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wholexy009:
You seem more familiar with Ekiti terrain than some of us who are even in Naija. I think I need to start visiting ekiti more often too

You should.

kYjelly2:
[color=#2c3e50]What an awesome piece men.

Tell you the truth, my parents are from Delta with me being born in Lagos, but if I had to choose a country between Nigeria and Biafra, I would definitely go with Biafra.

At least, I don't think Biafra will be listed as a terrorist nation.

It's funny how all these guys are just getting so happy that there will be no Biafra, yet they keep saying all sorts of evil against igbos and anyone who identifies with Biafra.

Are they that scared that a departure of Igbos would ruin them?

Maybe they are scared of not being able to pay salaries as was the case in Osun.

Men, I've never seen such duplicity in my life before. Like, you don't like someone, but yet, are happy when the person can't leave.

That's the height of stupiidity in my book, mtcheew [/color]

Biafra not listed with terrorist nations?

Igboland has no religious tolerance and where there's no religious tolerance, terrorism is likely to happen. Hate crimes are likely to occur.

And if Nigeria breaks, the's no way Non-SE countries are going to stay together. Yorubas, ND Repub and Middle belt will go their own ways.

Yoruba has been agitating for regionalism for the past few years. We don't NEED Nigeria. We don't need tse-tse flies and leeches.

The SW region out performs every other region. And keep in mind that SE is the third poorest region in Nigeria, tussling with the North for economical relevance.

Wow.

What an eye opening thread to hear from the SS.



Biafrans are making the same greedy mistake Ojuwku made. It won't be long before SS people wake up. Sure SS won't align with the Yorubas, but the way Igbos greedily wants to overtake their territory because of oil and access to the sea, SS will probably form its own country.

I don talk am before that the whole SS/SE is a charade. SS, don't allow the igbos in your midst to sell your land to Biafra. They'll claim #NoLandLeftBehind just to expand.

Igbos are expansionists. Biafra is a landlocked country.

You christians should please shut the Bleep up.

Focus on your voodoo jewish clown and stop thinking the world is against you.

lmaooo who won't deny failure?

come chop food, freeglobe

@all Please keep up the good work

Shymmex/profshym3x, shymm3x, shym3x (lawwwd, I give up), I owe you apple cider

delpee:
Actually it's more of personal CSR and we are quite transparent within our group. We're not soliciting for funds - just trying to manage what we can raise among ourselves. Its all to God's glory! I only want people to know that with determination, everything is possible. The mind is very powerful. What it conceives becomes reality when we believe and work towards it. Many small groups taking on projects in different schools will have a major impact on our education system. Several schools in Lagos have experienced complete turnaround in the last 10 years due to the untiring efforts of old students e.g. Igbobi College, St Gregory's, Holy Child etc

We've learnt a lot from them and we're doing great so far. It gladdens our hearts that we're making a difference in our own small way. We are committed to giving back and willing to weather the storm. We had very good education and want the same for the younger generation. Most of us are professionals in different parts of the world. We want to mentor the young ones to understand that they can accomplish anything if they set their minds to it.

Considering the current situation in our schools, i believe that those who are not academically inclined should be encouraged to try other areas like sports, entertainment, IT, arts and crafts etc all of which are veritable paths to success. This okada riding, hawking and aristo mentality must stop. It's derailing our youths. This is long term though.

Keep up the wonderful work. I'm impressed!

wholexy009:
where in Ekiti are u from?

lol We live in Ado, Ikun and Ilupeju-Ijan

Noise.

totit:
Like serious!!!!..... Yoruba people rock!!!

We're beyond rocks now, egbon. E be like say Yorubas should patent "Yorubas galaxy" because that's our limit.

Hopefully soon enough, that Yoruba doctor will go to space.

http://howafrica.com/this-young-nigerian-doctor-could-be-first-nigerian-in-space/

[size=14pt]Nigerian-Born Oluwole Betiku Is College Football's Most Unlikely 5-Star[/size]

Imagine a world where you are a 5-star recruit, yet the people closest to you have no idea what that means.

In the span of one year, Oluwole Betiku went from learning the game of football to being recognized as one of the elite talents in the 2016 cycle.

It’s been close to two years since Betiku departed his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, for the United States with one mission entrenched in his mind.

He hasn’t seen his family since he left, but bettering their living condition is serving to motivate his journey from football obscurity to the brink of stardom.

