Christistruth03: The Ruler of Ilorin when the British arrived was a Yoruba man called Balogun Alanamu it was Balogun Alanamu and his followers that the British fought for the Control of Ilorin
The British then reinstaled an Emir in Ilorin after the defeat of balogun Yoruba Inakoju alanamu due to Political Pressure from Northern Emirs .
The Emir of Ilorin had been defeated and deposed by the Ilorin Yoruba Chiefs before the British arrived.
The British left at Independence after an agreement was made to have a referendum over Kwara State.
The Post independence Government of Balewa and Azikiwe frustrated that referendum by not carrying out the Kwara referendum which should have happened at the same time as the Midwest referendum in order to cripple Awolowo and his Party Politically after Awolowo had been jailed in 1962
Balewa and Azikiwe also didn't Carry out the other referendums agreed with the British before independence meant for the Eastern and Northern Minority Ethnic groups.
Ilorin still has an Emir because of Colonial and Tribal Politics
Sardauna Ahmadu Bello in his Biography described Ilorin as a 200 year old " Staggering Headache" for the Sokoto Caliphate to the extent that the Sultan of Sokoto had to warn the Emir of Gwandu to hands off anything to do with Ilorin and keep a very low Profile because of the Constant War Yorubas fought over it.
Very true!
The British colonists were really daft in handling the issue of Ilorin only for them to later call for a referendum after realizing their very stupid mistake. This is why Sir. Allan Burns (The Acting Governor-General of Nigeria) clearly stated in his iconic book "The History of Nigeria" that Ilorin is a Yoruba town and was one of the 10 largest towns in Nigeria as of the 1920s when he published his book. 9 of the 10 largest towns were Yoruba towns with Kano being the only town in the top 10 largest towns.
The British colonists have left Nigeria since 1960, so this aberration in Ilorin has be be sorted out with the knowledge of the UN and then a strong advocacy from all Yoruba folks worldwide to have a full-blooded Yoruba leadership in Ilorin. Period.
sukkot: nice bit Of history there chief. Can’t wait to dig in. Past few days being hectic but yeah I got time now. Asari is a very intelligent man. I have heard him speak many times and I am always impressed. He understands Nigeria very well. I believe a gentleman like him with his vast knowledge of Nigeria should be offered a post in government. He would contribute
uche87: Life in the United Kingdom is far different from what most Nigerian men are used to in their home countries. The points here might appear so simple but they count in the preparedness of a man in bracing up for the challenging task ahead. They constitute the essential ingredients that put the final touches to the taste of a good soup. Come with me and let's dive into these points:
(1) No creditworthiness: If you are not creditworthy, you might struggle in the UK, because the credit score is taken seriously here. You will struggle to secure loans and mortgages. Even offline, your friends and colleagues might be hesitant to assist you financially during difficult times.
(2) Cheating: In Nigeria, cheating married men are like celebrities, especially when they have financial muscle. Even when their wives know, they endure the problem. In the UK, cheating on your wife might render you homeless and even pave a visa route for her and the children through your downfall. If you are a serial cheat, it might be better for you to remain in Nigeria where you are a king without a crown.
(3) Pride: Some Nigerians are excessively proud. They never do household chores and they brag about it. It is too expensive to secure domestic workers here and the terms of engagement are too strict. You might have to keep your hands dirty at home to keep your marriage going. Some jobs also come with insults and talking instructions from underage or far younger colleagues. If you can't handle it, you might be forced to sleep rough and go hungry due to being broke.
(4) Obsession with white-collar jobs: In the UK, it is easier for you to easily get blue-collar jobs and make good money from there as an immigrant pending when you are fully integrated into the system. You might be forced to come down from your high horse to work in factories, restaurants, warehouses, care homes, and hospitals; playing menial roles. If all you know is wearing suits and ties in cozy office environments and signing documents, the UK might not be for you.
(5) Laziness: Making money in the UK is quite tough. If the money sent to Nigeria could talk, some people will not touch it. The majority of immigrants do transitional jobs of an average of 12hrs per day and 6 days a week to make ends meet. The cost of living is too high at this point. A lazy man who is used to enjoying free cash from petty crimes in Nigeria will certainly not fit in here.
(6) Can't manage loneliness: This affects single people more. Over here, people would only check up on you if they need you. Everything is highly transactional! This gets to everyone at some point. You have to manage it well before you get in bed with the nearest 'mad' person.
