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thebosstrevor1:
Akara was brought by brazillians into Nigeria by the Brazilian slave traders

IjapaTiroko:
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There are two types of Àkàrà:

The first type of àkàrà is offered to an Òrìsà. This type is usually bland and not prepared with any sweetening ingredients.
The second one (which is the popular one) is the snack, which you can buy by the roadside or shop like the one in the first picture, hence why it's called "Acaraje" or Àkàra jí je (Translation: The Àkàrà to eat). This type can be made with all sorts of spices and ingredients and is usually taken with ògì or gaàrí among Yòrùbás in West Africa..

PS: Àkàrà means: The thing you count to buy. This is because it's usually sold in units.

IjapaTiroko:
UFE LANDS: IS THIS ILE IFE THE ROOT OF HUMANITY?

RESPONSE TO THE VOICE OF OMO'OBA ONIJEBU ON "ILE-IFE OR UGBOMOKUN: THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FANTASY OF EUROPEAN COLONIAL ROGUES!
By Akoda Awo

"I will respond to the questions on the above topic. The response stems from the fact that our history is being mangled out of shape just because we have allowed foreigners (and local stooges) to define who we are and where we come from.

The information on Wikipedia regarding the Ooni dynasty and Oduduwa is nothing but a fallacy. It stated that the Ooni dynasty existed before the reign of Oduduwa, which historians have argued to have been between the 7th to 9th centuries A.D.

We need to be careful with what we put on social media; information is a powerful tool that can shape people's lives for better or worse. As an Ifa practitioner, I will respond to the following questions asked.
+ Was this Ile-Ife not Ugbomokun before now?
+ Did Obatala and Oduduwa ruled over Ugbomokun?
+ Are Obatala, Ogun, Oduduwa, etc. 800 to 1100AD (1,600 years old) existence in this world?
+ Was Oduduwa from Mecca or from Israel and amongst the children of Abraham?
+ How many Ufe Lands existed or were mentioned inside IFA CORPUS?
+ How many years old can we say IFA CORPUS has been existing?
+ What's the definition of IGBA IWASE, or is IGBA IWASE different from Before Common Era (BCE)?
+ Was IFA CORPUS, Before Common Era (BCE) or After Death Of Jesus Christ (A.D.)?

It is unfortunate that most Yoruba indigenes, including traditional Obas, supposedly the custodians of tradition and history, cannot even give a true account of their own historical origin without recourse to written accounts and standards set by foreigners and or conquerors in today's global and religious affairs.

Apparently, their ignorance and mental slavery had jaundiced their reasoning, and they could not differentiate between Western education and civilization.

My question is, why is it so difficult to set our own "tradometrics" to measure our standards and develop our chronological dating based on socio-cultural and anthropological landmarks in our own God-given body of knowledge (Ifa)? We need to know at what point in history did the Irunmole (such as Oduduwa, Orunmila, Ogun, Esu, Obatala, Sango, Osun, etc.) inhabit the earth? Which event preceded which?

These and many more questions are begging for answers. We need to get our history straight and remove all fallacies created and forced on us by historians whose biased accounts were mere assertions by assumptions without adequate empirical evidence to support their claims.

Let me begin with "Igba Iwase," which simply means the primeval time at the beginning of creations. Igba iwase is beyond the confines of this planet earth as it dates back to the beginning of time when the universe was created. This is explained briefly in the verse of Osa Ogunda, which reads in part thus:

Iri tu wili tu wili
Iri tu wili tu wili
Iri tu wili-wili
Koo tu reke-reke
Difa fun Origun ti nloo seda ibu orun ati aye nigba ijinji
Nigba iwase

Translation:
May the dew burst gently
May the dew burst rapidly
May the dew burst continuously
And be so vast throughout the expanse
These were the declarations of Ifá for Origun
When going to create the vast expanse of the universe

At the beginning of time and creations (animate and inanimate) From the above stanza, the creation of the universe, in the beginning, was done in stages by different universal and supernatural beings who were being controlled by an unfathomable universal spirit of the universe (some call it Akamara; others call it Olodumare).

