mentorandfriend:
Only wailers and gullible IPOB Youths take this attention seeker for his words.

I see him as another typical Nigerian politician who works on the emotions of the masses and throws us away when they get to where they're going.

Rossikk:
Ben Bruce ''looks like Obama but acts like Obanikoro''.

Atlantian:
I havent read the book, so I do not know the context of the material and its targeted audience. If the principles within the bookl is meant for a macrocosmic audience, then the book needs a worldwide audience, so printing and especially distributorship by a Nigerian company will not capture that audience. You might want to argue that the context is Nigerian, but there are several millions of Nigerians in Diaspora.

Ben Bruce has been the ONLY voice of hope in this heat-permeating, electrically-inefficient, politically-myopic, economically-recessing contraption.

Mariecakes:
I don talk am before say na mouth we go use buy made in nigeria
which Nigerian company have you given that opportunity ? This is the same story about everything in Nigeria "low Standard, Poor quality " how do you expect Nigeria to grow when you keep taking jobs and opportunities outside the country Both Financial n Professional Growth will not happen! And we will all just keep complaining

koboko69:


Bury ur face in b/w legs....

coolscott:


[size=13pt]The fact that his purchases are not 100% Nigerian does not take away credit from the idea that we must continue to shift our purchases towards Nigerian from non-Nigerian and does not erase everything done by him and others to encourage this trend.

:: Buying made in Aba shoes.
:: Creating space for made in Aba shoes to be sold in Silverbird malls nationwide
:: Public buying of Innoson Car. Good promotion for the Nigerian car maker.

It is foolishness to call a man that will invest his hard-earned money and not oil block money, into buying made in Naija and providing logistics for made in naija to thrive, a hypocrite, when he has put his money, and continues to put his money/resources, where his mouth is, simply because obviously not 100% of his purchases are currently Nigerian.

Is there anyone who has put his money (or even govt money) where his mouth is on this issue like Mr. Bruce? They have neither put their own money (nor govt allocations) where their #buyNaija mouths are and yet it is Ben Murray-Bruce that attracts such dubious and fraudulent criticisms.

It would seem to me, that folks found on this track are kantankerous souls not committed to any form of worthy ideal but are only driven by a dark heart against anything that seems to shine bright and good, which probably does not seem to be coming out of the political clique they wished it was coming out from.
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Dagaya:
Who God has blessed no one can curse..not drink panadol for another man headache., truth is I really like the guy..as someone I like I really believe it is imperative I here what he has to say before I draw conclusions..meanwhile there are always three sides to a story, theirs, his and the truth..so am going to wait for his epic reply..team BMB

MissingBudget:
If you know anything about publishing, you will know that our publishing houses here are not up to standard. He wants the best for his book. Get over it. Maybe when he needs quality medical attention he should also go to Nigerian hospitals and die abi?

EDITED: I agree to making an inferior case above, but I won't cower and delete it. And please stop quoting to insult me. It is my opinion, though faulty.

davseun2ta:
PLS, I am down on my knees, [size=16pt]PLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL[/size]... your reasoning coefficient is reading NEGATIVE

Dagaya:
U dat is in school..please keep ur opinions to urself..thank u.

SirShymexx:


Bwahahahaha.

But most Nigerians are very re.tarded though. Apart from thumping certificates everywhere like book-keepers, they're always empty up there. It takes a group of superior re.tards to control lower re.tards.

abbeycial:

Simple Question- y preach a life u cannot live?
and is he just waking up?after donkey years in politics and after so many administration?

forget all this drill,na dem dem

tinsel:
Ben Bruce has captured the mind and soul of ipob youths. Anything against this government is a welcome developement.

folksync:


Your defence is annoying.

Even literary giants like Soyinka, JP Clark, Femi Osofisan have books published locally by University Press PlC, Ibadan and Spectrum.

An Orange Prize winner, Chimamanda Adichie's acclaimed novels, Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah were published by Farafina, a Nigerian publishing house.

Takadini was published by Literamed Publications Limited.

Hidden Star by the late South African literary genius, K. Sello Duiker was published by Cassava Republic.

Olusegun Obasanjo's My Watch was published by Farafina.

