In the 1970s , when Awolowo was presidential aspirant for one party, MKO was asked to sponsor Shagari on behalf of another party a Northern Party.
The Northern Party did not have any money to campaign. For the huge sums MKO spent on campaigning for Shagari the Arewa promised that after Shagari MKO would be the next president of Nigeria.
1983 Buhari carried out a coup against Shagari government, then Babangida carried out a coup against Buhari, etc etc.
The British named them Northern Rhodesia, they named themselves Zambia.
The British named them Rhodesia, they named themselves Zimbabwe.
The Portuguese named them Portuguese South West Africa, they named themselves Angola.
Pako has anti bacterial properties that have saved people from tooth decay, plaque and worse. Research has shown that those who use Pako regularly have better dental hygiene and require less visits to the dentist than those who use toothpaste and powders.
Pako is derived from the stems and roots of bitter kola, guava, orange, walnut etc. Its organic as it grows naturally infused with minerals and anti oxidants.
Credit to Mobolaarti Twitter.
Grateful also to our ancestors for leaving such an effective system of oral hygiene. A project for the incoming Yoruba nation.
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Without George Goldie its unlikely Nigeria would exist. Goldie is the brain behind the creation of the place Nigeria. He was present at the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference meetings where white Europeans not only carved up the map of Africa, but gave Africans new identity without their knowledge.
The Role of George Goldie in the creation of the place called Nigeria is similar to Cecil Rhodes of Rhodesia now called Zimbabwe. In fact they were going to name Nigeria Goldiesia.
George Goldie like a thief transferred the ownership of our ancestral lands our territory (your people , your land were seen as a commodity) to the British Government for the sum of £850,000 (£110 million in today's money)in 1900; the area transferred was formed into Southern and Northern Protectorate.
By Olubodun Are
Armed Fulani men on Wednesday stormed a prayer mountain in Wasimi, near Abeokuta.
The armed men who stormed the prayer mountain raided the worshipers collecting cash, phones and other valuables from the worshipers.
Some of the Pastors and worshipers were attacked with machetes. Two middle-aged women and wife of a top Pastor on the mountain were taken away by the armed men.
Witnesses told our correspondent that the armed Fulani men came around 1am on Wednesday shooting sporadically into the air before storming the chalets where they broke the bedrooms and robbed all occupants before taking away the women.
This is a Yoruba sentinel at Kabba Northern part of Yorubaland before Colonial enterprise Nigeria was created.
After Nigeria, the 21st Century equivalent will be sophisticated computers and well armed security forces.
What does that mean?
We have seen this Ọba resplendent in traditional regalia, that is exactly what our Ọba are.
They have forgotten why they are are on the thrones and in the palaces. They are merely there for fashion parade, dirty cash and land grabbing.
They are appointees of the politicians who provide them support and protection in their naked dance in the market places. Many of them abhor our ancestral deities and pantheon of gods, having been brainwashed by meaningless foreign religions.
They gleefully boast of having nothing to do with Ifá. All these Ọba bear foreign European and Arabic names.
They have forgotten that they are custodians of our culture and traditions. They are not made kings to propagate foreign religions.
The duty of the Ọba is to rally his subjects round the culture and traditions of the land. An example is the late Ọba of Benin who assembled the Edo to curse the armed bandits, kidnappers and criminals in their domain. The Edo respect their king more than the governor.
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Patience is the Greatest Virtue
While Èsù’s character is synonymous with impetuous motion and perpetual change, other òrìsàs epitomize unwavering stillness and abiding calm. One such deity is Obàtalà (Lisa, Òrìsànlá, Oxala). As the Yorùbá Arch Divinity, Obàtalà is the venerable father, whose wisdom fills the devotee with aristocratic poise and regal presence. From his oriki we get a glance of Obàtalà’s austerity:
He is patient.
He is silent.
Without anger he pronounces his judgment.
Here it’s important to note that we all enjoy some degree of Obàtalà consciousness. For example, recall a time when you had to demonstrate deep cool. Maybe you were confronted by an emotionally intense situation, like natural childbirth or attending a loved one’s funeral. Perhaps you were facing a fast-approaching deadline or you were about to present some very important information. Think about what it was like to be “at the eye of the storm”, where, in spite of the fact that everything around you was spinning, you found yourself in a state of deep stillness. This is a flash of Obàtalà consciousness. After many years of practice and experience, a wise person comes to understand the virtue of stillness.
