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What nonsense!

Ramos completely outmanouvred Scolari tacticaly in the 2nd half.

Another DM is needed immediately.

Our midfield was too porous in that second half. Too much space between the DM, Lamps and Deco. Every second ball was dropping to Spurs.

2nd half, Deco's teammates were not on his wavelength. All his passes were either wasted or he was just having a bad day.

Bosingwa caught too far forward on numerous occasions when Spurs put the pressure on.

Malouda was woeful when he came on.

4 Play:
I don't know why this retard continues to proclaim his historical illiteracy. In the first place, suggesting that Hitler's National Socialist party was of the right is idiocy of the highest order. Claiming that Jews are "very conservative" verges on lunacy when less than a quarter of Jews describe themselves as conservatives.

You have just proved what a slowpoke you are. Now you want to tell me the Nazi's were not firmly on the right. I will not deal with all your nonsense because Chelsea is playing.

I'll just pull up a few quotes for you written by one of your fellow Republicans.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30592

That is why the more orthodox a Jew is religiously, the less likely he is to be a liberal politically; and the more likely he is to vote Republican. Furthermore, the dominant Jewish issue, the security and survival of the Jewish state, is also unlikely to orient a Jew politically leftward. Even sociologically, Jews voting instinctively Democratic makes little sense. Jews, more than many, consider it shameful to rely on others for welfare, raise their children to believe in hard work, and benefit from a merit-based society. Indeed, even those Jews who vote Democratic usually lead rather conservative lives.

Memory also explains American Jews' irrational fears of the right. Because the Nazis are widely deemed far rightists (yes, Nazism stood for National Socialism, but no leftists or socialists considered it an ideological ally), Jews continuing to only look rightward for anti-Semitic threats is both silly and dangerous.

4 Play:
I can't see why this idiot doesn't know that semantics,calling quota system positive discrimination,doesn't alter the underlying illogic in having a less qualified person in a position on the basis of his origin,when there are better qualified people from other origins.

Many Americans who lose out from such schemes have nothing to do with the historical injustices perpetrated on Blacks. A recent Princeton study showed that Asians are the biggest losers,in so far as admission into Ivy league institutions are concerned. Can the dolt explain why Indians,Chinese,Koreans,e.t.c outperform white people without the aid of any Govt schemes?

Negative discrimination is usually followed by positive discrimination. . . .check it in any country. . . South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, USA.

Obviously, your Republican blueprint fails to mention the psycho-social detriments of negative discrimination, therefore for you to compare Asains with Blacks shows you are a complete and utter slowpoke.

So South African blacks, after suffering hundreds of years of discrimination in the education and work sector should not be given a helping hand to balance the society? You are more of a fool than I thought you were. Ditto, America in 1961.   

4 Play:
If you depend on the Govt to give you a leg up,you become a slave of the Govt. Per capita,no community receives as much money from the Govt as the Black community. Where is quota system ever efficient? Where are the efficiency gains to be made from having less qualified people in certain positions because of their ethnic/racial background?
You are an slowpoke. Empirically researched data is far more compelling than the gut instincts of an slowpoke.?

Nobody is talking about welfare here. . . . if not for government intervention in correcting prejudices, your broke ass would be sweeping the streets of Peckham. Bloody idiot.

4 Play:
Instead of crassly conjecturing that extremists like the KKK must be voting for the GOP since most Jews/Blacks vote for
The GOP always wins "the redneck states"? If there was any doubt about how obscenely idiotic you are, it has been removed. The South continues to be a fertile ground for the Democrats who control most of the Governorships and state legislatures. This slowpoke wants to rewrite facts according to his warped misconceptions, ?

https://img33.picoodle.com/data/img33/3/8/31/t_Electionm_fc67337.gif

Who is rewriting facts? You are!

We all know where the rednecks live.

Local elections are based more on well known local personalities than partizan politics. . . . even the democrats in such states are likely to reflect the tastes of the indegenes.

Tell your Republican attack campaigns to stop promoting racial fears. Kapish?

Anyway, i can't blame them. They have to play to their core demographics.



Gotta go. . . . Chelsea is playing.

well, well. . . . very unlucky there.

Not sure about Belletti in DM.

