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Yorubaland will rise again

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Nigerian languages and the ways of life of our people are globally recognised and honoured. This is not rhetoric. Please fact-check me: Lukumi-Yoruba-speaking police officers are highly sought after in England. London High Street stores advertise for and employ Hausa-speaking sales representatives, who are coveted and in demand. And Lukumi-Yoruba is a liturgical language used by millions of native Brazilians and Cubans, while a million Sudanese citizens speak Hausa.

Some of my readers may recall my visit to the Yoruba Village in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where I interacted with the residents and spoke Lukumi-Yoruba with them, and where I also visited the Chief Priest of Ọbatala in Trinidad.

Nigerian languages and other aspects of our culture matter. And not just in Nigeria. Over a dozen Yoruba language songs have charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, including some that have peaked in the Top 10.

Additionally, Yoruba language and culture inspired a US sitcom, Bob Hearts Abishola, that is top-rated and globally syndicated.

As Nigerians, especially those of us with some influence, we owe a patriotic duty to project Nigeria, her culture and its people positively. That is the best way to rebrand and renew Nigeria.

We must keep in mind that if we do not love ourselves and treasure our culture, we will drift aimlessly and shamelessly copy other cultures of people who take pride in their customs.

As Marcus Garvey said, "A people without the knowledge of their history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

Bemigho Reno Omokri

[MAY💙💤 @munahtee]

Remember the actress from the sitcom Bob hearts Abisola?

She is honoured with a chieftaincy title in her hometown in Osun state.

[Olùkọ́ Kẹ́mísírì 👨🏽‍🏫 @Kemisiri_Yoruba]

You think Chemistry is foreign? Yoruba people have been doing Chemistry before classrooms existed.

Examples:
- Fermentation of pap
- Palm oil extraction
- Soap making
- Local dyeing (Adire)
- Potash in cooking ewedu.

What other chemical processes do we do in Yorubaland?

[Aare kurunmi kakanfo @AKakanfo]

Special thanks to all our volunteers especially the elderly women who joined the environmental sanitation exercises.
We hope and pray if Olodumare gives us the capacity, we will like to be in all the local government of Lagos state in the next couple of months.
The support from the Local Government and our people have been immense.
To all TYF and IDERA members both home and abroad who planned, funded and organised this project, may Almighty bless all.
N:B- This project is not a government gig. It was ordinary people who sponsored and organised this project.
Ese pupo 🙏🏾

[Aare kurunmi kakanfo @AKakanfo]

They wanted him dead and renounced but they cannot understand his popularity.
Tompolo did not boomerang.
CJTF did not boomerang but Iru Ekun will boomerang????
No solutions but big grammar and sitting behind the office desk while towns and cities are being destroyed by terrorists.
TANTITA is securing oil and gas but Iru Ekun will boomerang?

Majority of those who want Sunday Igboho destroyed are three;
1. Those who want Sharia law in Yorubaland; they fear he is symbol of Yoruba nationalism and a militant threat to their agenda.
2. Political buccaneers; People who fear that his popularity might affect their chances in Yorubaland politics.
3. Those who fear that Sunday Igboho might organise the Yoruba people in Kogi and Kwara against Arewa hegemony.

When Ijaw militants were wiping out Yoruba people in Ondo state? Where were people like you? What sort of diabolical behaviour is this?
Is it the Nigerian navy that is guarding pipelines in the Niger delta?
Our lands have been overrun by terrorists and you don’t want the government to use all help it can get?
So the CJTF fighting ISIS have boomeranged?????
Yoruba people and Ote!!!!!

[THINK YORUBA FIRST @ThinkYoruba_1st]

Wema Bank

Ogo Adulawo Socio Cultural Organization

Account Number: 0446142984

Reference: Oriire Victims

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

BREAKING: A Nigerian-American engineer and Harvard graduate, Yinka Ogunbiyi, has developed HaloBraid, described as the world’s first braid-assist robot designed to ease the physical strain on hairstylists and save time for salons.
The innovation had raised $7m and attracted more than 7,000 salons to its waitlist.

[Aare kurunmi kakanfo @AKakanfo]

We are grateful to the Amuwo odofin local government chairman and executives who have given immense support to young Yoruba youths who are members of @IDERAHealth as regards their volunteering roles in monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Lagos state.
This is part of our contributions to the Lagos state government and our community.
To IDERA members and especially TYF members working for the past few months to ensure this is a success, we are grateful.
Tomorrow is the D-day.
Health is wealth!!!!

[Aare kurunmi kakanfo @AKakanfo]

In the first republic, Yoruba people were going to school while Arewa were massively enlisting in the army.

It is those with guns that will control and rule those with books.
This is why Yoruba youths must prioritise going into the army and other paramilitary organisations.
Books are useless in the face of guns.

