Nigeria's Image Was Badly Damaged On Oprah Today!

i really think the issue should not be about yorubas or igbos its sad to see us arguing about it.both sides have their fraud stars they just go about it in different ways.yoruba or igbo its sha nigeria and the truth is no body seems to see our good sides anymore

     you contend that oprah is not Nigerian or African hater , you say its her job to expose Nigerian 419 ,but when it comes to exposing the crimes and fraud in american ,then it becomes the duty of Nigerians abi ? plz don't make me call u names here .

   Maybe to boast isn't the right thing to do ,but calling igbo made products is rather myopic , cos every great manufacturing nation started that way , u need to see what Japaneses where producing 50 years ago to understand what am saying .

and your point is  oprah is being fair ?

Jakumo , i just asked you a question if Oprah could be said to be fair from last post .

Egoldman the question of whether Oprah's program about Nigerian 419 fraud was  "fair" needn't be asked since life itself is rarely  "fair".   Racism isn't  "fair" but it exists, as do bad weather and taxes, but one needn't lose sleep over the relative "fairness" of those simple facts of life that cannot be changed, and the same goes for the editorial content of an American TV talk show.   Oprah chooses what she wants to air in her show, and she probably does not give a flying phuck what you or I think of her daily program lineup.   As far as she is concerned, our whimperings amount to little more than so many dried bugs on the windscreen of life.

The established fact which nobody in their right mind would dispute is that Nigerians as a group engage in advanced fee fraud and have thus labelled their country as the "home" of internet fraud, for better or worse.  Those familiar enough with Nigeria may further sub-classify 419 criminals by tribe, but that level of precision is of minimal interest to the outside world from where most of the victims of this crime wave are selected.

What the hell is Opi Iweka?. . .It's Upper Iweka, shows how much you know about other places in Nigeria!

Xtycod or what ever your name is, shut the f,  ck  up, i was writing my own view and it has nothing to do with your silly ass. You asked me of what my people can boast of, i am proudly from cross rivers state, have you seen our Obudu cattle ranch, our Tinapa or our governor(the cuttest guy in town), let me stop here and continue the boasting 2morrow. . And you Donzman knowing the spelling of upper or inner iweka ain't going to  add a dime to my bank account. Again to hell with all those igbo made nonsense.

@ xytycod

    Hey watch wat u say about cross riverians ok,  i am a cross riverian and i do not take kindly to such rude comments. Just cos of one person, u want to go and bash the whole state,  who says the highest H.I.V rate is from cross river state,  and what the hell are you talkin about us been lazy for,  i am not goin to write any degradin comment about anybody's tribe because am all about respect so plsss hold your spite

@ christino
   
     haha very funny

 xtycod please check the statues again, its getting obvious that you have it. You know they could make mistakes in Kamorass hopital.

Meanwhile I love igbos, i dont have any strings about them or their products.

   Well , things seem to be cooling down now 

ok, i thought you were in london, just asked, maybe to know.

Honestly, don't blame Oprah.

Nigerias image was already ruined before her show aired.

@Kya

Image or no image, no woman should be sending a man she does not know money. From what I know of Nigerian men, the ones who are not scammers that is, they wouldn't dare ask a woman for money, it's just not in their character. You sent him enough, don't send him anything else. If he lives in London, he can do better at getting a job there than he can do back home in Nigeria. I suspect the man is definitely scamming you, please, for your own sake and the sake of your bank account, don't send him anymore money and I hope he doesn't have any of your personal information.

Instead of insulting each others  tribes I believe people on this forum especially those abroad can help personally to stop the bad impression about Nigerians.
   I and my friends cannot count the number of times we have seen Nigerians in public on buses ,trains etc being loud and saying thing things they should not be discussing in public(e.g how to work without "papers")
  I have had many arguments with people about the inferiority complex that makes blacks, not only Nigerians to bling up just to show they have made it.
    We need to tell people the true situation of things overseas i.e how hard you have to work to get paid, instead of packing all the cheap jeans, T shirts and knock off designer goods home to show off when on holiday.
   Some problems are beyond us on a personal level.A system where there are no jobs,where people get rich overnight by hitting one contract or knowing somebody.A society where  achievements without material gain is seen as wortless,the list is endless.
     For those blaming Oprah and the victims of 419, do you know how many people get 419 mails daily in Europe and the US? Do you also realise it is very annoying and its a sort of invasion of privacy to find that crap in your inbox almost daily.
The victims of 419  may be greedy but the lure of easy profit is very tempting and they may plead entrapment.
If all Nigerians could behave the way my father taught me to ,which is simply the fact that I don't give a S**T about what anybody has or how rich you are  but seek my own path in life.the country would be a better place.
That's why I hate OVATION magazine with a passion.