₦airaland Forum

Bamoha:
THE ELECTIONS OF MARCH 2015 IS
THE MOTHER OF ALL POLITICAL
BATTLES: March 28 election is not an
election between GEJ and GMB, but is
an election between GEJ vs all the
millions of unemployed graduates and
youths, is an election between GEJ vs
all those innocent graduates that were
murdered during the last immigration
exam, is an election between GEJ and
all the relatives of the kidnap chibok
girls, is an election between GEJ and
all the victims of Iyanya, Kano and
other bomb blast, is an election
between GEJ vs all the failed small
business that has been short down
due to shortage of power supply, is an
election between GEJ and all those
who lost their love ones during health
workers strike, is also an election
between GEJ and all those university
undergraduates who has spent more
than their stipulated years in school
due to strikes and hike in fees. Finally
is an election between GEJ and the
general masses who are suffering
from the clueless decisions of this
government. As for me am supporting
and voting for BUHARI because I can't
support a president who fraudulently
extort money from young graduates all
in the name of giving them jobs only to
end up killing lots of them. And this is
a government that has not in any way
imparted positively on the lives of our
youths, rather they steal in billions of
dollars from the common public
treasury. Vote out corruption,
insecurity and unemployment on the
28th March 2015. Change with # GMB
#we need!

"As for me am supporting
and voting for BUHARI( who sensored the press during his regime and imprisoned one who spoke against his government, whether u speak the truth or not) because I can't
support a president who fraudulently
extort money from young graduates all
in the name of giving them jobs only to
end up killing lots of them".
I simply edited some lines in ur post (the bracket), to make it more accurate. And over 100 ppl like u likes it. Smh

Still the best jersey ever dou

yahx:
This photo got me wondering
Is this really nigeria
Or a photoshop ??




If yes

Which place fr 9ja

This place looks like naija in the year 2097 A.D

ksmiles:
Nigerians are unique people with unusual habits. We are everywhere from United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia. (We no dey carry last!) However, we tend to stand out from other people wherever we go. We don’t need to wrap ourselves with our “green white green’ flag before people can identify us. People don’t need to ask, “Are you a Nigerian”; they just say “You are from Nigeria!”. Well, that is not a bad thing; in fact I love it when people instantly identify me as a citizen of Africa’s big apple.

Nigerians are very easy to stereotype. Here are 8 ways to spot a Nigerian abroad:

1. Our traditional attires are very unique
2. Nigerians are very loud
3. We are very flamboyant
4. Nigerians love Football
5. Our passports are green in colour
6. Pidgin English is our signature
7. Nigerians love Owanbe Parties
8. We are ‘selfie’ enthusiasts

Source: http://www.travelstart.com.ng/blog/8-ways-to-spot-a-nigerian-abroad/

Do you Agree?

When I first saw this topic I thought it would be interesting but I have to say, its d dumbest post dat has ever made it to front page.
Here's why:


1. Our traditional attires are very unique (Really?? The majority of Nigerians abroad don't go everyday with their traditional attire, how den do you depend on this to spot them, ehn oga op?)
2. Nigerians are very loud (which means with this you can never spot any Nigerian who's alone and not talking and is dis really specific to Nigerians)
3. We are very flamboyant (Only when we are in Nigeria, its only d super rich who live flamboyantly even abroad)
4. Nigerians love Football (More than English?)
5. Our passports are green in colour (to spot a Nigerian by this, he/she must be holding their passport then)
6. Pidgin English is our signature (if you hear them talk, right?)
7. Nigerians love Owanbe Parties (dis one no even join sef)
8. We are ‘selfie’ enthusiasts (only us?)

Na only God knw why dis post dey 1st page.

Baawaa:
You can win Jonathan in your house, but you cannot win Buhari in your house because some of your family members want CHANGE

wat a dull comment, see as u come use plenty icon join sef. and some ppl like d comment.smh

GenerousLord:
Good day, Miss?

Do you mind giving us reasons why they (These government parastatals) rock your top ten list?
Doing this will make your post complete.

