Tee_Jay:

Nothing you type surprises me any more, your deep-rooted disdain for GEJ will be your undoing. All you spend your time doing is twisting every reference to the man to further your agenda. How you managed to infer that his visit to US and the arrest of bankole means GEJ is a fraud amazes me, as if Obama hasnt got issues in his own administration!

Our biggest problem isnt leadership, we have a very demented and stoooooooopid citizenry, including people like Enyojo


Very unfortunate. Nigerian universities have failed us all.

^^^


So your grouse is with the constitution of the body? The fact that a lot of anti-democratic forces are included?

Is that your main issue?

God Forbid!


I will personally go to the middle of Enuwa and blow myself up if Ooni does anything that stupid!

ragdollz:

Guys are like jelly
You stare at them longer than five seconds they think you fancy them

So I avoid eye contact with some guys cos one look from me hmm they'll follow me go house

I dont mind going home with you.

Can you cook?

enyojo:

[size=20pt]GEJ IS A LIVING FRAUD!
SO HE IS USING BANK'OLE TO PROVE A POINT TO OBAMA?
THEN WHEN HE RETURNS, HE WILL FREE HIM?[/size]

You rush to conclusions too early.

Sometimes, it is better to use your head, instead of your hormones. Consciousness is a choice. I can look a a glass of water and say: "That's a glass of water" while someone else might look at it and say: "That's a wonderful piece of glass work" and someone else might say: "It is a divine creation." The ability to realize that none of those reasons posted on this thread thus far are right is called consciousness and it enables us to be more tolerant and aware  of what we know and how we decide what we chose to believe and consider

Choose to live a more intelligent life, instead of allowing your hormones to make decisions for you.

BTW, enough of you using big fonts. Are you that insecure?

Gbawe:

Have you noted I am the only one discussing issues, giving real examples and trying to get your to make the parameters fairer and more objective? Please note those who joined to correct others , while totally ignoring the topic, and others in jump in insult others alone.

PIB owns Gatwick but Ogunlesi is credited with spearheading the initiative and drive to buy Gatwick hence the reason  why many , including respected analysts, loosely say a Nigerian owns Gatwick . If I go back and change "owns" to purchase do you think some of those who contributed would be here? You don't know Nairaland . Some join threads just because they see that certain posters have contributed . They then fail to contribute to the main topic. All they do is shadow what others have written looking for faults or opportunities to spray invectives around. Eventually they derail the thread having not added a single constructive thing to the topic under discussion
http://africanamericanempowerment..com/2010/06/black-gatwick-airport-owner-inspires.html

NO ediot/reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetard/Tinubu poosie sucker,See:

Kobojunkie:

Again . . . .


Gatwick is owned by GIP


https://www.credit-suisse.com/us/private_equity/en/global_infrastructure_partners.jsp

Two different things! My Nigerian genius!

I used to be like you, but thank God. Nuff said!


Anyway, WRT him spearheading the initiatitive and drive for Gatwick acquisition: For starters, they only own 46% of it. Secondly, no one is giving him credit for the initiative except for Nigerians and Nigerian newspapers, which is expected, going by their well known dubious reputation for low quality journalism.

He is the Charmian of the company, it doesnt mean he comes up with all the ideas. He gets press time because HE IS THE CHAIRMAN. Nothing more, nothing less. GE and some other companies own GIP, NOT OGUNLESI.

Going by your Nigerian logic, Bill gate should be credited with every new innovation at Microsoft and Zuckerberg for every idea and innovation at Facebook and Steve Jobs for every new apps developed for the Iphone. ANd BTW, Steve jobs is one of the founding members of Apple, but guess what, he DOES NOT OWN APPLE. As a matter of fact, he was once fired from Apple.

:::SMH:::

Gbawe:

Clearly another childish poster only interested in carrying bad-belle against others without inspecting what they are saying. Google Nigerian buys Gatwick. It is Ogunlesi's 'baby' completely[b] even if he arranged it as GIP boss[/b]. As I said to kobojunkie "Genuinely objective and intellectually stimulation debate , bereft of bias and ulterior motives, is becoming harder to come by on Nairaland".

