₦airaland Forum

In fact all states should be merged
We need only 1 state in each zone

Uche 2005 AKA Musiwa AKA Becomerich:

All SW states should be merged. They are all unviable except for Lagos.

Op,

Two ministers are still missing: one from Imo and another from Anambra
Yes, Igbos are getting there. Eko Ile can hug a soggy transformer. Nobody will miss his sorry a.r.se

johnie:
She is married to Rear-Admiral Allison Madueke, a former military governor of Lagos State but she is from Bayelsa State.

Just like Okonjo-Iweala is from Delta State but married to someone from the SE.

As far as we know, they are Igbos. In Nigeria marriage counts
Moreover, Ngozi is Delta Igbo. Her father is head of Ohaneze in Delta state.

Only suspension? People get away so lightly in that hell-hole of a country.

seanet03:
Yoruba has gotten a very rich history, culture and tradition that amazes even the worst of enemies

This one? Hahahah! This is voodoo culture in action. Next, an Oba will eat rotten flesh.lol

Sell groundnuts in Kuta and die http://odili.net/news/source/2011/jul/1/605.html

Written by Tunde Ogunesan
Friday, July 1, 2011

[Raimi Ojeyemi (aka Baba Sango)] In Kuta, a sleepy town in Osun State, anyone who ventures to hawk groundnuts will die in the process while those who pound yam have signed a pact with poverty. Tunde Ogunesan who visited the town presents a genesis of the development



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WHAT the head of the family does not take, the wife dares not prepare it, says a Yoruba adage. But if a wife tries to prepare delicacies that her husband does not take, then she must be ready to withstand the reaction of the head of the house. This adage could best describe the situation in Kuta, a small town in Ayedire Local Government, Osun State, where it is forbidden to hawk groundnuts and pounded yam.

When Tribune Features learnt that someone cried to death for hawking groundnuts in Kuta, the curiosity to know why such happened led to the journey to the town. Though the head of Kuta kingdom, Olowu of Kuta, Oba Shittu Bamgbade, was not available to comment on the matter, Tribune Features met a man whose voice on such issue could not be discarded. Raimi Ojeyemi, known as 'Baba Sango' is the head of the hunters in Kuta and he said growing or selling groundnuts is a taboo in the land as well as selling pounded yam.

As they say, where there is no law, there is no sin. Why did such things become an abomination in the land? He said the town has a deity called Anlugbua which they worshipped before the modern day religions - Christianity and Islam came, this deity , according to Baba Sango, was worshipped with groundnuts and pounded yam, so it is forbidden for anyone to make mockery of the sanctity of Anlugbua's items, hence selling these food items became an abomination to the residents.

Baba Sango said, "the name Kuta came from a saying "Iku ta mi ti omo odo agba. The town Kuta was established by Anlugbua, a hunter, who today the entire community of Kuta is worshipping. He left the town during a time of war that ravaged the land, for the place known as Anlugbua forest till today. Since then, we've been worshipping him as the founder and leader of the town and as we all know because his trait (being swallowed by the ground) was an uncommon one, it showed a powerful person whom Eledumare (God) empowered. Some of the things we give him annually during the festival are, pounded yam, kolanut, cows, white or black rams, anything he requests for.

"Till date, the town still continues to worship him as a deity. No king in the land will ascend the throne and stop worshipping him. It is our symbol of unity, uniqueness and source of existence. Also, we have Ose tree that we worship, it was then located at the Mosun market, you must have seen a big round about when you were coming into the town that was its initial location. But when modern religion came, they fell it."

How did selling groundnuts and pounded yam become a taboo? And have the people been able to sustain the taboo now that modernisation or modern religions are in vogue? Baba Sango said a true native of Kuta would not try contravening the taboo because they all grew up to know it, though he said there had been trials and they are all witnesses to the consequences.

