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omo-Yoruba:
Yoruba community in Abia
https://www.nairaland.com/718689/breaking-news-yoruba-community-abia

this still doesn't proove that you met thousands of yorubas in igboland.
if that's the entire yoruba community in Abia state and you met them all, that will be 90 people at most.

omo-Yoruba:
I have meet 1000s living in Igboland and non could speak Igbo.

ok this one is clearly a big fat lie.
because I lived in lagos for many yrs and didn't meet thousands of igbos. Even on facebook I don't have that many friends. talkless of meeting thousands of yorubas in igboland to judge their igbo speaking skills.

I call u out as a liar on this one.

^
clearly u can't recognize sarcasm when u see it.
the whole point is that the population of SWners in east is miniscule compared to the other way round. duh

omo-Yoruba:
This is a lie. I have not met any.

I have never met any yoruba person living in SE either!

I'm sure there is more to the story than is being said. The guy didn't get deported for not speaking yoruba. that's just preposterous.

Most igbos in lagos can speak yoruba pretty fluently. Maybe he just arrived fresh from Onitsha and hasn't picked up language skills yet.

manny4life: Amen o, I wish they will let us go... At least my brothers and sisters will find their way back home and build their home.

If igbos really want to leave Nigeria, they would have by now.
We are no longer under millitary rule, all igbos need to do is appeal to their governors to lead the cause.
The biggest threat to Biafra is actually Igbo governors, not Nigeria.

If igbos can vote for MASSOB representatives as their next governors, then I will believe that they are serious about leaving. Until then, this whole "let us go" talk is just rubbish.

coogar: Why I loathe feminism... and believe it will ultimately destroy the family

women-hating men have been saying the same for almost 200yrs now and the family still isn't destroyed yet.

"women gaining power to vote in elections will destroy the family blah blah blah.
women using birth control will destroy the family blah blah blah"
women working as professionals (doctors, lawyers, businesswomen) will destroy the family blah blah blah
women going to university instead of marrying at age 18 will destroy the family blah blah blah
women deciding not to wear white on their wedding will destroy the family blah blah
women calling the police on abusive husbands/wife beaters will destroy the family blah blah
*roll eyes*

ur problem with women having freedom of choice is that... your problem. there is nothing u can do about it. women aren't slaves or children. they can decide whether or not to wear white on their wedding. whether or not to keep their maiden name.

if u don't like it, move to saudi arabia. have fun with the talibans. there u can wrap the women up in burqas and make sure they don't see the light of day if u wish.

let me tell you a secret: the only way to eliminate feminism is to eliminate education for girls starting at a young age. Education is very empowering. So next time, marry off ur daughter at a young age instead of sending her to school. I guarantee you 100% she will never become a feminist

Everyday in the news a Nigerian with Igbo sounding name is arrested, deported or killed in South Africa. What do you think will happen if SA starts to recognize Nigerian contribution to its economy and starts treating us with more respect and tender loving care that we deserve? Pick one:

a) South Africa's economy will grow and expand.
b) South Africa's Nigerian population will grow and expand.
c) both a and b.

methinks SA is trying to reduce/control its Nigerian population hence the hostility. But is it putting its economy at risk by doing so?

this exaggerated sense of self-importance is getting out of hand.

10 yrs from now. the list will contain: wizkid, d'banj, tiwa savage, flavor ati be be lo. we will wonder what happened.

John Obayuwana is the managing director of Polo, the exclusive agency in Nigeria for some of the finest Swiss watch and jewellery brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Chopard, Baume and Mercier, Montblanc, Rado, Technomarine and Balmain. The company which commenced business in Nigeria more than a decade ago has, over time, assumed the leading position in the luxury-medium level watch and jewellery market. -

D'banj get sense. What's better than dating the supplier of all ur bling bling?

Konmight: What about Suez Canal Bro?

Suez Canal in Nigeria? for what? Is your father going to build it?
The only person that can be trusted to build anything even close to 1/10th that is Fashola.


keep waiting on GEJ

Omo_barca: @op lol. He's not that popular now, I don't know him

now you do

adexsimply:

adexsimply: not all men.. I am a feminist and I've got a COUPLE of male acquaintances that believe in "what a man can do, a woman can do better".. as for the topic not having much followers, HOW MANY NAIRALANDERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOPIC MEANS?

toshmann: for you my dearest 99cents

didn't watch it and won't be watching it. All I needed to see was the title.
but please, why do anti-feminists always feel the need to put up the face of a female anti-feminist in their argument? Clearly u admit that the idea of a male anti-feminist is just plain wrong. hence d need for validation from a female.

Justice Scalia blames his racist remarks on his black friend. It must be true because my black friend, Uncle Thomas (pun totally unintended ), says so. http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/scalia-blames-his-increasingly-racist-remarks-on-his-black-friend/

coogar: all i am saying is why marry at all if we are going to modify what makes marriage marriage?

you are crazy. so because a woman doesn't want to wear white. so therefore she shouldn't marry?
or because she doesn't want to be walked down the aisle by her dad, she shouldn't marry. u r crazy. hahahahaha

besides, a wedding is not a marriage. a wedding is a ceremony and doesn't make a marriage. some couples don't even have weddings. if you want your traditional wedding with virgin and all, go for it. but not everyone wants and agrees with it. they are allowed to have their opinion and choices.

any one making a big deal out of maiden names, weddign gown in 2013 is just probably behind the times because those aren't even big deals anymore! men aren't buying 50 cows to marry anymore either.

