KABUL, NIGERIA?

Nigeria's elite understand that their country is on the verge of becoming a failed state.  Their response is less prescient.  They believe that the international community would not allow such a fate to befall them.  Their ill-informed position is that Nigeria has some strategic relevance to the rest of the world.  This point was relevant when the U.S. needed Nigeria’s crude oil.  It is no longer so. The second ill-informed notion is that the world would not sit back and watch millions of Nigerians overrun the rest of West Africa or migrate to the West in the event of a collapse of the country.  This pointed is not as true as it may seem at first glance.  They did when thousands were butchered in Rwanda.  Most wars are fought for clear-eyed strategic interest.  Not necessarily on humanitarian grounds.  West Africa region holds little strategic importance to the world. 

The key takeaway from the current debacle in Afghanistan is that everyone must shoulder their load.   While the world may offer some help (for whatever reason), people must fight for the society they want to live in.  The Afghan elite overdosed on the cool-aid.  The elite thought they could continue to wallow in corruption while the U.S. sent its military to die on those barren and scorched earth.  The elite thought they could latch on to the feeding bottle forever and do nothing but scratch their stomachs. Fallacious illusions. The reality is that, while the world may lend some help, all must learn to stand on their own feet and carry their own load.

As it is in Afghanistan, it is in Nigeria.  Nigeria's elite have suspended reality believing that their country has something of value to the world.  It has none. The same fate awaits. 

The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) - an international terrorist organisation similar to the Taliban - holds territory in Niger State which is a mere two hours drive to Abuja.  No one seems to be perturbed.  If they are, it is not apparent.  There is no outrage or a realisation that many in Abuja could be like those poor souls running after that U.S. plane as it taxied to take off from Kabul airport.  The false confidence that the U.S. would not allow ISWAP to overrun Abuja – if that day comes – was torn to shreds in Kabul. The assumption that Nigeria’s military would be able to defend a full-on ISWAP assault on Abuja is yet to be tested. May that day never come or it is with a sense of chagrin that Nigerians would realise that “hope is not a strategy.”

Afghanistan should be a wake-up call for all Nigerians.  The judgment day will come.  This infantile approach to development would catch up with the country.  The over-dependence on foreign aid for development has created both intellectual and moral weakness.  Will the country be ready when the chicks come home to roost?  Or will the strategy remain the lazy exhortations of "it is not our portion?"

Countries get the fate they deserve.  Nigeria can become Kabul if it remains on this path.  There is a place for hope and prayers.  There is a place for action.  The simple first step is to register to vote.  Get involved.  Join a political party.  Use your voice.  Demand the society you deserve.  Nigeria can become Kabul.  It can also become Oslo.  Or at least, the Nigeria dreamt by the Independence generation.

THE CRYING OBA: IMPLICATIONS OF MENTAL SLAVERY OVER THE SACRED THRONE OF ITSHEKIRI PEOPLE!

The Olu of Warri started his reign on a faulty note.  Atuwatse 111 wandered into Pentecostal panegerics instead of Itshekiri cosmology in his first speech as monarch.  This is so wrong for two reasons.

First and foremost,  he's a TRADITIONAL ruler,  not a gospel musician. Singing Pentecostal songs is crass opportunism to win the hearts and minds of a people conquered by foreign religion and completely acculturated and assimilated.

What's the purpose of the 90 days Idanike? It is to imbibe Itshekiri traditional beliefs, history, language,  cuisine,  wardrobe, and religion.  For crying out loud a traditional ruler is the chief marketing officer of his kingdom but this one demarketed his kingdom.

The Olu was "confirmed " as Omooba by the ORACLE, not the Holy Spirit or a pastor. The Itshekiris are a very cultural people and the Olu should be at the vanguard of the Itshekiri traditional values.  If an Itshekiri man or woman dies the ORACLE is consulted to ascertain if he or she is evil before burial at Ode- Itshekiri.

An Oba of Benin will never stoop to the low level of a Pentecostal chorister on his big day. We must call a spade a spade and not a digging material.  A traditional ruler is not a politician or a pastor but the custodian of the cultural values of the people.

The second error the Olu made was betrayal of his emotions.  For no reason must the Olu cry or shed tears in public. The Olu is expected to be stoic. He's supposed to be cool, calm and collected.

The storm is over. The 1979 Edict that disqualified him was overturned by the majority of his subjects and he is now king. He should move on quickly and define his reign.

The Olu should have started his speech by acknowledging his ancestors and appeasing the gods of the land in Itsekiri language,  for no reason should he have spoken in English. He then should have rolled out his vision and mission for Iwere land.

By Ufuoma Benard

SPIRITUALITY THE PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE: CONVICTION AND BELIEVE SYSTEM

Do we believe you have two hands or do we know we have two hands? Knowing we have two hands do not call for the need to believe we do. If we know something, why do we need to believe it? The word believe essentially means you do not know something but you believe it is so, as religious faith does... Respect to all chosen faith. Believing we have nice friends does not mean they are nice, they may turn out to be terrible. 

First we really need to understand the distinction between knowing something (convinced knowledge) and believing something. It is most honourable and human of us to say "I do not know" If we truly don't know. I once  shared an experience of how I condemned a particularly group of cult, calls them all sort of names and share same to everyone that I came across. I just believe that was what they were cos I was told so by someone who do not have any personal experience with them. I believe he too was told so.

Then a time came I had to personally experience these people, pick their books, walks to them and today I am still regretting in pain... I still don't know how to redeem the karma of falsehood I have shared into Creation. How many generations my falsehood has affected. Going by this experience, I have consciously look at things from my personal experience before I share to the public, that's if it's a necessity for me to share.

I do not know is a tremendous possibility to open oneself to universe as an humbly seeking soul but the moment we destroy 'I do not know" by over feeding our ego, what then happen is that we destroy all the frequency that should connect us to true knowledge and we begin to live in fantasy and fallacy of knowledge. When you are always the knowing one, you short down yourself from the entire learning and expansion process which is what we do when we choose to always just believe without having conviction. Again there is a clear distinction between knowing of the existence of Elédùmarè and other Forces of creation and just believing in HIS existence because we are fed so... Truly, knowledge is an accumulated information. 

Today everybody who claim knowledge about most things doesn't mean they truly KNOW it because most people have shun their personal ability of self experiencing. All what we call knowledge today are majorly bias thoughts of people we gathered through books, phones and Internet. So sad! Believe is something else, if we live in TRUTH, knowledge becomes attractive, what we do not naturally know, our intelligence will come into motion. The moment you truly admit "I do not know" our intelligence will start working. 

The problem is we always want to use believe to cover what ordinarily we do not know (Spiritual laziness). Perhaps materialism has taken the larger chunk of our time. This is where again I do not blame commercial spiritual men, even though most of them practice one sidedness because to live on this gross matter, Materialism and Spirituality must balanced... So if you developed one sidedly it is just logical that you should pay for the aspect that's lacking.

But again, are you paying for the real value? They are you also selling the real value? This is the part life that causes serious trouble for us as human beings when we subject our knowledge to mere assumption of thought. (For me, I am a child of creation, I am a sojourner gathering all the values I need not necessarily want, I am just walking the path of knowledge and I am open to received humbly with care).

The Breakup of Roman Empire

The Breakup of the 1000yr Holy Roman Empire and its Catholic hegemony over Western Europe into Protestanism was not as a result of Martin Luther's Reformation, but was inspired by the economics of African slavery and resources within 50yrs (1480-1530) they reached West Africa. And even the first breakup, that of Islam from Christianity was due to economics of West Africa. The American Revolution and Independence was also an economic conflict of who controls the slaves and taxes their produce. The first world war was first known as the War for African colonies.

If you want to know what happened in the past, always follow the money/economics, instead of dubious Western philosophies, history, religions and laws which unfortunately keeps the African mentally and culturally enslaved. Some people will say it's because my discipline was Economics that I hold Economics above other social sciences and humanities, but I will break it down.

In what is referred to as the Biblical first Horsemen, academically and cosmologically known as the Iron Age, Eurasians emerged from the Central Asian mountain cave complex (Andronovo Complex) to takeover Original African civilizations from around 2250BC to 1AD that spread from Nigeria to South China. Europeans first amassed in Greece, which was the nearest directly opposite land to the Nile Delta and Ancient Black Egypt, who the Europeans depended on for economic, technological and intellectual benefits.

After they had conquered Original African civilizations through brutal war, they entered the period known as the First Axial Age from 700BC to 200BC during which for advanced sociopolitical organization, they copied and adapted our philosophical foundations, known as Ifa-Afa-Iha-Eha-Fa, the world's first knowledge bank and religion, built on Black ancestors observation of natural laws over tens of thousands of years.

When the Eurasians, especially the Greeks advanced into Egypt and took over, they realized Egyptian economic resources ran dry. The main economic resource was gold from West Africa mined by Yorubas and sold through the Hausas to Egypt. One major proof of the source of gold and other trades was when the Greeks eventually tookover Egypt, the next African economic frontier cum trade post was not to Egypt's southeast like Ethiopia or Meroe, but to Egypt's west on the North African coast known as Carthage (Tunisia). Therefore, the most important European trade post moved from Greece to Rome, further west, and directly opposite the African trade post, Carthage, which was a direct route to West Africa. 70% of Romes food supply, corn, came from North Africa, but most important was all its gold.

West African gold was important to the survival of the Europeans in the Mediterranean and Middleast because it served as their balance of trade and payments with India and Asia, where they got their spices and other goods. When the Romans overwhelmed and destroyed Carthage, like the Greeks overwhelmed Egypt, the next trading post was once again to the west along the North African coast, Morocco that was also the shortest distance to West Africa, the source of global economy. The directly opposite European trade post was the Iberian Peninsula of Spanish and Portuguese.

During the Axial Age, Eurasians adapted African spiritual science, Jews in Egypt that converted Original African spiritual science into Judaism, Indians that converted Ifa into Rig Veda, and Chinese drafting it into Taoism. It was realized that the Greeks, using the Jewish adaptation, were able to colonize Ethiopia with cultural imperialism, through Ethiopia kings without the need of invasion and expensive occupying troops. Therefore the upcoming Romans knew it was not enough to win imperialistic wars in faraway lands, but to keep hold of the territories, they needed a common philosophical template encoded in religion, which was why it brought together a book, The Bible, as the unifying document or constitution of the Holy Roman Empire, which tallied with the essence of the next 2000yr cycle, the Age of Pisces/Olokun, the Second Horseman with a giant sword, based on religious and political dogma.

