tk4rd:
In Nigeria, we are more divided than we are united.. The division is so much affecting us everyday.

selfemployed:


why not write it igbo, or yoruba language? does the nigerian army belong to arabs?

Ihejirika, johnathan and obasanjo were there and could not corect all these rubbish
is it buhari and elrufai that will correct it?

nwaanambra1:


you are economical with the truth!

THAT INSCRIPTION TRANSLATES TO "ONLY ALMIGHTY ALLAH CAN GRANT VICTORY - ONLY ALLAH!"

LIKE THE OP. MY QUESTION IS - IS ARABIC PART OF OUR LINGUAL FRANCA?


WHY NOT WRITE IT IN ENGLI



THIS IS WHY I SOMETIME WONDER IF THIS COUNTRY WAS REALLY MEANT FOR ALL OF US!


FEW DAYS AGO ONE MOFUKA PUBLISHED LIST OF CIVIL SERVANTS BY STATES BUT FAILED TO ALSO GIVE US LIST OF OUR MILITARY, PARAMILITARY AND OTHER SERVICES PERSONNEL BY STATES OF ORIGIN!

HIPOCRISY!!

sweetgala:
It is one of the languages we speak. On many of the insignia worldwide the Latin language is used even when none of them speak Latin and never did as a nation.

opey25:
Latin universal language? I guess u are joking.the best solution is to remove all foreign languages from our national emblems,federal institutions and law courts.if you think Arabic letters promotes islam,we muslims also think Latin promotes the roman catholic church(christianity).

M16:


The op is correct. "it means victory from God only. Allah means God in arabic
For your information majority of people from Northern Nigeria learn to write and read in arabic. As someone mentioned we have latin inscription and insignia's all over, does not mean these people speak latin

2dillu2:
why must you wail over everything
By the way @op the transliteration is NASRUNMINALLAH
Which means victory is from Allah alone

omojeesu:


Is Allah recognised by ALL NIGERIANS as God?

No!

opey25:
that means we need to remove the snake and cross as the medical profession logo.it was directly lifted from the bible.

omojeesu:


Clever, but not REALISTIC answer!


While using Latin or Greek in logos may have no hidden agenda, our Arabic inscriptions are suspect because of our lopsided ethnic, regional and religious experience in the country TILL DATE!

omojeesu:


No they are not from the Bible, but Greek mythology. It is the staff of Asclepius.

Please, Islam and Arabism and Sunni global agenda are not hidden.

tk4rd:
You see you life.?? Google it.. It is our Army Logo.

sweetgala:


Before Latin became the language of the learned as you say, Arabic has been used by scribes and mathematicians. It is was also the first of the ancient lettered languages which the Nigerian entity came into contact with.

Adek15:
government owned hospitals have ambulances with crosses on them. I think Islamic leaders should start criticizing that too. HYPOCRITES!!!!
Honestly, Muslims are too tolerant and are taken for granted in this country.

opey25:
there are thousand of words that are of Arabic or persian origin in the English dictionary.eg assassin,algebra etc .you can check Google for further research.

sweetgala:


That would be more inappropriate historically because, apart from the advent of western Catholicism which did not use Yiddish or Hebrew in delivery of the gospel, Nigerians have never had any historic BC cultural contact with Judaism or Hebrew. However in the last 350 years there is proof we had contact with Arabic traders, clerics and scribes; We even lost kingdoms to Fulani Jihad from North sub-sah Africa.

That is our in-alienable history and joint heritage, embrace it and promote it as a possible source of wealth through tourism

sweetgala:


That would be more inappropriate historically because, apart from the advent of western Catholicism which did not use Yiddish or Hebrew in delivery of the gospel, Nigerians have never had any historic BC cultural contact with Judaism or Hebrew. However in the last 350 years there is proof we had contact with Arabic traders, clerics and scribes; We even lost kingdoms to Fulani Jihad from North sub-sah Africa.

