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***Gets ice cold lemonade and piping hot pizza; sits down to watch naija-yankee game starting at 10:15pm. Says Fatiha just for good measure, even though I know we'll win this! ***

2012 Olympics Watch

I love my country, but they may have to create an Iron or Tin medal for us to get something. Here's looking forward to more of the tracks and field events. Anyway, it ain't about winning, it's about celebrating human athleticism and capacity for physical endurance.

Current Medals count:
Ranking ●Gold ●Silver ●Bronze ●Total
1. China 18 10 4 32
2. United States 14 8 9 31
3. Japan 2 4 11 17
4. France 6 3 6 15
5. Germany 3 8 4 15
6. Britain 4 6 4 14
7. South Korea 7 2 4 13
8. Russia 3 4 6 13
9. Italy 3 5 2 10
10. Australia 1 7 2 10
11. Canada 0 2 5 7
12. Ukraine 2 0 4 6
13. Romania 1 3 2 6
14. North Korea 4 0 1 5
15. Netherlands 1 1 3 5
16. Hungary 2 1 1 4
17. Brazil 1 1 2 4
18. Mexico 0 3 1 4
19. Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3
19. South Africa 3 0 0 3
21. New Zealand 1 0 2 3
22. Colombia 0 2 1 3
22. Cuba 0 2 1 3
24. Slovakia 0 0 3 3
25. Slovenia 1 0 1 2
26. Sweden 0 2 0 2
27. Denmark 0 1 1 2
27. Spain 0 1 1 2
27. Indonesia 0 1 1 2
27. Mongolia 0 1 1 2
27. Norway 0 1 1 2
32. Georgia 1 0 0 1
32. Lithuania 1 0 0 1
32. Venezuela 1 0 0 1
35. Czech Republic 0 1 0 1
35. Egypt 0 1 0 1
35. Poland 0 1 0 1
35. Thailand 0 1 0 1
35. Taiwan 0 1 0 1
40. Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1
40. Belgium 0 0 1 1
40. Belarus 0 0 1 1
40. Greece 0 0 1 1
40. India 0 0 1 1
40. Moldova 0 0 1 1
40. Qatar 0 0 1 1
40. Singapore 0 0 1 1
40. Serbia 0 0 1 1
40. Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1

http://london2012.nytimes.com/results

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/medals/countries
Egypt won Silver in Fencing.
South Africa won 2 Gold medals in Swimming, and 1 Gold in Rowing.
Brazil won 1 Gold and 2 Bronze medals in Judo and 1 Silver in Swimming.
Cuba won 2 Silver medals in Judo and 1 Bronze in Weightlifting.

naptu2: After that incident, she vowed never to compete for Nigeria. On July 6, 2001 she officially became a Spanish citizen.

Good luck to her in her brilliant Spanish life.

Does Nigeria have a chance in any area? Track/Fields? Anything? Anyway, we'll still root for ours and enjoy the tourney to celebrate athleticism and human endurance.

Current Medals count:
Ranking ●Gold ●Silver ●Bronze ●Total
1. China 18 10 4 32
2. United States 14 8 9 31
3. Japan 2 4 11 17
4. France 6 3 6 15
5. Germany 3 8 4 15
6. Britain 4 6 4 14
7. South Korea 7 2 4 13
8. Russia 3 4 6 13
9. Italy 3 5 2 10
10. Australia 1 7 2 10
11. Canada 0 2 5 7
12. Ukraine 2 0 4 6
13. Romania 1 3 2 6
14. North Korea 4 0 1 5
15. Netherlands 1 1 3 5
16. Hungary 2 1 1 4
17. Brazil 1 1 2 4
18. Mexico 0 3 1 4
19. Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3
19. South Africa 3 0 0 3
21. New Zealand 1 0 2 3
22. Colombia 0 2 1 3
22. Cuba 0 2 1 3
24. Slovakia 0 0 3 3
25. Slovenia 1 0 1 2
26. Sweden 0 2 0 2
27. Denmark 0 1 1 2
27. Spain 0 1 1 2
27. Indonesia 0 1 1 2
27. Mongolia 0 1 1 2
27. Norway 0 1 1 2
32. Georgia 1 0 0 1
32. Lithuania 1 0 0 1
32. Venezuela 1 0 0 1
35. Czech Republic 0 1 0 1
35. Egypt 0 1 0 1
35. Poland 0 1 0 1
35. Thailand 0 1 0 1
35. Taiwan 0 1 0 1
40. Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1
40. Belgium 0 0 1 1
40. Belarus 0 0 1 1
40. Greece 0 0 1 1
40. India 0 0 1 1
40. Moldova 0 0 1 1
40. Qatar 0 0 1 1
40. Singapore 0 0 1 1
40. Serbia 0 0 1 1
40. Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1

