https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I saw in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some sections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

Nice observation, enjoy your stay

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I see in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some selections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

Awesome!! Very educative.

Those places you saw have very prominent daughters and sons that you will be shocked are from those places.

Ondo town with their Great Icons is a Big Boy if you talk about its place in Nigeria and globally.

Modakeke could be small but they are mighty o. The current CEO of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, is from Modakeke and his Dad, a medical doctor, is a potential Oba. Karl himself grew up in Modakeke as a son of the soil and schooled in Ife up to university (OAU) despite his fresh half caste look just like that Freeze sheeple half caste guy born, raised and schooled in Ibadan(UI).

I met a few Modakeke folks in the university and they are really brilliant!

Please enjoy your stay and ensure you learn Yoruba and speak it well before leaving. It will help you in life. Anywhere you go and stay, always learn their language first. I do it by carrying a jotter and asking for help on local ways of passing information in the local dialect.

Thanks for sharing.

Nice one if you can stay there 3 days I promise you will never want to go back . Those people are just the best and accommodating in that country probably the only sane people remaining

FreeStuffsNG:

Awesome!! Very educative.

Those places you saw have very prominent daughters and sons that you will be shocked are from those places.

Ondo town with their Great Icons is a Big Boy if you talk about its place in Nigeria and globally.

Modakeke could be small but they are mighty o. The current CEO of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, is from Modakeke and his Dad, a medical doctor, is a potential Oba. Karl himself grew up in Modakeke as a son of the soil and schooled in Ife up to university (OAU) despite his fresh half caste look just like that Freeze sheeple half caste guy born, raised and schooled in Ibadan(UI).

I met a few Modakeke folks in the university and they are really brilliant!

Please enjoy your stay and ensure you learn Yoruba and speak it well before leaving. It will help you in life. Anywhere you go and stay, always learn their language first. I do it by carrying a jotter and asking for help on local ways of passing information in the local dialect.

Thanks for sharing.

Nice input from you. Atleast I will be here to observe how the elections go

There’s an Igbo woman along Mayfair....by xela.

Ife Na quiet town.. with lot of entities ... but friendly.. .. with heavy tribalism covered with fake smiles

Enjoy.

Frigga13:
There’s an Igbo woman along Mayfair....by xela.

Ife Na quiet town.. with lot of entities ... but friendly.. .. with heavy tribalism covered with fake smiles

Enjoy.

Lol, i stopped at Mayfair when I arrived. But Mayfair is modakeke abi?
I have heard about the heavy tribalism but I'm still observing

Ndibuna:

Lol, i stopped at Mayfair when I arrived. But Mayfair is modakeke abi?
I have heard about the heavy tribalism but I'm still observing

Mayfair is ife ..


Ondo Road is modakeke..
Mayfair Ede Road .. lagere is ife down to palace

OP please kindly write on the business environment of ile ife.

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I see in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some selections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

Which side you dey fr lie Ife op?

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I see in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some selections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

when I was living in Ilorin, I do pass some of those rds. To be truthful. Ondo state is very beautiful with nice roads. Very beautiful roads I must say with businesses along the road. Then Osun is somehow though. But they are also trying, the issue is that they like big old missionary burial grounds ( laffs). It's littered everywhere. They need to expand some their roads. Their street roads are bad. But they have superb highways. Infact Yoruba land is good. They are really trying

Enjoy your stay

FreeStuffsNG:

Awesome!! Very educative.

Those places you saw have very prominent daughters and sons that you will be shocked are from those places.

Ondo town with their Great Icons is a Big Boy if you talk about its place in Nigeria and globally.

Must you quote the whole post before you make your submission? Live and let's live

Don't mind this commenter (frigga13). There's nothing like tribalism in in Ile Ife, the only people in this world that Ife people have issues with is the Modakeke people and that rivalry is more than about 300 years old.... If you study Ife and Modakeke history you can't blame Ife for not liking Modakeke and I'm not writing all these because am from Ife but because it's true.
If ile ife wasn't accomodating, there'll be nothing like Modakeke in the first place because they are not indigenous to ile ife.....

Nice one OP.. I can see you guys are toning down the hate. It's good for all of us...

phenzy:


Which side you dey fr lie Ife op?

University area

Frigga13:

Mayfair is ife ..


Ondo Road is modakeke..
Mayfair Ede Road .. lagere is ife down to palace

Okay

TheWolfen:
Enjoy your stay

Thank you

Ndibuna:

University area

Asherifa or Damico or Adesanmi??

