ezotik:
i know, like tiwa savage. and she really looks like a savage.

This edo guy that traveled to Canada yesterday again, huh??

Your SN is homo, stay away from me... Are you a male "ezotik" prostitute in Canada?

I intended to make the guy ethnically ambiguous by pointing out that his background couldn't be determined from his name, but some people are still dwelling on it. He's a Nigerian. Simple.

shymmex:

Ever heard about Mobolaji Bank Anthony before??

It seems you have never traveled outside your village.. There are millions of Yoruba with English names - even English first, and last names...

Always learn to read before commenting. I never said Yorubas don't bear English names rather I meant that they don't use them. They'll rather use their Yoruba names unlike some Igbos.

bittyend:

You guys are liars!!

Olisa is an Ijebu ode name...

Igbos are notorious for thieving Yoruba names... Rotimi Amaechi... Obasi (another Yoruba name stolen by igbos)... Oguji (another Yoruba name stolen by igbos).

The problem with you is either your inability to travel outside the south west or inability to mix up with people who are only from the south west.
Any well-informed Nigeria knows that Olisa is an Igbo name. Other versions are Oliseh, Olizeh-they all mean God.
Even my Ghanian friends here in the U.K got to know the appointment of this Igboman before me. If Ghanians can know that Olisa is an Igboman, how much more fellow Nigerians. Strange.

afam4eva:
Always learn to read before commenting. I never said Yorubas don't bear English names rather I meant that they don't use them. They'll rather use their Yoruba names unlike some Igbos.

Not in the UK, tho... Most Yoruba people here bear English first names.. Heck, some even change their last names to English names.. I know a couple of people who have done that.

Andre Uweh:
The problem with you is either your inability to travel outside the south west or inability to mix up with people who are only from the south west.
Any well-informed Nigeria knows that Olisa is an Igbo name. Other versions are Oliseh, Olizeh-they all mean God.
Even my Ghanian friends here in the U.K got to know the appointment of this Igboman before me. If Ghanians can know that Olisa is an Igboman, how much more fellow Nigerians. Strange.

Which means your ghanian friend is as ignorant as YOU !!! or da.ft

So shut up

shymmex:

This edo guy that traveled to Canada yesterday again, huh??

Your SN is homo, stay away from me... Are you a male "ezotik" prostitute in Canada?

i've never left the great bengazzi in my life, u fvcking idi0t.

btw, why did u have to insult me becos i agreed with u?

bittyend:
Is Obasa (changed to obasi by ibos) an ibo name??

I think obasi is Ibibio, not a variant of obasa.

PhysicsQED: I intended to make the guy ethnically ambiguous by pointing out that his background couldn't be determined from his name, but some people are still dwelling on it. He's a Nigerian. Simple.

I could care less if he's from mars. I was just trying to correct a misconception which you've no backed up with a solid evidence.

Btw, why do you guys like making statements like "He's a Nigerian simple". If we follow that logic, then we can as well say "He's an African simple" or "He's a human being simple". There's absolutely nothing wrong in an ethnic group claiming someone that's from their tribe.

ezotik:
i never left the great bengazzi in my life, u fvcking idi0t.
why did u have to insult me becos i agreed with u?

Why call the girl a savage, huh?? She's naija's best female talent (though mediocre IMHO).. Stop insulting the chic.

afam4eva:
I could care less if he's from mars. I was just trying to correct a misconception which you've no backed up with a solid evidence.

Btw, why do you guys like making statements like "He's a Nigerian simple". If we follow that logic, then we can as well say "He's an African simple" or "He's a human being simple". There's absolutely nothing wrong in an ethnic group claiming someone that's from their tribe.

But the guy isn't even Igbo, so, why call him what he is not??

He also referred to himself as a Nigerian - why can't we just let him be??

PhysicsQED:

I think obasi is Ibibio, not a variant of obasa.

Dude, pls you're killing me. Obasi is not an Ibibio name but an Igbo name that may have it's history there. Obasi is used mostly by Igbos from Ebonyi and Abia state. Let's stop this misinformation.

shymmex:

Why call the girl a savage, huh?? She's naija's best female talent (though mediocre IMHO).. Stop insulting the chic.

so why won't i call her savage? is that not her name? and i never commented on her talent, i only commented on her looks.

PhysicsQED:

I think obasi is Ibibio, not a variant of obasa.

Abasi is Ibibio while Obasi is Igbo. They mean the same thing-God.

shymmex:

But the guy isn't even Igbo, so, why call him what he is not??

He also referred to himself as a Nigerian - why can't we just let him be??

Point of correction, Nigerian born

He is no longer Nigerian not to talk of Igbo or Yoruba etc

I am sure if you trace his root, he has no connection with Igbo but of course like of Andre and other tribalistic goons here would claim him to be Igbo

Edo/Deltan bear Olisa

Also middle belters and Ijebus bear Olisa so all this claim is very funny. Shows high inferiority complex

Afam4eva,

My point is that the name is not a good indicator of ethnic background, so the ethnic/tribal statements would have to cease. I have no problem with people claiming members of their ethnic group.