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“I came into the game of football just to make a way for my family,” Betiku told Bleacher Report. “Make a way in my life and just to find a good situation. My mom and dad are still in Nigeria. My sister is over there and my brother. I want to be the breadwinner of the family one day. I feel like sports was going to be the way.”

He leaves behind a harsh reality that his family still faces back home—one filled with a lack of hope and military checkpoints in the northern part of his home country because of Boko Haram threats.

“Being in L.A. now, people talk about stuff happening, but it’s nothing compared to what it’s like in Nigeria, where you walk to the bus stop and there’s a soldier with a tank driving around,” Betikue explained. “Seeing things like that and being here now, it just makes me want to work hard for my family to get them out of there. You never know what can happen. They could be walking around and they could get struck at anytime.”

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Despite his relative inexperience in playing the game, Betiku—who is the nation’s top-rated weak-side defensive end and the No. 11 player overall in the 2016 class—has racked up more than 20 offers from powerhouses such as Alabama, Florida State, LSU, Oregon, Penn State and USC.
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He committed to UCLA in August and will begin life in college next January as an early enrollee.

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But it was around 14 months ago when his dreams took flight.

As a teenager back home, Betiku knew he was skilled enough to be an athlete. His initial dreams were to make it out of his home country through basketball, like African-born stars Dikembe Mutombo and Hakeem Olajuwon.

But he quickly realized he wasn’t going to grow up and become 7 feet tall. Instead, he turned to the gridiron—despite no real experience, connection or even appreciation for the game.

In fact, Betiku said the game bored him when he watched the Super Bowl for the first time some two years ago. So much so that he fell asleep.

“I never used to watch [football],” Betiku said. “When we did, I was like, ‘What the hell are they doing and why are they wearing pads and helmets?’”

According to ESPN.com's Erik McKinney, one football camp in Nigeria became the catalyst that paved the way for him to come to the U.S.


“I just went out there, worked hard and tried to show enough that I’d be one of the lucky ones to be chosen,” he said of that camp experience.

After moving from Maryland to Los Angeles with then-guardian and former NFL player LaVar Arrington, Betiku settled at metro L.A.-area powerhouse Junipero Serra High School.

Cavaliers head coach Scott Altenberg lined Betiku up at defensive end last season. The 6’4”, 240-pounder responded with a monster year in racking up 59 tackles—including 24 for loss with 11.5 sacks and a forced fumble.

It was quite a season for a player who had no clue what to do with the helmet and pads he was issued in the days leading up to fall camp.

“His first comment was to say, ‘Ah, I don’t think I’m going to go with the shoulder pads because they constrict me a little too much,’” Altenberg recalls while chuckling.

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That 1 yoruba hr is going to exclude shymmex...... he's as oyinbo as the queen of england lol

So.....

WIZGUY69:
Is the money from bettings?

My brother, if he can own an european club, there's money enough to buy ebonyi

Shymm3x:
Got about 60 more names to post.

I think I need to take a break for now.

Cheers.

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[size=14pt]Nigerian-born business dean to lead Westminster College[/size]

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/74/27463d36-edc6-5d5c-abc5-82e68c722e6d/554cd640a7bb1.image.jpg?crop=246%2C268%2C3%2C31

Westminister College in Fulton, Mo., has named a Webster University business dean to be its next president.

Benjamin Akande will become Westminster's 21st president on July 1.

He will replace George B. Forsythe, president since 2008, who is retiring after 10 years.

The leadership change was announced Friday morning in Fulton.

“We’re proud to introduce Dr. Akande as president of Westminster College,” said Wallace L. Head, chairman of the Westminster Board of Trustees, in a news release. “We’ve achieved our year-long goal of finding the most qualified person to lead Westminster and to continue executing our strategic plan.

“It includes developing leaders for a global community by establishing one of the country’s most internationally diverse colleges, and maintaining a graduate placement rate that exceeds 95 percent,” he added.

Akande, a Nigerian-born American citizen, is a professor of economics and dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University. He also leads Webster’s global Office of Corporate Partnerships.

Akande came to the U.S. to attend Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He has a doctorate of economics from the University of Oklahoma, and completed post-doctoral studies at Harvard and Oxford.

“Westminster offers a distinctive destination for undergraduate education focused on student achievement and diversity, which are critically important,” Ankande said in a news release. “We must prepare graduates to live and work in a world that is far more diverse and richer in new opportunities than ever before.”

