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Birdman.

My ears are burning. Saying most games are time wasters is a bit too much. Just like you spend time playing your board, puzzle & other mind games to exercise your mind or just for the fun of it, we unwittingly do the same with video games. They are a good way of passing the time, just like your favourite mind games.

You'd be surprised how your mind & your hand-to-eye coordination are improved, even when you play semi-regularly.

naijababe:
I tell ya, I am feeling the show like snow. Cookie.............that woman is pure class. Andre and his wife have serious issues bordering on a mental disorder going on. That detective is on to Luscious, best believe it babe. I am already looking for the soundtrack too..........that show is such a badass............the one black show that could really really blow!!!

I know the soundtrack is officially on iTunes, at least in the US, I haven't actively search for it yet, but when I do I'll let you know.

Airforce1:
A woman is incomplete without a husband


God bless her marriage

Apparently, we are incomplete jigsaw puzzles waiting for that man-shaped piece to be complete. Thank you for informing us about our incompleteness, this single woman will continue to laugh at this newfound epiphany.

I think the FP needs to know the definition of side boob, gotta love the baiting tactics though...Wow reading some of the comments - na wa-o...some really harsh comments.

gottoboy:
Help M̶̲̥̅ƺ with Links to Empire

If you're watching through a mobile device, you will be able to download from the site. I'm sorry if the files are too big.

EP1 http://vidbull.com/qomipts4yzwi.html (115MB)
EP2 http://vidbull.com/sax5mlyg4fl0.html (119MB)
EP3 http://vidbull.com/3yul406s3if4.html (108MB)

naijababe:
Empire!!! Jeez mehn!!! What took me so long?

Welcome to Empire. See me watching this week's episode at the train station, freezing my butt off and loving every minute of it (the show of course). Lucious with his crocodile tears - craze nearly catch me when the guy say "I feel responsible for his death," no bi him way kill 'em? Then him come dey wear white for the guy's funeral! Chei! Wonders shall never cease! I'm not even going to touch Andre & his wife - that one na marital madness. Hakeem needs a good slap or ten, Jamal is growing some backbone and Cookie is just...a tour de force of truth wrapped in fur and sass.
This show owns me. I'm rewatching the latest episode.

Danger Zone by Cherlene & Kenny Loggins.
Yup, it's the one from Archer.

@justbones I'm sure we've some budding developers, programmers, designers etc in the gaming section or they might know folks with said skills. Anywho, better late than never. And thanks for the update.

Infoseye:
dey there dey ask JAMB question, na you sabi

Hey, you threw out the words 'ban' and 'close', I simply asked since you were volunteering. I'll not go round banning folks & closing threads just because I simply can.

Flawlessangel:
tv series and movie series, 3 for each

Of all time? Chei! That's too much-o. I'll just go with what I can think of right this instant. They might not be my all-time favourites, but they're definitely one of my faves.
Tv: Batman: The Animated Series, Fringe & Pushing Daisies.
Film series: The Captain America films, Harry Potter films & The whole Middle Earth films (yes, I know it's cheating since it includes both the LOTR & The Hobbit films).

Flawlessangel:
ok so what are ur three best movie series of all time?

Do you mean TV series or movie series?

Flawlessangel:
u finish a whole legend of korra season per day

It's easy, one episode is 22 minutes and a 13-episode season.

SirShymex:
Err, now you just doubled up as a little sket and repulsive minger. Coupled with that fact that you're stuck in the country(side), so your ignorance isn't shocking. I don't care about no rules and I break all rules, cyberspace is a free-world. And "you lot" means you blinkered opportunists who have no understanding of the country. Don't start what you can't finish!

The fact that you had to take the CPE for English proficiency shows that the English language isn't your first language. I guess that's why you have problems with discerning simple words, comprehension, and translation in context.

Also, to correlate being born in a place, with being a native of the place, just shows how ridiculously dumb you're. Like seriously, what's ya level of education? I just wasted my time in a circus argument with a vacuous stark illiterate - sad. I'm done with you.

Topic:

Chuka, keep the flag flying - we need more black oriented programmes in the black community. Please, bring back the youth centres cos folks are getting too idle these days. 2015 is like 2005 again - 10 people killed already this year due to black on black crime.

Clap for yourself at your obliviousness to your own silliness. Have a nice day.

