₦airaland Forum

Mhomies: Ladi is Monday and Juma is Friday in Arabic, so the prefix "Dan" means Child. Therefore, Danladi is the child born on Monday while Danjuma is on Friday. Salisu is Tuesday, Laruba is Wednesday, Hamisu is Thursday etc.

Except you mixed hausa and arabic there. Salisu and Hamisu are arabic names. First second third fourth and fifth in arabic is Awwal, Sani, Salisu, Rabiu and Hamisu (or Khams). (I stand to be corrected on some of those.)

The hausa names for born on tuesday is Dantala for male or Talatu for female ( tuesday = talata) and thursday is Danlami or Lami.
One last correction. Ladi is sunday not monday. So danladi is born on sunday. Please go to the previous page (pg 2) of this thread for a comprehensive list by yours truly.

For those who said the names have no meaning.

Born on Monday- Male (Danliti or Dantani). Female (Tani)
Born on Tuesday- Male (Dantala). Female (Talatu)
Born on Wednesday- Male (Balarabe). Female (Larai or Laruba)
Born on Thursday- Male (Danlami). Female (lami)
Born on Friday- Male (Danjuma). Female (Jummai)
Born on Saturday- Male (Dan-asabe). Female (Asabe)
Born on Sunday- Male (Danladi). Female (Ladi)

So Apparently the Nigerian Embassy in Ottawa did not have the decency to inform folks that it was closing its office for the week. People travelled down from as far as Calgary (2 or 3-timezones away) only to come meet a note on the door.
Read full story here.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/08/22/ottawa-nigerian-high-commission-passports-visas-closed-angry-embassy-rcmp.html

Mwankpy, Just to be clear the first post below is my original post.

I know that the person/prophet called Abraham in the bible is also known as Ibrahim in the Qur'an.
So also are the following pairs of names,
Aaron, Harun or Haruna
Zachariah, Zakari, Zikr, Sikiru
Job, Ayub or Ayuba
Isaac, Ishaq or Isiaku or Isiaka son of Abraham/Ibrahim
Ishmael, Ismail or Ismaila, or Samaila son of Abraham/Ibrahim
John, Yahaya
Jonah, Yunus or Yunusa or Yinusa
Solomon, Suleiman or Sulaiman, or Sule
Lot, Lut
Moses, Musa
Adam, Adam or Adamu

Even the angels,
Gabriel, Jibril
Michael, Mikail
Israel, Asrail

Even the women,

Mary, Mariam
Eve, Hauwa

What i don't understand is why we disagree more than we agree when there is clearly a lot in common in our scriptures.
Plus One came from Europe and the other came from middle east. One might use the word "imported religions" and yet Nigerians are killing and hating themselves.

mchew!








As you can see, you added something in the middle and you made it look like that was my opinion. Again I beg of you, be decent and remove the post or atleast put your opinion in the proper context which is a comment outside the quote. Thanks a lot in anticipation.

[quote author=Mwankpy][/quote]Mwankpy, if you are going to quote me, can you at least quote me exactly? How can you edit my quote, insert your own opinion and still leave it as my quote? Is that fair? Is that the christian thing to do? I believe you are a decent person.Please quote me correctly or remove the post. Thank you.

As a service, a friend has just provided the facebook accounts of two the accused.


https://www.facebook.com/orwells.oyakhire
https://www.facebook.com/diji.oluwasola


Shame.............

For once I absolutely agree with Senator David Mark.
And for the record, not a few Nigerians are already way ahead in this matter.
You will be surprised how many people of Yoruba ancestry (specifically Offa, Ogbomosho and environs) are already claiming a northern state as state of origin.
You will be surprised how many people of Igbo descent use lagos and a few other northern states as state of origin.
You will be surprised to know this has been going on since 1920s.
You may be surprised to know that Zungeru in Niger state is the birthplace of two of the top Igbo leaders in history. Ojukwu and Azikiwe.
You may be surprised to know that Zungeru has been ethnically integrated (well...it was a former capital of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria) for nearly 100 years (almost 4 generations)now.