Maka should never have left. He is playing very well and earning rave reviews at PSG. 2 wins and a draw for them so far.

We still need another specialist DM. Even Anthony Annan of Ghana would do at this stage.

Nothing spoil. 2nd half, here we come.

I shall side skip all your personal jibes. It is past my bedtime.

4 Play:
Jews generally vote Democrat because they are liberal but there are many prominent Jewish Republicans. That is how influence is secured-gaining a foothold in both parties-not absconding and pitching your tent with one party which loses most of the presidential elections. An idiot like you won't understand that.

Jews vote overwhelmingly democrat because they try to veer away from the right due to their experience with Naziism. Jews are very conservative, not liberal.

4 Play:
Look at this dolt looking for quota system,which has ruined Nigeria,to help mediocrities into positions they don't deserve. Which affirmative action programme is helping all those over achieving Asians ?

To use it's correct phrasing, 'positive discrimination' helps overcome racial marginalisation in the workplace, whatever you have to say. It is seen fit to be practiced in various forms in South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand and the great United States of America as well as many others. Britain, France and German governments also use media to ensure that minorities have equal opportunities. Even the most hard hearted Republican will not argue about the need for positive discrimination in South Africa. The need for positive discrimination was just as pressing in America in 1961 as it is for South Africans today.

The Republicans knew that their opposition to affirmative action would gain them support amongst the redneck majority and those who opposed affirmative action. . . .as far as black people are concerned, they sold them out for a larger proportion of the vote (whether real or percieved, it doesn't matter). . . .so as far as blacks are concerned, they made their bed so they have to lie in it. . . the Republicans have forever lost black support because of that and that is reflected in the statistics today.

Obviously, they know something you don't. I will not get into the why's and wherefore's of positive discrimination but comparing the Asian experience in America to the African one just shows how imbecillic you are in your thinking. I wish Nigeria had such fairness  - quota is not for everybody (as practiced in the inefficient Nigeria case), but for those who are at an obvious political and economic disadvantage. The only quota Nigeria has is the quota between Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. All other tribes scramble for breadcrumbs even when they have qualified people to do the job, yet the job invariably goes to some underqualified schmuck from one of the larger tribes.

4 Play:
All the polling evidence shows that Powell will obliterate any GOP candidate in any GOP primaries. What counter-evidence do you have,your instincts? Since when did the instincts of an slowpoke count against empirical evidence?

Who do you think you are fooling?

Meat shrinks in size when you put it in the frying pan.

All the polls would tell me that Tiger Woods would be everyone's choice for next President 

4 Play:
Republican senators in the KKK during Byrd's time? Who does this glib idiot think he can deceive with this mutilation of history? Everybody knows the KKK votes GOP?

Firstly, statistically, your point makes no sense. One sample in a set is usually called an anomaly. Byrd even renounced KKK in 1952!. . . . I wonder how many senators were undercover KKK members in 1952?. . . . Google wouldn't tell us that today. . . . but former head of KKK, Donald Duke made Louisiana House of Reps in 1989 on Republican ticket. . . even so, that is an anomaly, so lets not argue on that. . , Jews and Blacks vote democrat. . . . so who do you think KKK vote for?. . . .largely, Republicans always win the redneck states. . . . if a state has racist attitudes, you can be sure that Republicans will win that seat. . . you know what I was getting at. . . so don't get pedantic with me.

4 Play:
You are a mendacious oaf. Are you not the same putrid slowpoke who was arguing,in the Biafra thread,that Ijaws killed a lot of Yorubas. Now this idiot is trying to fly the pro-Africa banner.

How did Ijaws kill Yorubas when they fought on the Nigerian side? You fool! Trying to twist things I see . . .

It wasn't even on the Biafra thread. . . we were on another thread arguing whether Nigerian troops should go into the Niger Delta. . . . I said it would not be easy because Ijaw fighters are used to fighting in the terrain. . . . I then recalled a story my father told me that when Nigeria invaded Okrika Island, Ijaw soldiers were swimming and shooting at the Biafran soldiers at the same time. I even added the bit about the one hand stuff for comedic value. . . .you shameless liar!