(7) Tolerance/Endurance: Immigrants who work in health and social care must possess this attribute. The money might be good but there is a reason why the labour turnover in this sector is very high and visa sponsorships are given for people to remain there. This is because of the unconventional nature of the jobs. If you can't tolerate or endure the smoke, you might end up begging the Tinubu victims in Nigeria for money right from the UK.
( Hate cooking: If you don't have cooking skills in the UK, you will suffer oh! You will end up eating foreign foods that you might find tasteless. You will spend a lot on patronizing Nigerian food vendors who sometimes cook burnt offerings for the gods. You will eat junk food till you become pregnant without a forthcoming baby after 9 months.
(9) Lacking good communication skills: Being able to communicate in good and simple English is very essential in the UK. It is very imperative when attending a job interview. It is the easiest way to sell yourself even when the certificate might be lacking. It shows your level of intelligence and how adaptable you can be. If you are poor in this area, your progress might be hampered in the UK.
(10) Cold: If you are the type that screams 'weather for two' anytime rain falls in Nigeria, the UK might not be for you. If you can become sexually restless under a weather condition of 25 degrees Celsius in Nigeria, imagine what you would do when it falls to 0 in the UK. And this isn't a place to be randy. It is very expensive and dangerous to do so. Read the stories of the former Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mendy or Adam Johnson and learn.
Feel free to debate the few points I have made so that we can all learn.
Osahon George Osayimwen writes from the United Kingdom.
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Everywhere is an abroad. A British residing in Nigeria is also in abroad
Na so a friend spent N30m relocating to UK with his family. He borrowed money, sold some of his things for 20hours work weekly while the wife can't work.
StoriesUpdate: Abuja Event Planner, Real Estate Agent Engaged To Her heartthrob In Grand Style
An Abuja-based event planner and real estate agent, Adaora Anuamadi was at the weekend engaged to her sweet charming prince, Mr. Ugochukwu Okonkwo a businessman.
The event at Grand Cubana hotel Abuja brought together friends and family members of the couple where a reception was held in their honour.
The glamorous event got guests more excited when the fiancé knelt down before the crowd of friends and family to pop the question to his wife-to-be.
It was an exciting moment when Miss Adaora, also a hair stylist said a big yes to Mr. Ugochukwu, agreeing to marry him.
The couple are both from Anambra state and have in the last couple of years been in relationship.
Adaora is known among friends as "show stopper aka Ifeabata" because of her generosity with money, not only at social functions but in the lives of people around her.
She is a philanthropist who has made significant impact in the lives of many by showing them ways to self-reliance and entrepreneurship.
Preparations have commenced for their wedding later in the year in Abuja and high-powered committee has been set up to make the wedding classy and an event to remember.
Curse777: Rinu Oduala was born in 1998 and barely 24 yet influences her fellow Generation who knows absolutely next to nothing about Nigeria era under ruthless dictatorship
I told one of them, if Abacha was the Head of State. many of them would have disappeared without traces or faced firing squad..
joyandfaith: If Russia is interested in Niger, there would be hell.Burkina faso, congo and mali all have hands of Russia in their affairs. I learnt Niger is an important source of uranium for france. Civil war in our border with niger is the last thing we want. From the video, Russia is already in Niger.
French embassy in the Niger capital surrounded by supporters of the coup
People chant "Long live Russia", "Long live Putin", "Down with France", "Down with Macron" pic.twitter.com/Jn3eQc3Wmq
You can't keep slapping these idiots with light jail terms. Nigeria has to brutally go the way of Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, China, etc, that have the death penalty for drug barons and drug trafficking.
Illicit hard drugs will consume Nigeria if NOT checked now.
Tranquill: They committed a lot of atrocities then, especially among civilians that were not armed and didn't expect that they would get such. These are the stories that emboldens them to think that they could still do the same thing now unchallenged, the reason they believe they can force others into their Biafra in the name of 'our brothers' whether the people like it or not. But that was in 1967 when g.uns were a big deal, many people were illitrates and ignorant, and also, only them were well armed apart from the federal troops. This is 2023. Every community now has Armory and sharp shooters.
Immediately Biafra was declared, Igbo people started invading peoples farmland in Ikwerre to lay ownership while declaring these lands as 'biafraland' and these were mainly Igbos that had hitherto lived peacefully as tenants amongst the indigenes, doing menial jobs for them , who didn't know they had snakes living with them.