That is our in-alienable history and joint heritage, embrace it and promote it as a possible source of wealth through tourism

walexwalata:
everything to some people is politics in Nigeria. what is wrong in us having the logo what it is? If you think with your religion, you must have your way in everything in Nigeria, then you are not fair and you cannot realize your expectation. How would you see it if the Muslims too ask for holiday on Fridays to allow them go to mosque like you people do on Sunday? You diplomatically argue, mend and manipulate issues to favour yourselves rather than allowing God to have His way. We understand the basis of your question. ''no be today''

Muslims are the best of mankind!

HaneefahRN:

lolz, iyawo, let my husband catch u o.
I wldn't know, none of us can say for sure since we weren't there when the symbol was being designed and made.
What I can say to this is Arabic is just what it is, a language also wc is even also used by Christian in the middle east, speaking Arabic doesn't make u a Muslim, cos that's wht seems to be getting Christians worked up.
From history Arabic was one of the earliest languages introduced to Nigeria esp the North from wc the Ajami lang was extracted.
This symbol has been there for decades but the OP only brought it up out of intolerance wc they most times accuse Muslims of, not cos he was curious to knw what it meant or why it's there but just the hatred for Muslims. I might be wrong but tht is what I feel. And from many of the comments u can see it's cos of the hatred and nothing more.
Personally I don't care what lang is there, never even noticed till when the OP brought it up. As if the language there will pay my sch fees or feed me. Wareva

mamaafrik:
haaaaaaaa o ti n fe dofelo,wambi,kaserele maaitilo,look at it this way, The nigerian state is a christain and muslim entities,just like a christain man married to a muslim lady,they want peace in the family but can peace be achieved when the husbund always buys pork intentionally for the wife to cook for the family and just feel the wife should not rebel?,that family wanting peace here is Nigeria,oya sofunmi is omitting all sensitive items from the system not the best way to avoid pandemonium here ,madam Rukayatu?

Adek15:
government owned hospitals have ambulances with crosses on them. I think Islamic leaders should start criticizing that too. HYPOCRITES!!!!
Honestly, Muslims are too tolerant and are taken for granted in this country.

laykhorn:
Pardon my Ignorance. Now I know.

meforyou1:
what a contradiction. The opposite of civil is military

Demmzy15:
And there are arabic words in english language.

mamaafrik:
[color=#990000][/color],hmmmmmm,did you here yourself?,"out joint heritage and in-alienable history",i a christain should enbrace it when itz clear you cant take it,is arabic part of our culture?,people can see your lies and lack of objectivity.

logica:
Before? Your history is backwards and your response exposes your bias. Which came first...Aristotle's Era or the Dark Ages? Mind you, Arabic somewhat gained prominence DURING and AFTER the Dark Ages when most libraries in Europe were destroyed and the original meanings of scientific words were lost; meaning the only source of these words was in the Ottoman Empire where the libraries had been preserved.

And which part of Nigeria do you speak of? It was first for the Hausas; those in the South had contact with Portuguese merchants.

laykhorn:

how myopic? Arabic is a language. Everything Arabic isnt Islamic, just the same way every English isnt for a Religion.
Stop the Ignorance.
It means ''Victory is from God''
The inscription from the currencies 'tells' the amount for those that can read in the Language and it isnt even Arabic, its some Transliteration. Just like I could transliterate English to Arabic, I could write Arabic and you'll read it as English and it would be meaningless in that Arabic.
BTW, I also see no reason for that inscription to be in Arabic when English is the Lingua Franca but I'm not sure thats our Army logo

HaneefahRN:

Lolz. 1stly, I'm not Ruqoyah, I'm Haneefah. To what u said, the analogy doesn't matter here, u guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill. I think all ur question shld be directed to the pple that came up wt the design of the insignia. There are, symbols Christian related we all ignore every day. If pple are so bothered by the lang then u can write to the necessary quarters for it to be changed to Latin or Hebrew

mamaafrik:
hmmm,so you dislike me calling you rukayatu?,hmm,can you now see why such things arent making mountain out of a mole...............,oh ye mrs rukay...............,opppps hasferah .

sweetgala:


People can see what lies, I reminded individuals of historical facts, you've just popped up your bigoted head.