Ndibuna:

University area

OAU or OUI which one of the em?
Trust me you will enjoy your stay in Ife and lastly nothing like tribalism in ile-Ife. But if there is any dispute it must surely be from modakeke-ile Ife.

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I saw in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some sections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

GTF back to Biafra and STF there.

OP...I enjoy ur visit to Ile-ife, I currently stay in ife...point of correction, ondo road is not modakeke...modakeke begins at the Texaco junction to their main town...Mayfair also is not modakeke... Enjoy ur visit once again


If u don't mind...I can take u around to help with ur exploration

Welcome to Ile-Ife, the cradle of the Yorubas. I hope you will enjoy your stay.

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I saw in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some sections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

Welcome to ipinle omoluabi

Don't leave without visiting Africa most beautiful Campus.

Ife owns all lands in Modakeke , that's why they are called Modakeke-ife. You dey see Modakeke for osun map

Frigga13:

Mayfair is ife ..


Ondo Road is modakeke..
Mayfair Ede Road .. lagere is ife down to palace

Articulate IFE

PharmD911:
Don't leave without visiting Africa most beautiful Campus.

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I saw in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some sections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

You people shu stop all this nonsense of dividing yoruba into muslim and christian...it won't work ...which one is you are seeing a replica of christianity.......you are seeing our culture not any christianity


But for real all those missionary sch did not make ife christian majority...like my mom is a muslim and she went to a missonary sch(BHS)...osun is muslim majority



But pls stop saying christian and muslim in yoruba abeg


Yoruba is yoruba

Kaabo si ile-ife, se daadaa lo de?

Ndibuna:
https://www.nairaland.com/7206737/anyone-knows-park-onitsha-asaba

Above is the link to my previous post asking for advice on how to get to ile ife from onitsha. Well, I took to Asaba then entered till Ore, although the initial bus I entered spoilt so I had to enter another sienna on Asaba Benin express Road. I got to the fly over at ore and climbed, then entered a sienna to ile ife.
My observations on the road:
Passing through ondo state I never knew there is a place called ondo Town, this Ondo town seems a bit open and developed, they're lots of businesses and tertiary institutions here. From there we entered ife Road. I was so happy with the lush vegetations I saw, indeed the entire south is a rain forest zone unlike the arid land I saw in kaduna and the rest of the north.

I was surprised to see lots of missionary grammar schools in osun. I mean what I was seeing were replica of Christianity, I was checking out for Muslim secondary schools I couldn't see. I passed through modakeke and what came to my mind was the ife/modakeke War. I didn't even know one had to enter modakeke before ife.
Well ife itself is an old city though, the roads aren't so good but I think because of the coming election some sections are been built esp the section that leads to the University.

I couldn't make out much cultural difference between the natives of ife and that of the south east where I come from except for the food types. But it is easy to relate with people here as almost everyone speaks English, it is unlike when I was in the north that you have to use sign language as most of them will never understand you.

Indeed the south is just same though, its almost like I am in the east. I'm enjoying my stay so far

Challenge :
I can't seem to get the kind of food I'm used to and most cooked foods here aren't satisfying me. I hope to overcome this hoddle by cooking and hopefully very soon I will be home and dry

Western education was brought to the SW by missionaries and so you will see most of the schools named after missionaries but the schools have equal number of Moslems and Xtians. Moreover Ife Ondo Ekiti Ilesha axis is predominantly Christian

The religions live together they celebrate XMas, Ileya together and they all visit babalawo, worship egungun and local deities together

Regarding the food, you should be familiar with Eba(Garri) fufu and pounded yam. The soup you can try Egusi or Efo(vegetable) They should be close to what you are used to

Modakeke are just strangers in ife. IFE owns all those lands. Infact that town is so underdeveloped. I got some friends there then who do complain of lack of power there whereas same not with ife . They always say it IFE people that don't give them light . But farm produce is very cheap in Modakeke . Op exploit more in ife, move around iremo, enuwa , moore. And if you are interested in history then you are welcome to ife

Adexxi:
Articulate IFE

Articulate! Greatest gbagba! Greatest shawọ! Lol (•‿•)

Greatest shiwon, Greatest shiiii. Welcome my boss

PharmD911:

Articulate! Greatest gbagba! Greatest shawọ! Lol (•‿•)