NaijirianKing:
This is an interesting write up, however it is slightly factually inaccurate.

Ilorin never "belonged" to any one ethnic group as it has always been a multi-ethnic city and by extension, Kwara has always been a multi-ethic state belonging to no one group or people. The area known today as Kwara was always more Northern in culture, religion, heritage and world view.

Due to the marginalization done by ancient Oyo, many of those Oyo subjects, who had Yoruba language imposed on them began to move North in search of freedom from the overbearing Oyo Empire. As such, they found refuge in what we now call Kwara, this migration raised the number of Yoruba speaking tribes relative to the number of Hausa and Fulani speaking tribes already in the area.

Afonja, although not Fulani, had called his Fulani brothers, who he felt a closer link to, in order to free Kwara from Oyo. If we look at history in its proper context we see that Kwara is truly a multi-ethnic state and we should stop trying to divide that state by claiming it is part of this or that, when Kwara has already decided that it is comfortable with its historic home and that is with the Sokoto Caliphate.

It is good to learn history, peace my brothers.

Your attempt at revisionism is so silly. Do you know how many Alaafins were buried in what's known as Kwara today before Alimi even got invited in by Solagberu? The Hausa population that existed prior to that were slaves performing hard labor in Ilorin. Ilorin history preceded Afonja. Before him was Laderin, Pasin, Ojo Isekuse. Fulani history in Ilorin started with Alimi and he was a trader in Ogbomosho an outskirt town before Solagberu whom was a traveler an trader also told Afonja about him. The first settler of a place are the aboriginals and obvious owner of such. The only thing was that kingship wasn't what was practiced in the place then since it was a vassal state to Oyo. Cowardly and covetous backstabbers like Alimi' son just wanted what wasn't theirs. Indoctrinated the people, assassinated an aged Afonja then cooked up a strife with Solagberu so as to eliminate him too.

By the way, Ilorin didn't get its Emirate status from Sokoto. She got her flag from Gwadu and it wasn't called Emir of Ilorin. The first Emir was christened Oba of Yoruba (documented). That is to let you know that those who created the stool knew whom the people truly were.

KazikageSama:


Naira will actually suffer for this move Sir.
1. Our banks are not capable of handling the volumes of daily FX exchanges over the counter yet. From experience, I can assure you that banks are still struggling with handling, reporting and managing Form As, Form Ms, BTA and PTA requests.
2. All countries have BDC (ALL), what most of them have just done is put the strategic managements under financial institutions. If would have been better if there is a roadmap to allow banks take over these BDCs first before this outright ban.
3. With the CBN's $100 FX limit on cards, expect people to hoard their dollars more which will put more strain on naira.
4. BDCs today are the number 1 agents of controlling (mobbing up and selling dollar into the economy), with most items off out Form M list, these guys are provide the dollars that most businesses use to import their foreign materials.

Emefiele for me has been the most questionable CBN Gov., his policies are questionable and his way of reasoning quite archaic. I'm certain he has some funny reasons behind this but I'm not sure it was well thought through.

I won't be surprised if we have to devaluate further to meet impending FX needs within the next couple of months.

I may be wrong and I pray I am

I support you idea of a roadmap before phasing out. But, this people have made banks redundant. Our banks performed these roles effectively with minimal hiccups even when fintechs haven't sprouted up this much. These guys are conduits for terrorism funding, money laundering and all. Nigeria has always been a perculiar country in the sense that roadmaps are often filled with bumps, they harly works. Vision 2020 was a roadmap, here are we today? Subsidy removal was a roadmap, how far today? BDCs have outlive their usefulness in a digitized financial industry of today. It archaic as practiced here. I trust the banks will evolve and innovate well enough to help us meet our present needs. These cartels gotta go.

Resurgent2016:


D bdcs fulfill gaps cbn does not even try to fill. What percentage of form M request does CBN fulfill and how long does it take?

They are just setting the country in for more inflation and more margins middlemen because bdcs that know their way will keep getting it.