SirShymex:
Little sket, listen,I'm not on ya level. So watch your mouth before I lose my darn mind. You can ask around...that's basically the reason why I used to get banned a lot. Hence the three handles. If you lack home-training, don't bring that "kiddo" talks to my mention - be civil, else you'll end up crying by the time I'm done with you.

You basically keep regurgitating the same illiterate-talks without basic understanding of anything, in context. Have you got reading and comprehension skills? And what's ya level of education? You went from a ridiculous summation cos you couldn't differentiate between "Nigeria" and Nigerian"; to citing "wiktionary" for lexicon (lol); to saying a black African is native to England; and now to showing lack of understanding on what I posited in context about post-Blair era. You're a gift that keeps on giving - and you might need to head back to elementary sch. after the tutoring cos both your comprehension skills and understanding of the English language are below average.

1). I cited post-Blair era in relation to racial tension, due to the policies his government pushed about post-racial UK. Before Tony Blair, things were far worse for minorities than they're right now. Learn how to read.

2). So, the UK is America, no? And is Obama native to America?

Now, I'm a sket. Oh my, you truly are a Londoner kiddo. You do know rule 19 does actually state you shouldn't work around a ban by creating another account. Now, you said that 'you lot are pushing for racial tension.' You using 'you lot' would imply that I'm part of said lot. Thanks to the new naturalisation laws (from 2013 onwards), I actually had to prove my knowledge of the English language and apparently I've been deemed sufficient, since I passed the CPE exam - go me! **celebrates**

Analogies seem to fly over your head, I give a similar example, you go is that country in the UK and is that person a native? Obama is an American citizen and native. He was born to an American mother and a Kenyan father in America, he grew up in Hawaii, he's of Kenyan descent because his father is Kenyan. To be an American president, you must be an American citizen AND be born in America (AKA native).

hueyreckless007:
Have you seen the latest episode? Pantagonia special

I just started watching it on BBC iPlayer.

So true, I'd actually forgotten about Elias & Dominic.

hyzicbond:
Shonda is a drama queen and her series is not suitable for people with high blood pressure

As in, her shows should come with a medical warning.

As for the Australia bit I was simply explaining an example, how someone who was born as a British citizen, but moved to Australia and then became an Austrailain citizen, how his children, who were born and raised in Australia, would be considered first as Australian citizens, and how they would be entitled to claim their father's British citizenship as long as their father did not have his British citizenship revoked or renounced.
I never said Australia was part of the UK.

SirShymex:
My dear girl, so he's native to England? And what made him native to the UK? - bwahahahahaha. Also, can he trace his paternal genealogy in England?

Anyway, can you put "Irish-born"; "Southern born and bred"; "Boston-born" in context, rather than just citing words?

The political correctness that has gotten into people's head, especially with the Muslims, is the same reason why far-right groups keep multiplying everyday. You lot are pushing for racial tension. And hopefully when it kicks off, like it was about to happen during the London riots, most of you opportunists won't run away.

Anyway, I can't fault your ignorance cos you were born and raised in Nigeria, and more of an opportunist, in the post-Blair Great Britain. However, that's something most folks who were raised in the UK in the 70s, 80s, and 90s know not to dabble into. And you're educated at home (by your parents), and in School about who you're. If you're second generation, you're not native to any part of the UK - even those who're 4th generation don't claim it. They're prefer being just Black British.

Australia isn't the UK - that's a different country entirely, with immigrants and aborigines. I honestly don't understand the correlation between Australia and the UK, to be honest.

Welcome back my dear boy, now I'm an opportunist, no wonder you've been banned at one point or another in all your 3 accounts. Hey kiddo, he is native to England, just like Obama is native to America. I do know well about the policies of the post-Blair regime, because I've been living with it and have applied within it. Chuka was born pre-Blair in 1978, where those policies were more lenient. And by those policies, he is a native to England. You folks are still both British-born because you were born in Britain. No matter how much you want to go on about, you both still are.

Now, you claim I'm pushing racial tensions, because I'm simply defining being Nigerian-born means you're born in Nigeria? Kiddo, you really need to stop making a mountain out of an anthill.

You still haven't answered the other question, why do you have 3 accounts on NL?

Pele Flawlessangel, did you guys have the exclusivity talk? Now, if you're honestly looking for an exclusive one on one dating serious relationship, then you've to let her go. I'm not going to touch the sexual aspect, 'cause I don't know her history, with the internet everybody can know about how it works.

