₦airaland Forum

SEGLIZ:
not on nairaland those are Nigerians for you very mean set of creature the more our suffering is hightech.
we are just bunch of wicked souls in this country. wicked leaders, wicked followers. even the leaders are wicked should the followers be?
God only implant wicked leaders for wicked people. check through the comments no reasonable being not one not at all.

In other words, a ZOO!

She’s probably Filipino, but many Nigerians will think of her as “white” (and think every white person is rich)...
Therefore, the lazy relatives of the husband will start maltreating her when those dollars are not coming forth. Bums!

gidgiddy:
The remarkable thing is that when Orji Uzo Kalu was Governor, Abaribe was his deputy Governor and TA was Orji was SSG

What’s “remarkable” about it? That thieves remain in the corridors of power in Nigeria seemingly for ever?

Orji Kalu is CURRENTLY facing corruption prosecution at the Federal High Court. Theodore Orji, who was literally squirreled away from the midst of a then ongoing corruption trial to be sworn in as Abia Governor and secure immunity, is reportedly facing imminent corruption prosecution with his son following their recent arrest/interrogation by the EFCC. Meanwhile, Abaribe is fighting his own legal demons after being required to forfeit the N100 million he put up for Nnamdi Kanu’s bail. That, ladies and gentleman, are the best and brightest that one state in Nigeria has opted to share with the rest of the nation. Remarkable indeed! SMH

tolani4real:
Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player of Nigerian descent. This boy never claimed Naija. He visited Nigeria for the first time in 2015 when the father was still alive. According to him he said he is from Greece. He also let people know that his parents are from Nigeria. The first time he played in Philadelphia the Greek community were there to welcome him. This guy is only surrounded by the Greeks

He is surrounded by Greek now that he is successful.

Even the Greek President met with him after he became an NBA star, coming against the background of a well-known Greek TV personality recently referring to his older brother (who was also granted Greek nationality when the NBA came calling and has subsequently represented Greece in basketball) as “a monkey”, and most right-wing Greek parliamentarians having opposed the fast-tracking of Greek nationality for Giannis when the NBA came calling. After years of living a life of poverty in the shadows and constantly in fear of deportation, Giannis’ life reaffirms the cliched saying that success has many parents/relatives. There are MYRIAD (probably in the thousands) of Giannises in Greece today - the sole difference is that none of them can consistently shoot or stuff a basketball down the rim.

slam7000:
The spelling was not a mistake. It was intentional and official.
Few years ago, he was selling CD/DVDs around Athens.

He is well respected in Athens and the whole of Greece and would probably represent them in any major tournament.

Giannis (and his older brother) has already represented Greece in the FIBA Euro qualifiers...

However, his name remains Adetokunbo. The official spelling is the Greek-letter spelling of Adetokunbo but spells out differently when that official Greek lettering is translated into English (Roman) letters. The pronunciation remains the same - Adetokunbo.

edi287:
He sees himself as Greek!! Stop claiming him abeg!

No, he sees himself as BOTH Nigerian and Greek. See the Greek and Nigerian flags on his Insta message in link below:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2018/11/15/instagram-post-giannis-supports-brother-target-racist-comment/2010429002/

Furthermore, at the Milwaukee Bucks training facility, Giannis hangs a Nigerian flag beside a Greek flag, and his official verified Twitter profile also has Nigerian and Greek flags (with the Nigerian flag actually ahead of the Greek flag). In 2019, hyphen-nationalities are par for the course.

tiger28:
This guy and his brothers used to sell sunglasses illegally during traffic in Greece. They were so poor that their neighbors were feeding them..... Jehovah is Great!

Exactly! They were NEVER granted Greek citizenship and lived in constant fear of deportation - until the NBA came knocking.

somehow:
He's not Nigerian!

Doesn't have a Nigerian passport!

He's greek!

Stop claiming!

Giannis is doing the “claiming” HIMSELF!

He has the NIGERIAN flag on his official Twitter profile, and click on the link below and see the proud NIGERIAN flag on his Insta message: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2018/11/15/instagram-post-giannis-supports-brother-target-racist-comment/2010429002/

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bjjose:
The mum was ashame of his Yuroba mane, she chane the name to Greek name.

His mother does NOT have a Greek passport, so her official name remains Adetokunbo...

rentAcock:
He's Greek, Nigerians shouldn't stake a claim of this basketball prodigy. He was born and raised in Greece, schooled in Greece, given the opportunity to play in their 3rd division basketball before being discovered by an NBA scout. Nigeria did nothing to develop his talent and had it been he grew up in Nigeria, he might've ended up a motor park taut. Every single member of his family played sports or are playing sports. His late father was a former football player. His mother is a former Olympian. His eldest brother plays football in Europe. His other 3 brothers are playing highschool or college basketball in the U.S. But what's even more amazing is the fact that his youngest brother who's only 14yrs old and 6'9 tall will be taller and better than Giannis. It's mind boggling to think that someone in the Antetokounmpo family will be better than Giannis. Had it been young Rashidi Yekini was raised overseas and went to a football academy, he might've been the next Maradona, his stunning goal in the 1994 worldcup proved that he was a raw talent that needed refining.

