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The Brotha is doing great things. Igbo, Ibo, Yoruba, Kanuri or whatever he is, let's appreciate him(NO OFFENCE)

Jeezy:
LOOOL!!! OMG and i thot i was the only one that cringes when the guy talks. Amokachi is even a bit calm. Ikpeba is so loud and crude, i wonder how the guy managed to get on satellite tv.

I feel embarassed for him.His diction is way off. Homeboi kinda reminds me of Lord of Ajasa

yesboss20:
Guys, I'm lovin your comments. Yeah, Ikpeba's pronunciation and intonation is 1daful to say the least. "Shelsi", "Oroguay", etc. Even Daniel "the bull" isn't so much better. We just got to enjoy them.  

kobikwelu:
both of them are pure bunkum


their analysis is that of an amateur

the accent of ikpeba is a horror show

tokunegiye:
I TAUGHT THAT GUY WANT OT UNI. IN ABROAD HOW COME HE SPEAKS WITH AN ACCENT , DSTV SHOULD TRY AN BRING IN OR ANALYST IT WILL HELP WHEN U LOOK AT SUPPERSPORTS SA, THE DIFFERENCE IS JUST CLEAR .

SMH at all these Nigerians Dissing their Brother's Nigerian accent and pronunciation

Americans and Britons will probably never do that, else they will "diss" you for not using their own accent.

I doubt South Africans will "diss" their people for speaking or pronouncing with a South African accent.

Dissing a Nigerian on a Nigerian forum for speaking like an average Nigerian on a TV station broadcasted to Millions of Nigerians is called Self-hate in my books -but what do I know.

Imperialism and neo-colonialism don injure my peoples psyche finish,  very sad.

his Football analysis is another issue, but to "diss" his diction(which has a lot to do with accent, pronunciation and mother toungue) is just not cool.

Well, since MONEY is the political/social ideology of their party, they are stupid for not paying their Tithe!!?

They should pay up with interest! or lose out at the next Position-Sharing jamboree.

Elochukwu explained that he had been warning his wife not to maltreat her house- helps, but to treat them as their own children. “See what she has caused me now.

Is brothaman trying to throw his wife under the bus??

Aigbofa:
Is that so? Why do you people like to blab about things you know nothing about? It's o.k if you don't know, just keep quiet, nobody will kill you!!

If cocoa was never an Ekiti thing, then what was the Ekiti thing.
Cocoa was the main cash crop in south western Nigeria, not just Ondo.

I understand, this is nairaland you sometimes need to "scream" to be heard.

You people?

Anyway, I was answering this question;

What happened to the cocoa export in ekiti?
See what that naughty person oni turned my state into

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I was essentially saying that the creation of Ekiti placed most of the Cocoa production hubs in the new Ondo State -the top cocoa producer in Nigeria.

You can ignore the Ekiti thing, you are right, i'm not really sure about that. Maybe university degrees?

at the end of the day, we do very little with the cocoa, that is the sad part.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=498954.msg6595207#msg6595207 date=1282152144]


@post
What happened to the cocoa export in ekiti?
See what that naughty person oni turned my state into.[/quote]Yea, Oni and co are messing up, but Cocoa was never an Ekiti thing really, that was Ondo, and they took their Cocoa with them when Ekiti decided to split

Yes, we already know, but it is still necessary to remind ourselves of the rot we battle with everyday.

gadogado:
I think if an IQ test suggests you have a low IQ (lower than everybody else) you'll naturally attack the test itself and claim its faulty!

The same way the SAT test administrators claimed for years that it contained no racial bias until now?? http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/21/sat

You need to give up, some of us are not going to let you keep throwing racist data and white supremacist lies around because you hate yourself.

Your claims and counter claims have been treated and debunked several times already on this thread. Like someone said earlier, this is not Stormfront.

and quit saying "the wheel is the mother of invention", that is just silly. Stop already Arab Brotha

"Everyone's in on the Game,"

Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson on Foreignpolicy.com

This report couldn't be more aptly named: "Everyone's in on the Game,"  released by Human Rights Watch today, is a story about how corruption has eaten Nigeria's police force from the inside out. Everyone is, as they say, in on the game: The highest officers take a cut from the middle managers; the middle managers ski off their subordinates salaries; the lowest officers make so little that they extort civilians on a daily basis for their wage. One men and women are arrested, the news is no better.

Their families must pay for them to be housed and fed in prison, and getting a case to trial requires either money or a personal political connection. Like anyone who has lived in Nigeria, I have a few stories involving getting pulled over or stopped and asked for bribes. (I wrote up a few of them.) And also like any expat in Nigeria, I know that what I got was only a smidgen of what plagued local life. The poor are the easiest targets.

