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junnyjake:
Yohanna is actually masculine.

Godiya I the only feminine name there.

Really? Buh do u kno if one American female star picks that name tomorrow as a stage name, all Nigerian gals go change names on Facebook. U go begin c Chummy Yohanna, Yohanna baby et al. Lol most still dey bear sharon, Rihanna, beyonce for now

Icon4s:
You know this African belief that names follow people.

An Ijaw man will name his son "Shell" or "Chevron" so that when he grows up he will eventually work with Shell or Chevron. Another one gives his son "Manager" so that he will eventually become a Manager. The other one gave his son "Government" so that he will be in Government.
Just like the story Joseph shared about the guy that bears "Money". That father wanted him to have plenty of money when he grows up.

But do these things actually play out?

Like the guy I saw that bears the name "Giant" happens to be the shortest and skinniest member of the crew.

About the first bolded, remember the story of Jabez in the Bible though me dont think names have a say on what a kid will turn out to be.

But the seconded sha

Man u are wicked

D boy name come turn to mockery to his real stature kuku kill me Icon4s, kill me with laughter

junnyjake:
And when religion came, it made us look at ourselves and history as inferior, reason why we jettison our identities for the ones our colonialists offered.

Painfully painful

junnyjake:
Now, you're making it attractive for me to go back and hug my history books.

Very true about the Yorubas, both at home and diaspora.

Only Christians in the north bear Hausa names. Example: Godiya, Nasara, Nakure Dogara Yohanna, Ayuba, etc.

God c sweet names nah. Just imagine an Hausa melanin damsel with the name Yohanna. Choi licking my lips

Icon4s:
You omitted one popular one amongst us here : The Scout Master Dalung . AKA United States of Nigeria

Hahahahaha dis one no dey repp well. This one is tout, a cultist. He is an Aro Bagger boy. He is a mess

Icon4s:
Reminds me of one of my friends way back that told me she thought Alloysius and Eucharia were Igbo names .

Lol dey gave me Calistus at birth as a core Catholic family, my grandfather went berserk, dem change am to Sistus the man no still gree until dem settle with the Biblical name wey I dey bear now.

Na Imo people especially Obowo dey bear diz names like mad, and statistics has it dat almost every family there has a Catholic priest (Reverend father)

joseph1013:


It reminds me of an interaction I had offshore on a Samsung Heavy Industry site. There was this Delta guy I hear everyone call Money. I just felt it was his nickname. Then one day, we were talking and I said he should tell me his real name as calling people by their nickname is not my forte. Then he said that's his name. I was taken back.

I said, "Really? If your first name is Money, what is your surname?"

"Government!"

I laughed throughout the day.

But wetin dey prompt all this kind yeye names nah

Icon4s:
Come to think of it , there is an ethnic group that also like bearing names like: Alloysius, Vitalis, Innocent, Eucharia, Clarus, Donatus, Remigus, Juvenus etc

These are igbo Catholic names, but Juvenus?

soetanoreoluwa:
LMAO!!!!

Back then in Benin around agbomoba axis closer to delta... Come see name.. God better pass you �

I weak for those people

Chai bro who do us this thing? Na there u go c names run, d funny thing b say the names diz days dey come in pidgins ; GodDey, FineFace, NaYouHoldMyDestiny Chai

Icon4s:
I know a good number of Yorubas that bear both names as English names. Although u right ,they are actually rare compared to most other Nigerian ethnic group.

Meanwhile come to Niger-Delta where you will see names like: Shell Manager, Chevron Giant etc.

I skipped niger-delta on purpose because those ones are a lost course.

Mind u, I said Niger-delta not South South because my efik, ibibio ppl still holding sway with their Akpan Udoh

junnyjake:
They've got really funny sounding names.

Beroms - Jang, Kim, Dung, Chung, Kangyang, kachollom, Nyam, Weng Pam e.t.c

Ngas - Golkit, Polit, Gotum, Gomwalk, etc

Mangu - Nwanret, plangdes, Nandes, Pankyes, Lukyes etc.