Andre Uweh:
Abasi is Ibibio while Obasi is Igbo. They mean the same thing-God.

Can you shut the mess up when the hell did Obasi become an Igbo name.

Obasi is also a Yoruba name, also used among Igala and Ebira

they might not mean the same thing but OBASI is a different meaning in yoruba.

so It is not only igbo ok

ezotik:
so why won't i call her savage? is that not her name? and i never commented on her talent, i only commented on her looks.

The girl is actually pretty, only her teeth looks funny... How many naija female artists are better looking, with a better shape than her??

Stop being a hater.

On obasi, I don't think I'm going to get drawn into the same kind of argument in a different form twice in the same thread, so let's just forget that.

alj harem:

Point of correction, Nigerian born

He is no longer Nigerian not to talk of Igbo or Yoruba etc

I am sure if you trace his root, he has no connection with Igbo but of course like of Andre and other tribalistic goons here would claim him to be Igbo

Edo/Deltan bear Olisa

Also middle belters and Ijebus bear Olisa so all this claim is very funny. Shows high inferiority complex

What does Olisa mean in Yoruba and Edo? At least it means God in Igbo.

And how come there's no prominent Edo or Yoruba person that bears that name. Is the name that unpopular? At least Olisa Adibua and Olisa Agbakoba bear the name.

alj harem:
Point of correction, Nigerian born

He is no longer Nigerian not to talk of Igbo or Yoruba etc

I am sure if you trace his root, he has no connection with Igbo but of course like of Andre and other tribalistic goons here would claim him to be Igbo

Edo/Deltan bear Olisa

Also middle belters and Ijebus bear Olisa so all this claim is very funny. Shows high inferiority complex

The guy is as Nigerian as any Nigerian born here, or born in Nigeria - with, or without a British passport... That's the way the system views everyone...

shymmex:

The girl is actually pretty, only her teeth looks funny... How many naija female artists are better looking, with a better shape than her??

Stop being a hater.

That girl is hot, I no go lie. She's arguably the sexiest in the industry. The girl body na die.

alj harem:

Can you shut the mess up when the hell did Obasi become an Igbo name.

Obasi is also a Yoruba name, also used among Igala and Ebira

they might not mean the same thing but OBASI is a different meaning in yoruba.

so It is not only igbo ok

Are you daft? Me never see any one wey dey answer Obasi except Igbo people

OBASI NA PROPER IGBO NAME!


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PhysicsQED:

I think obasi is Ibibio, not a variant of obasa.

Abasi na Ibibio while Obasi na Igbo.

afam4eva:
What does Olisa mean in Yoruba and Edo? At least it means God in Igbo.

And how come there's no prominent Edo or Yoruba person that bears that name. Is the name that unpopular? At least Olisa Adibua and Olisa Agbakoba bear the name.

The 'prominent' thing is subjective... And all the people you mentioned don't even have olisa as their last names - but Yoruba people have olisa as their last names..

Have you ever met a prominent Yoruba person with Ogunshina as his last name?? But does that mean Ogunshina isn't a Yoruba name??

Afam, let's allow the tribe talk...

afam4eva:
What does Olisa mean in Yoruba and Edo? At least it means God in Igbo.

And how come there's no prominent Edo or Yoruba person that bears that name. Is the name that unpopular? At least Olisa Adibua and Olisa Agbakoba bear the name.

I am not Ijebu so I can not tell you.

as for the Obasi yes it mean something in yoruba which is in reference to the king

I'm pretty sure Olisa is not Edo.

While a Keyna is the President of the United States, Nigerians are on NL somersaulting because a Nigerian becomes a London police commander.

BlackPikiN:

Are you daft? Me never see any one wey dey answer Obasi except Igbo people

OBASI NA PROPER IGBO NAME!

Again NOT IT IS NOT A PROPER IGBO NAME

at least not to others that are not as ignorant as you here

PhysicsQED: On obasi, I don't think I'm going to get drawn into the same kind of argument in a different form twice in the same thread, so let's just forget that.

Please, let's do it again. Afterall you brought it up. Just show me one Ibibio person that bears Obasi and not Abasi. And this timen o chieftaincy titles plssss.

Afam do me a favour and stop arguing with these kids.

shymmex:

The girl is actually pretty, only her teeth looks funny... How many naija female artists are better looking, with a better shape than her??

Stop being a hater.

nah, she aint pretty. but yeah, her shape is alright and that makes her fvckable.
i guess men who fvck her put a pillow across her woski face while nailin the pvssy.

Here is the Ijebu meaning:

The Ijebu History
A version of oral history claimed that some sixty Olisa had reigned in Ijebu-Ode. But their names and time are lost to memory, save a few. And even in the few, some dates are speculative as some records date same event some one hundred years apart. Nevertheless, some important historical facts feature repectitively in the various versions of oral history of the Olisa. All version of oral history we encountered claimed that OLISA, a shorthand version of OLU OF ISA was an oba in his native home, ISA, located variously around Imesi in Ekiti.

http://ijebuifeculture..co.uk/2011/09/ijebu-history.html