Bad bellee?

Why?

You are simply misinformed

And Kobo is trying to correct you. I understand you live in Nigeria, where everything goes. But here, you cant get away with that!

And No he is not the boss. He is ONE OF EIGHT partners. Do you know what they call partners in investment and Law? Educate yourself a bit before yarning dust!

GIP’s[size=18pt] six founding partners are former senior executives of Credit Suisse and General Electric[/size] with deep global experience in its target infrastructure sectors, operations and finance. GIP is now led by eight partners, [size=18pt]including a general counsel.[/size] The partners are supported by a global team with relevant operating, financial and investment expertise and by several senior industry advisers.

Ogunlesi is the general counsel in the group!

Again, he is not the boss!

^^^

You are using an article written by another stoooooooooooooooooooooooooooopid Nigerian to support your point?

He is just one person out of 8 partners.  HE IS NOT THE HEAD!

Why are you all so retarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrded


http://www.global-infra.com/adebayo.html

Gbawe:

So jumping in to correct what you[b] assume[/b] is wrong, while failing to discuss every other point or even the thread topic,  is all you can contribute? Some of you just like to oppose others enduringly without recourse to objectivity . You only know how to enduringly try to find fault with what others write and never to engage them in honest discussion .

Me and you have our history   keep up your efforts at focusing on 'tripping me up' instead of trying to discuss issues objectively. My point with Ogunlesi buying Gatwick is that Britons are not sitting around condemning themselves because a Nigerian won the bid to buy Gatwick. As far as his group manages Gatwick well, then so be it. That is the progressive mentality , assisted by adequate, regulation, that ensures everything works well in developed Nations.  Genuinely objective and intellectually stimulation debate , bereft of bias and ulterior motives, is becoming harder to come by on Nairaland. Please dont bother with more pedantism about Ogunlesi only being the managing Partner of GIP because if you do your homework you will find out he totally spearheaded the bid to buy Gatwick hence the reason he is credited with GIP's purchase.  same as how Tidjane Thiam the boss of Prudential UK , another African son we are proud, singularly pushed for and succeeded in getting the Prudential to buy AIA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidjane_Thiam

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6220276-adebayo-ogunlesi-nigerian-who-owns-london-gatwick-airportfirst-class-in-philosophy-politics-economics-oxford-university-uk-recipient-of-new-y

chi-baby:

I can't flirt. . too shy

But with those lips of yours, I hazard you know how to deep-throat?

Gbawe:

Does a Nigerian not own Gatwick Airport? Is this how you plan to make this thread an intellectualy stimulating one? I.e using highly subjective examples , IMO, aimed at denigrating Nigerians and Nigeria rather than using fair analogy that encourages stimulating and educative discussion? Must the Lebanese not run any business in Nigeria now ? What if the Lebanese proprietor won the concession legitimately? Do you know how 'connected' the Lebanese proprietor is?

You would have a point if , rather than one measly example, it is the Lebanese who own Mr.Biggs, Tantaliser, Tasty fried Chicken, Chicken Republic and the other restaurant chains in Nigeria only hardwork , and not connection, secures. Do you know what obtains in Ghana and in other African Countries? In Ghana for example the main restaurant chains are Frankies, Chicken republic, Mr. Biggs and Papaye. Please go and find out if any of the above are Ghanaian owned and come back to talk. I am not into putting anyone down but I resent those who deliberately want to put Nigerians down just to make others look good.

Yes , there are bragadocious Nigerians with a superiority complex but many Nigerians are confident[b] yet gracious[/b]. Your topic is interesting if presented with objectivity and without palpable bias against Nigerians.

[size=18pt]ROFLMAO[/size]

This may come as a shock to you: But Gatwick is not owned by a Nigerian.

Maybe you should just stick to sucking Tinubu's pooosie.