http://london2012.nytimes.com/results

aramstoks: . . . i just hope we lose honourably haha

As long as we don't cheat or elbow people in the kidneys, we'll win/lose honourably.

BARCELONA: BASKETBALL; Barkley's Elbow Fouls a U.S. Rout
NYTimes Archives - Olympics 1992

Not surprisingly, Charles Barkley got into the Olympic spirit this afternoon by smashing an intentional elbow into the chest of the skinniest member of the Angolan team.

Leave it to the 250-pound Barkley to pick on a 174-pound economics student from a third-world, war-torn nation who has spent many a Wednesday night back home in Luanda searching the television dial in search of his favorite forward from the National Basketball Association.

That's right, the one, the only, and the occasionally ugly: Sir Charles.

The United States Olympic basketball team, which will face its first real test Monday night against Croatia, was predictably awesome in its Olympic debut today. But it was quite another impression that Barkley made on 24-year-old Herlander Coimbra, the opening day crowd here at the Palau d'Esports and his United States teammates. Coimbra was shocked that Barkley would "make violence" with him, the fans who cheered everyone else booed Barkley and some of the other Dream Team players decided to join in.

"If he keeps this up, they're going to throw him out of the Olympics," Michael Jordan said of Barkley after the United States highlighted a 116-48 rout of the African champion with a 46-1 first-half run. "We've already created some ill feelings here, and that didn't help."

David Robinson said, "We're trying to tell Charles that he can't get too much out of control."

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/27/sports/barcelona-basketball-barkley-s-elbow-fouls-a-us-rout.html

Can't find the clip, but here's a foreshadowing of events to come:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLVkcecP8g
Vintage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQQcpWGC-xE

P.S. So, I guess we're not in futbol this olympics? Mehn! Anyway, we'll be rooting for our basketball team.

Na-ija! Na-ija!! NA-IJA!!!

debosky: Did ordinary white folk submit the story-idea for all the white-themed show? Even the famous Dora the explorer was created by two white guys, so why should black people have to send in their own ideas?

There are black writers and producers and the last time I checked there are millions of black mothers and fathers in USA - many of them familiar with paper and pencil. If it bothers them that much that their children are not exposed to good FICTIONAL role models, they can do something about it.

When US black folk start watching other things apart from basketball and booty shaking videos (stereotypes I know ), maybe they'll take y'all more seriously.

Who be "US Black Folk"?! BITE YOUR TONGUE, Kosovo Dobosky YOU!

AjanleKoko: ^^
Sid the Science Kid is Hispanic

[img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQWpSjK6c5UCy0qDBcwuHT3UBiAsOLCgoKSWA_cAjYy1jr2xqBP[/img]

His mom looks black. And the red-headed papi looks white. According to American tradition, one drop of tainted black blood makes you black.

As per your BET comments, try to see the Boondocks Season 1 Episode 9, Return Of The King. That should get you a good laugh.

I love Boondocks. lol. Don't get me started. Though McGruder often offends instead of illuminating and educating. But he admits he wants it that way - getting in people's faces.

