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Krayola:
I expect responsible governing. I couldn't care less about all this superficial nonsense. SO she doesn't speak "eloquently". . . so what? She can't have anything to offer?


She is literate and read a speech well enough that I understood every word of it.  Did you understand the speech? WHat part of it were you unable to understand?

Why does the OP say she was unable to read a speech that she obviously read? That is  miscommunication IMO. The OP was unable to write exactly what he meant, but is here vexing that someone did not read well enough for his liking.

Nonsense and ingeeeeedience, sakulajous dikonkous  mtcheeww.

correct, the guy is still beating around the bush, CAP28 DID SHE READ THE SPEECH OR NOT?

gohome:
stop blabbin and address the issue. no two reading ability is the same we know, shes corrupt just like anyother leader we know, but didn't she read the speech?

gohome:
stop blabbin and address the issue. no two reading ability is the same we know, shes corrupt just like anyother leader we know, but didn't she read the speech?

I still dont understand how we still have expectations from these people, like I said earlier, Yar adua, Abacha and the likes were not different. I said we should address the issue '' Patience Jonathan Unable To Read Own Speech '' Was she unable?

cap28:
The idea that Patience Jonathan should not be criticised because she is "just an ordinary housewife" is about the most preposterous argument  i have ever heard in my life.

Do ordinary housewives steal millions from state treasuries and then get their relatives to help them launder the money abroad?

Do ordinary housewives go on extended spending sprees to Dubai to buy trinkets worth millions of dollars?

Do ordinary housewives climb up onto podiums promoting bogus organisations in the name of advocating on behalf of abused, disenfranchised women and neglected children?  

The thing i am still baffled about is the fact that some brainwashed individuals on this forum actually think this woman has anything postive to offer nigeria and its people after she and her husband have been involved in some of the most outrageous corruption scandals since their (undeserved and unwanted) entry onto the nigerian political scene.  

In a normal society the pair of them would have been indicted for corruption charges but of course in nigeria what you have are the usual bunch of sycophants coming out en masse to defend the indefensible.

A woman who brazenly steals from her own people the minute she gets her foot through the door of govt house and then has the nerve to turn around and expect to be idolised.

Wangari Mathai's name should not be mentioned in the same breath as Patience Jonathan, Wangari is a renowned intellectual who has campaigned tirelessly againt western exploitation of resources and environmental degradation  in africa, Patience Jonathan on the other hand is a woman who would not look out of place running a beer parlour joint in port harcourt, a woman who sees nigeria's resources as a fast track to easy riches.  Try having a conversation with Patience Jonathan about resource exploitation in africa and lets see how far you will get - what a joke!!!!
Wangari speaks and reads english intelligibly, and she also makes impromptu speeches, a task that "Dame" Patience would find virtually impossible to undertake.

Comparing Wangari Mathai's reading skills with Patience Jonathan's is like comparing Wole Soyinka's reading skills with Orji Uzo Kalu's - they are not in the same category.

stop blabbin and address the issue. no two reading ability is the same we know, shes corrupt just like anyother leader we know, but didn't she read the speech?

Dont see anything wrong with that apart from the fact she cant read fast like most of us, and the accent thing as well, she sounds way better than Turai, Yardua Abacha Obj put together. I know loads of the people here did not even listen to the speech. hear and tell me 1 single error. English is not her first language period, whether she was educated in English or not it is not her first. have you guys seen Indians speak, omg i dont hear a thing. have u guys also seen a scot read or speak (Cheryl Cole), its as awful. what about our brothers in east Africa, that is exactly how they read and speak, give her a break. How many of us can stand in front of 10 people and make a speech, very few. I remember my first day i gave a speech, i almost died but subsequently i got better. T.B Joshua is another example. I remember when this man couldn't speak eloquently, now see the transformation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhbO-umXgCQ&NR=1

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Apart from these, Nigerians also engage in phoney weddings probably with someone who already has a resident permit ouside the country. Photographs would be snapped showing a wedding which they would show at the embassy as proof of their marital status

The craze to live and work in Europe has become an obsession with Nigerians and one needs no psychologist to find the reasons. But the desperation is another issue. It goes to show the level of decadence to which the country has sunk.

This is because prior to the year 1987 when Britain introduced the visa requirement before entering the United Kingdom, only those who had one business or the other craved the visit to the country. In fact, many Nigerians abroad were there for education and would return home the moment they completed their course of studies.

