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Defaramade:
Gifty, Nigeria's version of Kim Kardashian

darknetcom:
why did they started wars to start with??..

ask yoursef that question first then you will slowly start to understand..

as the europeans start fingering in the system thats how everything went haywire..

and dont forget..we had corrupt fellows that time too as we have today...

i was like you years back before i started asking questions without considering the opinions of whites...

i went back to reading books that were writing by only blacks..i watched nollywood videos about slavery in west africa...people were released..they either then intermarried into the family or sendt away back to were they were captured...

nollywood tried alot to educate people on this matter but not many listened...

After the death of her daughter, every thing took a new turn. She was no longer submissive to God or the King, for according to her, God has failed her. So, God should manage his heaven while she managed her own earth. She killed her slaves at will for committing atrocities either by beheading, poisoning, etc. She gave a sanction that no cry of a child must be heard in her domain, neither must conception, courtship nor marriage take place. Any female that conceived would either die or have the pregnancy terminated by forceful abortion depending on her (Efunsetan) choice while the man responsible would die.

Read more: http://www.goodbooksafrica.com/2014/11/iyalode-efunsetan-aniwuraiyalode-ibadan.html#ixzz4ZgIFlE5T

darknetcom:
you just dont get it..

i needed time to understand slavery too..
you are looking at slavery from the angle of europeans..

forget what whites told you about slavery,go look in they books yourself..even nollywood tried and tried to explain slavery to blacks but nobody listened..we rather believe hollywood...

african slavery was a punishment system..
it was never intended to own a human being till they die..

you mess up..you get punished for a period of time and released..

the europeans industrialized it,what was very wrong...

But one of her favourite acquisitions was land. In 1834, she bought a large expanse of land in Lagos mainland, some of which she used as her farm and warehouse. According to historical accounts, in 1834, Tinubu purchased a large expanse of land from the Oloto family. According to history, Oloto Pawu, who died in 1627, was the first and original settler on a piece of land which included Ewe Agbigbo and Iwaya farmlands around 1592.

It was the 6th Oloto, Baalo Oriagbaya, who reigned between 1816 to 1859, who ceded to Madam Tinubu with the aid of Prince Akintoye, Ewe Agbigbo and Iwaya farmland, on behalf of the Oloto Chieftaincy family under Native Law and Customs. Tinubu paid 200 bags of cowries, 200 pieces of kola nuts, ten slaves and a ram to the Oloto family.
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Yes, she traded in slaves and kept many for her use, but in her days, slavery was regarded as a legitimate business which had no impact on the moral consciousness of the practitioners. Her approach to treating slaves was different, unlike some of her contemporaries – Efunsetan Aniwura (Iyalode of Ibadan) – she treated her slaves well. They were in charge of many of her businesses; this is why her estate was despoiled after her death because her slaves were the only ones who knew the details of it.

darknetcom:
look....you can not convince people to listen to you to change,if you dont defend them a tall and even join their enemies to abuse them..

how do you want them to listen to you when you join their enemies that enslaved them for 400years and colonized them??..thats not nice of you..

first defend them no matter what then they will listen to you and maybe even change...

darknetcom:
look....you can not convince people to listen to you to change,if you dont defend them a tall and even join their enemies to abuse them..

how do you want them to listen to you when you join their enemies that enslaved them for 400 years and colonized them??..thats not nice of you..

first defend them no matter what then they will listen to you and maybe even change...

Madam Tinubu: Inside the political and business empire of a 19th century heroine

She was the wealthiest woman in Yorubaland in the 19th century, controlling 360 slaves and trade routes with European merchants. She was a Queen who helped to instal kings. She fought against European domination of her people. And centuries after her death, Madam Efunporoye Tinubu remains a heroine
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Merchants didn’t come bigger than Tinubu. She bought slaves from the hinterland and sold to the Europeans at the coast at exorbitant prices, using her shrewd business acumen, she managed to monopolise the trade, preventing Europeans from dealing directly with the hinterland. Her slaves also ran her trade in palm-oil, cotton, elephant tusk, alcoholic drinks etc.

