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It is quite unfortunate that things have to degenerate to this level.

Again the Shiite, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are not harmless as we all think. It is a religious and political organization with the aim of having an islamic republic like in Iran. The followers are always harmed with AK 47 as the move along with the procession to Husainiyya Baqiyatullah, Zaria obstructting traffic on Highways.

There are intelligence report connecting this group's to Boko Haram and other violent Islamic groups in Africa and the middle east... I.e Hezbollah

Sooner or later this was going to happen. The Nigeria army has been keeping a watchful eye on this group.

It is quite unfortunate that things have to degenerate to this level.

Again the Shiite, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are not harmless as we all think. It is a religious and political organization with the aim of having an islamic republic like in Iran. The followers are always harmed with AK 47 as the move along with the procession to Husainiyya Baqiyatullah, Zaria obstructting traffic on Highways.

There are intelligence report connecting this group's to Boko Haram and other violent Islamic groups in Africa and the middle east... I.e Hezbollah

Sooner or later this was going to happen. The Nigeria army has been keeping a watchful eye on this group.

It is quite unfortunate that things have to degenerate to this level.

Again the Shiite, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are not harmless as we all think. It is a religious and political organization with the aim of having an islamic republic like in Iran. The followers are always harmed with AK 47 as the move along with the procession to Husainiyya Baqiyatullah, Zaria obstructing traffic on Highways.

There are intelligence report connecting this group's to Boko Haram and other violent Islamic groups in Africa and the middle east... I.e Hezbollah

Sooner or later this was going to happen. The Nigeria army has been keeping a watchful eye on this group.

It is quite unfortunate that things have to degenerate to this level.

Again the Shiite, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are not harmless as we all think. It is a religious and political organization with the aim of having an islamic republic like in Iran. The followers are always harmed with AK 47 as the move along with the procession to Husainiyya Baqiyatullah, Zaria obstructting traffic on Highways.

There are intelligence report connecting this group's to Boko Haram and other violent Islamic groups in Africa and the middle east... I.e Hezbollah

Sooner or later this was going to happen. The Nigeria army has been keeping a watchful eye on this group.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life. Prov.1.19

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways. Prov.2.12-15

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life. Prov. 1.19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.

11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways. Prov.2.11-15

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways. Prov.2.12-15

My Brother in all things stay close to God. Look for a bible believing church. With time your parent can not force their religious practices on you. But stay close to God. We have all been there.

She is Biracial. Her mother is a Nago kura or Northern Nago from Aledjo Koura.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWc9Bs9lvfA

In regard to the origin of the term “Nago,” Parrinder (1947) explains that according to older Fon
men the name “was given to the Yoruba people in general during the intermittent wars between
Oyo (and later Abeokuta) and Abomey, in the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
It was an insult, said to mean ‘the lousy’!” Other translations are “the people from over yonder,”
or “the strangers from the north.” (p. 122; see also Tidjani 1945). According to the Dictionnaire
fon-français (Segurola 1963:402), “Nagónu” (or “Anagónù”) refers to fetishers dedicated to the
Sakpota cult, or to the Sέgbó-Lisá, Mǎwǔ, Lisà or Gu cults.

The explanations given above appear to indicate that the term “Nago” is a cover term referring to
speakers of Yoruboid varieties in general rather than to distinct communities. This view seems to
be shared by Capo (1989:277) who states that “… the speakers of the cluster in Bénin and Togo
… are … known as Nagó or Anagó” and that they “… are not distinct communities …”
However, in the same article Capo (1989) also lists Nago as a distinct linguistic community
among all the other Ede varieties, referring to the rural districts of Ifangni, Ikpinlè, Kétou, Pobè
and Sakété in the Ouémé province as well as to some villages of Alédjo and Bassila and rural
districts of Djougou in the Atakora province.


Population
40,000 (2002 SIL).

Location
Donga department: Bassila commune; on Togo border. Aledjo Koura area.
Benin

ClassificationNiger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Defoid, Yoruboid, Edekiri Dialects
Lexical similarity: 78% with Ife [ife] of Tchetti, 76% with Northern Nago [xkb], 68% with Yoruba [yor] of Porto-Novo, 65% with Southern Nago [nqg].

Language Use
All domains. All ages. Also use French [fra], Lukpa [dop], Tem [kdh].

Other Comments
Religion Muslim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aledjo-Koura

2014 Miss France wants to discover her cultural origins - Anago/Yoruba

Greeted at the airport by Benin's Minister of Commerce, Naomi Azaria, Miss France 2014, said all his joy to come to recharge the fold.