Spiritual Angle
These days, it is not uncommon to find religious programmes, both at crusade grounds and on television, devoting ample time for prayer to get visa without stress. Or a preacher, promising that if somebody attended his crusade, all his desires, including visa application, would be granted.

Some so-called men of God have even become visa merchants as they collect lots of money from church members, promising to procure visa for them. There was the case of a particular pastor who collected money running into millions of naira from church members but failed to deliver.

After so much pressure from his clients and sensing that it was becoming an embarrasing situation, the pastor fled.

There have also been instances where Nigerians sold their property to be able to afford all the fees being asked for by those who promised to help them procure visas. Some were hoodwinked into accepting to travel to South-East Asia, from where they were told it would be easier to cross over to Europe or America.

It never occurred to the desperate people that Europe or United States do not share boundaries with Asia. One of the conned men who sold all his property to afford the visa and the trip soon found himself sleeping in a restaurant in Malaysia with no money, no job and language problem as he could not converse in the local language.

Some people even go fetish to achieve their aims. They patronise juju men who give them some powder or other things, hoping to find favour in the eyes of embassy officials who would interview them. Even at the embassies, Nigerians show a lot of desperation which gives the embassy officials the impression that they see the attempt to travel as a matter of life and death. They, therefore, deduce that if granted visas, these people are likely to become a social problem to their countries.

Many Nigerians are in the shoes of Abimbola, desperate to leave the country in the belief that by doing so, they would have side-stepped the problems of Nigeria. Apart from the economic problems facing the people, other problems have made a large percentage of Nigerians to seek refuge abroad, regardless of how they do this.

Stories have been told of how desperate Nigerians are being killed or maltreated as they attempt to travel to European countries by road only to get stuck in some African countries. One reporter who did an investigative story on Nigerians who travel by road to Europe gave a vivid account of how some Nigerians became stranded in Mali, just as how they were being killed in the desert by harsh weather conditions.

Unfortunately, these stories have failed to discourage millions of others from attempting to leave the country by any means obtainable. A story was told of one Sulaiman Kudus (also not real names) who had attempted to get US visa on so many occasions without luck. When he appeared the last time, and the embassy official was about to refuse his application, he simply fainted and in the process, hit his head on the glass panel and got badly injured.

iice:
[color=#9900ff]Erhhh i guess the essence of your post is lost on you [/color]

My sister, are you saying to can love even if the Money is a Maybe?

iice:
[color=#9900ff]Better now.

And i will add: Men stop deceiving us. . .Thank you [/color]

Deceive you how, to make silly statement like whether na 1 Naira?

Still laughing my ass out
Enjoy more

Dyt:
Op is dat d reason y u wrote aggressively?

Dont get you, I just tried to shorten the first ''essay'' because folks complained it was too long

y TJ O'Karo

Undoubtedly, the track “One Naira” off Nigerian rap sensation, MI’s sophomore album MI2 is easily a fan favourite. Coming off a much anticipated, yet not-quite-up-to-par with his hit debut album. The track dwells on the idyllic topic of romance with or without finance. Well, as nice and as well-meaning as it may sound, One Naira tries to sell us a lie – the lie that love (the true one as well as the fake one) does not require money.

Like any Nigerian who listened to music in the 80s, African American songstress Gwen Guthrie said it all in her 1986 hit, Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on But the Rent: men have to have a J-O-B if they want to be with her or any woman for that matter. Money, excuse me, plenty money is certainly a sine qua non in matters of the heart for without it, like erstwhile rapper Freestyle said in his track Money, “Woman cannot gel!”


We can excuse the relationships because after all as some guys would say, “Na me be her papa?” But money is important in every relationship, especially in marriage as the man has to provide and care for his wife. Truth be told, most women today are not even willing to settle for ‘potential’ – you know the intelligent guy that has a good first degree and has the potential to make it in life. They would prefer ready-made guys. MI raps about how his babe should stick with him “although the money is a maybe”! Laugh Out Loud!! All I can say is that he has keyed into the seemingly romantic notion of love without limits and turned it into a hit song. Sharp guy. I have seen too many marriages shake and crumble because the man had challenges providing for his wife and/or family. The irony is that this one naira part is actually part of the traditional Christian wedding vows, remember “for richer, for poorer”? Or maybe they should take that part out of the vows, like a girl I met said with all seriousness, “If he can’t take care of me, why bother?”