More from: http://thenationonlineng.net/madam-tinubu-inside-political-business-empire-19th-century-heroine/

darknetcom:
that dead white cvck svcker..

Mugabe promised $3,4m to US lobbyists

TWO United States men have been charged with illegally lobbying to have sanctions lifted against President Robert Mugabe.

Mail and Guardian

US federal prosecutors have announced charges against two Chicago men, whom they accuse of illegally lobbying US lawmakers to lift sanctions against Mugabe and members of his regime in exchange for a promised $3,4 million.

Prince Asiel Ben Israel (72) and Gregory Turner (71) allegedly tried to persuade unnamed US state and federal lawmakers to oppose the sanctions against Zimbabwe.

The charges against them indicate that the men met with Mugabe, Zimbabwe Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono and other officials “multiple times” in the US and in Africa, and allegedly agreed to lobby US federal and state officials on Zimbabwe’s behalf in exchange for the promised payments, which the defendants apparently weren’t able to collect in full.

The accused allegedly also got several unnamed state and federal lawmakers to write letters expressing their interest or commitment to helping Mugabe and Gono, arranged for Mugabe to meet with federal and state government officials in New York and attempted to get Gono and other Zimbabwean officials on a list of speakers at a forum hosted by a Californian member of the House of Representatives.

According to the charges, Ben Israel and Turner began talking with Mugabe and other Zimbabwean leaders in early November 2008 regarding the influence they could exert to lift the sanctions originally imposed by former US president George W Bush.

More from: https://www.newsday.co.zw/2013/08/08/mugabe-promised-34m-to-us-lobbyists/

darknetcom:
stop insulting your ancestors to prove a white cvck svcker right...

you are black..you suppose to hate white people not defending them...

let whites defend themselves..its not your job to defend them..
your job is to protect your own family no matter how messed up they may be...

LoveDecay:
Lord Lugard was wrong and he knew it. Numerous text have proven this as a fact.

I feel ashamed that a Nigerian would consider the musings of "white man" who came to steal,plunder,decimate and subjugate your forefathers and ancestors for commercial and economic purposes.

Why would you trust a man's words who was not your friend. The "white man" used the black race as "undignified" slaves and their natural resources as grease to oil their barren economies and fuel their toxic manufacturing plants. And, you have the guts to post what one of them wrote and ask us to discuss it with you.

Let me enlighten you - the black man had been victorious, accomplished and glorious before the white man came with the "maxim gun". Their is no proof on this earth that shows the white man is more superior to the black man. If you have any, please share it.

todaynewsreview:
The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been washed ashore in western Libya, in the latest tragedy along the dangerous trafficking route to Europe. The Libyan Red Crescent posted photos of dozens of bodies in black and white bags lined up along the shore near the western city of Zawiya.
A spokesman for the aid organisation said there were still bodies floating out at sea as the agency had no way of retrieving them. He said the migrants were all adults, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries, and all but three were men.
The UN migration agency, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), said the dinghy had set off on Saturday with 110 people on board. The agency said traffickers deliberately took the engines from the boat and then abandoned it to drift.


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http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/3051/tragedy-bodies-of-migrants-wash-ashore-en-route-europe-photo

Muafrika2:
Non-Sense

They did that to justify their oppression

MOFAZIT:
Is that your culture and values...

ugonwanneokoye:
I was passing through Pampam lane at onitsha when I saw people gathered.I saw this hausa guy lying helpless on the ground, they said he stole a phone belonging to an igbo guy.They have flogged the guy that every stroke of the cain left a mark on his body.I had to plead with them to let him go that they hv punished him enough.They were others who joined to plead for the guy and they finally freed him.


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Xposer:
It is as they say 'Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner of the house'. These young boys were reportedly caught in Oke Afa, Magboro area in Lagos for stealing over N600,000, Tv set and several things. They were beaten mercilessly by the residents, stripped unclad and paraded in public before being handed over to police as depicted in the picture.