"I arrived in Benin, my mother country, not only for recreation in its culture by rediscovering the country and learn a little about my background, but also to conduct humanitarian activities," she said to the press VIP lounge of the international airport Cardinal Gantin Cotonou Bernardi.

According to sources close to the Beninese Ministry of Culture, the Miss France will during his stay in Benin, interview one-on-one with the President of Benin, Boni Yayi.

Besides the interview, Miss Flora Coquerel visit the Central Office for the Protection of Minors and the Hospital of the Mother and Child of Cotonou.

She will also visit Bassila town about 350 kilometers northwest of Benin where she will carry not only the inauguration of a well with a hand pump in the village of Akaradè but lead also development aid activities and cultural immersion Aledjo-Koura.


http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2014/3/11/benin-miss-france-2014-veut-decouvrir-origines-culturelles-247470.asp

Anglicized yoruba alphabet

He erred. Islam said 4 wives not 5. Government need to start taxing the rich. If they do no man will sit down somewhere and have 5 wives and 27 children. At that will reduce the inequality in the system.

I'm Yoruba but I will say it again Ibos have a never die atitude that make them excel any where.

Yes these are warrior and hunters of Old. They know their forest very well. There is more to Yoruboid people than Ketou, Save, and Port Novo.

True but Ana-Ife borrowed words also from their neighbors.

The Tchamba were originally from Northern Ghana. Infact they were the aboriginal population of Dagbon. But due to pressures from Neighboring Kingdoms, such as the Mossi Kingdoms, Hausa Bakwai, and later the Ashanti, the population dispersed to northern togo and Benin.

I'm sorry to say but they were the acephalous tribe of the Kingdom of Dagbon. They had no political head. They were the catchment tribe for slaves by the Sahelian kingdoms. The lowest ranking tribe in the Dagbon Kingdom. Hence, a good number of them would have been enslaved.

This is not unique to the Tchamba. A good number of tribes in the sahel belt of west Africa suffered the same fate. They were too far from the coast and the desert. Hence, their political development was limited.

This is their Language. There are also christians among Ife-Ana.

http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C64698


http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C64701

The Bante speak ede Itcha.

http://globalrecordings.net/en/language/6308

Yoruba say Ekaro...Ana-ife say Ekuoni

Thank you all.

The Ana-Ife are mostly found in the area called Grand Ogou in the Plateau region of Togo. There are some in the Central region of Benin. There are roughly 250,000 - 300,000 in Togo. Ede language subgroup member.

Lexical similarity of Ana-Ife: 78% with Yoruba [yor] of Porto-Novo, 87%–91% with Ede Nago of Ketou [xkb].

Greetings in Ana-Ife
Ifè [ife] (Togo. Benin.)
Koní morning greeting
Kabo morning greeting
Edijé morning greeting
Kosã daytime greeting
Kalɛ' afternoon and evening greeting
Aleni evening greeting
Kútsɛ nɔní greeting to a person you saw earlier today
Kútsɔɔná greeting to a person you saw yesterday
Kútsɛ idzɛta greeting to a person you saw three days ago
Kútsɛ idzɛlo greeting to a person you saw more than three days ago
Ò tsɛ reè? how are you?, "are you fine?"
N tsɛíire reply to Ò dzí reè
Ò wá bɛɛ? greeting, "are you there?"
Káàbɔ welcome greeting
Kúùr welcome greeting

http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/Country%20Greetings%20Togo.htm

The Fulani are very good at assimilating other people's culture. The ladies speaking Yoruba probably stayed some time in Ilorin town. It is not only in Nigeria the fulanis do that every where.

History of Ana-Ife People in Togo

FACTBOX: A Brief History of Odon Itsu party
History remembers that Ifè who left the locality
Ilé of Ife (Nigeria), through Kétou (in Benin) and
Tchéti Atakpamé arrived in 1700, a mountainous site
sure that protected against possible pursuers.
Arriving in Atakpame, the Ife have brought with them,
planted a root which fed them by producing many
tubers. It is in recognition to their deities
would have donated this root, and that Ifè
other allied communities, celebrate Odon Itsu meaning
in Ife language: "yam festival."
On this occasion, the tradition is that the beginnings of yam
are first offered to the deities before
consumption, to thank them for having promoted
abundant crops, and benefit from their protection and
their blessings on the families and the next planting season.
Beyond this traditional look, the celebration of Odon
Itsu is an opportunity to return to the fold of all
son of Grand Ogou, today marks not only a trait
union but a unifying element in many communities

After Evala last week it was the turn of Ana-Ife people start rejoicing in the plateau region.

The 38th edition of Odon-itsu, the feast of yams is Saturday at Municipal Stadium Atakpamé attended by Minister of Culture and Arts, Hamadou Yacoubou.

