I dont even know why nigerians themselvse will say they are
arrogant, no wonder countries like ghana will make musics to
mock us! Op how many nigerians ever sayss that they are better than other
I really don't know where you get that from,isn't same nigerians that insults
their country than anyother thing! Why won't a ghanian after reading this won't come
Tomorrow to call us arrogant. We really our enemy

Its high time we start telling our selves some home truth because i believe dat we are giants in Africa for the wrongest reasons,like high rate crimes and corruptions among our Government and its agencies,A country dat can not boast of somany things in terms of production and even distribution of its wealth should not be regarded as giants in any thing.just remove oil from the nigerian, her economy is left with nothing.Giants indeed.........................................?

omo ale anambra ni e!
Why spew so much hatred towards your own country....without a doubt some NIG are arrogant but some just have a sense of pride. If you think we should be looking down on ourselves because of our many vices....then charity begins from your home.
As for me i look up, shoulder high, chest own and walk with a who dey there attitude because when i was in gambia the local people could not tell me enough about the mega star osoufia, as i ate my meal they played dbanj & gongo aso.....same in ghana and in the Uk at a party talking to other Africans students they said hey see you NIG just clear all the courses...mad ass intelligence.
So despite all our vices I am queen because i am NIG. When you reach your base..tell them there that actually we are not all that.....O ba e lo.....the britons sing we are born to rule the world and my arrogance never reach their own. Our govt may be Bullsh*t but my fellow NIG are holding it ddddoooooooowwwwwnnnnn!

Before nko!

olayinka1987:

Show me where I was "factually incorrect" and show me where I said Ghana was "Inferior". I said nothing of the sort. Stop putting words into my mouth.

Mexico has many problems from gang warfare, government corruption, and rampant drug dealings. Yet, that doesn't stop the fact that Mexico is most definitely the powerhouse of South America (long with Brazil).
Nigeria has her problems like every other African country but again.. that doesn't stop Nigeria from being the powerhouse of West Africa. That's not a boast. That's a fact. Ghana is not the powerhouse of West Africa. I suppose that makes me arrogant chest beater right? Lol, what joke!!!

talk about ignorance...Mexico is not in South America, K! Mexico is the poorest country in North America!! ...this poverty is attributable to the vices you mentioned.
stop talking about facts you make up, the poster has his points and the only relevant fact as he has stated is that Nigeria is one of the poorest nations on earth, hence no need to feel superior to fellow Africans and...by the way, this is the reason some of us say we are from Africa as the name Nigeria is a drag on progress even outside of its shores!
PRIDE? WHAT R YOU SO PROUD OF??

pDude: @OP- from your above rantings, it's clear you are not a student of history. All the mess that is befalling Africa is a process known as 'The Shaping of a Perfect Tomorrow'.

You praise America, Britain, Holland, Australia, China, etc. Those countries went through worse corruption and ills than Nigerians are presently experiencing.

Do you think Nigeria is corrupt? Go and do a study of Britain from the dark ages to the 1800s.

Do you think Nigerians are scammers? Go and study slave trade and all the going-ons at that period.

You think Nigeria is bad? Go and do a study on the Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish empires. Then you will see that Boko Haram are just a bunch of boy's scout with firecrackers.

You think we are record breakers when it comes to drug trafficking? Go to America or Europe and study the rate of narcotic consumption coupled with its high demand in kids and adult.

Every country has its problems. Africa is presently in the process of trying to get things right. Every single country needs to pass through this stage and the major factor which brings success is PATRIOTISM.

If we as Nigerians are proud, then let us be Proud. It is the only thing we have and we will hold onto it with our last breath. It is something in these dark times when there is hardly anything to hold onto.

Yeye talk!! what happened to learning from history you hear urging us to read history but to not learn from it...! smh

The majority of replies here are not Nigerians. OP is not a Nigerian. Please stop hiding under the guise of being Nigerian and creating stupid thread.



Every country has its traits

Nigerian hard working, resilience, upfront will tell you what they think of you


Ghanians- are Judas Iscariot betrayer of Jesus. Hypocrites, backstabbers they are very slimy bunch


South Africans- cowardly, only courageous in the face of other black tremble at the sight of whites.

