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I feel you Tpia. It's the interweb. What can you do?

When Al Gore was designing it, he didn't ask me if I wanted one for the adults and one for the kids. Damn him!

On a serious note, it would be a shame if people actually think there is nothing to be gained from being civil and respectful.

If it gets really bad, you can always escape with me - you know where.

Late to the party, but it's all good.  We're 5-9hrs behind here.   

Ragdollz

[size=14pt]♫♫♫ [/size]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

::swaying rhythmically like Stevie Wonder::

You know it doesn't make much sense
There ought to be a law against
Anyone who takes offense
At a day in your celebration
'Cause we all know in our minds
That there ought to be a time
That we can set aside
To show just how much we love you
And I'm sure you will agree
It couldn't fit more perfectly
Than to have a world party on the day you came to be

Happy birthday to ya
Happy birthday to ya
Happy birthday [size=14pt]♫♫♫[/size]

If they don't like it, they can eat poison. 

[quote author=e-herbal link=topic=595844.msg7638262#msg7638262 date=1296467075]`
‘Girl paid kidnappers N10,000 to abduct
brother’[/quote]Can you post the link to the story? Thanks.

dayokanu:
Someone could have translated it for you. Cos hardly can you see a young Americana like you who grew up in Atlanta that can write Yoruba well

Those are fighting words!  I did not grow up in America. 

Anyway, just you wait.  I've got plans about Barrister's discography.

dayokanu:
A degree from Bristol? SHe already has a degree in Psychology so Nothing added.

You're getting it all wrong.

fstranger1:
^^^^

And, what is she going to get after she is done translating?

A pat on the back? A first class ticket to Nigeria? A degree from[b] Bristol University[/b] ? An express invitation to your exclusive bedroom?

What exactly?

I've sent him on an errand. he'l never find the lyrics cos I had to spend a lot of time transcribing those songs.

dayokanu:
Isale Gangan,

Did you write that yourself or you copied it off somewhere.

It was in the Barrister thread that I first noticed you on NL

Can you translate this one so I would believe you.

I believe no one on NL is better than me at Yoruba so this is a challenge

Oh no, he didn't!   

I'm going to turn it around on you.  I challenge you to look for those lyrics anywhere online.  Anywhere! 

manny4life:
See o, I disagree with this list;  please, i take God and beg u, count me out,

hmm there's about to be chaos here on NL.

hahahahahhehehehehohoho.  You picked a side and now you got to stick with it.  Don't abandon your team.  Very very sneaky.  You know how they punish deserters!

If you can show me a post in this thread showing the following, I might reconsider:
- you asserted your right to chase as many women as you can handle
- where you expressed regret that a life was lost, but "you know, he kinda shoulda expected it"
- you will defend to your last breath the continent of Africa from legalizing the gays
- you expressed the view that the westerners are out to ruin us by promoting this "lifestyle" and corrupting our young 'uns in their country
- you stated that the guilty party was probably a friend
You may also gain the support of 2 members on the "hetero" list that can vouch that you are not "you-know"?

You may not edit your posts. I can tell.

Katsumoto:
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Oti n kolo die die.

die die. a little? not a lot?

UPDATED - Thread Summary - page 3 to now:

Gays
SEFAGO (King of the gays!)
Eldee (Sefago's you-know )
Eku (but of course),
Jenifa (not Nigerian, not even African),
*FStranger (no surprise),
Morpheus24
Udezue (seriously, look at his profile pic)
Chrisbenogor (very angry gay)
Gar3th (gay guy, gayer name)
Gbawe (pretends to be liberal to get hot feminist chicks)
Tippy Top
Manny4life
Redsun
Idehn
OA4MJ
Adconline
2good (2good for women?)
Olojoro
Babalegba (passionate about man love)
Queensmith
Londoner
Shy-One (u so crazy)
Ileke-Idi

Bi-curious
PhysicsQEDHMDPHDEDD (am shocked)
Tasma

Questionable
Buzugee (nothing to see here)
Mobinga
OA4MJ

In a League of His Own
13volts ( "I will kill any Gay if i had a chance" )

Hetero
Sagamite,
Katsumoto,
Tensor, (VERY VERY VERY VERY VE-RY heterosexual!  Very!)
Obiagu1
Mai Suya
Lastpage
Righton (thinks everyone except him is "secretly gay" )
Deluxecad (hates homos named david)
Elrony
Viewlekan
babaowo
Dreamchaser
Philip0906 (textspeak will turn you gay.  seriously, stop it!)
random posters
Isale-Gangan

OAM4J:
Since you have taking the position of a judge, how about helping us summarize the points both for and against, and then declare the Heteros winner.

