May 29, 2023

Month: September 2021

#PhotoNews: The Nigeria Police Force, yesterday 28th September, 2021, commemorated the World Rabies Day with the flag – off of a Free Anti – Rabbies Vaccination Campaign by the POWA President, Hajiya Hajara Alkali Baba Usman at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The campaign is being coordinated by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Animal Branch, AIG Aishatu Abubakar, Ph.D, psc, NPOM.
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#PhotoNews: The Nigeria Police Force, yesterday 28th September, 2021, commemorated the World Rabies Day with the flag – off of a Free Anti – Rabbies Vaccination Campaign by the POWA President, Hajiya Hajara Alkali Baba Usman at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The campaign is being coordinated by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Animal Branch, AIG Aishatu Abubakar, Ph.D, psc, NPOM.

springnews September 29, 2021
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REVERSING AOLE’S CURSE PART TWO SHAKING OFF THE MANACLES Until the Fulani..Jihadists were defeated at the Jalumi wars of 1840,their objectives of “dipping the Quran in the sea” could have seen at large swath of the Yoruba Country subjugated to the Fullani Emirate Rule.The assassinations of Kakanfo Afonja by his Fulani allies and the fall of Ilorin in 1802 had precariously opened Oyo Empire to invasion with a belief that the Southern axis of the Empire would be a mincemeat for the horse-riding Jihadists. The battle of Osogbo in 1842 nevertheless proved the Invaders wrong. Yoruba leaders who were either complacent or naïve, driven by egoism and discord, saw the existential threat and rallied themselves to save the Yorubas from extinction.Let no one be deceived that Oyo Empire collapsed solely on the premise of internal political malfeasance. That a succession of Alaafins who ruled from 1650 to 1750 failed to deliver leadership needed to keep the Empire strong was undisputable. That Aole (Arogangan) who succeeded Abiodun Adegoolu was an unmitigated disaster in quality administration was not in doubt. But there were factors outside of these perspectives, that were often ignored. The penchant by Yoruba kings and War Lords to work against the preservation of Oyo Empire did more damage to her survival and by extension, provoked the current travails of the Yoruba Nation today. At a time, the provincial kings ought to have mobilized men and arms behind Alaafin Oluewu against the Fulanis and save the Empire from dying, some of them betrayed Oluewu on the battlefield and gave up their suzerain to the enemy sword. What could have happened if Alaafin Oluewu was supported by his kinsmen against the Jihadists and Oyo Ile was saved?Would the anarchy, destructions and a prolonged one hundred (100)year civil wars have occurred? Would the Yoruba Nation have suffered precariously from the perfidy of some of their Rulers? This is the price every race in disunity often pay.The Yoruba Civil Wars ended i non 1886, some one hundred and thirty￾five (135) years ago, by the instrumentality of the British Colonial masters. But the tortuous-fratricidal wars reversed the gains of a strong political and economically viable ethnic nationality who had built kingdoms of reckoning in different parts of pre-colonial Yoruba counry
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REVERSING AOLE’S CURSE PART TWO SHAKING OFF THE MANACLES Until the Fulani..Jihadists were defeated at the Jalumi wars of 1840,their objectives of “dipping the Quran in the sea” could have seen at large swath of the Yoruba Country subjugated to the Fullani Emirate Rule.The assassinations of Kakanfo Afonja by his Fulani allies and the fall of Ilorin in 1802 had precariously opened Oyo Empire to invasion with a belief that the Southern axis of the Empire would be a mincemeat for the horse-riding Jihadists. The battle of Osogbo in 1842 nevertheless proved the Invaders wrong. Yoruba leaders who were either complacent or naïve, driven by egoism and discord, saw the existential threat and rallied themselves to save the Yorubas from extinction.Let no one be deceived that Oyo Empire collapsed solely on the premise of internal political malfeasance. That a succession of Alaafins who ruled from 1650 to 1750 failed to deliver leadership needed to keep the Empire strong was undisputable. That Aole (Arogangan) who succeeded Abiodun Adegoolu was an unmitigated disaster in quality administration was not in doubt. But there were factors outside of these perspectives, that were often ignored. The penchant by Yoruba kings and War Lords to work against the preservation of Oyo Empire did more damage to her survival and by extension, provoked the current travails of the Yoruba Nation today. At a time, the provincial kings ought to have mobilized men and arms behind Alaafin Oluewu against the Fulanis and save the Empire from dying, some of them betrayed Oluewu on the battlefield and gave up their suzerain to the enemy sword. What could have happened if Alaafin Oluewu was supported by his kinsmen against the Jihadists and Oyo Ile was saved?Would the anarchy, destructions and a prolonged one hundred (100)year civil wars have occurred? Would the Yoruba Nation have suffered precariously from the perfidy of some of their Rulers? This is the price every race in disunity often pay.The Yoruba Civil Wars ended i non 1886, some one hundred and thirty￾five (135) years ago, by the instrumentality of the British Colonial masters. But the tortuous-fratricidal wars reversed the gains of a strong political and economically viable ethnic nationality who had built kingdoms of reckoning in different parts of pre-colonial Yoruba counry