D issue is bringing in forex and cbn has been the one discouraging inflows witg erratic policies that changes every week

I understand your point but we can’t keep feeding a snake and not expect it to consume us. The problem with us Nigerians is that we look at things short-term too much. We didn’t want to remove subsidies now look at where we are today, banking has evolved and still evolving tremendously. I’m not an economist but I know digital banking is outgrowing conventional models at a crazy pace currently. Nigeria has to get with the program for its own sake. As a highly corrupt nation simultaneously battling terrorism, inflow and outflow of funds has to be keenly monitored. BDCs have had a good run and it’s time to be flushed out because saying you want to regulate them wouldn’t work. You would recall that recently, many BDCs operators of northern origins were nabbed in UAE or so and are being tried. For a bigoted, nepotistic government like this to even approve of this, such cases must have been really bad. These guys have funded terrorism using their channels for almost two decades. Bro, the disadvantages outweigh the positives. There are several channels to transact nowadays on international levels where nature of transactions can be well understood by the authorities. I hope this overhaul is effectively done. The financial markets will heal itself as long as our institutions keep innovating.

Ammishaddai:
The incompetence of this government is chasing away foreign investors willing to do business in Nigeria.

Calm down oga. I’m a staunch critic of the government but this is long overdue. No forward thinking nation still does that shxt.

jrjfjfj:
You northerners would fail woefully

Don’t mind the mumu. We are cool with him in Benin.

limeta:



where is the Insult in the comment




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgiQrw4bq8

They have nothing to point to. Just rabid, irrational angst towards people of other faith. If they knew better, they would be protecting Christians forever because even when Mohammed and his followers where being persecuted in Mecca, they fled to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) for safety. The Christian king Negus provided sanctuary for them. Today these people pick fights with Christians needlessly. What a pity.

Hangmnk:
show me where MURIC insult Jesus A.S

Show me where Afenifere insulted Mohammed.

Hangmnk:
No Muslim I mean no Muslim will ever insult Jesus.. insulting Jesus will literally make you an unbeliever

That is not the point. Afenifere didn't insult Mohammed. It was a comparison of struggles two humans faced at different times. So what's the fuss about?

Christians should be ordinarily more pissed for that foolishness said by MURIC. Jesus is more than human to Christians, He is a Deity.

Is this not the height of hypocrisy seeing all these clowns having hard ons over Afenifere's comment? Some weeks ago, fanatical Akintola of MURIC likened Buhari to our Lord Jesus Christ. Primate Ayodele needed to voice out his displeasure of such statement. Sahara reporter is yet to take down that post neither did MURIC apologize for their tasteless comments.

Why the hell are they all now mad over comparison made between Igboho and Mohammed? Aren't both humans?

Wickedfact:


Matthew Kerekou, former Beninoise President used to come to Abeokuta regularly. He was very very close to Obasanjo as they both share Christian names.
Boni Yayi succeed Kerekou as President of Benin. Boni Yayi is a descendant of the Yoruba princes of Sabe. Boni Yayi and his wife are traditional title holders from Ile Ife.
When the FOOLanis are tired of fooling themselves, they will go sit down in the desert.

Thank you. In fact I'm happy with these happenings. It has opened another phase of inter relationship between Yoruba in Benin and Yoruba. This is a momentum that should be sustained and nurtured.

Monogamy:
Which border negotiation?

Benin Republic are instead playing along with Nigeria...

How can the Benin prison officers put Igboho on shackles if they are in support of him?

Lol that's diplomacy and non-aligned tactics. Benin Republic would have sent him here since if they do not hold a protective obligatorily view. They will never send him to Nigeria. Obviously they have a proper understanding of the issues than before now. They know he is being unjustly persecuted and are aware that these demons that call themselves FG have less than 3 years to go. Thinking they would strain their relationship with Yorubas who are mostly their kith is impossible.

They must however not appear to be on his side to the press outrightly like that. Igboho will be most likely sentence there but it's actually to indirectly offer him protection & mild exile. By the time Buhari and his minions fizzle out, he will return more popular, loved and influential than ever before. He's going to be a guest of Benin government for now.

richmond500:
what is ur stress? The man is not even in the country

Lol so a president needs to be in the country before executing his evil plans?