Well, well. To be honest, I am shocked and saddened.  Didn't realize there were these many gays on NL.  Someone else will have to summarize the arguments and declare a winner.  All I can do is point and laugh. 

Disclaimer: If you feel you have been misinterpreted, maligned, your reputation sullied in any way, I hereby offer . . . 

Brace yourselves; update on Akeem:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/nyregion/01bmw.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

BMW Robbery Victim Is Called Trusting

His family calls him “Olakunle,” a name that means “the wealth that fills the house” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, where Akeem Ajimotokan grew up adored as the youngest of four boys.

But Mr. Ajimotokan’s real richness, his family said Monday, is in the trust and generosity he has always showered on others — unconditionally and, as it turned out, fatefully.

Mr. Ajimotokan had no reason to think that selling his electric blue BMW M3 coupe on the Internet would leave him in a coma clinging to life, his brother, Ayo Ajim, said.

“He is very trusting, very friendly, very lovable, the kind of guy who would believe in the best of everyone,” said Dr. Ajim, an emergency medicine doctor in Houston.

Mr. Ajimotokan, 33, was found by the police on Wednesday morning, tied up and unconscious in the trunk of his car. He had been brutally beaten and stabbed, his ear partly severed.

Investigators are searching for a suspect who they said had posed as a prospective buyer, identified by the police as Barion A. Blake, an ex-convict with many previous arrests, including for stealing BMWs.

Mr. Blake, according to the police, was last seen walking away from the BMW on 10th Avenue and Dyckman Street in Manhattan after crashing the car into a livery cab.

Mr. Ajimotokan was still in a coma, Dr. Ajim said, but the family decided to move him from Harlem Hospital on Monday to an undisclosed New York hospital for privacy after the gruesome case drew an uncontrollable amount of attention.

“He is doing a little better,” Dr. Ajim said from Houston. “He is moving his hands and legs, and that is positive. We hope the worst period is over.”

Of Mr. Blake’s previous arrests, six came in New York City, the police said, and his two most recent arrests — for criminal possession of marijuana and criminal trespassing — occurred in November, both in Inwood, in Upper Manhattan. Prosecutors requested bail for both arrests, but Criminal Court records indicate that no bail was set, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

“What’s so horrifying,” Dr. Ajim said of his brother’s attack, “is that if he felt that the man wanted to steal the car, he would have just given him the keys and let him go.”

Just two weeks ago, Dr. Ajim said, he was teasing his baby brother about the flashy sports car when Mr. Ajimotokan picked him up from the airport.

“We were just joking and I said, ‘Lawyers can’t drive this kind of car,’ ” he said.

Mr. Ajimotokan, who attended law school and had been working in the office of procurement at Columbia University, just laughed and told his brother that he planned to sell it soon.

All four brothers grew up in Lagos, where their father, Tunde, was a corporate lawyer. On his deathbed in 1994, Dr. Ajim said, he told the 16-year-old Akeem that he wanted him to follow him into the profession.

After high school, Mr. Ajimotokan moved to New York to live with his oldest brother and sister-in-law, Alice, while both were residents at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Mr. Ajimotokan graduated from the State University at Stony Brook in 2001 with a bachelor of arts degree, a spokeswoman said.

Mr. Ajimotokan attended Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law from 2001 until 2003 but did not graduate, according to a spokeswoman for the law school. He had also taken business school classes, his sister-in-law said. “His little nieces just love him,” said Dr. Alice Ajim, who rushed to New York this weekend. “He always sends them gifts at Christmas.”

The family has received an outpouring of e-mails, calls and Facebook messages from around the world.

