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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:09pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
This is a picture of a Yoruba slave in Brazil in the 19th century. With the tribal marks on his face - he's most likely an Igbomina or Ife man. ![]() www.nairaland.com/attachments/1543534_awon_ila_ile_yoruba_jpeg949b3f0d947616acb4cf7197bc300346 |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by zimoni(f): 1:11pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Yes. Tricycles should replace the motocycles. Sir, this your signature get as e be ooooooo. Now I understood the meaning of that moniker. CabbieAC indeed. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:11pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Transport.These are the things we want to see in Yorubaland but for now still looks like a pipe dream
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:14pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
zimoni: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:23pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
quimicababes: I like the idea of diaspora Yorubas contributing to help develop education and health amenities in Yorubaland - however, can this give us the desired change we want? - absolutely not. The maintenance culture in Nigeria is worrisome and for what you're canvassing to work effectively, there have to be people on the ground working assiduously to keep the initiative going. But when you've got a people who're hungry and it's all man for himself cos the country is in a terrible state - a lot of folks will turn an initiative like that into a profiteering venture. And that's where I agree with "Aarekakanfo/cabbieAC". Also how would you be able to keep such initiative a Yoruba-centered one in a country as intertwined as Nigeria? For an initiative like this one to work, there has to be a structure created by government, for it to be able to permeate and get to the intended people...and a structure like that is non-existent in Nigeria. The truth is that nothing works in Nigeria and the folks are hungry. So it will very difficult to remit whatever token you've to folks who're looking to survive without them channeling those funds for personal use. And you can't blame them cos it's for survival in the jungle. My friend went to Abuja a few months ago cos we're doing a few projects with some folks and can you believe he had to change his hotel about three times the first night alone...and even when he got to decent one, he had to a change rooms a few times cos of one problem or the other? Even internet was almost non-existent and he had to buy modem. My own experience was a bit different cos I stayed with my uncle in Lagos and he's super rich. So when helped a lot cos being inside the house - it's like I never left where I came from. However, once I stepped out...the reality of Nigeria is just so glaring. Nothing works. Then you have got a situation whereby folks old enough to be ya dad would bow down to you and call you "Sir" for no reason. Give them £50 equivalent of Nigerian money and they'll start telling you how that money would help fix a lot of things and literally start worshipping you like a demi-god. So how would you trust folks in need like that with money to run an initiative, when they need that money to survive? It's sad, really. Personally, I think the best thing to do with remittance is to look inwards into ya immediate and extended families that are struggling in Nigeria (I believe we all have folks like that cos all fingers aren't equally) and help sponsor their brightest kids into the best schools in the country. With that, it'll be easy to monitor their progress and put the money into good use. I've got an aunt who's a barrister and she sponsors close to ten kids in Nigeria. Ditto uncles who help as well...and my parents also contribute their own quota. That's something I'm looking into. And with an initiative like that, it'll be easier to monitor progress and achieve results, if everyone can just remit to help the disadvantaged folks in their immediate/extended families. Lastly, we as Yorubas in the new world just need to keep asking questions and discussing the best ways/methods/approaches to move Yorubas forward - without getting entangled in the show of shame and celebration of mediocrity/non-achievement a lot of charlatans love doing...and hope they'll listen to us one day cos it's a collective destiny. Folks can say go back "home" and contribute ya quota, but how's that feasible within a structure like that? How many people have gone to Nigeria to help, only to come back miserable with broken dreams like a Tarzan figure? I remember I used to be on going to Nigeria after Uni to help back in the day. However, you'll see folks tell you to shut up and sit ya arse where you are cos the environment isn't conducive enough for a dream like that. And I saw the reality when I went there. 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:23pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
ProfShymex: Let me add to this ABAJA (Tribal Mark) ABAJA is one of the most popular facial marks among the Yoruba. There are about eight types of this and they are common among the Oyo, Owu, Egba, Egbado, Osun and Ofa. It may consist of three or two sets of three (i.e. six) horizontal marks. -These are called Abaja Omo Oba (Abaja of the Prince of Oyo) or Abaja mefa-mefa (Abaja of a six horizontal strokes). -There is the one which is made up four or two sets of four (i.e. eight horizontal marks) These are known as Abaja merin-merin (Abaja of four horizontal strokes) or Abaja mejo mejo (Abaja of eight horizontal strokes).
