excanny:

He escaped? How?

he had a mobile police unit as his security so they took him to safety whilst cultists looted the contents of his bulletproof limousine. after the mayhem, 5 million naira and assault rifles were declared missing.

thameamead:

He is into flour and oil but I respect the man o, he's got lots of kids, half of them went to the private university - Buckingham, he's got lot's of expensive mansions in NW, i attended Queens School Secondary School Apata which some of his daughters attended as well, there were lots of them back then, they had a huge bus that use to bring them to school but i was not in the same league at his kids, they were premier league while i was a divison 3, i remember his huge houses in Bodija back then, his kids were the happening buys and girls throwing parties with the D'Rovans boys here and there in those days,

he shipped 14 of his children(at once) to buckingham university in 96-97 circa.

gohome:

You are still making the same mistake,  do you know how many people speak spanish and german? these languages are even taught in our schools oooh,  na wah ohh. This comparison is getting to be plain silly. Countries are making movies in their official language and are being nominated, why dont yorubas make your in your official language, has it occurred to you maybe they cant? or are not good enough?

you are ignorant.

aloy/emeka:

Arisekola Alao is a crook who made billions from selling out his kinsmen to Sani Abacha. He is the only Ibadan chieftain who has been stoned and arrested by irate  University of Ibadan students.

this is incorrect!

arisekola alao is a businessman. he's never a crook, started as a car dealer in ibadan. then made his billions by supplying foodstuffs to ecomog. he has never held any political post in nigeria so i dunno why people are saying he's a crook!

vinisky:

you were right. our game was disappointing to be honest. i would've loved it if we could steal a win like the last time when we played lille and a draw against lyon.2nd leg would be crazy but we'll pull thru. One United

i don't know what you guys were expecting. there's a reason united set up like that against opponents away from home. united have the best away record in europe and that is because of the way fergie set his team. marseille will be destroyed at old trafford. the performance yesterday was great. chris smalling once again was outstanding. nani murdered heinze but sadly couldn't do anything meaningful with the final ball. i am confident united will go through.

HNIC:

A tweet from  a manure hater(no be me ooh)

Marseille have got Fanni at right back. Which is a coincidence, as Man Utd used to have a c*nt there until he retired a couple of weeks ago

i'd rather be a cu[i]n[/i]t like gary neville than be a fruitless manager like arsene wenger. what neville has won in football is much more than what any other player have won in the whole premier league.

eghost247:

Tribalism  totaly wrong One Nigeria

nigeria is a nation of 3 countries. the colonial masters were wrong from the very beginning. there's no common ground or common denominator in an igbo man and an hausa man. they are so different.

pro01:

As for Nollywood as we know it, and which is what the industry has become, Living in Bondage pioneered the industry - ushering in relatively 'modern' movie sets, cosmopolitan settings, city-life plots, contemporary costumes, distribution channels, advertising and the works. There really should be no argument about that.

jide kosoko's movie(asiri nla) was the first home video of it's kind in nigeria. several months before living in bondage was released.

fstranger3:

a lot of things would be lost in translation


I have watched it like 100 times and every time, I understand more.


Thank God for people like him

especially the scene where the king was asking his chiefs "which of you isn't a naughty person"?? that was class.

tunde kelani is talented and these are yoruba actors who have worked with seasoned producers all over the world. tunde kelani was in "tears of the sun" in 2003 and olu jacobs was a security officer in "ashanti" back in the days.

fstranger3:

The thing though is that Yorubas believe more in quality while Ibos believe in quantity.

i don't quite see it that way. the igbos invest more in their movies than the yorubas but their story-lines are crappy most of the time. yoruba movies are often substandard in terms of production and budget but the story-lines make more sense.

fstranger3:

You are absolutely right.

What about Diamond Ring? Magun? Saworoide?

We rock!

saworoide is a classic. i don't think it can be enjoyable to watch if done in another language.

EzeUche_:

Yorubas are trying to compete against an Igbo bastion. We ceded you all the music industry, just let us have the movie industry.
You all cannot be good at everything.

fstranger3:

^^^^

The best producers are Yoruba

Ever heard of Tade Ogidan or Tunde Kelani?

you can't go wrong with these two but they are not really commercially oriented. tade releases classical movies like once in 4 years and tunde kelani does his like once a year. not like the zeb/chico ejiros that produce 50 movies per week with substandard quality and mediocre actress. there's no igbo movie in the history of nigeria that will stand next to owoblow or madam dearest.

fstranger3:

Before Nollywood came into existence in the 1990's was there anything that preceeded it?