AjanleKoko: I like basketball. And booty-shaking videos. What else is there to watch?

Don't mind that Grammarian. That's what he lives for!

The only people that hate Fela in nigeria are the pronounced evil ones,i.e,the politicians ,rogue enterprenuers(dem mko,otedola type)and the very deluded.

Katsumoto: True

Katsumoto: That is your opinion which you are entitled to of course.

Thanks.

airfinance: [color=#006600][/color]
Orange nko 50k for one na kokolo ebi. . .

Could you quote Katsumoto's post one more time in your response?

Katsumoto: . . .There are a few underground clubs, chronic-smoking joints very close to the Berlin wall and in some other places, that sometimes play Fela all night.

"Chronic"? That's pot, right? Marijuana, indian hemp, right? 8-ball? All same thing?


(Not directed at K, but in response to the hero-worshipping on thread.)

Fela was a scumbag surrounded by lowlifes. So, he railed against the government. Was he the only one doing so? Dude got so much publicity for being a bum! Famous for his deviancy, attention-seeking family, pot-smoking, corruption of run-aways and all kinds of anti-social behaviour. Lord knows how many of those vulnerable young women he gave AIDS to. I bet he didn't tell them he had it either. You do know your hero died of AIDS, right? All this Abeokuta people and their wahala.

It's kinda pathetic reading all the 'grateful' comments in the article. If the lack of a leading black cartoon character bothered them that much, why did they not submit a story-idea for a black-themed show? What about B.E.T.? What are they doing, other than perpetuating age-old stereotypes? lol.
Also, isn't Sid the Science Kid a black boy - or at least mixed?

Anyway, the little doctor girl is awesomely cute.

Disney Finds a Cure for the Common Stereotype With ‘Doc McStuffins’

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LOS ANGELES — For decades many African-Americans have voiced conflicted feelings about Disney.

Many fault this entertainment colossus for being slow to introduce a black princess as a peer to Cinderella and Snow White. (There is one now: Tiana, from “The Princess and the Frog.”) The racial stereotyping in early animated movies like “Dumbo” lives on through DVD rereleases. African-Americans can also bring up “Song of the South,” a 1946 film that Disney has labored to keep hidden because of its idyllic depiction of slavery.

Disney has worked overtime in recent years to leave that past behind, and a surprising groundswell of support from black viewers for a new TV cartoon called “Doc McStuffins” is the latest indication that its efforts may be paying off.

Aimed at preschoolers, “Doc McStuffins” centers on its title character, a 6-year-old African-American girl. Her mother is a doctor (Dad stays home and tends the garden), and the girl emulates her by opening a clinic for dolls and stuffed animals. “I haven’t lost a toy yet,” she says sweetly to a sick dinosaur in one episode.

The series, which made its debut in March on the Disney Channel and a new cable network called Disney Junior, is a ratings hit, attracting an average of 918,000 children age 2 to 5, according to Nielsen data. But “Doc McStuffins” also seems to have struck a cultural nerve, generating loud applause on parent blogs, Facebook and even in academia for its positive vocational message for African-American girls.

“It truly warmed my heart and almost brought tears to my eyes when my 8-year-old, Mikaela, saw ‘Doc McStuffins’ for the first time and said, ‘Wow, mommy — she’s brown,’ ” Kia Morgan Smith, an Atlanta mother of five, wrote on her blog Cincomom.com. Myiesha Taylor, a Dallas doctor who blogs at CoilyEmbrace.com, took her praise a step further, writing, “This program featuring a little African-American girl and her family is crucial to changing the future of this nation.”

Dr. Taylor, who noticed “Doc McStuffins” while watching TV with her 4-year-old daughter, Hana, was moved enough to collect pictures of 131 doctors — all black, all women — and publish a collage online under the heading, “We Are Doc McStuffins.” She also started a related Facebook group that now has 2,250 members.

