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Abraham was not Arab nor Israeli, but was the father of nations.

However if Abraham were to show up today and tear up a newspaper in northern Nigeria, little Almajiri boys will say he has desecrated the Quoran and must be "beheaded" with his head paraded around and kicked like a football.

How does one forget Genocide? How does one sleep at night knowing genocidial maniacs are being hailed as heros?

I'm not an Igbo man, (I'm Yoruba) but Nigeria needs war memorials and remembrance days. If the South East chooses to leave then they have every right.

What's fair is fair. You can't sit on any region and force them to remain part of some dead oyinbo man's project.

I would like the Nigerian project to succeed but 100 years of failure is too expensive especially if regions are agitating to be free.

I never quite understood why Muritala is revered. He was a poor soldier, a terrible leader and a genocidial maniac!

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Now if you had said: "Obasanjo is a good man", then I wouldn't agree.

Obasanjo is an evil man who has done some good in his lifetime. He is definitely great.

Title of movies in America is governed by a self-regulating system.

Achebe may have registered the title "Things Fall Apart". By doing do 50s movie studio may not have wanted to or not been able to use the same title without Achebe's permission.

Whether or not Achebe had actually released a movie in America or not is not necessary. Things Fall Apart is already in movie format (Nigerian series) and it is possible Achebe may well have registered the title with the US self regulating system in place.

A movie title cannot traditionally be copyrighted as movie titles are likely not an "original idea".

I need to see the video, not one shell seems to have been launched in the excerpt above.

Until I see the video of her making those statements I refuse to believe that is our Dame being quoted.

Ah ah, who taught her English grammar. Or was the interview conducted in her local language and then transcribed?

Nigerians pray for wealth and God gives us wealth (oil, agric, natural commodities, people) perhaps we should have prayed for wise and good leaders.

Man/woman is interchangeable below:
A man prays for money and instead God gives him a job.

A man prays for happiness and God gives him a good wife.

A man prays long life and God gives him good children.

Man prays for a son but instead he gets 5 daughters (who are as good as sons)

A man prays to be spared by armed robbers, he is killed in a bad way but instead his death makes all the newspapers and the police find and catch the armed robbers. Saving tens of lives.

God works in mysterious ways and sometime I don't understand him.

Off Topic but relevant to the Thread so far:

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them sing joyful praises forever.

Spread your protection over them,

that all who love your name may be filled with joy. For you bless the godly, O Lord;

you surround them with your shield of love. (Psalm 5:11, 12 NLT). Psalm written by King David. Descendant of Abraham.

I continually have cause to sing joyful praises forever.

All this talk is hot air. I weep for your souls, if you do not repent and accept Christ as your lord.

Keep his commandments and love your neighbour as yourself. For on the day of judgement the Son of God, the living messiah will judge us all.

Debating on a website and calling the Lord's name without fear or respect is fun and games, but the great and glorious day of the Lord beckons.

I believe Abraham (neither an Arab or an Israeli - but the father of both nations) is in heaven and our time on this earth can be better spent keeping the Lord's commandment and doing at least one good thing for a fellow human being today than insulting each other.

@ , necta

You seem literate and thirsty for knowledge yet you have eyes but cannot see.

The word of God and the love of the holy spirit is written in your heart, look deep within yourself and find the deliverance.

God does not seek harm or wickedness for his children, God does not need others to fight his battles. God's words always come to pass and the Heavens and Earth will bear witness that Jesus is the son of God, from the House of David. David is a descendant of Isaac.

Ismael's line has been blessed with oil but their greed means that is not enough for them. So rather than seek God's deliverance they choose to make war and terror to claim Isaac's inheritance.

People continue to worship a piece of black stone like idols, follow the tenets of a moon god and come here and talk.

It is not by force. Christianity does not compel me to cut off your head, unlike Islam. I am just concerned for your soul.

Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, save your soul and seek deliverance before it is too late.

God bless.

^ a few typos in the above but I'm sure you get the message.

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Believe what you will. Convert to Christianity to save your soul. For their will be wailing and gnashing of teeth on Judgement day. Christ is lord and he died for all our sins.

Abraham is the father of nations and Isaac the father of Israel (God's chosen people that he used to bring the good news of Christ's mercy).

We believe I'm Christ and our faith will prevail in the everlasting life that is to come. True Christianity does not force converts. Many are called but few will answer. On Judgment day, don't say you were not told.

"Everybody answer ya papa name"!

What an uncouth way to appeal to the most base instincts.

If you want to rebalance your staff to reflect the local population then there are better ways.

1) go on a recruitment drive aimed specifically where Abians live;
2) go to the Abian polys and Unis and hire young blood; and
3) do the rebalancing gradually.

The sad fact is that Govt created jobs are mostly wasteful. Nothing is really produced unless the jobs created are infrastructure jobs.

The silly governor should have announced infrastructure projects, frozen mid and top level salaries for pencil pushers in the state civil service and hired Abians for the new infrastructure jobs.

Or is Abia not in need of new roads, bridges, streets etc

I wonder how many additional units of "Things Fall Apart" get sold because of this issue.

Chinua Achebe may not need the money, but I'm sure his publishers wouldn't mind.

I think a film title could be trademarked. Also the film industry has a self regulating system that allows titles to be protected.

"Things Fall Apart" has been shown on  tv (NTA and ?) and also a very well known book - Top 15 in a New York Times list.