With intermarriage between Black African and White Eurasians, a new group emerged as Afroasians that were favored by the Eurasiatic conquerors to rule their conquered North African territories. The North African and Mesopotamian/Arabian Afroasians up to Syria were Catholics under the Holy Roman Empire. However, the Afroasians realized that though they were the middlemen between Black Africans and Europeans in the gold and other goods trade, the Europeans were more favored politically and economically.

Therefore the Afroasians eventually rose in protest for reformation, known as Ishmaelites, to change the Roman Catholic binding doctrines into Islam, breaking away religiously, politically and intellectually, ultimately to corner the African trade for themselves. This was the first reformation of Christianity caused by economic reasons. The Afroasians created the Almoravid Empire that stretched from the West African Sahel to the North African coast. Having successfully crippled Roman Catholic Empire influence in Africa, they marched through Morocco to takeover Iberian peninsula of the Spanish and Portuguese, up to Paris France, ruling for the 500yrs between 700 to 1270AD.

The Europeans were only able to reverse Afroasiatic Islamic domination with their 1270 invention of the Gun based on the adoption of gunpowder, previously used by the Chinese solely for ceremonial purposes. They got rid of Afroasians in 1276 but it took until 1415 for them to capture Ceuta Morroco to secure their first foothold on African soil. Thereafter, every year their ships, staying close to the African coast, advanced a few miles a year down to West African coast.

The arrival of the Portuguese in Benin and Kongo in 1474 to 1483 brought huge economic benefits through trade to the Europeans that had nothing of economic value to trade except Morocco leather and gunpowder. Shortly afterwards, Columbus learnt of the Americas from Senegambia West Africans, and returned home to Iberia to secure finance from Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile to travel to the Americas in August 1492.

On Colombus return to Europe, his attempt to doubleplay resulted in disputes over the proceeds of his Americas discovery, which had to be resolved by Pope Alexander V with the June 7th 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas that gave the Portuguese ownership of Brazil and Black Africa, while the Spanish were given the ownership of all lands in the Americas west of Brazil. Already, the income made by the Spanish and Portuguese that controlled the Roman Catholic Empire caused a huge income disparity, which was resented by all other Europeans.

Although their economic superiority had started through the land routes through Morocco to West African gold, other Europeans were not to stand aloof while the Iberians permanentized their economic superiority over sea routes between Africa, Americas and Europe. If they worshipped the same God, why would the Pope and the Holy Roman Empire favor the Iberian alone. In 1505, King Francis demanded from the Papacy to see the clause that excluded him from a share in Adams Will.

The French and British kicked up a fuss, and it was during this time that Martin Luther was admitted to University around 1501 before his 1517 reformation. Though most of the discourse surrounded the centralization of power of the Holy Roman Empire, its underlying reasons were economic. For over 1000yrs, the Europeans didn't question the Roman Catholic Empire hegemony that financed them through the profits of the African land gold trade, uniting to fight as Crusaders to control the trade posts in Africa, however within 20yrs of African exploitation through the sea, they were no longer happy with the Roman Catholic hegemony.

To pacify the British and French, it was agreed that the children of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were to marry the princes of England and France that would become kings, in order to share the African wealth. As fate would have it Princess Catherine, the daughter of Queen Isabella, was married to the English Prince in waiting to be the king, who after failing to ascend the throne, was given to his brother Henry VIII that became the king. However they were not able to bare a son that would inherit the throne. Henry VIII was greatly disturbed and wanted to disturbed and wanted to divorce her and remarry to further his legacy, but this was rejected by the Roman Catholic Empire. However, he went ahead to divorce Isabella and remarried severally before marrying Anne Boleyn, who pushed for the breakup with Rome around 1530 and creation of the Church of England. Breaking up with the 1000yr Holy Roman Catholic Empire alliance, the English, French and Dutch took to attacking the slave and silver carrying ships of the Iberian Roman Catholics.

By 1560s, they attacked the sugar plantations of the Portuguese in northeast Brazil, which although was eventually retrieved, but the monopoly was shattered by transferring the sugar technology got from Africans to the Caribbean Islands of Barbados and others. To make matters worse for the Portuguese, the Jews and others behind the African trade left Portugal to go and build up Netherlands, which they reclaimed from marshland and developed the grains market. The Dutch slave merchants developed the first joint stock companies to build slave ships and develop a dynamic economy to takeover world trade from the Iberians.

The British were bugged down with bureaucratic red tape by their monarchy to raise finance for slave ships, so eventually the slave merchants revolted, cut the head of their king Charles and demanded control of the Bank of England. While the lesser populated Dutch engaged in colonies for trade alone, the British and French with larger populations also engage in colonies for resetting their population. Overtime this policy enabled the English and French to overtake the Dutch, as they erected trade barriers against the Dutch by 1650 in their populated colonies.

The colonies for settlement policy was to also backfire eventually when their resettled peoples also sought to cut out their European monarchs to stop taxation, corner the slaves production and develop local production, thereby affecting the Transatlantic trade triangle of slaves from Africa that produced sugar, cotton and tobacco which were refined in Europe and sold to the Americas and Africa. This was especially the case in the United States whereby the plantations were in the subtropical South, but the North was regarded as barren, and wanted to refine the goods in America.

This led to the American Revolution and War for Independence led by George Washington, the man with the most slaves of about 300 in number, closely followed by Thomas Jefferson with 200 slaves. Though dressed in saintly perceptions by historians and philosophers, the framers of the US constitution that wanted to do away with both Catholics and Protestants, were basically slave traders driven by economic motives that resulted in the 1787 Three Fifths Compromise after a long drawn out intellectual battle in the framing of the US constitution, due to the Southerners that didn't want Africans to vote but wanted their population taken into account in federal derivations.

With the Europeans losing the Americas, first by the French that lost Haiti that provided 70% of its income, and later the English that lost USA, they pushed to starve the Americas of slaves that would make the Americas forever produce at a lower cost than Europe, especially with the 1819 agreement to stop slavery after the  Haiti Ogun Revolution and Independence in 1804. From 1817, the Europeans led by the French turned to setting up colonies on the West African coast because they couldn't venture inland due to the amount of Dane guns previously dumped to promote anarchy for slaves.

By 1850, with the invention of submachine guns, Europeans descended on Africa to colonize Africans to produce the same products on their own land as colonies. This was put into order with the 1880s Scramble for Africa conference under the auspices of Queen Victoria whose cousins were monarchs across Europe, except Germany. With newly united German people under Bismarck into Germany, not being able to get enough African colonies, they went to war first known as the War for Colonies, now called the 1st world War. The loss of the first world War by the Germans made them retry in the second world War unsuccessfully.

However, the Russians who the French had used African slave money to develop their lands, were also to challenge the world order, in the name of International Communism, which according to Lenin that stated that non slaving nations like his could never enjoy a level playing global marketplace unless the slaving nations of Western Europe and USA were relieved of the stranglehold on African resources and people, therefore they set out to arm liberation movements first in China and across Africa, leading to psuedo independent African nations in the 1950s/1960s. Unfortunately, the Western nations were to use corruption propaganda in the 1960s to effect army coups to recolonize us and turn us to neocolonies that we now witness.

So, it is imperative that Africans should see through the Western religions, philosophies and political dogma to understand that they were all disguises for African economic exploitation. The Western philosophies were unnatural philosophies that lied about their African Origins in order to exploit and cultural enslave Africans. The Americans set aside natural laws under John Marshall when putting together their judicial system, making property rights superior to human rights to protect slavery and exploitation of fellow humans. However, just as the First Axial Age (700-1AD) whereby they adopted Original African knowledge banks for the last 2000yrs of religious and political dogma, the second Axial Age from 1500 to 2023, precedes the next 2000yrs of the Age of Shango of cultural justice which has been developed by Africans fighting for Justice in Africa and the Diaspora.

Sodeke!!! The Arakanga or Jabara War

The Ibadan war-chiefs were in dignantat the fall of their comrades at Oniyefun, especially Osun who was held in high esteem, and were bent on avenging his death. This was really the cause of the Arakanga war, and notin order to show that they were more powerful than the Ijebus as some have erroneously averred.. In this expedition they secured the alliance of Kurumi of Ijaye and Ayo of Abemo, whose contingent met the Ibadan army at Olokemeji. This expedition was one of the most stupid ever undei taken by the Ibadans. Divided counsels prevailed and therefore no adequate preparation was made, one half of theso-called kegs of gun powder carried before the chiefs contained nothing but yamflour, there by deceiving the people who followed them. Some asserted that the Egbas were more afraid of poisoned arrows than of ballets and therefore never supplied themselves with fire-arms.

Others went just mechanically because they were obliged togo, but without any preparation. We may here notice that this is how the junior chiefs behave when the war is unpopular, for they dare not remain behind when the head-chiefs march out. 

They marched out through the Ido gate and encamped by the Ogun river at Olokemeji for along time till their stores were exhausted, and before the enemy was in sight! Meantime their wives used the empty kegs as waterpots.

After along time they pushed forward to wards Abeokuta, and the Egbas met them a  great way off. Four hard battles were fought and the Egbas retreated to Arakanga, ariver behind their town wall. Here the Ibadans found themselves with their powder exhausted and no time to procure more from Porto Novo or Ado; the arrows some depended upon were found to be of littleuse... Adekambi the war-chief sent from Abemo was the first to return home being disgusted at the conduct of the war. With him went a good many war-chiefs, and recruits which they met on their way back also returned home when they heard the ill report of the campaign..

Five days after Adekambi had left the Egbas appeared in full force, determined on death or victory. At a given signal by the sound of their gods Orò to which they responded with a shout, they made asuddend as hand attacked the enemy vigorously, cutlass in hand.

With their powder exhausted some of the Ibadans resorted to the gourd bàrà planted all over the battlefield, and with this they pelted their assailants. From this ciicumstance the campaign was termed the " Jabara war." At the height of the battle, Bada Akeyan one of the chief swords men fell; and when another chief named Adelakun was mortally wounded, the Ibadans gave way and the rout was genera land complete. This desperate method of attack—cutlass in hand—is the peculiar method of the Owus, the bravest element in the new settlement, and the honour of the victory was theirs.

The Egbas however had not the courage to pursue their victory to any extent seeing amongs tthe war-chiefs many of those who had but recently driven them to Abeokuta:" alionatbay" may prove a dangerous customer to tackle.. The Ibadans in stead of escaping home by the direct route went by way of Ijaye, being suspicious of the Ijebus.