Igbo people out of frustration and desperation brutalized several Iwhuruoha (Ikwerre) people who were not armed. Among these people so treated were one Nna Igwe from Elioparanwo who was buried alive on the suspicion that he was a saboteur. His first son Iche Igwe is still alive.
Also, the first Ikwerre (Iwhuruoha) journalist, a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who wrote for Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s West African Pilot Newspaper, Honukwuru Obasiolu was at Aluu tortured by Biafran soldiers and later buried alive on suspicion too that he was a Saboteur. Honokwuru Obasiolu hailed from Rumuigbo and had gone to Aluu to see the condition of his pregnant wife who had gone to the parents at Aluu to take cover in the midst of sporadic shootings during the escalation of the war in 1967. When the wife came back from the farm to hear what has befallen the husband, she collapsed and dies with the pregnancy. His only daughter, Dr (Mrs) Ige is still alive.
It can never happen again!
Indeed. The Ikwerre-born icon, Elechi Amadi wrote in Sunset Biafra about these 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War events too detailing out rebel Ibo attrocities on his people and other ethnic minorities in the defunct Old Eastern Region.
When PH was liberated in 1967 by Nigerian Federal troops of the 3rd Marine Commando led by the iconic Col. Benjamin Adekunle, Col. Alabi Isama, Isaac Adaka Boro, and others, Elechi Amadi (who locked up in prison for refusing to fight of behalf of the crazy rebels and had earlier served in the Nigerian Army) joined the 3rd Marine Commando to push the rebel invaders out of PH and environs.
Those rebels also killed a lot of innocent and prominent indigenes of Calabar and more when the Federal troops moved in to successfully liberate Calabar and Bonny Island in 1968.
As the rebels retreated from Calabar under heavy gunfire, they proceeded to bring out from detention over 100 prominent Efiks, Ibibios, etc, and summarily executed them simply because they had refused to join the Ibos to secede from Nigeria! These guys already had their own states which were newly created on May 27, 1967 and saw no need to join the Ibos in a so-called secession. These led to the Civil War to successfully liberate the occupied non-Ibo areas from the Ibo rebel invaders by the Federal troops.
AuschwitzPrefec: In a pattern of behavior that can only be described as self-destructive, the "liberation" force went molesting, raping, kidnapping, torturing, detaining and even killing local figures whose support they badly needed (14, 17). For example, Mr. J. O Adeola (Commissioner of Police), Mr. Olu Akpata (Permanent Secretary), Mr. Sam Umweni (of Radio Nigeria, Benin) and Mr. J Imoukhuede (Head of the civil service), were abducted from Benin and taken back to Biafra. They remained in prison (without trial) until the end of the war (17). In his memoirs, Ademoyega acknowledges: "The 18th battalion stationed in that port (Warri) was a ragged, ill-equipped and ill-controlled unit. Reports of their lawlessness in town had been scandalous." Such actions (among others) did not endear them to the people they came to liberate from "the north". Ademoyega summarized it thus: "Biafran entry into the Midwest was seen by the people, especially the non-Ibos of the State, as an act of foreign aggression." (9)
The decision to occupy and then terrorize a proud and ancient cultural region should not have been made so lightly (18).
Picture 1: Thieves steal cars off the Bethesda showroom floor. (Screenshot from CCTV footage)
Pictures 2 and 3: Customs agent opens shipping container at Port of Baltimore.
Picture 4: Bethesda Euro Motor Cars staff inspect their returned car.
An international criminal syndicate did this... Been going on for years now. From Maryland to Africa. Catalytic converters of cars have been stolen in huge numbers in the U.S. and UK as well.
As of today, Anthony Olufemi Joshua (AJ) hasn't recovered his customized Range Rover that got stolen like 3 years ago.
It is a FACT that 70 percent of all crimes are committed by repeat offenders who have been to jail.
The rate of rescividism is always high and this is the reason why stiffer punishments have to be given to offenders while trying to reform them with the skills to reach a stage of creating sustainable income for themselves.
What is going on In NIGERIA is not the Worst compared to outside. Don't let people chasing clout with OPPOSITION as Party to current GOVERNMENT blindfold U. TINUBU Didn't remove SUBSIDY, he is only working to Correct the PLATFORM he met and make dem work well for us all.