Btw, do you know that he was playing lower division basketball in Greece only because only Greek ctitizens (and presumably EU citizens) can play in the top division in Greece?

rentAcock:
He's Greek, Nigerians shouldn't stake a claim of this basketball prodigy. He was born and raised in Greece, schooled in Greece, given the opportunity to play in their 3rd division basketball before being discovered by an NBA scout. Nigeria did nothing to develop his talent and had it been he grew up in Nigeria, he might've ended up a motor park taut. Every single member of his family played sports or are playing sports. His late father was a former football player. His mother is a former Olympian. His eldest brother plays football in Europe. His other 3 brothers are playing highschool or college basketball in the U.S. But what's even more amazing is the fact that his youngest brother who's only 14yrs old and 6'9 tall will be taller and better than Giannis. It's mind boggling to think that someone in the Antetokounmpo family will be better than Giannis. Had it been young Rashidi Yekini was raised overseas and went to a football academy, he might've been the next Maradona, his stunning goal in the 1994 worldcup proved that he was a raw talent that needed refining.

No, his eldest brother plays/played football in Nigeria.

In fact, his eldest brother NEVER met Giannis until Giannis was drafted into the NBA and moved to the US, because his parents left him in Nigeria with relatives to migrate to Greece. However, in Greece they NEVER had official papers and lived as poor refugees selling stuff on street corners and constantly in fear of deportation (and always on the move because the family could not afford regular apartments). Even Giannis himself only got Greek nationality and a Greek passport barely a few weeks to the NBA draft to enable him travel to the US for the draft. Up until then, he was not considered a Greek national and his family was subject to deportation at any point. I am not sure that his father ever received a Greek passport but was nonetheless able to join Giannis in the US under a US visa for persons deemed necessary for the support of a US legal resident - until he sadly died of a heart attack in his 50s.

PS: Btw, his father played football in Nigeria, and his mother was a Nigerian Olympian. Giannis’ great footwork came from years of playing football as a kid with his family (same as Akeem Olajuwon’s great footwork), and he only reluctantly took up basketball in his late teens (he has played for less than 10 years) when his older brother started playing and quit playing football with Giannis despite Giannis’ entreaties.

dominique:
From Adetokumbo to Antetokounmpo, it's obvious he doesn't want to be associated with Nigeria. Is it by force to claim him?

Antetokounmpo is merely the result of Greek letters being translated into English, but the pronunciation is still Adetokunbo...

Sleyanya1:
Environment is truly a major part of one's success.

Imagine the success of a 24-year old Nigerian.

Nice one.

Nurture and nature are BOTH crucial ingredients of success.

How many natural/native Greeks play anywhere as well as he does?

wisestman:
His Nigerian side is reflected on his Twitter bio and he also about getting his Nigerian passport in 2015.The NBA star was born on December 6, 1994, in Athens, Greece to Nigerian parents, Charles and Veronica Adetokunbo. He was born three years after his parents moved to the European country. His name was originally Adetokunbo, but it became Antetokounmpo after a misspelling in his Greek passport.

At the bolded....Nigerians always know how to take advantage of the situation, no need for long story....simply adopt the name even though u dont know the meaning

His name was spelt out as pronounced in Greek letters in his Greek passport, but when those Greek letters are translated into English letters they spell out “Antetokounmpo” - still pronounced as Adetokunbo though.

genied1:
Giannis is Greek, not Nigerian........taink yew

How is someone whose TWO parents are biologically Nigerian not biologically Nigerian?

In 2019, it is not mutually-exclusive to be Greek and to also be Nigerian, and more importantly Giannis himself claims BOTH nationalities.

Reeb2244:
He's from Greece. In fact, he has nothing to do with Nigeria again.

He is BOTH Greek and Nigerian.

In fact, in the Milwaukee Bucks training facility, he hung up both Greek and Nigerian flags, and his official Twitter profile also has both Nigerian and Greek flags side-by-side (in fact, the Nigerian flag is first). Furthermore, when his older brother was recently called a “monkey” by a commentator on Greek TV, Giannis sent out a message reiterating that his family is Greek and Nigerian. Biggups to him.

Meanwhile, in the second picture, look at all those people crowded onto a dodgy-looking balcony and some people sitting on a roof. If something catastrophic happens to those now, people will start blaming village relatives or the government. We can be our own worst enemies. SMH

kingemzy5:
Banky head is turnioninown because adesua appears in magazine it's now breaking news..... Nigeria celebrities are primitive that's how timberland asked ninhola you single? She just shouted OMG thank you.... Chai

When did our generation of Nigerians become such HATERS?!

Not everyone will cure cancer or win the Nobel a Prize, but when someone achieves GLOBAL recognition in her/his field, it’s newsworthy!

safarigirl:
thanks for your concern dear, but Korra doesn't live in this shithole

She lives in the USA, with her doctor husband

Well, she grew up in this “shithole” and met her husband in a bar in said “shithole”. So perhaps the real “shit” resides between your ears.