“We are so grateful that he was found when he was,” Dr. Ayo Ajim, who is also a minister at Grace International Church in Houston, said. “We see it being the hand of God, nothing short of a miracle.”

Also discussed here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-594719.0.html

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7646509#msg7646509 date=1296569604]Haha Ok I saw the Ijinle you wrote. Very good stuff, I'm not sure I can compete with that, that was like a whole album there lol. Very nice.[/quote]You're too kind. 
I can see errors in it, but I appreciate your support.

Update on Akeem:

BMW Robbery Victim Is Called Trusting

His family calls him “Olakunle,” a name that means “the wealth that fills the house” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, where Akeem Ajimotokan grew up adored as the youngest of four boys.

But Mr. Ajimotokan’s real richness, his family said Monday, is in the trust and generosity he has always showered on others — unconditionally and, as it turned out, fatefully.

Mr. Ajimotokan had no reason to think that selling his electric blue BMW M3 coupe on the Internet would leave him in a coma clinging to life, his brother, Ayo Ajim, said.

“He is very trusting, very friendly, very lovable, the kind of guy who would believe in the best of everyone,” said Dr. Ajim, an emergency medicine doctor in Houston.

Mr. Ajimotokan, 33, was found by the police on Wednesday morning, tied up and unconscious in the trunk of his car. He had been brutally beaten and stabbed, his ear partly severed.

Investigators are searching for a suspect who they said had posed as a prospective buyer, identified by the police as Barion A. Blake, an ex-convict with many previous arrests, including for stealing BMWs.

Mr. Blake, according to the police, was last seen walking away from the BMW on 10th Avenue and Dyckman Street in Manhattan after crashing the car into a livery cab.

Mr. Ajimotokan was still in a coma, Dr. Ajim said, but the family decided to move him from Harlem Hospital on Monday to an undisclosed New York hospital for privacy after the gruesome case drew an uncontrollable amount of attention.

“He is doing a little better,” Dr. Ajim said from Houston. “He is moving his hands and legs, and that is positive. We hope the worst period is over.”

Of Mr. Blake’s previous arrests, six came in New York City, the police said, and his two most recent arrests — for criminal possession of marijuana and criminal trespassing — occurred in November, both in Inwood, in Upper Manhattan. Prosecutors requested bail for both arrests, but Criminal Court records indicate that no bail was set, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

“What’s so horrifying,” Dr. Ajim said of his brother’s attack, “is that if he felt that the man wanted to steal the car, he would have just given him the keys and let him go.”

Just two weeks ago, Dr. Ajim said, he was teasing his baby brother about the flashy sports car when Mr. Ajimotokan picked him up from the airport.

“We were just joking and I said, ‘Lawyers can’t drive this kind of car,’ ” he said.

Mr. Ajimotokan, who attended law school and had been working in the office of procurement at Columbia University, just laughed and told his brother that he planned to sell it soon.

All four brothers grew up in Lagos, where their father, Tunde, was a corporate lawyer. On his deathbed in 1994, Dr. Ajim said, he told the 16-year-old Akeem that he wanted him to follow him into the profession.

After high school, Mr. Ajimotokan moved to New York to live with his oldest brother and sister-in-law, Alice, while both were residents at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Mr. Ajimotokan graduated from the State University at Stony Brook in 2001 with a bachelor of arts degree, a spokeswoman said.

Mr. Ajimotokan attended Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law from 2001 until 2003 but did not graduate, according to a spokeswoman for the law school. He had also taken business school classes, his sister-in-law said. “His little nieces just love him,” said Dr. Alice Ajim, who rushed to New York this weekend. “He always sends them gifts at Christmas.”

The family has received an outpouring of e-mails, calls and Facebook messages from around the world.