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Source; http://www.nationalhelm.com/2016/02/teenagers-stripped-unclad-publicy.html

Femolacaster:
Owelle ndigbo, your head dey there jare! Your haters will die of heart attack!



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The real 'Alpha House': Yes, this is where some Senators actually live

Paint peeling off the walls. Sheets for curtains. Broken blinds. A mangled wicker chair made settable with a board. An ancient stove with a giant hole. And there's also the pile of underwear in the living room.
What looks and feels like the most rundown frat house on campus is actually the Capitol Hill home of some of the most powerful men in Washington.
"Welcome to the Omega House," joked Dick Durbin, who is the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate.
"This is where I've lived for 31 years," boasted Chuck Schumer, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat.
It's hard to believe half the Senate Democratic leadership lives in these conditions, together. But they have for decades.
When Rep. George Miller, D-California, the third roommate and landlord, came in the door, he immediately ribbed the Senators as deadbeats.
"You guys get the rent from them?" asked Miller.
The house is so legendary that it inspired the new television series "Alpha House" on Amazon.com.
'How can this work?'
None of the real "Alpha House" members has seen the show, so they said. But they were all quick to say the characters -- who are Republicans -- are nothing like them.
"How can this work?" asked Durbin. "Republican Senators trying to make out they would live in a place like this."
They have a point, which may be why the creators of "Alpha House" cleaned up the fictitious home.
Maybe it's that life is stranger than fiction. Or, more likely, no one would believe prominent politicians would live the way they do in the real Alpha House.
"Wait a minute!" exclaimed Miller, the owner, when we pointed that out.
But he was feigning offense. Thirty seconds with the three and it is clear they revel in the notoriety of their living conditions.
Still, it has been years since they all gathered for this kind of interview and tour of the Capitol Hill row house.
The odd living arrangement began in the early '80s -- when Miller's family decided they no longer wanted to live in D.C., and moved back to the California district he represents.
Miller was living in the house alone until one night when there was a snowstorm and former Democratic Rep. Marty Russo of Illinois stayed over so he could walk to the Capitol.
They decided to make it permanent since it was convenient. They soon convinced Schumer, a House member at the time, to move in.
They had other roommates over the years that have since retired or been defeated, including former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, when he was in Congress.
But what is most striking about the place, aside from the mess, is that it's a time warp. They've done virtually nothing to update since Miller's family left three decades ago.
Jackson Browne and the Beatles
Records -- real vinyl -- line the bookshelf. One of them was Jackson Browne's "The Pretender," which came out in 1976. Another was an old Beatles album.
"The same exact records are there now as the day I moved in, 1982, 31 years ago," Schumer said.
Then there are the dust-covered books that were bestsellers in the early '80s.
The furniture is a hodgepodge of what the lawmakers salvaged from various relatives and other parts of their lives.
Durbin took one of the couches from his son, who was about to throw it out.
"He put it out in the trash -- it had to be 12, 14 years ago -- and I said it's better than anything we have. So we reclaimed it," Durbin recalled.
He said the coffee table is 46 years old -- the first piece of furniture Durbin and his wife bought when they were married.
"We're not afraid of the burglars," Miller said, "because we've been burgled twice and they took nothing."
The living room, virtually the only room on the first floor of the house, also serves as Schumer's bedroom. But "bedroom" is a generous term.
He sleeps on a mattress next to the kitchen. He half-made his bed for our visit, which Durbin said was a lot more effort than Schumer usually makes.
"I spruced it up for your coming here," joked Schumer.