DUMB people! Thinking that dancing will kill a fetus... SMH

Meanwhile, many Oyibo women continue to exercise almost until the baby is ready to drop.

NEXT LEVEL?!

Hopefully it’s not a metaphor for Nigeria’s condition after 4 more years of Buhari.

Dreal1247:
Why was he running. He that grows big teeth must have corresponding lips to cover up. When soldier slaps you, you will know that police is your friend indeed. Pele to hlm.

Blakjewelry:
truth be told don't be surprise the soldier actually start the trouble

And so he deserved to be stabbed? ZOO

sexiestharam:
What kind of a foolish story is this? How can a pastor have an agreement with his wife that he will have children with another woman outside because the wife had a child outside? What kind of nonsense is this? Orisirisi. God is so merciful. Jesus pleads on behalf of humanity everyday, if not, a pastor like this will be struck down by God as he is about to mount the pulpit.

Because in Naija ‘pastor’ and ‘conman’ are often synonymous terms.

‘PA’ indeed! Wonder what it feels like tasting Oga’s stool for a living...SMH

one4GOD:
I don't get it. is it that the school was not registered or that a building collapsed and people including students died? why do we always lose focus when things happen in this country. whether the school was registered or not, would that have stopped the building from collapsing? this country sef.

Why do some of you persist with this argument? If a registration requires an inspection of the school’s facilities, and upon such inspection it reveals the structural inadequacies of the building it would at the very least put all parties on notice. The school will not be situated in the building, and the landlord may be compelled to take corrective measures or risk losing the other tenants as well who would now be on notice.

mrAMG2:
Rather than fight to make the building structurally sound, y’all are fighting for school permits.

Asides the school children involved, other tenants of the building are expendable then, is that what you’re saying?

Both are not mutually-exclusive...
But there is absolutely no reason to expose innocent school kids to that danger at all. Not one!

And while each and every life is invaluable...
The loss of a lesser number of innocent lives is ALWAYS BETTER than the loss of a greater number of innocent lives.

SouthSouth1914:
Nigeria is a fraud! Built in a faulty foundation.. but God bless Ya’Adua...

CharlesJok3r:
We all miss Yar’Adua .

YarAdua is a DOLT who did almost NOTHING of substance in office for 2 years (apart from initiating the Amnesty program in the Niger Delta).

Meanwhile, why would petrol cost the same across a country as huge and diverse as Nigeria? Why would someone buy gasoline in Elema (just down the street from the refineries) at the same price as the dude in Kaura Namoda in Sokoto State? Why do we continue to give out private refinery licenses when we know that virtually no bank will project finance a refinery that is compelled by law to sell its products at BELOW the cost of production (this making a loss from Day One onwards)?

AutoReportNG2:
The annoying thing is that those LASBA see those building in Lagos Island but they turn blind eyes cos of the bribes they receive. Houses in Lagos Island especially at Ita Faaji, Agarawu, Idumota, are time bomb... The Lagos State Govt knew but they won't act.

So so sad

Lagos Island is a STRONGHOLD of the APC. Demolish those buildings at your own political peril...
Until the people in power elevate human life over their political fortunes, these sorts of tragedies will sadly persist.

Olawalesmarter:
So Jonathan now is a Saint? A man that was funding Militant Groups in Nigeria? Nigeria almost turn to Somalia

Exactly! Unlike now that Nigeria is so safe that Boko Haram is not still fighting in the North-East, herdsmen are not going around slaughtering farmers, so-called ‘bandits’ have not laid siege to Zamfara State, the Fulani and other ethnicities are not killing each other for fun in Kajuru (and perhaps other parts of Kaduna State), bandits have not run rampant in the riverine areas of a Lagos and Ogun State, the Army is not carrying out operations all across the country, and so on and so forth. Keep enjoying the “peace” of the dead under Buhari. SMH

If Ambode supposedly “refused to continue” with the Light Rail project, who is paying for this bridge?

Do the people making these comments actually grasp what it takes to build a rail bridge like this and how far deep down into the seabed those supporting piles have to go to safely carrying trains? If Ambode “refused to continue” with the project, who then negotiated the agreement with Alstom of France (one of the world’s leading rail engineering companies) to electrify the tracks on the Blue Line and to help finance and buy new modern rolling stock (instead of the USED old NYC coaches that Fashola wanted to buy from a Toronto company)? If Ambode “refused to continue” with the Light Rail project, who completed the negotiations for the right-of-way for the Red Line?

The Light Rail project is a complex infrastructural project and not a can of beans, and while it has admittedly suffered delays (particularly, but not limited to, financing issues) it was NEVER abandoned in any guise by Mr. Ambode. In actual fact, it took all of THREE YEARS for the NNPC to relocate its pipelines in the Blue Line’s right-of-way, while the negotiations with the military for permission to demolish part of Ojo Cantonment that abuts the Blue Line’s right-of-way dragged on until 2017 or 2018. Many Nigerians love to see “commissioning” (even of zinc ‘constituency project’ toilets), but do not seem to appreciate that solid pre-works most often results in better projects.

BlackDBag:
Don't come ooo....

Better to come back now than later in a box in the cargo hold...

Good luck to him!