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Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by landinfo: 10:18pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
@hillpower Why didn't u allow the OP complete the thread seeing that he had not finished his posting & looking @ the time, he started posting from 7:45pm & it was more than the 20 names he listed not minding the mistake with the title-thread....I hate it when pple hijack or steal another man's meat...ee dey vex me no be small & [b] we are too quick to judge politrickcians when infact we ain't better or even different from them in all our doings. Mtcheeew 5 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by redsun(m): 10:19pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Yeske2: That these guys have Nigerian ancestry doesn't make them Nigerians,so wetin concern us? They are doing great though. It just goes to show Nigerians have the gene to excel,given the right conditions. 2 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by bigfrancis21: 10:21pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
HiiiPower: Donald Adeosun Faison Just to clear the misconception, Donald Faison isn't Nigerian. He is an African American whose mother had affinity and love for her ancestral african origins and gave her son, Donald, the yoruba name 'Adeosun' on his birth in remembrance of her ancestral roots. 6 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 10:21pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Op,can you now change the title of the topic from 20 to 50? Smh Lamar Obika,he's one hell of a sexy bloak. Those eyes are damn cute! 2 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by pablus: 10:24pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
OP seems to be a tribalist and not too smart. probably a kid. 1. topic says "top 20". he/she listed more than 20 people. then claims the list is actually 50 when challenged. ok. 2. the so-called Nigerians have Ibo names...no Hausa, and almost no Yoruba, etc. 3. OP says "influential Peope in America"...many listed are Brits - Ejiofro, Tinie Tempah, etc. 4. I'd never heard of most of them. 10 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by GeneralBadman: 10:29pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Tribalism can never end on this forum laye laye. Op only wanted to post his Igbo people until Hill Baba busted his yansh, then he continued posting and one fvcktard said Hill should have allowed OP to finish. Finish Kini? And they say he's a moderator oooooooo No wonder nl has become what it is today. Say The Truth And Shame The Devil. You don't have to hide behind a finger. We no go gree laye laye. I shall add more Nigerians tomorrow. I have to sleep now, I must report to work early tomorrow. Konfam There. 16 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by htconeline: 10:29pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
The op think is wise listen only yiibo. The op is a Mod nd u will be asking about tribalism on nairaland.com. Well done hiipower More fort oil to ur pencil 12 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by semitunde: 10:38pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Nice thread. The op wasn't helping it though. In spite of his claim of innocence, he copied a from a link that has "50 Nigerians..."; opened a thread that has "20 Nigerians..." and went ahead to post continuous profile of mostly igbos; making extra sure to tag them "of Igbo extraction". If you wanted to post others' profiles later, would all of them still fit into the "20 Nigerians..." title you used? Grow up. This would have been what you'd have been praise for even if lifted from somewhere else. PS. ***I can see you have modified the topic... 11 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by FakeJews: 10:42pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Bigot mod! 4 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by atlwireles: 10:56pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
what a thread |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 10:56pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
IfyAngela: Kelvin Okafor's drawings are beyond epic , i look forward to tweeting, to see his latest Pls give me his twitter handle, that guy is awesome! @topic, bigfrancis why must you do everything with a tribal slant? Why? You didn't have to lift only igbo names from the list and add few yoruba names to make it seem as if its only ibos that is there, na wa 4 u. 9 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 10:57pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
#Grabs Mic# Aiyyo, what about ma man Nasir "Nas" Olu Bin Dara Jones? He should be #1 on that list ..that nigga is a motivator...best storyteller...best rapper alive...best lyricist...best erm erm Your list is incomplete without Nas cuz he is more influential than John Kerry and mo popular than Americans favourite drug cocaine. 2 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by duni04(m): 10:58pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
This thread would have made sense if the OP didn't deliberately introduce tribalism in his selection. Very shameful. 9 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:01pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Enahi: Don't worry ignore him,you did a great job. I didn't know the people you wrote about were Nigerians,excerpt Shade. Keep it up. You are falling for his tricks, I must admit, the guy is a bit slick with his tribalism, you should check his history in the culture section though, he's as tribal as they come, believe me he wrote the names as he did on purpose. 7 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by cococandy(f): 11:03pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
I like this guy ehhhhhh. Oh dear. HiiiPower: Akinnuoye-Agbaje 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:05pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Two people I couldn't imagine had anything to do with nigeria are isabella from 4400 and thresh from Hunger Games. Nice. 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by EdCure: 11:06pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Seunwants tribalism to end but he refuse to take action against his mods like this OP who display the worst form of tribal bigotry. 10 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by cococandy(f): 11:13pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
nonso anozie: Born 28 May 1979 Lincoln, England OccupationActor Nonso Anozie (born 28 May 1979) is an English actor who has worked on stage, film, and television. Anozie was born in Lincoln, England, of Nigerian descent.[1] In the summer of 2002 he played the title role in William Shakespeare's King Lear, and won the Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for his performance in Othello. Anozie was hired in 2006 to provide the voice for the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. Anozie played small roles as Think Tank in Guy Ritchie's film RocknRolla and Frank Mace in Joe Wright's Atonement. He played the lead in Cass a 2008 British crime drama film recreating the life of Cass Pennant. In 2009, he appeared in the supporting cast of the BBC TV three-part 2003 Iraq War drama, Occupation, where he played a US Marine turned private military contractor. In 2011, he played Artus, a Zamoran pirate and close friend of Conan, in Conan the Barbarian. That year, he was also cast to play the role of Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series Game of Thrones and was cast as Jackson Burke in The Grey.[5] He also plays the role of Samson in the History Channel's television miniseries The Bible. In 2013, Anozie appeared in the film Ender's Game as Sergeant Dap,[6] and he currently plays Renfield on the NBC series Dracula.[7] Anozie's radio work includes the role of Joe in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferber's Show Boat.
