HacheNoire: Ogun lakaiye Ọsin mole Ogun alada méjì Ofi okan sanko Ofi okan yena Ọjo ogun nti ori oke bo Aso ina lo mu bora Ẹwu eje lowo Ogun onile owo Ọlo na ola Ogun onile Kongun kongun Ọrun Olomi ni ile feje we Olaso nile fimo kimo bora Ogun apon leyin iju Egbe lehin omo kan Ogun meje logun mi Ogun alara ni n gb’aja Ogun onire a gb’agbo Ogun ikole a gb’agbin Ogun ila a gb’esun isu Ogun akirin a gb’awo agbo Ogun elemono eran ahun ni je Ogun makinde ti dogun leyin odi Bi o ba gba tapa a gb’aboki A gba ukuuku a gba kemberi Nje nibo lati gbe pade ogun? A pade ogun nibi ija A pade re nibi ita A pade re nibi agbara eje ti nsan Agbara eje ti ndeni lorun Bi omi ago Bomode ba ndale Ki o mase da Ogun Oro Ogun leewo Ara Ogun kan go go go!
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"The Yoruba culture did not teach turn the other cheek, on the contrary, Yoruba culture celebrates (Ogun) the God of war... So you can see that Yoruba even played a role in the liberation struggle in Latin America, and in the liberation struggle for human rights." ~ Prof. Wole Soyinka (In the classic Yoruba Diaspora Netflix documentary, Bigger Than Africa).
odumchi: I think the line separating a diviner from a herbalist is very thin. Diviners (aka seers) are spiritual men who are well-known for their ability to foresee the future and for their special connection to the spirit world (thus their ability to converse with ndi ogo nmuo). Herbalists are just people who have a thorough knowledge of native plants and their uses. Any botanist can easily become a herbalist. However, those herbalists that have a special connection with the spiritual world that allows them to reach the ancestors, ndi nmuo, and Chukwu himself are Diviners.
For example, a man who opens a shrine in his backyard and begins to give away herbal remedies is a herbalist. However, the priest of the shrine to Kamalu or Ibini Ukpabi is known as a diviner.
I understand what you mean. I am one of those people that believe that a perfect balance between Christianity and Omenali should be maintained. I believe that embracing Christianity shouldn't mean abandoning our past. For example in my town if a man dies and foul play is suspected, the man's family (even if Christians) have the right to consult an oracle and prepare the taking of an oath (otita arunsi).
MetaPhysical: Fulaman, Is it possible that Gullah may have been an adulteration of Fullah?
Im going to share an experience. I once went on a visit to the South of USA and one of my stops was in Savannah, GA. Savannah is in what they called Gullah country. It stretched to Sapelo Island (which probably is adulteration of Sapele) and the coastal waters of South Carolina. The land and the people are called Gullah and their pidgin english is called Gechee.
This was shortly after I had undergone a study in Ajami literature, at a basic level. The study was necessitated by a project in Timbuktu to collect and collate Ajami scripts from all over West Africa for archiving. A Professor at LASU facilitated the Yoruba scripts...but long story short my access into the database led to the study.
In Savannah there was a Church called First African Episcopal or Baptist....i forgot, anyway, it was a tour stop. The basement served as slave holding quarters back in the days. It was modernized when i visited and there were still scribbles on the preserved wooden benches and pews used by Black slaves back then in their indoctrination using Christianity to legitimize their bondage. I went row by row trying to see if I could find Yoruba words scribbled into the wood, none. I found a scribble in Arabic letters with the word "majalis". There were many more in Arabic scripts but had no diacritics to give vowel sounds. Like I said I was a beginner in learning to read and write Ajami. If it did not have the marks I could not tell what it was. Lol. This one i interpreted had the vowel marks.
The rest of the tourists were astonished that i found something and wanted to know. I told them it meant "council". They wanted to know how a council will hold back in Africa. After I explained someone said "oohh, a congregation". It clicked! The slave that scribbled the writing had no idea about Church congregation or service....to him or her, this was a council gathering...a majalis! This slave had not yet gained knowlddge to link a gathering of that manner in connection with God worship.
After we got back in the tour bus the driver played a recording of a Gechee conversation. Its like Warri pidgin.
When most people think of Wall Street titans, they think of rich, white men who garner very little interest from our young people. This may be true, but it isn’t completely accurate because swimming with the sharks is a Queen our young people should know about.