[Arojinle @arojinle1]

These are the kinds of people I like to give money. A physically challenged person that's still hustling, an old person that's still working or hawking, a brilliant teacher that's working in a low pay school, e.t.c. They deserve help more than beggars.

[The Yoruba Times @TheYorubaTimes]

Breaking News: Okin Biscuits Returns to Production with a New Look

[TheCableIndex @thecableindex]

What the six geo-political zones contributed to the VAT pool and received in H1 2026 (Jan-Jun)

1. South-west
Contributed: N2.16trn
Received: N691.56bn (31.99%)

2. South-south
Contributed: N880.58bn
Received: N429.99bn (48.83%)

3. North-central
Contributed: N302.81bn
Received: N350.17bn (115.64%)

4. North-west
Contributed: N205.52bn
Received: N384.56bn (187.11%)

5. North-east
Contributed: N152.82bn
Received: N285.70bn (186.95%)

6. South-east
Contributed: N79.27bn
Received: N230.89bn (291.28%)

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[TheCableIndex @thecableindex]

Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt account for 90% of Africa's billionaire wealth (2026)

Africa's 23 billionaires list:
1. Aliko Dangote 🇳🇬: $28.5bn
2. Johann Rupert & family 🇿🇦: $16.1bn
3. Abdulsamad Rabiu 🇳🇬: $11.2bn
4. Nicky Oppenheimer & family 🇿🇦: $10.6bn
5. Nassef Sawiris 🇪🇬: $9.6bn
6. Mike Adenuga 🇳🇬: $6.5bn
7. Naguib Sawiris 🇪🇬: $5.6bn
8. Patrice Motsepe 🇿🇦: $4.3bn
9. Mohamed Mansour 🇪🇬: $4.0bn
10. Michiel Le Roux 🇿🇦: $3.8bn
11. Issad Rebrab & family 🇩🇿: $3.6bn
12. Koos Bekker 🇿🇦: $3.6bn
13. Jannie Mouton & family 🇿🇦: $2.7bn
14. Strive Masiyiwa 🇿🇼: $2.1bn
15. Mohammed Dewji 🇹🇿: $2.1bn
16. Christoffel Wiese 🇿🇦: $1.9bn
17. Youssef Mansour 🇪🇬: $1.8bn
18. Othman Benjelloun & family 🇲🇦: $1.7bn
19. Aziz Akhannouch & family 🇲🇦: $1.6bn
20. Yasseen Mansour 🇪🇬: $1.4bn
21. Samih Sawiris 🇪🇬: $1.4bn
22. Anas Sefrioui & family 🇲🇦: $1.3bn
23. Femi Otedola 🇳🇬: $1.3bn

Total: $126.7bn

Net worths are based on the Forbes Africa billionaires list, July 2026 snapshot

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[Aiye Akamara @nla_agba]

The Art of The Holy City of Ile-Ife

https://t.co/u7QjE1lRe0

[THINK YORUBA FIRST @ThinkYoruba_1st]

🥬👑 Our own Efo Riro is making Yorubaland proud! 🌍✨ Ranked among the world's top 50 soups by TasteAtlas, it stands as the only Sub-Saharan African soup to make the prestigious list.💚🤍

[Aare kurunmi kakanfo @AKakanfo]

🌍 Yorùbá Nationalism Series – Weekly Global Conversation

Topic: Self-Preservation Is Not Bigotry

Speaker: Oladimeji Bolarinwa

In Nigeria's highly diverse society, every group seeks security, representation, economic opportunities, and the preservation of its identity and heritage. Yet, conversations about collective interests are often met with accusations of ethnic or religious intolerance.

This discussion will examine a difficult but important question: At what point does legitimate self-preservation become bigotry, and when is it simply a people's natural desire to protect their interests?

Key areas of discussion:
- Why communities seek self-preservation in multi-ethnic states
- The difference between advocating for one's interests and promoting exclusion or hatred
- Federal character, indigene rights, resource control, and representation in the Nigerian context
- Lessons for peaceful coexistence and nation-building in a plural society

Can Nigeria's diverse peoples preserve their identities and protect their collective interests while still building a just and inclusive society?

🗓 Date: 18th July 2026
🕖 Time: 7PM YLT
🎙 Venue: The Thought Builders (X Space)

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The Yorùbás of 21st century is beyond Nigeria and Benin Republic

Below are Yorùbás if Trinidad and Tobago doing it the ways of their ancestors

#YorubaGreatness

[Ayo @osinlade]

Traditional or cultural values no longer exist in most of these royal titles and towns they “rule” over. To most of these Obas, the kingship holds no value &amp; responsibilities; it is a shell of an eroded phenomenon which, to them, now serves as a means to an end, if not cruise.