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Politics › Re: YNaija Governors' Ranking 2019: The Good, The Bad And The Terrible by BluntBoy(m): 3:47pm On Oct 17, 2019

Very limited list.

What about the Kebbi and Yobe state governors? Those guys don't talk much or show off like Makinde and Sanwo-olu. But they are really trying in their respective states

Celebrities › Re: 2face And Annie Idibia Carrying Toyin Abraham's Son, IRE by BluntBoy(m): 3:34pm On Oct 17, 2019

Destined2win:
Wow... this information has transformed the nation.

Politics › Re: Tinubu’s Bullion Vans: Between EFCC And Segalink On Twitter by BluntBoy(m): 3:30pm On Oct 17, 2019

Soso990240:
Since u are so dumb, let me enlighten you. Bullion van is only for Banks, Banks use is for only Cash. So, bullion van is for only cash. Bullion van moving into someone's House is moving cash from bank to dat person's house. Now, how much do u think a bullion van moves? Have you heard of Money Laundering law in Nigeria? A Lawyer friend of mine broke down everything for me, but Nigeria is so lawless to d people in power.

Bullion vans are not for banks alone.

Mercedes have their own bullion vans; even schools use bullion vans to safeguard valuables. And jewelers use bullion vans to move jewelries to their stores.

You people need to read extensively so you don't go out of the country to embarrass the rest of us.

Politics › Re: Tinubu’s Bullion Vans: Between EFCC And Segalink On Twitter by BluntBoy(m): 3:22pm On Oct 17, 2019

GoodofNaija:
Going by your post, I have to agree you are just a boy....you are too young to be discussing politics. It is way beyond your reasoning capacity.

Stop displaying your immaturity here by commenting on topics like this.

Just my small pie for you.

And this is supposed to be what? A rebuttal?

Oga, bounce abeg!!!

Politics › Re: Tinubu’s Bullion Vans: Between EFCC And Segalink On Twitter by BluntBoy(m): 3:02pm On Oct 17, 2019

respect80:
I will mobilize people to pray for you to receive your brain back.
How fast you are to call people illiterate when you lack comprehensive reading knowledge yourself.

You asked if anyone saw the content of the bullion van. In other news, since we aint sure of what the van was carrying, it makes it unnecessary to suggest it should be probed. Sadly, your hypocritical eyes didn't allow you see the section 7 (1)(b) of the EFCC establishment act, 2004, quoted by the Twitter handle.

All SEGA was saying was that since EFCC in line with the section 7 (1)(b) of its establishment act, 2004, has the power to clamp down on common Nigerians by mere suspicion, why can't it do the same with those at the top of the political hierarchy?

I hope you know better now.

Bro, your ignorance is staggering.

Segalink na my person, but he disappointed me on this one.

Bola Tinubu is a big businessman with a conglomerate of businesses. On what suspicion would you think that he is living beyond his means if he hires a bullion van to transport money or jewelry to his home?

It would be a different thing if it were Hush Pupi whose source of income many don't know but who lives large. That is why it would appear like Yahoo Boys are the ones mostly falling on the radar of EFCC. And yes, nabbing Yahoo boys is one of the jobs of EFCC as financial crimes include advanced free fraud.

Without a strong petition against Tinubu, it would be hard for EFCC to swing into action against him. You can't just petition the organization and accuse Tinubu of financial crimes and you expect the organization to start investigation on that score. Your petition must carry weight.

Celebrities › Re: Yomi Casual Shades Mike Edwards Over Instagram Post With Wife by BluntBoy(m): 2:33pm On Oct 17, 2019

What interests me is knowing if Mike was used to doing this before BBN or is still playing his BBN game? Many of his fans perceive him to be a good husband because he didn't have an affair in the house. They forgot to factor in variables such as cameras. Assuming there were no cameras, would Mike have remained faithful?

I have sampled a population of married people between the ages of 28-35 and I have noticed that a relatively large percentage of those who do social media lovey-dovey are not anywhere as loving as those who keep their marriages private.