Calamama: The majority of replies here are not Nigerians. OP is not a Nigerian. Please stop hiding under the guise of being Nigerian and creating stupid thread.



Every country has its traits

Nigerian hard working, resilience, upfront will tell you what they think of you


Ghanians- are Judas Iscariot betrayer of Jesus. Hypocrites, backstabbers they are very slimy bunch


South Africans- cowardly, only courageous in the face of other black tremble at the sight of whites.

trembles in the face of whites... In ur dreams. Perhaps the older generations. We went to school with those whites and remember our country has more human rights than any other. So we don't get bull shit from whites as much as u would like to believe other wise.

We can play the racism card and they know they're fuc.ked!

Black people do not fear whites. Maybe a few of them but those are the older folk who do not know they are in charge now the young and middle aged do not have fear. Actually there are more whites afraid of blacks than blacks of whites. Racism is nothing but a form of fear.


And how come Nigeria is known for scams and not the so called sneaky Ghana.

@Obi1kenobi: It is been a while since i commented on Nairaland and i practically told myself in recent past that i will stop commenting on Nairaland because of the number of air head arrogant posters on this forum.My brother you have given me joy this evening with your bitter honest post.

You are of sound mind and i take off my hat to you sir.I don't have much to say but i agree with your comments 100%.I live in South Africa and i know how much South Africans hates our guts because of our vices and arrogance.95% of the Nigerians (men & women included)living in South Africa behave like jungle animals ,they are extremely barbaric.You have to see them to believe it.They bring disrepute and shame to the rest of us 5% who are trying to live here in peace.They are loud ,arrogant,boastful,disrespectful,criminally inclined and mildly put disgusting.

In response to your 2nd thought, foreigners LOVE going to Naija. Why?
1) Culture
2) Food
3) MOST IMPORTANT: Large business oppourtunities

Yes Naija has its problems, but it's still a place people love to visit. American celebrities enjoy going to Nigeria. Once you go, you're hooked.

I read an article today, in which an American Billionaire was interviewed. As he sat admiring the picturesque view from his pent-house window, he calmly said "Someone was meant to enjoy this view and God Chose me". The point being Nigerians are Nigerians because they are Nigerians! Some race was meant to be arrogant and God chose us. When walk into any institution we immideatly begin to analyze the route with least resistance to the Bosses Chair! Can you honestly say that you have never thought like that? go ahead and lie. In our hay days, we were powerful imperialist, look at the great and power empires we created. If not for the arrival of oyimbo man, our own betrayal and our greed, the entire continent of Africa will have been our playground. Dang here I go sounding arrogant again, I must be an authentic Nigerian, the rest of you are all diluted or Made in China"

ther no need to over elaborate. in a nutshell Nigerians are very arrogant and we need to get that chip our shoulder in order to enable us to advance forward instead of wallowing in false pride!

yes we are very arrogant And for the most part-we are empty barrels making the loudest noise. No substance whatsoever.

playmode: @Obi1kenobi: It is been a while since i commented on Nairaland and i practically told myself in recent past that i will stop commenting on Nairaland because of the number of air head arrogant posters on this forum.My brother you have given me joy this evening with your bitter honest post.

You are of sound mind and i take off my hat to you sir.I don't have much to say but i agree with your comments 100%.I live in South Africa and i know how much South Africans hates our guts because of our vices and arrogance.95% of the Nigerians (men & women included)living in South Africa behave like jungle animals ,they are extremely barbaric.You have to see them to believe it.They bring disrepute and shame to the rest of us 5% who are trying to live here in peace.They are loud ,arrogant,boastful,disrespectful,criminally inclined and mildly put disgusting.

This is arrant NONSENSE! How can you describe human beings with such terms Mtcheew.

