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THE BLESSED SEEDS

If I do my job well, then God will smile on my offspring and on their offspring. I'm sure my Father is seeing a blessing in me.

Feyisayo Ebunoluwa Ogundeji & Abimbola Omolayo Ogundeji

Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it's just genes, isn't it? All of our existence is spent worrying about the next generation, but we don't actually seem to get anywhere.

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Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.

Feyisayo Ebunoluwa Ogundeji 

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.- AYOBAMI OGUNDEJI. 

Abimbola loves keeping her awake 

A Tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

From AYOBAMI OGUNDEJI, with Love. 

DID PRESIDENT BUHARI PROMOTES AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA?

Benin – Chief Francis Inegbineki, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammudu Buhari’s revolution in agriculture, has impacted positively on the lives of youths in the country.

President Buhari inspecting the farm in Daura

Inegbineki, who is aspiring to be a Senator for the Edo Central Senatorial District, made this assertion while fielding questions from newsmen in Benin on Wednesday. Inegbineki, while noting that the revolution had taken many youths off the streets, stressed that many of them had benefited immensely from the new deal in agriculture.

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He said he would leverage on this development to empower youths in his Senatorial district, “many farmers, including youths, who have embraced the sector are now self reliant.
 “In Esanland, the people love Buhari as president because it was through the APC government that farmers can now sell their produce and make more money”. Inegbineki called on the APC to adopt the direct primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections, adding that the party would make an inroad in the district during the elections.


 He, however, said that this could only be possible if the right candidates were picked for the elections. “I also want to appeal to the leaders of APC in Edo state to adopt direct primaries because delegate election can be skewed and manipulated. But with direct primary, the people will decide who will represent them. “It is only through direct primaries that APC can be stronger because any attempt to manipulate the process, APC may lose out,” he said. “You see, to the ordinary man Esanland seems to be the home of the PDP in Edo, but to us, the politicians, it is not so.
“If ‘am given the APC ticket, I can assure you, we are going to defeat the PDP this time around”.

10 Easiest Countries To Migrate To From Nigeria

#3: Austria

Austria is a gorgeous little country that offers plenty of mountain fun in the form of the snow-capped Alps, which actually cover 62% of the country. Its location is ideal for exploration of many other European countries, as well. The lifestyle in Austria is sometimes described as a “perpetual resort”.

#4: Belgium

If you love the idea of enjoying limitless beer and chocolate in a cozy little country dotted with gorgeous architecture and breathtaking natural beauty, consider Belgium. It is also a very progressive country; the second in the world to legalize gay marriage (after the Netherlands).

You will need a job to be granted a permanent residency visa, but you can apply from home. Once you land a job, you only need to hold onto it for two weeks before becoming eligible for a residency permit. That’s not an offer to stay forever just yet, but as long as you keep working, you are moving toward it.

10 Easiest Countries To Migrate To From Nigeria

When things get tense at home, or even just super boring, you may start thinking about running away and living the life of an adventurous ex-patriot. But when the complexities and expenses associated with migration hit you, it’s easy to become discouraged and put the dream away. Well, maybe you should not!

Here is a list of 10 countries with relatively easy pathways to permanent residency:

#1: Canada

Canada! It’s one of the friendliest countries on earth. And while you might not think of Canada as beachy, it actually has the longest coastline in the world at 202,080 km. Canada has compassionately opened its borders to refugees from war-torn nations. However, even if you are not in fear for your life, you will have to show some professional skills.

#2: Mexico

If you’re fussy about the deadly drug trade, you may be tempted to skip over Mexico as an option. But there are still places in Mexico that are safe, and not only that, they are full of clean beaches, mountain views, cute historic towns, and upscale urban delights. Plus, it is the country that introduced chocolate, chilies, and corn to the world.

Get started in Mexico quickly with an FMM visa, available at any airport or border location for just $21. When your visa expires in six months, you can renew it again, and again, and again. There’s no limit. Unfortunately, you can’t work on an FMM visa, but you can upgrade to a temporary residency visa that does allow work for only a few bucks more. You may need to leave the country temporarily to apply for one, though.

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Masquerade - Ancient and Modernized Art

The term masquerade can refer to a masking performance, a masked performer, or the character embodied by the mask itself. Masquerade is an important mode of cultural expression for several groups from Nigeria

Role of masquerades in African society
Masquerades are believed to be a representation of the dead. It is believed that the dead visits the living from time to time through this medium. It is on this premise that the African traditional society was built upon and this has helped a lot in safeguarding the society to large extent in African societies, and in particular, in Nigeria.

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There are different types of masquerades from society to society and from places to places. Among the different ethnic tribes, they are being used for different purposes at different times.

Among the Yoruba people in South West Nigeria, the use of masquerade has been as old as the history of the people.

The masquerades have their various names and are used for specific occasions. They stem from entertainment, policing and an arbitration court to mention a few.

In Ibadan, for example, there are certain masquerades like Oloolu, Alapasanpa, Oleyo, Mojere, Aduagba, among others.