Source: History Of Yoruba People

KNOW YOUR FIRST NIGERIAN PROFESSORS

NIGERIAN MALE PROFESSORS

1. First Nigerian Professor of History ~ Prof Kenneth Dike (From Awka, Anambra).

2. First Nigerian Professor of Philosophy ~ Prof Olubi Sodipo (From Ilishan-Remo, Ogun state).

3. First Nigerian Professor of Linguistic ~ Prof Ayo Bamgbose (From Ogun State).

4. First Nigerian Professor of French Language ~ Prof Evans.

5. First Nigerian Professor of Arabic language and Islamic studies  ~ Prof M.O.A Abdul (Ijebu Ode, Ogun State).

6. First Nigerian Professor of Yoruba and African Literature ~ Prof Wande Abimbola (From Oyo, Oyo State).

7. First Nigerian Professor of Music ~ Prof. Lazarus Ekwueme (From Oko, Anambra state).

8. First Nigerian Professor of Theatre and Arts ~ Prof Joel Adeyinka Adedeji (Esa Oke, Osun State).

9. First Professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria ~ Prof Alfred Opubor (Nigerian-Cotonou).

10. First Nigerian Professor of Library and Information Science ~ Prof Mrs Adetoun Ogunsheye.

11. First Nigerian Professor of Education ~ Prof. Aliu Babatunde 'Babs'  Fafunwa (Isale Eko, Lagos State).

12. First Nigerian Professor of Physical Education ~ Prof. M. Oluwafemi Ajisafe (Ekiti State).

13. First Nigerian Professor of Tests and Measurement ~ Prof. Dibu Ojerinde (Igboho, Oyo State).

14. First Nigerian Professor of Law ~ Prof Teslim Olawale Elias (Lagos State)

15. First Nigerian Professor of Agriculture ~ Prof. Victor Adenuga Oyenuga (Ijebu Ife, Ogun state).

16. First Nigerian Professor of Animal Science ~ Prof. Gabriel. M. Babatunde (Afijio, Oyo State).

17. First Nigeria Professor of Forestry ~ Professor Kolade Adeyoju (Ijan-Ekiti, Ekiti State).

18. First Nigerian professor of clinical pharmacy ~ Prof. Nzebunwa Aguwa (Eke-Nguru, IMO State).

19. First Nigerian Professor of Medicine ~ Prof. Theophilus Ogunlesi (Sagamu, Ogun State).

20. First Nigerian Professor of Nursing ~ Prof (Mrs). Elfrida. O. Adebo (Abeokuta, Ogun State).

21. First Nigerian Professor of Physiotherapy ~ Prof. Vincent C. B. Nwuga (Asaba, Delta State).

22. First Nigerian Professor of Anatomy ~ Prof. Thomas Adesanya Grillo (Lagos State).

23. First Nigerian Professor of Physiology ~ HRH Prof. Joseph Chike Edozien (Asaba, Delta State).

24. First Nigerian Professor of psychiatry ~ Prof. Thomas Adeoye Lambo (Abeokuta, Ogun State).

25. First Nigerian Professor of public health ~ Prof. Oladele Ajose (Lagos state).

26. First Nigerian Professor of Nutrition ~ Prof Babatunde Oguntona.

27. First Nigerian Professor of Paediatrics ~ Prof Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (Abeokuta, Ogun State).

28. First Nigerian Professor of Botany ~ Prof. Eni Njoku (Ohafia, Abia State).

29. First Nigerian Professor of Physics ~ Prof. Muyiwa Awe (Esie, Kwara State).

30. First Nigerian Professor of statistics ~ Prof. Nwoue Adichie "Chinamada's dad (Abba, Anambra).

31. First Nigerian Professor of Mathematics ~ Prof. Chike Obi (Anambra State).

32. First Nigerian Professor of Geology ~ Prof. Mosobolaje O. Oyawoye (Offa, Kwara State).

33. First Nigerian Professor of Computer Science ~ Prof. Olu Longe.

34. First Nigerian Professor of Chemistry ~ Prof. Stephen Oluwole Awokoya (Awa-Ijebu, Ogun state).

35. First Nigerian Professor of Architecture ~ Prof. Ekundayo Adeyemi (Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State).

36. First Nigerian Professor of Urban and Regional Planning ~ Prof. Adepoju Onibokun (Iwoye-Ijesha, Osun State).

37. First Nigerian Professor of Estate Management ~ Prof. John. A. Umeh (Nnobi, Anambra State).

38. First Nigerian Professor of Accounting ~ Prof. Micheal A. Adeyemo (Irun-Akoko, Ondo State)

39. First Nigerian Professor of Marketing ~ Prof. Julius Onuorah Onah (Orba, Enugu State).

40. First Nigerian Professor of Insurance ~ Prof. Joseph. O. Irukwu (Eteem, Abia State).

41. First Nigerian Professor of Chemical Engineering ~ Prof. Sikiru A. Sanni (Ibadan, Oyo State).

42. First Nigerian Professor of Industrial Engineering ~ Prof. David. E. Osifo (Benin-city, Edo State).

43. First Nigerian Professor of Civil Engineering ~ Prof. Ifedayo O. Oladapo (Ondo, Ondo State).

44. First Nigerian Professor of Petroleum Engineering ~ Prof. Gabriel Kayode Falade

45. First Nigerian Professor of Mining Engineering ~ Prof. Zacheus Opafunso (Ede, Osun State).

46. First Nigerian Professor of Public Health Engineering ~ Prof. Paul Aibinuola Oluwande.

47. First Nigerian Professor of Geography ~ Prof. Akin Mobogunje (Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State)

48. First Nigerian Professor of Psychology ~ Prof. Dennis Ugwuegbu (Orlu, Imo State).

49. First Nigerian Professor of Cartography - Professor Olayinka Yaro Balogun (Ogun State).

NIGERIAN FEMALE PROFESSORS

FEMALE FIRSTS: First Female Academicians ~ Aim of collecting this is to promote girl child Education.

1. First Nigerian Female Professor ever ~ Prof. (Mrs) Felicia Adetoun Ogunsheye.

2. First Nigerian Female Professor of Law ~ Prof (Mrs) Jadesola Olayinka Akande.

3. First Nigerian Female Professor of History ~ Prof. (Mrs) Bolanle Awe.

4. First Nigerian Female Professor of Pharmacy ~ Prof. (Mrs) Babalola Chinedum Peace.

5. First Nigerian Female Professor of Psychiatry ~ Prof. (Mrs) Olayinka Omigbodun.

6. First Nigerian Female Professor of Mass Communication ~ Prof. (Mrs) Chinyere Stella Okunna.

7. First Female Physics Professor in Africa ~ Prof. (Mrs) Deborah Ajakaye.

8. First Female Professor of Chemistry in Nigeria ~ Prof. (Mrs) Modupe Ogunlesi.

9. First Nigerian Female Professor of Quantity Surveying in Africa ~ Prof Olubola Babalola.

10. First female Nigerian Professor of Accounting ~ Prof. Jane Ande.

11. First Female professor of physiotherapy in Africa ~ Prof. Arinola O. Sanya.

12. First Female Professor of Computer Science ~ Prof Adenike Osofisan.

13. First female professor of Chemical Engineering in Nigeria ~Professor (Mrs) P.K. Igbokwe

14. First Nigerian Female Professor of Mathematics Education ~ Prof. (Mrs). Grace Allele-Williams.

15. First Female Professor of Animal Breeding & Genetics in Nigeria~Prof. Adebambo Ayoka.O. Ayoka-Olufunmilayo

16. First Female Professor of Yoruba Studies in the world ~ Prof. (Mrs). Omotayo Olutoye

17. First Female Professor of Agriculture in Nigeria and First Female Professor of Agricultural Economics in Africa ~ Professor (Mrs) Tomilayo O. Adekanye.

18. First Nigerian Female Professor of Urban and Regional Planning ~ Prof. (Mrs). Ogbazi Joy Ukamaka.

Source: Journal on Nigeria's affairs

Ogiame Atuwatse III: Kings Are Born, Not Made

African kings are embodiments of grace, poise and elegance. The narratives of the Western world, which plundered the continent, have not been able to change this fact. Kings of the black race are fons honorum, graceful and gracious in forms and contents.

Every son and daughter of Iwere Kingdom must be happy about the elegance of the new Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III. He was officially crowned the king of the Itsekiri Nation on Saturday, August 21. Not only Iwere subjects and citizens should be happy. All Africans, wherever they are on the surface of the earth, should be happy. Atuwatse III, indeed, demonstrated that nobility is congenital.

A thorough bred royalty, the new Olu of Warri demonstrated that his late father, Ogiame Atuwatse II, brought him up in the proper ways of the nobles. His first speech on the throne is an epitome of the essence of our being as people of the black race. He, in that emotion-laden and cerebral royal speech, set the pace for the healing of the Itsekiri Kingdom. The crises and controversies that trailed his selection and coronation notwithstanding, Atuwatse III said he bore and or, bears nobody any malice.

Brilliant. That is magnanimity in its raw elements. But that is not the beauty of the speech. The 37-year-old monarch took a route that in the last 57 years has remained uncharted. In that exemplar speech, he revisited the injustice meted out to his grandfather, Ogiame Erejuwa II. When a child is holding the hilt of the sword, he asks for the death that killed his father. But this is not so with Atuwatse III. Rather than asking for the head of those who wronged, unjustifiably, his grandfather, Erejuwa II, the new Olu of Warri offered the enemies of the throne unprecedented forgiveness.

He did not stop at that, he, acting on the authority of the ancient throne of Iwere Kingdom, cancelled, reversed and undid the curse, the departed Erejuwa II placed on the Federal Government of Tafawa Balewa, which used federal powers to unjustifiably sack the late monarch. I shall return to the significance of the reversed curse presently.

But now, it is proper to take a historical voyage to the issue of Ogiame Erejuwa II and why the old man, one of the most prosperous Olu of Warri, had to issue that curse. Ogiame Erejuwa II reigned from 1951 to 1964 and from 1966 to 1986 as the 18th Olu of Warri Kingdom. During his reign, he encouraged a lot of Itsekiri people to get involved in trading, having traded with the United African Company (UAC). He rose to the position of provincial cooperatives president and used that influence to attract so many trading facilities for his people and many became prosperous and the economy of the Iwere Nation blossomed under him.

He was such an influential monarch, that in 1952, the then Government of  Western Region had to reverse the title of the Olu of Warri from the 1936 pacification title of “Olu of Itsekiri,” to its original name (Olu of Warri). History does not lie; it can only be manipulated by people for self-serving purposes. For the narrators of the story, it was Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who, because of his political affiliation with the Itsekiri people, changed the name of Olu of Itsekiri to Olu of Warri, the facts speak.

