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SirDurotade:hehehehehehehe, guy, you are not the only broke person here, try again later, kowole. |
Na dem dems, our jewish brothers always living up to expectation. As a member of the NCAA, i hereby confirm that after careful review of the aforementioned case, the names highlighted matched those on our list. I hail thee o diasporan sons of the Jewish state. |
confamgist237:Heheheheheh, she was like : i dey live my extra time so wetin, make i dab jo, oya kpakurumo. |
Seyi rushes in with much anticipation..............Na only name i come check for here............................Seyi signs out dissapointed |
fabre4:Good, that was why i said that he either tops the list because of this award or he does not belong to the list at all(a list that numbered the greatest Nigerian writers). I cannot talk about the greatest of the two without subjectivity, depending on the style i prefer. but as a matter of fact , if we would talk about the greatest of them ,then we would have to consider the extent of their acclaim, internationally i mean, and i presume that your quotation comes from the previously resonating advocation for a posthumous nobel prize to be awarded to Chinua Achebe, No disrespect to Achebe, but it is either we do not discuss the issue of the greater of both considering how much their work appealed to us, or we discuss it and conclude that soyinka is greater.For the Op to prepare such a list, then facts must be the major criteria for doing such. The long and short of it is that it would be better if both are tagged as among the greatest than compare their greatness, because in the end, such a discussion, would come down to awards. I rest my case. |
fabre4:How would shakespeare have won it? the nobel prize was first awarded in 1901. though i understand the politics that is sometimes involved in the awarding of the nobel prize to academicians, by and large, those awarded the nobel prize most probably produced some of the greatest works that have won widespread acclaim among their contemporaries, and for professor wole, an African, to win the prize among the lot in the 80's shows how much he distinguished himself internationally. As far as i am concerned it is either Prof tops any list of this kind or his name does not appear on the list at all. However OP should have stated his criteria for the list, Is it how much the literary writing ofa wordsmith appeals to the academic discourse community, or how much it appeals to people in general. Also why would chiamanda come before ola rotime, they did not live in the same era.While these days there are so many literary awards, regionally for different genres of writing, it wasn ot the case during ola rotimi's time. |
1. CCC Hymn 539.aye yi ti wọ sẹgbẹ kan satani nkiri fun tiju ẹlẹṣẹ yara wọ kọ kehin, ko maba jẹ ẹni ta o fẹkun, anu baba tin fẹ dopin ki osi gbohun adura mọ rukerudo ajakalẹ arun ati ipọnju ti sumọ aye, baba ko fẹ igbe ẹlẹṣẹ bẹni kosi fẹ iku wọn wasi ọdọ ni olugbala wi emi yo si gbagbo yin la.gbogbo yin epọ ninu ifẹ pẹlu isesi ododo ẹma gbadura nigba gbogbo, emi yio si wa pẹlu yin dopin. 2.CCC Hymn 290.Aiye e kun fayo, Aiye ekun fayo, ayo ti jesu kpese ni, aiye ekun fayo, chorus-ayo ayo ayo ti jesu ni, ayo ayo ayo ti jesu ni. Aiye eteriba, Aiye eteriba ade ti jesu kpese ni, keleri ade na, Chorus- ade ade ade toga ogo ni ade ade ade toga ogo ni, etera mo esin yi. etera mo esin yi, esin yi ni yio gba wala, etera ma esin yi.Chorus- esin esin ti aye yi, esin esin esin ti aye ni yio gba wala. |
Decker:Seyi Signs in..................Well written bro, but in spite of the fact that numerous denominations draw their doctrines from different parts of the Bible, there is only one message that threads through all. Love the lord thy God and only him must you worship. I do not care what you think of any of the messengers of old, whether you think of them as great prophets or sons of God, it is a waste of time, rather putting the words of the prophets into practice is peremptory. Tht was the essence of our creation in the first place, ''worship''.God directed the Isrealites to do this, Jesus repeated it again. The notion of heaven was out of the question in the beginning, before satan fell and man erred. So in the advent of the coexistence of good and evil, there needed to be a reason for us to keep ourselves upright. Thts heaven.The notion that there is a reward for the good deeds we do.The devil promises you some reward if you worship him doesn't he? God also promised you a reward if you keep worshiping him, fair enough.Would we rather seek for power and success in the habitations of men or just a place beside God worshiping him day and night. Heaven is to test our commitment to our purpose, Worship, i do not know how God actually wants it, whether we will remain here worshiping him eventually, though that is most likely, or we will dwell with the angels, but the moment something came in to undermine our main purpose, there had to be the notion of a higher purpose, that is just fair enough, as we were deprived of some necessary conditions needed to keep worshipping God, if there was not a notion of heaven ,what would we think God, a God that doesnt care about us.The devil seeks every means to confirm that God made a mistake creating us, and that we cannot worship him without provisions from God, indicating, we are materialistic, we only worship he that provides us with needs. God on the other hand seeks to prove to satan that some of us will still understand that he God created us, and we owe him the obligation of worshipping him. Thts is why Satans campaign majorly involves providing us with our material needs, but God's campaign involves rewarding us with a place beside him, worshipping him day and night. Tht does not mean that God's campaign