🦅 You can take a man out of 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔 land, but you can 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 take 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔 out of the man. 💯
🔥 For the 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 in 𝗪𝗪𝗘 history, 𝗔𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗗𝗔 was proudly worn inside a 𝗪𝗪𝗘 ring, courtesy of that Yoruba son, 𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗙𝗘𝗠𝗜. 👑🥋
🌍 Wherever destiny takes us, we never deny our roots. We wear our identity with pride, honour our culture without apology, and represent 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔 with dignity. 🦅💪🏾
👑 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗔 to the core. ALWAYS. ❤️🖤
The only time we heard about Igbo in Yoruba was during the civil war when they were called nyamiri, And I want you to find out from the scholars, the historians will tell you they are not part of Yoruba and the aje belongs to Yoruba not Ibo.
—Olugbo
Saint Janet's last performance show before her demise, singing eternal rest song gor another person. Oku no sunkún oku
May her soul continue to rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️
My cousin asked my grandmother for $2,000 to help save his small business.
Everyone in the family told her not to do it.
“He’s terrible with money.”
“You’re never getting that back.”
“He’ll disappear the second you send it.”
She smiled, wrote the check anyway, and never mentioned it again.
Months passed.
No updates.
No repayment.
No phone calls.
At every family dinner, someone brought it up.
“She got played.”
“That money is gone.”
“We warned her.”
Grandma never defended him.
TODAY IN HISTORY | AUGUST 2, 1997 🇳🇬🎷
The Day Nigeria Lost Fela Anikulapo Kuti
On this day, August 2, 1997, Nigeria Africa and the world bid farewell to one of Africa's most fearless voices, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who passed away in Lagos at the age of 58.
YORUBAS - THE PIONEER EXTRAORDINAIRE
ENTERTAINMENT
Father of Theatre - Hubert Ogunde
Creator of Fuji Music - Sikiru Ayinde Barrister
Afrobeats - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Jùjú Music - Tunde King
Highlife - Bobby Benson
Àpàlà - Haruna Ishola
Pioneer of Home Video Production - Alade Aromire
POLITICS
Nigeria’s first Indigenous political party - Herbert Macaulay
First formal Leader of the Opposition - Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Most industrialized and advanced society of the First Republic - Western Region
Most enduring political ideology - Awoism
Greatest politician of the Fourth Republic - Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
INDUSTRY / FINANCE
Most advanced state in Nigeria - Lagos State - Salute the ancient foresight of our forebears - they chose the sea's embrace over the evil forest's snare. Vision sharper than their era, revelation deeper than their time, a blueprint etched for eternity.
Nigeria’s first major indigenous industrialist - Chief Michael Adeniyi Odutola
A pioneer who built factories, plantations, retail chains, ranches, and export businesses - turning industry into inheritance.
First Indigenous Telecommunication Giant - Globacom (Mike Adenuga)
Foremost pioneer of Nigerian banking - Chief Matthew Adekoya Okupe,
Founder of Agbonmagbe Bank (1945), West Africa’s first fully indigenous commercial bank - built without colonial crutches.
First Chartered Accountant in Nigeria - Akintola Williams, FCA
LEGAL / ACTIVISM
First Senior Advocate of Nigeria - Chief F. R. A. Williams
First Chief Justice of Nigeria - Sir Adetokunbo Ademola
Most renowned Human Rights lawyer - Chief Gani Fawehinmi
Most prominent female activist - Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
HEALTH / MEDICINE
First Nigerian Medical Doctor - Dr. William Broughton Davies (of Yoruba parentage)
First Nigerian Surgeon - Sir Samuel Layinka Ayodeji Manuwa
EVEN IN SCHOLARSHIP AND INTELLECT
We had Prof. Wole Soyinka Africa's first and Nigeria's only Nobel Prize Winner in Literature.
And the scroll unfurls endlessly - add your own in comments and quotes.
Indeed we are special - The Prize - The Catch....
Good Afternoon Severally.
Alfa Told Her Tradition Was Nothing, Sent Warning to Olubadan to Banish OLOLU – Now a Young Woman Is Allegedly Dead, and the Mockers Are Silent
An Alfa stood before the world and declared that Ibadan belongs to Alfa, not Egungun. He told the Olubadan to send OLOLU worshippers to the forest. He said tradition is backward. He said women should not be told to stay indoors. He said this is 2026, as if the ancestors expire with time.
Now a young woman is allegedly dead.
She listened to him. She believed his words. She thought she could mock the sacred and walk away. She disguised herself as a man to watch the OLOLU parade. She thought she was safe. She was not.
Now she is gone. And the same Alfa who misled her is silent. He has no explanation. He cannot bring her back. He cannot answer for what he has done.
He told the Olubadan to send Egungun to the forest. But the ancestors do not go to the forest. They are here. They are in the land. They are in the blood of every Yoruba who still remembers who they are.
The Alfa spoke with arrogance. He dismissed what he cannot control. He mocked what he does not understand. And now a young woman has allegedly paid the price for his ignorance.
We do not celebrate her death. We mourn her. She was led astray by a man who thinks his religion gives him the right to erase our heritage. She was a victim of his arrogance.
But her alleged death is a warning. The ancestors are not a joke. Isese is not a relic. And those who mock them will learn, whether they believe or not.
The Alfa must answer for what he has done. The blood of that young woman is on his hands. And no amount of prayer will wash it away.
Isese wa gangan. Àṣẹ.
If you could bring back one Yoruba hero, who would it be?
1. Chief Obafemi Awolowo
2. Chief M.K.O. Abiola
3. Chief Bola Ige
4. Chief Gani Fawehinmi
5. Alhaji Lateef Jakande
6. Chief Adekunle Ajasin
7. Chief Abraham Adesanya
8. Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle (Black Scorpion)
9. Chief Hubert Ogunde
10. Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II
11. Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola
12. Chief Bisi Onabanjo
13. Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi
14. Kudirat Abiola
15. Prof. Saburi Biobaku
16. Chief Adegoke Adelabu (Penkelemesi)
17. Justice Adetokunbo Ademola
18. Prof. Ayodele Awojobi
19. Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti
20. Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji Tinubu
You can only choose ONE. Who would it be? LMAO
Ire oo.
Stop keeping rent money and school fees in a savings account.
The bank pays you around 5%. Inflation is near 16%. You’re losing every single month and calling it saving.
Buy treasury bills instead.
₦1m gives you roughly ₦170,000 in a year.
₦2m gives you roughly ₦340,000.
₦5m gives you roughly ₦850,000.
Backed by the Federal Government. No price crash. No stress. You pick a date that matches when you need the money and it matures right on time.
If you cannot handle risk, the answer was never to keep money idle. It was to keep it safe and still earning.
Somebody needs to see this today.