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yea it's her real hair but it's heavily photoshopped to look shinier and thicker.
all hair product companies do that.

DivideUs: Simply put, we r not working and NEED TO BREAK!!!!!!

look at your username.
this is the problem of Nigeria. we sit down and wait till eternity for "others" to improve our situation for us.
what are you doing to improve your own or your nation's situation.
Even when you want nigeria to divide, you are still sitting on your butt and asking for somebody else to "DivideUs"
is it God that will divide you? or you are waiting for politicians to come and divide you.

abeg. go park your lazy but.t somewhere biko.
look at the entire african continent. how many of them are performing well. even the ones that have single ethnic groups and no tribal problems are still living in poverty!! clearly, division is not the solution.

we as a nation need to invest in our communities. start by forming a neighborhood organization to clear the streets, vote for a community leader, build a community school etc. your neighborhood can be your little country that you will invest in and work to take care of. if every neigborhood did the same, nigeria as a national unit will be 100x better off. And of course when a nation is doing well, the citizens become proud of it. The best citizens though are those who are still proud of it even in it' struggling times. the citizens that have hope in their nation. These are the types that are fit to be leaders.

rather than sitting on your lazy butt waiting for some invisible power to come and help you make your situation better go and do something.

Afam4eva: lol@holymilk...So, it's not only in Nigeria that you have these blind followers who can't read their bible for themselves.

Bible knowledge is not even required to figure this one out
there are many churches and pastors out there and the "victims" choose to go with one that secretes holy milk that must be sucked out of the p.enis. hhahahahaha

Besides the Ethiopian- Eritrian civil war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence

Israel also played a significant role in the 30+ yr long North- South Sudan civil war.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/sudan-planes-israel-idUSL5E8LP8XJ20121025

so yea, israel has a stake in in Africa and its actions there should not be looked at as merely humanitarian when they are also responsible for funding killing and wars against muslim africans ex Oromos (ethiopian muslims).

Israel did it out of the goodness of their heart the airlifts as the result of the Jewish community’s unwillingness, given their long history of religious persecution, to stand by idly while any group that could possibly be considered Jewish underwent religious persecution.

@Neuen, this comment of yours reeks of ignorance at best. The act was all about POLITICS (to do with israeli-arab conflict). nothing to do with humanitarianism of any sort. read below!!

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In the early 1960s, Israel started helping the Ethiopian government in its campaigns against the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF).[2][3] The Ethiopan government portrayed the Eritrean rebellion as an Arab threat to the African region, an argument that convinced the Israelis to side with the Ethiopian government in the conflict.[4] Israel trained counter-insurgency forces and the Governor General of Eritrea, Asrate Medhin Kassa, had an Israeli Military Attaché as his advisor. An Israeli colonel was put in charge of a military training school at Decamare and the training of the Ethiopian Marine Commando Forces.[2][3] By 1966, there were around 100 Israeli military advisors in Ethiopia.[3] The Ethiopian-Israeli cooperation had impacts on the discourse of the Eritrean rebel movements, which increasingly began to use anti-Zionist rhetoric. It also enabled the Eritreans to mobilize material support from the Arab and Islamic world.[5]

The Israeli perception of the war in Eritrea as part of the Arab-Israeli conflict was reinforced when reports of links between the ELF and Palestine Liberation Organization emerged after the Six Days War.[6]

Parallel to the war in Eritrea, Israel was accused of aiding the Ethiopian government in crushing the Oromo resistance.[5]
Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem

In 1969 the Israeli government had proposed the formation of an anti-Pan-Arab alliance consisting of the United States, Israel, Ethiopia, Iran and Turkey. Ethiopia rejected the proposal. In 1971, the Israeli Chief of Staff Bar Lev made a visit to Ethiopia, during which he presented proposals for deepening of Israeli-Ethiopian cooperation. The Ethiopians turned down the Israeli proposals but nevertheless, Ethiopia became internationally accused of having given concessions to Israel for setting up Israeli military bases on Ethiopian islands in the Red Sea. Ethiopia consistently denied all such accusations.[7]