Exactly what the OP is talking about!

Ediots thinking they are smart!

Emmz:

All i have to say is that its obvious the guy dosent want to be associated with Nigeria. If he wanted to, we would have known what country he originally hails from.

I found out last year that taio cruz is Nigerian thru a friend who went to school with him. Apparently Adrao. Taio cruz went to Adrao so where his british lineage came from i really do not know. Maybe he was born there but he is of Nigerian decent and i do not know pple who are not Nigerians that send their kids to Nigeria to school when pple who are actually Nigerians are trying every means possible to send their kids abroad.

It is not by force to associate oneself with someone who dosent want to be so associated. The first time i checked to verify what my friend said, he was down there as born Adetayo Adewale Onile-ere but now it says Jacob tayo cruz obviously sum1 edited it but if you look down to his early life, It says he was born to a Nigerian father. So ure all right. He is a Nigerian that dosent want to be Nigerian.


Check this out for starters. Oct 18, 2010

Adetayo Adewale onile-ere aka taio cruz aka taio jacob cruz is an !
I just read somewhere that he was born and raised in england
What a load of crock.
I'm a 26 year old nigerian female and tayo was a dark glasses wearing boy a couple of classes ahead of me in secondary school(high school)
I don't get the point of the name change, the age change(he's at least 28!) Or the lies about where he grew up!
Tayo we were in adrao tgether oh!
Stop pretending


pulled from-   http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/T6LC83TEKFR0CJPA5/p2
 

BTW, I like your pose. I feel like cu/mm/ing inside of you for real!

Are you married?  Are you in London?  Are you educated?  can we get together for a weekend in St.Tropez? I am rich and young and handsome BTW.

Emmz:

All i have to say is that its obvious the guy dosent want to be associated with Nigeria. If he wanted to, we would have known what country he originally hails from.

I found out last year that taio cruz is Nigerian thru a friend who went to school with him. Apparently Adrao. Taio cruz went to Adrao so where his british lineage came from i really do not know. Maybe he was born there but he is of Nigerian decent and i do not know pple who are not Nigerians that send their kids to Nigeria to school when pple who are actually Nigerians are trying every means possible to send their kids abroad.

It is not by force to associate oneself with someone who dosent want to be so associated. The first time i checked to verify what my friend said, he was down there as born Adetayo Adewale Onile-ere but now it says Jacob tayo cruz obviously sum1 edited it but if you look down to his early life, It says he was born to a Nigerian father. So ure all right. He is a Nigerian that dosent want to be Nigerian.


Check this out for starters. Oct 18, 2010

Adetayo Adewale onile-ere aka taio cruz aka taio jacob cruz is an !
I just read somewhere that he was born and raised in england
What a load of crock.
I'm a 26 year old nigerian female and tayo was a dark glasses wearing boy a couple of classes ahead of me in secondary school(high school)
I don't get the point of the name change, the age change(he's at least 28!) Or the lies about where he grew up!
Tayo we were in adrao tgether oh!
Stop pretending


pulled from-   http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/T6LC83TEKFR0CJPA5/p2
 

It pains me to do this. You, like everyone else on this thread, are just plain in denial.

You actually want us to believe the rantings of a drunk, anonymous poster, on a discredited forum, to that of a world renown, multiple award winning
singer?

Gosh! I shake my head for our future!

This boils down to credibility my dear! You be the judge!

denzel2009:

^^^^please nitori Olorun read about how he got the middlename http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne-Yo  Chei! and I never said he is 'Ibo'.

But with your response here, that is what you were implying, NO?

denzel2009:

His full name is Shaffer Chimere Smith. Is Chimere an American name?

And:

denzel2009:


Stop being stupiid on a Sunday morning, you said he doesn't have an 'Ibo' name, and I showed you he has.

Where did I say he is from Nigeria?