Don't get me wrong. I am not saying Mark's suggestion is a magic wand. I am saying it is doable. In fact it has already been done by some people. Maybe just not talked about.

Classic spin. So assuming 10 people do a test and the following are the scores. 100, 97, 50, 6, 5, 5 , 5 , 4 , 2 , 2. So the person who scored 6 percent (in a class where some one scores 100 percent) should be rejoicing that he is the 4th in the class of 10 abi? Mchew!!

Wait ooooo. On that poster, before the professor's name, I can see "Under the distinguished chairman of...."


instead of "under the distinguished chairmanship of"


The person wey do this poster plus the professor wey allow him name enter under this arrow na craze dem dey. lol

So its just a pure co-incidence that the regular contents of the headpan when mixed with water looks like tea right?
My caption for this is that he is eating bread. As long as he didnt dip the bread in the headpan or take the headpan to his mouth, then the jury is still out on whether the content of the headpan is indeed tea.

Still believe in Goodluck guys? Just asking.,.,

Different strokes for different folks.
Cost of living is low in Nigeria and high in UK. True
Standard of living is low in Nigeria and high in UK.
I hope the distinction can be made between "cost of living" and "standard of living"
Ok So u earn 1 million naira monthly in Nigeria.
1. SECURITY:You have to provide your own security. You probably live in a heavily secured estate or have a very high fence with barbed wire around your house.
2. POWER: You provide your own electricity. In addition to regularly paying heavily for fuel to guarantee your 24-7 power, you also have to live with the noise of the generator.
3. WATER: You have to provide your own water. Probably dig a borehole and mount a pump. Even then, you most likely will only use that for household stuff. You would buy bottled water for you and your family to drink.
4. BASIC EDUCATION: If you want an even average education for your kids, then you have to consider private schools only. And they dont come cheap at all.
5. TRANSPORTATION: Yeah you drive a car. The driving experience is not necessarily something you look forward to. And that includes even when you have got your own chauffeur. Pot holes, bumps, rugged terrain, totally pointless and needless hold-ups. And if you prefer to go for commercial transport, prepare for even more drama.

Now lets see the guy who is earning far far less than you in the UK. In fact lets go minimum wage outside london. So he earns roughly 1000 pounds a month. OK maybe he does not own his own flat and so he shares with someone else. Big deal.

1. SECURITY: As a matter of fact he could live anywhere he (most neighborhoods) without worry. he could be on the street at any time of the night. He could even leave his door open (by mistake) and there's little chance of him being mugged or robbed. No need for fencing and barbed wires. No need for a gate minder.

2. POWER: So his bill 100 pounds monthly. or 50 pounds if he shares it. But he does not have to worry about any ambient noise simply because he needs electric power. Also he does not need to anticipate the absence of that power. Except he hasnt been paying his bills.

3: WATER: All he has to do is turn on the tap. Hot or cold all he has to do is wait a few seconds.And it's drinkable too. ofcourse its not free. he has to pay for it. But he does not need a borehole and a pump or the need to purify his own water for drinking.

4. BASIC EDUCATION: Does not cost him a penny. His children go to a government school. Education is definitely not below average even by Nigerian private school standard.

5: TRANSPORTATION: If he does not own a car, he does not miss out on anything. Not even self esteem. There is a functional public transport system including subways/undergrounds, trams/metros, buses/coaches, etc. If he drives, he could do so even in midnight without worry of pot holes. Ok maybe some speed bumps but they are there for his and others' safety. If he encounters a hold-up, its a necessity and it will get cleared up as soon as practicable. ofcourse he has to worry about road tax, car insurance, annual MOT test and stuff.

This is not an exhaustive comparison, and this not an attempt at bashing Nigeria or playing up UK (though it would appear so). This is just an attempt to insert intangibles and make the point that sometimes they are not quantifiable. Some people may only care about cost of living and thats fine. However, others may be more concerned with standard of living. The irony is that you could earn (Nigeria)5 times what you earn in UK and yet your standard of living (based on some of the intangibles i mentioned) will still not be comparable to that in UK.

