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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by safarigirl(f): 9:49pm On Aug 02, 2015
Funny part.....

Your first point is that Nigerians are RACIST....then you go on later to say Nigerians are basically awed by white people. Which is it? undecided

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by freedom96: 9:50pm On Aug 02, 2015
Where re u now?Somalia?
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Nobody: 9:53pm On Aug 02, 2015
[size=17pt]the post was majorly negative, i can tell you are American. However many were true, many were isolated. If this is what you learnt, you didnt really experience Nigeria as it truly is. I honestly know some nigerians could be racist in a bid to be funny, only illiterates do this....[/size]

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by omotoyossi(m): 9:53pm On Aug 02, 2015
chest-beatin huh?!..hm..i certainly knw d kinda pple u saw that one from..

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by MistaHumble(m): 9:53pm On Aug 02, 2015
I guess u didn't spend much time in naija and u probably didn't hangout with the right people or didn't go to the right places. Nigeria is all about how you decide to live your life, catch your trips and be happy. If you are looking for bed of roses, you won't find it anywhere even in whatever country your are coming from cus there are ups and downs in every country.

Next time you visit yeah, try to explore more for yourself and don't rely on what people say or tell you cus ur personal trips is ur greatest adventure.

One love dear... Naija 4 life

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Topsido(m): 9:54pm On Aug 02, 2015
Correction... the so called better electricity is not Buhari's achievement but that of our amiable president, GEJ.
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by yhemrite(m): 9:55pm On Aug 02, 2015
I see.....
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by rashygenius: 9:56pm On Aug 02, 2015
if we check d Op...e fit b say na Togolese man
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by MisterLongman(m): 9:56pm On Aug 02, 2015

We love football so much that people get killed in the process of arguing about football especially if you are arguing with a chelsea fan.
They remain the most aggressive football club supporters in Nigeria
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by dramenda(f): 9:57pm On Aug 02, 2015
Lol
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by 1shortblackboy: 9:59pm On Aug 02, 2015
Na only naija u go hear people insult d country from sokoto reach port Harcourt. But if one foreigner just say any negative kpim about the counrty u go see how Nigerians go attack am on social media like say na sacred duty

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Heromaniaa: 10:00pm On Aug 02, 2015
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by mandax: 10:00pm On Aug 02, 2015
{In a nut shell, they suffer and still smile at the same time.}
That's much about the truth the Oyibo observed.




Saying "chin cho" to an Asian, Nigerian fellow did not play racist card. It's no racism, it's a way of making fun by those Nigerians.
Racism is when you hate somebody, when you are prejudiced about somebody who is not from your race because of the colour of the person's skin.

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by youngaz(m): 10:00pm On Aug 02, 2015
seriously u b mumu of d year.....wetin concern buhari 4 diz post abeg undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided
pascal2young:
buhari

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:04pm On Aug 02, 2015
UrennaNkoli:
Racism
Nigerians are naturally racist. Yes I said so. I was at Ikoyi some few weeks back and a chinese man stopped by the road side to buy corn. The corn seller was like ''chinko wetin you wan buy''. Similarly, I was at maitama also and I boarded a taxi with an asian man. The Nigerian sitting next to him was like ''ching chong cho''. Looking confused, the asian guy replied him in english what he meant and the Nigerian said ''I just wan tell you sey make you shift for me''.

Electricity
If not that things are a bit getting better in Buharis' administration, Nigeria is one of those few countries in the world where you can get electricity for just five minuites and you'll be satisfied that at least ''NEPA'' brought light today.

Education
One thing I like Nigeria for is that they value education a lot. They even go ahead to say education is the best legacy grin. But remember, 70% of the most successful people in the world today don't even have a degree to their name.

¬UrennaNkoli

Inferiority complex
If you want to be treated like a God, change your skin color to white and travel all the way to Nigeria. They'll treat you like royalty there.



Nollywood
The Nigerian film industry is highly prolific. They produce more than 200 movies a week. Thats even more than hollywood.

Football
Nigerians love football alot. They watch the game and they play the game. Little wonder I saw an owner of a viewing center buying a SUV. Well at least when I asked him how he managed to do so, he told me it was from his hard earned money. As per playing the game, you don't need a field or a goal post to play football in Nigeria. All you need is the round leather ball, a surface you can run on so far its not water and anything can make up for the goal post be it slippers, tyres or rocks. Not to mention the no rules policy, don't even try playing the ball just an inch above ground level, its not gonna count. Never try to annoy the owner of the ball coz its game over and everybody will go back to their respective homes.