Sports › Re: Boxer, Patrick Day Dies At 27, 4 Days After Suffering Brain Injury by BluntBoy(m): 1:59pm On Oct 17, 2019

This is the fourth boxer to die within a space of 4 months this year alone.

It is about time the sport is banned.

I was an amateur boxer, and I liked and like boxing. I come from a family of boxing lovers. But honestly, it is just about the right time to end the sport.

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Celebrities › Re: Tacha Replies Zlatan Ibile's Diss Track by BluntBoy(m): 1:52pm On Oct 17, 2019

owowa145:
And what of CDQ that he brought to limelight. Give credit to where credit is due pls. For ur info, I'm not his fan and will never be cos guy head no straight. But his CV speaks for him.

We are talking about Tacha.

I already gave him credit for Tiwa. But we cannot overhype him.

Celebrities › Re: Tacha Replies Zlatan Ibile's Diss Track by BluntBoy(m): 9:50am On Oct 17, 2019

owowa145:
When i said teebliz will deliver for her, pple where saying yenyenyen. The guy could be stupid on social grounds but his managerial skills is top notch.

Nothing top notch here.

Anyone with half a brain would know that someone like Tacha needs a PR team to launder her image.

Even Mercy and Ike would need a PR team, if not Ike might threaten to drown anyone who insults him on social media.

He tried with Tiwa Savage, but he has not done anything extraordinary with Tacha yet.

Celebrities › Re: Tacha Replies Zlatan Ibile's Diss Track by BluntBoy(m): 9:44am On Oct 17, 2019

Maryclaire1:
Her transformation is really wow

That is probably from her PR team, and not her.

The PR team is there to cultivate good reputation for her. Now, they have made Zlatan look like a donkey. grin

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Sports › Re: Andy Ruiz Jr Body Transformation, Warns Anthony Joshua (PHOTO by BluntBoy(m): 1:25am On Oct 17, 2019

ALEXIS0240:
For once someone is seeing things from my point,lets watch the rematch,if joshua wins,its confirms the fixing.

If Joshua wins the rematch, it wouldn't mean that the original match was fixed.

Do you know that AJ almost died in the ring that day? He was concussed and could have died.

You people are refusing to give Andy Ruiz the honor he deserves. The only loss Ruiz has suffered in his career was a controversial one. Many believed that he beat Joseph Parker.

Obviously, Andy Ruiz beat AJ because he was more skillful, and had faster arms. I have often said it here that AJ was robotic, had poor footwork and nonexistent head movements. Some people called me a hater. But we can all see now after Ruiz exposed AJ. I mean, AJ practically walked into a concussive punçh.

He also did not have an answer to Ruiz's fast hands, and he was on the backfoot for the first time in his professional career. It was obvious that he underrated Ruiz, and he paid for it.

Exactly what happened to Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson before him which resulted in some of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:28am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
But this is another one below.... It says "Top 10 African Authors Of All Time"

Such pointed dissents from multiculturalist orthodoxy may explain the strange fact that although Soyinka is, by most accounts, a better and more interesting writer than Achebe, he is not nearly so well known.
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/up-from-colonialism/

Well known does not mean better writer.

So, according to most accounts, even though Soyinka is not as well read as Achebe, he is a better and more interesting writer.

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:08am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
Oga, what of this one....

Oga, I asked a simple question.

Is JK Rowling greater than Achebe? Remember, she is more widely read than Achebe?

Another question, why do people think Achebe was greater than Soyinka? Is it because he was a better writer or because he is more widely read?

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:06am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
Really?
Ok
Then show your own lets see...

If you are versed in African literature, you will not be wondering.

Moreover, the writer of the article said "contemporary" and still managed to squeeze Achebe onto the list.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:04am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
And who is JK Rowling

So, you don't know JK Rowling? You people are not informed, but you want to argue books. The only writers you know are Achebe and Soyinka, and the only Achebe book you know is Things Fall Apart.

Well, for your information, JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:02am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

That was someone's article.

The person even placed Ben Okri over Nurudeen Farah and Ngugi Wa Thiongo.

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:00am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
He is greater because his book is the most widely read african novel. That is his basis of his greatness. The world recognized him as "The Father Of African Literature"....except Soyinka

So, JK Rowling is greater than Achebe since her books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart?

