$osisi:

You must be very stupid.
have you heard anyone defend Okija?
Benin is the seat of rituals and idolatory in Nigeria, that's no news
I lived in Benin.
It's the only place I've ever seen a man and his children naked and carrying pots on their heads chanting incantations and walking on a straight line.
every part of Benin is riddled with juju
on mainroads,around trees,at crossroads
there's juju hanging off of everywhere in that city but for Idahosa who God used to bring some light in that place
It's the only place you saw idol worshippers in large numbers in broad daylight sacrificing animals to their gods under a tree
Very fetish place
Keep defending a retarded law.
tradition my hammer toes

will you SHUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT UP

arent you the idiot that was defending okija shrine the other day. idiot

@tamme

Are u a fool?

Is this palmkernel debate still on?

asha 80:

@tamme

Are u a fool?

tell that to your bestfriend osisi

Na wa ooo.See wetin palmkernel dey cause for my people.

Osisi?Ke kwanu?
Okokomeji?How far?

GUYS make una relax now , at worst make una bypass benin city next time , abi.

$osisi:

You must be very stupid.
have you heard anyone defend Okija?
Benin is the seat of rituals and idolatory in Nigeria, that's no news
I lived in Benin.
It's the only place I've ever seen a man and his children naked and carrying pots on their heads chanting incantations and walking on a straight line.
every part of Benin is riddled with juju
on mainroads,around trees,at crossroads
there's juju hanging off of everywhere in that city but for Idahosa who God used to bring some light in that place
It's the only place you saw idol worshippers in large numbers in broad daylight sacrificing animals to their gods under a tree
Very fetish place
Keep defending a retarded law.
tradition my hammer toes

The insults only prove you don't have a point. Please provide the evidence to back up your claims.

In the meantime, here is some evidence in addition to Okija, I'm sure you recognise your Governor.

And you have the temerity to criticise others?
Happy Viewing!
http://www.pointblanknews.com/os269.html

okokomeji:

@Gaggi. To hell with your untraceable lineage and tradition. Without being pretentious or ostentatious, I would unequivocally say with my Phd degree I am more exposed and better off than every last of your family. I know you are jealous of my enviable credentials, you be like that could have been mine. Your jackass has to earn it. I won't lie I studied in abroad on a platter of gold. I started getting scholarship right from my primary school because of my superior ability among my peers. I set standard in everything I do. I got all A's in my SSCE and SAT score of 1560/1600. This gave me free-ride scholarship for my whole academic years. After college, before going to graduate school for my PhD, I wanted to become US citizen and I considered joining US Navy. I took the Asvab military examination, after the results came out. They separated me from the crowd and asked me how did I do it? After few months being in Navy, I realized I was not destined for the routine o military. I considered going to graduate school as my last resort. I took GRE exam and I score 1540/1600. I got admitted to Ivy League. All my life, my grade never dropped below 97 percentile. I started a job with fortune 500 company, and earning a few thousands away from six-figure salaries. Nothing better than that! Let me know about your story too since you are the only passed through school. I could tell by your naivety that you are not my type. Everything I say is fact, I use goggle sometimes because it's the most powerful cache or citadel of knowledge I know for sure. Majority of the sightings, quotes and evidence is what I have accumulated over a long time and had been[b] imbibed [/b] in my system. You can figure that out within ten to twenty minutes of typing on the forum. It has to be pa[b]r[/b]ked and parceled in your system.
Your lame ass comments don’t mean you have the necessary skills to analysis deductive argument or evaluate inference critical reading.

I am sitting here reading your post and laughing.
PhD? In what - poor spelling and grammar??
You are a fraud. Whom did you have to bribe to get your "PhD"? The examination board must have been drunk, or apes, or both.
Una no go finish me with laughter.
Maybe you should write in your native tongue.

Hmm, all this wahala because of palm nut.Na wa ooo.

beystwin:

I am sitting here reading your post and laughing.
PhD? In what - poor spelling and grammar??
You are a fraud. Whom did you have to bribe to get your "PhD"? The examination board must have been drunk, or apes, or both.
Una no go finish me with laughter.
Maybe you should write in your native tongue.

LOL- Perhaps the PhD was in English. With gems like 'I studied in abroad on a platter of gold' or ' necessary skills to analysis deductive argument or evaluate inference critical reading.' I think we have found a real star!!!

