Efewestern: You are correct, what happened then was that, the locals never had the skills nor the interest in harvesting palms.
Also, in some eastern Yoruba territories, some of their Palms were too wild which was a big problem for the locals until the Urhobos came in and started massive palm oil trade.
naijamanyoutube: Yes I know Passport Heavy. They've done a Naija trip too.
Thank you.
Alright then... You're welcome. Yeah! That PHeavy Lagos trip was mad cool in terms of the events and variety of cuisines available. It further reinforced the importance of having a great social network or linkages between folks in Nigeria and in the Naija Diaspora... Things get done pretty quickly when you have a good inner circle of influence.
Thank you for your feedback on my videos. As I travel, I’ll keep bringing new content.
@Naijamanyoutube, Great feedback.
A DJI Pocket 2! That's a very portable camera device for recording with clear images. I look forward to getting one too... Looking forward to more video contents on your trips as a digital nomad.
By the way, if you haven't done so, you have to check out @PassportHeavy on YouTube and Instagram which is owned by the now 36-year-old British-born Jubril Agoro who is one of the top digital nomads out there and he's a great guy. He and his younger bro and mother later moved to Chicago when he was 9 years of age and he grew up there. I particularly like his country-specific travel tips on his YouTube videos like the one he did back in 2019 on Ghana and it had breathtaking drone footages. He's even due to visit Ghana again this December 2023 based on the schedule he gave us on his IG.
hisexcellency34: The Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Saturday, December 9, 2023, tied the knot with his delectable wife, Joy.
The private ceremony at the bride’s home, in Lagos, was a beauty to behold as culture, royalty and tradition mixed in honor of a gentle warrior.
Families, friends and associates of the Yoruba generalissimo gathered at a very private engagement and traditional wedding ceremony in Lagos, to rejoice and share in the good moment with the bride and the groom.
Gani Adams picks second wife, Joy Onojaife Now Joy Onojaife-Adams or simply Joy Adams.
Ah! She's Urbobo... Not bad.
A lot of Yorubas and Urhobos are married to one another. I personally know folks whose father's are Yorubas and mothers are Urhobos. I'm aware from historical info online there's a huge population of Urhobos from decades back who live in Yorubaland (Ondo and Lagos States) especially with many being very fluent in Yoruba language.
DAILY POST reports that this was contained in a public announcement on Monday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
The oil field is located in Ebenyi at the Headquarters of Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The flagging-off is scheduled for Tuesday, 28 March 2023.
It is the second oil field in the North Central region; the first was the Ibaji Oil field in Kogi state.
In the history of Nigeria’s exploration, the Ebenyi Oil field is the third in Northern Nigeria; the first was Kolomani, located in the Bauchi/Gombe axis.
KwuoteYourFada: Aisha, until her demise, was a prominent media personality, leaving an indelible footprint on the landscape of Nigerian broadcasting. Aisha, until her demise, was a prominent media personality, leaving an indelible footprint on the landscape of Nigerian broadcasting.
Go to that page and see how Owo people are giving the igala boy dirty slap on Facebook.
If he had mentioned Itsekiriland, yes, there was a small Igala immigration into the Itsekiri area but the largest ancestry of Itsekiris was of Ilaje, Ijebu, Ife, and the Edo migrants from the time of Prince Gimuwa's arrival (in the Ijebu settlement of Ode Itsekiri with Chief Lenuwa as the community leader) with 70 of his aides from Benin on exile, and his reign as Olu from 1480 to 1510.
His mother was a Yoruba woman from Ife (Ufe) and she was married to the then Oba of Benin who was Ginuwas father. and Ginuwa was the eldest son of Oba Olua, the 14th Oba of Benin.
RedboneSmith: Igala origin in Owo? Lol. Ayegba Abdullahi is a notorious and discredited liar on Facebook sha. He has been claiming that the Afro-Brazilians of Yoruba descent are Igala. Anything he says should be taken with a giant pinch of salt.