I can't believe Nigerians actually posted most of the rubbish up here.
I agree that we are no longer the so-called giant(a mere title ), but what the hell are all these insults about? Is everything about Nigeria negative? Has any one even cared to reason out the positive things about Nigerians that make them rock as compared to the other Africans? Keep the negatives aside and you will see many things about typical Nigerians that make them rock. Whether you agree or not, they are certainly one of the most HARDWORKING Africans you can ever meet. If Nigeria's political system were good, can you think of any thing that will hinder it's development as compared to the so-called 'better' African nations? If with the present state of things in this country, people still continue to work hard to make ends meet, then there must be something about Nigerians that make them tick. I don't play these games of comparisons though. People should also not forget that many people post comments that they do not actually mean just to stir reactions here on Nairaland. Saying Nigerians are arrogant is very incorrect! This is an online forum and people can say whatever they want even if they do not mean it.

Erm so we're meant to feel bad or something? We know we're not the best, we like ourselves the way we are.. If you got a problem, kindly talk to your tv while it's switched off... Cow!

Beaf: It is ok to beat our chests in the presence of foreigners, but only for the sake of our pride.
When we at home or in each others company, we must admit the bitter truth to ourselves.

Sometimes I see Nigerians making derogatory remarks about Zimbabwe, but they do not realise that Zimbabwe is far better than Nigeria in almost every developmental index. They have a 90% litteracy rate, manufacturing contributes to 10% of their GDP (projected to rise to 30% in the next two years. They have one of the best road networks in Africa and just like in Europe, if you break down there are phone numbers you can call and somebody will come out to help you. There are very few armed robberies and power cuts.

We should at least strive to be like Zimbabwe before insulting that country in public for no other reason than, we think we are some phucking giant of Africa. What sort of giant cannot manufacture a phucking pin?

. True talk

Your submission is way off the point brother, Nigerians are not in any way more arrogant than any other people elsewhere. Do you have any problem with people who are very confident of themselves and will take no shit from anybody, black or brown?
Check the meaning of arrogant and tell me how it relate to our attitude?
i think your problem is psycho influence by the opinion of other nationals and you desperately try to make sense out of it, but alas you gaffe.
Sorry, if you thought you made any point, because the truth is, you have said nothing sensible bro.
you no try, you Bleep up big time... man.

Aplogize before the gods of Okija come after you for blaspheming against your father land.

Obi1kenobi u r totally on point. I am a nigerian but see absolutely nthg abt nigeria tht shld justify our arrogance -we were defeated by british colonialsts and we r are still under western domination, we are mentally enslavd to europeans and spk their languages and practice their religions, evrythg we do is dictated to us by britain and the us, we r therefore still slaves. If u r talking abt people who havve a right to be arrogant its the japanese who used western acquired education and tecnlgy to rival the west to the extent tht they almost ovrturnd european hegemony. They say ignrnce is bliss the majorty of nigerians are terribly ignrnt with zero knwldge of how the world wrks, wen ur swimmng in a sea of ignrnce its easy to bleive ur top dog

Bandit C.:


While most of the things you have listed above are unsubstantiated and unverifiable, i do not need you to take credits for things you have no idea how they came about.

Tell me the contributions of black south africans to the present state of south africa other than mugging and robbing people, xenophobia, killing yourselves and consuming all sorts of unspeakable drugs out there. It's like african americans taking credit for white peoples' immense contribution to the growth and advancement of the US while they are stuck in the ghettoes slinging dope and abusing the social security system.

The reason why i call you people a giant joke is because, your opening statement in that post was meant to deride Nigerians on how poor their education is while you couldn't even put together a coherent statement yourself.

Go to any south african blog and you would be assaulted with primary grade grammar, english mixed with zulu or just plain old bad english and spelling and you still have the gut to call out Nigerians.

You guys are pathetic.

For someone who claims to be knwldgble your understanding of w ld history is appalling ,I cnt believe tht u cld actually say without irony tht afrcn americns made no cntribtn to the wealth of america wht do u thk the slave trade was abt and again u display ur terrible ignrnce wen talkng abt south afrcns -who do u0 thk was wrkg in those gold mines ? Professor did u also knw that undr apartheid blacks were bannd frm going beyond primary educatn undr the bantu educatn act -educated illiterate!