Life is too short to be stringed along, she could be playing with all of you guys.

I'll patiently wait. Now, SirShymex onto the other matter, why do you have 3 NL accounts, the aforementioned one, ShyMX1 and shymexx?

I see my slow tapping has helped you acquire thefreedictionary.com's definition, in that same definition you gave did it not say this

4. Native to a particular country, region, or place. Often used in combination: Irish-born; Southern born and bred; Boston-born.

Just as I'm Lagos-born, for all intensive purposes, I'm a born and bred Lagosian, but since we Nigerians are heavily rooted by our tribe, I and everybody else will identify me as Igbo. Just like Chuka is identified as Igbo from his name and father by Nigerians.

Now onto your question, he is native to England, as much as you would hate to admit he is, he was born in England and grew up in England. Now, if he was born in England (as a British citizen) and left it at a very young age, and grew up somewhere else and claimed that country's citizenship, he would consider himself as whatever country he grew up in, since that's all he knew, I've noticed this with a lot of Australian actors. Now, if his children were born & bred in Australia, they would be Australian natives - yeah I know confusing, but legalese likes to be that way, his children would be entitled claim their father's British citizenship from their father as long as it wasn't renounced or revoked, but they would be seen as Australians first. Those kids are still Australian-born Australians, are they not? The father is still a British-born British Australian, is he not? You my dear boy, are still a British-born Nigerian/British, are you not?

SirShymex:
You're like a gift that keeps on giving.

Let me ask you a few questions(please, I want direct answers not epistles - cos your retorts are hysterical and everyone is having teary eyes right now lol):

- Is "Nigerian" the same thing as "Nigeria" - Yes or no? And please define both words.

- Is Chuka qualified to be Nigerian, by virtue of being born to a Nigerian dad in England, even if he doesn't care about the country?

- Let's take the British nationality out of it for now. Under what identity would you classify Chuka - English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, or Black African (Nigerian)?

I need direct/straight-forward answers.

My dear boy, look at the definition above your comment.

SirShymex:
His dad wasn't even British when he was born. He was a labourer doing odd jobs - and he got someone pregnant. They weren't even married then. So, how did he get his British citizenship?

Also, based on your logic you actually think Chuka is English - yes or no?

You need to upgrade your understanding of the English language. Being Nigerian is just based on being born in Nigeria. Once one of your parents is Nigerian, you're also automatically Nigerian. And in the British context - that's your identity. You're British and whatever else you feel like adding to it. Be it Black African (Caribbean), or Nigerian. As a black person, you can't be English, Scottish, or Welsh. Yes, for political correctness - you can claim it on the surface. However, beneath that - you're who you're.

**Sighs** my dear boy, isn't 1978 before 1983? Meaning he was automatically a British citizen, because he was born in Britain before 1983. Nigeria operates a very liberal & generous 'by descent' citizenship, he is a Nigerian citizen because his father was one. I never stated he wasn't a Nigerian citizen (I'm assuming Chuka has claimed his), I simply stated and will continue to state that he is not Nigerian-born, just as you aren't Nigerian-born, because neither of you were born in Nigeria. You're both Nigerians because you were born to at least one Nigerian parent and claimed your citizenship through said parent(s).

I personally would classify him as British, but he classifies himself as English. You said it yourself, technically it's true on the surface, but of course the general public won't see it as such.

You chose to wrap it up in a rather complicated web, because you simply didn't understand the use of born as a suffix when paired with a noun.

Update: Note that native to is used as one being indigenous to the land. eg like the Aboriginals are to Australia and the Native Americans were to America. Apparently, you should have taken the time to step up your understanding of the English language.

justbones:
The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. It is generally an amazing experience and I have participated in it every year since 2010, however I was looking to participate this year and realized that there is no venue available in Abuja (or Nigeria for that matter)
http://globalgamejam.org/

I went ahead and registered a venue for this year's ggj
http://globalgamejam.org/2015/jam-sites/global-game-jam-abuja

If you are interested (you don't need to have any skills, just a willingness to learn and contribute) please respond to this post.

You could give a bit more details, some NLers are rather aversive to clicking. Plus, you could have said this earlier, a bit short notice.

