Of the 150 or so million Nigerians, I do not know how many of us, home and abroad, have won competitive awards on merit. Philip Emeagwali has MSc and Gordon Bell Prize for Computing. What do you have? Looks like only those with no single award to their names are the ones trying to pull him down.

Gordon Bell Priz is worth $1000

^^^^
But it is a prize that people competed for and he won it. Do you have a Gordon Bell Prize? Most prizes are not recognized based solely on the monetary gain. The fact that he was an awardee surpasses the money attached to the award

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

becomrich4:

Gordon Bell Priz is worth $1000

ROTFL.

Nigerians are terrible.
I can't believe this is going on.
How can we spend so much energy trying to pull one of our own down out of spite and envy?
We are truly cursed.

Nothing wrong with proving his is a fraud, if that were the case. But the ongoing onslaught tells the world the kind of people we are for the most part.


A man with a dual masters in computer engineering and mathematics from a civilized part of the world?

Not with a fake "tinubu" degree. He is to be encouraged not put down.

I hope and pray he finds it in his heart to forgive Nigerians.

Why did he have to lie?

What did he lie about?
Compared to his achievements?

If he exeggerated his self-worth, who are we to complain?

Enrol in school, get a dual masters' and do the same.


I am sure Bill Clinton and Gordon Bell took all that into consideration prior to recognizing his 'lies'.

Thank God he is not married to a Nigerian woman.

Enroner, if Emeagwali simply said he had an MS and a Gordon Bell Prize, he will have no critics. But he deliberately overmarketed and misrepresented himself, hence the downfall. Abeg make me move on.

If an award in computer is worth $1000 it tell you , it is not worth anything.

Computer field has billionaires. google owner ,facebook, bill gate.

Genius100:

Enroner, if Emeagwali simply said he had an MS and a Gordon Bell Prize, he will have no critics. But he deliberately overmarketed and misrepresented himself, hence the downfall. Abeg make me move on.

Gbam. Nigerians&deceit=2 of a kind

Genius100:

Enroner, if Emeagwali simply said he had an MS and a Gordon Bell Prize, he will have no critics. But he deliberately overmarketed and misrepresented himself, hence the downfall. Abeg make me move on.

What are the misrepresentations he made? Do you are to enlighten me? Thanks.

becomrich4:

If an award in computer is worth $1000 it tell you , it is not worth anything.

Computer field has billionaires. google owner ,facebook

Where were facebook and google and Yahoo in 1989 when Emeagwali won his award? Does time mean anything to you?

Are we surprised that people who are so desperate to pull Emeagwali down are from one ethnic group,diabolically famous for jealousy and back stabbing.They should leave him alone, Emeagwali is not contesting any election in Nigeria neither is he seeking for any political appointment.he is a global player' level pass level.they should carry their witch somewhere else.Haters continue hating.

Some billionaires just pack a bigger punch than others


Bill gates , Dell and others. if you add up , all the rich billionaires in computer sceince, it is more than nigeria. $1000 award is nothing

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Lots and lots of Nigerians have more than this. It really isn't a big deal. Go to the national science foundation webpage, and look at the list called "NSF Graduate Fellowship" (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList). This is a 3 year fellowship that pays you $30K/year in salary and pays for your tuition. Read the list of award winners, you'll find many Nigerian names.

That by itself is far more impressive than a Gordon Bell Prize. . . $90K+Tuition > $1K.

I don't have anything, but nothing is way way better than 419.

Ojiofor:

Are we surprised that people who are so desperate to pull Emeagwali down are from one ethnic group,diabolically famous for jealousy and back stabbing.They should leave him alone, Emeagwali is not contesting any election in Nigeria neither is he seeking for any political appointment.he is a global player' level pass level.they should carry their witch somewhere else.Haters continue hating.

What's ethnicity got to do with anything? Are Oyinbo people the same ethnicity too?


Some of you reason like infants I swear. Reading the dumb stuff some you post makes me cringe sometimes,

Ms. Brown, who is Mr. Emeagwali's wife, has double identities as well. She is widely known as Dale Emeagwali. But in correspondences and on her husband's website, she is identified as Donita Brown.

For two weeks, NEXT had consistently made efforts to talk to Mr. Emeagwali on the telephone. But each time, a telephone operator would say he was not available. The four telephone lines on his website are usually diverted to the same operator.

On his Facebook page, Mr. Emeagwali listed +4402070787400 as his mobile line. But our checks indicated that it was a landline in the United Kingdom, which was again diverted to the same operator in Washington.