involves depriving you of all your basic needs, no, it only means you might not have those needs in excess. I am sorry for using this notion but that is a fair deal between God and the devil in trying to prove their claims.So God does not have to prove to the devil that he is greater than him by destroying him, he only has to prove it through us, because we are the source of the devils rebellion, not that we caused his rebellion, but he rebeled because of us.So in my opinion the notion of heaven is a test,would we choose absolute spirituality in God or absolute materiality in the devil, we only have to accept that heaven is real cos it is from the mind of God,so that again is another test, do we believe in what God tells us. The earlier you strive towards your original purpose the better for you, we lay toom uch emphasis on the existence of a reward for our worship ,when in deed with or without a reward we must worship God.May the peace of God abide with us....................... Seyi Signs out |
vickylincon:sorry i get it now, but it appeared equivocal, i could not tell ur intended meaning without you pointing me to it. |
tempest01:common, you have just three minutes to complete the test, whether you are ready or not, u ave to submit just after 3 minutes. He does not have to tell you that, you should know it. |
vickylincon:common, we Nigerians generally have really terrible English accents, sometimes i wonder if the British actually colonized us, as we claim. remove the log from your own eye before you see well enough to remove the speck from another's eye. |
i thought they said Mr President does not speak good English, cos during the interview, he spoke as well as any well-educated Nigerian would. In Ebenezer obey's voice 'There just absolutely nothing you can do to satisfy the sons and daughters of men'' |
[quote author=halfricanadian post=45585756]Ur last sentence is tru Gods choice does not always come in d form we want Same God said my thought for u is of good not evil so i wud bliv even if its nt in d form i want so far its Gods will im ok with it Dont want to go with my choice again dey dont help me [/quote In...................ununun, i hope you also understand that marriage is a union of two families, in that case it is not entirely ur choice too, ur parents also take part in that choice. So there comes the complication of your parents thoughts aligning with your destiny. So getting marryied the right person is not always that simple, even when you do good deeds, and your first statement sounded supercilious, ur post carried carried a connotation that suggests that you cannot make the same mistakes others have made. It also suggested that you think others did not search well enough that was why the ended up with the wrong people. You should change your mindset, if that is the cae, you can only hope and pray you end up with the right man..............Out |
halfricanadian:In........................You are getting it wrong ma'am, your choice of man or woman largely depends on you. This has always been the case since the fall of the first man Adam, no woman or man would want to get tied to the wrong man or woman. Marriage is the most complex institution we uphold. Sometimes you end up in one man's or woman's hand against your choice but in line with your destiny or in line with your choice but against your destiny, then comes the question, how do we differentiate between choice and destiny, in fact i think both are the same, but we only have two different kinds of choices, choices that are solely in line with our hearts(don't tell me everything you have liked was of God) cos you are not God. 2. choices that are inline with our purpose on earth, this is your destiny, even if you believe in destiny, it is barely directly practical, is destiny even of God or of our making? though i can tell from your post that you believe destiny is of God's making. So how do you differentiate between this to kinds of choices, well i don't know, i pray my instincts leads me to the path of destiny. So many good men have ended up marrying the wrong women, i would not have to tell you this should be the case for good women too, that is the most logical assertion there is. Solomon in is epic wisdom once said '' He who finds a wife finds a good thing'', i do not also have to tell you that a ''he who finds a good man finds a good hting'',there are only two of our kind, what else would have been. solomon made those remarks because even, in his wisdom, he made the wrong choices about women. So though you sound like someone who is upright, but you can end up with the wrong man, analyse this, you have a choice between two men, one who is a drunkard and pauper. Another who appears responsible and rich. Based on the afore mentioned circumstances, which of the men would you think is an element of your destiny?.All in all, it will benefit you to know that God sometimes directs the choices that align to our destinies towards us, but for fear of security and partcularly in the face of our judgement being clouded by certain forces, physical or spiritual, we look to other choices that appear to us as in line with our destinies. The word of God says ''God is not a man to lie''. This does not mean God-driven choices cannot appear as sham. Our strife towards goodness, does not mean we wont make mistakes, it is my fervent prayer that marriage does not become that mistake. I wish you all the best anyway , but do not be deceived, waiting for God's choice might keep you waiting till eternity because God's choice does not always come in the form we imagine......................Out |
