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[quote author=Wily/Wily]99.999% of those that hate Jonathan are Yorubas, Why? wetin Ijaw man do Yoruba people.[/quote]Don't worry mr Willy. Those haters here do not matter as they don't even vote nor have the cards to vote.

[quote author=tpia@]these things are literature analogies, not everyone can understand them, hence I dont always like to explain because not everyone will get it, and here on nl what happens in such instances is those who dont get it become foul mouthed and start raining insults and derailing threads due to the fact that they dont grasp the subject matter.

If Mr Brown of Things Fall Apart is G T Basden, then his work on Igbo culture, tradition and people is what was being referred to.


In addition, quick correction, Achebe's great uncle [his father's uncle], was the person who retained the traditional religion while his dad did not. Also, his dad was an orphan and was raised by this same uncle.[/quote]Cool. Your posts since the exit of the great Iroko are the best I have come across in nairaland since one year now. Keep it up.

tomakint: ...and you will still be the one jumping from one thread to another calling people all sorts of names and yet when e-attacked u resort to curses passed to you from ur fore-fathers...truly, u are a new breed of

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND SIR

Aigbofa: Ode ni e. What trajectory of the debate? You appear more confused with your incoherent rantings. Check the title of the thread again before you reply me with your vacuous nonsense.

Aigbofa la nwoke please for God's sake be reasonable and stop insulting forumites. Na wetin?.

These chaps are not serious at all. Impeach a man that has transformed the state within 14 months in office. Tell me any governor in Imo state that has done better than Okorocha except Kanu and Mbakwe.

Good for Keshi, Osaze and Nigeria.

This our team still needs Osaze.

@OAM4J
Please end this impasse now. Yoruba, Yoruba Ibo etc are all wrong modern terms.
Encourage posters to type Yoruba and Igbo.

[quote author=~Bluetooth]He should have died during the civil war when oju-iku killed over 2 million iboes.



Nonsense[/quote]Mods, do your job here.

Please guys stop insulting Soyinka.

^^^Chelsea TV has been doing great with this matches. Am really enjoying my subscription

3SC to win. Up Shhoting

Afam4eva: [size=13pt]When i logged on today, i noticed something had changed but now i can't even remember how the old one looked like not to talk of how the first Nairaland looked like. The only constant thing in life is change and we should be ready to adapt to it[/size]

Its true.

Eko Ile: Words and books are very powerful tools that heals, influence and change minds and ashebe used these powerful instrument to divide and spread hate and bigotry. His last book didn't heal, it divided the country and erased all the gains we've made.

That bitter old man was selfish and thoughtless. Who writes dumb stuff like that in 2013 and at 82 years old? Obviously, he was hateful and bitter man to the core and he took all that baggage to the grave with him.

Poor boy, where is your own publication?.

ypzilanti: See this goat. A man died, and every single news source in the world was filled with praise for his life. ALL. CNN, BBC, AL JAZERRA, AP, even Forbes etc...

He attacked Awolowo, so what? Is Awolowo a Yoruba deity that cannot be attacked? They fought at two opposing sides of a war, so he has every right to be bitter about the man. Besides Awolowo responded to the allegations (which are not new) when he was alive. It is a case of 'he said' 'she said' by two great Nigerians. Go and jump into a lake if the accolades are paining you. If he was such a tribalist, why is Wole Soyinka mourning him? Ode.

Word

ckkris: Please kindly give the title of the book on Okonkwo by G T Basden. Thank you.

Help please.

[quote author=One_Naira]see enviness in display. lmfao. it's noone fault that when you die, excluding your family, noone would care, bat a eye or give a crap. he's a better man than you'll ever be even if you end up having mulitple lives like all ypir multiple IDs on this forum. even a hair in his entire head is everything you'll never be. he's a greatest man, recognize everywhere in this continent,his death mourned everywhere. you can jump off bridge that despit your attacks, including using your ids few months ago, those attacks made zero impact to his reputation all over the world and this is a damn fact. it must be a shame knowing noone cared to you people mind. ntoooo. well At least, you have NL hall of shame una did to hold onto na. Now sit while we all read the greatest of this man. stop showing una inferority complex in every thread.[/quote]Dont mind him.

tomakint: Achebe has left behind a footprint that will stand the test of time

Its true.