ShyMX1:
Lmao...you're too loquacious for someone who's basically ignorant. You just repeated the same thing, by expanding on your illogical summation. Shirley Bassey doesn't want to Nigerian cos her dad was never in her life. However, is she Nigerian by birth, by virtue of her dad being Nigeria? - absolutely yes. Ditto John Fashanu. John Fashanu never for once said he's not Nigerian - he just made a decision to play for England for more career reasons. Same for John Salako who was born and raised in Nigeria, but moved to the UK when he was 10. Efan Ekoku on the other hand played for Nigeria.

Let me break it down again, and I'll rephrase it this time to avoid the spambot:

United Kingdom identities: English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Black African (Nigerian), Black Caribbean etc.. Once you take the British nationality out - you'll fall into one of these identities.

Chuka's dad was Nigeria. So by virtue of that - doesn't that make him Nigerian at birth? - that's just common sense and simple logic. Have you seen the passport form for children?

As for the rest of your post, I'll skip ya ignorance. You lot are notorious for garbage-in, garbage-out - after reading one or two small pamphlets - and there's no point trying to trifle a trifle.

How many accounts do you own? This appears to be your third account, how many times have you worked around a ban? I've already explained myself earlier. You do know you've broken rule 19, at least on two separate occasions? Your posts had already been unmarked by the way. I understand the English language can be rather pedantic, but Chuka is Nigerian by descent not birth. Legalese has a funny way of shaping words. Legally speaking, at birth he was a British citizen with Nigerian & Irish ancestry. He was British-born & born to British citizens, who also held dual-citizenship of other countries.

UPDATE: As usual SirShymex, you avoided the simplest of statements in your haste to be clever - You can be English-born/British-born and still not be a British citizen, you were simply born in Britain.

It would appear I can't directly reply you since it's been tagged by the anti-spam bot, and as a mod of another section I can still read it. And since you fail to see the irony that you've defined born as birth and still fail to see that, you're merely beating around the bush. Simply put, he was born in England, which makes him English-born, he even likes to use the term English to refer to himself, rather than British. Like we've both said earlier, British = the UK & all its territories (I simply didn't bother to write said territories & dependencies, hence why all covers it).

Or have you forgotten that delusional black man from a few years ago, that said he wasn't black and wouldn't wear traditional clothing, that he was English because he was born & brought up as English? You mentioned the MN1 form, this is used to apply for under 18s who qualify through birth or adoption, it can also be used for British citizens who renounced their citizenship & got it back later. It can also be used if one of the parents is a British citizen, which means the child would be 'by descent', I won't even go to the other one 'not by descent' that just gives one a headache. Or have you forgotten that the patriarchy won't automatically work if the parents aren't married? You can be English-born/British-born and still not be a British citizen, you were simply born in Britain.

BTT:
Care for driving lessons?

Know anyone in the UK who would offer?

SirShymex:
Lmao. This is actually getting ridiculous now. Hence I always tell you freshies to integrate - and not just read book, and watch TV. Thus making your understanding of the UK system warped around politically correct statements. I'm from London - hopefully that will explain a lot to you, without me breaking it down any further. You're not even British - never schooled in the UK -yet cos you might have read one or two little books for citizenship test, you keep arguing blindly.

Let me make the logic simpler for you, and break it down further, perhaps you'll get it now. Born is interchangeable with birth. So since the UK is patriarchal, and at the time of his birth, his dad was Nigerian (he was a labourer and he wasn't even married to his mum) - doesn't that make him Nigerian at birth?

You lot just love arguing for the sake of it. Nigerian-born doesn't mean being born in Nigeria alone. And it's completely different from let's say, "London-born" cos London is a place.

If we must go this route, then we shall. My dear boy because I've been in the UK for over 10 years (yup did the whole A-Levels, uni and everything else), I'm here as a permanent resident (got the whole permit card and everything), hence why I pay your country's taxes. Plus, because I've stayed in the country for a year with my residence permit, I've applied for citizenship in your country. Now, if upon getting my British citizenship and I decide to renounce my Nigerian citizenship, I would become a Nigerian born British citizen, because I'll now be seen as a British citizen, who was born elsewhere. If I keep my Nigerian status, then I'm Nigerian & British.