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Some of these masquerades mentioned have their specific functions, as some of them are used as guards, while some are for entertainment.

Some of these masquerades are also used during traditional funerals as a means of linkage between the dead and the living.

It is believed that these masquerades will convey the messages of the living to the dead that the living wishes the dead peace where it may be.

In some cases where these rites are not performed, it is believed that the dead will not have a place to stay. The dead spirit will, therefore, be hurting the living.

If this is done, it will bring peace between the living and the dead. This brings the much needed unity amongst the kinsmen.

It is, therefore, a rallying point to transition to great beyond.

Some of these masquerades are used to police their farms. These masquerades are the talking types. They are placed in strategic places on the farm. Anyone who has come to steal from such a farm will hear a voice and this will prevent him from taking anything from the farm in those days, and this has helped in preventing theft of farm produce and generally in town because they patrol in the night as well.

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Masquerades serve to checkmate delinquency among married women in some societies, and this has in no small measure helped to curb promiscuity in the society.

It is believed that any attempt by any woman will be brought to limelight by some masquerades and such a woman would be fined and asked to undertake some ritual rites before she could be admitted back.

This has in no small measure helped to purify or purge the society. Masquerades have also brought relative peace to many homes with polygamy. They have also helped to settle scores among concubines.

In homes where there are frequent quarrels, the family masquerade will intervene to settle such where it persists. The masquerade will fine the women concerned first, and fined the guilty again.

However, of recent Christianity and Islam has brought some little changes.

It is, therefore, necessary to differentiate between religion and culture so as not to have any infringement on the culture of the people.

THE KABBA TRIBE: some of the great things to be said by the beautiful ethnic group.

The Kabba Tribe is one of the major ethnic groups in Kogi State, Nigeria. It is situated in the Northern hemisphere of the equatorial forests of Nigeria. The city, surrounded by mountains and green habitats,which gives it its beautiful scenery, is the junction that links seven major roads leading to other parts of the country. Kabba, one of the Yoruba-speaking tribes in Kogi State, is located in Okun and are referred to as Owe people.

ORIGIN

As it is with many tribes and settlements, there are varying accounts on how Kabba was established. One account records that Kabba was founded by three hunters who left Ile-Ife to look for somewhere else to settle down. Although they initially decided to settle at the first location they got to after leaving Ile-Ife, they moved after some time for another location. It was at this second location that they offloaded their belongings. This second location is, today, called ‘Katu’ (where goods were offloaded). After some time again, they took on their journey even farther and got to a place where they finally settled. This location is the ‘Kabba’ of today.

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These three hunters, however, visited the other two locations occasionally, that is, Odo-Ilu (which means ‘downtown’ in English), the first location they settled at; Katu, and Kabba.

The second account states that a Saudi Arabian Prince, Obaro Odide, left his hometown in search of another place to settle. Although he died on the journey, his son, Odide II continued the journey. In the end, Odide V decided to settle at ‘Oke-aba’, now called ‘Kabba’.

COMMUNITIES & CLANS

Kabba is otherwise called “Kabba Oloke meta” (Kabba with three mountains), because there are three major communities that make up the tribe. These communities are namely Odolu, Katu, and Kabba.

These three communities, in turn, have clans under them. Odolu has five; Katu has three; and Kabba has six clans under it. In total, the Kabba Kingdom is comprised of fourteen clans.

GOVERNANCE

The people of Kabba Kingdom have maintained the ruling structure set up by Obaro Odide. Therefore, the title of a Kabba king is ‘Obaro’.

His (Odide) descendants make up the Ilajo clan and have maintained the status of the ‘royal family’. Also known as the “Ilajo Ruling Family”, there are three houses in the clan, namely Mokelu, Ajinuhi, and Ajibohokun Houses. Kingship is usually rotated among these three houses.

Furthermore, Kabba operates a tripodal ruling system namely The Obaro, The Obadofin, and The Obajemu ruling systems, produced by the Ilajo ruling house, Odolu, and Otu respectively. However, the other two heads are chosen by The Obaro.

Traditional Titles

There are three main traditional titles in the Kabba Kingdom. They are:

The Igemo: also known as the red cap chiefs because they wear small red caps (called “Odi” in Kabba).
The Orota: who are superior to the Igemo chiefs and so, wear longer red caps to show their superiority. They are believed to also have supernatural powers which give them the ability to converse with the dead and spirits.
The Ololu: transliterated as “owner of the town” is a title borne by the Obaro. He is the one who bestows titles on the former two chiefs.
These chiefs are usually highly respected by the people of Kabba while the Orotas are feared, because of the supernatural powers they are believed to have.

FOOD

The people of Kabba have very special indigenous meals that are unique to them. A number of them are prepared with beans. Some of them are ‘ajiere’, prepared by boiling beans, sieving it dry and then frying in palm oil; popolo, bean cake fried in palm kernel oil; and akara papa, prepared by grinding guinea corn to form a paste, moulding it in between the palms to form shapes and then fried in palm oil.