According to Ifa, Origun breathed into a speck of sand with a divine command of Akamara, and suddenly the speck busted with a profuse emission of dew continuously with so much fog scattered all over the entire space. This action continued for so long a time throughout the vast expanse of the universe.

The whole story of this primeval dew and creation is beyond the scope of this discourse. Igba Iwase can also be used to denote the beginning of human existence on earth. Whichever way it is, Igba Iwase can imply Before Common Era (BCE).

Understanding all about Ife civilizations and Igba Iwase cannot be possible if we base our account on the history taught in schools because history itself is based on speculations, assumptions, and assertions.

For me to delve into the discussion on the primordial Ife, there is a need to understand it through the lens of scientific comprehension (archeological, social anthropological landmarks, and ethnographical features), historic angle (events, date and time of the event, location of the event), and of course Ifa perspective.

SCIENTIFIC:
According to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural history, humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent.
The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come entirely from Africa. Humans are primates. Physical and genetic similarities show that the modern human species, Homo sapiens, has a very close relationship to another group of primate species, the apes. Humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa -- chimpanzees (including bonobos, or so-called "pygmy chimpanzees" and gorillas -- share a common ancestor that lived between 8 and 6 million years ago.

In a New York Herald Tribune published in 1995, at least two recent findings suggest that the large-brained species known as Homo Erectus migrated out of Africa just under 2 million years ago. The Homo Erectus were known to immediately precede today's humans Homo Sapiens on the evolutionary tree.

Archeological evidence has dated the earliest human skeleton found in Yoruba land (Iho Eleru near Akure) to be between the 8th and 10th millennium B.C.

Judging from the ethnographic features such as oriki (lineage praise names) and some sources that suggest that this archeological site (Iho Eleru, some spell it Iwo Eleru) belongs to parts of the present Ondo and Ekiti States. This site was believed to be originally called Ife Akelubebe or Ife Atelubebe, which was dated historically between 20,000 and 10,000 years B.C.

Regarding the scientific evidence through archeological excavations of artifacts in various sites/compounds in Ile Ife, Ile Ife was believed to have been first occupied at least as early as the 1st millennium C.E. It was most populous and important to the Ife culture during the 14th and 15th centuries C.E, and it is considered the traditional birthplace of the Yoruba civilization, of the latter part of the African Iron Age.

The excavation sites included Wumonije Osangangan Obamakin grove on the Modakeke side of Ile Ife, Lafogido, Odo Ogbe, Obalara, Iwunrin, Orun-Oba-Ado (a place believed to be the final burial place for the past Benin rulers).

For example, Ifè terracotta – 1000 and 1400 AD, Ìfẹ́ bronze head - 14th - 15th-century C.E. History Yoruba historians such Olumide Lucas, Samuel Johnson, Saburi Biobaku, Prof. Aderibigbe, Bolaji Idowu, etc., all have different accounts regarding the origin of the Yorubas.

While some proposed the Yoruba Egyptian origin, some proposed the Palestine/Mesopotamia origin, and others proposed the Arabian Mecca origin. Even though some accounts agree at some points, especially with regard to the ancient Ife origin, there has not been a consensus regarding where the people of Ife originated from.

What was evident was that the ancient Egyptians and the Yorubas have similarities in terms of anthropological and ethnographical features. These features include language, religious beliefs, religious ideas and practices, and traditional customs concerning names of persons, places, objects, etc.

One important commonality I found among these (above) historians is that they all practiced foreign religions and leaned towards their religious affiliations in rendering their accounts.