Three prefectures are involved in this festival: Eastern mono, Anié and Ogou.

Friday, the spiritual leader of Earth and guarantor of customs and custom Ana, Iba Somone Fotoki Atchikiti odoe IX, conducted the ritual prayers to give permission to Ana Ife people to consume the new yam.

The ceremony took place in Iwaya, in the convent and sanctuary Ana Ifê people.

Yam is the main crop of the population Ana.

Before consumption, the premises must be submitted to the spirits of ancestors.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdG5KAeg5M


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnapJFuer9o


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJKRtX7u_vk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CobGDYCQshE

Godwin Nwaofor had a 'suckers list' of target victims to send bogus letters
The letters were sent by a ‘lottery agent’ targeting mainly American pensioners informing them they had won the Australian Lottery
He received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London
Nwaofor helped another Nigerian, Frank Onyechonam, who was nicknamed ‘Fizzy’ for his love of vintage champagne and jailed for eight years in 2014
Judge Richard Hone QC had little sympathy for Nwaofor, who broke down in tears at Central Criminal Court as he was jailed for seven years.


A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings.
Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery.
The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London.


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Olufunsho Adeshina allegedly funneled fraudulent refunds into more than 20 bank accounts under his control. Several banks found the deposits suspicious and contacted law enforcement officials.

Investigators believe Adeshina has left St. Louis and are searching for him.

T. LOUIS (KTVI) - A St. Louis musician is accused of stealing close to $200,000 in tax refunds in an IRS scam.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Three Arrested and Charged in Connection with Two Schemes Using Stolen Personal Identification Information

Baltimore, Maryland – Three Nigerian nationals were arrested today, charged by criminal complaint with fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with two schemes using stolen personal identification information. In addition to the arrests, more than 130 law enforcement officers from nine agencies executed 17 search warrants as part of this ongoing investigation.

Charged by criminal complaint are:

Omolaja Terry Iginla, age 25, of Laurel, Maryland;
Mayowa Olabiyi Towobola, age 24, of Parkville, Maryland; and
Hafis Omowonuola Oladokun, age 38, of Owings Mills, Maryland.

The charges and arrests were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Acting Special Agent in Charge Ivan Arvelo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Kathryn Montemorra, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Washington D.C. Field Office; and Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department.

“Today’s enforcement sends a clear message to those who believe that the profit of cybercrime outweighs the risks of detection and capture,” said Ivan Arvelo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, HSI Baltimore. “The message is that you are not anonymous and you will be arrested. As we have shown, HSI and its law enforcement partners will vigorously pursue those who steal, peddle, and abuse the private information of American consumers.”

“This has been a complex and important fraud investigation that illustrates the commitment and cooperation of law enforcement personnel at all levels. With patience and a sound investigation, we ensure that perpetrators of such fraud will not get away with ruining the lives of innocent people,” said Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson.

“Criminal conspiracies involving fraudulent refund schemes victimize our nation’s honest taxpayers,” said Kathryn Montemorra, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Washington D.C. Field Office. “Today’s enforcement actions are a reminder that IRS-CI will remain vigilant in our investigation of these schemes and will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to combat this type of criminal conduct.”

According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, the investigation began in 2013 when Iginla was initially arrested after accepting delivery for two fraudulent Ghanaian passports. A search warrant executed at Iginla’s apartment recovered, among other items, an Apple iPod which was found to contain the personal identification information (PII) of more than 35,000 individuals, including names, dates of birth, social security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses; named text files; account numbers and security codes for numerous Green Dot & other prepaid debit cards; business names, addresses, and associated EIN numbers; monetary loss values contained within “text files” associated with the PII of many of the probable identity theft victims residing throughout the United States; and a digital image of a social security card of a probable identity theft victim. Digital forensic examination of an iOS address book uncovered from the laptop computers seized during the search revealed a contact for “Mayowa”, which is the first name of Towobola. The cellular telephone number is subscribed in the name of Hafis Omowonuola Oladokun.

According to the criminal complaint, the PII data recovered from the iPod found in Iginla’s apartment was forwarded to the IRS. Analysis revealed that the stolen PII data recovered from the Apple iPod was used to file approximately 4,500 fraudulent tax returns with the IRS. The attempted refund amount from these returns is approximately $13,025,000, and over $2,400,000 in refunds has been distributed by the IRS. Investigation revealed that in some cases, tax refunds were transferred to Green Dot and other prepaid debit card accounts and the funds were then withdrawn from the accounts. For example, a prepaid debit visa account found in Iginla’s files show that the account was activated on line in the name of D.S. Within two day of its activation, that account received a direct deposit of a tax refund. When interviewed, D.S. advised investigators that he had not filed federal tax returns for 2012 or 2013, nor had he applied for or possessed a prepaid visa debit card. D.S. confirmed that the PII on the account was the same as his. Prior to his interview with law enforcement, D.S. was not aware of being a victim of identity theft.