Too much information

There is no bathroom on the first floor, so Schumer has to use one on the second floor, where Miller and Durbin have actual bedrooms, with doors.
"When you're my age, at four in the morning to trudge up the stairs to the bathroom, it's no picnic," Schumer shared.
Next to his mattress is a door to the outside, with broken and bent blinds.
"I can see the weather without having to get out of bed," Schumer said. "It's a special effect."
His ties are strewn over an old couch, which serves as his makeshift closet.
And then, there's the kitchen.
The freezer doesn't work. The refrigerator is a sight to behold, but exactly what you would imagine based on the rest of the house: beer cans and old food, including a baguette so hard that Schumer grabbed it and demonstrated how you can use it as a weapon.
The stovetop has a giant hole, which Miller said, perhaps in jest, was made by the rats they've found in the house -- which they still have traps around to catch.
"I thought the rats were in the Senate. I didn't know they came to the House," Miller said without missing a beat.
Since the only visible cookware is a kettle so rusty and old that Miller joked it was a gift from Ben Franklin, the three men resort to the easiest meal possible: cold cereal.
The counter is covered with bulk boxes of Raisin Bran, Mini-Wheats and Kashi. And there is a giant plastic bag of sweetener, which looks like it has been swiped from various fundraisers along the way.
"I prefer Raisin Bran. But I like the Mini-Wheats," Durbin said.
"When you come home late at night and you have to still stay up to work, my incentive? Some people like a nice, you know, jigger of scotch. Mine is Raisin Bran. It keeps me up and I read the newspapers," Schumer said.

Early risers

What is a typical day in the house like?
Durbin is usually the first one up and out at 5:30 a.m. when he goes to the gym. Next is Miller, who usually takes a morning walk around the monuments.
"They leave while I'm sleeping. We do it by design. We hate each other," Schumer said, laughing.

In all seriousness, they don't do much hanging out together here. Unlike the "Alpha House" characters, the real lawmakers are rarely home at the same time.
"He comes in at 12 o'clock at night talking on his cell phone," Miller said of Schumer. "Half his staff must be in Hawaii for picking up the phone at midnight."
It is hard to believe such high-profile politicians live in these conditions.
"When my wife comes, she will not stay here," Schumer confessed.
What helps make it work is that [size=13pt]they're only in Washington about three nights a week.[/size]
And, Miller said, they're good friends.
"We all have different schedules. We all have different interests. You can come back here. You can catch up with one another. You can catch up with the House and the Senate. We know one another's families, so you know what the kids are doing. You know what the grandkids are doing," Miller said.
"I might add location, location, location," Durbin interjected. The house is just blocks from the Capitol.
"It is close to where we work. And it's easy to get back and forth, and I think that has spoiled us," Durbin said.
Durbin sums up another reason he's lived here for 21 years, and Schumer for 31, this way:
"We love it. It's home."

From: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/04/politics/real-alpha-house/

liljboy:
It’s okay to marry a woman old enough to be your mother, you can still explain that as love, but someone old enough to be your grandmother?



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AngelicBeing:
Permanent Resident & real estate / cash inheritance in-view, next story jare

sage:
http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:the-vague-future-of-nigeria&catid=28:friday-column&Itemid=56


Lord Lugard, the former governor-general of Nigeria, in 1926, wrote his unfiltered thought about Nigerians. From his book, The Dual Mandates, come these excerpts: "In character and temperament, the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person, lacking in self-control, discipline, and foresight. Naturally courageous, and naturally courteous and polite, full of personal vanity, with little sense of veracity, fond of music and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewellery.

His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment, and he suffers little from the apprehension for the future or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of the European or Asiatic, and exhibits something of the animals' placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the state he has reached.

"Through the ages, the African appears to have evolved no organised religious creed, and though some tribes appear to believe in a deity, the religious sense seldom rises above pantheistic animalism and seems more often to take the form of a vague dread of the supernatural. He lacks the power of organisation, and is conspicuously deficient in the management and control alike of men or business. He loves the display of power, but fails to realize its responsibility - he will work hard with a less incentive than most races. He has the courage of the fighting animal, an instinct rather than a moral virtue.