This Bandit C character is ill... He seems to have a problem with africans in general. He seems xenophobic as well...going on about how african americans contributed nothing to america and how south africans did not contribute to their own country. Who liberated them,.. The chinese?!!

Please do your research properly before posting such things in the future.

Please stop the accusations and counter-accusations...and list the source of our unwarranted pride(!) as you see it! While attempting to do so, pls don't betray ur ignorance with claims like Mexico is the best country in South America...no, it's in North America! Don't tell us the African Americans have not contributed to the advancement of America, yes they have- and greatly so! Don't tell us that nigeria is the Giant of African or better or richer or otherwise than any other African country...it's very similar to the rest of Africa n poorer than most n more corrupt than most!
Keeping the above in mind, tell us what we r so proud about?

Why n how r we better than other fellow Africans or humans in general at that...??
Simply put, what is the source of our pride - this pride that is said to come b4 a fall
Once someone - anyone provides us with a viable answer for the above, then let someone take a stab at finding out why the rest of the world is going in one direction n Nigeria is heading on the opposite direction of mediocrity n stagnation, k!
again this is not an invitation to bone heads to come out n declear their ignorance to the whole world, right. We are waiting for ur responses my people ooo,

From my simple quote "Arrogance can get you pride but can't stand the test in the midst of the wise"

Nonsense! I don't know where ppl get this arrogant whatevr about nigeria from
and the worst is that some stupid nigerians follow them to talk. This is
the most weird thing I ever read, what has a nigerian do that anyother
African don't do. Nigerians keep fo.oling urselves, why won't a a fellow
African that wants to hurt ur feelings call you arrogant after reading this thread
We just keep bringing insults to ourselves

Obi1kenobi: I’ve observed Nigerians are incredibly arrogant and I’m often left wondering what makes this conceited posturing justifiable. I was reading a thread yesterday enquiring as to why South Africans and Ghanaians hate Nigerians and the predictable response from several delusional people was the usual rhetoric about how everyone envies us and what not. I think many of us have to start appreciating a few home truths:
1) Nigeria is one of the most impoverished nations on the planet and ranks extremely low on every single index measuring standard of living and development. We generally only out-perform war-torn or drought ravaged countries like Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea etc.
2) No foreigner who appreciates order and security would love to come to a country like Nigeria. Expatriates in this country are some of the highest paid in the world because of the adverse, hazardous working conditions.
3) Being an overpopulated, lumbering, befuddled giant doesn’t make us the “giant of Africa”. I don’t see why any sensible person should brag about our population as some kind of virtue – else we may as well claim to be greater than every country in Europe simply cos we pop out kids like rabbits putting greater strain on scarce resources. What makes this line of reasoning even worse is that we are a contrived product of our colonial masters who have left us with a big socio-political challenge to surmount. Our size is probably more an inhibitive hindrance than an advantage to thump our chests about.
4) We’re not smarter or richer or better looking than the countries we flood with all our vices. It’s hilarious, pretentious, delusional, wishful thinking. Little separates the average Southern Nigerian from the average Ghanaian or Cameroonian or Ivorian or the average Northern Nigerian from the average Nigerien or Senegalese or Sudanese etc. Any pretentions to the contrary is just subscribing to the delusion that makes us loathed outside these shores.
5) We’re a society as mediocre as they come and applaud mediocrity from the banal music of D’banj to our embarrassing movie industry to the mediocre politicians we love to cheer for the most mundane accomplishments.

Basically, there’s absolutely nothing spectacular about us and our insufferable arrogance is totally unjustified and contributes to why citizens of many other countries find us totally contemptible. When you think of France, you think of well aged Bordeaux wine, high fashion and couture, romance, beautiful cities etc; when you think of Italy, you’re thinking of great cuisine, beautiful ancient cities of Venice, Florence, Rome, great art, opera etc; when Nigeria is heard around the world, people think of scammers and frauds, drug pushers, venal, avaricious politicians, exported prostitutes etc.

That’s why we’re blacklisted from utilizing certain web services, that’s why we’re humiliated and rejected in every embassy. I never subscribe to stereotype and judge everyone on their merits as individuals but I’d like to see a little humility and acknowledgement of our failures as a nation rather than the rabid chest thumping. It’s the first step to making progress.

