yemaldo:

Ilorin was part of oyo empire, more important than many s/w town back then and when we talk about resources, kwara state has many solid minerals, Google is ur friends and I think they have more than ekiti because I don't think ekiti has much as well

mandarin:


I did answer your question. I said not just the Akoko are Yoruba but also many other tribes not well covered in Samuel Johnson history which centred on Oyo empire. Tale the Ogongo Magori ,Igala, Olukumi and the Bini royal houses

Funjosh:



I joined the train sometime from lagos to Offa, we left Lagos 10am and got to Offa 3:45am the following day

laudate:


Train, ke?? In Nigeria?? In fact, anytime I think about rail transportation in this country, I feel like crying. The management of NRC needs to be overhauled.

superstar1:


I do ot even know anything about the Ogori Magogos. Igalas have more link with the Igbos than the yorubas.

Olukumis are descendants of Oduduwa. Likewise the ruling houe of Bini.

I even read that the official language of the Oba of Benin within the courtyard is Yoruba, I do not know how true that is, but taking the eulogy of Oba of benin -- Iku Akpolokpolo -- it might be true.

IlekeHD:


I like mean women

Eventually her slaves killed her.

ProfShymex:


Okay. But are they Yoruba and do they see themselves as Yorubas? Also, do they speak a language that's intelligible to Yorubas?

And which one are you from - the Yoruba side or the Edo side?

superstar1:


I do ot even know anything about the Ogori Magogos. Igalas have more link with the Igbos than the yorubas.

Olukumis are descendants of Oduduwa. Likewise the ruling houe of Bini.

I even read that the official language of the Oba of Benin within the courtyard is Yoruba, I do not know how true that is, but taking the eulogy of Oba of benin -- Iku Akpolokpolo -- it might be true.

ProfShymex:


Brev, did you see that thread in the culture section where Yorubas were representing their part of Yorubaland - and shockingly the overwhelming majority of folks there were Yorubas from Kogi?

That's some funny thread and I like those Yorubas from Kogi - they adore their Yoruba roots despite not being part of the SW.

WIZGUY69:
After Ogun state which state have the highest number of billionaire?

Arogunmasa:


Aare didn't address the Ikorodu part though. My point is can't SW states make speed trains without fg intervention?

Lol how can that happen when most southwest states are owing worker's salaries


Even Lagos i doubt can complete the rail project in the next 10 years with the way this country is setup


Speed trains with this IGR?


Support regional autonomy and see wonders

Missy89:

Yea they do see themselves as Yorubas. They have full Yoruba names etc and the language is not really similar but i am not sure how i can explain it to you.Yoruba is generally spoken anyways. But if you only speak yoruba you wont understand it language.

I am from the South East so that is mostly the part that migrated to the West,founded their own towns and mixed with other Akokos and can trace their ancestry back to old Benin.

Funjosh:




Wrong.


Igala people culture and language more closely to Yoruba.

Come and eat in Igala = wa ba mi jeun

Vigilante = Olode

And some other stuff like that.

Funjosh:


I have listened to most of their language, the more I tried to understand it the more I get lost

From one town to the Other

superstar1:
I do ot even know anything about the Ogori Magogos. Igalas have more link with the Igbos than the yorubas.

Olukumis are descendants of Oduduwa. Likewise the ruling houe of Bini.

I even read that the official language of the Oba of Benin within the courtyard is Yoruba, I do not know how true that is, but taking the eulogy of Oba of benin -- Iku Akpolokpolo -- it might be true.

superstar1:
Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shocked.

I thought there is always this story of Nri and Eri and the link with the Igbos. I have always felt they are Igbo's cousin, the same way Itshekiris and Binis are ours.

superstar1:


Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shocked.

I thought there is always this story of Nri and Eri and the link with the Igbos. I have always felt they are Igbo's cousin, the same way Itshekiris and Binis are ours.

Missy89:



Yea they do see themselves as Yorubas. They have full Yoruba names etc and the language is not really similar but i am not sure how i can explain it to you.Yoruba is generally spoken anyways. But if you only speak yoruba you wont understand it language.

I am from the South East so that is mostly the part that migrated to the West,founded their own towns and mixed with other Akokos and can trace their ancestry back to old Benin.

laudate:


Bros, na God I take beg you, Igalas do NOT have links with the Igbo. Please do not believe all the stories you read on Nairaland, from those chaps across the Niger.



Cous-kini?? I beg, I reject that thought on behalf of the Igala, even though they have not sent me on this errand. Please do not believe all the hypothesis on Eri/Nri as the blood tie between Igbo and Igala. Thank you.

superstar1:


No, she was killed by the Ibadan warriors.

She killed a slave girl for getting pregnant. She accused another slave of impregnating her, whereas it was her younger brother that is responsible and the younger brother actually lay claim to the pregnancy. All pleas fell on her deaf ears, She instructed the lady to be beheaded, but the slave by an dthe younger brother connived and made the lady to escape. She killed them all and still executed the lady.

The King summoned her to the palace several times, she never showed up The King later gave the final order that she must be brought to the palace whether dead or alive. He dispatched the fiercest warriors to her house. She was eventually overpowered, but se committed suicide before they could effect the arrest.

She was very close friend of Madam Tinubu, the iyalode of Egba,

superstar1:

I hardly visit other sections, apart from Politics. There are too many shallow brains and air-headed fellas in other sections.

For ths category of yorubas, that have shown enthusiasm in aligning with their root, it is our duty to protect them. It is let to Ilorin people to do same and the Akoko Edos. The olukumi have always lay claim to their yoruba heritage. Likewise Itshekiris. Though we prefer to recognise the itshekiris as a different ethnicity because of the distance.

Funjosh:



Hmmm. That is one thing I noticed whenever I speak general Yoruba, dey understand. But whenever they are communicating withing themselves I don't pick a single word from it.

I think same with the Yoruba of Kogi and some Part of Akoko Edo also.

superstar1:


Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shocked.

I thought there is always this story of Nri and Eri and the link with the Igbos. I have always felt they are Igbo's cousin, the same way Itshekiris and Binis are ours.

ProfShymex:


Ijesha folk are great folks - high flyers.

Are the Adenles from Ijeshaland, or just a next part of Osun?

Some Dapo Fagbenle guy that I posted here yesterday...his chic is an Adenle and apparently her grandad used to be the king. You need to see this girl and her sis, they're two of the most beautiful chics you'll ever see. I can post their pics - even their pics won't do justice to how extremely beautiful they look in person lol.

IlekeHD:
How can we claim that a group is not Yoruba when Ekiti /Ondo is quite different from Oyo?

And who made Oyo the language and the rest dialects?

I see itsekiri as another Yoruba dialect.

Aareonakakanfo:




The yoruba Okun people speak is as clear as the one the yorubas in Lagos speak

ProfShymex:


I thought you said ya dad is proper Yoruba and ya mum is an Ibadanised Akoko woman. So you're full Akoko then, no?

And do you see yourself as Yoruba or Edo?