Implying that : he has an Ibo name, hence, he is Ibo by origin. You chose not to entertain other possibilities. Which is fine. I am not here to embarrass you or win some stupiddddd internet argument with you. if you're worried that my plan here is to present myself as another older, wiser 'Nairalander' explaining what is obvious to you  younger, somewhat foolish Nairalander, please don't be. I am not the wise old Nairalander, Katzumoto  and Sagamite are.  And that is how they want to be perceived. Not me.

The point of the argument, if I may, is merely that the most natural and 'organic,' significant realities are often the ones that are hardest to see, understand, comprehend, and talk about, especially for someone with a university education and intellect on par with  HS students in the developed worlds, but with an ego of an accomplished Nobel Laureate. Simply put it may sound this is nothing more than a trite triviality, but the fact is that in the day to day activities of our existence, trite trivialities can have significant relevance; that is what I hope you get away with this morning. Count yourself lucky to have had this banter with me, for I rarely post or reply to random people.

denzel2009:

omg omg omg somebody call 911.  

Even P Diddy's name is not Sean Combs. His first name is P and his family name is Diddy.

Seal's parent are living with sharks, that's why he is called Seal.

Can you please stop this your early morning ignorance?

Obviously, you ability to think is still at the third grader's level.

How did we know that P Diddy's name is Sean Combs? Well, he said it himself. He has changed his stage name so many times.

We know all bout him and he has never denied the fact that his real name is Sean Combs. On the other hand, Tiao cruz has never claimed to  be any thing other than Tiao Cruz. On HIS website, he he said he was "Born Jacob Taio Cruz on April 23, 1983, in London, England." http://www.taiocruzmusic.co.uk/about.php

It seems you are confusing stage names with real names, and assuming prematurely that there is always a difference between artists' stage names and their real names; an assumption that is wrong and grossly ludicrous.

For starters, Akon's stage name, Akon, is not just his stage name, that is what he was born with, and that gave us an idea of who he is, his origin and his motivations.

So, drawing an analogy between Sean Combs and Tiao Cruz is stupidddd on two fronts:

1) Sean Combs is American while Tiao Cruz is culturally"British;" my point, there is a lot of cultural differences that dictate how people behave or present themselves to the world, including how they come up with their stage name.

2) British Singers, more than Americans, for whatever reasons are less likely to draw fine distinctions between their real names and their stage names; Craig Davids was born Craig Ashley David, Sade was born Sade Adu etc

Of course, there are no hard and fast rules WRT how people come up with their stage names, since there are exceptions eg. Drake (American), Keane ( British). But I hope you get my point. This is not a white and black thing.

But gross generalization like you've done here tells us a lot about you and your ability to think. But more than that it it tells us about your education. I admit that It is unimaginably hard to think broadly, to stay conscious and open minded, especially for someone who has a high and utterly baseless impression of himself. I submit here that you are in Nigeria, and schooled in Nigeria, Which means yet another grand cliché about Nigerian graduates being sub-standard/ half baked turns out to be true: your education really has been a waste of your time, a waste of your parents meager resources and a drain on the Nigerian economy.

You should ask for a refund!

denzel2009:

Stop being stupiid on a Sunday morning, you said he doesn't have an 'Ibo' name, and I showed you he has.

I stand by the fact that he doenst have an Ibo name.


Chimere is not necessarily Ibo.

Chimere has both Greek and French origins.

Jsut because Chimere sounds Ibo doenst mean that he is or was given the name in order to reflect his Ibo origin?

Do we now call all African Americans with muslim/arabic names Arabs? So Elijah Muhammed is Arab? Muhammed Alli is from Saudi Arabia?

Snap out of your delusion young man, Neyo is no Nigerian. Chimere is no Ibo name. There are other meanings.

There are a lot of people with Lola as their middle name, that doesnt make them Nigerian. It may well turn out that he is Nigerian. Fine. But we dont know that. He has denied it severally. We dont know where the inspiration for his middle name came from? His parents may have gotten the name from their Nigerian neighbour, maybe when they went to Nigeria for visit, like other African Americans, they may have gotten it from the 1989 French film with the same title. Or maybe his parents were Anglicans who got the inspiration for the name from the garment that is formally worn as part of  Anglican bishops in choir dress.

