Definitely not the yoruba I know..
For the past 1 year in one of their 'so-called' most cosmopolitan town Abeokuta, I have been reminded on a daily basis that I am a stranger..
If it is not lecturers secluding me from classes by speaking yoruba in class, it is a trader not wanting to sell for me because in his/her own mind I'm pretending not 2 be yoruba..
Go to Benin, or Warri and you will hardly be given a clue who the indigenes really are..
This whole Lagos story is a contraption...
A visit 2 oshogbo, abeokuta or ado-ekiti should show you how really accomodating yorubas are..
No city dominated by those 3 major tribes(and more recently, the Ijaws) can pass 4 being accomodating..
As for Sam, you won't really expect otherwise from a 'salaried' propagandist...I don't expect any more from tinubu's resident propagandist

Finally, Musiwa to the rescue
With the recent encroachment of BH into the hallowed grounds of the western Niger, they are sure to meet their waterloo..thanks to the satelite pictures
Even the government knows this, it's surprising that NLers hav chosen to undermine the internationally acclaimes AARE MUSIWA...
AARE,It's time to prove ur detractors wrong esp BEAF and that BOMBASTIC JAKUMO
Whatever you do please charge them well for your services...
It might jst be ur time 2 Becomrich
..Pls remember me in thine kingdom

@Beaf, I believe Oghene is a also name of God in Edo dialect, though no longer of common use ...You should have heard Benin names like Ore[b]oghene[/b] (A street off TV road in Benin bears that name) and Aiwere[b]oghene[/b]...I believe the latter literally means you cannot agitate God.

I'm really enjoying this....Good work @ Physics, Beaf and Arosa
However, I'm more aligned to the OP except for those aspects of his post that had mythical dimensions
The two kingdoms of Ife and Benin are quite independent, none can be said to originate from the other. I happened to read Jacob Egharevba's version of Benin history, and in some parts of the opening pages he alluded to some of the contents of the OP especially the migration of both groups- Edo and Yoruba from North Africa. While a group settled in Ife , the others moved forward to Benin.

UNIBEN
HALL 3(aro's den..yr1-2) and HALL 4 (Abujites..yr3-5) representing
c'mon Darejo, wt happend 2 colonization and squatting?
I guess it has reduced, or been eliminated.
Back then it was the fad especially wen permanent allocatn was delayed.
Can stil remember a year when girls took over Hall4, and guys Hall2 cos of such delays...
Enjoyed my stay in the hostel except 4 d bad state of the toilets and bathrooms..

OP, Get hold of Joyce Meyer's book - "Battle field of the Mind"..
Most of the problems we term spiritual are at worst mental.. The devil and his demons are playing with your mind making- So far they have been winning, but it is time to take back the battle field which is your mind. You can download or get a hardcopy of the book, and read it with much meditation on the given scriptures...esp 2corinth 10:3-4...
I promise to pray 4 u at least 4 tonight...peace

alj harem:

Busted ko, looted ni

Did you check the link I brought out or not ?

I am not talking about Nigeria where mediocrity is the order of the day, I am talking in terms of the international standard

Actually I don't know why they don't call it a university because it is a polytechnic

Google University of Agriculture Abeokuta

or better still check continental ranking

http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa

bros,look at your own link and refute any of my claims. There is no agric poly in Nigeria, UNAAB (now FUNAAB) has been a university since 1988- first a federal univ of tech (FUTAB), neva was it a polytechnic. MAPOLY, the only abeokuta based polytechnic is not even on the list. AUCHI polytechnic, Edo state
-95th on ur own link- is Nigeria's highest ranked polytechnic.
Do you want to tell me you can't see these plainly, or you just like to argue?
Sorry, if I may come accross as arrogant, but I'm currently working on performance of some Nigerian universities, the webometrics ranking is part of my selection criteria

alj harem: Jmaine sorry that I did not respond to your comment. I knew this thread was going to be hijacked.


@ Adejoro aka Nchara and Bashr4 etc

State is different from ethnicity lets get our facts right here. For all I care OAU might have all Igbo student but the quality again is way higher than many Nigerian universities.

