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PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 9:16am On May 10, 2015
HooxJnr:
Txs for your quick response. The app is $0.99. Is there any way I can get it for free.
search for. it. on Google
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 7:26am On May 10, 2015
HooxJnr:
Please my infinix is rooted I want to reset it, will it affect the phone. Txs
it will download universal unroot first and unroot before factory setting
Forum GamesRe: How Smart Are You,answer This Question by cromz(m): 8:29pm On May 09, 2015
Nose
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 8:27pm On May 09, 2015
lilbest4:
i guess you're using airtel. use mtn. quote me after
am using MTN have even tried etisalat
Jokes EtcRe: Hilarious Picture Of Gen Buhari Inspecting Nigeria National Treasury Vault. by cromz(m): 7:41pm On May 09, 2015
Twaci:
Hmmmm

Kindly vote me for Miss. Nairaland 2015. Thanks smiley.
Gv me a tangible reason I should vote for u let me know if your criteria is matching the title u are contesting for if so I can win u 100votes
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 7:37pm On May 09, 2015
Pls am having problem opening a gmail account it say it can establish connection even though am on 3g

PoliticsRe: If You’re The President Of Nigeria, How Will You Tackle Corruption? by cromz(m): 5:11pm On May 09, 2015
Am going decrease the public office holders salaries and allowances and make a high criteria for memebers of my cabinet there would be an award for the most honest and incorruptible public office holder and I will uphold discipline and make sure anybody who steals will be stoned to death either by arms or corruption.
RomanceRe: My Best Five Engagement Proposal Ideas by cromz(m): 11:23am On May 09, 2015
Best and cheapest way:
-Go for a dinner
-Order for food that is inside a buffet or big plate
-put the ring inside without her knowing u must have planned with the restaurant
-let her open it and see the ring
-go on your knees and sayb"Will u marry me "
-play a slow romantic song lobatan
Foreign AffairsRe: Tony Blair Wants Chuka Umunna To Be The Next Labour Leader by cromz(m): 8:12am On May 09, 2015
oneeast:
Anambra born Chuka Umunna is the next in line to become the British Prime minister. cool

Anambra adigo mma..truly the Light of the entire black Nations.
lolz u think say england na Lagos and don't forget the topic "tony Blair wants chuka umaunna to be labour leader" not "chuka umaunna is labour leader" u think DAT will happen when the queen of England is still alive.
Foreign AffairsRe: Tony Blair Wants Chuka Umunna To Be The Next Labour Leader by cromz(m): 8:07am On May 09, 2015
hairyanus:
Wise men are from the East. No be me talk am.
Even God chose his dear nation in the middle East.

Instead of hating this people, Integrate them in fully into Nigeria so they can bring their business prowess and ingenuity to bare. The guy is so good they made him Shawdowy Business secretary..whatever that means..he is in charge of business.

I salute his father who gave him thick Igbo name...imagine if it was David Stocking...choyi[img][/img]...that will mean lost forever...make i hear say my wife give any of my children English name.

It appears hatred is the fuel for the success of Igbos.

Mind you, my beautiful wife is Igbo....I dont regret having that blood in my kids.
yes ooo but nobi only Igbo's na see as my WALE dey flow with five star artists mehn (lilwayne,Nicki minaj,Jeremiah,kanye west etc)na god say make him baba name him wale if nobinobi so him Yoruba ancestry for don lost.
CelebritiesRe: Olamide Shares New Selfie With Son, Maximilliano by cromz(m): 9:39am On Apr 30, 2015
Emi bado ehn baba mili miliano kin ma ladi.. So this the boy he was talking about fine boy though
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 7:44am On Apr 30, 2015
Drop your phone num to be added to the Infinix hot tweaks WhatsApp group
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 9:43pm On Apr 22, 2015
Pls guy's my play store is not connecting I need help
PoliticsRe: Diezani Alison-madueke The Most Beautiful Outgoing Minister In Nigeria by cromz(m): 7:09pm On Apr 19, 2015
See her eyes like beans
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 4:17pm On Apr 19, 2015
steric58:
I have xposed installer and for kitkat and gravity but it not working my phone is rooted please teach us or better still add me on whatsapp please 08161678235
actually a guy helped me with it but I had to part away with 400 MTN card here is his num 07065627649
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 11:54pm On Apr 18, 2015
smithwilliam:
teach the process
it's really long
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 11:36pm On Apr 18, 2015
smithwilliam:
that last pic,which rom is that
That's just my customization
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 10:50pm On Apr 18, 2015
Dgunnerz:
Is Gravity box working on this device?
sure here is a pic of my tweaked infinix hot