Israel offered Ethiopia military assistance in the event of a Yemeni take-over of the islands, but Ethiopia turned down the offer fearing a political backlash. Still, Ethiopia was attacked at the 1973 OAU summit in Addis Abeba by the Libyan delegation, accusing Ethiopia of allowing the build-up of Israeli bases on its territory. At the summit the Algerian president Houari Boumediène called on Ethiopia to break its relations with Israel. In return, Boumediène offered to use his political leverage to freeze Arab support for the ELF.[7][8]

The allegations of possible Israeli military bases on the islands of the Eritrean coast surfaced again soon thereafter, at a summit of Foreign Ministers of Islamic countries, held in Benghazi, Libya. The Benghazi meeting condemned Ethiopian-Israeli cooperation, and pledged support for the ELF.[7][9]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Aklilu Habte-Wold began seeking political support for breaking relations with Israel after the OAU summit. After long discussions, the cabinet voted to sever diplomatic links with Israel. The decision was however censored by a veto from the Emperor. At the time of the October 1973 war, many African states severed their relations with Israel. This, and Arab threats of a crippling oil embargo,[10] put pressure on the Emperor to withdraw his veto, and on October 23, 1973 Ethiopia severed its diplomatic relations with Israel. The break of relations with Israel caused the United States to tone down its support to Imperial rule in Ethiopia.[8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Israel_relations

Neuen: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519

You will know that in 1985 and 1991 Israel airlifted 48000 Ethiopian Jews or Beta Israel as they preferred called to Israel. Israel did it out of the goodness of their heart the airlifts as the result of the Jewish community’s unwillingness, given their long history of religious persecution, to stand by idly while any group that could possibly be considered Jewish underwent religious persecution.

hahaha well then you know very little about the history of relations between Isral and North/ East Africa!!!
Israel had no choice but to support Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the ONLY christian country in that region of north and east africa amidst all the muslim countries there (egypt, north sudan, somalia, libya etc). Ethiopia merely serves as the buffer since Isreal has bad relations with the rest of the north and east african countries. it's all a diplomatic strategy, my friend. nothing about "goodness of heart" stuff. so why are they sterilizing the women as a condition for moving to israel? why would they let the ethiopian in and then prevent them from reproducing?

You might as well say that britain came to colonize nigeria to help civilize us out of the goodness of their heart. isn't that what they believe they did?but we all know that the truth of the matter boils down to one word... exploitation.

Neuen: Sorry I did not see you actually quoted the picture. The problem is between the Jewish and Islam (note I say Islam because its not just a religion but civilization)is that they are not compatible with each other. As soon as the world start to accept that the better. Pakistan and India was one country once. Apartheid was applied two countries were created. They been at each other still. Problem is that they not want Israel there is there is no stop till they are gone. Freedom is the distance between the church and the state and in Islamic laws there is no Separation of Church and State. So you have control and influence over a whole nation.

As for Ethopians the language barrier is the major issue. Then they must try to understand how other cultures work. Example the new Recruits in the army complaining that they have to stand guard because the older guys are partying. They should be taught these stuff as well because such things are new to them. But you know how military and most places work. The new guy always start at the bottom and have to work his way up. Older guys get respect and have more freedom and allowed more than new recruits would as they are being taught and drilled with discipline. Sometimes we jump to easily and say its because he is this color or that color when most of times its just the culture who naturally sees their own as superior

Mulims practice islam. I don't think any muslim in the world will see islam and agree that it needs to be "defeated"
saying "defeat islam" is akin to saying "defeat muslims"
I don't know what you are trying to argue here because you make no sense.

Israel in and of itself is NOT a civilization. In fact, most of the infrastructure in Israel was built by Germany as reparation for holocaust. Every train, ship, electricity and most of the industry in Israel German built! It's more of a western civilization that's mostly christian. and Christianity is sympathetic to israel and provides 90% of its support. Israel will be NOWHERE without USA and Europe's backing. in fact, the only reason israel can exist in the middle east (a mostly islamic continent) is because of support from the christian/ european civilization. And that is why they need to keep portraying themselves as victims so they can keep getting support to sustain themselves.

also your argument about "language barrier" is also erroneous. this is RACISM not language barrier. If you look at israel, you will see that even among the israelis, there is a distinct class system between Ashkenazic Jews (of northern and eastern european descent) vs Sephardic jews (of southern europe, Mediterranean, north african and middle eastern descent). talkless of the really dark black ethiopians who will be classified steps below Sephardic Jews.

and yea of course it's natural to see your own culture as superior. But you know it is taboo for any culture to see itself as superior to Jews. So why is it ok for Jews to feel superior and demean to others? To me, this invincibility gives Israel the power to do whatever it wants and oppress others because it knows it will be immune from harsh criticism.