[quote author=tpia@]Achebe's parents were married by G T Basden, the well known author and authority on Igbo people, whose writings are considered among the foremost works chronicling igbo culture and tradition.

G T Basden was the person Mr Brown in Things fall Apart (an easygoing and well liked missionary in the novel) was based on.

Achebe was raised christian by his parents, but his dad's brother remained traditionalist, and he learned about african traditional religious practices from his extended relatives.[/quote]That's an interesting one.
In Things fall apart, Mr Brown promised to write a book about Okonkwo, did he do so?

Eko Ile: We also congratulate ashebe for winning the NL hall of shame contest.

What a remarkable achievement.

Get a life shameless bigot

This should not be in politics section. Perhaps in education section

Katsumoto: RIP to one of the greatest writers of all time.


It is wrong to speak ill of the dead as everyone is sure to die one day. Whilst some may argue that Achebe himself is guilty of speaking ill of the dead, it doesn't behove of us to do the same. After all, if everyone around us is losing their heads, should we do the same?

For those that want want to honour their hero while insulting folks that others may consider to be heroes, please think twice. You only end up attracting negativity to your hero. If you love and respect your mum, would you insult another person's mother?

Let us let the dead rest.

Nice one

Good one. Now they have to target away wins. It helps you know.

coogar: wish i am a billionaire....
its about calling the nfa and top clubs to a round table - every club must have it's own stadium with a standard capacity. then, get the TV stations involved. hire foreign football analysts and package the product like sky did the premier league.

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coogar: then what are the private firms doing about that? nigeria needs a murdoch. we have the population and the passion for the game.

PRIVATE FIRMS HAVE ALL TRIED TO SAVE THE LEAGUE BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS.
Private clubs in the past: Nigerlux, Nasco jets, DIC Bees (ranchers bees), VASCO DA GAGAMA, Exide, Rubber board, ACB, NEPA, etc.
The most important thing to happen to the league will be an improved TV coverage. TV rights brings a lot of money to clubs but in our league, very little or nothing comes in from Tv.
Under Orji Uzor Kalu, Enyimba partnered so many companies abroad, gate fees increased, deaf and dunb hired to man the gates yet the club operated at a loss.
The number one way forward is to package our league and to be sold out. I mean package a better league.

My favourite teams are Nationale and 3SC.

honeric01: Great, thanks.

The Imo state govt then found it so difficult to sponsor Spartans and Enyimba fc. Hence they relinquished ownership of Enyimba fc to Aba Township council. As a result of financial difficulties, the council handed it over to Falcons bottling company. The club was renamed Falcons until Amadi Ikwechegh's regime in Imo state. This regime bought it back from Falcons and renamed it Enyimba.

honeric01: But DSTV has the sole right over the league coverage now and they're doing well. good commentators too.

How can I watch it here in the U.K?.

honeric01: Nevermind,confirmed that Rangers and Heartland are the only clubs never to be relegated since 1972 inception.

Heartland was not there in 72. Joined in 76.
With the creation of Imo state in 1976, the new state formed two new teams-Spartans and Enyimba. While Spartans joined the national league in 76, Enyimba joined the eastern league same year.
Enyimba provided bulk of the players that featured for Spartans in the league and to some extent Rangers.

coogar: nfa have always been a useless organisation - i am not surprised. they just killed the soul of 2 good clubs. 90% of the green eagles players then were hand picked from those 2 clubs(leventis and abiola). it's like barcelona and real madrid or celtic and rangers!



i cannot watch those games again o
in the last 10 yrs now, watching any nigerian football turns my stomach. i don't know if it's the quality of the european leagues that has spoilt me or nigerian football in general has regressed. there's no pattern, no coherence, no tactical plan or even formation. i try to watch AIT/BEN on sky every saturday and the football is nothing to write home about. i change the channel within 5 mins. i used to enjoy them way back but not anymore.

One of the problems is poor coverage. The TV companies are so poor that they can not show better replays, slow motions, show goals, kicks from different angles. Stadiums are so empty and match commentators are so poor.
Watch a Nigerian team when they are playing in north Africa or in South Africa, you wont believe it.

honeric01: Are you sure?

What do you mean?.