Almost all were Christians except Saburi Biobaku, who was a Muslim. When Biobaku gave an account of the Arabian Mecca origin, Samuel Johnson argued against it and pitched his tent with Olumide Lucas, a fellow Christian, about the Egyptian origin but added that the Yorubas hailing from upper Egypt, were either Coptic Christians or at any rate they had some knowledge of Christianity. What a contradiction!

If the origin of the Yorubas could be traced to ancient Egypt, which predated Christianity according to their accounts, where then or how did the Yorubas become Coptic Christians? If Samuel Johnson were to be alive today, he would have been in the best position to answer this question.

The Oduduwa being referred to by historians was more of a collective personality and era of a particular race rather than a single personality.

IjapaTiroko:
OKANBI AND ORANMIYAN: THE FANTASY OF EUROPEAN COLONIAL ROGUES TO DESTROYED OUR HERITAGE!

(The following are based upon the Oriki [the praise singing for record purpose] of these kingdoms, and Ifa Corpus [the divination system and UNDILUTED historical records of Yoruba people). Also note that Oriki can sometimes be tampered with, such as that of Ijebu, so we will focus much more on Ifa which can not be distorted for political reasons.

We are told Oduduwa was our Ancestor, which reigned in Ile-Ife between 900AD to 1200AD and begat OKANBI (Only Son) that gave birth to 7 Children as below...

Orangun of Ila (Osun-Kwara States)
Onipopo of Popo (Benin Republic & Togo)
Alaketu of ketu (Benin Republic)
Onisabe of Sabe (Benin Republic)
Olowu of Owu
Owa Obokun Adimula (Osun State)
Oranmiyan (That Oranmiyan birthed Aláàfin of Oyo and Oba Ado Bini)

Again, another list have below names interchanging with the above names.....

Alara of Ara (Ekiti State)
Ajero of Ijero (Ekiti State)

Prince ObaLoye Òtùkò Adimula Contemptuously noted that Oduduwa was never the only Ancestor for Karo o jire/ Omoluabi Race. Oduduwa was just one of our divinity progenitors that includes Obatala, Sango Ayilegbe-Orun, Ogun, Esu, Osun, Oya, Orunmila etc according to verses inside IFA CORPUS.

It is an established fact inside Ifa Corpus that both Oduduwa, Obatala, Sango Ayilegbe-Orun, Ogun, Esu, Osun, Oya, Orunmila etc are our Ancestral Contemporaries. Only that Oduduwa was uniquely blessed as the Supreme Leader of other Ancestors by the Creator- Olodumare.

Another unhealthy revelations was that Oduduwa reigned around 900AD to 1100AD at Ile-Ife. It must be noted that IFA CORPUS that established our heritage generational existence made us understand that our Race must have been in existence for more than 100,000years and not as being canvased within 2,000years heritage existence.

Even the account that Oduduwa came from Mecca area to attack an organized indigenous people of Ile-Ife, revealed the devilish position of those that reported same fallacy. The link below clear such evil narratives... https://m./157218294674152/permalink/1064207763975196/

The question is when was Ugbomokun area suddenly turned to Ile-Ife? Was Arabia people before Oodua Race or that Arabia evolved after many thousands years that Karo o jire/ Omoluabi Race have been in existence? Surely, the entire package exposed European Colonial Concocted Abracadabra to devalue Oodua heritage foundation!!!

Back to the real topic....
Which characters are Okanbi and Oranmiyan in Oodua Land? What does Ifa Corpus says about their existence? Which family (ies) or People (s) have Ancestry Lineage Praises-Oriki linking with either Okanbi and Oranmiyan? Are the Oranmiyan or Oranyan mentioned in Ado Bini (Benin), Oyo Aladikun, Yariv Sudan, Yoruba Oranyan the same person?

Now let's analyze the position of the supposed 7 or 8 children of Okanbi together.....