Some Benin blood in Owo is easily conceivable as there was intensive contact and exchange between both kingdoms, but Igala no dey that equation.
Owo is Yorubaland but was used as a trading focal point by Edos in the centuries back just like they did in other Yoruba towns such as Akure, Igbara Oke, Ikere-Ekiti, etc. The Ado Akure quarters exists till today and had the highest number of Bini-Edo traders in Yorubaland from centuries back.
The Yorubas also had large trading communities in the Benin Empire centuries back so there was interaction like you said. There is even an Odion of Owo and Odion is of Bini-Edo origin.
spearman: So you know his own history better than him - the great Zik of Africa and you know their history better than the grandmother, Who do Ibo people this thing?
Obi of Onitsha nkor? The people of Onitsha are from the Benin Empire (Edo Kingdom). Obi of Onitsha.
Modern Onitsha (i.e., The home town of the Nigerian-American Scientist, Philip Emeagwali) first had an Igala presence before the arrival of the migrants from the Benin Empire. Igalas as you know are classified linguistically as Yoruboid and have mixed ethnic ancestries from Wukari (Jukun), plus a significant Yoruba, Edo, roots, etc, according to a 2017 exclusive interview that the then Attah of Igalaland, HRM Ameh Michael Oboni granted to Sunday Punch newspaper.
The Obi of Onitsha once said clearly in a 2017 Ofala festival documentary I watched that it was the Igala boat people who took his ancestors across the River Niger from the Delta State axis about 500 years ago and that he personally has Edo, Igala, and Ibo ancestry. This is why there are up to 8 quarters in Onitsha indicating the Igala, Edo, Nri ethnic origins and cultures of the Onitsha folks.
spearman: The Benin Origin Of Onitsha: By Late President Nnamdi Azikiwe- The first President of Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Genealogy and Nativity "Thus, in tracing my paternal lineage, I could say that both parents of my father are direct descendants of Eze Chima. As for me, I can trace my paternal ancestry in this wise: I am the first son of Chukwuemeka, who was the third child and first son of Azikiwe, who was the second son of Molokwu, who was the third son of Ozomaocha, who was the second son of Inosi Onira, who was the fourth son of Dei, the second son of Eze Chima, the founder of Onitsha."
SOURCE - Nnamdi A zikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P4 "I can trace my maternal ancestry thus: I am the first son of Nwanonaku Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno)Azikiwe, who was third daughter of Aghadiuno Ajie, the fifth son of Onowu Agbani, first daughter of Obi Udokwu, the son who descended from five Kings of Onitsha. Five of these rulers of Onitsha were direct lineal descendants of Eze Chima (PRINCE OHIME), who led his warrior adventurers when they left Benin to establish the Onitsha city state in about 1748 AD.
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, Chapter I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P5[b] "One day I asked her (grandmother) the meaning of the word 'Onitsha'. She explained that it had historical significance. The terminology meant one who despised another. It is a contraction of two words, Onini to despise, and Ncha meaning others. So that the two words when joined together mean one who despises others. Then I asked her why we despised others. She patted me on the back and told me that it was due to our aristocratic background and tradition. I insisted that she should explain to me the basis of this supercilious social attitude. She told me that we despised others because we descended from the Royal House of Benin and so regarded ourselves as the superiors of other tribes who had no royal blood in their veins, "
"I continued to belabor my grandmother to tell me more of the history and origins of the Onitsha people. She narrated that many many years ago, there lived at Idu (Benin) a great Oba who had many children. Due to a power struggle regarding the right of precedence among princes of the blood and other altercations, there was a civil war in Benin. One day, the supporters of one of the princes insulted and assaulted Queen Asije, the mother of of the Oba of Benin, who was accused of having trespassed on their farmland. Enraged at this evidence of indiscipline and lawlessness, the Oba ordered his war chief and brother, Gbunwala Asije to apprehend and punish the insurgents. In the attempt to penalize them, Chima (OHIME), the ultimate founder of the Onitsha City-State, a Prince of the blood in his own right, led the recalcitrants against his Uncle, Gbunwala. This intensified the civil war which rent the kingdom of Benin in two and led to the founding of Onitsha Ado N'Idu, "As the great trek from Benin progressed, some did not have the stout heart of the pioneer-warrior, and decided to settle at different places, known today as Onitsha -Ugbo, Onitsha-Olona, Onitsha-Mili, Obior, Issele Ukwu, Ossomari, Aboh, etc.[/b]
" SOURCE - Nnamdi Azikiwe: My Odyssey, I (Spectrum Books, 1970) "My Genealogy and Nativity" P 11 - 12.