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“For Disney to make a cartoon that stars a little brown girl as an aspiring intellectual professional, that’s coming a long way,” Dr. Taylor said in an interview.

Mark Anthony Neal, a professor who teaches black popular culture at Duke University, noted that Disney has sharply increased its emphasis on multicultural characters in recent years, pointing to a cartoon series called “The Proud Family” and “The Princess and the Frog,” released in 2009. But even he is impressed with “Doc McStuffins.”

“My youngest daughter, who is 9 and still has an affinity for stuffed animals, loves the show,” Mr. Neal said. “Part of the appeal for her is seeing herself represented in this space of fantasy.”

Despite a surge in multicultural cartoons, like Nickelodeon’s “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan,” designed to introduce Mandarin vocabulary words to preschoolers, and 40 years after Bill Cosby’s “Fat Albert,” black cartoon characters in leading roles are still rare. It’s considered an on-screen risk to make your main character a member of a minority, even in this post-“Dora the Explorer” age. Networks want to attract the broadest possible audience, but the real peril is in the toy aisle. From a business perspective, Disney and its rivals ultimately make most of these shows in the hope that they spawn mass-appeal toy lines. White dolls are the proven formula.

Encouraged by the reaction to multicultural casting in its live-action shows (“A.N.T. Farm”), Disney figured it was a risk worth taking. The company also spotted a hole in the market. The last major preschool cartoon to have a black focus was Mr. Cosby’s “Little Bill,” which ended five years ago on Nickelodeon. Race may have factored into Disney’s thinking in other ways. “Doc McStuffins” is mostly designed to entertain, a minus for parents of preschoolers, who typically want educational components (like the way Dora teaches Spanish and problem solving). A positive message about racial diversity helps fix that problem, as do messages about health and hygiene.

Chris Nee, who created “Doc McStuffins,” said, “Disney, to its complete credit, looked at my pitch and suggested that we make the characters African-American.” Her original Doc McStuffins was a little white girl.

Gary Marsh, the president and chief creative officer of Disney Channels Worldwide, said “Doc McStuffins” reflects a type of hypersensitivity to the power of television on young viewers. “What we put on TV can change how kids see the world, and that is a responsibility that I take very seriously,” he said. “By showcasing different role models and different kinds of families we can positively influence sociological dynamics for the next 20 years.”

Disney executives often bristle when people (read: reporters) dredge up examples of racial insensitivity from the distant past. They maintain that the company has more than proved itself over the years, pointing to It’s a Small World, the musical theme park ride celebrating multiculturalism, or “The Lion King” on Broadway, which features a predominantly black cast.

But race remains a perennial hot button for the company. In June, for instance, Shonda Rhimes, the creator of “Grey’s Anatomy,” publicly assailed a program on the cable network ABC Family (owned by Disney) for its lack of diversity. “You couldn’t cast even ONE young dancer of color so I could feel good about my kid watching this show? NOT ONE?” Ms. Rhimes, who is black, said on Twitter about “Bunheads,” a series about ballerinas.

When it comes to “Doc McStuffins,” Ms. Nee, whose résumé, curiously enough, includes producing Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch,” just wanted to make a show that was enjoyable and that could help her 5-year-old son, Theo, feel better about his asthma. “I wanted to help him understand that doctors aren’t scary,” Ms. Nee said.

In a nod to Disney’s “Toy Story” movies Ms. Nee gave added some sidekicks that come alive when nobody else is around. There is a hippo named Hallie (voiced by Loretta Devine) and a hypochondriac snowman named Chilly. “ ‘Cheers’ for preschoolers” is one way Ms. Nee describes the show’s mix of personalities.

African-Americans are represented among the show’s writers and animators, according to a spokeswoman, adding that voice actors are ethnic matches to their roles, except for one instance in which an African-American plays a white character.