PhonesRe: Best Games To Download For Your Android Device by cromz(m): 6:25pm On Apr 18, 2015
Pls give me list of offline HD games
PoliticsRe: Throwback Pics Of Abacha, MKO & Tinubu. by cromz(m): 10:51am On Apr 18, 2015
RichDad1:
Jagaban of life.
Very soon some chest-beaters will start comparing this legend to some local champs from their region.
While Tinubu was going head to head with the then Military government, most of this chest-beaters are busy selling-out to the highest bidders. Industrious my foot. ***spits***
angry
lolz they were busy selling spare parts and were pirating films
PhonesRe: Best Games To Download For Your Android Device by cromz(m): 9:12am On Apr 16, 2015
Pls who can give me a list of offline HD games DAT don't require internet
TravelRe: 12 Great Cities To Retire To In Africa (photos) by cromz(m): 9:59pm On Apr 14, 2015
Don't ever insult the ancient city again it's growing faster then u can ever imagin

PoliticsRe: Chimamanda Adichie's Article On The Oba Of Lagos Saga by cromz(m): 9:18am On Apr 11, 2015
ControlX:
A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was a flagrant performance of disregard. His words said, in effect: I think so little of you that I don’t have to cajole you but will just threaten you and, by the way, your safety in Lagos is not assured, it is negotiable.
There have been condemnations of the Oba’s words. Sadly, many of the condemnations from non-Igbo people have come with the ugly impatience of expressions like ‘move on,’ and ‘don’t be over-emotional’ and ‘calm down.’ These take away the power, even the sincerity, of the condemnations. It is highhanded and offensive to tell an aggrieved person how to feel, or how quickly to forgive, just as an apology becomes a non-apology when it comes with ‘now get over it.’
Other condemnations of the Oba’s words have been couched in dismissive or diminishing language such as ‘The Oba can’t really do anything, he isn’t actually going to kill anyone. He was joking. He was just being a loudmouth.’

Or – the basest yet – ‘we are all prejudiced.’ It is dishonest to respond to a specific act of prejudice by ignoring that act and instead stressing the generic and the general. It is similar to responding to a specific crime by saying ‘we are all capable of crime.’ Indeed we are. But responses such as these are diversionary tactics. They dismiss the specific act, diminish its importance, and ultimately aim at silencing the legitimate fears of people.

We are indeed all prejudiced, but that is not an appropriate response to an issue this serious. The Oba is not an ordinary citizen. He is a traditional ruler in a part of a country where traditional rulers command considerable influence – the reluctance on the part of many to directly chastise the Oba speaks to his power. The Oba’s words matter. He is not a singular voice; he represents traditional authority. The Oba’s words matter because they are enough to incite violence in a political setting already fraught with uncertainty. The Oba’s words matter even more in the event that Ambode loses the governorship election, because it would then be easy to scapegoat Igbo people and hold them punishable.