During the Iginla investigation, law enforcement became aware of a related investigation, originally initiated by the Baltimore County Police Department, regarding a fraud allegedly perpetrated by Oladokun, Towobola and others, which involved the re-encoding of victims’ debit card account numbers and the purchasing of money orders using PII stolen as a result of the Target Store data breach which occurred during November and December 2013. Investigation revealed that victim debit card account numbers were re-encoded onto other unknown debit/credit cards, which were then used to purchase money orders and make automatic teller machine (ATM) withdrawals at various banks and retailers located in Baltimore County. The money orders were then cashed by the conspirators at local check cashing stores.

Additionally, a review of financial records showed that many of the money orders cashed at the check cashing stores in Maryland were purchased with Green Dot prepaid debit card accounts using stolen PII. Investigation revealed that Oladokun, Towobola and other co-conspirators have cashed approximately 1,105 third party money orders at one check cashing store, totaling approximately $737,373.

The defendants face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for wire fraud and a mandatory two years in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, for aggravated identity theft. The defendants all had an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Iginla and Towobola consented to detention and Olakodun was detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.

A criminal complaint is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by criminal complaint is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised HSI-Baltimore, IRS-CI, and the Baltimore County Police Department for their work in the investigation and thanked the Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County Police Departments, Maryland State Police and the U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service for their assistance. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Paul E. Budlow and Sandra Wilkinson, who are prosecuting the case.

http://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/three-arrested-and-charged-connection-two-schemes-using-stolen-personal-identification

Nigerian man sentenced to 20 years for role in $50 million fraud scheme
GULFPORT, Miss. – A Nigerian national illegally present in the United States was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy that sought to steal $50 million via a variety of complex mass-marketing fraud schemes. The criminal enterprise was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Gulfport along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, South African and Canadian police, and HSI special agents in Atlanta, Jackson, Miss., Charleston, S.C., and South Africa.

Teslim Olarewaju Kiriji, 30, a Nigerian citizen residing in Brownsburg, Indiana, received the maximum penalty for his conviction on the felony charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. In addition to his 20-year prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden ordered Kiriji to pay a $10,000 fine and to serve three years supervised release following the completion of his sentence. Kiriji will also face removal from the United States.

According to court documents, Kiriji admitted in his guilty plea to being part of an international organization involved in multiple online fraud schemes that illegally used victims’ banking and credit information obtained from romance scams, reshipping scams, fraudulent check scams and work-at-home scams, along with bank, financial and credit card account takeovers. Kiriji used and distributed victims’ personal, bank and credit card information from at least 2004 until his arrest in May 2014.

The investigation into Kiriji began in October 2011 when HSI Gulfport special agents were informed of a Mississippi woman who was the victim of a sweetheart scam. The victim received a package in the mail from a man she had been communicating with romantically; the man requested that she reship merchandise to an address in Pretoria, South Africa. Investigation subsequently revealed the merchandise had been purchased using stolen credit card information from numerous persons across the United States.

This case was prosecuted by Southern District of Mississippi Assistant U.S. Attorneys Annette Williams and Scott Gilbert along with Robert Tully of the Organized Crime Gang Section of the Department of Justice.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/nigerian-man-sentenced-20-years-role-50-million-fraud-scheme

Just saw this exhibition. Very interesting.

The Nagô Hunters of the Bantè Kingdom, established in the fourteenth century, form a brotherhood of hunters, placed under the authority of a traditional King. The Kingdom is located in the heart of Benin, in the Bantè forest, the Collines Department. The 27 villages of the Kingdom comprise Chiefs Hunters. At the expense of hunting great game, now abandoned, the Hunters have become the essential players in the conservation of their environment, through defending the Bantè Forest on one hand and through protecting their cultural heritage on the other. Guardians of a rich tradition intimately linked with the forest, the Nagô Hunters notably conserve an exceptional knowledge of treatments based on the use of medicinal plants.

Since the beginning of the 2000's, after 25 years dedicated to Asia, Jean-Dominique Burton travels all over Africa, revealing the wealth of civilisations and the beauty of their heritage. Jean-Dominique Burton's vision of Africa is steadfastly positive.

His African projects have always been supported by the Zinsou Foundation, recently joined by the Fondation George Arthur Forrest.

What do you know about this people?



http://www.exhibitionsinternational.org/create_more.asp?isbn=9782960114805