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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Emilokoiyawon: 5:07pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Trojan8: Mother's tribe is irrelevant in state of origin. You are from where you father is from. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by adeniyi65(m): 5:08pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
robosky02:You forget the UFC welterweight champion of the moment.Kamaru usman.he is also from Nigeria in Auchi. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Emilokoiyawon: 5:09pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
GBOKASINCHA: Say wetin? Getat! The shortest people I have ever met in Nigeria are Igbos and Calabar. The only thing for sure is that Igbos have yam legs. That I give to them. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by OniyideAmplify(m): 5:10pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Adetokunbo Omoluabi, You're Welcome to Oduduwa Republic and Biafra Republic. You belong to the fertile lands (Southy) 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 5:13pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Emilokoiyawon: Who are more shorter than Yorubas in Southern Nigeria |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Dagrace01(m): 5:14pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Romanoff: He said it himself that his name Adetokunbo was mispelt at the Greek passport office.. Wetin u wan hear again? Ugochukwu ko, Chukwuchkwu ni 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Emilokoiyawon: 5:18pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Uchasa: Keep fooling yourself. Igbos on average are shorter than Yorubas. You can take that to the bank. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by NamelessOGBENI(m): 5:19pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
So the Antetokounmpo na even 'Adetokunbo' Gather here if you know you can't pronounce the name, let take our legendary picture. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zinizta: 5:20pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
CSTRR: Ahem Success has many fathers 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 5:22pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Emilokoiyawon: That's your own thinking. Most Yorubas I've met are shorter and thinner than Igbos on average. Most Igbos are tall and huge as compared to Yorubas. 1 Like |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zinizta: 5:23pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Emilokoiyawon: They are both tall though the father is taller....the mother was a high jumper, father a soccer player/ dj |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by YungMillionaire: 5:24pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Adetokunbo?! This guy na Yoruba nigga o! He should try and visit Warri because Itsekiris are also Yoruba people. We are one family o! I will gladly host him in Warri. The dude is my favorite basketballer. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zinizta: 5:24pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Uchasa: Where do you live? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by HEAVEN4444: 5:24pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
adeniyi65:born in auchi. yoruba heritage. dad was in army stationed at auchi baracks 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by YungMillionaire: 5:25pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
CSTRR: If its other way around the same you will say mother's tribe does not matter 2 Likes |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 5:25pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Dagrace01: You tribalistic clowns are here again! Are you arguing if Giannis has an Igbo mum or what? Or are you so docile that you can't check his profile to know where he is from. His full name is : Giannis(Greek) Sina(Yoruba) Ugo(Igbo) Antetokunpo (Yoruba hellenized to Greek), so what's the fuss about? 3 Likes |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zinizta: 5:25pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Emilokoiyawon: LMFAOROFLOL @ yam legs 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by YungMillionaire: 5:26pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
georjay: No 50/50 for tribe o! My mom is from Plateau state but my state of origin is Delta, my father's state. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 5:27pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
HEAVEN4444: You're a clown and a devoted liar, Usman has nothing to do with Yoruba. Dude is a pure Edo boy. 1 Like |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Dagrace01(m): 5:27pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
toffyz: It's boldly stated in his and his other three brothers who are also basketballers Wikipedia.. His Father is Charles a Yoruba man while his mother is Veronica an Igbo woman, he can claim the two tribes.. Infact they have a fifth brother who is the first born, he was left in Lagos with his grandma when they were immgrating to Greece. |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zinizta: 5:27pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Uchasa: The first born goes by an Ibo name Ofili YouTube Ofili - shekosi |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by YungMillionaire: 5:27pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
CSTRR: But CS_TRR you are the worst offender of this kind of tribalism now |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zinizta: 5:27pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Dagrace01: YouTube Ofili - Shekosi |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by YungMillionaire: 5:29pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
thorpido: Remember Olajuwon is Igbo from Arochukwu 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by HEAVEN4444: 5:30pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Uchasa:ahn ahn we have argud this thing before now. the guy is pure yoruba to the core. abi you want me to supply pictures of his mother and father in traditional yoruba attires ? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by HEAVEN4444: 5:34pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Uchasa:not true. igbos are bigger but yorubas are taller. from my own observation 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by adeniyi65(m): 5:37pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Fuckthamods:check his profile on wikipedia.it's not his fault.he suffered been stateless for almost 18years if his life because of the Greece law on citizenship despite he was born and breed there.representing Greece for basketball give him opportunity to get Greece citizenship which error was made when transliterating his name into Greece alphabetical letters.hence forming another similar name while trying to transliterate it again from Greek to english.he was then privilege to have his Nigerian citizenship identity from Nigeria in 2015 after his recognition in basketball. The whole scenario is never his fault.do you ever think of how a teenager will feel if he is been seen as outcast,osu,stateless in his country of birth and can't even claim his parent's country?it really hurts |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 5:37pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
HEAVEN4444: That's a subjective assertion. I haven't met half the people you've met, and you've not met half the people I've met. I grew up in Lagos, but now base in my town, PH. While in Lagos, in my high school, the tallest boys I knew were Igbos, same when I went to University. Yours could be the other way round, so no problem. |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Minjim: 5:38pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Trace which root. I watched a documentary on their family and he seems to be from the West. Maybe they Lost touch with their relations 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 5:40pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
YungMillionaire: Itshekiri people are Niger Deltans like me, not Yoruba. You are not itshekiri, concentrate on South West 1 Like |
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by HEAVEN4444: 5:43pm On Jul 23, 2021 |
Uchasa:its funny you say that because i have not met too many tall igbo boys in my lifetime and i aint no spring chicken. they are muscular but they are never tall. but these are just my own observations. maybe the tall ones are hiding from me but i see tall hausa and yoruba guys everyday 2 Likes 2 Shares |
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