NextDayPP: This can also be used to provide water for the rural areas, I mean bringing their water (stream/river) close to them in the centre of the village. Every village have their source of water, so If you've been looking for a way to give something everyone will benefit to your village, this is it. Far better than a borehole because it's maintenance free. I will explain better how this can be taken to the village even if the distance from village to the stream is up to 1 kilometres.
To get this to the people in the village, a tank will be placed at the highest point near the river/stream while gravity do the rest to the village. All of this are natural, so can not fail. For those who don't understand that part, do we all remember how water was distributed into our streets in towns and cities before the demise of water corporation?. They usually have a very tall reservoir where they pump water into, but when they serve us, they don't need to pump, gravity does it. The same way you don't need a pump to use the water in the tank on top of your house.
NextDayPP: I want to state other conditions based on questions I have been asked on WhatsApp, though I would have loved those questions here for everyone to see my answers.
The installation process and cost will vary due to different patterns of farm areas and types of water source. Reason being that the level of the intake needs to be significantly higher than the position of the pump, the reason swamps and lakes will not work. The velocity from the inlet to the pump is what powers it.
For a stream to achieve a desired head at the intake, a dam will be built across the flow to raise the water level. That'll require a length of pipe between 50 ft and 100 ft, unless in a place where a stand pipe is used.
But for a river, a much longer pipe will be needed as it will be impossible to build a dam across a river without heavy machineries.
For water to flow, there's a gradient, or slope, if you like. Now this slope is a continuous thing along the river, otherwise rivers will just flow where there's slope and stop where there's none. Now if you mark out 100 ft along the bank of the river, there will be a level difference between the two points, you may not see with your eyes, but it's there. What I'm saying is your first point upstream is higher than your second point downstream, that's why the water is moving. That is how we get the right height for the pump, the pipe in this case could be between 300ft and 500ft, depending on how steep the difference from upstream point A is to downstream point B is.
NextDayPP: Please be sure you have a source of water that runs all year round, like a stream. Without a flowing water, IT CAN NOT WORK
Before you contact me on WhatsApp, please get some pictures or short video of different angles of your water. Though a farm inspection is the best practice, pictures are good way to start. Thank you
Dimaya: Really? What did you find insightful about it
How's it going?
I've known these for years now, but the fantastically done video posted on this thread and the discussants featured just re-inforced the specifics in very simple and clear terms. The male anchor too is calm, very eloquent and well-dressed.
1. Formality and due diligence... You have to get a professional business name and register your business so as to access quality funds at lower interest rates.
2. Second you have to draw up a comprehensive business and sales plan and ensure that the small business (or business of whatever size) has a large demand for it's products and/or services in order to be able to turn up good profit margins and repeat customers (which is the primary purpose of being in business in the first place).
If you don't have good profit margins after taking into consideration the type of products and services you are going to offer (and the overhead costs or cost of production) in order to find solutions to existing challenges, then it's much better to STAY OUT and just remain an investor in the financial markets. A physical bricks-and-morter business isn't for everyone!
CalmTravels: East Africa is a common union area with the following countries as member states: Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, DRC Congo, Burundi and S. Sudan.
Amongst these States, only five states are viable in terms of Schooling, Business or Leisure.