The colonial government, in 1936, in an attempt to assuage the fear of domination, expressed by Itsekiri neighbours that Olu of Warri might become the paramount ruler of that region, decided to change the title. The 1952 reversal to Olu of Warri, was therefore a bold attempt by the Awolowo led-government, to correct that anomaly of 1936. That itself led to other conspiracies against the influential Erejuwa II, whom many Itsekiri neighbours believed, used his clout to effect that reversal.

Naturally, Itsekiri leaders felt more inclined to team up with Awolowo’s Action Group (AG), than the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) led by the late Nnamdi Azikiwe. With the political turmoil of the era, NCNC, on its part, formed an alliance with the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) of Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa, the first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria. Matters came to a head, when during the creation of the Midwest Region in 1963, the NCNC labelled Erejuwa II as an “Action Grouper” (AG supporter) and caused the Balewa Federal Government to depose Erejuwa II and banish him to Ogbesse. It took the intervention of the then Military Administrator of the late Major General David Ejoor to restore the monarch in 1966.

When Ogiame Atuwatse III spoke thus: “While not seeking to reopen old wounds, it is pertinent to recall the grave injustice meted out to Olu Erejuwa II. He visited His Royal Majesty, Oba Akenzua II of Benin and recounted his ordeal. In his reaction, a curse was placed on the land by both of them”, at his colourful coronation last Saturday, he was referring to that 1964 deposition of Olu Erejuwa II. With Omo’ Noba N’Edo Akenzua II, another noble monarch that the black race has ever produced, convinced that his brother monarch, Erejuwa II, was not fairly treated, the duo jointly placed a curse on the Federal Government of Tafawa Balewa.

The efficacy of that curse is better left for experts in metaphysics to determine. Needless to say that history has the records of how that government ended and how well the Nigerian nation has thrived, ever since. And for 57 years, as rightly put by Atuwatse III, “It is not recorded that Olu Erejuwa II reversed the curse on the land, neither is it recorded that Oba Akenzua II did the same. Most probably, the issue was never revisited”. All religions, Western or African, attach importance to curses and blessings.

In African metaphysics, curses are not necessarily effective immediately they are issued. My people say: “curses and abominations are swallowed in tiny bits like needles. They become effective when they are enough for the blacksmith to make a hoe”. The Yoruba nation, believe, till date, that the pronouncements of Alaafin Aole, after Afonja, the then Are Ona Kakanfo, betrayed him, remain the albatross of the nation. Shooting three arrows to three different directions, Aole, the then Alaafin issued the following: “my curse be on you for your disloyalty and disobedience, so let your children disobey you. If you send them on errand, let them never return to bring you word again.

“To all the points I shot my arrows will ye be carried as slaves. My curse will carry you to the sea and beyond the sea, slaves will rule over you and you their master will become slaves”. And he broke the pot he was holding, while issuing the curse, saying: “my words are irreversible”. We are all living witnesses to how settled the Yoruba Nation is today. I need not say more. This is why it became very significant for all Iwere people that their new Olu of Warri declared: “As a firm believer of the intricate interconnection between the spiritual and the manifestation in the physical, I am a firm believer that the matter needs to be addressed. As the spiritual, cultural, political, and traditional ruler of this land, I, Ogiame Atuwatse III, the 21st Olu of Warri, the first son of Olu Atuwatse II, the grandson of, and direct descendant of Olu Erejuwa II who was offended on this throne, hereby reverse the curse placed over this land”. No other person could have done that. Itsekiri nation has every reason to appreciate what Atuwatse III did on Saturday. The entire Nigerian nation, also needs to say a big amen (May it be so) to the Ogiame’s blessings. “In its place, I release forgiveness and healing to the Federal Government of Nigeria whose might was used to propagate that offence; and I decree unprecedented and an uncommon peace, prosperity, progress, and development upon this land. I bring down the government of heaven unto this land, and I direct it to flow as a course that can neither be sabotaged, slowed, nor stopped. It goes out as a strong ripple effect emanating from this kingdom to the rest of the Niger Delta, to the rest of the Nigerian nation, and even to the African continent”. Nothing can be more potent than that. This is nobility in its undiluted form. It is important to note that this is the first pronouncement of Ogiame Atuwatse III, 90 days after his seclusion, where he communed with the terrestrial and celestial powers.

We can only wish that never will we have cause to punish the innocent in our land again. Atuwatse III has demonstrated why our monarchs are “Alase, ekeji Orisa” (The sovereign that is second only to the deity). Whatever they say here on earth, is confirmed in the heavenly places. The new Olu of Warri himself affirmed this as “a firm believer of the intricate interconnection between the spiritual and the manifestation in the physical”. You can only dispute, that at your own peril. My people say “t’oba ni ase” (Kings pronouncements are powerful). African kings carry so much power because their nations surrender all powers and authorities, seen and unseen, to them.

That is why they are worshiped, revered and respected. In most cases, they are worshiped like the deities they are. Little wonder then that the 84-year old former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, had to, while paying homage to the newly installed Olu of Warri on Sunday,  kneel down completely, in obeisance to the new monarch. African philosophy is rich in proverbs. “The one who shows disrespect to the king is killed by the king”, says one of them. Obasanjo, no doubt, externalises the virtues espoused in the Yoruba concept of ‘Omoluabi.”

The concept harps on good character and sterling upbringing as basic ingredients that confer nobility on individuals. That veneration by Obasanjo drives home the sovereignty of Ogiame Atuwatse III over all Itsekiri people as well as their brothers and sisters across other lands and tribes. Between Obasanjo and Ogiame Atuwatse III are 47 years. But that fact of Gregorian date-keeping failed to deter the old General from giving respect to whom respect is due. From being a military Head of State to a two-term civilian president, Obasanjo has seen it all. In all that, he recognises the place of history, tradition, customs and norms of the African race.

His Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, while explaining why Obasanjo knelt before Ogiame Atuwatse III, said that Obasanjo did not kneel before the monarch, but before the ancient Iwere Kingdom. He described Obasanjo as “Baba of Africa”, who had paid homage to all exalted traditional seats. He said. “He went to Warri this morning to pay homage to the new king. It is a traditional institution; he (Ogiame Atuwatse III) is not the one sitting down, it is the institution that is on the throne”. True talk. Tradition sits on the throne. May Ogiame Atuwatse III sit long on the throne of his forefathers. May his words ever hold true, never falling to arid land. Iseeee!

By Suyi Ayodele 

(Published in the Nigeria Tribune on Tuesday, August 24, 2021)

OGBE OKANRAN

Verse 1. There was an Awo, his name is Ogbe-Okanran.

He traveled to a town called Ipoti where they have been having problems with marauding invaders who terrorize them at night.

He got to the city as a stranger and they appealed to him to help them. He asked them to make sacrifice with corn grains, mortar, some Ifá leaves, with a he goat for Èṣù. 

They heard, they made the sacrifice.

Ogbe-Okanran instructed them to put the mortar and the corn outside of the house. 

In the night, Èṣù started pounding the grains of corn in the mortar at the back yard. As the invading bandits were coming, they were hearing the sound of the mortar and pestle, they thought to themselves that the people of Ipoti are still awake and they returned with the aim attempt their robbery again the next day. 

The next day they came, the same thing happened, they were hearing the sound of the mortar hitting the pestle. The third day, the same thing. And they concluded that the people of Ipoti no longer sleep and they desisted from coming to plunder them at night.

This was how the stranger (Ajoji godogbo) helped them in conquering their troubles in Ipoti community.

Ìbà Oluwo Akomolafe Wande for giving me this Ifá.

Fermina Gomez Pastrana Osha Bi

Born on October 12, 1844, Ferminita, as she was called as a child, was brought to Cuba with her mother to work in the sugar cane plantations. Both became the property of white men with the surname Gómez, which is how she got her name. While still a child, she suffered the loss of her mother due to the hard labor to which the African slaves were subjected. Her last wish was that her daughter be initiated into African religious cults and customs. This was fulfilled by the relatives who were left with the care of the orphan girl and to be initiated she received the so-called Santo Parado, a ritual now known as the saint’s seat. In this ceremony she is given the Orisha of the family, in this case Oshún, with a hand of snails and Elegguá.

Between 25 and 30 years of age Fermina begins her own entrance into the Yoruba world, as she is crowned Oshún by an African santero known as Ño José.

Some time later, the well-known African santera Ma Monserrate González, originally from Egbado (a city that was part of the Oyó Empire) takes her in as her godmother (we do not know how this relationship begins) and transmits to her all her knowledge about the Egbados Orishas. It is at the hands of Oba Tero (the name of Ma Monserrate’s saint) that Fermina receives the Olokun, a ritual reserved exclusively for babalawos, becoming the first person to receive it on the island. For those who know little about the Yoruba religion, Olokun is the orisha of the ocean and represents the sea in its most fearsome state.

However, Fermina’s strength and discipline made her worthy of this delivery and she proved for many years until her death, to be worthy of the cult of Olokun. This legacy marks a milestone in the history of Cuban Santeria, because with Fermina begins the long tradition of delivering this foundation. In fact, she is responsible for the continuation of the cult of Olokun, it begins with her and evolves thanks to her. Hence it is often said that “all the Olokun come from the Iyalosha Fermina Gómez”.

Then, Oba Tero “turned her gold”, which means to put another saint on her head, in this case, Monserrate crowned Yemayá and Fermina was renamed Osha Bi (orisha is born). This is how Gómez Pastrana began her life as Iyalosha (mother of Osha, santera godmother) and being the first santera on Cuban soil to receive the secret of Olokun, her fame rose rapidly. Her intelligence and charisma earned her notoriety in the city of Matanzas, she was close to the most famous babalawos of the time who respected her as one of their own.

Years later, she founded the Cabildo Egbado, where the traditional Santeria brought by the African slaves was practiced. Many amazing qualities are attributed to Osha Bi, among them, the power to become invisible when she was in the saint’s room, only if she wanted to, it was possible to see her. Her knowledge of the Yoruba religion was irrefutable, she was a connoisseur of the most secret cults and her leadership in the cult of Olokun made her famous and sought after throughout Cuba.