Dis ur question sha. Well, its becos dey serve bolle and fish during lunch break.

agabusta:
There they go again. Party/govt of bloody excuse-givers. When will they ever bear up responsibility for their failures?

It is time they quit the stage, for the General who is ready to take both the accolades and blame for his actions.

And this is just d problem with you APC suppoters, the only reason you think the general is ready is because he said so (no other concrete reason whatsoever), forgetting that manifestoes from Nigerian politicians is nothing to go by.

Sammiejokes:
In a bid to neutralise the effect of the visits of President Goodluck Jonathan to Lagos, chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, led by former Governor Bola Tinubu and Governor Babatunde Fashola, will on Saturday hold a One-Million-Man March.


Lagos, which has the highest number of voters in the country, will be a major battleground between the Peoples Democratic Party and the APC. Addressing journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, the Lagos State coordinator of the APC Campaign Organisation, Mr. James Faleke, said the walk would begin from Maryland through Allen Avenue and end at Alausa, behind the Ikeja City Mall.

He said, “In order to psychologically prepare the minds of our voters and give a psychological defeat to the opposition, we are planning a one-million-man march on Saturday by 8a.m. It will commence at Maryland through Allen Avenue and will end behind Shoprite, Alausa.“The walk will be inaugurated by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It will be led by Governor Fashola, Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, the Lagos State APC governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, and our vice-presidential candidate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN).“President Goodluck Jonathan will not get majority of the votes in Lagos even if he relocates to the state.

”Faleke, who represents Ikeja federal constituency at the House of Representatives, said the APC was not intimidated by Jonathan’s visits to the state. He said, rather, it was Jonathan that was jittery ahead of the elections as he had been doling out dollars to several traders in Lagos.

The legislator, however, boasted that even if Jonathan spent the next three weeks in Lagos, he would still lose because the people of Lagos were ready for change.

He said the APC would win in at least 26 states of the federation in the general elections that would hold on March 28 and April 11.He said, “By God’s grace, we shall win a minimum of 26 states.

Mr. President knows this and that is why he has been coming to the South-West. He spent five days in Lagos distributing dollars. Unknown to him, the people have made up their minds not to vote for him.“Why is he just coming to the South-West to distribute tax payers’ money?”Faleke said Jonathan had become intimidated by the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and that was why the President only started fighting insecurity six weeks to the election.

He said, “We thank God for the achievements of the military in recent times. The question is what they refused to do in six years, they woke up after seeing that Nigerians were ready for this change and decided to embark on retracing their steps within three weeks.“What was amiss before is that the Nigerian military which is respected worldwide could not handle common insurgents in six years but in just three weeks, they have been able to come out and do well?”



http://www.punchng.com/politics/tinubu-fashola-others-to-hold-one-million-man-march/

They claim Buhari is healthy yet the march which is carried out mainly because of him, he can't march with them. Another reason to make Fayose and others suggest he's unhealthy.

MbaanabaraAgu:
The Longman dictionary of contemporary English defined extinction as ‘’when a type of person, custom, language stops existing’’.

Examples of extinct languages in Nigeria includes (a) Ajawa; formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. It became extinct between 1920 and 1940 as speakers switched to Hausa.

(b) Kpati; formerly spoken in Taraba state, speakers now speak Hausa.

(c) Basa Gunma; it’s an extinct Kainji language of Nigeria formerly spoken by people around Niger and Nasarawa states, speakers now speak Hausa.

This is to mention but a few. You can check this link for more on extinct Nigerian languages.
https://www.nairaland.com/1915760/10-extinct-nigerian-languages-what

It is no longer news that UNESCO in 2012 predicted that Igbo language might become extinct in the next 50 years. To some it is impossible, but it unsettles me, and I make bold to say that it is a possibility. I will tell you why.

There are about 500 languages spoken in Nigeria today, in them you will find Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba being spoken by a larger population in Nigeria. In other words, these three are the masquerades (Mgbadike) of the Nigeria languages. The fact Igbo language instead of gaining communication height in the hierarchy of languages is currently moving in the downward trend because of the rate at which the Igbos especially the youths are shying away from their language with reckless abandon.

