, the old palace of the Ugbo is still at Iremo quarters of Ile-Ife and the people of the quarters they occupy in Ife could be found in Baba Sigidi, Obawinrin and Obagio. They are there and they still maintain their links with Ugbo.”
When asked the origin of the Ugbo people if the Oduduwa Dynasty came from another place, Olugbo said, “We are the original atewonro because our ancestors descended from heaven. Our story of creation must have been accredited wrongly to Oduduwa. We came from nowhere but heaven.
That is why part of our cognomen refers to us as “Ugbo Atorunwo”, meaning a people that descended from heaven.” To confirm the historical importance of the Ugbo stool and its history, Oba Akinruntan referred to the submission of Olukoya Ogen in a lecture delivered by the Professor of History titled “History, Politics and Ethnicity: A Critique of the Existing Canons of Yoruba Historiography”, where the Ugbo crown was described as the oldest in Yoruba land because it predated the Oduduwa Dynasty.
The Olugbo also referred, in his words “for emphasis” to the submission of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Erediuawa in his book “I remain, Sir, Your Obedient Servant” where the Benin monarch said the Ugbo people were “the ancient settlers at Ife” before they moved to their present day location and also referred the yearly ritual of reenactment of the movement of the Ugbo in Ife today.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/ugbo-ilajes-place-in-yoruba-history-by-oba-akinruntan/
Ugbo-Ilaje’s place in Yoruba history, by Oba Akinruntan
• By Niyi Bello on August 14, 2015
Akinruntan
CONTRARY to claims by historians and some sections of oral tradition that the Ugbo people were driven away from Ile-Ife at the beginning of the Oduduwa Dynasty, the Olugbo and paramount ruler of the Ugbo-Ilaje people of the coastal stretch of Ondo State, said that his people left Ife out of their own volition.
The Ugbo-Ilaje, a sub-ethnic group of the larger Yoruba culture who presently occupy the country’s western coastline of the Atlantic ocean with fishing as the mainstay of their economic activities, have been confirmed by various historical sources and through living traditions to be the original inhabitants of Ile-Ife who had been living in the ancient community centuries before the arrival of Oduduwa and his people “from the East.”
Now occupying the bank of the “great waters”, the Ugbo-Ilaje, the only Yoruba grouping living in an aquatic environment with traditional spiritual links to the ocean through the worship of Malokun, the water deity which also signifies thir believe in the mightiness and richness of the vast ocean, the Ilaje are itinerant fishermen known for their seafaring exploits along the West African and Central African coastline.
The Olugbo, a First Class monarch, who resides at Ode-Ugbo, their ancestral home, reigns over about two hundred small kingdoms scattered along the 80-kilometer coastal stretch of Ondo State and to signify the uniqueness of the stool and the importance of fishing to the tradition of the people, the biggest fish, when caught, is always reserved for the Olugbo.
A recent disclosure in The Guardian by Ambassador Olu Agbi, a professor of History, in the wake of the controversy over the demise of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, had stated that the Ugbo people were forced to flee a land they had been occupying for centuries “because of the overbearing influence of Oduduwa against the aborigines.”
But the Olugbo, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, told The Guardian while responding to the Agbi claim, that “it is true that we were the original inhabitants of Ife, but our history told us that we left, not because we were craven away but because the land was not fertile enough for our economic activities.”
The Olugbo who cited many authorities to back his claim, said the Moremi story, a historical narrative that is still being observed today in Ile-Ife as a festival, rather than confirm that the Ugbo people were driven away, only strengthen the fact that the original inhabitants were physically and spiritually stronger that the newcomers. According to Oba Akinruntan, “the Ugbo people were the original custodians of the spiritual art of divination through the Ifa oracle and it was the oracle that directed the inhabitants of Ife to leave the place and move southwards.
The raid on the Ife community that led to the sacrifice of Moremi’s son, Ela, confirmed that the original settlers were ahead of the newcomers in the art of warfare. ‘It was only through divine consultations that the Ife settlers were able to free themselves from the raids by the Ugbo people during which our forebears in Ugbo seized slaves and women from Ife. History taught us that the raids were as a result of the hostilities between the two groups back then in history.
“We were not driven out of Ife. Ifa and Osanyin deity directed that our ancestors should move southwards to the body of great waters because Ife was baren. Ugbo in our dialect means “this is where we are to stay” and we settled at Ode-Ugbo. “Oraife, a very important historical figure which has a shrine in Ife was the father of Osangangan Obamakin, the progenitor of the Ugbos and it is the same personality as Oranmaken who was the Olugbo when Moremi was carried off as a slave to Oke Maforanga, the war camp of the Ugbos which is located at a place near today’s Oke-Igbo.”
Relying on oral Ugbo palace tradition and current cultural linkages between the Ugbo and Ife, the Olugbo said “according to oral history, sixteen broad-chested men were always leading raids against Ife and when Moremi eventually made a deal and the raiding gang was busted when the secrets of their costumes leaked, seven of the raiders from Ugbo stayed back while nine found their way back to Ugbo. “Those who stayed back in Ife, till today, still maintained their Ugbo links and anytime that the Ugbo palace is celebrating anything, they always send representatives.
For instance, they are always present at my coronation anniversary to maintain a tradition that they have been observing for centuries. “As I speak to you, the old palace of the Ugbo is still at Iremo quarters of Ile-Ife and the people of the quarters they occupy in Ife could be found in Baba Sigidi, Obawinrin and Obagio. They are there and they still maintain their links with Ugbo.”
When asked the origin of the Ugbo people if the Oduduwa Dynasty came from another place, Olugbo said, “We are the original atewonro because our ancestors descended from heaven. Our story of creation must have been accredited wrongly to Oduduwa. We came from nowhere but heaven.
That is why part of our cognomen refers to us as “Ugbo Atorunwo”, meaning a people that descended from heaven.” To confirm the historical importance of the Ugbo stool and its history, Oba Akinruntan referred to the submission of Olukoya Ogen in a lecture delivered by the Professor of History titled “History, Politics and Ethnicity: A Critique of the Existing Canons of Yoruba Historiography”, where the Ugbo crown was described as the oldest in Yoruba land because it predated the Oduduwa Dynasty.
The Olugbo also referred, in his words “for emphasis” to the submission of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Erediuawa in his book “I remain, Sir, Your Obedient Servant” where the Benin monarch said the Ugbo people were “the ancient settlers at Ife” before they moved to their present day location and also referred the yearly ritual of reenactment of the movement of the Ugbo in Ife today.