It is said that many politicians and businessmen of the time approached her to ask for her favors. In one of these visits, Fermina prepared together with a niece and a goddaughter a huge Olokun, one meter and fifty meters high, to favor a politician in his career. And, as indeed, what Fermina gave never failed. The politician was only on the rise and was in the public eye for many years. Likewise, thousands of Cubans from all over attended his Olokun ceremonies. The celebrations began on September 24 and lasted three days, where common rites and rites only for the chosen ones were practiced. During the ceremonies the Ilú Olokun (drums of the orisha) were played, a ritual begun by Fermina, as well as performing dances for the orisha with masks.

Fermina kept her Olokun in a closed room. Her altar was composed of seven cloths of different shades of blue, surrounded by sand, starfish, reefs, stuffed seahorses, mangrove and some fishing tools, all honoring the orisha. Another of his contributions to the cult of Olokun, which is still maintained today, is to feed the saint on the high seas, a rite that had its antecedents in Africa. The first time he performed it was in 1944 and it was attended by a large number of babalawos.

His devotion to his Olokun was so great that he reciprocated with an enviable health, so much so that he consecrated the saint to his last godson when he was 86 years old. Iyalosha Fermina died at the age of 107, on September 27, 1950, after dedicating her whole life to the African religion. She left this world and joined the Ará Onú, together with the Eggún and the spirits of the past that she always served. Thousands of people attended his funeral ceremony, among them distinguished personalities of the time, as well as brothers and sisters descended from his native Africa.

Currently, the Cabildo Egbado is located at 104 Salamanca Street between Mansaneda and 2 de Mayo. There, we can still witness the most precious treasures of the Iyalosha: her Olokun, her Agogó (bronze bell of Olokun), the four drums consecrated to the orisha, unique in all America, the masks used in the dances, her Yewá and Oduduwá (both egbados orishas) and the Shangó of her godmother Ma Monserrate.

Her Olokun has been the origin of an entire offspring. Fermina Gómez, without a doubt, revolutionized the Yoruba religion of African worship.

Unfortunately, all these unique elements are in danger of being lost, as the structure of the building threatens to collapse. They are under the custody of a very peculiar character called El Chino and one of Fermina’s descendants, her nephew and godson Alfredo Calvo Cano, who has crowned Aggayú and is known as Obba Tola. Fermina herself gave him Olokun when he was 9 or 10 years old. He is now 76 years old and is Oriaté (master of ceremonies). His fame extends as far as Havana.

Iyalosha Fermina Gómez Pastrana has left a legacy full of tradition, renewal and dedication to the cults of African origin. Her Ashé lives on in her descendants, who have the responsibility of never letting Fermina’s legacy die, a strong, intelligent, charismatic woman, worthy of all the powers that were given to her.

By ~Adisa

The Ancient Kingdom Of Warri(Iwere)

The Itsekiri people called this Kingdom Ale Iwere(The Land Of Iwere), the inhabitants they called Oma Iwere(Children of Iwere). The Portuguese that visit in 1516 called it Roy Aweri(Kingdom Of Aweri) a derivation of the pronunciation of the word Iwere.

1659 Description of the king's palace

The palace of the king is located at the head of a large square that goes right down to the river; it comprises eight courtyards, five of which any one is free to enter, while the others are guarded because they are for the use of the king. Within these is his apartment with another large courtyard around which are the rooms of his women, who are about thirty or more; no one may enter there under penalty of death, except their mothers, relatives and some women who are appointed to serve there. The king never goes out of the palace, and in the seven years I was there I only saw him go out three times, on the occasion of a procession which they held. At that time, and when he creates chiefs or receives ambassadors from the surrounding kingdoms he dresses richly in Portuguese style. When he is in council or gives a public audience he wears over his naked body only a tunic of white linen with large sleeves like those of monks. With a small white cap on his head and sandals without socks, he holds in his hand a very beautiful sheath with two long knives, the handles of which are decorated with emeralds and rubies.(Bonaventura da Firenze 1659: How the faith first entered Warri)

The Size Of The Kingdom Of Warri

“The sovereign of this state owns not only both banks of the Benin river but also all the rivers of these parts as far as the tributaries of the Calabar” Captain Okro September 1786 (Captain Okro is Chief Okorodudun, a Chief Of Ogiame Erejuwa I A.K.A Sebastiao Manuel Octobia 1760–1795).

In the work of Captain Landolphe published from his diary, Captain Okro went further to describe the strength of the king “He is not afraid of war with any of his neighbours. His navy is one of the most formidable of the African coast. He never fights on land. Content with disrupting the commerce of his enemies, he breaks their communications when he wants and reduces them to hunger without difficulty."

Historical Records About The Kingdom Of Warri 

The following are different records about the kingdom of Warri.

1. 1571-4 mission to Warri

1620 Pedro da Cunho: Ad limina report

Besides these three islands, there is a town of Christians on the continent in the kingdom of Warri, called St. Augustine, because its people first received the Faith from religious of the Hermits of St. Augustine. One of them, called Brother Franciscus a Matre Dei, baptized the present king at the time he was still a prince and successor designate.

2. 27-9-1584 Diogo da Encarnação: Appeal for priests

There is another king in Rio Forcado [= Warri] who is already Christian, but is calling for priests, because he has none in his kingdom.

3. 14-12-1584 Diogo do SS. mo Sacramento: The same

There is another king of what is called Rio Forcado, which is in alliance with the Priester John and Congo, who is already Christian. He also calls for priests so that they can do baptisms in his kingdom.

4. 28-9-1597 Consulta da Mesa da Consciencia e ordens: On report of Francisco de Vila Nova OFM, Bishop of São Tomé

In this Council of Conscience there was examined a letter from the bishop of São Tomé to your Majesty, which is attached to this, in which he reminds your Majesty of the Christianity of the kingdom of Warri and of the great harm it is suffering because of the lack of priests who can say Mass there and administer the holy sacraments. Because priests were not found who would accept to reside and stay in that kingdom because the land is very unhealthy and subject to the plague of mosquitos, which are very many and very harmful, it is fitting, since there are no indigenous priests of that land, that the contractors who go to buy ivory from the kingdom of Benin should bring in the ships going for that trade some priests for the kingdom of Warri for the purpose mentioned.

5. 1-6-1604 Petrus Fernandez Barbosa, Dean of São Tomé diocese: Report

11) The diocese of São Tomé consists in the same island of São Tomé, the island of Principe, the island of Anno Bon, and the kingdom of Warri. Each of the said islands has one place inhabited by some Christians. This is by direct knowledge because [Pedro Fernandez Barbosa] was a vistator in that diocese.

Elusa, son of Rey) or Reggio, king of Wari and of Lower Benin—which has been settled from Wari —died in June, 1848, leaving, as usual, a large family. The two elder sons, Iteya and Ajoprd, followed their sire within the week. The numerous slaves of the former rose up in arms, left Wari town. (FRASER'S MAGAZINE.

FEBRUARY, 1863.

MY WANDERINGS IN WEST AFRICA. 

A VISIT TO THE RENOWNED CITIES OF WARI AND BENIN. 

BY AN F.R-G.S.)

Names Of The Kingdom Of Warri

Over the past 500 years, the Kingdom of Warri  has been called the following names and they are all derivatives of the pronunciation of the ITSEKIRI word IWERE.

1. Oery 

2. Aware 

3. Awery 

4. Waree 

5. Owerri 

6. Warri

Some Notable  People  In Historic Records On The Kingdom Of Warri.

Captain Sieur Jean Francois Landolphe

Captain Sieur Jean Francois Landolphe he was a frequent guest to the king Lord Sebastian Otobia, king of Owhere at Warri Palace. He spent about 30 years in the kingdom of Warri. Landolphe bought land from the Warri  King on 4th of May 1788 to build a Farm and French Colony. The king had twice come to Landolphe's rescue, in 1778 and in 1782, when Landolphe failed to navigate his ships La Nigresse and later La Charmante Louise out of the Benin River before the summer season. The king had taken pity on the French and invited them to lodge at his capita1.28 Accepting this offer, Landolphe spent time there inspecting the surrounding area, which he described as `very fertile; pineapples grow without cultivation. One finds an extreme abundance of oranges, lemons, melons, and pumpkin. Purslane grows in the streets. Sorrel, wild spinach and other legumes are just as common [and] the forests furnish expensive woods.'29 In addition to its fertility, °where's milder climate and proximity to the coast prompted Landolphe to consider founding a settlement there. The Memoires also reveal how the King of Owhere continuously worked to win Landolphe over, probably spotting a great opportunity to gain access to coveted European goods. To this end, the king entrusted his nephew, Prince Boudakan, to Landolphe's care and instructed the Frenchman to take him to France and introduce him to French culture.3°

Back in France, Landolphe managed to obtain royal support for his project. He also found a willing sponsor from Saint-Malo, the Brillantais Marion firm. Together they formed the Compagnie d'Owhere et de Benin. Prince Boudakan attracted considerable interest at the Court of Versailles—even drawing compliments from the Saint-Domingue slave-owner Moreau de Saint-Mery—and as a result Landolphe and Brillantais further obtained an exclusive three-year privilege to the Benin trade.

Prince Mark Budakan a nephew of the king of Warri ( https://goo.gl/PD8iNX )

Prince Mark Budakan a nephew of the king of Warri. He was taken to France around 1786 by Captain Sieur Jean Francois Landolphe to learn French and their system of administration. Budakan is a son to the sister of the reigning King of Warri. Prince Mark Budakan was presented to the French Royal Court in 1786 and was granted a royal pension of 1500 France. The young prince was shown around Parisian society where he left a good impression indeed. He even went to see the King of France, Louis XVI and a portrait of him was made in the French Royal court. 

He was well received by Mighty King Otobia in city of Warri on his return from France.

Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois.

A. M. F. J. Palisot, Baron de Beauvois, was born July 27, 1752 ... In 1786, He left France in the year 1786 with an expedition to found a colony at Oware (or Owerri/Aweri) at the mouth of the Niger River in what is today Nigeria. Palisot assembled material from there with some collections from the neighboring country of present-day Benin. From time to time Palisot sent specimens back to France.

A. M. F. J. Palisot, Baron de Beauvois write two books from his collections in Oware (Warri)

1. Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique, dans les Royaumes d'Oware et de Benin (1790)

Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique, dans les Royaumes d'Oware et de Benin, a Saint-Domingue et dans les Etats-Unis, pendant les annees 1786-1797.

2. Flore d'Oware et de Benin, en Afrique 1790.

The bulk of his collections were destroyed when the British pillaged the colony and set fire to the trading post where his material was stored. Palisot de Beauvois never saw most of his collections in Owara again, as they were plundered by the British in 1792. An outbreak of yellow fever ravaged the colonists, and Palisot became so ill with the disease that in 1788 his friends placed him on a slave ship bound for Haiti where he had an uncle.