Mr. Emeagwali was of recent a subject of debate on Nigerian Internet discussion groups and the preponderance of opinion was that his claims were fraudulent.

Everything about this guy reeks 419,

@BABAPUPA.A lot got to do with ethnicity in this issue.go figure the names of those who are heading the anti Emeagwali campaign both in nigeria villagesquare. com and sahara desert. .you can as well cring and dumb as much as u like you hear.

When Tinubu was found to have fake degree, I wonder why all these ever-so-hate-filled Yoruba people were to crucify hiim. Yet he ruled their dumb arses as Lagos State governor for 8 years and still seeking a VP slot in Nigerian political landscape.

Go figure.

Genius100:

Enroner, if Emeagwali simply said he had an MS and a Gordon Bell Prize, he will have no critics. But he deliberately overmarketed and misrepresented himself, hence the downfall. Abeg make me move on.

Has the Gordon Bell award been taken away from him?
The man is enjoying his recognition and you guys are all over the web killing yourselves.
Who needs to move on?

You and you fellow jobless noise-makers need to move on for real.
Spot on!

Ojiofor:

@BABAPUPA.A lot got to do with ethnicity in this issue.go figure the names of those who are heading the anti Emeagwali campaign both in nigeria villagesquare. com and sahara desert. .you can as well cring and dumb as much as u like you hear.

How do we move as a country just and morally when people like you bury everything under ethnicity?

The is a clear cut case of right and wrong. It's perfectly OK to defend the man by putting forward your own argument or evidence to counter the allegations made against him, not pulling the silly and pathetic ethnicity garbage, it's really nauseating and unhelpful to us as a society.

Even giving you the benefit of the doubt, what about non Nigerian folks in America and elsewhere making the same allegations? Are they doing it for ethnic reasons?

We have good and honest heroes in every corner of Nigeria, it is in our collective best interest to put the right and deserving heroes on the pedestal, not questionable and self serving non heroes.


Like I always say, with Igbo people, it's always tribe before the truth, the tribe comes first. That's all you see.

DapoBear:

Lots and lots of Nigerians have more than this. It really isn't a big deal. Go to the national science foundation webpage, and look at the list called "NSF Graduate Fellowship" (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList). This is a 3 year fellowship that pays you $30K/year in salary and pays for your tuition. Read the list of award winners, you'll find many Nigerian names.

That by itself is far more impressive than a Gordon Bell Prize. . . $90K+Tuition > $1K.

Isnt that just a graduate fellowship? You may want to know that Emeagwali also got free scholarship to study for his Bachelor and 2 MS degrees. A graduate fellowship in the US is nothing because you actually work for it as a graduate assistant, unlike in Europe where it is free money. What is important is winning an award off of your MS or PhD work and not just getting a stipended student assistantship to study.

There is definitely a taint of tribalism in all these. All those baying for Emeagwali's head are Yoruba. Why is that so?

Environer:

Isnt that just a graduate fellowship? You may want to know that Emeagwali also got free scholarship to study for his Bachelor and 2 MS degrees. A graduate fellowship in the US is nothing because you actually work for it as a graduate assistant, unlike in Europe where it is free money. What is important is winning an award off of your MS or PhD work and not just getting a stipended student assistantship to study.

It is very easy to get an ordinary graduate teaching assistantship, where you are required to work.

The NSF though is a competitive scholarship; once you win it, you don't have to work for 3 years. 3 years of being paid, no labor required. It is far more competitive to get it than most other fellowships. Certainly more competitive than the Gordon Bell.

Environer:

There is definitely a taint of tribalism in all these. All those baying for Emeagwali's head are Yoruba. Why is that so?

If they are willing to call him, Phillip Emeagwali, 419er from Enugu or wherever he is from, I could care less. But unfortunately, whenever they present him, they present him as a Nigerian.
You can click that link I gave you and read many names of Igbo students who received fellowships. For them, I am happy for those guys to be called Nigerian.

But a fraud like Emeagwali? Hell no. Petition that they present him in the media from now on as Professor Phillip Emeagwali, from Enugu State. Do that and I'll leave him alone. I don't want to implicitly be associated with fraud.

Genius100:

[b]Enron[/b]er, if Emeagwali simply said he had an MS and a Gordon Bell Prize, he will have no critics. But he deliberately overmarketed and misrepresented himself, hence the downfall. Abeg make me move on.

oddly enough, this addresses the ethnic jingoist quite well - his hero has a lot in common with enron

DapoBear:

It is very easy to get an ordinary graduate teaching assistantship, where you are required to work.