Disney Junior, which is distributed in about 55 million homes and competes against channels like Nick Jr. and Sprout, recently announced that “Doc McStuffins” would return for a second season. Its ratings have drooped a bit from their strong start, but the series has attracted a surprisingly large following among boys — and related merchandise is already selling briskly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/arts/television/disneys-doc-mcstuffins-connects-with-black-viewers.html?_r=1

Ola one:

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Ola one:

acidtalk: Marriage goes way beyond just love.

Read the full sentence.

rosamaris: All we need as marriage partners is Love, forbearing with one another and longgggggggggg suffering.

ferhyntorlah: I really don't like this habit of leaving unwashed dishes in the sink. . .

I love cooking in a neat kitchen especially when I wake up in the morning. There is nothing like cooking in an atmosphere of freshness and cleanliness.

I'm guessing the people who don't mind dirty dishes in sinks are those who are not disgusted by maggots, right? I cannot abide filthy people and a filthy house. Recently visited the filthiest home I have ever seen. . .

edited cos the dirty chick will recognise herself. lol.

hardcore.

Haven't been following. Hook us up with the latest.

Who's leading in all the polls?

I am very hungry. Never mind why! Just tell me what you had for dinner. Sunset at 845pm my butt!



Mukina Mukinatudeen! What's the sunset time in Gambia/SierraLeone/Nigeria/wherever-you-dey? More important, I have been noticing all your royal behaviour all over NL. Remember there can only be one Queen! The "Princess" can always be banished to the dungeon Make that the TOWER like Goldielocks or whatever. . . Rumpelstiltskinn! I am lightheaded from hunger. Dunno anymore.

stagger: In my own case, the towel business was such an issue. When I was small, I would drop my wet towel on the bed, dress up, then take the towel out. When I got married, I found out that even allowing a wet towel on the bed became a big issue.

Sometimes I like to just tie wrapper because I like air to get to my unmentionables once in a while. My wife just hates it. She prefers me wearing shorts and boxers to appreciate my legs.

Then she has this habit of leaving the bathroom without properly drying her legs, leaving a trail of water that she most times, does not bother to clean. As a domestic safety freak, that drives me mad! I also don't like it when the last of the pot of soup is served and wait for it... no meat! And I am told that the meat finished because I took more than my allocated two pieces on day 1 of the soup. I recall the same thing with my mum years back so I sometimes forgive that one. I have of course, found a way to always make sure extra meat is available once the soup or stew is finishing so there are no stories.

And then the hair net business. Why would a husband pay for his wife to look good, only for that pleasure to go to outsiders and he be left with hair nets all the time? I hate hair nets. I simply loathe them. . .

LOL

acidtalk: LITTLE ATTITUDES THAT CREATE BIG PROBLMS IN HOMES.

* Leaving items liter around the living room and bed room.

* Refusing to eat the top of a sliced bread even when you tore the wrapper open.

* Walking out on your spouse while he/she is complaining of what is hurting them.

* Refusing to flush the WC after using the rest room.

* Refusing to mop the floor after littering water all over the floor after having a bath.

* Piling up dishes in the sink.

I will beat someone into unconsciousness if they repeatedly did the above.

* Not turning off the electronics while going to bed or leaving the house.

Let them burn the house down nau; that'll teach 'em.

* Too pompous to use the words "thank you, I am sorry, Please".

You mean there are men people that use all three?

* Waking your partner from their sleep only to complain about events that happened during the day.

I will be doing this often.

[quote author=O.D.B.]Bachelor life too sweet. I do all the above cos am single and loving it[/quote]"Ol' Dirty Bastardo,"
Wait till you fall in love with Ol' Dirty Bytch your soulmate.

PhysicsQED: Africans in Africa don't seriously ever call each other "nigga" . . .

I once came across an image of it being used by a poor [b]African shop keeper somewhere who tried to use the word on a sign on his store in the "cool" way [/b]that rappers in America do but instead failed terribly at it. I can't remember what country it was right now but I think it was in central Africa.