✓ Orangun of Ila:
Most Cognomen of Orangun remain scanty without any link with either Okanbi nor Oduduwa. The strange identity found inside their Ancestry Lineage Praises-Oriki which is AJANGUNLA cast more doubt over the praises, because the occupant of the Orangun is never of warrior status. The Ifa Corpus clearly identify the favoured candidate on Orangun Throne as Orunmila Priesthood lineage!

✓ Onipopo of Popo:
The available Ancestry Lineage Praises-Oriki revealed that Popo was an area that covers both the present day Ufe Afapameh and Ufe Atapameh of today Benin/ Togo Republics.

✓ Alaketu of Ketou/Ketu:
Most research heritage facts available pointed clearly that the area was a Dynasty established by Èsù Offsprings.

✓ Onisabe of Sabe:
The historical facts surrounding this Dynasty are far from link with either Oduduwa or Okanbi. But most cultural revelations linking the land revealed that the real Ancestry Title was 'OLA' not Onisabe. Again, it is confirmed that Sabe evolved from part of Onikoyi Dynasty!

✓ Olowu of Owu:
The available Ancestry Lineage Praises-Oriki failed to link with either Oduduwa or Okanbi. Of interest is the fact that a known Descendant of Sacred Atiba Lineage of Oduduwa called "ÒTÙKÒ" was acknowledged inside Owu Cognomen as only Dynasty that can collect Royalties and taxes from Owu People.

✓ Owa Obokun Adimula:
The available Ancestry Lineage Praises-Oriki revealed that the Dynasty was founded by Owaluse. The location of Owa Obokun base called Ilesha was initially known as Obe/ Egan Abiri and the Ilesha main settlement was an international market established by Onijebu Dynasty linking 3 Enu-odi Ijebu boundaries area. Owaluse, also called Olujobi was an Erin ( formerly Erinmoko, but now crested as Erin-Ijesha) offspring of Princess Orunnodo(Onijebu Daughter as Mother) and Agbeleku (Son of Ogun Dynasty).

✓ Oranmiyan:
That Oranmiyan left Ile-Ife to Ado Bini and left the place to found Oyo (slippery plateau). Was he the same person that moved to Yariv Sudan and Yoruba Ethiopia? Then, what's the difference between Oranmiyan and Oranmigun or Oranyan and Orangun? Why is Oranmiyan not reflected inside the Ancestry Lineage Praises-Oriki of Oba Ado Bini or Aláàfin of Oyo? If the position of Oranmiyan founded Oyo is correct, how do we handle the past history of Olufe- Aladikun or Oloyo? Aláàfin, it's clearly stated that the occupant of the Throne is an offspring of the Sacred Atiba Royal Lineage of Oduduwa Dynasty. While, that of Ado Bini (Benin) revealed an offspring of Ogun Dynasty with corresponding link with Adimula of Sacred Atiba! The assertion that Oranmiyan embarked upon the journey from Ile-Ife was serious fallacy. Because Ile-Ife was never in existence during the period under review, but area known as Ugbomokun, before European Colonial Rogues crested the area as Ile-Ife.

✓ Alara of Ara & Ajero of Ijero:
The fantasy that surrounded the 2monarchs related to that of Orangun of Ila. Both Orangun, Alara and Ajero are Orunmila descendants. Their Cognomens and Ifa verses revealed their Identities as Offsprings of Orunmila.

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

I wonder the origin of these distortions. Though I'm pretty sure they were for political reasons

©️ Prince ObaLoye Òtùkò Adimula
Paraphrased By: Ijapa T'Iroko

Codeye:
I agree! I work at immigration office and I put my advert here for free about international passport waiver and fast tracking production, I'm grateful to all the Nigerian that had patronized me. Some even send the payment before meeting me in person. Indeed there are great Nigerians

ijustdey:
https://dailytrust.com/elon-musk-disables-twitter-spaces-after-clash-with-journalists/

HonNL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIkzBcGUs4w



SOURCE

STOICREALIST:
The general netizens should note that the Nigerian DSS carries out full background checks before female operatives marry. No female DSS operative can get married without the intending spouse passing the background checks. Even if she is marrying Buhari’s son, the Organization will conduct full background checks on the spouse.