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:27pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
I'll like to make something cos some folks might think this thread is for vainglory. It's not. It's basically a thread to celebrate Yoruba folks and the SW region - and a source of inspiration to other Yoruba folks that they can achieve greatness, if they put their minds into it, work smart, and work hard. Anyway, before I proceed today - I'll like to start off with the great Yoruba folks of the 19th and early 20th century who achieved greatness. These folks built a renaissance in Lagos and it's a pity most have never heard about them. They're our forgotten heroes...the ones who paved the way for the Awolowos of this world. A certain genius named "Julius Ojo-Cole" from that era will always be someone close my heart. A man I adore. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:28pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Shymmex you've said it all and there's absolutely nothing to add.I just wasn't interested in going back and forth so i had to let it slide but i agree with some of her suggestions in the second comment though quimicababes: |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:29pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
CabbieAC: Thanks for that. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by WIZGUY69(m): 1:29pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
To be honest, I love Yoruba culture & practices, but the tribal mark, I "no fancy am at all". ![]() it is weird in this 21st century. 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by WIZGUY69(m): 1:32pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
I wish SW govt. (FG) can build a light rail that connects Lagos-Oyo(Ibadan) - Osun (Osogbo) - Ondo (Akure). is it possible? beside the federal highway. 2 Likes |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:34pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
I will also be posting about amazing stories of some wealthy ijebu entrepreneurs.Munch your popcorn while i serve you beautiful stories 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 1:41pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Otunba Mike Adenuga, Jr. Mike Adenuga, Jr. was born April 29, 1953 in Ibadan, Oyo State, in the southwest part of Nigeria to parents from Ijebu tribe. His full name is Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga. He is a business tycoon regarded as one of the richest Yoruba man in South-West Nigeria. His company, Globacom, is Nigeria’s second-largest telecom operator; he also owns stakes in Equitorial Trust Bank and oil exploration firm called Conoil (formerly Consolidated Oil Company). Forbes magazine estimated his net worth at $4.3 billion as at March 2013, which makes him the second wealthiest Nigerian. Mike Adenuga’s father, Michael Agbolade Adenuga, Sr. was a school teacher, his mother Juliana Oyindamola Adenuga (née Onashile of Okesopin, Ijebu-Igbo) was a businesswoman of Ijebu royal descent. He is a man with a humble beginning; he had his secondary school education at Ibadan Grammar School, worked as a taxi driver to fund his education while studying in university. He graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Pace University, New York, with degrees in Business Administration. In 1990, he received a drilling licence and in 1991, his Consolidated Oil (Conoil) struck oil in the shallow waters of Southwest Ondo State, the first indigenous oil company to do so in commercial quantity. He was issued a conditional GSM licence in 1999, which was later revoked. But he received a second one when the government held another auction in 2003. His telecom company, which launched its services in the Republic Du Benin in 2008, has continued its spread across Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, with more licences to prospect in other West African countries. He was named ‘African Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the maiden African Telecoms Awards (ATA) on August 15, 2007. In 2009, Adenuga was detained over allegation of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He thereafter left the country to live in London until the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s regime granted him pardon. In 2012 he was conferred with the national award of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) by the Federal Government. Mike Adenuga is described as a “serious businessman, who pursues his business the way no Nigerian had done before. culled from mynewswatchtimes.ng.com |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 2:20pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Otunba Olasubomi Michael Balogun Otunba Subomi Balogun is regarded as one of the foremost bankers in Nigeria today, having established the first successful indigenous bank. He was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on March 9, 1934, to Muslim parents. Otunba, as he is fondly called, read Law in England and happens to be the first Nigerian to receive special training in Legal Drafting. He is a trained lawyer whose tremendous success in the financial sector has since overshadowed his law profession. He is fondly referred to as the Grand-master and Baron of the Nigerian Capital and Money Market. He graduated from Igbobi College in 1952 with Grade 1 and LLB Honours from the London School of Economics in June 1959 and was called to the English Bar in December 1959. He was an Assistant Parliamentary Counsel in 1962, First Principal Counsel and Company Secretary to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank from 1966 to 1975, and Director of Operations for Icon Securities Limited in 1973. He is a member of the Council of Stock Exchange representing City Securities Limited and Icon Securities from 1973 to 1988. He resigned from Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) in December 1977 to set up his own company, City Securities Limited, the first Nigerian institution to combine stock broking and issuing house, and in 1979 set up the first solely Nigerian-owned merchant bank known then as First City Merchant Bank. He also set up a Chair for Capital Market Studies in the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, in 1987 and became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management in August 1988. He donated the Iye Subomi’s Child Care Centre to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital in 1989 and started construction of the Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre in 1994, which was commissioned in 2000. In that same year, he established the Otunba Tunwase Foundation and published his memoirs, ‘Cross, The Triumph and The Crown’ in August 2000 Culled from mynewswatchtimes.ng.com |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 2:25pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