bishophenry:In.....................In Ebenezer obey's voice, ''there is nothing you can do to satisfy the world'', if he had demanded for an apology we would have found a thousand reason why he should not have said that. The deed has been done, Cameron has spoke, and the we have heard him, infact why would PMB demand for an apology for a statement that is actually true, though that sounded condescending and hypocritical of him, for someone who was allegedly involved in corrupt activities. Corruption has always been on high in their systems too, just differet methods, he that embraces a corrupt individual is in fact, the most corrupt, because their acceptance will only serve to further the excesses of corrupt leaders. In fact though Buhari's statement was straight forward, it was infact an insult to the British sovereign.In fact they need to pay interest in addition to the repatriated stolen funds.....................................Out |
Bassee:easy now, 'trillion wetin'' with tht money he no be say Buhari go leave Nigeria go buy island for somewhere, start out new country. |
swimmer:Mr lawyer, you asked a very important question, what are you doing to diversify the economy? and i have just a straightforward answer, they have plans, but the budget has not been finalized yet, even if you pour honey into a leaking pot, the same thing will happen, it will leak, at best it will take a longer time. |
sandman007:i beg help me ask ooo, who stats don help? |
paschu:In.................My guy stop deceiving yourself, economic blueprint do you want , the kind that previous administrations had but wasn't implemented? You can cite some examples of elements you would have expected in the current government's plan, that they have failed to recognize, then we analyze them and discuss how they fit into our current situation. The fact that someone has a plan that does not agree with your expectations does not mean he/she has no plan. I am not supporting any side here, but i would like you to explain what you mean by the non-existence of an economic blue print, that could very well feed the thoughts of some of us........................ Out |
bejeiodus:In..................if i may ask, what kind of answers did you expect her to give? answers that are meant to just impress you, but are not actually real!. The budget has not even been signed yet. I would like you to educate us on what better answers you think she should have given. I am waiting..................... Out |
In.........................Well said finance minister, you have spoken,now get to work, prove to us that your appointment was not a waste of time and an utter display of cluelessness by this government , a notion so many of us have come to accept. We had confided in our so called most accomplished individuals and management experts ,previously manning some of the biggest organisations in the world, but they failed to repay our confidence with spite and our happiness with sadness, and our hope with hopelessness.surprisingly and in fact, we,Nigerians mostly judge the appropriateness of present and future government appointees based on the credentials of those that have dissapointment us. Does commonsense not teach us to learn from our experiences, i sometimes wonder if we as Nigerians, understand what commonsense means talkless of having it. She don carry this wahala sha, Mrs Adeosun the ball is in your court , do the needful, you have my confidence. You sounded futuristic and well informed in your speech, i hope you are not another one that speaks and does not do. The thoughts of a concerned Nigerian..................................Out |
360metrosports:He tested negative, so the world must know about it. Nawa oooo, i no know if this one na mockery or na pity |
Rapmoney:In..............Ok i agree, i should have read through, i just could not afford the luxury of reading through everything, but all the same no one is a fountain of knowledge..................Out |
In....................Though this statement appears replete with statistics that signify objectivity, it is almost unnecessary at this point in time,and a deep thought about the statement would elicit the understanding that the statement particularly attacks the policies of the current government, that is understandable, the last 5 sentences connotes this,and i know my bros who strongly believe in PMB, would easily spot this subjectivity, that being said nothing good comes easy, its either it gets worse or gets better(the complexity of governance does not create room for outright stability). You cannnot make an omellete wthout breaking eggs; it can get worse before it gets better, thts a possibility, let's not throw caution to the wind in our analysis. I would rather not say much now, also we should consider the fact that Nigeria was hit by a significant drop in oil prices, when we had enough we could not do anything with it. Now that we have little we expect so much, what a paradox, personally i will not expect much from Buhari in the first year ,but anything short of improvement in the living standard of the people in the coming months and years sequel to the implementation of policies will be unacceptable. to President Mahammadu Buhari, i hope as an elder statesman, you have calculated your steps very well because, Nigerians will not forgive you, if this ship sinks further, i hope that budget will be finally approved, and the implementation of policies comes to light, other wise you will be the biggest scammer Nigeria ever had as a President,to my fellow Nigerians, you have a right to be impatient, because you are Nigeria, but i expect that we should understand that Nigeria is at this point because of us, for the same reason, we are Nigeria. We can lay blames on our forefathers, as our very foundation crumbles, but the future will do the same to us, given the dormant state of the vanguard of this era.We could chastise the presidency when we think they tread on a path that does not favour our collective concern, but we should start thinking