SapeleGuy:

LOL- Perhaps the PhD was in English. With gems like 'I studied in abroad on a platter of gold' or ' necessary skills to analysis deductive argument or evaluate inference critical reading.' I think we have found a real star!!!

LOL  I thought he was joking, but turns out he's dead serious in his post!

Huhuhuhuhahahaha.Palm nut warfare.Huhuhuhhahahaha

@ Sapeleguy, I think you are the only one who is beating the drum of ethnic antagonism with the injection of some unnecessary inflammatory and derogatory lines, aimed at denigrating some ethnic groups.

Perhaps you have been deeply immersed in the putrid quagmire of ethnic antagonism that you brand everyone with a divergent view an ethnic bigot.

SapeleGuy:

What I have witnessed here, is a need for the 1. so called majority ethnicities to validate their self importance by denigrating other ethnic nationalities. This is clearly driven by  low self esteem and a liberal dose of inferiority complex /coconut syndrome that makes them think that African religions can't be accorded the same level of respect as the imported religions.

When you examine some of these arguments, it is clear that 2. the critics do not have a culture that is highly respected the world over, with exhibits in museums across the globe as a testament to African civilisation and metallurgy. Please ask these critics what their culture has contributed to the nation.
The Bini culture is a source of pride not just to the Edo, but to Nigeria and the whole of Africa. 3. Dahomey changed their name to the Republic of Benin in recognition of their ancestry.
Finally, the 4. motives of a poster who posts an article with the sole objective of ridiculing another ethnic nationality is really driven by tribalism.
With the 5. Okija human sacrificial shrine and its attendant horrors still fresh in our minds, it is the height of hypocrisy and obfuscation to question palm bunches.

1. This has nothing to do with tribal bashing. There has been superstitious cases from the so-called major tribes, so please don't change the topic into a tribal bashing issue

2. Even if the critics don't have a respected culture and exhibit does that explain why modern Nigerians have to deal with such backward looking decree from a superstitious oba?  Metallurgy? What metallurgy
You really believe Edo people made the bronze mask laying in a European museum? If you say yes, I'll simply ask you to show me another one you have made since then. With your scientific and metallurgical advancement, you should have known that a poor palm fuit bunch has no power to cause demonic omen, and blood letting among your people

3. Don't fool yourself, Dahomey changed its name after the bight of Benin, not because of a more direct blood relationship compared to the Yorubas
4. Motive of the poster? Well, that was simply a newspaper article. You should be asking for the motive of the publisher, and the publisher should be trying to see whether the oba and his chiefs are indeed insane

5. Your referrence to Okija nullifies point #1, because most Igbo people condenmed the practice. The Igwe of Okija never issued a decree ratifying that unfortunate incident, so what's your point

grafikdon:

@ Sapeleguy, I think you are the only one who is beating the drum of ethnic antagonism with the injection of some unnecessary inflammatory and derogatory lines, aimed at denigrating some ethnic groups.

Perhaps you have been deeply immersed in the putrid quagmire of ethnic antagonism that you brand everyone with a divergent view an ethnic bigot.

I only asked that we show each other respect and religious tolerance, particularly when the said practices are causing no harm to anybody.
As  I said Okija still continues with its sacrifices and nobody has been brought to book, that is a travesty and more important than palm bunches.

I wish we just listened to each other more instead of talkin over each other. Everyone assumes everybody else is stupid and won't even take the arguments they make seriously.

We say traditions are backward and hinder progress. .  look at china, look at the Oil rich Arab countries. . they hold on to their traditions (however ancient and "primitive", language, etc while importing western ideas, technology, etc. They are making more progress that we can dream of. This idea that we can not preserve our traditions and progress at the same time is misguided in my opinion. Although i agree that we need to discard certain practices, we can't give up everything that makes us Africans.

Look at us making fun of a Nigerian because he has bad grammar. . is English our first language? I had a retired sociology professor in one of my courses last term (he was a student). . He used to do research at the University of Waterloo (I know that because we discussed it, i'm not going to assume he taught because i honestly don't know). He is of Chinese origin and his spoken English leaves a lot to be desired. I wonder how impressive his grammar is (written). . .

I just wish we took each others arguments in the best possible way and responded politely. . we would be getting so much more out of this

SapeleGuy:

The insults only prove you don't have a point. Please provide the evidence to back up your claims.

In the meantime, here is some evidence in addition to Okija, I'm sure you recognise your Governor.