I hope they beat him to death gave him a stern talking-to.

Mel [i]Braveheart [/i]Gibson will be very upset about these developments.

Mel has ties/claims to 3 different countries: Scotland, USA, Australia.

Dede1: From this interview and other political commentaries of late, it is clear Oodua Republic will turn into a beggar country if Nigeria disintegrates. In addition, the republic will be the first to start a war by attempting to grab some crude oil producing areas and will eventually get serious beat down. . .

That is some funny stuff. I get a kick out of Dede1, I must confess.

Best quote ever:
https://www.nairaland.com/553304/lies-awolowo-igbos/4#8818215

Interesting. . .

engrtee: I was very shy b4 until an incident hapend to me.......we were driving one night around 8pm when mopol stopped us and asked us to identify our self every one did except me..,.i was shakin, just couldn't talk......he asked me 3 times but i didn't have the confidence....until he gave me a sound slap before i sudenly shouted STUDENT...
Even then, i had to bring my id card to prove it

since then, i say whats on my mind even b4 a question is asked

shymmex: Chirpse at least two girls every week for 6months, and you'd be fine after that..

¿Qué "Chirpse"?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chirpse

hmmm.

"A Young President Is Coming From Edo State To Bring Peace To Nigeria" – Prophet

I always knew my Bini hubby NL-nemesis, PhysicsMHD/OPP/QFT, would one day save Nigeria, nay, Africa. . . and the entire. . . whole wide world. https://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/63.gif

Lemme be clear: we're talking about doing things out of spite to get back at others and not realising/accepting you're doing irreparable damage to your relationship. Not about whether or not someone can cook.

Lashing out by denying food (and making the kitchen/dining room an inhospitable place for one party) is just one symptom.

Hope it's clearer now.

P.S.: Note that the angry woman that brought it up, and was leading the others, has acknowledged having a bad marriage; and 3 others are divorced/single mothers.

Would you also punish your children by denying them food?

I was the sole African in a group of half a dozen Black women, when the discussion turned to denying your husband food because he made you angry. A quick-tempered woman who had complained about her husband's insensitivity towards her brought up the issue. Minutes earlier she had also embarrassed her 40-year old husband in front of a mixed group, including the aforementioned women, a couple of adult male friends of the husband, some children including the couple's, by correcting him over some pointless thing.

Surprisingly the other women including a teenage girl all agreed with her, that, "oh yeah, it's fine to not cook for him. . .afterall he made you mad and you're fighting."

My opposing view was that:
- Nutrition is a the first need of any living thing, so this punishment is beyond the pale;
- If it is your role to prepare the food, then it is something you should do regardless, and find other means to express your outrage;
- What if he decides to not do something that is his ascribed duty, such as driving you to work the following day, or mowing the lawn?
- Would you refuse to feed your children if they behaved badly?
- How much worse would the acrimony in your household be and how more long-lasting if you escalate things by withholding food?

My viewpoint was met with "oh you're going to be a submissive wife."

I mean, seriously!

Good thing is, these people are not my friends, and I probably will never have to waste time talking to them again.

[quote author=musiwa...]as you push for ethnics hate and bias, other nigerian are watching you , and are upset with you. Dont be shock when they start burning down your people business. this is where you are pushing them too.[/quote]The bolded scared me a little. . . until I saw the "business" part.

Afam4eva, You're not truly NL-infamous until you have Becomerich thread addressing you. lol. Bring out the champagne.

[quote author=Kilode?!]IG,

I just went back to re-read this post, it's quite interesting. From Borno to Benin, it's obvious that our ancestors tried and fought galantly to repel the influence and control of europeans, this rabih even killed French commanders, just like Oba Ovonramwen did against the British.