springnews September 25, 2021
Had the Yorubas of South-Western Nigeria not transferred the fracturedsegmented relationships among her sub-ethnic groups into the...
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REVERSIN AOLE’S CURSE – PART ONE Perspectives on Yoruba AgendaThe Yorubas of South-Western and North Central Nigeria have come full circle in their chequered but tumultus history. Their ancestors have built a most enduring civilization in a long history of humanity.They have founded, nurtured and grew kingdoms of reckoning and have within ancient and contemporary period, established a formidable Empire which at its zenith, sprang her tentacles beyond the territories that made up Nigeria. The rise of Oyo Empire from the 14th Century to an octopus military and economic power by 1700s shot her Imperial king, the Alaafin to heights feared and cherished beyond the pre-colonial borders of the Yoruba Country in Nigeria, to Idahomi (Dahomy) now the Republic of Benin and Angas of modern day Ghana.
The vast territories acquired through wars of conquest, migration and trade, provided the Alaafin, more revenues to his exchequer, more riches to flaunt, more powers of control and more subjects to subjugate. The influence of Oyo on distant territories meant more troops to beef up the charioted armies of Oyo enforce the sovereignty of the Alaafin.
The Are-Ona Kakanfo title was created in direct response to the demands of keeping the Oyo Military Machine more daring, effective and imperial. Holders of the title which literally conferred on them, the power of a field marshal were chosen based on the parameters of unequalled military tactics, a daring that was incomparable and a capacity to mobilise forces under his command for wars and victory. The Kakanfo title was created by Alaafin Ajagbo with its origin from the order of the Eshos; an elite military bodyguards of Oranmiyan Odede, the warrior Prince of Ife and founder of the Alaafin and Eweka dynasties of Oyo and Benin Kingdoms.
The Yoruba Nation bore different burdens, leaped in fortunes and regressed in progress according to the character and capacity of each of the Kakanfos, to protect Oyo Empire from internal security breaches and external aggression. In other words, Oyo profited from the disposition of each Are Ona Kakanfo that took office from 1700s.
Thus, when Aole, son of Alaafin Abiodun Adegoolu was crowned in 1789, the Kakanfo had assumed powers that were threatening, even to the throne of the Alaafin. Afonja Lokolaya, son of Laderin was domiciled in Ilorin, which at that period was a small town nested on the banks of River Awun, a tributary of the River Niger. Ilorin itself was founded by Pashin, his great grandfather. Afonja took the Kakanfo title almost by force. He had become so powerful and used his military exploits to turn the sleepy town of Ilorin into a Garrison headquarters to defend the Empire from the North-East of the Ibariba and Fullah territories.
The military ascendancy of Kakanfo Afonja was however, a period of political decay in the Empire which a succession of tyrannical Rulers had engendered. The fall of Oyo Empire could have begun when the Alaafin had his powers usurped by Bashorun Gaha who as the prime minister successfully mobilized the people against the tyranny of the Alaafins by rejecting them in quick succession. When the Aole tenure is copiously analysed, the import of this historical verdict is better understood.
The fall of Oyo and the anarchy that came with it, the disintegration of several towns and cities as well as the relegation of kingdoms that had flourished for centuries unwittingly prepared the grounds for an unhealthy power equation among the major ethnic Nationalities that formed the tripod on which Nigeria stands today.
Irredentism, passionately revered as an article of faith by the feudal Fulani hegemonists in the Northern part of Nigeria continues to determine their engagements with the indigenous Peoples of Middle Belt, North-East, South-West, South-East and South-South of the Country.
Can any interest in the Nigerian project ignore the vexed issues which the abrogation of Regional Administration unleased on the polity? No discerning mind will veer away from the damage caused by the General Aguiyi Ironsi’s unification decree which bred impunity of power and agradisement of resources by the minority ethnic Fulanis with antecedents that were not in any way indigenous, but that of migrants with eyes on native lands. Such exhibition of hubris to regard Nigeria as a conquered territory of Fulani jihadists has severely fractured the unity of different ethnic Nationalities and placed the country on an agonizing fast pace to destruction.
Self determination has replaced National Cohesion. The Citizens now think less Nigerian but more inclined to their ethnic blocks. The scenario of Nigeria’s evolution and her trajectory into a sovereign Nation did reveal much cleavages which times and circumstances have failed to fix. The events that led to a three (3) year civil war have become so accentuated in the last five (5) years that drumbeats of war are sounding so loud and drawing Nigerians more than before, to the path of succession each passing day. may not be an overstatement to see the Yoruba Agenda as an integral feature of a shaky-unstable Nation. Today, the Agenda has been taken to global heights and the over sixty-two (62) million Yoruba Ethnic Nationalities within and outside Nigeria now key into its noble ethos. What is left to be done? The second part of this feature will look into the connecting issues.