Baba Sango said there was a notable incident of a move by a section of some modern religious practitioners in the town to show that the taboo could have no effect on them. According to him, "they asked a child to hawk groundnuts but the child that hawked the groundnuts cried to death, ask anybody in town. In those days, when they said something was a taboo it would be regarded as such, but what do we have today? Because of foreign religions we throw away our culture and make ourselves sacrifices to the deity. Tell me, the child that died, was he not used by his sponsors as sacrifice to the deity we're using rams and cow to worship?

"For groundnuts, anybody that tries to sell groundnuts will have to pay for it with his life but whoever that pounds yam for sale will die a poor person. Cultivating groundnuts in the land is forbidden, selling it is also forbidden, though we eat it. Nobody from the land will dare cultivate or sell it. Those who tried it in the past now live with the consequences. That is our culture and as a traditional leader and head of the hunters, I am entitled to worship the deity as I'm doing it now, I also have an Ogun shrine in front of my house that I worship as the head of the hunters in the town."

Saliu Famuyiwa, another elder in Kuta, corroborated Baba Sango's claim that both groundnuts and pounded yam are forbidden for sale in the town. He said the norm is still in vogue.

Famuyiwa said for as long as the town exists, the taboo will subsist. He also admitted that those who had the courage to break the taboo faced the consequences.

"A taboo is a taboo. In Kuta, we don't sell groundnuts and pounded yam, anybody that tries it will die. Those of the modern religions who once claimed that they had broken it now live with the consequences. They cannot say such things do not exist, the taboo has been since the time of our forefathers who told us of its sanctity because of Anlugbua deity, and as long as we worship it, the taboo will continue to exist.

"Although several attempts have been made to silence it, those against it have never and will never succeed. It is not what somebody just woke up one day and cooked up. It is a long standing tradition," Famuyiwa noted.

UNIBEN lecturer suspended for gross misconduct
Head of Chemical Engineering Department in the university suspended for systematically doctoring students' results.
Article | June 25, 2011 - 1:05pm | By Vincent Ehiabhi
Dr. Igbafe

Anselm Igbafe, the Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Benin, was a few weeks ago suspended by the university for illegally assisting some female students graduate with grades beyond their performances.

The students reportedly approached Igbafe with a request to help shore up their grades. Igbafe was said to have told them that what they wanted him to do was difficult, but he would do what he could if they gave him one week to see how best he could do it. Igbafe got back to them with a promise to assist–if they would pay certain amounts of money. The students agreed and paid.

However, one of the students was alleged to be having an affair with Igbafe. When the results were released, Igbafe’s girlfriend was shown to have graduated with a Second Class Upper Division degree in Chemical Engineering. Her result excited suspicions, given that she was not known as a particularly bright student.

A lecturer who knew the girl was said to have asked what grade she made. When the girl told him that she graduated with a Second Class Upper, he informed other lecturers in the department.

One of the lecturers, who suspected foul play, wrote a petition to the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Professor R.O. Ebewele. In the petition, he claimed that some of the female students, who still had carry-overs, mysteriously graduated with 2;1 degrees.

The Dean set up a committee to investigate the matter. The committee discovered that 10 students had benefited from Igbafe’s largesse in doctoring their results.

The students involved appeared before the committee and their testimonies indicted Igbafe, who was discovered to have altered results dating back to their first year.

Consequently, the University Senate, decided to suspend Igbafe.

Efforts to get Igbafe's reaction to the development were unsuccessful as calls made to his mobile

That land rogue Abati again?

''The statement quoted the Chairman, Fucon Management Limited, Chief Christopher Ezeh,''

Ezeh is also the Chairman of John Holt

ChinenyeN:
Who owns Fucon Management LTD? Where did the compny originate?

Can you read? If so, did you read the article?

Is Aba finally getting its head screwed on well on its neck?

I beat up my husband because he is irresponsible, woman tells court

Temitayo Famutimi

A woman, Toyosi Lasisi, on Wednesday told a Grade 'A' Customary Court sitting in Shomolu, Lagos, that she beat up her husband, Tajudeen Lasisi, on account of his irresponsibility.



