Dr Agwu Ukiwe Okali, has called on the delegates at the ongoing national conference to do the country and posterity a favour by initiating a change of name for the country from Nigeria to "Naijiria" in order to spare the country further "setbacks and embarrassment" in the international arena. He said Nigeria is being badly hurt in the international arena by constant and recurring confusion between the countrys name and that of Niger Republic. He also said such confusion manifested again at the ongoing FIFA world cup in Brazil where Niger was mistaking for Nigeria during the opening ceremony where the flag of Niger was displayed in place of that of Nigeria, thereby subjecting us to acute embarrassment. Source:- Leadership newspaper. Whats your take on it?

Sigh....talk about paucity of any sort of inspiration.

whirlwind7: That man simply had Nada to contribute. He just had to say something to justify the money he's going to get paid.

Guy, everybody is entitled to his/her opinion!

Seun hasn't got the MONOPOLY FOR NAIRALAND. The suggested name is bokoharamist, unpronounsible, turkeyist, Iranist, Islamist and discriminating. NAIRALAND, NAIJA, & WASOBIA have been long crying for constitutional recognition. Let the National Confab give deserving consideration to these three