So in all seriousness, please, let’s not deceive ourselves here. There is no such thing as “romance without finance.” I daresay money is what makes the romance sweet sef; it is what oils the gears of love. Or do you want to be trekking when you can jump BRT; or enter BRT when you can enter okada; or enter okada when you can take a ride in a taxi? Guys please do not be deceived when a woman tells you such things like what Waje is crooning in One Naira o! it is just empty, sweet nothings and should not be taken seriously or else you might just get the shock of your life. And ladies, please don’t tell me it is a euphemism. Stop deceiving us, thank you.

By TJ O'Karo

Undoubtedly, the track “One Naira” off Nigerian rap sensation, MI’s sophomore album MI2 is easily a fan favourite. Coming off a much anticipated, yet not-quite-up-to-par with his hit debut album. The track dwells on the idyllic topic of romance with or without finance. Well, as nice and as well-meaning as it may sound, One Naira tries to sell us a lie – the lie that love (the true one as well as the fake one) does not require money.

Like any Nigerian who listened to music in the 80s, African American songstress Gwen Guthrie said it all in her 1986 hit, Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on But the Rent: men have to have a J-O-B if they want to be with her or any woman for that matter. Money, excuse me, plenty money is certainly a sine qua non in matters of the heart for without it, like erstwhile rapper Freestyle said in his track Money, “Woman cannot gel!” Allow me to illustrate.

At the university, my friend Ayo met a very lovely and pretty girl, let’s call her Shade. Ayo and Shade became good friends and he carried a torch for her. At the time however, Shade was in a relationship that lasted all through university, so Ayo bid his time and waited for his chance. His chance came at graduation when Shade broke up with her boyfriend. He said that it was as if heaven had smiled down upon him; finally Shade was his. They served in different states and they tried to see each other as often as possible. They would take long walks, hold hands and declare their love for each other. They talked about their plans for the future as he said he had every intention of spending the rest of his life with her. She said she felt the same way, and things could not have been better. They declared their love for each other saying all the sweet nothings – truths and lies – that accompany such tender moments. And of course she said what I am sure most women have said at one time or the other: “I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. It doesn’t matter even if we don’t have any money…money is not a big deal…I could live under the bridge with you if that was our only option, just as long as I am with you!” And did Ayo believe her? Hmm…he did o! Of course he had no plans of residing anywhere near a bridge or flyover but it seemed very reassuring to know that Shade was someone who would support him even if he didn’t have much; someone who would not push him into doing things that he could not do. Alas, Ayo was wrong. Only four months post-service, and no job, Shade told him that he was not ambitious. Ouch!!! Whatever happened to “staying with me under the bridge?” The writing was definitely on the wall. Well, needless to say things did not work out between them as I guess there were a few issues that one naira could not solve.

Funny enough, I find that it is always the women who are the ones who make such promises. It is not like the guys made them make such commitments at the threat of breaking up with them now? So why even bring it up? Truth be told, (responsible) guys know that they need to have money to take care of a woman; they wouldn’t want to date or marry a woman only to have her suffer. Man is meant to be the primary provider, with the woman acting as a help-meet. So we don’t need such declarations! Or I could be wrong o; maybe it serves to add weight to the depth of feeling and emotions being felt by the woman. Maybe guys see it as an ego boost when they imagine that their girlfriends or wives would not leave them even if they had just one naira!

We can excuse the relationships because after all as some guys would say, “Na me be her papa?” But money is important in every relationship, especially in marriage as the man has to provide and care for his wife. Truth be told, most women today are not even willing to settle for ‘potential’ – you know the intelligent guy that has a good first degree and has the potential to make it in life. They would prefer ready-made guys. MI raps about how his babe should stick with him “although the money is a maybe”! Laugh Out Loud!! All I can say is that he has keyed into the seemingly romantic notion of love without limits and turned it into a hit song. Sharp guy. I have seen too many marriages shake and crumble because the man had challenges providing for his wife and/or family. The irony is that this one naira part is actually part of the traditional Christian wedding vows, remember “for richer, for poorer”? Or maybe they should take that part out of the vows, like a girl I met said with all seriousness, “If he can’t take care of me, why bother?”

So in all seriousness, please, let’s not deceive ourselves here. There is no such thing as “romance without finance.” I daresay money is what makes the romance sweet sef; it is what oils the gears of love. Or do you want to be trekking when you can jump BRT; or enter BRT when you can enter okada; or enter okada when you can take a ride in a taxi? Guys please do not be deceived when a woman tells you such things like what Waje is crooning in One Naira o! it is just empty, sweet nothings and should not be taken seriously or else you might just get the shock of your life. And ladies, please don’t tell me it is a euphemism. Stop deceiving us, thank you.