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Tajudeen, a refrigerator technician, had approached the court to put an end to the 25-year-old marriage on the grounds that his estranged wife constantly beat him up and attacked him with broken bottles and machetes, which had at different times caused him serious bodily injuries. He also accused Toyosi of been cold-hearted.

Toyosi, who admitted beating her husband, however, blamed the incident on the perpetual failure of Tajudeen to provide the family's basic needs despite her entreaties on several occasions.

Toyosi said, "Instead of catering for the basic needs of the family, he spends his money on alcohol and on his numerous girlfriends. He has even stopped paying house rents. He currently owes a six-month rent arrears. He has also stopped paying utility bills. He keeps late nights and comes home drunk.

"Besides, he is a woman freak and values his girlfriends than the children and me. As if that was not enough, he has started dating a young woman opposite the house where we live. He rented an apartment for her while he refused to cater for our well-being at home. I beat him whenever we quarrelled."

Toyosi prayed the court to disregard the prayer of his estranged husband, stressing that he still loved him and was not ready to part ways with him.

Tajudeen however told the court that he was no longer interested in the marraige that had produced three children.

He said, "I have lived with this dangerous woman for 25 years and I cannot continue to endanger my life. My mind is made up. She has always accused me of keeping numerous girlfriends but has she caught me pants down with anyone of them? I had never raised up my hands against her since we got married."

The husband accused the wife of always insulting him on the slightest provocation, while attacking him with weapons anytime they had a fight.

"Last week Tuesday, she attacked me with a sharp object and I have since left home so that she would not take my life for no just cause," Tajudeen said.

The President of the court, Mrs. Modupe Bajulaiye, directed the estranged couple to arrange a meeting with their respective families for a possible reconciliation before the next adjourned date.

Bajulaiye however ordered the couple not to do anything that would in anyway undermine public peace and urged them to be of good behaviour during the period of exhausting the possibilities of out-of-court -settlement.

She subsequently adjourned the case till July 20 for further hearing.

If you look into the full list of Lagos team in this competition, you will most likely see 60% of them are Igbos. lol

Both Eyimba (Aba) and Heartland (Owerri) play shooting Stars (Ibadan) like football
We are the Masters.

Enyimba 1: Shooting stars 0

http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.match.enyimba.shooting-stars.549101.en.html

ekt_bear:
If I'm reading that table correctly, Shooting Stars and Heartland have a 4-4 head to head record?

They may have defeated other non-Igbo clubs. But we defeated them as we have always done. That is my own point
1:0 @ Igbo: Yoruba:

Duh
almost everyone else is right-handed. Foolish post.

Igbo always represent

At least in Africa Falcons are the undisputable champions (99% Igbo girls)
The only time Equatorial Guinea (EG) beat them was when Igbo girls played for EG

Heartland of Owerri 1: Shooting Stars of Ibadan 0. Feb 2011

http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.match.heartland.shooting-stars.662407.en.html

Those male sprinters are mostly Igbos. I have forgotten their names. Can anyone post them. EzeUche, help
Ezinwa brothers, etc

Local league
Enyimba or Heartlands beats ya teams any day, any time
Shooting stars= mediocre lol

Nollywood
70% Igbo
25 % others
5 % Yoruba

Super Eagles
Super Falcons
Other football categories
95% Igbo
3 % others
2% Yoruba

Power Uti

Power Mike

Obisie Nwakpa

D.ic.k Tiger

Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (born February 3, 1968) is a Nigerian sprinter who won the bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

She performed especially well in the All-Africa Games, winning a total of 7 individual medals in the short sprints. She won 100 metres in 1991, 1995 and 2003 and took a bronze medal in 1987. Gold medals in 200 metres were taken in 1987, 1995 and 2003. Furthermore, the Nigerian 4x100m relay team won all races between 1987 and 2003, at the African Games.

Born Mary Onyali, she took the name Omagbemi when marrying Victor Omagbemi. She is very inspirational for many people.

Her consecutive Olympic appearances from 1988 to 2004 made her the first Nigerian to compete at five Olympics.