The NSF though is a competitive scholarship; once you win it, you don't have to work for 3 years. 3 years of being paid, no labor required. It is far more competitive to get it than most other fellowships. Certainly more competitive than the Gordon Bell.If they are willing to call him, Phillip Emeagwali, 419er from Enugu or wherever he is from, I could care less. But unfortunately, whenever they present him, they present him as a Nigerian.
You can click that link I gave you and read many names of Igbo students who received fellowships. For them, I am happy for those guys to be called Nigerian.

But a fraud like Emeagwali? Hell no. Petition that they present him in the media from now on as Professor Phillip Emeagwali, from Enugu State. Do that and I'll leave him alone. I don't want to implicitly be associated with fraud.

Bottomline is that Emeagwali also studied under  fellowships to obtain his degrees. Not sure which now. NSF graduate fellowship is not the most competitive scholarship. There are a couple of others like NIH, EPA, USAID etc. Even you may well be a fraud. This is cyber world. Tell us you real name and lets search you out. Do not come here running your mouth as though you are a saint.

Environer:

Bottomline is that Emeagwali also studied under  fellowships to obtain his degrees. Not sure which now. NSF graduate fellowship is not the most competitive scholarship. There are a couple of others like NIH, EPA, USAID etc. Even you may well be a fraud. This is cyber world. Tell us you real name and lets search you out. Do not come here running your mouth as though you are a saint.

Look, it is very simple. Emeagwali is a fraud. He is widely considered a Nigerian fraud. So either we as Nigerians need to reject him, or demonstrate in some way that he isn't actually Nigerian, so it doesn't reflect poorly on us. It appears that you will not let us reject the man. So how about this, we pretend from now on that he isn't a fraud, and instead a Biafran scientist rather than a Nigerian one?

As I said earlier, I don't mind legitimate people carrying the name Nigeria on their back. I want the Nigerian name to look good, not look like trash. But if you constantly associate the name of your country with frauds and 419ers, then what will people think about your country?

Regarding me personally, wtf? I'm not the one running my mouth claiming things I don't have. Hell, I've made no personal claims in this thread. Lol, stop changing the subject and trying to make this about anyone other than Emeagwali.

DapoBear:

Look, it is very simple. Emeagwali is a fraud. He is widely considered a Nigerian fraud. So either we as Nigerians need to reject him, or demonstrate in some way that he isn't actually Nigerian, so it doesn't reflect poorly on us. It appears that you will not let us reject the man. So how about this, we pretend from now on that he isn't a fraud, and instead a Biafran scientist rather than a Nigerian one?

As I said earlier, I don't mind legitimate people carrying the name Nigeria on their back. I want the Nigerian name to look good, not look like trash. But if you constantly associate the name of your country with frauds and 419ers, then what will people think about your country?

Regarding me personally, wtf? I'm not the one running my mouth claiming things I don't have. Hell, I've made no personal claims in this thread. Lol, stop changing the subject and trying to make this about anyone other than Emeagwali.

Unfortunately, the guy does not give  a damn about you and you will probably kowtow to him were you to come face to face with him. You live in the US with him, so take the case up with the authorities there; that is the place he committed an offense, if any; or shut the bleep up. That is what a real man should do. You talk about Nigeria's image as though there is anything left of her image minus Emeagwali. No be fraud most of you guys dey do for jandi?

Environer:

Unfortunately, the guy does not give  a damn about you and you will probably kowtow to him were you to come face to face with him. You live in the US with him, so take the case up with the authorities there; that is the place he committed an offense, if any; or shut the bleep up. That is what a real man should do. You talk about Nigeria's image as though there is anything left of her image minus Emeagwali. No be fraud most of you guys dey do for jandi?

LOL!

So what do you suggest I do? Fly to Emeagwali's house and confront him? Call my senator? While all of that sounds interesting, how about he just stop 419ing? Pretty simply solution, no?

Indeed, most of us Nigerians in America are fraudsters. How did you know?! Especially the Yoruba ones, lol. Or virtual slaves to the white man. We dey suffer in yankee, oh!  Me, I mow lawns for a living, and pick fruit in the California countryside in the summers for $1/hour and 1 bowl of garri.

No other African has won the Gordon Bell prize, even if it worth 10 kobo. That alone makes Emeagwali an African giant.

Environer:

No other African has won the Gordon Bell prize, even if it worth 10 kobo. That alone makes Emeagwali an African giant.

Abeg keep quiet and speak for your self, 419 artist and fraudster ain't my giant,