₦airaland Forum

MARKone:
Nna...O nwero ife mmadu ama anuforo here. Probably ritual stuff, or the man get skoi skoi for head.

Ike gwulu. No sane person will agree to do that, not for all the money in the world. He may feel he is using her, but he is not free himself as his actions are bound to birth heavy spiritual consequences. Ochu nwa'okuko nwe ada...

Explorers:
7. The Motorola Razor phone is now part of a museum display.

Oh dear! I used that! And it wasn't my first either.

Explorers:
7. The Motorola Razor phone is now part of a museum display.

Oh dear! I used that! And it wasn't my first either.

Brimmie:
Hi!

Can I have some of the scripts in your "trash can"?

I want to do a short film.. and really need something not so difficult to achieve.

What do you have in mind for your short? Do you have a theme? A synopsis? Or will anything do?

I don't have a ready written script for a short film at the moment. I have a couple of full length movie scripts though. Let me know what you need and let's see if we can work something out.

Oh, I can assure you that great scriptwriters abound in Nigeria. At the risk of sounding immodest, I think I am a very good scriptwriter.

Unfortunately, those of us who make a living churning out scripts, are faced with a plethora of issues.

I for one, have been forced over and over to churn out movie scripts of over 100 scenes in a week. Nollywood producers for the most part seem to have their feet solidly planted in the past. I have been repeatedly told to write scripts based on what they feel is trending. One person does a movie about a mystic river, and suddenly all producers want something in that mould.

Another problem is lack of funds. I have had to rewrite scripts to make it cheaper and faster to produce. Of course, that hampers creativity. Some producers have told me my scripts are outlandish, and too difficult/expensive to achieve.

Again, good scriptwriters, a lot of the time are not afforded the opportunity to meet adventurous producers and directors who will do justice to their scripts.

Thanks.

Pls add me as soon as you can so I can take down my number. Cheers.

My alma mater, forever making me proud. Unizik is the cradle from which giants spring forth. Kudos to all giants out there!

Whizpeter:
Ab0ki na Ab0ki, forget face cap...

*typing from my Tecno boom J7*

That is the same phone I use and I have absolutely no issues with it. It's also sleek and stylish and attracts attention.

Thanks for this piece. Educative threads are always a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, there's a dearth of them on NL these days.

All these ones are western(oyibo) ghost haunting signs. Western ghosts are mild mannered and do not kill.

If a ghost haunts you the the African, or even Naija way, you won't find the hands or heart to type your experience.

dubylhover:
brother,24 no get double....it has no comparison,but you cud try homeland

Homeland became a pile of rubbish after the character Brody died. The plummet is astounding. It is that bad.

femimat:
It's been terrible here in Ogba Lagos after I stocked my freezer... God dey sha....

We are in the same boat. Thank God for generators

ECOTERRORS:
Onye asi

I tell you!

I haven't had electricity for two days straight in my part of Lagos.

She's beautiful for sure, but what's with the duck gait?

This same document was given to hubby and I when we got married in an Anglican church six years ago, so it's not new.

The bride in fact, has to bring her dress to the church prior to the wedding for inspection.

And just by the way, what on earth is an "attention tip"? Nairaland!

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Cheers.

SaiBuharii:
Igbo people and juju sha. Go to Anambra, of every 5 houses, 3 have shrines at the back of their houses. Sunday, dem go Stii reach church first.

This is a ridiculous and bold faced lie.

rolled:
And the home appliances takes care of ur child when you and hubby are at work abi?
ode

You obviously have a problem reading, retard. Meanwhile you and Kimoni should kindly let me be. Keep using underaged girls as slaves. What goes around comes around. This is the last I'll say on this matter. I frankly don't have time for this immaturity and foolishness.

Kimoni:
congratulations supermom but will you still say the same thing when you have more than one child?
Will the washing machine stay with the kids at home on those days you get stucked in traffic even when you leave the office early?
Pls don't judge others until you take a walk in their shoes. Just thank God for ur situation and move on.

Did you read the part where I adviced the original poster to get an elderly nanny if she needs someone to mind her kids?

Your sarcasm will not change the facts. I make bold to say that a lot of women are lazy, period! If you see the amount of work these househelps are saddled with sometimes, you'll weep. These kids are exploited and treated badly and it has to stop. If you can't take care of your own children and bring them up yourself, then don't have them.

I will not consider a live-in domestic help no matter how many children I have.

I still don't understand why many women can't live without domestic help, and please don't give me the career excuse. I have a career, a husband who isn't hands on and a child and I manage just fine.