Injustice
In Nigeria, once you are rich and you have a high status in the society, you can get away with anything yes and I said anything, even murder.

Religion
Nigeria to me is the most religious nation in the world after Jamaica

Giving birth
I've always wondered why 'naming ceremony' is always done 7 days after birth. Does it mean the child is nameless within those 7 days?

Discipline
Nigerian parents are known to have a high level of discipline which they try to embed on their children. I was at a friends house one day and this man threatened to 'stone' his son in the eye with the 'eba' he was eating. Not to mention mothers beating their kids with this
this and that stick they use in making 'amala'

Universities
Despite the country having a very poor academic system, I still wonder why their lecturers are being treated like a semi God. I was at one of their universities one day and a lecturer told a guy far older than him to carry his bags for him into his car. Their students fear these set of people alot and I keep wondering why.

Jealousy
Should I call it jealousy or what but if you are a young Nigerian and you became suddenly rich, they tag you as a 'yahoo boy'. If you are much older and you are rich they say you did 'blood money'.

NYSC
There is a scheme they call NYSC. Someone once boasted to me that he was very excited going to the camp because he was sure he was going to have s*ex for the first time. They see this as an avenue to explore and enjoy.

Beautiful People
Just like the lyrics of that chris brown's song said, everywhere I've been to in Nigeria, I saw beautiful people. they have a very vibrant youth life too.

Intelligence
Nigerians are very intelligent and smart too. They'll always find a way to cheat you no matter how you try to resist. Just be smart

Piracy
Nigerians unarguably have the highest piracy rates in the world. I watched a world cup final between germany and argentina some months ago and when I woke up the following morning, I saw the CDs' of that match being sold around in shops. How they managed to do still baffles me till date.

Humor
No doubt, Nigerians are the funniest set of people in the world. Their 'pidgen' language just puts the icing on the cake

Human Rights
Despite the positives, the country has a very poor human right recordf mainly from their military. Some military escort stopped me on the highway oneday and asked me why I refused to park my car and 'clear the road' while they were approached. He even threatened to spray my vehicle with bullets if i dare argue with him. Looking at his uniform, this dude was just a private in the military if not a recruit.

Alcohol
Nigeria has one of the highest alcohol consumption rates in the world and the numerous beer palours aren't helping matters at all.

Prostitution
Having s*ex cools the mind of an average Nigerian. at least that was what a friend once told me. Brothels allow men to have sex for as low as 1000 naira. Where I lived, it was as low as 500 naira. The place was called seven up. wonder whether it still exists till date.

Chest beating
One of the great Fela's song once said ' shakara oloje' which is very true. Its only in Nigeria where one low lifer threatens to lock you up in prison claiming you don't know who he is. An incident happened one day, someone locked up my goods in his one room face me i face you apartment because I was owing him some amount of money and told me to pay him back his money before he could release my goods. I broke his padlock to retrieve my goods and on top of that still claimed to get me arrested for breaking into his house to retrieve my own property. As a typical nigerian, I told this fellow I will deal with him in my own way because my goods was far more than the money he claimed I owe him. In Nigeria, everybody is a brother or sister to a military officer, everybody is a friend to the IGP, everybody has the power to lock you up in prison.

Guys and churches
I noticed guys mainly attend churches because of that chick they are eyeing. You can dispute me on this.

The shuffering and shmiling mentality
Nigerians can be quite funny. In a nut shell, they suffer and still smile at the same time. No doubt to the fact that they are already used to it.

Time
Nigerians are never ever true to time. an occassion is set for 9 am prompt, a typical Nigerian will arrive 11:45 am. Its in Nigeria where you leave for work 3 hours earlier than schedule and leave for home 3 hours later than schedule just to avoid 'go slow'.

In all, I'm still ever proud to be a Nigerian despite the negatives. If you ask many people out there whether they'll still like to be a Nigerian if there happens to be life after death, they'll say yes because this country is simply amazing.