The kingdom of Warri and it’s Kingship have been in existence for over 400 years before the founding of NIGERIA. It’s a big joke to insinuate that It was Chief Obafemi Awolowo who gave the tittle of the Olu of Warri or King of Warri to the itsekiri Monarch. All the information referenced on this article have been in existence for centuries before the birth of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. But what really happens in the 1950’s?

In the 1950’s the Itsekiri Monarch tittle was changed from Olu of Itsekiri to Olu of Warri. Why was this change done? Let’s go back a little further in history. 

Following the death of Olu Akengbuwa II, who reigned as Olu of Warri, in 1848, there was an eighty-eight-year interregnum during which there were no Olus crowned in Warri. In that period, Warri or Itsekiri country was ruled by governors, who were mostly powerful merchants. Nanna's defeat by the British Royal Navy in the War of 1894 greatly weakened these merchants and would later pave the way for the resumption of the monarchy in Warri in 1936.

In 1914, Lord Lugard created Nigeria by amalgamating the Northern and Southern protectorates. For administrative purposes, provinces were created throughout the new country. A province was named after "Warri" and this province encompassed Urhobo, Ijaw, Isoko, Ndokwa and Itsekiri lands.

During preparations to resume the Itsekiri monarchy by the coronation of Ginuwa II in 1936, official references were to the "Olu of Warri". However, the Urhobo Progressive Union, under the leadership of Chief Mukoro Mowoe, prevailed on the colonial administration to change the title to "Olu of Itsekiri". His argument was that the entire Urhobo Division, being part of Warri Province, could be construed to under the Olu's domain. Predictably, the change was denounced by notable Nigerian personalities who were not even Itsekiri. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, then a newspaper publisher, wrote as follows in the West African Pilot of May 14, 1940:

"His Highness Ginuwa II is Olu of the Itsekiri-speaking people, who live on Itsekiri land… If the matter is discussed in detail, it will be found that a definite title is necessary, in which case, the Olu of Warri seems to be the most historical and correct. When we speak of the Oba of Lagos we refer to the Paramount Native Ruler of Lagos, although Lagos is peopled mainly by Yoruba-speaking peoples and Lagos is part of Yorubaland. So too, in the case of His Highness Ginuwa II, the Olu of Warri is the Paramount Native Ruler of Warri…"

It is noteworthy that, after a riot and an inquiry in 1952, Chief Obafemi Awolowo invited both Itsekiri and Urhobo delegations to present their case for and against the Itsekiri monarch being called the Olu of Warri.

The late Chief M.E.R. Okorodudu presented the Itsekiri case based on historical facts and common sense. Chief P.K. Tobiowo spoke for the Urhobos but did not dispute the historicity of the Itsekiri claim. He merely repeated Chief Mowoe's assertion of 1936 that since Warri Province included other homelands, the title "Olu of Warri" would suggest that the Olu was titular head not only of Warri Division but also to other divisions within the province. Chief Okorodudu then suggested that the name of the province be changed to Delta, confining "Warri" to Itsekiri homeland which had been the Olu's domain for centuries. Both the Urhobo delegate and the Government accepted this compromise. This was then presented to the Western House of Assembly in Ibadan where it was debated and adopted. The name of the province was therefore changed to Delta and title of the Olu of Warri reverted to its original form.

Ijaws never protested against the title and Urhobos accepted the confinement of the power of the Olu to Warri - the Itsekiri homeland.

By Adrian O. Edema 18/04/2019

THE MAN WITH SEVEN THOUSAND PRIVATE CARS

Hassanal Bolkiah is the current Sultan and Yang di-pertuan of Brunei, as well as the Prime Minister Of Brunei, making him one of the last absolute monarchs. He has 7,000 cars in his garage.

Brunei is the sovereign state located on the North Coast Of the island of Borneo in the Outhouse East Asia. Apart from Royalty, he is a lover of real beautiful exotic automobile with a collection of Seven Thousand Cars in his garage.

Below is the breakdown of cars in his garage:

604 Rolls Royce’s

574 Mercedes Benz

452 Ferrari’s

209 BMW’s

179 Jaguar’s

134 Coenigsegg’s

21 Lamborghini’s

11 Aston Martin’s

1 SSC

All of his cars are bulletproof and feature state of the art technology. Mercedes Benz brand made specially custom made cars for him. This means there is only one of the kind in the whole world and it belongs to the Sultan. The Sultan also has a gold plated Mercedes Benz car in his collection.

With 450 Ferrari’s the Sultan is one of top collectors of Ferrari in the world. His love for the super luxurious cars is so great that he ordered his servant to keep a Rolls Royce in front of his palace with the Engine running 24/7 just in case he needs to go out in a hurry.

A total worth of his cars is said to be around Five Billion US Dollars ($5b) and has a Net Worth Of US$20b

He has five Sons and Seven daughters.

Olu of Warri, Traditional Ruler or Pastor?

The Olu of Warri started his reign on a faulty note.  Atuwatse 111 wandered into Pentecostal panegerics instead of Itshekiri cosmology in his first speech as monarch. This is so wrong for two reasons. First and foremost,  he's a TRADITIONAL ruler, not a gospel musician. Singing Pentecostal songs is crass opportunism to win the hearts and minds of a people conquered by foreign religion and completely acculturated and assimilated. What's the purpose of the 90 days Idanike? It is to imbibe Itshekiri traditional beliefs, history, language, cuisine, wardrobe, and religion. For crying out loud a traditional ruler is the chief marketing officer of his kingdom but this one demarketed his kingdom. The Olu was "confirmed " as Omooba by the ORACLE, not the Holy Spirit or a pastor. The Itshekiris are a very cultural people and the Olu should be at the vanguard of the Itshekiri traditional values. If an Itshekiri man or woman dies the ORACLE is consulted to ascertain if he or she is evil before burial at Ode- Itshekiri.

An Oba of Benin will never stoop to the low level of a Pentecostal chorister on his big day. We must call a spade a spade and not a digging material. A traditional ruler is not a politician or a pastor but the custodian of the cultural values of the people.

The second error the Olu made was betrayal of his emotions. For no reason must the Olu cry or shed tears in public. The Olu is expected to be stoic. He's supposed to be cool, calm and collected. The storm is over. The 1979 Edict that disqualified him was overturned by the majority of his subjects and he is now king. He should move on quickly and define his reign.

The Olu should have started his speech by acknowledging his ancestors and appeasing the gods of the land in Itsekiri language, for no reason should he have spoken in English. He then should have rolled out his vision and mission for Iwere land.

AS RECEIVED 23RD AUGUST 2021 

MARGINALISATION OF THE TRADITIONAL WORSHIPERS IN NIGERIA, GROSS VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LFN

His Excellency, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (Alhaji Mohammed Buhari)

His Excellency, The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Professor Yemi Osibajo).

Hon. Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Senator Hamed Ibrahim Lawan).

Hon. Speaker of the Federal House of Assembly (Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila).

The Attorney General of the Federation.

His Excellency, The Executive Governor of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.

The Executive Governors of all States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Attorneys General of all States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dear Sirs.

The above subject refers.

I write on behalf of all the Traditional Worshipers in Nigeria and the various Traditional Organisations in Nigeria to draw the attentions of the Federal Government of Nigeria, States Governments and Local Government  Authorities to the level of governments marginalisation against the Traditional Worshipers in Nigeria and sudden infringement on our constitutional rights.

The marginalisation and ill treatments of various grades from both Local Governments, State Governments and Federal government of Nigeria have gone beyound the imagination of all reasonable and peace loving Citizens of Nigeria (I.e. The Traditional Worshipers of Nigeria).

The only aspect, where the true Federalism is being practised in Nigeria is on the Marginalisation, deprivation and maltreatment of the traditionalists by our governments.

The Traditional Institutions are indiginous to our nation and the rights of the said institutions are primary and should be well guided and jealously protected by our Governments from all tiers.

Surprisingly, our Kings/Obas, who have been placed in charge as the supposed Custodian of the indiginous traditions, Cultures and Religions have all compromised the rights of their subjects and now seeing as custodians of the Bible and Quran while some now kneeling or bowing for devilish Communion called holly in front of the fraudulent and ritualist Pastors.

The fact that Traditional Worshipers are constantly being deprived of the necessary National Traditional Public holidays and conspicuously marginalised in the government ministries is a clear hatred from our Governments towards the Traditional institutions in Nigeria and a sin against humanities and God,

In fact, failure of the Governments from Federal, State and Local Level to create ministries for Traditional Affairs constitute marginalisation of the highest order. The governments failure in the above regards, amount to breach of the Constitutional rights of we Traditionalists as contained in  Section 42 (1a and b) as against Section 10 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999; Article 8 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act (CAP 10) Law of the Federation Of Nigeria, 1990 and Article 1 and 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The constant violation of the above rights is condemnable and actionable perse, as we berate the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the the alleged Marginalisation and deprivation against the Traditionalists in Nigeria.

Following the foregoing, we Traditionalists and Peace loving Citizens of  Nigeria hereby peacefully demand for five  Spreading Public Holidays as follow:-

1. Oke itashe/Ifa day - 1st & 2nd of June.

2. General Isese/Traditional days 20th & 21st of August.

3. Harvest /Ela/ New Yam Festival -  One day in September.

We also demand for the Ministry of the Traditional Affairs and full representation of the Traditional Worshipers in various governmental boards from Federal level to the State and Local levels.

In as much as we believe we are in secular state where the Federal, State and Local Governments lack such powers to adopt any religion for the Federation, State or Local areas and that all citizens are equal before the law, regardless of gender, complexion, tribe, language religion and belief, we urge our Governments, from Federal to the local level to give the full recognition to the rights of the Traditional Worshipers in Nigeria with equal treatment as extended to the  Muslims and Christians in Nigeria.

Thank you all for the anticipated positive response towards the above requests.

Isese Agbewa ooo.

Signed:

H/H. High Chief Ifasola S. Opeodu. C&G Lon Cert, LLB, BL and Notary Public. The Oluwo Of Iperu, the Vice Chairman of Osugbo Remo Parapo; Oluwo Iledi Sangosanya Iperu and Araba Agbaiye of the Ancestral Lineage of Africa (OGBONI ALA).

PROFESSOR ISA HUSSAINI OF FACULTY OF PHARMACY UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI WROTE

The blame for what Nigeria has become falls on you and me.

Not Buhari 

Not Jonathan 

Not Obasanjo and definitely

Not Abacha

OUR WICKEDNESS STINKS TO THE HEAVENS AS WE GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES, PULLING DOWN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING TO BECOME RICH.