The same story was told across many of our old kingdoms, that we eventually fell under their control is not the whole story, we should tell these histories more. Great contribution, thanks for sharing. Please share more if you can.[/quote]

alj harem: Lovely thread.

some more addition coming soon hopefully

LIST OF GREAT PRE-COLONIAL LEADERS IN ORDER OF POST
Now we can see who's already been mentioned. Make a post about a new entry or feel free to provide additional information about any of the below.

- LISABI, A Leader of the Egba people of Yorubaland
Lived in the mid-1700s to early 1800s

- Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (1888-1914)

- JAJA OF OPOBO (1821 - 1891), originally Jubo Jubogha

- Ewuare the Great Oba of Benin (r. c. 1440–1473)

- SOUN OGUNLOLA OF OGBOMOSO

- SANGO OF OYO KINGDOM

- KURUNMI OF IJAYE

- QUEEN AMINA OF ZAZZAU

- PRINCESS INIKPI OF IGALALAND

- OGEDENGBE AGBOGUNGBORO

- MOREMI AJASORO

- Mai Dunama Dabbalemi

- Samuel Johnson of Yorubaland (1846 to 1901)

- Tsoede the leader of the Nupe kingdom and the fulani conquest of Nupe and Illorin

- Oke Nnachi

- Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809-1891)

- Oba Ewuare the Great (1440-1473 CE)

- Eze Nri Ìfikuánim leader of the Nri kingdom

- Bashorun Sodeke of Egba
Died: 1845?

- Adeyemi the founder of ikoyi/VI in Lagos (eko which means cassava farm) and the Onikoyi linage

- ADAMU Orisa the man that started eyo festival, first oba of Lagos and the great connection between bini and yoruba in Lagos

- Obi Eze Chima being the first King of Onitsha(16th century)

- Mai Idris Alooma (ruled 1571–1603)
Idris Alooma was mai (king) of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, located mainly in Chad and Nigeria

- Shehu al-Hajj Muhammad al-Amîn ibn Muhammad al-Kânemî (Arabic: محمد لرشيد ابن محمد الكامانی‎) (1776–1837)

- Agwu Inobia or Eze Agwu the man that was the founding father of igbo Arochukwu

- Two brothers Prince Osim and Akuma Nnubi of Akpa cross river state

- Kakpokpo Okon ibibio prince from the Obong Okon Ita Kingdom

- Another foundering father of igbo Arochukwu Nnachi Ipia

- Akpan Okon the last obong(king)of Obong Okon Ita around 1690-1720

- Oke Nnachi the First son of one of the founders of Igbo Arochukwu

- Ogbeyan the founder of Ogbia kingdom

- Oba Esigie of Benin (ruled c.1504-c.1550 AD)
Great ruler of Benin who also commissioned great art

- OONI Luwoo Gbagida (FEMALE)
21st? Ooni of Ife
Circa 1000 C.E

- Balogun Bello Kuku of ijebuland during the latter part of the nineteenth century

- Queen Idia (Mother of Oba Esigie) end of the fifteenth century

- Madam Efunroye Tinubu (19th century), Nigerian businesswoman and patriot from Abeokuta, after whom a prominent Lagos landmark, "Tinubu Square," is named

- Rabeh Azzubair Ibn Fadlallah (19th century) conquered and ruled Kanem-Borno empire

- Nana Asma’u (full name: Nana Asma’u bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo, Arabic: نانا أسماء بنت عثمان فودي‎; 1793–1864) was a princess, poet, teacher, and daughter of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usman dan Fodio.