I know a certain fellow who as an undergrad in Nigeria, worked as a labourer in the local construction industry during the regular ASUU strikes. Although he went to a remote area where no one knew him in order to do that.I can understand why he went far away for that. Our society prioritizes the wrong things. We tend to denigrate and disrespect people in menial jobs. We dont appreciate the dignity in labour. How can being in a part-time job while studying be a bad thing. Or a thing not to be proud of. I dont get it. We need re-orientation.Our value system is weird.

And way back in 1977, even before I was born, the one naira was red in colour.

Winds of Destiny
Supple blues
Ripples
No one but you
Wild rose
The lady of the rose

Apparently there are two AIGs with the name MD Abubakar. One is Mohd Dikko Abubakar and the other is Mohd Dahiru Abubakar. Only one of the two served in Plateau state and he is not the new IG. Hope this clear things up.

A friend told me recently that he will like to see a situation whereby proceeds of the crude oil sales find its way to every individual (citizen) bank account and then  the same process then takes it out as tax and hands it over to Government. Maybe when citizens see that the money our politicians are recklessly looting is money that actually did leave their (citizens) pockets, then maybe we will begin to seek accountability and this time there will be no ethnic or religious loyalties.
But then who am i kidding?

I know that the person/prophet called Abraham in the bible is also known as Ibrahim in the Qur'an.
So also are the following pairs of names,
Aaron, Harun or Haruna
Zachariah, Zakari, Zikr, Sikiru
Job, Ayub or Ayuba
Isaac, Ishaq or Isiaku or Isiaka son of Abraham/Ibrahim
Ishmael, Ismail or Ismaila, or Samaila son of Abraham/Ibrahim
John, Yahaya
Jonah, Yunus or Yunusa or Yinusa
Solomon, Suleiman or Sulaiman, or Sule
Lot, Lut
Moses, Musa
Adam, Adam or Adamu

Even the angels,
Gabriel, Jibril
Michael, Mikail
Israel, Asrail

Even the women,

Mary, Mariam
Eve, Hauwa

What i don't understand is why we disagree more than we agree when there is clearly a lot in common in our scriptures.
Plus One came from Europe and the other came from middle east. One might use the word "imported religions" and yet Nigerians are killing and hating themselves.

mchew!

I am with Siasia anyday. Discipline is key. I like Enyeama, Odemwingie, Mikel and the rest but disrespecting the coach is simply crossing the line. And I wont stand for that. If they can be disciplined when they are with their respective clubs, then its not too much to ask of them when they come to wear the green/white jersey.

@poster, iSad. iSorry 4 u.

Sometimes I forget I am on Nairaland. Those of you who quoted my earlier post and felt the need to tell me to shut up. Well let me first apologise (though I really wonder what I am apologising for). But what you need to know is that the police just like our politicians did not fall from the sky. They are from amongst us (yes you and I). Many times we Nigerians like to "talkaway" as if we are somehow removed from the cause but also somehow directly involved in the effects. I am sorry it does not work that way. Have you ever bothered to ask how police are recruited? Would you offer yourself to the service. What would you do to improve/correct/change the system.

Nah, not in Nigeria. We dont do that. That is too much work/involvement. We prefer miracles. We prefer Angels to fall from heaven and police our streets. And then we start to wonder in amazement when things go south. Just like we wonder with our politicians as if we were not the ones that put them there or they came from outer space.

My point? Begin to get involved. Bother to know how police recruits and cadets are brought in. Be a citizen (sometimes I wonder if we even know what that word means). If you are not involved and in the process of making Nigeria what you want it to be? Then you are automatically involved  and in the process of making Nigeria to be what you do not want it to be.
Gbam!!

How insensitive of you guys. I know that the police may have given us a raw deal in Nigeria but the rank and file are as much victims as you and I are. Where is your empathy? For God's sake some one commited suicide. Haba!!!!!

Hmm. 80% scored 20% or less.
Anybody else thinking what I am thinking?
Pareto principle. Although this is an unusual form of it.
lol

Poster. Is this car still available?

^ touche

For the avoidance of doubt, the above is just a joke I felt was relevant to this topic.
I just thought I needed to clear that up.

Frankly I do not use pick up lines. Give me a lady who is an intellectual and who can hold a conversation. she will be smart enough to know that the flattery should come much later when it will be genuine.