You two are quick to talk about Yoruba down fall, free education this, Igbos have beaten the yoruba etc and all other childish remarks. I am not looking at it from that point of view. I am look at it in terms of standard of education, employment rate of each university and the great professionals those universities have churn out on a yearly bases.

Tell me how many big successive men Nsukka have produced compare to the ones I listed.

The truth is that Nigeria universities are not up to standard but reality remains those universities I alj harem picked are still the best in Nigeria.

Yes if they are, it would directly correlate to the state in which those universities are to be the most educated.

Most educated is not in terms of number of graduates alone but also in terms of quality education which those state/schools have.

If we now move down to Secondary schools, you would find out that those states have the best public and private secondary schools in Nigeria. Especially Lagos quote me anyday.

If it is poly's as well, Ogun has the best poly in Nigeria which is the Agricultural poly in Abeokuta of which other countries send their people to.

http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa

Busted: Auchi polytechnic, Edo state is the highest ranked polytechnic in Nigeria, and the 10th institution on d overall ranking. here is no agric poly in Nigeria, let alone ogun state. MAPOLY in ogun state wasn't among the first 100 institutions. Only 4 polytechnics namely Auchi poly, Kwara poly, Yabatech and LASPOTECH made the "1st 100" cut on webometrica ranking...you will do us well to always check ur facts

shymmex: Na wa oooooo!!!

This country no dey tire for bad and sadistic news? How could a country with so much potentials be turned into the land of the dead, and hopelessness??

The missing link in that shytehole is leadership, and a change in the mentality of the gorillas and baboons living in that part of the world... When are you losers going to rise up, and take a stand?? I have been hearing about the 'potentials' of the humanoids called Nigerians since I was born - but why can't you guys harness these 'potentials', and make something happen?? How can 120million people be so cowardly, uncivilised, fearful, unmotivated, slow, and sheeple - by a miniscule few - who are not up to a million??

Where are your hearts, Nigerians?? Ooooops, I forgot you lot sold that for crumbs...

Where are your balls, Nigerian men?? Oooops, I forgot most Nigerian men are on the 'downlow' with no balls - skinny jeans, and mohican hairstyle wearing faggits smh... And keep doing yanga and shakara - speaking your fake phonetic, with freaking pathetic and annoying britamericojapanesejamoafrican accents - whilst they keep eating your food, and bombing your habitats to abyss..

Can someone please attach the ignore button to that damn space called: Nigeria - so, I don't hear shyte about it again

Potentials!! Potentials!!!! Potentials!!!! I'm tired of this euphemism...

Nigeria is blessed!! Nigeria is blessed!!!! Nigeria is blessed!!!! I'm tired of this allegory........

God is a Nigerian!! God is a Nigerian!!! God is a Nigerian!!! God told me he disowned you fools long time ago - and gave you pulpit pimps, and Islamists..

When there is life, there is hope!! When there is life, there is hope!!! When there is life, there is hope!!!!! Shyte, life told me he left that space time ago, and what you have got left are lifeless bodies - with no soul... So, why are you guys afraid to rock the boat, and make a change

For phuck sake, get your useless country off my TV - and move that space to planet X....

Enough rants for the day!

This is the height of delusion..coming from the same person who inundates this forum with tomes of pseudo-patriotic posts, I have to ask: are you not tired of your two-facedness?
If you are this confused on an anonymous forum, I can only wonder how u keep up with yourself daily..the earlier u quit this laodecian disposition of yours, the better for you.

Willzkid: Miss Benue is not as terrible as that photo made her look..checked her out on FB: Aghedo oses godcares
She might not be all that "drop dead gorgeous", but she is not as bad as she looked here..
Wish I could post her pix here, but I'm mobile

Same goes miss. Lagos...look up her album on facebook, name : sola chinaka
I don't know if it will be proper to post their pix here, and besides I'm mobile..