Of course there was. Nigeria is a very rich cultural entity, which has for decades produced very beautiful and even world acclaimed theatre productions, which is where this movie industry takes root.

Herbert Ogunde and Ola Balogun amongst of few others all made movies that were shown in the few theatres that existed during the 1970's and 1980's. These films include "Jaiyesimi", "Aiye" and "Taxi-Driver", these were all done in Yoruba (the language of the South Western States),

the movies done in English prior to Igbo-wood include "Bisi Daughter of The River" and Prof. Wole Soyinka's "Blues For A Prodigal" amongst a few others.

The problem of funding, expensive equipment and piracy amongst others made sure that these early efforts did not take root and develop into the great industry as we see it today.

many yoruba movies and many theatre groups were there then. . . .

Just accept the truth and shame the devil

Once again, Yoruba thumps Igbo

This is not a beef talk, if it was, it would be something market women would be discussing. This is just another attempt by me to set the record straight.

are you ruggedman in disguise?

pro01:

Most actresses in the Yoruba movie genre are so 'razz', fetish, and classless in real life - even worse than they are in movies. They can't even speak English to save their lives.

Meanwhile this whole argument here about who started or who 'owns' the industry between Igbo and Yoruba is really infantile. Anyone that is old enough, and whose brain is uncorrupted by the virus of ethnic bigotry, knows that contemporary Nollywood as we know it was ushered in by the classic Igbo movie called 'Living in Bondage' in 1992, and the industry has largely remained funded, marketed, distributed and ultimately powered by Igbo elements. What is there to argue about?

you will find out that asiri-nla(great secret) by jide kosoko came out before 'living in bondage'.

~Bluetooth:

quoted or not,he has not come out to refute the report.


If truly nollywood is truly a representative of nigeria movie industry,why this kind of tribalistic comment from peter ?  

what is bad in that if the movie industry supports it ? are we not all one naija ? why the segregation ?

i think i know where the problem lies.

the majority of these nollywood movies are produced/directed by the igbos. zeb ejiro/chico ejiro/lancelot imasuen and it's only natural for these men to give the roles to igbo youths. nollywood in itself is too igbocentric. that they speak english doesn't really make it a national cake. let us just assume all english speaking nollywood movies are igbo movies.

9ja voice:

he also told me that i hate nigeria movie because am so familiar with it. he even told me that he is inlove for GENEVIVE infact he will like to marry her if she will accept,when he said this i laugh.   pls my dear brother's lets stop tribalism in nigeria because it's of no use.

this is a valid point. the folks in nigeria don't care about these movies like the nigerians in diaspora. the chinese are making loads of money pirating nigerian movies in america.

~Bluetooth:

ibos are not competing with anybody yet peter edochie is complaining about olu jacobs taking all available movie roles ?

did pete edochie really complain or was quoted out of context?

tithe:

Recently i started experiencing increase in the population of rats in my house, the most annoying thing is that they have taken my visitors room for themselves.

They drink milk, Custard and even drink juice, some of them are already developing black curly hair as evidence of good living .


Please pharmacist, biochemists, and chemists how can i bring them to extinction.

get two tabby cats in your house. . . . .and the rats will flee.

HNIC:

Like he has not beaten Manure before?

yes, wenger has won every game against man utd in the last 3 years including the league fixture this season.

whatever that means. . . . .you still need orientation to think every gadget/device must be broken to enjoy it. this is such an irresponsible way of thinking. if you want to play other games on your console, get another console that plays the games you want. imagine if your dad owns sony, would you be happy? you point accusing fingers at the leaders in your country but what most of you do in your households is way worse.

oyb:

^^^

wuss

some of us void our warranties as soon as we open the box

then you need an orientation.

Evil Brain:

PS3 custom firmwares are officially out.

I've been running the "kmeaw" CFW since saturday and it works beautifully. I can back-up my game disks to the hard drive, download and play games and even run games off a flash/external hard drive. No dongles, no bricking, no stress.