UrennaNkoli
WHAT I HATE THE MOST IS THAT I TAKE MY TIME TO READ THIS PIECE OF SHITTE angry

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by thundafire: 10:08pm On Aug 02, 2015
I was at Ikoyi some few weeks back and a chinese man stopped by the road side to buy corn. The corn seller was like ''chinko wetin you wan buy'' very funny some naija pple dy suffer frm disease of dy unknown wer dy can act stupid any tym of dy day

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by UrennaNkoli(f): 10:08pm On Aug 02, 2015
sonofananimal1:
WHAT I HATE THE MOST IS THAT I TAKE MY TIME TO READ THIS PIECE OF SHITTE angry
But mr man nobody forced you na. For naija nobody send you o
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Sunofgod(m): 10:09pm On Aug 02, 2015
Bored . . .just cruising by,

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by avast007: 10:11pm On Aug 02, 2015
nicely spoken..
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by habss: 10:11pm On Aug 02, 2015
that of NYSC is lie
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:11pm On Aug 02, 2015
UrennaNkoli:

But mr man nobody forced you na. For naija nobody send you o
THAT YOUR RACIST PART IS FALSE, YOU MAY SAY WE ARE TRIBALISM IN NATURE, BUT NOT RACIST
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by ayd91(m): 10:12pm On Aug 02, 2015
UrennaNkoli:
Racism
Nigerians are naturally racist. Yes I said so. I was at Ikoyi some few weeks back and a chinese man stopped by the road side to buy corn. The corn seller was like ''chinko wetin you wan buy''. Similarly, I was at maitama also and I boarded a taxi with an asian man. The Nigerian sitting next to him was like ''ching chong cho''. Looking confused, the asian guy replied him in english what he meant and the Nigerian said ''I just wan tell you sey make you shift for me''.

Education
One thing I like Nigeria for is that they value education a lot. They even go ahead to say education is the best legacy grin. But remember, 70% of the most successful people in the world today don't even have a degree to their name.

¬UrennaNkoli

Inferiority complex
If you want to be treated like a God, change your skin color to white and travel all the way to Nigeria. They'll treat you like royalty there.




UrennaNkoli

This two got me laughing... Nigerians are quite hospitable, I plead that the racism charge be dropped on account that it is mostly a misunderstood friendly gesture, same as the inferiority complex issue... Nigerians are simply hospitable... They'll prefer suffering while exempting "guests" from the hassles.

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by pascal2young(m): 10:15pm On Aug 02, 2015
youngaz:
seriously u b mumu of d year.....wetin concern buhari 4 diz post abeg undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided
do u think with your anus??.......was there any word explaining d term buhari in my comment........dnt kno why you ar cravn for unnecessary attention.....nonsense
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:17pm On Aug 02, 2015
For me ,in bad ,worse or worst times.
I will rather die a NIGERIAN even when i criticise my nation harshly,am still proud i am 1 of them..

God bless my country,Nigeria..

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by kabiruaisha7: 10:21pm On Aug 02, 2015
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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by An2elect2(f): 10:22pm On Aug 02, 2015
I dont feel inferior towards white people and i don't see 'blacks' as superior to others, am i not a Nigerian undecided

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Glowstone(m): 10:30pm On Aug 02, 2015
op you are absolutely right about 1 we Nigerian are so racist, I wonder if we were to be in the position of the white what would happen to the world, maybe its because it's because of some people inferiority complex that makes them abuse others to feel better ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by musicwriter(m): 10:35pm On Aug 02, 2015
@UrennaNkoli

I think it's unfair to call Nigerians racist. Since I was born I have never witnessed an act of racism in Nigeria. What you stated there is nothing but mere jokes advanced to those Chinese people.

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by UrennaNkoli(f): 10:40pm On Aug 02, 2015
sokunji:
Racism
Nigerians are naturally racist. Yes I said so. I was
at Ikoyi some few weeks back and a chinese man
stopped by the road side to buy corn. The corn
seller was like ''chinko wetin you wan buy..

How does that statement show racism..abi u don't know the meaning of the word..
Racist /ˈreɪsɪst/
noun
a person who believes that a particular race is
superior to another.

If it was a white man selling the corn and a black man approached him to buy and he said 'nìgga wetin you wan buy?" will you term it as racism from the white man or not?

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by olsmade(m): 10:47pm On Aug 02, 2015
The examples you gave with the chinese are not racism. Rather, I'd say it is lack of manners. Racism means looking down on people of other races. In Nigeria, it is quite the opposite. The average Nigerian thinks of peeople from other races as superior and would go to almost any length for them.

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Re: 24 Things I Learnt While In Nigeria by Ghost01(m): 10:48pm On Aug 02, 2015
OP, how can you say 'Nigerians are naturally racist'? Are you sure the capital of the country you visited is Abuja, or maybe you should check again?

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