You are English-born because you were born in the England, you're also British-born because you were born in the UK, you're Nigerian-British/British-Nigerian. Regarless of whether you were born before or after 1983, because your parents gave birth to you here in England, you're simply born in England (English-born). Now if you're pre-1983, you're automatically a British citizen by being British-born. If after 1983, you're British by your parents being one or both of your parents being British citizens. You're a Nigerian citizen because one of your or both of parents are Nigerian citizens (whether by being Nigerian-born, naturalisation etc). For example, my family friend is an English-born British/Nigerian, simply because he was born in England before 1983, but his arse grew up in Nigeria, he owns both British & Nigerian passports, because the UK adopted the son of the soil pre-1983. Even though, the guy considers himself Nigerian until he reaches the airport, then conveniently becomes British, he is still not Nigerian-born, but he is Nigerian. Just as it would be for me over here, when my citizenship is successful by God's Grace, I'll not only be a Nigerian (who was also born in Nigeria), but I'll also be a Nigerian-born British/Nigerian, who would basically have the exact same options as you do.

Now, if you were born in a Nigerian military base or embassy/high commission in another country other than Nigeria, you'd be Nigerian-born 'cause you were also born on Nigerian soil, since those bases will still be considered as Nigerian soil. Now, that would be a bit difficult to claim the actual country's citizenship. At the end of the day, it all depends on the actual country's laws. Shirley Bassey doesn't really consider herself as a Nigerian, since her Nigerian sailor father hit it and quit it, she's Welsh, born and bred. John Fashanu remembered to claim his Nigerian citizenship when it became convenient. Nneka has been rocking both her Nigerian & German heritage from the beginning of time. Asa remembered she was Parisian-born (yup, it also works for cities - yes she's French/Nigerian) when it was time to get that record label.

I love how people born in England really don't know the workings of their own country. This would be like the time I was giving history lessons to my English housemates. If you had paid attention, he can claim the Irish citizenship through his mother, because her father was Irish-born, unless her father renounced or never claimed his Irish citizenship or the Irish adopt a rather vastly difficult scheme. Did you even know, that a professional can actually apply for residency, if they've been here (UK) for 5 years and have at least £150,000 in their bank account? You my dear son should read a book or pay more attention to your government's immigration policies. I won't even be surprised if you didn't know Aldershot is where your army's based.

BADNEAT:
true ...but you know that if his dad wasn't Nigerian and Nigeria didn't offer citizenship by birth, he would be Nigeria-born not nigerian-born....what do you think? ?

He would be English/British (since he was born in England before 1983 and/or if his mother's a British citizen) and he would also be entitled Irish citizenship through his mother. Plus, he'd be entitled to claim whatever his father's citizenship is, if the country allowed it. Nigeria wouldn't have anything to do with the equation.

EDIT: Unless, his father was a naturalised Nigerian citizen, then he might be entitled to claim Nigerian citizenship.

BADNEAT:
I understand your argument Bro. ...but look at it this way ...If he was born in Britain then he would have naturally been a British citizen. .but because he was born nigerian (in Nigeria) and then got his citizenship after a while in the UK. ..dunno if you get me..what I'm saying is if he was born in UK he would naturally be a UK citizen ...so no need of the "Nigerian born" ..another alternative is if he was born a country that doesn't offer citizenship by birth...then he would have been a Nigerian by inheritance owing to the fact that his dad is Nigerian ..then moved him to UK where he eventually gets a UK citizenship

Exactly, hence why I found it funny, since Chuka was born in England, while the FP stated he was Nigerian-born. I also notice that they usually use [name of country]-born for people who have denounced their country of birth e.g. Albert Einstein.

SirShymex:
Lol. I honestly don't know why a lot of you on this forum like arguing aimlessly. Nigerian-born doesn't infer just being born in Nigeria - it also involves nationality as well. He's second generation, and his dad was Nigerian. Evidently, "Nigerian-born" is correct.

The UK isn't America. Under the British nationality - there are different identities. Get a better understanding of how the UK works.

P.S: perhaps, you can't tell the difference between "Nigeria" and "Nigerian". Nigeria is a place, right? However, Nigerian is a nationality, yes? And the term itself is self-explanatory: "Nigerian-born." You don't even need a lot of explanation to be able to demystify something as simple and straight-forward as that.

Give me a moment, while I laugh at the irony of someone telling me I don't understand the UK or the definition of Britain and being British, since I'm currently undergoing it's citizenship and all its trappings (that also includes its Life in the UK test) after years here. I took my time to define it for you, which you actually repeated - it's not my fault you didn't understand the sidebar, which explained it. But, go ahead, do you.
PS: born is used as suffix (i.e. -born), by the logic you've provided, he would have simply been called Nigerian & not Nigerian-born.

Galavant.
My butt should really go to sleep...