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[Arábìnrin Sola @YOLICOM6]

Olúrónbí - the case of Yorùbá artefacts being auctioned abroad…

It was the following catalogue note that first caught my attention whilst perusing Sotheby’s website some moons ago.

“The Ọ̀yọ́ Ṣàngó Female Shrine Sculpture from the Bloch Collection.

This splendid Yorùbá sculpture is said to have been on the shrine for orisha Ṣàngó in Koso, a suburban hamlet to the west of the crowned town of Ọ̀yọ́. Koso is where the royal shrine for Ṣàngó is located, where the priests of Ṣàngó are initiated who in the past oversaw the organization of the Ṣàngó cult in the provincial towns thereby providing the religious basis for the Aláàfin's authority during the period of the Ọ̀yọ́ Empire (ca.1790 - ca.1836). The facial markings on the sculpture are of a type called àbàjà, which, as the Yorùbá historian Samuel Johnson observes, "are those of the Royal Family of Ọ̀yọ́" (1969: 106). Furthermore, her hair is styled in the five-cone pattern worn by queens and other women of royal stature….”

Then I saw the price this Yorùbá sacred artefact was sold for and the penny dropped!
$1,650,500 (One million six hundred and fifty thousand and five hundred US dollars)!

In my distress, the song of "Olúrónbí" came to my mouth and I began to sing:

Oníkálukú jẹ̀’jẹ́ ewúrẹ́
Ewúrẹ́, ewúrẹ́
Oníkálukú jẹ̀’jẹ́ àgùtàn,
Agùtàn bọ̀lọ̀jọ̀
Olúrónbí jẹ̀’jẹ́ ọmọ rẹ̀
Ọmọ rẹ̀ a pọ́n bíi epo
Olúrónbí ò
Jọin jọin
Ìrókò
Jọin jọin

Translation...
Each person vowed to offer a goat,
Goat, goat.
Each person vowed to offer a sheep,
Healthy sheep.
Olúrónbí vowed to offer her child
Her beautiful fair child,
Olúrónbí O!
Jọin jọin [chorus]
Ìrókò
Jọin jọin [chorus]

The story of Olúrónbí in our folklore is a sad one and it goes like this…

A woman named Olúrónbí was barren. She consulted the magical Iroko tree in her village for help in order to conceive. Generally, people who consulted the spirit of the Iroko tree would offer goats, sheep, yams or fruit. Olúrónbí however did not bring anything with her but foolishly promised to offer her first born child!

After Olúrónbí gave birth, she tried to plead with the Iroko spirit not to take the child. The Iroko spirit however refused and would not be appeased and took the child.

We Yoruba have become Olúrónbí! We have foolishly promised to give away our heirlooms and heritage to the highest bidder and we are doing it right now! Shame on us!

May we have the courage to "shine our eyes".

There are many of our artifacts being sold worldwide. If you want to see more, visit:

https://t.co/A6gnzTO3Ui

Note: Sotheby’s is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art.

Olobe Yoyon

They told us our treasures were without value, we like fools believed them. Meanwhile they trade them like the priceless pieces they are
#YorubaCulture

[omoduduketa @GbegbinSesan]

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I Took the @NELFUND campaign to my CDA meeting today.

Told parents: sit your children down and make them apply for the FG student loan. Tuition + upkeep, zero interest, no guarantor.

Don’t assume your children know. Sit them down. Help them apply.

Also stressed this: if you’re 40 or 50 and get admission, you qualify too. No age limit. Education no get expiry date.

Opportunity dey. Make our street no slack.

If one child in our street graduates, the whole street wins.
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Report shows that Nigerians have a special gene mutation which keeps them happy. 😳

Nigerians reportedly have the bliss chemical called “Anandamide” reduces the chances of depression, reduces PTSD, and makes it easier to forget painful memories.

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Elon Musk thinks the entire education system is built on a broken assumption.

That every student should learn the same thing. At the same speed. In the same order. At the same time.

Musk: “Everyone goes through from like 5th grade to 6th grade to 7th grade like it’s an assembly line. But people are not objects on an assembly line.”

The model was designed for a factory economy. Standardized inputs. Predictable outputs.

That economy is gone. The assembly line is gone.

But the education system still runs on its logic.

A student who masters algebra in two weeks sits through eight more weeks because the calendar says so. A student who struggles gets dragged forward because the schedule doesn’t wait.

Neither is being served. Both are being processed.

Musk: “Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject.”

AI doesn’t teach a classroom. It teaches a student.

One at a time. Every time.

It skips what a student already knows. It finds where they’re stuck and approaches it from a different angle.

It adjusts in real time. Not at the end of a semester when the damage is already done.

A student obsessed with basketball learns fractions through shooting percentages. A student who builds in Minecraft learns geometry through architecture.

The subject doesn’t change. The entry point does.

No teacher with thirty students can do this. Not because they lack skill.

Because the math doesn’t work.

AI doesn’t have that constraint.