Jessewizy:
Russia is trying everything possible to make USA talk and reveal stuffs about their latest technology. Russia can’t match USA in a 100 years to come. Till today they still accuse USA of using alien technology on F-22 raptors and B-2 bombers. Forget all this busy body. They know

USA like Israel never fully reveal their might. To think F-22 made it debut 22years ago, it’s crazy what must have been achieved since then.

DoggoneDogg:

Igboho the grand commander of Oduduwa republic, great Afonja warrior and invincible bulletproof monk has been reduced to a mere prisoner in chains.

After today, if he see ordinary chickens fighting in his neighbourhood, he will report to the nearest police station like a good citizen.

You are a mumu man. Name one Nigerian political elite today that has not had a sting with prison. Is it Obj, is it Tinubu that fled from Abacha? Is it your foolish Buhari himself? Get some sense, even the likes of Mandela spent almost two decades in it. That is the reality of the Africa state vis-a-vis one's quest for freedom. Grow the hell up clown.

emmy9500:


With option of 500k fine

He must pay the victims $18000. Doesn’t look good for him.

nonut:
He's got option sef.
Jail time or 500k.
I'm sure he can afford that.

Can he afford 18k usd tho? Money he must have blown in the clubs. He’s into deep.

NengiWIDEtoto:
You are not a northerner because no northerner will stand with a terrorist like igboho who has killed many innocent northerners.

If you truly stand with him then submit yourself to dss headquarters Abuja for a handsome reward.

Mention one person Igboho killed. Mention just one you foool.

VEHINTOLAR:
If you're Yoruba and you are yet to understand that the whole hullabaloo is all about Buhari's determination to forcefully steal your father's land,Yoruba land for his landless desert parasites called fulani, you need to urgently submit yourself for a psychiatric examination at Yaba !

Fulanis are in for a battle they can never win !

Omo the way some bastards reason is crazy oh. Imagine the Madridgay fool always making excuses for Fulani expansionist tendencies. People that should go question their mothers to tell them their true father. Most of them must have been bedded by Fulani herders for meat.

seunmsg:
So, when are you guys doing an analysis of the amount paid to Agberos in Enugu, Abia, Rivers, Anambra, Kano, Abuja etc? Abi NURTW only exist in Lagos?

Analysis like this would make a lot of sense if it was done all over the country or at least in some selected states so that we can do a comparative analysis. So, why single out Lagos state?

Btw, NURTW is a trade Union. Trade Unions and professional bodies charge their members huge sums annually. As a member of ICAN, I pay 30k to the institute as annual subscription. I still pay for conference, AGM and faculty due without complaining. So, are members of NURTW complaining? Who forced them to be members of the union?

Who forced them? You must be selectively ignorant. What happened to those who chose to operate without these guys in the past? GoOkada, Opay, struggling Uber/Taxify? They didn’t find it funny with numerous harassments by miscreants on the street daily & unfriendly policies aimed at pacifying NURTW cacus. We want to have a sane transport system like it’s obtainable in the west but keep encouraging drunks to regulate who does business on our roads? Yet, you desire a mega city? Mehn, you guys are superbly dull no offence.

PlayerMeji:
Onions, pepper, garlic, ground nuts, etc

Aren’t those essentially spices? Benue State was a model for what good production was supposed to be about. Nearly all families had farming on a commercial scale going on until these bastards marauding killer herders compromised everything.

GeneralPula:
Among those arrested are two French,

White Europeans Christians been destroying Africa since 190BC..

I started observing this president after his country discovered a particular natural herbs for covid19, cuz I know for him to have announced it publicly, he must be fearless and sane..

The evil whites Christians only concern is to wreck Africa and God will disgrace them..

Mumu trying to drag Christianity into the mix. Present me any publication that says those allegedly arrested were Christians or shut your a$$-mouth up forever. Thinking backward like a lowlife. Always looking for those they'd drag to their level to justify the foolish carnage they have been replicating on earth since their revered pedophile walked on mother earth.

oluztx:


You won't understand. Ordinary Yorubas like you don't know what's going on.