I've noticed that most PS owners have no idea that this is possible. I only know 1 other person who has done this and he's charging people.

Has anybody else jailbroken their PS3s? Post your experiences in this thread.

why would anyone wanna jailbreak his console? at the expense of going online? what is ps3 without ur ability to play other users online? penny wise, pound foolish. take yourself out of this place before i send sony hacks to your abode.

ARSENE WENGER: HOW MARSEILLE CAN BEAT UNITED

The last 16 Champions League tie between Marseille and Manchester United could be compared to our match against Barcelona - they were the favourites, just as United will be for this game.

Nevertheless, Marseille and their wonderful fans can compete with United, and achieve a good result at home.

When you look at the statistics, it is easy to notice that Manchester United have won very few matches away from home.

From 12 away games in the Premier League, they have drawn eight and won only three. But they have a strong defensive base built around Nemanja Vidic and Edwin van der Sar, two fantastic players who guarantee the stability of the team during the game.

Last year, I would have added Rio Ferdinand to that duo, but he seems to be suffering from a lack of consistency this season.

United offer attacking power, too, with highly-skilled players like Nani and Wayne Rooney, who have impressive speed. I cannot forget Dimitar Berbatov either, who is an amazing striker but I'm not sure he will start against Marseille.

If Marseille want to get a result, they have to dictate play in the midfield.

This sector can be considered the 'heart of the game', and United are able to ruin your tactics and annihilate your performance.

Marseille have to ensure that Lucho Gonzalez can express his talent on the field.

When on song, Marseille can put United in jeopardy, but can they raise their game for this match. It is an interesting question and probably the key to the game.

If they cannot play with the required intensity, United will go through to the quarter-finals.

if wenger knows how to beat united? why hasn't he done that in the past 6 games against united?

HNIC:

Must be the worst game I have seen Chamakh play both in an Arsenal or Bourdeaux shirt
Piss poor

that is what happens when you play players with no team chemistry and expect them to do a decent job against bottom sides. the bottom sides have formed an understanding cos they play together week in week out. football is a team game. one cannot just lump individuals together and expect them to always do a job. it backfires more often than not.

Mrs.Chima:

Oh we got low self esteem now because we don't agree with the scamming? SMH.


In that case, I rather have low self esteem THAN to be somebody's fool for three years.

ignore the self esteem. concentrate on the low intelligence. it's just amusing you can sit your fat behind thousands of miles away behind a computer screen and work out a broke jobless bloke in nigeria is a scammer without any evidence but imagination plucked out of your fat anus. seriously, i am shocked.

Mr_TA:

I'd love to have CQ back, its the least he could do after the money laundering scam aka Bebe signing.

bebe will do great things next season. i have no doubt in my mind. i know a special player when i see one and the boy has something special. the fact that he was playing in a 3rd league division in portugal is the reason for his crude skills. all that will be refined in no time. there's work to be done but there's talent in there.

errm, Cougar you can call me a 'tool' just make sure I'm the 'hammer'
Im gonna nail some sense into your chrome dome

Tool - One who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool. A cretin. Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-steem.

Mr_TA:

Its what Im getting at in a roundabout way. Im looking forward to a more consistent team selection although I do understand the need for rotation.

I just dont think the squad depth is good enough considering we're still missing Valencia and Park for another month atleast.

the squad depth is the best in england but fergie's computer analysis loves preserving the senior squad players unnecessarily. did you see city's team today against notts county?dzeko, tevez, silva, etc despite playing europa league on thursday? if fergie was playing the same notts county, you would see fergie resting the entire senior squad and picking players who don't have any iota of team chemistry and he expects them to do a job and it's wrong. we really miss the tactical expertise of carlos queiroz. fergie himself confessed he benefited a lot from the expertise of quieroz. we should get him back at all cost.

Mrs.Chima:

You is on that TRICK A BEETCH movement just like my baby sister said.  

That a gotdamn shame.  

if you decide to be with a jobless man then it's guaranteed you are going to be coughing out money for his upkeep. does that mean you are being scammed? were you forced into the relationship at knife-point? mrs chima, it's the poster's choice/prerogative to fall in love with a jobless man. this man has not scammed anyone here.