“We are so grateful that he was found when he was,” Dr. Ayo Ajim, who is also a minister at Grace International Church in Houston, said. “We see it being the hand of God, nothing short of a miracle.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/nyregion/01bmw.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg7607239#msg7607239 date=1296053294]Caught a bit of NBC's Today Show.  They're not even pretending to be journalists anymore.  Is Matt just picking the ones he fancies?  Lovely girl in thigh high boot in favor, Natalie's old news now?  And Meredith still hanging in there.  And before that was Ms. Campbell Brown.  Just rename it The Today Show with Matt Lauer and his Groupies.  Won't hurt the ratings any.[/quote]
Tuesday in America:
So, I'm watching the Today Show again.  Meredith is wearing the same type boots that the temp co-host had on the other day; she must have figured Matt really likes that look - he was sitting mighty close to that girl the other day.  Okay, kinda gossipy, but you can go on and google Matt Lauer and his extra-curricular activities with his co-hosts snd other random NBC chicks.*  The curse of the Today Show.  Okay, so Meredith - Hot dirty-talking Meredith. I don't lie - check her videos when she used to co-host The View.  Ha! Her poor long-suffering disabled hubby.

Okay, so this is where it may relate to Naijas abroad:  the subject is about an American woman who has been charged with "Child Abuse" after she allowed Dr. Phil (quack!) to broadcast a video of her punishing her pre-teen child by spilling "hot sauce" down his throat.  BTW, I found out about this practice from an interview with Lisa Whelchel who used to be on Facts of Life - I think she's even married to a doctor and he allows that?  Anyway, it seems to be a practice done by Oyinbos. 

Matt has a pediatrician and a psychiatrist discussing whether is it child abuse.  They both agree.  Matt is surprised that 33% of people NBC polled think that the punishment is acceptable.  Oyinbo no know the difference between discipline and torture.  Fact!

Matt was mentioning corporal punishment with belts and spanking.  But I'm thinking hitting with a belt is kinda cruel.  Depending on the age - a cane I'm fine with, or use the hand for slaps to the body - never to the face!
*
http://deceiver.com/2010/05/24/matt-lauer-mistress-natalie-morales-gives-great-marriage-advice/
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/05/bryant-gumbel-and-al-roker-leave-matt-lauer-alone/

We previously discussed appropriate punishment in another thread.  Kinda. 
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=592719.msg7608763#msg7608763

Katsumoto:
You are one funny and mischievious gal; you have replaced Ileke-Idi as the Don King (fight promoter) of the politics section.

hahahaha.

Neh. I'm sweet as pie.  Ileke-Idi is a baaaaaad girl.  Bad to the bone.  Wait! She did call me an "evil chick" once.  Hmmmmm.

I shall update the list later.  I missed way too many people.  Who could forget Bluetooth - he's been fighting for the straight man in every "gay" thread on NL and elsewhere probably since the dawn of the interweb.  A true warrior.  I salute you, Oga Bluetooth.   

And I must warn you, we all know FStranger* is gay.  It's personal for him.  He's fighting for his right to marry the man of his choice.  "One day, all men, gay or straight, will be able to walk down the aisle in front of family and friends, and a gay man can announce to the world, 'I do take this other man' and. . .  to realize the true meaning of their creed.  I have a dream today!"

*have a lovely day

PhysicsMHD:
ROFL

I'm straight as an arrow.

And this thread was actually slightly educational, as far as universities, academic reputations (deserved or undeserved), careers, and occasionally human sexuality are concerned.

But, ask yourself, what in hell's bathroom has school rankings got to do with a dead gay Ugandan.  Huh? huh?  Yeah!  I'm waaaaiiitiiiinnnnnng!   

You are definitely bicurious. *

*Check my siggy.

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7643615#msg7643615 date=1296531486]Spill with caution. . . You know it's kinda funny, I want to know but I'm like -how fair is it that you want someone to reveal stuff but you are not ready to do the same- well I guess life ain't fair. So spill it. I would have said YIM but that too is a no no for me. Dang!! my CIA code is killing me.

LOL@ ::yelling to lurking secret admirer::[/quote]Someone you know.

As long as you believe that I was put up to it.  I would never, and I mean, ne-va, be so forward as to ask you any personal questions. 

About me speaking and writing Yoruba, I direct you to these:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=569456.msg7385919#msg7385919
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=569456.msg7396605#msg7396605

We need a complete list.  I demand to get something out of this thread! 

So, when you make your nominations, please remind me if the poster is a gay or a straight.  If he's a waffler, like PhysicsMDPHDQPD, let me know that too. 

Gracias muchachos!