Jarawa - Aweng, Apam, Atang

Plateau state is a state rich with different cultures.

Haven't had the opportunity to read about their history though.

Are these African names? Golkit, Polit, Gomwalk, Plangdes, Nandes, Pankyes Lukyes, Chung, Weng, Dung, Kim etc? Man these guy's history is worth reading.


When u hear names with "gb, kp, kw, nd, nw et al, for instance Gbajabiamila, Pogba, Angban, Drogba, Ndidi, Chikwe, Nwamkpa, Olada(k)po et al, u go know say u dey West Africa. Dat said, painfully I dont kno many native hausa names, too bad they threw away everything for the Arab culture. Beats me how person name go be Alhassan ibrahim, Musa Mohammed et al, even some yeye igbos dun dey adopt such craziness where person name go be Luke Moses, Ezekiel John. I come dey wonder why people aint proud of their identity. We too like foreign things I swear. I avnt really noticed that with d Yoruba nation. A Yoruba go everly put a Yoruba name next to his either Christian or Muslim name, it was like that with igbos till this brainwashed indomie generation igbo parents came

isan:
super eagle future

Are these guys playing in a mud? Y are they this dirty nah?

junnyjake:
Berom, Ngas and Tarok.

Chai bro, their names(synge, pam, dyeng, yem, Dung et al) dey sweet me. Very sexy and easy to pronounce. I will like to read their history bkus those names are so un West African to me.

edi287:
Don't know if this has been posted already, but thoughts?? I'd replace Eguavon with Taribo and push Yobo to rb. Tbh I'm surprised one of Keshi or Christian Chukwu didn't make it but oh well...

Dem kari Uche Ikechukwu picture put for Uche Okechukwu Lol

Icon4s:
That name ASAGIDIGBI, how oyinbo commentators go pronounce am sef.

A very typical African name.


BTW, I av bn wondering, what tribe in Plateau State bears these sweet sounding names like Gong, Nansel, Selbol, Gyang etc?

Joebie:
From Banfield to the Nigeria National Team
10/31/2018 | 08:34

Asagidigbi Feyiseitan, African footballer of the Lower Drill Divisions, was summoned to the Sub20 of his country.

Banfield has a footballer of African origin in his Lower Divisions and is one of the jewels of the quarry. Such is the case that he was summoned by his country for an under20 competition.

Asagidigbi Feyiseitan, 19-year-old Nigerian midfielder, will be part of his national team at the next African Cup of Nations that will take place in Nigeria from February 2 to 17 next year.

The young footballer is one of the figures of the Drill, has the 10 on the back usually and stands out for his technique and his punch. He was the star of Nigeria's under-15 Olympic youth team and was subsequently promoted to the U-17 team. Today he sees the fruits of his work and will be able to show all his quality in his country and wearing the national shirt (which is the most winning of the contest with seven titles).

Read also: In another loose work, Banfield saved the point in Tucumán
In Banfield he signed his first contract a few months ago and this year he made his debut in the Reserve Division after arriving in 2017 at the club.

https://launion.com.ar/banfield-nigeria-cantera/

Oh the boy is a former Nigerian U15/17 international? Interesting

CaptainStephen:
we never expected it, like you said let's hope they turn out good. na so I go Pakistan see our brothers hustling there.

Pakistan, Iran and Israel are wonderful places for real hustlers.

tbaba1234:
Jayden Bennetts is the younger brother of Keenan Bennetts who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach

Chai naija my country. We crafty die. Is anybody thinking what im thinking?

An African adage said something about killing two birds with a stone

CaptainStephen:
Nigerians are everywhere

This one off me oo, buh if these boys turn out good discoveries, then Aigbogun knows his onions.

tbaba1234:
There is another player invited that plays in Argentina

Argen...what? Does the guy play for River Plate? Whats the guy's name please?

Danielnino00:
Meanwhile Michael Uchebo (remember him ) is on the verge of joining Enugu Rangers according to reports...