The "savage" vs "civilized man" bus advertisement for example will be criticized harshly and considered racist if any other country did that.

Amazing is an understatement! they look unreal

I hope he is not a scam sha
http://tajus.deviantart.com/journal/Great-or-fake-artist-What-do-you-think-Update-224195213#commentbody
http://priscillaw.deviantart.com/journal/Deviant-Art-sent-15-automated-messages-UPDATE-Pt-3-223768438

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-demand-apology-for-anti-semitic-netanyahu-cartoon/

muslims are savages according to Jews. LOL.
this was a public jewish campaign last summer
https://www.sfexaminer.com/files/blog_images/muniads_new.jpg

Plarp: im not trying to insult you dude... but you have the brain of a baby monkey.

Did you read the article? That lady said she was suprised that she only had "1 kid in 3 years" does that sound like a bad thing to you? How many kids did she expect to have in 3 years, 6? 2 per year abi?

They reproduce like rabits, this is free birth control.

well the point is:
they are free to sterilize others. yea the women choose to immigrate there.
but they should not complain about others sterilizing them. I'm tired of hearing about jewish holocaust or anti-semitism when I turn on the news and see them bombing palestine and sterilizing african women. sheesh
you can no longer claim yourself as a victim when you have turned into an oppressor.

do they think that we are blind.

Plarp: That sounds like Cushite, which i think was the biblical name for Ethiopians. Cush was the kingdom south of Eygpt

Who ,btw, also have a special words for blacks that they often used when they traded slaves to the Middle East. Its called Amia... it litterally means "sub-human"

yea Ni.gger is also a corruption of the word Negro which was originally the word for the color black.
http://www.jamesrgrangerjr.com/2012/02/29/black-people-in-israel/

you seem not to get the point.
All people in this world are prejudiced that's a fact. but you can't point fingers at anybody when four fingers are pointing at you. That's actually the whole point of this thread. Such behavior smacks of...*drum roll* ...hypocrisy.


hy·poc·ri·sy
/hiˈpäkrisē/
Noun
The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.

Maple: ^^^
No matter how profound your hatred for Ethiopians is, it still can not justify Israel action. Besides, the "These people do breed too fast and they do not contribute to the society" is a racist stereotype often used against black people living in rascist countries, if only u knew.

I agree.
Also, the Israeli word for blacks is "cushi" or "kushi" which roughly translates to "Nigg.er"
SMH.

fresh_dude: So, you mean to say that she goes to her family and abandons the kids at home? If, indeed, she's been with relatives, he'd know where she was. Look, it's not even about siding with a member of my sex. Just look at this issue objectively and shoot straight. The woman is hardly a saint.

I see that logic has completely eluded you. you must be thinking with your pe.nis rather than with a brain. where does it say that she abandons her kids at home? the marriage is 9 yrs old so her childen must be very young.And besides, I do sincerely hope that she has a lover. Just that it doesn't seem logical that she will leave the house when she can easily just bring him over to her house, seeing that the husband is never around. duh

Olubunmi, a mother of two urged the court to dissolve the union and grant her custody of the children. Meanwhile, Olubode, 38, denied the allegations.

If I were the woman in question, the fool will not lay eyes on his kids ever again once I gain custody. LOL

mantote: The victor banjo I know was the head of human resources at oceanic bank .prior to that tym,he was the hhead of human resources at vritish american tobacco company ibadan.he is a devil whose advice to management then was to convert entry level staffs to contract staffs instead of promoting them to the next grade.God will punish this man and his family will never experience peace.Amen

http://ng.linkedin.com/pub/victor-banjo/11/a00/866
you be fool LOL
did you get sacked?

