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Meaning Of Extraordinary Names In Yoruba

                                             Meaning Of Extraordinary Names In Yoruba 1. Oba : means King. 2. Obatala or Oba Ala : means King of White. 3. Odua or Adua or Oduduwa or Odu To Da Iwa or Aduwa  : means Prayer. 4. Oonirisha or Ooni : means Emperor or the owner of deities. 5. Alaafin : means Emperor or the owner of Palaces. 6. Ootu Ife or Ile Ife : means source of expansion or land of expansion. 7. Ni Ife or Nyife : means from Ife.  8. Oyo or Oyonu : means Pardoner. 9.  Oyo Mesi : means Oyo Empire Legislatures. 10. Aare Ona KaKanfo : supreme military Commander.  11. Bashorun Ga or Gaa : means mighty Prime Minister or Empire Prime Minister.  12.  Bashorun Ga or Gaa Ina or Bashorun Gaana : means mighty fire or tough Empire Prime Minister. 13.  Yoruba : means source of  prosperity. 14.  Sanko or Sango or Shango : means strikes with thunder stones. 15.   Oya or Odo Oya : means tore or River Niger.  16.  Oyaji or Oyagi or Eyagi by Tapa (Nupe) : means Yoruba people, the Ancestors o
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What Is The Meaning Of Yoruba

             What Is The Meaning Of Yoruba The Yoruba people were initially known as Ootu Ife or Nife people, though the word Yoba (Oyo + Oba = Yoba) was first recorded in reference to the Oyo Empire  and is the usual name for Oyo people as noted by Hugh Clapperton, Richard Lander and ethnography written in Ajami during the 19th century by Sultan Bello. The extension of the term (Yoruba) to all of dialects related to the language of the Oyo (in modern terminology North-West Yoruba) dates to the second half of the 19th century. It is due to the influence of a Yoruba Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther , the first Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Crowther himself was an indigene of Oyo town and compiled the first Yoruba dictionary as well as introducing a standard for Yoruba orthography. Though Yoruba is a divine name destined to be referred to Ootu Ife or Nife people across the globe. The Yoruba people (Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá ) are an ethnic group that inhabits western Africa, mainly Nigeria , Benin ,
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Yoruba The Ancestor Of Idomas, Igalas And Igbos

Yoruba The Ancestor Of Idomas, Igalas And Igbos The group of people who migrated from Wukari and settled down in Okpoto land with the aboriginal who are decedents of Arole and Êri.Though the Wukari migrants were later divided into Igala, Igbira and Idoma due to leadership disagreement. Although they were of the same people. [1] The first settler in Okpoto land was an Ootu Ife (Yoruba) man called Arole (Inheritor) who later became the ancestor most Igbo's and he was called Arochukwu by the Igbos. The history of the Aros predates Igbo migration and founding of the kingdom of Arochukwu. Before Igbos started arriving to the Aro region in the 17th century, a group of Proto Ibibio migrated to the area. The Proto Ibibio group originally came from Usak Edet (Isanguele ), a segment of the Ejagham in present day Southern Cameroon. Arole left Ootu Ife with his brother Êri (Witness / Trust) [4][6][7][8][9] and their followers many century before the arrival of third Yoruba dynasty Oduwa who tr
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Associating Terrorism To Islam By Trickers

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                 In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful There is no other god beside GOD                       Associating Terrorism To Islam By  Trickers Terrorism is the deliberate commission of an act of violence to create public fear through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda. A form of psychological manipulation through warfare to the purpose of political or religious gains, by means of deliberately creating a climate of fear amongst the inhabitants of a specific geographical region.  Forms Of Terrorism In The Society 1. Forcing your will on others by physical or spiritual attacks because they rejected your selfish conditions you gave them. This can be either Imam or Pastor, Parents or Children, and Leaders of different Society. 2. If a President or Governor is playing a religion or tribal politics in the society. 3. If a king is playing religion politics in a society of many religion. 4. Religion politics are source of disinf
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Oyo (Yoruba) : The Ancestor Of Tapa (Nupe) Kingdom

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 Oyo (Yoruba) : The  Ancestor Of Tapa (Nupe) Kingdom If a town is conquered, the possibility of reclaiming back is very high, but if your history have been conquered, you become a slave to your conqueror and you will also become an alternative historian. Yoruba history can never be distort because Yoruba have Aroba and Yoruba history is encoded in Ifa and it was pass from generation to generation. Ifa is not a religion but is encoded with moral cultures, Ifa isn't a history but is encoded with histories, Ifa isn't a medicine but is encoded with medicines,  Ifa isn't a science but is encoded with sciences, Ifa isn't a philosophy but is encoded with philosophies and so on.  The Oyo Kingdom is standard and popular among historians as one of the greatest kingdoms, and in fact empire of ancient Nigeria. The Oyo Kingdom at the zenith of its influence on the whole of the current south-west Nigeria and moreover  parts of the current Benin Republic and even Togo. The Oyo kingdom
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