Miss Benue is not as terrible as that photo made her look..checked her out on FB: Aghedo oses godcares
She might not be all that "drop dead gorgeous", but she is not as bad as she looked here..
Wish I could post her pix here, but I'm mbile

y me: Miss Edo/Benue must be Trans I swear. Like WTF?

@yme, you wan fall our hand, abi?
The Miss Edo is cute, but that Benue...she really go ekenwan as we used 2 say in d uni.
I just want 2 believe it's her pose, or something was wrong with the camera
But seriously, you should be strutting the runways for us na..LOL
tis been a while, how hav u been?

I have been trying to reconcile this topic with the one just under it on the homepage..

Beta topic full inside, but any tin wey umari ayim talk must make front page..yes you know ursef #MUKINA2 is watching u from within dark shades#
You go dey claim one Nigeria by day but by night you go dey cast every "Igbo" and "aboki" entity..my guy u know ursef.#Odumchi dey watch u from a broken glass#

in all sincerity, i am very sure the good captain-if he is still alive- will weep at how his kinsman is wasting our first shot in 5 decades.

brainchild78: William = conquerer or Victor = triumphant/victorious

Call him William....Need I say the Gates, Clintons, and Shakespeares, of this world have that in common with yours sincerely?.....Some names just evoke in kids the desire to be great..
But be sure to train him in the fear of God..that's worth more than a fancy name...Congrats

okija i still prefer 360 obahiagbons gracing the green chamber as opposed to the lousy crop of people there now. if all they do in the house is to sleep, make some noise and haggle on subjects of pecuniary benefits, then we should just have paid clowns like obahiagbon in the house...At least Obahiagbon constituency project na to de nack us hyperpolysyllabicsequidianalistic grammar, how many others get projects?

And Victor Attah still struts the streets of Uyo, "a card carrying", nay BOT member of the largest party in the entire black race....whew

The issue of drinking and smoking has always, and will always be a controversial issue to many.Too many times folks want to bring in the miracle of Jesus, and paul's advice to timothy. Let me start by saying that even in Bible days, there was wine, and what the bible referred to as strong drinks (Lev 10:9, Num 6:3,Prov 20:1, Luke 1:15). Both have the capacity of inebriation-making people drunk, as alluded to in some of the scriptures above. However strong drinks having undergone a greater degree of fermentation had a stronger and relatively faster manifestation. In today's context we have wines which could pass for juices, even though when taken much they can make one drunken e.g Eva wine .There are also those drinks which are Strong in taste and in effects- Beer, Red wine, Brandy and most of the alcoholic wines could come in here. I strongly believe that it is the former type of "wine" that Paul was referring to in Eph 5:18, and in his admonition to timothy.I also believe this is the wine Jesus converted water into. This kind of wine as alluded to in Eph 5:18, can only make you drunken when taken in excess, however same cannot be said of beer, moet, stout et al. If we are to be sincere with ourselves at the first glass of beer we already start having feelings of inebriation. We should not remove the fact that the Jews were also very puritan in their way of life. Jesus will not turn water into something that will turn a wedding into an Fun. In today's context we can safely argue that he will turn water into something in the form of "Eva wine", or other fruit wines as opposed to beer or stout. Now, bringing in the spiritual perspective, Paul in Rom 14:21 admonishes us not to drink wine or eat meat if it will make another brother stumble. Let's be sincere with ourselves: how many of us will not naturally take exceptions to a pastor or spiritual brother gulping from a bottle of lager beer?..but we will normally feel right with a brother taking a glass of a fruit wine. The beer drinking brother will definitely have a negative influence on us. This is the obvious reason why beer is not served as "wine" for holy communion. Now, to the question of Jesus being called a wine bibber by the pharisees, we have to understand that it was an exaggeration, after-all their saying John the baptist did not eat does not mean he fasted all his life. Back to Rom 14, the 7th verse makes us understand that our lives are meant to inspire others. A smoker or one who drinks does not cut a good christian image, just like a glutton. These might not be outright sins in themselves, but as the 16th verse says "let even your good not be spoken of, as evil". As Christians who want to grow, we should strive to cut off things which impede our spiritual expressions- this is what smoking, drinking and masturbation does. Please read Rom 14, with an open heart. I will not work in an alcoholic beverage or tobacco coy for these same reasons. The devil is not called an "accuser of the brethren" for nothing. You can never tell the kind of idea he will put in a weak brother's head because of where brother Willzkid works