This thread is a pro bono one highlighting the pros & cons of each state capital. The information published here are factual and based on eye witness and research done. However, readers are encouraged to do their own study and not base their actions or decisions solely on what they read here. What i post is not a legal or business advice. Tankio.
Our first discussion would center on Schooling (Varsity level) in Kigali, Dar Salaam, Bumjubura, Nairobi, Kampala & Kinshasha.
It's indeed a fake story. Immediately I saw the story which was first shared with me via email, I did my quick image search and discovered to my annoyance that the arrested black dude in the fake story was arrested years back and all the pictures of the 4 pregnant female police officers were taken many years back!
The criminal blogger who (He spoke in the video with a Sierra Leone accent) put that story out from his website has to be arrested for fraudulently passing FAKE news around... And he must apologize for misleading the public in order to draw traffic to his crappy blog!
This also shows again how gullible, foolish and mysoginistic a lot of people are with regards to believing things from online sources without proper investigations.
But I suspect a blogger lie meant to attract low quality traffic here. Why?
1. The chances of an Anambrarian answering 'Jamil' is less than 1/1,000,000,000
2. There's no law against consensual romance between two adults in the US. The blogger sensed that people would discover this, so he added the part about Jamil's immigration fraud. Yet, he sounds as if a furoe against Jamil's 'sex scandal' led to opening his immigration file.
3. No video evidence 4. The photos are familiar ones on the Web.
Beware of desperate bloggers. Our bad government make all sorts of evil like this to keep festering.
Please, if you don't want the current rulers of Nigeria, don't lose hope. There's still hope to unseat them using a digital version of the Arab Spring that unseated many unpopular leaders in North Africa many years ago. But, all hands must be on deck for this to happen. That's what I learned in this YouTube Video. Thanks.
If truly most Nigerians don't want the Tinubu/Shettima combo, they still have the power to force them out. As Mandela said, “ it always looks impossible until it's done".
PAGAN9JA: I believe the hatred against homosexuals came with christianity and islam. Africans were not so concerned about it before. Us Traditional Religionists are generally tolerant of everyone. Also notice the Traditional Ruler's amiable behaviour towards the Area Scatter. He even stood up to applaud his performance. There is a big difference in attitudes today. Also homosexuality was not as rife as before because nowadays it is being marketed. Homosexuals today have also become very outrightly vulgar unlike before. There are faults on both sides.
I am a practitioner of Hausa Traditional Religion (Boori) myself and many of the spirits worshipped and those people possesed by it during religious rituals are known homosexuals (Yan Daudu). You will find large number of women and homosexuals and all the discriminated sections of society in these rituals as it gives them relief from the fanatical world outside.
There is a propaganda being spread by christians and muslims to say that African culture abhorrs homosexuals.
Creamypie: Last week, A man from Anambra came to buy land in asaba. When my agent friend showed him a plot in bonsaac, an area of almost 2/4/7 light that 95% of its residents are fellow Igbos (easterners) who relocated, bought lands and built houses, he changed his mind and requested land from inside asaba town, since its mostly Deltans that bought lands and built there. E get why
SUBWAY101: So you expect an Ibo man to make sense? They mock dead people but cry that people hate them, the ADC was pinned down and killed but they are already insulting the man yet there bearded hero ojukwu fled when he was real war after losing 3m people. Ibos are hypocrites. Spits
jonhemma11: AKINTUNDE AKINSEHINWA, Nigeria’s 1st ADC to Late Gen. Murtala Mohammed was killed while defending huthe General
DEATH AND THE ASSASSINATION OF MURTALA MUHAMMED
On a dark Friday, 13th of February of 1976, Akinsehinwa was with his boss when their motorcade was attacked by coup plotters.They were in a simple, black Mercedes Benz which had no bulletproof exterior. The head of state was killed in a shower of bullets immediately. Same with the driver of the car,Sergeant Adamu Michika and the Orderly Staff Sergeant Michael Otuwe was seriously injured but later recovered. Akinsehinwa survived the first bullets, struggled and came out of the Benz limousine and returned fire at the attackers. But, he was overwhelmed and cut down in a fiery hail of gunshots. A postmortem examination showed six bullet wounds in his back. He was the very first ADC to die in duty while protecting a Nigerian head of state and the first of its kind in the world. He was 31.