Ubenedictus: thank God d yoruba's didnt join d war. Maybe some of my yoruba friends wouldnt have been alive today. D ibo went to a war they knew they couldn't win, dat is suicide not genocide, u cant start a war wen u know u dont have d food, manpower allies and asenal to support u. Dat isn't war it is suicide. It was late b4 ojukwu (GOD rest his soul) knew dat his brothers has pushed him into a war he could win. He began to show d staving ibo people on tv in an effort to win international sympathy, he got the sympathy alright but lost the war. U guy are talking of human right violation during d war, intarasting, i donot support d senseless killing of civillian but come on man, it was war, and in war u have casualities,

Dat is why after a war, d best tin to do is heal d broken relationships, drop d bad feelings and make sure such disaster called war never repeat itself. Spread d hate of d war will lead no where! America had a civil war and they lived thru it, do u hear dem fighting over d misdeeds of d civil war? Nigerians need to learn how to forgive forget and move on. We've gat to stop living in da past.

GBAM!!!!
It is common sense that when you don't have a chance to win a war, you SURRENDER (!) and/or compromise. simple logic.
Even Ojukwu, when he realize that his own life was at risk, he ran away and then came back few years later. Even contested at some point in Nigerian presidential election sef. smart guy

kpakpando N: I believe in one Nigeria, i believe we are caring people and will serve our fatherland in truth. I believe in our culture in its great diversity. I believe we can serve our Nation with love and unity. I believe the street could be safe, so the kids could freely play. I believe in a Nigeria where there is peace and harmony. I believe that education is the greatest legacy. I believe in a Nigeria where our sports men and women will represent us in an international competition and come back with gold. I believe in a Nigeria where the sick will be treated effectively. I believe that food and shelter will no more be luxury. I believe in a Nigeria where unemployment will be a thing of the past. I believe in a Nigeria where good transport system, proper use of mineral resources, regular clean water supply and constant power supply will become a reality. I believe in a Nigeria where there will be proper development of all sectors. I believe in a Nigeria where LOVE, civilization and democracy will reign. I believe in a corruption free Nigeria. I believe that all our tears and worries will be wiped away. I believe that all the labour of our heroes are not in vain. I believe we have the power to rebuild the broken walls. I believe that the pride of Africa will be restored. I believe that we can set the standard for Africa and the World to see. I BELIEVE IN NIGERIA. we can make it, if we try. GOD bless Nigeria. Courtsey NWAZOTA KPAKPANDO

agreed.
God bless Nigeria

ifihearam: You are not wise rararara
So because the man is away on a business trip gives her the right to sleep outside her matrimonial home on weekends abi? I pity men like you sha.

pity yourself.
inviting men over to the house is actually much cheaper than renting hotels like the husband is doing all over town.
clearly she is not doing that. she is going over to her family.

"my wife pushed me into another woman's arms" LOL. well that' why she's divorcing you! she wants to free you to go and do whatever you want.
why are men so against divorce when they should b happy about it. hahaha all they want to do is eat their cake and have it. sleep around and still have some mumu at home to cook and clean after them like a slave.

”While I am away, she doesn’t sleep in the house, and I don’t know where she normally goes.

ok. first of all, you are AWAY. how do you know where she sleeps when you are not there?
second of all, why should she stay in the house all by herself when she can go to her family or find somewhere else to stay than being alone in the house?

foolish excuses people make for philandering nowadays.

babyosisi: This is just sensational reporting
Depo provera does not sterilize women,I have used it myself and still went ahead to have children when I wanted.
It lasts 90 days a shot and people like me who don't have the discipline of daily oral medication prefer it

There is a difference between choosing to sterilize yourself and being FORCED into it without your consent. And the treatment is repeated on the ethiopian women every 3 months (90 days) in case you didn't read the article to figure that out!!

Imagine if Nigeria had forced Depo Provera on all igbo women during and after biafran war (with repeated treatments every three months), you will be singing a different tune and calling it genocide, i'm sure.
I can choose to reduce food intake to lose weight. Or fast for 90 days for spiritual purpose. So should I say that Nigerian army was helping igbos by "starving" them to improve their health and spirituality?
Please stop playing dumb, abeg.
before you forget, the same depo provera was also administered en mass on blacks in South Africa during Apartheid era.
And apparently from a few posts on this thread, it's also a sterilizing drug of choice used by USA govt on criminals they don't want procreating.

