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14/06/2024

A Short History of Osun

WHY OSUN LEFT IGEDE- EKITI & SETTLED IN OSOGBO

Osun grove, in Osogbo, Osun State, is rich in history but little is known of its links with Igede- Ekiti, Ekiti State. In this interview by AKIN ADEWAKUN, commemorating the 60th coronation anniversary ceremony of the Onigede of Igede-Ekiti, Oba James Aladesuru, the traditional ruler speaks on the history of the grove and the relevance of the ancient town to Yoruba culture and religion.

There are three ruling houses – Onaowuro, Oborolada and Okiribiti and all of them have rights to the throne, one after the other. I knew my father was a king. He passed on when I was eight years old and two kings reigned after him before I was installed in 1959.

Prior to the era of Christianity, Igede- Ekiti had been the ancestral home of the legendary Osun, Elemi pond and other historical spots that are relevant to the origin of the community. According to oral literature passed from one generation to another, the popular Osun Osogbo actually left Igede as a result of disagreement with her siblings in Igede and settled in Osogbo, in the current Osun State.

The Igede people settled in Oke Esu and were living in peace until their father and king Ake died. After the demise of Ake, his offspring, who were sixteen in number, couldn’t agree on who would succeed their father. The disagreement led to commotion and things fell apart. At the end of the day, they turned to different things, including rivers and ponds. Ibaja entered the ground, while Orunro, Elemi, Ogbese and Osun turned into water.

If Osun was originally from Igede, how come it has now become god in Osogbo with little reference to Igede?

06/06/2024

Denmark have announced their final squad for EURO 2024!
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Goalkeepers
Kasper Schmeichel Anderlecht 🇧🇪
Mads Hermansen Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Frederik Rønnow Union Berlin 🇩🇪
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Defenders
Simon Kjær (captain) AC Milan 🇮🇹
Joachim Andersen Crystal Palace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Jannik Vestergaard Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Joakim Mæhle VfL Wolfsburg 🇩🇪
Andreas Christensen Barcelona 🇪🇸
Rasmus Kristensen AS Roma 🇮🇹
Victor Kristiansen Bologna 🇮🇹
Alexander Bah Benfica 🇵🇹
Victor Nelsson Galatasaray 🇹🇷
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Midfielders
Christian Eriksen Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Mathias Jensen Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Thomas Delaney Anderlecht 🇧🇪
Andreas Skov Olsen Club Brugge 🇧🇪
Mikkel Damsgaard Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Christian Nørgaard Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Tottenham Hotspur🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Morten Hjulmand Sporting Lisbon 🇵🇹
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Forwards
Rasmus Højlund Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Kasper Dolberg Anderlecht 🇧🇪
Jonas Wind VfL Wolfsburg 🇩🇪
Yussuf Poulsen Red Bull Leipzig 🇩🇪
Jacob Bruun Larsen Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Anders Dreyer Anderlecht 🇧🇪
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The Danish Dynamite are ready!

04/06/2024

THE HISTORY OF GREAT KATAGWAN

Katagwan was a giant, a hunter, a warrior, and a civil right defender. Dusai was his home, He lived and died in this village. He had a house and family. They remnants of his family are called the Kagwan clan. To prove that Katagwan was a civil right defender and believe on equal rights and justice; he taught his people how to practice equal right and justice in this manner; if hunters shoot an animal with their poisonous arrows, and there was an argument on who first hit the animal. Katagwan will stretch his long arm and pick the animal and drop it at the house of the right person that first shoots the animal for them to share when they return.
The stream that passes through Dusai land, when it over flows its banks in the rainy season, he will stretch his long arm to serve as a bridge for his people to cross to the other side for farming.
Katagwan had his footprints, that of his dog, and the mark of his spear on the following hills to mark his hunting zones and his kingdom. These footprints are on these hills;
Aduwo Shuwai at Agban, Kagoro
Dusai, Kagoro
Afan Takad, in Takad chiefdom
Rahama Hills in Chawai chiefdom
Afan Atyap in Atyap chiefdom
Afan Adan in Wadon, Bajju chiefdom.
Katagwan never drank water from any source other than his specific source of water known as UDONG KATAGWAN, this is an underground source of water in a little cave.

The great KATAGWAN was a powerful man and a defender of his people. He was one of the little known and less celebrated legends of Africa. Sweet tales of great legends and heroes like him make one to wonder how interesting and impactful their lives had been and how rich, strong and even organised our forefathers were.
Indeed, the history of Africa is rich, sweet and deep. We can not finish telling it.

22/05/2024

Congrats Ademola Lookman!!!
- Hat trick
- Man of the match
- Europa League Winner

22/05/2024

The 61 years wait is over!!!
Congratulations to Atalanta!!!

22/05/2024

04/05/2024

Is this how all these London teams (Fulham, Tottenham and West ham) will be looking and Man City will beat them to sn**ch the league from Arsenal?
Haba! They should help a neighbour now.

24/02/2024

THE STORY OF A DEER IN LABOUR
(THE CONCLUDING PART)

With the lightning, it started raining heavily and the forest fire was extinguished. After drinking water, she saw that there is neither a hunter nor a Lion and the forest fire has also been extinguished.
The Deer did not waste any time and
run away from there. She went to a safe place and gave birth to three fawns.