BURIAL:
Above are photos from the burial of the late Akinsehinwa, the bullet-riddled car,taking of his corpse from LUTH and his burial at the Ikoyi Burial Ground.Soldiers were pictured paying their last respects to him.
Masterstroke4: Prices of foodstuff increase as bandits prevents farmers from harvesting crops in Taraba.
Prices of foodstuffs are on the rise in Taraba State following activities of bandits who have prevented farmers from harvesting their crops. Findings revealed that…
Prices of foodstuffs are on the rise in Taraba State following activities of bandits who have prevented farmers from harvesting their crops.
Findings revealed that bandits have chased away many farmers in farming communities in parts of Bali, Ussa, Takum and Ardo_Kola local government areas of the state.
The activities of bandits, it was gathered, forced many farmers to abandon their farmers without harvesting their matured farm produce.
Presently, a 100kg bag of maize costs N32,000 as against N18,000 sold during harvesting period last year.
Similarly, a 100kg bag of paddy is sold at N25,000 as against N17,000 sold at this period last year.
Many farmers were killed by bandits while several others were abducted in the affected areas.
A farmer, Lami John, told Daily Trust on Sunday that they harvested their maize last around Kwando area in Ardo Kola Local Government Area but armed bandits in their numbers invaded the community.
She said many farmers, as well as their families, were abducted and the lucky ones including herself and her children escaped to a nearby forest.
“We slept in the forest till the following day and trekked to Jalingo and since then, l have not gone back to my farm and l don’t know if my crops are still there or eaten by cows,” she said.
In Ussa and Takum local government areas, many farmers were killed in recent attacks and as a result, many farmers have abandoned their farms without harvesting their crops.
Mr Bulus Andeyake told Daily Trust on Sunday that bandits invaded their communities and prevented farmers from harvesting their crops.
“In our area, going to the farm is very risky because bandits are everywhere, harassing innocent farmers,” he said.
Bulus stated that apart from many farmers killed by bandits in the last few months, 11 farmers were killed by bandits on Sunday around Jenuwagida while going to harvest their crops.
He said two farmers were also killed on Tuesday in their farm in the same area.
Bulus appealed to security agents to double their effort in fighting bandits in order to free farming communities from the bandits.
Another farmer, Dauda Maihula, said many farmers are afraid to go their farms to harvest their crops because of the presence of armed bandits.
He said on Tuesday, 14 hunters were killed in the area by bandits during a face-to-face confrontation.
Dauda said the hunters got killed while fighting the bandits who invaded farming communities and prevented them from going to their farms.
A grain trader at Iware grains market, Alhaji Haruna Jafar, told Daily Trust that prices of grains will continue to rise because of the activities of the bandits.
He said in areas around Kwando in Ardo Kola LGA and Dakka in Bali LGA, bandits have taken over many farming communities and prevented farmers from harvesting their crops.
Haruna stated that many rice, maize, soya beans and cowpea farmers did not harvest their crops for fear of the bandits.
He commended hunters and security agents for doing their best in confronting bandits in the state.
Arrowss: Recognize this place, idasho, ibeju lekki Lagos under the pipe that runs into Dangote refinery, at the beach. I rest here when I come back from work then.
sylve11: Trevally fish. The ijaws call it Kidowei.
This fish is not sweet. There is another one that has yellow tail and another that has bluish color. They are the tastier versions of this one you bought.
Politics › Re: A Look At The Urhobo Migration To Okitipupa & Other Parts Of Ikale by XAUBulls: 8:27pm On Dec 11, 2023
It further reinforced the importance of having a great social network or linkages between folks in Nigeria and in the Naija Diaspora... Things get done pretty quickly when you have a good inner circle of influence.