Come to ENGLAND today, TEACHERS' STRIKE, HEALTH SECTOR, TRAIN DRIVERS, SECURITY OUTFITS are on strike once a week or in 2 weeks and a Month, But people don't hear that outside ENGLAND, a litre of fuel in London is £2, cheapest 2 beds flat in London is £1,600 , when u work £4k monthly( if I tell u how much was deducted for my NI & Tax but at end I take 3k+ home tho, bt bills of House rent, transportation n feeding nko? Its not easy out here 🧏♂️
NIGERIA is a great NATION. WE LIVE GOOD N LARGE THERE, What WE LACK is GOOD SOURCE OF INCOME if not we can cope n live Good in NIGERIA when u have THE SOURCE. many live in POVERTIES cos no GOOD SOURCE of INCOME. SOURCE DEOSNT MEAN WEALTH, but MAINTENANCE LINE of SURVIVAL.
All this CRIMES are because some are not with the right Link, some are destined to path through TIME, MAJORITY are lazy (they want free income) why CRIMES are MUCH.
Thank you bro, u are with Wisdom, others who quoted me are myopic minded.. By August it going to become £25》if u drive PMS CAR More than 10yrs and diesel CAR of 6yrs. The increased TFl too and decreases Transit hour from 1.30min to 1hr.
Well if u think Nigeria is the worst keep to ur believe. Politicians are worst a bit here to, some are R*cist, some corrupt too. But they are quick to resign.
No, you lack comprehending. did I compare our Economy? Each economic with it policies affecting them. Minimum wage here is £10.50p [N11,000], if we are to compare but I will not, cos what I buy less here are costly in Nigeria and things I buy costly here are cheap in Nigeria. My SAMSUNG NOTE 4 cost £1,800 but i learnt its jus 1M in 9ja. Many more to say but I will pass
Oga there are Problems every where. Problems Equivalent to each economy else where.. sink that.
Lolz which battered ? Na politicians the sell zelle, bTC, IRS ? Dey play Many youth defaults school for internet fraud Classes. DETRIMENTS youth have Created online have joined what old politicians have ignoted, youth built mansion on it. Changes begin WITH YOU & I.
sukkot: yeah Chief, the guarantor and it also helps that she actually works in the place so she guided me through the process >>>ok now take your file here to mr so so and so to get it stamped, ok now take it to mrs lagbaja to get it approved, ok now go and make copies of this and that, ok now I need you to go to your local government to get an indigene verification, ok now I see some conflicting information in these two forms so I need you to change it etc etc etc. basically she was like a quarterback directing the whole thing . Oh and it’s not like I got zero documentation, I got tonnes of documentation but I can’t present any documentation I have because that would reveal that I have been out of the country before , which would then trigger the question so why is this your first ever passport ? Are you even Nigerian ? Etc etc etc and so I can’t present any documentation I have. I have to create fresh documentation.
But truthfully speaking I think it’s easy for an outsider to get one. I mean I could have been an outsider right ? But hey what’s an outsider doing trying to get one of the ‘ worst’ lol passports in the world right ? Lmao it’s not like we have a welfare system here that you can plunder after acquiring citizenship. Actually scratch that because we have the 8k Emilokan palliative welfare coming up. I can see how Kwesi will want a piece of that
Thanks for the vivid clarity here Sukkot! I get the bigger picture now. Lol.
According to an Army manual, "a resistance movement is the organized element of a disaffected population, which resists a government or occupying power with means varying from passive to violently active. Resistance movements begin to form when dissatisfaction occurs among strongly motivated individuals who cannot further their cause by peaceful and legal means".
Not much has been written about the popular resistance. In their memoirs, Ademoyega and Ejoor make passing reference to it. Much of what we know comes from the written account of Ogbemudia corroborated by oral testimony. For some reason, Alexander Madiebo saw things differently from his position as Commander of the Biafran Army in Enugu, even claiming in his narrative that "Benin was taken early that morning without a single loss of life, amidst frantic jubilation by the entire local population." . One can only wonder about which population he was referring, and the veracity of intelligence reports reaching the East.