While I have seen a lot of speculations and theories based on wild imaginations of Nigerians, it must be stated that until the driver is found and interrogated, phone logs retrieved and reviewed to know what discussions took place, and the husband interrogated and questioned, nothing is a fact here yet. NOTHING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WILL BE TREATED AS FACTUAL OR ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE SUSPECTED SUICIDE. Yes suspected suicide. She could have been murdered too. Expect nothing, expect anything and expect everything then use facts and build your case.

I would expect the DSS to get to the bottom of this. It is an organization I love and know a lot about. However, people should not expect a revelation of the true events from the DSS. They hide and protect their own, their image and their organization. And even IF and when the DSS releases such information, do not expect full disclosure or complete facts. This is an organization that will do ANYTHING to maintain national civil peace. Naturally, they do not like the spotlight. I am surprised that she was immediately identified as a DSS operative. In the past this was not the case. The world of social media.

Pay4MeApp:
Your accommodation is "closed."
You must not accept from a cab driver that your accommodation is closed or overbooked. Don't accept to use another hotel or hostel, but the one you booked. Remember to rely on your Google map.

The shell game
Do not play any card games with strangers. It might be an old travel scam we often see in movies. You may end up losing all your money.

“Come in for tea and help me write a letter!”
In Arabic countries, this type of scam is common among the locals. Therefore, you should stay away from such situations.

The flirtatious local
Don't be carried away by flirtatious local girls in bars or clubs. You may end up paying for drinks you cannot consume or make payments because they had their bills on your head.

Your attraction is closed for lunch.
Be mindful of people telling you that an attraction has closed during your tour, and don't follow them to places you don't know.

The ATM scam
You should not allow anyone to talk to you about the new ATM with no associated charges. Always use indoor ATMs inside a bank and check the ATM for a card skimmer.

Child or injured beggars
Be mindful of injured or child beggars that may approach you for money. Sometimes, the beggar's accomplice may watch where you keep your wallet.

Fake Wi-Fi hub
Scam hackers may use free Wi-Fi to steal your data. So never you an unsecured network abroad, and consider using a VPN.

Be Wary of Distractions
It would help if you were careful of scuffles, fights, or distractions because scammers, thieves, and pickpockets capture your attention with them to rob you.

Pay4MeApp:
Dishonest people and scammers have devised smart ways to take your money during the travel abroad process. But not to worry, we've put together a list of hidden scams you should know when travelling

The taxi overcharge
A driver may tell you that his meter broke, while others may want to charge you more. You can avoid such a situation when you know the ride cost if you check online or ask hotel staff or locals. If a driver tries to start a fare negotiation, you should let him know the correct rate. Avoid entering an unlicensed cab, no matter how tempting the fare may seem to you.

Free rosemary/bracelets/anything
Be careful when someone places a hat on your head or a bracelet on your wrist, including offering you a sprig of rosemary. The person may demand that you make payments for the gift.

The spill on your clothes
Some accidental spilling on your clothes could be challenging, especially if you have a date. Pickpockets often disguise stealing from you with such a trick. source

Motorbike scam
Be careful of the place you rent a motorbike to avoid making an additional payment or expensive repairs. Pay4Me recommends taking pictures of the motorbike before you leave with it.

Mamatukwas:
Hello Everyone.

This is a space to talk about parenting, navigating cultural differences, knowing your rights and other general issues related to being a parent in the UK as a Nigerian Immigrant.

For general immigration information and tips on living in the UK, visit the thread below:

https://www.nairaland.com/6719932/living-uk-life-immigrant-part-2

For questions on studying in the UK, please refer to the student thread: https://www.nairaland.com/6712649/uk-student-visa-tier-4#105017249.

Here’s to raising strong families.

benpedro:
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