Kai, you people need education.

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:58am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

SMH...

Why are you people so retarded.

Achebe is not even a playwright, so he doesn't fit into this issue.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:51am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
It didnt say "in the world. Neither did it say in Africa." It only say "one of the finest"... not the finest.

And whether in the world or in africa, who is the finest

Oga, his book is the most widely read african book in the world

Kai, you have comprehension issues.

One of the finest to write in the English language.

It didn't specify. It didn't say one of the finest African.

Just imagine the dummies I waste my time arguing with.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:50am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
Hahaha...
You are the one that has comprehension problems.
Soyinka won the nobel prize. While Achebe is called "father of modern literature" because his book is the most widely read in the world - meaning his book is greater than Soyinka's book.

Messy & Ronaldo has won more awards than Pele...Yet because of Pele's achievement, Pele is still greater than Messy & Ronaldo

What point are you trying to make here? Are you saying Achebe is greater than Soyinka simply because Nadine Gordimer called him father of modern African literature huh

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:47am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
Hahaha...
You are the one that has comprehension problems.
Soyinka won the nobel prize. While Achebe is called "father of modern literature" because his book is the most widely read in the world - meaning his book is greater than Soyinka's book.

Messy & Ronaldo has won more awards than Pele...Yet because of Pele's achievement, Pele is still greater than Messy & Ronaldo

Oga, just go away. You keep on making blunders after blunders. Just save yourself further embarrassment.

Things Fall Apart is not the most widely read in the world.

Even the Harry Potter books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:45am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
Thank you for that...
Now it says "he is one of the finest".... not the finest!!!

So my question to u is, who is the finest

One of the finest in the world, not one of the finest African.

As in, in the history of playwrighting, Soyinka is one of the finest.

Show me where Achebe has been described as one of the finest writers (not African writer)?

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:38am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
So Raphaody of reality is a literary work?
And how do you come about 1000 translations
And thank you for accepting that He is the father of modern literature - Greater than Soyinka

Continue to wail

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:28am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
So Raphaody of reality is a literary work?
And how do you come about 1000 translations
And thank you for accepting that He is the father of modern literature - Greater than Soyinka

Seems like you have comprehension problems.

Why bring in the translation angle when you know it doesn't matter? Is the worth of book determined by number of translations?

By your logic, Rhapsody of Realities is the best Christian book.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:22am On Oct 16, 2019

TSRC:
There is nothing subjective about being influential.

Achebe is more popular than Soyinka in the world on the basis of literature.
He is the most translated African author of all times.
What is subjective about that?

The Nobel is just one award. I don't understand your obsession with it.
It is probably because that is your only claim to influence for Soyinka.

Achebe won other numerous literary awards.

Nothing subjective?

OK, tell me why you think Achebe is more influential than Soyinka?

Rhapsody of Realities by Chris Oyakhilome is currently the most translated book after the Holy Bible. By your logic, Chris Oyakhilome is the most influential author out of Africa, abi no be so?

Soyinka was once head of the drama society in the world, he was once head of the editorial team of the Encyclopedia Britannica. He has contributed over 30 plays to Literature, and he is published everywhere from Oxford to Cambridge University presses, while Achebe is published only with Heinemann.

So, I don't understand what you mean by influential. Does influential mean having the most translated book?

In Literature, Soyinka is more influential in drama and poetry. Achebe's only claim to greatness is one book.

When people talk about playwrights, they can never miss calling Soyinka. But in prose, they may not even remember Achebe. More books are getting translations and Things Fall Apart is dropping on the list. Very soon, it won't even be noticed.

Soyinka would continue to be remembered as the first black African winner of the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:06am On Oct 16, 2019

Makuos19:
Really?
So why didnt he called Soyinka"father of modern african literature"

Achebe's book is interpreted in more than 50 languages of the world....how many Soyinka's book has been interpreted

Even Soyinka with his nobel prize is still crying because of the title conferred on Achebe....

