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This is exciting! Super happy for Tolu!

naijainfogalery:
Kaymu is not an online store, its a classifieds

Classified

@naijainfogallery, you left out Kaymu?

kingarizona1:
Good old Days.... Thanks To WAZOBIA fm's (old skool thursday, dunno if they still do it), I sing some of those songs like I was born in the 80's.

Meanwhile, can someone please help me with the name of this track, its a Song sang by Chief Ebenezer Obey... I think the chorus is... "Ko so no to le wa, kosi wa tale gu,Aha ha ha Haleluyah" x2..... Abeg my yoruba brothers... Sorry iffa no type am well

The horse, the man, and the boy... You can find it on YouTube. And the second one is Edumare soro mi dayo

eleojo23:
Nothing wrong as long as it is neatly done like the one below. The one in the OP looks untidy.

It's a personal bible and to him, that might be "neat". As long as he can read it, it's okay.

Pls read your bible in peace and do to it as you wish. Your christian life is between you and God. No one can and should tell you if highlighting in your bible is right or wrong. These are the little things that Paul asks us to avoid - unnecessary debates. This topic doesn't add any value whatsoever. 2 Tim 2:23

Ilekeh:
I love how the Yoruba woman is not kissing Chinese azz like Nigerians do in Nigeria.

That's why Chinese feel like they can come to our country and treat Nigerians like slaves. I wonder what would happen to that Chinese man if he dares to slap her, like they slap their Nigerian workers. Na hospital straight!!!




I'm sure you're the type that'd answer"Yes, sir" to the Chinese man if you were in her shoes.

Don't mind him. See him sounding as if the guy too wasn't getting aggressive.

This is why conflicts arise. We need to learn to appreciate and respect other cultures. I appreciated the Yoruba culture more living in Senegal. In Senegal, you greet everyone whether or not you know them. The level of greeting now depends on how well you know them. If you're walking past a store or a woman selling Beignets (puff puff) by the road side (especially someone you walk past everyday), you greet her. It doesn't have to be long. It can be a smile, a nod, a "ca va", a wave, "Nanga def". If you know the person well, you stop and do a 1 min exchange.

Yes, we can all get caught up with whatever we're going through but if someone says, "ah ah you can't even greet", the simplest thing to do is just apologize and say you were lost in your thoughts and keep it moving!

This is how societies are maintained. This is how you build and maintain communities. You interact with people, you form relationships. We need to get over this "individualism" that's taking over our societies. Interact with people, greet them, smile, wave, do something.

Yoruba people know the importance of greeting. It's a form of holding the community together as well. We have greetings for everything you can think of. Even just sitting down, we say, "e ku ijoko". When you're eating and someone walks in or sits at your table, you tell the person, "e wa jeun o" and the person replies, " ese" or "a gba ibi re".

The OP and others that are vexing over this greeting thing need to stop seeing at as a chore. Instead, see it as forming relationships with people within your community.

Hidentity:
Not circuit friend, I did not write the actually transcription anyway. But I used an electronic dictionary that pronounced it as such. Used to pronounce it as you did before now. I think that we both need to research a bit more. Thanks for being so civil in your approach.

Don't rely on electronic dictionaries. The word is not pronounced 'sakit' but as the other poster indicated. Check a standard dictionary or even Google.

suggyspic:
@worry357: Your words lack advice on the subject matter. In most culture if the bride price is not returned, it mean she is still his wife. No matter how little the amount may be.

When my sister got married sometime in 1998, my dad told the man to live with her for 5years and bring what ever he deems fit to him as his bride price. In this case if the marriage is over before the due date, there would be nothing to return.

but in Emenike case, the bride price was 20k and the father returned 1k to him that they don't sell their daughter, with the instruction that whenever she is dead, the body must be returned to him. This is enough reason for him to ask for the bride price.

20K?? Person dey fight on top 20K? Naira or dollars or pounds? 20K?

ifyalways:
I'm a mother, I live in Nigeria and I blame the parents especially the mother of those kids, 190%.

Who hires maid NOW, without getting, meeting and cross checking references? How could they be that desperate and I dare say stooopid?