Musk: “You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day. So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling.”

The brain isn’t broken. The format is.

Kids learn complex systems and strategic thinking for hours voluntarily. Then walk into a classroom and can’t focus for twenty minutes.

That’s not a discipline problem. That’s a design problem.

Musk: “A university education is often unnecessary. You probably learn the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates.”

Four years. Six figures of debt.

And the real value comes from the people sitting next to you. Not the institution charging you.

The degree doesn’t certify knowledge. It certifies endurance.

Musk: “If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college.”

The system was built to train employees. If you’re not trying to be one, it has nothing left to offer you.

Every lecture. Every textbook. Every curriculum. Now available instantly. Personalized to any learner. Adapted to any pace.

The question isn’t whether the old model survives.

It’s how long we keep forcing students through it while the replacement already exists.

[omoduduketa @GbegbinSesan]

@OGreat6 Evidence choke 😁

[A. Ayofe @abdullahayofel]

READ again and Repost 👇

You are owing someone money and the person brought Police to arrest you, this is what you should do.

At first, the police have no legal authority to arrest you for a simple debt, as it is a civil matter and not a criminal offense. According to the Police Act 2020 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), the police are strictly prohibited from interfering in civil disputes or acting as debt collectors

Meaning that, the Police officer the person brought to arrest you, is on illegal duty and is on a mission to perform illegal arrest.

So at this point.

1. Ask the Police officer for his ID and take note of his name

2. Calmly tell the officer it's a civil matter

3. If the officer insist on arresting you, don't resist the arrest. Follow him

4. If they ask you to sign any undertaking of when you will pay back, sign it

That undertaking is not enforceable anywhere, so no fear at all

Once you are out

File a suit against the person you owe and the Police Officer for breach of your fundamental human right and illegal arrest with unlawful detention

In the suit, demand for damages of 50 Million Naira

Ignorance of the law is no excuse

© The people's parliament

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[Osas @osazenoo]

Foreigners are seeing the potentials of Nigeria way more than we Nigerians do.

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~ Peter Obi

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[Adedamola Adetayo @BalogunKakanfo1]

If you look at the distribution of the Federal Allocation in 1955 you won't be too surprised to see that of 2025.

In 1955,

Northern Region: £4,750,000

Eastern Region: £3,750,000

Western Region: £500,000

Federal Government: £3,750,000

The Westen Region got the most ridiculously low allocation.

Today, the South-West Yoruba is getting the lowest allocation while the North-East and South-East whose major contribution to the country's economy was crime, insecurity and destruction got the highest

Even the North-West of daily banditry get more allocation than the North-Central it has terrorised everyday for many years now

According to the 2024 report Oyo State alone turned in IGR three times higher than the output of the entire South-East yet the South-East got more IGR returns dashed to it from the Federal Allocation than Oyo State.

As it was in 1955 so it is today, the Yoruba South-West still carries the burden of the regions which get higher allocation than it.

Half the Ibo population is in Lagos State and all Yoruba land adding pressure to our infrastructure and society. They have never stopped coming since the Europeans showed them the motor routes into Lagos.

The Hausas and Fulanis have never stopped coming with the mass of their population to dump on the same South-West.

If you ask the typical Ibo trader why he is in Lagos and not his own state he will tell you it is because of the Ports in Lagos.

But there is a Port in Portharcourt 40mins from Aba. There is one is Calabar and another Warri.

Okay ask him what is he doing in Ijebu-Igbo, Oyo, Ilesa, Ado-Ekiti, Akure, everywhere in Yoruba and even the interior villages of Yoruba land. Is it still about PORTS?

Is there a Port in Ile-ife?

No!

It is about the heavy Yoruba wealth and Population which is the target market for all of their imported fake and substandard goods. It is Yoruba population and wealth that can absolve the intensity of their continuous importation which is funded from proceeds of NARCOTICS and other CRIMES.

Yoruba land is the perfect ally in completing their cycle of money laundering and that same money is what is then devoted to buying the lands and properties of Yoruba people.

It is land grabbing.

This is the reason that these people desperately need ONE NIGERIA RUNNING ON UNITARY CONSTITUTION.

Yet they are the one gaslighting you with the cries of marginalisation everyday.

Nigeria is an impediment and danger to Yoruba existence.

#ThinkYorubaFirst
#Igbimoomoyoruba

© Adedamola Adetayo
12 February 2026

[Imakunblog @imakun122]

Oba Jebba claimed that he's Yoruba-oba not emir, but kwara state government refuse to pay his salary since 2003.
Oba of Jebba refuse to pay homage to ordinary Fulani emir in Ìlọrin and he continue identifying himself as a yoruba Oba up till today, ọba kadir Adebara is one o Yoruba in Kwara state that refuse to bow down for emir, but he's currently facing alot from the state government because they stopped paying his salary since 2003.
Jebba was Once part of old Oyo empire, the current Alaafin should visit the place and help him out.

[Osas @osazenoo]

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