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onila:

Hello Dear,

How are you today together with your business and your entire family? I guess that everything is OK with you.
I know this mail will not come to you as a surprise since we have not had a previous correspondence,please bear with me.
I am more than happy to read your interesting mail from site and i hope that you are fine and healthy, I have noticed that you are the kind of man i am looking for, I believe that you are a trust worthy and caring person, that's what makes me to disclose my identity to you.

My name is Miss Helena Morgan,24 years old from Darfur Region of Sudan and presently I am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the killing of my family by the rebels . please don't be discouraged for hearing this.I believe deep down inside me that you will never break my heart or let me down in anyway.
I am from the family of late Engr Philip Morgan. My late father Engr.Philip Morgan, was One of the Board of Directors of Sudapet Limited (Sudan National Petroleum Company) Darfur. The brutal killing of my mother and my father, one kid sister and kid brother took place one early morning by the rebels as a result of the civil war in Sudan. I was in my second year in Applied Mathematics department of University of Darfur in Sudan before the death of my loved Parents. I contacted you for a possible help. My step mother was a very wicked woman and she intend to kill me since my father and my real biological mother is died. Then she planned to take away all my late father's property and some other valuable things from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Parents. Meanwhile I wanted to find my way out of my country because I have seen what she is planning to do to me. I thereby plan to go to Europe or other part of the World, but she hide my international passport and other valuable traveling documents. luckily she did not found where I kept my fathers File which contains important documents.

I managed to escape with the documents which covers my late father's deposited money ($4.6M) Four Million Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars ). which he used my name as the next of kin. Meanwhile,I am still residing here as a refugee under the UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES, i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality to help me transfer the money from the bank pending my arrival in your country because I will like to see you face to face soon.
Furthermore,on your wish you can contact the bank for confirmation and you can communicate directly with them regarding this fund of my late father which was deposited in their custody. I am giving you this offer 15% as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me retrieve the money from the bank and transfer to your nominated account. Remember is my wish to come over to your country but I don't have travelling documents such as International passport and money for the air ticket at the moment, all this is why I told you to contact the bank first so that this money will be transferred into your bank account,so that from there you can send some money to me to prepare my traveling documents to come and meet you face to face and start a new life with you also continue my studies cause I will like to further my studies as soon as I arrive to your country, please try to help me to achieve this goal as I have a desire to become a famous personality in the nearest future. I will be pleased if you can do this for me.

You can reach me through this number (+221 77 777 2244) It is a Reverend Fathers phone number, by name Reverend Father Peter King he is the person that is in-charge of the camp even it's his office computer I'm using to send you an email any time he is less busy in his office because there's no computer at the camp hostel except in his office.If you call, please ask of miss Helena Morgan. When ever you call, try to tell him that you want to speak with Helena Morgan, that stays in the female hostel room 12. I have already inform him, that some one will call me through his phone. He will send for me from the hostel to come and speak with you. So please do not fail to call me, because I need to hear your voice too.
Nevertheless on your wish to help me out I will like to have your data such as:

1. Your Full name....
2. Your country......
3. Your occupation.....
4. Your phone or fax number...

Immediately I receive your data I will give you the contact and information of the bank where the money was deposited for you to contact them for confirmation in regards.
Remember I am revealing my secret to you,because I need help and I actually prayed that out of the three mail I sent the one that I received first will be the person to assist me, which is more or less a divine thing. As you know one must certainly trust person notwithstanding the time we have known. For me I trust you and I also enjoin you to trust me. The bank refused to give me this money because of my refugee status here in Senegal as the law of Senegal do not allow a refugee to per take in anything concerning money and I don't have any bank account where this money will be transferred that was why I contacted you because I do not permit to do that also the bank has advise me to nominate any foreign partner I trusted which is why I approach you in this regard. I have attached my pictures here for you to know me very well.

Bye and take a good care of yourself,have a nice day.

Yours sincerely,
Helena.

MsDarkSkin: Hmmm I don't recall A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Dead Prez, Talib Kwali (sp??) and the likes acting like that.
Perhaps you are ignorant about rap music and the culture. If you weren't you'd know not all rap is about "btches, h03s, money and n!ggas".

onila:

Stesibelle17: Lolz. Thank God 4 ur lyf.

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A Yoruba enclave in the heart of Igboland
By Banji Aluko
Deep in the heart of the Igbo-speaking people in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State are Ugbodu and three other communities where Oluku mi, a derivative of Yoruba language, is the language of the people. BANJI ALUKO, who visited the communities, examines how close Oluku mi actually is to the Yoruba language and traces how the people came about the language.
HELLO, this writer said, while knocking at the door, and a young lady, emerging from the building, replied, ta ni yen? When the writer heard the reply, he taught it was a mere coincidence or that his ears were deceiving him. Of course, he had every reason to be surprised since he was not anywhere near the Yoruba enclave where such a reply can only be anticipated. After all, he was more than 100 kilometres away from the nearest Yoruba community; he was in Ugbodu, a town in Aniocha North Local government Area of Delta State.
While trying to decipher why the lady gave such a reply, what further followed put the writer in a more confused position. A girl of about five appeared and said, “mo fe ra biscuit.” Perhaps, the people are part of the Yoruba community living in the town, the writer guessed as he tried to find out from the lady.
“Are you a Yoruba woman; what is the meaning of ta ni yen?” The writer asked the questions at once. Reluctantly, she answered, “I am not Yoruba o, I am just speaking my language.” Apparently, she was not unaware of the similarity between her language and Yoruba language. The lady refused to entertain any further question about her language and asked him to go to the king’s palace or to the elders if he wanted to know more about the language.
At the palace, the elders still would not talk about the similarity between their language and Yoruba. They asked the writer to wait for the arrival of the king, who they said can only speak on the people, their language and their history.
The period of waiting for the king afforded one time to listen to the conversation and the discovery was nonetheless remarkable. Following closely the conversation between some elderly men and with a deep knowledge of Yoruba, one could establish a nexus between their speech and actions. In fact, some words and expressions could be understood.
Following their conversation with rapt attention, expressions such as Gbemu wa—bring palm wine, me wa nani—I didn’t come yesterday, me ri e—I didn’t see you, mu beer oka wa—bring one beer etc could be heard, albeit with an intonation slightly different from that of the Yorubas.
Seeing the desire of this writer to follow their talk, one man finally volunteered to explain the similarity between their language and Yoruba. “I believe you are a Yoruba man,” he said. He continued: “We are Oluku mi speakers but we speak a language that is very similar to Yoruba.” This he demonstrated by pointing out some words and expressions in their language (Oluku mi) which denote the same meanings as Yoruba.
He gave some examples such as ita—pepper, ogede lila—plantain, ogede keke—banana; ku wu se—what are you doing; ule house; osa – market; oma—child; o dowuo—see you tomorrow, e bo—welcome. After explaining some similarities between the languages, he still refused to talk about how the people of Ugbodu, in the middle of other Igbo speaking neighbours, came about Oluku mi. Like others, he maintained that only the traditional ruler of the town can speak about how Oluku mi became their language.
But after waiting endlessly for the king, his brother, Prince Adebowale Ochei, who later arrived the scene, volunteered to speak on behalf of the king, H.R.M. Ayo Isinyemeze, the Oloza (Obi) of Ugbodu. According to him, history gave it that the Ugbodu Oluku mi speaking people migrated from Owo/Akure axis in the present Ondo State between 9th and 11th century AD to settle down in Benin during the reign of King Ogiso of Benin.
He continued: “At this period in the history of the Benin Kingdom, the most neglected of the wife of the Ogiso gave birth to the heir apparent to the throne. After the woman gave birth to the child, a male, the nobles consulted the oracle and said that the oracle told them that the child should be killed for peace to reign in Benin Kingdom. At the end, the child was not killed as it was said that the child was too handsome to be killed, so a fowl was killed in his place.”
According to Ochei, this was the reason the Ugbodu people left Benin. “They felt that if a crown prince could be ordered for execution just like that, they could do worse things to strangers in their midst. As a result, they left Benin and came to Ewohimi, an Ishan speaking community in Edo State. Due to intra-tribal wars, they later left the place to settle down here in Ugbodu which is a shortened form of Ugbodumila, which means bush saved me in English Language.”
He further pointed out differences between Oluku mi and Yoruba. He said one notable difference is the changing of letter “j” in Yoruba words to “s” in Oluku mi as seen in words like oloja or oja which are rendered as olosa or osa and joko as soko.
With the movement of the people was the consequent change in their language as shown in their names. According to records compiled by Prince Humphrey Ojeabu Ochei, the immediate Olihen of Ugbodu, the first six Olozas bore Yoruba names namely Adeola, Aderemi, Ariyo, Odofin, Adetunji and Oyetunde. These early kings bore typical Yoruba names years and decades after the establishment of the Ugbodu Kingdom.
As the people gradually lost contact with their kinsmen back home, they began to gravitate towards the Benin and Edo communities. The resulting acculturative process gradually led to the adoption of Edo names among the people. Hence names such as Ogbomon, Ozolua, Izebuwa, Ogbelaka, Izedonwen, Osakpolor, Esigie Igbinadolor, Osaloua, Osamewamen and Ebor emerged as Olozas.
Since Ugbodu is surrounded by the Igbo-speaking Aniomas, it did not take much time before the Igbo Language started to interfere greatly on the people’s language. Accordingly, Igbo influence steadily and progressively made what has now become permanent inroad and considerable impact on the socio-cultural life as well as linguistic orientation of the Ugbodu people. With this, the Edo influence began to wane, resulting in the adoption of Igbo names in preference to Edo names. Thus from the middle of the 19th century, the general shift was from Edo to Igbo names. This can be seen in the names of Olozas, who ruled between the middle of the 19th century and late 20th century such as Dike, Ochei, Ezenweani and Isinyemeze.
Investigations conducted revealed that Ugbodu is not the only community where Oluku mi is spoken in Aniocha North Local Government as the language is also spoken in Ukwu-Nzu (Eko Efun), Ubulubu and Ogodo.
At Ukwu-Nzu, only few kilometres away from Ugbodu, the language is not also different. Although, the people are less emphatic about their history, nonetheless, the similarity between their language and Yoruba is evident in their names and greetings. “Oju e ma won ke,” meaning your face is scarce in Yoruba, was what a man said to his friend he accosted on the road. When Sunday Tribune approached the man, who gave his name as Ayo Oke, he shed light on his language and provided more examples between Oluku mi and Yoruba Language.
He said that “instead of saying e kaabo, we say e bo, meaning welcome and wa ni we yi, meaning come here;” He also gave example of words which virtually have the same meanings as the Yoruba language. Some of these include obe—stew; oni—today; ola—tomorrow; otunla—next tomorrow etc.
Another elder in the town, who spoke with Sunday Tribune, said that the name of Ukwu-Nzu before the Igbo Language “infiltrated” their language was Eko Efun (efun means chalk in Yoruba Language). He also attributed the efun in the name of their town to the rich prescence of white chalk in the town which he said the community was richly blessed with.
Presently, the biggest challenge for the people of Ugbodu and other Oluku mi-speaking communities is how to protect their language and culture in general. According to a native of Ugbodu, “the elders are more connected to the original Olukumi language than the youth. In fact, we have lost the real Oluku mi and what we have now is an Oluku mi that has been greatly altered by Igbo language. Most of the people who can really speak the language right now are the elders. Ordinarily, the real Oluku mi is like the Yoruba that is spoken in Owo in Ondo State. Someone from that place is expected to understand the language perfectly but right now someone from Owo might not be able to understand more than 50 per cent of our language. This language may die if care is not taken,” he said.
Another factor that also contributed to the decline of Olukumi, according to findings, is that there was a time in the past when an understanding of the Edo or Igbo language, was considered as a status symbol. According to an elder in the town, “An Oluku mi who spoke the two languages then was considered superior to others because it meant that he had travelled wide. This was the inferiority complex our people unwittingly created for themselves which we are trying to correct now.”
In protecting their language which is gradually being threatened, a revival process has been started. Part of this is that some of them now choose to give their children Oluku mi names and to sing and say prayers in Oluku mi. In some cases, some radical reformers and revivalists changed the names given to them by their parents from Igbo to Olukumi. The climax of the restoration process of their linguistic ethos and identity was the christening of the incumbent Oloza with an Olukumi name, Ayo.
Reacting to efforts aimed at protecting Oluku mi, Prince Adebowale said, “I am an Oluku mi man and I am proud of my language. I am not happy that Igbo language is interfering with our language. We are trying our best to correct the situation and part of that is what my brother (the Oloza) is doing by organising an Oluku mi reciting competition. We want to know the people who can speak the real Oluku mi without mixing it with Igbo or English.” As laudable as the task of protecting Oluku mi by the people of Ugbodu(mila) is, only time will tell how far they can go.

ekwy nwa: My nomination

Gbawe….. Cool headed analyst, he doesn’t get swayed by popular tide like many mindless groupies that I know in NL

Bittyend….. nether here nor there, more into Igbo women and Oha soup at least an Igbo woman will get to be the Olori.

Alh harem (if truly he is Yoruba) always playing the devil’s advocate but he could be cool sometimes,does a lot of baseless and annoying ‘’copy and paste’’ of long garbage. He has a grasp of Yoruba history though.

Jarus matured, reasonable and focused posts, he is always on top of his game.

Negro/Dudu/Odua Nnts… knows when to let go, vast in Yoruba history.

Katsumoto. long essay writer, he should be competing with Mariama Ba the author of so long a letter.

And the winner issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

A very close call between Gbawe and Negro,

Katsumoto: Is the last part really necessary?

Desola: O ti gbagbe Wole Soyinka. He's from Ishara.

dayokanu: I agree with Ekt bear

I think most Nigerians who come to the US are middle class at the minimum.

First most of them are literate hence their ability to pass a visa interview. Almost all of them have at least a high School and some higher education maybe Technical college or Nursing school.

And a significant part of them have college degrees.

What percentages of Nigerians in Nigeria have college degrees vs Nigerians in Diaspora that have a college degree

[size=14pt]How many times do you see ppl of the caliber of Market women, labourers or Almajiris get visas to go to the US[/size]

By extension children tend to achieve at least what their parents achieve educationally. If your parents have High school degrees, Its almost impossible for you not to have a High school degree or more

Ekt, I think this point holds for Indians too or are they classified with Asians? I believe if Indians are taken separately they would be higher than Nigerians cos Hardly do you see Indians doing menial jobs and most white collar professions they form a huge part of the foreign quota e.g medicine, Finance, IT(>>60%), Pharmacy.

Not common to find an indian flipping burgers or sweeping the road

Jarus: Andre Uweh, I'm humbled by your vote of confidence.

But I know I stand no chance for the following reasons
1, I'm a northern Yoruba (from Kwara) and I believe the mainstream Yoruba (Oyo and Osun in particular) should produce the leader of Yoruba.

2, I am a proud Yorubaman no doubt, but I have never believed in ethnic supremacy. I see myself as detribalized. I'm not one to lead or take part in ethnic war. So I don't see myself as ideal candidate

3, Desola. Lol

Hello Dear,

How are you today together with your business and your entire family? I guess that everything is OK with you.
I know this mail will not come to you as a surprise since we have not had a previous correspondence,please bear with me.
I am more than happy to read your interesting mail from site and i hope that you are fine and healthy, I have noticed that you are the kind of man i am looking for, I believe that you are a trust worthy and caring person, that's what makes me to disclose my identity to you.

My name is Miss Helena Morgan,24 years old from Darfur Region of Sudan and presently I am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the killing of my family by the rebels . please don't be discouraged for hearing this.I believe deep down inside me that you will never break my heart or let me down in anyway.
I am from the family of late Engr Philip Morgan. My late father Engr.Philip Morgan, was One of the Board of Directors of Sudapet Limited (Sudan National Petroleum Company) Darfur. The brutal killing of my mother and my father, one kid sister and kid brother took place one early morning by the rebels as a result of the civil war in Sudan. I was in my second year in Applied Mathematics department of University of Darfur in Sudan before the death of my loved Parents. I contacted you for a possible help. My step mother was a very wicked woman and she intend to kill me since my father and my real biological mother is died. Then she planned to take away all my late father's property and some other valuable things from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Parents. Meanwhile I wanted to find my way out of my country because I have seen what she is planning to do to me. I thereby plan to go to Europe or other part of the World, but she hide my international passport and other valuable traveling documents. luckily she did not found where I kept my fathers File which contains important documents.

I managed to escape with the documents which covers my late father's deposited money ($4.6M) Four Million Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars ). which he used my name as the next of kin. Meanwhile,I am still residing here as a refugee under the UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES, i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality to help me transfer the money from the bank pending my arrival in your country because I will like to see you face to face soon.
Furthermore,on your wish you can contact the bank for confirmation and you can communicate directly with them regarding this fund of my late father which was deposited in their custody. I am giving you this offer 15% as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me retrieve the money from the bank and transfer to your nominated account. Remember is my wish to come over to your country but I don't have travelling documents such as International passport and money for the air ticket at the moment, all this is why I told you to contact the bank first so that this money will be transferred into your bank account,so that from there you can send some money to me to prepare my traveling documents to come and meet you face to face and start a new life with you also continue my studies cause I will like to further my studies as soon as I arrive to your country, please try to help me to achieve this goal as I have a desire to become a famous personality in the nearest future. I will be pleased if you can do this for me.

You can reach me through this number (+221 77 777 2244) It is a Reverend Fathers phone number, by name Reverend Father Peter King he is the person that is in-charge of the camp even it's his office computer I'm using to send you an email any time he is less busy in his office because there's no computer at the camp hostel except in his office.If you call, please ask of miss Helena Morgan. When ever you call, try to tell him that you want to speak with Helena Morgan, that stays in the female hostel room 12. I have already inform him, that some one will call me through his phone. He will send for me from the hostel to come and speak with you. So please do not fail to call me, because I need to hear your voice too.
Nevertheless on your wish to help me out I will like to have your data such as:

1. Your Full name....
2. Your country......
3. Your occupation.....
4. Your phone or fax number...

Immediately I receive your data I will give you the contact and information of the bank where the money was deposited for you to contact them for confirmation in regards.
Remember I am revealing my secret to you,because I need help and I actually prayed that out of the three mail I sent the one that I received first will be the person to assist me, which is more or less a divine thing. As you know one must certainly trust person notwithstanding the time we have known. For me I trust you and I also enjoin you to trust me. The bank refused to give me this money because of my refugee status here in Senegal as the law of Senegal do not allow a refugee to per take in anything concerning money and I don't have any bank account where this money will be transferred that was why I contacted you because I do not permit to do that also the bank has advise me to nominate any foreign partner I trusted which is why I approach you in this regard. I have attached my pictures here for you to know me very well.

Bye and take a good care of yourself,have a nice day.

Yours sincerely,
Helena.

Callotti: I agree!
I am one of them!

Who say 'ashawo' nor be work?

Mu he he he he he he

Onlytruth: Before the civil war, the NCNC was a political behemoth stretching across Nigeria from East to West to even parts of the North,
In that period, our politics was solid. It all came crashing with the Nzeogwu mistake of Jan 1966. These are facts.
Since then, we've had to battle many things, including moles and political trojan horses in Igboland planted there by civil war foes.
Anyway, the GEJ elections ushered in a new era similar to before the war.

1virus: I was going to create a new thread to tackle this kind of mindset. I've heard several Igbos share this line of argument and i want to understand what people mean by "Igbos are not ready" putting into considering that Igbos have produced the brightest technocrats in the history of Nigeria. Dede afam! I will be happy if an igbo leader (politician) emerge as presido come 2015. As far as am concern IGBOs are d most disorganize group in this contry. We always think hausa,yourba and d rest are our prob, no! we are our own problem. No one-ness. Ojukwu berrial is a good example of my quot. 4rm picking of organizing committe 2 donation of money It was a disagrement galore 4rm ur so called nigeria presidents. D very day we unite and say we need that seat am 200% sure no tribe will say no to it. Our politicians dont care about us. Igbos holds d most important ministarian office 2day watin them don do with it. 4rm finance to aviation, power etc. I even learn apart 4rm sanusi being d gov d rest are igbos. What else do we need but UNITY ??

alj harem: It is amazing how we keep blaming the west for everything. Let be really here, IBB and co were not westerners but Nigerians like you and I and they allowed themselves to be used or should I say they destroyed our "great nation".

Let me give you an example, a company like Hitv or Innoson would not be patronized by Nigerians because they believe it is substandard but would go to made in England or Made in china products just because it is from abroad but not from Nigeria even though the product in Nigeria is better or still has room for improvement. It is not the west that is telling us not to patronise our indigenous company, it is Nigerians like you and me that have allowed ignorance (and sometimes tribalism) to blame ourselves to see OUR OWN SONS AND DAUGHTERS SUCCESSFUL.

Again take a look at our newspapers. Rather than make a topic as Mr Uche or Mr Ola was last night murdered by Mr Aminu(just an example) rather they would say A yoruba man was murdered by a Fulani herdmen. the the ethnic dimension introduced ! That why there is separation in those two ethnic group. I am yet to see a foreign newspaper say "A Scottish killed an English man".

About the religion, for crying out loud. Religion should not be a reason for separation or fighting in Nigeria. Also It is not the white man's fault. Even among Muslims we fight, Sunni and Shia. Among Christians they fight as well. Protestants and Catholic. So did the Westerners tell Christians to be fighting among themselves ? No.

The government system.

In life there is always an era. One dynasty comes and other's die. This is the era of democracy where the people hold the power and not some Old man who was given the power for free from his father. Most powerful empires in the world always leave an era of rule and go to the next if not rebellion would start. It has been taught in history over and over again.

Health is the same, people that still take Ogbo, Tsimansa, Udu nwalika ogwu etc you can and no westerner is stopping anyone

I can keep going on and on

PointB: I am dreaming you are fretting, who is in worst position? Clearly you are wired to piss in your pants at the mention of the word 'war', sorry bruv, we dont share the same fear. I for one will like to see a negotiated split of Nigeria, but if the negotiation will end up being done with AK47, artillery fire, and missiles, so be it. The end will justify the means!

PointB: If split of Nigeria is what you are referring to, by all mean, they are welcome! Freedom at last!

ebere1712: We don't run, we fight full scale wars. Don't mistake us for your kind.

Yield: You got jokes.