NOTABLE HISTORICAL EVENT

It is said, that one time in the history of Kabba Kingdom, invaders attacked their land. Each time this happened, the people ran up the hill. The elders had to seek help through diabolical means, and the next time the invaders came attacking, the elders commanded the rocks to fight for them. The rocks formed an attachment and rolled in the direction of the invaders. This was how the people of Kabba gained the victory over their enemies. However, the rocks have remained at the spot they rolled to till date. The spot where the rocks are is called “Ilohin”.

AYOBAMI OGUNDEJI

THE GREAT PEOPLE OF EKITI KINGDOM

The people of Ekiti form a homogenous ethnic group among the large Yoruba tribe in Nigeria. Although the Ekiti-speaking people can be found in towns such as Ondo, Akure, Akoko, Ijare, Ilara-Mokin, and Igbara-ole, they exclusively inhabit Ekiti State, one of the 36 states in the country.

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Ekiti is culturally bound by Igbomina to the north, Ijesha to the west – the boundary being at Ipetu-Ijesha, Ondo to the southwest, Owo to the southeast, and Yagba and Ijumu to the northeast.

The name, Ekiti…

The name of the State and by extension, the tribe, Ekiti, is a derivation from the word, ‘Okiti’, which means, ‘hill’ or ‘a mound’. The name is derived from the rugged mountainous feature of the State.

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Their History

According to oral and contemporary written historical records, the Ekiti people trace their origin to Oduduwa, the son of Lamurudu, a King in Mecca. Oduduwa is generally believed by the Yorubas to be the ancestor of the Yoruba race.

One of the legends states that, Oduduwa travelled from Mecca and upon arriving at Ife Ooyelagbo, he met people already settled there, among whom are Agbonniregun, Obatala, Orelure, Obameri, Elesije, Obamirin,and Obalejugbe.

Agbonniregun (Orunmila) thereafter migrated from Ife and founded Ekiti. To further prove this claim, Alara, and Ajero were both sons of Agbonniregun. Orunmila himself spent his entire life at Ado, which is why they have the saying: “Ado ni ile Ifa” (Ado is the home of Ifa).

Yet, another legend states that it was Olofin that migrated from Ile-Ife with his 16 sons. Two of them settled as they travelled – one at Ijesa and the other at Igbomina – while the remaining 14 children and their father kept travelling till they got to the place now called Ekiti (ibi ti okiti po si).

From the above, it is safe to deduce that the people of Ekiti migrated from Ife.

Political Division

The old Ekiti was larger than the current one. This is largely due to the concurrent re-divisions the state has experienced over the years.

There was never a centralized political unit in Ekiti; there just existed 16 Principal Kingdoms. Ekiti was under the British Protectorate before the amalgamation of Nigeria and then, grouped under the Western Region of Nigeria alongside Ondo State. Ekiti was declared a state on October 1, 1996. Some towns were, re-divided with Ondo, Kogi, and Kwara (Moba, Ilale) States later on.

The motto of Ekiti

It is not surprising that the motto of Ekiti State was “Fountain of Knowledge”. The people pride themselves in their academic prowess and feats, as well as the high level of their intelligence. More so, Agbonniregun, their founding father, is praised as “A-kere-finu-s’ogbon”. For example, an Ekiti man, Prof Ekundayo Adeyemi, was the first Professor of Architecture in West Africa.

The state motto was changed to “Land of Honor; Land of Integrity” on March 6, 2011.

Language

The Ekiti people maintained an autonomous lifestyle and although they speak the Ekiti dialect, the language has variants from one town to the other. More so, the language of some towns is affected by the town with which they share boundaries. For example, the people of Otun speak a dialect close to that of the people of Igbomina whereas the people of Omuo have their dialect influenced by the Ijesas of Osun State.

Notwithstanding these variations, the Ekiti dialect remains relatively uniform, that is, to a fair degree, a native of Ekiti would comprehend when the other is speaking his dialect regardless of whether they hail from different Ekiti towns.

Generally, the Ekiti dialect replaces ‘i’ with ‘u’ especially at the beginning of words. Example: ‘idi’ > ‘udi’ (reason), ‘ile’ > ‘ule’ (house).

Food

This is an integral part of the Ekiti people. Hospitable and warm in nature, they treat their visitors to a dish of pounded yam and isapa soup with bush meat. The soup can vary depending on the town and the occasion as well – egusi, ila asepo, efo worowo etc.

Towns

There are several towns in Ekiti State. Some of them are Ado, Ijero, Otun, Iloro, Aramoko, Oye, Ikere, Ikole, Ayetoro, Usi, Emure, Ilawe, Ijurin, Efon-Alaaye, Omuo, Iyin, Imesi, Ire, Ikoro, Oke-Mesi, Ijan, Awo, Ido, Ayedun, Ikogosi, Irele, Igbara-Odo etc.