Brazil forward Robinho is set to repeat his desire to leave Real Madrid for Chelsea at a news conference he has called for Sunday (1100 BST), Spanish media have reported. (PA)

4 Play:
Let me try to dissect this retard's rant. This fool invokes the necessity of "bloc voting" on the basis of skin pigmentation when the adoption of such a cretinous mentality will put to bed any chance of racial minorities ascending to power in the US. You want blacks to vote on the basis of race while hoping that whites don't return the favor,what an idiot.

You are a fool of the rarest quality. Your stupidity is made in Taiwan.   Did I not just tell you that my family voted against an Ijaw man in Rivers State election? You said only idiots vote on the base of skin colour - I pointed out that Jews, Farmers, Latinas etc regularly bloc-vote. . . therefore if I vote for Obama based on skin colour, there are already set precedents so lay off criticising us. . . .I am sure you will not call any Jew an idiot just because he and his people vote overwhelmingly democrat. . .  most likely, your father/Uncle/Brother/Aunty/Sister/Mother/Grandmother is supporting Obama for the same reason that he is black. . . .oya, run off home and call them idiots, whether you will not recieve slaps. . .  . if we had already had three or four black Presidents, I assure you black people will not be in such a rush to vote for Obama. . . . like Kobojunkie sig says, aggressive minority should not force their views on others. . . . I can tell you that 90% of Nairalanders support Obama. . . and 90% of them because he is black. . . . so stop ranting and raving and bringing down Obama. . . you are preaching to the unconvertable.

4 Play:
What this historical illiterate doesn't realise is that both parties regularly help blacks break the glass ceiling. Was it not the GOP that ended slavery and voted more enthusiastically for the Civil Rights Act than the Democrat legislators. Who does this tit think appointed blacks as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff,National Security Adviser, Secretary of State, Justice of the Supreme of the Court?

Firstly, I am neither Democrat nor Republican so save it for willing ears. . . . why ride for a flag which is not yours? Leave the Americans to their brand of democracy. You are supposed to be based in London right? So wetin concern fish with raincoat?

. . . everybody knows who ended slavery. . . bla bla bla. . . .the roles have been reversed from 200 years ago. . . everybody knows that Blacks are naturally conservative and should be voting Republican by right. . . .Republican refusal to support affirmative action sealed their fate as far as Black people were concerned because they were economically disadvantaged and needed some "assistance" to gain enough leverage to make the playing field even. . . . couple that with the 'redneck' nature of a large core of Republican voters and that is the situation we have today. . . . and do not compare ministerial positions in the Republican party to actually winning the Democratic presidential ticket. . . .khaki no be leather.

4 Play:
Colin Powell would have obliterated McCain in a GOP primaries.

Let the evidence speak for itself. All this talk is spit throway. Everybody knows that the demographics or Republican voters would not allow for a black nomination at least for the next few decades. If Colin Powell knew he could win, he would have run.

4 Play:
The KKK votes Republican?You are obviously an slowpoke. Besides,the most prominent KKK member is Dem Sen Byrd who is currently in the US Congress.

Byrd is an extremely old man who was in the KKK when both Democrats and Republican senators were in the KKK. . . he has long since renounced membership of KKK. . . . So you are now trying to rewrite history? It's been a few decades since KKK voted democrat. . . everybody knows they now vote overwhelmingly Republican. . . that much is incontrovertible.

4 Play:
This tribalist dolt who spends time on this forum extolling how Ijaws kill other ethnic groups is claiming to be ''pro-African''.

Pull up any such quotes. As far as I am aware, Ijaws have only ever fought with Ogoni, Ikwerre and Itsekiri and nowhere have I glorified this. I even expressed regret that the Federal Government used Okrika to derail Ogoni's freedom fight. So I don't know where you made up all these fantasy ethnic cleansings from.  Bloody liar!

Supporting the rights of my people against exploitation has nothing to do with tribalism, you shameless he-goat. I am always looking for support for the Niger Delta cause from Ibo's, Yorubas etc and nothing delights me more than when they recognise that our fight is legitimate. . . .the real tribalists are those who refuse to recognise any of our grievances and call for immediate action against us. . . . the real tribalists are those who label all of us as militants, not caring to differentiate Tom and Jerry kidnappers from legitimate freedom fighters. . . . and you are one of them.