Let us use our parents as a case study to x-ray UNESCO’s prediction. There is no doubt that our parents understands and speak Igbo, but how many of their children can effectively communicate in Igbo language? Even the ones that knows it prefers to communicate with their brethren in English. If in the next 50 years, our parents passes on to the great beyond leaving behind their children who cannot or refuse to communicate in Igbo, don’t you think that UNESCO’s prediction has come to pass then?

From my research and observations, it is only the older generation of Igbos (40 years and above) that speak the language both in the cities and in the rural places. The worst hit are the female folks especially the younger ones (30 years and below) they understand the language but refuse to speak it. Listen to a Hausa person speak to a fellow Hausa, you will never hear English in their communication, in the same way, when I speak Igbo to an Igbo person I make sure I don’t add English and yet over 90% of my female friends will reply me fully in English. This shows that they understand the language but refuse to speak it.

Among the male counterpart, it is only those that didn’t go to school that proudly speaks the language. It gladdens my heart anytime I go to the market to buy things (Lagos and Abuja), there you will see Igbo traders and business men proudly speaking the language, but it is not so when you visit our universities or meet our graduates on the road.

I once asked a female Corp member posted to serve in our office why she prefers to communicate in English instead of Igbo to her fellow Igbos, she told me that if she speak Igbo people will see her as an illiterate and a local girl. Gosh!!! Why do the Yoruba and Hausa people not have this type of stupid mentality that is prevalent among Igbo Youths?

I feel ashamed that my Hausa and Yoruba colleagues will see their people and say stuffs like Inakwana, Inaoni, Ekaro, Ekaso (i.e morning and day greetings in those languages) But the Igbos will see each other and start saying things like: Nna how far, good morning and good afternoon. Hardly will you see an Igbo person that will greet you with: Nna kedu, Ututu Oma, Ibolachi, Kaoo, Jokwaa etc. This is not only prevalent among the Igbos of the South East, the Igbos of Rivers and Delta states where my mom hails from are equally guilty.

English is a means of communication between people of different tribes since Nigeria is a multilingual country. People of the same tribe should not use English to talk to each other. It is a sick thing for an Igbo person to communicate in English to a fellow Igbo, you will never see a Hausa person communicating in English to his tribal person. If you are Igbo and you don’t know how to speak the language, it is actually a shame, it’s your number one identity, and so you should go and learn it. Nobody is asking you to go and serve your ancestor’s deity but to speak your language.

Asking a young Igbo person to say the numbers or naira value in Igbo language is like asking them to trek from Abuja to Aba. I could remember an episode with an Igbo woman that sells roasted yam opposite PHCN office in Maitama Abuja. Below is our conversation.

Woman: Nna, Kedu ihe I choro? (Sir what do you want?)

Me: Biko nye m ji otu akpa ego (Please give me yam of N200)

Woman: I si gini (What did you say)

Me: A si m gi nye m ji otu akpa ego (I said you should give me N200 yam)

Woman: Gini bu otu akpa ego? (What is N200?)

Me: Obu na ibughi onye igbo, I maghi ihe ana akpo ego na asusu igbo (Are you not Igbo, don’t you know the names of money in Igbo)

Woman: A mabu m ya mbu, mana e chefuola m ya (I know it before but I have forgotten it).

Me: (Gets angry) Biko nye m ji N200 naira ka m rie si ebe a puo. (Please give me yam of N200 let me eat and get out of this place.

This woman is not alone on this. These days, it is hard to find Igbos who knows the Igbo meaning for some certain things. Gather people from different tribes in Abuja or Lagos and ask them what some certain things are called in their native language and you will see them boldly telling you but ask an Igbo person the name for Chameleon in his native language and you will see them looking at the skies as if the answer is going to fall from there, the best answer you will get is I used to know it before.