Many resistance groups may have operated in the Midwest, but one in particular was organized and very effective. This group was the one formed by Chief Michael A. Ojomo in Benin on August 18th. According to Ogbemudia, "….In a short time, recruitment and training started, and volunteers came in hundreds. Soon afterwards, an effective system of hit and runs was in operation…..By 26th of August, we had assembled a reliable force of about 600 men and 180 women……"
Supportive citizens, who were too old for action, donated their single and double-barrel cartridge guns. Recruits performed armed and armless combat, isolating and capturing Biafran sentries. Night raiders spat salt into the eyes of soldiers, while attractive girls distracted them with sex, obtained intelligence, and even stole their weapons. In a manner reminiscent of the Vietcong in Vietnam, corpses of freedom fighters were recovered at great peril for burial, frustrating the Biafran units who had just engaged them in firefights. In the Siluko area, 50 Biafran soldiers (about half of a company) were drowned by a group of "Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri swimmers" who lost 16 men in the fight
At the behest of the resistance, female cooks put all kinds of things in the meals of the Biafran soldiers. Supported by threatening letters written to harass the Biafran command, rumors spread about the risk of poisoning by locals. It is speculated that even the Administrator, Major Okonkwo, stayed away from food cooked by his official cooks, particularly if they were non-Ibo.
But all did not go well indefinitely. Undercover agents were infiltrated into the group and counter-insurgency raids on villages became more frequent and ruthless. Nine of the girls were killed, some in suspicious circumstances. Faced with threats of severe reprisals, extreme caution among the local population became the watchword.
However, by this time, they were encouraged by news of the progress of the federal army. After reorienting the movement to undertake psychological and deception missions in support of the theater commander, Major Ogbemudia himself eventually disengaged from guerrilla warfare activities to return to Army HQ in Lagos. From there, he joined the hastily organized Second Infantry Division of the Nigerian Army making its way to Benin City .
According to Ejoor, similar activities took place in the Delta. Small groups of Biafran soldiers looking for local Hausa communities in the riverine areas, were drowned by local Urhobo swimmers in the treacherous currents of the Ethiope River.
[Oral folk tales claim that even native doctors joined the resistance, using spells and 'juju' to cause unusual ailments among Biafran troops such as massive testicles, clearly an impediment to mobility.
The best you can do is research skills needed abroad. And train for it.
Don't fall into the hype of local tech industry. Most depend on outsourced solutions from India. Except you want to face the same fate that the 14 Nigerian graduates in this video: the craziest job stories you've never heard are facing.
Fashypearl: A Nigerian couple has caused a frenzy online after sharing their transformation pictures which immediately went viral.
The stunning pictures which featured the couple side-by-side with the caption “how it started vs how it’s going,” has been shared thousands of times on various platforms.
In the “how it started” picture, the couple was looking young and vibrant, dressed in matching Ankara outfits.
In the “how it’s going” picture, the woman was looking much bigger and more robust than the man, who hasn’t changed much.
The picture has sparked a conversation online, with many people commenting on the couple’s incredible transformation.
Dimaya: Thats why men need to outearn their wives. Otherwise she'll outgrow you. That guy is experiencing what was being described in this conversation: when women earn more
Babathanks: Stop playing victim card, I was born and I still live in Kaduna. Im also a civil servant here, you will never see any Yoruba interfere with the politics of Hausa here even though we have high population here.
Nigeria is too sensitive to ethnicity. This country is not suppose to be one but we should blame our founding fathers for it
Sam Egube is a Lagos-based Urhobo man from Delta State... He's NOT an Ibo dude.
'Fola Arthur-Worrey, a top legal luminary is the first man with paternal roots in the Sapele area (Urhobo) of Delta State to become a Commissioner for Lands in the Lagos State government under former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu. His mother (Olufunke Arthur-Worrey passed on at 95 years in 2022. She got married in London to her husband who was a close friend of her brother) was a Yoruba and an indigene of Lagos Island.
Congrats to Sam Egube on his renomination as a Commissioner in the Lagos State government cabinet of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu.
Roger3D: Lots of Africans are being deported from Germany on a monthly basis, I even watched a YouTube video where some deportees broke the window of the bus transporting them to the airport for deportation. The fact is that it's very difficult to live in Germany without being legit. I wish the family all the best of luck
IconicR: Davido should publicly apologize. Stop triggering people and stepping out of boundaries and trying to control how they react, they were on their own and you stupidly and intentionally triggered them. Bitter truth.
Politics › Re: Senate Clears Wike As He Says Tinubu Won’t Regret Nominating Him As Minister by XAUBulls: 8:57pm On Jul 31, 2023
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