WIZGUY69: Haba!Haba! |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 2:29pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
IlekeHD:
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Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 2:52pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Finally my aareonakakanfo moniker has been unbanned.CabbieAC is back on the bench 2 Likes |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 2:56pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Successor of Olubuse II Unveiled Very important news Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi to be crowned Ooni of Ile-Ife Who Is He?? Prince Adeyeye of the Giesi ruling house is best described as an astute entrepreneur driven by turning ‘impossibilities to possibilities’. His power of imagination has set him aside hence revolutionizing his approach to creativity and innovation. He is a distinct achiever with the conscience of youthful excellence. The ambitious Young Prince with exceptional savvy business ideas delved into Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) locally and abroad for over 12 years. He is also actively involved in the development of over 2,500 housing units with various consortia of developers within the last 8 years. In Nigeria, He set up and fostered strong trade relationships through the Association for International Business (AIB) with presence in over 200 member countries across the globe. One of the laudable achievements of this body includes the trade facilitation between the United Arab Emirates (Jebel Ali free Trade Zone development) and the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). Furthermore, he led the Government delegation team to Canada in 2002 that promoted strategic alliances through a partnership with the Ondo State Government on solid mineral potentials of the State (Bitumen, Dimension Stones, Granite, etc.) that gave rise to the formation of the ‘Amalgamated Mining and Exploration Company Limited’ – wholly owned by Ondo State Government. He facilitated the development of Sparkwest Steel Galvanizing Plant (the only Steel Galvanizing Plant in Nigeria), National Iron Ore Mining Company Limited and Jakura Mines resuscitation projects, which has eventually become the major limestone feedstock to Obajana Cement Plant in Kogi State, Nigeria. Cc Ilekehd,mayoroflagos,scholes0,aigbofa,ritchiee,modath,zimoni,profshymex,superstar1,TyHadebimpe,firefire,emilokoiyawon.IyaIode,Musiwa419, princemilla,9jacrip,Wizguy69,anulaxad,hinohsend,aresa,okutanla,totit,segend,FFKfuckedBIANCA,SUBWAY101,Mrmbam,Okolochyke |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Arogunmasa(m): 3:04pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
I think SW states shld build intermodel transport system to facilitate movement of people and goods. I see no reason why I person why a person living in Ilorin cannot work in Lagos n go back home after close of bisness. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:11pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Arogunmasa: Lagos to Ilorin ke! kilode! That's stress and besides Kwara is not part of the DAWN Project so i don't see that happening.I hope they integrate Kwarans though but i have some questions for you as an Ilorin resident |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by laudate: 3:14pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
wytecat: May I come in here?? Or is this thread only for Yoruba people?? ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 3:21pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Why aren't they? |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:23pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
IlekeHD: DAWN is a regional commission,South-west specifically not a "Yoruba" commission 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 3:23pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo, I saw you post pertaining to the new Ooni of Ife. Ade a pe l'ori oba o! He's handsome ![]() However, in the large scheme of things, what does this mean for Ile-Ife? In terms of development? Should he stay away from politics? 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:25pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: I hope he isn't the same one that went to visit an inconsequential emir up North? Yorubas don't need charlatans as Kings, especially a throne like Ife's throne. 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 3:26pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: Don't you think it's a problem to leaving some Yorubas behind? Kwarans will probably stick with Odu'a when the egg shell breaks, so... |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:27pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Kicking off with the genius of Julius Ojo-Cole - a great Yoruba son. My hero! ![]() Too bad he died young. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by IlekeHD: 3:27pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
ProfShymex: lol exactly. Honestly, do we still need kings in this era? |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by superstar1(m): 3:29pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
WIZGUY69: Odua Goup almost sealed a deal on Lagos Ibadan rail in 2010 with a foreign technical partner and banks were ready to finance it. They suddenly realise the constitution only vested the running of the rail system on NRC. This was suspended until the new NRC Act sees the light of day. It has passed first reading at the level of the NA. The revised ACT is expected to allow private ownership of rail systems in Nigeria. With that you can be rest assured there will certainly be a supersonic rail system connecting the SW states and maybe with Kwara and parts of kogi that are yoruba speaking. 3 Likes |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by laudate: 3:29pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
Arogunmasa: True! ![]() ![]() What about water transport? As close as Ogun State is to Lagos, it does not have a standard concrete jetty where ferries can dock! I have heard that it takes 45 mins to 1 hour, going by ferry from Lagos State to Ondo State using the small local speedboats that are rigged with extra tanks. Why can't this area be explored? It takes Sango-Otta residents an average of 2 - 3 hours by road every single day to and fro on each leg of the journey, to commute between Lagos Island and Otta axis. Lagos has an extensive water transport network that Ogun should try and replicate, because they have waterways, too. Just my 2 cents. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by superstar1(m): 3:29pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
ProfShymex: Thanks Shymexx. This piece really got me thinking. |
Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Nobody: 3:30pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
ProfShymex: No, that was Adedamola Aderemi. 1 Like |
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