Last year, Suzanne Shank became one of, if not the first, black woman to head a publicly traded financial services institution. Shank was promoted to CEO of Siebert Financial Corporation (a broker/deal institutional investment bank founded by Muriel Seibert). A monumental feat indeed, but no where near defines the career and future of this extraordinary woman.
In addition to holding this post, Shank is also the CEO of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC. It seems like a lot of work, but Shank splits her time between the two businesses and is doing very well.
As you can imagine, Shank’s resume is power packed, impressive and mind blowing to say the least.
Shank was a Wharton MBA graduate in finance, class of 1987, civil engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, President, Municipal bond trader, CEO of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co, LLC, the largest minority-owned municipal finance firm in the United States.Since the start of her firm, they have acted as managing underwriter for municipal bond transactions exceeding a whopping $1.2 trillion dollars and ranks among the top 10 in seven key infrastructure categories for underwriting municipal bonds in the world.
This powerful, black woman is one to remember as her trailblazing ways will continue to inspire, develop, nurture and create more and more great minds in our community.
We have to understand as a community, not everyone is going to fight the same fights…or fight in a manner we think they should. I don’t know how this woman gives back to the community, but that is her business. Here we are highlighting her because we believe her drive, success and background might resonate and encourage some of our young people to get off their backsides and put in work!
Rostikol: This is the palace of the Oba of Benin before its destruction by British forces in 1897.
The palace was built in the 13th century.
It shows the traditional Benin Ikun courtyard architecture.
There were a total of 209 Ikuns at the palace. The picture shows about 24, which shows you how huge the palace was.
I actually checked Google Earth to investigate this, and you can see on Google Earth that the new, modern palace is there which everyone can see from the road.
But on Google Earth, looking from above, you can see the interior of the palace compound, and you will STILL SEE remnants of this building, several Ikuns - around 10 or so behind the current palace.
Benin city of course was described by visiting Europeans as one of the most beautiful and best planned cities on Earth, with street lighting (from palm oil fuelled steel lamps) and underground drainage, houses with paved courtyards, and even some paved streets (paved with raised, broken potsherds).
bennybuhari: The President, Bola Tinubu with former Delta state governor, Chief James Ibori, former Ogun State governor, Chief Segun Osoba with the new Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and the new SGF, George Akume
OldBeer: Citizens of Benin Republic are right now taking to the streets of Twitter to bemoan the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria. With some hoping for the removal of President Tinubu.
Weijjjj: I will advise you to discuss with your husband about adopting a child right away.
Why you may ask, It's for you to have a child to bring you succour while you both tackle the problem medically and prayerfully. I know this as I am married to a man diagnosed with azoospermia for the past 19 and a half years and from experience, I can tell that you both have a very long road ahead. It's an experience I do not wish on my enemy......
If your husband has the obstructive type, then hopefully with surgery some sperm can be extracted and used for IVF, if its the non-obstructive type.. then Jesus is Lord and with God all things are possible....
I will strongly advise that you INSIST on attending all doctor's appointment with him, so you get all the full details about his condition in order to be able to make an INFORMED DECISION about your future with him.
In my case after about 9-10 years of marriage, I gave my darling husband an ultimatum, we either adopt a child or I walk away! He accepted and we have just that child today that has been my saving grace and joy - even though his family accepted the child half heatedly. I stayed in the marriage because of my belief that marriage is for life and I don't belief in remarriage, I don't know about you.
I am in my upper 40s and darling husband is over 50 now, but I still believe what God cannot do does not exist.
Good luck and I wish you both well. I pray for a miracle to that will surprise you, me and other people going through similar situation
I had to register another username in order to comment as I like to keep my privacy on such sensitive matters.
Hi... I love you dependability despite some societal expectations. Did you freeze your eggs? If you did, then your spouse can still produce spermatozoa through the use of advanced medical therapy at the genetic level.
Since you are in your late forties, you can then choose to carry the pregnancy of your own biological child to full term or get a surrogate mother to do that for you for a fee in Lagos, if you're in Nigeria and elsewhere.
Zeal0000007: I and my gal are planning settling down despite genotype not matching , she's AS same with me, but because of medical technological advancements, we visited a specialist who told us that we can still marry if we so desired to be together.