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=593966.msg7643547#msg7643547 date=1296529793]Thread Summary - page 3 to now:

Gays
Eku (but of course),
Jenifa (not Nigerian, not even African),
*FStranger (no surprise),
PhysicsQEDHMDPHDEDD (am shocked)

Hetero
Sagamite,
Katsumoto,
Tensor,
random posters

Sounds about right.

If I missed anyone, I'll update later. 

Check my siggy.[/quote]UPDATED

Thread Summary - page 3 to now:

Gays
SEFAGO (King of the gays!)
Eldee (Sefago's you-know )
Eku (but of course),
Jenifa (not Nigerian, not even African),
*FStranger (no surprise),

Bi-curious
PhysicsQEDHMDPHDEDD (am shocked)

Hetero
Sagamite,
Katsumoto,
Tensor, (VERY VERY VERY VERY VE-RY heterosexual!  Very!)
random posters

manny4life:
The list is not complete without SEFAGO/Eldee; please update o, lol

You, my dear, are a scholar and a gentleman!

fstranger1:
You didnt realize that the whole thingy was to deflate SEFAGO's ego?

Ask yourself, why would anyone omit SEFAGO from such a phantasmagoric list?

I didn't want to. . .  youuuu knoooow?

PhysicsMHD:
LMAO.

My position is not much different than Katsumoto's in his first post on here actually. Don't know why you split it up like that, but I appreciate the humor.

Your wish is my command! Give me a moment and I shall correct that injustice.

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7643579#msg7643579 date=1296530583]I mean't "kill" the thread oh ok, no derail then, I will answer; I'm an internet warrior [/quote]I remember you telling me that before. 

::yelling to lurking secret admirer::  Did you hear that?  He's an INTERNET WARRIOR!  Anything else?

Yeah, was gonna kill thread but that's in the past.  It is my prerogative to change my mind. 

Feel free to derail thread.  Actually, it is not possible.  I made it clear, we can discuss anything here.

What's on your mind?  Something you wanna ask me?  Like who is this made-up "secret admirer"?

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7643525#msg7643525 date=1296529191]@Isale, wetin you wan know o? I thought you wanted to killed this thread.[/quote]I was talked out of it.

Anyway, I am to ask you, what it is that you do? 

P.S. I forgot to say "please" and "thank you."

Copied from: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=592779.msg7643439#msg7643439

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=592779.msg7643205#msg7643205 date=1296521029]Seriously though,  I assumed -from your NL persona- that you'd be able to read Yoruba easily.

I was just fortunate to have lived a small but crucial part of my formative years among folks who were proud of Yoruba culture, language and even religion. Some of them will wake up from ibi agba n re to deal me a good slap if I can't read Yoruba.

BTW, most of my classmates didn't read those books either, it wasn't cool to them and religion -especially Pentecostalism- didn't help either. At least you were lucky you saw it in school, my school didn't think D.O Fagunwa was important at all, I was lucky I met some Ijinle relatives alive.

On Tutuola, I've heard people express the same sentiments, It's possible, but it could also be because they both grew up in the same Yoruba folktale tradition. I've read critics ascribe Fagunwa's amazing storytelling abilities and his mixture of magic realism and folktales to his contact with the Bible. I say he got it from the Irunmoles 

I too think Yoruba is very easy to read.

I must confess, I can't remember most of the characters in the book, but there were several male and female characters described with enchanting details by Fagunwa. One of them was Aramada Okunrin with his ability to adapt to changing weather, Olohun Iyo with the magical voice, and of course Kako Oni Kumo ekun. Next time I visit Ibadan, I will not leave that city until I get new copies of the books. I need to re-read them all.

Isale, so you can read Yoruba too?

BTW, there's this writer; Nnedi Okoroafor, she won the Soyinka Prize a few years ago I think. I've not read her works but I understand she writes great magic realism novels anchored on Igbo folk tales or so. I need to get one her books.[/quote]Some people are just not quite as AWESOME as they think they are.

hahaha.  Been reading Yoruba since I was 6.  Why are you surprised?  I've written Yoruba here.  Check the Barrister thread where I transcribe some of his recordings.  Labour of love.