And for the record, I’m a full-blooded Anambrarian pointing out some plain facts rather than a foreigner on the attack. Personal/national pride is one thing (however misguided); unbridled arrogance and hubris is on a whole different scale.

So are you arrogant cos I aint are U??

playmode: @Obi1kenobi: It is been a while since i commented on Nairaland and i practically told myself in recent past that i will stop commenting on Nairaland because of the number of air head arrogant posters on this forum.My brother you have given me joy this evening with your bitter honest post.

You are of sound mind and i take off my hat to you sir.I don't have much to say but i agree with your comments 100%.I live in South Africa and i know how much South Africans hates our guts because of our vices and arrogance.95% of the Nigerians (men & women included)living in South Africa behave like jungle animals ,they are extremely barbaric.You have to see them to believe it.They bring disrepute and shame to the rest of us 5% who are trying to live here in peace.They are loud ,arrogant,boastful,disrespectful,criminally inclined and mildly put disgusting.

You are very quick to count yourself amongst the %5 who are trying to earn a good living .Now tell me why should I believe you cos you said so??
Now this is what happens when you generalize people,in every society there are good and bad people, everyone as an individual are responsible for thier own actions.I have nevr been to SA B4 but what I do know is that man is a social and political Animal, in forign teritory your survival instict doubles,depends on your person or the environment you grow up in, this could trigal your Emotion either in teh positive way or the negetive way on how you go about earning a living.

Nigerians are never arrogant people in any way.

jhanmaikul: Nigerians are never arrogant people in any way.

You know nothing about Nigerians outside of your border. Try visit developed countries to see those arrogant Nigerian dudes and dudettes(lol) are doing. Hehehe...

I've noticed that people from different Nations perceive arrogance differently. For example, Nigerians would consider a person Arrogant if that person boasts and struts in a cocky fashion over what he does not have or what he has very little of. So to Nigerians, Ghana people are very arrogant because Ghana people tend to make a lot of noise over what they do not have or what little they have achieved. The English tend to casts people as Arrogant if the people are boastful of what they have achieved. Most Nigerians will tell you plainly what they have achieved and often what they say they have achieved is truly what they have achieved but the English would view this as Arrogant.

So far so good. But here comes the dangerous part if you're a black person.


In the none black world,there is a tendency, which is in itself arrogant, to label a black peron Arrogant if she or him is not self-effacing,subservient or differing. The term used in America for such black people was Uppity .

I believe that it is in this European/American fashion of viewing black people who look White people in the eyes and rub shoulders with them on equal footing that the world view Nigerians as arrogant. Unfortunately black people and Asians, to a certain extent, are informed by the white worldview and Nigerians suffer on account of it.



As far as I'm concerned, any black person who calls Nigerians arrogant, that person is a COON.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're black person and you're called arrogant by a white or Asian person you're probably doing something right.

gidiMonsta: All this self loathing peeps who sees nothing good in themselves are at it again.

Yes we do have our problems but despite these unfortunate circumstances we have a lot of positives that we should be proud of. The reason other Africans feel Nigerians r proud is because we tend to excel at wat we do no matter d condition. The best black doctors in d us r nigerians, d most educated immigrants in d US r Nigerians, Nollywood is d most recognised movie industry in d black world despite d horrible quality of movies churned out, d music industry u ignorantly insulted is numero uno in Africa, even in francophone DRC; the Nigerian auto-parts market is top, Nigerians are the major driving force behind the Ghanaian nd Gambian economy, MTN became the top telco in Africa after they invested in Nigeria, Airtel Bharti bought over Celtel because of d Nigerian market, EMTS paid thru their noses to set up in what u call a shit-hole. Yes we have scammers and drug traffickers but we are not even among d top ten countries in these vices.

Italy is not defined by its mafia, South Africa is not defined by its mercenaries, Russia is not defined by its corruption so why should we allow the vices a few bad eggs commit to define who we are?

Gbam Two Thumbs UP!