We import substandard products, fake drugs and expired baby food unfit for human consumption and "we have the nerve to complain about leadership"?

We even steal from widows, orphans, weaklings and refugees. We take their food and sell it for profit. No conscience.

Nothing is sacred

No one is spared

WE BUILD SUBSTANDARD ROADS, SCHOOLS, HOUSES, HOSPITALS, ALL FOR PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF HUMAN LIFE; AN INVALUABLE ITEM WHICH ALL OUR PROFIT AND CONTRACT SUM CANNOT BUY.

One would think this behavior is reserved for urchins "but it would surprise you that this is the character of many decent looking people who appear to be normal but are not any better than Boko Haram members".

They are church members, Muslims, husbands, wives and sadly youths.

WE PERVERT JUSTICE AND PRETEND WE DO NOT KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG JUST TO SERVE OUR SELFISH INTERESTS.

Slave traders pale in comparison to what we do to ourselves.

WE ARE WICKEDNESS PERSONIFIED.

So much hatred flows in our blood and we transfer it to our children. It's evident in what we say and do.

We have fasting and prayer sessions all year long, night vigils and deliverance when the actual problem is "us".

WE SIMPLY CANNOT LEARN TO LOVE OTHERS . IT IS ME, ME, ME. THAT IS ALL THAT EVER MATTERS. IT IS SICKENING.

Anyone who cannot love has no business in Politics, Government Parastatals/Agency and Churches or Mosque, in Nigeria.

Until we understand this, we will continue on this path of destruction.

I can Change, You can Change, They can Change and We can Change by Sharing and Spreading this message. Change starts with Me...

BY PROFESSOR ISA HUSSAINI

Ela mi boru, Ela mi boye, Ela mi bosise!!!

Hypocrisy all around!! Many are mincing and seriously benefitting from the coiffures of Ooni of IFE, yet speak crap on platforms such as this.

Monarchs should only be seekers of Primordial Truth!!!, so that majority of subjects can be emulated

Self- loathing is a disease. Numerous family members have alienated self because my household enshrines with Ojubo Olodumare and IFA, as the mouth- piece. I am with no apology or hiding.

We must remember, or if we do not already know, We are our Ancestors re- born.

We are reincarnations of this same Ancestors, so whom are we kidding!!!!

Many of them sold out for greed, ignorance, been lied to for Powers, (of which, yet, they possessed raw Primordial powers).

WHERE DO WE NOW STAND?

Huge % are still displaced on issue of Spirituality, for IFA is not religion.

lFA is Nature, not magic!!!! it is a way of life, that we must inculcate into daily existence.

I would love to have some Geniuses speak on solutions on how we go forward on IFA, because we must!!!!.

I woke up yesterday with a heavy heart for l see more Orisha- money - making Effigy celebration, than TRUTH!!!! Of Primordial ownership.

Obatala is not dropping from Firmament (some call Heaven) above.

Imole - Onile--- is shunned, violated and disrespected.

OUR ORI, alligned ensures Self- Love.

Olodumare --Ajiki, Ajipe., (after our ORI,) is taken as GOD, in transiliatory misplacement.

Oduduwa- another!!!

Orunmila is written as Husband of every woman -- yet, we scream Disrespect to Woman / Polygamy / Polyandry, etc!!!

Iya-Nla Odu is a Female energy of Primordial truth that is relegated.

No Osun turned to Water!!!

Aje, of which bears the DAY, Ojo- Aje, was a Prosperous business Woman...

lyaami Osoronga---Aaję is another.

Here in Monaco, even the Royal family of Grimaldi, do not murk around with  Earth Spirituality, Nature embrace, Ancestors veneration, Divination, etc. l only speak on what l have 1st hand knowledge of.

Dr ODUTOLA-- (Ereilu-OBA)

Copyright © 23/08/2021

A LIST OF THE 527 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN NIGERIA

1.Abon

2.Abua

3.Abureni

4.Acipa, Eastern

5.Acipa, Western

6.Aduge

7.Afade

8.Agatu

9.Agoi

10.Agwagwune

11.Àhàn

12.Ajawa

13.Ake

14.Akpa

15.Akpes

16.Akuku

17.Akum

18.Alago

19.Alege

20.Alumu-Tesu

21.Ambo

22.Amo

23.Anaang

24.Áncá

25.Arabic, Shuwa

26.Arigidi

27.Ashe

28.Asu

29.Atsam

30.Auyokawa

31.Awak

32.Ayere

33.Ayu

34.Baan

35.Baangi

36.Baatonum

37.Bacama

38.Bada

39.Bade

40.Bakpinka

41.Bali

42.Bangwinji

43.Barikanchi

44.Basa

45.Basa-Gumna

46.Basa-Gurmana

47.Bassa-Kontagora

48.Bata

49.Batu

50.Bauchi

51.Beele

52.Begbere-Ejar

53.Bekwarra

54.Bena

55.Berom

56.Bete

57.Bete-Bendi

58.Bile

59.Bina

60.Biseni

61.Bitare

62.Boga

63.Boghom

64.Boko

65.Bokobaru

66.Bokyi

67.Bole

68.Bo-Rukul

69.Bu

70.Bukwen

71.Bumaji

72.Burak

73.Bura-Pabir

74.Bure

75.Buru

76.Busa

77.Cakfem-Mushere

78.Cara

79.Cen

80.Centúúm

81.Che

82.Cibak

83.Cinda-Regi-Tiyal

84.Cineni

85.Cishingini

86.Ciwogai

87.C'lela

88.Como Karim

89.Cori

90.Daba

91.Dadiya

92.Dass

93.Daza

94.Defaka

95.Degema

96.Dendi

97.Deno

98.Dera

99.Dghwede

100.Dibo

101.Dijim-Bwilim

102.Diri

103.Dirim

104.Doka

105.Doko-Uyanga

106.Dong

107.Duguri

108.Duhwa

109.Dulbu

110.Dungu

111.Duwai

112.Dza

113.Dzodinka

114.Ebira

115.Ebughu

116.Edo

117.Efai

118.Efik

119.Efutop

120.Eggon

121.Ehueun

122.Ejagham

123.Ekajuk

124.Eki

125.Ekit

126.Ekpeye

127.Eleme

128.Eloyi

129.Emai-Iuleha-Ora

130.Engenni

131.English

132.Enwan

133.Enwan

134.Epie

135.Eruwa

136.Esan

137.Esimbi

138.Etebi

139.Eten

140.Etkywan

141.Etulo

142.Evant

143.Fali

144.Fali of Baissa

145.Fam

146.Firan

147.Fulfulde, Adamawa

148.Fulfulde, Benin-Togo

149.Fulfulde, Nigerian

150.Fum

151.Fungwa

152.Fyam

153.Fyer

154.Gaa

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156.Gade

157.Galambu

158.Gamo-Ningi

159.Ganang

160.Gbagyi

161.Gbari

162.Gbaya, Northwest

163.Gbiri-Niragu

164.Geji

165.Gengle

166.Gera

167.Geruma

168.Ghotuo

169.Gibanawa

170.Giiwo

171.Glavda

172.Goemai

173.Gokana

174.Gude

175.Gudu

176.Guduf-Gava

177.Gun

178.Gupa-Abawa

179.Gurmana

180.Guruntum-Mbaaru

181.Gvoko

182.Gwa

183.Gwamhi-Wuri

184.Gwandara

185.Gyem

186.Hasha

187.Hausa

188.Hausa Sign Language

189.Hide

190.Holma

191.Hõne

192.Horom

193.Huba

194.Hungworo

195.Hun-Saare

196.Hwana

197.Hya

198.Hyam

199.Ibani

200.Ibibio

201.Ibilo

202.Ibino

203.Ibuoro

204.Iceve-Maci

205.Idere

206.Idesa

207.Idoma

208.Idon

209.Idun

210.Igala

211.Igbo

212.Igbomina 

213.Igede

214.Iguta

215.Igwe

216.Ihievbe

217.Ija-Zuba

218.Ijo, Southeast

219.Ika

220.Iko

221.Ikpeshi

222.Iku-Gora-Ankwa

223.Ikulu

224.Ikwere

225.Ilue

226.Irigwe

227.Isekiri

228.Isoko

229.Ito

230.Itu Mbon Uzo

231.Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe

232.Iyayu

233.Iyive

234.Izere

235.Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo

236.Izon

237.Izora

238.Janji

239.Jara

240.Jarawa

241.Jere

242.Jiba

243.Jibu

244.Jilbe

245.Jimi

246.Jiru

247.Jju

248Jorto

249.Ju

250.Jukun Takum

251.Kaan

252.Kadara

253.Kagoma

254.Kaivi

255.Kakanda

256.Kakihum

257.Kalabari

258.Kam

259.Kamantan

260.Kami

261.Kamo

262.Kamwe

263.Kaningkom-Nindem

264.Kanufi

265.Kanuri

266.Kanuri, Central

267.Kanuri, Manga

268.Kapya

269.Karekare

270.Kariya

271.Khana

272.Kholok

273.Kinuku

274.Kiong

275.Kir-Balar

276.Kirike

277.Koenoem

278.Kofa

279.Kofyar

280.Kohumono

281.Koma

282.Kono

282.Korop

284.Kpan

285.Kpasam

286.Kpati

287.Kubi

288.Kudu-Camo

289.Kugama

290.Kugbo

291.Kukele

292.Kulere

293.Kulung

294.Kumba

295.Kupa

296.Kurama

297.Kushi

298.Kutep

299.Kutto

300.Kuturmi

301.Kwa

302.Kwaami

303.Kwak

304.Kyak

305.Kyenga

306.Labir

307.Laka

308.Lala-Roba

309.Lamang

310.Lame

311.Lamja-Dengsa-Tola

312.Lamnso'