Rhapsody of Realities by Chris Oyakhilome has 1000 translations. By your logic, it is greater than Things Fall Apart abi no be so huh

Soyinka was not jealous. Rather, he educated illiterates like you.

Modern African Literature did not begin in 1957 when Achebe published his Things Fall Apart. It began long before that.

Moreover, Achebe is called father of modern African literature not because he was a great writer, but because he was fortunate to be the first African to publish an African novel written in English which saw great success in England. Also, he began the African Writers Series which helped many African writers get published. It is more like Ali Baba who is respected in Nigeria comedy. I don't find him funny, but he is respected solely on the fact that stand-up comedy in Nigeria owe him a lot.

So, that appellation does not have a place in African literature. No other continent goes about saying "father of modern European literature/ father of modern American literature"

Literature flows, and it is hard to tell when modernity got mixed up into it.

Go to Google and type "father of modern European literature" and the results you would get are about "father of modern African literature".

You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 11:07pm On Oct 15, 2019

TSRC:
List ten Nobel laureates that are influential than chinua Achebe till date.

I hope you know art is subjective.

We are not talking about science here. We are talking a very subjective area like arts.

The Nobel committee in their subjective opinion gave Soyinka a Nobel in arts.
There are other top literary awards that Soyinka did not and will never win.
It is subjective.

The test of greatness transcends all that.

Influential is subjective too.

And even the greatness of scientific discoveries are subjective as well. One person might feel that one discovery is more relevant than the other, which may not necessarily be so.

Only Igbos have problems with the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature. Go to the Nobel website and you would see that even though the Nobel Prize has generated controversies with some writers that they gave the Prizes to, no one had a problem with Soyinka getting it in 1986.

The Nobel Prize in Literature had been Eurocentric until 1986, and in 1986, the Committee decided to open up the prize to writers from other continents. The Committee unanimously agreed on Soyinka. In some instances, they fight over choices. But in the case of Soyinka, they all agreed that as at that time, he was the most relevant nonEuropean writer.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 10:55pm On Oct 15, 2019

TSRC:
Even the oyibo that gave him the nobel prize call Achebe the father of African literature.
His books are read in any and every western country on earth as a reference point.

An Ethiopian politician just won the Nobel prize this month. It doesn't mean he and Achebe are now mates in this world.

It was Nadine Gordimer (an African) who called Achebe father of modern African literature. It was just the opinion of one person.

And Nadine Gordimer was never a member of the Nobel Committee.

You people are just ignorant. At least, read well before coming publicly to display excruciating ignorance.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 10:50pm On Oct 15, 2019

Makuos19:
And the father of African literature is who

No one knows.

It was Nadine Gordimer who called Achebe father of modern African literature. How the word of just one person became the truth for you is beyond me.

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Literature › Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 10:46pm On Oct 15, 2019*

Osagyefo98:
More like a writer true to her pen and a literature political professor pictured together.

Soyinka should just enter into politics and stop pretending. All his books are hardly more than 53 pages or thereabout.

You are very ignorant.

Wole Soyinka is more of a playwright than a novelist. Plays are usually short because they are written to be acted on stage so you can't afford to bore people with long plays.When a playwright sets out to write, he has to think about writing a play that can be acted in the space of one hour. So, the typical play is usually 50-60 pages (about 1 hour of acting time). That should be around 20-25,000 words.

If you have ever read Soyinka's prose, none of Achebe's books are as voluminous.

It was even Achebe who wrote very slim books. His Things Fall Apart is just 150 pages while Soyinka's Season of Anomy is over 300 pages.

Aside There was a Country , none of Achebe's works go beyond 250 pages.

Some of Soyinka's works, using original copies:

Season of Anomy - over 300 pages.

The Man Died - over 400 pages

The Interpreters - over 300 pages

Ake - over 200 pages.

We Must Set Forth at Dawn - over 500 pages.

Achebe's books:

Things Fall Apart - 150 pages

Arrow of God - over 200 pages.

No Longer at Ease - over 200 pages (due to the large font)

A Man of the People - over 150 pages.

Anthills of the Savannah - over 200 pages.

There Was a Country - over 400 pages.

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