Hello all,

The 419 thing has finally been publicized by the most popular black woman in the world. Oprah winfrey on her show with Brian Ross of ABC news in her show and said all Nigerians are fraud stars. The topic of the show was "Internet scams by Nigerians"
At the moment in the world today Nigerians are at great disadvantage. In Australia they do not allow wire transfers to Nigerians. In the US Daily Times and New York Times they always warn American citizens about having to do anything with Nigerians.
Several times on ABC news, they have focused as a topic on their 2020 investigations on Nigerian scams. Infact they have come to lagos before to arrest yahoo boys in cafes! Straight from New York. If you need the link on the youtube video let me know i will send it.
There are a lot of issues and this is spreading like a cancer. Comments please on this this thread.
Here is a link http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Celebrities/0,,2-1225-2108_2186033,00.html
Check out the comments on Oprah's statement from people from all over the world.
I don't support what oprah has said. But Yahoo boys and our corrupt leaders have messed all your good buisiness and creative minded Nigerians up.
You need real hard work to get to the top!

But let us face it, some of what she is saying is true.

The situation has gotten so bad that, we are discriminated against in other countries in Africa. I have heard
numerous accounts of Nigerians being treated so badly in Kenya, Tanzania and others that it is shocking.

There was an account right here on Nairaland from a Nigerian professor who travelled to Tanzania and was questioned
repeatedly by the immigration officials on what he was doing in their country. They contacted the university he was
visiting in Tanzania before they finally let him leave the airport.

We are at the receiving end of the handwork of those Nigerians that choose to give us a bad name. It's just that simple.

Bullshit! Don't go and beg Yar'adua to give you guys water and electricity. Sit here and be fantasizing about Oprah who does not care to know if you are dead or alive!

oprah is simply an idiot. she can make herself comfortable sitting on a spike for all care.
yes, she is influential, yes, she is wealthy, yes, nigeria has corrupt nationals and officials but that does mean all nigerians are corrupt?

this poster get work ooooooo,

hotshawlng:

I don't want nobody talking about "yahoo yahoo" anymore. Na wetin sef [b]Do you know what average Nigerians go through everyday Most of these yahoo guys r graduates! No jobs, no basic amenities, nothing! Virtually nothing works in this country! What do you want them to do Would u rather they carry guns and rob their neighbours Come to think of it! What is "yahoo yahoo" compared to the billions of dollars that are being stashed away by our corrupt leaders with the assistance of those same whites Abeg! E don do![/b]

That is no excuse my brother , what is there is nobody to yahoo anymore ? Then what will they start doing ? Googling ?!
There are better ways than to soil our names. As for opera, let her run her mouth as much as she likes;there's a yoruba adage that says, "ATUPA O KI RI IDI ARA E "
The lamp does not see itself ! More puching to her mouth !

na nijia yahoo yahoo boys cause so we just have to live with the rejection as nijia's

Bleep oprah,Bleep obj ,Bleep EFCC,Bleep yar'ardua,Bleep jonathan,Bleep all governors,Bleep any person against yahoo yahoo.IN SHORT Bleep THIS NATION AND Bleep EVERY WHITE MAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAA.

F**K dat rich motherf**ker ,F**K obj ,F**K EFCC,F**K yar'ardua, F**K all governors,F**K any person against yahoo yahoo.IN SHORT Bleep THIS NATION AND Bleep EVERY WHITE MAGA. :-

hotshawlng:

@bigfather; Oh u think so Perhaps, u're comfortable and "big". You're from a rich family, right? Or you're just fortunate enough to have a good job? You don't know what it means to "suffer". I guess, they'll start carrying guns and robbing innocent neighbours! Which of course, is worse! Don't pray for that bro! You don't want to experience that. Believe me!

Pally nor be by that o ! If that is the case we go don get more than enough robbers sef,it will even get to an extent where robbers will start to rob each others. Now talking about suffering or my coming from a rich family,yes;my father used to be rich but everything went down the drain along the line and i was able to cope due to strict upbringing and i worked in several coys as a low key labourer where i earn 50naira per day a fee for off loading a truck load of detergent ( Pz isolo),but at least i managed. My guy tory plenty but i thank God today. NO EVENT NO HISTORY.

Every single day, Nigerians insult Nigerians. We call ourselves corrupt and all that. It's okay if we do that but when someone else is saying it, then it is big news. We don't need Oprah to make us look bad, we already did that ourselves and we keep doing it. Maybe Oprah should have stayed out of our business, but we make it her business when we carry out fraudulent acts outside the shores of the country. I didn't see the show but i wanna believe Oprah didn't actually say all Nigerians are corrupt. No intelligent person would make such a generalization, so if she did that means she's not as intelligent as i thought.

don't you guys get tired of talking about oprah and nigeria. let her do her. if she wants to diss us, so be it because the actually fools are the one that were stupid enough to fall for the scam anyways. the scams are so stupid that even a baby would know not to believe. what makes people think that if they help some guy in transfer money, they would get a large sum of money. no one forced them to do it, it was all free will and greed.

Dont know what to say, but to hell with all Nigerian Musicians, Politicians, Movie Makers promoting fraud with their works. Dem no g know peace!!!!!!!!

javalove:

Dont know what to say, but to hell with all Nigerian Musicians, Politicians, Movie Makers promoting fraud with their works. Dem no g know peace!!!!!!!!

say wetin mehn kool down why the musicians they are working for dere money mehn the situation in Naija is gettin worse, lets jus Thank God for d positon we at today,

yahoo yahoo  boys and  girls stop your bad act because of your 419  all the Nigerians are been lnsuited everyday all over the world.

@Benincitys
My sister tell them more.

everyone got mouth to say any shitz

Yahoo yahoo or 419 just leave em nigerians alone