Boy : Hi
Girl : What?
Boy : how are you?
Girl : do i know you?
Boy : Hmm, no , but I'm rich,
Girl : really okk hi, I'm Nana, but my frnd can call me Nana baby, I'm 20, I live in PH but skooling @ Lead City Varsity, I Love shot dark guyz, especially somenoe like u , Am glad to meet U !!
Boy : No no ,"Rich" as in my name is Richard
Girl : **interrupts**(Hiss) Abeg abeg, I don't talk to strangers.

=))=laffº˚˚°º≈wanº˚˚°º≈te​arº˚˚°º≈myº˚˚°º≈belleº˚˚°º​≈=))=D. . .

I expect the poster will open another thread tomorrow titled
"Is Michael Jackson really an icon?"
Mchew!!!

Poster,here are some questions for you
1, Do you consider the likes of late Gani Fawehinmi an icon (Human Rights Activism)?
2, Do you consider the likes of late Christy Essien Igbokwe an icon(Music)?


Well then guess what? Fela is a combo of the above two. So what if he had weakness for women and weed. You think you live in a perfect world?

I  will tell you what? Fela was not in any position to affect lots of people (government and Big business) and yet he was a very huge voice for the people. He said it like it was even in the face of danger while giving us good music at the same time. Oh yeah that's definitely an icon.

I will tell you what an icon is not.
It is not a person who was in a position to affect humanity positively and overwhelmingly but chose to just amass wealth and power while also trying to assume some kind of moral uprightness.

Abeg leave us with our Arab money. Etihad stadium go swallow all of them soon.

@proO1
Think about it. Whatever the Govt does with the money, the net result is "it will be injected into the economy". I will let the economists give you a better aand full explanation.
However, look below for what happened when Mugabe kept printing money and removing zeroes. Just read the exerpts below. The result was not infaltion. It was hyper-inflation (and that is putting it mildly)

"In 1980 when Zimbabwe became independent, the Zimbabwe dollar became the common currency. The currency originally had 6 denominations in paper notes and 8 denominations in coinage. The paper notes were Z$500, 100, 50, 20, 5 and 2. The coins were Z$5, 2, 1, 50, 20, 10, 5, and 1 cents. As the inflation rose, larger bills were needed to pay for menial amounts. The bills that ultimately were printed ranged from the original denominations up to Z$100billion. The Central Bank of Zimbabwe planned to print and circulate denominations of up to Z$10, 20, 50, and 100 trillion.[34] The Central Bank would no sooner print and distribute one denomination of its currency and within days there would be a new announcement of a higher denomination being printed. The announcement for the Z$200,000,000 bill came just days after the printing of the Z$100,000,000 bill.
As inflation rose, the government continued to print larger and larger bills. They did not attempt to combat the inflation with other fiscal and monetary policy. In 2006 before the hyperinflation reached its peak, the bank had already announced that it would be printing larger bills to buy foreign currencies. This led the Reserve Bank to print a Z$21trillion bill to pay off debts owed to the IMF.
In an attempt to revalue and combat inflation, the Central Bank of Zimbabwe undertook three efforts to change the denomination of the currency. The first effort was undertaken in August 2006. The Central Bank asked citizens to turn in notes and exchange for new notes with three zeros slashed from the currency. This was in attempt to slow the inflation.[35] The bank attempted this policy again in July 2008. The governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gideon Gono announced that a new Zimbabwean dollar would be printed, but this time 10 zeros would be slashed. This would mean that the Z$10 billion would be redemoninated to be Z$1.[36] The 10 zeros were not only cut to try to slow inflation, but also to make the currency more manageable for the people who were using it.[37]
A third redenomination, producing the "fourth zimbabwe dollar" occurred in February of 2009, and dropped 12 more zeros from the currency. It was thus worth 10 trillion trillion ZWD (first dollar), so overall the ratio of the redenominations was 10^3 * 10^10 * 10^12 = 10^25"

Hausa has 22 alphabets
Yoruba has 25 alphabets
Igbo has 36 alphabets

I believe that's a start.