4 Play:
@Ibime
Only an obscenely imbecilic individual openly bases his support for a politician because his skin color closely resembles his. What difference would historical significance make to your life. Electing a man who has 3 eyes,a hermaphrodite, a dog,e.t.c would all be epoch making but no lucid person advocates that elections should be decided on matters as trivial as mere historical significance.

The stupidity of Nigerians,in basing their political support on ''supporting your own'',hasn't exactly made Nigeria an eldorado.

I forgot I'm talking to the same tribalist dolt who claims Ijaws fire AK47s with one arm while swimming with the other,a feat not even the retarded will believe.

You idiot. Nama shobiri!

Having eyes but not seeing and ears but not hearing. . . . .you are comparing my support for Obama with my support for Ijaw people. I would never vote an Ijaw man as Governor of Rivers State just because he is Ijaw. . . . Ijaw are not marginalised in Rivers State so I have no issue with not voting Ijaw. . . . infact, we have family history of that.

but black people are marginalised the whole world over. . .

Do you think Jews are not bloc-voting? What of farmers? How about rednecks?

So why should I not bloc-vote?

Sarah Palin is talking about "women breaking through the glass ceiling". . . . do you think I don't want blacks to break the glass ceiling?. . . . usually, "breaking the glass ceiling" for a black man gets no higher than managing a multi-national company (Stan O'Neal, Damon Buffini et al). . . . Phock it, Obama didn't break the glass ceiling. . . na, he flew through it and landed on the moon handstanding. . . for that reason, I scream "YES WE CAN!". . . .even though I don't know what the hell I'm screaming about.

Me being a tribalist? Hardly! Being pro-African doesn't make me anti-white. . . nor does being pro-Ijaw make me a tribalist. . . I have Ijaw, Ibo, English, Dutch and Chinese flowing in my bloodstream. . . . .the only people I ever had a problem with are Hausa/Fulani - and that is on a political level, not on a personal level.

This Obama Presidency affects not only me - but the international perception of my people - and my children's perception of themselves as leaders and achievers. Even Boris Johnson, the conservative Mayor of London wants Barrack to win because "it will do wonders for the confidence of black people." Up with Boris Johnson and down with 4Play.

Even if you want me to forget the historical significance, you can ask yourself the following questions:

You want me to support the party that messed up the Hurricane Katrina affair? You idiot!

A party where 66% still support George Bush. The party favoured by the redneck, NRA and Ku Klux Klan? You are phocking deluded.

Lets not even go into the war with Iraq.

Republican party can NEVER nominate a black man for presidential ticket. . . .  That is the final truth and the only truth I need to know. . . . whether I agree with their conservative and economic policies or not (which I mostly do), they have already failed the acid test. . . . . not because I'm tribalist but because that implies that I'm less of a man and not deserving of leadership. . . . . yeah, we need to give the Democrats a pat on the back and some encouragement for nominating Obama.

Go and jump off a bridge.

This Westermann of Schalke wont stop doing his thing. The guy is a freak of nature. He must be one of the fastest guys in football and a very good left back.

I told you Marin is the one to watch out for.

Kobojunkie:
But I am not republican so how can I be pidgeon-holed and unable to think beyond partizan politics? Can't a person have an opinion or two without being labelled a republican or a democrat? By the way, what is wrong with having to deal with people who do not share your side of a debate without rushing to point that out ever so often? ROFLMAO!!!

Stop lying!. . . .a whole Mrs Fox News like yourself. . . . .soon you will be telling me that pigs can fly.

We dey fight well well, no doubt, but we have been very docile on this oil exploitation issue. Only after 50 years of exploitation are we beginning to raise our head. Naija never see pepper yet.

Ijaw fight with Yoruba for Ondo state? When?

Kobojunkie:
Well, if they are a vital part of the economy, then we should also welcome the 419ers who loot the Nigerian economy daily, sending money to swiss accounts and all . I mean all that money coming in has to go back out somehow.

The difference is that yahoozes bring money into the economy while the 419ers send it out. 

4 Play:
Not sharing your homo-erotic passion for Obama is self-hate,the logic of the narrow minded. It is this same logic,which we practice here in the form of tribalism, that stunts our political development.