BTW, Someone wants to know more about you.  We'll call this person a "secret admirer."  We can take it to "the other thread" before Powerwhatever pops a vein.

Thread Summary - page 3 to now:

Gays
Eku (but of course),
Jenifa (not Nigerian, not even African),
*FStranger (no surprise),
PhysicsQEDHMDPHDEDD (am shocked)

Hetero
Sagamite,
Katsumoto,
Tensor,
random posters

Sounds about right.

If I missed anyone, I'll update later. 

Check my siggy.

*technical difficulties?

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=592779.msg7643205#msg7643205 date=1296521029]Seriously though,  I assumed -from your NL persona- that you'd be able to read Yoruba easily.

I was just fortunate to have lived a small but crucial part of my formative years among folks who were proud of Yoruba culture, language and even religion. Some of them will wake up from ibi agba n re to deal me a good slap if I can't read Yoruba.

BTW, most of my classmates didn't read those books either, it wasn't cool to them and religion -especially Pentecostalism- didn't help either. At least you were lucky you saw it in school, my school didn't think D.O Fagunwa was important at all, I was lucky I met some Ijinle relatives alive.

On Tutuola, I've heard people express the same sentiments, It's possible, but it could also be because they both grew up in the same Yoruba folktale tradition. I've read critics ascribe Fagunwa's amazing storytelling abilities and his mixture of magic realism and folktales to his contact with the Bible. I say he got it from the Irunmoles 

I too think Yoruba is very easy to read.

I must confess, I can't remember most of the characters in the book, but there were several male and female characters described with enchanting details by Fagunwa. One of them was Aramada Okunrin with his ability to adapt to changing weather, Olohun Iyo with the magical voice, and of course Kako Oni Kumo ekun. Next time I visit Ibadan, I will not leave that city until I get new copies of the books. I need to re-read them all.

Isale, so you can read Yoruba too?

BTW, there's this writer; Nnedi Okoroafor, she won the Soyinka Prize a few years ago I think. I've not read her works but I understand she writes great magic realism novels anchored on Igbo folk tales or so. I need to get one her books.[/quote]Some people are just not quite as AWESOME as they think they are.

hahaha.  Been reading Yoruba since I was 6.  Why are you surprised?  I've written Yoruba here.  Check the Barrister thread where I transcribe some of his recordings.  Labour of love.

BTW, Someone wants to know more about you.  We'll call this person a "secret admirer."  We can take it to "the other thread" before Powerwhatever pops a vein.

poweredcom:
isale gan,

Man who cares, Ok i like yoruba people well well i am not a tribalist, i also like my igbos, pals, and also there is a mallam near my compund that i buy thing fro credit even if i gat no money,

so men keep you gar dam tribal talk ok, you are in USA dey cry naija cry,

Calm down.  Where did I make tribalist statement?  You said no one can tell if you are Yoruba.  You made an easy obvious mistake in the sentence I highlighted.  Just do better next time.  But don't come to me for help.  You blew it bigtime. 

poweredcom:
You see you cant tell if i am yoruba sef,

poweredcom:
Again make una dey here dey argue book literature whether na una papa be Wole soyinka or Chinua Achebe, abi him relate to una any way, Bunch of bombboklatts, Hausa go say Dan boroba shege. Igbo go say Ndi ara Yoruba go say, were ni gbo gbo e

Not Yoruba.

It's whoever is going to put the needs and the interest of the Egyptian people before anything else - like "will the Americans be happy" or "is it good for Israel".

And that sure ain't Mubarak!

fstranger1:
^^^^

Wow enough respect for you

I never could read Ijinle Yoruba

I always find it difficult to read, and always felt, and still feel inferior to those who can read it fluently

Enough respect for you.

to Oga Kilode.

Yoruba is easy to read as long as the vowels are accented.  And a book would be.  

I read a Fagunwa book when I was real little - 10ish.  Don't remember the title.  'Twas the one where the protagonist was in a forest and saw a woman(?) with a long silver or golden tongue.  Somethng like that.  Not sure I actualy finished it cos my sis had serious designs on it.  I need to find it for purchase.  Would enjoy reading it in record time and rubbing it (someone)'s face.