- Yunfa (r. 1801 - 1808) was a king of the Hausa city-state of Gobirwhen Hausaland was without Islam

- Usman dan Folio (1754–1817) was the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1809, the Great Jihadist that introduced Islam to Hausa, Yoruba, Nupe etc

- Sultan Nafata of Gobir (r.1797–98) the hausa king when Hausaland was without Islam

- Muhammed Bello (reigned 1815 - 1837), son of Usman dan Folio and second sultan of sokoto

- Abu Bakr Atiku(1782–1842) was the brother of Muhammed Bello and the third sultan of sokoto

- Ali bin Bello I (1808–1859) was the 4th Sultan of Sokoto from 1842 to 1859

- Dan Halima, Usuman Masa, Karari and other Great Hausa/fulani/kanuri warriors in kebbi and sokoto

- Sunni Ali (reign 1464–1492), one of the first Hausa kings before the introduction of Islam

- Sarkin Yauri Garba the first of Yauri kingdom(kebbi) before mali invasion

- Ali II of Bornu one of the early ruler of Borno which was before Ali III
Alhaji Ali (also Ali bin Umar) was Mai (ruler) of the Bornu Empire, in what is now the African states of Chad, Nigeria, and Niger, from 1639 to around 1680

- Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Al-Kanemi (died in 1212), a poet and grammarian from Kanem-Borno. His work is the oldest known literature work from anywhere in Nigeria

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Good for those of you in Naija. We've been told in North America that the new moon has not been sighted here as of Thursday (7/19) night - Ramadan has not begun here.

[quote author=Chyz*]fck islam[/quote]thought you were muslim, a quraniyyah. is that a different chyz, or you've switched to atheist? whatever floats your boat, buddy. *shrug*

P.S. thought i was losing it for a minute. yup, i was not wrong.
https://www.nairaland.com/509854/quran-burning-event/1#6724261

[quote author=Mr. Globe]Why has OAMJ . . . never been banned or saçked yet for their numerous tribalism on ñairalànd.[/quote] What tribalism has OAM4j engaged in? Proof please.

nexeee: Am so angry and disturbed...we welcomed a bouncing baby boy last month...i could not travel to be by my wife's side because of some unforeseen issues..so i held fort here in nigeria...my wife decided to send the excess luggage's in bits and i went to pick some of them yesterday..

i picked a total of 6 big suitcases yesterday..on getting home..i decided to open the suitcases and to my chagrin i saw 2 big suitcases filled with just baby footwear...foot wears with price tags ranging from 70dollars to 300dollars..infact the total money she spent on clothes,toys and shoes she bought for the baby is in the range of 1-2m..i was livid with anger..how can someone spend that kind of money on a baby?? shoes that the child will outgrow in a few years time...the first time i wore a 15k shoe was during my NYSC...i am just maad that my wife is not frugal with money..things are not as rosy as it seems..i called her to complain and all she could say was that she is spending the money on her son...it is even heartbreaking that she sees nothing wrong in spending such moni on a baby..

i honestly do not want to bring up my child in such manner...a child needs to know that things are hard..and am just patiently waiting for her to come back..this nonsense just have to stop.

Calm down! It's your first baby. (Unless you already have secret babies somewhere else sha.) Just enjoy this experience. So, she bought lots of baby shoes, including one for $80. Big whoop! I wouldn't spend so ostentatiously on my child, but you have to be happy and understanding towards your wife or you'll create bitterness. It's only money; you can't take it with you, you know.

deshclones: @op...o boy..i brought up this topic at work today,showed this stuff to my colleagues.e bi like say wahala dey... ......is your wife's name - - -,daughter of the - - - guy?cos my colleague went to law school with the - - - chic..lagos law school precisely..and she attended the wedding last year september at - - - - church.and the said - - - gave birth last month to a baby boy in u.s.a.i hope its not your wife sha.abeg confirm for us.

she even show me una picture.wedding and honeymoon plus your baby picture.i just hope its not you..chai...internet bad sha

Hmm. Amebo.

I got the doe baby..wetin you wan buy

dough.

alj harem: . . . I am an Awori-Ogu prince . . .

Interesting.

I am an Awori-Ogu man from Isale eko second generation/ Badagry first generation and[b] I DO NOT SUPPORT TINUBU[/b] !!!!

We You may need a support group soon.