Ok.

gungab:


That's to tell you that FGN has the capacity to track cellphones.

Am even thinking if he has Benin republic passport with him
That will complicate things...

Igboho and Koiki dem knows better. They use WhatsApp to communicate. FG doesn’t have the capacity to breach it. I have always advocated for darkweb communication channels. These guys with their silly mistakes make Nigerian government which is below average look like they have sophisticated technology which they don’t. Igboho can’t say he didn’t envisage that the government would come after him.

oluztx:


You guys don't get it. Igboho didn't go anywhere. he was at a DSS lodge in Abuja all this while.

He had that interview with BBC in DSS lodge? Go on, you are making sense.

FarahAideed:
Of all Airport to turn up in Igboho chose the Notorious Cotonou Airport? It would have even been better to try to go through Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos

I swear to God. If this turns out to be true, then his confidants, especially the educated ones are super brainless. FG wanted him to move from his safe haven & he did? That’s unthinkable. If I were him, I’d stay in a spot for one year or more straight. These guys will be consumed by election next year, they’ll have so much to lose. Why gift them this leverage?

7lives:


Yorubas are law abiding citizens, I personally didn't encourage Igboho to break any law did I?.
A smuggler and a PDP thug is not an MKO, Fela or Fawehinmi so no respectable Yoruba will stand up for him, his fellow smugglers forming freedom fighters should do the needful.
The people that send Igboho on a mission of no return also from the diaspora, should stand up and deliver Igboho.
Anyone who tries to turn Yorubaland into Southern Yemen will end up in the most despicable place on earth.

Foolish talks. Did you or your father stand up for Gani Fawehinmi when he was being thrown in jails or when Fela’s mom was being dropped from the balcony? Did you protest against any of Fela’s unjust detentions? You are an irredeemable coward making stoopid excuses. What you are doing now is still the same you would do even if your father is being defiled. Just as MKO’s son is an advocate of One Nigeria now. Try not to infect your kids with cowardly genes you spineless bstard.

If this is true, then the people Igboho surrounded himself are highly tactless to have even attempted fleeing via an airport, especially an ECOWAS airport right after what they’ve seen happened with Kanu & how these countries can be easily cowered into compliance. That’s a self inflicted foolishness. Exactly what I said the government wanted him to do some days ago when they said they knew his location which they obviously didn’t. They only wanted him to make a move & commit silly blunders like this. This is depressing.

This is where I love the Igbo spirit. They would raise this money without battling an eye for these heroic sons but watch how my wealthy Yoruba brothers & mothers watch as these guys languish in detention for inability to meet up.

Kandeed:


Well it might please y'all to know Buhari just acquired a whooping number of 12 turboprop engine Super tucano aircraft and fortunately for us the NAF just graduated one of the most gallant 6 wing pilot trained for destruction. Now here is the calculation. you know Egypt is an enemy of Isreal? Buhari is a Muslim same with Egypt a Muslim nation to. all Buhari need do is ask for permission from Fattah al-sisi to deploy 10 of the Tucano to Egypt and await his command to bombard Isreal to the ground. everyone will be shocked and then, there will be a new birth of Nigeria as Nations will now apportion that respect we deserve and finally we'll have a sit at the UN security council.

OMG too much sense will not kee me

Stopped reading when I saw Egypt is the enemy of Israel. You certainly do not know what you are talking about.

sagenaija:

Have you asked yourselves why NO ARCHEOLOGICAL SUPPORT EXISTS TODAY IN MECCA TO SUPPORT ISLAM'S CLAIM IN ITS BOOKS ABOUT THAT CITY? I challenge you to show us if any exist.

Facts! One of the oldest churches in the world was in Saudi, the Jubail Church. These people go extra mile to erase the true cultural and religious history of any place they assume ownership of.

HOVER206:

Don't blame Obaseki, it is the OBA

How? He could have simply supported the palace by building a state of the art museum. Make an aspect of it private sector driven to ensure accountability so that these things won’t be relooted. I think Obaseki surely didn’t manage this well.

Be successful and carry yourself like a king.