deeply ourselves. We have given you four years President Buhari, to prove that you meant what you said, '' I am for no one, and i am for everyone''. I do not ask for 24 hours of light in 4 years, we would need God as our president to do that, i only need at least 18 hours of light, i do not expect you to provide me a car, but i should be able to eat at least 2 square meals a day, i hope thats not too much, a lot of us are out of Nigeria because our education doesn't bode well for our future,you should not expect loving parents not to want the best for their wards, you would do the same, so make our education better and devise ways to avoid burdening parents, because they have made a choice to better the lives of their kids by sending them abroad, its not too much Mr President, its my basic right, dont you see that. You said you will do it, the ball is in your court, ................................Out |
Rapmoney:like someone earlier commented, you pointed out some problems, though that was educative, you should have suggested solutions and alternatives, for every case, that would have brought your edification to a logical conclusion. Now, i find one of your corrections weird: 'I am asking of Funmilayo', in the use of the preposition 'of' in this case, it is usually in this form'' asking something of somebody', ''asking after funmilayo'' should be the most appropriate grammatical correction for the blunder, other variations include asking about and asking for, but asking after should be the most appropriate, since asking for, could mean you need that person to do a job for you, asking about, could mean that the subject does not know the object, asking after indicates the subject knows the object. . I stand to be corrected. No one is a repository of knowledge. |
Igbospower:common bros dont take that too seriously, i make mistakes too, i was just trying to say that, the situation irks u so much that u pronounced stoke as stroke, u should probably read my comment again, i didnt mean to mock you, it was an implicit tease, that is what makes this place interesting, i would have expected u to reply me by creating something humorous out of that. |
the duper becomes the duped, what a twist of fate. |
nedufantasy:well said but the first one sounds apparently implausible, the smallest of pigs would still be heavier than a cat, so how true could that have been, you should have said that it is a supposed origin of the phrase, all in all, well done. |
Igbospower:Oga easy now, no vex murdering english since time immemorial bro. |
4 and 6, they are just varied intensities of the same colours, ROYGBIV ,separation of light |
jerseyboy:what do you mean actually by your statement, everyone had every reason to hate GEJ, cultured or uncultured, the case was simple GEJ or no GEJ PDP had ruled Nigeria for 16 years, and turned us into a system of electrons, whether there was progress at one point in time, negated afterwards by another period of retrogressive steps at another poınt ın tıme, all i know is that Nigeria is hovering about a single point, at least regarding the standard of living of the people. Every party is an association of like minds, ''like they say birds of the same feathers flock together'', we had had enough of PDP reign, so it was only expedient to choose APC, it was perhaps the only party with a fairly better association of people, at least as far as history tells us, most of us did complain of GEJs cluelessness in solving the problems of Nigeria, we do not care much about if he tried, its no excuse, he was just not ready to rule a country of Nigeria's complexity, also most probably PMB was the only 1 close to havıng the capabılıtıes of dealing with our problems squarely, so our sudden inclination towards giving him the benefit of doubts, the ball is now in his court, he can either make us regret our confidence in him, or boost our confidence in himç On the court, if he decides to throw a 3-pointer, or a 2-pointer, or hit the ball against the board inorder to score, or slam dung or makes a rimless shot, all in all he has to make thıs natıon better than it was, along the line we would tell him, man we need a 3-pointer, we need a 2-pointer, and if he fails to deliver periodically we have a reason to explode. However at the end of 4-years, if the latter Nigeria is not significantly greater than the former, we would then have another opportunity to reconsider our perspectives.It is important that we are objective in whatever argument we invest our time and intellect in. I still repeat, by hindsight, there is no reason to regret ever voting PMB into power, he was the best option we had in the heat of the moment. So the fact that Prof hated GEJ's government does not mean he hated the progress of Nigeria, nd the fact that he is criticizing PMb now ,does not mean he regrets ever pushing for his taking up the reins power, we vote people into power based on what we perceive they can achieve, so if they effect stagnation or retrogression eventually, fine, infact we will learn about other things to incorporate into our considerations for a better choice ın the future, it is just the most logical thing you can do. Would you rather not support someone who is yet to rule, though his record affords you some hope than someone, who was previously ruling but seemıngly havıng no dırectıon.I would rather go for the former and hope the clouds would get clearer. I rest my case |
Gaddafithe2nd:hahahahahahahahaha, dem dem |
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So human being don turn movie?
You can't use two comparative adjectives in a sentence! We have good, better, best. When you compare two things, the middle one which is 'better' should be used so there's no need for 'more' which is also a comparative adjective but goes with 'than'. As in 'more than'