'All Nigerians Are Corrupt', Says Oprah Winfrey

And to the 14 Morons that condoned the prejudice of Oprah.

You are nothing but traitors.

Get the F**K out of Nigeria, and go and live in Chicago in Oprah's ass

Well the good thing about being a corrupt Nigerian, is; at least we can reproduce.

The shemale is more infertile than the Sahara

@dblock:You called her,The shemale is more infertile than the Sahara: Thats a good one. I never heard oprah had a child, is  she really infertile?

No one still has provided a link that either shows Oprah saying this or at least has a direct quote of her saying 'ALL nigerians are fraudsters'. So it seems like people are getting incredibly angry over hearsay and rumour. If all her program said was that there are some Nigerian fraudsters then what's new? It's nothing that hasn't been said by other Nigerians in this forum already.

On a general point what I think we can take issue with is lazy international jounalism and media practices. Basically what I mean is that when the Western media organisations want to talk about corruption they immediately point to Nigeria as a prime example. Of course corruption goes on in all countries but we are currently an easy media target.The same as when they talk about terrorism, they point to Al quaeda, when they want to talk about famine they use Ethiopia. It's media shorthand.

As far as I am concerned, to make the world see us in a different light we have to start here at home. When we as a country are a force to be reckoned with globally then the rest of the world will see us in that way and be more respectful. Japan did it decades ago, China and India are now taking the lead. Those countries are far from perfect but they are taking giant strides in progression. I hope we will do it eventually. It will be a hard long road. We have the talent in abundance to get there. The reasons stopping us have been talked about many times over in this forum so I won't go there.

As for Oprah, never really liked her programs etc. Have no time for them. It's nothing personal against her. Whatever anyone thinks about her you have to acknowledge the achievements made as a black woman in America and to sustain it over decades. That is not easy. But I don't depend on her to know what is going on in my country. Shouting all kinds of insults at her without proper evidence doesn't really solve anything.

Bulgarians are sellin 2yr olds for 50k Euros. they havent been called 'ALL CORRUPT'

@ebos
please do reply her and tell her i said she should go and look for her father and tell him that
and wait for his reply

today, i saw at the back of a week old edition of tell magazine, an article on racisim against blacks.among other things, it  cited the so called interview of oprah with tommy hilfiger, in which he was alleged to have said, 'my products are not for blacks'.we all know what that was , an urban legend.

i have googled 'oprah on nigeria' on the net, and have come up with nothing.

y'all should not be so quick to assume that its true because its in the punch. if tell, a magazine that has won the award of magazine of the year, can include discredited urban legends in its articles, i don't see why punch(incidentally, alos an award winning daily) cannot do the same thing.

let someone provide an alternative link to these so called comments please.

actual sources, not word of mouth(i know people who 'saw' the oprah /tommy hilfiger interview)

I don't understand this post but i did see the oprah interview with tommy hilfiger and he didnt deny the alleged statement. oprah then walked him out of the show!

i have carefully digested all what everyone on this forum as posted on the OPRAH WINFREY  thing and i  have every reason to believe that its a campaign against oprah winfrey credibilty and status for one i would never in my mind doubt that Oprah would say such a thing thats is why i decided to get to the root of the matter i visited her website and discovered that she only did a show on scams and you know definately nigerians would be involved and there is PROOF that  she didnt  make that statemnet that was earlier instigated my PUNCH AND TELL tabloids  here is a link to the page on her website you would find these statement at the last part of the page

STATEMENT[b]-"I know we're going to get a letter from somebody saying that Nigeria has a lot of wonderful people. You don't have to send the letter," Oprah says. "We already know that. We're just talking about this particular scam that's going on. We're not talking about the entire country and everybody in the country."

HERE IS THE LINK-http://www2.oprah.com/money/credit/200704/money_20070413_284_117.jhtml

well am sure oprah is angry because a nigerian"Dangote" said he's richer than her, she is kind of responding to dangote statement in "grande style"
can't u see she mention the 'no matter the level of their ed ucation"
i pity her, she thought she's is the most richest blackperson in the universe, am sure she is surprise to hear that another black man,a nigerian is  richer than her that's is why she make that response to defend herself
Am a Nigerian, And am Proud to be one, Despite the nonsense ve encounter in heartrow,Am still pround of my Nigerian Passport.
make them talk"Nigerian re corrupt: anyhow na we still get Money pass,make person tell oprah make she no vex more the NEXT RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE A  NIGERIAN

I am happy that they agree to that fact. Its only greed that can make them fall for scam.

http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200704/tows_past_20070413.jhtml

dejavu

Do you really think Dangote with his ill gotten wealth is anything close to being in Oprah shoes - financially, image, popularity and otherwise?

Wake up from your delusion.


But now the 2nd most wealthiest woman in hollywood and on the top ten or thereabouts in the world. Your ancestors were slaves too, need i remind you but the world will not remember them or you. The world knows and respects Oprah Winfrey for her many humanitarian deeds.

I've dealt with this earlier, There exist no proof whatsoeva that she said this things except in our Nigerian papers AKA punch - now do you consider this as a good evidence?

Even better papers like Thisday / Guardian spew lies sometimes ( i have proof) how much more punch.

Again if anyone says All . . . it is simple a generalisation and does not mean the exact thing. Have you never used such words like Lawyers are Liars or Politicians are demons before? Did you mean that ALL of them were actually what you claim? Please be reasonable.

Thank you.

you mean u work with punch online?

i am not sure of the article in punch,but i watched the oprah winfrey show where she exposed scammers,Nigerian scammers were really highlighted becasuse alot of americans,old and young fell for it.
i was truly ashamed of this as a nigerian and had to call all my nigerian friends to watch it.oprah also highlighted at the end of the show that she knows a lot of nigerians and they are not all corrupt.a few eggs they say spoil the bunch.
She also highlighted that she did nt want to receive any letters from nigerians trying to defend their integrity,she know it is just a few.
But come to think of it as a nigerian,the average nigerian is greedy and wants to get the goods things in life and don't want to work for it.
in london,the amount of yahoo boys are increasing and it is fast becoming a norm.
someone was trying to entice my little bro of 16,i was lucky enough to notice because he asked me about it.
i really feel embarrassed sometimes to use my nigerian passport for identification because of the stereotype associated with them.

Finally we have brilliant peeps on the thread 

BABEELOVE, kilasos, Tayotere, forest_xxx well said.