Nigga, the historical significance of an Obama presidency goes way beyond your petty partizan politics so save all your trivial debate for Kobojunkie or Tayo-D.

I don't know why stupid Nigerians pin their masts to any political party anyway. Only an idiot is restricted or pidgeon-holed in his thinking by whichever party he supports.

I am neither Democrat nor Republican and yes, I support Barrack cos he's black. Shoot me!

If I knew that blacks have equal opportunity of being voted in as President, I may not vote for Barrack cos I don't agree with some of his policies - but the historical significance of this moment is way past whatever the phock argument you have to spew, so save it for the shortsighted.

Get back to me when your beloved Republican party nominates your kind (negro) for Presidential ticket since you love them so much. They don't even want you there. Why do some people beg to join where they are not wanted?

As the Times stated of the Republican Convention:

"There will be no shortage of country and western music - indeed, there will be little other music on offer"


Get in where you fit in. I hope you enjoy it! Ewu!

4 Play:
@Ibime

I don't know whether fellates you or something. Does he even know you exist or ever mention Nigeria?

Self hate is a form of self expression - who am I to deny you?

Men, 4Play stop hating on Obama. Go and play with Kobojunkie or something.

Whether Nigerians admit it or not, Yahoo is a significant part of the economy.  If not for yahoo, the rate of armed robberies will increase well well. Plus they are bringing money into the economy, not taking it out. Infact, I think Naija should build infrastructure for them so they can compete on a global scale and steal market share from the Russians and Albanians. 

Tpia, you can't tell a joke when you hear one?

Ijaw this, Ijaw that - the whole niger-Delta process has been inclusive from day one. Ijaws took the lead as the largest tribe in Niger Delta and invited other tribes to join them. Infact, go and google the Kaiama declaration where the Ijaw called for other tribes to work with them. Haters will hate - frankly, I don't give a phock what known haters like Bawomolo and such think. This is the first time in Nigerian history that different tribes have collaborated toward a common goal since Biafra. You better believe that the Niger Delta process is all inclusive. Go and ask Debosky how many times MEND have operated in Akwa-Ibom state, including Bakassi. No problem there. Itsekiris are part of MEND - infact, it was MEND who called for end to fighting between Ijaws and Itsekiris in Bendel side, that is why that situation has died down somewhat. Ohanaeze Igbo have come out fully in support of Niger Delta. WTF are you talking about? Haters! How many Yorubas are part of Niger Delta? Are you talking about the Ijaw villages in Ondo State?

Forget all this argument about Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yankee, Democracy, demonstration of crazy etc.

The question is:

What is the international perception of this our deal with Iran?

Is it a perfectly normal thing for countries to do i.e. sharing information on nuclear energy - or is it going to land us in hot water with the international community? Do we have any nuclear scientists in the house to clarify these matters?

If it is a controversial something, abeg I don't want it. Firstly, a country with internal squabbles such as Naija should not even be looking at nuclear technology. What if my brothers from MEND lay hands on this nuclear material. Wetin dem go take am do? On top of that, if this draws heat from the international community, I no want am abeg. Naija no fit manage airport, talkless of nuclear facility.

wrong

texazzpete:
The same MEND that stood idly by while Soboma George's cultists kill innocent civillians in Rivers State?

My man, go and develop this your argument again. . . .blinkered argument does not help because your mind is already made up. . . .  .Soboma George is fighting with Ateke and JTF and you want MEND to come in and fight Soboma George in the presence of JTF? Would you fight a dog in the presence of a lion?. . . .how does MEND coming in to PH to fight Soboma stop the killing of innocent civilians?. . . .if anything, more civilians will be caught in crossfire. . . Soboma George is a PDP creation - Nigerian Government should clear up their own mess. Now you want MEND to act as police? It is bad enough that we have to rescue Julius Berger workers from your soldiers, now you want us to police for you as well? 

texazzpete:
The same MEND that popularized kidnapping can come out to pontificate?

Another blinkered argument. . . . kidnapping is a law and order problem. . . .nothing to do with MEND.