Invest in home appliances like a washing machine and if you need help with cleaning, get someone to come in once or twice a week.

This domestic help a.k.a house help issue usually doesn't end well, because there is always a sharp delieanation between the househelp and madam's kids.

Your cousin's behaviour is bad, yes, but she is still a child just getting into her teens. How would you treat your child if she exhibits the traits you talked about? Would you be here complaining about it?

Please send that girl home if you are tired of having her around. If the whole idea was to assist her parents with her upkeep, then send them a monthly allowance to do that. Get an elderly nanny for your kids or use a creche/after school service. There are still some good ones. And then roll up your sleeves and keep your home.

Jeromejnr:
Seconded.

"Thirded"

The pictures are nice though. Wish you guys marital bliss.

@eddy, move if you can afford to. I can even manage chicken small, but turkey? The yeye thing will now puff out all its feathers and come charging with that ugly head. Black ones are especially mean. Save up and leave to avoid further embarrassment.

Sijo01:
.........................you and op funny seriously................. I can play with any feathered bird, we even rear some in our compound. .........attached are photos of an orphan chicks that wondered into our compound two weeks ago and it has blended perfectly with us. I call it 'Smallie'

pic 1, feeding it with bread
pic 2, chicks on my leg
pic 3, it flew to my hand

You like?




We're planning to attend a colleague's wedding in Uyo this weekend o. Imma gonna pull out, I nor fit cry, hang my legs and fold my hands.

Seeing that chick on that leg alone is giving me the heebie-jeebies. Feathered monsters or rodents, I don't know the one I hate most.

As for the wedding, you better back out fast. I served in Akwa Ibom and I can confidently tell you there is no larger gathering of millipedes anywhere in Nigeria than in that state. Good thing they don't scare me. I would have redeployed fast!

Again, hanging leg no go help you O. They are everywhere. In our corpers lodge, they were on the walls, floors, ceilings. I even found one slowly climbing my bed once.

Sijo01:

Its funny, the type of things people have phobia for, but i never thought people can have phobia for tolotolo or any feathered animal.
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yours truly cannot stand the sight of millipede; physically or even on pictures

Ha! I am extremely afraid of turkeys O. There was a hostel back in school that had about six or seven of the measly things roaming free. I stopped visiting my friend who was living there.

Even now I am still afraid of tolotolo and hens with chicks. I understand how the OP feels perfectly!

Meanwhile, one word of advice for you. Since you are afraid of millipedes, please do not ever dare visit Akwa Ibom state.

Rapmoney:
While growing up, there were certain names we gave to things or creatures we didn't know their real or accepted names or those we just decided to ascribe names to Now we know better...though, just remembering them could be such a sweet memory Below:

1. Skink: We called this reptile with shiny brownish body that lives in houses 'Snake Servant' I sometimes wonder how this creature could be the servant of a snake

2. Navel or belly-button: We used to call it 'Pompu' . I believe the name came from the false believe that when you squeeze a navel, it makes the sound of a bicycle horn 'pompu pompu'. Warri, I hail o!

3. Hawk: We called this bird of the eagle family 'Ole Fowl' This was because the bird dey steal fowl well well, nor be small.

4. Fire Fly: We called this creature 'Star' . We likened it to the shinning stars in the sky!!!

5. Dragon Fly: We called it 'Adadamu'. Sincerely speaking, I don't even know, up till today, where this name came from because some families among the Isoko ethnic group in Delta State bear this name.

6. Muscle: We called it 'Power', especially the ones on our arms

7. Eel: This long slender fish is what we called 'Snake Fish'

8. Bush Rat: We popularly called it 'rabbit'. In fact, am still finding it difficult to convince even folks that are as old as me or even older that the animal is just a specie of rat and not rabbit. They would not hear of it as far as it can be eaten, unlike the common house rat

Oya, add yours...

During my service year, I tried in vain to explain to a fellow corps member that what he was buying and eating was in fact a large rat and not a rabbit. I later found out a lot of people do not know the difference between a bush rat and a rabbit.

2undexy:
I don't think u av that thing called brain sir, sorry to say that......do u realise u are bashing a president?

When GEJ was president, it was alright to bash a president, and now it isn't?

Nigerians give new meaning to the phrase 'double standard'.

@OP, I really don't understand why you went into that long explanation about how people are hungry and plan to attend weddings for weeks because of the food. It adds nothing to your main story and sounds rather hoity-toity.