Nigerians who consider themselves enlightened might dismiss the Oba’s words as illogical. But the scapegoating of groups – which has a long history all over the world – has never been about logic. The Oba’s words matter because they bring worrying echoes of the early 1960s in Nigeria, when Igbo people were scapegoated for political reasons. Chinua Achebe, when he finally accepted that Lagos, the city he called home, was unsafe for him because he was Igbo, saw crowds at the motor park taunting Igbo people as they boarded buses: ‘Go, Igbo, go so that garri will be cheaper in Lagos!’
Of course Igbo people were not responsible for the cost of garri. But they were perceived as people who were responsible for a coup and who were ‘taking over’ and who, consequently, could be held responsible for everything bad.

Any group of people would understandably be troubled by a threat such as the Oba’s, but the Igbo, because of their history in Nigeria, have been particularly troubled. And it is a recent history. There are people alive today who were publicly attacked in cosmopolitan Lagos in the 1960s because they were Igbo. Even people who were merely light-skinned were at risk of violence in Lagos markets, because to be light-skinned was to be mistaken for Igbo.

Almost every Nigerian ethnic group has a grouse of some sort with the Nigerian state. The Nigerian state has, by turns, been violent, unfair, neglectful, of different parts of the country. Almost every ethnic group has derogatory stereotypes attached to it by other ethnic groups.

But it is disingenuous to suggest that the experience of every ethnic group has been the same. Anti-Igbo violence began under the British colonial government, with complex roots and manifestations. But the end result is a certain psychic difference in the relationship of Igbo people to the Nigerian state. To be Igbo in Nigeria is constantly to be suspect; your national patriotism is never taken as the norm, you are continually expected to prove it.

All groups are conditioned by their specific histories. Perhaps another ethnic group would have reacted with less concern to the Oba’s threat, because that ethnic group would not be conditioned by a history of being targets of violence, as the Igbo have been.

Many responses to the Oba’s threat have mentioned the ‘welcoming’ nature of Lagos, and have made comparisons between Lagos and southeastern towns like Onitsha. It is valid to debate the ethnic diversity of different parts of Nigeria, to compare, for example, Ibadan and Enugu, Ado-Ekiti and Aba, and to debate who moves where, and who feels comfortable living where and why that is. But it is odd to pretend that Lagos is like any other city in Nigeria. It is not. The political history of Lagos and its development as the first national capital set it apart. Lagos is Nigeria’s metropolis. There are ethnic Igbo people whose entire lives have been spent in Lagos, who have little or no ties to the southeast, who speak Yoruba better than Igbo. Should they, too, be reminded to be ‘grateful’ each time an election draws near?

No law-abiding Nigerian should be expected to show gratitude for living peacefully in any part of Nigeria. Landlords in Lagos should not, as still happens too often, be able to refuse to rent their property to Igbo people.

The Oba’s words were disturbing, but its context is even more disturbing:

The anti-Igbo rhetoric that has been part of the political discourse since the presidential election results. Accusatory and derogatory language – using words like ‘brainwashed,’ ‘tribalistic voting’ – has been used to describe President Jonathan’s overwhelming win in the southeast. All democracies have regions that vote in large numbers for one side, and even though parts of Northern Nigeria showed voting patterns similar to the Southeast, the opprobrium has been reserved for the Southeast.

But the rhetoric is about more than mere voting. It is really about citizenship. To be so entitled as to question the legitimacy of a people’s choice in a democratic election is not only a sign of disrespect but is also a questioning of the full citizenship of those people.

What does it mean to be a Nigerian citizen?
When Igbo people are urged to be ‘grateful’ for being in Lagos, do they somehow have less of a right as citizens to live where they live? Every Nigerian should be able to live in any part of Nigeria. The only expectation for a Nigerian citizen living in any part of Nigeria is to be law-abiding. Not to be ‘grateful.’ Not to be expected to pay back some sort of unspoken favour by toeing a particular political line. Nigerian citizens can vote for whomever they choose, and should never be expected to justify or apologize for their choice.
Only by feeling a collective sense of ownership of Nigeria can we start to forge a nation. A nation is an idea. Nigeria is still in progress. To make this a nation, we must collectively agree on what citizenship means: all Nigerians must matter equally.