In brief, the virtues and defects of his race -type are those of attractive children, whose confidence when it is won is given ungrudgingly as to an older and wiser superior and without envy. Perhaps, the two traits which have impressed me as those most characteristic of the African native are his lack of apprehension and his lack of ability to visualize the future"


Guys lets discuss the thoughts of Lord Lugard. he had  a supremacist view obviously. But is he right in the way he describes Nigerians and Africans in general? How many of the issues that he raises are valid?

Letz get some responses

liljboy:
It’s okay to marry a woman old enough to be your mother, you can still explain that as love, but someone old enough to be your grandmother?



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zionmade:
Lol guy d thing really pain u ooo.
Anyway if u re angry gather some almajiris near u and start teaching dem A is for apple. Make an impact bro or are u happy with d level of illiteracy over there. If u re a yoruba muslim den Seun shud come now and see how u re looking for my trouble because if i tell u dat u think simianistically and urinate like a woman they will ban me.

If IPOB is d name u guys give all ibos den am proud to be one. U are yoruba because u were born one or hausa because u were born one but nobody was born an illiterate

liljboy:
It’s okay to marry a woman old enough to be your mother, you can still explain that as love, but someone old enough to be your grandmother?



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todaynewsreview:
The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been washed ashore in western Libya, in the latest tragedy along the dangerous trafficking route to Europe. The Libyan Red Crescent posted photos of dozens of bodies in black and white bags lined up along the shore near the western city of Zawiya.
A spokesman for the aid organisation said there were still bodies floating out at sea as the agency had no way of retrieving them. He said the migrants were all adults, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries, and all but three were men.
The UN migration agency, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), said the dinghy had set off on Saturday with 110 people on board. The agency said traffickers deliberately took the engines from the boat and then abandoned it to drift.

http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/3051/tragedy-bodies-of-migrants-wash-ashore-en-route-europe-photo



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liljboy:
It’s okay to marry a woman old enough to be your mother, you can still explain that as love, but someone old enough to be your grandmother?

malware:
Thanks for making my job easier by making reference with China. I like Chinese people cos I worked with them in the past. One thing I like with them is that they don't give a hoot about the Almighty English you people worship. Majority of the ones I worked with hardly speak English, we do communicate via interpreters. Again, they didn't copy the western way of living that's what made them progress.

What I did back in school was to understand every shit they taught me in my own language before interpreting it to English. That way I made my dependable good grades and that's what majority of Hausas do... Think not that speaking English is a measure of evaluating one's capabilities.

davinchecodes:
Bro it's off topic.
I am planing to start a business or start-up,
That evolves around music and games.
But I have one issue, if I should build it (because it involves a website,Apps and a desktop client) I might not have the money to advertise it to a wider audience to let people know about it.
And the business will likely fail if I don't an investor on time.
Will a prototype be enough to get an investor?
Do I need to have people hooked in before I can get an investor?
Or should just forget about?

malware:
Wow he accepted the fact that they produce fake corpers so easily.... You're a good guy. But what on earth do you think fake people have upstairs not to talk of imparting it on others?

I don't brag in my life.... But in the course of work, I mingled with so many southerners and I am yet to meet one who is more intelligent than me. Infact all the ones I had the opportunity of working with are below the average line.

malware:
To remind you of a fact, those who brag with education are the dullest people in school. You must be a third class product for you to come and be labeling others uneducated.... And I bet you if you try any form of "I KNOW BOOK" show again in the north, you'd be given the shocker of your life.

Those who know don't brag and intelligent people are known to be quiet people. Quote me not again in your life till you upload your God forsaken University certificate for all to see.

malware:
But we know where to search for the culprit when we are looking for fake corpers.... Thanks for reminding us to remind you that you people are fake.

juman:
Buhari children and grandchildren can never go to that kind of government school.

malware:
Who definition of noun help? Or do they ask what is noun at NLNG, NNPC or Where I work right now?

As far as I'm concerned, know your noun and we collect the jobs so let it continue like that....

Southerners know noun and Noertherners get jobs, how about that one huh?

correctguy0900:
Where are the girls in d school