“They said, ‘Come, there are vaccinations, gather everyone,” Amawaish Alane, an Ethiopian immigrant to Israel, told “Vacuum” reporter Gal Gabbay in the Dec. 8 broadcast. “We said we wouldn’t receive it. They said, ‘You won’t move to Israel.’
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Read more: http://forward.com/articles/170140/ethiopian-women-claim-israel-gave-birth-control-sh/?p=all#ixzz2JP2Odfq5
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Little wonder why so many people are so distrustful of vaccinations!

Ngwakwe: We are not talking about what individuals or selfish groups do but Government.
It is not Official Israeli Policy and on the contrary the Government is in support of bringing them to Israel even when it has been confirm that they are Christians.
See your logic, bring them to Israel and sterilize them.

the sterilization is a pre-condition for them even obtaining a visa. so they actually have to be sterilized in order to qualify to enter the country! and then treatment will be repeated every couple of months to keep them sterilized.
clearly they are brought into the country as a source of cheap immigrant labor and don't want black kids around growing up claiming to be Israeli.
sort of like USA situation with mexican immigrant workers. except israel went a little bit too far!

if you don't see the logic in it, then I must question your IQ level.

oh man. I can't laugh again

Ope o...

greatgod2012: I pray they are truly sincere with that.

Abi o...

What tribe are you from?
Yoruba

In what state did you spend your childhood?
Lagos

In what state did you spend your adulthood?
USA

how much are you proud to be Nigerian on a scale of 1 to 10?
10 (on most days sha)

If you want one thing for Africa(as a continent) what would it be?
Enough of the negative image that we have in the world. Images of poverty and backwardness

If you had to pick a friend from any country in Africa (besides Nigeria) which country would it be?
Ghana

what question would you ask the person below you?
Have you ever voted in a national election?

I thought it will be nice to share things about each other and have a thread that is peaceful on this forum. I know i've contributed my share of trouble-making but we'll leavel all that aside here.
Answer the questions and add a question you would like for the person below you.
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What tribe are you from?

In what state did you spend your childhood?

In what state did you spend your adulthood?

how much are you proud to be Nigerian on a scale of 1 to 10?

If you want one thing for Africa(as a continent) what would it be?

If you had to pick a friend from any country in Africa (besides Nigeria) which country would it be?

what question would you ask the person below you?

ba7man: I'v got Igbo friends....male and female nd they're pretty much cool,nice and normal folks. They don't boast and they are straight forward. Yeah, I know some can be obnoxious but all tribes have those kind of people too, if you notice on NL, its always the same set of people that go around insulting people( They are roughly 10-15 in no and some with double ID...out of d Million+ on NL). They are few but their negative presence is strong. The real Igbo folks i know and love will likely open those threads, read, laff or shake their heads and move on to money issues. Speaking as a Yoruba guy.

i'm glad you recognize the igbo madness going on on nairaland.
every thread you go to you will see "Yoruba this, oily Yoruba that" e don tire me.

Nigerians Should thank God for having Igbo ethnic group within them. That Nigeria is Breathing today is Igbo.

We came back to naija, n began to make it proud in areas of transport, literature, commerce, entertainment, sports, indigenous productions and stl counting....

you folks need to learn to practice humility. recognize your weaknesses and cultivate your strengths.
catholic teaching is clearly not helping you folks. maybe you need to turn to China for more insightful lessons.
http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

if all igbo people perish tomorrow in a massive earthquake(god forbid), the world and nigeria will still exist. few people will blink an eye. the world DOES NOT revolve around you.

I know i'm speaking to deaf ears. carry on with your grandiose illusions that go your tribe into trouble in the first place. imagine posting stupid pictures on bread loafs to proove "superiority" to other tribes. I laugh in gangnam style.

Ndigbo have moved on while you are still laid back by Biafra. What a shame.

yea. that's why half of active igbo persons on this website brings up Biafra in every other sentence they make. biafra this biafra that. "I am a victim' this, 'i am a victim' that. I own 80% of lagos and Abuja this. I am superior to all other tribes in Nigeria that. Yoruba this, oily Yoruba that. barbaric northerner this, backward nigeria that. blah blah blah.....
igbo tribe is just one more thing nigeria has to suffer and deal with. but it's ok. we manage with you folks alright