now if u are talking about gay marriage, i might understand ur shock because it is still a new idea. but this? abeg come up with something better and stop trolling.

https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4254620766_13fdfc5205.jpg

future of weddings
https://d1eztdx881nxw6.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/modern-factory-wedding-zwolle_040.jpg

Love this!! even the guy's suspenders and shoes are pretty cool.

coogar: according to the article and the 200 brides-to-be surveyed, 24% wanted a modern wedding.

and what about the 10% that "took it further" by choosing not to wear white? hahahahahaa

coogar: these 200 women surveyed are brides-to-be. they are not married yet. obviously, some of them told elki parmar they do not want to be walked by their dads.

well then u should have used the correct english grammar then. saying that "they felt like cheap commodity" suggests that they already felt that way. which is why I was correcting you. As feminists, they can make decisions not to feel cheapened. Even if it means refusing to be walked down the aisle by an abusive or absent father.

she must have asked them why not? and they told her the idea of being walked by any man(dad, brother, son, uncle, whichever male) makes them look like a commodity being given away cheaply.

making stuff up out of ur azz again aren't we?
post the link from the article where u found this. will you?
where did "they told her" this?

and besides, even if what u are saying aren't lies (they are lies but let's say they weren't) why do u have such a huge problem with brides who do not want to be "walked by any man"? she has a right to decide that choice for herself. is is not marrying u and the man she is marrying ain't complaining. so what's d big deal? stop carrying other people's problems on your head.

coogar: use your 6th sense......
76% are still with the old tradition. 24% want different modifications that suit their agenda. it's all written there.

and out of that 24%, according to coogar-math, 10% are not wearing white. hahahaha
if a woman is not wearing white then according to coogar-logic, she must also be walking without her father

u already stated that u will be probably dead by the time ur daughter weds, so according to you, she should't marry because her wedding will be against tradition without ur presence LOL over- exaggerated sense of self-importance much?

coogar: your claim that the brides did not feel like a cheap commodity

the article does not state this.
and besides, how can they feel like cheap commodity if they have already refused to do things that makes them feel like "cheap commodity"? which is exactly what feminism is all about.

ie if I felt that having my dad walk me down the aisle (which I don't mind and i'm feminist!) made me feel cheap then I wouldn't do it. what's the big deal?
ie if I hated my dad and felt that he wasn't a good father, I wouldn't let him walk me down the aisle. tradition or not.
some women still do it out of tradition. but others won't. I know I wouldn't.

but of course I love my dad so I will definitely let him walk me down the aisle. It's all about CHOICES. and feminism allows women to have choices. many women chose not to vote but because of feminism, they can if they want to because of feminism, i can keep my maiden name if i want to and change my mind later if i want to. MY CHOICE.

stop carrying other men's problems on u head. ur not the one marrying these "feminists" now are you?

Mrs.Chima:
Oh my goodness! Don't tell me that little girl is the flower girl! She rocks though.

haha I didn't even notice that. I thought it was just a boy. flower boy? flower girl?
either way, it sure is cute.

The commissioner also warned residents, who wash and spread their clothes on bridge railings on major roads to desist from such act, saying tough actions would be taken against erring persons.

“We are telling residents who wash and spread clothes on the streets, major highways and other places outside their homes to desist from the practice as it constitutes a great environmental nuisance.

good move.

nothing wrong with hanging clothes. but have a designated area for it INSIDE you compound.
nobody should be forced to see your pata hanging from your fence or over a tree on the street.

^ pressing the ignore button on the olodo.

@shollypopz,
thanks for the links (esp the ones with data on Nigeria). currently reading them.

coogar: 3)why should i worry about my daughter not asking me to walk the aisle? i might produce sons all through? i might not even be alive when my daughter is getting married. who worries about such frivolities? you are clearly wrongly wired. your comprehension skills are nothing to write home about - you are poor in spirit!!!

your sons may not even invite u to their wedding at all if they hate ur guts. it happens.
trust me, many of the women who are not letting their dad walk them down the aisle, chances are that a good percentage of them aren't even inviting their dads at all (that is if they even know their dads LOL).
the surveyer didn't ask about step-dads or brothers etc. because I do know quite a few women who do not have good relationship with their biological dads and go walked by their step father or brothers. others whose fathers have passed away too. the article says nothing about this. but then its a tabloid article so i really don't see d reason for the big deal being made out of this survey.

coogar: 1) i wouldn't be where i am at today if i wasn't good at math.

u don't have to be good at math to be anywhere u are (anyone can be anywhere on the internet)
just don't come on NL trying to argue a point when ur math ain't adding up. because clearly, u aren't good at it.

coogar: the woman that made the survey spoke to the women and they did not want their dads giving them away as that act connotes that the brides are cheap commodity that are being given away.

so now you admit that it was the woman conducting the survey that "spoke" LOL

anyway, based on the last sentence in the article, we can also make a connotation that
1.many of the women who did not want their dad walking the aisle did not love their father. maybe these fathers were abusive and absent.
2.many women who DID want their fathers to walk the aisle were feminists (it is stated that they didn't do it for anti-feminist reasons afterall)

@cooagar u must be blind because there is a post of mine right above urs!

conclusion about coogar:
1. u can't do math for s.hit
2. u are carrying other men's problems on your head
3. you seem to be worried that ur daughter won't ask u to walk her down the aisle. hahaha to which I will say, be a good father and u will have no reason to worry.
I can go on but I will stop here... for now.