Me nor know how fetish priest com prefer church marriage ooo..abi dem don dey wear wedding gown 4 shrine

Very good points raised poster, and very erudite piece..for too long we have played too much tribalism with our collective destinies..we see ourselves as Edo,Yoruba, Igbo, ETC..and anyone who does not share our ethnicity is treated with sone sort of paranoia. While we continue being divisive within ourselves our "not so intelligent" leaders see us as pawns on their chess boards. We the Nigerian hoi poloi are the marginalized tribe, not the NE,SS,SE,NC,SW or NW. I pity the SSners who have enjoyed the collective pity, or so it seems to the layman. Now that we've gotten our chance, hope we will not wake up oneday to remember how our common till was plundered on millitants at the expense of brilliant young chaps who have the potentials of bringing our region to a point of intellectual reckoning. Good topic, blims....derailers, pls buzz off

Mods, please can we get this on front page like the NSITF's..thanks in advance

Broda, I believe you are christian
If you are, sorry to burst you bubble, I think you should hear what the MASTER has to say about your condition:
Matt 5:31,32; Matt 19:7; Mark 10:4...
Let me say in advance that my submissions might be wrong, but any christian here with contrary opinion is welcome to expound it here
I know its very hard to let go at this stage but I'll advise you seek good (christian)counsel before you set out, and obviously you won't get it on NL.
If there is something I always pray for in a woman, it's that she respects the integrity and sanctity of the marriage institution..Marriage to me is a lifelasting covenant, not one to jump in and out of...it's not a perfect relationship even though it's meant to be life-long.Hence couples should always endeavour to sheathe their ego-swords in dealing with each other, there should be forbearance, full disclosure and regular communication.. Try to know the reason for this divorce in the first place, and if it's just a matter of ego-contests as is rife in most contemporary marriages, you might just be the one God will use to bring the divorcing couple back together.
PS: seeing I am not a relationship expert myself, I will still insist you seek good christian counsel, and talk to God about it

...can't believe this..MTN wiped my phone's battery...battery was fully charged the last time I checked..inserted an MTN sim card and whew...LOW BATTERY...muheheheheh .....
Seriously na our indigenuous networks dey fall hand...why can't glo just increase their coverage and make their network more stable...bought a new glo line for BIS...after 2 months I had to go back to MTN..reason be that for each of those 30 days subscription periods there was always a 3days loss of network at the least...I hope that "in the newly found spirit of calling any body's bluff, the government takes this up...oyibo go rob us,those South Africans go wan still do their own..at this rate na Liberia turn we go dey wait for

Just visited his facebook page, and it was packed with so much scriptures and insightful exhortations...Here is the URL to the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/omokri

The original minutes of the Aburi Conference was written by secretaries from each of the four regions, and the  FMG's secretary , a top permanent secretary (who by the way, is the current Oba of Benin) , I stumbled on it last year, I would have posted a link if I wasn't browsing from my phone now, but google could be of help

The day Gbawe accepts that Tinubu, Aregbesola and their ACN cronies are not saints, just by reason of their being in the opposition,
The day Beaf admits that GEJ has lotta skeletons in his cupboard,and that PDP is not a gathering of saints either,
The day Jakumo gives up his hyperpolysyllabicsequidanialistic tendencies,
The day Dayokanu, Onlytruth, Alj Harem et al, give up their virtual ethnocentrism,
The day Musiwa and Becomrich run out of maps, and probably take some English Language classes too,
The day Joagbaje decides to spend more time on his paintings,
The day Sexkillz, 190, Kobojunkie et al give up their online flirting tendecies,
That day, how e go be for Bro. Seun?

Wait a sec,
Does this group of 36 governors include Adams Oshiomole?