Naija no dey carry last, Chinua or his agents must be sharp people. The rap group Roots has used the title before - in honour of the book. So 50cents and or his agents should have done the right thing.

If 50 had used the title, what effect would that have on Chinua's work (past or planned eg movies/series?)

Odd that 50cents had to change the title.

Although it is possible that Chinua Achebe had trademarked or secured a copyright for the title (book, play or film?)

In any case, 50cents don't insult our Uncle Chinua,

@Onyocha,

Govt should stop people from going to church ehn? Is that your mindset?

See this Iranian manlover who wants to protest what is happening thousands of miles away but wants to start a religious war in Nigeria.

You truly are a mat for foreign invaders. If you want your children and grandchildren to be enslaved please get out of Nigeria and go and live in the middleeast.

Africans are being slaughtered in Libya by these Arabs, Israelis supported White South Africa and an IDIOT like yourself wants to get involved in their quarrel.

Stupid dimwit.

And you resort to insults like the big fool you are.

That land has been won and lost by violence for generations and millennias.

We Africans are at the bottom of the food chain. Instead of big black fools like you to focus on the issue affecting us and the high infant mortality rates, genocide and ethnic cleansing within our own Borders a big fool like you is debating what people with full stomachs are quarrelling about.

For insulting me when I was civil I will curse you out and all you stand for if you insist on being a dumb asshole.

Stupid slowpoke disturbing our morning over something idiotic happening thousands of miles from us whilst armed robbers are still smashing people's heads on the road side.

BIG DUMB FOOL!

So, if many children of a Nigerian ethnic group go into the diaspora because of oppression and repression at home (far fetched?).

These children never disowned their homeland.

The oppressors living off these children's homeland resources now move in enmasse to dominate the few left in the homeland.

The children in the diaspora are industrious and make riches for themselves and help develop foreign lands. Only for the foreigners to start killing them out of envy.

The children decide to return to Nigeria. After all home is home as bad as Nigeria is.

Question to the world at large:
1) can the children return to their homeland?
2) can the children's children return to their homeland?
3) who is the owner of the homeland. The children or the oppressors?
4) can such a scenario ever happen in Nigeria or is it already happening?

Abeg, leave story. These guys have been at it for centuries. And it is God almighty that will settle their wahala.

How many Arabs and Palestinians have protested the plight of the African child or the killing of Nigerians in Libya?

How many Arabs and Palestinians protested the genocide in Rwanda, the murders in Borno and Abuja, the wars in Libya and Sierra Leone?

When a tragedy happens in Nigeria is it not Red Cross that runs everywhere looking to help?

Abeg jor, Arabs and Israelis don't lose any sleep over Africans.

The ingredients for a coup are now closer to Aso Rock.

So a Shiite Moslem (backed by Iran?) comes out to rub pepper in the eyes of the victims.

Firstly he tries to blame America (Is America God?). America currently enjoys our oil yafun, yafun. And if all 150m of us drop dead they will still enjoy our oil.

He then blames the Sultan etc knowing fully wel that the Sultan and co are Sunni Moslems. See how this chap is trying to be clever by playing politics. The blood of the innocent should not be used to jostle for position.

Then this "chap" doesn't even offer any suggestions, possible resolutions or even a plan of action. He just denies that Boko Haram exists. I think he may need to be "water boarded" as it is possible he knows more than he is letting on.

Six weeks = 42 days. And before this six week recess they had another one which slowed down ministerial appointments.

How many days out of the first 100 days have these fucking bastards been on holiday.

These assholes are the problem. Fucking bastards!

EfeEkarume, EfeEkarume, eEe, Efe coma ruined, Little Efe's stalking the page cuz he has no friends.

Little Efe playing with his "flow", he's come out cuz he's been pawned. Efe, go home before you get molested!

Join the army as an officer and Nigeria's your oyster.

You:
1) run things;
2) get free petrol;
3) no traffic - ever;
4) plan coups - if you're lucky, die in the laps of foreign prostitutes with a belly fully of cognac and a mattress full of dollars;
5) hob nob with US ambassadors.
6) when you retire, you run for senator, govenor, president Etc

The possibilities are endless.

God save my country!

Not have shoes is not an impediment to becoming president.

A chicken farmer can hold a nation of millions back.

A PhD in Islamic Studies is adequate enough for you to head the nation's largest bank and then to lead the nation's central bank.

You can use double talk to encourage violence at political rallies and when the violence occurs, DENY!

Rob the nation blind, build a mansion atop a hill and laugh at the imbeciles below.

You get to play never ending games of Berom and Fulani (Police and Thief) in Jos.

You reply to a random thread on a random Internet blog and then watch people insult you!

^^^^^ time to move this to tribe section.

Thread successfully derailed.

Sorry, what was the topic again!

Why do Nairalanders insist on playing to the lowest common denominator?

GEJ,IBB,OBJ etc have set their tribalism aside to rob the nation blind, but the followers fight in the gutter.

The north, south, east and west have millions of people better than the above assholes, and we need to shunt them aside ASAP!

So what if they decide to stop being Muslims and become atheist, will they still face amputation?

And if the governor is a Christian in the North, is (s)he still allowed to pass sharia judgements?

Is the Nigerian constitution not operational any more?

If someone is born in a state, but whose parents are not from that state, and has lived all his life in that state is he son of the soil or foreigner?

Just asking for my own knowledge in case anyone knows the answer?