Those that still manages to speak Igbo language mixes it with English. Listen to someone talk in Igbo, you will discover that 40% of their speech contains English. It’s only among the elderly ones in the rural places that you can still find someone that speaks Igbo language flawlessly without adding an English word.

Hardly will you see non Igbos visiting or residing in the Igbo states learn Igbo language anymore because the inhabitants of those lands no longer speak Igbo language. But reverse is the case when Igbos are visiting Yoruba or Hausa states, just give them 6 months there, they will come back and speak those languages more than the original owners.

My elder brother’s wife is from Edo state but schooled in Madonna University Anambra state. The first time I met her I greeted her in Igbo and spoke some simple Igbo to her but to my greatest surprise she told me that she didn’t understand anything in what I just said. I became embarrassed and told her that I spoke Igbo to her because I was told she schooled in Anambra state and should have used the opportunity to learn some basic Igbo language. She told me that during her school days, the Igbos who are majority in her school (over 80%) hardly speak Igbo to each other, they always communicate in English, so how was she supposed to learn the language since the owners of the language seldom speaks it.

I know some people will say that I am exaggerating, but I want you to know that this is a research that has taking me 5 years since I came back to Nigeria after my studies (2010-2015) Don’t just hide behind the screen of your computer and gadgets and criticize me. Take a trip down to Nigeria if you are not here already, then you will understand what I am taking about. Visit all the major cities in Nigeria, south eastern states inclusive, then you will know that this downward trend of our dear language is really scary. If you think I am joking just pick up your phone right now and call any of your Igbo friend or family member and hear them speak then you will understand my lamentation.

Does it not bother you that we started Nollywood and over 80% of Nollywood stars have Igbo roots yet we don’t have a dedicated channel on DSTV whereas there are some channels dedicated to Hausa and Yoruba people.

If you are non-Igbo, I will advise that you steer clear of this thread, this is not the time for tribal war, it’s the time to bring to the consciousness of my Igbo brethren what is happening to us,but if you must contribute, please let it be constructive since nothing warms your blood than a thread that bashes the Igbos. And to my fellow Igbos, it is a wake-up call to all of us, it is time to bring this to bare, there is nothing to hide anymore, there is no better time to discuss this topic, it doesn’t matter if other tribes laugh at us now, the greatest scorn and laughter will be when UNESCO’s prediction will come to pass and we will be speaking English, Hausa and Yoruba in our villages. (A na eji bekee awa oji?) If we fail to do something fast, we will have a rude awakening and will become a laughing stock to other tribes soonest. And if nothing is done to correct this anomaly now, we will wake up one day to find Igbo language extinct like the others that have gone into extinction.

If you will make it a point of duty not to speak English to your fellow Igbos from today and to also spread this to your friends and family outside nairaland, I think our problem is already half solved. Be quick to correct your Igbo friends that speak English to you by reminding them that they are Igbos and should only speak Igbo language to you.

Igbo muru Nze muo Ozo, biko kulie nu na ura. Bido ta subara nwanne gi asusu Igbo.

#Suba asusu Igbo.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu.

Written by Nnamdi Ositadinma a.k.a Mba-ana-abara-Agu

I must admit dat dis is a very nice piece and I am guilty of it too, but I schooled in Unizik (nnewi campus to be precised) and during my days in school more dan 80% of the students actually speak the language to each other, andf even to lecturers. Why dis UNESCO preciction maybe right, I believe its for the big non south eastern cities only, cos everywhere in the southeastern states the lingua franca still remains igbo. It is very very much widely spoken. Infact no one in owerri for example will speak anytin other than igbo to u upon first meeting, unless they've confirmed that you can't understand d language. Some of my non igbo friends back then in skool always complained about how they get embarrased by okada men and petty business men and women who will speak igbo to dem with the assumption that they too understand the language. So with due respect I don't think the language is or will ever go into extinction, at least not in dis our genration or even the next.

1freshdude:
Guy is this all you can come up with? Oya dig into your past relationship(E be like say you no too get experience like that) there must be some sweet thing that your babe does that kills you..

ZedX5:
Arrant nonsense!