Mrs.Chima:

Just because he admitted that he is broke that LESSEN THE SCAMMING DEGREE?  

that's not the point. the point is it was still up to imari to send him money in nigeria. he has not paraded himself as a business man who wants some money in advance for goods that don't exist. he is a broke jobless man in nigeria who is in love. it's up to the partner to either take him in spite of his broke-arse or dump him. the poster chose to be with a broke man so where is the scam?

Imari:

He did tell me that, that no woman would have him having no money

exactly my point. the only way to be 100% sure he's not scamming you is to travel down yourself and see where he lives. marry him in a court in nigeria if possible then ship his arse to america with you. that's the only way your fears can be subdued.

Mr_TA:

Im more interested in the consecutive big games we have coming up.

Chelsea away, Liverpool away, CL, Arsenal home etc.

March is going to be great.

those games are bread n butter. i am more worried playing west ham away, wigan away than playing chelsea/liverpool away. in big games, fergie rarely toys with his starting eleven. against bottom sides, he might play himself as a central defender.

Imari:

It's hard to believe that not having sex, he is so young not to be having sex in 3 years.

if he's broke in nigeria, no woman would sleep with him - that is standard.

Mrs.Chima:

The only person that is a SCUM is the one that scamming the poster.  There is nobody IN THERE RIGHT MIND is going to fall in love with someone that they haven't met for THREE YEARS. A year would have made sense, but THREE YEARS?  Even you know that don't make no gotdamn sense.  

Now I do agree with YOU on the fact that if she wants to be generous with her money and support his lifestyle that is her choice and right.  It is her money.  We can't tell her what she can or cannot do with her money.  She is the only one that will suffer the consequences not us.  

It is important to MEET the person BEFORE starting any serious relationship because the person may not be what they are to be.  BUT THEN AGAIN, people do what they want and ONLY THEY WILL suffer the consequence and the kids if they have some.  

Everybody that gave her sound advices and warnings were on point.  I got a feeling that she will continue regardless of what we tell her.  

I wish her all the luck and cosmic energy she will need.  

how is he scamming the poster? the boy was honest enough to say he's broke. honest enough to admit he's jobless. where is the scam here?

MzD@rkSkin:

smh @ poster.

you are being played/used. confront him and based on the result/his reaction
move on mah dear.   but dont beat urself up, you were just inlove, and that
happens sometimes (being used). Just pick yourself up and take it as a lesson
learned. You will be okay sweetie.  

and you know this because you are psychic?

Imari:

For 3 years I have been madly in love with a Nigerian man who is 20 years younger than me.  We've never met personally, phone calls, internet and mailings is all we have had. In those years he claims to not have had sex to be waiting to me only.
I do not have big money but can take care as it is only me I have to be concerned with I have no children. I send him 200 USD each month as he says he can't get a job and need to maintain himself. I believe for the last 6 months or so that he is married or has a GF and told him that, he say No it's only me. I have my doubts about that.  Now he is saying that he needs two big amounts of money so that he can come here to the U.S. I love him but I wonder.

What do you think?

pay no attention to the scums discouraging you.

granted, there have been many cases of men using americans as cash machines but this does not suggest your own boy is doing the same. if you love him, make time and visit nigeria to see what he's really up to. it might save you lots of cash you are yet to spend on this boyfriend of yours. who knows - this boy might actually be genuine. go to nigeria and check him out before sending big amounts of money to him.

HNIC:

Just saw that also
and it comes just a few days after the battle at the Camp Nou
Anyways, if Fergie fields those 2nd rate players that played against Crawley yesterday . . . .we are as good as being in the next round.
BTW, we need to beat Leyton orient first
These games are coming on thick and fast

i heard the same news 3 yrs ago when arsenal visited old trafford with sparkling form. after 90 mins, wenger's team lost 4-0 to fergie. the excuse then was wenger cares more about the league and the champions league than the fa cup.

ritchboy:

^^ What happened when Bebe came on for Hargo against Wolves earlier this season?

Despite playing with the "A team", he produced the worst performance i've ever seen from a professional footballer

this performance is worse than eboue's performance some years ago when arsenal fans booed eboue off?

Mr_TA:

Looks like Arsenal in the next round of the FA Cup.

it's the end of the road for arsene wenger then. the carling cup final becomes important all of a sudden as pep guardiola and alex ferguson stand in wenger's way of progressing in europe and in the fa cup.