Source:
www.olisa.tv/2015/04/10/chimamanda-adichieoba-lagos/
Who is this.lady to interfere in political matters as she is more tribally sentimental than most Igbo's see how she brainwashed people in half a yellow sun silly woman
PoliticsRe: Chimamanda Adichie's Article On The Oba Of Lagos Saga by cromz(m): 9:17am On Apr 11, 2015
ControlX:
A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was a flagrant performance of disregard. His words said, in effect: I think so little of you that I don’t have to cajole you but will just threaten you and, by the way, your safety in Lagos is not assured, it is negotiable.
There have been condemnations of the Oba’s words. Sadly, many of the condemnations from non-Igbo people have come with the ugly impatience of expressions like ‘move on,’ and ‘don’t be over-emotional’ and ‘calm down.’ These take away the power, even the sincerity, of the condemnations. It is highhanded and offensive to tell an aggrieved person how to feel, or how quickly to forgive, just as an apology becomes a non-apology when it comes with ‘now get over it.’
Other condemnations of the Oba’s words have been couched in dismissive or diminishing language such as ‘The Oba can’t really do anything, he isn’t actually going to kill anyone. He was joking. He was just being a loudmouth.’

Or – the basest yet – ‘we are all prejudiced.’ It is dishonest to respond to a specific act of prejudice by ignoring that act and instead stressing the generic and the general. It is similar to responding to a specific crime by saying ‘we are all capable of crime.’ Indeed we are. But responses such as these are diversionary tactics. They dismiss the specific act, diminish its importance, and ultimately aim at silencing the legitimate fears of people.

We are indeed all prejudiced, but that is not an appropriate response to an issue this serious. The Oba is not an ordinary citizen. He is a traditional ruler in a part of a country where traditional rulers command considerable influence – the reluctance on the part of many to directly chastise the Oba speaks to his power. The Oba’s words matter. He is not a singular voice; he represents traditional authority. The Oba’s words matter because they are enough to incite violence in a political setting already fraught with uncertainty. The Oba’s words matter even more in the event that Ambode loses the governorship election, because it would then be easy to scapegoat Igbo people and hold them punishable.

Nigerians who consider themselves enlightened might dismiss the Oba’s words as illogical. But the scapegoating of groups – which has a long history all over the world – has never been about logic. The Oba’s words matter because they bring worrying echoes of the early 1960s in Nigeria, when Igbo people were scapegoated for political reasons. Chinua Achebe, when he finally accepted that Lagos, the city he called home, was unsafe for him because he was Igbo, saw crowds at the motor park taunting Igbo people as they boarded buses: ‘Go, Igbo, go so that garri will be cheaper in Lagos!’
Of course Igbo people were not responsible for the cost of garri. But they were perceived as people who were responsible for a coup and who were ‘taking over’ and who, consequently, could be held responsible for everything bad.

Any group of people would understandably be troubled by a threat such as the Oba’s, but the Igbo, because of their history in Nigeria, have been particularly troubled. And it is a recent history. There are people alive today who were publicly attacked in cosmopolitan Lagos in the 1960s because they were Igbo. Even people who were merely light-skinned were at risk of violence in Lagos markets, because to be light-skinned was to be mistaken for Igbo.

Almost every Nigerian ethnic group has a grouse of some sort with the Nigerian state. The Nigerian state has, by turns, been violent, unfair, neglectful, of different parts of the country. Almost every ethnic group has derogatory stereotypes attached to it by other ethnic groups.

But it is disingenuous to suggest that the experience of every ethnic group has been the same. Anti-Igbo violence began under the British colonial government, with complex roots and manifestations. But the end result is a certain psychic difference in the relationship of Igbo people to the Nigerian state. To be Igbo in Nigeria is constantly to be suspect; your national patriotism is never taken as the norm, you are continually expected to prove it.

All groups are conditioned by their specific histories. Perhaps another ethnic group would have reacted with less concern to the Oba’s threat, because that ethnic group would not be conditioned by a history of being targets of violence, as the Igbo have been.