This woman (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d9fpg/) had her sister-in-law kidnapped by so-called fake MEND militants and yet she is a supporter of MEND, even speaking for them on BBC. . . . it is you who read it in newspaper that want to cast stones. . . . . obviously, your mind is already hardened.

texazzpete:
The same MEND that babble on about people stealing Ijaw resources, yet lamely offer that 'big men in Abuja' are the ones behind oil bunkering?

Maybe you can offer statistics comparing non-Ijaw to Ijaw bunkering. I am sure the ratio is nothing less than 19:1 . . . we have seen it with our own eyes, no be say na tory. . . . .before you ask us to do things by the book, YOU start to do things by the book.

I guess you did not read this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7519302.stm

Lemme quote it for you:

Under cover of night dozens of barges queue up to dock at a jetty in a creek somewhere in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta.

Their holds are filled with stolen oil running from valves illegally installed into a pipeline.

Full, they chug downstream to meet around 10 larger ships near the oil export terminal in Bonny, Rivers State, where they disgorge their cargo.

By 0500, in the darkness before dawn, the ships uncouple from the barges and move out in a convoy to sea to rendezvous with a tanker which will spirit away the stolen oil, making it disappear into another cargo, bound for sale on the world market.

[b]This, according to activists and former Nigerian government advisers, is the process by which Nigeria is losing billions of dollars every year to oil smuggling.

The illegal "bunkering", as it is known, makes a huge profit for Nigerian syndicates and rogue international traders.

It leaves in its wake chaos and misery for the people of the Niger Delta.

According to Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua this is "blood oil", akin to the trade in "blood diamonds" that fuelled bloody civil wars in West African neighbours Liberia and Sierra Leone.

But a source close to the former government of President Olusegun Obasanjo says the problem is not about quashing militants in boats.

Some of the people who run the cartels are among Nigeria's top political "godfathers", who wield massive political influence.

"If the president goes after them, they could destabilise the country, cause a coup, a civil war. They are that powerful, they could bring the state down," said the source, who did not want to be identified.

He says that attempts in the past to bring the trade under control were stopped for that reason.

"This is an industry that makes £30m ($60m) a day, they'd kill you, me, anyone, in order to protect it," he said.

In order to get away with the theft, the bunkering syndicates operate under the cloak of the conflict between militants and oil companies in the Niger Delta.

They need "security" - gangs of armed heavies to protect their cargos - and threaten anyone who tries to interfere.
Barges like this one are filled with crude and then take it to larger ships

They don't have to look far to find large groups of unemployed youths willing to do what they are told for a little money.

State governments in the Delta armed militias to carry out widespread rigging during the 2003 elections.

But the militiamen say they were abandoned, so they turned to oil theft to fund their activities. [/b]

WillyWilly, abeg next time wey this guy reach PH in de name of oil exploration, make una kidnap am for me. 

dayokanu:
I can bet no one in Nairaland has ever heard about that club before CFR Cluj

Don't count on it. . . . a few years back, I bought players from them. . . on Championship manager.

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I can see that when the cat was away, the rats came out to play.

Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion but as long as Niger Delta is behind MEND, phock what everyone else has to say. It is notable that the Repubican McCain supporters are the quickest to proffer opinions on what they know nothing about.

I have given enough arguments on Nairaland so I won't even waste my breath again. Just know that we ain't going nowhere . . . . so you can like it or lump it, you still have to deal with it. You better believe that MEND is representing us. . . so anything you have to say to us, you will have to say to them first.

Annkio Briggs was on BBC's Hardtalk last night, letting the whole world know that the Ijaw nation is definitely behind MEND.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d9fpg/


As we can see, this is a respectable, well educated woman, repping Ijaw and MEND to the fullest.

Checkmate!

McCain don win.

Na man, only basic greetings and how to ask for food and stuffs. I had to wait till school holidays to hear proper Okrika cos my pops hardly ever spoke it, only occasionally. Even sometimes, when I am around my village people, you find them speaking Igbo mixed with Okrika because they descended from Igbo slaves.

Na lie!

heh. . . . make I just patriate my relatives come dis side before Yankee send missile toward us o!

ow11:
now this is Kalabari which some people would say is a dialect of Ijaw or eastern Ijaw as Ibime rightly said.