Like all corruption, there is an element of victimization on both sides of the equation, unfortunately. The people who are extorted from are, obviously, suffering. But so too are the low level policemen in many cases. How can I best illustrate this? Perhaps the fact that the officers were forced to buy their own bullets, uniforms, and pay for their own transportation because the upper ranks had taken the bulk of the funding for themselves or other pet projects. The majority of the officers also likely believed in being policemen, and wanted to be a positive force for their countries. They were proud of their roles and sought to do the best job they could. But they were also pretty hungry sometimes. And as I was once wisely told, a hungry man will do anything you ask.

The report gets kudos also from pointing out just how destructive this has been to society. If your policemen -- the men and women you are supposed to trust with your safety and security -- are extorting and taking a cut, why wouldn't you? It's not just one's pocketbook that suffers here; it's the very ability for the country to live under the "rule of law," a tenant that the last two administrations in Nigeria have said is the forefront of their agenda.

Best perhaps of all are the cartoons commissioned with the report to illustrate what we're talking about. If you don't read the report, do just have a look.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/17/everyones_in_on_the_game



Human rights watch's report----->  http://www.hrw.org/en/node/92378/section/3

When you read stories like the ones posted in the link below( follow the links within the comments for more) about various Nigerian leaders and their drug dealing businesses, you begin to see why these people hate and are afraid of Nigerians.

Yes, there is no reasonable excuse for most of the generalizations we hear about our people,
but at the same time, these allegations and the vulgar display of wealth by Nigerian political leaders despite the poverty and pain suffered by our people just makes you wonder.


http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/j/forum/archive/index.php/t-54479.html

Incidents like these always remind me of these quote from one of my favorite Nigerians;

It is what you do at home to promote the welfare of your people that sells your image abroad. -Gani Fawehinmi

one united!!!!!!!

Jarus:
Let's not forget that this thread is meant for issues bordering on Politics section only.
But I know the admin comes here too and he will see your grievance. Personally though, I'm of the opinion that filtered words should cut across board, not limited to a section, but if possible, what the 'filtered word' changes to may vary across sections

I disagree with you. Filtering those flowery words in the sexuality section is just unnecessary. I mean, what self- respecting sexuality board will filter out the F word? it is pure silly censorship, the F word is already standardized in the English dictionary and carries a meaning and weight that your replacement words cannot adequately express.

As for the Politics section. I will argue that your filtering negatively impacts the user experience here on NR,  why can't we describe a "B" act by a Nigerian politician as such? what is the point of censoring the F feeling I'm trying to express on a F issue that F bothers me about my F Country?  we come here to discuss, learn, share and sometimes to just vent.

It is dictatorial and ill-adviced to filter those words out. e.g you use "despoil" to replace a clearly well codified act of crime that can also be metaphorically used as a description for several acts that have nothing to do with sex, Jarus, despoil doesn't cut it. the first time I saw that word in my post I had to go look in the mirror, then check my Birth certificate, the word is simply archaic . The R word is not insulting but descriptive, the context matters. The word ain't the crime.

And if you are worried about kids, then put an age warning on the site and leave the rest to their parents, don't punish your users for that. Moderating a site like this shouldn't be easy but, your creativity must match that of your users, Don't dumb our conversations down or censor us out of Nairaland.

Gotta love competition

Nna men! this aunty no dey hear word ni?

upon all the begging say make she no try this music thing again!!

omoabike:
@Tensor777
As a muslim and a Nigerian I would tell you that while Buzugee may be melodramatic in the way he is putting his views across. He is correct about the Arabs.
The problem with them is that they are not happy that the whites do not accept them as equals and they feel and behave as if they are far better than the Blacks.
If it is important for you to know I am in America too but I have known this about the Arabs before i left Naija.
Fellow muslims who are blacks and see the racist nature of the Arabs are usually surprised and disappointed .
To a greater extent the same could be said about people from the Indian SubContinent. They are also very racist and this their attitude to blacks especially in Nigeria, is made worse by the Nigerian mentality of looking at every lightskinned individual as being an "Oyinbo" that needs to be "worshipped"
For your information the term "Koora" is used to refer to Arabs.

Glad you wrote this, I only wish more Black African Muslims will speak out.

As to the article, it left me with two confusing thoughts, Why can't we do these things in Nigeria/Africa?
at least they gave the upper hierarchy jobs and opportunities to Emiratis in Dubai, they obviously take care of their own as much as their culture allows.

But on the other hand, I wonder and ask myself at what cost?
do we have to enslave poor powerless people to rise up and "enjoy" life? 
is that what we miss in Nigeria? is this the capitalist model that will solve Africa's problem?, or is it just a fluke built on the back of oppression and sheer greed and too immoral for us to adopt?

As Nigerians, are we willing to allow this as long as some other folk from some other Race or Nation suffer while we enjoy?

too many questions? I know, just wondering.

can't we find a place in our heart to forgive her? Daz my question,

We've tried.

Walahi we searched everywhere in our collective hearts, we found no space for forgiveness, everywhere is occupied with pictures of the pain her family and others caused. But there is space for retribution sha, that kind space dey yanfu yanfu.

He said it was time to pay back what he had gained from Nigeria

I now believe those who said IBB has post-traumatic disorder

He must have really loved his late wife.