Like his elder brother Obàtalà, Orúnmìlà is also notoriously serene. In a verse of the Holy Odù Ifá called Ogbe Ogunda Orúnmìlà teaches us that when he is offended he waits three years before responding, giving the offender ample time to rectify the situation. Even when he does decide to respond his motion is as slow as the snail, even though he has as many feet as the millipede, who has 200 pairs of feet but still moves slowly and gracefully. Orúnmìlà says that if a stone obstructs his path, he coils up beside the stone until falling leaves and branches fall, forming a bridge for him to cross. Likewise, if a tree falls in his path, Orúnmìlà says he will wait for it to decompose before continuing the journey.
This is what colonial mentality looks like. Taking permission to be overseer of the English colonial plantation and to reassure. Remember as long as they swear under Decree 24 of 1999 nothing will change. Our lives are the price to be paid for their ambition.
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They were usually very fair in complexion, with curly hair, long nose and with the very distinctive quality of LAZINESS of the ARABS.
They were probably Bedouin Arabs from somewhere towards the middle east.
Their major occupation was to find a corner of your city breed children like idiots and as soon as the children were able to walk they unleashed them and their mothers on the streets to BEG FOR ALMS.
The men just laid down very annoyingly and lazily somewhere to sleep and wait for returns from their family members roaming the fields.
You can take the man/woman out of Yorubaland but can't take Yorubaland out of them.
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No doubt 1 +1 does not = 2. And history is not about to repeat itself.
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Not one Hijab in sight, the red cloth is their traditional attire. Saudi Arabia is modernising as it tries to compete with Qatar, etc. Note they hold their own Grand Prix too.
No doubt the Yoruba Muslims who have lost their way will say they know more about Islam than the Arabs whose religion it is.
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Wrapping the Head, Crowning Achievements.
"In southern Nigeria, among the Yoruba, where women's headties are considered a key element in formal dress ensembles, the practice of wrapping and decorating the heads relates to critical Yoruba beliefs about the sacredness of the head and its role in defining aspects of personhood".
Picture submitted to UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History by Arnoldi in 1995.
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*However,the eagle doesn't respond or fight with the raven.It does not spend time or energy with the raven.*
*It just opens its wings and begins to fly higher in the sky.*
*The higher the flight,the harder it is for the raven to breathe and the raven eventually falls due to lack of oxygen.*
Was going to use the life of Funmilayo Ransom Kuti as an example, after all she attended all the Constitutional conferences in London and worked hard for Nigeria.
Then I saw the picture below of the children of Chief Anthony Enahoro, after all he did for Nigeria, how did Nigeria reward him?
The lesson for all those still shouting one Nigeria, or happily working to keep it. Beware Nigeria will eventually serve you, it always does
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Former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke just gave voice to the most discussed secret in the Nigerian security establishment. Weaponry used by Boko Haram, Ansaru and The Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) terrorist groups are sourced mainly from the Nigerian Government through the security forces.
Scandal? No, that’s not the real scare. The real scandal is the brazen and open channels by which these supplies get to the terror groups. All Intelligence Agencies know these channels and also know the principal sources and players in the supplies. The Nigerian Government is the stock owner of the guns and the bombs with which the terror groups kill Nigerian soldiers and citizens.
Emmanuel Olatunde Alaba Olanrewaju Odeku, (June 29, 1927 - August 20, 1974) was the first Yoruba neurosurgeon trained in the United States who also pioneered neurosurgery in Africa.
Born on the 29th of June 1927, to the Adubieye family of Awe, in Afijio Local Government in the then Oyo Province in Western Nigeria, Odeku attended the St. John’s Primary School in Aroloya, Lagos State in 1932 and Methodist Boys’ High School (MBHS) in 1945.
He later left for America as a beneficiary of the New York Phelps-Stokes Fund Scholarship for Medical Education. He had also passed the London Matriculation Examination in the same year leading the whole set in English, Geography, History, Chemistry, and Biology.