I thought Kalabari's dialect was more Western Ijaw due to their later migration? Nembe are the ones who speak the original Ijaw.

Ibime:
The militant group said it wanted to intervene because the pair were not part of the energy sector but were working to help build the delta's infrastructure.

Among other projects, the Nigerian unit of German builder Bilfinger Berger <GBFG.DE> is rebuilding the main east-west road across the Niger Delta and is one of the country's biggest private sector employers, with more than 16,000 employees.

Julius Berger has yet to resume its work in the delta, prompting MEND to increase its pressure on the company by threatening earlier this month to attack its foreign employees unless it halted operations in the capital, Abuja.

MEND said it would drop the threat once Julius Berger returned to the Niger Delta.

Note: We can see that MEND is interested in the development of the Niger Delta

I be fine boy na. 

No be my real name sha.

Ibime:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LE420686.htm

The kidnapping by around 15 gunmen, travelling in armoured jeeps accompanied by 28 soldiers, was so brutal that Julius Berger, the country's largest construction firm, decided to suspend all operations in the delta.

What will you not see in this Nigeria. Now Soldiers are doing the kidnapping and MEND are doing the freeing.

I told you guys that MEND must have been the ones who orchestrated the freeing of that woman who said that snipers came and saved her. . . . even if they didn't free the woman themselves, they must have provided the info. . . when Lulu Briggs' wife was kidnapped, some idiots claiming MEND claimed to have kidnapped her. Yet it was MEND that went and freed her.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LE420686.htm



[center]Nigeria militants rescue two German hostages [/center]

14 Aug 2008 21:01:33 GMT
Source: Reuters



ABUJA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria's most prominent militant group on Thursday rescued two German hostages seized by an armed gang, an unprecedented intervention by a group that has wrought havoc on the OPEC member's oil sector.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said this was the first time it had freed hostages taken by another armed gang since it launched a campaign of violence against the oil sector in early 2006.

"(MEND) concluded a successful rescue of the two German hostages and staff of Julius Berger ,  from inside the heavily fortified hideout of the group that kidnapped them," the group said in an e-mailed statement.

MEND, responsible for attacks that have cut a fifth of Nigeria's oil output since early 2006, released the two men near the oil hub Port Harcourt. A Julius Berger source confirmed the two employees had been freed.

MEND said it carried out the rescue operation after discovering that one of the hostages had suffered severe spinal injuries during his abduction.

The two Germans were seized on July 11 at Emohua in Rivers state in the Niger Delta, an area notorious for kidnappings.

The kidnapping by around 15 gunmen, travelling in armoured jeeps accompanied by 28 soldiers, was so brutal that Julius Berger, the country's largest construction firm, decided to suspend all operations in the delta.

MEND announced about a week later it had identified the kidnappers and would seek the release of the hostages.

NON-OIL WORKERS

The militant group said it wanted to intervene because the pair were not part of the energy sector but were working to help build the delta's infrastructure.

Among other projects, the Nigerian unit of German builder Bilfinger Berger <GBFG.DE> is rebuilding the main east-west road across the Niger Delta and is one of the country's biggest private sector employers, with more than 16,000 employees.

Julius Berger has yet to resume its work in the delta, prompting MEND to increase its pressure on the company by threatening earlier this month to attack its foreign employees unless it halted operations in the capital, Abuja.

MEND said it would drop the threat once Julius Berger returned to the Niger Delta.

MEND, which is split between a number of different factions, says it is fighting for development and greater local control of the delta's resources.

But the breakdown of law and order in the region has allowed criminal gangs to thrive by kidnapping for ransom and stealing crude oil.

More than 200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Almost all have been released unharmed. (Editing by Tume Ahemba and Tim Pearce)

Ijaw has different dialects. Okrika is different from Kalabari which is different from Ibani. Western Ijaw is also different from Eastern Ijaw. It is just like Portuguese and Spanish. They understand each other but they cannot speak in the other tongue.


For example, for 'How are you', a Kalabari man would ask 'Tobra?' and you would answer 'Ibim' or 'Ibiwirere'  (I am good)

An Okrika man would ask 'Idanloku?' and you would answer 'Ibime'