Even with confirmed references, the standard practice after hiring a new maid is to leave FIRM instructions with your security guys that UNDER no condition should the maid step out with the kids without your consent. Same instruction is passed on to the driver. The maid and driver does school runs TOGETHER at least for 4 months.

I simply pray those kids are returned home safely but darn, some of us parents need to set our priorities right. Family first!

What if they don't have driver or security
Why especially the mother? Why not both parents?

How do they even trust their security or driver?

My number 1 any day!

Ahmeduana:
NO THEY WANT HIM TO COME AND SIGN THAT TRADE AGREEMENT THAT OLUSEGUN AGAGAN REFUSE TO SIGN AND ALSO TO ABOLISH THE ANTI-GAY LAW, I JUST PRAY THAT BUHARI WILL NOT BE A DISASTER TO NIGERIA NATION.

Because you are a French government official and you wrote the agenda for their meeting?

XBLadez:
When GEJ said Buhari would approve gay marriage in Nigeria he wasn't lying. Why invite him to France if u can't come down here to meet him. Yeye dey smell

#wewaitforyourCHANGE

with the way things are in the country and the kind of security we have? And pls don't tell me about how other diplomats have visited Nigeria.

This is the problem with society and with many Nigerians. I do not know Buhari's bank account balance but even if it was 50 million dollars and he chooses to live in this same house, that is HIS choice and business. He is not obliged to spend his money the way we think he should. Everyone has things they would rather do or buy with their money. For all we know, he uses his money to send his community kids to school and provide for others in his community or extended family. We do not know and we cannot draw conclusions.

As long as he is comfortable and happy, it doesn't matter what car he drives, how many houses he owns, how big they are etc. To each his own.

But is Obasanjo lying? Has the military institution not been "rubbished"? Have other institutions in Nigeria not been "rubbished"?

Let's leave sentiments out of this and be realistic. All Nigerian institutions need a massive overhaul!

demelza:
I remember having to leave this forum cos the amount of stupidity I daily encountered was making me bitter. Took my campaign gospel elsewhere.
I doff my hat to those who fought till standstill.
It is now uhuru for us all!

Sai Baba!
Sai Buhari!!

I'm with you that. lol Nairaland no easy o. Me sef took the gospel elsewhere to other platforms except once in a while when I would pop in here and say something.

Obiagelli:
Egbagirl, cfcfan, OrlandoOwoh, GenBuhari, Mynd44, OAM4J, maclatunji
God bless you

It was a long journey but Change is finally here! Congratulations! We did it!
Nigeria will be great again!



Well done and congratulations to all those who labored tirelessly across the board!

Why are soldiers taking over traffic? What are the cops and traffic wardens there for? What happened to LASTMA? What's with deploying soldiers particularly to Lagos?

What exactly are the duties of our soldiers?

k4kings:
The "word" change is now a very popular word in the
mouth of many people, and sincerely speaking, I love
change. But my question is, does the APC as a party
really understand the true meaning of the "word"
change? Americans preached change and presented
Obama (as the first black to ever rule America). What
has the APC brought to us? Fashola, Adams, Rochas,
Ameachi would have made more meaning to us, not
Buhari.
GEJ is certainly not the best as we all know that there
is no perfect human being on earth, but Buhari is not
an option, because he does not have the capacity to
change anything. The world we live can only be made
better with "brain" and "Biro" not with bullet and gun
which is what Buhari presents. Buhari is not just
uneducated, but he also does not have interest in
education. I say this with dew respect to him and his
age. Buhari left office over thirty years ago, yet in his
spare time, he never did anything to improve himself
educationally. Even OBJ after ruling for eight years
still went and improved himself. Nigerian Youths, pls
THINK!!! I say whatever I say without sentiment nor
biased mind, but through proper analysis of the
truth. Putting an old wine in a new bottle does not
make it a new wine... Nigerians please THINK!!!
Buhari is not the "change" we need, he's just hungry
for power. Talking about corruption, I have my doubts
about his sincerity too. Buhari is being sponsored by
one of the "most" corrupt leaders in Nigeria history;
Bola Ahmed Tinubu. How is he going to fight
corruption if he's been backed by such people. (I
know that many people are going react to this post,
and I'm waiting). Buhari in his first bid to elected as
ptesident in 2003, criticized OBJ as a corrupt leader,
and the same Buhari still claiming to be a "corruption
fighter" was bold enough to tell the world on CNN
that that same OBJ has endorsed him. Where is his
integrity?
I'll pause here, but let me add this: education does
not have a substitute, and I doubt if a man that is not
interested in self-education can provide for
another!!!