Many responses to the Oba’s threat have mentioned the ‘welcoming’ nature of Lagos, and have made comparisons between Lagos and southeastern towns like Onitsha. It is valid to debate the ethnic diversity of different parts of Nigeria, to compare, for example, Ibadan and Enugu, Ado-Ekiti and Aba, and to debate who moves where, and who feels comfortable living where and why that is. But it is odd to pretend that Lagos is like any other city in Nigeria. It is not. The political history of Lagos and its development as the first national capital set it apart. Lagos is Nigeria’s metropolis. There are ethnic Igbo people whose entire lives have been spent in Lagos, who have little or no ties to the southeast, who speak Yoruba better than Igbo. Should they, too, be reminded to be ‘grateful’ each time an election draws near?

No law-abiding Nigerian should be expected to show gratitude for living peacefully in any part of Nigeria. Landlords in Lagos should not, as still happens too often, be able to refuse to rent their property to Igbo people.

The Oba’s words were disturbing, but its context is even more disturbing:

The anti-Igbo rhetoric that has been part of the political discourse since the presidential election results. Accusatory and derogatory language – using words like ‘brainwashed,’ ‘tribalistic voting’ – has been used to describe President Jonathan’s overwhelming win in the southeast. All democracies have regions that vote in large numbers for one side, and even though parts of Northern Nigeria showed voting patterns similar to the Southeast, the opprobrium has been reserved for the Southeast.

But the rhetoric is about more than mere voting. It is really about citizenship. To be so entitled as to question the legitimacy of a people’s choice in a democratic election is not only a sign of disrespect but is also a questioning of the full citizenship of those people.

What does it mean to be a Nigerian citizen?
When Igbo people are urged to be ‘grateful’ for being in Lagos, do they somehow have less of a right as citizens to live where they live? Every Nigerian should be able to live in any part of Nigeria. The only expectation for a Nigerian citizen living in any part of Nigeria is to be law-abiding. Not to be ‘grateful.’ Not to be expected to pay back some sort of unspoken favour by toeing a particular political line. Nigerian citizens can vote for whomever they choose, and should never be expected to justify or apologize for their choice.
Only by feeling a collective sense of ownership of Nigeria can we start to forge a nation. A nation is an idea. Nigeria is still in progress. To make this a nation, we must collectively agree on what citizenship means: all Nigerians must matter equally.

Source:
www.olisa.tv/2015/04/10/chimamanda-adichieoba-lagos/
Who is this.lady to interfere in political matters as she is more tribally sentimental than most Igbo's she how
PhonesRe: Come In For Important Android Free & Paid Apps® [Android Solutions Headquarter] by cromz(m): 2:48am On Apr 07, 2015
Is there any app that gives in app purchases for free on online games CUS freedom and lucky patcher not working
PhonesRe: Best Games To Download For Your Android Device by cromz(m): 11:21am On Apr 03, 2015
Guys please how do I get unlimited coins and gems for clash of clans lucky patcher and freedom is not working
LiteratureRe: Somewhere In The Niger by cromz(m): 10:16am On Apr 03, 2015
Divepen1:
Hmm.. Benjamin...Na my name be dat.

Boss, try to put the conversation in new paragraphs.
this story is a prose or should it be a drama
CultureRe: The Black Race And The Way Forward. by cromz(m): 8:01am On Apr 02, 2015
I think we have to rebuild our civilizations reorganise our culture I see no reason why we cannot have a city build with mould and clay
CultureRe: The Black Race And The Way Forward. by cromz(m): 3:13pm On Apr 01, 2015
Most blacks are ignorant of the fact that we can overcome our current predicament if we are governed with the right minds and protected with the right hands we can overshadow the whites and dominate the world within a decade
PhonesRe: Infinix hot discussion and review thread! by cromz(m): 3:08pm On Apr 01, 2015
Guys please I need help my battery drains fast

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