313.Laru

314.Leelau

315.Legbo

316.Lemoro

317.Lenyima

318.Lere

319.Leyigha

320.Lijili

321.Limbum

322.Lokaa

323.Longuda

324.Loo

325.Lopa

326.Lubila

327.Lufu

328.Luri

329.Maaka

330.Mada

331.Mafa

332.Mághdì

333.Mak

334.Mala

335.Mama

336.Mambila, Nigeria

337.Mangas

338.Marghi Central

339.Marghi South

340.Mashi

341.Mawa

342.Mbe

343.Mbembe, Cross River

344.Mbembe, Tigon

345.Mboi

346.Mbongno

347.Mbula-Bwazza

348.Mburku

349.Mingang Doso

350.Miship

351.Miya

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352.Montol

353.Moo

354.Mumuye

355.Mundat

356.Mvanip

357.Mwaghavul

358.Nde-Gbite

359.Nde-Nsele-Nta

360.Ndoe

361.Ndoola

362.Ndun

363.Ndunda

364.Ngamo

365.Ngas

366.Nggwahyi

367.Ngizim

368.Ngwaba

369.Nigerian Sign Language

370.Ningye

371.Ninzo

372.Njerep

373.Nkari

374.Nkem-Nkum

375.Nkoroo

376.Nkukoli

377.Nnam

378.Nshi

379.Numana-Nunku-Gbantu-Numbu

380.Nungu

381.Nupe-Nupe-Tako

382.Nyam

383.Nyeng

384.Nyong

385.Nzanyi

386.Obanliku

387.Obolo

388.Obulom

389.O'chi'chi'

390.Odual

391.Odut

392.Ogbah

393.Ogbia

394.Ogbogolo

395.Ogbronuagum

396.Okobo

397.Okodia

398.Oko-Eni-Osayen

399.Okpamheri

400.Okpe

401.Okpe

402.Oloma

403.Olulumo-Ikom

404.Oring

405.Oro

406. Oruma

407. Ososo

408. Otank

409. Pa'a

410. Panawa

411. Pangseng

412. Pe

413. Peere

414. Pero

415. Pidgin, Nigerian

416. Piti

417. Piya-Kwonci

418. Polci

419. Pongu

420. Psikye

421. Putai

422. Putukwam

423. Pyapun

424. Rang

425. Reshe

426. Rogo

427. Ron

428. Ruma

429. Samba Daka

430. Samba Leko

431. Sambe

432. Sanga

433. Sasaru

434. Saya

435. Sha

436. Shakara

437. Shall-Zwall

438. Shamang

439. Shama-Sambuga

440. Shanga

441. Shau

442. Sheni

443. Shiki

444. Shoo-Minda-Nye

445. Shuwa-Zamani

446. Siri

447. Somyev

448. Sorko

449. Sukur

450. Sur

451. Surubu

452. Tal

453. Tala

454. Tamajaq, Tawallammat

455. Tambas

456. Tangale

457. Tanjijili

458. Tarok

459. Tedaga

460. Tee

461. Teme

462. Tera

463. Teshenawa

464. Tha

465. Tita

466. Tiv

467. Toro

468. Tsikimba

469. Tsishingini

470. Tso

471. Tsuvadi

472. Tula

473. Tumi

474. Tunzuii

475. Tyap

476. Ubaghara

477. Ubang

478. Uda

479. Uhami

480. Ukaan

481. Ukpe-Bayobiri

482. Ukpet-Ehom

483. Ukue

484. Ukwa

485. Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni

486. Ulukwumi

487. Umon

488. Uneme

489. Uokha

490. Urhobo

491. Usaghade

492. ut-Ma'in

493. Uvbie

494. Uzekwe

495. Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri

496. Vemgo-Mabas

497. Viti

498. Vono

499. Voro

500. Vute

501. Waja

502. Waka

503. Wandala

504. Wannu

505. Wapan

506. Wãpha

507. Warji

508. Wom

509. Yace

510. Yala

511. Yamba

512. Yangkam

513. Yedina

514. Yekhee

515. Yendang

516. Yeskwa

517. Yiwom

518. Yoruba

519. Yukuben

520. Zangwal

521. Zari

522. Zarma

523. Zeem

524. Zhire

525. Ziriya

526. Zizilivakan

527. Zumbun

Is there any addition or subtraction on the list?

WHAT BUHARI, OONI OF IFE, OBASANJO & OBA OF BENIN TOLD THE NEW OLU OF WARRI

The new Olu, Ogiame Atuwatse III, was crowned as the 21st Olu of Warri on Saturday at Ode-Itsekiri, ancestral home of the Itsekiri.

Having been called upon to speak on behalf of all the Nigerian traditional rulers in his capacity as the natural head of Oduduwa Race worldwide and Co-chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria(NYCN) to bless the new Olu of Warri and welcome him into the fold, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, described the event as a red-letter day in the Itsekiri Kingdom and in the Oduduwa nation at large.

"The entire Oduduwa Race was elated about your emergence as the Olu of Warri. We are indeed happy and excited with this development.

“We the traditional rulers in Nigeria are all very delighted to welcome you on board as one of our brother kings,

“You can feel the energy in the air in Itsekiri Kingdom, you are loved by your people. I want to appeal to you, you are the father of the entire Itsekiri Kingdom now. You are the father to the good, you are the father to the bad, and you are the father to the ugly. You have to embrace the entire kingdom of Warri, extend a hand of fellowship to all and sundry, make sure that your leadership is a fatherly leadership.

“For today, God almighty and the spirit of our ancestors will continue to guide you, guard you, and lead you right in all the decisions you will be making on this throne of your forebears. We love and we appreciate and we will work with you.” Ooni said. 

The representatives of the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II said “We all know what happened there when the Omo N’Oba prayed in the inner chambers of the palace. Omo N’Oba says you are going to live long. Omo N’Oba says your reign shall be peaceful. Omo N’Oba wishes you very well."

President Muhammadu Buhari, who was represented by Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie OmoAgege, said he was hopeful the reign of the monarch would witness progress, peace and development in the kingdom.

OmoAgege, whose mother is Itsekiri, later gave his own goodwill message, assuring that he will continue to support the monarch, adding that he should see him as one of his senators in the National Assembly.

Prominent Nigerian traditional rulers pthat graced the coronation occasion on Saturday at Ode Itsekiri include,  Arole Oodua Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, Olowo of Owo kingdom, HRM, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye, Ohinoyi of Ebira land, HRM, Alhaji Dr Abdul Rahman Ado Ibrahim, the Oore of Otun-Ekiti, HRM, Oba Adekunle Adeagbo, the Akarigbo of Remo, HRM, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, the Olubosin of Ifetedo, HRM, Oba Akinola Akinrera and others.

Obasanjo on Sunday during the Thanksgiving Service at the palace Chapel urged the new Olu of Warri to unite his people, utilise the wisdom of elders and stay close to God in all his dealings.

“Two things must guide you: one, do not shun the experience and advice of elders, it is useful.

Experience is wisdom, make use of the experience of people around you. Secondly, be very close to God.

You must diligently perform the task God had entrusted to you as this position was given to you by God.

Please note that "His Majesty" carried a lot of responsibilities and I urge you not to shun the experience and advice of the elders." Obasanjo said.

Also In his speech during the Thanksgiving, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta urged the new Itsekiri monarch to extend the olive branch to any aggrieved Itsekiri.

“I am aware a lot of healing processes are ongoing.

It is time for healing; ensure the entirety of the kingdom comes together. Whether stubborn or not, extend the olive branch to them.

You have a lot of work to do in Nigeria. We cannot afford any distraction at home, so that the larger nation will have your presence in the nation-building." Okowa said.

His Majesty, Ogiame Tsola Emiko, the 21st Olu of Warri, as a son of the 19th Olu of Warri, Atunwase the 2nd who reigned from 1987 and 2015. He is a bonafide descendant of Oduduwa king of Ile-Ife from whom he derived his princehood and royalty through the lineages of Oranmiyan, Eweka the first Oba of Benin and Omoba Ginuwa, a Prince of Benin who became the first Olu of Warri.

Babaláwo, Oníṣègùn, Adáhunṣe, and Awòsùnhùn-sèkan

A babalawo interpretes the messages of Ifá, the voice of Olódùmarè. A babaláwo uses ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ or ikin for divination. A babaláwo would normally have Èṣù in front of his house where he places sacrifices. They won't normally be seen carrying Ẹbọ to junctions or  in the night unless ifá precisely prescribes it. A babaláwo does not interpret his own opinion, only what ifá says. He does not prescribe Ẹbọ from his head, he asks Ifá every time. Babaláwos are the experts with ìyèrosùn, no one else is.

Oníṣègùn are those that use ẹ́rìndìnlógún, glass, Ọ̀sanyìn, ìsàábì, and stuff like that. They know nothing about the odùs, they must consult a babalawo for interpretation unless they are specifically trained as babalawo. They do not use ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀. They are experts on herbs and roots. They can be seen placing Ẹbọ all over, anywhere, anytime.

Adáhunṣe are some kind of healers. They tap knowledge from everywhere. They too have knowledge of herbs and roots.

Awòsùnhùn-sèkan is the last one. They can be called, "eavesdroppers" . They exaggerate what they hear from some places. They are often fraudulent. They want people to fear them. Unfortunately, they are the most common around us, these days.

Can someone belong to more than one of these classifications? Absolutely, yes. But a Babaláwo that adheres to the ethics of his training, would stay true to the dictates of Ifá in everything he does.

Àbọrú Àbọyè Àboṣíṣẹ.

For Education in traditional theology.

By Adekunle Adeite

Ọ̀NÀ MÁRÙN-ÚN TÍ ỌKÙNRIN MÁA Ń GBÀ DÉ FÌLÀ GỌ̀BÌ ÀTI ÌTUMÒ WỌN

Apá òsì: Èyí wà fún ọkùnrin tó ti di Aláya nílé.

Apá ọ̀tún: Èyí wà fún àpọ́n lỌ́kùnrin.

Gígẹ fìlà síwájú: Èyí túmọ̀ sí ọkùnrin tí ayé ti su.

Ki fìlà ga gogoro: Tí ọkùnrin bá dé fìlà gogoro èyí ń ṣe àfihàn ìwà ìgbéraga.

Gígẹ fìlà sẹ́hìn: Èyí ń ṣe àpèjúwe ọkùnrin tí kò bìkítà nípa nǹkan kan..

Mo rọ gbogbo àwa ọkùnrin kí á máa kíyèsi bi a ti ṣe ń dé Fìlà wa láti òní lọ nítorí bí a ti ṣe ń rìn làá ń koni.

YORUBA TIMES OF THE DAY

ÒWÚRÒ.................. 6 - 10 am

ÌYÁLÈTA.................. 10 - 12 am

ÒSÁN.....................  12 - 4 P

ÌRÒLÉ.....................   6 - 7 PM

ÀSÁLÉ/ALÉ.............   7 - 10 PM

ÒRU...................... 11PM - 12 AM

ÒGÀNJÓ.................. 12 - 2 AM

ÀÀJÌN.......................    2 - 3 AM

ÀFÈMÓJÙ.....................  4am to 5am

Please educate yourself and your children