Education is not only by certificate biko. Even our so called PHD president did not complete his doctorate according to what I hear. No greater disrespect for the world of academia than that - claiming to have a doctorate and using that to deceive people? I'll take a man with a high school diploma that is not ashamed of it over a man who cannot convince us that he actually holds a pHD in Zoology.

I'll say Buhari knows and appreciates the value of Education. He remarried and chose a woman with a BA in Public Administration, who is currently pursing a Masters in International Affairs and Strategic Planning. She obviously has his blessings and support. That he does not hold a Bachelor's certificate does not mean he does not know the importance of ensuring others do.

It's like saying parents do not have university degrees will never send their kids to school. Isn't it the case where parents who did not go to school do their best to ensure that their own kids attain the highest education possible?

mrmetoo1:
No I don't know what a survey is, please explain. Then when you're done, go ahead and explain what a monkey survey is, that's all I ask

I am particularly interested in the "monkey survey".

Please who filled out the survey? Out of the 200 million Nigerians, there should be at least one nairalander that completed the survey, no?

MuhdG:
No. Buh trust me. Them gurls play a big role in "rape"

What nonsense ignorant chauvinistic comment is this?

You're also assuming that rape only happens because a girl is dressed in a certain type of outfit or is drunk or whatever, which is wrong. No matter the situation, if sex is not consensual then it is rape. It doesn't matter what the person is wearing and whether the person is intoxicated or not. No is No. Even if the victim teases you, when they say STOP, you STOP and when they say NO, they mean NO.



Some human beings

Maccoy1:
Thats why i love top world countries...they have respect for life, even wild animals cannot be killed not to talk of human lives...and GMB says we shouldn't judge by his past.....
Say no to past military rulers, we've not recovered from OBJ's damage nd they wan2 bring GMB....SMH

You should also know some of the "top world countries still have the death penalty"

kilokeys:
i think we are better off now

bicycle owners now car owners..


forward ever

Smh. This is the worst mentality to have - I must show that I have arrived by buying a car. Being a bicycle owner doesn't stop you from being a car owner.

2good:
Will you respect your husband if he doesn't contribute to the home? Imagine that parent these days spend more money on educating a female than a male child, yet the male is expected to be more responsible financially. While then is all the money spent educating a female child when society expect less of them?
A female Phd holder can choose to be a house wife with no problem but a male without even a school certificate degree is not allow to do thesame. That is double standard from people demanding equality.

I can't wake up one day and say I choose to be a housewife if it hasn't been discussed w my husband. That doesn't make sense. Forget the money involved. In a marriage you cabt just make solo decisions.

I don't understand how equality is entering this issue.

All I'm saying is that, financial contribution is not a prerequisite for respect. If the respect you have for your partner depends on how much he/she contributes, then OYO.
Each couple should discuss and agree upon what works for them. If I don't gave a job for a whole year and can't contribute financially, should that give my husband the permission to disrespect me?
The same applies of the reverse is the case.

Anyway, this is just a general view. Other factors come into play but the Koko of my oro is that respect should not be determined by finances. Shikena.

Chigold101:
u and i are saying the same thing, because every action has equal reaction. When a lady yells a man slaps...lolzzzz men dont yell the respond with the next appropriat action...

We are not saying the same thing o. The reaction to me yelling at my husband SHOULD NOT be a slap.

Khabuqi:
Yes ke. O ma tika bo e loju ni

5minsmadness:

OH reaaaaaaallllllyyyyyy!!!!!!

Err....