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REVERSIN AOLE’S CURSE – PART ONE Perspectives on Yoruba AgendaThe Yorubas of South-Western and North Central Nigeria have come full circle in their chequered but tumultus history. Their ancestors have built a most enduring civilization in a long history of humanity.They have founded, nurtured and grew kingdoms of reckoning and have within ancient and contemporary period, established a formidable Empire which at its zenith, sprang her tentacles beyond the territories that made up Nigeria. The rise of Oyo Empire from the 14th Century to an octopus military and economic power by 1700s shot her Imperial king, the Alaafin to heights feared and cherished beyond the pre-colonial borders of the Yoruba Country in Nigeria, to Idahomi (Dahomy) now the Republic of Benin and Angas of modern day Ghana.
The vast territories acquired through wars of conquest, migration and trade, provided the Alaafin, more revenues to his exchequer, more riches to flaunt, more powers of control and more subjects to subjugate. The influence of Oyo on distant territories meant more troops to beef up the charioted armies of Oyo enforce the sovereignty of the Alaafin.
The Are-Ona Kakanfo title was created in direct response to the demands of keeping the Oyo Military Machine more daring, effective and imperial. Holders of the title which literally conferred on them, the power of a field marshal were chosen based on the parameters of unequalled military tactics, a daring that was incomparable and a capacity to mobilise forces under his command for wars and victory. The Kakanfo title was created by Alaafin Ajagbo with its origin from the order of the Eshos; an elite military bodyguards of Oranmiyan Odede, the warrior Prince of Ife and founder of the Alaafin and Eweka dynasties of Oyo and Benin Kingdoms.
The Yoruba Nation bore different burdens, leaped in fortunes and regressed in progress according to the character and capacity of each of the Kakanfos, to protect Oyo Empire from internal security breaches and external aggression. In other words, Oyo profited from the disposition of each Are Ona Kakanfo that took office from 1700s.
Thus, when Aole, son of Alaafin Abiodun Adegoolu was crowned in 1789, the Kakanfo had assumed powers that were threatening, even to the throne of the Alaafin. Afonja Lokolaya, son of Laderin was domiciled in Ilorin, which at that period was a small town nested on the banks of River Awun, a tributary of the River Niger. Ilorin itself was founded by Pashin, his great grandfather. Afonja took the Kakanfo title almost by force. He had become so powerful and used his military exploits to turn the sleepy town of Ilorin into a Garrison headquarters to defend the Empire from the North-East of the Ibariba and Fullah territories.
The military ascendancy of Kakanfo Afonja was however, a period of political decay in the Empire which a succession of tyrannical Rulers had engendered. The fall of Oyo Empire could have begun when the Alaafin had his powers usurped by Bashorun Gaha who as the prime minister successfully mobilized the people against the tyranny of the Alaafins by rejecting them in quick succession. When the Aole tenure is copiously analysed, the import of this historical verdict is better understood.
The fall of Oyo and the anarchy that came with it, the disintegration of several towns and cities as well as the relegation of kingdoms that had flourished for centuries unwittingly prepared the grounds for an unhealthy power equation among the major ethnic Nationalities that formed the tripod on which Nigeria stands today.
Irredentism, passionately revered as an article of faith by the feudal Fulani hegemonists in the Northern part of Nigeria continues to determine their engagements with the indigenous Peoples of Middle Belt, North-East, South-West, South-East and South-South of the Country.
Can any interest in the Nigerian project ignore the vexed issues which the abrogation of Regional Administration unleased on the polity? No discerning mind will veer away from the damage caused by the General Aguiyi Ironsi’s unification decree which bred impunity of power and agradisement of resources by the minority ethnic Fulanis with antecedents that were not in any way indigenous, but that of migrants with eyes on native lands. Such exhibition of hubris to regard Nigeria as a conquered territory of Fulani jihadists has severely fractured the unity of different ethnic Nationalities and placed the country on an agonizing fast pace to destruction.
Self determination has replaced National Cohesion. The Citizens now think less Nigerian but more inclined to their ethnic blocks. The scenario of Nigeria’s evolution and her trajectory into a sovereign Nation did reveal much cleavages which times and circumstances have failed to fix. The events that led to a three (3) year civil war have become so accentuated in the last five (5) years that drumbeats of war are sounding so loud and drawing Nigerians more than before, to the path of succession each passing day. may not be an overstatement to see the Yoruba Agenda as an integral feature of a shaky-unstable Nation. Today, the Agenda has been taken to global heights and the over sixty-two (62) million Yoruba Ethnic Nationalities within and outside Nigeria now key into its noble ethos. What is left to be done? The second part of this feature will look into the connecting issues.

springnews September 23, 2021
Olusola Ajiboye is a veteran Journalist and Media Consultan
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