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Orton1_0:
Only a fool avoids dialogue. You are as silly as your four-letter-name. Mtcheew!

guy correct. let him keep talking trash.

Muslims need to understand that there is something in that koran that support killing.

now how can we explain this attack on a church in Egypt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12101748

By SaharaReporters, New York
Nigeria’s capital Abuja was rocked about two hours ago by a deadly explosion, Saharareporters has just learned.

The explosion happened at the crowded “Mammy” market attached to the Abacha Barracks in the Asokoro area of Abuja. Several eyewitnesses said the blast has claimed close to 100 lives and wounded scores more.

The yet-to-be-identified device exploded near a fish-frying shop in the bustling market. Saharareporters learned that many of the casualties were soldiers and their family members doing their last minute shopping for the New Year.




Our correspondent contacted the office of the National Security Advisor where a source confirmed that there was an explosion, but said they were yet to identify what or who caused it.

A diplomat in Abuja told Saharareporters that the recent spate of explosions raised fears that the forthcoming elections might be marred by violence.

Comments

Before u were either too distanced from d audience cos of xcess yankiness or abstract lyricsm [quote][/quote]word!

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Generally very solid production, quality sound engineering and mastering…….whoever manned the boards did an excellent jobs. With good speakers/headphones; you can pick out most instruments/synths. Tracks are also complementary to his vocals. MI has very good delivery and solid mic presence.

All the guest rappers are wack. I understand looking out for your boys, however those kids are wack and even more so when compared to you. Next time, please put them all on a mixtape and throw them a bone (verse), just not on your album.

The patois song was a-okay. That was a risk, got the general language structure, but bungled the lexicon and phonology. Also too much code switching between English and “patois”. Big up for the risk though.

The movie theme is horrendous, why in the world is there a Rent-a-Italian who sounds like a Jewish guy that lives in Bay Bridge (BK); fakes a Jersey accent but is really from Connecticut. That was lame. The skits (save the Igbo guy) are very dumb. Cutting those out, the songs featuring your home boys + the Timaya track and a couple of fillers will have given a solid 12-track effort no BS.

Lyrically, no one is touching M.I right now, all you other rappers especially you Yankee repatriates (aka can’t cut it in NY, let me go to Gidi as see if my BS will fly); get your pen and paper and take notes. MI’s vocab is on point, lyrics and flow superb. Excellent delivery, good command of language and commanding mic presence. Again you wannabe rappers (if you rap in English), take some lessons, go to school, study a dictionary or kill yourself. Tired of hearing your wackness on the radio. Dude said ‘am loving all the drama, I’m a thespian’ – None of you touching M.I. right now.

The most impressive aspect of the album is how Nigeria centered it is. Rarely is there a Yankee reference on this album (I do love the line: train these dudes n*cca – grand station). When dude says ‘It’s dark inside my cupboard (notice how he did not say closet) or they can’t keep up, they need glucose; I can relate. Again all you wannabe repat rappers take note, talking about your foreign lives will not get you fans. We don’t care. We are onto your bs, notice how Debanj, TuFace, PSquare(I know they are not rappers) gross the most. It is because we can relate. So keep up your nonsense, your aje-butter fans will come out to Swe and Tribeca but you cannot rock national stadium or get lucrative corporate endorsement. Putting you on how to really eat in this game kids.

Big kudos for addressing the painful religious violence in Jos in Wild Wild West, and other social ills on My belle/head.

Features: Tuface and girl on One Naira, solid on their chorus. Praise(the John Legend sounding dude) was good too. Hope he really just sounds like Legend and not trying to cop Mr Stephen’s style but regardless; he will do well singing hooks
Flavor was the best, dude absolutely murdered his track and MI flow was tight.

Killer Tracks – Epic, Number One
Best Tracks – Wild Wild West, Undisputed, Imperfect Me
Good Tracks – Action Films, Slow Down, Nobody, Beef, My Belle, One Naira, Unstoppable
Gabbage – Anybody, Craze, Represent (MI verse was dope though), Somebody want to die

MI2 not good, hmm listen to the album, i mean the album. that album to me is the most creative album in 9ja lik right now. some1 said he was expectin rap, wait for illegal music 2. MI2 is strictly commercial, the lines in that album are from outta dis place.

my worse is 1 majela TICKLE MY VAGINA
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=majela&aq=f