Nigeria Abroad News.  Update on Akeem's condition: No new news other than suspect still at large, and below article.

Ex-Con Ducked Jail Twice Before BMW Theft Attack

MANHATTAN — Less than three months before career thief Barion Blake allegedly stabbed a Columbia University employee and stuffed him in the trunk of his own BMW, he violated the terms of his parole twice in Manhattan but stayed a free man both times, DNAinfo has learned.

Blake, 30, an ex-con who police said has a history of stealing BMWs, might have been behind bars last week — instead of allegedly carrying out a brutal attack on Columbia University contracts attorney Akeem Ajimotokan — if two judges and parole officers had ordered Blake incarcerated, according to court records.

Blake was arrested and charged with marijuana possession on Nov. 10 in Inwood, where he apparently lives with his wife, court records show. He was allowed to go free on that arrest, after his lawyer argued the pot didn't belong to him, and that Blake would lose his job as a construction worker if he got incarcerated again.

Prosecutors asked for $1,000 bail, but Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Neil Ross released Blake on his own recognizance, according to court records.

Days later, Blake was arrested on third-degree criminal trespass on Nov. 19 inside the lobby of 9 Thayer St. in Inwood, where he told police he had no right to be inside, but added, "I can't get arrested because I'm on parole," according to court records.

Blake was arraigned the next day, and was released on his own recognizanze by Manhattan Criminal Court Judge ShawnDya Simpson, despite prosecutor Shira Arnow's attempt to keep the "high risk" ex-con in on $2,000 bail, court minutes show.

A spokesman for the New York State court system defended the judges' rulings, saying bail must be based on a person's likelihood to make court dates.

"In New York State the law says bail can only be used to ensure a defendant returns to court," said David Bookstaver, spokesman for the Office of Court Administration. "It cannot be used for preventative detention or for punishment."

Blake's parole supervision was transferred from New Jersey to New York on April 12, 2010, after he spent about a decade in prisons in both states on various convictions.

Although he reports to a New York State parole officer, New Jersey has enforcement rights based on the interstate agreement, a spokesman for the New York State Division of Parole told DNAinfo.

A representative from New Jersey's parole agency did not return repeated calls from DNAinfo about Blake's parole status.

The agency's handbook, though, says a re-arrest is not an automatic violation, but parole officers must be promptly informed and a revocation hearing process could begin "before the pending criminal charges are disposed of in court."

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. recently said New York State should toughen its laws to allow judges leeway in charging repeat misdemeanor offenders, like Blake

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MandingoII:
Actually, Buzugee is kinda right.

Nigerian women that come to Amerikka will be materially well off, but will not find suitable relationships.

I see them all the time. They eventually turn FAT and CRUDE.

The Men also turn Fat and f unky, but the more youthful ones live a better life. They reach for White wimmmens which are plentiful here and THIRSTY for Black manliness.

You know I have no beef with you.  I figure you hang around here cos you secretly want to go back to Africa and find your roots. 

Don't be offended because the African girls won't entertain your advances; it's not personal. I'm sure you're just as fine as you can be.   

You see, the culture dictates that paternity determines the identity of the child.  Since these women want their children to be like them, they will always pick an African man, almost always from the same tribe/ethnic group.  And they're not gonna date just to date!  Forget it.

You know you're always chasing after the African women.  Rubbish - "They don't look good," my butt!  We have to fight you guys off EVERY DAY!  Can't frigging take "NO!" for an answer either. 

Anyway, I have only ever met 2 African women married to akatas/oyinbo.  One was from Tanzania and I don't remember where the other girl was from. Definitely not Nigeria or West Africa though.

Have a nice day, Mandigo man. 

alj harem:
i will never kill anyone because he is a southerner, that is not in our nature

would i say yorubas are evil when they were killing northerners in alausa then and i was in lagos,.,. certainly not

all in all, yorubas need to protect themselves

Alhaji,

What are you doing? 

You're turning people against you?  You're fighting with your bosom buddy, Jason.
And worst of all, you're rubbing Ileke Idi the wrong way.  I fear for you o.  Ileke is battle-hardy; she's an amazon.  She'll break you in two!