Go and check great and award winning books published by Krafts Books Limited based in Ibadan.

sukkot:
i prefer to see it like ' it takes a group of brutal blood thirsty re-tards to control the more civilized , as well as the less civilized '

winningwinner:
Where on earth can you see made in Nigeria book? Does Nigeria produce books? I want to see a made in Nigeria book. He preaches that we buy made in Nigeria goods, yes, but there are no made in Nigeria papers. Quote me anywhere!

coolscott:

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The fact that his purchases are not 100% Nigerian does not take away credit from the idea that we must continue to shift our purchases towards Nigerian from non-Nigerian and does not erase everything done by him and others to encourage this trend.

:: Buying made in Aba shoes.
:: Creating space for made in Aba shoes to be sold in Silverbird malls nationwide
:: Public buying of Innoson Car. Good promotion for the Nigerian car maker.

It is foolishness to call a man that will invest his hard-earned money and not oil block money, into buying made in Naija and providing logistics for made in naija to thrive, a hypocrite, when he has put his money, and continues to put his money/resources, where his mouth is, simply because obviously not 100% of his purchases are currently Nigerian.

Is there anyone who has put his money (or even govt money) where his mouth is on this issue like Mr. Bruce? They have neither put their own money (nor govt allocations) where their #buyNaija mouths are and yet it is Ben Murray-Bruce that attracts such dubious and fraudulent criticisms.

It would seem to me, that folks found on this track are kantankerous souls not committed to any form of worthy ideal but are only driven by a dark heart against anything that seems to shine bright and good, which probably does not seem to be coming out of the political clique they wished it was coming out from.
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SirShymexx:


Lol. But you've to put the "more civilized" in context.

ANyway, we need to bring our Yemi Alade debate here since I've been locked out of the other section by the spambot.

Who looks more like a tranny than Yemi Alade? Check out the broad shoulders and face. Bwahahahahahahahaha

sukkot:
brah thats shoulder pad. act like you know dawg.

KingEbukasBlog:


As in ... its a shoulder pad obviously

folksync:


My post that you quoted was not written to rebuke Mr. Bruce but to rebuke the guy that tried to rubbish the Nigerian publishing houses.

And to the issue you raised, I must let you know that I don't have any issue with Mr. Bruce. Do I trust him? My answer is NO.

sukkot:
well she aint obese but she just ya regular run of the mill cuban chic. dunno why you think she the epitome of beauty.

SirShymexx:


Lol.

Now you're changing ya tune, big bredrin.

The most high doesn't like when his prophets speak from both sides of the mouth. She was obese but now she's regular.

What's next? She's barren, no? At least he doesn't look like a tranny.

All a dat all a dat.

sukkot:
brah, if thats your thing, go for it. different strokes for different folks. but dont impose your taste on the world. just say, this is what i like - and not - this is the epitome of beauty. to many people she will be considered fat, especially people of the european extraction. jus saying though. its your thing. nothing wrong in dat. but if you think she is what UNIVERSAL beauty is, then you must be on that crack pipe

SirShymexx:


Loool.

Skit skit - now you have developed amnesia. I never imposed my standard of beauty on you. The back and forth started when you used the Yemi Alade chic in ya analogy for beauty by trying to justify ya definition of luxury cars in context of riches. And I told you that I don't find her attractive and she looks like any super-regular naij chic with naij face.

That was when you started dragging it cos I don't consider her to be beautiful. She is just anything to me.

I'm not a white man and my mentality is Afrocentric, not Eurocentric. So the European standard isn't my standard. Even based on Eurocentric standard, she's not attractive at all cos she has very strong features loool.

I should be the one telling you not to force ya definition of beauty on me. Not the other way round, you get me big bredrin? Lol deyah

sukkot:
i used her in my analogy of beauty, ANALOGY being the OPERATIVE word.. and besides the analogy was made to prove a point - the analogy was not the point - but as usual you derailed the topic by zooming in on the analogy as opposed to the message that the analogy was supposed to eschew. i was saying, jus cuz beyonce is considered VERY beautiful does not mean yemi alade who is MODERATELY beautiful will be called ugly. this is the point i was tryna convey with reference to you saying cuz some cars are super luxurious then this means everything below that is not considered luxury. so the point here is - in making an analogy, and in you trying to read the analogy - you pulled out a straw man argument that had absolutely nothing to do with the analogy and then childishly said - just for calling yemi alade beautiful then that has discredited my whole argument. you starting to see the error of your ways playa playa ? lol