Of course, none of the above mentioned reason is likely, but it's also not impossible. It just depends what you want to consider. If you're automatically sure that you know what the source of Neyo's middle name is,  and you are operating on your narrow mindedness, then you, like other ediots here, probably won't consider possibilities that aren't different, possibly true, and miserable. But if you really know how to think, then you will know there are other options and other meanings/origins to the name "Chimere."

I know that my argument probably doesn't sound fun and ego massaging and breezy or grandly convincing the way a lawyer would present it. What it is, as far as I can see, is the Truth, with a whole lot of bluntness infused in it.


You are, of course, free to think whatever you wish. After all, it is your mind, your reality, and your ego that is wound up in some else's success. Hope you dont become severely depressed when you finally realize that Neyo's parents did not name  Neyo to reflect any sort of connection with Nigeria

jennykadry:

LMAO no wonder he changed his name to TAIO cruz , I mean who wants this kain long name(Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere) for hollywood? 

Thats not even his name.

His name is Jacob Tiao Cruz

Where the OP got that name from is beyond me. It is ridiculous how we just make things up for no other reason than to make ourselves feel good.

Almost every successful American has been given one Nigerian name or the other. This is ridiculous and shameful. One wonders the kind of future Nigerians we are raising. Now I understand how it was easy for the White man to colonize us.

It is ridiculous. Even more pathetic is the fact that this thread is on the front page. Just imagine the side of us we are presenting to the world. Clowns, that is what we all are.

"Nigerian beat Rihanna?" what a deluded title. The admin of NL is just too childish and thoughtless, time to have some adult supervision. It is getting too ridiculous!

Real meaning of Chimere:



http://www.babynames.com/name/CHIMERE

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Chimere.html

chidyke77:

Neyo's father is frm imo state bt grew up in America.

Really?


So was he lying when he was doing this interview:

Angel: A lot of the visitors want to know if you have any Nigerian Ancestry,
Ne-yo:: Nigerian ancestry? Not that I know of.

http://concreteloop.com/interviews-neyo

Please, stop claiming him, he is not from Nigeria. His father is not from IMO, and he has no connection to Nigeria, his skin color besides.

You all should be ashamed of una for trying to claim what is not yours.

Grassroot:

That's not true. Neyo's middle name is Chimere. Even his "supposed" son was named Chimere.
Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne-Yo to confirm

denzel2009:

His full name is Shaffer Chimere Smith. Is Chimere an American name?

Both of you 'iz' deluded

So he is Ibo just because his middle name "sounds" Ibo?

So that means "Yetunde Hawanya Tara Price" is Nigerian too?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimere
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chimere

Angel: A lot of the visitors want to know if you have any Nigerian Ancestry,
Ne-yo:: Nigerian ancestry? Not that I know of.

http://concreteloop.com/interviews-neyo

When are we going to stop all these crap that has eaten too deep into our lives so badly. The point here is that I think we all have to exercise restraints in our thought and haste to always want to claim some sort of connection to every successful person, even when it is obvious they arent Nigerians. Some have even claimed here on NL that Obama is Ibo, and his wife Michelle, from some goddamn clan in Ibo land. This should teach us all to be a little more introspective, to be just a little less arrogant about what we think we know. To have just a little critical awareness about ourselves and our certainties. Because a huge percentage of the stuff that we tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded.

NEYO is not Nigerian. And lets be honest with ourselves, he is way better and more refined to be Ibo, Fact! Lets cut out this childish crap and face reality.

scopusng:

Is NE-YO a Nigerian?

Ibos are claiming him, even though his parents arent Ibo, and he doesnt have an Ibo name.


Shame on us all.

Dammie A:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vysgv7qVYTo

Did you know he was Nigerian? Read it here - http://himagazine.tv/show_post.php?id=186

Hey, thats not his real name.