Failed attempt at a counter thread. . . Creating a thread is not by force. Would have been better for you to kick rocks around, than this piece of chicken_shit!

Omo make una no too reason me, I say make I still try post......lol and Mr chicken shit, no need for insult

• Taking note of our regular day to day activities

• Calling just after close of work to ask "how was your day today"

• Showing passionate concern on issues and trying to profer solutions (even if and when she can't)

• Surprise visits (yea, but not if he's a player )

• Never demanding

• Helping out in domestic chores, even without us asking.
Feel free to add more guys

AbuMikey:
ok, lets be more LOGICAL here sire, they botched the plans then, and waited till 6 weeks before elections to do the needful and claim to come out victorious because behind the curtains of what we see, they are the real controllers of Boko Haram.

Lets just call it an electioneering campaign strategy.

Wah Ya Say?

So they waited since 2009 or since wen have they been waiting? And where did u hear that by six weeks they'll be victorius? Does that seem possible to u? Did they also plan the wait with the other countries who just got involved?
So whern u ask "wah ya say", I say its logical bullsh*t

searching4love:


REMEMBER WHEN MY DAD TOLD ME IF I TOUCH A GIRL SHE WOULD BE PREGNANT. EVER SINCE I KNEW I'M NOT GOING TO DATE A NIGERIAN GIRL DUE TO THEIR RANDY NATURE WHICH MAKES THEM GET PREGNANT LIKE PIGS

THANK GOD I LISTENED TO DAD COS NOW I SEE NIGERIAN GIRLS AS SHIIT


#TEAM FOREIGN GIRLS

whats d maximum level of foolishness one can come across on d internet? just yesterday i tot i've seen it all and den i see dis ur post. none of d lines makes any sense

raumdeuter:
Just as an African can be a guest in another part of Africa, A Nigerian can be a guest in another part of Nigeria, A Lagosian or Imolite can be a guest in another part of Lagos/Imo, Even in the same local govt you can be a guest in a different part of the Local govt

Its basic common sense, beyond most TANoids

Spoken like a real Buhari supporter. While we are talking about a united Nigeria, you are busy really explaining how one can be a guest in his/her own country just cos they moved out of their mother state.

M from Nwagele, would really like to meet up females from imo on here. I'm single and working as a health practitioner, I've never dated an imo girl and marriage time don near. Lol. Anyways, I know dis thread isn't for hook ups (so save me d attacks) but it won't be a bad idea if we could still hook up wit ourselves from here.

Name: Kenneth
Location: Benin city, Edo state
Profession: Medical
Looking to meet females residing in benin with a mature mind set. Work keeps me from meeting people so dis is a good outlet for me.
BBM Pin: 290e6692

Let's share pins here for grown ups who reside in Benin. No sex talks pls just ask for hook ups.
Thanks

I know this may sound a little bit out of the norm. Every grown up at one point or the other must have heard d statement "be yourself, people should love you for who you are". While this may be true, the reality is that it is often misunderstood.
No one is saying you should be pretentious, but a little cautiousness in covering (and eventually suppressing) your flaws while enhancing your strengths would go a long way to making you attractive (and even marriageable).
For example, a lady whom uncontrollably laughs very loudly, even in public. This may not be much of a problem with her peers but most guys don't like that. It will only be stupid for you to know you have such attribute and yet keep waiting for a guy who can accept you that way. The sad thing is, even when a guy who is interested in such ladies, points it out to them and try to make them tone it down, the common response is; "if you can't accept me that way, then forget it". This response has kept most ladies single for a longer time than they wished for.
Don't be among the group of ladies who talk about how other ladies pretend when in public, cause the truth is "girls dey package dem selves they marry go, while you are still waiting for who will love you with your flaws. You don't need a soothsayer to tell you you are loosing. And don't confuse this for being pretentious, remember the idea is to totally suppress your flaws, what good are they anyways, since they are "flaws".
I hope this helps someone. Will be coming up with more tips on why ladies remain single while their peers are getting hooked up, from a guy's point of view.