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Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:13pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Thank you hiiipower,that mumu op got served 3 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by IGBOSON1: 11:17pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
django1: ^^^And so what if he did? Since when has taking pride in ones ethnicity been a crime? Technically, he's done nothing wrong! Anyone taking offense could just as well opened another thread and listed only Yoruba names or anyone elses they so choose! The person some of you are praising for gate-crashing this thread , didn't he/she list just/mainly Yoruba names? 9 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:18pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
hiiipower, is your name inspired by kendrick? "...the sky is falling, the wind is calling, stand for something or die in the morning, highpower, section 80" You writing your own hieroglyphs on this bigot's thread. 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Enahi(f): 11:23pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
django1:Oh really, I didn't check his profile o. Shame on him then, 3 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:27pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
IGBOSON1: Yes, he has done nothing wrong but he intends to manipulate people subconsciously, make them think only ibos do good out there. He labelled the thread wrongly if he meant to showcase just ibos doing good abroad, but as a sly person that he is, he just had to call them Nigerians but only put up ibo people. Look, if taking pride in his ethnicity is all he intends to do, i wouldn't even look at it twice, but i know him very well, even before opening the thread i was expecting something like this, i have history with this guy in the culture section, this is his own MO of tribalism, try to play up his own tribe while undermining those of others, but he won't get away with it here in the politics section, unlike the culture section where he's a moderator and the atmosphere there isn't so charged. 6 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:28pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
bigfrancis21, a moderator and an unrepentant bigot is one of the problems of Nairaland. Seun Osewa has to relieve him of this moderation duty to show he is serious with his anti tribalism talk. Seun Osewa do the needful and prove you are serious about the war against tribalism so we can all take you serious. If this guy remains a mod, u have no moral right to speak against tribalism or any form of prejudice exhibited by any forumite 10 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:32pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Enahi: Oh really, I didn't check his profile o. Shame on him then, oh, do check his threads, you will understand what i'm saying. I hope the blackout hasn't taken many of them though. 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by adamskutty(m): 11:40pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
HiiiPower: Hakeem Kae-Kazeemhakim kae kazim. He also acted as a somali religious leader in one movie like that, forgotten the name 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by Nobody: 11:42pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
Enahi: What's his Nigerian name? tayo is his name. 3 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by thandii1: 11:43pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
IGBOSON1: He didn't have to mislead anyone or better still, he could have just celebrated his tribe by typing " 20 influential people in america you wouldn't even know are igbos" and there would be no need for all the back and forth, chikena! Op typed 20 most influential nigerians, selected about 18igbo profiles and a few non-igbo profiles exceeding his list of 20, and then comes back after being busted that he intended to copy more, and to make matters worse, he modified his post to 50. Also, his quick attempt to quote hi-power and point out that one of the guys wasn't yoruba shows he set out to compete in the first place. In short, I also go with the notion that his intentions were not clean and he set out to be tribalistic, albeit codedly but not-so-smart. In this era of tribalism on nairaland, wetin una expect.? Yoruba people don pounce, though, some over reacted sha, oginni? On top people wey no even sabi wetin naija look like. Sigh. 9 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by adamskutty(m): 11:45pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
cococandy: nonso anozie:nice one cupcake 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by adamskutty(m): 11:46pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
e don enter fp? 1 Like |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by IGBOSON1: 11:51pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
django1: ^^^I know why i'm playing the devils advocate on this one! Does your anger stem from the fact that he only listed achievers from one ethnic group, or are you pissed-off that those he listed are only Igbo? I'm sure if i check YOUR past history on this website i'll find one or two derogatory remarks against Igbos (whether covert or overt)! You do the members of this forum a disservice when you say they could be 'subconsciously manipulated' by this thread into believing that only Igbos in diaspora have achieved anything worthwhile for Nigeria to be proud of!......Are we kids? A matured person that's outgrown all this nairaland e-wars malarkey would have identified this thread for what it is and either moved on, or -if he couldn't live with the OPs antics- created a rival thread instead! You say he labelled the thread wrongly?.......How? Are the people he mentioned not Nigerian again? You see what i mean when i say that in trying to confront him, you're 'subconsciously' exhibiting your own intolerance as well!? 8 Likes |
Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by gebest: 11:53pm On Aug 21, 2014 |
sheeeew so so igbo. 1 Like |
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