[size=18pt]Born Jacob Taio Cruz [/size]on April 23, 1983, in London, England,

http://www.taiocruzmusic.co.uk/about.php

I dont even know what this is doing on the front page. The moderator and Seun both must be drunk.

We cant force our delusions on others. Let people be. He is not Nigerian, He is Brazillian first, British second, and then, maybe,  Nigerian third.

We all need to get a grip and stop living our fantasies through others.

Too bad. Colonization has indeed wreaked great havoc on our collective psyche.

May God save us all from ourselves!

tpia@:

^^haha.


i dont flirt cos it tends to get too serious most times.

actually, i dont know if i flirt.

Shaki n se bi ora

At your age, you still flirt? Pray tell, with whom? Adetes? Disabled old men? Schizophrenics?

Must you post all the time.

This thread is for tha young ones, mostly college peeps, not for oldies like you.

Just exactly what you will expect from a deluded Ghanian.

Arrant nonsense!

Sweet!

http://techland.time.com/sar%C2%B7doo%C2%B7dle%C2%B7dom-noun/banns-noun-plural/

violent:


America is not our friend and we called the FBI's to investigate a Bomb attack.

America is not our friend, yet if a bigger fish, let's say Germany or Iran bullies us, we are likely to be counting on Obama's support than any other thing in the world.

America is not our friend, yet they've remained our primary trade partners for decades.

America is not our friend and our countrymen do all sorts of unimaginable things to obtain a visa or green card.

America is not our friend, yet, you can't point to one singular reason why they must be Nigeria's enemy!

again, clearly irrational thoughts from hypocritical fellows who will always say one thing and do another.


What has Nigeria done/contributed to the entire world?

Very well said. Only reeetards will fail to see the sense in your post.

America and the west should be chased from our lands

he is just following the advice of his babalawo


thats just it.

Well, at-least, he was tactful this time around.

Obviously, it was his attempt at bribing The Economist for favorable write-up

, and she's not attractive, and her friends join in.

It's been going on every since i was reassigned to work out of this new area. Whenever i go to the office, her and her buddies harass me. She's a black lady looks like she's in her mid 40's, and her friend is a black lady in her late 30's, and her other friend is a white lady in her early 40's (i'm just guessing their ages.)

It started out as me thinking she was just joking, but about a month ago after hitting on me, I walked off to get away from her, but i was standing around the corner and i could hear her talking to this other lady, and she told that lady that she had a 20 year old dude that she calls over to fck her and drink with her. She started naming all these hard ass liquors that she drinks, and i'm just standing around the corner thinking "damn, she's serious",

When i walk by, her and her 2 cougar buddies just start whistling and acting like construction workers. And i honestly start getting nervous, because they don't care if i'm with somebody doing something important or what.

And for the last few weeks, they've been touchy. Whenever they see me coming to the door, they'll stand in the way and block it, so that i have to rub up against their asses and titties, and so that they can feel me up. So about a week ago, I'm standing there on the phone, and her and the white lady come up and grab my tie, and start hunching their old pussies at me. The 2 friends look decent for their age especially the black one, and i'd probably Bleep if i was drunk enough, but i wouldn't touch her. She even curses out all the younger chicks for talking to me and stuff (it's play cursing, but it's over the top and annoys the Bleep out of me). And the final straw was a few days ago, when i got out the gym, she walks up behind me on the scale and sticks her hand in my shorts and grabs my stuff, so i'm pissed off, and my elbow automatically comes up, and i'm getting ready to elbow this old bitches dentures down her throat, and she squeezes my junk and says " boy you better not hit me" by this time me and her are looking each other dead in the eye, and i have a mean look on my face, and she has this serious look, then she loosens her grip and starts smiling, winks at me and walks off. I didn't know what to say, i just made one of those laughs like "huh".

Afterwards i went home and put the screws to my girlfriend like a champ, had a few beers, posted on here a little, and went to bed.

What the Bleep? I've dealt with alot of aggressive cougars, but this one takes the cake