Usumi to Rangers again? He didn't do that well the first time before he left for greener pastures in Europe. I was drenched in the rain watching him play for Rangers at the national stadium enugu in 2007 against the defunct JUTH of Jos. Every hommie in Achara layout then was raving about him as a hood guy playing for the antelopes then

tbaba1234:
My tone has not changed. By average, i mean not bad and not exceptional. In the middle.

And i have been following him. I saw him against Braga and i would not even rate his performance as high as Whoscored.com.

Alright bro, would u play him in J'bourg if u were at the helm?

Taliban:
Gbam, well said Kelechi in my own opinion.

Bia Taliban o gini? Y do u prefer my middle/native name to my moniker here na?

tbaba1234:
This is whoscored.com. All players start at 6.4 at the start of the match. You will rarely see a 5 rating..

Below 6.4 rating is poor

Above 7.5 is exceptional

All of Agu's ratings are between this. Not poor and not exceptional.

Like i said, he has been there but nothing exceptional.

U see ur tone dun change from Agu has bn average, to he has been decent. So bro, admit it, u were too quick to label him average and uv not really been following him. KPOM

tbaba1234:
I have seen those stats.

3 average games
2 good games.

The rating was over ten, average of ten is 5 but he got 6+ (which are above average) in two games and then 7+ in the remaining three. How does that translate to average performance so far this season? Compared to our other CMs and DMs in Europe this season, bar Ndidi, Agu has simply been outstanding. He earned his invitation.


Remember, I dont fancy this player as he belongs to what I call the carpenter crew buh then, the truth must be said

Like I told u guys last month that Ademola's paper works were already in progress, Rohr just confirmed in a recent interview that the report wasnt outta place.

”I already asked the NFF to start the process of making both Lookman and Ojo to be able to play for the Super Eagles a month ago”

Lest I forget, Ademola is another success story of the team Nigeria U.K headed by David Doherty.

komekn:
Wow you totally leave the question on the discourse to bring out your deep seated resentment on a faceless forum.

U get problem, nuttin to say to you

Give credit to who it is due. Stop bitching around all the time. Obafemi feels Nigerian bkus Doherty brought him into the fold via the team Nigeria U.K scheme, not bkus Ireland aint no competition to Nigeria. Dont u feign ignorant of this to sweep under the carpet, the young man's (Doherty's) efforts.

komekn:
It's what we could call a " No brainer " Ireland or Nigeria who would you rather play for. It's a very simple choice.

Dont try to discredit Doherty. He is the brain behind everything playing out now. It's a no brainer, yet, the only Nigerian legend for ManU repped same Ireland at international level? Oboy go sidon. Doherty is the real and only recruiter of the innits for the NFF and he is doing his job well by spotting Diamonds in the rough for us. He recommended Eze, Maja et al when dey were nobodies (remember ur reactions to that?) for the NFF. Ademola, Obafemi et al were his students. He is the one we know even though he doesnt come here bragging and claiming what he is not. He knows true talents and he doesn't pull down our home grown players to promote any of those his students from England, he is passionate, open minded, unbiased and never says yes when he means to say no. He is a patriot and highly revered for the job he does for the growth of our game even amidst all the adversities and the so called NFF underhand dealings.

Now tell me, what have u to show for all ur bragging in here? I wont stand to watch u tear down Doherty here, show some respect to those who deserve it and stop being so bitter all the time. I saw what u did with the Yoruba guy appointed by Rohr to help recruit players for the Eagles from England too.

Icon4s:
Interesting.

Hahahahaha dey should have a taste of what we feel when we get rejected

Obafemi is Doherty's boy and he has his eyes set on the Eagles. O'Neil should stop messing around

tbaba1234:
I think, he has been average this season to be honest.

Sorry bro buh u have no clue watchu saying here. I aint no fan of Agu buh he has been far from average this season

Not a fan buh in truth, this boy has been a hit this season, maybe to spite Porto coach who he claimed insulted him or to impress the numerous scouts on him lol