Just that If we can afford the cost of going for foetus testing whenever she's pregnant so as to ascertain the genotype of the child. According to him if the test is conducted and it turns out to be AA or AS, we can keep it, but if it's SS we determate, I have spoken to my gal and we are yet a decide despite this seeming goodnews that we can still be together if we choose to, she really wanted us together same with me. On my part, I have been in terrible and toxic relationship for the past 4years that almost claimed my life but God served from her. And this my current gal came along and she's exactly what I prayed God for, she's really like a gift to me, since she came I have had peace of mind I don't want to loose her because of genotype but thank God for this technically medical advancement , please I want to know if anyone have undergone this treatment before , what's your experience or experiences
Ukmummy: By Akwa Ibom tradition, it is mandatory to see the biological father of your fiance. The people here are comenting based on their ignorance of our tradition and you know the truth too. It is called "mbet" meaning taboo. In order not to have problems in your marriage, the mother should know better. pls go visit the biological father as the tradition demands with a bottle of hot drink and give him the father's rights for your own peace of mind. He does not need to be present at the ceremony, thereafter, honour the step father with the real father of the occasion. Good luck.
MetaBroadband: Good morning mature men and women in the house. Please I need your help on this topic.
My Fiancee told me about how her biological dad abandoned her and her mum after getting her mum pregnant.
Her mum later married another man who adopted her as his child.
Now she's grown and I've proposed to her, I wanted to go for her official introduction and list collection.
Would it not be nice to hear the biological father's opinion? Should I just ignore the fact that the man is still alive and proceed with the marriage arrangement?
Although she said I should not bother about that, but this is Nigeria and as an Akwa Ibomite I don't think it's proper. Although she's against me trying to find out about the man's opinion. Should I care?
What can you say about this?
Note: she only told me that the man abandoned them, but what if it was her mum that actually took her away?
How sure are you that she's even the biological daughter of the man with the high rate of paternity fraud?
Hilda Baci's story of alleged paternal neglect is a bit similar to what you've stated here with her mother getting married to another man, based on what I read online.
You have a right to know her real father since he is alive. Don't allow anyone to transfer their animosity towards the "biological father" to you. Period.
lexy2014: Like that pastor said about her "No matter the record you break, there’s a way you’ll dress and we’ll know it’s not just food you’re selling".
Hilda is diversifying from food business to other business
Indeed @lexy2014... I saw the short video too last week. I doubt if she is really serious about the foodie business though from some of the subliminal vibes I have noticed about her. I sense the young broad just used that 100 hour cooking attempt to gain fame and traction for something else.
trutharena: “This has been 30 years in the making”. An emotional Alhaji Babagana Kingibe says on visiting Asiwaju.
Recall that Kingibe was the was the vice-presidential running mate to Chief Moshood Abiola in the annulled 1993 presidential election.
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This has been 30 years in the making. An emotional Alhaji Babagana Kingibe says on visiting Asiwaju.
Recall that Kingibe was the was the vice-presidential running mate to Chief Moshood Abiola in the annulled 1993 presidential election, pic.twitter.com/oSVEks3WMB
sukkot: you know I think you may have solved the riddle of why it tasted so bad. It definitely has that taste of something cooked many days ago and they just keep warming and warming. I don’t think rice is top selling as people say they go for akwa ibom soups so maybe that has been cooked since April last month lmaooo
True that!
If the 27-year-old Hilda doesn't take charge of things with her small kitchen staff, the restaurant will definitely close down.
Lekki Phase 1 OR the nearby Victoria Island for instance are NOT places you can break even if a restaurant serves trashy food with all the overhead costs going into salaries, electricity bills, taxes, and more.
I indicated here last week that the UK-returnee, Chef Tolu Erogbogbo (Chef Eros) has an annual turnover of over N1billion from his food business. That is truly huge and shows professional touch from a young male Chef. He has an outlet in that same Lekki Phase 1 and he opened another food outlet in California.
sukkot: yes Sir we always can sense the winners and we roll with the winner with no bias . I already knew it was his. Spiritual perception. As with the food, I wasn’t even being harsh like these people think. The jollof just had a weird unusual taste to it. MAybe it is akwa Ibom way of making jollof but it’s not for me at all.
I suspect the Hilda jollof rice may have gone stale and had been cooked many days before then rewarmed over and over again. Some eateries or restaurants do that to minimize wastages and make more profit.
Nothing beats the smell and intense taste of freshly cooked party jollof rice though.
Christianity Etc › Re: Oriki Ogun Lakaiye (God Of Iron) by XAUBulls: 2:58pm On Jun 03, 2023*. Modified: 3:25pm On Jun 03, 2023
Check out the way the babe grabbed Tony Elumelu's waist in the first picture of the Weblink below:
