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Romance › Re: She Blocked Me Because Of This by BluntBoy(m): 10:15am On Jun 15, 2018

Preshy561:
ah,abeg,stop prevaricating.

this your statement proved her right anyways.
I wonder why you had to go all the way to look smart but ended up being the joke.
your entitlement mentality is top notch.

mtchew.

It didn't prove anything, Preshy. The OP is on a safe ground. He didn't mention the sort of reward and any girl who thinks it is sex is merely corroborating the talk that girls only have sex to offer in a relationship.

Romance › Re: She Blocked Me Because Of This by BluntBoy(m): 9:54am On Jun 15, 2018

They have started fighting again.

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Politics › Re: Meet Falmata Abubakar, Shekau’s Mother Speaks On Whereabout Of Boko Haram Leader by BluntBoy(m): 9:21am On Jun 15, 2018

saaron:
You need to know that Muslims support Boko haram.
Boko haram and their counterparts in middle east are Muslim organizations. You will never see Muslims declare fatwa on Jihadist terrorist group because they are mandated to always support Muslims. That's what Sheecow's mother just hinted in the interview.
They are all terrorist and terrorist sympathizers.

You are very ignorant.

The Muslims in Borno became sympathetic toward Boko Haram because of the extrajudicial killings of the Nigerian military. It is the same thing that happens when victims of police brutality don't feel any pity when a policeman is killed.

Politics › Re: Meet Falmata Abubakar, Shekau’s Mother Speaks On Whereabout Of Boko Haram Leader by BluntBoy(m): 9:18am On Jun 15, 2018

SalamRushdie:
Shekaus mother is granting interviews while Nnamdi Kanus parents are still missing ..what a fair country

She is not in support of what her son is doing. Kanu's parents were in full support and even let him live with them.

Celebrities › Re: Woli Arole & The Hot Slap That Made Nkechi Sunday Call Juliet Ibrahim Idiot by BluntBoy(m): 9:07am On Jun 15, 2018

Maychang:
I remember when Juliet Ibrahim started. She was so whack in acting.

Whether you think im hating or not ...na your problem.

Juliet majorly got roles in Ghana due to her Skin colour and beauty. Because many of the Ghana-lebanese halfcasts were high on demand and it was easier for them to get roles.

But well, i can say she has improved. So she has no right to judge Nkechi.

Shift abeg

I didn't see Juliet judging here. Yes, Juliet is a bad actress but so are the others.

Celebrities › Re: Juliet Ibrahim Blasts Nkechi Blessing Sunday For Calling Her An Idiot by BluntBoy(m): 8:56am On Jun 15, 2018

badinfluence:
So Juliet Ibrahim knows these acting tips, but still cannot act to save her life. It's these lazy movie producers I blame for putting everybody on screen.. The other day alex ekubo was a special guest at a film school, what on earth can he teach the students. We too like mediocrity for this country..

All of them are overrated.

However, I think this is not the issue at hand. Juliet was unjustly insulted and that is what we should all be condemning.

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Celebrities › Re: Juliet Ibrahim Blasts Nkechi Blessing Sunday For Calling Her An Idiot by BluntBoy(m): 8:54am On Jun 15, 2018

kimbraa:
Nollywood needs to perfect her act. How can you keep slapping someone 'till you get the degree of slap you want? What of other effects that aids and makes act real? I have watched Hollywood do worse daring things behind the scene and were made easy.

Juliet sef! There's a degree of slap that'll make you loose focus.

It is not a Nollywood thing. It is a director's thing. The director calls the shot. Some directors want the real thing and some would just want the effect if they can't get the real thing done properly.

Celebrities › Re: Juliet Ibrahim Blasts Nkechi Blessing Sunday For Calling Her An Idiot by BluntBoy(m): 8:45am On Jun 15, 2018

It is not hard to tell the type of girl that Nkechi girl is. A village girl who is rude and mannerless.

I didn't see anything wrong in what Juliet wrote to warrant such an insult. Why would someone just rush to call another person an "idiot".

The director of the movie involving this mannerless Nkechi should remove her from location and get another actress. Clearly, the girl is never going to go far with such an attitude.

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Politics › Re: Eid-el-fitr: CAN, DPC Felicitate With Muslims by BluntBoy(m): 7:16am On Jun 15, 2018

Happy Eid-el-fitr to my beautiful friend, Kyutepanda. May your prayers and aspirations be met and fulfilled.

Crime › Re: Police Release Channels For Complaints About SARS Officials by BluntBoy(m): 7:13am On Jun 15, 2018

samyyoung1:
With all dis SARS tales av been hearing, am so sorry av never been a victim, maybe cause am married, or maybe cause I dress well, or cause I don't keep late nights, or cause I drive a cool car (Kia Rio) which is not flashy, or cause I respect myself always, or cause my friends are my exact type........still don't get why av never experienced dis hard-Crime fighters

Bro, your Kia Rio will look flashy to a poverty-stricken SARS member. Just continue to hope not to encounter them.

I have also never encountered them and I think it has to do with the roads I ply. I drive a rather flashy car (an M-B 4Matic) but I hardly see police vans on my way to and from the office.

However, I have had encounters with the police and I can tell you that once you drive a good car, they will want to exploit you.

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Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 6:35pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
Quit name-dropping and do the needful. That shouldnt be too difficult...

Apples and oranges...The Nobel Prize clearly adjudged by Europeans nay Swedish Academy for their chosen/favourite recipients and The African Player of the Year....more or less determined by voting.

Ogbeni, when would you grow up?

My point is we can argue about Okocha's loss because the shortlist was made public. But it is hard to verify that in what particular year Achebe could have been snubbed. At least, to prove that politics was played, we have to look at the 10 years in which Achebe would likely have won it. Who could he have beaten or who gained from Achebe's snub. Definitely not any of the names I mentioned.

In summary, you can't prove that Achebe was snubbed. The few controversial winners couldn't have been picked in place of Achebe because as at mid 2000s, Achebe had virtually stopped publishing anything. Prior to the publication of his memoir, he had last published in 1988. Prior to 1986 when the Prize was opened to the world to erase the Eurocentric tag, Achebe had last published in 1966.

Nobel Prize is not awarded based on the strength of one book. You can't have stopped publishing in 1966 and expect to win the 1980-1990 Prizes.

My brother, this argument is very unnecessary.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 2:53pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
You are asking a dumb, inconclusive, open-ended question.

Do the reading...that is my answer to your not so smart red herring...

SMH...

And I suppose you think you are in a position to tell which question is good or bad; you who go about peddling unverifiable tales about the Nobel committee? My brother, you are in no position to judge questions. You were not smart with your assertion. As a matter of fact, you sounded so sure that Achebe was deliberately denied and yet couldn't tell which writer gained from Achebe's snub. Was it William Golding or Saul Bellow or Wole Soyinka or Nadine Gordimer or Naguib Mahfouz or JM Coatzee or Toni Morrison?

At least, we can argue that Okocha should have won the 1998 African Player of the Year. But you, you go about talking trash but yet to make verification becomes a difficulty. Even to mention the establishment you earlier accused of politicking becomes a problem.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 2:25pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
I will not be responding to you going forward till you read the recommended texts.

All the answers you are looking for are embedded therein.

I dont remonstrate for its own sake.

In what year should Achebe have won the Nobel Prize huh

I asked my question before yours and it is only polite that you answer my question first.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 2:24pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
Your condition is pitiable... Do a simple research and you are running amok, foaming in the mouth.

Verbosity all over the place without the application of the time-tested common sense...

Just like tales told by an idiot, full of sound and fury but signifying nothing...ala Shakespeare's Macbeth...

My friend, shut your mouth.

Answer my question: "In what year should Achebe have won the Nobel Prize?"

If I can remember, I asked first and so you should answer my question before asking me to check your links.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 12:58pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
You don't get it, do you?

You do the reading and you can see that there is nothing to debate...

BTW, what is the object of this debate of yours?

To get affirmation?

Guy I am a man of letters. I am sure I have succinctly demonstrated that here.

I am at loss to establish the rationale in engaging you in a kind of literary callisthenics which outcome will prove inconclusive as you have depicted an unwillingness to defer to superior argument/viewpoints.

What the other gentleman was telling you as well as all I have been saying here are well captured/articulated/chronicled in the two excerpts I recommended.

Need I say more?

This was the ignorant piece that drew me to your moniker:

What is, BTW, the big deal with The Nobel Prize? Achebe could have won it if not for politics being played by the establishment.

I asked to know which establishment and in what year this snub happened. You avoided these questions and yet want to lay claims to a superior argument.

A literary critic and man of letters making such an ignorant, unverifiable claim.

All you have done is use big words to attempt to distract everyone from the blunder you made.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 12:52pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
You don't get it, do you?

You do the reading and you can see that there is nothing to debate...

BTW, what is the object of this debate of yours?

To get affirmation?

Guy I am a man of letters. I am sure I have succinctly demonstrated that here.

I am at loss to establish the rationale in engaging you in a kind of literary callisthenics which outcome will prove inconclusive as you have depicted an unwillingness to defer to superior argument/viewpoints.

What the other gentleman was telling you as well as all I have been saying here are well captured/articulated/chronicled in the two excerpts I recommended.

Need I say more?

In what year was Achebe snubbed?

I need a direct answer. If you can't answer it, then you should shut the fvck up and avoid discussions on the Nobel Prize.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 12:51pm On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
You don't get it, do you?

You do the reading and you can see that there is nothing to debate...

BTW, what is the object of this debate of yours?

To get affirmation?

Guy I am a man of letters . I am sure I have succinctly demonstrated that here.

I am at loss to establish the rationale in engaging you in a kind of literary callisthenics which outcome will prove inconclusive as you have depicted an unwillingness to defer to superior argument/viewpoints.

What the other gentleman was telling you as well as all I have been saying here are well captured/articulated/chronicled in the two excerpts I recommended.

Need I say more?

Stop all these bogus claims. So making an unfounded claim that Achebe's Nobel Prize snub is political is a demonstration from a man of letters huh

Dividing Achebe's corpus into major and minor works is a demonstration from a man of letters?

First, you claim to be a literary critic and now a man of letters. Bro, you obviously are suffering from delusion of grandeur.

You wrote that I have an unwillingness to defer to superior argument?

Which superior argument? An argument that Achebe was purposely snubbed by the Nobel committee huh

Which argument exactly. You made absolutely no point and yet expect me to swallow your beer parlor gossips.

I ask again: "in what year should Achebe have won the Nobel Prize in Literature".

If you can't answer that question, then you are the biggest fool in the world.

Politics › Re: June 12: Tinubu, Fayemi Rejected Renaming Of UNILAG After Abiola (Throwback) by BluntBoy(m): 10:03am On Jun 14, 2018

DoTheNeedful:
Even from these statements, we know those who have hatred for others. Can't you people just be free-minded? This is politics and democracy. The preference for someone should not be seen as hatred for another. MKO lost in the East and our Igbo brothers voted for a Northerner in 1993 yet I have not seen anyone say that the Igbos hate Abiola. It is politics and it is democracy. We are not obliged to see things the same way.

The same Yorubas that you claim hated GEJ were at the forefront fighting for his right against the Northern powers. They even voted for him in 2011 and also rigged in his favor. However, 4 years later they felt he had not done enough for their region.Even at that, in 2015, GEJ still had around 42% of SWern votes which shows many still wanted him. GEJ also made some bad decisions such as undermining OBJ in PDP and releasing Major Al Mustapha who many Yorubas feel was a villain in MKO's saga.

On renaming Unilag after MKO, I will salute GEJ on that but it is extremely difficult to rename schools like Unilag, UNN and UI after anyone at this point. ABU was easier to rename after Ahmadu Bello because the school was still in its infancy when it was renamed. Many Yoruba graduates of OAU still do not like the idea of renaming the school after Awolowo although most like Awolowo himself. GEJ did not do proper consultations before he tried renaming the school. The students and alumni of the school did not like the idea. I don't think people will be silent if UNN is named after GEJ tomorrow.

Making June 12 a national holiday is by far more dignifying in my opinion. Also the official recognition of Abiola as the winner is soothing.

Our Eastern brothers should be more liberal in the way they see things and stop seeing things from the prism of hatred.

Well-said, bro.

I don't know why people continue to see this thing as a Yoruba thing.

I can't understand how somebody will just wake up and decide to make a decision that would impact a lot of lives negatively. I had a lecturer whom we called Baba Ike during my master's program. The man is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University. Whenever the man referred to OAU, he always called it University of Ife and refused to call it OAU. That is how strong the bond is. I can't understand why these tribalists keep on seeing the rejection of GEJ's gift as hatred of Yoruba for GEJ. Unilag has alumni from all parts of the country and I can bet that none of them liked the change. The name "Unilag" alone drives thousands of prospective candidates to choose the school as first choice. Why would anyone just wake up one day and rename such a university. It is like renaming University of Nigeria Nsukka to Nnamdi Kanu University. I am sure even sympathizers of Kanu who are alumni of the university will reject such a gift.

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Politics › Re: June 12: Tinubu, Fayemi Rejected Renaming Of UNILAG After Abiola (Throwback) by BluntBoy(m): 9:46am On Jun 14, 2018

How can people be comparing Buhari's fitting honor of Abiola with the stupid move of GEJ?

When Babangida decided to "honor" Awolowo by renaming University of Ife to Obafemi Awolowo University, there were protests led by notable people such as Wole Soyinka who was a lecturer in the University of Ife at the time. The renaming only succeeded because it happened under military rule where there was little regard for human rights.

The rejection of GEJ's gift was not only a Yoruba thing. There are many alumni of the school (Igbo, Hausa's, Yorubas, Efiks, Ibiobios, etcetera) who vehemently rejected the offer.

What is even the need to change the name of a popular brand when it is not like the brand had failed? GEJ didn't think that well at all. He could have done what Buhari did. Enough of renaming already well established universities. If I can remember well, GEJ created nine Federal universities. Why didn't he name one of them after MKO and let the university grow with the name?

I can't even imagine any useless government trying to rename my Alma mater, University of Ibadan. I will reject such gift even if it is to be renamed after my father.

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Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 9:35am On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
You have to do those recommended readings.

I don't argue/debate for the fun of it.

Sundays are busy days for me, anyway...

SMH...

Alright, pick a day.

Sports › Re: 2018 FIFA World Cup : Will An African Team Reach Semi-finals For The First Time? by BluntBoy(m): 7:42am On Jun 14, 2018

I watched the friendlies of all the five African flag bearers. There is something that appears to be peculiar to African teams and evident in these five African teams and that is profligacy. We cover a lot of distance with nothing to show for it. The most painful one was Senegal vs Croatia. Senegal could have easily gone 10 goals up after they scored but it was not the case as Croatia would equalize and go on to win the match 2-1.

In 2014, Algeria vs Germany and Nigeria vs France come to mind. All that pressing and running and yet the loss. Relaxing after scoring must be discouraged. Victory only comes at the blast of the final whistle. We cannot afford to be wasteful.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 7:32am On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
Stop being petty.

A minor typographical error will not help your cause.

I doubt whether you had made it past creche level when I read that work...

Let us have a literary debate on Sunday afternoon.

I will be supporting Ngugi wa Thiong'O and you can stick with Achebe.

You can keep your Wiki pages for the argument.

Are you in? I picked Sunday afternoon because I believe you are worker like me.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 7:26am On Jun 14, 2018

maestroferddi:
Stop being petty.

A minor typographical error will not help your cause.

I doubt whether you had made it past creche level when I read that work...

Arrows is typo error huh

Please, son.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 11:29pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
I am just seeing this one...

You gun for Nguji wa Thiong'O to be awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature and yet you deem Achebe ineligible for the same prize?

Oga your case is pathetic...

Will Weep Not Child and other works by James Thiong'O be in the same sentence with three of Achebe's major works viz Things Fall Apart, Arrows Of God and even No Longer At Ease?

My hunches rarely fail/disappoint me. I had you figure out from the beginning...

Gunning for Ngugi wa Thiong'O is purely based on sentiments (as many of you do for Achebe), I wouldn't be so bitter as to start spreading beer parlor gossips about politics if Ngugi fails.
I already have over a hundred reasons why he would never win it.

And talking about Achebe better than Thiong'O, I will open a thread on Sunday and you and I can have a literary debate. Just you and I.

Perhaps, it is on that thread that your ignorance of literature would eventually be revealed to everyone and they would see what a "wonderful" literary critic you are.

I will mention you on Sunday afternoon. I will chat with Dive Pen. You can consult a thesaurus if you like but know that in the Literature section, big words without substance won't win you any argument so better prepare well.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 11:20pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
I have been able to articulate my points here.

I have not complained about any words you can muster. Just accept your lexical inadequacies and lets move on.

Stop trying to deny the obvious.

I do consider it unacceptable for a literary mind to be picky on words in so far as the words are in the linguistic corpus.

Mr Man, you have not articulated anything other than beer parlor gossips.

I won't leave you until you actually articulate your viewpoint about Achebe getting snubbed.

You don't know me cheesy

Na me and you today.

I am waiting o. And I am still awaiting answers on how I contradicted myself.

There is not one single question you asked that I have not answered and even provided room for you to refute. But you, an obviously arrogantly ignorant lying person, are yet to answer any of my questions.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 11:13pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
I am just seeing this one...

You gun for Nguji wa Thiong'O to be awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature and yet you deem Achebe ineligible for the same prize?

Oga your case is pathetic...

Will Weep Not Child and other works by James Thiong'O be in the same sentence with three of Achebe's major works viz Things Fall Apart, Arrows Of God and even No Longer At Ease?

My hunches rarely fail/disappoint me. I had you figure out from the beginning...

It is Arrow of God, not Arrows of God.

See, the first time you managed to reel out something, you betrayed your pathetic ignorance. Even with the assistance of Google, you still couldn't get it right enough.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 11:08pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
I just got home from work...

I can help guffawing at what you were writing� LWTMB...

When you read Soyinka, read your tribesman, you read sense, but when you read me you see rambling...

Guy stick to what you have aptitude... comedy!

But I was not writing in Kiswahili or Xhosa, I was writing in English...

Stop whining.

I asked a question but all you have done is rant.

Guy, is it the same West that hyped Achebe that also snubbed him?

If you have no answer, run along. I have not got time for hopelessly shallow individuals.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 4:10pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
Guy why elevate pointlessness to a pedestal?

You are becoming clownish, I must point out...

We all know who would sound clownish between you and I. It is like listening to Soyinka and Patrick Obahiagbon. Obahiagbon is always sounding clownish. And that is how you would sound cheesy

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 4:02pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
You have evidently lost the plot.

You are inadvertently contradicting yourself...

SMH

How have I contradicted myself?

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 3:49pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
Quit running from pillar to post...

Whose work easily goes as the best/most literary work ever written from black Africa?

That person is Chinua Achebe.

Any other consideration hardly matters.

And who decided that? Who is behind the hype? It is the same West you people accuse of snubbing Achebe.

Without the West, would Things Fall Apart have become so popular?

So, learn to argue objectively. When you think of the West as a monolith, you must be careful in speaking against it especially if you have enjoyed its help once.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 3:46pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
You are getting quixotic here.

Which ones are big words?

Do I detect some hint of the actual inadequacy?

We are discussing literature here...I shouldn't be held culpable for your paucity/overdaft of vocabulary...

BTW, You make for a sham soyinka-ite by wailing on choice of words when your supposed hero made a name on literary complication.

You are very shallow cheesy

I am not picking on your use of words for the sake of it. But when the words lack substance, then they are a waste. That is my point. Using big words to cover up inadequacies is a waste to the reader. When I read Soyinka, I see the sense. But you, you are merely rambling.

Literature › Re: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize by BluntBoy(m): 3:35pm On Jun 13, 2018

maestroferddi:
At least someone has taken the time here to disabuse you of crass ignorance as per the political angle to the award of the prize.

I deem whatever you are trying to say, heretofore, as a pesky piece of blind argument.

Disabused? I have replied him. At least, he showed substance and for someone like that, I would enjoy an argument.

Achebe's case cannot be proven to be political. I have asked him a question and he is yet to answer. Perhaps, you can help.

Is it the same West that have continually hyped Things Fall Apart that is also responsible for snubbing Achebe? Or is the West hyping Things Fall Apart different from the West that denied him the Nobel Prize?

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