MORALS
There are times in our lives, when we are surrounded by difficulties from all sides and we don't see any way out, but one should never loose courage in such times.
No matter how much problem comes in your life, never be afraid of it, instead, face problems openly and think positively because once you face problems with courage and think positively, then, you have hope and once you have hope, anything is possible.

24/02/2024

THE STORY OF A DEER IN LABOUR

Once upon a time, a Deer was pregnant and she was having labour pains. It was evening time, the forest was covered with black clouds. Due to the black clouds, lightning had fallen in the forest and the forest had caught fire.
The Deer had to leave her house due to the fire. She came to a Riverside to give birth and drink some water. She saw her face in the river. Anxiety was visibly on her face because her house was on fire and she has to give birth.
Just as she was going to drink the water, she heard noise of some movement in the bushes on her left side. She looked to her left and saw a hunter was aiming at her with an arrow. She was already very nervous and was now even more afraid when she saw the hunter
The Deer thought in her mind to run away from there. As she turned to run away to her right side, she saw that a ferocious Lion was hiding in the bushes in her right side and the Lion was ready to attack her.
The Deer looked all around. There was a hunter on one side, the Lion on the other side, the forest fire on the third side and the deep river on the fourth side. The Deer could not cross the river because it was very deep and full of Crocodiles.
Death was all around her. There was no way to escape. The Deer thought hard to save her life but there was no way out. Then, the Deer thought to herself that death is so certain so why be afraid? Why not die with dignity?
The Deer calmed down. She started drinking water fearlessly and started hoping for the best. Seeing her drinking water, the hunter drew his arrow and as he was about to release his arrow, there was a strong lightning sound in the sky.
The hunter 's hands trembled due to the strong lightning and he missed his target. His arrow hit the Lion and the Lion got injured and his eyes fell on the hunter. The Lion started running towards him and the hunter started running to save his life.
TO BE CONTINUED

12/02/2024

The Eagles were choked and clipped by the Elephants.
Too bad!

12/02/2024

A BAD CASE OF TECHNICAL FAILURE
I don't understand how you would play a single pattern throughout a whole tournament without any twist or turn in the pattern and expect the whole teams that you play not to find a way to collapse your Almighty formula.

Too bad!

02/02/2024

Though the Super Eagles of Nigeria has never competed against the Palenca Negra of Angola in the African Cup of Nations. This is actually the first time in AFCON, but a cursory look at our head-to-head and how the Angolans have been playing in this competition, it is evident that it's going to be a tough match.
Mind you, these Angolans deprived us of a place at the 2018 world cup and most of our previous encounters had been closely contested.
So, the Eagles have to put up their A game this evening and make sure they do not miss their chances, because it is going to be scarce tonight. Nonetheless, I believe the Super Eagles will come out on top in the match.

02/02/2024

Hello my African people, it's about to go down tonight. Black Antelopes in a fierce battle against the Eagles. Who will crash out and who will remain standing?

01/02/2024

THIS INTERESTING SHORT STORY IS WHAT YOU NEED THIS YEAR .

A group of frogs were traveling through the forest when two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them.

However, the two frogs ignored their comrades and proceeded to try to jump out of the pit. However, despite their efforts, the group of frogs at the top of the pit were still saying that they should just give up as they’d never make it out.

Eventually, one of the frogs took heed of what the others were saying and he gave up, jumping even deeper to his death. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the group of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and to just die.

He ignored them, and jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, ‘Did you not hear us?’

The frog explained to them that he was deaf, and that he thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
END OF STORY

So, if you dey hear no gree for anybody, wetin e mean be say, make you say no to naysayers......do as if you no dey hear them, no gree for them at all this year.

01/02/2024

Football in Africa is very funny.
You will see Squirrels beating Lions and Eagles swallowing Elephants.😀😀😀

30/01/2024

IMPOSSIBILITY IS NOTHING

Who would have thought that Ivory Coast would be in the quarter final of Afcon and mighty Senegal would be out of the competition.

Ivory Coast that was embarrassed and humiliated on home soil by a country (Equitorial Guinea) little known for football in Africa.

Their qualification for the round of 16 was even by chance or what I call - sheer luck. But, look at where they are now.

Note that, in your own case, what you had might just be a bad day. You might only be going through a rough patch in your life. It's not the end of the road. You can surely turn things around.

Sure, all the people might not believe in you, but, wouldn't you believe in yourself too?

Sure, all the people, even your very own had written you off, but, would you believe their report too?

I want to ask you, where are the tormentors of Ivory Coast now?
Where is Equitorial Guinea now?
They are out and Ivory Coast is still standing. Can you imagine?
Who would have thought that?

If the Ivorians had killed themselves over their big loss to Equitorial Guinea, they wouldn't have had to celebrate their big win over Senegal.

So, I tell you my friends, Impossibility is nothing, you can smile again.
Impossibility is nothing, you can rise again.
Impossibility is nothing, you can still win. Sure, you would.

Cheers!!!😀🙏