And you have the temerity to criticise others?
Happy Viewing!
http://www.pointblanknews.com/os269.html

Maybe I should have taken pictures of you and your family dangling their blokoss and chanting incantations in Ekosodin
gerrout and kiss a palm fruit
ode!

Does anybody like the combination of Osisi+tamme+asha 80, or am I the only person that gets the kick out of these sistas?

SapeleGuy:

The insults only prove you don't have a point. Please provide the evidence to back up your claims.

You asked for evidence eh kwa?
OK here it is

Pastor confesses, We use human heads to prepare prosperity rituals for church members A pastor and his wife are now cooling their heels in police cell in[b] Benin-City [/b] for allegedly using human heads to prepare rituals for church members. (, ) The couple who gave their names as Benjamin and Patience Ojobu were arrested last weekend allegedly with fresh human head in their house, after the police got a petition alleging that the couple engaged in using human skulls to prepare charms for worshippers in their church. (, ) You are a man of God in this white garment church. Why are you involved in rituals?
Yes, I am a man of God. But I do this outside church hours. I am both a native doctor and a man of God.
May 31, 2008

Lynching of Benin Wizard
The jungle justice meted out to a[b] suspected wizard in Benin City barely a week ago has once again raised fears that another round of witch-hunting and lynching may be about to happen in the Edo State capital[/b]. The incident also raises the larger question of pervading belief in the existence of witchcraft in Nigeria and Edo State in particular.

The last major center of human sacrifice was the Benin Empire in modern Nigeria . The Benin Empire agreed with the British to prohibit human sacrifice in the 1890s. However, for five years the rulers continued human sacrifice on a large scale. After an incident in which British observers were killed in order to prevent them witnessing human sacrifice, the British authorities assembled forces to conquer the Benin Empire. This caused an escalation of human sacrifice as Benin's rulers sought to protect themselves from Britain by appeasing the Gods with sacrifice. After a brief campaign the Benin Empire was conquered and human sacrifice suppressed.

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

Next time you mention Okija, remember that those idiots learnt it from the professional idiots who have been sacrificing human since time immemorial In Bini



now you look for the rest,you're not paying me 

@naijaking. . . I don laugh nearly die.

Krayola:

@naijaking. . . I don laugh nearly die.

Can you afford not to love those girls

I admire your attempts at moderation Karoyola but idiocy shouldn't be tolerate. I am not insulting them just to be mean. I am only pointing out their own follies. They trip over themselves in trying to intellectualize a backwards practice. This isn't to say that all native practices are useless, as cultural fonts that strengthen ethnic identity they are useful, but if the aim is to dictate the lives of people based on visceral evidence predicated on nothing more than ignorance then no, that practice shouldn't continue. Are you going to sit and say that these people should be humored? The less of their kind that are around the better off Nigeria will be.

naijaking1:

Can you afford not to love those girls

tamme is a confirmed witch in Akwa Ibom
Thank God she made it to nairaland for safety

Hmmm.The saga of the delicious palm nut continues

mccloud224:

Hmmm.The saga of the delicious palm nut continues

Do you like your palm fruits cooked, roasted, or toasted? With or without the branches

Do you like your palm fruits cooked, roasted, or toasted? With or without the branches

Roasted,Toasted,Boiled,Fried=cooked.

I prefer them fried and the branches make good brooms.Such a precious and eco-friendly plant.

I like mine on a bunch, oba's nightmare 

mccloud224:


Roasted,Toasted,Boiled,Fried=cooked.

I prefer them fried and the branches make good brooms.Such a precious and eco-friendly plant.

I agree, tree for tree, palm is the most economically viable in Nigeria.

$osisi:

I like mine on a bunch, oba's nightmare

How would you like to invite the oba to a dinner of palm fruits, palm kernel, and palm oil; all washed down with strong palm wine on the rock
He might even enjoy it

Una no go kill person for this Nairaland o! I don laugh tire!

naijaking1:

How would you like to invite the oba to a dinner of palm fruits, palm kernel, and palm oil; all washed down with strong palm wine on the rock
He might even enjoy it

Chukwu aju!

They may capture me and present to him as a junior wife.
He has a large palace.
They may chain me down on a bedpost in one of his dungeons
I fear those so called traditional men
they can do and undo

Go to Isiala Ngwa and ask about Enweremadu
I hear he has a room that he enters to go to London
No visa no air ticket,he just enters one small room and does abracadabra,next thing you know,he's on Liverpool Street.

I go die laughing-o---ooooooooooooo