Westminster’s nearly 1,000 students are from 28 U.S. states and 76 countries worldwide.


http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/nigerian-born-business-dean-to-lead-westminster-college/article_5535fb9a-ca8b-570b-b42b-525e40aa0d3f.html

Most of these geniuses should give back tot heir native community

Shymm3x

This is an awesome compilation.

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Incredible.

I'm astonished!!

Aareonakakanfo:
I've seen so many threads about the Fulani-Yoruba elders issue.I said it 2 days ago that the Yoruba-Hausa or Fulani relationship is a hoax.They have no atom of respect for anyone in this country and some people wonder why I say they own it.We can only reply to the things they say but the deed has been done and the fact that he had enough guts to say those things in front of Yoruba elders is a big slap in the face of the whole Yoruba race.The confidence the average Fulani has in this country is indescribable,reminds me of the kind of things Sanusi said in his article.I can't remember the name of the Hausa politician who held an interview on Channels and was insulting the whole Yoruba race during the whole Saraki-Tinubu brouhaha.There are several examples we can give

Put some blame on illiterate Fulanis, but put much of the blame on Yoruba politicians who are after self-interests.

This is not an internet war, it cannot and should not be fought online.

Enough with comparing Fulani menace in the SW to the SE because apparently, the Fulani bark dogs aren't ready to protect their territory.

Kwankaso and Fulani leaders pulled the last straw and I hope Yoruba youths are aware.

The same thing Kwankaso/El-Rufai said about Fulanis in the SW is the same thing Buhari said about boko harams in 2011.

About 20 igbo fulani bark dogs mentioned my ID on this thread and I'm trying so hard to take them serious, but then I remember how they kept mum when Fulanis came ravaging through the SE, leaving behind bastard children and a dead igbo leader.

It's unbelievably cowardly how the igbo touts on NL are ganging up on one person knowing that the population of Ijaws on NL is 2 to 5.

Good thing because trump won't shut up about leading in Iowa.

Nollywood is the 2nd biggest movie industry, but in the international sphere, it's a joke.

Everyone knows Bollywood and Hollywood, who knows Nollywood?

Quantity does not equate to quality. TBH that's even the last of our problem.

Aareonakakanfo:
Na true sha.Thank God for the likes of Afolayan and tunde kelani,If not fro those two, we'll probably have nothing to brag about.The flat.ino directors are even worse than their Yoruba counterparts.Can anyone in the house please explain to me what's happening here?



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Start at 0:17



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AE1PTAfRms?t=17s




Kunle and co still have a lot to do.....most of their movies are in English and I doubt they're into the Yoruba aspect. Not that tit's totally a bad thing since we need to expand our tentacles on both Yoruba/Englsih parts of nollywood.

Aareonakakanfo:
When we tell them to go to school, they won't listen. This is the result

lmaoooo this is deeper than a case of skipping classes

Everything is rush rush gra gra, quick money.

Missy89:
Na wah!

Maybe they translated it exactly they way they spoke it.

E bi n pa mi - HUnger is killing me.

lmaoooo

Aareonakakanfo:
Aside the content and the subtitles, what of the way they act in these movies.Its just like the way some of us use to try performing those jet-li stunts when were young.Kids try to emulate movie stars they love and if they see a movie star pronouncing words a particular way, they will also do the same

True.

And why are they even watching any kind of nollywood movie.....? They're not rated for kids.

Honestly what does it take to make Yoruba nollywood understand the vitality of sensible plots, children-friendly story lines and correct subtitles?

Nigerians don't listen until you abuse them sha.

Aareonakakanfo:
Mistura is the name of one of those skreps in my hood back then but the m.o.fo actually feels like a beyonce.God help us!

This brings me back to what IyaIode was talking about yesterday, Yoruba movies are not helping situations either.Young kids who watch their favorite movie stars do these things end up trying to emulate them

Oh lawd the subtitles na die!!!

They need to hire professional technical writers.

9jacrip:
Nor be so o, I'm not being a misogynist o!

It is just, my one year of PG studies at UI had me running into all types of girls but majority seem to have the accent problem.

It was so bad I tried to tone down the English with one by speaking pidgin and she told me to 'cut the pidgin please, I don't speak it'. In my head I was like 'God go punish you' - she gaffed by letting me see a convo with her friend where they were cracking pidgin like say na first language LOL.

lmaooooooooooooo omg.

Iwo na, se obirin ni won ni ko lo gbe nile iwe?