But, why not commit Sepukku, that will be the most appreciated payback

These people no dey steal small money again ni?

what do they manufacture at the NJI to give this man access to N6billion? anyway, what do I know.

Cake Ko, Akara ni

Shey every single Nigerian will get to eat out of this thing or is it just for "representatives" of the people?

because some of us are sick and tired of being "represented" when "national cakes" are served.

If Mr record-breaker cannot guarantee that this cake will get to every face-me-i-face-you and every shack in Nigeria, then he shouldn't bother.  The symbolism is not new to us, we live it everyday

450 Keys!!

And they were taking it to Ibadan?? wetin Ibadan go take 450Kiis do? shey na yam flour ni??

hackney:
You see, the thing with nigeria is that these previous leaders (looters) and their affiliates
believe their own hype so much that they say a lot of s.hi.t.  especially after their wickedness.

But the unfortunate thing is that when they say it long enough, people start to believe them.
I tuned into AIT or was it BEN and listened to IBB ; He kept saying he didnt steal a penny,
the moderator was just saying yes,yes like he was in the bedroom with a h.ooker and i could not believe my ears.

When they talk this cr.ap,all i do is just playback in my mind  to when abacha was in charge.
(that man killed true democracy)
Dont start me on IBB ; school proncipals were owed for 9 months.
All he keeps saying is that he built 3rd mainland bridge.

The worst part is that after their mayhem while in power, they go away and after a short while they want to
come back into power? ?
They must think that nigerians are silly or the ones that remember are no longer around.

Gbam! That sums it up!!

[quote author=Aloy_Emeka link=topic=488242.msg6482000#msg6482000 date=1280514141]I don't understand what your explanation has to do with the oba staying home while hunters are looking for a special game for him. If he needs to show he is capable, then let me leave that damn hut and go get the Ekinrin.[/quote]

Ekinrin, will decide for how long Dr. Olatoye Alatishe, the new Gbengade, will stay in a two-bedroom hut made up of palm-fronts(palm-fronds?) Already, hunters within and outside the town have been deployed in search of the bush animal which must be brought alive to the town.

It is part of several traditional rites for the enthronement of Alatishe, the former chairman of Ijebu-Ode Local Government Council as the new traditional ruler of the town.

In an interview with Daily Sun, the Gbengade-elect said: “We have done Ileken, we are now in Odo. It is a situation where you are placed in a harsh condition regardless of where you are coming from. It is meant for a new traditional ruler in Ososa to feel what it looks like as a normal grassroots or special person.

I have had to leave the comfort of my home and stay here for a specific number of days which is determined by the availability of an animal called Ekinrin.”
“I can’t go out. I have been here since last week and they must find an animal called Ekinrin. You must have heard the Yoruba proverb, Laiku Ekinrin, a ki nfawo se gbedu.” It is called Ekinrin in this area and hunters are all over the place to look for it. The day it appears, that is when I will leave here.

The reasons are in the "bolded", yes, others are hunting for the animal, but he's not sitting his behind down in a jacuzzi sipping Hennessey. He's playing his part, and it doesn't sound very comfortable to me. That, according to their tradition, is how to show himself capable.

stormm:
Na inside the hut he take conduct interview? Hogwash.

Who send am? As LG chairman, he achieved nada, zilch.

you see, that na why den for don ask am make e go find Ekinrin before dem appoint am local government chair

maybe e for respect the office.

desgiezd:
If only the deposed Deji of Akure had undergone this sort of hardship, who knows, he would have exercised some restraint by not engaging in a public brawl.

Abi o, that was the point of most of those social customs, they used the knowledge and ideas available to them at that time to address their social problems.

But that Olori won't have dared a Deji of the old era, Or maybe she would, some women were able to assert themselves in those days too.

0hsisi:
very fetish I must say

I won't call it fetish, that is a long stretch.

It is a very sensible social tradition. While not very relevant anymore, the idea behind it is still valid, still necessary and relevant; A leader should not attain office if he can't show himself capable, he needs to be disciplined, show he can understand the reality of his lowly, less privileged followers. and be ready to obey laid down rules

How I wish that philosophy was well translated into our imported or abi na imposed modern political structure, maybe we won't be in the state we are currently in

by dismissing it as just "fetish",  you risk downplaying its real meaning.

“I do not set out to deposit my audience in a portmanteau of indecipherability”

Those words should be carved on some everlasting material and placed in a time capsule 


Obahiagbon never change? 

"what BBA really needs is a new army of sophisticated viewers"



that's what they've always needed,

These folks are in a Map battle with Becomrich?

This will be fun  

Another bunch of Idiots, 

first Soludo and Dora, now these fools, you gotta love Nigeria's Benighted leaders, their stupidity knows no ethnic boundaries.

Petty Idiots, SMH

They are only good at spending public money yanfu yanfu

arguing over silly fights like the fools they really are.

Is that Picture for real? sickens me to my stomach,